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St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-09-12
Personal,

Miss Helen Taylor, of Crowley, is her
on visit.
District Attorney Ogden returned OF
"wednesday from Crowley.
Miss Cora Stagg, Of Whiteville, i
here on visit to friends and relatives,
Mrs. Col. VIM. Lawther and daughter
Miss Eva, Of Barbreck, were among tEl,
visitors to our town during the week.
Miss Leil Lastrapes, of WASHINGTON
was III town on Wednesday.
hir. ID. +. SaizaD, a leading citizen
and MERCHANT Of Port Barre, was in
town on Wednesday.
Mr.. Warren Gardiner, of Grand Co.
teau, has accepted the position of book
keeper at the dry goods establishment
OF Mr.. JOS. Bloch.
~, Misses Josie Zapata, Bertha and Stella
| Cmetlen, who have been on visit here
Tor several months, left for their homes
III New Orleans on Wednesday. mnch
to the regret Of their many friends.
The National Economist. in an artic,e
clipped from a Dakota paper on the
Snhjrct of " HnveEnment loans at 9 npr
ceHt," asks why not ~ hccause, as the
aftlc'o alleges, " Tor years bankers have
hten borrowing from tie government at
| ptr cent" inns Is not true it is NOT n
loan, nor IA 1t c0ntiued to bankers, ADv
citizen "f the United States owning nm.
current bonds may exchange the same
for curlcnt money for certain purposes.
aud the government charges per cent
tor the expense incurred in the transac
ton. The claim was at fiji sti made that
the suo-trcaSury scheme was similar to
TIE whisky warehouse system, but it
was soon proved that there was no re-
SemHIAllce whatever between the two.
The claim that the land loan scheme
finds Justification in the national ha,k-
ing law Is cQilaily absurd. AS a matter |
OF fact there is no parallel to the sIh- |
treasury monstrosity anywhere in hu- !
man government, and never can be. for !
1t is too Wild and impracticable a vaga-
ry ever to take shape outside the theo- /
ries OF political mountebanks-Raton
Rouge Advocate.
The Alexandria Times says: "Is the
honor of the State sold when it receives
money and issues in exchange q license
Tor drinking saloon? Ii so then the
State has no honor left to be sold-it is
tbsoluteEy bankrupt in that commod
ty." wise government takes human
lature as 1t exists, and does not t,y to
mold 1t into Impossible forms. As men
vlll drink in spite Of restrictive laws,
he sensible plan is to license and regu-
ate the traffic so as 10 make it c0mppn-
ate as far as possible for the evils it
ntails on society. Experience also
'roves that men will buy lottery tickets.
nd it is better to derive a revenue
rom the vice than to let it flourish
mong US without paying tribute to tbs
tate. III is is the question in a nut
hell now before the people of Louisi
ma, and all other phases of it arc mis-
4ading.-Baton Rouge Advocate.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-09-12

Advertise IN the Democrat.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-09-12

These Farms will be sold the following easy terms Ten
cent of the purchase price be paid the day of the ad
udcaton ten per the 1s of December next and the
balance in four equal nstamens the first maturing Dec st
1872 second Dec 1st 1893 third Dec 1st 1894 fourth on
Dec 1st 1885, with eight per yearly interest," payable
nua from Dec l. 1891 the day upon which land will be de-
ivered to purchasers.
Those who wish to
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-09-12
FOR Safe
FOR SALE.

a hie improved town property in Vile pl,,o
containing one arpent front by three i'm i.fs
with connections residence, cstern ~ ana aaeptiis
houses' For further particulars apply tn o'"
July a5 1sal. Via =; Ia p,i.,k1, pn,uk1,
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-05-13

