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St. Landry democrat., 1879-10-25
A Grave Question.

No one can follow closely the bearings
of the Blair, Armstrong trial in Newark
without being forced to the conclusion
that it is grave phase OF the labor
and capital question, which is assuming
such dimensions in this country.
The workmen around Newark are
clamorous for Mr.. Blair's conviction.
Not that the man Armstrong bore a
good name or had warm personal friends.
Not that Mr.. Blair WAS not in danger of
his life, or at least fancied that he was,
but that he was tho employer of the
man he killed. That is the sum total
of their animosity. 1t is the old war,
the old prejudice Of labor against capt.
tal-a war of which We have hitherto
known little or nothing in this country.
It is singular that with our inst!tu-
tions We can be inoculated with this
deadly virus Of the old world. WIFI,
us, the laborer of to-day becomes the
capitalist of tomorrow. There are no
-ntailed estates to be kept in families
there are no prominent distinctions of
rank. in fact, there is 10 permanent
wealth holding in our Republic. What
distinctions OF fortune exist, aIe the
result of we'll directed industry. and
not inheritance. aionopolies which bral
heavily upon the poor are in the hands
of men who themselves have principally
bcen drawn from the ranks of the
people. How then in this KALEIDOSCOPE,
statc of affairs, ever shifting and chang
lug can food be found for the denunciis
lions of labor against capital.
We do not say that the laboving poo!
do not suffer wrong from grinding
monopolios, but if they destroyed then,
Others would be built upon their ruin
with unchanged features. Always vii
the shrcwd and Industrious keep tn.
upper hand. Wealth and poverty viii
never cease out of the land, and ever
should the utopia of communism b.
established, in few years the distinc
tons OF want and prosperity will be a
marked as they are to-day. Ever,
man in this Republic by we'll directct
effort can raise himself above want. I
ID not necessary Tor him to play tin
icouocisst, and pull down others, to &c
his own share of the leaves and fishes
Some want them without work, aus
to that class belong the red-montlle'
orators of the communistic theory. TIL
men in Newark, who are loudest 70
Blair's conviction on the broad groun'
of shielding their order from oppression
arc most of them OF the rutiiaEly typ
TO which Armstrong belonged.
Some years ago the plain features o
this trial would have decided it in
short time. The contradictions of tn
principal witness for the prosecution
would have been summarily disposed
of. But there seems moro at issue thai
the simple conviction or non-convictio
of the prisoner. There i deep out
side murmur crying for revenge, an
whether the jury will be influenced b.
it or not has by this time been decided
But even if Mr.. Blair is acquitted b
bad better leave Newark.
St. Landry democrat., 1879-10-25
Nantucket Il Generation since.


NANTUCKET il 4 continuity Of cousins,
So continuously have the descendants
~ tll' original H,opr!rtuv- lntermarried.
aud thus IT Il that Il family secret can
hay" there an extensive circulation
"'thont destroying liz private charac-
Ter. | Ii" island was originally owned
~ common property, except the town
lots. y person having ono share in the
common lands was entitled to pasture
Oh" sheep. This share WAC called a
" sleeps common" Eight "shecp's
commons We're equal to one "cow's
common, ANA the. owner Of two" cows
commons' could pasture one hnr4c.
I!t1sands " sheer, were pasturad
npon the island, and in tho spring Of
Tie year HE great annual slIcarinS took
place. Tins, until recent years, was
tie great DAY ot Nantucket. During
these festivities. extending over two or
three days. htrHm&eia from the "main'
"el' attracted thithcr. The tlruyee.
wi:rh. PERHAPS had wandered llnsltD-
hcl!rd hnrlnE til" whole winter, we've
.rcUr"d III pens, and the few men who
were not at sFa, and the boys who cx-
perirh some 'iAy TO sea, attended faith
fully TO tln II uNtirs OF washing and
3leAriT%, " ii'r III" whole female noun-
lltinn Nou''i prepare Numrtuons picnic
dinners. !. az scenes Wcrt- often very
picturesque, and have been seized upon
hE st"iN ttl!rT> and rotnancers.
~ course, III Il settlement where
Whining Wax Tie principal Ocru, ..iinn,
the ntliuh cr ii ulelI at home wa, usual
~ comparatively small. "But the Young
tnrN who st&lu at home had no better
opportunity t" display their 8allontIy
'nC the Voting la''ic1 are sui,! TO have
had itn nnt!tlS tII.tijnE among them
SELVES mt - encourage the attention,
"! a youth who !lnh not harnooned At
beast one Whale. Perhaps to this is
due II considerable portion of Nam
tuchci great Success nn the sea.
Tie island Ita"hrd its most plo,,
pcrouo condition i'll 1879, when there
were over $500 inhabitants, When ne
trorn';i was discovered oil became
cheaper, whaling began 10 decline, and
the gold fever OF l. ID cnticcd the more
adventurous away. The stocks on
l;laIt point, where 50 many vessels had
bee" built, were deserted. The once
busy lanes and streets hycamo empty,
and to-day grass grows up through the
cnhble-stnnt lilVcGDcuts, and the town
cj'icl, who tells the good people when-
ever a h%nld!ish las arrived in tho
market OF war has ilr.n declared in
Europe. breaks almost a dead silence.
Since 1850 tn" population having fallen
ID barley 5000, sulut 400 ancient houses
have been pulled down, but there arc
enough left TO hold twice the popula~
ton.
St. Landry democrat., 1879-10-25
R0rm to he GassBEOaiMcd.
Paris Correspondence London atandard.l

