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Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1897-09-30

WHY KEROSENE LAMPS Ez-
PLoDE.-Prof. Kedzie, of Micbi-
gan, in explaining the manner o
which Kerosene lamps usually ex-
plode, said
Where the vapor of kerosene is
mixed in proper proportion with
air. true explosive mixture is
formed which will explode with the
force of guDshot when fred Ey
llamc.
This explains why lamp is in
more danger OF exploding vixen
only partly filled with kerosene, be-
cause a large amount of space is
filed with the explosive mixture.
Many persons on leaving the
room turn down the lamp to save
oil; but such economy - very liable
to cause lamp explosion. which 10
anything but economical. know
of case in Charlotte which Illus.
trates the danger Of this practice.
A lamp in store was turned
down during the absence OF the
clerk. A person passing saw the
lamp explode and by promptly
breaking open the store Ire extin-
guished the fire. II % light is not
needed in room either extinguiah
the lamp or leave il burning with
the usual blaze.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1897-09-30

L
In the da,s at the commonwealth
we can Imagine Praise God Hare
bones and his crc"tvs quaiiing eeir
daily tankar'is Of Alr st h- ir,p ei-
ously named God Encompasseth
Us, or at the sign Of tho Alpha
Beta. Yet. remarks Lippincnh's
Magazine. ~ was not long ere bssih
Of these bad fallen froea their high
estate. the one BRING knoa n fsrA4d
wide as The Goat and the CompA-
ses.' with prancing beast and
mathematical instrument conscieh-
tieasly depicted oa the Sign board,
and the other ms the 'Alphabetl
with all the letters from A to r
printed above the door. An ex.
ceedingly p''pular hostelry at a pointi
from whicli several mail coaches
formerly started was originally
named Bologne Mouth. in honor OF
British victory gained at the
mouth of the Bo1logne harb9r in
the reign Of Henry VIII; but the
waterscaps or battle scene having.
after while, become pffsced by
time and sesther from the sign
board, some stupid boniface thought
he was doing the proper thing
when he had painted an enormous
mouth with . jocose little bull be-
meath. From that day on the place
figured as the Bulls Mun,h. The
time was when artists ri note
scorned not n try their prentice
hand at the painting of signs. and
many Royal Academicisn gaveih he
public lion or unicorn. mag
pie or a cokatrice, the las. fabulous
animal, supposed TO have been
hatched from a cocks egg by
toad, being for some unknown r,.a-
son quite favorite. aud represent.
ed as serpent with roostrs's
head. Among these painters were
Charles Carlton, one of the orisi.
nal Royal Academicians; Samuel
Wade, who delighted in the figures
of Falstatf and other Shskespearian
characters Hogarih aud Richard
Wilson, while the vintner's inn ut
Hayes, Kent, boosted grape
bordered st. George and the Dra-
gon' executed by Millias.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1897-09-30

We think the following lines applicable 20
great many Of our So. Mary's boys
Many suns have set and risen.
Many tides have cbbed and flowed.
But. alas some hearts have saddencd
Since the summer sun FIST glowed.
Some go laughing on forever.
Like a rfyulef In Ifs play:
hut sometime the stream must sever.
To meet perhaps agais ..some day"
Little words are often spokcn--
Clouds before the summer rain;
Tho, we think the heart Il broken.
eunshinc's stealing back again.
Now Is Aufumn-saddened season,
DO not ponder then. IN vain:
For well live In hope and reason,
When the ruses come again."
Louis BALDWIN.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-06-23
And 1t Is lombard.

