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THE CAPTAIN AND HIS MEN

At Cincinnati, o, Captain Ford
Stith takes pleasure in politics and
there is little or nothing that goes on
in colored circles which is not at once
communicated to him.
He is surrounded by some of the
brainiest colored men in the city and
they act in concert, welding power
which is as effective as it is surpris-
ling
We met Misses Marietta L., and
| Maggie E. Chiles. They were the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Chiles
and their daughter. Miss Kate. They
were spending a pleasant time, and a
large number of persons had called to
see them.
GREAT AMUSEMENT.
The Zoo was the great place of
amusement for the people of Cincin-
natl and thither we Wended our way.
We listened to magnificent address
by President M b Ingalls, of the @. &
o K. r.. and he openly declared his
advocacy of the election of Mckinley
and Hobart. He stated that the only
proper thing for a self-respecting
Democrat to do in this crisis was to
support the Republican nominees.
AN ELEPHANT AS A SIGN POST.
| large elephant, quietly browsing
around a stump to which it was tied
had painted in large letters on d Gov
ering thrown over it, the significant
I"G. 0. P, " for grand old party Near
it was the baby elephant with the SIM
! pie label thereto attached, Tommy %
, Sunday morning, Captain Ford Still
was sick with one of his accustomed
headaches. His suffering was excru
Noso Nd EnoI1u ~
was induced to give him a hypod ermi,
D | injection of morphine. This afforded
s him relief. The primary cause of tn,
trouble was a failure to diet himself
His attentive wife called attention
h to this, and we conversed with him ol
the subject.
THOSE DAINTY DISHES.
d With a gruesome countenance. an
face beamiDg with earnestness. he sal
IT'S my wife's fault. She cook thos
French lamb chops. done up in pape
and places other delicacies there t
ID tempt the appetite, and eat then
Yes, and if she'd put them here no
I'd eat them. and take the consequer
,r ces. Adam was tempted, and / can
stand it any more than he could
IJust then the headache gave anoth,
wrench upon the nerves, and a gros
a followed, but he was no less desermil
~ ed to sample his wife's excellent disl
he es il placed before him. As we n
90 breakfast, we thoroughly agreed wi
him.
METHODIST DIVINE.
+. In company with Prof. Joseph
H. Jones we visited Browns Chapel at
nd A. M, and listened to a most excelle
j. sermon by Rev. Horace Talbert.
ird is most impressive pulpit orator, a
as a church financier has few supe
the Ors. He secured our consent to spe
at 8 p. M. We repaired to Capt
AAA;th,a nnnnainn and d.lrino. Aho olA
Richmond planet., 1896-09-05
PITTsBURG NOTES.
P1rrsnuRa. Pa. Sent.

PITTsBURG, Pa, Sept. l, '96.
Nellie Taylor has returned froW Wis
iting friends in Nellsville.
Miss Annie Beasley has returned
from visiting friends in Detroit, Mich
igan. also in Cleveland, Ohio and
youngstown, visiting Miss Leas and
Mrs NJ. Smith of Youngtown also Miss
Logan. Mr.. f. ID. l.. Brent accompa.
nj Miss Beasley.
There was lunch given to us OF
Sunday from to O'Clock.
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EmanciDatiOn Celebration.

The 33rd Anniversary Of the great
Emancipation Celebration will take
place Tuesday, September p, 1896 at
Alexandria. Va. There will be q grand
Military, Civic and Industrial Parade,
also speaking by national orators
Hon. Garrett A. Hobart will speak on
this occasion.
Richmond planet., 1896-09-05
RELIGIOUS MEETING BY THE sRD
ST BAPTIST CHURCH.
The Open Air Meeting in the Grove near
Hartshorn Still Continues.

Open air religious services will con-
tinue in this grove the 1st and 2ud
Lords days in September Should the
weather be inclement, services will be
held indoors on 3ri street, 3rd door
from Duval.
lst Lords day (to~morrow).
IL 80 preaching by the pastor, w +.
Nash 3 80 preaching by Elder J. II
A. Cyrus. an able divine. Come and
hear him. $3.50 preaching by Elder J
Turner in the church on 3rd St., third
door from Duval
Please bring ten cents to bless tn,
cause.
w. f. NASH.
Richmond planet., 1896-09-05
A Sad Accident.
NEW ROCHELLE N Y

