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Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1897-06-10

IT is noticeable that the demo
cratic senators have distinctly dis
avowed any purpose Of obstructing
the progress OF the tariff bill more
than is necessary to- express the
democratic position on the issues il
involves. The delay so grievously
depiorod by the republicans is
caused by their own dissension
The house would have the senate
accept it's bill in toto lest disastrous
delay result; the senate makes g
like appeal to the house. Beneath
all the clamor two purposes are
clearly apparent. Each faction
hopes to attain its own selfish end by
pointing out the perils Of delibera
ton, Whichever crowd wins, the
law, with its notorious flaws ant
jobs, will prove failure, and ther
both factions will blandly unite ir
assuring the country that nothing
But maleyolent democratic opposi
tion to its enactment out of hant
on May ! prevented the Dlngle,
law from being the most benefeen
piece of fiscal Legislation in history
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1897-06-10
Marble HILL Missouri Thursday, June TO- 1897.
lerfere with a preachers lecture business

lerfere with a preachers lecture business
fearfully."
Il KNOW" replied the greatest of the
prophets, IL have,a lot of good material for
two or three capital lectures myself, but I
have no time to fix them up, and if | did |
don't suppose could get chance to deliver
them. One OF them is stereopticon lecture.
l took my own views and have some of the
cleverest character sketches in it you ever
heard. Picked up the characters in my con-
gregations here and there. Queer people
you meet, you know. A preacher has
splendid opportunity to collect that sort Of
material if he only keeps his eyes open"
eyes," said Amos, "thats what his eyes
are for"
And the morning hour having expired the
conference adjourned and the speakers went
and resumed their steady work of prophesy-
ing.
Letter from senior at Harvard: "Dear
Father-I am straining every nerve, but have
grave fears that may not be able to pass
through the final examinations" Reply oi
father to the same "Deer Son-Keep on
straining yourself and you'll soon be thin
enough to pass through anything"
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1897-06-10

In the special election for con.
gressman in the First Missouri dis.
trict Tuesday, 1st inst, Lloyd, dem.
ocratic candidate, was elected over
Clark, republican, by majority Of
5,526; a democratic gain Of 7S2
since November. And the tad
vance agent of prosperity contin
ues to advance-backward.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1897-06-10

where there is kind of twilight,
and where the intense heat OF one
side fades off into the intense cold
of the other. These conditions
would, it is thought, make human
life possible in restricted district
where vegetation might spring up
in ring around the planets.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1897-06-10
Modern Proverbs.
There is no end to argument.
Advice is usually given too freely.

There is no end to argument.
Advice Is usually given too freely.
The truth does not always hurt.
The new woman is the mouthpiece
of man.
The mortal who has all he wants
has too much.
Many wars are gotten up as
means of making money.
The coming man will never be
recognized in this country.
A prophet is sometimes without
honor even in foreign lands.
Every mortal has chain of cir.
cumstanccs about his neck.
A warning is a preventive that
should always be taken in time.
1t rarely does a man any good to
have the devil beat ont of him.
Backwaler is d bad medicine that
should always be taken in time. t'--~'
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1897-06-10

The brewers are good campaign
contributors. Therefore they are to
be excused from their proper shares
of taxes. The wearers Of clothes are
of no particular account to the Mark
Hannas of our time. Why shouldn't
they and the consumers of sugar
and shoes be made to bear the whole
kurdnp2
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1897-06-10

In defending the Senate amend,
ment of the sugar schedule in the
Dingley bill Senator Aldrich as
serted that the differential afforded
to the sugar refners was "about
one-eighth of one cent per pound"
If that is the case, why should not
the bill declare it In so many words
and let the people know what the
tariff means?
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1897-06-10

JUST before the emancipation proclamation
was issued John Howard of Loudon county,
Tenn, sold four slaves for $40 600. He buried
the cash in his horse pasture. Howard dieu
without telling anybody about the buried
treasure. Bob Banks, relative of one of the
slaves, recently rented the farm on which
Howard lived, and in plowng up the horse
pasture unearthed the treasure.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1897-06-10
Alhert G. StauAns of Rradstrn

Albert G. Stevens of Bradstreets
said Monday: "The business situa-
tion in the country today is un.
doubtedly disappointment when
existing conditions are compared
with expectations when the result
of the presidential election was
known "
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1897-06-10

If the senate were intent solely
upon providing revenue for the
government its course would be
clear. The trouble is that it is intent
upon providing revenue for the
trusts and incidentally for its own
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1897-06-10

ALL the Confederate officers who reached
the rank of General are dead. The number
including Lee, was eight. There were nineteer
lieutenant generals in the Confederate army
of whom seven survive: Longsteet, Bunker
Gordon, Hampton, S. d. Lee, Wheeler, and
A. ?, Stewart.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1897-06-10
members.

