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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-01
HELPED MRS. MADISON
The White House Picture Episode as Re
lated by Participant.
How the Picture Of Washin gtOn Was
Removed Before the Arrival OF
the British in 1914.

From the Philadelphia Times.
Probably no one read with greater inter-
est Miss Whites article on the portrait or
Dolly Madison, in last Sundays Times,
than Mr.. Abraham Barker, the well-known
banker of this city, for to him belongs the
honor of being the son Of Jacob Barker,
who. with Mr.. Robert G. l.. Depeyster, car
ried from the White House the Gilbert
Stuart picture Of Washington, which Is
pointed out to all visitors at the White
House today. In the book entitled Incl
dents in the Life of Jacob Barker" the
whole story is very pleasantly related. and
the following letters and passages go to
prove how intimately Mr.. Barker was con-
nected with an event that Is one OF hlst0r-
ical interest. In letter to the son OF Mr.
Charles Carroll Of Bellevue Mr.. Barker
says, in explanation of the picture epi;ode
LAS soon as our troops broke and retreat
ed the President sent his servant express
to warn his good lady of her danger. with
directions to leave Immediately. This mes
senger must have reached the White House
by 2 o'clock, and Mrs. Madison. Mr.. and
Mrs. Cults and servants LETT Immediately
thereafter, and there was not any appear
ance Of dinner or preparation for dinner
about the rooms where the family usually
dined 1t was too early in the day for such
an expose. These facts, together with the
absence of the President, the occasion OF
his absence and the other attendant cir
instances, forbid the idea that your IA
Their had, by invitation that day given by
the President, been dining with his lady;
that dinner was over, and that they were
sitting at the table, after the cloth was
removed, when the messenger arrived. l
presume he was there when the messenger
arrived, and that he had exchanged horses
with Mr.. Monroe on the road, as you init
mate and not with the President
No Thought of Dinner.
Mrs Madison was not the lady to have
had dinner over in the absence of her hus-
band, before o'clock, when his return was
momentariy expected and especially not
when her whole thoughts, and those Of her
household, must have been engrosssd with
the exciting occurrences of the day; nor
was it the fashion at the White House to
have dinner over at that time on ordinary
occasions. The messenger preceded me i've
or ten minutes, having passed me on the
Pennsylvania avenue and given the tnror-
nation, with a request that l would repair
TO the house and assist in their departure.
/ do not perceive the Importance of wheth-
er this was before or after dinner, or
whether your father had, by special invita-
ton of Mr.. Madison or otherwise, dined
with his lady on that or any other day;
nor do perceive why you have introduced
1T into your structures upon my narrative.
whether 1 found your father there or
whether he came in subsequently I do not
taking down the portrait of Washington
ing the portrait on the floor of the room
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-01
UNIVERSITY EXTENSION
The Plan is Already an Established Fact in
This District.
The COrcoran Scientific School in Har-
mony With the Philadelphia
American Society.

Last June Mr.. w. c. Langdon, Jr., A. NJ,
representing the American Society for the
Extension of University Teaching, was in
this city, estimating the feasibility of es-
tablishing the university extension system
In the District of Columbia. Returning to
Philadelphia early in July to deliver
course of lectures at the University Exten-
sion summer meeting, he made favorable
report to the executive committee OF the
American Society, and urged them to UNI
dertake the task of Its establishment OW-
ing to the absence of many of the board OF
directors from Philadelphia during the
summer. 1t was impossible to get formal
action on the matter until the fall, when
the American Society authorized Mr.. Lang
don to go ahead, vigorously to push the
project and to inaugurate the actual work.
ing of the system at as many points as
possible during the current educational
season.
Not long after rnis, through the energetic
interest of the dean of the Corcoran Sci
entific School, Prof Chas. q. Munroe, Phi.
D., the Columbian University, in pursu-
ance of its customary liberal policy, un-
dertook to further the efforts of the Amer
lean Society. The result Is that the Washing
ton University Extension has taken form
here as a department. OF the Columbian
University, being conducted In animation
Its general policy will be in accordance
with the principles which have been
proven most practicable and successful by
the American Society. Mr.. Langdon has
been appointed director to organize and
develop the work, under the general super
vision of the dean of the Corcoran Sclen-
tiflc School.
What University Extension Is.
University extension is a system Of high
or education devoted to the dissemination OF
sound and systematic intellectual life among
all classes of people, especially those who
are not in direct contact with university life.
In methods of work great emphasis is laid
on the importance of the personal teaching
of university trained men. Two methods
are at present in use. The first the lecture
course. usually consists of series of six
weekly meetings with the lecturer, each
first hour is given up to lecture. Under
papers on special phases of the subject,
which form the basis for part of the gen.
eral discussion to which the second hour Is
The second, the class course, usually con-
sists of a series of ten weekly meetings
with the lecturer, each meeting occupying
about one hour. The lecture is omitted.
Personal teaching, study and discussion
following a required text book take up the
entire time. Both courses are subject TO
variation when deemed advisable. An ex-
animation Is offered to those who desire
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-01
Crusade Ola Living Pictures.

