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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-03-04
u Sc
C)ND'S
EX ! Rae
for Muscular
Rheumatism

WHAT THE DOCTOR SAYS:
a PROMINENT NEW YORK PLY.
slclAN GIVES THIS ADVICE FOR THE
CURE OF MUSCULAR RHEUMATISM:
DO regular ii your habits, eat and
drink only what you noed. II tho intestinal
action is sluggish take course of cathat-
tics, Have the painful muscles rubbed
thoroughly, froqucnsIya and fONentiy, using
some soothing lotion. like PONDS Elk.
TRACT for such conditions. and it will
promptly take cut tho soreness"
WHAT TIE PATIENT SAYS:
"&y Wis hss sSsn sti'ie;Sd vita the 'Nssma'
tiIn for the past five wss&,, AID, rf.Or using
every known l!nimOns. your PONDS EXTRACT
came, and VIC rejoice to Gay II is hOlpinC her very
mush."-R. 0. FISHER, Indianapolis, Ind.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-03-04
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
rALEsMRN WANTED-LIBERAL

VWANTFD-A COOK AND TWO
w ChambermAlds. ~ 81. CHARLES HOTEIl
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-02-25
Why are Wages High or Low7

Look over world to-day. In coun-
tries the most widely differing under
conditions the most diverse as to gov
eminent, as to industries, as to tariffs,
IS to currency-you will find distress
among the working classes; but every
where that you thus find distress and
restitution in the midst of wealth, you
will find that the land is monopolized;
that instead of being treated as the
common property of the whole people.
it is treated as the private property Of
individuals; that, for its use by labor,
large revenues are extorted from the
earnings of labor Look over the world
to-day, comparing different countries
with each other, and you will see that
it is not the abundance of capital or the
productiveness of labor that makes
wages high or low; but the extent to
which the monopolizers Of land can, in
rent, levy tribute upon the earnings OF
labor. Is it not q notorious fact, known
10 the most ignorant, that new coun-
tries, where the aggregate wealth is
small, but where land is cheap, are al
ways better countries for the laboring
classes than the rich countrics?-P Pro.
gress and Poverty.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-02-25
VOL. XLVI.-NO. 8.

of dollars Annually, receives from gov
eminent all the service possible, while
the service that the owner OF farm OF
100 acres, the land value of which is but
500, receives is trivial. Therefore
tax ON the value of land would be equit'
able. Each would pay exactly in proper
ton to the value of the land he was
using The farmer would be relieved
of great burden and not only survive,
but would become prosperous under the
conditions which would naturally fol-
low the adoption of the single tax on the
value of land 1t is quite a mystery to
me how any one can find it difficult to
understand SO simple problem. MIR.
Connolly, the United States consul to
New Zealand, undoubtedly has given
the subject considerable thought. He
recognizes results, but ascribes them to
causes from which they do not and can
not naturally and logically in the first
instance proceed. If Mr. Connolly will
study the subject, argue it,along the
line of logical sequences, he will fina
that the evils of which he speaks and
all the evils that affect the general in
terest of the people of New Zealand or
any other country are caused by inequit-
able taxation and that the single tax is
the remedy, because it is equitable.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-02-25
Mr.. Blaine.s scheme.

1t is said that Mr.. Blaine's reciprocity
scheme includes a United States guar
antee of Nicaragua canal bonds to the
extent of $4,000, 600 or S65, 100000, and
that one of his chief reasons for advo-
eating such policy is the great
strategic advantage the control Of the
canal would give the United States in
case of war. After the Barrundia
affair, it is no wonder that Mr.. Blaine
should want to fortify himself in
Spanish America, but if the canal is
really feasible it can be built without a
Government guarantee, as a COM
mercial enterprise. AS to its control, a
single war vessel at either end of it can
stop transit through it. In time of war
it's control would depend on the navy.
Mr.. Blaine would be justified in pre-
venting any European nation from get
ting absolute control of the canal, but
that can be done without Government
guarantee of the canal bonds.--St
Louis Republic.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-02-25
Is Capital a Bad Thing7

The Indiana House OF Representa-
tives has passed a resolution proposing
that Indiana shall cooperate with Iii
nois Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, Kan
sas, Ohio. Kentucky and Pennsylvania
in an inquiry as to how much capital is
loaned in those States, with view to
taxing such capital. The resolution in
cludes the other States named, be-
cause it has dawned on the indiana
ans that if one State begins taxing such
capital alone, the lending companies
will Withdraw from that State. 1t
seems to us this ought to recommend
the scheme. We take it for granted
that the States that are trying to tax
capital find they have too much of it
and are trying to drive it away. If this
be the case action by single State is
sure to be more effective than joint
action by treaty between several
States, which may perhaps be found
yiolativc by the Federal Constitution.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-02-25
POLITICAL DRIFT.

