The Opelousas courier., 1888-10-13

b. II. Capital Item. Oct. G.

been mentioned for the United
States marshalship. Col. Moor
mans appointment would come
IsDout as near pleasing every.
Lody as any the President could
possibly make, and we hope he
WIN lay aside the advice of fac
tlon2i leaders and for once give
the people of Louisiana a
straight piece of goods, all wool
and a yard wide.
Since writing the above, we
see it stated that the name of
Gen. Jastremski is also being
urged for the Marshalship.
While we feel certain that Gen.
JastremskI is not an applicant
for the position, his appoint
ment would be hailed with great
satisfaction throughout the
State, and would be a fiji reeog-
milton of the patriotic services
that sterling gentleman has rem
dered to his gparty. In 1884,
when the backbone of the Dem
ocratic party in this State was
nearly broken, and there was a
threatened bolt tothe Republi-
can party on the tariff question,
this able and unfinching leader
rallied about his old party stan
dard "a few gallant spirits, and
without other than the means
contributed by himself and those
few friends he, as chairman of
the State committee, carried on
the cdhvass energetically and
landed the State for Cleveland
and Hendricks. When certain
Would-be high reform lights of
to-day were hesitating between
Blaine or neutrality, Leon JAS
tremski was at the front rally
ing the sold guard" for Cleve-
land and victory. We state
these facts from d thorough
knowledge of them, and if the
President wishes to show proper
recognition Of a thorough Dem
ocrat on the score of pure and
honest party service, he now has
a chance to do SO by appointing
Gen. Jastremski. Like Col.
Norman, he is all wool-wrap
and woodland full measure.
Mexico is physically "a country
of enormous extent, and of at
least three distinct climates the
the hot, or coast climate,
temperate, or table climate, and
the cold, or mountain climate.
Tt produces the coffee bean and
barley. vanilla and wheat, to-
bacco and cabbages, ebony and
mahogany, pine and cedar.
YCn can change yonr climate
radically in less than fourteen
hours by means of the railways
penetrating the hot country );
you can leave the city OF Mexico
on a winter norning, wearing a
warm oyercoat, and at eyentide
be sitting under palm trees
iced lemonades and
wearing IL thin linen coan You
may, contrariwise, leave the
orange groves and coffee plan
tations of Cordoba, and ride mp
into a region of sharp chilly
winds and occasional frosts, and
this inside of fourteen hours
Elk.
We clip the following from u
correspondence in the Colfax
Chronicle: q
AS it may be of some interest
to our parish, and especially the
Union, / send yon the
following to show what Graft
parish land will produce: | have
lust housed 249 bushels OF corn
off of 6 acres, and 212 off of Al
acres. One of the 4 acres was
cotton seeded, and yield
ed 70 bushels, the other 3 acres
had no fertilizing. STllere was
not corn enough put OF the
ground or the yield would have
beer, much greater with the
same labor and fertilizing. The
profit iii cotton seed 70 the farm
ar is in returning them to his
and not to sell to the oil
Yours very respectfully,
e. g. DUNN.
tt ID asserted i'm q London pa
paper that the discovery made
Mr.. Heweft in the artificial
manufacture Of q%uinine will re-
sult in the reduction OF the price
Df that article to a few cents
Der pound. The Importance OF
his discovery is rendered great
ii by the fact that, while hifh-