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VOL. XI. LAKE PROVIDENCE, EAST CARROLL PARISH, LA., SATURDAY, APRIL 29, 1899. NO. 46
ANIAL GOOD WILL.
WILD AND DOMESTICATED
SPECIES SHOW IT.
The Letter Are Kind to an BEather
Than to Their Fellow- Beasts-The
Cat Whleh Brought Its Master a
Pigeon Every Day. V
Without multiplying sentences of
the acquired character of the benevo
lent impulse in man, it is worth re
Tuulabering that even civilized races
relapse with astonishing pertinacity to
the non-benevolent state, and that in
cultured Athens the horrible human
sacrifces with which the story of an
cient Greece is replete survived as a
national institution, and that every
year a man and woman were whipped
through the streets add then burned
alive to satisfy some such impulse as
prompts similar acts among the Congo
negroes. At the present moment the
absence of benevolence in any form
among the non'-developed races of to
day needs no better illustration than
the fact recorded by Capt. Hinde, that
on the Upper Congo no negro lives
beyond 40, that being the age at which
their tellow-men directly or indirectly
anu that. dAath. If analogy demandb
day needs no bet
'br illutra t o n
than the fact re
corded by Capt.
Hinde, that on the
Upper Congo no
negro lives beyond
40, that being the
age at which their
fellow men directly
or indirectly .cause
their death. If an
alogy demands de
mands the exer
cise of benevolence
by one animal to
ward another, it is
note quite clear In
what sphere this
sentiment is to And
its realisation, says
the Spectator. It Is
clear that we can
not expect it from
all animals to all
other animals, for
the carnivor o u s
creatures naturally
act- "after ~heir
kind." Probably
thole who would
at any rate debire
to see this trait
would expect to see
either a general
tendency to mutual
aid and comfort
among the non
carnivorous warm
blooded creatures,
or at least a desire
to perform such
good offices among
those of the same
species. We speak
now of animals in
a state of nature,
not domesticated.
The former is prob
ably an idea quite
beyond the range
of the ordinary
animal mind. It is
possible that those
of one species feel
sorrow when those
of another are in
trouble or pain.
But there is no
evidence whatever
that wild animals
ever do this. There
is a kind of chance
association on the
same feeding
ground, or some
times under stress
of flood or fire.
But we can recall
no single instance,
for example, of a wild animal of one
species attempting to defend an animal
of another, even when they are quite
competent to do so. It is doubtful if
a case has,been recorded of buffaloes
charging to protect a wounded ante
lope, though they will do so t save
a wounded member of their own 'herd;
or of elephants or. baboons or other
creatures which live in society, at
tempting to protect the wounded young
of any other species but their own.
Among the creatures which seem to
astume the role of sentries for the
protection of other animals, there is
one, the rhinoceros bird, whose be
havior almost justiies the belief that
it feels some duty to the antelope or
buf\aq on whose insect enemies it is
feeding, o extraodlinary and appar
ently organied is the war which it
maintains. But this is a very restless,
active bird, and it is quite possible
that 's familarity with the species on
whose backs it ads food makes it
entlfy itself to some tenut with
tbo. It probably imagines the buf
StPalo to be alst a a of itself. In
*"y ,ese the lnatanas of indifersnce
a e vrwht lm in thpt we may set
aside the am tl at there is a
caoR syrpthy among mon-related
salmals, eov, wla. not easmivorots.
It is not a defect of character, but
the relat hbetween f the
same -apess are aellom, 3M0 s
ANNOass t U sta e oefr as tina. h
- nn - -n wewthe ýiean* m
wbo dwthe mes' the sick by
ahsrutem pW tress foat. _ l sip
sre sea e ather waee a rth
.gma~sa w~l aSlras~b lirtb6)P
ton Library" on "Deerstalking." The
old stag reached over toward the young
one at last and "actually kissed him";
but the youngster would not jump.
Animals are so "help'es3" themselves
when anything goes amiss, especially
in cases of accident, that they can
hardly be expected to do much for
others. But the impulse is often there
in the related kinds, though it is not
extended to the non-related. Otters
run around a trapped otter all night.
