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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-09-04
Neglect of English,

! asked Professor -. A. Sherman
of the University of Nebraska if he
found the students entering college
better prepared in English now than
they were in former years. No."
said he, they are not SO we'll pre-.
pared as they used to be. The rea.
son, I suppose, is that the prepare.
ton for college now is much easier,
so far as facilities are concerned,
than it was years ago. In New Eng.
land Is years ago there were the two
preparatory schools, Phillips Ando.
yer and Phillips Exeter, but the ma
jority of those who went to college
were obliged to get their preparation
through high schools and acade.
mics in their own towns, and that
meant they must do a great deal Of
the work by themselves. In those
days fewer boys were sent to college.
Those who went generally made
their own way, and the work that
they did was more apt to be thor.
ough and individual work"
do you blame newspapers for the
poor quality of English used by the
people?"
mo, I think newspaper English,
poor as much of it is, is an impor.
tant stepping stone to the reading
| Of the best literature. It forms 8
connecting link between the settled
book language of old and the ora
language of every day. Its prac
tical features will be incorporated il
the literature of the future and viii
F, make it moro than it has ever beer
the literature of the whole people
-Chautauqua Assembly Herald.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-09-04

Transient advertisements $l.00 per
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Marriage and obituary notices, not ex-
ceeding ten lines, will be published free
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Personal cards, double regular rates.
Communications solicited, but we dis
claim any responsibility for the views OF
correspondents. All communications
must be sent in by Saturday, otherwise
they will have to lie over for next issue,
Correspondents must invariably send
us their real as we'll as assumed names.
A failure to comply with this rule will
consign all such communications to the
waste basket.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-09-04
% yI9v VANg 70 STOP TOBACCO
you CAN BE CURED WHILE USING 1T

The habit of using tobacco grows on a
man until grave diseased conditions are
produced. Tobacco causes cancer of the
mouth and stomach; dyspepsia; loss of
nervous Affections congestion of
the ~retina; and wasting of the optic
nerve, resulting in impairment OF vision,
even TO the extent of blindness; dizziness
or vertigo; tobacco asthma; nightly suffo-
cation; dull pain in the region of the
heart, followed later by sharp pains, pal
pitation and weakened pulse, result
ing in fatal heart disease. 1t also causes
loss of vitality.
QUIT BEFORE 1T IS TOO LATE.
To quit suddenly is too severe a shock
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ate user, becomes a stimulant that his
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of habitual tobacco users-smokers, chew
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the day you took your first chew OF
smoke.
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ka Chemical & Manufacturing Company
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cousin.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-09-04
Long Life Of Wood.

The durability of wet timber ID
something remarkable. Recently,
according % a Vienna paper, one OF
the piles supporting the bridge built
across the Danube by the Emperor
Traian was taken up. Although
driven II centuries ago, it showed
no change save that it was petriied
to the depth Of three-quarters of an
inch.
The chestnut, beech, elm and GAL
piles on which stand the Savoy pal
ace, London, are undecayed. They
were put in place in the latter part
of the thirteenth century.-New
York World.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-09-04

Arithmetic Applied to Dramatic Criticism.
Howard Paul tells a story which
has Henry Irving for it's subject.
One night at the London Lyceum
two American women sat behind
Mr.. Paul in the stalls. The play
was Romeo and Juliet" Irving
playing the lovesiok Montague and
Ellen Terry representing the fair
Capulet.
The balcony scene was reached,
and Irving was signing and groan'
ing under the balcony, while Miss
Terry looked down upon him with
her glowing but scarcely maiden
eyes.
"How old is Mr.. Irving?" asked
one Of the women.
about So" the other answered.
"And how old is Miss Terry?"
Somewhat near 40"
Hum! Fifty and forty make
ninety. Well, I think they're ole
enough to know better. "-Life's Cal
endar.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-09-04
An E~lsctroer.ph.

