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The Monticellonian., 1895-02-08
"FALLING OF WOMB"

MRS. FRANK CAM FIELD, of Edst DiekIu- Son, FJdNkliN Co, N. Y.. writes C I deem it my duty to express my deep, heart felt grati- Jude to you for having been the means, under Providence, of restor- ing me to health, for I have been by spells un- a b le to walk. My troubles were of the womb - infiammatory and bearing down sen sations and the doctors all said, they could not cure me.
 Twelve bottles of Dr. Pierce's wonderful Ia has cured me-"
The Monticellonian., 1895-02-08

JULIUS CESAR PODD was a clerk in a retail dry goods store.
 It is difficult to=imagine that a n individual bearing so his toric a baptis- m a 1 n a m e should be q e.
The Monticellonian., 1895-02-08
Hoods Made Me Strong
Headaches and Pains Cured.

"1 can recommend Hoods Sarsaparilla IS the best medicine 1 have taken. I was
The Monticellonian., 1895-02-08

HNNNIoi IVp WTdIIHS, Strengthening and cur
The Monticellonian., 1895-02-08

. TIT V TT fV TT ' TT TT HINNN V UT ing the derangements NTTt ..
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1895-02-15
uNE VILE 0E TRutTE

MEx1Co-Les eecousses de trem
element &c terre qui jettent la
terreur ct la CONSERVATION depuis
bientot trois mois parmi lss habi-
tants de lEtat, d'Oaxaca, Mexique,
deviennent de plus en- plus fre.
quentes ct de plus en- plus vlolen-
tee. La Vile de Tuxtepec, don't
les habitants s'6taient heureuse
ment enfuis, nest plus qu'un mon
csau de ruines. La vile est ST.
tu6e dams une region montagneuse
dams laquelle les secousses SO font
sentir avec le plus de violence.
Une colonne de fam6e s'6leve de
puts quelques jours du cratere
dun volcan, aui 6tsit 6teint de
puts de nombreuses snn6es, OF
lon crsint, que les perturbatlons
actuelles ne donnent lieu 4 quel-
que eruption aussi d6ssstreuse
que les tremblements de terre
memes.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1895-02-15
Decisions Judiciaires Con-
cernant les.J0urnauX.

10 Toute personne qui retire RS
gulierement son Journal du bureau
de poste, qu'elie ait souscrit on
non, que CO journal soft adress6 q
son nom on 4 celui dun autre est
responsible du Placement.
20 Tout personne qui renvoi un
journal est tenue de payer tous
les arr6rages qu'el le doit sur abon-
nement, autrement l'6diteur peut
oontinner q le lui envoyer jusqu'A
CO quill ait psy6. Dams CO cas-
labonn6 est tenu de donner en- ou-
tre. le prix de l'abou- ament JUS
qu'su moment du paieu. 1t, quill
ait retire on non lie journal du bu-
reau de poste.
80 Tout abonn6 peut etre pour
suivi pour Announcement dams le dis.
trict Oh le journal sc public, lors
meme quill demeurerait 3 des cen.
taines de lieues de Get endroit.
10 Les tribunaux ont decide
que le fait de refuser de retirer IN
Journal du bureau de poste, ou de
changer de residence ct de laisser
accumuler les num6ros 4 l'aLcienne
adresse constitute une presumption
ct une preuve "prima facle" din.
tention de fraude.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1895-02-15
Trains Touristes de "a.
mile a Pudget Sound

=
Les hsrs-touristes bourr6s, sout
la direction dun s'porter" ct gar.
nj de Its, rideaux, poeles de cuiai.
ne, bonne provision d'eau, cham.
ore de toilette etc, bien chauf6s,
eolair6s, aires torment une partie
du Great Northern Ry., entire les
Villes-Soeurs ct Seattle.
Les trains touristes quittent st.
Paul tous les jours . 7.45 P. M.
Minneapolis 8.l5 p. NJ. 500 pour
un lit double jusqu'a Spokane;
$500 jusqu'a Seattle, en- connec-
tion avec le service splendlde &C
tuel pour tontes les classes de voy.
ageurs.
Pour renseignemen ents ooncernant
les voyages dansEaucune partie du
pays, s'adresser d
+. /. WHITNEY,
G.P. & T. A. st. Paul,
MINI.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1895-02-15
Reflections d 'un
PhiloSophe

