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The Louisiana populist., 1897-09-17
The feeding expenses of the London
geological gardens average $500 a
-of
Bicycle Prices Fall.

After several years Of exorbitantly
large profits sae manufacturers ol
bicycles have hsen compelled to very
largely reduce heir prices. The pub.
lie actually refused to longer pay $10c
for machine which can be built fo1
one-quarter that amount.
A few makers saw this some time
ago and put on the market cheape,
machines at very greatly reduced
prices which SO cut into tho business
OF the higher priced manufacturers
that in pure self-defense they were
compelled to bid goodbye to their old
high prices.
Why should not the same thing oc-
cur with type writing machines? They
no doubt cost considerably less to pro-
duce than bicycles, and yet some Of
them are selling at the ridiculously
high price OF $10O. 1t is fair to infer
that machine which sells at $50 costs
close to $15 to manufacture.
II few large department stores in
New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Chi
cago, ETC., would arrange for large
quantities to be manufactured for shem
by some one outside Of o Trust the
prices would come down to reasonable
figures as have those of bicycles.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-09-17
The Art of Boiling an Egg.

Epicures are still discussing tn,
Pope's poem on the art of catering
properly to ones appetite. His rule
that eggs should be either hard-boilet
or nearly raw has occasioned som,
discussion among those who prefe.
their eggs boiled over two minutes
and attention is called to the fact thai
the Pope's rule is exactly in line with
the teaching of Brillat-Savarin and all
the great cooks, that eggs should b.
boiled either not more than two min
ntes or not less than twenty, for tn,
reason that an egg boiled two min
utes is digestible, and so is an egs
boiled twenty minutes, but one boiled
five minutes is as leather to the di
gestive organs. Boston Herald.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-09-17
Paris Dog Market.

The dog market, which is held
very Sunday on the Boulevard de
fHospital, is one Of the most interest
ing sights in Paris, and one, too,
which tourists rarely see. Often a
dog-fancier can pick up great bar
gain, for, after a certain interval has
elapsed, every dog found wandering
about the streets without master
finds its way to the Dog Market.
Then, again, lively trade is done in
dogs which have been stolen, and for
which no adequate reward has been
offered Or given. A priceis rarely put
on dog; the whole matter is one Of
endless bargaining and discussion,
and those who wish to pick up a bar
gain take care to go somewhat late in
She day. The regular dog merchants
avoid the weekly market, excepting
the quality Of purchasers. On the
other hand, it not unfrequently hap
pens that some servant in livery is
seen trying to dispose of couple OF
well-bred pups on which a reserve
price has been put BY master or man.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-09-17
The University Of Alabama.

supplement to the catalopue.)
The President and faculty Of the
University have issued an academic
supplement- to the catalogue setting
forth new and up-to-date courses oi
study. These allow many options to
students, while maintaining . hieb
STANDARD by requiring certain essen
tials OF an education Of ali applicants
for degree
Students who have already entered
upon one Of the old courses NAV con-
ilnne without prejudice. But they
tan choose as othersas fur as the sched
ille will allow. 1t istbe purpose of th,,
'aculty to cause no man to lone his
Glass BY reason OF the change, however
esirabls.
his evidence OF lifo will be ,,rati-
lying te all the friends ot the Uni.
yersity.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-09-17

Ever since spinning was a type OF woman.
ly industry, from age to age 1t has been
expected that beautiful apparel should
clothe women. TO keep dainty belongings
IN good order it is necessary to have them
properly laundered This is especially true
In the laundering of pretty summer gowns,
whlch is now quite fine art. TO do tho
work properly. fill tub two-thirds full OF
warm water, dissolve the fourth OF a cako
OF Ivory Soap (Which will not fade the most
delicate colors), add it to the water. wash
the articles through it, rinse first In clear
and then in blue water: wiring. din in thin
starch, shake out and hang on the line In
the shade. When dry, sprinkle and iron.
Gowns thus laundercd will retain their
freshness the entire season.
ELIZA r. PARKER.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-09-17

The reasons advanced by the Eng
lish for continuing to occupy Egyp
are resented in curious fashion by
the papers of Cairo. The British as
sert that the great prevalence of crime
and violence renders necessary the in
terposition of a foreign power to keel
the peace. In order to answer thi.
the Cairo papers publish each morn.
ing reports, taken from the London
papers, OF crime in England, and print
long editorials full of statistics show.
ing that an Egyptian army ought to
take possession Of Great Britain and
maintain the order which the report,
they quote seem to indicate the British
are unable to preserve thamselvaA
The Louisiana populist., 1897-09-17
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.

