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The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-05-03
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and the Railroad. Apply at this
Office.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-05-03

Sheriff Of the Parish of ST. Charles.
Sheliff's Office, April I'D, 1884.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-05-03

Now is time to advertise your
goods in The Herald.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-05-03

We thought we were too late until We saw
he advertisement Of Kendail'A SPAWN Cure.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-13

DRY of Indianas most noble soldiers and sailors,
Contributions need not be limited TO any
amount; but let the work be carried forward
and prosecuted with energy, and the necessary
amount ought easily to be secured inside of
thirty days. A city of 5000 inhabitants
would need raise but $3.50, and Indianapolis
at that rate would be calledon for but S., OOo.
Thus simplifed the monument should be
made an assured success within thirty days.
The sum of 800, 900 would be sufficient to
erect lasting memorial, credit to every
citizen, and a fitting tribute to the memory of
the heroic dead. There is no need of waiting
until any fixed date to begin the work Let
all be as eager to be first in contributing
money as were the soldiers to pledge their
lives in the hour of their countrys peril.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-13
THE PROPOSED SEA OF SAHARA,

The boldest project yet sanctioned or pro
gineer of the Suez and Panama canals, is that
of the conversion of a considerable part of the
Sahara desert into great African sea- The
extent of this immense sandy plain is equal to
that of the United States, exclusive of the
Territories or slightly over 2,O0OO 900 square
miles, 1t is calculated however, that not
more than one sixteenth of this area, or about
10000 square miles, is below the level Of the
ocean. This would make sea equal in area
to the three States of Ohio Indiana and Hi
nois. But as several-points even in this lower
portion of the desert are above the general
level of the ocean, the sea, if formed, would
be dotted with numerous islands.
The geodetic observations confirming the
theory of the deserts depression below the
surface of the Atlantic were made by M. Rou-
daire, an officer of the French army,
in 1928. The practicability of filing this
depressed portion of the desert by means of
canal, either from the Atlantic or the Mediter-
ranean, has been admitted by M. De Lesseps
and other eminent engineers who have duly
considered the subject. Since, therefore, the
Bey of Tunis has now authorized NJ. Roudaire
to construct the canal necessary for the pur-
pose, we may reasonably conclude that few
years will witness the completion of an under
taking whose far-reaching results may trans
cend inimportance the greatest former achieve
ments in modern engineering.
The Sahara desert is now believed to have
been the bottom of prehistoric sea; but the
nature of the process by which the deep basin
was emptied of its water can only be conJec-
tured Before covered again, as may soon be
the case, might it not be important to under
take some geological exploration of this an
Gent sea beda
The physical consequences of the formation
of such a sea or lake in the great sandy valley
cannot, perhaps be foretold with much GER
tainty. That it may produce important eli
matte changes, not only in the surrounding
portions of the African continent, but even in
Europe, is by no means improbable.
1t is earnestly to be hoped that NJ. De Les
seps, though now in his seventy-linth year,
may yet live to witness the consummation Of
this gigantic scheme, in which, for several
years, he has been greatly interested.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-13

ABOUT once week, more or less-depend-
the bulletin in the postofico announces, 'fNo
mail car on the Panhandle to-day" the effect
of which is to keep the business men of the
entire Middle and Southwestern sections of the
country out of their Eastern mail for twenty
four hours IF the missed car should come in
on the night train, the mail is not delivered
until the next day. This abuse is constant,
repeated and permanent Complaints have
been poured into the Postofice Department
month after month, and year after year. and
without appreciable effect. The Pennsylvania
railroad prefers the oyster trade to the mail
trade, and seems to be absolutely independent
of any authority Oysters take precedence of
letters, and up to the present time no remedy
has been devised or if it has, it has not been
applied. The very efficient and able superin-
tendents Of railway mail service have been
importuned about it, and If they deign to re-
ply at all, it has only been to show their after
absence of either information. knowledge or
care upon the subject The frequent repeti-
ton of delays and entire misses of connection
is a real and serious annoyance, and it would
seem that while fast mail trains can be put on
to accommodate supposed necessity in other
parts Of the country, some plan could b6~de-
vised whereby the slow mails for this locality
could be brought through on time, or at least
once a day sometime within the twenty -four
hours
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-13

n is pitiful thing to refer to Bismarck as
"a person pow holding the office of Chancel
lor.' Spitefulness is no part of craftsmanship
and the greatest man Of the German empire
will scarcely be rufied by any verbal slight
Unless the United States means to do some
thing and to insist on some kind of redress
it would be better to drop the Lasller business,
To give vent to ''yow-yow" is beneath the
dignity of a great people. 1t is to be hoped
that the House resolutions will find grave in
the committee room.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-13