La retraite de NJ. Casimir-P6rier
m'afiige. Certes oui, la France
m'appara1t hors de son orbite! On
aura beau dire que son existence
est n6cessaire au monde, que son
drapeau est celui de la clvilisstloD,
que ses enfants sont des apotres
dams le bien CONNIE dams le NAL;
je crois tout celia: dependant son
gouvernement msnque de stabilize,
de cutie ct d'.ssurance, CO qui lui
fait perdre toute force ,et tout pres
tige dans le monde. SEES hommes
!d'Etat sont des gehs bilieux ct por-
tant fort acariatres ct fort reve
ches. Entire eux, lis sc TRENT les
cheveux CONNIE Socrate ct 80 fem
me. Sa politique s'est abaiss6e au
niveau des appetits ct s'est faite
l'humble servante de la Juiverie
cosmopolite. Al milieu des mile
passions diverses qui s'agitent
dana ses flames, NJ. Oaslmir-P P6rier
repr6sentait l'6l6ment conserva-
teur de Ia raix interieure ct de
l'ordre: il await des aspirations, de
hautes vis6es, des vues g6n6reuses.
Par tradition de famille ct par ms
tinct personnel, il voulait 6touffer
dams leur mid les coEvoltises du So
cialisme ct les attentats de panar-
chic. Done dun coup d'mil sur ct
d6pourvu de toute ambition de for
tune, il semblalt incarner On lui-
meme la probit6 rationale ct l'es.
5prit nouveau, 81 hautement chant6
pal NJ. Spuller. Eleve sur le pavois
an lendemain de l'odiaux assassi-
nat de NJ. Carnot, il paraissait Sc
tire adjug6 la mission de r6conci-
ller pEglise et l'Etat, de marier Ia
religion 3 Ia democratic, CONNIE Ia
vigne . l'ormeau. Tout celia faisait
nsitre des esp6rances ct r6chauf-
fait lenthousiasme des gems de
bien. On croyait eDfn que la Re
publique allait entrer dams une
vote de calme ct d,apaisement.
H4lasl nous VOLTA obliges de quit
ter les longs espoirs ct les wastes
penseesl
L'aysnement dc N. Faure ne me
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1895-02-15

ct 4 son temperament, 81 les noms
de Brisson, de Bourgeois ct de
Faure feront bien dams ses anna
les, ri les bombes d6vastatrioes
d'aujourd'hui ne rencontreront pas
un echo dams les siecles futurs, 81
les nations 6trsngeres ne rougi-
ront pas de contractor alliance
avec un pays Oh Ia soci6t6 tombe
en- lsmbasux, sous les coups des-
tructeurs de la corruption ct de
l'impiete.
Oai, la France est prete q tout.
except6 = rabandon d'elle-meme.
On de ces quatre mathis, ellie Sc
couera le joug peasant Dc l'oppor-
tunisme ct vomira Ia nu6e d'ex.
ploiteurs qui la fait rougir devant
le monde.
CHI si nous svions nm hommel
'est Ia le cri general. Si mousse
avions un homme pour ieter d6pu-
t6s ct senateurs par la fenetre
CONNIE Bonaparte au 18 Brumai-
re-; si nous avions IN homme pour
terrasser l'hydre des factions ct
museler le socialisme ct tuer Ia
narchie; 81 nous avions IN homme
pour fermer le Palais-Bourbon ct
afficher sur ses murai)les, CONNIE
Cromwell sur le Parlement dPAp-
gleterre: "Maieon q louer"; 81
nous avions un homme pour nous
rendre Pordre 4 llnterieur ct la
dignit6 . rext6rieur; 81 nous avions
un homme qui SIT dire ct pratt.
quer cette maxine: que les bons
se rassurent ct que les m6chants
tremblent! Si nous avions Get
homme-la, fills de Saint-Louis on
de n'importe qui, gloire 3 Dieu
dams les oieux ct sur la terre paix
aux hommes!
Dom DEGRENNE
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1895-02-15
Terres q Bon Marche! Prix Bas

