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wRoNGHEADED PEOPLE.
Those with Whom 1t Is Difficult to Ge
Along.

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Those with Whom 1t Is Dihacult to Get
Along.
Among the most unpleasant people
one is compelled to rub shoulders with
on Gfe's highway are the class whose
minds take hold of every thing, as it
were, the wrong end foremost. They
are usually as obstinate as perverse,
and the false inferences they draw
from misapprehended premises they adj
here to with as much tenacity as If
they were Gospel truths. One knows
not how to deal with such incorrigibles.
Good-humored rallying they are as like
ly as not to mistake for studied insult,
kind words for humbug, endeavors to
instruct and convince for airs Of superb
ority; and whatever one may do or say
with q view of benefting them, they
mistake for insidious attempts to get
on their blind side. Their field of moral
vision is filed with mist of suspicion
which distorts every thing, and it is in
vain to reason with them; for you can
no more do away with their absurd im-
pressions than you can wipe out craven
letters with a sponge. Error, we sup
pose, is to them what truth is to right
headed men and women, and they cling
to it because they believe in it. They
are objects of commiseration; yet, be-
ing unabatable nuisances, it is prudent
to give them wide berth.
It is really sad thing to be predis-
posed by nature to misconceive and
misconstrue; but it is equally unpleas-
ant to be misunderstood and miscon-
strued. We, therefore, make it rule
to have as little as possible to do with
inveterately wrongheaded people, IN.
Y. Ledger
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Sheriff s Sale.
GUMBEL BROS. 4 MEYER VS.. ROBERT
G. HAWKINS ET AIS.
No 14,747 DIsrRIcr CouRr, PARISH OF
ST. LANDRy

By virtue of writ of fieri facias issued
out OF the Honorable 18th Judicial District
Court Of the State of Louisiana, III and for
the parish Of st. Landry, in the above enti-
tied and numbered suit. and to me direct:
ed, 4 viii proceed 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, La, on
Saturday, August list, 1891,
at Ii o'clock a. M, the following described
property. to-wit:
Five acres of land with ali the buildings
and improvements thereon. consisting of q
gin-hOuse and steam power cotton gin
press, bounded west by bayou Waxia, east
by land sold to Hawkins az per act OF Feb.
4th; 1883, before E: r. Veazie, notary, south
by lands of Eureka Place, and north by
lands OF Palmetto Place, being part of d
larger tract of twenty y-five acres, bought Of
II. w. Sylvester, agent on March 1st, 1888,
as per act passed before A. j. Perrauit. no.
tary, recorded in Conveyance Book " No
2, page 35l Also twenty acres of land
bounded east by lands of Mrs. Heloise
Hawkins, west by lands OF Robertson heirs
north by Felix Dejean and south by prop
erty sold to G. I. Hawkins on May 7th,
1883, with all the buildings and improve
ments thereon.
Seized in the above suit.
Terms--Cash 5s43
T. 8. FONTENOT,
Sheriff of the Parish of St Landry.
iune27 ct .s tTss 2
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SUBSCRIPTION, So A YEAR.

