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The Louisiana populist. [volume] (Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, La.) 1894-1898, 1894-09-28

of legalized violation of natural
rights and natural liberty. So
long as the industrial masses are
robbed of the fruits of their toll
through the legalized violation of
natural rights there will exist a
slavery more AFFECT and hopeless
than of bolts. bars and chains, for
corporate masters have not the in
dividual heart and conscience of
men, but assume the form of i'm
periOus, cruel, unrelenting fate.
"A nation that descends to class
legislation for the benefit of special
individuals and corporations need
never hope for aught but lawless-
ness and violence and discomfort.
If our government ever turns to
the principles of equity and broth
erhood it will do so through the
wise action of labor at the ballot
box.
''Thc industrial misses of this
country pay annually to the four
crowned heads of America, name
ly, George Gould, Cornelius Van
derbilt, j. ID. Rockefeller and
Waldorf Astor the sum Of S23,-
600, 900 or ten times more than is
paid to the crowned head of Eu-
rope, including the Queen of Eng
land" (Applause.)
The Louisiana populist. [volume] (Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, La.) 1894-1898, 1894-09-28
To the Peoples Party Of Grant
Parish.

l call the attention of the members OF
the Peoples Party Executive Committee
of Grant parish and the chairman of all
Peoples party clubs in Grant parish, that
they are expected to be present a. Fair
Geld church, near Creed's, about ten or
twelve miles east of Colfax, OH Friday
before the third Sunday i'm October.
Rev. Dennis Chelette and others will adj
dress the people on reform, and important
political matters will be acted upon.
After considering the amount of labor
performed by a campaign committee, it
is ordered that each ward be allowed
representation of three members on tho
campaign committee, said members to DO
composed of chairmen of Peoples party
clubs where they are available. If there
are not three clubs in each ward, those
wards not having three Peoples party
clubs are allowed to elect enough dele
gates who together with the chairmen OF
Peoples party clubs in that ward, VIII
make the required number, three for each
ward.
These delegates are also expected 10 be
present on the day aud time mentioned
herein Hon. u. W. Bailey j. invited
and expected 10 Ice present and address
the committees. A cordial invitation -
extended to all Peoples party orators.
Respectfully,
W. W. SMITH,
Chr. T.. +. TX. Com. Grant PARISH
W. l.. SEAcKELgCgD. sccty.
The Louisiana populist. [volume] (Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, La.) 1894-1898, 1894-09-28
OLD PARTIES ARRAIGNED
Sovereign Delivers Rousing Ad-
dress to Workingnen in
New York.

New YORK, Sept. 23.-General
Master Workman Sovereign de-
ivered rousing address before
ID. A. 40, Knights of Labor, at
No. 8 Union Square tonight. In
the course of his remarks he called
attention to promises which he
claimed the Democrats had made
two years ago to ''give prosperity
to the country"
Congress was in session almost
continually for moro than eleven
months, and during that time
starving labor was taxed to sustain
the lives of our furnishing poor as
1T was never taxed before.
''But during that time three rem
edies were evolved. What were
theyl There were single gold
standard, interest-bearing bonds
and 'Coxey, keep off the grass
''Then they passed a tariff bill,
which no one would father and
which the President was ashamed
to sign, and had not the courage to
veto.
Yet there are still some work
inemen who do not know from
where the next meal is coming,
will shout themselves hoarse from
morning till night for some old
party that is rearing the fabric of
social life ON the enslavement and
serfdom of Gods homeless poor,
while the nobler qualities of mind
and heart slumber in undeveloped
savagery.
Labor is grooming on the rack
The Louisiana populist. [volume] (Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, La.) 1894-1898, 1894-09-28

