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The advocate., 1891-06-10


In trade so as to make people imagine It
would become by that means Of less
value than their mortgsgsd lands, they
would Immediately of course begin TO
pay it in again to redeem their land, and
continue to do 80 till there was no more
left In trade than was absolutely neceS-
sary. And thus the proportion would
find itself (though there were q million
too much in the Office to be let out) with
out giving anyone the trouble Of calcu-
latlon.
1t may perhaps be objected to what I
have written concerning the advantages
Of q large addition to our currency that
if the people Of this province increase
and husbsndry is more followed, we shall
Overstock the markets with our produce
of -four, etc. To this It may be answered
that we can never have too many people
(nor too much money!. For when one
branch of trade or business Is over
stocked with hands, there are the more
to spare to be employed in another. So
if raising wheat proves dull, more may
(if there is money to support and carry
on new manufactured proceed to the
raising and manufacturing Of hemp, silk,
iron and many other things the country
Is very capable Of, for which we only
want people to work and money TO pay
them with.
Upon tho whole It may be observed,
that it Is the highest interest Of trad
ing country In general to make money
plentiful; and that it can be q dlsadvan-
tage to none that have honest designs.
II cannot hurt even the usurers, though
1t should sink what they receive as in
terest; because they will be proportion
ably more secure In what they lend, or
they will have an opportunity Of employ
ing their money to greater advantages to
themselves as we'll as to the country.
Neither can it hurt those merchants who
have great sums outstanding In debts In
the country, and seem on that account to
have the most plausible reason to fear
1t, to wit, because large addition being
made to our currency will increase the
demand for our exporting produce, and
by that means raise the price Of it, 30
that they will not be able to purchase so
much bread or -four with G1OO, when
they shall receive 1t after such an addi-
tlon, as they now can, and may II there
Is no addition. l say 1t cannot hurt even
such, because they will get In their
debts just in exact proportion 80 much
the sooner as the money becomes plen-
tier; and therefore, considering the in
terest and trouble saved, they will not be
losers; because it only sinks In value as
currency proportionally as it becomes
more plenty. 1t cannot hurt the interest
Of Great Britain, as has been shown; and
1t will greatly advance the interest OF the
proprietor. It will be an advantage TO
every industrious tradesman, etc., be-
cause his business will be carried on
more freely and trade be universally en-
livened by it. And as more business in
all manufactures will be done, by
30 much as the labor and
time spent in exchange iS saved
the country In general will grow 80 much
the richer.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-03-10
Indian Appropriation Bill.

Washington, March 2.-The Indian
appropriation bill, which passed the
senate last night and is now in confer
ence, carries an appropriation OF about
Rl5, 900, 900. This is one of the largest
Indian appropriation bills ever passed.
The usual amount carried for this de-
$4,000, 900. The bill this year provides
for carrying out five Indian treaties,
and the SO, 900, 900 extra are to pay for
the land purchased of the Indians. The
Cheyenne and Arapahoe treaty calls for
about S1,50O,0OO; the Pottawatomie
and Absentee Shawnee treaty calls
for 1925, 900; the Coeuer d'Alene Indians
of Idaho are to get 100000 for their
lands; the Mandans, Arickarees and
eros Ventures of North Dakota, are to
receive $50, 900 year for ten years; the
SissetOns and WahpetOns, also of North
Dakota, are to receive 81. 203, 600; and
the purchase of the Crow reservation in
Montana involves an expenditure of
S946, 900. These appropriations were in
the bill as it came from the house, but
the senate has added provision for the
payment of the ChOctaws and Chicka-
saws against the Cheyenne and Arapa-
hoe lands, thus making the necessary
outlay about So, 900, 900 more, or nearly
SO, 600, 900 for the ratification of recent
Indian treaties. The legislation thus
attached to the Indian appropriation
will no doubt be reported by the confer
ees and passed. It will restore to the
public domain for settlement altogethe
about 1000, 900 acres of land.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-03-10
The counties having more than one

The counties having more than one
representative are:
Atchson ,Leavenworth 3, Wyandotte
3. Douglas 2, Bourbon 2, Crawford 2,
Cherokee 2, Labette 2, Craig 2, Shaw
dee 3, Cowley ?, Butler 2. Sedgwick 3,
Sumner 2, Reno 2.
All other counties in the state will
have one representative, except Morton
and Garfield, neither of which has $50
votes. Only 125 representatives are
provided for and if these two counties
become sufficiently populated they will
g entitled to representation.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-03-10
The New Congregational Districts.