The LOUISIANA DEMOCRAT ga.
lutes you, General Ed. II. LON
bard, upon your we'll merited pro-
motion as Major General Of the
Louisiana Division of United Con.
tederate Veterans. When YOU
make your next periodical pilgrim
age to Alexandria, compliment the
Office with call, 50 that the edi-
tor eau congratulate YOU in per-
son:; H--foilo.--..z.ssss7s excepted from
the SHndW Suites, shows the pro-
ceedlngs and vote By which the
new Major General was elected :
The election of Major General
developed The fact that Col. Edwin
Il. Lombard was a great tayorita
with the "VetS.n Col. ChalAron
nominated Col. Lombard ami
about twenty delegates "secoua,
ed" the nomination.
Judge Anthony Sambo!a Thought
there should be some opposition
and nominated Comrade Ambrose
Maginnis. Eight or ten "seconds"
followed this nomination and then
the chairman called for the vote.
which was ar follows:
No. |, Lombard 6; Maginnis 8.
No. 3, Lombard 16. No. 5, LON.
bard 4. No. 6, Lombard S. No.
8, Lombard 5; Maginnis L. No. IA.
Magihuis 7, No, Is, Maginuis 10.
No. IS, Lombard l; Maginnis 3.
No. II, Lombard S. No. Is, Ma.
ginnis 3. No. SO, Lombard I. No.
40, lombard 3. No. Al, Lombard
9; Maginnis 9. No. IS, Lombard
3. No. 152, Lombard 8. No. 17S,
Maginnis 9. No. 1876. Lombard !.
No. 229, Lombard /. No. 27O.
Lombard 2. No. 397, Lombard 9.
No. GOT, Maginnis 3. No. 67l.
Maginnis 2. Total, Lombard IS;
36.
1t was then moved ami carried
that Col. LOmbard's nomination he
made unanimous. Col. Lombard
then took the floor and in a few el.
oquent words expressed his appre-
citation at the honor conferred up.
Oh him and said it wonll be the
greatest pleasure of his life to nse
avery eEueavnr to make them y
good and conscientious Major Gen
raj for this Division.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-06-23

It is not alone in exceptional recreatiors
like hunting, that woman needs steady
nerves, strong muscles and healthy, Wig
orous constitution. She needs theIu in her
every day duties and pleasures. Recently
Buffalo lady called upon DR.. r. " Pierce
of that city and stated that she was SO necv-
Gus that after months of trial she could
not learn to ride bicycle.
She was put under a scientific course Of
treatment, consisting of DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery before meals and his
Favorite Prescription after meals. The
Favorite Prescription promptly cured
the weakness and disease Of the organs dis
tircrly feminine, from which she suffered
and restored strength aid steadiress to the
nerves. The Golden Medical Discovery"
cieansed the blood, making it pure, rich
and invigorating, and built up solid, mus-
cuiar flesh. The lady TOW rides her bicycle
with grace and ease and without treD;da-
ton. Both medicines are for sale by ,nedi-
cine dealers. Or. Pierce answers letters
hom aillng women without charge.
II suffered with a bearing down pain in my
pe!vis and = hurting in my back and ioirs,"
writes Mrs Til!ie Cunningham, Of Weir, Choctaw
Co, Miss. Whenever ! wo;:id take walk or
ride very far it would always make me sick.
After using Or. Pierce's Favorte Prescription
and Golden Medical Discovery for three
months can ride CT walk and feel we'll after.
wards. My appetite IS good. all OF my bad feel.
ings have disappeared and Elm strong aud we'll,
You can secure Or. pierce's Common
Sense Medical Adviser free BY sending
stnnps to cover mailing. Paper-covered,
81 ne.cent stamps; cloth 81 stamps.
Address Or. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-06-23
THE TREATY SHOULD BE RE-
JECTED.

The majority of the American
people will scarcely endorse xthe
declaration Of President Mckinley
in his special message to the Sen.
ate submitting the treaty between
Secretary Sherman and the Ha.
waiian ENJOYS, that annexation
was merely "a continuance Of eX.
listing relations, with closer bonds
between people related by blood
and kindred ties" Indeed. the
people Of this country, we believe
| will almost unanimously repudiate
the statement that they are in any
manner related to or connected
with u leprous and canuibalis'ic
race of heathens. 1t is trne that
there are several hundred Ameri-
can adventures in the Island,
each one Of whom expatriated him
self for bis own, if not for his coun-
try's good, who dispossessed the
reiguIng mOuarch and seized the
government by virtue of superior
intelligence and force over the
simple. half. witted and umesjsting
natives, with whom We have moth
ing in common.
The ratification Of this treaty hy
the Senate and the Incorporation
into the body polite of a mougre|
lace of half breeds, will he al ont
rage upon tue people Of the United
States and the browning act Of in.
f'my perpetrated by Il Republican
administration. It's the same old
mlldewed treaty beQueaihed by
the Harrison administration to it's
successor and by it withdrawn,
because of repugnancy to the gen.
ius and spirit of our institutions.
Our population, coming as it does
from every quarter Of the globe, is
already sufficiently Heterogeneous
and incapable of assimilation.
without taking to our bosom and
under the broad shield Of the III.
tional aegis, a rude, uututored aud
semi civilized people, who cannot
possibly have amy conception Of VI
regard for our republican form of
government. The treaty should
be rejected, bit it is quite likely
that the President has polIeI the
Senate and knows that with the
assistance Of the Democratic. Pop
nlists, the constitutional majority
i'll its favor is assured.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-06-23
Thsro rs Nothing So Good.

