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SANDERS, (IIOMcROI'ATIIIST.) PHIICIAN. SURGEON & ACCOUCHEURTI. Cssultation In Euglish, French and Germino. N. R. Inquire a.t Labbe's I)rugstore. I ii ' it r.--idence, near Railroad depot. tec 1 y ST. MARTINVILLE. I.A. LOUIS J. VOORHIES, A.ttorolv-at-Law and Notary Public. Sr. .M.RTINVILLE, LA. Will practice and promlptly attend to -.oilecti"i: of claimt in St. Martin and .tiljoiniRg parishes. July I;, 1 y Columbus Harrison, iºEALE IN - S -: ay iroceie-5, Cigars, Tobacco, 'i a:t. ilar, 'are, Canned Goods inre L.iquiors and every'*hing tlep' i a first class Famuily Grocery. (EtST SIDE OF BAYOU TI'E. ) S', .1,artinvilie, l.a. J. W. ECKART, 'WPxtchmke-" and Jeweller, Main Strcut, New Ibcria,La. .;'. I'eadiig repair shopni in the Attaka ti ki.uol of Monograms aied Badges -:i.:.r.nt settings made to order and at :ea .a le ra I. ' ., lii ,f watches, clocks and jew A selv: a- rtme,.t of genuine .Meers Ckallua lpes, s .gars and cigarette tubes Russia leath, cigar cases, fine tobacco pouches etc. ;lpt in stock. My prices are moderate, give me a call HOTHL DZNKCHAUD, 56 to 64 Oaaondelet Street, NEW ORLEANS, LA. 'Centrally located near Cotton Exchage. Large and Airy Rooms. Take the street cars at the depot and the driver will put you out near the HoteL jan 14 1 y P. J. MOITY, Carpenter, Contractor and Builder Furniture repaired with care, and at Shop on Port Street, jan 18 ly ST. MARTINVILL, LA. CONVENT of MERCY. St. Martinsville, La. This Institute offers superior advanta gee to Parents desirous of giving thier children a solid and refined Education. Terms of tuition, Music etc, moderate. For particulars apply to SISTERS OF MFRC' A BARCAIN! of high prairie land close to St. Martinville, worth 812 for sale at $5,50 cash per arpent. Addross 11. Martin. St. Martinville, La. Beor overwork will be relied by uki Brown's Iron Bitters. Genulnu Local News. -Mr. Louis C.Guidry of Breaux Bridge h was in town Tuesday on business. -Mr. Alfred Voorhies, of Lafayette was here on a short visit this week. -Mr. Edw. G. Voorhies of Lafayette d was in town Wednesday on a short visit. fi --Mr. Ernest Robicheaux shipped this e week several car loads of rice to New Or- f] leans. -Senator M. J. Foster and Judge Jos. A. Breaux of the Supreme Court were in town Wednesday evening. t -Three million fire hundred thousand dollars were appropriated for the Missis sippi River without opposition. 11 --llotThas. J. Boatner was renomin- a ated at the convention held at Monroe a Tuesday, for the fifth congressional dis- b trict. f -Mr. G(eorge Eastin, who for the last a few months was employed on the Vindi cator of Lafayette, returned home this week. -The emall bridge at the corner of Bridge and Washington streets is in a such a had condition as to demand a new one in its place. C --At the convention of the Fourth a Congressinal l)istrict held Mondiay at , Alexandri,, lion. N. C. Blanchard was t renominated for his sixth term. 1 - -;en.. lolph Meyer of New Orleans I was nominated by the convention at r New Orleans last week as the Democra- I tic candidate for congressman in the r first district. t --To ovircome the marks of age, all who have gray beards should use Buck ingham's 1Dye for the Wiskers. the best and cht anert dye made for coloring brown or black. --Many hodily ills result from habi- I t:al counsti ion, and a line constitu ti-in may , weakened and ruined by pimple negl,.'t. There is no medicine, I for regulativ., the bowels and restoring a natural action to the digestivo organs, equ 1 to Ayer's Pills. -Our young friend, Mr. Alexandre %loity, has r,ently purchased the bar her shop of Mr. William Boncvalt, which he now conducts for his own account. Mr. Moity is a good barber and deserves the patronage of his friends. -Th, Democratic Parish Executive Comntittee of St. Martin parish will tneet at Breaux Bridge to-morrow to select six delegates to represent this parish at the Lake Charles nominating convention which meets on the 16th of September. -Several fishing parties were made at Catahouia lake this week. Fish and crabs bite splendidly, and those who in dulge in such sport enjoy themselves very much pulling those Immense Cas burgos for which Catahoula is famous. ---The hand engine has been given to the people of Pineaudville who Monday evening organized the Pineaudville Vig ilant Fire Co. No. 3. It is with the