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Tickets for sale everywhere, and
see that they read G. Fl. RR
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apolis or Toledo.
e. 0. MCCORMICK
General Pass and Tieset Agent.
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A Scrap Of Paper Saves Her Life.

It was just an ordinary scrap of
wrapping paper, but it saved her life.
She was in the last stages of consump-
ton, told by physicians that she was
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time she weighed less than seventy
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per she read OF DR.. Kings New Discov-
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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-06-05

Her brother-in-law was a orute il
there ever was one.
Listen, Sadie" and he read to her
about the statue Of the Venus OF Milo
being valued at millions.
ITO think of mere statue without
any arms and two thousand years old,
going at that figure, and here you are
not half that age, with two arms you're
only too willing to use, and yet you
can't get off at any price"
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fle had terrible headache the
next morning aud she hadn't spoken
To him yet
Il cdr'i hnl my shoes Maud" he
ventured, trying to br ak the ice. II
think I've lost all the memory ! eves
had"
"0h, ! guess it's not lost You'll
no doubt find it down stairs, where
you put it, in the umbrella stand
along with yonr hat and neettie."
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-06-05

Chauncey NJ. Depew, Austin Corbin
and other citizens who don't mind
spending dollar or two on their
houses, have japanese rooms in them,
marveloHsly complete and beautiful
in their appointments.
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try Electric Bitters-Entire satisiac-
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M. A. MeFarland's Drugstore.
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Shame on You, Sam.

KeV. Sam Jones !
Dancing girls look like tadpoles, and
fashionable girls look no more like
Gods women than a Chinaman looks
like a ealt mine.
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Female Weakness Positive Cure. y

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When Baby was sick, We gave her Castoria,
When she was Child, she cried for Castora,
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria,
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-08-27

offensive manner South ana North
would join hands as they never have
done since the foundation of the Gov.
eminent if these young men could have
their way. Does the Speaker take this
into account? Apparently not. He has
seen the policy he advocates successful
in the past and he does not recognize
tho fact that the conditions that made
it successful are gradually disappearing.
Though he is disregarding precedent in
the House he is following very bad
precedent in politics. His course is
moro likely to lead to defeat than VIC
tory.-Chicago Globe.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-08-27

Ing him To come to them. When chs
preacher &C, the letter he at first felt
insulted, and thought of treating it with
contempt, as he had quite rospel GUS
congregation in one of the la zee cities
''The idea of asking man of ,ais promi-
nence to come to a rough from .ier min
ing towns In few weeks the preacher
was to have his vacation, and as the
time drew near he had cooled off" and
read the letter over again several times.
Presently he replied that he would soon
have his vacation, when he would come
and see them and preach for them once
or twice ii they desired it.
Whom he reached the railway station
q buggy was waiting to convey him to
the town las the railroad to 1t was not
yet completely. What was his surprise
to find that the people had already built
d church quite commodious and attrac.
tive. The next day was Sunday. The
congregation which assembled was as
large as the building would contain.
though not as fashionable one as he
had been accustomed to. There was an
array OF honest, ruddy faces which spoke
of life and hopo and happiness, and
which actually inspired him to preach
with vim which he had not felt for
many year. He felt happier than ever
in his work, and when, at the close OF
ethe service, he saw the brotherly cordi.
atty which was evidenced by all. his
heart was won. What difference be-
tween such church life and that of his
own, where Miss Proud could not
recognize Miss Prude and Mr.. Rich
looked over Mr.. Poor.
10 The next day he looked the town over,
and acquainted himself with its indus
tries and how they were conducted, and
at a meeting held on Tuesday night he
told the people of Copperdale he would
preach for them if they wanted him,
Happy Copperdale Its people being
inspired with lofty hopes by having
equal opportunities, there is equality
and fraternity among them. Vice and
crime are almost unknown because jeal-
ousies are precluded, and all have no.
| bier ambitions than to sit in q saloon or
tavern and imbibe the spirits from
which nine-tenths of all crime springs.
How different would they be were they
denied equal opportunities to land and
money. They would be wage and rent
slaves, and finding it utterly impossible
to make any progress, they would say:
whats the uss? We are only animals,
are used as animals and our only enjoy.
ments are animal. Let us at least have
tho pleasure of caransal. Titus r.
| Smith
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-08-27
plTH AND POINT.

