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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-03-02

ity could not concoct more remarka-
BILE story than that which recently
reached its denouement beside the easel
of Walter Satterlee. This well-known
painter is a cousin of the rector and
a pillar of Calvary church. Therefore
his testimony may be accepted with
out the hesitation that might attend
similar evidence from lay and unre-
generate painter Mr. Satterlee told
the stor.- simply and without any
idea that it would ever get into print at
a meeting of a number of n AS.
By this veracious narrative it appears
that some months ago an old English
woman knocked at his studio door and
inquired if he would employ her as
model. Accidentally enough. it hap
pened that at that time MIR. Satterlee
was engaged in the composition of a
picture for the chief figure of which
the old lady was admirably suited. He
immediately engaged her services. For
several weeks she came to the studio
every other day until the canvas was
finished. During this period Walter
Satterlee, who is one of the most af
fable of artists, entered into frequent
conversation with his aged model and
learned something of her curious his
tory. She had never posed as a model
before, she said. but she was penniless
in a strange country, and had to do
something for a living.
You must have been a handsome
girl" remarked the painter, politely.
Indeed, 1 have never seen finer color
or more clearly cut features in person
of your age"
81 was very beautiful, replied the
old lady, ingenuously. when / was
seventeen they said that Devonshire
had no prettier girl than l was. 1t
would have been better for me if had
not been so lovely. Then l might have
married an honest man in my own sta
ton and been the happy mother of a
farmers children. But / was fairer
than all other girls in the country, and
that fatal gift of beauty attracted the
attention of Lord @, younger brother
of the duke of -. We loved each
other faithful and true. He was an
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-03-02
EFFECTS OF M.kINLEYIsM.
Disastrous Consequences OF Faulty Doe

disastrous Consequences O. q EaE-fy Doe
trfne.
As msmber of congress Mr. McKin-
ley, now governor of Ohio. took the
leading place in teaching the nation
what he considered the way 20 pros
perity. He believed that it consisted
in the governments increasing tariff
taxation and favoring the protection
of particular industries at the common
cost He was concerned less about
revenue for the United States as the
reason of tariff legislation than the adj
vancement OF such private interests as
could induce his party to believe must
have an advantage OF all others. and
that he might bring the artisans of the
country to this view he was constantly
reiterating that all that was done in
this line was done not for the private
interests, but to advance American
labor.
Mr. Mckinley was Landed as the
wisest possible teacher. one who was
thoroughly a business man, proposing
business administration of national
affairs He was exalted as the very
wisest of economists, yet SO little Is
Gov. Mckinley business man that he
involved his own personal fortune in
indorsing for person who has become
q ne man VINO CIalmCu 10
give to sixty million people the pana-
cea for business success was so little
sagacious that in the matter of his own
affairs he involved himself hopelessly-
Mr.. Mckinley and the whole repub-
lican party, IN the face Of positive evil
dence to the contrary, were constantly
asserting that the protective tariff
which they devised and applaUsied, and
for years have been successful IN i'm
posing upon the people of the United
States, was designed solely to help
American labor as against the pauper
labor of Europe. An occurrence at
South Chicago. as significant in its way
as McKinley's own improvidence in per-
sonal business affairs, shows the char
acter OF the labor engaged in Industries
particularly fostered in the name of
American labor by tariff legislation of
the United States. At the South Chi
cago iron mill. which Is surrounded by
employees, many of them incapable Of
speaking English, Hungarians and
Poles having feud fought to the death
The benficiaries of protective tariff
designed, so its opponents said, to help
American labor, not American capital,
have turned such labor from their mills
and have upon their pay rolls men as
little American and as entirely savage
as was shown in the encounter de-
scribed in the Chicago papers the other
day.@Chicago Times.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-03-02
Son-Unfon Men Imported.

CHICAGO, Feb 25.-A new feature was
injected into the strike of the switch
men of the Western Indiana road early
to-day when train load of non-union
men from St Louis reached the Dear
born station and were put to work.
The first detachment went out on an
Eastern Illinois dummy. At the station
some of the strikers claim to have rec
ognized among the newcomers men who
worked on the Burlington on the great
strike here. The presence of these men
brought out much feeling and the ex-
pressions of many men were bitter in
the extreme.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-03-02
TIE OLD VIOLIN MAKERS.
The Manner in Which the Wood Was
Handled to Get Perfection.

