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H LAFAYETTE ADVERTISER OFFICAL JOURNAL OF LANAYETTHT PARISH. Published Every saturday. W S. DAZLZT, Editor and Proprietor. Dntered at the Poet-Offiee at Lafayette, La. as Second Class Matter. DEXOCRATIC PDTMARY ELECTION, May 10th, 18DO. For Nominee as Judge of 25th Judicial District of Louisiana, ORTHER C. MOUTON. Of Lafayette Parish. In consequence of winter diet and lack onf open aiirexercise, the whole physical mechanism becomes impaired. Ayer's Sarseparilla is the proper remedy, in the spring of the year, to strengthen the ap petite, invigorate the system, and expel all impurities from the blood. FOR HARMONY. 0, C. Mouton, Esq., last week vis hited Vermi1pa piarish in the interest of his capdidacy before the primaries. Mr. Mouton is conducting his canvass in the right way, making known his views quimly yet positively, fully maintaining the dignity due the occa siony and calmly relying upon his Democratic constituents for a just measure of his fitness and abilityc A special to the Picayune from Lafay ette, April 19th, says: "An enthusiastic mass meeting was held to-day at Royville, attended by a large number of representative Dem ocrats of the 4th and 5th Wards. The meeting was called to order by Hon. 0. Cade,.and -G. W. Scranton was called to presi Ron.O. C. Mouton, candidate for nomination at the Dem ocratic primaries for judge, addressed the meeting in French, and after stat ing the neceesity of, party organization said, among other things, that the question presented in this campaign was simply the organization of the party. A cardinal principle of the Democra cywasme. ual and exact justice to all ma.. The speaker was not a regula tor, nor had lhe ever been. Many A 11unch Deiiorats were anti-regula tor,,and if such issue was entertained disruption would be inevitable; thit rather than be the jd of any set of individuals asagainstanother,he would mot be jadgeat all. Politicajly he was rat, and if elected all tranegreinors of, the law, whether reg ^ar-nti-regulator., would be 1 e fall penalty consonant with jtea. The views enunciated by the I apedirwill undoubtedly tend to bar monmse the elemsuits alluded to, and = mash credit'should 'be accorded him I for his manly stand ia the premises." -DB.A $cIRL ENGLISH PILS t AMe ds, 4.eectie and pare. Fer alck I hepithl dbhrdeb teI sWltw leso of appe- 4 : h. pemplixlon sa& bilIouagees they g~e.,sa tilbes equaleed either il America a *~i*a Faile at the No. Pharmacy. ii in earnest in its efforts the people from the burden Inutous trusts: A dispatch W,. Aprl. 19th, says: e 'A aShommit of the Hbuse Coin niW* is the Judichiryl au lastructed i , Utilerabn, of Texas, a I~b1to thefhll eomdmit best thetfg tie Senate bill . s . ' ;wla recommend- ' .' a.. 2 i o e ition -~i *heonse."' . p AUJYAJYLONGSL - ~*tgq~Imbe becb.Ifii e.unnee Dr, Aker1' wil tflmiIua the otY f t J~ Pn £w3s abdonedT _ y, and p: r 1hi1 was 14'" te d delegates 4 ' ~ .*;iteton' that the mt' ý el1 utifie Iin 3 rot.. saps. ti hEvetytbtun( 1h~bI~ gu'her 4{Y 4 .k2 ti Fo Pfl' "THE SHIRT OF NESSUS." Last Saturday we received the follow ing through the mail: NEW ()ILEANS, LA., April 17th, 1890. To tle Editor of Advertiser: At the approaching session of the Leg - islature of this State, I shall submit a proposition for the privilege of maintain ing a lottery in Louisiana. For this priv ilege I will offer to pay the State, quar terly in advance, the sum of $500.000 per annum, or $12,500,00(' for the franchiue for twenty-five years. This annual li cense of half a iaillion dollars, I would propose to have devoted,-one-third to the public school sgstem of the State; one-third to existing charitable institu j tions and such others as may be created; and the remaining third to the construc tion, maintainance and repairs of levees. I trntt that you will give this proposition calm consideration, and let the people of the State know your views on the subject. It is a question which members of the - press should consider, I think, without < prejudice of any kind, looking only to 1 the best interests of the State. Yours truly, JOHN A. Monlrs. e We have given the matter earnest con - sideration. As a "business" proposition it is superbly ridiculous. It is asking the State of Louisiana to act as Mr. Morris' cat, and rake the chestnuts out of the fire for his benefit for the sake of the hulls. It is asking the people of Louiri ana to allow themselves to be used like Strasburg geese-strapped on their backs to boards and stiffed with forcing food until the abnormal