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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1884-07-19
Interesting Facts

The hair Of the African is not
wool, but a curlea and twisted hair,
as revealed by the microscope,
There is a vast difference between
hair and WOOL
Animalcules have been discoy-
cred 50 small that one million would
not exceed a grain Of sand, yet each
of these has blood vessels, nerves,
muscles, &c. 1a',. :.
THE planet Saturn is composed
Of matter only half as heavy as wa
ter Mercury is considerable heavier
than quicksilver or lead. OuTGlobe
is twice as heavy as lead. g
Thebarkinglofdogs an acquired
hereditary instinct, supposed to have
originated in an attempt to initiate
the human voice. Wild dogs and
domestic breeds which become
Wild never bark, but howl.
It would require light eight min
utes to travel to the sun from the
earth; fifty two minutes to Jupiter,
four and quarter hours to Neptune,
forty five years to the nearest fixed
star, and four thousand years to
such stars as are visible only through
the telescope. Attraction is trans
mitted eight million times faster
than light.
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teeth If so, send at once and ge
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/ regulates the stomach and bowels
. cures wind collie, softens the gums
reduces Inflammation, and give
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- those who have used it. Tho
Bass, ST., Steelville, says, II ha
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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1884-07-19

NOTICE the call for a Mass
Meeting of the Democratic voters
of the Parish, to be found in this
issue. Let al! turn out.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1884-07-19

TOB PRINTING NEATLY EX
81 ecuted at this Office. Get our
terms.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-08-30

DR.. B. ]. Kendall IL Co.-Gents:
Il hare your valuable Treatise Oh
the Horse and his Diseases and
your valuable Kendall SPAWN Cure.
Ny horses had the epiz,nlic. and one
of them could not swallow TOR two
days. | applied the SPAWN Cure
twice to her ,hroat, and it gave almost
instant reli-f. | think conld sell
1000 of your books. Please give
prices to agents. Yours truly,
PETER Bowen.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-08-30

As the time approaches for opening
the doors of the Worlds Exposition
at New Orleans, encouraging reports
from various foreign aud domestic
commissions indicate that the riches
of the great fair have been Ivy no
means over estimated. The scheme
has grown so rapidly that it has been
found necessary to erect additi nal
buildings from time to time III order
to accommodate the increasing exhibi>
tors. Three and possibly four of the
buildings will he found to be larger
than any similar ereetions of any age
or country. This fact gives the Elk,
position pre- eminence among worlds
fairs that will be potential in drawing
strangers from far>away lands. Those
who have made up their minds to see
one worlds fair have now the oppor-
tunity of seeing the best example that
has yet been devised in America or
Europe.
There can be no such thing as fail.
ure now. " it'll abundance of money
in hand, and the largest number OF
exhibits ever booked asan exposition,
and thirty-6ve States and fifteen for.
eign countries participating, the man.
agement may well feel proud of the
success already achieved. In addition
to the products Of art, science and in,
dustry of the cid world, such as have
made other fairs renowned aud attrac ,
tive to remote jewellers of the roun /
globe, the New Orleans creation has
snique features.
The Mexican garden of FIVE acres
will contain one hundred and four
varieties of trees from every part Of
the Republic. Many OF the woods
have high commercial vslre and
yet, strange to say, some of them are
practically unknown in the United
'Jtates. The Mexican cedar, lrahoga
ny, Campeche logwood, saffron and
linaloe, that has perfume that never
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-08-30

