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The Opelousas courier., 1893-04-29

In France the Government pays the
pastors, not only of the Catholic but Of
the Protestant denominations. This
rule obtains also in the colonies, 50 that
Mohammedan mosques are maintained by
the State. It costs millions of dollars.
There is a strong disposition to abolish
the arrangement, notes Public Opinion.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-04-29
PENSIONS7.

HAcr OF JUNE a. 1s9o.-Psnsons soldiers aud sailors of the " u of sb
rebellion who served 80 days ani wersh onorably discharged from the services and
dren, dependent parents, fathers and mothers. ALI pensions uader this Act will
commence from the date of fling the formal application 0her the passage of the
good unless fed in the Pension Broa1 O. or after june 81, 1880 data of tbs
A0 " if not in the form7subshncaly, prescribed by the Secretary Tue rhs:
child of soldier under sixteen years; aad it th, widow dies. the child or children
can draw such pension. The soldier Is eutited to any rate iron IS to $la per
may apply under this one, or psnsioner under this one may apply uuder other
laws ot can draw only one pension at the same time. This law requires ins sol
O An honorable discharge.
(O That he served at least ninety days.
vicious habits: ct need not have orignsted in the servicej
D That the sailor or soldier served at least ninety DAYS.
G) That he was honorably discharged.
90 Proof Of death, but it need not have been tbs results of his Army N
NDsThat the widow is without other mems of support than her dMf
- Gg That she married soldier prior to June 81, 1890, the date of the Act
O That the soldier or sailor died ola wound, injury Oh disease, which, IN
der prior law, would have given him a pension.
(9 That he left no wife or minor child.
(g That the mother or father Is at present dependent on her or his wa
ul labor, or the contributions of others not legally bound for their support"
The benefits of the first section of the Act of June 81, 1890, are not confined 70
all parents where penionabe dependence has arisen o account of the death Ola
son who served, since said war, in behalf of the United States, as we'll as for dis
abilities contracted before or since discharged.
~ That in case a minor child is insane, idiotc or otherwise permanently
helpless, the pension shall continue during the period of such disability and this
under this or any former statute, and such pensio ms shall commence from the date
of application therefor after passage of this Act
d rules N regulations OF ~ Department will govern all applicants a'
- Under act Of Juns 81, 1890, pensions are granted to Soldiers and Sail"
HNoT1CE-Dr. W r. Lastrspes having recently been appointed U.a
nxamlnins surgeon ior Pensions a opelousas, La, it is now Of special lnteresa ~
Fey car now be examined without having to sustain the expenses of going to
Civ Orleans for medical examinadon, at which place they have heretofore been
sthected to 60.
HART4H. SANDOz, ml
Us Pension Claim As "
w-sass with Bon. john N elges opslousa, LouisAnA
The Opelousas courier., 1893-04-29

Il is a curious fact, muses. the Chicago
Herald, that the father of Alexander
IGrahame Bell once devised al alphabet
lof "visible speech" to represent all the
sounds Of which the human voice is
capable, and that his son, from teaching
deaf mutes, should have enlarged the
possibilities of sound almost to in
The Opelousas courier., 1893-04-29

The State Inspector of Oils, Indiana,
in his annual report, states that during
the past year the production of petro.
leum has increased 10000 barrels. The
total. output was2S5, 977. These hgures
put Indiana among the oil producing
States. It is believed that within
another year Indiana will take rank with
Ohio.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-04-29
The Chinese postal service, which is
slow and crude, is controlled by many
private companies. r

Some one says 60 where you will ovef
the Continent of Europe you will find
some American dentist successfully
established and everywhere quoted fox
professional ability.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-04-29

Frenoh.speaking Canadians embrace
29.4 per cent. Of the population of Can.
ada.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-04-29
~OPEIOUSAS
Female Institute
oPELoUsAs, ST. LANDRY PARISH, La

This Institution is undenomiuational, prac.
IDEAL and progressive. Discipline firm and
based on sound principles ~ennobling and de-
veloping character. Honor and self respect
promoted. Methods of training and culturs
thorough: Tee curriculum@ prepares the
pupil for University or practical life. Ger.
comfortable and comm odiops, Patronage
solicited. For further partiL Jars apply to
MRS. NJ. nj. HAYES. Principal.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-03-18

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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-03-18
IslesborO JOttings.

