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STIE _I ER-EMOCRAT, ' PU" LISHEKD KVERY SATURDAY AT LAKE PROVIDENCE. LA. * JAMES N. TURNER, Phab.her and Proprietor. qUBUCRIFTlON : 2 00 PER YEAR. Saturday, - February 1, 1896. For Governor, MURPIHY J. FOST''ER, Of St. Mary. For Lieutena t.-Governor, ROBT. i-. SNYD)ER, Of Tensas. For Attorney General. RILTON J. CUNNIN(GHAM, Of Natchitoches. For Secretary of Slate, JOHN T. MICtlEL, Of Orleans. For Auditor, W. W. HEARD, Of Union. For Treasurer, A. V. FOURNET, Of St. Martin. For Superintendent of Public Educa tion, J. V. CALHOUN, Of Orleans. Distriot Ticket. For Senator, 25th Senatorial District, W. M. Murphy. For Judge, 7th Judicial District, F. F. Montgomery, For District Attorney 7th Judicial District, W. S. Holmes. SParish Ticket. For Representative, C. S. Wyly. " For Sheriff, J. W. Dunn. rFor Clerk 7th District Court, J. D. Tompkins. For Coroner, W. E. Long. For Police Jury, 1st Ward.......... Robt Nicholson, tand " ........... H. H. Graham, rd ...........Phil McGuire, 4th •............. P. D. Quays. h .... .............C. A. Voelker. For Justices Peace Third Ward, Chas. B. Egelly and G. M. Franklin. For Conotable Third Ward, W. H. Hunter. ng of the latest move on the f the Popalist party, the New SRepublican says that '"it 0Ul aslnha now for the sugar Re umand the regular Republi aL_ eCt sensibly, indorse the Swe will have the last of Fostersm after April next." When this happens, you'll be wearing a Ulinen duster in the month of Jan uary. You ought to know it now as well as later on--that there is only one party that can win in Louisiana -and that is the DEMoCATICx PARTY. At last a combine has been made between the Pops and Republicans. Booth has been pulled down and J. N~ Pharr of St. Mary placed at the head of the ticket, and the following --- amaed persons composed the rest of ticket: Lieutenant Governor, J. B. Klelopeter, of East Baton Rouge; ecretaery of State, J. W. McFar land, of Claiborne; Auditor, H. P. Kernochan,of Plaquemine ;Treasurer, John Pickett, of Bossier; Attorney General, L. F. Suthen, of Terre boone; Superintendent of Public daecation, S. A. Mi. Cook, of St. Laadry. Seretary Heater's weekly New Orleans Cotton Exchange statement, issued before the close of business oe Saturday.last shows a falling off Is the moverment into sight, compared with the seven days ending this date hit year, In round figures, of 131,000 bals, with the !same days year be fore last of 87,000,. and an increase r'ev the same dayoin 1893 of 11,000. e t- t tweaty-tour days of January i~ th ttal.ahbows a loss from last year . tW,0, from the year before last n00,'d an, a. 1crease over 1893 000.~ For the 140 days of the thatbare elapsed the aggre -ta"d the 146 days of last §i3,0,o0, of ti same days h: .lu~t 680,000, and is aipue time na 1893 by total. movement for Sept ito dateis 7,770,891 last year betor. last THE COMBINE. The sugar Republicans at their meeting held in NewT Orleans on Monday have endorsed the ticket named by the Populists at their meeting held at Alexandria. There is no doubt but that the regular Re publicans will endorse thj ticket, and that the Democratic party of our State will have the combination to fight. "T'hus it is," says the Picayune, "'that the sugar Republicans, after nominating Mr. Pugh, and the pop ulists, after putting up Mr. Booth, to head their respective tickets, have pulled down both, and agreed on a mongrel ticket, made out of material from both, and- by this means the Populists virtually be came sugar Republicans, or the sugarites became Populists, and in either case the one or the other sect abandons its entire position and principles. But, really, it does not make any difference how the matter is settled, although it would he difficult to find anything more ridiculous than the men who are fighting for a bounty forming a coalition with the Popu-. lists of North Louisiana, who are bitterly opposed to all bounties. Then there are the men who have heretofore most actively and osten tatiously stood for white supremacy now as activtly fighting against it, all of which shows what strange sorts of people become bed-fellows in politics, thereby establishing the truth of an ancient proverb." Cotton Prospects. As the times goes by the evidence that the cotton crop of 1895.6 is a very short one becomes more and more plain. Up to the present time the receipts are just about half what I they were at the corresponding sea son of last year, and a marked up ward tendency is the natural result. That this tendency will continue