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Homestead Entry No. 1894.
Department of the Interior, |
Land Office at Natchitoches, La,
Moroh 1R fOhn

3vAcs1 V11 1OJ 1OOVs
Notice is hereby given that the follow
IN ing named settler has filed notice OF
his intention to make final proof in sup
port Of his claim, and that said proof will
be made before the Clerk of the District
Court, at Benton, La, on May 10, 1900,
viz: Homestead Entry No. 5834-Mat-
thew Mims-for the southeast quarter OF
section 20, township II North, range II
West, Louisiana Meridian.
He names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon and
cultivation of said land, viz: George
Thomas, Tom Wilson, Bob Brooks and
Tom Rascose, of Haughton, La.
j. ERNEST BREDA, Register.
March q, 1860. 26
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The Chicago Sunday Chronicle
Is 1 veritable magazine rivaling
many monthly periodicals in the
quantity and quality of its literary
reading. In fact, the Chronicle
isagreat newspaper every day in
lie week.
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men

The Methodist protracted meet
ing at this place closed last FRI
day night: Following are the
recent accessions to the church:
L. G. Smith,, J. A. Larkin, Chas.
T. Stewart, Allen Stinson, Cres-
well Vaughan and Wrenn Brown.
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Who will be benefited by the
removal Of the parish site to Bos-
!. .;er City? The few. Certainly
not . majority of the citizens of
he parish.
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Tha District Conference for the
shreyeport District, ME-. Church,
eo,,th. will be held in Benton from
lime 9th to July 2, 1900.
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Dentistry.
-

DR.. z. N. Comegys, ONCE h. the new
Cooper Brothers building, second hoor;
Shreveport.
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wanted parish site on wheels.
Nov YOU see it; now you don't
see il.
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70 the Citizens Of Bossier Parish

The report having been circu-
lated that the citizens of Benton
We're in favor of the removal of
the parish site to Bossier City, we
take this method of refuting the
same. While we do not question
the laudable ambition of our sis
ter village to secure the removal
OF the Court House to her domain.
we hereby give them notice that
we will use all honorable means
to defeat their scheme, and we do
not believe the good people of this
parish will by their votes, sacrifice
our homes and firesides under the
conditions that now exist.
With confidence in your fair
ness and justice,
Your obedient servants,
A. r. THOMPSON,
w. A. THOMPSON,
JoANNEs SMITH,
j. NJ. MONTGOMERY.
G. T. FLEMING.
B. F. ONEAL.
r. E. LEE.
O. r. DENTON.
D. B. ST1NsoN.
j. H. BELcHER.
G. o. GAYLE.
r. C. STINsoN.
J. S. CAMPBELL,
BRAxToN WISE.
T. T. LAND.
A. P. BUTLER.
w. H. ScANLAND.
L. G. SMITH.
r. B. HILL.
r. D. WEBB.
j. w. JETER.
/. H. MARTIN.
MRS. KATE S, CABEEN.
MRS. L. A. BRoWNLEE.
MRS. s. r. ABNEY.
B. A. KELLY.
r. j. T. HEBRON.
c.. H. IRON.
H. NJ. BAILY.
H. NELSON.
T. M. YARBRoUGH.
T. M. VAUGHAN.
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rat those of us who are bur-
a.ned with work thank God for
"a fact. It is a great blessing.
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List OF Premiums

To be Awarded by the Bossier Parish
Agricultural and Industrial Fair As
ISOLATION at Their Next Annual Fair,
TO be held October 8, 10, ii, IL and 10.
Agricultural Department.
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Shreveport Bridge collections
for the month of April, 1900:
c. C. Novel;, East end,-. 1857 80
G. Owens, West end,.... 701 20
N. Smith, night, - PA 10
c1eno %
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Woassa's Department.