Terres q Bon Marche! Prix Bas
LIE 4 ct le Is D6cembre il , au-
ra une excursion pour ceux qui
cherchent 4 s'6tablir ct pour les
hommes d'afaires. par le Minnea-
polls & st. Louis Ry. de st. Paul
ct Minneapolis au Texas, Indian
Territory, Ok1ahoma ct autres
points. 1'excursion sers par les
chars Toufistes avec PORTER ct
conducteur. Prix des "berths"
settlement $3.50. Les terres i oul
.tiver de Oklahoma sont meilleurs-
march6 ct de meilleure qua1ite que
n'importe Oh ailleurs. Ponr de
plus amples informations adres-
sez.vous 3
A. B. Quits, g. T. & P. A.
! M. & st. L. Ry. Co.:
Minneapolis, MINI.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1895-02-15
Literature Gratis.

Ain de montrer au public tous
les m6rites du st. Paul & Duluth
Ry., ct la beaut6 du paysage quill
traverse, cette compsgnle adresse-
rs grstis 4 toute personne on faj-
sant demsnde ct sous reception de
10 cents pour l'enveloppe ct le
port un des livres suivants, ct sous
reception de 81, 40 Ia serie compile
te.
3. An English Girl in America. =
By Tallulsh Mattesen Powell.
4. Was it Suicide BY Ella
Wheelal Wilcox
Z. Sparks from the Pen of Bill
Nye.-l92 pages.
8. Poems and Yarns by James
Whitcomb Riley and Bill Nye
Prose by Nye, Poetry by
Riley. Illustrated. ESQ pages.
9. Martha Washington Cook
Book -352 pages. Illustrated.
II. The Adopted Daughter, BY
Edgar Eawcett. ''the Bayard
Of American fiction
10. Peoples Reference Book.
999 999 facts. 2O8 pages.
13. 81. alth and beauty. BY Emi-
ly S. Boutou.
Il. Social Etiquette. te.-By Emily
s. Bouton.
II. Looking Forward. An imsgi
nary visit to the Worlds Fair,
Chicago, 1898.
l8. Reveries Of q Bachelor. Tx,
Marvel. 240 pages.
10. Cosmopolis. Paul Bourget.
34l pages.
90. Dream Life. X. Marvel. 240
pages.
S'adresser pour les recevoir .
W. A. Russell, A. g. PA, ST
Paul, Mlnn,
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1895-02-15
Broadwater.

=
A Helena, Ia capital du Montana, II y q
un hotel d'6te connu pour son excellence
en- toute chose ct l'h0tel Broadwater ma
pas de sup6rieur aux Etats-U Unis.
Les environs en- son merveilleux ct
dun effet aussi artistique qu'agr6able.
Sous la direction de l'hotet, IL = le
plus grand Natatorium du monde alimen
t6 par des eaux chaudes ct froides natu-
relies.
Ne manquez pas de veus = arreter un
jour ou deux.
Pour CO qui concerne les touristes, le
plan de Broadwater, etc.. S'adresser 3
Ohas. s. FEE, G. P. : T. Agt.,
St. Paul, MINI
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1895-02-15
YRAIIB0NHEUR

| Philosophers une fois en- pas
SAINT, ne fot-ce que pour ne point
politiquer ct socialism toujours
CONNIE nous y condamne h6las! un
sort funeste.
Parlons du bonheur: que faut-il
entendre par ces mots: 'setre heu.
reux'' en- CO monde. bien entendu.
Pour les uns, 6tre heureux" 81
gnife etre richie ct dispense de ira
WALLER; pour les autres, CO sont
des affaires prospAres. c'est Iambi-
tion satisfaite, c'est Ia gloire.
Autant de bonheurs journelle-
ment travers6s par les mile infor-
tunes de la vie courante dams cette
vall6e de larmes.
~.
Un ancien disait: le bonheur
'*c'est etre content de son sort:
jamais on ma mieux parl6. D'abord
celui qui est content de son sort
est en- paix avec lui-meme, son
cnur est d6gag6 des 6treintes de
lenvie, CO grand fauteur de toutes
les haines, celui qui est content
de son sort est r6sign6 q la volon-
t6 de Dieu; il est au-dessus des
ooups du sort!
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1895-02-15
POUR RlRE.

