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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-06-10
POINTS AND OPINIONS.

When Mr.. Harrison started west
it was with an abundant surplus OF
Fourth of July fapdoodle, but it is new
ertheless evident from his speeches
that he is now dealing with deficit
st. Louis Republic.
1t is said that the president has
snubbed Quay by putting off an inter-
view with that lordly boss who seeks
to disgrace the judiciary by the APP
pointment of one of his henchmen to
the bench of the court of claims. It
will be time to call it snub when the
president refuses to do the bidding of
the state treasury plunderer. Chicago
Times.
Those republicans who will have
to give up their offices because there is
not money enough to pay them, will
not think Boss Reed so great man as
they once thought him. How is the
country's business to be carried on
, when congress wastes the money
that should be kept to pay the publics
faithful servants?-Louisville Courier
journal.
Mr. Harrison's trip is over. If
he pays the cost of it himself, as self
| respecting president should, and has
not placed himself under obligations to
any person or corporation for favors
| rendered, it was an excellent thing for
him to make such trip. Travel en-
larges the mind, and the mind of a pres.
| ident who advocates force bill is 10
need of enlargement.-N. Y. World
An enthusiastic Bl.iine organ
saws that Blaine's name is tower OF
strength to the grand old party. Nomi-
nally, yes; actually its tower of strength
is what Blaine's name stands for. If
the seekers after class privileges and
subsidies, men made patriotic by the
hope of lording it over the masses,
the buyers of public places, and the
corrupters of the people were not con-
WINGED that. Blaine's supremacy meant
their salvation the last element OF
strength would be wanting to the
G. o. p. It is the willingness OF these
to let Blaine fry out the fat which is
! the republican tower Of strength, =
Chicago Tines.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-06-10

THAT people can be enslaved just
as effectually by making property OF
their lands as by making property OF
their bodies, is truth that conquerors
in all ages have recognized, and that,
as society developed, the strong and un-
scrupulous who desired to live off the
labors of others, have been prompt to
see. The coarser form of slavery, in
which each particular slave is the prop
erty OF particular owner, is only fit
ted for rude state of society, and with
social development entails more and
more care, trouble and expense upon
the owner. But by making property OF
the land instead of the person, much
care, supervision and expense are saved
the proprietors; and though no particu'
lar slave is owned by a particular mas
ter. yet the one class still appropriate'
| the labor OF the other class IS before.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-06-10

s;on. He was excited, and, more, he
was angry. Mad would be perhaps
more fitting word to describe his state
Of mind. His fists were doubled up till
they resembled ponderous sledges. His
sleeves were rolled up as ii for BUSH
ness and his hat lay on the sand, where
he had east it when he started to run.
What was the cause of his excite
ment? Evidently he was bent on de-
structiou. There was blood in his eye,
vengeance in his heart and power IN
his sturdy limbs to wreak that ven-
oeance upon the cause thereof. lie was
ready for fight.
II one cared to pause a moment to in
ouire the cause of his belligerent ap"
nearance the facts would he found
somewhat as follows: When John Wad-
dleman was boon. It was said, a small
hurricane was raging; earth and sky
seemed crying to destroy each other,
winds and waves fought, rolled and
tumb,ed over each other; lightnings
dslted angrily in and out of the cloud
masses and general tumult and turmoil
disturbed the world. And it was
thought that the squalling babe i'm
bibed with his first breath a turbid
spirit, choleric disposition. Be that
as it may, he certainly exhibited a
tempestuous spirit when occasion called
for it, and sometimes when it did not.
He fought and bit his mother before he
was p month old; he scratched and beat
his brothers and sisters as soon as he
was able; he whipped his playmates
and was whipped by them before he
wore pants; he threw his books at his
teacher the very first day that he at
tended school; he had been engaged in
numberiass lawsuits and worse SQUAD
bles with his neighbors ever since he
had arrived at mans estate.
But other influences had contributed
10 his present state of mind. He had a
son and daughter. The son, after he
was big enough fought pitched battle
with his father and then ran away to
parts unknown. The girl was the
cause, primarily, of his present agita-
ton. For only month ago this pref
ty maid, who rejoiced in the name OF
Margaret, had reache d her eighteenth
birthday, and therefore vast spirit OF
independence had taken possession OF
her. Her will was of like quality
with that of her father. Given two
wills of equal strength and a matter OF
eontention-the result will be serious.
Jim Crawley, who lived on the adj
joining farm, was Waddleman's ancient
enemy. Crawley had a son of about
the same age as Johns boy who had
run away. The friendship of John and
Jim, the sons, had equaled the enmity
OF their fathers. This had been prime
cause of displeasure to John, the elder
and one of the causes that led to the
younger Johns disappearance. Then
Jim, the younger, had become enamored
OF the fair Margaret, and the migrate,
ful Margaret looked upon him with
favor, thus adding still more to the
father's load of grievances. She ha6
persisted in her partially for jim
Therefore her father said she might
take her property and find another
BOARDING place. She took him at hi
word. She was married on the very
next day to the ever-ready Jim, wht
took her to his fathers house, ant
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-06-10

