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G Are the Children Inp,,

There is sad story with this title,
for it is the story of an old, old woman
who, deaf and blind, with palsied limbs
and faltering speech, lay dying. Her
friends gathered around her, looked in
vain for any token of consciousness; the
aged partner of her life sat holding the
chilling hand while he searched in her
worn face for some token that she
knew him; but her thoughts were away
away back with the years passed over,
cropping dimly among homely house
hold duties, holding converse with
those who had long slept beneath the
daisies, At last look of intelligence
frightened the aged face, the sightless
eyes were turned in the direction of
the feeble old man who sat there
mourning, and rs the last smile faded
and flickered ON the thin lips, the dying
woman asked in the voice of her youth:
'Are the children all imp
Yes, they are all in, safe in the fold
above long years before; but when all
was dead in that woman's heart that
could die, the mother-love still lived to
assert itself. She had never slept a
night since ''the children" had been
given to her without knowing that they
were safely housed under the parental
roof. safe from the powers of evil that
stalk abroad at night to devour our
youngest and fairest ones. safe from
the tempter who shows them world of
gilded splendor and lures them away to
it. How can a mother sleep when she
does not know where her children areP
Is it not strange that when they are
infants and their little feet cannot
guide them into harm-when they are
too young for evil to assail them-that
mother will watch their infant
slumbers and never for moment
leave them unguarded; while in the
tender years Of dawning knowledge.
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when their young souls are craving eX-
element and they have not the judg-
ment to discern between good and evil,
they are allowed to choose their own
companions sleep away from home and
imbibe draughts Of sin which can never
be forgotten? Where are the fathers of
these children at night, who do not
know whether the boyish head is laid
upon the pillow of innocence or housed
among the evil and corrupt Business
that these are the hours of needed
recreation then are they eluaing the de-
mands OF sacred duty. Mothers are
easily deceived by their children; some-
times they let them 90 off with thought
less companions and trust to the in
tegrity of the boyish heart, forgetting
that a disciple fell, and Christ Himself
was tempted And by and by there is
fearful awakening! What were the
boys do ngp Reading the detestable
literature which manufactures pirates
and thieves Learning that it is no
harm to deceive good, kind parents in
order to commit the impossible heroism
of sacking cities or staying red skins.
They are taught that it is manly to
chew, smoke, swear and carry revolvers
while they are tender infants, and
many boy who, if left to himself,
would be home with his mother. cutting
paper dolls for his little sister, swaggers
about the vestibule of sensational thea
ter, that he may enact in private the
baleful dramas set off by red fire on the
stage. How many graves are green to-
day-small graves that cover much that
was promising because at nightfall
there was no one to ask care the chill
dren in" - Detroit Post and Tribune.
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A Swiss Hurricane.

Pastor Strasser, of Grindelwald,
gives in the Obertdnd graphic account
of the terrible storm which wrought
such havoc in the Grindelwald Valley
on Friday, October 81: The Iohn, as
to whose origin meteorologists are not
yet agreed The writes), which all sum
mer brought with it nothing but rain,
has Just played us a prank that was lit
tie short OF tragical and will be remem-
bered in the valley for generations. 1t
began to blow at four o'clock in the
morning and went on for nearly TWEEN
ty-four hours with terrific violence OF
which those who did not witness its ef-
fects can have no conception. There
have been fierce fonhe' before, but
never anything like this The heaviest
roof stones were blown off like chips;
Jumps of rock weighing one hundred
pounds apiece were sent spinning
through the air like cannon balls in a
battle Inside the houses there was no
safety, outside nobody could live Win
dows were blown in, roofs carried away
bodily. and many families fled in terror
to their cellars. In the afternoon a few
brave men, at the risk Of their lives,
went on the roofs and tried to repair
damages. But it was impossible to do
anything. As fast as they replaced the
stones they were dislodged and several
of the men thrown to the ground. BY
a strange caprice the storm left more
than one rickety building unharmed
and destroyed the newest and strong
est. AS night set in the storm ragged
still fiercely. Shortly after twelve there
came a lull, followed at a short inter-
val by such foh-rain as was never seen
before. The winter provision of for
age, already scattered by the wind, was
completely drenched and spoiled past
using. 1t is wonder of wonders that
we have no loss of lie to deplore. On
the day of the hurricane the road from
Interlaken to Grindelwald was exposed
to such a shower Of missiles-tree
branches, stones and tiles--that no one
could traverse it without the risk of fa
tai injury"
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HUMOROUS.

