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Birmingham age-herald., 1894-10-02

would be buta united effort on the part of two great denominations for the moral well fare and salvation of the community; while vote by o-called Democrat for a Repub- lican candidate for Congress would be for the business and political damnation of a hopeful and recuperating people. The two denominations mentioned by the Aldrich organ are laboring for one great end-the elevation of mankind. The Republican and the Democratic parties are diametri- cally opposed to each other in that the for mer labors for the classes while the latter la- bors for the freedom, progress and en- lightenment of the masses. The two have no purpose in common. The Republican party has proven it's hostility and enmity toward all things looking to the rights of man south of certain geographical line. The Democratic party recognizes the rights of States and of individuals. They don't mix like the Baptists and Presbyte- rians.
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-10-02

SOME men look on their Congressman as merely an advertising agent.
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-10-02

The new water works of Jerusalem sup- plies water free to the poor.
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-10-02

THE cause of the financial depression of 1893 is still under discussion. The politi- cal economists say it was due to over- production, the socioiogist to ignorance and the theologians to wickedness. All are right. It was due to the over- produc- tion of commodities, over. production of ignorance, over- production of wickedness,
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-10-02

Plain truth is good enough for Hood'a Sarsaparilla. No need of sensationalismt Hoods Cures.
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-10-02

A SOUTH Alabama paper calls MT. Al drich "Yankee.' It is no disgrace to man in this city to be Yankee. Some of our most valuable citizens are Yankees. They have largely contributed to the growth and development of this district by their energy, thrift and enterprise.
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-10-02

A BEAUTIFUL MAss.-The first mass of the season was sung at.St. Paul's Sunday morning, under the leadership of MT. William Rosenstihl, Jr. The singing was grand, and MT. Rosenstihl us leader did himself an honor. The solos were excel lent, and the work of the entire choir was something decidedly out of the ordinary.
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-10-02

Dr. T. M. Allen, dentist, 2023 and 2O25 First avenue, Birmingham, Ala. 9-2-4m
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-10-02

lent, and the work of the entire choir was something decidedly out of the ordinary. SIX MORE ARRESTS. more miners alleged to have been connected with the Pratt mines riot of July 16, have been ar. rested and are now in the county iail charged with murder in the second degree. Two of them were arrested Sunday morn- ing and four late Saturday night. They are Theodore Cornelius, Walton Pippins, VIII Cox, - Mitchell, Jim Soffold, Sam Docks. All are colored except Cornelius.
 HAPPY NEW YEAR.-To the many Jewish citizens of Birmingham the AGE. HERALD extends hearty greeting, with best wishes for a happy and prosperous year, upon which they have just entered. The time- honored observ- ance of this day was duly noted and the mandates as laid down in Mosaic laws handed down to them from gen. eration to generation were carried ont to the letter. The song and praise service to Jehovah, as laid down in the Book of Books, were solemn and impr, s:ive, and both temples were thronged as never be. fore on Rosh Hashonah. The old and young were there offering up prayers of thanks for the year just ended and asking for strength to carry out to the letter the requirements necessary to reap rich har- vest of blessings in the year to come. Bir- mingham is proud Of her Jewish citizens and well may she be, for they are God fearing and law hiding, ever ready to re- spond to the appeal of the poor and help Iess
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-10-02

IT is nonsense to say no issue but resistance to Cleveland's s tariff views will be of avail in the Fifty-fourth Congress. The fourth is the Congress which will choose President If there are three candidates before the people and no election. We must have Representa- tive from every District in Alabama who will take care of us all the way round and the straight way through.-People' s Tribune.
 Who are "we?" is what the people will ask. Does the editor mean that Alabama must send nine Representatives to the Fifty fourth Congress like MT. Aldrich, to select President of the United States in case the people fail to eiectf Good Lord, forbidl
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-10-02

THE principle of trusting to boy's honor and manhood has been put in practical operation by two Of the leading colleges of the country during the past week. At Princeton the faculty had tried in vain for years to put a stop to hazing. Finally, they appealed to the manhood of the students, and last Friday the students held mass meeting and unanimously resolved to stop hazing once and for all. The rule at Amherst for years has required students to attend religious services twice every Sunday. This compulsory rule has caused rebellion among the studen ts every year. Even young men studying for the ministry objected to it. It was the compulsion to which they objected. Last week the faculty repealed the rule, and there was great rejoicing among the students. They now feel that they are upon honor, and will doubtless attend services oftener than heretofore.
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-10-02

