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LATE' NEWS OF LOUISIANA
What is Going On in Our Own State as Told by Special
Telegrams.
MURDERER IN JAIL
Rural Mail Delivery to be Estab
lished at Alexandaia---May
(et Out of His Troubles.
Alexandria.-Through the efforts of
Hen. R. P. Hunter, postmaster of
Alexander, this section will have a
rural free delivery of nail, to be
known as route No. 1, which will be
about twenty-four miles in length.
W. O. Latimer, special agent, rural
free delivery of the United States,
has been here, and recommends the
route as mapped out. The mail of
all persons resid;ng on this route will
be delivered to them daily and mail
will be collected along the route
daily. The carriers will be allowed
to carry $5 worth of stamps, and the
public can procure stamps from them.
They will be allowed to carry and re
ceive registered packages and give
money order,and will also be allowed
to carry small packages of merchan
dise, which will be of great conveni
ence to the public along the route.
The population to be served will be
about 600. There will be postoflices
at Willow Glen, Flowerton, Peteman I
and Hynsongalong the proposed route.
It is understood that this free rural
delivery will be commenced as soon
as all arrangements can be perfected.
George Epple, of the firm of Epple
and Hayes, contractors, who are do
ing the grading for the Shreveport
and Red River Valley Railroad, re
turned from Shreveport Saturday.
He says that five car loads of steel
rails to be used to connect the Valley
road with the Texas and Pacific at
this point have arrived. This firm
will do the grading for this connec
tion. The Texas and Pacific road will
haul all the rails for the Valley road
to be used between Alexandria and
Mansura, Avoyelles parish.
FALLS FROM A FREIGHT TRAIN
Many.-George MeOlain, a resident
of this town, fell off a freight train
Friday night near Fisher and re
ceived injuries from which he died
Saturday morning about 11 o'olock.
He got on a through freight train at
the depot about 10 o'clock Friday
night to go to Fisher, a sawmill town
six miles south of Many. He said
that he and the head brakeman were
on top of a box eoar talking, and when
near Fisher he said to the brakeman
that it was time to make preparations
to get off. He fell between two box
cars. His left foot was out off and
the rest of his leg was mashed Uidly.
He lay there until 7 o'olock next
morning, when the section hands
found him. He was brought to Many
on the local. His remains were in-.
terred in the town cemetery.
NEW BANK BUILDING.
Napoleonville.-At a meeting of
the directors of the Bank of Assump
tion a bid was aooepted for the erec
tion of a bank building. The con
tract is to be signed in a few days
and work will begin at once.
The police jury of Assumption met
in regular session and accepted the
bid of Mr. Jones of New Orleans for
the ereotion of a cement sidewalk in
and around the courthouse. Work on
the same will begin soon.
FUNERAL OF LIEU£. KEARNEY.
Lake Charles.-In the presence of a
great throng of mourning friends, to
the triple volley of mausketry and
the solemn bugle notes of "taps," all
that was mortal of First Lieutenant
Charles Read Kearney was laid away
Friday. The funeral procession was
one of the largest ever seen in this
oity, the pall-bearers being equally
divided between the Knights of
Pythias, of which the deceased was a
member, and his comrades of Com
pany O. A squad of the company and
one from Company K, under com
mand of Major S. A. Knapp, fired
the funeral salute and George Tay
lor sounded the bugle. Rev. Mr.
Alison conducted the funeral ceremo
nies at the residence and again at the
grave.
AN INSTRUCTIVE SESSION.
Franklin.-The first week of the
Southern Louisiana OChautauqua has
passed into history, and very pleasant
history too, for those attending, and
these is abundant evidence that the
remaining weeks will in no sense be
disappointing. The two features of
the week have been the lectures of
Dr. Beverley Warner and the fun of
Prof. Charles Lane. Dr. Warner has
delivered a course of seven masterful
addresses, six of which were on
Shakespeare and the other a splendid
appreciation of Charles Kingsley.
BACK FROM PHILIPPINES.
Lake Providence.-Dr. Frank Ar
tand of this place arrived Friday
morning from the Philippines, where
he was the past eighteen months, in
the capacity of a regimental surgeon.
