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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-07-28
Monmouth Park Races.

MONMOUTH PARK, N. j., July 27.-Ths
races were postponed to-day on account Gf
rain.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-07-28
The Scott Law Officially Construed.

WASHINGTON, July 27.-The text of the
opinion of the attorney general in regard
to the transit of Chinese laborers is as fol
lows. =.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-07-28
Plans or he Nav.

Plans or ne nav.
WASHINGTON, July 27.-One of the recon-.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-05-15
a French Doctors Mistake.

The late DR.. Trousseau, celebrated
Partisan physician, had the reputation
of being exceedingly sharp after his
fees, though he always declined to take
any thing in the nature of present
from his ciientete-perhaps because he
thought the acceptance of such gifts
might render it more difficult for him
TO exact his honorarium. Once Dr.
Trousseau had been fortunate enough
cure the only child of one of the few
rich members of the French aristoc-
racy. When the child had become
convalescent and the doctor was paying
his last visit with renewed thankful
expressions and numerous appeals to
Heaven the mother pressed a small
silken purse into Trousseau's hand.
Thank you, madame" he replied,
''but. pardon me, never accept pres
ents," and he firmly rejected her offer,
probably regarding both the purse and
the appeals as things of equally prob.
lematical value. "My fee, madame"
he quietly added, is 500 francs. "
Opening the purse, Nine. la Comtesse
took out the sum named, and, present.
ing it TO DIR. Trousseau, Remarked: Il
am sorry you do not take presents; the
purse contained 1000 francs, "-Argo.
uaut.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-05-15
The Great Industrial Battle.

Warner Miller declares that the bat
tie for protectlonism is not yet ended.
Warner Miller is correct. The strik-
ing cottou-mill operatives of New
England, the dismissed iron-workers
of Reading, the half-starved coal-min-
ers and half-paid foundrymen of Penn
sylvania, the disappointed and dis
gusted wage-workers of all industries,
in all parts Of the country, who have
been told so often by the demagosues
of protectionism that high tariff means
high wages. are almost unanimously
in acord with the opinion of Warner
Miller. And the agricultors of the
West, who, failing to discover the
promised home markets for their
products, but discovering, in its stead,
that in almost every legislature the
spirit OF monopoly is striving to cut
of and restrict access to the markets
OF our own country for our own pro-
ducers, are coming to the same opin-
ion. Warner Miller il CORRECT. Chi,
sage Globe
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-05-15
SPRUCE GUM HUNTING.
The Peculiar Process by Which the Crud
Substance Is Refined.

The Peculiar Process by Which the Crude
Substance Is Refined.
Forty thousand dollars worth OF
chewing gum is gathered in the State
of Maine every year. In Oxford
County is @ man who makes it his
business to collect spruce gum. Every
year he buys from seven to nine tons.
The gum is found chiefly in the region
about Umbagog lake, and about the
Rangeley lakes. A number of men do
nothing else in the winter season but
collect gum. With snowshoes, axe
and sheboygan, on which is packed
the gum, they spend days and nights
in the woods. The clear, pure Jumps
of gum are sold in their native state,
the best bringing one dollar per
pound. Gum not Immediately mer-
charitable is refined by peculiar
process. Sieve-liKe boxes are covered
with spruce boughs, on which is placed
the gum. Steam is introduced under
meath. The gum is melted, is strained
warm water, where it is kept from
hardening until the packer takes it
out, draws it into sticks and wraps it
in tissue paper, when it is ready for
market.
The gum meets with ready sale.
There is not village, town or city in
Maine where it is not in demand In
the large mill cities, gum has free
sale. In Biddcford, Lewiston, Law
renee and Lowell, the factory girls
consume large quantities. 1t is said
that in the lumber camps, gum is used
as means of extending hospitality.
After meal-time the host fills his own
black, clay-pipe and hands it to his
guest. Later, clear Jumps Of spruce
gum are placed before the visitor, and
he is asked to take " "chaw." Maine
produces $4,000 worth of gum in q
year, some of which finds it's way to
this market, from which it is distrib-
uted to the various outlying factory
villages, where, us stated before, it is
in good demand. Spruce gum is adul-
tcrated, and those who adulterate take
the trouble to fashion the pieces of
gum to appear like those taken in a
pure state from the trees. The in
gredient of adulteration is supposed to
be the gum of the pine tree.-Provi-
dence Journal.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-05-15
DRIFT OF OPINION.

