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Women in BuslncSs.

In this age of extreme activity and
wonderful development, lisa noteworthy
fact that many women have made their
osvn way in mercantile life, and sue
cessfullg! compete with men in n1anyy
lines of business. Women, whether
they labor in the household or IN tho
store, are all liable to suffer from func.
tienal arrangements and the cares Of
maternity. For all troubles known On.
der the category of ''female weakness
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torres the patient to vigoreus health ana
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tie guarantee, from the manufacturer,
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SOUTHERN CUL7IVA70R
AND
DIXIE FARMER
FOrty.Fifth Year.
Hue Great Farm, industrial
aud stock Periodical
of the south.

It embraces it its constituency the
intelligent, progressive and substan.
TALLY successful farmers of this sec.
tion, and as an advertising medium
for the Merchant, Manufactures,
Stockraiser, and professional nan is
absolutely u~nequalled. Space judi
|ciously employed in its columns is
always renumerative. By recent
purchase it now combines: The
Dixie Farmer. Atlanta, Ga, the
Plantation, Montgomery, Ala; the
Rural Sun, Nashville, Tenn; the
Southern Farmers Monthly, Savan-
nah, Ca, Southern World, Atlanta,
Ca; the Phoenix Agriculturist, Ma
%rietta, Ca; and unites the patrons
of these with its own large list oil
subscribers. The press and people
all testify to its great merits as a
medium for controlling Southern
trade. Subscription, one year in
advance, postage paid, $3.50. Sam
pie copies sent free. Advertise
ments, per line, soc. We go te
press the 25th of each mouth pre-
ccding our date. Address.
C%ULTIvAToR PUB. Co.
p. 0. Drawer s, Atlanta, Ga
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Gbe Gu1res- ptlnorat
z

N r w
rs the best newspaper pubhsl'es =
the South.
Because:
Its able editorials from the pens =.
accomplished writers deal wfsA -
great and live issues Of the day.
IT'S complete telegraohic sers'ee' &C..
pecially its Southern seF"iee'
reached a point of perfection nsseI II 4,
fore attained by any9oumai2 no'. = W..
this section; and to day the llN :.
DEMOCRAT stands abreast wHI. I
leading papers of the United STATES.
It's commercial and market tep1;I
a~recarefully preparcdand can y ,s,@-
uSon for accuracy and competence.
The SUNDAY edition (1a 20 10 pa 'ssh.r
has in addition 20 the news aho oa
material contained in the dail.y,eoluI: ~
of original and contributed i he
matter carefully selected, gislhss Il
latest events in the world mihs
Fashion and of Society. ..d
A special feature is its unsu'P ,are
TRANSACTIONS of the choicest '''e
to be found in the foreign pres''
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NOTICE.

NOTICE.
Land Office at New Orleans: La:
July 81, 1889.
Notice is hereby given that the follow
ing named settler has tiled nctlce OF his
intention to make final proof IN support
Of his claim, and that said proof VIII Dc
the Clerk of the District Cont. at Al
beville La, on Friday, September ID, 1889
VIZ: Joseph 0. Harrington, who made
Homestead Entry No. 1922 for the = ! OF
NV Sec. 9 Up Is S. r. 2 E. Louisiana
Meridian.
rroye his continuous residence upon and
cultivation of, said land viz: Ferman
Fanlk. Jean Sicily. Adofphe ReignerG,
Jean Castro, al of Vermilion Parish
Louisiana.
THos. J. BUTLER, Register.
August 3, 1889.
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Stray Notice.

The undersigned has a stray COW ii
his possession, that has been ranging IN
his neigborhood for the last two wears
She is a muly, brown. The brand can
be cen at this office. The party own
ing said COW al get her by calling al
my place, fifteen miles below Abbeyille.
by paying all costs. If rot called for
within the legal delay viii be disposed
OF according to law. A. LAcoUR.
Abbeville, Aug. 10, $50.
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NOTICE.
T. S. Land Office, New Orleans r.

z :. Land Office, New Orleans. Il.
Complaint having been entered eTI' -
this Office by Adam Matt, apa;n a.
James Henry, for Abandoning h;s
Homestead Entry No. $3.50, dated M .ns
%, 1885, upon the North East ouart..
Range 3 West in Vermiion Parish
Louisiana with a view to the caneells
ton of said parties are hereby SIM
moned to appear at this Office on fl.
30, day ofOctober 1889, at II o'clock v y
to respond and furnish testimony con-
corning said alleged abandonment.
THOMAS j, BUTLER, Register.
Sept. Z, 1889.
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3 hss ssvg The

