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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1884-07-10
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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1884-07-10
.srTHE proof of the pudding !

-"THE proof Of the pudding is
in the eating" so says the old
adage, and so the proof Of the VAL
ne of medicine is the. opinion of
those who have used it. Thos.
Bass, ST., Steelville, says, ~ have
used Prickly Ash Bitters in my
family for 2 years for ailments OF
the kidneys, liver and bowels, and
find there is ITO remedy. equal to
it."
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1884-07-10
TIE BACKBONE LAND GRANT.

tdtlNcS lOCOuVly 'no :
forfeiture of the Backbone Land
Grant. was considered. After al
discussion of nearly two days, the
vote was taken, and the PROPOSE
ton to declare the. forfeiture was
defeated by a majority Of 43. The
position of the Louisiana delega-
ton in the matter was as follows:
Lewis in favor of the forfeiture
Ellis, King, Hunt and Kellogg
against the forfeiture. Mr.. Bian-
chard did not vote at all, setting
fortl, clearly his reasons therefor IN
the conclusion of his speech on the
bill. We reproduce this portion OF
his speech:
Now this is the whole history of
this land grant and my connection
with it, from beginning to eud.
What | have done relating: to it
} was with an eye single to the wei
fare Of the settlers located on the
land in my district. 1t was the
best that could be, done for them
under the circumstances, for | fore
saw then, as l foresee now, that the
chances or probabilities of a final
declaration of forfeiture were and
are slight.
IN, what. I have said my dis
course ha assumed altogether the
S narrative form. l have given only
: the facts as I know and understand
9 them. In the more familiar phrase
Il of the lawyer have merely "sta'
j. led the cases" l have not attempted
), its argument.
IS Grave doubts have arisen in my
g mind as to the legal right to de
\ clare the forfeiture, which doubts
r have been greatly fortified, if. no
Ie ripened into certainty, by the re
'e port of the Committee on the judi
ciary Of this House, which commit
- tee, composed as it iss;of able law
It yers, have, on the question OF tn
$. legal aspect-of: the case submitte'
it to them, reported by vote of l
5. to 2 that the grant can not legal.
ID or equitably be forfeited.
a, And, sir, what is the position c
" the Committee on the Public Land
It. which reported this bilN ThS
es committee consists of twelve men
1t. bers; one is a delegate from Te'
3 ritory, and has no vote, but still b
a. is a member of the committee. 81
Ee. members. of this twelve concur
to the majority report; five membe'
ID, and the delegate, six in all, .conc'
" in what might be called the mino
Ter ity report. Thus it. appears tn
ID, the committee is evenly divide
be and nothing is solved by their il
ne, vestieation of and deliberation ov
the case. Lean not vote with tt
committee, because the commltt
9S- is divided half and halt, and nett
w. or half is the. committee
" It is true, technically, that t
CIT half composed of the six, membe
IN can claim to be the committee
oh- against the other FIVE members a
Jan "a. the Delegate. But the fact
MS mains that twelve giant minds, a
he ed by other minds Of colossal p
lily portions, have wrestled with t
''es matter, and the outcome is 6 to
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1884-07-10

The DUFFY BILL DEFEATED
The State Senate took up last night
"Duffy's Widows and Orphans
Bill" and indefinitely postponed it
by a vote of 10 yeas to 5 nays.
This bill amended the Revised
Statutes so as to prevent auction,
GERS from making sales of property,
belonging to minors and interdlct-
ed persons, forcing all such sales
into the hands of the Sheriff. 1t
psssed the House after some log
rolling, and was reported on unfa-
vorably by the Senate commltte'
Senator Toby, after his motion to
indefinitely postponed was carried,
moved to reconsider, and then NOV
ed to lay the motion to reconsider
on the table, which was carried,
thus efectually disposing OF the
matter.-[New Orleans Picayune
July Sth.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1884-07-10

A CHICAGO special, under
date of July 7, to the New Orleans
States, says: The prospect is. ia
yorable to Cleveland. A strong
fight will be made on the tariff
plank. The Butler men are mis-
taking the TESTING of Loulsianians,
and have concluded he has friends
there, and possibility of'obtainlng
the vote of her delegation. Tam
many declared yesterday for Bay
ard and to-day for Flower. The
temper of the convention is to refuse
any dictation from Tammany.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1884-07-10

