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The Home advocate. (Farmerville, La.) 1885-1???, 1886-02-05
Sheriff sale.

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V. No. s-4' '.Hr'>! II n"'
c. W. Ilom..cut'' >Sia;c OF L""'"'a''a
W. Il. E,hri,lg" vst. W. H""cy'u,
In Justice. QUIT. Ward No. IT,. Parish "'
Mon, >t2," II I."ni>iana
By .iI,uc II tw" writ> uf ~. IA l's'ic'
out nf tn. aforesaid ii"n"rahi' Court u
and for tn. Parrish OF l'ni"n. La. ami T.
IA. directed. l have made concurrent
seizure in aforesaid suits, and VIII otter '"'
sale. 10 the List AMI highest bidder. " ifh'n
the lrgml hours il .ji.,iri.l sales, 1T t."
principal front door nt III c"Er'-lOu'' III
Farmer, lih. Cnun Parish. La, on
Sut"ydny, tie 2uih If Ftbr""'y, 1SS"
tnr ,'ll"H ing Described property, I" W.T.
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Range | " 81, containing eighty :"
arrus more "r less. ;'S,Ii,'r viii all lin
thereon situated. >ri/ed Il,
/ ne pr.Imrrt ri {. ". Hone. i'll ill.,
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Term, "t >..ir--Ca-l., with the hr'"f'' al
Of III trpiai>nrni. u. +. PLEASANT.
Jan. - Shilii
The Home advocate. (Farmerville, La.) 1885-1???, 1886-02-05
Succession S;tSs'.

By virtue of on ord, ,sSrr...i from nhr :h
Dis, ,,r, C"nr, y. Louisiana, AN! /" me d'
Zee ted. vii on
Saturday. the 3"th IF A""nry lSS'''
sell. for .:>i,. To H.. lat and ii Eh'N "l''
dor, u lot vi ra',,; 4 ~, T.: horse; Il i"'
of hogs. and son.r i:Iin1ns in.l'i' h"''lS
and | will, Oh
>ntuf. ay, the 2oth IF FrL"""t'y. lS>'
sr,l. for cash. ,".iir last ana IN hest hi
,t,.,, TIL. follow in. Ge>, II; oil Tract If Ian.
viz The sou.n- a>illar:rr + l""rtii-"a>i
quarter, section l., township II. rang
vest a.r. iil, ,oui II halt -, nult til, ost 'i',h'
ter ST, lion l., tow i.-:,ip Il. north ran.'.
west. Sales t" tax" place ~ the l"t" res
id+nc. Of 4. j. Williams, decd.
iOE'r WILLIAMS
Ian IL l-s6 .s.lmi, TRAITOR.
The Home advocate. (Farmerville, La.) 1885-1???, 1886-02-05

The Democratic caucus Of the
United States Senate has resolved
70 sustain the President in hts re-
lnsal to furnish information to the
Senate regarding removals Of Re :
publican officials. This was to have
heea expected. However widely
sOsyo Of the Democratic Senators
may differ with the President on
points Of policy, the Republicans
win 6pd that the party is always
nnited xbila on the defensive.
I3as , e0nsing cOntest will likely
proves blessing in drawing Mr..
Cleveland closer to the, "Stalwart'
Nidx 1tlHk3&tty< md; nessocrat.
The Home advocate. (Farmerville, La.) 1885-1???, 1886-02-05

A dispatch from Washington to
the Times Democrat, on Oath nit,
Says there is good authority for the
x,atement.that two of the Louisiana
appointments will bc reported I'M
Mvorably to the Senate. This will
insure their rejection when the
vote il taken. The names of the
two aplOinteeS are still within ELL
ftum the public.
The Home advocate. (Farmerville, La.) 1885-1???, 1886-02-05
DISTRICT COURT.

