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UEIhe Uarfler-I)erQocrat.
PUBL.8FIED EVERY SATURDAY AT
LAKE PROVIDENCE. LA.
SAMUEL H. KENNEDY, Editor.
JAMES N. TURNER.
Publisher and Proprietor.
StJBSCItLITION: $200 PER YEAR.
Saturday, January 26, 1901.
Fifth District Levee Board.
ItetLilar meetings seconeId Wednesda:y's
fr. .lannuarv. April July, aud October, at
Delts. La.
The returns of the late presiden
tial election have been certified to by
the Secretaries of the different
States, and Mr. Bryan's total vote is
(3,335, 147.
In the IlIuse of Representatives
at Inlianapolis, Ind., on Monday
last. II. 1. Passage, introduced a
motion changing the method of ere
entir'! crimnials to be changed from
hanginq to administering morphine.
The motion wa" tabled.
Mirs. Nathion, of Wichita, Kan.,
who served sometime in jail for
wrecking the interior of a bar room,
was hardly a free woman before she
struck out atnin, and with two other
women, arrted with axes, broke up
the line lixtures in two bar rooms
and destroyed the liquors. 'Ihis
woman n IuLt e crazy, and should
le severely dealt with.
'lTh northern pfess should now
atop their cry over the distranchise
ment of the negroes in Louisiana.
Let them read of the large number
of white people all over the State
who have lost their right to -partici
pate in elections for the non-pay
ment of the pox. Fully one-third of
the voters have been disfranchised,'
anti they are nearly all Democrats
too.
Gordon Ready., Jr., of Baton
Rouge, the wholesgled and popular
young man who accidently shot him
self last week, died on Sunday
morning. Mr. Ready was in the
act of taking a seat in a rock
ing chair, and while bend
ing over to sit down, his pistol
dropped to the floor which caused it
to explode, the ball striking him in
the eye and passing through the
brain. Gordon Ready was one of
the most popular young men in the
State, and his death is much de
plored.
The passage of the Rivers and
Harbors bill in the House last Weed
nesday was a great victory for
the friends .of river improvements.
The States says the passage of
the bill is of no little moment
to the city of New Orleansos, the
State, and indeed the whole Missis
eippi Valley, carrying as it does for
the State an aggregate of $3,8:3,000,
this exclusive of the sun, and a con
sidlerable amount, to bG given by
allotment for levees principally by
the Mississippi River Commission
out of $7,500,000 for the Mississippi
riv4r from the head of the passes up
to Cairo, all to be expended witih|
the confines of tihe State.
Mr. Burton, of Obio, chairman of
the Rivers and IIarbors Committee.
In presenting the bill in the House,
said: "The Committee on Rwvers
and Harbors present this bill with
the confidence that no measure be
fore Congress confers greater bene
fit upon the country. Increased fa
cilities for transportation have great
ly increased production and con
sumption, because, except for thlese
iml)rovemnents, a large share of that
which is now annually consumed
could not he brought within the
reachl of the consumer. We have
tried to make our standard not what
would make it equal between the
different states or what would please
members, but what would promote
the commerce of this country by se
lecting our great harbors and our
great and small rivers alike, with a
view of stimulating the growing
wealth and increasing the prosperity
of the United States."
The Daily Press of Lake Charles
in an issue of a few days ago has the
following to say on another' railroad
project, which It built, would pass
through Providence. Now that the
Goulds of the Iron Mountain have
bought the Natchez & North Western
road and the Hamburg & Luna road
there may be something to come out
of what the Press says. It gives the
information that "the Texas and
Pacific Railway will be extended
from New Roads, Poot Coupfee par
ish, to some point, probably Cy
press, on the St. Louis. Iron Moun
tain and Southern. The new road
will cross the Red siver near its
mouth and follow the wett bank of
the Missiesippi as olsely as practi
cably. The extension will give the
Tesre atl PI~'cl :Mt o.Iter Gould
lines a railway extending from New
Odesisett S. Looim along Ut. west
sitde of the lMissisippit river ald will
shorten the distance between the
tas ctit1 na2y milca."