-'The future is serious matters;
but it never becomes really serious until
1t is the present Puck.
-He-..rll never marry strong
minded woman" She-"No; don't
think you will."-Terro Haute Express.
Doctor "You must be very careful
about your diet" Dashaway-''Thats
all right, DOCTOR Ny landlady attends
to that."-N. Y. Sun.
-sheepskins in pickle are all right,
but we always feel sorry when the owner
of the vat is in the same condition.
Shoe and Leather Reporter.
She-'What strong face he has"
Ho-"Yes; that comes from exercise.
He has been travelling on it for many
years. "-Terre Haute Express.
The papers are discussing the ques'
ton, ''How to tell good egg;" but 1t
seems to lis the easiest way is to break
it open and smell it.-Ram's Horn,
"A serious need these days is gas
meter that is intelligent enough to know
when the family is at tho seaside and
honest enough to say so.-Binghamton
Leader.
The rapid young man who spends
all his salary for carriage hire may love
the wealthy young lady worry dearly and
have his eye on the rebate also. Cal
, weston News.
--'Jove! Mary, the house is on fire"
StvVn11 o1ink n AMI
cover the furniture with rubber sheets
and put on your bathing suit before the
hose company gets here. "-Harper's
Bazaar.
An advertisement is headed:
''Pianos on Trial" On the charge of
''disturbing the peace" it is presumed.
It is hoped they will be convicted and
locked up for term of years. Nor
ristown Herald.
-Wife-''You dance great deal bet
ter than you did before we were mar
ried. Then you always tore my dress
!, dancing, but you don't now" Husband
"Humph! Then didn't have to pay
l, for it" Texas Siftings.
DdCON- uOVcF saw cuOu . AOAAOV
as young Bender he can't keep dol.
j lar five minutes" Egbert- He can'tP"
"No." "Well, think he can. LOANED
| him five dollars month ago. and he's
got it yet. ~ onkers Statesman.
--sad-E Eyed Spectator tat the races)-
II lost $50 on the last race. Did you
lose any thing?' Sporting Man-'Naw,
Didn't bot" Sc. S.-"What! You
didn't bet on that great race, the great
est race OF the season? Why not?" s.
! MI didn't know which boss was
goin' ter beat. IN. Y. Weekly.
MIR. Backbay-"You found things
!, very different out West from what they
are here. suppose" Miss Beacon
eyes, indeed. AS journeyed westward
! noticed constantly the decreasing
| signs of refinement" Mr.. Backbay--
what, for instance?" Miss Beacon
SWELL, for example; when we reached
Chicago / found that boys no longer
! came through the train selling chewing.
, gum. America.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-08-27
ALEXANDRIA, LOUISIANA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST "a 1890

buggy. However, something must BIO
done, for it was getting late--it would
soon be dark-then what would she do?
What shall do? Oh, you impudent
rascal for placing me in such q predica-
ment!" she said, throwing one arm
across the pretty animals neck and
leaning her face against it, while with
the other hand she held the reins, look.
ing the very picture of despair
While thus standing she was startled
by hand being laid upon her arm.
Had her fears been realized? Was it
the tramp who was going to kill her and
then run away with the buggy9 She
dare not raise her head.
Excuse me- he began.
Surely this didn't sound like tramp's
voice, and she raised her miserable
little face, expecting to see ragged,
mud besmeared object before her. She
had quite an air of martyrdom depicted
on her face, which, however, changed
instantly as she saw a fne-loolhing,
well-dressed specimen of humanity be-
fore her. She could not conceal her as
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-08-27
THE SPEAKERS HOBBY.
His Heart Set ON the Passage OF til
Lodge Force Bill.

His Heart Set on tho Passage OF tho
Lodge Force Bill.
That Speaker Reed is in many re-
spects an able man no one will deny.
When on the floor of the House he was
ready and effective debater. His Ian
guage was simple and vigorous, and he
never made the mistake of talking too
long. As presiding officer he has added
to his reputation in certain way. He
is remarkably quick in his decisions
and never loses his head. Whenever he
has gone wrong it has been With malice
aforethought. In other words, thour
he has mental attributes that qualify
him for the place in the highest degree,
he is lacking in the moral attributes
that are indispensable to make man a
good Speaker lie is as conspicuous for
unfair treatment of his political oppo-
nents as his predecessor was for abso-
lutte impartiality. He is as tyrannical
as Bismarck, and would limit the func-
ton of the House to the simple duty OF
asser ting to his DEGREES.
1t is now reported that Mr.. Reed has
determined that the Senate shall pass
the force bill before adjournment He
is credited with saying that he will
keep Congress sitting the year around
in order to accomplish his object. He
has set his heart upon having law en-
acted that may be used to cripple the
Southern Democrats. Though he ap-
proves of an outrageously high tariff,
and therefore gives his sanction to the
Mckinley bill, that measure is to him
of secondary Importance. Possibly he
nav have doubts of it's advisability. He
must certainly know that there is con-
siderable uncertainty as to the wisdom
of passing 1t in its present sh' pc. But
the force bill he regards as Sae saliva
ton of the Republican party. He knows,
as we all know, that it will result in
rioting and bloodshed. His Judgment
is that this will arouse the feeling OF
sectional hatred to which his party has
long owed it's existence, and which ne
thinks is still strong enough, under prop
or management to prevent return OF
| the Democrats to power.
1t is true beyond a question that the
| animosities that were famed to fever
heat by the war have not yet died out
The bloody shirt elected Harrison. But
it must not be forgotten that every year
is adding to the list of voters hundreds
of young men both in the South and in
the North who are not divided in SEN
timent as their fathers were. They
were satiated with war talk long ago
The Southerners admit that they were
beaten and shat they ought to have
been beaten. The Northerners in their
intercourse with them do not irrisase
them by referring 70 the subject - q
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-08-27
N. Y. Commercial Advertiser.

