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The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-05-06
The Death Of Nero.

They have just made an interesting
discovery in Rome-very interesting to
the historian and interesting to the SIN
telligent tourist" They have found the
very site of .Nero's suicide. There had
been great deal of legend about the
tomb haunted by the raven, supposed
to be the spirit of the bad emperor.
Suetonius, who wrote on the s'Twelve
C;esars," is picturesque in his par
ticulars, but not definite. He tells us
how the emperor's nurse found the body
and herself saw to it's cremation. She
collected the ashes and placed them in
porphyry urn in the garden of Do
mitians villa. There is a general be-
lief that the Pincian hill, just above the
Piazzo del Popola, was the site of these
gardens, but the belief has rested more
on tradition than on truth. However,
Sig. Nuti, the engineer in the course OF
his excavations. has discovered stone
with an inscription very definitely fix
ing the site of the villa where the sui
eide was affected. Few spots in mod
ern Rome, in the Rome Of Our day, are
better known to tourists and travellers,
and it is part of the curious irony Of
fate that the spot where Nero ended his
life should be not far from the house in
which Keats, the poet, died.--N. Y
Tribune
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-05-06
NOTES FOR THE WOMEN.
In Lapland dress fashions have not

In Lapland dress fashions have not
changed for one thousand years.
QUEEN ELIZABETH started the style Of
wearing silk stockings and Marie An
toinette Instituted the custom Of wear
ing feathers in the hair.
NINE. HENRI GREvn.LE, who has seen
more of this country than most French
women, says the American woman
makes too many acquaintance and too
few friends.
WHEN it is desired to have the gloves
cover the entire arm, as may occur with
evening dress, they are secured to the
shoulders by straps Of satin ribbon that
buckle on the gown.
NOBODY wears wells adorned with
beauty spots now Unless the dots of
court-plaster are arranged with a clever
eye to detail and effect-in other words,
every girl is her own veil maker, and
she places the small black disk in such
place as will call attention to her most
beautiful feature.
A WEDDING costume worn by Lon
don bride had a rich white silk royale
train, bordered with white ostrich
feathers, and opened over beautiful
white velvet skirt richly embroidered
with pearls. One-half of the bodice
front was of white silk; the other OF
velvet draped with crepe de Chine. The
tulle veil was held in place by three
diamond stars
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-05-06
CONTEMPORARY OPINION.

The billion dollar congress spent
ninety-seven dollars for every family of
six persons 1t must all be raised by
taxation-and mainly by taxation on
the necessities of the common people
Albany Argus.
The democratic party will neither
trade nor truckle. 1t is in a fight for
larger liberty for the people and it will
fight to win, no matter how many politi-
cal crowns are cracked by the heavy
bludgeon of principle it is armed with.
st. Louis Republic.
The Endorsement by the presi-
dent of the reciprocity notion adopted
by congress and his avowal of a prefer
ence for it over the Blaine method
shows the amount of influence the man
from Maine has with the alministra-
tion.-Detroit Free Press.
Senator Hoar, who is eulogizing
the last congress in Massachusetts,, does
not seem to have fully taken in the
meaning of the November elections in
the Bay state. 1t is very evident that
the cherub of Worcester is out of joint
with the times. Chicago Times.
The republican idea of ultra-pro-
tective tariff as logically developed by
the Mckinley bill has been decisively
condemned by the voters of the country.
1t is useless to waste time in discussing
it, A short trial has been sufficient for
IFS r.aiact;on and M ono hut a mad man
would dream Of resting the future of a
great party upon the notion of building
yet higher Chinese wall around the
United States in this day and genera
tion of progress and enlightenment.
Hence the prominence of Blaine's policy
of tariff favoritism as an expedient to
save from utter overthrow the party
whose cardinal doctrine has been rep
robated by the people.-N. Y. Star.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-05-06
RETIREMENT OF Mr.. EDMUNDs.
Probable Reasons for the Vermont Sena.
tors Action.

