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The Opelousas courier., 1891-09-26

Preparing for the hot weather The fol-
lowing telegram from Whitewright, Texas,
indicates that the people in that vicinity do
not intend to be caught unprepared:
WHrTEwRIaHT, Texas, June 9, 1891.
Chamberlain & Co., Des Moines, Iowa:
Ship us at once. one gross Chamberlain's
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, s25
cent size, and two dozen SO cents size. We
are entirely ont and have had nearly forty
calls for it this week. @. Y. RATHBUE & Co.
This is just such a medicine as every family
should be provided with during the hot
weather. 1t never fails and is pleasant TO
take. For sale by ]. LassaIle and all drug
gists.
The men OF worth to q town or community
are those who forget their own selfish ends
long enough, and who are liberal enough in
their ideas to push all projects calculated to
build up the town and enhance it's impor
tance. The enterprise and push of q commu-
nifty constitutes the foundation of its perma-
mem success. A town may as well prepare
for its WI funeral as to become indifferent to
the enterprise in its midst. Men who come
to town to make it their future home, who
cannot look far enough before them to see
that money placed judiciously in a public
enterprise will be increased an hundred fold
in the appreciation of their property, are to
be pitied. They are the class who are ready
to take all they can of ones building enter
prise, but are unwilling to do anything them
selves.-Kinmundy en- Express.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-09-26
Tout Simple.
Lie Pionnier dc Assumption.

Que yeus soyez anti, que yous seyez
pro, que yons ne soyez nj pro nj anti,
que vous soyez par la persuasion dis
poses d passer de Fun a pautre, nous
ne voyons yraiment pas la grand sujet
de vous 1rTiter entire vous, de vous
prendre aux cheveux GU a la barbe,
quand voas ayez ane baibe ct des
cheveux, ct de vous trailer cavaliere-
ment, peu convenablement, CONNIE DIES
freres ennemis.
Ne sommes. nous point des demo-
crates, ct la chose nest ellie pas DIES
plus slmples, des plus claires, quand
on Y me I'll peu de la bonnie yolonte
demoeratiqae qui doit etre en- nous?
II saagit tout supplement de la for
NATION dn ticket d6~mocratiqae d'Etat.
Les elections de paroisse gu de district
nous oceuperont snbsequemment.
Mails ponr lie ticket d'Etat, r6p6tons-
nous, c'est simple CONNIE bon jour,
CONNIE aussi pas nouv6au. Nous
~n'av0ns rien a inventor, pas meme b
de ces petites machines qui ont fait la
fortune ct la gloire d'Edison, qui fut
vendeur de journaux dams son enhance.
S0lt que yous ayez recours en- chaque
pafbisse aux auhite primaries, aux cleo
tions primaries, pour le choix des dele
CUES a In Convention nominante d'Etat,
soft que you EMPLOYEE un antre moyen
non molns correct permettant an peu-
pie de s'exprimer librement ct scion
Q go1t, vous aver Ia Convention
nominante formee.
Gpffa faurnpftan fapn.6n 81 az ns4
sage ct democratique, que rest-t-il a
faire?
Nous persons bien qn'on causera,
qu'on narlera, qu'on discntera, qn'on
fefa DIES d%iscours, hons ct manuals, ct
meme qnfon boira IN peu dams les in
termedes. L'eloquenee ne doit pas
avoir Ia gorge secle. Eft ce nest pas
un dimanche que sc tiendra Ia Conyen-
tion.
Mails 81 cette Convention est sage,
CONNIE il Y a tout lieu de ie eroire NAL
gre les agitations qui Fanront prec6d6e,
nous persons qu'elle I~aissera l'amende-
ment constitutional qui nous 6chauffe
ct nous divise d cette heure d roption
GU au reject des libres e~lecteurs, e'est.a-
dire du peuple.
Ellie ne 10 ferait pas, ellie n~'aurait
point cette prudence, que le peuple
n'agirait pas moins dc cette faeon, avec
sa libert6, CONNIE il lie sent et Fentend
Panta votant contre, lie pro votant pour,
ct personne n'6tant engage par rordre
On Imposition dime Convention dun
caractere nominant ct non l6giferant.
Et ST Pierre est choisi, 81 Paul est
choisi, fermier, plantenr, m~archand,
m~eeaniclen, aVocat on Journalistic, bien
que mons ne accommodations pas parti.
culiefement ces deux derniers, nous
soutiendrons Pierre on Paul en- tout
esprit d'anion, de democratic ct de JUS
tice.
Nest &c pas Tationnel ct tout simple?
W n'est-ce point ainsi qu'on doit agir
en- famiile?
The Opelousas courier., 1891-09-26

Sold BY Blake & Dnrke, Washington, la.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-26
ToRPEDoEs IN NAVAL WARFARE.