legs could carry him. And thus he is
first seen.
John Waddleman never stopped to
think when angry. He struck first and
thought afterward. He would kill
these geese first and think about them
afterward. But he had no weapon, he
suddenly remembered. He saw stone
almost as large as one of his double
fists lying before him as he ran. He
stopped, without hating, and seized
the dornick. Then he looked again for
the goose. There it was Its head
seemed to be down and tail up, for only
a white back and waving feather
were visible. He stopped, drew back
his mighty arm and with an exclama-
ton of ''Cuss ye!" threw the stone with
all his power at the goose.
The missile went straight to the mark.
1t struck fair on the side OF the sup
posed goose. There was loud shrek
of pain and the goose disappeared, but
the shrek was that of human being.
John Waddleman suddenly halted.
He caught his breath in terror. What
had he done? Surely this was no goose!
He slowly approached the river bank
and looked over at the shore, a few feet
below. Then he became sick and dizzy
| with apprehension. Surely he knew
| that form, that crushed hat and glng-
ham dress with which it was clothed!
| With a loud cry he scrambled down the
steep incline and knelt by the motion
less form of his daughter. He was SO
weak with emotion that he could
| scarce raise the head from the sand,
turn the white face toward the sky and
brush the sand and blood from its
| cheek.
"My God! I have killed her!" he
groaned. :.
Then his strength came to him, and
raising the motionless form in his arms
! he carried it up the steep bank, across
the sand lot suddenly became hateful
to him. and into his house. Then he
laid her on a sofa, while his wife cried
and moaned in terror and wrung her
hands. Then he got a horse and rode
at break-neck speed to a doctor, ana
having told him the need OF haste rode
back again. And never did man rue
his mearness as did John Waddleman
during this ride.
Without stopping to put the painting
horse in the stable, but leaving it IN
the barnyard, he rushed into the house.
Margaret still lay on the sofa, but now
with white cloths around her head.
She was SO pale that Waddleman still
| thought her dead, and with sobbing
crv sunk on the floor at her side, dlsre-
garding the frowning face of the young
husband near by and the presence OF
the elder Mrs. Jim Crawley. Mar
garet opened her eyes, smiled family
and held out her hand. Her father
took her up in his arms and cried like
child.
The white straw hat, with its
feather, which appeared alone above
the sand ridge as Margaret had been
walking along the river shore, had,
while it drew the blow from the stone,
also protected her from its effects, SC
that she had suffered only bruise and
a small cut besides being rendered In
sensible But it also brought peace be-
tween relatives and neighbors.-S. w.
Odell, in Chicago News
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-06-10
Mr.. onnenheimer-"Raehe l, do J