aonoay morning ana Is sappos 1 20 b
in sShes Reports from cadillae, Wen
ford county. state that the inhabitants
Of all the villages IN the county have
been out fighting IRE for the past
three days and many OF the
smaller places are wiped on
the face OF the earth Where
Nivarns and Fremont on the
Flint & Pere Marquette road once stood
there is nothing now but piles OF ashes
The village Of Lake has not been heard
from since It's last appeal for help Sun
day Seas of fire are sweeping through
the woods near Red Cloud. Newsygo
county, while more than 100 miles away
across the state the little hamlet OF
Taft is in gulf of flame. Monton, in
Wexford county. above Cadillac, is cut
OF from communication with the out
side world The latest news from
Traverse City Is to the effect that the
entire population is out lighting FIRE.
Millions upon millions of logs are
burning all over the center of the
state, and at last reports osterhout &
Fox's $3.50, 900 plant and lumber yard
r.p
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-05-13
WAR CLOUDS GATHERING
Naval Engagement With Gillian
Warships Expected.
CANNON Ilr BOON DER The DEEP
The Charleston Ordered to Capture the
impatient Itals ~ eli Hazard
Important Arrest NJ sas Uraa-
eisco-F all Particulars

WAsHfNsIoK, Nav la-'Orders have
been sent the Charleston and other
United States vessels in Pacific waters
TO overtake and sieze the ltata
wherever she may be found" said
Mr.. Raymond, private secretary TO
Secretary Tracy. There are no fur
ther details which can be given TO the
press at this time and Secretary Tracy
has decided that he will not talk at all
upon the subject" No further official
information than this utterance Of Mr.
Raymond could be secured at the navy
department
SAN FRANCISCO, May l2. - Ricardo
Trumbull. member of the Gillian par.
lament and one of the leaders of the
insurgent party, was arrested In this
city Monday night for violating the
neutrality laws of the United States In
connection with the shipments Of
arms and munitions of war on the
schooner Robert ana Minnie
The fact that the Gillian cruiser ac-
companied the Itata north was first
ascertained through deserters from the
Itata who escaped from that steamer
at San Diego. 1t was at first doubted
that one of the most powerful
of the CHILEAN warships should
go SO far from the Gillian
coast at this juncture, but it
is now definitely known that the Es-
meralda is in port at Acapulo on the
Mexican coast, which fact the navy de-
partment at Washington was probably
fully advised of when the orders were
issued To the Charleston. The effort to
keep the destination OF the Charleston
secret, therefore, was natural,
as representatives of the Gillian
insurgents would be prompt to advise
the Esmeralda of the vessels move
ments. 1t is deemed probable that the
Esmeralda will cruise north toward
San Lucas in the hope of meet
ing the Itata before the Charles
ton can arrive and to protect
the cargo and crew from seizure if
possible. 1t is known that on board
the Itata are the commander of the
Esmeralda and large portion of her
crew, and presumably portion of the
Esmeralda's secondary battery. There
Is therefore n strong incentive on the
part of the Gillian warship to meet the
Itata and prevent her being conveyed
back by an American warship.
The fact that there appears now a
very strong likelihood of meeting Of
the two evenly matched warships un-
der conditions that will require fine
management to prevent fight is thor
oughly recognized by naval men on
this coast. Tho orders to Capt Remy.
of the Charleston, are well authenti-
Gated to be binding in the matter of
the recapture of the Itata, if sighted,
and on the part of the Es:neralda, it is
believed as fully that she will
fight il she can reach the scene
in time. The Charleston and
Esmeralda are sister ships as to
general plan ana possess n->sl- the
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-05-13

same ARMAMENT TIE EsmsfaldA
however. has two pivot guns Of le-ineh
cailibsr. with . weight Of twenty
i've tons each. while the Charleston
h2s two sinch rieeA fore and sf.
weighing twelve aad half tons
The Esmeralds Is ssgarded by some
critics as optmatehing the Charles
ton in :.ase Of fight, bus apart from
these guns the ornaments OF the two
ships are practically the sane The
Charleston l. the swiftest ship. and
while never In action has = splendid
crew and fighting commander.
There are no telegraph stations south
of Ensenada, just south OF the
boundary line in Lower California. so
that, save such neager information as
may be brought north by one of the
Panama OF coast steamers. nothing
further Is likely 70 be heard from her
or the Itata until the Charleston re-
turns or is heard from al some of the
Mexican ports. which cannot occur be-
fore Thursday or Friday next
The afternoon papers print inter
views with lawyers as To the legal
oyertake or sink the ltata The views
expressed were that. while the ltata
fiies the Gillian flag, according 10 all
advices received she is not represent
ative of any constituted authority.
Balmaceda Is still the head OF
the CHILEAN government and he
alone is recognized by foreign govern
ments. The Itata was n government
vessel, bat she was seized by the in
surgents and is being used against the
recognized government, and therefore
the insurgents have no legal standing.
In case the Esmeralda interferes 10
prevent the capture of the ltata she
can only be considered in the same cat
egory with the Itata
Cry OF MEXICO. May i2.-Fo-eign
Minister Mariscai says that all neces-
sary steps have been taken so that
when the Itata reaches any Mexican
port she will not be allowed TO land
She will, however, Dc allowed to par-
chase small quantity of victuals. but
no coal The government. the minister
says, is resolved To observe strictly the
treaty obligations with Chilli and not TO
harbor insurgents.
SAN DIEGO. Cal, May 1a.-United
States Solicitor General Taft received
n telegram from President Harrison
Monday directing him to go to Los An
geles and take charge of the Robert
and Minnie case for the government
/, He left on an afternoon train
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-05-13
The Crarswitch Wounded.