Morocco policemen carry lanterns.
Russia boasts of paper railroad rails
Silver horseshoes are made in Vienna
Austria.
Russians make a pleasant drinl
from sap of the walnut.
A New York man was arrested th'
other day for stealing stole.
An Ottawa Qn.) youth, who was
struck by lightning, is shedding his
skin.
A Lawrence (Kan.) colored man,
born slave, died the other day worth
$4,000.
A large flock of wild pigeons haa
taken possession of grove in Shasts
County, California.
Lincoln County, Kentucky, has q
new-found cave rivaling Mammoth
cave in size and novelty.
A Muncie lind parrot cried "Fire
fire p and woke up her owner, who
found his house in flames.
Wild geese make about forty eight
miles an hour, and the average height
at which they travel is from 1000 to
1900 feet.
The coarse gold deposits OF the
Aztecs are believed to have been found
where the Acapulco railway crosses
the Balsas river.
Connecticut papers say that the old.
est man in the state is Manuel Oliver
Levy of Stonington, who was born in
Portugal 104 years ago.
The youth who drives the mai
wagon at Quincy, ILL.,, finds his favor.
lite sport in driving through and break.
ing up professions. He goes blocks
out Of his way for the pleasure Of in
terrupting procession.
After thirteen years of hard work,
the American Medical association has
at last succeeded in raising the sum o.
$4,000 wherewith to erect statue tt
the memory of Benjamin Rush, the
surgeon general of the Revolutionary
army. The statue will be erected il
Washington.
Considerable sensation has beel
caused in Brussels, Belgium, by tn.
discovery Of sarcophagus containing
it is said, the remains of Attila, the
celebrated chief of the Huns, in exca
waiting for the foundations of tht
exhibition building. The resting
place Of Attila has always been ,
mystery.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-09-17
A Dogs Broken Heart.

w. L. Murfree, brother of the well.
known novelist, Charles Egbert Grad
dock, recently related a remarkable
instance Of a dogs affection for his
kind.
In was during the war, when the
Murfree family lived near Murfrees-
boro, Tenn. The children owned two
dogs, great st. Bernard named Hugo,
and tiny white poodle, Fleece. The
two we're inseparable companions and
wherever Hngo's dignifed self ap-
peared there gamboled beside him the
absurd bundle Of curls and wool. It
was Landseer's picture Of Dignity and
Impudence in life. Hugo looked with
anxious solicitude after Fleece if the
little fellow ran away, whsch he fre-
quently did, and never gave it up un-
til he brought Fleece home again in
safe conduct.
Battles were raging all around them
and one night the firing was SO near
and incessant that no one slept.
The next morning Hugo and Fleece
were missing, and while the children
searched for them Hugo YEARLY walked
through the gate, carrying poor little
Fleece's dead body.
He walked to his mistress and laid
his burden gently down at her feet,
then with look of unutterable grief
laid himself down beside it, nor could
they coax nor drive him away. Little
Fleece's white coat was blood stained.
A stray bullet had ended his happy
little life and the children wept over
the sorrows Of war, realizing as never
before what it meant.
They had most elaborate funeral
and buried Fleece with military hon
ors, with his body wrapped in flag,
and they marched to the grave to the
beat Of a toy drum, with Hugo, who
followed close, as the chief mourner.
When the little mound, flower covered
and draped with flag, was finished,
Hugo laid himself down across the
tiny grave and refused to be COM
forted. He would neither eat nor
drink, and the next morning they
found the great fellow stiff and cold in
death, still faithfully guarding the
mound that covered his dear little
friend. His great, loving heart was
broken with grief.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-09-17

Some great scientists have had the
indelicacy to 60 prying into the ques-
tion Of the age Of the earth. A few
weeks ago we told what one conclusion
was in this regard. Lord Kelvin, the
great Scotch astronomer and mathe'
matician, in an address in London,
said he was able to declare with conf.
dence that the earth solidified between
29,0Oo,0OO and 3O,OoO,Oo0 years ago.
The latest estimate of the time re-
quired for the formation Of all strata
since the beginning of the Cambriar
rocks is II, 100000 years. Lord Kel
vim asserted that the earth could not
have been habitable more than 30,.
100000 years at the most.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-09-17
DeadIy Poison Discovered in Common
Roadside Flower.