The Monroe Daily Star of Saturday
last says that the Iron Mountain
Railroad "will purchase aehort line
of railroad runnmg from Lana Land
ing on the Mississippi river to Ham
burg," and that their representative
is now looking over the road and
I books, preparatory to concluding the
sale. The Star also says that Mr.
SFred Hudson is one of the most val
ued attaches of the Iron Mountain
system, being their solicitor for that
part of the country. Woul.l'nt it be
a good idea for some of our ener
geting and progressive citizens to
correspond with Mr. Hudson, who is
well known to some of them, in' re
gard to having the Luna road bulit
to Lake Providence. The Luna
road as it is at present, is no advan
tage to any large railroad system.
The Lunr road goes through a swamp
for several miles, and stops at the
river where there is nothing, and the
road is not over 40 miles in legth;
but by building it down the river it
would pass through an open country
under cultivation the entire distance
to ous town, which could be done at
very little expense, and which would
he a great feeder to the Iron Moun
tain system. Let some one open up
a correspondence with Mr. Hudson,
and purhaps something may be done
in getting this road. Nothing is lost
in trying.
MORE COMPLIMENTS FOR CON
GRESSMAN RANSDELL.
The friends of river improvement
and levees are desirous of havini
3Mr. laansdell of the Fifth Louisiana
D)istrict applointedl on the rivers and
Iharbor coiulnlittee, to slcc'eed Gen.
C (tchings of 1ississippi, who will
retire frm Conlgress alter this ses
l"ioni. The people of the alluvial
district, of Louisiana and Missis
sippi owe much to (een. ('atchinýs
for thle splendid tiight he has male
in the Iouse for the im provement
(of our waterways. lIe Ima teredl
the snulject thoroughly, and was
able to, present the arguments in
favor of liberal appropriations for
the levees so well that he won over
all those who were weak-need or in
doubt, and this carried through tile
measures that have cllmninated in
the splendid levees which now line
the river from Memphis down, pre
venting the destructive crevasses
and overflows that had formerly ire
vailed.
But Gen. Catchings was not able
to carry through the entire plan.
An ardent advocate of the doctrine
that the Mississippi, being a nation
al river, into which twenty-seven
States empty their drainage, he in
sisted that the Federal government
was responsible for the restraint of
the river within its banks and the
construction of the levees that would
prevent Louisiana, Arkansas and
Mississippi from being flooded by
the waters poured down on them
from above.
This proposition he broached be
fore Congress, to find it well re
ceived by Congressmen who were
thoroughly disinterested. But be
fore the matter could be brought to
a conclusion, however; that is, be
fore Congress definitely put its ap
prIval on Gen. Catchings' plan, the
Spanish war and the issues that
crew out of it took so much of the
time of the House that all such
questions as levees, river improve
iment, etc., were left over. The
improvement and leveeing of the
Mississippi cannot, therefore, be
considered as finally and definitely
settled. Much has been dori, and
the levees have been carried to the
highest state of perfection ever
known in our history, but the hund
reds of thousands of people who are
protected front overfliow by these
dikes cannot affora to give up their
campaign. They must keepl, the
matter constantly before Congress,
make sure !.hat the work is carried
on, and finally secure from the Fed
eral government the recognition of
its responsibility for the construct
ion and maintenance of the levees,
as Gen. Catchings insisted on.
To accomplish all this the people
of the allutvial States lutust be well
represented on the committee on
rivers and harbors by a strong man,
and one who under.standsl this sub
ject thoroughly. They have been
fortunate in this respect in the past
in having such men as Gen. Ranidall
Gibbson and (U-en. Catchings to speak
for them; and in lookin. around for
a sucessor for the latter, who has
decided on retirino from con cress
ional life, Mr. lRansdell of loui
iana has been selected as a man best
suited for tlie position. There are
very few members that can repre
sent the levee districts on thie conm
mlittee. T'he districts directly adt
imumediately concerned in levees are
few, in spite of the large iiumber of
peopl interested and tile immeiine
property at stake. GeunI.Catchingv'
district, whi-ch includes so large a
part of the Yazoo delta, is perhlaps
the most concerned; but the Teusas
Basin Distrtct, represented by Mr.