INp1ANA's booling banker is now
known as 29,450, in the Ohio poni,
tentiary. Unless the pardoning
power is exercised in his case he
will be somewhat of back number
before he will have anothe" oppor.
tunity to rob his neighbors.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1897-06-10

Supreme court and is the unani-
nous choice of southeast Missouri.
A true Democrat, a thorough busi-
ness man, an eminent lawyer and
would fill the position Of reporter
honorably and perfectly.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1897-06-10

The judicial elections held
throughout Illinois Monday result
ed in heavy democratic gains. Ma
jorities given for Mckinley were
cut down, and in some counties
they were wiped out. Not more
than two-thirds of the total vote
was polled.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1897-06-10

TINS from John Wannamaker,
Harrison's postmaster general and
a lending republican; "The coun-
try is not prosperous, Since the
outset of the last presidential cam.
paign the party, press and political
leaders generally Gxod the Novem'
bey elections Of 1896 as The date Of
the beginning Of good tines A
full half year has expired since The
will Of tho republican party was dc.
elasad. Thus Ear but ono Of the In.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1897-06-10
The Mobile & Ohio
Railroad Co.
THE SOUTH'S GREAT SHORT
LINE REACHING

Cairo, Memphis, New Orleans, Mobile, Nash
vile, Chattanooga, Birmingham, Atlanta and
all points in Florida and the southeast, con-
Meeting at Mobile with steamship lines for
South Florida, Havana, Cuba, and other
New India points, Mexico, Central and South
America.
Double daily trains between St. Louis and
Mobile carrying elegant Pullman palace
sleeping cars with drawing room and buffet;
also clean, easy riding day coaches on all
trains, making quick time and sure connec-
tions. Fastest freight service in the South.
10000 acres of the finest farming and tim
ber lands in the South in tracts to suit pur-
chasers tor sale at low prices and upon easy
terms. Title perfect, improved and unim-
proved farms; also government lands subject
TO homestead entry. Most delightful climate
in America. For descriptive matter and full
information apply to the Alabama Land q
Development Co., Mobile Ala.
For information regarding rates, tick.
cts, time tables, etc, apply to any rail-
road ticket agent, or to F. L. Harris,
Passenger Agent, 10 Sixth Street, Cairo,
Ills.
e. Z. POSEY,
General Passenger Agent.
JOHN G. MANN,
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1897-06-10

A SUGAR schedule for Havemey-
er only may not be the exact aim
of the senate republicans, but it
will be observed that the head of
the sugar trust is finding no fault
with the pending bill.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1897-06-10

THE reapers and mowers are har'
vesting the greatest crop of small
grain ever raised in fertile Texas
That of Kansas and other wheat
growing states in the west is spok-
en- of as equally promising.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1897-06-10

THE underlying idea Of the senate
tariff bill is that nobody must be
taxed who can "kick." Exception
is made in behalf of those who are
willing to relinquish t'Ieir "kick"
for the sake Of their share of the
ktpopk -
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1897-06-10
Cash wheat in st, Louis Monday

CaSh WheaJ IN Ot. LOUIS MONDAY
Good to select No. 3 nominal at
70 and II cents; ordinary to good
No. 2 at 72 and 73 cents. Cora
stronger at %! cents. Oats weak
at IT. cents. Cattle, $3.50 to $4.65.
Hogs. $3.l0 to $3.50. Sheep, $3.50
to $500,
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1897-06-10

Dexter Messenger: The Stoddard
county fair will be held the last
week in August, the same time as
last year. This will make the fair
commence August "a and end Au-
gust %.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1897-06-10

IT occurs to US that Mark Hanna
could at least thank the unfortunate
workingmen for their support OF
the Mckinley ticket.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1897-06-10

