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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-08-14
An Unfortunate Question.

An ex. governor of Massachusetts,
tells the following, illustrative of
calling for business: Two brothers
had for years done an undortak-
ing business in a suburban town.
The elder had a son, Thomas, and
desiring to establish him in life OBJ
tanned from his younger brother
promise that Thomas should be tax
en- into the business whenever he
(the elder) should die. The promise
was obtained in spite of feeling on
the brothers. part that Tom had no
calling for the business. Tho elder
soon died, and Thomas became his
uncle's partner.
He made good progress and was
soon sent to arrange for tho funeral
of q wealthy man who left as his
chief mourncr a widow who had al
ready buried two husbands. The
young man returned, having made
satisfactory arrangements as to car.
riages, music, flowers, etc, much to
his uncle's joy, who now felt that no
had misjudgcd tie boy. On the fol
lowing day the uncle himself went
to sec that all was going smoothly
and found Mrs. X. i'll high dudgcon.
Expressing his regret and surprise,
he told Mrs. <. that Tom had re-
turned OH the preceding day with
everything arranged apparently sat
isfactorily and asked her what was
the matter.
well" she replied, "Tom did
very we'll until VIC discussed tho timo
at which the services should he held
I had not quite made up my mind,
when Tom, meaning to help me out,
said, AT what time have you beer,
accustomed to bury your husbands,
MADAME Boston Budget.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-08-14
Gambling In Triest.

Consul Haggard dwclls in his last
report from Triest On the increase
of gambling in that city. Half a
dozen or moro provincial lotteries
are drawn weekly i'll Triest, their
inferior shares costing only 2 ponce
or pence. The selection of ticket
numbers is often based upon dreams
and omens embodied in systematic
form in u published book. 1t is in.
structive to watch the buyers of
tickets examining the winning num-
bers posted up in tho streets. Every
occupation is represented, in the
towns and out of them, and the
waste Of time and money is great.
Increasingly large sums, it is said,
which if circulated through the le.
climate channels of trade would
support an industrial population, arc
now flung from hand to hand ir
feverish speculation. There are re
ports that the Austrian government
contemplates embodying i'll its pena
code some measures which NIGH
at any ratio restrict the present gam
bling mania within narrower limits
1t is tho fact that the provincial
lotteries in which the poorer classes
chiefly indulge their speculative ten
denotes are all government proper
tv.-London News.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-08-14
A New ruling For Thermometers.

Tulnol, another coal tar deriva-
tive, is now being extensively used
in place Of quicksilver for filling
thermometers. This substance, it is
stated, while it contains slight
percentage of water, can stand a
much lower temperature without
freezing than mercury can. Another
advantage it has over the latter is
that it expands with great uniformi-
ty and regularity when exposed to
warmth. In color tulnol is a dark
blue.-St. Louis Republic.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-08-14
A Good Woman.

A bright young American girl
spent last summer with her parents
in England. Her father was much
interested in charitable work and
visited many institutions for the
poor and aged on the trip. Most of
these buildings. particularly in the
provinces, have square piece OF
marble inserted in the bricks over
the front entrance, giving the year
of its building.
The little girl read many Of these
and one day said, Papa, / think
Ammo Dornini must have been an
awfully good woman to have built
all these houses for the poor. New
York Herald.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-08-14
Toe shelbv and the newsboys.

Odd fellow is General Joe Shelby.
Not long ago he hired q couple of
newsboys and sent them out to drum
up all the other new sboys and boot
blacks they could find. He lined
them into a procession. Then he got
a bill broken into small change and
reviewed the procession. AS each
boy came by he gave him coin. He
caught some of them repeating and
gave them a lecture on the evils of
crookedness in elections. Then he
made them all give three cheers for
the red, white and blue and dismiss.
ed them. City Times.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-08-14
He Buys the Trousseau.