Probable Reasons for the Vermont Sena-
tors Action.
Senator Edmunds retires from public
life in his prime. He is but sixty-three,
or twelve years younger than Senator
Palmer, who is just beginning his pub
lie career anew. The Vermont man is
no invalid. His sturdy frame is well
preserved in alcohol and might easily
weather another score of years. Nor
has he lost his grip on his constituency
No man in Vermont may presume to
question his supremacy. What, then,
are the personal reasons" which Mr..
Edmunds alleges for his retirement?
Most probably they are personal rea-
sons only in a Pickwickian sense. Ed
munds is too discerning man not to
see that his grip has gone. He is a
bourbon of bourbons, a centralizer, an
oligarchist, despiser of the people.
His ideal of government could be real
lied only in the total subiugation of the
states to an autocratic federal power.
He saw government as it best suited
him in the electoral infamy of 1876, all
Of which he saw and part of which he
was.
This ideal is still worshiped in the
back districts of Vermont and by the
back numbers of Mr.. Edmunds party.
1t no longer commands the respect OF
progressive Americans. 1t is no longer
in fashion at Washington. Senator Ed
munds knows this and has wisely deter.
mined to withdraw from public life be.
fore the prestige won by his genius is
entirely obscured by the incoming or.
der of things. Post.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-05-06
FUN FOR THE MEN FOLKS.

"QUEER critters, women is," said
Uncle Jehiel "When one of 'em starts
in to git man all the others tries to
head her off, an then, soon as she gifts
him, they all turn round and help her
to manage him. Indianapolis Journal.
PENELoPE-''I must telegraph Emily
ny answer" Helen-''Nhat shall you
say" Penelope-"Yes." Helen-"You
can send ten words for the same mon
ey." And Penelope wired as follows
81 have decided to do as you have re-
questsd nc. N, Y. Evening Sun.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-05-06
REPUBLICAN METHODS.
Gross Mismanagement of tho Government
Printing Office.

| Printing Office.
Between now and the meeting OF
congress next December over 100000
public documents will have been
turned over to the folding room OF the
| house of representatives to be delivered
| to ex-members of congress.
The most extensive machinery for
waste maintained by the government
is found in the government printing
office. 1t has been entirely perverted
from it's original uses. 1t once confined
itself to the public reports. Now it's
| business includes the incoherent ram
| blings of any crank, enthusiast or i'm
practicable fellow who happens to be
within the reach of one OF the eXecu-
tive departments and can persuade
one of it's heads to get the matter print
ed as public document. There are
said to be now in print 10000 copies OF
new book on breeding horses ISinted
for the personal use of the members of
congress, which no more belong in the
category of public documents than
would work on yachting. Yet these
| 70, 600 books are to be sent free at the
public expense to clubmen, horse
jockeys, liverymen, farmers or what
ever has the remotest promise of vote
| in him.
The government printing office is
probably the largest establishment of
its kind in the world and employs $500
people. Here tons upon tons of matter
are set up which it is never supposed
that any human being will ever read,
embracing the dullest details of ju-
dicial proceedings, tiresome specula-
tions on agriculture, complicated
charts, maps and plates, computations
in astronomy, and congressional
speeches without number which have
never been delivered, but merely desig-
mated by title to be flung to the printer.
The expense of this department of
waste, which was 81, ,9S5, 44O in 1851, has
been steadily increasing. Next year an
expenditure of So, 369, 900 has been pro-
vided for, and even this will doubtless
have to be supplemented by a deficiency
appropriation.
The reckless waste to which the gov
ernment printing Office is devoted is
becoming greater and greater scan
dal An annual outlay of S3,421 $40.
largely for books that scarcely any sane
man was ever known to read, is among
the most conspicuous of the many meth
ods by which the substance of the peo-
pie is systematically squandered away.
The public printing Office should be re.
stored to it's legitimate purposes.-Bos-
| ton Globe.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-05-06

snow GOOD digestion wait on appetite,
and health on both" This natural and hap
py condition of the mind and body is brought
about by the timely use of Prickly Ash Bit
ters. While not beverage in any sense, 1t
possesses the wonderful faculty of renewing
TO the debilitated system all the elements
required to rebuild and make strong. II
you are troubled with headache, diseased
liver, kidneys or bowels, give it trial, it
will not fail you.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-05-06
REEDS CONGRESS SCORED.