ADVICE TO MoTHRRs.-Are you
disturbed at night and broken OF
your rest by a sick child suffering
and, crying with pain of cutting
teeth? If so, send at once and get
a bottle of Mrs.. Winslows Soothing
Syrup for Children 1eething. Its
value is incalculable. 1t will re-
lieve the poor little sufferer i'm
mediately. Depend upon it, moth
ers, there is no mistake about it.
1t cures dysentery and diarrhea,
regulates the stomach and bowels,
cures wind colo, softens the gums,
reduces inflammation, and gives
tone and energy to the whole sys'
tenn. Mrs. Wiaasloacs's Soothing Sy
RIP for Children Teething is pleasant
to the taste, and is the prescription
of one of the oldest and best female
nurses and physicians in the United
States, and is for sale by all drug
gists throughout the world. Price
IS cents a bottle:
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1884-07-10

THE Government at Washing
ton seems to be alive to thesneces-
sity of being kept thoroughly post
ed as to the progress of the cholera
in Europe. Secretary Folger and
the heads of the Marine Hospital
have asked for the appointment OF
inspectors at foreign consulates who
shall give timely warning OF the
departure for the United States OF
emigrants OF merchandise infected
With cholera or other diseases. Tel
egraphic advices would prepare the
way for suitable quarantine inspec-
ton or detention 0. States.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-09-15

hesion to and espousal Of the princinles
otthe party, and not Ia bllndlv voting
ior candidates thrust upon the marie
against Its will. The one Il nstri6tis,n
and the other partisauship, ana the
distinction cannot be difficult Ia din.
Germ. II John Ireland's nomination
was an error, his election would he a
greater one. Two wrongs never make
a right. There is no possible chance
for the election OF Wash Jones
or the defeat of the Democrats
ticket. Even were John Ireland al.
ieated, the rest Of the state ticket ana
the legislature would he Democratic.
and 1t would neither be a Democrats
defeat nor an opposition victory. and
no injury could inure to the material
interests of the state.
There Is no such thing as
reform within the party.r The
honest Republicans OF New York
appreciated this when they
cast their votes for Grover Cleveland
in 1882. The Democrats of Texas
could teach the party leaders whole.
SOME lesson by "scratchingn John Ire
land and instituting beneficial re.
form which would he complete in its
operation and beneficial in its results
Young DEMOCRAT.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-09-15
nEoEIvEIps SALE.

TN pursuance OF the order OF tho District
| Court Of Victoria county, made on tbe2lst
day Of July, 1884, IN cause No. lhkb ON the
docket OF said court, wherein Ayers q Can
non and Others are plaintiffs and The Texas
Continental Meat company are defendants,
anus, to-wit: Their ELAu6HTER, HOUSE
AMI ICE FACTORY, at Fort Worth, Texas,
and All the machinery, tools, appliances ana
appurtenances TO the same belonging 10
Rsfher with the land upon which tho same
stiinds, the same being fully described ~ the
oTeier aforesald. Also. their Slaughter House
ana Ice Factory, at Victoria, Texas. and al
die machinery, tools, appliances and appur.
tenances TO the same belonging, together
with the land upon which the same STANDS,
also fully described In the order above re-
ferred 10. said property ~ offered ~ 1rtrdte
az until the first day Of October, 1874, and
proposala for The purchase Of the same VIII
BE received until That day, aud II not sold et
nrivate Eale on or before said frat day OF
october, its4, the same Will be sold ~ publ
auctions within the hours prescribed " law,
by the undersigned. on the nIst Inss "a ~ y,
mouth, to.wit; The properly IN f0rt , MoIlhi
Al the door OF the C0nrtbOuhe OF lafrhnt
county IN the city OF Fort WORM IeAAs,
and the property in Victoria at the door o.
tbe onft-houss OF Victoria county, Ia the
city OF Victoria, Texas.
Nc. are cash, and IN both cases said SAL y
made suhjeet 10 the approval Of the District
Court n Victoria county, ana VIII % re-
ported 70 said court At the next term com
iuencing November 10th. 1891, and no ttis
will be made 70 the purchaser until the hsio
aaIe Il confirmed By the conTi.
The nndersigred will give fall iniofmstloh
and particulars TO al applieania,
Receiver T. q, n, Co., Victoria, Texas
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-09-15