Mr.. Oppenheimer-'Ra chel, do you
observe dot beautiful sunset?" Mrs.
Oppenheimer-s'I do, Solomon. 1t vas
lofely." Mr.. Oppenheimer-"Der finest
thing / hat seen all my life in" Mrs.
Oppenheimer-"Oh, Solomon. dere vas
tears in your eyes. Dot shows me you
hat a good heart ven you vas affected by
dose beauties of nature like dot Mr..
Oppenheimer-"I vas shust affected
ven / thought how l could look at dot
beautiful effect mitout it costing me q
single cent, America.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-06-10

in the waters of the river in front of his
ground.
Several days had passed and the geese
had kept well out of sight, while John
fretted and fumed and kept a loaded
gun at hand. But the geese were wise.
And on this day Waddleman had
arisen from his bed in worse humor
than had possessed him since he found
his potato crop ruined. He had, to as
suage his grief and wounded honor and
to obtain redress for his wrongs, gone,
as soon as breakfast was eaten, to the
nearest justice of the peace and entered
suit for damages against Jim Crawley,
to recover for the destruction of his po-
tato vines. Then he had come home
and scolded his wife, whom he caught
in the act of going through the gate
leading from the road to Jim Crawley's
house.
Altogether, John Waddleman had
great cause for discomfort and anger.
And now, as he was doing his chores
in the barnyard adjoining the sand lot,
he had cast his eye gloomily toward
the river and had closely surveyed the
ground lying under the mellow glare OF
the setting sun, in search of geese.
Suddenly his eye had been arrested by
some object that seemed to be moving
along on the edge of the steep bank
where the sand lot sloped down to the
river bed. 1t must be a goose! John
Waddleman's anger at once took pos
session of him. He would now be partly
avenged for the loss of his potato plants,
Not stopping to get the loaded gun,
which was in the house, he scrambled
over the lot fence, having thrown dowr
his hat, and ran across the sand lot
toward the river as fast as his shor'
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-06-10
THE REAL ISSUE.
A Task to Whi.}, the Democratic Party Is
Pledged.

Pledged.
There is no issue before the Ameri-
can people to-day, none that can be
brought before them, comparable in
Importance with the question whether
taxation shall be for the benefit of all,
that is, to raise revenue to pay the nee
essary expenses of the government. or
whether it shall be primarily levied for
the purpose of fostering monopolies
and advancing the interests of classes
that compose but an insignificant frac-
ton Of the people.
1t was upon this leading issue that
the eyer-memorable campaign OF 1890
was fought and won. On that as the
paramount question the people of the
United States pronounced against the
party of the administration by a ma
jority of nearly million.
There was time when there was
serious division in the democratic party
upon this question. That time is now
past. The party stands upon the ques-
ton of taxation for revenue, and not to
foster monopolies, uni ted and invinci-
BILE.
We have won the battle, but we have
not yet garnered the fruits of victory.
A republican president is still in the
white house, republican majority still
dominates the senate. We have yet to
win other victories before the tariff
can be reformed in the interest of the
people who bear it's burdens. The ex-
perience of last year points unerringly
to the way in -~hich those victories are
to be won. Another charge along the
line Of tariff reform, and the citadel OF
the enemy will be in our possession.
Keep the supreme issue well to the
front. Upon this, while we are harmo.
NOUS, our enemies are divided. To re-
wise the tariff in the interest of the
masses of the people is task great
enough for any party to undertake. 1t
is a task to which the democratic party
is irrevocably pledged, and to it's com
pletion it should devote its unwavering
attention and its best energies. Louis
vile Courier-J ournal
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-06-10
Tharoughly Refined.

Mrs. Fangle-How do you like your
new maid, Mrs Jingle?
Mrs. Jingle-O, she'd be all right il
she were not SO over-refned.
Mrs. Fangle-In what way?
Mrs. Jingle-She never breaks any
thing but the most costly Dresden china
st Joseph News
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-06-10
PuNGENr PARAGRAPHS.


