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LAKE CHARLES, CALCASIEU PARISH, LA., SATURDAY, MAY 29, 1897.
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tiiky all want it.
3 Our Soda & Mineral Water!
Ilo(•«(ISP It iff something cxtrn. It ilrawn Hip rrnwil
IWaiisc It wan made for I ho crowd.................
It hat fa ha otiutoolly good to toit otorybody. But it tuiit!
('iiropole ( 7 )ream Soda
Is North Pole Weather mixed with flavors from the Tropics—just the
tempéraient and taste everybody wants on a hot day.
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vox rni i. A «ORnoN.
corner
Rvan iin.l l*uJo streets.
bale diaries Drug store.
Old Furniture!*
« Bought, Sold
Second
Hund«
Articles
Made Xew!
Paintiqg ar,o
Varnishing
Done on
Shoit Nolice
* ™ Repaired !
Mattresses Made and Sold. Clmp! A
See My Stock Ready for Sale ! Prices to Sait the Times !
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• LrLL/lJ, Agent, Knst of Calcasieu Hank, Luke chnrles.
Spring + Opening !
LADIES ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO EX
AMINE MY
NEW ♦ STOCK
OF PATTERN HATS AND BONNETS, AND NOV
ELTIES IN IIIOII ART MILLINERY.
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Karr You Tried Our Silver Leaf fard and Hold Leaf Flour ?
Elstner A Kretz,
INSURANCE
AGENTS and
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UMOST.UT. LAKE CHARLES, LA. «...«>« -is.
lit Handle the Best Goods! We Represent the Beat Companies!
Cagney ft Christman,
™ * DEALERS IN
■Domestic and |mpurtrd
: Wines, : Liquors : and : Cigars.:
Railroad Aven ue, Lake Charles, La.
|Tips^in^Ÿour^Favor.
JjJjJ If you want to . know all tigere is
worth knowing about the 3$C
[High Quality and
O^the Low Prices ?
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Men and Boys
|Qothing, Gents' Furnishing Goods, Hats, Etc.
_ BOLE AG ENT *F(W THE MILLER RATiL___^__
Advertise in this Paper!
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Wines, Liquors and Oigars. *
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PROFESSION A L CARDS.
Font & Fournei,
LAWYERS,
: LAKKCHABLKN, : : LOUISIANA.
Office: Rooms 1,2A.1,Rock llulldlng,iMlJoSt.
A. it. Mitchell. char. McCoy.
Mitchell & McCoy,
ATTOItNKYS AT LAW,
LAKE CHARLES. : : : LA
office In Court Mouse.
I'rompf Alfeptfon te nil IihInm«.
It. II. ODOM.
literary aid Counselor at Law
LARK CHARLES, LA.
W ILL practice In the Courts of Calcasieu
Vernon and Cameron parishes, the 8u
preme Court of the state, and the Federn
Courts at « ipelousas. [Jan. 2ft, 'oo.-tf
D. B. COBHAM.
Attorney an<l Counsellor nt Law
LARK CHARLES, LA.
W IM. practice In the parishes of Calcasieu
Cameron and Vernon, and In the su
premb and I). S. Courts at Opelousas.
I office— Calcasieu Bank Hulldtnit- I
I Booms,»and Ill-Second Story. I
(Judge) 8. D. READ,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Kaufman Block, : : Lake Chai les, La.
(PERIKNOW of twenty-live years at the
liar and on the District Bench.
. CLINK. «*- « CLINK.
CLINE A CIÎINE,
Attorneys at Law,
And Notary Public.
I.AKK CIIAHI.ES, LOUISIANA,
Iteea l'lioae M.
I. Meyer Building, t.'or. llyan A I'ujo sts.
. C. MCSI1AY, H. u.
0. P. MONDAY, M. D.
DRS. MUMMY A MUNOAY,
I irnct : Kearney's Building.
Hochs : 9 to II; a to 4.
I.AKK CIIARLK8, LOUISIANA.
A. H M41NM,*. II. !.. II. MOWN. M. ».
' Phone 125, 'Phone M.
At itesldence. At ilesldence.
DRS. MOSS & MOSS,
Old, Rum 7, 0 sicilien Buk BuiUitg,
I.AKK CIIARI.KS, LA.,
Pujo sreet Entrance. office 'Phone 7».
JAMES WARE,
PHYSICIAN AND BURGEON,
I.AKK CHARLES, LA.
O KK1CK on llroadstreet.hetween llyan and
lllllio streets. Residence, Plthon's Alley.
B. C. MILLS,
Lake Charles, La.
Crown and Bridge Work a Specially
••THE WATKINS ROUTE!"
KANSAS CITŸ7 WATKINS &
Gulf Railway ('<>.,
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ALEXANDRIA,
SHREVEPORT,
BATON ROUEE,
NEW ORLEANS,
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Trains for Alexandria lScal
points leave Lake Charles at 7:ao A. H.
