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Charming people, these exceptional
people Here's medicine-Dr
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, for
instance, and it's cured hundreds,
thousands that're known, thousands
thatre unknown, and yet yours is an
EXCEPTIONAL case Do you think that
that bit OF human nature which you
call APP is different from the other
parcels OF human nature? "But you
don't know my case" Good friend, in
ninety.nine out of II hundred cases
the causes are the same-impuro
b!ood-and that's why Golden Medi-
cal Discovery cures ninety-nine out
OF every hundred. You may be the
exception. And you may not. But
would you rather be the exception, OF
would you rather be well? If you're
the exception it costs you nothing
you get your money back-but sup
pose it cures you?
Let the Golden Medical Discovery"
take the risk.
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A church bell OF pure silver, weigh
ing seventeen pood and thirty-fiv.
pounds [715 pounds was cast il
Kharkoy, Russia. in commemoration
of the event of October II, 1888, whel'
the Emperor escaped from the bomb
shell exploded under his train on tn,
railroad track. The people carried tht
bell on their shoulders from the
foundry to the city, distance 81
twelve versts, to manifest their rpjoic'
ing at the escape of the Emperor from
danger. t'.
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She Felt Sorry.

The Txas Siftings says a young lady
OF u violent temper. just about to be
married, was Iound weeping by a
friend
"Why do you weep, Fannie; your
future husband is one OF the kindest
hearted men in the worldW
ii know it, but can't help feeling
sorry for the poor man. have such
kind heart that il makes me cry to
think how I'll boss him around The
poor man has no idea how he'll suffer
at my hands" and once more the eyes
OF the kind-hearted woman filled with
brine.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-12-11
Hitting Below the Belt.

Congressman Dockery, of Nilsson.
ri, secured his reelection by Civ
ing a big coon and 'possum supper
to his colored constituents the night
before the election. Tois is matter
that demands a Congressional investi-
CATION. No darby can lick 'possum
grease off his lips and at the same
time vote against The man that fur.
nishes the 'possuiE. 1t was a foul un
derhold to take on the darkies. 1t rises
far above bribery. 1t is inducing
the colored brothers stomach to bull
doze his inclination.
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A double shufile-Two suicides.
You Are in a Bad Elk.

But we will cure you ifyou will pay
us. Our message is to the weak, ner.
vous and debilitated, who, by early
evil habits, Or later indscret ons, have
trifled away their vigor OF body, mind
and manhood, and who suffer all thos.
effects which lead to premature decay
consumption or insanity. II this
means YOU, send for and read our
Book OF LIFE, written by the greatest
SPECIALIST of the day, and sent (sealed)
for 6 cents in stamps. Address DR..
Parker's Medical and Surgical Insti
tute, ISL North Spruce ST., Nashville
Tenn.
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The world renowned success of Hostetteris
Stomach Bitters, and their continued popuo
larity for over Il third OF q century as stom-
achic, Is scarcely more wonderful than the well
come that greet. tbs annual appearance OF
Hostetter's Almanac This valuable medical
treatise Is published by Che HOstetter Com
pany, Pittsburgh. Pa under their own immed-
late supervision, employing 90 hands In that
department. they are running about II
months In the vaar on this work. and the issue
of same for le2l viii be more than ten mill
lions, printed In the English, German, French
welsh, Norwegian. swedish Holland, Bohe-
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amusement, varied information, astronomical
calculations and chronological items, &c,
which can he depended on for correctness.
The Almanac for 1891 can be obtained free Of
cost. from druggists and general country deal
ers In all parts oi the countr:.
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johnson City Enternrise.