and increase as the disparity becomes greater is a logical conclusion, and may carry cotton to a much higher point than it has attained for many years past. Many influences have operated to depress the market, as the persistent efforts of manlufactur era and speculators to misrepresent the production and the universal un certainty and commercial confusion consequent upon the threatening of wars and complications with foreign powers, especially England, which is our chief cotton market. This condition of doubt and insecurity is fast giving place to a more settled feeling, and when it becomes as sured that the peace of the world is in no danger of immediate rupture and the certainty of an inadequate supply of the staple is recognized, the price must necessarily advance to very remunerative figures. Much of the cotton produced during the past year has already been marketed and sold, the good prices which it commanded at the opening of the season having proved too strong a temptation to be resisted. There are bright hopes ahead, however, for such planteis ,as have been enabled or chosen to hold their cot ton, and it is probable that, should the warning of the Convention be at tended to, the opening of the fall season of 1896 may see cotton com manding from8 to 10 cents. Should the crop of 1896 be etcessively large, of course this will not be the case. The choice between cotton at 5 and 10 cents seems to be with the plan ters themselves. As past experience has demonstrated, it is in their power to control the market instead of being controlled by it, and surely such an appeal to the common sense of a body of intelligent men will not go nnheeded.-sGreenville Times. The Pittsburg (Ohio) Post says S'itis a fact that certain vocations in the North, which in ihe years be f ore the war and emancipation, were filled almost exclusively by colored - people are now monopolized or rapid ly becoming so by the whites. The Scolored workmen are being driven out. We do not see how this is to be 3helped. It jis unjust. but preaching its wrong will not cure it. The lesson of it all is that the colored people should stay at the South, r where their chances of getting along are better than at the North. Of all Sthings they should be persuaded not Sto come North to take the places of I white men engaged in a strike or a lock-out, for as soon as they have ) defeated the strike they are sure to be turned adrift. White men will a not work with them, and employers do not find them as serviceable or Sprofitable workmen as the whites." SMiss Clara Barton has sailed for SArmenia, where she will distribute Sthelrelief fund collected in the United States. n- _· u. The Vicksburg Post says that the Vally road pay car thas arrived last week added $30,000 to the local cir culation. - s In the State of Indiana the tax on t each mle dog is $1.00; female dog t $2.00; and each additional dog $200.o. Address to Thi Cotton Growers. "To the Cotton Giro ers of America: The Cotton Gr4wers' Protective Association of Atlerica, in conven tion asasembled ai Memphis, Tenn., on the 21st day hf January, 1896, again come to you with an urgent appeal for co-cuerative action in planting the crop for 89ti9 It is a matter of extrea~e congratulation that the appeal male to von last year was so generally r sponded to and that the crop of 18t95 made upon the diminished acreag# has had the effect of greatly incueasing the price and bringing prospe1yty to the coun try. The crop of 1815, though esti-1 mated to lb 3,400,004 bales short of the crop of 1894, was in the mark ets of the world worth more by nearly *30,000,000. I¶i the face of this result, to abandon the idea of diminished acreage would be to sound the retreat in tha face of victory. It .is the corcensns of opinion among the besV thinkers that if by any means the cotton crop of America could be held within ten years, the people of these Southern States would be the richest and most prosperous agricultural people in the world. How can this be brought about? The answer is with you. "We appeal to your self-interest and to your patriotism to do all in your power to keep down the pro duction of the staple. Do not abandon the ground you have won. So fight on upon the lines laid down; make the cotton States self-support ing; put more land in clover and grasses for your hogs to run on; diversify your crops, and when you have done all this the area devoted to cotton will yield more profitable returns than if you sought to in crease the number of bales. "It is felt by the most thoughtful men that we are