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The Opelousas courier., 1892-07-02

LIE Chief, Donaldsonville, paroisse
Ascension 10 Courier, Convent 2. o.,
paroisse st. jacques 10 Voice, Arab
p. O., paroiese st. Bernard, du ii JUN !:
Cea trois iournanx sont pleins de de-
tails sur les crevasses qui De sont d6cla-
rees dams chacune de lcurs paroisses
respectives, ainsi que sur les travaux
Qui ont 6t6 entrepris avee autant de
courage que dshabilet6, pour pouvoir
les fermer. On concoit que nous ne
pouvons les ~suivre, sur cette vote III
nous faudrait des COLONIES entiAre
pour reprodnire tons ces fats, don't la
plnpart sont, din reste, conan du pnb-
lie Mote dn MISUNDERSTANDING.
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AMERICAS DANGER AND DISGRACE.

The craving Of alcohol, bezotten OF alcohog
ever wakes danger; the moment comes
when it is a wild passion, fierce rnaoness,
saws Archbishop ireland. In slavery to it
woman forgets honor; the father in hellish
laughter casts TO the vender OF liquor
that solitary dime that would stay the
starvation Of the child; the husband pawns
the cot Of the dying wife.
The muscular giant crouches In terror be-
fore the shrine; youth yields up freshness OF
mien and hopes Of fortune, end mocks for It's
sake amother's tears aud q brides love. .Old
age at its bidding puts on the garment OF
idiocy, and closes It's earthly journey IN diss-
grace aud sin. Intelligence will not Ward
Of its ARROWS, poet, orator, statesman go
forward chained to its chariot into Manner
tine gloom. Piety does not with
stand the fury Of it's breath. % n.s me
laid low, the royal oaks Of the forest have
been uncrowned and flung into the deep val.
leys Of ignominy and death. The home is
made desolate by it. How sacred the home!
sweet Lowell There happiness bubbles forth
from everything springs; virtue germinates
and blooms in native soil, watered by pro.
pitious dews from the skies. The homes or
the land are the social units Of which the
aggregate is the nation. The nation In Its
wider sphere Of action is the reflection OF its
homes. The poisonous breath of alcohol
passes over the home; it is the passage OF
death. The drunkard's soul exhales hatred
and sin; hearts Of wife and mother break In
anguish; the ceaseless tear-drop OF sorrow
slisten on the eyelid, and the veil Of gloom
and despair darkens their faces Acohops
hellish work goes beyond the drunkards
home. There is physical ana moral conta.
e,;on. otbey .hounas are amittan and alcohol
lifts up its sceptre within their enclosure. The
drunkenness OF an employe endangers an
entire industry; that OF trusted guardian
Of public interests ruins fortunes and de-
stroys precious lives. Poverty Is begotten,
the sober and industrious are taxed to re-
lieve it. Citizens OF America, know aud
realizs the danger. Evil bearing alcohol
floods your land; its murky and noxious
pillows are dashing against your homes. and
their angry crest rise to the very summits OF
the pillars upon which are set your free re-
publican institutions.
Intemperance is not the festive rollic king
of former times; it is bestial in its degrada-
tion, helIish in its crime begettinS power.
Indeed, intemperance is increasing the world
over; it has become the virulent malady OF
the nineteenth century, fact which does
not make our own local condition the more
hopeful.
The saloon keeper is alcohops soldier, h.
is Americas danger and disgrace. Sacred
Heart Review.
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RRKR AND POVERTY.

