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The Louisiana Democrat., 1890-06-25
PlTH AND POINT.

1t is the man who is too full for ut
terance who never knows when he's
loaded. Boston Post.
There may be pleasures in being
poor, but it takes very rich man to see
them.-Atchison Globe.
He is possibly happy who feels he
is always right but his happiness is
such as need not be coveted.
Repentance is often matter OF
circumstances; a bad liver is sometimes
mistaken for remorse. Philadelphia
Press
No man is so good that he is willing
people should believe that he is alto
gether ignorant of wickedness. -Somer-
vile journal.
When goodness is too obtrusive it
is not seen at its best. There can be a
variety in goodness as in all things else.
The time for reasoning is before we
have approached near enough to the
forbidden fruit to look at and admire it.
IN. Y. Ledger.
Investigate a man closely who
talks good deal about lack of oppor-
tunity, and you will find shoemaker
who wants to become president Of
bank
The principal point Of good breed
ing is to suit our behavior to three sew
eral degrees OF men-our superiors, our
equals and those below us.-Swift.
Many current questions are per-
picking, but society would sink into
low level if there were nothing to try
it Difficulties bring us our best bless.
ings. United Presbyterian.
They who are most weary of life,
and yet are most unwilling to die, are
such who have lived to no purpose; who
have rather breathed than lived. .-Clar-
endon.
Nature loves truth SO we'll that il
hardly ever admits of flourishing. Con-
ceit is to nature what paint is to beauty
1T is not only needless, but impairs
what it would improve.
The censure of our fellow-men,
which we are so prone to esteem proof
of our superior wisdom, is too often only
tho evidence of the conceit that would
magnify self, and of the malignity or
envy that would detract from others.
T. Edwards.
"A bad habit broken away from is
good days work. The earlier habit
is formed the stronger the hold it has.
Private personal habits are more diff
cult to get rid of and have more de-
moralizing effect than public ones.
IF you can not be happy one way,
be in another, and this facility Of dis
position wants but little aid from phi.
losophy, for health and good humor are
almost the whole affair. Many run
about after felicity, like an absent-
minded man hunting for his hat, while
it is in his hand or on his head.-Sharp
The Louisiana Democrat., 1890-06-25
THE VANISHING SURPLUS.
A Deficit in Place of One Hundred Mill
ions in the Treasury.

A Deficit in Place of One Hundred Mill
ions in the Treasury.
When Grover Cleveland sent his IA
he drew attention to the fact that the
country was confronted with ga condi-
tion-not theory" That condition
was an overwhelming and growing sur
plus in the National treasury, due to
oyer-taxation. Mr.. Cleveland proposed
to reduce this surplus by relieving the
people from tho burden of unnecessary
taxation, and the Democrats in control
of the popular branch of Congress re-
sponded to his demand by a bill which
supplied in small part the remedy
which he proposed. This measure
the Mills bill-was defeated in the
Senate under the control of the Repub-
licans.
1t is only little more than year
since Grover Cleveland went out of
Office. And now it is reported from
Washington that the ensuing year will
probably show deficit of 100000, 900
instead of surplus of 500, 900, 000
How has this remarkable change been
brought about? Not by reduction of
taxation, because the taxes have not
been reduced. Not by any increased
necessities of the Government, for there
has been no war nor great National
calamity demanding extraordinary ex-
penditures. There has been no vast
scheme of National improvements to
drain the treasury of its resources.
What is the explanation?
The process of converting huge sur
plus into an anappalling deficit within two
years has been clearly outlined by the
legislation which has been passed and
which is further projected by the pres.
ent Congress. The estimates are made
on the basis of the extravagant appro-
priations which are outlined and the
projected changes in the revenue sys-
tenn. With the exception of occasional
objections to some meritorious bill for
public building, there has been uni
form disposition to swell the appropria-
tions in every possible direction. The
plan has been seriously contemplated to
absorb all possible surplus revenues by
voting dependent pensions, service PEN
sions, back pensions and pensions under
various designations. If the pension
raids do not suffice to get rid of the rev.
enues. then it is hoped the Mckinley
bill will do the businessmen by re-
ducing taxation, but by increasing it to
such an extent as to prohibit certain
importations and transferring the taxes
heretofore paid to the Government into
The Louisiana Democrat., 1890-06-25
cLARKsoN's EXPLOSION.
The Iowa Spokesman Talks Too Much fol
His Own Good.

