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Brief Communications upon subjects of public interest solicited. No attention prid to anonymous letters. The editor is not responsible for the views of correspondents. Address: The Chief. Donaldsonville, La. Lodge and Association Directory. Donaldsonville Lodge No. 2639 Knights of Honor. M EETS first and third Tuesdays of each month, at 8 p. m., in Masonic Temple, s ailroad avenue. Life insurance of $2000 at actual cost. Lodge dues only $1 per quarter. Dr. Paul T. Thibodaux, sitting past dictator; John H. Schaff, dictator; Winm. C. Hazlip, as sistant dictator; Dr. T. H. Hanson. medical examiner; Jacob Blum, treasurer; J. E. Blum, financial reporter; Fred Landry, reporter. Ad dress, Donaldsonville, La. Kenneth Lodge No. 41 , Knights of Pythias. CONVENES in Masonic Temple the second Ic and fourth Thursday evenings of each month at 8 o'cdhck. Visiting brethren cordially welcomed. Sick benefits, funeral tax and all the fraternal features. Members have option of joining endowment or insurance rank. Chan cellor Commander, Wm. A. Terrio; Vice Chan cellor, Dr. D. (. Brumfield; Prelate, Fred. Lan dry Master of Exchequer, Jacob Blum, Keeper of Records and Seal, J. E. Blum; Master of Fi nance, Winm. Pforzheimer; Master of Work, Hy. L. Weil. Lee Lodge No. 6, Ancient Or der of United Workmen. ATEETS seoond and fourth Tuesdays of each Ll month at 8 p. m,, in Masonic Temple.Rail road ovenue. Largest beneficiary fraternal or der In the world. Life insurance of $2000 at lowest possible cost. Entire expense of initia tion, including proposition fee, medical exam instion, benefica ry certificate.and advance as sessment only $5. Past master workman. Ed mnud Maurln; Master workman. Walter Lemann; Foreman, J. P. Krieger; Overseer, A.G. Whidden; Medical examiners, Dr. E. K. Sims and P. T. Thibodaux; Receiver, W. J. Le Blanc; Financier, E. Langbecker; Recorder, Jno. F. Terrio. Postoffice address Box 159, Don aldsonville, La. Is the Buzzard a Fraud? Dr. Charles Keane, state veterinarian of California, declares that buzzards do vasly more harm than good; that they are particularly injurious to cat tle interests because they act as con veyors of disease, especially anthrax, blackleg and hog cholera. Dr. Keane intended to prepare a bill for submis sion to the California legislature re pealing the supposed state law protect ing buzzards, but it was ascertained upon investigation that no such law exists, and that buzzard protection is a matter of local option with the county authorities. The buzzard population of Louisi ana is quite large, and the unlovely bird has long been regarded as an in valuable coadjutor of our state, paro chial and municipal public health de partments, because of its services as a scavenger; hence it would seem to be in order to have an authoritative sci entific inquisition instituted with a view of definitely determining if the reputation hitherto enjoyed by this foul-mouthed fowl is really undeserved, and that instead of being a public benefactor the carrion-eating creature is a fraud and a sham-a pest-bearing peril rather than an ornithological sanitarian. Even its most partial friends and de fenders will not claim that the buzzard is ornamental, if the allegation that it lacks usefulness as well is established, the unattractive bird ought to go, and that quickly. Letter to Fisher & Landry. Dear Sirs-If it took 10 gallons to paint your house last time with some body else's paint, and takes 8 with Devoe, we save you $8 or $10; for paint ing costs two or three times as much as paint. Mr. Ezra Rathmell, Williamsport, Pa., always used 11 gallons of mixed paint for his house; Devoe tool 6. But that isn't all; that's only first cost; how long will it wear? The paint that goes furthest in cover ing, wears best, too. All paint, true paint, and full-meas ure, are on one side: part paint, false paint and short-measure are on the other. What can you expect? Yours truly, 22 F. W. DEVOE & CO., New York. Ay ers Impure blood always shows somewhere. If the skin, then boils, pimples, rashes. If the nerves, then neuralgia, nerv ousness, depression. If the Sarsaparilla stomach, then dyspepsia, biliousness, loss of appetite. Your doctor knows the remedy, used for 60 years. Returning from the Cuban war, I was a perfect wreck. My blood was bad, and ry health was gone. But a few bottles of Ayer's Sarsaparilla completely cured t ne. ILC. DsIILKI., Scralton, Pa. 400 a bottle." J. . -YEA co., i ists for i well 4a, Impure Blood Sd the Sarsaparilla by keeping the amt regular with Ayeras Pils. WASHINGTON LETTER. Fraud in Pension Office Discovered and Punished-Present Administration Notable for Honesty and Uprightness. The tone which has characterized the Roosevelt administration from the beginning has been once more exempli ftied by Secretary Hitchcock's