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COMMISSIONERS SALE.
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NJ. o.. amt Chlr Is w. Fawcc,t.
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~ ClIANCERN:
Pursuant To- a decree Of the Circuit
Court If Preston County, rendered nj ilS
November term, 1881, in the above
styled r~hoCcorN cause tho undersigned
Special commissioner viii sell. at public
auction, TO the hipbest bidder, AT the
'front.' door OF the Court koVso OF said
county, uu
THE lOrn DAY OF APRIL, 1859.
the Same being a Court dav, tho real ca
tate In the htll aud proceedings mentions
col In the above styled cause, CCusistiug
OF a large two story name
Dwelling House and Lot,
situate ON the west side of Tunneltou
Street In
THE TOWN OF KIEGWOOD,
In said county, and beng TIA same
property in which he DESCENDANTS now
reside.
TERMS.-Said property will he sold
for 50 much cash I'm hand as will be noes
essary To- pay costs of salt and proper
charges of sale, the residue upon a credit
OF ono, two and three Yeas. the pur-
chaser giving interest bearing bonds
with approved security for the purchase
moloy unpaid.
JNO. II. pOLT,
marSt4l Special Commissioner.
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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1882-04-26
TRAVELLING ON EXPERIENCE.

"What makes you walk so straieh,
Johnny?" asked a fond mnlher, ,h,
other day, as she saw her son maIsins
tracks Cor the door.
johnny was silent.
"Have you a stiff neck, STRIP ask
ed the mother, cycling him sharply
And johnny, seeing be was cor.
nered, replied:
II cannot Tell a lie; it is a pump
kin pie that / stole from the Shelf
HARDLY, and l intended 10 screen il
under my jacket and escape your
eyes,"
AT this juncture the pie dropped
on The floor and spread like a scan.
dial.
Now, gentle reader, do you fancy
his mother caught him in her arms
and cried, aud said she would rather
have him steal o thousand insignif
Fcant pies and ruin $s5 worth of AK
minster carpet than TO tell a false
hood?
She did not; she reached for a
broom, and fetched him one ia the
small of the back that doubled MIN
twice and almost Tied him in q bow.
knot, and sent him flying through
the door and off the stoop as though
he was running for the first base.
A little later, while rubbing him
self against a tree, be solemnly mur
INJURED to the vagrant winds: "It
may be right to go to Sunday school
and tell the truth, but after this l
shall travel on the straight lie
Perhaps it's better to be right than
President, but I'd rather be wrong
than have my back broke in four or
five places by a broomstick. "-Ex-
change.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1882-04-26

A Word TO MoTHERs.-Mothers
should remember it is a most i'm.
.portant duty at this season to look
after the health of their families and
cleanse the malaria and impurities
from their Systems, and that moth
ing will tone up the stomach and
liver, regulate the bowels and purify
the blood so perfectly as Parker's
Ginger Tonic, advertised 10 our col
umns. See another column.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1882-04-26
DUELIsTs ARD TazE DfME SHOW,