The Iowa spoilsman Talks Too Much foA
His Own Good.
Mr.. j. s. Slarkson, the First Assistant
Postmaster General, is wonderful
man. He has been cutting off the heads
of Democratic postmasters until he is
tired of the work, and now he is deliv-
ering political lectures at tho North by
way of variety. He is not only wonder
full, but great A few years ago, while
he was editor of the Iowa State Regis
ter, he printed in his editorial columns
a statement to the effect that when the
great ''star-shower' occurred in 1888
the falling stars could be heard rafting
on the leaves of the trees.
This sort Of thing is characteristic Of
Clarkson. He has now quit telling
about the stars in order to tell some
wonderful stories about the South. The
star-story was merely an innocent lie,
but the lies about the South are told in
order to help the Republican party.
These political lies are patent enough
to every body except the deluded people
who sit and listen to him, and good
many of those must recognize the most
of Clarkson's statements to be lies if
they read the newspapers. His COM
plant is that Republicans arc not al.
lowed to hold Office in the South, and
yet there is hardly a county in any part
of the South where Republicans are not
holding Office.
AS for the negroes, it is natural that
their appointment as postmasters in
communities where there are plenty OF
white Republicans should cause irrita-
ton; but do the Southern people pre-
| vent the negro from holding Office at the
North? Has the Southern bulldozer ter.
rorized the President and Mr.. Clarkson
to such an extent that they are afraid
to appoint negroes to office in the
North? If not, why have no negroes
been appointed to Office in the North?
These are very interesting questions.
| The President and Mr.. Clarkson have
not hesitated to appoint negro postmas-
ters in the South, where they knew that
such appointments are likely to cause
irritation; but why have they hesitated
to appoint negro postmasters at the
| North? Are the Northern negroes unfit
to hold office? Would tho white people
protest against such appointments?
There are great many negroes in Iowa
Mr. Clarkson's State-and many Of
them are said to be we'll educated; but
how many negro officials are there in
Iowa? In the whole State has Mr.. Clark
son appointed one negro postmaster?
1t would seem from this that the gay
bulldozer has entrusted his bulldozing
operations to the present Administra.
tion.-Atlanta Constitution,
The Louisiana Democrat., 1890-06-25
POSTAL STATISTICS.

Facts That Will Interest You WnoCner
You Expect Letter or Not.
The heaviest mail carried over any
naiI route in the United States is be-
tween New York and Philadelphia. The
average daily weight of the mail car
ried over this route last year was 201,-
B13 pounds.
For trains carrying the mails the best
time is made on the Lehigh Valley rail.
road between Easton, Pa, and Metu.
chen Station, N. j., distance 542o
miles. The average time of all mail
trains is 40 miles an hour.
The longest continuous run made BY
postal clerks is from Omaha to Ogden,
distance OF 1,035. 80 miles.
The greatest number OF clerks on any
railway post-office line is 351-on the
New York and Chicago
There are S,257 letter carriers, and
they delivered last year 1,703, 1852, ,43d
pieces of mail matter.
Total number of clerks in the rail
way mail service is 5,44S. The number
of casualties last year was 1913. There
were ninety-eight clerks killed and
ninety-five seriously injured.
The total number of pieces OF matter
sent to the dead-letter Office was 6, 49,
293.
The sale of postage stamps Of oil
kinds amounted to S52, ,02l, ,7S417.
The weight Of the mails dispatched to
foreign countries was ALL, s52 pounds.
OF this amount 3,151, 565 was sent to
transatlantic countries. Great Britain,
leading the list, received 1,549.650;
Germany comes next having received
644,673 pounds, while France is third
with 239, 400 to her credit.
At tho close of tho last fiscal year
there were 59,s38 postmasters in the
United States. whose compensation was
S13, 16S, $50, an average salary Of 1920
each.
The number of clerks employed in
postoffices was 1909. They received for
their services 5,9l9, 301, or an average
Of $75s each.
The number Of clerks in the railway
! mail service was 5,640 who were paid an
aggregate sum of S., 234, 967, an average
of 1928 each.
The total sum paid by the Govern.
| ment for the transportation of the
mails, including railroad, steamboat
and star-route service, and also compen-
sation for the use of postal-cars, was
/ Ss5, ,739, 545, SO.
The total sum paid for the transpor-
tation of foreign mails was 1891, 33S. 03.
The largest sum paid single steam
ship line was S1SS,633 10 to the North
German Lloyd. The Cunard Line was
second, having received 500, 31255.
There were IS, ss4, 24o pieces Of matter
sent in the registered mails, and S,99s
complaints were made of delinquencies
in the service OF this latter number
1915 cases were reported as losses, but
subsequently the letters or parcels were
received by the persons addressed. In
/ 1,099 cases it was ascertsined that there
was no just ground for complaint, the
irregularity arising from improper ad-
dress of the sender, from the failure Of
the sender to inclose the sum intended
| TO have been remitted, and many other
similar causes. There we're SOB cases
in which the investigation resulted in
the restoration Of the amount lost tt
the proper owners, making total oi
S,2sS cases in which no loss was sus
tained, leaving 715 cases in which itwa!
not possible 70 make recovery. --Rosto.
Herald,
The Louisiana Democrat., 1890-06-25

