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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-02-04

"A good place to study human ma
ture is in horse car; but. you are apt
to think that human nature isn't worth
studying before you get through. -
S0merVilte Journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-02-04

An ether-tight joint can be made
With u screw-cap by just rubbing conn
non bar soap in the thread. The ether
will not penetrate through the soap.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-02-04

The coasts of Lower California
abound with huge turtles, which weigh
from 800 to 400 pounds each. Down at
Punta Banda, where u company is build
ing large hotel. one of the workmen,
who is an expert swimmer and who
spends much time in the water, has be-
come skillful in riding the big animals.
A traveller says that when the man sees
one that is big enough to ride, he rushes
into the water and mounts it. He has
away of slapping the turtles on the side
of the head that makes them jog
along, and, by striking them, he also
guides them. He rode big fellow near
the shore the other day as the stage
drove up the coast road, and the oc-
cupants of the stage were so pleased
with the exhibition that they made up
purse of 500 for the rider.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-02-04

John Buckley, of Meriden, Ct,
caught a swapping turtle and took it to
the telephone Office, where he works.
He thought that he would kill the ami
NAL by electricity, and so put the end
of Il wire in front of it, and the turtle
snapped it and held on. Then Buckley
put another wire under the shell and
turned on the entire electric circuit of
the Office. The turtle shut his jaws
tighter and closed his shell, and in five
minutes was apparently rs dead as
Julius Caesar, but the next morning he
was walking about the Office quite
hearty. He had received an electric
shock powerful enough to kill man.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-23
READ THIS.

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The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-23
In the Nine Hole.
n. 0. States.

N. u. States.
Ex-Governor McEnery has an inf
nitely better thing now than he would
have had if he had been re elected
Governor. He now has an office that
he can hold continuously and uninter-
ruptedly for twelve years, equal to
three terms as Governor of the State,
and with a salary greater than that of
Governor. Really Gov. Sam ought now
to experience no disappointment
whatever from his defeat Ruston
(Lincoln parish) Caligraph.
: All the friends of Ex-Governor
NcEnery of course rejoice in his
appointment to the Supreme
Bench but their chief gratiica-
ton is in the fact, that his APP
pointment to that high position
by Gov. Nichols, q position to
which no one but a man of the
highest sense of honor, the
%strictest integrity, the greatest
independence of character and
the noblest patriotism, ought to
be assigned, gives the lie to the
furious charges, made against
him in the late campaign by his
opponents, of gross personalisms
in his administration, of COM
plicity with corrupt practices in
public Office, of being controlled
by INSCRIPTIONS bosses and of
running the State in the inter
est of a pernicious Ring that
was sapping the life blood of the
State. No such q man as the
Reformers represented Gov. Nc
Emery to he is fit to fill the mean
est office of the meanest village,
much less the high and exalted
position of Associate Justice OF
the Supreme Court of a great
commonwealth; hence our great
Reform leaders, of the last cam
paign, must concede that fol
four years they were engaged in
the scandalous and %disgracefu1
business of working up a villain
Gus conspiracy against a Demo
cratic administration, and were.
for months before the late cleo
ton, filling the whole State with
the blacklist falsehoods about al
able, pure and patriotic Demo
cratic Governor to advance theil
own personal ends-either, we
say, the Reform chiefs must con
cede all this or they must blush
with shame to see their owl
Governors first appointment
. one disgraceful to himself, t
l. the Democratic party, and tt
the State. On one horn or thu
other of this dilemma the leader
Of the reform movement mus
be impaled. AS for our part W.
: believe that Ex-Governor Nc
. Emery is an able, patriotic ant
upright man, and that Governo
Nichols acted wisely and just.
: in appointing him to the Su
j., preme Bench.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-23
, Court the Sun.

Sleepless people, and there are
many in America, should court
the sun. The vcSy worst sopo-
rife is laudanum, and the very
best sunshine. Therefore it is
very plain that poor sleepers
should pass as many hours as
possible in the sunshine and as
few as possible in the shade:
MANY women are martyrs, and
vet they do not do it. They
Shut the sunshine out of their
houses and their hearts, they
wear wells, they carry parasols,
they do all possible to keep offthe
subtlest and yet most potent in
fuence which is Intended to give
them strength and beauty and
cheerfulness. Is it not time to
change this and SO get color and
roses in their pale cheeks.
strength in their weak backs and
courage in their timid souls
The women Of America are pale
and delicate, hey may be bloom
ing and strong, and the sunshine
will be a potent influence in thls
Transformation. - Family Wis
itor.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-23
The Claim Of the Florida
Parishes.
N. O. Times-Democrat.