The study of statistics Is said to rouse the
Chancellor Of the Exchequer to enthusimm,
and dull figures properly introduced to ono
another have told stirring tales. Mr.. Chas
Booths figures about the poverty OF St
Congratulated East and the figures lately
published by the rector in his annual report
about the public houses in his parish ought
to be brought side by side. The inhabitants
Of st. Georges East are among the poorest
in London. Indeed, Mr.. Chas. Booth reck-S
ons st. Georges to be the poorest disricti In
East London, containind 1873 per cent OF
what he calls 'the poor" compared with
39.2 per cent. in Whitechapel, and A.7 per
cent. in Bethnal-green.
There are, nevertheless 81 public houses to
supply with drink the II, 0UU people who oc-
cupy the rectors district-one house, that is,
for every 1S5 persons. On Friday evening.
October 80, 1890 many Of the public houses
were visited, and, taking the average 45 per
sons were found in each mouse. On Sunday.
November 2, u adults were counted enter
ing one door Of public house. On one
evening, in the short space Of IS minutes, 81
children were counted entering drink shops
with cans, jugs or bottles. From such fig,
ures it would seem moderate computation
that R200 year must be annuity paid in
over the counter to keep up each OF the I'll
houses: 216, 200 is thus spent every year BY
II 900 Of the poorest people in London. -fau
Mall Budget. 2
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Chile has an area OF 293, go square miles.
and its population in 1885 was 2, 2,528. 969:
From one end to the other it Is country OF
high mountains, whose tops are snow-clad
the year throug b. Its coast line affords but
few good harbors. The best one is that OF
Talcahuano,a q little town Of $500 inhabitantsi
In the southern part Of the coast line.
The most important harbor on the Chilean
coast Is that Of Valparaiso. The town,
which has population OF 97,737, is on bay
OF semi-circular form, which is capable OF
accommodating very large feet: 1t Is
well sheltered on the east south and west,
but toward the north it is exposed.
The greater part OF the town Is built on
the sides Of hills sloping down to the waters
edge. On the whole it affords as good tar.
get for a man-of-war's guns as can be found
on the coast of the continent. On March 81,
1865, it was bombarded by Spanish
squadron under Admiral Nunez and large
part of it was ruined. The loss to the town
was estimated at SO, $4,000.
Chile Is a great country for earthquakes.
A record of twenty five months shows l59
separate and distinct shocks. These shocks
do not as rule do much damage, but they
frighten the life out Of the Chileans for
vvoot
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Joseph P. Bradley, Associate Justice o.
the Supreme Court of the United States,
died a few days ago at his home in Washing
ton, of general debility. Justice Bradley was
born in Berne, Albany County. N. Y, on
March IA, 1918. He was of English descent
His earliest ancestor was member OF Gov
early as 1850. His father was Philo Brad
ley, farmer, and his mother was Mercy
Gardiner, who came Of an old Newport
family.
Joseph Bradley was the eldest Of eleven
children. . Up 10 the time he was sixteen
years OF age he worked on his fathers farm.
From that time until he was twenty he
taught school. and in his spare time studied
surveying. He entered Rutgers Callege at
the age Of twenty and graduated with
honors in 1886. After six months of teach
ing he decided to take up law, and accord
mgly entered the law Office Of Arthur Gift
ford of NewarS, n. j.
In 1859 he was admitted to the bar. He
practised for thirty years in Newark. and
was highly successful. He held, before his
elevation to the bench, many positions as
director and adviser in financial and other
institutions, besides lecturing at Rutgers
and writing articles for several cyclope1 1ias.
In 1859 lafayette College conferred upon
him the degree of LID.
In 1852 he was defeated for Congress in
the Sixth District Of New Jersey. In 1858
he headed the New Jersey Republican elec-
toral ticket.
President Grant appointed him Justice
Of the United States Supreme Court in
March, 1870. He was assigned to the South
ern circuit. Subsequently, on the resigna-
tion of Justice Strong, he was assigned to
the Third circuit, embracing the States OF
Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware.
Justice Bradley took part In the decision
of many cases arising out Of the Civil War,
and out Of the subsequent amendments to
the Constitution of the United States. His
opinions are found in forty volumes OF
Supreme Court reports. he was especially
noted for his knowledge Of patent law and
for his aptitude for comprehending comph-
Gated mechanical devices offered as exhibits
In suits arising under our laws on that sub
ject.
In January, 1877, Justice Bradley was
made member of the Electoral Commits
sion, and was one of the majority in the vote
of eight to seven which gave the contested
Southern States to Mr.. Hayes.
Justice Bradley's wife was a daughter Of
Chief Justice Hornblower, Of New Jersey.
They were married in 1874. The Justice
leaves two sons and two daughters.
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POPULAR SClENCE.

