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A CANDID ADMISSION. Another prosperity straw is found in the earnings of the New York Central Railway for Septem ber, which exceed those for any month in the history of the road. The shipments of grain from Buffalo were double those of Sep tember, 1886. The greatest in crease was in the freight traffic, wh;~h was the heaviest ever known, both east and west. Most of the east bound freight was for export. Most of the west bound ( cargoes were first class freight that is, merchandise from the warehouses and factories of the Eastern States to the merchants of the west, which indicates a great improvement in trade. - Lake Charles Tribune. Ah, what glorious news this is. How the great, loving hearts of our Americans will rejoice to know that this financially distressed rail road, the New York Central, owned by the impoverished toiler and commoner, Cornelius Vanderbilt, is at last receiving some of the benefits of this stupendous finan cial wave that is sweeping this country with its prosperous infl ence. Brother! this is the most candid aimission we have heard a Re publican make in a long time. We have all along believed that the Republican party was the party of the plutocrat, labored for the wealty classes, thought for the opulent and legislated for the bondholder and corporations, but this is the first time, that we can now recall, that we have ever heard a member of it admit the fact and thus publish it. It begins to look like the Demo cratic State Central Committee would be forced to name the thirty-six delegates-at-large to the Constitutional Convention. As the time is very short possibly this would be the best plan. About our only objection to this plan is that it smacks too much of boss ism.-Florida Parishes. Not so, Brother Cook! If there be but one week, or less, even, let the people speak. In fact, Brother Cook, if your administation organs love the Democratic party as you claim to love it, you will do well to cease such suggestions and talk more of the people's voice and the people's choice. Democracy means the rule of the people, not a few me -. Aside from the cost to the gen eral government, we wonder if it will be known how much Dr. Guiteras cost Mississippi, Louis iana and Texas ? What good has he done? Has anything but Y-. panics, quarantines and business depression followed in his wake ? From the present sttuation THa PRooREss believes it wishes that our people had never heard of this expert scare crow. The tax rolls of the town of ' Welsh show an increase of $17,000 .over the ainsesment of last year. THE CSR LINE t e TO eST.IL.OUIS iEMPillS >. WuW AMET anueMS R ?f I rem S-s NORW. FAST SOKTNiEAST i :Le, LOUISVILLE el li inerS _ _a i - Dures.a F igres. F r on is iaclable, a:id there is RE no source equal to that of a reliable newspaper. a ios Ti mesa-e nocrat. per history, attested by its prestige and popularity and indorsed by the LARG ESTI S $2number of readers in the South. 0 Sample copies RWEE. THE TIMES- DEMOCRAT, I fllNEW ORLEAa\S, LA.r 7 "p,*"UbseinMa aofd@ aJlaLVd "do w st OOM4ONS'V'O T-es 3m t or aiaJ u s ad b its iu Soueyth. o isSample copits gRE. 18 Whe ooon omyus. ot e- a4ul Gem S ast a t he mg MI **Iano a~~f~ ~r porat a 4,4. m O 01J1 W. A. PLEASAITS HARDW ARE GO Li mited. i i Houston, Stanwood & Gamble engines and boilers, Pratt gins, Thomas cotton Presses & elevators, Straub corn mills, Walter A. Wood and Emerson & Stanwood mowers and hay rakes, Brinley, Avery a'r Kelley plows, Avery and Planet Jr. cultivators Timkins ceiebrated side spring buggies. Waskegon barb wire, stoves tinware etc. etc. cte. .egjF'5 PLEASANTS LHARDWARE CO. LIITrrED. I WM. ENDERS. HsE.NIRY ENDERS. WILLIC ENDERS & SON Wholesale and Retail Dealers In Furniture, - Mattresses, - Window - Shades WALL PAPER, ETC. 120 Texas Stteet, Shreveport. We carry the Largest stock of General Itoe.whold Furniture in the Stats outside of New Orleans. Our facilities enable us to sell better goods for les money than any house in Shreveport. We only buy in car load lots Ou Oak Bed Room Suits cannot be beat for price and quality. Our stock o Reed and Rattan Goods are very complete and prices very low. We wan everyone in need of goods fn our line to call and price ours before buying. We will save you money. '- --$'y lly, .A. ENDERS & SON. ecialty of Glazed Sash, " 'r : (} IC: r` ) p GOLDSTEIN, MABRY & CO., LLIMITED.: holesile Grocon ug Cotton hictn, -&"-123 and 125 Texas Street. We keep constantly on hand CABBAGE, ONIONS d-.-POTATOES, KROUT, APPLES, LEMONS. Also Dried and Evaporated Fruits and Raisins. Cigars and Tobaccos. ,Spices a specia Ity AZORN The Old Reliable MIFRCHANTTAILOR 208 Milam Street. f .