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Spe~ial Agents, ShreveDort, La.
It ý! m4AE1
of tilmbered land, principally
31 .qOpis, on t'vpresa tayoun. two
- IKh"ille, La.
upland, well improved: tR.e
((six roomsl), kitcher. servant'.'
MI lewSgee~ houses: god l bar
o bouse: 1 or $00 acres under
as lest stcxk :farm in t he Stale.
northwest from Si.roveport.
with dweliag and storehouse;
.port. La.
dwelliar alid swessary
acres tlatlbro hailf al!e from
lot 10, Alkedale, with im
.st. acrem the street. from
mineral wAl of Col. J. J.
thina tour ands hall lots on
Isteed.
seus and two lot. on Caddo
lot on ('rocket Street.
lot smd a hbal on Williamson
half or house and lot oa
, between ' msa and Mi
half of lot on Beauregard
ihal of two houses and I hrel
street.
others at prices and on
times, for whlch apply
R. T. (OLO.
street. Skeveport. LA.
als buy your property or
m it.
IlBral School,
S October 2, z893.
ME ADWITTZeD.
LAST BESSION, 293.
Stwelve instructors. Un
ý yand healthfulness
. ghabnese of instruc
aM DlIijliu.
holder to first grade
it without examina
ON FREE.
noed not exceed S110
catalogue, address
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I 8. H. HICKS. 8
DOCTOR of MEDICINE.
()me at L. It. ('arter' )nrug Store.
Reaidence at Judge A. W. O. lic'ks
Telephone uonnlleetionl .
FOR RENT.
A large elevena- room House
near corner of Louisiana and
'Travis Street, known as the
Ptlelps house. Has under
r ,ound cistern and water i
works. Just the place for a
boarding house. APPly at '
DOWNS & CO.'S
Marble Works.
Trurk Fn at Oudri
FOR SALE. t
A RARE BARGAIN IN THIS
I have for sale one of the most desird
ble places for truck farming and fruit
arowittg in North Louisiana. It is situa
ted one-bali mile below Sbrrveport, on t
Red river, in Dossierparish, about thirty
five acres of land. dwe lin, harn, tool
room and pigeon lo!; abhout twenty-fiven~
acres in orchard, colprising S5 peach
r trees, two-thirds just ome into bearing: a
400 tips, 0 Iwars, besides apple. apri
cots, cherries, plume.. peeans aid' grapes
In smaller quantities. The very ii
best of lands adjacei.t. if pur
chaser shaad want to cultivate addi
stonal lands in cotton, f.'r rent. The a
place is admirab:y situated for truckinr.
which, run in conanetion with a senall
canning and preservini establabmeut i
on the place. will yield handsome rr
turns from now (n. To anyone with the
health and energy to attend to it. this as
an opportunity not met with often.
The place is owned by Mr. F. A. Daught- n
ryand must bhe sold on account of his cons
tinned ill healthb o recuperate which he I
Is warned by his phys ician that he must
leave. For this reason I will sell this val
nable Wl(ceof rolt for the fi
SACRIFICIAL PRICE OF $3,500, h
On the exlremu-ly easy trms of 1,.50 14l
cashand thebe a iutae In one and two
years ailh vendors lien, retained and
notes bearing 8 per cent per annum from b
dat. . The title to Ihis property is
perfecetb and evond dispute. Call and a
ee me early for the bargaiio.
C. D HICKS. ti
'K. Milsm ktteet. 8hrevepo t, La. b
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Get ur pi ices for job work.
World's Fair Excersions.
On July J1th and 81st and August b
7th, via the Texas and Pacific Rail- O
way, tickets to Chicago ant! ro'.urn 0
will be sold at all stations on d'ttrs
above named at rate of one farm fur
the round trip, tickets sold on July
24th will be good to retorn only on
trains scheduled to leave Chicago on
July 28th and August 4th. Tickets w
sold July $sis will be g-od to reaurn
only on trains scheduled to leave i
Chicago Augustth and 11th. Tick
ets d August h will be good for r
trn only on trains sabedald to a
leave Chisgo ,August 11th and 18th
3sa will din lusin am
Louis Limited" plasm !ins- a
ian s i St. Louis in the mdranng, k
tbsn a few hous' ride be
t 0 I Louis to Chionegoin the day
*imb Per felr ask any
it Mal ot Tesas ad Paise U
I 'Phd ACVt, W. R k
Tas. Pass AsS Dalls, 4
* X WORS.PS FAIR.
