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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-06-14
NOTES BY THE WAY.

SCOTLAND consumed in 1898 of British
spirits one and sixty-four hundredths
gallons per capita.
A STRONG scientific temperance edu-
cation law has just been enacted by the
New Jersey Legislature.
SIX hundred and nine million dollars
yearly for whisky, SGT, 900, 900 yearly
for beer, S275, 900, 900 yearly for tobacco
and cigars. Who wonders at the hard
times?
SIX inebriates are under sentence of
death in Connecticut, Rhode Island and
Massachusetts. In every case deliriuln,
delusions, manias and histories of ex-
IRENE alcoholic excess proceeded the
homicide.
THE advocate of total abstinence can
hardly have a more significant and eff
fective confirmation of its wisdom as
pertaining to longevity than is fur
nished by the unanswerable economic
records of life insurance.
THE aggregate wealth of eight mil
lionarie brewers of New York city is
$50, $780, 900. The money spent by work
ing men to help provide these eight
men with a palatial residence would
furnish 81, 500 of their families with a
pretty 81, 900 cottage.
eve find the serpent's trail in this
Eden of loneliness" writes a CORE
spondent from the healthful pine re-
gions of Florida. Wherever the white
man goes saloon is found, called and
rightly, too, by the denizens of these
forests The Tiger We are told that
seven negro men have been shot in this
place since Christmas. These graves
are within sight of us, and yet there is
no law to investigate these crimes. Or
if a law it is not used. VIII not God
bring us again to Judgment for this
crime to fellow men?"
JOHN JARRETT gives this advice to Ia
boring men: "Workmen must stand up
against the evil of intemperance. The
manufacturer of Intoxicating liquor
represents but little of productive la.
Dor, and its consumption does nothing
but clog the wheels of commerce and
of progress. Remove the curse OF
drink, and the workmen and all the
people are raised to a higher level in
which all men are thinkers and work.
ers. The sequel is clear, and prohibi.
ton will do more to adjust the differ.
ences between labor and capital than
all the strikes and conflicts OF past
years" ..N
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-06-14
Graphically Described.

"a saloon, the squid of life's high sea
with vibrant tentacles that suck the
sap of business, honor. and pride, and
strength of youth, and labor's wages,
and the blood of human hearts; and
squirts ink into the crystal wave of
every providence of rescue while it
seeks its cave and slams the door of
Christian law into the face of Christ
Pyramids of barrels, each monogrammed
with the nations signet. Ranks and
platoons of bottles dressed to a city
license on the right-the liquor laws,
militia, body-guard, each bemedaled on
its helmet with federal insignia. /.
the keeper, cutfed and aproned, brusque
and business-like, on duty at the bar
In a closet in the rear, hidden away like
a stolen dog-a man dead drunk in his
soul. but in his body writhing on the
grill of restlessness- good man three
days since, but now creature ready to
commit murder for a stoup of rum
,JOhn G. WOOlpV
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-06-14
TlPPLING IN FRANCE.
The Sister Republic Now Leads All Coun-
tries in Consumption of Alcohol.

tries in Consumption of Alcohol.
The Paris Temps comments on the
deplorable change which has occurred
strong drink Thirty or forty years
ago, it says, France. thanks to its wine
and cider, was considered the most
sober nation in the world, and the
gayety, vigor and elasticity of the race
were result of its temperance. To-
day France has changed places with
Great Britain. Within the last twenty
years the consumption of alcoholic
drinks in England has diminished
by one-half, and now France
stands almost at the head of
the list, with 4.56 litres con-
sumption per head lin 1922, while in
Great Britain the figure is only 2.7O
litres, in the United States 2.S2, in Rus
STA 3.07, in the Netherlands 4.49, in Bel
GUM 4.91. in Germany 4.4O. The in
crease in the annual consumption of al
cohOl in France has been from / 400, 900
hectolitres in 1885 to 1,735, 1863 in 1892.
Within the same time the number of
liquor sellers has increased from $780,
600 to more than $4,000, which makes
seller to every twenty voters through
out France
Considerable differences prevail among
the departments, for while in some
parts of the south the consumption av-
erages less than litre, it rises in Paris
to or 9, and in Seine-Inferieure to 10.
There are workingmen who, under pre-
text of needing tonic, drink as much
as half a litre of eau-de-vie every day.
The Temps brings all these facts in
connection with the population ques-
ton and suggests that they help to ac
count for the fact that the population
of France has ceased to grow. Last
year there were 10000 more deaths than
births. AS it is known that in Aus
tralia. America and Africa whole ma
lions have been destroyed by alcohol,
France stands before a serious problem.
The Temps thinks it is time for the
French to stop laughing at the En-
gllSh temperance movement, which has
taught the wOrking-classes to substi-
tute tea and coffee for alcohol. An
other way to escape is indicated by the
figures for 1898 which proved excep-
tionally favorable for wine and cider,
the result being a decrease of Is. 900, 900
francs in the duties on alcohol and an
increase of 10000, 900 for cider wine and
beer, the figures of alcoholic consump-
ton per head falling at the same time
from 4.56 litres in 1892 to 432 in 1S93-
CHICAGO Herald
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-06-14
ALCOHOL AND ACCIDENTS.


