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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-12-16

poor is stricken from the statute books
and left without the poor pretext OF le-
gality to cover the nakedness of its i'm.
famous injustice
1t cannot long survive exposure. il
the coming congress searches out the
trusts and other conspiracies which
have been formed under it, and sends
to the republican senate and president
anti-conspiracy bills for the removal of
the taxes which protect conspiracy, the
veto of the republican president will
only make more certain the repeal OF
the bill as whole.
1t is perfectly natural that Mr. Nc
Kinley should oppose free speech and
wish to choke the discussion of this
measure, but, however lSecnly he may
feel the exposure of it, his desire for
silence cannot be gratitied. The right
of the poorest as of the richest of the
American people to their earnings
must be reestablished; the wrong
through which the earnings of the
country's workers are taken from them
and given to those who have not
earned must be overthrown. Silence is
impossible. Free speech must continue.
The truth must be told. The fight for
justice must be made and won.-St.
LOnis Republic
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FACTS IN FIGURES.

STATISTICS prove that only one man
In six who emigrates does so with ad-
vantage.
ABOUT 8, 900, 900, 900 pieces OF mail mat
ter are distributed by postal clerks ID
the country yearly
The worlds horse power represents
billion men, or double the number OF
workers in the world.
For New Jersey is reported total OF
"a, so7 farms, with 3lS abandoned FARMS
and an average value per acre OF Soo.
DURING the nine months since jan
uary, 1891, 469,276 immigrants have
come to the United States, as compared
with ss1, 3o9 during the corresponding
period of 1890.
THE budget for the ministry OF the
marine of Russia for the year 1892 esti-
mates an expenditure OF 4o,Soo,212
rubles, 100000 rubles more than the
expenditure of the current year.
FRox April 1 to October I, 55'ooc
American residents crossed the Atlantic
in the steamers plying between the
ports of the United States and Europe.
A rough calculation has been made that
each passenger spends, after his arrival,
about $1,000 (of course many spend
much more), so the $4,000 tourists leave
ON the other side of tho Atlantic $751;
100000
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-12-16
The Christmas Wide Awake

7. .s cav as old Santa Claus himself,
and it is big pack of holiday delights.
It's exquisite frontispiece, in color, Is
from the terra Gotta has relief "Day
and Night" by Caroline Hunt Rimmer'
daughter of DR.. Rimmer, the late ia
nous Art-Anatomist. Rarely has any
thing more beautiful been given IN q
magazine. Perhaps the story that VII.
attract the most attention is the nfss
ono of the "Fair Harvard" series.
"Such Stuff as Dreams are made o..
bv John Mead Howells, the son OF W.
D. Howells. The opening story is as
delicious and fresh: "How Christmas
came in the Little Black Tent, by Mrs.
Charlotte Al. Vale. christmas with
ole Sherman" is an incident of the
war. in which General Sherman figures
genially. In her story "The Fairy Con
tent" Mrs. Jessie Benton Fremont is
at her brightest and best Queen
Margaret's Needless" by Susan Cool
idge, is an historical ballad Of Norway.
Another fine ballad is 1.-The Fourth
Little Boy" by Mary E. Wilkins, fully
illustrated. 'The War of the Schools, y"
by Capt. c. A. Curtis, U. S. A., is a
splendid snow-balling story. Sin Arctic
Pack-Ice" is thrilling story by Lieut..
Col. Thorndike, the first in series OF
Zone Mans Adventures.
The illustrated papers are interest
ing: "a Roumanian Princess, BY
Eleanor Lewis, and elbow l became a
Seneca Indian" by Mrs. Harriet Max
well Converse.
The serials open well: "Jack Brere-
toms Three Months Service" war
story by Mrs. Maria Mcintosh Cox,
"Tbe Lance of Kanana," a historical
Arabian story by Add ell Ardavan.
Then there are the departments, Men
and Things" Tangles, and ostrOtfice,
besides many bright pictures and
poems.
WIDE AWAKE is So 40 a year, 20 cts. a
number. D. Lothrop Company: Boston.
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ON DIVERS TOPICS.

