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The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-05-18

Following is the list of killed and
wounded as far as ascertained at 10 o'clock
tonight:
Killed at the school house:
JOSIE MASON, aged II.
BESSIE lNSOOE, 8 years
NELLIE ELLIS, IL years.
JULIA RAMLY, 10 years.
RUTH JAMESON, 10 years. 81
EDNA C. EVANS, ii years.
ROBERT SPRAGUE, ii years, son OF
the superintendent of telegraph on the Z.
C., Fl. s. & g. railway.
L. T. MOORE, JR., IL years, son of L.
T. Moore, one of the most prominent BUSH
ness men of the city.
r. TERRY, ii years.
MARY LAMBERT, IL years.
NAY BISHOP, years.
EDITH PATCH, FRANK MATTE
SON and MATTE MOORE, of Gardner,
Kas., and MARTIN JONES.
AT THE FACTORY.
The killed at the overall factory were as
follows:
MRS. IDA BOWLES, superintendent,
was terribly crushed about the head and
hips and died tonight. !.
JENNIE FITZGERALD, aged 20
years, skull crushed and neck broken !;
home, Kansas City, Kas.
WILLIE ECKMAN, Is years, chest
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-10-06
DECAY OF MONARCHY.

American Progress the Most Powerful Ar
gument Against Royal Figure Heads.
There are many signs which indicate
that the nadir of monarchy is near. and
the republic is to be the type of civilized
government in the future. Ridicule is
tn, most powerful of all agencies for the
destruction of institutions or men. Dur
ING. the last decade, events have con-
spired to weaken the monarchical prin-
ciples, yet weak monarchy is con-
tradiction in terms, and is, assuredly,
one of the most ridiculous things in the
world.
Spain is, by nature, one of the most
monarchical countries of Europe, yet
Spain is now treading the path OF con-
stitutional monarchy which inevitably
leads to the republic. In a recent ora
ton delivered in the Spanish Chamber
of Deputies, Emilio CASTELAR, went into
mastery review of the history of
Spain, and proved beyond the shadow
of q doubt that every regency had
tended to weaken the monarchlcal prin-
ciple in the esteem of the nation As
Spain seems destined to live under a
regency until the baby King attains his
majority, there is every reason to be-
lieve that the Spaniards will steadily
gravitate toward the perfectly free gov
eminent of which their greatest states
mon dream. In France the republic
appears capable of surviving even the
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-10-06
ONLY a SPOT.

How an Indignant Yankee Got Even with
German Customs Officer.
Before Bismarck reconstructed the
map of Europe, and made a united Ger
many, a dozen little principalities used
to annoy travellers by stopping them at
their frontiers, until they had satisfied
the custom-house demands.
A Yankee once showed his character
istie cleverness by outfanking one of
these little countries. He had gone
to Europe to confirm his opinion that in
the United States the lakes were larger,
the mountains higher, the rivers deeper,
the thunder louder and the lightning
sharper than could be found in all Eu-
rope.
His carriage was stopped on the from
tier of petty Princes country. The
Herr Ober, Controleur at the custom
house, came forward, and, much to his
indignation, was received in a noncha-
liant way. The Yankee was ungentle-
manly enough not to get out of the car
riage, or even to take off his hat. The
Herr ODER sharply demanded the keys of
the tourist trunks, which his subordi-
mates began handling roughly
ssHere, hands OFF, shouted the Yam
kee. II didn't come from the United
States of America to be controlled by
you. Put those trunks back. I'll moi
90 through you at all. I'll turn back.
I'm in no hurry, and don't care for los.
ing day. You're no country; you're
only spot. I'll go round your
| And he Youths Companions
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-10-06
"High-Minded" Criticism.

The Republicans, finding no legiti-
mate cause for the criticism of Presi-
dent Cleveland, are driven to straits
which create almost as much amuse-
ment as they do disgust. Here are
samples from the Commercial:
"The President thinks he is before the
country in the act of heroic adventure when
he sits in wagon or boat and is pulled or
hauled thirty or forty miles a day through
country roads or on alleged lakes"
1.-The President is having his ponderous
person hauled over mountain roads and
through mountain lakes in the idea that the
Nation is gaining strength by the resting OF
the meat on his lazy bones"
The President is taking such brief
annual vacation as is usually allotted
to every Woodworking employe. He,
like many intelligent men, prefers to
get his rest on a fishing trip. He has
his wife and his wife's mother with
him. To the utmost of his power he
has made the trip thoroughly quiet
and transformations one. We modestly
submit that such stuff as that quoted
above is disgrace to American citi-
zenship.-Cincinndti Enquirer.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-10-06
Some Cold and Blighting Figures.

