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A Visit to the Biggest Plantation in
Louisiana.
SUGAR KING WHOWAS ONCE APEDDLER
How the Cane is Grown, Cut and
Ground Up.
RIV ERS OF WEETNESS

Copyrighted. 1896, by Frank G.. Carpenter.)
GODCHAUX PLANTATION,
RACEL AND, La, November "a, 1896.
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UNDERTAKES.

r. w. Barker,
Funeral Director and Practical Embalmer.
OH 1lth ST. NV.
Residetce on the premises. Telephone call oo1.
sf2-Sm
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A Natural Question,

From Puck.
Little Clarence-"PaT'
Mr.. Callipers-"Eh?"
Little Clarence-"Pa, does woman
preacher kiss the bride or the groom after
marrying 'em?"
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CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RAILWAY.

NhtSAiEAhE AMI cHiO RAILWAY.
THROUGH THE GRaNDKST SCENERY IN
AMERICA. ALL TRAINS VESTIBUI4ED,
ELECTRIC LIGHTED. STEAM HEATED. ALL
MEALS SERVED IN DINING CARS. STA
T1ON SIXTH AND d S1EEETS-
Schedule In effect Novembe- T. 1896.
2:20 Pm. DAILY-Cincinnati and st. Louis Spe-
cial-Solid train for Cincinnati Pullman sleepera
to Cincinnati, Lexington. Louisville, Indianapolis
and St. Louis without change. Connects at Cow
ington, Va, for Hot Springs. Farior Cinciu-
natl to Chicago.
81 PM. DAILT-F. 4. v Limited Solid train
for Cincinnati. Pullman sleepers Cincinna ii,
Lexington and Louisville without change. Open
for reception of passengers at pm. Pullman
compartment car TO Virginia Hot Springs. without
change Tuesdays, TharslaYs and saturdays. Daily
connection for the Springs Observation car.
Seepers Cincinnati 90 Chicago and ~. Louis.
1857 AN. EXCEPT SUNDAY-yia Richmon<
for Old Point and Norfolk Only rail llne.
2:20 Pm. DAUI-For Gordossville. Charlottes
Vile, Staunton and for Richmond, daily, except
Sunday.
Reservations and tickets at Chesapeake and Obi,
Offices, BIB aud 19c1 Pennsylvania avenue, lilO Il
street northwest, and at the ation.
II. W. FULLER
no13-Ssd General Passenger agent.
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non RAILWAY

"1A,ltl-NVIO1N, AlfAANDfNlA IND MI. EN-
NON RAILWAY.
From Station. 1917 st. and Penna. ave.
In effect July 20.
FOR ALEXANDRIA DAILY .D-8:40. tbs. 7:50. S9,1Q
1920 e1,. II. II o.m.; !. 2, 8, 4;l5 ex., 5:aY,
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ALEXANDRIA Oaily).-5:55. 6:o5, 6:55. 7:2e
e1., g. $50 ex, o, TO- II, II am; :o6, .. 3:o6.
VERNON (and way stations) DAILY except sun.
days)-10. IL. IL an: 2. 4:15 pm: il am.
10, IL, IL am: ., 3. 4:15 pm. FOR ARI.iN,i-
TON, AQUEDUCr BRIDGE, FALLS CHURCH,
FORT MYEIi, BAIIsSTON.--65o (except sunday.
$50, 1880 am; $780, 2:40. 4:20, Cos, sos,
1905. IL 80 pm. daily.
Baggage checked free for passengers holding first
class tickets at station. Bicycles 25 ceuts each
q. L. ABBOTT, GEO. r. PHILLIPS
Gen. Manager. Gen. Pass. Agent.
nol8
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STEAMER WAKEFIELD.