The list of sick are more numer-
Gus than we desire, John Jadwin
is still troubled with a sore and
decaying mouth that seems to out
wit the best medical skill called ia
see him.
John Collision is still convalescing
at latest reports
Mrs a, p. Ferguson is it com
planning with strained arm injured
by fall some time, ago but improv-
ing slowly.
Mrs Hannah Price fell a few
weeks ago bruising her thigh and
is closely confined to her bed from
the result, slowly improving.
j. II. Mcdowell thinks his boy
new boy is an addition to house
keeping.
Schools are generally closed in
this Up. having shortage of funds
but the general result seems to say
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-03-18
GIBISON.VILLE.

There seems to be no bottom to
the roads and it keeps raining a
bout every other day.
Mr.. F. w. Dollison returned to
Logan after an extended stay in
our city.
Mr.. John Miller of Washington
TIP. is spending few days here
visiting his Brother DIR. j. f.
Now Mr. Editor what do you
thinku?
There is to be a commissioners elect
ed this fall and we of the West
side think it is but just that we
have representation on that Board.
Now we think we have as big u
man as there is in the county one
who is in every way qualified hav-
ing served our township as Trustee
for 10, these many years and we
can elect him too. 1t is the ilustri-
Gus sterling old wheel horse OF
Laurel Jacob Myers. Give us Jake
and you may have all the rest.
Y. No,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-03-18

IF Main Street is to be paved
with brick, two thirds of the cost
should be apportioned to the adj
jacent property, and the remainder
be paid by IA general assessment.
There is no good reason why pro-
perty in the remote parts Of the
town should be asked to pave a
street that will not add anything to
the value of any but adjacent pro-
perty.
Try placing 33B % on the property
along each side of the street, and
the other 3996 on the property of
the whole town.
If those who own the property
along Main Street and Gallagher
Avenue will agree to this it will
not be seriously opposed.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-03-18
Election OF Members Of Logan
School Board.

The fact seems well settled by
the new election law, that the
election Of members of our School
Board must be conducted under
the provisions of the New Ballot
law.
The supervisor act Of 1912 de-
clares that all elections come under
its provisions except "school di-
rectOrs and road supervisors" See
Supervisors and Ballot Laws Sec. l
page 20, and the members of school
board are not the school directors
contemplated by the exception.
"School directors" as described
by the school law are the officers
in control of sub districts of town
ships, the officers of City, Village,
and Special Districts being denOm-
mated Boards of education, and as
such are not exempt from the pro-
visions Of the "Supervisor and bal
lot act.
BY the provisions of law r. S.
Sec. 89OS, the election for members
of SchOOl-board must be held in
each ward and by the same judges
and clerks provided for the muni-
cipal election but the ballots must
be deposited in separate box from
those of the municipal election.
Let US best ourselves and put
our best available men in nomina-
tion and be prepared to- hold
legal election.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-03-18
Mr.. s. J. FLIcKINGER has resign


Mr.. S. J. FLICKINGER has resign
ed the managing editorship of the
Ohio State Journal to accept posi-
tion with the American Press as
sociation in New York. Our old
Democratic friend and genial
journalist, II. l.. Bowersmith, late
it's city editor becomes the Jour
nals managing editor and it will
look funny at first to see him writ
ting Republican'editorials, but we
have no doubt Bro, Bowersmith
will make the columns of the
Journal howlwith good Republican
doctrine.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-03-18
IN the Department of history at

