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Natchitoches populist., 1898-12-02

market. They also consume a
great many vegetables, as vegeta-
bles can be raised the entire year.
| am not at all acquainted with
the tenant farmer in Texas, but |
doubt if he is as Independent or as
much sought after as the Mexican
peon at the present writing. Yours
truly, A. V. TEMPLE,
industrial Agent.
The important facts stated above
are that the peon labor in Mexico
finds employment all the year
round; that it provides for all of
Its wants without excessive labor,
and that it possesses comforts in
the way of diet and apparel equal
if not superior to those enjoyed
by our own cotton lsborerS. 1t
should be added that the women
and children of peon families do
not perform Il 1.-THE Of the service
rendered in the cotton fields of
Texas by women and children.
During the late presidential
campaign | sscertsinsd that the
difference between psoa and Amer
lean wages was not as great as the
difference between peon and Amer
lean labor; that specific service
costs as much il not more in Mexi-
co than in this country. The let
ter from Mr.. Temple emphasizes
this fact. The poems prefer to
work on farms ut one half the wage
rate of the railroads because they
are required by The latter to work
under direction OF foremen and to
perform what to them appears to
be rigorous service. The truth of
the matter is that the peon, who
works not half the time and lives
IN the fat of the land in Mexico, |
could not keep body and soul to-
gether in Texas with the same la-
Dor performed in the cotton field. |
| ct we require women and chill
lren to do 80 per cent Of this work, j
md remunerate them with y main.
enance from which the peon would
lee. 1t is barbarous. Should we
lot, before attempting to cast any
nore beams out IF the eyes of
oreign nations, get rid of this
lote Farm and Ranch.
Natchitoches populist., 1898-12-02

the upper hand. Practical poll
tics does not require that fraud
should DO met with fraud. A VIC
tory so obtained would be worse
than defeat. But until young men
shall stand forth who are willing to
play politics rs they play football
the prospects of tho redemption
OF the city from the control of its
thugs will be as shadowy as the
prospect Of the millennium
Philadelphia Record.
Natchitoches populist., 1898-12-02
FRIDAY, December z, 1903.
Snain bas accented opr domo,1

Spain has accepted our demand
for the entire PHILIPPINE Archipela,
20 upon our payment of 100000
OCO, and releasing her from all
claims Of damages by this govern.
ment or any Of It's citizens.
The treaty Of peace is being
drawn mp and will be signed, and
thus will the U. y. become the pos.
seSEor Of Porto Rico, Cnba and the
PHILIPPINES, with about 100000
Of population.
Natchitoches populist., 1898-12-02

"The jump in the cotton market
on Monday produced quite a com.
Portable effect upon the farmers and
merchants.l If it will continue at
the same gait, one-eighth cent up
tor several days, it will brighten
things. up considerably. - Enter.
prise.
Yes, but like the Enterprise free
silver views, it was up only long
enoguh to benefit the spectators,
and dropped again tho next day.
Natchitoches populist., 1898-12-02
BRA1F FIELDS
female ReszuEaf0,.

which 10 the true cure provided
by Nature for all female troubles. II
W. Is the 81 formula of physician of the
Aignest standing. who devoted his
whole life to the study of the dis.
tinct ailments peculiar to our moth
ess. wives and daughters. 1t is made
o. soothing, healing, Strengthening
herbs and vegetables, which have
been provided by kindly Nature to
cure isregularity In the rnenses, Leu.
corrhsa. Falling Of the Womb, Nery-
BUSINESS. Headache and Backache.
In fairness to herself and to Brad.
nela's Female Regulator, every
suffering woman ought to give It a
thai. A large 81 bottle will do a
wonderful amount of good. Sold bv
druggists.
s'ad O' aissiy illusssssd free book on II. sb,..
Inc Sraafeld Regulator Co., Atlanta. Ga.
Natchitoches populist., 1898-12-02

A number Of very handsome and
elaborate dinners, for which a
great number of luscious turkeys
were slaughtered, were given last
Thursday in honor of Thanksgiv.
ing.-Enterprise.
Yes, mostly the Oflce-holding
and money lending fraternity.
Those who haven't got their fingers
on the tax fund, had but little to
pc thankful fol-, and no turkey to
tbaAk with.
Natchitoches populist., 1898-12-02
NEMESIS.