In some countries the fig is re-
garded as emblematical of intemper-
ance. because Of its seedness. Tile
Jadge.
Translated from the omnibus:
Housewife -"Before you employ,
must you ask: Have you a loverp'''
Seryant-maiden = Gone 1 should
smile!'
When woman wants to get rid of
her husband for an hour, she sends him
up. stairs to get something from the
pocket of one of her dresses. --EG-
change.
The largest bar of gold ever east in
the United States weighed 450 pounds.
An invitation to walk up TO the bar
would have been accepted by almost
any man. Detroit Free Press.
-" Dear meIn exclaimed Lucinda,
"what a tiresome talker that DIR. Jelker
is! His long talks would tire anYthiRg"
Whereat her brother Tom, the wheel
wright's apprentice, said: "Td like to
see him talk long enough to tire a wagon
wheelr
An article IS again going the
rounds asking: "Who Struck Billy Pat
terson?" We admitted couple of
years ago that we struck him, but our
confession appears to have been dis
credited in some quarters. -NOrristowB
Herald.
"A poetess in the Philadelphia Bulle-
lin says: II ask no gems OF him
love-" Step right up this way, dear;
top floor, second door to the right.
You're the girl we've been in search of
ever since we could afford to get mar
ried.--M " Commercial advertiser.
A young gentlemanwho was pledged
to take a young lady to party re-
marked to her on the afternoon previous
to the event that he was going home TO
take a sleep, in order to be fresh.
" That right" she replied; but do
not sleep too long" "Whyp' he
asked Because, she answered, :"
do not want you 10 be too fresh. -
FhitadeiphiG SuRday Item.
=" Yes" said old Hi Newton, as he
scraped the mud from his No. l5 boots
with chip, "this is muddy, but it's
nothing to what / saw down on the
twenty-mile creek when l was running
mill there. Why, I've hauled logs
there with oxen, when all you could see
of the cattle was the tips of their horns
sticking up through the mud; and it
WASH much OF a time for mud either"
The Judge.
The following is an address to the
barber: II want close shave. / am
in hurry. DO not put any oil or grease
upon my hair never use bay rum or
cosmetics. Please comb my hair up
and back. / do not wish my hair
trimmed or cut do not want any hair
tonic or skin medicine. do not want
any shampoo or bath. / have not
heard the latest news from Egypt, nor
do l want to. care nothing for poll
tics or crime or society. / do not care
for stock or market reports. am not
stranger in the city, and ] am not GO
ing TO the ball this evening. am
professor in deaf and dumb institute,
and am glad Of it. Go ahead and
shave me. ~ Chicago Herald,
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Searching for Papa.

A lady in the street met little girl
between two and three years old, evil
IDENTITY lost. and crying bitterly. The
lady took the baby's hand and asked
where she was going.
''Down TO find my papa," was the
sobbing reply.
"what is your papa's nameP" asked
the lady.
His name is papa
"But what is his other nameP What
does your mamma call himPn
"She calls him papa" persisted the
little creature.
The lady then tried tolead her along.
"You had better come with me. Iguess
you came this wayP"
Yes, but don't want to go back.
want to find my papa replied the lit
tie girl. CRYING afresh, as if her heart
would break.
"What do you want of your papap"
asked the lady.
81 want to kiss him"
Just at this time sister of the child,
who had been searching for her, came
along and took possession of the little
runaway. From inquiry it appeared
that the little ones papa, whom she was
so earnestly seeking, had recently died,
and she, tired of waiting for him to
come home, had gone Quito find him. -
Clecetdnd Herald.
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"A diseouraging object of attack for
autograph hunters is Nine. Christine
Nilsson. One of the fraternity, album
in hand, managed to gain access TO her
parlor the other day. But the moment
he made his errand known, she arose
in all her dignity, and, pointing to the
door, exclaimed: "You 60 right out of
that door, this Instant" And be went.
IN Y Sun.
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nIrrrns AFrER rHE cURRENc Z

