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The herald., 1896-10-12

Wednesday next against the st. Vincent
college eleven at Athletic park. Cap
tain Wilson and Coach Hanlon report
that their team is in fine shape. A prao-
tice game will be had with the Whittier
state school team at Athletic park on
October II, and another with Throop
University on the 21st. The Saturday
following will be played the first match
game Of the season, between the Uni
versity Of Southern California and the
l.. A. A. c. teams for the Southern Cal
ifornia championship series.
The Athletic clubs annual field day,
to be held at Athletic park Thanksgiv-
ing day, is attracting the attention of
athletics all over Southern California.
The applications for entry blanks would
indicate very large list Of competi-
tors. A letter from Ventura announces
four entries in the running races from
that place, while Santa Monica, Long
Beach, Santa Barbara, San Diego and
the different athletic associations
throughout this section will contribute
largely with individual competitors The
size of the entry list will probably ne
cessitate running the heats off in the
morning of that day, in which event a
football game will probably be arranged
as part of the afternoons program.
A general meeting of the Athletic club
is summoned for next Wednesday even
ing.-The usual monthly tennis han
dicap tournament will take place tomor-
row evening in the clubs gymnasium
The rooms of the Gun club annex have
been fitted up and prove an attractive re-
sort for the gunners-The football team
may go north in December, match
with the Olympic club being on the ta-
pis.-The wheelmen have been busy
at the political conventions laying good
roads,
The herald., 1896-10-12

All prices of wallpaper greatly reduced
A. A. Eckstrom, 324 South Spring street.
The herald., 1896-10-12

It. The gear case has many advocates
now. 1t is considered the only way to
keep the chain in good condition. In the
muddy season it Is of considerable ad-
vantage. The grit and dust that ac-
cumulates in the small links retards the
easy progress of the wheel and causes
considerable annoyance. Many manu-
facturers are experimenting with the
gear case, and it's adoption on large
scale in this country seems only ques-
ton of short space of time.
Toe clips are coming into vogue more
every day. The feminine sex are adopt
ing them, and rightly. The toe clip does
much to preserve the shoe. The teeth of
the pedal sink into one spot and stay
there, which is not the case where the
foot is allowed to slip about at will. The
toe clip makes pedalling easier, and
gives the rider some comfort.
The herald., 1896-10-12
THE HORSE

Ottinger, 2:09%, 2:10ha, 2:O9%, will meet
klamath, 2:071A, at the Los Angeles race
meeting this week.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-07-23

were OF every description. No old sailor
could name any class of boat but what
it could be found in one of my fleets,
somewhere, and doing some specific
business for the government. The sail
ing vessels and steamboats, named in
the dictionary We're all represented in
my colossal navy; and it took considera-
BILE energy and push to keep track of all
of them, and to keep them all in line Of
active duty. But / was n generation
Younger then than l am now, and it
never tired or worried me TO keep things
moving"
The old man lighted fresh cigar.
one of the kind the naval officers bring
into this country without paying duty
on them, and he continued: The tug
boats were ais thick as flies On dead
army mule. There were tugs &c the
rivers, tugs in the bays, Tugs on the
sound and tugs far out at sea. 10 a
large extent those tugs constituted the
tug of war; for some of them tugged
large war ships into position"
"How did you arrange for big expe-
ditions?"
81 sometimes knew the facts con-
corning proposed expeditions before
the commanding officers knew that
they were to be ordered hither ana yon.
/ was always privately notified by the
war department concerning proposed
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-07-23
WISE SAYINGS.

