I ?B•T , SA'TULBDAY AT

3P )bvranvW eJC, LA.

.•lEI 5N. TURNER,

' L' her and Proprietor. -

S1~ C 1RTION : `a10 PIER YEAR.

_________-- ,August 2, 1897.

Will the wheat growers get the

beneit of the $1 wheat or will it be

the gamblers in the stock exchangee

that will reap the benefits?

United States Senator George was

not placed in his grave before there

were a dozen applicants for the posi-

tion that he has so honorably filled.

Stub is the world. C

Within the past two weeksca

two mysterious murders have been 11

committed right in the heart of

Greenville, Miss., without any pros- thefeean of ever finding out the assas- ssins. re

rep

Wimberly's commission still hangs rep

fire. There must be a terrible feel- she

ing in the breasts.of the "daithful," to

whose ipockets are getting light th:

watlinpg for the soft poehish that they so

expected sometime ago, but is still a

drear.

TeSultan of 'Iurkey has con-

sented to enter into negotiations for be

the sale of Palestine to the Jews. It af*"t.ei•mated that * fund of $650,- u

~00,0 is already secured for the co

purchose, including the Baron Hirsch ta

tad4 of $400,000,000. o

The 'Jmnghts of Pythlss of the m

State of trkansa4 are making efforts v:

•;',stabish a National Sanitarium at daSfot Springs for invalid Pythians. hb- •is is a worthy move and we hope an

that the.noble order will be success- th

Slid in .its undertaking.

. The Republican party and the hs

` Diegley bilL will try to pull the wool v

lf rtr the eyes of the people by declar-

Itg on a "stack ofat bibles" that this -lis-the cause of the ri, in wheat and o'ist- they are saving the country. in

Mrs. Julia Ward Miowe has np -Spealeid to the Pope in a letter, askin t

-bzaio Interfere to save Evangelinai sneros, the Cuban girl, who is said aIto be habout to be transported to the v,

.-- Spanish dungeons of Ceuta. Mrs. in'efterson Davis has written aletter to

. Qaueen of Spain making a similar fa, equest. ti

The speulator hare d the 8

-Ia of the advanced tce i

•wheat, and as the price goes down, aa wcaeh is tumbling every day after 1

'.:- .above the dollar mark, the d

arm•rser will still have in their posses- S

p' '4a soin ething like 400,009,000 ibuabsels, almost the entire wheat crop org their iands after all.

:,_' bPopulist State Central Com- a't met in Monroe on Wednesday f

p. 1.sdpaed resolutions to organ- d-ib all the parishes of the Stater

iwhere no organizations now exist and f

•silo to organize a Popueist club in Ia

vry ward in the city of New Or-i'a. They are preparing to fight

:, tbe De! ratic party in electing dele- s

pat• to the Oantitutional Conven-t

Screoloenamred Antone Richard,-who killed a peddler sometime ago,

sotd who iI now in prison in St.

.Charles parish, has confessed to

munrdering five others 4t differentStimes, for the purpose of robbery.

)aCO of his victims was an old Span-

lard, whom he killed and rQ bed in

1896•, Two ltaliansa.re suspected.

of this crime, and were lynched.

.The creole now says the Italians had*a nothing to do with the murder.

Acting Secretary Roosevelt has

issued an order to Lieutenant W. W.Kimball, who will be the command-

iig oteer of the torpedo flotilla,directing him to be ready to ascend

the l•jsissippl above New Orleans,on a good stage of water, as early as

orsuible in March or April, 1898,

" withl all the torpedo boats of the U.