Congressman Holman's Opinion of the
Billion BuIlies.
Congressman Holman, of Indiana,
who long enjoyed the enviable title of
1.-The watch dog of the treasury" has
given some very suggestive ideas on
past and future legislation, especially
on that perpetrated by Reeds congress,
to correspondent of the New York
Times. He characterizes the last con-
gress as the worst in the history of the
country, and such an opinion. coming
from man who sat in thirteen con-
crosses and always enjoyed an unim-
peachable reputation for honesty,
must carry with it great weight. Mr..
Holman regards the standard of extrava-
gance set by Reeds congress as partic-
ularly dangerous as a precedent. An
enormous amount of rascality may be
done in the future without in the least
equaling the standard established by
the band of thieves who robbed the
treasury under the leadership of Reed.
The expenditures for the first fifty
years of the government amounted to
very little more than those of one year
of Reeds congress. Mr.. Holman is of
the opinion that the mail subsidy law
will cost the country some thirty mil
lion dollars in the first decade. and that
without helping American trade in the
least The Pacific Mail Company, which
is largely owned by foreign capitalists,
will be the principal beneficiary of this
steal. Had the other bill, far worse
than the one in question, passed, it
would be almost impossible to estimate
the frightful drain on the treasury it
would have caused.
Mr.. Holman is of opinion that the
Fifty-second congress will take prompt
action to repeal this mail subsidy steal.
and that the house will send to the SEN
ate a bill reducing duties and increas-
ing the free list He also believes in
the passage of resolution to amend
the constitution requiring the election
of senators by the people. However
economical the next congress may be, it
will be extremely difficult for it to bring
back the expenditures of the govern
ment to their former reasonable stand
ard. Reeds congress has taken
means, as far as was in its power, to
cripple its successor in the line of
economy, especially in the line of PEN
sions 1t will require heroic treatment
to deal with that one fertile source of
extravaganza alone. But there will be
one consolation, that the next demo-
cratic house will thoroughly investi-
gate the branded Raum and will not
vote one dollar in pensions while that
disgrace to the Harrison administration
remains at the head of the pension of
flee. The country is not yet fully
aware of the enormous injury done to
it by this administration and Reeds
congress. When it realizes the facts, it
will fight shy of republican rule for
many year to come.-Albany Argus.
Benjamin Harrison is as good a
Mckinley man as Mckinley himself,
and perhaps Us great. 1t would hardly
be worth w,s'le to choose between two
such men, Either would have to resort
IN blocks of fiya II ONisvilla COurjar.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-05-06
false PrOn1lsea.

or the gigantic host of advertised rem
edies for dyspepsia, not one in ten is effect
i've A bright exception is Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters, a stomachic without fault,
sure, speedy and thorough. Nor is it less
eflcacious for constipation, biliousness, sick
headache, nervousness, debility, kidney
troubles and rheumatism.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-05-06

Do ToU want to enjoy the exuberance of
perfect healthl Do you want your cheeks
with rich, pure blood coursing through its
veins9 Then use DR.. John Bulls Sarsapar-
lila. 1t willdo what no other medicine will
do. 1t will make you feel like another per-
son.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-05-06

MUST not be confounded with common cath
artic or purgative pills. Carter's Little Liv-
er Pills are entirely unlike them in every re-
spect. One trial will prove their superiority.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-05-06

DossiNs' Electric Soap has been made for
"a years. Each years sales have increased.
In 1883 sales were 2,047 ,620 bores. Superior
quality, and absolute uniformity and purity,
made this possible. Do you use it? Try it.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-05-06
A Throat
and Lung
Speciality.