N. 0. Times Democrat.
Mr. Robertson has succeeded
in securing the reference Of the
claim of the Florida parishes
in this State to the public do
main in their limits to General
Wheeler, of Alabama, of the
committee on claims, d refer
ence which assures its early con-
sideration.
This is all that the people OF
these parishes have asked for.
The claim is one resting wholly
on certain facts over which there
is little if any dispute, and the
West Floridians believe that il
these facts are investigated by
the light of certain official pa
pers, not made public until many
years after the annexation OF
their section to the United
States, it will b6o decided that
they achieved their own indepen-
dence by revolution from Spain.
and entered the Union on tllell
own petition and request, in the
same way as the people of Tex
as, emitting them to the same
privileges and rights as the Tex
ans to the eminent domain OF
public lands of West Florida.
The question is, as we have
said, one of facts, and these facts
are all public now and better
known than in 1910. All thai
the Florida parishes have asked
is that these matters be examln'
ed into and passed on, and there
seems to be every probability o
this being done, now that MIR
Robertson has succeeded in get
ting the claim referred for ex
animation.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-23
Old But Vigorous.

MI. Humans short speeches
indicate a sound mind in a sound
body, and this ought not to be
a matter of surprise for a man
of rs.
Michel Eugene Chevreul, the
famous chemist, is still alive at
1O1 years of age.
The Emperor William recent
ly died at the age of ninety.
W. w. Corcoran, the Wash
ington banker died this year at
80 years old.
DR.. Dollinger, the theologian,
still lives, 8S years of age, at
which age Mr.. Bronston Alcott
recently died.
George Bancroft, the histo-
rian, and Marshal Won Moltke
are 81.
Theodore Woolsey and Cardi-
nal Newman are Sc. Louis KOS
suth lives at IS, and Neal Dow
was defeated when q candidate
for Mayor in Portland, Maine,
at 81.
Ferdinand De Lesseps and
David Dudley Field are 81
Gen. Joseph E.. Johnston, John
G. Whittier and Bonamy Price,
the economist, and Jefferson
Davis are so.
Marshal MacMahon and Car,
dinalManning are 10; Mr.. Glad,
stone, Oliver Wendell Holmes,
Tennyson and Hannibal Ham
lin are.,7s-
PAYNE, of Ohio, and Senator
Morrill, are II; Marshal Bazaine.
John Bright, Kinglake, the his
torian, and Robert Browning
are IS. Ex-President Grevy:
John G. Fremont, and Mr. Thur
man are Is.
This is sufficient to show thai
there is much life and vigor in
man at IS if he will take care o:
himself. If Mr.. Humans yea
for Democracy does not over
come his discretion during thu
canvass he will have little to fea:
from the duties Incumbent OF
the Vice. That posi-
ton is one Of dignifed retire
ment. Nor does power depar
from the party when the Presl
dent and Vice-President die
the succession is then with tn
Cabinet, beginning with the Sec
rotary Of State. The part,
takes little risk in nominating
MI. Thnrman.-Oourier journal
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-23
Boston Corbett.
Topeka kan. Times.

Topeka (Kan.) Times. t
Boston Corbett, the notorious
slayer of John Wilkes Booth,
President Lincoln's assassin,
who has been an inmate of the
state insane asylum for a little
more than a year, made his es-
cape from the asylum yesterday
morning about 8 O'Clock.
Tt was on April 18th, 1865,
that Booth assassinated the pres
ident. He mounted a horse and
rode over into Maryland, and
cavalrymen, after securing the
country for eleven days, traced
Booth to a barn on CARROTS
farm near Port Royal. The sol
diers surrounded the barn and
demanded that Booth surrender.
but he refused. The barn was
fred. After the fire had been
started, Boston Corbett stepped
up to the barn and through q
crevice shot Booth in the neck
Corbett fired without orders
He was something of a fanatic
and for a breach of discipline
had been contaminated ant
sentenced to be shot. The order
however, was not executed, bu
he had been drummed out of tn
regiment. He belonged to com
pany T. of the Sixteenth New
York Cavalry. He was Englisl
by birth, but was brought up il
this country and learned th
trade of hat-fnisher. Will
living in Boston, Mass, he join
ed the Methodist church. Neye
having been baptized he was a
a loss to know what name t
adopt, but after making it a sui
ject of prayer he took the nam
of Boston, in honor of the plac
of his conversion. He came t
Kansas abont twelve years ag
and for a number of years resi(
ed on a faEm in Cloud county
a dugout .1.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-23

