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New-York tribune., 1891-12-19
MY MOTHERS HAND.

Such beautiful, beautiful hands!
They're neither white nor small.
And you, know, would scarcely think
That they we're fair at all.
I've looked on hands whose form and hl,
A sculptors dream might be;
Yet are those aged, wrinkIed hands
Most beautiful to me.
Such beautiful, beautiful hands,
Though heart were weary and sad.
These patient hands kept tdrng on,
That the children might be glad.
The tears well FORTH as, looking back
To childhood's distant day,
think how these hands rested not
While mine were at their play.
Such beautiful, beautiful hands
They are growing feeble now,
For time and pain have left their work
On hand and heart and brow.
Alas alas low near tho time
OF pain and loss to ne,
When meath the daisies, out OF sight
Those hands will folded be,
sBut, oh. beyond the shadow land.
Where all is bright and fair
/ know full well these dear old hands
VIII palms Of victory bear
Where crystal streams through endless years
Flow over golden sands,
And where the old grow young again.
I'll clasp my mothers latds.
same Thing.-"I see,o he began as he entered the
,face OF plumber, e that some one has invented .
;utof or valve or syphon by which q water pipe Is
prevented from freezing, no matter how much ex-
,osed.'
I" Yes,' softly. replied the plumber.
"i0Od tlling.'
every likely
+" Come into general usef
Eyes"
"When It does 20 plumbers will have to take .
Jack seat eh7"
NO. Takes two pounds OF solder Just the sams.
md we get in three hours extra work !S-iDetr0t Fres
'ress.
New-York tribune., 1891-12-19
THE NEW SECRETARY OF WAR.


Mr.. Elhins brings his Office large business ablity
and much experience among meDs lie Is a geDln
gentleman. with large circle Of warm and adnlrlnS
personal friends,
New-York tribune., 1891-12-19
GOOD REpUBLICAN.MADE WEATHER.

Uncle Jerry RusS is to be credited with some gooa
work I'm the Weather Bureau. Since IL has come un"es
his charge not only have We had some nne spe.S "A "A
timely forecasts. Rah for Uncle Jerry
New-York tribune., 1891-12-19

There is no objection to two appointments from
the same State on two consecutive days when
such men as Governor Nathan Col and Stephen b.
Elkins are appointed.
New-York tribune., 1891-12-19

There has been another fragrant case of care
less blasting-so fragrant and 50 careless that
criminal is not too severe word to characterize
it. The damage will be paid for by the con-
tractor, as a matter of course but that is not
enough. The effects Of the shock upon the pa
tients Of the Cancer Hospital-the principal
sufferer from this reckless work-may be serious
in some cases 1t is time that an example was
made of some one, so that blasting operations
may be carried on with some regard for life and
property.
That David b. Hi has morally forfeited his
seat in the United States Senate by holding fast
to the Govemorship and remaining in Albany
when duty called him to Washington is fact
that some Democrats are candid and honest
enough to admit Whether he has legally lost
his SenatOrship is another question, and one that
will probably be considered by the Senate in due
time According to our Washington dispatches,
the simple fact of Governor IIilfs delay in pre-
senting his credentials and taking the oath Of
Office will not operate against him. Doubtless
the 6overnor-Senator carefully studied the law
before taking the risk.
The highly interesting and seemingly we'll
founded statement comes from Washington that
Mr. Mills can have the second place on the
Ways and Means Committee and the chairman
ship of another good comnittee-if he will ac-
cept them. How the Texas statesman will re-
gard this offer which, we presume, is Speaker
Cnsp's ultimatum, will he a fruitful subject for
surnlse and discussion at the capital. Some Of
his friends will be likely to look on it as little
better than an insult and Mills himself will
groan in spirit at the thought of another than
he taking up the burden Of "tariff reform.'
lie will kick vigorously, OF course, but will he
spurn the Speakers offer altogether?
The tragedy in Brooklyn yesterday was the
direct result of letting an insane man leave the
asylum when it was dangerous for him to be at
large The Flatbush Asylum should not have
needed two lessons of this kind. Not much
ever a year ago one OF the asylum physicians
New-York tribune., 1891-12-19

