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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-01-01
Promised to buy a pardon. He
suffered severely 1iolil "aho VI
food and malaria through sleeping with

out shelter in the rain. He states that
other bands are now committing extern
sive robberies in his name. Rajaram,
a native magistrate, accussa of partici-
pating in Tantia's robberies, has been
convicted by the sessions Judge and sem
fenced to seven years rigorous impris-
onment and fined $4,000 rupees. Pail
Mall Gazette.
A CANDID PHYSICIAN.
How an Honest Medical Man Was Re-
warded for Telling the Truth.
Some people were discussing the germ
theory of disease a few evenings ago,
and doctor who was present laid down
the law very emphatically upon the
germ as being the physical cause, or
rather inseparable antecedent of every
known form of disease. When asked
why, if he knew so much about it, he
and the members of the profession didn't
kill the germs, or at least explain to the
public how such causes of disease might
be exterminated, he just stroked his
beard and said the germ had yet to
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-01-01
brings, never breaks the work.
o.. 4l,o aa.A.a Il 60 xuoa 1ro1
temptations from without, and so de-
stroys inferior ambitions and desires,

StrOyS inferior ambluonS ana deS!re,
that it gives the whole nature steadi.
ness and poise. 1t is the best cure for
restlessness. The JOY of life for strong
natures lies in noble activity; work
adequate to the aspirations Of the soul;
work that brings calm by Its magni-
tude, and by its very demands eyokes
the best and greatest in us.-Rural New
Yorker.
MoNTENEGRo's CAPITAL.
Something About One of the Most Extra.
ordinary Towns of Europe.
Cettinie Is the most extraordinary
capital in Europe. 1t consists of one
long street, with four snis..er olies
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). XT,V.-NO.

OLs ALI lNOs lie
PlTH AND POINT.
"A fool can start fire that tho
wisest man in the world can not put
out.
WE sometimes teach others by our
actions the very things VIC do not want
them to know.
"A great many people are like the
ordinary cur dog; too small for a watcn
dog, and too large for pet.-Atchlson
Globe.
Endurance is more valuable than
cleverness. 1t is the patient, STEADY
plodders who gain and keep fortunes.
You can no more Judge a man Dy
his daily walk and conversation tnah
you can an election day saloon by It's
front door.-Detroit Free Press.
An unfair thing in this world Is that
' ~ know there is All ounce OF
our pound Of cure. tier We naso '''Ae.
1t has been observed that the rnnn
with tho fewest failings is the man most
tolerant of those of his neighbors.
ton Courier.
They who are most weary OF life,
and yet the most unwilling to die, are
such who have lived to no purpose; who
have rather breathed than ]ived.-Clar'
endon.
The doctor who cuts man open
after death and tells what 10 the matter
with him has the advantage OF the
doctor who is compelled to guess what
is the matter with the patient before
death.
1t is every mans duty to do right.
In order to do right deliberately, q man
needs to know what is right. Finding
out what is right is, therefore, an es-
sential prerequisite OF right-doing.-S.
S. Times.
"A distinguished divine once said:
81 wish that ministers and lecturera(
would be little more generous
thought and more stingy of words.
don't want a yoke Of oxen sto-drd
CARLOAD of potatoes on smooth rod
When the energies pause, and the
worker settles down, he may find COM
fort and ease, but the inspiration OF the
great struggle is no longer with him;
his real life is finished unless he takes
into some other field that energy which
has secured him success.
Steady work for the love Of 1t, and
for thu satisfaction and neaca which
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". 1ANIT AIRY |