greatest pleasure we give this news to the people of the town, as they know, composed with such stuff, there is no failure. We congratulate our friends of Pineaudville. -We had the pleasure Sunday last of being an invited guest at a fishing party given at Catahoula lake by several fami lies, and we can say we had a grand and most enjoyable time, at the rod and at the table, we caught a good many fish and ate a good deal too. We extend to the ladies and gentlemen our thanks for Lthe good care they had of us. r --It appears that there are are few cranks in the parish of Lafourche as Swell as in other parishes, who stop the Spaper- their subscription-when a paper does not follow their peculiar and some time stupid ideas. What a loss to a newspaper of one, two or even a dozen subscribers; if this can influence or bankrupt a paper, that paper is certain t. ly not worth having, and they are right t to quit it, but this is not generally the case in Louisiana. Editors do not care to please this or that one, and will not consult their readers how to treat cur Srent events, they express their own -views on such matters, and generally Sopen their columns to their dissatisfied readers for them to express their own ,., ,lri, r anrd rften vblicUn ne tim, ·: -We have heard it rumored on the 'l streets this week that lion. Charles Del hommer, a prominent and influential citizen and the present Mayor of Breaux Bridge, will be a candidate for clerk of court at the next elections. Breaux th Bridge is an unlucky place for candli dates, we have never known any one from above to get an office unless by ac- al eident, therefore, we would advice our m friend to move to St. Martinville, if he is wants to have any show, unless he wants si to run his chances on an accident. to --George Salomon, a colorcd luna- tI tic who was incarcerated in our parish al jail for over a year, died Friday evening, b last. He is the second insane person who died in this jail within a year. It is true they were as tenderly cared for cc as was possible under the circumstances, is and had all the kindnesses of the officers, to but a jail is not a fit place for the un- R fortunate wretches who are devoid of re- RI ason, and this isnuother case that goes to show that the state is not in a condi tion to care for its unfortunates who can receive proper treatment only in institutions estallisld for their care and with skilled and trained physicians and attendants. -Messrs. S. A.. Knap It A. M. Mayo, of Lake Charles, repri .Ing the South ern Iteal Estate Loan .:,. (GuaranteeCo.,. a which has its domn: Lake Charles, have purcha 1 : .;t the Hluron plantation, .. this parish, for r $43.;IXt. The saine company has ar ranged for the purchase of several other large tracts of land. These sales were made through Mr. F. 31. Welch, the en terprising real estate andl immigration agent. We would like now to sHe those lands settled by industrious farmers, em ploying new methods of working the B land with improved implements, bring g new ideas that will tt'nd to induce our w farmers to abandon the old and unpro- 0 fitable system that prevail in our parish. Our lands are the very best of the State. " and if properly tilled with improved int- " lplements and new ntethods of cultiva- r tion the result would be astonishing. For Your Stomach's Sake. "Take a little wine for your stomach's a sake," is a celebrated piece of advice. b "Take a little Pe-rtt-na for your stomach's t sake," is a saying that bids fair to be come equally famous. The stomach is at once a most delicate and a most abused c organ and, between its delicacy and its abuse, it is no wonder that it is constan- t tly giving its owner troublle. There is t no medicine that will hold the stomach e so promptly and so effectively as Pe-ru na. Its action is very simple, and it leaves no badl effects whatever. Espe clally in summer time is it a valuable remedy to have at hand. For hot wea ther easily affects the stomach, and any little imprudence in eating or disorder of the system deranges it. Then it is that Pe-ru-na will show itself to he just what it is claimed to be-a general Ton ic and a corrector of Stomach Troubles Try it. For sale by T. J. Labbe. LADIES Needing a tonic, or chiu-ir'n that want building up. sl otll takek1 BROW'N' IRON DFTTERS. It is plea-sunt to lºke, cur.s1 .Malnrm. Indiges tiou. and Biliousueu. All dealer. keep it. Effect