The Republican party has had it's
day and must go. The exigency which
called it into existence is long over.
The great party of the future in this
country is the Democratic party, and
no oppressed popular interest ever
looked to that party in vain.-New
York World.
1t is too late for the Republicans
to gain any credit by an abandonment
of the force bill in the alleged interest
of practical and necessary legislation.
The burglar who drops his ''swag" in
the street in order to escape the officers
of the law, does not thereby purge him
self of his dishonesty Detroit Free
Press.
When the President says: 81 have
theswelfare of the Republican party at
heart, even though I have no plume
stuck in my hat. /" it is supposed to be a
hard blow at Mr.. Blaine; but as Mr..
Blaine has calmly appropriated and
stuck in his own hat all the plumes
that were pulled out of the tail Of the
Radical rooster in November he is in a
position to bear it philosophically.-St.
Louis Republic.
When calculations are being made
as to the political complexion of the
United States Senate after next month
it will be in order to take cognizance OF
possible changes to occur in the ranks
of monopoly-mongers. Party lines are
severely strained when from the ranks
of the majority is heard condemnation
of policy determined upon in caucus
and carried by the aid of the admins,
tration. 1t is not yet forgotten that
revolutions come quickly to those who
have failed to note the trend of public
opinion. Chicago Times.
The Republican Senators have
formally aud officially assured the
Democratic Senators that the force
bill has beea permanently aban-
doned There will now be no
more need of Congressional obstruc-
ton. All necessary business can be
finished by March f. No extra session
| of the new Congress will be needed.
The abandonment of the force bill is
the greatest event for liberty since Corn
wallis surrender at Yorktown. End
/ less honor and gratitude to the Demo
! cratic Senators and their Republican
allies!-Brooklyn Eagle.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-02-25
MIR. George on Australia.

Henry George has an article on Aus
tralia in the Cosmopolitan for January
in which he says: Here is country
with as large an area as our own, and
but one-twcntieth of our population.
They have the Australian ballot; they
Laye responsible government; they
have a permanent, non-political civil
service; they have a most admirable
and simple system of land registration
aud transfer; they have government
ownership and operation of railroads
and tclegraphs. Trades-unionism has
with them reached more powerful
development than anywhere else, and
they have come nearer to the adoption
of the eight-hour working day. They
Lave State statisticians th,t shame our
National and State bureaus and they
have carried paternalism in some re-
spects to length unknown in any
other English-speaking country. They
have, too, the same social and economic
problems. They have great public
debts. They have land monopoly i'll
gigantic form. They have had land
speculations that would equal, if not
surpass, those of any boom town of
our West. And for it follows) they
have their unemployed, their charity
organizations and strikes, that in.
relative magnitude and Importance, are
the greatest that have anywhere yet
taken place"
This is a lesson for the Socialist. With
far more than we have of what the So
cialist cries for, labor troubles are worse
than with us, and $500 per cent. of the
population is in the cities. The reason
of the excellence of the Government is
perhaps explained in later remark:
Fortunate above all other countries,
Australia has never known war"
Wakefeld's plan of colonization by
selling the land SO high that the poor
could not buy it and using the proceeds
to assist emigration is described.
Mr. George gives a short and enter
tanning lesson in geography, with map.
To those who are long from school the
facts seem fresh. Intelligent apprecia-
ton of institutions requires ability and
constitutes the main interest of this
paper. Mr.. George thinks the Austria
lians are much like the Americans.
The Literary Development of Cali
fornia, also in this number, contains
an excellent portrait OF Mr.. George, 1t
has, besides, some forcibie words by
Edward Il. Hale on Education of Pub
lie Spirit, in which he takes the ground
that government should come from the
people up, not from the upper classes
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-02-25

