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The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1888-10-13

Congressman Newton Is said to have
endorsed Boss Fitzpatrick for the U. s.
Marshalship of the Eastern District of
Louisiana. II so he went out of his
way to do an act that will be almost
universally condemned by his cons,it-
uents.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1888-10-13

The Claiborne Guardian has arisen,
Phoenix like, from the ashes, and once
moro is welcome visitor to this office.
Messrs. J. r: Phipps and G. w. Seals
are the editors and proprietors.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1888-10-13

be has had dufing bis recent term will
enable him more fully 10 serve his con-
stitueuts and tho people In q second
term, the Democracy of Ouachita
unanimously endorse him for reelection
and instruct their delegates to support
him in the convention Of the 10th inst.
On motion Of Mr.. Russell, the Chair
was authorized to select thirty delegates
to represent the parish in the coming
convention. Mr.. Hudson moved that
the chairman be one of the delegates
which was carried;
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1888-10-13
CONVENTION NOTES.

CONVENTION NOTES.
1t would seem that no Ouochita man
need apply.
Gentleman, there's too much "mon-
key business.'
The "dark horse" from Ouachits
was on hand as usual.
They say that Mr.. Newton's endorse
ment Of Boss Fitzpatrick is what did
1t.
The friends OF Newton are mad be-
cause Clinton turned up as a candidate
40 late.
Oaachita divided her vote on the 80th
ballot sJust to see how the cat would
jump but 1t didn't jump.
.**
Mr.. Luce, the ph)egmatic and placid
leader Of the opposition, continued to
s'caIi for the roll by parishes"
***
Mr.. Lucas personal explanation did
not prevent Mr.. Mcclellan casting
the IS votes OF Madison just the same.
**~
The names of the delegates in attend
ance upon the congressional conven-
ton are too tedious TO mentfon.-Rich-
land Beacon.
~**
Sir Charles Carroll OF Carrollton per.
sisted that the convention could never
arrive at any understanding until ii
reached some conclusion.
***
1t was universally conceded that Capt.
Jones OF Jackson as sergeant-at-arms
was the right man in the right place.
As bouncer, on occasion, he Is with
out a peer.
Private John Murdoch OF Tensas
bobbed up serenely as candidate but
the recollection of his eloquent prero-
ration at Ruston two years ago killed
off his little boom.
Phipps of Claiborne was not the hand
soonest man In the convention but it
would have been hard matter to have
found one In that body OF more honest
worth and substantial ability.
| Delegate Beard of East Carroll was
ono of the biggest voters in the con.
vention. He cast the 81 votes of his
parish and carried in his pocket the
vote by proxy of West Carroll.
Mr.. Beard of East Carroll, In his
dual capacity as delegate from that
parish and representing West Carroll
by proxy, voted ~ for and against,
or vice versa, on all propositions.
So
The gentleman from Madison was
'sdead sot" against an adjournment
Thursday evening. When the roll OF
parishes was called for the second bal
lot instead Of voting for Clinton he
surprised the house by his usual vigor-
Gus and emphatic "no."
BY Judge Baird-That the roll OF
and the multitudinous horde of dark
horses be asked to appear before the
convention and pledge themselves, as
In keeping with time honored custom,
to support the nominee.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1888-10-13

Boss Quay has huge colonization
scheme on foot by which he hopes to
capture the electoral vote of New York.
He proposes to send $4,000 Pennsylva-
mia Republicans into the Empire State.
The Democrats are too vigilant, how
ever, to allow that old trick to work.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1888-10-13

The growing city o; Natchitoches
now boasts ola new paper-the Natchi-
tochea Enterprise. The Telegraph has
not been favored as yet with a copy.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1888-10-13

President Cleveland and all lovers Of
genuine reform government are to be
congratulated on the defeat OF Boss
Eitxpatrlck.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1888-10-13

The HaynesviIie Star, which pro.
poses TO sstwinkle for ALL" is the name
Of q new Journalistic candidate for
public favors In Claiborne. Mr., g. H.
Dlsmukes Is the founder and editor.
The Telegraph exchanges with pleas.
ure and wishes the new enterprise
success.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1888-10-13
Report adopted and committee dis.

