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The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-15
PICKED UP EVERYWHERE.

A WESTERN man has invented a type
writer that will keep books.
South AMERICAN paper says there
is a wide difference of opinion among
importers as to whether it pays better
in the long run to bribe the officers or
pay the duties.
THE province Of Buenos Ayres is in
solvent; it is being sued for a debt of
2 10000, which has been owing for four
years. The budget of 1893 has been
put in force for 1894.
AN international journal for African
languages has just been started in Ger
many. aided by a liberal subvention
from the government. The secretary
of the Colonial society is editor, and six
parts are to appear each year.
IL recent legal proceedings in Lon
don regarding the noise and vibration
caused by a ~neighboring factory, a
monograph was used to record these
noises and reproduce them in court, at
the suggestion of Prot. s. P. Thomp-
son..
A SCHOOL district in Grant county,
Kan, contains only one fam.
lily. The father, mother and eldest
son have elected themselves trustees
and appointed the eldest daughter, at
L~l,irty-five dollars a month, to teach
the younger children.
A pIsGusTED girl dwells in Elkton,
Ky. She had on her bureau a box con-
tanning charcoal powder. Her lover
called at dusk, and in the gloom she
hastily seized her puff, and thought
lessly dabbcd it into the charcoal, and
applied it to her face. She spent two
hours with her lover, and after leav-
ing him glanced in the mirror. Fancy
her feelings.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-15
lax REFORM STUDIES
EDITED BY BOLTON HALF.
An Open Field.

~ 0peH VIetQ.
- any one has an impression that
communications to these Studies"
WI not be published unless they echo
Its ideas, he is mistaken. '
nr'leles on any side of the question
w'll always be welcome, so thew are
accent, we'll written, within reasonahle
,tn'ts n to the point, except that wa
do not discuss the tariff. VIC
we Will take our chances in the open
neio' and reconsider any proposition
we can not fairly defend.
Land owner especially should be
a~n.erested' as the principal benefit Of
aay improvement Or social advance
geoes to them in the increase of value
gwen to land. Write your opinions
orieny. Address this. Office, or P. O.
Box SO. Buffalo, N. Y.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-15
Don't You See 2

That vapor creeping up from the marshy
.owlands. 1t is ladened with the seedeGof
chills and fever. DO you think you can
breathe these without danger2 Not much.
Protect yourself with Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters and YOU will be safe. Or if you find
dyspepsia, rheumatism, inactivity of the kid
neys or liver, or constipation coming on
apace, use this thorough and beneticentsafe-
guard.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-15

Gus De SMITH-"By the way, Hostetter.
have you two tives for a ten:" Hoste1ter-
81 have" Gus De Smith-"Then lend me
one of ~'em."-Texas Siftings.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-15

One Little Girl in the Slums-'Wot yer
say she died of!' The Other One-"iEating
a tuppeny ice on the top of 'ot pudden'."
The First Mentioned-''Lor', what 9 jolly
death. N-Tit-Rits.
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A CLASS in grammar was reciting, and one
of the younger boys was asked to compare
''sick.' He began thoughtfully: Sick"
paused while his brain struggled with the
problem-thentin finished triumphantly :"Sick,
worse. dead -
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-15

PEeGY-'sNow, I've told you all about it,
and / want to know what you'd do if you
were in my shoes2" Mary with a glance
at Peggy's feetl-''I wouldn't stir out till
had got a pair four sizes smaller
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WOMEN would be of little use on board a
leaking ship: they'couldn't man tina pumps.
Lowell Courier.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-15

WOMEN are now wearing undressed kid
for their s%lippers,ye e for ages they have been
wearing their slippers on.the undressed kid.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-15

Lulu. aged two and one-half years, had
been out playing and cam in with a dirty
face. Her mamma said: ''NThat q dirty
face. We will have to call Lulu mammals
little pig. Come. dear, and have Your face
washed" But Lulu objected stoutly, say
ing: Pigs don't have their faces washed"
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-15

