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THE PROGRESS. IUBLISHEI) EVElt H8A'Tl' I )AY BY HICKS BROS. (J D. IlIC~KS ....... .....Editor. Entered in the PI'otost''i alt sMreveport ia Second-(ia&rs Mall Matter. OrrfIC: 612 Spring Street, btw'eu Milain d Crockett. SUB,jRIPT'ION : One Y a . ..... ............ ..O O e DVt ollar 8j Months . ............... .Sixty-tlve Cents T ree Month .. h........ ."'l'hrty-live Cents Oacial Journal Caddo Parish Farmers Union SHREVEPORT LA.. FEBRUARY 1, 1896 ANNOUNCEMENTS. F lOR MA'Y()" W t"( at-1" allIt rir;s 1 to sr t u' tll"' ' I l u.. 1:. T. V II'i a, i an til stI fit · rc c"It~ i t ii I ~ Ii a ii NI aI i r tIIi &. ti ,. ii i - I- i i i iý j /i r i ', i llt I() il ii I Il. .'. YI c ll r :ita at s ut) I lI itt fill' llaculi,'("t t t lnllirt"tti rt I,% 1 It11. 1 I I'.",1n"("tfi ly III IIIIIIIý'' lýUt ll; l I lI1: Ildila; 1U1 Mayor. Cat ANI11;;11 t 'I' If I,1' \\" a* e al jIWI i$d to annLIatO %1a~jm 10aiul 1mowiothal a4 a candlidlate too member of City ('mulsuil fros Wardti One 'subject t4) nonmination bL 1h,' 1)eL ocratic pau'ty at the plriImary elect iosn to hbe hlId oil o l'chruary L . 1¶!,6. Please anuoIuucno mo nl a catn,'ii iat for ('ouncinIIan from tI ri M -cond \'ari subji'it to InoIuiuLatiOU by the D '1mo cratic tarty. Your trlullv. ,-°, " lB13N ii)IZM.\N. Wet a II1 alu lrii'Il To IIIIIOUH'Q I 1101), tiiu ai:r.ul I c i Umt for r - I'i tiuu a+; Otlf( IlTIVnfl- fII Ward ( suh~j it t t floiuti ow ion he thm uiAu t Vc :I'(' e ,ulthor. 'di to taunwohI I lou. I1. 11A. \iwo' ai aLIdhi' o l for (:00n eilrn~' fromn thu Il i hW~ut, .uhjt wt to nlotiul * tj.ri at t.. )umocmal pii tom~a IjpN; to h. hi lil I 'mm Ihimlay ') ii i . HaitVu ; elr ;ir..;iutly rt (I. ttd t tin so, I riepectfnl i, ailu llunct' Illyi' f a c:mntiul it for ( 1 ', , 1ilhna trout tin 5th W ard. sl ebi'Ct to )IfllllnLtli I1 lItv til' D i ,nc '" 'r ti' vot. r ti' hh r.n , I: X (T at the ,,t.u:ry t bc heil :t : EO ' u iry 5th Iwem. W e M.,t 'I' . l It+,LO n i .:L t' fm . r tlion to ti otlii"r of cot)llt'illlaIn rim Wardl l hl., suhj,'t to nomiatl ion at the I)eiow rat ic plrinay to he ei.l on February .th ni x t. W'e al'.' alull horized to llllululc' . C. A. Al-,to it candidat, fo r,-e' tion a countcil man from tht t'-eco·dll ward, suljrct to nomination by tht Democrat it' party at the primary clit - , tion to he held on F'ebtuarty 5, ,9t. e ate B r horifzed to a!nlnomcoo Lur. LOUIS DAI IIREUN ca lealidhlr.t. for councilman :om the T hird Ward, sub ject to nom ation py the )tDemo ratio party a.4 exprCessld art primary clection to be tecl i on ,'ebruary 3. -The Signs of the Timnes In Relation to u the Sgcond Ctnm nt f Our Lord." ti "And Jesus went out, and departed k from the temple, .. and as he sat upon b the upon the Mount of Olives, the s disciples came unto Him privately, o saying, "Tell us, what shall be the h sign of thy coming and the end of ii ,the World?" Matt. 24.1-3. C After our Lord had finished speak- n 'ing the words recorded in Matt 23 he ( wept over the fearful unbelief of Je- c ,rusalem; then leaving the Temple he t took a position on th's Mount of O1- a ives from whence he could look down e and behold the glory of the sacred s edifice and the city spread out be him. It was at this point that he was i met with the interrogation of the dis- I Sciples ae to the sign of His coming c and of the endlf the world, or as it E is better and mare correctly rendered I --"end of the ago or dispensation." The question was one of great impor tance to the Jews, who, wrongly in terpreting the prophecies, looked at this time, for an earthly reign of Christ, and the re-establishment of the