Report adopted and committee dis.
charged
Moved aud seconded that the para.
graph referred back to the convention
be tabled. Carried.
The convention proceeded to ballot
eleven times, each bollot standing
Clinton 1853, Newton 1873.
90 motion, the convention took q
recess for one hour.
The convention re-asse mb,ed at an
p. NJ.
The chair, at the suggestion of the
secretaries, appointed Mr.. Brown
of RichIand aud Mr.. Levison of
Morehouse as tellers to count sad
ftceive the ballots of the delegates,
On motion, the chair appointed Mr.
Mcclure and MI. Jones sereeants at
arms to preserve order and decorun:
The convention then proceeded to
ballot, with same result.
The convention took u recess FIR
twenty minutes and reasse,nbletl and
proceeded to ballot.
Ga motion,t the convention adjourned
for thirty minutes and reassembled.
Ga motion, the chair appointed a
conference committee of ten, MEM
bers to be suggested by the friends IF
Judge Clinton and by the friends Of
Hon. C. Newton.
The chair appointed on said com nit
tee: j. B. Williams, Emile Girod, W.
W. Heard, Mr.. Womsck, and J. e.
Huise; Mr.. Mcclellan, Jas. Beard.
VIM. c. Niche, Mr.. McBrumby, J.
N. Luce.
The convention met and committee
| reported that they had failed to come
to any agreement and committee wss
granted further time and house pro.
ceeded TO ballot.
On motion, the house adjourned for
one hour to give the committee on con.
ference further time.
The house then proceed to baiiut.
On motion, the house adjourned for
thirty minutes for the committee on
conference to consult.
On motion, Hon. 8. T. Baird was
added to the committee.
The convention was called 10 order
and adjourned until Friday morning ..
9 o'clock.
Thursday, Oct. 12.-The convention
met pursuant to adjournment.
The credentials OF Franklin parish
were presented to the convention and
received after consultation without ,,,.
position.
! The convention then took \ recess uf
thirty minutes and upon ren,semblinx
adjourned to 4:30 p. III.
A:3o p. m.-The cou ventinn met pur-
suani to adj 'urnment and Proceeded Il,
ballot without any change ia the result.
On motion of Mr.. Luce of Concordis
the chair appointed the following Exc
cutive Committee:
| AT large-F. G. HUDSON, chairman.
Ouachits; j. B. Suiter, Madison: Il.
q. Brigham, Morehouse; w. w.
Heard, Union.
J. NJ. Kennedy, East Carroll,
Ed. +. Newman, West Carvrtt.
| ). B. Boatner, Ca;ahouis,
| L. X. Green, Concordis.
| G. w. Seals, Claiborne,
A. w. Faulkner, Caldwell.
E. E. Kidd, jackson,
| F. w. Price, Lincoln,
]. b. Williams, Morehouse,
Geo. w. Montgomery, Madison
A. Myatt, Ouachitu,
| J. w. Simms, R;chlaud,
w. G. Mitchie, Tensss,
J. f. Everett, Union,
Stephen Cordill, Franklin.
On motion it was declared th,t il,
case Of the absence of the Chairman or
bis failure to act from any cause. the
next named member of the COMMITTEES
! should act rs chairman.
On motion the chair appointed The
following conference committee.
Messrs. Naff, Girod, Heard, Hoistead.
Theobalds, NIitchie, Brown, suider.
aud Luce.
A recess of fifteen y,;nrt,a ,.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1888-10-13

0LD FURNITURE MADE NEW BY
" using Furniture Polish prepared by
BA1LIE s BREWER,
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1888-10-13

Mr.. Russell moved that the majority
of delegates present cast the vote of
the parish In the coming convention as
q unit.
Mr.. Hudson moved that the proceed
ings of this meeting be published In
the Ouachita Telegraph and Monroe
Bulletin.
There being no further business the
! meeting adjourned sine die.
THos. MCGUIRE, Chairman.
J. II. SIMON, GEO. EzEL1Us,
Secretaries.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1888-10-13

BY Judge Baird-That the roll OF
parishes be called and that candidates
and the multitudinous horde of dark
horses be asked to appear before the
convention and pledge themselves, as
In keeping with time honored custom,
to support the nominee.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1888-10-13
NAMES OF DELEGATES.