Several times since the commencement of
the present Chilean rebellion startling ex-
amples of the torpedo's utility in naval war
fare have been presented. Some days ago
this paper printed dispatch from the seat
of war telling about the blowing up of a YES
sci by means of these agents of destruction.
Every person on board perished, and all
that remained Of the ship was some wreck
age floating on the waves. To-day similar
occurrence is chronicled.
The rebellion itself may not be q matter
OF absorbing interest to the people of this
country, but the work OF the torpedoes will
arrest attention. Their practicability as a
means of defense or ofense has been uues-.
toned, but the news from Chile seems to
prove that they can be made eminently
practicable in either case. The claim that
they would revolutionize naval warfare has
been sustained. Time was when sea fights
were of long duration and were often only
ended by one crew boarding the
vessel of the other and engaging in q
hand-to-hand conflict The honors bestowed
upon. q marine victor were gauged BY
the number of prizes he brought into port,
and his pecuniary recompense was often
calculated on the same basis. The torpedo,
however, has changed all this. Hand-to-
hand conflicts on the deck are now unneces:
sary, when one vessel can, from distance
of some miles, drop an explosive on its
adversary; and the monetary reward
will be small, because, when one of the
things strike a ship, there will be nothing
left to capture. Moreover, it may be e1-
pected that in some naval battle of the
future, two contending ships will launch
torpedoes at each other at the same time
and with the same fatal degree of accuracy.
In this case the battle will never be recorded
on the page of history, because no one will
live to tell of it.
As ameans of coast defense for the United
States, the torpedo has been the subject of
much talk, some experts even saying that,
if this country does not wish to make con-
quests, but only desires to protect itself,
navy is entirely unnecessary, as torpedoes at
various points will give sufficient protec-
tion. They will now point to the Chilean
instances of what the explosive things can
do and argue therefrom to support their
theory. 1t must not be forgotten,
however, that in times of war it is often
necessary to act on the offensive as well as
on the defensive. and the United States
might wish to carry hostilities to the shores
of an enemy. A frst-class navy would be
very handy then without sighting torpe-
i Al mi
solves itself into a conclusion that in the
future navy without torpedoes or torpe-
does without navy will be of but little use.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-26

be made, when he concluded to present him.
SELF Brown testified that Evans had given
him a memorandum of the money paid, or
promised to be paid, to Pennsylvania officials
for the necessary legislation to collect the
claims. Among them was $4,000 to "Gov-
ernor Geary and friend" Brown swore that
Evans told him that this was to be used
in publishing life of Geary, and that he was
also to start paper in Harrisburg to boom
Geary for the Presidency. Both Governor
Geary and Evans denied this under oath.
Evans testified that he was without property
of any kind, and had used all the money col
lected in paying his debts and expenses.
1t was charged that Evans had paid Hart
rauft s7,O00 but both testified that this had
been loan. and that it had been repaid five
months after it was made. As has been said
the committee exonerated the Auditor Gen.
eral, and also State Treasurer Mackey. who
had been charged with completely in the steal,
from all connection with, or blame therefor.
Governor Geary was not so fortunate. While
he was not named, yet the reference To this
astounding state of facts" and gross derelic-
tion Of official duty" employed in detailing the
fact that Evans, with the Governors knowl-
edge retained large sums of the States money
for nearly four years. could hardly be inter-
preted in any way but one. He sent special
message to the Legislature relating his action
IN the matter but it had little effect. Justly
or unjustly the scandal darkened his few re-
manning years.
Evans died a poor man. Nearly all those
prominently connected with the matter have
passed away, too. and it is only recalled to
mind by the repayment to the State by the
Government of the direct tax which figured in
the transaction. HENRY HALL.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-26
THE ERRORS OF THE CONFLICT.

