Tensas gazette. [volume], August 17, 1894, Image 1

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THE COTTON SITUATION.
The New York Commerelal BHl.
letei of Aug. 4th, says: Still
anotiher week of Iiqmuldation ban
brought addltional reduction in tie
live of valuation, and the figore
on Augslt went well enough inside
of 6le to fally verify previous pjre.
cdietions in regard to that rate being
teoube, on the present crop. Tbhe
delin.e rae no doubt somewhat pre I
cipitated by the unexpected I
'supply of expiring otrtlieates for
wbheb io yplace was waiaiig, but the
market remained largely under the I
old nlofluence of generally promisrl I
lag crop conditions and apiparent
absence of confldelnce in asn early
revival of demand from eftber con. a
semers or the speealatie eleument. I
In brief, the average local feeling l
remained bearish aud no positive I
blIancing factor hlas been intro% I
duced, yet it was dlteeult to discov -
er a spirit of greater caution in nou t
serous Instances. &ºuae of the c
large abshorts have coneluded to i
cover and rest satisfied with profits a
is head, which, although removnug I
a eonsidersble source of lnqogry, i
nevertheless shows that the declinie I
In price ls leading to more thinking, a
out of whichb ome aotion for salty. a
oses ocattering reports from Texas ti
of adverse nature have served as a ir
warning tbht a period is at hand k
when the previous universal flie
erop stories are likely to be brolien, e
sad may possibly rum into somea e
thing of a positively threatening si
form. There bas also been rather re
more call arom abroad for contracts
.at the south againut the new yield,
and that tasee to conjunction with It
the belief that operators on primal a
markets are already under iret)ty d
liberal oblllgations to exiorters, g
leads to the suggestion that should J
the early movement of the crop ai
prove moderate and slow there maj (I
be some lively Iocrambling to obtain cl
enough to pereect shipements. All i
together, therefore, it has been bl
thought best not to stick too closes w
ly to the short side. w
Mrs. Jefferson Davis is said to be
shout to lease her Beauvoir estate
SMissiatssippi so that by installing
responsible tenants there she can
prevent the decay of the old bome. H
stead and preserve its contents in.
tacet. It is asserted that the furni
tare, books, silver and ohms known
to have bree the property of the
fasily ippear mysteriously and 8s
frequently in the csriosity and
pawn shops of New Orleans, and a
stop would be put to these petty
larcenies if the bonse was perms. is
stently occpled. We
etnator OGrman in the Mtst tal
threat.maker of the Renate, and to ll
bear him talk one would think that "
be was the guide and commander i"
of that body or things had lo ge his as
way or mot at all. On Tuesday tl
last be gaver set a statemeat to the .tl
eleet that the iooese conferees budl i
ljst tor~lellbt boars in wllc to we
reach as areement and If tile) o
failed to make a report within that br
tme thbe denate would eat out the o'
slegar abcedule l the tarif bill and to
put saler on the free list. without
ny bounty to the produers, ead, r
scrdil. to blt statemeat, the
Beasts would be justiled in takig ma
uek setieo. beause tse two Louiss *
lane enators had male as sombiI '
amsteoa with the Populiet to fores
ethers to snpt their terms. Sea
stoer Georman's tbresrt, howevet, us a i
blIa, beseasc It is a well known
fast that hel atool of the lgar "
traut sad dletated the sagar sned. the
aleof st ttarifl bill. &amster Oddw
fr aksekwledged semuk nl his t
•spegs a few days ago, eds when
s bis rwmelered that Mr. maves T
mgir tetlie thet Beasteu r Or.P
se ws I trgudly to sailr there is 5<l
as rarsoas to believe toat this latter the
vilI lead aey serias miovemer t to br
pess esuer ea Sle tree list when
tse gesepoll be is servingl deires
and ls Igtme! tor a dutyi os rem
Sbed aerm-'--tate.