The rush of foaters to Okla
homa in big, big blocks must COM
mand the admiration of that estlmable
individual, Colonel w. w. Dudley
Utica IN. " Observer.
Tho office-seekers have forced
Matthew Stanley Quay to hide In
other words, it is necessary to be
saved from his friends in order to save
his health. Harrisburg (Pa.) Patriot.
"A neglected politician in Wash
ington says he has secured, without
appointment, the position of survey
or-general." He looks over the crowd
every morning. 0. Picayune.
Have the wrongs of American
fishermen in Canadian waters, over
which we shed so many tears prior to
the recent election, been righted? En-!
Mr.. Blainep Shall our tears be dried?
IN. Y. Herald.
First Assistant Postmaster Cen
eral Clarkson has purchased span OF
hearse horses to draw his carriage.
As the head executioner of the Ad-
ministration, funeral trappings are
decidedly appropriate for him.-Chi-
cago News.
General Alger, of Michigan, is
out early with the announcement that
he will be a candidate for the Repub-
lican nomination for President in 1892.
The General has taken time not by the
forelock, but by the whole scalp
Philadelphia Press (Rep.).
The League Island Navy Yard
appears to have been "reorganized"
until there is scarcely anybody but a
Republican in it, and the ward bosses
continue to read with complacent
smile Secretary Tracy's recent dec
laration that he is ''unalterably op-
posed to mixing the navy yards up
with politics. Providence Journal.
The operations OF the trust af-
feet the price or the supply of sugar in
all parts of the country. The greed
of the organization will not permit
the people to forget that the trust was
formed by an unlawful use of
corporate franchises, that the whole
scheme is illegal and that the COM
bination is enabled to control almost
the entire business IN the United
States and to suppress competition in
prices by the high duties on imported
refined sugar.-N. Y. Times.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-05-15
A PECULIAR TRADE.
The Delicate Work Done by an Old Ger
man Doll Manfer

The Delicate Work Done by an Old Ger
man Doll Member.
"This doll that l am working on now
has received an injury which is a very
difficult one to treat. You notice that
the poor thing has had her eye punched
in, and I've got to take off the top of
her head to get it out. First, you OBJ
serve warm her faxen hair over this
heater, which melts the glue Or cement,
and allows me to scalp her-thus.
Then I punch hole in the back of her
head and shake out the eye, put on
piece of plaster, replace her hair and
cement her eye into place as good as
new"
The doll member says that so many
OF the modern toys are made of iron
that his business has been greatly in
terfered with; these toys being indie
structible, they never require his ser.
vices. In the dull season the toy
member mends china, glass and wood.
carvings From this you will see that
toy mending requires delicate touch
and much patience, besides certain
artistic sense. A few years ago a lady,
calling, upset table on which was an
almost priceless set of cofTee-cups.
They were very valuable in themselves,
and were made more valuable because
a gift from very dear friend. What
was to be done? There lay the pieces,
not one larger than tive-cent piece.
Every cup and saucer was different in
decoration from every other cup and
saucer, and it seemed hopeless to think
of matching them with the pieces all
mixed up. Every fragment was care
fully picked up, and taken to a little old
shop where was little old man famous
for mending delicate objects. He grew
very much excited when shown the
pieces, and said he could mend the set
If not all, at least some. A few weeks
later the set was returned. every piece
perfect to the eye, and the only way to
discover that they had ever been
broken was by holding piece up to
the light; then there were seen dark
lines running in every direction. What
wonderful skill and patience it required
to do that work!-Christian Union.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-05-15
THE ROYAL DESCENT.
How 1t Was That Victoria Assembled the
British Throne.

