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The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-04-22

The latest gossip now is that Sen
ator John Sherman intends to follow
Senator Edmunds into retirement
According to the account of personal
friend of Mr.. Sherman he has a great
aversion to remaining in the Senate
one minute longer than ae is qualified,
in all respects, to discharge the duties
of the Office. He has told a friend
that he is aware that no one is ever so
unfit to decide when a public man is
waning as the man himself. If he
stays a day longer than his prime his
ability to decide when he must 60 be
comes constantly less. Mr.. Sherman
is determined not a man shall ever be
able to say that he is "lagging super
Auous, and that he does not know
rnopgh /" drop of."-Ex.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-04-22

The Montgomery, Ala, Adverti.
ser favors the free coinage of silver,
but says: "In view of the fact that
there is division of sentiment on the
question, the Democratic party not be-
ing committed to by national platform
and some of the ablest and most con
servative of our leaders in the section
of the country where we have most
hope of success, opposing it, it is the
part of wisdom not to press it as an
issue in 1892"
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-04-22

The first ice cream freezer was
patented by woman. That is in &C.
cordance with the fitness of things.
The Inventor, Mrs. Nancy NJ. Johnson,
lived to the age of niuety-five to enjoy
the fruits of her genius, and died only
year ago. She was Washington
woman, and the crank process she ap.
piled to ice cream making brought her
$500. Previous to her discovery ice
cream was made by slow and unsatis.
factory stirring with spoon.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-04-22

The DEMOCRAT has received
from Messrs. Will II. Tunnard, Ben.
+. Gilliland, W. A. Sutherland, COM
mlttee on printing, a circular letter
stating that ION May 1922, 1891,
there will occur in Shreveport, the an
nual meeting of the Grand Lodge of
the knights of Pytbias. 1t will COM
prise not only number Of Divisions
OF the Uniform Rank, but lodges from
several States" No doubt Alexand.
ria Lodge No. 33 will be represented
at the meeting.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-04-22

How the simplicity of Republican
America was degenerated is exempli.
fled in Mr.. Harrison's presidential
tour. The whole trip costs him moth.
ing. The Pennsylvania Railroad
company furnishes the cars and will
bear the expense. The whole train,
dining car, sleeping car, presidential
car, library car, drawing room car,
ETC., are simply travelling monuments
of oriental spIendor, united with all
the appliances of modern skill and
genius. 1t is suggested that the far.
mer and working elements inspect this
parade of modern luxury of a great
republic as free gratis trip to its
chief magistrate.-[E lex.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-04-22
Good Looks.

Good looks are more than skin deem.
depending upon ahealthy condition of ali
the vital organs. Ifthe Liver be inactive
you have Bilious Look, if your stomach
be disordered you have Dyspeptic Look
aud if your Kidneys be affected you have
a Pinched Look. Secure good health and
you will have good looks. Electric Bit
tiers is the great Alternative and Tonic
acts directly on these vital organs.
Cures Pimples, Blotches, Boils and gives
3 good complexion. Sold at Eagle drug
store, 5Oc. per bottle.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-04-22
A Guaranteed Cure for La Grippe.

We authorize our advertised druggist
to sell you DIR. Kings New Discovery for
Consumption, Coughs and Colds, upon
this coalition. fyou are afflicted with
La Grippe and will use this remedy accor-
ding to direction, giving it fair trial,
and experience no benefit, you may return
:he bottle and have your money refunded.
We make this offer, because of the won
derful success of DR. Kings New Discovey
during last seasons epidemic. Have
heard OF no case in which it failed. Try
1t. Trial bottles free at Eagle drug store.
Large size SOC. and 81. 90.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-04-22

-Fro-l the East it is reported that
a veritable curiosity has been cap
sured in Africa. 1t is an elephant,
larger than the lamented Jumbo, pea,
green in color, trunkless, and has
tusks that branch out something like
the horns Of deer. 1t is in posses.
zion of a native King, who will no,
part with it.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-04-22

That which is lovely is always
sought for, and is found in Bauer &
Wells line of Embroided Dresses,
Flouncings and Edgings. All sizes
can be had. Front street, opposite
Ferry landing.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-04-22
OF GRAND JURY

