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ON 4 BICYCLE.


 Through Bad Roads bu, Novel Country
 Lieutenant Guyot, of the Twenty-sec- ond regiment, has contributed a book to bicycle literature. He went from Montellmar to Constantinople by the Rhone and sea, and returned on a. bi- cycle. His object was 10 ride every where his fancy led him. The lieuten- ant got on in Turkey at the rate of thirty miles in three days. He had nothing to eat in that time but four hard-boiled eggs, with vinegar and muddy water, and little raki to drink. The raki seemed to him nectar itself, but he only found it in three places. The curiosity which his cycle aroused in villages proved inconvenient. The men and lads would get on 1t. He had often to fasten Turk with cord to his machine and drag him on. In Bull garia there were no roads at all, but many were begged out. In the midst Of roadless plain the handle broke. At Sofia he met a party of cyclists and was able to find blacksmith. The ride to Servia was very hard work, the Bulgarian mud being adhesive. Cy- cling was very difficult in Hungary. It was a great comfort to get into Germa- ny and through the Swiss valleys to Montelimar Lieutenant Guyot reached that place after ride of 1880 miles. He did not stop anywhere on the way unless to eat, sleep or get his machine mended. Nevertheless he spent seventy-three days in his ride.
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Etnanctal.

Some Important Developments In the FL
 nancial Void.
 New York, Dec. 27.-There were some important developments in the financial world to-day, but'iit seems utterly im- possible to revive speculative interest in the stock market. In anything like normal times dissolution of a big government bond syndicate accom- panied by severe criticisms of the finan- cial policy of the administration and the declaration of the usual dividend by a great railroad company like the New York Central, after reports for months that the regular rate could not be main- tained, would have created big mark ct. To-day, however. these develop ments were aceeptedawith languid interest, and less than 100000 shares of stocks were traded in during the entire session. @.
 At the opening the market was heavy, but when the New York Central de- clared its regular dividend for the quar- ter prices moved up 4 to IS per cent, Central leading. The statement of the company for the six months ended December S1, 1894, shows earnings of 253 per cent. on the stock against 2.S1 per cent. in 1893. There were few weak spots, notably Distillers, Reading and Jersey Central. Distillers fell 1A to 9h on realizations. Reading sold down nearly points to IA on an uncon- ffrmed rumor that the plan will be as- scented and the assessment on the junior securities materially increased.
 Jersey Central weakened on reports that the November statement will be
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unfavorable. Sugar closed practically unchanged on the day. The cordage stocks were higher at one time on a rumor that the statement to be pre- sented at the annual meeting on Jan uary next will be more favorable than expected. The early rise in these stocks was equal to h@2h per cent. but sub sequently reaction of h to lA per cent. took place.
 The market closed irregular. but in the main firm. Net changes show gains of < to Y per cent. In the general list. Sugar lost A, Jersey Central Y. Distil- lers and Reading lh.
 The bond market was frmer. Sales were $i,007,00
 Following are the closing prices re- ported by Prince & Whitely. bankers and brokers, 46 Broadway, New York. and l5 Center street. New Haven:
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 ri waters was swift. the eddies and current were treacherous, and the snags and other obstructions so numer- ous at that point that unusual care was necessary in order to avoid the fa- tai places.
 "The conditions that existed In Saw yer's Bend forty years ago exist prac- tically to-day. and a'e still seriou : menace to the marine commerce of the city, with the added dangers to the im- portant municipal and railroad inter ests that have grown with the re- quirements of the water supply and the transportation demands of n great metropolis.
 If the waters in sawyer's Bend could be rolled backward. as the wa ters of the Red Sea once were. and the sands cleared away and the skeletons of our former palatial steamers photo graphed, what a terrible object lesson would be conveyed from a spot that Is now the most thickly settled marine graveyard in the world"
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herd Of elephants had returned and was tearing up the plantations on the outskirts O. the town. The message had been received by drum beats from one town to another. He started out and arrived there before the elephants departed. The message had been re- peated just four times in the twelve miles 1t had come.
 Tt is puzzling to form theory as to how these natives accomplish the re- suits which they do. If they had an alphabet, or the knowledge Of one. you could find an explanation there. But. as a matter of fact. they are ut terly devoid of the knowledge Of an al- phabet. The only explanation which I can make of the matter Is that they have a phonetic formula Of some kind. They have certain drum beats and com binations to represent certain phonet- les and perhaps syllables. It Is cer- tainly not alphabetical. as our tele- graph system is. A language has from forty or fifty phonetic elements. so with combinations of beats to represent these and other notifications na- tives are able to communicate. The The loudness and softness of the beats seemed to suggest more than the in- tervals. There was very little differ ence in the intervals, scarcely enough to make me think that they alone in- dicated the various phonetics. Of course the intervals had something to do with 1t, but the loudness of the beats seemed to carry more importance. However 1t Is done. 1t is indeed won derful to have an ignorant lot of un- civilized people without an alphabet formulating a means of communication which is akin to the telegraph code of this country. From all sources of in- formation I learned that they were able to send messages of all kinds. such as would be used in the ordinary affairs of life and business.
 "But there are many more interesting facts we could learn of the natives of Africa. For instance. if 1t were gener- ally known what wonderful system of politics these barbarians have, and their conception of government and en- forcement of law, the statements of those brass-buttoned officers sent out by various countries who poke at the natives until they are forced to kill, as to the necessity of killing such large numbers in self-defence, would receive but little credence."
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Government Bonds.

