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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1884-11-08

Trouble In Plymouth Church-Beechers'
PoIitics-The Influence of ofThieves-Some
Sharp Contrasts-Closing the Campaign,
etc. -- -
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THE OLD WIFE.

BY THERON BROWN.
By the bed the old man, waiting, sat in vigil sad
and tender,
Who're his aged wife lay dying; and the twilight
shadows brown
Slowly from the wall and window chased the
sunsets golden splender
Going down.
Z" Is it night?" she whispered waking {for her
Lost between the next worlds sunrise and the
bedtime cares of this),
And the old man, weak and fearful. trembling
as he bent above her,
Answered - Yes
:" Are the children in?" she asked him. Could
he tell her? All the treasures
OF their household lay in silence many years
beneath the snow;
But the hesrt was with them living, back
among her tolls and pleasures
Long ago;
And again she called at de w-fall, In the sweet
old summer weather,
Robert-have they Gomez
"They are safe,'' the old man faltered-" all
the children are together.
Safe at home.
Then he murmured gentle soothings. but his
grief grew strong and stronger,
Till it choked and stilled him as he held and
kissed her wrinkled hand.
For her soul, far out of hearing, could his
fondest words no longer
Understand
Still the pale lips stammeretf questions, lull-
abies and broken verses,
Nursery prattle-al the language of mother 3
loving deeds, 9Esz- e
While the midnight round the mourner, left
tp sorrows bitter merciss,
tx, Wrapped it weeds.
There was stiffness on the pillow-and the old
man listened lonely
Till they led him from the chamber, with the
burden on his breast.
Foe the wife % sefofsfv years. his manhood g
early love and only,
Lay at rest.
Fare-you-well," he sobbed, my Sarah-you
will meet the babes before me;
'Tis q little while, for neither can tho parting
long abide,
And you'll come and call me soon, know
& and Heaven will restore me
- To your SIDE"
1t was even SO: The spring-time, in the step
of winter treading,
Scarcely shed it's orchard blossoms ore the old
man closed his eyes.
And they buried him by Sar ah-and they had
thair q diamond wedding
In the skies. .u. a..
Youths Companion
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a New Use for Sugar.

The Marh LGsse E.epress. prominent Eis-a
Qiish ieurnaI, says: The extraordinary fae-
pression IN the price of sugar has again
brought to the front the desirability OF It's
use for cattle feeding. In this country sIss
practice of giving animals sagar or rDolas-
ses with their food was commenced after
the abolition OF the sugar duties in ls14 and
haa since become common enough. On Iie
continent. cattle are fed to en- immense ex-
tent on tbs beet pulp left after it has been
pressed IN the sugar factories. In this
country. most of the utility of beet IN feed
ing ia due 10 the four or five per cent. OF
sugar it contains. Sngar or molasses VIII
induee cattle to sat all sorts of meter
which they would otherwise reject, such NJ
Indifferent hay, or cut straw mixed with
roots. Now that sugar can be bought for
this purpose At a little over "a Per pound
in London, and refuse naolaHsss af inst ever
I'd per pound, there il odoabt an opening
for great extension III ifs ire for feeding
stock of all sorts. This rear. with hefa
Iay and root crop. affords srsst tEa Grrdr-
tgI.IsY fer It's introduction
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THE ROOM BENEATH THE RAFTERs.

Sometimes when have dropped tO'sleep
Draped in asDft, luHrio1s gloom
Across my browsing mind will creep
The memory nj another room.
) Where resinous knots IN roof boards made
4 frescoing of light and shade.
And signing popular brushed their leaves
Against the hambly sfoping caves,
Again I fancy in my dreams
I'm lying in my trflndle-bed.
/ seem to see the bare old beams
And unhewn rafters o7erhead;
Theshornet's shrill falsetto hum s
/ hear again. and see him come
Forth from his mud-waiied hanging house,
Dressed in his black and yellow blouse.
There summer dawns. in sleep stirred,
And sfOYe into my fair dreams woof
The ehattering Of aarnartin bird.
Or rain-drops patterlng on the roof.
Or. half Hwakeand half in fear.
] saw the spider spinning near
His pretty castle: where the Fly
Should come to ruin by and By.
And there / fashioned from my brain
Youths shining structures in the air.
/ did not wholly build in vain,
: For some were lasting, firm and fair.
And am one who lives to say
My life has held more gold than gray,
And that the splendor of fhe real
Surpassed my early dreams ideal.
But still / live to wander back
To that old time and that old place:
To thread my way DER Memory's track,
. And catch the early mornings grace
In that quaint room beneath the rafters,
That echoed to my childish laughter;
To dream again the dreams that grew
Mere beautiful as they came true.
-To1a1l's Companion.
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OUR LETTER FROM BRoADBRIm