British Throne.
Sometimes we are puzzled to remem-
Der how Queen Victoria came to in
herit the throne of England. We re-
membe. that she was the daughter OF
the Duke of Kent. the niece OF her imme-
date predecessor on the throne. Here
is a paragraph Tor your scrap-book,
giving the names of the lines Of rulers
through whom the simple-hearted
daughter Of the wise Duke and Duchess
Of Kent came to the English throne:
Queen Victoria is the niece OF Will
lam ", who was the brother OF
George ", who was the son OF George
Ill, who was the grandson OF George
H., who was the son OF George l.,
who was the cousin of Anne, who
was the sister-in-law of James H., who
was the brother of Charles H., who
was the son Of Charles J., who was the
son OF James l., who was the cousin of
Elizabeth. who was the sister OF Mary,
who was the sister of Edward
VI, who was the son of
Henry VIII, who was the
son of Henry VII, who was the cousin
of Richard Ill, who was the uncle OF
Edward ", who was the son of Edward
W., who was the cousin of Henry vi.
who was the son of Henry ", who was
the son OF Henry ", who was the
cousin OF Richard IL, who was the
grandson of Edward Ill, who was the
son of Edward H., who was the son of
Edward l., who was the son of Henry
Ill, who was the son of John, who was
the brother OF Richard l., who was the
son of Henry H., who was the cousin
of Stephen, who was the cousin of
Henry l., who was the brother of Will
lam Rufus, who was the son of Will
lam the Conqueror, eight hundred
years ago."
Her son, the Prince of Wales will be
King OF England and Emperor Of India.
For Queen Victoria was the first to
unite the two countries under one civil
government, though England has con-
troled India for hundreds of years.
England and Scotland were united I'M
der James l., because he was heir and
inherited both thrones. Queen Vic
toria inherited the throne of England,
but acquired that of India; her son aud
heir will inherit both.-Christian
Union.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-05-15
sOGus FEDERAL CENSUS.
What the appointment of Census Directo


What the Appointment of Census Director
Porter Really Means.
That we are to have bogus Federal
census has been certified in the ap-
pointment by the President of Robert
P. Porter to superintend the sta
!istics of 1890. The figures of 1880
mutely denounce the war tariff. The
remorseless effects of high taxes are
there spread forth for ali to see. An
other and a still worse showing would
pain the tariff-masters. Accordingly,
the hired man of protection, the del
egate of monopoly, the private sec
rotary of greed. extortion and quack-
ery-the man who for decade has
drawn 10 dollar that was not part
OF the tariff plumber, who has pre-
pared no table of figures that did not
aim to support a lie this person has
been foisted on the census itself. The
Herald can not condemn General Har-
rison too harshly for an invasion SO
shameless of a domain that has hith-
erto enjoyed the confidence Of the peo-
pie. A bogus census of the United
States is shocking in the idea. What
ills, then, may not grow out of the
thing itself?
Robert P. Porter, the recipient of
pay for all his tariff arguments" will
proceed to build an array OF figures
which will prove that the farmer sells
in the dearest market and buys in the
cheapest; that WOODEN mills prosper
under high tariff on woods; that
navies grow under high tariff on
shipping; that wages rise under the
effects of i'm migration, and that immi-
grafton declines under the stimulus of
war prices for labor and goods. All
of the fallacies, overthrown in the
census of 1880, will be carefully rein
stated by the false figures of 1890. The
free trader of 1892, delivering his
speech in joint debate, must appeal for
his facts to the other orators figures.
The huge enginery of monopoly and
tariff, capable Of purchasing the cleo
ton of President and Congress
against popular plurality of 100, 900,
has laid sacrilegious hands on the
census. A cheap fellow, without love
of his country, will now proceed to
tabulate for facts the impressions, de-
lusions, snares and base fabrications
of every respectable thief in the Ma
ton. The total will be the official emu
meration of the people, their estate,
their employment and their increas-
ing prosperity.
Carnegie, Jones and other old-time
patrons of the cheap man may depend
on a compendium which will exhibit O
dwindling aristocracy, a tremendous
growth of the well-to-do class, a coun-
try without tax, whose levy is baga-
telle, whose yeomanry and labor are
constantly employed at fabulous hire,
whose men and masters are bound to
each other by tho unbroken and I'M
yielding ties of home market. The
miner will live in a palace; the oper-
ator will share the howell. The mill
worker will go to Europe and do the
smuggling; the mill-owner will reap a
profit of sixty cents day, with long
intermissions of loss.
All this Internal scoundrelism the
low tariff orator must quote in 1892, if
he shall dare to appeal to the eleventh
censuS-ChicapO Herald,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-05-15