The cold figures of the returns are as
blighting to Mr.. Blaine's hopes for 1888
as were the fateful 1,149 which told, in
1884, that he had then lost all in losing
New York. He has deliberately and
even ostentatiously invited the result
of this State election as a criterion of
his strength; and to the end that it
should be a sweeping victory-not for
the Republican candidates, whose cleo
ton was foregone conclusion under
any circumstances-he has vigorously
participated in the campaign himself
and invited assistance from every
available quarter. 1t may be noted,
parenthetically, that the failure of this
invited assistance to respond is not tho
least significant feature of the whole
affair. Logan, Sherman and Evarts,
who were especially solicited, were
conspicuous by their absence, and Of
all the other eminent speakers an
nounced only Senator Allison, of Iowa,
and John D. Long, of Massachusetts,,
responded. The dispatch from his own
home, announcing that while "both
the Republican and the Democratic
vote show falling off from that cast
in 1884, yet the Republicans have SUI
fered far more than the Democrats,
ought to sound the knen of the Blaina
candidacy.-CAicago NeaQs,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-10-06
A True Parallel.

The Republican party is catching il
from all sides. 1t is hard to say any
thing sensible nowadays without hit
ting that organization back-handed
lick in some part of its anatomy. Mons.
Henri Rochefort, In discussing ere
publicanism in France" gives it . left
handler square on the nose. He says:
Political parties have at least one
trait in common with dramatic writer's
that is their extreme repugnance to
recognize that almost always their de-
feats should be laid to their own faults.
1t is extremely rare, indeed, for an
author to explain his want of success
otherwise than as due to the incapa-
bility of the actors, or to the rain
or snow, or to excessive heat,
or to some other climatic con-
dition apt to exert an unfavor-
able influence on the public. I'm
doubtedly it would be much simpler to
admit that the piece was Kissed solely
because it was poor; but that is the
last explanation of which the I'M
fortunate playwright will dream. In
the same way parties, when they be.
hold public opinion abandoning them,
never look upon this general detection
as a direct consequence of their own
detestable policy; on the contrary,
they exert all their ingenuity to dis
cover remote causes, of machiavelic
and most complicated nature, and
thus free themselves from the necessity
of admitting their own errors and al
low themselves to continue in them.
This is as true in America as it is in
France. It is strikingly true Of the
Republican party now. 1t attributes
it's losses to every cause but the true
one-namely, its own bad policies ant
purposes. Moi,,es Leader.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-10-06
pl1H AND POINT.

Speak Of mans eagle eye, and
he'll give you his hand; mention his
parrot nose, and he'll give you his hst
Portland Advertiser.
Our contributors may be prepared
to shine in literature. We are going to
burn the contents of our waste-basket.
Burlington Free Press.
-.'Were you ever in an engage.
ment?" inquired an innocent rustic OF
q militiaman. Eyes, one, ;" replied the
son of Mars; .'but she sued me for
breach of promise.
"A professional maxim for lawyers:
Whatever you do, do itwith your might.
MANY member of the profession has
made his fortune by working with
will.
"A maiden lady says that if single
life is bad, it stands to reason that double
ife is twice as bad; but ladies rarely UNI
derstand mathematics. IN. y. Tete-
gram.
Julian Hawthorne says that one
day he wrote for twenty-six consecutive
hours without pausing or rising from
his chair. He must have got up two
hours before day. -Norvistos0n Herald.
The jury brought in a verdict of
mot guilty" His Honor said admon-
ishingly to the prisoner: "After this
you ought to keep away from bad COM
pany." eyes, your Honor, you will not
see me here again in q hurry. "-Chicaqo
Tribune.
IL am perfectly at home in the
water" said an old topper as he plunged
into the surf. ..That is where you have
the advantage over water" was the UNI
feeling remark of bystander who
knew him. Boston Post.
Miss Beauty: '.That gentleman
seems to know you" Miss Hight'e:
Eyes; did you ever see such impudence
he actually bowed" Miss Beauty
'.Have you never met him?" Mis- :
Hightie: "Only at Spirit Lake. ;
should think he might have sens !
enough to know that summer-re-e
sort engagements don't count IN
town" -Des Mo;'ses (La.) Leader.
Office boy Ito editor): There's a
man outside who says he wants to pay
some money" Editor: "Did he give
his namep" Office boy: "No, sir"
Editor: "Well, you find out his name
and all about him and what he wants to
pay money for, and then come and tell
me before you let him in. In the glori-
GUS field Of journalism, my boy, the
prudent man will always be found on
the safe side.-N. Y. Herald.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-10-06
LOVE OF HOMES.
A Charming Prose Poem by Bill Arp, the
Georgia Philosopher.

