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NAPOLEON BONAPARTE. A Spectacle That Has No Par- e allel In History. TRIUMPHAL RETURN FROM ELBA. All France Responds to His Call to Arms. L Battle of Waterloo and Extinction of the Old Guard-Death at St. Helena of the ol Emperor of the French. ct [Copyright, 1895, by Jehn Clark P.iduat h.) F XXI.--THE HCNDRPD DAYS AND FINIS al On the 12th of April, 1814, the Past a rode into Paris. It had on the hito cockado of Bourbon, and came out of al England. The Past, after an absence of h twenty-three yease, was old antd fat. p Young men born in the year of the Ter- v ror, sitting in the cafes on that day, ia had never seen the Past before. At the n gate of the Tuileries, it reeled on its fine horse, and was about to fall. Thu n attendants helped it to alight, and sa- p luted it as Louis XVIII. Paris, the city n of effervescent jubileeo, was ominously j silent. Some ci-dovant royalists tried to t, shout, and only gasped. That was theA Restoration a! On the 30th of May the allies conclud- j ed their trial treaty of peace at Paris. r Napoleon had gone to Elba. There he o began at once the organization of his tl "country," just as though it were an empire. His capital was Porto Ferrajo; a his residence, the Hermitage of La Marcian:. b The new sovereign saw at a glance what were a the resources of his kingdom: and the little d insular realm felt the touch of the master bhand. Improvements appeared in the munici- r pal governments. A fine road was built from I the capital to Porte Longone. The traveler In Elba finds to-day the Napoleonic museum of San Martino, and notes with keenest intercest the relics relating to the brief ascendency of the Emperor. His reign in the island ext nd- i ed from the 4th of May, 1814, to the 2ith of February in the following year; then the Man t of Destiny went suddenly away. The temporary settlement made by the allies in Paris was carried to Vienna, in October, I 1814, to be there compl:tedl and confirmed bya I congress of the Powers. Prince Metternich I presided. The discussirons were in the ancient I manner, orthodox and dull-mere platitudes I and precedents. The winter months were con - c,,. NAPOLEON DY MEISSONIER. mined in debates about technicalities. The real issue was how the Past might be set up again in Europe and the Future prevented. This profound business, so mediaoval and in ane, was still on at the end of February, 1815, when the startling news was borne to the Con gress that Napoleon Bonaparte, quitthng Elba, had landed at Cannes. The intelligence flashtd north, south, east and west. The cowardly and pallid Past en throned in Parie smiled a ghastly smile. The Court newspaper ohronicled the landing an Cannes thus: "Tho information comes to us that that miserable adventurer and brigand Bonaparte has left the island of Elba and again polluted the soil of France with his bloody feet." The next notice of news from the south was given In the same organ thus: "Our intel ligence is that the man Bonaparte has set out from Cannes to Lyons, and that certain turbu lent adventurers have joined him on the way." On the following day the same paper said: "It is now certain that General Bonaparto at the bend of a great and enthusiastic forco is ap preaching the city, on the Lyons road." On the next morning the paragraph read thus: "His Majesty the Emperor Napoleon entered the city last night, and slept at thy Tuileries!" This journalistio transcript of events, ab surd as it seems, was in striking conformity to the facts. On the 1st of March thu "mran Bonaparte" did land at Cannes. On the way out from Elba the ship Zephyr, on which he sailed, had been accosted by the harquo In constant, whose oficer called out through his speaking trumpet, saying, "How