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THE TRUE DEMOCRAT Official Jounal of the Parish of West Feliolana and School Board. VOL. X. ST. FRANCISYJLLE, WEST FMLICIANA PARISH LA- SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 1901. O -2. •-- • ST II I·L a WAYS OF ENGLISH LAWYERS, 40l Lights on the Other Ride Receive It Small Fay for Services. A barrister's fees are small, and bey are always paid in advance, and ce the sum is recorded under the title to 'd the brief. A friend who had a ri urge practice showed me his feebook ti rekntly. The largest item was 38 te guineas, which is less than $200. The m ayVge was about $50. Fees are reg. oi 1sted by the benchers of the inn ac. A , lg to the service performed, and it Scontingent fees are allowed. A di bardster may accept a case for noth. m Ig or return the fee In cases of w eharity, but he cannot, without violat. tl ing his oath, directly or indirectly, ac. tl eept any greater compensation for a s( legal service than is allowed in the regular schedule fixed by the benchers o0 of his Inn. ' If he does so he is de- It baired from practice. ti It is a common custom in America it for a lawyer to undertake a suit for si the recovery of damages or a claim tl of any kind with a contract that he ti shall receive a certain percentage of ii the amount of money recovered. in sI England such an act would be con. 8l sldered disreputable, and any barris. & ter found guilty would be expelled P from his inn. The fees are regulated cI by the amount of time and labor re- P quired, and not by the amount of mon" P ty involved. A barrister may receive h a fee of $250 in a case involving only a $500, and he may receive a fee of $25 $ in a case involving $1,000,000. ? All legal business originates with n solicitors. They bring to the barris. a ter's office a case, all prepared after t( certain forms and written in manu. f* script. The British courts do not per. - Blt typewriting. The solicitor re quests the barrister to undertake the d case, and the fee is marked plainly t: upon the brief. If the barrister does i uot care to undertake the labor for b the amount of money allowel, or for h any other reason, he advises the solicl. a tor to go elsewhere. If he accepts the 0 responsibility, the solicitor leaves the D amount of the fee in coin with the P brief, so that the barrister has his fý pay in advance. . This is the almost " invariable custom. The only excep. t tions are in cases of close friendship t; between the solicitors and barristers, a and there is a large amount of litiga- " tion in which both are involved. Then s it is customary for the barrister to t make up his bill at the end of the a month or the end of the quarter, but a the fee in each case must, neverthe less, be written upon the brief and t recorded in the books of the court. It is customary, also, for the solic. s tor to leave a fee for the barrister's t clerk at the same time, which must be a certain percentage of that paid to a the barrister. When you dine at a hotel or restaurant in England it is u customary to tip the waiter an amount equal to 5 percent of your bill, for the same reason. The waiter receives no I compensation from his employer, nor does the barrister's clerk. His pay comes entirely from his clients, and if his principal has no clients he gets no pay. On the other hand, if his principal has a very large and profli table practice, his fees are enormous. -Chicago Record-Herald. The PlIayful Chanmolis. Nearly all animals are fond of play, lad sometimes their play is almost a I systematic game. If you should come across a lot of goats playing football, with chosen sides, captains and all I that sort of thing, you would be I speechless with amazement, and yet a tourist saw something on the Alps I that is scarcely less astonishing. It was in summer, and a flock oft thamols had climbed up to where the' snow never melts, evidently to play on it. Their movements were so pe-. Cullar that he watched them carefully. 1 They had found a steep, snow-coveied incline, to the upper end of which they went in a body, just like a party of boys Intent on coasting. And that is precisely what the cham- I ois Intended, for two or three of them I at a time would crouch down at the I beginning of the descent, work all fou ' legs to get a start and slide over the 4 surface of the snow to the bottom. When they reached the bottom they would rise, shake themselves and climb up the incline again, only to re- 1 peat their trip down. This they did time and time again, their comrades , at the upper end watching them with great interest until it came their turn to coast. The coasting ground was about 15C yards from top to bottom, and the chamois woull shoot dlown it with the 5Ieed of sleds, the snow rising about them in a powderiy dust. There could be no doublt whatever that they did it for sport, and they seemed to enjoy it as much as boys njoy coasting down a well-packed hll,-Tacoma Ledger. 