with the toothache to have it yanked
out.-Boston Transcript.
The day is at hand when it will be
an open question as to which is taking
the other to the circus, Johnny or his
father. WAS hington Post.
--oHe IS very dear friend of yours,
isn't hep .'Yes, borrows ten dollars
regularly every week."-Drake's Nigga.
zine.
-"Debitr is a word probably in
vented by some disappointed creditor
with cold in his head, who meant to
say something else.-Puck.
-,''Mrs. Small, this coffee won't set
tle," complained McWatty to his board
ing-house keeper. "Then it is in good
company, Mr.. McWatty,' replied Mrs.
Small, frigidly.
-"Grayfellow seems to be greatly
changed" GLOW SOP" Formerly
when saw him out walking he was al
ways in the company of some young
woman; now he is always alone" 80,
he Is married now, you Known. Y.
Press.
Making Him Ashamed. Tiff you
only knew what the bill was for,'
sobbed the young wife, you would b-be
ashamed to scold SO about it, what
was it for?" demanded John. ''My
birthday present for you," said the lit
tie wife."-N. Y. Sun.
-Wife-''Do you suppose the Creator
made woman last on the principle the
best comes last?" Husband-"Of course
not. He did it because he didn't want
everything talked about and pulled to
pieces and made over" -Washingto
Star.
I'm the spring a man always thinks
it is cheaper to buy lawn-mower and
trim all his lawns himself. In the heat
of July he always knows it is cheaper
to hire laborer to do the job-but he
can't persuade his .wife.-Somervill
| Journal.
"A Good Ru1e.-Rosenberg Senior
"Simon, my poy, now that are going
into pizness for yourself let me gift you
Won good rule to follow" Rosenberg
Junior.-"Vell, fader." Senior. Its
dis: If your customers don't see vat
dey want, make dem want vat dey see"
Yankee Blade.
Women are free in their gifts of love-
OF presents of different kind,
But does giving her husband piece of 1t
She's rich, too, in presence of mind?
Philadelphia Times.
Some Musical Instruments.
''rhe most wonderful organ l ever saw
was the property of private gentle
man. 1t had nearly hundred stops. u
Richard-"The most wonderful organ
ever saw was the property of a widow.
It was her tongue, and it had no stops
at all.~
Woman never swears, but when a
man steps on the hem of her dress and
ruins couple of yards of expensive
trimming, the thoughts which pass
through her mind afford the devil as
much amusement as though she had lei
out string of oaths mile and hall
long.-N. Y. Herald.
Ezra" said Farmer Begosh to his
son, 81 want We to go to town to-day
eyes, sir" ''You go to the store ant
buy me couple of gallons of milk, ;
few dozen eggs, six loaves of bread, ant
. put an advertisement in the newspaper
, tellin' people we kin give 'em country
board. Washington Post.
! I'm the Wardrobe. MY hat,please?'
"Here, SIR" ''That isn't mine" Eek
cuse me- Here it isl ''That isn't it
p either" s'This one then! No? Wha
kind of hat was it2" "a new on
with white silk lining" "What! /
: new hat--at nine o'clock! l ask you
2 pardon, but here all the new hats al
S ways go away before eight. "-Fliegend
l Batter
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-06-10


THE effect of substituting for the mani.
fold taxes now imposed single tax on
the value of land would hardly lessen
the number of conscious tax payers, for
the division of land now held on specu-
lation would much increase the number
of land-holders Butt would so equal
ize the distribution of wealth as to raise
even the poorest above that condition
of abject poverty in which public con-
siderations have no weight; while it
would at the same time cut down those
overgrown fortunes which raise their
possessors above concern in govern
ment. The dangerous classes political
ly are the very rich and the very poor
Progress and Poverty.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-06-10

THE Cincinnati Commercial Gazette,
republican, and the Cleveland Plain
Dealer, democratic, are talking on the
same side on the question Of. the taxa
ton Of personal property. They both
want the tax abolished-the Gazette
on the ground that it will continue to
drive capital from Cincinnati; and the
Plain Dealer because it is defective,
unequal in its operation and injurious
to the most important interests Both
papers want commission appointed TO
make a thorough investigation OF the
whole subject; and as they are among
the leaders in their parties, their wishes
will probably be respet fully eonsie
J cred,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-06-10
WADDLEMAN'S WRATH.
r. Finally BROUGHT Peace Between
Friend-, and Neighbors.

DIN WADDLE.
IAN ran across
a sa n d b a II k
which lay be-
tween his house
and the river as
fast rs his short
legs could carry
him. He was a
short man, but
of great circum-
ference at the
waist. His fat
face was re d
wit excite
rnent and damp
with perspira-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-21
Engraving by Dynamite.

