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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1884-09-20

y LANDMAN, dealer in Dry Goods, Jzroce-
lNs ries, Plantation Supplies, Wines, Liquors,
reF Railroad Avenue and Taylor streets. one
block from Railroad Depot. .
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1884-09-20

nITY HOTEL, P. Lefevre, Proprietor, Rail-
supplied with best Liquors.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1884-09-20
ATTORNEYS AT Law.

EREDERIGK DUFFEL, Attorney at law and
II Notary Public, Office on Chetmaches street
opposite the Court-House.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1884-09-20

Tos. HDNDRAN. & SONS, dealers in Dry
q Goods, Clothing, Notions, Hats. Groceries,
Wine Liquors. Boots, Shoes, Hardware, Paints,
@ lis Haddlery, Crockery, Furniture and all
kinds Of House Furnishing Goods. Blue Store,
mississippi street..
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1884-09-20

pAUL LECHE, Attorney at Law and Notary
below the Court-House, on Attakapas street.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1884-09-20

EDWARD N. PUGH, Attorney at Law. Alta
IL kapas street, opposite Louisiana Square.
Visits NapoleonYiIIe on Mondays.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-07
Refnrminea Bad Onera

From the Chicago News.
Miss Emma Abbott, our ambitious
and popular American prima donna,
has just included the opera of Semi
ramide" in her repertory. AS we re-
member the story, Semiramide was a
lady who manifested an ambition to
get rid of her husband in order that
she might marry her own son. If
this is the kind of an opera our EN-
ma is coming to we shall begin to re-
greet that there ever was such town
as Peoria. When our Emma left Pc
oria it was with the laudable deter
mination never to lift up her tuneful
voice in naughty operas. 1t was with
great difficulty that she was persuaded
to sing in any kind of opera at. all.
But alas! the descent from the canta-
ia of Esther, the Beautiful Queen"
to the "Chimes of Normandy" and
thence to paul and Virginia" and
thence to Faust" and thence to "Tra-
viata," was gradual but sure. And
now the pride of the prairies has so
far forgotten her Peoria training
and Is so recreant to the vows
she registered in high heaven
when she stepped from the concert
plaCIOrm upon Ino lyric SGdge, GndI SIG
will boldly appear in public in the re-
pulsive guise of an immoral heather
queen who is enamored of her own
sonl At the same time there is some
consolation in the fact that Miss
Abbott's husband, the handsome and
accomplished Mr.. Wetherill, is to re-
wise the libretto and expunge all faint
Of immortality from it. The plot will
be so reconstructed that Semiramide
will be the daughter of her husband
and her son will be the son of a
neighbor. instead of dying by poison,
Semiramide's husband-or rather, her
father-will break his neck by falling
from his chariot while pursuing wild
boars in the desert of Sahara. So we
see that, while the story of this OBJ
jectionable opera will be entirely re-
constructed, all the musical beauties
will be retained. And we are in
formed that magnificent scenic effects
will be utilized in the production of
the piece-the most stratling feature
of realism being the life-size represen-
tation of the Egyptian pyramids upon
the stage.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-07
MEMENTOES OF PRESI-
DENT BUCHANAN.

Davis 6 Harvey, the auctioneers,
yesterday received all the furniture
and contents of President Buchanan's
old homestead at Wheatland, Lancas-
ter county, with the exception OF a
few relics of special value to his rela-
tives, which were consigned to his
neice, Mrs. Harriet Lane johnson, of
Baltimore. The relics and bric-a-brac
sent here will be sold at special sale
in September. They amount to about
twenty Wagon-loads.
Among them are many costly pre-
sents and mementoes given to Mr..
Buchanan by his personal friends
and associates. An elegantiy-carved
French walnut centre table, some
three feet in diameter, and a large
cabinet of the same material are two
of rhe most handsome of the relics in
the auctioneer's store room. The
presidents own desk and arm. chair
are of much interest. There are also
a good specimen of the antique high
case clock, a ACKNOWLEDGMENT d
etagere, spinning wheel, an old
oak corner armchair, a large
inlaid music box, an antique card
table and refreshment table and many
other articles of the greatest interest
to the admirers of the dead president.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-07