"a list Of premiums to b awarded il
this department win appear later.-Ed. ]
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BENTON, LOUISIANA,
s1uRSDAY,:::::::MAY 10, 1900,
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For the best breeding pen to consist
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$3.50 is offered:
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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-07-04

The large ana increasing circulation
OF The Iowa Homestead in this county
is matter for congratulation to the
publishers and to good farming, for, of
all the papers of its class in the coun-
try, 1t is easily the best and most help
full. Its Special Farmers Institute
editions, issued with the regular edition
the first week in each month, have been
for years the admiration of all practi-
cal farmers. Written wholly by farm
ers, they are full of actual experience,
and smell of the SOIL We have been
fortunate enough this season to secure
terms for The Homestead and its Spec
ial Farmers Institute Editions, together
with The Poultry Farmer and The
Farmers Mutual Insurance Journal,
four of the most valuable farm publi-
cations in the country, that enable us to
offer the four in connection with our
own paper for $3.50 for the entire five,
one year. This is emphatically good
thing, and no farmer in this county
should fail to take advantage of this
offer. For large line of thoroughly
practical farm reading nothing has ever
been offered before that equals it. A
county paper, . farm paper, poultry
paper, q farm insurance paper and the
Special Farmers Institute, all for 81. 80.
Come In and order them.
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CHAPTER XII,
THE BooKKEEPER's CONFESSION.

THE BOoKKEEPER'S CONFESSION.
Late that same evening Sturgis re-
turned to his lodgings, after busy day
spent in working upon the Knicker-
booker bank case. He was tired and,he
was perplexed; for, with all his unflag
ging energy, his quick intelligence and
his plodding perseverance, he had come
to standstill in his investigation. The
Evening Tempest had appeared with no
further mention of the Quinlan case,
and with only perfunctory report of
the cab mystery, no attempt having
been made to connect the two, for Stur-
g;s would not consent to publish his
evidence until he was sure OF complete
success In his undertaking.
AS he approached the house The re-
porter saw light In his window, and
iafarsad that visitor NOS axaiting
his coming. II was Mr.. Dunlap, who,
pale and eareworn, was striding nelv-
ously back and forth in the room, with
his hands behind his back and his head
bent forward upon his breast.
"Ah, there you are at last!" ex-
claimed the banker, eagerly; II have
been waiting for you for over an hour"
Has something new turned up2"
asked Sturgis.
Eyes; read that"
AT the same time Dunlap handed the
reporter letter.
LET me tell you about 1t first. After
leaving you this morning went to the
morgue and saw che body. You were
right; 1t is Arbogast's. I had been
only half convinced by your evidence;
but / now saw that you were probably
right in all your other inductions, and
I became anxious to learn something
definite concerning the amount of Ar
bogast's defalcation. AS could not
reach the books for some time, I called
upon Mrs. Arbogast, thinking I might
be able to learn something from her.
You had not been to see her, had your"
no" answered. Sturgis, gravely, II
did not think it likely she knew as
much about this matter as we do, and
l shrank from the ordeal of revealing
to her the fact of her husbands crime
and tragic death. Iwished. at any rate,
to exhaust all other means of obtain
ing information before resorting to
this one."
"Of course, of course" said Dunlap.
somewhat impatiently; "the woman is
naturally to be pitied, but could not
allow any sentimental consideration to
stand In the way OF tbs discharge Of
~ Asax Il our 1sleAltetals
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that these various marks which you
have called trails were made by the
feet Of three different people; admit
ting even that one of these tndi-
viduals was Arbogast, who often
stays here after hawking Aeuss, ! do
not see that you have established by
any satisfactory evidence your as
sumption that the other so-called
trails are those of Chatham and
stranger. For aught know to the
contrary, they may have been made
by some of the bank employees in the
discharge of their regular duties.
Chathams coat may have caught on
a nail In the telephone closet last
week, while he was here in his legiti-
mate capacity of expert accountant.
The change of the combination of the
safe may be the result of an error;
for we have no direct proof whatever
that Arbogast is defaulter. And,
then, when it comes to your interest
ing description Of the alleged shoot
ing Of Arbogast, it strikes me that
you are entirely carried away by your
enthusiasm; for, in your minute de-
scription of the path of the bullet, at
certain angle, of which you seem
to know the measure almost to the
fraction of n second, you overlook sey-
eral important things. Two shots
were fired yesterday in or near the
Knickerbocker bank. In, say you,
because here is revolver with two
empty cartridge shells; here is
black mark, which may have been
produced by the ricochet of bullet,
and here is a shapeless piece of lead,
which may be that bullet. AS, how
ever, one bullet cannot account for
two shots, you are forced at once to
assume that Chatham has carried
away the second one In the palm of
his hand. This is ingenious, very in.
genious, but
Ills blood is on the telephone a.
eaiyere nhssryed Stprsis qniSt3x.>-
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nerve,her; but after awhile she became
somewhat calmer. After all, it is bet
ter so,' she said, at last. Then she
handed me this letter. There was no
further reason for Withholding it. Read
it now"
1T is postmarked at the general post
office at five o'clock" said Sturgis; sit
was therefore mailed before or during
Chatham's visit to the bank. 1t may
have. been mailed by Arbogast before
the scrubbing was done, or perhaps by
the chorewoman when she left the
bank"
The reporter drew the letter from its
envelope and read:
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@Whab did you learn from hera.