Government Bonds. Following are the quotations for United States bonds at the call to-day:
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NEW HAVEN LOCAL QUOTATIONS

Furnished daily by KIMBERLY, ROOT < DAY Bankers and Brokers, ,l33 Orange street.
 BANK STOCKS.
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are from one to two miles anart and the drumming can be heard distinctly It that distance. They can call names ofhan individual, represent nouns and verbs and some few adjectives. Even after having this strange system Of conmunication3 demonstrated to me. | doubted. So when was spending my time with Captain Buchan. who had lived in Africa for years and was well acquainted with the characteristics of the various tribes. I asked him con cerning the matter. He verified what I told him and, to demonstrate more ful- ly, called his boy and told him to drum for 8 acertain man in the town above
 It was but a short time until that want cd person appeared. Then some time after this I was talking with D. J. Glave. who was six years with Stanley In the Congo basin. He told me of other tribes who used drum beating as . means of communication He named the Balolo and the Balola tribes as be- Ing quite expert. He mentioned an ex- perience he had while locatd at Luka- lila He heard Of a herd Of elephants which were on a rampage on the oo- posite side Of the Congo, about twelve miles from the town. He went out to hunt them, but after searching for some time was unable to locate them. He had to go back to. the town, so some of the natives of the town near the place where the elephants were supposed to De told him they would let him know If the heard came about again. That nisht he WAS awakened between 10 and II by . nAtive who told him that the
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FIRST MORTGAGE 5 PC. GOLD BONDS
 OF HE WATERBURY TRACTION co.

WATERBURY. CONNECTICUT. Dated 1893. Due 1928.
 Exempt from Taxation.
 HEsE bonds arc s,oured by a first mort ' gage to the Treasurer of tho State Of Connecticut, as required by law, in trust for ail bond-ho iers, and they are th FIRST and ONLY LIEN upon the entlr hallway system, and the Eleclr o LiSn ing $, sIem, of the City fl Waterbury. covering ali It's real estate, track, equipment etc, now own d, or THAT MAY HEdEAFT R Ds ACQUIRED.
 Each bond bears the end rsem ent or the Comptr Her of the State of Connecticut, ecr.i- flying that they have been issued in compli- ance with he laws of the State, which r. qulre tho bonded indebtedness to be les. than Tb DIT cent. of the actual cost of e property. TIE ROAD IS NOW EARNING NET ABOUT THnlE TIMES IlS ENTIRE INTEREST CHARGES.
 Prcu Far and Interest. We recommend these bond as n safe, conservative invest ment and believe them to be the sar st street railway bond on the market. Special circular onapplication.
 KIMBERLY, ROOT X DAY, d2itf l33 ORANGE STREET.
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WATERPROOF DOTS.