.THIs is a difficult point, my brethren"
said Il Scottish divine, confronted with one
of The dilemnIas of the newer criticism; ''let
us look it boldly in the face and pass on
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-15

"YoUH yardstick is too short" Peddler-
''True, but you will notice how thick it is"
-Fliegende Batter.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-15

"WHAT did the callers say when you told
them l was ont9" Maid-'Just smiled and
said Fridays not always an unlucky day."
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-15

SHr-''The other day l visited the house
l was born in" He-s'Indeed. Is it still
standing!"-Brooklyn Life.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-15

Mrs. R.-'Christopher darling, l never
can remember whether soda water is writ
fen as one word or two joined together by q
SYniou.O
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-15

THAT'S a good idea. Carry it out" said
the editor to the man who came in with a
better plan for running the paper.-Phila-
delphia Record,
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-15

H1sToRIc CoNUSDRuM. - Boston Girl
,sWhy was Shakespeare like Queen Eliza
bethi' They Alive give it up" Boston
Girl-"He was the greatest wonder of the
age and she was the greatest Tudor!" And
slowly the pun percolated their craniums.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-15

The Hungarian novelist, Maurus
Jokai, expresses his indignation at the
recent report that he had attempted
suicide.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-15

Halls Catarrh Cure
Is a Constitutional Cure. Price 75c.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-15

"EF you wanter fiattah er mans vanity
good said Uncle Eben, tell i'm he amt got
n0ne."-Washington Star.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-15

"PooR John! he was q great hunter. -
'Ies: he even died ame"'-Atlanta Con
stitutiOn.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-15

BEssIE-''The idea of your sayingthat YOU
arc only tWenty-one" Gussie-'.You for
get mamma told us that it is always better to
underrate than to eXaggerate.'-Truth.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-15

THE higher a little man Is lifted, the
smaller he looks.-Ram's Horn.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-15

WOMEN would be of little use on board .
leaking ship; they couldn't nan the pumps.
Lowell Courier.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-15

MEN care least for honor when most in
want of brcad.-Ram's Horn.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-15

LIKE Oil Upon Troubled Waters is ale
Honey of Horehound and Tar upon a cold.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-15

THERE is much tenderness in this seem.
ingly cruel world, but the butcher rarely
finds it.-Gossip.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-15

THE PKoDIGAL's RETuRS.-Irate Parent
.sWell, sir, you don't seem to have made a
name for yourself, after ala" Prodigal-
But l have, father. rve been obliged to
travel under half q dozen different oues."--
Texas Sii.tings.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-15

"AND so he has succeeded in getting en-
gagged to an heiress:' "Yes. he is now her
afinanced." Nv a%shington Star.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-15
WHEN OUR COUNTRY WAS NEW.

VACCINATION had not become popu-
lar, and smallpox was an everyday
disease.
THE whipping pest and pillory were
still standing in Boston and New York.
The tough characters, where such
existed, had 10 brass knuckles nor re-
v~olvers.
THE Mississippi valley was not so
now is.
THREE-FoURTIs Of the books in every
library came from beyond the At
lantic.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-15
In Olden Times

People overlooked the importance OF per.
mancntly beneficial effects and were salts
fed with transient action, but now that u
permanently cure habitual constipation,
wel-informed people will not buy other Lax"
atives, which act for a time, but finally in
jure the 3 ystem.
MIsTREss-"I think YOU handle those hne
china dishes we're carelessly." Domestic
Don't worry, mum. They are so light that
they wouldn't hurt even if | dropped 'em on
my toes, mum.'-N. Y. Weekly.
woman has Mrs. Bilkins-"Yes, poor
thing. She has either loved and lost, or loved
and got HMM. Y. Weekly.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-15

On liberty what marriages are repcnted
In thy nalue!-Truth.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-15

If we could know all it would not be so
hard to forgive all.-Ram's Horn.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-15
HELP THE HOME BUILDER.