-, A. ,.,xisiop in the bill that no DriuSe
Ill no s,nnorted by a pier in the middle OF .pe
river seems TO be specially designed 10 snu' "" W
.'.oioc,od RIockwclls Island Bridge, where' VI
ao,r0o q md-riyer pier would not interfere "iV''
ss.,ration and would be entirely unobJectiohao'c,
On tho whole. this bill will bear good "e"' -
careful study.
a;a that one of the certainties Of Speaker
c.isn,o committee appointments is that Oh INC
statesman an-ionrnalist Amos j. Cummings :" "
Chairman Of the Committee on Merchaht NiaIiho
and Fisheries 1t seems proper seiection' Du'
inc ,be recent campaign, Congressman Nunnini"s'
,v,s NJ tho head of bureau OF information III WIG
interest of Mr.. Flower, and the niahher ~ -
he discharged the duties OF thaC o"o1 ,.h
oIoor demonstration of his ability to deal WIN
rnoriree merchant or other As iishcrnan' Wv
il might be said, he was no slouch. foi
His pole was made OF the sturdy OAK oan, hrohe
And his line was cable that never pio"0'
lie hated his hook with Tigers taiess fan whales
And sat at the HOFFMAN ana oooo'u i''
A Judge who admits that he hatuianAe' "p
plcants at the rate OF two per hi'" 80
.neh queer and distorted cohceP.io" W ~
ar,ies that he richly deserves impeachment ~"
so'or investioation of the cases can be made
,,ben they are shot through in tht way. ocier
;ndgcs take proper time to question the applicant
and his witnesses Naturalzatlons at inc r"'e
or two pcr minute are dsgraceful TO the cour'
responsible for such antics.
"The World" which is making an earnest ei-
,or, % secure q "non-partisan treatment oil ques-
tiops of facts" asks if sugar was not puV upon
the free list independently of the RECIPROCITY
clause and if it did not come into TINS marheo
untaxed months before any reciprocity treaty was
concluded. This is quibbling. Sugar was hoS
mt upon the free list until the Tariff Dill was
nassed and then it was subject to the operation
Of the reciprocity amendment. Free sugar anu
recinrocitv cannot be separated, since congress
indissolubv connected them when 1t passed ,ho
Tariff bill To maintain that the RECIPROCITY
nolicv. which is grounded upon CONCESSIONS U 'i'
American export trade in return Tor Tree sugar. -
not 70 be credited with the advantages conierreu
upon American consumers is illogical When our
neobbor argues that the benefits of reciprocity are
confined 70 foreigners, and that Americans nave
no share in them, it is Juggling with the lac's
Reciprocity with Germany and CUBA linpiieS
cheaper imported food for those countries anu
also for the United States. 1t involves reduc-
t;on Of duties abroad OH imported flour from the
United States and largely increased deniafu '''
the products Of American farms.
Tall buildings ilave received black eye III
Cbicaoo the Board of Underwriters having In the
ooso of n ten-storv structure adopted rate OF IN
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PrOkIama.

nET bekjendtgjoros herved, at HandeIsbe-
styrer PETER ENGLAND her af Byen
den 6te DIS. har overgivct sit 30 til Skifte-
rettens Behandling som fal2lt.
ALE og Enhver, som matte have noget iBoet
at fordre indkaldcs hcrved med 3 Maaneders
Varsel til for undertegncde Skifteret at anmelde
og bevisliggjore deres Krav.
C~hristiansteds Skifteret, St. Croix den SIDE
Juni 1891.
MAXEN.
, 1891-06-17
EOrOkIama.