PRINCETON college has abolished hazing by the unanimous vote of the students assembled in mass meeting. Mir. Gordon Johnston, son of Gen. R. D. Johnston of this city, and president of the junior class, spoke in favor of the measure. It will be remembeted that several months ago there was some trouble at Princeton on account of hozing. A new student was taken by some of the old students and ducked in a river near by. He was left alone to strug- gle out as best he could, and came near losing his life. Several of the students were suspended. Princeton is to be con- graduated on abolishing hazing, and thus setting good example to other colleges.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-29

Les "prizs fights" favorisss a la Nou-
velle. Orleans par une loi stupide qui
les tOl6re quand ills ont Gu lien ayec un
CANT l6ger, continent a Y avoir lieu,
au grand d6goft de la population paisi-
BILE. Vendredi soir, c'6tait entire Andy
Bowen ct Kid Lavigne que lie combat
30 livrait an Club de lAnditorium ct
en- presence d'au moins quatre mile
personnes, parmi l~esquelles Sc trou-
vaient n6cessairement toutes les cel6-
brit6s de f'arene, meme jusqn'a Son
Honnenr M. le marie. A ID dix-hnite
iAme ronde, Bowen q recu eur lie men.
ton nm comp de poing qui Ia renvers6
en- arriere ct il est tomb6 lourdement
snr la platefOrme. On l'eniporta sans
connaissance, on lui prodigna tous les
s0ins, mails en- vain; le lendemain ma
tin, ! 7:l5, il 6tait mort, sans avoir nn
seul instant repris ses sons. Les m6de-
Gins mont pn dire eli "a mott 6tait due
au coup dc poing de Ia fin on au choc
dc Ia chute, mails il ont declare qu'elle
await 6tait o~ccasionn6e par une concns-
sion dn cerveau. Lavigue ct SEES com.
pagnOns ont etc arr8t6s pnis relaches
soma cautionnement ct les combats qui
devaient snivre ont 6t6 remis indefini-
m0nf.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-29
The Sad, Sad New Year.

"'Twas a sad, sad year." he said,
As he mournfuily shook his old gray head,
And he hid his face and sighed:
"a sad, sad year has it been for me,
Taking my wife and children three
But the Lords will be dOne,' he cried.
GIVE summers ago my heart did rejoice.
When L took to my home a girl of my choice;
No foe did I see lurking near:
But we lived and we loved and as lovers were
bent,
To make everyone as good and content,
AS myself and my own true dear.
"Three children were born-I could read not
AS they romped and they played in our snug
little home,
And laughed in their childish glee;
But the hand of grim Death, with its poisoned
dart,
Took away our oldest-the blow broke my
heart,
And left me with nothing to comfort me.
'Then the youngest went-shew was a blossom
A sweet little infant-a darling child.
But she passed to those heights unknown,
And left us to gaze at that little vacant bed,
And to weep and to sorrow for the spirit that
n had flown from the realms of love.
"Then the other died-and the mother so kind,
Whohad stood each blow with q Borrowing mind,
Faded and dropped away;
Until she too passed to that land unknown,
And left me again without a friend or a home,
When she turned to clay.
$50 here's luck to you, my kind good friend,
Who has knownino sorrow from years end to
end,
Here's luck to you I say!
Wbat! you will not drink cause my story's sad,
And on such a day you would feign be glad,
Well, I'll be hanged-'Good Day"
And he shouldered his bundle and marched
along,
Singing in a voice that was exceeding strong,
A song that was sad and weird;
And in my heart 1 sorrowed for the man I had
knOWn,
Who was leaving the scene of his once happy
home,
And I blessed his old gray head. Roos.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-29
AUX AMIs DU

