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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1899-01-07
18th ,Jud Dist Court State of I.onisGsnH
Parish of West Feliciana.
Mrs Mary K. Lemon, Wife
A. G.. Munson, husband


A. G. Munson. husband
This case WIS taken up and tried per-
snant to assignment and after hearing the
nlea lings and evidence, tho Conrt vas
of the opinion tina. Plaintiff had fully si+-
taineI her demand. 1t is: therefore by
reason OF the law and evidence or'es.frd
adiudgc.l and drrrred that sail l'ltlf bsyr
Judgment against said ptdt, dlss"lSIng
the community of acGnetS AMI gains BIZ
tween them, of separation ct property
irula his cate, and restoring Pltit to thr
full control and management of her srpa
rate PROPERTY and it is further orleri
that She have jul .'n"nt again said lrl'
for Six Hundred dollars with iIY" per H"nt
prrannum interest thereon STAGE til: EsA
Of oct 1883, subject t" credit of Four ifHt-
dr,tl ami fifty dollars paid Dee 2nd lfsf'.
and coit of This suit, with recognition Of
! Il legal mortgage to secure the "aniS :"
dare from bee 2nh 1873 on all tn" Jsr.l
estate Of said Dt'|t
Done read and 81 .ncd in open lsHsrt
Dee 7,h 1898.
JOS l.. GolSan,
! true copy JW f".
". t. b. Turner,
! DUty Clerk
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1899-01-07
18th ynd Dist Court State Of Louisiana
Parish Of West Fclicillla.
Theodore Meyer
His Creditors.

No 1913 His Creditors, >.
Notice is hereby given, that IN ohedl,
our, t,u commission from the 18TH 5usi
ID st Court in and for saitl Parish and STATE
the undersigned authority will ho" q
meeting of the Creditors Of plttf IN the
above stN led numbered case ut the clerk .
office of said court ut st. Francisvii'e, n'
said Parish on the 18th day of Jannrry
1899 to vote on the question "fgrantinS >"
Pitt, the respite and reduction prayed FOL
in his petition in said cause.
4 True Copy :" L. r. Converse
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1899-01-07
18th ,Jul Dist Court West FcliclanA
Parish State of Louisiana.
Mary i. Schwabc vito
48
Fred Pitt lfr+ban |. .

This case Was tried pursuant to assign
m-nt and it appearing TO tic Court THAT
p|tff had sustained her drnaIds. II ~
therefore by reason Of the law ana nYl-
drucr ordered adndgcd and dccroed that
said plth. be- and she is hereby sri.sti.-
ted in property from her said husband,
and the community OF acqnrts and gains
heretofore existing between them ~ hrf.
by dissolved and the said pltif is r's'oEs'l
to the management and control OF BIER
separate paraphcrnal property, separately
from her sad husband. and it is further
ordered and decreed that she have jnsE-
mcnt against AMI recover from her sai''
husband the sum of One Hundred dollars
with five per cent per anhhm interest
from this date and cost of this suit.
Dee 9Th 1898. JOS H. Golsan-
Judge.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1899-01-07
7.

By Tom Hal. Sire Of Little Brown Jug 2.
ii 81, Brown Hal 2. II 10, and Hal Point
er ,. ~. Star Pointer, world bcater,
l. 594.
LIST dam. Bessie by John billiard. ,Ir, 2nm
dam the"Cagc Alexander Mare fast
natural PAGER and dam of speedy PAGERS.
John billiard. .Jr by John Dillara, sire of
dams Phil Thompson, 2. l6i; Reputation
,. 21l. AMI Mcleod ?. 25f: the dan. of John
billiard, Jr, Belltounder 2nd dam by Prices
Messenger; 81 dam hy John Randolph.
Yigilant's record at WOotivilfe Fair t
mile in 80 seconds.
yigilant is now ten wears nd, 16b hands
high, and will serve limtetf nWlnhcr ct
mares for the season 1893, at my plantation
near ST.. Francisville, La.
FERNS $1,000
~ IVY. H. RICHARDSON.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1899-01-07
Police. Jury Proceedings.

