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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-12-22
RED RIVER LINE.

Chas. P. Truslow 900. President
Chas. W. Drown .....
Traffic Manager, New Orleans, La.
Leroy A. Stafford. .......
Agent, Alexandria. La.
This Line is composed of the following
first class steamboats,:
Imperial, capacity 5000 bales OF cot.
ton.
Valley Queen, capacity $500 bales
of cotton.
Hallette, capacity 1000 bales Of
cotton.
W. T, Scovell, capacity 1900 bales
of cotton.
Anna B. Adams, capacity 1000 bales
of cotton.
Rosa Bland, capacity 500 bales Of
cotton.
And fleet of s Barges, capacity 500
bales of cotton each.
Boats leave New Orleans Wednes-
days and Saturdays, and leave ShreVe-
post Tuesdays and Fridays.
The new steamer W. Z. Scoyell,
built expressly for this trade, will
make weekly trips between Alexandra
and Shreveport during the coming
season.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-12-22
THE PRosPEcTOR.

Filled with hope and flushed with heal'h'
With wistful eye and wiling manu-,
He hunts for natures boarded wealth
From mountain crest to ocean s'r"hU
Around the camp fire oft he lies,
In northern lands of ice and snow;
.oain he sleeps meath southern skies,
Where soft the troplc breezes Dlo".
He braves the thirst. and stakes his claim
Upon the burning deserts sands
And risks the red marauder's aim.
And bandits bold, in Aztec lands
The smu6gc he lights, at eventide,
And sings his hammock meath inc lle'
Where sweeps the Orinoco. wide,
m wed the, blue-waved Carribee.
On Afric's dark and distant shore,
From peak to plain. from brook 10 pay,
Mid scrpents' hiss and lion roar
lie seeks the lustrous diamonds ray.
| On far Australia's lonely soil,
| When low the sun sinks In the "eS',
| O'ercome by travel or by toll,
Reclining on the ground, at rest.
When naught is heard but the Dingo cry,
And the owl and bat fit to ana lfo'
He draws a sigh for the times, gone ey,
OF Ballarat and Bendlgo.
When on the hills the twilight falls,
In the un-kissed land OF flower an'
vinn.' ~.
| With old-time friends he oft recalls
Those golden days OF ~.
When armed with shovel, pick and pan,
'rhav thithar came from lands atar,
And suices set and rockers ran
From Suffers mill to Sawyers bar.
Where sovereign state and nation stand
And spired cities proIuiy rear.
There he is found. the foremost man,
The patriot and the pioneer
With fearless heart and hopeful breast,
And naught but fortune in his MIND;
North and south and east and west
He seeks until he strikes his find.
Charles ?. Holt
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-12-22

The author Of work called THE
Gold Standard" has raised his voice
In protest against the action Of Sen
ator who incorporated the entire text
OF the volume in q speech he made and
had It reprinted in the Congressional
Record. 1t IS now being distributed
free Of charEe to the constituents OF
the Senator and others. The author
Las a clear case against the Senator
under the copyright law If he wishes
to prosecute 1t. This IS not the first
time that congressman have done this
thing, but this man is the first to pro
test against It. 1t is a piece Of high
handed piracy.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-12-22
~Hva1a1 of R1st,

