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VOL. 16.
LIKE CHARLES. CALCASIEU PARISH, LA., SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 1897.
HO. 41.
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SOLE AGENT FOB THE MILLER HATS.
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LADIES ABE CORDIALLY INVITED TO EX
AMINE MY
FALL STOCK
OK PATTERN HATS AND BONNETS, AND NOV
ELTIES IN HIGH ART MILLINERY.
MISS
SCALLEY.
Bure You Tried Our Silver I au] l.urd und Hold leu/' Flour !
Elstner A Kretz,
INSURANCE
AGENTS ami
Mo.CT.cc.. LAKE CHAR LES, LA. lu,.« nc.
We Hoodie the Best Goods! He Represent Hie Best Companies!
'My-Partner' Saloon,
Keep« Only the Beat Wine«, Liquors and Cigare.
Best Free Lunch in Town-Everv Day.
Two Door* N'oi tli of Port Kyan Street, « »
Ice I old K«g Beer. PRÄMIE UPON WINKLER.
if. LAKE <3ITY if
CARRIAGE : AND : BLACKSMITH : WORKS,
Coruer Col« and lrii Ja»ke Charles, I»uisiana.
Machinist's Forolnos of all Kinds,
Boiler and Hiieet-Iroii Work a SjMicialty,
KejM'ratoPH and Engine* liepalpod.
ALL WORK GUARANTEED.
John Caldwell, Proprietor.
May i. urn.At.)
Advertise in this Paper 1
Cagney 4 Christman,
^ 0 DEALERS IN
§BMt*tic au i importa*
: Wine«, : Liquors : and : Cigars, ;
Baiiroed Area**, Lake Charte», Lm. _
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^ l^T/ FRANK DAVIS, : : Proprietor
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Now Tbat the Prise Fight la Over
Now that the priie fight is over,
And we know who's king of the sport,
Let's endeavor to turn our attention
To a few things of smaller import.
For instance, the trouble in Europe,
Where six nations buck against one,
I Is a thing that we've time to consider,
Now that the prize fight is done.
What's become of the famine in India?
It's been lost in theshufile somewhere,
In the heat of the public excitement
j O'er Jim and his red-head confrere.
For the ®* ct th,t * ,et paltry millions
Of people were starving outright,
Was, of course, secondary entirely
Compared to the pending prize fight.
How ® ,,nd# Oens. Gomez and Weyler
Have there been any battles of late ?
For we surely could not be expected,
As we dwelt on what Jim Corbett ate
For lunch, or were reading how often
Per day Bob Fitzimmons would smile,
T ÄrÄr^nr nt
, lias McKinley made any appointments?
Or as yet his intention declared
With regard toonrcourse in the future?
The government's action, compared
With the rumors from Fbaw's Springs
and Carson,
Was so unim|iortant, 1 swear
That we'd really forgotten our country
In the face of the Carson aflair.
—C. J. Colton, in Times-Democrat.
THE PAI E THAT KILLS.
Some thing for Business Noam to
Krad and f'oasidrr.
The pare that kills a business
woman is the work alte does at
borne.
Gootl, hard, faithful attention lo
business never killed any one,
man or woman. Worry, and the
"seeing to things" idea—these are
the two nail» in the business wo
man's coflin.
The "seeing to things" idea is
.distinctly feminine. No man ever
j had it. Every woman is born
j with it.
Men sit in a si reel car and watch
.the driver of a (ruck groan and
tug and try In get Ida wheels off
the track, and not a man will move
to help tbat driver, or even aigb
in sympathy. Every woman in the
car is edging and peering and
wiabing ehe dared go out on the
platform and "aee to that truck."
That's the thing that kills wo
men.
They try to carry the world on
their shoulders, and they don't
realize that the world is a great
deal belter off without their puny
strength under it.
Business womeu try lo do too
many kinds of things. They are,
most of them, "Jills of ell trades."
When a business msn gets up in
the moruing he takes bis hath,
goes into the dining room and eats
hie breakfast, kisses his family
goodbye and goes down town to
work, like a sensible man. The
business womau—do you know
ber f I do.
