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The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-07-05

A SHARP Blow FROM A WITNESS
Lawyers who badger witnesses upon the
stand often get sharply cut, and among
numerous stories told at the expense of
the bar, there is none better than one
that occurred at the session of a court
recently held in Western city. A prom
inent lawyer had an old farmer upon the
stand whom he undertook to brow-beat,
and for an hour labored hard to confuse
and fTighten by his merciless style of
cross-questioning. The lawyer had a
large bald head that by q stretch of i'm
agination might be thought to resemble
pumpkin, and wore a huge shirt collar.
During his laboriOus badgering of the
old farmer, one side of said collar wilted
and lay down on the lawyers coat. AS
the witness was released, he stepped to-
ward his tOrmentor and said loud enough
for the court and jury to hear:
See here, Squire, if you don't put up
your sidebOard, you'll lose thatpumpkin
off the top of the load.n
Smiles were audible about this time.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-07-05

In a new book just over from London,
Captain O'Saughnessy's Sporting career,
When Chief Justice Lefroy had come
fresh from attending meeting for the
conversion of the Jews to preside at the
Cor ( Assizes, O'Connell, who then at
tended the Munster Circuit, was retained
to defend a man accused Of stealing
collection of ancient coins. Among them
were some of the Hebrews and some of
the Caesars. The judge desired to in
spect them. O'Connell, who was then
agitating Catholic emancipation, archly
said, Hand his Iordship the Jewish ones,
and give me the ROmaR!n
On another occasion, when O'COnneTl
was illustrating the injury which mill
owner would sustain by the diversion of
q water-course, he said, pointing the
jury's attention to the rubicund- visaged
attorney beside him, " Gentlemen, if the
defendant is permitted to iniure my
client in this way, there won't be water
enough left in the stream to make grOq
for F0gartytn
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WHY SOME PEOPLE DON'T GET
ALONG.-lt is q generally accepted fact
among political and social economists
that German or a Frenchman will
live comfortably and lay up money and
accumulate property ON a rate of wages
which scarcely enables an Englishman
or an American to live from hand to
mouth. .-.-
This native improvidence on the part
OF Americans we know is not confined
to the poor alone, but also devours the
resources of the middle, and sometimes
even of the wealthiest classes. And
according to the Earl of Derby, who
lately made speech before what is
called the Provident knowledge Soeie-
ty, in England, it is the same there
" Rich and poor y said Lord Derby, eve
are all taTred with one brush and
disclaim the offensive and ungraciOus
office Of .lecturing only those who have
very little to spare, on the duty of lay
ing up for the future, while that same
duty Is notOriously neglected by many
thousands in classes where its perform
ance would be comparatively easy"
In this disposition to be improyident
and in the ignorance of what true
economy is, we have the germ of the
widespread decentralization which il
sweeping over the land. But this germ
would not expand to such devastating
consequences were it not forced into
unnatural development by the vulgar
love of display which is SO apt to ac.
company ignorance and disrelish O1
economical principles. All these com.
hined sap not only the resources but the
morals of the victims, and precipate
them into social disgrace, as wen al
financial ruin, and not unfFequently
land the head of a family In the State
prison, while his wife and children fine
refuge in an aims house.
In short, it is owing to their ign0
rance, improyidence, and love of dis
play, that some people don't getalong
ENew York Herald.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-07-05

NEW TRUTHS.-It seems as a thing
greatly to be lamented that there should
be predispOsitiOn to oppose, rather
than to welcome, new truths for reason
does not deny that truths are important
to man. But when we consider the
condition of either the race or of an in
dlVldual, we easily see how it should
be so. The race begins in ignorance,
and gradually proceeds to knowledge.
Every new piece of knowledge has ac-
cOrdingly to contend with all the igno-
rance which still exists, or with the
prejudice generated by ignorance, and
meets with only the support of the
truths already ascertained, or with the
liberality which is occasioned by the
acquisition of those truths. In other
words, the reception of new truth is in
the protection Of the amount of en-
liightenment or darkness in the race at
the time when it is presented. Neces-
sarily, therefore, truths will never fail
to meet with opposition from mankind,
until the last vestige of ignorance is ex-
plunged. The case is the same with an
individual. He begins with ignorance,
and soon becomes imbued with all the
preJudlces which Ignorance has created
among his contemporaries.
AHOA NAOSS PANJubACC ulCIC4J
the. mind, to the exclusion of O lust
philosophy, but it wraps and weaEens
the mind itself, so that the clearest evi-
dence is insufficient to produce convic-
ton. Hence it is rare event in society
to meet with a person who can reason
justly upon anything beyond admitted
common places. The power might be
originally there, but, instead of being
drawn out, exercised and made expert,
it has been left dormant, or been only
used to wrong purposes, Or choked like
q flower by weeds. As these pecufiari-
ties in our condition, both as aface and
as single beings, are natural, or the re-
suit OF prOyidential arrangements, it is
not rational to deelaim against them,
The right conduct respecting them is 10
acknowledge their force-fo see That
though man thus begins. it Is not de-
signed that he should remain ever
thus-and to use every exertion to pre-
pare our own minds and those of our
felloW-ereatures for the reception of
truth.-[New York Ledger.
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70 dpom9Ry dp gitRy y3En4y my son 9 what are you going
editor, of course" FBut what are Won m
sending it to the editor for?n cause
he says if any one will send him a club
he will send them a copy of his paper.D
The mother came near fainting, but re-
tanned consciousness enough to ask
" But, Tommy, dear, what do YOU sun
pose the editor wants with a club 8"
" We'll, | don't know" replied the hope
full urchin, unless it is to knock down
subscribers who don't pay for their pa
Der.n H
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pRY GoOns. esreocERTEs. &C.
TUsF ARRIVED:
Ladies, Read the News!
CAMILLE ROOS


