The Opelousas courier., 1894-06-09
General Notes.

Queen Victoria has knighted Isaac
Pitman, the inventor of the Pitman sys.
tenn of phonetic shorthand.
Nearly all the Central and St,lth
American governments have their pos
tage stamps engraved in New York city.
Thirty nine university corps resolved
in convention at Eisenach, Germany,
May 20, to exclude all Jewish students
from membership.
On Sunday, the Governor of Illinois
ordered troops to Minonk, where q mob
Of 800 strikers had taken possession of
an Illinois Central train.
The conner stone of IL monument to
the unknown Confederate dead of North
Carolina was laid at Raleigh, N. c., on
Tuesday of last week, by Gov. Carr.
The Cumberland Presbyterian Gen.
eral Assembly, in, session at Eugene,
Oregon, last week, decided against the
ordination Of women as preachers.
According to advices from China,
May 60, about 800 junks were wrecked
by the flood in Ham River, entailing
great loss of life. Over 900 bodies had
been recovered at latest accounts.
Receipts from internal evenue for
the past ten months Of the fiscal year
amounted to about $4,000 900, a de.
crease of over $13,00O,O 900 as compared
with the corresponding period of 1893.
Mr.. II. II. Bradford, an old resident
and farmer of East Baton Rouge parish,
makes all the bacon consumed by his
household and sells. 100 pounds to the
merchants of Baton Rouge, who declare
it is the best meat they have ever
handled.
The State Board of Education met in
Baton Rouge last week and endorsed
teachers Institutes as the best mean of
securing good teachers. The best sum-
mer training school in the State is the
Chautauqua at Rustou.-Monroe Bull
letin.
News comes from many quarters that
the Chautauqua at Ruston will be bet
ter attended this year tl:an ever. The
value of the springs and attractions of
the exercises are nore widely known
and more fully appreciated than hereto
fore.-Monroe Bulletin.
A grand monument to the memory of
the soldiers and sailors of the Confed-
eracy was unveiled and dedicated at
Richmond, Virginia, Oh the 30th of May.
The orator of the day declared that
the result of the war was but another
instance of truth on the scaffold and
wrong on the throne"
MI. Moody says: Il have been work.
ing a good deal among drinking mcn ;
| think the rest of my wars- Will be
among the young. Once in u while q
drunkard may for a time keep away
from the cup but it takes all his
strength to fight the habit. 1t is Il good
deal better to begin when you are
young and never get the appetite fos-
tered in ynn."
Gov. Flower ha6 vetoed a bill the OBJ
ject of which was to prevent the erec-
ton Of the Astor stable on property in
New York city adjoining achurcb. One
proviso of the bill was that no stable
should be used within IL hindIed feet
of a place of public worship, and the
Governor holds that sncI Legislative
prohibition is unconstitutional.
A bill has been favorably reported to
the house by the Judiciary Committee,
placing marshals, district-attorneys and
clerks of the United States Courts on
salary and abolishing the system of
fees by which they have heen paid.
The bill fixes the salaries for marshals
and district attorneys throughout the
United States at $4,000 each, and leaves
the compensation of clerks at such sum
as the Acknowledgement shall decide,
not exceeding $4,000 per annum.
On Saturday, the Supreme Court of
the United States adjourned for the
term. During the term 500 cases were
disposed of and 278 new cases were ad-
ded to the docket. Among the recent
decisions is one that a telegraph COM
pany is lot liable in damages to the
sender of u message in cipher for errors
in the transmission thereof. Another
declares invalid the Kentucky law of
1890 regulating the rates of tolls to be
charged for carriage and passage on two
bridges over the Ohio river, at Cincin-
natl, which cut in two the rates thereto.
fore charged by the companies.
A report issued by the Foreign Office
shows that the Swiss are far in advance
of us in graphing with the habitual
drunkard problem. In Berne a person
Of d~issolute habits is forbidden access
to public houses for two years, and may
even be punished by deprivation of pa
rental rights. Drink sellers are severe
ly dealt with for serving intoxicated
persons, persons under age, or those
forbidden to enter taverns. Inebriates
may be confined in homes or reforma-
tories. A tenth share of the profits of
alcohol is devoted to overcoming the
evils resulting from the liquor traffic.
The Christian.
Tie sale Of maple sugar has been
somewhat disappointing this season.
Small cakes have sold for s to Sc. per
pound, and large ones for 6 to &c. per
pound. Syrup sells at Wholesale for
80 to zoe. per gallon. Pail sugar in
packages weighing from 5 to 10 pounds
has sold for 6 to 10c., according to the
quality. The low price is due 10 part
to the hard times. Maple sugar is a
luxury and when business is dull lux
uries are cut off first. The quality has
beer below the average in some locali-
ties, and above in others. The crop
was good in Northern New England
and poor in the southern portion. The
New York output was early and light
and Ohio reports a small quantity only.
Elk.
1t may be UNPLEASANT to sit next to a
negro in a street car, but it is more than
unpleasant-it is dangerous-to tolerate
m~iscegenation. To do SO is to encour-
age it, and to encourage it is to threaten