cents, total fifty-five cents with interest and
cost; Judgment VS.. Robert Williams fifty
dollars, state thirty cents, corporation twen-
ty-fve cents, total fifty-fiye cents with in
1erest ana cost Judgment vs, Perseverance
Hail ninety dollars, state fifty-four cents.
corporation forty-five cents, total ninety
nine cents with interest and cost: iudg-
ment VS.. VIM. Guidry fifty dollars, state
thirty cents, corporation twenty-five cents,
total fifty five cents with interest and cost.
44A John NJ. Y John r. Lalanne, Wash
lngton, two mortgage notes vs. Jean r. Ro-
sette and A. Joubert two hundred and fifty
dollars, state one dollar and fifty cents,
parish two dollars and fifty cents, total
four dollars with interest and cost.
44l6. Louis ]. Lalonde, Leonyille, stock
twenty dollars, state twelve cents, parish
twenty cents, poll one dollar, total one dol
cost .
44A: FRANCOIS A. Lambert, Judgment VS..
Daniel A. savant sixty dollars, state thirty
SIX cents, parish sixty cents, total ninety
SIX cents with interest and cost.
4451. Unelzor Lanclos, Leonville, stock
twenty dollars, state twelve cents parish
twenty cents, poll one dollar, total one dol
lar and thIrty-two cents with interest and
cost
4474. Amar Landry, Big Mammouth. I'M
provements thirty dollars, stock fifty dol-
lars, vehicles ten dollars, state fifty four
cents, parish ninety cents, poll one dollar,
total two dollars and forty -four cents with
interest and cost.
4513 Lndger Lastrapes, stock four hun
dred and seventy dollars, vehicles fifty dol
lars, state three dollars and twelve cents.
parish five dollars and twenty cents, poll
three dollars, total eleven dollars and thir-
ty-two cents with interest and cost.
45GO. Mrs. louisa Lavergne wife of VIM
bacon, three mortgage notes vs.. Leandre
Layergne, one hundred and ten dollars,
state sixty-six cents, parish one dollar and
cents with interest and cost
1892. Blaize Lazard, Leonvifle, stock twen-
~ dollars. state twelve cents, parish twenty
cents, poll one dollar, total one dollar and
thirty two cents with interest and cost
46l2. Elsy Leblanc, Prairie Basse, stock
sixty dollars, state thirty-six cents. parish
sixty cents, poll one dollar, total one dol
lar and ninety-six cents with interest and
cost
46l5. Lawrence Leblanc, Leonyille, stock
forty dollars, vehicles ten dollars state
thirty cents, parish fifty cents, poll one dol
lar, total one dollar and eighty cents with
interest and cost
!. On said day Of sale will sell such por-
tlons OF said property as each debtor will
point out, and in case the tax debtor shall
not point out sufficient property, will at
once, without further delay, sell the least
quantity of said property of any tax debt
OF which any bidder may buy for the am
onnt Of taxes, interest and costs due BY
said tax debtor. The sale will be withont
for cash in legal tender mo-
ney Of the United States.
Parish of st. Landry, June 9th, 1901.
7. s. FONTENOT,
Sheriff of the Parish Of st. Landry and
Ex-Officio Collector of State
JuneI At and Parish Taxes.
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"A CHINESE NEWcATE.
Oriental Victims of the Axe Go to tht
Scene in Baskets All Labeled.

Oriental Victims of the Axe Go to th<
Scene in Baskets ALI Labeled.
We are now on our way to the much
dreaded execution ground, which l ap
,proach most reluctantly, for visions Of
gfittering swords and headless bodies
dance before my eyes, says visitor te
Canton, China. Have not read that
sscriminals of the worst kind are stran.
gled and cut to pieces on the crosses,
several Of which may be seen leaning
against the wa1l?" With final pull
and a gathering of my shattered nerves
we follow All Cum through little gate
and see a long, narrow strip of ground
kind of alley about 75x25 feet-f1led
with rows and rows of big earthenware
pots, each one covered with an immense
dried palm leaf
c. and gaze at each other puzzled.
doubtful, yet infinitely relieved. Is it
the execution ground or only potters'
yard? Almost Immediately All Cum ends
our suspense by breaking forth in his
usual rattling way and introduces us to
Exeeutioner Number Three dried-up,
wizened, little old man, dressed in tat
ters, with grin so fendish and diabol-
ical that it turns me cold with fear and
horror. Nothing but head dripping
with blood will satisfy c.. The
wretched little man quickly interprets
his questioning look, grins again, steps
tragically eff to far corner, dips down
and drags out-a skull! The traditional
skull, kept always on hand for the
blood-seelSing tourist-a dry, bleached
bone, to compensate him for the agonies
of mind he has gone through.
Still appreciating our disappointm
Executioner Number One appears
brandishing a sword; he goes through
sort Of pantomime- an imaginary exc
'cution-and expresses to our interpreter
his regret that we are not more fortu-
nate in our selection of time, for to-
morrow seven men are to be put to
death! The place is always open to for
eigners, who sometimes witness the
most bloodcurdling scenes. believe
the average number executed is 300 per.
annum.
The condemned are brought to the
ground in baskets, with strips of paper
fastened to their backs stating name,
nature of crime and punishment de-
served. The ling chee, or 1000 cuts, is
the most terrible of all punishments.
The criminal is tied, hand and foot, to
the cross. the stabs follow in rapid sue
cession, but never striking a vital part
till finally the presiding mandarin gives
the sign to the executioner for the last
fatal stroke. All Cum tells us that the
execution-ground, when not used, is
taken as drying-yard by the neigh
boring potters.-N. Y. Journal.
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sherif's Sale.
". G. JOHNSON VS.. GIBBON s. CHEVIs
No. 4,506 DIsrRIcT CouRT, PARISH or
ST. LANDRY.


