A Pew Plain Faoia..
MM'« fool!
WWn it*« hot he wants it *>ok
i It'« aoU be want« It hoV.
i with hi« lot
Wh«a it'« dry.
B» Mwwnf i« «wn to rtffl y
■W b na to meet Ui wish- Vt nin,
Of the wet the fool complaint.
Bot or eoM. or dry or wei^
'Nofjing suttV that he can get-,
T eouridrr.'as a rule,
Hah Va fooL*
*r.w

In I
V i
TUS IXKLKHHIUTY QUESTION.
—For tbeinformstion of onr read
erf generally, and in answer to nn
nerom special inquires, we give,
in this article, the main provisions
1
of tfeobill upon this snhject, which
passed the House of Representa
tives on the 10th of April last, at
the called sessiou of the present
Coog:*e8S. From this it will be
seen what classes of persons, by
its terme, are »tor relieved from the
disability clause of the so-called
XJVtb Amendment. This bill
was not acted on by the Senate
fceforo the adjournment, bat re
mains on the calendar of business
in that bodj-, to come up at the
session to meet in December, now
approaching. The bill removes
political disabilities from all per
sons who do not corse within the
following classification:
First—Members of the Congress
of the United States who withdrew
therefrom, and aided the rebel
lion;
8econd—Officers of the Army
and Navy of the United States,
who, being above the age of twcu
ty one years, left said Army or
Navy, and aided the rebellion;
and
Third—Members of the State
Conventions which adopted pre
tend'-d ordinances of secession
who voted for the adoption of
such ordinances.
Besides these main provisions,
the Third section sets forth the
manner in which the general pro
visions of the bill are to be oarried
ont, wh.ch are not given in the
language of the bill, in the Con
grettional Globe of the 11th of
April, from which we have taken
the above statement, bat they do
not affect the substance of its ma
teiial parts.
If this bill passes the Senate, as
it has passed the Honse, the ineli
gibility disqualification of the so
called XIYth Amendment will no
longer apply to any |>erGon who
does not come within one or the
other of the three classes to set
forth in bill .—[Atlanta (Go.,) Sun.
The Origin of the Chicago
Flits.—I paid a visit Wednesday
eveniug to Pat. Leary, No. 137
DsKoven street, in whose stable
the fire Sunday night started.
His house, a one story frame,
stands, bat his stable is gone.
Five cows and one horse lie side
by side where it stood. Mrs.
Leary kept a small dairy, and peo
ple say that she was milking a
cow that night by the light of a
kerosene lamp, and that the cow
kicked the lamp over and stirted
the fire. She says this is not true,
aDd that she was in bed at the
time; besides, she uses sperm oil,
and not kerosene in her lamps.
She is intensely Irish. She says
the house opposite and across the
alley north was unoccupied, and
she tbiuks some one fired the shed
on the back of that. Many of the
neighbers affirm the story of the
cow and the kerosene lamp. I
don't kaow how they can be cer
taiu about that, for no witness has
turned up, and Mrs. Leary says
she would not be milking a cow at
tb&t time of night. Another sto
ry is that across the alley from
Mrs. Leary's some Bobemain tail
ors got to quarreling and upset a
kerosene lamp among a lot of
shavings, aud so started the con
flagration.— [Exch* nge.
Tüe Fiery Trial of (Jtjil am
Paper.
A singular but. entirely satis
factory commentary upou the act
ual value of im tallic currency autl
fwi|>er promises to p:t 3 as a eircu
fitting median, appears among
iâfirtelegîftptiioadvic«* troin Chi
ctigo.
The vanlts o the United States
enstom-huose— liicli ought to
have been as nearly fire proof as
the ingenuity of man could make j
them—were ojened last Saturday
by the government officials, and
the conteuts oarefnlly ins|*ectetl.
The work of inspection, however,
required but little time. Of all
the books and documents which
represented a arge portion of the
commercial eu erprise of a great
city, there remained nothing but
a heap of chi.rretl und illegible
leaves. But in addition to these
important records, which it will be
difficult to repine«, there had been
deposited two tndliou dollars, in
greenbacks, aud one million in
gold. The greenbacks were gone
beyoud the re; ch of redemption,
leaviug bellim only a small pile
of ashes to tel of the wealth swal
lowed up iu the i isatiate jaws of
the hungry flame. But the gold
was there, sadly altered indeed,
but still a living reality, aud not
a vanished dr« am, mocking even
the resurrectii g loucliof Spinner's
marvellous penmanship. The
double eagles, singleeagles, halves
and quarters, and changed their
bright, clear faces under the tierce
breath of the conflagration; the
sharp imprint of the die was wiped
ont; the piece bail lost their iden
tity, discarde 1 the uniform in
which the canning machinery of
the mine had clothed them, anti
were welded into a solid mass of
rough, uncouth metal. There lay
the ugly, precious lu ui p, as though
it had been just dug from the
earth and had dropped iu the
midst of the c umbling ruins to
show that nature, after all,is more
than a match for man. And
there, beside it, lay a handful of
black dust, as if to prove that the
immutable lairs which govern the
universe cannot be set aside by
the edicts of congresses, or the
pledg«:d faith of powerful nations.
The lump goes back to the mint
for recoiuage, itud will emerge
ftesh aud beautiful, nuilimiiiished
iu value by the loss of a cent; the
handfnl of dm t is thrown into the
street to be trodden under foot by
the rushing throng. The one was
a snbstautiul f act which fire could
mutilate, but could not conquer;
the
bubble, wliicl the fire pricked
and allowed to fade into thin air
other was au unsubstautial
1
When subject«-<l to such a test.'
there is no disputing the superior-^
ity of hard each over its pretty
and convenient substitute—and
this practical argument ought not
be overlooked in the calculations
•f our political economists.
Of course, t ie government loses
nothing by th destruction of the
two million greenbacks. The gov
ernment manufactured them, and
should it be necessary to snpply
the deficiency an order to the

