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LAKE CHARLES, CALCASIEU PARISH, LA., SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 1897.
HO. 41.
THEY HAVE COME
'Sr «r *ir w *r nr £r *k *<r m *ir *ir ho *ir " s •
TEAS!
ir stock of Teas is the finest selection in the city. We deal ex
clusively in tills line with one of the liest TEA importing
houses in the East, and with their long experi
ence in that line they can give their
patrons positive assurance
of First-Class Goods.
It To tbe Lover* of t Good Cop of TEA. we take pleasnre i
guaranteeing satisfaction.
[ery Finest Cncolored .Japan, Exti*a Choice Moyun Gunjiowder,
Very Fine Inijicrial, Foochow Finest Oolong,
Best Grud('s Black.
fur Prices are Bight, and we can make a blend of any of the above
for our customers wit bout extra charge.
:: Samples : Submitted : Free. ::
A. STUBBS, Cash Grocer.
;'Aqd tigere are ot^er shirts
t the only \i\an wlqo iqakes
the lav
Sarsaparilla.'
We ma!
I jSj.ii i ug Me
I
I
"That Purifies the Blood."
w bake Charles Drug Store.
7'ri.rd Our Mlmr Lruf 1 m rd and (Sold Leal Ilnur ?
Elstner A Kretz,
INSURANCE
AGENTS and
You
VrJJuudl^
the Best Goods*.
LAKE CHARLES, LA. ««. .-»« i «.
Ur Be present the Best Companies !
j|c
ÜRRIAGE
"There a-e other pebbles on the bea.
^.INSTANCE;
JwlHaraaparilla which we iruaraulee to meet with general favor as
LAKE ÖITY
AND : BLACKSMITH
Borner Cole and Dis Street*,
WORKS,
Lake Charles, Louisiana.
MaclWsi's Fominos ot all Kinds,
Boiler and Hheet-Iroii Work a Specialty.
Seperatora and Engine* Repaired.
ALL WORK GUARANTEED.
lohn Caldwell,
nay *. is*.-«.)
Proprietor.
Advertise in this Paper!
Cagney 4 Christman,
• ™ * m ALEKS IN
1 omettu id imported
|: Wines, : Liquors : and : Cigars. :
Reiireod Anw, Laks Chari**, D._
*GEM* s, p. ;R. R. Passenger Depot
ISA LOON, DAVIS, : : Proprietor
I* WmeöTuquom änd^ßigars. $
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THO& N COSTELLO, Agent,
I Ice-Cold Keg Beer,*» wtmSSSSSvmm.
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Year liteallea, Please!
For the remainder of the pres
ent month we will sacrifice our
large and endless stock. It is
money we want and stock that
we dou't want. Our stock, at
I present, is very large, and in
0 |.j er t O make room for our com
ing fall aud winter invoicea we
are compelled to make tliia sacri
fice. Our stock we wish to dis
pose of is a necessity in every
bouse in the parish, and is daily
used in ways too numerous to
mention. Tbe stock in question
is old newspapers, which we
propose to dispose of at the fol
lowing low prices for calb: 10c
per hundred, or.'i hundred for 25;
or 1000 for 50. Think of it !
Tk* Qruhst I umtij.
Mr It li. <ireeve, merchant, ofCbil
howie, Va., certifies that be had con
sumption, was given up to die, sought
alt medical treatment that money could
procure, tried ail cough remedies he
could bear of, but got no relief; apent
many nights sitting up in a chair; waa
induced to try Dr. King's New Dis
covery, and w'as cared by use of two
bottles. For past three years baa been
attending to business, and says Dr.
King's Near Discovery is tbe grandest
remedy «ver made, aa it baa done so
much for him and also others in bit
community. Dr. King's New Discovery
is guaranteed for Coughs, Colds and
consumption. It don't fail. Trial bottles
free at Kearney's Drug (Store. (2)
There is not a leading coon in
this town hot what think* ha is
going to land luto a soft and loera.
tive position, by tbe grsce of Me
Kiuley within the nest mouth or
two. Rome in the cnetoin house,
others iu the postal department.