ly appreciate what a truly wonder
full medicine it is. The delicious
sensations of healing, easing, clear
ing, strength-gathering and recover
ing are unknown joys. For Ger
man Syrup we do not ask easy cases.
Sugar and water may smooth a
throat or stopa tickling-for while.
This is as far as the ordinary cough
medicine goes. Boschee's German
Syrup is discovery, a great Throat
and Lung Specially. Where for
years there have been sensitiveness,
pain, coughing, splitting, he1norr-
hage, voice failure, weakness, slip
ping down hill, where doctors and
medicine and advice have been swal-
lowed and followed to the gulf of
despair, where,there is the sickening
conviction that all is over and the
end is inevitable, there we place
German Syrup. Itcures. You are
a live man yet if you take it. @
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-05-06

ssBRowN's BRONCHIAL TRocHEs" are widely
known as an admirable remedy for Bron-
chitis, Hoarseness, Coughs, and Throat
troubles Sold o,ly is bores.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-05-06

IT is to be expected that Anarchists will
make bombastic speeches.-Buffalo Ex-
press
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-05-06

A BosToS woman has been granted q
patent on a stocking supporter which an ex-
pert says will support Boston woman by q
royalty for good many years.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-05-06

WHEN u man is compelled to work for
wages lie is of necessity led to hire life
Buffalo Express.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-05-06

The crow is willy bird. Nature has made
him caw-tious, as itwere-Buffalo Express.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-05-06

ALTHOUGH the carpet purchaser is look
Ing for good quality he wants one that can
be beaten.-BlnghamtOn Republican.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-05-06

You can tell which billiard player is play
ing the poorest game by the frequency with
which he chalks his cue.-B0ston Tran
script.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-05-06

IT is more natural to a man to lie in bed
in the morning and wish he was rich than
it is to get up and earn a dollar.-Atchison
Globe.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-05-06

GIVE your children DR.. Bulls Worm De-
stroyers. These nice candies will never dc
them harm and may do them much good.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-05-06

A DOSE in Time Saves Nine Of Hale's
Honey of Horehound and Tar for Coughs.
Pixies Toothache Drops Curein one minute
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-05-06

The best cough medicine is Piso's Cure
for Consumption. Sold everywhere. 25c
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-05-06

ETHEL--"Do you know OF anything moro
delightful than real true lover1" Maud
ayes" Ethel-"Whatl" Maud-"Two Of
them. .n-Harper's Bazaar.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-05-06

PA1Nin the Side nearly always comes from a
disordered liver and promptly relieved by
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-05-06

ssSTR1KE when the iron is hot" said the
servant girl who made her demand formore
wages on ironing day. Pittsburgh Post.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-05-06

What is lacking is truth
and confidence.
If there we're absolute truth
on the one hand and absolute
confidence on the other, it
wouldn't be necessary for the
makers Of DR.. Sage's Catarrh
Remedy to back up a plain
statement of fact by a $500
guarantee.
They say If we can't
cure 1ou (make it personal,
please,) Of catarrh in the head,
in any form or stage, we'll pay
you $500 for your trouble in
making the trial."
!" An advertising fake" you
say.
Funny, isn't it, how some
people prefer sickness to
health when the remedy is
positive and the guarantee
absolute.
Wise men don't put msosey
back of fakes" !"
And taking" doesn't pay.
Magical little granules
those tiny, sugar-coated Pei
lets of DR.. Pierce scarcely
larger than mustard seeds,
yet powerful to cure active
| yet mild in operation. The
best Liver Pill ever invented.
Cure sick headache, dizziness,
constipation. One a dose.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-05-06

THE man who has "a sight Of trouble
should go to an bculist.-Judge
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-05-06

You know how the dead look out of their
eyes; well, that's the way a woman looks
when she meets another woman whom she
no longer intends to ''khow n--Atchison
Globe
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-05-06

THERE is only one sudden death among
women to every eight among men. But
then it's only o minority of women who use
the telephone constaEtlY.-St. Joe News.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-05-06

PATlENT-'The doctors have given me
up" Friend-"Then you have one hope
left" "Whatis that2" ''Give up the doc
tors."-St. Joseph Vows.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-05-06

CRABS arc never sicl1-thcy have so many
claws they always feel Wcll-N. o. Plea
yune.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-05-06

ONE ENJOYS
Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys,
tenn efectually, 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 ac-
ceptable 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 Soc
and 81 bottles by all leading drug
gists. 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 Flo SYRUP co.
sAH FRANCISCO, cAL.
Bov1SvlliG. III wv yok6. n. !.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-05-06

THE potato is very shy. Even it's grow
ing is done under tho rows.-PittsburgL
Chronicle.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-05-06

Syrup

Those who have not
used Boschee's Ger
man Syrup for some
severe and chronic
trouble of the Throat
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-05-06

Benjamin Harrison is as good a
Mckinley man as Mckinley himself,
and perhaps IS great. 1t would hardly
be worth w,s'le to choose between two
such men, Either would have to resort
to blocks of fye.-Louisville Courier.
Journal,
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-05-06
Fruit and Vegetable EvaporatOrs.