,psr;s Correspondence London Standard
A case ie shortly to come before the
paria Assizes which goes to prove that
he who is born to bs guiliotined may
sxpose his life with irnpunity on thu.
meat nauRuinary battlefield. Sagnier
rnlistad 1t the outbreak of the Franco
German war In the now famous North
Cnirassiers quickly roso to be q corporal,
and took part in the heroic charge made
Nv that regiment ut Woeth. Il heard
eile bullets" he said to the judge, rat
sle like hail on my breast-plate." He
was endorsed by - stab from \ bay
onet, and finally picked up from among
hedead. :.
As soon So he recovered from his
v,onnds he took service again, and was
ono of the defenders Of Strasbonrg.
There be was wounded again by Il shell
splinter, and after the capltuiation
If the city he was sent prisoner to
Germany and confined in the city Of
Rreslau. On returning to Franco lie
settled in Paris aud became a white
smith. As fie was a very intelligent and
clever workman he might haze lived
happjly and comfortably on his earnings
but he grew discontented, his temper
aoured, he imagined himself the victim!
of perpetual prosecutions. and could
not resign himself to tile misfortune
az not having received the. Cross OF
the Legion of Honor for bis bravery
during the war.
He took to drinking absintle, aud his
brain thereby became SO much affected
that he had to be confined IN lunatlc
asyiRfn. He left 1t cured. and the doc
tors who have examined him IN connec-
ton with the horrible crime to which
he has confessed, state that he IS quite
responsible for his acts. TO come to
that crime, here are the facts: On the
l2th of August, last year, about O'Clock
in the morning, young woman, Mime
Delachaame, who had gone TO the GENE.
terry Of st. 0uen to pray at the tomb of
man armed with q hammer as she WAS
kneeling at her sisters grave. The
brute, after knocking her down, trod
her under foot, and finally, after batter
ing in her skull with the hammer, left
her weltering in her blood. but not be-
fore having robbed her of cross she
wore, and also of her watch and chain.
Two other ladies had been assaulted
and robbed in the same cemetery. The
nolice at last succeeded in arresting
Sscuier and charged him with all three
crimes: Cor the two last mentioned he
WIS sentenced To three months ini-
prigontnent. As for the capital charge,
Segnier explains it by alleging a fit OF
madness brought on BY drink. lie
said:
81 went to tho eenlesry of st. Ouen
with my mechanics hammer to fasten
the cross on the grave OF my little
daughter who died recently. / had
prayed feryentiy for her. All at once
| saw the kneeling lady beside me glis-
ten in the sunshine. A bad thought took
possession of my brain, and | struck
without knowing what did.
St. Landry democrat., 1879-10-25

Local ADVERTIsISG.-I virtue Of
advertising is Of more consequence, in
a general way, than it is often credited
with. 4 too contracted view is so fer
vently thrown around its salutary in
ffuences that those who read business
card seems 10 think that its import is of
but little consequence to any one be-
sides the advertiser, This, however,
is great mistake, for the community
at large is benefited. according to our
way Of thinking, by every business card
of q town store appearing in the local
papers. It needs nc. very ski!liul reas-
oning to elucidatc the proposition, for
there can be no better method adopted
to improve q village, town, or city, than
that which keeps the bulk OF trade at
home. BY SO doing the results OF in
zdustry are widely difiGsed in the ex-
penditures made, society becomes CO.
operative to considerable extent, ma
terial improvements are encouraged,
and pride of place is fostered. Our
live sterekeepers are beginning to IN
derstand the value 9i advertising, and
our residents fail not TO regard them
for their Enterprise. 4 contemporary
puts the matter in this wise: When
the business men of a town fail to adj
Eertise extensively they diminish the
Importance and trade Of the place. and
permit more entetprisiug localities to
take the latter from them, Although
done for their individual interest, ad-
gertisers should be looked on by citi-
zens of the towns where they reside. as
in some sense PUBLIC benefactors. and
they should be encouraged accordingly.
One merchant who advertises cEten-
sively is worth to his own town and its
people more than forty that never show
themselves i'll print, and should be for
this reason alone preferred, assuming
that he is, Of course, fair business
man.-lPrinters Circular,
St. Landry democrat., 1879-10-25

places ct those who are gone. Dead
animals Ill. Iii" atmosphere with
nauseous 7AFVl%, aAd The troops a,p
moved out OF the tainted air and
canpct on fresh ground. Relatives aD.
pear to look after 'ir wounded and to
recover the remains of the dead, while
the events are fresh, detailed account
OF their gallant deeds and untimcly
'ail 10 treasure in family tradition,
St. Landry democrat., 1879-10-25