NEW ROCHELLE, N. Y e, Sept. 1,
Rev. T. II. Baylor, fell and broke
his arm, while bathing at Rye Beach
Freeman Lodge, No. IS, X. of p. OF
New Rochelle, held their first enter.
tainment at the Casino, Aug. 81. II
was grand success. A large Grove
viewed the drill,
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Pythian Officers Installed

The following Sir Knights were off,
cially installed at called Convention
of Myrtle Lodge, No. II. Knights of
Pythias, N. A., s. A, E.. A. and A.: P.
O.. Lewis Crawford, @. c., Earnest
Edmunds; " c., Abram Harris Pre-
late, Eddie Cowana; K. of r. and 5
Robert A Jackson; M Of + Samuel
Thompson; NJ. of Ex., Samuel Will
son M-at-Arms, Lee Johnson; 1. G..
Junius Young; o. g., Joseph Haw-
kins.
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UNION! UNION II UNION 4!
oonyenes with the Fifth St. Baptist s. s.

The regular monthly meeting of the
Sunday School Union will convene
with the Fifth Street Sunday School
Sunday. September 9Th at $3.50 P. M
An excellent programme will be rem.
dered Come out early and bring 9
donation for missionary work
w. A. MITCHELL. President
w. A. KYLEs, Cor. Sec'y.
Richmond planet., 1896-09-05
THE JUDGES DECREE
AUNT MARY'S CASE.
A New Trial Granted" III
Save HeI Now.
ABLE ARGUMENT.
MEsSRs. GUIGOR AND FLOURE0Y
INPHE BREACH.
The Final Ending Of the Trage3T.
ABLE ARGUMENT.
The Final Ending of the Tragedy.

The following telegram will explain
itself:
FARMvILJE, VA. - :23 M.
To John Mitchell, Jr
The PLAxET, Richmond, Va =
New trial. granted on the ground
that the verdict was not sustained by
the evidence.
A. b. GUIGoE
Judge Coleman had set Wednesday
September 2d as the time for hearing
argument in the Mary Alternately
case. He is holding the fall term OF
the Circuit Court at Farmville, Va.
Richmond planet., 1896-09-05
THE EDITORS TRIP.

THE EDITORS TRIP.
SCENESIN MILWAU KEE
Interesting Incidents.
A WHITE MANS ENQUIRY.
BOOKER 7. WASHING
TON INSULTED.
A White Barber's Refusal
IN CHICAGO AND CINCINNATI.
0olored Emnlova4s
Richmond planet., 1896-09-05

DO not delay the collector. Pay
him promptly.
Richmond planet., 1896-09-05
PINE QUARTERS.

Going there, the register was turned
and we we're assigned to our room. 1t
was one of the parlors OF the hotel
The bed was folding one and the To-
cation OF our apartments was on the
second floor, facing the street. As it
wae now after 2 O'Clock a. m, il wss
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THE BEAD OUT OFF.

Farmer" Lock took pains to show
the spot where the tragedy occurred.
His hired man discovered it by acci-
dent He said the neck was down
ward on the side of the hill in thick
weeds
The medical experts decided that
she was alive when the head was sew
cred. The murderers thought that
without the head Identification of the
body was impossible and it would be
an unknown" mystery.
Noticing our masonic pin. Farmer
Lock, who by the way is an English
man, but no farmer, said, that upOT
the strength Of that pin he would take
us up to the house and show US the
pictures.
DESTROYING THE FRUIT.
This he did to the entire satisfaction
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1896-08-29
Letters From The People.
Public Health vs. Second Hand Clothing
Or Private Gain vs. Official Duty.

Mr.. Editor:
Our town is going to have in its midst.
what no other towns in this part Of our
State is willing to have, or is making
mighty efforts to get rid Of.
As to how it will hurt or improve our
business. l being an interested party,
will not give an opiOniOn. as 1t might
be prejudiced. Leaving aside all aues-
tion of self interest and looking at the
thing in Straightforward manly way.
would like to ask few questions.
LIST. will the advent Of these people
with their Hospital refuses tend to bene-
at the health OF the town and parish?
End. Is it not q known fact that al
most every other town have refused 10
let them come inp
3rd. 1t is not strange that the presi-
dent of our police jury and also another
member Of that body. they who are cleo
ted by the people to preserve the parish
from disease are the very persons who
are renting stores in our town Tor the
purpose Of inviting the very thing that
they are suppose to safeguard as from?
4th. Is it not past comprehension
that our Mavor. the chief health officer
in the town, should without making anv
inquiries from other places. straightway
issue licenses to these people, thereby
inviting what we most desire to exclude
from our midst, viz; small pox &c &c.
9th. Should we not rise and bless
the Lord Of Abraham, Isaac. and Israel
for having given us such set Of noble
men for public health preservers?
II not, why nOt2
MERCHANT.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1896-08-29

The ginnery of Messrs. Four
net and Delahoussaye commenced
operations Thursday.
The cool north wind yester-
day morning came as a warning
that winter is coming and will
soon be upon us.
Mr.. Albert Resweber ground
a few acres of cane this week, to
make syrup.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1896-08-29
Local News.

