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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1879-10-01
COMMUNICATION.
BAYOU RAPIDEs. !

BAYOU RAPIDEs. !
Sept. 81, 1879. :
Editor Louisiana Democrat
Cordially coinciding with yonr sug-
gestion of the name of Judge VIM. A.
Seay, of Caddo Parish, as q nominee
for the Attorney GeneralsIip of the
State, made in your issue of the It'll,
inst, / find that you have 80 complete
ly covered all the points prompting to
such a nomination, as to leave little or
nothing else to be said in advocacy of
it-yet still so much am I impressed
with the value that Judge Seay's SER
vices would be to tie State as its chief
law officer, in his ability and expert
ence as lawyer, his clear headedness
and his incorruptible integrity, that l
cannot refrain from adding my mite to
the weight of your suggestion. Hav-
ing known Judge Seay in considera-
BILE degree of personal aud professional
intimacy since his first arrival in this
Parish, from the Parish of Iberville,
where lie had married and previously
resided, to which no was induced to
come by Governor Moore in bis efforts
to sustain our great educational Insti-
tuition, "The State Seminary" ard of
which Judge Seay has ever been an
earnest, most efficient and energetic
supporter and advocate, feel fully
justified in the knowledge thus ac-
quired of his qualifications for the po-
sition in question, in urging his nomi-
nation for it.
Nor should it be forgotten that Mr..
Seay was elected by the Democratic
Conservative Party Judge of this Jn
dicial District in 1874, and was counted
out. G..
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SUCCESSION SHE.

SUCCESSION OF ANDREW j. SQUIREs.
No. $40. - Probate Docket - Parish
Court Parish of Rapides, Louisi-
ana.
PURSUANT TO AN ORDER OF
Il sale issued by the Honorable the
Parish Judge of Rapides Parish, Lou.
isiana, in the above entitled and mum
hered Succession, commanding me as
Sheriff and exotficio Auctioneer, to sell
for the payment of debts, and for cash,
the property real and personal belong
ing to said Succession, shall offer for
sale at public auction. at the late resi-
dence of the deceased, situated near
Spring Creek, Rapides Parish, La, be-
tween the hours prescribed by law, on
MONDAY, the Sd day ofNOVEMBER,
A. D., 1879,
the following described property be-
longing to the said Succession, to wit
A tract of land situated in section
one, of township one, north range three
west, in the south western land district
of Louisiana, containing the quantity
of forty (4O acres, more or less, with
all the buildings and improvements
thereon.
One Improvement on public land in
section thirty four, township two, north
range three west.
One gray mare,
Three cows and calves,
Two heifers,
Two hogs.
TERMs-CASH.
DC. PAUL,
Sheriff and ex-officio and Auctioneer.
Oct. l, 1e79-tds.
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FOR
- THE DEMOCRAT
(No. 81
NOTICE FOR .PUBLICA-
TION.

LAND OFFICE AT NATcHIToCHEs La. ,
August %, 1879. {
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
~ that the following named settler
has filed notice of his intention to
make final proof in support of his
claim, and secure final entry thereof at
the expiration of thirty days from the
date of this notice, viz {: Samuel w.
Stokes, of Vernon Parish, Duplicate
Receivers Receipt No. sol, for the N !
S-W + Sec. "a, T an R5 w, and
names the following as his witnesses,
viz: j. D. Glass, of Vernon Parish,
and Henry Hathaway, of Vernon Pa
rish. l.. DUPLEIX,
Sep. list. Register.
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T We ure authorized to announce
that Z. G.. HUNTER, the present incum.
bent, is candidate for nomination for
DISTRICT ATTORNEY of this, the 18th
Judicial District, subject to the deeis ion
of the Democratic Conservative Conven-
tion.
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LOCAL.