ton college, and making bis mark in
society. His sister, Sallie Ridge. was
very beautiful and talented. and was
educated in New York. where later
she was known as the Indian princess.
and was married to Mr.. Paschal. a
man of high position. They left one
son, Ridge Paschal, of whom we have
been speaking, and who has made some
mark in the practice of law and in the
editorial profession, and who has also
occupied positions of trust under the
Federal government.
John Ridge, the uncle of Mr.. Pas.
chal, was chiefly instrumental in dis
posing of the lands of the Cherokees
In Georgia (where the tribe was locat-
ed when Sallie Ridge married MT.
PaschaD, to the United States gov
eminent, and after the removal of the
tribe to Arkansas was brutallv MUIR
dered at the instigation of those of
MS tribe who opposed the transfer of
thelr rich and improved lands for the
unDroken lands OF the new reservation,
IL IS but fitting that the son of the
sister OF THIS man, the most remarka-
Ole that their nation could boast.
should succeed to the chieftainship of
tht, trlbe, which is the most civilized
ana progressive of the Indian race,
and If 1t proves true that he aspires
10 the position, the Light hopes that
TIC MAY succeed III his aspirations.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-07
The Congressional Convention.

One week from tomorrow (the 14th)
the congressional convention meets
at New Braunfels to nominate can
didate to succeed Hon. John Hancock
in the congress of the United States.
From present appearances there will
be but two candidates before that
body, the Hen. Columbus Epson and
Hon. Jos. D. Sayers of Bastrop, with
a possibility upon a dead lock, of Col.
j. 7. Breckenridge as a compromise.
Now we have not single word derog-
atory of either of these gentlemen
personally. They are all reputa-
BILE and excellent citizens
and barring his protection theories
and generally shaky democracy. Mr..
Epson is the full peer of either of the
other two. But we will be pardoned
for saying that in the person of Gov
ernor Savers is combined all the
qualities which can possibly fit any
man in the district for the discharge
of the high duties of the position. He
is a lifelong democrat and his views
on finance and the tariff are peculiarly
and particularly sound and orthodox,
for these days and times. The chances
seem now to be altogether in his
favor and we feel perfectly sanguine
that he viii be nominated triumph
antly on that occasion.
There is now every indication point
ing to a harmonious session of that
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-07
Have Their Hobbies.

From the Fort Davis News.
All of the great Texas dailies have
their hobbies, and each one is riding
its respective steed nigh unto death.
The Austin STATESMAN spouts about
the "two-thirds rule" and pours hot
shot into Ireland. The Fort Worth
Gazette is gone clean raving crazy
over its free grass troubles; the San
Antonio Express rants apout protec-
tion and builds airy lines ION paper
to the gulf. The Houston Postgushes
and slobbers all over Irelar in its ex-
cessive praise of his excellency. The
Galveston News splashes deep water
throughout all its columns. and swears
every day that Ireland is to blame for
the old alcalde's big cash balance
dwindling away to nothing. They
will all agree, however, that the DEM
ocrats of Texas will swallow any DEM
ocrat but Butler.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-07
The Volcanoes of Hawaii.

The Sandwich Islands boast of two
natural wonders, the largest extinct
and the largest active volcano in the
world. The former is located on the
Island of Mani, the summit being
nearly 1900 feet above the level of
the sea,and the crater ever forty-eight
miles in circumference. One can look
down into the crater 1000 feet, the
sides now terraced and covered with
sandal wood, giant ferns and a wond-
erful profusion of topical flowers and
shrubs. The active volcano is stu
ated in the Island of Hawaii. The
crater is situated on spur of Mauna
Loa, 1900 feet above the sea
level. The crater is not a
cone, but great pit on a
level bench, nine miles in circumfer-
ence. You go down, down over this
almost perpendicular wall 800 feet,
and stand on the floor of the crater.
This is the place of internal burnings,
the house of everlasting fire of Ha-
waiian mythology. The area at the
bottom of the crater is not liquid
mass, but for miles and miles all
around there spreads scene of IN
earthly grandeur. Five or six lakes
of fire lie to left and right; the floor
beneath is so hot one can scarcely
walk over 1T; the lava oozes up through
the assures. Hugh cones twenty OF
thil ty feet high, made by the bubbles
of lava, rise through the seams and
are cooled by the air.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-07
Perry's Achievements.


