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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1885-06-13
That Case of Yellow Fever.

Board of Health. 1t is called "a
suspicious case" but the probabili-
ties are that it is a genuine case,
: and the tracing to the ship goes to
confirm that.
Atall events we, of New Orleans
out not to have any doubts, but pro-
coed at once to do all in our power
to prevent the spread of the disease.
Should it get foothold at this ear
ly period the consequences would
be terrible. There is certainly ev-
cry incentive to exertion on the part
OF our officials and our citizens
The city should be put in good san
itary condition at once and extreme
vigilance be exercised thereafter.
The report presented to the Board
of Health last night, concerning
the bad sanitary condition of the
city, will, no doubt, now receive
the proper attention and arouse eff
cient action. If the money is not
on hand to effect the necessary work
the citizens should be called upon
to lend atd.-[ Picayune, June 10th.
IN an editorial under the head
ing "The Louisiana Offices" the
New Orleans States of the Sth inst.
discourses the following music that
finds many an echo in the hearts of
Louisiana Democrats
awe hope, however, that in max
ing further appointments the Ad-
ministration will take the ground,
that those Democrats who fought
the battles of the party in the last
and preceding campaigns have at
least as much claim to consideration
as the leaders of bolts in the inter-
est Of the aspirations Of discarded
ring men; or as those high, toned
gentlemen, whose kid glove con-
servatism was so intense that, in
the dark days of the State, when
rough and tumble work was to be
done, nobody knew whether they
were Democrats or Radicals; whose
political status was never deter
mined until after it was absolutely
and undisputably settled that
Cleveland had carried New York
by eleven hundred majority, and
that the Republicans did not have
pluck enough to steal the State !;
but who, when that fact was set
tied, came very near tearing their
rutfled shirts off their backs climb
ing down from the top OF the fence
unto the extreme Democratic side
of it. We don't care the snap of
our fingers who get the Offices; we
want no place ourself, and we have
no special friends whose aspirations
we are urging. We desire the ap-
pointees, however, to be Democrats;
not sunshine Democrats, not mush-
room Democrats who, in this morn
ing of Democracy, have just shot
up from the muck heap of coward
ly conservatism or neutrality, but
Democrats who have borne the
brunt of the long struggle, and who
have never faltered in their fidelity
to the party, tho there we're neither
loaves and fishes to be divided, nor
! glory to be won."
We desire, with kind permission
of Brother Hearsey, to adopt the
above language as our own, with
out "dotting an or crossing a t."
The boys composing the o K
base ball club, have all returned
from, eobon1 ovcor% Pornu Ho11;,,.,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1885-06-13
A Very Remarkable Discovery

Mr.. George V. Willing, Of Man
chester, Mich, writes "My wife
has been almost helpless for five
years, so helpless that she could
not turn over in bed alone. She
used two bottles Of Electric Bitters,
and is SO much improved, that she
is able now to do her own work"
Electric Bitters will do all that
is claimed for them. Hundreds Of
testimonials attest their great cura-
tive powers. Only fifty cents a
bottle at the Eagle Drug Store, J.
Geiger, proprietor.
MILLER, Brady 4 Co., con-
tinue to sell their goods at the very
lowest cash prices. 1t will pay you
to call on them when you visit our
little city.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1885-06-13

Far policeman are at a dis
count in most of the Northern cit
les. Unusual obesity is disqual-
ification for police service in Brook.
lyn, N. Y. The police of that city
are to be subjected to examination
next month, and all who measure
more than forty-five inches around
the waist will be discharged. There
should be moral as we'll as physical
disqualifcations for the Office.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1885-06-13

BELLE Boyd, the Confederate
spy, is teaching elocution in Little
Rock, Ark.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1885-06-13

The remains of the late Alex
ander II. Stephens, temporarily bu-
ried at Atlanta, are to be reinterred
under the monument on the
grounds of his own old "Liberty
Hail."
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1885-06-13

