Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1881-09-24
RFIIF BOYD.

between the two during greater por-
ton OF the war. On one occasion Lcr
letter paper wa, adorned with tine Con
Tolerate motto, a snake entwinedarouni
Confederate tiag, and the inscription.
Don't tread OH Us or We VIII ite.
When Lincoln rep lei 10 the nl,sIve he
sent back the motto with "bito' erased
and the wori bust substituted. Brok-
en- down in health and bertayed by tie
loss OF her father. who had died IL the
effort To- effect her release flOm captivity,
Belle Boyd determined to leave Tor
foreign shores, and in May, 1854, she
embarked Oh the Greyhound at North
Carolina as the bearer Of important dis
patches from Jefferson Davis and Judah
/ T. Benjamin to the friends Of the cause
/ iii London. Ia endeaSorng to run the
! blockade, however, the Greyhound was
captured by United States steamer.
Belle Boyd' was taken To Boston, kept
prisoner for some time, and finally
! banishcd To- Canada. From There sue
went 10 England, where snc PASSED the
second epoch Of her lite. She was mar
ried at the arisroc ate church OF 81.
James, P.ccaiiiiy, iecciy,d with open
arms i'll titled society. became widow.
and finally. having IL nat,rai talent Tor
the theatrical profession, took to the
stage. Probably 10 person IN tins coun-
try has been afflicted with 50 many
"doubles" rs this LADY. Since her re-
turn to America amt marriage 20 Col. y.
S. Hammond, al English gentleman,
once a member II the celebrated " Lou
lsiana Tigers, sAc has completely sunk
her history with that # her husband,
and, with the exception o, few occa-
s:ors, when She has appeared upon the
platform rs The tllentc,, Ica,scr and elo-
cutionist, "M,rie Isaocllc Hammond" i"
her mind La, been g. gros,et with do.
mestic Affairs. Yet, every few months,
she is vextd and auI,I Iyed by coming
across an amour 'cuirHt that Belle
Bovd." the ex-C0nfe ler,te spy, has
turned up In some part Of the country.
Now the pre.eRier Is being entertained
by sone prominent Southerner; again,
she /, in distress and soliciting aid.
Several wears ago one Of these bogus
Bellies" visited Atlanta, Ga, on lect-
uring tour, and was denounced
by Capt. ST. Clair Abrams OF
the News, "a an impOstor. Next
morning she proceeded to the Office and
demanded satisfaction, which being re-
fused she proceeded to draw couple OF
Derringers, hut was seized before the
weapons could la pointed. Since that
time she has not turned up in Georg'a.
SMOKING GIG sRETTEs.
II was the American who invented th'
patent cigarettes; not so much to save
the consumer the trouble Of making tb'
article as to get good chance to adul
terate them. There ia not a cigarette
made in America that any man, boy o.
woman would smoke il the making ant
mixture OF them could be seen. Ever!
brand makes a loud boast of using rice
paper; whereas any one who takes tn
trouble to examine the rice plant vii
see at q glance that there is no tibroui
consistence in it to make paper OF tn
sort used in cigarettes. Prodigious fort
Y unes have been made and are making
b and millions Of people are slowly ruin
V ing their digestive organs by inhalinj
V the foul stuff wrapped up in the variou
e brands that claim to be pure. Let an
= smoker of cigarettes subject his tongu
II and throat to q medical examinato
n after smoking q package of cigarettes
=. Vitriol itself leaves no more sinister III
r. preston on tongue, throat and palate
?. Ii the cigarette were made of pure tC
d bacco and fairly good papers it woul
a, be no more harmful than cigar, whic
" the world has come to agree substaI
N TALLY is not harmful at all. But th
,r greed Of the trade enters this like a
10 other enterprises that spring up to SUI
st plysudden demand. Apackaze Of twen'
D. cigarettes. which may represent an on
IN lay Of from to cents, the manuiact'
III rer exacts II to 16 cents for. There
ct rarely in q package of twenty a. mut
genuine tobacco as q smoker consum
ys in one honest pipeful. 1t may be safe
ID said that, with perhaps one or two e
e. ceptions, every cigarette made is sour
It. Of violent physical reaction, destructi
of of vital tissaes and the active princip
q. of lurking and insidious diseases. al
j. that it is better 70 smoke pound OF
bacco In any other form than the PM
mingled with poison that makes up u
all ndiculousiy eIpensiveand utterly wort
ire less article of cigarette that holds Il
!, market.-Philadetphia Times.
81 %opopY loves h..rr,v unless PeoI