CAMILLE ROOS
Having just returned, by last boat, from New
Orleans, with a FULL and dBEAUTIFULs STOCK
OF MERCHANDISE, invites ALL both Ladies
and Gentlemen to call and examine his stock,
which they will find complete in every article
they may need.
GENTS FINE READY-MADE CLOTHING,
CENTS FURNISHING GOODS,
HATS, GLOVES, ETC,
LADIES' VERY FINE DRESS GOODS, such as
FINE GRENADINES,
BLACK AND COLORED ALPACAs,
MOURNING GOODS,
JAPANESE CLOTHS, tall shades and prices,)
A FINE ASSORTMENT OF HOSIERY,
LADIES' MISSES AND CHILDRENs TRIM
MED HATS,
LATEST STYLES OF SHOES,
Also full stock of
PROVISIONS, GROCERIES,
HARDWARE, WOODENWARF3, TINWARE,
TOBACCO, CIGARS, WHISKY, ANIsETTE,
&C. &C. &C.
At very low prices to suit the times.
FINE JAPANESE CLOTHS at from Is to 25 cts
per yard. ri. ...e-
CHOICE FLOUR tguaranteed) at 81 per barrel
Highest prices paid for
COTTON, HIDES, WOOL,
And all other produce, at
CAMILLE Roos,
Cor. Main and North Streets, Opelousas
april5-tf
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Hahneman, the founder of the HomRo-
pathic School, was one day consulted bv
wealthy English Lord. The Doctor
listened patiently to him. He then took
q small vial, opened it and held it under
the Lords nose. "Smell! Wen, Won
are cured!n The Lord asked in surprise.
" How much do owe yOu?n "a tfous-
and francs" was the reply. The Lord
Immediately pulled out bank note and
held thunder the Doctors nose. "Smell !!
Well, you are paidIn
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-07-05

The following conversation occurred
between a tourist and a steamboat pilot
"This is Black MOuntain?n
Yes sir; highest mountain above
Lake George" =
"Any story or legend connected with
that mOuntain2"
Lots of 'em. Two lovers went I'D to
that mountain once and never came back
again" 0''Nl>
"Indeed-why, what became of them 2"
event down on the other side.n
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A Greenhorn, who was on board q
steamboat for the first time, fell through
the hatchway and down into the hold,
when being unhurt, he loudly expressed
his surprise: "Well, if the darned thing
amt hOller!n
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LIJNE EER.--E. LII

Id Choice Cypress and Pine Lumber, of every
dimension. and in unlimited quantities, slIp+
piled By the undersigned at Mount Pleasant
Mills, nnar Washington. We are pfgeiFing q
large lot of chain logs, and VIII I'LL with prompt
ness and dispatch al bills entrusted TO ms,
Orders addressed to the undersigned, at Wash.
ingtOn, will receive immediate attention.
All kinds and any AMOUNT OF Seasoned Lumber
always on hand at Reduced Prices
Terms Cash at the min
FRANK MCNICoLL.
Mt. Pleasant Mills, July 5, 1871.
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"Ah, Mr.. Simpkins, we have not
enough chairs for our company" said O
gay wife to her frugal husband. "Plen-
ty of chairs, dear, but too much com
pany," replied Mr.. Simpkins, with a
knowing wink.
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SCENE IN UTAH.-First Mormon
" I wonder who that blonde isr' A nice
figure. Second Mormon Why, don't
you know? It's your wife.T First Nor
mon- so it is. I thought I had seen
her before"
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Ven some man slaps me on der shoul-
der und say vas glad to hear. you
vas SO we'll und den sticks behind my
pack his fingers to his nose, half my
opinion of dot weller.
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An Alabama farmer laughed himself
almost to death " to see q chicken thief
try to climb tree with his knees full
of buckshot."
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Pay me that six-and- -eightpence
you owe me, Mr.: Mulroony," said vii
lage lawyer. "FOr what's" "For the
opinion you had of me-" Faith, | new
er had any opinion of YOU in my life.O
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"YOu want nothing, do you?" said
Pat. Bedad, and if it's nothing We
want, you'll find it in the jug where the
Whiskey was"
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-07-05