SOMEBODY has estimated that
at the present rate of increase there
will be in the United States, in
1885, no less than 100000 ne
groes and 100000 whites. 1t
is likely that very few living at the
present day will be here in 1885 to
see whether OR not the figures will
prove correct
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1885-06-13

The world is looking-glass,
and gives back to every man the
reflection of bis own face. Frown
at it, and it will in turn look surly
upon you; laugh at it and with it,
and it is a jolly, kind companion.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1885-06-13

A LITTLE girl was taught to
close her prayer, during the tempo
rary absence of her father with,
s'and please watch over my papa"
1t sounded very sweet, but the mo-
theirs amusement may be imagined
when she added, ''and you'd better
keep an eye on my mamma, too"
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1885-06-13

In the matter Of paying off the
national debt, there seems to be a
general opinion that the present
generation is doing altogether too
much for posterity, and posterity, as
Artemus Ward sagaciously observ-
ed, "has never done anything for
u.s." AS has been we'll said, a mod
crate reduction Of taxation would
be far more suitable than rapid re-
duetion, of the debt.-[New Or
leans States.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1885-06-13

BY vote of 264 to 252, on
the night of the 9Th inst, the Glad
stone ministry was defeated in the
House of Commons. The Parnel-
ties combined with the Conserva-
tives to effect this defeat which is
expected to bring about the resig-
aation Of the ministry, and the dis
solution of Parliament.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1885-06-13

-Ex-Gov. St. Jonn, of Kansas,
and Neal Dow, of Maine, two of
the most prominent Republicans of
the coantry, associated with what
is called reform, are now denoun-
cling the Republican party, without
measure, as the foe they represent.
St. John seems to have severed his
connection from that party forever.
He says he does not like it, and
there is really less intemperance in
the Democratic States of the South
than in the Republican States in
the North, and that the Prohibition
cause encounters its most unjust op-
position and its most vindictive en-
emies from those who supported
Blaine.-[Exchange.
JOB Printing neatly executed
at this office.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1885-06-13

"A BILL is pending in the Ten
nessee Legislature, granting the
Hermitage (Jackson's old honey to
the United States Government as a
home for disabled Mexican vete-
rams and soldiers of the war of 1912.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1885-06-13

TAYLOR Polk, said to be a
cousin Of President James X. Polk
died a few days ago in the noun
tain regions of Howard County,
Ark, where he lead a secluded life
during nearly his entire existence.
He was 81 years old at the time of
his death. He had resided where
he died fully rs years.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1885-06-13

JOB Printing neatly executed
at this Office.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-01-21
Better BE Sure Than Sorry.

"Better be sure than sorry!" said a
garden-worker, when his employer ex-
pressed a doubt whether it was neces-
sary to cover a certain vegetation to
protect it from the frost. Better be
sure than sorry" A man who is not
sure is very likely to be sorry. He who
takes things on trust will be quite likely
to be cheated and disappointed at last.
The business man who treads in uncer-
tain paths, who is not sure of his course,
is very likely to be sorry he has taken
it. Keep on the safe side. Be sure
rather than sorry. Do not give your
self the benefit of every doubt. Be
lenient to others faults, but strict re-
garding your own. If there be an act
which in your own mind is doubtful or
questionable in its character, take the
course of wisdom and prudence. 1t
would be terrible thing to be mis-
taken in the final day; it is better to be
sure here than to be sorry at the judg-
ment-seat of Christ. Exchange.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-01-21
Endurance and Temperance.