Cats and foxes visit the bodies of their
dead and so do stoats and weasels. It
is a rule with trappers to leave these
near a trap; so we may conclude that
these animals probably visit their fel
lows when trapped. The writer once
saw an odd instance of this ineffectual
concern-probably not very deep, for
the actors were sparrows. A brick
trap had been set in a yard and a
sparrow caught. All the sparrows in
the neighborhood had learned it and
were sitting in crowds on hedges, cu
cumber frames, sheds and buildings,
discussing the situation or staring
moodily at the trap where the captive
was imprisoned, but quite invisible.
Next day a robin was caught, but the
sparrows showed no concern whatever.*
This tendency among the wild races
finds definite expression among the.
domesticated animals, though instances
are not very common. We have seen
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a small pig stuck in a paling through
which it had tried to squeeze assisted
by an elder one inside. Attracted by
its cries, it took the small pig's head
in its mouth and tried to pull it
through, in doing which it almost pull
ed the sufferer's head off. In another
case a cat deliberately fetched its own
er to assist another cat which was ly
ing helpless in a At. Moreover, domes
ticated animals are to some extent
"progressive" and have realised the
notion of common good among other
creatures than their own stock. There
is a good deal of service and benevo
lence among very different domesticat
ed animals, especially in the form of
protection, sharing of food and for
bearance.
Alexsa4nr the Great.
Professor Benjamin Ide Wheeler
says of Alexander the Great in the No
vember Century: No single person
ality; excepting the carpenter's son of
Nasareth, has done so much to make
the world of civilization we live in
what it is as Alexander of Macedon.
He leveled the terrace upon which
nRuophea history built. Whatever lay
within the range of his conquests con
tribgted its peat to form that Mediter
rasea eivllMtion which, under
Rome's admia~atration, became the
bas t Buropeaa life What lay be
y~ao was as it an aether planet.
a$ nader eeke .his eastward march
the sutlej, and India and Obtna
wie left to a wor of their own, with
their *a chaniss far man an so
their own theorie of eod sad
Si Lar AlUa der'! world to
we ra belao& wvnt as iMas owa
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L ilase
MANUAL TRAINING TEACHINOS
Enlarges the Boy's Interests sad Halm
Him Find His Right Vocation.
Manual training teaches no specific
trades, but aims to give a knowledge
of the principles underlying all trades,
says the Ladies' Home Journal. Liter
ally, it meand hand training. It teach
es the young men the principles and
practice of carpentry, patternmaking,
wood carving, blackamithing, vise work
and machine construction, and it does
it more thoroughly and in far less time
than it is possible to do it in the man
ufactories themselves. The models'are
not finished articles, but are simply
practice pieces intended to embody
general principles in both wood and
metal working. I am led to believe
that manual training, by enlarging a
boy's interests and outlook, not only
help him more surely to find his right
vocation, but also tetlds to make that
vocation one of nqbleness and worth.
And not only are these young fellows
occupied, but they are also successfuL
As students, teachers, journalists, ar
chitects, engineers, electricians,
draughtsmen, physicians and lawyers
they are steadily making their way to
the front, which' is encouraging to
those of us who believe in learning by
doing. In adapting manual trainin
.to smaller communities there are eoo
nomical considerations that must be
borne in mind. The full Russian sys
tem would be quite out of the question.
unless the school were a large and
well-supported high school. The equip
ment is expensive, the work technical
and the total yearly cost of mainten
ance in city schools of about 300 boys
amounts to from $75 to $100 per boy.
But I see no reason why a less ela
borate scheme of manual training in
wood and clay, such as sloyd, should
not be introduced into every village
school and even into every district
school. It succeeds best with small
classes, is adapted quite as well for
girls as boys, and finally is so indi
vidual that children of all ages may
work together without disadvantage.
A sloyd class should not exceed from
twelve to twenty children. The cost of
equipment may be made small or
great. A sloyd workbench with com
plete set of tools will cost from $18 to
$35. A room equipped with twenty
benches would therefore cost from $86
to $500. This means best quality.
Such an equipment ought to last for
E several generations. A less substan
tial outft may be bought for halt the
amount.
Our Copatantinople eorrespbodmi
writes, under date of Nov. 12: "TIt
Turkish newspaper Sabah was -sei
yesterdsy and its publication suspen~
ed beauses it oonta·ied the phr"_
that wicked Padihah' The edits
exptL a that his ofeasa his wholl
due to an untoward accident. r'
itention had been U any 'miui
I tisbh.' but the letter iam dropgsd
OutA r the eompoduikt inrerib
i d. the, two pess4~ hlett n s q
t he Mhed waW, thus trams rmis
I the M which teeai timea , tub
'thit tfei w.' it nemssas to be s
w ifs wi l be tou
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A IYSTERIOUS HAND.