Parry sailed on his first "Trip as an
Independent commander, May IL, 1919,
reached 800 of longitude beyond the
most western point hitherto STAINED
by any former navigator, discovered
islands, bays and sounds never before
heard of, wintered in the Arctic re-
gionS, keeping up the spirits of his
crew by hunting, reading and theatri
cal performances, and the nextsummer
braught back his entire party safe and
sound to England. His second Arctic
voyage was made in the Hecla and
Fury, which quilted England on the
Sth of May, 1921. He headed for
Greenland and the North American
coast, made many new discoveries,
and was again frozen in near Melville
Island. Parry repeated his expert
ment of the preceding year by estab-
fishing a school and organizing thea
tricals. The Polar theatre opened
November 9, 1921, with the Rivals, in
which both officers and men partici-
pated, and so the thing was kept up
during the entire winter by that little
band of explorers isolated from home
in the midst of the Northern seas. In
the spring, instead of turning back
u.
spent the summer in extensive
in, and passed his second winter
among Arctic ices. In the summer of
1923 after thawing out he turned
towards home, and finally reached
England October 10, 1923. In June,
1924, the indomitable Parry was again
in Davis Strait, and by August 1 had,
reached latitude Y deg, AZ min, long
itude 81 deg. 60 min., where he was
once more frozen in. The expedi-
ton recrosSed the Atlantic the follow
ing summer, having accomplished
nothing new in the way of discovery
Perry started for the pole by way of
Spltzbergen in 1927, his plan being to
navigate his ship as far as possible.
and when his vessel could proceed no
the journey into the north by means
of boats, to be dragged OF navigated ac-
cording to circumstances. On June
% he quilted his ship, the old reliable
Hela, and started in his boat-sleds
across the ice. The first TWO days
brought him to latitude 81 deg. Is min.
1t was constant conversion from
sleds to boats, from boats to sleds;
and after travelling for thirty days III
rectly toward the pole, upon taking
his reckoning he found himself in lati-
tude 81 degrees, 40 minutes-no far
ther than whalers had penetrated with
scarcely a hindrance. Looking for
cause of the strange event, he made
the remarkable discovery that his
party had been travelling over an i'm
mense ice field, which was moving
outward almost as fast as they could
move in the opposite direction. Parry,
after learning this fact, gave up all
hope of ever reaching the pole, and re-
turned to England.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-07
HEAP BIG INJUN /!
From the San Antonio Light.

From the San Antonio Light.
1t is rumored that Ridge Paschal,
formerly of San Antonio, and well
known in western Texas, is candi-
date for chief of the Cherokee nation.
Mr.. Paschal has been in the Indian
territory for some time, and a gentle
man to whom the reporter spoke to-
day, said that he had heard it intima-
ted some time ago that Mr.. Paschal
went there for some such purpose,
which indicates that the rumor may
be based on some solid foundation.
1t is well known in this city that Mr..
Paschal has Indian blood in his veins,
but it may not be known that he is the
son of sister of one of the most noted
chiefs of the Cherokee Indians. John
Ridge, the chief alluded to, was man
of remarkable attachments, extremely
naturally poetic and re-
fined, and intellectual to degree that
made him respected and admired even
Ly the whites. He was well educated,
graduating with honor at the Prince
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-07
What Struck an Old Sg]dl9p

closed"
Under the hot sun of August, 1882. the village
of Dover, N. j., lay still as the sphinx IN
Egypt, while Elijah Sharp, Of that place, slowly
and softly spoke of the past. "Yes," he said,
j was III the army and saw many of the sights
OF those fearful years. / was finally discharg-
ed from disability. resulting from sunstroke. /
came home, miserable in health and spirits;
so enfeebled that took cold on the slightest
exposure. Life seemed worthless to me;
THAT was sad enough" said, dividing my
last two cigars.
"That's So" responded Mr.. Sharp: ''but
got over it. Outgrew it? Not exactly; When
in that condition / began taking PARKERs
TONIC, and my health commenced to improve
right away. was astonished at 1t. and SO was
my wife. I piled on the flesh ana could ear
anything. NY ambition blazed up. could
attend to business, and housekeeping that
hot SUM- am as ell as u was the day en-
listed What differences there are in things
guns and bayonets kill; PARKER's Tonic
This preparation, which has been known Is
PARKER's GINGER Tonic, will hereafter be
called simply PARKER's TONIC. As unprin-
cpled dealers are constantly deceiying their
customers by substituting inferior articles I'M
der the name of ginger, and as ginger Is really
an unimportant ingredient, we drop the mis-
leading word.
There is no change, however, in the prepare
iion itself, and all bottles remaining In the
hands # dealers. wrapped under the name
II PARKERs GINGER Tonic, contain the gen.
uine me dicine IL the fac smile signature OF
HIscox y Co., Is at the bottom Of the outside
wrapper.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-07
The Express and Tariff.