entering upon a year of great uncertainties, and that even a small cotton crop may fail to give adequate returns for'its produc tion. The mutterings of a storm are disturbing the country and un settling all business calculations. The prudent man will trim his sails to meet it. With the commerce of the country interrupted by war and it may come- cotton would be unsalable except at nominal priceA. Every consideration then, of patriotism, of self-interest and of prudence dictates that you adheie strictly to the rule of diminished acreage. Earnest men are earnestly working to lead you and to guide you into prosperity. Do not let them labor in vain, but cheerfully and hopefully respond to their ap peal." Signed by Hector D. Lane, Ala bania; W. II. Stovall, Mississippi; William A. Broughton, Georgia; J. W. Corcoran, Arkansas;:F. L. Max well. Louisiana; W. W. Stone, Mis sissippi; J. M. Cattleman, Texas; r. F. T. Ellison, Tennessee; Charles Scott, M ississippi. * Money had the longest poll and got the persimmon, and will succeed Senator George in the U. S. Senate from Mississippi. The latest reports say that the Insergent leader Gomez, is dying of consumption, and has only a few more months to live. At Pittsburg there is loaded and waitirig shipment South on the irsat rise of the river between 8,000,000 10,000,000 bushels oficoal. The silver men at their conference in Washington last week, said that gold was responsible for all the coun try's ills and the free coinage of silver the only remedy! Only 3 per cent. of the population of Venezuela are white. The other 97 per cent. are Mulattos, Negroes, Indians and Zambos-the offspring of Indians and Negroes. The air line distance between Chicago and New York is 700 miles; by rail it is 961 miles. From Buffa 1, to New York it is 295 miles in an air ine and by rail 422 miles. The Danube flows through ooun tries in which fifty-two languages and dialects are spoken. It is 2,000 miles in length and bears on its cur rent four-fifths of the commerce of eastern Europe. The next Legislature will be called upon to set aside the 19th day of January, the anniversary of the birth of General Robt. E. Lee, as a legal holiday. New Orleans ain't a very healthy place to visit just about now. You are liable to get slugged at any time and on the thickly traversed streets at .that. The Evening Juidge is making war on the gamblers, and says there is more gambling going on in Shreve port than in the big city of St. Louis. and right under the nose of the police. , The war department, at the re quest of Senators Blanchard and Cafftery, has detailed Lieutenant Laftitte for duty in this State as in specto~r of the State National Guards. His headquarters will be in New Or leans, but it will be his duty to'visit the different companies over the State and instruct them in the man nal of arms. Gathering of the Buzzards. Whenever there is a State election approaching in Louislaua the old time carpet-bag, scalawag and aig ger buzzards hover in our skies arid gather on our back fences, in 'our alleys and mty old halt'. They) come from WaýshiIton, from South America, from New York and dozens of other localities to which their starvation through Detuocrat ic rule has driven them. It is said that the buzzard has no sel.de of smell but that be has an eye keener than that of an eagle, and can see carton or the dead or dying beast from an immense distance. It is well that he has no sense of smell; that is a wise provision of a be nevolent Creator. If the buzzard could smell he would no longer be a scavenger, and his use in the econo my of nature would be null. The carpet-bag, scalawag buzzard, on the contrary, has both a keen eye and a well developed sense of smell, and when his eagle eye discovers the coming of a political campaign in Louisiana his olfactories are quickened and delighted by the odor of the nigger, and hence he comes in his flight from every section of the country in the dim hopes of a renewal of the feast of plunder and rascality he flourished on from 1868 to 1878. The buz zards are here now in all their force, and are quite jubilant. They realize that they have never in many years before had so fine an oppor tunity to gorge themselves as they have now. No doubt they are re joicing over the prospects of negroes in the State House, in the country court-houses and -in the offices of bonds and'taxes. Even a company of eagles that erstwhile were their most relentless enemies have put their ornathological handkerchiefs to their noses and are actually flock ing with them. But