BY virtue OF writ of feri facias issued
out Of the Honorable 18th Judicial District
Court Of the State of Louisiana, in and for
the parish of st. Landry, in the above enti-
tied and numbered suit, and to me direct
ed, will proceed 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, La, on
Saturday. August LIST, 1901,
at II o'clock a. M, the following described
property, to-wit:
The undivided half of certain tract of
land situated in the parish of st. Landry,
near Bayou Courtableaus left descending
bank, being the NJ of SW1, NWL Of
sEA, 81 Of SCI, NEA Of SltA. section
No. 81; SWL OF SW14, 8NW1@ OF fSWA, of
section No. gall in township No. 5 south
Of range No. 6 east of Louisiana meridian,
containing three hundred and twenty
and sixty-si hundredths acres, 1922 GjI1OO.)
Seized in the above suit. j.
Terms-Cash
7. s. FONTENOT,
Sheriff of the Parish of st. Landry.
june27 ct
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At n Pixen Creek PARTY.

Mrs. De Grizzler You seem rather
fdgety this evening, Colonel Whipsaw.
Colonel Whipsaw-Yes, just a little.
'.Is there any thing can do for you?"
Nope. You see I've given Bill Roper,
over there, all the chance and induce
ment to elope with my gal Cycloney
that fel1er could want, and now ii he
don't improve this occasion to skip with
her he'll be sorry. ~" Texas Siftings.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-07-18
THE MINSTREL.

He thought he once could sing
song Of love and spring.
But stammered, though he held full-strunR
a Tyre;
Because he lacked the art
Which later years impart;a
Because the skill was less than the DESIRE
And now he seems to know
just how the tune should fiow
But misses the young ardor once SO strong.
The impulse OF the heart
1s slower than the art;
The Skill to sing is better than the song.
The SOLDERING touch OF time
Holds back the hasty rhyme
That In the heat OF youth once spurned control;
For shared In webs of thought
His flying dreams are caught;
Age looks beyond the senses to the soul
All, could the singers art
Assume the loftier part
AS once the lowlier in the realm Of songl
All, could life's grander themes
Flow like the early streams
What minstrel then would say he had lived too
longs
Christopher p. Cranch, in Harper's Magazine.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-07-18

NOTICE.-Land office at New Orleans,
June 18th, 1881. Notice is hereby given
that the following-named settler has filed
notice of his intention to make final proof
in support Of his claim, and that said proof
the District Court at Opelousas, on Satur-
day, August Sth, 1891, viz: Benjamin
Guillory who made pre-emption declara-
tory statement No. 191 for the NWN sec.
RTp S 8, w La. mer He names the
following witnesses to prove his continu-
GUS residence upon and cultivation of, said
land, viz: Hilaire Bordelon, Cesar Wilma,
Joseph Chapman, Auguste Saucier, ALL
st Landry parish, La.
CHARLES G. PALFREY,
juneH st Register.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-07-18
Not Fair.

