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Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-10-23

CEAwFoRDsvIILE, IND, Aug. 20, 'S6.
To the Great South American Medicine Co.:
DEAR GENTS II desire to say to you that /
have. suffered for many years with avery seri,
every medicine could hear of but nothing
done me any appreciable good until / was ad-
vised to try your Great South American Nervine
Tonic and Stomach and Liver Cure, and since
using several bottles of 1t l must say that am
surprised at its wonderful powers TO cure the
stomach and general nervous system II every
one knew the vni,e OF this remedy as do, you
would not be able 10 supply the demand.
j.. A. HARDEE,
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-10-23

CaAwFoRDsvrdE IND, May 10, 1886.
NV daughter. twelve years old, had been al
fiicted for several months with Chorea or st.
Vitus's Dance. She was reduced to skeleton
could not walk, could not talk, could not swal-
low anything but milk. l had to handle her
like an infant. Doctor and neighbors gave her
up. commenced giving her the South Ameri-
can Nervine Tonic; the effects were very sur
prisng, In three days she was rid of the ner-
vousness, and rapidly improved. Four bottles
cured her completely. l think the South
American Nervine the grandest remedy ever
discovered, and would recommend 1t to every
one. MRS. w. .. ENsAih1hfss
STATE OF Indicnd, (ss.
Montgomery County, go
Subscribed and sworn to before mo this May
-, 1857. CHAs. NJ. TRAVIS, Notary Public.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-10-23
A SWORN CIIRE FOR ST. YITIIS,S DANCE or CHOREA.

CRAwFoHDsvILLE, IND, June %, 1857.
My daughter, eleven years old, was severely
afflicted with st. Vitus's Dance or Chorea. We
gave her three and one-half bottles OF South
American Nervine and she is completely re-
stored. 1 believe it will cure every case of ST.
vitus's Dance. have kept II in my family for
two years, and am sure it is the greatest REM
edy In the world for Indigestion and Dyspep-
STA, all forms of Nervous Disorders and Failing
Health from whatever cause. -. =
JOHN I. MIsH.
State Of Indiana, L.,
Montgomery County, So :,
Subscribed and sworn to before me this juno
| q, 1857. CHAs. v; WRIGHT,
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-10-23

Mr.. Solomon Bond, n member Of the Society
OF Friends, of Darlington, Ind, says: 81 have
used twelve bottles of The Great South Ameri-
can Nervine Tonic and Stomach and liver Cure,
hundred dollars worth Of good, because hayo
not had good nights sleep for twenty years
on account of irritation, pain, horrible dreams,
and general nervous prostration, winch mas
pepsia of the stomach and by q broken down
condition of my nervous system. But now | can
lie down and sleep all night as sweetly as baby,
and feel like a sound man. ! do not think
| there has ever been u medicine introduced into
| this country which will at all compare with
L dis Nervinc Tonic as a cure for tho stomach
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-10-23

This wonderful Nene Tonic has only recently been introduced into
this country by the Great South American Medicine Company and yet its
great value curative agent has long been known by the native nha
iants Of South America who rely almost wholly upon its medicinal
form of disease by which they oveken
This and valuable South American medicine and
qualities hitherto unknown the medical profession This medicine has
Complaint nd diseases ot he general Nervous gym po all
forms of falling health from whatever performs this by the Great
Nevne Tonic qualities which possesses and by its great curative
upon the digestive organs stomach the the bowels Nomedy
with this wonderfully valuable Neyne Tonic builder and
strengthened the life forces the human body and great Of
broken down constitution also of more real permanent value the
and diseases of the Lungs than ten consumption
of females Of all Ladies who approaching the critical period known
change life should not fail this great Nervine Tonic almost
constantly for the space of two three 1t will them safely
the danger This great strengthened and curative is of nesmabe
value the aged and ifm, because its energng properties will
them hold life will add fifteen the lives Of
many half bottles the remedy each year.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-10-23