A Charming Prose Poem by Bill Arp, the
Georgia Philosopher.
The love of home is not an art nor an
accomplishment 1t does not come
from early training or education. 1t is
the instinct of humanity. 1t is the gift
of God. 1t is pure emotion and brings
Joy and comfort to the humble and the
great. .Be it ever SO hnmble, there is
no place like home.' No wonder that
the simple song of John Howard Payne
endeared him to the world. The world
felt it's touching, tender truth and wept
a sympathetic tear. It is the want OF a
home that makes tramps andvagabonds
and desperate men. Sometimes | think
the nation could we'll afford to give to
every father and mother a house. Be-
sides the love of thos; who are dear to
us there is something in the locality
that affects something in the familiar
scenes, the trees, the fields, the branches,
the running spring or the generous
well. We love the trees and vines that
have borne us fruit or given us shade;
the open Fireplace that gives us well
come on winter night; the bed that
gives us rest and sleep, and the ever
pleasing prospect of the distant hills
and mountains that seem as if reaching
up to God. Even the beasts and birds
are conscious of this love of home.
"The lowing herd winds slowly DER the
lea,'' as they seek their accustomed
place. The faithful, loving dog will
travel miles and leagues to reach it. and
the cat can not be easily weaned from
the chimney corner. Man has made
use of this never-failing, nevcr-ceasing
love of the carrier-pigeon, and it com.
mands our respect and admiration when
we see it released from the unwilling
prison of distant land and watch il
ascend and circle and take its bearings,
and then with swift and tireless wing
make for its home bythe nearest line.-
atlanta Constitution.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-10-06
What They Have Done for England.

The Republican party allowed alien
capitalists to become possessed of TO-
$4,000 acres of land in the United
States in the years they held the Gov
eminent after the close of the war. If
the change had not come when it did
there would have been no land for ex-
emption by citizen in few years.
The Holland Land Company alone has
100000 acres in New Mexico, an En-
glish syndicate holds 100000 acres
in Texas, another English syndicate has
100000 acres in Mississippi, and Sir
Edward Reid and others claim 2,000,-
900 acres in Florida. The picture is
not very pleasant one for an Ameri-
can citizen to gaze upon, but is shows
that the g. Q. p. was determined that
the gentry of England should have a
foothold in this country even if vetor-
ans got no land. -Bufalo Times.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-10-06
A RoUMANlAN WEDDING.

Interesting Description OF jolly Gather
ing in Metropolitan New York.
A Roumanian wedding party is one
of the noisest and jolliest gatherings
that can be imagined. The chief fea-
ture of the celebration is the dance held
after the tying of the nuptial knot A
reporter was present for short time at
a dance of this description held at a
hall on the Bowery. The couple had
been united at the synagogue in the
afternoon.
The wedding feast was eaten shortly
after at the home of the bride. Every
body, including the children, then pro-
ceeded to the hall, and hedancing went
on continuously until two o'clock the
next day.
At about eleven o'clock the fun was
at its height. The favorite national
dance was on. It is called jig, though
bearing little resemblance to good old
Irish dance of that name. The orches-
ira struck up monotonous but not UNI
pleasing one-two tum-tum melody. The
dancers formed in circle, the men and
women being placed alternately, and.
Joining their outstretched arms, the
hands Of each person clasping the shout
der of his partners on the right and
left.
The components of the living ring OF
circle thus formed then began stepping
time to the music, slowly at first, but
with increasing speed. the circle NOV
ing, now to the right, now to the left,
the step becoming all the time more
lively and less regular until it was . hop
backward, skip forward and q jump
sideways. This was continued until
some links of the human endless chain
abruptly broke off from exhaustion.
The bride, a very pretty girl Of about
twenty, was attired in an old gold
bronze dress, walking length, and
deliberately flounced and embellished.
Over her head she wore white tishu.
The groom was in regulation full dress.
A peculiar feature Of. the affair was
that one of the walters, attired in q uni
form of short white coat and long
apron, was the brides brother. He
danced the jig with great gusto. and
was said to be the best Roumanian jig
ger in this country.-N. Y Morning
Journal.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-10-06
a CHARMING MAIDEN.