Mrs. Potts-Just to think Of you talk
ing to me in such a style!-you who
used to swear was an angel!
Mr.. Potts-Look here, my dear, that
isn't fair; you know it isn't. What is
the use of twitting man about the
lies he told fifteen years ago Jury.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-07-18
Luxury on Wheels.

-Parlor-car travel ON the lines rum
ming into New York is constantly on
the increase, and this luxury has long
since ceased to be the peculiar property
of the rich. With the popularization of
the parlor-car has come change in the
attitude Of the expectant porter. He is
still expectant, but he no longer
despises small tip, and in the case Of
travellers taking only short journeys he
sometimes omits the accustomed exac-
tions, and permits his natural victims to
find their way off the car without the
suggestive officiousness that once char
aeterized his manner
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-07-18

I3a w -E KS.
The POLICE GAZETTE will be mailed, Sc
curely wrapped, to any address in the
United States I3 weeks on receipt of ONE
DOLLAR. Liberal discount allowed to post
masters, agents and clubs Sample copies
mailed free. Addres all orders to
RICHARD X. FOX,
Franklin Square, N. Y.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-07-18
HOW ELks GROW HORNS.

In Ten Weeks a New Pair of Antlers Are
Grown. e
With the loss of the antlers the stag
changes his disposition entirely and be-
comes as docile and tractable as lamb
He remains in this condition of temper
until the beginning of March, when he
shows a disposition to lurk in sequested
spots of the glen and timidly avoid the
presence even of his kind
During this period, on the spot where
the antlers were, a pair Of protuber-
anoes will make their appearance,
covered with soft, dark, velyety skin.
These will attain considerable
growth in few days. The carotid
arteries of these protuberances will
enlarge with them in order to
supply suficiency of nourish-
ment When the new antlers have at
tanned their full growth. which will be
in ten weeks after the old ones have
been shed, the bony rings at the base
through which the antlers pass will
begin to thicken, and gradually filling
up will compress the blood vessels and
ultimately obliterate them. The vel
vety skin that surrounds the bone, be-
ing thus deprived Of nourishment will
lose its vitality and will be rubbed off
in shreds by the stag on the edges of
rocks or other hard substances.
AS soon as the full size of the antlers
is attained the docile disposition of the
elk will disappear and he will become
once more for the year the fierce. and
nnfriendly king Of the glen.
The age of the elk, according to writ
ers on natural history, is computed by
the number of points on the antlers.
San Francisco Chronicle.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-07-18

From the latest times Of paganism
to the early ages of Christianity we can
but rarely quote instances of fire light
ed up for other purposes in public form
than for the ceremonies Of religion,
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still AL I'D.

SGlfl AC 4Gs $50 ;
Mrs. Pancake ito Tramp What do
you do when you are working?
Tramp-I'm a canvasser.
Mrs. Pancake What do you canvass
for?
Tramp (eloping with the lunche on
My livin', mum. Texas Siftings.
The young lady who made seven
hundred words out of conservatory, .
last autumn, has run away from home.
Her mother wanted her to make three
loaves of bread out of -four.
He cares not to know who wrote "Beauti.
full Snow,
Nor what may have caused him to do it;
With his ear in sling, he desires but one
thing
Thename-of the rascal who threw 1t.
Washington Post.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-11-24
TO I,EGaLIzE RrSHEs At coLrMBlA.

