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Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1881-02-02
Editorial Correspondence.


I have made many visits to
Shreveport and have seen the pco
pie Of this pleasant little city in
various stages of elevation and
depression, so am not surprised 10
md them gloomy after the two
months OF unprecedented weathre,
which has injured all alike, farmer
and merchant, city and dwellcr in
the rural districts. There has been
no business here of any great &C
count since November. Not even
trotu therall road contractors and
{ their hands from whom much was
expected, has there been much
/ trade. The phenomenal weather
has disarranged AL calculations, aud
trade IN now As dull in Shreveport
as in midsummer. Speculation in
cotton futures being conducted en-.
tirely by telegraph, has been unin.
terrupted. 1t is astonishing how
this style o! gambling has spread,
even in the smaller country towns,
we occasionally hear of IL victim. In
towns so large as this, its devotecs
are numbered by the dozen. Good
old Methodist, Presbyterian or
Baptist merchants, who would
elevate their hands i'll holy indig
nation over Il game OF poker or sew
Ell up. lose aud win their thousansd
by betting that cotton will rise or
fall on some future day. And some
Of them are so dislngenuous as TO
say that one may demand actual
delivery. To such as these, we
would instance the sale of futures in
New Orleans IN the first year. The
transaction covered over five million
bales. New York, and other cities
which have engaged III the bust
p ness much longer, must have
doubled these figures. SO that il
will be seen tina. transactions III
futures, have been much greater
than the entire crop Of the world.
But this manner of gambling OIL
speculation, to use a polite word, i.
not confined to cotton alone.
" heard a young man the other day
{ outline his policy for 4 grand specu
4 lation in meat this spring, while
d another gave warning by enumer
= ating his loss in a similar transac
e ton. I have young friend o
genial manners, and happy cheer
full disposition. Two months ago
he boosted long dropping nous
tache, in color beautiful nu
brown, today it is short, ragge'
= and altogether discreditable. II
explains it by the single remark 50
am dealing in cotton futures
Let no one be offended by the ms
of the word gambling in this cor
nection. The more honest dealer
declare it the right word to use, an
;" only a desire to deceive, will lea
any one to say that it is strict
= moral. Legitimate all those spect
10 lations may be, but moral, The
certainly are not. To my mind,
bad feature of the business is, ths
the law of demand and supply q
8, longer regulates the price Of th
chief products Of agricultural labo
When the actual sales Of corr
g, wheat, cotton and meat are base
upon an imaginary supply twice I
n great as the reality, the chances a
ten to one against the produo
obtaining a fair value for the pr
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1881-02-02

speculation. By invitation l visit
the cotton exchange 10 morrow for
instruction i'll futures. l will retail
whatever l learn to your readers. At
the risk of making somebody mad l
will say that goods are cheap here,
and cotton a reasonable price. The
roads, however, might be better; in
the swamp, under Watkins shed.
the ground is firm, and in many
places even dusty. Where the shed
ceases at billiards. plantation, had
been told, began the worst bit of
highway between Homer aud
Shreveport. To my surprise il was
very firm and pleasant. Fair wealth
cr began again to-day, or, rather,
the sun came out from behind the
clouds. At sight of his face every
body braced up a degree, aud when
the old gentleman retired to rest in
a cloudless sky all felt that again
there was hope. But we have been
50 often disappointed that results
are waited for with fear and tremb.
ling. 1t is to be hoped that from
and after this date there will be
such clear skies and good roads as
will enable farmers and merchants
to obtain all the advantages posi-
Die from an unrestricted cOmmunl.
cation with each other. II, how.
ever, there should be no change it
requires no prophet 10 declare the
consequences. Already there have
been failures here-that others may
follow is the fear of all. We can
only hope for the best.
4 | said above that goods are cheap
here. Shreveport merchants claim
that they always sell Tor n small
margin of profit, and ut this time
they will sell at almost any price to
make room for their spring supplies.
Mighty preparations we're made for
Il winter trade, and as that season
is nearly over, leaving them with a
large supply still on hand and in
need of money, the policy is to sell
at almost any price 20 relieve pres
sure.
OF course am stopping ut Cump'
ston's, "A hotel which | find more
pleasant at each successive visit
Hotel keeping is one OF the fine
arts. and. like them, is progressive
My good friend, Mr. CumpstOn, ap
p.eciates this fact and spares Meth
er pains or expense TO keep his es
Establishment mp with the times
\ cooking range has just been pu
up in tue kitchen, which cost {
price almost fabulous. | will no
pretend to say how much. TIL
figures would throw into cold per
spiratloD the husband who grOwl
al twenty five or thirty dollars TO
a cook stove which wonld reliev
an overworked wife. The dining
r room is we'll conducted by bea
waiter and his assistants from Gin
cinuati. The table is very TN
, and compares favorably with es
Establishments OF greater pretension;
e | find here as night clerk F. l
= Galloway, who will be remembers
+ By many readers of the Guardia
1 as one Of the most accommodation
: and polite Of the numerous employ
}, ees of the North Louisiana Stag
J. Company. The same urbane, ger
Z tlemanly department and attentiv
Il care of those under his temporar
o charge, characterizes his action
! here. Mr.. V. L. Bowls, the da
clerk, who | have mentioned in pr
e vious letters, is still in the ofic
}. varying the monotony of his oficii
s duties By a study of tho change
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1881-02-02
MINDEN HOTEL.

