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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-11-06
FOR TARIFF REFORM.
Sound Paragraphs Taken from the Mass,
Chusotts Democratic Platform

] SS~AN = ga AkEupuS 4aAOu from TIC MASS2.
chusctts Democratic Platform,
We declare our continued and hearty
support Of the cause of tariff reform,
Tor which we then commended, and our
firm conviction of its success in the
near future.
We reaffirm our demands for free
raw materials and lower duties upon
the necessities of life.
We believe that free wool as pro-
vided for in the bill passed by the
Democratic majority of the last House
OF Representatives is essential to the
prosperity of the wooden industry,
upon which that of the wool grower is
dependent, while it will afford relief
to all consumers of wooden goods. We
call the particular attention of the
farmers of this State, who have borne
the heavy burden of high tariff, taxa.
ton without any of the prosperity
promised them, to the reliet they will
receive through the reduction of Gus
toms taxes upon articles which we
consume.
We give our hearty support to the
petition of the present Republican
Governor Of this State, and other lead
ing iron and steel manufacturers of
both political parties addressed to the
New England members of Congress,
asking for free coal and iron ore and
lower duties upon pig iron, and we
commend their efforts to save this i'm
portant industry threatened with ex.
termination in our section of the coun.
try through failure to adapt tariff du.
ties to the changed conditions of the
iron market.
We demand that all materials for
shipbuilding, whether of metal or
wood, be relieved from the heavy tax
alton now imposed upon them, and
made free of duty, to the end that
American shipbuilders may be placed
in better position to construct ships
capable of competing upon tho ocean
with those OF foreign countries Plat
form of the Massachusetts Democracy.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-11-06
FACTS AND FIGURES.
senator Allison's Protestatlons and Sen.
ator Allison's Senate Bill.

Ator AlnSOnS senate BILL
Mr.. Allison tells us that the rich
pay tic duties on wooden goods be-
cause only the most costly goods are
imported. That the Iowa Senator
means to make this statement true,
though it is not quite true now, will
appear from comparison of some of
the rates under the present law with
those proposed by the Allison Senate
bill last year. The ad valorem
equivalents of the present and pro-
posed duties are from an official COM
putation based on the importations of
the fiscal year 1887.
Woolen cloths, cheapest, under the
present law So. 81 per cent, under the
Allison bill. 1902. &C per cont; dearest.
now 6s.91 per cent, Allison, 1870
Flannels, cheapest, now 67.65 per
cent, Allison, 9441.; dearest, now
1902, Allison, 77.73. Blankets, cheap
est, now So. 36 per cent, Allison, 90. %;
dearest, now 1880, Allison, TAGS.
Wool hats, cheapest. now &c. % per
cent, Allison, 92.O3; dearest, now
52.07, Allison, 1892. Knit goods.
cheapest, now SO. SO per cent, Allison,
25S. 80; dearest, now G25S, Allison,
1880 Womens' and childrens' dress
goods, cheapest, now 67S9 per cent,
Allison, 1925; dearest, now 69.6S,
Allison, 1892.
1t will be seen that the Allison bill
in every instance increases the rate on
the cheaper goods far more than on
the dearest. 1t is plain that Mr.. AL
llson does not mean to have the masses
OF the people, whose incomes are
small, pay anything into the Treasury
on WOODEN goods. But he means to hav 9
them pay much more than they now do
to the ''infant" wooden mills. Tho
house bill provided for uniform rate
OF 40 per cent on all these goods.
This is eight times as high as the duty
under the first tariff, 1889; but Just
contrast it for q moment with Mr.. Al
lison's 25S.S3 per cent. on cheap knit
goods! And yet the woo en-mill in
dustry is just a century older than it
was when the first tariff was enacted.
Such is Mr.. Allison's poor mans
tariff. -Chicago Times.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-11-06
Cold Comfort for Harrison.