If the proposed Fourth Assistant
Postmaster-Genera should be given the
Job ofkeeping James G. Blaine's letters
out of the mails, he will be of vast ser vice
to the party.--Louisville Courier-Jour-
nal.
Tho Republican Senators are be-
ginning to realize that the Treasury is
already on the brink of bankruptcy
without subiecting it to tho strain OF
an expenditure of millions for the pur-
pose of making elections farce. AL
bany Argus.
MIR Harrison's friends assert that
he has paid for the house. and lot pre-
scented to Mrs. Harrison by the Cape
May Point syndicate. The country will
be glad to believe it. 1t will be appro-
pirate however, to put in evidence the
check with the dates of Its drafting and
presentation for payment plainly Leg
tble.-St. Louis Republic.
True, the Republican majority at
Washington has done nothing for tenn
perance, has not even passed the anti
original package bill; but it has got rid
of the surplus, and that in little over
year. How foolish President Cleve-
land was to worry his head over such a
little matter as surplus! Henceforth
it is not theory, nor condition. bu,
fact that will confront the public
N. Y. Voice Prohibition Organ.
The Behring sea dispute should
be at once arbitrated. 1t need not be
assumed that Mr.. Blaine has the Grim
inal purpose of using this paltry dis
pute to force a war which would be
calamity to both countries and to civil
ization, but if the dispute is continued,
an accident is liable to occur at an,
time to make war unavoidable. Tht
matter must not drag farther. Lot il
be arbitrated and settled at once. s-St
| Louis Republic
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-08-27

~ best to look on the bright Sloe' iio"'
lent It. erandmammy?
aWell, yes, guess SO. But Sho" 'n0
the bright side, dear?"
with pleasure. Firstly we nave 'ue
..ooev to get it with; secondly, we
have a good market basket to get IL IN
.hirdly. | have the health and strength
70 "a alter it; fourthly, it is an excel
,0nt aay for it, and, lastly, we all want
and need it, There now, are not those
reasons sunny enough to drown out all
YOUR shadowy ones?
Eyes dear, you always look on the
h,iebt side of every thing. Those are
II things we ought to be thankful for.
Especially the market basket"
"Tbere, there, child, be serious now.
lido really hate to see you 60. 1t only
Gypsie hadn't died" o
Al! poor Gypsie! Mrs. Graham
touched tender spot in her grand
child's heart when she spoke of her.
She was her special property, and many
happy hour did she spend on the back
Of her faithful little animal, while
Bruno bounded along by their side
Eyes, if Gypsie hadn't died. or
Bruno hadn't been shot, or we had more
horses, or grandpa's eyes were well, or
Sam was not down with the rheumatic,
or we lived in town, or had near and ac-
commodating neighbors, or dozen
more things were or were not, would
mt need to walk three miles to Nelson
for something to eat But you see, gen.
eral IF never did come out conqueror,
and | hate adefeated fellow, so I'll turn
him the cold shoulder and have nothing
whatever to do with him, so it you'll
help me make out the list I'll start at
once"
She spoke lightly of her walk, and
little did Mrs. Graham know of the
thoughts that were coursing through
her brain as she took down the list The
truth was Grace had read an account in
the county paper the day before that a
terrible assault had been made by
tramps on an unprotected girl on the
very road Oshe had to take. But
Grace was no coward. She knew she
had this walk to make, so she destroyed
the paper, that her grandmother might
not see it and worry herself half to
death while she was gone. Grace was
a very happy, light-hearted child. /
call her child, for in appearance she
was but child, while in reality she
was nearly nineteen. Her grandmother
often said that she was such brilliant
sunbeam thai no shadow could exist in
her presence.
She riyaled the birds in her m erry
songs as she tripped along the path. She
told herself she had ample time, so she
often stopped on her way to watch the
white swans glide majestically away on
her approach to the edge of the lake, or
the tortoises' clumsy walking until they
would reach the brink and then plunge
to the bottom, where their bright backs
would look as though they were finely
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-08-27
TAKE TAX OFF HOUSES.

