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The Louisiana populist., 1897-08-06
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We were glad to meet our old
friend MIR. H. S. McLemore, of
Mt. Zion, La, on our streets
Tuesday.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-08-06
Good advertising always pays.

Mr.. j. F. jackson, a Jeweler of
Shreveport, La, is in our city
this week.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-08-06
A Killing.

John Phanor, colored, who had
imbibed too much "fre water on
last Saturday night, shot Nora
Jones, another negro, who died af
ter lingering about twenty-four
hours also shot and wounded two
others-one in the arm and lee and
the other in the jaw. This all
took place at collation. on the
Williams, Weaver G O'Quin place,
given by the darkies for the bene-
fit Of their church. So far Phan-
or has escaped capture.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-08-06

| have Just received q fresh su-
ply of Shoes, Dry Goods, Notions
and Groceries, which | am selling
at very close prices. Call and see
me on Front Street.
Nick. HOLsTON,
The Louisiana populist., 1897-08-06

Gentlemen, walk over the bridge
and get any drink You wish at
Planners. A separate department
where the colored folks eat and
drink.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-08-06

Are You going to have your
share Of the fall trade {?
The Louisiana populist., 1897-08-06

Remember, it is the constant ad-
vertiser who always gets the trade.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-08-06

More watermellons and larger wa
tcrmellons 4. We saw one Wednps-
day from the Murphy place, weigh
ing 81 pounds.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-08-06

Mr.. W. X. Mosely Jr., is now
in the employ of Williams, Wea-
yer & O'Quin, as clerk.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-08-06

Mr.. j. II. Williams of Mont
gomery, La, was in our city
Wednesday.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-08-06

There will be preaching at the
Baptist church Saturday and Sun
day, by the pastor Rev. M. E.
Weaver.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-08-06

What railroad did you say! Well,
let's have it.
Our people are sadly in need of
better transportation facilities, and
any Improvement in this direction
will be a boon to this country.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-08-06

Orleans, was in town Tuesday.
Don't Take our Word for Tt,
but come and see
If BURNSIDE doesn't give
more Groceries for S1.00 than any
body else.
Ii He doesn't sell 81 pounds
fancy Y. G. Sugar for s1.00.
Il You can't get 40 pounds Flour
for S1.00.
Ii He can't sell the BEST Sy-
rup for 35c. per gallon.
If Burnside hasn't a complete
line of Fine Tobacco, and other
goods at equally low prices.
This is no fish story, therefore
investigate.
Mr.. J. S. Venable, agent for the
Royal Scroll, after a stay of some
weeks in this city, left Tuesday
evening for Mansfield, La. to re-
turn here on the 18th inst.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-08-06

Mr.. A. J. BaImor, repres enting
p. F. Collier, Publisher, of New
Orleans, was in town Tuesday.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-08-06

Mrs. Mary E. Lease, the Popu,
list orator, has been selected as
queen Of the fall festlvities-a har-
vest demonstration at Topeka,
Kans. The committee has asked
her by telegraph to accept the hon
or. She will reign as a queen and
wear q $4,000 crown.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-08-06

You can pet this week, Is yards
Lonsdale Cotton for S1.Oo.
Box g cakes Toilet Butter
milk Soap for 5 cents a box.
Blue Camlet Jeans, 10 yards for
S1.00.
Is pounds Standard Granulated
Sugar for Sl.00.
Figured Lawns at 81 cents per
yard, at j. A. Ducournau & Son.
a6-lt.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-08-06

Hon. H. l.. Brian attended the
meeting of the State Central Com
mite at Alexandria, yesterday.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-08-06

Mr., A. E. Simon of the firm of
Simon Bros, made a flying visit
to New Orleans last week.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-08-06

Remember, Flanner still sells
Racket Goods.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-08-06

Mr.. j. r. Mayhem was in town
Tuesday.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-08-06

Mr.. w. H. Lowe of Campti,
gave us pleasant call Wednesday.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-08-06

Mr.. r. j. Flanner has completed
his store and saloon just across the
bridge from town.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-08-06

Mr.. Whitcomb Stafford has just
completed q beautiful and tasty
little residence on Ord Street, near
Texas Street.
The Advance., 1897-02-04
ms ECr SENS e.

