St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-12-02
Public Lectures.

There is DO easier way ct i,alulE4
j than ty hearing coo;! IcctulcS. Tins
! fact is not doubted by any inteillgen
person. 1t is eHSy--titst, because it Ic-
uui,es 10 labor to listen: second, be-
/ cause attention is all that is icuullc'!.-
! The listener du, . not labor to txcu1ltatt
! the thoughts uttered by the lecturer, uul
/ is he required to arrange aud develop
them. They como to him without any
effort on his part, and after giving atteli-
ton, memory or the power OF recalling
them affords him ali tIlc pleasure tie
substance of tie lecture gives. This
being the case, it would seem that every
one who loves knowledge should be
ready to hear an eloquent lecturer at
convenient tines.
AS we stated last week, Col j. I. San
ford, WorId-leHowncd Traveller, Ice
tuner and humol ist, will deliver two lee
tuics at the I'cachclo' Convention IN
New Ibu,ia Oh Dec. ,, and Is. Ponder
ing over this interesting subject, It oc-
CURED to us tIiat all the good thln::s
that are going the rounds should not be
allowed to fail 10 others and none to lis.
Col. Sanford is highly spoken Of as a Tee
tulcr and humUrisi, aud it seems to us
that it were well to have him lecture
among us.
Our people are very liberal in PATRON
lZiuG cilc and other exhibitions that
crafty cui ilOsity for All hour and often
leave DO lasting benefit behind. Would
they hot lis willingly contribute to III
MtcUcct"M tcat! While Col. Sanford
is at New Iberia, why not invite him
here to cdify and inetl uct us ?
Cannot something be done to have
him invited here We SEE no reason
why it should not. III he bc property
represented, he is an entertaining lee
turer; and by hearing him our young
people, as well as our old, we'll informed
citizens, may learn as mucli from him i'll
an hour or two as they could by weeks
of studiOus reading.
"A system Of rapid learning is admr,,-
bly, calculated to ccUDUmizc time while
wealth Of ideas. We are con-
vnced that if lcctGling were properly
encouraged it would soon become pop
lllar, and great benefits would result to
nil classes Of the people. Let us begin
il by inviting Col. Suufuld to OpeIuusils.
The rev tariff DILL has been made up
by the committee on ways and means
and its provisions We're made public sev
pral days ago. Of course it is defective
in some respects and does rot even =.
please all Democrats, but lis the \. ..
States says, it is substantially what
he Democratic party has been fighting
for for twenty years, and IS substantial
y the measure which the American rco-
olc directed this Congress to adopt"
The free list las been greatly enlarged
md the duties on many articles reduced,
% that the revenue from this source
will be considerable curtai!ed. 1t is
to make up the deficiency by
axlDg incomes, beer, whisky, &c. Su-
gar fares rather badly, the bounty on
'aw sugar being gradually reduced, one
eighth each year, and at the end of
light years from 1894 abolished. The
luty on refined sugar is reduced from !
cent TO cent per pound Rice does not
are so badly, for while the duty is re-
luccd from : cents to /! cents per
pound, there are compcnsatiDg adyau-
ages in The definition Of unclcan rice
Which the bill provides. Unclcan lice
q defined TO be lice from which the out
r hull las been removed, but which
It'll contains tic iuncr covering or cuti-
;le; and under this dctiuition it will be
to iu,puIt as uncIcan lice
lean rice mixed with polish. This has
'ccn done i'll the past, against tue pro-
est OF our planters, and has enabled !
of foreign lice to compete
With The domestic article.
The friends Of sugar will make a |
troug fight against the provisions of |
he bill relating thereto and have strong |
lopcs Of having duty of 1! cents per
,ouud substituted for the bounty. This !
would undoubtedly be OF much greater
benefit to the government, while il |
would afford Il slight incidental protcc- |
ion to tho producers for Instead of |
aking eight or ten millions out of the
rcasury it would pour from for
y to sixty millions into it. !
A beautiful new sugar at five cents |
'er pound and everything else at bot
ON prices at Il. Chac|iele a. Bro.