LoNDos, May ls.-Dispatches from
Toxic report that an attempt has been
made to assassiBate the czarewitch
near Rajoto He was attacked by a
Japanese, who inflicted slight wounds
with a sword. No further details have
been received
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-05-13
He Plead Guilty.

CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis, May 12.-Ex.
County Treasurer Serley on Monday
pleaded guilty to embezzling $40, 900 OF
the county's fund. Serley has been in
jail over Eve months and stoutly main
tanned his innocence until his trial was
begun.
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-05-13
Dropped Dead.

ST. PAUL, Mimi, May IL. John
Roche, city comptroller since 1864,
dropped dead on a cable car in this city
as he was en- route to the depot to meet
his wife. He was so years old and
came here in 1852 from New York city.
His widow. a son at Mortified, Mimi,
and two daughters in New York sur.
vivs, him
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-05-13
Died at the Age Of lO7.

ROCKFORD, ILL.,, May 12.-Peter Nc
Gill, of this city, died Monday. aged
i07 He was born in Ireland and went
TO Rockford with his family when 81
years old. Until few days before his
death he enioyed excellent health.
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-05-13
Result of an Array In w est virginia.

PERRYvILLE, w. Va. May 12-Lewis
Hall and his son, Lewis Hall, Jr., got
into quarre. with Hiram Steel and bis
father. Samuel Steel In the fight
which ensued Lewis Hall, Jr., was shot
through the heart and killed; Hiram
Steel died with seven bullets in his
body; Samuel Steel was mortally
wounded, and Lewis Hall was slightly
wounded and managed 10 escape.
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-05-13
Murdered His Sweetheart.

DUQUorN, Ill, May la.-Sunday even
ing q colored boy named Anthony Chat
ton, who had been trying to court
Bertha Coleman, followed her as she
was going to church and struck her on
the head with a rock, crushing her
skull. Miss Coleman lived near Mat
toon. H.. and was visiting relations
here. Chafton escaped. and before the
police were notified took a train going
south, but it is reported he was cap
tured at Carbondale. Miss Coleman
died of her injuries.
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-05-13
TURNER IN TROUBLE.
The Republican Candidate for Governo
of Michigan Financially Embarrassed

The Republican Candidate for Governor
of Michigan Financially Embarrassed
LANSING, Mich. May l2.-James NJ.
Turner, republican candidate for gov.
ernor in the last campaign, rated sew
eral times millionaire. with mammoth
manufacturing and farming interests in
this city and elsewhere and mining.
numbering and railroad interests in the
upper peninsula, has filed q bill OF sale
covering all of his personal property
in favor of Henry 4. Jay. c. Il. Bull
and stephen Baldwin, Of Detroit the
Detroit national bank Of Detroit and
the Central Michigan and Ingham
County savings bank Of this city.
The consideration is $4,000, and
it is provided that Turner
shall retain possession Of the
property for six months. Later trust
deed was filed with the county registrar
conveying all his real estate to the
same parties. No figures are obtain
able in regard to- his affairs, but those
in a position to know declare If given
time he will meet all obligations in
full Turner is himself reticent in re
card IN his embarrassment
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-05-13
RAW IS BeEF-STHk
Raey's Fearful saaeriug from kkia Dis
ease Cossrinx Entare beay Cured
BY Cetiesra.