Life and Property Destroyed Through the
Use of Liquor.
The exaggerated use of alcoholic bev-
erages as a cause CT accidents is certain
" an important subject to which scarce
ly any attention has been paid. Many
a railroad disaster, many another acct
dent destructive of the happiness of
whole families, much damage to prop
erty. may be traced to the fact that a
man in Il responsible position has lost
the clearness of his head, was tired and
inattentive or Indifferent and giddy,
all in consequence of beveragesehe had
taken. 1t is obvious that this common
nervousness of alcohol comes under the
observation of the officers of accident
assurances, but they have failed to
make their experiences subject of
general information. The only distinct
statement of this kind we have is con-
tanned in the great statistical compila-
ton of 1887 concerning the profession
of brewers and masters They had 9.0S
accidents in 1000 insured, i. e., more
than in all other professions, even min
ing. Killed by accidents during profess
sional occupation we have. in 1889, 90
brewers and MASTERS; in 1890, 50. One
hundred killed among the brewers
means SO windows and 1873 orphans
How in the presence of these figures,
brewery owners feel justified in CON
tinuing the old fashion of paying their
wages partly in the shape of excessive
free beer is hard to understand
After brewers the carrying business
and the building trades seems to be
rich in alcoholic accidents. AS to the
latter, DR.. +. Golebievski, confidential
physician to the Northern Builders
association, has published some
observations in his paper. THE
advantages and disadvantages of the
law on accident insurance" He has
investigated :. 072 accidents; 791 of them
happened on Mondays, 500 on Tuesdays,
G54 ON Wednesdays, 619 on Thursdays,
657 on Fridays, 60l on Saturdays, "a on
Sundays. Thus the day following the
EBAY of the Lord" the DAY of Rest, =
is marked by far the worst figure, and
no one would have doubt that the
cause is in the Sunday spree or in the
favorite Monday. Especially frequent
are on Mondays, precipitation from
high, falling from the ladder, dropping
of objects, falling through, slipping
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-06-14

Not only from Japan may lessons in
law be CLEANED. China also affords
some valuable hints in the matter of
legal administration. Here is notable
fact. fit for d gestion in IA land of many
failures Not "a single celestial bank
has suspended payment during the last
five hundred years. And why? Because
according to Chinese law, If a bank
fail, the managers and clerks all under
go decapitation, and their heads must
be destroyed by fire, together with the
bank books" The heather Chinee is
original, too. in his way of recovering
debts of honor. The practice is for
THE creditor to visit the debtors
house. sit on the threshold and weep,
eXpostulate. harangue, coram publica,
until he is paid" Thus, within certain
limits, John Chinalnan realizes the
widespread ambition implied in the
familiar phrase, every man his own
lawyer. The Brief.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-06-14

or stumbling, burning and scaiding,
falling in excavations. Among AIS le-
sions of the head, ia, i. e, 2S IN 100,
belonged to Monday. Sometimes sat-
urday presents approximately the same
dangerousness.
There is no doubt that large por-
ton of insurance rents is paid as re-
suit Of the abuse of alcohol alone
MediciniSche Nenigherten.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-06-14
THE TOWER OF BABEL.
Fabulous Figures to the Height of the
Sky-Scraper.

