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SUGAR HOUSE NOTES.

Up to last Saturday night Mr.
Theogene Cail!ouet on his St. James
plantation had 1olled 145 arpents of
cane from which he made 300 hogs
heads of open kettle sugar., averaging
> barrels of molasses to the hogshead
OF sugar. Beginning last Monday he
had 40 arpents OF plant cane to roll
which he claims will yield him 2!
h~ogsheads Of sugar to the arpent.
On Orange Grove. managed by
Mr.. Felix Caillouet, $50 arpents OF
cane have been ground up to last
Saturday night, which yielded 356
~hoSsheads of sugar. open kettle, from
LIST and End years stubble. On last
Monday 2S5 arpents of cane we're left
on the fields which Mr.. Caillouet
claims will yield him y hogshesd TO
the arpent. The juices on Orange
Grove and st. James weigh over s.
Beaume.
We have obtained this week the
following statistics about the rolling on
Laurel Grove up to last Saturday night
from the chemist and other parties in
charge:
Weight ofjuices ST. Beaume.
Extraction of sugar per ton, 123 lbs.
of first sugars. and 153 lbs. all told.
Extraction of cane Juice 76 per cent.
Co-efficient purity 20 & so.
Number of tons of cane ground. 4449,
averaging % tons to the acre.
Mr.. Chas. j. Coulon is the cane
weigher.
ZIP to last Saturday Mr.. Files Fo-
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SATURDAY NOV. Il 1894.
LAST pROP OF BOLTING 81
GAR PLANTERS KNOCK
ED OUT

From the Times Democrat of the
14h, irat., we clip the following from
its Washington special correspondence
Washington, Nov. 13.-It is quite
evident that the Republicans here
have given up all idea of making a
contest in Louisiana. Despite the
cries of fraud and intimidation, which
were raised by Ferris and his horde Of
..sugar teats;' before the result in Lon
isiana had been determined, and the
infammatoiy dispatches which were
SEN out from New Orleans 10 the Re-
publican stalwarts IL various portions
of the county tor the purpose Of build
ing up a support for ID contest, the re-
publicans here and thosetin authority
at Republican headquarters, with the
facts now in hand, realize the hopeless
ness of %dispioving that the election Of
Congressman Meyer, Back and Price
was anything but fair. This will
prove poor consolation to the adlier-
ents of the National Republican party
of Louisiana, and to many OF those
who were thirsting for a political job,
bnt here are the facts:
In an official statement given out by
the National Republican Cnngression-
al Committee Tonight. showing the
revised list of the membership Of the
House of Representatives, of the next
Congress, the solid Democratic delega-
ton from Louisiana is conceded to be
elected. There are no ifs and lands"
about the statement, each ofthe DEM
ocratic candidates being named in the
list. The list shows that the cOmpo-
sition of the next House of Represent
atives from the standpoint of the
Republican Congressional Committee
will be as follows: Republicans 246
members, Democrats 104. Populists g..
The Republicans also concele the
election OF the entire Democratic
delegation from Mississippi and Ar
kansas, and the solid delegation from
Alabama with the exception Of Howard
lPop.)
This piece ofnews which is announc-
ed in a very affirmative way. will
rather throw Il damper on the ardor of
our misguided friends who have seen
fit to abandon the Democratic party
and join the Republican.
They will find to their sorrow. after
all. that the Republican party is not
their friend. Let them retrieve them
selves eie it is too late.
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caught and i~ncarcerated in the parish
prison at ThihOdanX.

caught and i~ncarcerated in the parish
prison at ThihodanX.
For this crime he was tried by the
District Court in March last. f0urf
guilty. ard sentenced by Judge l.. p
CailloEnf on March 30l!l to he hung.
An apneal from the decision of the
District Court was taken 10 the Supreme
Court which confirmed the decision o
the lower Court. The Governor sign
ed the death warrant to be executed
August 3i. 1894 \. few days before
the day fixed for the execution. a res
pitc until further orders was granted
10 Dunk Williams. Later on a second
death warrant WAS sent To the sheriff
Of the parish at Latnurche. fixing No
vembAr 9th. the final day of execution.
The condemned MAJ was calm and
apparently u~nconcernei about his fate.
He was about twenty-five years old.
And thus law and order were yindi-
Gated on the scatfoid.
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Official .Jamrarl OF the Parish Of La.
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EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.,
STATE OF LOUISIANA.