tyranny ana uSuTpdulOn dtF tile very
threshold, the thanks of the country
are due.
1t is difficult at single glance to
comprehend the full villainy of the
bayonet election bill now defeated,
which was to have been the
mightiest product of a reiuven-
ated monopoly Republicanism. This
bill was born of the necessities of
monopoly rule, of the embarrassments
of detected vote-buyers and of the over
weening desire of fat fryers and soap
peddlers and blocks of five manipu-
lators to reach election results by
cheaper and quicker methods than they
had yet employed. 1t was magnificent
device to relieve the robber trusts of
the necessity of buying elections and to
compel the people through official ma
chinery to pay for their own corrup-
ton and enslavement. 1t would have
built up standing army of Republican
party mercenaries under the control of
j ohm |. Davenport and others of his ilk
who would have been responsible to no
body, who would have served for life,
using public funds unstintingly for
party ends. and who would have had
absolute power so to intimidate and dis
qualify voters and falsify the count as
to make it forever impossible for the
American people to elect a Congress
that did not echo the demands of tariff
greed and plumber. In word, it was
Tho ,,,ooc,,,o 4o xybto1 rNhorooc u RaoI
the impudent usurper of the House of
Representatives as yet unrebulSed by
the people, referred in his Pittsburgh
speech last October when he said with
splendid insolence: "We must do our
own registration; our. own counting,
our own certifcation."
The wickedness of this attempt upon
the liberties of the people becomes the
more apparent when it is considered
that there was absolutely no demand
for it save from the professional cleo
ton crooks like Davenport and Dudley
and the monopolies that keep them in
funds. The pretense that it was in the
interest of the colored race at the
South is absurd. It was the one thing
that the colored people, recovering
from their long bondage and from the
lawlessness of the reconstruction pc
Rod, did not want. Its enforcement
contemplated their subsection to po-
litical serfdom worse than that from
which they were so recently delivered,
and to the whites of the Souths not
only. but of the North as well, it meant
an imposition of alien bossism that
would have been intolerable. The last
hope ola disintegrating party of plum
der and privilege, its defeat follows
logically upon the heels of the recent
great popular uprising in favor of re-
sponsible, economical and honest gov
ernment.
Considering the forces that have been
instrumental in building up q Thomas
b. Reed in the House and George F..
Hoar in the Senate, it can not be
doubted that the country has escaped a
very great danger. The force and fraud
idea, so magnificently championed and
so powerfully sustained, seems now to
have met it's Waterloo. Chicago Herald
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-02-25

me. Here is purse containing hun
bred guineas. They are intended for
: You as payment for the operation which
You are to undertake; and that will not
be all you will receive, provided the
thing is successfully accomplished. On
the other hand, if you refuse to yield to
my desire, you see here this pistol; you
are in my power, and will shoot you
down.
"sir, do not fear your pistol. But
what do you desire of me? Speak out
without further parley. Why am I
brought here?'
You must amputate my right leg"
With all my heart, and, if you de-
sire, your head also. But, if ! am not
mistaken, your leg is quite sound. You
ran up the stairs before me as nimbly
asa rope-dancer What is the matter
with your legsn
Nothing; | only wish to be rid of
it,
Sir, You are fool"
That is no affair of yours, Mons.
Theyenet.n
In what way has your leg offended
you?
In no way; but am bound to have
tamputated."
Sir, | do not know you. At least
produce before me some witness who
VIII testify to your soundness of in
tellect.'
Will You accede to my wish, Mons.
Thevenet?"
Just as soon, sir, as You give me
some defensible ground for your desire
TO be mutilated"
| can not at the present moment
communicate to you the truth of the
matter Perhaps may do so after the
iapse of year. But l am willing to
wager You, monsieur, that year hence
you yourself will affirm that the
ground upon which rested the desire to
'e Tree OF my leg was the noblest."
| VIII not wager, so long as you dc
uot give me your name, your place Of
.es'oence, your family and your occupa
All that You shall know in the
,o'ure, not at present. / pray you
however, to consider me as man Of
honor
:. an honorable man does not menace
ms physician with a pistol. will mo-
a'ueiate you without there is necessi
y ior SO doing. have duties to dis
large even to you-a stranger If yo,
a4e possessed of a desire to become tn,
~, of an innocent man. tn,
-a.iler OF family, then shoot
J, nood! Mons, Thevenet," exclaimed
" sae brlton, Selling the pistol. i will no
ta. o' you, yet will force you to ampu
ae my leg. What you will not do TO
Nc either out of courtesy or love of re
"ara or fear of bullet, you shall &C
'0ra through pity"
How SO, sir?a
viii myself, here upon the spot
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-02-25