A MOS amis en- general, ct a toutes les per-
sOnnes qui suppOrtent notre journal
Nous appelOns PattentiOn de toutes les per-
sonnes qui doivent faire DIES publications le-
gales, particulierement des ventes par autorite
de justice, sur lie default de precautions Qu'elles
ont de ne pas bonner les instructions neces-
saires ct pOsitives pour que ces publications
soient faltes par lie journal de leur choix; celia
nous prlve, 81 effet dun patronage qul nous
serait accOrde. LIE sheriff de. la parOisse ap-
porte. en- effet, un Zele qui tient de la jalousie, a
assurer au journal don't il est non settlement lie
directeur mais nn des principaux actionnaires,
toutes les ventes par autorite de justice, ct GER
taines publications en- cette matiere ont apparu
dams ce journal, bien qu'elles dussent nous ap-
parten1r, scion PintentiOn des parties Giles
memes, 81 Giles n'avaient etc enlevees, a la de-
mande pe%rsOnnelle du sheriff GU de ses deputies
au moment de Ia Specification des ordres de
saisie.
Ceux qui pr6ferent soutenir GU patroniser
tout autre journal de cette parOisse, sont par
1aitement libres, ct nous auri0ns fort mauvaise
grace d nous plaindre de semblable preference;
mails nos amis Qui desirent nous accorder leur
%s0utien, s0nt instrument prizes de WELLER q ce
que les officers soient expressement requis de
bonner au Courier les publications qui peu-
vent les concerner; ct nous les engageons aussl
particulierement, d ne pas Sc laisser intiuencer
en- aucune maniere, pour les faire consentir, au
besoin les cOntraindre, a bonner ces publica-
tiOns d tout autre journal, quel quill soft.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-29
9 9 8 9 8 9 8 9
Sweet as distant bells at sunset,
Sweet as songs of joyous May,
Are the footsteps of subscribers
When they core their dues to pay.
Protected Wages.

The Reform Club has just published
a number of Tariff Reform entitled
Protected Wages" Besides other
similar data. it contains a detailed list
Of owe 1900 strikes and lockouts be-
industries from Oct. 6, 1890, to Oct. 6,
1899. These we're the two years of I'M
clouded sky for McKinleyism. The
election of 1899 had not yet occurred,
and the Mckinley bill was left alone to
demonstrate its ability to raise wages.
The above mentioned list is a part of
the result. LII is by no complete,
but it is sufficient to disprove the claims
of prOtectionists. 1t will be remember
ed that at one time during this period
the military was in the field in four
different States-New York, P%ennsylva-
MIA, Tennessee, and Wyoming-trying
to keep peace between employers and
employed. 1t will also be recalled that
the 5000 Homeseekers did not strike
because their wages had been advanced
from fifteen to fifty per cent. These
were haicyon days for Mckinley and
his protected wage-earners.
When the Reform Club published
about half of this list in July, 1892. and
challenged the pr0tectionists to publish
q list OF wage advances in protected
Industries the american Economist sent
out circulars to protected manufac-
turers, all over the country, begging
them to report all wage advances.
After a few weeks the Economist pub
lished the Mckinley Census" list of
twenty-eight purported wage advances.
Almost by accident q Reform Club
representative learned that one of these
reports was a fraud. Representatives
were sent to all Of the mills mentioned,
and the whole list was shown to be sub
stantially false. Wage reductions had
occurred in nearly all Of these mills,
and the slight advances in a few mills
were due to labor unions and not to
protection. The mckinley Census "
and its exposure are also a part of the
forty-fonr page pamphlet, the price of
which is five cents. With such a record
ofl"wage advances" the labOrer can we'll
afford to experiment with tariff reform.
N. Y. Evening Post.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-29
WASHINGTON
From our Regular Correspondent.

From our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, Dec. "a, 1894.
If proof were needed that the administration
stands ready to meet Congress more than hall-
rency reform, it was given by the readiness
with which Secretary Carlisle agreed to the
substitute for his bill proposed by the demo-
cratic members of the House Committee on
Banking and Currency. The principal differ
ences between the substitute and the original
bill are, that national banks will have the
then present charters until they expire, or of
recognizing under the new law, and that they
are only responsible for the redemption of the
notes issued to the extent of their quota to the
safety fund provided for that purpose.
The bill will probably be further amended
before it is brought to a vote In the House, as
the present expectation is that a democratic
caucus will be held within d 81 or two of the
r~eaSsembling of Congress foSthe express pur--
pose of acting upon the bill and any proposed
amendments. Chairman Springer: who Is in
the objections have been overcome by the sub
stitute, and I think we will have a safe major
ity for the bill" Representative Bland, OF Mis-
souri,, is one of the democrats who do not think
the bill VIII pass. He says he intends to offer
his bill providing for the issue of coin and coin
notes by the government as d substitute.
Representative McCreary, of Kentucky, who
has long ago demonstrated his right to a posi-
ton in the front rank of the leVel-headed men
Of the House, says OF the currency reform bill ::
"There are some things in the measure which !
ike, anu "duy WulGu L w - dIIIoNCJ W L
take the position that if the Secretary of the
Treasury and members of the Banking and
Currency Committee say that this is a step i'll
the right direction, 1 am going to vote for it.
1 think the democrats ought to stand together
as a party upon a measure which the admins
tration endorses. have no idea that the bill
will pass the Senate, but I want to see the
House do Its duty. My own idea is that when,
in the last days of the session, it becomes appa-
rent that there can be no financial legislation,
both Houses will agree to a monetary commits
sion, such as 1 suggested in a bill introduced
some time ago"
The democrats OF the House have no reason
to feel ashamed of the record OF their work du-
ring the first three weeks of the session. They
have passed three OF the regular appropriation
bills and a number of minor bills and have de-
voted Ave days to a discussion of currency re-
form. The Senate has done very little, and the
little it has done is not apparent tie the public,
as it consists mostly Of preliminary work ON
appropriation and other bills.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-29
Provsrbes chinois.

