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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-01-08
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Able Views Clearly Expressed by a RI
publican of High Standing.

Able Views Clearly Expressed by Re-
publican of High Standing.
. Joseph M. Wade. editor and general
manager of Fiber and Fabric, publica-
ton devoted to the interests of the cot
ton and wooden trades, in letter just
published says:
AS a born naturalist and student OF natural
law and natural rights I am satisfied that the
duty on raw material should be removed, with
perhaps some rare exceptions. 1t would then
bring not only our carpet manufacturers but
all other textile manufacturers, down to a
hardpan basis with thei: foreign competitors,
and If we still retained q sufficient protection
on manufactured goods, we should be able to
compete favorably in the markets OF the world,
while keeping our own. This conclusion is a
natural one, and not drawn from statistics or
commercial reports. I am satisfied that
the life of tse Republican party depends on
their action in this matter Of raw material. 1t
is no longer q question Of political deals, but
has become one Of the wrongs which a great
people must throw of; and we have advanced
SO far in education that even our laborers see
conclusiyely that we are saddled with this I'M.
natural and unrightcous tax on raw materials,
which only prohibits us from buying where we
can buy cheapest. am not prepared to apply
the principle to manufactured goods, but the
day has come when it should be applied to raw
material, and the day will come when we can
apply it to manufactured goods as well. Let
us guard we'll our industries and make no mis-
takes.
Mr.. Wade is, and always has been, a
Republican, but he is not a politician.
The views he expresses so ably and
clearly are shared by thousands and ten
thousands of intelligent Republicans,
who will not continue much longer to
vote with that party if it persists in its
present war upon American industries.
indianapolis Sentinel.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-01-08
PITH AND POINT.

lie is very weak man whom money
can lure away from himself. Advance
Thought.
1T may be wise to think twice before
| speaking, but it is sign that you are
getting old.
Comparison, moro than reality,
makes men happy, and makes them
wretched.
-Frankness consists in repeating all
the disagreeable things ono has ever
heard about ones friends.-Judge.
We are apt to become narrow-mind-
ed and selfish when we allow ourselves
to fret and worry because we can't work
in a certain groove.
When man has done good thing,
he sits down to rest, but when he has
done a bad thing, he loses no time in
| doing another.
If your heart is larger than your
head you injure yourself, and If your
head is larger than your heart you in
jure your neighbors.-Atchison Globe.
lie who attempts great things, may,
it is true, fall short of his designs; but
certainly he who attempts but little will
not accomplish much.
Nothing is more wearing on sensi-
tive nature than to be made a sort OF
safe-deposit whore people can leave
their secrets. Milwaukee journal.
Human history is the history of the
education of conscience, of the ever-in-
creasing apprehension of the moral law,
of the widening of the circle of ethical
obliga tion.-Selected.
All experience hath shown that
mankind are more disposed to suffer,
while evils are siderable, than to right
themselves by abolishing the forms to
which they are accustomed.
1t is easy in the world to live after
the worlds opinion; 1t is easy in soli-
tude to live after our own; but the great
man is he who in the midst of the crowd
keeps with perfect sweetness the in
dependence of solitude. emerson.
| Method or system is not given to al
men to possess. Some men have no sNs.
tom; they are always in middle. At
times they get hopelassly blocked and
| others have to put them straight. Me-
thod implies foresight and logical mind.
A man should think Of his work and ar
range it beforehand.
AS rule the things that are best for
us are not those that we most desire,
and the things that we most desire arc
not those that would be best for us.
Therefore it is that one cause for graft
tude which we are likely to overlook, is
the fact that we do not have given to us
the things that we most desire, and that
we do have given to Us SO many things
| that we do not DESIRES. s. Times.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-01-08
HUBBY sWEARs OFF.
How Ills Wife Induced Him to Give Up
the Habit of Smoking.