alas for the buzzards, their day is ended, and ended for ever. The white-winged spirit of Democ racy and White Supremacy is in vincible and though the old time carpet-bag buzzard and old time scalawag cormorant be joined by the new time bounty grabber, the whole flock must ''git up and git." The white Democracy of Louisiana is going to rule the State, and neith er buzzard, nor cermorant nor boun ty grabber can prevail against it. States. ---. -. Gossip. It may be true that all are not saints who are talked about; but they are not all saints that do the talking. The scandal lovers of society, who seek to discover human faults, not to cure them but to tell them to the world, are blacker than the victims of their malicious sport. The following advice is well worth heeding: "Think twitc before you believe every story you hear, and think twenty times before you repeat it especially if it is about a woman." Say to yourself, "This may not be true, or it may be exaggerated," un less you have proof of the veracity of your informant. People sometimes tell falsehoods; they often make mis takes and they sometimes hear wrong. There is auricular illusion as well as optical illnb. Take all of these things into consideration before you believe. As for believing the story, candidly ask yourself if it is necessary. It is sometimes necessary ; then do it with the remembrance of the Golden RuTleefiore you. Give the hetpiisg hand, notthe downward push. 'Ve are all too willing to lend an ear to the silly gossip that is going about. The old proverb says, "'The partaker is as bad as a thief." Is not one who listens to an evil report guilty as the one who circulates it? The low in sinuations against a persons character which everybody will repeat but which nobody will own, are generally born of enty or jealousy, and are best answered by taking no notice of thenm. To attempt to find the author of a false story is an undertaking which promises no satisfaction; for he or she who will lie to injure another will cer tainly lie to save themselves. The only way to treat slander is with silent contempL--Lodge Secret. _ -- !_ Four Thousand Dollars Per Page. The highest rate for space in any publication of the country is at the rate of $4000 for the small otyr-column page (fifteen inches by ten in size,) of the Ladies Home Journal in Philadel phia;this is at the rate of 6 2-8 dol lars per inch for a single issue. - People advertise because it pays. The shrewdest and most successful businesse men advertise the most, and as a rule confine themselves to news papers and magazines. The more they pay the more they prosper, and the moro they prosper the more they pay tbhe printer, and so the business grows even more rapidly than the cir cula!iou. It is hard for those who have not been educated in the business to comprehend how profitable judi cius, persistent and liberal advertlis ilg is; how any irum can afford to pay $4000 for a small page in a monthly magazine a year; how the merchants of New York can afford to pay $26-, 000 for the use of the Herald's adver tising columns single day ; how those in Manchester bam get back even the comparatively small amounts they pay for having the public informed a, to what they have to sell; but they all do it anti make big profits in doing it. In this, as we have already suggest ed, is the secret of the cheapness of newspapers, which, all things consid ered, are cheaper than any other article that people buy with money - Manchester, N. Hf., Mirror. The railrad company I.,- now side tracked at this station something over 500 cars of grain that they haven't room for'In their New Orleans eleva tors. Several hundred more ears will be stopped at this place. within the next few days.-Brookhaven (Miss) Citizen. BARABBAS, A DREAM OF THUE WORLD'S TRAGEDY BY MARIE I OORELLI. Barabbas Esa ,tory writtef of the I time of Christ's trucifation. In it, the r Nnzareue is the cenOllal lgd'e. Hli plersonality dominates the whole nar r:tive. His chara.ter is the toueh Sston~e by which are tested the char acters of all the men and women in the book. The scene is laid in Jeruselem, Pon tinus Pilate is the Roman governor of f Judea. Caiaphas is the high priest in r Solomon's Temple. The country is in e L disorganized condition, t Several attempts have been made to A overthrow the tyranny of the Phara sees and the Roman officials. One of such seditions was led by Barabbas. For this crime-for murder-and also for robbery. Barabbas has been con Sfined for eighteen months in a dark and noisesome dungeon of the prison e