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Rather Too Long.
After Twenty Years on the Wrong
Side Of Life a Virginian Turns
the Tables.
long did YOU say ~

ItoW long did you say ?"
Twenty years, | said. Up to the time
| mentioned had suffered from diseased
liver for twenty years, " said Mr.. 5. l.
Hancock, Of Richmond, Va, halfsadly as
though thinking of that dlapidated Sec
ton of his life. "At times | almost wish
cd 1t had pleased Providence to omit the
liver from tie human anatomy"
Bad enough-twenty years of thai
sort OF thing, responded a listener.
$ What was the upshot of it," r
The upshot was that some time ago
went down to Scott's drug store in tins
city, and bought one Of Benson's Capclns
Porous Pastors, applied it and was reIieyi
ed in few hours, and am now as soQnu
as though my liver were made Of lnda-
rubber" Benson's-unlke the oldfasnlol-
ed kind of plasters-act promptly. LoGA
for the word CAPCINE, which is cut u y
the genuine. Price % cents. Seabury
Johnson, Chemists, New York.
The Dawson journal., 1883-10-11

The first American Inscription up
on the obelisk, now standing in Cen.
tral Park, New York, will be; use
Dr. Bulls Cough Syrup. Price IS
cents"
The Dawson journal., 1883-10-11
BEN BUTLER,s Spoons.


the silver spoon scandal.
"While l was in New Orleans
replied Butler, "there was number
of complaints brought to me of pri-
vate houses being entered by soldiers
and plundered Of fine plate, pictures
and any other valuable adornments
that struck the fancy Of the marau-
ders. l referred these complaints
to a young officer on my staff with
orders to investigate them strictly.
He reported to me chat the reports
were greatly exaggerated, and had
originated from the imputence and
trespasses OF private soldiers. Com
plaints continued to come in, and on
investigation were similarly disposed
of. One day, while was in a rather
bad humor, prominent citizen Of
New O-leans came to my Office and
renewed the old cry His house had
been invaded and stripped OF its
valuable ornaments, and he came to
recover them. eff the United Sta
tes," said he, "has an army of rob
bers down here, and robbery is their
object, very well can put up with
r.. INT If r,,,b p, :, not oo,5oi,oa
then [ waas my o.oper,y restored"
Being oa5 of temper I answer
MIN "a, ler yru1sa1I n him !
i ,ot :. .;iey, ! ,y.,rl ~. H. s...
thit / hal l4dlaasr,lsea4.,i,, i,,1,.
tlgased wltaoa5 ti3i.asaly rr,e3 in
the lepor5s, and 5a5 | 5a,l,1t
was a system Of les /, aaa5y tbe
Uaioa forces aal a.tso,t 3, awaken
sympathy In cons; iar,t,e o,ss,,,
Itlsn or rIersl aiDavav AID sflI
.d.d uet want h, As,r ay mora .,.,
lgs rn ,oy s,r.5sa
M o,, ear. ~,
~ . : 80 e'l'' MS ''.''' DIGS -.'i 'a7.'
go ''.l -'''''"
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CO. o.of
fa;o,oa7 nos,;,a .so1 -
ir,- oo.,n1a;n. -. ~,
onton1 sbot,,
"yon NAV shoot oa,ho ,, -
rcsoonda9 Aha ;olo.,ort rrooIo' ~.
I shall colnnIain as long as bond
Of robbers and tbiavas nlnp5ar ma "
"Or5arIv %, T cr;a1 a,1 ~ oaioo.
apDearaI "Take . file of man ord
shoot this rebel immediately
THE orderly went ont and soon
returned with a file Of men I, the
meantime the Creole was exprssino
hi. o,,;,;on of tho oo,-o.,,,-,4 :.
troops and myself il langnaaa ca
o,,.nos+ o,d sia...,,o 4Io4 20
u 80 al" ''''7ie .'''' eou'' not