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PRIVAT»
Ctletslei Hin.
We nre very glad to be able to
record some good showers last
week, and they have done a woner
fnl sight of good and rice is mak
ing s rapid growth.
Sowing rice still continues and
it will be some time yet before the
work is sll done, especially where
there is a chance to irrigate tbs
crop. The present outlook seems
promising for rice as well ns other
crops, anil many of the old settlers
nre looking for a wet season, and,
in the event of this being the case
a good yield of rice will he the
result, although the acreage Is
much below that of Inst year.
It seed rice could bave been
obtained at a reasonable rate, and
on time, there would have beeu a
large acreaged of rice planted by
this time. With an average yield
of rice mid good prices for the
product, farmers will get ont of
the present financial distress, and
this will stimulate new energy and
more industries will spring up,
and cane culture will receive more
attention—for the subject of cane
growing still receives attention—
and a large nnmber of farmers
wonld go into its cnlture again if
it could be made to pay like it did
a few years ago.
I And, by close inquiry, that
mach of the old cane stnhble froze
during the winter, nnd in some
Helds there is scarcely a -spear of
cane to be seen, lint the new plant
ing is looking flne nnd seems to be
ahead of last year lit this time. I
think there has been more cane
planted this spring than there was
last year, bnt very few farmers
bave planted more than they will
nBe for themselves. Before the
industry received the blow which
nearly killed it there was strong
talk of erecting a refinery in the
east part of the parish, bnt all that
has been forgotten now, and no
more interest will be taken in that
line nntil there is ample protection
behind it to keep the industry
alive, then we will talk refinery
again.
The steam plow has beeu doing
service in the rice fields this
spring, and, althongh there was
not many in use, still they did
very well where the soil was not
too soft for them; bnt they are
not yet considered by many farm
ers a praetieal thing in a rice field;
yet iio fault can be found with
them where the fields are solid
enough to pay to ran the heavy
things. Mules are need principally
on the large rice farms, and on
many of the farms the work is ran
by tenants, and this system sestna
to give the best satisfaction. Farm
help seems to be plenty enough,
bnt the demand ia small, and will
be until harvest time, and will not
be then nnlees the crop is a good
one.;
Economy ie being practised by
the farmers like it never was be
fore, and the bard times bave
been ofaome benefit*to them ae
well as a drawbaok, and it baa
cured a great many of the credit
plan, and this will help them ont
of debt in a measure, for it makes
them very eantioua about con
tracting debts, especially large
ones. Very little machinery ie
being sold by the varions agen
cies, and tjsia baa forced that elaas
to oortail expenses to correspond
with the hard tloiaa. Thera has
been qnile a large tratte in horses
and rnnlaa, In apita of the hard
times, and very little easli has
been paid out for this stock.
Thera haa bean a vary good busi
ness dona In hog a the past season,
and the outlook is promising fur
u bettor trade In this line forth#
next year, and thorn will ho quite
u bnatuess dona thla Ml in hogs
if no iiUMoo gets in I« destroy
the erap of pigs now coming on.
—Ooiesaien »loo Bird, in South
era F ormer. _ t
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There ie nothin« Jest as «ood es Dr.
»ini's Now Wcsovory far Consumption.
- A Colds, so demand It and do
nofpsvcMt the dealer to «all yon a sob.
... m. gill net ehdm Mtossla any
ip order iq pahs m «s
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I
A Tribote to Bryan.
'Among the graduates this year
from the law department of the
Tnlana University, New Orleans,
was oar yonng friend, Mr. John
H. Overton, son of Jadge Tboa.
Overton, of Markeville, La. The
Commencement exorcises of the
law department was held at the
Grand Opera House, New Orleans,
on Monday night, May 17tb. Mr.
Overton was distinguished as be
ing selected to deliver the Salu
tatory Address. He chose oa hie
snbject, "Yonng Men," ood show
ed from the pages of history, an
eient and modern, that yonng man
bave bad a grant deal to do with
shaping the course of tinman
events.
His address was a masterly ef
fort, and showed that intellectu
ally be stands in the front ranks,
ns well as being gifted with good
"borse sense," os tbe following
tribute to Hon. Wm. J. Bryen
folly shows. Speaking of Mr.