Toward twlllgLt, on an August day,
many years ago, two females were E
seated by the open window of an an
cient house, situated in New Haven, c
Conn. f
One of the women was an aged lady I
of perhaps seventy, with a light, I
cheery face, the very portrait of good a
nature and good health, and the other t
by her side was Madeline Blackwood, t
niece to the old lady, and a pretty,
mild-looking girl, whose years did not d
exceed nineteen, whose face bore the a
impression of a loving, tender-hearted I
girl, innocent and trusting in her na- v
ture. s
"Yes, dear Madeline. I madle my will a
last night," the old lady is saying,
"and I have made you my heiress, s
Madeline." e
"Oh, aunt, you overpower me with f
your kindness," Madeline answers, in r
a pleasant voice.
Don't thank me, darling; I only do d
as my heart dictates; poor doar, your t
path has been a rough one. Four
years ago your father died, and I took r
you here to my house. I have never a
regretted that day I did so, for I have
eier. found you an obedient, indus- c
trious girl, and, as rm an old maid,"
and Miss Blackwood laughed, "and I
have no one on earth to whom I could I
bequeath my wealth, I have selected
you as my future heiress." t
The young girl's face betrayed no t
surprise, but a light flush overspread
it, and she kissed the ruddy cheeks r
of her father's sister, as that old lady t
petted the girl's curly head. I
"I'm not very sickly, darling," theh
aged woman went on, "nor am I likely
to die very soon-at least Dr. Granby I
says so-so you may have to wait I
awhile; but while I live you shall be t
my daughter."
"Oh, dear aunt, please don't speak
that way. Don't speak of dying, my
best, my only friend. You cannot 1
conceive how deeply your words pain
me."
"You do love me, then, darling?"
and the aged spinster looked tenderly
at her niece.
"As I do my life, dear aunt," was
the girl's answer, as she again kissed
her aunt.
A few moments later the young girl
left the room and her aunt was alone.
For some moments the aged mis
tress of Blackwood house last buried
in-thougb-. -
"She's a good girl," at last mur
mured Miss Blackwood, "and I've done
right in leaving her everything, and
she deserves it, poor girl. for her life
was a checkered and ruffled one be
"HE GRASPS THE MYSTERIOUS
HAND."
fore her parents died. Ah, well, that's
ended now and Madeline shall never
went again, for when I die she will be
rich."
So mused Miss Blackwood in the
I evening twilight, and Madeline Black
S wood, shut up in her room in Black
- wood house, lay on her white bed,
Sthinking how she was to be her maiden
I aunt's heiress.
- As three weeks went on there was
I more companygin the old house now,
- for, at old Miss Blackwood's invita
s tion, her married sister, Annetta, and
., her husband and eldest son, a young
,- man of five-and-twenty, came to pay
a her a summer visitf
d For a couple of weeks the old Black
e wood house was lively and full of vis
Sitors, and Madeline never looked
I handsomer, in the old aunt's estima
tion, than she did in these days. But
Sthis gayety and brightness was but
the prologue to an eventful event.
Late on a misty night in September,
after an evening of more than usual
pleasure among themselves, the in
mates of Blackwood house retired to
r their various chambers, destined to
E- awaken in the morning on a scene of
* great horror.
Y At 8 the next morning the gueste
10 and Madeline were seated at the break
* fst table, when the housemaid came
I screaming into the room.
- "Oh, Miss Madeline! Oh, my-my
* poor, dear miseus i dead!t"
With alarm, terror, and awe they
all hurried up to the old spinster's
elaber, and there, on the bed, with
as expresion ap it in a ca sleep,
S here were no marks of rough mgs*
eab her, nothlng in the room was
Stourached ae had evidently died msd
denmly a a the night by heart disease, a
' smalady whieh the old lady had beenm
Strmeabld with lately.