There is nothing, lust as good as
DR.. Kings New Discovery for con
sumption, coughs and COLDS: so do,
mand it and do not permit l!.e
dealer to sell you some substitute.
de will not claim there is any.
thing better, but in order to make
more profit he may claim some-
thing else to be just as good. You
want DR.. Kings New Discovery
because you tuow it to be safe and
reliable, aud Guaranteed to do COED
nr money refunded. For coughs,
colds, CONSUMPTION aud for all at.
teclions Of throat, chestand lungs,
there is nothing so good as is DR..
k'ng's New Discovery. Trial bot
tie free at the Eagle drag store.
Regular size ST cents and slice.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-06-23
VIII iSe Respectfully Ignored.

The United States of America is
universally acknowledged to be a
free country wherein every man has
right to do az he pleases, 80 long
Hs he does not Violate the PENAL
statutes, infringe upon individual
rights Or place himself in a posi.
TOD OF antngonism to the legal
nflSimum Of ee',tyG bonos moyes, but
if Ne are to judge from the news.
paper p.of"sts which $50 np7 from
all parts o. he South, General
John b. Gordon - not free agent
and will rot be pen. "ted to re.
sign in accordance wftl, IIis pub
Iished notice TO that effect, thu It
flee OF COMMANDMENT. chief of III.
United Confederate Veterans. a
position which lie has so long. ~
ihIthfa!ly, efficiently and ably ill.
SIT, having duriug his incrmhencv
Increased the membership of tie
organization 500 per cent and
placed it mon a Sniid foundation
Without any 'lisparagemeut to Ills
iHnStriOns Confederate coIlea osas
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-06-23
". G. JOHNSON,
Secretary.
Boycott Dead.

The famous Captain Boycott.
from whose name originated the
English word "boycott," died last
week in London, at the age of 81
years. It will be remembered that
he was the agent of several Irish
landlords to collect rents from
their tenaDtry and WAS remorse
Iessly exacting in his collections,
showing the rack rented prasanlry
no fuyors whatever. LIE made a
speech in which he urged the PEG.
pie of Ireland to abstain from
agrarian agreements and Instead
to send agents and bailifts to SEQ.
ventry," the meaning Of which is
to ''shut np," banish aud exclude
from society Oil account Of some
mean or ungentlemanly act com
United by the rejected person.
The Irish concluded that they
would take his advice aid made
him the FIRST victim, Ivy sedulously
RETAINING from all business inter.
course with him. The atmosnhere
OF Irelaud soon became 100 hot fnr
him, nvcessitd'iug his departn,e
TO d cooler aud more congpni,.l eli.
mate. Hence, the word '.boycott''
was coined, the accepted meaning
Of which is a combinatiou or con
Spiracy to iWure or destroy the
business of "a man, who has rem.
dered himself obnoxious to a com.
mnnlty, by a general refusal to
trade with or support him in what.
ever kia1 OF business be nay be
engaged i'll.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-06-23
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
Parish Of Rspiaes - 10th Judicial
District Court.
CHARLES W. OWEN
~ tNn JSS7

!
His cx rs; }s". 1887.
TN OBEDIENCE TO AN ORDER or
i sale issued FROM the Honorable the
Tenth Judicial District Court, in the
above numbered and entitled cause, and
directed to me as Syndic, commanding
aud authorizing me to sell for cash and
for the payment of debts, the below des-
cEihtd real property, surrendered by
Charles w. Owen, lnsolvent, i'll the man
nrr that judicial sales are made, | will
OTTER Tor sale ut public auction. at the
front door of the residence of said G.. W.
owen, Situated on the property, On
SATURDAY, tie 10Th day of JULY,
4. d. 1897,
within the honrs prescribed by law, the
following described real property, situa-
tea IN tile village of Ihro,la, Parish of
Rarides and State of Louisiana, viz -
Ono and "a. 100 acres Of land together
With all the buildings and improvements
thereon, bounded south by public road,
west ny owen street, and north and east
ny lands Of G. w. Bennett, as per plan of
Z. Z Couvillion, Surveyor, and being
ths same property acquired by Purchase
from W. ID. Haas BY all act passed he
fore Roger b. Marshall, Notary Public.
March Eth, 1884, and recorded in ,ho
conveyance records of this Parish.
Terms of Sale-Cash, subject to i,p-
praSenent.
ROBERT II. JACKSON,
., syndic.
Alexandria, La, June Cd 1877
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-06-23
WAS HIGHLY INDIGNANT
Because VIM. ]. Bryan Was Invited to
Speak.
Especial to the Picayune.)