The Manner in Which the Wood Was
Handled to Get Perfection.
The great violin makers all lived
within the compass of one hundred and
fifty years. They chose their wood
from a few great timbers feiled in the
South Tyrol, and fOated down in RATS.
pine aid maple, sycamore, pear and
ash. They examined these to find
strealzs and veins and freckles, valu-
able specifically when brought out by
vanishing.
They learned to tell the dynasty of
the pieces of wood by touching them;
they weighed them, they struck them
and listened to judge how fast or slow,
or how resonantly they would vibrate
in answer to strings. Some portions
of the wood must be porous and soft,
some of close fiber. just the right
beam was hard to find; when found it
can be traced all through the violin of
some great master, and after his death
in those of his pupils
The piece of wood was taken home and
seasoned, dried in the hot Brescia and
Cremonia sun. The house of Stradl-
varius, the great master of all, is
described as having been as hot as an
oven. the wood was there soaked
through and through with sunshine.
In this great heat the oils thinned and
simmered slowly and penetrated far
into the wood, until the varnish be-
came part of the wood itself.
The old violin makers used to save
every bit of the wood, when they
found what they liked, to mend and
patch and inlay with it. So vibrant
and so resonant is the wood of good
old violins that they murmur and echo,
and sing in answer to any sound
Detroit Free Press.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-03-02
oyster DreIgers Drowned.

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 7.-Intelligence
has just been received from Tangier
sound. the disputed oystering beds OF
the Chesapeake. that is of narrowing
nature. The past week has been a
memorable one. Four boats were
wrecked, the Maggie Smith, Thomas
Messick, Benjamin Harrison and
George Thomas. and seven oystermen,
Harry Smith, Benjamin Walker, Martin
Vandyke of Philadelphia, Howard
Clendanil and Charles Hammersley OF
New York and two unknown dredgers
were drowned.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-03-02
Entirely Different.

Fweddy-Aw-Miss Gwacie, you said
the vewy thing was going to say my
self. Isn't that what you call mind
mind
Miss e-~Mind-reading
"Ya-aS."
s'No, Mr. Lightpate. that presupposes
the existence of-but the music is be-
ginning. Chicago Tribune.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-03-02

Secretary of the Treasury Foster was
before the house ways and means COM
nittee to dis .uss finances for several
hours on the 18th
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-03-02

QUEEN VICTORIA, when young, had
poetic ambition. Under an assumed
name she sent to a London publisher
enough verses to make book They
were promptly returned, with thanks y
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-03-02

C. r. Carter, who was sentenced to be
hanged at Mount Vernon, No, in 1887
and escaped, but was recently recap
tured in Oregon. has been again SEN
fenced to be hanged April IL
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-03-02

the latest invention The bowl is, how
ever, lined with meerschaum, but the
pipe is said to be lighter than one of the
same size made of briar root
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-03-02

No MAN can be a hypccrite to his own
children
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-03-02

A MONUMENT is to be placed over Mr.
Spurgeon's grave at a cost of ESQ.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-03-02
ImpaIed on the Lever.

WILoUeHBY, o., Feb. ga Lake
Shore special train ran into eight
engine at Wickliffe to-day, killing En-
gineer James Gill, of the extra He
was pinioned in the cab with the lever
through his body and was horribly
mangled. His fireman has not been
found.
John AIarshall's Granddaughter Dead
WAsHINGToN, Feb. 25.-Mrs- Mary
Marshall Mitkiewicz, the wife of Count
Eugene de Mitkiewicz, died last night
after long illness She was the
granddaughter of Chief Justice John
Marshall
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The Court House Completed.

The new Court House at Benton
has been completed by the contrac-
tors, Messrs. Gibson & Oliff, and
Bossier parish now has one of the
best Court houses in North Louisi-
ana. 1t is large and commodious
structure, thoroughly and neatly
finished, and reflects great credit on
Messrs. Gibson s. Diff and their
sub-contractors and wo,kmen, who
have, in a painstaking manner, done
their work well-neatly and in every
respect in IA workmanlike manner.
1t is abeautifnl, and We believe, a
substantial structure, which is an
ornament to our thriving little town,
and building we believe the citi-
zens of BosSitr will be proud O., and
our Police Jury and their Building
Committee are entitled to the thanks
of the people for their unfaggine 9
energy and careful supervision oi
this important work.
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THE KAHN DRY GOODS co ,
Limited.