needful to perform an amputatlon; ana
also containing notification that at
nine o'clock carriage would call at his
house to fetch him. /
In trutb. on the following morning,
AZ the clock struck nine, an elegant
omen carriage appeared before his door.
Tbevcnet, without hesitation, scatFa
himself in it. At the door of the ca -
r;age however. he said to the coach
man: 10 whom are you going to take
me?'
"Thines which do not know do not
concern me. replied the coachman.
"You are q churl," replied Thevenet.
At length the carriage stopped in
front of the house before indicated.
.Irpon whom am to call? Who lives
here? Vito is i'll here?" inquired
Theyep6t OF the coachman before get
ting out of the carriage. The coach
man. however. returned the same an
swer as be,Dre.
At the house door he was received
by Young man of about twenty eight,
who conducted him up fight Of stairs
and into large chamber. The speech
of the young man disclosed the fact
that he was IL Britcn. Thevenet adj
dressed him in English and received
friendly replies.
'You have sent for me-" said the sur
geon.
81 am very thankful for the pans
you have taken to visit me, replied the
Englishman. ''Vill you please be
seated Here is chocolate coffee and
wine, in case you desire to partake OF
some refreshments before the opera
ton"
First show me the patient, sir. l
must first make an examination to de-
termine if an amputation is necessary.
II assure you, Mons. Thevenet, it is
necessary. Pray be seated. l have
perfect faith in your skill. Listen to
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-02-25
THEY HAD PAPERS, TOO.

An Amusing Episode of Street-Car Travel
in the Capital City.
A Washington gentleman relates the
following street-car episode, witnessed
recently:
81 boarded north-bound cable cal
down in the heart of the city about
dusk, and as usual there were no seats
left. I took position near the rear
door. At the next corner two young
women got in. They were bright look.
ing, and one was particularly prepos.
sessing in appearance, but she seemed
to be very tired-from having operated
a typewriter all day long, perhaps.
Every man seated in that car save two
was safely ensconced behind his evening
newspaper. The two without news.
papers were each huddled up like a ball,
almost, and had their hats pulled down
over their eyes and pretended to be
asleep.
"a small newsboy squeezed himself
through the crowd on the platform and
cried out his evening papers with poor
success. On his way out he was stopped
by one of the young women-the prepos-
sessing one. Her face lightened up as
by some bright idea. She whispered
something hurriedly to her friend.
"'Tn dare you to do it, replied the
latter.
g .All right; I'm not afraid. Here,
boy, give me two papers. Give me the
largest, and never mind the change,
she said, eagerly.
'sThen in a perfectly self-possessed
and matter-of-fact manner, she walked
| to the center of the car, where sat the
| two individuals with the SLOUGH hats.
She took the papers with her, and her
movements were followed by the eyea
Of most every one in the car.
"'Here, gentlemen, please have pa.
per- said she, thrusting one of the
sheets toward each of these men. For
it is too bad that of all this carload you
should be the only ones without any
thing to engage your attention
s.And the two men, at first not com
pretending the situation, took the prof
fered papers; but the laugh of the other
who had witnessed the performance
brought them to their senses. The,
turned red, and soon found it conven
lent to ride the rest of the way on tn
front platform. A number of men, VIII
had enjoyed the other fellows discom
future. and adniring the woman's nerve
rendered her and her friend seats. Botf
however, declined, with thanks, sayin
that under the circumstance, they WEI
well satisfied to stand. -Washhgto
Post,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-02-25
The Single Tax and the Farmer Againl