accept ance of the resignations of ten mem bers of the board of review of the pen sion office. Soon after Pension Com missioner Vaspasian Warner entered upon the duties of his office he discov ered, quite by accident, that certain members of what was known as "the McLane Pennsylvania Regiment" had been granted pensions to which they were not entitled. Investigation re vealed the fact that this organization had been recruited at the beginning of the Spanish war by "Colonel" AMc Lane, but had not been mustered into the regular army and had, of course, seen no service. Under the pension laws there was not the slightest author ity for granting pensions to any of the members of this purely volunteer or ganization, but several were found on the pension rolls. Further inquiry showed that the board of review of the pension office was responsible for this violation of the law, but before the pension commissioner had verified the facts to an extent which would warrant his recommending the dismissal of the board, the members all handed in their resignations and they were promptly accepted. The investigation was then dropped and it is not charged that the members were guilty of dishonesty of purpose, but of a wilful violation of the law. Under a less strict administration the secretary of the interior would have felt it necessary to consult the president and probably to inquire what political influence was back of the members of the board. With Theodore Roosevelt president, Secretary Hitch cock knew there was no such necessity. A simple verification of the charge that these men had granted pensions with out authority of law, had given away a part of the public funds without the sanction of congress, the secretary knew to be all that the president would wish to know, and knowing that, he would immediately approve the prompt acceptance of their resignations. It has been a lack of the knowledge that the president would turn a deaf ear toevery political appeal which has led former cabinet officers to deal so leniently with their subordinates as, practically, to encourage disrespect for the law and even to pave the way for dishon esty. And the laxity with which for mer cabinet officers have treated such "mistakes" is largely accountable for the various species of "graft" in the government service which has been been brought to light since Theodore Roosevelt became the chief executive. The immensity and intricacy of the federal establishmentrenders it impera tive th at every indication of dishonesty be probed to the bottom and that every proven case of wilful or careless dis regard of the public interests be visited with summary punishment. With the sort of administration dealt out by Perry Heath, when he was first assist ant postmaster general, and the laxity of other officials of former administra tions, the weak-kneed and the careless grew more so and thedishonest thrived. With that determined effort on the part of every high official to secure honest and efficient discharge of public duties which characterizes the present admin istration, from the president down, the entire federal service is certain to im prove in every way, and while the pub lic may be somewhat scandalized by the exposures of the present, Presi dent lRoosevelt will leave no heirlooms of graft and incapacity to be discov ered and made public by his succes sors. One other "mistake" was discovered by Commissioner Warner. In some instances, the famous pension order 78 has been construed as being retro active. This appears, however, to be an error of judgment chargeable to a former administration of the pension office, and as the men who began to draw their pensions too early as a re sult of this error are all alive, the government need only to withhold their monthly stipends until the books are balanced again and nothing will be lost to the government. The pen sioners may be seriously inconve nienced by the temporary withholding of their pensions, but that cannot be helped, and, too, it is more than likely that they contributed to the error by bringing political influence to bear. The extent to which impropriety, to use a mild word, was permitted to go under a former administration is ex emplified by the fact that it has re cently been discovered that one his honest official of the government had secured places in the public service for thirty-nine near relatives, making an even forty including himself. This official, who occupied a high and re sponsible position, has now been in dicted and will probably land, eventu ally, in the penitentiary, while several of his kindred are under surveillance and may accompany him to the same goal. Such nepotism was, of course, effected under the spoils system and not under civil service, the regu lations of which prohibit more than two members of a single family from serving the government