The review of the situation in the coke
regions, given in our correspondence else
where, presents some interesting points. 1t
impartially shows the mistakes on both
sides which tend to breaches of the peace,
and thus suggests the means which might
be taken to decrease the frequency of those
disorders.
1t is quite easy to see how the indisereet
taurtings of deputies and private guards
might arouse the ignorant and passionate
element among the strikers to acts of vio-
leDee. The idea OF an officer challenging
the strikers to commit illegal acts presents
a remarkable commentary on the failure of
the majority to understand the attitude that
should be assumed by representatives of law
and order. Such acts do not, of course, con-
done the disorder which follows; but it
should be remembered that to the ignorant
and foreign element such talk is q decided
provocation. Those in charge of deputies
and guards should either employ men who
can be trusted not to provoke disorder, or,
if that cannot be done, to keep them under
such strict surveillance as to promptly
check such criminal indiscretion.
But if anyone thinks this is a justi6ca-
tion for the acts of the strikers it is suf-
ficient to point out that acts which are
equally in the nature of a challenge nearly
always precede these things. A great many
strikers, we are glad to hear, stay at home
and thus keep out of collisions. If all did
so there would be neither Sherif's deputies,
Pinkerton guards or militia at the works.
But the disorderlies who march around in
crowds, and have commenced the breaches
Of law by assaultiug workmen and destroy
ing property, are, together with those who
direct their movements, the responsible
parties for all the disorders.
The impartial review of the whole situa-
tion BY our correspondent shows, what The
DISPATCH has often urged, that a struggle
like the one going on in the coke region is of
the sort which, however 1t may turn out.
will cost both sides more than it comes to.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-26
NEW USE FOR NAPHTHA.

1t might be the general opinion that the
means of procuring alcoholic stimulation,
or the worse effects of the snaesthetic drugs,
were already sufficiently large. 1t would
transgress our space TO simply 60 over the
list Of possible intoxicants, from the homely
and effective stone fence up to the entr anc-
ing but destructive chloral. 1t is well
known, however, that the man who wishes
10 put an enemy in his mouth or his nostrils
to steal away his brains has a very e1pan-
sive liberty of choice. That it could be
further enlarged has been discovered by
some working girls in factory Of Paris
where naphtha is used as a material. They
have availed themselves of the discovery
that the fumes of that staple can be used
to produce an effect like that of opium
smoking to indulge in a cheap form of that
vice
j. has been asserted as one of the lImita-
tions of the weaker sex that no woman ever
made scientific discovery. This is an e1-
ample decidedly to the contrary, although
whether the discovery is one that will work
greater benefit than injury to the human
race is not stated. A new anasthetic may
be OF great use in medical practice; but as
the practical application of the discovery so
far has been to give the Partisan working
girls an inexpensive substitute for opium
and hasheesh. its present effect is in the line
Of a curse. Il is a novel use for one of the
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-26
A Typical southern Lady.

Colonel Wharton Green, of North Carolina,
was at the Fifth Avenue Hotel last week. ac-
companied by his excellent wife. The latter
was the wife Of the late Hon. David Davis.
Several Washington correspondents, myself
among them, went down to Fayetteville to write
accounts of the distinguished wedding. which
occurred on Wharton Green's plantation.
Colonel Green had a lovely daughter. afterward
a noted Washington belle. now married and
settled in Wilmington. The old lady was still
living and, together with the bride then soon
to be, the household was an interesting one. The
family residence was one of those old-fashioned
verandaed Southern affairs, and sat right in the
middle of large vineyard. 1t was three miles
from Fayetteville, and the most the newspaper
men could do was to ride out daily through the
tall turpentine trees and sand and sit on the
fences. This continued for q week. and then
the family carriage was intercepted in the mid
die of the forest, and the brief story of the
wedding was impaired. Judge Otto was best
man. / accompanied the wedding party down
the Cape Fear river to Wilmington, where we
had hotel wedding breakfast and thence to
Charleston.
The pleasures and incidents of that trip were
pleasantly recalled by the presence of one of
the principal figures, now Mrs. Green. 1t is q
somewhat remarkable coincidence that cne
who attracted SO much attention because of
her marriage to Judge Davis, should have
finally gravitated back to her old home in
North Carolina and become the wife of the
man who had formerly given her away to an
other. Always lady of high breeding and
gentle, retiring disposition. Mrs. Green is of
the best type of the Southern woman, at home
anywhere, but chiefly admirable under the
SUNNY skies,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-26
MEN AND WOMEN,