The exact date of the building of
''NimrOd's Folly" as the ChaldeanS
say in abiding to the Scriptural
Tower of Babel" (the ArmenianS
speak of it as the Clover of the Con-
fusion of Tongues y or the height to
which it penetrated the rarified atmos-
phere of the Oriental plains. will, per-
haps. never be known. The date of the
laying of the foundation of the famous
structure is usually set at 2,247 years
before Christ, or in the year of the flood
1O1.
The expression of the sacred his
torian that its top was to reach unto
heaven is now generally set down as
a strong Hebrew phrase denoting
very lofty tower, but not necessarily
meaning one that would reach to the
abiding place of the Lord and His
hosts. Proof that this is probable may
be found in several places in Holy
Writ The walls of the cities of Canaan
are described by Moses in similar
phraseology. The spies sent out by
him returned and reported that the
cities of that country were great and
walled up 10 heaven. zee Deule-
ronomy i. 2S and tx, l. There is Il
Jewish legend recorded in the Talmud
which tells that God did not put a stop
to the building of the tower until it
had reached the height of ten thousand
fathoms, which is equal to nearly
twelve English miles.
The sacred historians have not in
single instance left data upon which
we can base a calculation of its exact
height and general dimensions, and it is
because of this omission, no doubt. that
the imaginative orientals and other
ancient writers have given such fabu-
lous and extravagant traditions con-
corning it. Even st. Jerome alleges
from the testimony of eye-witnesses,
who claimed to have seen and exam
ined the ruins of the sky-scraping
shaft, that in his day (born 345 A. d.
it was over four miles high. While con-
sidering these untenable notions. it
may not be out of place to mention
that other fanciful writer's make its
height range all the way from single
furlong to five thousand miles in height.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-06-14

Il don't know of any household in
junction that is so persistently disre-
garded, said Mrs. Billtops, ''as Don't
slam the door | think l must speak
to the children about slamming the
door at least forty times day, but
they pay no attention to it whatever.
They don't disregard it Intentionally,
but it appears to be one of those things
that people are not able to remember;
it makes no impression upon them.
They may perhaps remember it the
first time after they are spoken to, but
as likely as not, they will slam the
door as loud as ever with the sound of
the injunction yet in their ears. Even
Mr.. Billtops always slams the doors.
About most things he is very thought
full. but about this he is worse than any
of the children."-N. Y. Sun.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-06-14

Isn't it beautiful night, Clarence"
she whispered tenderly, as her head re-
clined against his shoulder.
Yes. $ replied Clarence, the barber,
very absent-mindedly as he ran his
fingers softly through her golden hair,
Zine night. Better have that hair
trimmed up little, though, hadn't
you? Looks pretty ragged, you know,
and it really needs shampoo, too
Chicago Record.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-06-14

Miss Brightlie-O, Mr.. Search, there's
young lady here tonight | know you
will like
Mr.. Search feel extremely flattered
to find that you have made such close
study of my tastes Please describe her?
Miss Brightlie-She's worth a million
N v Weekly
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-06-14

Mother docking at Johnny reproach-
fully)--Where have you been, Johnny,
this afternoon?'
Johnny (uneasily)-Sunday school.
why do you smell of fish and look
SO wet?"
Observation-Disclosures told us the
story of Jonah and the whale. Pear
sons,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-06-14

Reggy (aged five)-What does the
moon look like to you tonight, papa?
Papa %. it looks like a beautiful big
gold plate, such as kings and queens
use. What does it look like to you?
Reggy-Just like big vaccination
Judge.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1894-12-08
Positive and Negative.

Tho Race Question IL unsettled. But
Il IL settled that Hoods SarsapariIls
leads all remedies.
Disease marches through oil lands.
But good health blesses all who take
Hoods Sarsaparills.
Dyspepsis is . great foe Of the human
race. But Hoods Ssrsaparills puts It 70
flight. ..
0crofula is one Of the most terrible Of
diseases. But Hoods Sarsapsrilia ex'
pels It from the system.
The people Of these day, like JOB. sui
fer from boils. But Hoods Sarssparilia
Il q sovereign remedy for them.
Catarrh is one Of the most disagreea
BILE disorders. But Hoods Ssrsspsrills
is sure to relieve and cure It.
Rheumatism racks the system like
thumb-scrsw. But 1t retreats before tn
mower Of Hoods Sarsaparilla.
Los Of appetite leads to melsncholis
But Hoods Sarsaparilla makes the plat
NET rspast tickle the palate.
Life is Shorthand tim is 6eeting. Blu
Hoods sarsaparilla will bless humanit
as the ages roll Oh.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1894-12-08
Nothing Too Rich.

