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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-12-25
A GrasshOpper Raid.

l remember that during grass
hopper time / was near the corner
of Seventh and Delaware and watch
ed the approach of the insects from
the west. l remember distinctly
that it was in the afternoon. At
first I noticed quite a number be-
tween myself and the sun. 1t was
not long, however, before they
seemed to come in clouds. The sun
became darkened exactly as though
thunderstorm were coming up.
They were flying perhaps 400 or 500
feet high. 1t must have been less
than an hour when the town was
literally covered with grasshoppers,
and in less than day there was not
green thing to be seen anywhere.
A great many people dug trenches
in their yards, in the bottom of
which they had piled paper and
kindling wood. After sweeping
hundreds of the pests into these
trenches they were burned up. In
walking along the streets one would
crush hoppers under his feet. They
went as they had come, almost in q
moment. I suppose it was go OF
starve. They had eaten everything
in sight and as consequence
thought it best to seek other fields
kansas City Journal.
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tel.
For sale-A Black Boy.

No little insight into the social life
of the eighteenth century may be
gained by study of contemporary
advertisements. There are announce
ments of boxing matches and other
athletic contests between women, an
offer of 10 shillings' reward for the
return of south sea dividend
worth $3.50, notice of a sale OF silks,
including "Brooades, Tissues, Tab
bies, Ducapes, Raschmores, ETC., /"
and numerous advertisements OF ne
gro boys, which last throw a curious
light upon the manner in which our
colored brethren were regarded lit
tie more than century ago. The
following, which appeared in 1853
and 1779 respectively, are typical
specimens of the latter class of adj
vertisement: "For sale-A chestnut
gelding, a trim whisky and q well
made, good tempered black boy;'
ITO be sold by auction-A black boy
of IA and a large mountain tiger
cat. "-Cornhill Magazine.
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Graphite and PeRmstite.

At recent meeting of the Acade-
mic des Sciences, Paris, NJ. Moisson,
the eminent chemist, read q paper
on the nature of graphite, or plum
bago, and pegmatite. Moisson has
made graphite by submitting car
bon to the temperature of an electric
furnace and by dissolving carbon in
a fused metal. Pegmatite is rock
belonging to the primary series or
most ancient rocks of the earth, and
is contemporary with the period
during which the earth passed from
the solar to the planetary condition.
In the opinion of NJ. Moisson, which
is based on his experiments, graph
lite existed in pegmatite before the
crystals of feldspar and quartz, which
make up the bulk of it, were formed.
London Globe.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-12-25
CHIEF JOSEPH.
Ono of tho Noblest Figures and 0rsatess
Warriors In Indian History.

Warriors In Indian htstory.
One of the noblest figures in Indian
history aud one Of the greatest warriors
is the Nez Perez Chief Joseph. In this
same year, 1871, lie had resisted at
tempts to put him and his band on the
Lapwai reservation in western Idaho
and had sought to carry all his people
hundreds Of miles to Canada. He out
ran the force that General Howard had
Oh his trail, escaped from Big Hole,
where General Gibbon fought him, and
again from General Sturgis, who en-
gagged him in the Yellowstone valley.
sturgis had been sent out by Miles, and
when the latter, on the evening OF Sept.
10, heard what had occurred, he started
the same night with all the available
force of the Tongue river cantonment
to head off Chief Joseph before be
should reach the border.
Hard marching brought the command,
on the last day Of the month, to Jo-
seph's village in the Bear Paw noun
tajns The heroic attack was resisted
with valor as heroic, and in a short
time Captain Hale, Lieutenant Biddle
and % soldiers were killed and 4 off,
GERS and So soldiers wounded, among
them being Lieutenant Baird OF the
generals staff. One gallant charge ny
CAPTAIN Carter, with small body OF
Fifth infantry, had cost over third OF
his command. Promptly varying his
plans, therefore, and adapting them to
the situation, the general moved up his
artillery, and disposed tho troops SO as
to hold the Indians under siege, with
escape impossible.
On the sixth day Chief Joseph ad-
yanced to surrender. It was scene for
painter, a typical scene In American
history, when this noble looking war
rior, facing General Miles. worthy
counterpart in mien and bearing, band
ed his rifle to his white conqueror, and
with impressive dignity pointed to the
sun in the heavens, saying. From
where the sun now stands, l fight no
more"
General Miles, in announcing the
victory, used the terse, significant
phrase, eve have had our usual sue
cess. His full report described hi.
brave adversaries as 1.-THE boldest meE
and best marksmen Of any Indians
have ever encountered, and Chief 10
seph as "a man Of moro sagacity arc
intelligence than any Indian ha't
over met. "-George E. Pond In Nc
Clure's Magazine.
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Mazzantint. the Bull Fighter.