oouo' 'he truth OF his compliant. lie
continued it even after the orderly
had roughly seized hin and va
l>hipo him glo,ar to eve,.,tio,
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thought the prodigal son OF the bi-
ble times would have though If bls
pa had mauled him when he came
home, and what kind of a story it
would have made, If it had told
about the old man taking him by the
neck and kicking him all over the
room instead OF falling on his neck
and weeping, aud giving him veal
| pot-pie. Pa said he wasn't running
any old back number prodigal sous,
and he thought his way the best,
and he sent me to bed without any
supper That settles the prodigal
business with Hennery. No more
fatted caIffor Hank, if yau please,
and the boy got up and shook the
herring pealings off his lap.
"Weu. how did your chum come
out ?" asked the groceryman, with
much interest.
80. he hasn't come oat vet. He
is in the lookup" said the boy. "HIis
ma put the police onto him, aud
when he showed up they run him i'll
to the police station for 8 tramn. 7
think we have both demonstrated
that this climate does not agree
with the lrodigal business, and how
ever much they may try to teach
Us the beauties Of such stories, tbey
90 not expect us to try to ini.ase
theIn, When go to Chicago after
this shall so in parlor car, >yita
lunch enough to las, me, and re-
turn ticket. I don't understand it at
all. Now I didn't 10 half tle ,aean
things ia Chicago that the prol'eal
son OF old did in the far of country,
and yet he got tatfy when he got
home. and got my spus broke.
Is may be ali right, 1dt they ID
things different in the old country,
you know
Il 1 understand the ki0i Pro j.
lSaI son You are, sail t4e grocery
man, as he cprlnded the aoor from
a wash basin, preparatory to the s.ui-
annual sweeping out, syou have cot
even witn your pa before this. for his
outrageous treatment That is
mind you, I don't suggest aovthipo
for YOU to play on him hut from
what know of YOU. the account Is
evenod up before now. Am I
right"
"Well, I should remark. Any
person who thinks cannot resent
such an insult, makes a mistake as TO
the sort OF a prodigal son l am. We
had company at dinner today, and
pa is always in his element when we
we have company. He prides him
self ON his carving. We had a roast
OF beef. aud before it went on the ta-
ole l TOOK 'he steel that pa sharpens
the carving knife on, and made two
holeS right through the roast and
then TOOK raWMde whip that pa
pasted me with once, cutit IN two and
run pieces OF the rawhide IN the holes
OF the beef Ia began carving with a
smile ana asked the minister Ii he
would have hl" beef rare, or an out
side piece. lie was bearing gently
On 'he carving 6pIfr, #ii9a the KNIT"
7'r'cA ''e ia"D1'e and 1t ""nii.t =
20 any ''l'I54' Ia s.Aii'd a'i s"l
ne naa struck baroed WIRE fence,
and ne turned the roast around and
cut again and he struck the rawhide.
The minister drummed with his
fork and spoke to ma and said, we
had splendid meeting Wednesday
night, and ma said it was perfectly
gorgeous, and pa began to perspire
aud turn red in the face, and he
said some words that would sound
better in brewery, and he tried to
Souge off some meat, bat it wouldn't
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Executors Sale.