Raniisdell, comes next. It has a
large river frontage. To the ripa
rian parishes and those lying he
hind them in the valley of the Ona
chita the maintenance of the levees
is thei question of tile greatest mo
ment, affecting every interest. Mr.
Ransdell, comuing from one of the
river parislhes, has made the levee
question a special study, nndrstands
it thoroughly and will be able to do
good work for the people of the
lower Mississippi Valley in Con
gress. For these reasons he would
make an admirable member of the
rivers and harbors committee, and
it is to be hoped that the movement I
looking to his selection for that
committee will prove a success.-l'
Times- Democrat. *
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aon in every country to represent
large conmpany of solhi financial repu
tation; *9.16 salary per year: payable
weekly: $3 per day abh*nttely sure and
all expenses; straight, bona.ftde, dedt
nite salary, no cotntisiioni; salary pa.it
each Saturday and expe'te monev ad- i
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&:i4 1)EAutoRN rT., CUll'An;o.
THE QUEEN DEAD.
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain and
Wieland and Eml'ress of India, passed
away on Monday, at 6:30 p. m The
dispatch from Cowes, Isle of Wright,
Say s:
Queen Victoria is dead and Ed ward
VII reigns. The greatest event in the
memloryv of this generation, the most
stupeindoals change in existing condi
tions that could possibly be imagined,
has taken pl.,ce quietly, almost. gently
t upo. the anniversary of the death oil
Prince Victor, the Duke of Kent.
The end of this career, never equal.
- led by :nv womtan in the world's hiato.
ry, came in a simply furnished room iii
()isborne House. 'I his muost respected
of all women, living or dea:l, lay in it
great four posted bed and made :
t shrunken altol whose aged face and
figure were cruel mockery of the fali
girl who in 1837 began to rule over
- England.
Around her were gathered almost
every descendant of her line. Well
within view of her dying eyes thert
a hung a portrait of the prince consort.
It was he who designed tihe room and
every part of the castle. In scarcely
i audible words, the white haired bisbo[
iof Winchester, prayed beside her as hb
had often prayed n ith his sovereign,
e for he was her chaplain at Windsor,
t With bowed healds the imperious ruler
of the German empire and the man whe
I is now king of England, the waoma
- who has succeeded to the title of queen
the princes and princesses and thost
of less than royal designation, listenee
to t he bishop's pray er.
a Queen Victoria was born in 1819,
t became Queen June 30, 1837. marriec
Feb. 10, 1840. her cousin. Prince Fran
cis Charles Augustus Albert Emman
- uel of Saxe Coburg-Gotha, who diet
Dec 14, 1861.
AN OR DIN4ANC.E:.
An ortlinaice to extend the corpol't(
lint its of the town\ of PrLovid (..cet
BH" it ordained by the Maier eanl
Bit Iar of Couwtiltlu otif tilto town )
"(ie, of tht towi of hitvs ,t . L.
S-h:ll I tee tl'la 'd I b texttldir'i tien' tt
irlhude allI that ter'rit, r y iluI t' :
.nl sVoutlh )f thle pItr'.selt I et, )roro t,
I limits of t, lw of Prlot itlcnitce rit
ad{j:,u'tlit theictn Co) I,,-tintl of all e
ithe tnorth half of tihe originalt lid t1
\\' iilsit pia:t.ta:titOll C',mllrl lting h .lit i:
,tnow knowr as the Brown & lr t'.i ii(
the I1) vi. aitn the ilimrle) & \MI liki
addlition to thit town of P'rovidtuet.
&e., &., lying west Initl south of tilt
present eorp lrate litits of :-aid, town.
anti in addl itioun thereto l'rovtidnet
Cemetery as it is now enhlosed, witl
the public road tand lake bank inrtune
diately ill front of the said cemetery
ari, the Swf'ford lot and McGuire':
gin lot as now iuclomed lying south ol
the present corrporate limnits and form
erly a part of the south half of thi
Sliood & W\illson plantation, togethet
with the strip of land lying between
the said Swofford property and Mce
Guire's gin lot and the Mississipp
t river, :trd bounded on the south by
line drawn due east from the soutl
east eaorner of said gin lot; all of sait
territory to he romrrprised within tht
following limits. to-wit :
Beginning at a point wiwre the ex.