Judge j. T. Watkins of Minden,
Democratic candidate for congress
against H. w. Ogden, present in
cumbent, spoke at the court house
last Friday to a small, bit appre-
ciative audience.
The Judge claimed to be in ia
vor of silver under certain circum-
stances, and thought that possibly
Cleveland and congress had done
wrong, but believed them to he
honest, conscientious and actuated
by right motives Strange ano-
maly!
He thought the last congress
had enacted many reforms, but
seemed to have forgotten them all,
save the ''odious" federal election
law repeal, and the income tax,
which latter he mentioned at length
three different times, without know
ing perhaps that it was Populist
measure wrenched from congress
by the Populist balance of power
in the senate, and is not mentioned
in the Chicago Democratic plat
form.
The Judge turned a great laugh
on the Populists by giving a rich
illustration of how they had run
off from the Democratic party Just
about sucking time, "but we would
advise the Judge not to laugh too
heartily until he gets the teat out
of Ogden's mouth.
We are very much afraid the
Judge won't be Gin it." though it
it makes no difference with us. we
have all the wood we can saw.
The Louisiana populist. [volume] (Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, La.) 1894-1898, 1894-09-28
DO You Ever Think .

If you do, you had better think
about how much the cotton grow
ers have lost in the last fifteen days.
Estimating the cotton crop at 81
600, 900 bales, with the loss of a
cent a pound, Tor IS per bale) we
have a clear loss to the cotton
growers of the South of SAC, OOO,-
600. Do you know who lost it!
The Louisiana populist. [volume] (Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, La.) 1894-1898, 1894-09-28

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The Louisiana populist. [volume] (Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, La.) 1894-1898, 1894-09-28
FRIDAY, September %. 1894.
Peoples Party Candidate
FOR CONGRESS-
OF THE FOURTH CONGRESSIONAL
DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA,
HON. Ii. w. BAILEY.
OF WYNN.
Populist Speeches at Natchito-
cheS.

On Monday last our candidate,
Prof. c. Vincent, and State Chair
man Booth, filled their appoint
ments in this city.
The good weather for cotton
picking and the day of the week,
kept many farmers from attending,
but some of the sold stand bvs''
were on hand, and the citizens of
the town turned out as well as
usual-better than they did to hear
Judge Watkins, Democratic can
.lidate.
Mr.. Bailey was the first speaker
and made, we think, the best speech
he has yet made in the campaign.
His expression was choice, yet for
chile, his comparisons vivid, his
reasoning logical and terse, and
his scope broad enough to cover
the platform and meet the claims
of his opponents. His address was
well received, and the impression
made was good, even with the
Democrats.
Prof. Vincent of indianapolis,
that inveterate reformer, who was
the first t. ''break the ice" for
new party in the South, was next
INTRODUCED, and in one of his in
imitable, mastery arguments, he
held the audience spell-bound for
an hour. His definitions of politi-
co-economic terms were the best
we have ever heard, and his deduc-
tons of the laws of society and
government, were from indisputa-
bic premises and unanswerable.
Instead of leaving the Populist
platform subject to the charge of
being impractical, visionary and
unconstitutional, the Professor cited
the practices of some of the high
est civilizations in the world for
the use of silver as money, the
government ownership of railroads
and telegraphs, and government
loans on good landed security, and
numerous decisions of the u. S.
supreme court, and Tiffany on
Constitutional law, for the consti-
nationality of Populists demands.
We have heard the Professor many
times, but he has improved each
time, and we do not now believe
there are any that can excel him.
We heard a leading Democrat say,
after the meeting, when asked, how
he liked the Professors speech,
agree with every word he has
said, and it is strange that many of
us do, and vote against the party.
We can't do that long,"
Capt. Booth next addressed the
meeting in his happy, though for
cible style, for half hour. Like
the other spekers, he handled his
subject well, and held the audience,
though they had been sitting for
two and a half hours.
The speakers were all cut short
by having to take the 4:30 train to
fill an evening appointment at Ro-
beline, where We learn they had
The Louisiana populist. [volume] (Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, La.) 1894-1898, 1894-09-28
1856 20

He works two months outside his
crop, provided he can get the work to
do, which adds $50 toward paying his
expenses. We find him 81 90 in debt
at the end of the first year. At that
rate, it only takes little over two years
to get the amount of one years labor be-
hind.
We find over half of our land renters
in even worse condition than this. The
day laborer on farms with the same
size family expenses, is the same, only
The Louisiana populist. [volume] (Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, La.) 1894-1898, 1894-09-28
BLACK CREEK, La, Sept. II, 1894.
EDITOR LOUISIANA POPrIIST.