TACOMA, Wash, has we'll one hum
dred feet deep from which the wind
blows continually. AS there is fifty
feet of water in the well the source OF
the wind is mystery.
Or the once powerful tribe of Tonko.
wa Indians only seventy-eight members
remain. They occupy reservation
that was once the home of the Nez Per-
ces, embracing 10000 acres.
A CHURCH in an Arkansas town has
this legend in conspicuous letters in the
rear of and little to the right Of the
pulpit: 1.-The Lord Will Provide" To
the left, and equally conspicuous, is
the request: "Please do not spit on the
floor"
ONE of the popular superstitions OF
the negro of antebellum days was that
if honeysuclzle had forced it's way
through the chinks of the cabin and was
growing inside, as it often did, it was a
sure indication that they had not led
upright lives.
A PRACTICAL joke which the best man
at an autumn wedding perpetrated was
to deliver to the porter of the parlor
car in which he saw them off a sealed
telegraph envelope with instructions to
deliver it at a certain station. The
darby duly did so and the groom broke
the seal to have small avalanche OF
rice pour through his fingers.
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Tied right and it cannot be settled right
until Maj. McKinley's monopolistic
friends have been cholsed off. Chicago
Tom Platt's Answer.

Just after the New York election
President Harrison, in bitter disap-
pointment at the result, declared that
mistake had been made by the repub-
lican leaders in fighting the battle on
local issues instead of on national is.
sues, intimating his belief that if the
latter had been forced to the front the
result would have been different.
Tom" Platt's answer to this appeared
in later dispatches in the shape of an
extract from letter to Candidate Fas,
sett dated October 10, at which time
the campaign had been in progress for
a month, in which Benjamin Harrison
announces himself DIS much pleased
with the energetic and aggressive man.
ner in which the campaign is being
pushed by Mr.. Fassett, and thinks
you have been wise in your selection
OF the issues and very forcible in the
prosecution of them" It must be ad.
mitted that the answer answers. ~St
Louis Republic
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ii:August:.
Flower

Perhaps you do not believe these
statements concerning Green's Au-
gust Flower. Well, we can make
you. We can't force conviction in
to your head or med
Doubling icine into your
throat. We don't
Thomas. want to. The money
is yours, and the
misery is yours; and until you are
willing to believe, and spend the one
for the relief of the other, they will
stay so. John II. Foster, 1922
Brown Street, Philadelphia, says:
"My wife is little Scotch woman,
thirty years ofage and ola naturally
delicate disposition. For five or six
years past she has been suffering
from Dyspepsia. She
yonit became so bad at 1ast
that she could not Sit
Every Meal. down to meal but
she had to vorllit it
as soon as she had eaten it. Two
bottles of your August Flower have
cured her, after many doctors failed.
Shecan now eat anything, and enjoy
it; and as for Dyspepsia, She does not
know that she. ever had it." g
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"7Aere's something behind it,"
That's what you think, perhaps,
when you read that the proprictors
of DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy offer
$500 reward for an incurable case
of Catarrh. Rather unusual, you
think, to find the makers of medi-
cine trying to prove that they be-
lieve in it. "There must be some.
thing back of it,"
But it's plain, square offer, made
in good faith. The only thing that's
back of it is the Remedy. It cures
Catarrh in the Head. To its mild,
soothing, cleansing and healing
properties, the worst cases yield,
no matter how bad or of how long
standing. 1t has a record that
goes back for 25 years. 1t doesn't
simply relieve - perfectly and
permanently cures. With Rom
edy like this, the proprietors can
make such an offer and mean it.
To be sure there's risk in it, but
it's so very small that they are
willing to take it.
You've "never heard of anything
like this offer ?" True enough.
But then you've never heard of
anything like DR.. Sage's Remedy
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-12-16
BRIGHT GEMS OF THOUGHT.