THE travelling public aud regular board
l crs will dnd this house rs comfortable
and well supplied as the resources and con
ditiou of the country will permit. The
charges ARE very reasonable. The stage
stand il Kept al this Hotel.
have also attached 10 my hotel a new
and commodious Stable. we'll supplied with
pro,cudcr aud water. and good ostlcr al
WAYS on hand 20 attend TO stock.
Tho travelling public will do we'll 10 give
nc call. \. j. REl NDIIS.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-06-28

Al II
" Col. Hunt was much surprised by a
footman coming in and saying:
eff you please, sir, Simmons wishes
to speak to you"
"By all means," replied the Colonel,
apparently surprised that Simmons
should make the request through the
medium of the footman. "Tell him to
come here an once"
A few moments later came hestat-
ing knock, and it was not until Colonel
Holt had twice shouted "Come in," that
the door opened to admit the aforesaid
Simmons.
Looking up somewhat impatiently,
Colonel Holt was struck by the change
in the mans demeanor. No longer the
spruce, erect, middle-aged butler, but
a pallid, trembling man, stood before
him.
"Good heavens Are you i'll Sim
mons?"
"No, sir, but L must go away this
very day. You must let me go; indeed
you must, SIR"
Certainly, if you wish it; but give
me some reason for this sudden deter
animation. What has happened ?"
I" / can tell you nothing, sir. Let me
go without question, that is all l ask
of you"
SIT is great deal to ask" said Col.
Holt, more and more surprised; "and
am not sure that can grant so much.
Come Simmons, tell me honestly what
has happened. If can help you"
"Thank you, sir, you can only let me
60"
" Perhaps you are in some money
trouble? Speak out frankly if you are"
A faint flush came upon the mans face;
he hesitated
"Money, sir, has nothing to do with
my trouble" he replied, "but it is not
my reason for wishing to go away.
Have pity on me, implore you; let me
go. L must, whether you consent or
not" And look of the utmost misery
crossed the mans face.
"Well, WE'LL" said his easy-going
master, show long do you want to be
away? for a time only or do you want
to leave altogether ?"
eff you are kind enough to let me
return, sir, 1 can do so safely by the
twentieth of this month";"
"Safely," muttered Colonel Holt
''what does the fellow mean ?" Then
aloud; "And who is to fill your place.
you know we have visitors coming to-
day, and"
Again that haggard look of terror
came into Simmons face as he ventured
to interrupt his master.
"Yes, sir, have thought of that,
and have a brother staying in the
village who is butler to Sir Henry Cur
tbs, at Beauchamp Park. The family
are abroad, and he has months holi-
day, and will gladly take my place while
/ am absent. / am sure he will do his
best to please you, sir.'
There being nothing further to settle,
his master dismissed Simmons. For
few minutes Colonel Holt pondered over
the matter and the mans strange man
ner, then muttering something to the
effect that servants ways are past find
ing out, he dismissed the subject from
his thoughts and became engrossed in
business letters of importance.
At luncheon, much to Mrs. Hollis
amazement, a strange servant was in
attendance. Where is Simmons 7"
she asked.
"Oh," exclaimed Colonel Holt, sud-
denly remembering he had not enlight-
ened his wife, "this is Simmons brother
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-06-28
The Two Strange Dreams.

