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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-05-16
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Editor CLARIoN.-The unfortunate
decision of the Supreme Court in the
Lottery mandamus suit has forced up
on our people contest which will be.
the fiercest they have passed through
since the slavery issue was before the
country. The strongest passions will
be aroused invective will be met with
invective-friends will be arrayed
against friends; brothers against bro
theirs fathers against sons; old feuds
will be rekindled !; the embers OF strife
will be famed into new life, and this
State will be plunged into turmoil,
confusion and angry passion. And yet
no grounds exist for apprehending
that the conservative manhood OF our
people will not assert itself, as it has
done in the past, and save the State
from the evil effects Of factional diyi-1
sion. But in the coming contest it is
well for the people to look about for
leaders whom they can safely trust, in
whose stainless integrity theycan have
an abiding confidence. The great
mass of the people who do not see men
with the eyes Of sorehead politicians
recognize in our present Governor a.
man who has the courage to take a
decided stand in favor of the people
and to carry out his policy notWith-
standing the bowling protest Of dis
gruntled politicians who make a trade
Of politics, and losing favor in official
quarters feel that like Othello .stheir
occupation is gone. But Governor
Nichols with the great mass Of the
respectable, laWabiding, working peo
pie meets with favor and appreciation.
Even If disappointed crznks or in
veterate political opponents denonnce
every official act and seek to distort
and misrepresent his every utterancc1
and expression.
Governor Nichols has performed
some acts for which he is entitled to
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-05-16

B. NJ. Hulse, Esq, who has been
loaning money, is now practicing Law.
See his card.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-05-16

The Board of Police of this town
have contracted for fifty lamps and
lights to illuminate the town.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-05-16

The A-tak-a-pa Family and Planta-
tion Remedies for sale by all Druggists.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-05-16

S,203, 600 bales of the cotton crop OF
1890, have already been marketed.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-05-16

Work is progressing rapidly on the
Federal building. The first story has
been passed, and considerable work
done on the second. s.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-05-16

The railroad bridge across Vermil-
lion bayou, near Lafayette, was ac-
cidentally burned Friday last week.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-05-16

Mr.. Ware begun sinking the arte-
sian we'll this week. The pipe went
down about a hundred feet the first
day, and struck "porous clay" which
absorbed the water that bores the hole,
so that it has little effect in making a
hole; since then progress has been
slow, and it will be slow till the
aporous clay is passed.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-05-16

Corn is being imported now at a
high price; retailing, per single gal
lon, at Is cents.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-05-16

WANTED.-$100O worth of Job Work
in the next so days. / do all kinds OF
Job Printing. Give me q trial before
placing your orders elsewhere.
H. BoDEMULIER,
Printer, Opelousas, La.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-05-16

The Weekly New Delta, one of the
best weeklies in the State, will p fur
nished with this paper at the 10y price
of 1915 per year. Now is the Ame to
subscribe.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-05-16

Attention is called to Mr.. Joseph
Bloch's new advertisement.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-05-16
.f iilii. !
MUSIC
BY NETrA !sAPpHo IIrrrr1

BY META sAPPHo LITrEII.
Softly stealing with the twilight, comes its
music low;
Night winds lingering, whisper by the
y forest side;
While faint in the distance comes the mu.
Where on the shore, breaks the dark
oceans tide.
Tis that hour, whose nathos seems melo.
Stars like sculptored music, glimmer in
the sky;
While rippling DER the souls chords, in
sweet but solemn chime,
Comes softly stealing, sweet music ia
reply.
As Ger silver lutte, the deep pathos of the
hour,
Steals like music lingering, ere in me
1ady, 45,s
It wings its fight like soul; and with a
wierd power,
Wakes with its music the sleeping trinity.
The souls chords, like harp strings. are
each but a music wire,
To the lingering touch, their sweet tones
die then swell;
Just touch its chords, for the soul is but a
silver Tyre,
And music, love, and poetry, wake from
their spell.
Like perfumed zephyrs floating, the soul
stlrs, Its lingering tone,
Stealing DER the heart, Where sleep the
trinity; !.
And the Goddess love" asleep, within her
Wakened by Music" bursts forth in
poetry.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-05-16
AIS. DossMAN,
PIERRE LAcALLE,
s. D. TuBRE.