ALLIE og Enhver der matte have Noget
Il at fordro paa afgangne JAMES ROBERT
EIYERS 30 ndkaldes herved til at an
melde g bovidi@eiore deres Krav for
undertesnede 6Lifterct linden Udl0bet af 3
Maaneder efter denne mdkaIdelses sidsto
Acknowledgements,
Frederik8teds Skifterot, St. Croix, den Ado
Juni 1891.
HALVOR HANSEN,
, 1891-06-17
PrOkiama.

ALLIE og Enhver, som have Noget at fordro
"A afgangne Hnscier af St. Themes
CHARLES WILHELM GOMEZ og cftar-
levende Enke Ann Mar rcth, f5dt M5lIcr's
Fellesbo, indkaldss hcrved med 3 Maanelcrs
Varsel til at anmelde os be~visliggj5re dcres
Krav for undertegnede Skifteret.
st. Thome Skifteret, den Ste Juni 1891.
SCHULTZ.
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no Quar- Friends and Patrons.

We wish to call the attention of the friends
and patrons of the COURIER to the necessity
of their being on the alert, in the matter of
judicial publications, (sheriff7s sales especial
IVY as neglect on their part to give positive
instructions as TO where they desire such
advertisement published, is apt to result in
our being deprived of the patronage that
would otherwise be given TO us. The sheriff
of this parish has been making himself es-
peciaily jealous in the matter of securing
sheriff1s sales for the paper of which he is
director and stockholder, and several publica-
tions of that nature have appeared in that
paper which the parties interested would
have selected to be done in the COURIER, had
they been consulted; and others have been
diverted from US st the special solicitation OF
the sheriff or his deputies serving the papers
in the matter of seizures.
To those who prefer to patronize any other
paper in this parish we have no desire to in
sterfere with their preferences, but our friends
who wish to favor us with their patronage
ara earnestly requested TO see that the proper
officers are instructed to have the publication
done in the CoURIER-and they are especially
warned against allowing themselves to be in
duced to consent that the advertisement
should be done in some other paper.
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Something out.

Sitting on the sidewalk, on Wednes.
day evening last, engaged in pleasing
conversation with few friends, and
just as the "black bat night was
spreading its wings to shut off the last
faint and lingering beams of the sun
that had gone down behind the horizon
of the west-we saw shadowy beings
passing, all going in the direction of the
District Court house. All was as silent
as If they had been the disembodied
spirits of the dead fresh from their ten,
antless graves.
In little time, the beams of dark
lantern were seen to glimmer in the
Court room, and its light to flicker
through the dusty window panes. We
could not see even the shadows fall,
that passed about it to and fro, SO ghost
like and voieeless at first, were the be-
ings that assembled there We lent our
ear to hear, but save an occasional mur.
mur indistinctly audible-nothiug could
be heard, The spirits of the just made
perfect, or of those of the doomed,
were meditating, conjectured we, the
vast concerns of human welfare or,
conspiring for the overthrow of states
and the upbuilding of dynasties to be
composed of phantom magnates.
We fingered for a time, with increas-
ing curiosity to gain some insight of
what was going on, but all in vain
We left without additional wisdom,
and when the sun rose to the meridian
on the following day, some one ad-
vanced the idea that the oath bound
clans had met to forge fetters for free
democratic uoters, and to hoist painted
saints for their datifu support
Hear it not, ye stars
And thou pale moon, turn paler at the thought
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The rice millers of New Orleans are
entering into compact by which to do
away with competition in both buying
and selling. If they succeed they cer-
tainly will exercise their own sweet
will and get satisfactory returns that
might we'll make the mouth of a
Cr@sus water. Ii is said that they can
not afford to mill at present margins.
This reminds us of a remark said to
have been made by an old quaker, tas
I live I cannot afford 60 sell You on
lower terms,' to which was made the
witty response then you had better
live more economically. We suggest
that the planters give the mills ga Ro
land for their Oliver combine and
keep rough up. Why do these men re-
Qnire to discharge their buyers of rough,
when confining their sales of cleaned
and selling only through one man
would accomplish the right result and
yet defend the interests of the planter.
If the trade of the United States will
not pay present prices for cleaned rice,
then we think the mills would be doing
just By their friends to hold and COM
pei an advance of values. From the
steps being taken We should say that
the foe Of the rice culture Is in the land
of its culture New Iberia Enterprise.
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JUDICIAL, NOTICES
DARTITION SALE.
MARCELINE DARE ET AIS VS.. OCTA
VIE DARE, WIFE, EFT AIS.
No. 1885.
DISTRICT COURT, ST. LANDRY PARISH,
STATE OF LOUISIANA.