1t doesn't take very much to make
some people happy, and the Express is
exceedingly happy because the demo-
cracy at Chicago determined not to
force the tariff issue upon the country
at this time for prudential reasons. 1t
is not a concession. 1t is not a
change of front. 1t is not a surrender
of the tariff for revenue only, people,
to protection. 1t is simply and only
holding the matter in allegiance for
more convenient season, and this the
Express is pleased to look upon as
concession only to its extreme pro-
lection views. Nobody can say which
is the stronger feeling in the bosom of
that paper, admiration for it's own
precience in being able to shape
it's course in advance to suit
the views exactly of majority of the
delegates to Chicago, or its satisfac
ton in the fact that the action of that
body practically continues for two
years longer, the prevalence and sway
of the republican theory of high, or
protective tariff. There is not real,
genuine free-trader in all the demo-
cratic hosts who has weakened a sim
gle jot or little in his devotion to the
principles which animate him, be-
cause of the action of the Chicago
convention, bit there is not one of
them who doesn't mean to vote and do
all he can to elect that eminent free
trader, Grover Cleveland, pre- sident.
Now it is well to know
that New York state is
free-trade to the core, and New York
city to an eminent degree, and these
circumstances put together, were
deeply at the bottom of the choice
made at Chicago. which the Express
affects to believe constitutes such a
sweeping victory for protection. 1t is
well that it can extract comfort from
little matters such as this.
Being in the west, which is free
trade to the core also, being In the
south which is also free-trade, and be-
ing IN the southwest and in Texas es-
pecially where every interest of the peo-
pie is bound up in practical free-trade,
the STATESMAN is indeed welded to
that theory, and it in common
with the delegates to the late
Chicago convention consents to fore
go its own interests for a time
in order that one necessary feature
of the coming struggle to secure sue
cess he added to the party strength
When it comes to deciding on an
issue which affects Texas one way and
the United States another (even if the
tariff did that we should never
hesitate to stand by Texas. This is
democracy, and it is states rights, and
that is the height and breadth of it
and the people will stand by the SEN
timents whether the Express does or
not.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-07

body. The best of feeling exists and
it is well that it does, because we
are not to have walk-over in the
tenth by any means. Whoever is NOM
mated at New Braunfels will be con-
tronted by Judge Rector, Of this city,
an able, clear-headed and popular gen.
tleman. OF course, the battle which
will follow the nominations with such
champions as Sayers and Rector on
opposing sides, will not mean
child's play in any sense of
the word. 1t will be business. pure
and simple, from the start, and
and he who finally wins will do
so only by narrow margin and after
visorous, long sustained and deadly
fight. Sayers has record which can
not be assailed, and IN this latitude he
has the advantage oyer his probable
opponent of having stood The entire
racket without ever having lowered
his crest to hold Office, or give aid and
comfort to republicanism in It's mad
policy of reconstruction, as Rector
did. This is a blemiSh, and personally
we regret that it can be said of Rector
that he weakened before the display
of power made by the federal govern
ment, or rather by its placemen in
Texas, after wars wild waves
had subsidized. This Sayers did not
do. He went through the last years
of that unfortunate but heroic strug-
gle on crutches, and on crutches at its
close he proceeded to reconstruct his
own broken and shattered fortunes,
and to recommence life as many
others did, with all reasonable proba-
hilities dead against him. How
gloriously he has succeeded in this
all Texas, but especially his own dis
trict, knows.
In every place in life where he
has been placed, and under
the fercest trials, he has come
out with the popular respect deep
ened and intensified. All these
things conspire to make him
the man of all others TO be nominated
at New Braunfels, and we have not a
doubt but that the delegates to that
body will look at it in the same light
that we do. There really ought not
to be contest, nor do we believe
there will be serious one made be-
tween he and Epson, The latter will
see the situation at once, and will
doubtless gracefully bow off the
stage and give the Bastrop champion
| a clear field, a unanimous nomina
ton.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-07
Campaign Humor.
Jim and Jack are on the track
To try a. race with Grover.