BLACK CREEK, La, Sept. II, 1894.
EDITOR LOUISIANA PoPULIsT:
As promised In my last communlca-
ton, will give you an idea how the
land renter and Gay laborer on farms
make money in the hill portion of Grant
parish. As tried in my last to tell you
how the farmer who owns and cultivate
his own farm makes money, although
your devil got it rather mixed up, it gave
you at least, to understand, that he came
out considerable worse off than when
he commenced. | will first take the
renter with the same size farm and
family as the farm owner that has 30
acres in cultivation, and wife and five
children in family The renter usually
has TO plant his crop mostly in cotton,
and buy all of his provisions and clothes
on credit, at larger per cent than the
farm owner:
He plants 90 acres IN cotton, produ-
ces bales. $40 90
He plants 10 acres in corn, pro-
duces $50 bushels, IS 90
The Louisiana populist. [volume] (Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, La.) 1894-1898, 1894-09-28
1915 90
OF which he pays half for land,

1915 90
OF which he pays half for land,
team and tools, 1857 so
His expenses are for bbls
flour, on credit, 90 90
Corn meal for bread, bbls. 10 90
$50 lbs. bacon at IA cts. per lib ~ 90
% lbs. coffee, 6 %
Sugar and molasses, 1S 90
Medicines, Z 80
Shoes for himself and family, 0 %
Clothes for family, 80 90
Books for children, short term,
public school, 2 so
Ginning, bagging and ties, for
a bales cotton, IL 20
Tobacco, 800
Extra labor, 90 days, paid out
of store, 90 90
The Louisiana populist. [volume] (Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, La.) 1894-1898, 1894-09-28

He can only get regular employment
for about seven months in the year, at
so cents per day, which means S12 so
per month, counting one day in each
month for rain, SS7 so
For odd jobs during the other
five months, which he may
get if he is hustler, so 90
s137 so
We find him s43 45 short at the end of
the year. Now the only alternative for
him is to starve it out. as the word goes,
by leaving of his tobacco and his wife
her coffee and part Of their shoes and
clothes, and live on still scanter rations,
neglecting the education of his children
and all the pleasures and recreations of
life, bearing heardships, and at last GO
ing to a premature grave. Now any
thinking man will realize in moment
that such conditions have not always
existed, if they had. the great common
people would have ceased to exist. The
people will naturally ask the question,
what is the cause of the depression that
is brought to bear on labor and the pro-
duct of labor? We find cotton ruling
in the local markets at 81 to 81 cents
per pound, and wheat, the leading pro-
duct OF the West, at a price that is GER
tainly far below the cost OF production.
and every thing is low except manufac-
tured goods, and officers salaries, which
are, as to the manufactured goods but
little cheaper, comparatively, than they
we're 30 years ago; the salaries of Off
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-06-12

4 good manure trap can be made out
of nails and boards by almost any one
who a hold a hammer. The best
form is that of an open shed in a pas
ture. 1t may be temporary or fixed.
Shelter and shade are the bait for these
traps. In hot or in rainy weather the
stock will go there for rest or shelter.
The result is that manure accumulates
on these spots. Tt is a irst-rate plan
to put one of these traps on the poorer
spots in the field. That is where you
want to catch the manure.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-06-12