The COatt Belt Ratlway wil ll Ma
ItlS mt toC ! saI! d vat mI n me
At ti 1Ms aRr, s a tt at
db do 41
WELL WORTH READING.
SAother Phal.. ouf the Money Stringency
and It. Probable (au.es.
Itol The Progre..]
It is with profound deference to
you and your readers that I present
h some ideas on the question that is
wracking the public mind.
One of the greatest thinkers has
truly said that while the average man
is confident that he krows all there
is alout money, yet the question pre
pents mysteries that puzzle the wisest
statesmen, financiers and philoso
phers.
Your friend J. A. T.. of RIobeline,
some two weeks since gave you an
T able and admirable article on the
question of money, and founded si
lit is on sound reasons no one carn
question it, and yet that article is
misleading. because the author seem
ed to think that he knew and had said
all that could be said on the question
of money, when in fact he only treat
l ed money as an exchange ,of values.
when that is the mo.t simple aspect
of the question and doeis ot reach
further than the remote pursunits of
the uses, the properties and pow-rs
of money: andI he who knows noth
ing more of money than an e-
changer of values knows but little of
the portentious import involved in
- the question.
But it is money as a producer of
values: money as a conservator and
protector of values-and money as a
" distributor of values-that prevents
1 its grandest and most munificent
: powers. And as good and evil are
- interwoven in the web and woof of
r all things human.
t So money as a distributor of val
ues and money as a destroyer of val
ues are of the most dangerous pow
ers, and are menaces and threats to
liberties and well being of the people.
It is the business of both the pres
ident with his cabinet and Congress
to keep money in its legitimate chan
nels and is equally their duty to pro
tect the people from the unscrupu
lone gamblers who prostitute money 4
to the corruption of these gamblers,
Sho defy all honesty, and disturb the I
values of produce, and to throttle
those gigantic trusts and monopolies, 1
whose overpowering use of money I
buys their power to destroy the val- 1
ues of every one that stands in their t
way.
Money is like the most volatile and t
insidious liquid, and like blood flows' a
to every molecule of the public body. f
and as water is subject to all the a
known laws of hydranlic., so money
is more uncertain in its po.vers. I
As a producer of values it gives
life and vitality to agriculture, to n
manufactures, to mining, fisheries,
lumbering, in thousands of ways. It
is the ajax titmouse of civilization, re
finement, and happy contented
homes so long as it is confined to its
legitimate powers and uses.
And min legitimate commerce and
banking it becomes the conservator
and distributor of values.
But when it falls into the hands of t
those Arabs of commc rce, the gam
blers in futures, over the careass of
the produce made by the toil and
sweat of labor money becomes a dis
tnrb r of values, and when in the
hands of combined millionaires in
corporated into trusts with the power
of eorruption of the government .t
-elf azs the :..:: to cru'h every in- I
tereast in corruption, moaey bxcomes ti
the arch destroyer of values. b
Now with all the boasted knowl- u
edge of science and hydraulics, the y
wisest blander and show their ignor- i
ance-how are they expected to be tl
infallable t) money? C
Take one instance, tresh in memo- h
ry, wise statesmen, grave scientific al
engineer, made a tour of inspection a
of our levees from the Arkansas line u
dewn, andthese maen after a· a
scienita ifiPcedo prnnsedpeo t
leree seese ad old e in an daa- 1
gr, but thease wise m were seamly t
at home diOCest, bore these levees t
w swept Sa;s the mighty river of
liquid water be dedam to all their I
knowmn lawm sof hydalle ad mil- a
1.am popsty swept away.
Andl lo whm thelast sing
estisthe bha. ena es. told U1
r t the smll i" e er the d
im was smm , sd we were em
the se, es t peasuih. b
3I~ah n nd.mfalltheir ldam.
with panics; hundreds of manufac
turing companies and mines closed:
every bank inaccessible to any accom
modation; confidence shaken as by
an earthquake and over one hundred
thousand soldiers added to the grand
army of paupers and want!
And what are the reasons given byv
these wise statesmen for this appall
ing distress?
They advance no reason that is in
any way logical or satisfactory.