Cotton Gins, Presses; Atlas Engines;
Russell Portable and Stationary En-.
gines; Rubber Hose; Rubber, Leather
and Cotton Betting; Shafting, Pulleys;
Gas Pipe, Pipe Fitting; Brass Goods (;
Steam Pumps, ETC.; Avery and oliver
Chilled and John Deere PlOws; Double
ShOvcls; Georgia Stocks; Sweeps.
Bull Tongues, ETC., etc; Moline and
other Farm Wagons; Cane Mills and
EyapOratOrs Tents and Wagon Sheets ;
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-09-15

The best dressed woman at Atlantic
CITY is said TO be q Jewess. Her ward
robe is superior in quantity and quail,
ity to any other at the seashore. ana
probably is not equaled in the United
States. She never puts on the same
dress twice ina season at one resort
though she will go through with ths
wardrobe again at Saratoga. Inc yoO
for certainly It Is arduous. She rarely
rests while on parade, but walks In
cessantly on the yerandas and through
the corridors Of her hotel. She Is thus
afoot four hours without intermlssion.
The taste shown in her garments isex-
cellent, and all are beautiful as well as
costly.
The most beautiful girl at Long
Branch is Cuban only fourteen years
old.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-09-15
Cnt Bias.
Phlladelphia press.

Mrs. Belva A. Lockwood, the Wash
inpton lawye5, In a letter accepting
the presidential nomination OF the
Women's National Equal Rights
party, announces that II elected che
twill administer the government TO
the satisfaction of men and women
alike.u II Ia semi-oilicially stated
that Mrs. Lockwood would organize
an administration Ia PompAdonr,
eut bla-, with two rows OF knife
blade plating down the front.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-09-15
Good BREAD,

A reliable baking powder is a house.
hold necessity, and in the makeup OF
silver Loaf combination has been
found by which the most inexperi-
eneed housekeeper is on an equality
with those who have made bread max
ing study for years. When direc-
lions are followed In its use the result
IA always satisfactory, and no house
wife who uses Silver Loaf Baking
Powder ever has cause for complaint
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-09-15

Wagon Bows; WheelbarrOws; Wagon
and Platform Scales; SuIky Hay
Rakes; Improved Indiana Force Feed
Riding train Drills; Str0whridge'
broadcast Seed Sewers; Elevator Cups;
Mill Picks; Bolting Cloth; Scotch Har-
rows; Harrow Teeth Smoothing
HarrOws; Single Trees, etc.; Walter
A. Woods Mowers Wire StretChers
Corn Shelters; Corn and Shuck She'll
ers; Kennesaw Water Elevators, etc.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-09-15
A CARD.
% the Chronic "FIepper'
ComnIAins

y me chronic SklepperD
Complaint
70 WORTH. TEX, Sept. IA, 1881.
~ the Gazette.
Herald of this date COM
you have not openly
. election of John ireland
and intimates that you
ms nomination. If the
.aon be true, permit me TO
s@lld consistently espouse
The Herald has become
~, aac Hopper that consist
seranees is not expected
ofi but such has not
.Sfy Of THE GAZETTE. If
we nomination of John
must have done so from
-nielent reasons. If the
Pasltl0n to his nomination
~ you consistently and
3use bis election? Democ-
eesn taught to believe, Is
aAo not simply a partisan
II this be true,
" one's Democracy
lalst of his adj
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-09-15

Ladies' especially are relieved Of the
anxiety. disappointment and nnpleas-
aninees incidental TO home-parched
coffee by using Kicker 4 Lees RI
onoaa. which is guaranteed strictly
nure. fresh and Of uniformly fine quail
itv. Rionosa coffee Ia roasted at Cal
weston for the Texas market, and sold
in pound packages by ali grocers.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-09-15

Ladies approve ii your smoking
Little Joker /"
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-11-20
Berlin Cor. London News I