of Salt on Milk. An English dairy authority conducted a series of experiments to ascertain what effect the giving to or withholding salt from cows in milk would have upon that product. It was found that cows with out salt for the period of a week shrank from 14% to 1I7 per cent in the quanti ty and that it was of an inferior quali ty. which, on an average, turned sour in twenty-four hours less time titan milk Sdrawn from the san:m c.v s receiving r salt every day--a very po rtant consi - deration just now wh . we is too scaree Sto be used freely i:, .,,.in:g the sour I ing of milk. - . a,,eral custom r with farmer , . : :allI dairymen to - salt their cows uace a week, antl for con t venience in remembering the day Sun 8 day is the time selected. A constant e supply of salt is productive of such im I portant advantages that it commends it - self to the attention of every cow owner. - -New Delta. 1 Native Teacher (to African convert) a "How do you like your missionary?" 'THE- ANCIENT NAME OF-' T AMERICA! Students of ancient history claim, that the ancient and true name of this ap country,-America-i: (t'ATAMA; and that the name of the state of Guate- m mala, or Guatanmala; in Central-AmericaS is a term in accordance with this name; signifying in Guatama or a part of Gua- Ja tamnia. This is certainly a very import- tii ant point for the historical annals of TI this country; some Indian tribes having tfo also stated, that they know the term to fe be correct. Antagonistn to the black man isn't w confined to the South by any means. It st is cropping out in the North. The arise as tocratie residents of certain localities in Brmoklyn object to colored neighbors. Banner of Light, Boston Mass. AN ADIVERTISING IIINT. You must expect for what you get A tussle long and steady; The stricks you throw about the top D)on't make the ripe persimmon drop When some one else has baggeil the crop it While you were getting ready. -Lippincott. Make your hay while the Sun shine- ec and forge your iron while it is hot. Are proverbs which are often not complied r( with, and thus often we have cause for w regret. la The Parish Executive Com mittee. The above committee, representing the denocracy of St. Martin parish meets at Breaux Bridge to-morrow to select dele- II gates to the nominating convention tl which meets at Lake Charles on the 16th h of Seitember next. fl While this committee be in sesslon e would it not he proper to reorganized it a on a; plait t wold hl e more just and o reasonable than the plresent one is or- - ganized, and which would give general a satisfaction? We mean by this that the V Parish Committee be reorganized, and t that each wnrd of the parish be accorded c a representation according to the tum- t ber of white voters ill it, that the appor- a Stionment be made from the highest de- v mocratic vote cast for the Governor or a t President at the last election, or by the a I censlus lately made by the State. I s This we have no doubt will meet with I the general approval of the Democracy t " of the parish, but we expect the politi- 1 ei cians will oppose and denounce such a I - move, they will olject to it, as they do t net care about the majority ruling, they I - propose to rule themselves, this is the i t' way things have been run in this parish i for a number of years, but the time has i Y come for a change, the people should ( r rule. Is it reasonable and just to accord 4 5 each ward the same representation in I t the committee regardless of the number I I-of voters in it, then the majority of the I e democracy would be liable to be con- i trolled by a minority of the voters. We I ask that each ward be given as many de- I legates as a just apportionment will en title it to, no more. We submit this to the committee and hope they will take this matter under consideration and treat it according to its merits. d There is more Catarrh in this section at of the country than all other diseases put It together, and until the last few years at was supposed to be incurable. For a i- great many years doctors pronounced it Ik a local disease, and prescribed local re ti- medies, and by constantly failing to i- cure with local treatment, pronounced it in incurable. Science has proven catarrh Ik to be a constitutional disease, and there ig fore requires constitutional treatment. si- Hull's Catarrh C'ure, manufactured by ,e F. .. Chleney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the r- only constitutional cure on the market. m It is taken internally in dt-es from 10 to drops to a teaspoonful. It acts directly in upon the blood and mucous surfaces of n- the system. They offer one hundred dol Int lars for any case it falls to cure. Send m- forcirculars and testimonials. Addreess. it- F. J. ~IENEY & Co., Toledo,b. er. 