1t is said the washerwomen are getting
up wiring.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-07-05

Why is a sick horse like q bad nlay 7
Because it won't run and can't draw,
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-07-05

A New York editor says his ancestors
have been in the habit Of living a hun
Gdred years, His opponent responds
by saying that that was before the in
PRODUCTION of capital punishment.D
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-07-05

"Sir, you have broken your PROMISE
said one gentleman to another. "Oh.
never mind! | can make another lust
as good"
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And everything else in proportion.

He has on hand, and is constantly receiving
by every boat, o choice assortment of all kinds
of fancy and family groceries, consisting of Flour
in whole and half-barTeIs; Sugar Cured Hams,
Smoked Shoulders, Breakfast Bacon, Pork,
kinds of canned Fruits, Fishes and Vegetables; !;
French Cognac American Brandy, Jamaica
and Louisiana Runs, Gins, favorite brands !;
Whiskey, DID, Bourbon, Old Rye, MonOngahela,
Dexter, &c. = Bittefs, H0sfetters, New Found
land, SaZerae, Russian, and all other kinds,
Fresh and Dried Apples, Oranges, Lemons; and
in fact, anything that you may call for, in the
line OF Fancy and Family Groceries.
Choice Liquors, Tobacco, Cigars, &C., &C., &C.,
viii be found at
LOUIS DESMARAIS,
Corner of Market and Bellevue Streets,
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RPELOUSAs DRUG STORE.
SIGN OF THE BIG MORTAR!
Opposite the Court House,
OPELOUsAS, La.

The undersigned in returning his sincere
thanks for the very liberal patronage with
which he has heretofore been favored, would
respectfully call the attention of all needing
anything in his line, to his
LARGE AND COMPLETE STOCK
Of everything belonging to the Drug Business.
Physicians, Country Merchants and Planters
orders solicited.
Prescriptions will receive particular attention
at all hours Of the day or night.
CLAUDIUS MAYO,
PharmaceutiStI
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MTaCELLANEOUs.

MISCELLANEOUS
-NNes~oerNeceoTcr>>1
MEDICAL NOTHgE.-A REGULAR
4Xn Meeting Of the st. Landry Medical and
Surgical Association win be held at OpeloilsaB
the first Monday Of every month, at 10 o'clock
No VINCENT BOAGN1, NJ, D.,
President.
JAMES RAY, II. d. Secretary.
July %, 18T1-1y.
6A so BEWARD.-I WILL PAY THE A
"a bOye reward for the arrest and conviction
OF the parties who broke into my store, in the
night Of the 2Dth ulsim0.
LOUIS DEsMARAIs,
opelousas, May Sd. ls7s-tf
Eg0R RENTs-THAT DESIRABLE PLACE
of business now temporarily occupied by
Bloch q Dupre, in OpelOusas. Possession given
on first January next For further particulars,
dec. 21-tf. CHAs. N, EAI4ER,
u a. 1E2akNF9
Dress Hats Of superb quality finish.
Al the n0bby styles for young men.
Youths, Boys and ChildTen's Hats, IN the
may Iostf go sss JOS BLOCH b co,
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A little nonsense now and then,
Is relished by the wisest men.
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DIFFERS! BHTTERS! BHTTERs! !!
HARTs,
HOSTETTER'S,
NEWFOUNDLAD,
ARGYLE,
PLANTATION,
HoOFLAND's GERMAN
AND
ENGLISH FEMALE
B 4 It It Il r .
At G. MAYOS,
ssign Of the Big Mortar, OpelOusas, La.
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ElANCY GROCERY STORE.

AIsO, q IlIII lssUEEItIIJOI FlMe LlquOTs, Brandy,
Rye and Bourbon Whisky, Peach Brandy,
Wines and Bitters, Fine French Cordial, Dant-
ziek, Old Irish Wine, Madeira Wine, Port Wine
and in fact, every variety of Liquor and Wines
all for cash and Cheaper than the Cheapest
win commence the New Year by selling ex-
clusiyely
FOR CASH AND CHEAP.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-05-24
Political MOrss.

