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St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-10-09

Would it not be good idea for the
people of Louisiana to look into the
business capacity of the next governor
of the State 1t is true that business
men don't make statesmen, but 1T is
equally true that we do not need
statesman for governor. A mar of
sound business sense is needed in this
State from 1888 to 1892.-Shreyeport
Times.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1886-08-02

Hambleton e. Dignowity,
2aa6. uub JnDeft mt MT M9entem,
Office: Mo. /, gMf 5OufOn,etrab,
O TEXAS
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ge.ypafSabisem sm gefytteln+
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Elm Seira in Der eta6t ober cine Sarn auf BEN ganbe uno psrOst %anabbdngis.
Wir hoben 9th 2Ms Id jMr gBarb bon $40 aufpdrts. :.
Sin ausaeaeihneter aGIab far enen sommersarten, u Nder grob, init
sdaHenbdunnen, Weinreben, glumen, fteBenoem gDafer unb guten 8ebduosn.
SIT lit 5 linuten bon ieer Der Yla5as gu erraben. prers $!,oOo aatef S>
binguugen, bic benz Gdufer sufagen.
NepdRerbare 9dnbereen 1T anb aaBerbaIb br Staot unb Carmen tn ieber
gr6be, al iebert preie. @e5dfe gu pertauen, 5dufer sl oamietben &c. &C.
ROmnt unb abeseust @u6 un unferen guten SHerten IN Srunoegent9an1:
$500 Mder 2dnb, mopon 600 in Sens, nit nelem, 5 3tmrner entbaltenben1
@tdn9aule nsbF @stuibsieuspsa, 300 Sept sds MinD Sh1m n% aoz 400 os ges asnh better sst
our6 ub 5arungeratben. geb uno anes eiugf9o1en gu So pro ader unter
ghnnigen gebingunsen.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1886-08-02
Ieona Hotel,
upalbe, Seras.

Wu0IDe, NeEus.
rH @ute 8immer fir gsi@dftsrtifenbe.
ginaiaes SotI erfter alaIe in l1balDe. @nte
Gid. Mabise @rsiie pr. Monat fur arante.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1886-08-02

Die mnterseidneten Bhuten unb 1antiers
tperoea allie @eipinre in Der 2ouifiane Stadtss
aotterie, bic ibnen prafeatirt tuerben, aas3abIen.
5. $. Oglesbs, Brdf. Ga. Stat. ganf
8. Us. Rilbretb, Brif. @tate Scat. 8anf.
y. 8albwin, Yrdi. q. 8. Scat. Banf.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1886-08-02
lnabertreffide Nn3iehunSl
ueber cine halbe Willion Serlccf.
Qpuiliana 5tate Qpttern So,

Diefes Smfitnt tpnrbe TN Sabre 1868 flu
graiebunss. unb @Obltbdtisfeits : 8pede bon
Der 5taatslegislatur far ben 8eitraurn bon
fimfunb3panais sabren sefetli@ iacOrpOrirt
nit einem aapital bon 81. 0o0, 200, 80 peItena
fie ieitber eiaen ReferbefOnD BON $6b0,a00 bin.
a~uaefiat bat. DurG Elm iberidDenSli1es
8olum murben tire Hedte elm Sbeil Der ge8en.
m~artisen Characterization, ansenoHl'aea am
2. December 1879.
Sbre aroSeu 6iebunsen bon etnaeE
men Wummern fnben n1onatlih fatt.
Niemals tuirD cine SSiebuns perf@oben. Man
Ieie nadfolsenben &lan.
@rpbe u1pnatltae 3tebulS
in Der acapemp Of Mufc, NeD Orleans,
Dienffas ben 10. Gusuf 1886
100, 900 Eidets gu S. iepes. 1ruG,
tteile In 6anftel i'm gerbdltniB.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-10-07
ADDITIONAL FIGURES.

