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St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1880-05-08

as thought how soon that might occur.
My husband turned over on his side with
a long drawn sigh of relief and closed
his eyes. His father said:
'.You will 90 home with us?'
| shook my head.
The doctor interposed: "You must
take care of your own health, too, and
you need have no fear that he will not
have all the attendance he requires
But | was obdurate.
''This is my place and I shall not
leave it,
l held Felix's hand and put my head
down on his pillow. They kissed me
and left us.
Felix appeared to slumber TRANQUILITY.
| hardly breathed, fearing might dis
turb him. The doctor came to the door
once or twice Git was open), looked in
and went away again.
In the middle of the night Felix said
in an ordinary tone, quietly and dis
tinctly, as if he had been bordering a
long time:
"Inez, you do not regret it9''
~ thought you were asleepr'
"You do not regret it, he persisted,
"no matter what happens? Swear it. -
Il swear
"Well, then, put your head down and
try to sleep"
1t was easy enough to say "sleep,' but
how could /? | was bewildered. His
easy tone of command, his evident free
dom from WEAKNESS Or excitement, the
strong pressure of his fingers on my
hand-was my presence magical?
| The night wore on / said not word,
thinking. All the resolutions | made,
how his slightest desire should be my
law, how l would study to anticipate his
Wishes-never again should a cloud
arise between us, no matter what hap
pened-I registered a mental VOW that
never could be broken.
When the doctor appeared in the
morning another inexplicable smile
wreathed his lips. By-the-by, he was
very handsome, this same doctor, and
young, too, not over twenty-five.
"Your husband is SO far recovered,
madam he said ''as to be able to ac-
company you home"
"Do you really think so, old fellow?'
said Felix, sitting up and beginning to
unloosen the bandages on his head.
"Stop," cried the doctor, and he
whispered something in his ear.
"Inez, darling" said Felix in answer
to my astonished gaze, "by the sugges-
ton and with the aid of my old friend,
Harry, whom | met as | was rushing off
Infatuated, the Lord knows where, after
leaving your sister at home, practiced
a little innocent deception to soften your
obdurate heart and make you mine for
ever, that future occurrences similar to
those that took place the evening before
last might for the future be obviated.
Remember, you swore that you would
not regret it, no matter what
thought of my resolutions during my
lonely night vigil. | thought of what |
had suffered-but then had he not suf-
fered, too? The struggle was brief, be-
fore the doctor, who stood biting his
moustache by the doorway. put my
arms around my husbands neck and
said:
Darling, I am too happyto have you
safe and sound at any price to be angry
with you
Sophie lives with us now, and Doctor
Harry is frequent visitor. surprised
her the other day asking him the old
question, while deep bushes fitted over
her face:
"How did this happen?''
And as before could not overhear his
reply.-N. Y. Graphic.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1880-05-08
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.
The mustache is above talking.

The mustache is above talking, but
not above thinking.
A woman never talks back to a
looking-glass when it tells her she is
growing old.
Foreign hair can be worn so natural
ly as to make it difficult to tell which is
switch. ....
A question of privilege will make a
statesman rise as quick as if it were yeast
and he were dough.
Canned crabs are among the modern
delicacies The salesman s usual remark
is, take a cancer?n Philadelphia Bul-
letin.
-"Does your machine sew evenly,
Mrs. Smith," Given sew,' was the
laconic response of Mrs. Smith, as she
held up her work for inspection. Boston
Transcript
Summertime will come again,
With its softly blowing zephyrs.
Lowing kline are in the fields;
Some are COWS and some are heifers.
-Iennyson, achen uery young.
The postal card is pushing the three
cent stamp aside. The timidity of par
ties who write love letters, is about the
only thing that keeps up the sale of three
cent stamps.-Quiacy Modern Argo.
-Fashionably disposed young couples
who complain of being unable to live on
a moderate salary should take courage
upon contemplating that Detroit drum
mer who supported five wives on TWEEN
ty-five dollars per week, or five dollars a
wife.-N. 7. Commercial advertiser.
An exchange adds this item to what
has been already published on the inter-
esting topic: He said he had wrought
out the 13-15-14 puzzle, when quiet
looking Individual remarked, Stranger,
suspect you did it if you say so; but if
/ were in your place should feel kind
O proud O my abilities as first-rate
liar
Gay was the heart of Clarence Eugene,
He had many wives-sOme fat and some lean;
And, after the way of good Mormon brother,
He scarce had one when he'd Mary Ann other
His looks were innocent and demure,
And he thought that he was quite secure;
But now, in the prison cells gloom and shade,
He knows how bigamist-ake he made.
Detroit Free Press,
Sometimes the negro preacher is
particularly strong in his calculation of
a theological point. This was the case
with Brlldder Ephraim Jones, on the
Bayou Teche, who, addressing the con-
gregation on the great topic of predesti-
nation, said: "Let us, for arguments
sake, grant that I, Ephraim Jones, am
foreordained to be drowned in the ribber
at Smiths Ferry next Tuesday mornin'
at half pas ten, and s'pose / know it,
and s'pose I am free, moral, voluntary,
and accountable agent-do you think T $
goin' to be drowned? [ ruther guess
not I should stay at home; and you'll
never ketch dis yer babe in de woods at
Smith Ferry, nor near de ribber neither
no SIR n'-Harper's DraOer.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1880-05-08
THE sun AND THE DEWDROP.