or is elected by the vote ct the whole
town, and is, as rule, a reputable
man. To be elected, however, he must
have the nomination of his party, and,
to all intents and purposes. he must
pay for that nomination by giving Of
fee to his supporters. About the
board OF aldermen nobody has any de-
lusions. 1t is mainly composed of
irresponsible men of no character
many of them liquor-dealers. They
buy their places with money and pat
ronage, and they themselves, for the
most pat, may be bought singly like
cabbages or in punches like radishes.
Passing to the State government, he
will find in the Governor and the Leg
islature State mayor and State
board of aldermen with two houses.
There are plenty of honest men in both
houses; but there is generally a good
working majority of men who have
bought their places to sell themselves,
and who, when they are not passing
bills to benefit rich corporations at the
exp ense of the people, are engaged in
introducing bills designed to damage
the same corporations-bills which
disappear when their promoters are
bought off.
But there remains the National
Governm ent. And can the citizen lay
his hand en- his heart and say that the
| Congressman from his district spent
no money Cover and above his legiti-
mate expenses), either out of his own
pocket or out of his party's funds, to
insure his election? If he can, he is
able to do more than the Congressman
can, unless he is very remarkable
and a very lucky Congressman. But
who is it who sits in judgment on the
acts OF the Congressman. The Presi.
dent of tho United States; the Chief
Magistrate of the Nation. And in 1880
the party that elected the President
openly boosted that it had bought the
vote of the State of Indiana with
"soap." In 1888 the same party an
nounced, in advance, that it intended to
buy the vote of the Same State with
"fat" -and did it.
These may be broad and sweeping
assertions; but any one who honestly
seeks to verify them will find them
specific enough-and the verifcation
easy enough. This makes a bad
showing, not for our system of gov
ernment but for our system of poll
tics; and it makes a worse showing
for our people, in that they not only
tolerate these things, but tolerate
their being made matters of common
report, without feeling the sense of
personal shame aud individual re-
sponsibility. If the attention of an
honest citizen is called to the digrace
of our politics, he has but one reply
to make: ooh, yes, 1 suppose there is
a good deal of corruption in politics.
But then you can't help it. 1t has
always been so. And of course the
reports are greatly exaggerated.
And then, we seem to be getting along
pretty we'll. guess there's no great
harm done"
Yet there is great harm done-in
setting up an example that encourages
dishonesty in commercial life and
lowers the standard of citizenship and
civic manhood. Puck.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-05-15
POLITICAL CORRUPTION.

The Shameful System of Politics Intro
duced by the Republican Party.
Ii down-trodden subject of Great
Britain, the son of peerage-ridden
land, the blind worshiper of stars aud
carriers, were to ask free born Amer
lean to point out the controlling factor
in our political system; the power that
brought men into prominence and gave
them the chief places of the Govern
ment, how would the free-born Amer
lean answer himp
"You have no aristocracy OF birth, p"
the Briton would say, therefore 1t is not
social standing that puts men to the
front in your country. Nor can it be
that your successful public men are Sc
lected from what You call the aristoc-
racy of brains; for, according to the
accounts of your untrammeled press,
many of your legislators and executive
officers are ignorant and incompetent
They can not be selected for their excep-
tional probity, for this same untram-
meled press imputes to many of them
the most disgraceful sort of corruption,
and they never punish their accusers,
as would private citizens who we're
slandered. We understand, of course,
that you have public men who are of
good standing in the community, and
who are both able and honest. But
such men are clearly in a minority
among your ofiice-holders. Now, what
is the power that lifts the others above
the rest of your people, puts them in
place and keeps them there?"
The American, if he had to answer
truly to such an inquiry, would have
no choice but to say:
money. Some of our public men
get their places because they are rich
aud can spend money to secure them.
Others are able to induce their party
to spend the money necessary to pro-
cure their election. Still others are
elected because they are the friends,
allies or servants of rich men, whose
interests are affected by legislation,
and who are willing to buy place or
power for those who will be of service
to them, Very few indeed are elected
solely for their fitness and without the
use of money or its equivalent in pat
ronage."
1t would be hard indeed for an
American citizen, with any pride in
his citizenship, to make this confession
to an Englishman; but he would have
to make it, if he meant to tell the
truth. We can understand that, I'M
der such circumstances, our fellow
countryman might be sorely tempted
to prevaricate, Or even to lie outright
But whether he lied or told the truth,
the humiliating facts would remain the
same.
But perhaps the American citizen
who reads this does not believe that
these are the humiliating facts. Per-
haps he thinks these assertions are but
gloomy, cynical, pessimistic generali-
ties II he does, let him think the sit
uation over for himself. Wewill sup
pose that he is citizen OF New York.
Let him consider how the municipal
government of that city is constituted:
how the legislative and executive Off
GERS of the State are chosen, and how
the State itself is represented in the
National Government. The most prom
inent officials OF the city are the mayor
apa the hgard Of aldermen, The may.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-05-15
Peculiar Methods.