who're pollGiCal system. LII" remeuy IS
to put a stop to the conversion of capital
into land. This is the very open flood
gate through which the masses of man.
kind are overwhelmed with starvation
and misery. Capital has no principle or
sentiment but the greed of gain. 1t
seeks Investment wherever it can graft
fy this greed. BY the power to invest
in lands it becomes segregated from
labor as factor of production and an
enemy to the laborer. Take away this
source of investment and it is easy
enough to see that there could be no
other source or field of investment--no
other means of making gain to capital
but In connection with labor.
Capital and labor would be cementcd
and united in interest, which is exactly
what nature designed. Capital of itself
could produce nothing, and labor could
produce little without capital. Acting
in conjunction, with lands free, capital
and labor would have clear field and
their united productions would inure to
the benefit of all. There would be no
millionaires on the one hand and no in
dustrial slavery on the other-no desti-
tuition"
'But," says my friend, show do you
propose to put a stop to the conversion
of capital into 1ands?'
''By the single tax. Tax nothing but
land values, i. c., take the rental value
Of land and lots and support the govern
ment with it; repeating all other taxes
Of every kind upon the products of in
austry which are, as have said, all
paid by the consumers"
'But," says my i'iend, show does this
stop buying and owning land?"
"By taking the rental value the gov
ernment takes just what profit capital
can make by such investments, and you
may be sure capitalists will never
put their money where it can make no
gain"
"What then?"
"Why land, the natural oppor tunities
of labor, would practically cease to be
considered as wealth. No gain to capi-
tai or labor in connection with lands
could accrue except in their develop
ment culture-use. The owner would
be compelled to put his lands to use or
transfer them to some who would.
But lands-God's earth can not be put
to use; can not be improved; can not be
made to produce for the supply of hui
man wants except by the application OF
labor, and this would put labor ON top
as it ought to be- 1t would place labor
in tho lead as factor of production
with capital as it's adjunct But the
two acting in concert, with all natural
opportunities thrown open, the produc.
tion of wealth would increase at a rate
never before known.
"It could not possibly be otherwise
unless the aggregate productive power
Of a country can accomplish more when
shackled with monopolies and restric-
tions than when left free and in posses.
sion of all such natural opportunities. !"
"Well," said my friend, your theory
has some plausibility, but can never be
put into practice"
A week afterward single tax friend
calls and says: II have just had an in.
teryiew with Mr.. So-and-so, and he says
he will be dog if he doesn't think there
is some thing in this single tax bust.
ness. SOL L. Clark, Little Rock, Ark.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1890-06-25
A Legal He'd Of Roses.