oOh LE NoSi ohSAcof1tbHs
Trouble In Plymouth Churcil-Beechers'
Politics-The Influence ofThieves-Some
Sharp Contrasts Closing the Campaign,
etc. 49,
EDITOR CHIEF:
Brother Beecher may say what he likes,
everything is not lovely in Plymouth
Church. Whatever else he may do, he is
bound in the present election not to hide
his light under busheI, and it is safe to
say in no campaign for twenty years has
he shown more energy than in the present
| one.
The reverend gentleman has gone in to
win and if Governor Cleveland does not
reach the White House it will not be the
fault of Henry Ward Beecher. In the
meantime, however, he Is not reclining on
a bed of roses; he receives letters by the
bushel from all sorts of people, begging
him to reconsider his determination to
support Governor Cleveland. AS well
| might they try to turn Niagara with a
| pitehferk or dam the great lakes with
haystacks, as to turn Henry Ward Beecher
| aside when he has made up his mind. He
comes of remarkably headstrong family.
His father before him was constantly
| doing extraordinary things, and no sooner
| had his friends recovered from one shock
than he gave them another, ,=@the second
generally being much worse than the
first. Mr.. Beecher in his Friday night
discourse Appeared to think that the
difference of opinion in the congregation
was avery slight affair and he gave his
auditors to understand that in the thirty
eight years, they had been associated
. together that he had always had his OWL
way and he intended to have it to the last
or III other words he said to the people
who are paying him $25,Ooo for thirty.
Ieight or forty weeks work, If you don''
like my way you may lump it, for ! viii
have it whether you like it or not. 1t was
ominous to look about the room, however
for faces were missing from last Friday
nights meeting which have not beer
| hUSStfL kOI $SstlS oAifsA1 L1Shs but tHoSS
who ohaye been regarded as the pillars oi
the church, who have been foremost in it
councils and whose aid financially ha,
/ never been withheld. Their places wers
vacant. and though several of them turned
up to prevent open scandal, yet the Frida,
night meeting is the social weekly even
of Plymouth church, and from that they
/ were conspicuously absent. During ths
week three of the pillars of the churci
have given the Plymouth pastor q public
excoriation. When men like S. v. White
Gen. Stewart Woodford and A. W. Tenne!
|speak & in meeting, it means something
and WE'LL be batter able to tell after eiec
tion whether the detection is fatal ane
permanent. Still Mr.. Beeeher does no
quail and at an Independent meeting las
week he struck back at his foes with {
trenchant power that caused tremen
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1884-11-08

Take care of your Liver. d great number of
the diseases to which mankind are liable
Keep it in sound and healthy condition and
you can defy disease. PRr5ELY ASH BrrTEns
ara especially adapsed for this purpose. being
composed of drugs which act on the Liver.
giving it tone and strength to withstand
malaria.
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HOTELS AND BOARDING HOUSES.

DEEP-O'~DAY HOTEL AND BARROOM,
Ii Mississippi street. First-rate accommo-
dation and reasonable prices. Western Union
telegraph office in the hotel.
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rITY HOTEL, P. Lefevre. Proprietor, Rail-
~ road Avenue. corner Iberville street. Bar
supplied with best Liquors.
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An illustration Of the way in which
criminal justice is not served properly in
Louisiana occurred in st. Tammany par
ish a couple of weeks ago-the astounding
particulars of the case appearing in the
Covington Farmer. over the signature of
E. R. Randolph, President of the School
Board. J. O. Poole, formerly parish
school fund treasurer, on his own show
ing had appropriated s1338 of this trust
money: had told false tales about it and
finally got his bondslnen involved in a
Judgment. He was brought to bar at
last aud resorted to devious ways to avoid
trial; but this coming on, the facts were
proven and not contested; yet the jury,
after two hours deIiberation. found him
mot guilty" of the offense which be
virtually had confessed. President Ran
doiph sareastieasly remarked that the
school children of the parish will suffer,
bnt !. gentleman . has been vindicated.-
u. @. City ITEM.
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TNO. F. PARK, dealer in Staple and Fancy
y Groceries Provisions, Plantation and Steam-
boat Supplies, Canned Goods, Wines, Liquors,
Bottled.Beer, Ale, etc, Dry Goods and Notions,
corner of Mississippi and Chetimaehes streets,
opposite River Ferry.
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The DoQaldsoQville CRief