DR.. r. E. Hommell, Of this city,
who is professor of materia medlca
and physiology of the New Jersey
State College of Pharmacy, spends
considerable of his time studying the
structure and therapeutic properties
Of the medical plants Of our country,
and his Investigations have been re-
warded by discovery most important
to science, namely, the Identification
of poisonous principle in a wild
flower commonly known as blue weed.
The plant grows abundantly during
the months of July and August in diff
ferent parts of Hudson County, In
fact, all over the country, principally
southwark. 1t is usually found along
roadsides and other open places,
among wild flowers, such as the mul.
lein, thistle, poke, buttercup, red
clover, wild mustard and many others.
The plant belongs to the borage
family and is biennial. 1t is tough
and bristly, has an erect stem, two
feet high, leaves linear, lanceolate
flowers, purple changing to blue,
rather showy, growing in short lateral
clusters.
1t has always been regarded as q
perfectly harmless vegetation; in fact,
all of the other members OF the family
are innocent. They are muscilagl-
nous, slightly bitter plants. The ex-
ception, however, is the blue weed.
The fact was observed during the
months of February and March by DR.,
Hommell and Professor A. Drescher,
g. chemist of Newark. The analysis
and experiments covered nearly SIX
weeks, and the scientists succeeded
in isolating a new alkaloid, destined
TO play an important role in medi-
cine.
The substance found is identical
with ''Curania," the alkaloid Of Gu
rare or "Woorara," the South Amerl-
can arrow poison, obtained from the
young branches of Strychnos castelnae
and Cocculus toxiferns. 1t may also
be obtained from different other plants
in South America.
The physiological action Of curare
is powerful. When injected into the
blood hypodermically, it produces
paralysis of the muscular system in
general, especially the muscles Of
respiration and locomotion, followed
by commissions which are produced by
| asphyxia due to respiratory paralysis
Locally applied to the skin, it acts
as an irritant, causing inflammation
and pain. 1t is also apt to irritate the
mucous membranes of the nose aad
mouth and other situations in the
physical economy.
The poisoning principle in blue
weed has similar physiological actions
to the II d an arrow poison. A small
amount OF the blue weed alkaloid in
jected into the circulation of rabbits
and guinea pigs caused death in les'
than ten minutes.
The physiological tests were con
Quoted by DR.. Zeis, veterinary sur
geon, of Newark; Professor Dreschel
and DR.. Hommell repeatedly, ant
they assert positively, that there il
absolutely no further doubt IS to tn
very poisonous character OF gilt
flower heretofore regarded as harm
less.-Jersey City Journal.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-09-17

According to the statistics compiled
for 1896, the total length of the rail.
way system of the whole world is
427, 7,215 miles, distributed over the
various continents as follows: North
America, 202,9S3; Europe, 152,417
Asia, 26,078; South America, 23,799i
Australasia, 13, 1856; Africa, s, ,143.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-09-17
Archbishop Corrigan, of New York

Archbishop Corrigan, of New York,
presides over the greatest Catholic SET
in Christendom, comprising the city
aud county Of New York, the countiei
of Westchester, Putnam, Dutchess,
Ulster, Sullivan, Orange, Rockland
and Richmond, and also the Bahams
Islands. The Catholic population Of
this archdiocese was estimated few
years ago at 100000.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-09-17

A correspondent who evidently il
worrying about a gift wants to know
what we consider best for q wedding
We can't recall anything more appro
pirate than girl from this locality
for such function.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-09-17

sociologists have been paying an
unusual amount of attention of late
to the questions Of prison reform, re.
duction of the criminal classes ani
the like,
The Louisiana populist., 1897-09-17

All northern Boone County, says
Columbia (Mo.) paper, is dotted with
cyclone cellars. The round grass
grown tops look like Indian mounds
or like the entrances to coyote hole,
on the prairies.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-09-17
What 10 Tetterine?

1t is a fragrant, unctuous ointment Of great
cooling anc healing power. Its good for letter,
Eingworm, Eczems and all roughness of the skin.
1t stops pain and itching at once and II properly
used will positively cure even the worst OF chronic
cases. 81 cents at q drug store or by mail for 20
cents in stamps. J.T Shup trine, Savannah, Ga.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-09-17

German agricultural papers say the
imports Of American apples into Ger
many last year were twenty times
as large as in any previous season.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-09-17

Mrs. Windows Soothing Syrup for children
teething, sOftens the gums, reducing inhamma'
ton, allays pain cures wind collie. 25c.a bottle.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-09-17

Fits permanently cured. No ITS or nervous.
ness after first days use Of Dr.. Kline's Great
nerve Hestorer. 81 trial bottle and treatise free
DR' II. d. KLINE, Ltd. 8l Arch st, Phila., Pa,
The Louisiana populist., 1897-09-17

Rev. a. P. Carson, Scotland, OAK, say,.
Two bottles OF Hall Is Catarrh Cure completa-
~ cured my little girl" Sold BY Druggists. TO
The Louisiana populist., 1897-09-17

