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;2sBtoveý. 1 .T. or on horse or a hundredw MAIN &, KRIELOW . A LEer ithgood 'Rooms 1 and 2, orse Buildng. It OFFICE HOURS 2 to 3 p. m. V Residence, North Main wtre t. Telephone, 49. C, E. TERRY, MLEE, D PHYSICIAN and SURGEON. Special attention given Surgery, Sur gical Diseases and Diseases of Women and Children. Local Surgeon for Southern Pacific Railroad. OFFICE CITY A to 3 p. mAC. RESIDENDE: DeJOAN HOUSE* TELEPHONE No. t. DR E THOS, L. TERRY, Physician andSuren. Special attention given Surgery, Sur gical Diseases, and Diseases of Women and Children. Chief Local Surgeon for Southern Pa cific Railroad. OFFice: Over Walker's Store BTELEPnce North Main St. ER. THOSHEM LPSTEAD, JUSTICE of the PE.rCE. Collections given prtion given Surgery, Sur Office next to Terry's drug store. D. I. GasEa. FpNaK CorroN. GRIER& COTTON, CIVIL ENGINEERS XP P 'P ' and SURVEYORS. Mr. Cotton will locate in Welsh and Mr. Grier will continue to reside in Jennings. Rates $10 per day. Assistants and Expenses extra. 283&wlm D. R. WILLIAMS & CO., JENNINGS, LA. Real: Estate Wild Lands, Improved Farms and Town Lots. Rice and Pine Lands in Louisiana and Texas. Office in the new Bullick Building, upstairs. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED E. F. ROWSON & CO., JENNINGS, LA. Wild Lands. Improved Farms and Town Lots, Rice and Pine Lands in Louisiana and Texas. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. CITY BAKERY, BOLLICH BROS, Props. Headquarters for fine Breand and Cakes. Bread delivered to your own door. Patronize homeindustry. IJMPO2ED 9AND DOI MESTIC CIGARSj. Wholesale agents. Jennings, La., Branch A. T. Morris Wholdsale Ci gar House, CinclunatL, Ohio. QUEEN & CREBCENT S'ROUT E. I The Best Line to New YorkPhila delphia, Baltimore, Washington, Cin citnati, Chattanooga, Birmingham and S all points in the East. S Through Sleeper, New Orleans to ' 2ew. " York via Chattanooga, Bristol, , lnchburg, Washington and Pennsyl mailroad. SB . leeper, New Orleans to Car Service on both New Clacinnati Lnes serving all Cleanest. ed information ,uraished - k..J. . unaerson, SL;.1'~ ,'ivYents Out of the Ordinary That Am. Worth Recording. A Wroatier Graveyard. Wi JIere lie the dead 'neath headboards bt stained by time, w; In graves uncared for; rudest heaps of earth; R.ough men whose lives on earth were to black with crime, Devoid of every mark of honest worth, in way unnatural they met with death. In blood-stained garments they were hid from sight, A curse clung to each victim's dying el breath And hatred lit their eyes till dimmed of light. di With boots yet on their sinful feet they'll it lie to Till Gabriel's trumpet echoes from on high. t al Here lies old Texas Joe, who met his fE death is From hand of one who was of quicker fire, And Tuscarora Sam, whose fund of gi breath Slipped from him when he called Black Bill a liar. And here is Poker Frank, who tried to steal II The frayed affection of Sport Daly's ft dame, t And this rude board stands over Brocky b Teale. Whom drink had madb unsteady in his a. aim tl When with their shooters he and Grizzly V Pete Went out to hunt each other on the street. Here rests the shot-up frame of Smoky v Tim, Whose stolen horse lacked necessary speed, And close beside him sleeps old Greaser Jim Who was by vigilantes roped and treed. Just over there lies Sacramento Joe, Who died with boots too full of wrig- , gling snakes. i And Just beyond they planted Tommy t Lowe Who made a fatal play to grab the p stakes ti From off the table in a game of draw "B3it off," the boys said, "more than he could chaw." Here's Bob the Methodist and Sleepy Ike n And Doughface Henderson and Whisky Mack, And poor Joe Bowers (not the man from 0 Pike). h And Faro Dick and old Three-Fingered Jack, And others, names unknown, lie in this spot; And standing in this border burial t ground, t Rude and uncared for, comes the thought r That when the dead wake at the trum pet sound Old Gabriel will be filled with mute sur- r prise To see this gang of thoroughbreds arise! -Denver Post. II Violins of Porcelain. Violins and mandolins of porcelain are the latest things "made in Ger many." "Kuhlow's" reports that a s well-known manufacturer of the Mes- c sein okarinas and porcelain organs has invented a process for the manu facture of mandolins and violins from clay. Some violins have already been i completed, and the inventor has ap plied for letters patent in different countries. Under this process the vio lins are cast, and every violin is guar anteed a success and to be excellent for producing music. The latter qual ity constitutes precisely the chief value of this invention. The porcelain body, it is claimed, is better able to produce sound than a wooden one, since it co-operates in the production of sound, making the notes soft and full. The mandolin, much played in southern countries, is also made of porcelain, and the musical sound of this instrument is likewise stated to I be improved. In shape the porcelain violin is an exact imitation of the i wooden instrument, but as the porce lain violin is very suitable for decora