Dsvidic kingdom. Our Lord does not rebuke the disciples for their 'uebstioiong, nor does he answer them directly, but rather undertakes to tell them what events should transpire re His coming again, for "of that day·audi'hur koweth no man; no, sot the atge of' Heaven, but my Vather only;' Matt. 24:36, but by re soountiog eding events, he en deavored put his faithful followers in an.4titude of watch ~ain., r unto them that looks for imau e appear the second time ' unto salvationr" Heb. 2)8, at his disciples knowing i ediate forerunning events prepared for His coming for Again in Mat 2-4 hesayr, it eveing, .ye say, it will f r the sky is red and lowering. 0 vice, ,e hypocrites, ye c in discern the upon face of the sky, but can ye not discern ,)n the "Signs of the Times!" inditf We are well aware that the Jews this, t were blind and refused to accept the I wew "igns and prophecies fulfilled at terest Christ's advent, but is not the Chris- pare: rian world at large to-day, equally its ance. blind to all the signs of the Master's care coming? In a few brief papers it is the I imUposseisl to refer to all the signs of the the near advent of our Lord, but chur( there are three lines of prophecy rmidi which will invite our attention. sone '"~iIE i'RIPIIF:0s'I E c IoN'EriNINi r T E Ilolm tl- irl'ln i. 11). It is often stated that the outlook the i for the future of the Christian church even is ji st bright as the promises iof {iod, ,1111 which is true, but unfortunately tle of t Scriplture neither offers nor gives us who: a very rosoate view of tho latter day or e church, for th e Holl y (i hIst. laves iS ,t 1 in lbut little doubt 1r ... its corilition the ( Mulring the closingi period of this ,iis- they 1ernsation. And I'aul writing of tho alid Iusigns of the I ird's cominUg. 2 1'lhes. \ h 2:3 S says, 'that that dlay shall not t hour corm, except thero comr e a falling niot. Saway lirst, arni the man or sin he they revealed," also " that the mystery of any t iniquity (doth already work" -- -lthe chin consumation of this iniquity heing thl] ithe "Irai of sin." \\ell may we peltl inquire, what is this mystery of ii- ldeo ' quity or of lawlessness of which l'aul ruin warned us, and where does it work? day 1- \e0 look around us in the wo;hl, we ilay "Isee wickedniess--lawlessness, but or ii there is no" mystery" connected with lobjI it--the violations of the law are open the "i and without concealment. The yet ,. "mystery" howeverof this iniquity of ly tI which we speak that it , that t is not i or dis _ of the world, but in the church, and star SIthat is the last place where we would himl + expect to find it, or acknowledge it toi inf be. So our blessed Lorid in Mlatt. 13 is i gives us a forecast of this ' mystery ,mel i of lawlessness" working in the ten ~'church. In a series of paralhl's hi e a - tells us of the mixing of the evil with i th the good, with ever increasing power viis of thoe evil plriodt. What was the learv- l) ii en which the woman hid int the three ini, a measures of meal till all was whi ti' leavened? Certainly it was niot e a pil 1 symbol of purity which should worrk .,in until all the meal had become moir iied pure: not so, for leaven is always iln tho . the scripture a ligurei of corrup tion to whether ill dioctrine or atlection. . S,, r the leaven was hid in the G(ospImel pr , mieal-the church until all hioubd be leavened. What were the fowls (ita ir. of r the air, ut the sae figures of th corrupting elements which built their to Snests in, and, defiled the branches of au -- the tree sprung up from the Gospl fai _ seed? Where were the had fish? w, r. Nowhere so plentiful as enclosed in 'o or Gospel net with the good. What of t tic the tares sown amongst the good on wheat and springing up choking some a and hindering the growth of the rest fe, A" nd so further the Spirit pictures to w to us that in the last days perilous tl times shall come. Mben shall ibe w ed lovers of themselves, covetous, w 0n boasters, proud,.. false accusers, de- or he spisers of thyem that are good, lovers oh l, of pleasure more than lovers of God; a the having a form of godliness, but deny of ing the power thereof.