1t has often been found that ridi
. Guile is 9 more potent weapon than
r Legislation. What the law has failed
to do in wiping aueling out may yet
be done by the cid Of sarcastic fun.
The in,tiatory steps have been taken
at Richmond, and the house Of dep
uties has so far considered the m at.
Ter as to refuse to allow the mar who,
introduced the bill asa Joke to with
draw it in solemn earnest. The
house bad been grayely considering,
one OF the old fashioned bills against
'lueling. which everybody knows
would be . dead >leiser, whec passed,
ead which, IL passed, would not
lessen the number of duets fought.
Duff Green walked the sleepy mem
bers up by throwing his bill AZ them.
II is radically different from all pre.
vions bills on the subject. Instead
OF prohibiting duets it provides a
place where they shall be Fought
Instead OF encouraging the braves
TO fire blank cartridges or point their
pistols in the air, it requires that
the duels shall go or unti! somebody
is killed. And in order that The COM
batants may not sneak away to some
inaccessible place where The public
cannot conveniently come and see
them die, az acre of land Is pr6vi-
ded, with an admission fee Of one
dime to he paid By each spectator,
with|no provision for half rate adj.
mission 10 children.
There was for a moment a feeling
IN She l,orse that fees received from
spectators would he very scaniy IN.
less some gilt eagen or other securi.
were given that the duelists would
not riddle she spectators with balls.
70 satisfy the Legislative mind on
this i was necessary only TO point
to the way 10 which duelists gener.
ally SHOOT, and TO show that there is
l Ea+E.
only one cbance 10 several millions
that they will hit anything or any,
body. Should the bill become o law
it will do more To abolish duelline
than any other law ever passed. 1t
exposes The coWardice Of The alleged
braves. It knoclss ont all the 70.
nance, reducing lie transaction to
the level of a circus entertainment
and by charging IN admission fee
the cAivalrous popip jaws on a
level with the bareback riders and
The mas wi1h the.iroh jaw. This is
she proper disposition to make Of
1uel'ats and The dueL-IPhiladel
ohia Timaa.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1882-04-26

l
JOSH B.LLIaas' pHlLosorHY.-If
you will sit down aud wait, young
man, at least one half Of the good
things Of lie will at some time eddy
around near you, while the more you
chase Their the more they will break
into a run
All OF natures works are n part OF
a perfection Of a plan. She makes
no mistakes, creates no vacancy, and
gaesses at nothing.
Ideas are what win; but If a man
hasn't got but one be is apt TO run
that M in the ground, and take
himself with it.
Laughter does not prove anything
Wise men laugh, aud ideas grin all
the time.
Cunning is a weak imitation OF
wisdom, and is liable at any time to
merge into fraud.
Happiness has no abiding place,
but often is very near AZ hand, like
the old vomau's s~pecsacies. After
hunting for them high and low. she
found them at last safe on her nose.
Gravity is becoming "a a fool at
all times, but only to a wise man on
state occasions.
Many seek knowledge, not co much
for the truth as for the speculation!
there is in ii.
Heroism is simple, and yet it is
rare. Every inc who does tho best
he Can is a hero.
Beauty is q dangerous gilt. The
vanity it inspires, and the base fat
terry it attracts, it's possessors are not
to be envied.
Charity makes no mistakes that
she cad be charged with.
Good breeding is The only thing
That can make a fool at all endura.
BILE.
seryitude IS SO unnatural that al
honest serysa. IS The rarest Of all
things.
II MAJ has got the right kind Of
religion be a pick up q creed any.
where that will iiG it.
There is great art in knowing how
70 give without creating an obliga-
tioE.
Abstinence should be the excep-
ton and temperance the rule.-rN.
Y. Weekly.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1882-04-26

LICENSED ASSASSINATION

1 - 49,
The New York World in referrin,
to the recent taking OF of Jess
James, the noloriousstrain robbie
atst. Joseph, Mo-, by hired assas
sins, gives u%tterance 10 the follow
ing forcible and vigorous expires
sions which are by no means cor
pllmentary o..Governor Crittcaden
"Thc civilization Of Missouri il
more compromised by the death O.
James than by his life. His muir.
der appears TO have been The resulI
Of q bargain tnadesbetween his mur
'erer and the Governor Of Missou.i,
*ho had offered a reward for tL,
body Of James, dead or alive thus
reviving for the capture Of James
the medieval ban of outlawry. III
other words, the Governor OF Mis-
souri, seems of his owa motion to
have licensed a citizen of that State
TO commit murder, end TO have put
himself in the disagrecable position
OF an accessory before the fact to a
capital crime. Tie. murder OF James
which was committed by two men
who had been for some mouths ma
King use Of bis hospitality by ws,cI,
ing their chance 10 kill him, was at
least as tr~eacberous as cold bIooded
as any murder which he himself
ever committed, and for this last
murder the Governor Of Missouri
has made the whole State RESPONSE
BILE. 1t is not III the least likely
that either tho Governor or his pals
will be punished. The excuse That
wassa public necessity TO be rid
E| 49,
Of James, and that lie could have
been got I'D of in no o1iler way, will
doubtless be accepted by any Mis-
souri, jury. Bvt the acauiStal will
cave The civilization Of Tho. State
y a worse plight than ever, siace it
Will he a confession that the laws Of
Missouri cannot be vindicated as
against q single outlaw, and that the
way in which smithsonian
murderer can be punished is for the
State to hire another murderer to
Kill him.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1882-04-26