Bryan, Mr. Overton said:
* Scarcely have six months
elapsed since the majestic world
was awaiting with bated breath
tbe result of tbe grandest politi- j
cal battle ever foagbt npon Amer
ican soil. Bat in that severe
straggle whose yootbfnl arm was
it that bore the banner of Demo
cracy against tbe Repnblican
hosts? Whose matchless oratory
wus it that roused, in liberty's
name, tbe yeomanry of this land;
that made the lncre-lords to seize
with nervous grasp their gold
bags, and caused even capitalist
bound England to tremble 'like
some belabored hound beneath
the muster's lash? Ab, bis views
may have been erroneous views,
and bis cause may have been an
nnjnst canse, bnt we yonng men
may safely bold him up as an ex
ample of ayontb who bas wrought
for himself an imperishable des
tiny, as one worthy to rank as a
lord in tbe intellectual aristoc
racy of America. •
There is yet hope for this na
tion when sneh brainy yonng men
as Mr. Overton arrange them
selves along the front with the
fearless Bryan, willing and anx
ious to defend him and bis conrse
before tbe world. We like to see
yonng men think and act for them
selves, and if necessary blaze ont
a new pathway through the forest
of conservatism, which to so many
graduates of tbe day remains with
them impenetrable, because un
popular.
In tbejeouree of bis addreas.Mr.
Overton specially mentioned tbs
genius and ability of Mr. Bryan.
Every allnsion to Mr. Bryan by
the yootbfnl orator was greeted
with load epplsnee by bis uadi
enoe, showing that tbe late Demo
cratic candidate for the Presi
dency ie beloved and admired by
many mors in New Orleans and
Louisiana than Mr. Overton.—
Town Talk. ____
How many yonng men and yeong
women are out off jnet ns the fntnre
seems brightest and fullest of
promise! They are taken away
py the disease whieh causes over
one-eixth of all the deaths in the
world—the disensa whioh doctors
call oonanmption. There ie abso
lutely no ronton in tbe world why
consomption should be fatal—why
it should be aven serions. It ia a
disease of tbe blood, and can be
cared absolutely nnd always by
purifying nnd enriehing the blood
The only exeeption to this in the
ones where the distant has boon
noglootod nnd improperly treated
until it ia étranger than the body
—until the body has become so
weak aa to have loot the ability to
recuperate. Dr. Pierce's Golden
Medioal Discovery will euro #8
par cant, of nil tho oaeee of eon
sumption if aned according to
direction*. It also onras all Unger
lag coughs, bronchial and throat
affections.
Band 81 cents in ous-oout stamps
,j World's ptapenaary Mediae!
. Aaaoaiatioa, Bnffhto, N.Y-, and ra
I solve Pv. Btofooki IMHfnga oo*
MON umn mbbipal a twin*»,
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A Tip to Tom« Ben.
A large majority of employee are
disposed to meaaora the amount of
sarviea rendered by tbe amount of
pay received. If they era wall
paid they work xealoaaly, if poorly
paid they ora dispirited and prone
to "aloek off," arguing that anyway
they are giving a dollar's worth of
work for o dollar.
This is true ia a narrow sans*,
but the troe policy in' a broader
sense ia for an employa to disre
gard present pay and, looking to
the fntnre, do hie allotted tank to
the boat of bis ability. In the rare
oases where an employer ia so
short sighted aa not to recognise
sad reward faithfnl service, the
employe who baa dona bis fall
doty esn find employment else
where. And if he does not get
promotion or higher pay in bio old
situation—and tbe reward* can
not always be given—be will at
least bava steady employment, for
when it ie necessary to lay off a
certain nnmber of employee, be
sure tbe best and moat thitbfal
wilt be retained, wbila those who
are always watching the clock for
quitting time will be discharged.
Tbe yonng man jnat entering
upon a business career wonld do
well to take this fact as a gnide
for bis own conduct. For him
present pay is a matter of little
importance compared with tbe
opportunity to establish a reputa
tion for honesty, zeal and indnstry.
He sbonld not therefore, so much
as think of measuring bis zeal by
hia pay, bat devote all energies
to tbe welldoing of tbe dntiee as
signed to bim, do sll in bis power
to promote the interests of bis
employer and make of bimaelf, in
some sort, a uecesaity to him.
A few days since we suggested
to a yonng man jnat entering npon
a business career that be sbonld
start ont with the hope of some
time becoming a co-partner in
the firm. His reply was: "Yea,
and if tbe boss suspected that yon
bad any snch design yon wonld
promptly get tbe grand bonnee."
We cannot believe that any "boss"
wonld be snob a donkey. Of
coarse, the employe coaid only
hope to rise each a position by
faithfulness, intelligence, honesty
and zeal in bis employer's inter
ests, and no one but an idiot
would willingly repudiate snob
qualifications or discourage snob
laudable ambition.—States.
DM YmIvw
Try Electric Bitters as s remedy for
your trouble? If not, gets bottle now
end get relief. This medicine bas been
tonna to be peculiarly adapted to tbe
relief and core of all Female Complaints
exerting a wonderful direct influence in
giving strength and tone to tbe organa.