I'll teil what the business wo
mau does. She geta up early and
goes into the children'# room and
fuasea around for half an hour or
ao. If you aak her what abe is
doing alie'll say ahe'a "seeing to
things."
She hires s servant — and waita
upon her.
Nhe birea a dreaaiuaker — and
aita op nighia studying fashion
hooks for a new way to hare a
dreaa made.
She buya a hat—and takea it
home and teara it all to pieces and
makes it over again.
She dictates to the typewriter—
and then takes the "copy" and
eorraeta it beraelf. Ska worka
keraalf ill over «»inetbfng«she
een't do, and ought not to do, and
takea » rueful pleasure in f marty
red spell of illueaa.
Ske worries about other peo
ple's trouble*, aba frets over ether
people's skildroo, aba almost tekos
medicine for other people's Used
aubes, sod sbo pets ell bor friends
lute nervosa irritation trying to
"ao* to lb#*»,"
If tbe busfoos* woman is worth
ons-bsif bsr salary, abs pets »II
tbsss tbfogs set of bor mind et
tbo o **e.-V, V . World,
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Persons wbe are »abject (a
»Braks of bill»«» «»He trill be
pteeeed to boom (hot prompt re
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McKinley's Opportasilles.
Give the man a chance. McKin
ley, by grnco of Mark Hanna and a
republican majority, is President
of the United States.
After tbe tremolo aud blushes
that are a part of the preliminaries
Me. will probably get down to
work. We remarked be is Presi
dent of tbe United States, and by
referring to a geography our read
era will note tbat these limits are
way beyond White House and
other eights at Washington, D. C-,
outside of the limits of Wall street,
New York, and take in a consider
able territory. President McKin
ley, in remembering these facte,
bas opportunities to be a president
of a wonderful country with mani
fold opportunities to enhance its
grandeur.
If Mr. President McKinley will
regard this as "gospel truth" and
see to some other little details,
which we shall enumerate, lie will
be in every sense of expression
President of tbe United States.
Presuming that Preaident Me
Kinley appreciates the limits
tbe United States as being from!
Canada to the Rio Grande and j
from ocean to ocean, he will bear
in mind that the Parisian Bourse j
and Lombard street, London, are
not in his territory, lienee have no 1
advise to proffer him.
Rome is a little nearer—in Geor
gia—a staunch democratic town,
which will not annoy him except
for the poatmasterehip. We bpvc
no recollection of any other Roiho
under the stare and stripes that
Me. should give a thought about.
Now to publish an itinerary for
Bro. Me. to travel by: The ques
tion of immigration; well! Let
tbe crown-ridden, slavishly down
trodden— oftimes miserable speci
mens of hnuinnity—stay in their
own benighted lands, unless if
corniug hither they will discard
all tbat pertains to the hell spots
that seen their birth. Coming to
this land of oars they must aud
shall become of ue, sharing in our
joys and iu our sorrows—as patri
otic aud American aa we, native
born—not a jot more or leas. To
be equipped for these honors they
shall not lie illiterate nr, if illiter
ate, serve an apprenticeship of
years to qnalify themselves. Aa
for the scum and offal of the earth
that would come to this fair clime
to escape the hand of the law—
dump them in the sen miles from
land.
Education should also lie a ques
tion for Me. lo tiiNMln with. If we
are correct iu our view», il is a
constitutional prit liege of every
State and community to see to
tbe establishment of free public
schools and their siislenauce. Un
fortunately a few Americans (I)
who have sacrificed their birth
right for less than u mess of pot
age are using every effort to sup
press or limit the syalem of public
schools. Bro. Me. should look into
this matter, and if lie does we be
lieve he will put his foot down
herd.
Church and Stale may hot up
severely in the early flush of Ids
administration. We don't believe
Me. will wear a shamrock iu his
hat March 17, ao we will not dis
cuss this point at length; nor do
we believe tbat lie will overlook
tbe basic principle of Americanism
tbat every man lias a right to wor
abip according aa Ills conscience
dictates.—Tbe Visiting Friend.