COKE in and pay up.
CONTINUE to do good.
CANDIES ut Gus. Geiir's.
COLD water is refreshing.
-CANTEL"PEs are out of season.
-CoNsCIENcE is great monitor.
-CRUELTY to animals is Thurman.
-CAN'T the soreheads stop cant
ing.
Cur deep if you want a genu-
inc sore.
-CoRNs are not agreeable com
panions.
CATFISH are plentiful in our
market.
CRADLES are in order. Babies
cry for them.
CHRONIC meanness, is disease
hard to get rid of.
CHICKENS, as usual, are singing
the clay of the egg."
-CRANBERRIEs are nice when ma.
nipulated into tarts.
-CoRN.CoB pipes are said to be
the sweetest pipes extant.
CANDLES are always safe; coal
oil is good, but dangerous.
-CoNTRARINEss is not desirable
trait in female characters.
-CATAPILLARs have done but lit
tie harm to the cotton crops.
CORPORATIONS, like some indi-
yiduals, are said to be soulless.
-CHINoUIpINs are now ripe; the
pinewoods abound with them. Up,
boys, and at them!
CHURCHES are rot as well atten-
ded as they should be. Satan has a
big hold on some of our people.
CAN CAN was danced a few days
since by dog who had few empty
ones tied to his caudal appendage.
CANDIDATES for office are on the
wing, soaring ground, buzzard-like
ready to pounce upon the uuweary
voters.
CERTAINLY, we will receipt for
subscriptions, when the cash is paid.
We are always ready to attend to
business.
COOKS and opossums at this sea-
son of the year are in good order,
and epicures say they are not bad to
the palate.
CONTRIBUTE your might to the
DEMOCRAT by paying for years
subscription; urge your neighbor to
do likewise.
calico dresses are admired by
young men, more especially, when
they enyelop handsome young girls.
Shouldn't wonder.
CONSTABLE Gibson is hot after
the Corporation taxes. Nothing GER
tain but death and taxes, both have
to be promptly paid.
-CoTroN pickers on Monday NOR
ming were winding their way to the
fields by the dozens. The fields are
white with the staple.
CANNOT some one with a good
deal of energy and a small capital,
start the shoe and boot shining bus
mess? There is money in it.
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E We are authorized to announce
ARIST1DE BARBIN, of the Parish of
Avoyelles, as a candidate for JUDGE of
the Twelfth Judicial District, composed
of the Parishes Of Avoyelles, Rapides and
Grant, subject to the decision of the Dem
Ocratic District Convention, to be held in
Alexandria, on Tuesday, the 2lst day of
October, 1879.
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roe cLERK.

70 have the honor to announce my
self as a candidate for CLERK of the Dis
trict Court of the Parish of Rapides, sub
ject to the nomination of the Democratic
Conservative Parish Convention, which
assemblies on the 18th of October, 1879.
G. .. WATTS.
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70 We are authorized to announce S.
CULLEN as o candidate for CLERK of
the District Court of the Parish of Rap
ines. subject to the decision of the Demo
cratic Conservative Parish Convention,
October 18th,
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FOR coz ONB IL.

p The many friends and admirers of
DIX. JOHN CASSON will present his name
and press his claims before the Demo-
cratic Conservative Parish Convention,
for nomination for the Office of CORO-
NER.
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NEW THIS DAY.
OFFICIAL.
PROCEEDINGS OF TOWN COUNCIL.

| OFFICIAL.
PROCEEDINGS OF TOWN COUNCIL.
SPECIAL MEETING or TUESDAY, SEPT. %,
1879.
ALEXANDRIA, La, J
Sept. %, 1879
Pursuant to call of the Mayor, the
Board of Councilmcn of the Town of
| Alexandria, La, mt in the City Hall,
this day at o'clock p. NJ. The follow
ing members were present:
Louis Gossens,
f. r. Biossat,
Jonas Rosenthal,
Dennis Kelly.
Absent Sam. Fellows, Mayor, and
w. w. Wilmington, Jr., Councilman
Fifth Ward.
On motion of Councilman Gossens,
Mr.. E. r. Biossat, in the absence of the
Mayor, was called to the chair to act as
Mayor.
Councilman Louis Gossens stated that
thes. object of the meeting was to take
into consideration the completion ofthe
bridge over Bayou Rapides, there being
about thirty-six 1861 feet, more or less,
required to place it in condition for
vehicles to pass over; and also stated
that the amount required would be
about 1880, as per statement shown
He then offered the following resolu-
| tions:-
Be IT RESOLVED, By the Board of
Connci]men Of the Town of Alexandria,
Ia, in special session convened, on
this the Odd day of September, 1879,
That the sum of ninety-three ($93.5Ol
and $1,000 dollars, or so much thereof
as may be necessary, be and the same
is hereby appropriated out of the Town
Treasury. for the purpose of completing
the bridge over Bayou Rapides, to be
paid when there shall be funds in the
Treasury.
RESOLVED FURTHER, That Mr.. F. NJ.
Raxsdale, the Contractor, Che having
agreed to wait for payment until such
time as might best suit the convenience
of this Conncil,) be and he is hereby
authorized aud empowered to proceed
at once with the above named work.
The yeas and nays being called for,
resulted as follows:
Yeas - Councilmen Louis Gossens,
Jonas Rosenthal and Dennis Kelly.
Nay-Councilman E. r. Biossat, Sec
ond Ward.
There being no other business, on
motion the Board of Council adjourned.
E. r. BIOSSAT,
A. B. RACIAL, Acting Mayor.
Secretary.
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-CoURr is hcing daily held by the
boys and girls. Every once in Il
while n couple are sentenced to en-
turc the penalty of matrimony for
life.
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u We are authorized to announce L.
V..MARYE as candidate for CLERK of
the District Court of the Parish of Rap
ides, subject to the nomination of the
Democratic Conservative Parish Conven-
ton, October Is.
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IMPROVEMENTS.
.FOB JUD