growth of their livers has shrunken their bodies, and they are only fit for Pitst defoi gras for the epicu rean palate of the monopolist. If Lou isiana accepts this proposition she had better change the seal of the State-shat ter the scales of Justice and erect a wheel of fortune; knock the old Pellican off the nest, and substitute BurgomasteiMo rris stuffing a lot of young geese. The "best interests of the State" would suggest that she run the lottery herself, and keep all the profits. What sense is there in giving to Mr. Morris protection, the prestige and strength of her name, even sacrificing for his sake her honor and standing in the sisterhood of States, that he may without risk or other capital invested clear $10,000,000 a year and give her $500,000? It is foolish to argue that Louisiana could not stoop so low as to run a lottery in her own interests. The aider, abettor and. receiver of stolen goods is just as guilty and ten times more con temptible than the arch thief himself. Louisiana nearly touches the bottom of degradation, and it is now time for her to take an upward tendency. Nor cant be argued that the State ] can just as well take this proposed "Ii- 1 cense" of $500,000 a year from the lot tery co'mpany as to take money for li censes from liquor dealers. A license to 1 a liquor dealer does not create a monopo ly, the trade is open for all. Nor is sell ing liquor gambling; it is a commercial pursuit,- which is restricted by certain laws. The Legislature has created a mo nopoly in the Louisiana Lottery company which it has been impossible to shake. I The Louisiana Lottery does not stand c on a footing with any trade or pursuit in the State. It is sui generic, and it is im possible to make a parallel or draw a com parison. It must stand on its own bottom: t The day and generation has been when such a proposition would have been re- v ceived like a blow in the face or an insult I to a wofnan. It may that Mr. Morris and the State of Louisiana have become so familiar over the Lottery scheme that it o has bred contempt on his part, and he now e shows he estimates the State and its peo pie to be worth about twelve and a half million doflars. As a lery catching bait in his proposi- f tion Mr. Morris wants one-third of the .yeaziy bribe to be 'mnually devoted to the publtle schools. Public schools sup ported by. a gambling institution! The I1 dftin anationsi greatnesu, growth perity built upon a wheet of for Col you. in the future face your ren and say, "You weraseueated Sagambling institution, at the cost of the disgrace and dlskoaor of your native Rtatat" The Lottery men say that there is no such thingas honor or integrity in gov erment nowadays; everything must be werked on the rule of expediency. We leave this assertion to be proved or dis proved by the action of our liegislature next month in the premises. 'The influence of the Lottery upen the morals and politics of the State is blight ing and altogether destructive; it is grad ual sapping the foundationmof ou mma ter!al prosperity. The average citizen laued nd ftscinated by hope of sudden weatli loses theincentive to honestsabor, and becomes more or less a drone. The politician, dazzled by the glitter of a sum of gold he could never hope to accuma late by legitimate means, yields to temp tation and becomes worthless to his con rtttu. And we 'ae aahed to perpeti ate tl ndition.of afais; tenty-fve years longer4 Wit, theancient Greeks the dbmi-god Hercules was the sype of ail that wen ttafrbraae, noble;,indettigable i en jdp.ee iteonquestble. I Io one was itkhigher este by the gods or more veterated by . an. ! was the bea6 idea(l o(i1i0that wuas gland, pr6geesuive and preqaerom. BisW wide'a name was Del aa adshe was inalined to-e jealo 11mietaur, Neusug; was aluinby Her :- Inaeting his wife, Defsi wadig1eess kiwy ~ I }pa p~n yakes .n b tu 3t pee14 anga !tewhr undying devotion. The blood of Ziessus was impregnated with the venom gf the Hydra and was deadly. Soon Hercules desired a splendid robe to wear upon an occasion of state, and J)eianira sent him the shirt of Nessus. This he donned, and soon the poison began to work, infusing itself throtugh his tfesh ant blood and consuming his very mariow. In vain the strong man writhed and strug led to tear it off, it clung to himninseparable. Driven to frenzy and despair he ascended a maored mount, formed a funeral. pyre of oaik trees torn up by the roots, threw himself upon it and committed suicide. For more than twenty years the State of Louisiana has worn this siiitt of Nessus (the Louisiana Lottery