4 ton of coal yields ne'rly ten thou
sand feet of gas.
Poor sewerage is credited with tho in.
creased death rate in San Francisco, Cal
General Schofeld has ordered that all
recruits entering the United States Army
must be vaccinated.
The standard gold coin OF England
consists of twenty-five parts pure gold
and two parts of copper.
A French scientist, NJ. Dronier, has
invented new magnesium lamp which
burns for regular periods of twenty. toul
hours without extinction.
Paper properly treated with chemicals
and then subjected. to great pressure Il
being used for flooring material and fol
general use in building as hre.reslstine
substance.
A peculiar feature of strawberry color
inp Is that whilst the berries in the open
air ripen from the stem, extending to
the point, those grown under glass ripeu
at the point first.
A great improvement in machine bear.
ings is made from compressed wood pulp
combined with graphite. No fabrication
is necessary, and the amount OF friction
is greatly diminished.
Photography of speech, or rather oil
the fieeting expressions and movements
of the human countenance during speech
is the latest of the many triumphs OF the
instantaneous process.
Arace was won at Liverpool, England,
recently by horse that had undergone
the operation of tracheotomy to cure
roaring. TIE fact that he had a silve,
tube in his throat did not seem to impede
his speed.
February, in 1900. will not contain
twenty -Dine days, althoughit will be leap
year. February, in 170O, also contained
only twenty EIGHT days. There is slight
error in the Gregoriau calendar, but 1t
will only amount to one day IN $3.50
years. :.
A new material is being made by an
English company which resembles leather
and India rubber, and will he made lntc
boots and shoes, waterproof clothing and
other similar products. 1t is known a.
blandyte. but the composition is moi
made public.
The difference in the length of the
cables in the East River Bridge, Brook
lyn, N. Y, when the thermometer re-
eisters zero and when it registers 100 de.
erees above, is two feet four inches.
The difference in the rope which hauls
the cars is seven feet six inches.
1t now requires but thirteen pounds oil
water converted into steam with pres.
sure of LIS to 200 pounds in the boiler
to secure one horse power with a triple
expansion engine. By the use of one
third more coal the pressure in the boiler
and the horse power can be doubled.
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LIQUOR PRODUCTION. !.

The annual report Of the Commissioner OF
Internal Revenue gives the quantity Of spir-
its In distillery warehouses, September 80,
1891, as 1O4, ,slo.s9O gallons. The quantity
Of distilled spirits in the United States ex-
cept what may be in custom bonded ware
houses. October l, 1891. was 152, ,945, 773 gal-
Ions. Whatever, therefore, may be true OF
the Croton-water supply for New York,
there Is no immediate danger Of q whisky
famine for the country at largein the light
of these figures The total number Of dis
tilleries registered and operated during the
year is given as 4049 and ,3Sl9 respectively, o
decrease of 2sS in the number registered.
and a decrease OF 2395 in the number oper-
ated. The commissioner announces his
purpose Of substituting weighing for gaug-
ing in most places in ascertaining the guam
tity Of distilled spirits subject to tax. The
figures of the Internal Revenue report
large as they are, have an ominous signi6-
cance as to the extent which alcoholic
beverages ara still consumed by large num-
bers of people. They indicate conclusively
the urgent need OF increased educational
temperance missionary work, National
Advocate.
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TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES.

Almost any man can be made to talk il =
corkscrew is used to draw him out.
In the past year more than 1000, 600 bar
rels of beer were brewed in Milwaukee.
If you must use liquor to keep warm have
it in your boots rather than your brain.
One moderate drinker is worth more tc
the devil than thousand outand-out drunk
ards.
A dissolute linguist teacher Of seven
different languages has been jailed at Lar.
annie, Wyo., for beating his wife, who sup
ported him by taking in washing.
One Of the best moves the devil can make
is to persuade big-ieaded man to trust in
his own strength. Every drunkard used to
think he could drink or let it alone.
Moonshiners' whisky has sting to it. Il
leaves sensation in the throat as il pow
dered glass had just passed down. In the
moonshine district nearly everybody, young
and old, drinks this stuff.
A recent compilation of statistics on thu
subject shows that the average relation of
convictions for drunkenness on Sunday to
population is in England one conviction to
every 81, 4l4 OF population;. Wales. one con-
v.ction to every 6a,OO6 Of population.
A correspondent OF the Boston Traveller
says in a recent letter: There have been
but two arrests In Portland, Me-, this week
out of q population Of 40, 900 persons. This
is the fruit OF enforced prohibition, and it
comes pretty near to peace on EARTH" -.
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MANNING BURIED.
Grand Obsequles to the Cardinal
Archbishop of Westminster.

