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, 1891-01-15

OPPOSED TO TIE WEST

Wyoming two United States senator's,
Carey and Warren, have pronounced in
opposition to the free coinage of silver
and their woes were so recorded officially
in the senate yesterday. No doubt their
action in this matter will be the subject Of
all sorts of plausible aud perhaps in
Eenious explanations. Senator Warren
will probably prove quite iugeniously, as
he attempted to do a few days ago,
that he is really IN favor of free coinage.
although he voted against it The party
organs will ttempttn-prnEa that free
coinage isn't for the best interests Of the
country anyway; that it is all a wild Western
scheme to inoidinately inf ate and there
by depreciate the currency, and tha our
own " senators, at the peril OF their
lives, rushed frantically to the rescue, de-
termined at all hazards 10 save the
country from iuemediable ruin.
As a matter of fact they have done
nothing of the kind. The Interests Of the
country or Of the West have had nothing
to do with the vote. Both senators are
simply in the hands Of the single standard
men and as Senator Sherman crooked his
h1ser so these subssrvient Representatives
IRON Wyoming voted, Fortunately the
people are beginning to understand this
subject OF silver much better than they
used 70 aud perhaps the most hopeful
sign OF the times was the incorporation Of
the free coinage plank in the platform Of
the Farmers Alliance. The people now
know that it Is those who have money to
loan and not those who borrow it that are
benefited by a contracted currency. which
gold must necessarily be- They know too
that even from prehistoric times silver ns
well as gold was coined for money, that
the worlds supply Of gold is now annu-
allV decreasing aud that more and more
of it is being used in the arts. From this
they can argue the inevitable result of a
currency inordinltely appreciated in value,
thus making the rich richer and the poor
poorer. What they now demand is a cur
rency which is expended in ratio with the
Of population (which necessarily
brings about a growth Of b~usiness).
WyominR's senator's have certainly done
4 proud days work for themselves and
their constituents. There is one consola
ion, however. The record is plain and
he people will make the most of it when .
he proper time comes. ,
, 1891-01-15

A Prize for a Model Husbands Wife.
The 800 prize has been awarded to
Mrs. c. X. Hood. of Brooklyn.
The thousands Of letters which were
received in the contest were carefully
read, and the judges, consisting of Mrs.
Roger A Pryor. Mrs. Chauncey II. De-
pew and Mrs William c. Whitney, after
careful examination, unanimously de-
cided in favor OF the following:
Free from sll manly @ vices, per-
sonally clean and orderly, into our ut
most privacy he brings the tender
courtesies of a gentleman. Our home
making is a delightful partnership, one
experimenting the other with every as
s~istance, he always considerable of the
woman's responsibilities, but leaving at
his Office the annoyances Of a business
man. In sickness OF health there is al
ways the responsive throb of a single
interest. Perfect love casteth out fear.
and our freedom Of speech and action
leaves no occasion for any petty tricks
of deception, alasl so common.
above this is his high ideal Of woman
that helps me produce something better
than before recognized in myself. Re
ceptve to my aspirations, no new
thought or culture is attempted but
meets his approval aud encouragement.
while a noble spiritual atmosphere lifts
my daily life from a common routine
into a loving pleasure. Taking my face
IN his hands he has lovingly said,
'Would l had wealth that I could place
You a queen among womenr With such
n king for n husband, am Inot walking
in a queens garden
Neither of the judges knew the name
of the writer OF either letter, and the
was awarded wholly upon merit
New York World.
, 1891-01-15
The oa. comrany rar. pamnrr.

In the case Of Gertrude M McNeal
against the Boston Gas LighA company,
which has been on trial IN the second
session of the superior court, and in
which the plaintiff claimed $50, 900 for
personal injuries, a jury awarded her
damages in the sum of $4,000. Miss Nc
Neal was employedin a store, and an en-
ploye Of the company. in testing a me
ter, left a trap door open, through which
Miss McNeal fell Her injuries are of a
permanent nature, as testified to by sew
eral well known physicians, and the
defense. while not attempting to contra
dict that evidence, claimed that the sur
roundings of the plaintiff were not of
that quiet nature which n person in her
condition ought to have. Before the
trial began an offer Of 81, 1000 was made
by the defendant in settlement.-Bostou
Journal.
, 1891-01-15

l heard a clever woman give as her
reason for declining matrimony: That
she could not live n dependent life again,
and that city wives had to be dependent
because there was nothing for them to
do in flats, even in the way of house
keeping. She was willing to go on a
farm and engage in agriculture, for she
could endure privationsif she had plenty
of remunerative work which ultimately
would reward her. The man, more
helpless than herself, feared to give up
his salaried position, and the woman re-
fused his offer of marriage.-DGake's
Magazine.
, 1891-01-15