printing department would do the
business at at outlay of |>erliaps
a hundred dollars. But the bank
ers, merchants, and private de
positors, whote paj>er money has
been consumed, canuot grind oth
ers out again; their loss is irrepa
rable, and mi st be accepte«! as
gracefully as possible. This side
lesson of the great fire npsets
many flue spun theories, and the
people—more especially the suffer
ers—will not w likely to forget it
soon.
Who pays the highest price
for a home? The woman who
marrie« for cue.
Tut* Woihl thus describes tin
last scene iu the Eoseuzweig casr.
"Mrs. Rosenzweig cried bitterly,
and said, 'Oh how eau I bear this;'
but the terrible passion eviuced by
the- daughter Rosa was something
ghastly. This girl, petite, augu
ar about fourteen years of age,
vritU a series of shrieks, 1 seit en
the matted floor of the prison box
and shrieked out, 'Ob, inay my
God curse every one who has
went against you, fathtr; may
their flesh rot Irom then bones;
may their lives wither up; may
they die rotten. Oh, father, it I
die for it, I'll have all their lives,'
and then she clasped her arms
around Roseozweig'a nick anil
clung to him eouv ilsively.
But even at this, the must trying
scene of all, Rost uzweig lid uot
she«l a tear. His face showed a
sliglrt trace of f«*eling, bnt no
more. The officer* parted them,
and Rosenzweig was hurried
«lowu the stairs. Outside it crowd
of about five hundred people
awaited his coming. When he
appeared they set up aloud shout,
and booted and hissed. The door
of the van was opened, one of the
officers hustled him iu. and iu a
moment the vau dasher away,
bearing Jacob Rosenzweig, the
terrible abortiouist, to bin prison
home.''
The reform ticket for the city
and county of New York is suc
cessful.
New York, Nov. 8.—Election
summary—Wisconsin «*l«*etsa Re
publican governor and legislature.
Illinois elects Republican congress
man at large by 2.7,001$ to 30.00«
majority. New Jersey ele;ts De
coue, Democratic goven or and
probably legishture.
New York ejects Republican
State ticket and legislature.
Tamtnauy hall was uot open
last night.
The World says retur is from
this State which were unusually
backward this year indicate the
elec'ion of the Republican ticket
by at least 20,090 majority.—[ Ga
zette it Flag.
A talking mavliiue, constructed
of wire roils India rubber tubes,
wootieu uprights ami steel springs,
was exhibited iu New York recent
ly by Prof. Falter of Viel um. The
apparatusis upou anatomical laws,
a pair of b Hows Mijqilomeiiting
the human lungs, an elditic tuite
the larynx, a series of s|iring.s tin
vocal chords, and au Inciarubber
clap|>er the tongue. Articulate
soumis ;ire produce«! by a s«-ri«-s
le ere an( orated b, a key
1 board. The mach i ne r«qH*at«*tl