THoUGHTLEssNEss is the curse of the
age.
A covErous man mover owns any
thing.
WHENEVER man gets mad he kills
himself.
ALL people are peculiar people" to
somebody.
A GREAT many people pray most for
the things they do not need.
AN empty gun that you think is loaded
will scare you as badly as one that is.
TIE world issfull of lion fighters, but
nearly everybody will run from the
hornet.
The man who walks straight himself
keeps good many other people from
wobbling.
A rIG's idea Of a parlor probably is
that it has big mud puddle in the cen
ter of it.
The man who swcars at his children
would want to hide his head forever if
he could know just how mean he is
Rams Horn.
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When Prince George of Wales to-

When Prince George of Wales took
command of the gunboat Thrus he
also took upon himself the usual duty
Of conducting the religious service on
the vessel on Sunday mornings. Every
thing went on well, apparently, but at
the end of about four weeks some one
suggested to the prince that he was not
reciting the liturgy according to Gran
mer, although the ships company was
highly fattered by his rendering. He
had been reciting fervently and hum
bly,: "We have done those things that
we ought to have done and have left
undone those things which we ought
not to have DONE" and the crew had
been accepting his statement OF the
case and feeling good.
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a MANAGER WANTED.
for Successor to Quay Now
In, Ordar

NOnsluHIlOIlS lOT u SuCCcsSoE w 1uuy XNu"
in Order.
Who will distribute the Stat" and
marshal the blocks of five for the re-
publicans, in the presidential canvass
next year? Quay's marvellous success
in converting the pious Wanamaker's
dollars into votes for Harrison firmly
established his reputation as the great
est majority maker in the party, but
his reputation in other respects has suf-
fered such frightful damage since the
campaign of 1883 that the republicans
would never dare to put him in his old
place again. Had Mr.. Platt elected
Fassett, he could undoubtedly have
had the post of manipulation in chief if
he had wanted it. But Mr.. Platt did
not elect Mr.. Fassett. His failure in
that enterprise not only destroyed his
pretensions as political manager, but
very seriously impaired the reputation
of some of the most eminent election
prophets in this community A blum
dering blatherslSite of a~managcr who
knows so little about the condition of
his candidates canvass that the esti-
mates he makes the day before election
are on the day after shown to be sixty.
five thousand votes out of the way
would never do in a national contest.
Mr.. Clarlson is now the most promis-
ing candidate for the Quay succession,
but we fear that even he, great as are
his attainments and his contempt for
political decency, does not possess the
entire confidence Of Mr.. Harrison, Mr..
Blaine or the other gentlemen who are
said to be interested in the republican
nomination. The fairest way to settle
the business would be a competitive
ax;..ii,ii;l . ton, with Co. 7nndIey. of
course, as examiner in chief.-N. Y.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-12-16
PARAGRAPHiC POINTERS.

Maj. Mckinley has delayed only
temporarily his salt river voyage. High
tariff will hit the ceiling next year.
Kansas City Times.
We are waiting patiently to hear
of an advance in wages in Ohio and a
corresponding reduction in New York,
Massachusetts, and Iowa. Chicago
Globe.
In the triangular senatorial fight
between Sherman, Foraker and Fos-
ter, the democrats get all the fun
and none of the responsibility. -Chica-
go Times.
This democratic. victory of 1891
will give the democracy of New York
much aid and encouragement for the
greater contest in 1892. 1t has been
won by hard, earnest work and by firm
fidelity to the democratic cause.-Buf-
falo Courier.
There is perfect understanding
between Mr.. Blaine and Mr.. Harrison.
Mr.. Harrison understands that Mr..
Blaine would like to be president, and
Mr.. Blaine understands that Mr.. Har-
rison yearns for a second term.-Louis-
vile Couricr-J ournal.
The Indianapolis republicans are
Disguised because when they asked the
president for thousand dollar con.
tribution to their municipal campaign
fund he gave only one hundred and
fifty dollars. Law Partner Miller gave
only fifty dollars aud "Lige" gave ten
dollars. Albany Argus.
After having been retired from
politics for several days Senator Quay
is called upon by Pennsylvania repub,
liCanS to lead their campaign in that
state. Somehow the reputation of
Quay does not proceed with that cen
tainty which the public had been led
by the utterances of too sanguine re.
publican organs to expect Chicago
Times.
The state stealers' cry of fraud"
in New York will neither distract at
tention from their crimes against the
suffrage in other localities, nor divert
the democrats from their purpose of
giving to this democratic state demo-
cratic legislature, if the facts show that
they are legally entitled to it. 1t is
time to have majority rule in New
York N. Y. World
Probably no more impudent re-
mark ever fell from the lips of jay
Gould, Tom Reed, Boss Tweed or Matt
Quay than this observation by Mai
Mckinley: Il am convinced that the
judgment of our citizens does not APP
prove the constant agitation of the
tariff issue in the face of the fact that
it can accomplish nothing" The man
in possession of plumber is always op-
posed to agitation on the part of his
victim. In this respect Mr.. Mckinley
does not differ from housebreal1er Of
the present or slave driver of the
past There will be constant fighting
over this tariff question until it is set,
Tied right and itcanu0t be settled RICH,
until Maj. McKinley's monopolistic
friends have been cholsed off. Chicago
Herald
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WITTY AND WISE.

