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Talk with Alexander about Insurance. TE WORLD IS G OVEINDED TOO MTCI V L. . 1 ALEXANDRIA:-LA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10. 1896. INO 23 The 1,ouisiana 1Pemocrat 1'1li.iSlIElt EVERY WEDNESlDAY -AT A i.EXANI)I IA. Olicial Journal of the City of Alexandria Oficial Journal of the School Board. MOBLEY & CO. - Propr's. W. G. IOBLEY, - - Edlitr. I'ERMS OP SJUBSCRIPTION: One0 Year......... .................1 nr Six MIonths ....................50 cents. PAYABLE IN ADVANC P. ADVERTISING HATES. Inches. 1 no.!2 moIns. 3 mo. mos. 1 iyer 1 inch. $1 .i0 :' 00 .f1 0)) 41)n 0 P)i 1 2 " ' 2 50 4 50 , 1 ( 10 00 15 00 I" f00 8 o 10 l ) 15 I1 1ol 2( no (I 8 0()' 1"2 On I' (n )1 0 1), " i 00 H " 1 1f) 01 . 0 00 301) :35 (Ion ) c)l'n. 1 (ill0 5 2 O1 :1 o 0(0 .(i ) 0) 6;0 I) ] 25 00 35 00 13. 01) 1)1 00 100 00 'Trus:ieet adlive't:is,'n cuts $!. 4) p.t4 sq)ian;e for first ili4,rIion) , 50 c)( ts for e;::c! .)Ulbsequi |t ins:mert o11. Al d :v 'ierthem nts lif :t p !!tic:al w' tillre mut 1i )n1d1 for in alynn''ie. 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Call or send orders to LouiYi1ANA 1.)EMIt hRAT, A hex:it,,l,'t:,l, La HOUSE-CLEANING TIME. Iý - ---i RUSSIA MOVES FORWARD. Aba ous the Depreelated Silver Money Standard and Adopts Gold. Aer more than half a century's cx perkeice with silver monometallism and fiat Loney Russia has adopted the gold L standard. This has been done in pursuance of Russia's determination to press forward in the march of the nations. In 1839 the silver ruble was estab. lished by imperial decree as "the legal and unalterable metallic unit of the money current in the Russian empire." Russia has f.:und that hhe cannot keep the pace of other great nations with a silver sto:otlard and has therefore I ch::nged to the gold standard. Silver -rill still be freely used in the Ru.ssian cumre!,ey as it is in the cur rency t f all nations which have the gold standard, a'd 14-0,000,.000 ounces of silver are to to purchased to take the place of about one-fourth of the Russian paper currency. The adoption of the gold standard will therefore result in a great im provement of the monetary system of that country. Twenty-five years ago the Russian ruble had a purchasing power of 74 cents in gold. It has fallen to about 40 cents, owing to the immense increase in the production of silver and the general adoption of the gold stand " ard by the civilized world. Russia has acted wisely in abandon ing a depreciated money standard, and the adoption of the gold standard will j make the emrire a still more powerful factor in the affairs cf Europe and the wol ld.--Atlanta Journal. What Do They Care For Experlence. To open the floodgates and permit the world's vol:!uo of silver to flow to our mints to be coined at 16 to I in the hope and belief that the market value of sil ver would be thereby advanced to $1..29 an ounce soeers to me to be a dream so extravagant as to be beyond the possi bility of realization. If free coinage by this country alone would not only ar rest the decline of silver, but restore its market value, why is it that such a re sult has not been attained in the coun tries where free coinage is permitted? The mints of Japan, Mexico and several of the countries of South America-Pe ru, Bolivia and Equador-are today open to the free and unlimited coinage of both gold and silver, yet in no single instance can it be shown that the bul lion value of silver has been kept at a parity with its coinage value. More than this, no nation on the globe today has its mints open to the free and un limited coinage of both gold and silver that is not confessedly on a silver basis with gold at a premium. What reason have we, therefore, as a nation to ex pect any different results if we sho- .d venture on such an experiment? From reason and experience I am forced 'o the conclusion that to open our mints to the free and unlimited coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1 without the co operation of the leading commercial na tions of Europe would quickly plunge the nation to a silver basis and cra such a disturbance in our monetary sys tem as to involve its total destruction. -Hon. J. C. Burrows. Simple Question For Silver Leaders. Who would be benefited by adultera tion of the currency? Not the farmers. They could not be better off if they got two 50 cent dollars where they get now one 100 cent dollar, and that is the ut most Tillman would be able to give them. But the fearful contraction of the currency caused by a collapse of standard money to the 50 cent cheap sn ver ste:dard would create such hard times t.:.t for years woitingmen would get hardly more 50-cent dollars th" 1 they get now 100-cent dollars. How would that benefit them? Neither Alt geld nor Txilman has ever explained this simple qucstion.