yEyHEREAS, MRS. JUANITA ALBERT.
w widow Of Z. Ernest Lorio. Of Lafour-
che parish has applied to me for the cancella-
ton OF two Bonds. drawn and subscribed by
said Lorio tor six thousand dollars each, one
dated June 2nd 1888 with l.. D.. Moore and
TheophIle ThibodeauX each as suretIes for
The sum of three thousand dollars. One da-
ted Jnne6 9th 1899, with Theophiie Tlnbodeaux
and Adrleu NOialSon dis suTetleS for the sum
of three thousand dollars each. both bonds
given and conditioned for the faithful per-
Torrance and discharge by said =. T.. Lori0
of his duties as Sheriff OF the Parish of La-
funrche.
Now, therefore, /. Murphy j. Foster. Gov
proper to issue this my proclamation witt,
the view Of giving public notice to all persons
herein Interested and concerned to show
cause i'll writing, at tue office of the Secreta-
~ of State at tue CITY OF Bat)n Rouge, la.
within ninety days from and after the last
publication hereof why said Bond and the
mortgage resulting thercfrom should not be
Cancelled and annulled and the above named
securities discharged from any further liabii
tiles in the premises.
~ Given under my signature and the
}L 81 Seal of the State of Louisiana at
~ the City Of Baton Rouge, this end
day of November. \. ID. 1894.
MURPHY J. FOSTER.
BY the Governors:
GEO. SPENCER.
Asst Secretary of State.
November 10th, 1894.
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journal OF the II senat, nal I1atIl
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DUNK WILLIAMS EXPTATES
HIS CRIME ON THE SOLE
FOLD.

~ ''iSN' - VIZ
day fixed for the hanging of Dunk
Williams, colored, found guilty Of the
murder of Eugene Peterson another
colored man. The crime for which he
was senteI ced was committed about
tcu months ago. The Governor fixed
the tine of execution between the
hours Of Il m. and ) p. M.
During the morning Father Cllastel,
assistant pastor of st. Joseph's Catlo-
lie Church near Thibodaux, Though
whom he had been converted to the
Catholic faith. and by whom he had
been haptised, frequently visiting him
during his confinement under sentence
of death. paid him Il final visit, adj
ministered extreme JUNCTION, and rave
him such advice and comfort as was
necessary in his unfortunate position.
The only nomishment the doomed
mHn took i'll the forenoon was a cup of
strong coffee and some bread handed
him by the sheriff.
AS the clock rung ont the hour of IL,
Sheriff James Beary and his assistants,
Dr. Thomas Stark, deputy a
Times Democrat reporter, and the
legal number of witnesses assembled
at the Court House and then proceed
ed to the prison. Deputy sheriff Thi-
bodaux read the death warrant to the
prisoner, to which, while seated, he
listened in silence.
The prisoner vas then conducted to
the upper story Of the prison where
the scatfnld was erected, and placed
upon the scatfold. where the sheriff
told him he could have all the neces-
sarv time he wished to say his final
prayers and bid his last farewell Cd
this earth.
The doomed man then in a firm and
distinct voice repeated il prayer of
three minutes duration and in conclu-
sion said: 81 am done" The rope
was then fixed around his neck. his
feet and arms pinioni0ued and a black
cloth placed over his head. All at
once the trap of the scaffold was
sprung, and Dunk Williams fell eight
feet-lnto eternity. A few cantrac-
tons of the muscles followed, when at
the end of nine minutes the physician
pronounced him dead, his mech having
been broken III the fall.
Dunk Williams said during the
morning that he would not mind being
hung if his sentence had not been tue
result of periured testimony.
After the hanging, the body was
taken down, placed in a co4fin, and
transferred to his aged father and rel
atives for burial near Raceland, where
he had lived during his lifetime.
Dunk Williams was born and raised
on The Georgia plantation of Hon. C..
5. Mathews, in the parish of Lafour-
che. His reputation was bad, with a
quarrelsome disposition which caused
trouble i'll the quarters where he re-
sided. He had a so-called wife on the
Mary plantation, about two miles
from Georgia. Another negro va
living with a sister of Williams wife.
A Jealousy arose between them in re-
gard to the 10 Last fall Will
ilams went to the home OF this woman
and had some words with the other
man. aud, following him into the yard,
deliberately shot him down. He made
escape, but was subsequently
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Mr.. Clas. BeSsnn Of rhibodaux died
on last Saturday evening and was
buried in st. Josepi's Catholic Gene
terv on last Sunday evening. He
leaves IA wife and three children with
ont any visible support. The authori-
lies should see that these children at
least he provided for, or SEN to some
asylum.
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EhpursaafiSm III

