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NATClITOHT S POPULIST.
•ENTERIED AT THE NATCHITOCHES POST
OIFFIP E AS SECOND-CLAS8 MATTER.
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING.
II. L. BRIAN, . - Editor.
W. H. AREAUX, - - - Publisher.
SUBSCRIPTION-One year.................1 00
Six Months .............. 50
Four Mouths ............. 40
FRIDAY, June 3, z898.
The loss of life in the Cardenas
engagement was our first sacrifice
of the sort in this war. Let us
not forget that the first American
officer to die for his country was
from the South. In view of the
great and tra.icipast, this fact pos
sesses an interest that touches the
hearts of all Americans. Il the
rod blood of the Carolina, the
North and South have sealed their
perpetual reconciliation.-Spring.
held Republican.
In our advertising columns will
be found an announcement of Ex
Senator John J. Ingalls' forth
coming book, entitled "Ameriea's
War For Humanity." Canvassing
agents will find in it a book of re
markable interest, and certainly of
extraordinary salability. The his
tory of the war is told in picture
and story, and in a way that al
ways characterizes the brilliant pen
of :Se&nator Ingalls. In narrating
the incidents of this war he finds
: rand scope for his superb des
,criptive and analytical powers.
tji theme is worthy of the author,
a d the author is worthy of the
theme. It is published by N. D.
Thompson Publishing Co., of St.
Louis, Mo. It will be a monu
, eital work that will not only be
everywhere read, but it will be a
mcontmnent to his genius that will
outlive in history his brilliant sen- 1
al4ay career. The subscription 1
trade and the canvassing
I t are fortunate in the fact that
Siauthor of such rare ability has
;I~ ,enlisted in its interest.
We want our sister states to note i
hri ofitable it is to have a genu
m' poiulist adminstration. The
-dof Nebraska is large- '
rved om leases, .on school I
.,During republican misrule, t
' .cases were allowed to run, c
republican heelers and t
i ' The school apportion
S dtaing those years was as
elQ w child : a
"- et 894, 51 cents S
63 cents P
rc895, so cents b
55 cents i
18, 50 cents it
wmas the )lst apportion
" n repubt~ian misrule, )
the poplists, marched
bigle d o~f s" through the v
t eorridors and'put their o
Srsense"at. work on ti
Ahe~.dst school ap
Kwa inade in June,
eached 8 cents per a
i one-half in the w
Te t apportion- L
r --reached
ebarJed that a
b ia~ psIedbut lii
t n and bi
for ~ t~r~iin off in at
WIleooubenade-. t
of :chot l age.
sa-Ys PB
4 birel
Arf~i~
Conference Advisable.
Pending the present meeting of
)ST the legislature, and the sooner the
better, it would be well that the
.. PopuliSts of Louisiana hold a gen
eral conference in Baton Ronge.
tor. The last three elections have been
ser. so conducted that the members of
the party do not know "where
a on they are at," each section of the
5o State having virtually acted inde
0o pendently. This is entirely wrong:
with two-thirds of the vote of the
State, we can do nothing unless
m* this vote is soliditied, and the only
nas method of solidifying it is for lead
ice ing members of the party from
us each section of the State to got
:an together and agree upon a general
vas program so that every Populist
the will know that, in what ever he
Os- does the entire party is with him.
the Shall the conference be held ?
rhe Peoples Tribune.
the The conference is alright, Bro.
eir Humble, also the sentiments as to
ig unity, but as to the party having
been divided in the last three cam
ill paigns, we are at the first of it.
x- While Populists have been divided
h- in the Northern States even to
s having separate tickets aml organ
e izati~ns, and differ somewhat in
of sentiment is this State, yet we have
is- had no real division, 'and should
re congratulate ourselves upnoon the
n patriotic spirit of concession ex
3 isting in our party in Louisiana,
ds that has enabled us to unite upon
-S- any policy favored by the majority.
