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ACADEMIC DE STE. MARIE,
Opelousas, Line.

ES cours de cette Academic seront GU
verts lie Is septembre; les classes COM
menceront lie II.
Les classes d'Anglais seront enseigneos par
NJ. Henry G.. Lewis, natif de la Virginle ct
gradue de fUniversite de la Pennsylvania
celles de FranGais par NJ. A. Blanc Duques-
nay, deja bien connu dams la paroisse.
Avec DIES professors aussi ~distingues, dun
age deja muir, don't tout lie temps sera consacre
au bien des eleves, ct sous la haute direction
de NM. G. ct J. F. Raymond, PAcademie he
peut que prosperer.
Les parents Y trouveront tout ce quils peu-
vent desirer pour leurs enfants. lis sont in
stamment prizes de les envoyer DIES Fouvertnre
des classes. REV. G. RAYMOND,
REV. j. +. RAYMOND,
HENRY G.. LEWIS,
A. BLANC DUQUESNAY.
Opelousas, Ter septembre 1888. If
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NOUVEAU MAGASIN.
LIE New Orleans Cheap Store

HWe MUFat,V Es-u-5lS le DHTeUV ne F0S7e,
OPELOUSAS.
y viens de ~recevoir IN assortment com
81 plet de nouvelles marchandises, telles que
Marchandises S6ches, Habillements Con-
~fectionnes, C~haussures, Groceries,
Vjns, Liquors, Etc, Etc,
Que i'offre aux prix de la Nlle-Orleans, pour
du compliant. TOUS sont invites a venir ex-
aminer mes marchandises ct Sc renseigner sur
mes prix avant de faire leurs achats ailleurs;
celia ne leur cohtera rien, ct lis pourront epar-
gner de l'argent en- ce faisant.
y Les plus hauts prix du marche seront
pages pour la Mousse, la Laine ct les Peaux,
ct toute espece de produits du pays.
ETIENNE LATREYTE.
Opelousas, 13 Nov. 1888. I'm
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lie Courier des Opelousas,
public LIE sAMEDI PAR
r.EnMGE e. T.. A SAT

LEONCE & L. A. SANDoz.
ANNOUNCEMENT sera de $3.50 par an,
payable d'avance, on trois piastres dams lie
courant de l'annee.
LES AVIS Sc paieront cinquante cents par
carr6 pour la premiere insertion ct vingt-cinq
cents par carre pour chaque insertion subse.
quente. HUT lignes on moins constitueront
un carr6.
Les avis qui seront envoy6s pour etre publ
Is seront ins6res en- Francois ct en- Anglais IA
moins quill men soft autrement ord0nn9I jus
qua ce que Pediteur JUICE q propos de les dis
continuer.
Les candidats aux faveurs publiques de-
vront payer quinze piastres d'avance, sils
veulent Sc faire announcer.
Les nGcrologes, les lettres de remereiment,
les reclames, les communications dun genre
personnel, etc, Sc paieront au taux des avis.
Les articlesd'nne nature p~ersonnelle tquand
tOutefois ills serOut admissiblesl Sc paieronf
vingt cents Ia ligne st d'avance.
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L'Alaska.