His Honor, Judge Young, reach
d town Sunday afternoon and
was promptly on hand Monday
morning to preside over II regular
jury term OF the District Court
at this place Sheriff Pleasant
AMI his OhServant uiju:,nt. j. T..
S;uIt.umrry, aud DiSrric; Clerk
Smith md his efficient Ii. utrnant,
W. W. Iicar.l, occupied their res.
prctivr stations, rt:tl, tOhi~.:laryt'
the multifl:iuuS duties deyOl, in.
upon them. Court was opened in
Tue AMI ample form,' and Mr.. j
A. Manning of this plac,., being
called, "aS appointed foreman of
the Grand Jury. The following
named persons We're Selcci.l t"
complete the panel:
James Pearson, &. &. Owens,
Moses BaNie>s, +, l.. CLARK, w.
Il. Wheels, JohL Woo.Iali, David
IL. Dawson, e. ". Elliot. j. II
Denton, John j. Bennett, Henry
Ellis, Mar~haI Dixon, VIM. W. lis,
Wherry Slatle, and j. T. Ethridgr.
Judge Young delivered one Of
his able and Impressive cha; gr>,
after which Ora, Il Jury retired to
the room assigned them, to inveS-
tigatr the foib'es AMI waywar'!nrSs
of their rIing parishioners.
In the afternoon til" mill Of justice
began to.grind out DECISIONS. lhc
first hopper OI la" was run thr"u.h
and resulted in duSky hero hein"
thrown to the front, VIII" EXPIRE sed
Il desire to coifess being implicated
in ;.r.,ugh and tumble iuSSIc viii
somlcr hue.i citizen. Hr
t." l~ very penit ent, and
the court informed him that, if he
would deposit s. and the costs with
the sheriff, he might 20 OH his way,
rejoicing. Then Il young gentleman
from the '.fiOmti-r'' CT me forward
and, after proving that he possess.
I'd an excellent character and an
amiabIe disposition, admitted that
las Il prudential measure when Wis.,
Ting one IF ClailNrne's fair dam
sells he had been guilty Of carrying
4 pistol concealed on his person.
He, too, was requested to leave IS
and the costs with the sheriff, and
,,gO AMI sin no mOre,"
Neyt a vendor OF the "ard~mt',
of this place, appeared in court
aud plead guilty of having r-t;.il..l
''r..i eye WILTON, Ii cense. He was
assessed the sum Of 500, and costs,
for thus Offending and i'll tlefanlt
"f aging same to be injured iu
the parish Jail tor thirty days.
The fOllOwin visiting attorneys
are attending our cOu,t: Gen.
Henry Gray AMI Judge G. II.
Ellis "f BastrUl'; Col. TO. Benton
Of Monroe; +. H. McClen Ion and
J. ". H"It,ert If Homer; Judge
+. NJ. Graham. a. BarkS,ln!-, j.
Is. HolStead and w. A. Vanh0ok,
Df lsustuN.
The Home advocate. (Farmerville, La.) 1885-1???, 1886-02-05

Dispatches from Shreveport
state that the Grand Jury reported
three indictments against Il. X
Backarow, the principal in the
abduction case. The first inlict-
memt is for attempted abduction
and false imprisonment; the second
rs for attempted bribery, and the
third for assault aud battery.
On the first Indictment bail was
iixPsl at $500 and on the third
indictment the bond in $1,000. The
bond for attempted bribery had
rot M'en fixel.
The Home advocate. (Farmerville, La.) 1885-1???, 1886-02-05

Benz. .ienki,I> who killed RI V. j..
Lane Borden in Mansfield. amt was
sentenced to the r'eniteutiary for
life, has been l,arsloneal by the :i"v
rrnOr. The DeSOt0 Democrat say
jenkins ssdid exactly right
r. he killed Borden" If tliis IL.
|file there must have been circum,-
Atacces in the cast. that were not
made public -IOsrn Talk.
The Home advocate. (Farmerville, La.) 1885-1???, 1886-02-05

