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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-12-03
SUCCESSION SALE.

State of Louisiana, Parish of Rapides,
10th Judicial District Court.
J sas's Il. hss as No. $50.
Probate Docket.
IN PURSUANCE TO A COMMISSION
u and order of sale issued from the
Honorable, the Twelfth Judicial District
Conrt, III the above entitled and num-
bered succession commanding and au-
thorizing me as Sheriff and ex-Otficio a,;c-
tionoer, to sell for the payment of debts
for cash, after due advertisement and in
accordance with law. the hereinafter de-
scribed property, belonging to the sue
ceislon OF John Nj. Laney, deceased, I
will offer for sale at public auction, at the
Courthouse. door, in the city of Alexan-
dria, between the hours prescribed by
law, OH
SATURDAY, the 18th day of DECEM-
Der, A: ID. 1890,
A certain fractional square of ground
situated, lying and being in the city Of
Alexandria, kapides Parish, La, and be-
ing lots Nos. l, 2, 3 and in fractional
square AZ of the Clapp addition, as Der
survey by X. w. Bringhurst.
Also a lot OF personal property consist
ing OF household effects, as described ii,
on file in said succession.
Terms of sale, Gosh, subject to an
praisement on file.
d. I. STAFFORD,
Sheriff and ex-otiicio Auctioneer, Parish
of Rapides, La.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-12-03
Blair Says It's All Right.

Mr.. S. 0. Blair, Chicago, says: "We
could not keep house without your
Clarke's Extract of Flax Skin Cure and
Cough Cure. We have used both for n,l-
mcrous troubles, especially for our child,
We recommend he Cough Cure to every
family having children. We used it for
whooring cough with remarkably quick
and satisfactory results, aud use it tor
any and every cough the family may
have.s Only one size, large bottle
Price 81. Ii yon want the best toilet SOAP
get Clarke's Flax Soap, 25 cents. Ask
jacob GelSer, your druggist, for these
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-12-03
The First Step.

Perhaps you are run down, can't eat
can't sleep, can't think, can't do any
thing to your satisfaction, and you won
der what ails you. You should heed the
warning, yon are taking the first step in
to nervous prostration. You need nerve
tonic, and in Electric Bitters You will
fluid the exact remedy for restoring your
nervous system to its normal healthy
condition. Surprising results follow the
use Of this great nerve tonic and altera-
tive. Your appetite retvrns, good diges-
tlon is restored, and the liver and kidneys
retnnle healthy action Try bottle.
lrice 90 cents at the Eagle drug store.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-12-03
The New Discovery.

You have heard your friends and neigh
bors talking abont it. You may yourself
be one o, the many who know from per-
sonal experience just how good a thing it
is. If yon have ever tried 1t. you are one
of its staunch friends, because .he won
derful thing about it is. Mat when once
given trial, DR.. Kings New Discovery
ever after holds a place in the house. If
You have never used it and should be al
tilcted with cough, cold or any throat,
lung or chest trouble, secure bottle at
once and give it a fair trial. 1t is guar
anteed every time, or money refunded
Trial h"ttles free at the Eagle drug store.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-12-03

jay Gould is pushing Johnny
Wanauaker so close, in a financial
sense, that the chances are the psalm
singing haherdasher will soon have
to retire from the cabinet to look after
the fragments of his fortune which
Gould has smashed for him. Had
any other man been skinned by Gould,
the sympathy of the country would
have been with the little wizards VIC
tim, but Wanamaker is such pions
fraud and hypocrite that his misfortunes
ave regarded with more or less salts
faction.-fExchange.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-12-03

If there are men within the cor
porate limits of Shreveport opposed to
improvements and progress, to fucto-
ries and diversified enterprises, such
men are no friends to the town. Like
leeches they are always ready to suck
the life-blood of the community with
ont giving an equivalent in return.
Are there such men in Shreveport?
No doubt there are. You can find
them in every community.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-12-03
Children Cry for Pitchers Castoria.
When Baby was sick, we gave her castoria.
When she was Child, she cried for Castoria,
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria,
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria.
Bucklen's Arnica salve.