Study your duty, not inclination
Chicago Standard.
Religion spreads only as it decpens.
Chicago Standard.
1t is exercise alone that supports
the spirits and keeps the mind in vigor.
Cicero.
To make our riches safe in this
world, we must first lay up some treas
ure in Heaven.-Ram's Horn.
DO what you can do we'll and earn
estly, and there is no question of your
success, for you have it already.
Presbyterian.
Success.-True success is doing well
what you have to do. 1t is not to be
measured by conspicuity; conspicuous
ness is not successfully. G.. II. Broen-
ing.
True to Self.-You can never be true
to truth, you can never be true to an
other, you can never be helpful to an
other till you are true to yourself.-Rev.
Anna Shaw. ..N
In age there is the accumulation of
experience, greater maturity of iudg-
ment, a larger knowledge of the forces
Of life, and q nearer view of greater
things in the future.--United Prcsby-
terrain.
We all recognize the evil of wasting
money, and yet we are slow to accuse
ourselves of the matter of wasting time.
If time is moey. it follows that the one
sin is equal to the other.--United Pres
byterian. E g. ..... ..se@u. ..
Tho present time-youngest born
of eternity, child and heir of all the past
times with their good and evil, and par
ent of all the future.-is ever a "new
era" to the thinking man. To
know il, and what it bids us do, is ever
the sum of knowledge for all Of u.s.
Thomas Carlyle.
There is no life so humble that, if it
be true and genuinely human and
obedient to God, it may not hope to shed
some OF His light There is no life so
meager that the greatest and wisest of
us can afford to despise it. We cannot
know at what moment it may flash
forth with the life of .God.-Phillips
Brooks.
Love, like the opening of the heav-
ems to saints, shows for moment, even
to the dullest man, the possibilities of
the human race. He has faith, hope
and love for another being, perhaps but
q creature of his imagination. Still it
is a great advance for a man to be pro-
foundly loving, even in his imagina-
tions.-Helps.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-07-23
FEW DO 1T.
Follow the Excellent Example Set by Sir
* Thomas Moore.
n Rams Horn.

Follow the Excellent Example Set by Sir
Thomas Moore.
There is still existing a manuscript
letter written by Sir Thomas More to
his wife, Alyce, when the news came to
him that his great mansion at Chelsea,
with its Offices and huge granaries, had
been almost destroyed by fire.
Instead of lamenting over his loss, he
bids her first find out if any poor neigh
bors had stored their corn in the gran
aries" and il so, TO recompense them.
Secondly, to discharge no servant until
he have another abiding place; and
lastly, to "be of.good cheere, and take
all the howsold with you to church, and
there thank God for what Hee hath
given us, and what Hee hath left u.s."
He urges her: 81 pray you, Alyce, with
my children, to be merry in Cod
Most of us, if we had lost property
and home in a night, would think we
did well if we were patient under Gods
will: but to be cheerful. and even 'mer-
ry" in Him. is an almost forgotten grace.
Robert Louis Stevenson, in prayer
written for his family on the night be-
fore his death, asked that when the day
returned it should find them strong to
endure if it brought sorrow, and eager
to be happy if happiness were their por
ton.
why" asked q Hindu sage, "why are
the Christians melancholy men? If [
believed rs they say, that the great God
was my Father and His Son was my
Elder Brother, I should not groar
though lost a few bushels of wheat, Or
even an eye. should be Of all men most
happy and gay. They do not believe
what they say aa. ...
David, whose life was full of struggles
and griefs and sins, taught the world
it's hymns, full of u mighty, joyous
Thanksgiving.
Paul in prison, knowing that death in
its most painful shape might be near,
could exhort his friends not only to be
patient, but to ''reioice in the Lord al
ways. And again say" he adds, ur~
gently, Rejoice
Most men will laugh when they are
well fed and their lives are comfortable,
but it is q different thing TO sing in
prison. or when ones home is burning
to find time to be kind to the poor and
merry in Cod" like old Sir Thomas
More-Youth's COMPANION
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-07-23
The Ideals Are Realities.

All the beauty of flower, of sound,
of literature, and. all the beauty of men,
all the beauty of home life, all that
makes life true and great and noble,
are but shadows that He, the invisible
and eternal God casts on the screen,
that we look upon them. When Samuel
lay upon the couch trembling and the
voice called out of the darkness: Sam
uel, Samuel" God was not a hypoth-
csis to account for the voice. God was,
and the voice was the witness Of his
presence. So the secret voice that
speaks in the soul of man is witness
of a God that is. The ideals are reali-
ties.-Lyman Abbott
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-07-23
HARD TO BEAT.