There is nothing too rich
for the blood of this youthful
gormand. He does not hest
tate to appropriate and enjoy
the sweets of life.
We have found that moth
ing is too rich or too good for
our patrons, and in view of
that fact have secured a finer
stock of Groceries and Provi-
sions than has ever before
been shown in this vicinity.
You can make no mistake in
purchasing from this choice
stock, for prices are as low as
the lowest.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1894-12-08

Read the proceeding of the
police jury in this edition.
Mr.. Chas. McDuckett, of New
Orleans, was here on business this
week.
There will be a grand ball on
the Both inst, given by the Hook
and Ladder No l.
Mrs. H. de Many and her sis
ter Miss Minnie Moses, left for
New Orleans Wednesday.
Miss o. Broussard Of Bresux
Bridge is sojourning here the
guest Of Miss M. Thomas.
The police jury has passed an
ordinance, fixing the fee of wit
nesses in criminal matters at 81
per day, and no mileage will be
allowed hereafter.
Mr.. George Eastin is having
q store building erected on Bridge
street, Pinaudville, south side of
the street, in which he will trans
fer his store as soon as the build
ing is ready.
Mr.. ]. F. Penne has just had
completed q nice little residence
on Main street, opposite the Court
house that is now awaiting the
finishing touches Of the painter.
Mr.. George Penne is having &C.
cond story added over the store
building formerly occupied by his
father. When finished it will
make Q commodious and elegant
building.
The Refinery question 10 again
being agitated by Messrs. Robert
Martin and o. M. Nilsson. and ID
causing considerable talk. An
other refinery in this locality ID
an absolute necessity. Uuless w
get one soon, the planters will
have to abandon or considerably
decrease their cane crop. Thu
crop is 90 large that the planter
with the exceptionally fine wes
Their We have been having eve'
since harvesting commenced, vii
save his cane crop with difficulty
II We had bad weather, half OF i
would be lost. If our people cal
in any way encourage the build
ing Of q refinery in any part o
the parish, they should do it l
il urgent, and an absolute neces
| sity.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1894-12-08
Talk is Cheap

We don't care to waste any
words on our Furnishings for
men and boys. They are of
course right in styles, color
and price. What we want is
to get the readers of this pa
per to visit our store. The
goods will do the talking bet
ter than anything we can say.
K. SCHWARTZ.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1894-12-08

The condition of the cane grow
ers is growing worse every day.
The re6neries cannot take any
more cane which has not been
contracted for, for the reason that
those who hold contracts have the
precedence, and with their large
crops can more than supply the
mills. The only course for the
planters now rs to windrow their
cane and wait until the latter part
January before they can sell their
product. This will prove costly,
and the planters are not inclined
or in a position to increase their
expenses, when the prospect OF
realizing on the fruit of their Ia
Dor is 80 uncertain and gloomy.
The price of cane has now
reached $500 per ton, which is q
very low price, but it seems that
this is about all the refneries are
able to pay. The cane seller CEN
sure and blames the refner for
this condition of things, and say
nothing about Congress. The
price of sugar is half a cent lower
than last year, and we are inform
ed that the cane is green, yielding
Is lbs of sugar less to tho ton, at
q cost of Is cts per ton more to
manufacture, owing to increased
evaporation of the juice. That
the purely co-efRcient of juice is
lower, causing increased expense,
and lowering quality of sugar pro-
duced.
Every person who owns q house
or a mule should have q bottle OF
DR.. Sylvester's Specific. A stitch
in time saves many.
"A fire adjuster was here last
week TO adjust the loss of the
Single Mill of Messrs. Hall and
Burdin. He had the stupidity,
after viewing the ruins, TO esti.
mate the loss at $1,000. The Mill
originally cost over 5000. with
out counting the large and costly
improvements which we're since
added to the mill. and the adjus'
ter estimate the loss at the sum Of
$4,000. How ridiculous. Those
insurance people seem to take thu
balance of the world to be a set Of
big fools. The Single Mill wal
only incurred for $500 which II
not half the value of the pric'
that the present owners paid to-
the mill. The insurance people
always seem to suspect fraud
when they have to pay a loss, bu
the people are beginning to be
, lieve that the fraud is on the 9th
er side. This is another instancs
that proves that a law should b
passed, compelling insurance com
panies to pay the face value OF tn
nolicies.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1894-12-08

The United States government,
SAWS Grover Cleveland will be
short about $40. 100000. He says;
ut is estimated that upon the b.
sis of the present revenue laws
the receipts of the government
during the current fiscal year end
ing June 80, 1894, will be A24,-
427. 748 A and its expenditures
s4s4, 427,74 As, resulting in a de-
felt of O,OOO,O 900" This proves
that Cleveland and his crowd an
DOOR administrators OF public a.
fairs. Better quit.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1894-12-08
Local News.