B The friends of R. J. BOWMAN will
present his name to the Democratic NOM
mating Convention, for the office of
JUDGE of the Twelfth Judicial District,
composed Of the Parishes Of Avoyelles,
Rapides and Grant.
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FOR SAERZFF..

Mr.. Editor
The friends of DAVID C. PAUL, the
present incumbent of the SHERIFF'S of
fee. will present his name for nomination
to the Democratic Conservative Parish
Convention, subject to it's decision.
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W0R DISZRIcTa T2;ORWEE
ALEXANDRIA, La,

sept. 10, fc13.
The friends of Judge J. r. THORNTON
will present his name to the Democratic
Conservative District Judicial Csnven.
ton, for DISTRICT ATTORNEY of the
18th Judicial District.
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G9nA A MONTH GUARANTEED
DOOO S12 day at home made by

the industrious. Capitol not required
we will start you. Men, women,
boys and girls make money faster at
work for US than at anything else
The work is light and pleasant, and
such as any one can go right at. Those
who are wise who see this notice will
send US their addresses at once and
see for themselves. Costly outfit and
terms free. Now is the time. Those
already at work are laying mp large
sums of money. Address TRUE & co.
Augusta, Me.
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the world.

Forty years trial has proved "BLACK-
DRAUGHT" the best liver medicine in
the world.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1879-10-01
Ayers
Hoi;r Vlgor,
For restoring Gray Hair to
its natural Vitality and Color.

suith the gloss and freshness Of youth.
Thin hair is thickened, falling hair
checked, and badness often, though
not always, cured by its use. Moth
ing can restore the hair where the
follicles are destroyed, or the glands
atrophied and decayed. But such as
remain can be saved for usefulness
by this application. Instead Of foul
ing the hair with a pasty sediment, it
will keep it clean and vigorous. Its
occasional use will prevent the hair
from turning gray or falling off, and
consequently prevent badness. Free
from those deleterious substances
which make some preparations dam
gerous, and injurious to the hair, the
Vigor can only benefit but not harm
it. IF wanted merely for a
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GEO. w. DUDLEY,

u REPRESENTING THE BEST FACTo-
IL ries in the United States. Can sell
Engines, Boilers, Sugar Mills, Kettles,
Pumps, Gins, Cotton Presses and Farming
Implements of all kinds, at the LOWEST
FACTORY PRICES. For prices and fur.
ther information address GEO. w. DuD-
LEY, Babb's Bridge, La. or C.. j. DUD-
Ley & CO., General Office. Montgomery,
Alabama
Sept. "a; 1S79-lnl+
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1879-04-02
Words OF Wisdom.

He who is starving does not look to
see if the proffered loaf be fresh or stale.
Those who have made mistakes and
suffered for them are the ones to help
others to show that any error can be
atoned for.
You may mand a rent in o damaged
reputation so that it may not show, but
you can never make the ereputation quite
whole again.
Beauty may attract love at first, but
it alone cannot retain affection, It is
the sterling qualities of the heart and
mind that win in the long run.
Ne love our friends all the time
when we are 80 absorbed in working for
them that we seldom think of them, as
we'll as when telling them of our regards.
We do not, in our own minds, have a
secret contempt for the work of the
great man we do not know intimately,
but we have for the work of the one we
do know.
How beautiful is youth Alittle moon
shine, few musical water-drops, the
strain Of song, and the. young heart
experiences poetry as it never could be
entrusted to paper.
1t is dreary sensation to find ones
self wholly forgotten by mere acquaint-
ances; but to find that we have no place
in the thoughts of those we love, seems
in a certain sense like being annihilatsd.
The profoundest calm always seems
to come just after the most terrific
storm. The exaltation of spiritual rap
ture follows fast after far descent into
the gloomy Hades of the soul. Life ia
series of alterations at best and he
who mounts highest to-day sinks deep.
| est tomorrow,
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A True Hero.

