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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-03-31
Bound Like Chang and Eng.

A Theosophist who saw the Or
issa twins might say that they
were the reincarnation Of the ST.
amese twins, Chang and Eng,
whom Barnum introduced TO
Americans many years ago. To
carry out the idea the twins will
be the browning glory of the
ssCurio Halln at the Barnum aud
Bailey Show when it opens at the
Madison Square Garden. They
arrived from India on the steam
st. Paul last Saturday.
Radica and Dodica are two pref.
ty little six-year old girls. A mus
cular cartilage about three inches
long unites their chest homes.
There are VEINS and arteries in the
cartilage and the instant that one
of the twins smiles the other i'm.
mediately does the same, and ii
anything occurs to make Radies,
weep, tears instantly spring into
The eyes of Dodiea. Physicians
WHO have examined tue tMins say
that The blood is constantly pass.
ing from one to the other.
With the twins was Peter Small,
the Russian dwarf, who weighs 81
pounds and is said to be seven.
teen years Old New York World.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-03-31
Louisiana immigration Associa'
ton.

The Louisiana immigration AS
ISOLATION is chartered institu.
ton, formed for the purpose OF Sc
curing desirable immigrants to this
State. The Association will keep
IL book in which lists of lands,
with their description and price.
will be entered for the inspection
of such persons as may visit our
State with the view OF purchasing
lands for homes.
The Office at Shreveport is in a
suitable portion of the city, close
to all hotels and depots.
The Association will also an.
swer all questions by intending
home seekers who may correspond
with its officers. 1t will also AL.
vcrtise Louisiana abroad, especi-
ally in the States of the northwest
The Association is simply all or.
ganized effort to set forth the ad.
vantages of Louisiana as home
aud to bring together the land
seeker and land seller. 1t relies
Oh the patriotic public spirited
citizens and land owners to take
stock, which is So 90 per share
Its charter provides that it shall
pay no dividends, hence all stock
holders understand that they are
uniting in q collective capacity tc
develop the State.
The present is the most suitable
time for this work, as the compile
ton of a great trunk line railway
to Shreveport from the great grain
producing centre, whose CONNER
cial emporium is Kansas City,
brings Louisiana in close touch
with Nebraska, Kansas and the
great northwest.
The Association earnestly re
quests land owners, particularly
those having large bodies, to senG
on their lists with postage for cor
respondence. There will be 10 fee
for entering the lists Of lands OF
correspondence relative thereto
]. G. MoNoURE,
President.
/ j. HENRY SHEPHERD,
Treas. and Secty. pro TEN.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-03-31
There is Nothing SO Good.

There is nothing so good as
DR.. Kings New Discovery for Con.
sumption, Coughs and Colds, so
demand it and do not permit the
dealer TO sell you some substitute.
He will not claim there is any thing
better. but in order to make more
profit he may claim something else
10 be just as good. You want DR..
Kings New Discovery because
you know it to be safe aud relia.
BILE, and guaranteed to do good or
money refunded. For Coughs,
Cold, Consumption and for all af-
feciious of Throat, Chest and
Lungs, there is nothing so good as
Is Dir. Kings New Discovery. Tri.
al bottle free at the Eagle Drug
Store. Regular size 80 cents and
81 20.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-03-31
Reduce the Pension Burdens.

The original Mckinley tariff bill
which passed Congress some years
ago, was styled bill to reduce
the revenue, millions being then
collected in excess of governmental
expenditures. The present one
now under discussion in Congress
is denomiuated a bill to Increase
the revenue, because Of large de.
ficiency at the end of every fiscal
year, rendered possible by extrav-
agant appropriations during the
Republican administration of the
government. 1t is not necessary
to consume several months of time
in extra session, to find articles
which Can be made the subjects Of
legitimate taxation. If they are
sincere in their protested desires
to make the annual revenues equal
to the national disbursements.
they must reduce the expenses by
economical appropriations to a
limit consistent with tle amount
Of money collected from the PEG.
pie. The first reduction that
should he made is in the iusnp-
portable pension burden of $40,
O0O,0O0 per annum, more than
thirty years after the restoration
of peace between the then hostile
sections. If the deserters, sknlk
ers, bounty jumpers, frauds Of eve
ry description and women who
have no just claims upon govern
mental bounty, could be elimina-
ted from the pension rolls, We
would have surplus, instead of a
deficiency, with our present system
OF revenue collections.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-03-31