'Sold by Il)rugglsts, T7e. * sBROWN'S IRON BITTERS# ) ur, Indige~stion, nlilionnruer, Dyeprel· t Mal AThe Losses by the Nita Cre· vasse. The following is a special to the Pt eayune from Welcome, La. It gives an approximate loss of the parish of St. James by the Nila Crevasse, by this esti mate of one parish, our readers will be able to calculate what the loss has bee! to the entire overflowed section: The police jury of the parish of St, James has caused to be made a eomplla= tion of the losses by the Nita crevasse, The statistics were obtained directly from the owners of the plantations at fected and are as nearly correct as it s1 possible to make them. The flgures, whielh, however, do not cover the losses sustained by the railroad companies, are as follows: Cahe-Acres ruined, 5020; valuem $599,400. Tabacco--Acres ruined, 150; value, $22,37o. Cont--Acres ruined, 3391!:; value, 133,915. Rice- -Acres ruined, 617011; value, $212,173. Potatoes, onions and other ctnps iru ined, value. $81,325. Total losses on crops, $1,113,040. Damage to drainage in filling ditches, etc., $82,535. Two plantations entirely destroyed and rendered useless, buildings leveled and washed away, $100,000. Grand total of losses to crops and lands, $1,213,040. Amount of land that could be reclaim ed with good levees, :31,21S acres." Trees About The House, In a recent number of the Sanitarian Dr. W. T. Parker protests against the thick planting of trees very near the house. Not only do they prevent the free access of the air and of sunshine of even light, but they also injure the char acter of the soil as suited for permanent occupation. "A soil," says the writer, "loaded with roots and densely shaded hi unfit for man to live upon constantly, I Vegetation produces a great effect upon I the movement of the air. Its velocity is I checked, and some times in thick clus ters of trees or underwood the air is al most stagnant. If moist and decaying vegetation be a coincident condition of such stagnation, the most fatal forms of malarious diseases are produced. A moist soil is cold, and is generally be, 1 lieved to predispose to rheumatism, ca r tarrh and neuralgia. It is a matter of general experience that most people feel t healthier on a dry soil. In some way, which Is not clear, a moist produces an Sunfavorable effect upon the lungs. A e moist soil influences greatly the develop i meat of the agent, whatever it may be, a which causes the paroxysmal fevers.' I Of course in the desire to avoid possible I dangers it is not necessary to place a i house on an absolutely bare ipot, away r from any tree, as is often done by rural a builders, even when fine trees are within - reach. Enough trees to produce an ef e fect agreeable to the eye and comforta m bly to shade certain portions of the house land its immediate vicinity in summer, yet not so many as to render the soil d damp or prevent the free circulation of r air, or wholly shut out the sun. This o should be the house holder's ideal. Con ifers are especially bad if many of them stand close to the house, because they 5 exclude sunshine in winter, when one it cannot have too much of it.-Farmu 5 Field and Stockman. a rO R oYB ACK ACIaE it Or you are all worn out, rea l. r nothing S it ll general lelD i., [ h A Washington special to the Picayune4 Sdated the 19th instant says: t. The bill to exclude lottery tickets and y advertisements went through the house te to-day under pressure and without as it. much opposition as was anticipated. 10 But few sp,.eches were made, Mr. Wil' ly kinson made a few remarks in thie nature of of an explanation of hl vote. ml- Mr. Robertson and ;1:. Frie were also ad present to vote for the bill, brt as there 5k. was no division the vote was virtually unanimous. The measure will be blrouglht up in the senate whenever Senator Sawyer can get a time fixed for its consideration. S Several senators are disposed to oppos8 Sit on the constitutional ground, but it 19 Ce the ,ew t the. ),1| ,·'rit *rl *· *" ; ,1|odva e1