If you would lift me up you must b.
on higher ground. -Emerson.
EFFORTS, to be permanently usefe,
must be uniformly joyous.-Carlyle.
MONEY talks" but to most people ii
says good-by.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
He that collects his thoughts is com.
PEELED to dun his brains.-Texas Sift-
ings.
SEEK the good of other men, but be
not in bondage to their faces or their
fancies. Lord Ra4.on.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-12-16

A GREAT mistake perhaps was made
when DR.. Sherman named his great remedy
Prickly Ash BlrTERs; but 1t is presumed
that at that time all remedies for the blood,
ETC., were called Bitters. Had he called it
Prickly Ash Regulator" Curative" or
would have superseded all other prepare
tions of similar character. The name Bitters
Is misleading; it is purelya medicine. and
cannot be used as beverage
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-12-16

WHEN you feel all broke up, and life hard
ly seems worth living. When you hardly feel
able to attend to your daily work. When you
feel you would give half you own for little
moro strength, just give DR.. John Bulls
Sarsaparilla a trial and see what a lift it will
give you. You will bless the day you tried
DR.. John Bulls Sarsparilla.
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ro,tcred Day and Night

With nervousness, take Hostetter's Soom-
ach Bitters, which invigorates and so tran.
ouilizes the nervous system Inc OASIS ol
is reform and in bran are united
in the Closest bond of sympathy, so that
dyspeptic symptoms in the gastric region
ar r always accompanied by hurtful reflex
nervous action. Both arc remedied by inc
Bitters. which also cures malaria. bilious
ness, rheumatism and kidney trouble.
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ONE ENJOYS

ONE ENJOYS
Both tho method and results when
Syrup Of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to tie taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys.
tenn eAsctually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy Of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and &C.
ceptahle to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup Of Figs is for sale in 50c
and 81 bottles by all leading drug
gistA Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA Elc syrup CO.
....., SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
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A GIFT to All Freo.

To INTRODUCE IT IN AMERICA, THE MEDl.
CAL REFORM SOCIETY OF LONDON WILL SEND
AN EXCELLENT REMEDY FREE OF CHARGE, to
all who are bona fde sufferers from Chronic
Bright's Disease, or any discharges (Albu-
menurial or arrangements of the human
body, also for Dropsy, Nervous Weak.
ness, Exhausted Vitality, Gravel, Rheuma.
tism, sciatica, Dyspepsia, Loss Of Memory,
want of Brain Power. The discovery is
a new, cheap and sure cure, the simplest
remedy on earth, as found in the Valley of
the Nile, Egypt. Send self-addressed on.
velope at once, enclosing ten cents in
stamps, to defray expenses, to Secretary,
James Holland, 8, Bloomsbury Mansions,
Bloomsbury Square, London, England.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-12-16

The best is as cheap as the poorest Get
the IA. B. G. Bohemian Bottled Beer" Of
St Louis. 1t has the true hop flavor.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-12-16

DESERVING CoNF1DENcE.-There Is no
article which so richly deserves the entire
confidence of the community rs Browns
BRoNCH1AL TKoCHEs. Those suffering from
Asthmatic and Bronchial Diseases, Coughs,
and Colds. should try them. Price rs cents.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-12-16

THocGHTLEss mothers are they who will
not give sickly children Dr. Bulls Worm
Destroyers They remove the worms, and
the child grows strong.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-12-16
A PLEA FOR SILENCE.
The Shah OF Ohio Wants to Muzzle tho
People.