IT is said that the spesker las
a list of seventy-nipe members who
have SIGHTED their desire to speak
on the tariff commission bill. This
may carry The present congressional
session far into Tie aogg.days, and
then result in a dog-fail.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1882-04-26
MANY persons will take no med

-MANY persons will take no med
icine until they are FRUSTRATED on :
bed Of sickness. Iris is folly. Ma.
ture always calls for assistance when
nheded TO throw Of impurities
With our habits of life, it is neces.
sary to render this help. Prickly
Ash Ritters will not force nature,
but acts mildly and renders the as
,sistauce required. Do not fail 10
try them.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1882-04-26

LOOK HERE, LAD1Es.-Mr. Zig
Heyman has just received all the
new styles of slippers and lew-qnar:
ter shoes for ladies, He has mark
ed them down at bottom figures, and
defes any house in town to sell the
same class of goods at lower prices
than he will. Call and see for your
sci.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1882-04-26

-THE republicans carried Rhode
Islam last week with q reduced ma
iority, ~electing q Legislature that
can certainly re elect Senator An.
tIiony and enable him t1ompIese
his misty years ia siie Secate.a
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1882-04-26
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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1882-04-26

L So
MOTHERS READ THIs.-"MY wife
and daughter have both been aflict.
ed for several years with a terrible
female complaint which kept them
Frustrated fol mouths at q time.
My wife had falling Of the wont
and leucorrhea, with extreme ner-
vousnesa, loss Of appetite and gene
raj debility, while my daughter had
what is termed c~hlorosis. or green
sickness, which affected every organ
OF the body, becoming pale, feeble,
e%maclatcd, and unfit for any duty of
life, / spent hundreds Of dollars Tor
doctors and patent medicines, With
out effect for good. / was advised
to try Dr. Dromgoole's ENGL1sH FE.
MALE Buffers, and to my great de-.
light, thirteen bottles cured them.
sound and we'll. Thus speaks Mr..
Arch Speers, of Mississippi.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1882-04-26

-IHE St. Louis Post Dispatch III
q pointed paragraph calls attention
TO the bad habit we have fallen into
IN this country of ..strenuously OBJ
iectiag TO the execution Of a mar
deroG unless nc can have touyor Eve
trials in tie courts aud no ends Of
appeals. Every red handed villain
is made The object Of a s%nivelling
sympathy, aud every cowardly brute
who has recourse to The knife or pis
tol TO assert his personal supremacy
becomes a pct of petticoats," who
dnd in gushing sentimentalism a
vent for their emptiness. They do
these things better ia England. For
instance, al American resident. of
London, one Lamson, q pracIicina
physician, recently poisoned his bro
ther in law. He was promptly tried
and convicted, and is now under sen.
lence Of death. Less time was was.
Ted in preparing the doctor for The
Kind offices Of tue hangman than
would be contaminated in this coun-
try in securing fan Indictment aud a
jury. And yet even for him Ameri-
can gush is gurgliug and The aid Of
diplomacy has been called in. But
will not save him. In England they
believe in hanging murderers.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1882-04-26
goetgn.
THE LAST sUMMEn's DRESSES,