En- Chine, Ia '.sagesse des nations
&c traduit g6n6ralement en- piquantes
marines. En- voici quelques examples :
La langue des femmes est lenr 6p6e
ct elles ne Ia laissent jamais ronilIer.
La jenne file eat . feur, Ia jeune
femme est mn frut si lie fruit sc troave
mauyais, Quel souvenir restera-t.il de
Ia f1eurf
L'esprit a beau faire plus de chemin
que le c0enr, il ne va jamais 81 loin.
LIE marbre, pour 6tre poll, men est nj
moins froid nj moins dur. II en- est de
meme pour les conrtisans.
h Loner son f1s, c'est sc vanter; bla-
mer son pere, c'est Sc f6trir.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-29
EAs5ss2ta f.ssss&Is;sR
Marriage Licenses

Issued for the week ending Dec. 81, 1894.
r. P. wilkins to Miss Frances A. Dunbar,
Ernest SOileau to Miss Matilda Meaux.
Chas. L. Phillips to Miss Mary G. Gardiner.
YalcOurt j. Fonten0t to Miss Irma FOntenOt.
Edgar Foote to Miss Lucy Gables.
Jos. Sayoie to Miss Rossette Roache.
JOS, Chopper to Miss Modesto Comeau.
Alcee Duplechain to Miss Marie O.Q%uebedeau
John Cooper to Miss Cora Mcpherson.
Yorick J. Sensat to Miss Dclphine Fontenot.
Frank Donate to Miss Octavie Aubespin.
d. W. Bailey to Miss NJ. NJ. Morrow.
Geo, F. Priestly to Miss Eva L. Green.
Antoine H6bert to Miss Phelonise Olivier.
Dock Harrison to Miss Layerta Scott.
Nose Antoine and Miss Rita Blbbs.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-29
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
For the Week ending Dec. u.

Lewis Rogers to Leo Rogers a fractional lot
in Washington with Improvements, for 5000.
Mary Laws to Carel Wolff, Il tnree-fourth in
terest in II arpents and S5I100 in Plaisance, for
SIS.
Philemon Gaspard to W. H. Ray. Sc arpents
with improvements in Prairie Faquetai4ue, for
$16l.5 so cash.
Edmond F. Richard to DR.. W. II. Ray, so acres
with improvements in Prairie Faquetaiquc, for
S255.G Go cash.
Octave Bushnell to Ertemon Lafleur. SO acres
and 73I10O with improvements Ill Ansc aux
Pailles, for $500.
Clement Chandezon to st. Landry Homestead
and Loan Association, a lot OF ground Oh Lam
dry street, ill Opelousas, with improvements,
for $1,000.
U. s. Government to Celestin Marcantel, 161
acres and 67IlGo VIZ of N WI and WI of s WI,
sec. 20, G, S Il f..
DR.. Jno. A.. Haas to Erlnina Couleau s acres
in Vile Plate with improvements; "a acres in
Grand Prairie and 80 acres near Vile Plate, for
So ,O33 cash.
JOS. i. Burleigh to j. r. Pavy, 237 arpents
with improvements, at or near Grand Coteau,
for $1,000 cash.
A. /. Foutenot, Pres, &C., to Town Of Opelor.
sas, a strip of land 40 feet wide IRON Bayou
lesson to corporate line to be used as a public
street.
A. l.. Fontenot, Pres, &c, to Town of Opelou-
sas, a strip of land 40 feet wide from Bayou
lesson to Railroad Avenue, being continuation
OF Bloch street.
A. l: Eaa5eaala f!ssu - i Town of opslon-
road ARenue, from Bloch Street to Cheney st.
Etienne Brown Jr., to Etienne Brown ST., 100
arpsnts prairie land in Faquetaique, for $500.
Mrs. Emma Hayes to Clement Chameleon, a
lot of ground in Opelousas, on Landry street,
for $1,000 credit.
DE. D.. Estilette. Pres, &c, to Clement Chan
dezon, a lot of ground with improvements on
Landry ST., Opelousas, for $1,000 credit.
Clement ChandeZOn to st. Landry Homestead
& Loan Association. Il lot of ground in Opelou-
sas, about 10 feet Q inches on Landry street,
with improvements, for $500 credit.
Paul Frug6 to Felicite Saizan, so arpents in
Faquetaique and two tracts of so arpents each
in Mamou, for $3.50 credit.
Paul Fruge to his minor children. $50 arpents
with improvements in Faquetaique, for sl0s9.45.
j. r. Payy to Jos. E. Bnrleigh, 237 arpents
near Grand Coteau, for S1137 so.
E.. P. Jenner to DR.. II. S. Joseph, so acres of
prairie land in Faquetaique, for S4OO.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-29