when am racked with darting pain,
When worn and weary is my brain,
And anguish drives me most insane
with writings energetic;
Then comes a maiden fair to me,
Snrcease of woe and pain is she,
An lightness, volatility,
The charming Ann Aesthetic.
Write thou sweet odes to charming maids,
sing ballads to coquettish jades,
IN save my choicest serenadeS
For one more sympathetic;
Who I'm the hour when wretchedneS5
Js sore in painfulest excess,
Soothes, charms, relieves, with soft caress,
Serene Miss Ann Aesthetic.
Your sirens fair come not where woe
Convulses with It's horrid throe;
In smiles they come. in storm they go,
Like dogmas theoretc
But oh. the tender, bissful touch
That soothes when suffering over-much,
serene and efficacous-such
is matchless Ann Aesthetic.
. Teas Siftings.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-10-06
POWER OF HABIT.

=.
A Retired Territorial Official Who Can't
Get Along without Abuse.
A man once advertised for a private
secretary, and to one Of the applicants
said:
"Think you could abuse a manP''
"Do whatp''
'.Abuse man-call him a liar and
fraud and a thiefa''
'Why, / suppose could if he really
wanted me to. y
''You could call him hypocrite and
: carpet Dagger and a political shyster
and all that kind of thing?'
II think might if lie didn't object. .
'Could you accuse him of having
been in Jail and say he was once tarred
and feathered and was q fit subject for
an imbecile asylum"
"Probably could
.'Would you have any objections to
reading piece FIVE or six times . day
to him in which it is claimed that he
poisoned his grandmother and blew up
his native town with dynamite.
''None whatever"
ii suppose YOU could write an occa-
sional article finding fault with every
thing he had ever done, was doing or
ever expected to do9"
.'Guess could"
you're the man want, then, and
you may consider yourself engaged.
You see I have just returned from serv-
ing four years term as Govarnor of a
Territory and have got so accustomed
to being abused that / can't get along
| without it "-Esteltine Cd. ~ Belh
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-10-06
unintentional attacks of it's friends, anu;
despite all omens of disaster, has sue
cessfully weathered the political storms

unintentional attacks of it's friends, anu,
despite all omens of disaster, has sue
cessfully weathered the political storms
of fifteen troublesome years Italy
rests secure beneath the protection of
government which is, in all essential re-
spects, almost as free as any republic.
In Germany the vipor of the monarchy
is not likely to outlast the lives of the
remarkable men who gained an un-
shakable hold on the popular
affection through their inestimable
services in behalf of German
freedom. In Austria the Hapsburgs
have vainly set their faces against the
movement in behalf of free government.
In Russia and Turkey the position OF
autocracy seems impregnable; yet it
must be remembered that in those coun-
tries there exist no means of measuring
the forces that are making for freedom
and progress. In point of fact, En-
gland has passed beyond the confines OF
republicanism, and has become an UNI
limited democracy.
From time to time there occur events
which show the utter uselessness of the
figureheads without whom constitu-
tional monarchy can not be worked. In
Spain the King is baby, in Bavaria he
is an idiot. In England the nominal
chief executive is q very estimable lady
who invariably betakes herself to Os-
borne or Balmoral whenever minis
terial crisis approaches, and there is
then presented the absurd spectacle OF
great statesmen making long journeys
to consult the Queen, whose opinions
have not q feathers weight as against
the men who represent the majesty OF
the English people. With ever-in-
creasing persistency the masses are ask
the question: Why should not those
who rule in fact rule in name as well?
Why should the taxpayer be fleeced to
support nonentities who bring neither
strength nor real dignity to the prac-
teal administration Of government?
Yet the most potent of all contempt
raneous influences in antagonism to
monarchy must be sought in the mag
nifcent prosperity and boundless
strength Of our own Republic. A
century of storm has left our Govern
ment with increased strength and q
glorious future. We have passed
through the most gigantic of civil wars,
and are accomplishing what no
monarchy has accomplished--the pay
ment of National debt. Americans
repress crimes against social order with
a firmness OF resolution that is unknown
in the monarchies of Europe. In the
administration of our Government
many abuses exist, but a free press and
an intelligent public opinion will cor
rect them all. Europe stands trembling
on the threshold of tremendous war,
and we may be sure that when that
great conflict comes, many an existing
Institution will fall as Napoleon and the
Empire fell. The monarchy has come
to be an expedient; something to fill up
an interregnum while the nation is
preparing for the republic. N O
IInaes-D Democrat.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-10-06
PRESS POINTS.
They are now calling him James
Geyser Blaine. argus.

