The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-01

adjourn sine die on or before March4.
Princess Bismarck, wife of the Irol
Chancellor of Germany, died at Varzil
on Nov. 81.
st. M%artinvi!le Messenger.-cotton il
Tie SEED has g"-~ .p, " Der tn INSANE
pounds; it-now sells for $13.
China has discovered that she is II,
match for Japan and wants to kiss ant
make up with her little but stalwart Ell
envy.
Col. A. r. Mitchell, a leading member
OF the Calcasleu bar and a lawyer OF
great ability, died at bis home in Lake
Charles last week.
We see it stated that Gov. Foster
informed Senator Brumby that he
would remove every appointee of the
Governors in the State who voted the
pOpulist ticket in the recent election
1t is to be hoped that Gov. Foster will
stick to his promise.-Bastrop Appeal.
The silver men Of Colorado and
other mining States are maturing
plans, it is SAID, for launching Il "silveI
party" They will cooperate with the
bimetallists of the South and East, and
a call will 0 be issued for a meeting
to effect an organization.
A Dallas correspondent of the Times
Democrat says that the farmers of that
section are unanimous upon one point
not to plant more than half the present
area in cotton next year. Hundreds
have determined to plant none at all,
for the good and sufficient reason that
it DOM pay.
The next Congress will stand about
as follows: Republicans GAG, Democrats
100, Populists 10. The terms of the pres
ent congressman will not expire until
March next and the new Congress will
not meet until the following December
unless the President should see fit to
call an extra session.
A shipment of $4,000 bushels Of corn
from Alabama to Illinois and Iowa
marks a new era in internal commerce,
and will serve to remind planters that
raising corr for "a hcme supply and to
sell for cash is a far more sensible plan
of making a living than raising cotton
with which to buy corn.-B. r. Sugar
Planter.
The cotton growers convention met
in Montgomery, Ala, last week and
organized for the better protection of
the planting interests. Resolutions
were adopted urging a reduction of
cotton acreage and increased attention
to production of cereals. cOndemniDg
the cotton seed trusts and petitiOning
Congress to pass an anti-option bill.
II this Legislature will adopt a ballot
which in effect will set up an educa-
tiOnal test for the voter, it will be easy
to have fair elections. The
very element which is susceptible to
corrupt influences, and which by its
tempts ambitious men to en-
plOy corrupt methods, will be eliminat-
ed from politics. With this class will
go the power of INSCRIPTIONS men to
elections through their control
Of ignorant and yenal voters.-Macon
>Ga.) Telegraph, Dem.
There is a government fund in Italy
providing marriage portions for
poor young girls. Without IL dover it
be almost impossible for a girl to
be married, and this form of charity is
said to be highly appreciated. The
and distributed every year among the
manageable young girls is f4OO, 900.
To be a recipient it is necessary for
,he applicant to prove her good reputa-
ion and character by a number of wit
lesses, to show that she has no means
available, and that the young man who |
to marry her has a trade.
The news that the Japanese have
captured Port Arthur appears to have
confirmed, and the result will be
! speedy termination of the war, be-
Port Arthur was the most i'm
OF all the military strongholds
hat China possesses, and was regarded
IS impregnable. The war has not been
a progress more than four months, yet
II that time Japan has succeeded in
destroying the Chinese navy and taking
quite a number of. fortified towns and
China is now suing for peace, |
or the reason that she fears if the war
a few months longer the jap
will DE in Pekin and her empire
will fall.-N. o. States.
The farmers clubs all over the
south are "resolving" that they will
lot raise SO much cotton next year, but
when the season rolls around about the
Usual quantity Of the f1eecy staple will
,e in sight. The trouble is that each
armer reasons with himself that as the
'ther fellow is going to discontinue
OLCOu, lac IL PuUi III d ldlSCl ClUp tudu
yer before and get rich. Result : An
normous crop and a glutted market.
t, however, starvation prices can teach
be planters any wisdom at all, present
nd prospective prices ought to so
mphasiZe the folly of the %all-cotton
ystem as that the next crop will not
o over 100000 bales.-Baton Rouge
Planter.
Prof. Bell is now at work perfectipg
What he calls the teloptikon, an instru-
nent which will harness electricity to
just as the telephone chains it to
ound and enables one person to con
'erse with another, though hundreds of
niles of space separate them. Prof.
Bell believes that his invention will be
success when he has perfected it, and
hat it will revolutionize the signal
of the world and enable officers
o time of wal to sweep with the
ye tremendous stretches of country.
nd in the days of peace to note tile
pproach on sea and land of storms
before their presence is felt.
Sell is confident that the teloptikon
will be of far more value to the human
ace than the monograph and equal in
very respect to the advantages of the
elephone.--N. 0. States.
st. Martinville Messenger.-The me-
essity of a large sugar refinery in this
lace is being seriously felt at the pre-
ent time. The season is advancing
asst, and there is a very large crop Of
ane yet. standing in the fields in every
art of the parish. Most all of the
mall cane growers are limited to only
small number Of tons daily, as the re-
.neries on st. John and Keystone plan