The Sisters of Mercy will re-
open their classes Monday.
The cotton market opened at
s2l per thousand pounds in the
seed but it fell $40.
All was full of activity at the
Oil Works this week. Everything
was in full blast.
Miss Aurelia Messenger of Lo-
resuville was in town the fore part
of this week.
We learn that there will be
two stores opened here in the near
future by strangers.
Messrs. Jack and Laizaire Bien-
venu attended a magnificent ball
in Breaux Bridge last Sunday.
The little girl of Mrs. r. De-
Blanc, Lillian, had her arm mash
ed by a cart while taking a ride.
Our young friend Paul Ber-
trand of New Orleans, spent two
days in town this week with his
parents.
Miss Coralie Marionneau of
New Orleans is spending some
time here the guest of Mrs. Henry
-Beslin.
Mr.. j. B. Ferran has secured
the services of Mr.. Henry Demo-
val of New Orleans as clerk in his
dry good store.
Mr.. l.. V. Simon, son of Judge
Simon arrived in town Sunday
evening, and is circulating among
his many friends.
Miss Gabrielle Thomas retur-
ned Monday from a months So
journ in Galveston, highly de-
lighted with her outing.
Work was commenced this
week on the foundation of the re-
sidence of Mr.. A. G.. Goulas, on
The east side of the bayou.
Messrs. Raoul and Jules Do
mengeaux of Breaux Bridge were
in town the fore part Of this week,
attending to their freight business.
The Favorite brass band will
give grand concert and ball fol
their benefit on Saturday Septem-
Der 5th at the True Friends hall.
JUST REDEIVED
ONE CAR LOAD OF
FURNITURES
L. g. DUCHAMP.
Mr.. l.. j. Gardemal went down
to New Orleans Sunday, which
more than likely means, that his
already large and varied stock will
be largely added to.
"A merry crowd of boys ant
girls took in a muskadine party
Monday evening, and returned
home overjoyed with their even
ing spent in the wood.
Moonlight walks are quite
fashionable nowadays. The bi:
bridge spanning the Teche bein'
the rendezvous in many cases
thereby making that part of towr
quite lively.
We are requested by Mrs. T
c. Hues to announce that Their
will be grand concert given o.
the Clover Hill plantation, for til
colored people on Saturday Sep
TENDER 5th 1896.
"A "coon" excursion with tw
brass bands invaded the quite pre-
=
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-Messrs. Louis Delhommer and
Walter Melancon of Breaux Bridge
were in town Thursday and gave
us pleasant call.
Miss Lille Breaux and Mr.. F.
o. Cornay of Lafayette we're in
town this week, the guests of Miss
Elodie Gueriniere.
The Durand brothers and Hen
ry Dumay had gone to Opelousas
last Sunday to take part in the
bicycle meet, but owing to the
rain the races were postponed.
JUST RECEIVED
ONE CAR LOAD OF
FURNITURES
L. G.. DUCHAMP.
MARRIED-Mr. Charles Bar
ras and Miss Neolie Melancon,
both of this parish, were united in
marriage Wednesday evening the
26th inst, at the Catholic church.
According to the figures agreed
upon, the tenants of st. John plan
tation will receive for their share
of the bounty 81 cents, which is
l83 cents per ton more than the
first offer made to them. 1t ap-
pears that the yield of st. John
for 1894 and the amount of boun-
ty money received by Mr.. Levert
was greatly over-estimated.
Our boys played two games
of base ball at Breaux Bridge last
Sunday. The Bfeaux Bridge boys
came out victorious. The score of
the first nine stood Is to IA. The
score of the third nine stood 81 to
3. These gaines were holly con-
tested, and our boys came home
looking slightly disfigured over
their defeat. Both clubs will cross
bats here in fifteen days.
JUST RECEIVED
ONE CAR LOAD OF BUG
GIES, GIGS, CARRIAGES,
AND WAGONS.
LOUIS G.. DUCHAMP.
Last Saturday a good many
town people and planters who be-
lieve in protection, met here and
discussed the political situation
They have decided to organize a
McKinly Protection Club, have
secured a good many signatures
and will meet again on the 9Th OF
of September, to effect a perma.
nent organization.
We publish this week an arti
Gle OIL second hand clothing taker
from the Iberian, which shows the
opposition of the people of severa
towns to the retailing of secont
hand clothing. The opposition t.
second hand clothing is because i
is All easy means of spreading dis
ease. We publish the article ant
mention this fact because we hav'
learned that two such stores vii
soon be opened here, and that ou
merchants and people are circula
ting a petition to present to tn
council, asking that body to pas
an ordinance prohibiting the sal
of second hand clothing.
~ ~ NV
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1896-08-29