Mrs. Ella A. Bratton, of New Ross Ind,
says: 81 can not express how much L owe
to the Nervne Tonic. My system was com
coughing and splitting up blood; am sure 1
was in the first stages of consumption, an
inheritance handed down through several
generations. / began taking the Nervlne
Tonic and continued Its use for about six
months, and am entirely cured. Ii Is the
g-andest remedy for nerves, stomach and
lungs have ever seem"
Sd j. Brown, Druggist, Of Edna, Mo-,
writes: "Aly health had been very poor Tor
years, was coughing severely. 1 weighed
only ITO pounds when 1 commenced using
South American Nervine. i have used two
bottles and now weigh 40 pounds, and am
much stronger and better than have been
tor five years Am sure / would not nave
lived through the winter had not secured
this remedy. NY customers sec what II has
dono for me and buy it eagerly. if gives
great satisfaction"
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-10-23
INDIGESTION AND DYSPEPSIA
The Great South American Nervine Tonic

The Great South American Nervne Tonic
Which we now offer yu only absolutely unng remedy di
cred for the Dyspepsia and the vast train of symptoms
and horrors which disease and debility of the human
b No person can afford to pass this jewel fnau value who
affected BY disease stomach because the experience and testimony
world for this universal destroyer There of unmanart disease
of the stomach which resist the wonderful curative the South
American Nerv.ne Tonic.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-10-23
TEE GREAT SOUTH AMERICAN
NE:Rv|NE tonic
Cure
The Most Astonishing Medical Discovery Of
the Last One Hundred Years.

1t is Pleasant to the Taste the Sweetest Nectar.
It is Safe and Harmless as the Purest Milk.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-10-23

writes: 81 have used several bottles of The
south American Nervine Tonic, and will say
1 consider il the best medicine in the world
1 believe &c saved the lives of two of my
children. They were down and nothing ap-
peared to do them any good until procured
this remedy. It was very surprising how
rapidly they both improved on its USE.
recommend the medicine to ell my ut Ugh.
hors"
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-10-15
HERE AND THERE.

Can strawberry plants be success
fully set out in the fall? asks CORE
spondent. Yes. But do not forget to
mulch at the beginning winter.
1t is all important that the pedigree
of the bull should be good one and
that he should have individual merit.
Bear this in mind when buying bull
When cattle have to go too far for
water they will often go without, to
their discomfort, and when they get
to the water they will drink to their
injury.
Scratches in horses are not a recon-
mendation of the system under which
the animal is kept. Horses that stand
in wet or filth are liable to have
scratches.
What did you think of those thor
oughbred cattle that you saw at the
fair? They looked better than the
scrub and looked as if they had more
dollars in them, didn't they?
Stock is taught to jump by poor
fences, and by not laying down bars and
gaps sufficiently low to allow animals to
step over, and they are made to jump
over to save some lazy fellow little
work.
Whenever trees are to be set make
the holes large enough to receive the
roots without cramping. If one has
ground enough to set a tree in he has
ground enough to make the hole large
enough.
Greasy, filthy Stops, will not take
the place of water for pigs. During the
warm season the pigs should have all
the clean water they can drink, and
they will keep in better condition and
be free from disease.
The experiment of shipping water
melons from Missouri to the New York
market has lately been tried with sue
cess. At one sale 10000 were disposed
of at remunerative figures, the lowest
price obtained per 100 being $3.50
1t does not pay to spoil valuable
horse for the sake of making him wear
| out an old collar. Many horses are in.
jured by old. ill-fitting collars, which
| cause tho horse to become tretful and
uneasy end often produce permanent
iniVg!es
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-10-15
REARING FOWLS.
Vow Success Shall be Attained In the Poul-
try Cuisines

try Cuisines
In this great country of ours there are
thousands of persons who are ready and
willing to take hold of poultry-culture,
as whole or in part, for a living; but
they do not know how to succeed, and
SO they hesitate to make the venture at
all.
Indeed, the great question associated
with practical poultry culture is: "How
shall we succeed?"
We of this day and generation are en-
tirely too enterprising not to lay hold of
that in which we can see our way to
success and prosperity. But poultry
raising as business is yet in it's in
fancy, and it is only here and there that
we hear of person that has made a
success of it.
This is not the fault of the fowls, nor
of any serious difficulty in the way OF
success, but because it is little out of
the ordinary, is new, and consequently
instances of success are few ard far be-
tween.
To be successful poultry keeper re-
quires experience, for an inexperienced
person can not make a success of it with
a large number of fowls. The beginner
must start in with few, and increase
his flock with his experience
No one can be successful mechanic,
successful farmer, successful lawyer
or doctor, or a successful any thing else
without preliminary study or work; and,
therefore, for new beginner to embark
largely, all of a sudden, in poultry-rais.
ing is the height of folly.
Poultry keeping is a science and q
lifelong study. The oldest hand in
the business learns something new every
year.
Much can be learned by observation
and study, but experience is the basis
Of success after all.
The way to succeed is to begin with q
few, and by practical experience learr
their true worth and how best to take
care of them, so as to make them mos
profitable.
Two dozen fowls we'll cared for will
| prove more valuable than fifty that are
mismanaged.
At this season of the year, the begin
ner may try either one of two system.
of management. One is to raise chick
ems for the early spring market and
the other is to produce eggs for market
In pursuing the first plan it is neces
sary to have some Asiatic fowls, or frs
crosses, and to feed them up we'll OF
producing food, so that they viii
lay we'll in November and December
and, in the natural course of things, be
come broody and want to hatch along
in January and February.
If possible. two hens should be set q
one time and the chicks given to on,
hen, the other being set over again.
Such early hatched-chicks should b.
kept in small ENCLOSURES and forced a
much as possible in their growth, A
= Z >
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-10-15
HOGS FOR THE SOUTH.