tion, it is very likely that costly in struments of luxury will be asked for, I as is the case with the okarinas. It is I asserted that the porcelain violins possess the further advantage over the wooden ones that they are totally insensible to the influence of the weather. That the porcelain violins are liable to breakage, and that 4-.hey are heavy, appears to have been left unconsidered. They are made in the earthenware factory, Sornewitz. Novel Book Folder. With the idea that anything worth ,sing is worth paying for. Harvey L. Fisher of Chicago has invented a coin :ontrolled hook-holder, intended espe :ially for city directories and other )ublic reference works. A company has already been formed for the intro duction of this novelty and it is pos sible that the penny-in-the-slot direc tory will in the near future be scat tered through all the large cities. The mechanism by which this novelty is operated is quite simple, comprising two hinged plates, to which the covers of the book are secured, with exten sions at the lower edge of each plate which protrude into the box below. These extensions engage a spring lock which prevents the plates being opened until a coin is inserted. The falling coin trips a lever and allows the book to be pulled open for consultation, the user meanwhile taking care that pres sure is exerted on one plate or the other as a spring forces them shut again the instant they are released. * This arrangement might be utilized where the directory of a business house was in demand by outsiders, the money furnishing a remuneration for the ac commodation, while the firm would use blank coins for their own inquiries. The Latest Burglar Alarm. There has been patented a neat little arrangement which is intended for at tachmnent to the window to give warn ing if an attempt is made to enter a room by tampering with either sash. Of course there are already numerous devices on the market to foil the burg lar, but the majority of them are com pllcatet or expensive affairs, liable to get out of order or in the way during Sthe day. The arrangement of this alarm is sulch that it can be instantly Sdisconnected if it is desired to open i the window, and it also has the ad vantage of allowing the sash to be left · open to ventilate a sleeping apartment without impairing the working of the g alarm. The mechanism consists of a 1 spring drum carrying the steel tape for attachment to the outside sash. with a hammer on the drum to strike 2 the gong at each revolution. The base of the drum is fastened to the window frame and the tape is threaded through an eyelet on the inner sash before be lug secured to the outer sash. The window may be left open any distance, but as soon as moved the bell rings, warning the occupants of the room and of very likely scaring away the ihtruder, v too. A Novelty From Austria. Ti A contrivance has been patented in T1 this country by George Deirsa of Vi enna, Austria, and its use is the auto matic preservation from the danger of M drowning, as the inventor oddly puts M it. The device is carried by the person to be "preserved," and becomes opera tive only when brought into the water, M acting in such a manner that within a T few seconds at the utmost the wearer is brought to the surface and supported It there. His patent shows the expanding gas reservoir partially inflated, but Li when the device is' folded into its , smallest size it is hardly noticeable, and may be worn attached to the cloth- T ing without inconvenience or discom- T: fort. The chamber at the right con tains a small quantity of calcium car bide, which is transformed into gas F almost instantly when water enters through the valve at the top. This valve immediately closes under the in ternal pressure of the expanding gas, 11 and the latter, seeking a new outlet, o forces its way into the inflatable reser voir, creating sufficient buoyancy to T maintain a body on the surface of the c water for hours. T Principle of Mlagic Squares. Magic squares of odd numbers in which the figures added in perpendicu lar, horizontal or diagonal rows make cl the same sum are found in books of puzzles, but the principle on which a they are based is never given. There is a principle, and it is ap plicable without limit, from one square F to any odd number of squares indefi- ei nitely. For illustration, twenty-five el squares are given and the sum of each d of its rows of figures perpendicularly, 0 horizontally or diagonally is sixty-five. n Now for the rule. Always write your numbers consecutively, diagonal ly, upward, to the right. If that direc tion carries you outside of the squares, e then go to the opposite end of the o row at which you stand. If you reach a square that is occupied, or the upper a right hand corner, then drop to the square below the last one used, and o proceed as before. Begin with 1 in the upper center square. Now try it. cisslors That Are Always Keen. a A decided novelty in the shears and b scissors line, that will especially rec- h ommend itself to women, has just s been perfected by a Chicago concern. r The invention consists of a spring C connecting the blades