The bridegroom in Mexico finds
marriage very costly business. He
is expected to buy the trousseau, and
he is fortunate if he can satisfy the
extravaganza sanctioned by custom
and prompted by ardent passion.
Young men from the country are
said to be often seen in the City Of
Mexico purchasing all sorts Of tinery
for the ladies of their choice, and
the spectacle they present Us they
consult the measurements, whic'
they carry with them for all sorts
of garments, is very amusing.-Chi
cago Tribune.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-08-14
Eagle Drug Store, = J. Geiger
91 YOU Want 70 STOP TOBACCO !
you CAN BE CURED WHILE Fsrse IT.

The habit of using tobacco grows On
man until grave diseased conditions are
produced. Tobacco causes cancer OF the
mouth and stomach; dyspepsia; loss OF
memory; nervous affections; congestion of
the retina; aud wasting of the optic
nerve, resulting in Impairment OF vision,
even to the extent of blindness; dizziness
or vertigo; tobacco asthma; nightly sutfo-
cation; dull pain in the region of the
heart, followed later by sharp pains, pal
pitation and weakened pulse, result
ing i'm fatal heart disease. 1t also causes
loss of vitality.
QUIT BEFORE IT is TOO LATE.
To quit suddenly is too severe shock
70 the system. as tohacc0-tO an invetor
ate user, becomes u stimulant that his
system continually Graves. "BACCO-
euro" is a scientific and reliable vege-
table remedy; guaranteed to be perfectly
harmless; and which has been in use for
the last 70 years, having cured thousands
ofhabitual tobacco users smokers, chew
ers and snutf-dippers.
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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-08-14

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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-08-14
ROCK OF AGES.
Crock Of Ages, cleft for me,

"Rock Of Ages, cleft for me,
Thoughtlessly the maiden sung,
Fell the words rmconsciously
From her girlish, guileless tongue,
Sang US little children sing,
Sang as sing the birds III June,
Fell the words as light leaves down
On the current of the tune
"Rock of Ages, cleft for me,
Let me hide myself in thee"
"Rock Of Ages, cleft for me-"
Twas u woman sung them now;
Sung them slow and YEARLY
WIN hand on her aching brow.
Rose the song as storm tossed bird
Beats with weary wing the ai:;
Every note with sorrow stirred,
Every syllable prayer
Crock Of Ages cleft for me,
Let me hide myself in thee
s'Rock of Ages, cleft for me-
Lips grown aged sung the hymn
Trustinsly and tcnderly,
Voice grown weak and eyes grown dim
'Lrt me hide myself in thee"
Trembling though tho VI, ,d9nnd low,
Ran the sweet strain peuctlully.
Like river III Its flow:
Sung us only they cun sing
Who lifeS thorny paths have pressed,
Sung al only thy can sing
Who bnhold the promised rest.
crock Of Ages, cleft for me,
Let me- hide myself III thee"
"Rock OF Ages. cleft fer me-
Sung above coffin lid.
Underneath, all restfully,
AL life's joys and sorrows hid.
Never more storm tossed soul,
Never more from wind and tide,
Never from pillows roll.
Wilt thou ever need to hide.
Could the sishtless, sunken eyes
Closed beneath the soft, white hair;
Could the mute and stinened lips
Move again in pleading prayer,
Still, aye, still the words would be,
"Lut me hide myself in thee"
-Eychanoe
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-08-14
Nitrate Of Silver.

Mrs. Chugwater-Josiah, don't
understand the talk about the mar
ket value of silver. Isn't silver al
ways the same price?
Mr.. Chugwater-Oh, no. Itvaries
more or less every day. In fact, it's
cheaper at one time Of the day than
it is at another.
Isn't that something new?"
mo. 1t has always been the case.
Didn't you. ever hear of the night
rate of silver?" Chicago Tribune.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-08-14
Russian Universities.

Russia has only IA, 619 university
students with population of $780,
600, 900, according to The Russkaya
Schkola, or 120 to 1000, 900, while
Germany, with $4,000, 900 inhabit-
ants, has 25, 600 students. Moscow
is the largest university, with 1897
students; st. Petersburg comes next,
with ISIS. The 1,176 at Warsaw
are almost exclusively Poles and the
1,555 at Doraat Germans.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-08-14
The New Woman.