WILL be sold to the highest bidder a
" The residence Of the late b G
BROWN, on Thursday, October 255
Commencing at 10 O'clock, A. NJ. consist
ing in part Of the following properly IA
Wit; Horses, Mules, Wagon, Cars
Hogs, Corn, Fodder, Cotton Seed. Peas
Farming Implements, Household arl
Kitchen Furniture, &c, sc. Terms cash
Il. II. BROWN, and L. MoLESTER
Executors Of E. G. BROWN, desi
Dawson, Ga, Sept. 20, 1888.
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EldredChristie, NJ. D

WANTED A AGO GOOD LIVE.
Agent to sell our Famous Hawley Ws,bs9s ,s y
Machine and Wringer. An eneToatia t @',ia n
who is willing to work can make from 1'S1 e.
to 80 a day. None need apply bnt N mso ,,
who are willing to work and can forri.s ,,i,s
good testimonials. U. l.. WEsTox&Co
Dawson. ca
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1883-01-10
"A SPECIAL to the Times-Democra

"A SPECIAL to the Times Democrat,
dated Baton Rouge, January 9th,
says:
The Democratic Convention was
called to order to-day, at 1880 a. M,
Judge Duncan in the chair. On call
of the roll all the parishes were found
to be present. The reading of the
minutes was dispensed with.
Mr.. Herman placed in nomination
Hon, Thos. B. Lyons, of East Felici-
ana, and balloting commenced.
The 25th, ballot stood: Lewis %,
Sample 10, Edwards IL, and Lyons 6.
On the 2sth, ballot Lewis received 80,
Sample 4, Edwards 6, Lyons 10.
The nomination of Hon. Edward T.
Lewis was made unanimous.
Mr.. Lewis, being called on to address
the convention, spoke at some length,
expressing thanks for the honor con.
ferred upon him, which he did not ex'
pect. ~
Addresses were made by Gov. r. G..
Wicklifle, Senator Charles Parlange,
Hon. II. B. Lyons, Hon Bolivar Ed
wards, Hon. F. w. Robertson, Hon. T.
j. Herman, Gen. Leon Jastremski, Gen.
Allen Thomas, Col. Thorpe, Hon. Mr..
Sample and Judge Duncan.
A vote of thanks was rendered the
chair, secretary and reporter, after
which the convention adjourned size
die.
Gen. Lewis, Gen. Jastremski and
others diaed with Gov. McEnery this
evening.
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ment to their Christmas number,
and vet the work is the solyenliest
production which has ever come from
the easel Of that widely advertised
artist. All such orders given TO
authors and artists, when. the dlFec-
ton is simply TO write or paint
s'sometbing,' are sure either to pro-
duce cripples out offorgotten o. draw
ers which could not previously be
placed on the veriest original trash.
The we'll known diamond dealer,
Lynch, had to pay heavily for a VIC
lation of The law, which as l under
stand people in his line of business
have been practicing for long time.
Not being regular, licensed pawn
brokers, they have been in the habit
of buying diamonds, jewelry, wear
ing apparel, ETC., from people in
moment'ry need of money, giving
the right of purchasing the articles
back at the end of thirty days at an
advance of ten per cent. Now this
in the eyes of the law is a very clear
case of usuary, but very few people
know this, and it is only now and
then that the initiated care to expose
themselves in public by bringing
suit to recover damages. One lady,
However did it some days ago. She
"sola" shawl for $50, and, when
she wanted it back WIS asked $4,000
for it. She brought suit and recov-
cred $3.50 damages. This will make
other people in the same bus
mess rather shy for time, but the
needs Of people will soon start their
Operations again. When men and
particularly women are in want of
money, they will agree to pay almost
anything afterwards for the momen
larry use thereof. +
| A simiar system prevails in most
of tue large metropolitan offices. In
every composing room there is gen
orally Shylock who for the use Of
! every five dollars, for no matter how
short a period is paid one dollar
bonus. AS the average typo and
ready money are usually bound to.
sether by the very slightest of
threads these fellows do capital
business. l know Of one of these
men who in one week made no less
than $500. He said that ne had
to charge heavy premium for the
use Of his money, because very fire
quently borrowers forgot to pay aim
back and he had to cover himself in
some way. Yet one can hardly con
ceal his contempt for these leeches
who fa:ten on the necessity or folly
Of their fellow workman. $3.50" -
I -
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FINANCES AGAIN.

Last week we had something to
say about Town finances. We take
occasion to again call attention to
this matter of growing Importance
Ali our property owners are wiling
to bear affair burden of taxation lor
the benefit of the Town, but many OF
them are growing FESTIVE under 'ne
excessive burdrn they now nave W
bear. The Town cannot grow when
rea! estate and stocks of mercban-
disc within the corporate limits Is SO
severely taxed that its owners iln'
it. unremuuerative to own it. This
is no matter of experiment, but has
been frequently demonstrated. An
illustration is to be found in the con
dition of affairs now existing in the
city of New Orleans.
The new Town Council ought to
give this matter their serious con
sideration for the present year. Let
them make fair estimate of the ex-
penses necessarily incident to the
proper conduct of our municipal al
fairs, divide the cost proportlonaIely
between the real and personal prop
erty in the shape of taxes and liceu'
SEES and then let them strive to give
us as cheap an administration as is
consistent with the peace and welfare
of the Town.
If we are to be progressive" i
our Town is to be built up, every in
ducement must be offered to those
disposed to build houses. Burden
some taxation will surely stop pro
gress. Twenty-six mills is more
than property can pay. "a liberia
policy" can only mean such an ont
as looks to the property interests o
the Town. In common with all gu
people we are looking to the newt.
elected Council for a reduction 0
taxation. The large meeting of GU
taxpayers at the Town Hall SOM
weeks ago, show that they are inter
ested and proves that they are II
earnest.
We do not mean that the necessa
~ officers should be paid less tina!
their services are worth, nor tina
our efficient fire companies shoult
not be properly sustained, but we d'
mean that all leaks, if there are any
should be stopped--that the TowI
funds should be yudiciously expend
ed, that no more should be paid TO
the Town for work than private per
sons can have the same work don
for, that nc money should be Dor
rowed at oDe> or two per cent. pc
mouth, that no debts should be in
Cured, that no money should b
spent until it is in the treasury, an
fair taxes should be promptly levie'
and promptly collected.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1883-01-10