The new proposed reappOrtionment is
as follows:
First District-Doniphan, Brown,
Jackson, Atchison, Jefferson, LHaven-
worth and Wyandotte counties.
Second-JOhnson, Douglas, Franklin,
Miami, Linn, Anderson, COffey, BOur-
bon, Allen and WOodson.
Third-Crawford, Cherokee, Labette,
Neosho, Wilson, Montgomery, Chau-
tauqua, Elk and Greenwood.
Fourth-Butler. COwley, Sumner,
Sedgwick, Harvey, Kingman and Har-
per.
Fifth-Nemaha Marshall, POttawatO-
mie, Riley, Geary. Washington, Repub-
lie, Clay, Ottawa and Cloud.
Sixth-Shawnee, Usage, Lyon, Wa
baunsee, Chase, Morris, Marion and
Dickinson.
Seventh-Ellsworth, Lincoln, Mitch
ell, Jewel, Smith, Russell, Osborne,
Ellis, Rocks, Phillips, Norton, Graham,
Trego, Cove, Sheridan, Decatur, Raw
Inns, Thomas, Logan, Wallace, Sher-
man and Cheyenne.
Observation-Disclosures Reno, Rice,
Barton. Stafford, Pratt, Barber, Co.
manche, Kiowa, Edwards, Pawnee,
Rush, Ness, Hodgeman, Ford, Clark,
Meade, Gray, Garfield, Lane, Scott
Finney, Haskell, Seward, Stevens,
Grant, Kearney Wichita Greeley, Ham
ilton, Stanton and Morton.
The proposed bill places the river
towns in one congressional district.
Atchison and LeavenwOrth have never
been able to agree to any alarming ex-
tent, and with Kansas City, Kansas,
thrown in, the first will be the most in
teresting district in the state.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-03-10
The News from Yuma.

Yuma Ariz., March 2.-The river
has fallen to almost the level of the
water before the last flood. News from
the valley says that everything is under
water, and much destruction of proper
ty resulted. The ella river has changed
its course in several places. At ella
City the railroad is covered with water
for miles to depth of ten feet. The
report that there has been great loss OF
life is untrue and absolutely incorrect.
One man so far is known to have been
drowned. Report Of the death of 9th
ers in the valley is current, but not yet
confirmed.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-03-10
Leather from Human Skin.

There is an English precedent for the
Paris physician who secured part of the
skin OF Pranzini, the executed murderer.
and had it made into two card cases. In
the Scotland Yard Chamber of Horrors
is a portion of the skin of one Bellingham,
who murdered Mr.. Perceval, tanned into
leather. 1t originally belonged to the sur.
geon who dissected the remains of BellinQ.
ham after his execution. 2
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-03-10
The Alliance Press.

Some of our democratic friends are
lamenting the writing of the Cleveland
letter on the silver question, and some
republicans are correspondingly jubi-
lent. So far as this state is con-
cerned we fail 10 see that it will have
any effect whatever. Cleveland has
never been factor In Kansas politics.
Advocafa
The Opelousas courier., 1891-12-12

kills a wildcat he strings its teeth around
his neck. Later on, perhaps, he finds
larger game in men, and their teeth go
to make him a necklace. In one of the
glass cases at the museum there is sucha
necklace made of forty-eight human In
cisors and representing six human lives.
Similarly, the society WoT;2a to-day
wears a carved pigs tooth for a brooch
with q gold pin fastened to it. In
another of the glass cases is a collection
of necklaces made of claws Of various
anilnals-among them n composed OF
the end finger joints, bearing tie nails
Of four human beings Also are shown
fishing lines, nets, needles, watch chains,
canes, cigar csses, whips and brushes. all
of whalebone. Objects of real tortoise
shell, too, are exhibited. Until com
paratively recently, strange to say,
only the back shell of the tortoise was
regarded as of value, but now the under
shell is more highly priced, producing
what is called Gambler she'll" III thu
market Washington Star.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-12-12
How a Great Artist Got Even.