He left Manila on April 22, and,
after traveling continuously, arrived
in San Francisco, coming via Japan,
last week.
Dr. Artaud has a brilliant record
as a military surgeon. He enlisted at
the beginning of the Spanish war and
became the division surgeon.at Jack
sonville. After the war he enlisted
in the United States. army and was
sent to Cuba, where he was given
full charge of the health department
at Puerto Principe. He stayed in
Cuba one year and a half, and was
then sent to the Philippines, where
he remained eighteen months, taking
part in a good many battles. He
brought with him interesting trophies
and Philippine curios. He will now
locate permanently in Lake Provi
dence, where le will practice his pro
fession.
The Edward Sparrow chapter of
the Daughters of the Confederacy
Friday night gave the beautiful
drama "The Queen of the South," at
the opera house in order to assist in
erecting a monument to the Confed
erate soldiers in the cemetery of this
place. The performance was managed
by Mrs. W. N. White. It was well
attended and proved to be quite a
success.
KILLED BY RECOIL OF SHOTGUN
Voorhies.-While hunting a few
days ago, S. E. Cregrew was injured
on the side by the recoil of his gun
and has since died as the result of his
wound. He was a farmer.
MURDERER OF GUFF CAPTURED
Thibodaux.-James Beary, sheriff
of this parish, arrested a murderer
Friday, a negro by the name of Ed
Wagner, alias Smith, alias Richard
son, who murdered Patsy Guff on the
Godohaux plantation in December,
1898. The fugitive, who was armed
with a gun, was captured in the At
takapas swamps by Mr. Beary, assist
ed by Deputy Sheriff Tucker of Ter
rebonne. The negro, it is said, is
wanted in St. John parish for mur
der, and he is also accused of killing
a levee contractor in the parish of
Iberville.
CRESCENT CITY NOTES.
New Orleans.-The Southern Pa
cific Railroad Company has purchased
for $55,000 the plant of the New Or
leans Cold Storage Company at Julia
and Front streets and will use the
ground to reach the Illinois Central
passenger station,which will be made
the local union passenger station.
The Cold Storage Company will erect
a new plant.
The Executive Board of the Hebrew
Union College has set itself the task
of raising $500,000 as a memorial of
the renowned American rabbi, Isaaco
M. Wise.
H. L. Caldwell, the labor-organizer,
has Afinished his. work here and has
left for Philadelphia.
The United States circuit courts
were adjourned Saturday for the
summer.
Mike Dunn, who killed John Pat
ton Friday night, was held without
bail for murder by Judge Aucoin.
In response to the appeal published
in The Times-Democrat $192 lhas been
contributed to furnish the new build
ing of the State Insane Asylum at
Jackson, La
Owners of property in the area
bound by Andubon Park, Hurst
street, St. Charles and Nashville ave
nues have asked the city attorney to
aid in getting them efficoient drainage.
Committees have been appointed,
representing every important interest
in the city, for the reception of the
great naval dock at Algiers.
Francis DuBose Richardson, father
of Mrs. Donelson Caffery of Frank
lin, La., and Frank L. Richardson of
this oity, died Saturday in. Franklin,
ia.
James Heron, twenty years sexton
of Trinity church, received many
valuable gifts last night upon the
filling out of his twentieth year of
service.
The air 3 so clear In Zululand that
elects seven miles away can be dis
thctly seen hby starlight.
DAUGHTER SUES HER FATHER.
St. Louis, Mo.-Nioholas Simon of
St. Louis is defendant in the Clay.
ton oironit court in the trial of a suit
for wage filed against him by his
daughter, Mary Simon. Simon was
formerly a farmer near Bridgeton,
and his daughter, who was 18 years
old in 1884, remained with him until
last year. Then there was a domestio
quarrel, she says, and she left the
house. Now the daughter seeks to
recover waes at the rate of $15 per
month. She says in her petition that
her father paid her $175 last year,
leaving a balance due of $2,7 80.50.
On account of the unnsual nature of
the case, it is attracting a great deal
of attention in the coonly.
PACKING HOUSE BURNED.