Mr.. Carol Rhodes, OF Concordia,
speut Sunday 10 town,
Miss Lola Durbin, one Of Water>
proofs charming daughters. vent
down to Mrs. Middlebrooks NOM
tlsy last. She expects to remain
there one week.
Miss Myra Clark came 10 Tr'da!
last aud spent the day With her
cousin, Miss Durbln, and LETT Fri
day night on the Str: St. Joseph fo'
Matches, where she will spend eev
eral weeks.
We vieh to thank Mrs. McAllis
ter and the Miss Dsvidsons tor the
pleasure their entertainment anord
esl ell present. - 9
Weather bot; crops nne And COCO
roads down this way.
ECARoH.
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Send for Book Of Testimonials.

As mach paIna6Le time s. lost IN
explaining the rules of this office to af>H-
eanfs 7vAo can not or will not furnish a
Bond, /desiye to emthafieaIly sfote Tint
no contracts will be entered into with solic-
ifoys, nor will my eobyTghted works b
supplied, Unless Bond is Furnished
for the prompt RETURN of the works
on written or verbal demand. Appli.
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On the other hand, /make no charge
for the equipment which furnish, and
guarantee to facilitate the business of,
and render invaluable assistance to, such
as fulfil the conditions, whether expert
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Strictly first-class, giIt-edge references
required as to character, integrity, etc.
To insure attention, address direct to
M. L. CoHN, General agent,
IN. Y. Life ms. Coz
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NEW ORLEANS. La.
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NEW ORLEANS, January 20, 1894

Mr.. NJ. L. COIN, NEW ORLEANS, La:
DEAR SIR,-Replying to your favor of recent
date cannot begin to properly estimate
the value OF your works upon Life lnsur-
snce.
They are q complete and thoroughly prac-
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OF the professions. You handle every detail
with a nicely which can only be the result
OF years of both field and ONCE experience.
But above all, your works transform. the
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Without your. Field Worker, Quicksands,
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In years OF Field experience.
Yours very truly.
Five months before this letter was
written. Mr.. Hester knew absolutely
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perience dating to his connection with
my agency. Before resigning his previ-
Gus occupation. Mr.. Hester for about
three weeks devoted his evenings to a
study of my works. Mr.. Hester's success
has been remarkable.
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8 1884, 3l ~ s 632.s4l z.

632. s3l ~ s e32s4l ~
You will see from the enclosed
statement whishsI have taken from
my hooks. that DOR annual revenue
10 about el5O.OOO no aud that We
have every reason to believe thai
our revenue this year will reach
about s2OO.O0O 90, owing 10 the
back taxes of 1892 aud 1893 caused
by the overfOws those two years.
We have issued ei2O.OO0 on worth
Of Bonds, but We have sold $4O6.>
500 20 of these, leaving q balance
Of Bonds 10 our hands of Ola, 800 W
We have to pay the interest Oh the
entire $500, 900 90, bnt We draw the
interest dne on the ol3.5OO W and
place it to credit IN the State Treas
ury. We have the right by Law to
issue $SO.OOO 90 more bonds to
make the s5OO,O06 90; but these
eSO. 700 w have lever 6een litbC>
grapbed.
We have pledged our revenues
OF 1894 aud back revenues Of 1892
anG 1893 to pay ofi tue outstanding
warrant debt. aud it is proposed to
anticipate our revenues oil 1895 to
build tue levees With. We wish %
raise the cash on our 1895 warrants
to pay the contractors cash with or
make arrangements to have our
warrants TO contractors cashed, We
allowing 9 per cent interest from
date util paid. Tue contractors
had nothing to do with raising the
cotton tax.
Hope this Information will lie sat.
isfactOrv.
Yours very truly,
w II. SHIELDS,
Secretary,
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NOTICE..