By virtue of judgment of the Hon. the Dis
trict Court in and for the parish of st. Landry
rendered in the above entitled cause, there
will be sold at public auction, to the last and
highest bidder by the undersigned administra-
tor the Sheriff of the parish of st. Landry. or
any other duty qualified auctioneer, at the
Court House in the town of OpelOusas, in the
parish of st. Landry, on
Wednesday, Nov. 18th, 1S0l,
the following described property, in order to
effect partition thereof, to-wit;
All of section %. T. 5 s. of r. 2 west all of
section 49, I. s S. of r west which lies west
of bayou Nezpiqu6 and such parts or sections
in township and 6 s. of r. 3 west which are
the Antoine Boisdor6 grant in T, and s of R.
3 west, being the same property acquired by
Marcel Daire, deceased, on the 9TH January,
1860 at the suecessional sale of Antoine BOis-
dor6, deceased, made by Evariste D9jean, pub
lie auctioneer, and figuring upon the process
verbal of suceessional sale of said estate of
Antoine Boisdor6 as Nos. 3,4,5,6,7and 8, and
containing in all four thousand eight hundred
arpents, more are less, the same being con-
tinuous tract of land and situated partly in
ST. Landry and partly in Calcasieu parish.
Said land will be sold in lots of one hundred
arpents each, according to plat of survey
and subdivision of the whole tract made by
Leonee E. Littell, surveyor, and to be exhib-
| ted ON the day of sale. SAID lands are adapted
| to the culture of rice and are traversed and
divided into two almost equal parts by bayou
Nezpiqu6, which affords an unfailling supply
of water for rrigatng and other purposes.
| Terms and C0nditions-One-f e-fourth cash; one
fourth in one year, onefourth in two years,
and one-fourth in three years from the day of
sale. All purchases other than heirs to exc
cute their notes, payable to the order of JOS
eph FL. Fontenot administrator, with eight per
cent per annum interest from maturity till
paid, with special mortgage and vendors
privilege reserved The heirs to be allowed to
purchase to the amou of portion coming to
them from the succession, and not to be
oblige to pay the surplus of their purchase
money over their portion coming to them un-
til this portion has been definitely fixed by o
partition.
| JOSEPH Fl. FONTENOT,
Oct. 10, 1891. Administrator.
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Races !
$4,000 IN PURSES.

class, sasq best in 5, purse 5000; ID, Running
quarter mile dash for all ages, purse $4,000
Sd, Trotting, half mile, 2 year old colts, best
9 in 3, purse $500
Sunday-lst, Trotting and Pacing, l mile,
$50 class, best in 3 (horses will be required
to go in s.4O to VIM purse $4,000; ID Hall
ter mile dash for 2 year old colts, purse $25.00
Conditions: Three to enter and two to start.
Entries close Friday, Oct. 30. Entrance fee,
10 per cent of purse. Purses divided rs and
25 per cent. Right reserved to change pro-
gramme or postpone in case of bad weather.
ern. For further particulars apply to
w. s. DURKE,
l.. D. PRESCOTT, Secretary
praaE
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SHERIFF's SALE.
district Court, Paris. Of 81. landry, No. 1877
JAMES II. LEVY VS.. I. F. DoDD.


