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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-12-11
DEMOCRACY AND TRUSTS.

Trusts" Blaine said last fall.
If his words you'll recall,
Are quite largely private affairs"
And he argued, of course,
That we could not enforce
restrictions on doings of theirs.
But judge in New York
Has got in his work
In manner exceedingly pat.
lie, In just one bout,
knocked the sugar trust out,
AND, OF course, he's Democrat
When trusts would do wrong
Then the law must be strong
10 stand for the press they assail.
When laws can't defend
Then tits time to amend,
For Justice, not wealth, must prevail.
While Blaine may insist
He must not resist
Encroachments of Doodle and wrong.
Let Democracy fight
For justice and right
With faith that is steadfast and strono
Chicago Herald.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-12-11
THE FAT MANS STORY.

He Tells How He Successfully Fooled
Kansas Prairie Fire.
The boys had been looking at the ia
man for some time as he strolled up anc
down the depot platform, smoking a goot
cigar and his face wearing look of con
tentment, and one of them finally OBJ
served that it was good time for hin
to tell a story.
"Eh? A story to pass away the time
certainly" he replied, as he sat down OF
baggage truck, recently painted sky
blue color.
you must know, gentlemen" he be-
gan, after getting his legs crossed, ssthat
was not always at the head of the lead
ing clearinghouse of Chicago. No. All
my life, up to ten years ago, was passed
in the far West, on the plains and prai-
rles and among the hills and mountains.
had, as you may suppose, numerous
adventures. | was just thinking of my
escape from a prairie fire, but the de-
tails might not interest YOU"
ooh, yes, they willr' we all cried in
chorus.
"Well, one day in the fifties I was
journeying across Kansas prairie ON
foot. One morning got up to find fifty
miles of tall. dry grass between me and
the hills. A strong breeze sprang up
with the sun, and had scarcely started
on my way before I discovered a great
smoke to windward. The Indians had
set fire to the prairie to kill off the rat.
tlesnakes, you know"
"By George! but you were in for it,"
exclaimed the hardware drummer from
ST. Louis.
''Yes; realized that in moment, In
five minutes could see billow of fame
to windWard. 1t was at least twenty
miles long, and spreading as it came. It
was coming faster than a horse could
run. l figured that it would be upon me
in five minutes"
And you dug hole in the earth?"
queried the glue man from New York.
~ had nothing to dig with. fIhad
had the proper tools the time was too
Short ~
'Then the wind changed?" put in the
Yankee notion man from Cincinnati.
Never point AS stood there that
great ocean of fame came roaring down
toward me like the bosom of destruction.
l lost fully two minutes before I got to
work. could even feel the heat Of the
fierce flames scorching my flesh"
"But, hang it, man, you escaped?'
ST did.
''You don't show any scars or burns"
sNo."
SWELL. get to the point"
II will. waited until the flames
were not over a mile away, and then I
took my balloon off my back, pressed the
button which permitted the natural gas
to flow in from the reservoir, and, tax
ing my seat in the chair, shot up into
the air about five hundred feet and let
the flames sweep under me. One of nv
boot heels was little scorched, but that
was all the damage done.''
80 you tell that for truth?n anrrily
demanded the starch man from Oswepo.
The solemn truth. gentlemen. Our
company is now doing a general banking
and balloon business style Of bal.
looms. We can and do undersell all
others. Send in your orders early and
avoid the winter rush. That's all,"-,N
I, Spn. s
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-12-11
A Clear Coincidence Obtained.

Brokers' Wife-How happy you look,
my dear. What is the cause?
Bfoker-A clear conscience. have
not taken any innocent and confidinr
man $ money for twenty-four hours.
i am glad to hear it."
Yes; you see. my partner died last
night, and our Office was closed to-day =
IN, \. WseklY
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-12-11
REFORM THE SENATE,
democratic States Represented by Re
publican Senators.

democratic States Represented by Re-
publican Senators.
Our Northern contemporaries are loud
IN their denunciation of the election
laws in the South, by which thew claim
the Southern delegation to Congress is
so largely Democratic We ask these
gentlemen to consider certain facts con-
corning the United States Senate. and
then to suggest some measure of re-
form.
The State of New York is Democratic,
by from $4,000 to 10000. The Demo-
cratic party carries the State at everv
election, yet it is represented by two
Republicans in the Senate, and has been
for 10! these many years.
Connecticut is another consistently
Democratic State, yet it, too, keeps two
Republicans in the Senate.
AT the last election in Rhode Island
the Democrats had safe majority, but
by its peculiar constitution the Repub-
licans retain control of the Legislature
and will choose the Senators.
In Iowa the Democrats have elected
their Governor by majority of over
1000, yet the Republicans will control
the Legislature and select the successor
Of Senator Allison.
These are not mere accidents; there
are evils inherent in the situation. The
democratic majorities are not surmises:
5ney are publicly recorded at the polls.
- Is astonishing that Senators Platt and
aawley, OF Connecticut; Evarts and His
'ock, OF New York; Chase and Aldrich
u Rhode Island, and Allison, of Iowa
Will consent to misrepresent their
states; will hold commissions, under the
orm OF law, of which majority of their
have voted to deprive them.
'ue they do it, and are particularly de-
of what they term Southern
Louisville Courier-Journal
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-12-11