The ruling principle of this house
is to sell only reliable goods and at
the lowest possible profit. We will
offrr tomorrow and during this
week special bargains i'll
Spliug aud summer dress goods,
Wash goods, white goods,
House furnishing goods,
Ladies' muslin underwear,
Laces of every description,
Embroideries, Fosters kid gloves,
silk gloves and mittS.
In parasols we have a large lot
which we are ready to sacrifice.
Berkeley cambria muslin we offer
at 9!c; any quantity.
We keep the largest and best as
Sortment of mattings and carpets.
Also Iinolinen and floor oil cloth.
We are sole agents for the cele-
brated Palica common sense trunks.
We invine the public to call.
The Kahn Dry Goods Co., Limited.
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We can easily make Benton a
successful and prosperous town, but
to do this We mnst all be up and dt =
ing-eyery man willingly lending a
helping hand to any enterprise that
will help to build up our town or in
any way promote its prosperity or
the success of any of its citizens
who have the prosperity of Benton
at heart. Il is only the tnterpriSing
that can hope to become prosperous.
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Mr.. Ben Holman, one of the lead
ing and wide-awake retail merchants
in Shreveport, is offering special in
ducements to every one seeking bar
gains in dry goods, dress goods, nov
elites, boots, shoes, hats, etc. When
in New York recently his selections
were made with care and with the
view of meeting competition from
every quarter both as to quality and
prices. He is now ready to supply the
wants of his friends aud customers
and invites every one to call and see
his selection.
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We return our thanks to Mr.. G.

We return our thanks to Mr.. G..
E. Byrd, Principal of the High
School at Shreveport, for two COM
plimentary tickets to Henry Waiter
sons lecture, "Money and Morals" !"
to be delivered in the Opera House
at Shreveport, on April 25th. at s
p. m., for the benefit of the Teach
ers' Library. This is an opportunity
for hearing one Of Americas great
est orators, and one Of our nations
most distinguished statesmen, in his
masterpiece which has been recpiv-
ed with unh0unded enthusiasm
wherever delivered. Go and hear
him. Admission 50c,, Toe. and 81.
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ARE YOU INTERESTED
In Low Prices? lfsO, Read the List
of Bargains for this Week at
Henry Dreyfuss & Sons.

80 rolls mating at s. so per roll
of 40 yards.
125 pairs ladies' kid button shoes
at 81 35; regular 81 quality.
lease checked nansook at &c; reg
ular price Zoe.
80 dozen all linen huck towels
121c; regular price 25c.
80 dozen all linen huck towels,
22x46, at 25c; regular price 4Oc.
10 peices turkey red damask, IS
inches wide, at 25c.
90 dozen boys shirt waists at 25c.
90 dozen boys shirt waists at 45c.
Boys knee pants, all sizes, at 25c.
Boys knee pants, all sizes, at 55c.
l case challies, beautiful stS les, at
&c; worth 15c.
so dozen ladies' ribbed vests at
l5c; sold everywhere for 35c.
We have just opened lot of boys
kilt skirts, also kilt suits in wash
material, at very low prices.
HENRY DREYFUSS u Son,
Shreveport
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Consolidated Notice.
Land Office at Natchitoches, La

Land Office at NatchtOches, La 4, I
April H. 1898. (
Notice is hereby given that the following
~ named settler has filed notice of his
intention to make final proof in support of his
claim, and that said proof will be made be-
fore the Honorable Clerk of District Court at
Benton. La, on Goth May, 1898, viz Home
stead Entry No. 3745-James Houston Wal
lace-for the lots 3. 3 and 4, of section 5, and
lots and ,, of section q, township % North
range Ii West. He names the following wit
nesses to prove his continuous residence upon
and cultivation of, said land, VIZ: b. f. Cook,
j. E. Branton, John Daley and d. w. Adams,
of Carterville, La.
Viz: Homestead Entry No 3746-Edward
Washington Walace-for the north half OF
southeast quarter and southeast quarter of
southeast quarter of section 6, township %
North, range II West. He names the follow
ing witnesses to prove his continuous resi-
dence upon and cultivation. OF said land, VIZ
B. +. Cook J E. Branton, John Daily and ID.
W. Adams, of Cartervile z. La.
L. DUPLEX, Register.
April 90, 1893. may 25
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The weather is evidently presided
over by a tickle goddess. All of
the first part of last week the balm
of spring seemed to have come to
remain permanently. Friday cold
wave came in on US and the ther-
mometer dropped to about 400 Fri
day night, and Saturday morning
the average citizen was hunting up
bis discarded winter apparel to keep
off the wintry winds. But variety
is the spice of life.
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A PLEASANT dance was given at
Mr.. r. L. Gilliam's, at Willow Bend
plantation, on Red River, last Fri
day night. The Willow Bend Band
furnished the music, which was en-
joyed by a large number of friends
who we're very pleasantly entertain
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A very pleasant party was given
last Tuesday night hy Mr.. and Mrs.
J. P. CreSwell. at their residence in
this place. A large number of ladies
aud gentlemen were present, includ-
ing several young ladies and gentle
men from distance, who, amid the
flow of unity and good cheer gave
cordial evidence of their high appre-
citation of the occasion.
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Late News in Brief:

Nut culture is attracting attention
on the Delaware peninsular.
residents own one seventh of
the total acreage of Toosa county,
Alabama.
The Dakota river is the longest
unnavigable river in the world-over
1000 miles.
There were 2, 444 railroad accidents
in this country in 1892; 100 persons
were killed and 1855 injured.
The area of the Russian Cars in
dividual possessions of land is greater
than the entire extent of France.
The total recorded immigration to
this country is 16,O04, O93, almost as
many as the whole population of
Spain.
The closest city, politically, in the
Unieted States is Wilmington, Del,
which Cleveland carried against Har
rison by one vote.
New York and Boston capitalist are
negotiating for the purchase Of all
the iron rolling mills in Canada, with
view of combination.
San Francisco has one saloon to
every SO persons, Albany is second
on the list with one to every ITO per-
sons, and New Orleans one to every
l2l persons.
Although every body does not get
pair, the production ofrubber boots
and shoes is about equal to pair a
year for every man, woman and child
in the United States.
It has hitherto been the law in
Japan that if woman was not mar
ried by a certain age the authorities
picked out man and compelled him
to marry her. The Mikado has JUS
abolished this usage.
Within thirty years the worlds an
nual product of silver has increased
from $40, 100000 to about $3.50, 900,
900. Thirty years ago the Unite'
States produced less than $4,000, OO'
and to-day over $50, 100000 year
Under sufficient stimulus Mexico
could alone place more silver bulliol
on the market every year than tn
whole world did in 1860.
In the United States there are 32
900, 900 men and 81, 100000 women
Men are in the majority in all th
States and Territories, except in th
District of Columbia, Massachusett:
Rhode Island, North Carolina, Mar,
land, Connecticut, New Hampshire
New York, South Carolina, Virgini
and New Jersey. in which there al
more women than men.
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Shreveport

Shreveport
Oyster
and
Chop
House,
Market Street.
In BogelS Block.
Meals served at all hours.
Oysters on the half shell or cooked
in the best manner.
Polite attendants. Everything new,
neat and frst-class in every respect.
Place open all night.
FRANK SERWICH,
Proprietor.
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For Sale.

10000 Brick.
$50 Fire Brick.
One lot of Lumber-been used for
scafolding.
One Force Pump. Can be attach
ed to windmill.
One lot of stone for steps, 7x13.
Apply at once to
GIBSON & OLIFF,
New Court House, Benton, La.
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Caution.

We, as owners and discoverers OF
the mthods of filling teeth without
pain, and of the celebrated "Odon-
tunder' for the absolute painless ex-
traction of teeth, have now sold DIR.
Chas. Z. McCloud exclucive right
to use our an8sthetics in Shreveport.
ANY one else claiming to use these
remedies there is coloSsel fraud.
WILLARD STREETMAN, NJ. ID.
q. E. HALE, ID. ID. s.
Odontunder Manufacturing Co.
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Personal Paragraphs.