Mexico Oity.-The National Pack
ing house of this city situated near
Slemmes Halks Electric Light
works, burned down Friday. Loss
$80,000. Chioao capitalists have or
agnised a company .with $2,000,000 to
grow rubber in this country.
PROINENT CITIZEN DEAD.
Oxford.-W. G. Beanland, after a
linagring illnes, died at his home
hes Saturday morning. He was for
years one of Oxford's most prominent
. .shanti saed his family oonneotlon
is large throughout this section of
the saute. He was a prominent mem.
Mibq ot she Oumberland Presbyterian
eh :h The remains was interred in
SPeter's cemetery at 9 o'cleok
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SHINGLE MILL DESTROYED.
Memphis, Tex.-A tornado passed
orocs the nothwestern part of Hall
county late Friday sand completely
demolished the home of W. B. Moore
sad a man named Wickson. Wick.
son's family escaped to a dugout sad
were unhurt, while two children of
Moore were killed outright. Moors
was seriously injured. Mrs. Moor
escaped to the dugout with her l.
faik sad was uahaut.
FAIRLY EAT QUININM
fsolagners In Mexico Who Keep fall of
the Drug All the Time.
"The quantity of quinine taken by
foreigners on the southeast coast of
Mexico is something simply, incredi'
ble," said a resident of this city who
is interested in coffee culture in the
sister republic. "There is a general
belief among the American and Eng
lish all through that region that the
drug is necessary for the preservation
of life, and they keep full of it from
one year's end to another. The first
time I visited the coast I stopped at
Frontera, the first port east of Vera
Cruz, and as soon as our ship tied up
it was boarded by a tall, sallow man,
who turned out to be an American en
gineer, in charge of a big sugar plant
up the country. He made a bee line
for the purser. 'Hello! Billy!' he said:
'did you bring that quinine?' 'Sure,'
replied the purser, and diving into his
cabin he came out with an armful of
tin boxes, about the size of tea can
nisters, and Japanned green. Each of
them held a pound of quinine. I never
saw it put up that way before and, nat
urally, I was surprised.
"I soon scraped an acquaintance
with the engineer and made bold to
inquire what in the world he wanted
with such a supply. 'Are you getting
it on a speculation?' I asked with a
vague idea that it might be intended
for some Mexican army contractor.
He laughed heartily. 'Speculation
nothing!' said he: 'this all goes to our
little colony of Americans back in the
interior, and it won't last very long,
either.' With that he drew a pen-knife
from his pocket, opened a blade that
had been ground off round, like a spa
tula, and thrust it into one of the
cans. He brought out a flaky, white
mass-enough to heap a teaspoon
put it on his tongue and swallowed it
like so much sugar. 'Have you any
idea how many grains you are taking?'
I asked in amazement. 'Only approxi
mately,' he replied carelessly; 'a man
quits weighing quinine after he has
been down here a few months.' That
was my first encounter with a bona
fide quinine-eater," the coffee planter
went on, "but I met plenty of them
afterward. They generally keep the
stuff in rubber tobacco pouches,
to protect it from perspiration, and
when they feel like taking a dose they
dig in, with one of those spatulated
knives that they all carry and swallow
as much as they see fit. As they go en
tirely by guess, it is hard to say how
much will be eaten in the course of a
day, but I have weighed the amount
that can be lifted on the ordinary
knife blade and found it to range be
tween 25 and 50 grains. You see, qul.
nine is as compressible as cotton, and
two wads of it that look about the
same size will vary a 100 percent in
weight. One would suppose, as a mat
ter of course, that such enormous
quantities of the drug would produce
an intolerable ringing in the head;
but, strange to say, they do nothing
of the kind. The average white man
down there who keeps under the in
fluence all the time, experiences noth
ing except a slight feeling of bxhilara
tion--at least so I was assured by
dozens of habitues. Whether the use
of the stuff is of any real benefit is
something I am sceptical about. I
never took a grain of it myself, and I
was the only man on our plantation
who didn't have a touch of fever."~
New Orleans Times-Democrat.
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.
The African Red Kaflir always rubs
his teeth after a meal withi cold wood
ash from the fireplace; which accounts
for the absence of tartar, and the fine
color of his teeth.