The Speaker of the Last House of Repre-
sentatives on Democratic "Extrava-
gance."
AS in some sort a response to the
accusation of extravaganza on the part
of Mr.. Cleveland's Administration,
which has found a place in most of the
Republican platforms this year,
Speaker Carlisle has made public, in
the form of an interview, a summary
of the expenditures of the Government
during the past year, which is instruc-
tive through its conciseness. The
fiscal year ending June 80 last is the
first complete year of this Admins
tration. In the usual course of
things, it should have been a year of
large expenditure, by reason of the
addition of 81, 3O2. 900 to the pension
list. A comparison with the year pre-
ceding, however, shows that, notwith-
standing this increase, there was a net
saving of $17, 743, 900; or, regarding the
ordinary expenditures only, the reduc-
ton in the cost of running the Govern
ment amounted to more than 1925, OOO,-
000. 1t is further notable that, while
MI. Cleveland is denounced in most of
the Republican platforms for his vetoes
of private pension bills which are clear
ly improper and often fraudulent, this
great addition to the pension list was
caused by the prompt adjudication, and
allowance of claims under the new Ad-
ministration. A larger number were
thus disposed of than in any preceding
year. This, moreover, was accom-
| plished at the same time that a consid-
cradle saving was made in the cost of
| operating the bureau. Every depart
ment, in fact, showed economy in ex-
penditure over the figures of the year
preceding.
For the year that has o. opened,
July l, 1886, to June 80, 1887, the ten
appropriation bills which provide for
the regular annual expenses of Govern
ment look to a still further reduction,
the amount appropriated for the de-
partments being Sc, $1,000 less than
last year. 1t remains to be seen whether
the result will confirm this expectation,
or a large deficiency be found to be
provided for; but the experience of the
veal Just closed justifies the belief that
the estimate will be found correct. The
appropriations, indeed, would have
been much greater if the Senate could
have had its way; but the additions
made by the Upper House to the
amount of $13. 900. 900 were chiefly ir
the shape OF river and harbor jobs ant
unwise pension bills, and had no rela.
ton to the legitimate expenses of the
Government. Mr.. Carlisle refers with
reasonable pride to the fact that the
House threw out $40, 100000 of these
Senatorial extravagances. Boston
PosI
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-10-07
Profits Sharing in Kansas.

Some weeks ago the attention of per-
sons interested in labor problems was
called to the success which had attended
the introduction of a system of profit
sharing by a firm at Topeka, Kansas.
The firm had addressed a circular to
each of its sixty employees in the sum-
mer of 1885. After referring to the I'M
satisfactory results of the business, each
workman was asked to try and make
his work count for as much as possible.
The change for the better has been
marked. There has been less waste OF
materials, gas and time, and largely be-
cause of these economies the balance.
sheet on April l last was very crafty
ing. Another circular was then issued
acknowledging the assistance of the
men, notifying them of IN increase Of
wages for those who were not limited
to prescribed hours, and of the reduc.
ton of the days labor to nine hours
The latest report is that the hands are
more cheerful and enthusiastic thar
ever, and that the business is growing
although the wages paid are higher
than at competing Establishments
Publishers WeeElu.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-10-07

Remarkable Growth of Education and 10
berness Among the People of France.

Remarkable Growth of Education and 20
berness Among the People of France.
The newly, but on the whole, SPLEEN
didly equipped schools are silently trans
forming France. There is far less flip
pancy, far less tendency to laugh at
every thing in the character of French
men and women in the present genera
ton than in that of their elders. The
rising generation will be quite as serious
| as the Germans themselves, and perhaps
| this is not entirely to be desired. The
free school before the advent of the Re-
public was SO poorly understood here
that even now the middle class can not
comprehend why it should be tolerated.
| With the selfish view of things which
| prevails in most of the European coun-
tries, they do not wish to be taxed for
the education of their peoples children.
But the Republic does tax them roundly.
and the City of Paris does a fine work
making it possible for the poorest child,
no matter how humble its parents may
be in station, to have a comfortable
meal in the middle of the day for the
astonishingly low price of two Gus.
When this two-sous dejeuner was in
vented it proved very seductive to pool
folks, and wherever parents were SC
poor that the two sous a day was a strain
upon their resources, the city offered the
breakfast to the child free, withoui
making any disagreeable conditions
Thousands of children are daily sup
piled with a warm meal at the city's ex
pense. The clerical party does its bes
to rival in charitable deeds its Republi
can antagonists, but it can not of course
keep pace with the State, and great il
its disgust thereat.-Pdris Letter.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-10-07

WALKING COSTUME. MORE for vest collar
and cuffs, will renderthe toilet more dressy
and becoming. These charming gowns are
a wise investment, Cor they are very mex
pensive. as fine qualities can be purchased
from fifty to seventy-fve cents the yard
double width, and ten yards will make
a dress (using inferior goods for
the f~oundation) that is paneled or box
plated. An effective addition is a surplice
front and sash of MORE or velvet. Vene-
tian red cashmere liz very effective trimmed
with black velvet ribbon. with suits OF the
skirt draped with black Spanish lace.
Prettier and more delicate is a gown of
mauve cashmere with milkmaid tunic
turned up with a rever of violet velvet. A
Fedora vest of mauve Surah and a short
Russ an jacket of velvet are added. Cash
mere goods are also used AS po anaises
over the new handsome striped suilings
which show clusters of pin stripes in vari-
GUS coiors. the lines mostly brilliant on
dark grounds, hut in no degree conspicu-
GUS owing to the OF the stripes.
K. D..
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-10-07
~POST-OEFICE AFFAIRS.
A Department. Which Republicans Sale
Could Not Be Managed Properly Ell
cept by Themselves.