A WASP of the variety commonly called
mud dauber" last summer built her nest on
the ceiling Of my room in one corner, says a
writer in the Medical Record. The windows of
this room remained open night and day during
the hot summer months, so her nest was easy of
access. One day while the wasp was busy about
her home I closed all of the windows and
awaited developments. At length she flew
toward window, against which she landed
with thump which for moment or two com
pletely dazed her. The wasp soon discovered
that she was barred from the outer world by
some transparent, translucent substance. She
then proceeded to a voyage of discovery, flying
around the room and searching here and there
and everywhere for an exit. She finally found
small hole in the window casing which COM
municated with the outside. Through this she
made her escape from the room. Upon opening
the window saw her examining the passage
through which she had come, going through it
repeatedly. She finally flew away, but shortly
returned with pellet of mud. Notwithstand
ing the fact that all of the windows we're then
open, the wasp went at once to the hole in the
casing, through which she made her way into
the room and thence to her nest in the ceiling
She never again, SO far as was able to ascertain
made an exit or an entrance through the win
dows, but always made use of the hole in the
casing This little creature undoubtedly gave
unmistakable evidences of ratiocination. She
found that transparent barrier had been plac-
ed in her way-a barrier so translucent and
transparent that she could not see it until she
actually felt it, She therefore concluded that
she would never again risk injury by flying
through the windows What is most remarkable
about this Instance is that this insect derived
her knowledge from single experience and at
once profted thereby.
The Advance., 1897-02-04
SUFFER FROM "FLAT FEET"

DESPITE the fact t1at the beauty of we'll
arched foot is much appreciated by people of
an artistic turn of mind, has been sing fire.
uuently by poets and verse makers, there has
been until lately little interest, from scientific
point of view taken in its direct opposite the
fiat foot. In great number of instances fiat
feet are the occasion of considerable keen suf-
fering, generally resulting from the breaking
down of the arch-that is the displacement of
some of the many little bones of the foot either
from overslrain or some disease of the museu-
lar structure. AS the weight of the body con-
stantly rests upon the foot there is no opportu-
nifty for the bones to get back to their proper
places.
The result is that these little bones keep rub
bing against each other, and the pain gets more
and more severe Commonly the person at1ict-
ed in this way thinks that he or she has rheu-
matism and let's it go at that. Until recently
the only remedy was steel soled shoe that was
clumsy and heavy The new device is in
teresting. 1t is an 'sinsole," curved to fit the
foot made of bent strip of steel and acting
as a spring. 1t is covered either with leather
or with vucanized rubber to prevent rustiOg,
and needing no fastening, but simply to be
placed in position, it can be changed from one
shoe to another at will.
In position it acts simply as support literal
ly holding up the bones and giving them an
opportunity to slip back into their proper places.
While any "lnsole'' of the approximate shape
will give relief, the btst results are reached
only when one is especially made from cast
or impression of the foot. A great proportion
of the people troubled with fat feet come from
the north of Europe, many of them from the
lowiands of Germany. The Inhabitants of the
south of Europe, strangely enough, are seldom
troubled with anything of the sort. Their
insteps especially in the case of women, are
nearly always highly arched and finely formed.
-NeV York Tribune.
The Advance., 1897-02-04
DEVILS TEA-TABLE.

ONE of the most popular trips to residents of
Central Ohio and, in fact from other points of
in the State. is by boat from ZtnesvilIe to Gin
cinnati or Pttsburg, which includes the pictur-
esque scenery of the beautiful Muskngum.
But, of all the picturesque points on the route,
the DEVILS Tea Table excels all in grandeur
points ofinterest and weird stories coupled
with it.
3 The table is in plain view from both sides the
river and the railroad. 1t consists of all i'm
mense table of sandstone, estimated to weigh
over 500 tons, supported by slender base of
shelly stone. and maintains it's position wholly
by its equilibrium the top being evenly bal
anced that # small piece we're to be broken
from side the great formation would top
pie into the river hundreds of feet below. The
table is diamond shape and is about 40 feet long,
55 feet high, 80 feet Wide 10 feet thick and 85
feet in circumference. The long diameter is
from north to south, and when the massive
stone is observed from any other side it seems
liable to fall. If a central position is taken on
the top of the rock, the whole rock will vibrate.
The DEVILS ea-Table has been applied to the
rock since 1900, according to the recollection of
the old residents of the vicinity. 1t has never
been known who applied this name to the table,
but there have alway been coupled with weird
stories. of ill luck and as early as 1910 Tim Gates
and number of fellow boatnen announced
that they intended to push the rock into the
river, but their efforts were futile.
Young ladies in the vicinity accept general
belief that if young lady will visit the table
with her lover and secure fragment of the
rock she will marry the man who accompanied
her to the table, but if she loses the fragment,
she will lose her lover.
The Advance., 1897-02-04
BE GOOD TO YOURSELF.