olcH RED BLOOD is the foun-
~ dat,on of good health. That is why
Hoods Sarsaparilla, the One True
Blood Purifier, gives HEALTH.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-10-08

Alexandria had a Embarrassing expe-
Renee this morning when steam railroad
train crashed into train on the electric
road. The emptiness of the electric cars
is the only reason why a number Of
precious human lives were not sacrificed
In the early days of railroading there was
some excuse for grade-crossings, but there
Is no excuse today. Alexandria could
easily, when the electric roads tracks
were authorized. have compelled the eleva-
ton or depression of either of the sets Of
tracks but 1t did not do so. 1t may some
day pay a heavy penalty for its careless
liberality to unappreciative corporations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-10-08


Will Mr. Germans appeal for votes for
MI Bryan In Maryland, on the score of the
regularity of the candidate. have any eff
feet on those democrats who are not In
sympathy with the Chicago platform? In
reality, that Is the only ground on which
the appeal Is made. Mr.. German Is not In
favor of free silver, and surely the man re-
sponsible for the Senate's amendments to
the Wilson tariff bill cannot be an enemy
of trusts. But, the creator and pre-
server and manipulation of political ma
chine, the Maryland Senator knows the
value of regularity" and so harps on that
string
1t was only last year that Maryland voted
for governor Mr. Hurst was the demo-
cratic candidate, and his nomination was
in every way regular" That is to say, Mr..
Germans machine, in the regular" way,
had made it. Mr.. Hurst was personally a
most estimable man. But some thousands
of good democrats refused to support him,
and he was beaten. The question of the
regularity of his candidacy was of no
avail with men who stood opposed to all
that Mr.. Hursts election would mean. They
rejected him because of that which they
thought Mr.. Hurst represented They
voted against him in order to help put down
Wnat tney cnaTdcterlzeU as
And they succeeded.
Is not the man, capable of rejecting the
plea of regularity in local contest, cap
able, with equally gooo grounds. of reject
ing the same plea made in a national con-
test? If Mr.. Hurst was found Objectionable
as the representative in that race Of Cor
manism, is not Mr.. Bryan. as the represen-
tative of free silver, free riot, and a rehab-
ito of 81, lie in
equally as Objectionable?
But more than this. Does not Mr..
Bryan's candidacy. so far as Maryland is
concerned. also embrace Gormanism? There
is every reason to believe that it does. Mr..
German. 1t is very clear, is now laying his
foundations for next years campaign. He
Is bidding for the contest of the whole fed
eral patronage of the state for use in his
effort to succeed himself in the Senate. And
il Mr.. Bryan is elected, Mr.. German will
control that patronage, and maybe more.
Every machine influence of the new admin
istration will probably be used to restore
Mr.. Germans weakened power in Mary
land, and insure his return to the Senate.
Mr.. Germans friends boast of this, and he
himself is believed to be building on It,
This point is worth the considerat ton OF
any democrats in Maryland who opposed
Mr.. German last year, and expect to op-
pose him next year, but who. on the mis-
taken idea that Mr.. German is not in this
race, may be inclined, for simple "regu-
laritys" sake. to vote for Mr.. Bryan
Organism. to Maryland. undoubtedly means
besides other things Gormanism; and tn,
democrat in the state who votes to put Mr.
Bryan in the White House, votes to arm
and equip Mr.. German for next years SEN
atorial race
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-10-08

Those enthusiastic supporters of Mr..
Bryan who imagine that their candidate,
should he become President, can destroy
the civil service law with an autograph are
mistaken The civil service law can be re-
pealed only by Congress. 1t has been as
serted that the presidential right to ex-
tend the scope of the statute carries with
1t, logically, the right OF contraction, but
the best authorities are agreed that such
Is not the case. Section of the law pro-
vides that any revision of existing classifi-
cations shall be for the purpose of ''facili-
tating the execution of this act;' which
plainly places beyond the Presidents power
any reversal of the businesslike methods
by which the government is provided with
subordinate employees. The spirit of the
statute Is everywhere opposed 10 any such
revolutionary action as seems to be con-
templated by the hungry spoiismen who
are now cheering Bryan 50 vocicer0usly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-10-08
The Battle Line Now.