1 tension niotthward oif the western
Iboundary line of Providence Cutle.
tety strikes the margin of Lake Plro\vi
deuce; thence southward alng the(
wertertt.,'n boundary of sfaid cemnetery t(
the southwest corner of strie, thenct
eastward a:long tile southern boundar3
of s:lid cemetrtryo to the line bItweet
Edgewrood plantation and the original
Hood & Willson plart:ation,; thenct
southward along tile we-tetrn bound,
S:try of the north half of the IIoodI
t Willsotn plantatlorn to the sollth wesl
corner of the north half of said iotdl &
Willson plantatioti; thence oeastward
alorgo the line devidinig the ,iorth hall
from thie sbuth half of said htootl &
Wtllson plantatior to tlre irorthr west
corner of tle SwolfTord property; thentce
southward rlontt the western biorutl
are of the Swoffiord property andi the
IMtGuire sin property to the southl
awest corner of said gin propertv;
Sthence eastward along the sonrthern
bonudary of said gin property to its
sirrthi Oast corner: thence from said
south e:at corner due east to the M[is
sissipl)i river; thence up the said river
to the presentL corporation line; thence
westward and nortwarl following the
said present northern and western
corporation line to the lake batik at
the Morgan property; thence west
wardlly along the margin of the lake to
tile point of beginning
S.aid territory being boundled on the
north by tile presenit corporate Itnits
of the trown of Provitdence and by Lake
Providence; on the west by Edgewood
plantation andi the south half of the
Hood & Willson plantation; on the
south by that part of the south half of
tilre Ile(od & Willson plantation now
owned by Phil McGuire, and on the
east by the Miseis~ippi river and the
present limits of the town of Provi
dence.
'lThat the limnits or boundaries of the
town of Providetce as changed the
exteension nas herein above made, shall
be as llhow,, to-wit :
Starting at a poite on the west bank
of the Mu,i sippi river due east frott
thie south east rortier of the present
gin lot of II. C. IMc(;uire; from tteence
in a dlue west linre to ilte said soith
Pant corner of said gi lot of 11. C. Mc
Guire; thence westwardly along the
siuthern line of said gie lot to the
sou:l west corner; tthete neorthwardlyv
aloter the westeru Ioutrndaries of said
gin lot and tile residtence of Charles
w(,ffolrld t) thie line dividing the north
aed soutih haices of the old Hood &
IVillhon planiatiout; thence westwardly
along the said line dlividing thie north
and south halves of the flood & Will
son plantation to the Edgewood plan.
eation; tbence northwardly along the
line dividing said Eidgewood plantsa
tion and the old Hood & Wlllson
plantation, to the fence of the Provi
dence cemnetery; thence weatwardly
along the southern fence of said ceme
tery to its south west corner; theuce
northward along the westward line of
i said cemetery and said western line
extended to the margin of Iake Provi
denct; thence eastward along the mar
ing of Lake P'rovidenee to a point op
posite the west line of the Biggs prop
erty, now owned by Mrs. A. B Mc
Kee; thence north to a point on a line
with the north side of the property of
the W. A. Bloont property, now
owned by Braxton Honuse; thencedue
east to the Missisippi river; thence
along the marguin of said river to the
point oh beginning.
Be It further euacted, 'That this or
dinance sthaHti bqcome operative after
the publication and posting and de
lays prescribed by last.
The Board then adjourned to meet
on Monday evening, January 7, 1901,
at 8 o'clock, p. In.
G. M. FRIANKLIN, Mayor.
W. H. Fisana, Secretary.
Lake Irovidence. La., Jan. 3, 19U00.
WJ are are preparcd to show J
our friends and customers
N. few Goods N.
with the
++1.ew Year++ 1
The best Ibrands of all Staples.
We Have just received.