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the three United States Judges for
Tennessee have unanimously held
that the very thing now proposed can-
not he done.
Under this decision q supervisory
commission cannot be created aud 10
commission can be created that in
any way interferes with or undertakes
to regulate freights passing over ii
State line.
. This decision cuts off debate. The
Supreme Court of the United States
may reverse it, hut until it is reversed
it is absolutely certain Judges Baxter,
Key and Hammond will instantly in
terfere and restrain railroad cons
mission from acting under the present
or any law which may I've created.
To doubt that these Judges would
have the courage to sustain their own
holding until the Supreme Court re-
verses them would he Iaanitestng the
grossest ignorance of their character.
This being proposition that no
body will deny, how much business
intelligence is there in creating and
paying a commission that can't move
a peg. We reaware that newspapers
have seriously criticised the decision;
that they claim the Supreme Court
has decided differently, and that the
decisioned is ridiculed, but the ques-
ton is this: If the Judges who decide
questions eff this kind differ with the
newspa pers about what the Supreme
Court has decided, and they made
this decision, believing that the cases
decided by the Supreme Conrt have
nothing to do with this question, ana
these Judges have the courage to
stand by their decisions, is there any
remedy except in the Supreme Court
of the Unitod States? And if the
case in the Supreme Court can't be
reached under four or FIVE years at
least, do we want commissioner dur
ing the interim inst to draw pay?
Five years will be 100000 hesi,les
expenses. Would any business man,
holding patent which he was en-.
joined for using, when the money
came out of his own pocket and not
out of the public-would any business
man under such circumstances employ
agents at large salaries to look after
the business while the right to Use
the patent remained in abeysance
under the decision enjoining him?
All sound lawyers who have exam.
ined the decision in the Tennessee
case, and carefully looked into the
Illinois Mum case and other cases de
cided by the Supreme Court, know
that the questions now raised in the
Tennessee case are new, and that the
Illinois cases have nothing to do with
the questions. And with all the bold
assertions about railroad commissions
in the different States, well informed
people all know that no railroad COM
mission with plenary powers has sue
ceeded in any State, and whenever
ignorance and stupidity have prompts
ed the enactment of laws, in SUBJ
stance, as the Tennessee stature did
to put State agents in the manage
menL of railroad property, leaving
the companies to provide for their
debts and running expenses, the re
suit has been disastrous and generally
abandoned. In some of the states adj
visory commissions have been created
and maintained.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-08-30

caves it, are all ee- OF great value
II commerce. The timber growth of
Mexico is practically unlimited, and
thern is bouudless wealth IN mHuy
untouched forests awaiting the hand
of enterprise and Industry.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-08-30
THE RAILROAD QUESTION.
Another Correspondents yiews---An
Unanswerable Argument by
) the Nashville American.
y Editor EGchange:

Editor Exchange:
1t is claimed by some that there is
nothing of much importance to be
done by our next legislature. l diff
fer from those who take that view of
the legislation of our state. All leg
islation is of Importance to the peo>
pie whether they view it as such or
not. The great question to be crap.
pied with by our next legislature is "a
wise, conservative railroad law, which
will do justice to the railroads and to
the people. 1t is said by some, do
not agitate the question, it is in the
courts; wait until a decision is rem
dered and see whether you have a
right to regulate tariff rates by legis-
lation. The same arguments were
used in reference to our state debt by
few, but the people needed them
not. Like Bango's ghost they would
not down at their bidding. How any
man can misunderstood the meaning
of the democratic party in reference
to railroad commission is strange to
me. In the two last platforms adop-
ted by the party in state conventions
assembled, democracy has been out.
spoken in favor of railroad commits
sion. The legislature that followed
the adoption of the first platform en-
acted a railroad law and the governs
or was authorized to appoint three
railroad commissioners to execute said
law. The said commissioners were
unanimously nominated by our last
convention. What does the action of
the convention mean in their nOmina-
ton if the people do net want a rail-
road law to be executed by them?
Was our last convention represents
alive body? Did it represent the sem
timent of the democratic party in
reference to railroad commission?
Why were the two words "to regu-
late" and "to prevent" used in our
last platform if no authority was in>
tended to be given to the commission
ers to regulate freight rates? They
could not regulate without authority,
neither could they prevent without
authority. Let the democratic party
carry out in good faith in the election
of representatives to our next legis-
lature in accord with the sentiments
of our platform in reference to rail-
road law. Nothing else witt salty
the demands of the people. If it Is
no: done it will be because the rail-
roads have more influence over Our
legislature than the people. There is
a conflict now going on between the
people of the state of Tennessee and
her railroads. How long it may con.
tinue no one can tell. Conflict arous-
es bad bad blood and in the end one
or both are damaged. The sooner an
amacable adjustment can be obtained
the better for all concerned. The
people desire not to cripple the rail-
roads of the state by burdensome
law. If a law was passed that bore
unjustly upon the railroads the pee
pie would soon remedy it. They
could not afford to cripple their great
channels of commerce without dana.
ging themselves. Adjust the matter,
stop the conflict and let all have
peace and prosperity. VOTER.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-08-30