The Louisiana lottery swindle will
probably get little additional Federal
legislation to offset its recent triumph
in the Louisiana Supreme Court. st.
Louis Post Dispatch.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-05-16

Glass knocked Harvey out, in the
nineteenth round. Sic transit, etc.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-05-16
oPELoUsAs, La, MAY 1e, 1891.

Pittsburgh coal at e. II. Vordenbau
mems Timber yard. N
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-05-16

Harmony Union No. 664 meets at Big
Cane the first and third Saturdays of each
month, ]. A. Boyd president, w. c. Flesh
man secretary.
Opelousas Union No. 451 meets every
other Saturday at p. m, in Chachere
Hall, J. J. Thompson, president; y. M. Pc
ters, secretary. @
Fairview Farmers Union No. $50 st.
Landry Parish, Louisiana, meets at Belle
vue church, first Saturday in each month.
M. r. Wilson president, ]. 7. Smith vice
president, n. C. Peckham secretary, Jules
Boutte treasurer, A. ]. Morgan chaplain,
J. s. Hazelwood lecturer, j., Z. Daily door
keeper.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-05-16

Caledonia Union No. 808 meets the 1st
secretary's home Rene Carriere president,
g. II St Cyr vice-presitlent A. Valin secre-
tary, Mrs. a. Valin TREASURER, John Jen-
nings chaplain, Walter st Cyr lecturer, Ar
mand Carriere assistant lecturer, Gilmer
Bonnier doorkeeper, Albert Rider assistant
idoorkeeper, Albert Whatley sergeant-atr
arms.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-05-16
The Equitable Assurance Society
or THE
UNITED STATES.
JANUARY 4, 1891.

ASSETS ......... .4s. $Il 9243744 90
Liabilities, ,44,........e9 ST 95,503,2E 90
SURPLUS ............s... &. AT 90
INCOME I. !. 81. 4. $35,03G,6s3 90
New Busines written in 1890 500, 81, ,lT 60
Assurance in force $5206i2,473 w
THE EQUITABLE SOCIETY holds 9
Larger Snrplns, writes 8 Larger Annual
Business, and has Larger Amount OF AS
in the world.
Hs latest form OF Policy is Unrestricted
after one year, Incontestable after two
years, .Non-forfeitables after three years,
and PAYABLE without Delay.
HENRY b. HYDE, President.
JAMES W. ALEXANDER, Vice-Pres't,
DAVE yEWHAUSER, Spec. Agent
Office. 81 Carondelet st, New Orleans, La.
may0 3m
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-05-16

At El Paso, Texas, April 24th, Nieo-
Ia Leipheimer, president of the Mexi-
can international Banking Co, was
arrested for sending Mexican lottery
circulars through the United States
mail, and put under a $1,000 bond
Lafayette Advertiser.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-05-16

lHo LOTTERY proposes tO capture TIC
State Democratic convention and force
all Democrats to vote for the Lottery
amendment, or drive them out of the
party. (See Progressive League letter
to DR.. Kelly Of Winn parish.) 1t has
not made publicly any such intention
in regard to the Republican party. If
the Lottery should succeed in captur-
ing the Democratic organization, what
will become of the anti-Lottery Demo
Gratis? Will they vote for the Lottery,
or vote with the niggers against the
Lottery?
The New Delta, OF New Orleans, en-
tered upon the second year of its ex-
istence on the 18th inst. It's success
has been phenomenal. 1t is the most
influential paper in Louisiana to-day.
It speaks for that class OF people who
are the kernel of the population, "the
salt Of the land" 1t started at time
when the people were desolate, as to
city daily paper. If it perseyeres in
its course, and is properly managed, it
will reach good old age.
Mr.. G. settoon, railroad agent here,
has our thanks for the following state
ment of produce shipped from this
point, from Sept. LIST, 1890, to March
31st, 1891:
Bales of cotton ..... 8, ,I35
Sacks of rice. e................. S2,O94
Car loads of cotton seed. ... 100
Bales Of green hides ......... 200
Bales of dry hides. 10
Mr.. s. B. Birds balloon ascensions
by Prof. James Meyers here last week,
we're very successful and largely attend
ed. He is the manager of the Hick-
man Comedy Speciality Co., which is
due here today.
Since the above was put in type, q
note received from Mr.. Hickman states
that he cannot be here until sometime
next week, and that due notice will be
given.
Two men, L. T. Ballard and r. A. Cur
tbs, accused of being implicated in the
robbery Of Barousse's store, have been
arrested by Sheriff Lyons OF Acadia.
AT El Paso, Texas, April 24th, Nieo-
Ia Leipheimer, president of the Mexi-
can international Banking Co, was
arrested for sending Mexican lottery
circulars through the United States
mail, and put under $1,000 bond.
Lafayette Advertiser.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-05-16