Jim and Jack are on the track
To try race with Grover,
But Jim is lame and Jacks the same,
So Grover will walk over.
The star-route wagons in the Blaine
ammunition train are filled to overflow
ing.-Poughkeepsie News-Press.
There is not much ratifying going
on in politics just now. Lots of the
rats are in their holeS.-New Orleans
Picayuue.
We get 'em one week. Now pre-
pare for Logan's hot shot at the hell
hounds of the Observation-Disclosures
phia Times 1nd.)
Brevity is the soul of a letter of ac-
ceptance. The next time Mr.. Blaine
writes he will please remember this
Cincinnati Times-Star.
The campaign joke about Ben Bolt
ought to be locked up. 1t has grown
somewhat rusty. Spring something
else upon us.-Boston Budget.
1t may be regarded as one of the
curiosities of the campaign, but still
Mr.. Dana desires, it is believed, that
the rascals should go out.-Kansas
City Times.
Some of the republicans are glad
that Mr.. Greedy is saved, but they
hope he will not go to writing demo-
cratic editorials for the Tribune
again.-Louisville Courier Journal.
Gen. Butler now refers to himself
as a fly on the wheel of the demo-
cratic coach. Before the nomination
he thought he was the fiywheel of the
whole concern-Boston Courier Qnd.)
Those three graces, the Widow But
Ter, Gail Hamilton and the star-eyed
goddess of reform, will lead pictur-
esque and charming aspect to politics
during the next few months.-Chicago
Times.
Chairman Barnum has at least one
advantage. The fiery darts of the
enemy will fall as harmless on his ex-
perienced cuticle as sand on the per-
sonal envelope of rhinosceros.-Phil-
adelphia Inquirer.
There is a general conviction that
Ben. Buffers gun is loaded, and that
he means to shoot. This accounts for
the general anxiety as TO the direction
n which that wabbly weapon will be
finally pointed.-Chicago Herald.
The presidential candidates will, of
course, be accused of all kinds of mis-
deeds, but a Portland, Me-, man "piles
on the agony" by accusing Cleveland
of writing "The Bread Winners
New Haven journal and Courier
(Rep9
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-07
MISS sUTRO's ROMANCE.
A Story ola Fine Face, Love at Distance
and Odd PaterpaI Agency

A Story of Fine Face, Love ut a Distance
and Odd PaterDaI Agency.
From the Virginia City Enterprise.
1t is announced that Miss Kate SUI
tro, the daughter of the builder of the
Sutro Tunnel, who is now in Europe,
is engaged to be married to a very
eminent German professor of Berlin,
around which quite romance is wo-
ven. 1t seems the professor saw a
photograph of the young lady, and
although he had never seen the orig
inal he fell in love with the picture,
which is very beautiful and in posses
sion of friend of his, from whom he
learned the name and address. He
wrote several letters, none of which
were answered. At last Miss Sutro
became so annoyed that she made
large package of them, not one of
which had been answered, and sent
them to her father, who was then in
spain.
When Mr.. Sutro went to Berlin he
saw the professor and was so agreea-
bly, impressed with him that he advis-
ed his daughter to answer. A cores
pondence was then opened, which re-
suited as announced.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-07
For the Georgia Republicans.

From the New YORK Time, Qnd. Kep).
The republican party of Georgia
will never be either influential or re-
spectacle until it ceases to be managed
from Washington as a part of the
machinery for turning out delegates
to the order of an administration desi-
rious OF being its own successor. The
removal of Gen. LoDgstreet from the
office of United States Marshal for
that state to enable such a person as
Col. John E. Bryant to reap the re
ward of his success in sending solid
Arthur delegation to Chicago is an
act well calculated to bring republi-
canism into disgrace in Georgia.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-07
Our Blessed Governor.

from inc Marlin Ball.
John Ireland is not personally
popular man with the people, possess
ing as ne does very little imagine
tism," qualification which more than
anything else makes the successful
politician. Consequently there IS no
enthusiasm manifested in favor of
Gov. Ireland, though generally con-
coded that he will be treated to re-
nomination. There is no doubt, how
ever, that there are numerous men in
the state more acceptable than the
present governor. and if Gen. Ross
had allowed the use of his name and
entered the race two months ago he
would ere this have developed a fol-
lowing of the most formidable pro-
DOrtiOns