freshmen. Given these luxuries-and
a few pieces of clothing which he Sc.
.cures by begging-the king of the road
rs a happy man-an up-to-date philoso-
ggsaer who believes that the world owes
him living, and who lives up to his
conviction with a steadfastness worthy
of better principle.
inasmuch as no body of tramps will
invade the territory preempted by an
o{her detachment, the breaking I'D of
ranp is not very serious matter. When
given notice by the farmers to vacate
aaey usually comply with the request
promptly, only occasionally burning
barn or two 10 show their displeasure.
Xforders to quit are issued in the spring
or early summer the band moves ten
or fifteen miles westward; if in late
summer or fall, the progress is toward
the east, provided Chicago has been the
Issint Of departure. In this way some
companies travel through Illinois and
lava, others through Wisconsin and
Minnesota, always following the line o.
rziiroad selected as their own at the
keRinning of the season, and return by
the same route. reaching the city be-
1orc the first snowfall.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-07-23

quired years to accomplish it. But, once
soul, and neither reformatory nor prison
could eradicate it. The once respected
mechanic, owing principally to their
intelligence, became the leaders Of
bands of predatory wanderers and The
founders of class of society which is
destined to thrive for many years to
come.
The depression of 1878 was succeeded
by few fat years, but the industrial
condition never recovered to that point
which denotes universal prosperity.
Each era of overproduction gave birth
to new evils; and the ranks of tramp
dom, augmented by foreign recruits,
have been gaining rather than losing in
strength.
Hence, to a certain extent. every
tramp encampment on the prairie of the
middle west is a constant reminder Vt
the mistakes of our system of political
economy, as interpreted by professional
politicians. While the tramp, as an in
dividual or class, is nuisance, his ex-
istence should teach a great lesson.
The foremost thinkers of America are
unanimous in pronouncing him crea-
ture of the nuisance of power and
wealth; and this estimate is no doubt
correct when applied to all but natural
vagabonds.
The evil resulting from the increase
in the number of homeless and de-
graded waits is felt mostly in cities
like Chicago and New York, where they
are used for political purposes. Many
municipal elections in the western
metropolis have been carried by the
cheap lodging house vote which is cast
exclusively by individuals degraded by
years of lawless living. They are
bought up for a song by ward politi-
clans, and thus frequently help to per-
petrate rottenness in the administra-
ton of the city's affairs, without, OF
course, contributing anything towards
its revenues.
Nevertheless, before pronouncing
Judgment on the human wreck that
applies at your door for assistance
and at times takes by force what is not
given quickly-it is well to ponder tlis
conditions which have reduced him to
his sad condition. The blear-eyed,
dirty-faced mendicant may at one time
have been the husband of good wom-
an; may have been the father of a
family as promising as your own. Be-
fore casting stone it would be wise to
consider what we might be had we
been in his place. .. ...
G. w. WEIPPIERT.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-07-23

expedition, how many troops were TO
participate, how many days. provisions
must be carried, how many field pieces.
how many horses, and everything in
detail concerning the proposed move
ment. With these facts before me. ]
would secure the vessels necessarily.
concentrate them, take possession OF
railroad lines and have everything in
readiness. Then, when the general
commanding an army received orders
to move. he would find everything nee.
essary already arranged for his trans
portation, and thus things went along
smoothly. You must understand that
it sometimes toon two weeks or n
month to prepare for such large move
ments and, of course, the enemy could
not make preparations to meet such
emergencies without ample time. for
concentration. ,#. "a. as III
Ibid vessel owners or railroads offer
obstacles to your movements"
Never to my recollection. Occa-
sionally n small shipowner would OBJ
Ject, but it was useless, The large ship.
owners were always very glad to re-
ceive employment by the government,
because they received liberal compen-
sation and prompt payment. But in
those days, when the military power Of
the federal government was every
where displayed, it would have been
foolish for any steamer or railroad
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-07-23