The sound old Republican Philadel-
phia Telegraph gives Harrison an UNI
comfortable piece of intelligence from
the Northwest, which is by no means
calculated to conduce to his personal
comfort:
The political situation in Iowa seems to be
getting in a very remarkable shape. Governor
Larrabee is undoubtedly one OF the strongest
men in tbs 5.ate, and his recent Endorsement
OF the views OF the Democratic candidate for
Governor on the transportation question, an.
proved as they have been by other leading Re-
puol'cans, has, naturally, sorely disturbed the
managers, and caused great excitement
throughout the Republican party 1t is evident
mat the Iowa granger has got hay on his horns,
this yesr, for some purpose. The election OF q
Democratic Governor in the old Republican
Gibraltar of the Northwest, no matter to what
pecui'ar local issues it might be attributed,
would cause Nationa; sensation. 1t would
pc necessary to Put Few and enlarged heat
ing apparatus Ia the White House.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-11-06
THE ROCKING CHAIR,

MY granamother sat in this old rocking chair
But she was not my grandmot' ,er then '"''
And her sweet little face was ro n.;,ohi,
AS 1t laughed defiance to mon '"'''
Her sun-bonnct futtcre' ,i1,o h;na
Her tresses traed roc an ,ho 49,, 10 ''iihs
Anu n1n ganS Ween o. d my grandmother sing
: - Underneath tb' : old gnarled apple trees.
Sly grandfap CIR rode ,nrorc, ,,,o
gate - 'i'' " il'e orcharo
h,'" othered his steed to tree;
+ue al curls growing thick O er his silly Young
~ PATE
? And high Hcssian boots to his knee.
from Inc pink apple blossoms that over him
hung,
He brushed of the dew with his hat.
I'LL he came to the spot where the rocking chair
swung
Ana my merry young grandmotha r sat.
The kingcup and cowslip bloomed round far
and wide,
The bees from their sweetness did sin.
But NY grandfather blushed-and nv o,,,
father sighed
AS ne Kicked of their heads with his whip
Then my grandmother hummed her q cunri,r
old song ''he
RANT heart never Won lady fair" =
90 ne signed and he sued, and before .r, ,onr
ihefe sat two in this old rocking c. a, wy 'o"h
-Fittsburr, Disnatch
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-11-06
POLITICAL POINTERS.

Grover Cleveland still lives ana
will live to CORY out his brave and
honest theories as the leader of the
Democratic party. - Natchez Demo-
crat.
is there a laberer in all this
broad land who can show that his
wages have been raised in conse.
quence of protective tariff?-Sullivan
Qnd. Democrat
The unjust and unnecessary tax
alton of the people is one of the cues
tions which can not be settled until it
is settled right. And at the rate the
campaign of education is proceeding
that will be done in 1S92.-N. Y.
World.
wen I does favor for a Sud.
dern Democrat" remarked Uncle
Zeke, yesterday, che gimme dime or
quarter and say muffin. Wen does
a favor for a Nordern Republican, he
gimme some good advice and say:
God bless yer, my brudder. Jack
sonville ella Times-Union.
True to the conditions and prac-
tical politics of the party, the Repub-
licans of Montana are now attempting
to steal the recent election in that
State. In their effort to this end thew
are melted by the Republican press Of
the country. A party that once stole
the Presidency will not have manv
scruples about stealing an election in
an incipient State, and to that end
their efforts are now directed. The
election in Montana was close, but on
all the returns the Democrats have
carried it. Nevertheless, contests are
to be raised aad doubts suggested, SO
as to keep Montana out of the Union
unless it can come in as Republican
State. Chicago Herald.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-11-06
HONEST ELECTIONS.
4 Connecticut Revolution Due to TIL.
Australian Ballot Svste,n

Connecticut Revolution Due to thu
| Australian Ballot System.
The revolution in Norwich the Re
publican stronghold in Connections
is triumph of the Australian ballot
over bulldozing. For twenty years
the Republican factory lords of Nor.
witch have kept it Republican by the
suppression of the Democratic major.
ity. Nowhere in the Union has there
been as much Intimidation practiced as
In these New England factory towns Of
which Norwich is typical. The fac.
tory foreman and the spies of the
factory owners, following the opera.
tlves to the polls, have forced them to
vote the Republican ticket under pen.
atty of discharge.
Under this system Norwich gained
a reputation through New England as
1.-THE citadel of Connecticut Republic
anism. 1t had not given Demo.
cratic majority since the war until the
other Monday, when, with the secret
ballot in use for the first time, the
pressure was removed from the sup
pressed majority and it asserted itself.
The overseers and spies were kept
away from the polls. The voters were
securely guarded from espionage in
close polling booths, and when the
vote was counted it was found that
class despotism had been overthrow
and an end put to the long reign of
Republican intimidation.
Similar results followed the intro
duction OF the Australian system in
other towns. In Waterbury the Dem
ocrats "made clean sweep" and in
the light of such results there is no
reason to doubt that with a free bal
lot, Connecticut will be as safely Dem
ocratic as New Jersey is.
The usefulness of the Australian
ballot has been demonstrated in Mon
tana as we'll as in Connecticut. Though
the vote subject to undue control is
much smaller proportionately in the
former State, there is reason to be-
lieve that the Montana Democrats
owe the election of their Governor and
OF a Democratic Legislature to the
secret ballot, which operates as a
check on bribery as we'll as on intimi-
dation. The strength OF the Demo-
cratic party lies in a ''free ballot and
fair count" in the education of the
voter and in his protection in the ex-
ercise of the franchise. That the Aus
tralian ballot goes a long way 30
wards insuring free and honest gov
ernment there is no room to doubt
after the result in Norwich. - St.
Louis Republic.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-11-06
DIMiNuTlvE MACHINERY.
A Perfect Engine Built on n Twenty five
Cent Gold Piece.