Mental stimulus has much to do with
endurance. Sergeant Fredericks, one
of the six survivors. says: cit was
our minds that did it. We kept up our
spirits. We wouldn't give in, but kept
talking and telling cheerful stories, and
making believe that we had no doubt
about our rescue.' Greedy himself
says: 60 1t was the feeling of RESPONSE
bility that sustained me. l felt that l
had to live, anyhow. felt that must
stand by the men and fulfill the object
of the expedition. A hundred times 1
should have been glad to die, so acute
were my sufferings, but, in fact, had
too many things to attend to-" The
writer from whom we quote, says :
The sum of the matter is that all the
virtues, mental and moral, tend to
strengthen our hold upon life, and all
the vices to lessen it. So the writer of
these notes has proved by experience,
and helped others to prove, by stirring
them up, to make one more fight for
life. Last week we quoted a saying,
attributed to Lieutenant Greedy, that
4" of the seventeen who died, sixteen
were smokers, and the non-smoker died
WilllC VI liit StNCu WI uINlNtu,
none were smokers" This seemed so
wonderfully concise, cleancut, and con-
elusive, that we waited two weeks to
see if we were contradicted, and then
put in, "If this be correct" But the
editor of the Youths Companion has
had an interview with Lieutenant
Greedy, and finds the exact truth to be
as follows: OF the six who lived to see
their country again, all were men of the
most strictly temperate habits in every
particular Four of them never used
tobacco. The two others would some
times, on festive occasions, to oblige
friends, smoke cigarette or part of
cigar. They took no tobacco with them
among their private stores, and cared
nothing for it. OF the nineteen who
persisted, the large majority were users
of tobacco, some in moderation, some
to excess. The first man to die was
one who had been in former years a
hard drinker, and there is reason to be-
lieve that the deaths of several others
were fastened by previous habits of
excess. The case is almost ms well es-
tablished by the above version, while
ii is rather more reasonable than the
other, which did not seem to allow
enough for exceptional vital endurance
which occasionally defies rum, exposure,
and other excuses, down to old age
The Christian Adrocdte.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-01-21

tranquility which comes over the busy
and active man about half-past ten or
eleven O'Clock ought not to be regarded
as an incentive to work. 1t is, in fact,
a lowering of vitality, consequent on
the exhaustion of the physical sense.
Nature wants and calls for physiology
cal rest. Instead of complying with
her reasonable demand, the night
quiescence, mistakes it for clearness
and acuteness, and whips the faded or
ganism with the will until it goes on
working. What is the result? Imme-
diately, the accomplishment of task
fairly well, but not half so well as if it
had been performed with the vigor of
refreshed brain, working in health
from proper sleep. Remotely, or later
on, comes the penalty to be paid for
unnatural eXertion - that is, energy
wrung from exhausted or weary nerve
centers under pressure. This penalty
takes the form of nervousness, - per-
haps sleeplessness, almost certainly
some loss or depreciation of function
in one or more of the great organs con-
cerned in nutrition. To relieve these
maladies, springing from this unex-
pected cause, the brain-worker very
likely has recourse to the use of stimu-
lants, possibly alcoholic, or it may be
simply tea or coffee. The sequel need
not be followed. Night-work during
student life and after years is the fruit
full cause of much unexplained, though
by no means inexplicable suffering, for
which it is difficult, if not impossible,
to find remedy. Surely, morning is
the time for work, when the body is
rested, the brain relieved from its ten
sion, and mind power at its best.-Lon-
don Lancet
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-01-21
A THRILLING STORY.
As Told by a Merchant in Troy, N. "a
Surgical Operation AvOided-How
Father, Wife and Daughter Es-
capped an Awful Doom.