The question has often beer askeds
Glow are tramps made?" 1t is doubt
less true that certain percentage Of
men is born with hatred for honest
employment which no system of educa.
ton can eradicate. Such creatures are
the natural vagabonds, the ulcer on
the body polite which has defied treat
ment ever since society was established.
And there is no doubt in the mind of the
sociologist that they will continue to
exist as long as mankind has to struggle
for existence. But the majority of our
latter-day tramps are creatures of cir
cumStanceS.
There was n time in the history of the
United States when n genuine tramp
was rarity. That was when employ
ment was plentiful and the demand for
labor did not exceed the supply. =
After the close of the civil war the
modern tramp, the Ishmaelite of our
fin-de-siecle civilization, made his APP
pearance in small numbers, but not I'M
til 1873, when the great panic paralyzed
every American industry, did he throng
our highways and byways. No human
being, not born into vagabondage, drops
from responsibility into a state of saw
age freedom without passing through
intermediate stages. a few facts gath
cred from time to time by the writer
lend substance to the statement that
nine-tenths of the miserable wretches
who now live in idleness, and often by
crime, started upon their career as
tramps while honest workingmen. d..
Through no fault of theirs they had
lost employment in the towns where
they had worked for years. Several Of
Observation-Disclosures their statements
were. afterward corroborated - had
made part payments on homes and
others owned lots and household goods.
When the factories which had given
them work closed their doors, these
men took what money they could spare
and travelled to other points to earn y
livelihood. They found the same un-
fortunate conditions prevailing wher-
ever they went. Their funds gave out;
they could no longer pay railroad fare;
they had to rely upon the charitable
for food and lodging; their once neat
clothing had become shabby and thread
bare. Onward and onward they went,
like the Wandering Jew; from the lodg-
ing in hay loft to a cot in the Gala boose,
and the stone pile. Honest and honora-
BILE, every hand was raised against them
until they, in turn, raised their hands
against everybody.
The transition from responsibility to
trampdom was a rapid process. 1t re-
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-07-23
FOR SUNDAY READING.
LIFE ETERNAL.

Who would not live Away? Who joys not
in life
The sum of all good, in universe rife?
Ehe strongest and highest expression of
power,
The crown Of the ages; the wealth of the
I; (. hour.
Who would not live Away, and bask in the
!. light
Which never goes out into darkness and
4 night?
The. gloriGed essence of good throughout
The. deathless and beautiful light of Gods
face!
Who would not live Away? Who cares
. not to stay
Where fountains of love are forever at
play?
Where lifeis the sun and center and source
The river which runneth eternity's course.
wondrous conception: Forever to live.
With nothing to lose and all things to give
Where starry-eyed skies and blossoming
Swing open their doors to the gardens of
God! 49,.
Sweet soul-lighted thought from the tenn
pie of mind! .att 3.
Man liveth forever: forever to find
Eternity broaden and deepen each day,
With God at the summit and Christ as the
way!
-. lone G.. Daniels, in Rams Horn.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-07-23

pagne from a cut-glass goblet. A few
weeks before election time the expert
enced tramp enjoys life. He is picked
up by the agent of one or the other
political party and enrolled as a guest
aGsome cheap lodging house from which
lives by begging, and sleeps wherever
he can find place. If mendicancy docs
not pay for his fusel oil and food, he
steals or taps empty beer kegs III the
rear of saloons. The stale remnants
which find no escape through the bar
keepers faucet, even with the aid of q
powerful pump, are poured by the
dirty scavengers into the proverbial to-
mato can and consumed with the same
relish displayed by the blasc million
,aire when he sips his French cham
he can be registered. From the day
OF registration until he has cast his
ballot for the qualification of municipal
politics" he lives in clover. After that
come neglect and the warm days of
spring.
But instead of bemOaning his lot and
abusing the erstwhilc kind policeman
who, after the election, degenerates
once more into petty tyrant, the man
without home takes up his stick and
~Eanders out into the country, unless
he can steal ride on a freight train.
Before he has Travelled ten miles he will
slncet q number of his colleagues, and
forthwith they will form a band, elect
a leader and establish a camp.
OF course, not tented camp, because
iramps have never been known to carry
baggage The leader of the band sim
ply selects some deserted barn or ten
antIess section house, and there he es-
tablshcs his kingdom until driven away
boy the outraged farmers living within
the purliens of his realm.
When men have learned to be philo.
sophical, they do not require much TO
live. After Il winters campaign among
the five and ten cent eating houses of
a metropolitan city, a baked chicken,
even though it be burned and full of
pin feathers, is indeed n luxury, and
a breakfast of freshlaid eggs is en-.
ssbanted into a Lucullian feast. Usually
the depredatory habits of the vagabond
are confined to the collection of such
eatabies, although once in awhile M
Will make an attack upon freight cal
loaded with beer or other liquid re
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-07-23
TRAMPS In THE WEST.
Their Number Is Increasing from
Year to Year.
MSw fhs Modern Ishmaeiites Spend
Their Summer Nacation-Used for
Political Purposes in Spring and Au-
tumn-What Makes Vagabonds.
ISpecial Chicago Lctter.1