A Perfect Engine Built on Twenty five
Cent Gold Piece.
The engine-makers, like the watch
makers, have tried to attain distinction
in the matter of the diminutive. In
1870 John Penn, the eminent maker of
great steam engines, who resided ut
Greenwich, England, came into posses
sion of what was then the smallest
steam engine in the world. 1t stood
on three-penny piece. 1t really
covered less space, for its base plate
measured only three-cighths of an inch
by about three-tenths. From the ex-
IRENE smallpess of the model some OF
the details were omitted, but not enough
to interfere in any way with its going.
The screws were only one-eightieth OF
an inch in diameter, and these wera
duly furnished with hexagonal nuts,
which only could be loosened by aid OF
tiny wrench made for that purpose.
The weight Of the whole model, with
out the three-penny base, was less than
the weight of the coin itself.
Six years later, at the time of our
Centennial exhibition, Penn would
have felt ashamed of his '.threepenny-
piece engine" had he had it on exhibit
ton at Philadelphia. During the prog
ress OF this great exposition Levi
Taylor, of 1ndianola, Ia. placed on
exhibition side by side' with the
great Corliss engine an engine, perfect
in all its parts, built on twenty-five
cent gold piece, and with some of its
parts so small as 10 only be seen by aid
ola powerful microscope. The entire
engine weighed but three grains. In
other words it would have taken 14O
such engines to balance an ounce avoir-
dupois. Three of the Penn engines
would have weighed more than 146 like
that made by Taylor. The engine made
by d. A. Buck, of Waterbury. Conn.,,
is usually given, in lists of small things,
as the smallest engine in the world;
but this is mistake. The one men.
toned last above so far takes the palm
for smallness. The writer cheerfully
admits that the Buck engine is more
perfect in its details than the Iowa
wonder, but the fact that its base plato
is gold dollar forever kills its claim
to being the smallest, as the Iowa en-
CINE. as mentioned above uses
twenty-five cent gold piece for the pur.
pose. Bucks engine has 14S distinct
pieces OF machinery, held together by
81 screws. Three drops of water filed
the boiler to overilowing. The diane.
ter of its cylinder is one-twenty eighth
Of an inch; the length OF stroke. three
thirty seconds OF an inch; its entire
weight. four and a hall grains West
PRIV MsunfaetvreE
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-11-06
DEMAGOGUE FORAKER.
tne Arraht FalsehOOd with Which He
Tried to Deceive the Farmers,

A1'oN " OeCe1v0 the Farmers.
We quote from a report in the Com
merclal-Gazette OF a speech by Gov
ernor Foraker:
He then, with many homely and apt illustra.
tons, demonstrated that the protective tariff
increased the purchasing power OF the farmer
had caused him to get more for his produc-
tlons-While nearly every manufactured article
mat he purchased ia now much cheaper than
under free trade
What an utterly irrcclaimable
demagogue this man Foraker is!
Many manufactured articles are now
cheaper than they were when the
high tariff policy was adopted. OF
course they are. Every body knows
this. And every intelligent man
knows, too. that the protective tariff
has had no moro to do with cheaper
ing them than the gulf stream has
had. The proof of this is at our
hands. 1t amounts to demonstra-
ton. 1t consists in the fact that there
is not single article in the whole
range of commodities one
whether 1T Is "protected' or not.
which has fallen in price in this coun-
try under protection, unless there has
been an equal or greater decline III
the price of the same article in En-
gland under 'free trade" Governor
Foraker knows this fact. Every man
of average Intelligence knows it.
Knowing this fact, Governor Foraker
simply exhibits himself as a lying
demagogue when he tells the people
that protection has cheapened the
prices of manufactured commodities.
He also knows, as everybody else
knows who can read, that the farmer
gets very much less for his products
than he did in Stree trade times"
The following table shows Q) the
average prices of the leading farm
products in the New York market in
1860, the last year of the ''free trade"
epoch and (2) the quotations now cur
rent in the New York markets for the
same nrOIuctS.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-11-06
WHAT NOT TO 90.
Eight Mistakes Made by Farmers In
Parts of the Country.