position the oxygen or the air, or OF
rain water. which also contains oxy-
gen, combines with the carbon in the
decaying plants and forms carbonlc
acid gas. The quantity of this gas pro
duced il so abundant and the fertlllz-
ing properties thereof so great that, as
near as / can calculate, the value or
any fertilizer that may have been en-
ployed on the first crop of peas will be
increased tenfold. In like manner
corn cobs, if buried, will produce ex-
cellent results. | have been informed
by those who have tried them that they
are excellent for sweet potatoes, ap-
piled as follows:
Run adeep furrow, fill with cobs and
ridge thereon and plant in the usual
way. While the cobs are rotting they
form carbonic acid gas, as aforesaid
The cobs, however, instead of being
applied as above are usually burned
about equivalent to burning money.
Ishould have observed that carbonic
acid gas is heavier than common air
and is therefore liable to run away un-
employed after it has been formed,
Hence when green crops are turned the
burrows should be run as nearly on a
level as the nature of the ground will
admit of.
If farmers could be induced to try a
single acre according to the foregoing
plan they would doubtless soon see that
the plans and purposes of the Deity
are far wiser and better than theirs,
and as a result they would conform
thereto as rapidly as possible.
BRYAN Tyson
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-11-10

DRIVING THEN THROUGH MARROW LANE.
animals are all known to the owners
or herdsmcn, either by some natural
marking or popularity or by the own
er's brand, as the case may be. The
number of these leaders is always
known, and it is easy TO carry that in
mind and to become familiar with the
number of animals which follow each.
Thus in riding over the many miles
of territory which are often embraced
in one ''estancia," or cattle farm, the
herdsInan, knowing just how many
tropillas there should be, and just how
many animals there should be in each
one, has no difficulty in ascertaining il
any of his thousands of cattle have
strayed away or been stolen.
During stormy nights the frightened
cattle often mingle together, just al
people do in times of great public
calamity. But when morning and sun
shine come again, the little troops
form themselves once more, showing
that each individual is able to recog-
nize his own mates and the leader
among the thousands of a vast herd,
just as the individuals of a human
family recognize each other in the
crowds of a great city.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-11-10
ONE MILLION LoBsrERs.
The Annual Yield OF Farm Lying On
the Coast of Maine.


The Annual Yield OF . Farm Lying on
the Coast of Maine.
There Is q lobster farm-or pound, a.
Il is called-twelve acres in extent at
Southport, Me. The Boston Globe de-
scribes this pound, the most successful
on the coast, whence one million lob
sters are shipped each year. The pound
is formed by building solid dam
across q tide-water cove. This dam
does not quite rise to high-water mark,
but across the top is placed fence OF
iron rods, preventing the Holsters from
escaping. In the spring and fall bust
ness is most brisk. When the fisher
men bring the Holsters to the pound,
the ''fish," as they are called, are
hoisted to the dam, measured, and
those which are more than ten and one
half inches long, the legal limit, are
thrown in. If a lobster is clever his
life in the pound may be long and full
of joy If he is stupid he will be fished
out with drag seine and packed in
barrel, with piece OF ice for pillow,
and sent to Boston. The seine is made
of stout Irvine and is weighted at the
bottom with a heavy chain. Along
the top is row of corks, which sustain
the weight of the seine while the chain
drags on the bottom of the pound. A
single cast of this seine will bring up
Holsters enough to fill eleven barrels.
The chain as it sweeps along the bot
tom stirs up the Holsters, which imme.
diately shoot backward into the slack
Irvine. In taking them out the men
wear heavy mittens, though even then
they are often nipped. In the pound
the Holsters are fed salt herring, men
rowing about in sliffs and pitching the
herring overheard. This is called
feeding the chickens" and it takes
about six barrels to make light
luncheon for the flock, There are said
to be a number of old hardshells in
the Southport farm which for years
have evaded the casts of the drag.
Two of enormous size have become
quite tame and crawl about In the
shallow water. The age of the lobster
is debated question. The small mar
ketable specimens are generally sup
posed to be from four to six years old,
but some Holsters are believed to live
to the green old age of twenty-five
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-11-10
How to Ear an Orange.

