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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1883-10-31
ALEXANDRIA, LA, WEDNESDAY, 1888 }NO 9
THE LITTLE WIDOW BRIGGS.

| "A span OF PONIES attached to an en-
lgrant wagon containing woman and
three children and various household
goods halted on Grand River avenue
yesterday to have a blacksmith set a
shoe for one of the horses. As the
woman seemed to be alone, or at least
had no man in sight the smith asked.
"Old man sickW
"No, sir; buried him up the coun-
try year ago."
"Then you are widow"
II reckon I am, and my name is
Briggs"
(Which way are youjogging9"
"Golng southwest-maybe into In
DIANA"
"Got sick Of sMichigan?" continued
the smith as he pared away at the
hoof.
"Well, the states.is good enough
she slowly answered. "Some mighty
fine land, good schools and tolerable
weather, but | had to get out of where
l was. | lost pound week right
along for the last three weeks.'
''Ague"
"Humph I'd like to see the ague
upset us! No, sir. My husband wasn't
cold before I had an offer Of marriage!
1t wasn't a month before I had three
of 'em. Why, 1t wasn't six months
before their tracks were as thick around
my house as cat trails on the snow!'
chad your pick, chi"
"Pick I could have married any
body from my hired man up to a chap
who owned section of land and four
sawmills. They came singly and in
droves. They came by day and by
night"
"And you-you-you-?"
"Say, you'll" she exclaimed as she
drew herself up, edo I look like an
idiot"
"No, ma'am."
"Well, when I fling my three chill
dren at the head of second husband
and give up the $500 in cash in my
pocket you can call me an idiot. No,
sir repealed 'em."
"And they got9"
"They had to. Susan, hand me
that second husband repeller. It's in
the back end of the wagon"
The girl hunted around and fished
up hickory club four feet long, and
the woman held it out for inspection
and said:
"There's hairs of six different colors
sticking in the splinters, and these
are the pure quill. You
can judge whether they sat there and
made love, or tore down the front
fence in their hurry to reach the
woods"
"By George I" whispered the smith,
after long inspection. "Well, guess
you don't want to marry"
"K'rect, sir. If you have any old
"idowers in this; town, or if you know
any one between here in Indiana who
wants headache that will last all
winter without any letting up, Just put
EN- up to begin to ask me if my heart
don't yearn for love and my soul rattle
around for some one to call me dar-
ing"-[ Bob Burdette.
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ST. JOHNS
EGETABLE LIVER PILLS

The true Liver Medicine and real rem
edy for Torpid and Congestive Livers.
Prompt relief is obtained by their use;
they obviate the use of Mercury, and
D ing entirely Vegetable are perfectly
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THE STATE CAMPAIGN.
VIEWS OF THE COUNTRY PRESS ON
GOVERNOR M'ENERY.

Many accusations have been made
against our Governor and, one by one,
they have been met and satisfactorily
explained. Every act of the Cover
nor has been criticised, and not
scintilla of wrong doing has been
found against him.
Gov. McEne:y is indeed a good
man; in every act he is actuated by a.
lofty sense of honor and duty, and it
is no wonder he has come out UNI.
scathed from the trying ordeal to
to which he has been subjected.
His worst enemies must admit one
fact and that is. none of his acts are
ever concealed but always opened to
public criticism. He hides nothing
under a cloak for he does not, and will
not do any thing wrong.
Gov. McEnery is gaining strength
every day. The fight that is made
against him tends but to collect the
forces Of Democracy under their old
battle flag. With the old mar whoop
the legions that fought Warmoth, Kel-
logg and Packard are closing ranks
under the leadership of McEnery, who
amid the filth Of politics, stands out in
bold relief against the dark clouds of
that surround him-the pure.
the honest and upright Governor Of
the people of Louisiana.
No political move can deprive the
people of his services. The people
want him continued in office. The
Democratic party need him there
Instead of believing all sorts of re-
ports against him, the people, the
Democrats, will love him the most for
being prosecuted. = Marksville Bull
letin.
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-THR best preparation known in
market for restoring gray hair to it's
original color is Halls Vegetable ST.
Gillian Hair Remover. Trv it. i
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FOURTEEN WONDERS OF THE
WORLD.-The seven wonders of the
world, in ancient times, were the pyra-
mids Of Egypt, the Pharos of Alexan-
dria, the walls and hanging gardens of
Babylon, the Temple of Diana, the
Statue of the Olympic Jupiter, the
Mausoleum Of Artemesia, and the Co.
lossus of Rhodes. The seven wonders
Of the world in modern times are the
printing press, the steam engine, the
telegraph, the daguereotype, the tele-
phone, the phonograph, and the cleo
trio light. The so-called seven won
ders Of the ancients were mere trihes
compared with those of the present
time. The Brooklyn bridge, for ex-.
ample, would make the hanging gar
dens of Babylon mere toy, while the
whole seven wonders put together
would sink into insignifcanec could
the builders have seen a lightning ex-
press train at full speed Exchange.
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G.. w. BOLTON,
j. B. ASHLEY,
Coco. WATTS,
Clerk and ex.officio Member of Jury
Commission.
Attest:
GEORGE O. WATTS,
30" Clerk.
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MISCELLANEOUS.