ArcnUiShOp Ok w eStmtnSter.
Cardinal Manning was buried at Kensa
Green, England, while thousands of devout
Catholics wept and prayed for the repose OF
his soul
The funeral ceremonies in Bronpton Ora.
tory were prolonged and most impressive.
At O'Clock In the morning the C.atory
Brothers, dressed in their robes OF red and
black, entered the chapel and celebrated
morning mass.
The public ceremonies began at IL o'clock.
Long before this hour the chapel was
packed by distinguished congregation. A
hundred brilliant lights Offset the somore.
ness Of the decorations, and furnished the
necessary illumination, for the light of day
was obscured by fog which hung over
London and its environs like q black, neavy
pail.
Precisely at IL o'clock the grand organ
pealed forth the opening bars Of the 'tDies
lrae," and Mr.. Santlsy's rich baritone vocs
was subsequently heard high above tho
thrilling notes Of the mass.
The procession was headed by 500 priests
in full canonical robes. After the priests
came fourteen bishops in the most elaborate
ecclesiastical robing, with black capes orna-
mented with silver braiding, and white mi.
tres.
Behind the bishops were number of can.
ons in the richest mourning vestments and
behind and around and in front Of them was
host Of choristers.
The Bishop OF Clifton, tbs Hon. William
Clifford, off1ciated at the requiem mass, as
sisted by ths usual number Of deacons and
sub-deacons
The Bishop Of Newport and Menevia, the
Right Rev. John G. Hedley, preached the
sermon. The distinguished preacher re.
called the services which the dead prelate
had rendered to the poor, to the cause of
temperance, and to the cause of social re-
form.
At the conclusion OF the service the cas-
ket was removed to a plain hearse, and an
immense procession was formed aud followed
the remains to Kensal Green Cemetery, five
miles distant.
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MUEDER''IN A SCHOOL-ROOM.

Four Pupils Attack the Teacher aud
Kill Her Young Defender.
John Stephenson, Burt Smith and Will
lam and Charles Spurlock, schoolboys, whose
ages range from twelve to seventeen years,
are in Kenton tOhio) Jail, charged with mur-
der.
rected them for some misdemeauor in school,
whereupon they attacked and beat her.
Frank, the twelve-year-old teachers brother,
interfered, and the boys turned on him and
beat him into inssBdbility, inficting i'm
juries from which he died In q few houra
Miss LsuShlin was also fatally injured.
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A. xvuru rAsmEn-e rArs.

A special despatch to the Cleveland Lsed.
er, dated Celina. Ohio, says: Herman
Henistocken, the seventeen year-old SON OF
J. n. HenisIocken, wealthy farmer near
Willow Dell, DarKe County, was sent to
Berlin yesterday morning with load Of
grain, with instructions to sell it and pur.
chase some groceries. he met lad VII
liam Sunke, schoolmate, and they went in.
to saloon and treated each other several
times. Henistocken became beastly drunk
Sunke got his team, put him in the wagon
and started for home. BE went a short cist
tance and fell to sleep. His team turnedoB
to wrong road and stopped in fence
corner about fifteen miles from his homa
His parents were alarmed at his failure to
return, and searching party Immediately
set out. When he was found he was frozen
stiff. They took him to farm. house near
by, and after several hours hard labor he
was revived, but cannot live. BE was never
known to have touched intoxicating liquor
before. 1t is feared that his father Will 1859
his mind y
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PRINCE ABBAS.

Of the late Khedive. It is this circumstance
which has given rise to the too general be:
lief that the young Prince, having been at
first under British tuition. would prove to
be an Anglophite to Q still greater extent
cult to decide that question, for Abbas Bey
has not yet had an opportunity to show his
sentiments and his opinion about the politi.
cal affairs Of his country. He has spent the
last three years at the Oriental Academy Of
Vienna; and he speaks German and French
as well as be speaks English.
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EGYPT's NEW KHED1VE.