THE TREASURY REPORT.
A Document Full of sophistry and Pitt
full Propositions.
The quality of Secretary WINDOWS
craftsmanship is we'll shown in his pitt
full proposition to reduce the surplus by |
the repeal of the tax on tobacco, and by
his puerile plea that tobacco sis now
the only product of agriculture that is
directly taxed by the Government"
Manufactured tobacco is good thing to
tax. 1t is productive of large revenue,
and the tax is not burdensome. Many
other taxes can be much better spared
than it can.
A horizontal reduction of the tariff is
undesirable. In giving it Slap, ,s.~.a.
tary Window seems to have forgotten
that the Republicans in 1872 put a
scheme of horizontal tariff reduction
into operation; that the effect was to re-
duce the revenues, and that in 1875 tho
Republicans restored tho tariff for the
express purpose of increasing the rev.
enue 'Protection" was not then quite
the Republican fetch it is to-day.
The Secretary's illustration, in his
feeble reference to a tariff for revenue
only, shows the density of his ignorance
of economic truths. In the first place,
| if the tariff rates were cut in two, it does
not follow that there would be addi-
! tional importations to the extent Of
$500, O0O, 900, or that it would require i'm
portations to that additional amount to
give us either the customs revenue we
need or that VIC now receive. There is
no uniformity in tariff schedules, and
on certain commodities imported in
large quantities there would be COM
paratively little change if the tariff were
wiped out altogether. 1t is also the
height of nonsense to say that if we i'm
ported $500, 600, 900 more than we now do
the. effect on the country would be
calamitous. We would not import, that
is, buy, that additional amount, under
any system which can be devised, with
out selling goods with which to make
the purchases. What does all the talk
we have heard of late about extend
ing our foreign trade mean? Does
it not mean that we expect to
buy as we'll as sell? Is it not absurd to
say that it would be good thing to in
crease our imports if we maintained an
. average tariff Of AZ per cent, but that il
would be a calamity if the average tar
if was only half as great? What would
Secretary Window do with the surplus
revenue if our importations, under pres
ent tariff rates, were twice what they
are now?
The notion that country is impovcr
ished by the goods which arc brough
{ into it is one worthy of protectionists
, 1t has no basis in common sense.
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ISLAM A. WEDNF

J lSlANA, w EDNESl
THE MONTANA STRUGGLE.
A Controversy on Whose Decision De-
ponds the Liberty of the New State.
The Democratic members of the Mon
tana Legislature are perfectly justified
in refusing to compromise with their |
Republican opponents. compromise
under the circumstances would be moth
ing more nor less than compromising a
felony. Honest men struggling for the
right never propose compromises, nor
accept them. The very fact that the
Montana Republicans opened negotia-
tions with the Democrats, looking to a
compromise whereby each party should
have one Senator, was confession on
their part that they are in the wrong,
and still they are mean enough to en-
ploy their advantage to steal one-half Of
the victory that the Democrats are en-
titled to- The promptness OF the Demo-
Gratis in rejecting this overture was pc
culiarly gratifying to the friends of an
honest ballot throughout the entire
country, and will give the Democratic
party in Montana prestige that will be
worth great deal in future political
contests.
The deadlock which the Republicans
have created in the Montana Legisla-
ture is causing great inconvenience to
the citizens of the new State. The legiS-
lation necessary to put the new con-
stitution into effect can not be enacted,
and no session of the Supreme Court can
be held until the deadlock is broken and
| the Legislature organized. In some of
the counties there is no judicial organi-
cation, and can be none until the Legis-
lature makes provision for deciding the
contested election cases. 1t is unfOrtu-
nate that this state of affairs should exist;
| yet the Republicans are responsible for
| it, and the Democrats can not afford to
sacrifice the dearest principle in Ameri-
can government just to relieve the Still
alton. 1t is the duty of the Democrats
In this crisis to look to the future OF
their State as we'll as to consider present
exigencies. The honor and integrity OF
the State is in their keeping, and by the
force of circumstances they are made
the custodians of free and honest
ballot. Under our American system
there is no way of determining where
power belongs except by the one infal
lible rule of submitting to the will o.
the majority, as expressed through the
ballot-boN. In this instance the major
ity of the voters of Montana lodged
the legislative power in the hands
of the Democrats, and they, and
they alone, are entitled to ex
crcisc it. The Republican minority have
no more right to organize the Montan;
Y Legislature than the inhabitants o
kamtschatka would have. 1t would b
Just as reasonable to talk about a com
promise with the Town Council of Tim
buctoo as to agree to a compromise will
the Republican minority in the Montana
Legislature, so far as a compromis
could be made consistent with law ant
equity.
The Montana Democrats have but on
inc to follow, and that is to stand a
cd in 1ofanca Of thoi
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rotary WINDOW, like the Preside