1' When the Republican party in
this State endorsed our platform
[) and our ticket, which stood for
t. fair elections, free silver and pro
u- tection to Louisiana industries, we
co-operated with them as against.
ill the Democrats who stood then as
n- now, for spoils of office, free
)n trade and silver relegated to the
ig domain of national politics.
A Six months later when the Re
publicans had declared for the gold
standard and the Democrats had
to taken heroic doses of the Populist
L1 platform and candidates, after
weighing the matter earefully and
3l requiring several tests of sincerity,
a, we co-operated with said Demo- t
It crats. .. In these cases the old par
d ties had exchanged places, while I
the Populists stood their ground r
and maintained their principles; t
;s and the solidity with which our r
s party did this, shows its devotion n
B to principles rather. than men, and B
its ability to follow a principle ii
though impersonated by different
political parties. o
d In the late Constitutional con- t
o vention farce where no Democratic v
' opposition had a dog's show of jus- 8
tice, the Populists polled as many
votes as could have been expected,
r and more than any other party a
Swould have done under the same ii
diflliculties, t.
If there is any treat division of el
Ssentiment or policy among Popu- ,,
Slists in Louisiana, the party has 13
Sbe:uso well handled by its officers
and its press that such division
bas not shown up on the surface, te
and the party is to be congratula- fr
-ted in either event. b
CC
S '"Wrought treo Steal." a
Mr. A Cox of ward 6, came to f
town last Thursday to try to get -
tho Range people to comply with
their lagreement on which they in;
-ced him to sigp a $73 note for a
Istive. They were to sell his old th
stve, which was good snough for ail
himb, and guarantee $25 for it an
they were: to give him 8 or 10 ar
dilayi wtk at  per hday, and were fei
t b~a 4with him while canvass- on
eingei aiacent territory, all to be t
edited  his note, whichcredits a
od be over one-half. On these pr
enations this hard-working, re
eltnme was induced to sign
mteiwc wilt swallow his cot.
ppthis fall., The agentwho P
tIdhim pleadled maekneae against hta
- asi4 any further, and the
Sger-an early depature. Mr
4I o tI.*Iw gm $15 in cash and
aW stewveback :for his note,
bie*bs it, showing that
Sp e much over $1i .
pl sin strange that :men
* i iso t me into our cowl
$y .. pommises. work of
patent 1pmabugpi
ot hard-work
9tAPeqtl(·* Su
Clleap Swwindlers in In le Souet.I
r of The people of ttre rural districts
the of the southern states are easy vic
the tims for men who live by their
ten- wits. The peddler, with his little
ige. pack of Ilashy wares, cheap jewel
een ry and finery of all sorts, reaps a
s of harvest as he journeys afoot from
iore community to community and from
the county to county. The people
ide- learn nothing from experience, ex
ng: cept in rare instances. The light
the ning rod man and the sewing ma
loss chine man are institutions as fixed
uly as the seasons and as recurrent.
tad- A Sun reporter got on the trail
rom of a cheap swindler in Alabanma
got who operated in at least three
'ral counties and loft more regrets and
list sadness behind him than any other
he member of his numerous tribe.
in I He was a very plausible and indus
-- trious individual, and be represent
ed himself as hailing from New
re. York. If he will go back to El
more county he' will meet with
to a very warm reception. He claim
ing ed to he: the representative of a
im- New York photographic concern
it, which would take daguerrotypes,
led photogralhs, and the like and
make beautiful crayon portraits of
to them, samples of which, with and
an- without frames, he had in stock.
in The former cst $1, the latter 50
wve cents.--New York Sun.
Lld The Sun should go on and in
the vestigate the vast army 'of patent
;x- medicine fakes, book agents, fruit
aft, ree agents, "steal" range hum
on bugs, ready made clothing drum
ty. mers, installment frauds, and
in thousands of others to numerous
rm to mention, that infest our South
For ern country, and gull our people.