that the legitimate business interests of the
country can be FRUSTRATED at the will of Wall
street. Nobody can predict the price of
wheat, or corn, or flour, or pork until the
men at Chicago are heard from. The price
goes up OF down according to the will Of the
bulls" and bears The same wheat that is
worth one dollar now may be worth 81. O5 in
April and but ninety five cents in May. The
supply furnishes the primary basis, but the
call board fixes the profit. The same is true
of railway bonds and stocks. They are 'cor-
nered" for rise and cleared for tumble in
such a confusing fashion that the uninitiated
are fairly bewildered. And even those on the
value of stocks, but the intentions of Wander
bilt, and Gould, and such men. The entire
railroad warp and wool of the coun-
try may be stretched, cramped or
torn at the pleasure and profit of
less than a score of men in New York city.
Stocks they are possessed of are watered and
heldu while others are deprecated until their
owners are 'frozen out as was Willard from
the Northern Pacific, just at time when ne
should have been allowed to enjoy the fruits
of his toll. The throwing of loaded dice or
three-card monte is no more sure to win for
its nanipulators than is this thimblerigging
of stocks. 1t is time to grapple with the evil
and put it down. No business is legitimate
that can arbitrarily imperil legitimate bust
ness. This trading in stocks and margins is
worse. 1t has no other effect than to cripple
trade and to fill all honest traders with appre-
hension. The press and the pulpit, backed by
the people, should hammer at this thing until
it is absolutely killed
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-13

that of voice which in a tone of agony
walled long, bloodcurlling "Oh, Ho' This
wall can be heard any night floating in almost
any direction. Ladies are so badly frightened
that they will not appear out of doors after
dark, but brave bands of men patrol the streets
armed with guns with which they propose to
shoot the owner of the voice, The latest and
most alarming development is the appearance
OF shadOwy, CHASTITY woman with nothing life
like about her but mass OF fiery red hair.
Upon seeing this hair no man had the courage
left to Shoot and the shape took its time to
fade safely out of sight The red-haired specter
takes refuge in deserted house. and the excited
citizens now propose to burn her out by setting
the building ON fire.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-13

CAPTAIN GEO. w. JOHNSTON, cashier Of tie
Citizens National Bank, is the treasurer of the
soldiers monument committee. Let every
body send their contributions to Mr.. John
ston. If any are mads-through the Journal
we will acknowledge them, and forward to the
treasurer at once. There should be system
ATTIC and persistent effort made in this direc-
ton during the NEXT thirty days. If there Is
plenty Of money will be at the command of
the committee at the expiration of that time
to enable them to decide upon a plan, and to
let the contract for the work so that it may
be completed this year
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-13
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

HARETEr BEECHER STOWE sells on The average Of
10000 oranges year from her little grove at Man.
DARN, Fla.
ME. w. H. H. MURRAY mas abandoned the minis
try and turns up the travelling correspondent
of Texas Siftngs.
A SCIENTIST Of Texas, who has seen the big meteor
that has been dug up in Los Angeles, describes it as
about the size Of trunk"
RoBBRT BONNER is sixty-two years old His wealth
is estimated. at $7OoO000 His interest in tO
Legder is worth $50 900 year.
In Philadelphia the other day, John Hay called os
Wayne MacVeagh and asked him for an apothegm.
MacVcash was not at loss to comply First. said
he, Empty your mind absolutely of any willingness
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-13

To the Editor of the indianapolis Journal:
l. Did the Supreme Court of the United States
decide the civil rights bill unconstitutional 2.
If so, upon what plea! 8 Is the ma 20 rity of the
Judges Republican, f. What is the salary of
each of the officers of the Supreme Court of the
United States! A. G. FUNK.
MILLToWN, Crawford county
l. The court decided two sections of the bill
unconstitutional 2. On the ground that the
States have the sole power to pass such law
g. Yes. d The salary of Chief Justice is $40 800
a year; of each of the judges, $4,000; the clerk
is paid by fees; the marshal receives $4,000 a
year, and the reporter So, 500
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-13

THAT staunch Democratic organ, the Brook
Ign Eagle says the Democratic canvass is in
danger of becoming ridiculous unless it is
speedily settled whether or not Mr.. Tilden is
to be a candidate and whether 'he is really
suffering from bodily incapacity or is able not
only 70 feed himself, but to nourish the Dem
ocratic party for the hard battle to be fought"
This is a hasty conclusion. 1t cannot really
matter to the brethren whether their Uncle
Samuel can feed himself or not; the only
question of moment is, can he and will he
provide the 'nourishment" for the party2
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-13