the Habit of Smoking.
A young benedict III this city tells
good joke on himself which illustrates
the influence wife has over her hus-
band, provided she can reach his pocket
book. The young husband is in charge
of department of one of the larger re-
tail Main street stores, and before many
months hopes to become member OF
the firm. He is addicted to smoking, and
in moment of weakness confessed to his
wife that his cigars cost him one dollar
day. ..Do you smoke ten-cent cigars?"
she asked. He replied in the afirma-
tive, and the young bride, who had ideas
Of her own regarding economy, asked
him if he would not give her in the
evening when he returned home ten
cents for every cigar he had smoked
during the day for pin money. She ex-
planned that her idea was to break him
of smoking, and as he acknowledged
he wanted to quit, but did not have the
courage do SO, he readily consented to
the proposition.
81 was as good as my word for one
month";" he said the other evening.
'and kept faithful account of the num-
Der of cigars l smoked each day. Some
times it would be nine, but more oftener
it was dozen. When the month had
passed my wife informed me that I had
given her 49, That made s64 had
spent for cigars, and my salary was only
$3.50 a month. saw it would not do.
had numerous consultations with my
friends before getting married as to
whether young man could afford to
marry on a salary of 81, 800 a year, and
had been told that he could if he wasn't
too extravagant in his notions. There
were only two things to do, quit smok-
ing or tell story every night when I
got home. would hardly give me
time to put on my smoking jacket before
she would say: "Now, how many cigars
have you smoked to-day?" Her tone
expressed SO much confidence that l
would have to 'fess up, and at last told
her that, with her permission, l would
swear off. She readily consented, and
haven't smoked a cigar since. kansas
Citv Times.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-01-08
ALEXANDRIA, LOUISIANA, WEDNESDAY,. JANUARY 8, 1890.

thought ! had outliyed romance, and
promised to marry an old man who only
wants lady at the head of his house.
Oh. why did you not come to me one
day earlier?"
Silence fell. DR.. Emory heard them
rise and go away. In a minute moro a
little boy rushed up to the sand mound
and poked it with his spade.
''Here's dead man," he saba
drownded man"
mo; it's tipsy man," replied Billy.
''Lets pile sand on him"
This they proceeded to do until Billy
deserted uncle beckoning," and they
departed on the run.
After the last train had gone city
ward, an elderly gentleman took sand
wich and some ale at the hotel before
getting on his gig. He emptied great
deal of sand out of his pockets, did not
fee the walters, and seemed to be, the
cashier said, sin temper" 1t was DR..
Emory. He drove straight home, and
sat down at his desk.
"Thank Heaven, can appear to have
the best OF her." he said, spitefully.
But the next time I propose to woman
l will not tell her that romance is out of
the question"
Then he wrote:
MISS DWIGHT am an old man, but find
have made a mistake. have too much TO-
nance left in me to marry you. Any pecu-
MARY recompcnse you desire I will offer;
and, if you like, the 1natron's place is again
yours. EMORY.
Miss Dwight only noticed this note by
packing her engagement ring in pink
cotton and sending it back. She did not
want the matron's place, and she mar
ried Mr.. Ellwood very shortly.
DIR. Emory is now counting girl of
sixteen, who VOWS she adores him, and
wishes very loudly that he were hers.
He likes it.-Mary Kyle Dallas, in N. Y.
Ledger.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-01-08
DRIFT OF OPINION.

Mount Vesuyius and Mount For.
aller are both in eruption. These be
seismic and serious times.-N. Y. Sun.
Many Republicans admit that Mr..
Harrison oyerdid the Cheap John bust
ness when he appointed Wanamaker.-
Atlanta Constitution.
1t is possible that after the Repub-
licans in Congress have thoroughly COM
mitted themselves to some thing, the
President may pick up the courage to go
and do likewise. Providence Journal.
Senator Voorhees,, in introducing
his tariff-for-revenue-only resolution,
shows gratifying advance in his own
political education; but it is like laying
pearls before-Senators who do not care
for earls.-Philadelphia Record.
In answer to circular Of inquiry
lately sent out by the New York Dry
Goods Reporter to firms engaged in
the manufacture and sale of wooden
goods, out of sevcnty-eight replies re-
ceived fifty-nine declared themselves in
favor of free wool and nineteen in favor
of a reconstruction of the WOODEN duties
on an ad valorem basis. As a general
proposition it may safely be affirmed
that makers and dealers in wooden goods
''know what is eating them. "-Philaael-
phia Record.
Mr.. Harrison's declaration is cor
rect that "great benefit will accrue from
the adoption Of some system by which the
officer would receive the distinction and
benefit that in all private employment
come from exceptional faithfulness and
efficiency in the performance of duty"
The theory is unexceptionable: bnt the
way to reduce it to practice does not seem
to be in the line of appointing subordi-
mates who will decapitate office-holders
by thousands merely because new ad-
ministratio has come in.-Pittsburgn
Dispatch.
Says Henry George: Look at our
tariff. Here we see the power of our
Government applied directly, purposely,
continuously and unconstitutionally to
give some citizens an advantage over
other citizens--to make the rich richer
and the poor poorer. Look at Mr.. Car.
negie with his income of millions and
his castle in Scotland; look at the men
of whom he is the type, and then at their
workmen, the poor, deluded creatures,
who have been told that it is they who
are protected; that this precious system
of robbery is all for them.
Tho Republican Senators in the
Montana Legislature have declined to
investigate the tunnel-precinct election
case in company with a delegation Of
Democrats. The proposition was as fair
as could have been ma ec and would have
resulted in disclosina the real facts in
the case. The averade man will not be
slow to conclude thaaf the Democrats
made the proposition ind the Republic.
ans refused it the fora Ter had nothing tc
conceal and the lat = wished to keer
back the facts. Strd IS show which way
sae wind blows. tes hgo Mail.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-01-08
HENRY l.. BI0SSAT, Business Manager.
Il Tribute.