MRS. ISABELLA SMITH COOPER, who
died in Massachusetts, the other day, was the
Oldest gypsy in the United States She was over
95 years old.
JAY GOULD, who arrived in New York
from his Western trip the other day, is said to
be feeling quite well. The state of health of his
victims is not mentioned.
DARLINGTON BOOTH, Commissioner OF
the Salvation Army, deemed it necessary to
preface his little talk III Baltimore by q contra
diction of the rumor that he and his wife had
eloped.
JOE MULHATToN, the Prince Of Pre-
varicators, who was released from the Chicago
detention hospital the other day, is accused of
inventing the story of his insanity merely to
keep in practice.
MRS. CLEVELAND is looking forward to
closing her New York house early in May, and
will then 60 at once for quiet summer to the
residence purchased last autumn by Mr.. Cleve-
land at Buzzard's Bay.
COUNT Won MoLTKE had, just before
his death, been giving daily sittings to Wilma
Parlaghy, at present the most noted portrait
painter in Germany. She was painting the old
Field Marshal in uniform, with his breast cov-
cred with orders.
JAMES S. CLARKsoN, who made name
for himself as a decapitator of Democratic
office holders, was spoken of by the New Y ork
papers as John s. Clarkson when he was
elected President of the Republican L eague
the other day. Such is fame.
SECRETARY RUsK will soon receive his
grandfather's sword, worn in the Revolution by
Samuel Rusk, and lately in the possession of
William Berry, of Macon, Mo-, who was Gen
eral Rusk's tutor. and who received it from an
uncle of the new owner.
JENNY LIND, according to her memoirs
Just published. disliked her career as a pro-
fessional songstress very much. Writing to her
father in 1Si2, she expressed the desire that
God would save her from being obliged to sing
on the stage. During her whole life there was
a gradual increase of religious feeling, which
doubtless induced her early retirement from
the stage, although not through puritanical
motives.
GENERAL WADE HAMPTON is one Of
the most interesting survivors of the war. He
lost his leg after and not in the war; but he suf-
fered greater misfortune in the death of his
son, who was shot down before his eyes during
a cavalry skirmish. The brilliant cavalry leader
dashed up to the fallen body Of the boy, raised
it and kissed the youths face. and then rode on
into the fight,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-26
PARDON FOR PRIMARY DRINKS.

The latest thing in sociology is bill pend
ing in Massachusetts providing that when a
man is convicted of drunkenness for the first
time he shall be let off without fine or i'm.
prisonment. This is supported or the plea
that warning followed up by lenient treat
ment for the first offense is likely to effect
more in the way OF reformation than punish
ment
1t has been suggested that kindly tolera-
Jion for the frailties of human nature in this
respect might regulate the alcoholic habit
on wider gauge than this measure. Thus,
if the law should provide that man should
not get drunk more than once year, and
should punish sharply any excess over that
allowance, there might be a marked i'm
provement over the present state of affairs.
A license which set aside one day in the
year for one set of imbibers and distributed
the privileges OF intoxication with i'm
partiality over the entire circuit of the sea-
sons, with strict punishment for any dis
turbance of the balance, would be varia-
tion of the broad-gauge theory of dealing
with drunkenness even more original than
the one proposed in Massachusetts,.
But if the principle of reforming the
criminal by letting him off for the first
offense is the correct one, why not apply it
to other offenses? 1t may be taken for
granted that if the first drink is forgiven, the
first time of breaking the head of the first
man the drunkard comes across will have to
be condoned. But the principle can be car
ried still further. Why not let the man off
the first time he wrecks bank or steals
railroad? 1t would certainly be great i'm
prOvement over the present rule of letting
him off all the time, except when he makes
a izzle and gets caught at it without any
funds.
The same consideration appears in the
practical application of the Massachusetts,
provision. That State may be especially apt
dump on the bibulous. but in most States
the question is not whether the man is to be
punished when he gets drunk the first time,
but whether he is ever to be punished for
getting drunk. When ke law snatches up
the inebriate without r ard to wealth, or
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-26
SOME SUNDAY SMILES.