Anxious Humani Generis.
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u I1ANDMAN, dealer in Dry Goods Groee-
III. ries. Plantation Supplies, Wines, Liquors,
Cigars. Tobacco. and General Merchandise, cor
ner Railroad sAvenue and Taylor streets. one
block from Railroad Depot.
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FDWARD N. PUGH, Attorney at Law, Alta
IL kapas street, opposite Louisiana Square.
Visits Aapoleenyilie ON Mondays.
DAUL LECHE, Attorney at Law and Notary
u Public, DonatdsonviIle. Office: on block
below the Courthouse, on Attakapas street.
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ATTORNEYS AT Law.

LyREDERICK DUFFEL. Attorney ut law and
Il. Notary Public. office on Chetimsches street
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-11-19
How She CurIed Her Hair.

She was very pretty girl. tastefully
dressed, and her brown hair curled and
rolled about her low white forehead in
a way that was enhancing. consider
ing how hot the weather was, and how
many fair locks that had been curled
that morning were hanging in straight
strings over the fair owners eyes. 1t
was warm in church. too. and fans
were rafting in every seat There
were lots of flies about, but people seat
ed in her immediate vicinity were
pleased to notice that they all assem-
bled and lowered around the pretty
girl, and only the young man who sat
beside her was troubled occasionally
by the little pesterers that she impa-
tiently brushed from her face when
they became unbearably annoying. At
the conclusion of the service the pretty
girl and her escort walked out with the
rest of the congregation. and the young
man was heard to exclaim, by George!
did Won ever see SO many flies, Neli?"
and Nell replied in smothered and re-
morseful tones: Did you notice them,
Fred? | declare shall never try that
again; curled my hair with sugar and
water this morning. And then the
flies discovered their departing victim
in the throng. and with an exciting
buzz made for her. 1t doesn't do for
even pretty girl to be too fy.-Prout-
dsRce journal.
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Correcting the Vital Error.

when you were boy thought You
would grow mp to be fool" said an
old man to his son, 'but l did not think
that you would ever be as big a fool as
you are.
Il am glad that l have not dis
appointed you. replied the young
man. al can conceive of nothing 50
painful as the father who has been dis
appointed in his son, except possibly
the son who has been disappointed IN
his father. After graduating, l ex-
pected you TO say. here, William. take
this check for five thousand dollars. 20
away and amuse yourself; and when
the amount is exhausted, return and
will again make you feel the influence
of = fathers love, You have not done
thfs aud | confess that am disappoint-
ed"
You are right have not done it. :"
said tAe old gentleman, ''and lest you
have lingering suspicion that / may,
let me assure you that | shall not T"
Again you disappoint me, sir; and
now pray tell me what am here for?
You have money in bank; you have
enough to eat and wear; you have no
wants, while / am the embodiment of
desire. You have had your fun-thrown
up your hat at the race-course, have
had your champagne at night and your
saltwater next day"
makes no difference, sir; l was n
poor boy and had sense enough TO
make money"
But you say that am fool M
ture bequeafhed to you fortune of good
sense; nature gave me nothing. You
expected that would be fool, and
have had years in which to prepare
yourself You sent me 10 college,
losing sight of the fact that an educated
FOOLS a bigger fool than an uneducated
one, in that he is more prominent
You taught me none of the common
sense methods by which you made
money and now you boast of that ability
which aided you TO accumulate
fortune. Without meaning any dis
respect / believe that there are two
fools in the family"
The old gentleman reflected for
moment and said:
THAT is a fact was fool for not
making you work. y
''Yes. sir. ;"
And now, seeing my mistake, there
should be some kind of correction.
There should be sir. y
II have been in error and will now
endeavoF to make you feel that my
short-sightedness was not the result of .
lack of fatheriy interest
1T is never too late to be generous.
father" said the young man looking
at check book lying within reach Of
the old gentleman.
..An error of long standing may be
hard to correct. my son-like the diff /
Guilty experienced in curing chronic
this excuses not q failure
to make the attempt. See that sorrel I
mule in the lot? Hitch him to a pillow +
and aid me in the vital correction.
Aside from its being an experiment
The corn is nightly in the grass.
What. don'twant 10 try? Well, / guess
ven have to defer the correction.
Good day. No. can't even lend YOU
i've dollars. Fifty eents2 Why, Won
nave no use for fifty cents. Ought to
lsk for more. Wonldn't give il to you,
I you dide That's a fact but then
rou see it would look better. and be-
ides, it is just as cheap. ''---4rkassas0
Traveller.
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'1t's wonderful what practice will
do for man. remarked a gentleman
on Pullman sleeper one evening.
Now, I have observed q peculiar
thing on sleeping cars. which goes to
show how even q common mind NAV
be trained to perform almost incred-
ible feats of memory and precision.
On this car there are at least twenty
gentlemen. While we are asleep the
porter VIII gather up all our shoes and
dump EN- IN pile in the gents wash
room, where he will polish them when
ne gets time. There viii be shoes that
LOOK just alike. and many of the same
SIZE, but IN the morning every man Of
Us VIII Ind his own shoes and nobody
else beneath his berth. Now. we all
consider ourselves superior to that col
ored porter, but venture TO saw nona
OF Us could do thing ike that. rs
wonderful example Of what training
VIII do for the memory,
Next morning sure enough. every
mans shoes were in their nroneS.
place. and the gentleman again called
asteation to what be considered a -
marka Die. Here. porter he az
claimed, slipping the erinnino func.
aouary 3 dollar note to loosen he
tongue, stell as how ron DO tor
Yes. sab. says The porter. e.;sss
Jas g easy when ycu get cusi0mod "a
= Takes pow ful sight o PRACTICE.
though"
That's what ! told you. remarked /
the gentleman g bis companions, tri- |
unsphenffF.
yes sab. il takes ; pow lnl sight o
n716sies 24dh tHo huh weeks afo'
/ could IearE TO chalk ths numbahs g I
Dc heefs % tie soies q shoes without /
sa'Iln Mistakes Thank rs boss 9
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What Is Asiatio Cholera.