Normally and naturally, thor
is no prejudice between the race
at the south. They work togethe
and live together in peace ant
good will and tho negro work
well, follows the advice of hi
white neighbor, and strives TO pat
tern after the whites in religion
education, business and society.
For more than twenty years
the control OF the whites in poll
tical affairs has been undisputed
and the negro hxs been voted and
counted simply TO maintain the
democrats in power. And when.
ever occasion has demanded,
whenever somebody has wanted an
Office real bad, designing politicians
have readily manufactured race
prejudice and race riots to influ-
ence the passions of the crowd.
While everybody admitted the all.
Vantages aud superiority of the
whites in wealth, intelligence, edu-
cation and power, these agitators,
for their own selfish ends, would
periodically set up the cry OF
white supremacy" even when
the negroes were most helpless
and most submissive to the DOW.
ers that be.
While all the world admits the
superiority of the white race all
the world protests when this SUI
periority is used as a pretext to
Fob and Cypress the negro. Sup.
pose a man should steal q horse
from negro and defend himself
on the plea of ''white supremacy.
suppose farmer should refuse to
8 title with his negro laborers and
shout white supremacy" when
sued for . settlement. There
would be as much reason in this
ss the use which the politicians
have made of this plea to excuse
the worst of crimes against the |
ballot. Maddened snd blinded byj
this plea, fraud and forgery be-
came discreet and perjury a cardi-
nal virtue. The invention of ruth
less election machinery was iusti-
he'd and Nil power was coDcentrat-
ed into the hands OF Q few bosses
and rings until elections have be-
come naked farce. The masses
Df the people, white as we'll asl
black, have ceased to take any part
IN the elections. As a conse-
luence, good men are excluded ,
from Office and influence. AS the I
Louisiana Democrat we'll says,
such methods have resulted in
sending pigmies and pop-guns to
congress-. The south suffers for
want OF adequate representation in | I
ne national councils. Her nation
. interests sEe neglected and ig-
lored. Her commerce is obstruct- ,
d. Her industries are blighted.
Ter people are impoverished. ]
Ter progress is hindcred. They Ii
make q desert and call it peace. II
And now comes the news from \
n Washington that congress will cut :
own the representation Of Louis. !
ana and other southern states d
there oligarchy has been estab-
Ished. 1t is reported that petit !,
ions are being circulated in north
rn states demanding that cur rep G
esentation in congress and in the q
lectoral college be cut down one Il
alf on account of our election
lethods. If this ia accomplished.
will still further cripple the
'nth. She will be doomed to per-
etusl inferiority ON account of
rimes against the ballot.
We depiore the coming of these rt
vents as We deplore everything tn
lat humiliatas or wsakens the b'
'nth; bnt We believe that God eA
'lgns and will work out justice W
y right through these penalties %
I'd humiliation. Monroe Bulletin. 1T
Natchitoches populist., 1898-12-02
GA % III - RIA
Bears the Hlha Kind You Have Always Bought
''', e &sxH2Zzz;Zzl

Mercantile failures have opened
up this early in our own neighbour
hood. What will it be at settling
tlmeF The farmers struck bottom
some years ago, and it's the mer-
chants turn now.
Natchitoches populist., 1898-12-02
Compania Limitads del Ferrocar-
ril Central Mexicano.
City of Mexico, Nov. s, 1898.