WAsASA2s9KssY and all Diseases
caused by De-
rangement OF Liver, Bowels and Kidneys.
SYMPTOMS OF A DISEASED LIVER.
Bad Breath; Pain In the Side, sometimes the
pain is felt under the Shoulder-blade mistaken for
Rheumatism: general loss of appetite; Bowels
generally cosuve, sometimes alternating with lax:
The head IS troubled with pain, is dull and heavy,
with considerable loss Of memory, accompanied
which ought to have been donc a slight, dry cough
and flushed face is sometimes an attendant, oitca
mistaken for consumption: the patient complains
Of weariness and debility nervous. easily startled:
feet cold or burning, sometimes Psickly sensation
OF the skin exists; spirits are low and Respondent,
and although satisfied that exercise would be bene.
hcIa!, yet one can hardly summon up forlitude 70
Try tin fact, distrusts every remedy. Several
o. the above symptoms attend the disease but
have occurred when but few Of them existed, yet
examination after death has shown the Liver to
have been extensively deranged.
1t should be used by all persons, old and
young, whenever any Of the above
symptoms appear.
Persons Travelling or Living 1. IN
healthy Localities, by taking dose occasion.
all Malaria, Bilious attacks, Dizziness, Nau.
sea, Drowsiness, Depression of Spirits, etc. Il
will invigorate like glass Of wine, but is no in.
toxlcating beverage.
II You have eaten anything hard Of
digestion, or feel heavy after meals or sleep-
less at night, take dose aud you will be relieved
Time and Doctors BILLS will be saved
by always keeping the Regulator
in the Housed
For, whatever the an'ent may be, a thoroughly
safe DurpatiY6. nilprltiya AND tonic ~,
never be out Of place. The rene " is harmless
and does not interfere ri.iishslsiness or
pleasure.
IT rs PURELY VEGETABLE.
ana mas al! the power and efficacy q Caiomcl or
Quinne, without any Of ,,e injurious after effects.
Governors Testimony.
simmons Liver Regulator has been in use in my
family for some time, and ara satisfied it is
valuable addition to the medical science
}. GILL SHORTER, Governor Of Ala
Hon. Alexander Fl. Stephens, Of Co..
says: Have derived some benefit from the use II
Simmons Liver Regulator, and wish to give it q
further trial.
"Ths only Thing that never fails to
Relieve."-I have used many remedies for Dys.
PepsI1, LIVER Affection and Debility. but never
Simmons Liver Regulator has sentfrom Min.
nesota to Georgia for it, ana would. send further for
such medicine, and would advise all who are sim.
iiariy affected to rive it trial as it seems the only
thing that Rever fails to relieve
P. NJ. JANEsv, Minneapolis, MINI.
DR.. T. VI. Mason says: From actual ex.
perence in the use of Simmons Liver Regulator in
mi, practice have been and am satisfied to use
and prescribe i, as purGative medicine.
R.S axe only the Genuine, which alway.
has on the Wrapper the red z Trade-nIark
and sig-laturs. of j. II. ZEILIN h Co.
FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS
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DR UGS II ND .HEDZcI1rE.c
CT. JOHN, HENRY. Chymist and
y Druggist. All medicines guaran-
teed fresh and pnre. Fancy and toilet
articles. Landreth's Garden seed kept
atock.
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JOHN M0RGAN's DAUGHTER.

The Nashville World says: One Of
the most touchingly pathetic incidents
of the late meeting of Morgan's men
at Lexington was the tender affection
which the veteran riders exhited for
"Johnnie," the daughter of their dead
commander. She was called to the
stand, and after greeting from the
soldiers she was presented with a
handsome gold watch. Her response
to the presentation speech is most elo-
quent in simplicity. The sweetness
with which Scott describes the appeal
of Jennie Dean to Elizabeth has been
ascribed to the power of simple words.
What more exquisite and sweetness
can be found than in the language she
used when surrounded by men who had
grown gray since they had shared a
common danger with her father.
"Dear friends, l can't begin to tell you
how happy you have made me and
how grateful l feel to you for 1t. l
assure you that I love you as dearly as
my father did, and I sincerely hope
that you may always be as happy as
you made me to-day" These few
words expressed all that a laboced Or
alton could have done, 1t was no
wonder that when it closed the woods
trembled beneath the shouts of the
warriors. They grasped her hands
and tears blinded many an eye as each
looked upon the fair daughter of their
dead chief. No more beautiful Incl
dent OF more tender scene can be i'm
agined.
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The SENTIMENT OF R1cHIANp,-
The unanimous Endorsement of Gov.
McEnery by the mass meeting in this
place last Saturday shows very plainly
what the sentiments of our people are
relative to the gubernatorial contest,
and that we know Of what we were
saying when we announced that this
Parish was about solid for McEnery.
We have known our people long
enough to know very soon what their
sentiments are on issues that are pre-
sented to them for their consideration.
II Richland Beacon,
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.MZZZINER !.
.MIScEZZaVFOU,S,