FOE PUTUMAC RIVER LANDINGS,
Leaves Washington, d. c., foot OF 7th St, Mon
days, Z am., for intermediate landings TO Colonial
Beach. Bushwood, Rock Point, Nomni Creek, ST.
Clement and Breton Bay landings
Wednesdays, am, for intermediate landings to
Colonial Beach. Bushwood. Rock Point Colton's
Leonardtown, Abell's, Nomini Creek, Piney Point
St Georges Island, Smiths Greek, Coan and Yeo,
cOmico rivers.
Saturdays, am. for intermediate landings to
Colonial Beach, Bushwood. Rock Point Nouini
Greek, Coltons. Cee schedulesD c. W. RIDLEY,
General Manager noo ~
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These rollers are about as big around as a
hogshead and about seven feet long, They
are very heavy. They are SO arranged
that an enormous weight Is added to
them by hydraulic pressure, and as the
cane is drawn through them by means of
the teeth catching the flbers this great
weight presses the juice out of it and it
comes out almost dry. It Is now sprinkled
by means of machinery and carried on to
go through a second pair Of rollers quite
as heavy as the first. Now the pith which
Is left contains as little water as a last
years corn stalk. 1t Is carried on from
the rollers upon another elevated railway
and emptied into the enormous furnaces
which run the machinery of the mill.
When the stalks of cane left the cars they
were very heavy. They were as full of
juice as a haIf-soaked sponge Is Of water
They come out as dry as tinder and you
could light them with a match.
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POTOMAC RIVER BOATS.
The Weerlls Steamboat CO

FALL. SCHEDULE.
Steamer Potomac leaves 1th st. wharf every
Sunday at pm. for river landings and Baltimore.
Pusseneer accommodations strictly first class. Elec
tric lighted throughout. All river freight be
prepaid. Special rates given on Baltimore freight.
STEPHENSON BROS. Agents.
80 Pa. ave. Telephone, 745. se7-tf
Z. S. RANDALL. POTOMAC RIVER LINE
Steamer Harry Randall leaves River View Wharf,
7th street, Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday, Z
m. landing at all wharves far down a Mad
dox creek, Va, Including Chapel Point and Colonial
Beach. returning on Mondays about pm.; We'd
nesdays and Fridays about $3.50 pm. Passenger
oOmmodations first-cass. Freight received until
hour Of sailing. Telephone 1865.
+. A. REDD & CO., E. s RANDALL,
Agents. Alexandria Proprietor and Manager.
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STEAM CARPET CLEANING

THE OFFICE OF THE AMMONIATED STEAM
Carpet Cleaning and Renovating Works and u.
q Mattress Co. Il removed to 5O7 11th St NV
Good work and low agures. Works 1865 and lO6i
18th st. NV. Tel. S0E II. NEWAYER, Mgr. sef-tf
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w. r. Speare,
Undertaken & EmbaEmer.

ei0 Street Northwest.
Everything strictly nIst-cass and &C the most r~a
sonabls terms. Telephoas call ssA Al-ts
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Rain of Sweet Water.

Come with me below the great roller
presses and see where the juice goes to-.
You see it pouring down in torrents from
the lower parts Of the rollers. 1t falls
in the shape Of sweet rain into trough
about foot wide, and this flows In
steady stream both day and night, as long
as the mill is running. Put your finger
in this water and take a taste of the
liquid as 1t cores from the cane. The
fluid Is Of greenish yellow. 1t looks
dirty. 1t reminds you Of dish water, and
the taste Is almost sickening. Still, out of
that sweet dirty dish water the pure white
sugar must come. The water, however,
must be taken out OF it. It.must b
bleached unfit Il II as clear as crystal be.
fore It Is readJ for boiling down into
sl,car ~ ..ssf-
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FREE DENTAL INFTRMARY.-DENTALD DEPART
ment Of Columbian University, 1925 ii st. NV.
All operations upon the teeth at cost Of material
used. Extracting free. Hours from to pm.
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How syrup I. AIatfe.

1t Is frst run into great iron tanks. each
holding 1900 gallons, and each having
pipes running through them. These pipes
admit gas made Of sulphur, which Is
blown about through the water. The gas
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Sell Convicted.

