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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-05-29
SHOULD WOMEN sMoKE7
Mrs. Frank Leslie Answers the Question
in the Negative.

UIfes FRANK L0SI0 Answers inc Nu0bCtOH
in the Negative.
The rule is no, the exception YES,
but the exception is generally mat
ter of latitude. No pun intended.
Women in Turkey, in Peru, in various
tropical countries smoke, and with
them we have no quarrel. Some wom-
en- profess to smoke by order of their
physicians, and for them we have q
sincere pity. Other women smoke be-
cause they wish to be classed as Boz
hemians, and with them we have moth
ing to do.
Tobacco may be sedative, but it is
also a decolorizer of skin and teeth,
and the girl who at twenty thinks its
use cunning" or "chic," won't like It's
consequences at forty.
Doubtless there is something
naughty, piquante. provocative and
amusing to men in seeing a pretty girl
or woman aping their own mannish
ways and Offering or accepting a
eight from them, and a pretty hand
or wrist is certainly shown to advan-
tage in managing cigarette, but the
dainty arm and shapely hand must be-
long to very stupid head if they can
find no other way of airing themselves,
and the admiration that men give to
the woman who SMOKES is very apt to
depenerate into license.
Every woman should know that her
power over man lies in making him
feel her to be purer, better, more
moral than himself. If she descends
to his level, even in her amusements,
she soon finds that he is her master.
A man likes to idealize thu wo man he
admires, especially the woman he
wishes to marry, but if in approaching
the ideal with timid reverence he
finds her redolent of tobacco, if the
sweet mouth he longs to press is faint
ed with nicotine, if the dainty fingers
still bear the discoloration of tho
cigarette | fear the idealist would fee,
as did Lamia's lover, in horror and die.
may.
Man is attracted to woman by I'M
likeness, not likeness, and the less we
dress or talk or amuse ourselves in
manly-or rather a mannish-way, or
copy him especially in his vices. the
more earnestly will he seek to induce
us to embellish his ruder life with the
refinements and beauties of our own,
and the grabbed old writer was doubt
less correct when he said: There is
no smoke without fire, and the smoke
of tobacco from q woman's mouth
shows the smouldering of evil fires in
her heart. Mrs. Frank Leslie, IN N.
Y. Herald.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-05-29
A PREHISTORIC CANOE.
The Rare Archaeological Treasure II
cantiy Enupd in ENGLAND.

The Rare Archaeological Treasure Re-
Gently Found I'm England.
A discovery of extreme archie olog-
icaI interest has been made upon the
Barton section of the Manchester Ship
canal. On Wednesday, while the ex-
cavators were at work in what is
known as the salt Eye" cutting, the
steam navy brought to light prehis-
toric canoe. 1t was embedded in the
sand twenty-five feet below the sur
face. With some difficulty the canoe
was removed to a shed in the vicinity
of the engineers office, and examined.
1t was found to consist OF portion OF
an oak tree roughly hewn and fash
Toned. In length this relic of a long
past age is thirteen feet eight inches
from end to end, with width of two
feet six inches. Notwithstanding the
lapse Of centuries, the marks of the
axe are distinctly visible in the interior
of the canoe, the width of the blade
OF the implement used-whether
of flint or iron--being apparently
about three inches. Unfortunately
the vessel sustained some damage
in the ruthless grip of the navy" the
bottom having been cut through
at the bow end, while por-
ton of one side is broken in.
But for this mishap the canoe
would have been recovered practically
intact. The bow is shaped so as to
leave a projecting block, through
which hole is driven, evidently for
the purpose of fastening it by means of
rope. At this point the grain OF the
wood indicates that the ancient work.
man had cut through the heart of the
tree, and that a portion had broken
away. Another piece OF wood appears
to have been fitted into its place and
fastened with two stout wooden pins.
At the opposite end the canoe has been
strengthened by the fixing to it of a
species of gunwale, consisting OF the
naturally bent arm OF tree, also held
in position with pegs or pins of wood.
1t is impossible to fix the precise period
of the canoe, but the circumstance,,that
it bears no trace of nail or any iron
work may, perhaps, aid the formation
of an opinion upon this point. The
wood, particularly of the bottom, is for
the most part quite sound. The canoe
rested in bed of sand and leaves.
among which hazel-nuts were found.
In the immediate vicinity several large
trees have been discovered, leading to
the conclusion that the bed OF the canal
is being cut through what was once
forest. Manchester Guardian.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-05-29
SECRETARY PROCTOR.
A Specimen Of tho Pat riots Evolved by tn
RepublIca Party.