A company has been formed, to
build railroad from Bunkie station,
on the Texas and Pacific railroad, to
Evergreen, and thence to some point
on Red River; with branches to Bayou
Chonpique and to the town Of Ham
burg. ssfstsWs ,z 8es05+ss5 ssS e4.a
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-05-16
To the Public.

Having been accused by one Belle Davis
of heinous crime, which would cast re-
fection and disgrace upon my character
and name, and having been exonerated by !.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-05-16

The Lottery has ruled this State for
more than twenty years and the Pro-
gressive League says "the taxes have
been increased of late, so that they are
becoming unbearable, and the State
needs a large revenue from some other
source in order to tighten them" Why
has the Lottery not been that .other
source" for twenty years past2 Why
has not the good" Lottery relieved
the State, when it saw her suffering ?
Is it good in the Lottery to require
the States virtue as the price of its
assistance. But for the Lottery pol
iticians, taxation would be less is it
good to SO burden the State that she
viii cry to the author of her distress
for relief, and sacrifice her virtue to
obtain it2
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-05-16

The side-saddle was invented for a
crippled woman who could not ride
astraddle and as that woman happen
ed to be queen, the side-saddle be-
came the fashion. If the side-saddle
had been first used by some obscure
person, women would probably still
ride as men do. sT@ @ VI
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-05-16
THE CLARION.
Published Every Saturday by the
st. Landry Printing and Publishing Co.
(LIMITED.)
0ldcial Journal Of the Farmers Unions
or THE
PARISH OF ST. LANDRY.
0flcial Journal Of the Town of 0pelousas
Official Journal Of st. Landry Parish.

VMCldl 50ufndl 0l lne I0Xl Vi UpeiUuSd
!,
o'1u' ''1i A"A " W. ~ AVA
Harmony Union No. se4 meets at Bi
month, j. A. Boyd president, W. C. Flesf
man secretary
other Saturday at 4 p. m, in Chachere
tasa al :.c.a3.l =. = thompson IL pres'aeh'' q ~
Fairview Farmers Union No. ese 3 3
vue church. first Saturday in each month
~. T. Wilson president, y. =. sm..n I,,ia s,Ie
peutte Msud Measa5eL, aacs,ser a. Io'A nailv doc
keeper.
opEToITcas IA NAY ia 1891
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Pittsburgh coal at =. d. Vordenoau
mems timber yard.
Attention is called to Mr.. JOSEPH
Bloch's new advertisement.
Ell yardenbaun,en sells pine lum
Der at $l2 per NJ IT.
G,.ss knocked Harney out. in the
nineteenth round. Sic transit, etc.
.5------ " :,
tion Remedies for sale by all Druggists
80. go ,.,.- :,
zoor o,1o''ooo D''es =, '-o 49, :
io' na'e 0.--mN aneoy Dee-
B. NJ. Hulse, Esq. who has bee1
loan.ns h'oney' - NJ" p"e
go n'e ''.1. -----
Corn is being imported now at a
high price; retailing, per single gal
lon, at Is cents.
Tho xo;,-oad hr;dno ocross yarnnil.
lion bayou, near Lafayette, was ac-
cidentally burned Friday last week.
Tha poord ~ police - this tow,
.bove con.rac,ed for f;ftv lamns and
l;ghts - ;llum;nata tho town
80
"ofA . p,os iese,s taps oA' ,
been znassad and considerable work
dona 81, The socond
ss*ss -
Inc weekly new Del'a' one % 'he
pes. weeklles ~ the s'a'e, Win iur
hlsheo Win TINS paper AZ .he 10Y price
oi S@''o per seal' NOW = tue 1me -
subscribe.
4 WANTED.--$1OOO worth of Job Work
IA tne next % days. ! 20 al xmas o'
Soo rrih'ing. ulve me 1r'ai before
pacing your orders elseWnere'
H. Dophaoli-hh'
rrln'er, -ope'ousas' La
A company has been formed, to
build railroad from Bunkie station,
on the Texas and Pacific railroad, to
II
Iscls .s1n' anu s.is''ce y son0 po'n'
on Aea Aiser WIN prancnes " bayou
ohonp'qus anu ~ 'he soHn - han
puis' as. na s'sa
Mr.. Ware begun sinking the arte
sian we'll this week. The pipe went
down about hundred feet the first
day, and struck "porous clay" which
absorbed the water, that bores the hole,
so that y has little effect IN making a
hole s'nce .heh progress mas peen
siow' ana !. VIII pe SLOW TIL the
porous clay IS passed.
s. The side-saddle was invented for a
crippled woman who could not ride
astraddle and as that woman happen
ed to he a nueen the side-saddle he
came the fashion. II the slde-saddle.
nad been nrst used py some obscure
person, women would probably still
rfde as men DO.
At a picnic at Jefferson's Island.
given by the Farmers, Alliance, On Sd
inst, about 500 people were present !
from Iberia, Lafayette, vermillion and
ST. Mary. The Lafayette Advertiser
says 1all the speeches were Democratic.
and anti-monopoly, especially anti-lot-
=: -
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-05-16

