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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1892-01-01

N,.socr every one who reads
n lmooi knows of our store and
clothing. Best made is our rule
Our fall and Winter line of Suits
and Overcoats is now ready for in
spection. They are all of proper
fabric and right color, 81 to 800
All the way from neatpess to lux
ury. b.
nc..,..un,uc the largest patron
UuMmAHu'nu age in Baltimore,
our Juvenile Department carries
the most extensive stock of Boys
Wear (more than any three other
houses combined) Our prices offer
no excuse for keeping a boy in
shabby rig. Splendid Suits and
Overcoats at So co., $3.50, S. and
Sc. Full line of Shirt Waists, IN
derwear, &C., at bottom prices. Is
cents up.
AH,uv gentlemen prefer distinct
AM individuality in their gar
ments. Our Custom Branch con-
tains the choicest weavings, both
foreign and domestic, and is ever
ready to meet the wants of the most
fastidious at one-third less than ex-
elusive merchant tailors. Splendid
Suits 500 to $25.
Fvrnv hat we sell is guaranteed.
sI"i Your new hat should be
the latest style both in black and
color. Our department is crowded
with all the newest winter shapes.
Special line of So Derbys at S19S.
Boys durable hats, 80 CENTS up.
FURNISHING DEPARTMENT
stocked with full lines of this sea-
sons Underwear, Shirts, Hosiery,
&C., at very reasonable prices.
MAIL ORDERS receive prompt
attention. Samples, Catalogues,
&c, sent on application.
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ECzEMA CURI

81
DIR. G. W. Benson, specialist in Skin Diseases
and Diseases of the Nervous System. Verne
Electric Baths and Electricity used in any form,
II desired. Superiuous hairs and blemshes re-
moved permanently. at DR.. Benson's Dermato-
ogical and Neurotic Institute, which was estab-
ished solely for the treatment and cure of these
special diseases, SCI N. Howard St., opposite
Academy of Music, Baltimore. 10myly
II q. FOSSETT d SON, Gentlemen's Fur
west of Gay St.. Baltimore, carry a large and
varied stock of Gloves, Handkerchiefs, Collars
Guns, Ties, Scarf Pins Cuff Buttons. &C. In
fact every requisite for gentleman's wardrobe.
Shirts to order a specially. All sizes and grades
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RICE CULTURE.

The rice crop of the State of Loui-
siana will this year amount to about
one-half of the total crop of the
United States according to the opin-
ion of competeBt statistlcians. L. e
enormous increase in the acreage and
yield of this important cereal has been
most phenomenal. an" has opened mp
tor the Louisiana farmers most
lucrative branch of agriculture.
But Il few Years since rice growing
was only thought to be practicable
along the rivers aud hayoEs Of South
crn Louisiana where water could be
easily obtained for purposes of irriga-
ton. while the vast extent of low
itnds III Southern Loci>iana were
thought to be worthless for all practi-
cal agricultural purposes, ana the idea
of their ever becoming adapted 20
anything other than TIE home of the
ciayti,h and bufl frog scarcely enter
"a the minds Il tile most enthusiastic
admirer uf tie country.
AS recently DIS ten years ago 4
homesteadcr III laying ont his claiiu
tnr the government lands, of which
i'll that region If The State, would
shun he marshes and lowlands and
stake his claim OIL tila highest land lie
could fiud. All This is changed now. {.
and tie fist qgeSti"n asked by Il
would be purchaser Of land in those
section is, "How ns;.cli rice land have
Noa = Upon the reply t. this ques-
ton depend. the amount ut which the
land is valued, Il higher valGati n be
ing set upon low ai.ds easy OF irr: ga
| tlon than upon the higher lands
where irrigation IS attended with
greater labor and expense.
The question o. irrigation has beea
SO thoroughly solved III Acadia and
Calcasieu tlaF The highest lands are
every year covered with the most
| luxurious crops ot rice. while IL drive
III any direction from Rayne, Crowley
or Jennings vii! carry one through
lanes on each side Of which are wide
spreading fields ut the golden grain
willie lands wa5ch t"o years since
Were cultivated IN corn and cotton a1t
nov given ~ 10 rice.
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THE OLD STORY.
Another Case of Smuggling in New
York.