A Specimen Of tho Pat riots Evolved by the
Republica q Party.
The New York Wo rid sent a member
of its staff to Rutlarld, VT, to find out
what manner of man Redfield Proc
tor, the new Secretary of War, is. He
finds that Proctor is the wealthiest
man in Vermont; that he has made all
his money in fourteen years; that he
was originally lawyer, which led to
his appointment in 1875 as receiver
of Meyers & Dorr, who then ran
the Sunderland Falls quarries, and,
having had a disagreement. had their
affairs wound up in the courts; that
when the receivership ended Proctor
was found to be the owner of the quar-
ries; that the protective tariff gave
him chance to operate them with
immense profits, which he improv cd
to the utmost; that by paying the low
est possible wages, running "pluck Inc"
stores where two prices were charged
for every thing, and compelling
his employees to live in his tenements
at fancy rentals, he kept them all SO
poor that they were never able to
leave his service, lie st starvation over.
take them before they could get out Of
town; that he organized a big marble
trust, which, however. expired by linn.
itation last year; and that, as matters
stand, he comes pretty nearly owning
Vermont, and is in a fair way to get
the whole State before he dies.
This enterprising statesman went to
the Chicago convention last June at
the head of the Vermont delegation,
andson every ballot, from the first to
the last, when his State was called he
responded: Vermont casts her eight
votes for Benjamin Harrison, of In.
diana" During the campaign he
gave the National Republican Commit.
tee great big check. And now he is
Secretary of War.
1t is thus that Statesmen" are
evolved in this Republic in the SO latter
days.-Indianapolis Sentinel.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-05-29
Stricken With Apoplexy.

An aged gentleman of our acquaintance
went out after hearty meal to remove the
ice from the sidewalk. He worked as an
old man naturally would with his head and
shoulders bent low. He suddenly fell, be-
came unconscious and soon died.
What was the cause of his deatha
Apoplexy-the physician would say apo
plexy Of the brain.
In persons of good health, the coats Of the
arteries throughout the entire body are
particularly those whose kidneys are dis
eased. the walls Of the arteries undergo
"degeneration'- to the action Of the
impurities in the blood which the kidneys
have been unable to remove.
In these cases, when the action Of the
heart is intensified by vigorous exercise,
or excitement, the pressure upon some
artery becomes too strong for it in its
weakened state-a rupture occurs and
stroke of apopIexy follows as matter of
course.
Derangements Of the kidneys are COM
mon cause of apoplexy.
Whenever they fail IN TIE complete re-
moval of the waste matter in the blood, the
deadly poison known as uric acid &C.
cumufates, and creeps through all the
blood channels where it rapidly causes de-
cay.
The primary cause Of all organic disease
such as paralysis, consumption, heart dis
ease and nervous disorders, is directly at
tributable to failure of the kidneys In
their special function Of purifying the
blood. Kidney arrangement is without
doubt the most aggravating as well as the
most prevalent of all ills of the present day,
and unless kidney disease is taken in time
and a prompt restorative, such as Warmers
Safe Cure, applied-death will inevitably
result
Advanced kidney disease has baf1ed the
united efforts of the best physicians for
years and it is solely due to Warmers Safe
Cure, simple vegetable discovery, that
modern science has been able to success,
fully cope with it.
Life insurance companies make sure of
it's non-existence before issuing their poll
cies and the learned and careful physician
will not attempt to prescribe for patient
afflicted with serious illness before first
ascertaining if this disease is present.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-05-29