WOr1u during tH6 IdSI HUI CcHtUIV. NVN
least among the wonders ofinventive pro-
gress is a method and system Of work that
can be performed all oyer the country
without separating the workers from their
homes. Pay liberal; any one can do the
work; either sex, Young or old; no special
ability required. Capital not needed you
are started free. Cut this ont and return
to us and we will send youf"ee, something
of great value and Importance to you,
that will start you in business, which will
bring youi in more money right away, than
free. Address True 4 Co.. Augusta. Mainet
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NOTICE..
Land Office at New 0rlean. !,

July 81, 1850
Notieeis hereby gwen that the following
tion to make final preof in support Of h.
claim. and that said proof will be ma ~
before the Judge, or in his absence. H.
Clerk of the District Court, at Abher;ssISe
La, on Friday, September 10, 1850. WV.
Aurellien T. Broussard. Jr. who mad.
Homestead Entry No. 1920. for the SI%
NV !, SW ! Of NE ! and NV ! Of sri
Sec. 4 Up. 1873, r.. l f.. La, Meridian.
He names the following witnesses l.
prove his continuous residence anon. and
cultivation of. said land, viz: Will;am
Meaux, Euclide Duhon, klebert Meanr
Collin Meaux, all of Vermilion Pari1
Louisiana.
THos. j. BUTLER, Register.
August 3, 1889.
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NOTICE.
Land Office at New Orleans. La.

Land Office at New Orleans, La.
July "a, 1889.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his inten
ton to make final proof in support of his
claim. and that said proof will be made
before the Judge. OF in his absence, the
Clerk of the District Court, at Abbeviile,
La, on Saturday. September a. 1889. VIZ !;
Duplessin Trahan who made Homestead
II Township IL South Range 1 East La,
Meridian.
prove his continuous residence upon, and
cultivation of said hand; viz Neville
Vincent. Eraste Hehert, Edmond Hebertt.
Cleophas Duhon, all of Vermlllon Parish
Louisiana.
THOMAS J. BUTLER, Register.
July %, 1889.
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Wanted Contractor for 5OOJ0OO
Brick.

Sealed proposals for the masking of half
a million of bricks for the parish of Vesml-
lion, to be delivered on the courthouse
square in Abbevilie, Vcrnilion parish VIII
be received by the courthouse building
COMMITTEES Of said parish at .he office of
the undersignedin the town OF Abbeville:
until SATURDAY. Aug. 3. 1889, II M. OF
said day. The right is reserved to reject
any and all bids. For fnther particulars
imMire personally OF by letter OF the nn-
dersigned. W. W. AkDo
Abbeviile, La, June Is. 1889.
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STATE OF LOUISIANA, } Court.
PARISH OF vERMILLON.
Twenty-tifth Judicial District

Succession J. Bite. Cayailhez,
Notice is hereby given that all parties
interested in said Succession, or having
amy opposition to make to the tablean d
provisional account of Armand Monlel,
administrator to file the same in writing
IN the office of the clerk of court within
ten days from the date hereof.
Givennnder my official signature and
seal of court this 9th day of July,
A. d. 1889.
GEO. w. SUxMREa,
Dy-Clerk Of Court.
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- School.

Prof. A. w. Richardson, recently con
nected as y teacher. with Norville Col
iece. in ST. Helena parish. Louisiana, will
the 9Th instant. in the public school house
Of Abbeville. to continue during the va
cation months of July and August.
July 6, 1889.
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1883.
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reduction of the War Taxes, as levied
on the people by the taritino IN force.
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OFFICIAL

District Judge.
w. W. EDWARDS.
District Attorney.
ROBERT G.. SMEDEs.
Clerk Of District Court,
ALCIDE LEBLANC.
Representative.
GRANVILLE 3. SHAW.
S,onif& Tax Collector,
Al.rE0NsE L.. LEBLANC.
Coroner, DIR. w. F.. WHTE.
A~ssessor,.O Fl. O'BRYAN-
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OFFICIAL Notice.

The following is a probable estimate
exhibiting the various items of eXpendi-
ture for the year 1889, adopted by the
Police Jury at regular session held on
the 18th day Of June, 1889, and ordereG
20 be published for thirty days in the
official journal according to law. before
levying the same on the taxable
property of this parish.
BY order of the Police jury:
mills.
l Criminal Prosecution fund. .....-.....1
3 Mag. Phys. Cons i'll criminal matters. !
3 Dist Atty salary of Shit in Grim r2os.. !
1 Civil ExWnes
: Roads d Bridges.
6 Public Schools.
Courthouse
10
And be it further
Reso1red, That from the parish bud
get, as adopted, d tax of seven mills
on the dollar is hereby levied and as
sessed OFF all taxable property, situated
within the corporate limits of the town
of Abbesa1Ie, as the pro rata of said
town for the year 1889, to defray the
following expenses, to-Wit:
mill.
I Criminal Prosecution fund............l
y Mag. Gems. Phys. in criminal matters. !
g Dist Atty Il Shift in erin matters..--.
4 Public Scools.
Is Courthouse
ARCHIE YOUNG, Clerk.
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Justices Of the Peace, Sd. Ward :
GILBERT LABAuvE, HENRY PETEY.
Cezastablek-3d Ward.
ALEXIS TRAHAN, VRos. PnowDES
Surveyors,
w. W. EDWARDS. -. MONTAGNE.
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Town Council.