There are many, while not subscribing
TO populistic tenets, who nevertheless are
won't to say of those who do, 'they are
honest though misguided. Perhaps but
in the light of the position in which tho
representatives of this party in Congress
have placed themselves this saving grace
of honesty cannot be credited to them.
They, themselves, have made it impos-
sible to do SO. They say to the Rcpubli-
can senators, your revenue bill isn't of
the right kind" This is the excuse they
offer when hard pressed. But they also
say you agree to our free silver proposi-
ton in which you dent believe and we
will agree to your revenue measure in
which we don't believe Is that the
talk of honest men? Is that the kind of
representation to awaken pride in the
breasts of the people who champion free
silver and Populism? Does not Populism
base its reason for existence upon the
alleged disposition of other political
parties to barter principese
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force to relax her grasp. Possibly 1t is
not difficult to understand that the army
of tax gatherers and corruptionists raised
up by the system of extortion that al
ways has and always would characterize
Spanish rule in Cuba, will make every
effort to have that system continued on
the other hand there is political ferment
in Spain that cannot he accurately est
mated, bat which undoubtedly will exert
powerful influence in determining the
result. An offer to pay ali the war debt
and a handsome indemnity to the debt
burdened mother country must neces-
sariiy modify that parents affection for
inception been nothing but merccnary.
Such an offer would undoubtedly be made
if there were any likelihood of its being
favorably considered. Neither docs there
appear to be any doubt that Cuba could
fulfil the legations implied therein.
There also ought to be notice in the
almost unanimous vote by which the
Senate passed those resolutions, that this
country does not propose to allow Spain
to dispose of Cuba and Cubaus according
to her own will and pleasure if those
happen to run counter to the rules of
civilized warfare or to the rights of the
United States. Those resolutions, more
over, are virtually a notice to other
countries that we shall not allow Cuba to
pass into the possession of another foreign
power by purchase or conquest
There is nothing in these resolutions
that need give rise to war between Spain
and this country. There does not appear
to be anything UNJUST in them. 1t mat
tiers not SO far as the equity is concerned
that politics played part in their adop-
ton. If there was any of the game of
politics in their passage, it was the kind
that responds to the popular Will aud
this Of Itself is encouraging.
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A Republican State Convention
WILL BE HELD IN
City Hall, Portland,
Thursday, Apr. 18th, 1896,
At Eleven O'clock A. M.

for the purpose of selecting six candidates for
electors of President and Vice President OF
the United States, and four delegates ct large
and four aternates to attend the National Re
publican Convention, to be held at st. Louis,
Missouri, on Tuesday, June 18th, 1895, and
transacting any other business that may prop
ery come before it.
The basis of representation will be as fol-
lows: each City, Town and Plantation will be
entitled to one delegate. and for each seventy
five votes cast for the Republican candidate
for Governor in 1884, an additional delegate,
and for fraction of forty votes in excess OF
seventy-fve votes, an additional delegate.
Vacancies in the delegation of any City,
Town or Plantation can only be filled by res
ident of the County in which the vacancy
exists.
The State committee will be in session in
the reception room of the hall at nine O'Clock
on the morning of the convention, for the pur-
pose of receiving the credentials OF delegates
Delegates in order to be eligible to participate
in the convention must be elected subsequent
to the date of the call for this convention;
and delegates, under this call, should not BIZ
elected to the State convention to be here
after called for the purpose of nominating 8
candidate for governor
All electors of Maine, without regard to past
political differences, who are in sympathy
with the sentiments expressed in the call Of
Republican National Convention, are cordial.
ly invited to unite with the Republicans OF
the State il electing delegates to this Conven
ton.
Per order Republican State Coumitte
JOSEPH II. MANLEY, Chairman,
BYRON BOYD, Secretary.
Augusta, Maine, Jan. %, 1896.
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lie Blue and the GRAY.