A species of fish is said to have been
discovered in New Zealand which bur
rows in the sand, and it is reported
that farmers often find it alive buried
in the beach some distance from the
water.
The Egyptian reed, which was used
for making the pens found in Egyp
tian tombs, is a hard variety growing
to about the diameter of an ordinary
goose quill. Pens made from it are
sgd to last for a day or two and do
Sexcellent work.
I Butterflies invariably sleep head
downward. They raise their wings
an sd hold them back to back against
each other so that from above they
are almost invisible. Mloths fold their
outer wings tightly down over the
brightly colored under wings. In each
case the manner of folding their
wilgas serves as a protection.
Along the line of the recent inven
tions is a process for spinning paper
into a fine thread which cannot only
be used foir sewing, but out of which
a very beautiful fabric can be woven.
Specimens of table cloths and napkins
made by this process were exhibit~ed
recently which compared very well in
appearance with the fie articles of
linen.
In Sweden mourning clothes are
somewhat peculiar, according to our
way of thinking For women a long
veil is absolutely necessary, as are also
a black dress and,a crepe bonnet, but
a jacket or mantle of any other color
may be donned with these, and it is
by no means unusual for a widow to
wear the regulation weeds in conjunc
tion with a brilliant red jacket. Men
also will dress in black trousers and
hat and a colored waistcoat, or possi
bly even a colored coat.
It is an odd fact that in England the
cultivation of tobacco as a crop is pro
hibited by a tax so high on every am
sown with tobacco seed that no Eng
lishman culd afford to grow it, except
as Mr. Joseph Chamberlain grows or
chide-as an expensive fad. The ori
gin of this prohibition is still more cu
rlona. It originated in the reign of
Charles II., when parliament passed a
law forbidding the growth of tobacco
in lngland for the express purpose
of eaneoraging trade with the new
alaa of Virginia
4 Mesen ab.
"Do yu ever tepi" she aske4 the
peat novelet, "as if you had run out
of idea-es if you were all pumpegsd
S"Oh, yes* IelvIy replied, "I -c
that way right now."--Chlwiou e
dtrol,
Noi Hair?
"My hair was fallinrg out very
fast and I was greatly alarmed. I
then tried Ayer's Hair Vigor and
my hair stopped falling at once."
Mrs. G. A. McVay, Alexandria, O.
The trouble is your hair
does not have life enough.
Act promptly. Save your
hair. Feed it with Ayer's
Hair Vigor. If the gray
hairs are beginning to
show, Ayer's Hair Vigor
will restore color every
time. $.0 ,g. At a,..I.
.t you ft mlmot op ply you,
nai ns one Lor ind wre will expro.
a bottle. Be Ours agduive the ne
BELLEVUE HOTEL,
LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN,
GADSDEN, ALA.
Easy of access. nine hours from Missis'lp*
pt. High alUitms, sulphur and ohalybeate
waters. Newly furnisbd througbout. Golf
and Tennis, Pool and llliards. Rates: $8.00,
$10.00 and $1850 per week
LOUI HART. Prest. and Mgr.
Elepbant is a Barber ahop`
Quite an excitemeat was caused
around the zoo at Indianapolis, Ind.,
by a baby elephants which escaped
from his keepers and proceeded to
make things lively while he had his
freedom. He dashed through a large
plate glass window.into a barber shop
and drove the frightened white-coated
men into the street. Escaping from
there he ran down Illinois street until
he was attracted'by a stuffed bear In
front of a fur store, which he tore to
pieces. He then confiscated' the stock
of a fruit vender, the owner, like the
barbers, fleeing in terror. He was fi
nally captured by trainers from the
zoo who got him by the ears and
marched him home.
JDeJrott, Mich., has 3,711,717 square
yards of wooden block pavement.
PUrslAM's FADELUSS Dx produces the fast
eat and brightest colors of any known dye
stuff. Sold by all druggiste.
There are 2,000,000 acres of land in
Texas that are adaptable for the cultiva
tion of rice.
It is better to follow a good example
than to lead a bad one.