.8. Laivy. 'yps will a pretty sight

-oe tihe people living along the Missis-

i ppi river. ,

S-- Nearly every parish 'a the State

at Los•ahlna shows an increase in

a.s.s.mei"• ove s year. The

....W an t says that "Louis-

pe-llna' la ta' pew coMa-

tb~ipa l en tv, neequal,

~5 - ~ u,-ismeb6.lb:juM4i~~WbIA mr~ew

~~ ~ -Eof r

* delu(thatthe itheireffeedliiC(

N;do n

West Carroll Votes (>othe 5-Mill Tax the

By a Vote of 427 to 30.of Iter'

Our sister parish of West Carroll die

cai be congratulated upon the unani- the

mous vote cast in favor of the 5-mill tim

tax in aid of the Lake Providence and

& Western Railway, which makes a

the road an assured certainty. There ti

was 437 votes cast in favor of the tax, the

reprenting $346.000, to s0 against, il.lrepresenting only $18,000, which

shows that the tax-payers are willing the

to tax themselves for this enterprise derthat is bound to benefit their parish foi

y so much. tlen

a Now for the railroad. sel(- tlit

Senator Stewart and Silver. po,. --18

The "sound-money" people have 180been very busy recently making 87affirmation that the accident of our tso

,-unusually good crop of wheat and ile corn this year in the United States, i8

h taken in conjunction with the failureof the croptin wheat-growing coan-

tries in other parts of the world,e must be the death-knell of the "sil- tl

ver heresy," of "Bryarism," etc., ea

and that the erst discontented pro. doducers will now with one accord 8i4

B' bless the existing financial system

)e and its upholders for what it and es

s- they have brought them. th

Among the wonderful things fo

which these "sound-money" people fose have adduced to show that the "il- Fi

ol ver heresy" is on its last legs is, as ,r- they have alleged, the ,"recantation" 184of Senators Jones and Stewart, and 16

s the advice these .stalwart advocatesd of bimetalism are credited Sith hav-

ing given to their' friends in theWest to "drop the silv.r issue." m

- Qf ccurse anybody who knows any- th

thing of bimetallism a• 91. ~Stuin-tors Jones and Stewart in connec- cc

tion with it, knows at once that the giid alleged recantation is but a weak in- hi

he vention of the ehemy-one of the

s. manifold inventions which the si

to "sound-money" people trump-up olfrom time to time to divert public Tattention from the straits to which m

they are reduced for argument to at

he sustain their monometallic case. ti

The "recantation" has not had wlong time to get-in its work; for ft

'D although Senator Jones has evident. wter ly not thought it worth his pains to of

he deny the absurd story, Senator It

N- Stewart has put his foot on it in his cm0 well-known vigorous fashion. Here wis what Senator Stewart has to say ci

OP on the subject:'-New York, Aug. 17.-Any state.

ment that I have changed my position tlM on the silver question, or advised my

aY friends in the West; or elsewhe.e, to "

a. drop the silver issue on the ground of f!te return of prosperity, or on any other a,ground, is absolutely and unqualifiedlynd false The fact that there are abund-

in ant crops in this country and famine

r- elsewhere, which gives temporany re. ilicf, is no reason why we should nott seek permanent relief by the only pos-

e- sible means in our power-the remone-

n- tization of silver. The efforts of the b

gold press are to make the country be-iieve that the gold standard has raised

the price of wheat, and not short cropsd in every country, but this is in keeping (o, with their false statements with regard p

.to my position. The low price of sil-ver, produced by eIxcluding it from themints, and particularly the recent de-

nt clino produced by demonetization in f

y. Japdb, marki the rise in old, and cn- shows the robbery and injustice of con-

in ning the money of the .world to thein commodity gold, When they point to

ed cheap silver as tihe result of their con-

d. spiracy. we point to dear gold as theresult of their rascality" The people Cad will not believe that the golditics con- s

trol the seasons, :tand give the UnitedStates good crops, and cause famineas elsewhere. They know that it is thework of Providence. over which the

goldties have no control. Their impu-d- lence in damaging credit is in keeping

la, with their entire system of deception,

end in which they are enslaving the humanrace.ns, .. Now is.the time to fight for silver.