The wise men who inspected our
levees can only say in the language!
of Artemus Ward that the river slop
ped under and the levee slopped over;
,'equally wise are the reasons given by ,
our able statesmen as to the causes of
our financial distress.
They say it is all owing to an idiotic
and criminal want of confidence in
the depositors.
But the result of the suspensions
and inability to pay shows that the
want of confidence is neither idiotic
nor criminal, and that want of confi
dence seizes or the banks themselves
and so deep is the panic that not one
dollar can be had on the best security.
But throw aside these flimsy shams
and tell why this want of confidence.
Wadl street, importing prince mer
chants and European rings of trade
venture on another sham, and that is
that the Sherman act is the PandlJ
ra's box of all our woes; and this is
laughable did it not serve as a blind
to delude the people; for no man can
understand why the enforcement of
the coinage of four millions of good
legal tender money per month can by
any possibility add to the stringency
of the money market; in fact the ef
fect is directly to the contrary.
Ah!
"Are ye -o blind ye cannot sŽee
The omens in the sky'
A: rve so deaf ve caernt heatr
The tramp of foemen nighi?"
The war is on! Revolution is at
the door. Europe dictates, the prince
importing merchants, the bankers
join in the howl that is intended to
force the single gold standard and
debase and demonetize silver and i
make it bullion to be bought np by
the government or any other huck
ster, for what it will bring in gold, ,
and this crusade of dishonor to the I
government is joined by all the mil- t
lionaire princes and by the adminis- 1
tration and its party.
The first blow is to be struck by an
unconditional repeal of the Sherman
act: and the pill is sugar-coated by c
flimsy practices that when convenient
silver will be put on a better basis!
It is now well settled that the party \
lines are drawn ,the lash is hissing i
in the air, and while not a prophet g
nor the son of a prophet, yet we will
see every representative from the a
cotton States vote for the repeal of c
the Sherman act as the entering h
wedge to force the single gold stand- t
ard and to debase the silver dollar to l:
the finctuating price of bullion.
Tais article has grown beyond m3
intention, and I close, and in a future
article I will give the reasons why
the cotton States will heartily join in
th's crusade against the best curreney
the world has ever seen.
ITUCmAL. .
[Commuicated.
LOUISIANA CHAUTAUQUA. g
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Successful Session Just Closed. T
It is generally agreed that the five vi
weeks' session of the Louisiana Chan- d
tanqua, recently held at Roston, has C
been a brilliant snuccess. Had the s
wrk received a temporary check this e
year, it would not have been surpris
ing, when we take into consideration ft
the money strihgency, and the great w
Columbian Fair which has drawn S1
hundreds from the State, who, in part 3.
at least, would have helped to swell ve
the audience at Chantauqua to an- So
usually large numbe. 'tb attend- P
ame was ezeellent, notwithstanding pl
thse insurmueontaNble obstcles; and p
thewastes i thisgreat nivesity far G
the peg i for that is what the Oha- es
tauqs ieitilem is. have ad. their T
aseond seinom a mumble am. B
EdRsairs andd scholars wee thele
lamdlnt of their lowem -w-ith em I
attunaed tothe mumsdof pure, eleet
English, md mind.. eatnmly on la
the w btowm of thought, they g
did nets eito s a a d ateties.
Thene were haming "Bound',al
Me Te-.' medde qmm8 whisk is
- ist jurists. The participants in this
I: brilliant discussion. Mrs. W. H Good
a- ale, Hou. W. H. (;i odale. Hon. D. 31M.
y Sholars, Prof. G. W. Thigpen. Prof.
i Henry E. Chambers. Miss Mamie
I Graham and Mrs. M. H. Williams.
must have felt a nleasure "'akin to
y that stern joy the warrior feels, at
l- foeman worthy of his steel." as they
sketched the personality and works!
n of many of the most prominent an
thors and journalists in the State.
r Judge G(nby's proposition to col
e lect, and fQrm into a library, the com
plete works of Louisiana authors' was
cordially recwived, and a committee
y composed of Mrs. W. H. Goodale.
Miss Mamie Graham. Mrs. M. H.
Williams, Prof. H. E. Chambers ap
c pointed to act in the matter. The
a committee will also undertake the
work of developing a tine reference
s library, which will be located ins the
e auditorium and become the property
c of the association.