ON the morning of August 4th, 1864,
" Col. Hunt was much surprised by
footman coming in and saying:
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-09-22
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

John Kelley is credited with saying
that be is willing to bury the Ratchet
provided he can bury it IN Mr.. Tilden.
II see the President is sitting up. 1
believe il would be safer to take hand
in options than To speculate upon the
symptoms of the sickest man that Ohio
ever produced. DIR. Hammond.
The dispatches in relation to Guiteau
are Of the most grateful and reassuring
character. He continues restless At
night and his days are filled with gloomy
forebodings of an carly suspension of
respiration.
Frederick Douglass says that during
the two years he spent abroad, though
he was much in society, and sometimes
in the company of lords and ladies, he
does not remember one word, look or
GESTURE that indicated the slightest aver
sion to him on account of his color.
United States Register b. K. Bruce
has written letter approving the pro-
posed woman's suffrage amendment in
Nebraska. and saying that he Is fully
persuaded that woman's refining in
fiuence in political affairs, and her in
telligent and conscientious expression of
opinion at the polls, will add materially
to the peace, happiness and prosperity
of all the inhabitants of the state.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-09-22
ON THE HEIGHTS.
What an Emporium Saw and Felt &c, 900
Feet Above the Waters of Lake
Michigan
MOUNT MAGNIFICENT.
yotba NIO,1SN G.pt II ISI

MOUNT MAGNIFICENT.
(Above the Clouds), Sept. II, 81.
EDITORS NEWS: am sitting at Ia
BILE 10000 feet above the waters of Lake
Michigan, overlooking the lake. am
80 miles north of Chicago, with the
spires on the churches in that city in
plain sight. 1t is impossible to conceive
the grandeur of the scenery. Steam and
other large vessels passing constantly
beneath my feet look like small sGiffs or
rOw-boats. Pixies Peak, in comparison
to this recently discovered elevation,
would look like an ant hill. Jay Gould,
Lewis LutZ, Harry Norton or some
other millionaire of the Emporia
syndicate ought TO purchase this
mountain, dig a large basin
on its summit, force the waters Of Lake
Michigan to the top, and then by means
of recent electric moier discovered by
Edison, send the water with lightning
velocity TO our water works, and Let old
Soden go TO the ID or where the wood
bine twineth. am bound to out-geleral
that man if it costs me fortune of a
hundred dollars and takes all summer
No Patriot of copper head proclivities
shall hold the rod over the heads of
our pioas and penurious city council, if
the patriotic blood that beats in my
veins can prevent it,
wish you were here. Qhe junior
members mean,) for well / know that
the maturer gentleman who pTesides
over Uncle Sans pouches in your city,
can never expect to get as near
elysiau as | am now while writing
this truthful communication. The
scenery here is really wonderful and
the most wonderful of all is how you
get 10 the top of this mountain. I'm
agine, if you can, a tunnel dug from
high water mark on the lake shore, BIT
feet 615 inches, to a solid and i'm
penetrable rock, then a shaft dag up
ward 10000 feet to the top of this noun
tain, where respectable and truth-loving
and truIh-telling beings are allowed TO
ascend on the elevator TO this elysium
of the world, where luxurious peaches,
pears and plums now abound.
Crops here are good. There has he n
sufficient rain for everything in this L.
cality. Wheat was badly injured by
the severe winter and did not make
over a third of crop Corn,
oats, potatoes and buckwheat are
good. Peaches and plums, which
are raised in great abundance, are fair
crop, and bring good price-from IS
to "a per bushcl. All the plums and
the largest and best peaches have been
marketed. intended to express some
on, but don't like to pay SO bushel ex-
press charges unless can get some of
the best. If can and should express
you few, just TO show The quality, l
| hope you won't be offended. Potatoes
are perfectly splendid. l am going to
| bring home, in my trunk, enough for
winter, so prepare for an invitation to
| potato supper just beyond Poverty Hill
| where no editors will he admitted.
Yours, WAI. JAY
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-09-22
The Roxs in Rlne ., Cincinnati