L'Alaska.
LIE territoire de PAlaska.
mieux connu sous lie nom d'A'
m6rique russo, a etc c6de aux
Etats-Uni en- 1867. Depuis CT
temps-la on he sen 6tait gnere
occupe qu'au point de vue com,
mercial. LIE traffic des peanx.
DIES huiles, la p6che, la chaSse.
qnelqnes explorations sclentifi'
ques a l'int6rieur, VOLTA a per
pres en- quot s'est resum6e Poe
cupation de CO territoire 81 loin-
tain ct 81 ignore.
Aujourd'hui, 81 Pom ell croft
les iournaux, les Etats- Unis SON.
geraient a doter cette nouvelle
acquisition dun gouvernement
Constitutional. ii men est que
temps, car 81 Pom croft la legen-
de, PAlaska est encore lie pays
du mehrtre, de la superstition,
de la cruaut6 par excellence
Quelqu'un qui Pa habite dit que
lorsqu'on y construct une de,
meure, quatre femmes sont sa-
critics. ct leur sang est verse
dams les trous DIES quatre poteaux
qui doivent appuyer la toiture!
LIE mari a droit de vie ct de
mort sur sa femme ct SEES enfants.
Les malades, les boiteux, les
aveugles, les infirmes, les We'll
lards sont assommes sans piti6
lorsqu'ils deviennent I'm embar-
ras. ii arrive Solvent que les
enfants tuent leurs meres. La
plupart des femmes sont tenues
dams lie plus rigoureux esclavage,
ct Solvent Giles font MOURN elles
aussi leurs enfants pour leu
epargner Persistence sanguinaire
ct horribles qu'elles voient me-
ner a leurs peres. Chaque an.
nee, nombre de femmes ct den.
fants sont fortunes par les sor-
ciers de la nation. Partout.
dams cette contr6e maudite, Ia
main du fort s'appesantit sur le
fable. Les chiensici sont mieuz
traites que les etres humans la.
has.
Toutes ces horreurs, toutes
ces denominations Sc commettent
sur lie territoire ct a la barbe des
autorites DIES Etats- Unis. Ur
journal, lie Chicago Herald, fat
remarquer avec raison que nu.
autre peuple que la nation anne.
ricaine MA lie droit de faire ces.
ser ces crimes sans mons. 81
retranger sen melait ce serait
I'm casus belK. Les Etats- Unis
savent celia, ct pourtant lis agis.
sent lentement en- ce cas-, tandis
quill NY plus une minute d
perdre. Que Pom civilise pAlas-
ka par la douceur, par la religion
ou par une determination en- re.
gle, mails que ces denominations
la cessent sous lie plus court de-
lai possible.
Cette euyre de philanthropie
est en- marche, dit-on. Esperont
qu'elle reussira promptement Ell
s1rement. La population de IA
laska est de trente-cinq mile
ames. Il ny a que trois mile
blancs.
Une grande compagnie de che
min de fer, nominee la Cont6nen-
tai Dieided International Rail.
acGy Company, Went de Sc for
mer avec IN capital de $4,000
900 divis6 en- actions de SO cha
cune pour La construction dune
vote ferr6e qui partirait de pAlas-
ka ct aboutirait au Mexique.
~
Quand on parle du diable, on
en- volt la queue, dit-on. Mais
ceux qui TRENT le diable par la
queue depuis le jour de L JUS
qua la Saint-Sylvestre, CONNIE
dernier expedient de sauvetage,
mont pas besoin den parler pour
lie voir dams teute sa laideur.
CONNIE c'est lie caractere .des
grands esprits dc faire entendre
en- peu de paroles beaucoup de
phnca0s fac MATHS o
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ANDIDATS

Pour sBmge de ~EDaix-12e Ward.
Nous semmes autarises a announcer ZENpN
s. FONTENOT CONNIE candidaT pour JUICE d.
Paix pour lie l2e ward, parnisse 81. Ltndr, D
N6lection qui aura lieu en- Avril. 1884
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LOUIS PUCHEU,

RTARCHAND de Groceries, Provisions,
w Quincaillerie, FaIence, Verrerie, Fer,
blanterie, Ustensiles dts "Graniteware,"
Fruits. Huiles, Couleurs, Vernis, Etc.
Poales de Salon, ct les celebres Posles de
Cuisine "Charter Oak" ct autres.
BUVETTE .joignant lie magasin, on fon
trouyera les meilleures BLOSSOMS aussi,
uJm Salon d'HHuitres-on reeoit jour
nellement des huftres fraiches, ct on les sert
dams tous les gohts.
Les plus hauts prix du marche seront payes
pour la mousse, laine, peaux, ct toute espeee
de produits du pays. 2lja84
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Pour des groceries frafches ct a bon
march6, allez au "Star Grocery" au
aessous du bureau du COURIER.
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TICKET -DEMOCRATIQUE.


Pour Gonverneur:
SAMUEL ID. McENERY, d'Ouachita.
Pour Lieutenant Gouverneur:
CLAY KNOBLOCH, de Lafourche.
Pour T%resorier:
E. A. BURKE, d'Orl6aDs.
Pour Auditeur:
O. B. STEELE, d'Union.
Pour Avocat- General
MI. CUNNINGHAM, de Natchitoches
Pour Secretaire d'Etat
OSCAR ARROYO, de P~laquemines.
Pour Surintendant de rEducation Pu.
blique:
WARREN EASTIN, d'Orleans.
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Achetez vOs wins, ~liqueurs, cigares,
tabacs, cigarettes, pipes, livres blancs'
papiers, encres, &C., au " Star Gro
Gerry ,"au-dessous du bureau du CoUR-
RIER.
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Pour Constable-I2e Ward.