Those wishing to! embark in profitable business
requiring little capital, write at once mnnufact
ure one Of the best EyAPORATORs in the market
CHAS. E. TRESCoTT, Chicago, III.
Gs-NAMR THIS PAPER eysry time yss vriA
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-05-06

THE teamstcr has no excuse for beine
Idle; his business is always driving
Binghamton Republican.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-05-06
HEADsTnoNG-goats.

HEADsTRoNG-goats
SKIN deep-bananas.
QUITE o swell-mumps
NEVER apart-the whole. Puck.
For bidding-auctionee
A TUNE of the whirled-w waltz music.
ApUr-uP Pjob-supporting family
---s----
Ducks and rakes-thc drcdger.
TAXES drop occasionally elevator.
SOME of the very best lamps arc only good
when they arc wicked-Boaton Courier.
THERE arc no tramps in China. Tramps
Object to chop p-sticlis.-Rochcster Post.
THE teamstcr has no excuse for being
ldlc; his business is always driving
Binghamton Republican.
THE potato is very shy. Even its grow.
ing is done under the rows.-Pittsburgh
Chronicle.
CRABS arc never sicl-thcy have so many
claws they always feel wcll-N. o. Plea
yune.
You know how the dead look out of their
eyes; well, that's the way q woman looks
when she meets another woman whom she
no longer intends to ''khow n--Atchison
Globe.
THERE is only one sudden death among
women to every eight among men, But
then it's only o minority Of women who use
the telephone constantly.-St Joe News.
A-
PATIENT-"The doctors have given me
up" Friend-"Then you have one hope
left" "Whatis that2" ''Give up the doc
tors."-St. Joseph Ncws
He CoAldnt Tell tho Difference. e.-Tenor-
Miss Soprano, who sang in church this
morning, has very clear voice. Is it nat
ural?n Basso-"No; tbs choired. "-Har.
ward Lampoon.
THE Ethiopian, like the desert flower, in
"born to blush unseen" boston Courier
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-05-06

THERE arc no tramps in China. Tramps
oh. ect to chop s-Rochcster Post
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-05-06

SOME of tho very best lamps arc only good
when they arc wickel-Boaton Courier.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1891-01-15
Remarkable fSeclISe.

Mrs. Mlchale Curtain, PIainfeld, II! ,
makes the statement that she caught
cold, which settled on her lungs; she was
treated for month by her family phys
icisn, but grew worse. He told her she
was hopeless victim Of consumption and
that no medicine could cure her. Her
druggist suggested DR.. Kings New Dis
covery for Consumptlon she bought a
bottle, and to her delight found herself
sound and well, now does her own
homework and is as we'll as she ever was
Free trial bottles of this Great Dis
royery OF DR.. M. E. Leatherman's Drug
Store, large bottles SOC. and : 100
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1891-01-15
Happy HOLSTERS.

VIM. Timmons, Postmaster Of Ida
will, Ind, writes: "Electrlc Bitters has
done more for me than all other medi-
iclne combined, for that bad feeling ars.
ing from Kidney and Liver trouble.
john Leslie, farmer and stockman, of
same place, saying: Find Electric Bitters
to be the best Kidney and LIVER med
icine, made me feel like new man. j..
W. Gardner, hardware merchant same
town says: Electric Bitters is just the
thing Tor man who is all run down
and don't care whether he liyes Or dies;
he found new strength, good appetite,
and felt Just like he had q new lease OIL.
life. Only SOC. a bottle at DR.. NJ. E.
Leatherman's.