New York, Nov. IS Among the
cabin passengers Of the steamer
Hayel, which arrived yesterday, was
Mr.. Antcn Voight, wine dealer of
Mainz, Germany. While coming
from quarantine Mr.. Voight declared
to the staff custom house officer that
Istse ouly dutiable article he had was q
bottle Of patent medicine. This was
worth s1.50 and Mr. Noight paid IS
cents duty.
Special Inspectors Brown and
Denohue noticed, however. that lIr.
Voight seemed uneasy as he came
down the gangplank. Inspector
Donohue apparently stumbled on the
deck and fell up against the passenger.
He put ont his hand and felt some
thing like case in Mr.. Voight's
pocket. Inside the room they told
| him lie must be searched. He flushed
a deep red, protested and then asked
the inspectors to spare him such a
disgrace. They insisted on search
| and in his pocket found several small
cases, containing diamond jewelry.
There were five large diamond scarf
pins, and four diamond loeke.s, or
watch charms. Mr.. Voight then de-
clared that the smuggled jewelry
belonged to August Bnsch, Of st.
Lonis. They are valued at about
$1,000.
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Improved Sug ar Canes.

1t is interesting to learn that some
of the new sugar cane seedlings in
Barbados appear 10 be able to resist
The ravages of the borer, that pest of
the cane field which has been very
destructive in the island this year.
Any one whose teeth have in their
youth come in contact with the tilnty
ENVELOPES of the cane. would marvel
that any beetle could penetrate so
hard a covering, but the fact remains
that the borer must in the aggregate
lead to enormous losses. By artificial
selection, now that the reproduction
of the cane has become practicable, it
may prove to be possible to get a cane
with il covering so. finty that even the
borer cen not penetrate it. The pos
slbillties, indeed, of selection are
almost infinite. In The course of
years we may have selected canes,
adapted to different soils, rich in
easily extractible sacchalose, poor in
gummy or other Objectionable pro
ducts, ripenlng at different periods,
resisting drought, wet or frost, strong
! enough or yielding enough not to
/ Dltak OIL Ill SloIIuS, anu tti NY OtlSi
insect pests as well as the borer.
/ The West Il.dies and our other
/ tropical colorles have now in most
cases proper botanical gardens, with
| skilled scientific superlntendents,
where all snch matters may be pro-
perlv aud Systematically studied, with
the aid of the great leine institution
/ at Kew. 1t is to be honed that the
local colonial governments will not
begrudge the small expenditure ncces
sary to let sucn all-important studies
be properly pursued. The beet 4
! hundred years ago contained only
per cent. of sugar, i'll its still extant
and widely spread form of the Man
gold or Mangelwurzel. the name o
which signifies root of scarcity. Il
has proved root of abundance in it
selected variety, the sugar beet with
in the last bal cetary having risen t
an average actual extracted strength
of 13 per cent. of sugar for all Ger
many The theoretical sacharine il
the cane is still Is per cent, but II
practice in the West Iudies 10 or l
per cent. Of sugar is extracted at til
! best. The humble European root
with everything against it, has beate
) the beautiful waving cane of til
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salt. Possibly happily for those
in the trade, who are apt to
think the commodity they deal in
quite cheap enough, this result has
not yet been attained Nevertheless the
synthesis of many forms of sugar,
that is, the artificial building up by
chemical means, has been successfully
carried out by d German chemist,
Professor Fischer. ln Nature. for
October 20, is an account of the pro-
duction of "Glycol, aldehyde." The
preparation of this substance COM
pletes the synthesis of the whole of
the members of the selies-of sugars,
with the exception of pentose, from
the first member up to the sugars
containing nine atoms Of carbon. The
latter sugar (pentose) Professor
Fischer hopes shortl y to obtain from
tetrose, which he prepared frohi
glycolaldehyde. The process, which
appears to be of the most delicate and
difficult character, is described in
Nature, but is far too technical to he
described here. 1t is to be borne III
mind that these are real sugars artifi-
cially prepared in the laboratory, and
that they have absolutely nothing in
common with the once vaunted S'sac-
chaline,'a gloritied coal tar, useful il
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Planter.
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Thus gradually has the culture Of
rice encroached upon the domain
of King Cotton, so that. in Acadia
parish particularly, conservative es-
Inmates place the entire cotton crop
Of the parish this year to amount to
scarcely more than 500 bales, while
heretofore the crop has often reached
10000 bales.
There are some features in rice pro-
duction, however, which are not quite
SO agreeable to the mind. and one of
these is the hygienic principles in
volved in. holding so much stagnant
water during the summer season as Is
required to irrigate the crop. While
in Southwest Louisiana the result
does not appear as yet to have affect
ed the health of the people, sanita
rians inform us that this practice of
holding water on tie rice farms will
eventually produce serious and fatal
malady known as ,he rice fever,
which is almost as deadly as the
dreaded yellow fever. 1t is further
state" that tile last yisltit tion of yell
low fever il this Stale devastated the
Iice ia1SUig sections OF the State AND
pioved fatal i'll many instances.
This principle appears to he so well
known by the Carollnians that they
seldom have their homes i'll the vicini
II OF their fields, aud i'll this respect
il might be a good plan for our Loaf
siala Planters 10 copy after the
Carnlinians.
All these facts taken in considera
ton we would advise our East Bato,
Refuge farmers to make haste SLOW
Is III changing their cotton farms in
To rice farms. Sugar cane Is /; splen
| di. crop, and with the advent of cen
trail factories cane culture VIII pay as
| we'll If not better than rice, and Il
! the same time prove Il healthIul oc-
cnpatlon.
These are facts which cur peopl,
would do we'll t, ponder.-Batol
| Rouge Advocate.
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A SERIOUS OVERSIGHT.
Legality of Gov. Nerthen'S Installation
and Election of Other State Officers I
called Into Question.