stUdi0usIy avoids The subJect OF sugar IL
his discussion of methods Of reducing
the surplus. 1t offers a more inviting
field than tobacco; but the protective
would have to catch it. This
explains the silence.
The Secretary's method of dealing
with the silver problem seems too cum.
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all that her foolish perversencss had
done! She even laid awake nights plan
ming to bring about the proper result
and yet preserve her dignity-for she
would part with her life more gladly
than with her dignity.
And all this time he, too, gave many
thoughts to the sweet brunette; not sem
timental thoughts, not romantic
thoughts, not particularly interesting
thoughts, but very ordinary musings, as
he admired over and over again the
taste with which her back hair was ar
ranged; the superb fit of her tailor-made
dress; the round plumpness of her arm;
the soft whiteness of her hand.
Gossips will circulate in boarding
house-mysteriousl to be sure, but
still it goes. And one day while she
was in her little room-his room was at
the opposite end of the hall-she over
heard two of the servants discussing
certain photographs. She learned they
were in his room. She also learned
that they were photographs OF ladies'
Now, the dominant characteristic Of the
feminine mind is curiosity. Sorry tt
say so, but it is true. Some will go tt
almost any length to appease it. Ant
many woman has brought trouble OF
herself and friends to crafty it. An'
our little heroine was plentifully sup
piled with this valuable article.
Can he have another girl?" she asked
herself; then quickly answered it: 20
course he has. But perhaps he is en-
gagged. Think of it-engaged! Is sucl
a thing possible?"
And fully impressed with the horro
of the thought, she flung her door open
There was no one in the hail. the doc
of his room was open, for it was the da.
after Christmas and he was out of tow
gone to see that other perhaps: He
| mother was out-nO chance of detection
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ALEXANDRIA, LO1
arms were about her; MS hands were
wiping the blood from her face-a little |
scratch received from the corner of the |
chair his voice was speaking polite and
comforting, and it even seemed affec-
tomato words; but still she sobbed her I
heart nearly broken.
He inwardly thanked God for this OPP
portunity, but was a kind-hearted man
after all, and as he appreciated her situa-
ton he gently drew her toward the hall.
"I-I-will-go-go- myself" she
stammered, as she reached the thresh-
old.
Every WE'LL" he answered. 81 hope
you are not seriously hurt"
After which he withdrew his support
ing arm, and she would have fled pre-
cipitately But when her whole weight
came upon her shocked muscles they re-
fused to give her their accustomed aid,
and she staggered SO helplessly that he
at once came TO her relief. "A few mo-
ments later she was reclining in a large
chair in her own pretty room and he was
standing in the center OF his, wondering
how she happened to be where he found
her.
1t would be wrong to say that he ar
rived at the proper solution OF the prob
lem at once; for, although his wits
were fairly sharp and the correct
thought came to his mind, still he was
not so conceited as to believe it at first.
He collected the hairpins and dainty,
lace-trimmed handkerchief and placed
them carefully in one corner OF the
bureau drawer before mentioned. AS he
was about to turn away his eye fell
upon the glove-buttoner, and with an
inward laugh and sentimental twinge
at his heart he gazed raptly at it, and
then, with a sigh which may have
; meant very much, put it with the other
spoils aud dropped into his great chair
to think.
Several days few swiftly by to the
busy workers of tbs bustling city, but
they hung very heavily upon the hands
, of two fated mortals. He resumed his
,anl t the table, but she came
day went by and she
his heart beat more
her vacant chair,
he of its aban-
%, and he1
Vare of the
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1890-01-25
Miss CARROTS Financial Ability.

The increase of the Garrett capital during the
illness of Robert Garrett is an accepted fact in
financial circles and it is said to be altogether due
to the sound business sense of Miss Mary Garrett,
the only daughter of John W. Garrett, and sister
OF Robert cit seems incredible, but it is the
truth, said Baltimore lawyer to Philadelphia
friend recently. "that this young lady has virtual
ly handled the Garrett railroad and banking inter-
ests ever since one of her brothers was attacked
with disease and the other lost his life She is not
yet 30 years Of age, and is handsome woman of
the blonde type. She obtained her business train
ing from her father, to whom she was a constant
companion in his later years. and she turned it to
good account when the Garrett family was actually
deprived of male head.
''No woman has ever had such a responsibility
OF this kind placed upon her as that which Miss
Garrett has voluntarily shouldered, and if the
whole story of her work could be told 1t would be
narrative of the most extraordinary business
qualifications that any woman has ever Shown
Pittsburg Dispatch.
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1890-01-25
Are Beautiful Women Happiest?