No Re ,sOn Why Hogs should Not be Prof.
itably Raised in the South.
There is no reason why hogs should
not be profitably raised nearly all over
the South. They are as free from dis
ease as in any other part of the Union.
We can not see that the raising of hogs
or any other kind of stock is attended
with any more drawbacks or disasters
than the production of cotton. 1t is not
uncommon for the cotton crop to prove
almost total failure in certain local
tiles. Notwithstanding the failures,
the cotton farmer will start in
again as the new year springs in
to existence to prepare for another cot
ton crop. He never loses hope. But
when failure is made in the grain
crop, if few hogs die of cholera, a few
cattle of murrain, he swears eternal
vengeance on them, and VOWS it will
never do to undertake to raise hogs or
any other kind of stock. When visited by
failure of cotton, it is attributed to
the season, worms or frost, and he he Pc
fully tries again. If only a small
amount of the pluck and industry dis
played in producing cotton was applied
to farming, Southern farmers
would be more successful, prosperous
and happy.
Swine breeders must make change
of methods to get rid of hog cholera and
sterility. They have inbred the consti-
tuition out of hogs to such an extent that
they have not the vigor either to resist
the disease or to mako vigorous breed
ers. We keep our hogs too fat for health
and for breeding. Give them more grass;
more run of pasture, moro clearly
quarters; get back to the old natural
methods, and we will have healthier
hogs, more prolific breeders, and they
will make more palatable meat. We
want fourteen to sixteen-pound hams,
not too fat, but plump lean hams.
Corn is the best hog feed in the world,
and our corn belt controls the hog pro.
duction. But too much corn has burned
out the health and vigor of the hogs
and destroyed much of their usefulness
for breeding, while in-and-in breeding,
and breeding so young, has lost much of
the vitality our hogs had years ago.
Farmers Home Journal.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-10-15

There are some patent med
icines that are more marvel
lous than a dozen doctors
prescriptions, but they're not
those that profess to cure
everything.
Everybody, now and then,
feels "run down." "played
out" They've the will, but
no power to generate vitality.
They're not sick enough to
call a doctor, but just too
sick to be we'll. That's
where the right kind Of a
patent medicine comes in,
and does for a dollar what
the doctor wouldn't do for
less than five or ten.
We put in our claim for
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery.
We claim it to be an I'M
equaled remedy to purify
the blood and invigorate the
liver. We claim it to be
lasting in its effects, creating
an appetite, purifying the
blood, and preventing Bilious,
Typhoid and Malarial fevers
If taken III time. The time
to take it is when you first
feel the signs of syearlness and
weakuess. The time = to take
it, on general principles, is
NOW. y
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-10-15