To the Honorable the Judge of the Twelfth
Judicial District Court in and for Rap
ides Parish, La:
Your Grand Jury, empanelled as
this, the April term, A. D. 1891, Of
your Court, beg leave to submit this
their final report:
In addition to our former report We
beg to say that we have examined the
following cases and have found nc
bills:
James Thigpen and Robert Raxs
dale, forcibly taking money.
j. L. Reeves, shooting with Intent
to kill.
T. f. Roberts, larceny of corn.
VIM. Mccoy, assault.
VIM. Danzey, larceny of Spills
John Grantham, larceny of nay
A. David and w. Mccormick, at.
tempted rape.
Andrew Bell, selling whisky with.
out a license.
James Francis, violation of con.
tract.
Chas Hurst, rape on Lucy Ballard.
Peter Kelso, resisting an officer.
Richard Cotton, larceny of hogs.
Wallace Nichols, bribery of wit
nesses.
William Compton, assaulting and
wounding with knife.
Anthony Epps, selling liquor with
out license.
John A. Scarbrock, murder of Joe
Botup.
We have also furnished the District
Attorney with Il list of cases in which
we failed to get the witnesses. In all
we have examined one hundred and
sixteen cases, besides making diligent
inquiry of suspected crime of every
nature, and as a result of our labor
we have returned sixty-nine true bills.
The Grand Jury begs to say that it
has used diligently every lawful me-
thod known to that body to unearth
crime without tear or favor. In MANY
cases it has been successful, but we
deplore the necessity for saying that
our researches have convinced US that
there is crime very frequently COM
mitted in this Parish, for which there
is seemingly no remedy. 1t is false
swearing-perury. Your Grand Jury
firmly believes that this crime is the
means of frustrating the action of the
law, and thwarting it of justice to an
alarming degree, but we regret to say
that no knowledge of it has come to
US, except in the shape of we'll defined
suspicion-suspicion so strong as to
leave no doubt in our minds of its ex-
stence. The act of false swearing is
bad enough in itself, but we believe
The evil is intensified IN that it acts as
license for the commission of the
crime, and 1t is the duty of every good
'itizen to endeavor to put it down.
We have endeavored to elicit infor.
nation relative to delinquent road
yndics, but in every instance where
'ad roads have existed, syndics have
'een excused by witnesses on the
rounds of continued bad weather.
We have also examined the iail
nd public schools houses. The latter
'e find to be in good condition, and
he former in quite as good condition
S the nature of the building will per-
nit, but it is deplorable that Rapides
'arish has Jail so poorly construct
d as to render it impossible for the
her'f to provide the prisoners with
ne necessity Of comforts requisite to
ealtb.
The Grand Jury herewith returns
hanks to the Court and its officers for
rompt attention and courtesies.
VIM. HILL,
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-04-22

"A bush fire in the Lismore dis
trict, Victoria, Australia, swept over a
tract as miles long by S to Is miles
wide. About $4,000 sheep were
burned.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-04-22
OUR AGENTS :

Cardinal Manning is godfather to
Mr.. W. Fl. Gladstone, who is named
Henry after him.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-04-22

Diseases Permanently cured.
Lw KIDNEY and URINARY COM
pLAlNTs, elect, Gonorrloe, Sfiicture,
varlcocle, and all diseases of the Genito.
Urinary Organs cured, promptly, with
out injury to Stomach, hidaeys or other
organs.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-04-22

| M ERvOUs DEBIL-
| lN ity, LOST MAN.
HOOD, Failing Mem
ory, L X han sting
Ora MS, Terrible
Dreams, Head and
Back Ache, and all
the effects leading to
early decay, and per-
haps Consumption or
Insanity, treated
scientifically by new
methods, with never
failing snccess
~ SYPHILIS and
all bad blood and Skin
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-04-22

On said day of sale 1 will sell such nor
tlohs OF said property as each debtor will
point out, and in case the debtor will not
point ont sufficient property will at once
and without further delay sell the least
quantity of said property any bidder will
buy for the amount of the taxes, interest
ana costs due by said debtor. The sale
VIII be without appraisement for cash in
legal tender money of the United States
ana the property sold shall be redeenlable
at any time for the space of one year by
paying the price given, with twenty Der
cent. and costs and penalty added.
:, d. T. STAFFORD.
Sheriff !e, and ex-officio Tax Collector, Par
ish Of Rapides. -
April 9Th, 1891.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-04-22
IMMOVABLE PROPERTY
THE
STATE OF LOUISIANA
VS..
delinquent
M
Saturday, the 9th day Of May, A. D.
1891

and continuing on each succeeding day
until said sales are Completed all immov-
able property on which taxes are now due
the State of Louisiana, Parish of Rapides,
and Red River, Atchafalaya and Bayou
Boeuf Levee District, to enforce collection
of taxes assessed in the year 1890, togeth-
er with interest thereon from the thirty
first day of December, 1890, at the rate of
two per cent per month until paid, and
all costs. The names of said delinquent
tax payers, the amount of taxes due by
each on the assessment of each year, and
the immovable property assessed to each
to be otferdd for sale as follows, to-wit =
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-09-30