'o- If we should make it a rule to
we "set the dogs on all agents and
st solicitors of any kind whatsoever,"
as we would perhaps injure a few
ee good men and lose a few good bar
he gains, but the money and patience
saved thereby would be incompar
able.
How long will we be the cretfu- l
Id logs, "soft snap'" for the smooth I
ad toegued agent, and the speculativeI
ist Yankee Ic
er A. New MIonopoly..
ad i
In the' midst of the war excite
ment we should not lose sight of l
the doings of the Constitutional
r- Corivention, and just now that body a
le bay under consitderation two mess
a nures of apparently trivial impor- e
s; tane, but which in reality are of
vital interest to the peopl.. We .c
refer to the'proposedl appointment
SI of the registrars of voters by the "
id governor, and project of Rquir-
le mng all tax sales and other official
at advertisements to' be published in C
the official iournals of the differ- t
ent parishes, without compensa
- tion. These two schemes are thet
ic very essence of the old Warmoth c
. schemes for electoral fraluds, the a
one is to letith, registrar of voters e
Spractice all kinds of dishonesty in
Selections, and the other to be used
Y as a great lever to break .down all a
e independent country newspapers,
to prevent the exposure of such
election frauds and to build up a
class of papers to cover up the
Ssanme. This last scheme is a dead.
8 ly blow at independent country tt
5 journalism, and can have but one
a effect, and t1:hat is to cover up con
, temnplated fraluds upon the elective t
- franchise. The Convention has ol
been guilty of many crimes of Ie
commission and omission, but this
can not be classed is an error of th
judgment, but iss'tampod with
> fraud and dishonesty upon its face,
S--Shreveport Journal,
SPqpullst Conference. a
SThe State Central committee of :
Ithe Peoples party, the editors of
all Populist papers 'and all State
and parish officers in Louisiana, i
are hireby called to meet in con
ference in the city of Baton Rouge
on Saturday, June 25th, at 10 a.
m., to deliberate upon the best
methods' of organizing the party
and the most feasible plan for th
propagation of the principles of
reform.
Important business will come
before'the conference, and all who
desire to help shape the future
policy of the party, should be on
hand.
Respectfully
Ii. L. BRIAN,
Ch. Peoples party. ·
(CX KE-At the home of her t
parents in Washington, La., Mon- g
y.evening, May 23,1898, Evelyn
Cooe, aged 9 years.
Evelya was the eldest daughter ta
of Dr. OG. A. M. Cooke of Wash
ington, 1., andwas one of the
brightest and :sweetest children it ter
ha ibeen our pleasure to 'know.
Di'. c(lios was the nominee for st
.ut- - PfiBb.- Edu~a otion) on the -
I a tik 1in8t will 1
ti 'A enmocralittc Arbltcr "of
(Oood."
cts
tc In that popular book Quo Va
tir dis, the brilliant author sketches
ttle Petronius as the arbiter clegarntia
rum at the court of the bloody ty
s a rant Nero. This polished and
ern philosophical arbiter was profound
om ly learned in tiall the arts and scieu
pei cas almost wins our sympathy
x- and ladmiration by the wonderful
snn scope of his scholarship and geni
e us. But the necessities of his po
stion sf(,rced him to pervert and
ail degrade his giftsto the laudation of
a fraud, infamy, debauchery and
ncrime and with his d.ying breath
me he confesses himself the basest of
d hypocrites, toadies and impostors.
It seems, that the New Orleans
econventionselected the lion. Thoen -
aN- as J. SemTes to perform the part
of the democratic Petronius. lie
was put forward as the censor of
it public virtue and the arbiter of all
tl good things. In a closing speech
m this modern Petronius declared
that the convention had rightfully
rn worked in the interest of the dem
°s' ocratic party because, he declared,
n the democratic party is the State
and enbraces all that is good in
the State."
Before people discuss the merits
of this pharisaical, Pecksniffian
opinion, they will naturally en
in- quire into the character and quali
nt ties of this now arbiter ? What
it manner of public man is he. %' hat
is he butt the well paid attorney of
criminals and corporations ?