Daniel Il. Morey, the n W Orleans
freight agent of the big } : railroad,
IS dead. t'
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-08-30

Its a fact that Send : SPAWN
Cure is all what it claims 20 be. See
advertisement.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-08-30

We give below extracts from a
long editorial in last Sundays Nash
vile American on the railroad com
mission question. We think the ar
ucle is clear. pointed and unanswera>
BILE.
What can a railroad commission,
under the present law, or under any
law proposing to supervise the rail.
roads, fixing the charges, ETC., do?
Simply nothing-nothing in the world
until the supreme court Of the United
States decides the question now pend
itg in that court upon a writ of error
10 the United States Circuit Court at
Nashville, i'll which the law under
which we are now acting was declared
10 be unconstitutional.
Are we right in this? Who will
gainsay it? The question is federal
one and belongs, if the parties see
proper to take it there, to the United
States courts. Now, suppose the
present commissioners proceed under
the present law, or that another super
visory law is passed and they are re-
appointed, what will they do? What
can they do? We have carefully ex.
amined and reread the opiaions of the
Judges, Baxter, Key and Hammond,
=. published in full in the American on
Nthe 1st of March last, to see if the
decision only reached the form of that
law, or if it reached the principle in
volved, and We find that, if this de-
cision is the law, then no law can be
enacted to create a supervisory board
"a board to do what is now proposed
that will stand. In other words
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-08-30
Music Books .

Peters Burrowe's Prim ers for sale
at this office, at city prices.
The Russellville Democrat., 1884-04-17
Proclamation by The Governor.

Whereas, It has been made known to me that on or about the 25th day of De- cember 1883 in the county of Pope, State of Arkansas, John F. Halle shor and killed one Samuel II. James, and is now at large.
 Now. Therefore, Be it known that |, James II. Berry, Governor of Arkan- sas, by virtue Of authority vested in me by the Constitution and Laws of said State, do offer reward of Three Hun drcd Dollars, for the arrestand delivery to the Sheriff of Pope County, Arkan- sas, of the said John F. Halle, to the end that he shall stand trial upon said accusation, and be dealt with as law and justice may require.
 DESCRIPTION.
 John F. Halle Is about , feet II inches tall, A years of age. weighs about lGl pounds, rather heavy set, dark com plexion, black hair, slightly sprinklcd with gray, eyes small, dark and in. clined to squint, has birth mark of T strawberry crush below his left eye and knifc,s scar or two about his neck he is addicted to drinking intoxicating liquors.
 In Witness whereof, have hereun tn
 set my hand and cause the great [SEAL] seal of the State to be affixed al
 Little Rock, this 10th day ol April X. D. 1881.
 JAMES II. BERRY,
 Governor. By the Governor,
 JACOB FRoLIcH,
 Secretary of State.
The Russellville Democrat., 1884-04-17
MOrtgage Land Sale,

Notice is hereby given, that we will, on the 5th day of May 1881, during the hours for judicial sales, at the Cour, house door in the town of Dover, Pope county Ark, offer for sale to the high est and best bidder at public auction the following land, to-wit: The F 1a Of $ k IA of of sec. in Township N of Range 19 West, asthe property of J. k. Robinson, by virtue of a mortgage with power of sale executed to us by said J. k. Robinson on said land dated June 23d 1882 to secure promisory note given us by him for $16.50, dated Jnne 18th 1882. due Nov. 10th 1882 with 0per cent. interest from date, and cost and expense of mortgage and sale. Terms. Credit of months. Note with approved security required of purchas- CT. J. T. FOWLER & Co.,,
 By J. T. FOWLER, Assignee.
 Apr-F
The Russellville Democrat., 1884-04-17
Hyenas In Human Form.