The largest bar Of gold ever cast
Was turned out at the United States as
say Office in Helena, Mont, the other
day. 1t weighed 500 pounds, and il
worth mere than slas,oQ4,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-12-11
Republican Iowa has nassed IN

Republican Iowa has passed into
history; Democratic Iowa is present, and
Democracy is the hope of the State in
all the future. The Democrats of the
state have come out of their Egyptian
bondage; the hosts Of their oppressors
now lie Under the waters OF the Red Sea
ofprohibition, and in 1892 they will help
Inc people OF this country cut their way
out OF the wilderness OF protection and
mum !, ouggery. Under Democratic rule
tne future OF lows is an assured mar.
a'H0eas success, Chicago Herald
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-12-11
Bits of Abraham lincoln.

Among the papers of the late John
W. Forney was found the other day
letter from B. b. French, under the date
Washington, May 90, 1865, which gave
fac-similes of some notes written bv
President Lincoln relative to his domes-
tic affairs. One, sent to Mrs. Lincoln
on the official paper Of the Executive
Mansion, was: ''Mother-Please nut
somebody at work now on Tad's room.
A. L." To this Mrs. Lincoln added a
note to Mr.. French, then Commissioners
OF Public Buildings, saying: '.Please
give Tad board and some plank. Mrs,
Lincoln" A card written BY the Presi-
dent to Mr.. French, on November 9.
1854, said: "If Commissioner Of Public
Buildings chooses to give laborers at
the White House holiday, have no
A. Lincoln" The proposed
holiday was to be given after the re-
election of President Lincoln.
delphia Press.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-12-11
ITEMiZED ODDITIES.

Notes Tor the Curious on Variety OF In,
teresting Matters.
Each square inch of the skin contains
$500 sweating tubes, or perspiration
pores, each of which may be likened to
little drain tile one-fourth of an inch
IN length, making an aggregate length
OF the entire surface of the body of 2O1,-
1855 feet, or tile ditch for draining the
body almost 40 miles long.
The human skin is composed of three
layers, averaging in all between one
twelfth and one-eighth of an inch in
thickness, and, in extreme cases, as
much as one-fourth of an inch in thick
ness. The skin area of the average
adult is, therefore, estimated at 1000
square inches. The atmospheric press
ure being about IA pounds to the square
inch, person of medium size is daily
and hourly subjected to pressure OF
$4,000 pounds.
An ancient and remarkable clock has
been set up in the reading-room of the
municipal library at Rouen, France. A
single winding keeps it running for
fourteen years and some odd months. II
was constructed in 1852; underwent
alterations in 1916; was bought by the
City of Rouen in 1888, and has been re.
Gently repaired and set going.
The phoenix, the fabulous bird of
antiquity, in form is described as some
what resembling the eagle. 1t was said
to live five hundred years in the wilder.
ness, and then to return into Egypt,
where, having built itself nest or
funeral pyre of wood and aromatic gums.
and lighting it by the tanning of its
wings, was consumed to ashes, out of
which rose new phoenix.
The first living skeleton was Claude
Sewrat, born in France in 1890. He was
tall and would have been well-shaped
had there been any flesh on his body; as
1T was every bone could be distinctly
seen. His arms were compared to two
ivory flutes, and his abdomen seemed to
cling to the vertebr@. He made fort
une by exhibiting himself and returned
to his native town to enjoy it, but sud-
denly expired soon after his retirement.
st. Louis Renublic.
The Washington bee., 1889-03-09
TAKE NOTICE

The patrons of the BEE must
pay fcr all advertisements, in the
way OF notices, deaths, marriages.
&c. ~ matter of d personal
nature will be inserted unless it is
paid for.
The Washington bee., 1889-03-09
secure 4 HOME IN THE LAND Of FLlHR55
DINSMORE!