Successful Movement to Exempt Personal
Property From Municipal Taxation.
The success of the movement to ex.
empt personal property from municipal
taxation in the city of Newport, KY,
should encourage our friends every.
where to attempt movements toward
tax reform. Of course every thorough
single taxer is infavor of the exemption
of personal property, but outside OF the
single tax ranks there is still the old
prejudice in favor of taxing man be.
cause he is rich, which constantly man.
ifests itself in the indignant question::
"Would you allow millionaires to escape
taxation?' The task of demonstrating
to the masses that every tax on the
products of labor will eventually be
passed on the consumer, and that taxes
on consumption fall more heavily on the
poor than on the rich, is heavy one
and can not Immediately be accom-.
plished.
One step farther, however, could prob.
ably be taken without exciting the pref
udice alluded to, and which only can be
met by careful argument on the prin'
ciples of taxation. A mere child can
understand that taxes on houses make
houses scarcer and rents higher. The
large amount of people now interested
in loan associations, who are seeking
through that CO operative agency to
secure homes for themselves, already
feel the gross injustice of the present
system Of filming man fer building .
| house. Therefore, without abating oul
demand for the removal of all taxes on
the product Of labor, it may be we'll to
seek the line of least resistance and en-.
courage demand for taking the taxes
off of houses. 1t will be a step in the
right direction and the men who are
thus drawn into study Of the question
of taxation will eventually accept the
whole single tax doctrine.
Let the single tax men remember thai
they can not do this or any other greA
thing by themselves. Let them take
hold of the movements in which othel
people are interested. Our friends arr
not numerous or influential in Newport
but they took prompt advantage of thu
removal of several factories from tina
| city on account of an increased taxation
to arouse public Indignation against
system that drives factories away. AM
the result is that they have succeede'
in interesting that community to prob
ably take the most advanced step tc
ward the establishment of the singh
tax that has been taken anywhere i
the United States.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-08-27
THE LAST STRAW.
One Shortcoming Which the Fair andre.
meta Gould Not Forgive.

One Shortcoming Which the Fair andre.
me.la Could Not Forgive.
They were standing by the window
looking out at the golden sunset. His
arm was around her slender waist and
her head rested confidingly on his man
" shoulder. Life looked rosy to the
Youthful pair, and not visible cloud
obscured the bright armament OF their
hopes.
'sPcrseus," she murmured. sit seems
almost incredible that we never met
until three weeks ago."
ut does, indeed, Andromeda," re-
piled the youth. 1--WE have had hardly
time to become acquainted with each
, others views OF life and its problems.
not to speak Of each others peculiar.
tiles and prejudices. Yet it seems as
, If we must have known one another al.
ways"
.And that reminds me, Perseus." re.
Joined the lovely New England girl.
thoughtfully adjusting her spectacles,
'that | have never heard you express
your opinion Of theosophy."
''My opinion Of theosophy, love" the
young man said, breaking it to her as
gently as he could, us that the system
as thus far developed hardly meets the
requirements OF an exact science"
It was a'seyere shock, but the maiden
did not finch. She only leaned little
harder on the young mans shoulder.
..You find much to admire in Emerson
and Thoreau, do you not?" she asked
hopefully.
II can not say / do. The one seems
too transcendental, the other almost
atheistic."
i s.Surely, Perseus, you like 1bsen?'
sIbsen, my darling, makes me THE
wearies me.
docs not the Delsartean idea appeal
to you favorably?"
j HIM! This Delsartean business,
dearest, regard as harmless kind OF
thing, suitable for twelve-year-old school
girls who have no roller-skating facil.
tiles.
well, Perseus," she said, with q
happy sigh, what difference does 1t
make after all II we love each other7
These little differences Of opinion shall
not separate US"
NO, Andromeda, they shall not. W.
will not speak Of them. They arr
!. trifes. Look ut the roses In this beau
! tiful vase"
A cry Of horror broke from the lips 0
Andromeda She sprang from his em
brace.
!. what is the matter, dearest?" 81
i claimed the young man, with the nj
:. most concern.
]. Don't touch mel" she painted, sinh
!. ing on sofa. Don't come near me!
i s'What have T."
,e 'sMr. Grigson," she said, recoverin
b herself by powerful effort, and stant
.. ing erect, II can overlook your lack
e. appreciation Of the great names in 0,
literature. can forgive your want
sympathy with the great movements
n the world Of thought that possess n
O. soul and move all nj. powers to actio
ne But''-and the proud Boston girl poir
n ed sternly to the door can nev
ne Jock with any thing but utter abho
&c renee on man who does not know ht
y 70 pronounce the word vahz! Cor
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