The Career and Attainments or the
Young Prince Abbas.
The late Khedive Of Egypt, Tewhk Pacha,
who died in Cairo on January 2, left four
children, two boys and two girls, borne him
by his only wife, Princess Emineh, whom
be married in 1873. His eldest son, Abbes
Bey. the present Khedive, was born on
july IA, 1874, and therefore will attain hls
majority in six months.
Ebbas Bey was educated by A. 7. Butler;
who acted for several years as his tutor, and
who has been for long while in the service
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ONCE In eight, years all 4of tho looks On
Omitted States mail bags must be changed.
Just now tho Equipment Departments Of the
Possoflce is making over $50, 900 old locks to
male them different.
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THE REPUBLIC OF CHILE.
A Narrow Strip of Country With q
Population OF Nearly 100000.

Population OF Nearly 8, 100000.
The Republic of Chile, as the gazetteer tells
Us, is a country of South America, bounded
ON the east by ranges of the Andes and on
the west by the Pacific Ocean. To be more
precise, Chile includes the narrow strip OF
land on the west coast Of South America, e1-
tending from Peru on the north nearly to
Cape Horn, and bounded on the west by
Bolivia and Argentina. In breadth this strip
of land varies from 40 to 200 miles while It's
length Is 26O0 miles.
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TEMPERANCE.
NEVER GOOD.

A reporter of the New YORK World re-
Gently asked DR.. George F. Shrady, an euai-
nent Brooklyn physician, IL whisky is a good
preventive Of the grip. He replied: "Wh hfsky
is never good to ward off anything. Good
food is the best means with which to ward
of disease. To dose with whisky is ike add
ing shavings to the fire. There is no physical,
mental or moral excuse for mans drinking
whisky as preventive of disease"
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TIE famine in many Russian provinces
has stopped all business, except the wholesale
stsaling carried On by the officials.
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DOUBLE HANGING.
A Man and l. Woman Perish on One
ScafSold in Virginia.

A double execution at Dauville, Va, few
days since, was the first hanging in that
city during thirty-ive years. The princi-
pals In the tragedy were James Lyles
and Margaret J. Lashley, both colored. and
the crime for which they were hanged was
the murder of George Lashley. the husband
of the woman, by Lyles, while Margaret
Iashley figured as an accomplice. The muir
der was committed in North Danville on
October 20, 1880.
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most grasping of dealers. They are known
as sharpers on the strest. They fleece every
sheep they can catch. A country merchant
comes in to buy spring or fall goods and he
gets into the store of one Of these professed
Christian men who have really no grace in
their hearts, and he is completely swindled.
He is 80 overcome that he cannot get out Of
town during the week. he stays in town
over Sunday, goes into some church to get
Christian consolation, when what is his
amazement to find the very man who hands
him the poor box in the church is the one
who relieved him OF his money! But never
He looks solemn and goes home talking
about 'the blessed sermon"
II the wheat in the churches should be put
into hopper, the first turn of the crank
would make the chaff hE, tell you. Some
Of these men are great sticklers for Gospel
preaching. They say: you stand there in
bands and surplice and gown and preach
preach like an angel, and we stand out
here and attend to business. Don't mix
things. Don't get business and religion in
the same bucket. You attend To your mat
ters and we will attend to ours" They do
not know that God sees every cheat they
have practiced in the last six years; that He
can lcok through the iron wall Of their fire.
l,roof safe; that He has counted every dis.
honest dollar they have in their pocket, AMI
that day Of judgment will come. These
inconsistent Christian men will sit on ths
Sabbath night in the house Of God singing
at the close of the service, "Rock OF Ages
Cleft for Me-" and then when the beneiic-
ton Is pronounced shut the pew door and
say as they 90 out, "Goodby, religion, I'll be
back next Sunday"
! think that the Church of God and the
Sabbath are only an armory where we are
10 get weapons. When war comes IL
man wants to fight for his country hs does
not go to Troy or Springfield to do battling.
but he goes there for swords and musSets.
I look upon the Church OF Christ and the
Sabbath day as only the place and time
where and when We were to get armed for
Christian conflict; but the battlefield is on
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday,