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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-12-08
CHENEYv1LLE,

Dec. 4, 1886.
EDITOR DEMOCRAT
The last issue of Ioacn Talk seems
to have declared new moral law for
heads of families to be guided by. By
the decision it has rendered in the
Ford killing case, it appears that hus-
bands who have unworthy wives must
surrender the sacred right of defending
the honor of their families when the Ii.
centious man has robbed his house of
its purity, and entailed upon his chill
dren foul spot which tinges with dis
grace the after lives of those he holds
most dear. Like the Iown Tall we,
too, "fail to see any glory" in killing
such man, but at the same time We
confess that there was great deal of
justice done when the fatal shot was
fired which slew the murderer Of a
husbands and families happiness.
The editor compares the killing to
"some English lord hunting and kill
ing tame deer in an enclosed park
TIE comparison would appear to be a
most ludicrous joke we're it not for the
grave and sad circumstances which led
to the killing, and we fail to see
wherein the slain man resembled any
animal, or anything belonging to the
animal kingdom, unless it be the ven
omous snake whose deadly fangs PEN
etrated tbs hearts Of the unhappy hus-
band and his children.
1t is a conceded fact that the knowl-
edge of a certain, sure and speedy pun
ishment has a powerful effect in all
communities in preventing crime, and
though the wives and daughters of
Louisiana do not need "shot- guns and
pistols to keep them in the path Of
rectitude or virtue," still there are
many scoundrels of the masculine gen
der whose devilish passions are held
in check by the knowledge that the
"pistol and shotgun" are ready to
flash forth death in defending the hon
or of fathers, mothers, brothers and
sisters. The writer is personally un-
acquainted with either DR.. Ford or
Kirkpatrick, but he feels that he is
voicing the opinion of ninety-nine
hundredths of the high spirited and
noble sons of Louisiana when he says
that DR.. Il. G.. Ford did an act of ret
ributive justice when he slew his ad-
versary, and he feels satisfied that the
sympathies of the good people through
out the State sympAthize with him in
bis distress.
When morality gets at such a low
Glib that the crime Of seduction does
not meet with sure and death-dealing
condemnation, society at large will he
ready and willing to embrace Nor
monism, miscegenation or any other
i'll which corrupt or perverted human
ity may choose to inaict. AJAX.
GEO. Radcliffe knows how and
what to buy in the grocery business
examine his goods, and ask his prices
JUST WHAT THEY ALL Say
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-12-08

APPLES and oranges, mince meat,
IAtmore's, the best citron, raisins,
currants, almonds, mace, spices, can
ned goods of all kinds, in fact the
best of everything-by every boat and
every car goods are received, by
every mail more are ordered to meet
the demand. Go to Rosenthaps.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-12-08

Mas. E. B. Pendleton and daagh-
ter arrived home from Virginia on Sat
urday night.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-12-08

--GEo. Radcliffe has at all times the
incest and freshest oysters, at one dol
lar per hundred. Try them.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-12-08

-MRs. Ellen G. Lewis, relict of the
late Curtis F. Lewis, died at her home
near Pineville, on Sunday, 4th inst.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-12-08

GLASS, China and Silver ware-a
nice assortment, at A. Albert & Sons
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-12-08

"A LARGE dressed Wax Doll to
he given away. For further particu-
lars see Albert & Sons show window.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-12-08

"A CALF, with five legs, was born
on Capt. j. Nelson Balls Experiment
place on Friday-it's a curiosity in
deed, and should be seen by all.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-12-08

JUST WHAT They ALL Say
Hon. D. D. Haynie, of Salem, Ills,
says he uses DR.. Bosanko's Cough aud
Lung Syrup in his family with the
most satisfactory results, in all cases
of Coughs, Colds and Group, and re-
commends it in particular for the little
ones Sample bottle free at J. Gel
gers Drug Store.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-12-08

Capt. Marston's G.. w. Sentell
arrived here Monday morning-she
was very heavily laden with freight.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-12-08

-FREsH corn meal, 60 cents per
bushel, at Raxsdale's.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-12-08
Hats and Gents Furnish.
ing Goods.

Over 700 assorted Mems aud
Boys Hats, ranging from
40 cents to s. .......
Over 700 assorted Mems and
Boys Hats, ranging from
Is cents to @..........
One lot Gents White and
Percale Shirts.
One lot Worth. Sell.
IS dozen Gents Linen Col
lars ........... zoe loo 124
10 dozen Gents Linen Cuffs, so Is
80 dozen Gents Brown Brit
ish Half Hose .......... IS 25
81 dozen Silk Handkerchief
Beauty ..... 4 90 to 2 90, 75to1 Is
4 dozen Japanese Silk Hand
kerchiefs, white, % in. 1 % IS
Cents Scarfs, assorted 1850. i 90 so
- dozen Suspenders ..40c to 90 2Oc75c
I Gents Rubber Coats. 6 90 4 SO
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-12-08

The Laura Lee, with good loac
of cotton, passed down Yesterday.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-12-08

The City Council held it's reg
ular meeting yesterday afternoon.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-12-08
Mother and Son.
DUBLIN, Texas,

DUBLIN, TEXAS,
Oct. 2, 1886.
About two years ago cancerous sore
made its appearance on my face, and as
my ancestors on both sides had been af-
flicted with cancers, I was filed with
gravest apprehensions. The future was
overcast with dark shadows, and in CROP
ing about in search of relief my attention
was called to swift's Specific Is. S. S.) I
concluded at once to test it, and did so
with the happiest results. The sore dis
appeared, and my face is we'll. My moth
er had cancer on the nose, and it was
eating away that organ with alarming
rapidity. / sent her one dozen bottles Of
Swift's Specific, which she used according
to directions. The sore soon ceasefi to eat
and all inflammation disappeared, and the
great hole made by the cancer closed up
and healed over completely. My mother
is now well, and hos boon for over year.
T. S. MABEN.
u For sale by all druggists. Treatise
on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free.
The Swift Specific Company, Drawer 3,
Atlanta, Ga. New York, 157 w. 23d st.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-12-08

GEO. Radcliffe knows how and
what to buy in the grocery business
examine his goods, and ask his prices.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-12-08

1T is not surprising that George
Radcliffe has already a fine run Of
trade (; he keeps the best of groceries
and sells at the lowest figures.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-12-08

ALBERT & Son have a large stock
of Holiday Goods; go and examine
them.
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FOR SALE OR RENT ]!

TINE PoLLITT PLANTATION, STU
i ated on Bayou Rapides, 4lESxA
of Alexandria; Is acres under e69
good fence and 70 acres wood
land; good dwelling house and
cabins on the place. Will be leased 70
three or five year. Possession given on
January LIST, 1887. For particulars and
terms apply to Mrs. SARAH GEHR,
&! Alexandria, La.
SIMON WE'LL,
Aug. p If. Bayou Rapides
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-12-08
Here lies the body of John Circular
He walked in the ways of the Lord per-
nendicular

Here lies the body of John Circular
He walked in the ways of the Lord per-
pendicular.
This is a noble epitaph, but l could
not help thinking when reading it,
that if John died of blood poison, kid
ney disease, or sank from general de-
bility, he might now be alive if he had
taken Browns Iron Tonic, and life
beats the best of epitaphs. For sale
by Jacob Geiger.
FINAL arrangements were made
at their meeting on Saturday, for mem
bers of the Alexandria Rod and Gun
Club who expect to be present aud
participate in the Field trials at Mar
shall, Texas, commencing on the 2sth
inst, and which will continue several
days. A number of the members OF
the Alexandra club will go and take
their dogs too, and if the Marshall
gentlemen are not sharp our men will
capture all the prizes. The Rod and
Gun club very sensibly appropriates
money to pay the expenses of all its
members going to Marshall.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-12-08
Go to George Ratclife's.

goods are the best
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-12-08

CHRISTMAS TREES. To Sunday
Schools or families buying in quanti-
ties, we will furnish at special low pri-
ces, Toys and Holiday goods. FER
GUSON g. SCHNACK, Jewellers.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-12-08
}PATENTl0R| PRoPRIEToRY1
MEDICINES.
Table and Pocket Cutlery, Per.
fumes, and large variety
of Fancy and Useful
Articles.
sHER1FF's SALE.