Connecticut newspaper, we ara told, shas
broken ground distinctly in favor Of Senator
l'1ekingham.' Pray, asks the New York Tribune
Il ne ono Of tho politicians whom 1t ia necessary to
dlS up before they eau TunP
Judge PierrpOnt having declined the mission to
suss'a, the President has offered the appointment
10 eX 'uovernOr Jewell Of Connecticut We nsod
Jewel III the crown of AMERICAN diplomacy but
we are not quito sure that this Connecticut smer-
aid rs tit for the place. -CoHTier-Jolu7saL
The Utica Herald, Senator ConkIinR's home
organ, talks OF the tyranny Of the Farmers Gran
ges, and besides "ths demagOgue Of the Oranges, "
and says he is ready to betray and rob his consti
t1snts. Tho republican party leaders ara begin
nlng to SEQ the contest before them.
The Nashville Union says: The Republican
party having created nearly every abuse that
now affects the country, il the last body in the
world from whom any reform can bS expected
Ii Is the new broom that sweeps clean, and VIC
must haze change before these abuses can be
| eradieAted.
The Cincinnati Commercial thinks that "OhiO
VIII at the next election be q hotIy disputed
STATE, since the "CFedit Mobillier revelation the
back pay grab OF Congress, the Presidents in.
crease OF salary, the Louisianian muddle, and
Grants policy OF Feappointing his relatives and
wondering about the country smoking" have
made the people good deal dissatisfied With the
Republican party.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-05-24
rae sarronder Of 1l.o Esodocs.

YREKA, May 23.-From j. H. Mccoy, who
sssssF has just como IN from Fairchds in eight
% hours and hfty minutes we learn that the
Not Creek band were brought in by Fair
, ~childs party, Their surrender was apparently
II Nuneohdhional They gaYellp their arms and
~ MerepW uadcr guard. The band numbered
90 men, women and children, including Is
warriors. Among the latter are Bogus Char
icy, Shacknasty jim, Curly IIeao Doctor,
Frank Cpd others the best fighting men Cap
tiHn jack mad. Dos on is believed TO have
been killed.
t,s,t 1Uha troops. aTe hunting for Hooker jim 1t
IS supnoscI That there arc twenty warriors
win captain Jack, whose whereabouts is un-
known, though it is sumniscd that he is I'm the
Pitt RIVER Mountains
General CilioA has been superceded Gen
erals Wheaton, ltardie, Gillem and Rockwell,
and others arc expected from the front this
evening" fwhsnfWther particulars of tile sur
render wit 30 obtained
AleCoy says General Davis was very bluff
with tIe lhdians and gave them to under
stand. If they attempted To escape they
would he shot by the guard. A. Il. Meacham
eN-Peaco Commissioner, arrived this morning
from Salem, Oregon. The object of his visit
has not transpired
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-05-24
Aotiffs.
WILMENaTAN. Nay 9th.

wA-,.c WTLMNGTAN. May Gath.
va card IN reference 10 the pearance Of music
at the performance of Three Years in a Man Trap
appeared IN your issue of May I3 in which a charge
was made that was tn blame in not furnishing four
pieces OF music which promised. went to see the
committee who had charge of the affair and they
pr"mlsed 70 eXOnerate me from all blame but so far
nave JARED TO 30 So In my own defence and for the
good name Of the orchestra, am compelled 10 make
a public statement Of the fact Mr. NoTtOn's agent
came to me to engage music for the performance
and engaged to furnish him the following instFu-
ments. viz: ID VIOLIN viola, flute and haas and raF-
tieularly impressed on him the fact that could not
furnish any other on that evening, and that what
other instruments it necessary to complete his
orchestra he must bring with him from PhiladeI-
Phla, which he promised ne he would do. Accord
inS 70 agreement my four men were at the Opera
hOuse at 1917 a. m. 2S aud at o'clock for re-
heIsai put there were none from Philadelphia. At
O'Clock in the evening they were at the Opera House
again and waited there until 4 few moments hSfore
O'Clock. when Mr.. Morton came to them and told
them that his leader had gone TO New York instead
OF coming to Wilmington. and that they would have
TO get along without him. which absolutely i'm =
possible, as any one acquainted with the eassihca-
ton OF instruments can see. Even Mr.. Morton, in
his apology to the audience for the nOnappearaace
OF the orchestra, stat that the musicians engaged
in Wilmington were present. but the leader he had
engaged to come with him had disa DpOnted him.
Why tho committee failed to exOreFate me am
not prepared to say. little inquiry the part of
one of the committee would have convinced him
that the statement made in his communication was
not the truth; and ii he really wished the blame
rest upon the proper party, as he said, he should
have been honest enough to correct his statements
when fully acquainted with the facts.
may2I-lt JOHN b. RITCHIE.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-05-24