8mall Men Live I.ongeat. One of the most interesting and uatworthy statements in respect tc old age is the report on the habits It centenarians, made some years age y a commission appointed by the rltlsh Medical association. It seems that most of these old people were ,Itll or medium of stature and a sp1re habit of body; the voice was Zather feeble; most of them had lost their teeth, but nearly all enjoyed toeod digestion, one old man of 98. a tiergyman, placing his hand on the -<,i r in question and saying that he s:ever knew what it was to have a Oitich. Nearly all of them had en. 9;4"l umlintrrupted good health, and tiny had never known what it was ;t be sick. They were all very moder. : ie in eating, most of them using lit a Unimal food. Few induleed at all : hlatoxicaling drinks, and those only 'nh o'bble ncderati1n. They took con. OaX:able outdooi, txtxc.ise and nearly Dosessel the gu; l-ieatur.J, placid itlonuvu REMARKABLE SALT DEPOSIT. It is One of the Most Wonderful Sights of California. 1Tiw readers of the Scientific Ameri can had heard of the sea of Salton up to 1892. At this time the Colorado to river broke its barriers and flowed into ia the desert of California, flooding it to an extent of hundreds of square to miles. In the vicinity of Salton was M one of the largest salt deposits in America; the water encroached upon bt it, and for a time threatened the in- a dustry, but after creating an excite ment which spread over the entire west, it receded. The rumor was to the effect that the new sea was so vast that it would change the climate of southern California. The deposit of salt at Salton is t one of the sights of California. It lies a" in a depressh,i a1nljt300 feet below tl the sea level, and was at some time in the past the bed of a sea, or exten- m sion of the Gulf of California. From ta the train, which passes near by, the m tract looks like a vast snow field, and li in the early morning is frequently the H scene of beautiful mirage effects. The salt deposit, which is essentially rock tr salt, covers about 1000 acres, and is at of present the centre of interest on ac- ft count of the dispute of rival com- tr panies over the possession of the a] property. The company in possession has shipped from this place annually n, about 2000 tons of salt, valued at from $6 to $34 per ton, according to quality. i, The outfit of the salt mine consists tl mainly of a crusher, a drying building a, and a dummy line from the salt beds to the Southern Pacific railroad, not far distant. The work is carried on mainly by Indians, who can withstand the intense heat 6f the desert--150 degrees in June-and the glare better than white men. The work is interest ing and novel. The drying house is a building 600 feet in length, about which hundreds of thousands of tons of salt a are heaped, having all the appearance ii of snow. Here the salt is dried and b milled. The salt is collected at first t] with a plow-a singular machine with d four wheels, in the centre of which t sits an Indian guiding it; the motive d power is a dummy engine some dis tance away, which hauls the plow along by cables. As it passes, the steel breaker is seen to cut a broad but shallow furrow, eight feet wide and three feet long, throwing up the ridges on either side. Indians now follow along, and with hoes pile up the salt p in pyrimidal forms, which later is transported to the mill. Each plow harvests 700 tons of salt per day. A singular feature of this bed is that s the salt is being deposited daily by t springs which run into the basin, and as the water evaporates it leaves ae crust of almost pure chloride of sodi um, which ranges from 10 to 20 inches in thickness, over the lake. It will V be seen that there is no danger of .ex hausting the supply, which is form- ° ing all the time; and, in point of fact, the plows have in the past years worked almost continually over the t same area, only about 10 acres having been plowed. The salt, when delivered at the plant, r is hoisted to the upper floor, and r placed in a bulkhead breaker, where t it is reduced to particles of the same t size. It then passes through a burr mill and is well ground. After this it is sifted and is finally passed through an aspirator, which cleanses it of all foreign material, when it is ready for packing in bags. The salt is used for a variety