-2 Tim.3:1-13 ci Of whom was such an indictment , a- made?' Of the Scribes or Pharisees? h he Of the world? Nay, dear reader, but ri Je- o the professed follewrs of Christ in h be the church during hb last days. And p 01- again in 1 Tim. 4:1 "1'he spirit speak- b wn eth expressly that m the latter time , red some shall depart from the faitn," i be- etc., and this eferer'e, is also to >he church. Our beloved Lord himself a was in that parable s recorded in Luke t dis- 19:11-27 gives us a prophetic glimpse c ing of the future clear d,.wn to the end , it of the age and even to the end of all e red time, and is illustrative of the true ou." condition of the church, and it also c por- shows us, that not alone is empty in- profession to abound, but also that it at expressly states that a message of ha of tred was sent after the departed Lord. of Everywhere in Scripture does the does Holy Ghost show us . the latter herr day church as being in a deplorable I hem condition, full of wickedness, having tell an outward form of godliness, a name pire to live, but being dead. - that What sign can we detect to-day I no, that will correspond with the teach- I my ings of the Scriptures and of their ful- 1 re- filment' en- On all sides, we behold the con wers stantly increasing desecration of the atch Sabbath. More and more the day a for which in former times was observed time as a day of rest and godly reumon Heb. and fellowship, devoted to holy teach wing ing in its entirety, is now being giv ents en over to pleasure and social de g for manis, while attendance upon the I morning service stills the conscience will and lulls it to plupbers, members vice, while the evening worship falls the c upon few ears. ficati in all sides iniquiity cH4uploe(i w ith etc., indiffeorence abounds, iwa "-because of its 114 this, the love of Iluany shall wax cold." ing I Few indeed in any church take an in- trutt terest in the Sablbath school, not even we al parents deeming it worthy of attend- hirel ance. and many neither know nor long care who teaches their children, while but ( the utter inmlilTfrence manifested by grg the members to the work of the hear church is I)ositively astoundling. The conv midweek prayermeeting is "bore- repIy sOmie," and not teni per cent of the ceiv me)mbers are over in attendanllealln there- ship on. With tlhe chur4!hes relation to ansl the ilndividlual mnlemlers matters are fni i venl wor'S'. In e'very chlurch ilr4 anil , 11mashy whi i lives are open vIolationsr the i 1of tihe ''i (en Cii aunilolits, and Ip1l Swhose 1 hills a0 hi) 011' that ot4 denial the 1 or OX llit4 t ill a 41 IS i le , o) fir Itbo1 11. i, t W .,t l lhfi 11111115 ;ll'S l l'l' car iel il q (c they artee nitaighit,l t tin s It, hlileºhr the Sand ('ol ' the growth of 11t) whlvat whlr Why do not olit chu1rt'chs eralicatld' is It t Ihet' ? Simply heanll e they hi'rl' hili g , t n otenfiore thei strict li.cip1hin which lh S thIey p41144g1 thmIllvii,'I s l1 11). 