A woman who was passing up Gratiot
avenue the other day lost u fur collar off
her neck without seeming to notice the
fact, and a boy ran after her and
shouted:
Hey, lady, You have dropped your
muskIs,t ~coJlarl'
He held it u to her, and three or
four pedestrians came I o a halt. She
wa2 equal to the occasion. Drawing
herself mp, and assuming all the dignity
Of a queen, she waved the boy aside and
said.
Thank you, little boy, hut some poor
woman probably dropped it. My seal
skin collar is safe at home!7-Detroit
Free Press.
, 1891-01-15

To Minnie Cobb, a nonresident OF the
state Of Wyoming, and whose last known
place of residence was CHEYENNE.
Wyoming: You are hereby mott.
hed that you have been sped IL the dis
uict court Of the FIRST judicial district Of
the state OF Wyoming. in and for the
county Of Laramie. by Charles Cobb,
your husband, IN which court the petition
of the said Charles Cobb has been filed.
The object and prayer of said petition in
said cause is to obtain a divorce from you
by the said plaintiff. and to dissolve the
bonds Of matrimony now existing between
the plaintiff and yourself. The grounds
upon which said divorce is asked are, that
for the period Of one year and over you
have wilfully deserted said plaintiff with
out Just cause or provocation.
You are hereby required to answer said
petition on or before the 18th day OF JAN
nary, A. D., 1891.
CHARLES COBB, Plaintiff. by
A. @. CAMPBELL, Attorney.
lsEAL SAAfL- ATKINSON,
Clerk of the distrie. court for laramie
county. Wyoming.
, 1891-01-15

Has Returned From the Happy Hunt
Ing

And has advised his followers ans the
citizens of Cheyenne 10 call at the ASH
lngion Market, which Is headquarters
for the best Beef. Pork, Mutton and
Veal TURKEYS, Chickens, Ducks, Geese.
QUAIL and Prairie Chickens Fresh
Sturgeon. FIounders. sea Bass.
white Fish and Trout. v~egetables:--
New Tomatoes CauIinower, s~trawber-
ries- Lettuce. RadIshes, Celery and
other things too numerous to mention.
Remember the Washington Market Is
here To stay and VIII not be undersoid In
our line OF goods, quality taken into con-
1ideration- Leave your orders for POuI-
try for tue Holidays.
, 1891-01-15

The facilities of the present day for
production Of everything that will con-
duce to the material welfare and co1ajc-t
of mankind are almost unlimited and
when Syrup Of Figs was first producer
the world was enriched with the oai,-
perfect laxative known, as it is the oul,.
remedy which is truly pleasing and re
ireshing 10 The taste and prompt au1
eEectual to cleanse the system gently In
the Spring time or, in fact, at any time
and the better i is known the more pop
ul1r il becnmes
, 1891-01-15

No less than $50 young women, it is
said. have taken up timber claims in
western Washington during the past six
months, and in eastern Washington
probably 100 Others have located lands.
The lands that a o be had are main
ly in outlying sections somewhat remote
from railways, and can be reached only
with some diffSErltY. As new wagon
roads and railroads are being pushed all
the time, howevur, the opportunities are
still Eood-Rnladebhis Ledger.
, 1891-01-15

A suryival of the devotion of southern
women TO their lost cause is found in
the United States coast survey steamer
Endeavor, commanded now by Lieut..
l.. X. Reynolds. The vessel was built
for the Confederate navy by the women
of Norfolk, who sold their jewels to ac-
complish it. The vessel never fulfilled
the destiny of its builders, for when it
was nearly ready for launching it was
partially burned on tho stocks. After
the war it was restored and completed
by the government, so that it has always
ioated the stars and stripes.-Her Point
of View in New York Times.
, 1891-01-15
Disorders which Anecr The kidney.