''What is the distinguishing feature
of Asiatic cholera, doctor?n
cit is this. / think: that the poison
or germs of cholera invariably destroy
the epithelium or soft skin lining the
mueus membrane of the bowels, and
lay it bare as if it had been flaved.
Hence the redness and congestion of
the mucus membrane. From the red
surface the serum or watery portion of
the blood flows in large quantities, lust
as it does from an ordinary blister on
the skin. Previous to 1866 these enor-
nous discharges were attributed to
weakness and relaxation of the bowels,
and | was the first to point out that
they were due to the destruction of the
epithelium. This is not a theory, but
a fact, amply proved by post norton
examinations, and showing the neces-
sity of destroying the germs, and not
alone OF restraining the discharges and
soothing the raw mucus membrane
''Here mention that much mischief
has been caused by popular medicine
largely composed of red pepper, GIN
ger, and brandy, and which, though
useful in cases of cholera morbus, is
among the most injurious that could be
selected in cases of real cholera. The
reason is that the GOODNESS of the sur
face of the body, or what is called col
lapse. is caused by the tremendous irri-
tation of the bowels, and that anv fur
ther irritation naturally increases the
collapse. Strange to say this medicine
has been largely used for the past fifty
years. No skillful doctor, however.
would dream of recommending it.
Henceforth the scientific treatment of
cholera will be based on the use of GER
micides. OF these sulphate of iron,
suggested by me in 1866, gallo acid
and ali the dilute mineral acids. espe-
cially the sulphuric, are also astrino-
ents. The dilute sulphuric acid, espe-
cially the aromatic tincture, has at
tanned the highest reputation as a pre-
VentiVe and cure of Asiatic cholera.
Corrosive sublimate, which would prob.
ably be used by scientific physicians. is
not alone poisonous. but very danger
Gus. since it can only De used in min
ute form. One particle would kill twenty
thousand germs. Still it is the most
efficient germicide known at present.
Koch recommend picnic acid, which
is the same as chemically pure earbolio
acid. Chemically pure, mind, for the
chemically impure has signally failed,
since it has been proved that bacteria
viii live long time in strong solu-
tons of it. Among the domestic
preYentiyes, the best to my mind are
common table salt and vinegar, used
separately and in fairly large quanti-
ties as condiments Of food A strong
solution of chloride of soda or table |
salt would be as effectual as chloride Of
zine, or even chloride of mercury,
which is the same as corrosive subIi- |
mate. If nurses and doctors washed |
their hands regular in vinegar and |
water while attending cholera patients
| feel sure they would escape the dis
ease.
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al wonder If that pretty girl over
there is not a hirt. said one drummer
TO another on an incoming Illinois Cen
trail train the other day.
''She looks like it. said his compan-
ion, s.and what is more. she and have
passed good many happy hours to
gether. I've staid many night at her
fathers house, out don't do that any
more, and If you can make a mash on
her, go ahead. "
The other drummer went over 10
where she sat and said:
Permit me. Madame.
Certainly, she replied.
My friend over there says he mas
known you for some time" he contin-
ued as he sat down. She blushed aud
smiled sweetly as she acknowledged
the old acquaintance.
'.Very nice fellow" said the drum
mer.
IL think he's ever so nice, said
the woman modestly.
bully fellow, but he amt very pop
ular with the girls. Don't seem to care
much about 'em."
Don't hep" she archly inquired.
''Not very much. F"
II like him ever so much. | have
thought the world of him for long
time
Happy old boy! Say. you couldu't
love me little, as his proxy. could
you7"
Goodness, nor
well, that's pretty tough on me;
INIT If Won think 80 much OF him III
get up and let him come over and sit
by you
''Oh, wish you would.
The masher looked red and blue by
t1rns, and got up and went over and
I told his companion what she had said,
and added:
Say, old fellow. you've got her
dead. She's mashed on YOU the worst
way, and wants you to come over and
sit by her."
''Is that SOP" queried the other, with
a satisfied smile arising and bowling to
/ the lady, who beckoned him over to q
seat with her, and then he went over
and put his arm around her. and when
the conductor came along he pointed
them out TO him and began 10 tell him
what a mash the other fellow had
made, when the conductor smiled
blandly, and told him to go and soak
! his head; that that was the other drum
mer's wife, and that he had known heI
! ever since she was n baby. The mash
er got off The first time they came NJ
with a freight train, and went the bal
ance Of the way as live beef.-Ihr0u3i
! Nail
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Monday, December 1, 1884,