of purposes, and is of several different grades, the lowest being un refined-a product called hide salt, used in manufactories. Large quanti- 1 Sties are sold for sea bathing purposes, a certain amount producing a very 1 similar chemical equivalent to sea wa ter. Other grades are prepared for ta ble, dairy and for the use of druggists. --Scientific American. Flret Born Children Strongest. It would seem that first-born chil dren excel later-born children in height and weight, says Arthur Mac [Donald, in Everybody's Magazine. This may be due to the greater vigor Sof the mother at the birth of the first .child. We are reminded of a fact, y mentioned later, that out of 50 great d men of this century, 30 percent were the youngest sons. d In England it was found that growth s degenerates as we go lower in the b social scale, there being a difference 0 of even five inches in height between the best and worst fed classes in the C community. E An investigation of 10,000 children e in Switzerland showed that children i born in summer are taller for their age than those born in winter; as a r majority of children in the public Y schools are poor, in winter their par E ents are forced to economize more on I account of expense of heating; their rooms are also liable to be small and poorly ventilated, while in summer they are out in the fresh air; food is i cheaper and more varied. The in c fluence of unhealthy conditions on a s very young child would be much great c er than when it is older and better e able to resist them. e The Appreelative Boston Lady. a Miss A-, who is a teacher of Eng e lish in a school of high rank in.ber na t tive state, Mississippi, and who, in d spite of her vivacity in conversation, a is perhaps, if anything, too fastidious e in her choice of words, was spending e the summer at the New York Chau a tauqua. Her flow of spirits made her . the delight of the dining table at d which she was first seated; but at I the end of a fortnight she was moved r- by her landlady to another place. A t lady from Boston, who had been sit rl ting opposite the southerner ex y pressed her regret at the change. "I'm a so sorry you are going to leave us." y she said, with warmth, "we have all d enjoyed your dialect so much."-Har Sger's Mapasine, PEARLS OF THOUGHT, Posterity pays every man his honor. 0 -Ben Jonson. Conscience warns us as a friend be tore it punishes as a judge.-Stanis- t laus. h To have what we want is riches, but to be able to do without is power.-G. b: MacDonald. We promise according to our hopes, iT but perform according to our selfish- T ness and our fears.-Rochefoucauld. h To ask what truth is with a double w heart, or with no sincere desire to ti know or follow it, blinds the eyes and tl hardens the heart.-Quesnel. ti Work touches the key of endless ac- e tivity, opens the infinite, and stands s' awstruck before the immensity of what fi there is to do.-Phillips Brooks. V The fact that some succeed should make you hopeful. The fact that some fail should make you cautious. Re- C member that your compensation is in ti living as much as in money.-Prof. L. t( H. Bailey. n There is every reason why we should I try more against that easy, half way of doing things; whatsoever our hands find to do, doing it with as little C trouble as we can; getting through it, b and that is all.-J. Mason Neale. 1 To put knowledge in the place of ig- h norance, happiness in the place of misery, justice in the place of wrong, b love in the place of hate, harmony in b the place of jargon-is not this to cre- e ate a new world?-Charles G. Ames. 1 expect to pass through this world t but once. Anything, therefore, that I a can find to do, or any kindness I can t show to any fellow being, let me do it a now-let me not defer nor neglect it, v for I shall not pass this way again.- a Drummond. V Hold your dull life up to the light, '1 and see how it will be transfigured. l life is not meant to be a path of ease, t but steep and rugged; and it is only v through self-denial, discouragement, n discipline and trial that you may at- a tain the higher life.