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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1896-06-17
Fiat Sllad.

The United States fishery commission
distributes annually millions of shad
fry, many Of which escape their natural
enemies and grow to be marketable food
fish. 1t is believed that this process OF
restocking the rivers is Of great service
in maintaining the shad fisheries
When the Populists and silverites get
control Of the government, they will al
once introduce a reform which will save
all the expense Of propagating the young
shad. This will be done by simply
printing the words "This is one shad"
Oh millions Of bits Of paper, which will
be thrown into the rivers. Instead OF
setting nets, the shad fishers will then
go out in boats and gather up the paper.
On presentation at the fish commission.
er's Office each paper will be redeemed
in one boneless shad, produced by a
Populist genius who has discovered q
method Of crossing the ordinary shad
with the hitherto worthless jellyfsh.
"Fiat fish and no bones" will be the
platform Of the shadites in the year
19C0.-W. D.
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the American people today is the
maintenance Of the gold standard, for
there is nothing which SO effects the
welfare Of the working people, who are
the bone and sinew Of this country, as
the preservation of the purchasing pow
er of their wages. Under the free insti-
tutions Of this country the ballot has
been intrusted to every man, rich or
poor, black or white. A reduction CT
the purchasing power Of wages is n
lowering of the manner of living Of
the worl,ing1nan.
Is it not worse than madness to under
take to degrade the great mass Ct voters
to- whom has been intrusted the per-
Torrance of the grave duties which the
suffrage imposes, and upon whose right
performance depends the security Of ev-
cry dollar CT property and the safety Of
every individual in this country? That
is the vital question which underlies
any mere economical or pecuniary con-
sideration of this subject. We are in
duty bound to preserve the higher man.
hood of the American workingman as
contrasted with that of the foreign work
ingman No policy can succeed whose
effect will be to reduce the free and ill.,
dependent workingman CT this country
to the level Of the laborers in silver
standard countries.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1896-06-17
How Calamity Rowling Hurts.

It is an established fact that per-
fcctly healthy man can be made to feel
symptoms of illness by the assurance Of
a number of persons that he is looking
very sick. The influence CT the imagi-
nation Oh bodily health is admitted by
all physicians.
1t is no less certain that the ccndi-
ton of trade and industry depends
largely Oil tho opinions of manufactur-
ers and other employers of labor Is to
the prospects of good demand for their
products. Owners Of capital will not
invest in new industries unless they
think they will be successful. When tho
business outlook is doubtful, there is no
encouragement to enterprise, and trade
and production anguish.
During the past few years lot OF
office seeking asitators have been howl
ing in congress and in calamity newspa-
pers that this great country was Oh tho
verge CT ruin for lack Of so cent silver
dollars lii season and out Of season
have they cried ''Fard tircs!" and
Business stagnationr' Nomatter what
the condition of trade might be they
have insisted that everything was going
to eternal smash unless FREQ and IN
limited coinage law was adopted by
congress. They are still keeping up tho
racket, aud are doing their level best
to show that the country is practically
bankrupt.
Even though it is known that the as
sertions Of the silverites arc ulf,undcd,
their constant preaching of blue ruin
and despair has lad the result Ct soaring
investors aud business men generally,
and thus bringing about some Of tho
evils which it was alleged free silver
would cure It would be difficult to
overestimate the widespread injury
caused by the senseless clamor Of tho
prophets Of gloom who worship the sill.
yer pig. If the American people who
want good times and permanent pros.
perity are wise, they will in November
bury the calamity walters so deep un-
der sound money votes that they will
never again rise to vex the country with
their doleful strains. Ora.
ham.
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DOCTOR b. T. MOSELEY

Can he found at his office, Albert's Store,
(up stairs) during the day. Alright, at
his residence, igreen house) corner Fifth
and CaSson Streets.
~ Responds promptly to calls, day or
night.
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The Philadelphia Times says Of SEN
ator Buffers proposition to make the
Mexican dollar and Japanese yen full
legal tender in the United States that
"the proposal to increase the number of
half price dollars only shows that Sem
ator Butler and those who agree with
him care very little for public or pri-
sate integrity. If the present food of
debased silver coin is to be doubled by
foreign importation Of the same sort
somebody is going to be swindled."
The Philadelphia Telegraph says: 1.-THE
Stiffness of the whole business is further
shown by the fact that not fen men in
North Carolina ever heard Of Japa-
nese yen, and very few more of them
e, er saw OR are ever likely to see a Mex
lean silver dollar.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1896-06-17
THE GREAT CREDITOR CLASS.
workingmen Will Suffer Loss by Cheap
eninS the Dollar.

Workfngmen VIII Suffer Loss by Cheap
enins the Dollar.
In Mr.. Carlisle's instructive speech
to the Chicago workingmen he especial
ly directed their attention to the extent
to which working men and women in the
United States are themselves entitled to
be ranked i'll. the class of capitalists and
creditors. For the purpose of reader ap-
prehension we have set out in tabular
form statement Of depositors and de-
posits in the banks Of the country:
Number Of Amount OF
Depositors. Deposits.
Savings banks. $l,SlC,597 wv
State and private banks
and trusts. 10000 1,340, $50, co
National banks. ....... .o20,34O ITO, 1858, 52l
Of the depositors in the national
banks i, 724, 900 persons had sums less
than 81, 900 to their credit. These fig
ures serve to show who own the bulk OF
the bank deposits.
Now the whole amount of money OF
all kinds in circulation in the United
States is as follows:
Gold ..................... 5000, 0oO. 0co
Silver and silver certificates. 5OD 0O, 0O
Subsidiary silver. Observation-Disclosures. 7S,o0O,O0O
Grecnbacks Observation-Disclosures. 34G, 000, 600
National bank notes. ........ 215, 900, QUO
Total and worth in gold. ST. 739, 600, 00
twill be perceived that the depositors
in the savings banks have more money
to their credit in those institutions than
the amount Of all the gold, silver and
paper currency in the country, besides
the still greater sulas held for them by
the national and state banks, trust COM
panies and private bankers. The build
ing associations owe to their members
$500, 900, 000 Insurance companies owe
a still larger sum.
In the light of the fact that money is
only measure CT value, what interest
can the workingnen Of the United States
have in cutting down the measure one
half SO that every dollar CT the immense
amount which the banks and other in
situations owe to them in gold can be
paid with silver at the rate Of 80 cents
on the dollar?-Philadelphia Record
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OFFICIAL DIRECTORY
U. s. Senators

e. s. Senators.
N C Blanchard term expiring on the
4th of March, 1897.
Don Catfery, term expiring on the
.4th of March, 1895.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1896-06-17
Name One.
The Atlanta Constitution SAYS:

The Atlanta Constitution says:
No man can be a bimetallist or have
any conception Of bimetallism who is
i'll favor Of measuring all values i'll
gold"
The Constitution cannot point to a
country in the world which has prac-
tical bimetallism that is not on the gold
basis.
1t cannot point to country in the
world which has the free and unlimited
coinage of silver that is not on silver
basis. 1t canuot point to country in the
world that has the free and unlimited
coinage Of silver that has also bime-
tallic currency. The only countries
which use both gold and silver as cur
rency are the gold standard countries.
AID yet the advocates of the free, un-
limited and independent coinage of sill
vcr call themselves bimetallists
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1896-06-17
What Senator Eutlcr Thinks lie Thinks.

Senator Marion Butler Of North Caro-
lima is the proud possessor Of a powerful
mind which evolves great gobs Of fran
cial wisdom. Not satisfied with making
five speeches a week in congress and
grinding cut cheap money editorials for
his weekly Populist paper, the Tarheel
statesman writes piece in The Arena
magazine which he calls "Why the
South Wants Free Coinage" 1t is a
truly original and brilliant Populist ar
gument and is about as clear and con-
vincing as q statement of the reasons
"Why the west wants free grasshop-
pers," or "Why the north wants free
lunch"
According to Senator Butler, "the
south wants the free and unlimited
coinage Of silver on equal terms
with gold, as it was before 1878, be-
cause this would make twice as much
money US if gold alone CT silver alone
were coined in full legal tender dollars. "
Since nobody proposes to take away the
legal tender quality Of the 422, 900, 900
silver dollars already coined this does
not apply to existing conditions and is
therefore no reason for the south favor
ing free silver. Besides, the implication
that free coinage would make twice as
much money as we have under the gold
standard simply is not true. If Senator
Butler and his 16 to ! friends had had
their way, the country would at once
drop to silver basis. This would i'm
mcdiately drive out Of circulation our
1926, 600 900 i'll gold, leaving us with
less than half Of the money we have
now. How H-culd that help the people
in the south who say they want more
money? Perhaps Senator Butler realizes
that silver monometallism, which would
inevitably be the result CT his free silver
scheme, would decrease CUR stock of mon
ey instead of increasing it. So he goes
on to explain that Of the free coinage
of both metals (meaning the forced coin
age Of silver at ratio SO far above its
bullion value that 60 gold would be
COMEDY should not make enough money,
then the south wants mere legal tender
dollars made Of something else furnish
ed by the government. It is q pity that
he does not explain what the something
else is to be. Would it be nickel, cop
per, tin, iron, lead CT real Populist
brass? How much something else"
would be coined, ard at what ratio with
pig silver? And how would the govern
mcnt know when the south, or the cheap
money section Of its people, had
enough money? Would it be $50,
$500 or SIS, coo per capita?
Tho something else" theory Of
finance is Il sample of the rest Of Senator
Buffers claim that the farmers CT the
south want so cent dollars for their cot
ton and corn, and that the southern
workingmen want to be paid their wages
in dollars which will buy only half as
much as those they get now. 1t may be
true that great many people in the
south think they want free silver ut 16
to /. But it is to be hoped that, deluded
as they are, they have better reasons for
their belief than those given by the SEN
ator who misrepresents North Carolina.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1896-06-17
CoUSCILslEN
ALEXANDRIA POST OFFICE DIREC.
TORY.

Jonas Rosenthal. ........... Post Master
Vim Maddox, Asst g g
Office hours fronl o'clock IN to D m.
Money order business closes at y NJ.
Registered Letters close ut 5o'clock pm.
DISTRICT MAILS.
Hiueston, six times week. Leaves
Alexandria at 1880 a IN; arrives att p ID.
Pineville, fourteen times a week.
Leaves Alexandria at 11.30 IN and 6 m.
Arrives at Alexandria 10 m and 4 y III.
Poland, tlree times week. Leaves
Alexandria Tuesdays, Thursdays aud Sat-
urtlays at 6 a Ill: returns same days y IN.
Iatt, once week. Leaves Alexandria
on Fridays at s a III and returns same
day at $3.50 pm.
Kansas City, Watkins & Gulf Railway
to Lake Char!es aud intermediate post
offices, daily and return same day.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1896-06-17
LODGE MEETINGS.

rDD FELLOWS.-Phenix Lodge. No
" 5s, (. O. O. +. meets every Tues
day night at O'clock. All brethren are
cordially invited to attend.
MOSES MAYER, N. G.
L. P. WHITrINGroN, Rec. Sec.
II NIGHTS OF -Alexan
.E\- dria Ledge, No. 80, meets the First
and Third Thursdays at Sp. III. Visiting
brethren cordially invited.
E. G. HUNTER, C. C.
A. HILTON, X. of r. Il s.
II NIGHTS OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS
n Lodge, No. $40, meets on the
Second and Fourth Wednesdays of each
month at 8 p. III. Visiting brethren are
invited to attend.
j. A. JOHNSTON, D.
IT. KNlGnTEN, Rep.
DUBLIC NOTICE is HEl EBY A
-iven that the regular meet vakSAn
ings of Oliver Lodge No. 81, +. WY
g. A. NJ. have been changed from \
the LIST and 81 Saturdays Of each
month, to the LIST and 81 Wednesdays Of
each month.
II. W. S, LUND, w. M.
NyOODNEN OF THE WORLD. Rap
w ides Camp No. II, meets the LIST
aud 3rd Mondays Of each month at . p.
III. Visiting Sovereigns are cordially
invited to attend.
J. +. ARlA1L, C. C.
HENRY GEIGER. Clerk.
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7ONSORIAL ARTIST

OLIVER BASSEIT
rs NOW LOCATED AT THE BARBER
L Shop on Second st rect, formerly occu-
pied by Leon pessens, between the First
National Bank and T. j. Sullivalis> Erug
Store. Solicits a liberal share of public
patronage. Customers promptly served
in tile latest styles. Patrons furnished
with either hot or cold baths at tleir
option,
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DIR. S. III. RUSHING,
ALEXANDRIA, LA.

~ Residence on Fourth and Wash
ington streets. Office and Hospital ON
Fourth and DeSoto streets.
Surgeon for the Texas & Pacific and
Houston, Central Arkansas and Northern
Railroad Companies.
All will lse promptly cared far upon
arnlIcation
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POLICE JURY.

