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manner invoked a blessing npon tne
food before them, earnestly praying
that it might be sanctiied to their use
and benefit.
A spinster named Eliza Staples, 1ar-
famed for ready Wit and aptness OF re-
partee happened to be stopping at the
squire's for II few days. AS soon as
all were comfortably seated, Eliza
opened her battery upon the squire III
a way but few would care to do.
Squire said she. Il am really
ashamed of You, and am greatly shock
ed at the abominable and wicked act
in which you have just been engaged"
What dc you mean, woman by the
use of such insulting language to me in
my W house and at my W tableT"
roared the squire, trembling with an
ger and a dark cloud overhanging his
brow.
''What do | mean?" retorted the
maiden, in her usual calm and pleasant
manner. II beg of you just stop and
ponder on what you have just done.
After God had cursed the serpent and
decreed that he should creep on his
belly and eat dust of the earth all the
days of his life, besides placing enmity
between him and the seed of woman,
you, against the wishes OF your entire
household, should persist in having
him placed upon your table and ask
an all-wise Providence to revoke His
decree by sanctifying him to u use
and benefit"
This was a settler. Not word fol-
lowed. The old man bowed his head,
and enjoyed his snake diet in glum ST
%lence, but died of consumption after
| all.-Lewiston Journal.
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BETTER THAN 4 SUNDAT Ia ",

Some religious zealots in the city of
Bradford, Pa, got up a petition this
spring, signed by SIS individuals. to
nave the city council pass an ordi-
nance to close up everything and stop
all work in that city on Sunday in
other words to get the city council to
do that which they themselves did not
care to do, by seeing that the State
Sunday law was enforced. During the
agitation, the editor of the .Bradford
Era" made the. following pertinent
statement, which we would that every
advocate of Sunday law Or Sunday or
dtnance would take to heart =
"If every man, woman, and child
will abstain from making any purcha-
ses whatever on the Sabbath, and buy
all their cigars and soda-water on
Saturday night, we guarantee that
every place of business on Main street
will be closed OF the first day of the
week. without calling upon the Mayor
to impose any four-dollar fines"
After the question had received d
trough discussion, both thorough dis
cussion, both though the daily papers
Of the city and by way of a public
hearing, the Ordinance Committee
submitted the following very sensible
report, which appeared in the "Brad-
ford Era of July 7 =
"Your committee to whom the with
in ordinance and petition was referred
report adversely, for the following
reasons =
"The ordinance is framed in accor-
dance with the act of 1894, and we be-
lieve that such a law belongs to the
Dark Ages and never should have
been enacted by this great Common
wealth, settled by William Penn and
his Quaker friends.
"We believe that such a law is anita
gonistic to the principles of this Re-
public. knowing that it would if en-
forced, deprive all laboring people OF
recreation and furthermore. that if
is an Infringement on the liberty to
men. women, ard children.
"We believe that a majority of those
who signed this petition did so in ig-
norance of the fact that the act Of
1874, which is a dead letter on the
st atute books, gives them the SAM
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Mt. Carmel Convent, 1hibodaux La.

Mt. Carmel Convent, 1hibudaux La.
Jan. p. 1855.
Mr.. F Gouaux. Houma. La.:-Dear Sir |
cannot convey in adequate Language a salts
factory idea Of the benefit | have obtained in
using yorr 'Anti-Asthm matte Powder and
Mixture" For twenty years l have suffered
from that dreadful disease, Asthma, and
a although | have tried many remedies. none
proved beneficial until | tried yours. | trust
my experience with this precious and valua-
Bile powder and mixture will be the means Of
inducing others to give it a trial.
Yours respectfully,
A SISTER OF Mt CARMEL CONVENT.
FROM THE SAME-TWO YEARS AFTER
Jan. 10th, lS90,-It will be two years this
week, that | have had no attack OF Asthma,
this is the best ceatiticatasyuu can wish.
Your Asthma Remedy hhs proved most eff
f~icacious and secured II fall cure, in a case
that happened in my family.
P. A. BARIos, Lockport La.
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SATURDAY. AUGUST S 1891
SUIT.