An electograph for marking linen
indelibly was shown to the Royal
society lately. The fabric is damp
ened and q current passed for two
seconds from q silver die, carrying
silver into tho fabric wherever 1t
touches. The current is then revers-
cd for three seconds. reducing the
metal. The result is that metallic
silver is deposited on the tissue.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-09-04
Discretion tho Better Part.

I'm perfectly convinced" said
the ambitious young man, THAT I
can write the greatest novel of the
period"
why don't you go ahead and do
it, then?"
"Oh, I wouldn't think of such q
thing. / am happy now in my belief
on the subject. Where's the good
of my risking disappointment?"-
Washington Star.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-09-04
HE WANTED A SNAKE STORY.
And the Man From Loudoun County sa-
tiated His Longing.

u HAL Will Vuo COuu-
ty whiskers was waiting at the Bal
timore and Potomac station for q
train to take him home, when a Star
man, housing around there for q
stray bit of news, happened on him.
Hello, there, young feller," he
said cheerily, "do You know any,
thing about that Loudoun county
snake with a pneumatic tire skin I
read of in the papor?"
Nothing whatever" was the re-
ply.
well, do you know, I've got my
opinion of snake stories, he contin-
ued MS he made a place on the truck
for The Star man to sit down. cit
seems to me that boss tradin and
fishin and snakes and politics are all
in the same class. and a man can't
have anything to do with any Of
them if he don't lie some."
II don't know about that"
you're old enough to-" said the
Loudoun man, with a note of re-
proof in his voice.
"This is no joking matter" said
Tho Star man sternly. what I want
to know is, haven't you some kind
of a snake story to toll?"
The Loudoun man rubbed those
whiskers for a minute or two.
WELL" he began slowly, II have
run across a thing or two in that
line. Last summer as I was goin along
the ridge between Smokers Gap and
Ashby's l met up with a snake about
Is feet long
"How long?" put in The Star man,
with promptness.
About six feet long, replied the
story teller without turning a hair,
land about IA inches in diameter
"How much?"
about four inches in diameter,
and he had a head on to him as big
as my hat, and
"How big did you say?"
las big as that" laying three fin.
gers across the palm of his hand as
innocently as if he had never been
called down in his life. "And he
was stretched across tho road like he
wac ~cunnin hiroSe1f
He stopped as if in doubt about
finishing, and The Star man urged
him a bit.
well, what did the snake do?'
he asked.
"Just lay there"
"And what did you do?"
II slipped upon him as quiet as
could with a corn knife I had along
with me and give him whaok."
Ibid you kill him?"
Kill him?" he exclaimed. "Not
much. I chopped him into a thou
sand pieces, for / counted them afte1
the fight was over, but ] didn't xii
him after ALL"
Come off," kicked the listener
"Do you mean to tell me-
"Of course I do" interrupted thu
Loudoun man, starting for his trai1
in a hurry; "the snake was dead al
hour before I got there. washing
ton Star.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-09-04

All buildings in the city OF Glas-
cow are furnished with water b
the municipality at cheap rates, AM.
there is always plenty of it. It is
brought from Loeb Katrine and is Of
the best and purest quality.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-09-04

In London nearly 264 streets are
after the queen, while there
are 241 Cross streets, 240 Albert
streets, 212 Church streets and 1s1
Queen streets. :,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-09-04

Finger Nail Growth Of . Lifetime.
The statistical man who can tell
you how many pounds Of leather
you will wear from your shoes in q
lifetime and how many tons Of food
you will eat, providing you live to
the Biblical limit of "threesoore and
ten" has just finished some odd sta
tistios on finger nail growth. He
finds that the average human being
outs away about the one thirty-sec-
ond part Of an inch Of nail Zach
week, or a little more than an inch
and q half each year. He also finds
that the average length Of life the
world over Is about 40 years; that
there are !, 800, 900, 900 miles of finger
nails In each generation.-St. Louis
Republic.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-09-04
A Lesson IL Pronunciation.