THE sun AND THE DEW-DROP.
Serene was the night, and the neon in her
sail'd on thro' the depths of the stAr-studded
Not a sound. save the plaintive sigh Of the
zephyr,
Which seemed to my ear like some soft lul-
laby.
But in vain did kind nature lure me to slumber,
Tho silken my coverlet downy my bed;
Sleep, tho sought it, yet came not to soothe
Or still the wild throbbings of heart and OF
head.
Iarose from my couch of unrest and of sorrow;
Beauteous the morning. surprisingly fair;
But tho nature was smiling. my heart was still
heavy,
For sad was the ruin which grief had wrought
there.
a dew-drop which shone in the beams of the
Attracted my gaze with its clear, brilliant ray,
As the bright sun with still purer lustre en-
As he rose from the east on his luminous way.
But anon. ere the sun had attained his meridian,
That dew-drop so lovely had vanished away;
And scared to the God which at morning arrayed
In all its bright beauty, absorbed in his ray.
NAT QeW-urOp SO Meeting, 30 pure anu aGtIaCtiVe,
Doth often remind me. my darling, of thee;
Bright was thy lifes morning, and pure as the
dew-drop,
But o far too feeting, too transient for me.
But precious the lesson the sun and the dew
drop.
Have in sympathy given my grief to control,
Which sheds, ever constant, by its blessed teach
ing,
Bright comforting rays DER the night of my
soul.
That God who didst shed on my child in lfe's
morning,
Those bright tints which charmed the mind
and the sense,
Too fair for this cold, blighting bleak world he
thought her.
And bore the weet fow'r to brighter chimes
hence.
laid her to rest underneath the green willow.
And naught could my grief-stricken spirits
console,
But now feel assured it was love that removed
her,
Ere the stains of maturer life sullied her soul.
Irish Times.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1880-05-08

ulated to an unusual growth, laying the
foundation in the land for great benefit
to future crops. The roots run deep and
spread wide, rendering the soil, at their
decay, very porous. The air circulates
freely through the toughest clay, and
water tindsit way among growing crops
that follow clover turned under by the
pillow. For hogs there is no better past
ure. A shoat that weighs fifty or sixty
pounds in the spring will, by the time
new corn is ripe enough to feed, weigh
from POO pounds upwards, if kept during
the interval in clover, and may be fat
tened ready for market with very little
expense for corn
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1880-05-08

Help your stock in receiving new
coat, by freely using the card and curry
comb.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-09-29
An Earnest Wish.

Rev. E. II. L. Gauss, Galena, Iis..
writes: "For over ten years | had heep
a great sufferer from paias in the small of
the back and region of the Kidneys. which
was most excruciating and at times almost
insuferable. Doctoripg brought no relief,
except perhaps momentarily. and | was
finally advised, being unable to fulfil the
duties of my calling, to go abroad and seek
the climate of my youth. In Germany
and Switzerland, eminent physicians, after
close examinations, declared my suffer
ings to arise from disease of the Kidneys,
of long standing. and could do me no good.
1 was, however. benefited by the climate
and consequently returned. No sooner
had / been back and resumed my pastoral
work. when the old trouble grew again so
intense as TO make life burden. A few
months ago | came 10 possession of one of
DAYS KIDNEY PADS. pu. it en-, and the
effects were truly wonderful. The pains
at once grew less and are nov, after wear
ing the second PAD, entirely gone, and
and there can be DO douat that am
entirely cured, as write this some weeks
after it's use, and am strong aud look again
the very picture OF health. | write this
perfectly voluntarily. and it ia dictated
only by truth and gratitude, Indeed
consider the Day KIDNEY PAD Co. Gods
agents and great benefsctors Of mankind.
May all the suffering be helped as | have
haap il rnv earnest Wiah -
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-09-29
New YORK Democrats