Icare not If her eyes be black,
or blue, or gray, or green, sir,
Nor if horrid length of nose
stick out feet between, sir.
Enough for me to know that she
Has got the pile Of tin, sir;
For cash, like charity, will hide
A multitude of sins, sir.
Don't talk to me of ruby lips.
Nor cheeks like lilies fair, sir,
Nor snowy brow, nor pearly teeth,
Nor flowing golden hair, sir.
The only gold that takes my eye
Forit my spirit bankers
Is that which jingles in the purse,
And passes at the bankers.
Give me the girl that's got the cash,
A fifty thousand cool, sir;
Ieare not if she's young or old,
A Portia or fool, sir.
Be she as meek as any saint,
Or as the dickens bold, sir,
I'll shut my eyes to every fault,
II she has got the gold, Sir.
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AN old bachelor, who wanted to in
gratiate himself with rich widow, pre-
sented her with lap-dog. saying: II
have trained him so perfectly that he
will eat of your hand. . Eat off my
handr' exclaimed the widow. "'Idon't
want my hand eaten of, and you needn't
think of getting it in that way IN T.
.Ledqer.
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Newton Ashton. aged twenty-four,
committed suicide at Martins Ferry,
w. Va, recently because Katie Powell
wanted to postpone their wedding,
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Frank Leslie,s Popular Monthly.

Frank LesliesS Popular Monthly.
The July number fully maintains the
high character of this periodical. 80 The
First Century of the English Mission" is
contributed by Hon. John Bigelow, and has
portraits Of all the Ministers who have
represented this country at the Court Of ST.
James. Alfred H. Guernsey has an article,
"a Year with the Maori ~; NJ. E. Sherwood
one, "Shoes and their History; N. Robin
son one on the City Of the Galatians - !;
Professor j. D. Whitney very interesting
one, "The Earth's Treeless Region" all
finely illustrated. .The History OF Money -
abounds with interesting information and
has twenty-seven Illustrations. Richard b.
Kimball has an admirable article on Is Ralph
Waldo Emerson and there are besides,
sketches, etc, by other popular writers !;
several poems, many Of them beautifully
illustrated serial and short stories by hide,
Walter E. Mccain, W. G. Zeigler, Jane G.
Austin, n. D. Urner, etc, etc. The l28
quarto pages present rale literary treat !;
they contain over 100 engrayDgs, and the
frontispiece, Learning to Paddle" is a
reproduction from the paining by Il. Epp.
The price is only a5 cents per number or 50
year, postpaid. Address Frank leslie, So,
IS and 81 Park Place, New York.
- The well-known and popular author
ess, Marion Harland. begins a new serial
story, entitled "A Good Fellow" in the
August number Of Frank Leslie's Sunday
Magazine, written expressly for its pages.
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Be it further resolred, That the several
Parish Committees of the district are hereby
directed to call an election of delegates,
which call shall be published at least two
weeks before the meetings hereinafter
specified in the Morgan City Free Press,
Donaldsonville CHIEF, Iberville South, N.
o. Weekly Louisiania7a, Louisiana Republi-
can and such other papers friendly to this
call.
The election of parish delegates to the
District Convention shall be held on the 9Th
day of August 1882, at their several parish
seats. Said delegates shall be furnished
with proper credentials, certified by the
President and Secretary of their respective
committees, and copies OF the same shall be
forwarded ut the same time to Thee
Foutelieu, President and Louis A. Martinez
Secretary of the District Committee.
Be it further resoired, That the members
of this committee be, ;.nd they are hereby
notified that meeting of this committee
will be held at Donaldsonville ON Monday,
the 2Ist day of August, 1882, at o'clock P.
NJ. for the purpose Of preparing q roll for
the temporary organization of the Conven-
ton.
Resolccd, That the proceedings of this
committee be published in the N. o. Weekly
Louisianiaa, Louisiana Republican, Donald
sonyille CHIEF, Morgan City Free Press,
Iberville South, and such other papers as
arc favorable to it.
TIEO. FONTELiEU.
President Republican Committee Third
Congressional District Of Louisiana.
i. A. MARTINEZ, Secretary.
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SUMMARY OF STATE NEWS,
Gleanings from the Louisiana Press