!. : :: s : :: ;....... y. 90:
18th judicial District Court, Parish Of
Rapides, La.
". ). : s $: ;,,,,,,. s's,,s,.
18th judicial District Court, Parish Of
Rapides, La.
By virtue Of and to satisfy two writs Of
fieri facias issued and to me directed in
the above entitled and numbered suits,
] have seized and will offer for sale, at
public auction, on the plantation Of
Mrs. E. A. johnson, situated on Bayou
Boeuf, Rapides Parish, La, near Che
NEVILLE, La, between the hours pre-
scribed by law, on
SATURDAY, the 18th day Of DEcEM-
Der, A. D. 1886,
the following described property, to-
wit 3:
Machinery, consisting Of Mill and
Engine.
Three 81 Double Flue Boilers, with
all fixtures, complete.
One ~ Steam Train, complete for
making sugar-consisting Of seven
pans, with all connecting pipes, mostly
of copper.
One (l) Sugar Mill Engine.
One q Sugar Mill, four feet rollers.
One ~ Ok Wagon.
One (l) Two-horse Wagon.
One ~ Cart.
Six (6) Old Plows.
Three 81 Side Harrows.
| One l) Double Shovel.
Terms Of Sale-Cash, subject to ap-
praisement. d. G. PAUL,
Dec. !, lss6-tds. Sheriff.
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COME and SEE US!

The highest prices paid for Cotton, Hides
and Wool. Bring your Cotton and pro-
duce, and be convinced that we mean
business.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-12-08

HoMIcIDE-From Mr.. P. J. Sleet,
of Bayou Rapides, who was in Alex
andria yesterday morning, We learned
that Mr.. Geo. Murphy shot and killed
Taylor Swami, colored. on Monday
night, at Mrs. Murphy's place, about
one mile above Lamothe's bridge, Oh
Bayou Rapides. Swami, Mr.. Sleet
informed our reporter, is supposed
fugitive from justice from Caddo par
ish. The difficulty grew from the
hanling of some cotton, and Murphy,
it is said, acted in self-defense. The
weapon used was a shots gun. Muir
ply will surrender to the authorities
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-03-26

We commence blowing the latter part OF
March or the first of April, using a sixteen
inch or fourteen-nch plow for two horses.
There is no need of blowing more than four
inches deep When we get through blowing
we are ready to go to planting. Don't have
to harrow, drag, roll and mark Off the ground,
but go to work with two-horse drill, which
drops the corn, one grain in place, ten or
twelve inches apart. Just as the corn is
coming up we give it a good narrowing
Some, however, never touch it until it is
large enough to pillow, and then use the cult
vator. Our success depends mainly on the
first blowing and it pays to do it well, if
only three or four acres is cultivated per day
Our aim is TO not leave a weed the first plow-
ing. Three plowings are all we ever get to
rive it, and very frequently it is laid by" the
second, forit keeps fellow busy to give forty or
;ixty acres of corn three good plowingS before
t gets too large to pillow. Forty-fve acres Of
corn is an average crop here for one team;
some cultivate as high as eighty
Some time in August we go over our corn
with the hoes and cut all the weeds out we
can find. If this is practiced year after year
it will require one-half less cultivating to
keep down the weeds.
] raised on an average siXty-three bushels
of corn to the acre, planted and cultivated as
above described, except it got but two plow-
ings. Some Of you try our plan and don't
kill yourselves trying to tend twenty or
twenty-five acres of corn.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-03-26