Stephens Girard, the infdel mil
lionaire Of Philadelphia, to whom
a statue was dedicated some days
ago, on one Saturday ordered all his
clerks to come on the morrow tC
his wharf and help unload newly
arrived ship. One young man re-
piled quietly, "Mr. Girard, I cant
work on Sunday" "You know our
rules" ayes, l know. I have 8
mother to support but | can't work
on Sundays" "Well, step up tc
the desk and the cashier will settle
with you" For three weeks the
young man could find no work, but
one day a banker came to Girard
to ask if he could recommend a man
for cashier in q new bank. This
discharged young man was at once
named as q suitable person. "But,'
said the banker "you dismissed
him" ayes, because he would not
work ON Sundays. A man who
would lose his place for conscience's Is
sake would make a trustworthy
cashier" And he was appointed,
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1897-06-10
FIVE GOOD FARMS

For rent. Can suit almost any tenant in
size and price. These farms have been
under careful cultivation, are well fenced,
with comfortable houses and good water.
In addition to these / have several A l
farms
Fer sale.
Good land-perfect titles. Call on or
address JOHN A. MILLAB,
Latin, No.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1897-06-10

Mr.. ByNUM says he is finding a
wonderful amount,of gold sentiment
in the South. Mr.. Bynum is evi'
IDENTIFY working on a commission.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1897-06-10

Scott County Democaaii Major
]. u. Dennis, OF Cape Girardeau,
i a candidate Cor reporter of the
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1897-06-10

"Boys will be boys" said the overinGulgent
uncle, pleading for his mischevous nephew.
But he was mistaken. Boys are boys. But
they will be men. Unless the wrath of the
gods lights upon them; then they will be mng-
wumps.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1897-06-10
e. e. POSEY.

e. Z. POSEY,
General Passenger Agent.
+ JOHN G, MANN,
General Manager, Mobile, Ala.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1897-06-10

A writer in the Farmers Friend asks,
"What shall we do 10 keep the boys on the
farm?" Well, agriculture is little outside
this department, but if the inquirer will buy
farm within few miles of the city. plant an
orchard of ten acres and watermelon patch
of FIVE, this paper will give him reward Of
$Io,o 900 il he can keep the boys off the farm.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1897-06-10

"Well no." Isaiah replied to remark by
his friend, Amos, 81 never heard Hosea
preach, but imagine he would be power
full man in the pulpit lie came up here with
a lecture, however, in the Lyceum course last
winter-a funny lecture on 'Sykoodles;' or,
'Grump and Goozles,' that would just make
you lie down and die a.laughing. He can
initiate drunken man trying 10 climb a
fence to beat anything you ever saw"
"I've heard him lecture" said Amos. but
he Ism in the same class with Jonah. You
never heard him. lie wenl 10 NIneyeh and
conducted a series Of revival meetings there,
made such good impression that they had
HIM back to give his lecture on Straight
Lace and Long Face His beH lecturer
lhough--his funny leeIure~-was Seeing tho
Whalei interior View" lie made good
thing OF that. although he didn't stand very
well with the lecture bureaus. YOu sec,
they'd make him straight ten seeks u en-
eagsmeDia 10 regular courses, and iifAl ihiha
they knew he'd cancel dozen nights ahd
20 % preaching somevhsie Thai aess n,
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1897-06-10

''Where are you going, my pretty fair maid?'
ITO the Mothers convention, kind sir" she
sayed;
'SBut you are no mother, my pretty fair maid;''
"Where there's mothers there's sons, kind
SIR" she sayed.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-04-30

We are pleased to note the i'm
proycment made in the Comrade
Of Winfield, La., which has
changed from ''patent side" to
an all home print.
The Comrade is the oldest Pop
u|ist paper in the South, and de-
serves the support Of all true re-
formars
The Louisiana populist., 1897-04-30
Mistaken

Our usually precise uci@lI,or,
the CoIfaX Chronicle, last week
excerpts a few lines from son,c un-
known source, credits them to the
la. PopuIist, and then proceeds to
lambast Us in great shape for such
''Popuiistic FaIIacies.' If we were
looking for q newspaper contro-
versy, we would tackle some Of
Bro. Goodwyn's monarchical raI-
lacics in that article.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-04-30
FRIDAY, April 80, 1897.
The Coushatta Citizen is agita-
ting the question of building new
courthouse, and says the parish of
Red River is well able to do it.