A meeting Of the sophomore class OF the school OF
arts of Columbia College held yesterday Afternoon
to receive the report Of the committee appointed 70
confer with President Low in regard TO the trouble na
the class was in on account Of an untmeV cane
rush and breaking the college regulations. Al "e
request OF the committee. IL reported, Presdent Los
had consented 10 reserve action for few days WI"
the consent and advice OF the president some reso'u'
lions had been prepared and they were then preserves
10 the class on condition that the freshman cA''
shall also adopt them they will become the rule anon
the students hencefortb According 70 the SPIN V
the resolutions, which were adopted by the eis'N
there to be no cane PUSHES In or arOuna Wv
college buildings but organized challenger ilsA's
may be held or the college athletic GROUNDS. nc.
rIshes shall decide the question whether ule i'e'
shall shall not carry canes, wear high hS's' s.
smoke pipes and cigars. As many orsannH ru'H .'
as the classes wish may be held at the anie-'
grounds. II the freshmen also adopt these rsO, -
TONS the classes and the individual members "-s
were in danger OF suspeDsi-h will be relieved ~.
all blame. Another resolution which im sno'.
been adopted by the other classes In thc s,S n,
arts, mines, and law was presented ana saop tSsna
the s0phomores. This provided thar the p'm,,i1e
Of the several classes should constitute o ,,lsS
10 make, with ne approval of PIesldsnt Low Ths
governing the college buildings and CAMPUS .lss
resolution will be brought before the hc'n'n""
also. .
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-11-24
COURT CALENDAR FOR TO-DAY.

Supreme Court-General TerD-Recess 49,,
Supreme Court haDDers-BeiOfe Patterson, J.-Moaa
supreme Court-speclsl rsrn-Part l-Betore ingrlan
JNCase on No. 46i, Belden VS.. Burke No further az
cas sSnIeme s courspecial erpa IIbeee oBn
AID fact Nos 49, S9' SIS 5 S. s SS S So, IL
52s, oI7 COS, 7o3. tss. i9i 80 pc,or, Lawrence L.
supTeEs Coart"tircuit1 I-pefOre Andrews J..
cog sI sSs sy ia is h1Ios s
supreme Court-Crcuit-fart lll-Beio6e Baeh s ;e
1873 l isss 1913 1913 l Ys.s 1873 1888
1898 1899. 1tls: 49,, 1919 e72 li2 itoi S-s;
Nos gT23 1880 1895. Has 1919. 12422 lSs. GIL 2'"
0 Superior Ccuft-speciaI TermBefore Freedman J-Ss
Superior courEquy TermnetOre McAdsm ,I 5-T Ss
9 t s' Soa tse fs fsS 2Ss 81
Superior 1885 loGs Term-P. IBetoe Glider
sleeve JSos 1872 1912 92S lSS ~ s;o,s nue,0 J.
N sSrr asS s eourbetere Rsa Mooq e.ene,
Ssss at c is 80 Wills Of FaSe G Henry
Field Edith Kane, at 10 julie Rhulon Amelia Si.
field John n Colt, William {; sesEAa at 10 80 a. m
Common Pieas1Geperal Term-AdOurned unu tie hr''
Common Ples.~Trial Term-Psrt I-Betore GlesercA ].
Case on-Steers VS.. Rembrandt. No day calendar =,
Common Pleas-Trial Termpart' II and lIL-Adi0urn'd
n MssoSq {MSSn
Nos 2iO7, 1895. 4557. 1870 1882. 1913 1855 ASA.
1863; , t54S t9i& rerm-p,, I1-Bto,. Van Wick
Nos 41s3 3lll, 4o24 1852 1855. 46j6. 1851 iSes'
Nos. 5lss, 4i69, Sl5s 42s1, Ss2s 5i'e' 1865 "'''
CITY sSg sg s a 1
1929, 1913. 384l. ABA, 1850, ALI.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-11-24
ANOTHER POSTAL THIEF CAUGHT
UE HAD FIFTY SEWN STOLEN LETTERS IN HIS
POCKETS.