M- What has he done in the public
ad service that entitles him to become
as the arbiter of public virtue in
h- Louisiana ?
When has he championed the
to cause of justice or the rights of
to the people I
Id When we consider the time, the
," pice and the circumstances,. there
w is nothing to save these ugly boast
r-ings from the plane of low buf
foonry. The good people of this
State who do not wear the collar
r- of ballot-box stuffer's can well af
ford to smile at the antics of these
a- democratic p!ayers who strut upon
th the stage and hoarsely cry "I am
re Sir Oracle r When I speak let no
dog bark !" The tens of thou
sands of pure and noble citizens
of Louisiana who spurn the demo
cratic rings and all their criminal
leaders may well afford to smile at
the haughty arsumptions of the
Sadvocates of fraud.
SWe- shall not stop to enquire or
examine what are the ideas, what
imust be the tests which ring demo
erats'aapply to right and wrong.
it We shall not follow the bad ex
ample of declaring that all the
Sbest people of the state are in
1l dealy antagonism to, the demo
a cratric party.. But we d(o assert
Sthat the citizecns opposed to thalt
party Ire as '"ood," as any in
this state, measured iv any de
b cent standard of publiu or private
merit. This retort ilI he' justifi
edt by every truth-loving mian in
Louisiana.
But it is not t'o make compari
I sons (which arealwvays odious) that
we write this brief article.. The
vain beastingas: of Mr, Semmed are
only i'mnportant for the' lesson that
they teach.
They show how absblutely lead
the democrats' are to publicsenti
Smeat which universally condemns
.and repudiates their partisan con
stitution. In spite of this, tnspite
of rebukes fromr the press, the ring
leaders shut their eyes and ears M
and continue to shout, "We are
the State I" nd so powerful has
this ring become that it can make
the hishest talent in the State its
apologist and tool! Genits, ob-wb
livious of 'its own dignity, carries
aloft the banner of fraud !
"Who would not laugh if such a man
there be ?"
"Who would not weep if Attlcas were
he " Dr
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,· .'7"'~;.C.iago March 2 ,4m.
, AN OPEN LETTER
To MOTHERS.
Y- WE ARE ASSERTING IN THE COURTS OUR RIGHT TO.
1(l THE EXCLUSIVE, USE OF THE WORD "CASTORIA," AND,
j. "PITCHER'S CASTORIA," AS OUR TRADEMARK.
1" I, DR. SAMUEL PITCHER, of Hyannis, Massachusetts,,
was the originator of "CA ST 0 RI A," the same that
i- has borne and does now bear on every
1 the fac-simile signature of .00 wrapper.
)f This is the original "CA STO RI A" which has been used in
( the homes of the Mothers of America for over thirty years.
LOOK CAREFULLY at the wrapper and see that it is
the kind you have always bought .. on the
and has the signature of , M7- wrap
t per. No one has authority from me to use my name except
t The Centaur Company, of which Chas. H. Fletcher is President.
SMardch 24, 1898..D
Do Not Be Deceived.
Do not endanger the life of your child by accepting
a cheap substitute which sbme druggist may offer you
.(because he makes a few more pennies on it), the in
gredients of which even he does not know.
"The Kind You Have Always Bought"
BEARS THE SIGNATURE OF
Insist on Having
The Kind That Never Failed You.
sTN OllErNTUR OOMPANY, it MUNAV ItRLng, tgW vOnK OfT
r Shoeing
S the feet of our friends is the
most pleasant business on
I earth if we fit them with
shoes that give comfort-
that "make the feet glad:."
Just the opposite is true if
the shoes are- poor in fit and quality. We've learned
that there's only one way to success in the shle business
and that wayis proved by the class
of shoes you'll find at this progress
wive store.
Give us a'chance to fit you, and we'll
do it to the Queen's taste. We have
taken no chances, Our shoes colme
from America's foremost foot fitters.