Mrs. Hendricks has received
from the officers of tho United
States Senate the massive iron ink.
stand used by her husband in his
private room At the Capitol at
Washington. It is a handsome
and unique work Of art, and is
worth ut least $500.
The Home advocate. (Farmerville, La.) 1885-1???, 1886-02-05

The many friends Of the charm :
ing aud accomplished Miss Susie
J)ac,,s, Of near Farmerville, regret
that sl,s WAS compelled to return
home from college. She has many
friends. in Minlen who hope IL see
her in Minlen asain.-.Mindea
lIcnac. ut Tribune.
The Home advocate. (Farmerville, La.) 1885-1???, 1886-02-05

TIE Senate Committee on pub
lie Buildings has decided to report
iavorably the bills making appro-
pri~tions for public buildings. One
Of these bills il for an appropriation
"i $!WO,OOO for = public building at
Monroe, La.
The Home advocate. (Farmerville, La.) 1885-1???, 1886-02-05
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY D 1856

Red birds appeared here this
Notwithstanding an earl!
anring-and preparations for veg
rtabIe gardening h.sv>. commenced
Lake Charles Echo.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1886-02-11


They were driven in gangs Of four or
five like geese. The fresh air had ap-
parently revived them little from their
stupor, and while they made no resist
ance, the air was fairly sulphurous with
their blasphemons rawlings. By ~ 10
their s'pedigrees had been taken after
fashion, and they were all locked
up. In the big lodging rooms where
they were imprisoned, it was pande-
monium unloosed, and the scenes that
were enacted cannot be described.
II have made over 5000 arrests In
that block alone in the last eighteen
months, said the captain. THAT
doesn't include the US that VIZ cot TO-
night I have made up my mind to
break up this stale beer business in my
precinct, if have to make a raid every
night in the week It doesn't do much
good to arrest these people, however.
Half of them will be in the next raid.
They will be taken to court in the morn
ing and sent to the Island for terms
ranging from ten days to three months,
but the island people don't want them,
and they'll be back again in two or three
days.-NeO York Tribune.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1886-02-11
The Moon WIN Drift Away.

Once upon time, many millions OF
years ago, the earthand moon, then young,
hot and plastic, were very near each
other, revolving around their common
centre Of gravity once in from three to
six hours, and also whirling On their axes
N the same time, so as to keep always
vis-a-vis. Probably at some time before
this they had formed a single mass, which
on account Of some unevenness of density
or figure, separated into two under the
rapid rotation. But Starting from the
condition first named, when day and
month were equal and each about four
hours long, DR.. Darwin has shown that
it is essentially an unstable state Of affairs,
and that if the moon were brought ever
SO little nearer to the earth, it would then
draw closer and closer with ever-increas-
ing speed, until at last it would rejoin
the parent mass; but il, on the other hand,
its distance from the earth were ever 50
slightly increased, then it would begin
to recede, and would slowly withdraw
farther and farther from the earth. AS it
recedes both day and month willlengtheni
the month at first most rapidly, and then
the day, until finally, in some far distant
future, a condition Of stable equilibrium
viii be obtained, when day and month
lHjl 2gaip agHgl fR5gS R58Sh than th 1 sixty o. oai
present days, and the corresponding dis
tance Of the moon about sixty per cent.
greater than at present. After that, SO
far as their mutual interaction is con
eerned, there viii be no change, bnt
mother and daughter viii live forever
happily-apart.-Ne,o Princeton ReeieaO.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1886-02-11
The WASHINGTON Marines.