II is pleasant change to turn from the
turbulent public life of the chancellor and
zee him in his own home, surrounded by
friends TO whom he is united by ties Of sym
pathy and love. There, before all, is the
companion Of his life--the woman who has
stood by his side for more than thirty years,
and who has ever proved loving wife. Tho
princess has been brought up religiously, but
hers is bright lively nature, gifted with a
goodly portion Of natural wit, with fine taste
and feelings. Very musical and splendid
player # the piano, she is at the same time .
careful. sensible housewife. and after the
manner Of noble ladies of former days, she Is
said to have some knowledge Of medicine
With genuine womanliness she created for
her husband home full Of comfort and sc.
nial warmth. and intell;gently shared for
years his griefs and hopes, sometimes, even,
Us is evident from some passages in Bismarcks
letters to her reprinted by HesekieD, to q
certain measure in political questions, al
though. as a rule, she does not belong to the
class Of women who take part in politics Her
correspondence with him, when official duties
or pleasure trips separated them geogTaph-
ically. was very lively and affectionate He
calls her "My heart MY dearest heart. ;. in
his letters He sends her jasmine from Pc
terhof, blooming heather from bordeaux and
promises to send her edelweiss from Gastein,
where, on the sixteenth anniversary Of their
welding day. he remembers that this day
had brought sunshine into his bachelor life =
On political mission, he writes to her from
Ofenburg castle: Good night from the
Car distance
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-11-20


Miss Louisa Alcott, Icing asked for advice
by a young lady who desired 10 earn IA living
nv literary work, replied: Il can only reply
10 yours as 10 the other iunumerable letters
of the same scrt which receive, One must
wait and work long and patiently before sue
cess of any sort comes and talent must he in
the tales, or they won't sell. II people won't
take the stories, try something else. For u
young woman with good health and a brave
heart many Ways of earning living are
open il she can put her pride IN her pocket
and take whatever comes no matter now
humble the task may be. Nurse, teacher
companion, housekeeper, scamstrcss or serv.
ant are all honest trades and worth trying
while waiting for the more agreeable work.
Il tried them. and after gIuhhing for
twenty years made n hit, seemingly by ac-
cidcnt but could see how very hard expert
ence had helped, every sacrifice enriched.
and so believe heartily in that sort OF train
ing for MS nll | do not know any one III
Washington, and think anything better than
the places women hold in puhlic Offices there.
Ii YOUR stories are good they VIII find a
market, Il they arc not stop writing and try
something else The gift Is born with us,
and cannot be learned, n Sonic think.
Knowing nothing Of you OF your capabili-
ties. il is impossible for me 70 advise or
recommend except in the general way. Hope
and keep busy is my motto for while one
works deSnair cannot get the upper hand
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-11-20
Queen Vfctoria,s Pre.Nuptial Name.

(Cor Chicago Journali
The Tribune misleads Two Little Girls
who. inter ALA inquire: What was Queen
Victoria's name after MARRIAGE by answer
ing Victim" After Queen Victoria $ mar
riage her surname continued the same as 1t
was before that event. viz Guelph The rule
that when any of her ma jestys subjects iu-
terlnarry-whch rule holds good among
the citizens of the United States-the
surname " the wife is lnst by the
coverture in tina: of the husband, does not
applv IN the case of the British sovereign,
when such sovereign is a lady. BY the act Of
parliament the succession TO the throne was
limited and settled, in the person Of the Prin-
cess Sophia. eiectreSs of Hanover. and the
heirs. male and female. Of her body, being
Protestant, but ncr necessarily the heirs Of
the person she might marry. Sophia. the
electress. was daughter 81 Elizabeth. queen
Of Bohemia. who WAS daughter Of James VI
OF Scotland and l. Of England, who IN turn
was son Of Mary Qneen Of Scots. And when
Queen Victoria married Prince Albert mot
he her like ordinary mortalsi he was pro
paratory thereto, naturall1ed n British sub
lect, So that the SUCCESSORS to the crown
might continue in her dynasty. viz: the
houss OF Guelph not In his house Of Victim
n,tration for her. Since she made name ~
have had several women artiseS, all dts
tinguishei in their different ways-Mrs A..
.ingham. Miss Greenaway, Miss Al-xander
and Mss Tint ..sr-
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-11-20
Painfully Neat.