is Ouelral Bonaparte?" Napolron, beilng on deck and hearing the call, hhnself took the trumipet of the Zephyr and answered, "The Errperor is qulte well, thank yout" At the landing, when an enthusiastio peasant came up in salutation, Napoleon said to Bortrand: "IIcHero is one re eruit already I" Thb spectacle that ensued has no parallel in history. The old soldiers of tlhe Republic and the Empire rose as if from the earth to greet their commander. His progrerns on route to Paris became a triumph. At Orrtnoble the ioti cars and soldiers of the King joiled him. At Lyons the forces of the Dulrr of Orlean:s went over to tho Empneror. Ney, who had accepted the Restoration and become a peer of France, had promised the King to put Napoleon I: an iron tcae and bring him to Paris. With a di vision of the army he met his old cormmander at Auxerre, forgot all his hateful onths of al b:giasco to the Bourbons, and rushed into the Emperor's arnms. For eighteen d'aycs the gathering tumult swelled and broke into a tempest of onthu simma. On the 10th of March, rNapoleon enter er Paris, and the Restoration was blown like a thistle-down out of thIe city. Louis fledt to Belgium, and his Royalist followers returnled to England. The Congress of Vienna rose sud denly from the considteration of court etiquette and rngalia to find that their card-board house in Paris was gone, and that the Imperial Re ality was there again with the gray coat, and thrtee-cornered hat, and marble face, just as of old. From the 1st of March to Waterloo was a pe riod of a hundrled anrdl ten days. History calls it the Hundrd Days. The iron purpose of Na poleon, his tireless energy, and romniscient perception, were never san in such pIrotdigious eruption and glare as In this period of his fats. The allies linad beconme despe:r:ate. The whole world percelvted that the Ilperial re publicanimn of France, Impetrsonatcd in Ikma parto and springing in the wind of his sword, must now trinirph to the borders of Europe or perish miserably under the hecls of bandedl kings. The two idetas which the parties rf the past and the future representerl were irrncon cilabl;: they could no lrnger coexist. Either plumst Napoleon and his dynasty be stamped into the earth, or the old system of political society in Europe disappear forever. The French people sprang to the call. In a tfew weeks 3867,000 men, volunteers and con scripts, were thrown into the field. It was thb last carll to arms, and France was dra:ined from her rmountains to the seca--draincd not only of nmen antd horses, but of that moral force and enrthusiasm which constitute the soul of war. Napoelon declared that witha few additional wr.ks in April and lMay of 1815 he would have drawn around his Empire a rim of 1,rars irrn fire that no human power could pnetlelrtne. But he was obliged to take the field with in qomplete prel-ration. The allied armies of England antl Prussia, under Wellington and hlmnher, t.me on, the onr farom Flanders, and Bncklen" Arnica Salve. The Best Salvo in the worlk tor Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt 1 heuuu, Fever Sors, Tetter, Chapped lanuds, Clhilblauins, Corns, and all Skin runption, :and pusi ti vu'I cures lPils. or no pay ri~qnie~d. It is ar aintieeul to iiVe ;,erf-Ct sati~twct!fl' or W,)t'V r: u hi. Yriue ":'UN .eu 1 o~t Fr "aleh be Julr: C (:ewerE:º:di tupIt 'tune the other from tile Rhine. It was the policy of Napol.,on to prevent the union of his ene mics. The 16th of June found him on the Bel gian frontier with 124.AXJ men. On the next A day the defeated Bhllher at Ligny. The attack of Ney on the English at Quatre Bras was un succ-ssful. The impi.tuous marshal, who was htow tinh Emperor's ritzht arm, fell hack on the to village of Waterlo. The place was about