1--WE are a nation OF typewriters," said
Cynicus.
President.-A A1Hsey's Weekly.
In New York Public School-Thomns,
why are you not paying attention. Why do you
smile?
81 was Just thinking about something"
''Well, please bear in mind II you want to mink
you have to do 1t outside Of this schoolhouse.-,
Board Of Education.
Bob Bunkum (actor)-Failure? should
think it was. Why. the whole play was ruined.
Fair Hostess-How that?
Bob Bunkum-Why. at the end of the last act
steam pipe burst and hlssed me of the stage
Buffalo Express.
"Aha! 1 catch you buying porous plas-
ter, do I2 thought your devotion to fresh-sir
theories would bring you to this"
at amt the plaster that does me good. - an
svered the crank ''It is the ventilation obtained
through the holes. ''-Iadiandp oils Journal
''The effect of the Rev Mr.. Harkin's SER
mon on the terrors of hadesw was iOst.''
''How so?''
.Tne church was as cold as a barn. and the
prospect he held out was rather agreeable
Epoch.
Teacber-What gender is "cart2"
Little Boy-Please, do you moan an ash eartl
Teacher-Yes, any sind of cart.
Boy-Wel, guess an ash cart must be Of the
female gender, cause saw hustle hanging on
behind one to-day.-HarpeT's BdzGr.
THE QUEEN OF SONG.
I'm glad the birds have come again,
love to hear them sing:
Their carols gay and happy songs
such JOY and gladness bring.
love them all, but there is one
Hove by far the most;
That sweet aud tender queen Of song
The young spring quail-on toast.
-Bost0R Cosrisy.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-26
NOT HARMED BY FROST.

Probably there was no question which
had a larger interest to all people yesterday
morning than the one which the vast major
ity of people asked-whether the frost had
injured the fruit Few people in Pittsburg
are directly interested in fruit-raising, but
the difference made In the pleasures of life
If fruit is dear or if it is cheap affects every
person in the country. With that universal
interest in view it is pleasure to report the
opinion of experts that the frost of night be-
fore last did not injure the fruit at all. 1t
was close approach to disaster, and a repe-
tition Of the cold snap in damp weather may
yet be sufficient to ruin the crops But up
10 the present time the prospects are encour-
aging for profusion of fruit next summer
that will go far to compensate for the scare
iIy last year.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-26
PITTsBURG. SUNDAY. APR. %. 1891.
A DIsCREDIrABLE RIDER.

The House of Representatives hardly did
itself credit in adding the Governor and
Lieutenant Governor to the commission
named in the bill providing a State appro-
priation 10 the Worlds Fair. The appro-
priation itself is unquestionable; and the
misfortune is that a measure so necessary
for the credit of the State cannot be passed
without loading it down to provide free eD-
tertainment for favored members of the State
Government
The amendment needed was TO reduce the
commission having charge of the e1pend-
iture of the fund TO a plain business basis,
and keep it clear of providing extra per-
Quisites fer officials and Legislators. 1t has
been made better instead OF worse by adding
the Governor and the Lieutenant Governor
TO the eight Legislators provided with pro-
lonced iunket at the cost of the State. The
bill displays the usual contempt for the
Constitution by ignoring the rule that no
Senator or Representative shall be ap-
pointed to any civil office under this Com
morwealth, and that they shall receive no
other compensation than the salary and
mileage fixed by law for the performance of
their duties as members OF the General As
sembly.
The bill in itself invites q veto, all the
more emphatically from the stupidity of in
Guiding the Governor among those who are
10 be entertained out of the fund. This i'm
perils the proper representation of Pennsyl-
vania at the Fair. which will be great
misfortune. But the responsibility will
rest clearly on those who insist upon sad
ding praiseworthy appropriation with
petty lob
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-26
The Gold Mortgage Myth,

Every now and then the statement Is made
by Eastern monetary writers that very large
proportion OF the farm mortgage indebtedness
of the West and Northwest is made payable,
principal and interest. in gold. The last num-
ber of the Century Magazine gives editorial
sanction to this financial myth. which first
made its appearance in the New York papers
during the tendency in Congress of the free
coinage bill
eff we were to have free silver coinage"
says the Century, land the country were to
reach the silver standard and gold were to rise
to 120, or thereabouts, mortgagors who are
counting upon having their rents reduced by
the change. would soon discover their error"
This from the alleged fact of their gold
mortgages. This seems to prove too much for
practical purposed. since if it were true that
majority of money lenders had their money out
on a gold basis tiley would fall into any scheme
that promises to make gold as scarce and as
dear as possible. But this gold mortgage bug
bear doesn't exist, as the Century could easily
ascertain if it desired to do so. OF course,
expect to read such things in an opposition
newspaper. When great magazine, how
ever, solemnly airs such a fallacy for sober
fact it gives every fairminded man lwinge of
contempt.