1)anr tiril Sally 111nl alct ill a lodge at t' (I chur'ch 111ii'iiihe s 1 l4 i ilaltion oilf Cii their vows, and susinsioni is.'i tlhe pre; 0 lenalt', tunt our clhuriiic('le carry those i i4d t(head weightis yea'ir after year hringin£ gos Sriiilui to themiselvtes and otheirs. To- tyri ? liy o1)ii) may he a drinkinig man, ie fait TO maly let out his houses fur gainu I llU pIo it or iinnioral purp.oses; he may he the 1a11 hl oljct of contempllit of e4very man in In0 n t he comii unity who hails hylli pocrisy, ani o yet his monliey is contr'illited regular- iiO of ly to tLe chulurch he t1need noll)t fear the tI, or discilline and lotters showing his gold ,(1 id stai(lilrg will lie giveni cinnmn'dnli rg In r 1(d hiiini to sister chu'rches. Tli lJiihle,that iinl to infallil)le rule of faith ianti lpract ice, lit( 13i is no longer thIe source (if joy it for- \i y mel'rly was to 11he ciirchar. f,,i little li at lyo he tent.i :,l s paid to its tleacI hig by tle (1] Sil.i MASIS of its llllmembers, and ,It1 simllay wil till 1 the new .paper is 1t 1,i,,re welct'l(,,,ii ,, ter vi itor l a cl f greate'r ('1j1 ]nenit than 1hrI 1v- l)aivil .4ls il"ll . l \ hat with filr al lid , 't) is1in in worshipi a 1frinalhani i 4ori tis whlich t14 Holy (iii , t hlas tn plaice ' 4)on t p r; lipeople of Iltorii 'ul, wi'iel lives aft .rk singing ill h chf i h chi: ('tI), sl l (it- ( ire ilil 1'' re l al l part iit paid n to :I in thelll rich ll an ld t1il t iirl hl 'il , rr. li lWii l , ll to the poor. no w n,, 'ilr' ' t h t Stie ci+1i.,- hi ,, I alil n peL,,ple l,' ,k 1u,'l) i t14 l) t)4ll l.lisl 1 (1 pol preache 'ii to-day as it gigantl ic ifarce. cl) 1(l \ iW u t w rlliness ex'ists in 1 h( te t vls i daily lives of church rlii lers . I ,s , of there it 1ball or' a dance, we hlave but eir, to glance at the li-L of thIse l 1reiih (t si, of and cee the great nuillniers of pro- tI Ipe fessed followI's of ,esuis Cihrist who Ice lh? woere in attenldance. Is there an 0 iin opera? WVhoiu do the world shy was ii of there but professed Christians. \V"hat od1 with card playing with which they iie aiuse the patients iin instituhi itls of b est feeble minded and other forns of ei w to worldly amusemenots'tis no wonder b oun that the church is powerless to cope le with evil, and impossible for the b onu, world to detect any difference in the f, do- outward life between a memlber 1 era of the church and a man of .ordinary c o; morality. Dy- Again in apostolic times it was the a -13 custom and injunction "to let every a aent man give as the Lord prospered ees? him," butto-day owing to the cor- a but rupting elements in the church, it t t in has been deemed expedient to im- I And prove upon the methods inaugurated eak- l)y the Holy Ghost, and not alone are I truL people asked to give according to C tt," th'ir means, but special attraction by t (he iway of entertainments are offered in melf order to coax the mnghty dollar into irke the Lord's treasury. No matter if npse the money is the price of shame, no end matter whether it was gotten at the all expense of another's soul, no matter true whether it was the price of blood, the also church accepts it all and lays it at npty God's feet for an offering, not know 8t it ingthat God will not bless a dollar f ha- unless 'tis clean. Nor is this all, not lord. alone is the church neglectful but the positively opposed to righteousness atter as many who have endeavored to rable preach a full salvation and exemplify Ving in their daily lives, have discovered ame to their sorrow. Vhe world expects every Christian to "keep himself -day pure and unspotted? and respects the ach- man who does it; but the unconverted r ful- and backsliden members of the church whose profession of Godlh con. ness is rebuked by a holy life, they the oppose it. Our Lord again and again day