The Home advocate. (Farmerville, La.) 1885-1???, 1885-10-30


thy can for nothing in eXchah9e'
Thrv seat themselves at Il taoie
with = few dollars ANA expect 10
lis, from it rich with money '"cS
have svinllcH some honest ana III
lustr;ons man out OF. while society
is not the gamer but Ike loser
thereby. Ana it very frequently
happens that tie honest and ihu"S
trjons man is til" victim oi profess
sional gamblers.
lo1n. men, if you have aSi''f"-
tons. il you desire fame, II Nc"
want your names written 81 ihe
"sanIS Of time AMI leave a record
ui,tarniShel and shining WITH
honor, nevei seat yourselves IL
round the tables Of chance. Men
Of families. if N0u love yOnr homes,
if y0n desire to save your property,
if yUu love peace and honor ANA
rejoice in The happiness 81 yoHr
families, never frequent TIE gam
bling den. Ityou get lnNol'c,: Ill
the nesbyS OF Hi, mad infatul;loh
yol VIII diff "a, anl on, until IL
nally You VIII b. swallowed up III
its vortex nHr1r 10 be rcclMheh.
There is an int;ltuation, . sedUc-
tive charm about gaming that
leads ore inseEaibly along. Step BY
step, until finally it IS too late "hd
tle victim is too weak and power
less to rctrace his course.
Avoid it, fox Gods sake avoid it !.
1t is like t.ir siren Of mythology
which inhabited Il green and beau-
tit'ul island of the sea. Sailors,
whose ships were tossed near Its
shores, were charmed by the
sweet, seductive music OF It's voice
and Jared to char Sc their course
for the verdant island from which
arose such melOdiou, sounds, and
were wrecked Oh the shoals and
reefs tilat surrounded it. It is like
the fa3!"l vampire which WOuiu
coil aYcu.U ti.c body O.. :. s."epi ng
person. Hi..i5 it nt:rr-i sweet,
heavenly mu.,ic. enhancing and
intoxicating the So,il ui the sleeper
with its song, sucked his iiN- blood.
SEyTL ENS N NOE7H LOUISIANA.
The Times Democrat has insisted
most earnestly and strenuously
thai the bona tide settlers upon the
lands of North Louisiana, to which
the Ficksburg, Shreveport and
Pacific Railroad is now laying
claim under an old grant, should
be protected and maintained in
the possession Of the farms they
have established and built up.
They are entitled to them by every
principle Of justice and equity ;
they established themselves there
in good faith at time when the
railroads claim was believed to
have lapsed, and it is to their in
dustry and energy that these farms
owe their present value. They
found them wilderness and con-
verted them to civilization and cul-
tivatiOn.
Hence, in whatever arrangement
or agreement that may be made rel
ative to the railroads grant, The
Times Democrat has emphatically
insisted that these settlers should
be protected and maintained in
possession of their farms. and the
railroad compensated otherwise by
the grant Of lands elsewhere.
These farmers are entitled to their
places because they have followed
al the provisions Of the land law
necessary to acquire possession OF
them, and because they have made
them valuable; they are entitled tc
them as Il natural right, and there.
fore the compromise which has
more than once been proposed, and
is even now being su4 gested again
whereby they are 10 hold the LAND
from the railroad by paying 50 pei
acre, is not to be encouraged O.