The living picture crusade In New York
has developed new phase. The announce
ment that the ladies of the Women's Chris
tian Temperance Union, headed by Miss
Frances Willard, were about to wage a
war of determination against them has
stirred up the police department to take a
hand In the matter.
superintendent Byrnes recently detailed
detectives to attend the vaudeville thea
tiers, with instructions to report on what
they saw to the crudities Of dress and
the nudities of person.
Nor is this ALL The ladies of this soci-
ETY. believe the ballet girls and premier
danseuses are little too gay for the pro-
prieties of the day, and they will ask the
police department to inquire into this
branch of the living picture war of exter-
mnation.
The indications are that the living pic
ture crusade. when begun by the W. c. r.
u. ladies, IS to be as extensive and far
reaching in its course as the ParkhurSt
movement has been.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-01
International Exhibition Mt Amster-
dam.

The Department of State has received
programs of the international exhibition of
hotel and travelling accommodations. to be
Held in Amsterdam next summer. The
scope of the exhibits will be of the widest
character, the groups covering architec-
tura shipbuilding, railway construction
and equipment. aerostatics, furniture
china and pottery. table ware, paper.
blankets, foods and liquors, confectionery,
fisheries plumbing, medicine, machinery,
electric lighting and signaling. gas and
oil lighting. heating, art industries, geog-
raphy, safety appliances gardening. In
surance and many other branches.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-01
CORsuls Recognized.

The President has recognized Nicanor
Bolet Peraza as consul general Of Salvador
at New York and Johan Baron Won Leon
the same city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-01

Hrtnfers Jna, f9e ftfffe se8ooE
master Of aooerftstns), saps:
il is efatmeo for f8e 1ras9!ngtose
Star, ano proBa8fp frut8fufH
Claimed, fiat no offer newspapet,
in f8e country goes into 50 fargo.
a percentage Of off f9e 8ousk&
trifein rao;as Of fuenfp mtfe4
from f8e office Of publication.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-01

u hlNI lhE L AS I
week the folio wing
personal" has ap-
peared in the MORN
ing papers:
FOR ADOPTION.
A nice healthy
baby boy to respect
able party. Address
BABY BOY, this Of
fee"
In one paper the
advertisement read,
"a nice baby boy
and u girl"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-01
TRAFFIC IN BABIES
:. Place in This City Where Infants
Are Bought and Sold.
ALL In ACCORDANCE WITH Law
Pauline Py Aranges to Buy One
of the Unfortunates.
BABY FARMING M ETHODS

Written Exclusively for The Evening Star.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-04-28
Perverting the Lesson.

The Tribune processes to find in the
recent elections "the answer of the peo-
pie to the Democratic tariff" The yo-
tiers, it adds, want the tariff bill killed
and tariff agitation stopped Perhaps
the Tribune really believes this, and
perhaps it is only beating the party
tomtom. Either way it perveyts a per-
fectly plain lesson.
1he voters are disgusted not because
a tariff bill is proposed but because it
has not been passed. They never rem
dered a clearer or more emphatic YER
dict than they rendered in 1890 and 1899
i'll favor of tariff reform. This verdict
was rendered after ample discussion,
and was reiterated after a second CAM
palgn IN which it was practically the
sole issue. 1t was not a transient senti-
ment due to temporary causes. 1t was
rendered during a business calm after
a long period Of unusual prosperity.
The rational judgment of the people
was appealed to, and they decided in
favor Of tariff reform.
Had their decision been made opera
tive at once-had Mr., Cleveland, as the
World urged, called Congress together
early in 1898 in order to make it opera
ti2e-the "%revulsion of feelings of
which tbs Tribune speaks, would never
have occurred. The disgust that mani
tested itself in the elections is with the
delay and with the shifty and dishonest
politicians who are trifing with the
peoples mandate for reform. A fort
night of honest, vigorous and straight
forward action by Congress, OF Il kind
that would make tariff reform vital,
would change the whole situation.
The Tribune should not deceive itself
or its readers. The tariff bill will. be
passed. That accomplished, the dis
gust of Democrats with their Congress-
ional representatives will wear off.
Business will adjust itself 10 the new
conditions. A period of trade activity
and great prosperity is sure TO follow.
The conservative sentiment of the coun-
try will align itself with the existing
order. 10 1896, if the Republicans are
tatuous enough to make an issue of
of 1892 will be repeated and empllasiz-
ed.-N. Y. World.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-04-28
Lady Henry Somerset's Career.