City of Mexico, Nov. s, 1898.
Mr.. E. &. senter, 203 Main
street, Dallas, Texas, Dear SIR
Answering your favor of the 1st
addressed to our Mr.. Murdoch, in
which you make inquiries as to the
condition of farm laborers, etc., |
wonld say that during The cotton
picking season the cotton pickers
are paid 81. The average wages
on the haciendas devoted to corn,
wheat, etc., are about Is to 81
cents a day. Also it is customary
on these large farms to give the
laborers certain piece of land free
which they work on their own &C
count. On many of the larger
farms corn is raised on shares;
in fact | think about 80 per cent of
the corn raised in this republic is
raised on shares. The arrange
ments are approximately as follows:
If a hacienda receives one, third
of the crop it is customary for the
laborer to furnish his own oxen
and seed and for the hacienda to
pay one half of the harvesting and
receive the corn in the field. I'll
the hacienda receives one-half US
its share the hacienda usually fur
nishes the seed and part of the oxen
used in cultivating, and also re-
ceives the corn in the field and
pays one-half the cost of harvest
ing. These terms vary in the diff
ferent localities and according to
the fertility of the soil and other
If, for insta nee, the
and is rich and the crop is large
he hacienda receives greater
proportion than where the soil is
poor and the crop less.
The cotton crop, however, is
'arely raised on shares.
| estimate that SIS Mexican mon
y o year will about pay for the
clothing of IN ordinary Mexican
'eon. The fact Of the climate be-
NC so mild makes light and cheap
lothing a necessity. An ordinary
'alm hat can be purchased for from
0 to Is cents, and two of them
will last year. The sandals used,
which will last about two months,
ost 25 cents.
While labor for farms is aband- :
Mt it is almost impossible to get !
sborers for railway construction. {
tc. | have been family impress !
1 with this fact, as one of my du- +
es is to supply poems for the +
lexican Central Railway, and al $
longh the pay is from so cents to +
for ordinary common labor, we i
re at the present moment possibly g
200 men short and find it impos- /
BILE to procure them. Men who Il
'ceiye 81 with us leave to 90 to !,
DIRK on the farm at Is cents. y
here is no more Independent class E,
labor in the world than the Mex q,
an peon, as his necessities are n
W. There is no part of the year n n
hen crops are not being harvest n,
!, consequently his services are a,
ntinually in demand, so that in #
sad of labor looking out for c(
IS the boss is now going around
tn his hat in his hand begging to
3 ragged peon to please be kind ~
ough to do him the favor to 90 he
work for him. fl
The principal diet of the Next If
! peon consists OF corn and ad
ms, with a generous supply Of ee
at. The principal meats used to
% are beef and pork, although an
certain seasons Of the year a tb,
ID deal of goat meat is in the Of
Natchitoches populist., 1898-12-02
The GOsdbug Enterprise.

Natchitoches Enterprise of Nov
18th, headed "Some striking fact
about the eIection"2 If not vo,
ought to look it up and read it
and then try to measure the amour
: of hypocrisy and fraud in tn,
,, Democratic party of this parish
when it was organizing free silver
clubs in this parish 3 or 3 year.
ago, and when its nominee for con
gress was posing as silver mar
2 or 3 months ago.
In the article referred to oul
neighbor goes over the results OF
the election and assures itself that
in its own sweet mind the Popu-
lists are dead-not only in this par
ish, but nationally as well--and
then, as if a great load was lifted
off its mind, declares that the sill
yer issue is dead. Declares the
party lost heavily wherever it made
free coinage the issue, and gained
largely where it was ignored.
Our goldbug neighbor then So
liloquizes as follows: ''The ques-
ton naturally arises, if the peo-
pie in that section of the country
where silver is the chief product,
and where so much capital and la
Dor are invested in its production,
have lost confidence in free coin
age, what are we of the South,
who are not directly interested in
it, going to do about the matterg"
Nobody in the south, and few in
the west have ever advocated free
coinage for the benefit of the met
al because they were interested in
its production, but have advoca-
ted it purely and simply as
means of quickly increasing the
supply of basic money, and put
ting more of the life blood of COM
merce into circulation to raise pri- |
ees and remove the blighting stag
nation 10 productive enterterprises
all over the country, break the
power pf trusts and the power of
the accblrsed usurer. But this is
Just what the goldbug Enterprise
don't Want done, and to defeat it
went ipto the free silver camp as
4 wolf in sleeps clothing, howled
Tor thb free silver Democratic club,
declared Breazeale was a better
rec silver man than Sutherlin,
'ooled the blooming idiots and
Fought the trash gang, and today
when it thinks it has wounded free
liver to death in the house Of its
riends, begins slowly, but surely
o take off the Sleeps coat and re-
cal the claws and CANNES of the !,
7olf. +
Cotton, the great and only mon
y crop Of the south, has become l
ne crop of the slave--touched the =
,west price ever reached--many r
t its producers have refused to il
ather it. demoralized and almost 1
ithout hope, the merchants who :
lvanced their money and goods /,
q cotton are bankrupting right Il
nj left in our own dear parish, p
nder the very nose Of this gold =
lg sheet which has its arm into ;,
10 tax crib up the shoulder and
allows in luxury, while it dishes e,
1t more Of the wretched poison q
ON which our country is dying, !! =
st to see what mortal fools it can ii
AXE OF the white slaves who pay D.
9 bills and taxes and vote for the II
Enterprise and its kinfolks for W
amocratic nominees and fat of !"
es. y
Lord Byron was both a states al
IN and philosopher, when he de- Ia Ia
'red, ''This world is made up of a.
great many people-mostly til
ols." NJ
---~-e-s-- IN
Natchitoches populist., 1898-12-02
Work for the Doctors.

