St. Landry democrat., 1891-07-04
News Items.

d poses.
4 Cleveland, it seems, is losing strengt
Y IN the South. His opposition to the III
! limited coinage of silver is the cause.
G lberville South The new Sun Vap,
y lamps recently contracted for by tt
town were placed in position Monda
= and lighted for the first time that nigh
I Ihe lights are clear and brilliant an
are decided improvement over the oil
ones.
Alexandria Times Deplorable as tn
tact may be, the planters of the Sout
may as we'll prepare to face it; if til
present cotton crop even nearly ar
prOxlmates that of last year we sba
see probably the lowest prices that eve
prevailed.
1t may at some time or other he use
tul to know that pint of warm waite
IN which has been stirred teaspoonfu
or salt and one or two of mustart
should be instantly drank if poison ha
been swallowed. A half glass Of swce
Oil will render many poisons harmless
Pointe Coupee Democrat: Sweet DO
tatoes are easily raised they are cuua
to corn for hogs. Let our planters raise
largely of them, and their store rooms
and smOke-hOuses will be full of pork
bacon and lard horses fatten on them
Take advantage of the rainy spell tc
plant out the vines.
Louisiana Democrat: Last week q
umber of Alexandria's most progress
i've citizens met in the city hall and or
ganlzed the Alexandria Barrel and Box
Factory, limited. The capital stock
was fixed at $4,000 divided into shares
of S25 each. The company is to com
mence business when $4,000 has been
subscribed.
The intellectual weakling who does
not know that Mexican and Havana
lottery tickets are constantly being
sold in this State should be put ont to
nurse. And his imbecility would be
stltl more startling if he did not know
tilat sales would be enormously increas-
ed If the Louisiana lottery were abol-
lshed.-Alexandria Times.
Remember that the first lottery estab-
llshed IN Louisiana was for the purpose
of erecting Christ's Church in New
Orleans and that about 400 churches
have been erected thereby in the United
States, besides large number of schools
and colleges. Surely somebody has
been or is wrong about the morality or
immortality OF these institutions.-[ Rus
ton Caligraph.
The mayor and couDclmen of
Lake Charles last week completed the
budget for the ensuing year, levying a
ten mill tax. This is estimated to pro-
duce revenue of $4,000. In addition
$4,000 will be raised by licenses. Out of
the tax levied one and half mills has
been set aside for the public schools,
and one half mill to Improvement of the
school property.
The antis have this advantage in our
fight. Should they win by accident
they VIII never cease to crow over their
wonderful victory, and should we win,
as we naturally y will, then they will en-
that we will. 1t is heads they win and |
tails they win also-what lovely thing
to be dear little anti. Well, we are |
not mean and won't begrudge to them a |
share of our revenue. Wonder if they'll |
take it9 Who, they? Why Of course
not.-LRuston Caligraph.
Not New Orleans, but DR.. Palmer
g est delend0 fallen very greatly in
the esteem of this community on ac-
count of his violent, revolutionary and
inaccurate charges upon a majority of
5he people Of this city and State, made
rom the political stump. The express
ons of regret at his course are wide
spread and there is no doubt bat he
las dealt the "anti" cause fateful
)low-having aroused the lethargic
portion of the public to a realizing
ense OF the dangerous extremes to
which political ambition, employing
he weapons of fanaticism, may go.
Mr.: Jack Irving, an old and most
worthy. citizen of Alexandria, has for
ears been cultivating a square, one
ere, within the city limits as garden.
lie has not unfrequentfy cleared $500
ear from this one acre. And it must 4
g remem bered that he enjoyed only a {
,cal market, and with active competi- !
on from other market gardeners, and
,as forced to sell at moderate prices.
such results can be accomplished on {
ne acre of ground and without the I
eneft Of fancy prices, what might be !
one with say ten acres and with the L
1vantage of the high priced markets r
the Western cities ?-Alexandria t
lines. Z
Alexandria Times: The Times has i
efore expressed deal of surprise that D
e Alliance should have taken so large e
md in the fight against the lottery, q
hich is of greater benefit and less in n
ry to them than to any other class of L
tizens. While the Alliance is travel II
g beyond its scope, as contemplated p
; its constitution, and entering the do
ain of morals, why should it not expel v
member who is not opposed to the Ii 81
nsing a grog shop as promptly as one
no is willing for his children to be a
ucated by money derived from lot p
ry lcense-just as they are educated c'
money contributed by the dealers in a
Risky? But the leaders of that use
organization would make a differ
ce between tYeedledum and tWee- y
edee. I'll
The Baton Rouge Advocate says: b'
here is very liberal spirit shown by al
my newspapers in regard to the as
ection Of candidates for Governor IN
d other State officers. 1t is conceded
1t the lottery issue is not involved in
. selection, and that a conservative al
ket, acceptable in the main to all OF
,derate Democrats would be better ci
IN to perpetuate the wrangling of al
.tions in wild contest for office. pt
e voters of Louisiana will decide the CT
e of the proposed constitutional gr
endment in April, aud their verdict IN
lst be final and irrevocable. In the 10
antime, whatever tends to reuDite the ca
mocracy of the State should he en- kf
lraged, and nothing will more pc
tainly conduce to this end than the pl
ection of conservative candidates for De
offices, under proper spirit Of con- Gu
abs l-fo L.