Nv hairy wss taken very SICK when he was
three months Old. and in lev aA>s began
breaking cut We employed both 81 the hoEls
doctors sDa they could de nethlEx ier hiEa.
Then We sent for the eesf aectef 10 Eaten
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-05-13

RARV'[ ska and Scalp parifed and beautited
DnoA by CVucuEA sosf. Absolutely pure.
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-05-13

good bat Ia less than Two months tfofh tht
fine Nc began sislax them 20 him he Vas el
tirely well. and net 4 spot 80 BIN. TITS hair
began growing right on saa &c iheakhi he
would always be bsld-eeAesa ihefe Is nel
a spot ca his Mhose body fsss. ana head, onis
his nose and eyes but what as - raw rs oeei.
sfeak. 80 poor there MAS mol Snsthihk nus
toaes. and 50 weak he could falss neither bAha
Mas. FRANK BARRETT. Winfield. Mich
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-05-13
Cuticura ResoIyent

The new Blood and SKIN P9r tner. the ereatrsi
81 Humer Remedies. cleAEses the blood OF sii
impurities and poisonous emeats. and thus
removes The cause. while crraCVkA. the great
skin Cure. and tuIlcgGA soar. an exquisite
SKIN beauti6er. clear the skin ana scalp anc
restore the hair. Thus the CUFfcrxA kEsEDIEk
cure every species OF itching. buraing. scaiy.
p mply. and bloteby skin. scalp. aud blood
diseases. from pimptes 10 scrofuia- IRON IN
fancy 10 age. when the best physicians iAil-
Sold everywhere. Price. CtrcrRs. Soc. Soar.
sc. REsoIyEsT. S.oo. Prepared i,y the forfkk
DkC0 3sp caksIcAL CORPORATION. Boston.
as-cend for How % Iufe Blood Diseases. !"
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-05-13


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Then | told my has
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Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-05-13

$50 dozen Silky Fibred Combed Egyptian Shirts ant
100 dozen Mems White Shirts full sizes laundried
Boys Short Pants ......... loo, or for 25c.
Boys Hats. 15c, 25c, SOC, Toe and 81 CO.
Mems French Balbriggan Shirts, Drawers sofh 3Sc
Mems Linen Handkerchief, all linen, for. S1.OO
Colored 6 for Doe
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-05-13

10 discount at. 30
Mems Working Shirts. -. 81
Boys Shirt Waists '' Scs 'ss s' q, 10 nov
Mems Linen Collars sc. Cuffs.
Mems Dress and Str Get Gloves. .m.
PERKINS, French ........................
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-10-15
SURPRISING the Press,

The arrest oftwo editors for printing an
extract from another paper questioning the
validity of the anti-lottery law is certain
ly carrying thing pretty high in this land
of free speech and liberal government
The Post has no objection to the stamp
ing out of the lottery companies, but the
line should be drawn it thinks, at that
point where irresponsible underlings of the
government attempt to stamp out the press.
On this line the Atlanta Constitution
says that "this policy will not work. If
lotteries cannot be destroyed without also
destroying the freedom of the press, the
people will be in favor of letting the lotter
les alone. We cannot afford to yield our
right to speak and publish fair criticisms of
public measures. If we yield the right in
one instance we may expect to be forced to
ment to demand it! Fortunately it
is no easy matter to bulldoze til 9
newspapers of America. The menace of
fine and Imprisonment will intimidate very
fow No matter what Federal officials may
hold, the newspaper men of the country
will not change their conviction that an
honest criticism or discussion of the pro-
visions contained IN the anti-lOttery law
cannot with any show of justice be held to
be violation Of that law. If they are mis-
taken in this belief, then the law will have
to be repealed or modified. In this rephb-
lie the government cannot array itself
against the press and have the support of
the people"
It's the policy and practice in some of
the monarchies to inhabit criticism by the
press of the acts of government, but until
ment, of the anti-lottery law no one
dreamed that such thing would be at
tempted in the United States.-H ouston
(TeX.) Post, Sept. 16.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-10-15
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The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-10-15
NAMES FOR STORMS.
Few Points az to the Proper
Names for Storms.

