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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.
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OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
U. S. Senators.
N C Blanchard term expiring on the
4th of March, 1897.
Don Caffory, term expiring on the
4th of March, 1935.
Representatives in Congress.
First District.........Gen Adolph Meyer
Second District............. M D Lagan
Third Distrlct............Andrew Price
Fourth District .......... II. W. Ogden
Fifth District................C J Boatner
Sixth District............S M Robertson
State Officers.
Murphy J Foster...............Governor
.........Lient-Governor
'Thos S Adams......... Secrotary of State
Milton J Cunningham......Atty-General
Johu Pickett ...........State Treasurer
W W Heard.... Auditor Public Accounts
A I) Lafargue....Supt Public Education
J G Hawks...Coimmissioner lmunigration
11 C Newsom...Coniuissioner Agriculture
J S Lanier.... Register State Land Ollice
W G Burt............. Adjutant General
F Seip,..Senator 18th Senatori:l I)istrictb
Baton Rouge Advocate ....State Printer
Supreme Court.
Francis T Nicholls........ .Chief Justice
New Orleans.
ASSOCIATEI.
U A Breanx .......................lberia
Sanli I) McEnery ..............O()uachita
L B Wa.tkins..................Red River
11 C Miller......................Orleans
Parish Oicers.
Representatives. S
U W Bolton...... and.......S F Mecker
District Judges 'enth Judicial Distriel.
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.
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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.