There are many ways of eating or
anges, hut the Floridian has probably
the most common-scnse way of dispos-
ing of the fruit. He uses sharpknife
AMI pares the orange much the same as
one would peel an apple, taking care
not to cut through the white rind that
protects the pulp Then holding the
orange ut the poles and cutting
through the center the seed pots are
removed. The rest is easy. AS a col
ored boy in Jacksonville said:T"Put
youah face in it and eat till you come to
the rind." The white rind forms q
natural cup for the juice, and anyone
who ever tries this method will never
think of removing the skin in the old
way and quartering the fruit.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-11-10
COUNTING LIVE STOCK.
How the Animals Help the Herd.
ers on the Great Ranches
Each "Leader" Has a Following Varying
In Size from Forty tn One Hundred
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES OF the
Little Troops.

Any person who has ever tried to
count even one or two hundred cattle
OF sheep in an open field, writes ii. Z.
Smith in the Chicago Inter Ocean,
knows that. simple as it might seem
before trying it, IL is by no means an
easy matter. For animals thus seen in
masses look so much alike and are con-
stantly changing their places, pushing
each other about, and making so much
confusion, that one can never feel sure
that he has not counted some of the
animals several times over.
This being the case, how are to be
counted the great herds of thousands
ofscattle which are to be found in some
of our own western states, and still
vaster herds which range the immense
plains of the countries of South Amer
lea?
In our northern and eastern states,
when it becomes necessary to count
several hundred cattle, 1t is usually
done by driving them through mar
row lane, which etfectually prevents
the passage of more than a few ami
mails at a time, and prevents them
from moving too rapidly and getting
in each others way.
On the great pampas of South Amer
lea, however, or the great prairies of
the west, there are no such Enclosures,
and it would be impossible ever to
count the enormous herds-sometimes
as many as fifteen thousand in single
herd-without the help of the animals,
This help they quite unconsciously
but effectively render. Just as human
beings, even when living in great cit
les, naturally divide themselves into
larger or smaller groups of families
which associate chiefly with each
other, SO do the individuals of The
large cattle herds form smaller groups
--tropillas, or little troops, they are
called in South Americas
anywhere from forty to a hundred
members.
Each "tropilla" has one member
who, by reason of his superior strength
or sagacity, has obtained sort of SUI
premacy over the rest. These leading
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-11-10
Ignorant RuaaIAns.

The common people Of Russia ns .
rule speak only their own tongue. A
large portion of them cannot read the
bewilaering hsractcrs-Romsn, Greek
and composite-which form their al-
phabct, and to help their ignorance
the shop walls are covered over with
radcly painted pictures of articles fer
sale within. The butchers shop has
. picture Of meats OF all sorts and
shapes; the tailor's walls IRE covered
with paintings of coats and trousers.
The pills Of the apothecxry and the
vegetables Of The green grocer are sd-
veftissd by pictures upon Ne d6ers
snd whsiuws 0Atiaff s]6rss.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-11-10
FAkiR'S GLASS DIAMONDS.
A Process That Turned Out to Be q
Practical Temperance Lesson.

A Process That Turned Out to BE q
Practical Temperance Lesson.
There was new face among the
fakirs on the water front the other
morning. the face of man who made
diamonds, rubics and other brilliants
out of old glass bottles. The color of
the bottles seemed to be the factor
that determined the nature of the
stone. The implements were a small
hammer, little polishing wheel and
couple of boxes that contained o
powder, says the San Frarcisco Ex-
aminer.
The fal:ir had radiant portable
stand somewhat larger than the con-
trivance thata scissors grinder carries,
ind at that he did thriving business.
Water front glassware was sacrificed
for diamonds, the accompanying sacri-
flee of silver varying with the size of
the finished product. Glass nuggets as
big as the Kohinoor. and quite as bril-
liant as the sun. were placed within
the reach of the multitude at fifty
cents, and a modest-sized diamond.
big enough for water front engage
ment ring, could be bought for twenty
cents.
Through the crowd an old man
pushed his way. Here's bottlew he
exclaimed. Break that up into rubies
for me-"
mo rubies in that" replied the
falsir. Its diamond bottle"
Diamonds, them shouted the old
man. Break it anyhow! I've carried
that same bottle for twenty years
back, an many's the diamond an ruby
it's cost me. Break it np an keep the
diamonds for your troubler'