When her eye with mischief dances
And her laugh is ringing cleer,
Then my loves bright mirth enhances
Charms my heart holds very dear.
When richer joy is shining
In the clear depths OF her eyes,
Hope and trust and peace combining,
Then my love / higher prize.
When her gentle heart is yearninS
For another'S woe or wrong,
And her eyes to Heaven upturning,
Then my love is yet more strong.
But its when her LIES sweet story,
bursting far off on her sight,
Lights her face with coming glory,
That in her most delight.
Mirth and joy, and pity tender,
Others, too, may rightly claim;
But to ncr fond angels render
Homage in prophetic flame
BENJAMIN Earr, in America.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-01-08
SHOULD BE PROTECTED.
A Case That Should Be Investigated by
Brother Mckinley.


Says the Muscatine fla.) News:
"But talk Of carrying Goals to Ncwcastlel
What is that compared with this Muscatine ea-
terprise which ships whole train OF fir and
redwood from the Pacific coast to Muscatins
and returns it in elegantly wrought work for
the finest hotel in the Northern Pacific coun.
tryy'
Where are our protective regulators of
industry? This thing should be stopped.
1t will never do to permit the Muscatinc
manufacturers to take the bread out of
the mouths of Tie working people of the
Pacific coast in this way. 1t was all
very we'll to send the train of fir and
redwood from the Pacific coast to Iowa.
That was 'iexport trade" and according
to our high-tariff doctors export trade is
a good thing. But it was all wrong to
permit the wood to be carried back to
the coast in the manufactured state.
The Pacific coast should protect it's
labor against such invasion by the
products of the ''pauper labor" of Musca-
tine.
Does Mr. Chairman Mckinley say that
the National constitution forbids the
protection of the Pacific coast workmen
by means of tariff on the manufactures
Of Muscatine? So much the worse for
the constitution If Mr.. McKinley's eco
nomic teachings are sound. The consti-
tuition should be amended as soon as
possible so as to permit the wise law
makers of the slope to protect their labor
against the pauper labor of Muscatine,
and exc to permit the wise lawmakers
of any other section to do likewise.
1t is true that a principal object in
establishing the constitution was to put
an end to State and sectional protection
ism. But according to McKinley's
doctrine ''the fathers greatly erred in
this regard. Chicago Times.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-01-08
Some of the Causes of Leprosy.

Now that leprosy is being SO much
discussed in various parts of the world
it may not be uninteresting to cite few
of the chief causes set down in the old
Hindoo medical works as inducing lep-
rosy: a. Sleeping in the day time; (2.}
eating when the appetite is not keen;
(s} gluttony; (4) eating too much Of
new rice. curd, fish, salt, acids, treacle,
and cakes; (5) drinking cold water when
fatigued or suffering from fear; (s) ex-
cessiye physical exertion after meals;
a. exposing ones self for any long
time to the sun after breakfast or noon
meal; {s) drinking liquors; (9) insult
ing a Brahmin. It would be interesting
to find out in how many cases leprosy
has had its origin in the insult offered
to Brahmin, India Colonies.
lit Is PARADE Rnd yet true thai
ss;cauue - cftnn p s 2s II v3tnar
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-01-08
TWO TENDENCIES,
The Scheme to Put Congressional Elec-
tions Under Federal Control.