-lhey are now ealing MIN Jamo0
Geyser Blaine. albany argus.
The Maine election has a lesson
of alarm and warning for the Repub'
licans in other States.-M Y. San.
The Connecticut Republicans
made an open proclamation that they
had a hard road to travel when they
nominated the president of New York
bank for Governor. - Detroit Free
Press.
MIR. Blaine will insist on having
his own way, we presume. and so long
as the Republican party IS in q moral
condition to accept him it will make
no particular difference who is its can.
didate.-N Y Times.
The new Democratic campaign
handbook will prove most disagree.
able surprise to those Republican or
CANS which have made merry at times
over the words of the late Vice-Presi-
dent Hendricks: eve need to have
the books in the Government Offices
opened for examination.-Albany Or.
gus.
Senator Plat, of Connecticut,
says that all Democratic Administra-
ton has done in two years has been to
bankrupt "poor John Roach. The
last of Johns fat campaign contribu-
tons, stolen from the pockets of the
people, makes the average Republican
politician very sorrowful.-Ciscirs'sati
Enquirer.
1t has leaked out that Mr.. Blaine
is very angry with Senator Frye on &C.
count of the sharp thrust the latter
gave him while playing with the ged
tools of rhetoric. The Plumed Knight
has been unable to conceal his chagrin
over his reckless language of his vola-
tile lieutenant, who has damaged him
far more than did the comparatively
harmless Dr. Burchard. There has
been some very candid correspondence
on the subject between the two men.
and the Senator has resorted to the de-
fence which his chief fell back upon in
his Portland speech early in the sum.
mer-that he was unsupported. In Sen
ator Frye's case the excuse is palpably
false. The point was not only the mos
prominent in his speech here, but il
was repeated in the same language ir
two subsequent speeches.-M T. Sum
The enfranchisement of slave!
was originally approved by certain
partisan leaders as political measure
! Those men were stupid enough tx
overlook the fact that an early result
of their proteges' newborn citizenhooc
would be the development of their in
tellectual freedom. With that improve
ment came the capacity to think ane
act, which effects a realization of tn
truth that the best safeguard to human
liberty is independence of thought and
action within the law. The chief ben
eft to be derived from the privilege o
the ballot is the pow er it imparts to thu
elector to have free voice in the Sc
lection of leaders. If a voter were K
be denied that he would become 3 po
litical serf, a tool in the hands of de
| signing men. And the very fact tina
the colored man is rapidly attaining tx
a position of independence is wha
troubles some of his protested friends
Chicago NeUs.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-10-06

If you have an enemy do not buy
his bow a drum. Your enemy would
probably kick through the sheepskin
within twenty-four hours. Buy his
next-door neighbours boy drum. 1t
will work just as well and he can't get
ut Sonaerville Journal.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-10-06
Avery Sensible Remark.

"Julia, can't see how you can stand
that Joe Bascomb.
"Why, Fanny"
20. he's such a noodel! One can
hardly get q word out of Linn. =
"He doesn't talk much, thaSs fact
I can only recall one thing that he said
to me last evening. 1t was an exceed
inely sensible remark, however. =
HWhat was it he said?" 80.
HE said, lets get some ice-cream. !"
Philadelphia Call.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-10-06

General Logan might have taken
part in the Maine campaign if he had
been an enthusiastic Blaine man, but the
fact is that John A. is Logan man
now Chicago Herald.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-10-06
HOWLING AT DEMOCRACY.

Failing to Injure the President, Repub-
lican Hounds Fiercely Attack tho Ad-
ministration and Stink into Their
Holes.