The aphorism that ''all Is fair in WAR;
seems to be the guiding star Of those whose
aim it is to attract tho readers attention In
the latter day newspapers
In the strife which has followed, the art
of advertising has been greatly changed
from what it was a few years ago. Former
~, the casual mention of the merits of an
article was all that was necessary to
attract attention; but when the ad-
vertising columns Of the papers became
crowded, the reader of the newspaper soon
realized that too much time would be con-
Bumed in reading all of them, and, as o re-
suit. those columns were oftentimes skipped
altogether.
1t was then that advertising developed
into science-for the preparation of adj
verttsing matter which will attract public
attention is task which, nowadays, re-
quires degree of tact and skill which not
every one possesses The modern advertiser,
aware of the public disposition to hurriedly
pass over the ordinary advertisements, has
called to his assistance all conceivable in
genious devices of the printers art which
will tend to render his advertisement at
tractive to the reader.
Peculiar methods are often employed as
ID uSut1l III Uuo Cdoc VI but CAutuSlH0 0uVCT-
Using which is done in behalf of Warmers
Safe Cure, tho noted discovery for all
diseases of the kidneys and disorders aris-
ing therefrom.
What appears to the ordinary reader as an
inviting article OF current news is discovered
upon perusal to be an interesting article
which impresses the fact upon the readers
mind that kidney disease is the original
cause Of most lung, brain, heart and nervous
disorders and that those disorders are not
disease itself, but only symptoms of q dis
ease which can be successfully treated by
the use of Warmers Safe Cure, which will
remove the primary cause and thereby re-
store other affected organs to vigorous
and healthy state.
In this instance the advertiser, bypeculiar
means succeeds in attracting the readers at
tention, and not only is the name of the ad-
vertised article impressed upon themind, but
also the purposes for which its use is adapt
ed. Besides achieving the advertisers pur-
pose, this method of advertising is means
of placing much valuable information in
the hands of many who otherwise would
very probably remain ignorant upon sub
tect of great Importance.
Modern advertising has become proflta-
BILE field of employment and no large bust
ness house is longer complete without
competent advertising bureau attached
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-05-15

1t is somewhat singular how often
the omission of a single seemingly in.
significant letter will alter the entire
meaning of sentence. For instance,
several errors are recorded where the
letter ''n'' has been omitted from the
word "window," invariably placing a
"widow'' in some embarrassing posi-
ton; as where, on the occasion of a
street pageant, gentleman unwilling
ly advertised several widows for
hire"
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-05-15

A man of Woodbury., Conn, owned
horse which had been raised near by.
After some time it was sold in Bridge.
port. Years after the man was sur.
prised to see it walking Weariedly past
the hous,. 1t went to its old pasture,
made its way in, 10y down and died,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-05-15
An Appeal for A assistance.

listen to the mute appeal for assistance
made by his stomach, or his liver, in the
shape Of divers dyspeptic qualms and un.
easy sensations in the regions of the gland
that secretes his bile. Hostetter's Stom.
ach Bitters, my dear sir, or madam-as the
case may be-is what you require. Hasten
to use if you are troubled with heartburn,
wind in the stomach, or note that your skin
or the whites of your eyes are taking a sal
low hue.