The question is often reiterated: SIS life
worth living?" Whatever advantages some
lives may have for their possessors, they
certainly are of little service to others, save
as they may furnish warnings against q
wasted existence. There are those who
gather no spoil in mental culture, and mako
no acquisition in moral worth to enrich
their own souls. Such people exert no good
influence, and put forth no power to help
others to o nobler life.-Christian Inquirer.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-05-29

4 GOOD average Of character is better
than q lower level Of character; but good
average Of character Is never reached by q
man who is satisfied with good average.
Only the man who persistently strives to be
at high level of conduct will reach the
plane of the average well-doer. An average
is made by the balance between the slips
and the successes. The slips will come of
themselves. The successes are result of
effort He who aims no higher than an aver
age, will be sure to fall below it's s.
TimeR
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-05-29
Rocked on tho cre.e Of the waves,

The landsman, tourist or commercial
traveller, speedily begins, and not only be.
human misery during the transit across the
tempestuous Atlantic. But If, with wise
pre- science, he has provided himself with a
supply of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, his
pangs are promptly mitigated, and then
cease ere the good ship again drops her
anchor. This is worth knowing, and thou
sands of our yachtmen, summer voyagers,
tourists and business men do know It.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-05-29

"THERE IS a tide in the affairs of men
which if taken at the flood leads on to fort
une." II your affairs are at low ebb now,
don't fail to write to B. +. johnson & Co.,
1909 Main street, Richmond, Va, who have
rapidly.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-05-29

Tho Tturbide. in the City Of Mea-
leo, is probably the grandest hotel IN
The world. 1t was built by the Gov-
ernor for his palace, and cost w. oOo..
600. 1t contains q room used BY doy'
ernor Yturbide for chapel thai y
ssaacosd In solid gold,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-05-29

A MEDICINE prepared for the general pub
lie should contain nothing hurtful in any
dose. Such a medicine Is Shallenberger's
Antidote for Malaria; it destroys Malaria
as water puts out fire, and is just as harm
less. Sold by Druggists.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-05-29

SoMs Windsor Lock (Conn.) people
who forwarded 81 each for Emusic box
capable of playing twenty-three tunes" re-
ceived large package on which sixty
cents express was charged containing
three five-cent Harmonious.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-05-29

+ MACHINERY is driving out hand labor at
last in the nail-worhng trade in England.
The machines have had a monopoly of the
business in this country for many years.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-05-29

HE-Qooking up from his paper)-'I see
here that Johnny has got it.'' She-Cnter.
csted at once)-'Got what. Willlama" He
Ills gum"
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-05-29

If you are tired taking the large old fash
Toned gripping pills, try Carriers Little Liver
Pills and take some comfort. A man can't
stand everything. One pill adose. Try them.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-05-29

CONSUMPTION may be avoided by the timely
use of Hale's Honey of Horchound and Tar,
Pixies Tootache Drops cure in one minute,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-05-29

A YOUNG American lady went to Burmah
as a missionary and married the first
heather she converted. Now the Burmese
are bowling for more missionaries.
New HAMPSHIRE seems to be the cham.
pion divorce State of the Union. Official
statistics show that from 1882 to 1887, in
elusive, 1000 divorces were decreed. In
riages; in 1884, to 1914; in 1885, 1 to 10.9;in
1886, to S.3, and in 1887, to 1917. This is
a larger divorce rate than is reported of any
other State.
THE Queen Regent of Spain, while at
Barcelona, three times visited the Amer
lean department of the international
Exposition and expressed great interest
therein.
A PORT HURoN barber has found great
profit in the Pigs in Glove. puzzle, as it
can't wait their turn. "Just try that" he
says, soothngly, thrusting the puzzle into
their hands, ard when Ee gets ready to
shave them they are on hand.
THE employees of the New York elevated
railroads have very strong organization.
Every member who is sick or out of work
receives 81 Il week until he is able to &C
cept paying position.
A LOCAL. paper says that at a church party
recently held in McDonough, Chenango
County, N. ". forty young women were
put up at auction and sold to the highest
bidder A hayseed believed the sale was
bona fide and put up allohis cash, $40, on
the prettiest wcnan bid off. 1t took consid-
cradle persuasion to convince him that he
could not remove his purchase to the pater-
nal ranch.
LADY SALISBURY is very unpopular in Lon
don society. She attempted to put on AFRO
CANT airs by reason of her husbands posi-
ton. The other ladies would not have it
that way.
The Gar of Russia recently celebrated
his forty-ffth birthday. This is rcmarka-
Bile fact when the record Of plots against his
life is looked at.
IT is not surprising that her royal high
ness the Princess of Wales is losing little
OF the bloom of youth, considering that she
is nearing forty-tive.
FIVE towns in Kansas now have women
MAYORS.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-05-29