doctor. writing on the subject OF
the suppression of useless noises y
c,+,os which he claims will hasten
toward convalescence many pat'en'
whose nerves are now too racked py
nernetual racket to give the system
chance Of recuperating, says ne rememi
bers one delightful ward in his training
school wherein the sister USED 10 III,
s,st on a "silent hour" from 2:3o 10
$50 daily. 1t was the only ward IN ,ne
hosp,tal which enforced this golden
ru,e alike beneficial to the nurses fort.
innate enough to be drafted there ana
tho natients therein, who tlourtshed ana
h,ossomed forth into amazing conval'
ooconce under the silence system ana
the good nursing which accompanied
T. For the SISTER" was born nurse,
and she had the real sympathy anu
womon,iness which caused her to ap.
nreciate the balm and healing OF tnae
one quiet hour in the day.
T. was q male surgical ward, ana Tue
patients, on first admission, usea "
chafe somewhat at Sisters olctuni-
ooo,nst which there was no appeal-oi
mo conversation or newspaper readlns
during the hour" But gradually each
] natient came to appreciate the sootnlns
iull in the busy hum Of the Waro' anu
"s,ster'' and her staff used to Watcn
Nth satisfaction how patient after pa
t uslt 1 fell gradually under the sop p
oniet Of the time, aud went Oft into
Comfortable conf sleep. which frequently n1ai;
lasted long after the prescribed limit
Tha good humor of the ward was mos
exceptional. a.,+o
was never tired Of saying, The pa
tents here, sister, get on as II o.
magic. What spells OF witcncra1t u
Won weave to heal them SO quickly"-
, Pittsburg dispatch.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-12-22
Not All Do It.

"Any fool can write a novel," said
Griggle. "You can make things come
ont lust as you want them to-"
every true" replied Dixon, 'but you
must admit that there are some fools
who do not write noyels."-Boston
Transcript.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-12-22
"A Magnetic Drill.

The use of magnets for lifting pur.
poses and as substitute for clamps IS
rapidly extending, and to see the ease
and facility with which fve-ton cast.
Ing can be picked up and carried
around the shop is very striking. With
the old process holes have to be bored
in masses Of metal in all sorts of odd
and inconvenient places and at angles
so that very often 1t IS necessary to rig
clamps for holding the drilling machine
to its work. The application Of the
portable electric motor for this purpose
was a long step in advance, and this
method has been Of great service IN
dealing with the armor Of the new
cruisers. When a portable drill, how
ever, is coupled with a magnetic clamp
Ing device the ideal conditions are real
ICED. DR.. Louis Bell recently described
drill Of this pattern. 1t consists of
motor and its worm-driven drill, to
gether with a universal mounting o.
four adjustable feet. When placed fair
ly upon ships plate or other mass o
iron these drills have an adhesive fore
of nearly half ton each. The drill
can then be adjusted and clamped b,
the simple turning Of key, and 1t will
then bore holes up to an inch in diam
eter as fast as it can be safely worked
The whole affair weighs only about 20
pounds. These portable drills in sma
sizes. particularly when the clampin
is magnetic, are invaluable In genera
machine shop practice. and in moder
building work.--Engineering Magazin
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-12-22

IA poor miner In Pennsylvania Is salo
70 have fallen heir to $4,000 by the
death Of an uncle who came to MIN
In the disguise Of a tramp ana was
Kindly received. This story readS as
though it had been written by sonie
william Whiskers with a fancy for
tales Of imagination and desire 10
have his kind treated well by those
whom they would in the future soLc1s
for "handorts"
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-12-22

cts woman, not man, you see
in the moon," shouted the female
orator.
Il guess she's bout right" in
terApted patriarch in the back part
of the hall, CHATS the reason the
blamed things SO changeable. DE
troit Free Press.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-12-22
The Alternative,

Thoughtful Mother-You really
must not have any more of that cake,
Johnny. You can't sleep on a full
stomach.
Reckless Son-Well, ma, I can lie
on my back.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-12-22

Governor Atkinson of Georgia re-
Gently mo lie Miss Butt a colonel, an6
Governor Taylor of Tennessee soon
afterward conferred the same title on
Miss Ely.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-12-22

The London Globe says that the Japs
can easily whip the United States; put
It evidently underestimate the hght-
ing abilities of the Yankees, as John
Bull has done on two previous occa-
sions to his own sorrow.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-12-22

ia q ncrson we like to meet. We like to have
such man try Te5terine He vii! be e more rer rni
snS r"nvinccd Tettcrine is for letter, Ecze-
ma, Ringw0rm and all skin diseases. % GEMS +
q box at drug stores or by mail from d. l.
Shuptrine, Savannah, Ga.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-12-22

The announcement is made that
.aren convicts in the Kings County
penitentiary, New York, have gone IN
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-12-22