CINCINNATI, September I6.-The yete.
ran soldiers parade made at II O'Clock,
in spite of the muddy streets and the
fact that il had been announced that no
parade would be made. was OF consider
able magnitude. 1t was headed by a
detachment of police; then followed the
Marietta battery; then the First Regi-
ment of Ohio National Guards; then
the Mexican veterans and then the skele-
ton of the soldiers of the late war.
They were in citizens dress, wearing
only badges to indicate their regiment
or corps. They5 bore no arms of corps,
but at close intervals they carried the
tattered battle flags which had been
carried by them through the war. The
line OF march required nearly two hours
OF marching and the streets were covered
with soft mud. There was no means of
giving full notice of the time the process
sion would he started, or that il would
start at all, still the word was passed
from one TO another and procession
was formed which, marching four
abreast at good swinging gate, took
the regiment thirty-five minutes to pass.
Everywhere the streets were lined with
sympathetic and cheering multitudes.
Ladies, often with fearful eyes, would
give welcome to the survivors of the war.
The veterans prepared TO cheer as they
passed, but talking in the ranks was not
the rule. just before reaching the point
for disbanding Governor Foster and
staf, on horseback, reviewed the pro-
cession. 1t was two o'clock when the
procession disbanded and this prac-
tically closed the reunion. 1t has not
been as successful as was anticipated.
The rain is responsible fora good deal
of the disappointment, but there wss
more lethargy among citizens than
should have existed, which had a tend
ency to weaken the hands of the mana
gers
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-09-22
THE. PANAMA CANAL.

DR. Charles PeitZch. German physi-
clan of New York, has just returned
from Aspinwall and Panama, and gives
a very gloomy account of the country
and the prospects of the De Lesseps ca
nal scheme. "If any of your friends
think of going 10 Panama" said the doc
tor 10 Tribune reporter, advise them
not to. In all my travels | never saw a
more sickly, pOvertystricken, and for
sakeu people. / was induced To go
there by the promise of 9 large business
in my profession. There was plenty for
me TO do, but no money i'll it, and j
came away as soon as l could. There
are about $50 people at work on the
Panama Canal, 200 of whom are negroes.
Half IF them are sick, haggard, and
starving, and the death rate is alarming,
although the facts are suppressed as
much as possible. There are not more
than 100 abie-bOdied men at work at any
time, and the force is constantly being
renewed, because the labOrerS fall vic
Tins 10 disease, then lose their places
and s;arve. or die of fevers and pecu-
liar wasting away of the system. The
canal company wants 10 get all the la
borcrs possible. and ii offers the induce
ment of high wages, board,
plenty of work, and free passage. Agents
gathered laborers up wherever they
can find them and take them by boat tn
Asplnwall and rail To Panama. They re-
ceive ST n month, and the worst board
imaginable. They are crowded into
shanties and fed on the cheapest kinds
of food rice twice day, tea or coffee
in the morning only, salt beef once day,
and no bread; fresh meat, never. Once
there, it is impossible for laborers ever
to return, as the men have no money,
and it costs $25 to ride back to AspIn-
wall, distance of forty-seven and a half
miles, and they are too weak to walk.
White people soon become yellow and
look like death, and beg tourists II take
them away.
work is advancing very slowly Cd
the canal, and there is nothing to show
for the money spent. II is generally be-
lievcd in that country thatth canal will
never be finished. It is about as wide
as Broadway from house TO house
There are some stakes driven down and
planks laid along and the earth stirred
up little, but that is all. II seems
hardly possible to live in that country.
1t is marshy and malarial, and in
tested with alligators and serpents
and poisonous insects. l Was bit
ten in the hand by an insect, and
my arm has swollen up and been useless
for month. The population is com
posed of negroes, Spanish and French
of the lowest class. The climate is warm
terribly warm-moist and oppressive.
aud tends TO induce the use of stimu
lants. St. Louis beer costs thirty-five
cents bottle, Milwaukee beer twenty
five cents. Whisky is cheap, and the
test imported Holland gin only 40 cents
a quart. Beef and fish are very plentiful
and cheap, as are also fabrics. On the
whole, the country is no place for any
but very patient man with plenty of
money.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-09-22
OVER THE STATE.
Parsons is troubled with thieves.
Fall River has a good cornet band.