Londres, 20 d6cembre-Le navire de
guerre de premier rang, 10 "Magnif-
cent | plus grand des vaisseaux de la
flotte anglaise a etc lance a Chatham
anjonrd'hui.
La comtesse Spencer, r6pouse du
lord de pAmiraut6, en- a etc la mar
raine.
La longuenr dn navire est de 400
pieds ct il d6place $4,000 t~onneaux.
La construction de Ia coque q co1te
46,627, 647.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-29
NOTICE;-

OFFICE ST. LANDRY HoMEsT'D & LOAN ASSN, Z
Opelousas, Sept. 16, 1894. 5
This Association has opened q new Series
OK" The great advantages already reaped by
the shareholders and the public should induce
many to avail themselves of the present oppor-
tunlty TO become members The laying aside
of an insignificant sum weekly will secure you
a good home. Shares to be applied for at the
office in Bank Building, up stairs. Weekly pay
ments are only twenty-five cents per share.
L. D. ESTILETTE,
Sept. %, 1894. President.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-29
A Quarter Century Test.

For a quarter of a century DR.. Kings New
Discovery has been tested. and the millions
who have received benefit from its use testify
to its wonderful curative powers in all diseases
of Throat, Chest and Lungs. A remedy that
has stood the test so long and that has given so
universal satisfaction is no experiment. Each
bottle is positively guaranteed to give relief, or
the money will be refunded. 1t is admitted to
be the most reliable for Coughs and Colds.
Trial bottles Free at F. E. Bailey's Drug
store. Large size soc. and 81 90. 2
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-29

Le soleil s'est lev6 samedi pass6 a 6
beures So minutes ct Sc fevera a%ujour-
d'hni d 6 heures IS minutes. II s'est
couch6 samedi dernier a S heures 5
minutes ct Sc couchera &c soir a 5 heu-
res 10 minutes.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-29

ST. Petersburg, l9 dec. D'apres
les arrangements pris. lie couronnement
du Tsar Nicholas ii, aura lieu au mois
d'ayril 1895. Apres les ceremonies, II
Tear ct le Tsarine se rendront d Nijui
Novogorod on ills ouvriront une exposi-
ton rationale.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-29
Our Better Selves.
Louisiana Review.

Louisiana Review.
One of the painful observations of life
is to realize that there are so many
meritorious people who fail to let their
better natures show !; there are men and
women who are capable of so much bet
ter work than they actually perform.
1t is unfortunate that we must let our
harsher natures predominant when the
gentler side would serve SO many
more and better purposes. 1t seems al
together homogeneous that Il man who
could be a bishop, should, from indif-
ference or otherwise, choose to be a lay
man ; and yet every day we pass such
people. What is it that induces us to
hold back the good and push forward
the bad?
One vain man goes on through life
leaping golden opinions for himself
through the toll and brains of others !;
he does not lack capacity to win laurels
for himself, but a species Of s%elfshness
overlays his better judgment and he
dies even half a man, and that half de-
graded because he did not make it him
self. Of course all men cannot be per-
feet; we do not look for that but we
can be manly, we a be womanly-and
it is not manly to be somebody else all
the time. 1t makes n second-handed.
Any one can be used somewhere-there
is an opening for true manhood in every
corner of the world. God never set any
limit upon mans usefulness and human
ity was left its richest legacy in this
realization-a realization which is gov
erned not by tariff laws or free trade,
but by that divine something within us
which lets us know always the call Of
dutv.