Fits nermanently cured. No fits or nervous.
ness TIER first days use of DR.. Kline's Gr r
Nerve Restorer. 81 trial bottle and treatise free
I'M n II. KLINE, Ltd, 93l Arch ST. Fhlla, Ia
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-12-22

Mrs. Wnslows Soothing syrup TOR r. fhlnureh
tion aIiays pain cures wind collie. 25c.5a bottle.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-12-22

The readers of this paper will be pleased , 70
ient I science has been able to cure in all
t ts S S and that is Catarrh. Halls Catar.h
(Mro Is the only positive cure now known W
the medical fraternity. Catarrh being con- d
stitutional disease, requires Gonstitui;,otn"'
n TryI v acting directly upon the blood and mu
eou is' surfaces OF the systen, thereby destroy
ing the foundation Of the disease, ana giHl wing
the patient strength by building up me con,
stibition and assisting nature IN a0lhR i "a
its curative powers that they offer One hun
dred Dollars for any case that it fails 70 cure
Send for list OF testimonials. Address
f. j. CHENEY g. Co., Toledo, y.
Sold by Druggists, 15c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-12-22
IT'S WORST FORM

All Symptoms of Catnrrh Have DisaP-
pcared Since Taking Hoods.
"My daughter has had catarrh in its
worst form since she was four years old.
She obtained only temporary relief from
medicines until she began taking Hoods
sarsaparila. Since using this medicine
the disagrceable symptoms of the disease
have entirely disappeared" N. W. silsby,
UartIond NY. Remember
lanna'e-
lathe bcst-infactt the One True Blood Purifier.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-12-22
A Good Honest D0nbte r

There are several things worse than olHap'
nniutment In love, rheumatism Is one
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-12-22

Omen the door OF your mind to good thoughts
and evil ones will be driven out.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-12-22

Marriage is the one ideal of young girl and
tbe one idea of widow.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-12-22

A reasonable woman isone who is not al
ways unreasonable.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-12-22

Children cry for the moon and Wheh thes
grow up they want the earth.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-12-22

lam entirely cured of hemorrhage o. tuns
nv Piso's Cure for Consumption h 5oi
fINDAMAN, Bethany, Mo, January . 1871.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-12-22
300 Reward. 800.

No girl objects to filled engagement ring
II H. il filled with finger.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-12-22

The only real happy animal is the goat lie
can eat anything.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-12-22

Hoods pills e const PfS50n g se cents s''
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-15

lowing anecdote in his Campaigning
With Grant" in The Century: During
the ten days of battle through which
we had just passed very little relief,
physical or mental, had been obtained,
but there was one staff officer, aColonek
B., who often came as bearer OF
messages to our headquarters, who al
WAYS managed to console himself with
novel reading, and his popularity I'm
this respect became standing joke
among those who knew him. He went
about with his saddle bags stuffed fulh
of thrilling romances, and was seen sew
eral times sitting on his horse, under N
brisk fire, porting over the last pages on
an absorbing volume to reach the de-
nouement of the plot and evincing "a.
greater curiosity to find how the hero
and the heroine were going to be extri-
Gated from the entangled dilemma into
which they had been plunged by the
unsympathetic author than to learn the
result of the surrounding battle.
One of his peculiarities was that he
took it for granted that all the people
he met were perfectly familiar with his
line of literature, and he talked about
nothing but the merits of the latest
novel. For the last week he had been
devouring Victor Hugo's lies Miser-
ables. = 1t was an English translation,
for the officer had no knowledge Oh
French. AS he was passing house lrn
rear of the ''angle' he saw a young Ia
| DIV seated on the porch. and, stopping.
his horse, bowed to her with all the
grace of Chesterfield and endeavore't
to engage her in conversation. Before
he had gone far he took occasion to re-
mark, "By the way, have yon seen
| Lees Miserables?' anglicizin4 the
| pronunciation. Her black eyes snapped
with Indignation as she tartly replied.
Don't you talk to me that way They
are a good deal better than Grant, mis-
CRADLES anyhow" This was retold So
often by those who heard it that, for
some time after, its repetition seriously
endangered the colonel's peace OF mind
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-15
To Grow Teeth.