The well known and popular Druggists, Me,
Farland & Co., have taken the Agency for DR..
Lees Liver Regulator, which he recommends
for the quick cure OF Dyspepsia, BiliousncsS,
Liver Complaint and all Blood Troubles Trial
bottles free.
10 Ii a VOL know fact that Pan-1ina Cough
aud Consumption Cure has cured Consumption
and ihronie coughs and Colds when all else
titled Price q and 10 cents. Trlal bottle free.
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No Let-up in Southern Industrial
Pronresa


Progress.
The Manufacturers Record of De.
cember 9th says;
Notwithstanding the money strin-
gency which temporarily retards all
new enterprises, and the approach of
the season when business men are
more intent upon closing up the years
work than in entering upon ne en-.
gagements, the industrial development
Of the South shows continued activity.
There is, in fact, but little indication
OF any hating in the march of pro.
gress, except here and there projected
enterprises may be temporarily de.
fSyed by the tightness of money mat.
ters in the North but the prospects
are very favorable for an easy money
market in January, and then we NAV
reasonably look for very marked in.
crease in the movement of capital
South. During the past week many
important enterprise -landimproye.
ment companies, BODYBUILDING com.
Panies and manufacturing concerns
have been organized. Among the
more important ones reported for the
week are the following; At Norfolk
N,oOO,OOo land company to develop
about 700 acres of property, which has
already arranged for q 100000 cotton
mill; at Shenandoah Junction, w.
Va, the crossing point of the Balti.
more u Ohio, and the Shenandoah
Valley Railroads, new town is to be
builtby 100000 company, which
has already arranged for the location
there of five or six large industrial en-.
terprlses to employ several thousand
hands at Charleston, West Virginia,
S2,5UO,OO0 company has been organ.
lied to build salt and soda.ash works i.
Ridgedale, Tenn, is to have car works /;
Lawrenceburg, Tenn, II 5000 furni.
ture factory; Rock Hill, S. c., a 500.
QUO foundry and machine shop; Dan
vile, Va, $4,000 machinery compa.
ny; Columbia, S. c., $4,000 manu-.
featuring company Covington, Va, a
l25'ton furnace; Kentucky, a $780,
0oO coal-mining company Norfolk,
Va, $4,000 brick works; Staunton,
Va, large wagon works; Waco Texas,
a 100000 land company; Murfrees
boro, Tenn, $4,000 water works
Reidsville, N. c., a fertilizer factory
Sherman, Texas, 100000 bag-manu.
featuring company; San Angelo, Tex.
as, $52 900 water works Improvements
Falkland, Texas, $25 900 water works
Kentucky, a $4,000 hardwood lumber
company; Wyth9villc, Va, $25000C
wagon-works company, and at other
places many other enterprises cover
ing wide range Of industries. As a
brief summary Of some OF the leading
enterprises reported for one week, the
foregoing facts show that the South i.
steadily pressing forward in the great
work OF developing its vast natural re-
sources.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-12-11

Human life is like game Of chess
leach piece holds its placs upon the
chess board king, queen, bishop, and
pawn. Death comes, the game is up,
and all are thrown, without distinc-
linn, pell-mell into the same bag
Tallcyrand.
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Wet to the skin-Rain.
RuclGVen's Arnica Salye.

The host salve in the world for rnts
Brulse', Sores, letter, chapptd Harh
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tions, and positively cure Piles, ID u
pay required. 1t is guaranteed It
give perfect satisfaction, or money re
funded Price, % cents per box. Fol
sale at NJ. A. McFarland's Drug Store
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Don't Stand that Pain.

II don't do to neglect natures warming; aches
through the system cause RheuE. atism, Neural
aud safe remedy is required. Red flag Oil the
the Famous Pain Cure, fills the bill Price %
cents.
are you consumptive, or do you suffer with q
Cough or Cold? II so, use pan-Tina Cough and
CONSUMPTION Cure. Price rs an so cents Trial
bottles &c at Mcfarland & Co s Drug store.
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Q o NEyvIE a
GRATEFUL - COMFORTING.
EPPS'S COCOA.
BREAKFAST.

"By thorough knowledge Of the natural laws
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nutrition, and by careful application OF the
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Hundreds subtle maladies are floating around
us ready to attack wherever there is weak
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vice Gazette. Made simply with boiling water
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MaIdenly Gratitude.