Called Into Question.
Atlanta, Ga, Nov. 1S.-The Legality
of the installation into office OF Gov.
Northen and other State officers, the
election of State court ia lges and the
bills passed by the present Legisla
ture has been called into serious
question.
Several amendments to the Constitu-
ton were voted on in the October
election, one of which changes ses-
sions of the Legislature from biennial
to annual. The amendment changing
the session from biennial to annual
did not specify any date of opening,
but the change was made i'll the body
of the bill aud not In its caption, nor
was it ever voted upon. 1t thus
thus transpires that the Legislature
was called to order Illegally. The at
tention of the Attorney General has
been called to 1t. and test case of
some kind will be made. If the first
par5 of the Legislatures session was
illegal, then the Governor has not
been inaugurateG and the judges ami
solicitors have not been elected.
| If this is so, case tried before one
of the judges will be null and VOID.
The matter presents a very interest
ing situation, and is being discussed
with much interest by the lawyers il
the State, whose attention has been
called to it.
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OPINIONS OF THE LOUI
SI4N4 PRESS.
A SIGN OF THE MILLENNIUM.


West Baton Rouge Sugar Planter
The fact that East Baton Rouge went
Democratic in last Tuesdays election
will tend to strengthen thn conviction
irthe public mind that the political
millennium has arrived.
FOR THIS ARE THEY JOURNALISTS.
Lake Charles Patriot Since Cleve-
land Is elected we are anxious to sell
ont the paper business and live for the
next four years in government crib.
Ave know Of Il little place that will
just fit us. and We have our eye on it.
THE SUGAR STATE.
Attakapas Nindlcator After the
people will have been taught that su-
gar cane is the most profitable pro-
dEct for the south, or rather that part
Of it which has so long been endeav-
oring to adopt it as a staple, Loniaia
na will be ;lIe greatest state III the
Union. We are tar i'll advance Of amy
sugar producing state in the south
now, having land especially adapted
to that pursuit, and machinery for cul
tivation and manufacture of the very
latest Improvement. This is truly the
home of the sugar cane.
DISCIPLINE FOR THE LEADERS.
Baton Rouge Gazette There shOnld
be no political persecution, but if
Mayor Fitzpatrick has disregarded his
plain duty or violated his oath Of Of
flee it would not be out of place for
the proper authorities to give him
lesson OF discipline. The anarchistic
| spirit which now presumes to dictate
to society and carry out its plans by
threats and violence should be rebuk
ed. not by punishment OF humble
workingmen who are led into acts Of
lawlessness, but by making salntary
examples of leaders and men i'd high
| places.
TIE SUNDAY LAW IN 1BERVILLE.
Plaauemine Journal We believe it
was General Grant who said ''The
best way 10 get rid Of a bad law is to
enforce il, and as many consider the
Sunday law bad one, perhaps its
rigid enforcement may be the means
Of hasienng its death. We have
heard merchants complain of the in
Justice of being coApeiIt" 20 OBEY the
law here while It is violated with
impuuitE il neighboring towns, aud
they clara that if people who are only
ahic to come i'll town on Sunday to 10
their shoPpn. cannot do it here that
;hel will 90 10 Donaldsonvlle or
Baton Rouge and get what they want,
and that our town loses that much
money. II A takes upon himself the
privilege Of violating the law and
defying the anthorltie, B will not be
held gniltless if he initiates hi:
example. We learn that the district
J attorney has been instructed by tht
court to issue a circular letter to the
} sheriff. justices Of the peace an.
! constables to rigidly enforce the law
The district attorney has expressed
! his determination to do his full dut,
! III the premises, without GiSerlmlna
: tam or favor, let come what viii.
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NO IL

t;opic. with AL it, advantages Of elm
ate and Of POSSESSION Of the field. 1t
nov remains for science, III selection,
agriculture. and manufacture to win
hack IL lost territory to the sugar
cane Produce Markets Review.
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January ist, 1890