EheuraafiSm IN the back, shnll-
ders, hips. ankles, elhows " wrists.
is caused by accumulation Of acid in
the blood. Hoods S%arsapa,ilIa men,
tralizes this acid and cures rheuma-
tism.
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The Republicans of the First, Second
and Third Districts are not satisfied
with the result of the election. They
want to contest. Indeed, they cried
before they were hurt and sent on to
the Republican Congressional Com
mittee accounts of frauds aud intimi-
dation before the voting commenced.
They advertised for frauds etc. on the
very day of election, calling on their
henchmen to report at their head
quarters. Their methods SAVIOR very
much of the methods in vogue in the
palmiest days of Radical Returning
Boards which sat only for the pur-
pose of reversing the will of the peo-
pie as expressed at the ballot box.
Truly the new National Republicans
are apt scholars in the art of Radical
demagoguery.
But we don't wonder that they are
not satisfied with the result of the
last election here they got such Il
trouncing. We, Democrats, who got
so badly whipped away from home
can appreciate the feeling of misery
aud wrath pervading those ne have
licked at home. Companions in mis-
koftone, We are keenly alive to the
fact that .one eouell Of nature makes
the whole void 4ias
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kE0Sd'. a-a.A~ Az tho best family ga
thartic and liver medicine. Harmless aud
r.lilhIp.
The herald., 1894-08-12
Wizards of High Degree.

Russian Fins, or ''Roosian" Fins, a!
Jaclzy has it, were and are yet, wizard.
of high degree, says Lieutenant J. D.
Jerrold Kelley in an article ON "Super.
stitions Of the Sea" in The Century.
Hurricanes blew, calms beset, gales
roared as they willed, and their incan.
tations began to operate by the simple
sticking of q knife in the mast. If they
wished to drive the rats out of a vessel,
they showed the point of smoker snee
into the deck, and every rat ran for
the sharp blade and willy nilly per-
formed hara kiri. No one ever saw in
sailor lore penniless Russian Finn,
for by slipping his hand into his pocket
he can always produce gold doubloon
why q gold doubloon no one seems to
know, but it is always that coin. His
rum bottle, often consulted silently and
alone, is never full nor empty-a gentle
plashing Of the tide--half tide bringing
fat content, and woe be to the incautious
mariner who bites tho weather side of
his thumb Mt him, for harm will surely
follow.
The herald., 1894-08-12
A DAYS LESSON.

Bend to the breeze. 'Tis the lesson the grasses
Teach us each day in their lowly estate.
Better to bend meath the storm as it passes
Than to be broken by pitiless fate.
Bend but little, the cloud will pass over;
Then in the lull you can lift up your head.
straighten yourselves like the grass and the
clover;
Better DO bruised and be living than dead.
,'etand like rockl" That may do for q hero
Covered with mail and we'll used to his lance,
But there are mortals, too many. as we know.
Weakened by failure, coerced by a glance.
sNever give up" 1t is easy to say it
When all your weapons in order are found.
Courage grows fast when we need not dis
play it;
All can be brave when the lions are bound.
~Nothing succeeds like success" that is GER
tain,
True as the gospel in these latter days.
Put out tho footlights and ring down the cur.
tain
II you have nothing that people must praise
Bend to the breeze. IT'S the lesson the grasses
Teach us today; tits lesson of love;
Bend till the storm Of adversely passes
And the glad sunshine is once more above.
Clara B. Heath in Good Housekeeping.
The herald., 1894-08-12
~-PREMoNlTIoNS OF DEATH.
Soldiers Who Have Gone Into Certain Bat
ties Perfectly Conscious of Their Fate.