lie HAD FIFrY-sEvEN STOLEN LETTERS IN HIS
POCKETS.
The temptation to steal letters is strong that no
less than four postal clerks have been arrested in this
city this month on that charge. The last one was
captured Yesterday with fftyseven letters In his
pockets He is Matthew L. McGrath, twenty three
years old of No. % Roosevetst., who has been EN-
ployed in the General Postoince for six years lie
has been a clerk in the Foreign Department. Yes
iterday at 8 20 p. H., some saw him open a
package which had come in the mail. A. Il. Maze
superintendent of mails, was told of this and he at
once sent for Posionicc Inspector s. :. lIartshorn
In the meantime Mr. Maze tried to detan Nc
lGrath who became suspicious and dashed out OF the
building into Park ROW. lie threw some tTiDketS In
i the mud as he ran. A policeman soon stopped him
and took him bacd TO the 2ostO1ice. There he was
searched and ffyseven letters addressed to places
in England were found in his pockets. lie had
thrown away two tortoise shell combs and two cheap
bracelets which lie had stolen from the package wrich
he opened. A postal note for e10 drawn in W0r
cester Mass, November Z. and payable In Eng
land, was also found in his pocket. None of the let
tiers had been opened Mc(;rath had evidently stolen
the entire contents OF box of English mail. Seven
of the letters had been sent by Binney & Smith,
dealers in lampblacf at Pearl and John sts. and
others were mailed by Garden and Forest Tribune
building FayeIweather d Ladew, No. 80 Sprucest.,
and George Tieman & Co., No. 107 Park Row. Mr..
EartshOrn requests these firms to call on him con-
corning these letters.
Commissioner Shields held McGraih in 81. 800 bail
for examination on Friday at p. IN. 1t is not
known how long he las been stealing from the mail
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-11-24
TROUBLE At THE NEW YORK HOTEL.

SUIT BROUGHT AGAINST THE PROPRIETOR TO
FoRECfOsE A CHATTEL MORTGAGE.
Justice Patterson. in the Supreme Court, Chambers
yesterday anted the application OF the New York Life
Insurance and Trust Company for leave to bring suit
against Henry CranstOn, the proprietor Of the New
York Hotel, to forecose chattel mortgage the
furniture in the hotel. In suit brought by Eleanor
X. Jay against May Elizabeth Field, the executor
of Hixon W. Field, In February, 1885, John Jay was
appointed receiver OF the NewYork Hotel property, ii
being part Of the estate of Hixon W. Field. Mr. Jay
acted in the capacity Of receiver until September 1882
when the NewY York Life Insurance and Trust Company
substituted In his place. While Mr.. Jay re-
cdver he executed lease to Cranston in June, 1885,
Of the hotel property, to until 1894, at an annual
rental Of $4,000. At the same time chattel mort
gage covering all the furniture In the house was exc
cuted the payment of the rent The receiver
says that Cnnston Is In arrears In the rent
$4,000 and there judgments OF $4,000 against
him. The receiver fears that the Sheriff might levy
on the property and attempt TO sell II, IL Is thought
safer to foreclose the mortgage.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-11-24
THIS LITTLE BOY rs WAIVED.

Detective Hunt, OF the Chares-st. station, AZ noon
Yesterday arrested Max Schwartz, proprietor OF the
shoe store at No. $50 Hudson-st on charge OF nav
Ing set fire to his store on sunday AFTERNOON hpou
80 O'Clock Oh that day the store was found In names
and the Mace was Quilted. Schwartz and his family
ho lived ON the floor above the store, were not nome
at the time. They returned four hours afterwaru'
schwartz sent his family TO the home OF niece at NO
90 Cannon-st and remained in the burned building
with the fire INSURANCE patroman. When arrested
Yesterday schwartz said that his family lett te houSo
about 80 p. III. to attend party NJ NO ~ Oaiio,
Ct The value OF the stock destroyed was $1,000, ne
so,d and his place upstairs, which was not harmed
was insured for 81 500. The police say that little
boy had told them that he had seen a man run away
from the store short tine before the outbreak OF the
fire schwartz remanded In the Jefferson Marhe.
Court yesterday by Judge Hogan, uhui 'o""' "
enable the police to find the boy