Disorders Which Afiecf the kidneTs
Are among the most formidable known.
Diabetes, Bright's disease. gravel and
other complaints of the urinary organs are
not ordinarily cured in severe cases. but
they may be averted by timely medication.
\ useful stimulapt of the urinary glands
has ever been found IN Ho,tetter's Stom-
ach Bitters, n medicine which not only at
lords the requisite stimulus when they
become inactive, but increases their vigor
and secrctiye power. BY increasing the
activity Of the kidneys and bladder. this
medicine has the additional effect OF ex-
pelling from the blood impurities which
it is the peculiar Office of those organs to
eliminate and pass off. The Bitters is
also a purifier ard strengthener of the
bowels, an invigorant OF the stomach, and
a matchless remedy for billiousness and
fever and ague. 1t counteracts a tenden-
cy to premature decay, aud ~sustains and
comforts the aged and inirm.
, 1891-01-15
Reliable and Always the Same.

Brdndreth'4 pills are the oldest, safest
and best hood purifier and purratfye
known. They are purely vegetable,
therefore harmless. They are always the
same and always produce the same eE
Feet. Otlher purgatives requIre increased
doses and finally cease acting altogether
a course vi one or two OF Braudreth's
pills taken each night is a positive cure
Tor coDst patton. headache and all bilious
disorders If Q can't take them plain,
get them sugar coated.
, 1891-01-15

Block Island no longer supplies the
markets with its old time quantity of
famous turkeys. Ten years ago the
Christmas shipment amounted to eight
cen tons, but last year only three tons
were sent out. The people of the island
are depending more on the attractive
ness of the place for summer visitors,
and paying less attention to poultry
raising and vegetable growing. Boston
Herald.
, 1891-01-15

Ben Stanield and others, while en-
gagged in working in u large sycamore
tree on the farm of w. II. Mcdonald,
were astonished to find a calf in the hol-
low of the tree. thirty-fve feet above the
butt. The calf was alive and all right.
Seymour Cor. Indianapolis Sentinel.
, 1891-01-15
HAVE YOU A COMPENDIUM OF
COOKERY?

If not go to Underwood Bros. and Sc
cure one before they are gone. They cost
you nothing, and remember they will sell
you Just as many goods for a dollar as any
house 10 the city. All goods warranted.
A. UNDERWOOD & Bro,
3l4 Seventeenth Street.
, 1891-01-15

There are many snowbirds abroad in
the land, or young women who dress so
much like them that they may be called
by the title. White stuff frocks, white
fur capes, tan gloves and tan and white
hats are the fashionable equipment for
ladies.
, 1891-01-15

AT a recent wedding in New York the
bride, who prides herself ON her social
position, appeared with her pet dog, n
white satin bow on his neck, and a bunch
Of fresh orange flowers twisted in his
E,,.t,,b,
, 1891-01-15

Is Lenp's st. Louis super-exceilent: On
draught all the time at The Silver Bar,
40 Wekt Seventeenth street.
, 1891-01-15

Gods blessing to mankind, say thous-
ands who have been cured by Oregon
Kidney Tea.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-04-01
Dempsey's Personal Tax Bill.

Apparently the crude suggestions OF
Governor Hill in regard to the taxation
of personal property are to bear fraitin
one last desperate attempt to collect a
personal property tax in this State.
Without bringing up the point of local
tax on personal property is the surest
way to drive out of the State the indus.
tries needed for it's prosperity, and with
out mentioning the utter failure that
has attended past attempts at personal
property taxation in this State and 9TH
ers; without, referring to the perjury
that such laws create, and the injustice
of their effect in making the honest pay
the taxes of the dishonest-it is only
necessary to read Mr.. Dempsey's bill,
as given in our columns recently, to see
how inquisitorial and un-American must
be any further effort to reach personal
property by taxation. By its provisions
every taxable citizen must furnish to
the tax commissioners a complete list
of all real and personal property owned
by him, no matter where situated, all
moneys loaned, invested or deposited,
and all credits due. And the penalty
for failure to comply with the act is a
fine of 81, 900. Such law as this would
raise storm of Indignation in every
business center in the State. 1t would
be an interference with private affairs
that would drive thousands into tho
ranks of the single tax advocates. IN.
Y. Commercial Advertiser,
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-04-01
The Man with the Toothache.