A Moscow dentist has solved the
problem of supplying the human mouth
with false teeth which will grow into
the gums as firmly as natural ones. Dr.
Zamensky has performed several sue
cessful operations OH dogs as well as
human beings. The teeth are made OF
gutta percha, porcelain or metal as the
case may be.
At the root of the false tooth holes
are made. Holes are also made upward
into the jaw. The tooth is then placed
in the cavity. In short time SOFT
pranulated growth finds its way from
the patients jaw into the holes IN the
tooth. This growth gradually hardens
and holds the tooth in position.
It is stated that it does not matter
whether the cavity in which the tooth
is to be placed is one from which a nat
ural tooth has been recently drawn Oh
whether it has been healed for some
years. Moscow Letter
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-15

marks CT degeneration. The eyes are
haggard, the forehead insignificant and
narrow, the eyebrows very thick, form
ing two great arcs which coalesce. The
large nose dominates the whole physi-
ognomy and is slightly inclined to one
side at the lower extremity. The mouth
is large, the lips thick. The sultan
wears his beard long, and care has
sprinkled his hair and beard with silver
within the last few years 1t is a faml-
ly tradition among the heirs OF Osman
TO speak in loud voice. Abdul Hamld's
utterance is strident and imperious. 1t
is the voice of a master addressing those
whom he regards as his slaves. +"
Ever since he has been on the throne
Abdul Hamid has rarely gone to bed at
night to rise in the morning like an or
binary mortal. He seldom retires until
dawn, but rises again at o'clock, hav-
ing spent the night hard at work listen
ing to reports and attending to the
affairs of state. When he has nothing
else to do, he reads French detective
stories, for he has an all pervading idea
that conspiracies are being Matched
against him, and passes his time cir
cumventing an imaginary conspirator
Nobody knows where he will spend any
part Of the day or evening. Often he
enters building, and, while the SEN
tries at the door believe that he is inside,
he has gone by back door and to
some other building. Moreover, in what
| ever part of the palace he may be, there
is a permanent service of surveillance
day and night, and he is constantly ac-
companied by score of persons, who
organize a special service in the build
ing or apartment where he happens to
be for the moment.
Where the sultan will sleep is never
known. He possesses more than 90 beds
in the different parts of the palace, ano
these bedrooms are separated from the
rest of the edifice by iron doors and fur
nished with most ingenious and compli
Gated locks. Two superb st. Bernardo
also sleep outside the door of the apart
ment in which the sultan may be sleep
ing, for he knows that four footed
guardians cannot be tempered with
Formerly the members of the imperia
harem used to move about among thu
numerous palaces ON the Bosporus, bu
Abdul Hamid put a stop to it. The la
dies of the harem never have the benefi
of change of air. Their palace is thei
prison, and nowhere does phthisis CLAIM
so many victims as in the harem
Yildiz. Contemporary Review
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-15
COST OF A TRAIN.
The Expense and Profits of Travel on
English Railway Lines.


How many people who travel in trains
ever think of the cost of running them?
1t will probably surprise most people
who have travelled from London to Ed
inburgh to know that every mile of the
journey costs the railway company over
half a crown The cost of the whole
journey from the English to the Scotch
capital is $50.
The average cost of running train
in England is 2s. I'd. per mile, so that,
the fare being reckoned at Id. per mile,
train with less than 81 passengers for
each mile is run at loss. There are
few trains, however, that do not carry
more than this number of passengers,
and many of them carry the number
doubled many times over. 1t is neces-
sary frequently to run trains that do not
pay-usually in thinly inhabited coun.
try districts--bu for every train run al
a loss probably 100 are run at an enor
nous profit
Take, for instance, the journey from
London to Edinburgh, which costs The
railway company ESQ. The average
number of through" passengers il
these trains is probably 60, i'll whicl
case the total fares would be ncarl,
el00--a clean gain Of nearly ESQ. Whel
it is remembered that these trains rui
several times day, and every day il
the year it win he understood what ~
enormous revenue q single line yields j
the course of - months SurrCsiug th
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-15