have been through my last summer
Had a regular aolosing-out day.
And of all most discouraeing messes.
Commend me to old clothes, | saw.
There they are, worn and tagged OH
aud tattered,
On the bed aud the chairs and tht
door,
While some hats, rather rakisIlly bat.
tered,
Lie ~sociably near on the floor.
There's my white lace, still covered
with fav0rs-
Cost a fortune and turned outa fraul
Bot wore tt that night at the .Trayers.
when l danced with the swell from
abroad.
laere's . bunting, a satin brocaded;
heres nuns cloth, made up rather
plain;
And this old muslin, looking so faded.
And with such an aggressive bio
stain.
| remember the last time I wore IL.
AT that picnic where we caught trout.
ana L caught On a thorn bush and
tore it,
And Of course all the shirrine came
out;
And to finish the wreck more corn.
pletely,
Tom McCrary, the laundering old
Must needs upset his berries directly-
The avalanche struck me lust here.
Poor Tom! In far-off Colorado
He's at work In some gully or ditch !:
But it never will prove FL Dorado
Tom isn't the kind to get rich.
And should he return, dear old fellow
With his limited income Increased.
I'm certain I'd be sere and yellow.
And ne would be forty, at least.
1t is silly, I know, to remember.
But some thoughts are so 10th to 90
Yet III be twenty-three next septem-
And a girl can't wait ALWAYS. YOU
know.
Well, life is peculiar and pulling,
And don't find much game in the
hunt,
Eut-l always shall keep that blue
muslin
With the strawberry stain down the
front!
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1882-04-26
MILZLNER

CTANLEY, MRS. A. c., Fashionable
y Millinery and Dress making. Cnt-
ting and fitting done to order. Also
Dry Goods and Notions.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1882-04-26

TAS. ANDREWS, Attorney-at-Law
and Notary Public. Office on De-
Soto street, between First and Second.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1882-04-26

TTARRIS, JOHNNIE, Wheelwright
Ii and Blacksmith. Shop corner of
Fourth and Murray streets. Work
executed with dispatch, OF reasonable
terms, for cash.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1882-04-26
MZSCELLAWEOUS

KELLY, P, Contractor, Builder and
IN Undertaken, corner Lee and Fifth
streets. A fine Hearse and a full as
sortment of Metallic and Rosewood cof-
Ans always on hand.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1882-04-26
BUSINESS DIRECTORY
ALEXANDRIA,,
PR OE,ESS/ONdZ.

pLACKMAN, W. F., Attorney and
- Counsellor at Law. Office on De
Soto Street, between First and Second.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-10-14
EDUBLIC SALE.
Probate Court, Parish Of 81. Landry, No. 437l
Estate OF MARIE LOUISE SEMERE.

Probate Court. Parish of 81. Landry, No. 437l
ESTATE OF MARIE LOUISE SEMERE.
By virtue of an order of the Honorable the
Probate Court in and for the parish of Saint
Landry, there will be sold ut public auction,
to the last aud highest bidder, by the under
signed tutor or duly qualified auc-
tioneer, at the last residence of deceased, in
Prairie Hayes, parish of st. Landry, on
TUESDAY, November l4tli, 1882, tho follow
ing described property, belonging to the estate
of Marie Louise Miller, deceased, in commu-
nifty with Marius Amy, her surviving hus-
band to-wit
[, The plantation, the last residence OF the
deceased, situated in Prairie Hayes, st. Ian
dry parish, with all the buildingsand improve.
ments thereon, containing one hundred and
| ffty acres bounded north by lands of LanzO
Raspberry and James Ledoux, south by land OF
Landsdale, east by land OF Steen and Ben
Goss, and west by James Ledoux.
| 9. The undivided one fourth of tract OF
wood and prairie land, situated at Mallet,
measuring seven arpents front by forty in
| depth, bounded north by Bayou Mallet, south
BY John M. Martin, east by I: Amy, and west
| by Bayou Mallet; said tract being owned in
indivision between Hypolite Miller, Thsophile
Francois, and III. Amy, in community with Ms
| deceased wife.
| 3. One creole horse, one creole mare ana
colt, two cows and calves, one COW, one yoke
oxen, one gun, one wagon, etc.
Terms and cenditions.-The woodland, be-
ipq lot No. 2, to be sold for cash; the planta
ton, the last residence of deceased, to be sold
| on credit Of one, two and three years from
day of sale purchasers to furnish their notes
PAYABLE to the erder of the Natural Tutor and
Administrator, with two good and solvent su
reties to his satisfaction; said notes to beal
eight per cent yearly interest from day of sale
and the plantation to remain specially mort
gagged with vendors privilege in favor OF sale
estate, until final payment Of purchase price
and interest The movables to be sold as fol
lows: all adjudications of fifteen dollars ant
under payable cash ON day of sale; all adjudi
cations over $15, ne-half cash and balance il
one year; purchasers to furnish their notes 7.
the order Of the Tutor and Administrator witt
eight per cent yearly interest from date, Will
two coed sureties to his satisfaction.
MARIUS AMY,
sct IA. 1882, Natural Tutor.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-10-14
The Ind of the World.

