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Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1886-07-03

It.costs money to get elected to the En-
glish parliament, and hence the need of
parliamentary fund. Election expenses in
England are rigidly fixed by law, and any
thing beyond the legal maximum exposes
the candidate not only to the loss of his seat,
but possibly to term of imprisonment In
borough, if the number of electors does not
exceed 1000, the candidate may spend for
all purposes, except personal expenses and
the returning officers fees, $1,75O. If the
number exceeds 1000, then $3.50 for every
additional thousand In Ireland the cand1-
date is allowed to spend 81, 900 for 500 cleo
tors and $1,250 for any number between
500 and 1,OOO and 81 ,375 for any number
between 1000 and 500. In counties where
the number of electors does not exceed y
900 the candidate may spend $3,950 in Eng
land and Scotland and So, 700 in Ireland. and
an additional $500 in England and Scotland
and an additional 5000 in Ireland for every
complete 1000 electors over 1900. In all
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1886-07-03

The meeting of the Board of Education
last evening was somewhat interesting. Mr..
Bennett introduced new rule which pro-
vides that no assessment shall be made up
on, nor shall any money be solicited or col
lected from any person employed in or con-
nected with the public schools to be used for
the purpose of affecting the regular school
election AS it is more or less notorious that
the principals have in time past been called
upon for money to help pay election ex-
penses, the propriety of such rule is obvi.
Gus. It should be adopted. One of the fea-
tures of the report of the meeting, which can
be found on the second page, is Mr.. Plum
kett's explanation.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1886-07-03
"INE EsS-
CLARETS and SAUHERNES.

We are selling fine quality of Claret for $3.50
per dozen. This Wine guarantee to be an ex-
celIent Wine for table and equal. if not super
ior to some of the imported brands.
SAUTERNES We have on hand the celebrated
Dandicols Gaudin of Bordeaux, brands such as
Chateau du- pont, Chateau-la-T ToIr-Noire We also
have on hand large stock of fine old Whiskies
and Brandies, both in bottles and in bulk. Also
genuine Old Malt Whskies for medicinal use We
have large assortment of Hungarian Wines from
the well known house of Hossfeld & Wierl, of Buda
Pest and New York. Among which is the Tokayer
Ausbruch, famous for its medicinal qualities.
We have just received a large invoice of fine I'm
ported Cigars. We also keep in stock large as
sortment of Key West goods. We are selling a fine
quality clear Havana Cigar for cents, that can't
be beat.
HENRY GOODMAN & SON,
l6O and 162 Crown St. :
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1886-07-03

There are signs that business will soon inn
prove il the anarchists, the strikers and the
boycotters will let it.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1886-07-03

Many years ago, while engaged in the general
practice of medicine I the dark and apparently
hopeless condition of nearly every sufferer from
CHRONIC DISEASES, as well as the utter futiity
of the methods of relief (relief simply and not
cure) employed by the best in the medical frater-
nifty, and speedily determined my course of ac
ton and welded my professional life to the most
careful analysis and intimate knowledge of the pc
cuiarties of this class of ailments, bending also
my energies to find some
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1886-07-03

If the Presidents wife likes fattery she is
having her fill of it. The eulog1es on her
face her figure, her mind and her soul are
very numerous and very gorgeous.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1886-07-03

fight well. Cavalry regiments in the Prus-
sian army are being carefully drilled in the
art of swimming their horses across rivers.
At the word ssdismount'' the soldiers divest
themselves of their clothing, which with
their weapons, etc., are placed upon a raft,
which is swiftly ferried across the river,
while the men take the horses by the head
with one hand and swim with the other.
The feat is said to be performed with the
utmost precision and rapidity, whole regi-
ments crossing and recrossing in an aston
ishingly short time.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1886-07-03
Method of Treatment

Which would be alike satisfactory to my patients
and myself
Not the work of day, month, year, but
after MANY years of persistent application, have
by actual proof and test fixed and determined
line of treatment which for positive certainty of
results borders the marvellous and has aptly
been termed
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-02-24
THE TELEPHONE SUITS.

