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n from Albany, Ga, to B. VI. Adams. Shreveport,
La, having been lost all persons are warned against
trading for the The note given the Goth
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Shreveport Price Gnrran+

5000 5foh ACTUAL SALES. THEY TRAysprrxn,
.r should be understood that our Quotations. Daror
the wholesale prices in United Statas
have to be PAID. Nisner rates Will
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ENHE only place where real bargains are to be had,
l. and the only place where goods cheap as
before the Now is the golden opportunity pur
chase all kinds of goods at prices that must satisfy the
most skeptical.
Our Motto-ss Quick Sales, Small Profits,
Waragainst high prices. satisfaction to all.
READ AND BELIEVE:
Fast color calico and 10 cents per yard
A Bleached Cotton 10 cents per yard.
Fine French Linen Lawns 25 cents per yard.
Beautiful Japanese cloths 90 cents per yard
IA Jaconet Muslins 1919 cents per yard.
Fine French Nanesook 20 cents per yard
Fine French Swiss Is cents per yard.
Ladies' German Hose 81 25 per dozen.
Gents British Half Hose 81 SO per dozen.
Tape Border Handkerchefs Is cents per dozen,
Ladies' Kid Gloves75 cents per pair.
Sd Table Damask 40 cents per yard.
All Linnen Table Napkins 81 per dozen.
large Stock of Ladies' and Cents Furnishing
Goods rs per cent. Cheaper than
Amy other House.
TRUNKS OF ALL KINDS-very cheap.
HATS OF ALL KINDS-great bargains.
We also have large stock of Plaids Lowels, Jeans
Cottonades, Linen Drills, Marseies Quilts, Bobine
Barrs Cashmeres Diapers, Laccs Lace Shawls, Shirts.
Undershrts Drawers and very fine assortment of
clothing, which offer at prices to defy competition
Give us a call before purchasing elsewhere, and we
will guarantee to satisfy you. No trouble to show
goods Remember the place,
r.. CRAIG & CO.,
No. 30 Texas Street,
f. wifi So SHREVEPORT.
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METEOROLOGICAL RECORD Furn shed by MessFs.
Bogel Duringer, Druggists, Milan street:
TUESDAY, June Is.
7 o'clock, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
o M.
. y CLOCK, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. --..tt
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Commercial Intelligence,
SOUTH W EsTERN OFFIC


Shreveport, June IS, 1870 {
Inc past week has been very dull in every DEPART
ment OF trade The country merchants are awaiting
he crop prospect before making their purchases and
e planters are very busy clearing their cotton of the
grass reports from the interior are not favorable to
Tue cottton CROP and fears are entertained that much
OF The land now under cotton will have to be turned
oO' should the present state of the weather continue
week longer We have been reliably informed that
mr. aitsley, on the river below this point has seen
'he genuine cotton caterpillar on his plantation
In cotton but little has been done the past week,
holders of the staple in warehouses here are disguised
with the rapid Decline and of them seem to think
mat, II other sections have been visited with the
amount of rain ours has, the crop will fall short and
prices must rally some.
gold has fallen notch or two and we quote below
the regular market at this place
COTTON STATEMENT
9toek on hand Sept l, 1859. bales Sc
N SeceNea yesterday 40
"eoel'eo previously. 104 ,395-l04 535
sb;..,, l04, 59l
SShh;PPe9 yesterday ...........,,.... 202
ohiPped previously ......... lob O69-103 271
o'oek on hand. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1920
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Married q,

- The 22d inst, at the Battle House in this city by
I aev. John Wilkinson, MIR. JNO H. CARTER to
MISS ANNIE E. TAYLoR-all Of this city.
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SPECIAL NOTICES

SPECIAL NOTICES..
e. j. Leman. on Market Street, has one of the
finest assortments of and Fruits have
ever seen in the place 1t is worth visit only to see
his establishment He is also prepared to furnish for
balls or parties Cakes and CONNECTIONS in the most re-
cherche STYLE and on moderate terms. ld24
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Shreveport University.

TIME TRUSTEES OF THE SHREVEPORT UNI
il VERSITY take pleasure in informing its patrons
and friends and all who interested the subject
of education that they have secured the services of
Rev NJ. S. SHIRK, experienced educator, Presi-
dent, under whose administration, aided by compe-
tent and efficient corps of teachers the exercises of
this Institution viii be resumed on Monday, the
5th day OF September next.
Regular classes will be at organized. and cir
ricuum adopted Besides the Collegiate Department
Preparatory Graded School, complete in all its
rangements and adapted either to prepare students
for the University proper or fit them for practical
business life, will be organized. Into this department
students Of all ages degrees of advancement below
the college will be admitted.
Throughout all the department the strictest dsci
pRe will be maintained and the closest attention given
to the instruction and morals of the pupils.
Students from abroad will board in the family of the
President.
Expenses in currency, payable one-half in advance,
remainder at middle of session.
Tuition.
Primary and lower Academic per month. ......$ 4 90
Higher Academic, per month. ,................ 90
College Glasses, per month. ................ co
Modern Languages, each extra. per month";. o.
Board, including washing, lights and fuel, per
lncidentals, per term of five months ........ l 90
Damages to property repaired at the expense of the
offender.
The scholastic year will consist of forty weeks
10 monthsdiyided into two sessions of twenty weeks
each. -..-. .
JOHN n. HOWELL,
je15-tf President Board of Trustees.
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Died