nine OT ui'h-s from Brus -sls. It was skirted by the for.est if scne,'s There the aijied command- h crs h ,1 agreed to form at junction. Napoleon p oriched iMarsh.i (-r 'ouchy with his division of 4.t0i to fol 'aw up l'lueher on his retreat from B Lim'ny to Wterhloo. The plain purpose was B that it I;luc-her should join Wellington, then (-riuitchy shi-old unite his division with that of Ney Th'" failure of Grouchy to do this-to to 1h:,11' upon Blueher'a rear-was a fatal cir- hi cumcst:!nce cf the final e'.at;lstrophle. ()n the night if June 17th the British and Si French armi s -ncmleli-d only a short distance hi apart. A nmodern It-lld-p-eu could easily throw a shell trout La ii l11 Alliance over La Haie Sainto: o Mont St. .ian and far beyond into CC the forest. Luring the 1afternoon of the 17th ax and the greater part of the night, there was a henry rainf.ll-an:mther fact in the eatastro- Si phe. On the following mlornffng the Emperor, b( viewing the situatlul from: his headquarters at the farm of La Itglle Alliance, was unwill- "i ing to precipitate the battle until his artillery ti might cieplicy over a dry lield. Iugo has nmat ' the place and the scene Im mortal in the grcatt.t hbattle-piece since Ho- si mer. The fic ld of Waterloo is an undulating pl:in. Strati aically, it has the shape of an im mnse' harrow. The clovis is on the height fC called Mont St. Jean. Behind that is the vil Slaage of Waterloo. The right leg of the harrow Stterminates at the hamlet of La Belle Alliance. sI The left leg is the road from Brussels to Ni- p velles. The cross-liar intersects the right leg at La Haie Sainte. The right leg is the high way f.oml Ii;uSols to Charlerti. The intersec al ti-n of the bar witlh the left leg is near the old stone chateau of HoU'gmnlont. The battle was fought on the line of tile cross-bar and in 1, the triangle lx tween it and the clcvis. ] The conflict began just before noon. The arluits engalgl'd .were of equal strength, num bering about tcl0,t()mcnoion eachside. Napoleon a7 was superior in artillery; but Wellington's sol- d diers l::;d seen lohgi.r service in the 11ild. They wilre his vi-t .r::ii. from the Pe-ninsular War, I perhaps the stubbloriest fighters in Europe. h Napole(n's first Il..n was to double back the allied lift or tiht 'cintt.r. Thi involved the p eapture of La IIal Saintoe, and a.s a strategic corollary thl- taking of "lhugunmint. The lat ter lilac was iilrst itt:a't'e. TI'e held and a woaxl wi.re iarrit.d; but the chateau was held in the midst of hrridl carnage by the British. R Early in the afternoon a Prussian divisiton, under Bulow, alout h),ltO strong, came on the g field, and NapSl I,,-n had to iwithdraw a divi sion frolnt his ,:nti.r tio r.a.l tiionerning UGcr mlois, For o or three hours, in the area ti bIttwee'n lia HT:ie Saintoe ld Hoontomont, tlhe Ibattlo r.agdl, tChi linet: swaving witl uncertt:il fortrne back end forth. La Hale Sainte wtas t taken and l-11i by Neu. On tile whole, the British lines r-cedh1d. Vllin ton's attutlpt to d retake, La Ilaie Hainto ended in a rtpulso. Ney on the counter-charge called on Na'Ioleon for reinforcements, and the latter at that lmoment, t changing his plan of battle, detirlnined to make the principal charge on the British cen- 1 htr. The support which Ihe sent to Ney was not as heavy as it should have been, but the Marshal concliudid that tllu crisis wa at ti handtl, and Niapletn sought to iulpport hian with ltilhalid's (uirassiers and a division of the Milhlle Gu:ard. IUnder this counter-chargo the British lines reeled and staggered, bunt still clung despirat-'ly to their pos.ition. They gave a littl-, :ant then hung fast and couldh be m, -d no f':rther. In another lart of the fiell l):ruttt earric-d the allied position of Pa pi-ll t-, anid ILibh:ln routed Builow fronl Plan ceh-:n- is. At half pas:t four everythi: g seemed 1 to portc-nil disaster to the allies aul victory to the French.t Just at this juncture, however, an uproar wais witnes.