Her stocking was filled from toe to top
When she rose on Christmas morn (;
And, munching the sweets, she blessed
her stars
That she was Chicago born.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-12-11

The anatonist is the man who can
give us the surest "inside informa
ton"
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-12-11

The veteran humorist, Ben. P. Shil
laber, widely known as "Mrs. Part
ington," died at his home in Chessea
Mass, last Tuesday. Mr.. Srillaber's
wit was like flowing spring, alyays
pure, bright, and continuous, neve'
for single moment the least bit muir
ky or doubtful. His experience as =
humorist was similar to that of Henr,
Shaw, known as Josh Billings" il
the fact that it was chance sho;
which hit the bulls eye of popular de
mand, an led him to fame. He was
in his nth year when he died
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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-08-13

section yet and his house overlooks the
moss-grown trail over which the stages
rolled so gayly thirty years ago. Luke
Benham was another division agent.
His headquarters were at the North
Platte division. Benham died soon
after the stages stopped. Hank, the
celebrated driver, whose joke on Horace
Greeley has been immortalized by Mark
Twain, once drove for the daily Salt
Lake line, although it was over the
coast range that he made Horace take
in Lis head.
Artemus Ward travelled in the Rus
sell, Majors & Waddell stages, and
Colonel Majors remembers him as the
most congenial of companions on long
'cross-country" journey. Horace Gree
ley often rode on the daily Denver line
and Schuyler Colfax was once an
honored traveller in a special stage. All
celebrities of the sos rode in the
handsom0C oncords. for it was the I'M
questioned leading route to the far
West. There are perhaps less than six
of the old stages in existence now, and
they are running on some short, unim-
portant line in the mountains, all bat
tered and worn, little suggesting the
glories of the days when the fare from
Atchison to Denver was fifty dollars,
with twenty dollars added to Salt Lake.
Kansas City Times.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-08-13
THE FIRST COACH WHIPPED GAyLY OFF

THE FIRST COACH WHIPPED GAYLY OFF.
ure line was made to run by Denver
and the Julesburg branch was taken off.
Inc route then lay through the Chey-
ehne pass, down Bitter creek to Green
RIVER, thence to Salt Lake. This route
was fully eighty miles south of that orig
inally used.
About eighty coaches were used in
shls service. They were large, strong
-oulit vehicles, known in old staging
uays as the Concord coach. Each one
cost about eight hundred dollars and
was especially fitted for the heavy work
required of it, Nine passengers could
W accommodated with ease on the in
que OF each. They were softly cush-
ioiieo and were altogether the finest
stages even run in the West. Each
9ease was drawn by four fine, strong
nentucky mules, and experienced reli-
n nU'e drivers were put into the service.
ihey received good pay, were fearless
auu intelligent and an accident was a
rarity. ""' y
Inc same firm that operated and
a.aue such a success of the pony express
ss l.s own expense, stopping the
ta, 1sn'S little animals only when the
'egraph came, also made the coaching
A. success Noted characters soon found
s uaae the Salt Lake & Denver daily line
"ss 1he only reliable route to the West
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-08-13
THE CARS POWER.
Tt Is Limited to a Great Extent by Four
Important Conditions.

But the Cars power is absolute only
in the sense that wherever and however
his personal will reaches and exerts
ITSELF it receives obedience. 1t is hui
manly impossible, even were the Car a
man of the most comprehensive political
genius, that he should be able to cover
with his vision, and direct by his per-
sonal motion, the administration of an
empire so huge and so unwieldy,
comprising so wide variety of
races, and presenting such an infinite
complexity of demands upon the ruling
power. In the first place, the Cars
power is limited by four conditions:
First, that the crown shall descend by
right of primogeniture; second, that the
heir to the throne shall be declared of
age when he has completed his six
teenth year; third, that the Gar, his
wife and his children shall be members
of the orthodox Greek church; fourth
that the issue of any member of the i'm
perial family who marries without the
consent of the Gar shall be excluded
from the right of succession i to
the throne. 1t is true q. that
one Car can undo what a.. previ-
GUS Car has done. But so Embedded
are those conditions in Imperial custom,
and so vital is the necessity of sustain
ing the exalted idea of the crown in
the eyes of his subjects, that the Car
scrupulously pays pious heed to these
DEGREES of his predecessors. The Cars
power is further limited by the neces-
sity to which his human fallibility sub
iects him, to call in to his aid other in
tellects, and thus the Car is compelled,
in reality, to yield up, divide and wide
ly distribute that prerogative which, in
theory, is his sole prerogative. Boston
Post
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-08-13
ANCIENT GREEK RACE.
A Tribe Claiming to BE Direct Descend
ants of the Soldiers of Xenophon.