impressed upon his followers not to erved lay up treasures on earth, and yet to mnon day no class of people are making each- the gathering of riches, he accumu giv- lation of treasures on earth, their one I de- aim and object so much as professed 1 the followers of Jesus. If then the leneI church has become~o worldly, what mbers of the pulpit? Ahl 'tie not much dorm- beter ~bere. On all sides eome. the :./ cqramore liberal ,wi-4.,um t__ the old-fashioned doctrines oC Justi-'V fication,. Regeneration; Inspiration, I etc., and the most popular preacher I its he w-ho contonrb himself with mak ing no.personal aipplication . of the iCe" truth bo his hcearers.. No longer have we shepherds of tile flocks, l;nt more, <teri hirelings who cry Peaco, Peacs. No longea is the f uli Gospel .eached,! but o'.y such as will tickle the itch mrg ears of the rultitude of worldly hearers. No wonder then ~hat at a convention hled Wast year 44iOch urcheds repul)tted that. dvling 1'894 they had r thie ceived no addit)ions to tihersr member ship by profession of `ith. Here anld there, these are still a few faibth fil ones who are follohwing (Chiist, and who cry, 'WatchnIII , What of the night ? I Out, no answv'r c(l >s, the - 11pulpit att large is silatt ,(nceir(nig the advent I four l ,ord(1, and has e'as,0J to warn ioen to "hioe from the wrath t) ('mlle." ()ur I r,,rn cmIIIa.del.i nis to "go itt, all ti 1e w rl anal pr,,aclh theil gospiel it ( e(v y creat itliu.'" ail' while we, rejoice, ta that. in,1nald is tying f'llille('I. vy t vwe,, ught to) hilo mi r I 14 s0 in º hl,1 ,ttl whet n wei] I thiol1 tlhe riggardlliiess of our con t rib utions il comparisn, to )o needls i of the fi!l. how litt. e we have at' * l comlnplishd lI even aft or 10MI years (if preaching ? With' what emrnestnes4 did( not tih, early disciples p)roeh tit Ihe gospt'l; how freely the ilhold of maIIr tyrs watered, the (ospel s(d1:; bow S1 faith fully Christ was witrnessed iii the power of the hly ( Ghost, and yet to day thetre is no natiol nor country, Snor trihb, nor city converti d to ,Jesus, and thl're are fifty millions of people mtore in America and 2t5 millions Sntro in this world toIday that at the 1 hbeginning of this boastful 19th cOn tury. And Ill() millions (of earth's It inhabitants know nothing of the aitoning sacritice of Jeshs Christ. F r- \Vithout thei (spel the heathlln a111 lost, and y+tt the chirchl sits content (' dly and says,'"1 an rich and increased I I with goods, ani have need of notih-ili tIing" M,,oe a dl mnort, dilliculty is u,. rihbeing experienced ill raising moiny for runstionary plo',.es. ' he pow- T," ii erful Ilr)shyteriaiU Iboardls to-day are - ,r one itillion dollars ll. debt, anid yet " afttir sip: mjorthls of tt he hlitest and 1m ,o'st pr-istent. oil',nrt. raised Ib t f" . a o e.ar1tt.t)lt to , ,ti(" it. \\'t prid1t our ni solvI's (In hu)I' love to s, ari( d hof YI ' hintelf a molt, "Yl, art, my friends if yoI to what;l.or I cnOtlt, f(," anl mniy t. , counshamnl is "(;> preach the (Gospel e to evoery crioture," c"rt duiring he s year 181t the average contribution it pier chulrclh uender for foreign s is- t( t sions was burt 40 cents, and f the to- tiH r tl amount, 8n 5 ipr cent was given by t, io less than 20 per cent of the members, " O! shmenotupon us all, that we make l , ithe obleying of Christ's co ;malds a i t imatter of xpeditency. TIhe church a Y miles contentedly at her prosperity, io of baut the Lord, nays, "Thou are wretch ofed, and miserable, and poor, and r ; er blind, and naked." Wp hat withlthe ever increasing un- df te tbelief in the divinity of Chrit; the Sifearful intfidelity as manifesteld tIi