The Scheme to Put Congressional Elcc-
tions Under Federal Control.
There is little positive opposition in
the Republican press to the scheme to
put Congressional elections under con-
troll of Federal officials. Here and there
is some apprehension that it will prove
an unpopular measure and hurt the
party, but there is no vigorous dissent
on the ground of principle. The Presi-
dent paltered with the subject in his
message without going out of his tenn
PORTING attitude toward most contro-
verted measures. The object is, of
course, to control the elections in the
South. If all the officers who form the
election and canvassing boards are the
selection Of the central Federal power
and hold positions for long term of
years at the will of the President, there
would be irresistible temptations to
abuse by jealous partisans, and the
party in power would practice strange
self-abnegation and virtue if it did not
avail itself of the machinery at its dis
! posal to perpctuate its power. The bill
introduced in the Senate by Senator
Sherman comprises the most odious
features of the scheme, and will, per-
haps, be considerably modified before it
comes up for action. While the ten
dency of the Republicans is toward this
arbitrary and dangerous system, the
Democrats, both South and North, are
taking ground for the Australian ballot
method. Recent interviews with the
| Governors of both the Virginias, Ten
nessee, Arkansas and other Democratic
States show entire unanimity in favor
of the reform. and they are believed to
reflect the sentiments of their States.
With the adoption of this, or its essen
tial features, there is no excuse for the
interference of the Federal authorities
in the methods OF voting in the States.
st. Paul Globe.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-01-08
CAUGHT MAPPING.
How an Accident Insurance Man Got In
His Work.

How an Accident Insurance Man Got In
His Work.
Stranger-Beg pardon for interrupt
ing, but you probably noticed in the pa
pers this morning that Lord Nabob, who
is on visit to this country, met with
an accident in the park yesterday. He
is stranger here, and some prominent
citizen like yourself should see that he
receives proper attention.
Business Man (much fattered) Real
~, I had not thought Of it, but
Stranger-You probably noticed in the
paper, too, that six persons were injured
yesterday in a subway explosion.
''Why, yes Were there any lords
among them?'
Possibly. No telling. Two men
were killed yesterday by electric wires"
ST noticed that, but"
'sAnd nun.bar OF persons were run
over
sYes. but the lord" z
ssAh, yes. Tho Lord wills, and we
must bow; but our families should not
be forgotten, sir; and as we are hpurly
exposed to these dangers, ] though
sibly You might wish to get ms
the 'Snre-pop Life and Accid(
pany,' Of which ] am ago
Weekly.
= The Ameer's military comm
Herat is John Hinton 8 pptiYe
Sharp County record., 1890-11-06
"South African Progress" 4"

Our Consul at Cape Town, South
Africa, sonds to tho State Department
at Washington aroport on what ho calls
South african Progress, Among
other things ho calls attention to tho
great growth of imports into tho ooun-
try Those imports amounted In 1888
TO eb dbs Coz; but In 1889 to CT, oi9, OOO
But tho Consul Is manifostly bohnd
tho tlmos, llo has clearly not yot heard
of tho doctrine which has como into
vogue since ho left the United States
the new doctrine called "MeKinleyism"
that imports are an injury to coun-
try and that the only way to have PROS
perity is to reduce importation.
Mr. Blaino's Department OF State
prints tho Consul's report and sends ID
abroad into the country
Is IL not clearly party mistake TO al.
low an unknown Consul under tho pres
ent administration 10 teach doctrine
80 contrary TO McKinloylsmp
Ia II judlclous 10 disseminate tho idea
that tho more foreign goods q country
buys the more progress there Ia In thai
country Is this Consul on 'assIstana
Domccrat who Ia trying 10 undermine
tho groat and glorious system Of pro-
teoton to American industries aud
America for AnerloansY
Sharp County record., 1890-11-06