1t is said that w. w. Astor
owns 1000 houses in New York,
and that his income amounts to
more than $G,OOO,00O a year. Ii
the income tax law had been matt
tanned Astor would be paying a
pretty snug sum to the supper OF
the government, and he can thank
Justice Shiras that the law was
knocked ont.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-03-31
Cannot Concentrate Their Forces.

Willie the Republicans in the
Uuited States Senate are extreme
ly anxious to have another Sena
tor of that political persuasion, the
Republican majority in the Ken.
lucky legislature seems unable r
unwilling TO concentrate their for
ces upon the caucus nominee, DR..
w. Godfrey Hunter, who has fail
ed of an election on several ballots
by only two votes. Six Republl-
cans have refused to support him
and continue resolute in their OPP
position, although ar attempt has
been made to cOerce them into
line by the Republican State Cen
trial Committee.
Joe Black burn, the free silver
Democratic nominee, is equally
obnoxious to the same number of
Democrats and it is quite evident
that he is chasing a phantasmago.
ria, even if his party was in the
majority, as he cannot command
it's united support. 1t is probable
that the final solution of the now
apparently inso!uble problem, will
be the enforced withdraw wal OF DR.
Hunter and the substitution of Ell
ther Governor Bradley or Col. st
John Boyle, who will be enabled te
''break the deadlock and secure
an election.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-03-31
While it is safe to

While it is safe to assume
that President Mckinley could not
make selection of u Consul Gen
eral to the Island of Cuba, who
could or would improve upon the
policy of General Fitzhngh Lee,
the present incumbent, in respect
to the protection of the property
and individual rights of Americas
citizens, it is well understood that
lie desires to be relieved at the
earliest practicable moment, on ac
count of disinclination to serve
under Republican admiuistra
ton. Hence, it is probable that
the President will appoint II sue
cesSor as soon as he can find 4
person who will agree to serve in
that capacity.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-03-31

After two spirited contests,
in which number Of aspirants
were entered for the position, Mr..
Robert q. Wickliffe was declared
by the judges to be entitled to the
honor of ValedictoIian of the tn.
lane Law Glass. The young man
is a son of Ex-Governor Robert c.
Wickliffe and presumably inbelits
the oratorlcal abilities which wor
him the coveted prize.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-03-31
While the charity Of tic STA

While the charity of the State
and people has been strained to its
utmost tension, to relieve the ne
cessities of those rendered dtsli-
tute by the dronth of last sum
mer, they will soon be called upon
to provide relief for the unlortu
nate refugees from the irresistible
incursions of the Mississippi river.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-03-31
Senator Mark Hanua 81

Senator Mark Hanua signal
lied his advent into the United
States Senate, by the introduction
of a bill providing for the erection
of a public building at Canton
Ohio, the home of President Nc
Kinley. 1t is safe to assume thai
Ohio, as it was under the admin
istration of Rutherford Z. Hayes
will be very much in evidenc,
while Mckinley is President
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-03-31

An historical land mark, the
old residence of General Albert
Sidney Johnson, on the China
Grove plantation, at Sandy Point,
Texas, was destroyed by fire last
week.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-03-31

Senator Donelson Caffery will
please accept the thanks Of the
DEMOCRAT for recent appreciated
courtesies, among them a large
and valuable map Of the United
States.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-03-31
WEEKLY,
Official Journal OF the School
Board of Rapides Parish.