The exemption from taxation OF i'm
provements to the modest limit sug-
gested, will help those who suffer most
from unequal valuations, the small
house owners.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-28

There was something much more
than the conventional significance in
the tributes yesterday paid by the
Lackawanna County Bar association
to the memory of eX-Judge Henry NJ.
Seely of Honesdale, who died last We'd
nesday night. No one who heard the eX-
pressions of those who spoke in eulogy
of this eminent jurlst and citizen could
mistake them for the commonplace re-
marks common to such occasions. AL
though Judge Seely had been resident
member of the Lackawanna bar for a
few months only the fairness and intel
ligence of his professional career and
the quiet dignity of his private life had
won for him an enviable place in the es-
timation of the members of this bar.
There are few persons of any promi-
nence in this city who had not, long
ago, become admirers of Judge Seely;
who had not recognized in him splen-
did type Of the courteous and studious
professional man whose presence in
any community is daily benefit. Well
rounded intellectually, clean in morals
and high in civic purpose, Henry M.
Seely, living, was a distinct public re-
source; and dead, Is through memory a
notable eXemplar Of the dignity Of true
citizenship.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-28

bonds held The banks should also be al
lowed to make additional issues of cur
rency upon the deposit of such bonds so
as to keep up gradual increase suited
TO the enlarged demands of the country
from year to year. AS the above provis-
ions for the increase of national currency
would not be sufficient to cover all the de-
mands and requirements of our currency
system think ii would be well to form a
plan, perfectly safe and secure, by which
the banks could call for pro rata and re-
ceive further amount of circulation
upon the deposit of such securities as n
commission composed of representatives
of the treasury department, the banks
and committee of financial men would
decide legitimate and safe, to the eX
tent Of such valuation as would leave
ample margin. AS illustrating the char
acter of such securities ! would men,
tlon first mortgage bonds on improved
| real estate in the city of Philadelphia,
first mortgage bonds of the Pennsylvania
railroad and similar securities. The val
uation to be placed upon these should
| be such as in the Judgment of the COM
| mission Is absolutely safe. In addition to
this the government should, upon the de-
posit of similar securities, increase its de-
poslts with the national banks when
there is surplus in the treasury, so that
money may not be withdrawn from cir
culaton and locked up in the sub-treas-
urleS, as Is the case now
Mr., Cooke would throw a number Of
valuable precautions and safeguards
around this kind of currency. He
would, for example, establish safety
| fund, consisting of small percentage
Of the banks circulation for the pur-
pose of promptly redeeming the notes
Of suspended banks. He would also
modify the present system of taxing
banks, so that the receipts therefrom
| should not enter into the income or eX-
penses of the government. but should
be laid aside as an inviolable security
for this circulation. He contends that
his scheme is not only practicable but
also that it would give the country a
currency which would automatically
contract and expand in accordance with
the honest needs of business.
1t will not escape notice that the fore
going proposition is in some respects
identical with that recently outlined in
The Tribune by DR.. Daniel b. Strong,
Of Starrucca. DR.. Strong rejects the
idea of creating a new federal debt
merely to benefit the banks; but would
instead base circulation on approved
municipal, county and state bonds,
which would be obviously safer basis
than fuctuating industrial securities
suggested in the Cooke proposition The
Strong scheme, Furthermore, abolishes
interest, thus effecting an economy suf-
flcient every twenty years to redeem
the whole amount of the proposed cir
culation. OF the two propositions, al
though both are preferable to the Car
Isle plan, we regard that of our Star
rucca friend as the better one. It's
greatest drawback is the fact that the
public is not yet educated up to it.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-28
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POLITICAL POINTS.