Eight Mistakes Made by Farmers In All
| Parts of the Country.
To think that any one can farm; that,
man who has starved as canvasser
for a patent churn or has been unsuc-
cessful as a carpenter can jump into
farming--a business requiring high in.
telligence and persevering efforts
and, being utterly unfamiliar with de-
tails, be able to make money on farm.
To entertain the idea that u large
farm half stocked and poorly cultivated
pays better than few acres we'll and
carefully titled.
To pay several dollars for good farm
tools and allow them, for want of
proper shelter, to become useless a
year or so sooner than they shouldp
To let year after year pass by with
no attempt to improve the quality of
the farm stock. Blooded cattle and
horses pay. The cattle make beef
quicker, the COWS give more and richer
milk, and the horses are of q better
temper.
To let foolish pride or narrow
minded prejudice prevent the adoption
OF new methods when they have been
proven by practical men.
10 get up after the sun, lean on fork
handle and speculate for an hour or
TWO upon what the weather is going to
be- while the weeds get start, and
then wonder why farming doesn't pay.
10 leave lot of unchopped wood
wet or half-split at the pile, lot of old
harness hanging in the kitchen, and
muddy tracks in the dining room, and
expect to see the women good -natured.
10 have lot OF half-fed, emaciated
lonesome-iooking fowls roosting dc.
Jectedly in some old tree. when few
good healthy chickens properly housed
would make the poultry yard an honor
Instead ola Disgrace. -~ysrmsrs' Can
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feline would dash away for few leaps
and then turn about again. Several
times the dogs seized the cat from be-
hind and the boldest held on little
too long, so that twice during the chase
the panther caught dog as he sud-
denly wheeled around and with one
stroke Of her claws literally tore the
hound open. That, of course, ended
the chase rs far as those two dogs were
concerned but the six others followed
closely till the panther gained the
grove and sprang into the branches of
the first tree. from which John shot
him.
No dog, not even the fierccst and
strongest, would have the slightest
chance in battle with panther. John
told me OF an instance in which several
colts were chased from the corral near
branch house by panther at night.
The colts ran through the yard near
the house, the panther following, and
a powerful dog, half bull, half hound,
noted for once having thrown steer
and torn open the animals throat be-
fore it could rise, attacked the deadly
stranger on the spot. The fight, short
and terrible, was heard but not seen
by those within the house. The fol-
lowing morning the dogs body was
found. The panther had evidently at
tempted to take tree when the dog
came at him, but the canine had caught
him and but one dying howl had been
heard. The dog was simply torn to
pieces, killed instantly, and the panther
had not suffered at all, for he came
back tn" next night after the colts and
was shot.-Philadelphia Times.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-11-06
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

-Johnny-'Mamma, is a bat dan.
gerous?' Mrs. Trcat-"I don't know.
my child. Ask your father. Texas
Siftings.
"A swallowtail coat may be just the
proper thing for the bridegroom at o
fashionable wedding. but for an elope-
ment there is nothing like cut-away.
Puck.
-Sceptic-''Did you ever know two
doctors to agree?" Medical Student
CATER reflection Yes; once?" Sccp-
tic-''Where was it?" Medical Stu
dent-"At post-mortem. IN. Y.
Weekly.
| -Physician-''You must have made
some big blunder in cleaning my watch.
1t won't run at all now" Matchmaker
(taking the watch)-"I will put it in
good order. A jewelers. plumbers are
easily repaired" Punch.
-Peterson-"Why arc you always
kissing that girls Photographic" Dude
ly-"Well, you see fellow has to do
something when he is engaged, and one
OF the advantages in kissing the photo
graph is that the paint doesn't come
off. Life.
Little Mamma, why are
you so cross at me all the timer"
Tired Mamma-"Because you keep
doing wrong, and l want to make an
impression on your mind" Little
boy-"Wcll, mamma, l guess if you'd
DO good-natured just once, it would
make u bigger impression. Golden
Days.
Miss Slyppe-''Mr. Penfeather is
so easily embarrassed, don't you think?
l asked him yesterday to tell me just
what he really thought of me and he
was so taken by surprise that he couldn't
say a word" Miss Flyppc-"That
was not embarrassment, it was merely
politeness. "-Terre Haute Express.
Anxious parent Ito keeper of pri-
vate lunatic asylum)-"Has my daugh-
ter written any moro poems of pas
sion?" Keeper (reassuringly)-"No,
sir. She seems to have got entirely
over that infirmity and is now writing
what she says is a modern society
novel;" Anxious parent Cunning
away sadly)-"She'll have to stay here
awhile longer. Chicago Tribune.
-"Mrs. Litewaite," said that lady's
husband, in a tone OF solemn warning,
"do you know that the newspapers
speak of cases where women have
been tried as common scolds?' s.And
do you know" said she, with deliber-
ate emphasis, that there is a growing
popular impression to the effect that a
foolkiiler is preparing for effective
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Capital.
DIR. McQuack-'.Yo u are foolish to
think your wife is likely to die. She is
not dangerously ill, and will be up in
day or two. Your love for her ellis
you with unwarranted fears" Hus-
band-"Ah! if you but knew her.
doctor, you'd know that when she stays
away from millinery opening as she
did to-day, she is in dangerous con-
dition. Omaha World.
What is the refrain of the song
you are singing?' said Jinksby, inter-
rupting his roommate. ''But the let
ter that she longed for never came"
was the reply in a tone of annoyance.
swell, keep still u minute, maybe the
postman's around the corner now
waiting for you to get through singing.
Why don't you give the girl a chance
for her r?"-Merchan Traveller.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-11-06
TO PREVENT CONSUMPTION.
The Latest Medical Views Concerning
TubercnIar Diseases.