Ut bronchitis, the 30th of May 1870 at his resi-
dence in Pamela county, Texas, JN0 BROOK WELLS,
aged 45 years.
At his residence in Shelby county Texas On the eve
ming OF the 18th of June 1870 in the 18th year of his
age, Hon. JAMES TRUIT
The deceased was native of North Carolina and
emlgrated to Texas during the dark days of the Re-
public He served for number of years in the Con-
gress of the Republic Of Texas with Houston, Rusk,
Henderson, and other leading statesmen. Always at
his post ready and willing to his country in any
capacity when called on, he served Texas long and
faithfully in her Legislature. He died he had lived
an honest man. Peace to his ashes.
North Carolina and Texas papers please copy.
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Ask to see the new FULL PLATE WATCH bear
ing the trade mark " AMERICAN WATCH CO.,
Crescent street, Wltham, Mass" 1t is by far the
best Ful-plate Watch made in the United States,
and surpasses anything heretofore made in this
country for Railway Engineers, Conductors, &C.
Shreveport, April 81. [w3m cow
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Notice TO. SssEDDers.

On and after Friday, July l. all dray receipts with
~ freight for shipment by the s. P R, R., from tn is
Station, must be sent in depcate Freight for differ
ent stations on separate receipts.
je29-3tl W A. NEWMAN, Agent.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-02-25
A FORM OF CANNIBALISM.

If l were to take you to my house
and say that l had an eXquisitely fat
man, and wished you to join me in eat
ing him, your indignation could be re-
strained by nothing. You would pro-
nounce me to be crazy. There is not a
man in New York so mean that he
would not put down man who would
propose to have a banquet off from a
fellow man, cutting stakes out of him,
and eating them.-And that is nothing
but feasting on the human body; while
they all sit down and take mans soul,
and look for the tender-loins, and invite
their neighborS to little tid-bits. They
will take a mans honor and name, and
broil them over the Goals of their indig-
nation, and fill the whole room with the
aroma thereof, and give their neigh
bors a piece, and watch him, and wink,
as he tastes it. You all eat men up, and
you are cannibals, every one of you,-
and worse. You would be glad to get
of, at Gods judgement seat with the
plea: 81 only ate the outside" You
eatthe souls, the finest elements of men.
You are more than glad if you can
whisper q word that is derogatory to a
neighbour, or his wife, or his daughter.
And yet, sby an obliQue sentence, you
make unfavorable impressions on the
mind of the person addressed, in re-
spect to the subject of your criticism.
''Ah !" he says, Il had not been inform
ed )" and he goes to the next neighbor
and says: "Mr. So-and-so says this and
that about So-and-so." And that neigh
Dor says, Indeed" and runs to his part
ner, and they both run to their wives,
and the thing goes all over town.
Everybody becomes an unpaid DEVILS
mail carrier, and goes here and there,
bearing internal messages. And what
is the result? 1t is damnation to some
poor creature that is unconscious, that
is innocent, or that, if guilty, ought to
be pitied and succored, rather than
condemned. But all the morsei is too
exquisite to be lost. Here is the soul
of a persons hope for this world, and
you have it on your fork, and You can
not refrain from tasting il, and give it
to some one else to taste. You are can
nibals, eating mems honor and name
and rejoicing in it,-and that, too, when
you do not always know that the
things charged against them are true :;
when, in ninety-nine cases out of hun
dred, the probabilities are that they are
not true.-Beecher.
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THE HOUSE FLY.