THINK deliberately of the house you live in
your body. s~~ 49,:
Make up your mind not to abuse it.
Eat nothing that will hurt it; wear nothing
that distorts pains it.
Do not overload it with victuals or drink or
work.
Give yourself regular and abundant sleep.
Keep your body warmly clad.
At the first signal of danger from the thou
sand enemies that surround you defend yourself.
Do not take cold, guard yourself against it;
if you feel the first symptoms, give yourself
heroic treatment.
Get into a fine glow of heat by exercise.
Take vigorous walk or run, then guard
against sudden attack of perspiration
This is the only body you will ever have in
this world.
large share of the pleasure and of life will
come through the use you make of it.
Study deeply and diligently the structure of
it, the laws that should govern it, and the pains
and penalties that will surely follow violation
of every law of life or health.
The Advance., 1897-02-04
A FEW RULES.

THE training of children has become scien-
tifc question. A famous man gives the follow
ing Things that children should be taught:
That teasing is positive crime
That they must eat bread before pastry.
That bedtime is not a movable" hour.
That they must speak respectfully to the SER
wants.
That weeping over bruises is unworthy sturdy
beings.
That they should not appeal to one parent
from the decision of the other.
That punishment follows in the wake of pre-
varcalion and of deceit more swiftly than it
follows active mischief.
That it is in bad taste for them to tell all tnat
they learn of the neighbors' domestic arrange
ments through playing with the neighbors'
children, .%:... ..
The Advance., 1897-02-04
SMILES.

"Now don't borrow trouble, Molly"
-" No need to. You keep me well supplied,
Silas."
Mrs. MULL1GAN-" -"Td rather hev the hull
family i'll than You"
Mr. Mulligan-"So would l."
SAID an Irshman the other day to friend
" ATah, where will you find a modern building
that has lasted as long as The old wans"
WILD.EYED CUsToMER-'' Have you any
goods made of sole leather or boiler iron?"
Clothing Merchant-"N No, sir; we don't keep
boys clothing."
"WHAT is the age of chivalry, Aunt Pene-
lope ?"
''Tnose good old times when men fell in love
with women over 40.''-Chicugo Record
"WHY," asked the sweet young thing, "why
do Trey say that love is Of the heart ?'
To show" said the doeful bachelor, " to
show that the brains have nothing to do with it'
IT was Mr. Justice Maule who said, in answer
to witness who declared that he had been
welded to the truth from infancy, Yes sir !;
but the question is-how long have you been a
widoWer?'
Mrs MANN (meeting former servant)-" All,
Mary, suppose you are getting better wages
at your new place?"
Mary" No. ma'am, Pm working for nothing,
now, Pm married :"
How FAST the train is going?" exclaimed
Mrs. Trotter.
YES" assenteo her husband &c there is pro-
baby letter in the mail-car with In haste
written on the north, east corner of the enve-
lope."
A" How DID your daughter pass her ex-
animation for position teacherY
B. "PAss She didn't pass at all. Maybe
you won't believe it, but they asked that poor.
girl about things that happened before she was
born p
FATHER" Wait year, my son, and you
may feel very different.'
SDn Confidently Pve tested my love for
Miss higgins thoroughly and know it cannot
still want her for my wife,"
Father-"P Poor boy"
A VIRGINIA MAN at a recent Glover Club din
ner told of an o ID darkey who pray ing for
rain in a dry season. 30 Lord ~ he said. send
down the rama sweet, refreshing shoWer-a
rain to make the grain big at the root, long at
the husk and Shay in the grain; not one of
those gully washing and flooding rains, but
sweet sort of a shower. o Lord send this rain
to make the grain grow, for if there is nything
l do hate on this earth it is the confounded
little nubbns."
SOME DEFINITIoN Ms BY BoYs.-The Schoolboy
Magdzine has collected number of funny
definitions given by boys and girls. Here are
some of them:
Backbiter-a flea.
Fan thing to brush the warm off with.
FIns-a fish's wings
lce-water that staid out in the cold and went
to sleep.
Nest egg-the egg the old hen measures by to
make new ones.
Pig-hog's little boy.
Snoring-etting off Sleep ...
SnoW-rain all popped out white.
S5ars-the moons eyes.
Waketulness-eyes all the time come out
II n
The Advance., 1897-02-04