A Department Which Republicans Saia
Could Not Be Managed Properly Ell
cept by Themselves.
The Republican newspapers at this
time are watching closery the Demo-
cratic postmasters, and taking every
opportunity, and making many Of
them, to find fault with the manage
ment by Democrats of the post-offices
of the country. In many cities and
towns it is very noticeable. When
members of their own party were
papers had very little if any fault to
excuses for any actual faults of error
or negligence, but now they watch
closely and eagerly seize upon the
least error, and magnify it. This may
be human. or rather Republican party
nature, but at the same time it is
neither fair nor just. While there
may be more or less friction caused by
the changes made in postmasters all
over the country, the fact remains that
the first eighteen months of this Demo-
cratic Administration shows a general
advance all along the line in the eff
cheney of the mail service, while at the
same time there has been a large saw
ing in expenses. The official figures
show these facts.
Another matter has had much to do
with the efficiency of the service. This
was the election of President Cleveland.
Before his election many Republican
postmasters regarded themselves as
perfectly Independent of the people
and the patrons of their Office. So long
as they were all right W tn the Republic
an Senators or their own member of
Congress, too many of them regarded
that they had a sure thing on the offices
they held, no matter how careless or in
efficient may have been their manage
ment of it. The moment the election
of Cleveland was assured there was a
decided change. Postmasters paid
much s~tricter attention to the business
of their Offices, and were much more
accommodating and c%onsiderate in
their treatment of the people. Their
Democratic successor have performed
their whole duty, and have taken pride
in the promptness and efficacy of the
service, and their assistants and clerks
have for various reasons been spurred
on to increased zeal and energy in theiI
work.
While the changes in ~postmasters
and their assistants and clerks have
not been as general as is generally sup.
posed thousands of Republican post
masters, clerks, etc., yet remaining in
the service-it is a matter of congratu,
lation and honest pride that Democrats
all owe the country have shown them
selves capable of taking hold of the
mail service and running it without
jar or break and with increased eff
cheney. At the commencement of thi'
Administration many foolish Republic
ans sneered and proclaimed that Dem
ocrats were not capable of managing
the intricate affairs of the P~ost-offic'
Department. That matter has nov
been fully tested. The mail service
|. better to-day than it was when tn
Democrats took hold ofit.-Des Nome
Leader.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-10-07
BESSIE.

The sun ue'er shone on fairer face,
Nae queen had mair o. royal grace
Thar Bessie. when she touched the green
At rustic dance on simmer cen.
LIGHT o'heart, an lovin' tao,
An blythe o. e'e as flowers in May,
But muckle had my heart tae Tree
They wadna' let her marry me-.
Clouds ne'er fur lang hung in the air
Room Bessie's hame when she was there,
An flowers bentdoon their modest bells,
Tae ane mair bashfu' than themsel's.
The ~blackbird sang a safter strain
When Bessie her sweet refrain.
All hope, yer wine j daurna pree-
They wadna' let her marry me.
A lordlin' chiel cam tae the glen,
An oh! sic steer aR.bus e then,
Draw lasses plenty he MIGHT vile,
But only ane could win his smile
Twas Bessie, my ae wee pet lamb,
OH dool the day the spoiler cam
His RowdEsune won the auld mans e'e,
They wadna' let her marry me.
But my puir lassie-aye the same
Cared ma for a leddy's gran NAME.
When last we PARTED on the brae;
An my last kiss-I mind it moo
As weel MIGHT been on cauld corpse broo.
Il was the last she daured tae gle
They wadna' let her marry me.
The days gaed, 1 counted a
Till n / kennel the blow wad ia,
an tuen my neart-pulr wltnered thing-
Dried up when nae mair tears wad wiring;
They made my lass a Teddy gran
An pleased her folk wi wealth an Ian;
Hoo hard mems hearts can sometimes be-
They wadna' let her marry me.
They set her up in cast e ha'
An busked her in the satin Draw,
But ilka day the rosy streaks
Grew fainter on her bouny cheeks,
An when the flowers left the brae,
Bessie gaed wi thcm-withered tae.
What could the lussie dae but dee?
They wadna' let her marry me-.
When the cauld snaws of winter fell
i sOcht her grave, ayont the dell,
1 poured my tears abune that heart
Wha couldna thrive mid scenes O. art,
An prayed that we MIGHT meet up there,
Dot o. the reach o. earthly care,
Oh! greed an pride, hard hearts hae ye-
Ye wadna let her marry me.
-Willidm Lyle, in Detroit Free Press.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-10-07
The WASHINGTON Canitnk

