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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-02-27
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SWEET PATIENCE.

Oh, trihing tasks so often done
Yet ever to be done anewl
Oh, cares which come with every sun,
Morn after morn, the long years through
We shrink beneath their paltry sway
The irksome calls Of every day.
The restless sense Of wasted power;
The tiresome round Of little things
Are hard to bear as hour by hour.
Its tedious iteration brings.
Who shall evade or who dclny
The small demands Of every dayf
The bowlder in the torrents course,
BY tide and tempest dashed In vain,
Obeys tho wavo whirled pebbles force
And yields Its substance grain by grain
30 crumble strongest lives away ~
Beneath the wear Of every day.
We rise to meet q heavy blow
Our souls sudden bravery fills
But We endure not always 30
The drop by drop Of little ills.
We still deplore and still obey
The hard behests Of every day.
The heart which boldly faces death
Upon the battlefield, and dares
Cannon and bayonets, faints beneath
Tho needle points Of frets and cares
The stoutest spirits they dismay-
The tiny things Of every day.
And even saints Of holy fame,
Whose souls by faith have overcome
Who wore amid the cruel fame > R
The molten crown Of mnrtyrdom. j;
Bore not without complaint Away iFa
The petty pains Of every day.
An more than martyrs aureole n
And more than hero's heart Of 1ra 81.
We need the humble strength Of soul
Which daily tolls and Ills require.
Sweet patience. grant US, Il you may.
An added grace for eve y day.
Elizabeth A. Allen IN Philadelphia Ledger
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A Faithful Friend.

It is good for q man to have q
friend who can say the right thing.
When Tomners got so hard up that
he had to take a job at laying gasp
pipe, he was astonished to find his
friend Brown looking down at him
in the trench one day.
This is not the first time l have
seen you here" said Brown. "And,
by the way, l saw Miss Willis tho
other day, and she asked about you"
'You didn't give me- away, did
your"
''Well, you know, I cannot tell q
lie?"
"You contemptible"-
"Hold on! When she asked what
had become Of you, l told her the
last time saw you you were at the
corner turning up the street. Gin.
cinnati Tribune.
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NAPOLEON BONAPARTE,
Study of His Childhood and
Strong characteristics.
B0YHOOD OF THE FUTURE EMPEROR

Abrupt ana OunrreiSOme In Disposition.
With No Regard For Neatness of Attire.
! Lacked the Scholastic rrait-His First
| Entry Into France.
tCopyrieht, 1895. by John Clark Ridpath.
H.-BoyHooD.
Napoleon may be said to have had a
threefold life. Hewas all Italian by de.
scent, Corsican by variation, and a
Frenchman by nationality. He was the
last by close contingency; for Corsica
had only become French few months
before his birth. We may here glance
briefly at the aspect Of the world at the
date of his apparition.
The Bourbon monarchy Of France
was in Its hectic heyday-knowing lit
tie, and fearing nothing. Its wisest
organ was the minister Of Foreign AZ
fairs, the great ChoiseuL Louis XIV
was in the forty sixth year of his reign.
Italy consisted Of distracted principali-
ties, over which the papat power still
extended Its scepter in spectral majesty.
Clement XIV. had reached the third
month of his pontitloate The Hapsburg
Joseph II. was In the fourth year of that
imperial rule which had now become
shadow and illusion on the disk of time
Great Britain, gaining rapidly by con-
quest on foreign shores, had for ruler
George I'LL. then in the thirty-drst year
of his age
In America the rebels Of New Eng
land had been outlawed by Parliament
for their rash and hasty proceeding
against the tax on tea. Only few miles
from the birthstone In the house Of Carlo
Buonaparte was stationed o Provencal
lieutenant with his regiment Of Lor-
raine, and his name was Mirabeaul
Letitia di Buonaparte was not quite
nineteen years OF age when her war-god
was born. Incidents in the first years Of
the Napoleonio childhood there are none
recorded. We are left to himself and to
his sohoolmate Bourionne for our knowl-
edge Of the earliest characteristics and
events of his life.
The Corsican had prodigtous mem.
DRY, and it reached back we'll toward his
infancy. When In after yeals he spoke
of himself-as be was much given to
doing-he generally used exaggeration;
but we may not doubt that there was
always vein Of sterling truth under
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-02-27
Steps,