If you have Low of Appetite, Constipa
tion, Headache. Fainting Spelle, or are
Nervous, Slwplew, Excitable, Melan
choly or troubled with Diuy Spells,
Electric Bitten ia the medicine you
need. Health and Strength are guaran
teed by it* use. Fifty cents and «1.00 at
Kearney'* Drug Store.
Advke ta fiirls.
Miss Phoebe Couzins has long
been a leader in the strong-mind«^
sisterhood. She now declares
ehe baa radically ohanged her
views in regard to woman suf
frage. She says: "I presume this
will be looked npon us treason,
bnt the conclusion is reached from
long experience, cleee observa
tion and rare opportunities, soch
as hav# bean aooordad to few wo
men. Women in public life never
prove satiafhetory. She is nator
ally a homekeeper. I would ad
vine nil yonng women to marry
and baoom* home-keepers."
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A Kansas newspaper man haa
ceased much commotion in his
own towu and censed several an
gagemants to ha broken off by
tbn pnbUwttion of tbe following
observation: "Wbat can a sensi
ble yonag man think whan ha ob
serva* a strong, fat girl lying
atoned amusing herself with Issey
work or quitting or runuidg to
every shindig and hoodown, while
bar poor, ejok and worn ont
mother taken la waehlng ta Mf
part the fcmtlyt" Noleoathaa«**«
taeayeaug iaaieahaveeaBadita*
btm ta ratraet, and thu village la
rent Aram «enter ta otro am l w a a at
ever the matter.
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Tbe President bee recommended
the appropriation of «M,BM by
Congress for the relief of desti
tute Americans in Cab* who were
driven from tbeir p l an t a ti ons ia
the country sod are said now to
be baddled together in tbe eitle»,
several hundred of them deetttots
of the neeeaeities of life. Under
tbs present administration it look*
like anybody can gat almost any
thing they ask for—that is any
body except the gang of hungry
pie bnnters from Loaisinn*. If
this thing keepn on mnoh longer n
speeiol appropriation of aereral
thousand dollars will have to
ha mada to sustain the suffering
patriots from Louisiana who bare
■pant their anbatanea at Waobing
ton Innoh counters and will soon
ba destitato and without any riai
ble means of aopport. No Ameri
can should be allowed to anflbr
ander the McKinley administra
tion, and nnless a speedy appro
priation be passed for the relief of
the sable Looiaiana patriots who
era now in Washington trying to
savo tbeir eonntry, great deatitn
tion and »offering will neeesaorily
be experienced by them. We
earnestly commend oar suffering
fellow-citizens to tbe care of Mr.
McKinley and hia benevolent ad
ministration.— B. R. Advocate.
Higher education is catting its
own throat in some states. A dis
patch from Boston, May 13, says:
"Great excitement is caused in
Chatham by the fact that tbe
principal of tbe High School this
morning expelled tbe entire senior
class. The class oonsista of girls,
and bad rebelled refaeing to com
ply with a recent order of the
school board requiring each papil
in tbo high school to prepare sn
essay every night at home. Tbe
graduating class said that they al
ready bad all tbe work on band
that they coaid possibly cover
properly, and that this order in
creased tbeir tasks to a point be
yond endnrance. They all bave
some household duties to attend
to at borne, and they farther say
that the committee has no author
ity to eay wbat they sbonld do
after school boors. This morning
there was open rebellion, result
ing in the expulsion of the entire
class of bright young women.
Tbe indignation of the parents of
these girls knows no bounds, and
they, as well as tbe girls, have
tbe sympathy of tbe townspeople.
There was a ball given by these
girls to-night to raise a fond for
tbe class, and there was a fall at
tendance and an exciting discus
sion of tbe incident."
So many inquiries bave been
made in regard to tbe legality of
pntting , "paators" on silver dollars
that tbe treasory department has
issued the following circular; "A
new way of using the government
coins for advertising pnrpoees
was brought to tbe attention of
the secretary of the treasury to
day. Id a remittance from a sooth
era bank were fonnd a nnmber of
silver dollars, on one side of wbicb
was pasted the printed card, or
label, of a bneineas firm. As tbe
paper on which the notices are
printed is eot a little smaller than
tbe coin and stock on with »k«
moat adhesive glue, tbe removal
of the paper is made with great
diffonlty. Tbe inventor, of tbe
scheme evidently counts on doing
aa extensive business, as at tb*
bottom of the card ia printed
'Copyrighted, 1888.' There teems
to b# no and to the ways and
means need in tb* effort to one
the qpiu as an advertising medium
and evade the law. This latest
scheme, If permitted, wonld make
all snob pieces simply tokens for
advertising p ar poaes. The de
partment will not taesiva. the
pl e ase ae defceed, bal wid return
thorn at |hesfade*% expense I*
hove to he *F**ht»fy treated by
the departmeat for the removal *f
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