Company), and witness her throes and convulsions. But, thank God, unlike Hercules, she now has an opportunity to throw it off forever. And yet it is again tendered, glittering with gold embroidery and velvet sophis try. Touch it not, it is deadly poison. Once more clasped about our State it can never again be shaken off, and will. prey upon our vitals until we are driven to acts of frenzy and despair. Already it has set "father against son and brother against brother." Who can foresee what troubles would ensue if we are clothed with this loathsome garment for the next twenty-five years? TIMuALL, S')t'TT D+.!orA. GRA aiC: While the columns of the Graphic are open to any and all unobjectionable ad vertisements, yet it is quite impossible for us to speak knowingly of the merits of thc various articles of merchandise adver tised. Particularly is this true of patent medicines. But there are exceptioas oc casionally and a note-worthy exception is the celebrated Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. This now universally known medicine, has been advertised in the Graphic for four or five years, but not until recently had we any personal knowl edge of its wonderful efficacy, which has come about through the prevailing influ enza and the stubborn cough that has so often attended it. In the writer's family this medicine has on several occasions this winter, cured a cough that baffled any and all other remenies; and the num ber of families in Kimball and vicinity in which this remedy has been used with like effect attests to its value as a specific for coughs and colds of every nature. For sale at the Moss Pharmacy. s RIP-VAN-WIXKLE'S HOME. BItOU;SSAuDVILLE,LA., Apl. 21, 1890. Mir. Editor: Last Sunday, after hear f ing mass in Royville's pretty little church, in company with three very good friends we wended our way to Jefferson's Island. whither we ha'I been invited by the kind people of Lake Simonet to attend a basket picnic. At quarter past twelve o'clock we came in view of the beautiful island home of the great actor Joe Jefferson, which is situated on Lake Peignoir (bettter known as Simonet), a short distance from the Salt Mines. Mr. Jefferson -esides there two months in the year (so wý were told), but he has not yet come this year. To attempt a description- watldl be a failure, for it would take another pen than mine to depict the loveliness of this spot. Upon entering the grounds one is at once impressed with its rural splendor. Hedges of viburnum encircle the place; orange trees are to be seen everywhere; and on top of the hill is the residence, a three-story building surrounded by vide galleries, where the gallant beaux and pretty belles whirled the time in dancing to the sweet music discoursed by able musicians. A beautiful lawn advrns the front of the house, also a small parterre where the choicest roses are to be seen. After dinner the doors of this elegant mansion were thrown open to the visitors by the courteous guardian of the place, Mr. Jos. Landry, and a more curious lot of sight-seers you, Mr. Editor, never encountered; from cellar to attic was visited; beautiful furniture, rare paint ings, were to be seen in every room. The enthused crowd took possession of the parlor, where several young ladies per formed on the grand old piano and sang several popular songs. It is evident that Mr. Jefferson is a grand-father, -for children's playthings small chairs, baby carriages, in fact all that can make a small heart happy, was to be found. After admiring the beauti ful lake which is at the foot of the hill we took our departure for home, very much pleased with our visit to the home of "Ripe-Van-Winkle." * * THE FIRST BYMPTOMS OF DEATH. Tired feeling, doll headaehe, pains In varin ous parts of the body, sinking at the pit of the stomach, loss efappetite, feverishness, pIm ples or sores, are all positive evidence of poi soned blood, No matter how it became poi. soned It watbe purified to avoid death. Dr. Acker's English Blood Elixir has never failed to remove scrofulous or eyphillitic poisons. Sol4 under positive guarantee. For sale at the one Pharmacy. Th-supreme Court of the United States, in-the case of the California Deputy United States MarshalNeagle, who shot and killed ex-Judge Terry while protecting Associate Justice Field from Terry'sassault, has decided in favor of Neagle, Chief Justice Ful. lpr and Justice Lainar dissenting. In commenting upon the decision the New Xowl Heratld says: "The, importance of the opinion rendered' by the majority lies in the fact that'itis farbroader than the case decided: ,A power is conceded to the Nation taprotect not only its highest judges, but all of its offiders, in the of their duties. Suck pro tection may be provided either by ex ecutive order or by Act of Congress. Thus, the Federal. Courts may take judisdictien of assaults committed by pr pouer PFederal oflcers while engaged I in their eficial duties, and honicides hY from such assaults. That eniges-the Fedetil criminal domain I niat rallybeyond wha t has rithet to 4~a haet ý~i~ !