Mazzantini, who as q bull fighter
makes $50, 600 year, was a porter
on the Great Northern railway of
Spain. He was strong and handsome
and full of pluck, and he said to
himself: II want to make money.
In Spain there are only two ways
to be a tenor or a bull fighter. l
can't sing, but ] know can kill q
bull" He began as one of the gang
of assistants at small shows. He
soon acquired skill, and today when
ever he travels his is royal prog
ress. His diamonds are the envy of
the prima donnas, he has his town
mansion and his shooting box and
his villa at the seaside. London Let
fer
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sTEvENsoN's STYLE.
We Was No Nero EpiSran Turner or Pyro-
technist In Expression.

We Was No Nero Epi9ram Turner or Pyfo-
technist In Expression.
Brilliant az were Stevenson powers
Of thought and word. he was no cpl
gram turner, no pyrotechnist in idea or
expression. A clear and coherent train
of Thought runs through his most spar
king chapters; in its calculation every
phrase plays all indispensable role, and
the garment Of style fits the thought 80
closely that, although each sentence is
in itself q work of art, none exists for
itself, but MI for the sake Of the gener-
al effect Of the whole.
singularly excellent is this whole as
a medium for the transference OF
thought; impeccably lucid and limpid,
translating all shades OF perception,
sensation and emotion with such ease
and preciseness that the reader scarcely
remembers he is absorbing the thought
of another. But even this rare merit
does not necessarily imply great charm
of style. To achieve the highest kind OF
charm, Of beauty, the ear must he en-
chanted while the mind is definitely
and delicately led.
If you do not possess an ear for the
music of prose (Which has nothing at
all to do with the ear for music proper
and is different even from an ear for
verse, and a good deal less common),
no one can make you understand the ex-
traordinary beauty Of Stevenson's work.
But if you do possess this organ you
will rate him, as an artist, at least rs
high as any poet. The essentials OF good
poetic form, with its organized meas
IRE and accentuation and often its de-
termined rhymes, are symmetry and
balance, diversified uniformity, varied
repetition, echoing assonance and reso-
nance. The essentials Of good prose form
are graceful symmetry, q discreet
avoidance of actual in favor Of suggest
ed balance, harmony in perpetual diver
sity, no obvious repetitions or echoings
and yet in every phrase recognition OF
the form and color Of all accompanying
phrases Thus q more subtle, If not a
higher technical sense, goes to the max
ing of very good prose than Of even very
good poetry; there are no formulas OF
rules to give assurance or warning, nc
signal cries determined upon in advance
and thereafter loudly audible as helpers
of a doubling ear.-"Robert Louis Ste
yenson and His Writings" by Mrs. NJ.
g. Van Rensselaer,, in Century.
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An Arctic Rhinoceroa.

A gigantic specimen Of the arctic
rhinoceros has lately been discovered
frozen up in an iceberg which stranded at
the Lena delta. This specimen was seven
feet taller than the largest variety Of the
rhinoceros Of today and was armed
with two rose horns, the shortest Of
which was 8 feet 2 inches in length.
The animal doubtless belonged to an
antediluvian species of rhinoceros, and
his immense size gives some idea Of the
enormous and terrible beasts which in
habited this planet in the days when
the earth was young" The creatures
body was entirely covered with very
long, thick hair, which proves that the
arctic regions were his natural habitat.
st. Louis Republic.
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snnerstitIous Wall Street.

Wall street brokers and bankers
do not believe wholly in cold blood
ed business transaotions, but are in
clined to think that luck and chance
exercise considerable influence, and
so many brokers and spectators
have oil the superstitions that mark
the gambler. 1t would be difficult
to find among them a man who
has not something unpleasant to say
about Fridays. Even financiers who
are pillars of the church hesitate
about beginning big operations on
that day, and they will frequently
suffer Inconvenience, if not actual
loss, rather than do so. Men who
can look at the tape as it runs out
of the ticker and soc fortunes slip
ping out of their grasp without a
change of expression will turn pale
when they remember that they for
got to tip beggar before entering
the exchange, There are others who
will not sit down to luncheon with
out first walking around the chair.
Nearly every broker has his own Pc
culiar mascot. There is one well
known speculator, man OF very
practical and unromantio mind, who
sets great store by peculiar scarf
pin. He admits that it is merely a
superstition, but he would not dare
enter into speculation on q day when
he did not wear it.--New York Let.
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eoLDENRoD.