The history of this now famous suit
may be given in a few words.
Ernest Dionne visited Miss Florence
Levi for several years, promised to
marry her, aud induced herself and
her parents to believe hat he would
do so.
On June 8, 1891 Mr.. Levi, the father
of the girl having discovered that his
daughter had been shamefully betray-
ed, started to the residence of Dionne.
and found him at Mr.. Reary's store.
which was in front of Dionne's resi-
dence and a half mile from Lewis
home. Having reproached him for
what he had done he demanded that
Dionne should marry the girl, as the
the only reparation that could be
made, Dionne promised to do so, and
to go 20 Lewis house that evening and
do as required. Levi went home, but
when night came Dionne did not ap-
pear. Having awaited some time Levi.
and his son, rode up to Dioune's. and
found him son the levee, in company
with his brother-in-law, Orillion,
Levi demanded of Dionne why he had
not fulfilled his promise, and desired
to know whether he intended to do so
or not. Dionne SAID that he did not,
Levi drew his pistol, at the same time
Orillion placed himself between Levi
and Dionne, and told the latter to get
away. Lewis son at the same instant
snatehed the pistol from his fathers
hand. Dionne ran into Beary's store,
and passing through the same, disap-
peared.
Levi returned home. Dionne and
Orillion then got a buggy and drove
to Thibodaux, about six miles, aroused
the Clerk of the District Court from
his bed, took him to the Court House,
obtained a marriage license, and re-
turned to the home of Lew, who was
then in bed.
With Justice Beary, and two or
three witnesses Dionne went into Lee
Wis house, and was married to Miss
Levi. After having signed the con-
tract. Dionne went away. The mar
rage took place about 1890 a. M.
June 4.
In a few days suit was entered in
the District Court to annul the said
marriage. Judge A. F. Knobloch, as
sisted by Knobloch & Moore had
charge of the plaintiffs case, whilst
the defendant trusted her defense to
l.. T. Caillouet. The case was fixed
for July 20, but did not open until
Wednesday July %.
-Four days were consumed by the
plaintiff in examining his witnesses.
The following Monday was passed
In the examination of the mother of the
defendant, and Tuesday and Wednes-
day were used in the examination of
the defendants sister, at her home,
she being too i'll to attend at the court
room. Thursday on account of illness
in the family of Mr.. Caillouet, nothing
was done.
On Friday the plaintiff demanded
that the witnesses should not be per-
mitted in the court room during the
future examinations, and consumed
shat day in re-examining two or three
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The bank of Natchitoches has failed
Mr.. Doak, the largest stock holder,
and his brother, who was cashier, drew
out the whole of the banks available
cash, $12, 900, in two checks. and the.
thing turned up its little toes to the
daisies. The Doaks, themselves, are
Daisies.-Telegraph Bulletin.
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According to nj Anti friends, the
state of Louisiana is easily purchased,
and it takes shot guns to prevent a
wholesale bribery of its voters.
If our state is such a wicked place
why don't u moral friends immigrate
to some more co ngenial clime.-Ex.
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Nearly Divine e.