-Light on the Hid- I den Way. t TELEPHONE EAVESDROPPING. r How a Man Was Caught While Listen- t ing to His Neighbors. It is a common failing of human na lure to take too much interest in other c people's affairs, and curiosity some- r times extends so far that one person e will listen to a conversation between r two others when they are all on the a same telephone line. The growing i use of the telephone in the rural dis tricts opens the way to a new form of I eavesdropping. It is difficult to in- I dulge in this practice without detec- 1 tion, however. "The Electrical Re. view" tells the following story: 1 A man in Ohio has been made by his neighbors to pay a fine of $25 for 1 eavesdropping over the telephone. Some time ago the farmers of a cer tain town organized a telephone com pany and installed their instruments on the party principle, by which ar rangement all the bells on the circuit ring when a call is made. After a while the subscribers became aware that some one listened to their tele phonic conversations, and they deter mined to find out who the eavesdrop per was. It was, however, entirely by accident that the culprit was discov ered. One afternoon a week or two ago two of the farmers were talking over the line, when the unmistakable sound of a transmitter being removed from its hook reached them. Instant ly they ceased their conversation, and in the momentary silence that fol lowed both disti:ctly heard the sharp, clear clime of a clock striking the hour. The clock in question had a chime whose peculiar tone when struck was familiar to both men, who at once knew who the listener was. A New War on Rag-Time. It is a well-witnessed phenomenon that in the rarefied atmosphere about Denver, Col., mountains and other r large natural objects seem to the unac customed eye to be much nearer than they are. Presumably it is such un wcnted clearness of vision which has led the American Federation of Music e to think it sees the finish of the rag time melody. For the federation sits at Denver this season, and it is there that the delegates have resolved to do all in their power to suppress "such Smusical trash." Now, the veriest layman knows that the "rag" effort in its worst and most n prevalent state is indeed a mere tatter of melody. But he also knows, es Specially if he lives amid clusters of a New York pianos, hand-organs and Csummer garden orchestras, that the Sfascinating spell of syncopation is fast upon the land, that it shows no signs r of abatement and that he talks of a d large contract who speaks here of sup r pression. - Anti-rag-time crusades have been Sthreatened before, but classicists have a laid down their weapons on a showing Sthat serious composers have mingled r syncopations of accented notes with the scores of grand opera and orato rio. Dr. Dvorak, too, has cast the .mantle of an American symphony Sabout the questioned motif, and made a-it seem that one who attacks rag-time in assails a national inspiration. SNevertheless, let us hve a faint hope Seven with so far a cry as that from g Denver. Our popular tunes may yet u-come from another than the remnant sr helf.-New York World. It A Versatile Clergyman. d In an English town a clergyman has A instituted a novel method of raising t church funds. In a letter to the cx-churches of the neighborhood he of mfers to do their spring cleaning with '"the announcement; "I can beeswax, ill polish or varnish floors with out one, I-and my wife is Al at painting and decorating." SHREWD ANIMALS. One Horse Always Dodged Iron and Aa other Turned on the Water. "The apittude shown by animals of th the lower order in acquiring human wi habits is marvellous," said a student th who lives in the upper part of the be city, "and the story that the old flea- an bitten mule had learned to unlock the sel crib door with a snagged tooth is not, the in my judgment, altogether a legend. The chances are that such things have ofl happened. I have known of instances a where mules would pull gate pins with er their teeth or shove a latch up with th their tongue it order to break into by the cornfield. There are but few farm. as ers who have not had occasion to ob- th serve the same thing. But I have of found that horses are more observant w: than mules. a While horses are not as cunning and as not as skilled in the artifices of de- th ception and double stealing, I may say hi they are naturally more sensitive in m temperament and no doubt reason with at more delicacy and more accuracy. I er know of one horse, for instance, EB owned by one of the electricians of Cs the city, that will not, under any cir- th cumstances, step on a steel rail or go or near a swinging wire, because one of he her ears was lightly brushed by a to live wire several years ago while she as had one of her feet on the railing of T] a car track. She was knocked down dE by the shock, but was not seriously tr hurt. Since that time she has been fil extremely careful about where she sc puts her feet, and keeps her gaze on ro the ground at all times. But I owned bc a little bay mare several years ago hi that caused me considerable trouble w and for more than a month I was w very much worried by an unaccount- hi able waste of water