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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-05-16

Two men, L. T. Ballard and r. A. Cur
tbs, accused Of being implicated in the
robbery Of Barousse's store, have been
arrested by Sheriff Lyons of Acadia.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-05-16

A law, enacted by the last legisla-
lure, makes it crime, punishable by
fine of not less than $50 nor more than
$500, or imprisonment in the peni-
tentiary or otherwise for not more
thin two years. for any person to
.wilfully and feloniously cut, pull
down, burn, destroy, kill deaden,
carry away, o. float away, any tree,
wood, or timber. growing or lying on
the land Of another, or lying IN water
on The land OF another, or cause same
to be done as aforesaid, without the
consent OF the owner oractual possessor
thereof. =
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-05-16

State, who supported and worked fol
it so zealously at the last session oi
the legislature and since, may be a
good thing from their standpoint
they know, as political bureau, how
| it has worked on them, and this may
give them faith in converting and
keeping converted majority of the
voters of the State to their way oi
thinking and acting.
But everything has its day. Corrup-
tion destroys all things. Corruption
destroyed the supremacy of Roman
power. Institutions founded on good
principles, but that become corrupt in
their management, suffer the same
fate. An institution like the Lottery,
begotten in corruption and maintain
ed by fraud, how can it hope to per-
petuate its existence, except in the be-
lief of the utter debasement of man
kind? Have the people of Louisiana
become so low as to look up to the
Lottery as to moral superior, and to
accept aims from it?
The Louisiana Dental Association
held its annual meeting here on the
18th and 18th insts. Representatives
were present from all sections of the
State. Officers were elected as follows !:
DIR. A. G. Friedrics, of New Orleans,
president DIR. c. Ratzburg, of shreve-
port, first vice-president /; DR.. A. ]. Ber-
cier, second yice-president; DIR. John
W. Adams, of New Orleans, treasurer !;
DR.. Dugger, of Alexandria, correspond
ing secretary; DR.. J. G. McCulloch, of
New Orleans, recording secretary. The
existing board OF dental examiners was
retained. Votes of thanks were ten
dered w. G. Perrault, ESQ.,, for his ad-
dress of welcome; the Philharmonic
Association, for courtesies and DIR. A.
J. Bercier, for the prompt and able dis
charge of his duties as chairman of the
executive committee. After the close
of the proceedings, the members atten-
ded banquet at DR.. Bercier's, where
their pictures were taken in group
by DR.. Bauer.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-05-16

At a picnic at Jefferson's Island,
given by the Farmers, Alliance, On Sd
inst, about 800 people were present,
from iberia, Lafayette, Vermillion and
ST. Mary. The Lafayette Advertiser
says "an the speeches were Democratic
and anti-monopoly, especially anti-lot-
terry, in sentiment, and the speakers
were greeted with hearty applause"
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1891-02-17
You, My Dear.