Utagen if tbe (trip.
Tbe greatest danger from I«
Grippe is of its resulting in pneu-
monie. If reasonable ears is uaed,
bo waver, and Cbemberlain'aGongb
Remedy taken, all danger trill be
avoided. Among tbe tens of tbon-
sands who have need this remedy
tor (agrippe, ire bare yet to learn
of a single ease baring resulted in
poeamanls, wbi«b eltowe conclu-
ai rely tbat this remedy lea certain
preventive af tbat dread diese»».
It trill effect a permanent enre in
lass lima Ibaa aay atber treat'
étant. Tbe 3d and 09 sent eisaa
far sale by H. D. Kearney, Adalpb
Mayer end Lake Obarlae Pro#
-«w-a^m—
Tbe eoMstpsteoi la ever, bet J
», RlfataMea 6 Qo, «till eeeMeaa
$0 fjrfffl flu
beta/b re e d, pra t ra y , ,
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The Kts i at Manfactircfi.
It is true the manufadring tide
is turning this way, hut not with
tbat momentum that is desired.
Every cotton mill in tbe ooontry
should be in the south; all tbe
large sugar and rice mills should
be in this section ; iron foundries,
furniture shops, machine manuf
actories and cloth mills can find
conditions more favorable here
than in the north. In trntb, there
is not a line in tbe manufacturing
industriel in which conditions
here are not as favorable, and in
most instances more favorable,
then in other parte of tbe country.
The natural location for the cot
ton factory is near tbe cotton
field ; tbe place for the sugar re
finery is by the side of tbe large
cane plantations of the sooth ; the
proper place for tbe fnrnitnne
shops ia near the sontbern forests,
and tbe proper site for large iron
and atenl plants is at the month of
the iron and coal mines of Alaba
ma, Virginin, Tennessee and other
southern states. Not only are con
ofjditions most favorable for tbe
«noth otnetripping all other sec
j lions of the country in agricnltn
r »l pursuits, hut, also, in the man
j nfactnring of some things she can
snrpasa other parts of tbe conntry
1 and equal the world on all other
lines. Conditions here were
flattering to agricultural pursuits
that the majority of people bave
easily and naturally, either direct
ly or indirectly, depended upon
the products of the soil for
their profits. But the time has
coine for a change. We shoold
realize the strength of our section
and begin to take advantage of
nature's benefits which are scat
tered in rich profusion about ns.
Tbe plow tbat breaks southern
soil, the reaper that cats southern
grin, tbe wagon that hauls south
ern produce should he mannfac
tured under southern skies ; the
shoes that encases the southern
er's foot, the hat that covera Ids
bead, tbe raimeut tbat clothes Ids
body, the furnishings of Ids home,
should be turned ont of southern
factories. When oar people direct
their energlee into manufacturing
enterprise this will early become
the richest portion of this richest
of all countries.—Monroe News.
Or. Kiag'» N*w OiMsviry for Ooiissi|tioi.
This isphe best medicine in the world
for all forms of Coughs and Colda and
for Consumption. Every bottle is guar
anteed. H will cure and not disappoint.
It baa no equal for Whopping Cough,
Asthma, Hay Fever, Pneumonia, Bron
chitis, La Grippe, Cold in the Heed and
for Conaumptlon. It ia aafe for all ages,
pleasant to take, and, above all, a aure
cure. It ie always well to taka Dr.
Kina's New Life Pflis in connection with
Dr. King's New Discovery, ee they regu
late ana tone the stomach aud bowels.
Wa guarantee perfect eatiefaetion or re
turn money. Free trial bottlea et M. D.
Kearney's Drugstore. Regular sise fit1
cents e nd >1.011 __ _ (11)
Fickle Laver Tarerd llews.
B. K. Short, of Kenaae City, baa
learned that it does not pay to be
tickle in love. Mr. Hbort is city
clerk- and was a candidate before
tbe Republican primaries for tbe
Domination of mayor. But Mr.
Short bad a record, and hie record
took him down to defeat.