on my place. It fc was before I moved to New Orleans. A The water rates of the town where I yi lived were fearful. I had a hydrant in to the back yard. Every few nights the ai water would be turned on in some c< mysterious way and the yard would simply be flooded the next morning. ai Failing to discover the cause of the oi trouble before the end of the month, w when my water bill had doubled, I di notified the police, believing that b+ some malicious person was attempting w to satisfy some grudge against me. tl The chief stationed two men at my ft place to watch the hydrant. They so concealed themselves, and along about w midnight they heard a squeaking 1 l sound at the hydrant and in, a few cl 1 minutes the water was spluttering out el at a fearful rate. They made a rush for the place, thinking to capture the a culprit, but when they got there they te f found my little bay mare, with her tl head stuck down in the flow from the n hydrant. She was drinking and dab- a bling in the water, and seemed to a be having a good time generally. d s They reported the matter to me and a r I had no more trouble about my hy- a drant."-New Orleans Times-Demo- c crat, Dexter and Sinlster. Once upon a time there lived two c t kings by name Ethelstane and Ethel- I a ward. f Now both of these kings, simultane- 1, busly, as it chanced, dreamed of uni- I . versal peace, and proposed as with t · one voice the disarmament of nations. SHereupon each of the kings, Ethml . stane equally with Ethelward, fell to T Sfelicitating himself upon having been a g the first to conceive of this excellent ( Sproject. d "It is my idea!" quoth Ethelstane. ( "Pardon me, it is my idea!" pro d tested Ethelward. - At first the kings were courteous, , though insistent, but presently their I e blood warmed, neither being at all I Sgiven to yielding, until they were fi n nally quite beside themselves with I o anger. "We shall see whose idea it is!" I thundered Ethelstane, placing himself at the head of his army and marching I n boldly into the domains of Ethelward. 4 t "We shall indeed see!" roared r Ethelward, lathering his forces to c meet the invader. n During 10 long years the war pro- 4 .- ceeded, with varying fortunes, until a both kingdoms were devastated and I ic depopulated. At last Ethelward fell g- by the sword of his foe. ts "It was my idea. exclaimed Ethel re stane, not forgetting to fall upon his 1 knees and humbly to thank the God 3 of Battles. This story of Ethelatane and Ethel t ward makes it very plain indeed that t there are some things which cannot r be settled save by an appeal to arms. . -Detroit Journal. Bow London Could Be Defended. e If the Dutch ever sail up the t Thames again or a Norman force n land, London will be not unprepared. a In the archives of Pall Mall repose . musty schemes for the defense of the metropolis which it was thought en would be undisturbed until the war e department commenced to move into g its new palace. But there are busy d men about and as a result new th schemes will be forthcoming for the t defense of London. Something like he 60 batteries of artillery will be al. y lotted for the defense, including guns de of heavy calibre, 4.7 and 6 inches, to which will be mounted in command ing positions, covering a wide sweep pe ing are. The mobile force for de m fence will include nearly 100 15 et pounder field guns, and an army corpe it of three divisions of regular infantry and 100,000 volunteers.-London Ex press. Jars on Him. -a "I'll have to leave your service, sir, ng said the coachman to the trust mag he nate. f- "I'm sorry to hear that, John. ith Why?" , "Every time I drive you out, ne, sir, I hear people say: 'There goes the ad scoundrel,' and I don't know which of us they mean,"--PFiladelphl Times. NEARLY SUNK BY A RIVET. A Little Thing That Came Near Causing the Loss of a Steamship. The strangest story I ever heard of the sea relates to a copper rivet which was accidentally left in the bilge on the bottom o' a ship by the builders, between two ribs, which it rolled back and forth with the motion of the ves sel until it had worn a hole through the plates. This remarkable event took place off the coast of Peru. Some years ago a vessel loaded with guano worth sev eral thousand dollars caught fire in the South Pacific and was abandoned by the captain and crew, who came ashore in the small boats and reported the disaster. "Jack" Eyre, of the firm of W. R. Grace & Co., New York, to whom the guano was consigned, is a daring fellow, and determined to save that cargo if possible. He knew that guano would not burn, and it was his idea that the hulk of the ship might be found floating