The Washington CAPITAL says
Blaine owns a tenth of the ''Small
Hopes" silver mine in Colorado, which
is paying one million dollars a year.
The tattooed man was let in on the
ground floor by Kerens, the st. Louis
star route contractor, along with Steve
Elkins and Plumb, the model Senator
from Kansas. There was nothing
floating about in Washington while
Blaine was there that he did not secure
a piece of it, nc matter what the cost
was to his character. This is pretty
well understood by those who saw him
enter Washington in the early days Of
the war with scarcely a dollar in his
pocket and leave the capital in twenty
years after a millionaire, although his
business was that of office-holder at
not to exceed $4,000 a year. --Bufalo
Times.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-10-07

$50, you won't take dot coat for seven
dollar?"
mo. 1 guess not"
"Vhell, shall call it six, though l lose
by it,"
mo, ] guess not"
"Say five und a half?"
'No; I'll look around a little"
What beesness vhas you'll my frendti'
81 sell grind tones"
'Oh. YOU do?"
Why"
"Oh. nothing. except dot vhep I like :.
grind-tune I look aruuudt = lssdis; tool
petrntt tkrs Prsss,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-10-07

The builders of Republican plat
forms. at the North have this year
omitted two planks which in other
times were regarded as an essential
part of the structure. Indeed, to ex-
hume an expression which has now
passed into ancient history, we might
call them the very "mud-sills" of the
Republican political edifice. We refer
to the NEGRO resolution" and the
''view with alarm" plank, which have
heretofore played such a prominent
part in the compilation of principles
when .our friends, the enemy" were
wont to air their political faith. 1t
would seem from these omissions that
the Northern Republicans are no longer
in such awful dread OF the bold, bad
Confederate b%rigadiers, to whom they
ascribe the full purpose of doing many
awful things to the Government and
the country, when the Democrats
gained the political ascendancy.-
Raleigh (M. CO. NeWs.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-10-07

ground by several
inches ia still abso-
lutely de riguaur for
church, street and all
ordinary occasions
The width of the skirt
on autumn tailor
dresses re In d in
about the same, and
kits and panels and
ample dra pings are
still their distinguish
ing feature. Tailor
dresses for utility pur-
poses are always &C.
vercly plain with no
%fripperies whatever;
the finish consisting
OF machine stitching
and rows of hand
some buttons. But
handsomer or rather
dressier gowns show
suits OF cheviot serge.
Scotch tweeds, Loeb
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-10-07

invisible, but just a
slashed opening stitched at each end like
those OIL IA gentieinan's coat. The boucle and
frise woods for these jackets are extra fuzzy
n appearance. and show bright and styl-
ish mixtures of deep marine blue and cardi-
nal, golden brown and ecru. chestnut and
blue. and black and poppy red.
The coarhInan's coat of tan-colored
livery cloth. Is very chic and jaunty. and
it's velvet trimmings and large costly
bronze and gold buttons render it very
recherche in effect. Basques and polo
nai,es divide popular favor almost evenly
this fall. and each display II great variety
in style and Nearly all fitted
garments are very snug in their effect, in |
many handsome suits OF heavy wool will
be worn until severe cold weather. without
any outer garment except the quaint Tito
pelcrines and shoulder rapes OF silk plush,
velvet, Astrakhan, boucle goods, and
fancy velour fabrics with raised velvet
figures on grav satin grounds These toy
wraps usually match the material conr-
posing the vest, panels, etc, OF the tai;or
suit. Lahylike and pretty suits OF French
cashmere are shown made up with velv, t
or plush. the costume including Il
wrnp of the same. For instance, one
Ia dor suit shows a dress OF snItest mum
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-10-07
Political assessments al