Public notice is hereby given that
the School Board oil this parish will
meet 10 it's office IN st. Joseph, Oil
Monday, Aug. 9Th. A tull attend,
suce is desired, as teachers Tor all
the white schools and teachers for
the st. Jos ph and Waterproof
cOiOred schools will he be selected.
1HOS. NJ. WA Z.
july 1877 Sec'y.
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MoRRrs. Mimi. October 4. 1881,
Nh. N. L. COIN. ST. PAUL, MINI:

Nh. n. L. COIN. 81. PAUL, MINI
FRIEND CoHN-I have yours OF the LIST, and
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ed. ] always say to Mrs. Wellington that
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Your book Is worth Its weight In gold to the
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You sciu notice fhaf hare more Than doubled
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Yours truly,
J. +. WELLINGTON.
Mr.. Wellington, at the date of this
letter, had been for eighteen months in
the service of the New York Life, during
which time he doubled his capacity as Z
writer and Is now making q record that
10 hard to beat.
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DR. j. B. BONNEY

IOffers his professional services to
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clnity.
Office aud residence the sam-
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LOCAL ITEMS.

WE PUBLISH this week a letter
from Secretary W. Il. Shields, to
DR.. j, NJ. Gillespie which contains
interesting information as to the
revenue aud finances Of the Lever
Board.
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There Is good opening fer Solicitors
who enjoy the confidence of the com.
munity in which they live; who can sssef
the requirement. outlined herein.
The Following Testimonials may be Of
Interest:
NEW ORLEANS, La, January 6, 1894
n l. CONN., ESQ, NEW ORLEANS, La:
DEAR srR-The announcement of the com.
pletion and publication OF 1.-THE Field
Worker" press proofs and manuscript Dor
lions of part of which have been using with
much profit In my work, gives me much
pleasure.
With "QnIcksands," the only clear and
ance as Distinguished from ass ssm MT
"snaps."" The Field Worker" the first prac.
tlcal Instructor in securing applications, and
your other peciallterature and calculations,
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With best wishes, / am,
Yours truly,
Mr.. Cook solicited for the Washington
Life for about IS months, and In Novem.
Der, 1893, connected wi h my agency. lie
has since fully doubled his Insurance
ability.
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WE ARE REQUESTED by Mr.. d.
Muir to announces that the pic nic
to 10 gwen at Elkridge will take
place GU Friday, August 81, in.
stead Of on Aug. 4th ss was at drsi
intended,
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- MEsSRS. j ID. . NEWELL AID
r. WOrIell have 10, iii,.i 4 ldf.
ship uu,ler the name Ut New.,! &
70. and will conduct q landln-
business at the upper landing, the
tower landing bsing discontinued.
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FRESH TURNR SEED to arrive
next week. $40 p0unds Of tuTnip
seed, comprising Is varieties. from
taa celebrated house of David
Eaadreth.
J. P. KERsHAw, Druggist,
st. Joe.
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LEvLE BOARD MEETING.

There will be a meeting OF the
Board of mIssiOnprs of the
Filth louisiana Levre District. at
Delta, La, on Mou'lsy; Aug. 9Th,
1894, at which d fdil attendance of
members Is requested:
W. F. OGDEN. President.
W. Il. Shields, Secretary,
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kERsHAw. the druggist, has inst
received q barrel of Downs Well
Water direct fire. IN the Wells. On
draft or by the bottle.
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HoTtL PIAZZA,

"a. WA BlNGrON 1T. 1lCK>BURG. MISS.
Centrally located and convenient TO
both Railroads and Steamers. A new
Hotel with all the Modern Improve
ments.
VINCENT Piazza rHoFnrE.
.jlyssm
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LEVEE BOARD F.TtNF'S.
VIDALIA, LA. Jun. - ~
JOHH NJ. GILL; SPIE, tSQ
Hand Tunes.