Here is the result of the experiments of Pro
fessor W. c. Latta, of Purdue university, in
gathering seed corn. 1t will be well worth
bearing in mind next fall, when the corn is
ripening Professor Latta write:
Every year our farmers suffer great loss
from defective seed corn-a loss which is Just
as unnecessary as it is great We may some
times console ourselves with the thought that
we have done all we could, and that our mis-
fortunes are the result of causes beyond our
control. Not so in the case Of poor seed
corn, for it is the result of ignorance or care
lessness. Nov that many farmers are facing
the unpleasant prospect of having to buy seed
corn at a good round price, it may be an
opportune time to call attention to the fact
that it is not only possible, but easy, for every
farmer to produce his own seed corn. The
secret Of success lies in gathering the corn
early enough to get it well dried before severe
freezing weather comes. The corn may be
gathered very early-even in the roasting
ear" stage; and if it is hung up in a dry
room, or loft, i'll which the air can circulate
freely it will cure and grow with certainty.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-03-26

1t is from lassoing of cattle that the ex-
preston TO rope in" comes.
Another great occasion is the rounding
up" This is the process of selecting and cap
turing the animals chosen for market. The
picture shows the cowboys dinner at a round
up. Vet another great time is when the
calves are branded.
The life is full of wild excitement and
danger. Some of the huge herds mount far
up into the thousands in number Six months
in the year the herders are quite away from
any of the influences of civilization. 1t is not
strange that they become just what an unre-
strained life, under such circumstances,
would make them. When they are paid Off
the first thing many of them do is to go and
spend every cent of their earnings in gam
bling, and for the chain lightning fire water,
that is the staple in the western border
towns.
This is said to be the beginning of one of the
untamed cattle mans melodies, though l
never heard him sing it:
"Oh, I'm "A jolly cowboy, my age just
twenty-tlree,
My home is in the saddle, my life is wild
and free.
There is no happier life, my boys, as you all
well do know,
Than riding after cattle, on the plains OF
Mexico,
PAUL HARRINGTON. o.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-03-26
"rhe Flowers That Bloom In the Spring


Or rather they bloom in spring, summer
and early Imn. Here is n list, which is a
very good one, of flowers TO plant about a
country home. Many can be obtained from
slips, Others grow from seed, which can DO
got from friends or bought cheap from any
good scotsman
By all means have some, if you cannot have
all of them. They will cover up every defect
about house, and make it look, no matter
how ugly it is, as if it was set in the center Of
a bower of beauty. We have made the list
small so that it will be in reach OF the means
and strength of all our readers Ladies and
girls, we call your attention especially to it.
ANIMALS. -Alyssum, ageratum, asters,
balsam, candytuft, Gamma, calliopsis, con-
volvulus minor, euphorbia, lobella, mignon-
ette, marigod, pinks, pansy, phlox drum
mondi, petunia, tropeolum, verbena, zinnia.
Climbers. -Hyacinth bean, scarlet runner,
morning glory, ipomea, balloon vine, sweet
pea, thunbergia canary flower, perennial pea.
Perennials. -Alyssum gold dust aquilegia,
yellow, white blue, etc. Digtalis, delphnum,
honesty, cypress, linum, pyrethrum, rocket,
Sweet William, wallhower.
You will also want some Of the Towering
shrubs that help to make life a poem.
Among these the most desirable are the
scarlet SALIVA, the deutzia, the spirea and the
syringa Do not omit, either, the exquisite
old fashioned, sweet scented honeysuckle.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-03-26