II don't hold agin this here new
woman business so much as some, !"
said Mr.. Jason. Its jist her material
bent for information takin a new
tack. Eff she wasn't tryin to find
out all about government an mi.
crobes, she would be tryin to find
out all about the neighbors, an yor
know the trouble that leads to. y
Tndianano,is .Tourna1.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-08-14
Napoleon's booty In Ono Campaign.

NapOlcOD's H0CtJ In ono Campaign.
Tho season was as busy on the
military as it had been on the politi-
cal side. Day and night the soldiers
in the conquered Venetian lands
wrought with ceaseless labor until
the whole territory was in perfect
order as base of military opera
tions. Not a single strategic point
there or elsewhere was overlooked.
Even the little island of St. Peter in
the Mediterranean was taken from
Piedmont and garrisoned with 2G0
men. 1t was generally understood
that war might break out at any
moment Every contribution under
treaty obligations was cxaoted to tho
utmost farthing.
As single illustration of the
French dealing, jewels and gems es-
timated by the pope as worth TO-
900, COO francs were accepted by the
French experts at valuation Of
five. Within the previous u months
Bonaparte had sent to Paris 7,co0,-
900 francs, OF which he destined
1000, 900 for the outfit of feet. IL
was but a moiety of what he had
raised. During this summer, on thu
contrary, he kept everything. Even
the 5000, 0oo francs promised to Bar
ras were not paid. 1t is therefore
likely that he had in hand upward
of 80, 900, 900 francs in cash and CON-
missary stores to the extent of sew
eral millions more. Professor w.
NJ. Sloane's Life of Napoleon" in
Century.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-08-14
HE DOES NOT CARE FOR sTomAcHs
A Chicago Chemist Talks About the Growth
of Specialization In His Profession.


A Chicago Chemist Talks About the Growth
of Specialization In His Profession.
Il don't beliovo | would take a
stomach if it was brought to me.
He was chemist, and he was H.
Illustrating u previous statement that
in a science so broad as chemistry
tho tendency is constantly toward
specialization.
II make q speciality of paints, al
though also do other kinds Of ana
lying, including tho assaying of ores
and the examination Of waters. just
tho other day l got a sample of wa
ter from now we'll which a farmer
had dug on his place in Iowa. The
ground was rather low, and he was
afraid tho water might contain ty-
phoid germs. Water from stock wells
is frequently sent for analysis i'll tho
samo way. 1t is good deal less ex-
penso for q wealthy breeder to sink
two or threo wells, if necessary, in
order to get puTo water, than it
would l;o to use wator about whose
properties there is any question. A
good dell of water which is sent to
Chicago for analysis comes from
towns which have sunk public wells
and want to know what they have
got Others again como from people
who think they have discovered
some mineral water of rare medici-
nal virtue. Yet they are apt to be-
lieve that you don know what you
are talking about when you send
back an analysis which fails to con.
firm their dreams of wealth or else
that you arc secretly forming q syn
dicate to bay tho well for song.
After they have sent the water to
other chemists and find tho report
confirmed they are obliged to change
their minds and admit that you were
neither ignorant nor designing.
Tho analysis of the stomach i'll
cases Of suspected poisoning is most
ly done by chemists connected with
medical schools. This kind of work
is moro directly in their limo and tho
other chemists don't have much to
do with it. Assaying, contrary to
the popular idea, is not of itself a
very profitable branch of the profess
sion. 1t takes a good deal of time
and trouble, for which the fees are
not sufficient compensation. Chem
lists who make speciality of assay
ing usually increase their incomes
by selling assaying outfits to mine
owners for uso in thoir own proper
ties. In order to be ablo to use this
equipment tho mine owner, if he has
not already done so, must study
metallurgy, and this gives the chem.
list an additional source OF revenue.
Tho assayins Of ores subdivides
again. Some chemists confine them
selves largely to gold and silver and
others to iron and other ores. Like
other professions, that of chemistry
has largo rewards for those who can
mako large Successes, hut its chief
advantage is, l think, that it affords
such opportunities to young men OF
what l may call practical magma.
tion-that is to say, invention. Won.
derful as its achievements have been
look to sec still more remarkable
things accomplished in the near FIJI
ture, possibly before the end of the
century. Chicago Tribune.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-08-14

The first Bible printed in the Eng
lish language was not printed in
England, as one would naturally
suppose, but at Antwerp in 1885.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-08-14
Life.