in the same department. Of course, the presence of so many relations rendered this of ficial doubly bold in his raids on the national treasury. The Daughters of the Revolution took Washington by storm last week and after an exciting political fight elected Mrs. Donald McLean, of New York, president general for the next two years. She succeeds Mrs. Fair banks, wife of the vice president, who, under the constitution of the society, was not eligible for re-election. The "Daughters" performed some extra ordinary and wonderful feats with parliamentary laws, but they did not seem to be aware of the fact and there is no reason why others should criti t cize as long as they are satisfied. In t the main the congress was harmoni- I ous. The ladies displayed ravishing c Easter finery and all seemed to depart happy with their achievements. t $100 Reward $100. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all its stages, and that is catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional dis- t ease, requires a constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, and giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and assist ing nature in doing its work. The proprietors have so much faith in its curative powers that they offer one hundred dollars for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials. Address, F, J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. Sold by druggists 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. Beautiful Tribute to the Memory of Edward L. Newsham. From the St. Francisville True Democrat of Saturday last we copy the following beautiful and well-de served tribute to the memory and character of the late Edward L. New sham, whose sad death at the Hotel Dieu, New Orleans, on the 20th instant, was briefly recorded in The Chief of the 22nd. Mr. Newsham was born in Donaldsonville; his parents were well known residents of this town many years ago, and his bereaved wife was also born here, hence more than pass ing interest is felt by many of our people in the subject of the estimable young man's distinguished career and untimely demise. The True-Democrat said: "Mr. Newsham had been suffering considerably for some time from an ailment, which was not however con sidered serious. He went to New Or leans Tuesday for further treatment, and on Wednesday an operation was performed. It was expected to per form a second one the next day, but he grew so much weaker that it was rec ognized by his physicians that it was not possible to undertake it. "This turn was so unexpected that like thunder out of a clear sky, came the news here Thursday afternoon that there was no hope for him and that he was sinking fast. "By 10:30 o'clock the end had come. He was dead. Here, where we are all like one family in time of trouble, the news was simply crushing to every one, particularly as be was one of the most prominent and popular men in the town. From lip to lip the dread words passed: "Mr. Ned (as everyone called him) is dying," "Mr. Ned is dead." The town and parish reel as from a blow. "His parents removed to this place when he was six weeks old, hence he is almost a native. His whole life has been spent here and its story is as clear as an open book. The only son of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Newsham, his disposition was not spoiled by the in dulgence and attention which natu rally fell to his lot. He was educated at Cape Girardeau, Mo. Hegrew up with a good, well-trained mind, settled principles, full of business energy and enterprise, and early took his place as a leader in affairs. At the age of twenty-one he purchased the mercantile business of his grandmother, Mrs. E. Weber, which he enlarged in scope and resources till it has become one of the largest in the parish. In addition to this he had many planting and real estate interests. He was prominent in all business enterprises, and in the newly organized People's Bank he was vice president. "He served several terms as mayor of St. Francisville, which position he held at the time of his death. As a mayor he was impartial and fearless in the administration of justice, and was watchful of everything that could benefit his town. "In a word, nothing that pertained to the social or business life of the town but felt the influence of his sunny presence or his keen commercial acumen. The town indeed has had a blow. "Married in 1893 to his cousin, Miss Lena Weber, of Donaldsonville, his home life was happy and contented. Indeed, one might search long to find a more attractive little family than his-a devoted wife, three staunch, manly young sons and a winsome little daughter. "When his fellow citizens, his neigh bors and friends felt his death so keenly, could mere words gauge the sorrow in his home, of those fond adoring parents, wife and children? No. Only sympathy