tSpcIldI W CuC lCdS uucs}
New York, June 15.-The Her
aid says: Charles Broadway Rouss.
who has presented to the Univer.
sity of Virginia at Charlottesville,
Va, d handsome building, superb
ly equipped for scientific research,
was not present at the dedicatory
exercises, which took place to. day.
The reason that Mr.. RouSs refused
to assist at the Inauguration of the
laboratory is that William Jen.
nings Bryan was to address the
literary societies of the university
on Thomas Jefferson. To allow
Mr.. Bryan to become tie champ
ion OF the founder Of Democracy
appears to Mr.. RouSS m0nstrOus.
unpatriOtic aud criminal. These
are bis own words, responding to
the invitation to be present.
We quite agree with Mr.. Rouss.
If Democratic leadership is to be
SURRENDERED, to the youthful Ne.
braska Popuiist, We shall renounce
our allegiance to the party and
cease to vote.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-06-23

The immigration landing sta
ton Oh Ellis Island, n. Y. was de.
stroyed by fire last week, causing
property loss of 100000 to the
u. s. Government. The origin Of
the fire is unknown. All Of the
records aud baggage Of the immi
grants, was burned, but two humid
red and fifty immigrants We're res
cre'l from the burning structure
and forty patients in the wooden
hospital building saved, not one OF
whom received d bum. This
speaks volumes, for tile efficiency Of
those in charge
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-06-23
1t remains 10 be seen just what

1t remains TO be seen just what
sort Of an excuse Senator MCEnery
Will offer his constituents Tor 70.
ting with the Republicans on the
sugar schedule in favor of the
sugar trust. He should be
ashamed to ever return and face
bis constituents in Louisiana.
-IShreycport Evening journal.
Well, the old gentleman has put
forth already, very elaborate ard
Iugenioasly constructed, if not All
actually plausible excusa for The
political legcr'Iemain which caused
him to desert the Democratic shin
and take passage upon the deck Of
Il Republican huccaneer.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-06-23
SHERIEFS SALE.
State of Louisiana-Parish of Rapides-
Tcntl, judicial District
Court.

SHAW g. MELpEn(
CHARLES r. FRAZIER No. 1913.
AND WIFE.
10y VIRTUE OF AND TO SATISFY A
u writ Of ficri iacias issued from the
Honorable the Tenth Judicial District
Court and To me directed as Sheriff. Of
the Parish of Rapi,lcs, Louisiana, COM
handing aud authorizing me as Sheriff Of
the Parish Of ]tapides, La, to specially
seize the property described in Act of
Donation from Charles Z. Frazier to his
wife, Mary l.. Frazier, passed before G.
J.. k;thsdcll, Clerk and ex-otficio Notary
Public, on 18th December, A. D. 1896,
and recorded in Donation Book "h y pa.
ses lO5 and l04, Records OF kapidcs Par
lSh, and being the property now attach
Ell N this snit, ! have seized aud will of
fer tpr sale al pul!ic .s.vl len, to the last
anu highest bidder, al thn front door of
the Court House, Ia tie uWl. OF tiaXat-
dlii LII, bciHav. Tic Luaia pres, ribed
by law, on
SATURDAY, JUN i:Iu, A. D., 1897,
the following described property, to-
wit -
Two acres OF land in Earides Parish,
LOUISIANA, with AL the buildings and
improvements thereon, commencing ut
III" Gas i!pa in the northeast corner of
the northeast fnar:rr oi section 26, Z.
N, II. W., thence inn So,:th 20S 71-l00
ieet' thence west III y 100 feet, thence
north 2ts II li0 iret, ard thastue east AZ
a--l'o ieel 10 i'"lnt ~ beginning.
Terms 81 S,tl'-- ash, sni j"r: TO APP
piaSclDtMt. b. i. STAFFORD,
jane i6, l317. sheriff.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-06-23

LAND OFFICE Ar NATcHirocnrs, La. }
May 18th 1897.
Notice is hereby given that the follow
ing-named settler has fled notice of his
intention to make Gnal proof in support
OF his claim, and that sad proof will be
made before Clerk of District Court at
Alexandria, La, on juno "a, 1857, viz:
Il. Z. No. 1865, John Price for the N W /.
Sec. 81, L N, R4 w La. Mer.
tic names tho following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon an /
cultivation Of said land, viz: John r.
Biac kwoll, Of Hineston, 2. o., La; a. A.
sm'th, r NJ. White, Vim. II. Smith, OF
Asher, Z. o., La.
EDW'D Philips,
Register.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-06-23
OFFICIAL.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE CITY
COUNCIL.
ALEXANDRIA. LA., }
June 7, 1897. {