For twelve years be "kept com
pany" with Miss Nadia Parsons,
aud had been engaged to marry
her. They were to have wed last
fall. One day Miss Persona was
startled by a uotice in a Kanaaa
City paper that Mr. Short had
been married Ibe evening before
to Mra. Gray Foreaton, a divorcee.
It waa tbia tbat led to Mr. Short'a
undoing. Woman vola In Kanaaa
mnnioipal eleotiona, and at prime
riea aa wall, and when tbay heard
Miaa Parson»' story tbay declared
war against bla esndsey. Misa
Parsons' teacher friands ware es
pecially active. Every back in
town was engaged in bringing wo
men to tba polls to voto against
Short. When tbo ratnrna came in
a great about went np in hundreds
of boasebolds, for Short, tbo moo's
candidal«, was beaten, and tba jilt
ing of Mise Parson» wee ave nged.
RboMMllM ibkkly Cared.
After having bean oonined to
tbo bossa for oiovan days and pay
in# ont ISA, in doc tor bills without
aa eared
bsrlsin'«
«resets and
traabied with
Vitt a Tariff
< Silas W. Gardiner, of Boatman,
Gardiner ft Co., Laurel, Mias., and
member of tbo exeeutive com
mittee of the National Lumbar
Convention, makes the following
appeal to tbo manufacturera of the
South in tbo loot number of tbo
Lumber Trude Journal. He says
"I am in receipt of a latter from
the office of tbe oxeeativo com
mittee of tbe Nitiond Lumber
Convention iu Washington, D. C.,
saying that fonda for paying the
expenses of carrying on oar cam
paign of education are ronning
very low, and that very little
money ia coming in.
This state of affidre ia not »
creditable one to tbe manufac
turers of this country, and I wish
that every one would accept this
letter as ait appeal made to him
self personally.
"The committee is maintaining
an office in Washington, and do
ing an immense amount of work
in sending out thousands of let
ters, circulars and documenta to
every pari of the country showing
np tbe justice of our cause and
the reasons why lumber should
be placed on the dutiable list.
We ere not trying lo buy legisla
tion, and we are not hiring attor
neys or lobbyists to represent ua.
We are doing the work ourselves,
and doing it faithfully, conscien
tiously and as economically as
possible, but notwithstanding all
this the expenses are consider
able, and if paid by the few are ex
ceedingly onerous, but if shared
in by all would be inaiguificant.
"Appeals have been made, but
only a comparative few have sent
in contributions. If every manu
facturer would send to tbe finance
committee «1 for each 1,000,000
feet of hie capacity it would fur
nish all the money we need.
"Onr firm cuts 20,000,000 feet,
and we have contributed «50, be
sides paying expenses to Cincin
nati convention and other Itema,
amounting to about «50 more,
makiug a total of about «100 on a
out of 25,000,000 feet. This ie not
right, hut we pay it cheerfully, and
in doing ao only aak that others
will also pay their proportion of
expeoaes.
"Now, if ws who are located a
thousand miles from tbe field of
competition think it proper and
advisable to make auoli a contri
bution, how much more should
those who are situated uear tbe
border line feel it their duty to
asaiat iu the work and contribute
to tbe expense of doing it!
'Please also remember that tbe
members of tbe executive com
mittee are giving almost their en
tire time to this work, and are not
asking or receiving a dollar for
their servioes, aud you arc just aa
much interestod in the result of
their labor as they are, and just as
much to ba benefited.
"The committee is very hopeful
of scouring the duly iu tbe tariff
hill to ba pasted daring tbe oorn
ing special aeaaion of Oongreas,
but we are met by strong opposi
tion by Canadian influences end
by certaiu American lumbermen
who have lumber interests in
Canada. They are moving beaven
and eartb in their offerte to defeat
as, end to keep lumber on the
free list.
"Shall we allow them to do it,
by permitting our case to go by
default, or will yoa stand by ua to
tbe cud, and pay your share of
expense*f
"If you have already made a
oontribulioa, that amounts to leaa
than «1 per million feet of your
annual capacity, I would suggest
that you rornit enough more to
makt tba sum up to that amount.
"Muko nil remittances ta II.