Many must uecesserily be left ont
in the cold end these we advise to
at once seek employment iu bar
bershops or at shoo black Stande,
for tbe day of political influence
for them lies paeeed and so loug
as an educational test la required
the colored leader's occupation
will not be that of a ward rounder
or political roustabout. — Raton
liougs Truth.
Vigor I« «.metric- pimwn. * am*
i* purely vsgetsbte. set* by gtv
to tbs nervs eeatiws in tbs a
gently stimulate« the Livsr si
ney's, sn4si4* them organ* ii
ins off imparities in tbs blood.
Bitter* improve* tbs sppstlte^
According to tbo us wa papers
vary few portons wersly "die."
The boolcor "posses in bio shook*,"
tbo eoshior "goto I« bio loot no
sonnt," tbo mogwsmp "joins tbo
grsst majority," tbo noloon koop
or"aeeke MW opirit load," tbo pw>
bior "sbnflUs off," tbo oinblo mon
"kioko tM bnskst," tbo opirilooL
Ist «teile m "«free up tbogboot,"
tbo o s oooo to nt "gooo Iff Mo Im«
rookoning," tbo printer "joino tbo
boor only goiro," Md lb# editor
"goo# Mmm to rioém o pair ri
An April Shower.
A fair, balmy day in April,
In bright green are clothed the trees,
The young grass carpets the earth,
Softly hum the busy bees,
As they speed upon their quest
Ot golden drops of honey sweet;
Leaves are sprouting on the shrubs,
Violets peep forth under the feet.
Sweet anthems of thanksgiving
Swell the throats of songbirds;
In the meadows, broad and green,
Contentedly graze the herds;
Overhead is an azure sky.
The breath of wakened flowers
Fills the sir, as they emerge
From sleep through winter hours.
E'en the merry little brook
Laughs and gurgles with delight,
As it ripples o'er the pebbles,
Now in shadow, now in light.
Nature, in her springday garb,
Seems in her brightest mood,
With green earth for her footstool.
The blue sky for her hood.
But suddenly there's a change;
The sun shone a moment ago.
While now its face is covered
By swift hurrying clouds, and lo!
Dark lowers the smiling day,
Birds and bees disappear by magic;
Tbe stillness of the scene,
Just now so gay, seems tragic.
A low, rumbling sound of thunder,
A lurid lightning flash,
Streak* of fire in the heavens,
A heavy, jarring crash,
And louder peals the thunder,
Down in torrents pours the rain,
Flash after flash of lightning,
Then, all at once—'tia calm again.
Athwart tire bright'ning heavens
Is traced tbe rainbow sublime;
its vivid arch a symbol
Of lienificence divine.
Tlie storm has spent its fury,
'Twas but a springtime caprice;
Tbe dark clouds quickly scatter,
And the sun and sky release.
The birds peep shyly from their nests,
Then flit once more in the trees,
Hinging as tbe branches sway
To the soft, refreshing breeze.
The trees appear upon tbe scene,
And brighter seems each flower,
Greener is the grass and fresher,
For this sudden April shower.
REBA MOORE.
T.-D., New Orleans, April, KW.
Why is it that one man in old
and decrepid at 45, and another
hale and hearty at 801 It depends
on tbo care be takes of himself.
Often a man's body gets out of
repair—tbe trouble grows until it
laya hiiu ant in bed. Whenever a
man feela that he ia not as well as
he ought to be, whenever be ia
listleaa, without energy and with
out activity, whenever lie flnda
that be ia losing weight and that
bis ordiuary work gives him undoe
fatigue, be ueeds Dr. Pierce's
Golden Medieal Discovery. If.he
keeps on working with bis liver
inactive and bia blood impure—lie
keepa his nerves and Ida body
under a constant nervous strain.