Her igher criticism and boldly advo ry cated throughout the pulpits of our land. \'ell may our blessed Lord te ask, "When the son of man cometh, a ry shall he find faith upon the eartni " ed Is it not a sign of the end of th's or- age, whern thre increasing apostacy r f it the church shows itself in the world m- lness of its members, its refusal to ted obey the last commands of its absent are Lord' its pride, boastfulness, hatred to of holiness, torm of (iodlin ess, and by the fearful lukewarness and indiffer- I in ence of its members? uto That there are grand anid true it ichurches which are exceptions to all i no this we joyfully acknuowledge, but a he christendom at large is apostate, anti ter thie choseu one untrue to her absent he Lord. eats [ s o be Continuaeod. TIhe principles of the Populists aroe all righti they teach the better mentof mankind and an ideal form e of goverment by the people. There are to likewise some men connected there with who are actuated solely by ipa triotic motives, but--but there are t some would-be leaders who are the self personification of egotism, bossism, the demagogueryand intolerance whoa e ted convictions would blocade the pro the gress of any movement. hey YOI ! AND YEARLING YOKED. am The youth, Populist has yoked Sto hmslf with the yearling, Republi to- cans-and soon they will be seen dash ing ing around the State while all Louisi- i mu- ana will resound with his yells, One HEAD USBOY8! HEAD US, BEFORE WE BREAK OUR FOOL NECKS! what There ls none of the demagogue mob about Senator Cafery. "What he is, the .i," and everyone sho knows him YOU DON'T al V C t4) (,;t rr y , 1 f rn('., t, , 1, rli i +,,: ; ;. I,. l '.,r, I ty('ea s' the ,i t' ,r W , h 1 ,% rites ): t ,Y I ,I '' ft I t' Ul ,. ,I, 1C 1 l ; I ee'rt iuin )rug Store hhtlinks. We Fill Them Right. Sen di thtii o I, u,1. e iJ1, t cii:,."'..7,. t, i .-t f r s. ,e. ttii thi a t t (ot o(111v :.3 (!ts either. All orde(1 -riven pr A ittentiti , hdth br-o or ;nalh. E. J. CONGER & CO., Drurgists,, Slil"ViElORfl' , - - •UII lNA. WHOLESALE PRODUCE, Field and RGla[ln seds. S; 1111. I 'r,:W lr:l!. , r l' l ,ll'- - :1I1,1 Wile ol ,','I, ,.·,.Os t;!ill:: coi1 n11d ;t C>llpl ,)i i in P 1(d0 110( .'('w es , 10ý(i Inl ? 1ºt t. ý' vim w il! .1". lily 'f l\' W i! .v I' ,,r c it 'rs. H E NITRY YROS E,, Ss. 1' 1 mal l( 1:C xI 'X.\" F. MARTEL No. 211 'l'Tlas v Stre. The Old Reliable FOR IRON ROOFINO.. A Ilia tok to ~f imp, (\' 4 n i' 1 1 I.: I Il .la l I di MHl'.; ..)ItuR lit, cR'ol stalnlltIYv SIii 'l L at I i -St tIIIll I pIk 1 .. ']'1i In d Sillu i l, i runll' . Shol p prl',r:LruII for doig a11 kills oflths wlii . 1uk I SI ItI-fI'ut iol iiIa:IIIl C'l: . t\ I'I1 ini'glly' d'eparillt l 'll n llt (')l II t'i luull Wit II (Il\ulu"V, Ih ! i ul:, prI1 11 I I i u k uuI'k Ju mt",1I Ily. A large t shock of ('uuuukiiitg joul liu'it.il Stuuu u -1 l l uI u1 .':%1 '1 i uulaaII-fo b I : lo.t.u I'mruokery, &e. 'I'l11'nhan11 :i.. `,ilitlO 111'OR'() T LA. itu al, I P' - i.at, 'rn V n, fi. I + Mrs. \ \'. \\. lurn. 1, , Il" , . l:ini ini ;. 1 i~ I s1 11 1 1 , wi.lI ,, 1 il'1, X111• 11i: 0 ', l l'1 J. I;. I" tot in \\Vi . It n i I, ~rin 1. tnd11( l ou,e(' atI . :;r :1.'41 ::li , towll II 1 ",, atow , 1uis 5 .'rs, ri1 1, I a l ' S11)-:,cro lot, $1 1). Ijwi ,r, . \\. J. F . rt l.n to it F , . f rrtao-, t:l WV. T'. Nlryicor tK, ., & . ., 3I f(m 1ot"i in Shephurdt and U w si.' t iiu - uli 10'), 33,0 )1. 