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VOLK1.n _____- Tliew, "What it Was. 1101Y to i)W;;I With S'zl-s Tii CJiint"y Now^p81e1
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Official D irectory. I'R(
U.n.r i:'r.s SB>ATO'.D. [R.
It L 0ibs .n, I iow Orlc.uns.
J B Eustis.iOw Orleans. ]
rl:Pl;pSI: NT.VT»VE8.
Fr4t District, LOUIs St. Martin, N 0
Sccond District, M I.hn, of JcfiTrson
Third Dis)trict, 'E J Gay, ofpiahqnemin
Fourth District, N C 1'.auchard, shr'pot
Fifth District, C y'ewton, of Mocrhouisn
ixth District, V Irion, of Avoyellesi
FrDEnALr CoUPT. ITM P
Alpek Bo,.rma:, Shreveport, Jde res8pet
31 8 Jones, Stircvep.ort, Dist. Att'y Pardi;
John W' Whi,::ton, lhrcvpcr."t, Clerk ,
A C (Obaou, Shreveport, 3larsall
S AT:' OFFI(CEI:..
F T Nicholl, Gvn-o :or.
Jan. Joff'ic~, . Li,-utcenaut Govcrnor,
, F Maror, S.cretary of At;te.
Oilio B Steel, Auditor.
W HI Pipea, Treasurer.
W lH R.gorI, Attorn'y uGiner;a!.
J A l'r«;ax, Sitperiu'h I p Educ't"l.
SUPREMEI COUlI'r.;
E Bernuldez, . 0.. Chlief Justice
E;P Pcelmn, St. Jano!11,
8 I) McEnnry, Oiachita OfIco
L B Watkins, Rcla "iver IAssociates
C C Fua.r, Orlta. )
Ilobrt J WilsoCn, Clerk
Cour r oAPPirnA .
FitrttCircnit.
John C Monculro, Shreveport ( Jges
A B George, Miontlel
Pariahqs and Times ofCobrt.
Caddo: Firt Mondays 4n Janliry and
Jutle.
Bapmier: Third Monldasi in January a
snd Juna.
Webster: First Monday in February W4U
and July. ;r.d
Bitiville: Secoid Mondays in IFt'rary ,f Ne
and July. of
Claiborno: Third Mondaya in February V"
and July. Johi
Union: First Mondays in March and
October. 2. 1
Lincoln: Socond Monday. in March and
October.
. Jackson: Third Moudays in March axd
October. A
Caldwoll: Fourth Moudays in March
ard October.
Wine: First Mondays in April uan No. t
vembet. pre
Natchitoobes: Second Moudtsr isrAril *i~i
and NovemIlbr.
Sabine: Fourth Mondays in April dtnd
November.
De8ota: First Mondaysin May andDe-. L
cenibor.
Red River. a'h 'ys i nd
TaUlh DrSTIjCT CouT.'7 J U ,
, t- p t ip e Pariohes qf Chiiboe, 7
Union and Lincoln. O7
S Allen Barkedale, Roston, Judge. Oif
E II M'Clendon; Homer Diit. Attorwny. lav
S' CLABons PAUSII. s
- First term commences on tl!o Second A.
: o Nday in January. Jury term.
S: ecneondLtert commeuiSesi thoTblrd ;
,i., Monday In March. No jury.
TFr4 ter tommagees dnioce on.the 8 d ou
Moil4ty in kgust. Jnty term.
SFourth term commences on the Seo
Send Mond# y iu October. Nojury.
. uay PAIsi. the
: I First tosrm, ootrpejCes n the First te
J" . in. Fcbraary, Jury term. cA
siwt teran corismoncc on the Sic
itteI lAjiril. No jury. -
.?: h Trb t nd tetro eninteunlc oun the Thluird,
' " Monday in July. Jury terns.
. Fourth term commnesWb onl the First
hIrt termn commences on the Fourth
iagl ' CIBteBrB lraJlry tert.* 01
-gi~l d laoi ifiosmmle~Qn the First
)touday ii May. Jo jury.
-:- ThlIrld term commences on the Third
A ui..da In September. Jury term, .
ences on t h"'
ICTI &c. '
WW. Vance, ;,ft3 r
CI.1BORNU REPRES~kT r
suyorer
St oymastor
a,
Sble. . •
' i ( - "
~i4~~
P[ROYES U3.ON AL CARDS..
I. T. N. NIX,
DENTIST,
Tlfi
outsi
IIO3ER, LA.
Tin prmnnently located in lomel ,
respectfllvy solicits the pntronigeof tll
public. s~ Office up stairs, over the old
(Guardiati office.