We think Piso's Cure for Consumption Is
ARD. Springfield, Ills, Oct. l. 1884
The Louisiana populist., 1897-09-17

The United Brethren conference IN
Indiana has refused the request Of
many women to strike out the word
''obey" in the marriage service,
The Louisiana populist., 1897-09-17

An old 'possum; with fifteen young
ones, was caught in henhouse at
Franklin. Ind.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-09-17

Ifaf1icted withsoree eyesu use DR.. Isaac Thomp-
son'sEye.water. Druggists sell at 25c.per bottle.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-02-04
CHINA'S NEW NAVY
Observation-Disclosures
FLEET IN TEN YEARS,
Nine Vessels Now Orderetf unR 9th
ers to De Bought. Some Of Them
Possibly From the United States
New Arsenals Being Constructed
Wants 10 Become u First-C1nss
Power.

Washington, Jan. 81 An outline of
the plans of the Chinese government in
the direction of reconstruction and re-
placement of the navy destroyed and
captured by the Japanese during the
late war has reached the navy depart
ment through report from Command
er F. NJ. Barber (retired), who was in
vfted to address the Chinese tsung Ii
yamen, or imperial council, last fall
upon the feasibility Of securing ships
i'll the United States. He Was Informed
that China proposes TO reconstruct her
navy and become q first-class naval
power in ten years. There is new
arsenal for the manufacture Of small
arms and ammunition now in process
of construction on the Shang-Tung
promOntory. Nine vessels have already
been ordered in Europe.
The officer presented 4 strong argu-
ment to the yamen to show that it
would be good policy for China to buy
some of her navy from the United
States. He also endeavored to show
that technically the United States had
the best ships in the world, and that
owing to the encouragement hereto
fore afforded by the government cur
shipbuilders were now able and de-
sirous of meeting the fighters of any
European concerns for ships of the
first quality.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-02-04
CONGRESS-.
The Senate Decides in Favor of the
Monetary Conference.

The Senate Decides in Favor of the
Monetary Conference.
Washington, Jan. 30. - BY the de-
cisive vote of 46 to the senate passed
the bill for the appointment of commits
Sioners to an international monetary
conference. The closing of the de-
bate brought out several closing
speeches. During the day Mr.. Morgan
failing to secure an agreement for a
vote on the Nicaraguan canal bill-an-
nounced that it would be urged to con-
clusion Monday. The senate ad-
journed until Monday.
The house witnessed another excit-
ing and somewhat sensational episode.
At the end of an acrimonious debate
on the conference report on the bill to
confer the rights and franchises Of
the Atlantic & Pacific railroad on the
purchasers under the mortgage fore
closure, Mr.. Powers Of Vermont and
Mr.. Burnett of Massachusetts ex-
changed broadsiders. The report was
rejected by an overwhelming majority
III to 143-and the conferees were in
structed to insist on the house amend
ments.
Just before adjournment Mr.. Hardy,
Rep, Ind, who was refused unani-
nous consent to continue a political
speech he was making, declared that
he would retaliate by objecting to
every request for unanimous consent
for the remainder Of the session.
The remainder of the day was spent
in the discussion of the agricultural ap.
preparation bill.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-02-04
A TRAIN HELD UP
ROBBERS ATTACK AN EXPRESS
TRAIN IN OREGON.
.rhey Flag the Train and Compel
Express Safes Blown Open With
Dynamite and the Cur Burned to
the Ground-The HiEhwnymen
Make Their Escape.

Portland, Or, Jan. 81. - The north
hound overland on the Southern Pa.
citic was held up two miles west of
Roseburg, Or.
No one was hurt and the highway
men succeeded in making their escape,
The train was on time at Shady
Point, where Engineer Morris saw a
man at the side of the track waving n
flag. He slowed up for the signal, and
rs he brought the train to a stop a
man armed with two revolvers came
over the back Of the tender and COW
cred him. At the same time another
armed man, the one who had tagged
the train, appeared at the side of the
cab and, pointing revolvers, ordered
the engineer not to attempt to move the
train, but to come down at once and go
with them to the express car. The two
robbers and the engineer then went to
the express car, where the robbers or
dered the messenger to open the door.
This he refused to do. The robbers then
uncoupled the express car, returned to
the engine and backed the train, leav-
ing the express car separated. Mean
time the express messenger had seized
the opportunity to step out of the car.
After breaking the train in two the
robbers returned to the express car
and, with heavy charges of dynamite,
blew the door open. Entering the car
they attacked two small safes, which
they succeeded in entering.
The mail car was also visited by the
robbers and registered letters taken.
The explosion set fire to the express
car, and when the robbers left it was
a mass of flames. The train crew
were unable to save'it.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-02-04
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Overflow From the Wires in.a, Con-
densed Form