st. FrancisyilIe, La, Jan. 1880. f,
TIE Police Jury met in regular
session with the following. members
present:
y Stewart, Prcst. Geo Baier, K
Daniel, s G Stirling, J A Beckham,
L Ortls, n II Barrow, L o namiI-
ton aud S |. lIavergne.
Minutes OF Inst meeting were re"d
and adopted.
Resolved, That Mr.. W. X. Percy
be appointed to assist the Sheriff III
the collection of the liquor and all
other licenses HOW due. j.CoSt t"
come".out Of IitigantS.
Resolved, That Mr. l. P.Kilhourne
be authorized to purchase II book
tor Treasurel's Office.
Resolved, That the rate OF taxa
ton be increased oue mill for the
year 1899.
Resolved, That the Sheriff De
authorized to hire ont the convicted
prisoners.
| Resolved, That Parish Assessor
be instructed to assess all stock ny
theHnumbcr possessed by the owner
ut the time OF assessment.
Resolved, That u committee Ne
appointed Ito see Mrs. Kate h.
Stirling relative to. the pnrchAS" OF
A niece Of land so as to change toe
roadl; running from Wakefield to
Gilmore's AID that the Ssoversc"r. be
empowered to purchase culVcit i"m
Eber'and n scraper. Said committee
composed Of McSSrs. Sc. Stirling
Matt Gilmore and Ike CNtrier,
Be it further resolved, That al
hands Oh SingletonTpIace nearest
1.-The 9Th ward road..::bo assigned tH
said road and those hands n"areS
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judicial Notices.

Notice is hereby given that the admnl-
str.trix of the succession of Mrs. Elizabeth
=. l(cushaw decd, has filed her final "c-
count and tablcaux Of said succession.
+. +. Converse,
Clerk 18th Jud DiHG Court
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-04-27
CONSIGNEES.

Per S. S. Mariposa from San Fran
cisco April &c to the following: Cation,
Neil & Co., McCandless Bros, Haw.
News Co., L. Dinkenspiel & Co., Con
salves & Co., J. S. Martin, NJ McInerny
Bishop & Co., The U. S. Depot Quar-
termaster, Geo. ID. Gear, Mrs. S. NJ.
Ballou, Benson, Smith & Co., j. C.
Cohen, H. F. Wichman, T. H. Davies &
Co., Haw. Elec. Co., Lyman Bros, B.
Kopke, H. Hackfeld & Co., Manfs Shoe
Co., A. H. Harsher, G. F. Wolfe, Tong
On Kee, Schweitzer & Co., Nj. Phillips
& Co., H. r. Worthington, Order, U. S.
Consul Genl., Mrs. Won Holt, Sing
Waow, DR.. ]. Ferdon, Wall, Nichols &
Co., Levers & Cooke, w. G. Peacock
Co., Mrs. Poulsen, Thos. G. Thrum, Carl
Jensen & Co., Irwin & Co., n. S. Sachs
Dry Goods Co.. HOLSTER Drug Co., H
Roberts, S. B. Hunter, Miss NJ. E. Kill
lean, Alexander & Baldwin, c. ]. Fis-
chel, P G.. Camarinos, B. Lichtig, J
Hopper & Co., Geo. Andrews, J. A
Magoon.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-04-27
AYERS
CherryPeCtora|

stops coughs of all kinds. 1t does so because
it is a soothing and healing remedy of great
power. This makes it the greatest proven
tive to consumption. 1t is not question of
many bottles and large doses. a few drops
viii often make complete cure. Don't neg
ect your cough: you cannot afford to run the
risk. Ayers Cherry Pectoral will soothe your
raw throat and quiet your infamed lungs.
Beware of cheap limitations See that the name
Ayers Cherry Pectoral. is blown in the glass OF
each bottle. Put up in large and small bottles.
HOLSTER DRUG CO., Agents.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-28

hat pins. Off came the English walking
hats, tOques and picture hats. All but
one-that one stayed on during the en-
tire evening. The young lady who wore
it sat in the front row of the balcony
and positively refused to remove her
head gear Her companion "nudged"
her She payed no attention. A man
behind her coughed- She only looked
around and smiled. He had to be con-
tent with looking at the hat.
Rev. Mr.. Jones was introduced by
Mr.. Dyer. The speaker said he was
there to speak to the school marms of
both sexes A purchaser demonstrated
with sculptor over the high price OF
a statue carved in 25 days and proposed
to pay literally for the work by the
day. Sire" replied the artist, lit has
taken me % years to learn how to make
that statue in 25 days" The idea for
which the mind CROPPED after for %
years was the costly part, not the mar
BILE Clipped into form in % days
''Would you get an idea of nature2
You must win it as Tyndan and
Agassiz, Sir John franklin and Liv-
ingston won theirs, in hand to hand
contest with Alpine glaciers, eternal ice
and African jungles. You must win II
as the French physician did, exposing
himself to the deadly contagion that he
might penetrate more deeply into its
secret.
ASK of Milton, of Bunyan, the cost
of an idea and they will answer sorrow
and suffering, blindness and imprison-
ment, isolation and dreary defeat.
Learn the heroic price from our own
Bancroft who rode on horseback from
Quebec to Florida; visited in person ev-
cry field of colonial and revolutionary
interest; accumulated through long
years his costly library and his collec-
tion of transcripts of important dOcu-
ments and then you have but the tools
with which Bancroft moulded and
carved the stately narrative found in
volumes that have Deen coming to us
with the delibera ton of the decades,
with prices marked down to $1.75 per
volume
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-28