London Truth is responsible for
this story: A bishop of st. David's
confded to an old Welsh clergymen
his difficulty in mastering the Welsh
double !. The parson replied, Put
the tip of your apostolic tongue in
the roof Of your episcopal mouth,
my lord, and then hiss like q gan
der
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-09-04
Japanese Prayers.

The Japanese religion demands
that a man must worship ION the
soil' every day. Princes and rich
mon evade this by sprinklinga little
dirt in one corner of a room, some.
times on a square of cement made
for the purpose.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-09-04
Italian Peasants.

Ouida deplores tho fact that in
her beloved Italy the peasants DO
not sing as of yore. Twenty years
ago in Italy, she says, melody was
to be heard all over the country.
The laborer going home to bed
through the vines sung his s%tornello
or his rispetto to the sleeping fields.
The boy who drove his yoked oxen
or COWS in the big square cart be.
guiled the way with song, joyous OF
amorous. The guitar and the man,
dolin were heard at dusk at every
farmhouse door, and in the streets
of the town youths went singing
and playing until the moon was
high. There was music all over the
land, along the hedgerows as in tho
city lanes, under the poplars and
mulberries as beneath the walls OF
citadel and baptistery. How many a
time at sunset or in the starlight
have I listened to the beautiful CAN
zone of the peasantry when the
sweetness of the vine flower filled
the atmosphere or the dropped acacia
blossom shed it's smell on garden
paths. Now rarely are these wood
notes wild ever heard to tighten and
%spiritualize toll.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-09-04

Ayouth does not always get much
comfort out Of his first cigar, but
gets a heap Of experience.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-09-04

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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-09-04

In 1435 peaches cost in Italy IL
cents a thousand. They we're very
small, hardly exceeding the size Of
almonds.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-09-04

If- You desire a sample copy for your
r self or q friend, we will take
u pleasure in sending it to you upon
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-09-04
WILBUR R. SMITH, Lexington, Ky
S.W. Coz. Main q Upper SIS, opp. Coult House.

I have used DR.. %Sylvester's Spe.
cifc for Bots, Collie and Tympa-
mites in horses and mules. [ find
it's effect marvelOus-acts like a
charm. l have used several RENE
dies, but nothing comes mp to this.
IRWIN MCGlNNIs.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-09-04

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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-06-05

Nina Gaenslen, Leonides Garcia,
and others.
The entire morning was taken
up in discussing the report OF the
committee on constitution and by
laws and amendments thereto.
NOTES.
Geo. w. Patton, leader Of Soul
ly's Silver Band, was n of the
famous in Gilmore's former great
band.
Camp Trilby was organized yes
terday as an adjunct to Scully's
army. Gen. Piper is in command.
The distinguishing mark is the
small Mexican sombrero they
wear.
The hotels all turned late corners
away yesterday.
All the church cafes on Houston
street did a rushing bushes yes
terday and did not overcharge
their customers.
The election OF officers and choice
Of next place of meeting will be the
order Of business for tomorrow.
Terre Hautte, Ind, is making the
strongest pull, though Nashville,
Tenn, and st. Paul, Mimi, are
making strong efforts towards Sc
curing the prize.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-06-05

Misses Martha and Adalia Boet-
tcher, two popular young ladies Of
Weimer, are in the city to see the
people and decorations, and are
stopping with the Misses Wurzbach
on Eighth street.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-06-05
DON'T BUY CONSIGNED PIANOS and ORGANS.

These instruments ire liable to have been o. sae already other places and
may have been in the houses of several people and rejected.
You cat easily ascertain whether the instrument offered for sale belongs t
the consigned class or not, bysinpy Offering to purchase it, on Easy payments.
WITHOUT SIGNING NOTES. Consignment Agents when selling instruments
on instalments demand, not only iron clad contracts, BUT NOTES WITH IN
TEREST and frequently those notes. AIRY an additional per cent If collected by
law.
Notes are not taken al additional security but generally for the purpose of
transferring to Manufacturers selling them to Banks Dr. money lenders, to secure
further credit. Those notes. ust.be paid on the dsy they become due OF the loss
o finstrument and all the cash aid must be expected.
People who buy such instruments and sign such oes deserve n sympathy.
We are cash buyers. We carry a larger stock and a greater variety of Piaros, than
all dealers in Texas combined. We have been established yer IS years in Ttxes.
WE DO NOT ASK NOTES ON TIME SALES. We refer to any bank in Texa
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-06-05