How many of our readers are familiar
with the early history of the common
house-fiy, an insect that makes its APP
pearance in early spring, in countless
| swarms, coming from some unknown
locality, and disappearing almost as
mysteriously There are few insects
at once so familiar to all, and yet the
natural history of which is so little un-
derstood; and it may not be amiss,
therefore, TO recount a few facts which
have been ascertained in regard to ii.
The order OF Dipterd, to which our
fly belongs, is one of great extent, and
| its members, in their different forms, in
clude many of the greatest pests in eX-
lstence, both to man and animals. The
mosquito, the gnat, the biting fly, and
the horse-fy, the tsetZe, limb, and other
species, are well-known illustrations of
this statement, many of them being
armed with lancets and other forms of
aggressive weapons. by means of which
they become source of torment. The
house-fly, however, although provided
with a somewhat similar apparatus, does
not use it commonly oas to draw blood,
its offensiveness consisting principally
in the pertinacity with which it insists
upon crawling over the skin or in in
Testing articles of food.
The eggs of the house-fy are laid in
decayins vegetable matter, such as dead
leaves, and especially in the manure of
stables, about seventy or eighty being the
usual number. These soon hatch, aud
the larva grows rapidly. feeding upon
the substances found near it. After a
short time the outer skin hardens. and
becomes brown and tough, forming a
case shaped like a little barrel divided
into rings. The transformation of the
larva is quickly made, and the animal is
soon ready to emerge as perfect insect.
The common blow-fiy is another spe-
cies of this order, which lays its eggs in
decaying flesh, and which sometimes
hatch before leaving the body of the pa
rent, and in any event very soon become
developed into the larvae. These form
the well-known maggots, which are the
annoyance of housekeepers in hot
weather.
A fly very similar to the house-fly in
general appearance, but with the wings
diverging more widely when in state
of rest, is provided with very power
full lancet. by means of which blood NAV
be drawn in an instant after settling up
on the body of an animal. 1t is a GU
rious fact that this species, like the mos
quito, in alighting upon the upright
surface, uniformly rests with its head
upwards, the true house-fiy occupying a
precisely opposite direction, or with the
head downward, thus affording ready
means of distinguishing them.
The house-fy, both as grub and per-
feet insect, furnishes food to great va
rtety of other animals; but the destruc-
ton of the adult is largely due to the
growth of parasitic fungus which at
tacks it, and, developing rapidly in its
interior, soon exhausts its vitality
HdTDer,s 1fo9lthJH
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GEORGE PEABODY'S ENGAGEMENT TO
MARRY.

Various stories have gone the rounds
of the newspapers about Mr.. Peabody's
engagement ard contemplated marriage
at one period of his life, some of them
entirely without foundation, and others
dressed up with romantic incidents to
suit the taste of the writer. The facts
are simply these In 1913 Miss H., of
Providence, r. l., beautiful and ac-
complished young lady. being on visit
to England, met Mr.. Peabody in Lon
don. and he became so faYorabIy i'm
pressed with her charms of mind and
person that before she left England he
offered her his hand. He was at that
time 10 years of age, and the lazy %.
| The match was deemed by the friends
of the lady highly eligible one for her,
and, as usual in such cases, they encour-
aged the suit and counSeled her to ac-
cept the offer, which, with some reluc-
lance, she did. The reluctance on her
| part is said TO have been partly owing
TO the disparity of age, and partly to a
prior attachment TO a young Mr.. L.. of
Philadelphia, whom she had met before
visiting England, However that may
be, after returning home to Providence,
and rejecting a few weeks upon the
matter, she came to the conclusion TO
break off the engagement, and commu-
nicated to Mr.. Peabody, through one of
her lady friends, the state of her feel
! ings, and asked 10 be released. The re-
quest was promptly granted, but the af-
fair SO annoyed and mortified Mr.. Pea
body that he seems to have abandoned
| from that time all ideas of matrimony,
and devoted his attention entirely to
business. With this exception, his
| friends are not aware of any female at
tachments or any matrimonial inten-
tions on his part at any period of his
| life. The lady before mentioned after
ward married her Philadelphia beau,
and the match is said to have proved a
very happy one, but the husband died
poor, and his widow is now living in
] Massachusetts,
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EsQUIMAUx DOGS.

They are harnessed with leather
collar, belly and back bands, through
the upper part of which the line of seal
skin passes which is attached to the
sledge, and it serves the double purpose
of o rein anil trace TO darw with. =
Each dog is estimated to carry two
hundred pounds, and to travel with that
load at the rate of five or six miles an
hour. The leader, which is always a
well broken dog, is placed ahead of the
pack, with dranghI line of from six
to ten fathoms in length, and the rest
with successfully shorter ones, until
they come within eight feet of the
sledge. They are not coupled, how
ever, as they are usually represented in
engrayings, but are attached each loose
from all others, so that when they are
in motion, travelling, they appear like
flock of paFtridges, all flying loosely.
and yet all the same course. They al
ways travel in gallop, no matter what
the state of the country NAV be-
Going down hill is most difficult and
dangerous, and at times it is necessary
for the rider to guide the sledge with
his feet. as boys their sIeds sliding
down hill, and sometimes it is done By
long poles stuck into the snow. When
the sledge is heavily laden, and the de-
scent steep, the dogs are often taken of.
and the vehicle made TO slide down the
precipice by the man alone, who lies
fiat ON the sledge, and guides it with
his toes from behind, as he descends
head foremost.
The dogs are so well acquainted with
the courses and places in the neighbor-
hood that they never fail to take their
master and his sIedge to the house
where he wishes them to go,even should
q severe snow storm come on while
they are on the journey; and il is al
ways safer for the rider at such times to
trust to the instincts of the dogs, than
TO attempt to guide them by bis own
Judgment. Cases have occurred when |
men have done this, and paid the penal |
y by freezing 70 death in desolafe |
In such cases the faithful /
logs, If left to themselves, make d.
rectly for their home.
When two travellers meet on a journ-
y, it is necessary for both parties to
,ome cirenitousiy and slowly towards
zach other. and give the separate packs
he opportunity of observing that their
masters are acquainted, or otherwise,
! fight might ensae between the dogs.
Life Of audubon.
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THE LORDS PRAYER.