Mathew p. Willis to Geo. w.
Bennett, a lot of ground in lie
compile, with all the Improvements
thereon. Price $3.50.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-03-31

If yon have a good property
to insure, go to j. w. Alexander
aud get a good uollcye Oh it.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-03-31
Of Cost or Value, for Cash Only
hH Not having had time to go

N23 N0C ndVfn6 fad tifne 70 81
over the stock{and mark it down,
we will luot3 no prices, feeling
that 1t is only necessary to make
this announcement to convince
any one that this is a genuine
bona fde clearing sale. Don't wait
till the stock is picked, bnt come
while every department is com
plete. The prices will be SO low
there Will be no trosble in selling
the goods.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-09-02

10 a uLarIor VI an nuuh 4 cannot desoribe
the beauty of this, but no woman need
doubt for an instant that she is getting an
elegant gown II she buys one of these.
do not know what the goods will retail for,
as saw them at the importers. There was
also novelty camel's hair, knotted and
bestrewn with long, silky white hairs.
These fell loosely over the little knots,
which were made Of viouna. The knots
were woven in so as to lie nearly fat
against the surface. Camel's hair In diff
ferent degrees and qualities Is one of the
handsome new black stuffs.
There is also new and very beautiful
black stuff called Grape cloth. 1t is silk
warp, with all the wool on the surface in
fine Grape weave. No ono can imagine
Its elegant beauty without seeing It, 1t
Is not a Grape cloth such as is made en-
tirely for mourning, though l suppose 1t
would not be amiss for second mourning,
the eudora being now the one desirable
and fashionable material for first mourn
ing. This Grape cloth is produced in six
grades of fneness and is, as l said before,
very beautiful, II fneness, softness and
perfection of weave can make it So It re-
quires little trimming and according as
IL Is made up 1t Is suitable for ladies Of all
ages. Cravanette Is another of the wooden
goods offered largely for fall wear,
The fall styles In made up gowns differ
from the others In very slight degrees
The skirts are not so wide, nor by any
means so stiff as they were last season, yet
In nearly every case the upper part Is snug
around the hips. The woolens have braid,
velvet, applique and occasionally panels.
Quite new fancy Is TO have six rows of
braid around a skirt the two widest at
| top and bottom, the others narrowing
down at the center. Wide worsted braid
is put on some gowns in curious scroll
patterns, mostly over the hips and down
the side fronts.
Some of the new silks, as / said, have
bias plaids. One had such design sc
that it looked like quilting. 1t was In
light tan with pale green lines, tiny
revers turned over at the bottom Of the
! skirt and was faced with dark green anC
bronze chameleon silk, like the accessories
to the bodice. A plain gold and blacl
taffeta gown was in blouse shape for wais
with very handsome point de gene applique
on waist and around the hips. Velvet rib
bon to match in the darkest color or blacl
Is largely used on these Gowns.
In wraps saw some elegant and com
Portable ones just opened in the warerooms
There are deep, warm capes, made mar
rover than they were and with large but
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-09-02

easy mediCi collars. The most OF these
are of rich wool astrakhan in black or gray
In krimmer shades. These long oloaks are
interlined with flannel and lined with rich
silk brocade in all the bright cOlors Of the
season. They are plain and fit the shoul-
ders. There are also many embroidered
and beaded silk plush oapes, rather shorter
and slightly wider in comparison. These
are bordered with fine black thibet fur
and lined like the Others with brocade,
There are electric seal oapes, long and
comfortable, made in plain circular shape
or with fancy tabs down the front and col
lars huted like row of box plating. l
think the importer told me that these col
lars were called "Elizabethan. There
were some lovely little oapes of krimmer
not too full on the shoulders. The edge
was bordered by ten inch band of gray
moufflon. The front had tabs of moufllon,
with brown tail set OIL each. The collar
was luted In deep soallops all around, like
the others. There are dozens of varieties
of these, all pretty. Some are in seal and
Alaska sable and all have the same Eliza
bethan collar with its deep flutes.
Krimmer and ourled astrakhan capes are
apparently to be offered to the public in
great numbers There are also numbers
VI ulllerenb ucSlPuS III ihuiOoh OioOiiS anu
other thick smooth faced goods, among
them some of the new cheviots and curled
camel's g hair mentioned above. The mel.
tons and beaver cloth are trimmed with
half inch braid sewed on by machine
The design is very elaborate in some cases
and in others it Is entirely plain.
The jackets are unusually handsome.
Some are three-quarter length and strap
sewed and made of melton, covert, Cheviot
and coaGhman's cloth. These are not
braided when in light color. There are
=, dashing hussar jackets, with rich orna-
Inentation of round silk cord across the
chest and on the shoulders. Others are
short, with rounded fronts and jaunty lit
/ tie pockets. All seasonable materials are
used for these. Very close and fine ourled
astrakhan wool is also employed in max
ing these pretty jackets. MATE LEROY.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-09-02
FASHIONS OF NEW YORK.
The New Silks Are Of Surpris-
ingly Brilliant Colorings.
FOUR GLASSES OF wEAVEs.