A Mr.. Connolly, United States consul
to New Zealand. has been discussing
the politico-economic condition of that
country in the Brooklyn Eagle. In re-
gard to the single tax agitation now go
ing on in New Zealand he says:
There is considerable agitation in the
colony at present as to the merits and
dement's of single land tax. But as
the farmer, upon whom the burden must
ultimately fall, has to contend with the
many trials and vicissitudes which be-
set the farmers of other lands it is diff
cult to thoroughly understand how he
is to survive and prosper under the add
ditional taxation which must naturally
follow the adoption of the single land
tax system.
All of which goes to show that Mr..
Connolly doesn't know what he is talk
ing about. But Mr.. S. D. Guion is de-
termined that the readers of the Eagle
shall not be misled by Mr.. Nonnolly's
specious reasoning, SO he explains to
them, and explains at Mr.. Connolly,
what the single tax theory really is and
how it would really operate. tits to be
hoped that the Eagles readers, espe-
cially Mr. Connolly, have read and in
wardly digested the following, which
appeared in that paper lately:
1t the single tax is not a tax on
land but on the value of land, on the
value of bare land without improve
ments, as vacant lot in a city. II is
not tax on area, but on value. There
is but little value on the bare land of a
farm of 100 acres that would sell for
5000. / have in mind one farm of
| 100 acres that would sell for &c.
| 900, the owner of which computed
the value of the improvements, the
clearing, SO as to fit it to be con-
venient and easy to cultivate, fencing,
ditching, digging well, planting or
| chards, etc, house, barns and out
houses to be S., 800, leaving the value of
the bare land but $780, His State and
county tax was S46 Under the single
tax it would have been $50. The profit
made from using land is what gives it
its value; the larger the profit the
| RISdtCI CuCg 1OAA uolIiks tsoAlAS
city lots profit of thousands Of dollars
can be made. From some farms of a
thousand times the area of the city lot
no profit can be made. Some city lot.
have great value. Some farms have
only an improvements, but no lane
value. The greater the service thu
owner or user OF land receives from TIN
Government, the larger his profit cal
be. If he receives no such service h
/ can make no profit. The service Q
government is as to the size and densit
of the community. The larger an
more dense the community the create
the service of government. Fac
] should pay tax in proportion to tn
8 service he receives from government
, The owner OF city lot from the use (
which he can make profit Of Thousand
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-02-25
DEFEAT OF THE FORCE BILL.
Failure of the Plan to Rob the People of
Political Freedom.


The Republican party has been saved
from itself again exactly as it was
saved from the colossal crime contem-
plated in the impeachment of Andrew
johnson. The defeat OF the force bill
aud the gag rule in the United States
Senate would not have been possible if
all Republicans had been as violent,
fanatical and INSCRIPTIONS as George
T. Hoar and John |. Davenport, nor
would the country have been spared
the shame OF impeaehing President if
all Republicans had been as malignant
and implacablc as Oliver ?. Morton,
John A. Bingham and Thaddens
Stevens. To saving remnant of hon.
orable and conscientious men in that
party the people owe, in part. their de-
iverance on this occasion as on the
previous one. To them, therefore, no
less than to the solid phalanx of Demo-
Gratis who SO heroieally resisted
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papers, and swear until all is black and
blue, because | can't be there. Come,
you must comfort me.
your wife will know better how to
comfort you than /. y
''Ah! nothing of that. Her wooden
leg prevents her from dancing, there
fore she devotes herself to cards and
scandal. There is no getting along with
her-otherwise she is q worthy wife.
''Then I was right, after ally
"Oh, entirely, my dear Thevenet!
But not word on the subject. 1t was
stupid affair. If l had my leg again,
| wouldn't give the pairing OF a nail
from it. Between ourselves, l was a
fool. But keep that truth to yourself"
Detroit Free Press.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-02-25

THE social pressure which forces on
our shores this swelling tide of immi-
grafton arises not from the fact that the
land of Europe is not all in use, but
that it is all appropriated. That will
soon be our case as well. Our land will
not all be used; but it will all II
fenced n."-Social Problems.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-02-25
THE LOST LEG.
Giving O. Limb for, a WiIe, with
Future Regrets.

\ THE autumn
of 1882 the sur
geon, Lo III S
Z hevenet,o of
Calais, received
Il note without
sig a ture re-
questing him to
call OF the fol-
lowing day at a
retired coun-
try house stu
ated on a road
leading towards
Paris, and to
bring with him
what might be