The Shah of Ohio Wants to Muzzle tho
People.
The esteemed organs of mutual ra-
pine are sermonizing from the text
furnished them by Mr.. Mckinley when
he made the profound observation that
1.-THE judgment Of the people does not
approve the constant agitation of the
tariff issue in the face of the fact that
it can accomplish nothing
Without stopping to consider the SER
mons, we will confne ourselves to the
text, which is sufficiently absurd to in
dictate the nature of the sermons on it.
The only reliable way of getting the
judgment of the people is through the
ballot box, and as they have expressed
themselves there it was emphatically
in favor of continuing the exposure Of
the crimes and follies of the Mckinley
bill until its repeal is forced This is
what a majority of the people voting
since the passage of the bill have said
in every instance, but even if it were
otherwise, the right of appeal to the
majority would remain, and any mi.
nority, however small, could 20 on in
the exercise of it, confident that in the
end right will win in its appeal to the
majority, no matter how small the mi
nority, who, as attorneys for the right,
plead its case before the bar where,
under QUE system of government ip.
justice, with law on its side, is called
to account Mr.. McKinley's thought
in challenging this right to appeal is
entirely un-American and alien. 1t is
the spirit in which the Mckinley bill
was forced through o house which had
ceased to be deliberative body"
under the Reed Dictatorship
In protesting a. ainst the discussion
Of his bill, Mr.. Mckinley urges fur
Their that discussion should be aban-
doned sin the face of the fact that it
can accomplish nothing"
1t is true that the veto of a most rad.
ical and bigoted partisan is in the way
of reform at present, but every time
ia'sHcoo" Is exposed and wrong de-
nonnced, something is accomplished.
Everyone who knows the Mckinley
bill knows that it cannot stand after it
has ben exposed and its manifold
frauds and follies made plain to the
people. Even if the odds against .e-
form wee tenfold greater. something
can be accomplished, everything can
be accomplished, by keeping the
truth constantly before the people, No
plea for silence that the author and
benctciaries OF the bill can make can
be entertained There can be no ces-
sation in the exposure of it until this
most fraudulent and Ubiquitous of all
measr res of wrongful saxationafor en-,
itching the rich by impoverishing the
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-12-16

WHO SUFFERS with his liver, constipation,
bilious ills, poor blood or dizziness-take
Reecham's Pills. OF druggists. Is cents.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-12-16

.How DO strike youl" said the artificial
limb TO its mate. 'You're corker," was
the reply.-Washingto Star.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-12-16

Tho Only One Ever Printed-Can You Find
the Word?
There is a 8 inch display advertisement
IN this paper, this week, which has no two
words alike except one word. The same Is
true Of each new one appearing each week ";
from the DR.. Harter Medicine Co. ms
thew make and publish. Look for it, send send
them the name of the word and they VIII
return you book, beautiful Autographs or
samples free.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-12-16

THERE is nothing inconsistent in carpet
dealer wearing claw-hammer coal.-Tex-
as Siftings.
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PAIN from indigestion, dyspepsia and too
hearty eating is relieved at once by taking
one Of Carter's Little Liver Pills imme-
diately after dinner Don't forget this.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-12-16

ARE unlike all other pills. No purging or
pain. Act specially on the liver and bile.
Carter's Little Liver Pills One pill dose.
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WHY is it easy to break into an old mans
house? Because his locks are few and
his gait is broken.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-12-16

"You'gE bigger than l am," remarked
the hammer to the lump OF coal; but l
think can do you up in CRATE shape"
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HALE's Honey of Horehound and Tar re-
lieves whooplng cough.
Pike Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-12-16

MUMMIEs do not look as though they were
in q hurry, yet it is certain that at first
they must have been pressed for time
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THE color line-A washerwoman's, full
of variegated stockings.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-12-16

TIE wheelWright should be selected as
spokesman for the trades unions.-Wash-
ington Star.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-12-16

-N''YEs" said the sensible girl, ''she's an
heiress, but I'm afraid she doesn't know
how to husband her resources. ooh YES.
she Docs was The reply. "She's engaged
to ts ularried now."-Washingtop Star.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-12-16

~ AM worn out" said the old bank note.
''Never mind, Bill" said the overcoat. $50
am l."
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The theatrical mechanic Is not quarrel
some, but he often finds It necessary 70
raise scene.-Wa shington Star.