A Swiss statistician who evidently
has not great deal to do has taken
the trouble to count the number o1
steps he took in walking during q
whole year and informs the world
that the number is $3.50. 900, an av
erage of nearly $4,000 each day.
Now, ifsome one will count the steps
the average housewife takes in 9
year, the world will begin to under.
stand something of what it means tc
rear and care for a family.-Woman.
kind. sf y
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CARLO BONAPARTE. FATHER OF NAPOLEON.
running his dramatic reoitals We know
indeed, out of the nature Of the case,
that his representations Of his own
/ child-oharaoter were in the main correct
The young Buonaparte was from a
babe abrupt and quarrelsome His will
fulness was extreme The likelihood is
that he never once in his life willingly
obeyed anybody Near his death. at
Longwood, he declared that he was new
er afraid. His chlld-passion was fire.
quently excited against Joseph, over
whom he exercised censorious sway
from the time when they toddled togeth-
er in the birth-room or fought in the
yard He appears to have loved his
mother, and to have obeyed her in a mo.
rose and mathematical way; but in his
last talk he indicates that his conduct as
a child toward the mother was rather
prudential than afPectionate. He bears
witness that the Ramolino noness was
tender in the treatment of him, as we'll
as severe and just
To their fourth child, Carlo Buona.
parte and his wife gave the name Of
Napoleon. At the first it was Napoleone.
In this form the possessor retained 1T
until. faring up in Paris in the charao-
ter Of young Jacobin, he threw away
the Italian and aristocratic fctions in
his name, to become plain, republican
NAporEON RONApARrr
The first teaching Of the child Bona.
parte was given by his mother. Then he
was sent, in his sixth year, to child's
school kept by woman. He went from
the parental threshold in that same az.
bitrary and belligerent mood which
characterized him ever. he fought with
his sohoolmates, among whom he ap-
peared with no sign Of neatness in his
clothing, and nothing debonair In his
manner.
At this time beside his parents, no
had two important relatives. One Of
these was Lucien Buonaparte, brother
of his grandfather Joseph; and the other
was Joseph Fesch. afterwards the Car.
NAutAA L CoSA, VI Lac uSl
The latter was studious lad of twelve,
who took an interest In his sisters son;
and the former bad wealth and influence
In the island, both Of which he was
willing to bestow on the Bonaparte
sohoolboy. Young Fesch aided him with
his lessons, and exercised conservative
influence Oh his temper. How little
might it be foreseen that the younger of
these twain, with his snrly look and
long hair and stockings down over his
shoes In the dust of the playground,
should one day, from an imperial palace
in the most splendid city in the world
despatch his elder playmate as ambassa-
dor to the Pope Of Romel
What were the civil and social infu-
ences around the schoolhouse Of Bona
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-02-27

Be not ashamed to be helped, for
it is thy business to do thy duty like
soldier in the assault on town.
How, then, if, being lame, thou oanst
not mount to the battlements alone,
but with the help Of another it is
possible?
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-02-27

At the beginning Of this century
there were so many church festivals
and holidays in Rome that it was
said not two days in the week were
left for labor.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-02-27
NAPOLEON BOAAPARTE
Monograph on the Famous
"Man of Destiny"
FAMILY OF THE GREAT ooNQUERoR

HIS Mother 3 Woman OF Rare Beauty and
Heroic Quaiities-A Bit of Family His
tory-signiacance OF Piece OF Tapestr,
rnwrought With an Efhgy.
Copyright, 1895, by John Clark Riapath.l
L-ORIGIN
The meridian Of Discovery and the
parallel of Conquest iutersecs at tho
birthplace Of Bonaparte. The birthlines
OF Caesar and Columbus, drawn-the one
due west from Rome, and the other due
south from Genoa - cross each other
within few mil9-of Aiacoioi 1t is odd.
Corsica Is shaped like o megatherium,
The bony head Is thrust into the strait
OF Bonifacto; the long back Is bent to.
ward Italy; the thick tall projects In
the direction Of the Upper Riviera The
destined town lies between the fore legs,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-02-27
Diamonds,

A full cut diamond is called a bril-
liant and has So facets. A single cut
diamond has Is facets A rose cut dia-
mond is one that is too small for the
other outs, in faceted only on top and is
fat Oh the bottom.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-02-27
Rough.