@What did yoa learn from her7s
asked the reporter.
when | reached the house The maid
told me that Mrs. Arbogast had spent
the previous evening Mt her sisters
house in the country and had not vet
come back. | was about to leave. in
tending to return later in the evening,
when the lady herself arrived. Upon
learning who / was she seemed some
what surprised, but invited me in. As
we passed into the parlor the maid
handed her mistress letter, stating
that 1T had come by the MORNINGS
mail. Mrs. Arbogast glanced at the
envelope, but did not open it. AT my
first cautious questions she seemed to
be very much surprised. Arbogast had
announced to her by telegram the pre-
vious day that he would be obliged to
go out of town for few days on busi-
ness. He allowed her to infer that he
would soon return, and that his bust
ness was connected with the affairs of
the bank. She could not understand
how it happened that knew nothing
of this trip. But said she, 4 have just
received a letter from him, which will
doubtless explain matters She evil
IDENTIFY knew nothing of her husbands
peculation. Thereupon she opened the
envelope and took out this letter.
observed her closely. At the first
words saw her checks blanch and
look of agony pass over her features
as she instinctively pressed her hand to
her heart. knew then that the let
ter contained some important revela-
ton, and | became anxious to obtain
possession'of it. When she had done,
could see that she was laboring under
a strong emotion; but she controlled
herself, replaced the letter in its en-
velope and said, merely: This does
not tell me my husbands whereabouts;
but shall doubtless have further news
of him in the course of few days.
saw that she was attempting to shield
him in the superstition that he was still
alive. l therefore broke the news of
his death to her as gently as I could.
The first shock seemed to utterly un-
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ITO be continued.l
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Buchanan, Mich, May %.
Genessee Pure Food co.. Leroy, N. w.:
Gentlemen:-My mamma has been q
great coffee drinker and has found it
very injurious. Having used several
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much better for herself and for US
children to drink. She has given up
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literary Notes From the Century Co.


Pader. wski sailed for Europe on the sixteenth
Of May after wonderfully successful season In
Ing upon "'rhe Century Library of Music" which
The Century co. will soon begin to publish with
Mr. Paderewskias editor-in-chief. 1t will ap-
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Poultry Culture

Written by l. X. Felch the greatest
living authority on poultry raising.
1t is nicely bound in cloth and con.
tains over 400 pages of valuable in.
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Of poultry, location, buildings and fur.
nishings, feed and care of fowls, from
shell to griddle, artificial incubation,
diseases of fowls and their medical
treatment, mating turkeys, ducks,
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The Home Physician and Gen.
turv Cook Book.