AAo AIatesG Aseuical views Concerning
Tubercular Diseases.
Medical views of consumption have
greatly changed within the last few
years. 1t was once regarded as in.
durable; it is now regarded as durable,
ii the right treatment is begun early.
1t was once regarded as specially
transmissible; so much so that children
OF consumptive parents often looked on
themselves as doomed-a feeling which
OF itself did much to induce the
dreaded result. Now the disease itself
is not believed to be transmitted, but
only condition of special suscepti-
blllty to the disease, susceptibility
which may be overcome or guarded
against by proper precautions.
Consumption was formerly looked
upon as incommunicable. 1t is now
believed to belong to the great class of
infectious diseases caused by microbes.
The discovery of the. microbe-the
tubercle bacilus-was made by Koch in
1882, and has been confirmed by nu-
merous original Investigations con.
Quoted by other experts.
Tests on animals prove that this mi
crobe communicates tubercular disease
when introduced into their systems;
and that the result, fatal or otherwise,
depends mainly or wholly upon whether
the animals are closely confined amid
bad surroundings, or are allowed free
exercise in the open air.
AS to the Inability OF the disease.
post-,nortem examinations at the New
York hospitals constantly show that
large numbers of psrsons who have
once been consumptive have fully re-
covered, and have died long afterward
of other diseases.
In consequence of these near views.
tho question of prevention has become
extremely important. But to know how
to prevent consumption, we must know
how it is propagated,
Typhoid fever, the seat of which is
in the walls Of the intestines, is propa-
gated mainly by the microbes in the dis
charges. wh;ch later find their way into
the intestines again through infected
drinking water.
Consumption, on the other hand, hav-
ing its special seat in the lungs, is
mainly propagated by microbes con-
tanned in the expectorations.
The microbes are harmless so long
as they are in a fluid state, but when
allowed to dry. they are taken up in
the air as dust and inhaled.
This infected duct may lodge on the
walls of the room, and communicate
the disease to tenants OF the house It
has been scraped of with sponge,
and animals inoculated with it have
become Tuberculosis; while animals
inoculated with scrapings from unin-
fected rooms showed no signs of the
disease.
TO prevent consumption, therefore
l. Observe all the conditions of Wig
orous health. Most kinds of microbes
are powerless against high health.
2. Have all sick rooms thoroughly
ventilated. 1t requires many microbes
to infect. Ventilation greatly reduces
the danger.
3. Let the approximations be invari.
ably received in spit-cups, and care.
fully disinfected.
But consumption may be communi-
Gated by the milk of consumptive COWS.
Therefore, let all milk be boiled. This
destroys the various kinds of microbes.
In should be made per nanent habit
rs guard against all infectious dis.
Companion.
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The comparison might be extended
through the entire list of farm pro-
ducts with the same result And vet
Foraker tells the Ohio farmer that
"the protective tariff has caused him
to get more for his productions.
Is it possible the Ohio farmer is so
ignorant as to be deceived by such an
arrant Acknowledgements SEN
tinel,