S Malltas' rie at her ant's death
wm teraae to witm; ,eopl
I e ght she weaul go mad: but there
m ns m who took all quidy, who
Igp ssed o ad oat ak an shadow,
to whles Bway aor7 were atways ded
S It aenUsm pleekwoo,,tor
so sadden and mystartoua, and unase
countable to all
Five weeks had elapsed since Miss
Blackwood's mysterious death.' h
The old lady's nephew and a few U]
other relatives 'and friends, male and «
female, still remained in the old manor
house, for the spinster's heiress felt h
lonely and so unhappy since her
aunt's demise, and so they remained h
to please the poor girl, Paul Marsh,
the lady's nephew, included. a
Five weeks after the old lady's y
death, and on a bleak afternoon, when
almost all of the occupants were tak- 01
ing their after-dinner naps in their U
various chambers, a secret and stormy
scene took place between Madeline h
and Paul. p
What it was about no one but them
selves and God knew; but when Mad- pl
eline came from Paul's presence her ii
face was pale as a specter's-her man- s
ner strange and wild; as for Mr. $L
Marsh, he shuddered as her long black
dress touched him as she passed, with '
tottering steps, up to her chamber. f
That night, at 11 o'clock, the in- '
mates of Blackwood house lay in deep
slumber. It
Mr. Paul Marsh, since his aunt's
death, has slept in her chamber; it el
was a large, airy room, and he liked s
its location, and so he sleeps there to- a
night.
The day has been a gloomy one, but
the clouds disperse at 10 o'clock, and
the moon shines forth. The old lady'a
chamber, as we have said, is large and
roomy, with walls paneled half way
to the ceiling, which is green and old
fashioned. There are two large win
dows there, both looking out dn the a
great garden; the floor is neatly car
peted; ancient oak furniture is in the
room, and on the great high bed near
the wall Paul Marsh lies sleeping, e
while, near his bedside, and near the
wood-paneled wall, is a small table,
on which stands a wine glass of water
to drink through the night
Paul Marsh, lying asleep, has had
dreams, it seems, for he begins to toss
on his bed for some time, while the
moonlight, issuing through the open
casement, falls on the paneled wall
directly over the table. The entire
house is still as a graveyard at mid
night
In the midst of this dead silence
Paul Marsh awakens and his eyes fail
on the table near his bed, and then to
the moonlight above it, and, looking,
he sees- a small, square --hole --i the
paneling directly over his table, and
a small hand-a lady's, undoubtedly,
on the fingers of which bright rings
glitter-passes through this strange
opening and drops something out of a
tiny vial into Mr. Marsh's water glass.
Paul Marsh beholds this strange pro
ceeding and, leaping like a tiger out of
his bed, he grasps the mysterious hand
and some one in the next room
screams. Mr. Marsh jumps fiercely on
the floor and awakens the house; and,
taking a suspender, he ties the hand
to a bookcase near the secret opening.
The inmates of the house came to his
room door and, opening it, he points
to the white lady's hand and cries out:
"Burst open t:.e door of the nat
room and you.will behold a murder
ess!"
There is no cause to burst it open;
it is not locked. The excited guests,
going in, see Madeline Blackwood
glaring at them. Paul Marsh cuts the
suspender and goes into the room
where the guests are, and just in time
to stop the fleeing girl and cry in her
ear:
"Madeline Blackwood - murderess!
You shall not escape!"
"Oh, that I could strike you dead!"
is the greeting of the old spinster's
heiress.
"My friends," speaks Mr. Marsh,
"that girl murdered her aunt by pois
· on, and attempted my life a moment
r ago by the same means- "
e "I did!" almost shrieked the
wretched girl. "I don't deny it! It
e would be useless now! Why didn't my
aunt die after she made that will,
Swhich made me heiress to all? No,
I, she must live and make me long for
n that wealth! In the dead of night I
murdered-her-dropped through that
s secret opening a subtle poison intaher
Swater glass! No one suspected, no one
but you-accursed devil!" meaning
d Paul Marsh. "You came to me today
g -charged me with my aunt's murder!
y My guilt and terror betrayed me. You
threatened exposure tomorrow. I
Swould kill you tonight! I sought to
. poison you as I poisoned her!"
d "Horror, consternation and terror
Swere on everybody's face as the mis
at erable girl fell to the floor, bleeding
t at the mouth and fainting.