He will not lie hearty when lie ia
old. Tbe "Golden Medical Dis
covery" enrea many so-called di
aeaaes because uearly all illness
springs from tbe same thing—bad
digestion and consequent impure
blood. Tbe "Discovery" makes
tbe appetite good, the digeation
strong, assimilation easy, and Hie
blood rich and pure.
RM'Tllelt.
Iiill Nye once said: "Do uot at
tempt to cheat au editor out of a
year's subscription to bis paper,
or any other earn. Cheat the min
ister, cheat anybody and every
body, but if you have auy reghrd
for future consequences, don't
fool tbe editor. You will bo put
up for offie# sometime, or want
some publie favor for yourself or
your friends, and when your luck
is a tbiug of beauty, a joy forever,
tbe editor will open on you, and
kooek your castles into a eoeked
bat at tbo flret fire, lie'll subdue
yon, nod then yea'll eussyonr stu
pidity for a driveling idiot, go biro
some msu to knock yon down and
kiek yon for foiling,''—Press and
Printer._ ^ , m _
Mm. A, in vena, maiding at 720
Henry RL, Alton, III,, suffered
witk aeiatia rbnnmntinm for over
sight months. Rbn doetored for
it ntnrly tbo whole of thin time,
a sing varions remedies reeom
mended by frlsnds^nd wan treated
by the pbysieians, bat received no
rolloL Rbn then need one nod a
ball bottles ofObamborialn'a Pain
Balm, whlufc oRseUd a oomploln
earn, This Is published at bar rs
gaaat, aa aka waala atkam aimb
lariy aMiotod ta knaw what *amd
kar, mafSaaRJtaaatriMafer
■ ky M, D. laaaty, A. Mnyor
Uko Ofcoriog Dra« Store,
to
of
of
A straage AaMttoa.
The Secretory of State. Hon.
•luo. T. Michel, a abort time since
received a letter from Taylor, tbe
hangman, reqneating that when
the Governor eigne warrants for
the execution of criminals in vari-
ons parishes that be wonld fix a
different dale for each, in order
to enable the writer to do a whole-
sale business. He says lie is an
adept and never bungled a job, al-
though he has sent many a poor
wretch into tbe presence of his
God. He aleo suggests that at
the next session of tbe Legisla-
ture a law be enacted providing
for an official State executioner,
and that be receive tbe appoint-
ment. This is a strange ambition,
and shows plainly to what depth
of brutality human nature can
sink. He ia e man of excellent
traits, so we are told, otherwise
than bis desire to make a email
amount of money ont of the death
of a human being. We do not
think the law should permit such
creatures to be employed, hut
should require the sheriff and bis
regular deputies to perform this
diaagreable duty. There is some-
thing so repulsive in having to do
with a hireling hangman that every
decent man shrinks from the con-
tact, while no odium attaches to
the performance of one's lawful
duties. A sheriff may exeente a
criminal without coiupuuction or
remorse, and public sentiment
wonld approve, ns it does in tbe
case of a military officer who com-
manda a firing detail at the execu-
tion of a soldier. It is the paid
ruffian who ia held in abhorrence,
and not the pnblie official.—II. R.
Truth.
------
Americans are the most inven
tive people on earth. To them
have been issued nearly (100,000
patents, or more than one-third of
all tbe patents issued in tbe world.
No discovery of modern years has
been of greater benefit to man
kind titan Ubamberlain's Colic,
Cholera and Dinrrbwa Remedy, or
baa done more to relieve pain and
suffering. J. W. Vougn, of Oak
ton, Ky., say a: "I have used
Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and
Diarrluea Remedy in uiy family
for several years, aud And it to be
tbe best medicine I ever used for
cramps in the stomach and bowels.
For sale by M. D. Kearney, Lake
Charles Drug Store and A. Meyer.
New Or ira as an* Inlerlsr Tewns.