In popular acceptation, the soul OF tne
flower resides in its perfume. But Ger
tain loveliest flower souls sometimes ex-
ercise singular repellences for individuals
of the human family. There have been
those even who could not endure the
fragrance of the rose. To my knowi-
edge one observer finds IN the scent OF
Ilacs an unpleasant reminder OF the
odor Of escaping gas Another makes
no distinction between the breath OF
nignonette and the smell Of fresh corn
meal. To me the scent OF the thistle IS
identical with that Of the bumblebee
surawling luxuriousiy among its purple
flaments. and the first time the delicate,
featherv flower of the beach plum were
brought me, surely their odor was the
same l had noted IN downy chicks and
nesting birds.
Besides the qualification which flowers
provide for the sense Of sight and the
sense Of smell, there is another and quite
distinct pleasure-that which is con-
veved in the contact Of a flower; as IN a
subtle spray Of hlacs brushing against
vour face. the dabbling touches Of the
SNOWFALL, the tender coolness OF apple
blossoms dashed with rain. the refined
sickness Of the lily, which gave an old
time poet countenance in describing his
ladv's hand; so smooth, 50 white, 50 soft
it was. eas it had worn lily for glove
Further tactile differentiation IS 10 bt
found in the warm, vital and airy touch
Of the rose $50 unlike the quality Of ths
lilv petal, in the viscid sultriness OF th'
poppy and the petunia, in the tissuel
tbinness and dryness Of the larkspul
blossom. NJ Thomas in Atlantic
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-09-30
Ho. Eor the Exposition.

The big Pittsburg Exposition opened in a
blaze of glory on September I'd, and all in
dications point to successful show. Most
of our country cousins will visit it before
the close City folks will thus have an op-
portunity to show their hospitality in return
for fayors received We learn with regret
that Major Max Klein, owing to press OF
business, was unable to arrange display
this season, as in former years. Visitors to
the city should by all means take peep at
his model establishment. No. 50 Federal ST.,
Allegheny, which is within stones throw
of the II. Wayne and West Penn depots.
They can then return home with the salts
faction Of having seen the largest and best
equipped wholesale liquor house in this sec
ton Of the State-the headquarters Of those
world-famed brands Of absolutely pure whis-
kies, Silver Age" and "Duquesne." The
former sells at s150 and the latter at lbs
per full quart. Major Klein, it may be add
ed, also keeps in stock Bear Creek, Gucken
heimer, Finch, Gibson and 0verholt, and
the finest old whiskies, brandies, wines
cordials, etc. Call and see him.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-09-30
The Kew Of Death.

About the year 1900 a stranger named
Tebaldo established himself as mer
chant in Venice. Soon becoming infatu-
ated with the daughter of one Of the
most ancient and wealthy families hi
asked her hand and was rejected, the
young lady being already afianced
Half crazed and thoroughly enraged hs
planned revenge. Being an excellent
mechanic he soon evolved a most formi'
dable looking key. The handle of this
unique weapon could be easily turned.
Being turned it disclosed spring with a
missile in the shape Of needle Of ex-
Quisite fineness. With this weapon Te.
baldo waited at the church door until
the maiden he loved passed in on the
morning of her marriage. When the
bridegroom appeared the desperate lover
unperceived, sent the slender poisoned
needle into his rivals breast, and within
an hour he was dead of strange, baf
fling disease"
Again Tebaldo demanded the hand OF
the maiden, but was refused. Within 1
few days both her parents had died il
a very mysterious manner. Suspicion
being excited. examination was made
and the small steel instruments found
in the flesh in both cases. One day The
maiden allowed Tebaldo an audience
but told him that she would never bt
his bride. Within an hour she was .
corpse. Tebaldo was suspected, the key
discovered and the culprit hanged. The
celebrated key Of death" is still shown
to the curious visitor Of the Venics
museum.-St. Louis Republic.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-09-30