IN the Department of history at
the Worlds fair there will be q
panoramic exhibit Of views of 10
towns, on which the various in
dustries of each are shown.
Chillicothe, Portsmouth, Lancas-
ter, Toledo, Mansfield and other
places of Importance. Logan as
the center Of the Vitrified Paving
Brick Industry is offered space,
and we should accept this oppor-
tunity to advertise ourselves.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-03-18

our schools have been doing we'll.
The sawmills are numerous here
and by their efforts at handling
lumber our roads are in fine con-
ditition; the parties are Dan Daily,
l.. E. Warthman, and j. w. Schaal
who are in the sawmill business
all trying to haul to Orland O.,
where no road has been found for
years. IPizaro)
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-03-18
The COnstitutiOnality of
CONQUEST.

In an article on the constitutions
ality of Selling Hawaii, Mr.. George
Ticknor Curtis says it is not con
stitutional to incorporate n foreign
country into the American Union
unless two things concur: "First,
that the foreign country to be an
neXed is contiguous territory to
the United States; second, that in
the judgment of the people Of the
United States there is a controlling
necessity for it's acquisition"
Mr.. Curtis will pardon us if we
say that in our opinion both these
positions are absurd. The Consti-
tuition will come as near warrant
ing the seizure of Hawaii as of Can
ada or Mexico. II is true that it
does not provide for such seizures,
and that by its implication it pro-
hibits them, but it is just as consti-
tutional to suhjugate and annex
England or Hawaii as it would be
to annex the country north of us
to the Arctic and south of us to the
Antarctic Ocean. AS for the doc
trine of controlling necessity" ad-
vanced by Mr.. Curtis as a guide
for the construction of the Consti-
tuition there is no iufamy it would
not not justify.
After the acquisitions OF terri
tory already made by conquest or
purchase it is too late to talk about,
the constitutionality of subjugat-
ing our weaker neigbors and
bringing them under control Of our
central government. 1t is not too
late, however, to decide that We
have done enough in that line, and
that we have no desire to found
another Roman Empire to pass
uAder the mastery Of new Neros
and Caligulas.
The question is whether we will
stop now and remain Il free republ-
ic or go on and become an empire
dominated by u class of vicious
plutocrats who will plumber the
people at home as well as in the
subjugated territory.
If we seize Hawaii we will be
compelled to seize San Domingo
next. A conspiracy having that
end in view has already been
formed by New York capitalists,
and after San Domingo will come
MeXico or Canada.
We cannot go far along the road
to Imperialism without war, and
the fact that we are now paying
$l66,000,000 a year in pensions und-
er IA system which subjects the la
Dor of the country to military
caste ought to give us some slight
idea of what the wars of the future
will mean to us.
If we commit this crime at the
dictation of the Plutocrat, Spreck-
els, the punishment of it will be
swift and certain. No such risks
should be taken. The "treaty"
with the accompIices of Spreckels
should be at once withdraw and
the people of Hawaii should be as
sured that they will not be depriv-
ed Of selfgovernment.-I. Louis
Republic.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-03-18
CHANGE OF DATE.

The proposition to change the
time of inaugurating the President
from March 4th to April 3Ois meet
ing with general approval. There
is no gainsaying the fact that the
weather on or about the 4th OF
March is much too apt to be in
clement to make it desirable time
for parades and outside show.
BY all means let the date be
changed.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-03-18
Probate Notice.

!. Notice ishereby given, That the following
the Probate Court of Hooking County, Ohio,
for first partial settlement, Frederick Kreitz,
Guardian of Frederick Myers, minor, and
the same will come on for hearing on the lst
day of April, 1893, at 10 o'clock, A. NJ, or as
soon thereafter as may be convenient.
w. Il. ACKER, Probate Judge.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-03-18
ROADS !
ROADS !
ROADS {!