OF the hundreds OF accounts of remarkable cures
wrought by DIR, kENNEDY's FAvoRITE REM
the following The persons mentioned are among
the most highly respected in the city OF Troy, and
the story told by the father will prove
to all our readers.-ED.
TROY, NY.
DR.. Kennedy, Rondouf n. T.:
DEAR Shiny daughter was afflicted with a Sc
sorted to almost every remedy and consulted the
most prominent surgeons and physicians. DIR. ---
necessary, but fearing fatal results / hesitated
Some of the physicians claimed that II was caused
by one thing and some by another, The Fungus
heard OF DIR, Kennedy's FAVORITE REMEDY work,
ing so thoroughly on the blood determined to try
failed TO do and surgeons had hardly dared to under
take. can say in truth that the result OF this trial
full malady. DIR. kennedys FAVORITE REMEDY
alone effected It,. We used nothing else for other
things had completely failed. My daughter to-day
alone Is the credit due My wife also very poor
In health, due to some liver difficulty with which
much reduced in flesh. trial OF Or, Kennedy's
fayorite Remedy has resulted in the complete
for years She had gained In flesh and strength and
thqs secured re Rerfsef hsafn sns tHs y RYE IN
ELY As for myself being engaged IN ths grocery Sn
and commission business, which makes II necessary
for TO test the quality OF different articles. like
butter etc, my sense OF taste and my stomach
seriously injured. Everything seemed TO nauseate
Pc sad fSsrfR q " most
The first bottle afforded immediate relief, and from
that day to this can say that favorte Remedy has
Sb me TO ba neIn are fss.
Remedy Is the best medoine In the world for those
afflicted with the above difficulties. If any one in
recommended Fayorite Remedy to hundreds, and
with the same good results Y991s etc. ;;Sy,snsop
Corner Canal and Mount Streets, Troy, N Y,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-01-21
Injurious Talking,

A Frenchman speaking of a person
known to his comrades, said, His
mouth costs him nothing, for he al
ways opens it at the expense of Others"
There are multitudes of persons to
whom that remark will apply. Exag-
geration and defamation are two fertile
sources of social mischief. We meet
with persons who sensitively shrink
from the deliberate violation of truth,
who will habitually over-color their
statements to such an extent that a
false impression is conveyed to the
mind of the listener. They thus lower
the tone of their own mind, destroy the
power of accurate perception, diminish
the confidence of their friends, and SOW
the seeds of much error in the world
They soon discover that they are not
credited even when they speak soberly.
Their moral drafts upon social conf
dence are dishOnored. But perhaps the
most injurious talk is that which de-
tracts from the character of another
that which openly or in disguise strikes
at the reputation of brother pilgri m
that which cuts mems Threats with
whisperings that which is adopted
by the envious rival who seeks to build
"his name on the ruins of another's
fame" Little does the slanderer think
what bitter harvest he will himself
reap from the calumnious words he has
uttered A lady visited Philip Neri on
one occasion, accusing herself of being
slanderer. GO Do you frequently fall
into this fault?" he inquired. eyes,
very often, - replied the penitent. My
dear child" said Philip, "your fault is
great, but the mercy of God is greater;
l now bid thee do as follows:-Go to
the nearest market and purchase a
chicken Just killed and still covered
distance, plucking the bird as you go.
Your walk finished, return to me. +"
The woman did as directed, and re-
turned, anxious to know the meaning
of so singular an injunction. You
have been very faithful to the first part
of my ORDERS" said Philip; now do
the second part and you will be cured:
-Retrace your steps, pass through all
the places you have traversed, and
gather up one by one all the feathers
you have scattered" But" said the
woman, " cast the feathers carelessly
away, and the wind carried them in all
directions. "Well, my child" re-
piled Philip, $50 it is with your words
of SANDER; like the feathers which the
wind has scattered, they have been
waited in many directions. Call them
back now if you can. Go, sin no more. .
Rev. j. HileS Kitchens, DID,. in tn,
| Quirer.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-01-21
advertisements.
A Dangerous Case.
ROCHESTER,, June |, 1882" Ten
Years ago was attacked with the most
Intense and deathly pains in my back and

