The Opelousas courier., 1883-03-31
,Tute Culture in 1888.
y n PicayuDe.

! that quite a number of
Jsnfars and farmers in the Gulf
gtstes will plant jute this season,
sss sbs seed can be obtained to
] the demand. Mi. Meme
Nv Who seems to be the leading
"a ss;yit and backbone of the jute
s~pssrprise, is doing his best to
ohtain a supply of seed large
snough to meet the demand and
= sasson for planting in the
wing. Mr.. Menelas advises
,Taaters not to plant broad sur
Ssses in jute this year, but to
I've an ample supply for a
Don,nlete test of the machine
snd to try the market, and also
. supply themselves with all
IA home made seed they may
nced in 1884.
There is no doubt that the
;ate At FIVE cents will gradually
tske the place of cotton at ten
aants in the manufacture of
saanv articles in which jute is
i iii respects as good as cot
ton. 1t will doubtless be mixed
extensively with more costly f.
Sras which will increase the de-
mand for iute until it will be-
eoT1e .aD important staple crop
like cotton, and new uses will
Is found for it every year. There
i no way of estimating the nu-
merous uses to which American
ingenuity and enterprise will
anply this invaluable fibre in
fhe next ten or twenty years,
but the probability is that in
tbat time the demand for it will
require crops as large as cotton
crops now made.
The Atlanta Constitution, IN
summing mp the results of Alex.
4. Stephens life, says: "There
il not d young man in the state
today that does not owe a debt
cfgratitnde to his memory. How
msny af them have been the re-
eipients of his benefactions we
don't know;possibly Il thousand
Bit apart from this, his greatest
bepefactiou is the example Of
his life, wherein he has shown
What the hnmblest boy can ac-
complisb if he do but remain
tFle To himself. The results OF
statesmansIip are sometimes va
aue. Success itself is sometimes
difficult to understand. But
hereistheresult of a life that may
be understood ofall men. Here is
success that may be traced from
TIE depths of poverty and Dies.
paiF IT'D tho highest success; ant
III ii a life without a stain, a ca.
reer without a blemish. What
more need be said 7"
Aii Intimate friend Of tile fami
II 0f Charlie Ross III German,
town, Philadelphia, says tina
the father Of the long-lost boy
HIS nearly it not quite given ~
eger seeing his child again, am
Gbat the mother despaired Ions
aRo Of bis ever being returned
10 heF, He speaks of the inter
ssting collection Of photograph
lover one hundred-which th'
hmily has, these having heel
vent from every quarter by PEG
pIe who thought they had foun'
ofGeen the missing child. From
very many sources supposse'
asWs are coming even to thi
day, although nearly ten year
have elapsed since the boy wa
abducted.
Tile Rev. Dewitt Talmage il
bis lecture at Nashville on Wed
Desday evening last, anon
other thugs, said This wa
the grandest country, the grand
est age. The grandest period 9th
worlds history. The South wa
better than ever before. Sine
hts last visit the greatest i'm
p%royeinBnt had been made i
the South. The Chattahooche
would one day rival the Merri
mae. and Young men wonl
i've to see more spindles IN th
South than i'll New England
Some ot the recent legislatio
"a Congress does tot go into &
feet immediatels-a fact whic
pFObNbly is not understood b
many careless readers. Letter
eatlnot be sent for two cents b,
pre October nor will unstampe
checks bs casIled at banks befol
July /. The tax ON capital an
deposits. however, ceased Mare
I while the changes in the tax
Qn tobacco will begin on May