Gleanings from the Louisiana Press.
The Supreme Court is in session at
Monroe.
Dick Harris, colored, was drowned in
Lake Concordia last week.
A hook and ladder fire company has
been organized at Abbeville.
A fatal epidemic among cats is prevail
ing on False River, Pointe Coup6e.
st. Helena is promised one of the finest
crops made in that parish for years.
The weather is too cool for tue good of
the crops in the upper part of the State.
The residence Of Mr.. Hebert Delomc-
bre, i'll Iberia parish, was destroyed by
fire.
Cat-worms are playing havoc with
young cotton in portions of Concordia
parish.
Jaques Courteau, a fisherman, was
drowned in lower Terrebonne. He leaves
family.
AiSt. Landry mare has given birth tt
twin colts, one a horse and the other I
mule colt.
Five persons were poisoned in st
Helena by eating canned beef, but al
recovered.
Gov. MeEnery declines to pardon j. L
Dickerson, recently convicted of bigam,
in Ouachita parish.
A special term of the United States
District and Circuit Courts will begin i,
Monroe on the 18th inst.
Two colored men were drowned i,
Cross Lake and two colored children il
Red River, Caddo parish, last week.
Wainwright Glover is in Jail at Houm;
for an assault upon Mary Evans, IA year
of age. Both the parties are colored.
Trenton has been agitated over mil,
case of small pox. No other cases hav
| appeared and the excitement is subsiding
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Political Notice.

To the Presidents of the Republican Parish
Committees and to all Republicans of
the Third Congressional District.
At meeting Of the Third Congressional
District Committee held in the city of New
Orleans, on Saturday, March 4, 1882, the
following cali was issued, to-wit:
Resolced. That the Republican Congress
sional Nominating Convention of the Third
Congressional District is hereby called to
meet at Donaldsonville on Tuesday, the
22nd day of August, 1882, at II o'clock NJ,
eighth Congress. and to elect a Congress
sional District Committee.
BE it further resolced, That the several
parishes of the Third Congressional Dis
trict, be entitled to the following represen-
tatiop i'll said Convention, viz:
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Col. Grisamore of the Thibodaux Seuti-
mel, Hyams of the Sugar Planter and
Uncle Harry Gould, three old fossilized
auill-drivers are showing what few teeth
they have left at each other. IN case of
i triangular hair-pulling, Uncle Harry
will be the sole sufferer as the two first
men have long since been Invested Of the
Traditional capillary substances of our
Uncle Ned.
The paragapher above, albeit he is a
youthful Benedict, might lave added
without much dctrinreDt to himself, that
the hirsute apprndage which SO distin-
sujshes Uncle Harry &. 4. p), is one of
the mes, powerful arguments il favor Of
aarllriuri.ood.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1882-06-24
DEMOCRATIC OUTLOOK In TEN


The Democratic convention Of the
State Of Tennessee assembled on the
evening Of the.22nd instant, at Nashville,
to nominate Governor. Upon the fifth
ballot, cast at midnight, General W. B.
Bate #as declared nominated. The plat
form adopted, and upon which he was
the State debt to he unwise, in as much
as it is not in accordance with the views
of the people. Excepted from this pro-
vision, however, is SO much of the debt
as was contracted for the building or
purchasing of certain public buildings,
the validity of which is declared not to
be disputed by any portion of the party.
A proposition is also made to pay this
portion of the debt, known as the
State debt proper, in full, and favoring
the payment Of the remainder at so cents
on the dollar, with per cent. interest
for the first ten years and per cent.
thereafter until maturity. About seven
ty-fve delegates, representatives of what
is known as the State Credit wing, dis
satisfied with the nomination and reso-
lutions of the convention, bolted there
from, and have called an assembly for
July II.
The Democrats of Tennessee could
| hardly have chosen better nominee for
| Governor. True and tried, he stood
| firmly by the party when it threatened
to be disrupted by internal dissentiol
during the last gubernatorial convass q
soldier and statesman, he deserves the
votes Of the party. He participated il
the Mexican war, having enlisted i'll /;
Louisiana regiment, but was afterward;
a member of a regiment from his owl
State. He then became tho editor of tn,
Tenth Legion, and III 1S49 was elected t,
the Legislature of Tennessee. He grad
uated at the lebanon law school, wa
appointed two years afterwards to tn
position of Attorney General, and whe1
the late war broke ont entered, as pr
vate, rising to the grades successfully O
Captain, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel
Bridgier and Major General, which las
rank he held at the surrender He wa
afterwards Il member of the Nationa
Democratic Executive Committee fo
about twelve years.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1882-06-24

Nearly a century has elapsed since
diplomatic relations were first estab
lished between the United States and
Great Britain. During this time their
representation to the English Court has
been almost unbTaken and Of the twenty
six gentlemen who have filled that Office
three have been Presidents and more
than one-h half of the remainder, members
of the Cabinet.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1882-06-24