FIFTH LOUIsIAIA LEVEE BOARD
nt. The llnanelsi condstion of the
till Filth Louisiana Levee Board may
ans well be a ulbject for self.lratsla.
he tlion among its eaonatlnenth. Their
arelong line of fortslnatiras against
"d the Missisiippi bas been a /ork or
re. vast expense, even after making
ng every allowance for the I beral aid
be extended by the Federal (Iovern.
re iment towards its construction, and
ed might well have bankrupted a lern
for judicionsly adImlnistered treasury,
he But while doe credit in extenled
he the able omeers and engineers wlho
is have achieved snob Insults, the
nit selfdenying and far-.ighted people
ly who have by their loyal suplort,
n unswervingly rendered, ustde the
it. present eondition of the district
rig ponashle of achibevement should not
re be forgotten. Eaob has seconded
n" ti'e other la cnatying on the work,
v the taxp4yyers readily consenting
a% to bear their burdens when it be
le came manifest that selfsaerirul
to was the irie'e that most be paid for
it success. History is repeating itself
ig in the lower MIssisuippi Valley and
y, the people who are wresting the
me lowlands from the Missisdippi may
r, well be compared in heerfuel con.
y. staney and tenau ty of purpose to
is the sturdy Hoilanoers who have
a relalimed and are stull reelaimiuj a
d kingdom from the sek.
Ie It is especiully eneouraging *o
n, observe that the Loulasiana Levee
D- Board has means at Its disposal to
g strengthen existing works sad to
ir rear neW oues..-.Com.aiieaid.
I, The ad.ninistratioo, says a Wash
b iugtoii special bas at last recog
it sized the republic of lawail. Pres
y dent C!eveland extebda beartty
I, good wishes to tIhe new republie.
SMSir. Willis course is approved. The
p action of thie JPresident disponses of
i the whole Hawaiian question and
o closes a diplomatis ineidelt which
I the President wans glad to have
Rn inded, for lie and Gresham bad
Smuddled samirs in their dealings
with the Blacs Clty of the Pacific.
Minister Willsa'recognll ion,whchb
was sent to the Hawauian Minister
of Foreign Affairs, reads as followr:
" I beieby, as far as I have the
i right, extend to the republic of
Hawaii the recognitlion accorded
Its predecessor, the provisional
government of the liawaliaui Islands
I do this in te beilier that I repres
sent the President of tite United
Bates, to whoee my action will he
promptly subjected for approval. "
lIews from Beilla nays "cholera
is slowly but steadily lpreading
westward. The disease has oý,.
tainmed a foothold In nineteen proi.
aines, where deaths by hundreds
are recorded daily; Cholera exists
in all seventeen districts of Galatls
and score of deaths from thme disease
take place every day in "that _se
tion, In east PrussIa, especially
in Dantsilg, the situtioo grows
wornse, i ldie oLf the elosing
of the frontier opposite Do.
breaky, il Potnd. Accordiulg to
o~ial report echolera baceih have 0
Ieen Mfound loting in the rlyer 1
letnias and a namber of fatal eanes I
are alm pFrivately reported from di
Holb and Colb, The reest of Or t:
many appears to be free from ehbol.I
era, although a fes Sitradle easesI
hidve doaerred here ana there, -
Speaker Crisp makes no mlitake St
is deedinta mnt to be a candidate is
for the Beuate. His pesition as T
leader of the Demooratio side in *e
the Honse i assured, adl aompared di
withl the pzlainene and power hi
that It wil bring him, a beorgia
eeastorsbtp atms smaltl indeed. Si
The mest powerfl aud must aon. I
splkms Rep :fleas from Maltwilm
au a methers of the 8easte be I It
the Bepabtleam lender io theo lOwer
braneh, Only the presideny ttlf ra
I more desirsble thea the posioHs I
eed sad Urtsap n oenpy..
prh,)ld ISptutbdi -
RD A PLEA FOR TIE BEAb.
the Cor the Tease GaOsiw.
s To the old cmrade who still hLve a sptrk o
1l1 love borints in their hearts for the memory of
lir thae So hef - .'e
ast tstate of greinte sad masble
o They bave raised to our noble tee,
14 dtaday k shaft hae raved Its eed
To sark our odeodwersy.
ere ead there sed eseryirber
r!l Are~aoew mueat ralted to our ded,
id And :t also, marksthe havo of war
Daring Sies feour Iloa year of dorea.