overflow From the Wires ihp,A, Con.
densed Form
Mrs. Amelia B. Post, one of the lead
ing woman suffragists of Wyoming,
is dead.
Leopold Biehler, the nine yearold
son of farmer at Abilene, Kan,. was
shot and killed by John Ohms, aged
twelve.
A meeting Of the Nationals Dairy
union will be held at Chicago Feb Ii.
A president and other officers are to be
elected.
treaty are to be removed by a separate
treaty for the adjustment of the Alas
kan boundary.
1t is announced that 100000 per-
sons are now employed upon the re-
lief works in the famine stricken dis.
trfcts of India.
The New York joint legislative CON-
mfttee to investigate trusts held it's
first meeting to-day, electing' Senator
Lexow as chairman.
The depot of the Ahnapee' &c West
ern, at Sturgeon Bay, Wis. was
burned. A large amount of freight
and express matter was lost.
The Atlantic & Pacific. q per cent
bondholders have agreed to accept the
proposition made by the Atchison in.
terests for control of the property.
The Delaware constitutional con-
vention by an almost unanimous vote
has recommended that the power OF
granting divorces be- taken from the
legislature.
Mrs. Anna Allen, reputed to be the
wealthiest woman in st. Louis, who
died in Pittsfield. Mass. is said to have
left no will. Her estate is said to be-
worth $1O.O0OOO0..
Oscar A. Baker of Davenport, Iowa,
is dead, aged 81 years. He was son
of Col. Samuel A. Baker, aide-de-camp
and interpreter for Gen. Lafayette, and
was one of the, oldest members of the
Society of the Sons of the Revolution.
Some of the farmers of the West and
Northwest who desire to encourage the
production of fax and hemp want a
duty imposed on sisil and manila, but
others protest that such duty will re.
suit in an increase in the cost of bind
ing Irvine.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-02-04
THE MARKETS.
Latest Quotation From Grain and
Live Stock Centera

Latest Quotation From Grain and
Live Stock Centers.
Chicago, Jan. 31.-Wheat-Cash No. 9
red, S5a86c; No. 3 red, 8OaS3c; No. 2
spring. "a 1-2a75c; No. 3 spring, 7Oa74c;
No. 2 hard winter, SOaS2c; No. 5 win
ter, 71a76c; No. 1 Northern, 76a76 1-2c.
Corn-Cash No. 2, .22a22 Lie; No. 3, 20
ago 1-4c. Oats-Cash No. 2, Is 3-4c; No.
3, 15a17c.
Chicago, Jan. 31.-Hogs-Market ac-
tive; light, S3.35a3.55; mixed, $3.3Oa
$50; rough; $3.2Oa3.25. Cattle-Beeves,
$3.50a5.15; COWS and heifers, 81. 75a
$50; Texans, $31Oa4.2O; stockers and
feeders, $3.1Oa4.1O.
Milwaukee, Jan. 31.-Flour dull and
dropping. Wheat steady; No. 2spring,
re; No. 1 Northern, Is 1-2c; May,
"a 3-Sc. Corn steady and quiet; No. 3,
10 Lee. Oats steady; No. 2 white
IS 1-4a19 Lee. Barley very dull; No. .,
BIC; sample, 25 1-2a33c. Rye steady;
No. /, 36a36 1-2. Provisions quiet.
Minneapolis, Jan. 31.--Wheat-Janu-
airy closed at u 5-Sc; May opened at
II $50 and closed at q 1-Sc; July
opened at 73 Lie and closed at 73c. On
track-No. 1 hard, "a 1-2c; No. 1 North
ern, Y 1-2c; No. 2 Northern. Tic.
st. Paul, Jan. 81. - Wheat - No. L
Northern, 70 1-2a74 1-2c; No. 2 North
ern, 72a73c. Corn-No. 3 yellow 10
a19 1-2c; No. 3, 1Sa19c. Oats-No. !
white, 16a16 Ice; No. 3, 15a16c. Barley.
and Rye-Sample barley, 20a25c; No.
2 rye, "a 1-2a36c; No. 3 rye, 33a34c.
Seeds No. 1 fax, u 1-2a73c; timothy.
600 a$1. 20 1-4c; clover. $4a4.6O.
South st. Paul, Jan. 31.-Hogs. $3a
800. Cattle-Cows $2.SOa3. %; heifers.
So; feeders, $2.65a3.5O; steers, $3.50;
stockers, 1926.