-Ridnsys.
Extending to the end OF my toes and to
my brain
=" From agony.
at took three men to hold me on my bed
at timesl
1.-THE Doctors tried in vain to relieve me,
but to no purpose.
Morphine and other opidtes,
Had no effect
after two months was given up to die
"When my wife
heard neighbor tell what Hop Bitters had
done for her, she at once got and gave me
some. The first dose eased my brain and
seemed to go hunting through my system
for the pain.
"The second dose eased me so much that
/ slept two hours, something / had not
done for two months. Before l had used
five bottles, was well and at work as hard
as any man could for over three weeks; but
/ worked too hard for my strength, and, taxi
ing hard cold, was taken with the most
acute and painful rheumatism all through
my system that ever was known.
called the doctors again, and after sew
eral weeks they left me cripple on crutches
for life, as they said. met friend and
had cured him and would cure me. Ipoohed
at him, but he was so earnest was induced
to use them again.
"In less than four weeks threw away my
clutches and went to work lightly and kept
on using the bitters for FIVE weeks, until l
became as well as any man living, and have
been so for six years since.
at has also cured my wife, who had been
sick for years, and has kept her and my
children well and healthy with from two
to three bottles per year. There is no need
to be sick at all if these bitters are used.
j. j. BERK, ex-Supervisor.
THAT poor invalid wife.
Sister!
Motherl
"Or daughterl
"Can be made the picture of health!
"With a few bottles of Hop Bitters
VIII you let them suffer-"
! eF- None genuine without bunch Of green Hops
on the white label Shun all the VILE poisonous
| stuff with Hop" or Hops " in their name.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-01-21
BeIigiums MisttIIanp.
The End.

The course OF the weariest river
Ends in the great gray sea;
The acorn, forever and ever,
Strives upward to the tree;
The rainbow, the sky adjoining,
Shines promise through the Storm
The glimmer Of coming morning
Through midnight gloom will form.
BY time all knots are rlven,
Complexal though TREY be,
And peace will at last be given,
Dear, both to you and to me.
Then, though the path may be dreary,
Look onward to the goal;
Though the heart and the head be weary,
Let faith inspire the soul;
Seek the right though the wrong be tempting
Speak truth at any cost;
Vain is all weak exempting
When once the gem is lost.
Let strong hand and keen eye be ready
For plain and ambushed foes;
Though earnest and fancy steady
Bear best unto the close.
The heavy clouds may be raining,
But with evening comes the light;
Through the dark are low winds complaining,
Yet the sunrise gilds the height;
And Love has his hidden treasure
For the patient and the pure
And Time gives his fullest measure
To the workers who endure;
And the Word that no law has shaken
Has the future pledge supplied;
For We know that when we " awaken"
We shall " be satisfied"
-Tynslev's M1odtine.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-01-21
Gbt Soldiers 8uoget.
Pensions Granted.

To Rhoda Holman, Orange, depend
ent mother, IS month and 1880
arrears; II. II. HOLSTER, Marshfeld,
$14 month and $4,000 arrears; Cliffas
Drugg, Waterbury, an increase from "a
to SO month; Jesse G. Gray, Whee-
lock, an increase from SO to S12 a
month; William b. Page, Hyde Park.
an increase from four to SO month;
Alonzo l.. Richardson, Worcester, an
increase from 50 to "a month; Peter
Rogers, Greensboro, an increase from
"a to $S q month.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-01-21
Answers to Correspondents.

A. b., ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
officers were not entitled to bounty.
ID. b., GRoTON.-TheS Soldiers Budget
will be continued in this paper during
the year; and, if welcome, it has come
to stay.
G. S., WAITS RIvER.-The book you
refer to is called "Camp Life" and
was written by Hon. E. F. Palmer, an
officer of the Thirteenth Regiment. His
address is Waterbury, Vt.
A. d., WAITsFIELD. - Money re-
ceived as pension is subject to taxation
the same as other money. The amount
you mention would be exempt from
taxes if deposited in savings bank.
G. w. S., SPRINGFIELD.--If you
never applied for pay for your horse
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-01-21
Desirable Farm for Sale.

Said farm is situated one mile south of PIainheld
Springs on the main road to Chelsea, containing
about two hundred acres, some fifty of il being re-
claimed meadow, extra grass land, most of which is
work. Keeps about thlrty.hve head of cattle.
Never,failing water at the buildings Apple and
and timber easy of access. Also the stock, hay,
grain, farming and sugar tools, and about twenty
i've cords of dry stove wood with farm il desired.
For twenty years it has been my aim to improve
this farm for a pleasant home, but circumstance
aud health make 1t absolutely necessary TO sell.
Possession given at any time. j. P'LADD
Plainteld, Vt, January 10. 1885. S3-tf