R. G. A. TIARPER,
And
The
1'0 I1OMER, LA.
Offico Honrs-- a. in. to 12 in., and 2 p.
Rm.to 5 p. m.
Wi Offlco o ivr G. L. 00li'tore.
-. P. WE. B,
ATlORUEX4N*FACT
.A' RE1PA T'
and Notary Pblic, T
San. Real EstaeAgent.
SWil buy, leaso and a sll real ostate oftY
ery de,oritio ln. illalo ~presoit The
G C ral Fie iAnd ITfe Inai3anice AgencyJ
r7 :.f New Orleans wiltl nrke teta collection
of clainim a spcciailty...
r iOffice np.itairs inf the old pottolfle -
building, formerly occipied by Dr.J. F.
Johnstbn.
SH. ILMcCl.dion. C.Weals
McCLI0ON.& SEA,,,
A+'TORl EYS-r-LAW
S HOMER, LA. "
a. EWilpra~tJcrLi"n tlth Courts of
t41 1tl..dA it o»< tli Su
prem4Cdi~be* tat.a Partnership
RDe* R. S. R. RICHARDSON, S i
Practicing Physicial
ind -AXD- IN 0
3jicts the Peace Ward
" a HOMER, LA.
Offi e frsat nide door weitofot ilejectr
ie briokAori.r-rer Mof J. E. Moore '
Slaw offi , Ho r, L a s '
• i . -JO -.---I AR-SON, '
SLAGLADDEN
oud .ts .. A . G , 1
-ond· Thy.iaf e 44 Surgenbi
, Ie HOMER, LA. ,
Rcupec~tfaIu. tid.iO RaCaNA c
the peohl lS»mor i nd ' rial
First t cs Oppot C ol ta witha 7 tr
Sch rge . ,, . .
Luird, 'I Ea MOORBE,
First r\TTORNEY-AT .LAW.
urtla r Will practice In theo pjIttf
Oltuburnof, kltt~ilu ,'asiqa aix t
- , -JNO.-A.--BIGHIARDSON, ^:;
r JOEL W. IIOLERT,
lorr AJ^SLy & COUNS L
lo4^ T-LAWW,
o^ paarttfflti1 fl E l.,P
«* 4 - w «j fiit '
Office Oplposite GUA Mr tbaT
Utreet. ( 74 BEgW
-( JOBS julllw.^
~i ~~.WEOJWL~
house
in thait
Tltc.Largest DRY GOODS HOUSE in the State o"lc
outside New Orleans, covering 2900 square: feet in ane
ago fur tic Sai
; x i"OODS, qw
CLO THIG, niniG
know
SI* OES, house.
SHAS yande
Of I '* ' mers i
A evcyt liing for MAN, WOMAN or CHILD. rL r s1
The only House that manufactures its Own Shoes. Sa."
The Pioiners. t~nd originators of Low Prices for the .D
I.es Qualitics.
FOR GOOD, HIONEST VALUE, e
GO TO i,
THE OLD RELIABLE O
but (
. ::: :. at S
ZODIAGS.
Texas Street, Shreveport, La.
Old
S"preal
Largest RetailEstablishment in North i
Louisiana been
-0
e l .. -- - -- O - *
BEN 10LZMAN,d I
-DEALER IN-
ofly as', Clothing, Fwrnishing low
Var
of ter
Sip toots, Shoes and Hats. lik
Ieadqtairters for Ladies' Miisses and Children '
7 ie -er 0mples of same mailed on applica
. I t 8!1 nts will receive prompt and careful ittention. When er,
iting nr ci a ald i pleaed to e y l an a look h
J([l-- ------ - ------- ------ '-"- cil
I nr imenme vablishmený, P ~o OO anM 222 Tei x street SHILE E st
T &SMLTH.
, -' ,i ^ ) .it: , 10a-DEa LERS IN n it.
wit
co
L D. 0'*''l . ._,_* an
ka
l hiilii,
S, 10 anld 12 Spiing Street, o
R W iO , .: - LOUISIANA.
.- , .) oOllSI. , . l
. Manufetarer's Agent For <
B yits' Allnm'e Cotton Presses, t
^^mSerAI Coleman' Mills;
C i lls,- <Sltrc n sb M i ls, b
A< - ' los * Colemdn's Presses, I
"l .e4 Paint, ook'. Fporator,
it iaie of Blaoktmitnad (awrpeiter's Tools.
" aEQ Wn~ Ok,(i o Ialil'etayShod'aurnilder's hardware, 1etly,,.rop
1. E, , .^ :-:.s Einper', 8pliei , BelthA. O~. .m Packin. g,
? ': * .. ' .Vy i 'Barl ,Wir .. ., 4c.