~l4 - ý! JUSTICE JOS. A. BRi1AUX. A Baton Rouge special to the Pic ayune, April 21st, says: "Governor Nicholls has appointed Hon. Joseph A.; Breaux, of iberia parish, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court for the term of twelve y ears, vice HIon. F. P. Poch;, whose term has expired." In common w ith ourself all of Mr. Breaux's old friends and associates here are rejoiced at his deserved pro motion, and extend heartiest congrat ulations. The appointment is well re ceived throughout the State, as it should be, for Mr. Breaux has ever deserved the highest confidence and esteem of his fellow-citizens. He is an able, just and pure man, sans peur et sons reproche. The Picayune gives the following interesting sketch of his life: Mr. Joseph A. Breaux is descended from an old French and Creole family, who came from Nova Scotia to Louisiana in 1771, and who have since been prominent in public life. Mr. Breaux was born on February 17th. 1838, in Iberville parish, La., and attended the public schools there until the age of 16. when he was sent to Georgetown College, Kentucky. After two years study there, and a similar length of time at the Jefferson College, in tit. Jam's parish, he entered the lite rary department of the University of Louisiana, from which he was graduated in 1558, arl a year later from the law department. Law practice, and the publication of the lYeekcly Afaynolia at his birthplace, occupied his time from his graduation to his enlistment in the Confederate army as private. He served chietly in the States of Louialana and Mississippi, and was surrendered under Kirby Smith at Shreveport, in 1865, after seeing a good deal of active service as serreant, lieu tenant, and at times acting captain and adjutant. After the war he settled at Vermilion ville and practiced law until October, 1867, whent he located at Abbeville, where he plied his profession until his removal in November, 1868, to New Iberia, where he has resided and practiced law since, t doing a lucrative business. In 18g2 he was nominated by the Dem ocratic convention in Plaquemnine for the Legislature, and being elected served in t the Legislature of 18612. lie had not ac- t cepted political oIce up to 1888. when he was nominated and elected State Super intendent of Public Instruction. He is a gentleman of means, and has shown a r warm interest in the success of public 1 education in Louisiana. Mr. P. D. Delacroix, Cypremert P. 0., t La., Nov. 30, 1888, says: "Three years e ago an agent representing Dr. Davis' Compound Syrup of Wild Cherry and Tar came into my stote. Being busy was un able to give him any time. Before leav ing he gave me a sample bottle of Davis' Wild Cherry and Tar, asking me to give it to any one suffering with a cough or cold. Several days afterward I caught a t heavy cold. Remembering the sample, thought I would try it. Six teaspoonfuls t cured me. Ordered a supply at once, and have sold it with satisfaction to all. It = acts like magic on all my family, and I a would not be without it. I take pleasure n in recommending it at all times." One dollar bottles hold two and a half times as much as 50c. bottles. .[Communieafed.] NATIONAL BUILDING & LOAA AS SOCIATIONS. In almost every newspaper we unfold to-day, is to be seen the attractive and very alluring advertisement of some "Na tional" Building & Loan Association. As the name implies, these institutions are affairs of a very comprehensive char acter, and the wording of their circulars is well calculated to impress one very fat vorably, at first. The plan of operating through local branches, also, secures for these associations a confidence and sup port they could not otherwise command. On a little closer examination of this "National" scheme it becomes quite evi dent that these associations are called in - to existence only for the purpose of mak ing usurious profits for the capitalist members, and provide exhorbitant sala ries for the self-elected officers and mana gers, neither of which benefits It is the privilege of the ordinary stockholder to share. The