II ELY, P, Contractor, Builder and
IN Undertaken, corner Lee and Fifth
streets. A fine Hearse and full as
sortment of Metallic and Rosewood cof-
FMS always on hand.
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IN closing a review of an English
adventures, the Philadelphia Times
takes off its gloves and strikes out in
this manly fashion: "There are a hun
dred American girls with more beauty
and incomparably more dramatic ca
pacity than Mrs. Langtry has, playing
their little parts modestly in the thea
tres at wages that barely buy their
clothes; what kind of a lesson are
they to learn from the spectacle of a
woman who amasses tens of thousands
OF dollars in one season by trading on
no other capital than her immodesty ?
For the sake not only of the stage but
of the Preside; for the sake of public
decency, of womanly honor and of ma
tional self-respect, it is time the Eng
fish were made to understand that
Americans have some knowledge both
Of art and beauty and of morals and
decent conduct as we'll. If a shallow
adventures like this can make a for
tune out Of us by sheer efrontery, what
is the use Of brains or refinement or
modesty ?"
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M 2cHE,e, TN n ELR7. k2C.

EERGUsON & SCHNACK. Practi-
Il cal Watchmakers and Jewellers
and dealers in Fine Watches. solid
Gold Jewelrv. Silvprware. Spectarles
and Fancy Goods. Notions, Guns, Pts
tols. etc. Front street.
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RAMER, John, Carpenter and Un-
IN dertaker, corner of Fourth and
Scott Streets. Keeps on hand Metal
lie and Rosewood Burial Cases and
Plain Collins, also Fine Hearse. Or
ders from the country respectfully So
licited and promptly attended to.
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DR2 GOODS d. GROcERLES.

HUSTMYRE. w, sign of the "Big
IL Red Plow," corner of Second and
Jackson streets, dealer in Dry Goods,
Groceries, Boots, Shoes. Hats. etc
Highest market price paid for cotton.
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MILLER, I. c., dealer in Cooking
lFl and Heating stoves. House Fur
nishing Goods of every description on
hand. Tinware, wholesale and retail,
ut city prices. Stoves from Sl4 to Sos.
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY
pc OFESS|O.N.d II.

nj c. MOsELEY, Attorney at.
W. Law, Alexandria, La. Office
10 Court House.
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VIZ G. McGIMSEY, ATTORNEY
wv at Law and Justice of the
Peace, Alexandria Ward. Will prac-
tice in the Courts of the 10Th Judicial
District and in the Supreme Conrt Of
the State. Office on Murray street,
between Second and Third sts., Alex
sndria, La.
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HE MOUNTING OF DEMAGoGuEs
The political pyrotechnics Of some Of
our State exchanges have called our
attention to two very important facts.
One is that...not single Republican
paper in the State is advocating the
candidacy Of Gov. McEnery; and.
second, that all of the Democratic pa-
pers opposed to him, with rare excep-
lions, have sprung up, like mushrooms
on IKE hills of victory. In. the dark
days Of the Radical past, when papers
that are now SO viciously denounced
as ring organs were battling for the
right, their patriotic 2? detractors were
unborn, nor did they come to life until
the battle was won and the crib was
opened. Let us hear no more of this
cry of ring. 1t is only the mounting
OF dernagogues.- Sugar Planter.
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pLACKMAN, w. F., Attorney and
- Counsellor at Law. Office on
Washington street, near Court honse.
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REID RIVER
COAST LIME.