Her Mother-Don't you find Jack
rather rough?
Priscilla-Yes, mamma. And vet
he says he shaves every day.-Old
Lyme Conn } Breeze.
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The Musical Prodigy.

ut strikes me that he has a good
deal OF assurance to call himself a boy
pianist. He must be all Of 49,
Guess he is, but he plays like boy
of 8. indianapolis Journal.
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A Countess of Anjou in the twelfth
century gave 200 sheep for a copy Of
q favorite set of sermons.

Apair of iron tongs has been found
in Athens. Several pairs were dis
covered at Herculaneum.
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RAILROAD TIME TABLE
TEXAS AND PACIFIC

TEXAS AND PACIFIC
For Marshall
Leaves Alexandria,. .4:3S p. III
For New Orleans:
Leaves Alexandria. ............ 1888 q. M
Arrives in New Orleans. ...... 700 p. N
Leaves New Orleans .......... 500 q. In
M0RGAN's LOUISIANA AND TEXAS:
Leaves Alexandria .............9 sos a. IN
Arrives at Alexandria .........7 :45 p. N
II Frst-class fare from Alexandria to
New Orleans by either of above named
roads costs $6.S5.
HOUSTON, CENTRAL ARKANSAS AND
NORTHERN:
SOUTH.
No. 21-Arrives .ll:05 P. m
NORTH.
No. 222-Leaves. 4:15 8. III
KANSAS CITY, WATKINS AND GULF
Passenger No l.
Arrives at Alexandria. ....... .10:15 m
Freight No s.
Arrives at Alexandria....,.... 500 p m.
Passenger No 3
Leaves Alexandria. ............11:45 q m
Freight No A.
Leaves Alexandria. ........... $3.50 a. m.
Nos 8. and carry passengers. All
trains daily, except Sunday.
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Carson City, New. was named 70,
Kit Carson. 49,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-02-27

Millet is sowed by the Chinese en-.
peror in solemn ceremonial every
year.
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The Louisiana Democrat
Official Journal Of the City Of Alexandria

Official Journal of the School Board.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-07-06
CAPTURED AT LAST.
sEIZUEE OF DIsTiLiEVf Lo-
GATED IN 4 SWAMP.
The Owner Had Long Dehcd the
Oaicers-a Mother Morally wound
Heavy Revenue Coilections-Notcs'

RALEIGH. y. c., July 5.-(speclal)-
Deputy Gibson ana
TAYLOR report the seizure Of lcl-gallon
Illicit dlstillery near Hub Columbus coun-
ty II was in the middle of 'pocosin'
or swamp. and had been In operation
many wears. sixteen stands OF beer were
found. There was also a house IN which
the moonshiner slept man named
Jones is the owner lie Is a desperadO
carries a winchester, and deliss the GILL
GERS. Recently he jumped from a train
moving forty miles an hour, and got
away from the officers.
In Montgomery county two brothers
Pink and Fennell Williams-fought yes
terday, and while their mother was at
tempting TO take from one revolver,
she was shot In the abdomen. and VIII
die.
The Railroad Commissioner ia notified
Of the extension Of the Aberdeen and
West-End railway to Star. Montgomery
county.
REVENUE COLLECTIONS
for the fiscal year ending June 3Qth were
sl.05ico. against only S72S.OoO for the year
preceding. Never before have the col
lectiOns reached 100000. Most OF the
increase is due to tobacco stamps, but
yet a great deal Is due 10 the activity
of the deputy collectors in making col
lections on the list. The force is a fine
one.
The sales Of the huckleberry crop In
Sampson and Duplin counties this season
aggregate $1,000. OF this $1,000 goes TO
one railway statiOn-Warsaw.
Rev. Or. Peyton Hoge and wife are
now here, az the home OF Colonel a.
O. Holiday president of the Agricultu-
raj and Mechanical College. where Or.
Hoge's little child has typhoid-fever. Or.
Hoge has a call to be pastor Of Presby-
terrain church at Dallas, Tex.
BOUGHT THE MILL.
Ex-State-Treasurer :. Med. Tate has
bought the Dunayant COtton-Mill. at
Mcrganton. for S25.00o. but Mr.. Leroy
Springs. Of Charlotte, contests the sale.
Sheriff Call. of Wilkes county. to-day
brought a convict TO the penitentl7ry.
The convict. whose crime was chicken
stealing. escaped and was recaptured.
The Waldensian colonlsts. In Burke
county. are now doing we'll Their crops
are for the first time good They raised
much wheat. Half OF them have paid a
good deal on their land. which they hold
Individually, and not in common, as
formerly
The Wilson Light Infantry 0orty-three
strong goes into camp at Morehead city
July 10th. Tents were shipped there to-
day from the State arsenal.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-07-06
Finding Four-Leafed Ciovers.
(Roqton Transcript)