On melton Of Il. W. Rringhurst
BE it ordained by the Mayor and
City Council of Alexandria, La:
That all travelling agents Offering
any species Of merchandise at re.
tail within the limits Of the City OF
Alexandria for sale, or selling the
same by sample or otherwise, shall,
if representing one house, firm OF
business, pay Il license of fifty dol.
lars per annum, and for each ad.li
Ional house, firm or business, he
shall pay all extra license Of TWEEN
ty five dollars.
Be it further ordained, etc, That
the City Tax Collector be and he
is hereby authorized 10 collect said
license, ana on the refusal of any
travelling agent to pay the liceiseS
IN provided for i'll this ordinance,
10 seize without notice. ANY prop
erty he may thu! belonging to said
travelling agent Or found in his
possession and sell the same to
satisfy the license, penalty and
costs OF such proceedings.
Be it further ordained, etc, That
all ordinances in conflict herewith
he and the. same are hereby re-
pealcd. ..----.--
BE it further ordained, etc, That
this or.iina'!un Ia Ike Ii. ct from and
after its first publication.
On motion of r. w. Briughurst,
Resolved, That The license law
ofthe City of Alexandria, La, be
amended to read as follows: That
all vendors or dealers in second
hand clio! hing he required 10 pay a
license Of five hundred dollars per
annum, and upon refusal to pay
the license as provided for, to SEIZE
without notice all property belong
lug to said vendor or dealer AND
sell the same to satisfy the license,
penalty auu costs UI SUCH pro-
ceedings.
There being no other business
submitted, Oh motion the Board
adjourned. 4. l.. RACIAL,
Acting Mayor.
". G. JOHNSON,
Secretary.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-06-23

NOTHING SO VALUABLE As TX.
PERIENCE.-W hlie we are neither
Il prophet, nor tie SOL Of proph.
ct, we hazard nothing in The pre-
diction that William tBilD McKin
ley will never again trust his prec
ious presidential parsonage in a
close and badly ventilated ball fill.
ed with the odorous aroma of sew
eral hundred Senegambians, in
comparison with which the "Diack
Hole" at Calcutta, is an earthly
Paradise. The President was
guilty of this inGiscretion at Asiie.
vile, n. 9. on his return from
Nashville, where, before he bad
finished shaking hands with his
several hundred colorea admirers
--uOne of them Office seekers. CT
courSe-he had to call Justify for
fresh air and had to he famed VIC
srouSly by seven OF the assembled
stalwarts to prevent total col.
lapse CT the presdeLtial parsonage
from the stitliIs effects Of the NAL.
odo:ous atmosphere. There is
nothing, however, so valuable as
experience aud it is safe to assume
that the President will profit
hy it, when next in his Southern
peregiina,ious he encounters d mob
OF this sable complexion.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-06-23
The editor of the DEMOCRAT

The editor of the DEMOCRAT
has been complimented with an
Invitation by the Society Of Tau
many or Columbian Order of the
City Of New York, to attend the
one hundred aud twenty-hrst cele.
bration Of the birthday of the Am.
erican Republic by The Society ON
the 4th Vi July.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-06-23
Official Journal of the School
Board Of Rapides Parish.
The honorary degree of J.. J.

The honorary degree Of i. j..
D. has been conferred upon cy
President Cleveland by Princeton
College, lie having previously de
c!ined to accept IA similar proffered
honor FROM Harvard College. 1t
is an honor to the College which
has bestowed the degree, that Mr..
Mr.. Cleveland has concluded to
accept it.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-06-23
Nu..te IL sv.w:stIs.

The Examining Boarl in aud
for tic Parish Of R;ii,ides, will
meet Oh Monday, July 10Th. All
applicants ioy teachers in the pub
he scIlools will appear on that day.
By order of tie President.
T.. a. SCHNACK,
GEO. .. WATTS, President.
superintendent.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-06-23
BRICK! BRICK!

CooD, WE'LL BURNED HAND
~ Made Brick constantly ON hand at
Tue Adams Brick Cos, brick yard on Bay
on robert road ono half mile from Court
house. Call aad see our brick before
buying elsewhere.
TUE ADAMS BRICK co.