MISSIONER had become celebrated,
and was beginning to make money,
when he got acquainted with a Partisan
grandee, very wealthy, very fond of pos
ing as an art patron, but slightly pen
urious.
One day MISSIONER, breakfasting with
the grandee, was struck by the beauty
of the texture of the tablecloth.
Zone could draw upon it," he re-
marked; and, suiting the action to the
word, he produced a pencil and made
on the snowy, smooth nap a wonderfully
able sketch of a mans head.
The economical swell had the head
carefully cut out Of the damask, and
fastened to frame and glaze his prize.
A few weeks afterward Meisonier again
breakfasted with his patron and found
by the side of his place at the corner of
the table assigned to him a neat little
sheaf of crayons and holders, with a
penknife and some india rubber.
While the guests at the conclusion of
the repast were enjoying their coffee and
cigaretts, the host saw with delight from
the ORR Of his eye that Meiesonier was
hard at work on the tablecloth-this
time with a superb little full length of a
medieval halberdier.
The party broke up, the guests de-
parted, and the economical swell"
rushed back to the sa~lle-a-manger to Sc
cure his treasure; but, alas, the painter
had for once shown himself as eco
nomical as his patron!
He had made disasterously good use
of the penknife, and one corner of the
tabiecloth was gone, ha~lberdier and all.
Boston tTlobe.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-12-12

a British regiment returning &c Eng
land from Chira is to make the trip east
ward by the way OF Canada. This will
be the Grst practical test of Britain's new
military highway to the East across her
American possessions, and the result will
be looked for with much interest. Great
Britain expects this route to be of emo
nous value In case Of trouble in India
and Of the Suez Canal beng blocked.
The agreement between the Government
and the railroad for the use Of the route
has been made public.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-12-12
The Indians Of the Colotado desert

The Indians of the Colotado desert
have an extraordinary way of toretelling
the weather. They not only prognosti-
cate for a few days, but for six months
and sometimes a year. Last fall they
told everybody that we should have q
cool sum ner in the desert and that The
fruit would be late. They were right.
The fruit was very late this summer.
They declare that next year will be an
early summer and that the fruit will
ripen early. What they base their pre-
dictions upon is unknown.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-12-12

Charles Fl. Moore, a prominent lum-
herman oil Galveston, Texas, eontem-
plates, it is said, the shipping of a huge
raft of logs from Galveston to London.
He thinks there is less risk in this trip
than in shipping from st. Johns, New
Brunswick, to New York. Old sea cap
tains assure him that his plan is entirely
feasible. It is proposed to build the raft
In three sections, firmly lashei and
spiked together. It will be composed
of yellow pine for building purposes.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-12-12

see" he said. "Langworthy, I do hope
the Lord will kindly let you die in the
harness. You haven't any taste for
these innocent green pastures where we
old fellows must disport ourselves, if we
disport at all. Now, I want to know if
it would observation-disclosures to attempt
to find out who she is, and to restore the
stones to herr"
Langworthy, who had preserved
throughout his usual air of strict sclen-
tifc attention, jumped up and began to
pace the room.
ellis name?" he said.
Hayden gave it.
sI know the man." said Langworthy,
almost reluctantly. "Did any one who
ever saw him forget him? He was on
the verge of melancholia, but what a
mind he hadl"
Chow did you know him, Lang
worthY2" asked Hayden, with pathetic
eagerness.
"As a patient. It's a sad story. You
won't like it. You had better keep your
fancies without the addition of any Of the
facts"
go on" said Hayden, briefly.
"They live here, you know. He was
the only son. He unconsciously ac-
quired the morphine habit from taking
quantities Of the stuff for neuralgia
symptoms during a severe protracted
illness. After he got better, and found
what had happened to him, ne came to
me. had to tell him he would die if
he didn't break it off, and would prob
ably die if he did. 'Oh, no matter, he
said. what dlsgusts me is the idea that
it has taken such a hold of me- He did
break it off, directly and absolutely. l
never knew but n other man who did
that thing. But between the pain and
the shock from the sudden cessation of
the drug, his mind was unbalanced for a
while. Of course the girls parents
broke off the engagement. [ knew they
were travelling with him last summer.
It was a trying case, and the way he ac-
copied his own weakness touched me.
At his own request he carried no money
with him. It was a temptation when he
wanted the drug, you see. 1t must have
been at such moment, when he contem-
plated giving up the struggle, that you
met him in the pawn shop"
81 Am glad l knew enough to respect
him even there" murmured Hayden, in
his beard.
ooh, you may respect him, and love
him if you like. He died a moral hero,
if a mental and a physical wreck.
"And the woman?" asked the con-
noisseur.
"Keep the opals, Hayden; they and
he are more to you than to her. She
in fact it is very soon-I believe that she
is to marry another man."
"Who is"
ga gilded cad. That's ALL"
Langworthy took out his watcn anu
looked at it. I turned to the table.
What had happened to the dreaming
Did a light flash across from
one to the other, or did my eyes deceive
me2 I looked down, not trusting what
saw. One opal lay as pale, as pure, as
as a mo on-stone is. The other
with a yet ferier spark; instead
of coming from within, the color seemed
to play over it's surface in unrestricted
fame.
"See herel" I said.
Langworthy looked, then turned his
head away sharply. The distaste of the
scientific man for the inexplicable and
irrational was very strong within him.
But the old man bent forward, the
Iamp-light shining on his white hair,
and with a womanish gesture caught the
cleaning opal to his lips. IA human
,oul!' he said. IA human soul!"-
Weekly.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-12-12
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.
Paper belts beat leather.
France makes paper linen.