Some simple people foolishly i'm
agine that Greece will win her just
rights against the cruel Turk. But
they do not understand the spirit
of our times. Turkish bonds are
held by the Rothschild family who
pull the strings on all christianity
nations As we'll, and the bloated
bondholdcr with uplifted hands
shrieks, "Mine Got in Himmel!
dose tam fanatix fighting! vot will
pecome Of to lnderish on my
pondsl"
These same fellows pull the
strings on this country in favor Of
Butcher Weyler, and against Gu
ban Freedom, because Spain is
heavily mortgaged to them.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-04-30

The people Of Winn and Cata-
houla parishes are endeavoring to
secure the location of the Texar
kama, Shreveport and Natchez
railroad through those parishes.
The question Of voting a five
mill tax for ten years is. being agi-
tated and should this tax be voted
there is no doubt but that the road
will come through. We can see
nc reason why the road should not
be built by that route since it
would be more centrally located
through the great pine forest ex-
tending from the Saline to the
Oaachita and Black rivers, than
any otheE route.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-04-30
Marksville saw the Air Ship too.

Mafksvllle saw the Air Ship too.
On the morning of the Goth one
hour before day, two young men
were returning from a progressive
wine party and while meandering
their way to their homes they too
saw the same "Air Ship" that was
seen in Natchitoches and New Or
leans--they saw more, they saw
red monkeys and snakes by the
thousands. They claim and insist,
that the 'fAir Ship" had seven
heads, two tails and four pair of
wings. The air sailor was painted
in all the oolors Of the rainbow,
save end except one head and one
wing, which were without paint.
1t was jug shape and was heading
for the north pole. They last saw
it when they were knocking at
their garden gates, to be admitted
into their bed rooms. These two
boys are out every night since
looking for more "Air Ships" ~
New Enterprise.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-04-30

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The Louisiana populist., 1897-04-30

Transient advertisements Fl per square first in
sertion; each subsequent insertion 80 cents per
square.
M'cfal or legal advertisements, ~ per square
first insertion each subsequent insertion 50 cents
per squara.
Local advertisements, 10 cents per line.
Editorial notices, first insertion. Is cents per
line; subsequently 10 cents p r linc.
Communications are solicited. but we will not he
responsible for any view. therein expressed.
Address oil communications to the Business
Manager. Communications must bo sent in by
Monday. -,
Communications intondcd FOR publication should
be accompanied by the real as well as the assumed
name Of the author not for publication but as an
evidence Of good faith on the part of the writer.
A failure to do 90 will consign them to tine waste
basket.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-04-30

er, you can return the barges filled
with goods, lay them down at
every mans door in this beautiful
valley, tap the outside world over
the great network of railroads at
Shreveport from one end of your
river, or at Alexandria from the
other end, change your shops into
wholesale or jobbing houses, and
give this fair section the best COM
mercial advantages now enjoyed by
communities less favored of ma
ture.
Drop the matter now, and Alex
andria will absorb your trade as
far up as boats come now-Clou-
tierville. Shreveport will take the
trade OF your larger planters, our
town will remain the "Quaint
City," and the Enterprise (mis-
named will continue to give us
the very ''chic" fanfaronade worn
to the Comus Club or military ball.
q symposium of the quite import
ant happenings at the cities of
Melrose, Chaler and Bermuda
al 'aGusena' and fill the balance of
Its pages with goldbug and Fos-
ter clippings, court proceedings
and pot metal l'-mostly ''pot-
metal"
The Louisiana populist., 1897-04-30

Don't expect prosperity to come
in with q jump says the Chicago
Times Herald. s'We WON'T" says
the Kansas City Times. IF she
enters with glide; if she moseys
in on one leg; nay, even if she
sashays forward on her sursingle,
or Waltzes gently forward on her
ears; we'll welcome her and dust
off the best seat in the house for
hor to sit on. 1t doesn't matter
how she comes, but the whenness
OF her coming is a matter Of much
interest"
The Louisiana populist., 1897-04-30
The Athens claiborne paris

The Athens claiborne parish)
correspondent of the Shreveport
Times, says in that paper of yes
terday, that the farmers Of his vi
cinity are beginning to "chop'
cotton, which is about 10. days ear
ly. Why, bless you! our Cane
river farmers are about done
sschopping outp cotton,
The Louisiana populist., 1897-04-30
EStray Notice.
State OF Louisiana, Parish OF Natchito-
ches.