SARATOGA, Sept. %. -Chas. A, RapelIe
having received majority of the votes
cast on the FIRST ballot, h.s nomination was
made unanimous and the couYenticn ad
journed,
The platform pledges the thir;y-five
electoral votes of the state to Winfield S.
Hancock for President and to VIM. Fl.
English for Vice President of the United
States, and express confidence that the
next Federal Administration will be con-
Quoted By constitutional methods; that
the rights of local self government in the
States will be respected, and that industry
will be relieved from the weight of unequal
taxation; that American commerce will
again be carried forward under the Amer
ican flag, faad that the union of these
will once more End its perfect and sure
defence in the affections OF all people !;
congratulate the brethren in other states
upon the good prospect which now exists
of success throughout the whole country,
and think themselves justified in claiming
that the result is in part due to the manner
in which is maintained and applied the
Democratic principles and methods of ad-
ministratlon in their owp state.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-09-29

WARSAW, Ind. Sept. ga double
tragedy occurred here yesterday evening.
Last week Morse Chaplin, wealty farmer
near here caused the arrest and imprison-
ment of his daughter. handsome girl OF
20 years. and G.. L. Smith, a sewing
machine agent. who bad won her heart.
and then forged check on her father in
his favor for $3.50. She drew the money
and the fraud was discovered Smith was
baied out but the father refused to gave
bail for his daughter. fearing she would
elope with Smith Yesterday afternoon
Smith called at the Jail and was allowed
to walkHwith Miss Chaplin in the back
yard. They had not been there long
when four pistol shots were heard. and
when the jailors family reached the yard
the dead bodies of Miss Chaplin and
Smith were discovered lying side by side,
ths smoking revolver still being in Smith 8
hand. Saith has aswife and two children
sDdiwas trying 10 get divorce.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-09-29
GERMANY,
GEN. roRBERr's REMAINS.
Imposing Ceremonies.

NEW YORK, Sept. 29.-The remains of
Gen. Alfred T. A. Torbcrt arrived this
morning from Florida on the steamer
Western Texas, under escort, we're con-
veyed to City Hall where they lay in state
in the governors room until 10 o'clock.
The room is heavily draped in mourning;
the casket containing the body was enclos'
ed in heavy box, and over this was
placed handsome black pail, Members
of the Old Guard acted as guard of homer,
The following pail bearers met the body
at City Hall:-Gen. Daniel e. Sickles,
Alex s. Nebb, Gen. Geo. b. Mcclellan,
j. B. Mcintosh, j ohm NJ. Carsett, Chauncy
McKeever, Gen. VIM. f. Smith and Ad-
miral r, z. Wyman. At 1880 the re-
mains were placed in a hearse drawn by
four horses and escorted by the Old Guard
and detachment of six soldiers of the
the regular army conveyed to Trinity
Chapel, when the funeral services were
held. At the conclusion of the services
remains vera taken TO Pennsylvania rail-
way depot, Jersey City. where they were
received by the 4th Regiment n. j. Ma
tional Guard. which will act as an escort
from New York to Philadelphia.
New YORK, Sept % Gen. Hancock /.
Ex- Governor Jewell, Anson McCook and
there distinguished men sattended Gen.
Torbert'ssfuneral.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-09-29
Grain IN Store.
Chicago Journal. Sent %

Chicago elevators. as per official returns
contain .550.S7l bushels of wheat, 4,552,.
S53 bushels of corn, IT'S 5,238 bushels oil
oats, $500 bushels of rye. and Il, ,4S2
bushels OF barley, making a grand total oil
6, ,45S, ,94S bushels, against 1921, ,954 bushels
a week ago. and 5,999.O64 bushels a: this
period last year.
Milwaukee warehouses are etored with
l53. .032 bushels of wheat, $3.50 bushels
OF fcorn, s13. 1855 bushels of oats, 24,4Os
bushels OF rye, and l05,739 bushels Of
barley.
New York and Brooklyn warehouses
are stored with 637 900 bushels of wheat
1892, 600 bushels of wheat. 2,s92, 900
bushels OF corn. l34. ZOO bushels of oats,
~ 900 bushels of rye. and 5000 bushels
of barley.
Visible supply of grain in the States and
Canada on the llth instant: Wheat, 49,
420, 900 bushels: corn. l7.3O4. 900 bushels
oats. 1.4s5.00o bushels; rye, 627 900
bushels; barley. 525 900 bushels.
The sexports from the four chief sea-
board ports last week: Flour, 1859
barrels: wheat, 2.440,l47 bushels; corn,
l,2l0.361 bushels, oats, 1861 bushels; rye,
$685. bushels; barley. 2 900 bushels;
pork. 1859 barrels: lard. ACTS, ,466
pounds; bacon, 9.442 100 pounds,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-09-29
sPORTs.