The Administration Merely Wishes to
Push to Trial the Appealed Cases. q
Our esteemed neighbor, the Sun, like
the luminary from which it takes its
name, has begun to develop some
queer spots of late. Its attitude on the
silver question is matched by its ardent
hostility to governmental test of the
Bell telephone patents. 1t is plausibly
commended that this matter should be
finally settled by pushing to trial the
appealed suits now pending in the
United States Supreme Court, and the
emphatic affirmation is made that these
suits embrace every essential point in
the controversy. This the contestants
most strenuously deny. They main
tain that the vital evidence as to the
alleged fraud and collision in the pro-
curement of the patents has never been
fully presented or admitted, and it is
on this ground mainly that the Secre-
tary of the Interior has authorized an
unusual but confessedly legal pro-
cedure. Nobody disputes his right to
intervene in behalf Of the people, but
the Bell claque screams that his action
is Indecent" because Acknowledgements
al Garland has been stakeholder in
an opposition company. The argument
is palpably feeble and misleading as
the attempt to scare other patentees is
futile.
If the Bell people are satisfied of the
validity of their claims, why should
they struggle so desperately against a
full, fair and speedy investigation?
Surely they do not suppose that the
Government of the United States means
to do them any wrong. Even if any
body could deem Mr.. Garland or Mr..
lamar capable of prostituting his high
Office to advance his personal interests,
it is clear that this case involves too
large a stake and is assured of too
much publicity to admit of any snap
Judgment or gross unfairness. AS a
matter of fact the Bell Company, who
have extorted tribute of millions from
the people of the United States, betray
a very significant lack of confidence in
their. own position when they try to
avoid fair and open inquiry.-M Y.
Graphic. pen" 2e
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-02-24
Sinking Deeper.


The high-handed outrage on free
ballot, perpetrated in the Ohio Legis-
lature by which nine Democratic mem
bers of the Lower House were deprived
of their seats, although they had been
fairly elected and their election had
been confirmed by the. decision of the
Supreme Court of the State. shows to
what lengths Republican desperation
can go. No thought for the rights of
the people; no consideration for the
sanctity of the ballot influenced the
Republicans who perpetrated this foul
outrage, the fitting outcome Of which
was to re-elect John Sherman and to
have the State Of Ohio represented in
the United States Senate by man on
whose brow the word fraud is indelibly
impressed. The time.honored adage,
whom, the gods wish to destroy, they
first make mad, is especially sppliea-
BILE to the Republican party. That
party, instead of benefting by the les
sons of adversely. plunges still deeper
into the mire, of law!essness and in
Justice. The infamy' perpetrated in
Ohio has good counterpart in the
New York Legislature. where a State
contract has been trodden under foot
by the Republicans and a gross insult
offered to every working-man in the
State.-Atdany Argus.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-02-24
MORE THAN ITS MATCH.
If the Senate Wants to Fight, Iie Admin
istration May Accommodate 1t.

If the Senate Wants to Fight, Tie Admin
.. istration May Accommodate II.
If the Republican Senate. is really
itching for russell with this Democratic
Administration, it can have it, and not
half try Its tentative prodding of the
enemy has gone far enough to show
that the enemy doesn't want to fight,
and would much rather live in peace
with all men, but will do its full share
of fighting if nothing else will answer.
q The issue is very simple, and every
body understands it. The Republican
Senators wish to keep large share Of
the public offices in the hands of their
own partisans, after. their policy and
party have been repudiated by the peo-
ple-and they seek to accomplish this
by asking the President for the special
reasons he had for removing this, that
and the other Republican. in Alabama,
Virginia, Massachusetts and New York.
There is one tirst-rate reason for
all these removals, and the whole
country knows it. It is high time,
WHEN tHe people nave SAT Ill JuuSlllenC
on their party and condemned it, that
they should vacate the public offices
and allow Democrats to enter OH and
administer them. That the Senate
should take any other view of the mat
ter than this-that they should seek to
annul a great and decisive popular YER
dict against their party and policy by
stretching the Civil-Service-Reform act
over fields it was never intended to
cover and does not apply to, is an ex-
hibition of equal effrontery and greed.
If the Senate is resolved to make the
issue, so be it. Let. it look out for it.
self. There has never been time yet
when Democratic Administration and
aDemocratic House were not more than
a match for. an opposition Senate, st.
Louis Republican.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-02-24
WORK OF FUNNY MEN.
A Family Calendar and Book of Health
sr and Humor for tho Million.