The petitions that have been lodged
in British courts asking fol an i%njunc-
ton restraining Lady Henry Somerset
from shutting up the liquor saloons in
buildings owned by her constitute u no.
table tribute to the Zeal and self-sacri-
flee which have distinguished that
lady's devotion to the cause OF temper
ance. It y Lady Somerset'5 career as
a temperance refnrmer has been Il re-
markable ne. She possesses wealth !;
she is endowed with rate intellectual
gifts /; she occupies a high social posi-
ton. All these advantages she has I'M
selishly and untiiingly employed
against Il of the. most debasIng and
destructive habits that beset the hui
mar race. 1t is an interesting circum-
stance that the temperance cause is in-
debted to the example and teachings of
an American woman, Miss Frances E..
Willard, for the services Of Lady Som
erset.-New York Press.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-04-28

ready provided himself with q refuge
from the inevitable storm.
What is to be Burke's fate is OF course
mere guess work. He is for the moment
a fugitive. The cause to which he had
allied himself has been overthrow, and
the successful leader, Bonilla, is now bu-
silly illustrating his talents for securing
peace by the simple and artless process
OF exterminating his enemies. Ii he can
get hold of Vasqucz and Burke, he will
undoubtedly put them to death, and it
he be Il prudent man he will spare no
effort to get hold OF them. Burke is
only little past the prime of life, he is
%singularly gifted with courage, audaclty
and endurance, and while he remains
in that neighborhood Bonilla need not
delnde himself with tho idea that he is
safe. Indeed, If Burke had but the
nucleus of Il thousand men, he could,
with his ability as q leader, his genius
for intrigue and his amazing talents as
au organizer. soon control not only
Honduras, but the whole isthmus from
Panama to flye Mexican line. AS it is,
however, he l3 q refugee, and according
to all accounts, a particularly helpless
and foyl0Tn one. We may ut any mo-
ment hear Of his violent death, and SO
of the closing scSne in Il OF the most
extraordinary careers in modern his
tocy-a career of adventure. OF viClssl-
tude SO strongly checkercd with folly,
nobility. triumph, heroism and mean
ness that it leads like the story of ten
men, rather than of enc.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-04-28
Beauty.

Beauty is not IL luxury, as some seem
to believe. 1t is not the exclusive priv
ilege of the few, but the common besi-
tage Of the many. The rich cannot mo-
nopolize it; the cultured can lay no
embargo upon it persons of taste can
not appropriate it to themselves. There
is in every human breast a sense of
responsiveness to the beauty Of the ex-
ternal world and the difference is only
in the degree to which that sense is de-
veloped and cultivated. The beads
and trinkets in which the savage de-
lights, the gay colors which attract the
infant, the hoWer-pot in the window of
the humblest cottage-ail testify that
the love Of beauty is confined to no
class, to no stage of civilization. It is
a universal hunger, and its cravings de-
mand satisfaction as urgently in the
as on the throne.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-04-28