R0ADSl ROADS! ROADS
Mr.. EDITOR DEMoCRAT.-Seein
your colums be open on the Road
ajitashun, Hezekier will tech fue
pints on the subjec sayin he grees
wild you too weaIls ago in sum
things but doeut agree in sumuther
things.
FerStly ure noshun bout havin
them roads put on the best ground
sutabel IL oil rite and we must
hav an injinere hoo noze hiz bizzy.
nes and will do that havin an
single to gettin ouer roads on the
best praktillal ground keepin a
graid that we kan pull lode ov
Crane when it be razeda and want
to sell sum ov it or lode ov pro-
duse ov any kind.
SehOndLy muny maks the mare
60 and it will take muny to make
the roads but hoo il goin too furn-
ish the muny and how iz it too be
had IL what pcrpleksez ouer minds
over in hawdom; but konklude it
must be dun bi takashun anI now
every man hoo kills a possam
shood be maid pa larj amount ov
this road taks; and we konklude
that will KEEP enuff muny on hands
to improv the roads too the fullest
eckspecktashun ov any mind.
TherdJy Hezekier doent agree
that it wood be rite to taks the
peepel ov the next jenerashun
twenty-five yers ahed fur the
plezur and profet of this jenerashun
bilden roads, as ther il too much
ov that kind of laws maid in ohio,
and how crafty ouer children and
ther children will esteme us fer
bein so kind in taksen them too pa
Ouer det and only belev that eech
dekade m ust pa its own obliga-
shuns. No Hezekier ben thinker
lhis how wood be better and no
bonds nede be soled but have the
legislator pas an akt maxim the
commissioners hav the power to
love suffishent to kOltekt thirtee
thousand eech yer and have this
muny spent in bilding good piks
on ouer thurofairs ehd havin this
wurk dun bi kontrakt and let too
the loest responsible biders leavin
the Tp. trusteez to raZe enuff muny
to kepe the les travelled roads in
ther TIPS. in a pasabel kondis hun
but let all wurk be dun bi kontrakt. !.
Then if the legislator wood reduse
the offisirs salery in hawkin co.
just about ate thousand. dollars yer
we talks paers wood tri and pa the
twentee-too thousand eech yer and
be gettin good roads all the time.
Well Mr.. Editor and feller reders
of the DEMOCRAT if we kant get
this prezent legislator to kwit carin
for the possam and lookin kloser
to the interest of the travlin pub
lik then we must kali on Grover
Cleveland to send for Josh Billing,
and if he refuz to kun then this
kourt muve Mr.. Editor or Hezekier
be kalled to the emergency.
Fraternally Yours,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-03-18

IN reorganizing the U. s. Senate
the Democrats have left Senator
Stewart in his old position as
chairman of mines and mining,
and now the Republican Senators
want to read him out of the party.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-03-18

THE Democratic primaries this
afternoon should he well attended
and care should he exercised to
select good men for all positions as
in this rests the surest guerdon of
RucceSS
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-03-18
GOOD ROADS.

We are glad to see through the
columns of the OHIO DEMOCRAT
space for argument and suggestions
partaining to the benefit Of public
roads in which all should feel con-
cerDed, II would add much NOR e
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-03-18
FOR SALE.

House and lot on Walnut Street,
A rooms, half acre ground. Cheap
and on easy terms. Also l good
milk COW. Inquire of
MRS. HELFENBERGER.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-03-18
For Rent.

A good house on Hunter Street.
Inquire of Wary Gage.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-01-19
rhe M,nd.. mYsterious WorkInr..

In the Marchioness of Dufferin's Canadian Journal there is an account of one of those "coincidences" which pr. Weatherly is at much pains to ex- plain away: You remember that I told you that a poor man servant of ours was drowned at the Mingan. As we knew nothing about his people we were unable to communicate the news of his death to them, so D. ordered any letters that might arrive for him to be brought to himself. The first of these which we have just received-was from servant girl to whom he was at- tached at Ottawa, and was dated exact ly seven days after the accident. In it she said: "I have been in my new place a week and like it very much, but had such dreadful dream on the day of my arrival. 1 dreamt that you and Nowen were upset in boat to- gether, but you were drowned" As the spot is in an uninhabited region on the coast of Labrador, more than five hundred miles from Ottawa, without either telegraph or posts, it was impos- sible that she should have received the news of her lovers death when thIs let ter was written.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-01-19
Relics from old Egypt.