The mdwinter exodus has begun. The dscomforts and
dangers of winter weather here but to the suth
ward from cloudless sky beams beautiful sun upon
blooming land.
The next Pennsylvania Railroad tour to Jacksonville,
allowing two weeks in Florida will leave NewYork and
Philadelphia February
Excursion tickets, including railway transportation Pull
accommodations lone berth and meals route in both
directions while travelling the special train, will be sold
at following rates NewYor $50 90 Philadelphia S4S 0c
Canandaigua $2 Ee S54 Pittsburg S53 co. and at
proporonate rates from other points.
For tickets. itineraries, and other information apply to
ticket agents. Tourist Agent 1886 Broadway NeYork
to Geo W. Boyd General Passenger gent Broad
street Station Philadelphia
The Advance., 1897-02-04

Town WITHOUT CHIMNEY5-From the top of
the cathedral spire in Mexico you can see the
entire city, and the most striking feature of the
view is the absence of chimneys. There is not
a chimney in all Mexico. not CRATE, nor stove
nor furnace All the cooking is done with
charcoal in Dutch ovens, and while the gas is
sometimes offensive one soon becomes used to
it.
The Advance., 1897-02-04
A Three-Day,' Tour to Washington,

WAsHINGToN at the present time is the most attractive
city the continent Its architectural grandeur has often
been commented and its various departments and n
stutions the interesting in the world The
Capitol the Treasury the Bureau of Engraving and Print
ing the smithsonian Institution and National Museum and
the Congressional Library all interesting,
and the great Monument affords view long to be
bered
The next tour of the Pennsylvania
Railroad will leave NeYork AID Philadelphia February IL.
Tickets including transportation hotel accommodations and
will be sold at the following rates:
From York Brooklyn and Newark, Sl4 so; Phillips
burg, $l4 Pottsve s4 3d. Cape May Sl2 rs; and
at proportionate rates from other points
tickets itineraries and full information apply to tick
ct agents. Tourist Agent 1896 Broadway New-York or
Geo. W. Boyd Assisan tGeneral Passenger Agent Broad
street Station, Philadelphia
The Advance., 1897-02-04
MOODY ON JONAH.

IN his recent Bible services in New York Mr.
Moody insisted that Christians should make
proof of their faith by accepting the truth of
the whole Bible. He made the point that the
story of Jonah could not be excluded. ' If
Jonah goes, Christ goes" he averred. The test
is severe one; and yet Christ himself must
have accepted it, for He said (Matthew xii; 80,
4O) IS An evil and adulterous generation seeketh
after d sign and there shall no sign be given TO
it but the sign of the prophet Jonah for as Jonah
was three days and three nights i'll the whale 8
belly, so shall the Son of Man be three days and
three nights in the heart of the earth" ."-Chicago
EUening Post.
The Advance., 1897-02-04
STATE ITEMS.

The Second Presbyterian Church of Cranbu-
ry has called the Rev. Adolos Allen, assistant
pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of
Washington, which President Cleveland at
tends. Mr.. Allen has accepted the call.
WITH the new water-scoop with which the
Pennsylvania Railroad fast passenger locomo-
tves are equipped, 1900 gallons can be taken
into the tank in nine seconds while the engine
is going at speed of seventy miles an hour.
TEN-YEAR-oLD Carl Bowen, son of David
Bowen, and two companions broke through the
ice willie skating on East Lake, at Bridgeton,
on Tuesday afternoon. The other lads crawIed
out but Bowen was drowned His body was
recovered soon afterWard.
JOEL CHEW, of Vinela d, caught an otter in
the waters of the Maurice River on Wednesday.
The otter weighed eighteen pounds, and mea-
sured three feet nine inches from the head to the
tip of its tail. 1t was the first one caught in
that vicinity for twenty years.
THE State spent 1922 SS5 81 last year in main
tanning the two insane hospitals, at Morris
Plains and Trenton. And both institute )ns are
greatly overcrowded, according to the reports
of their managers. AT Morris Plains in
crease in the death rate is attributed partly to
the overcrowded sleeping-rooms. In other
words, the State must keep on building addi-
tions to the State hospitals to accommodate the
increasing number of patients.
The Advance., 1897-02-04
Tour to California via Pennsylvania Railroad.