The spirit of the golden autumntlde
Is in thee, happy, dancing goldenrod!
When first see thy yellow bloom BESIDE
The hot, white, dusty road, or see thee hlde
INV plumy flower where hawthorns bend
and nod,
I seem to feel the glad September air.
To see the haze o'erhang the distant hills,
To hear the cricket from its leafy lair,
To taste the purple grape and ripened pear
And great gladness I'LL my spirit His
Herald of gorgeous, flowery host,
The aster and the flaming cardinal flower,
OF all the autumn blooms thou seemest mos'
To call me from the vanity and boast
OF men to seek glorious pulsin9 hour
Where reddening foliage is overhead
And fragrant winds sing of bounteous Goo,
Where brown leaves rustic to the rabbit
tread. =,
o swaying autumn flower, well Is 1t SAID
nations blossom Is the yellow goldenrod'
Karl Buhle.
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Lightning.

The curious fact has been observed
that while buildings generally are more
liable to accidents from lightning during
the first half Of the year than during
the last, barns form an exception to
this rule. q attempting to account for
this it has been suggested that fnll
barn is warmer than an empty one and
that the heated and somewhat moist ak
rising from the straw or hay 10 more
conductive than cooler air and at
tracts" lightning.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-12-25
THE SICK MAN OF EUROPE.

THE SICK MAN OF EUROPE.
Origin of the Appellation Given 70 Afou-
blesome Turkey.
It was the first Emperor Nicholas
of Russia who described Turkey as
the "sick man.
On the night of the 9th of Jalu-
ary, 1853, Sir Hamilton Seymour,
minister of Great Britain at st. Pc
tersburg, was at party in the pal
ace of the Archduohess Helen. There
Nicholas said to him: "The affairs
of Turkey are in very disofsanized
condition. The country itself seems
to be falling to pieces. The fall will
be a great misfortune, and it is very
important that England and Russia
should come to perfectly good I'M
derstanding upon these affairs, and
that neither should takSany decisive
STEP"
The English minister answered
that this was certainly his view of
the way in which the Turkish ques-
ton should be treated. Nicholas
then said, as if continuing his previ-
Gus remarks:
"Stay! We have on our hands a
sick man, a very sick man. 1t will
be, tell you frankly, great mis-
fortune if one of these days he
should slip away from us, especially
before all necessary arrangements
are made. +"
This is the origin of the phrase
that became extended into 1.-The sick
man of Europe" On later occasion
the emperor, speaking to the same
minister, said: Turkey has by de-
grees fallen into such a state OF do
crepitude that, as I told you the 9TH
or night, eager as we all are for the
prolonged existence of the man
and that am as DESTROYS as you can
be for the continuance of his life l
beg you to believe-he may sudden
ly die upon our hands. "
Nicholas went on to inform Sir
Hamilton Seymour that he would
never permit England to establish
herself at Constantinople. AS fol-
himself, he was disposed to engage
not to establish himself there, but
he added: 1T might happen that
circumstances, if no previous provi
sion were made, if everything
should BIO left to chance, might place
me in the position of occupying Con
. stantinople.' -
A month later at party given BY
: the hereditary grand duchess tht
emperor said to Sir Hamilton Sey
mour: "If your government ha!
. been led to believe that Turkey re
i tains any elements of existence
> your government must have receiv
'. ed incorrect information. ] repea
to YOU that the sick man is dying
; and we can never allow such a,
$ event to take us by surprise. W
+ must como to an understanding"
y Nicholas demanded of the "sic]
Q man" the right to protect all Turk
y ish subjects who protested the Gree
u religion, and this right no claime
/ to have procured by treaty; but, tn
u sultan refusing to recognize that II
IL IL depreciation of the compact, Franc
and England united in supportin
y Turkey against Russia. The allie
u armies lanGed in the Crimea in SCI
tember, 1854. The decisive victorie
at Alma ard Inkerman, the siege G
Sevastopol, the victories of the Eng
y lish fleet in the Baltic, proved to
- much for Nicholas, who died Marc
y 2, 1S55.-Chioago Times-Hearld.
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Feminine Arithmetic.