-id far to the right. The woods stnreied tio optn. :nld the bannirs of Bhlucher shit up in the: h:rl zon. Grouclhy was mntt on his rear or 11: uki Napoleon saw at a glance i that it was tiihen or never. His stu1 of Auster lit hLung low in the west. The British center mue t-hi brlik n, or the Empire which he had f huiledl with hi nis genins must pass away like a DphIntoin. Fn' called out four battliollus of the Mididlh) and six of the Old Guard. In the last flfta-n y.ears that Guard had been thrown ii hundi'e-l tulls on the tenemies of 'rantlce, and I never yet r.epulsed. It deemed itself invinci Sbla. t p At seven o'clock, just as the Juno sun was I. sinking to the horizon, the bugles sounded, and the flutist boxly of horsemen in Europe t - startid to its doom on the squares of Welling ton. Thi griim horsemen rode to their fate I like heroes. The charge rolled on liko an ava , I;mnche. It plunged into the sunken road of O'H:in. It s-c:nled to roll over. It rose from t the low groun!ds and broke on the British squares. They reeled under the shock; then I refurimtxl and stood fast. Aroundl tad around Sthose inummovwa,l lines the soldiers of the Em pire Be::t and heat in vain. It was the war of is raels at its climnax. It was the final death-grip d of the Gaul.,nd the Teuton. The Old Guard 1 n recoiled. 'Thi wild cry of La Gardo reculle wasl heard iabive' the roar of battle. The crisis . of the MBildern Era broke in blood and smoke, anl tlhe past was sudd.enly victorious. The 1 Guard was brok-n into flying squadrons. Ruin c elne with thl counter-chargo of the British. SNt-y, glirious in his despair, sought to stay Sthie tide. Fir an hour longe, r he was a spectas It cl- to god-i and men. Five horses had been killed ttitter hitn. He was rn foott. He was h:atlh ass. Itt clutched the hilt of a broken sword. He tic';! cal vi ried with dust and blood. But hi gri:n flactl was set againlst the victorious cne u: icy in the liw-less anld heroic struggle to ral l ly his shattered-l columns. M"-.anr-hil" the Prut;sians rushed in from the right. ,',e:minton's guards rose and charged. Havoc eamini. d. wni with the darkness. A sin Y ,li regilment iof the Old Guard was formed by 'a PIoi'li, into a last square around which to y rally the fugitives. The Emperor stood in the to midfst and dcttlar-d his purpose to die with t lthetll. Marslhal Soult forced him out of the is nlehI, anl thi fannoussquare , commanded by (.:tmblrunn.--flinging his profane objurgation L into the tie-th of the' English-perishe with it tlh- wild cry ef Vive l'Etmpi.reurl of On that spot French patriotism has planted is a Ibrotllze lion to conlnetnlorate forever the ex Stinction, niit of the Old Guard only, but of the EmIpirm and if Napoleont the Great. There the Stravih-lir fromi strange linds pauses, at the e' distance of eighty years from the horrible catallynsm, and reflects with wonder how In withini the otemory of living men human na Id tulr icul have ibeen raised by the passion of et Ilttl' to such sublime heroism tas that dis pl-la-it in th-'set wheatfields and orcharbds where tho :,Oldj Giuard of France, sank into oblivion, Sunt ,rose t, itmmortal fiame. at The r-st my be brinefly sumnmarized. Na d Ito. o olnce min iri in Paris is obliged to abdi I, c:utt withrit ct,'ditions. He becomes a fugi n tie. (On the ttrd of July we see him at RIoche Li- fort, ton the, wevstern 'coast. He would fain reach the United State's: but the English fleets er patrol the Atlantic. His mind is confused aloamid ithe wrecks of his destiny. He changes be his purpose, iandt