Dress Goods,
Sirt Waists,
l lsie,'y
L 1I1ll cl kere iefs, L
OuI DealtIl ul l Mle
1AINY DAY sKIITS.
L DON'T SEMD OFF FOR AM L
Umbrella or Parasol
miunltil you seo our line. &
There is hardly ally use in
sayi Il nytlhllg al ,-,oult our
B s ST . ver , person B
ill the town and i ris knollws
that J. N. 111 LL & ibo. carry
the onlyv fist class line in
Children's, R
Misses,
O Ladies'
and Men's
Shoes.
REAT cLBARANCECI SI
FOR THE NEXT 30 DAYS
Te Remainer ot Or
------FALL AND WINTER STOCK-----
WILL BE SOLD
At Actual Cost.
Dry Goods, Clothing, Dress Goods, and
Everything in our Store will go at Cost.
The Greatest Bargains that have ever
been offered in Providence.
lEA MAKB THIS SACRIIPICE SALE
TO IVEJ ROOM FOR OUR LARG~
SPRING STOCK SOON TO ,ARRIVE.
J. S. MILLIKIN.
Ji.J, POWERS, Pres, A. F. NIMTZ, Vice Pres, T. 0. BRIERLY, Secty.
Vicksburg & Greenville Packet Co.,
Steamers BELLE OF TIHE BENDS, ANNIE
LAURIE and RUTH
Steamer Belle of the Bends leaves Vicks burg every Monday and Thursday
at 3 p. m.; returning, leaves Greenville every Tuesday and Friday.
Steamer Annie L:t urie letaves Vicksburg every Wednesdayv andl Saturday
at 3 p. m.; returning. leaves Greenville every Tuesday and Sunday evening.
First-class passenger and freight accommodations. Boats brilliantly lighted
throghoiut with electricity. Lights in every stateroom. Cusine unsurpassed.
YANCEY BELL, Agent.
For Sale or Exchange.
Homes for farmers. blacksmiths. mer
chants aind others. Lots 60;x .10 tet for
$50. Will also trade for hors. imules,
cattle. corn or land. M1 ile of ltve e for eat
t5 to pasture on0 . :1 hl-;tliltl lake, store,
chlirIh :al school e:r bv. Iloutse and
land at reasonable prices. All on Alpha
plantation, eiCt taille fromn Lake Pros i
denee. l.a.. and tlhree miles from the Minis
sippi river. Address.
No. 7036 Magazine street, New t rlleans. La.,
or C. It. E; ELI.Y.
Lake P'rovidence La.
Dec. 2, l)t10.
Strayed or Stolen.
On January *. 1901). an old bay mare mule
ebout 15 hands high. Has not been roached
for sometime; switch on tail; an enlarge
ment on lower side of moutlh, near where
the bit works; sore was running when last
seen, now nearly thirty days ago. A lib
eral reward will be paid for sanme on de
livery at the Midland plantation or to me
at Lake Providence. Wy. C. McRAE.
For Sale or Lease.
The Gardbam two-story brick building,
known as the "Lake View Hotel.' will be
sold on easy terms, or rented. Partly
furnished. Possession given 1et of Febru
ary. For terms, see
O. P. HAMILTON,
at Milliken's Dry Goods Store.
Memphis and Vicksburg
Packet,
For Lake Providence, Greenville,
Arkansas City and All Way
Landings,
Steamer DELTA,
Ed. Nowland, Jr............ Master
Joe Postal .....................C erk
W. R. Spano, Traveling Representative
Leaves Memphis every
Tuesday at 5 p. m.
Will leave Memphis EVERY Tuet
day lat 5 t. il. until friitLlr nutlte.
DESSOLUTION OF CO-PARTNER
SHIP.
The co-partnership heretofore ex
inting between I. ,. Burney and N. II
Byeriey has been diissolved by mutual
casent. Mr. Burney assumining all
assets and liabililies of bhe firm., who
will continue the business.
R. J. URWNEY,
N. H BYEIRLEY.
Lake Providence, La., Jan. 3, 1901.