The average marine is not usually sup
posed to sleep on bed Of roses or to
live on the fat Of the lamb, but the ma
rine at the Washington barracks is the
envy Of every other marine in the SER
vice. Not only are the quarters kept in
frst-class condition but the food is pleas
inc in variety and bountiful in quantity
1t is tested before each meal by the Off
Ger Of the day. Here are two specimen
dinner menus for the weekly bill Of farce
No. Soup, roast beef, stewed onions,
string beans and potatoes No. 2-Soup,
roast mutton, green peas, stewed onions,
mashed potatoes and plum pudding "A
private in the marine corps receives
thirteen dollars month, and if-he i
stationed in Washington he lives like a
fighting cock-that is to say like a
thirteen dollar a-month fighting cock.
Major Howsen is the officer to whom
the marines are indebted for the marked
improvement in their rations--Bostoa
TrareIer.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1886-02-11
Bald Heads

We are asked to answer these three
questions for the benefit of vast num-
Der Of the readers Of the Sun, and we
can understand why SO many of our
friends have great interest in the sub
ject to which our attention is called:
SIS there any way, either by course Of
diet or the application of preparation, by
which the haif can be prevented from fall
ing outs
'Is there any way to strengthen the hair
and make it thick?
sWhy is it that the majority of men are
either bald or partially baldg'
There are multitudes of preparations
offered for the cure Of badness, but
either they do not work infallibly or a
great part of the men are SO little dis
turbed by their bald heads that they fail
to give them fair trial In every assem-
blage Of men bald pates are numerous,
hair belong to comparatively young fel-
lows-of thirty and forty.
We infer from this fact that it is not
easy to start new crop Of hair when the
old has fallen out for any other than a
merely temporary reason, because young
men especially most dislike to go
about with heads almost as bald as
those of babies, and we do not
doubt that they spare no pains to make
the hair grow again, and only desist from
the effort when they find it hopeless. In
stead Of seeing fresh hair coming, they
may find that they only make their pates
the SINNER by rubbing them with the
preparations. And yet it is probably in
disputable that some men have been able
to thicken their hair by the use Of the
hair restoratives so frequently advertised; ;
but perhaps they were nor Of the kind
doomed to early badness.
For the majority Of men are either bald
or partially bald, according to recent
scientific authority, because the human
race is to lose the hair on its head, and
they are only the forerunners of the uni
versal badness which is to be. The
bald heads of this day may, therefore,
pride themselves on being further along
in the development of man than the men
who glory in their luxuriant locks.
The theory is that men will be born
without hair roots on their heads, or with
only a very temporary supply Of hair,
which they will lose when they mature as
they lose other features Of the child. Of
course, if that is sound, there is no use in
trying to oppose the general tendency
with hair invigorators. York Sun.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1886-02-11
stnnninn al the White House.

Not long ago I heard an old gentle
man telling with great delight Of how he
was once a guest at the White House.
was during Andrew Jackson's first term
His father was an ardent admirer Of
Jackson, and insisted that the son, then
just Of age, should make pilgrimage to
Washington for the sole purpose of see
ing the old hero. They lived at Erie,
Penn, and the long journey had to be
made on horseback. The young man
took the tedious ride, and, after refresh
ing himself at Washington hotel, went
I'D to the White House and went to see
the President. When he was admitted
he told Jackson that he had ridden all
the wav from Erie to see him. The
President asked his business, and was
highly pleased when he was told that
the only object of the visit had been ac-
complished in obtaining an interview
jackson asked where the young man
was stopping, and on being told, insisted
on sending down for his horse and sad
dlebags and retaining him as q guest at
the White House. Fora week the young
Pennsylvania enjoyed "old Hickory's"
hospitality. On the morning Of his de-
parture his horse, with the saddlebags
across his back, was led in front Of the
White House, and the President came
out, as any good old farmer would have
done to shake hands and wish him a
safe journey home.-Atlanta Constitution.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1886-02-11

In the little village of Mount Pleasant,
in the potteries in Staffordshire, Eng
land, is to be found child whose extra
ordinary growth excites great wonder.
Little Alice, as she is humorously called,
is but four years of age, yet turns the
scale at $50 pounds, the circumference
of her waist being no less than five feet,
while her height is four feet, so that
literally she is broader than she is long.
She is bright, intelligent and remarkably
pretty, her head being crowned with a
mass of golden hair. Her size does not
interfere in the least with her activity,
as she may often be seen playing with
the other children of the village or wan
dering in their company through the
country lanes. Her appetite is enor-
nous.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1886-02-11