Time, I:2l9; l:2O4 l:254; l:2u4.
Second Races mile dash, all
ages; purse, S75. Starters: l Defy,
Lizzie F, Joe Lee. Finish in order
named. Time, 1:03 l-5.
Third Race mile dash, all
ages; purse, $75. Starters: Bob
High, Minnie X, Getaway 2. Finish
in order named. Time, 81.
Fourth Race mile dash, all
ages; purse, 800. Starters: Lone
Star, Stella NJ, Buckaway, John l.
Finish in order named. Time,
1:30J.
This is the result of yesterdays
races, with a small crowd present,
owing to other attraction.
TIE time made was good and
caused the management and those
who were fortunate in being pres
,ent much pleasure.
The stock show prizes were
awarded as follows:
H. u. Kampmann's Ned Wood
took the prize, and j. f. Dryers
the second in the show Of stations
for best of all ages.
The next exhibition vas a con.
test for the premiums for best
mare Of all ages. The first prize
was won by j. E. Bwyer's Pannini,
and the second by H. E. Tattle's
Queen.
In the competition for best FLY
under 4 years, Banks Princess, by
Prince, took first, and Dryers
Florence, by Noblemont, second.
L%ightner's jack won the first and
Tanners the second premium for
best jack, any age, and best jack 2
years and over, John Ireland's
mare Jesse and foal took first and
Kampmann's Bell w. and foal
second for best mare and second
colt.
A. Y. Walton's span of mules
took first and Kampmann's second
premium for best pair Of work
mules.
In the contest for the best FLY
under 2 years, John Wilkins, Jr.'s.
Ollie w. got first and j. E. Dryers
Daisy got second premium.
In the contest between stations
over 2 and under 3 years. Elbino,
owned by A. E. Devine and Fl. D..
Kampmann took first and John
wilkins, Jr.'s Tranquility took Sec
ond.
In the contest for best stallion
three wears old and over j. +.
Dwyer's Prince took first and Red
ding, owned by ]. E. Dwyer, sec
ond.
The judges were A. Y. Walton,
ST., A. J. ClGte and DR.. Griffin, U.
S. A. The last entry made vas
that OF Frank Grice's mare, and she
came in at the eleventh hour and
was not awarded a prize.
The awards in the hog depart
ment were as follows: For the
best boar 2 years and over the prize
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-06-05
Local Weather.

Local forecast for San Antonio
and vicinity for the thirty.six
hours ending at s p. M, Thursday,
June 9Th, 1895. For Wednesday,
Fair, slightly cooler. For Thurs
day-Fair, warmer.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-06-05
TIE RACES.

Baby Show, Stock show and Bicycle
Races.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-06-05

First Race mile, 3-year-olds
and under, troU and pace; purse
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-10-10
A Ringer and Broader Currency.
The Lynchburg Advance has the folio"-