I phrases with r<*iu:irknb!e tacilitj-.
husky tone which >ngge>ted
e poaaibility of a col l iu its
aml c!os,m1 b» soliloquy with
a urÿt ot laughter (»ecuüarty hu
man.
77 hen you «nuke eitler, select
nothing hut the rqiest turnips,
chopping them into slei lengths
before cradling them. In lioiliug
your eitler us«* jileuty of ice, and
when boiled hang up in the suu to
dry.— [H. Grteiey.
THE FRA CTJCAL PI AN TER.
u T
A Monthly Aoncultural Journal,
Pifblitikedat Mem phi*. Tenu., by
GEO. W. GIFT A PATTON A NDERSON
TEX.tlS
OneoopT, on« y«*!ir............... J 50
Four rupii-a, 011 yi-ar............... 5
Teu copit«, oue year,............... 10 00
A. KAHN,
No. 38 Texas Street
Shreveport, La.
W holesale ami Retail Dcale in
C^ueeugware.
Hardware.
C •orkerrware.
W oodware, willow ware, To .-a, Coal Oil,
Lamps,
STOVES,
China and Glassware and mai ttfacturer of
Tin ware.
Agents for the Chartre Oak Stove.
1 v«u«
LI. A B. JACOBS,
WHOLESALE
—AKD—
RETAIL
ere h a n t 8
SHRE VXPOR LA
31
S ole Agent« and Compounders of the ccle
t,rated K« »SMITH BITiKHS fa
vorahlv knowH in Europe, and acknowledge
ed by all who have given it a trial, to be
superior to any other Bitten know
vUu«8
JOSEPH BOISSEAU,
(tl'CCUiOl TO WALSH BOIS8EAC,)
WHOLESALE GROCER
A D
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
On the Levee
SHREVEPORT LOUISIANA
H AVING leased my Warehouse and Cot
ton Shed to Messrs. McCutcheu A Co.'
they will succeed me iu the Receiving and
Forwarding Bunne«».
I will continue the GROCERY and COM
MISSION BUSINESS, in my new building,
«'here I will always keep on baud a large
aud well assorted stock of
GROCERIES.
PRODUCE, and
FARMING
IMPLEMENTS.
ml will at all time*, be happy to meet and
wait upon my friends and the public gener
ally. Having made ample arrangements for
storing purpose-. I will matin littéral advan
ces, in Cash or Goods, on all consignment«
to mv care, for sale or shipment.
JOSEPH BOISSEAU.
▼9n W.
A. J. STACEY.
THUS. POLAND
Stacey Sc Poland,
(Successors to Stacey k IVe 11a,)
WHOLESALE akd RETAIL GROCERS
X D
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
Corner of I^evee and Crocket streets
SHREVEPORT, La.
W ill make liberal advancement on con
signmeuta. V7n28
ixrisk*-« to inform hi« friend« and the rent
1 k 1 1 el,H *j u »t T oe, ed
ECLIPSE
livery and Sale Stable
Texas Street. Sh. "report. La.
B FISH. Proprietor
(Late of Lexington, Mo
H aving bought the «tock of the
nbove named Stables and leased
the same. I am prepared to do a first
class Livery Business of all kind, day
<>r ni »bt My Stables are the best in
town. h.-ing'afety repaired and refitted.
Give me a call and I will satisfy all.
v!0.i!5 B. FISH.
Rialto Drinking Saloon,
—A X D—
Family G-roceries.
G. S. Rasberry, Proprietor,
Bellevue La.,
50