A maiden kneit in the twilight hour
and clasping her hands, fervently
breathed forth: sour Father who ar
in heaven, hallowed be Thy name."
A mother, in deep agony of grief
gaZed on her child, sleeping her long
last sleep, smile wreathing her soft
lips, and white hands folded across that
still pulseless heart, and kneeling there
the living beside the dead, she prays
Thy will be DONE"
As the early beams of the orient gilds
the sleeping land, widow with her
suffering little ones, chilled by poverty
and woe, bows at the throne of grace,
and fervently prays: "Give us this day
our daily bread
An aged father, as his loved and low
ing boy goes forth from his parental
care to brave the cold frowns of life,
kneels beside him, on the eve of his de-
parture, and pleads: Lead him not in
to temptation, but deliver him from
evil, for Thine is the kingdom, and the
power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
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ILOvE FOU.

A tired woman hushed to sleep her
babe. Beauty once made her face fadi-
ant, perhaps, but all that beauty is gone
now. The blue eye is dim and faded
the pale brow is covered with lines OF
care Perhaps with that far off look OF
hers, she sees three little graves, green
with as many summers. Her home is
very humble-all day she has toiled,
and the fainting spiritalmost surrenders
to fatigue, the down-cast eyes trembling
with tears-she is so weary. And every
nerve tingles when these boys come
hungry from school, some with q tale OF
sorrow that mother must hear.
And after they were hushed with
kisses or-chidings, 1t is time to get sup
per for seven hungry mouths. and the
accustomed never endings of putting
away and cleaning up, till the WORKOUT
creature wonders with a sigh if there
really will come a rest to her-an eter-
nal rest.
At last she can seat her weary limbs
in the old corner rocking chair. The
babe, whose eyes close fitfully to low
lullaby. lies in her fathers lap. He is a
plain man, that good father, with an
honest face and great heart, that would
take in all the care and sorrow of the
household.
The babe sleeps. With a rude gentle
ness he lays it on its mothers bosom,
and as the ruddy freight plays over
her careworn features, he looks upon
her with eyes suddenly grown lustrors
and beautiful. He fifts her great hand
softly till it rests on her shoulder, as he
says:
81 love you, dear Maryi"
How the poor heart leaps into love,
light and rest. How vanish the cares
that trod upon her weary soul! She
no more remembers the toilsome wash
ing. She reflects not now that the
pretty babe with flushed cheeks against
her breast has worn her patience thread
bare with its constant tears and unrest.
She forgets that the fire would smoke
the broth burn, that the children leased
her, that the clothes line broke, and that
every limb in her frame ached with
fatigue.
What were those in comparison with
the steadfast love that had burned fol-
eighteen years, in the sunlight of happi.
ness, through the clouds of despair
when beauty made her winning, and
when her charms of loneliness had gone
and freshness of youth departed for
ever? What cared she for ought out
side her home, though she had many
sorrows, while such words thrilled heI
whole being.
I.I Ioxa ,,o,, daor ATarx, 50
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INCENSE FOR Mrs. STowE.-A good
thing happened up town, the other
night, in one of our first-class Presby-
terrain families. The lady of the house
had been reading Mrs. Stoves sfVindi-
cation of Lady Byron and was con-
WINGED that the great poet had been a
vile fellow. Rising from her seat by
the fire, she approached the bookcase,
and, in spirit of virtuous indignation,
took from the shelf handsome octave
edition of Lord Byron's Poems, in Tur-
key morocco, and proceeded TO put it
in the fire, saying that she would not
have copy of his works in the house.
A young man sitting by the fireside be-
sought her to desist, saying that he had
cheap edition of the book which she
might burn, instead of the fine copy
which was about to be destroyed, but
she declared it would be no sacrifice to
burn low-priced eopy-she was de-
termined to burn her own book; she
would not exchange with him; he en-
treated her vehemently. he clutched her
hands, he struggled with her to save
the book for his own use, but she per-
sisted III throwing it in the fire, and
ruthlessly punched it with the poker
until her righteous indignation was sat-
istied--AIbany kssd.) Commercial.