daF Of Nay, A. D. 1851, n cause therein pend
fng wherein WA Welsh Is complainant and J. d.
Mayer e. al, are Defendants the undersigned Com
missioner, appointed By said decree, wilton
Monday, December I, 1854,
In front Of the ONCE OF Barnes Hotel, in Misss-
sippf City Harrison county, Mississippi, sell at
public auction the highest bidder Tor cash. the
following described property to-sit: EiTss. Ger.
tain tract of land together with The building and
improvements thereon, situate, lying and being IN
Mississippi City, county Of HzTrison, and state Of
Mississippi. known Barne-' Hotel. commencing
st stake on the shore Of the 6El1of Aexeo5 Nnlcn
stake stands due south OF the southwest corner OF
the hotel building. and running thence east four
hundred and fourteen feet more or less along said
Gulf shore 10 street OF road called Texas street,
due north of the hotel wharf; and running thence
north to the township line between township seven
and eight, range eleven. thence due west with
said township line four hundred and fourteen feet
more or less 10 stake: thence south % the sea-
shore or place Of beginning; bounded south by the
Gulf Of Mexico; north By the township line; west
by the property o. Mr. Marina A Davis, and east
by lexas street; second. tract OF land al oiDlng
the above and known the lot upon which Is stu
ated the billiard room, etc. OF Barnes Hotel, and
described follows, viz: commencing at stake on
the shore OF the Gull Of Mexico tine east side Of
the road or street cal ed Texas street. aud running
thence along said Gulf shore east three hundred
and thiTt yfouF feet more less, to the southwest
corner Of George Miggs' property; thence north
OF . mile 20 the southeast corner of s Calens
property thence west with the line Of said Eailens
ios three hundred and thirty -four feet more or less
TO the street road called Texas street; thence
south with said street to the place OF beginning
bounded south by the Gull, north by S. Callen s
property, west by Texas street, aBd east by the
property of George Wigs all in section one, town
ship eight, south OF range eleven, west Also, ali
the household furniture, hxtures, etc, Of every
kind in said Barnes Hotel particularly set out and
described in an inventory Of said property, taken
BY the Marshal and filed ia said Court
J. n. MCKEE, Commissioner.
NUGEsT 4 McWILLIE, Soils for Compartments
OCT ~ SAW
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Louisville gentleman calls attens
lion 60 I1e {aoI s 8. negroes Eersl7 take
IHe'k 1sza lives s41 $ 1lt1oEz &
frsa n t1 if4 afe h4E4 PIP
|l5n ne a65 d 1.e.l 1.k.s q - 1zF
6 SE s 1Is '4Qu 1sc111z
e+tz. oa. Hnsfs c0lt-