THE next California of the Pennsylvania Railroad
will leave NewYork and Philadelphia by special train of
Pullman palace February "a visiting the great Mann
moth Cave stopping New Ore during the Mardi
Gras Carnival weeks will be allowed the Pacific
Coast two days will be the return trip Clo
rado Springs and the Garden of the Gods Stops will also
be made Salt Lake City Denver and Omaha This
of the most delightful and complete tours planned
Tickets including railroad transportation, Pullman
lone double berh), meals route, carriage
drives hotel accommodations going and return, and
transportation in California will be sod at rate of $3.50 from
all stations the Pennsylvania Railroad System of
Pittsburg.
Apply ticket agents. Tourist Agent, 1895 Broadway,
Nev-York, Geo. W. Boyd Asss antGeneral Passenger
Agent, Broad-street Station Philadelphia.
The Advance., 1897-02-04

GEORGIA legislates against trusts, Tennessee
against cigarettes, Nebraska against football
and Kansas is petitioned to do SO against cor
sets. Some reformatory Western Common
wealth, in order not to be left behind in the
procession, ought now to go for sidecombs, and
perh aps for atheism and the DArwinian theory.
~ Y. Tribune
The Advance., 1897-02-04

A FARMER can have his house lighted by cleo
tricity by erecting a wind mill, thus producing
power which can furnish the current The
same power can be utilized to run sewing ma
caines, saw wood or do churning
The Advance., 1897-02-04
COAL MINE WORKED BY ONE MAN.

THE smallest coal mine in the world is in the
southern province of New Zealand. where, ac-
cordng to the reports of the inspectors of mines
for the colony the Murray Greek colliery is
worked by one man, T. Bolitho, Chinaman, who
owns, manages and works this small but to him
valuable coal mine. There is another small
colliery in the same province worked by one man
with assistance of donkey. the next smallest
mine is in England, in the village of Nelson,
in L Lancashire. 1t is situated near the C1lliers'
Arms and affords employment for two miners,
father and son, who combine in themselves the
positions of proprietors managers miners and
hauers of the coal. Tney have the as
eistance of donkey, and all the output of the
mine is sold to the householders who live
in the village in it's immediate vicinity.
The Advance., 1897-02-04

THERE will be only five gubernatorial cleo
tions in the United States this year. Rhode
Island leaos the way on April 7, and on Novem-
Der will be followed by Iowa. Massachusetts,,
Ohio and Virginia. The gubernatorial term in
Rhode Island and Massachusetts is one year in
length, in Iowa and Ohio two ears, and In Nlr-
ginia four years.
The Advance., 1897-02-04

"WHY haven't a 6OO-acre farm as we'll as
that man riding by in his carriage?" yelled a
red -nosed anarchist orator as he glanced at the
crowd. "Because he earned and saved $500
and honpht his farm when it cost him 81 an
acre ana YOU poured your $500 down your
throat" responded man on the back seat, and
the orator ssked no more conundrums.-Chi.
cago Tribune.
The Advance., 1897-02-04

No man alive with the spirit of fair play will
pass unnoticed and unappreciated. There is
always demand tor people who are disposed
to justly consider the claims and rights of both
SIDES to social business contention. In
every dispute there may be found the elements
of truth and justice, and it bespeaks crudeness
of judgment to stamp opposing claims bar
rem of right. Fair play endeavors to sift the
unjust from the just and allow for unnatural
mistak and tendency to exaggeration, and
whoever shows the disposition to use it is well
come wherever honesty is honored.
The Advance., 1897-02-04

WHEN the people will learn to place more re-
lance on their own labor and individual efforts
to secure a livelihood and competency than any
aid or opportunities afforded by tEe govern
ment, they will have done much to solve the
economic questions which of late years have
been tre nightmare Of our statesmen. He who
is industrious, frugal and enterprsing will be-
come rich sooner than he who spends his days
theorizing on how the government should aid
him.
The Advance., 1897-02-04

JEWISH NEW YEAR.-The ancient Jewish
year began on March 25 and, owing to the fact
that many, if not most, of the early Christians
were of Jewish origin and this gave tone to
early Christianity, the Jewish year long re-
tanned among Christian converts, and many of
the writings of the early fathers were dated
according to the Jewish division of time.
The Advance., 1897-02-04

WHEN you have done kindness and your
neighbor is the better for it, why need you be SO
foolish as to look any further and cape for rep
utation and requital.