One OF the growing towns 0t the
South, is situated on both sides of
savan alb, Florida & Western
Railroad, just twelve miles from
Jacksonville, Fla. 1t is high, dry
and level, and a successful horti-
cultural and truck-growing section
of the State. Dinsmore can be
easily reached from Jacksonville by
railroad, by water route, or by an
hour and a half drive over an excel
lent plank and shell road.
Dinsmore is not one of the iSola-
ted spots that is only laid out on
paper, but a thriving prosperous
town that recommends itself to
capitalist and laborer, to fathers
aud wives who are vigilant over
their own interests and the welfare
of their children, to those who are
seeking homes and those who have
capital to invest for speculation.
The land can be obtained at re-
markably low figures and on terms
suitable to the condition of every
purchaser. At the present low
figures a poor man can make regu-
Lar payments on valuable home
with less than the aggregate of
unnecessary expense or money act
ually thrown away. 1t is an in-
vestment that one cannot regret
and through which you will realize
many times the amount invested.
The prices are for Front Business
Lots one acre, $65, $50, $35. Sec
ond choice, S25 $1S. Third choice
SIS. Fourth choice $40. Fifth
choice, SIS. 1t must be remember
Ell that these are acre lots.
We also have vegetable and
truck farms laid out adj scent to
Dinsmore, containing from FIVE to
sixteen acres each, which we offer
for the benefit of those who wish to
farm at $5 acre.
Our terms are one fourth cash
and balance in one, two and three
years.
The chain of title will be short
and strong. 1t is from the State of
Florida to the Railroad and from
the Railroad to you.
. Truck farming around DluSmore
would be at the door of two If the
greatest markets i'm the South. Let
every poor man if with but one
dollar, commence to buy lot in
Dinsmore. The fare from Jackson.
vile and return is only twenty-five
cents. Think of it. There are
eight passenger trains per day ami
he round trip will only cost TWEEN
ty-f1ve cents. Trout creek, a large
stream passes right through the
vicinity, thus affording pure fresh
water for stock, perfect drainage
and abundance of fish.
TAKE WARNING NOW, and
do not let this grand opportunity
slip you. 1t is the very best chance
you will have to secure a good
piece of valuable property and such
startling prices.
The merchants in DinSmore are
enjoying good trade and the
'own is rapidly growing. Saw
mills are convenient for securing
timber to build, and laborers who
!! desire work can get from dollar
and a half to two dollars per day.
For further information or plats
and how to see Dinsmore, call on
or address,
j. w. THOMPSON s. 60,
Drawer 2oS jacksonville, Fla
The Washington bee., 1889-03-09
WHERE TO BUY THE BEE.

East Washington, Prof. j. W
Fowler, 319 3rd street s. g.
South Washington: DR.. S. A.
Sumby, F bet. 3rd and II sts., S. W.
aud Rev.R. S. Laws, SIG q st. S. W.
Northwest: Dr.. Beller, 10th and
NJ streets; Capt. w. P. Gray 18th
near L ST. Mrs. Pokety, NJ bet 18th
and 18th sts.; Chas. Bealle. cor. 18th
aud FL Sts.; Philadelphia House 34S
Pa. Ave.
Can always be obtained at any
OF the above named places every
Saturday morning.
The Washington bee., 1889-03-09
THE GREAT
illustrated COl0T0d Newspaper.
The FREEMAN.
WHAT 1T CONTAINS. How TO GETIT.

TYhe Freeman, the great and only Illus
trated Colored Newspaper published
certainly fills n long felt want in Ne
gro Journalism. The colored people have
long needed just such a champicn-a pic
torial newspaper-one which will "paint
them they are" and not carieature them
is too often done by the white press.
The Freeman pOrtrays the Negro as he is
giving each week the portraits and sketches
of the representative men and women of
the race. Its cartoons and other illustra-
tions are pertinent and neatly drawn. 1t
is printed on fine tinted book paper and is
sold Mt the very low price of &c. per copy,
75c. for three months. $1.35 for six mos.
and $40 for one year. Ladies as well as
gentlemen. boys As well as girls make
money by handling The Freeman. Send
s6c. for TERMS and INSTRUCTIONS, send
1Oc (fn stamps) for sample copies.
Address all matter to,
TIE FREEMAN,
indianapolis. Ind.
EDWARD Il. COOPER, Publisher.
The Washington bee., 1889-03-09
MONEYTO LOAN
M0OR'S ESEERN
NTOpS.