A Tribe Claiming to BE Direct Descend
ants of the Soldiers of Xenophon.
In the little essays sent to the State
Department, the Consuls of the United
States occasionally leave the beaten
track of commercial statistics and give
us a little clinical study. Consul
Jewett, in discussing the Turkish
province of Trebizond, refers to the ex
istence of peculiar colony of people re-
siding in this region who have claim
upon the attention of every student of
the classics. He says: Some forty
miles south of Trebizond there is com
munity which is highly interesting to
the student of history and of sociology.
When the 'ten thousand" on the IA
nous retreat by Nenophon, passed
through this country portion of the
army was cut off from the main body
and left behind. They were we'll
treated by the surrounding tribes, in
termarried with them, and settled down
permanently in community OF their
own. The people now living in the dis
bflCU FeleFFeC W, inCluueu III Soiuc hliie
villages, claim to be the direct descend
ants of those soldiers of Xenophon.
Their language is Greek and they pro-
fess the Christian religion, though
under the pressure of the Moslem con-
quest they nominally adopted Moham-
mechanism. Thirty years ago they for
mally declared themselves Christians,
but, on the other hand, many of them
bear Mohammedan names and in every
village there is a mosque. AS Christian
subjects in the Ottoman Empire they
are exempt from military service, pay
ing head tax instead, and the anoma'
lous position these people hold FREE
quently causes difficulties with the au.
thorities. Their local customs, dia.
lects, traditions and mixed religion
offer an interesting field for investiga'
ton and udy.-Phrenological 10 ,rusL
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-08-13
OUR NEW ASSESSOR.
He Was Too Jealous, and Did His Duty
-. TOO Well.

He Was Too Jealous, and Did His Duty
Too Well.
We had always thought that as a COM
munity, we, the people Of Cross Roads
Town, would. be entirely happy If we,
could secure as assessor and tax col.
lector an honest reliable and Jealous Of
fetal. We see our mistake now-our
happiness was all in pursuit and
and not in possession. We have got the
model official, and we are more unhappy
than we were.
The only fault we have to find with
him is thatphe is too jealous. higgins
swung a new sign outside ,of his grocery
store the other day, and our assessor,
whose name is higgins, happened along,
began to admire it. higgins had painted
it, and he was Hattered with higgins
evident admiration, until he (Miggins)
asked him for So.
Three dollars! What's that for?'
ooh that's the tax on signs. Comes
under the head of improved real estate,
you know"
blgglnS pald IL 10 dVold trouble, pul
swears he'll get even with higgins on
weight. =
Farmer Jones was building a hen'coor
| last week, when higgins swept like an
avenging Nemesis up the road and down
on the unconscious Jones.. ~
"Ah that'sa nice hen coop. Cost quite
a little sum, should imagine
"Oh, yes" said Jones. But dom
mind the expense.
mo; and besides it's good thing fol
the town." said higgins. 1.-TWO dollars
| please; l have to make my report thi
afternoon, and it's we'll to have it al
in
+, 1.-TWO dollars!' exclaimed Jones, il
CONSERVATION.
| eyes; that's the town tax on hen coops
The new assessment was made up las
month, you know; we thought wei
make it light for you. The streets ar
to be graded, and the town is growing
Is that your little daughter coming u
the road? What pretty child! An
that's a little lamb she has with herr
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-08-13
THE EMPEROR NERO.
One of the Most Brutal Fellows That Eve,
Ruled u Great Country.