house. His soul is black with sin and i with a brutish rage at his punishment. e He loves the daughter of Iscariot. Her uname is Judith, and she is the most beautiful of the Jewish woman. It is because a Pharasee slandered her, that Barabbas slew him. There is in an e adjoining cell to Barsbbas his accom e plis, Hianan, a weak man, feverish e and malicious. He cannot endure the c solitude and the lonely cell; therefore li he speaks to Barabbas, and curses the f day that ever he did meet the man that j slew the Pharasee. Thus, with hatred and anger in their hearts, the felons are miserable r enough. and each wonders when will P dawn the day of his crucifixion. Han nan hears the. surge of a vast multi tude of people passing over the streets y of Jeruselem. He remembers it is the Passover; it is the day of that feast on which each year a criminal is pardoned by the people. Feebly, be f hopes the populace will give him lib erty; and scarcely has the thought crossed his brain before he hears the r tramp, tramp of soldiers nearing the t dungeon, the clanking, of their swords a against the stone pavement, and the rusty, iron door of Barabbas' cell be ing opened. The guards bid Barabbas r to come forth; and Barabbas thinks it is a call to crucifixion. ,-If I go to my death," he says faint ly," "I pray thee give yonder man food. He has starved and thirsted all e day and night, and he was once my friend." There is somewhat of noble Y ness and generosity in the rugged e Jew, Barabbas. On entering the hall of judgement, a the party of soldiers and their captive 3. hear yells of Crucify him! Crucify him! But 'tis not of the Pharasee's _ murderer they speak. It is of a young Prophet, from despised Nazareth, for whose death the mob does clamour. This man bath made Himself the Son of God. He bath consorted with Pub licans and sinners. He hath healed {s the sick on the Sabbath day, and above -e all, He hath preached against the men of high places, the Scribes and the o Pharasees, therefore is He brought to o judgement. e Barabbas looks at the Victim as He f stands beneath the rail of Pilate's g judgement seat. He looks at the calm be:utiful figure of Christ, the figure e which seems ,"to absorb into itselt all k the stateliness, all the whiteness, all - the majesty of the lofty tribunal, as n well as all the shining light that falls e through the window," and a sense of .- the wonderous purity and goodness of if this young Prophet comes into the ge murderers' mind, and for the first g. time in his life, he loaths the sinfulness , of his own soul. Then when the beautiful face looks toward him with e such a depth of pity in its eyes a great a worship comes into the heart of Bar ', abbas, making him long to be cruci c. fled instead of this just man out of it Nazareth. n The scene in the judgment hall is g -weltl painted The effortsa of Pilot to save the Prophet, the mingled awe and r admiration which he feels for his t. Victim and the faint terror that there r is something supernatural about the o patient Prisoner before him, are strong e ly portrayed, Likewise is the char . acter of Caiaphas, its eager malice and r hypocracy fully drawn in this chapter. t Marie Corelli has much sympathy y for Pontins Pilate. She depicts him as ,t sensitive, full of compassion, and with ,. all, very bold. He is bold in his dis a regard' of the infuriated Jewish mob b and the io less infuriated public e officials. The gradual knowledge that r. dawns upon the judge's mind that this e Being is not altogether of earth, the Smanly love he renders him for his forbearance and gentleness, and the effect of JTustitia's warning: ",Have thou nothing to do with this just man, . for I have suffered many things in a dream this day because of him," are but steps to that climax when Jesus. e perceiving the struggle of Pilate's I mind, turns to him, saying: "*He that g delivereth me unto thee, hath the great Ser sin,"and theloman governor washes Shis hands free of the trial. On the road to Calvary, Barabbas denounces Sthe mob for releasing him and crucify I ing Christ, and Simon of Cyrene bears d the burdeq of that cross under which the Son of Man did faint. S On reaching G(olgotha, the three d crosses are laid upon the earth, the Svictims are nailed upon them, and with a heavy thud. the crosses are sunk into Stheir sqckets. The Syrian sunlight, o glaring, bright and hot at mid-day, streams down upon the figures, and p. pareheS the flesh of those being cruci fied. Among the vast cruel multitude of men and women gathered upon Cal Svary. is one woman more cruel than the cruelest man. It is Judith Iscariot, a maiden beautiful, with the rich, a gorgeous beauty of the East; dark, brilliant eyes, auburn hair and flushed cheeks. There is thrown about her, a flame coloured mantle. She hears the Nazarene, and taunts and instltls His sufferings. She hates Him, for it is He that has made her broth",. SJu.ds forsagke the reiigi.n of M!