F as The temporary relief which Providence

98, has granted should Inspire ihe man-hood of the American people to voteStheir sedtiments at .he ballot box. Itigrt removes some of the excuses of poverty

as. and starvation which voters made in1896 'when they submitted to intimida-tion, or yielded to bribery and voted

tate for their owP enslavement. The onlydanger is that the small measures ofin relief which the iise of wheat has given

The will not be suMllei•t to free the voterste the United StateS from coeroion sad

brisery, but it ought to and the-cause ofalver by ssto-irsg,to some extent, theeurld ofs voters, My eor..-

se with pe eople is very aets1vr ad -It btermme a Ihat the PolI[an ther(esgM live to the sltuatsio,Ian dad thu savra questaoa i aimg.every

delude the ignorant into thd belief TIthat the cause of bimetallism is onthe wane. They will have to cudgel Intheir imagtation for fancies to that of beffect; for facts looking in that Gatdirection they will find lionf, they wndo not exist.-Tines-Democrat. to t

-- ------- I lhe IThe Monstrous Pension List. folk

the ,

The pension list of the United veyStates, is in nmany respects the most grauastonishing piece of war finance in Viaithe history of the world. far

On the 30th of June last, the close tev?of the fiscal year of the Federal ttt

Governmnent, the number of persons CLtJdrawing war pensions w.as 9,'2,58'2. [l

Thirty-two years after the close of pthe Civil War, according to a state- oitmeat made by the New York Sun, our

whose editor was Assistant Secre- tiol

tary of War dni ing the civil conflict, 111uthe number of pensioners on account of n

of that war exceeds by about a quar- Hneter'of a million the number of sol-diers actually engaged in service all stalthe armies of the Government at any and

I time between the tiring upon Sumnpter stoe and the surrender of Lee at Appo- goImattox. The army of pensioners the

after a third of a ceintury is between ord

thirty and forty per cent larger than N1the fighting army at any one time atI,

duhng the war. o

h The Suti igarces up the growth of cog the pension list by the money paid 1.

to the pensioners. It finds. by phdividing, the years since 1865 into Chfour.year periode, each equal in Th

length to the duration of the war it- fro

sell, the increase of pension expen- fee

diture to its present stupendous pro Cportions is thus exhibited: sbl1865-1868........ ............ 7.672.110 io

e 1869-1872 ....... ........ 11.794.1221873-1876 ..... .... ........... 116.111,454 121877-1880 ..... ... 14.99,427. .r

ir 1881-1884 .. ... ...... 234.846.276 frc

Id 185.188 ................ 274.824.7411889-18902 ............. ...... 4 .560.638

, ' 1813-18968 ................ 581,364.073 pare ----

Total ................ .. 2,00 ,172,841 an

, Since the end of the war more ,lei;. than two billion dollars-that is to n

say, more than two thousand milliono. dollars-has been paid out in pen- sit

rd sions. it

m According to the Sun, the cost of thid carrying on the war, as shown by st

the accounts of the army and navy thga for font years of hostility, were as re

le follows:il. Fiscal Year. Army. Navy. ar

1896 ......... $389.173,562 $42,640,313 to1863 .......... 603,314,412 63,261,235 is

" 1864 ........... 69o.391,049 85.704,964

ad 1865......... 1,030,690,400 122,617,434 If

es $2.713,560,423 $314.228,966 tILv. Total Army and Navy..... $3,027,793,D391

he From this it till be seen that the S." money paid in war pensions since Ui. the close of hostilities has cqualed it

-La amount tWo thirds of the total I

Be- cost of carrying on one of the most c!

be gigantic conflicts in the military Pin. history of the world.he Thus it comes about that the pen- t

he sion list is the most formidable part oup of the cost of a war in this country. ilic The rule has been made that every H

ch man who was a member of the army jto and navy of the United States in

time of war is entitled to a pension, had without regard to any service per. t-For formed or any injuries received, and, a

nt. with this fact in view, the necessity tto of paying pensions to every one for

tor long periods of years has got to behis considered. No matter how much aere war may cost, the pension list will *lay cost more.-Times.Democrat. -

ite. We are very much pleased to learnon that the Populist pow-wow at Monroe ty was failure. Poor Gunby should 1

of feel somewhat sore over his pether scheme.