Bt is there on uest ratU -
lIr the Teams Cavary's dead!
U the • oee esemlem abaft epreered
lro To mark where the foegbt sad bled t
e Is the love of a lietime lieiagr
I s8till il thi servivor's breast?
fre Do theyr ee to mark the reeLosg ilace
be Of the ecmdes they lod thle bees
let ave they forgntte that morateg fair
Wilee they m iruted of se hrrts sad gao
SHare they forgotten the three l.g esheere
eel ?Tt were gives atr tsh ",di s .s Oran 1
rk. se memory grows tie ed adim,
Mg Of bowe oe fought side by setis
e- Have ;6, forgottee that oomrade
Who, wsite fye heels y hms, died?
or Has the vamp Ir picture frted, 1
H w yoe I Id year siowes II ,r
Of by-.oee days mad love erapes,
AIs the home rfolk yoe'd s'er se more?
Oh. comrades of the Teases lavslry.
1 Toarhasir l threaded with gray,
. And may of ye are best ad steoope.. I
S Mu like oee wee wLhea ee marched away.
re Do yeo know that the "ileet liver"
Is ripllag at year *le t
had perhaps ee aoo s i these lwery IeMs
Thai deaf eomrades yesti meet?
The ea's ee aee fra yemr h bey lifl
1A few someat for the old time's make,
to Ad re lathe memom of those dear oemeades
to A shaft of weederfl mnake
-And hea forever. let that dshet speak
Of the survlvor's devotlee mad love
To the doe, dr oumrades au huag age,
Ith s e ott meest at ted's three above?. t
Iit askLsg ta n muk for the hmble seldier,- d
T*,l sheas of memory i . I
If Would yun give yoe r moey elsewhere o
. Thei .or we sake of the Teoasa Cavalry? Ii
ae Par airty In the -L Me r Stater,"
S(A d at steuegh mV eye grow didm.)
The Columel lira qeepaig his last, lua sleep
Id l fes ardlgbu. gray sad rim. d
e An where the North eier' cold rays
tiahe, dae asd pale, at dad of might o
S Anther of our heoseesdear sa irate,
S I nes aleepug beath the el star lighLt.
A ad there S Iothwra bne are blowiag a
b And the bosea le climbse sad ernepe
r t Ano btho*s'cBya Ia G(ray"
lu his peeselel grave lies asleep.
e Over the Lrth'i Oroed bosom
The hAve wandered. far aed wide;
Living and dead are parted
i f the were teghtl ade by ade. t
Oh, why not usMe All their alaee
ia I mobleo shat ofm s1el
S dad plae It here m oar perish
' 1as mesn thel e canl "ld e!""
P If thissa ees be, heve myher bi
C Am .eemest t6 all I raise,
And here i lots l letters of geld
The bravery o the Cavalry fall prees.
di
Or if I ist es tlhe poet's pawer
Her, ea the spotles leaves of fer. e
SWith the p ssem-of nosT and the lfat o am e0
rd ) marite seek hbelewed dUam to
Though weary ad tired with w e's ws.e, N
I t meiery's bells still rulg
And to the hears thet to rrowel by erme,
Let love, swoeet Lesse brig.
A4 dkhe. thle e w u ser orf the men5 sm fg
TeIdtrly od teekoh Ire's gIrave, ,
May it also gIes the mar sha
Ta t t ss or t er sdere's sid
"OCHICOK
A Barminalam aledlal ay.b:
Oetre' majrelty Is moe ieslm ted
lat 2,000. Kolb ntill bholds on like b
grim death, •but hli fedlowers are
deise tw rlln , ais esom lttee at
their State headqluarters here are
el
in seseioe dlaeasing that to db
SIt is stated tIhat hail t them aren
flor ecming dowa grater~illy sad
ackaowledlgig their defeat, whLle
the olther bll are eat o adLekliug
is ut Iand elaimulg the eleetdi.
Thbey bhave iolted brbla e ti thi
and eeneost lagree. e s olb ear
dngatee tor b6 oter tate easees
Ihave give. it up sad lgoNe aes
Warren Bees, LIults sme sle or
Seeretary oef tate, threw p rthe
a poeg eally tbhis etrling ed ad.
mittedl l M opsi ad uare eufes .