ST. LOUIS. Sept. 28.-1he fall meeting
of the Trotting Club opened this afternoon
with good weather, but slow track, The
first race 2:30 class, Calamus won. Time
2;273. 2:30, 1921.
Second event, 2:l8 race. Bonesetter won.
Time, 2:24. 2;24. 2:23a. 2:24,
The next was a two year old colts race,
three quarters of mile, Bootjack won,
Sarsfield second, Time :2Os,
The handicap. for all ages. ID miles.
Bowling Green won. Huniyar second,
Time 2:423. ..
The mile dash, Repown won. Jim Ma
lone second, Houston third. Time. All,
The mile dash, Renown won. Jim Ma
lone second. Houston third. Time,
1:473.
Last race, 1t miles. Matagoria won,
Bonnie Scot second. Time, 2:08.
CINCINNATI. Sept 28.-Base ball
Cincinnati 3. Cleveland 7. -.t-
WORCESTER, Sept. 28.-Base- bali
The game was called on the first inning on
account of rain. Worcesters J., Provi-
depce g. r.-t.G
BosroN. Sept. 2S, ball-Troys
7, Bostons 6.
CHICAGO, Sept. 28.-The Jockey and
Trottiug lClub have had a srather disas-
trous season, owing to various causes, and
the property is likely to change hands
shortly, fact which has given rise to a
story that it had been entirely abandoned.
The club will be continued next year
although some new men will be connected
in its direction.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-09-29
Moffat'S Life Pills,
PhHniX BitterS,

The Most Successful Medicines
i'm the World.
Established i'm 1885, by one Of
our Most Eminent Physicians,
and now used throughout North
and South America, with more
pleasing results than any other
Medicine.
MOffat's Life Pills
are purely vegetable; they act
on the Stomach and Liver, and
regulate the entire system and
put all the functions of the body
in a healthy condition, and
WARRANTED certain cure for
all MaiariOus Diseases, TOrpid
Liver, Impure Blood, Jaundfce,
Bilious Complaints, Dyspepsia,
Indigestion, COstiveneSS, NerVs
Gus and Sick Headache, Colds.
Seuryy, General Weakness, and
Fever e. Ague.
MOffat'S Ph@niX Bitters
correct the SecretiOns Of the
Stomach, and are a Sure Cure
for Sleepl eSsness, Nervousness,
dyspepsia, Female Complaints,
Weakness, Debility, etc.
Thousands of Certificates are
in our possession giving perfect
CURES effected by these inValu-
able medicines, and we are eer-
tain that they will do just what
we have said. 1t is simply ask.
ed that the afflicted viii TRY
THEN ONCE, their use win con-
vince the most skeptical.
Pages Climax Salye % cents a box.
MOHat's Life Pills 25 cents n box.
MofIat's PhGnix Bitters S1.OO bottle.
60 Sold by Druggists everywhere.
j. P. MILLS, Sole Proprietor,
Sd Liberty Street New York.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-09-29
POLITICAL.

COLUMBIA, 8. G., Sept. 29,-The
(ireenback state convention met at Ches
Ter yesterday. Col. L. ", r. Blair in the
chair. and after much discussion as to the
advisability of putting whole or partial
ticket in the field. nominated the following
Governor, L w Il Blair: Lieut.. Governor,
B G Gist; Comptroller, Gen. John Agpew
Attorney General. A j Willard; Treasures
j Ii Cook; Adjutant and Inspector. Gen.
BR Elkins: CONGRESSMAN from Fourth
district, J Il McLane. Adjourned ssne
die
BosroN, Sept. 29-The Democrat.
of the 4th congressional district nominated
VIM. CASTOR. and Chas. Albert Prince
presidential electors. The supporters OF
Representative Morse. left the ball and
nominated Chas Levi Woodbury. sfor pre-
sidential eiector..
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-09-29