00
of
Ir<-tk sufiply of Bar IAqnora, of every
lsin<l. Tobacco, Cigars, Candirs, Oyster«,
'tardine«. Pickles,.Candles, and great va
.iety of other articles too nnmerons to euu
im-rate. All of which he will sell os cheap,
for the cash, as they can be bought elsewhere
in the market, and to which he invites the
atteutiuu of buyera. vSntl
GROVER Jt BAKERS'
SEWING MACHINES.
FIRST PREMIUM.
H
A\'E been awarded more firsUpre
tniuma in Mis«is»lppt. Louisia
na. Alabama and Texas, during the
part three years thnn all other sewing
machine« combine!. Their sale in the
above mentioned States is greater than
that of any other.
These machines range in price from
$50 nj)ward and are unsurpassed by
any -in the market.
Their simplicity and ability to per
form every claasof family sewing (from
rhe finest to the heaviest) have made
them the fivorite sewing machine of
the South.
A large stock of Cotton, Linen, and
Silk thread. Oil, Needles and alt the
most improved attachments for sewing
machine- at New York price, can be
had at the general soutl erndepot, 182
Canal Street, New Orleans.
J. H. GARDNER, Agent.
n&vOl io6tns

Shreveport live Drug Store.
JOff.V IF, MB ER,
«Si xsoaaor to P H. Kyea It Co»)
Dealer In
01, m, Paint», Lamp»,
Drugs, Family Medicine«,
STA TIOSER T, TAXCY ARTICLE, <fr
GARDEN AND FIELD SEEDS.
1
W° I*". ,arr,,a iM /TT r t Uu £"2
TV Houses m Philadelphia New 7 ark
and Kentucky and v-arrant all to be treah
and best quality, without reguru tonamt or j
place of »rowers. Sold by the pound or in
papers,-vholeaaleor -«tail.


AGENTS FOR S.CWISG M^COISIs\
I
I
We will sail Wilcvx It Gibb's Machine
one-third cash, the 1 alanee in monthly pay
manta. AJIMai-hints warrant d.
We almsell the W îeeler A Wilson, Home
Shuttle Mid the Hose.
f?" t orner Milam and Spring streets,
Shreveport. n-ltf.
THE RURAL SOUTH-LAND.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY,
VI 60 Camp Si., Xew Orleans.
Devot» i to the AffrittUtural Interests
of the Southern Slates.
I
t cot tains twenty large pages, bea
tifullv printed on Book Paper,
handsom-ly and appropriately Illus
trated. and is an earnest, able advocate
of the Rural Industries of the South.
Evpry Southern Farmer will consult
hîs interest by becoming a subscriber.
No better, cheaper, or more earnest
exponent of Southern Agriculture,
Progress and Improvement is to be
found than THE RURAL SOUTH
LAND.
Terms.—$ 3 per annum in advance.
Address,
E. F. RUSSELL.
60 Camp St, New Orleans.
janlO 6mo
E. J. .Leman,
Confectionery,
MARKET STREET,
SHREVEPORT, LA.
LUNCH,
'OFFRE,
CHOCOLATE.
OYSTER PATES
Oysters in every Style.
M.
anu acturer of every kind of Bonbon«,
Chccolae, etc
Chccolae, etc
R.JV.Faul,
P.OOT AND SHOEMAKER,
MINDEN, LA.
R "spe< ffally announces to his
friends and enstouters of Bos- I a
1 er parish, that he keeps constantly 1
on hand a large and well-assorted *tocV of
French Calf Skin» Morocco etc., j
fee., «»ill is prepared to make Boots and
Shoes of the lx;at quality and most approved
style. Would calf npecial attention to the
red actio 1 in his uricea. Boots $12 to $ltr,
shoes $5 to $S. Do uot ask for credit, necea
sitycom >els met» do a cash hnsiness
P. W. PAUL.
»I Good Raying Property
FOR SALE
Oia Easy Terms.
M Y entire interest at this place.
t onsistmg of FOUR COTTAGE
BUILDINGS on Carrollstreet. Half
interest, in STORE HOUöEof Abney
9c Love. Half interest in FEED
STABLE of A. D. Self. Half interest
in STORE HOUSE of E. P Pauvert.
Entire interest in BLACKSMITH
SHOP and tools, on Carroll street.
A very liberal bargain will be given
to any jne taking the entire property.
T. W. ABNEY.
Couahatta, La. nlStf
F I LIL.IIO HE ACADEMY
—AND—
NORMAL SCHOOL
(FOB B )TH SKXKS),
FILLMORE, LA.