Nous sommes autorises a annoncrr THOS,
B. FONTENOT CONNIE candidat a la place de
Constable pour lie lee ward, ~paroisse St. Lam
dry, a I6lectien qui aura lieu gu Avril, 1884.
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CONNIE c'est lie caractere .des
grands esprits dc faire entendre
en- peu de paroles beaucoup de
chooses; les petits esprits, au
%contraire, ont lie don de beau
coup parler ct de ne rien dire.
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LIE Chief Donaldsonville,

LIE Chief Donaldsonville, du
Ter mars:
Nous n'avons pas eu de cas-
de petite verole, depuis quinze
.iours. Les deux derniers mai
sons infect6es ont etc parfaite-
ment fumigu6es. II reste peu
de cas- de cette maladie, a Port
Barrow ct a Smoke Bend. Nous
esperons blen en- avoir ini dams
la paroisse avec cette plate.
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PARoIssE ST. LANDRY.


Pour lie Senat de l'Etat:
T. S. FONTENOT,
M. D. KAVANAGH.
Pour la Chambre des Representants
PLACIDE ROBIN,
j. CRAWFORD LYONS,
ALBERT GUIDRY,
F. w. WHARTON.
Pour Juge de District
GEO. w. HUDSPETH.
Pour Avocat de District:
JOHN N. OGDEN.
Pour Sheriff:
c. G. DUSON.
Pour Grefier d. Ia Cour:
JAMES O. CHACHERE
Pour Cornntr:
WILLIAM NJ. THUMPSO\
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III y a trois menteurs privile-
giles que lie monde ne condamlle
pas !: lie medecin, lavocat ct lie
Journalistic. LIE m6decin SO croft
autorise a mentir doucement
pour ne pas effffrayer son patient,
on pour l'encourager autant que
possible. L'avocat Sc fait un
devoir de mentir hardiment dams
Pinteret de son client, quill veut
SAWYER quand meme. Et lie jour
naliste Sc croft oblig6 de mentir
hyperboliquement pour faire
concurrence d ses ~confreres, qui
Sc moqueraient de lui sill ne pos
s6dait pas les rudiments de sa
profession. Tous les trois Sc
~persuadent que la fin justife le
moyen.
lie Sugar Boaol, Nouvelle-Ibe-
RE, Louisiana, du 6 mars:
Ona expose, a Donaldsonville,
TN 6chantillon de papier de ba-
gasse, qui a etc fabriqn6 sur rha-
bitation Belmont, par M. Ed.
Lebourgeois, fills du proprietaire,
M. Louis Lebourgeois. Il est
dune couleur claire, est COM
pact, solide.
Lappareil d etc construct par
M. I'd. Lebourgeois, a son re-
tour dun voyage dams pEst, Oh
HI a6tudi9 Ia fabrication du pa
pier esies machines qui ie pro-
duisent.
La Louisiana pourrait faire de
bonnes a~ffaires, en- SO livrant a
cette industrie, en- jetant d'a-
bondants pysoduits sur le mar
che, Tia phlpe peut etre prepa-
rec d tres Don march6, ct, meme,
avec le Irix de transport, OH
ponrraiB r6aliser, au Nord de
beauYl b6n6ices.
Un certain nombre de- capi-
taRlistes, parmi lesqnels nons ci-
tarons MN. e. Haussinann eli
Charles Bal, de France, ainsi
que d. Z. III. Casse, du New Jer-
sey, ont achet6, dernierement,
dams pouest de la Louisiana.
2200 acres de terre, sitn6s dams
Salvage, entrel les Bayous
Nez-Piqu6 ct Bleu. d 90 miles
am nord dc la station Jennings.
Ell q 45 miles d Pouest dope
lousas; ills sont en- train de les
am6liorer. INA. Bal Sc fait con-
struire une belle residence pour
laquelle Mn. @. q. Trainor ct
Fills, de Ia Nouvelle-Ib6rie, lui
ont fonrni les fenetres, les volets
let les portes. Oes messienrs
veulsnt 6tablir une grande scie-
rie ct nne waste fern1e pour l'6-
levage des bestiaux. En- atten-
dant cue la nouvelle residence
soft acheyee. M. Bal demeure j
ia Nouyelle-Ib6rie. aEec sadame.
et A y recoit f~r6quemment SEES
eompagnons d'entrenrise. M.
de Oasse nous o h0nor6 de sa
visite, dams nos bureanx.
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che de la Nouvelle-O Orleans, OH a
messieurs P. E. Th6ard & Sons,
avocats du Diocese, No. 81. rue
du Camp, Nouvelle-O Orleans
Louisiana. Mule aqtre person
ne nest autorisee a collector
pour ce Diocese.
Tout argent ainsi recu constl-
tuera un Fonds Special, qul
sera d6pos6 dams Pune des Ban
cues de la Nouvelle-O Orleans.
|Lagent fiscal ct les avocats sns
NOMINEES publieront lie samedl
de chaque semaine I'm etat don
nant les mons DIES donateurs ct
les sommes donnees par eux'
Oet. etat sera atteste ct contre-
sign6 par lie Caissier de la Ban
que choisie CONNIE depositaire
ct plus tard Temploi de ces SOM
mes sera oficiellement annonce'
+ FRANCIS x. LERAY,
L.. A. CHAssE,
PAUL e. THEARD,
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Quand on parle du diable, on
en- volt la queue, dit-on. Mais
ceux qui TRENT le diable par la
queue depnis le jour de rAn JUS
qua la Saint-Sylvestre, CONNIE
dsrnier expedient de sauvetage,
mont pas besoin den parler pour
lie voir dams teute sa laideur.
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Ex6cuteurs testamentaires de
Mgr. Perche.
Les journaux des Etats- Unls,
publi6s en- langue franeaise, sont
prizes de reproduire gratis Pap
pei ci-dessus.
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ACT NO. ll3