STie closing day was particularly
s attr:active; as, according to announce
e mn-nt. a ?onference of Chautauiia
readers had been called.
1; Spoils were brought from the l4au
. tiful grove to adorn the great temple
- -f learning, whose pillars and arches
t' were gracefully twined with festoons
s of uin,'cadine and grape, heavy with
- shapely clusters of fruit. The grape
, and oak ornamentation of the temple'
d was truly Grecian in effect; ia spirit
n and in truth, it was better than the
if marble columns of Ancient Greece
d twined with vines from classic Hym
' uttas, for Christain youths and maid
Y ens brought spicy boughs from the
"'good)l greenwood," and from the
goullen censers of their beats rose
the sweet incense of devotion to a
great cause.
Chautauqua readers, composed
of ladies and gentlemen, young and
old, occupied seats immediately fac
wt ug the platform.
C The exercises were opened with an
s invocation by Hon. W. H. Goodale
0 of Baton uouge, followed by a bril
liant piano solo by Miss Olive Stand
ifer. one of Ruston's most charming
Y girls and accomplished musicians.
After this, responsive readings asI
arranged by the National Chautauqua
were carried out by the class and
their leader, Prof. Henry E. Cham
t
Then came Prof. Chambers' achol
arly and beautiful address on "Greekl
k Civilization," at the close of which a
certificates were awarded to the te
who had been in regular attendance p
at the classes, and a diploma to Miss (i
Virginia Sweat, of Arcadia, for hay- *
ing completed the four years C. L.
S. C.
"God be with you 'till ,we meet
again" was then sung softly by the :p
class, and eyes dewy with tears told
how strong was the tie that bound a
together these earnest friends and co- h
laborers. A
During the entire five weeks' ses- 1
sion everything was done w:th so lit
tle friction or disorder, that there isR
danger of forgetting that the task oft
arranging for the work was really a k
vezy formidable .one, and could not g
have been secomplished without ex- t
cellent management. lu
For the success of the meetings. I,
great credit is due to the local exec.-- j
tire boar,, composed of Messrs. B. F.'
Thompson, M. S. Standifer, 8. P. Col-
vin, W. F. Ashley and Allen Barks
dale, and especially to Prof. Henry E. "
Chambers, of Now Orleans, general ti
manager, whose devotion, etergy and tl
courtesy never failed.
Prominent educators and scholars o,
freely gave their aid, foremost among JI
whom were CoL T. D. Boyd, presidect di
8tate Normal and his able tfaealty;CoL B
J. W. Nicholson, president State Uni
versity; Dr. Brandt Dixo~a, president a
Sophie Neweoomb Memyial Collage; i
Prof. C. E Byrd, principal Shreve- o'
port High School; Prot. G. W. Thig
pen, Keachi Collge; Hon. W.& H
Goodale, Stare Univedity; Prot Al- I
ce Fortier, and ProL. H. Dillad, p
Talane Undversit; Miss Clara (. w
Beer, Sophie Newomsbb; Miss Marion a
Brown, New Orlsans public sehoolb, t
JudgeA. A. any and Bon. D.K Ml.
Shelars, Meon; Mrs M. H. Wil
lias, Shurevanpo, beei a bilwla i
a5sy c other emeast uomhn L
Mis r3am , Kel ot New Orat
lam, whOen usptation aa aplg,
Cis oft em t m esOtubase a :c
a...n.a 1...a -h nu v
pions poured out their trt.-nre of
talents at Chantauqua's shrine. built
by loving hands in the beauti!n h ill'
country of Lincoln parish.
TE: f NEh,
-
.\s an aftcr-dillnnr pill. to -t.lr, rthe
tihe -tolmaeh. assist hdig.stiion. aln ar
t''t any hilious tmend en ie ..\y,r 'ii
art consider.d the s.-t. IB ii ,:gur
,i'oatcd. they a ar as agree.ahl.. r; -sn
confection. and nmuay he tak.nl hx th.
In1 -t d.1 licate.
TumIble.h It I'rk.
\\ hayv alway. mainaind lthat thIl
extraordinary rise that ,,a:n'rr.;l in hop
r11ou)t.ts la.t lI'eruary anld IMai i w -a
a (tmlliinatin oif i.uk pakt.rs a t', (f5
i'ratot for the llurls.. of secuillaltiol.