Mrs. A. L. Dickinson in Weekly Magazine
The tidy housekeeper may be jewel be-
yond price. or she may be, by an exaggera-
ton of her tidiness an unmitigated nuisance
We have know such. whose continual strug
gle with the demons of dirt and disorder left
its impress on the face. The features sharp
ened from perpetual prying into corner and
crevice after dust and cobwehs, the brow
was contracted into a stereotyped frown over
the total depravity Of inanimate things, and
the voice grew qucriilous from continual
complaints Of the carslessnes- Of children and
servant
Even the guest felt hampered IN such a
presence scarcely dared TO touch the finely
bound volumes arranged with mathematical
precision. or move the chairs which seemed
as steadfsst in their mocrings rs the seats IN
AN audience room. but stepped gingerly
about, fearing to disarrange The furniture or
drapery. and WAS silently repruve'i when the
tidy hostess STOPPED 70 pick up some stray
Rawlings from her work or return 10 its
place the book she had just laid down The
husband OF that wife did not praise her with
any enthusiasm or her childpen rise up and
call her blessed. but were glad 4 escape
from her perpetual restrictions into houses
less painfully neat but where there was moro
freedom snd comfort.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-11-20
SWiNDLiNc IN A RESTAURANT.
A New Trick Played by the Hungry
and lmpecunious.


New York Commercial Adyertiser.)
Hold on, young man. shouted the pro-
prietor of downtown restaurant the other
day as well-dre sed person started
for the door, after getting check from the
waiter on the plea that he had lost his
There's your money, on the desk, an
swered the youth. pointing over his shoulder,
and still hurrying toward tic door, But he
was intercepted by waiter and forced to
take seat until another young man had
finished his repast and came forward.
I've lost my check said the second
young man.
20, you haveg' answered the grim cashier.
Funny that both you fellows lost your
checks. The dinner will cost just 81.
The young man went down into his pockets
solemnly fished up $40, borrowed a half
from THE first young hIan, paid the bill, and
together they departed.
Pretty smart dodge they have got, re-
marked the proprietor "They took me in
once. but they will hardly do it again. It's q
superb ~ indie ard enables them to get 81
dinners for 40 cents"
'Impos3ble!'
Nothing impossible about it, and the clever
part of it is that they steer clear OF the law.
You see those chaps come in a little apart, as
if strangers, and sit at the same table. One
orders ST. or 81 90 dinner, and the other
a cup Of coffee and roll for 10 cents. Both
receive checks By and by the co6ee-and.
roll young man passes his 10-cent check to
the ether and comes up alone to the counter.
When be gets here he says like the first one
who tried to get out. The waiter forgot to
give me check.
But the waiter knows better ventured
the rel ortsr
That's "here you you're mistaken. A
waiter frequently neglects to give check.
Sometimes he forgets it; perhaps he thinks
thr customer will order more; or most likely
he holds it in the hope of getting a tip. So
| he does not doubt the truth OF the assertion,
and saws, Ten cents The fellow puts up his
dime and walks out.
pretty soon the other fellow finishes his
/ good square meal. drinks the last OF his
| claret, saunters up when several other GUS
| toners are paying, lays down the 1O-cent
! check his partner passed him, covers it with
a l0-cent piece, and walks out picking his
teeth OF course the cashier don't know
what he has had, and the racket may be
worked for an indefinite period, and can only
! be found out through an accident l hap
! pened to be looking when the check was
! passed.
"But that is only one SO meal. When does
! the other come ini'
"Why they meet outside, go to another
restaurant, and play the same game; only the
! 81 man becomes the 10-cent man this time
! Economical and sumptuous, isn't it? Those
chaps only lack luck and influence to get to
| &c bank cashiers
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-11-20
origin Of EcFu.
TT -.-ln- It'll.

Queen Isabella, daughter Of Phillip II, who
fourished in the twelfth century, vowed not
TO exchange her liren till the city of Ostend
had been taken by her soldiers. The diiicul.
ties that sometimes interfere with military
enterprises evidently did not occur to the
lady at the time she made her vow, but un.
fortunately the siege lasted three years, and
50 snguIarly truthful was her ma jesty's
character that she kept her oath to the last
To testify their regard for her persistency
the ladies of the court adopted a dingy yell
low color for their ruffs and stockings, which
they christened t Isebeau. This was the origin
of the tint known as ecru, which comes up to
the top wave Of fashions occasionally, and
would perhaps be less in favor were it RENE n
bored that it was originally made to resemble.
rs far As possible. very dirty linen