A few nights since a Mrs. Hall
of Sabine parish, being alone at
night, heard some one attempt
ing to enter her window. She
promptly armed herself with a
Ratchet, and when the window
was partly raised, she discover,
ed O. hand in the window and
came down on it With all hel
might, when she heard a yell
and the Sound of retreating foot
steps. The story of her bravery
is corroborated by the fact thai
she holds as vouchers three big
black fingers. A negro with
three fingers recently amputat'
ed is in demand in that vicinity.
and if caught will likely take Q
short route for the sother world
Mansfield Democrat.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-23
What a Ton of Coal Yields.

A ton of coal yields about s.
900 cubic feet of gas and 1900
pounds of coke. The purifica-
ton of the gas furnishes 45 gal
Ions of ammonia water, from
which is obtained sulphate of
ammonia for agricultural purpo-
ses, and about $50 pounds of tar.
It is here that the operation be-
comes especially interesting, for
from this last named product are
obtained 20 pounds Of pitch, Is
Of creosote, 8 of ns.phtha, Is of
heavy oils, G. of naphthaline, 4
of naphthol, 2 of alizarine, about
l each of phenol, aurine, and an
lime (the substance to which we
are indebted for so wonderful
colors), 10 ounces of toluidine,
6 of anthracene, and II of tolu-
enc. Finally, it will interest
photographers to know that by,
droquinon, that product that has
been so much spoken of recently:
and which was at first obtained
from cinchona, is now obtained
from coal by industrial pro
cesses.-La Science en- Famille.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-23

The idea of Senator VIM. E.
Chandler offering a resolution of
INQUIRY whether louisiana has a
republican form of government
The same Bill Chandler who was
conspicuous in promoting the
fraud by which Hayes was made
President in 1877! For cool au-
dacity this beats the record
Atlanta Journal, Dem.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-23

The railroad company, in sink
ing a we'll at Crowley, struck a
vein at the depth of 10 feet,
which raises through a four-inch
pipe ninety-eight feet, and dis
charges a stream of excellent
water at the rate of $4,000 gal
Ions per day. Tt is believed that
by sinking it twenty-five feet
deeper a good supply can be had
for the entire town.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-23

DR.. Annie Pomberger, of Phi
ladelphia, bears the enyiable dis
tinction of being the first woman
in America who was granted the
degree of d. D. s. by a dental
college. She looks hardly Older
than twenty-five, is thoroughly
womanly in her ways, and earns
an annual income of $1,000 by
her profession.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-23

Mr.. j. M. SALES, of st. Mar
tinsyille held a post norton ex-
animation on q fine dog that had
died in a singular manner, and
found $50 thin snakes eighteen
inches long in the heart, which
had nearly eaten the whole o.
that organ, and were alive when
|it was cut open.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-23

johnny laboriously logged a pail
into the parlor where the family
were as sembled, and asked his
maternal grandmother to kick it:
"Why should I kick it, Johnny 2"
grandmother inquired in amaze
ment. "Just to amuse papa" said
Johnny. "He said he would give
ten dollars any time to see you
kick the bucket
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-23

The lower classes of the TIA
liam people continue to enligrate
in enormous ntfmbers, and the
government is much alarmed.
The number leaving Genoa last
wear was 1O1 200 as against 5o''
$50 the previous year.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-23

There have been shipped to
st. Louis 1900 copies of a pam
phlet descriptive of the city Of
Shreveport, the parishes Of Cad
do. Bossier. Bienville, Claiborne,
Desoto, Jackson, Lincoln. Nat,
chitoches, Ouachita, Red River;
Sabine, Union and Webster.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-23