AOCM N0WS.
Mr.. Robert Martin made trip
y New Orleans Monday.
Miss Felicie Durand is visit
ing friends in Opelousas.
Smoker of a good cigar go to
I. ]. Liable and get the Daily
o(.tes a 10 cts cigar for 5 cts.
The town authorities are now
having the streets cleaned. This
81 new venture, but q needed
a..
A Z. of P. gold pin was found
mar the show boat last Sunday,
which is now at the bank, the
owner can call for it.
Mr.. Frank Rivet lost his young
ct child Monday, aged about 18
months. The remains were taken
b Breaux Bridge for interment.
Mr.. Eugene d. Duchamp, the
eldest son of Mr.. E, A. Duchamp,
died in Lake Charles, Saturday
Che LIST inst, after a short illness.
Mr.. Duchamp was % years old.
Cotton is creeping slowly, and
now sells here at SIS per thousand
pounds with the seed. Many plan
eers are still holding their white
product with the hope of realiz-
ing q better price.
DR.. Sylvester's specific for Bots
Collie and Tympanites in Hoses
osd Mules is the best that Me-
deal science has ever discovered.
Forsale by T. ]. Liable.
Mr.. Robert Fournet, assistant
Postmaster at this place, was mar
ried at Lake Charles, Monday the
Ord inst, to Miss Laure Amy.
The happy couple arrived here
che same evening.
The MESSENGER was awarded
che contract for the parish print
ing for the year 1895, which was
cold at auction last Monday.
There was no other bid. The
amount appropriated for this work
10 $50.
Cards are out announcing the
marriage of Mr.. Frank T. Gull
beau and Miss Coralie Rousseau,
the charming daughter of Mr.. F.
Rousseau, which happy event will
occurs on Wednesday the 18th
inst, at 1890 in the morning, al
the Catholic church.
The second and last session Of
the Fifty-third Congress convened
Monday. The people do not ex
pect anything from this session
for the reason that it is composed
of the same members of the last
session. Nothing good can be ex
pected from the present session o
Congress.
The New Orleans Daily States
Cigar, is the best 5 cts cigar Of
the market to day, for sale by 1
j. Liable, be sure to ask tor 1t.
-French's New Sensation thea
trical and variety gave three per
formances here Friday, Saturda..
and Sunday last, to good audien
ces. The last night benefit wa
given to Volunteer Fire Co No ]
their share being $37. The sho'
was not as good as in past year,
but fair for the price.
Get our prices on job works.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-10-27

The Democratic Central COMMITTEES
of this county assessed the candidates
SO high this year that some OF them
refuse to pay. SIT is money throwed
away,s says one of them, and 81 will
not pay sH the COMMITTEES will
guarantee me that 1 win be elected
will a my assessment The Demo
cratic Central COMMITTEES is not in the
guaranteeing business, but the Re
publican voters are and they will give
a ballot guarantee that every mothers
SON who is running on the Democratic
ticket will be defeated.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-10-27

The Democrats of this county are
boosting that they have the funds and
viii this year purchase the ''nigger''
VOC. They tried that two years ago.
They negotiated with the Rev. Chas.
Hunter, as grand a scamp as ever
Aved, peid hix some Eve or six hum
|dred dollars Tor that niger vote, .
but the vosa failed % ran out on cleo
ton eay. Hunter pocxeted the money,
went 10 Kansas CRY and there so;
himself d jail. Tae cololed peo9ls
are on 70 your racket Ar. Denocrat
They are intelligent people and YOU
money win not buy their votes.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-10-27

The souvenir half dollar. issued in
honor of the worlds fair, is now a cur
rent half dollar, a demand having re-
Gently sprung up for them. Secretary
Carlisle has issuedan oreerto the sub
treasures directing them to pay oat
on demand the souvenir coins at toe
same ratio as the legaEzed hai dollar
of the United States, namsly. ST par
with gold. There viii be s., 7e5, $50
worth Of these pieces aGcak.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-10-27

Tie jackson Comet is firing some
close shots at the Democratic Judges
OF the County Court, because they
gave the county printing to a Demo-
cratic paper when that papers bid
was twenty-five dollars more than the
bid of the Comet. Bro. Wilkinson
should understand that the Democrats
have no use for a Populist>