Popularity OF Stripes and Plaids-Proper
Skirts For the Inevitable Shirt Waist.
New WOODEN Fabrics Fall Styles In
Made Up Goods-wraps.
copyright. 1897. by American Press Asso-
Ciation.l
The new silks ore of more brilliant col.
orings than would have been believed pos
sible even year ago. Not only are the
changeable silks still with us, but those
of this season are wrought in the most
striking color combinations possible to
achieve. Roman stripes, the stripes all
running lengthwise, are very brilliant
silks, with all the high oolors belonging to
stripes of that name, only in these there
is a considerable mixture of white These
Roman silks, 1t Is expected, will be very
popular for all sorts of home wear, even
in some cases for dancing gowns
The silks are divided into four classes,
or weaves. The thick and heavy peau de
soies, in black and solid colors, are for ma
irons and grand ceremonies. The surahs,
whether plain, short or figured, are for
more ordinary requirements. The bro
oades are for rich home gowns and the taf-
fetas for everything. There are more vari-
eties in the taffeta silks than any other
kind. There are crisp and rustling ones
and others as soft and silent as India,
Some are simply shot, others are irides.
cent. A favorite of this kind is made Of a
rich green, with peacock blue, the whole
having wonderful metallic luster. Some
are besprinkled with raised satin dots and
other small figures and devices in con.
trasting colors. White enters largely into
their composition. So does black. Others
| have dark grounds, with white, red, vel.
low, green or cream broken satin stripes.
These are like the ridges on heavy faille.
| The different designs and figures on the
"taffeta fanoies" are so many and so varied
that it would be hopeless task to men
tion them. The stripes are the most move
and are not all of the Roman style ant
ooloring. Some are as delicate as the Jap
anese wash silks. There are figures, too
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-09-02