Why not man save his money
when he can?
[ call every Janitor and all
other Persons attention that has
use for a MOP. [ guarantee that
one of my Mops will out-wear any
other two Mops made. It cleans
the dirt and dries the floor better
than any you ever used in your
life. So call or send me a postal
card, I will supply you with one
or more if you wish.
Price 25c Each or So 90 Ter Dozen.
Address: Room 6, Nos Sherman
Street, Chicago.
LEMU EL MOORE
L. Z. MOORE, agt., 234 End st
Washington D. c.
Patentet July IL
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-02
A FLORIDA ORANGE TRUST.
The Trade lie to be Regulated by a Power
full Combination.

The Trade lie to be Regulated by a Power.
full Combination.
NEW YORK, August Steps were taken
this afternoon for the formation Of the Flor
ida Orange Growers and Dealers Protective
Association, the object of which will be to
control the Florida ornage business. F. L.
Goodsell, the prime mover, says that the
orange growers have been receiving much
too little for their crops, and that their sal
walton lies in some concerted action among
the dealers. His scheme includes the estab-
lishment in Jacksonville of an office, from
which full telegraphic reports of the condi-
tion of the market shall be sent and daily
posted at shipping points; the securing of
better transportation facilities and rates,
and the concentration of shipments to large
markets only. He favors the auction sys-
TEN, believing that private sale splits up
the market and prevents full competition.
Mr.. GoodselPs project was indorsed by
representatives from all parts of the coun-
try, and the following committee on organi-
zation and finance was selected: E. L.
Goodsell, j. Cromwell, New York; Snow &
Co., Boston; j. II. Gale, w. b. Reilly,
Buffalo; George Daeres, Chambers Sons,
Cleveland; j. Leverone. Davis & Co., Gin
cinnati; Montgomery & Co., Goodale &
Co., Ostage & Co., Chicago; w. H. Mich
aels, Pancoast & Griffin, Philadelphia; G.
B. Stewart & Co., j. H. Leonard & Co., T.
H. Kepner & Co., Baltimore; Somers Bros,
Pittsburg Produce Company, Pittsburg.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-02
HIPPOLYTE VICTORIOUS.
The Insurgent General VIII Soon Have Con-
troll of the Entire Island.

The Insurgent General VIII Soon Have Con-
troll of the Entire Island.
NEW YORK, August 1.-The steamship
Ozama, which arrived at this port to-day,
brought some important news from Hayti,
she having left the port of Gonaives on
July 81 On the 14th, General Girardi,
Hippolyte's Commander-in-Chief, had
taken Fort Toussaint L'Ouverture, situated
on hill three miles northeast of Port-au-
Prince and shelled that town. Hippolyte was
in Gonaives on the 10Th, and much powder
was expended during the day and night in
celebrating his arrival, and in this welcome
the Ozama Joined.
The Ozama was escorted out of Gonaives
harbor by the United States steamship Ossi-
pee. The Captain of the Ozama is of opin-
ion that the next news from Hayti will be
decisive and that Hippolyte will be master of
the situation. General Girardi, however. is
likely to have terrible revenge on Legi-
time and his factors, as he formerly was
cruelty treated by them.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-02
DOES US NO CREDIT.
Editor De Young Disgusted With the Amer.
lean Exhibit Mt the Paris Exposition-
He Criticises Every Act of
General Frauklin's.

lean Exhibit mt the Paris Expedition
He CrIticises Every Act OF
General Frauklin's.
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE pIsPArcH.i
NEW YORK, August I'M. H. De
Young, editor of the San Francisco Chroni-
Gle, and commissioner from California to the
Paris Exposition, arrived to-day on the City
of Paris, thoroughly disgusted with the
American exhibit and its management gen.
orally. A reporter saw him to-day, and in
answer to questions about the success OF the
exposition, and particularly the American
part, he said:
The American Commissioners, in the first
place, insured failure by their tardy arrival
in Paris. 1t was simply an outrage that they
should get there only two weeks before the ex-
position opened A few clerks and under
strappers were there before them, nursing the
nucleus of an exhibit that still remains
nucleus General Franklin, the Chief High
Commissioner, when he arrived promptly oc-
cupied a house rented for him at an expense of
s8,OO0 He announced that his official hours
were from 2 to o'clock In the afternoon. 1t
was impossible for Americans to see him.
Many who attempted to see him were tnsulted
by his clerks. on whom he depended for lnfor-
nation, and to whose judgment he deferred,
because he was totally ignorant about
the duties of a commission. Actually. the way
Americans were treated by the Generals un-
derstrappers was most offensive and un-Ameri-
can. was commissioner from California,
and the Legislature was going to pass Dill Tor
a large appropriation for our exhibit, but Cen
eral Franklin refused TO give our State one foot
of space telegraphed him several times, and
the reply was not foot The California ex-
hibit! We had none. There were a few dozen
bottles of wine ard a miniature bale OF hay IN
the American part said to be from California
Well that was not bad. for only " figures,
dressed as continental soldiers, you might say,
represented and was the chief feature OF the
entire American exhibit.
~ Who is to blamef Why. our commissioners.
They have no push and no business capacity
whatever. To think our Government was the
only one that recognized the Exposition
officially, and yet we have only $1,000 square
feet, while little Belgium. that refused to
recognize the Exposition officially has 10000,
and England 243, 600 square feet. 1t was simply
negligence on the part of our commissioners.
If they had been there and pushed matters
they could have obtained as much space as they
desired. The English Commissioners were re-
fused space but they never let up. and the re-
suit was they obtained as much as they wished.
Mr.. De Young Is in favor of New York as
the place to hold the 1892 Worlds Fair, but
hopes no Generals or other military men will
be at its head, as he doesn't consider them
practical men for the business.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-02
NEW, ADVERTISEMENTS.
On a New Tack.