ida and Georgia. They indicate. If any
thing. that. in all but her border territory.
the south may be safely put down in the
Bryan column. That is an entirely fair as
sumption. If state results in the east are
to be accepted as assuring a verdict there
later OF the same tenor respecting the ma
tional issue. state results in the south are
entitled to q similar Interpretation. The
east then Is for Mr.. Mckinney and the
greater part of the south for Mr.. Bryan
The republicans are working for big
majority. They want to make the fight de-
cisiye. The success of their ticket by a mar
row margin might prove to be n barren vic
tory. They might find themselves unable to
move with that precision and effectiveness
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-10-08
Our Dirty Streets.

Why are the city's streets so phenomenal
ly unclean just now? The only answer as
yet vouchsafed in defense of their condition
relates the fact that more than a week ago
a great storm swept over this region and
Uttered the highways and byeways with all
sorts of rubbish. most of 1t pulSerized tree
limbs and autumn leaves A hundred years
ago-when somnolency was common fea-
ture in private and municipal business-a
storm might have served as an excuse for
month or two but today any attempt to
hold the ten -days-past hurricane to present
accountability must be greeted with laugh
ter To clean the streets when dirt is COM
paratively scarce is easy enough, provided
too much attention Is not paid to contract
specifications The taxpayers want clean
streets always but especially do they want
them at such a time as this Under or
binary circumstances a highway might go
unswept for two or three days or even a
week without causing the public any par
ticular distress or Inconvenience. but to
neglect main thoroughfares for ten days
after the street-surfaces had been Uttered
with removable debris Is wholly inexcusa-
Bile. That the District Commissioners
should permit such wholesale disregard of
the public welfare is remarkable; they have
it in their power to compel the street-sweep-
ing contractor to activity. If the character
of the dirt is such that the work cannot be
done by the contractors machines there is
no evident reason why 1t cannot be accom-
plished by sufficient combination Of men
and hand-brooms- Unemployed men are I'M
fortunately, oyerplentiful; suitable brooms
may be purchased for cash of half hun
dred local dealers. On one portion of F
street the merchants have wearied of wait
ing for the contractor and now pay directly
for better sweeping than any contractor
ever did in this any other American city.
There Is nothing In this fact for the munich
pal authorities to be proud of.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-10-08
ValedicfOry.

IT'S autumn, somber autumn and the Joys
of summer flee:
Wen miss the tender tootIe of the songbrd
on the tree.
But more than sylvan music and the per-
fumes of the field,
Wen miss the men whose praises from the
bleaching-boards once pealed.
No more we'll hear that orator, whose
never-failing voice,
Has ever BODIED tumult-we refer to Scrappy
Joyce.
And we'll pine for that debater upon ethics
and on law,
Who is mostly known as Muggsy, though
his last name is McGraw.
Where now is the bold umpire with the
nerve to call strike
On that wizard of the willow whom we hail
as Silent Nike"
There is nothing that would SO warm up
the cookies Of the heart
AS to gaze on Jiggsy Parrot while he prac-
tees Desarte
But the rooters all have vanished with the
silent leaves that fall;
There is only desolation where they once
were playing ball.
We mourn for Foghorn Miller, Pebbly Jack
and Bid McPhee,
And all such famous folk who made the
welkin ring with glee.
IT'S all In vain another glimpse the fan
who fingers begs
OF Cartwright. gallant Cartwright, with
the stanch piano-legs.
Kid Gleason and Bug Holiday. Mute Hoy
and Cupid Childs,
Have gone from the arena into dark OBJ
livion's wilds.
It's true that cen the splendors Of an en-
pire cannot stay,
| But Just the same, It's hard to see our pet.
thus fade away;
| To call in vain for Chip McGarr, Pink Haw
| ley. and the rest,
| And hear, in answer. but the wind that.
| sobbing in the west;
| To wander unrestricted through the old en-
| vironments,
| With no one near to stop you and demand
your fifty cents.
But daylight follows darkness, and tn
| memories of yore,
| Give glorious assurance of things that ar
| in store.
And patiently We'll listen for the songbirds
carolling.
| For We know that. like the robins. they'll b
with us in the spring.