The talent for finding four-leafed cloyers
is apparently a gift Of The gods AMI is
not 10 be won by much seeking. lis said
that certain Boston maiden would Ht
down upon q grassy plot and presently
half-a-Gozen iour-leafed clOyer5 would De
seen twiriing in her sim fingers, though
she had never ceased smiling and taking
nor seemed TO lock for them. Nh-n snr
really used her talent the witen-h'1-I =
power 70 lind h.dd springs was not 20
De- compared with her. once someDoiy
wasercd her THAI she could ind one ioui-
leafed clover every minute. and SIP TOOK
il up. modestly asserting that I'M. was
an oyerestiu1te Of her fairy-giYeh pow
ers. She sauntered away by herself
more was swish 81 y hite muslin vanish
in,, through little sunit morning grove
she came back in twenty minutes ana
her bunch of fOur-leafed cloyers Wa
counted. There were seventeen OF them.
There" she said contenlel.y Il knew
couldn't find one every minute. But per
hans" she added thoughtfully- perhaps
I didn't really work" II was ,0id ol her
that when she was II she found
ninety in one long August afternoon. bjt
"a this day she viii neither deny nor de-
clare this She smiles family ana in-
scrutably: wood witches and meadow god
desses are not 40 b. qu.zz d by everyday
mortals, who are Glad if thcy can and
one or two f0ur-leufed c.ovcrs in sle-
time. and are sometimes forced tO patch
leaf upon an everyday threo-.eatet Go
YER in order 10 have anything az ail Do
hand when others are lucky among the
cl0yer-blooms.
Inc old legend thlt 81. Patrick wore
the tref0il with rs three leaves on one
stem TO enforce his teaching OF the three
in one OF the Trinity brings The symbol OF
the great mystery close % the truly reli-
aious folklore o. an lands; for, Oddly
enough. in the Ease also the trefoil j.
sacred. as the holy Arab books AMI tnOs
OF Persia tell. And tEe L1tius believed
that snakes were never seen On treioH'
so ST Patrick power o. driving them
out had 2 chaming mystic root II h-
really went about with tire clover In BIS
buttonh0le. IT'S
The plant that blooms forever
with the rose combined,
And the tais,le twned,
and f. lovely g. true Briton even In
these days OF effort Tor home rule. And
for all VINO care for their Shakespeare on
either side OF the sea every even III at
brings sweety forth
The frcckle1 cowsllp burnet, and sweet
clover.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-07-06

The writer Of Secrets in Spain" tells
in the pages Of the New Review how
ministers were sometimes made under the
regime Of Queen Isabella, Of Spain. Per
haps the most remarkable instance is
that Of n man who was made Minister for
sneezng The story is as follows:
Monsieur X. had some one day TO pay a
casual visit 70 one Of his friends. To
his surprise he found his friend very
much occupied. Excuse me-" said he
but / am v.ry busy to-day. But. II
you have nothing TO DO come along with
me-" Where are you going?' Il have
been summoned 10 the palace" They set
of together. AT the palace one was con-
Quoted TO the presence Of the Queen,
while the other waited in thesante-room.
There was a lengthy sitting in the Queens
Cabinet, new ministry being in course
of formation.
IL was very cold AMI drlughty ~ The
ante-rOom and the man who was waiting
began 20 grow very impatient. as he felt
a cold Ia the head coming on ~ 20 m
shall we appoint 20 The Exchequer? H'tom
to the Fomento? Whom 70 the Wa De-
partment?" asked the Queer. Grad
ually. after much discussion, the min
istry was built up, bit by Bit here
was now only the Colonial Minister 10 b.
appointed. II must have 4 c0ionisl Min
isterg said the Queen. Whom shall
we appoint Colonial Minister" no one
could be thought OF. All at once "A loud
sneezs was heard In the ante-room.
who Is that sneezinS IN toe ante-roomy
asked the Queen. Monsieur Y" Mon
sieur X, The very man, The very
man for the Colonial Ministry, Tell
Monsieur Y. 70 come in"
That Is how Monsieur Y. became Colon
ial Minister-for having sneeze1.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-07-06
srFFOLk's GOVERNMENT.
organization Of the New Council
Election Of Town Officers.