A most remarkable method Of engravi
has been discovered by accident. A hea
charge of dynamite was being exploded
Newport by some Government officers "
were making fuse tests. Somehow a sm,
dried leaf had slipped in between the dyI
mite cartridge and the iron block frC
which the charge was fired. At the &C
clusion of the experiments the officers we
surprised to find in the iron a perfect il
print of the leaf, each delicate line of whi
was permanently engraved with startli
distinctness. This discovery was follow
BY a series of experiments which full
confirmed the fact that new possibility b
been created in the art of engraving. LeaV
and flowers were placed between plates
boiler iron and moderate charge of dyn
mite was fired on the upper plate. In eve
case the reproduction was perfect, ineludh
even the veins in the petals of the flower
The idea has been taken up by manufactr
ers, and dynamite is coming into Practic
use as an engraver.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-21
KISSING THE LITTLE ONES.
Mothers Should Insist That Visitors and
Nurses Restrain Themselves.

Mothers Should Insist That Visitors and
Nurses Restrain Themselves.
One of the things upon which careful
mothers insist is that indiscriminate kissing
of her charges must be prevented. Many
persons consider that baby or sweet-faced
little toddler met anywhere is . legitimate
object for kisses and fondling, practice
which cannot be too much discouraged. A
writer in the Epoch recently made the start
ling statement, credited to . physician, q
specialist in treating Group, that an adult
with Q simple case of catarrh can give a
child membranous Group. A physicians 8
wife said not long ago in regard to the same
matter:
ST was surprised in securing . nurse for
my first child to have my husband object to
one who came to me on trial She was
efficient and neat In every way, but she had
very poor teeth. They were discolored and
evidently in very poor condition, and my
husband insisted 1 should discharge her at
the end of her trial week. The mouth, he
said, was hotbed for septic germs even in
its most perfect condition. he would GER
tainly have no nurse about breathing into
his child's face who could not, at least, show
q sound set of teeth. And our next nurse,
whose teeth were promising, but not quite
perfect, he sent to our dentist Tor care while
she remained with us"
The great trouble about this is that visit
ors have habit of "kissing the baby" with
the best intentions. They think to please
the loving mother whereas, if she be in
telligent, she is in agony at the sight.
Courtesy keeps her from stopping the oscu-
lation and she sits trembling at the danger
her darling is incurring.
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Bath Lin for the Sick,

The administration Of the bath to the SD
and paralyzed is often attended with nu
difficulty, if not danger, and the bath Ii
which has just been invented in England
both welcome and a benefcent applianc
Its special purpose is to prevent the acc
dents and make the bathing of the most d
bilitated patient by single nurse at on
possible and safe; and to better secure pr
fonged immersion, mode of treatment
which it is frequently necessary to resor
The apparatus consists of a light, rigi
frame, supporting strong net, and raise
at the end to form pillow. Placed on tn
the patient is lowered into or raised out {
the bath by rack and pInion arrangeme1
controlled by handle. The apparatus CO
be made to fit any size or shape of bath an
can be fixed to an ordinary bath in a fe
minutes.
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The Potato as . Penwiper.

One of the chief woes of ready write
consists in the fact that he no sooner gets
pen into good working order than it !:
spoiled by the corrosion of the ink. Quill
are nowadays as much out of date as per
wipers are impracticable, and the remed
for the writer's grievance must be an expt
ditious and easy one. This has been foun
in the potato wiper The juicy tuber hold
the pen steady, removes at once all In
from the nib, and prevents, or at leas
greatly delays, the process of corrosion-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-21
FERDINAND WARD AGAM.
He VIII Be Out in Less Than . Year an,
Back in Wall Street.

He VIII Be Out in Less Than . Year and
Back in Wall Street.
Visited Sing Sing last week and had .
good, square look at Ferdinand Ward, the
man who wrecked the fortunes of General
Grant and 100 other people, said Wharton
Deming to New York correspondent the
other day. I also had an opportunity to ex-
change few words with him. Wards term
does not expire until next May, but he is
already laying plans for his future. He has
not changed much that can see, is just as
slight and oily looking as ever, and his
movements are just as quick and nervous as
they were when he had Wall street in his
grip. He is good workman, the keepers
say, and has become competent typesetter
and pressman. He gives no trouble and
does not mingle much with the other pris-
oners.
During my five minutes talk with him he
said he had not fully determined what he
will do when he gets out, but says he is
greatly interested in Wall street affairs, be-
cause he has natural liking for specula-
tive business.