The following, from DemOrest's for
May, 1882, will be read with increased
interest now, since the comet now to be
seen in the eastern sky is pronounced by
astronomers to be the famous comet OF
l843, referred to in the extract below:
Richard w. Proctor, the astronomer,
has created quite scare recently. He
ventured to suggest that perhaps the
world would come to an end about the
year 1897. The comet of 1868, one OF
the greatest upon record, returned in
l843, and some astronomers believe 1t
will reappear in 1897, so near the sun
that it may fall into it. Ifits substance
is solid or if accompanied by meteorites
composed of substantial matter, the Of
feet of it's fall upon the sun would be
to develop vast amount OF heat
throughout the solar system, and SO des-
troy all animal and vegetable life upon
this globe. That such accidents do
happen throughout the universe is pro-
bable, for it is known that stars sudden
ly blaze out and then disappear forever.
A star in the Northern Crown in 1866
1OI d low uhyS OuO " "oA
derfully increased light, clearly due to
an addition to its temperature, and such
an accident may happen to our sun.
1t is known that the best portions of
onr globe were at one time subject to
glacial action, that is, icebergs and q
frozen sea covered the greater part of
the northern hemisphere. The sun at
that time must have withdrawn some
of its heat, and catastrophe of an en-
tirely different character may also occur.
However, 1897 is some time off yet.
Then, it is not settled the comet of 43
is due at that time, and Furthermore
there are serious doubts as to whether
the fall offs comet into the sun would
have any appreciable effect. Astrono-
mers have reason to believe that the
earth has been several times touched
by the tail Of the comet, without its
inhabitants being aware of it. 1t is
hardly worth while keeping awake at
night, thinking over the possible effect
of a comet striking the sun in 1897.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-10-14
GHERIFFS SALE.

District Court, Parish st. Landry, No. III
DAVID Roos vs ELPHEeR GUILLoRY
By virtue of writ of fieri facias issued
by the Hon the District Court in and for the
parish of st. Landry, in the above entitled
suit and to me directed, will proceed to sell
at public auction to the highest bidder, at the
prinoipal door of the Court House in the town
Of opelousas perish of St: Landry, on 9oss SAat r.
II O'clock A. M, the following described
property, to-wit:
/. Two hundred arpents of land stu
ated on Bayou Mallet, bounded north
by land of Louis Daniel, south by land
of D. L. Todd, east by land of Jean Bite
Blaneo, and west by Bayou Mallet, with
all the buildings and improvements
thereon, being same property acquired
from Francois Guillory by act Of sale
passed April 18th, 1867, recorded in
book "U.S folio 513.
Tarms-Cash. C. C. DUsON,
Sheriff Of the parish of st. Landry
nnelnuaea Oct i4th 1882.