;w . )I . .ti. n - n
Tfli "4fHi MD ^L.
wi r ·r«sW.X »lr bir tt'^ W? v^.f^ .;?ci »/.»« i 'f c
l» r^ LTAWffi '4OODS,
0: rfi ii 'I .1
Knew What it W.as. low t(
A traveler in Moss County, Ky. Tiher
stopped at a tumble lown log need ci
house and asked a nman who hob- fancy o
bled out to the fcnor if there were, suspect
in that neighborhood, a meeting spoken
hiou:ce k-nown as Mt. Zion. ar' mis
"W'i. lenmme scc: 'Pears ter could n
me like I've hearn the name.' the mn
"I was told that it was near Lit- (rincd,
tie Sandy Cleek." should
"Wall, that's Littl Sandy run- though
nin' right along yan, but I don't Some o
know nothin' bout the meetin'- poisonu
house. It moutl be over the hill ears.
yauder, an' it mout be down sum- though
mers in the holler, but don't kuon stancev
Sfur shore, I wouldn't like ter picion
. say." us cor
' "Don't you go to church?" heart
"Wall, no; I aint been lately. that s
SI ain't a professor, .nohow, but fault,
wile thar is." concc!
"No, not now, Eli," rejoined his which
wife, a tall thin woman with an ihterfc
expression of countenance that an ur
suggested a painful memory oof the!
toothache. "I wuz a professor, be rit
but don't you know I danced over warni
at Shelby's last fall two years form
ago?" an ui
'"Yas, that's a fact. No mister, iure,
we ain't much on church doin's. either
- Old 'Squire John Holt that all st
preaches a right smart uster come As t
h 'round once in a while and drap tlicy
us a pr'ar ur two, but he ain't the i
been 'round lately." brouc
"W'y Eli, don't you know we guilt,
lhearn over at Tucker's that the away
old man's hoss fell down an' kill- mate
Sed him?" euce
"That's so, Idon't recolleck it, deipl
now. Old man put up a prutty
'far sort uv pr'ar, too. Slobbered A
a right smart, an' you don't want cos
ter set facin' him fur he snorted wind
like a boss when his fever got ter stro;
'g risin', but his pra'r allus stuck side
me as bein' fust-rate." ar
"The church," said the travel- as t
lien er, not caring to discuss the. prea- i
nal cher, 'is situated near Munson's d
VE- still-house." blat
1"Oh, yas tiby shore!" exclaim conl
ed the old fellow. "Now I know "
. whar it is. W'y, if you'd a spoke witl
about the still-house at fust, I Yet
couldcr set you all right in a min- lov(
it. Go right down the holler till stc:
you come to a road runnin' up the so
hill, take it, an' about three miles by
-fudder on you'll come to the still- wh1
house. Then look 'round a while cal
an' you'll ind the church."-Ar- ant
kansaw Traveler. ret
----- _ He
r eviewing the Sermon. he,
- lin
, Mrs. Smith--How did you like shi
' tr. Pulpit's sermon last Sunday? ted
Mrs. Brown- - thought it was all
perfectly grand, didn't you? ,,
NA. Yes; the way he pitched into
people for talking about their vi
neighbors did my heart and soul ed
good. Did you notice bow that k1
conteiPptable, cross-eyed, back- be
biting Mrs.. Bejones colored up? sI
And no wonder, for 1 am sure- al
don't brethe a w~r4 of It, though h:
-that she is not one bit better of
than she ought to be. Why, her ca
husband goes away and leaves w
her for weeks at a time. She says a}
he's a traveling man. I'd like to a
know where be gets the money to w
travel on. t
)0l8. Mrs. B.-And look at the way s:
; she dresses! . tl
,,lro D Mrs. S.--Gb, it's awful! She it
S ought to be I'cblerched.'" t
Mrs. B,-That's just what If
thilnk.--T'as ift$N. o
I,.. . . -- --,
Mi Plea.
,Iti very well to desire the a
'foda :iniion of our ,fellowmeni, a
lqt i is dangerous, as well 'as in I
bad ts :to' angle for:eompli* i
*m pents. ' ,
' . conceited young law yer made
i Sperad-eagle" 'peech in a MiLs
Ssopri :court, and italug in with
, goe the next day, hb*teid to
him: "Good morning, JdLu t
-ood morning, sist ~ wha:
You. tin1of my "little effort
yeB ay?' ",- ,, .