Gold importations continue te
increase until there is now more
gold IN this country than ever be.
fore; so, also, are bank failures.
business failures and labor strikes
increasing, Recently half doz-
en- banks IN the great city of Bos-
ton have gone into liquidation and
others are saving themselves by
consolidating. Verify it seems
the body polite IS long on veins
but short on arteries. The auri-
Giles OF the commercial heart seem
to be in good working order, re-
celvlng tho vital circulation from
the remotest parts, bnt something
ails the ventricles that pump the
circulation into the arteries of trade
for they don't seem to work we'll,
While the heart is congested, the
rest of the body is suffering from
marasmus. 1t may be that the
blood Of commerce lacks one of
Its vital constituents and is, there
fore, not calculated to nourish
bone and sinew, nerve and muscle.
repair the bodily waste and supply
material for growth and develop
ment. We fear our political doc
tors, having their thumbs on the
Jugular vein, and finding it full of
the life current, have pronounced
the patient all right. They should
feel the pulse at the wrist and see
1t the financial blood is circulating
where it is most needed. Thus far
we have treated the subject allego-
really. TO descend to plain En-
gllish, blood or money may be am
pie in quantity, or even supera-
lbundant, but if they possess, or
lack: any property that impedes
thslr circulation, they are not nor
NAL and need the attention of a
skillful N. D. or a l.. L. D., as
the case may be. Farm and Ranch. |
1t was a saying of Talleyrspd |
that the man who feared violence |
Or death had no business in poll. !
tics. There is truth, in this epi-
gram. In every election held of |
late years in Philadelphia in which
there was any question of doubt as
% the result, the Republican
strength was swelled from 10000
% 10000 votes by fraud. The dis.
leartened and disorganized Demo.
rats do not put men on guard at
he polls who are willing to face
he cut-throats whose business it
S, as a matter of hire, to act as
'ersonators, repeaters and false
ounters. The Municipal Reform
rs conhne their labors to PAM
'hleteerlng, to Grating at League
leetlngs and to doing safe and So
orous missionary work in press
nd pulpit in efforts to convince
ne voters who do not need to be
The rounder, repeater, persona
'r or heller has no respect for :
ersnasion except the persuasion I
3 understands-that of physical !.
,rce and courage. Until the friends 9
order and of honest rule in Phil. :
lelphia shall man the polling pla- !, =
IS with men who are not afraid Z
look into the mouth of pistol.
ID who will not run away before 81
9 CLEAN of knife or the threat e.
policeman, they will never get a,
Natchitoches populist., 1898-12-02

The farmers can raise hog and
hominy at home, but it will make
less business for the merchants,
and half Of them will have to go to
the wall. They voted for it, and
have no rigAe to kick.
Natchitoches populist., 1898-12-02

A true copy of the original We
nl II on file and Of record in my
Office, this October 31st, 1898.
I'll. M. RYAMS,
Clerk.
Natchitoches populist., 1898-12-02

delicate organism of woman. what
me sufferer ought to do is to give
Natchitoches populist., 1898-12-02
y :R Y "

women SuHer-
ing from female
frou Bile s and
weakness, and
from irregular
or painful men
,ses. ought not
to lose hope If
doctors cannot
|hel!p them. Ply
sicians are SO
busy with other
diseases tn at
they do not un-
derstand fully
the peculiar all
nlents and the
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-12-06

tains are snow-capped. and when the
suns alanHng rays spread over their
immaculate crests they sparkle ana glls-
ten a. H they were covered with rich
Jewels and seem Il. be crowned monarch
standing Gentlnels over the sleeping lake
and white valley below.
The lake has receded from the city
proper about twenty miles. One Of the
most delightful features Of q visit 70 the
region Of the great Salt Lake Is q bath
in the lake. Ono Of the finest and most
imposing pavlllons IN the world. which
s. said TO have cost half . million doll
lars. has been erected in a beautiful site
known as Salt AIT. Owing TO the air be-
ing 80 thlclSIy impregnated with salt
that II Is visible at times 10 the naked
eye, it has received its name.
Crowded trains run TO and from the
lake al frequent intervals during the
summer months. Everybody can swim
III Salt Lake. People float around In the
water like eorks. In fact, 81 IS so heavy
that Il IS impossible TO sink. No sui
cldes are committed here via the drown
ing route. The water Is prompt and
potent tonic and invigorart Of the body
and mind, and IS said 10 work miracles
on him or her whose tendencies are to
Observation-Disclosures. A first bath Is always
as good as circus, the bather being his
or her own amusing oiek mule. II you
are IN shallow water and endeavor to sit
down you slide out from deryourself
with a speed and grace that suggests
hidden acrobatlc qualities. II you are
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-12-06