Britannicus, his brother by adoption,
boy of fourteen, is in the way; he is
poisoned, thanks to Locusta's art, at a
dinner given by Nero. Suetonius re-
cords the popular belief that the motive
to the crime was no less a professional
jealousy Of his voice than polite fear
of his ambition. The first dose only
made the boy very sick, whereupon Nero
sent for Locusta and chastised her with
his own hand. She excused herself;
stronger dose would have been quicker
method certainly, but more public.
"As if" replied Nero, 1.-THE Julian law
had terrors for me-" and compelled her,
there and then, to concoct the strongest
and most effectual mixture she knew.
This was offered to a goat; the goat
lived five hours, to their great disap-
pointment. But when draught was
produced by their joint efforts, which
proved the instant destruction of pig,
then an invitation was sent to Britain.
nicus. He fell dead at the first mouth
full. THAT epilepsy has carried him of
at last" said Nero, and no one contra
dicted him.
These were strange doings for model
young Emperor, but of course Seneca,
the Stole, knew of them; there was no
cause for alarm. His young pupil does
not poison only; he dances, he sings
land that execrably,) he produces elab-
crate cuphuistic verse, he drives chart
OTIS. Strange and new as it was, what
did it matter to the populace? Nom more
than the murders of Agrippina and Oc-
tavia, mother and half-sister, since
they conceded with schemes for remit
ting the public taxes. There is no sud-
| den frenzy to account for the growth OF
crime within Nero; all is orderly, pro-
gressive, a conscious rake's progress,
from the good young Emperor to the
crowned victor of Olympia among his
| claqueurs. 1t may seem strangely per-
verse that Nero should have been loved,
lamented, adored. He killed his
mother, he killed men by companies;
he even, writes Juvenal composed
an epic poem-yet he was not loathed
| uOI dill oDJoS1 VI ACpu'oAoA' AS"e
criminals are mainly admired as great,
aspiring, possessed. Nero, who has
none of these, was not admired, but
loved. even now,' says Dion 'Chrysos-
tom, writing in the time of Trajan,
''even now the people long for him to
be alive" And women, who could not
have given themselves up to the vulgar
brutalities of Tiberius, chung with real
love to Nero. Poppaa, whom Josephus
calls devotee, refined nature, with a
delicate inclination toward Jewish
piety: Acte, owhom some have thought
a Christian, Nero's first love, and low
ing him past death; the two nurses who
prepared his body for burial; the un
known hands that for years threw
fi2wers on his tomb-all these loved
him with varying but with evident love.
-Macmillian's Magazine.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-08-13
REMARKABLE CAREER.
An Arab Founding Now Colonel in the
French Army.

An Arab Founding Now Colonel in tho
French Army.
The public has been reading lately a
great many dispatches from France and
Africa giving the yrogress of the war
which the French Government has been
waging in Dahomey. Lieutenant
Colonel Archinard was the officer men,
toned as being in command of the
French troops, who, although merelya
handful of some 400 or 500 cavalry, have
inflicted great slaughter on their oppo-
.nents, killing as many as 1000 in a.
single engagement.
There recently arrived in this city q
young French officer who is an intimate
friend of Colonel Archinard and who
relates the following strange history of
the dashing young Coloners life:
"About twenty.six years ago. at the
time France was engaged in series of
petty wars against the. nomad tribes in
Algeria, and after one of these engage
ments, certain CASTOR Archinard,
then Captain in a cavalry regiment,
was attending to the removal of the
wounded, when one of his men discov-
cred little Arab child who had evil
IDENTIFY been abandoned by its parents
in their flight. Being bachelor, and,
liking the bright, intelligent look in
the little fellows face, the Captain de-
termined to adopt him and give him
his name He therefore sent him to a
lycee or French school in Bordeaux,
where the lad was educated, and later,
in 1875, the Captain having risen to the
rank of Brigadier-General, he caused
him to be enlisted as a pri-
vate in the Seventh Hussars, un.
der his own name of Archinard.
Gaining rapid promotion he was soon
sent to the cavalry school at Saumar,
from whence he graduated in 1880, only
ten years ago, as sub-Lieutenant OF
cavalry. He was then sent to Tunis
and fought through the campaign Of
1882, and the following year saw him
commanding battalion in Tonquin
In 1887 he was sent to Senegal as {
Major in the famous regiment Of Spahi'
Senegalais, which he commanded az
Lieutenant Colonel in his late success
full campaign in Dahomey. Although {
-blooded Arab, with thorough
French military education, Colone
Archinard. it is whispered in proni
nent Partisan military circles, is mex
on the list for promotion to the covete,
rank of General of division of tn
French army.-San Francisco Exami
ner.