WILLIAMS WEAVER & O'QUIN.
Livery Stable,
HOLSTON & PHARIS,
ChURCh ST. near IRON BRIDGE,
Natchitocles. La.
S---Co------O ,
New Bhildings, New Buggies, Fresh Horses, and Exlperience&i
Managers.
Drumrner's Outfitted on Short NIetice.
BUSS MEETS ALL TRAINS.
Borses cared for by the Day, Week or Month. Put up with.us
when you come to townu.
. BESTf LINE OF FEWD TO BE HAD.
List of Jurors
Drawn to serve at the June term
of 10th District Court, Parish of
Natchitoches :
FIRST WEEK.
WARD. WARD.
R L Caskarir 1 W E Carter, 6'
Jno S Ailcn, 2 J D Deblieux, 4
A B Trammell 7 H H Oliver, 3
G M Perry, 4 G T Bashwell, 4
W W Dowden, 7 W B Butler, 4
Bevy. Tucker, 1 Jas Beasley, 8
Jas. Nowling, 7 Julius Aaron, 1
Henry Beasley, 7 U McClendon, 7
Ed Vallery, 10 C C O'Quin, .9
H M Brosstet, 10 Joe Kaflie, 1 1
H B Haynes, 4 P J Gibson, 1
F A Vienne, 4 J H Rhodes, 7
Walter Babers, 2 Nat Fuller, 7
CH McBride, 9 J M Clark,s 8
W Breazeale, 9 J C Thomason, 7
Felix Curry, 9 Jno P Gulley, 9
Gus Fitz, 4 A Melancon, 9
D 0 Meek, 2 A Presley, 8
Win. Tobin, 10 T P Aldridge, 9
J B Barberouse 4 S Bachal, 7
Joe Harris, 4 W R Gibbs, 2
Jas Butler, 2 J E Monroe, 1
J B Evans? 2 AB Prothro, 1
V S Benoit, 10 R Bernstein, 9 1
E J Gamble, 4 T P Norswort'y 7 I
SECOND WEEK.
WARD. WARD.
S M Ne~lin, 7 McD Crow,. 1
A G Ogden, 5 Thos Buvens, .1
F L Metoyer, 1 Wm Jackson, 5
Mat W ilkieon, 1 M Nowlin, 7
J SKile. 8 J B Delouche,10
Jeff D Aaron, 1 F C Blacksher 6&
L W kitepbens, 7 J F Dowden, &
W W Alleun, 5 S G Bruten 2:
R W Neylaud, 9 J N Hendricks 6
P E Tauziu, 1 Robt Gentry, 5
M F Atains, 1 T J. Byrd, 7
F Derbanne, 1 J W Meek, 2
Corrie Lunt, 6 W A Mangham, 2
J W Jones, 1 JB Barnhill, 5
Geo Jackson, 3. E JJ Gibbs, &
THIRD WEEK.
WARD. WARD.
H D Beal, 9 D 1F Adams, 3
J A Vercher, 4 W Roberteon, 4
Thos Lambert, 6 W G Kile, 8
Jeff Lowe, 2 0 Hardee, 10,
P C Boger:;, 1 H B Plaisance, 4
Pat Coffee Jr., 2 A4 Godard, 1
W R Sewell, 6 W B Marshall, 8
W OOarter, 6 1 Baphiol, 4
W B Safford, 1 CA Ballard, 1
L P Lewis, 9 L, P Landrum, 3.
Fred Lestage, 9 W H Lowe, 4
Jno Evans, 6 GW6 Foreheeb T
Tom Boswell, 8 B FJ Draneuet 1
Wm Rachal, 10 C Chaplin Jr., 1
II HMaytt, 6 Henry Russell, 7
A true copy of the original ve
nire on file of record in my ofice.
In testimy whereof witness my
hand and official sear this 25th day
of' April A. U. 1898,
H., , MIIYAMS,
Clerk.
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