+, fath i-ers. and wander, wi'h .. few rough ifishermen all thrungta the coaszs of lGallilee and Judea. preaching the fanatical doctriine of love to man and lve to God. She hates the Nazarene fi,r having made Judas love him uett, r than his kindred. Tlheb scene of the r jruciflxion contiones for hours. Dark t ness comes over the face of thet eart; Sand many men behove ih (Christ's 11 divinity. Melclior is an E~yptian sage, aid is ) one of the tree wise men who, at the birth of Christ, saw the star in east. and followed it to Bethlebem. He is also a prophet, and knows what will be the events of the itex-tf4ir a3s. The description on Ciavary is unlike the description In the 3bhe. The God bead of Christ-is a cepted more than His humanity. Marie Corelit always portrays Him as He appeaed at the Transfigerastion, ,,when the fashion of His face was atlered and Ilias raiment was white and glistering." Therm is always an halo about His head. This weakens the force of the sacrifice. It is the human Christ in Ilis very lhuman agony that. wrings our hearts; and when this humanity is lost sight of. the crucifixion is only a mysterious spectacle of horror. There is no real suffering in it. The portrayal of Mary Magdalene, of the Virgin Mary and of Joseph of Arimanthea, are most beautiful and just. The scene in which Mary, the Mother of Christ, goes to the sepulchre, is all bathed in the white light of ideality. One fancies her a spirit, fair and pure, with her snow like garments, her saintly face. and the cold, chaste lillies in her hand. But Marie Corelli's estimate of Simon Peter is as illogical and insult ing as her estimate of Judas Iscariot is illogical and. flattering. The Apostle Peter, she considers the worst of cowards; one who does not only faid in a crises, but tries to excuse himself, and to taunt others that have sinned and are weak. The author considers him as a type of perverted, stained christianity. That she should paint him thus is a sin against history, and a sin against a great man's memory. That Peter's denial of Christ was an act of cowardice. all of us concede. "-He was a soldier and afeared," and none felt the ignominy of his failue more than did he himself. But the author must needs to remember that when the traitors came to the Garden of Geth semane, it was Peter who struck with his sword, one " of the enemies of his Master. It was Peter only of all the deciples, who followed Him to the house of Caiaphas. It was Peter thta preached the doctrine of Jesus Christ of Nazareth throughout all Judea, and for the preaching of this doctrine, was despised of men, was imprisoned in Jeruselem, and finally was crucified head downward upon the cross! Surely a'man whom Christ so loved. that His last word to him was, ""Feed my sheep;" a man on whom the Son of Man bestowed the gift of healing and bf knowing the word, surely he must needs to have been a. character worthy of His Master's trust-a character most noble, generous and warm, albeit, it was in one instance weak. Marie Carelli has falsified the character of Peter. She told the truth, but not the whole truth, and oftentimes a half truth is more harmful than a deliberate false hood. Likewise is her description of Judas distorted and unreal. In the Bible we have a full length portrait of this man. Once we see him in the house at Bethamy, when Mary pours upon the feet of Jesus the ointment of spike wood, and Judas says, -'Why was not this ointment sold for 800 pence and given to the poor?" This he said, not that he cared for the.poor, but because he was a thief and had the bag and bare what was put therein. A man that thus could be hypocriti cal in the presence of the Christ whom he was following, did not have to change his nature in order to fully be tray His Master. The besetting sin of Judas Iscariot was covetuousness, and it was this sin which caused his name, throughout all the ages, to signify Traitor. Marie Carelli ignores the facts of the Bible. She makes Judas but a mere tool in the hands of his sister Judith, and Judith the tool of Calaphas, thus shifting the blame entirely from the real betrayer, and making him "a man more sinned against than