The country is tired of Fair
child's palsies and Foraker's
Chinese gong. Sectional hatred
has elected its last President,
and don't you forget it. The
country has its eye on the fu-
ture, and the man, whether he
be a Republican or enDemocrat,
who can tell us how to make a
bigger market for our products.
and how to settle the relations
between capital and labor-that
is the only man who has any
political prospects. As for your
bloody shirt rhetoric, it is al
bosh.-New York Herald, Ind.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-23

The whole value of fences in
the United States may be SET
down at 90, 900, and il
costs 800, 900 annually to
keep them in repair.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-23

Gen. John G: Fremont, the
first Republican candidate for
President, although now seven
ty years of age, is still in robust
health. He resides in Califor-
MIA.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-23

The increased acreage of rice
in Acadia parish is said to be
100 per cent greater than last
year.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-23

The Ruston Oaligraph is
among the papers that favor a
reformation of the Louisiana
judiciary. It calls for the.re-es-
tablishment of the Parish Courts
holding monthly sessions and
the continuation of the District
Courts with an increase of $1,000
to their present salary of $4,000.
We are somewhat Of that way
of thinking, but if the District
Judges salary is to be increased
SO should his duties. With
Parish Courts holding monthly
sessions, the number of District
Judges could be lessened.-Ex.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-23
NOTICE

rs hereby given that a bill will De introudo
ture TO create a new parish to be composed OF
the southern portion of Avoyelles ana inc
northern portion of st. Landry parishes
Nav 5. 1883. Inn
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-23

Representative Barbin, of Avoy-
Giles, has introduced a bill to ere
ate the parish of Cleveland. We
suppose this is another bluff like
"Evangeline." It is to be com
posed of the southern portion 0
Ayoyelles and the northern par
of ST. Landry.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-23

The members from St. Landry,
two in the Senate and three in the
House, we're so busy with their
private affairs and pickering among
themselves, that they could not
secure a paltry clerkship for one
of their constituents, a Democrat
of unquestioned standing, although
Rapides scooped in six or seven
| places.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-23

Now that Gov. McEnery has
been nominated and confirmed
unanimously as Associate Justice
of the Supreme Court, what has
become Of the Senators who dur
ing the campaign, accused him OF
ali the crimes in the vocabulary,
and yet voted for his confirmation.
We are of the opinion, that a man
unworthy to fill the Office of Gov
ernor is certainly unfit to wear the
ermine~ consistency, thou art a
Jewell"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-24
aLIIIsoN's AMBITION.
1t Is to Be President, and His
Friends Want Him to Stay in

1t Is to Be President. and His
Friends Want Him to Stay in
the Senate.
Special to the Globe.
DEs MONIES, To-, Nov. 2S.-J. X.
Graves, of Dubuque, eX-state senator
and warm personal friend of Senator
Allison, was in the city to-day. He
stated that among the best-informed
men in Dubuque there was no doubt
that Senator Allison would be rendered
the treasury portfolio, but there was Sc
rious doubt about his acceptance of it.
Il am not authorized to speak for Sen
ator A lison," he said. but / believe he
feels lust as we all do. He is safe
where he is now. is thoroughly equipped
for senatorial duties and can remain
there gas long as he cares to
continue in public life. But if
he goes into the cabinet he
might make mistake that would injure
his future prospects. We hope to see
him president some day. and we want to
see him stay in the senate, which is in
the surest line of promotion" Mr..
Graves said that the rush of office
seekers at Dubuque was unprecedented.
The pressure upon Col. Henderson be-
came so great that he gave up in despair,
and told his secretary to tell all callers
that he had gune to Washington to at
tend meeting of the appropriation
committee, and left town. Congress
man Kerr, who heard this remark, said
he had been receiving forty letters a
day from offiee-seekerS since election.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-24
1.-THE MARTYRED THREE. =
Irish Revolutionists Commemorate the
Manchester Executions.
THREATS AGAINST ENGLAND.
Fiery Orators Advocate the Beginning
Of War for Ireland's
Freedom.