M. Maboulin preside au banquet
Au dessert, on lie prize de prononcer
quelques paroles. II SO re'ueille
IN peu puis levant son verre!
L'usage des repas, dlt-il remon-
te 4 la plus haute sntiquit6.
~.
Deux amis SO prom6nent.
-Retournons sur nos pas, dit
brusquement Pun d'eux qui est
m6decin. car je vols venir une da-
me qui men veut beaucoup.
Pourquoi celia?
Son mari 6tait malade, je le
soignais, ETC.,.
-Vous Tavez l'aiss6 mourir?
Non, au contraire, je Pai sau-
.v6.
-Js comprends.
-.
On employs de certain minista-
demande un jour de congo, pre-
textant quill SQUIRE dun violent
NAL de tote. Puts il va SO prone
.ner avec So femme, qui le meme )
la baguette.
Son chef le rencontre ct dit :
un de sesamis:
-Ce pauvre X.... Je viens de
lie rencontrer ayec son NAL de tete
au bras!
Si vous voules ssvoir lee non.
yelles. liseS 'EOHQ p4 L'OUIsT,
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Sill nous 6tait donn6 de poser
exactement la somme de bonheur
ct de malheur d6partie chaque
vie humane, malgr6 les apparen-
ces trompeuses, trouverions-nous
grandes differences? Que de gems,
avec tous les elements du bonheur.
SO d6sesperent par 6goisme ou
supplement par effet d'imagina-
tion; combien d'autres rsstent
joyeux parmi les souffrances!
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1895-02-15

ST yous voulez ssvoir les non
yelles, lises rEoHo p1 = QUEST.
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VOLTA pourquoi c'est un crime
d'exciter les autres contre leur pro-
pre- sort,
R6p6tez chaque jour un hom.
me quill est malheureux, ne 10 fat
il pas, vous fnirez par le rendrs
malheureux, ne fdt-ce que tel grief
quill d6daignait, le blesse, vous
pexasp6rezl
Placer -devant ses yeux le ta-
bleau de ses privations et des jou.
issances dos autres auxquelles il
ne songeait pas, vous mettrez dams
son cour tous les serpents de PEN
viel
Heureux quand, pour remeds,
on n'apporte pas Ia d6silusion ct
le desespoirl
Pousser 4 la haine ct 4 Ia r6vol-
to, c'est le role de Satan, au para
dis terrestre ct depuis; inspirer 4
chacun pamour de son sort, c'est
|la voix de Dieu. Dieu ma fait 4
personne ici-bas un sort impossi-
BILE . supporter.
Soulagez celui qui SQUIRE tant
que vous pourrez, vous ne le sou-
|lagerez jamais assez, mais do gra-
CO, que CO. soft sans exasp6rer -
soufrance en- lui en- parlant sans
cesse.
LIE PAYaAN.
Ds Ia "Oroi1." Dc Paris.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1895-02-15

Parmi les vues les plus iateressantes
situ6es sur cette ligne de chemin de fer
sont les Oranges mauvaises terres du
Dakota du Nord. La le feu ct Peau Sc
sont jou6s de e'grandes farces.
LIE residu en est un paysage de pespe
CO la plus particuliere. Collines ct valees
de forme grotesque ct souvent tres-gra
cieuse sont vues ct c'est vraiment une
region curieuse visiter.
l'Hotel
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1895-02-15

LIE bonheur est une chose sub
jective plutot qu'objective: on Ian
que vulgaire, nous sommes les pro-
pres artisans de notre malheur.
tous depend dc Ia maniere de prem
DIRE les chooses; de la facon d'6quili-
brer nos d6sirs 4 nos resources.
Les grands conqu6rants, don't
Pappetit exige l'univers enter,
sont-ils heureux? Non, lis meu-
rent de faim. Ce sont des pauvres
ct plus que des pauvres, ! parce
que leur coeur est richie de convoi-
tises, de cette richesse la seule
maudite par pEvangile.
LIE brave cure qui Wit de priva-
tions. 6conomisant encore sur ces
privations pour donner a de plus
pauvres, est.il heureux? Oui, il est
rassassi6 de d6vouement, son coeur
est pauvre de convoitises, pauvre
de cette pauvret6 Ia seule b6nie
par pEvangile: "Heureux les pau
vrss d'esprit!''
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1895-02-15
Aux Citoyens
De Cette Vile,
Comics ct Etats.