A Family Calendar and Book of Health
) lir and Humor for tho Million. &
We are in receipt Of little book
which, in richness of humor and gro
tesqueness of illustration, may be said,
in the language Of the wild West, to
s'takc the cake" 1t is simply drawing
it mild to say that it contains some Of
the best examples of American humor
ever published; and the contributors,
who are well-known in the field of let
tiers, have really excelled all former
efforts. The illustrations by comic art
lists are also in direct harmony with
the text. = ''Bill Nye' tells his ex-
perience with cyclone. r. X. Mum
kittrick, of Puck, rhymes funnily on
the four seasons. Mr.. H. u. Umbstaet-
ter, the originator of the book. de-
scribes his wrestle with grilled bone
in 'merrie England, and IN. Quad,"
of the Detroit Free Press, gives some
quaint aphorisms of 'Brudder Gard
ner's.''I The book, in fact, is not one
to be glanced at and laid aside and for
gotten, but can be taken up with pleas.
ure at any time. Its title is the st.
Jacobs OIL Family Calendar and Book
of Health and H,snaor for the Million for
1886. 1t is published by the Charles
A. Vogeler Company, Baltimore, Md,
the proprietors of st. Jacobs Ola
remedy which is universally known as
the only cure for rheumatism and all
bodily pains, and which has been in
dorsed by leading men in every coun-
try in the world Red Star Cough
Cure, the new twenty-five cent remedy
for throat and lung troubles, which is
also being manufactured by this house,
has received the Endorsement of legis-
lators and boards Of health on account
of its freedom from dangerous opiates
and its prompt efficacy. The book is
distributed in large cities by carriers
and in small towns by druggists. When
there is any difficulty in obtaining it, q
stamp sent to The Charles A. Vogelel
Company, will insure a copy by mail
3-Ezchange. Z ta!
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-02-24
FIRE AND BIRTHSTONE.
A Relish Which Spoke Louder Than til
5ss 49, q, ea Parsons Sermons. IT,.

A Relish Which Spoke Louder Than the
81 Parsons Sermons.
AWest Of Scotland clergyman was
going to the Highlands for his holidays,
and being very fond of the 'Nabob
Pickles." he took bottle with him.
The i'Nabob Pickles" are extremely
hot, and should be sparingly used. Ar
rived at hotel, he placed the bottle on
the table and took one OF two of them.
AYankee was sitting opposite, and got
his eye on the pickles. Stranger, pass
the pickles, please The clergyman
said: These are private property, but
you are welcome to them He passed
the bottle across the table. The Yankee
empted half the bottle into his plate,
and stirred them well up with his spoon.
He took a big spoonful, but they were
not long down when he drew a long
breath, and said: "Oh, dodgast it,!
Look here, stranger guess you are, a
,parson?'' "Well, / am q clergyman,
and preach the Gospel. Look you
here" said the Yankee, II have heard
them preach about fire and birthstone,
but you are the first one ] know who
carries sample bottle. Christian
! Uisi0n.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-02-24
A BAD BOY,
How He Fooled Good-Natured califor-