The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, letter, chapped hands, chilblalns,
corns, and all skin ernptions, and posi-
lively cures Piles, or no pay required. 1t
is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction,
or money refunded. Price e5 cents pcr
box. For sale by Jacob Geiger, EARLE
drug store.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-12-03

August Belmont, the great New
York banker and prominent democrat,
died in New York on the gath. From
1874 to 1856 Mr. Belmont represented
the Austrian government, as consul
general, at New York, and in 1856
was appointed charge d'q6aires, for the
United States, at the Hague, succeed
ing to the post of minister resident a
wear later.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-12-03
a Very Large Percentage

OF tue American people are troubled with
Il most annoying, troublesome and disa-
greeable complaint called Catarrh. 1t is
not necessary to be so troubled. 1t is de-
beyond question that Clarkes
Extract of Flax [Papilion] Catarrh cure
Immediately relieves and permanently
cures catarrh. A thorough and fair trial
will convince you. Use Clarkc's Flax
Soap for the skin. Catarrh cure 81. Soap
% cents-at Jacob Goiger's Eagle drug
store,
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CALL and SEE us
Office corner Third and Jackson streets.
One square south Of the
Post Office,

REFERENcEs-WH Howcott, New Or
leans; Hon Dan Settoon, Clerk District
Court, Amire City, La; Judge VIM Dun
can, Baton Rouge, La; John II Kirby,
Woodville, Texas; Hon VIM Villas. ex-
Secretary of the Interior, Madison, Wis
c0hsin; Honorable NJ II McCord,
Member Congress, Merrill, Wis; Hon JOS
Il Wordsworth, Ex-Register United States
Land Office, Wanpaca, Wis; Robinson d.
Finn, Detroit, Michigan; and others if
desired. TAug u 9O-1y.
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DR.. M. R. FISHER,
Q .}!D
. Fl N TT ST,
Office and Dental Pa,lors IN Osborn
Hotel, Second Floor,

ALEXANDRIA.
r HAVE RECENTLY FITTED UP IN
l. the best manner two dental parlors,
one of which is for the use of white and
the other for colored citizens. In select
ing my furniture and fixtures / have
tried to purchase the best. and am pre-
pared to do all kind of dental work
promptly, in the highest professional
manner, and at reasonable rates. l am
prepared, with the use of gas, to extract
teeth without pain. My gas apparatus is
the best manufactured, the same as that
used by the lurgest dental establishments
in the Union. DO not think of going to
New Orleans or elsewhere to have dental
work done, when Yum can receive as
good service at home. ! am fully pre-
pared to do Grown and Bridge work.
This is a method by which teeth may he
saved after the crowns are too far decay
ed to fill. Persons living in the country
will please notify me before coming to
have work done, SO arrangements can be
made to attend to them upon arrival.
t Office hours from a. IN. to p. M.
The patronage Of the public is respect
fully solicited.
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$l.5O a year, is very reasonable We of!
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HEARTH for one year to any one who
VIII secure one new subscriber for orr
paper, or who will pay up their subscrip-
ton to tue LOUISIANA DEMOCRAT for
one year, and 80 cents additional.
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0 the shaking of the agueI
} the fortunes of NeuralgiaI

Q the misery of dyspepsia!
. the WretchcGness ct headachei
0 the grires CT bilious collie!
All of these will surely vanish
Like the snow before Tie Southwind.
II you'll only take SMITu's BILE BEANS.
You can buy them at your drug store
For quarter of dollar;
And if you will only try them
You viii never he without them.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-12-03