Wei De Meyers Treatise on Casarrh,
explains the following important facts:
]. That Catarrhal Colds become poi-
sonous Infection, at first local. and finally
constitutional.
.. That, being Constitutional. the infection Is
beyond the reach Of mere local remedies.
That impurities in the nostrils, are
necessarily swallowed into the stomach and
inhaled into the lungs, thus poisoning the
Digestive, Respiratory and Geniso-urinary organs.
4. That Catarrhal virus follows the mu-
:0us membrane and causes Deafness. Dyspepsia, i,
Chronic DiarrhCes, Bronchitis, Leucorrhea
l1t Consumption.
s. That Smokes, Douches, Tnhalations, and
lnsOiuble snufs. cannot possibly remove In
ecious infismmations from the organs named.
G. That anYantidote ior Cstarrh must pos
.ess al tnocu1ative affinity for, and the quality
Of being absorbed by, the purulent mucous
wherever located.
Based upon these plain stheories, DR..
Wei De Meyers Catarrh Cure has proved
luisllble. It not only xeIeaves, it cures
81 n~.v a%~Un. Home feAsYmOuy.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-09-29

statements of the same kind. assuring the
public that they never had taken or owned
any of the stock at all. or received any
dividends upon it. e@ -
5. .Why, according to my understand
ing of the fact, did Garfield adopt a
defense so contrary to that he had agreed
on?" l have already said that he made
no agreement about it. His reason for
abandoning the true ground OF his defense
was, dou btless. the necessity he felt him
self under of making common cause with
his political friends, for whom there was
no refuge, except in fundamental false
h 1od. -sr-s .es
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-09-29

u ne SAoC4AAhb4 - 9USAAsss u ga ZOE AauCOCk.
CINCINNATI, Sept GA large number
of the prominent business men of Cincin
natl met at the Burnet house tonight and
formed business mems club. The object
is to further the interests of the city and
aid in the election OF Il Hancock and English.
Nearly two hundred names went down
On the roll tonight, every one Of whom
Is well-known merchant. Among them
are Theodore Cook, former president of
the Fourth National bank; Capt, G, M,
Holloway. ex"president of the Chamber of
Commerce. who is 10 be president of the
club; Chas, Seasongood, the banker;
Julius Reis. president of the board of coun-
cilmen; N. henderson, sthe wholesale
cothier, millionaire, VIM, Silk and VIM.
Goodheart, clothiers. and Thomas 8.
Shearlock. 1t was an impromptu affair.
not having been called for through the
presss. and it will be added to at an early
date. It is the first time in the history
of politics that such club has been
formed bere. Col. Fellows. of New York,
who happened to be at the hotel, made q
stirring address to the club The first
action taken by the club was to denounce
the policy of The Gazette and Commercial
iu conducting their warfare OF hatred
against the southern people, driving trade
away from Cincinnati, and destroying the
usefulness of the Cincinnati Southern rail-
road. which the city built at an expense
of BIS, 900, 900.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-09-29
GARFIELD and the Credit Mobi1ier.


a STATEMENT SEhE bAAShs
NEW YoRk, Sept. 27.-Judge Jere s.
Black sends 10 the Sun the following
answers to questions asked him by the
editor of that paper:
SIR: Your questions sre entitled to a
candid answer. will give my reply to
each one in the order you put them:
/. did / mean. 10 my letter to Mr.
Blaine, that Gen. Garfield acknowledged
receipt of stock and dividends from Oakes
Amesf Unqucstiouably he agreed to
take the stock. and did receive dividends
upon it. The letter plainly implies that
he had not eoneeslea. or tried to conceal.
that fact from me; but his admission was
coupled With statement which showed
him to be guiltless.
would 90 before the Poland committee and
testify that he had taken the stock 2" |
had DO previous conversation with him
about bis testimony before the Poland
committee. and / did not know what it
would be upiii ! heard it delivered.
3 Did | advise and urge him to tell
the truth2" No. certainly. not. Such
advice and urgency would have been q
most outrageous insult. which could not
offer to any gentleman OF bis character,
4, did he agree TO adopt the line OF
defense suggested b, :. p You seem
TO think that was extremely anxious 10
his pertec. innocence, | was extremely
ANXIOUS that he should get safely oct Of
this uufortusate business. After II began
to be discussed 10 the newspapers, and
before the committee was appointed. L
besoupht him to make no statement for
the public eye which might be inconsist-
ent with what be said to me. Lest he
might forget it or miss the important
points af II. I repeated the substance of
i. ! ,,,sca,, - sar..s,.ilv H Hid tii p:y.
and learned sout sttrl waiu hat be had
authorized a total and fat contradiction.
the other member of con-
grass wbo we're implicated made seperate
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-09-29
Our reg ular army has little hold upo

Our regular army has little hold upon
the affections of the people of to-day, and
its superior officers should certainly. as far
as lies in their power legally and with
righteous intent aim 70 defend the right
which to US is the law. and the institution
which they represent, It is a we'll mean
ing institution. and it you'd be we'll if it
should have an opportunity TO be recog-
nized as bulwark in support of the right
of the people aud of the Law. w.-Hanecck to
Sherman December, 1875.