The legislative committee of the State
Grange, Patrons of Husbandry, as an
nounced by Worthy Master Rhone, COM
prlses Gerard c. Brown, York: James
g. McSparren, Lancaster; r. II. Thomas,
Cumberland; f. N. Moore Bradford, and
b. H. Warren, Chester.
President Pro Tenn. c. Wesley Thomas,
of the senate, and Prospective Speaker
Henry f. Walton, of the house of repre-
sentatives, are hard at work selecting the
standing committees for the coming leg
lslative session, and will be ready to make
them public within few days after the
organization of the two houses. A dis
patch from Harrisburg states that Rep
resentative George V. Lawrence, of
Washington county, who has been confer
ring with Republican leaders, says that
the legislature will adjourn finally about
the second week in April, and "orders
have been given to carry out that pro-
gramme."
The name of ex-sorgeant-at-Arms
George r. Hopes, of West Chester, will
be presented to the Legislature next week
for a reappointment to the Office, and in
asmuch as he is the only candidate who
has yet materialized, it is asserted that
his application will receive favorable
consideration. Isaac Martin, of West
Grove, has been promised the TRANSCRIPT
ing cerkship of the senate by the Ches-
ter members, and William Robinson, Of
Spring City, is indorscd by Senator Sny-
der and several members of the house
for the Office of deputy factory inspector
for the West Chester district. Chester
county furnishes about seventy-hve APP
plcants for places at Harrisburg, but
only those referred to above have been
promised places
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-28
RURAL ELECTRIC ROADS.
From the Plttsburg Dispatch.

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
The extension of the trolley system into
the rural districts will probably come up
again in the coming session of the legis-
lature. The question whether electric
railways should be permitted to run
through the country may be taken as an
swering itself. 1t Is practically n self
evident proposition that if capital has
faith enough in electric power as motor
for rural transportation, to invest In
these country railroads 1t should be per-
mltted to make the experiment under
proper conditions. Edward Burroughs,
the state road commissioner of New Jer-
sey, has laid down certain rules which he
regards as vital to protect the public in
tcrest His main point Is that the grants
of right of way should require the track
! to conform to the width of vehicles gen.
orally in use on the highways; that the
rails shah have at least four inches
fange, and that wherever the tracks are
laid upon public roads the space be-
tween the rails and for at least fifteen
inches outside of them shall be either
paved or macadamiZed so as to secure q
| good roadbed.
But there are more vital points to be
covered, with reference TO the legal status
OF electrical railways on the public high
ways. The public experience both with
steam railroads and with electric roads
| in cities has been sufficient to convey a
warning against the idea that any cor
poration can obtain n monopoly in pub
| lie highway. The spectacle of corpora
| tions using their legal ownership of
streets as basis of speculation and as
merchandise in corporate deals should in
spire provisions against the repetition of
such things on the rural highways. II
may be asking too much of our legisla-
| tors to expect them to enact the Anglo
| Saxon principle that all improvements In
the public highway must be for the COM
mon use on the payment of uniform and
reasonable tolls. But 1t can at least be
expected that legislation shall provide
for uniform privileges, equal rights for
new lines, and the purchase of all lines
by counties or towns, when desired, at a
valuation that shall not be inflated by
monopolistic privileges. If rural railways
are practical at all, they will be so i'm
portant as to make these questions of the
first magnitude for the future era when
the transportation of the agricultural
regions will be performed by them. The
legislation that gives them being should
carefully provide for the rights of the
common people, especially in view of the
need for such provision eXemplihed by
the older railroads and in the cities.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-28
WAGES PAID BY RAILROADS.
They Range All the Way from $4,000 a
Year Down TO $500.

From the st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
We hear a lot of talk nowadays about
the princely salaries of railroad men, but
the last report of the New York Central
road does not seem to offer great induce
ments to desert a successful mercantile
or professional business to hunt for pas
sengers or chase up freight 1t is true
that there are siXty-nine general officers
who average 5000 a year each, with
which most of us could worry along very
well. But as an offset to these there are
1850 locomotive engineers averaging T,z3O
each, and, this is the class drawing the
highest average pay when the general Of
ficers are omitted. Conductors average
1861 apiece, 81 more than the previous
year. The general office clerks have SSOS
each, and then come the employees on the
floating equipment, who have $74 each;
they are really mariners rather than rail-
way men. Mechanics and helpers on the
road receive about 1864 and firemen and
wipers s646. Station agents get S633, and
trainmen, other than engineers, tremen
and conductors, have the same wages, as
a rule. Roadmasters and track foremen
average 5000, and telegraph operators
have an even 5000 Station men, other
than agents and telegraphers, average
$500, and mechanics and helpers in the
shops are paid S523. Switchmen fagmen
and watchmen receive $780, shopmen,
other than mechanics and helpers, make
about $4G0, and, traclSmen have S4l9. The
most numerous class on the road are the
station men, other than agents and tele-
graph operators, of whom there are 5,3l4.
Next come the 4,379 trackmen, 3,5lG me-
chanics and helpers in the shops, and
the 2,523 switchmen.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-28
The Farr Bill VIII Pass.