We have made arrangements with
the Lee line steame.s and the Memphis
& Cincinnati Park-et Co., to handle
frvitelit from St. Loins and all points on
the Ohio river. W. will connet with
them at Memphis.
ED. NOWLAND, JR.,
Captain Steamer Delta.
J. C. POSTAL. Clerk.
DuBose Potvell,
'DENTI.JT,
js now in Providence to practice.
ALL KINDS OF DENTAL WORK DONE,
AND ALL WORK GUARKNTEED.
J. M. KElNN EDY,
ATTORKEY-AT-LAW,
Lake Providence, La.
WILL PRACTICE IN
ALL THE COURTS.
We have now at our
stables for inslpetion the
finest lot of mules that
cver wa.s brought to the
town. We also have
another lot of fine hor~es
just in. Call and take a
look.
J. I. Caldwell.
JOS. W. MARTIN. W M P. PPHILLIPS,
Formerly with Hill, Fontaine & Co. Forerly with Brooks, Neeld Co.
COTTON FACTORS,
296 AND 298 FRONT STREET,
MEMPHIS, TEN N.
We Make a Specialty of Bender and Long
Staple Cotton.
LIBERAL ADVANCES MADE ON SAME.
MAX LEVY,
Lake and Levee Sts.,
Lake Prowvidenoe, La.
aDEALER IN!
GENTS' - FURNISHING - GOODS.
The FPinesE Line of Clothing Care
v~ried in the City. o
Ladies' Dress Goods,
Hats, Caps, Boots and
Shoes, Mackintoshes
and Hunting Coats.
Trunks, Valises and Fland Bags.
CANNOT BE SURPASSED.
Call on me Before Purchasing Elsewhere.
A. D. & S. SPENGLER, A TS.,
. ..........VICarSBURG, MISS ..........
-Manufactuorers of
8ash, Doors, Blinds, Stain-work, Interior Firrish,
and All Building Material.
Cheapest Place in the South. Write for prices before purohasing elsewhere
W. B. THOMPSON. P. L. MbOAL!
W. B. Thompson & Co.,
Cotton Factors3 & Comnmission M1rchans
NO. 80S PERDIDO STREET, .
New Orleans, ouisiana.
Information for the
Public.
YAZOO & MISISISSIPPI VALLEY
RAILROAD CO.
SCHEDULE EFFECTIVE NOON
JANUARY 28th. 1900.
SOUTH BOUND.
No. 23-Leave Memphis 9:00 a. m.
Arrive Vicksburg 7:00 p. m.
No. 5-Leave Mempuhis 7:35 p. m.
Arrive Vicksburg 2:10 a.m.
No. 5-Leave Vickshurg 2:20 a. nm.
Arrive New Orleans 9:10 a. in.
No. 21-Leave Vicksburg 7:15 a. in.
Arrives New Orleans 5:50 p. m.
NORTH BOUND.
No 24-Leave Vicksburg 7:15 a. m.ii
Arrive Memphis 5:.35 p. m.
No. 6--leave New Orleans 4:00 p, m.
Arrive Vickshburg 11:25 p. mr
No, 6-Leave Vicksburg 11:30 p. m
Arrive Memphis 6:30 a m.
No, 22--Leave New ()rleans :40 a.m.
Arrive Vicksburg 7:05 p. nm.
VICKSBURG( ANI) GlIEENVILLE
ACCOMMOI)A'I"ON.
Leave Vicksburg 1:20 p. m., arrive
at Greenville S:e 0 p. m.
Leave Greenville 6 a. m.; arrive at
Vickstur, 10:00 a. m.
For further information apply to
A Q. PEARCE. ,
C. P. & T. A.. Vicksburg. Miss.
.INO A. SCOTT,
Div'n. Pass'r. Ag't. Memphis, Tenn..
JOHN WILLIAMS
Undertaker. F
Lake Providence - - La
Keeps on hand a large assortment of
Burial Caskets, low, Plain and Orma
mental Metallic Cases and Wooden
Colffins Made and Trimmed to Order
fapri: 1.-U- li v
CITY ABBER SEOP,R
-Lake St reet,
W.H. MARE. .......... Proprietor 7"
Up-to-date work
at Popular Prices.