throws himst-lf on the genor otity f 1higlandut. He claims to be a prisoner dt of war, and explects the treatment accorded by international law to grnat captains taken in hattle. Vtill i-xpectation! He is conveyed to Trlbuty onl the ath oif July. There are fu kt rions ldebats in the British Cotmmons. For to wvhat shall we do with llisil/ e Tha:t indeed-. O Great Britain, i a questionl i. The worst, the mnost ungenertlus thing is donie. He shall be banished to St. Helena. The thing its is acemitlished. On the 16th of October, lli, rthe great:st military lead.r, and in mny re k sprcts the mot r,,lnarkalble man who has ap ad peared it the worli since the :ra of Christ, cx was debarkidi on his desolate island, that "P''tite Iie" with which Ihe haid concluded his si( hool ixercist at Autun, thirty-six years agit 1s .Naoleton was not only exiled; he was im Ia- prls~id. F.it. IHile:na wais his prison. He was nt -gu¶rtnled. II-s m:ast.r watlched him with cruel u is itrv.illan t.i for near-ly six ylears. Unn.er their hi Si'.'llis iyes hlie dictated his "Memnoirs" to 'ha B'rtr:atl, eonIIv.rsedt with his friends, orsought an hs-ur in soulituth: on the rocks ilear Long re- wod, hlklthig out to the ea. His health at ia- Iei-th lgave way. Though hisi constitution wi, was sttlirh, thtr-e was an organic nlalaeldy ie swhltch catltl, ai if froti his father's grave, to le'l distroy himt. Aln Utlcer of the stomach--symp :h tonms of which hadl aplipeatred at intervals for a deieade!u -l gan its Iaviage.'s, and inIt a few in- imnths hei sunk awtmy. It was on the 5th of i ar Miy, 1tl, in tihe ihioist of a tirrible tempest d d.olating the i.land, that Napoleon diedl. cal Tl'y gav. him a grave under some willow treesn , by a fountalin i Slatne's whllhy. There for nin-te .n yea-rs Iand a half his tdy lny, na nitil a lite-w gnetiratiin, riting fritm the shad n owts uf a ri-viis'd ioirlbonlioistl turnid to the :hi hiro wtho, ait the btiltliting of tthm century, hadl e ad m-t l-rtan -ce the first of nations; to hitti wh tot haul led hlri arnies t vlictoriv nad built for al Iher ai empir, , ivetring t. 1,.t.r part of Eu Sripe. Oh I. the 15th of DUeointcier, 1.-10, the body :h of the Etm;art.r Nahtleon, untlmr the care of Sthe inot ungllt slis of Luis Philippe, w-t 815 - brought hitti-i in stati- fiaottm tlie ii: t-solale imlnd a of his exile antd death. The coffin with the er Greait Dust in it was tak-en in poutp itd pa_ eant unsurpass thro thr the strtteta of Par i is, nld tdeputit-.d in the sarcolphgus uof thurk in red porphyry, t, rest for tulnes andt a ttime an of der the magnificent dometi of the Ilvalidtits. nd There hlie reposes; and the Third tRepublic ndI guards hin. JouN CI.AIIK tUItPATU. DR. S. IT. RUSIIING, ALEXANDIIIA, LA. 'r I~esideiice on Fonrti and WVn1ih t intrto rF suet's Office andl Hospital on Foinrit! :?tIul D)eSoto streets. Sirgeo~n irt t: e 'rTeas & Pneitih and I !nutout (' .t ral Ark:ansas andl Nortltern :1! be 11 l : 101 iv eareil for npton DANCING HORSES OF SYBARIS. A Ruse by Which the Crotonlates Con quered Their Enemies. In St. Nicholas, James Baldwin tells of the decline of the Greek col ony of Sybaris after the inhabitants had given themselves up wholly to pleasure. Of the battle in which they were finally conquered Mr. Baldwin writes: When a spy reported to the Cro toniates that he had seen all the horses in Sybaris dancing to the mu sic of a pipe, the Croton general saw his opportunity at once. He sent into the Sybarite territories a large Icompany of shepherds and fifers armed with nothing but flutes and shepherds' pipes, while a little way behind them marched the rank and file of the Crotoniate army. When the Sybarites heard that the ene my's forces were coming, they mar shaled their cavalry-the finest in