A very important fact In the economy
Of earthworms is their susceptibility TO
salt water: they are for the most part
soon killed by an immersion in salt
water. and it appears that their eggs are
also incapable Of withstanding It's infiu-
ence for a prolonged period. However,
the eggs are not deposited singly. but
are inclosed in large numbers in an egg
case Of a leathery eonsistence, which
may be, for time at least, impermeaole
TO sea water. Il is therefore just con-
ceivable that the cocoons might cross in
safety a narrow sea inclosed IN q ball Of
earth upon the roots Of a floating tree.
But it seems certain that a very long
time does not elapse before the eggs IN
the cocoon are fatally injured by the
sea-water. The only exception at pres
ent known is an earthworm which il
found in heaps Of cast up seaweed on
the seashores of the Mediterranean AM
North Chambers Journal
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-09-30
A ComnlIcated LawsuIt

If the besetting sin of the Singhalese
Is their inordinate love Of litigation, this
certainly is fostered by their very
troublesome law Of inheritance, which
results in such minute subdivisions Of
property that the one hundred and nine
ty-ninth share of field, or the iftieth
Of a asmall garden, Containing, perhaps,
a dozen palms and few plantains), be
come a fruitful source of legal conten-
ton, of quarrels and Of crime. Emerson
Tenant mentions a case IN which the
claim was for the two thousand tve
hundred and twentieth share in the pro-
duce of ten cocoa palms
To illustrate this sort Of litigation the
Rev. r. Spence Hardy quoted an intrl-
cateelaim on disputed property, IN which
the case Of the plaintiff was as follows;
BY inheritance through my father am
entitled to one-fourth of one-third OF
one-eighth. Through my mother am
further entitled TO one-fourth Of one
third of one-eighth. By purchase from
| one set of co-heirs / am entitled to one
ninety-uinth; from another set also on'
| ninety-ninth, and from a third one
ninety-ninth more. Finally, from 1
fourth set Of co-heirs l have purchased
one one hundred and forty-fourth Of tn
whole" There is a nice question Z
solve ere a landowner can begin TO I'll
his field or reap its produce!-Nationa
] Review
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-09-30
Onion. BOILED in ,Iol...e.. ;.

George Washington. while attending
a swell reception at Newport. noticed
that the daughter Of his host, Miss
Ellery, was suffering from a severe sore
throat and could not speak above a
whisper. Geseral Washington, observ-
ing this embarrassment Of his youthful
hostess, said to her:
Miss Ellery, you seem 10 be suffering
very much; what is the natter
Miss Ellery told him the cause of her
trouble, upon which the general said to
her.
Il suffer very frequently from a sore
throat and take remedy which I find
very useful. and which ! would recon-
mend TO you were not sure you would
not take it.
But am sure, replied Miss EIlery.
shat l would take any remedy that
General Washington would propose"
well, then" said the general, ''it is
this-onions boiled in molasses. Il has
cured me often"
Miss Ellery took the remedy and, Of
course, was cured.-Exchange.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-09-30
odd ,rethod. Of an EranreIist.

The death of Miller Willis. the Georgia
evangelist. reviyes many interesting
stories concerning his life and methods.
He was certainly the queerest character
that ever preached the Gospel at camp
meeting. at which places he was gen.
orally found. His pure and holy life,
however. was model for all. But about
his methods: he frequently stopped
strangers in the streets. and planting
himself in front of them would announce
some startling text and then disappear,
leaving the man or woman to preach the
sermon to his or her own liking.
For instance, he on one occasion
stopped a stranger and shouted in his
ears, This night thy soul shall be re
Quired of theeg" Willis vanished But
a year afterward he met the man in an
other city. Willis had forgotten him,
but the stranger knew his man Ap
preaching him he extended his hand and
said: That text you shouted out sc
strangely to me on the streets Of Mil
ledgeville set me to thinking. 1t wa:
the means of my conversion
On another occasion. a dark, rainy
night in winter. he passed a crowded
hotel in the city Of Charleston. Mer
were lounging and smoking in the lobby.
Willis opened the door, but the little
figure in dripping garments attracted nc
attention Suddenly, after rapping loud
on the floor with his heavy stick, every
eve was turned toward him, when Willis
said, There won't be a man in this
house alive IN fifty years from tonight!
And he slammed the door and went out
into the night.
Some time afterward be was ap-
preached by a young man on street
car. who introduced himself by saying;
Il have long desired TO meet you and to
thank you for saying what you did in
the hotel lobby one winters night. You
words have been ringing in my ears evel
since, and am now a Christian man.
Atlanta Constitution.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-09-30
THE TASTE foa POETRY.
How one Author Discovered His Lo'
- - .t.. A. of Fifteen.