A colored philosopher is reported
to have said, Life, my bretdern,
am mostly made up of prayin for
rain and then wishin it would cl'ar
off. "-Presbyterian.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-08-14
The ,,ookkeeper Not Behind.

Mr.. Asker-They tell me that the
bookkeeper of your firm is behind
in his accounts. Is that SO?
Mr.. Tasker-Far from it. he
came out ahead. It's the company
that's behind, -Pearson's Weekly.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-08-14

A Montana minister who spoke of
the golden pavements of heaven is to
be tried for heresy by jury Of sill.
verites. Bee.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-08-14

John Hampton of West Berlin, N.
j., has a pig preserved in alcohol
which has two horns and snout lon
ger than its body.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-08-14

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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-08-14

Speech Is silvern; silence is gold
en-: giggling is brazen and laughing
is often irolical..-
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-08-14
FACTS ABOUT BARK NOTES.
They Gave R.en Used For Many Curioa
Purposes.


Purposes.
Curious and not unintereSting IS
the fate which occasionally beEal!s
bank notes, as tho following liz
stances Will show.
Some time ago wealthy gentle
man in tho north of England caused
quite a sensation at a fancy dress
ball by appearing in a costume COW
cred entirely with bank notes, which
wore stitched on. The gentleman
secured the first prize for tho best
dress Of tho ball, but it may PERHAPS
be questioned whether he arrived
homo without finding himself minus
a few Of his valuable adornments.
1t is said that the Duke of Wei
lington once, during a battle in tho
peninsula, maao use of n bank noto
in q unique way. In tho heat of tEo
engagement he found it necessary
to send dispatch to a distant point
of the field, and not having any pa
per convenient wrote his message Oh
tho back Of % FLYER.
A few years ago a bank note IVES
made use Of by an unlucky gambler
in sad ard tragic manner. Tns
unfortunate man, who had ruined
himself beyond redemption on the
turf, blew his brains out. and Eil
last bank note served for the waa-
ding of the pistol.
An amusing story is told of :
farm laborer who one day presented
at a bank IL rag of gray paper, crum-
pied and p,1lpy, the typo hardly legi-
BILE, which he said was bank note.
His explanation was that q pet goat
in his kitchen had got hold Of it and
eaten it-a goat of expensive habits.
The noto had boen in the animals
stomach some time before it was
missed and was only suspected to ''e
there because one of his girls hid
seen Nanny 'mumbling over" q bit
of gray paper. Tho owner went
through serious domestic differ
enco of opinion and mental struggle
before he decided whether to sacri-
fce the pet on the chance of recov-
ering tho money. The struggle be-
tween sentiment and "siller" ended
unfavorably for the goat, and after
all tho promise to pay extracted
from so strange hiding place wa,'
so bechewed and mangled that tho
poor man was kept in suspense for
some time as to whether he might
not lose both his money and his pct.
But his story was ultimately boz
lievcd, and he went away comforted.
There was an old, eccentric lady
of means, moving in high society,
who. always slept on q certain pill
low, which she would allow no one
| to touch but horself and always care
fully kept locked up during the day
time Noone thought there was any
particular value attached to tho pill
low, bat put her conduct down to
ecccntricity. After her death acoi-
! dent disclosed the fact that the pill
low contained bank notes amounting
in value to several thousand dollars.
No doubt tho old lady found it very
soothing to sleep on SO much wealth.
Readers who suffer from insomnia
may feel inclined to take tho hint
| Now York Journal.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-08-14
WILBUR r. SMITH, PRESIDENT.
LEXINGTON, Ky.