true character of this new and formidable energy of the working man has been thoroughly ventilated be fore now, and the readers is warned to let them severely alone. The foregoing remarks can In no wise be applied to our home institution, the Lafayette Building & Loan Association. How different is it with this? No big salaried officers and managers to pay; no exhorbitant office rents to meet; but, run ning expenses so light as to be hardly appreciable. In it every share holder shares alike. To the wage earner we can confidently recommend it as a safe and profitable co-operative association, com posed of the citizens of the place. It is;. in truth a home builder and eaaings bank founded on sound and legitimate business daciples, and is worthy of the conit deD and encouragement of all. THAT TRW&BLZ COUGH In the morning, hurried or difficult breathing. raising phlegm. tigbtueos in the chest, quick ened pulse, chillinemn in the evening or sweats at night; all or any of these things are the first stager of consumption. Dr. Acker's En glish Cough Remedy wig cure these fearfdt symptoms, and is sold under a poxitiab guaran tee at the Moses Pharmacy: TexasIndependence day was cele brated- throughout Texas as a legal holiday on Moday, 21st. inst. The "Texas Vetpran Au o iation" (there are only about 150 of them left) met in aumeal reunion at F~ort Worth. Next year the annual reunion iillbe held at Brenhami. 4 1PROMINENT VIRGINIA PHYSI CIAN. I purchasfid ef Mr. James B. Scott a pair of eye-glasses~ and a pair: of ,spec dies, made by A.. K. Hawkes, wh dsi I have no hesltationf in saying give me moth in reading, less weariness from long-con. - tinned use and greaterclearnesh of vilsi than any I ever used. I feel sure this Will be the experience of every one Wve uses them. . -P. a Trow, .D? ;Torfalk, Va. :feiutted ands the lit guaranteed ; th alPa, Farmers' Alliance Column. r FARMERS' 11AASS' EETING. PAursiT OF VmsERMILION, e April 15th, 189o. To the Editor of the LUyeftte' ldrer .tigver: Pleace publish in your paper the following: A grand Mass Meeting of the Farmers' Union will be held at Lafayette on the 1st of May of this year. All the minem h hers and the friends of the Association are respectfully solicited to attend the - meeting. Distinguished orators will de - liver addresses on subjects of vital i11 portance to the Association, consisting of - the following gentlemen: Hon. Brother t T. J. (luice. State Lecturer, of Grand Cane; Professor C. Vincent, editor of r the State Organ of the Alliance of. Kan I sas; and the Ilon. Eli Clark, District Lecturer of St. Landry parish. The meeting will commence at 10 o'clock, a. m. L. A. LAWRENCE, Organizer. RUSKIS REMEDY. A special to the New York WToTrld from Washington says that Secretary Rusk is about to issue a!: address to the farmers of the country explaining how the de presaion in agriculture can be remedied. He attributes the present state in part to carelessness in culture, and says that in these days of world-wide competitioh a successful farmer must be as well trained and careful in business as the storekeep er, and his equal inl intelligence and gen ecal education. The Secretary also thinks that the farmer does not study the mar ket reports as carefully as he should. :ihd recoininends that he avail himself of the information supplied by the Agricultrufal Dcpa-rtment. He thinks that farmers should not acquire more land than they can profitably cultivate. After touching upon the questions of farth mortgages, transportation, the mid die man, gambling in farm products and combinations to control the market, the Secretary makes a long argument in fa vor of higher duties on farm products. He gives tables to show that our imports of agricultural products amount to over $266.278,738 the greater part of which, I prdbably $250.000,000, might be, with proper encouragement, produced on our own soil. He thinks that the problem I can be solved by the imposition of high rates of duty on agricultural products. [As this is a most interesting and in atructive document, we would suggest that our Farmers' Union write to Secre tary Rusk for a number of copies to be distributed to members. There is no doubt but that a prompt and satisfactory reply will be received: hesides, it will be but anticipating Mr. Rusk's desire that I his document should go where it will do the most good-into the hands of farm ers.] FARMERS AND MONOPOLY. Followin. is an extract from a series of articles published in the Texas Farm and Ranch by Mr. W. R. Cole, a practical farmer, "On the Present Condition