can reach out and clasp their hands in the dark, and let heart tell heart how each is wrung. If sympathy be any consolation, if the knowledge that he was greatly loved and universally respectedabe a com fort, if the fact that his life though short was well-spent, and that he had nobly responded to its duties be a solace, then they have such consola tion in abundance. Edward L. New sham will be missed, and the multitude of friends who will stand by his grave today to see all that is mortal of him laid away will not turn from that grave in willing forgetfulness of him, but in panegyric they will consign his name to an abiding place in their memory. '" LIST OF LETTERS Remaining in the Postof]ice at Donaldsonville, La., Saturday. April 29. 1905. Arsono, Adeline LaCoste, Andrew Alleman, Emma Landry, Ida Angelloz, Oscar Mavar, A F Butler, Sam Magruder, Mrs Rose Babin, Launence Mathews, Angeline Bernard, Edward Newcourt. (G A Cabeau, James Navarro, Cecilio Crozier. Oscar L Pierce, Aaron Cantiniollo, John Poible, Henrietta Franklin, Lieda Richard, V B Hanson, May Smith, Misconri Hebert, Virginia Sullivan, Frank Johnson, Mrs Caroline Tench, B M King, Will (2) Taylor, Jim Ktinpeter, Robert White, Jefferson When calling for these letters say advertised. If not called for in two weeks they will be sent to the Dead Letter office at Washington D. C. JOHN F. TERRIO, Postmaster. THE PANAMA CANAL. Official Facts and Figures Concerning the 1 Titanic Tasks Undertaken by the American Government. There seems to be some likelihood < that there will be a ship canal through 1 the Isthmus of Panama, but it cannot be said that there is any satisfactory I certainty of it in any early period. It is true that the work is being done there, but this does not prove anything 4 as to the future, because more or less work has been going on there for years past. John F. Wallace, chief engineer of the canal, is in Chicago visiting his family, and has, of course, been beset for information. Mr. Wallace, be sides being the chief engineer, in full charge of all construction, is also a member of the canal board, and is sec ond in authority, coming next to Presi dent Shoots. What Mr. Wallace says is not only reliable, but it is authori tative and must be accepted as a true account of the situation. According to a statement by him sent out by the As sociated Press, conditions in the canal construction are as follows: The number of men employed in the work is 8000. Of this number practi cally six thousand men are engaged in equipment and construction work, and 2000 men are engaegd in policing the canal zone and in sanitary work and in cleaning up the isthmus. This organi zation will be rapidly increased and has been increasing at the rate of 800 to 1000 men a month. )f the total of men employed about 10 per cent are high-class men from the United States and the rest are me chanics, artisans and laborers that have been brought from the near-by South American and Central American coasts and from the West Indian Is lands. There is a demand for men ex pert in the mechanical trades, for in stance, steam shovel men, draughtsmen, railway track foremen, enginemen, carpenters skilled in heavy timber work and in the construction of dredges and bridges. The work of building the canal is going forward under definite plans and with satisfactory progress. All work is being done in accordance with the plan recommended by the first Isthmian Canal Commission, which was headed by Admiral Walker, and upon which the Spooner act was based, i. e., the 90-foot level canal, to cost approxi mately $194,000,000. The commission is constructing a canal in strict accordance with that project, with such necessary minor variations as will not conflict with the general plan, and if congress does not take any other action or adopt any other plans the commission will build and finish the canal in accordance with that plan and it will be completed in side the time outlined and within the amount specified by the Spooner act. Here it is authoritatively stated that the canal is not to be a sea-level channel, but is to carry ships up to a height of 90 feet above the sea, by means of locks on one side of the di viding ridge, and lower them down on the other by a like system of locks. The cardinal objection to the Nicara gua route for a canal was that the ships would have to be raised up to the level of Lake Nicaragua, whose sur face is about 100 feet above sea-level, but now it is proposed to raise the ships to the height of 90 feet and float them on an artificial pond, which is to be created by the building of an enor mous dam to impound the waters of the Chagres river. This is the re quirement of the act of congress under which the construction has been un dertaken, and if any change of plans is made, it must be done by congress. In addition to the 8000 men