2. n. Potts, ]
s. w. Wood, j
J. w. Scarborough, 1
Moses Elder, I
Elijah Johns. s
p. w. Hilltop, J
r. M. Fithioi, \
F. III. Cam, Z
w. q. Dunn, e
III. LaBaum, j
J. N. Fuller, \
Geo. L. Wood, A
Sam Watson, J
d. w. Faulk, J.
A. F. Parker, F
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1888-10-13

p. Trouard,
J. B. Puckett,
A. l.. Smith,
D. d. johnson,
Sandy Bird,
John 8. Boalner,
Wesley Morgan,
Tb0s. Mcclure,
g. A. ConnelIa,
J. L. Bryant,
w. r.. Mitchell.
A. Myatt,
j. B. Rossiter,
]. E. Mcclure,
F. g. Hudson.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1888-10-13

as the unanimous demands of this mass
meeting.
J. L. BOND, Chairman.
w. E. REDw1E, Secretary.
We fully endorse the letter and
spirit of the National Democratic plat
form as adopted at the National Demo.
cratic Convention held at the city OF
st. Louis.
We believe in tariff reform and IN.
equivocally affirm our undying opposi-
ton to monopolies and trusts of all
kinds most notably the oil, -four, sugar
and bagging trusts, and believe Ma
tional legislation alone adequate tor its
suppression and complete extremina-
ton.
We approve of specification No. 2.
In answer 10 specification No, 8, we
affirm our belief in the wisdom of the
already existing interstate commerce
Law aud urge upon our member of con =.
gress to urge at all times such amend
ments thereof as will tend to make
said law more effective, stringent aud
practical that the interests of the whole
people may best be subserved and ius.
tice done to all.
Specification No. is approved.
Specification No. is approved.
Specification No. 6 is approved.
Specification No. is approved.
Specification No. s is approved, with
addition that consumers also be pro-
tected.
Specification No. is reported back
to the convention for such action as
they deem proper aud necessary.
Specification No. 10 is approved.
Specification No. IL is approved.
Specification No. IL is approved,
Specification No. IA is approved.
Specification No. 10 is approved in 81
far as it endorses the course of Hon. G,
Newton in Congress.
Specification No. l6 is approved.
Respectfully submitted,
F. g. HUDSON, Chairman.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1888-08-10
Sounding Public Opinion.

A minor actress employed in a current
comic opera took unusual and effective means
of finding out what was said about her.
considerable element in the audiences at that
kind of an entertainment is made up Of rather
fast young fellows, who go as often as once
a week to see the same things over again, if
they happen to like them. These chaps
lounge in the cafes between Twenty third
and Thirty-third streets, and a great deal OF
their idle chatter is on theatrical subjects,
especially on actresses who happen at the
time to be foremost as professional beauties.
Now, the young performer in question had
read about her artistic qualities in the news.
paper criticisms, and had reason to know
that she was just tolerably acceptable as an
actress and singer; but she was anxious to
find out how the swell FOUNDERS rated her.
Therefore she went to a firm of law reporters
and hired shorthand expert for an entire
week. His duty was to mix as much as pos
sible with groups of beaux in the fashionable
bar rooms, listen to the remarks that they
might chance to make concerning her, man
age to write them out verbatim, and then
turn the work over to her at the end of the
job. The mans report made considerable
bunch of foolscap closely written over, and
composed of dialogues in which the actress
was discussed No doubt that in reading it
she had plenty of reason to resent the free
dom of speech, but, as She is considered
slightly object, she doubtless found comfort
to overbalance her modestys grievance
New York Sun.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1888-08-10
Mrs. Langtry's California Home.

81 tell you" said F. s. Chadbourne the
other day, "Mrs. Langtry is a remarkable
woman. She can do more with $4,000 than
another person could with $4,000. That ID
q fact. She is a business woman, can as.
sure you, and anybody who has done business
with her will find that out You know she
has lovely place up in Lake county. It is
thirty miles from st. Helena, and adjoins
Gebhardts place. Gebhardt is going to
bring out his horses and stock the place.
Mrs. Langtry does not call her place
rancho. She calls it Langtry farm. 1t is
nice place. and she has been very busy fitting
it up don't care what people will say, but
she will have one of the prettiest places in
California. 1t has an old fashioned house.
but it is extremely comfortable. Next
year she is going to build fine house. For
the past week she has been very busy having
it furnished. Itell you she is very particular,
and she looks at everything very critically"
ssShe is expensive in her tastes, is she nots"
"Well, yes, she is. She wants everything
very nice. She has every room furnished
differently. She has lovely little breakfast,
then dining room, and pink parlor and
blue parlor, and very pretty little Japa-
nese room. Her own room is thoroughly
English. Naturally her tastes run toward
the English style of doing things, but she
says that she is getting rapidly American
lied, and when she gets into her new house
she will be thoroughly American. By the
way, Mrs. Langtry has been promised sta
ton, which will be called 'Langtry.' Her
engagement ends on Saturday night, and
next Sunday she will occupy her little house
on Langtry farm. Mrs. Langtry tells me that
she will spend nine months every year here,n
San Francisco Post.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1888-08-10
The Fortress of the FIXTURE.