somewhere at sea, and the valuable cargo recov ered. He, therefore, chartered a small English tramp that happened to be at Callao and started out to search for the derelict. After cruising for two or three weeks he found her, just as he had expected, the woodwork burned to the water's edge, but the hull sound as a dollar and the cargo all right. They towed her into Callao, but the day before reaching that harbor the tramp they had chartered began to fill very rapidly, and the pumps could scarcely keep her afloat. They nar rowly escaped sinking with all on board. The leak was a mystery. They had met with no accident, and there was no reason to suspect anything wrong with the plates, for the ship had been in the dry dock shortly be fore she left Liverpool and was rated A1, being only between two and three years old. They managed to get her to Callao only by the greatest exertion, and many a time they feared they could not keep her afloat so long. When the ship went into the dock F and was examined it was found that one of the plates about the centre had worn through. Further investigation demonstrated that the damage had been done by a little copper rivet which had been accidentally left in c the bottom and had rolled back and forth over the same spot so often and _ so long that the iron plate had been worn thin, and the pressure of the water had broken through. The mis chievous rivet was there and was tak- d en out and preserved as a curiosity. t4 Shipbuilders tell me that this is not b an uncommon thing. It is always cus tomary as a precaution to make a thorough search of the bottom of a new ship for rivets and copper filings and other loose metal. Copper filings 1 are especially dangerous, because un- a der certain conditions they are apt to set up a little galvanic battery and do an immense amount of damage.-Chi cago Record-Herald. The Lion and the Mirror. Possibly a lion's wife would appre- I ciate a looking-glass, but a small mir ror in the hands of a small boy so frightened and excited Big Ben, the largest lion in the zoo, that, says the Press, the keepers feared he would I i do violence to himself. Ben had been in an angry mood all day. The presence of the small boy a was particularly distasteful to him, i and the lion raged and stormed as Sonly a big lion can. The lad waited until the tirade was over, and then a drew a hand-mirror from under his 1 Scoat and held it directly in front of a Ben. t , The lion looked. Then he jumped Sfor the intruder that dared to face Shim in such a fashion, but brought up - against the bars with force enough Sto throw him to the floor. Surprised at the appearance of the lion in the glass, he filled the house with his ( Sroars. The keepers ran to the cage g and endeavored to quiet him, but he . continued the uproar until exhausted. SIn the meantime the adventurous ( Syouth had disappeared, and was dis covered in front of the wolves' cage Scage trying to excite them. He was i led from the garden and warned to 4 Skeep away. I About a year ago a serious disturb ance at the zoo was due to the flash - ing of a mirror in front of the lion's . I den. At that time the lions, with the d exception of one or two of the wild est, were kept in one cage. . 'A. visitor held a mirror in front of t them one afternoon, and the beasts t were thrown Into panic. They fought , and dashed at the bars with such vio lence that it was feared several would die as a result of their frantic strug gles. It required the efforts of all the e keepers for several hours before they e could be quieted. Mie stake the Trojans Made. e "The trouble at Troy," said the pro ft fessor, "appears to be that a feeling orI of inaction seemed to take possession to of the Trojans. They were, so to y speak, seemingly under the influence w of a fate from which there was no es e cape. This was plainly shown when e the wooden horse was discovered out ol side of the walls. What is it, Mr. no Blinghorn?" s, "As I understand it, sir,s' said the d- brilliant young junior, "just as soon 2 as they got the wooden horse inside le all the Trojan women rushed away to 5 get on their loveliest clothes, and all pE the men toddled off to get their tall ry hate and their Inverness overcoats." i- "And why should tney do that?" cried the astonished professor. "Because they thought it was a horse show," replied the bright youth, .' ~.velead Plain-Dealgr. Atehison Girls of Experience. 1 L A Atchison girl who is in love for the seventh time says she doesn't t, notice any difference in the attacks, he except that she calculates more than ohIe used to if the trouble in curling her I bum iial 85o paSy.