If the people of any part of Lou
isians refuse to trade iit New Or
leans and carry their linsiness to
distant markets, they uinst have
some reason for it satisfactory to
them. There is either soma ques
tion of freight rates or of the
prices of merchandise that con
trois in these mailers, and, if they
are of any importance to the bus!
ness lueu of this city, they ought
to be investigated. If they are of
uo interest, that settles tbe hue!
ness. Rut tbe fact remains that
New Orleans, in a business way,
is getting a great deal of nnfavor
able criticieui at tbe haude of the
interior press of the state.—Pic
ayune
Two years ago II. J. Warren, a
druggist at Pleaaaut Brook, N. Y.,
bought a small supply of Cham,
bsrlaiu's Cough Remedy. He some
up the result as follow* : "At that
time the goods ware unknown in
this sectiou; to-day Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy ia a hqasehold
word." It ia tbn same in hundreds
of communities. Wherever the
good qualities cf Ohamberlgin'e
Cougb Remedy become known tbe
people will have nothing else. For
sale by M. D. Kearney, A, Meyer
and Lake Ch arles Drag Stor e
Tbs party lash ban no inngsr
any tsrrar for » gsnnino Amsrienn
eitissn in municipal elections.
Titers was a Unis wbsn it strong
pasty loader could crack kin whip
and bring arory onn of tbn party
up to the "foliar libs so mpny
horses an n c 'gob or n bi« trask.
Bat tkoss days ora passsd byi
man faks lbs papers, road end an
dorstond thorn and rot# assordlog
ta tfcgir own Judgment.—Clavs
tand Plsia Dealer, Data,
*
as 1
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a
READ
"A
Bartered
Life,"
By Marion Harald,
Soon to Begin ir\
THE COMMERCIAL.
IlMHIflRATION.
nans to PrssMte It—Aa Associallsa
fsr lbs Parpsse Fsrated at
Shreveport.
The Loniaiana Immigration As
sociation is a chartered institu
tion formed for llie purpose of
securing desirable immigrants to
this state. Tbe Association will
keep a book in which lists of lands
with their description and price
will be entered for tbe inspection
of such persons as may visit onr
state with the view of pnrebasing
lands for homes. The office at
Shreveport is in a suitable portion
of tbe city, close to all hotels and
depots.
The Association will also answer
all queetiona by intending borne
seekers who may correspond with
its officers. It will also advertise
Louisiana abroad, especially iu tbe
states of the northwest. Tbe As
sociation is simply an organised
effort to set forth the advantages
of Louisiana as a borne and to
bring together tbe land seeker
and land seller. It relies on the
patriotic public spirited citizens
sud land owners to take stock,
which is #5.00 per share. Its
charter provides that it shall pay
no dividends, hence all stockhold
ers understand that they are unit
ing in a collective capacity to de
velop the stats. The preseut is
tbs most snitable time for this
work as tbe completion of a great
trunk line railway to Shreveport
from tbe great grain producing
center, whose commercial empo
rium ieKansaeOity,briugsLoaiei
ans in olose touch with Nebraska,
Kansas and the great Northwest,
The Aseociation earnestly re
quests land owners, particularly
those having large bodies, to send
on their lists with postage for cor
respondence. There will be no
fee for entering tbe liste of lands
or corresponding relative thereto.
J. O. Moncure, President; J.
Henry Shepherd, Treasurer aud
Secretary pro tern.
Public OpiRlsa.
In his spseob for the Dinglsy
bill last week, Mr. Doliver of Iowa
•■sorted that the fermera of tbe
United Btateo are uot aolioitone
about tbe "fabled markets of tbe
world," but are lougiug to hoar
the uiueie of the faetory bell. Mr.
Doliver indulges bis passiou for
phrase-making at tbe expense of
bis common sense. The "fabled
markets of the world" took over
#100,000,000 wortli of onr produots
daring tbo calendar year 1807; and
American farmer* furnished two
tbirda of the exports.—Rochester
Herald, Dem.
Uueaay Hea the head that wears
Major MoKinloy'a bat. Tba Pres
idant, lo (hot, ia aaid to allow un
mistakable aigna of worriment.