ELIJAH BOURNE, Mayor.
r. II. MILLS, JACOB IsAACs'
SOLOMON WISE. JACOB GhsTAL'
w. B. WHITE, Sec. and Treas.
EupHEMoN LEBLANC, Constable.
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w. W. EDWARDS, President.
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RICHLY those Ms Tsa rsas fiisa arr

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Police .urE.

Police j Surg.
1T. BReUssARD, President.
W I, VASsEYKE. n. 1HOFFPAU1R,
RoET. GREEN. 'T.,J. MORGAN.
81. Fl. BARTELs j.. "A. LEBLANC
Clerk Police, Jury. ARCHIE YOUNG
Parish Treasurer, ELIJAH WISE.
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NOTICE.
VENIRE.

List of persons drawn to serve as Grand
and Petit Jurors at the next term OF the
District Court to begin on Monday, the
end day of September. A.. u. 1889.
Grand and Petit Jury for the 1st week,
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ARCHIE YOUNG, Clerk.
The national leader., 1889-04-13

"IF the negro predominance in Fed
eral offices Is prevented, it Is said there,
speaking Of the south it will greatly
strengthen the Administration" "-Ex-
Consul General Wolf, in his interview
In Washington ''Post."
1t is the Republican party of the
south that needs strengthening, not the
administration. The colored man is q
citizen of the United States, and ex.
President Cleveland said that sin the
administration of government pledged
to do equal and exact justice to all
men, there should be no pretext for
anxiety touching the protection OF the
freedmen In their rights. or their secur-
ity In the enjoyment Of their privileges
under the Constitution and its amend
ments. ALI discussion as to their fit
/ ness for the place accorded to them as
American citizens is idle and unprofit-
able, except as it suggests the necessity
for their improvement. The fact that
they are citizens entities them to all
the rights due to that relation and
charges them with all its duties, obli-
cations and responsibilities"
President Harrison said 81 have
altogether rejected the suggestion of a
special executive policy for any section
of our country. 1t is the duty Of the
Executive to administer and enforce
in the methods and by the instrument.
talitles pointed out and provided for by
the Constitution, all the laws enacted
by Congress. These laws are general,
and their administration should be
uniform and general. AS citizen
may not elect what law he will obey,
neither may the Executive elect what
he will enforce. The duty to obey
and TO execute embraces the Constitu-
tion in its entirety, and the whole code
of laws enacted under it."
In view of these utterances from
both Democratic and Republican
Presidents, how can the Southern De-
mocracy expect a Republican Presi-
The national leader., 1889-04-13
Grants Memory for Faces.

On his return from the tour around
the world at the reception rendered him
in New York, General Grant invited
the Bishop of Minnesota to receive with
him. People by the thousands stream
ed by, mostly unknown to the General.
One lady especially attracted his atten-
tion as she approached. General. she
said. you do not remember me. yes,
madame, l do; 1 met you at a momen-
tOus crisis in my life; wait, do not tell
me when, and he paused to think; then
with flashing eye, as If echoes of BOOM
ing cannon stirred his soul: st wasjus
before the last engagement at Vicks-
burg, and prior to the surrender;
stopped you as you we're hurrying from
the city as approached it on foot. L
asked YOU some questions which you
answered in a considerate manner, be-
traying your good breeding and South.
ern sympathies, but not your cause.
The national leader., 1889-04-13

WHEN people speak OF satisfying The
south, it is generally intended that the
whites of that section are meant. TIL Q
colored citizen in that locality is looked
upon with little consideration. Yet he
was always loyal to the government,
while the government was dislOyal to
him. He was loyal to his master, while
bis master made checkerboard Of his
back.
What has the N egro to do to be
saved from the kind of Christianity
civilization and enlightenment that has
been forced upon him. Recognizing
God in the Constitution while the devil
Is practiced under it will not save this
great people.
The national leader., 1889-04-13
Enthusiastic Over Hon. Frederick
Douglass.
Speci Il to the New York World.