Look out what you pay
just now. Here's your choice.
Clothing of the buyers
know-not-what make or quail
ity, and,
Clothing of our make, that
we're responsible for.
Inferior clothing shan't
hide behind low prices any
longer. Well knock that
prop from under it.
There'll be low prices for
you at Wanamaker's, too.
We've said fair prices till
now. Now-superior as our
goods are-we say, Low
Prices.
We don't propose to hold
this seasons goods for next.
Well make low prices sell
them. Let the cheap look
out.
All sizes and qualities in
Thin Goods and Serges.
1000 styles to make to
measure.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-02
A DANGEROUS DISEASE.

The number of people who annually die
from Bright's disease is simply astonishing
beginning by a weakness in the back, accom-
panied by pain. which at first may be slight,
stin, as the disease progresses, there Is an in
the region of the groins, high colored urine
with brick dust sediment, scanty or copious
flow, with pain in voiding it. Not only do the
kidneys themselves become organically dis
eased. terminating in gravel or stone In the
bladder, diabetes or Bright's disease, but is
one of the most potent causes OF rheumatism
and dropsy.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-02

DALTIMoRE AND OHIO RAILROAD
ID schedule in effect May L, 1889. For Washing
York. $500 .. m. and $40 p. P.~ N. For % Cum r
berland, $500 a. m, Il :oo $40 D. m. For Con-
neAsville, +6:40 anc $500 a. m. ti:Oc t4:Oo
and 1910 p. m For Uniontown, +6:4o 500 a. m
Il and +loo m. For Mount Pleasant +6: 10 and
Washington. Pa, 'e;aS 1910 a. M, 's:SS +5:30
and SEQ P. m. For Wheeling. -6:45, $50 a. m,
.s:4S a. % m $40 p M Fer Columbus: 's;45 and $50
.s:3S $50 p: m. For ChicaEo, 'e:4a $50 a. m,
s: ,s:SS and SEQ 2; M Trains arrive from New
's:ao a. m. and $3.50 y; H.. From Columbus, Gin
etnnat and Chicago. I:S a m. and 800 p. m.
m. through sleeping cars to Baltimore. WASH
tngton and Cincinnati.
wheeling accommodation. S:D a. M. Sunday
only. Connellsvilie accommodot tion at ss:35 n m.
daily. fDaily except sunday. SUNDAY only.
The Pittsburg Transfer Company will call for
and check baggage from hotels and residences
upon orders left az b; q .: Ticket once, corner
Fifth avenue and Wood street. CHAS. D.
sCULLs Gen. Pass. Agt. ,T.oDELLs Gen. Mgr,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-02
HIS BRIDE WAS STEADFAST.
She Endenvors TO Secure the Release of Her
Husband From Jail.

CHICAGO, August IA writ of habeas
corpus was sued out in the Superior Court
to-day for Harry L. Whaley, the young man
arrested in Englewood by Detective c. C.
Healy on a charge of obtaining 1000 by
false pretenses from Mrs. Sarah A. Dodge, a
wealthy widow in New York. 1t is said by
the officer who arrested him that Whaley
engaged himself to marry Mrs. Dodge after
a long courtship, and that his fiancee, on
April "a last, gave him s., 900 with which to
embark in business in Gotham. Instead of
doing that he fed with the money and went
to Englewood, where he married pretty
and estimable young lady. He was incarce-
rated in the Sixty-third street police station.
The writ of habeas corpus was issued at
the request of his young bride, HRS. Jennie
Whaley, who claims that no written COM
plant was made against the prisoner, and
further, that ne was not in New York April
IA last, and has not been out of Chicago
since December %, 1888. Judge Altgeld
will hear the case tomorrow.