Particulars Of the tornado in Iowa, on Thurs
day, show that number of houses were demo l.
ished BY It, and live or six persons killed Hall
stones measuring nine inches in diameter fell,
and the roar of the tempest was heard at dis
tanee OF ten miles. The same afternoon tornado
passed north OF Prairie City, ILL.,, in an easterly
direction, leVelling houses and everything else in
its path, half mile in width. Several persons
were killed and injured. Cairo, ILL.,, was visited
yesterday by "Ihe heaviest storm of wind rain
and hail known for years" Ii began at three
o'clock in tho afternoon, the hail continued to
TALL for halt an hour, aud tho rain for two hours.
Des MOines, Iowa, was visited ON Thursday
by the seyerest thunder storm known there for
years. The Methodist Church was blown down,
aud nine houses were demolished OF moved from
their foundations by the wind. An unknown
man was killed by lightning.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-05-24
Kellogg not Elected at All.

FROM senator Car acntcr's Speech in New Orleans
You had an election hero last fail. or prstended
yon bad oriea and Kellogg and McEncrv claim 70
nave been elcet1d. Tins was held under the State
laws. You had an election law which was in ou-
PYsHnOp g the Constitution. Your law was nm
NOT oeclde which was tho Election Board
one nal no returns applAuscl ono had
Eeuutns which were declared frauds and
constitutional, aud after all was fixed Won could
'aii9tHer had returns which were ~ YOU think le
gu and ny which McBnery was declared elected
40 decide these the United States court took the
matter IN h''id, out OF lhc State courts and al
smlTed TO settle tho sue tion. Ii tins could be
uoha constii linnally, mere Judge conld any
Il,he I,lrh lnrh over state Applause The Nc
H"1s.y men dld not believe la this There were
.wo Leslsiatufas, and consequently two Senators
IoFfrs Kay and Mcmillan We took up both OF
t'ess cases snd made fu'l inquiry Wo wanted
- hear from ever ghody aud everybody was
o' "ilo mo committee was satisfied that IT the
e ytlln mad elected anybody, McEac-y was cleo
~ timmenao enLlualagm and applause But
we were not wei satisfied OF this and that is
wnats I the matter. Ii the returus %oro truthful,
hci1nery Was elected, but rs the case was pre-
sHhte0 to us We were satisfied tho election WIS not
larry held Tho question thcu was, what could
be done Kellogg was not elected NJ all and Me.
Emery was.elccted, ii at ~, by fraud Tho looi-
cal cor"so then, seemed 10, how TO SETTLE the
qmshon, Ne therefore s''d the Only way To do
was to seni Vt 10 the uooplc and have a new cleo
ton. AppiaWse We veto. al States Rights
men. J have born ono ana Will always nc. There
"A teFa the nteG Shtos eoHld not give this Stale
N'seveinment, nnd the only way for the United
states I do was to leave II 10 tho people them
selves.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-05-24

Thomas 4. Hollohsn, unfair sentenee q death
in Baltmors city jan. for the murder ot the aged
lady, Mrs. Lampisy. in Baltimore, last january,
has madc full confession OF his own guilt ana
a statement OF tho part his confederate, Joshua
Nicholson, took In iho terrible affair. Hollohan
will bo hanged on the 18th Of June, and It u not
probable that the Court Of Appeals will grant
Nicholson a new trial, when the case comes up.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-05-24

IhA War Department. has received . despatch
from General Custer, dated Fort Randall, Dakota
ON tho lith. lie had just arrived at Fort Randall
from Yanekton, alter live days march. He states
that no was informed by the guide sent 70 him
from Randall that 200 warriors and young men
belonging to the Yanckton agency and left their
reservation few days previously 10 join the hos
tile Indians of the Upper Missouri, and that tho
Indians would muster 900 warriors in tho fold
this sumner Goncral Custer adds that ho s,,Ves
this statement for what it is worth"
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-05-24
DAILY GAZETTE.

EDITORIAL CHANdE-Dr. II. G. Maekoll. has
purchased a one-half interest IN, and associated
n'''lSeh with g. w. Crukshank, Esq, in the pub
"'at'on OF that most excellent of Peninsula ourn-
nails the Cecil Deaoryat. published at Elkton.
MD DE- Maekall, who is forcible ponman, will
preside over the editorial columns