How One Author Discovered His Love
for Verse at the Age Of Fifteen
1t would be interesting. were 1t pos
s;ble. to know what proportion Of peo-
ple really care for poetry, and how the
love Of poetry came to them and grew IN
them-aud where and when it stopped
Modern poets whom one meets are apt
10 say that poetry Is not reed at all
Byron's Murray ceased TO publish poetry
in 1880, Just when Tennyson and Brown
ing were striking their preludes- Prob
ably Mr.. Murray was wise in his gen
Grafton.
But It is also likely that many persons
even now are attached 70 poetry, though
they certainly DO not buy contemporary
verse. How did the passion come 10
them? How long did it stayf When did
the Muse say goodby? Tomyself poetry
came with Sir Walter Scott, for one
read Shakespeare as child. rather IN a
kind of dream Of fairyland and enchanted
isles. than with any distinct conscious
ness that one was occupied with poetry.
Next to Scott. with me, came Longfei-
low, who pleased one as more reflective
and tenderly sentimental. while the re-
Elections were not so deep as TO be puz-
cling. I remember how 'Hiawatha"
came out, when one was boy, and how
delightful was the free forest life, and
Minnehaha and Paupukkeewis and No
komis. One did not then know that the
same charm, with yet fresher dew
upon Il, was to meet one later IN the
Kalewala. But at that time one had
no conscious pleasure in poetic style,
except in such ringing verse as Scotts,
and Campbelrs in his patriotic pieces.
The pleasure and enchantment Of style
first appealed TO me at about the age OF
fifteen, when one read for the first time
So all day long the noise Of battle rolled
Among the mountains BY the northern sea
Until King Arthur's Table. man oy man,
Had fallen in Lyonesse about their Lord
Next ! tried Tennyson, and instantly
new light Of poetry dawned, a new music
was aadible, a new god came into my
medley of a Pantheon, a god never 10 be
dethroned. Men scarcely know how
beautiful FIRE Is" Shelley says am
convinced that we scarcely know how
great a poet Lord Tennyson is; use has
made him too famihar.-Andrew Lang
in Scribner's.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-09-30
Earthworms in the New world

1t is a remarkable fact that in two
kinds Of earthworms, inhabitants Of thG
New World, the little bristles, which are
the locomotive appendages, are greatly
enlarged in the tail segments. In one
of these, the Diacheta windlei. the bris
ties in question are enormously enlarged
and Of a hOoklike form, SO that the
creature must be able to retain a very
firm grip upon the soil. These facts ar,
surprising. as an earthwOrm is pe-hap:
an animal in which we should not ex
pect much manifestation Of intellect
but, on the other hand, Mr.. Romanes
discoveries about the intellectual posi-
bilities Of Sally, the chimpanzee, may
be regarded as having moved the whole
animal creation up peg or two in men
tai caliber.- Chambers Journal.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-09-30
The First Step.

Perhaps you are run down, can't eat,
can't sleep, can't think, can't do anything
to your satisfaction, and you wonder
what ails you. You should heed the war
ning-you are taking the first step into
Nervous prostration. You need Nerve
Tonic, and in Electric Bitters you will
find 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 returns, good diges-
ton is restored. and the liver and kid
neys resume healthy action. Try bot
tie Price Soc, at ]. y. snyders Drug
Store.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-09-30

II isn't TIE usudI ray
its Just the reverse-to pay a
patient when you can't cure him
Nevertheless, that's what's done by
the proprietors of DIR. Sage's Ca
tarrh Remedy. They promise TO
pay you $500 if they can't cure
your catarrh, no matter how bad
the case. 1t isn't mere talk-it's
business. You can satisfy yourself
of it, if you're interested. And you
ought to be, if you have catarrh.
It's faith in their medicine that's
behind the offer. 1t has cured
thousands of the worst cases, where
everything else failed. You can be
cured, too. If you can't, you get
the money. They're willing to take
the risk-you ought to be glad to
take the medicine.
It's the cheapest medicine you
can buy, because it's guaranteed 70
give satisfaction, or your money Is
returned.
You only pay for The good you
get. Can you ask more2
That's the peculiar plan all DIR.
Pierce's medicines are sold on.