Among the most interesting objects found by the Egypt explo ration fund workers, in 1891, were two large frag- ments of an inscribed red granite col umn from the runs of the great temple of Harsheff. They date from the time of Rameses H., or about 1900 B. C., and have just been presented to the Archeo- logical museum of the University of Pennsylvania. Accompanying them is another object from the same temple Q sitting statue of Rameses IT.. of heroic size. There are remarkable re- mains of color in three places, the throne being very finely inscribed. The material is of the red limestone of Gebel-Ahmar, The temple is situated at the site of Ha-khenensu, the modern Ahnss-el Medient, in upper Egypt.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-01-19
Queer Oyster Boats

Bug-eyes, the characteristic craft of the Chesapeake, have crept down to the North Carolina coast, where they are used by oystermen, The bug-eye is a long, narrow boat, sharpened at both ends and marvelously swift and stanch, Sometimes it is made like a canoe, of tree trunks hollowed and clamped to- gether side by side, Cambridge, Md, has a formidable fleet of hug-eyes en- gagged in oyster catching, some of them being large boats capable of carrying a considerable cargo, Their masts are absurdly rakish; so much so, indeed, that the stranger, on first seeing bug eye, can scarcely believe that the masts are set at their proper angle.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-01-19
HAND-SHAKING.
The Fellows Who Think 1t Smart to In-
 fict Pain,

The Fellows Who Think 1t Smart to 1n-
 nict Pain.
 "There is one thing that bothers a president of the United States which have never seen alluded to-" said con- gressman to Washington Star reporter. Ut has to do with shaking hands, but the ordinary tedium of the infliction is not what I refer to. There are, unfortu- nately, great many individuals in the world who think it is a clever trick to give painful grip to anyone who may have the misfortune to grasp hands with them. Almost invariably they pretend that the thing is quite unconsciousiy done, but in fact they take pleasure of mlschievous nature in the act. They have various ways of perpetrating the offense. I actually knew of one case where a man wore a ring for the purpose of causing anyone whom he accosted to regret the circumstance.
 Chester A. Arthur told me once that he was obliged to be constantly on his guard against people ?,o did that sort of thing. On nulahrr Of occasions he was caused annoyance a;d even pain
 
 shaking it with the evident intention to hurt him. Were president I would see that anyone who perpetrated such an offense was promptly arrested. It could be easily done by having an off, cer conveniently near. Obviously. such action need only be taken in an extreme case, but surely the chief executive should have some means of defense against assault in this form. President Grant, have been told, complained of similar annoyances, and 1 have no doubt that every president of the United States has suffered likewise. I will venture to say that Gen. Washington would have promptly knocked down any man who attempted such thing with him.
 q once had an opportunity to inf1ict a well-deserved punishment upon man who was addicted to committing the of fense I speak of. He tried the thing on me three or four times, and learned that such was his habit, inasmueh as he entertained particular vanity respect ing the force of his grip. Accordingly, l decided to teach him better manners, and for that purpose Iengaged the serv- ices of young farmer in the neighbor- hood. The latter was the biggest man l ever saw outside of circus. He measured six feet seven inches in height, and was built proportionately took him with me one day along a country road where had reason to ex- pect to encounter the man 1 was after.
 ''By good luck we did so, and I ven- tured to introduce the giant. The two men grasped hands, but my friends enormous paw, which was as big as an ordinary ham. fairly inclosed the others arm almost to the elbow Smil- ing pleasantly in his face, he said: Happy to meet you and proceeded to slowly crush the member. Positively could hear the bones crunch as he d,d so. Let go, for Gods saker the fellow cried out. The mighty grip was relin- quished, and, after wrinGing his own hand in an agonized way for some min utes, my victim said that he understood the lesson which had been conveyed, and that he would profit by it.''