= iSt' i-.V
Mr.. f. Gouaux. H0uma, La.
Your lille Ontmeut Salve" is the best
remedy have ever tried for piles. 1t has
cured me OF a very h. 4 case had Tor years
i know several persons it has cured also. :
!. am an old uan and have seen nauy cases
treated by Mdny electors ana patent medi
elues. nothing can com 1ure With Year saive
You ought o qutt all your other business and
do netting but prepare that saive by large
quantities. II it was we'll kno~r Nats could
not preparc enough of il. l"ss ttn}y.
/. Glendale L. @. la. SAM EL WOLF
Price, 90 by all druggists
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Art ifcial Sugar.

Some Years ago a French chemist
ptophes:ed that we should snmc day
have artificial! sugar. and as cheap as
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President, 7. d. Keut; F.. Z. Morvant,
H. W, Tabor, Chas. L. Gaude, Ellis toret,
Emile ledet, Louis Lerille, Frank Chris
ten, Pierre Breaux, Clerk Police Jury. ii.
N. Coulon, Sergeant at arms, t.. '.uSas'
James Bolineer, Oyster lnspectt-.
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MUNICIPAL OFF.cERs.

DIRECTORS OF THE SCHOOL Be 2D.
r. X. Mcbride president; A. F. kno-
bloch; si gos.ntendent and secretary A .
j. Braud Nuna Eifert. Chas. ;. Math
ews. jules Orilli on, W, +, Howell, }. l..
Leblanc Emf Toups.
TnIIe4AuN BRIDGE COMMITTEES,
W. c Raglan, pr itlent; Chas. j Z i
: ker, secretary Frank Zlnott, IL Y.
Iabos, Il. T. Morvant, Emile Ledtt
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OFFICIAL DIRECTORY
STATE OFFICERS.

STATE OFFICERS.
,ovesnol Murphy J. Foster Of st. Mary
: ;ont Gov .Chas Parlange of 7. Coupee,
- If State. It. S. Adams of f, Feliciana
"a ppb. Acctis.- w. W Heard Of Unlon
n.nto sut' treasurer, John Pickett of Bos-ier.
s+t.y Gen, NJ. J. Cunningham Natehitoch's
snnt. @ Pub. Ed. A. Lafargue Avoyelles.
q. &. SENATORS.
r.. D. White------'... - 's OF o,, olIeans
p,J.. & ,bson, ,........-......o of Orleans,
STATE SENATORS.
7. :. Perkins ..--.....- ..asstlhrtloR
.Jonn D, Shaffer .......-.. leffeoohhe.
JUDGES SUPREME Court.
chief fJnstice: F. 7. Nichols of Orleans.
.asociate j. A. Breaux, of iberia
C. f.. Fenner. of Orleans.
:. SD. Mctnery, of Ouachita
LIB. Watkins. Red River.
,pcrrr Cou-.r OF APPEALS, Fifth Circuit.
R.T Beauregard- -. $500. of st. Bernard.
Il. D. Smith ..a... .....--- of st. Mary.
CoxGREssmAN, 3rd. Congressional Bst.
Andrew Price. of Lafourche
18th. Judicial District.
Judge. e.............-.. odiiio"e''
hist, Attorney. F. Winchester
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
,st Ward. H. Clement. 2nd ward. Alcee
oncal. Bannon I. Blake. Bird Ward, Eva
r;ste Bernard, 4th Ward, Omer savoie. 9th
Ward. Arthur A. BoudreauX. 9th Ward
Svlyestre Martinez, 7th ward John9th
pitnnan. 5th ward Louis Faisout, 9TH
ward B. Penouilh, 9th ward Augnste
Cretini.
CoNsTABLEs.
Ist ward, Evariste Morvant, End ward,
Emile Dupas. Alberto Bergeron, ::;rd ward.
Edwin Birdsall, 4th ward Albert savoie-
9Th ward. MYRTLE Kerne, 9th ward, Viii
ham prestenback, 7th ward, Wellington
Hehert, 8th ward C. w. Elliot, 9th ward
HenryTenny, 10th ward Taylor Adam.
oA.IH OFFICERS.
Representatives .,.....--..e ". Delaune.
A. Delamotte
Coroner. ..DI, w. +, 'Harang
CLERK OF Court. C. j, Barker
Sheriff z. f. Lorio
Treasurer A. j. Braud
Printer. T oaho"- =
Assessor. Prosper Tonps
Returning Officer L. d JoAEaoh
sPoLICE JURORS
President, 7. d. Keut; F.. I. Morvant
H.W, Tabor, Chas. Z. Gaude, Ellis toret
Emile Ledet Louis Lerilla, Frank Chfis
ten, Pierre Breaux, Clerk Police jury IL
N. Couon, Sergeant at arms, t.. i,uSas.
James Bollinger. Oyster lnspect1@.
DRAINAGE COMMISSIONERS.
Dis, No. l-rhos. Beary, Jos. A. Glaudet
Dist. No. john McCullah, l., Keefe
and IL. w. Tabor.
Dist. No .s.-C La arde, II. Berseron
Andrew Piice, Adolphe Folse, OrViilt IN
s9odaux. ,
Dist No..4.--Livaud is Ledet, Jos. Z
Toups, Leo. LelSlaao.
Dist No. st d. Kent l.. Trosclall
3. Morvaut.
Dist No. 6.-Jos ThibodauN, A. Ineriot
Wilson Lepine'
Dist. No. &c. 5. Mathews. K. Foret an
II. Ayo.
Dist No. SIS. Bourg, LJvincy j Leblanc
and j. I. Is Adeaux.
Dist. No. .9.-Jos. P Bourgeois, Paul 1t
fort, ant Estival savoie..
ROAD AND LEvEE INSPECTORS.
CiS,net No. !.-...---..J. b Bou col
DC. ! Ferdinand Fl +
No 3 :. ---- l.. A. BelahGe
No. -. ..-.---- Oscar Boufs
No 5......... Michel Adam
No. .... ..... >. Is. . MIL
No.7.. :. Flies Rodrigu
No. 5 ..... Orville Th oodan.
No. .......-
MUNICIPAL OFF.CERs.
Mayor, j. L. Aucoln; Councilmen, O..
Barker. l.. 2 Caillouot, FL w. Frost,
C Ragan, {. w. rhibodeaux and Fran
Zernott.
Treasurer. ...... IF Sanca
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RAILROAD SCHEDULE.