Thi. ha. hei n tlirouillly v .rili, d i, the
failir, f till. tilh.re, art-e ! rki 'r tirmw.
lihat !lr. (ldahav had il in front of hlins
I. l did Inot hail the hildn..- t m
uit himln.If a:a. i t:. ..! th ek
• i -! i -, : o t. .' .,. ': ..t . t; tou
theo. , iark- anl -aui . \L." l, h e. -
stmmi n n-trll i.!ltal n1 l, a il~jC i ti,. er
e-.'lc ue of lif, E it llof reach of tlh. a t.
,... Thes hadl 'ecoled wvilslll narol
in.i what til fliltr.- had in ~tr,. of
what the tiiinte would dhechl.pl. ulot ot
Sith.' 'iet ealm iui' y mthlt ,.t E...ie i w\r -
.- a1 a nd i . 1i. i g, in ii::g e .r thing.
into loWi(her. g.,oll i. '.inlgiii. The tithln
cial -train ha heiin tnhre !h. \cotl. en
dure. an I on Augu.t 1 when the pro
vi-ion pi! %a- u. p.ned at C)1ui(
go a w i! .I te nlo o.,'i'*uld wh* n
thIe (. retars altnnotnt._ul that the
lirmnt. of .1. (. Stvn & (b..
E. WV. Baily & ('0.. and A. C'. hlieu
house were unable to mlet the . ,on
tracts. and awlvising those who hadl
trades with the. to close out ai soon a
posible. SeiteCutlrtr tas pork had
clsed at .$1l, it I ,gan to drop and vent.
as low as $101. a loss of $!1 per barrel
A wild -e..c occur'red at this time..
Men became hoarse with houting. in
thir eagerness to protect thenselv;er.
When operators saw that it had vs;ikt-_
ed a price that was right, the tn-rtt
Bettled down and closedat $*1.7..
Lard and othe:' 1:'tieks ar wdund to
Ibe in sympathy. any W must congrat
ulate the country tha* tbaese greedy
speculators have been fo ia iut,. al
all that cify of the foreign de "FA-d.al
everothery othexcuse that has been. t'
to justify them was a base fabricl"
It is saia these firms were long on pe
over .400,(100. This will knock a tie-'
mendous hole in profits. Well. whl isl
a caring.
LATER-On Friday. August 4, meal,
pork closed in the Chicago market at
i_2 540 for Augu:.t; $12 T.7 7 *ptenmber
$12 90, October.
Died.
MAAS-At the residence of hisisfter6.
in Algiers. La., Sunday evening, Jul
30, 193, George Maas, aged 52 years.
He has been for many years a citilsm
of Shreveport. Having been in bad
health for some time he went down to
Algiers, accompanied by his wife anI
little daughter. thinking he might be
benefited, but the fell destroyer ba
marked him for his own, and in tha
prime of manhood he was called bomes
O:eorge Maas. as he was familiary,
known, for he was a kind and gneAlbb
gentleman, possessing those sterUh
traits of character which go no mia
up a good citizen and a kind neigblbout,
will be missed with deep regret bar
thce. who knew him best. He was I
acti'e memb r of the R.ed Men. A. ( t.
U. W. and Woodmen.
fIc was buried at 4:30 Tuesday evem-
i.g by' the ordlers of which he was a
c:.:r.:'ed member. Our sincere symnp
thy is extended to his family in Uthie
their ngreat affliction.
BUCKELEW-At the family residetzcr
on Donovan street. at 1:30 a.m. Monday,
July 31, 1%3, Lucille Lid, infa
daughter of Newton W. and t gag
Buekelew, aged 10 months and I day.
'Tis hardt e to see the rosebud lie
away and pass from our er and kc
ing that has o intertwined itself with
our heart's affections. But an sgul
came and bore this sweet little eml
away from the cares and lllsofthisli,
How hard it Is for us .to realize that i
is best, but we must submit to tha .t
pensatlons of Him who doeth all thias
well. In yonder skies you have atsl
nre that will ever direct your thlough a
to reunion when called to lave i, i
life to try the realities of the -e 8* .
come. Like lade if grea we rl'map
in the morning and In the evenilng Mt
cut down. Grieve not for west 1i -
Lucille. In her innocence sad
she wss taken away to Him whoq ,
"suffer little children to eam e
We h-i-dramk deep a .t.
es derbein am