SMr. Neill, the cotton expert of tre- New Orleans, in his circular of last

not week, estimates the cotton crop atoe 9,700.000 bales, with a possibilify of

the half a million more.be- _______

Ex-Recorder Whittaker of New

SOrleans, must be a man of some t

ard prominence when such leading law-sil- yers as C. J. Boatner, Judge Luzen-

de- burg and others offered their helpin free of charge, in his behalf on ac-

nd count of the shooting of O'Malley.:on-

Sto Rains last week in the lower partoi- of the State has done a large amount

,l of damage. In Avoyelles, Rapideson and other pazshes it has been raining

d for one week, day and night, andcaterpillers are in dvery field. At

tbe Haasville it rained for a week, and itu- is estimated that the crop is damagedSone-half. At Bayou Chicot it rained

man for five days and cotton has been

very much damaged. Business andier. work is paralyz4 d on .account of'the

nan- excessive rains.

It Lieutenant C. C. Gallup, U. S. A.erty who is stationed at the, Louisiana

ida. State University, met with a terribleoted accident at Robhester, N. Y., onoly Friday last. Thle report says that

yon be was watching the dredge work onters the canal at Macedon when the tim-

bers broke and knocked the Lieuten-

ait ten feet in the air, and h'e fell in

ti the aal. After the hubbab wast overm Ihe Leutenant was missed, an

aof ourse they searched the canal.

iuy thboty was toun•d in a few min-tWhee *a asd broazgbt a14 aertnuately

The Great Cathedral of Mexico.

In response to the rlteust of-a friendof the States, in Philadelpi• we pre-sent a description of the.grTat CatholicCathedral in the City of Mr xicn. Itwould be impossible to do full justiceto this magniticent structure withinthe limits of a oigle article, but the

following notes and facts, takch from

the work of Lorenzo Castro. will con-

vey somee ide'a ,of the size, beauty andgrandeur of this imposing edifice.Visitors to Mexico will appreciate how

fatr this description falls short in con-

vet in• a full sense of the marvelousattractions of the Cathedral. It will

be. however, interesting reading to our(Catlholic friends and to tourists that

propose to visit the land of the Aztec.We shall take occasioni cre.long, in

comuplihance witl; the request of one of

,our suslcrii:irsi , to present the tradi--tion and tcliscribe the sanctuary of the

li,ly Virgin of Guadalo,!pe. Patronessof Mexico.

It would take a book to d(lescribc that

line mnonumnent; we can only u ffrd togive a brief sketch of it. The edificestands on the ride of the main square,F and is built on the same spot where

r stood tle temple dedicated to the Aztec

god. ,luitzilspotchi." tutelal god of

s the nation. It was begun in 1573, byn order of King Philip II., l)on Pedro

n Mova de Contreras being archbishop,

e aid was completed in 1657. under the

government of Don Fray MarcosRamirez de Prado, 94 years after itscorner stone had been laid, at a cost of

d $1.752,000. which sum was paid by

Y Philip 11. Philip III. Philip IV. and.o Charles II. (surnamed the bewitched).

o This buiilding is about 432 feet long

t- from north to south, and about 203. feet wide from east to west. withoutcounting the space which is situatedbetween its porch and the level bf the

square, about 140 feet, which is sur-10 rounded on the south, east and west by

124 columns, over 5 feet high, to which

27 are fastened iron chains; about 15 feet76 from the chains are 77 ash trees equal-

3 ly distant from the column, and in a

73 parallel line with them. These consti--- tute one of the finest walks in the city.

41 and is knowin as the Paseo de Ins Ca-

re denas. It is particularly attractive byto moonhlight.

)n The entrance to the prebandary is

n. situated on the oast, suirounued by afline irons railing, the principal front of F

of the building which faces south, hasthree entrances, composed of threeSstyles of architectuire-the first Doric,

vY the secont Ionic with statues in base-

as relief.Its two towers are 200 feet in height.

and cost $199.000. Between the two

towers, and above the main entrance,96 is a beautiful clock, with a face of gilt

44 metal, above which are three theologi--cal virtues, artistically executed. In

9 the two towers are forty-eight bells.Those worthy of notice are: r First.,

be Santa Maric de (unadaloupe (Holy

ice Mary of Guadaloupe,) which is 36 feet

ed in hight; second, that of 'DonaMaria,"

t •l whics weighs 15.000 pounds; and third,

)st called Saint "Angel, weighs" 14,000iry pounds.