france makes paper linen.
Electricity heats laundry irons.
A four-day ship must have 155, 000
horsepower.
About $500 species Of wild bees are
known, and of wasps HOO.
The electric motor is said to have
now found a use in connection with
nearly 800 branches of productive in
dustry.
The greatest known depth of the ocean
is near the Ladrome Islands, where
soundings have been made to a depth of
$3.50 feet.
Mr.. F. Walter claims that au alloy of
ninety-ive per cent. of tin and five per
cent. of copper will strongly cement
glass to metals.
It has been lately pointed out that
the air is much contaminated with arse.
mic, especially in English cities, from the
burning of coal.
A German substitute for leather in
some of its uses consists of thin boards
with wire netting between, the whole
glued together and pressed. The mate
rial is tough aud pliable, and suited fer
trunks, etc.
An instrument whereby star is caused
to record with absolute accuracy the
time of its transit across the meridian
| has been perfected at the Georgetown
Is. CO. College observatory. The instru-
ment is called the photochronograph.
DR.. nj. G. Cooke, of London, finds
that $500 species of mushrooms and
toadstools are now known to science,
1400 OF them being found in the British
Isles. Only 1874 can safely be regarded
as edible, while thirty are decidedly poi
sonous.
A locomotive steamboat" is being
built in Sweden for the navigation of a
chain of small lakes separated by falls.
The boat is to be fitted with wheels fit
ting a track, and power can be applied
either to the propeller o to the locomo-
tive driving wheels.
Professor Frank II. Bigelow, the emil
nent astronomer, is said to have COM
puted, by a very complicated process of
calculation, the exact period of the suns
revolution on its axis. He makes it
twenty-seven days, nine hours, fifty-two
minutes and ifty-two seconds.
In Oldenburg, a fall of temperature
from thirty-seven degrees above zero to
twenty-five degrees below is reported to
have occurred in twenty minutes on No.
vember Is, 1890. A heavy rain pre-
ceded the change. Some thirty Kirg-
hises, who were returning to O~ldenburg,
were drenched with the rain, then frozen
on their horses.
DIR. Giraud's recent experiments in
France in the transformation of the
thermic energy of combustion into cleo
trical energy, and the consequent gener-
aticn of heat, have resulted in the con-
struction of a stove which may possibly,
when modified and perfected, come to
revolutionize our present modes OF heat
ing dwelling-houses.
The enormous mass of extra dead
weight. due to the carrying of the boiler,
fueland water in the old locomotive,
will be entirely unnecessary in the rail-
ways Of the future, which will be pro-
PEELED electrically. PROFESSIONALLY the
future electro-loeomotion will show a
motor on every axle, or, at any rate,
upon two axles Of each car, and every
car running as a unit, in which case they
can run coupled together in a train or
not, as may be convenient.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-12-12
The people Of Iceland are the latest to

The people of Iceland are the latest to
be affected BY the general spirit Of dis
content that pervades Europe, observes
the Philadelphia Record. Numbers of
them have within the last few years set
tied ID Manitoba, an it is now said that
there win be a large immigration to
Alaska. The Icelanders have long been
striving to secure autonomy in their
home affairs, but so far the mother
country, Denmark, has refused them q
fuller measure Of legislative power.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-12-12

In evidence of the remarkable pros.
perity of the South is the facf, cited by
the New York Neps, that several States
now consume more cotton every year
than was produced in that section ten
years ago. 1t contains $40 large cotton
mills, and the number of spindles is an
nually increasing. What is more re-
markable is that we hear no complaint
concerning wages or long hours, and a
strike would be a no velty.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-12-12

According to the New York Tsmts
one of the most remarkable of the social
phenomena Of our time is that England
is becoming the tobacco-smoking nation
of the earth par excellence. No other
business has increased in such proper
lions during the last decade as this OF
supplying smokers. Last year's imports
# tobacco exceeded those Of the Prev.
gu year BY over s,ooo, 900 pounds, and
importers say there is going to be gem
orally as great an increase this year.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-12-12
When O Decay.