F. Gouaux, Houma, La
Sir-l attribute qualities nearly divine to
your Asthma and Cough Remedies, In fact,
for me. none equal their virtues and the i'm
mediate results derived from their use. 1t is
with pleasure, dear sir, that | send You NV
sincere Fluctuations. With high regards,
! remain, yours respectfully.
CASTOR j. ABADIE.
Carencro, La. Feb. Il, 1891.
BY Druggists in Thibodaux, Raceland ana
Lockport.
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"A New Jersy man has been fined for
keeping a citizen on the fence for two
hours. Grover Cleveland has kept the
hllSWumps on the fence for several
years and he is still at large.
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& @E ~" -
powers this ordinance calls for. The
only effect city legislation can have is
to transfer the burden Of enforcing
this statute from the petitioners to the
city, thereby relieving themselves Of
the responsibility and odium of prose-
cutting the offenders against this law.
ionr committee deem it unwise to
place such responsibility and expense
upon the city.
1--WE recommend to the good people
OF Bradford that they can best secure
tbe closing of all places of business on
Sunday, by declining to purchase any :
thing on that day. No buyers, no sell
lers."
Let all Ordinance Committees, State
Legislatures, and Congress itself, when
likewise %petitioned, follow the example
OF the Bradford Ordinance Committee,
which had the courage to settle this
question from principle and not
from precedent.
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The following pithy paragraph from
the st. Landry Democrat contains Il
good deal of sound common sense. and
We commend it to the attention of our
readers
The anti speakers and press are con
tinually whining about the danger of
the people of Louisiana becoming "the
slaves OF the Lottery Company" If that
concern Is rechartered. This is a
mere subterfuge, a dodge. a scarecruw
with which to brighten old women-a
new edition of the stale Republican
campaign lie about the Democrats en-
shaving the negroes. The lottery COM
pany if it is wise, and we take it to be
~will'content itself with making money
not ''slaves"-and over 80 per cent
OF that money, as heretofore. will come
from other States and countries. But
II 1T should ever take the fool notion to
attempt to make ''slaves'' of ANYBODY.
1t will be very soon brought to its sen
ses by the manly men of Louisiana
and that, too, without the assistance Of
these whimpering winners. History
teaches US that the white men of
Louisiana are quite able to take care
of themselves. If they could emanci-
pate themselves from the CALLING bon
dage in which they were placed and
held for eight years when the general
government and the all-powerful Re-
publican party of the nation was ar
rayed against them, they may safely
be trusted to take care of a mere cor
poratlon, no matter how rich and
powerful it may be.
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knights of the GoIden Rule.

Regular meetings of T~hibodaux Castle No.
l26 h. Of G. X. will he held in the Hall Of
Excelsior Lodge No. "a l. q. o. F.. on the sae-
ond and fourth Tuesdays of each mont, a.
o'clock p. M.
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LOckpOrt Public School Fund Association

A une reunion de cette association, tenue
lie premier lendi d'octobre. 1889. il /. etc
,hESOLU" Qufa faveni-, une fore, pour
lie beneffee DIES fonds de Pecole. aura lien
ehaque aimee lie premiers sarnedi ct dimanche
du mois de juin."
Par ordre,
PIERRE 500
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Children Cry for Pitchers Castoria.

"nen Baby was sick. we gave her Castoria.
"nen she was a Child, she cried for Castoria.
When she became Mss. she chung to Castoria.
When she had Child en-, she gave them Castoria.
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GOMaux's Ointment Fills.

is a sure c~ure,-sI.OG a bottle, sold by al
Druggists in Lafourche.
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THE FEBRUARY WIDE AWAKE

Is both timely and seasonable, in
Lieut.. Fremont's account of Life at
Frontier Forts" with illustrations from
photographs, and in William Zachary
Gladwin's opening sValentine;"
Twas an eye tor an eye and tooth for tooth
In the oid-time Scripture day;
But tell my love that q heart for a heart
Is by far the better wayl
A curious little article about ga Fish
Army" is sort of military pendant to
Lieut. Fremont's article. 'Sir Grim-
baids Ransom" is ballad, by Mary
Bradley, of the brave Crusader an
cestor of the present British Minister of
Washington, Sir Julian Pauncefote,
whose drawer lady gave her right hand
to- ransom her lord from the Sarscens.
The unusually clever short stories of
the number include the strange true ac-
count of ''Aunt Dolly's Two Robbers"
oy Sydney Quarles, Diamonds and
Toads," by Mrs. burton Harrison (au-
thor of "The Anglomaniacs", and 9TH
ers.) "a Little Nobody Who Became a
Great Somebody" is Mary Wager
Fishers account of poor French boy,
who established cotton weaving in
France and thereby became the friend
of Napoleon. Miss Runners drawing
lessons are developing most ingeniously.
Dorothy Holcomb tells of ''Home-Made
Games" There are poems by Mrs.
Whiton-Stone, Elizabeth w. Bellamy,
Mary E. wilkins, and others. Kirk
Munroe's railroading serial, ''Cab and
Caboose, !" becomes exciting, Margaret
Sidney's Peppers" is full of delightful
doings, and ''Marieta's Good Times" is
unique as the naive autobiography of a
little Italian girl. Men and Things
sparkles with wit and anecdote. Bridg-
mans amusing pictorial skit, Through
the Dark Continent" drops the curtain
to the laughter of the audience.
WIDE AWAKE is S2.4oa year; 20cents a
number. d. Lothrop Company, Boston.
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SARSAPARllLA.
Isn't one sarsaparilla as good a. nnother9
Mol No!i No!!i