Besides the entrances already men-

tioned, the cathedral has three more,en- two of which are situated on the north -

art of the building. on one side of which

rY. is the chap.el of Las Anim as (the souls)

ri whore the remains of the clergy are

ny deposited.in The cupclo and lantern, which in

)n, height is nearly on a level with the

ter- towers, show ctaborate and tasteful

d, art.The interior of the edifice belongs to

tr the Doric order; has beautiful fnd eloe-for vated arches, five naves, two closed and

be three opened, the latter with fourteenb a pillarsewith columns on each of its

- till sides; from the pilasters start the arches

to meet others before it, and on theside of the two iateral naves are loca-

ted fourteen chapels, all enclosed withbalustrades of iron and carved wood,

roe besides the six chapels named as fol-

uld lows: First, Delos Reyes (of the Kings),

pet whoIeltre buried the viceroys; second,Las Animuas. (the Souls); third, DelBuen Despatcho (of the Good Resolu-

tion); fourth, Sac Jose (St. Joseph);

of ifth. San Rorenzo (St. Lawrence); andst sixth, the El Pardon (the Pardon) Inthe latter a mass is said every half anSat hour every day during the year.

of Between the vaults and other space

of the temple are 147 windows, and in

the cupola and lantern already men-tioned, the presbytertum, wv re standsJew thtm.ain altar, which is situated -in

)mc thfmiddle of the church, between the

choir and the altar of the kings, toa- which one ascends to a flight of wide

!cn- steps; the four fronts of the altar are

selp surrounded by a balustrade of metal

called tumbago, which extends in astraight line on either side until itS reaches the choir; this balustrade is

ornamented with sixty-two statues,t who hold a chandehler of the samepart metal in one hand.unt The cypress over the main altar is

dles sustained by eight columns.' covered

with stucco, in which are located the

Smagnificent statues of the apostles.nd evangelists and principal saints, all ofAt natural si-e. Above the second order

id it of architecture is a group of angels,

above which is the mother of our Re-ged deemer; all, formerly. were covered

ned with precious stones, etc. Its treasure.

>en at one time, was enumerated as fol-

and lows: Twenty ch~liccs of gohll; 6 ves-sels of gold, in which wine and water'the are servedt for mass; 132 rubies; 1676

diamonds, with 13 mares of gold; 2golhd vessels for incente; a silver image

A of the Conception, weighing 28, marcs(a marc 8 ounces); the principal rli-

naa qiary,, which is ornamented with 2,651rible mtucrals, 44 rubies, 8 saphirus and

on many more treasures too long to onu-merate. Most of the jewels are pres-

that ents trolp the Emperor Chartes V.-

k on Daily States.

tim- Dibble-"flowdo oi know ~he's Iiten- pnr lawyer?' Seribble-"I heard

l in him remark that talk is cheaip. "

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I'be following is the schedule of the

Y. & M. V. R. R., taking _effect from

sLt. 13.iew Orleans Division-Train 'will

leave Vicksburgg,3.10 a.mn.and arrive

at New Orleans 10:36 a. m.

Traiu 21 will leave Vicksburg 8:00a. im.n an arrive New Orleans 5:30 p.mI.

'Train 6 will leave New Orleans 4.:•

p m. aad arrive Vicksbnrg 11.. 9 p. m.'rrain No. 22 will leave New Or-

legns at 8.05. a. in. and arrive at Vicks-burg at 5.55 p. m.

Memphis Divisiou-Train No. 5 vleave IMemphis at 7.56 p. m. and ar iat Vicksburg at 8-00 fatl.,

No. 23 will leave Memphip at 8:46 a.m. and arrie at Vicksbur.at 6:45 p.in.

Train No. .6 leaves Vick•brg at101t a. m. and arrives at Memphis at710p. ni.

Train No. 24 will leave Vickburg-at 7:35 a- m. and arrive at Memphis at';5:30-[. m..

Alll trains run daily.For inforlnatino as to rates Ac.,

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