-*AtchiUo5 4OIob pm' SAT REYMOND'S Corner Main and Third Streets,, JUSTA FEW WORDS * - To tell you of some of the many bargains that we have for you. Beginning on IMONDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, We will sell some of our new goods for early Ap Iumn wear, at a little lees than their real value. Finest Satteens, worth 50 cents at only..........9 CE.TS Beet Indigo Blue Print at only................... 4 CENTS Childrens' Fast Black Bohool Stockings, worth 15 otesl nlNMiG st only.......: .......... .......... 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JacksQn, J. Hereford Percy. OUR ENGINES IN FRANCE. Paris.--The newspapers here Tues day announced that the Lyons-Medi terranean railroad had bought a num ber of American locomotives. BIG FIHE AT DAVENPORT. Davenport, Iowa.--The fire oi Thursday night devastated a district a third of a mile square and caused a loss of $800,000. A relief movement has been inaugurated at a mass meet. ing of citizens and measures taken tc care for the homeless and destitute. Between two and three hundred peo" ple lost their all and are homeless Ten firemen are prostrated, and one, Emil Lucoh, received serious burna The loss of Weyerhauser and Denk mann Company was $500,000 insur ance $400,000. BROOKLYN BRIDGE REOPENED. New York.-Brooklyn bridge was opened to general traffic Friday morn ing. A large force of workmen were kept going all through the night and at 6:30 o'clock the repairs to the last break were finished. A police order at once opened the bridge to cars, teams and foot passengers. Traffic was very light even through the rush hours of the morning for public con fidence has not yet been restored TUBULAR WELLS The MINNEAPOLIS TU-. BULAR WELL has been 1 put in all through the South s well as the North, and is the only well by which you* can obtain an inexharstible lew of water. For partio alars, prices, Ao., saply to HENRY CRABER, St. Franolsville, La. A. T. Gastrell, Hardware, Stoves, Wagp and Carriage Wood Work, Hous3 Furnishin - Goods, Rvp , Wood,' Mowilg Macine;, HaL Rakes, Sash, Blinds, Doors, Eto. Joseph Stern, -Dealer in GEIERAL MIRCIAHlDISE. Llivery Stable in Conneotisa With Store, 1 A supply of Horses and ~ules for sale. I Satisfaotion Guaranteed. SJOB. STERN, FOOT OF HILL. Jas. C. Magear], E C.....I. TCIER..... n' rFtSIl MEATS, HONEST Wi~llHTS r qlP rBcM. Trespass Notices Hanting of any kind on Greenwood plantation, likewise seining,is powstive ly prohibited under penalty of trespass. . Any permission heretofore granted is now revoked. No exceptions. Map. B. B. From and after this date all hunting of any kind on Ambrosia and Independ ence plantation is positively pro&ib ited under penalty of trespassing Any one found on these places without permission will be considered trespass ing, and prosecuted to the full extent Mas. E. H. BAIsow, The public is hereby warned against buying wood, posts or timber of any kind from tenants on Ogden and Oak ley plantation, Miss L. MaTsasws. Thp publio ib warned against buying fire wood, posts or timber from tenants on Rosedown, Texas and Hazlewood plantations. 'JAe. P. Bowmxa. From and after this date all hunting of any kind on my ples, Solitude and Swamp Tract is positively prohibited under penalty of trespass. Any one found on these places without permis dion will be c mnsidered trespassing and prosecuted to the full extent of the law. W. B. SYrrj. Prom and after this date, all bunt ing and fishing on the Cottage planta tion is positively prohibited under pen alty of trespassing. Any one found on this place without permitaion will be considered trespassing and prosecuted to the full extent of the lay. RBcHaD BnTLB. Hunting of all kinds, with dog or gun, on the Rosebank,. Pecan and In dian Mound plantations, is hereby prohibited under penalty of trespass. Persons found so engaged on any of these places will be prosecuted to the fall extent of the law. Mins. M. RmANxD. From and after this date all hunt ing of any kind on the Pecan Grove plantation is positively probibited un der penalty ef trespassing. Anyone found on this place ithout permission will be considered trespassing and prosecuted to the full extent of the law. R. M. Laia. From and after this date all hunt ing of any kind on the Greenwood plantation s positively prohibited nder penalty of trespassing. Anyone found on this pace withoutpermission will be considered treep asing and prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Misa 3. A. VA. wmas. T. J. HENDERSON,. Watchmaker .... -and Jeweler. Gold and Silver Solderinag specialty. Work guar : teed Opposite postoflae* ur, ~uaor~n llk ~sruur~ · ~:I 6,. IRNCISVILS5 L@ISLUI ~': o£4,