The Justices of the Supreme court are
not to be blamed if they are vain. All
day long they sit upon the grandest
throne in the United States, surrounded
by more show OF Difference and honor
than even the President receives, with
theatrical curtains Of fcrimson silk drap-
ed behind them and great gold eagle
over their heads, with page boys at their
elbow, venerable lawyers bowling before
them, velvet carpets to hush the fall Of
the feet upon the courtroom floor, me-
gro door-keepers watching over noiseless
doors, dim religious light in the semi
circular room, and never-ceasing
throng of awed citizens Of this and 9th
er lands reverentially staring them out
of countenance. The Libyan lion at a
circus excites very little more venera-
tion and awe from the spectators l
should think that the Justices must feel
sometimes how like wild beasts on exc
hibition they are. Perhaps they don't
think of it at all, for one grows accus-
toned in time to any thing, even being
Supreme Court Judge.-Washington
Letter.
"A pompous school inspector, in ad-
dressing the advanced class" of a
school, said: Scholars, have an i'm
pression-and, by the way, what is an
impression?" "a dent in soft spot,
answered one Of the pupils; at which
the teacher exclaimed: Come, come,
children, NO, personal remarks" and the
| pompous inspector sat down.
Butcher Did you tell Mr.. Gore thai
his bill had been running for lone
time? Collector-Yes, sir. Butcher
What did he say? Collector-He said
| "Lst it stand . little while."
The Louisiana Democrat., 1890-06-25
ALEXANDRIA, LOUISIANA, WEDNESDAY. JUNE 25 $780,

she pockets OF private individuals and
corporations paid in the form of boun-
ties.
Which is the better plan for getting
rid of the surplus-the Cleveland plan
of reducing unnecessary taxes or the
pending plan for increasing appropria-
tions and also increasing taxation on
imports to a prohibitory figure? That
will be the question for the people to
decide.-Kansas City Star.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1890-03-22
Grocery Department.

The Grocery Department is
Constantly supplied, and here
OUR Prices are sti II Lower than
the Lowest. Call and be Con-
WINGED.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1890-03-22
TRlB,


No reader ever before saw the word
"Trib". Yet it is very good word
indeed, and that which it represents is a
good enough thing. 1t was born in our
midst, and goes forth among our fellow
citizens on good mission. It's end is
to cure some, not all of the ills of life and
the reason for its existence and adver.
tisement is the desire to make success
by exchanging full value for value. 1t
only claims to be one thing, liniment,
not cure for everything from la grippe
to abroken neck,-but as that one thing it
claims to be supreme. 1t is home pro.
duct in Phoebe, and its proprietors are re-
sponsible men. So much confidence,
have they in Trib that they invite every
one to tell the results of its use as ii-
rected, goodor bad-to his neighbor.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1890-03-22
PANACA ITEMS.

Our weather is as changeable as it
could possibly be.
Gus Blad intends running peddling
wagon this coming summer along the r..
R. workings.
Chas Epson who for three years has
been making his home in Salt Lake is
with us again.
Henry Wedge who has been attending
school for the past winter at Provo arrived
home during the past week.
w. Keele Familiarity known as Bill has
gone out on the R. R. He says he will
push things right through.
The La grippe has for some time been
raging and still seems to be using some
of our people pretty roughly.
Virgil Kelley, a former resident OF
Panaca has contract for grading three
miles on the R. R. near Sheep Spring.
Tramps are very plentiful these days
and can be seen at all hours in the day in
vast droves travelling to and fro in search
OF nothing to do and plenty to eat.
Geo. Whitney who has been employed
in the Primary Dept of our school during
the winter, has rented Mrs. Marintha
Wadsworth's field and town lots, for the
summer. Guess he intends to raise
thunder and lot of other stuff.
Thos Terry's family after spending the
winter with us moved back to Hebron
last Wednesday, and ever since one Of
our lassies has had swollen eyes, the
cause of which is supposed to be Franks
return home with the other members Of
the family.
J.Q.Barlow Division Engineer, and w.
H. Wood Asst. Eng of the R.R. route
were in town during the week in the
interest of the Co. Chas E. Pearson
Right of Way agent for the same com.
pany was here also and secured the right
of way for the railroad through from
Culverwell's Ranch to Phoebe with but
little difficulty.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1890-03-22
ARBOR DAY.