Have YOU ever noticed the antics of
man with an liberated or badly decayed
tooth that transforms his whole exist
ence into a horrible nightmare? He
will resolve that at a certain hour he
will have it jerked out, and is inclined
to compliment himself upon his nerve.
But when the time comes he finds it
very convenient to fill an important en-
gagement that can't possibly be broken,
So he goes to the apothecary and buys
a little vial of creosote or cocaine and
doctors his tooth until it is better, and
then all thoughts of the dentist fly out
of his mind. Then he reaches the con-
dition when he is inclined to look upon
the dentist as wholly unnecessary ad-
junct of society. But the ache comes
back the next day and with it a new
resolve to call upon the dentist without
delay. Then out comes the creosote
bottle and more tooth tinkering and he
is again free and independent citizen.
All these devices, however. only post
pone his fate. The inevitable is sure
to come and it will be all the more
painful for the delay. Better go at
once to the dentist and have him pull
out or mend the offending member and
stop the shock that sore tooth is sure
to give to the system.-Chicago Post.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-04-01
THE FlFTY-FIRsT CONGRESS.
Reckless Extravaganza and Lawlessness
Under the Late Gar Reed.

Reckless Extravaganza and Lawlessness
Under the Late Car Reed.
The adjournment of congress was
greeted with cheers by the largest COM
mercial body in the United States-a
sort of compliment never extended, so
far as we now recall, to any other con-
gress since the foundation of the gov
ernment This expression of relief will
find an echo in all parts of the country.
No congress in our time has done so
much to fill the minds of the CONNER
cial community with fear and appre-
hension. Yet the things actually done
by the Fifty first congress were not so
bad as the things that the public feared
it might do. The cheering had refer
ence to the latter category altogether.
Bad tariff bills and bad silver bills have
been passed heretofore, and extrava-
giant appropriations have been made,
although in these particulars the Fifty
first congress has outdone all its prede-
cessors. But the rejoicing of the COM
mercial public is over the fact that this
congress had not passed the free-coin-
age bill or the force bill. These were
the measures over which the fiercest
battles had been fought, and around
which public interest and public appre-
tensions chiefly centered. When it was
known that the hour OF noon had come,
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-04-01

cats off the shore. Better write that
down afore you forgit it.
No answer.
''Wall, all right Some folks don't
seem to want to learn anything. If
they don't they needn't. I've done my
duty, and if folks don't appreciate it
they can go to Halifax
I met just another such man at Lu-
ray, Va. He was from Rhode Island.
l had Just come out of the caves when
he beckoned me aside and whispered:
Don't carry away any erroneous i'm
preston Of this great natural wonder. y
GLOW do you mean?"
"Why, you probably imagine that it
was dug out by syndicate. 1t wasn't.
1t was formed by nature.
SIS that possible?'
eyes, and them bats in there is real
bats, and not made up out Of cloth"
"Dear me!'
''And this mountain is the real solid
thing, and not painted on cloth and
hung up to deceive the people"
''How you talk!''
81 thought you might go away feel
ing that you had been imposed upon,
and perhaps feel bad about it, and so l
thought I'd tell you. Everything here
is genuine, even to the darkness in the
cave. IN. Quad, in Detroit Free Press
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-04-01

and well-wisher. Atmidnight one night
as train rolled along toward Buffalo,
with at least eighteen out of twenty peo
pie in my sleeping-car sound asleep, the
man who wanted to do us favor sudden
ly began to play on a harmonica from
an upper berth. At about the second
screech every body was awake and such
expressions as these were flung about
that car with great recklessness:
where's that idiot"'
Somebody kill him.
"What on earth does this meanl
"Say, porter, brain that lunaticr'
The music was stopped and the mans
feelings were deeply wounded. When
the row quieted down so that his voice
could be heard, he said:
Il am awfully sorry about it, but l
assure you that l only had the good of
others at heart. l couldn't get to sleep,
and thinking the rest of you might be
rolling about, and wondering when we
were going to run off in the woods or
drop through bridge l thought I'd
soothe you to slumbe This is the
thanks get for it! Not another blamed
soothe if you lie awake all night"
! could realize his position and clear
ly discovered his motive, and it made
me real sorry when Chicago gravel
roofer in the berth opposite shook his
list across the aisle and said he could,
would and should lick any man on
earth who broke in on him when he
was dreaming of signing contract to
gravel roof all the worlds fair build
ings.
A lot OF lis were seated on the stone
parapet at the brink of Niagara falls,
at the extreme end of Prospect park.
There had been such expressions as:
Mad rush of waters" racing to
death" swift rush to destruction"
and 'the mighty power of nature" and
everybody had relapsed to silence and
was probably wondering how many
miles an hour he could paddle sand
barge against such current, when the
man who had our interest at heart ar
nVed. He was little out of breath,
having started two minutes late, but he
F" once proceeded to say:
Ladies and gentlemen: Some of
you may think that this is canvas
painted to represent water, the same as
On the stage, but honestly assure you
y isn't Others of you may think it is
water squirted down here from the
pahaio waterworks, but that's another
Ils'ake. 1t comes right out of the
aver up there, and them rocks there is
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-04-01
A FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH.