--Chicago Tribune. California Must Pemain a Gold State. California was a gold state when it was admitted and has remained a gold state since. None of its debtors has anything to gain by a radical change of standard, not even the banks, which, under a silver standard, would be able to pay all depositors 50 cents on the dol lar. The derangement of business and 1 temporary destruction of credit th:.t I would result from such a change would I probably break most of the banks in OCalifornia, including perfectly solvent 1 institutions.--Los Angeles Herald. Legislation Never Gave Valuse. There is rot a single instance in the history of the world in which legal tender has been relied upon to give value to currency but that it has ended in speculation, robbery and "wholesale ' rpu]diation and ba -ruptcy.-DW.W. I t.:Clu:g in "Money Talks." The Democratic Situation. If the faculty of seeing facts and thi ' ability to reason upon them have not de parted from the free silver Democrats, C- they will not attempt to commit the na d tional convention to their theory. d The facts of the political situatiox briefly are: if First.-That the Democratic part3 d has been defeated in every presidentia election since the war when it leanei >* toward financial unsoundness and lhu LI been successful in every contest in whicl e it stood for honest money. Second.-That it cannot carry a sin p gle northern state or one-half the bcr. a der states for free silver and consequent. e ly would be beaten disastrously in the election upon that issue. e Third.-That it cannot hope to carr3 the house of representatives upon thai I issue. The majority against free coinagt f has increased from 18 in the Fifty-sece e ond congress to 125 in the present house. n There are no signs of gains for silvel anywhere this year. d Fourth.-Being unable to elect either a president or a house upon this issue, f do its supporters hope to throw the else. e tion of a president into the house? In r that case the choice of the Republican o candidate is absolutely certain. e Conceding that the Tree silver Demo. I crats will be able to write their idea into the platform, what can it profit them? What are conventions for if idot to improve the conditions of success or i to put the party in the way of a triumph I in the near future? Is the free silver fad I all there is of Democracy for our friends at the west and south? "Only common sense is necessary" to show them the ut ter futility of their present course.- New York World. Largely a Question of Freight. The principal reason why the highly civilized and commercial nations have gradually abandoned silver and adopted the gold standard is that value for value silver is 30 times as heavy as gold. So that if the cheaper metal were used to settle balances in trading between two countries or between distant points of the same country it would cost 30 times more to tFansfer it than if payment was made in gold. The foolish idea that business men have conspired to discredit the white metal in order to increase the value of gold is merely a cheap money delusion. Merchants and bankers are in terested in having the best possible ma terial for use in measuring values and making exchanges, and the fact that in millions of transactions the handling of money the greater weight of silver meant a larger cos of transporting it was of it self a sufficient reason why gold should be preferred. Left to themselves, men always choose the easiest known method of doing any, thing. Since it is far easier to use a suo stance having great value in small bulk than one 30 or 60 times heavier, it is only natural that, whenever it is pos sible to secure sufficient gold, that met:l should be used instead of silver. Wood is now generally used instead of steel for bicycle rims because it is lighter. Steelites who should claim that t'e wood conspirators had demonetized st- -1 rims would be laughed at. Yet th .r arguments would be just as sound as those of the silverites. The People Who Buy Things. There is one class of people in the United States which is specially inter ested in the agitation for free silver, with its openly avowed purpose of rais ing prices twice as high as they are now. This is the consuming class, com posed of all the people who buy things. To them the most I nportant question in regard to the currency is, "Will our money buy few or many things? We now have an industrial and commercial system in which wages are paid and products bought and sold with a cur rency which rests on a gold standard and has a high purchasing power. If we were to adopt the silver standard, our money would buy only half the quantity of