b
/ Wouldn't turn my head To look
after fine frocks, or impertinent men,
Wouldn't forget to sew the braid
around the bottom of my skirt, or the
button on my shoe.
wouldn't conclude that every man
who said something pleasant to me,
had fallen in love with me.
wouldn't feel that.I was an ill4
treated parsonage because, though ]
could play pleasantly, my friends
didn't count me a,modern Mozart. +
would not, when could only
have one frock, choose q cohspicuous
one that would mark me as the girl
in the red plaid. -.
/ would not, because was tired
and nervous give snappy, ill-natured
replies to questions asked me by
those who really cared for me.
1 would not get in the habit of
speaking in familiar way of the
men 1 know; when you make them
Tom, Dick or Harry they are apt to
consider you as Kate, Nell or Molly.
/ would not permit any girl friend
to complain to me of her mother-it
is like listening to biasphemy. Z
would not when brush the dust
off my hat forget the cobWebs of
distrust and suspicion in my brain.
would not tell my private affairs
to my most intimate girl friend, nor
would ask her impertinentquestions.
would not write silly letters to
young men, or permit them to be fa-
miliar with me.
] would not grow weary in WELL
dotng-instead, / would keep on ens
couraging myself by trying 70 live up
to my ideal of woman, and the very.
fact of my trying so hard would make
me achieve that which wished.
Ladies' Home journal.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1891-02-17
Various items.


Two quarts of water with two
ounces of glycerine scented with rose,
as. dressing in the bath, will impart
freshness and delicacy to the skin.
{" If there is one time more than
another says an experiences mar
ried man. " when a woman should be
left alone, it is when line of clothes
comes down in the mud"
The newest cure for sleepIesshess
is simply pint of hot water, slipped
slowly before retiring to he'd. Its eff
fects are immediate, and those people
who make use of it declare that as a
sedatiye it is unrivalled.
Edison, in speaking to the employees
at the Ogden iron mines, at dover, N.
j., Q few days ago, said: boys, wait
until next winter and we shall have no
snow TO bother us upon this hill
During the coming year shall invent
electric and sunlight reflectors that
will melt the snow as fast as it falls. :"
cart is long and .time is ileetihg, !" and it is
too bad to spend half of short life distressed
with neuralgia, when 25 cents spent for one
bottle of Salvation on will cure it quickly.
Alice Woodward, girl of about 10
years, a niece of j. d. Dayton, q
prominent citizen of Shelton, Conn,
has been hiccohghing necessarily for
six weeks and nothing has afforded
her felief. She has wasted to a skel-
eton, and death is but a question of
a very few days. Even electricity
has no effect upon her. The medical
profession is much puzzled.
George Conklln. the llon-tainer, says he viii
have nothing to do with cross-eyed animals.
nor use any other remedy for his coughs aud
colds but DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup. He says it
A remarkable mosaic of the age of
Nero has been exhumed in street at
Rheims. In panel in the centre are
represented two gladiators fighting.
wearing casques and armed with
swords and bueklers. This panel is
inclosed by border of cables and
rosaces in rich colors. 1t was dam
aged by the pickaxes of the diggers,
but can, it is said, be repaired.
There ia danger in impure blood. There is
safety in taking Hoods Sarsaparflla, the great
blood purifier. 100 doses one dollar.
New York tailors have hit upon a
plan for collecting bad bills which is
rather unique. An association of
them, including all those who make
garments for the "upper ten, y pro-
prose to hold an auction sale on Feb
ruary 10, in the Real Estate Ex-
change, of judgment obtained in the
courts against delinquent debtors, to
the amount of four or five thousand
dollars, and this sale will probably be
folloRedsby others of a similar char
acter. In this manner the tailors
hope to hold their debtors up to pub
lie scorn. There are many single
bills of $500 and upwards; and it is
said that the larger the bills the more
prominent are the names. The de-
vice promises to be effective.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1891-02-17
Geuldn,t understand.

Never, never could understand
it'll" ne growled, as he went slipping,
and skating and, crawling over Che
icy fagstohes of the Circus park
Here 1 am, almost a professional
athlete, shod with new rubbers, and
yet am in mortal terror of fall
every moment, while there goes a wo-
man sailing along as sereHeIy as you
please without a rubber on her foot. .
'tLook at her.now, he continued,
as he skated up to shade tree to
rest a moment before taking a new
start. "She doesn't even seem to
know that there is any ice here while I
GO -thunder-look- smash 70
), And he lay stretched at full length
on the broad Of his back, the soles Of
his new gums" uptnrued to the
north wind, his hat in the ditch and
a feeling in every bone and sinew
that the earth had kicked up behind
and thrown him up.
EDetroI Free Press.