St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-02-20

Ii there is any one thing on earth into which
the element of '.lucl" does not enter, it is the
handling Of q great newspaper.
People may well be called "ucky" when
they discover a gold mine, or when they de-
tect 23O gait III so colt hut luck" men
toned in connection with journals like The
Chicago Saturday Bl0de and The Chicago
Ledger simply means work and the intelli-
gent exercise Of "a broad understanding of
What people want to read.
All the really great weekly journals of the
day may be counted on the fingers of one
hand Indeed aside from The Chicago Led
ger and The Chicago Saturday Blade, it is
very doubtful it three great weekly papers
can be found in the country. having 100000
weekly.
These papers are great because they repre-
sent the age which we live, aud hecAue
there are no two States III the Union which
have as many voters as these papers have
readers. just figure this out, and see how
many different people nnst be pleased i'll or
der to accomplish this result. This is not
''luck"--it is genins. The Chicago SATURDAY
Blade alone has 1926 600 circulation weekly.
The Chicago Saturday Blade is newspaper
and literary paper combined. Those feat
ures of the weeks news which stand out
prominently above the great mass OF matter
collected by newsgathers, are always printed
| in full and ella boratcly illustrated.
There is not a line in the SATURDAY, Blade
that is not readable. There is not dull line
| in it. 1t is paper to read in the Office, the
store, on the train, or at the evening tireste
Its illustrations cost more every week than
| the entire expenses of its alleged rivals. Tie
| illustrations are always the very best from an
| artistic point Of view, and really constitute
| "a pictorial history of the times.
| The Chicago Ledger is most emphatica!ly
! the leading family paper OF the country.
Among the woridfamed writers who con
tribute to its columns may be mentioned Ella
| IL L.. Y ,ll.
| Wallace Cook, Sara B. Rose, Arthur G. Girls
som. William Is. Chisholm, William, II. s.
| Atkinson, Il. L. ketchum, Robert Y. Toombs,
| Elliott Flower, Leroy Armstrong, Austyn
GRANVILLE Emma Howard Wight and scores
| Of others.
The Ledger stories are not tue old-class Sc
! rails with just SO many desperate deeds to
every ounce of ink. They deal with the life
we see around us. Many Of its serial stories
are written expressly for the Ledger, and
deal with leading social and economic prob
lens. Fiction is generally admitted to be
one Of the greatest agents of modern prog
! ress. The Ledger writers are HOW telling
from week to week of the lives and trials Of
the oppressed of classes. But the stories are
! bright. weIl-writteu and intensely interest
| ing, notwl hst anding the Tact that they are
tinged with tue events, ambitions and pliva-
| lions Of to-day.
No impure thought or expression finds it's
|
paper for the home. The Home" and
youths departments are prominent feat
ares, and the department of fashion is supe-
rior to any other printed. There are items
about writer's, about odd happenings, about
prominent people, and wise sayings aud hui
morous paragraphs are plenifully scattered
through its columns. Each week the por-
trait Of some distinguished author is given
and each week the ablest writers of the day
contribute to its columns bright, concise and
instructive essays on current topics. No one
can afford to leave the Ledger out Of the list
Of papers to be read in 1895. The Ledger has
a weekly circulation of l25,000 copies.
Where the Blade and Ledger cannot be pro-
cured Of newsdealers or special agents, sub
scriptions may be sent directly to the pub
Usher, w. D. Boyce ll6 and lls Dearborn ST.,
Chicago, Ills. The price Of each is five cents
per copy, or 81 year. They are the largest
| papers of their class printed for the price
in the world. You should not fail to send
for sample copies which are always mailed
free upon application.