The Lynchburg Advance has the io'io"
ing paragraph:
"ReferrinC 10 prediction MADE py
Congressman Swanson that the mex. -
sion of Congress would be short anu .''he
no importanf financial legislation woulh DC
taken up. the Richmond Dispa'ch ISM,
WHY must this incessant ciamor DE n'ps
10 on the subject OF the free CONNIE %
silyerg The reason Is plain. me Peop'c
Of this country want a bigger ana p'oaue,
currency. and will continue to ciaihof
co. 4, min tho end is attained. We want
+, currency commensurate with the vast
hueiness.and trade of a great country we
vyant n currency that cannot be 'corhereu
I'm Wall street, or any other street.
wan, a currency sufficient 10 move Tue
cotton crop OF Georgia and Texas, 'he
tobacco crop Of Virginia and North caro-.
lima. the coal product OF virginia Nes'
virginia. and Tennessee, and the gram
crops OF the great West
Yes. all the people are in favor or nav
ing currency enough TO do the business
of the country. But how this result
could be accomplished by resortlng 10
the free coinage of silver at the ratio OF
lG to is not 50 plain. 1t would take
years TO coin as much silver as the coun-
try would need. II. therefore, the theories
OF the free silverites be true. IT would
be better 10 issue at once as many green
backs as would be necessary to accom-
plish the objects above mentioned, anu
not waste time IN coming silver.
But all that Is Off the question. why
keen up clamor for free silver. when
we know beyond doubt that the next
Congress viii refuse TO pass any Ia"
looking 10 the free coinage of silver at
n ratio 90 Is to !? Why cllmor for free
silver. when We know that the President
Of the United States will never sign a Dill
II viding for free silver? Why beat the
air? why waste our time and our talents
I'm the vain effort to accomplish impossi-
bilties? And we put the question TO
our Lynchburg contemporary, Is 1t not
an imposslbility which those mon propose
who advocate the policy of trying TO
get free-silver law from the present
CONGRESS. or the present President? Is
there nothing more important for the
Democrats Of this country TO DO than 10
work day and night for what they know
to be objects which cannot possibly be
accomplished?
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-10-10

urgency incident to the expectation OF
an attack upon that town by the Union
forces. they, with other valuable memo
randa belonging to the Confederate Gov
eminent. were about to be burned, whe"
a timely hand conveyed them to place
OF safety.
James NJ. Matthews Esq, OF Richmond
who. during the war was the cniei INV
clerk OF the Department Of Justice Oh
being shown these documents at once 'e-
cognlzed them az the original ana ohiy
records OF the Office of which for iour
years he had been the faithful cus'ouihh'
At the same time he pointed out many
papers that had been engrossed either by
himself or Jules 81. Martin, one Oh the
officials Of the department, ana 'he
brother-n-law OF Hon. Judah L. benJa-
min. Thus, Mr.. dc Fontain. says rs eS-
tabllshed the authenticity of these mere
tofore Missing Records OF the Conieue-
rae Cabinet
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-10-10
The French I'm MadaCnscar.

The capture Of Antananarivo, the capt.
tai of Madagascar, by the French forces.
under General Duchesne practically ends,
so far as the military phase OF 1t is
concerned, another French ''pirating"
colonial expedition. The coast-fever.
the swamps, and the forests, so conf
IDENTIFY relied upon as allies by the Hovas,
did their part towards thinning the ranks
and impeding the progress OF the in
yaders, but the Hova warriors, 1t APP
pears. were wofully wanting in the mat
ter Of supporting these allies. the
conquerors, il seems agreed, VIII mere
after. if they can stand the Malagasy
climate. find very little difficulty in the
prosecution of their scheme OF spollatlon'
as the Hovas are demorallzed, and no out
side Power will be inclined TO dispute
with France the possession OF the
prize." no boundary complication can
result from the grab, such as followed
the French operations in Siam. No
other nation considers Madagascar worth
nehting over, and France. 1t is conceded
will be permitted to enjoy the glory OF
her achievement free from European In
reference.
Aside. however. from the fortitude and
persistence displayed by the French
troops in their march into the interior
of the country. the glory accruing to
France from the Madagascar exploit is of
very questionable character. There was
really never any justification for the ex-
pediton. The invaders could rot even
set up the pretence OF protecting trade
Upon a very shadowy pretext. that their
dignity had been offended by Hova mai
treatment OF some Of their countrymen.
they reasserted an historic claim upon
Madagascar. dating back to the days OF
Richelieu, and proceeded to make war
on the government. The primary object
Of the expedition. however. as in the
Siam performance. was 10 divert the
French mind from affairs ut home. The
new Colonial venture was, in fact
a safety-valve experiment, with a gene
| raj grab-game attachment.