Correspondence of the Democrat.
 It is sad and lamentable fact that in an enlightened and civilized community hyena exists in human form who boldly dares (although an All Seeing Eye is upon him) to in wade the sanctity of the silent dead, and ruthlessly desccrate and despoil the last resting place of our iases: ,ic- parted ones by robbing their graves of ssse sss.,raS5ery, flowers, and other precious and loved mementos of af- fection which have been placed over them by the bleeding hearts and gentle hands of fond father or mother, husband or wife, son or daughter, brother, sister or friend. That this almost inLuman ofiense has been committed in the cemetery at Russellville there can be no ques- tion or doubt. An act deserving the severest punishment known to the law; the just indignation ofoutraged relatives, and condemnation, ceI sure and odium of a respectable and in
 telligent community. Such das tardly and unprlncipIed perpetrator, either male or female, should be fer retted out and properly exposed and punished. It has been with much
 reluctance that the Writer of this ar :lcle could be induced to believe that anys person whatever, could be so de- void of character, honor, or of the compunctions of conscience; so ut. terly low, base and interruptions; so wanting in all the attributes of pride, civilization and noble manhood as to be guilty of so hienous an offensc, = that of entering into the silent city of the dead, and despoiling, stealing and ruthlessly carrying away. the shrubs, flowers and emblems of love and affection there planted and moistened by the tears of devoted kindred, over and around the cher ished remains of loved ones. Oh what perfidy! What shame! Is there no conscience within to bring remorse upon that guilty and pollut
 ed soul, who sears and steels his heart to every ennobling quality and virtue necessary to constitute an up
 right man, as created in the image of his maker and hls God. who base. ly stoops to rob the dead. Such a character can never hope to meet his Creator in peace. Beware, therefore, culprit, whoever you are, sooner or later your conduct and offense will he expused, and retribution and punishment will inevitably follow.
 with shame and ignominy. Is it possible that you were born of wom- an and so debased, so vile and
 mean? For the sake of that dear
 mother who fondled you upon her knees, and nestled you Tn her bosom, cease to be ghoul and desecrate no more the silent tombs of the dead. The day may not be distant when your mortal frame will he voiceless in the cold and icy arms of death, like those from whose tombs you filched the sweet mementos of loving ard saddened hearts. Then beware of not only the obliquy of the living. but of the eternal vengeance of your God. ''HoNER."
The Russellville Democrat., 1884-04-17
New Hope, Dover Township.


 Correspondence of the Democrat.
 The frost on the morning of the 9th inst, did some damage to gar dens, potatoes and fruit. though not very serious, enough fruit left to make good crop provided it meets with no further disaster. Farm work retarded the latter part of the week, on account of ram. We had good season and in the right time.
 In my communication last week, ] mentioned the death of Mir. Andy Hall, it reads, MT. Andy Hale.
 There is an old gentleman living in this neigLborhood by the name ot Thomas Lewis, S4 years old, who has killed with a rifle, two turkeys, three crows, one hawk, without mis. sing a single shot, and nlne blue birds at ten shots. He killed gob- Ter this week that weighed "A pounds dressed. Your correspondent knows whereof he speaks, for he had the pleasure of dining upon said gobleI on yesterday at dinner, Mir. Lewis has lived in this county abou: 40 years. Respectfully yours,
 Aurll 12, 1884. J. C. E.
The Russellville Democrat., 1884-04-17