The recent golden wedding OF Charles
Francis Adams, ut Quincy, Mass, was
the THIRD in the same house and family.
President 5ohn Adams was celebrated
there in 1914, wlaan he was 79, and
President John Quincy Adams in 1s47,
when he was tho same age. Charles
Francis Adams is -.
St. Landry democrat., 1879-10-25

The young girl who sings for compa-
ny IN the front parlor, You must
wake, and call me early, mother dear
is the creature who expects her mother
to make the fire, get the milk, and
bring her breakfast I'D to her room.
St. Landry democrat., 1879-10-25

"What is heavens best gift to man +
asked young lady on Sunday night.
smiling sweetly On her male companion.
" 4 hoss,' replied the young man, with
prudence.
St. Landry democrat., 1879-10-25

They don't call them soft young
men now; the distressfully polite thing
is to sag. "They ore the down of So
eieeyd
St. Landry democrat., 1879-10-25

The joker who intimated that be had
some nuts to track must have meant
ieatnnts.
St. Landry democrat., 1879-10-25

A girl cent back on her bow legged
bean because she didn't like to waltz in
brackets.
St. Landry democrat., 1879-10-25

Light literafure--a bank book With
40 balance.
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Editorial Spinnings.

None but the polite and gentlemanly,
and wlthal good looking conductors deserve the
fare.
High colors are thought to be pecu-
liarly calculated to elevate the tone of loud
people.
1t is geographically queried: Do all
Boards have knotholes in them? Some, at least,
have knot.
There is a sensation down in Kentucky
over mule that is said to he heel-ing medium
of great force and modesty.
Irving, the actor, is said to play tricks
with the English language, and is being criticised
therefor. Eccentrix, probably.
Pay as you 60, but if you happen,
inadvertently to 60 without paying, 1t is generally
healthier to go back the other way.
A choleric man will get SO mad, some
times that he will dye for no greater reason than
that the price of madder has gone up on him.
The st. Paul & Duluth Railroad Com
pany arc laying their track with steel rails. A
number OF other companies are expected to also
steal their railroads in the course of the season.
We see it stated that a San Jose, CAL,
factory has put up one million cans of fruit most
ly on orders We shudder to think what the re-
suit would be If the orders should be suddenly
withdrawn.
A note of IN ACCORDION may not be
worth more than ten cents on dollar but it will
come up in night higher than one of Jonah's
gourds to vex the funny mind of contemporary
paragrapher.
The trouble with theatrical stars is
that there Is rather too much shooting going on
among them to permit us to regard them as fixed
and immutabe furniture of anything other than
skim milky way.
Women should have faith like grain
of mustard seed. Naomi had ia tn and hence when
she was five hundred and eighty years old her
young man came along. and after making an affi-
davit before the County CLERK that she was not a
minor he was granted license to marry and the
happy pair went off on bridal tour to Niagara
Falls. There are no such young women as Ma
omi was now days
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THE NEXT EXPOSITION.

The talk INDUCED in about there being
difficulty in making an Exposition
another year sufficiently interesting to
render it as great success as the one
held the present fall is childish. There
are means within reach to fill the space
of the Exposition Buildings abundantly
in every department represented this
year, and some to fill four times the
room that is available. In sew
eral features the display might
be greatly enlarged and made
more interesting and complete. In the
matter Of horticulture alone there is
scope for at least four times the extent
of the last. Out of the sixty-fve
gardeners hereabouts there were three OF
four, possibly five, represented in the Elk
position. Turn Mr.. Olhaber loose with
instructions to get up display in horti.
culture with premium list as diverse as
in 1872 and see if he can not show the
Commissioners that at least five times
the present room will be requisite to hold
the plants that will be offered him.
In the mechanical department every
inch of space will be taken long before
the time of closing the list of entries
The applications for space received this
year after every foot was taken were
numerous. The Kansas Pacific Railroad
whose display at our Exposition in 1875
and that was SO complete at the Centen
nial at Philadelphia, was unable to Sc
cure room this year, but would be only
too glad to another, and so We
might go On with our enumeration ir
many other departments The advan
tages to our local manufacturers Of hav
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those who are not brought in actual con-
tact with them. A few days ago, owing
to low water in the streams along the
line of the Pennsylvania Central Road,
and the consequent loss Of time in OBJ
tanning water for the locomotives as fast
as required, freight cars accumulated un-
til there were ten miles of cars, consist
ing of twenty freight trains, in a
continuous string, blockading for
the time being the road against
passenger trains as we'll as freight.
The increase in railroad freights since
the present unprecedented demand for
grain in Europe sprang up, and since the
big business boom overlook the general
traffic of the country, is enormous and
must, if continued, stimulate a new era
of railroad building in the United States
greater than anything the country has
heretofore known. The fact that the
bonds of Jay Cooke & Co.'s Northern Pa
cifc Railroad rebounded from l6a to
60 cents is one of many evidences of the
revival of interest in railroad matters
and fair sample of the sudden and ex-
traordinary elasticity of the movement.
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BOARD OF CoUNCILMEN.
Miscellaneous Business Transacted Yester-
day Afternoon,