In my life I have known many women we'll.
Among them is a fair majority Of what the truly
appreciative would call happy, for which fact |
thank God, as it has helped me to take, on the
whole, hopeful view of life as we'll as human ma
ture. Now, are those women, blessed as many of
them are with devoted husbands, cheerful homes,
cultivated society," and leisure for the exercise of
any special talent they may possess, beautiful
women?Z With one or two exceptions, No. In
deed, more than few of them are positively plain,
If feature only is considered while from the rest
can single out but two or three whose faces and
figures conform to any of the recognized standards
Of physical perfection But they are loved they
are honored they are deferred to. While not
elicitng the admiration of every passer-by, they
have acquired through the force, the sweetness, or
originality of their character, the appreciation of
those whose appreciation confers honor and happi-
ness, and, consequently their days pass in an at
mosphere of peace and goodwill which is as far
above the delirious admiration accorded to the
simply beautiful, as the placid shining Of the sun
beam is to the phenomenal blaze of an evanescent
fame.-Anna Katharine Green, in Ladies' Home
Journal
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1890-01-25
National Educational Association.

The National Educational Association and
Council of Education have decided to hold their
next annual convention at st. Paul, Mimi, July a
to IL, 1890. Hon. James H. Garfield of Law
renee, Kansas, is president of the association. 1t
is expected that there will be twenty Thousand
teachers present from all points of the Union
The Western railroads have already agreed to sell
tickets to St. Paul and return for one lowest first
class single rate round trip. Eastern and South
ern roads will make low rates, which will be an
nounced at an early date. st. Paul has organized
a local executive committee and the most COM
plete arrangements are being made to give the
teachers splendid welcome to the Northwest, and
to make the meeting great success. There will
be ample hotel accommodations at reasonable rates.
Local excursions are being planned to all lmpor-
tant points of interest in the Northwest and on the
Pacific coast, which will furnish teachers with the
finest summer holiday trips that they ever enjoyed.
One hundred thousand copies of the Official Bull
etin will be issued in March. 1t will be 24-page
quarto beautifully illustrated, and containing full
particulars about program entertainment, rates
and routes, and will be sent free to all who send
names and addresses. Address,
s. SHERN,
Secretary Local Executive Committee,
st, Paul, MINI.
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1890-01-25
From Cincinnati.
CINCINNATI, o., January 20, 1890.

CINCINNATI, o., January 20, 1890.
Editor of Womans Chronicle.
Mrs. Mary L. Wright, corresponding secretary
for the Woman's Press Club, an officer in the K.
OF L., and great temperance worker, died re-
Gently OF yphoid-pneumonia, preceded by ling
ering illness of infammatory rheumatism. She
leaves husband and three children, two boys and
girl, and many friends to mourn her loss.
Mrs. Fanny Richardson-Tupton, one of the
Queen Cty's noted elocutionists, is holding
series of very interesting readings, including
Shakespeare, Tennyson, Dickens, etc., with
marked success.
The Woman's Council still lives.
Mrs. N. Mcclellan Brown, vice-presdent of
Wesley College, no longer depends upon her hus-
band for a certain dignity of title. L. L. D. has
been lately added to her own name
Mrs. S. G. Hazlett- Bevis is TO have continued
story, entitled ''Roy Gates; or, Biding His Time"
running through thirteen months of the Newsboys'
Friend The first chapter begins in the January
number.
The Training School for Nurses, under the wise
supervision of its president, Miss Annie Laws, has
made its bow to the public.
LA Grippe" come high, but we must have it,
and nearly all do.
The Ohio Hospital for Women and Children,
West Seventh street, is booming. All praise and
honor to DR.. Ellen M. Kirke, who says, ssThe hos
pital is my hobby"
The Woman's Press Club of Cincinnati is in a
fourishing condition. and for the benefit of the
uniformed who frequently inquire the club was
organized August 3, 1883, by Mrs. S. C. Hazlett-
Bevis, president-at-larg of the State club,
and who was its first president.
What is not generally known, evenin Cincinnati,
is that Mrs. George T. Howser, wife Of the gen.
eral secretary of the Y. NJ. c. A., has established
club for "houseworko girls, called the sHelping
Hand" The members meet once month in the
parlors of the Y. M. G. A. building, and here the
much mooted question Of the servant girl is being
slowly unraveed, and great good is being accom-
plished. The girls are being elevated by kindly
talks and teachings, and course of readings has
been instituted for general information and i'm
provement. fund is being raised by the girls
to further better their condition and others. 1T
noble enterprise, and we'll worthy Of emulation
The weather is of very even temperature. 1t
rains all the time. EMERITUS.
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1890-01-25
She Made a Mistake.

