The Opelousas courier., 1885-04-11

of course, by express, they Will
be too large for the MALL At
last the happy day came and to
the Joy of all the beautiful cas-
kets. two inches square, con-
tanning four papers of needles
twenty-five in each paper),
making the one hundred article,
was received, with a notice in
side which read : ANY woman
unwilling to make a fortune by
such means did not deserve a
fortune.'-Paris Kentuckian.
The Picayune may be a little
too previous in assuming as a
fact what has been telegraphed
from the capital of Costa Rica,
the headquarters of the allied
forces operating against Bar
rios, of the death aud defeat of
the Guatemalian chief but,
even in that event, it's PROPOSE
ton to annex Central America
to Mexico appears to us to be
very unWise, Objectionable and
impracticable. The United
States can no more permit DlaZ
to force such annexation, against
the will Of the people, than Bar
rios will be allowed, against the
will of the Hondurians and Qua
temalIans. and, we may say, the
San Salvadorians, Costa Ricans
and Nicaraguans. to compel, by
force and arms, the Central
American people to confederate
against their will. The differ
enc. bptwetn Barrlos' position
and that Of Diaz is that the Cen
traI American confederation
commands the assent Of the vast
majority of the people of
all the States. The con-
fict which has arisen between
these States is not that any OF
them is opposed to confedera-
ton, but it is against Barrios'
method of accomplishing an OBJ
ject upon which they are all
united. Central America will no
more consent to the employ
ment Of force by Diaz than to
that of Barrfos. AS to the re-
port of Barfios' defeat, it may
be we'll and prudent to wait for
its confirmation, in view OF the
denial by the Gautemalian Min
lister at Washington. and by
several intelligent gentlemen,
now in this country, who are
conyersant with the state of at
fairs in that country.--N. o.
States.
The activity Of Secretary
Whitney in ordering the Ma
rines to AspinWalI will have the
effect Of waking the South
Americans up to the fact that
there has been a change Of adj
ministratioD in the great repub-
lie. That the rights of Ameri-
can citizens must be respected,
is a lesson which needs to be
asserted.-Atlanta Constitution,
Dem.
AT the theatre Indignant old
gentleman TO young lady who
has been jabbering at the top OF
her voice-.This talking is
abominable. Nobody can heal
d word Young lady-"Thats
lust what | was telling Miss
lSmith, here. Those actors KEEP
I'D such 4 racket on the stage
that Won can't hear yourself
! speak
The length Of the wire used
i'll the construction of the sub
marine cable, now in operation.
is computedso be ten times the
distance from the earth to tht
moof. The total length OF tht
cables now in use is $4,000 miles
J each cable containing ali aver
age of forty strands OF wire, ant
making over 100000 miles.
!, Though the MugWumps d
, not Want-anything, it is notice.
able that their noses are pro
truding over the fence about a.
i far as anybody el-Chicagge
J Herald.
4 That colored woman who re
! Gently gave birth to three boy
and one girl at Greenville
D Miss, said she was determined
!, TO get a whole family at once.
Riel appears TO have gottel
! up a real revolution at last
How long it will last is tn
. question the Kannucks have E
solve.
III Why is il dangerous to be on
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