The United States government is The
greatest publishing house in the world.
By the side of its resources such an estab-
lishment as the Harpers becomes quite
small. In the book of estimates for the
next fiscal year, just sent to Congress,
81, $50, s31.68 is asked for wages alone.
There are on the payroll four hundred
compositors, beside large force of su-
perintendents, foremen, etc. FIFTY proof
readers are steadily employed, aWl forty
five pressmen, 115 press-feeders and thir-
ty-four ruling-machine feeders. The es-
innate call for 100, 900 reams of printing
paper, or 4s,0OO,0OO sheets, each sheet
making eight or sixteen pages.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1886-02-11

The Japanese have made their arrange
ments for bringinginto use the Roman al
phabet. From the twenty-six letters they
will omit l, q, ', and K. Heretofore the
Chinese ideographs have been employed
in writing on serious subjects, and the
japanese syllabary of forty-eight sounds
for phonetic transliteration, for trivial
correspondence, story books, and such
literature as uneducated women
and children make use Of
Already the members Of the
Roma -jikaio have begun to print news
paper; prominent journals are devoting a
column a day to matter printed il
Roman letters, dictionaries, text books,
native literature, and the classic texts
are thus to be set forth.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1886-02-11
sIanaI Service Station on pixies Peak.

The station on the summit of Pixies
Peak is one Of the most important as well
as the highest in the country. It is stu
ated IA, 157 feet above sea level, sur
rounded by perpetual snow, and in re-
gion where many of our severest storms
have their origin. Water freezes on the
peak every night in the year, and snow
storms in July and August are not an UNI
usual occurrence. 1t is nine miles, over
a most difficult trail, from the foot Of the
mountain to the summit, and the two
men in charge ''pack" their provisions
and supplies on horseback. But they
have enough and some to spare for hun
dreds Of tourists who lunch there at a
dollar head in the summer season.
Many stay over night and Chunk" in the
hut. In this way signal officers do quite
thriving business, and the honest pen
nies thus turned help to compensate them
for the isolated existence on the top of
the bleak mountain. philadelphia CaN
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1886-02-11
a Remarkable Old Pair

Some time since the New York Nal
and Erpress published the fact Of Daniel
Smith, Of Merrick, L. T., having attained
the age of ninety two years. Mr.. Smiths
wife, eighty-nine years Of age, is still
living, they having enjoyed seventy-two
years Of married life. Mr.. Smith served
in the war of 1912 to 1915, and for two
years was stationed at Fort Green, Brook
lyn. Untilrecently he has managed aninety
acre farm, and last fall cut two acres Of
buckwheat. This remarkable couple had
family of fourteen children; nine Of
them are stillliving. They have twenty
nine grandchildren, forty great grand
children and four great great grand
children.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1886-02-11
sticks placed inside Of the crib, on which
the BODY il laid wrapped in its blanket.

sticks placed inside Of the crib, on which
the body is laid wrapped in its blanket.
Logs are then added above the body,
crossing other logs at the corners, and
then the whole is set on fire. An intense
heat and confagration results, and few
of the Indians remain to keep the fire
alive with their long poles, while bevy
Of sad women contemplate the ghastly
procedure from their seats on the grass
not far away. When everything is con
sumed the relations will Gull out the
whitened bones and level the ashes de-
corously. There is no odor, and every
thing is done silently, decently and in
order.
It is customary to place the dead mans
property beside the bundle Of bones,
which represents all that he was corpore-
ally, and occasionally his canoe is
brought up beside the tomb, allegor-
ically to continue the voyage Of life, but
in fact to remain until it falls to decay.
Of late years inquisitive visitors, as well
as avaricious vandals, have robbed the
dead houses of all their contents, and
even despoiled them Of their bones.
The canoes have been cut up or stolen,
and the sepulchres otherwise shamefully
desecrated. Grass and weeds have
grown up inside to their very roofs, and
if chance stranger attempts to explore
the violated precincts, he finds salts
factory inspection prevented by an almost
impenetrable jungle of underground,
whose luxuriance is everywhere notice
able on the Pacific coast And all this
neglect and disorder is done and suffered
at the capital Of the Territory, and there
seems to be no official authority to inter
dict or protest. st.-Neao York Sun.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1886-02-11