Tous ceut d'entre vous qui ne
r6ussissez pas CONNIE tous lie de-
rirez ct qui sont anxieux de consa
crer leur 6nergie oh lis peuvent
am6liorer leur position, sont prizes
de fare Investigation afin de sac
querir un domicile ct s'enrichir
dams Ia nouvelle contree entire
ST. PAUL
EFT
SEATTLE
Distance de 1900 miles sur le che
min de fer dn
Great Northern-;;-
~ OW0 svSs Sss
Traversant cling Rrands Etats de
richesse mln6rale, sgrlcole, fores-
tlere.
Renseignements ct matiAres inn
princes expedi6es gratis.
FL. WHITNEY,
g. P. A.
st. Paul, Mum.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1895-04-25
The Afterg1ow.

All! long ago
That glory sank beyoud the western steep;
Fast comes the night but yet some afterglow
The lonely uplands keep;
A roseate flush still fingers in the skies,
And echoes faint are heard of vanished har-
monies.
We watch it fade,
That heavenly light! We hear those voices
die!
Mutely we sit with folded hands, betrayed
To idle fantasy;
We hear but discord in the worlds new song;
We cannot share its feast, nor join it's hurrying
throng.
Like an old hound -. -.. 80
That patient waits in his dead masters hall,
And strains his ear for the loved footsteps
sound,
The old familiar cali,
And, brooding DER dear'face unforgot,
Turns from the strange caress-the hand that
comforts not.
.H Author Unknown.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1895-04-25

Commenting upon the statement
of the Commercial Herald that there
is more money in raising beef-cattle
than 5-cent cotton, the Macon Miss. }
Sun says: eve expect it is true.
Beef cattle on foot are werth 5 to 6
cents pound, corn-fed much higher,
and the demand is always good, as
beef is standard article Of food all
over the world"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1895-04-25

A statement comes from the fruit
regions that Mr.. Samuel Rumph, Of
Marshallville, Ga, the great peach
grower and originator OF the Alberta
peach, has just refused an offer OF
$4,000 for his peach crop of 1895.
The figures look impossible, but it is
known that in good fruit years Mr..
Rumph has realized fully that large
sum from his orchard.-Columbus
Enquirer-Sun.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1895-04-25
The Beef Spectators.

The advance of 25 per cent in the
price of beef is said to be due to q
short supply, artifcially produced
and manipulated by powerful specu.
lators and monopolists in defiance Of
the laws.
The evil power Of these specula.
tors was well described by Henry
Grady when he said that dozen
men in our large cities could capture
an article Of prime necessity, arbitra-
rily add Is per cent. to it's cost, and
safely gather forced tribute from the
people. He pointed out one man
who some years ago tied up the
wheat crop and added 20cents to the
price of each laborer's sack Of flour,
to one man who cornered the pork
market until he had levied tax Of
So per barrel on every consumer, and
to three men who held the cotton
crop until the English spindles
stopped and the lights went out in
100000 English homes.
And now it seems that we are in
the hands OF the dressed beef specu.
lators, and millions OF our people
must go without beef or pay fancy
price for it in order to double the
fortunes Of few monopolists.
The mere statement of the case is
enough. If the American people
submit to such outrageous extortion
they deserve nothing better.
We must check these combines
and give the laws Of supply and de-
mand fair field Atlanta Consti-
tutiOn.'
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1895-04-25
The Best Thing to Do.