soon as they reach pound and ahalf or
two pounds they should be hustled off
to market, where they will readily
bring five or six dollars per dozen, so
early in the season.
1t will be found profitable to raise
young chicks for broilers as late as the
last of April, after which it will not pay
to go to any extra expense to force their
growth.
The second plan, and one that we con-
slider the most profitable, is to utilize
the early-hatched pullets IS layers for
market purposes.
1t is not desirable TO collect pullets
for this purpose much before winter sets
in, and every new hand in the business
should go slow, and be contented with
only few the first season.
Ali Lcghorn, Minorca or Hamburg
pullets, and first crosses from these
varie ties, are usually laying some by
Thanksgiving. If put in laying quar-
tiers, being properly housed and fed,
they will lie laying probably by Febru'
AIRY laying enough in the meantime
to pay for their keep. From February
1 to July /, they will lay at least seven
ty-fve eggs each, or fifteen eggs a
month. The cost of their keep for five
months will be about one-third of tho
value of the eggs laid, so that from each
pullet fifty cents net can be realized in
five months, at tho expiration of which
sine they can either be disposed of at
cost prices or turned out to forage, which
would lessen the cost of their keep.
But, taking all things into considera-
tion, it is best to sell them and raise or
buy more for the next season.
There is no great amount of profit for
the beginner during the first year or
two, but it is n beginning, and as be.
ginnings are always small there is no
cause for disappointment
| AS experience increases, SO may the
size Of the flock and the profits. H. B..
Geer, in Southern Cultivator.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-10-15
AuMoR OF THE scHooL-RooM.

A scuooL-TEAcHER asked an Irish boy
to describe an island. "Sure, maam, y
said Pat, sits place you can't lave
widout boat"
SCHOOL VISITOR Ito bad boy)-"My
son, what branches do you pursuc?"
Bad Boy-''I don't pursue any; the
teacher does all the chasin'."
AM1cH1GAN teacher received in one
pupils grammar papers this illustration
Of the degrees of comparison: sPosi-
tive, first; comparative, next; superla-
tive, last"
ScHooL-TEAcnER (severely)-"You are
half an hour late this morning" Little
boy (who was ''kept in" the day before)
-"Yes'm. 1t was late yeste'day when
got home"
TEACHER (reading)-"'Let down your
sable shade, oh night, and hide this sad
earth from my sight That's poetry.
How would you express the same idea
in prose? Well, johnny" Johnny
.'Pull down the blind"
"WuERE is the island of Cuba sit
uaJeQI aSkeu SCuoOl-tosi0uSi VI q
small, rather. forlorn-looking boy. 81
dunno, SIR "Don't you know where
your sugar comes from?' Eyes, sir; we
borrows itefrom our next door neigh Dor. y
TEAcnER-"It seems you are never
able to answer any of my questions
How is this, my little boy?' ''If knew
all the things you asked me, maam,
father wouldn't go to the trouble of:send'
ing me here" replied Johnny.
HERE is an excuse brought one day
by tall, red-haired boy of seventeen te
his teacher: "Dere Cir-Pleze to eagcnce
Henry for absents Yesterday. We made
sourkrout and he had to tromp 1t down
Also he had to Help bucher pigs. Re
speckful yuers, His Pap.
TEAcHER-"Bob Swapples, what i!
quadruped?" Bobby-"A quadruped
is an animal with four legs" Teacher
Fright; now give me an example'of c
quadruped." Bobby-''A horse" Teach
er-"Right; can you give me another
example?' Bobby enlightened after
much thought)--"Another horse"
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-10-15
The PerIls OF Youth.
How few have any material sympathy for
Youth Mt that periOd when

youth ut that period when
.sStanding with reluctant feet
Where the brook and river meet"
They are urged forward by Natures stern
decree to assume the powers and duties OF
manhood and womanhood. And. yet. this is
the most critical point in the voyage of hui
man life. Then It is that the danger OF a
shattered nervous system reaches its crisis
and ignorance seizes Its opportunity to plant
the seed of future ill-health and misery;
Then it is the quack secures his victim and
his purse This is the occasion! when the
hand of experience should take the hand OF
inexperience and guide its feet to the solid
rock upon the farther shore. At the APP
proach of puberty and during the first years
Of this new order. of being, there are weak,
sning tendencies that should be guarded
against. . A medicine that has the power to
strengthen the various parts Of the body
and to regulate and give control to its vari-
GUS functions is essential at frequent inter
walls. Such a medicine has the eminent Or.
John Bull, of Louisville, KY, given to the
world. It is known as Dr. Bulls. Sarsapa-
rilla. Don't fan into the hands OF quackss,
but demand this remedy Of your druggist:
Take no other It'll exactly what is needed
and viii carry you safely through to
strength and robust health.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-10-15
A Sugar Mule

What is meant by sugar mule Is a
fist-class unbroken two-year-old. 1t is
said that an unframed two-year-old
mule sells more readily and to much
greater advantage than others, from the
fact that in the extreme South there is
prejudice against mules that have
been worked growing out of the belief
that people in this country impose upon
them by selling them mules that had
been ruined in breaking. Hence they
prefer to break and train their own
mules. -Gallatin Tennesseean.
When ready for market they should
be 15A to 1917 hands high, sound, fat
and dark colors Then they bring in
Louisiana 5000 to 1896 a head.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-10-15
vlDOCQ, THE DETECTIVE.
The FIRST Achievement of the Most Famous
French Police Agent.