Composed OF the following frst-class
steamers:
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The LATEST POLITICAL ISLANDER.
In last Sundays Picayune appeared
one OF the most disgraceful and con-
temptible political acts of defamation
from the opponents and enemies of
Gov. McEnery, the same emanating
from correspondence lately published
in the columns Of the Bugle Call of
st. James Parish. This last SANDER
will no doubt excite the indignation
and contempt Of every fair minded
Democrat in the State. In this at
tempt to blacken the unstained char
acter and good name Of our honorable
Governor they have used all means Of
villification and Misrepresentation.
which is only calculated to serve their.
greed for political honors and mislead,
onr people, but we are happy to state
that these grave charges were imme-
diately refuted by the friends of our
worthy Governor and the better class,
of our great dailies. Gov. McEnery
has too long been known to the peo.
pie Of the State for them to believe
for one moment these silly charges
and idle tales from men who are look
ing after their own interests only.
while he has been looking after their
own interests only, while he has been
looking after the peoples. Gov. Nc
Emery stands on his merit and his re-
cord. His public services have all
been the direction Of economy. and
his administration has been naked
with zeal and efficiency and for the
interest Of the people and State. In
trying to build up our levees and pro.
tecting us from overAows, his labors
were incessant, earnest and effective.
We repeat it, McEnery is the choice
Of the people, and we not believe q
better candidate can be found. He is
. !. man Of the people, Houma Cou-
rier.
IHE NOTHING OF DEMAGoGUFs.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1883-02-01
Sneak a Cheerful Word.

Did you never go out in the morn
ing with a heart so depressed and sad
dened that pail seemed spread over
all the world? But on meeting some
friend who spoke cheerily for a min
ute or two, if only upon indifferent
matters, you have felt yourself won
derfully lightened. Even a child
dropping into your house on an er-
rand, has brought in ray OF sun
shine which did not depart when he
went his way again. It is blessed
thing to speak a cheerful word when
you can. Every heart knoweth its
own bitterness the world over, and
those who live in palaces are not ex-
empt, and good words to such hearts
are like apples of gold in pictures of
silver" Even strangers we meet cas-
ually by the way, in the travellers
waiting-room. are unconsclously IN
huenced by the tone we use. 1t IS
the one with pleasant words on his
lips to whom the stranger in a strange
land turns for advice and direction.
Take it as compliment, if some way
farer comes to you to direct him
which street or which train to take;
your manner has struck him as be-
longing to one he can trust. 1t is
hard sometimes to speak pleasant
word when the shadows rest on our
hearts; but nothing will tend more
to tighten our spirits than doing it.
When you have no opportunity to
speak a cheering word, you can often
send full beam of sunshine into the
heart of some sorrowing friend, by
writing good, warm-hearted letter.
Our Dumb animals.
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Very Well Put.

Why do we defer till tomorrow
what we should do to-day? Why do
we neglect cough till it throws US
into consumption, and consumption
brings us to the grave? DIR.
WIN. HALLS BALSAM is sure to
cure if taken in season. It has never
been known to fail. Use it thorough
ly according to directions. Persevere
till the disease is conquered, as it is
certain to be, even if it should require
a dozen bottles. There is no better
medicine for Pulmonary disorders.
Sold everywhere.
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At q Rad Time

Commander J. B. Coghlan U. S. N,
writes to US from the Navy Yard at
Mare Island, Cal.-An enforced resi-
dence of two years in California made
me the subject of most painful attacks
of rheumatism. Consultation upon
my case by eminent Naval and other
surgeons failed to afford me the slight
est relief. DIR. Hoyle recommended
to me St: Jacobs Oil, the happy result
of the use of which was my complete
and wonderful cure Washington
I'D. CO. Army d Nary Register.
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The consumption of AYERS Pills f

The consumption of Ayers Pills far
exceeds any precedent. They are con-
stantly winning the confidence of
those who use them. They cleanse
the blood, improve the appetite, pro-
mote digestion, restore healthy action
and regulate every function. They
are pleasant to take, gentle in their
operation, yet thorough, searching,
and powerful in subduing disease.
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Notice..

The business men of Jackson have organized
what is known to them as the Jackson Business
Mems Association, its object being to protect
themselves against a certain class of people who
are in the habit of buying goods wherever they
can, and never paying for them. 1t is the duty
OF each of its members to report all such per-
sons, who they are, who they are in debt to, the
Secretary of the Association, who will furnish
a list of all names reported to each member of
credit will know that each merchant knows
who he owes, how much, and whether he is in
the habit of paying his debts or not. It also eK-
names of persons indebted to the different stores
that will not pay their debts. or make an effort
to do so. This does not apply to persons who
paw their debts. To all such, the merchants of
jackson extend a cordial invitation.
BY order of the Jackson Business Mems AS
ISOLATION. Jan. %, 1Sg3-3w
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Two young clergymen were disput-
ing so loudly on the subject of relig-
ion that they awoke a big dog that
had been sleeping on the hearth be-
fore the fire, whereupon he began to
bark furiously: An old preacher who
had been quietly slipping his tea
while the disputants were talking,
gave the dog a kick, exclaiming,
"Hold your tongue, you silly brute
you know no more about it than they
do y