Hubby-Both investments appear
equally safe, and the annual profit
upon each is almost identical. Yet
for the same amount of capital one
offers me a seventh share in the
business and the other a tenth.
Now, which shall I accept?
Wife-Don't be absurd, Jack.
Why, the tenth of course. London
Times.
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ALEXANDRIA POS OFFICE DlREC.
TOIY.

Jonas Rosenthal. $1,000. Post Master
YIN Maddox. Asst -
Office hours from O'Clock nj to I p m.
Money order busiless closes at 4 p m.
Registered Letter close ut S o'clock pm.
DISTRICT MAILS.
Hineston, sixtimes week. Leaves
Alexandria at 1870 m arrives at 6 p m.
Pineville, forteen times week.
Leaves Alexandra at 1880 m and M.
Arrives at AleAndria 10 M and p M.
Poland, thru times week. Leaves
Alexandria Tssdays, Thursdays and Sat-
urdays at s an: returns Same days 7 p m.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-12-25

A pun is radically bad race of
wit. 1t is wit OF so low al order
that the number of those endowed
with the gift of wit would be nearly
equal to those endowed with the gift
of speech. Sydney Smith.
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~What is strength without dou-
BILE share of wisdom? Vast, un-
wieldy, burthensome, proudly Sc
cure, yet liable to fall by weakest
subtleties, strengths not made to
rule, but to subserve where wisdom
bears command. Milton.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-12-25

A hardy seaman who had escaped
one of the recent shipwrecks on our
coast was asked by good lady how
he felt when the waves broke over
him. He replied, wet, ma am, very
wet -
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-12-25

A heather was originally dweller
on the German heaths, the last To-
oalities in Germany to accept the
Christian religion.
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Cure for Headache.

Asa remedy for all forms of headache
Electric Bitters has proved to be the
very best. Ut effects a permanent euro
and the most dreaded babitual sick head
aches yield to its influence. We urge all
who are afflicted to procure bottle and
-.s,.n 4his rnmndu n IA IL trial In Cases M
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-12-25

Medieval knights often took a
voluntary oath that they would new
er spare the life of an enemy.
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Bucklen's Arnica Salve.

The Best Salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever
Sores. letter. Chapped Hands. Chilblains.
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POLICE JURY.
w P Flower, Alexandria 500. President
l. c Sanford. ...Clerk
George l. Wilson .............: Lamonr;e
w Z Ford. ...............'..C honey WIG
u H Randolph. .............SprlnY Hii'
Il NJ White ..Calcss'en
J II Sorello ..... ........... Hihcston
l. ii Texada .................... .Ccti!e
p II Davidson. hapiues "
4 j Hardtner ................ rhesiiio
L X Smith, Jr .................h IgoIette
SCHOOL BOARD.
C A Schnack, Alexandria. ..... President
& o Watts Aloxandria .Supt and Seoty
! X w Bringhnrst. .Aiexauutis
| Samuel Blum. .............. Chcneyvlile
| + Spence Smith. ...............We ell y
Samuel Mailette. .BabO's DIdSe
| II Il Lawson. .............''..'E Elmer
J \ l. HathOrn ..........' ...IIuef'iic
| w w BrashoAr.
! Bon Lewis ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS clChtOn
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE AND CON
STABLES:
Alexandria Ward
Justices Peace-W W Wilmington and
A r RACIAL.
Copstables-M W Bsillio and Chas 8
Duke.
il Cotile Ward .
Justices Peace-John Dawson, u
Henderson, L W Sorrolle and } u *
Woodland.
Constables-J Thomas, e II James,
Eli Cleveland and j Nj Dutilho.
Calcasieu Ward
Justices Peace-John Dixon and W
Teal. =.
Constables-Henry Perkins and Il w
Glass.
Lamourie Ward
Justices Peace - Robert Martin and
Josiah Bruce.
Consta bles-C + Goodwin and A c
Stafford.
Cheneyville Ward
Justices Peace-Jsmes A Wyiie and
Il Moore.
Constables-W S Roberts and N L
Stewart.
Rapides Ward
Justice Peaco--LC Sanford.
Constsble-R H Murphy.
Rigolette Ward
Justices Peace-E P Brown snd b
Payne. :, !,
Constables-Albert Brown and X @
Teekel.
Spring Hill Ward :.
Justices Peace B Dove (resignd)
and John Evans.
Constables b P Phillips, J d Dinn.
Hineston Ward
Justices Peacs-J L Whitehurst I'D q
C Lyles.
Constables-A G Ward and A J Gray.
Pineville Wrrd-
Justices Peace-A A David Apa Johr
A Newell.
Constsblss-J J Duplissssy I'D Fra
- sier Scott.
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Parish officers.
Representatives..