The January moon fulls on the
23d at 2:31 O'Clock in the morning.
The old moon is in conjunction with
Venus on the 9Th, passing 80 5 sec.
south. Planet and crescent, if not
very near, will he fair to see on the
morning sky. On the Sth the moon
is near Mars, but both are invisible.
The new moon of the 9th pays her
respects to Mercury on the 10th, and
druws near Neptune and Saturn on
the l7Lh. She passes 20 north of
Jupiter on the 10Th, and is at her
nearest point to Uranus on the 9th.
The moon is in perigree or nearest
to the earth on the 18th, and the
moon "runs high" on the 10Th. The
winter nights, says the Scientific
American, will be superb about this
time, for the moon, rising high in
the heavens, near the full, and near
the brilliant Jupiter, will, on cloud
less nights, flood the earth with sill
very light.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1883-01-10

GENERAL John B. Gordon, of
Georgia, comes home from Europe
proud of his country. He said to a
reporter; at is enough to make an
American proud to ride through the
streets of London, with it's civilza-
tion of 1000 years, and see Ameri-
can implements, American sewing
machines, American tools and Amer
lean goods displayed on every hand,
and know that American watches are
being sold in the stores, and Ameri-
can fields are feeding the English
people and American factories be-
ginning to clothe them"
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A Loss PREVENTED. Many lose
their beauty from the hair falling or
fading. Parker's Hair Balsam sup
plies necessary nourishment, pre-
vents falling and grayness and is an
elegant dressing.
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MEMBERS of Congress who failed
of election in November last, are
looking around for soft places-to
fall on after he fourth of March
nest. Foreign missions seem to be
the most popular.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1883-01-10

The merchants of st. Louis
have formed freight bureau to re-
sist unjust discrimination by the
railroads.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1883-01-10

TIE Roman Catholics of New
York city gave the Pope $4,000 as
o Christmas gift.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1883-01-10

Nor an alcoholic beverage, but
a true and reliable family medicine
is Browns Iron Ditters.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1883-01-10

TO decrease the number OF pub
lie servants would be wholesome
civil service reform.
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--ONE of the advantages of being
Congressman Is that 1t need not
cost such an official anything for
Christmas gifts. He can crafty the
literary and aesthetic tastes of his
friends with copies of agricultural
and Patent Office reports, and to his
special favorites he can give that
volume of the Record which contains
the only great, original poem ever
printed in that work.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1883-01-10

jay Gould suffers terribly from
dyspepsia.
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GAKBETTA.

The first consideration that pre-
sents itself to rejecting person on
The occasion Of such dealt, as Gam
bettu's Is: What is Ahe use of being
great man? He hadn't real friend
about his dying bed. The doctors
deceived him; they published as
founding lies about his condition,
knowing that he would read the pa
pers and would thus get a little false
consolation. Consequently he went
to his last account without the
chance for preparation that u bcggar
ia bis place would have had.
With all bis greatness weigh any,
thing now in his favor? The right
view to take oflkis ia, not the glory
Of France, the fame that is to be EN-
balmed in history, the oratory that
is to blaze around his name, but the
view that he takes of it himself. He
sees the matter at present just as it
is. His good deeds, not his great
ones, stand to his credit now. The
voice OF praise, once so sweet, does
not.reach him; The faWning crowd
that made of him demi-god has
been shut out by his coffin lid.
Gambetta was undoubtedly great
man-at least great orator. He
was also great enemy of the Church
of Christ. His oratory scint!lated
for about twenty years. We can
meyer really believe in the greatness
of an Intelligence that limits its in
terests to space of twenty years
and forgets all about eternity Elk.
Fox a felicitous combination Of
spiritual and financial usefulness a
Tennessee clergyman must be award
ed the prizes. After preaching an
eloquent sermon over the remains of
a deceased brother, be ceased his
clerical authorizations and remarked
othe assembled funeral company,
and now, my christian friends, we
will proceed to sell to the highest
bidder the property that our dear
departed brother has left behind
him" Then he officiated as auct
ioneer. and called forth the sympa-
thy of bis congregation so that they
began bidding in very lively man
ner. The result was the realization
Of handsome sum from the dead
brothers effects, for the benefit OF
his widow. a
THE editor of the Marshall
Messenger makes the following com
ment on ladies' hats
"We have had the misfortune OF
late to be woefully worried by ladies'
hats at the opera house, and nc
more than one occasion these hats
have swindled us out of the worth
of our free ticket. They, the ladies
of course wear the largest hats they
can find, decorate them with plumes
and ostrich feathers and the way
these hats are kept moving makes
one think he came to see panorama a.
There ought to be city ordinance
adopted preventing the ladies OF
Marshall from wearing hats to
t1,oo,.oo 1ocuou &b,r .k,,x,, &o,tnSs
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1867 Prizes, amounting to. s2e5 so,