Isn't one Sarsaparilla as good a. nnother1
Mol No!i No!!!
Don't think it. Don't for moment think
1t. III you want Bulls Sarsaparllla, demand
il and take no other. 1t contains ingredi-
ents that are not found in any other sarsa-
parilla. These very ingredients that make
1t different from other sarsaparillas are the
most important. In fact, essential to its
curative virtue. Omit them and Bull Sar-
saparilla would be as inert as the
many i1 nnda preparations rn Of arss
Bulls Sarsaparilla contains no unim-
portant Ingredient Each ingredient
used is chosen for its beneficent effect upon
the human system. Combined, they exert q
harmonizing influence upon every function
of the body, improving digestion, strength
ening the liver and kidneys, cleansing the
nervous system, enlivening the mental fac
ulties, and in WORD, by infusing new
strength and life, completely rejuyenates
every part and makes one feel altogether
like "a new person
Elmer Hodson, Alvaretto, Tex, writes |:
ssMy strength and health had been failing
me for several years. Ny blood was in q
very impoverished condition and very inn
pure. My limbs felt lame, rickety and
rheumatic, and i could not walk without
tottering. / felt myself growing prema-
turely old, and my face began to look
pinched and shriveIied. / suffered consid-
cradle, was restless at night, very nervous,
AMI growing very melancholy. My eyes
were sore and had catarrh- / tried many
torlics, and bitters and blood purifiers, bat
failed to get better. l finally bought six
be tiles of Bulls Sarsaparilla, and before
b ,d used it all felt like another man. My
s rength and health improved, pimples aud
sores disappeared from my person, aches
end stiff joints left me, and l consider my.
ielf well person"
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psafne., can.r Re cursa

by local application !, they can not reach
the diseased portion OF the ear. The G Is
onlY one way to cure Deafness, and hat is
by constitution remedies Deafness is
caused by an inilamed condition of the mu-
cous lining OF the Eustachian Tube. When
this tube gets inflaned you have a rumbling
sound or imperfect hearing, aud when it l..
entirely closed Deafness is the result, and
unless the Inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored to its normal condi-
ton, hearing will be destroyed forever;
nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh,
which is nothing but an infiamed condition
of the mucous surfaces.
Wewill give One Kindred Dollars for any
case of Deafness fcaused by Catarrh) that
we cannot cure by taking Halls Catarrh
Cure. Send for Giro ulars, free.
FL. CHENEY & Co., Toledo. O.
Sold by Druggists, s5c.
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PORTRAIT OF TALLEYRAND.
A Contemporaries Description Of the Fa-
NOUS Diplomat.

A Contemporary Description OF the Fa-
nous Diplomat.
The publication of the Talleyrand
Memoirs, which since the death of the
astute diplomat in 1888 have been Sc
cretly preserved in France, has directed
attention to the man whose remarkable
for half century.
He is thus described by one of his
contemporaries, during his first mission
to London in 1872:
.sHis manner says this writer, twas
cold: he spoke little; his countenance.
which in early youth had been distin-
guished for its grace and delicacy, had
become somewhat pulled and rounded,
and to certain degree effeminate.
being in singular contrast with deep
and serious voice which no one expected
to accompany such physiognomy.
Rather avoiding than making advances;
neither indiscreet nor gay nor familiar,
but sententious, formal and scrutinizing
the English hardly knew what to
make of a Frenchman who so little rep
resented the national character.
tut thfS tNtSftOk NaS a AtaSN NkitStt
he threw off in the circles in which he
was at his ease. talking in these freely,
taking the greatest pains to please, and
being remarkable for the choice of his
expressions and a certain epigrammatic
wit, which had a singular charm for
those who Were accustomed to his So
ciety. His was the saying cited by
Chamfort, apropos of Rulhiere, who
ON observing that he did not know why
he was called ill-natured, for in all his
life he had never done but one ILL
natured action-was replied to by NJ. dc
Talleyrand's dryly observing et quand
when will il end?
Equally clever was his reply to Napo.
leon, when the Emperor having said
that if he thought his own death likely
he would take care that Talleyrant
should not survive him. was answered
by NJ. de Talleyrand rejoining, quietly
and respectfully. that he did not require
| that reason for desiring that his Maj
esty's life might b long preserved
| America.
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wLo-HoRse ASSOCIATIONS.