The FIRST A Achievement of the Most Famous
French Police Agent.
In the eyes of his admirers Vidocq
was penitent, who, turning resolutely
from the paths of crime, gave up his
sta.e. In the eyes of his detractors he
was miscreant who turned sneak to
save his skin The truth lies between
the two extremes Vidocq was not a
beau ideal OF virtue; but, wild and
graceless as his youth had been, he was
a bird of very different feather from the
rabble of the hulks. His only proper
cause of quarrel with the law had been
the punching of rivals head.
Ills prison glory was not of his
own seeking. With the Yahoos
of tho galleys, among whom he
had been forced to live, he considered
that he broke no faith because he owed
none. Moreover, the word spy is apt to
he misleading; for, at least to English
oars, spy, sneak and coward are all
tarred with the same brush. But
Nidocq's undertaking was not merely
that of an approver; it was also that of
an arrester; and how far that task was
fitted for coward or fool may easily
be judged by some examples Of his capt
urcs.
His first achievement was the capture
of a 2oiner by the name of Watrin "a
fierce and cunning desperate, who had
completely naffled the police. Vidocq
tracked him to his lair above certain
cobbler's shop. At midnight he went,
single-handed, to the spot, met, by
chance, the coiner at the doorway and
rushed instantly upon him. Watrin
dealt him a tremendous blow, and,
Garting back into the building through
Il window, snatched up the cobbler's
l,nife. To follow was to rush on GER
tair death; for the ruffian, armed with
such q weapon, was as wounded beast
OF prey. But Vidocq used his wits. He
made sound like that of steps retreat
ing: Watrin put his head out of the
window to make sure that he was gone,
and in an instant Vidocq seized him by
the hair. The bravo struggled furious
Iy. but gradually Vidocq, by sheer
strength of muscle, dragged him
through the window, and the pair fell,
locked together, to the ground. Before
his enemy could use his weapon Vidocq
wronched it from his grasp, bound his
arms, and dragged him single-handed to
the guard-house. NJ. Henry and the
officers on duty could scarcely trust
thcis eyes when they beheld the pair
sems la.-Tsmple 4sA
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-10-15
HAVE A CAR 3

When you are addressed a. above, ycur 6r,t h..
pulse IS 10 look at the driver 1.-THE DAY be atorm,.
and tho driver is wise man, you viii ind that H.
wears "Fish Brand Slekcr,o and he will tell ,on !
that he is as comfortable on the box IS his pas:sn
Yer in the cab, and that for his business tbs Coat
Is invaluable. When you get once inside "Fah
for YOU It doesn't make the smallest ditferencs
whether it rains. halls, sheets, SHOWS, or blovr:
You are absolutely and solidly comfortable. c.
one a once No danger of your not liking il after,
wards. Itisa waste Of money to buy any Other.
waterproof coat. They are worthless after lev,
weeks Of hard usage. Beware Of worthless in..
R,ana Trsds Marx. DON'T accept any inferior
coat when you can have TIL" Fish Brand SlieiaS.
delivered without extra cost. Particulars aaa
illustrated catalogue free.
A. ]. TOWER, Boston, Mass.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-10-15

COMMON sense teaches us that thorn or
splinter in the flesh must lie removed be-
fore the part can heal Malaria in the sys-
TEN must be destroyed before health can
return. Shallenberger's Antidote for Ma
laria does this and health returns immedi-
ately. There is no other known Antidote.
Sold by druggists, or sent b. mail for one
dollar. A. I. Shallenberger a. Co., Roches-
ter, Pa.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-10-15

A GREAT mistake perhaps was made when
DR.. Sherman named his great remedy Prick
ly Ash BITTERs; but it is presumed that at
that time all remedies for the blood, etc,
were called Bitters. Had he called it Prick
ly Ash Regulator" Curative" or almost
ANYTHING but Bnters, it undoubtedly would
have superseded all other preparations OF
similar character. The name Bitters IS mis-
leading; it is purely medicine, and cannot
be used as beverage.