goods that it does now. How would that help us, the 70,000, 000 American consumers?" Free coinage politicians who are try ing to gain votes by setting one class of citizens against another would do well to remember that the largest class in this country is that of the people who buy goods When they can show those people that it is to their interest to pay higher prices for what they consume, they may have some show of success. Until then their scheme is doomed to failure. Greatest Swindle of the Century. The free and unliimted coinage of silver is the greatest political swindle of the century, for it gives to the wealthy the power to double the wealth and leaves to the poor man I nothing but silver dollars really wortn Sanly 50 cents each.--Bacyrus Journal. WINCIIHESTER MONUMENT. Special Order Caalling Atthuticnt to the Unveiling Issued by Gen. Gordon. The fidlowinug has been issued by Gen. Gordon: HDQIs. UNITED CONFEDERATE VETFu ANS, NEW ORLEANS, LA., May 25, 1396. General Orders No. 165. Many of the vet erans who attend the reunion at ilichiuond, will vis it the hist9ric hattle fihldls in Vir ginia, itniubers of which they en riched' with their own irecious blood, aid' contributed by their valor to wake rmemorab:e for all time. . In addition to the "lay ing of the corlner stone of the Jffirl'son D)avis monumenti," which will take place during the reunlllion, the General coni ianding deemnis it proper to cil Ithe slipecial attention of all vuete. frals to all incident of great itilpor. tance which will occur at Wini ehester, Va., on July 4; h, the date having been chaniged from J ui,e27. 'The Louisiana veterans will take atdvantage of the time and occasion to unveil the n!oliulnueit which l they have erected in the beautiful Stonewall Cemetery, in the histor Sic town of Wilclicester, to the meem 1 ory of their beloved comjradles, the 1 Confederate dead of Louisiana. The reu!nion will close Jnl3- 2i, an(l the uirnviliiig of this moun mient to the Louisi,ina heroes will occur on July 4th. It w11 be an event of unusual iitere.nt. The "miiaimied hero," Geni. Franicia T. Nicholls, stainless citizen, distini guished soldier, statesman aiid ju rist; lie who led the ILouisia.,ja 3 troops to that extreme limit where intrepid valotr met death in evei"r form, will lbe tlir orator of the dal niid lihe good people of Wiuches ter exteind .i hearty welcome to all. The ocicsiolt is full of pathlos and will ex'cite. the teinderest enmo tions in every sytinlpathetic heatit, to witiess the surviv'ors of that gall;;lat coinniaud ihiich Loiisiiaian sent to the front iti the '60., then in the flower of youth, now aged anild benIt, jour lii.\u ig over a thou salid nieariV miles, and after the lal .,e of a third of a century, to statld by the grassy mounds and place i lastiitg niete rial of lovt a:nd afl fcrioin oveir tlhe graves c:f their beloved coin'ra;les, wiho, afitt r deathless feiata of courlage, till at their side, and are nlow leposing nlupon the g-ierous losom of the "Mllother of States," far away from home and kiindred. The GUciteral commanlaltdiing fe. Is asmuled that the gallant Lo.ui-iln iniis will not stand alone dli uring that celretMll y upon tIhat saclreii spot, but ll hat heroes all the wa3 from the ''Lone Star State" tio ''"My Mar3land," sill join the 'throng, gathe ring as they journe. to toat "Cemetery of the Brave," the matgtilia, the orange, and all the sweetest Soulthern flowers, to deck the graves of their own hon ored dead, who lie side by side with the ibrave ,Louisianians, and who, lhke them, will live forever in story atod in song. By order of J. B. GORDON. - General Couinanding. GEO. MIOOUMAN, Aldjutanit General and Chief of Stafft Gen. Vincent, comnmanding the Louisiania division, has isssuiid the following, giving details of the Richmond re unlion: HlDQRS. LA. DIVISION UNITED 1 CORFEDERATE VETERANS, W OULEANS, LA., S May 24, 1806. 3 General Orders No. 9: The Major General commanding announcedl to the Louisiana Divis ion, U. C. V., the near approach of the following important events in the life of their organization, and urges immnediate atteition throughout the division to having the camps properly represented oil the occasiolis here citedl, to-wit: 1. The animal meeting or con venition of the Louisianal D)ivision, U. O. V., will convene at 1New Or leans on Saturday, Junie 27, at 2 p. m., in Memorial iHall, to consid er businuess matters of the division, and to elect a M;jor General for the term of onre eaI, begi oingi imunediately after the teruminationi ,of the genelr.l re nion niext fol lowing said election, according to 1 precedeti t. 2. The sixth ann;ual general meeting and re-union of the Unit- c ed Confederate Veteran organize tion, which will be held at Rioh