of the scissors, but which prevents them from loosen ing or falling apart while in use. The spring keeps the tension of the blades steady and continuous, and its action has the further effect of producing an f edge that always remains as sharp as a razor. Another peculiarity of the device is that the scissors can be used with either hand and that it will cut the strongest or the flimsiest material, as the cloth cannot slip from the grasp of the keen blades. Financier of Early Days. History tells of a man who had im portant financial transactions affecting Louisiana territory, and whose portrait as a matter of historic interest might adorn the coming exposition at St. Louis. The man was John Law, who was horn in Edinburgh in 1651. At the age of 20 he killed Beau Wilson in a duel in London. He founded a bank with a paper currency, and in 1717 he got France to hand over to him the whole of Louisiana, which at that time included the territory drained by the Mississippi, the Ohio and the Missouri. y The whole scheme proved a fiasco and Law died in poverty. Longest Tooth Sixteen Inches. Relics of prehistoric times have been unearthed in a bog at what is b known as White Sulphur Springs, two miles north of Afton. I. T., by Prof. W. H. Holmes, head of the bureau of ethnology of the Smithsonian Institu r tion in Washington. and W. A. Gill, y a government photographer.' The find includes several large teeth and bones, together with many arrow points and heads. One tooth, that of a mastodon, measured sixteen inches in length e and four inches across the top. This Ls is said to be the largest tooth of these g extinct animals ever seen by man. Fortnne-Teluing Teacnup. S Perhaps the oddest piece of china Sturned out from any of the potteries in this country is known as "the astro logical fortune telling teacup." The Sinside of the cup s-ows a complete di k vision of the year, the twelve months, Sfour seasons, weeks and days, revolv ing around a central sum in the bot A tom. Near the top of the cup are 12 modern symbols, which relate to the d. 12 ancient signs of the zodiac upon the outside. Wind Moter Bicycle. se The Bettis "wind motor" may be de scribed as a paramount curiosity. It consists of a rotating fan, set in mo tion on meeting a wind, and two sets of beveled gearing at the ends of a re le volving shaft. This operates the sec t- ond pair, which are in front of the n crank bracket, and they in turn en a gage with a toothed wheel which sets h. the crank axle in motion. us g- Rarest Postage Stamp on Earth. There was recently sold in London to at public auction what is probably the g rarest stamp in the world. It is the iy Roumania-Moldavia 1854 issue, eighty en one paras, blue on blue, unused, with nearly full gum and large margins. After lively competition it was knock ed down for £220 ($1,100). a New Spelies of Tobaceo. pe In Haiti a new species of tobacco has h. been produced by cross fertilization, ke which grows from five to seven feet 5e in height, bearing a leaf twenty-five w inches long and fifteen in width. Three gh or even four cuttings can be made e- from one plant between November aaG he March. -Reminiscence-s of 'Baitles and 'ampaigns Heaerd Around -ampflres. t'he Making of an Afmny. re Men are not born to the fighting, men are fly not bred to the sword; the Only for God and their country have men to the battle front poured. mi Not In the clanging of armor, not in the av lilt of the drum! But in the call of their country do men mu hear the terrible "Come!" Then rise the men of a nation, men of a purpose and will Then do they rise with a light in their to eyes, but not as men go to the an kill. qu Men are not led by a halter, like to a th reasonless beast; Men are not lured by a bauble to add to sti the carrion feast; a Only when home and their country speak a in the thunder of God til Men walk, with faces illumined, the paths ed that their fathers have trod. Then in the shrill of the bullet; then, th in the war trumpet's song; p In the pipe of the fife leap the soldiers to life-ready, and gallant, and strong. U Let but the enemy's cannon threaten the strength of our walls: F Let but the hand of the traitor scatter disgrace in our halls: Then will the clamor of bugles over the in nation be dinned; st Then will the banners of battle snap in the hiss of the wind; th Then will the hearth be deserted; then will the marts all grow bare; For the summons has pealed through the bt town and the field, and the men that m were wanted are there. at Men are not born to the fighting. Tell of it again and -again.i Men who go down to the killing-pawns they may be, but not men.. - t Only when God and the country sound UE us the long rally roll. Thrill us with drummings of conscience- T1 comes then the-blazing of soul! h Comes then the knowledge of duty; come all the purposes high Then come the men, from the hill and fi the glen, to put on their armor and die! t ta Blue and Gray Frateranie. tY The Blue and the Gray had a happy camp fire at Vicksburg, Miss., recently. st The local camp of Confederate veter- tt ans united with the National Military gi park commission and the