Tests have been made to determine
the variations in the length of time that
is required to produce decay in different
kinds of woods when buried under the
surface of the ground. The birch and
aspen were both found to decay in three
years, the willow and the buckeye in four
years, the maple and the red beech in
five years, elm and ash in seven, while
the larch, juniper and arbor vitae were
uninjured at expiration of eight years
st. Louis Republic.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-12-12

There are nearly if not quite rs, 900.
square miles Orange yet commanded by
the stockmen in Texas, and much of it
will SO remain for many years to come.
Outside Of this area is enough good agri-
cultural land for q million farms, says
the editor of the TEXAS Farm and Ranch.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-12-12

The New York Commercial Advertiser
asserts that in spite of the fact that an in.
junction his besn rendered by the United
States Court in California against by
d,aulic mining, some of the most fertile
portions of the State are in danger of be-
ing completely ruined unless the Govern.
nent enforces the provisions OF the writ.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-12-12

A big undertaking, thinSs the New
York Post, IS the proposition Of al anti
septic company Of Chicago to clarity,
By chemical means, the water of the
Chicago River. At q point in the river
where the water is about the foulest, the
company has constructed a doat with an
air-tight, cylindrical-shapsd house over
Il. I'd this air tight cylinder the com
pound is burned and the gases given off
ii the combustion will, il is claimed.
destroy the animal matter held In solu-
ton aud precipitate the residue, LEAVING
the water clear aud free from bad smells.
The foor Of Tie float under the air-tight
house is cut out, SO that the gases mar
como ID contact with the water. Several
bottles OF water taken from the river
near the float aud from different depths
we're verg much clearer than the water
taken from other places In the river.
There was little difference, however, Iii
the smell. and il wa explained that il
would take some time to correct that
trouble. The polluted water from The
river was constantly flowing into the
alip and mingled with ths partly puriisd
water, 40 that, until i DO n~orsaensive
system i adopted. the benefits will
scarcely be a~ppreciabls. lii proposed
% put ten Of The doats On the river and
Keep them moving IL The tims u Is ID
epFer the entire liver.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-12-12

THE MIGHTIEsT WATER POWER.
Boast not of the roaring river,
Of the rocks its surges shiver,
Nor of torrents over precipices hurled,
For a simple little tear drop,
That you cannot even hear drop,
Is the greatest water power in the werld.
Chicago Tribune.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-12-12
EYssia is the Rye Caunfrv.

Russia is the reproducing country of
the world. The crop is very poor, and
the Gear has commanded that none oil it
shall be exported. The Germans, who
eat rye and not wheat, are alarmed. The
soldiers are grumbling seriously at the
prospect Of being obliged to feed upon
wheat bread, this year. Incidentally, the
few millions of bushels Of rye grown In
the United Strtes have advanced in
value.
1t IS very curious to observe how the
different nations eat different grains. In
the United States we feed largely upon
corn, which in England is thought to be
only good for horses. A very few years
ago we ate no oats; at present we con-
sumo more oatmeal than does any other
people. We don't care much for rye,
except for distiIling into whisky, and SO
u production Of it is comparatively
small. Germany and Russia eat rye,
while all western Europe feeds upon
wheat. Go into a German b~eer-saloon,
and it is always rye bread that you will
find upon the bar. China and Japaa
choose rice for their grain. So does
India. The latter also is a large con-
sumner Of millet-grassy-loo1ing cereal
plants. which are only considered lit for
forage N this country-B7ston Tran
scrLu.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-12-12
~OPELoUsAs,

Thtre are ninety-fvs people in Eas.
land whose incomes are over $3.50, 600
u year.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-12-12
OPELOUSAS
Female Institute
oPELoUsAs, ST. LANDRY PARISH, LA.

This Institution is undenomiuational, prac.
Eical and progressive. Discipline firm and
based on sound principles ennobling and de-
veloping character. Honor aud self respect
promoted. Methods of training and cultnrs
thorough. Toe curriculum prepares the
pupil for University or practical life. Ger.
comfortable and comm odima Patronage
solicited. For further part, lars appIT to
MRS. NJ. NJ. HAYES. PRINCIPAL.