AOI NU. ITO
Of the Regular Session Of 1882
amendment to Article l46 Of the Con
sttution of the State Relative to Fees
and Charges to be Paid by Stamps IN
the Parish Of Orleans.
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Amendment NO 9.

4U1GuQzUGUG GSO &s
ART. l46. "All fees and charges
fixed by law for the various Civil
Courts of the parish of Orleans, and
for the Register of Conveyances and
Recorder of Mortgages of said parish,
shall enure to the State, aud all sums
realized therefrom shall be set aside
and held as a special fund, out of
which shall be paid, by preference,
the expenses of the Clerk of the Civil
District Court. the Clerks of the city
Courts, the Register of Conveyances
and Recorder of Mortgages of the par
ish of Orleans j; provided that the
State shall never make any payment
to any Sheriff, Clerk, Register of Con-
veyances or Recorder of Mortgages of
the parish of Orleans, or any of their
deputies, for salary or other expenses
of their respective offices, except from
the special fund provided for by this
article, and any appropriation made
contrary to this provision shall be null
and void.n
ACT NO. 1876
Of the Regular Session of 1882
amendment to article 81 of the Con-
stitution of the State, RelatiUe to the
Jurisdiction Of the Supreme Court.
Amendment NO. 3.
ART. 81. 1.-The Supreme Court, ex-
cept in cases hereinafter provided,
shall have appellate jurisdiction only,
which jurisdiction shall extend to all
cases when the matter in dispute, or
the fund to be distributed, whatever
may be the amount therein claimed,
shall exceed two thousand dol
lars, exclusive of interest; to suits
for divorce and separation from bed
and board to suits for nullity of
marriage; to suits involving the rights
to homesteads to suits for interdic-
ton !; and to all cases in which the
constitutionality or legality of any
tax, toll or impost whatever, or of any
fine, forfeiture Or penalty imposed by
a municipal corporation shall be in
condensation, whatever may be the
amount thereof, and in such cases the
appeal on the law and the facts shall
be directly from the Court in which
the case originated to the Supreme
Court; and to criminal cases on ques-
tions of law alone, whenever the pun
ishment of death or imprisonment at
hard labor may be inflicted, or a fine
exceeding Three Hundred Dollars
($300) is actually imposed.
AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE 95
Of the Constitution Of the State Relative
to the Jarisdietion Of Courts Of Ap-
peal.
Amendment MO 4.
ART. 95. 1.-The Courts of Appeal,
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except in cases hereinafter p,,,,,
shall have appellate iurisdiopfO Vidsd
which jurisdiction shall exteoS OILY
Eases, civil or probate, when ~ ID al
ter i'll dispute or the funds 'he nat
trlbuted shall exceed ono % d.
dollars, exclusive of ints hundrd
shall not exceed two thousanSss apt
exclusive of INTEREST," aollafs
AMENDMENT TO ARTrmp,
Of the Constitution of the stot.
the to Trial Of Gases in Gs RsA,
appeal when Judges "diso ooafs q
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Amendment no. y.