board of at trade in tendering it to the visiting u1 Federal veterans from the northwest- te ern states. There were present a large number of old Confederate soldiers, a m delegation from the United Daughters na of the Confederacy and many promi- tl nent citizens. Capt. W. T. Rigby, chair- ci man of the Vicksburg National Mili- e tary park commission, a Federal vet- p, eran, gave an eloquent welcome to the d old soldiers of both armies, dwelling b on the bravery and heroism displayed T on 2,200 battlefields by both Northern c and Southern soldiers, which the gov- c, ernment is rightly and nobly commem orating in the national military parks. Col. R. V. Booth of Vicksburg next spoke in a similar strain, saying the 1i American soldier is everywhere revered s and honored, whether his uniform was s blue or gray. IH. C. Putnam of Brod- a head, Wis., spoke also for the visiting soldiers andc invited the Southern com rades to visit Wisconsin. Judge 0. B. Christian of Marion, Ohio, spoke for his Buckeye comrades and gave some statistics comparing the size of armies and casualties in European wars which emphatically proved the valor of the American soldier and the mighty strug gle of the civil war. Lieut.-Gen. Ste phen D. Lee, the famous ex-Confeder ate commander, gave a brief sketch of Grant's army of the Tennessee, and outlined his Vicksburg campaign in a masterly way. He claimed emphatic ally that the fall of Vicksburg was the heaviest blow dealt to the Confederacy during the whole war, and praised the action of the government in establish ing the Vicksburg National Military park. This gathering was one of the most significant events ever held here and the old soldiers from the North west have very high opinions of Vicks burg hospitality. Private Who Struck Gen. Sheridan. Apropos of a story going the rounds of the press as to a pugilistic combat between a division commander and a private, the following story is told: "When our division swung back from the pursuit of Bragg in Novem ber. 1862. we marched toward Nash ville, and camped for a short time at Edgefleld, just across the Tennessee from Nashville. As we went into camp, Gen. Phil Sheridan commanding the Jivision, dismounted near a house on a hill to our left, and designated the house and yard as his headquarters. I;etveen this house and our regiment, the Fifty-second Ohio, was a field giv en iup to cabbage. Many of the heads had been cut off earlier in thei season, :tand fresh, green, tender sprouts had grown uip about the stalks. "As sooni as oulr guns were stacked the men broke ranks and literally i swarmed over the cabbage field. They hI ad been living on short army rations for so long a time that they hungered for cabbage, and in five minutes that ;leld was black with soldiers, and they cleared it of everything green as they Smoved forward. So intent were they Son gathering the cabbage that they paid .no attention even to the orders of Sthe guards Sheridan sent amnong them. At last, the general. fuming and swear ing, caught up a stout cane or club Sand went among the men himself. "The men in advance fell back when 2 they saw the general coming, but Sothers, not seeing him, kept at -work. Sand so it happened that Sheridan, with club raised to strike, came unawares on Jack Jeffers. of Company K, Fifty second Ohio. Jack was one of the sturdiest and most athletic men in the regiment and was not much given to t conventionalities. The confusion about him had not disturbed him, and he was Swholly oblivious of the approach of the general commanding the division. "Jack was bending over a pIarticu a larly fine bit of cabbage when Sheridan Smade a rear attack, striking the stoop 5 ing man a resounding whack with his clul. Jack went forward on his htands and face, and, supposing that one of the boys had pushed hintm over in rough n frolic, he scrambled to his feet. and e turning in blind fury struck his as e sailant squarely in the face. Sheridan I - went down on his back, and Jack, rec ;h ognizing the figure and the uniform, s. bolted in a panic for our own camp. "Sheridan was wild with rage. A score of men ran to help him. helped him up and brushed the dirt from his hair and clothes. He pushed them a rudely aside and shouted: 'Don't bother about my clothes-catch the t skunk that knocked me down; catch e him, I say, and he ran forward him self in the direction taken by Jeffers. he Many of the boys ran with him, but d curiously enough, not one could re member the fellow's name or to what regiment he belonged. I stood within five feet of the scrappers, and when the general ordered me to catch the man who struck him, I obediently.ran away as fast as my legs could carry me. "There was a tremendous uproar in the brigade. Sheridan was determined to find the man, and our regimental and company officers made diligent in quiry of every man who had been in the cabbage field. We all knew who struck Phil Sheridan, but nobody told and I think Sheridan never knew un til long afterward, and then he regard ed the matter as a joke. -Jeffers served through the war, and in the fight at Peach Tree Creek was one of the first men across