picked off by the deft fingers of women
and the faulty ones are allowed to pass
ON to bin at the end. A machine will
usually pick 800 bushels a day.
Before being put in bags the pods are
first run through a fan, which blows
away all the leaves, dirt and untitled
pods or pops" Sometimes they are
wbitened or bleached by sulphur fumes,
but this is not generally done. The pea
nuts reach the wholesale market in
coarse meshed bags containing several
bushels each, and it is in this shape
that the retail dealer buys them. He
roasts them over q charcoal fire, gener-
ally on the street corner, and pours
them piping hot into the bag which he
hands the purchaser.
The wholesale price Of peanuts fuo-
tuates as much as that of any other sta
pie crop, but the retail price seems to
be immovably fixed. You might almost
imagine congress had passed law for
bidding the sale of peanuts at any more
or any less than 10 cents a quart.
A bushel of peanuts in the pod weighs
2S pounds, and the yield per acre runs
all the way from 100 to 1875 bushels.
Some of the larger plantations in North
Carolina, Virginia and other peanut
raising states have 200 or more acres
devoted to this one crop, OF late Cali
fornians have been going into the bust
ness of raising COOLERS on large scale,
as they do everything else, and it is
possible that when they really get down
to business they will glut the market,
and then we shall see the retail price
of peanuts drop for the first time in
history.
But aside from the peanut in its
toothsome roasted state, as most of us
know it, it has a distinct commercial
value derived from the various products
obtained from it. OF these the oil is the
most valuable. The nuts contain from
AZ to 90 per cent Of oil, which when
pressed out cold is clear, light in color
and can be detected from pure olive oil
only by an expert. In fact, it is widely
sold as olive oil and is used as such
both on the table and in the pharmacy.
When slightly heated before being
subjected to pressure, the nuts yield q
larger quantity of oil, but it is darker
in color and of an inferior quality. This
is useful though, and there is large
demand for it, 1t is called archais oil,
Archais hypogHa being the botanical
name for the nut. The French use ar
chais oil in making fine toilet soaps anC
as the basis of various Ointments Pure
archais oil is one of the finest lubricants
known and is used to lubricate watches
and other delicate machinery.
A very small portion of the American
peanut crop, however, is used in thi
manner. We like ours better whel
roasted. To limited extent the manu-
facture of peanut oil is carried on il
Virginia and perhaps one or two othe
states. 1t is one Of our infant industrie
which is liable to attain immense pro
portions within the next few years. Th
Europeans grind up the refuse of tn
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-09-02

sell for olive oil, both of which sharp
practices might be expected of the
French.
Europe gets its peanuts from the west
coast of Africa and from India, but in
neither place can they raise peanuts
which can compare with the American
product. The African peanuts especially
are very oily and have rancid flavor,
but for commercial purposes this does
not decrease their value.
Virginia has long had the reputation
of being 1.-THE peanut state" but North
Carolina, Maryland, Georgia and Cali
fornia raise large quantities as well.
The peanut is native of Brazil, but
tropical climate does not seem to be
! necessary for its growth. 1t not only
grows in most Of the southern states,
but can be raised even as far Forth as
New York. l have seen small crop
raised without difficulty i'll northern
New Jersey.
Botanically the peanut is something
of freak. 1t is a second cousin to the
bush bean, but its bushes run along the
ground like vines. The flowers some-
what resemble those of the cucumber,
being small and yellow. They appear
on the underside of the leaf at intervals
along the stem. The flower develops
above the ground, the fruit underneath.
When the blossom drops off, a curious
evolution is begun. A little stem juts
out from where the flower grew. On its
end is sharp pointed seed cap, which
is the embryo nut. By some wonderful
intuition this little cap, or ovary, pushes
itself into the ground until it is COM
pletely buried. Then TIE peanut begins
to mature.
The seeds are planted in drills or
trenches, and these are kept clear of
weeds by careful cultivation. On large
farms patent planter is used which
makes the drill, mixes in the fertilizer
and drops the beans, leaving behind an
evenly made ridge five or six inches
high, hattened on the top. When the
vines grow mp, lime in the shape OF land
plaster is applied to the top of the
ridges. Without this there would be a
fine crop of vines, but few peanuts.
When harvesting time comes, the
farmer bitches pair of mules to bull
tongued plow and runs along the fur
rows. The peanut point" of the plow
cuts the taproot of each vine, after
which it is an easy matter to rake NJ
the vines with the earth covered pea
nuts olinging to them. For few hours
the pods are allowed to dry in the hot
sun and then the vines are stacked il
the omen flsld around poles. The svinel
are gathered when they are perfectly
dry, otherwise the pods would blacken
and mildew. Each stack is carefully
matched on the top with hay or straw
and left to "sun cure" for two or three
weeks.
On small farms the pods are picked
from the vines by hand, women and
children usually doing this part of the
work. On large plantations, however,
the peanut thrasher, a machine run by
steam power and operating much after
the manner of grain thrasher, is en-
ployed. The vines are thrown on al
elevated platform, whence they art
fed into hopper. The pods are sepa
rated and dropped on revolving bell