SsWhy is Meandering Mike like flan-
sRel?'' Because he shrinks from wash
ng." This threadbare little joke has
seen heard time and again, but no one
can appreciate its deep significance I'M
fil he has had the fortune-or misfor-
tune, if you please-of visiting one of
the numerous camps established by the
tramp fraternity along the lines of our
western railroads.
I'm winter the tramp establishes him
self in the large cities of the land. He
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-07-23
The Soul of Jesus.

Like some great Eolian harp that
quivers and responds to every breath
of earth, SO the great soul of Jesus
Christ thrills and throbs with the joys
and sorrows of every human life, every
breath of human feeling; the faintest
sigh of the weary child, the fierce shout
of the strong man as he battles against
the tempest, finds its appropriate chord
Yof response in that greatsensitive heart.
Rev. A. G. Jones.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-07-23
How IT Hammered.

Mr.. Wickwire-I saw woman pass o
big mirror in show window to-day
without looking in.
Mrs. Wickwire-I suppose you arc
going 10 be funny now, and tell me that
she was blind.
Nope. She was looking across the
street at another woman with a new
hat. "-Irdianapolis Journal.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-11-12
Sherif'S Sale.
S. Levy, Jr., } No. 4O4a.

S. Levy, Jr., } No. 4O44.
VS.. In Second District Court,
G. E. Gilmer. Bessier Parish, La.
RY virtue of a writ of seizure and sale issued
- in above named suit and to me directed l
have seized and will proceed to sell at public
auction, to the last and highest bidder at the
front door OF the Court House, in the town of
Benton, La. within the legal hours eff sale, on
Saturday, November 81 1896, the following
described property, towit:
South fractional half of southeast quarter OF
section l3, south fractional half of north half
OF southeast quarter of section l3, and east
half OF southwest quarter of section IL, town
ship2i, range IA, containing l60 acres, more or
less, with the buildings and improvements
thereon, known as the Graham place.
Also southeast quarter of southeast quarter
Of section ii; west half of southwest quarter
and northwest quarter of section II; northwest
quarter of northwest quarter of section IL,
and northeast quarter of northeast quarter of
section IA, all in township -, of range ~
containing 800 acres, more or less, together
with the buildings and improvements thereon,
known as the Wyche tract All in Bossier
parish, La.
Terms of Sale-Cash, without the benefit of
appraisement, to pay and satisfy the sum OF
$500 90, with per cent per annum interest
thereon from May Is, 1891, and all costs of suit
including per cent. on said sum and interest
as attorneys fees, and according to law.
A. Z. THOMPSON, Sheriff.
Benton, La, October Is, 1896.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-11-12
The Time to Subscribe,

The old newspaper saying, snow is
the time to subscribe" was never
more true than at present. The times
are so full of incident, so many i'm
portant national and State affairs are
shaping themselves for change, that
no one can afford to be without a
metropolitan daily or weekly. The
st. Louis Republic, the greatest Dem
ocratic newspaper, is making special
offer of its daily and Sunday paper
for three months at $3.50. It is Sc
year by mail. The Twice a Week
Republic is sent two times a week
l04 papers-for only 81 year. In
addition to all the political news, ii
prints every day spread of general
news and features not equalled by any
other paper.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-11-12

The First National Bank of
Shreveport is one of the solid insti-
tutions of that progressive city,
with capital of 100000. This
Bank shows a surplus of 100000
undivided profits over and above all
demand and capital. 1t is we'll Off
cered and managed upon safe bust
ness principles. The President, Mr..
Walter B. Jacobs, has been identi-
fed with Shreveport from his boy
hood, is we'll known as one of the
most prominent and successful bus
mess men of that city. The Cashier,
Mr.. W. S. Penick, Jr., is a gentle
man of large capacity and eminently
qualified for the responsible posi-
ton.