the stream." Paid Regiment With Advertisements. There is an old confederate soldier in Louisville who tells an amusing 7 story of an adventure he had during b the civil war. He says: "One day during the siege of Vicks burg, when everybody was out of money, and business was at a stand still, I was walking along the streets of the city with my colonel, when a shell from one of Grant's gunboats struck a house across the street from us. In this house was a drug store. The shell.exploded and set fire to the house. The colonel and I and some other soldiers helped extinguish the flames. In looking around among the ruins we found a box of old mus tang liniment advertisements made in the shape Of dollar bills. "As soon as I saw them an idea struck me which I communicated to the colonel. Then I asked the drug gist if he wanted the advertisements, and, receiving a negative reply, I took up the box and carried it to headquar ters. "There was enough of that fake money in the box to pay off the regi ment. and nearly enough to pay off the brigade. The next morning the colonel mustered the soldiers and every man was given a part of his pay in advertisements. Business imme diately resumed, and the pie and to bacco stands opened up once more. The mustang liniment bills passed current and were as readily changed as confederate bills." Hieadstone for Soldiers' Graves. The United States government has had finished a large number of head stones for the graves of soldiers and sailors who fought in the civil war, and they are being distributed as rap idlly a. possible to the applicants at present. Recently a consignment reached Boston from TWest Rutland. Vt., for Srelatives of deceased soldiers and sail ors living hereabouts. The headstones are about three feet in hight, and when set at the head of the grave will project at least one and a half feet above the ground. They are made of white marble, and are ten inches across the face and five d inches thick. On the face is cut a a shield and the name, rank and depart ment of service the deceased served in is cut in clear letters. It is a very neat appearing stone. e These stones are forwarded free of charge to the relatives of any soldier or sailor, and all that is necessary is an application to the war department e at Washington, giving the name of the person whose grave the stone is to mark, with his rating and date of service. Tralning of the National Guard. s The Army and Navy Journal, in an at article on "National Guard Delusions," very truly says: "In the introduction of the various bills in Congress from time to time for the reorganization of the national guard, the fact is invari ably lost sight of that the time of the majority of citizen soldiers is very lim ited. and any scheme advocating a month's training for officers and men e is wholly impracticable." In this line the Journal thinks a e week the limit for militia training. VWhile quite understanding that a month is completely out of the ques tion, it is clearly within the line of s posibtilities to secure at least 14 days of service. td Memento of the Civil Iear. y New York Press: The editor of "The ¢ Press Campfire" has in his charge a s rolpy of a "Veteran Register, Compan3 d I. Thirty-seventh Illinois Infantry.' it Capt. George Kennicut. This register y which. is handsomely engrossed and y ornamented, has bellen placed in out y hands in the hope that some of the y comrades connected with the organiza f tion might, through this publication . he foulnd who would like to have it as - a memento and to whom it would be b given gladly. Further information re garding the register can bie had by a addressing the New York Press. Many Membeers of D. A. R. Connecicut members of the Daugh ters of the American Revolution e claim for their state the distinction ot e having more "real daughters" than o any other commonwealth in the na it tional organization. There are ninety s nine "real daughters" on the Connecti e cut membership rolls, and each one has been presented with a gold spoon n- Massachusetts comes next with eighty n six women whose fathers fought in the Srevolutionary war. d] Will See Gettysburg Agaln. of The Grand Army Club of Massachu sh setts has decided to attend the G. A. ad R. encamnpment at Washington and s- have accepted the invitation of the G. an A. R. club of Baltimnore to visit that c- city on its way to the encampment. n. The club will also visit Gettysburg either going or returning. ed Growth ofr Sons of Veterans. is General gains in membership are n reported throughout the order of the Sons of Veterans. The Wisconsin di e vision is noticeable for the gain in ch new camps. The Connecticut division r- will hold its annual convention at Derby, April 15-16. e- Goldsmith tells us that "Man wants at but little here below." BUY , ~S1: ; - __'. RICE AND OIL L Office a McFarlaia Dr. Tom Terry's Drug AS TO THE QUESTION OF HEAT, WELL The fire was hot enough for Dr. Tom and burnt up all his but seekers of Bargains in Toilet Articles, Perfumeries, P Medicines, Etc., will find Dr. Tom a hot number among the "h1. gists. 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