1t is a very serious question and
one of the highest Importance to the
people everywhere, within the confines
of this country, to understand, that the
reckless and extravagant pension leg
isla'ion of the Republican party has
not only depleted the treasury, but
threatens both a deficiency and to
bankrupt the land. The matter, as it
now stands, is both startling and
threatening, and creating no little
apprehension as to the management Of
problem which demands the expen-
diture of $500, 1000 of the peoples
money annually. The burden is
greater than the combined industries
of any land can bear and prosper.
There is such thing as OVERRIDING
both gratitude and patriotism, and the
pension business is of that character.
- Shreveport Times.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-12-03

a LSO HOUSES AND LOTS AND VA
"a cant lands III Alexandria and adj
joining towns. Accurate estimates of all
kind of timber made. We have had
many years experience in this line and
guarantees satisfaction Taxes paid for
and nonresident lands looked after. Alb
stracts of titles furnished Owners of
any kind of lands, houses, lots or vacant
property who desire to sell will do we'll to
call and see us, as we have an extensive
acquaintance and believe that we can
find purchaser if any one can.
OUR CHARGES ARE MODERATE.
Live and let live. Honest dealing and
to assist in making Alexandria the lar
gest city in the State west Of the Missis-
sippi, our motto.
~
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-12-03

The Trinity Herald suggests the
following State ticket. The wonder
to ms is, why Rapides is left ont en-
tirely. Can't we get a slice of the
loaf2 Here are the names:
For Governor-Gen. w. J. Behan,
of Orleans.
Lieut.. Governor--Col. X. A. Gross,
of East Baton Rouge.
Secretary of State-L. T. Mason,
Concordia.
Auditor-R H. Snyder of Tensas.
Treasurer-E. A. Sonpayrac, of
Natchitoches.
Supt. of Public Education r..
Sambola Jones, of East Baton Rouge
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-12-03

District Grand Lodge No. 2, In
dependent Order of B'nai Birth, on
she 23rd inst, held an important meet
ing at Cincinnati, which on the recon-
mendation of the Endowment Com
mittee, repealed the law of the order,
which has been in force for seventeen
years, and which makes endowment
compulsory, making it optional.
Strangely enough, the law enacted
many years ago, and now repealed
was also passed at special meeting,
these two being the only instances in
which special meetings of the Grand
Lodge have been called. The reason
efthe change is that compulsory endow.
ment is thought to retard the growth
of the order, which now counts over
10000 members, which membership,
it is claimed, might be much increased.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-12-03


Commenting on the recent acts
Of lawlessness in Baton Rouge, the
Truth published there, has this to say:
An outraged and highly incf nsed
people were speedily aroused to a
sense of the dangers surrounding them
and to the insult and lndignity offered
to the commonwealth and defiance to
the officers of the law. Quick, decis-
i've and practical measures were inau-
gnrated to suppress and break up this
gang and to bring the outlaws to JUS.
tice, and now the cruel bulldozer is
fleeing from the wrath of our angry
people. Let the good work 90 on. |
Let US not pause until the last law
breaker has been arrested or driven
to other climes. Let all fare alike
let no ties of friendship defeat the de-
maads of Justice. All who took part
in these ontrages are alike gailty; let
all he punished alike,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-12-03
WEEKLY,

OFFICIAL JOURNA AL
OF THE CITY,
The Dickinson press., 1890-02-22
The Iantl of Scott

The chief impression a stranger is
likely to get from his first visit to Scot
land is that it was discovered, if not cre-
ated. by Walter Scott. Wherever he
goes, whatever he sees. Highland and
Lowland, lake and stream, gray ruin.
and green glen. that potent spirit is lord
and master of all. There is nothing quite
like it, think, elsewhere; no other land
on which the genius of one man has
written his name 80 deep. Greece still
cherishes the memory of Byron. and few
Englishmen, at least, who travel those
haunted shores are likely to forget that
he owed to them his best poetry and gave
them in return his life. But Byron's is,
after all, but one of the many memories
that throng that marvellous land. In
Scotland all seems Scott. There Nature
and Man, the Present and the Past. all
seem to speak to us with his voice, and
take the most part of their beauty and
their glory from him. The Bruce and
the Douglas. Cavalier and Covenanter.
noble and moss trooper-they start from
their graves at every turn to the call of
the Great Magician.
The mighty minstrel breathes no longer
Mid moltlerlns ruins low he lies:
yet surely of few men are the old words
so true-he being dead yet speakelh.-
Macmillan's Magazine.
The Dickinson press., 1890-02-22
Faith still Untouched.