the world at that time-and sallied forth to meet them. They thought it would be fine sport to send the Crotoniates scam pering back across the fields into their own country, and half of Syb aris went out to see the fun. What an odd sight it must have been 1,000 fancifully dressed horsemen, splendidly mounted, riding out to meet an array of unarmed shepherds and a handful of ragged foot sol diers! The Sybarite ladies wave their handkerchiefs and cheer their cham pions to the charge. The horsemen sit proudly in their saddles, ready at a word to make the grand dash, when, hark! a thousand pipes be gin to play, not "Yankee Doodle" nor "Rule Britannia," but the na tional air of. Croton, whatever that may have been. The order is given to charge. The Sybarites shout and drive their spurs into their horses' flanks. What fine sport it is going to be ! But the war steeds hear noth ing, care for nothing but the musio. They lift their slender hoofs in uni son with the inspiring strains. And now the armed Crotoniates appear on the field, but the pipers still pipe and the horses still dance. They caper, curvet, caracole, pirou ette, waltz, trip the light fantastic : hoof, forgetful of everything but the delightful harmony. The Sybarite riders have been so sure of the vio tory that they have taken more trouble to ornament than to arm themselves. Some of them are pulled from their dancing horses by the Crotoniate footmen. Others slip to the ground and run as fast as their nerveless legs will carry them back to the shelter of the city walls. The shepherds and fifers retreat slowly I P toward Crotona, still piping merrily, e and the sprightly horses follow r them, keeping step with the music. The dancing horses cross the divid ing line between the two countries, a they waltz across the Crotoniate ffields, they caracole gayly through the Crotoniate gates, and when the fifers cease their playing the streets of Crotona are full of fine war horses. Thus it was that the Sybarites lost s the fine cavalry of which they had been so proud. The complete over throw of their power and the con quest of their city by the Crotoniates followed soon afterward, for how, between so idle and so industrious a community, could it have been other wise? Cut Her Admirer. I hoard a most amusing story from PY hiladelphia the other day. It seems Sthat a young and very pretty girl , there has for some time past been greatly annoyed by the impertinent Sattentions of a foolish but fashiona Sble man, who has persisted in fol lowing her without cause on every r available occasion. Rebukes carried no weight, and the girl was at her n wits' end to get rid of her undesira bleo admirer. One day as she was out walking, - followed as usual by her tormentor, Sher errand led her past a fashiona Sblo hotel, in front of which she reo Sognized several cronies of her infat Suated swain. A brilliant thought oc s urred to her, and waiting for the d young man to catch up with her she Sturned demurely and sweetly and i pityingly held out a few pennies to . the ardent and now hopeful youth, Swith the remark, "My poor man, I am sorry for you, but this is all I t can spare." A shout of laughter greeted the " sally, and the young man has not Sonly ceased to follow the girl, but Shas been forced to cut half his ac I quaintances.-New York Advertiser. Honestly Won. "n How did you get your title of 'general?' " asked the hero worship ing girl. S"I cut my way to it," was the Sproud reply. "On the field?" I "No; in Bill Wiggins' hotel. There were only two men in our town in Kentucky that had never been in the Sarmy at all, so we cut the cards to see which should be 'general' and dy which 'colonel.' " - Washington nw Star. The Reason He Had. One-You haven't a single reason un why you won't join our club. S'Tother-Perhaps not, but Ihavea i married rc,)n. --Detroit Free Press. M. . C O. LEY, LTTORNEY - AT - LAW ALEXANDR1A, LA. F[Practices in all classes of cases in ,.!1 the Courts of the parishes of Ranides, (;rnnt, Natchitoches, Avoyelles, Sabine, St. Landiry. in the Supreme Court of the ,t;,te aril in thtel"ederal Courts. Oltlrc I' stairu over A. 