employed, of whom only 6000 are engaged in the work of construction, there are also at work seven steam shovels. Ten more are in course of construction, and twenty-four more have been asked for. This seems like a formidable equipment, but it is a mere trifle, for, says Mr. Wallace, should it be de cided to change the canal to a sea level channel, it has been estimated that it would requirel00steam shovels, about 300 engines and train crews and 15,000 dump cars. The service would necessitate four double-track railways for the removal of the material, which would have to be hauled fifteen miles on an average. Approximately 350 miles of construction track would be necessary, all at a cost of $350,000,000 or more. It may be taken for granted that even for a canal which will carry ships over a ridge ninety feet high, the force and equipment now in use are wholly inadequate to do the dig ging, while no account is taken of the enormous amount of rock masonry required to build the locks and the titanic dam in question, not to men tion the immense task of preparing solid foundations for all the stone work required. The only argument in favor of such a canal is its alleged lower cost and the claim that it can be sooner con structed than would be a sea-level channel. Such claims are based wholly on uncertainties, while the sea-level canal, which is a simple matter of digging and removing the material excavated, has been carried to a prac tical result far beyond any question of conjecture, while nobody has any actual knowledge of where the millions of stone to be used in the lock and dam construction are to be got, and how and what will be the means of se curing solid foundations for those ti tanic works. In both matters there is no practical knowledge and naught indeed but conjecture. Unless there shall be further action by congress, it will be impossible to make any change from the plans now specified for the construction of the waterway. The president is determined that as much of the work as possible shall be done during his administra tion, but it does not appear that a change of plan would cause serious delay, although it would increase the cost. Let us hope that we are going to get the best canal that can be built. Anything else would be a disappoint ment. CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS. Opportunities Offered for Obtaining Em ployment Under the Federal Government. The following civil service examina tions are announced to take place on the dates given below, and circulars containing further information rela tive thereto may be seen at the office of this paper: May 2, 1905-Bookkeeper, depart mental service. Postponed from April 26. Age limit, 20 years or over; sal ary, $660 to $1200 per annum. May 17, 1905-Testing engineer in the bureau of forestry, department of agriculture. Age limit, 20 years or over; salary, $1000 to $2000 per an num. Matron in Freedmen's Hospital, Washington, D. C. Age limit, 35 years or over. No educational tests will be given, applicant being rated upon the information furnished in ap plication. Bacteriological chemist, bureau of chemistry, departmentfof agriculture. Age limit, 22 years or over; salary $2000 per annum. Business nto New Orleans. The following excerpts from Dun's Review of April 22, showing general and market conditions at New Orleans, will prove of interest: General Conditions-The volume of business in all lines is good and the movement of merchandise seasonable. Sales in nearly all lines are in excess of April a year ago, and in some lines the increaseisquite large. Collections are fairly good. Real estate continues active, especially commercial property, and prices for a number of pieces show increases in the past two years of from 50 to 100 per cent. Cotton-The cotton market is rather weak, and declines of a few points have been the rule from day to day. At the closing, futures are down from twenty, to twenty-five points, and spots three-sixteenths. Receipts of cotton at all ports amount to 8,333,544 bales, against 6,823,861 last year. Stocks at all ports are 681,498 bales, against 446, 751 last year. Rice-There is very little trading, either in rough or clean rice, practi cally all trading being confined to ex port grades. Receipts of rough rice so far, 1,278,136 sacks, against 1,315, 803 last year, and clean rice 605,013 pockets, against 410,191 last year. Dan Talmage's Sons report the Louis iana movement as follows: Receipts, 1,869,650 sacks rough, against 1,724, 742 in 1904, and sales of 1,464,034 pockets cleaned, compared with 1,416, 402 pockets last year. Try a box of Marvelli spaghetti. You'll be sure to like it. At Maurin's Blue Store. e-IMPORTANT ATEWAYS -4 THE TEXAS PACIFIC RAILWAY 2-Fast Trains Daily-2 ..FOR.. ST. LOUIS, CHICAGO, AND TE EEAST . Superb New Pullman Vestibuled Buffet Sleepers and Handsome New Chair Cars. 