was accustomed to do. Finishing these
things, he came into the dining room
and sat down in his chair as he waited
for breakfast Miss Lulu Elliott. MS
daughter was in the room, but was
seated with her back to her father
Hearing a slight grOau, she turned
around just in time to catch Judge
Elliott and prevent him from fallins
forward out of his chair.
Not a word was spoken by Judge FL
lott as his daughter gently pushed him
back into his chair Or. Menninger. 81 no
lives only a short distance away was
telephoned for and quickly hurried to
the house, but Judge Elliott had died
apparently without any pain It Is
thought that possibly he exerted him
self too much before breakfast
Judge Elliott was a man OF exceed
ingly cheerful disposition, and even
when he was sick would not complain.
but would make light of his sickness
that he felt much better. and his death
was as sudden as it was unexpected
Judge Elliott was born at Afiliers-
burg, Ohio. July 10th. 1925 He was
own way through college He chose law
as a profession, and settled in Winter
set, Iowa, in 1857. When the war broke
out he was the first to raise a company
for the Thirty-nin Iowa regiment and
was senior captain of the regiment He
served through the war and was many
times noted for his bravery He march
ed with Sherman to the sea and was
breVeted lieutenant colonel at the time
of his muster out Of the service at
Washington
In 1865 he removed to Warrenzburg.
No, and entered into the practice OF
law with Col A b Jetmore OF this
city. In 1870 he was appointed judge or
the common pleas court by Governor
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-28
CLOSING SCENES.
Last Day Of the State Teachers
Meeting.
Ex-State Superintendent Win
ans Reads a Paper.
OFFICERS ELECTED.
E. T. Fairchild of Ellsworth
Named For President.
Resolutions Demand a Kansas
Educational Exhibit at Paris.
G. A. r. Protest on TayIOr's
History Is ShelVed.

President Dyer called the teachers
general meeting in representative hall
this morning and announced that all
who We're late in arriving would have
to stay after school and write their
spelling lesson so times"
superintendent George w. Winans, of
Hutchinson, read a paper on How City
and County Superintendents Can Make
Good Teachers Out of Poor Ones"
Superintendent Mary H. Kirby of
Usage county, discussed the paper. L.
W. Knowles of Marion, was called upon
to DISCUSS the paper. I did not hear
the peaper,'' said Mr.. Knowles, but 1
can discuss it just as well as if l heard
it. 1 don't believe there is any teacher
past redemption. 1 will prove it. All
who are past redemption stand up.
There, I knew it. No one stands"
You are standing" said Superintend-
ent Winans.
The audience laughed and Mr..
Knowles explained that this dialogue
had been made up by himself and Sup
erintendent Winans. He told how the
county superintendents could help the
teachers
D. NJ. Bowen, Of Fort Scott, believed
that teachers must help themselves and
that outside help would avail but little.
superintendent f. T. Fairchild read
a paper on "A Practical Compulsory
Educational Law" He advocated a
"truant law" compelling parents to
send their children to school The
paper was discussed by Gladys Hunt,
Rice county, G. w. Kendrick, Junction
City, Frank P. Smith, of Lawrence, and
D. r. -Krehbiel of Newton.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-28
3CosT OF AN IDEA"
Brilliant Lecture by an Eminent
Chicago Divine.

Rev. Jenlzin Lloyd Jones, pastor of All
Souls Church of Chica -. lectured We'd
nesday evening in the High school as
sembly hall. His subject was ''The Cost
of an idea
When Frank Dyer stepped to the plat
form few minutes past eight O'Clock,
taken in the balcony and on the main
floor. Even the ante-rooms We're filled.
Mr.. Dyer looked over the audience. A
man in the back row of seats raised
his hand to attract the chairman's at
tentiOn. He made several motions in
the sign language. Mr.. Dyer looked
puzzled a moment. Suddenly his face
frightened. He understood. There is
a sort of mental teIepathy between men
on a certain subject as such occasions.
Mr.. Dyer nodded
1T has been requested, 'he announced,
that the ladies please remove their
hats
The men in the audience applauded
and the Women's hands went to their
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-28
EVERYBODY THANKED.
Resolutions Adopted as Reported by
the Committee.