Mrs. |. FL. Martin, of Dixie. was
the guest of Mrs. S. S. Cabeen Mon
day.
Miss Carrie French, of Walnut
Hill. Ark. is the guest of Mrs. I.
NJ. Vaughan.
Hon. J. II. Shepherd, of Shreve-
port, came up yesterday evening on
legal business.
Mpssrs. r. n. McKrllar and S. n.
Kirley, of Shreveport, were in Ben
ton on business last Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. NJ. Arnold, of
Brownlee. were the guests of their
sister, Mrs. L. A. Brownlee, last
Thursday.
Our old time friend, Mr.. j. J..
Biggs, came over from Bellevue
Tuesday evening OH a visit to his
Benton friends.
Miss Addie Head, who is employ
ed in the store of Bodenheimef Bros.
of Shreveport, spent Sunday at her
home in Benton.
Capt. j. M. Foster, one of Bos-
sier's largest tax payers, came up
Tuesday evening and paid his taxes
for the year 1892.
Sheriff A. r. Thompson returned
from Baton Rouge yesterday, where
he went last week to convey Chas
A. Hendrix to the penitentiary.
Messrs. L. E. Wallace, A. A. Cur
ry. Harris Vaughan, of ward 5; r
E. Adger, of Rush Point, aud j. r
Snider, of Bellevue, visited Bentol
Saturday.
Mpssrs. B. B. Hill. A. B. McIver
of Vanceville; Mr.. Garter Dickson
of Rush Point, and Mr.. Young, o
Sanders, Ark, were in town Tues
day evening.
Miss Willow Weir, of Greenwood
La. and Miss Carrie French, o
Walnut Hill, Ark, were pleasan
visitors at the Banner office yester
day evening.
! Judge T. N. Braden, manager @
DR.. w. L. Dickson's Rush Poin
place this year, passed through Ber
ton Saturday on short visit to hi
home at Bellevue.
Miss Alabel Martin, talente
and popular young lady, who is Ell
gagged in teaching school at Dixi'
was a welcome visitor to our tow
Tuesday evening.
Miss Marie Burt, one of Bossier
accomplished young ladies, who ha
been teaching school at Taylor,
Webster parish, returned last Sa
urday, and is the guest of her cousiI
Mrs. J. P. Creswell.
3 Mrs. S. s. Cabeen, of this plac
celebrated her 53rd birthday yeste
day. May time sit lightly on h'
brow, and this worthy aud estim;
BILE lady live to celebrate many +
turns of her natal anniversary.
: Mr.. Z. j. McKillips, contractor,
=. building il dwelling house for Messl
E. r. s. T. J. Moore near Bodcf
> station, which will soon be compile
ed, when they will move their fan
lies from Bellevue to their new bom
!. Our fellow-toWnsman, Mr.. III.
Slhley, celebrated his thiriy'thi
birthday last Saturday, and on Il
same day his little son, Horace, q
The Bossier banner., 1893-04-20

Again we assert that one of the
great necessities which now con
fronts Benton is the Improvement of
old and the making of good new
roads leading into this, the parish
site of Bossier.
The Bossier banner., 1893-04-20

The pupils of Miss Maggie Cade's
school will have picnic at Clear
Lake, about two miles west of Ber-
ton, on Ftiday, April 2Sth, and a
most pleasant OCCASION may be ey-
pected. Everybody invited.
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Merit, promptncss and low prices,
will be my motto for success. G. A.
Wheeler, Practical Matchmaker
and Jeweler, Benton.
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Rev. z. Ii. HenSley will preach in
Benton on the 9th Sunday, the Both
of April.
The Bossier banner., 1893-04-20

That was a rattling rain that came
to Bossier last Thursday night, and
it was badly needed.
The Bossier banner., 1893-04-20

Scarf pins, vest chains, etc. See
G. A. Wheeler, Matchmaker and
,Jewelpr Benton.
The Bossier banner., 1893-04-20

Bring in your watches, clocks,
jewelry, accordeons, music boxes
and sewing machines. q. A. Wheel
er will repair them promptly.
The Bossier banner., 1893-04-20

SHREVEPORT BARGAIN House.
"The Fairn 5 and 10 cent Store
Hunt it up when in the city.
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w. {. GIasseli.
]. NJ. Foster.

w. E. Gassel U. u. HNes'
In Foster W. |. Foster
GLASSELL, RIVES & CO.,
No. 624 and 626 Levee Street. Shreveport, La,
GROCERS and COTTON FACTORS,
Sole Agents for Murphy Wagons.
Also Agents standard GuanO and Chemical Manu-
featuring Company; Northwestern FertiiiZinS
Company, "HOrsc ShOen Brands;
Van Wrinkle Gin and Machinery Company Gins Feeders Condnsers
and Presses.
kind Of
Gins Cotton does lot through the fan
competitors for Best Sneten Elevator AID
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Will make it my business to give
everybody the benefit in bargains |
buy in my line. Quick sales. Small
profits. Call on 6. A. Wheeler, the
Benton Jeweler.
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Quite number of our people
attended divine worship at Cottage
Grove last Sunday.
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BENTON, LOUISIANA,
THURSDAY, ,::::::::::::::::APRlL 20, 1893.

II rainrd rain here again yester-
day morning.
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Preaching at Benton next Sunday
bv Rev. J. b. Williams.
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When you want watch call on
G. A. Wheeler, the Jeweler, Benton.
The Bossier banner., 1893-04-20

Ladies lace and shawl pins at G..
A. Nheelel's, Jeweler. Benton.
The Bossier banner., 1893-04-20

You can always get pure drugs
from the Benton Drug Company.
The Bossier banner., 1893-04-20

BUY YOUR STOVES at 1.-THE Fair"
o24 Texas street. Shreveport.
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Hard times prices at q. A. Wheel
er's, the Jeweler. Convince your
selves.
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