sinning." Ideed, she excuses-his act altogether by assuming Jadas betrays Chrst from a motivq of zealous enthusiasm, to prove beyond a doubt that Jesus is di vine, and therefore, even though the chief priests should try to crucify Him, they would fail in their efforts. and so the divinity would be estab lished. But in spite of these two grave errors, Barabbas is one of the greatest books we have. The story is most ar tistic. There is in It a continuity of thought and feeling that sooths one like music. There is nothing fragmen tary, rough or abropt about it. The entire idea is rounded ajd completed. The crucifixion of Christ is followed by His ressurrection; the first scene of the story opens with the enraged Bar. abbas cursing in the dungeon; the last scene closes with the Christ softened; Bnrabbas praying in the dungeon. Each seed develops into its flower and the flower gives place to the fruitage. Caiaphas hardens into a villaino. Jndith Iscariot runs her mad course of passion, selfishness and blasphemy, thus violating all the bans of peace. Her end is insanity. Simon of Cyrene carries the cross of shame up the rooky hill of Calvary; and long after the ressurrection he kneels on that same hill and sees in a vision, the cross become the synibol of glory. Mary ot Magdala dies unto sin and4 lives into holintess. She follows Christ to hlis tomb, and greetsllim early, on that first Easter morn. Through life on earth, through death in the grave, to life eternal, is the un broken, harmounicus path of each soia, and this harmony is preserved in the hbook. The author's literary sty-le is worth the studying. Her descriptions are many, gorgeous and as poetic as the white lights of heaven, visions of angels. and the soft, full throated melody of singing birds can make them. Her conversations arq allsolutely flawness. Since Shake speare wrote h.- dramas, there has not arisen among us any auth thor whise characters speak in sent e ces, so loftly. high and yet ,o,.st simup,, clear, as do the characters ot Marie U t.1:i!i. T'oir rpeeches are jike stra.us of cowleased crystal s!ro',i po':ry, and yet they are not atflete'l. tihant Maci Corelli is a great poet,. oi n a c'!roely ddubt, albeit., le w.it>.- ,,dii prosei ras. Her words •ee ' e:,: ', ,d well. chosen, asni il ·r ..... ,: u., ; , tiO r f t:ar nt,:,.. and th.re is ++ her ..unsity, that I.prophetiec fury" which beltougs only to .he poet souls. Court Terms. EAST CARROLL- Tlhe jury terms oft'he Sth District Court are fixed for the first Mondays In January and June. The civil terms arc fixed for the second Mondays in Mareh and uctober. MADmadS Jury terms to begin on 4th Mondays n . January and June. Civil terms to begin on 1st Mondajs in April and Novembcl. TENsxs Jury terms to begin on 3rd Mondays in Febuary and July. Civil terms to begin on 4th Mondaysin April and November. By order of his Honor, F. F Montgomery. Judge 7tb District Court" J. D. Tompklains. Clerk. JOHN WILLIAMS Undertaker. Lake Providence - La Keeps on hand a large assortment of Bural Caskets, Ne, Plain and Ors mental Metallic Cases and Wooden Coffins Made and Trimmed to Ordex - [april 18-89-1hl VICKS3UBI AhND EMPEIS PACEET For Helena, Greenville, Lake Prov dence, Vicksburg, and All Way Landings The Swift and tlegant Steamer 1 ·CITY OF SAVANNAH, In Place of Bald Eagle. A. L. ComMxNs, L. P.Cuxxnrs, Master, Clerk. Leaves every Wednesday at S p. m. Passing Lake Providence on Friday noon golng down and passes Saturday evening going up Passage from Providence to \ icksburg 62; round trip only Is. New Orleans, Lake fort and the Beni Freight and Passenger Steamer T. P. LEATHERS. F. C. Leathers, Captain, L. E. Boulet, Clerk. Leaves New Orleans every Saturday at5 p.m. passing Providence going up Tuesday morning. Returning, passing Provi dence going down the same evening. This steamer reserves the right to pass all landings that the captain aay consider unsafe. PHIL McGTUIRE Prop, Phil's Saloon, No. 8 Levee street, 3 doors from corner Dealer in Winse, Liprs and Cigars, and sole aient in Providence for the celebrated braud of LIVE OAK WEISIEY, 10 TEALS OLD, Made by the Live Oak Distillery of Cincinnati, Ohio. The purest Rye whiskey on the market, and used by the U. S. government for medical purposes. Also Peobles OLD CABINET In oases, US years old. le mies leat s an IL uneas trg m1awe Per tha e la be te r O sad sdor m olo. Per e yeand dre* ofe N ousoands of I t ts as. Gree Werk, 7n pp., on Ioroksa. Address: 300. 5OUIk A S6ON. New tlse URN. Snfl1S, ExGIleTORa as. o afnotcegive treeo f chagshi . QIIi s*.