The desire to associate the blue and
the gray" in Il mammoth parade in New
York City may have been, probably was,
perfectly legitimate, though it very likely
had its origin in the hope of producing a
grand spectacular effect. Since Com
mander Walker of the e. A. K. refused 1t
not only his official countcnance but OK
pressed his disapprobasion of it as yell,
doubt has arisen whether it can be made
successful.
Undoubtedly many who have reputa-
ton for fairness and excellent Judgment
will regard Commander Walkers position
somewhat narrow. And viewed from
certain standpoints it does seem to be-
But looked at in the way the blue
and the gray" were won't to look upon
the blue and the gray in the days of fierce
conflict, the position is unassailable The
northern soldier did not, except in the
frenzy of the moment, shoot to kill bis
brother who Wore the gray and with
whom he would gladly fraternize when
ever the opportunity presented itself. He
shot to kill the gray, or to be more specific
that which the gray represented and hay
ing shot it full of holes he cannot con
sistently, lend his sanction to any attempt
to place that gray alongside the blue for
the purpose of representing to posterity
the false idea that they should equally
share in the fond regard of the American
people.
There is not in this one twingo Of
bitterness toward the gallant men who
wore the gray, no wish to dishonor their
motives, no intimation that they are not
as ready as those who wore the blue, to
now defend common country from Il
common enemy There is an idcaity
clinRing about the blue and the gray
when viewed in this light and We believe
there are very many who so view them,
SO many in fact that the proposed parade
could scarcely he considered apart from
this ideality. If 1t could, If all the signih-
canoe attaching 80 it would be that of
brotherly love, united patriots, cementing
OF friendships, in short, the obliteration of
all dividing lines formerly so sharply
drawn, then would everyone gladly
welcome the grandcst spectacle which
could possibly be made of the "blue" and
the gray marching shoulder to
shoulder, AS it is we hope the project
will either be abandoned completely or
else be so managed rs to grandly Illus
trate the present idea Of common country
without even the slightest reimbursement
of the relations the blue and the gray
now bear in history.
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Encouraging Despite Inconsistencies.

The time required for u reform to per.
meato the body polite is considerable but
the process of ingraining the pubic con
science is a slower one. We are reminded
pugil!sm now finds itself Within a few
days two noted pugilists were compelled.
in order to fight, to go outside the limits
OF the United States. Indeed it appears
to be conceded that mill between
combatants for the worlds championship
III pugilism cannot now be successfully
pulled off in this country. This con-
dition of affairs has been brought about
within comparatively few years, so sud
denly, in fact, as to give rise to suspicion
that 1t is not really the result of the pre-
valling sentiment in some of the states
which have forbidden It, 1t would seem,
that some other influence than repuc
nance at the brutality Of such an exhibit
ton must have induced the executive
authority of state, which permits in
discriminate lynching of colorcd people
and burning at the stake accomnaried
with fortunes rivalling those devised by
the devilish ingenuity of an Apache, to
exercise every precaution against prize
fighting. This opinion is also fortified bv
the fact that these big mills seldom
result in closing the blatant mouth of
either combatant for fifteen consecutive
minutes.
On the other hand we find in statos
that boast of the greatest culture. and the
broadcast humanitarianism, that have for
years been accredited with distsste for
prize fighting, states like Massachusetts
tor instance the field of encounters fulIv
as disgusting as the battle between Fitz-
simmons and Maher. These latter in
dividuals were compelled to seek the land
of the toreador, and that. too. in Defiance
OF law, in order to do in reality no more
than was done, according to United Press
reports, in the city of Holyoke, Mass.
one evening last week at what was
euphemisticflly termed "a boxing OK.
hibition.'' To quote from the words of
the dispatch ''there was little science and
lots OF blood in it. 1t was not all edifyinr
spectacle. -
Viewed as n whole, however, the situa-
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power II could be easily reached from the
United States by railroad through
Mexico, over which armies and munitions
could be quickly transported
IN an article on the present state Of the
Nicaragua canal, Gen. A. ". Greely
points ont that, by the report submitted
to the President by the commission which
inspected the route last year, il is under
stood that the eompany's estimate of
$50, SOB 660 for the cost OF the waterway.
has been increased to $133, f72, 1913, and
that even the latter computation is only
put forward as provisional. In the
judgment Of this commission. also much
Of the money thus far spent by the con
struction company at the two terminal
harbors has been thrown away. Ii is
Gen Grcely's opinion that the present
location OF the route from Greytown TO
Bribo has been practically condemned: it
is suggested that the entrance to Grey
town harbor should be moved eastward,
and its depth increased to six fathoms /:
that the Brito harbor should be moved
south eastward and its breakwater ex-
tended considerably; and that the pro-
posed line Of the canal should be moved
south Of Bernard Lagoon and be straight
enel.
Whatever changes in the precise route
of the Nicaragua waterway or in the plan
Of construction, may be deemed expedient,
Gen. Greedy concurs with the great
majority of competent and patriotic
students in maintaining that no moderate
Increase Of cost beyond the original ost-
mate should be permitted to deprive US of
a channel OF interoceanic Communication
demanded by our physical and political
geography. and indispensable for the pro-
tCctOn and prosperity Of our Pacific coast.
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Speaker Reed and Economy.
Boston Herald.