We do not know what opinion Cen
eral Hastings entertains with reference
to compulsory education. He has pro-
claimed himself a hearty friend of the
American home and the American
school. That being true it, would seem
to be a reasonable inference that he
views with approval the general prin-
ciple of systematic popular instruction,
ly applied without recourse to a COM
pulsory school-attendance law. If pru-
dent in its details, such law ought to
receive his signature, and we have no
reason to doubt that it would receive it.
Representative Farr, of this city, who
has already impaired his name to a
well-drawn measure of this character
which encountered defeat only through
gubernatorial veto, will, we have rea-
son to believe, next year make another
attempt to bring the school law of
Pennsylvania up to the modern stand
ard. The governor who blocked his
past efforts along this line will have
retired from office; and his successor
will have entered the Office with popu-
lar Endorsement of exceptional magni-
tude, not a little of which was due to
the belief that he would, as governor,
keep accurately in touch with the best
and bravest public sentiment of the
commonwealth.
This circumstance strongly points to
an early victory for the Farr school
attendance law. We shall be much in
error in our estimate of the governor
elect if he shall permit the clamor of
the opposition to blind him to the in
trinslc justice and conspicuous present
necessity for compulsory education.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-28
A New Currency Scheme.

Jay Cooke, the veteran financier, sug-
gests the issue of a low-rate govern
ment bond for no other purpose than 10
be subscribed for blythe national banks
as basis for circulation. He thinks
the bonds should be issued in exchange
for greenbacks, which should. in his
opinion, be retired as fast.as they come
into the treasury, until the full amount
ofthe greenback currency is withdrawn
and Cancelled. But Mr. Cookies scheme,
which thus far isslmply asmodihlcation
Of one proposed several years ago by
Secretary Wdlliam -Windom, does no,
stop here. He further contends that.
The banks should be allowed to issue
circulation to the amount Of one dollar
for every dollar at par Of government
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-28
Fatal.

FROM the Detroit Tribune.
She hesitated.
'1f l give you this pie" she asked,
twill ever see you again?"
The individual with deep fringe on his
trousers and cores in his coat, shook his
head.
Madame" he answered. II will be
frank with you. I am not prepared to
say aught as to the possibility of such
manifestation by the souls OF the de-
parted as to render them visible to the
mortal eye" t
The dripping of the rain mingled with
the sound of retreating footsteps, while
there could be plainly heard a harsh,
grating noise. as of a woman trying to
unchain bulldog.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-28

Now that the pull-backs in council
have been routed horse, foot and dra-
goons in the preliminary warfare Of
words over those new bridges, let us
hope that they will have the good sense
to suppress any future inclinations to
"trihe with the buzz saw" Scranton,
in this matter, has had delay enough.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-28
A VICTIM OF THE RAGE.

His eyes were weirdly haggard--'
His cheeks were worn and thin,
He paced his cell with restless strides
A madman bolted in.
pray tell me, tell me truly,
Can this a human be?
Or is is it some wild animal
Who rants and would be free?"
Alas! he once was human,
A learned man. they say;
Who always kept abreast the times
Until one fatal day
In his literary passions
He tried to read. it seems,
All the histories of Napoleon
In the current magazines"
Washington Post.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-28

To guard against the opposition of
Mquor dealers in large boroughs to the
adoption Of city charters, because Of the
increased license cost, a member of the
Legislature from Montgomery county
will propose an amendment to the
Brooks law providing THAT in all bor-
oughs of $4,000 or more, the license
charge shall be the same as in third
class cities. An example of this selfish