had ever seen. Tie bottom Of the Wire
lunch basket was covered with piece
of glass, and paper beneath it bore the
request in German, French and English
to leave the empty basket with the train
hand.
Managers of quick lunch places say
that the automatic restaurant would
not be patronized sufficiently to make it
pay in New York.
1.-THE main object of the automatic
arrangement, said one, els to do away
with walters and save the outlay on
that account We have accomplished
that end by making every man his own
waiter and believe that breakage In
machines, falling off in trade and coun-
terfeit coins would make change from
our present system to the automatic an
expensive experiment. As to the quick
lunches for travellers on railway trains,
much can be done, and no one knows
that better than the traveller who is
compelled to make meal OF what he
can buy from the dealer in pies, apples
and sandwiches who hawks his wares
through the cars. The buffet and the
dining cars have reduced his field OF
operation, but he is still in business,
selling the same old sandwiches to the
people who cannot afford to ride IL
drawing room cars, and to them the
quick lunch on the plan of those which
they have in some parts of Europe would
be blessing New York Tribune.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-15
UNCLE SANS AUCTION SALE
Annual Disposal of the AccurnuIations OH
the Dead Letter Office

One of the queerest institutions
of the national capital is the annual
clearance sale of the dead letter office
in which vast accumulation OF articles
gone astray in the mails is sold TO th9
highest bidders. The auction house
where it is held is continually crowded.
with excited men, women and chlldrenr
and beside it the bargain counters dur
ing the holidays are as havens OF resi-,
for when Uncle Sam goes into the junk
shop business great things are expect
ed AS in the church fair rattle, youa
pay small amount of money and trust
To luck to get back more than its value
The articles, previously listed IN a
wholesale sort of way, are tied up lie
| bundles of from three to q half dozen
| and "auctioned'' for what they VILE
| bring. the average bids ranging between
| 10 cents and dollar.
| Nobody is permitted TO examlue inc
goods before purchasing, and no money
is refunded to the dissatisfied Every
body hopes to pull genuine plum frun
the pie in the shape of diamond ring
silk dress pattern or silver teapM"
and although comparative blanks ares
the rule, there is always the posslblhtT
of prize. For example, the auet1oneex
holds ND one of these odd shaped bum
dies. listed pictures, underwear, uiu-
sic, cigars. Going-going-gone
90 cents TO dapper young geAtLsmas
who was caught by the word cigar
He opens it on the sport--an unwisss'
thing to do if one objects to good narureos
ridicule-and this is what he tinds- SIZE
cigars. broken into bits with so strong:
an odor that one wonders how a sledge'
hammer could have done il; underwear
"a female 10 cent Jersey pictures
a collection of newspaper cuts deslgnec4
for amusement of some small child
, The lot would be dear at a quarter ane1
, is of no use TO the buyer.
I'm the dead letter Office proper-thas
charnel house which swallows nearly
half a million missives every month";
, is positively narrowing. More than 40
bushels of photographs have accumu-
!, lated there, awaiting the annual crsma-
ton. There are tresses of hair enough
to stuff dozen mattresses, grandmoth'
ers' silver locks and babies golden curisS
many no doubt cut from dead brows,
, and small sums of money which pooz
workmen send home to feed their wives
and little ones, and servant girls save
a from their scanty wages for needy par
. ents-gone to Uncle Sans rich purse
. not because the United States wants it.
= but because the senders' writing or or
4 typography was beyond mortal ken. II ,:
hard to realize that in this land o.
schools, at the close of the nineteenff
= century, there are so many people =
. . ignorant or SO careless as to send several
: millions of letters year without stamp'
or addresses or with addresses which M
= man can make out. People seem to b
; so intent on what goes into the letter.
a that they forget all about the superscr'p
- ton. 1t is estimated that 81, 500, O90
I, drafts and $50, 900, 600 in cash is recciv
- ed every year through dead letters I'm
!. dianapolis Journal.