ART. lou. 'Fof Tile Faileh VI
leans there shall be two Distrle,
Courts and no more. One Of saia
courts shall be known as the 'Ihe Wv
il District Court for the Parish OF "
leans;' and the other as the CrimlDalDs
trict Court for the Parish of Orleans
The former shall consist of notless taap
five Judges, and the latter not less tlsp
two judges, having the qualilcatop'
prescribed for District Judges through,
out the State. The said judges snal,
be appointed by the Governor, ey aaa
with the advice and consent q W
Senate, for the term of eight yea,s,
The first appointment shall be l caOl
as follows Three judges OF the olva
District Court, for four years ana wv
judges, for eight years. wv y
Judge ofthe Criminal District Coa1''.@
four years and one for eight ysa.s,
the terms to be designated ID lasn l
commissions. The said Judges s a.r,
receive each, four thousand o caa,t
per annum. Said Civil District Ova,'
Shall have exclusive and general Iiw
bate, and exclusive civil juflsdicsaS.' ~
in all cases, when the amount ~ I.
pute or to be distributed, exeeeds ~
hundred dollars, exclusive OF ln.eis, .s
and exclusive appellate JurlsalSasJI
from the City Courts of the Fa.is .n,ss
Orleans, when the amount 10 u,. 1a.;rs
exceeds twenty-five dollars, exelu IA
of interest. All causes filed ID ~ :.
courts shall be equally allotted alu .s =
signed among said judges, In aeeolusI #
with rules of court to be adopesu /
the purpose. In ase of recusaeio ,sas,
any Judge in any cause, sucli sas Y.
shall be reassignsd, or in case 9. 4.
sence from the parish, sickness y III
disability of the Judge to wnon M
cause may have been assignsa, d
Judge of said court may issuS dars.
grant conservatory writs Of ora ass9
In ether respects each judge ,sn s,r
have exclusive control over ;aeso.
cause assigned to him from its in ss,d
ton to it's final determination III Can't
court. The criminal Distric1 only.
shall have criminal jurisdiction al saii
All prosecutions instituted 10 b.
court shall be equally apportlohsqF sel
tween said Judges BY los. Il
Judge or his successor, shall nas ali
elusive control over every cause i ID
ing to him from it's inception Il
FINAL determination in SAID cou asase
case of vacancy or %recusatloh nDds
assigned shall be assigned
order of court" Ia Sss
Given under my signature anu citJ
of the State of Louisiana, at tn posaul
of Baton Rouge, this LIST day OF
Der A. D. 1883.
WILL A. STKusu,
400 Secretary Of State
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Catholics First to Speak Against
Witchcrait,

The honor of being the first to speak
out against the injustice, brutality, and
futility Of the prevailing treatment of
witches falls to a Catholic priest, Cor
nelius Loos by name. He was followed
by the Jesuit, Adolph Tanner. md more
strenuously and e~fficaciously by Fried
rich Spec, whose hair had grown pre-
maturely white while attending to those
to whom he was appointed to minister
at the time of their torture and execu-
ton. His work was published anony-
mously in 1851, and created IN i'm
mense sensation. The practice
had become too deep
rooted, however, to yield Immediately
to the influence of his words, but he
had the satisfaction Of seeing one Prince
at least, the Elector John Philip Schon-
born, of Mayenee, abolish the proceed
ings against witches. Other Catholic
Princes followed his example. In none
of the Protestant states does the prac-
tice appear to have been given up
through the whole of the seventeenth
century. The most celebrated case in
the annals of Sweden Called the nial
Of Borra) took place so late as 1910.
Benedict Cerpzoy, (died 1860, who is
called the lawgiyer of Saxony, not only
would have witches execI.-d, but also
those who deniedthe e~xistenceof witch
craft.-Notes and Queries.
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The aclay.Eatars."