wrong to the individual. 1t is unjust
to compel a public servant to sur
render Il percentage of his salary
under the same sort of moral COM
pulsion that is employed by a high
wayman. They are a wrong to the pub
lie. If the salaries OF otficeholders are
large enough to warrant a ten per
cent. deduction for party expenses
they should be reduced and the whole
body of taxpayers be given the benefit
of the saving. 1t is unjust to the
people, for whose equal service the
offices are maintained aud who con-
tribute equally for their support, to
have titheS of the money which they
pay employed to keep any party in
EOwer,-M Y, World
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-10-07

gray cashmare with
vest and panels of
60 den brown plush
and tiny peIerine of
the same. The rich
but simple effect OF
this dress was notice
able among al array
which reached into
the hundreds. There
is an unusually large
Importation OF these
fine French goods,
showing qujsite
g h q d es ir al the
colors, and
a number of new
beautiful pale tints
for evening wear.
Heliotrope, Persian,
NJ Sapphire,
blue tan and dove
are the choice
cOlOrs and velvet or
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-10-07
All Outn

"Don't know what ais me lstely. Can't
eat well-can't sleep we'll. Can't work,
and don't enjoy doing anything, Aim!
reaIly sick, and l really sin't well IN, Fee e.
what scores Of men say every day. II they
would take DR.. Pierce's "Golden Medical
Discovery they would soon have no occa-
sion to say it. 1t purifies the blood, tones
up the system and fortiies it against dis
ease. It is great anti-bilious remedy as
we'll
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-10-07
A Most Liberal Offer

A Chicago woman advertised for a lady's
maid.
How much do you pay a month";"
asked one OF the applicants for the posi-
ton.
Ten dollars"
That's not enough
"Yes, but whenever / get married I al
wa VS. give my maid two dollars. You hould
take that into consideration"
Il accept the position. Why. that will
amount to more than the wages. That's
the most liberal offer I've ever had
Texas Siftings.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-10-07

"A fr~uit-growers' society has been
organized in Lynchburg, Va, co-ordi-
nate branches of which are expected to
extend into Nelson, Amherst, Camp
bell, Bedford and the whole tier of
counties that bound the Eastern Blue
Ridge slope.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-10-07

NocoLINI has published a new song, enti-
tied my PROPOSAL" 1t is probably writ
ten in the key Of BE mine, ohI'-W Washing
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-10-07

ST want to thank you for telling me Of
DR.. Pierce's "Favorite Prescription
writes a lady to her friend. "For a long
time I was unfit to attend TO the work Of
my household. I kept about, but I felt
thoroughly miserable. had terrible back.
aches, and bearing-down sensations across
me and was quite weak and discouraged.
1 sent and got some Of the medicine after
receiving your letter, and it has cured me.
I hardly know myself. feel SO well"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-10-07

The ambergris brough home re-
Gently by a Provincetown (Mass.)
whaler is said to be worth more-about
ten thousand dollars-than all the oil she
has aboard. 1t was found in a whale
killed in SAM Bay (West Indies) last
April.-ProUidenc nee journal.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-10-07
OUR H LETTER.
Street Costumes-Autumn Tailor Dresses,
English Coats and French Jackets
Charming and inexpensive Gowns.

6tTcct A0uo Aoo0o
English Coats and French Jackets
Charming and Inexpensive Gowns.
Especial New York Correspondence
Although there is an uncommon degree
of electicism exhibited in the magnificent
dress toilets for the Forthcoming season,
there is shown an unusual amount of con-
ventionality in costumes designed for tho
street. Marked Individuality and artistic
fancy assert themselves in the lengthy list
of evening and high tea" gowns, but as
soon as a lady sets her dainty loot upon
the pavement, fashion claims her for her
own, and DEGREES most arbitrarily where
with she shalt be clothed. Silks ard satins
are ruled out. and 1t is now IL very uncom-
mon thing to see a woman shopping or
taking u constitutional" dressed IN any
other sort of gown save one in tailorstyle,
and formed Of softly -draping WOO of some
description. Arrayed in elaborate silk at
tire, with pillows OF lace around her shout
ders, and with fancy hat bedecked with
flowers and feathers, she il at once set
down as either ignorant of good form in
the fine art of modern dressing. or as a
lady on her way to a fete OF some sort,
who has lost her carriage in the crowd.
1t is a matter of congratulat!on that the
short, trim. round-skirt which clears the
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-10-07

For preventing dandruff and falling of
the hair, HALLS Hair Remover is ~unequaled.
Every family should be provided with
Ayers Cherry PectoraL Cures Colds and
Coughs.