THERE is already statute for the punish
ment of dynamite shippers. Section 1858,
Revised Statutes, reads:
every person who knowingly transports,
or delivers, or causes to be delivered nitro
glycerine, nitroleum, or blasting-oi or nj
trated oil, or powder mixed with any such oil,
OF fiber saturated with any such substance or
article, OH any vessel or vehicle whatever ON
ployed in conveying passengers by land OF
wafer between any place in a foreign country
and any place within the United States or be
tween place in one State Territory or dis
tlict of the United Ststes and place IN any
other State Territory or district thereof shall
be punished by fine of not less than one
thousand dollars nor more than ten thousand
dollars, one.half to the use of the informer. y
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-13

On the face of it, the new fast mail from
Chicago west, about which so much fuss is
being made in and from Chicago, seems to be
of piece with a similar enterprise once
started in the interests of the Cincinnati
morning papers, under the guise of ga fast
mail train" from that city. This Chicago
'fast mail arrives there at about u o'clock
midnight, and is now arranged to start out
over the Chicago, Burlington G. Quincy road
at o'clock in the morning. Why 'fast
mali should halt for three hours in Chicago,
en- route, is mystery, explainable only upon
the theory that it is to benefit the morning
papers Of that city. The night mail train
over the Burlington & Quincy road leaves
at 10 o'clock at night the mail closing at
alf-past g. The claim that the new train
accommodates the business public of Chicago
to any extent is, of course, palpable
farce. How many letters are written by the
business men Of Chicago between half-past 9
o'clock at night and o'clock in the morning.
The question shows the utter absurdity Of the
pretext. There is no collection of mail, and
the letters put into the postoffice between 10
o'clock at night and o'clock in the morning,
even by the enterprising business mon of Chi
cago, could be carried in hat. If the pur-
pose Of the train was to carry the mail gath
cred east from Chicago to Omaha, so as to con
~ IA h. TT,;o ~
the Pacific coast there would be no sense in
holding the train for three hours in Chicago
That this is done gives away the main pur
pose Of this much Wanted fast-mail train
west from Chicago, and explains the remarha-
bic enthusiasm with which the morning press
of that city indorses the movement. The
News, in an editorial, does not mince words
over the matter at all. 1t says boldly
''Not the least interested in the new de-
parture is the press, for besides the dispatch
and early delivery of papers that will be posi-
BILE under the altered mailing arrangements
other considerations to which it is not neces-
sary to allude here render the new service an
unmixed boon to all journals circulating
largely in the region lying west of the city.
Too much praise cannot be awarded to those
who have brought about what is. perhaps, as
important an addition to our mail facilities as
has ever been made, if, indeed, it be not the
most important"
This is the whole case in nutshell. For
the private advantage of the morning press of
Chicago an expensive fast-inail train has been
provided, which is paid for out ofSthe general
treasury. How long the train will continue is a
problem The Cincinnati newspaper fast mail
continued, we believe, for few weeks only,
until the euthorities of Washington came to
understand the matter Then it was peremp-
torily discontinued, and the fast mail train"
has not been heard of since
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-13

THE Travellers Record writing of the topic
discussed in the Journal yesterday, says;
How to secure the punishment of even the
worst of criminals. in the face of a condition of
law and public sentiment which makes it almost
impossible to get jury to convict one, is fast
becoming question of the highest public inn
portance, The infamous verdicts which let the
vilest murderers and ravishers go free are a
tional scandal, and worse than that, are reyiving
everywhere the code of private vengeance which
courts We're established and penalties affixed to
root out If law will not redress mems wrongs
they will redress their own. We wish we could
hope couple of late examples portended the
adoption of efficacious new remedy-the vir.
tual outlawry of the jurors giving such verdicts.
The relentless persecution of the jury which ac
Quilted Dukes is familiar to all and we now hear
that the jurymen who acquitted the fiends who
ruined Emma Bond-beside whom Dukes was
saint and hero-are meeting with the same
treatment. With fear like this before theft
eyes, juries might bring in rational
diets"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-13
SPECULATIVE "RusINEss, y