The plan of fortresses at present adopted
unknown to the public, but the divulging OF
which can do no harm, as it cannot remain
secrets very peculiar and quite opposed to
any aesthetic or artistic conception. fort
ress is henceforth composed of an immense
block of concrete of incredible thickness. II
will offer to the eye only square, oval or
lozenge shape, the outside being mere block
without projections or access 1t is not yet
settled whether this block shall be surrounded
by trench, but all competent authorities in
Europe seem to hold that one or several
sheeted cannon shall move round the block,
and as powder will in future DO smokeless,
this cannon, always in motion and escaping
the enemy's aim, will fire on a fixed point
This movable sheeting will make up for the
absence of trenches. At the angles of the
block, moreover, if square, or elsewhere it il
round or oval, there will be sheeted reducts
which will cover the base of the block and
make assault impossible
OF course the interior Of the block will
contain the equipments of a fortress The
entrance is underground, on the side opposite
that where the enemy can appear. There
will be air openings in the interior, which is
lit up by electricity produced on the spot or
at distance The magazine of projectiles
is in spot inaccessible to the explosions
caused by shells coming without. The stores
of other ammunition and of victuals are SIM
ilarly protected. The hiding places for the
men, and, in short, everything that has to be
under shelter, are under ground, and SO
placed as to be quite protected from the be-
siegers Electric wires, both for messages and
light, as also telephones, beyond reach of the
besiegers, protect the fort against isolation-
that is to say, against abandonment and dis
couragement. The underground existence
of the garrison may not be very lively, and
II will be we'll to accustom as many men as
possible to it; but that garrison will not ex.
:eed thirty or forty men per fortress.-Lop
lon Times
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1888-08-10
THE PAGooAs or JAPAN.
Towers Which Control the Mystic Dragon
of yVinG and Water.

OF W1nQ anu ffaCers
All the pagodas saw in Japan were gem
orally built in five stories, with very fine
dark red woodwork and harmonious gray
tiles, while beneath the shadow of each pro-
jecting roof are innumerable boldly carved
dragons heads peering from beneath the
caves and panels of fine wood carving be-
tween the stories. The summit is invariably
crowned by an honorifc symbol in metal
consisting of nine rings, disks or cupolas as
the case may be, piled one above the other
On further examination we shall find that
these rings and these accumulated roofs are
developments Of the same original simple
emblem.
With regard to the construction of these
lowers there are instances in which the
pagoda is Of solid masonry throughout, but
far more frequently it consists of two towers.
one within the other, and between them
winds spiral staircase which leads to the
summit. In this case the inner tower is
generally divided into as many rooms as
there are stoves, the lower floor forming the
temple wherein is placed the relic shrine,
which, in some cases, is miniature pagoda,
while the walls around are adorned with
numerous images of Buddha.
In many cases we find a pagoda erectedi
within the court Of a Buddhist temple as the
storehouse of its relics. The honor thus due
to Buddha was extended to such of his priests
as were most distinguished for their learning
and devotion, so that in many cases pagodaa
were erected to contain the ashes saved from
the funeral pyre.
In later times, however, this primary pur-
pose seems to have been abandoned and
many of the more recent pagodas are said to
have been built on the ancient model, but
solely with view to geomantic influences,
the tall towers being supposed to have some
mysterious effect on that strange, undefna-
BILE flung shuttle mystic spirit of the dra-
gon who rules over wind and water and who
controls all human destinies. Several of the
finest nine storied pagodas in the neighbour
hood of Canton have been erected solely for
this purpose, in the belief that by their
means lurking evils would be dispelled and
the general peace and prosperity Of the prov
ince insured
Not only is the fertility of the fields thus
provided for, but even the learning and gen.
sral distinction Of the citizens. Such one;
I was erected in the district of Sam-shuee in
1860 because the prosperity of the neighbor-
hood had for some years been falling off,
and the candidates for secretary honors al
| the great examinations had been peculiarly
| unsuccessful So three storied pagoda was
| erected, each story consecy,ted to different
deity. The god Of wealth las controlling the
| very foundations of prosperity occupied the
| ground floor, the god of peace the second
| floor, while the god Of learning reigned in
| the top story.-English Illustrated MagG
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1888-08-10
A Cradle of Palm Leaves.