It o aueiepeted that Ketih c'e'd
mar try theD ezptrIje d of epat
arte Stale Leiagtltr sad a rtial
imveraneutl, tet whole Kolb i bihL
eelf eapab le ao meekasbe.e i do
it bedeved hr'" Ieel wr. ill it d
tarts bla.
TIE PLURRY. IN cIN.
5lea'eane: The most sonsepJa.
oas featurse in the markets for
,asoie days past have been the wide
gucteations in the price of sore aad
the phenomnatl advacae In the
vail" 6f that article, O(I ths ip
ward movement, as hiygh as 0e per
beahel was tobahed, which 5s 8 or
6e above the premsat valve of wheat.
bThat this is not merely a ebalks
mark pnrb is shows by the faeet
that at the present moment eqar
goods, slh as grat ad meal, are
acteally wrth more than extra
faney wheat Moer,
This is a msat etraordlmary eons
diltla of aileir, u.ed, of eorsa,
eannot last. Be cheap bas *hrat
beeome in comparison wisb .eur
' that Westere farmes are feedingl
, it to bhg. in prefers .. to eard, he
eanse of its cheaper e0st. While
the price of whealt has advausee
*miaewhab in Sympathy with the
upward movement ia ear, It has
not Improved In anithing like a
legitimate proportion, bee'.lkhlo1
the shortage i the e re rop prove
as great an Is now reported, its in
uarnee is likely to be shown rathe,
I, a steady lmprvemeut hi the
Sprise of wheat than in any lait5he
advance isathe price o eare. That
earn has already been advaesed too
rapidly was demoestrated by the
sharp reaction reported from Chi
06go yeterday
The reees tarsueie foe the treat
advanee in the prie of Cri ib the
senavorable weather ia the West.
A protrbAted drought, smempanled
1? by dry, parching winds, has grestly
Sdamage.d the are erop over a rest
section Of thM ore belt, andI
altoulgh It is likely that the damage
bas bese esagerated, the mrop wil,
mnevertheleM, be materially dimas.
ished by the adverse-rroewag soe
dltions which have prevalleds .
The scareity of ecar, sad the ees.
seqaaet advance as the vale -of
turn goods, are likely to lseremar
the demand for wheat sad oear,
and relieve the depresson whicblh
has prevaild teeor a ong time i
those artiles. Ih*e inpid!ty with
whicb core has dvaneed proves
that the spirit of speculations n e e
lvnag, mad It is bharly possle
that Its inlaebhe vili a*s be felt
In wheat,
Every fresh deport from overseaa
eoeerninag Matib's sessesleatl ay
nag machib, save the Philadelphia
seasord, adds to to the mavel of to
new wonder of the air. Not ouly
does it resemble ai its 1800.1et
wittit with its tear lige *imagb
Ssome gisat bier of the pst- age of
the world levlsittlg the sJy; et it
possesses a truly glaut stMregth. o
Its large two bladed screws. lash. s
losed like the propellers of a ship
would seem to be the meet power
tel ever mrde, developi l se s
hkore power lo every two pouasi at
Of their weight. The foveo boiler
-f tahee gave a presuere of
pesuds for the ttllmphbst Ilght
mad make the meaile speed
through the air hike a o.elmetaiv
for 800 yards at the rateof ft).
iye miles as boer. With ti sUr.
pies booaeu ot 31WO poseda the
mtraeor U air hitl etually hree
*eae hiLher lihm Yaste wiei kh 1
The lvestor b ov ldetly dloee
ered osehetS "praip.lo of meg.
tivei gravity. aedl will Ld lo i4
tere apreblema to be t keep ias a.
ee.e es eartl,
I
.The Naval Areitessf lamtitait
to establIb sthaphdIiig s a
trietly sateeitl o d Wasd stgmb
1Usd Uato n! , 1i8
for the emgrestsaied mde lusie
4gaesst tie. Adelph Mape. lhi
doctori a Wilttir, mud the GeMIs U
Wad hetteti' & seu $Ms ud of -.
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