Special to the Globe.
NEW YORK, Nov. 23.--The Irish
Revolutionary Brotherhood in this city
celebrated tonight, the twenty-frst an
niversary of the execution of Allen. Lar
kin and O'Brien, the Manchester mar
tyrs, for the killing of Constable Brett
in the streets of Manchester. The
brotherhood is divided, and one faction
met at the Cooper union and the other
at ChickerIng hall. Augustine Cos
tello presided at the former place, and
in his opening address declared that it
was for such as those present to show
that Ireland was still worth being
fought for and worth having died for.
England was never mercsfui, and no
worthy Irishman would bend his knee
to English tyrants. Gen. Thomas F.
B0urke spoke, and in a vigorous speech
invoked the people OF Ireland never to
forget the murder of these men. whose
memory was the heirloom of a nations
hope. A telegram frOm-a similar meet
ing at Syracuse was read, saying that
1,500 lrismen there Joined in the cele-
bration, and were being
ADDRESSED BY O'DONOvAN ROSA.
A poem written for the occasion by
John Locke and entitled ''Our Mar
tyred Three" was read by James Halli-
gan. At the Chickering hall meeting,
Patrick Sarsfield Cassidy presided, and
said it was all very we'll for Mr.. Parnell
to state Ireland'S case in parliament,
but he thought the cloak of cowardice
should be thrown off, and war begun
for 1reland's freedom. John j.. Bealin
said tnat OF course Mr.. Parnell would
be convicted. That was what the COM
mission was for. Then the Nationalist
ought to return to Ireland. where they
belonged, and remain there. 1t was the
duty OF the people to see that they gov
physical force to do it. Gen. F. f. Mil
ton. whom the English police would
like to get hold of, spoke, as did also DR..
McGiynn, who, with number of his
adherents, was present, and VINO was
quite center of attention.
sACKyILLE'S NAME KISSED.
Special to the GLOBE.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. %. - AT the
Academy OF Music tonight the twenty
first anniversary celebration of the
manchester tragedy" by the Phiadel-
phia Clan-na-Gael was held. The audi
ence almost filled the large auditorium,
and was appreciative and enthusiastic.
Luke Dillon presided, and in few
clever remarks introduced Michael
j. Ryan as the orator of the evening.
The speaker was frequently applauded,
and when the names of Parnell and
other Irish leaders were mentioned re-
ceiyed an ovation. When the speaker
named eX-Minister Sackyille. misses
came from all parts Of the house. A
number of solos were sung. The grand
finale. ''G0d Save Ireland" was sung
by double quartette and the audience
Joined in the chorus. =
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-24
FARM hoRSEs.
Arrangement of Stables and Care
That Should Be Given Them.

Arrangement of Stables and Care
That Should Be Given Them.
A. B. Allen contributes the following
to the Breeders Gazette on the care OF
horses: STABLES for horses are often
quite dark, which is very Objectionable.
Instead of this why not be as well
lighted, airy, and ventilated as the liT
ing rooms of our houses? Their win
d0WS ought to be at least three feet high
and two feet wide, and if double this
height so much the better, and set in
the opposite side of the stable to the
stalls. If placed in front the glare be-
comes injurious to the eye. and they
CAN not light the stalls near so we'll as
if in the rear. much prefer these win
doWS on the south side, as they assist
to warm the stable in winter and keep
them dry at all seasons. The objection
that they will add too much to the heat
in summer by letting in the sun can be
obviated by hanging venetian blinds
Stats tight the stable may be so well
to torment the horses and cause their
continual stamping, which is annoying
to be heard if standing Oh hard floor,
and it often tires them about as much as
if out at work Oh the farm during the
time This darkening the stalls super
sedes the necessity OF light cotton
hood for the protection OF the head and
neck, sheet for the body, and wrap
ping for the legs. Wire screens with very
small mesheS may also be set in the
sash in front of the windows to prevent
gnats and mosquitoes from entering.
The window should have cords attached
to weights to hold the lower sash up
when desired to lift it to admit the air,
and to hold the upper one in place when
let down as required. If the window be
of a single sash it can be set to slide
back and forth alongside the wall of the
stable to admit more or less air as neces-
sary. Doors may also be set to slide
easily in the same way by attaching
rollers to the bottom and the top. The
advantage Of this is, they can DO opened
from half inch to full width and re-
ouire no room in front TO do it. as when
hung OH hinges, or to be hooked back
to prevent sWaying by the wind.