According to a review of the industry
try of canned tomatoes by the Americaa
Grocer, there were packed in 1886 only
/, ,434, 0O6 cases of two dozen tins each, as
against 2, 1921, III cases in 1884. In 1883
the amount packed was 2,944, $40 cases.
In two years, therefore, the product has
fallen off one-half There has been de-
crease in the cost of canning, and the
quality Of the goods, according TO the
Grocer, has deteriorated very much.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1886-02-11

llneath Valley p

The "Death Valley" in Inyo county,
CAL, owes its name partly to its fright
fully desolate character, being for the
most part destitute of everything neces-
sary to support life, and partly in the
number of persons and animals that
perished there. The valley is 100 miles
long by twenty miles wide, though only
about forty miles in length and eight OF
ten in width is embraced with Inyc
county In 1852 large party of emf
grants perished from thirst within its
limits. Its level is from 100 to 400 feet
below the sea, giving it a greater depres-
sion than the Caspian, and nearly as great
as that of the Dead sea. It is probably
the bed Of a former lake, the waters Of
which were strongly charged with salt
and soda. For forty-iye miles in length
and fifteen in depth along its center, it is
a salt marsh, in which the Amargozs
(or Bitter river sinks, and where thin
layer of soil covers an unknown depth OF
soft mud. For miles there is no water
fit to drink, and, although springs are
numerous, they are intensely alkaline.
An exploring party in 1866 found the
temperature in January-the coolest
month Of the year as high as ninety de
grees Fahrenheit. When there is nc
breeze through the long canon the all
becomes so dense that respiration is pain
full and difficult. During the spring ter
rible gales Of wind fill the air with salt,
gravel and sand, in clouds as black as
coal smoke.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1886-02-11
The First Canal Boatmen.

Peter Cumminger drove the first boat
that made the trip from Buffalo over the
Erie canal in 1925. De Witt Clinton
stood at the bow Of the boat and gave
the word to start. The boat was called
s'The Young Lion Of the West, " and
was drawn by nine horses gayly capari-
soned. Cummings drove until he was
seventy-five, when he was drowned at
Pendleton. Tie il buried at Tonawanda,
and Erie canal boatmen are now raising a
fand to erect d monument over his- grave
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1886-02-11
WINTER CAROL.

Winds your hollow trumpets blow,
Rock the tree tops to and fro,
Whirl the leaves and drift the snow,
Sing an airy chorusl
All the summer birds have flown,
All the summer flowers are gone;
Winter on his icy throne
Yields the sceptre DER us.
Ger the beds your vigils keep,
Where in slumber fast and deep
All the flowers lie asleep,
Meath frosty cover.
Lily blossoms white and fair,
Croeuses and pansies rare,
Datfodils with yellow hair,
Buttercups and clover.
Shows may drift and tempests sweep
Der their cradles still and deep,
Nothing shall disturb their sleep
Till their fetters breaking,
All the brooks shall dance again,
Till an Aprirs sun and rain
And the robins joyful strain
Comes the hour of waking.
fi's. E. NJ. Grisloold, in Good Homsekeept,s
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1886-02-11

The large check for $3.50, 900, lately
sent to Mrs. Grant by the publisher of the
generals memoirs, is the largest sum Of
money ever paid to an author or his rep
resentatives. Macaulay received s1O0,
900 for his "History Of England = and
the largest sum ever received by Sil
Walter Scott from his publisher was