Oley Tania, treasurer, Baltimore,
Md."
A VelwMt rvNwiftiM.
Editor Morrison of Worthington, Iml..
"Bun," writs» : "Yon have a valuable
prescription in Elsctrio Bitters, and I
can cheerfully recommend it for Con
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TCI BM MMWIITT WORK.
•rrdgteg Started *■ tbe 8Mp
' fbnuel frea tbe Pies to
Pert Arthur.
A few days ago tbe big dredge,
broogbt into the harbor to begin
work on tbe ship channel from tbo
Pane to Port Artbor steamed np
and started to eut through tbo
lake into the channel. About
noou to-day the right of way waa
reached, and now tbe dredging
will commence io earnest, aud will
be proseooted as rapidly as pos
sible.
Aa we bave previously elated,
the contract for this work wee
awarded to a responsible Arm,
which has every faeiHty at its com
mand for the prompt oxeentioa of
the agreement. It would, there
fore, seem tbat no reasonable or
fair-minded man can longer do»!
tbat this channel will be eonstract
ed. Indeed, there is every reraon
to believe that tbe work will bo
earried oat strictly in accordance
with tbe pledgee hereto made by
tbe company, Uotwithshanding
the doobts oceneionaly expressed'
in certain quarters.
A few days ago General Mana
ger F. S. Hammond, of the K. O.,
P. ft G. Railroad, waa interviewed
by the Shreveport Times io regard
to tbo proposed ship channel, ne
waa told tbat a portion of tbe pnb
lie press, as well as some individ
uals, had expressed a lack of faith
in the success of the proposition,
and of the ability of the Kanaaa
City, Pittsborg & Gulf railroad
company to carry out its promises.
Mr. Hammond replied :
"Yea," said Mr. Hammond, "we
have read all those things and
they amuse us very much. The
idea of not being able to dredge
out Sabine Lake, and accomplish
all we bave started in to do at
Port Arthur is simply ridiculous.
As if the Hollanders who have
put over «20.000,000 iuto this
great euterpriae at a time when
not another railroad work of any
importance was being prosecuted
any where in the world, and who
■tanda ready to put in aa much
more money as is needed, did not
know what they were doing!
These men were not aaleep when
they concluded to invest this vast
amount of money. They had, be
fore ever the road waa started,
maps aud anrveya of alt tbe coast,
and known now more of tbat
coaat and its peculiarities than
any Amerleau engineer ever learn
ed. You can tell those uneasy
people, who are beginning lo rea
iize the extent of the undertaking,
end that it ia going to be accom
plished, that they can possess their
aouls in patience. Tbe Kausas
City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad
Company is going to 'get there'
and accomplish all it started out
to do."
Tbe above brief atatemeut Bil
ly explains the situation.—Beau
mont Semi-Weekly Review.
Looaa clothes and downy ouah
ions bring only a uegativ* sort of
comfort to the woman who ia suf
fering with some disease of de
rangement of the oigaua distinctly
feminine. Some clothes and some
positions make tbe pain and the
discomfort aeem leaa. Perhaps the
nerves are moat affected and tbia
in turn disturbs the digestion.
Nothing will ever completely re
lieve bnt a radical onre. The start
of ao-oalled "female eomplaints"
may be a very slight thing indeed.
It may be tbat In (be beginning
some email bygieuio measures
would slop tbe treable. Certainly
at tbia time, a little bit of tb« right
modioine would stop It. Whon
tbo trouble becomes worse, it ie
barder to ouro, bat atill it ran bo
onrod. Dr. Pioroo'e Favoril* Pre
scription will positively onre any
trouble of tbl* obaraoter. It m«y
ba absolutely relied npon. It af
ford* lasting relief to a ««wan
whose nalaral modesty ba« kept
her from oonsnltiag a pbyilelaa.
Bend «I sente ia oue eent stamps
to World's Dispeneavy Medical
Aeseelalion, Baffblo, N, Y„ «ad
resolve Dr. Pierce's IM« page
"Commandera* Médirai Adviser,"
profanely lllailrateil.