For any case Of nervousness, sleepless-
ness, weak stomach, indigestion. dyspepsia,
relief is sure in Carter's Little Liver Pills
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-05-29

LESS beer and cigarettes and more study
would be good change for college stu
dents.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-05-29

EVERY thing is smooth sailing with US
when we have no difficulty in raising tho
wind.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-05-29

PITTSBURGH has the largest axe factory
in the world. 1t turns out 5000 axes per
day.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-05-29

IT Is a great social mistake to think that
the best and largest fish are ''ln the SWIM"
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-05-29

If afflicted with Sore Eyes use DR.. Isaac
Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell it. 25c
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-05-29

The Gar Of Russia recently celebrated
his forty-ffth birthday. This is rcmarka-
BILE fact when the record of plots against his
life is looked at
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-05-29

IT is not surprising that her royal high
ness the Princess of Wales is losing little
Of the bloom of youth, considering that she
is nearing forty-tive.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-05-29

LADY SALISBURY is very unpopular in Lon
don society. She attempted to put on AFRO
CANT airs by reason of her husbands posi-
ton. The other ladies would not have it
that WAY
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-05-29

A YOUNG American lady went to Burmah
as a missionary and married the first
heather she converted. Now the Burmese
are bowling for more missionaries.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-05-29
SJAC0BS OH,
FOR POULTRY.
CURES -
Chicken Cholera and all
Diseases Of Poultry.

A90ENERAL DIREcTIoNS,-Mfra pM Of
bread Or dough satuwated seith s.. Jacobs OIL u
heJo,ol cannot s,oaulow force Il do,rn the throat
4fx some c0r7,.neal dough sOih the OH. Cite
Holhino else. They suiA finally eat and be cured.
Sold By Druggists and Dealers Everuohre
THE CHARLES A. v0GELER CO., Baltimore, Nd.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-05-29

FIVE towns in Kansas now have women
MAYORS.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-05-29

TIE Queen Regent of Spain, while at
Barcelona three times visited the Amer
lean department of the international
Exposition and expressed great interest
therein
The Clifton clarion., 1889-06-12

district in Arizona, which is more re- markable when the remoteness of Globe from arailroad is considered Notwithstanding the success attained by the Old Dominion com pany in the production of copper, other Eastern companies, owning prol : critics as promising as the Globe mine, if not more so, at the stage of development, have allowed their prop crty to remain idle and their smelting plants to decay.
 The case Is much worse with our silver mines. few of which are emi- nently large mines and in the past were heavy producers of silver, and, if properly worked, would be to-day Of these the Stonewall is pre-eminent. the ledge being one of the largest in the United States. X number of our silver mines are owned by parties re- siding at distance from Globe, and the failure of their mining enterprises here are largely attributable to their inexperience in mining, which has re- suited in the selection of incompetent men to direct operations, and the con- seQuent ill-advised expenditures. However, the mines and district have had to bear the brunt of these inex- cusable blunders. when I'll reality our silver mines are equally as promising as those of other districts in Arzona of greater repute.
The Clifton clarion., 1889-06-12
Mining Failures.