Cyclones and tornadoes are both
wind storms with more or less rain,
and they both whirl; otherwise, they
are very unlike. The cyclone is from
200 to 1900 miles across, is generally
born at sea, does most of it's work
there, and lasts several days, some
times even weeks, before dying out.
Its extent is so great that it takes
many hours, and often O. day or two
to pass gwen point; and though
there is a gradual change of direction,
the wind blows apparently as O.
straight-line gale. The tornado is a
land storm, measuring only few
hundred feet in diameter. The whole
thing can be discerned at a glance. 1t
sweeps over narrow track, and does
its work in a city as large as Louis
vile almost in an instant. It's whole
lifetime, during which it may have
Travelled twenty-five or fifty miles, is
seldom over anhour or two often less.
1t is apt to have thunder-shower ac-
companiments;g gusts, rain or hail, and
lightning, but its most obvious char
acteristic is q funnel-shaped cloud de-
scending like the slack of balloon, or
an elephants trunk, from the main
thundercloud. This vapor spout is
the axis of the "twister." In consider
ing both cyclones and tornadoes, the
rate of progress is much less impor-
tant than the gyratory velocity. In
cyclone, the latter is 100 miles an
hour sometimes near the CEN
ter, the violence being enhanced by
the rather gusty character of the pro-
tracted gale. The tornado whirls at a
rate variously estimated from 5OOto
1000 miles an hour. Though ephe-
neral and diminutive, it has vastly
greater violence. To call it ICY
clone" is to belittle it's terrors. True
cyclones are exceedingly scarce, while
tornadoes are numbered by the hun
Ired every season. Cyclones are of
tropical origin and are chiefly found
in five localities: the West Indies,
Bengal Bay and the Chinese coast
north of the equator, and in the South
Indian Ocean off Madagascar, and
the South Pacific, near Samoa. In
the Antilles there are not half dozen
on the average every season. They
usually come on between July and
October. For the term "cyclone, :"
then, the news-gatherer has but little
legitimate use. Hurricane" is the
old Spanish name for West India
cyclone; but it is now used to desig-
nate O. long continued wind of ex-
IRENE violence. In Beaufort's scale,
one rises through eight" gentle, i"
'fresh" and "strong breezes, "fresh, +"
"strong' and "whole gales" and
"storm," to hurricane" by which
the mariner understands "a velocity
of ninety miles or more an hour. "
For a short, sudden blast, such as
often comes in a summer storm and
wrecks a yacht, levels trees, unroofs
buildings and works other like dam
age, "squall is the proper term, I'M
less there is good evidence of rotary
motion and funnel-shaped cloud.
Nor will the intelligent reporter deem
"squall" inadequate for his purposes
when he recalls that the British man
of-war Eurydice, with officers and
crew suddenly capsized and sunk
March "a, 1873 in a storm of this
| type.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-10-15
MARRIAGE NOT A FAILURE.
The Husband Found the Value Of
wife Before He Paid for "A er.

AFall River clergyman tells an inter
esting story OF o wedding fee. He was
settled in New York City and one day
had q church wedding. After the cere-
mony the groom handed him from
his pocket q wad which the
pastor subsequently found to be
wrappers of paper to the number OF
about q dozen, inside of which was q
bright cent. He didn't know how to
regard the token, whether as a
joke or in some other light. Time
passed, however, the minister wonder
ing what had become of the pair, OF
whom he only knew that they were
intending to live in New York.
One day, the first anniversary of the
marriage, a letter came from the
man enclosing q check of $50, which
he wished the pastor to accept as his
proper wedding fee. No explanation
was given of the original compensa-
ton, and the clergyman was left to
construe it as best he could; he was
however, inclined to believe, after the
receipt of the $50, that the man must
have been poor at the time of the cere-
mony, and Though why l cent was
chosen remains mystery, folded the
sum so effectually that others seeing
the paper might have no idea of what
was in it, and particularly that the
bride might not know the amount. 1t
is evident that the man had prosper
ed during the year and that he con-
sidered he hadg got his moneys worth
Fall River News.