The city of Marseilles in France was
once afflicted with the plague. So ter
rible was it that it caused parents to
desert children, and children to forget
the obligations to their own parents,
The city became as desert, and funerals
were constantly passing through its
streets. Everybody was sad, for nobody
could stop the ravages of the plague.
The physicians could do nothing, and as
they met one day to talk over the mat.
ter and see if something could not be
done to prevent this great destruction
of life, it was decided that nothing
could be effected without opening q
corpse in order TO find out the mysteri-
GUS character of the disease. All agreed
upon the plan, but who should be the
victim? it being certain that he would
die soon after. There was dead pause.
Suddenly one of the moot celebrated
physicians, a man in the prime of life,
rose from his seat and said:
"Be it 80; devote myself to the safe
ty of my country. Before this numerous
assembly swear, in the name of hH-
manity and religion, that tomorrow at
the break of day will dissect corpse,
and write down as proceed what OBJ
serve"
He Immediately left the room, and as
he was rich he made a will, and spent
the night in religious exercises. During
the day a man DIED in his house of the
plague, and at daybreak the following
morning the physician, whose name wat
Guyon, entered the room and critically
made the examination. He then left the
room, threw the papers into vase of vim
egar that they mightnot convey the dis
ease TO another, and retired to a con
venient place where he died in twelve
hours.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1879-04-02

I couldn't help it-boy in that neigh
borhood, he was so clever, 30 obliging,
and not bit SASSY"
"De Lor' works in funny ways, sho'
enuf," said Peteona, one April day
about a year after the return of Miss
Peppsrd's pocketbook. "Who'd b'lieve
me and Miss Peppar' ebber wanted
Dick drug TO the lookup by de heelsH
An all the time he was a-bringin' me
an Miss Peppar' de lubliest chunk OF
sugar, the sweetest honey-bug of chile
dat ebber ooaxed ole Peteona for ginger
snaps. She shall hab more, de Lor'
hress and sabe herl"-pouring them
from the cake box into the little uplifted
apron. "Peteona IL bake dem de hull
liblong day, for ebber an ebber, for de
blue-eyed darlin'-wid little time lef
out for her odder work. ."-Hayper's
WeeklU.
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A GrOcer's Trick.

This happened long ago-in the early
days of MinneRpolis-and is. related to
show that even in those days the grocer
was sup to snuff" A certain we'll
known individual, now q resident of st.
Cloud, was dealing in groceries in Min
neapolis then, and told the story himself
the other day, as follows;
"I happened to strike four chests of
tea, which 1 bought at a bargain-twen-
ty-five cents pound. These four chests
of tea was all l had, and of course, as
my customers expected a variety of
prices, accommodated them. 1 turned
the tell-tale side of the chests toward the
wall, and marked the tea to suit GUS
toners. Deacon -, still a resident
of the city, came in one day after some
tea, and wanted a good article. l gave
him a sample from each of the four
chests to take home and try, stating
their respective prices as thirty five,
fifty, seventy-five cents and a dollar a
pound. Well, after testing the samples,
he returned and rendered his decision,
as follows
"'That thirty-hve-cent tea is a very
fair article for the price the fifty cent
tea is muoh better; the seventy-hve-
cent tea is excellent, and the dollar tea
is very superior article, can assure
you. But L can't quite go that figure.
Let me have ten pounds of the seventy
five cent tea.
He was accommodated. How grOcers
have changed since then.-St Paul
Pioneer Press,
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ITEMS OF INTEREST.

A hen with clipped wing has a de-
fective few
There are but two cotton factories in
the whole of Mexico.
A lady need not be an athlete though
she jumps at an offer.
When you have family jar you can't
always preserve the peace.
A good motto for young man Just
starting mustache-Down in front.
A French physician says drinking
boiled water only will prevent yellow
fever.
Paris has municipal laboratory where
wines, beers and brandies offered for
sale are tested.
The debt of the city Of Paris is now
nearly $400, 900, 900, and the interest
about 500, O00, 900 a year.
On leaving a room make your best
salaam to persons present, and retire
without salaming the door.
The hair-spring of a watch weighs
LIS, ,000th of pound troy. In a
straight line it is foot long.
From the debris of their coal mines
France makes annually 700, 900 tons of
excellent fuel, and Belgium 500, 600 tons.
What is the difference between an
editor and his wife One writes things
to set and the other sets things to rights.
He lived above his income"
Was the dark reproach he bore,
Till at last it was remembered,
That he lived above his store.
In Copenhagen there is manufactured
| from the blood of cattle O chocolate,
which is said to be the most nutritious
article yet known to science.
The man who married whole family
lives in Traverse county, Michigan. His
first wife died, and he married her sister.
She too died, and then he married the
mother of his two former wives.
The editor Of the Cincinnati Saturday
Night discovered that his girl wore two
/ sets of gold mounted false-teeth, and he
sat down and wrote a poem entitled,
erich and rare were the gums she
wore."
To ascertain the length of the day
and night any time of the year, double
the time of the suns rising, which gives
the length of the night and double the
time of its setting, which gives the
length of the day.
At one OF our schools recently, in
answer to the question: What is the
difference between an island and con-
tinent, and upon which do we live ?" a
bright little shaver replied: "The diff
ference is that a continent is much
larger than an island, and we live on
bread and meat and other things"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1879-04-02
TERMS. A1.bO A YEAR.
Times PanOrama.

II needs no magic glass or mystic mutterings,
10 read the prophecy Of coming years.
No sage interpreter, to solve the utterings
or Father Time, the patriarch of seers.
f I'll the worlds 3 stage, and life drama, .
Whose actors come and go, but come no
more,
Then Is the future but panorama
OF soenes 10 be, but seen in thought before.
Lot tho bright play fash on but do not linger
II contemplation Of its changing hues;
iow instead where Times proph stio finger
fpints, and behold the picture that he views,
a decade henoe-nSy, two, it does not matter
Here ere the self-same stage, the same old
play;
New actors counterfeit the hollow clatter
Worn out long since by actors passed away.
Hero Vice looks mockingly on Virtue slain;
There Youth and Beauty plight their troth
together;
Here Sorrow ats and there broods cruel Pain;
There, shadow chills the friendship Of fair
weather.
Sincerity still sows tho seed OF hate,
Candor and Truth go cautiously in mask;
Honesty plods; Corruption rides in state;
Labor stiv bends, complaining, to his task.
"Stay" you exclaim, in accents discontented,
Is not your catalogue complete at last ?
This future, so minutely represented,
Is but the present, tempered with the past y
Aye so it is Youth dreams Of bright successes;
Manhood begins to doubt, perhaps to fear;
While Age his weakness faltering confesses;
And 30 the world rolls on, year after year.
Year after yNsr beholds the same endeavor
ofpuny men for wealth or fame, and sees
How history repeats itself forever,
And Fortune still from her pursuer fees.
One life there is worth living, and its beauty
Transcends all charms that hopes fulfilled
can bringi
He who does trustfully his honest duty,
Alone is happy, te he serf or king.
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A Dog Story.

This comes from Charleston, Ind.
Mrs. Brandon tells it. She says: "My
husband had a dog which he brought
from Kentucky, which seemed to me to
have more sense than any animal l ever
knew. She would look up when order
ed to do anything, as intelligently as
child, and if she understood what was
said, would give pleasant bark, and
start off to fulfill the order. have often
made her shut the door after the chill
dren, and she would come in at the
kitchen door, opening the latch with her
foot, and always shut it after her. One
time she had half dozen puppies in the
barn, which were her glory and her
pride, but one morning when my hus,
band awakened he heard great row at
the barn, and went out with his gun,
expecting to find horsethief AS he
opened the door Flora went by him like
an arrow, and though he called her loud
and long she kept right on toward the
village. In looking around the barn for
the tramp he expected to find, he dis
covered that everything was all right,
except Flora's nest, The puppies were
ell gone.
"We did not see Flora for thfte lnzs
when she came back bringing q string oI
about three pounds of sausage, which
she kept in her nest until they spoiled,
and she died of grief that summer. One
of our neighbors saw her, while she was
missing, hanging around a butchers
shop in Louisville. She had followed
those puppies fifteen miles-and re-
covered them."