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Wilbert's Sons' L. & S. Co., of Plaquemine, we desire to thank the public for the patron age extended to us in the past and to solicit for our suc cessors, the Ascension Lumber Yard, a continuance of the business and good will accorded us. Yours_ truly, Whitecastle Lumber and Shingle Co., Ltd. Per A. C. JOHNS, Manager. To the Public. We take this method of advising our patrons and the public generally that we have purchased the Donaldson ville Lumber Yard and its good will from the White castle Lumber and Shingle Co., and that we will con tinue to conduct our Ascension Lumber Yard at the old stand, next the Texas and Pacific Passenger Depot. We kindly thank our friends and patrons and the public generally for the liberal patronage extended us in the past, which we have appreciated, and we solicit a continuance of their valued favors in the future, to which we promise to give our prompt personal atten tion at all times. Very truly, A. Wilbert's Sons' L. & S. Co. JOS. M. KEATING, Manager. MURPHY'S IRON WORKS Corner Magazine and Girod Streets, 1 (VRTPANS LA Postofrner M e Box 1748, Streets, NEW ORLEANS, LA. Engineers and Contractors Builders of Complete and Reliable Machinery for Cane and Beet Sugar Factories. SELLING AGENTS FOR LOUISIANA: Geo. F. Blake ManufacturingGCoiiaay'sSteama Pumps for all purposes. Largest stock of pumps carried in the south. Eclipse Filter Presses Kilby Filter Presses. Kilby Gravity Presses, Mason Steam Traps, Mason 'Regulators, MecOoaell Asbestos Pipe Covering. New Orleans Boiler Manufacturing Company, Ltd. Manufacturers of All Types of Boilers A large stock of Wrought Iron Pipes, Fittings, Valves, Gauges, Packing, Mill and Sugar house Supplies on hand. Will make plans and contract for the erection of completplants of modern design. Address, JOHN H. MUBPHY,. JOS. CONSTANTIN, President A. D. STEWART, Manager ° J. G. MORA, Vice President; C. J. ABRIBAT, Secretary A. J. ROSSI, Treasurer DOALDSONVILLE IRON WORKS, LTD. - Opposite Texas and Pacific Freight Depot. Telephone No. 4. Repairs to Machinery, Pumps, Brass and Iron Castings. Boiler Makers and Sheet Iron Workers. - Flue, Tubular and Water-Tube Boiler Repairing. Sw Makers of Cane and Logging Cars and Trucks. None but Frst-class'Machanics Employed. Pipes, Valves, Fittings, Packing Gum, Electrical Supplies, Etc. Special Facilities for Prompt Shipment by River or Rail. 49 ATISlCACT`ION GUAI2RA.AT NwI]D 111111111lllll11 lll 1111111111111111 11111111 1 UIIlhllllllillIllltll llI llllll l IllllhI 1ft - .. M M..m.H. - S. GOETTE, PRESIDENT-MANAGER. JAS. FORTIER, SEORBTAxY-TEEAS , ER. DONALDSONVILLE ICE COMPANY, LIMITED. DONALDSONVILLE, LOUISIANA. ICE, BEER, COLD STORAGLE.1 00 .- CAPACITY, 30 TONS DAILY. MissIssIPPI STREET, OPPosITE MARKET. TELEPHONE No. 73. Purest And Best Quality ICE At Lowest Market Rates, SUPPLIED IN ANY QUANTITY AT FACTORY OR SHIPPED WREanVEx Owexasun. Local agency for the mammoth ANHEUSER-BUSCH BREWING AB8OCIATION'$elebrated KEG and BOTTLE BEERS, (FAUST, ANHEvSER, BOCK AND PALE IN KEGS, EXQ mSITI, Ben WEISER, ANREUSER AND BAVARIAN IN BOTTLES), which can be furnished it qu-aities tosnit, Orders left at the factory or addressed through the Donaldsonville postofice, will receive orompt ard careful attention. Satisfaction always fully guaranteed. BANK OF DONALDSONVILLE RAILROAD AVE. NEAR POSTOFFICE, DOIIALDSONVI.LE, LA, a'iTelephone No. " L UA CAPITAL $50,000. SURPLUS $40,000. OFk'PCIERS DR. W. M. GALLIARD, President; CHARLES MAURII Vice President; W. D. PARK, Cashier; L. J. BRUN, Assistant Cashier. DIRa.,'t,,leS HENRY McCALL. J. W. TUCKER, W. D. PARK, ADOLPH NETTER, CHAS. A. MAURIN, C.. KLINE, L. J. BRUN, W.M.McGALLIARD C. R. ALEMAN, N. ERIS, L. E. BENTLEY. Careful and Prompt Attention to Colleotions. ISSUES DOMESTIC EXCHANGE AVAILABLE ANYWHERE IN UNITED STATES. DRAWS DRAFTS DIRECT ON ALL PRINCIPAL CITIES OF EUROPE. Deposits Received in Amounts of $5 and Upwards--Payable on Demand. 'o. T. afi- o S=Do adsoani,.e, La. CLEANS, PAINTR, REPAIRS, PUTS UP AND TAKES DowN SMOKESTACKS Sugaihouse Chimneys, Heavy Ma chinery, Etc. Satisfaction guaranteed and charges low. Also maker of best and cheapest tarpaulins. .. ..".... Rope Splicirlg a Specialty CUMBERLAND TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH O. Long distance lines and telephones of this Company enable you to talk almost anywhere in Southern Indiana, Southern Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi and Louisiana. We can put you In quiok and satisfactory communication with the people of this great section of the country. We solicit your patronage. Rates reason able. Equipments and facilities unsur passed. .AMES E. CALDWELL, LELAND HUME, T,. ot. a, President A Gen'l MaEnager. Se 'y & Ass't Gem'l igr, E, L. POWELL, SUPERINTENDENT. E. W. 8TARNE(. LOkj~UH o-