.oii'" '.Ni'
+ - I,nf,ri 49, AoI "i,rl.
George /. Wilson .Lamouric
" i ORE Cheney y! KIN,
l, ~ Manuo'Pn '''.''.opiils MN
II scroll. HinaSto,,
l. M Texa,la ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. .C,tile
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SCHOOL BOARD.
G. A Setback, Alexandria. -. President
G q Watts Alexandria ,Supt and Secty
j, w Brinubnrst ,Alexuu,lris
Samuel Blum. .Chenevyillp
II Su.,,ce Smitl, We'll p y
Samuel Mallettc. .Bahb's Hr,,ne
II r Lawson. Elmer
n l. H.taorn .Pinevill.
pon avis W.,,hton
.,1',,n,1,,,, ~, ,,,,n n,,.,,, W., I,,>s,
JoolACLo w MN ~, I ~: AM WIN
elaDAEo
Alexandria Ward
Justices Peace-W W Wilmington and
.pD,,.,,
"A - 1' go,
Constapies-M " Banjo ana Chas
Duke.
Cotile Ward
Justices Ieace--John Dawson, j u
Henderson, L W sorrelie aud u X
Woodland.
r,,,.t,,,l.v-J y Il,,,.., II u y,,n.s
~: n,a'.a,.,,., nm, ~ n"n,,a
Ell CicSe'aho al" AL Donln"'
Calcasieu Ward
Justices Peace-John Dixon and W
Teal.
Constables-Henry Perkins aud Il w
Glass.
Lamourie Ward
Justices Peace - Robert Martin and
Josiah Bruce.
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Representatives in Congress.

avn VI AAAIIH. ACOcs
Representative in Congress.
First District. ....... Gen Adolph Meyer
Second District. ............M ID Lagan
Third District. Andrew Price
Fourth District .......... H. w. Ogden
Fifth District. ..............C j Boatner
Sixth District. Nj Robertson
State Officers.
Murphy JFoster..............Governor
..Lieut-Governor
TbOs Adams. ...... Secretary of State
Milton Cunningham. .....Atty-General
John Pickett ........... State Treasurer
w w Heard. =. Auditor Public Accounts
A D Lafargue. ..Supt Public Education
G Hawks. Commissioner immigration
II c Newsom.. Commissioner Agriculture
j S Lanicr. Register State Land Office
W G Burt. ............ Adjntant General
+ Seip, Senator 18th Senatorial District
Baton Rouge Advocate ;. State Printer
Supreme Court.
Francis I Nichols. ....... Chief Justice
New Orleans.
ASSOCIATES.
G A BreauX ..................... iberia
Saml u McEnery ...........-.. Onachita
l. Watkins. .................R Red River
II e Miller. ....................O Orleans
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FOUNDATION
PRINCIPLES.
THE MONEY QUESTION SlMPLlFlED
BY c. STUART PATTERSON.

Five Propositions That Should he Clearly
Understood by AIl-Are Easy OF Com
pre}ension-What Free Coinage Means.
An Appeal to Workingmen.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-06-27
The Origin of Bonfires.

1t is just as well that the police and
the insurance companies object to bon
fires on election days, indifferent to the
fact that street urchins are simply reviv-
ing the rites of Baal and Moloch. When
Christianity ruled, old ways and Gus
toms could not be abolished, and so the
heather, still laundering after the an
Gent deities, but half controlled by pope
or bishop, made their bonfires on the
eve Of st. Peter or st. John. One use of
bonfres in the not so far distant past
was as a means of disinfection. In his
History of the Plague" Defoe tells of
bontires in London streets. There is rea-
Son to suppose that in kindling such
fires there was still remnant of SUPER
stition left. 1t wasijn measure a sac
ritice to Baal. As to the excellence of
the method of making fires to drive
away plague, the benefit would be
questionable. Anyhow it may be dwelt
upon as the earliest effort made toward
cremation, for it was of some slight use
when an infected neighborhood caught
fire and was reduced to ashes; but then
the remedy might have been worse than
the disease. New York Times.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-06-27
Tho Frog-A Natural History.

Born of stone, he lives under a
stone and will dig i'll it his grave.
1 visit him frequently, and, whenever
l lift the stone, fear to find him and
fear that he may not be there. He is
there. Hidden i'll that dry refuge, clean,
narrow, quite his own, he fills it, swol-
len like miser's purse.
If the rain makes him come ont, he
comes toward me. A few heavy jumps,
and he stops on his thighs and looks at
me with his Redeemed eyes. Though tho
unjust world treats him as leper, do
not fear to sit by him and to place near
his face my human face
Then l will overcome remnant of
disgust and caress you with my hand,
frog!
One swallows in life things that make
ones heart sicker.
Still, yesterday, l lacked tact.
"My poor friend" said,"I do not
wish to grieve you, but how ugly you
are p
He opened his mouth, puerile and
toothless, and replied, with a slight
English accent:
'And you?'-Paris Echo.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-06-27
Office and Wholesale Department,
LESS TRUTHFUL.
This Is n Mans Assertion In Regard ia
Women Compared With Men.