Light OF the morning
Darling of dawning,
,,<,hc little 1.-THE little daughter Of mine
While with thee ranging
Sure I'm exchanging
e;..v of nv years for six years like thine.
''' Wings cannot vie with thee,
Lightly fly with thee,
sov AZ the thistedown over the lea;
Life is all magic,
Comic or tragic,
pIoved as thou playest it daily with me.
Floating and ringing
Thy merry singing
r.res when the light comes, like that OF the
birds.
List to the play Of it
This is the way Of it:
AIRS in the music and naught in the words
Glad or grief-laden,
Schubert or Haydn,
n,I,ad OF Erin or merry Scotch lay,
Like an evangel
Some baby angel
brought from sky nursery stealing away.
Surely know it,
Artist, nor poet,
cuesses my treasurer Of jubilant hours.
Sorrows, what are they?
Nearer or far, t4ey
Vanish in sunshine like dew from the flowers
Years, am glad Of them
Would that had OF them
More and vet more, while thus mingled with
thine.
Age make light OF 1t
Fear not the sight OF it:
Times but our playmate, whose toys are
divine.
IT. w. Higginson.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-04-01
HENRYL. BIOSSAT, Business Manager.
you come here and break. in on my med.

you come here and break. IN on my med
itations for?''
For your own good. / didn't want
you to go away thinking this was some
illusion sot up to beat people out of
their money. That water there is Just
as real as the water in your well to
home. l know it. I've scooped some
of it up in a cup. Come right down here
and I'll prove it,"
| heard that fat man growing and
blowing and telling what he would do,
and know that good-hearted man
went away from us vowing that he
would never put himself out for his fell
low beings again l followed after him
to thank him and to let him know that
| appreciated his sacrifice, but could
not overtake him.
You get splendid view of the sea
from the board walk at Manhattan
beach, Coney island Six of us sat on
one of the benches there one day, and
we were very quiet. You can do a
great deal of thinking down by the sea
if you are SO inclined. You can begin
at the hotel on the beach, with its
charges of five dollars per day (no dogs
allowed), and gradually work out past
the clans in the sand-the surf-the
white named waves-the ships sailing
up and down-going to Europe-sailing
over the bones of dead men, etc., etc.
We were busy with these thoughts
when along came a Long Island farmer
who had been delivering vegetables at
the hotel kitchen. He wanted us to go
home and tell straight story, and so
he saluted us in pleasant way and
remarked:
"Some folks git the different oceans
all tangled up together and can't tell
which from tother. This is the Allan
tic ocean. Better write it down on o
slip of paper, SO you won't forgit it."
The six of us bowed.
"Its bin here ever since can remem-
Der, and allus looked the same"
Six more bows.
"The water is salt. Lots of fellers
won't believe it when fust told, but
! phSy AhN ouV Wy UctoUlAiS.
Six more bows.
| cts more'n thousand miles to
t'other shore, and there are hills at the
bottom of the ocean over fifty feet high.
It's beautiful sight to see them waves
rolling in. Any one of 'em would upset
a washtub quicker'n wink. used to
think the foam on top was cotton-bat-
ting or wool, but it amt 1t comes from
a sort of saleratus on the bed of the
ocean. A good many ships have gone
down beneath the dark blue wave, and
| I allus use ocean water to scald my
hogs in if / have time to cart it. 1t
starts the bristles quicker"
Six cold, stony stares, but no bows.
Needn't. be afraid that the ocean
will ever dry up" said the man, in a
hating way, evidently nonplussed by
our silence.
No one answered.
There's tide twice in twenty-fom
hours. The object of it is to carry dead