An elegantly bound book of 1853 pages
and over 300 illustrations. 1t should be
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The Boston Globe says: at is better
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The st. Paul Dispatch pronounces it
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The Minneapolis CONNIE rcial- Bulle.
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ut is" says the Detroit Evening
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Popular American Dictionary.

v
Bound in cloth. Contains over $4,000
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Farm for Sale.

The Clark farm, consisting of 200 acres of cul.
tivated land and 90 acres OF timber is for safe.
u is located about Q miles south east Of
Manchester on the Delhi road. For particulars
address OF call OIL Bronson Il Carr. Manchester,
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The readers of THE DEMOCRAT
may rest assured that it will, during
the coming year, maintain the high
standard of excellence it has attained
and continue to be, IS it has been for
many years past, the leading newspaper
published in this county
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
! THE STURGIS WAGER
A DETECTIVE STORY.
> BY EDGAR MoRETTE.
e Copyright. 1899, by Frederick A. stokes Co. !
4
SYNOPSIS

SYNOPSIS
York city. Time: early evening, last day
of year. Gable train collides with cab,
throwing to ground cabman and passen-
ger also seated outside. Latter disappears;
dead is discovered. Sturgis, reporter ex-
amines cab and surroundings.
CHAPTER II-Later that evening, at
stag dinner party, sturgis. IN impromptu
discussion, maintains reliability Of cir.
cumstantial evidence. Dr. Murdoch, ia
nous chemist. wagers in reply 5000 to 500
that from any daily paper he can sci select an
CHAPTER III-Case selected is Of two
mysterious shots fired that afternoon in
or near Knickerbocker bank. Man had
been seen running from bank with valise.
and arrested. Man, said he stole valise
from bank steps and was shot at. Valise
contained nothing of interest.
CHAPTER IV-Sturgis secures appoint
ment with Dunlap, president of bank, to
visit scene of shooting early next morning.
then induces his friend DR.. Thurston to
come to his rooms while he arIangcs data
of the two strange cases.
CHAPTER V--From observations maae
thus far and inductive reasoning thereon
reporter has concluded: a. dead man in
cab was bookkeeper about 50 years old re-
seiying good salary; (2) wound caused by
have shot himself: al shooting had not
occurred in cab; G) right arm broken by
heavy instrument; and (6) cabman was
drusged. and young man who escaped In
volYcd in some way in crime. Cab mys-
terry also noted as possible sequel to bank
mystery.
CHAPTER VI-Sturgis calls for Sprague,
artist friend, to get his company during In
vesttgation at bank, but artist has appoint-
ment with some fair sitter whose portrait
he is making.
CHAPTER VII Agnes Murdoch lin
charge of her fathers household since her
mothers DEATH finds her father In his
study. She. in reply to question concern-
Ing attentions of Thomas Chatham,
shows her dislike of the persistent sutton.
Her father intimates she shall not be fur
Their bothered.
CHAPTER vIII-Miss Murdocks final
sitting for. portrait induces artist to ask
privilege of calling at her home, which she
readily grants. Bellboy brings note for
Agnes. This is read with evident annoy-
nnce, and she drops 1t. 1t remains forgot
ten when she leaves studio.
CHAPTER 1X-Promptly at time agreed
Dunlap meets .Sturgis. Reporter begins
long and careful examination in bank. RE-
volver in bookkeeper's desk shows two
empty cartridges.
CHAPTER determination completed.
Sturgts questions banker regarding relia-
bility OF Arbogast, head bookkeeper. then
announces Arbogast to be a defaulter with
Chatham, accountant who has frequently
examined condition of books, as accom-
plice. Message Arbogast sent Chatham
deciphcrcd from marks on blotter
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Murrav's Horse Book,
Treats on the origin, characteristics and
training Of horses, and gives remedies
for their diseases. Tells how to select
and how to care tor dairy COWS, and
how to educate and train dogs.