of American Agriculture, the Causes and the Remedy." Read it carefully, and be tween the lines you will see its peculiar application to the Louisiana Lottery mo nopoly: TIHE FARMEiR'S COMPLAINT. While the letter of the organic law of the land has been- generally observed, its spirit and intent have been set at naught. Of late, violations of the spirit and intent of the national constitution have been so frequent and so flagrant that the poeple have become incensed to an extent bor dering on revolhtion, or rather rebellion, against the existing power. Here are some of the things against which complaints are oftenest made: The sacred right of franchise has lost its value, since instead of his ballot being an expression of his sentiments, it is of tener but the expression of the voter's choice between two evils. The right of representation is curtailed by precedents and rules that render a newly elected member of Congress a mere silent figurehead, while the older mem bers shape and control all legislation. Priority of membership has assumed a prerogative unwarranted by the colstitu Lion. The continuous re-election of mem bers might bring a cure were it not that the moral atmosphere of otr national capital is so polluting that by the time a Congressman has inhaled It long enough to gain the rights of seniority he is gen erally unfit to represent his constituency. The highest courts often thwart the honest effort. of Legislatures, and pre vent the operation of just and wholesome laws, by an array of precedents and rul ings of former courts, or by a strained and distorted construction of a constitu tional clause. In some states the scales of justice have been transferred from the court house to the legislature. Instead of courts of ins tice they have courts of law; and the judge on the bench and the jurymen in the panel are foresworitfrom entertaining any sentiments of equity and justice. Absolute moral right is outweighed by a passage of law or a precedent. Historic - justice was blind-modern justice has beeni bereft of its moral attribut Pee pie no longer go to the eourts tide. Law is the commodity dis the court house bar; and the leey - s-to it that each gets the amount -paid fp, and no more.- The law df supply andde mand no longer governs the price offaaz I products. Classes of men who gaidble 7 on the price of crops before they are gathered have established themselves-be tween the producer and (c*nsumers. The farmerasre tax ridden andepprems. r ed with debt and a gement. Of all classes the farmer is he worst enfferer. Favored by an unjuas syqtem. of laws wealthy corporations and immense private formes have grown. to a-poegreater than that of the government. Debauched legislatures have- placed the national- Senate undet the control of haughty millionaire's, whaile corporate wealth has filled the benches of our-high est courts with its attorneys. Money rules the 16gislatures. Money rules the government. Money rules the world. Some seest to' think it moves even 'a Eeaven;saud -when about to leave the a wotld bid fot choice lots in the hereafter' ., by bestowing the"proceeds of their ex- tU tortionalb-n hosplb s and poorhouses for a the victlnis of their greed. The complaint of the ,farmers is a seri- to as oat to bring agalnst the grandest and 1a *atslyaeannent I "the world. In fn s h tment the writer harused G± n tlanulfs :1 hi.vwnianid. ONx tPAL.LY STRONG might be brought against the American farmers for +otiplicity in these acts of treason, in hat we have neglected to ed. ticete ourselves and have allowed our sons to gro UP ignorant of the duties of citizenship. We have followed our vo cation after the manner of a blind horse e walking his daily rounds on a treadmill. We have blbidly followed political lead. 'rs, who w\e blind leaders of the blind. e We have altw«ed partizauship to supplant - every imputle Of indeperd ence, patriot i ist and reaiC; and have followed the dictates of arty leaders with a pighead. - L' jervers;ry that is phenomenal. We - have placed. conscience, judgment, indi f viduality, afd all other attributes of citi-. r zenship in the keeping of that class of I men who, in all ages, have been consid f ered the most detestlible-the professed - politician. Thus the very men who have t perverted the government have been raised to power by ourown Votes. Farm ers, as a rule. will not vote for a high toned, honorable man one eminently qualified to fill the highest office, and one whose honesty and integrity would render him a safe guardian of the most sacred trusts. For such a man