living there ior three months at total
extra cost Of $50 O)O to the trust because
itrefused to by, in the hope of beating
down the price and compelling the local
dealers to sell at loss. One American
vessel had been lying there since De-
cember G. and another since January 4
all holding out for a decline in prices
In this way the shipments to this coun'
trv for the first three months OF the
wear were only about one-th rd OF the
amount for the same time last year
On April 2S the Consul sent a second
roport to the State Department showing
that the blockade still continued. He
said that many of the local dealers
will undoubtedly be ruined unless they
can hold out until the American and
English syndicates will pay the
price asked" A report had been
in circulation in the islands to the eff
feet that the syndicates have untold
millions at their command and that they
are determined to refuse to buy hemp
until the price falls to S. per 100 pounds.
This report says the Consul, had vividly
affected the entire business community
and had aroused chivalrous sentiment
in behalf OF the weaker party to the
fight among those who had no direct
pecuniary interest in it.
Accompanying the Consursreport is an
extract from the leading paper of Ma
Mia. This paper describes how the
united syndicates had beaten the price
Of hemp down by S444 per 100 pounds,
and then says: "To the force of attack
the force of resistance opposes
itself, and never was it more our
duty than now to remind the Amer
leans of their famous lynch law; but in
order to obtain the force of resistance
cohesion and resolute. will are neces-
sary, and a syndicate of buyers must be
met by q syndicate of sellers, and be-
fore our ruin that of our adversarles,
whom this have have taken the initi.
alive" The Manila paper invents a
new term of condemnation for our trust,
calling it the dismal and clever COM
bination OF those, who, for their own
private benefit, threaten with ruin the
production of the hemp raiser"
Consul Webb sends third report un-
der date of May IA, saying that tho
larger portion of the 1901 bales Of
hemp in store atManila had finally been
sold at ten dollars per 100 pounds. This
report is accompanied with a second
article from the paper already quoted.
The article betrays considerable sore-
ness of feeling over the acts of such
prejudicial enterprises as the American
syndicates
Sharp County record., 1890-11-06

THERE is more Catarrh in this section of
the country than all other diseases put to-
gether, and until the last few years was SUP
posed to be incurable. For great many
years doctors pronounced it local disease,
and prescribed local remedies, and by con.
stantly failing to cure with local treatment,
pronounced itincurable Science has proven
catarrh to be constitutional disease and
therefore requires constitutional treatment
Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured by +. j.
Cheney u Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only con-
stitutional cure on the market. 1t is taken
internally in doses from 10 drops to a tea
spoonful. 1t acts directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces OF the syStem They
offer one hundred dollars for any case it
fails to cure. Send for circulars and testi-
monials F, j. CHENEY Il Co., Toledo o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Sharp County record., 1890-11-06
A LEVEL HEAD.
The Advantage of Presence OF Mind In
an Emergency.


During the late strike on the New York
Central Railroad, the militia were ordered
to be in readiness in case of riot but they
were not called out.
In an interview, Gov Hill said the troops
were not to be called upon except in case Of
an emergency. The emergency had not
arisen, therefore they would not be ordered
OFT. He remarked that this was the first
great strike with which he had had ex-
perience, and he did not propose to lose his
head; the only point at which there had
been serious trouble was at Syracuse, and
there adeputy-sheriff mad lost his head and
precipitated an encounter.
The strike continued several weeks, and
there was -iotous action at various points
along the road, but the civil authorities
were able to cope with it without calling on
the militia.
The test of mans real ability comes when
an emergency arises which makes hasty
call on his good judgment and discretion.
The man who retains his presence of mind,
maintains his equipoise and exercises sound
discretion at such critical junctures, is to
be relied on and will be put to the front.
Men with level heads have the staying
qualities which do not falter IN the face of
danger. Otis A. Cole, of Kinsman, O.,
June 10, 1890, writes: SIN the fail of 1888
l was feeling very i'll. l consulted doctor
and he said had Bright's disease of the
kidneys and that he would not stand in my
shoes for the state OF Ohio" But he did
not lose courage or give up; he says; 81
saw the testimonial of Mr.. John Coleman
100 Gregory St, New Haven, Conn, and
wrote to him. In due time / received an
answer, stating that the testimonial that
he gave was genuine aud not overdrawn in
any particular. l took good many bottles
of Warmers Safe Cure; have not taken any
for one year"
Gov. Hill is accounted q very successful
man he is cool and calculating and belongs
to the class that do not lose their heads
when emergencies arise