moiid Va., on Tuesdlay, Wedes ilay ald Thursday, Juie30, July 1 and July 2, duriug which the cor ier-stone iof Presuilent Jefferson Davis' monument will be laid, and F the report of the Confederate Me. morial Association committee on the Battle Abbcey of the South will a be rendered. t 3. The unveiling of the Wini - chester Monument to the Louisi lanlia deadl and to the ieeds of her 1 soin, who imiadel iin the Vdllty. of I Virginia an imperishahle record of valor and hertism, which will take Ilace at.Winchester, Va., on the, 4th of July. 4. The same or separate delega Lions, with an equal numlhber of al terattes, way be selected for each 5. The representat iou of dele gates is fixed by section 1, article 5. of the constitution, at "one del. egate for every twenty members in good standing, and one for a fracition shall l)e entitled to at least t we delegates." To be in good standing, the ('asips must have paidltheir "per capita for this and previous years. i Accredited delegates alone can particip.ate in the business part of the mleetitngs and reunions. Comrades of all arams, grades and tdeparinments are cordially in vitedl to attend these events. 6. The cost of transportation has been fixed by the railroads at one cent per mile each way traveled, over all railroads leading to and rfrom Richmond, Va. Ticket- will be on sale at all rail road stations June 26th to 29th, both inclusive, and will be good until July 101h following. 'J hus the cost front New Orleans to Rich mond and back will be $20.90. Sleepers will have to be paid ex tra, as customary. Tihe executive committee of ar. raugements at lichmond have made provisions to accommodate the -veterans with quarters and food, free of charge. Those who wish to be accommodated at heo tell can do so at a cost of from $1 to $2 50 per day. At Winchester the people pro pose taking care, free of charge, of all Louisiana veterans on that oc. castiol. 7. Camps are directed to report to these headquarters by the 15th of June, the number and names of their delegates and alternates. Members of the division staff will report before the 20th of June, whether or not they will attend the ienioni at Rlticthmond. The Major General commanding lopes that a large and influential ;tilenldance will represent Louisi ana at these Inemolrable occurren coes, that the promilnence she has held fonut the begillinng in the formation and direction of the Uni ted Conlederate Veteran organi ZM:iion may1 in no way be diminish p.al, and that her devotion to its in retest anal welfare may find wise and eli qutent exponents among the delegates the di rision will select. By order of W. G. VINCENT, Major General Conmniaiding Lou isiana Division, U. O. V. J. A. CHALARON, Adjutant General. Popular With the Republicans. The Old Reliable Texas & Pa. cific Railway will be the "Popular Route" for the Great National Re pIbliean Convention at St. Louis. ( commencing June 16th. No effort will be spared to provide forghe comfort of all who use this lihue. Special trains will be run, with el egant day coaches and chair cars and Pullman Palace Sleepers, and you will be wise to send in your name now for necessary accommo dalivns, as the attendance promis. es to be the largest for any con ventiont yet held. Tickets will be sold via the Tex as & Pacific Railway at rate of ONE LOWEST LrIITED FIRST CLASS FARE FOR THE ROUND TRIP on June 8th, 9th, 13th, 14th and 15th, good until June 21st, 1896. For tickets, sleeping car tccom modatiouns, or any further infor-.t mation call on nearest Texas & Pacific agent or GAsToN MESLIER~, G. P. & T. A., Dallas, Texas RLe-Union United Confederate Vet erans. RICHMOND, VA., JUNE 30TH TC 1 JULY 2ND. - For this occasion the Texas & Pacific Railway Company will sell tickets from all stations iu Texas and Louisiana at about ONE CENT' PER MILE EACH WaY -POR THE ROUNDTRIP on June 26th and - 27tbh, final limit for return to be twenty days fromn date of sale. This will be one of the greatest assemhlages of the old veterans in thehistory of the organuization, andl all exceedingly interesting progranmmte has beenll preplared. For tickets, sleeping car accom. modations, or any further infor- a mationll, call on or address nearest. Texas & Pacific Railway .Agent or GASTON MESLIER, G. P. & T. A. Dallas, Tex. Buicklen's Ar-nica Salve, THE BEST SALVE in the world for Cats, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rhenm, Fever Sores, Tetter, c Ubnalppd Halnds, Chillblains, Corns and all Skin Eruptions, and posi tively cures Piles, or no Iml C reqi:'id. It. is guaranteed togive poerfect satisfaction or lmoney me fitinded. Price 25 cents lper biox. ['or sle by ile Etgec D)rug store. DRY GOODS BY MAIL. e We offer ladies living in the country every in ducement to shop by mail. Every department in our great store is complete, and you get every style and worth for the very least money. SAMPLES FREE of anything you ask for. Our magnificent line of Summer dress goods--Organdies, Dimities, Silks, Swisses, Lawns, etc.