9() acr,'s of lanui in s"ctiou 14, t .wa'si:i1) ll 10, ran-e 16h, $:I0 t US Ki. R., 7 iuti in block S S.I)u',ra and le -Tora ,'s subdi vi-ion, ,$0.t. 110 A C. Gray t') Miss Anonie L Gray, n 194 acres of land describ"d in tranfer, donation. Heirs of 1). an I S. Mnro , to (: .o. \W. e IIntto, nilo-tiilat u arter if section IH '22, townohip ., raing 1. $250. St W, J. Sillivan to 31 trt i \\illiatnms, w ,st halt o soutlJ'l"at (I c rt,'r, sec t on 4. township 1-, rang.i 1I, ~' )nI Mrs. M. A. Framn-y to to L) vid V, or, lot 11, block 4(, .$2,5Ou, Elu n i5 4K1'h A),4tlI. A large number of our citizens re- - gret the death of Mr. Eddie Cook, which took place last Sunday. Mr. Cook came here two Summ ners ago ,., with the Natchez base ball team to t, play against the Shreveport Grays (, and his playing was so good and de portment so gentlemanly that our I, management took a fancy to him and II' i secured him for their team. Becom 1 ing a part of the Grays hLo soon be- t t caine popular with all lovers of the I sport and retained their re.lct and esteem. t Several months afterwards he mar- , ried Miss B sulah !elpmanui, and at the time of his deat h, was in the em- . ploy Af Mr. I. . Helpman, one of g our best citizens. To his young widow THE 1'RORESs expresses its most profound sor Srow and con(lolence. We liked e Eddie and deeply regret his early , demise. S, A Wee LIMe, 'e Sunday afternoon the infant son of I e our brother, the senior member of our I 1 firm, died, being some three weekst e old. Its life was like a meteor, but )' in the mysterious ways of God we hope it has performed its mission of this earth just long enough to have its mother's heart entwined around its d existence, and then it died; and from _ the bier there grew a vine whose ten dril clinging to the throne of God,will I no doubt draw the hearts of all the i- family along ;ts pathway into the s, same haven of rest, peace and happi ness, However, it is human to ween and mourn for loved ones, gone before, and in their sorrow we commisserat he with profound sympathy. is, . The admiion of Uan as a , tt m placed two mar te .e.';S''. i,8,g~a! ~ - To My F'ienl s 1 mu1 t i clinio plruittilng miy name uied I asJ it (it Ilt ltatet. for the position you rt(1tosHt. 1 am dee;)ly imrpresssd with the honor you haye conferred 11 ton me, hlot ilicau)acity, incomipati Iol t y, dliPilinaitiion, want of time alt lack of klnowledge forbid my ac ceptinlg. I have for forty years re fused ouflice of all kinds, religious, sec ular and politically, especially politi cal, with all its abundant emoln imntlltM, honor anmd glory. having no aisirationis nor ambition, I have re quested, do now request and shall hereafter reqluest my fellow-citizen not to attelmpt to drag me from that uinostentatiot,:eclhusion and obscurity which have ,aoin, is now, and I hope shall he my heaven on earth, which is my otlice at my \\'holosale Grooery Store, 11 1 and 116 Texas Street. CONSTABLE SALE. No 4715-.I. II. Shepherd vs. Nora Ja Scls anld llhuslhanlll. By v'irl't of it writ of lferi faclasissued to Illl~ thei" Ilhove entitled and mium i Ier'd tui, by lion. (1. 1). Hicks. Justice fl' Ihtie L'etutlc inll Irlt for the Fourth ward 1or (':i(ldo inr'ish, 1~r., I have stlzed and will 1. 1! at i0111, i1" m tion at the Court I1ihou si Horo of ('alddo Iljsh, betweelnthe h1gal hours for .aes of A'rItIIIAY. FEIBIIUARY 1,1896. - th' ft ll winig dt1es(rilet l iproperty to-wit: R An iutliviIIl ollt-feo rth (1) interest III It t sa!vnilt nll't eight (7 and 8) Ilock t 'velil.vy- x (i0) ,if I lh eity of Shreveport La., with aill i li idings and i lprove S Illeits tielt . -" t 'Tri'l.ms of ts tl t h, sub)jeit to al)pprimiL Inetll. C. W. K EL!,Y, S (onstable. 'ITe 'Proir. r, Dec. 28. 1895. H - i WE CAN FIT YOUR Y(FOOT AND POCKET , All Mal d in Plain Figures, tr r Orders re Ill 1e (1 1 to See Us or Senc Your Orders. T. GLASSEL & ;O.,