lOCc
Of the entire amount produced III
1893, 34.0 26, 439 pounds were the product
of California manufacturers.
The factories are located at the toll
lowing places: Stanton, Va. 36,45S
pounds; Grand Island, Neb., 1885, 900
Lehigh, Z. T., 3,750,000; Norfolk, Neb.,
1000, 900 Alvarado, Cal, 4,4e6,572 Chi
no, Cal, 1910 1867.
1t will be seen that the output OF beet
sugar has increased more than tivetold
under the bounty law. The amount Of
capital invested in the seven beet sugar
factories given above is $2,0O0,000. Tri-
butary to the factories and under Gull
tivation in beets are about 10000 acres
of land, which have greatly improved
in value since they have been devoted
to beet growing, especially Deal lbinn,
CAL, where tho price has become very
high, some OF the land selling for rs
much as 5000 All acre. The cost III cut
tivatins this lard in beets is consider
ably more than 100000 a year. The
production of beet root Tor sugar max
ing purposes in the United States dur
ing the past year applo1llnatod 2O0,OOO
tons, for which the farmer received
from the factories 81 so per ten, OF
5000, 600 in all. These figures show that
the iudustr, is III a very satisfactory
condition, and that 1t promises to
supply Il large portion OF the SIT
gar needed III this country II left undls-
turbed by Congress. The publication
Ut tH2s+ facts concerning It has caused
a profound sensation in the West, as
it shows not only how this country can
raise all the sugar needed by it, but how
the Western farmers can secure some
relief from the depression caused by
combining themselves too mucii to Il sin
gle crop, wheat.
The Chicago News, which does net
lean very decidedly toward protection,
believes that the introduction of the
sugar beet as a crop throughout the
West would go a long ways toward re-
licving the agricultural depression that
prevails there.
Prof. Fl. W. Wiley is even more en-
thusiastic on this subject, and says:
Everyone who desires TO see the pros
peIity Of American machinery, AmtTi-
can ingenuity and American agrlcnl-
culture should favor the development
Of the beet sugar industry. There is no
other way in which. the plethora of agri-
cnlturai products can be so readily re-
licved and renewed prosperity brought
to our agricultural interests, thus slim
ulatiug every other interest in the land.
The total consumption of sugar in the
civilized world is not far from 100000
tons, OF which the United States uses
two-seveDt!as. OF the 100000 tons
over 100000 are made from sugar
beets. 1t is thus seen that in the race
for the markets of the world the sugar
beet is already ahead of it's most dan
gerous rival, the tropical sugar cane.
There is room, however, for both these
sngar-producing plants, and there is
reason to believe that with favorable
conditions a great Indigenous sugar in
dustry. including cane and beet sugar,
can be established in the United States.
Louisiana would soon secure a valn-
ale ally i'll the west, as far as sugar leg
~islation is concerned, il the bounty law
was continued for only a short time.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-04-28
Franklin's Moral Code.

Benjamin Franklin, the American
philosopher, drew up tue following list
of moral virtues. He ave them con
stant and earnest attention. By fol
lowing them he often said he made
himself a better, happier and more use
full man:
Temperance-Eat not to f~ullness
drink not to elevation.
Silence-Speak not but what NAV
benefit others or yourself avoid trihing
conversation.
Order-Let all your things have their
places; let each part of yonr business
have it's time.
observation-disclosures to perform what
you ought; perform without fail what
You resolve.
Frugaiity-Make no expense. but do
good to others Or yourself-that is,
waste nothing.
Industry-Lose no time; be always
employed in something useful cut off
all unnecessary actions.
Moderation-Avoid extremes: for
bear %resenting injuries.
Iranquillity-Be not disturbed about
tribes or at accidents common or I'M
avoidable.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-04-28
Rub Out the Old Lines,
Farmerville Gazette.

FafmerVllie GaZetre.
With both McEnery and Nichols on
the supreme bench it is about time to
take thel names out OF State politics as
they are or should be out of active par
ticipation in political campaigns.
We believe the time has now come
when the old anne should be dropped,
when the old factional lines should be
rubbed out and if we are to continue to
have factloual politics, that new lines
should be formed aud new men and
new measures pushed to the front.
This is being done. Reports are now
a Foster Cafftry Blanchard faction, the
aim of which is the etention of the
present executive in theGovernor's of
flee and the landing Of the latter two
gentlemen in the Senate. This will be
known as the Foster faction and all OPP
position to it will gather itself together
under q new name. We believe the
people of the State do not approve of
their governor taking an active interest
IN attempting to control the Legislature
in the selection of a Senator. This is a
work in which the people are far more
interested than Mr.. Foster. They be-
lieve there are enough duties in his
Office to engage all his time and ability,
and they Wonid thank him to keep bis
hands out of the contest. They want
the political scalps of these gentlemen
and a strong faction is being formed
that will take them. II the legislators
have the manhood they should have,
they would promptly rebuke the gov
ernor by the retirement of his two
friends. There is a larger faction III
the State, not the McEnery faction, but
one composed of u from both the old
factions, who will not endorse the gov
ernor. Many of his warmest friends
have deserted him on account of bis
active interest in the formation of an
administration ring and he will find
them on the other side of the fence
when the campaign opens. We now
have an administration faction and
pretty o o we will have another and
stronger n that will carry off the
spoils. Louisiana politics would not be
politics without factions.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-04-28
e Mile a Minute OH the Sea.