The never ending controversy about
the relation of consciousness or mind to
matter is still kept up; but there seems
to be no solution of the problem and no
apparent prospect of any solution. The
semi-materialistic view was well nigh
exhausted by Professor Tyndall In his
famous Belfast address" delivered some
fifteen years ago. It evoked a storm Of
unnecessary wrath from theologians,
but, considering how inconclusive it was
when the real issue was approached, that
of an intelligence other than what we call
nature, 1t is wonder that scientific men
do not confess that they know at least as
little as the etheologians about final causes.
Tyndall has said nearly all that can be
said pointing toward the idea of Lu-
cretius, Mature is seen to do all things
spontaneously of herself, without the
meddling of the gods:" but at last, and
with u real pathos, he declares: "Con-
sidered fundamentally, then, it is by the
operation of an insoluble mystery that
life on earth Is evolved, species differen-
tiated and mind unfolded from their pre-
potent elements in the immeasurable
past"
Ho is following Herbert Spencer, but
he does not contradict him, and it is a
confession that science has not found
out the origin of life nor made any dis
covery as to the essential constitution of
the human mind. The faith in God is
left unscathed by all these scientific re-
searches.-Pittsburg Chronicle.
The Dickinson press., 1890-02-22
IInea8y.

Uneasy lies the head that wears a
crown" One wonders that the czar of
Russia does not follow the example of
Charles V, and free himself from life
of continual apprehension. Is the life
worth living which must be sustained by
such precautions as those narrated be-
low? Yes, if thereby one serves his gen.
Grafton. London Truth says:
1t was given out that he would be the
guest of the German emperor at the
Marble palace, Potsdam, and when all
kinds of expensive preparations had been
made there, he decided he would be
safer in Berlin, and large sum was ex-
pended in arranging for his reception at
the Scllloss.
Finally, only one day before the en-
peror arrived, Count Schouvaloff re-
ceived a telegram from Copenhagen to
intimate that his majesty would alight
at the Russian embassy, and the message
was quickly followed by the arrival of
the imperial workmen, seven in number,
who now go in advance of the emperor
whenever and wherever he travels.
There are two carpenters, two masons,
two locksmiths and a foreman. They
most carefully examine the chilmneys,
locks, flooring, walls and furniture of
the house which the emperor is to occu-
py, and his own apartments are subject
ed to most rigorous search.
The chimneys are objects of special
attention, and every 1ue which leads to
a room which the emperor is likely to
enter is thoroughly barred both top and
bottom, and, as if these precautions
were not sufficient, police agents from
st. Petersburg patrol the roof both day
and pioht
The Dickinson press., 1890-02-22
importing Canar;e.

~ see you have got in quite large
stock of canaries," was the remark of a
Globe reporter to Boston bird man
yesterday.
"Yes," was the reply; "you see this is
what we call canary bird season. For
the past month or SO about every steam
er from Germany has brought large in
voices of these yellow songsters to the
American ports. This will continue
until about the middle of January, when
the German bird catchers will stop send.
ing or send only small lots.''
''Do you expect to sell all YOU have
here now?"
ooh, yes" he replied, "and many
more besides. have been in the busi-
mss for good many years now, and
can calculate pretty close on the num-
ber can sell, for the sales are about the
same each year. They may vary few
dozen birds, but not more than that"
edo any of the birds you get come
from the Canary islands,
"No, indeed, all of them arc imported
from Germany. don't know why it is,
but great many people think that these
birds come from those islands, but
never heard of any but German birds,
that is, unless they were canaries bred
in the countries where imported birds
were taken"
81 suppose there are people in Ger
many, then, who make a business of
raising them, are there not?'
eyes, some Germans do nothing else
but raise the birds for export trade. In
some of the large German cities, Ham
burg, for instance, there are several large
houses who raise birds entirely for job
bers in New York, with whom they have
contracts to furnish them SO many hun
dreds of birds a season."
care these canaries long lived?"
"Well, that depends a great deal on
what you would call long life. Their
average life, however, is about ten years,
although have known some to live a
great deal longer. Boston Globe.
The Dickinson press., 1890-02-22
Instruments Of Torture.