Rev. Robert Collyer, always a forceful and
outspokes man, recently preached a sermon
against the impurities Of stock and grain gam
bling. He did not stop to select words to
gloss over the crime complained of, but de-
nounced unsparingly all who are engaged in
it for the purpose of speculation. Minister'S,
as Glass; set off from contact with the world
and its rough experiences, do not always re-
alze the ms and outs of trade Too often they are
absorbedin expounding the dogmas of theology
to the exclusion of everything else, and for
right under their noses and not be recognized
as such and called to account Too many men
engaged in business that will not stand in the
great Judgment can vociferate in prayer and
roll out voluminous ''amen.S Their victims
alone recognize their hypocrisy; and, being
unable to bring them to account, fail to
hating the church for its liberation and truck
ling to such impure and dishonest ele-
ments Mr.. Collyer has reached for
few scalps among those who occupy
the front seats and pay big premiums for choice
pews In Analysing and tracing business pan
les back TO their origin, he says; 'The great
truth lies in what is called business transac-
tions-which is not business-carried on in
Chicago and New York, and many other cities.
These panics are created by men who want to
obtain their selfish aims Reaching for the
proper term, as one would draw a revolver on
burglar he continued: ''The villains watch
and wait their chance, and when the
time comes they realize enormous
wealth at the expense and distress of Others"
Again he declares: "There are worse men in
New York than the James boys who are wei
coined in our churches and who pay thar pew
rent"
If the reverend blacksmith shall rain blows
on these fellows as sturdily as once he put
them on hot iron, he will be doing Gods serv-
ice as faithfully as though he spent all his
years in simplifying that which
is already so plain that the wayfaring
man, though a fool, may understand The
indignation against the business of boards
Of trade and stock exchanges is swelling in
volume, and in justice to all the people day
of retribution must be brought about. The
law must be built high enough to reach the
fellows who manipulate things and strong
enough to put them down and hold them
down. The business of the country is made
and unmade by a few men who haven't dol
lar legitimately invested, and yet who reap
millions through the jugglery known as
puts" and "calls," and ''straddles" in the
Board of Trade Every cent of "margin" put
up is a guaranty that the gambler putting it
up will pay if luck or combination is against
him, Every Corner is brace game
against all outside the combination. The IDEA
of those putting up such scheme is to make
a certainty of winning from all who, in ignor-
ance of their plan, can he induced to bet
against them. If the losses were confined to
those actively engaged in the "busi-
ness" it would not be so bad 1t would
still be gambling, but less harmful TO those
not participants 1t has come to such pass
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-13

diGates and supported party that were not
only not directly in favor of prohibition, but
were distinctly and Extensively opposed to it,
and if this is true, Mr. Murray, in securing
the signatures of temperance Republicans to
the pledge, as printed in the South Bend
Times, is committing them to a course to which
he did not commit himself in 1882 All this
seems to be very plain to the Journal
and can in no wise involve us
in controversy with Mr.. Murray.
The simple question is, did he or did he not
support and vote for the Republican party and
the general ticket in 1892 If he says he did,
then the Journal will be glad and prompt to
withdraw everything that has been said in
these columns about the matter. But if the
inference from his repeated statement that he
voted the Republican legislative ticket, that
that was the only portion of the ticket he did
vote, be just one, and we think it is, we are
firmly of the opinion that, in now seeking to
pledge temperance Republicans to third
party movement he is working with more
effect for Democratic liquor-league success
than he is for the advancement Of prohibition.
And this is simply a question of judgment,
and not of fact upon which there can be mis-
representation
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-13
representation

The time is out of joint this year, What
with unprecedented foods heavy losses by
fires cyclones sweeping out of season. crime
of every degree of almost hourly occurrence,
it begins to look as though almost all mum
dane things might be overwhelmed in a
mighty cataclvsm of disaster ere the awful
year comes to a close. Now that the foods
have subsidized in the North and East the
streams are rising in the South and West
Blizzard has howled at the heels of blizzard
and the end is not yet The cyclones
of two weeks ago have been supplemented by
another on Tuesday, and all these are but the
forerunners of a troop of them. Avalanches
have hurtled down into the valleys, and the
Atlantic is peopled with icebergs long before
their proper season, and the sons of men on
land and on sea know not whittier to turn for
safety. With the exception of the earthquakes
at Ischia and the Strait of Sunda, the horrors
of last year have already been surpassed, and
the nearly ten months remaining may bring
about some calamity of like magni-
tude. The earth tremhes as in palsy in
these latter days, the mountains are uneer-
tain and the sea treacherous. There is enough
in the eccentric throes of nature to appall
but only for awhile. The ruins are cleared
away, the dead are buried, and mankind goes
on its way as needless as ever. After all
these awful happenings, second deluge would
find the world as unprepared as it did the
soothing neighbors who considerably de-
hounced Noah as hopeless crank
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-13

''THE Republicans seem to be very iubilant
over the election of one of their party to sue
coed the late Congressman Haskell in one of
the Kansas districts The district has always
been strongly Republican, and because it was
not captured in one short campaign by rev
enue Ieformer they know no bounds to their
joy"
The joy of the Republicans is because in a
district so largely agricultural, and where,
therefore, the free-trade Democrats thought
they could make an iiroad upon the regular
Republican vote on that Issue, the Republican
candidate was elected by fully one thousand
larger majority than usual. That is why we
smile and very good reason it is, too.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-13

To vote in an exceptional year for a local
candidate for tho Legislature scarcely entities
a Democrat, however conscientious a man he
may be, to dictate what the Republican party
shall and shall not do under any given circum-
stances. The true and tried members of the
Republican party will determine party action
and it will be such, we hope, as will challenge
the support of all conscientious men.