JACKSONVILLE, April 4. Frederick
Douglass arrived here this noon. and
has had one of the grandest receptions
ever accorded to any man in the South
by cOlOred people and white people
alike. A procession was formed, COM
prlsing the Mayor, City Council, Board
OF Public Works and other bodies. of
flcers Of the Sub-Tropical Exposition,
all cOlOred minister's of this and other
cities, and great numbers of visitors.
The procession was over mile long.
Mr.. Douglass delivered very eloquent
address at the Sub-TrOpical Exposi.
tiOn. This evening grand public
reception was given by him at the Sub
Tropical. at which over two thousand
colOred people were present. Excur-
sion trains are being run from all sec
tiOns of this State and Georgia, and it
is expected that 10000 colored people
will be In the city tO-morrOw.-New
York World, April 5th.
The national leader., 1889-04-13
AN APRIL BLIZZARD
WIND, RAIN, HAIL, SNOW, THUNL 7R
AND LIGHTNING.

FIVE LIVES LOST IN DELAWARE BA z.
DELAWARE BREAKwATER. April Z
"A heavy northeast gale prevailed
here yesterday, the wind at times blow
ing at the rate of go miles AL hour.
Last night the barge Sunrise, in tow of
the tug B. W. Morse, put into the bay
for harbOr, and, while anchored near
the buoy of the Brown, foundered.
The captain, who had only recently
Joined the Sunrise, together with his
wife, two children and one seaman was
drowned.
The names of the unfortunate peo-
pie could not be ascertained. Joseph
Coyle, the remaining seaman, was
holding the skiff or the barge along
side of the latter for his companions to
escape, when the painter parted, and
he was unable to render any assistance.
Coyle was driven down to the iron
pier, where he was rescued by the
Lewes Life Saving Patrol.
PITTsBURG, Pa, April 8. - The
heaviest snow storm of the season is
prevailing in this section. 1t began
about 10 O'Clock last night and has
been showing ever since. The snow
fall is about eight inches up to 1O
O'Clock this morning, but In the noun
tains the railroad men report from Is
inches to two feet. Trains are all
behind time. but no accidents have
The national leader., 1889-04-13
Hope.

Hope is the expectation of some
benefit, and is therefore feeling that
ever produces pleasure. 1t may be
regarded as the prime motive of all
transactions, as there is no man who
does not expect to derive advantage
from that which he volu ntarily under
takes. Hope OF success. hope OF re-
ward, hope of the attainment of gain.
real or imaginary, is the motive of
mans acts. No enterprise is CON-
menced and most certainly none is ever
carried out unattended by hope.
It is the great incentive to actions;
the solace of humanity; the sailor on
the giddy mast, with the vessels
hull and surging sea beneath him,
turns his eyes and heart to heaven and
hopes for a safe return. The soldier
on the battle field, assailed by bullets
and steel. dinned by the roar OF the
cannon, the means of the dying and
the shouts of the unvanquishel rushes
forward lmpelled by hope. The inmate
of the gloomy dungeon hopes for lib
erty; his fettered hands are raised
to heaven, and although his body is
wasted and dropping and although all
is dark indeed to the mere physical
vision, still in his soul there ls one
radiant spot and that is where the
angel of hope las rested. The drunk
ards wife in her sad vigil with her
infant nesting closer and closer TO her
breast for warmth, her other offsprings
in their scantily covered beds. the las
ember extinct, wretchedness apparent
in her home awaits the return OF
him whom a degrading vice has
ensnared body, mind and soul. In her
desolation and utter darkness, she hopes
and prays for his safe return. She
hopes again to have peace, order, and
happiness; she hopes to see her husband
regain the grace of God, self respect
and the esteem Of good men. She hopes
all this. Oh, the strong hope, un"eas-
ing devotion that woman has been
blessed with. Is it not wonderful in
this instance? She surpasses herself,
but does she not more than hope against
hope; but the mercy and power of Goo
are unlimited. The poor man works
from early morn till late at night, his
humble toll securing him at least but a
scant subsistence, and still he hopes for
brighter days, and thus it is with us
all. Hope is the one bright star, ouI
sOlace and comfort in life's dreary way.
The national leader., 1889-04-13

WE WANT full and exact citizenship
as Constitutionally provided; If we
accept less. we acknowledge ourselves
inferior to other classes OF citizens.
We expect under the present Republi.
can administration that the platform
adopted by the Republican party at
Chicago. will be faithfully adhered to.
and that no discrimination will be
made among American citizens,
whether white or black, rich or poor.
Catholic or Protestant. Jew or Gentle.
The national leader., 1889-04-13

"IF THE conservative Republican
element ls recognized in the South.
three or four Southern States will &c
Republican at the next election" The
few white Republicans in the South
are conservative; it is suggested that
they shall hold all the offices, and the
colored Republicans are impliedly
styled radical Republicans; they are
to do the voting. The sooner this
method Is tried the sooner you
will find that you have made mis-
take.