CERTIFICATE-We do hereby certify
that we supervise the arrangements for.
all the monthly and semi-anntal draw
ings of the l.ouisian, State Lottery Co.
and in person manage and control the
Drawings themselves. and that the same
are conducted with honesty, fairness
and in good faith toward ali PARTIES
We authorize the Company to use this
certificate, with fac-similes of our siy-
natures attached, in its Advertisements.
G. 4. BEAUREGARD,
j. A. EARLY.
Application for rates to clubs should be
made only to the Office of the Company
in New Orleans.
For further information write clear
", giving inll address. Send orders
by Express, Registered Letter, or Mo-
ney Order, addressed only to
NJ. A. DAUPHIN,
New Orleans, La.
A. Albert & Son, Agents, Alexandria.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1883-01-10

The House Of Representatives
on Thursday last took up and passed
the Pendleton civil service bill, with
out debate, by a vote of 155 to AZ.
The bill now goes to the President.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1883-01-10

The Post Master General de-
sires such legislation as will prevent
the carrying of explosives through
the mails. Of late, cans of dyna.
mite, loaded pistols and like articles
were taken from the mail pouches.
~-ee-~~-o~~--~~-
"A Cincinnati court has decided
that "damn" is profane word
This is good for The word, because il
the decision had been the other way
it would at once be dropped from
the vocabulary of those who now
use it.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1883-01-10

A BIG SUCCESS. -"My wife was in
bed two years with complication of
disorders her physicians could not
cure, when I was led to try Parker's
Ginger Tonic. 1t was big success.
Three bottles cured her, at a cost of
q dollar and fifty cents, and she is
now as strong as any woman" y R.
D., Buffalo.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1883-01-10

The New York Tribune says the
naughty Democrats in Congress are
preventing the nice Republicans from
effecting any reform in the civil SER
vice. 1t does not say what the Re
publicans have been doing that civil
service must be enforced by law.
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A COMPLIMENT INDEED.

The following hattering remarks
on our New Years Address, from a
source so capable and distinguished,
are highly gratifying to US as they
doubtless will be to the gifted au-
thoress who wrote the address. 1t
gives US much pleasure to state the
fact Chat she is Rapides lady of
considerable literary reuowu. We
are happy to have been the medium
of furnishing to the world that last
gem from her facile pen. The com
pliments of Gen. Graham are we'll
deserved, and we are sure will be ap
preciated by the lady herself as they
will also doubtless be gratifying to
her many friends:
TYRONE, I
January 9th, 1883. (
/ wish to. express to the author of il
my gratifiod admiration of the Car.
rier's New Years Address, in the Lou
isiana Democrat of the Ord inst, and
in SO doing crafty myself. =
When the paper was received yes
terday, I was engaged in writing to a
lady friend in the District of Colum-
bia, and in commenting on it to her
after reading it, said ''if it had been
written by Longfellow, or Whittier, it
would have been heralded from one
end of the world to the other"-aud
on reperusal of it this morning my es-
innate is not changed. | think that
whoever wrote it is q poet, with capa
bilities for high emprise, and l would
be very glad if Mr.. Whittier could
read it, for l think it's tone, spirit,
structure, are very much IN bis wien.
If l were qualified to do so, it would
please me very much to attract public
attention encouragingly to it, for GER
tainly its author ':Nascitur Poeta" and
land I hope in this parish too.)
G.. MASON GRAHAM,
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PRIZE,
$4,000.

- = 500 aeGs
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WEDNESDAY,. 80. JAN. 10, 1883