Reference Gliding 100 in Banks.
Award OF Medal and Diploma at Worlds
4 Thorouxh. In1suentiai and Honored
College. Hundreds Of students in attendance
Business Course consists Of Book keeping,
Business Arithmetic, Penma9nnship Commercial iI.
Manufacturing, Lectures, Business Practice,
Mercantile Correspondence etc.
Tuition. Stationery and Board in nice family,
are speeiaities:: have special teachers and
rooms and can be taken alone or with the Bust
Special department for ladies'.
Situations.-The demand for our graduates in
different departments Of this College has ex.
The Principal of the Ranking Depart,
ment Of this College has been Director and
and refers to nearly 100 former pupils now holding
positions in banks as Presidents. tce Presidents,
Cashiers, Book-keepers, etc.; nine in Lexington
banks.
The Principal OF the Photographic De-
cal stenographer in taking verbatim reports pho.
netically, and as good English scholar endorsed
by the CITY, County and comm noI Attor.
shs city Th9 81 ea ;s
the L. 4 II: r. R., and whose qualification is en-
09 Tne 81 other sa or this coiere in
bookkeeping, Business, Arithmetic Penman-
This College IL Eseablished and relies on Its
clear record Of over quarter Of century, IS re-
sp0nsbte and ernrtly as represented. and endorsed
by its thousands Of former pupils for honest ana
conscientious 1cork, and who influence annually
hundreds Of their ielations and friends to attend.
No Business College I'm America can refer
to more distinguished and successful graduates
than this College. Our catalogues have letters "
endorsement by represe ntatives of One Hundred
Officials. including u Lieutenant Governor, Con.
gresham, Attorney Ge neral. Judges. Members Of
Legislatures, etc. :: also One Hundred Bank EN-
poyes. One hundred former students holding
the highest and most lucrative positions in this
city.
The Kentucky Uni yersify DiplOma. under
seal, is awarded the graduates of this College.
kentucky Unlyersity is the outgrowth of
the Transylvania University, founded over lc0
years ago. Assets over si00,000
Literary Course Free. Students Of this Col
lege have the privilege Of receiving instruction in
the Literary Department Of Kentucky University
for the remainder Of the session in which they
graduate, free of charge.
7eXin9tOn, KY. the location OF Prof. Smiths
College, Is noted for its healthfulness and fine
climate: has IS churches and IL banks. Access.
ible by its many railroads.
No vacation. Enter now. Graduates success
full. For circulars address its President,
WILBUR R. SMITH, Lexington, Ky.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1895-12-20
PART I.

The Cincinnati Tribune says
that fur boomers are now in
order in that city.
The Hawaiian band will give
concert at the hrtel tonight, COM
mencing at 7:3O p. m.
The Kiuau will leave Honolulu
on Monday, December Both, at 5
p. M, and will return to this port
during the afternoon of January
18th. The change in the vessels
sailing time was to avoid spend
ing New Years day at sea.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1895-12-20
6bQ Eve2i39 Bulleti2,
DANIEL LOGAN. Editor.
FRIDAY 1900 DEC. 20, 1895.
POST MORTEM PRAISE.

Mrs Bishop was noble woman,
as everybody who knows aught OF
her life declares. The writer is
just malihini enough to have
been in this country but barely in
time to write a description of her
funeral and eulogy upon her
character from the evidence
that was Abundant enough at
her death. Mrs. Bishop was I'M
selfish and unambitious enough
to refuse nomination for wear
ing the crown Of her native land.
She, in scriptural parlance,
"abouuded" in good works while
living. By her last will and
testament she founded an institu-
ton that comes up to the line of the
best educational thought of the
nineteenth century-a group Of
schools wherein the hand is edu-
Gated as we'll AS the head. There
are few schools in the world that
surpass in housing and equip
ments the Kamehameha schools.
The architecture of their buildings
is one of the sights, the at
fractions to tourists Of Honolulu.
While the natal day of that bene-
violent lady is redolent of
psnegyric upon her name and her
deeds, however, why is it that