The Natchitoches indicator in its
last issue has several articles on base
ban which, if connected together,
WoglI I'LL two-tlirds of column of that
paper. Evidently the base ball boom in
that vicinity has reached as great a
height as it has i'll ours, and we are glad
to- see it. Can not the Nolan boys set
aside one of their off-days and invite a
Natchitoches nine to Donaldsonville this
season. =
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Y II 4 s. l.s'i *. -
Notice. !.

rs hereby given that application will be
i made to the Hon. Commissioner Of the
General Land Office under act Of Congress
of june 16, 1880, for the repayment Of the
purchase money on the following New
Orleans cash entries, viz:
l. Certificate No. ST. for the N. E. of
Sec. No 80, T. No. 8, S. R. 2 g., l6l-4oa acres,
and entered by Marie and Victorine Allan,
Dec. TO- A. D., 1888.
3. Certificate No. 3S2, for lots Nos. l, 9 and
3, Sec. No. 20, I. s, r. 2. E., 97-6S acres, and
entered by B. Allan, ST., and 3. Allan, Dr.,
Dec 10, A. D., 1888.
8. Certificate No. $50, for lots Nos. 8. 10,
Is and l6 in Sec. No. Is, T. No. 8, s. Il. 2:
E., l6O-40 acres, entered by Joseph and
Matthew Rodriguez, Sept. II, \. D.. 1885. :
4. Certificate No. 1898, for the S. q. ! OF
Sec. No Z, T. N. 9, s. R. 3. b., 1880 acres,
entered by Adrien and Joachim Blanchard,
January %, A. D.. 1899.
S. Certificate No. 562. for S. E. of Sec.
No. %, 7. No. 8, S. r. g. E., 1000 acres,
entered by Martin Dixon and Elizabeth
Hudson. April II, A. D., 1889.
Donaldsonville, La, May q, 1882:
i. r. MASON,
Attorney for applicants.
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A strange case of blood poisoning has
occurred i'll New York. Allen J. Cum
ing while arranging a banquet en- his
dining table scratched his thumb with
II thorn Oh the stem of rose bush. At
The time he did not notice it, nor were
the three tritiing scratches discovered
until he began to feel pain some hours
afterward. inflammation set in and they
developed into painful wounds. Though
every treatment which science has de-
Hised in such cases was tried, blood poi
so'ling resulted. Pneumonia, combined
with slight attack of pleurisy followed,
which in Il few days resulted in death.
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A CARD.

To all who are suffering from the errors
and indiscretions of youth, nervous weak
ness, early decay, loss of manhood, &C.. 1
will send recipe that will cure you, FREE
OF CHARGE. This great remedy was dis
covered by a missionary in South America.
Send selt-adlressed envelope to the REV.
JOSEPH T. INMAN, Station d, Neao York
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An attempt at suicide was strangely

An attempt at suicide was strangely
frustrated some days ago in st. Louis.
Edward Murray, who had just reached
that city from California, procured
ball Of stout Irvine and sauntered out on
the bridge as far as the middle arch.
Suspicious movements caused him to be
watched, but before it could be proven
ted he had securely tied his legs together
at the ankles and jumped into the water.
The means he had taken to insure sue
cess proved to be his preservation, as i'll
tying tightly the legs Of his pantaloons
he had imprisoned a large quantity of
air, which made fair life presosver.
He was fished out with a graphing
hook though struggling desperately to
keep from being rescued and making
frantic but unsuccessful efforts to keep
under water.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1882-06-24

At public meeting of the New York
Autobiography League several legisla-
tors were clamorously called to account
for casting their votes in favor of the
Elevated Railway Tax Bill and Messrs.
ffaggerty, Boyd and McClelland, amid
cheers and misses, attempted to explain
their votes 1t must have been difficult
If not an impossible undertaking to con-
vince the anti naonopolists that votes for
snch an internally iniqnitous bill "
we're inst. =; -.'''-" -
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What Everybody Wants

Is reliable medicine that never does any
harm and that prevents and cures disease
by keeping the stomach in order. tue bowels
regular, and the kidneys and liver active.
Such a medicine is Parker's Ginger Tonic.
1t relieves every case, and has cured
thousands. See other column-Tsibesne.