There is tribe in the palm region of tn
Amazon that cradles the young in palm
leaves. A single leaf turned up around tn.
edges by sorpe native process makes an excel
lent cradle, and now and then it is made te
do service as bath tub. Strong cords ART
formed from the sinews Of another species Of
palm, and by these this natural cradle il
swung alongside tree, and the wind rock
the little tot to sleep. Long ago the Amazon
ian mothers discovered that it was not wist
to leave baby and cradle under cocoa palm
for the mischievous monkey delighted I'd
drop nuts downward with unerring pre-
cision. An older child is stationed near by
to watch the baby during his siesta, and thu
chatter of the monkeys overhead is enough to
cause speedy migration. Maya
zine
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1888-08-10
MILK for City Customers.

Milk for City customers.
Women especially seem to wish to 90 de-
ceived for they are always offering induce
ments for deception by demanding conditions
and assuming favors which cannot be granted
Many tradesmen take advantage of their
eagerness to obtain special bargains on goods
by promising everything demanded. 1 sup
pose there is as much deception practiced in
selling milk as in any other line, for our
woman customers, who deal through their
servants, insist on certain conditions which
If the milkman cannot fulfill, he will often
promise to do in order not &c Lose the trade
l- have in mind one particular case whera
more women are laboring under a delusion
than in any other way It is a belief which
many doctors foster, that the baby raised on
the bottle must have the milk Of one COW, and
only one, as it would otherwise die. As soon
as contingency arises to feed the baby one
cows milk, the milkman Is ordered to bring
special bottle Of milk every morning from
the same COW. If the milkman promises, as
he generally does, the mother goes on for
year or more feeding the baby on milk which
she believes comes from the same COW.
It may be just as well that mothers are
happy in their ignorance, for a good many
of them would not insist on the one COW milk
IL Gney Only reuecCeu upon Iue olLuculCleS LII
the way of supply. In the first place, ono
COW does not give milk as long as the baby
could use it. Again, most of the milk deliv-
cred here comes from farmers outside thu
city, who ship it in big cans containing the
product of all their milking. Some of the
milk dealers explain this, and lose a Gus.
toner by it. Some small dealers really re-
serve one cows milk for certain customers.
but generally the promise can not be kept. |
have seen milkmen filling babies bottles out
of big can. The willy farmer works the
baby milk racket just as he does the butter
scheme. He comes in from his farm APP
parently with only one bottle of milk, and
charges an exhorbitant price for it, but he is
to be no more trusted than the dairyman.
The best way to get one cows milk is to
keep the COW yourself.-Milkman in Globe
Democrat.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1888-08-10
DON'T Raise Painting Persons.

The common practice of raising fainting
persons to sitting or upright position Is
often sufficient to destroy the spark of life
which remains. The death of an eminent
English statesman short time ago gave op-
portunity to the coroner for emphasizing
this fact, and of pointing out how much
more reasonable and sound it is to keep such
persons in the prone position, while restora-
tives and local means are adopted to enable
them, if possible, to regain consciousness,
Medical Journal
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Oueensware Department.
Now for the Housekeepers.

Now for the HouSekeeperS.
Plates, 80 to SOC set.
Plates in French China, $1.0O $1.25, worth more;
they are HavelinS Goods.
Cups and Saucers Csc to $1.00 per set.
Meat Dishes s. 40 and SOC.
Covered Dishes, 40 and SOC.
Open Vegetable Dishes, best ware, in square
and Oblong shapes, 10 to 25c.
Bowls and Pitchers 60c to 81 90 pair.
A nice Coored Chamber Set for 50 so, worth So 90
Gilt Bound Ware of the first quality, in sets or
parts of sets. Tea Sets from So 90 to 5000.
Fancy Vases at all sort of prices.
Plain Bowls. 5 to loo; Stop Bowls and Chambers.
Csc; Covered Chambers, 40 and sec
Cream Mugs, loo; Pitchers, 30 to 45c.
Stone Crooks, jugs and Jars. 10c per gallon.
best line of QueenSWare in town and at the low
prices.