How He Fooled a Good-Natured Califor-
''%. MIA Merchant. .s.at'-'f
A youthful ventriloquist had good deal
of fun with a well.known wholesale ,mer.
chant on Market street recently. The lad
was passing by and saw number OF big
dry-goods boxes standing on the sidewalk.
He stopped in front OF one of them. The
merchant happened to be standing near by
in the doorway of his establishment. The
lad looked up. and with sober face said
to the merchant:
y "D'ye hear that?"
5'What?" @
'"There's somebody in this here box"
The merchant stepped up to where the boy
was standing. Sure enough he heard a
voice, apparently coming from inside the
case, crying out: "For Heavens sake let
me out OF this! I'm smothering to DEATH"
With alacrity the merchant ordered an en-
ploye to open the box. A mallet and iron
wedge were brought out at once and the
cover OF the box quickly removed. It was
filed with calico goods. But still the cries
for help continued to be heard. The mer-
chant lifted package after package from
the box and piled them in the boys arms,
who stood by, until he filled them with all
the youth could carry; then he threw, them
on the sidewalk. The plaintive appeals
still arose from the depths Of the box. The
merchaptwas in a terrible state of excite
ment He threw off his coat and worked
in his shirt-sleeves. The perspiration
rolled down his cheeks in rills. Finally,
when the last layer of calico was reached, it
began to dawn upon his opaque vision
that he had been made the victim Of a ven
triloquist.' He looked at the boy, and the
boy looked at him. Then, suddenly, from
the box came quiet good morning, and
the lad lit out, leaving the merchant sur
rounded by coterie of curious people, who
eyed him with smile as he grabbed his
coat, protested against such BLAMED non.
sense, II and skipped to hide himself in the
confines Of his private office.-San Fran
cisco Alta. #& af zfi-
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-02-24
HENRY |. BIOSSlT, Business Manager,
A VALENTINE.

your gran'ma, in her youth. was quite
AS blthe little maid as YOU
anu though her hair is snowy white,
her eyes Still have their maiden blue,
ana on her cheeks. as fair as thine,
methlpBS a girlsh blush would glow
III you Tecalled the valentine
one got, ali many years ago.
a valorous youth loved gran'ma then,
And wooe1 her in that auld lang syne:
And first he told his secret when
He sent the maid that valentine.
No perfumed page nor sheet of gold
Was that first hint of love he sent,
But with the secret gran'pa told
II love you"-gran'ma was content
GO, ask your granma, If you will,
h-though her head be bowed and gray--
H.though her feeble pulse be chill
True love abideth not for aye;
BY that quaint portrait on the wall,
That smiles upon her from above,
The sweet divinity of love-
Dear Elsie, here's no page of gold
No sheet embossed with cunning art
But here's the solemn pledge of old:
~ love you. love, with all my hearts
And II in what send you here
You read not all of love expressed,
Go-go to gran'ma, Elsie dear,
And she will tell you all the rest!
Eugene Field.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-02-24
RETAIL DEALERS PROFITS.
The Results of a Statistician's Inyestfga.
tlon of This Subject.