cate in frame and physical Forces as she
 was, she battlcd with tho frrribie slis-
 ease through these niue days of terrl- ble suffering and pain, raIlyitig at times |in n way to give hope and encourage meut to anxious ones at her bedside.
 Mrs. Wilson Was born and raised in
 Busitr Parish, La She was born the 18th day of July, 1877. She was ron-
 vertesl and joined the M. K. church south in girlhood in whose communion she lived until 1871, when. in the beasI- |ty of christian spirit she severed her connection with the Methodist church to join the Cumberland PresbyteriaI to be with her husband. She lived T | life of beautiful devotion to her blessed Lord, whose service she delighted in at all ti,nes. She came to Norristown iD | 1870, and was engaged in teaching for some time, where she became acquaint- cd with Capt. Wilson, whom she mar ried at Cottage Grove, La, Oct. 24th 1871. Rev. II. Q. White of the South ern Methodist church, performing tIe ceremony. en.s with whom she lived ] z. happily until death laid his hand upon her and claimed her | victim. Mrs. Wilson was a graduate of Min,len Female College, La, whose parchment she bore testifying to her inestimable
 character, diligence in study and ex- emplary department. Her eluca- tion @:ss mainly due to her own excr- tions, and shc made the money by her
 own efforts that enabled her to enjoy
 the advantages of this noted institution
 of learning. She delighted in the pro- aessior of teaching, and was emilfcnly
 successful in her calling. She was
 buried on Sunday the 9th of April at ? o'clock p. m., in the city cemetery,
 attended by large concoursc of mourn ing friends. The services at her grave were conducted by her pastor, Rev. II. B. Milner, who read the 23d Psalm and
 made it the foundation of an eloquen.
 address, replcte with wholesome admo-
 hilton and earnest exllorta tion, togcth- CT with beautiful cnlogy of the life of the departed. His address was fol- lowed by an appropriate prayer by
 Rev. A. F. Melton of the Methodist
 church, when she was laid forest meath the sod to await the resurrection morn. The example of this christian lady, like the soft light of a beautiful twi- light, will remain with us to lure us to higher planes of human conduct, and nobler purposes in life. As the most that can be done we extend sympathy to the bereaved husband and children aud friends.
The Russellville Democrat., 1884-04-17
For A assessor.

We are authorized to announce that F. J. poilow is a candidate for assessor, subject to tbe action of the democratic party.
 We are authorized to announce that A. B. williamson is q candidate for assessor, subject to inc action of the democratic party,
 We are authorized to announce that W. G. Bullock is q candidate for assessor, subject to inc action of the democratic party.
 We are authorized to announce that W. ]. sberrill is q candidate for assessor, subject to inc action of the democratic party.
 We are authorized to announce that Ezra 1T. shinn is a candidate for assessor, subject to the acticn of the democratic party.
 We are authorized to announce that K. D. love is a candidate for ass essor, subject to inc action Of the democratic party.
 We are authorized to announce that D. K Grant is a candidate for assessor, subject to the action of the democratic party.
The Russellville Democrat., 1884-04-17
CORRESPONDENCE.
Mt. Plcasant. ArIx.

fIEf E Correspondence of the Democrat.
 Will you allow me space in your live local paper to say . few words more, as we have heard great deal said about tho county council that was held at Dover on the 29th March In regard to the proceedings of the council 1t is my opinion that no true B. of F. will pay any atten- tion to what they done there, but consider who it was and what it was done for, and then let it pass away as the chaf that is Tn the wind and place no confidence in them hcreaf- ter for they are office seekers and won't do to tic to. But we can find men in the order that will to, and lets put them ont and support them for the laboring man IS tho one to represent the Iaboring man. Fhe men who feeds and clothes the coun- try has not had their interest repre-
 sented for the last 20 years, and why have they not? Because they have sent the wrong men to repre- sent them. Why they have sent the lawyers ard monopolists who repre- sent the lawyers and molopclies and not tue farmer. and just as long as we as the laboring class of the coun. try give way to monopolics, rings, anu let them rule we will be bound down under burdens of heavy taxa ticn. So then let us come together as band of brothers and say we will have our rights and stick to
 gether in the right, and not till we do this will we ever get our rights for we know those wire workers and their tools stick together and work together and we must if we ever nc complish anything. So we see there is but the one remedy for the labor ing class and that IS to place conf
 dence in each other and fear noth. ing, and put out their own men fol office and stlck to them in spite ol all those kid glove fellows and ] think all true brothers of freedom will do this when they think of theil obligation. A B. of E.