LIST. train leaves ThibodauX.- a. m
:" = arrives ..fl:l3 Il. III
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Train fQr New Orleans and west
conl,tuun leaves Thiboda@A 4p. N.
arrives ..o:l2 p. m
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uSEND YOUR JOB PRINTING
TO THIS OFFICE
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Mail closes Is minutes before the de-
parture OF the train.
Morning journal and courier., 1892-11-17
TRLRGRAPHIC JoTrINGs.

The London master spinners have asked the operators to confer with them on Tuesday. The O. eratives will hold a council on Tu"sdsy.
 Senator Jones and other delegates 10 the mon etary conference which meets in Brussels on Tuesday next arrived in London yesterday.
 Mainly through the poor bunting of Rockwell. their full back, the University of Pennsylvania defeated the Lafayette team yesterday by the score of 10 tos.
 There has been no change in the situation a, Homestead, Pa, but rumOrs are flying thick and fast that a compromise is on the tapis. The men are jubilant and are looking forward 10 an early settlement.
 Commander Sands of the United States train ing ship Monongshela has been relieved by Com msnder J. T. Lyon, and the ship will now probably sail from Newport the first favorable day upon her winter cruise.
 The three master schooner Phoebe J. Woodruff of Harwich, Captain Watts. Philadelphia for Portland, with about 800 tons of coal, has been abandoned al sea. The crew was rescued and landed st FernaudinA, Florida. The Woodruff was owned by J. D. Baker of HarwichPort-
 The comet supposed 10 be BieIa's was success fully observed by Frank E. SeAgrave of Provi- dence las; evening. The sky was clear and the comet was plainly sesn nearly in the zenith. IL was much larger than when seen several days ago. IL appeared to consist Of a central nucleus. with large envelope surrounding it. There was a slight indication Of tall. In the telescope t appeared four or five times larger than the full moon to the naked eye.
 The gens raI assembly, k. Of L., convened in St. Louis Mo, yesterday, with Mr. Powderiy in the chair. After some preliminary work Mir. Powdery delivered his annual address. The re- port of the general executive committee was then read. The general secretary and treasurer 6 report was next submitted. Toe address and re- ports were referred 10 the committee on oistri- button and this committee in turn will send 10 the various committees such parts as come within their proyince 10 report upon.