Il IS a good symptom that Speaker Reed
is using his influence In favor of economy
IN pablo expenditures. He recognizes
that we have no revenue in the national
government that we can afford to squander
and shows no disposition to spend money
In order to afford excuse fer high tariff
which had been the prevalent Republican
policy in earlier years. This is sounder
statc5manship than we have been ac.
customed to, and it is an agreeable
indication of what may be expected at
his hands should he attain the presidency.
II IS stated that the scheme to appropriate
large sums for new war-ships does not
receive favor from the speaker, and the
absurd call for Sl00, 600 600 for coast de
renee appears to have died natural
death, without his intorpostion. This
government has been lavish III Its expen-
dltures to demoralizing degree. and
those who put stop to tho worse than
waste implied in it render highly impor
TINT public service
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ton is not one to excite grave apprehen
sions in the minds Of those who strongly
oppose these brutalizing spcctacles. If
state pride has been touched relative 10
fights for the championship of bruiscr-
dom and politicians have been led TO fear
the sentiment demanding the prohibition
OF such encounters, there Is good reason
to believe that the same influences will
gradually bring about the determination
of glove fights on smaller scale. The
fact that boxing under suitable condi-
tions, Is really a manly art, may causc the
leaven to work more slowly than other
wise but it is working aud the advance
already made will not permit backslid-
ing
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The Senate disposed of that Cuban
resolution as if it wished to redeem itself
But that body must pass a respectable
public confidence it has forfeited Whom
the simplest mathematical calculations
demonstrate that if the proceeds of the
first three bond sales, s1S2, 26S, OBS the
government has paid out, an account Of
deficiency of revenue, sl34 404, POS and
81, 600, 0D0 additional for the redemption
of Pacific railway bonds, there romans
no excuse, whatever, for the Democrats
and five free silver senators who refuse
to protect our national credit
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Those Cuban Resolutions.

Tho Cuban resolutions in the form in
which the Senate finally adopted them
ought to be satisfactory to the Cuban
insurgents and Spain has no valid
ground for objection to the resolution
recognizing the belligcrent rights of the
rebels. Just what that government will
think OF the resolution requesting the
President to use his good Offices to bring
about the independence of Cuba remains
to be seen. 1t would afford the Spanish
government an opportunity to retire grace
fully from very embarrassing and dis.
graceful position. Spain can listen to
overtures and at the same time excuse
herself for so doing with the remark that
the attitude Of this country renders such
a course the wisest.
spain ought to know from experience
that should she conquer the insurgents
TINS time, she will not with all her in.
comparable facilities for extortion be able
TO more than wiring from Cuba enough tc
pay the expenses of this war before she
Will nave another on her hands. 1t has
peen said that national pride is so intense
that Spain will never consent to mar,
WIN CUBA unless absolutely compelled by