JAMES II. LEVY VS.. T. T. DopD.
By virtue of an order of seizure and sale is
sued out of the 18th Judicial District Court
in and for the parish of St. Landry, in tho
above entitled and numbered suit, l will pro-
ceed to sell at public auction to the last and
highest bidder, at the front door of the Court
House, in the town of Opelousas, parish of st.
Landry, on SATURDAY, the oath day Of
October, A. D. 1891, at III O'Clock q. M, the
following described property, to-wit:
A certain tract of land with the buildings
and improvements thereon, and all the APP
purtenances thereunto belonging, situated in
the town Of Melville in the parish of st. Lam
dry, in this State, and containing fifteen
acres, bounded on the east by the Atchafa-
Iaya River, on the South by the property Of
Sam Hays, on the North by the property of
j. H. Berniss ct ais, and on the West by
property now or formerly owned by A. B.
Anderson which said tract measures about
four hundred and sixty -four feet front on the
Atchafalaya River BY about one thousand
and five hundred feet in depth.I
Seized in the above entitled suit
Terms-Cash. 7. S. F0NTENOT,
Sheriff of the parish of St. Landry.
Opelousas, Sept 10, 1891.
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By virtue of an order of the Honorable the
Probate Court in aud for the parish of Saint
Lan9ry, there will be sold at public auction,
to the last and highest bidder, by the under
signed administrator or duly qualified AUG
tioneer, at the store of Samuel Haas, at
Chieot, st. Landry parish, La, on
Saturday, October 3Gst, 1S0Is
the following described property, belonging
TO the estate of Adelaaae M. Leigh, of she
parish of st. Landry, to-wit:
l.Land with improvements on both sides
of Bayou Crocodile, containing 3I2 62Il00
acres, being northwest and south west quar-
tiers of section thirty-fye township two, south
range two east This property will be sold
in two lots of 81 quarter section each; plat of
which may be seen as hereafter mentioned.
2. Southeast quarter of section thirty five,
township two, south range two east, contain
ing l53 3lIl00 acres.
5. Land acquired from E. H. Martin, Oct
Sd, l845, on Bayou Chicot, containing about
five hundred and 40a arpents, being part of
the Gilbert Sweat tract, and the John Hay
tract, bounded north by John Bass, Whit
tington and others, east by Samuel Haas and
Bayou Chie0t, west by railroad land and
south by property of the estate next de-
scribed.
4. tract of land adjoining last described
tract, containing two hundred arpents and
another tract adjoining containing fifty acres,
purchased at the estate of Robt. Perry, Feb.
7th, 1853, bounded north by property of the
estate last described above, south by Chicot
Village, or land of Samuel Haas, east by
Bayou Chicot and S. Haas, and west by rail-
road land. The two pieces of property last
| described will be sold in lots of from so to go
arpents each, plat of which can be seen at
| the Office of w. s. Frazee, attorney, at Opel
ousas, made by L. e. Littell Parish Surveyor,
| and will be exhibited on day of sale.
| S. The undivided one-half of the following
| described property, viz: West half of north
west quarter of section twelve, and norteast
| quarter of section thirteen and southeast
| quarter of southwest quarter of section nine,
| in township two, south range two east, and
| containing about $50 acres.
6. The undivided one-half Of the land and
| improvements known as the Camp Springs
property, said property being composed, lots
2 and section 30, tp. s. r. 2 E., containing
| 175 80Il00 acres, NEt of SCI and Ea of NE3
Sec. 36, TIP. 2 r | d, containing 1876 75l100
acres, lots 2, 3 and of Sec. So TIP. 2 s II I e,
containing 2I5 1900 acres.
| Terms Cash.
| will also sell by virtue of said order and
commission and upon the same terms and
conditions, at the last residence of the decd,
| near Washington, st. Landry parish, La, on
| MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2nd., at the hour Of
| Ii O'clock, q. M, one bedroom set, consisting
| of bed bureau, washstand and armoir, also
| another bed and armoir, 6 chairs, mat.
tresses and one writing desk.
l.. d. PRESCOTT,
Sept. 266t. Administrator.