The following is a communication to the Globe Silver Belt from the pen of Dr. Alex Trippel. While perhaps of local interest to that district, it contains many truths applicable to other sections, not forgetting our own:
 In recent issue of the Silver Belt you alluded to the results of a trial run made with the Comet ore as sat satisfactory. In so stating you have doubtless given persons unacquainted with the facts a wrong impression, as the so-called test of Comet ore was far from satisfactory, not through the failure of the ore to meet expccta- tions. but for the reason that the mill ing was imperfectly done, and the greater part of the silver left in the tailings. What was supposed to be an average sample of Comet tailings assayed 20 ounces in silver and other samples still higher. The alleged mill test reflects mfavorably upon the mine, but Unjustly so, as the Comet is a valuable property, with a successful future if competently man. aged. That the best mines can be ruined by incapable management ad- mits of no argument here, as we have far too many such evidences before our eyes in Globe district, which has been peculiarly unfortunate in having its best silver properties mismanaged, their value seriously impaired and the mines themselves rendered unpro- ductive probably so long at least as they remain in the hands of their present owners.
 It is well-established fact that the principal copper mines in Globe dis trict have produced the best copper at less cost than those of any other
The Clifton clarion., 1889-06-12
What Timber Culture Means.

There is much in the tone and tenor of Secretary Noble's definition of the requirements of the timber law to draw out appreciation in the treeless west, especially in that portion of the country between the Missouri river and the Rocky Mountain range. The decision was given recently in the case of James Hair, of kerwin, Kan sas, on appeal from the decision of the commissioner of the general land office. Hair in his application made oath that on the land in question there were two cottonwood trees and four cotton wood sprouts two inches in diameter. The section was returned by the official surveyor as timber land under a ruling of the department that the words devoid of timber" iE the timber culture act necessarily meant with out timber" or "destitute of timber" The law was complied with in all re- spects, and the question involved was whether the land was devoid of tim Der so that it could originally have been entered under the timber culture law. It was shown that there were . few small trees or bushes on the claim. Heretofore the interior department has ruled that one or two trees on a claim constituted timber in sufficient quantity to preclude an entry under the timber culture act. Secretary No ble reverses this rule. He says, after reviewing the law at length, it's intent, its spirit and the country to which it applies: No arbitrary rule can be established for the government of every case. It should be the desire of the department to ascertain what the intent and purpose of congress was in the passage of the act. Clearly it was to encourage the artificial growth of timber in a prairie country. It is within the experience of all mankind living on the prairie lands that ravines are to be found thereon, and it would not seem that congress intended to exclude every tract of that kind. It stands to reason that it was not the purpose to deprive the occupants of the great prairies of the west of the benefits of the act if there happened to be a single tree on their claim. 1 take it that the words devoid of tim ber' mean practically so. To give the construction placed upon it by the legal decision just cited, according to their legitimate deductions and fair conclusions, would prevent an entry of any prairie land that had any tim Der of any character upon it, stand ing, fallen or otherwise. This is cer- tainly too narrow view to take of the act, and perhaps goes as far to one ex- treme as one of the cases cited does to the other" This is the broad as op- posed to the technical view of the act of congress, and the one which promises the widest good to the lar gest number. Exchange.
The Clifton clarion., 1889-06-12

For three or four years Nogales has been the abiding place of stalwart, free born, white American citizen named Jim Rogers. Jim was mental ly careless, owing, no doubt, to the fact that in early life he spent more time digging for fish bait than for knowledge. Something over two years ago he married Mexican wo- man and for aught the world knew it might have been said of their days that "they were full of purple helio- trope." But it seems that no closet is so humble as not to contain skeleton and that of the Rogers household was not an exception to the rule. When Mr. Town began shipping cattle east Jim concluded to take coypuncher pass and go to Kansas. Just before he started gentleman asked him what he intended to do with his wifi. Oh" said ne, and hls eyes frightened with innocent earnegtness, live fixed that al! right; I have given her ten days notice that 1 intend to leave her !''-Herald.