In some sections of our southern
states, as in certain other parts of the
world, a peculiar buttery kind of clay
abounds, which the lower classes Of
whites learn to eat-and the eating be-
comes a confirmed habit Captain Geer
Of Ohio gives agraphic description OF
the "clay-eaters" as he saw them while
a prisoner in Macon, Ga, during the
war.
One morning as ] stood gazing at the
guards about prison, [ was forcibly
struck with their appearance. They
were a new set of men, who had relieved
our old guards, the latter having been
sent to Richmond. They We're all tall
and ungainly. and in speaking always
said "har,' "sar, 'whar" and ''dar. "
Their favorite EXPLANATIONS We're
"tarned Jerusalem and II golly."
AS | was thus surveying these men, ]
heard one Of them say
"Tom, what d. you allus go to old
Sanders mill for? Why don't you &c
to Mike Adams mill?n
why" was the reply, don't you
know there's a great deal better clay ur
at old Sanders than there is at Mike
Adam's?"
AS we We're at this time under the
charge Of Captain Collins, who was more
indulgent than any of our previous
keepers, we We're allowed to converse
with the guards. 1 resolved to settle
this matter of clay-eating; so 1 asked
one of the fellows to whom l have JUS
referred what his comrade wanted viii
the clay he got at the mill.
My" = Slontea, don't you know
nothin'? He wanted it to eat!"
1t would be impossible to describe
the personal appearance of these wretch
cd clay-eaters better than by the re
mark of an Ohio lady, made on seeing
them in all their glory in Georgia
Said she, "They do not look like fresl
dead men, but mel who have been deaf
some tiine."-Beyond the Lines.
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Wall Street Unhappy.

Its condition is pictured in this para
graph from the New York Herald: AT
the lunch counter ut Delmonico's re-
Gently there was pointed ont n gentle
man who stood making a luncheon off a
cake and a glass of water, who two years
ago made his wifea Christmas present
of 800 900 in government bonds. He
was worth outside of that probably half
a million dollars. To-day he is without
a dollar, his wife's bonds having been
thrown in the same whole with his W
fortune. Indeed, the lunchroom at Del
monica's Broad street house is always a
pretty accurate barometer of the for
tunes of stock brokers. During the flush
times from 1879 to the beginning of 1889
the tables there were always crowded
from noon until half-past one, and at
nearly every table champagne was drank.
Now beer is the popular beverage, aud
the tables are very often deserted, their
former patrons preferring to stand at
the counter down stairs and indulge in Q
sandwich or o cake and cup Of Coffee
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The True Reveries Of a Bachelor

From the Waterbury American.
Tho ladies sometimes iatter them.
selves that it is the longing for a kin
bred soul, the desire for the highest OF
human intimacies, the loneliness Of
life which has no object upon which te
lavish the pent-up feelings that will moi
remain self-contained, that drives the
men to- .aeir feet to size for the kecptDe
Of their hearts. Ladies. we dislike tG
undecelve you, but this is true of only
rare men at rare intervals. You have
derived your ideas from such books as
Mr.. Mitchcll's 'Reveries Of a Bachelor
where thoughts of love were sup
gested by the ashes of a wood fire.
III an old-fashioned country house. with
q storm raging outside, and the blast.
making the chimneys ~unplcasantly sug.
gestlve OF evil spirits. How many bachc.
lors, suppose you, ever went and pro.
posed after such IN experience as that:
How many even had such an expert.
ence? No, ladies, Mr.. Mitchell's pic.
ture is only n poets dream told in prose
The true "Reveries of a Bachelor is
yet to be written. The scene will moi
be laid in a country house, but in the
top story OF a clearinghouse, or maybt
IN a room just about large enough te
enable n good-sized person to turn
around in it; there will be no wood fire
there, with dying embers to glow and
pale; there will be no fire there, unless
it be the steadily burn
ing, always redolent fire oj
the kerosene stove; there will be Nc
toying Of the wind in rough play will
the shaky bricks and lose morter of the
chimney. but the adjacent roofs near al
hand will be alive with cats raising
rasping shrieks one to another. In sncI,
a room, among such surroundings, the
bachelor begins to think seriously o,
married life, as he sits clumsily irving
to thread the needle with which lie viii
more clllmsily sew on the button that
must be made to stay ere he can sally
forth o presentable biped. dbl never
strike you why the modern shirt is
fastened from end to end with studs.
n trousers have fancy catchesin places
where the buttons ought to be. It is
only the process of evolution adaptinu
garments to the environment of mn age
in which marriage and the wife's needle
are largely passing out Of fashion.