--are unsurpassed for quality and cheapness. Write for samples. WE ARE PROMPT.' We give your letter our attention the minute we get it, and if we haven't what you want, iie will procure it for you if it is to be gotten in New Orleans. You can shop here by mail as satisfactorily as if you came yourself. B. PELLMAN, 727 Canal Street. New Orleans, La. 0-VIA - SUI SET - IJOUTfE. From all Coupon Stations on the System at Rate of One Fare for the Round Trip. To Sin Francisco, Cal.-Account meeting of the American Society of Civil Engineers, on June 15th, 16th, 23d, 24th, at $53.00 from New Or leans, $60.00 from Houston, and at correspondingly low rates from oth er points, good to return within sixty (60) days from the date of sale. To Chicago, 111.-Account National Democratic Convention, July 7th, limited to July 14th for return. To Pittsburg, Pa.-May 23d and 24th, account National Prohibition Convention, limited for return to May 31st. To St. Louis, Mo.-June 8th, 9th, 13th, 14th and 15th, account Repub lican National Convention, limited to June 21st for return. To San Antonio.-From all stations in Texas, account Baptists' Young People's Convention, Juite 23d, and State Sunday School Con vention, J une-25th, at rate of one fare for round trip, with maximum of $5.00; final limit to return June 29th. Tickets also received on deposit for side trips to Mexico and other points. To Richmond, Va.--Account Confederate Veterans' Reunion, on June 26th and 27th, good to return within twenty (20) days from date of sale, at rate less than one fare. To Buffalo, N. Y.-Account National Teachers' Association, June 3041 and July 1st, with limit to July 13th, and privilege of deposi ting with Joint Agent for furth.er exteusion; at rate of one fare pius $2 for admission. To WVashington, D. C.--July 31, 4t.h and 5th, at rate of one fare for the round trip, with privilege of extension to July 31st for return by depositing with Joint Agent. To St. Louis.-July 19th, 20th and 21st, account Populist and Americat Silver Conventions, limited to July 27th for return. Full particulars will be furnished on application to Local Agents of of Sunset Route. L. J. PARKS, Assistant General Passenger and Ticket Agent, Houston, Texas. S. F. B. MORSE, General Passenger and ticket Agent, New Orleans, La. RED RIVER LINE. CHAS. P. TRUSLOW, - President. CHAS. W. DROWN, Traffic Manager, New Orleans, La. LEROY A. STAFFORD, Agent, Alex andria, La. This Line is composed of the following first-class steamboats: Imperial, capacity 5000 bales of cotton. Valley Queen, 3500 " , lIallette " 2000 " " W. T: Scovell " 150u " , Anna B. Adams 1000 " Rosa Bland 500 " " And Fleet of 8 Barges, capacity 500 bales of cotton each. . Boats leave New Orleans Wednesdays and Saturdays and leave shreveport Tuesdays and Fridays. The new steamer W. T. Scovell, built expressly for this trade, will make week ly trips between Alexandria and Shreve port during the coming season. WANTED-AN IDEA o.esim thing to patent? Protectyourideas;theymay bring you wealth. Write JOHN WEDDDER BUHI & CO., Patent Attorneys, Washington, D. C., for their $1,800 prize offer. JOHN KRAMER UNDERTAKER Salesrooms CORNER FOURTH AND SCOTT STS ALEXANDRIA LA. CAREFUL ATTENTIONGIVEN. I have one of the handsomest hearses in Cen tral Louisiana, and a supply of metal lic and other coffins. Prices very rea sonable. Telegrams promptly attend ed to night or day Independent Packet. LEE OTIS and Bargeu J. W. DAIION, - - Kaster A. Jarreau, Agt. at Alexandria. Will stop at all way landings as far as Barbin's below and Montgomery above. Freight rates very low. Address J. W. Damnuon, Alexandria, or call on the Alexandria agent, A. Jarreau, for Infor mation. BOBT. P. HUNTER, ATTORNEY - AT - LAW ALEXANDRIA, LA. ieOffice corner of Third and Lee streets FOR SALE. Desirable Town Property Advan tageously Located IN THE BUSINESS. PORTION OF Alexandria. consisting of'two BRICK STONES on Front street, one 26x70 and the other 20x70 feet. One TWO-STORY BRICK HOUSE on Johnston street, now nsed as a boarding hobse. One FRAME BUILDING of three rooms, on Second street, now used as a printing office. - ALSO, - THE CHINA GROVE PLANTATION sitnated on the north side of Red river, 8 miles from Alexandria, containing 210 acres of open landuand 100 acres of wood land. Plantation enclosed with a new and snbstantial fence. - ALSO, - 3000 acres of Swamp Land, on Bayou Latannier, near Lamourie, heavily timbered. For terms apply to B. SCHMALINSKI, May 13, 1896. Alexanudria, La.