And no woudarl He atood up wail
andar tbn atrain of tba campaign
and want through hla Inaugura
lion trial« with •••• and dignity,
bat now ho ia bavaaaod an nil
aidoa by aMoa-aaakara. Perbapa
if Major MoKinlay abould alart in
and haw to tba Una of doty, ra
gardlata af tba flight of kia oblpa,
ha woald aome out of hla troublas.
Ia auch eaaa it wan!« ba tba other
fallows who would do. tka worry
in«.—Philadelphia Rooord, Haw
VRiTirr otfiRiT
mi fetto
The Next Sogar Crop.,
Although tho high water hoe
for tba time being pat oat of mind
•very otbor consideration bat tbe
condition of tbe levees and tho
took of holding them against
every eontingsney, there ia no
overlooking the fset that from
present indications a large sogar
crop baa been planted, for every
thing so far baa combined to give
tbe crop an early atart.
An overflow would, of eeorae,
do irreparable injury to tbot por
tion of tbo auger belt which would
be affected, and as a very large
■eelioa is dependent upon the
etrengtb of the leveea, it seems
oat of place almoot to consider
tbe proapecto of a erop until tbe
danger Dorn overflow has passed.
One or more crevasses wonld
make a sad difference in tbe erop
prospects, bnt this eensiderstion
should only aerve to redouble tbe
vigilance in watching tho leveea
and not detract from o considera
tion of the fact that at tbe present
time the outlook for tbe sugar
crop of 1807 is very promising.
Tbe convietiou that tbe present
Congress will so revise the tariff
as to place a much higher duty on
sugar has greatly encouraged tbe
sugar interests, henee every effort
has been made to plant a full
acreage. Even abould tbe Din
gley bill fail to pass Anally in the
shape in which it came from the
House of Representatives, it is
certain that the sogar schedule
will not be materially changed aud
certainly not in so far aa the rate
of duty ou raw sugsra ia con
cerned.
With anything like a good crop
the next season is sure to be a
profitable one for tbe Louisiana
■ngar industry, as the tariff pro
tection will be much greater than
has been tbe case since, tbe en
actment of tbe McKinley bill in
1880. The planters have, there
fore, every incentive to guard
their leveea carefully and keep
their plantations from being flood
ed.—Picayune.
Sunday Schaala.
The 11th auuual convention of
tbe Louisiana State Sunday School
Association will be held at Monroe
on April 28, 29 aud 20.
There will be with us Mrs. W.
F. Crafts, of Washington, D. C.,
tbe president of the International
Primary Uniou, and Mr. C. D.
Meigs, of ludisuapolis, Iud., the
state superintendent of tbe In
diana Sunday aehool work.
Mrs. Craft needs no introduc
tion to any portion of this coun
try, Mr. Meiga is oue of tbe best
workers and speakers iu tbe laud
aud this is his flrst appearance
among tbe southern Sunday school
workers. Let us receive them
cordially, praying that our meet
ing uiay be a great bleasiug to all.
Onr aaaoelation is the only organi
zation that attempts to gather and
publiait tbe Snuday school atatia*
tics of all deneiuinatioua in Lou
isiana.
If tide association is to accom
plish the great work for the Mas
ter it was organized to aeeoinplieh
every state, pariah aud ward
nffieer, every uduiater aud every
Sunday aehool worker must do
hie beat to arouse the Cbriatiaua
to greater activity along Snuday
aehool liuea, Thia be can more
effectually and intelligently Uo ifdj^.
be haa tbe complete Sunday aoboil
statistics.
Therefore, we urge that ovary
Sunday School in the state send a
report to the Monroe eonvsntiou
and also lie represented by a
delegate. Eiitartainment will be
free. Come. Yoara aiuoeraly,
A. M. MAYO, Praa.
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The Philadelphia gtaldan who
is so modest that aha will v»t go
to bad wbila the Christian Obser
ver ia on her tabla, baa basa oat
dang by lbs baabfnl Boston mal
who deellaan to walk ab a
stoop hill beast«# It wakpa ger
breath earn# ia abort '
Comfort. How aboat ihe ^
9 m)9
girl wba wont erase a
bfotuat
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