A WEIGH engineer has prepared de-
signs for a vessel which he claims will
attain a speed OF sixty miles an hour.
His proposed vessel is fat bottomed,
900 feet long, 80 feet in width, wedge
shaped at each end for 100 feet of her
length, with q displacement Of some
$4,000 tons. Such a vessel, fitted with
sixteen paddle wheels, driving at ITO
revolutions a minute, this sanguine in
ventor believes would be propelled
through the water at the rate of sixty
miles an hour. This would be breaking
the record with q vengeance, for the
Lucania, which has just eclipsed all pre-
vious performances, averaged barely
miles an hour.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-04-28
S M 4 e. L R Nj S
For Sale at a Bargain.

Lot j, Section 40, I2s. Il. / E., 124 65lloo acres
Lot .. See. 45, same I and Il, 9o4 T8L1Go acres,
Lot s, Sec. IS, same 7 aud z. 10 oGtlo9 acres.
Situated III B=ynl fhffnt settlement, Ant
partly improved.
These lands have beeH ialt1.t"tl ny t!ie u'iit
",i States, JauGar} Il. 1885. under II fg stlrv.A
executed NJ Hno. X, Bradford. Esq. U. <. It"p
my Survey ar, aHi are choic" upiaEsis.
Also " ! nj nw ! Sec 81, i 8 : x E, state pat
emf to J. u. iIaG&~rtv. Sw ] Of s. ! See q I s
K VI, [. S. patent No. 4245, containing A. ;e-cs
+ ! Of sc ! Sec IL and W ! ii sw !, Sec u, ia
4 / ", containing iGl 70Iloo acres. This is fire
timber land. and adiolls Marius LandreneaE on
the west. Will sell "3rie lot separately, or the
whole. TO a'i}t plrci:a4ei&. Apply to
+. ID. HAGERTY,
d9tiq3 Washington, La.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-04-28
FOR SALE.

4 WILL sell for cash OF on easy terms the fol.
e lowing described property, viz:
l. A plantation in Bellevue CONTAINING about
sixty-siX arpents, all thoroughly te& ced and
drained, with ttnan5 house and outhuildings,
know as the Narcisse Richard place.
2. \ plantation situated on the Courtabieau.
containing .our undred aud forty-two and
42Iloo aIrents, about sixty arpents under pieux
aud wire fence and i'll cultivation, with two
good tenant houses ana oUtbuiL&ings. The rear
of this tract consists of cypress swamp.
5. Several tracts of wood land on the bayou
Teche. situated between Eouiatl'S bridge and
Barry's Landing.
The LIST AMI I'd tracts arc routed adyan-
tageously for the year 1854, and if sold I will
transfer rent notes to purchasers.
ial6tf w, {. PERRAEf.I'.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-04-28

A number of Chicago excursionists,
who have been making All Oriental tour,
arrived at New York Friday on the
steamship Fuerst Bismarck. They were
absent only sixty-ive days, and went
as far as Jerusalem. One Of them said :
I'll tell yon D thing-that Midway
Plalsance at Chicago took the edge off
actual contact with the actual thing in
the midway Of Europe and Africa.
Why, they We're all over there when we
got there. All the familiar faces in the
streets of Cairo were really in the
Streets of Cairo.n They reached JeIu-
salem by rail and found a genuine real
estate boom in progress.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-04-28
NOTICE

OFFICE ST. LANDRY HoMEsr'D loan ASSN,
Opelousas, March 1a. 1894. :
This association has opened u new Series
- The great advantages already reaped by
the shareholders and the public should induce
many to avail themselves OF the present oppor.
tunlty TO beeom, members. The laying aside
q good home. Shares to be applied for at the
office in Bank Building, up stairs. Weekly nav.
ments are only twenty-five cents per share.
+. ID. ISTILETTE,
March "a, 1894. President
The Opelousas courier., 1894-04-28
F.. NORTH CUE.LOM.
AEforASyssaa=s,sayy

Will practice in all the Courts, State aud
Federal, held iii Ope'ous,s and Crowley
Also Commissioners "t U. ). Circuit Court, IN
and for the Western District of Louisiana.
AS such VIII attend to 'suy business coutenl.
plated by the office.
Oaice i'll L. ). Courthouse, OpeIousas, La
The Opelousas courier., 1894-04-28
FOR REHJT.

A plantation at Prud'homme City containing
200 arpents under fence, $50 fit for cultivation,
with good dwelling, gin, store house, good crib
ana other outlouses. Also a plantation in praj-
RE hayes containing 500 arpents, With 2 dwell
llngs, barn and other outhouses, about one mile
from the new railroad. VIII be rented on shares
oi 1op CASH Apply 10 i. G. CHACHERE,
jan2T Prud,homme Civ Ia