A maiden lady, has very poor eyesight. Re-
Gently on Sunday she was buzzing about getting
ready for church, looking for umbrella spectacles
overshoes, and at last but not least, her prayer
DOCK. The latter she thought she had secured by
grabbing something off the bureau at the last
moment; but arriving at church, it proved to be
a toy music-box, and in trying to find the place,
she touched the spring, and it went off in fine style
70 &c the tune Of "The Last Rose of Summer ;-
Ex.
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1890-01-25

Inc grave of Helen Hunt jackson is literally
covered with visiting cards left by tourists who
Illmp tne mountain near Colorado Springs to visit
her last resting place.
cross and vulgar minds will always pay higher
respect to wealth than to talent for wealth. al
tnough 1t be far less efficient source of power
IMAM talent, happens to be far more ineligible.
90 90 Idle are dull readers, and so industrious are
aull authors, that pulled nonsense bids fair to
olo" inquired sense wholly out of the field
1rue friendship is like sound health, the value
OF it is seldom know until It is lost ''O '''NN
oarah Orne Jewett was born in South Rerv;cl,
Me-, Sept. 3, 1849. -D'' "'NA'
oba nl"noe ~ Hoogson Burnett was born In Man
chester, Eng in 1S49 " 1-''D-
II you want to find out what women arc do,nc
CHRONICLE. '-''0 All "oMANs
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1890-01-25
LITTLE ROCK, SATURDAY, JAN. rs, 1890.

The American Economic Association Of Balti-
more, Md, has offered three hundred dollars in
prizes to be awarded to the writer of the best essay
on "Women As Wage Farmers, 5000 TO con-
stitute the first and 500 the second prize. Any
person is eligible to competition. The essay must
not contain more than 5000 words, must be
handed in by November |, 1890, must be type
written and signed by fictitious name, accom-
panied by the address Of the writer in sealed en-
yelope.
The National Pageant which has been SO sue
cessfully conducted by Miss Cora Scott Pond in
the East, has recently scored another brilliant sue
cess at Worcester, Mass. More than forty ladies
took part in the tableaux, and as at other exhibit
tons, Mrs. Livermore acted as historian, and is
thus described by Worcester Daily Spy:
Erect before the curtain stood Mrs. Mary A.
Livermore who needed no introduction to the
audience, as the applause showed, and before the
evening had passed her eloquent descriptions were
greeted again and again with manifest appreciation.
Herself an actor in later history, she was able to
throw into her work fire and pathos that was
sublime, especially in the scenes just preceding
the rebellion
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1890-01-25
Ancient New Years Gifts.

The practice of making presents on New Years
Day was no doubt derived from the Romans.
Suetonius and Tacitus both mention it. The
Saxons kept the festival of the New Year with
more than ordinary feasting and jolity, and with
the presenting of New Years gifts to each other.
Among the English in the sixteenth century gloves
were customary New Years gifts. They were
formerly more expensive article than they are at
present, and occasionally sum of money was
given instead, which was called "glove money"
Presents were of course made to persons in
authority to secure favor, and too often were ac-
cepted by magistrates and judges.
Sir Thomas Moore having as lord chancellor.
decided cause in favor of lady named Croaker,
on the ensuing New Years Day she sent him
pair OF gloves, and forty of the gold coins called
angels in them. Sir Thomas returned the gold
with the following note:
Mistress, since it were against good manners
to refuse your New Years gift am content to
take your gloves, but as for the lining, utterly
refuse Tx.
In the Womens Hospital, recently established
in London under the patronage of the Princess Of
Wales, all the surgeons, physicians and apotheca-
ries are women. This is departure from the
usual costum strongly to be commended and we
should be glad to see the plan tried in some Of the
hospitals OF this country.-Medcal Tines
Marriage is feast where the grace is sometimes
better than the dinner.
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1890-01-25

Marriage is feast where the grace is sometimes
better than the dinner,