A communication was received from the
Board of Directors of the Columbia q New
Richmond Turnpike and Bridge Company
demanding compensation for so much Of
its road and Improvements as lies within
the city. Filed.
Application for the construction of street
railroad rontes were referred to the Com
mittee on Street Railroads.
The ordinance to authorize Samuel Sils-
bee to lay pipes in the street for the pur-
pose of conveying steam for heating pur-
poses was ordered printed and made the
special order for the next meeting.
A resolution was adopted instructing the
Committee on Light to advertise for sealed
proposals for the lighting and keeping in
good repair and supplying gasoline to the
lamps of the city.
Mr.. Heenan offered the following, which
was adopted:
Resolved, That a Committee of five
members be appointed to ascertain and
report if the City has the power through
its Council tn purchase coal in quantity
necessary to provide. The same for the poor
during the coming winter and, if such
power does not exist, to ascertain and re-
port as to the best manner to relieve the
city during the coal famine now at our
doors"
The Chair appointed on that Committee
Messrs. Heenan, Thompson, Carr, Gramp
and Stowe.
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Week of Prayer for Young Men.

The International Convention Uf the
Young Mems Christian Association. held
at Baltimore last May, representing one
thousand Associations with membership
of one hundred thousand, recommended
the observance of the second Lords day OF
November, and the week following, as q
season of thanksgiving and of special prayer
for Gods blessing upon young men and
upon the work in their behalf. The
Worlds Convention at Geneva, Switzer-
land lin which eleven nations were repre-
sented by two hundred and fifty deegates(,
made similar recommendation, so that in
all parts of the world this season OF prayer
will be observed.
The international Committee suggest the
following topics for meetings for the re-
mainder OF this week:
November IL, Wednesday-"A man pros
pered beyond precedent, but unsatistied.'
Eccl. ii, LII; John iv, 13, IA.
November 13, Thursday-'The secret OF
voung mans success in business" Gen.
xxx, Is, q, %.
November ID, Fridav-"A highly-favored
man and his terrible end" Matt. X, IA;
Luke xii, 3-6, Al, 4S; Matt xvii, 3-5;
Acts i, 1920.
November Is, Saturday = Opposite
choices of two Young men," Heb. Il,
24.26; Gen. xiii, 1913.
The Committee gives brief statement of
the importance of the work intrusted to
the Committee among the 100000 railroad
men, the 60, 900 young men in colleges, the
100 600 commercial travellers. the 100000
German-speaking young men, the 500 1000
colored young men, and the large number
of young men in the West and South. In
all but one of those fields they have a Sec
retary, whose especial business is to organ
ize and slim ulate wise effort ON the part OF
Christian young men in behalf OF
their unconverted companions. The work
ers in these associations are mainly the
young men in whom the churches have
most confidence. and their aim is to do
such work as will commend itself to the
churches, to parents, to business men, and
to the young men themselves.
During the past year number of general
secretaries have been secured fer leading
cities, principally in New England and the
South.
at the Railroad Conference in Altoona
September, 1921, one hundred and sixteen
delegates were in attendance, and during
the year the number of railroad secretaries
increased from six to twenty-one. In our
various colleges the number of associations
during the same time have increased from
thirty-seven to sixtv.
A wide field cf usefulness is open to these
organizations and each year their effort is
more dstinctively in the direction of def
mite work by Young men for young men.
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ing handsome display to be looked at
by from ten to thirty-five thousand per-
sons daily for four consecutive weeks
are such that the Commissioner would
not be obliged to wait for the space to
be taken at home, and if they were, man.
ufacturers from abroad would quickly re-
lieve them from any protracted anxiety
on the subject.
But supposing that the Exposition
should not be pecuniary success, the
vast throngs who come here to visit it
scatter money broadcast among all classes
of business and SO enormously augment
the ordinary trade of the city that our
merchants and manufacturers could
almost afford to pay all the cost of the
Exposition for the sake of the increase
it brings them in their respective lines.
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