1HE loventh annual session of this school
T i________________________
twqins on the FIRST MONDAY, the
4th of September, 1871,
for the reception of pupils.
RATES PER MONTH—Srecm n» Adva*ce
I Except by Special Contract
Board. Washing, Lights aud Tui
■■PV
f J^. h d JF ai .î!? n 2000
LI MAN GRISWOLD, PnutipaL

W. E Hamii.tox Sevrctur
Board of Trustee*.
rlOaatf
Fancher dfc
K
StAVCPACTCRCRS or
HARDWARE
.OMflOi fiooiI
Wrought Iron Goodi,
Locks, Door Knot«,
Gray's Patent
Springs, Gibbs' Pa
Bench Clamps, Rachel
Bed Keys, Etc. 11
IMPORT! RS aKD tili. t lT
Q V,
r 1VI
1 W B m U H JÙ Nails. H we
TV Mule Shoes, Horse Nails, Chsai
Wa£^ar^^nd*W^%
an(l Triuiminm, Agricultural Im,L,.* k
Mechanics' Tools, MarhinU s' 1 e DU
j iloU8e »urniahiug Good*, Etc Eu
r,
a Q
sole AGEvn »»a i
!l J liw We
(Marvindt C«x's Fire and Bargla p
Safes, Howe Scale Co.'s Standard ScaJ?
Pro videur« Tool Co.'a Mechaoiok dfjjy)'
^^^£^252,2
I Mmiltliujg P D H tuk,A
I White Le*
**J nlu
tivatora, Etc.
Mil All .A. riilU.l
OCB SrXCIALTICS AQE
Mechanics' Tools, Blacks tnithg*
Tools and Builders' Hardvare.
Warehouses—
No 1 Milam Street, Shreveport,I
No. 30 Warren Street, New York.
Factories—
Williamsburg. Long Island.
il .A.
ms
Fall and H*intev Gootiu
-IN—
GREAT YAM ET/:.
uni*»»'-, ait' ;o aim it t«|«i
ittrr it .vritH'oi.j betihifok
.•wiod aoO
—ALSO— ut bl ,8
•o- -'fin jf .a**o*i hot
H:! II .L
Full Lines of Groceries
'.aH
—AND—
J»]
aAT
Plantation SupjBes,
-AT-
•»•»îii-i »'wlrthlft till HI g-i;
lr i .âî ilS'J 199
'«Hu
low MACES.
mu

HAHILTOY A C 0, T
.-mo J a irO
t J /»J qub k'ixr.1 v>.j »J
No. 5 Texas St., &hrer< port
V. îSliicLet,
WATCH-MAKER,
.1 Jo
JEWELER«
AND DBALEK O»
Fine
No. 5 Texas St., &hrer< port
ami
Watches, Jewel ■*if
DIAMONDS,
_
Texas Street, between Market a id
SHREVEPORT, Lj
I../- 1*9^
Watches and Jewelry retired
warranted.
I-----'-—- TT- 2 TI P
XIIOH. fcJ. JLi^üVIi,
li-fl-ot ,'hur.\ o -iiTXsh sncw.iiw
BENTON, LA,
qiiiipwol .0 BoiJSi»*
lTespectfally inform« his 'friei ds aniji*
Jit public that having mud« ei» «m»
pai-chasesof
t'»T sfatvtKV
UH .K.l
>»0
CLOTHING,
OROCERTl îê 7 f
V. yA \0 3 S&F
HARDWARE
ï'ancy and toilet Goods, Boots and
dte., of every dmeriptien, he of ers to wk
at prices to suit the times. Havi a^ pureba*
ed for cosf- 3 1
are unsn:
I)SY GOODS,
at tint class houses,
are unsnrpasseil for giving geuej al sàtàmc
tion in prices<wid quality. Pens ds vwK
Spring and Siutup«! ,j
_.
Dry Goods and
L se.uoil tin« a *41 rA
or anythin« ia tho Dry Good., (HatkiWf

a 1 •>;!j .LTf.r u'i;i*7*K iM
FAMILY GROCJÂYpO
HMIa 7 «r of bid
-in*'.»™ invited tr> call awt esa^ filN
»locks which are received oon«taut«J, w»
opened for the inspect ion of pm rbwSera.
Prompt attMtici* given. î» f ».VûtiâM