By long experience we have learned that a
COW should Ike turned dry at least six weeks
before Calying; if not, the COW will not be
strong, and the calf will be little and some
times very weak. We take the calf away
from the COW as soon as it is dropped, put a
piece of old carpet around it and carry it to
a warm place, if it is cold weather, and rub it
until it is dry. Then get milk from its
mother and put one finger in its mouth and
hold its mouth in the milk, so it can breathe
AS soon as it tastes the milk it will begin to
suck; then take the finger out of lis mouth.
In two or three times feeding IA calf will
learn to drink without further trouble BY
this treatment the calf is weaned, and if it is
kept out of sight of the COW few weeks tho
COW will not pay any attention to it, and the
calf can he put in the same pasture with the
COW. We keep the calf in a suitable place
until it is quite tame BY gentle treatment
1t soon learns to come to its owner when
called
Calves treated with gentleness always make
tame, quiet COWS. On the other hand, if
calf is beaten and handled roughly it be-
comes timid and will not drink enough milk
The result is poor, wild calf and if it lives
to be grown it will never be tame. In fact,
calf that is neglected and frightened while
it is being fed milk, will never make nice
quiet animal. We feed our calves milk about
three months The first four weeks we feed
them three times a day, after that morning
and evening, They will drink skim milk
well. In summer time turn them on pas
ture, in winter give them clover hay-as much
as they will eat. If milk is not plenty we
soak pieces of stale bread in the milk, and for
a change put in the milk a tablespoonful Of
cotton seed meal. They relish it and 1t
makes them fat-Mrs J. w. Archard in
New York World.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-03-26

The fine animal in the picture was the
favorite saddle horse of the late king OF
Bavaria. There are six distinct families OF
horses in Arabia, and the pedigree of some of
them runs back Enthusiastically for 500 years
They come Of old families.
These are the horses for swiftncss and en-
durance. They are not draught horses, but
in the two qualities named they excel all
other breeds in the world. They have deli
cate necks and fine, small, straight limbs,
flashing eyes and a strong, flowing name and
tail. They are not large, 1915 hands being an
unusual height The back is not arched
much, the tail is high set, and the hoofs are
always small black, and very tough Cen
turtles of pounding over the sands of the
desert have made them so. They have small
ears and powerful chest, from which they
get their great endurance. They are dstin-
guished for soundncss of wind and limb,
though their high-bred, far-off cousin, the
Kentucky horse, of late years seems to be
developing a lack of hardness.
The Arabian horse is noted, too, for its
gentle temper and intelligence Its master,
the Arab, says the horse is Allahs best gift
to man
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-03-26

Saltpetre will not rot stumps.
The freeze has killed the Florida boom for
a while, it is feared.
Niagara county, N Y, last year produced
100000 barrels of apples.
President NJ p Wilder recommends the
Washington strawberry apple as next in
value to the Gravenstein.
The late terrible weather has DESTROYED
great numbers of quailS. Whole coveys have
been found frozen TO death.
One of the delights of country life in the
winter, is derived from having plenty of
evergreen trees about the country home.
1t is claimed by an Iowa wool grower that
five iine-wooled sheep can Ice easily kept on
the feed required 10y three coarse-Woolcd ones.
Get out the manure now before you are
driven with the spring work, if you have not
done so already. 1t loses little 10y eyapora-
ton and washes.
Commercial phosphate manures are very
valuable for old pasture lands and meadows.
The production of milk takes the phosphate
constituents out of the soil
There is great craze now over the
progressive chrysanthemum. What the
gardeners will finally develop from this
flower it is hard to say.
Miss Eleanor Ormerod, the British govern
ment entomologist, declares that in England
itself the English sparrow is a national agri-
cultural pest, and must be got rid Of
The yellow Persian powder, or pyrcthrum,
mixed with Scotch snuff, will kill ticks in
sheep, eifectually, Dust in, in places about
six inches apart, with powder bellows.
Take equal parts of the snuff and the powder.
The Japan chestnut will prove valuable
addition to the nuts Of this country But do
not mistake it for the Spanish, which is far
its inferior, The shoots of the Japan chest
nut tree are smaller than the other and Its
leaves are not SO broad.