From the New York Herald.
And let us consider one another to
provoke unto love and to good works.
Hebrews K, "a.
The man who thinks only of him
self and is forgetful of his obliga-
tions to others doesn't count for
much either in this world or the next.
A purely selfish man, who wants
everything and gives nothing, lives
in the suburbs of purgatory and will
not have far to go when he dies.
To recognize your rights and ig-
more your duties is to pursue pol
cy which angels deplore and devils
rejoice at.
God can use a man to the best ad-
vantage when the soul which is prone
to selfshness evicts its tenant and
makes room for the occupancy of
heavenly visitants. e
The man who seeks for this worlds
goods exclusively, whose chief pos
session is a bank account, will find
himself out of place in heaven, a
stranger in strange land.
Money is a good thing to work
for, but it isn't the only thing, nor
the best thing.
1t is not we'll to despise money,
but you should remember that while
it will purchase much that is desira-
BILE it will buy neither character nor
happiness. Unless you generously
share it with those who are unfortu-
nate it will make you narrow and
mean.
The most. pitiful spectacle that eye
ever looked upon is the man who has
more than he knows what to do with,
hut refuses to give his surplus to
keep the wolf away from the door
across the street.
The noblest men are those who
give, not those who keep, and there
is more satisfaction in seeing a poor
mans children eat the bread which
you have furnished than in sitting at
your own table when plenty abounds,
if you ignore the poor mans chii-
dren and let them go hungry.
True religion is a very simple mat
ter. You can get along without a
creed, but you cannot get along
without doing good to your fellow
creatures who need your help.
The world is full of sorrows and
struggles. Tears fall like showers
and sighs fill the air as when the
wind sweeps through a forest Of
pines. Those who suffer are part oil
the family to which you belong. You
have no right to be Indifferent. To
be neglectful is crime. If you can
lend helping hand, but refuse to
do it on the ground that you wish
to use both hands for yourself, you
lose an opportunity which Provi.
dence has presented, and you will
have difficulty in explaining your
conduct when the hour of reckoning
comes.
Doing good to others is the best
way to get blessing for yourself.
You will find the strongest proof:
that the religion you believe in ii
from God if you will cease studying
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1895-04-25

e . go. 4 fE f=G4 a5
In Virginia the blacks own 81, 300,4
900 worth Of property; in West Vir-
ginia they own about $1,000, 900
worth Of property; in the District Of
Columbia, $11, 600. 600; in North Car
olina, $12, 900, 600; in South Carolins,
SIG, ,000, 900; in Tennessee, $13, ,O0O,-
900; in Arkansas, $12, 900, 900, and in
Georgia they are worth $15, 600, ,OOO.
The Atlanta Constitution says one
third Of the blacks Of Georgia are
willing to go to Africa, and many ne.
groes in Texas would like to go to
Mexico.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1895-04-25

The Bolivar (Miss.) County Demo-
crat is hard hitter. 1t says; 'sThs
most potent factor for evil in the
politics Of this country is the mad
ambition Of charlatans to become
leaders, and the disposition of Ger.
tain class of office-seekers to truckle
to them in the hope Of gaining few
votes. As a result we have num-
Der of would-be political bosses who
have not sense enough to leada gang
Of hoe hands in cotton patch, who
think they are called upon to regu-
late the affairs Of the state and
nation"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1895-04-25
North Louisiana.
N. .. City Item.
Shreveport, La, April IA, 1895.

N. q. City Item.]
Shreveport, La, April IA, 1895.
For several days this progressive
city has been excited over new rail-
road projects and immigration
schemes, SO it is hoped some of the
former may result in more than talk,
and the latter in more than resolu-
tions. There is great need for more
railroads at this central point, and
with cheaper rates emigration will
come. Lands are comparatively
cheap and highly productive, and
there is room for thousands of settlers
on the rich bottom lands of Red river
in Caddo and Bossier parishes; also
in the hill lands further back, which
additional railroads will make more
valuable.
The country between Vicksburg
and Shreveport is not so thickly
settled as it should be, considering
the value of the lands and access to
market. On leaving Vicksburg the
"swamp district" between the Hill
City and Delhi, a district of about
forty miles, is sparsely settled-that
is, so far as I could see on the imme-
diate line of the railroad. Yet this
land is very rich and could be reclaim
ed at comparative small expense by
a system of ditching and draining.
Here is room for syndicates and col
onists to found small principalities.
Throughout the hill section of
country between Delhi and as far as
within fifteen miles of Shreveport
there are lumber camps, with tram
ways running several miles up into
the interior, for the transportation
Of lumber to the railroad. These
trahways push their way up through
North Louisiana in the thick timber
belts, the fine timber trees are felled,
sawed into lumber and shipped
north: When "wide swath" has
been cut through the district the
tramway is removed to another sec-
tion, leaving in its wake a hurricane
like trail. The lumber industry of
North Louisiana is growing and yet
the forests seem almost inexhausti-
BILE.
On the first of July the Queen and
Crescent Railroad Company will take
possession of the transfer steamers
at Vicksburg, and the transportation
facilities between that city and Delta
will be greatly improved, much to
the convenience and satisfaction of
passengers. j. NJ. s.