Patronage Sol icited.
Ageut 'ar Memphi Steam L.:.u:dry
Queen & Crescent
ROUTE.
The Best Line
-FROM
VIC.JEMMSTUL G
-TO
-IN THE
NTor~h and. East.
THROUGH SLEEP)RS.
The S~immer Tourist's favorite
ine via Lookout Mountain.
GEO. H. SMITH', G. P. A.,
Orleanb, La.
W. STOMS, ASST. G. P. A.,
New Orleaua. La.
Tulane University of
Louisiana.
Tew Orleans.
CorI.IGE OF ARTs ANDI SCIENC'ES.
Classical. Literary, Latin-ScientifiC an,
Scientific Courses.
C')Ia.EGE OF T'PECIINOLOOiY.
Mecha:nical. Electrical, Chemical,
Sugar, Civil and Architectural
Engineering.
H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College
for Young Women, with Art and
Boarding D)epartment.
Fall Term of above opens Otaober 1st
Medical Department opens Oct 18th
Law Department opens Nov. 12th.
For catalo nes, address
Secretary of,University.
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EXPERIENCE
DESIGNS
COPYRIGHTS &C.
Avoncn eedtlg a sketrh and 'C"a*''-i Wm
quikly a.r+rtrlan oulr Opijonl free wtether an
arnve it n pr,) thl " paiterrta.b!e. ('Crmuntu c,
tWo.a etrtctl•consdentiaL fltlndlboool'ateat$
rec.t tr". re ' ,:.I aý, .ý'f r ocrnvptr aflent.
p.ieLnt takes thnurh Munn ri CO 0vedv
rpe.iu nofite. without charge, in the
$cki tific Insirlcan.
A haedsometlynsatr d weekl5. I.erset ttr.
r : F·ur montLt $1 Bold byair n nl.sis ra.
MUVN & Co.2*rin-i. New Yrk
tancbh 0.. d St. WkebIanton. D.
WATER TANKS for sali by
nf. SCHULZ.
Speed Records for the Bicycle
for 1900.
Alahoughal none o:f the records made in
1K9!! for a distance of a:t mile or uinder
w\\I't .t lurpa8s i' ., axiCept that of three
: at-'li eta f "l anib- with a tlhing st art,
:,t1 the rec"oti !s for distances from 1
ill p tip' I 6:1 ti li'es have beeln ex
ceedl.l by a caon.-iderabl manrgin, the
great ilecrea<e in speed in the longer
dista:nces hbengr-ne to the introduction
of illpro\ved motor-cycles for pacing
the ri'ltri. The r-ecord of a lquarter of
a mile with a flying start stands, as it
dtd in 1109. at 20 seconds and for 1
mlile at I m!atue 22 2-5 seconds. Late
in (O)' tuer of Ithis year a rider covered,
I for IthIt irt time, a distance of 40 miles
olhin tI tur, the exact distance
a idnll itin. a - lt miles 327 yards. An
otii a-r Itla'r, ill an attempt at the tweti
St -fouri hour rtecord. ctovered 183 miles
Sill i I iirs, :I: 9 uiiles ill twelve houlars
: til G:11 iuit.a'- inl t .wentyl-four hours.
iThe s1eet of a :a aIrter oaf a mrile in 20
irtcolldsil is equalt to aI speed of 45 iiles
an ilour wh ich is tigher than the aver
:aa speed, includinig stopsi, of. any buit
a fw 'v , ilress IIrli runniting to-day in
ahis cuiIntri, Saiuch phenotmenail slapeed
as tlhese ac e renll red possible only by
the pancit'g machile, and that they are
mnade at all. a)ro\ves that on level sur
faces, the atmtosplhere affords by far the
laigest aif the resistances encountered
hv a hiev,'le at speeds of over 12 to 15
miles an hu lr.-6cientilic American.
The Mansfield Journal says that
Judge BlackItuin has served notice
on the citizens of Rapides that he
plroposea to enforce the game law.