will not stoop to, the vile tricks and political chicanery necessary to procure the average country vote. We are now living utrifer the buccaneer inle of corporations, the general policy of which is to reduce the farmers to a state of peas 'try or peonage. In this reign wealth ranks above virtue, and plunder is the highest calling. BIlood Poison. I-X-L Sarsaparilla with Iodide of Pot ash. the great PBlool Purifier, cures all diseases arising from Impure Blood, Scrofula, Pl euu . isma, obstinate Cuta neous Eruptions, Er-sipilas, Pimples on the face, Blotches, B6ils, Pains of the Bones and Joints. stubborn Ulcers, &c. The Best Preparation and the largest bot tle on the market. Ask for I-X-L and take no other. Physicians use it largely; price $1.00 at the Moss Pharmacy. BOG.'S BREAKS. DusoN, Lx., April 22, 1890. Editor Adrertsc'r: The weather has been very favorable here for the past few weeks, and most of our farmers havd sowed their rice, which I fear with the present. torrent showers will not come out. If the rain w6uld stop now it wouldt give them a chance to drain off the water; but, from all appearances, we are apt to have a cetinuance of had weather for a while, which will cause most of our rice growers t3 have to plant over. Tie corn and cotton looks fine; in fact. better than it ever did in the past four years; and with the increase of cotton that has been planted, it would be advis able for some one of our fiAanclally able men to come and locate a gin at this point. By applying th Judge Parkerson, of your town, lots fox such a purpose could be' obtained on fair terms at a low price. Duson is located at one of the best ship ping points on the S. P. Railroad West of your town. Cotton (besides rice, etc.,y would be hauled here fiom twelve miles North and South, as tlere are no obstruc tions in the roads leading from both di [rectbons. Our most worthy road overseer, Mr. Starcus Huffpauir, ie making prep arations to grade up the roads leading Southeast and West of this point, whicr work he intends conimencing on the 1st of June. Our farmers also, ;feeling the' necessity of better roads, are ready to do' their share of the work. We hope these enterprises will be carried out successful ly, for better roads are needed in thir Mr. Vileor Foreman has had the mis fortune to have his crib, .together with' his supply of cohn, teed-rice, shd- a big, fat aoW, burned. It appears that the fire was set by some of our naliciotis ma rauders. Mr. Foreman being sick some of his fiends and relatives had gone to sit up with him. ]Sewing the dogs bark they went out to sed what it was about. They found that the fire had already made too much headway on the crib to' be extinguished. As they approached the arrning crib they heard some one running off tlrouh the field, and' found` a horse hitched to the fence. They claim to know to whomit belongs. It would be advisable to&deal very severely with such' a malicious crimilnal as that. We had a pleashut call from our old friendk Oberon asid B. K. Whitfield. Mr. W. informed us thlat he had set out a great quantity of pear trees ihich he in tends to put oi the market the coming winter, and will sell them at a very fair figure s as to enable any of our small farmers to get at least 100 without spend ing much. Both of these gentlemen seemr to be enfoying excellent-health. Oberoir is still experimenting with his new va riety-the "Chebang~ersimmon." Wish': ing both success in their enterprise, r remain, Respectfully, MAJOR BOOTROTTra 'the First Step. Perhaps yo are ran' down, can't. eat, can't sleep, ct think, can't do anything. to 0our satisftion, sad yon wonder what ails you. Yo should ed the weiu'g. you are taking the Brat step into Netrous Proration. You need a Nerve Tonic and in Electric Bitters you wll find the exact remedy for restoring year nervous system to "its uoraitl healthy dondition. Surprias ing rPes!ss follow the ueg of this great Nero tWonio sad Alterative. Your appe ttt retuhsgeod digestion is restored, and lth Liver and Kidneys resume healthy so tion. Try a bottle. Price boo. at Wm. 01990 Dengetose. Jay Gduld's sp eial train, en rotite from Little Eoci to Xm as, vie the Little Rock and Fort Smith Railroad, by running through an 0 `Morrilton, about fifty 'til Bock, last Monday. ensiued4 and though all werepret ywU lift up noons was hu~rt. Wh jft tI twitch open,? STATS OF LOVISJAIANA PARISH` OF LA4YETTE. EZ Broeesard, Aertt sat Tax Col'eeoto. Y vs. Fell Vsrle B l aue of the S ?vetdeorbe me ;' e~tijtulo a ni aiof. 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