.,rncrs COURT or rPxA Ls-3Rp CIRCUIT:
w + Blackmxn. ..And. Robert Perry
Terms Of Gonrt-Second Mondays IN
February and July.
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TERMS or COURT FOR RArlDxs PARISH:
Civil Tcrms-First Mondays III Janu-
sry and May.
Jury Torms-First Mondays in April
| md November.
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Supreme Court.
Francis r Nichols. ....... Chief Justice
New Orleans.
AaSOCIATEA
Evening star., 1895-06-13
FALLS CHURCH.

Mrs. Stetson of Washington has again
rented for the summer the place owned by
Mrs. Louise Patterson, and will move out
the 18th instant.
Rev. J. 7. Barnett has purchased of Mr.
W. E. Parker lot on Shreve street
The Christian Endeavor Society has
suing six months: Prof. H. F. Lowe, presi-
dent: Miss Tillie Rawlings, secretary; Miss
Maggie NourSe, treasurer; Miss Edith Mar-
rifield, organist; F. H. Eastman, assistant
.organist, and the following vice presidents
Miss Maud Rathbun of the Presbyterian
South; Miss Corrie F. Cooksey, NJ. Z.
Church; Miss Ida ]. Quick, Baptist Church,
F. H. Eastman, Congregational Church.
Miss Julia Irwin of Marietta, Ga, is visit
ing her friends, the Beach and Lester fam
lily.
Rev. ]. R. Jacobs has returned from the
Randolph Macon Academy at Front Royal,
and will, the lst of next month, enter upon
MS duties as assistant pastor of the Deco
guam circuit, to which he was assigned by
the NJ. E. Church South conference.
Mr. and Mrs NJ F. Bean have rented and
moved in the house connected with the
store of Mr. Guy Luttrell, on Washington
street.
Miss Emma West of Accomac county,
who has been visiting Miss Mary Thorne,
returned home Wednesday,
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Shreve gave
pleasant dancing party at their residence
Friday night.
Mr. Carl NJ. Rathbun, son of Rev. D. L.
Rathbun, pastor of the Presbyterian
Church, who has been attending the Woos-
ter University, Ohio, has returned horne for
the summer months.
Messrs. G. W. Poole & Brother have been
awarded a contract to build a house for
Mr. Walter Roberts.
Evening star., 1895-06-13
SUBURBAN NEWS
ANACOSTIA.

A warrant was issued Tuesday last for
the arrest of a young man named James
Anderson of Pennsylvania avenue extend.
ed, who was charged by young woman
living in the city with indecent assault.
When Anderson was notified by his fami
ly that policemen had been looking for
him he proceeded to the Anacostia substa-
tion, arriving shortly before l o'clock yes
terday morning, and gave himself up. He
declared that the statement of the girl was
false, and that he would prove so at the
earliest opportunity. However" said he,
Il will go home for tonight, and will re-
port here promptly in the morning." An
derson was permitted to depart, and he
either has forgotten all about his promise
or else has left the neighborhood, for the
most dfligent search has failed to find him.
Mrs. Arthur fudge of Jackson street has
returned from visit to her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. We.gel, in Prince Georges
county, Md.
An interesting meeting of ST. Andrews
Guild Of Emmanuel P. E. Church was held
last night Previous to the meeting Rev.
w. G. Davenport delivered an instructive
lecture, and the litany was recited.
Mr.. d. T. NJ. Shanks. who has been very
I'LL with malaria, has nearly recovered.
The Moerlein Social Club will give a COM
plimentary excursion to Bay Ridge, Sum
day next.
Flag day will be observed with appro-
PIRATE exercises at the Van Buren, public
school. Twelve of the little girls will after
wards go to Rev. DR.. Sunderland's church,
washington, where they will give the
3alch salute under the direction of Miss
Brewer of the Anacostia school,
Mr. Frederick Butler, who has been Sc
rlously III for some weeks, has recovered
Mt. frederick Bryan, heretofore for
long time organist at Emmanuel p E.
Church, has accepted a similar position in
Washington, and for the present Mrs. R.
A Pyles will fill the vacancy at the Ana
costa church