She died that night, friendless and
Salone, with no one around her death
al bed to console her in her luast mo
Smesnte-no one but the imaginary
to specter of the kind old soual she had
to murdered in return for all she had
at done in being a mother to the angrate
ful girl. So locked up In her lonely
to room awaiting the dawn of day to be
k- taken to prison-Madeline Blaekwood
ie died-died in agony and terror; and so
went into the dread presence of her
- maker, with sa unrepented erim on
her gilty rsal.--vlng Wiasomin.
th The Shah of Persia owns the most
valuabl m arm-chair in the world, It i
of solid gold, inlaid with precious
stones. At one time some of the stones
were stolen from one of the les tof the
a chair, and the indignant Shah ordered
a the arrest of a number of his servants
and held the keeper of the turniture re
th sponstble for the loss, with the intima
ple tion that if the thief were not dlaeov
m ered, the keeper would be bebeade
ho The culprit, being eventually bmnd,
w, was forthwith beheaded and his hedt
as carried on a pole by the implai b *
or g)uad through the streets oa Tineu
- It 1enerally turns out that a bieb
*h WR #6d ao ~lwry cae44a,
A HARROWING TALE.
the First Dorn's armew arssps sa Ito
Faps's Awvi 6aspae.
"Oh, George," she ried, flinging th
her arms about his neck sad sobbing
upon his breast, "I'm so glad you've
comel" WI
"Why, dear, what's the matter?" dl
he asked. "Are you ill?"
"No-that is, I'm only sick at
heart!" A
He drew back and looked into her w0
upturned face. What he saw there sil
made him tremble from head to foot. o
"The baby!" he cried. "Where is
our darling? Don't tell me that any
thing has happened to himl" Wi
She pressed a wet cheek against ra
his new vest and gave fall vent to her at
pent-up feelings. pr
The strong young man was com*
pletely unnerved. A wild look came m
into his eyes, and he gazed around in nF
search of some evidenee of the awful tii
thing that had happened.
"Veronica." he hoarsely whispered,
"do not keep me in suspense. I am
not equal to it. What has befallen lii
our child?" pl
His manner frightened her. In an
instant she became sell-possessed.
Ah. woman is, after all, the stronger
eharacter when trouble comes. She ot
may worry over small things, and oc
may weep over trifles, but when great m
affiiotions come she is the one upon
whom man must lean for support.
"Be calm, George," she implored,
"for my sake, try to be calm." do
"Oh," be groaned, "I have been hi
depressed all day. I have felt some i
dreadful thing was going to happen.
When the dear little one put his arms 1P
around my neck and smiled at me, as om
I was about to .go, something seemed pi
to say to me that I would returd to
grief. But what is it? Tell me. I
sannot linger in doubt. Whos fault a
was it, and how did it happen?"
"It was nobody's fault, George," al
she replied; "I swear to you that it
could not have been helped."
He sank into a chair, buried his
face in his hands sand shook with sup
pressed emotion.
"It was just before luncheon .
time," she went on. "I had to go
down to the kitchen for something,
and I left him playing on the sitting- b
room floor, upstairs."
"Yes, yes," the stricken man wailed,
"go on l"
"I can't, I can't!" she answered,
beginning to cry again. "It is too
dreadful! George, do you know what I
Ifound when Ireturnedi"
He only shook his head. He could
not speak. '
"The dear little fellow had crawled
out of the room into the hall, and was
peeking over the stairs. If I had b
been a minute later he might have a
fallen down!" •
George Darlington looked up ather,
and after a moment's ,qilenoe, de.
manded:
"Where is he now?"
"Asleep in his crib, the dear little
sweet."
Then the flustered young fathe I
went out and relieved himself by kick,
ing a leg off the kitohen table.-Cleve;
land Leader.
'A ielak Leopard Ic Loadon.
A leopard can never change its
spots, it is true, but it can sometimes
be perfectly black, or-in far rarer
oases-perfectly white. One of thi
black specimens has been at the Zo9
for the last week or so, though come.
paratively few visitors have been awe
of the fsot. They have passed hi
sage in the lions' house and found
seemingly empty. But if they
looked closely at the top of the tree
trunk in the far right-hind corner they
would have discovered the crouching
and apparently jet-black animal, with
its back toward the bars of the cage,
and its head, outatretched and motion
t less, fixed against a grating in the
wall. There he stays the whole dad
long and all through the week, never
t moving a hair save when the keeper
Sbrings his iron rod intoplay. Then
the head is swung around with a snarl,
and the leopard, looking the very in;
earnation of evil; shows its gleaming
white teeth. Ordinarily it might wel
t be taken for dead. It eomes dowsR
r only in the night time to devour its
e food. The animal in all probability4
g will not be at the Zoo muoh longer.