Women Compared With Men.
A man who has made study Of
women and their ways remarked tho
other day that women are. as a set, less
frank and truthful than men, Whatever
truth there is in this assertion we may
be sure it is at least not innate, but due
to the difference in the requirements of
the two sexes and the consequent diff
ference in their education. Men are
taught to reveal true natures from the
cradle to the grave. Men arc taught
that, being human, they are subject to
various passions aud liable to fall into
error which it is not necessary for them
to conceal, for if they deviate from the
straight and narrow path the world will
quickly forget and forgive Women, Oh
the contrary, are taught that if they are
not inward!y statues of dccorum, they
must make it appear that they are, for
the world is merciles to ono of their
sex who by word Or deed hints that the
smallest tottering Oh her pedestal, not
to mention even a momentary descent
from it, is possible
In short, women arc required to con-
ceal their real human selves from all
bebolders as absolutely as they conceal
their lower limbs in the conventional
draperies Of femininity, while men are as
free to reveal their real selves to the
world as to clothe themselves in tho
neither garments of their sex. But con-
cealment or lack of frankness is by no
means rntruthfulness. philadelphia
Press
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One of Her Maissty's CoIlies.

Among the colored collies the queen s
favorite is Darnley ii. In color he is
black and sable, relieved ny the snowi-
est of collars and rufus, white legs and
white tip to brush. He was presented to
her majesty by the Rev. Hans Hamil-
ton. Darnley II is quite of the latter
long head with semieroct ears-and one
of the smartest of his breed at Windsor
Whenever the queen comes to the ken
nels, Darnley is asked for and brought
out to show himself, aud, good dog, he
at once "grins" with delight and well
come w estminster Gazette.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-06-27
ROME AND EARTHQUAKES.
On tho Margin of a Great Seat of Volcanic
Energy 1t Rests.

On tho Margin of a Great Seat of Volcanic
Energy 1t Rests.
The Eternal City ought to be exempt,
says the London Standard, from all that
appears, however remotely, to menace
its stability and endurance. Yet no one
who looks from the Janiculum, or even
the Forum, to the noble outline of the
Alban hills can well forget that Rome
is on the margin of great seat of vol
canic energy. The lake of Nemi sleeps
so serenely in its crater basin that it re-
quires an effort of imagination to think
of the time when the whole mountain
mass was raised. That, of course, be-
longs to prehistoric, or rather a pris-
tine, geological age. But no prescription
avails against seismic influences.
The fires of Vesuvius had become only
a tradition-if, indeed, they had not
been quite forgotten-when the memo
Pompeii for the modern world by sud
denly converting its site into vast ex-
panse of ashes. Nothing so tragic, it
may be hoped, is in store for the pleas
ant city by the Tiber. Movements of the
earth have occurred many time and
oft, and have done nothing worse than
give frights to the nervous and feed the
superstition of the vulgar.
The fall of Caesar was heralded by
one of these convulsiops. but. as far as
our information goes, the only analogy
to be cited from recent experience was
the precipitate descent Of a marble
shield bearing the arms of Spain. Had
1t been the emblazonry of Portugal, a
mystic significance might, just now,
have been suspected. But enough ma
terial damage was occasioned to justify
the concern created. The earthquake
was no respecter of persons, for it awoke
the venerable pontiff from his light
slumbers in the Vatican. and reused the
inmates of the prisons to frantic efforts
to break through their barricades. So
much more precious is life than liberty.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-06-27

Since succeeding the abovenamed firm,
whose entire stock, fixtures and good will we
have purchased, we have remodeled the cele-
brated Braddock Distillery in all Its APP
purtenances, until it now stands without
rival as one of the most complete plants in
the United States for the manufacture of a
perfectly pure all-rye Whiskey for medicinal
or other purposes, free from fusel or other
poisonous oils SO frequently found in less
reliable goods.
We have testimonials from leading phys
icians IN all parts of the country commencing
the Braddock for its medicinal properties.
Among the latest is one from Professor
j. II. Mallet. the distinguished chemist of
the University of Virginia, who, at our re-
quest, made very careful analysis of it, and
writes as follows:
THE sample of Braddock sent me upon
analysis contains no sulphates nor heavy
metals such as copper, lead or zinc, and APP
pears to be sound, genuine whiskey. free