The Opelousas courier., 1884-04-26
aTHE rHrpn HilarsE.
Its. Good and Bad Members-The Remarks
Bile Experience of q Clio 80 0hsePg eP of b
= During q Long Residence

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No city upon the American continent has 6
larger floating population than Washington
IL Is estimated that during the sessions of
Congress twenty-five thousand people, whose
homes are in various parts of this and other
countries, make this city their place Of resi-
dence. Some come here, attracted by the ad.
yantages the city offers for making the ac-
quaintance OF public men; others have vari.
GUS Gains which they wish to pres. mt. while
the great ma Gritty gather here, a the crows
fccks to the @carricn, for the sole purpose Of
getting a morsel at the public crib. The la.
ter class, as a general thing. originate the
many schemes which terminate in viciowg
| bills, al of which ara either directed at tf6
pubic treasury, or toward that revenue
which the Matchmaking OF corporations or
private enterprises Ia bring.
While walking down Pennsylvania avenue
the other day I met Mr. William N. Ashley,
formerly of your city, whose long re- sidelice
here has made him unusually we'll acquainted
with the operations of the lobby.
Having made my wants in this particular
direction known, in answer to an inrerroga
tive, Mr.. Ashley said:
''Yes, during my residence here I nave be.
come well acquainted with the workings Of
the Third House. as it is termed, and could
tell you of numerous jobs, which, like the
Heather Chinee,' are peculiar"
"You do not regard the lobby, as a body,
vicious, do you?"
stNot necessarily 50; there are good and
bad men comprising that body: yet there
have been times when it must be admitted
that the combined power of the Third
House has oYerridden the will Of the people.
The bad influence Of the lobby can be seen
In the numerous blood bills that are intro.
duced at every session."
"But how can these be discoyered?n
easily enough, to the person who has
made the thing a study. l a. detect them
at glance.n
Tell me, to what bills do you referp'
"Well, take the annual gas bills, for in
stance. They are introduced for the purpose
Of bleeding the Washington Gaslight com.
pany. They usually result in an investi
eating committee which never amounts to
anything more than a draft upon the public
treasury for the expenses OF the investiga-
ton. Another squeeze is the abattoir bills,
as they are called. These, Of course, are
fought by the butchers and marketmen. The
first attempt to force a bill Of this descrip-
ton was in 1877, when a prominent WASH
ington politician offered q fabulous sum for
the franchise
Anything else in this line that you think
of, Mr.. Ashleyg'
s'Yes, there's the JOB to reclaim the Poto-
mac flats, which, had it become a law, would
work is now being done by the government
itself, and will rid the place Of that malarial
atmosphere Of which We hear SO much but.
side the city,
During your residence here have you ex-
Eerienced the bad results Of living in this
climateW
"WeI, while I have not at all times en-
ioyed good health, l am certain that the diff
fculty which laid me up so long was not ma
laria1. 1t was something that had troubled
ne for years. Ashooting, singing pain thatat
times attacked different parts Of my body.
One day my right arm aad leg would tor
ture me with pain, there would be great red
ness, heat and swelling Of the parts; and per-
hapS the next day the left arm and leg would
be similarly affec ed. Then again it would
locate in some particular part of my body
and produce q tenderness which would well
nigh drive me frantic. There would be
weeks at a time that I would be a fiicted with
an interim. ting kind of pain that would come
on every afternoon and leave me comp ara
lively free from suffering during the balance
Of the twenty -four hours Then I would
have terrible paroxysms of pain coming on
at any time during the day or night when I
would be Obliged to lie upon my back for
hours and keep as motionlesS as possible.
Every time ] attempted to move a chilly
sensation would pass over my body, or ]
would faint from hot flashes. I suffered from
u srasmod.c contraction Of the muscles and
d soreness of the back and bowels, and even
my eyeballs become sore and distressed me
greatly whenever / wired my face. I be-
came ilLtempered, peeyish, fretful, irritable
and desperately Respondent
eOf course you consulted the doctors re-
garding your dificultyF'
Consulted them? well, I should say I did.
Some told me Ihad neuralgia; others that /
had infiammatory rhematism, for. which
there was no cure, that I would be afflicted
all ny life, and that time alone would miti.
gate my sufferings.n
But didn't they try to relieve your mis-
eriesln Eyes, they vonnited ard physiced
u everything but froze me, but without
But how did you finally recovera'
Il had a friend living in Michigan who
had been afflicted in q similar way and had
been cured. He wrote me regarding his re-
covery, and advised me to try the remedy
which cured him. Iprocured q bottle and
after each meal and at bed time. I had used
it about q week when noticed a decrease oil
the soreness Of the joints and a general feel
ing of relief. ] persevered in its use, and
finally got SO | could move around without
limping, when | told my friends that it wal
Warmers Safe Rheumatic Cure that had put
ne on my feet
"And do you regard your cure as per-
Aaanent?n
Certainly, I haven't been 80 we'll in years
az / am now, and although ] have been sub.
jected to frequent and severe changes of
weather this winter, I have not felt the FIRST
~intiInation OF the return OF my rheumatic
trouble.n
"Do you object to the publication of thi
interview, Mr.. Ashleyg''
mot at all, sir. Hook upon It as o duty
owe my fellow creatures TO alleviate their
sufferings SO far as / am able, and any COM
munication regarding my symptoms and