The following resolutions were. submit
ted by the committee on resolutions and
adopted at the close OF the meeting
Thursday morning:
citation be extended to the citizens of To-
peka for their hospitality and courtesy
which we have received; to the board of
education for the use of the high school
buiIdfne- to the M0dOc club and other
talent who have favored Us with their eX-
cellent selections of music, to Crane &
Co, for their programmes TO the central
School Supply Co, Scott, E'Orsman q Co,
and Crane e Co. for the valuable prizes;
to the officers and committees of the as
sociation for the efficient services and
his prompt dispatch of business and main
tanning order: to the sergeant-at-arms for
his efficient services guarding the door.
Resolved, That renew the allegiance
fearless and able championship of all that
tends to upbuild and advance the schools
the Hon. Frank Nelson on his successful
administration Of the affairs OF the ofice
of state superintendent during the past
year and assure him that he has the
Kansas; that We cooperate with MIN IN
making a creditable display of the work
of the Kansas schools at the Internation-
al exposition at Paris in 1900
That believe the next legislature
should enact a compulsory education law
which would make mandatory the atten-
schools of equal rank, of every child in
the state between the ages Of seven and
fourteen years, and all other pupils be-
tween the ages of fourteen and eighteen
ing such time as the schools of their dis
tricts may be in session.
That the next legislature should estab-
ISh a manual training department In
connection with the state reform school
and place such department under the SUI
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-28
PREPARING FOR WAR.
Russia and Japan to Fight in
the Spring.

Victoria. B. C., Dec. 2S.-The City of
London has arrived here from the
Orient with news of a prospective war
between Russia and Japan. Her Off
GERS say that all Japan IS of the opin-
ion that hostilities will break out be
tween these two nations in the spring.
Before the steamer left Japan the in
sular kingdom was buying up great
quantities of rice and even going 50 far
as to make arrangements for transports
to make a demonstration in Korea
Great activity prevails on all sides in
Japan naval circles. A Shanghai re-
port saws that Russia has dispatched
feet of three warships to Masampo, the
bone of contention which is now caus-
ing strained relations between the two
nations
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-28
BOUTELLE is INSANE.
Maine Congressman is Suffering
From Paresis.

New York. Dec. 2s.-A World special
from Boston says:
CONGRESSMAN BoutelIe is now in the
Mclean hospital for insane at Waver-
lev seven miles out of Boston. When
he was brought to Boston last Monday
night. it was the intention of the at
tending doctors to place him in the
Charming sanitarium at BrOokline, a
private institution. He was refused ad-
mittance there the inference being that
his case was a more desperate one than
the managers cared to be RESPONSIBLE for.
From thoroughly reliable source, it
is reported that the congressman is Suf-
fering with paresiS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-28
Judge G. n. Elliott Dies Sud-
denly at His Home.
Had Been In Feeble Health For
Some Time.
WELL KNOWN CITIZEN.
He Served Two Terms as Pro-
bate Judge.
Won Many Friends and Was
Universally Respeeted.

Judge G. n. Elliott. one Of Topeka's
prominent and most respected citizens.
dropped dead this morning at 7-s0
o'clock of paralysis of the heart
Judge Elliotts death was uneNpect-
ed. He arose as usual This morning az
half past six, and attended to some Few
little things about the house. as he
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-28

Durham, Natal, Wednesday. Dec. Is
Harry EscOmbe. former premier of
Natal. died suddenly on the street this
afternoon.
The Right Hon. Harry Esconbe was
born at Noting Hill at London. Eng.
in 1888. He entered the legislative
council of Natal in 1872. was created at
torney general 1898 and later became
prime minister of the colony He was
the commander of the Natal volunteers,
with the relative rank of lieutenant col
oneI in the volunteer force.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-28
GONE TO CUBA.
Team of American Ball Players In
vades the Island.

New Orleans. Dec. 2S.-Abner Powell
sailed by the Morgan line steamer this
morning for Cuba with a team of base
ball players. They will spend a month
in Havana and Matanzas. Among the
players were Gonding, Kansas City;
Childs, Philadelphia; Steinfeldt, Cincin-
natl, and NIcAlIster, St. Louis
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-28
ROBBED OF $4,000.
Stockman Held Up at the Door
of His Hotel.

Walsenburg, Col, Dec. 2S.-W. J. Mil
sap, a prominent stockman. was seized
by two men when about to enter the
Klein hotel. and was robbed of S12, 900.
The money was mostly in his coat and
vest pockets and these garments were
torn from him. No trace of the crimi-
nails has been found
Mr.. N1ilsap was on his way to Mexico
TO buv cattle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-28
GOING TO PARIS.
schaefGer the Wizard to Play Billiards
In France.