Like many other new arrivals, it was
sent there "on approval," and in oomr
Spany of another black leopard. Onel
I of the pair died before it could be
o turned out of the eage in whieh it
same, while its fellow was found to be
r not only lame but so faero and un
Smanageable as to be more bother than
g it was worth. So it will doubtlessbe
returned.
d The blsek leopard' Is nothing more
than a variety of the better-knowr
. species, as isproved by instanees i1
which a female of the ordinary color
, ha given birth o a litter among which
a was a blak eub. It has been r.
p. marked, however, that these black
y leopards are usually met with in the
ShWl jungles, and it is reasonably sp
Sposed that such distriet are more eit
to less aseoeited with the abmeamel de.
,i velopmento color.-Lo&doa raphi
in newspapers is comeWe.
SThe Massachasetts Speom Court
has recently aElrmed the judmeant of
the Supreme Court l the easesthe of
st Gaette Oompany of Worws~strld
is the Telegram Newspaerer unue
"5 Worcester against the Oomca web,
s in whieh the aSupeuder Oor im ped
he a flne of $100 ah foir emntesp$ et
-ts Inacaseontrial m the Superior
u- Ooart at Woreater, one Lbrig was
-i tryiag to getdamanlgs from the town
e- of Holdean lor Ilsad taskn foe the abe
. ,lition of a railrod' roi, . . The
id, Gasette and the relegra both 3riated
ad ,n iteadiring the trial relative to an
tl oersidtobavr, been made by th
"I towm to Lering.
The.apreme Court fund thai the
-r pebliestion omrsuc mattgr was itkly
to obruct te cm of justieag and
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THE OVERFLOw OUUTLOOK.
There is an old saying to the effect
that all signs fail when it rains, and
while all the signs fail when the
waters from above come tumbling
down upon the lowlands, sweeping
away levees and inundating the
country, disastrously there is yet
some comfort in knowing that the
signs, so far as they have been dis
covered, would indicate that there
will be no very great volume of
water this spring, unless heavy
rains over the watershed should fall
after this date, which is not at all
probable, says the Memphis Com
mercial Appeal. Reports from Min
nesota. the Dakotas and other sec
tions where the snows are usually
chokldng the valleys at this season of
the year, state that comparitively
little has fallen, that the hills and
plains and even the valleys are
naked and that the winter has been
uniformly dry and cold On .the
other hand, Memphis and the lower
country have been visited by a very
unusual preoipitation within the
last thirty days, in the form of
nmow, rain, hail and sleet. This
downfall, while most unleasant,
has long since melted and is opeed
ing away to the gulf without giving
ground for any apprehensions of an
overflow, and the water which once
passes a annotdo so again util
another season has,rlled arond
and until it has again been taken up
by raeiation and carried Into the
clouds.
As only a certain amoalt of
moisture is absorbed each year, it
tallows that what falls in the lower
valleys and escapes, without doing
any damage, to the sea, is eliminat
ed from the flood computations, and
it wauld seem that what moisture
should have fallen in one form or
another n the great waterhed
failed to reach its accustomed des
tination and yeilded to the foroes of
gravitation in the lower valleys.
lvar year a layer of the mae
fourteen feet thick, isetaken uparlt1
the clouds. The winds bear theft
burden into the land and the water
comes down in rain upon the klds,
to low back through rivers.
LLINOIS CENTRAL
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THE GREAT TR LIII
letweea the
North and South.
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ad al points
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Achim, Vishivi, Nw bg..
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Double Daily Traisl
Fast Tiau
Close Comestos.
Thengh Pllman Palace seepre
betweena New Orlean and Mmphla
Iause CiOty, St. Louis ad aOhiage
withe t ehsge" makilng ditret es.
Moas with firt-olsas lnes to all pts
The pgreat steel bridge spaing the
SOMe river at Calero ecmpleted, ad al
tias (freight ad passenger) nw rua
Inlg regularly over itthus avoiding the
Idelays ad eannoya iseeldea to tnes
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traim for all poi-S
1 NORTH, EAST All WEST,
, inluding Befalo, PlttrbUZW Ole*e
Sland, Boeson, New York, Pbltls ,
a Biatore, lllebuaond, 8t. Psal, Mi.
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