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J as Andrews......and .........A V Coco P P Brazeale...........District Attorlicy t' L Ransdell .......Clerk District Court C 11 Kilpatrick ...........Deputy Clerk 1) T Staflord ...Sheritf and Tax Collector U J Barstow ............. ......Assessor hr I L Luckett, Jr........... ...Coroner Ki V Briughurst ........Parish Surveyor R U Maddox ...........Parish Treasurer JUDUtES COURT OF APPEALS-3RID CIRCUIT: \V F Blackman...and...Robert S Perry Terms of Court-Second Mondays in February and July. "rIitM5 OF COURT FOR RAI'IDES PARISH : Civil Terms-First Mondays in Janu ary and May. - Jury Terms-First Mondays in April and .November. 1'OLICIE JURY. W P Flower, Alexandria ......President I C Sanford.......................Clerk I George L Wilson ..............Lauourie W P Ford...................Cheneyvillc IB I liaKndolph............... pring l1ill H M White ....................alcasien J II Sorlle ................ Hiieston L M Texada ........................C tile P H Davidson.......... ....Rapides P O E J llardtner ................ Pineville T K Smith, Jr .................Rigolette SCHIOOL. OAIRD. C A Schuack, Alexandria. .....President U O Watts Alexandria ..Supt and Soety C R W Bhringhurst..............Alexandris Samuel lun..................Chcneyville 1' Spence Smith ...............VWeil P' O .Samuel Malltte ...........Babb's Brdge l! I Lawson.....................Elmer N L liathoru ..................Pineville \'W l;rahecar............... l;ci Lewis ....................Welchton JUSTICES OF TIIE PEACE AND CON STABLES: Alexandria Ward Justices Peace-W W Whittington and A I Rachal. Coustables-M W Baillio and Chas S Duke. Cotile Ward Justices Peace-John Dawson, T D lleuderson, T W Surrelle and J D K Woodard. Coustablcs-J 1 Thomas, E II Jnlcs, Eli Cleveland landtl J M Ulilho. Calcasieu Ward. Justices Peace-John Dixon and W C Teal. Constables--Henry Perkins and R W Glass. Lamourie WVard Justices Peace --Robert Martin iland Josiah Bruce. Constables-C F Goodwin and A C Staffobrd. Cheneyvillo Ward Justices Peace--Jamues A Wylie and J RI Moore. Constables-W S Roberts and N L Stewart. RThlpides Ward- . Justice Peaco--L C Sanford. Constable-R II Murphy, Rigoletto Ward Justices P'caco--E P Brown and B L Payne. Constables-Albert Brown and IiR G Teckel. Spring Hill Ward Justices Pcace-J B Devo (resigned) and John Evans. Colnstalles -B P Phillips, JD DUlun. Iliueston Ward JLustices Pleace-J L Whitehurst and 11 C Lyles. Constables-A G WVard and A J Gray. Pineville Wrrd Justices Peace-A A David and John A Newell. Constables-J J Duplisscesy and Fra - zier Scott. 1 City Ollicers. Thoimas Crawley ................. Mayor ( U Swayze .....Secretary and Asses.or Jan T FliVt, ...................Treasurer John P. Gfrogan................Collector John C Ryan.............City Attorney lr RI O Sinuons. ... I'Pros't Board liea lth J J Suillivan,~.................. Marshal C S Duke ................ ighilt liMarshlal COUNCILMEN. Chas Goldenberg ............First Ward Sanl Warshaner .......... Secondtl Ward E J Sullivan.. ..........Third Ward DeIunlis Kelly .................Fourthl Ward RI W Bringhurat.............Filth Warui Council meelts ftirst Mouday in eacll mouth. ALEXANDRIA L'OST OFFICE DIREC. TORY. Jonas Rosenthal............ Post Master \Wmi Maddox,.........Asst " Oltice hours from S o'clock a m to 7 p nm. Money order busir.ess closes at 4 p ni. Registered Letters close at 5 o'clock pill. DISTRICT .MAILS. Hineston, six times a week. Leaves Alexandria at j1:30 a in; arrives at6p ni. Pineville, foturteen times a week. Leaves Ale candria at 11.30 am and 6l p m. Arrives at Alexandria 10 a m aind 4 p ui, Poland, three times a week. Leaves ng Alexandria Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sat er urdays at 6 a mn: returns samne days 7 p m. IattI, once a week. Leaves Alexandria ri- on Fridays at 6 a m and returns same be day at 8:30 p m. Kansas City, Watkins & Gulf Railwayr e- to Lake Charles and Intermediate pose offices, <atly and return bsame day. E. SCHIIMALINSKI & SON. Manufacturers' - Agents - and - Dealers - In Piano; Organs and all kinds of M1siol Instruments. S HEEl MUSIC 10 CENTS PER COPY Pianos, Conover, Kingsbury, Schubert, Smith & Co.,.Wing & Son., Ham ilton Gordon. ORGANS, CHICAGO COTTAGE. Old Pianos taken in exchange. Easy terms. Lowest Prices. Front street, lexzaniria, La. E A(GLE DRUG STORE Jacob Geiger, Proprietor. Is selling at New Orleans prices in the Jobbing trade and offering special iuduccincnts to re-buveas. e L r T'h Stock consists In prt as follohws: DRUGS, CHEMICALS, PAINTS, 5 Choice Books, Tobacco and Cigars, Liquors for Medic inal L'urpuel, ,s, Etc., LAN DRETII'S . FRESH I GARNI) ; SEEDS. :THE ARLINGTON IBAR, JOIIN CALLAHIAN, Proprietor. FINEST WINES ANI) LIWUORS IN TIlE CITY. FIRST CLASS CONNOISSEURS. K Comfortable Card Rooms, Accommodations AI YOU R PATRONAGE SOLICITED. TRAVEL IN COMFORT Iy. TrAKING ADVANTAGE OF TIIE Superior Train Service ELEGb.ANT I':4UIPMENT AND FAST TIDLE - - - VIA TIIL ELPAS" flIUT PACIFIC THIE SHOT LINE TO NEW ORLEANS, EMPIIIIS, ANDI POINTS IN TIIE SOUTI- EAST THE DIRECT LINE TO Norllh and West Texa', Arizona, Old and New Mexico, Oregon, Col orado and California,. -TIE I:ASTES'' TIM1, TO lot Springs, Little IRock and St Louis. Pullman Tourist Sleepers T(t CATLIFYIINA. Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars -TO ST. LOUIS, LIrrrI. ROCK, SIIIR:VEPORT, Ni:w OIRI.ANS, 1)ENVEsrI, ELI' Aso, LOS ANuiI.xs & SAN FIANCISCO. ILowest ticket rates, time table and all desired informaltiou will be furnished by any of the ticket agents of the Texas& I'Pacific R'y. or W. A. DASIIIELL, 'I'rav. Pass. Ag't. L. S. TIIOINE, SThirnd Vice-Pres aind Gent Manager. GAST1ON M ELSA ER, General Passenger and Ticket Agent, DALLAS, TEXAS. M. WV. FLOWERS, P2ACTICA L 'WATCHMAKER HaRs opened next door to Western Union a Telegraph o6ffce andr will do all repairs in e his line. Braiding hair chains a special ty. Fine and complicated work prompt . ly done. Main springs $1.00. Cleaninug $a .i00 to $2.00 and other work proportion ately. TIIE Boss Grocery M.R. -CORNER Second and DeSoto Streets. Moses Rosenthal. Best Family G(roceries ALWAYS ON HAND Specialty Made of Finfe Cigars and Ton iaco ; Fine Wines amn Liquors. I Goods received by every train, ma king evorythlng nice and fresh. Prices to' Suit the Times, COPYRIGHTS.. CAN I OBTAIN A PATENT I For promt answer and an honet onini write tG UNN d CO.,wbho bave bad nearl tyears' experience in the patent business. ommuni tlons strictly confidential. A Itandbook of In. formation concernlng Patetss and how to ob. taln tbem sent free. Also a eatalogaof mechan tea a entld c booksent free. Patents taken through Minn & Co. Tecetvr special noticeln the lcientlflc American, nd thus are brought widely beforethe publicwitb out cost to the inventor. Thil splendid paper. n issued weekl¶* elegantly illwtated, haby far t e iargest croualetton of any scientie wors e t te copies. -Z cents. Every number eohatiBe IDan. g tilfd plates in olors, and photogramps or pw houses with plans, enabling bulders to show the' lest de s and secure contracts. Addres LUNN £C0., slaw YOt 36t taltAWAOAY.