Parsons is troubled with thieves.
Fall River has good cornet band.
st. Anthony's Catholic church at
Strong was dedicated Septembr II.
The Baptist people of Fall River are
building Il neat parsonage, so the Times
says.
1t is estimated that over 10000 people
were in attendance at the State Fair at
Topeka September 10.
Governor st. John and Senator Plumb
delivered stirring addresses at the state
soldiers reunion at Topeka Sept. 10.
Manhattan has two licensed saloons,
and the people have subscribed 5000,
and propose to make it warm for them.
The Daily Parsons Eclipse is making
a gallant and effective fight against the
vIolators of the liquor law in that city.
There is really some hope for the
Wichita Times man yet. In his last is
sue he prays for mercy. and shows signs
of repentance.
Rev. L. W. Spring, pastor of Plymouth
church, Lawrence. has been elected to
the new chair of English Literature,
Rhetoric and Bellies Letters in the State
University.
1t may probably interest Mr. Wander
bilt and Jay Gould to learn that Mr..
Uhl, pronounced anti-mOnopolist, has
been nominated as candidate for Judge
in the fifteenth Kansas district.
Chase County Leader: Wolves are so
numerous and bold in the vicinity of up
per Rock creek that they come into the
farmers door yards in day time and car
~ off chickens and ducks.
The Parsons Daily Eclipse has an ar
ticle on the "mauority rule" What's
that: Is it anything like the comet ?
Will it probably cause a drouth next
year, OF does it refer to the grasshopper
crop? Does it bear any resemblance to
Smiths double back action sausage stuff
fer? Please enlighten us, old man.
There is paper mill'' talk at Law
renee again. A few years ago every
town in the state had paper mill" on
the brain, and itinerant manufacturers
were buzzing every board of trade or
local organization on that subject. But
the paper mill mania has evidently
given way to the sugar OF starch manu-
factory. We hope Lawrence will get a
paper mill.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-09-22

A citizen of Ottawa, this state, has re-
ceived late letter from friend in AL
temOnt, E6iingham county, Illinois,
giving II deplorable picture of the condi-
ton of affairs there. The Republican
says the writer is thoroughly reliable
man. lie says: From the last of June
until the first of September We did not
have a drop of rain. The season has
been unusually hot, aud vegetation of all
kinds has been literally burned up.
Wheat did not average over bushels
per acre in this county, and there is alb
solutely no corn many farmers will not
gather single bushel from their entire
crop. n few oats, little hay, aud a few
very small early potatoes, Is abso-
lutely all that was raised in
this part Of the state Farmers are sell
ing off their stock for whatever they
can get, many of them, and how
they are going to get through the
winter / cannot see. OF Course there is
no talk or thought o: paying debts. II
is beyond all comparison the worst out
look ever saw here. We have deter
mined Ia let cur regular customers re-
neW their paper for one year alta straight
& per cent; we do this absolutely as q
matter of charity, rs we could renew
just as we'll at 20 per cent as at s." The
writer is in the banking business, and
has lived lhsie, in that county, about
twenty-five years He is not a Rlan Civ
en- TO sensations, and any statement
made by him can be depended upon.
His report agrees also with the tele-
graphic accounts of the calamity which
has overtaken that country.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-09-22
The recourse Of a Jealous wife.

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Sept. ia SEN
sational ssfne was witnessed on New
York avenue, near 14th street, this city,
today. Col. Boyd, who annually pub.
fishes the Washington Rnsise%s pisse-
tory, was Walking down New York Az
enue wits5 d handsome young lady, when
suddeniyis carriage was pulled up at the
curbing Immediately opposite the coup
lie, and Mrs. Boyd, wife of Col. Boyd,
jumped out of it. She produced a cow
hide and began to lash the young lady
who was with Boyd numerically. The
young lady ran, Mrs. Boyd following,
but bystanders interfered after a few
strokes had been administered; then
Boyd, at the command of his wife, meek
ly entered the carriage with her, and
was driven home.
Boyd has charge of the Divisions of
the Census, and several ladies are en-
ployed under him. 1t is said he has
been over attentive to two or three of
these ladies, and especially to one of
them. His attentions to this one arous-
ed his wife's jealousy, and she has been
watching the pair to-day, and just after
Boyd met the young lady his wife made
the descent upon them as described.
Whether there is TO be any divorce or
damage suits has not yet been developed.