The Protective Unions Formed by the
Equine Species Of the North.
Life in societies is again the rule with
the large family of horses, which in
cludes the wild horses and donkeys of
Asia. the zebras, the mustangs, the
cimarrones of Pampas and the half-wild
horses of Mongolia and Siberia They
all live in numerous associations made
up of many studs, each of which con-
sists of number OF mares under the
leadership of male. These numberless
inhabitants of the old and the new
world. badly organized on the whole
for resisting both their numerous enc
mics and the adverse conditions OF eli
mate, would soon have disappeared
from the surface of the earth were it
not for their sociable spirit. When
beast of prey approaches them several
studs unite at once; they repulse the
beast and sometimes chase it, and
neither the wolf nor the bear-not even
the lion-can capture horse or even a
zebra as long as they are not detached
from the herd.
When drought is burning the grass
in the prairies they gather in herds OF
sometimes 10000 individuals strong and
migrate. And when a snowstorm RACES
in the steppes each stud keeps close to-
gether and repairs to protected ravine.
But if confidence disappears or the
group has been seized by panic and dis
perses the horses perish, and the sur
vivors are found after the storm half
dying from fatigue. Union is their chief
arm in the struggle for life and man is
their chief enemy. Before his increas-
ing numbers the ancestors OF our do
nestle horse (the equus przewalskii, SO
named by Polyakoff) have preferred to
retire to the widest and least accessible
plateaus on the outskirts of Thibet,
where they continue to live, surrounded
by carnivores. under a climate as bad
as that of the arctic regions, but In
region inaccessible TO man--ChicagS
News.
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No one doubts that DR..
Sage's Catarrh Remedy really
cures Catarrh, whether the
disease be recent or of long
standing, because the makers
of it clinch their faith in it
with a $500 guarantee, which
isn't a mere newspaper guar
antee, but ION call in a
moment.
That moment is when you
prove that its makers can't
cure you.
The reason for their faith
is this:
DR.. Sage's remedy has
proved itself the right cure
for ninety nine out of one
hundred cases of Catarrh in
the Head, and the Worlds
Dispensary Medical Associa-
ton can afford to take the
risk of your being the one
hundredth.
The only question is--are
you willing to make the test,
liz the makers are willing to
take the riski
If SO, the rest is easy. You
pay your druggist so cents
and the trial begins.
! If you're wanting the $500
you'll get something better
a cxye
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THE world is full Of shoddy and shams, but
realmerit is always recognized Thirty years
ago Dr. Shallenberger discovered an Anti
dote to the poison of Malaria, which has had
an immense sale, although until recently 1t
has not been advertised in single newspa-
per. Merit alone has sold 1t all these years,
because it cures when all else fails, and is
Just what is claimed for it. 1t infallfblu de-
stroys Malaria and could not harm an in
FAINT. Sold by druggists, or sent by mail
for one dollar. Address,
DIR. A. T. SHALLExBERGER, Rochester, Pa
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yfRemote from Medical Help,

Doubly essential is it that you should be
provided with some reliable family med
icine. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is the
best Of its class, renedying thoroughly as
it does such common ailments as indlgee-
ton. constipation and biliousness, and at.
fording safe and speedy help in malarial
cases, rheumatism and inactivity OF the
kidneys
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MANY people think that the word ssDit-
ters'' can be used only in connection with
an. intoxicating beverage. This is a mis-
take, as the best remedy for all diseases Of
the blood, liver, kidneys, etc, is Prickly Ash
Bitters. 1t is purely medicine and every
article used in It's manufacture is OF veget-
able origin Of known curative qualities.
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THERE is nothing unless it be the sewing
machine) that has lightened woman's labor
as much as Dobbins Electric Soap, constantly
sold since 1884. All grocers have it. Have
you made its acqua- ntancei Try it.
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SuppEN CHANGES or WEATHER cause
Throat Diseases. There Is no more effect
ual remedy for Coughs, Colds, etc, than
Browns Bro NcHIAr. TRoCHES Sold only In
boxss. Price q cts.