DEAR Your favor If Ia
18th inst. rrcriyr,i Il lev ia y -i,.
In reply To SonT various Qn' Sfi0'
| beg leave tn state
The total outstanding warrant 10
debtedness 10 .............s 1888 3s4 %
Interest due July LIST next on thu
debt 10 ......... ..... 80. 3G.347 At
Bond interest due Aug. lat next 10 l2.6OO d
Total amount OF BCp Is Mid - .. 4O6 500 "
rotsl War - Bod IN. MT 81, Z 6i2 's3
: y
balance u. .
,ess .... .. 605 $50 80
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THE "Kiug's Daughters" wish
90 express thanks and appreciation
10 the Waterproof Band for their
musical assistance on the night Of
18th mat, The delightful music
vas enjoyed by all aud was one Of
the most attractive features Of tie
embarrassment.
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nR. j. N. MONTGOMERY,
PRACTICING PHYSICIAN,
Tenders bis professional services
to the people ut 81. Joseph aud VI
cinity.
Ofice over Joseph MOore's store.
jan 4.1yf.
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Mn. j. P. KERsHAw, the drug
pist. has added q soda fountain to
the attractions of bis establishment
and IN the language Of q young
Miss 10 town, who has tasted It's
merits, the beverage be dlspenses
il s'out of sight"
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ARE YOU A HUSTLRRi

consider It worth fortune.
II you could learn how to become ,se-
eessfsi Physician within !, month, from
the time you begin to study, the chances
are that you would hang out your single
just about 3 months from to-day.
I can offer what know Is just a. great
an indueement to sseA as are qualified.
1t you are honest; II you are ambitious
to get on In the world; II you are ener.
getic; II y u have something to work
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by the side of his name; If you want to
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success, Is the most independent and
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Engage In Business for Yourself,
without the investment of any capital ex.
ecePting your Brains-Energy-and Time;
1t you feel that you can meet these con-
di.ions, sAes can teach you a profession
within 90 Days that will enable you to
take care of yourself at all times In any
civilized community in the world.
In no profession of which have knowl.
edge are the otbo>fnnifies either a. great
or as quick of realization as in that of
Life Insurance.
Life Insurance Solicitors earn from
nothing TO 10000 per year, and ore man
has As good an opportunity as another.
With the aid of my Insurance Works,
any man of average intelligence can
quickly acquire the benefit of Tears of
practical Field experience-obtained at
Q cost of Thousands upon Thousands of
Dollas-a and can, by PROPER stsdy. quail
lily himself for intelligent work within q
period ranging from 80 Days to3 Months
according to the application and quail
6cations of the apprentice.
Fully 90 per cent. of all the Life Insur.
ance Solic ors who RESIGN give up in
disgust, simply because they were never
taught the business and undertook to sell
something they didn't know anything
s6osf.
My publications reprcsent-up to date
An actual Cash expenditure exceeding
Three 72ossand F.ve Hundred Dollars
e3Soo)-and an amount of Time the
money value of which-to me-would
cot be covered with 10000.
My works arc not for sale at the present
time, at any price, but furnish the use
of them
Free Of Charge
to solicitors operating through this
agency; exacting only proper Bond of
good faith for the prompt yefxrn of the
works on written or verbal demand.
To n certain percentape of solicitors
the Equipment which furnish may have
no value; 6sf II Is worth q fortul nc TO al
sle are qsai fed TO nse IL.
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SHREVEPORT, La, April 8, 1893.


Mr.. n. L. COIN. NEW ORLEANS, La:
MI DEAR SIR-I take this method Of extend.
Ing to you my grateful and sincere thanks
for your work" Quicksands," and tho Liter
aturc you have 30 kindly furnished me. Il
10 of incalculable benefit to me in the prose
cution of my business. consider the work
of q solicitor half assured when he Is armed
with the Arsenal you 30 ably provide.
II seems to me that II you would place your
works on sale to Insurance men and the pub.
lie generally, the tendency would be to ele.
vate the profession, and by education of the
people accomplish what can not be effected
by any other means. With best regards and
wishes for your success,
Yours truly,
WIN. WINTER.
Mr.. VIM. Winter, formerly associated
with the Penn Mutual, Is now Executive
Special Agent for the New York Life In
surance Co., with He ldquar'ers at
Shreveport, La. Mr.. Winter has made q
Record of which any Solicitor may be
proud.
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TENsAs LODGE no. 81 K. OF p.
Regular meetings frat and third Mondays In
every month. at Waterproof, La
w.D. A. GORDON, U. h. CLAIRE.
CO. K. Of X. q s.