It IL stated that the renowned collec-
tion of medi@val instruments of torture
at Nuremberg has been sold to London
company. Prima facie we should doubt
that the municipality of town so ia.
nous for its antique relics would be will
ing-or, indeed, would be permitted-to
dispose of collection unique, so far as
we know. Nor do the projects of the
London company, as described, incline
us to faith. But the report is circum-
stantial. Our enterprising fellow citi-
zens propose to exhibit their treasures in
the chief towns of Europe, and then to
put them up for auction. Furthermore,
it is asserted that the authorities of Ber.
lin already look forward to the sale. and
mediate buying the lot in bulk.
Doubtless an exhibition of appliances
for torture, authenticated by at tleast the
belief of generations, would draw pro-
digiously. 1t is strange how few instru-
lnents of the sort survive possessing Sc
rious claims to confidence. Our own
specimens in the Tower are just as au-
thentic as the block on which. as the
worthy beef eater declares, Anne Boleyn
lost her head. 1t is easy to understand
that the governor or officials in charge
of an old state prison would destroy such
terribly irritating objects if they had
time, when threatened by events that
might lead to an exposure. Thus we are
not surprised to learn that no machinery
for torture was discovered in any of the
Inquisition buildings that have been
seized. But there are so many cases
where it seems improbable that they
would have removed or broken them up,
that one is led to suspect the executioner
may have kept his smaller instruments,
at least, in his own quarters.-London
Standard.
The Dickinson press., 1890-02-22
Health Hints.
Don't contradict your wife.

DOnG Z COntfaulcC your Wlte.
Don't tell man he is q stranger to the
truth because he happens to be smaller
than yourself. Errors of this kind have
been known to be disastrous.
Never go to bed with cold or damr
feet. Leave them beside the kitchen
fire, where they will be handy to put on
in the morning.
1t is bad to lean your back against any
thing cold, particularly when it is an icy
pavement, upon which your vertebral
arrangement has caromed with a jolt
that shakes the buttons off your coat.
Always eat your breakfast before be.
ginning journey. If you haven't any
breakfast don't journey.
After violent exercise, like putting uI
the stove or mailing down carpets, never
ride around town in an open carriage
1t is better to walk. It is also cheaper.
When hoarse speak as little as possible
If you are not hoarse it won't do you any
harm to keep your mouth shut, too.
Don't light the fire with kerosene. Let
the hired girl do it. She hasn't any wife
and children. You have.
Don't roam around the house In your
bare feet at the dead of night trying to
pick up stray tacks. Men have been
known to dislocate their jaw through this
bad practice.
When you see man put the lighted
end of cigar in his mouth, don't ask
him if it is hot enough. Serious injury
has often resulted from this habit
Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Dickinson press., 1890-02-22
To Satisfy Insurance Companies.

Have you heard the story Of the rub
Der hose bought for the infirmary? 1t
was coil Of hose to hang in the hall, to
be used in case Of fire. One day they
took it down in order to sprinkle the
.wn, but as soon as the water was turned
on it burst in half dozen places. Tho
inflrmary directors were raging. They
took the hose bach to the rubber store
and demanded an explanation. The pro-
prietor of the store said that he had sold
it in good faith, supposing it to be good
article. In order to satisfy himself he
wrote on to the manufacturer, who re-
piled that the hose was simply an orna-
mental article, made to hang up in fac
tories "to satisfy insurance require
ments." And SO there is hose made that
is to be looked at, not used. Here is a
big factory, and its owner, supposing
that in case of fire he can turn on twenty
lines of hose at once, is putting his trust
in a rotten, good for nothing pipe. Bet
ter inspect all these emergency hose lines
at once.-Cincinnati Times-Star.