. h, "A '. said the jadge,;.yoouare,
I tlyp~ing geptlemnan who-addres r
ae sa 4) 1ta)y in soey a Q1oF
~·c~·r;s~~tted.!~ L~lf
10ow to Di;;i With Saspi';:s. Thi!
There are many suspi-ci.,ui th.0It it
need crushi:;g- in the bud. We ., t
fancy our rie:l 13i cool to I us we lue t
suspect onr nreiglhbor of having e..er i
spoken ill ;" us. Most likely "we msi,
Iar'e lilistak l, andl, illn any 'w we Su. I
could never proh:lblyh se:irc ilno m ch,
the matter. O0r trust in o;r r.cd r
Iriend, or our own self-respect the g.
should clead us to put away such liou:sa
thoughts, to aba:don stspicioi. Oh, no
Some one h:s, perha:ps. driopped : ing an
poisonous '6\:i.rdl of sc;andil in on' i.coi
ears. Let us lanish iL from r the o ,1
thoughtl s v.itih scorn. Circ n-l icil
stanceg miyv tend to cast our .,.s- 'hei
picion on (cor wvhom we lonor; let :1ny f
us continue to trust him in ourI wh.1
heart of i:carts. We may Ifcr ic dis
.that so:e one has committed a lc. tai
Sfault, which, how:ver, does rn ot e.ti'
concern u~i ia the last. and in iin a
which we are liot called up:n to )orcir
I ihterfcrc; let us expel the ii de:i as ,
t an unwelcome intruder. In one an s(
f of thesel two vways suspicion my citize
, be rightly dealt with. If as a ris
r warning it has a mission to per- count
s form it will do its work; if it is book;
an unworthy or an idle conject- p s
, aire, it will be dismissed. In quire
3. either case it will pass away, as )yo v
,t all suspicions are meant to do. ',to
e As transient guests of tl!e mind Afric
p they.may be useful in establishing peopl
't the innocence which should be We t
brought .p light, or in provint the liti.
re guilt, whieh should be purged l
1e away. But as permanent in- .
.1- mates of the mind their influ- nl,
ence Is most pernicious.-I his! -s t(
it, delphia Ledger. pro?
e A winter night. a binglt b ig n
nt cosy parlor, thoughtless of the ati
e wind and storm without, a tall,
ei. strong man sits upon the sofa bc- gh
k side his old mother. Her eyes
are weak and dim, his are bright h
el- as the stars above the storm. HIer
hair is white as the snow which P
Sdrntts against the windows, his is
black.and. bushy. And what a the
contrast between'his form, straight
lm 1nah 0 der
to as a young pine, and hers so bent
ake with years and many infirmities.
I Yet this stalwart son is making te
un- love to his agtd moiher. In his is
till steady sincwy hand he holds hers
the so withered, shrunken and driawl I
iles by disease. He talks of the da.ys t
tll- when with rompil) brothers he
hile caused her trouble anmi1 anxiety, Co
Ar- and how he longs to/make some
return for all tho!e years of care. '
inli
He pauses andiooks down uponla
her with adifiiring love in every
line of hi 'manly face. And while
like she stiles back through gathering pu1
lay? teahe folds her in his strong
was arins.- Evangelist.
into To an Englishman who lately TI
,heir visited him, Mr. Whittier expres- lil
soul ed surprise that his guests should lit
that know so much of his poetry by to
iack- heart. "I wonder," he said, "thou m
up? shouldst burden thy memory with T
ire- all that rhyme. II is not well to
ough have to much of it; better get rid
ittcr of it as soon as'V:ossible. Why, I
her can't remember any of it. I once
saves went to hear a wonderful orator
Isays al he wound uphis speech with
re to a poetical quotation, and I clapped 1
ey to with all my might. Some one
touched me on the shoulder and
way said: "Do you know who wrote
that?" I said "No I don't, but
She its good." It seems I had writ
ten it myself. The fault is, I hav' -
htI I written far to much. I wish half -
of it was in the Red sea."-The
SArgonaut.
- DtUCATION OF TIHs TOUNG.-AS
a the each stepof a ladder is useful
r1men, 6lly when those; below it have
a a. in been irmily troddecn, so each step
ompli' in edncation depends for its sue
cess tpon the previous steps ltYv
*mde ing been well taken. Thus the
I Mis- very iarliest years -of' school life
n with demnad at -least minuh a!ihty,
nidto judgroent, experience and clear
gpla sight;dness in the: teacher as do
Wh ia any subsequent, ones, if niot more.
effort o,Tcoamsw : tbhlittle ones to any
S. but competent and responsible
o,,re; bands is ae oe the most fatal er
iddres o rort hl Caa be. made. in educa
eJt9 tion. It is during these years
iinded trat,;the strongest irpressions are
b»,#t ieade, and that the firmest and
nsqnst l Jqpgtatin habits are formed.