Arbor Day is not yet appreciated at
its full value. The beginning is SO
small and results come so slowly that
the Importance to the future of the
State of an adequate observance of the
day designated by the Governor for the
planting of trees has not yet made that
impression upon public spirit that arous-
es enthusiasm. A little tree seems so
trif1ing, and its individual effect is so
slight that realization of the bounty
that it and its fellow. will in time pro.
vide is not experienced without reAec.
ton. The mines Of wealth that contin-
uous1 systematic tree culture create do
not yield with the alluring suddenness
that lends excitement to the labor. They
do not pour out all the treasure in a
burst of opulence, but their generous
contributions to mankind once begun, if
properly assisted are endless.
Forest culture is closely akin to irri.
CATION, and everything that tends in any
degree to awaken an interest in the sub.
ject is of value that is impossible to
measure by any lmerely practical stand.
ard. The life of dead land may be re.
newed by an alliance between forestry
and irrigation, and the observance of
Arbor Day should be placed before the
young people as gift to the future more
meritorious than simply sentimental eel.
ebration of events in the past. Il Enter.
prise.
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Clothing Department.

In this Department we offer
bargains superior to any here
t;ofore given in this vicinity
and call special attention to
our stock of Overcoats and
Suits for Men, Youths and
Boys; Hats and Caps, and our
extensive line Of Boots and
Shoes.
Gents Furnishing Goods in
great variety and of the best
quality. An examination here
will most certainly convince
you.
Our prices on Buck Gloves
are 80 per cent. lower than
formerly, and our Stock the
Largest that has been carried
for years.
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SILVER KING DISTRICT.
The Wheatly Bros. Mines.

From Mr.. George Wheatly, who has
been in town this week we obtain the
following information:
Silver King District is situated about
sixteen miles northerly from Bristol, or
about forty miles northwesterly from
Phoebe. and is reached by good wagon
road.
The formation is lime and porphyry,
the principal deposits being at contacts.
The leads named below run easterly and
westerly little south of east and
north of west. and may be easily traced
on the surface. They pitch south at
angles varying from forty.fv to eighty
degrees.
About thirty thousand dollars has
been realized from ore shipments to
Ward, Bristol, Dry Valley and other
points during past years, the ship
ments being made at great disadvan-
tage, on account of excessive Transports
tion charges, and lin .hose times) excess
sive charges for working.
The ore is free carbonate of lead
with oxide of iron in lime gangue.
Sixty-nine assays, being all The tests
made in prospecting by two men, from
April to October of last year, averaged
thirty eight OF. silver per ton, and TWEEN.
ty.vve per cent. lead. OF such ore about
three hundred tons are now
on the dumps and probably as
much more in sight in the mines.
OF the Wheatly Bros. claims to which
the above refers, the Ida has been pros
pected to depth of but seventy.fiv feet,
the Highbridge seventy.five feet, the
Schiller something over one hundred feet,
the Cesar one hundred feet-practically
in mining parlance, mere. surface work.
Yet their record and present showing ia
good, to say the least.
Other mines in the district which
promise well are owned by Messrs. Geo.
Jones of Bristol, C. j. Boskowitz of San
Francisco, d. G. McCarter of Phoebe and
John +. Cupid of Ely, White Pine
County.
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BENNIE wERTHEImER,

The boy whose name heads this item
was one OF the brightest and most indus.
trious OF our. Phoebe boys. He had, dur.
ing his.three years residence among MS
made himselfI an important factor in the
life of the town.
The youngest child of Mr.. and Mrs.
L. Wertheimer, he was born in San
Francisco seventeen years ago, and there
lived most of his short life, attending, as
he grew up, the John SWEET Grammar
School, many of whose pupils doubtless
well remember him. He was devoted to
his parents and loved his sisters and
brothers to remarkable degree and his
death is very severe blow to them, not
to speak of his many friends.
lie died on Sunday night at about | /
o'clock. DIR. Louder, the attending
physician at the time of the death.
stated the cause of dissolution to be-
blood poisoning induced by undischarged
pus, the result of cold in the head.
while DIR. Nesbitt, who had previously
attended the case. attributed the imme.
date cause of death to the breaking of
an abscess on the liver, stating also that
the boy had kidney troubles. He had
been sick about two weeks.
The funeral, which took place on
Tuesday was very largely attended.
Appropriate ceremonies were observed at
the grave.