SUFFOLK. VA, July 5.-(Special)-The
new Town Council held it's first meeting
tonight. ana transacted considerable i'm
portant business Or. A. W. Eley was
elected president OF the Council for the
third term Of two years.
RETRENCHMENT.
Retrenchment i'm salaries Of town Of
loials having been determined on in
caucus, the following reductions We're
made:
Treasurer's commission from 5 to per
cent. and bond increased from $1,000 10
$4,000.
Salary Of Overseer OF Poor. from ST.
TO $40 per month: Clerk of the MARKET.
from so 10 $50 per month: Commissioner
% the Revenue, from so TO 80 per year
dis principal pay being derived from
fees on liCenses); CLERK OF the Council.
from so to 80 per month.
TOWN OFFICERS ELECTED.
The election Of town officers WAS then
soue into. and resulted az follows:
Town Sergeant. John ". Ames Jr.
Treasurer. John =. Lotzia; Street Com
missioner. n. &. Williams; Clerk OF the
Market. ". "a. Eley: Superintendent OF
the Cemetery. ". j. Kilby: Commits
sioner OF the Revenue, A. y. Dspghtrey
Overseer OF the Poor. George 4. Parker;
Clerk Of the Council. W. l.. Mcleod.
All % he above officers are incumbents.
save the Treasurer and Overseer Of the
poor John -. Lolita having been pro-
NOTED from the latter 10 the former pO-
si;iOn. ana captain George r. Parker,
one OF the councilmen. being elected over
seer II the Poor. captain Parker suisse
queaily resigned his position q. council
man. and n vacancy now exists I'm the
hoard. TIE farms OF the officers elected
tonight begin August Isl
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-07-06

by Judge Grat,an 20 the Sherin OF HocH-
insham county. "A venife OF twenty-foUr
persons WAS summoned from that county
10 appear here. IN order f1' re SELECTION
OF a jury free from any ftelinG fhd
free from any relations 30 TIE defuhct
bank or It's officers. The Jury was eni-
pgreiled without trouble.
The case opened with . general esplsna-
ton 60 the jury O: the facts In NE case
bv the proeecujlon and the defence. ana
the remainder Of the day Ms spent In
examining Witnesses bank l,dgeis. ana
IN. pass-book of G. ". Irvine :. o.. The
company being G. NJ. Flgga;I ine abb
scOulng cashier ~ the bank.
THE WITNESSES.
Judge James X. Edm0nds Assignee OF
the broken bank: Mr.. james McClurg.
one OF lis assistants and book per- ana
Professor \. T.. Nelson. 4 Corner presi-
dent az The bank. were the only witnesses
examined. All ~ these were W'inc. sfs
TO- the CommonW and tho w,rD
questioned principally in regard 10 ihe
books and figures.
The Commonwealth Is Represented ly
C0mmonweaith's-Atto Catieu and
Captain danes Bumsarlner. Of Sta1nion.
and tho defence ia represented lN the
Hon. john Randolph Tucker. Hon. John
". Daniel. and Mr.. Frink 7. Glasgow.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-07-06
EInpCria NGfes.

EMPCRIA. VA. july J.-(Speo.aL)-
Two freieht-cars jumped the track AZ
Belfield this morning. Very little dam
age done. and no one WIS hut. The
track was blocked for a few hours.
Mcherrin Lodge. No. -, independent
order Of Odd-i'eilOws. Will meet next
Tuesday night and install t." nawiy-ciect-
ed officers. II is expected tnai
Pnst-Grand- Master r.. Y. Branch. OF
Petersburg viii conduct the installation
services.
Among the interesting records here IS
an old decd made in lSc by the college
professors OF william and Mary. 60 one
Thomas Spencer. conveying @1 acres o.
land II seems that this land was de-
vised To- he college by some one when
this county was part ~ Brunswick
and the college sold il 10 Spencer. and
II was afterwards heired b Spenc-r's son,
and 10y him sold. and purchased By Mr.
ReCho Z. Davis. Of Petersburg. IL j.
now owned by a man named Spain. The
deed IL signed Ivy James Madison. the
then president OF the college. and was
Acknowledged for record in the Court Of
James City county. The CLERK made d!ll-
gent search for the origiagl. but found
that it was delivered 10 The grantee.
Mrs 8. ". Reese H. visiting her sister
Mrs. =. l.. Turner
Miss Estelle iflorsheim. OF Richmond
is the guest OF Mrs. Harry Schwartz