The undersigned have been appointed
Special Masters by an order entered IN
this case on the 18th day Of November,
1888, "to take the necessary accounts, hear
evidence. and report to the court the ma.
tlire and amount Of all the indebtedness OF
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Com
many, and all claims and demands against
line same. the names of all creditors hold
inf Bpeh Indebtedness, claims and de-
mGnds, and u possible, their respective
places Of residence; but where an issue
Of bonds secured by mortgage or other
lien on any part Of the corporate prop
eFty Is reported on, It shall be sufficient
10 include IN such report the name or
names OF the trustee or trustees, the
amount OF bonds issued and outstanding
as shown by, the books Of account Of tho
particular property covered by such mort
gage or other lien"
All persons, firms and corporations hav-
ing or claiming to have any demand or
Ohio Railroad Company Except the hold
ers Of bonds secured by recorded mort
gage on the corporate property, or some
part thereof are hereby notified and re-
writing and under oath with theilnpder-
signed Special Masters at their ONCE In
the ONCE OF the Clerk Of the United States
S or Ssfor eo me FIRST DAY 81 FEbRTJ.
AIRY. 1899; to the end that the character,
validity, amount and relative prtorties
upon the corporate property or income
thereof Of each such debt, claim or de-
mRnd may be determined and reported on
by the said Special Masters TO the court. "
The court further DEGREES IN said order
that should any person, drn or corpora
ton holding any claim or demand against
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Com.
pany. by this order required TO be tlled
with the Special Masters, fall or neglect
to flle such claim or demand as IN this
order provided, on or before tho FIRST
DAY OF FEBRUARY. 1889. then, and in
that event, every such creditor or claim.
ant shall DO forever barred and
precluded from asserting any claim, lien
or right Of payment against the corporate
property Of Tho Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road Company In the custody OF the court
or Of tho receivers and shall not be In
cluded IN any distribution OF the proceeds
OF sale OF said property or any part
thereof. or in tho distribution Of tho in-
come Of such property"
ARTHUR l.. SPAMER,
no22-tu&f Special Masters.
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floating and attempt to regain a stand
ing posture you are as apt to land on
your head as on your feet.
Very few persons ever dive IN this
water more than once, AT first II is
tempting. but not so much so after you
emerge with your eyes filled with salt,
burning at a rate that threatens total
blindness. while you reach for a portion
OF your bathing suit to wipe and soothe
the burning members. and only add 10
your misery by augmentlns the salt de-
post. It Is a terrible predicament-wa
out in the water, blind as a bat, totally
unable to reach your bath house, not
dry garment anywhere TO be had-salt
nothing but salt-wtth the aggraVating
presence Of thousands OF fellow! TIERS,
who, It seems. could possibly offer dis.
abled friend come assistance, some rellef,
but who are powerless. as their bathing
costumes and fingers are Just as salty as
your own, and, being accustomed to
such scenes. they merely stand by and
laugh and make provoking suggestions.
But the old-timeers know a remedy for
this affiiction, and It Isn't patent one,
either. It Is free and simple knowledge
easily enough acquired, II you have the
opportunity. before your knowledge Of
your skill as diver impels you TO DEM
onstrate your ability 20 fellow-bathers
and Ieokers-on. It consists first Of gat-
ting your eyes saturated with salt water.
and at the critical mament-just as you
are about to go blind and the unsympa-
thetlo crowd Is laughing the 1oudest at
your sufIerlngs and apparent helpless
ness-eXercise little presence OF mind,
bear the pain herolcally, place the Index
finger OF each hand well back into the
mouth, and suck them with all the skill
acquired In infancy, until the solution on
them is thoroughly weakened and re-
move; don't swallow the solution. but
dispose of It In the most natural and
convenient way. and then. with the FIN
gers thus cleansed, gouge the eyes indus
trlously and triumphantly into the cor
mere, and you viii find that the result. Is