State OF LOulSlana, FarlSh OF NatChltO-
ches.
Estrayed before me, the undersigned
authority, by Valmore Moreau, living
two miles and half from Marco, one
Steer, described as follows About 7
years old, red and white pied, mark
ed swallow-fork and under-bit in the
right, and smooth crop and split and
under bit in the left. Branded FJS on
right hip. Appraised at nine dollars
by Louis Rachal and A. O. Moreau, con
jointly with the undersigned Justice of
the Peace, this 26th day of February
1897,
W. I. ROBERTSON, J. P.
march 26-Sd.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-04-30

At the present time the laugh is
on those persons who started in to
sneer at the Jerry Simpson mode
Of fighting. 1t is now conceded
that Jerry il an upper cutter from
Uppercutville.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-04-30
4 Favored Section.

drouth blasted the crops from the
Sabine river to the banks Of the
Ouachita, and from the Calcasieu
line to that OF East Carroll, even
including in its sweep all the hill
portion Of this great parish (Natch-
itochcs), and forced the usually
independent and hardy farmers Of
North Louisiana TO beg for bread ;
there was an oasis IN this desert
where the sturdy farmer toilcd not
in vain, and the virgin soil yielded
q rich reward to its thrifty hus-
bandmen.
There was 10 more ram in this
section than surrounding it, but
many acres yielded I to 1 bale of
cotton and many others 40 to SO
bushels of corn, and several farm
ers sold a surplus of this cereal
and had a bountiful supply tomake
this years crop.
On the contrary, this season
brings too much water to most al
lnvial lands like this section, and
hence irreparable loss, but while
devastating floods and unchecked
torrents are playing sad havoc
with the toll of many months, and
our unfortunate neighbors, who so
nobly came the rescue of our
drouth sufferers, are being forced
to abandon happy and prosperous
homes to find them wreck on
their return q few weeks later, the
Cane river farmer is basking in
April showers with 80 feet of banks
in front of his plantation, his cot
ton all "chopped," his corn ready
to clay by" at the next plowlng.
What a God favored country is
this! The drouth does not destroy
it nor the floods touch it! This sec
tion of the parish is bigger than
a mans hand too! 1t is larger
than the parish of Lafayette or
East Baton Rouge. Probably 500
square miles, and less than t of
it in cultivation! Half of that de-
veloped in the last 10 years.
Suppose I of it could be put into
q garden-like state of cultivation
twice as much more as is now in!
What a happy prosperous country
we would have!
All this is partly now, and could
be made entirely, tributary to the
city of Natchitoches for trade.
shipment, etc.
Would our merchants have time
to pine over the loss Of a railroad
which cannot be recovered, or wear
their pants out on q chair9 No
Stree! There would be life in
the "Quaint City," the population
would be doubled in 12 months.
How can we do this!
Don't hesitate so about a few s.
cents-a-line locals in a paper that
circulates and is alive, when you
pay Z cents to one that is dead to
all progress or development.
Don't let politics keep you from
banding a dollar to paper that
fights your battles and believes in
forward, when you pay
s1.50 to one that draws it's breath
from the public treasury, and is up
% date only on society costumes
md the daily doings of the select
md only ''better element"
Help us to get Locks in Cane
river, and have navigation the
year round.
Then while the great pineries of
The Kisatchie send you all the lum-
Der you want through tn. Old riv-
n, you can return the barges filled
with goods, lay them down at
,very mans door in this beautiful
valley, tap the outside world over
The great network Of railroads at
Shreveport from one end of your
liver, or at Alexandria from the
The Louisiana populist., 1897-04-30
He is q Numerous Article.


Every newspaper man has at
some time in his business expert
cnce met the man who now takes
more papers than be can read. lie
paid twenty-five cents for an al
manac, wiped his nose on an avn
ing, tried to blow out an electric
light, put nickel in the postolfice
expecting tho post:na ster to ap-
pear, wanted to lick the cashier of
the bank because it closed at /
O'Clock and watched the sign on
one OF the jewclry stores waiting
for it to strike.-Lexington Unit.