As district judge he calls attention
to the fact that it becomes his duty
to charge the grand jury in the
premises and he closes his public
notice as follows:
"The plain object and iptent of
the law is to prevent the killing of
any ganme for sale and prevent the
,cstruction of the same. It does
not lprohibit persons from hunting
anml ki!!illan g:aice for their own use,
Iut the raonlnt lie kills game for
sale, (tr sct!- aofter he has killed, for
a profit, It,, falls under the prohibi
i,li ,of the law, and is subject to
""Samine parties have misinterpreted
this law andt are dally violating the
saiuc. The gattme will soon be des
triyced in the parish and state unless
the law is enforced, and it is my
duty to charge the grand jury to iu
vectipate all v ions of the law. I
givre this notice and warning to all
Itersons engagead in killing game for
sale."
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F. B. & C. E. DAVIS,
a Resident
COTTON BUYERS.
Don't sell your Cotton until yout
come ti our ofice trad see what it is
worth, and let us make you an offer.
We are experienced in the business,
having worked for several years with
one of the largest cotton houses to
Texas, aiid for twt seasons in New Or
leans.
Orders taken for Future
Contraots.
Sil-OFFICE in the Hamley new
brick building opposite Guenard's
drug stoke.
Limberger Cheese.
The following is a boy's acoount of
his experience with Limberger obheese:
Ma sent me to pay a bill at the gro
cqaas last Saturday. The boss made
Saeprtesent4f suimettingWfrapped in
* iile. of silver paper. wbhch be told
mne was a piece of Limnberger cheese.
When ontsidell of the ,,hop I open
,ittbe pspdt, when I smelled what was
Inside I felt tired. I took it home and
put it in the coal shed. In the moro
isag I went to It again. It was still
there. Nobody had taken it. I wond
ered what I could do with it. Father
add mother were getting ready to go
to church. I put a piece in the back
pocket of father's pants and another in
the lining of ma's muff. I walked be
hind when we started for churhob. It
was beginning to get warm. When we
got in church father looked anxioos;.
mother looked as if something had bhp
-pned. After the first hyfn mother
told father not to sing again, but to
keep his month sbut and breathe
through his nose. After prayer pres
piration stood on father's face and the
people in the next pew to oar's got up
and wentont After the next hymn
father whi.peredl to mother that lhe
thought she lad better go out and air
himself. After the second lesson, some
of the churheb wardene came round to
see if there -ere any stray rats in the
church. Some more people near our
pew got nip and went out, putting their
handkerchiefs to their noses as they
went. Ttt parsan anitl they had bet
ter close the srivice and bhold a meet
ing outside to discuts the sanitary con
dition of the clhunrch.
Father tohl maotheir they .bhad better
go home one at a time. Mother told
father to go the nearest way home
and disilfect taimself. before she came.
When they got homethey both went in
to the front room. but did not speak
for sometime. Mother spoke first and
told father to take the oat out
of the room, sha thought It wat
going to be sick. It was sok be.
fore father could get it out. Moth
eor then tarnedl round and noticed
the canary was dead. Mother told
father not to sit so near to the fire, it
was worse. Father told mother to go
and smother herself. Mother said she
thought she was smothered already.
Just then our servant came in and
asked if she coiuld open the windows as
the room smelled very close. Father
went up stairs and changed his alothes
and had a bhot bath. Mother took fath
er's clothes and offered them to a tramp
who asid: -Thn.ks. kind lady. they
are a bit too high for me." Mother
threw them over the bec tence into
the canal. Fiafter was summoned
afterwards for poisoning the fish.
Mother went to bed. Father asked her
if she had been fumigrated. Just then
father had a note sent him. Father
came to wish me good night at 10
o'clock in the evening, with a note in
one hana and a razor-strap In the oth.
ther I got uuder tl, bed. The peo.
pie next dloor thought we were beating
t.arpet.s in our house. I eanoot sit
alown comfrtab!e yvet. I have given
nay little sister what I hlad left of that
L.imbnacrg-r chiesta. I thotught it a pity
to was:e it.
.The .School BIoard hlld s meeting on
Weralesdsay. Proceetiage next wetk.