- rt war, I.hich every
bo ; iak boq is dffeulte- ."
Th Cimllly ewspayper.
It ics only a: country wec:;dyl
Yw-, th:t is all, but tlhoe v ho al
lude Lo ij, wit' an intc, t ionl sneer
-ecr rtllccL upon the dutics annl
mision rpe,. mei d .by the poor ob
scure country neckl y which is as
ulllch, and nl!ue, to its few hu.n
dred renders in t!he country, as is
the 'jvent metropolitan daily to its
lthuisanlds, of readers in the city?
Oh, no, they never think of plac
ing:. an cstnin:lto unpon the worth of
10 conltry pa0i1ier;it has noec within
the inr'row limits ofl tihcir super
licin:l antd contracted brains.
LThe will not admit the utility of
ian form oi a newspaper save one
Swh!ch is crammed full of telegraphi
ic dispatches, giving the minute
1 dIctils o soime revolting and naus
Seaii.g social scandal, or contain
Sing an i:linate variety in detail of
t'rcign cvents. But thl? financial,
Sagricultural, comfmercial, religious.
' and social condition of his fellow
Y citizens residing within the bonn
1 dries of such an individual's own
country, are to him as a scaled
5 book; he has never opened the
pages ol' his country paper to In
" quire within; put him to test and
is you will find that he knows more
0. about the Hottentots of Central
I Afri(c than he does about the
'g people of the surrounrding country.
)C We turn away from the contem
" iplation of this human superfluity,
'l of which there are thousands, and
n" view the practical, comon sense
1 man, who wishes to be informed
-s to the pursuits, condition and
prospects of the people of his own
it immediate State and country. Ho
ft inds in the home paper the infor
mation he seeks. The country or
Sgan is to him the camera lucidia
'e which faithfully portrays all that
les occurs; it is, in a great measure,
the reflex of the character of the
Speople comprising the country
Swherein it is. published. But
what is the intereit which even
it the practical, 'common sense man
C it derives froti it, compared to that
which is'.felt and entertained by
the cotlntry people theidselves? It
his iserything to them. In it is
s Bunil news which they alone,
w pilobably, can appreciate and un
Cerstand; information regarding
s their' friends and neighbors, the
t e condition of the crops and the
Sy market quotations matters of local
,*r. consideration in which they are
interested, and a hundred and one
vpon different things which affect and
lley interest them, both privately and
publicly. The country newspaper
wing is to a country what nutritious
rong food is to a convalescent-it helps
to build up all that is good in it.
ately The country that is without one is
pros- like a waste plain without eleva
tould lion from which a person desiring
y by to examine the surroundings can
'thou make no observation.-Slouthern
with Trade Gazette.
ll Anything for a trade: Peddler
t i -"I am indroduceing a new kind
of hair brush, which-'- Bnsiness
wate Man (impatiently--"I've no uso
with for a hair brush.,\ Can't you see
I'm bald?" Peddler-"Yes, sir,
opped Your ladyv, perhaps-'" Business
o ad Man-"She's bald, too, except
wrote when she goes out." Peddlcr
u o "Yes, sir. Child at home, proba
w rit bly-" Business Man- "Only a
month old. Bald, too." Peddler
lalf -"Yes sir. You keep a pet dog,
-The maybe-" Business Man-"We do,
but it's a hairless dog."' Peddler
(desperately)-"Can't I sell you a
.-As fly-trap, sir?"--Chicago TriuMne.
seful A Roundabout Route: "Didn't,
ave I e you with your. arm around a.
Sstep girl's waist the other night?"
Ss Yes, I was making haste to reach.
t have her heart by the belt line."--Boj
S th one Gazette.
),l life -__ -
thilty, "WHAT are the last teeth that.
clear come?' asked a teacher of her
as do class in physiology. "False teeth,
more. mum," replied a boy who had just
to any waked up on the bac<h seat."
onsible ~
atal er- BoozY CUVSToMFr' I (hie) want
cdca. 'to-to-look at (hie) some draw
years ing materials." Floorwalker--.
ibns are "Here, Uascbmb. Show this gen
ett and tleman the eorksecrewB.
red.- " Thejewel of incoosistency is thy
.diamond: iv.. a girl by a muan
every-. whoSan aot afford anything moro
cult."- han a fiveo cent piece of pe for
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About Homer guardian. (Homer, La.) 1888-1890