Are You Using Allen's Foot-Ease 7
It is the only cure for Swollen, Smarting,
Tired, Aching, Hot, Swcating Feet Corns
and Bunions. Ask for Allen's Foot-~aoe, a
powder to be shaken into the shoes. Cur3s
while you walk. At all Druggists and Shoe
Stores 2o. Sample sent FitEE. Address,
Allen 8. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y.
The Governor of St. Petersburg, Russia,
has ordered ten automobile vehicles, de
signed for various municipal uses.
FITS permanently cared. No its or nerons.
nmes after first day a use of Dr. Kline's Great
Nerve Restorer. $2 trial bottle and treatise free
Dr. B. H. KLIxs, Ltd., 91 Arch St., Phila., Pa.
The aggregate length of the gas pipe in
Tokio, Japan, is 210 miles.
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething, soften the gums, reduces infiamma
tion, allays pain, cures wind colic. 25c a bottle.
The revenues of Mexico are about equal
to the revenue of Philadelphia.
Piso's Cure for Consumption an infallible
medicine for coughs and olds.-N-.W. SA nUI ,
Ocean Grove, N. J., Feb. 17, 1900.
It costs from $20 to $100 per ton to send
freight to Manila.
S. .. Ceburn, Mgr. Clarie Scott, writes
"I And Hall's Catarrh Cure a valuable re
medy." Druggists sell it, 750.
The glutton never puts off till to-mor
row what he can eat to-day.
Ing, but some turn so mueh wtaste
spane
Pssage is Ra to Oano 's- .
The Presideft osedi in geting tO'ii
measure throlg'l Congess via hold a hig ,
pso3 in the c3tdln of the peoopl, but no
higher, pnrls a, tl:n ias saleer'in whi.
everybody holdi 11 t :t -r's Stowah.Ditt:es.
;rs medcins goLi at th3 darting oint ,.
dbiseaso by ,otino on thie stomach, holp:n :
that orn ina ts d itv of digesting food. =t
cures dysposi, indigestion, constiatio',
stimuatos th3 kidney, and strengthenu Lt
ncriea. De cu;o to try it.
Boston has much vacant lInd, the a:
sessed value of which is $62,000,063.
Fr BUlouispes,
Torpid Liver, Ind;:stion, Sick Headache,
Crab Orchard Water is a seolae.
ed4 Worth a smatl iortune.
In Solo, near Rochester, N. Y., lived
an old spinster named Sprague. Her
sole possessions were supposed to be
her meager store of household furni
ture and a cat. A few weeks ago the
life of the cat, which was threatened
by several dogs, was saved by a boy
named Rufus Sprague, a distant rela
tive. Miss Sprague told the boy that
when she died she would make him
her heir and leave him the bed she
slept -in. A few days ago she died.
Rufus claimed the bed. In it he found
$1.000.
Jubilee of a Iamoa Gold Fld .
Bendigo, perhaps the most famous
of Australian gold fields, is preparing
to celebrate its jubliee by holding a
mining exhibition. It was in October,
1851, that the first nuggets were found
by an old shepherd on the spot where
Golden square now stands. Since then
Bendigo has contributed 17,169,680
ounces to the gold output of tlp world.
The old shepherd was a pugaacious
and quarrelsome person, hence he was
christened by his comrades "Bendigo,"
the name of the most renowned ang
lish prize fighter of the period.
randuan has odtpittcd $ rpinlaas plae
in populua favor. O,. grunda tba
h\re been known to stre* the ftth
grant- leaves among their I.ge . , but
f~w know of the culinary value of tih
humble plant. The next tipe you '_O
m~aihng crab-apple jelly try this re
ceipt with a few glasses: 'Have .the
geranium leaves washed to free them
from any -possible parasites. Then,.
just before pouring the hot jelly into
the glasses, throw a small leaf into
the bottom of each glass. It may be
aiowed to remain until the jelly is
used and will not spoil it in any way.
The result is an indescribable savor
which improves the jelly immensely.
Sometimes when baking a cake line an
earthen plate w..h the geranium leaves
and turn the hot cake out upon. thbm,
fleaving it there until quite cold. The
steam absorbs the fragrance from the
leaves, giving the cake the daintiest
possible flavor, that suggests nothing
so much as the odor of a IA France
tose.
Piles Cured While You Sleep
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