. Chicago. Dec. 2s.-Jake Sehaeffer is
going to Paris The billiard expert to
day attached his name to a contract
calling for four months time in one of
the leading academies of the French
metroDolis. The wizard says he is
not vet at liberty to talk of his plans,
but admits that he soon will be on his
way across the waite
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-28

Mr.. Shepherd, Supt. Bowen of Fort Scott.
Miss Eacker asked for another chance
to speak After defending her opinions
she said: Z am wound up and not going
to stop"
But I shall stop you" said the chair
man but his courage failed. She talked
till she had finished and then the meeting
adjourned.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-28
Noted German Singer Arrives.

New York. Dec 2S.-Hans Brener. the
noted German operate star, was a pas
senger by the steamer H H Meir which
arrived today from Bremen.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-28
President Kruger May Declare
War Against Portugal.
She is About to Convey DelagOa
Bay to Great Britain.

Terms of Secret Treaty Are
Now Coming to Light.
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CONTINUED on Sixth Page.)
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rived at between them this year as to
the outcome of negotiations to build a.
telegraph line connecting Cape Town
with Cairo
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-01-31
PURELY PERSONAL.

Fred L. Purdy transacted bust.
ness in Canon this afternoon.
Attorney G. II. Wilkes was in
Rockvale this afternoon on legal
Business.
Mrs. Champion will leave to-
morrow morning for Iowa, where
she will visit relatives.
-Supt. A. c. Ridgeway of the
+. d @. c. railroad, transacted i'm
portant business in Cripple Creek
yesterday.
&C. S, Morse, train master, c.
L. Clark and j. w. Jones both
conductors, and Ill connected with
the F. & c. G. railroad, were visit
ors at Cripple Greek yesterday.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-01-31
The Platform woman.

The platform woman never has been
credit to. but ever blot upon. Amer
lean womanhood- make this emphatic
statement from personal knowledge
of the homes which these women leave
behind when they go to their meet
ings, writes Edward Box in The La
dies Home Journal
II have seen the rooms of their
homes left in wild disorder; / have seen
their servants sitting in idleness with
work on every hand to do have seen
the children neglected and left to their
own devices; ! have heard husbands
speak in derision of the motives of their
wives No woman in happy American
home can ever afford TO listen to these
parasites of her sex
Fortunately. the platform woman $
influence is steadily on the wane She
was never n power She was never even
picturesque Her worst injury was
wrought upon certain weak women who
for the time she deluded But even
with them she was soon regarded with
wonder rather than with interest; with
suspicion rather than with confidence
The disappearance of the platform wo-
man is case of blot being blotted
out
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-01-31
The srnve Hull. the Cruel spnni~rd

The trumpet sounds again, and the
espada takes his sword and his muleta
and goes out for the last scene This
which ought to be. is not always the
real climax The bull is often by this
time tired. has had enough of the sport
leaps at the barrier. trying to get out
He is tired of running after red rags
and he brushes them aside contemptu-
ously He can scarcely be got to show
animation enough to be decently killed
But one bull that ! saw was splendidly
savage and fought almost to the last
running about the arena with the sword
between his shoulders. and that great
red line broadening down each side of
his neck on the black. like deep layer
of red paint. one tricks oneself into
thinking
He carried two swords in his neck
and still fought. When at last he too
got weary he went and knelt down
before the door by which he had enter
ed and would fight no more But they
went up to him from outside the bar
rier and drew the swords out of him.
and he got to his feet again and stood
to be killed. Saturday Review
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-01-31
Took M. wire'. Advice.

When the man whose haircut showed
that his wife had peculiar notions as to
the way man should dress his hair
quit giving advice. one of the listeners
said
mo man has more respect for wo-
man than ] have, but | shall never take
the advice of my wife again about
money matters She insisted upon my
hiding my salary, so if should be held
up the highwaymen wouldn' get it |
draw my stipend at 6 m. and it is
quite dark before get home She is a
good hider in the house. but her talent
in that line stops there Now she had
the brilliant idea that | should put the
envelope containing my money under
the sweatband of my hat Highway
men would never look there and would
never rob man of his hat After she
had made this suggestion about 40
times | accepted it | went home as
usual on the elevated hid slight
attack of vertigo in the car and the
man who always knows what to do
said needed fresh air and threw up
the window. In doing so he knocked off
my hat | went home bareheaded and
broke New York Sun