The Results of q Statistician's Inyestfga.
tlon of This Subject.
1t is often stated and generally be-
lieved that the prices charged by re-
tai,dealers in various lines Of trade are
excessive. This view IS shared by the
public, and writer's on economics some
times advance the same opinion, based.
as they claim, upon the difference be-
tween the wholesale and retail prices
paid for goods, such as groceries. meats.
dry goods, etc. Some 60 so far as to
affirm that the most grinding monopo-
lies are not the so-called great institu-
tons OF systems or corporations, but
rather the retailers who make it so ey-
pensive to live by their high rates for
various articles of household consump-
ton. ,f.iasi.sGa. a..9s..-s F
However this may be, a statistician
has been investigating the subject and
calls attention to several points OF in-
terest which are set forth in the An,eri-
can Grocer of recent date. Attention
is directed to the value of the service
demanded Of the retailer, its cost
and risk, and a comparison Is
suggested between these and the invest
nent of the time and money of the
banker, the manufacturer, the profess.
sional man and persons employed in the
civil service. 1t is contended that the
gross profits of retail grocer average
the country over not above sixteen per
cent?. of which eight per cent. is re-
auired for the cost Of the service This
! is ayerred to be particularly true in the
larger cities, as shown in the increased
cost of supplying rich families over
poor ones, involving palatial stores, edo
ucated clerks, calling for orders. deliv.
ering goods, a greater variety Of the
stock Of luxuries, etc. And attention is
directed to the bulk of the retailers trade
being made up ofperishable goods, such
as dairy products, eggs. poultry, fish,
vegetables, fruits, etc, while the staples
are sold at cost or nearly cost, and the
profit must come in somewhere else, or
on the fruits, spices, fancy groceries and
luxuries generally.
It is held that the retailers capital
4 anu ldUOI ylolO al iHCOlAo l1uCA suUio"
what is received for similar Investment
Of time and money in almost any other
reputable trade or calling. q The state
ment is made that the sales OF
a majority of the retail grocers
in large cities will not reach
$50, 900 a year. If his net profit is eight
per cent, based on the cost Of the goods.
his income would, on tffae- amount OF
E1sales, be: 50, 070, out Of which he must
live, meet bad debts, keep up and in
crease his business, etc. It is shown by
; this shrewd statistician that dealer who
. sells $4,000 of goods a year has an in
come of 1928, which is equal to the sal
airy Of chorus girl in, an opera com
pany; if he sells $15, 900 worth his in
come is the same as that of a policeman
and if he should do a business Of $50,
900 year he will have salary equal II
that of a French COOKE CHICAGO lates
OceGn.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-02-24
A coMMoN-sENSE CASE.
Senator Edmunds' Resolution Tested by
Putting the Boot on the Other Leg"

Senator Edmunds' Resolution Tested by
"Puttins the Boot on the Other Leg"
If the President were responsible to
the Senate directly for the nominations
he sends to it, then the rights and
powers claimed for the Senate by the
Edmunds resolution would obtain as
matter of course But there is no
clause in the organic law which, by
any construction howsoever strained,
could be interpreted as making the
President responsible to the Senate.
The filling of Federal Office involves
two distinct acts, each performed by an
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, acting coordinate
ly with, but not under responsibility to,
the other. One of these acts is the
nomination by the President. The
other is the confirmation by the SEN
ate. Each of these powers is ex-
pected to act in his or its particular
province according to the best of his
or its judgment and knowledge, but
neither of them is vested with any
power of review upon the acts, motives
or impulses of the other in any form
whatsoever.
Senator Edmunds himself will hard
ly agree that, in case a committee of
the Senate should report adversely on
nomination, the President would
have the right and power to demand
and obtain from the files of the COM
mittee the documentary evidence upon
which such adverse report might be
based. And yet this is nothing more
than the very simple operation of put
ting the boot on the other leg. Nor do
we imagine that Senator Edmunds will
maintain that the functions of the Sem
ate to confirm is constitutionally supe-
rior to the function of the President to
nominate, Such a theory would in
volve the assumption that in the matter
of executive appointments the Presi-
dent is merely a subordinate of the Sem
ate, and that his nominations are in the
nature of petitions to that body, invit-
ing it's "attention and requesting it's as
sent! srT a.8,, =, Azt.-.a.-,,.. .
This view of the case of course re-
duces Senator Edmunds' position to an
absurdity. We do not see the need of
| tine-spun argument or abStruse reason
ing. 1t is a plain common-sense case.
If the Edmundss resolution is based
upon the organic law, then the Presi-.
dent can not be any thing but subordi-
nate of the Senate, and his nominations
are nothing but mere ministerial acts.
But if the President is an Independent
functuary, embodying the powers and
prerog atives of a coordinate branch of
the Government, then the Edmunds
| resolution becomes simply partisan rot,
| unconstitutional, usurpatious and alb
| surd. Washington Post. 81 ss.,l, ass