boluierS VINO Have zone Into Certain Bat
ties Perfectly Conscious of Their Fate.
Soldiers had strange premonitions Of
death before going into battle during
the war" said an old soldier. ST could
not tell you how many times have seen
my comrades foreteil their death. They
seemed to feel it was coming and went
into battle fully prepared to meet their
end. So common was this, and so regu-
larly did death follow when foretold, that
! often heard officers upbraiding their
men for speaking Of DEATH remarking:
"A man never speaks of fear of death
without death following shortly after.
It's like the smallpox; the one that
breads it most is sure to be the first VIC
tim But the officers were reasoning
backward. In all the cases saw the pre-
diction of death was caused by an in
ward feeling, telling that his end was
near.
sit wasn't fear, for remember Boss
McKellar, as we used to call him, who
came from Butler county. He had been
brave soldier, serving his full three
years, never once failing in his duty.
The day before his three years were up
he went into the battle of the Wilder
ness. He was so pale and careworn and
lacked SO much the usual vigor with
which he entered battle that some of
his friends remarked how changed he
Was He looked like ghost and was
trembling all over. They asked him
what was the matter. Why he re-
piled, my three years are up tomorrow,
but I'll never see my service out will
be killed in this battle-that know
"His friends tried to cheer him up,
betting him that it was only morbid
fancy, but no amount of talk could en-
liven him. He went into the battle and
was among the first to fall, being hit
squarely in the forehead I also remem-
Der John Dunbar sitting eating crackers
with an officer before campfire on the
eve of battle. He had sad expression
when he turned, and breaking the
cracker in bis fingers said in contem-
plative manner, We'll, boys, this is my
last night OH earth. In the dim fire.
light saw the big tears we'll up as the
officer inquired what he meant. I'll be
shot tomorrow sure The officer, see
ing how deeply the man was affected,
placed his hand upon his shoulder and
said: Brace up, John. Don't be fool
ish. Men Of Ohio don't talk like that. ;
But this only made the soldier break
down. In the baltic next day he was
killed among the first. I could give you
an indefinite number Of such instances,
which show that soldiers really had
death foretold to them, but these are
sufficient. To me it was most solemn
moment when heard man say he was
going to be killed. 1t invariably turned
out that way. Exchange.
The herald., 1894-08-12
FRENCH ART OF TODAY.
Only the Genius of the People Keeps 1
From Hopeless Debasement,

Only the Genius of the People Keeps 1t
From Hopeless Debasement.
For years all the art roads have led to
Paris. It is today the center of the art
world, model Of taste, skill and knowl-
edge as we'll as hotbed Of eccentrici-
ties, mannerisms. stilted Alterations
sd s->eaI, frickeries. 1t takes in the
and is saddled with all its vices. 1t is
ruled by the quips and cranks of what
at times seems outrageous fortune; it is
magnified and belittled; it is over
praised and underpraised; it seems to be
rising to lofty heights at times and then
again to be sinking into the mire. 1t is
at once the best and the worst art CEN
ter in the world, crucible where all
elements mix, all become alleged, and
yet all average up a respectable grade
OF amalgam. That which keeps it from
hopeless debasement is the art genius of
the French people. Has that art genius
ever reached is apogee? Has it fulfilled
its mission and voiced the finer feelings
of France, as painting once did in Italy
and Spain? Did we accept the exhibit
at the Worlds fair as a criterion we
might think her day was about finished.
that her artists had said all there was
for them to say, but the representation
was inadequate.
The French stand sponsor for all the
academic emptiness displayed there. for
all the studio recitation, all TIE exag-
gerated realism, all the tawdry senti-
ment, and yet at heart they have little
sympathy with them. The academic
was foisted upon them early in life BY
the example of Italy and the nisdirect-
ed energy Of royalty. Poussin or Lebrun
was no more French in thought or meth
cd than Corneille. The monarchy nm
held Tie academic because it smaclSed
of heroism and the empire because it
fostered the military spirit, but the re-
public has barely tolerated it, and the
radicals have always hated it. 1t is the
bete noir OF French art, against which
there has been long series of revolu-
tious. Why, il not that 1t fails to repre-.
sent the French? They are fond enough
Of talking about such loyalists as Pons-
sin, David, IngTes and Cabanel, but the
men they love are the rebels, Vatican.
Fragonard, Delscroix, Millet, Corot
Courbet. The viyacious the decorative
the emotional, the sentimental, the posi-
tive--all these they love because they
are national characteristics, but the
mock heroic, the grandiloquent, the
bombastic, have been more the result OF
foreign imitation than the outcrop of
French feeling. John c. Van Dyke in |
Century.
The herald., 1894-08-12

The warmth Of summer tends to bill
iousness and fevers, and the free use Of
fruits counteracts this tendency. This
is because the acids Of the fruit help to
facilitate the separation Of the bile from
tho blood, a process slackened by tho
approach Of hot weather. Fruits are
cooling is an expression often used,
but why this is SO very few understand.
They are so because the acid of the fruit
stimulates the liver to greater activity
in separating the bile from the blood,
which is its proper work, the result of
which is the bowels become free, tho
pores of the skin are open, and under
such conditions fever and want Of appe-
tite are impossible.
The herald., 1894-08-12
Monuments TO Women,

Hitherto in France Joan of Arc has
been almost the only woman to mount
upon marble pedestal, but the privi-
lege is being extended. At Wires stat
ne is being raised TO Nine. de Sevigne,
and at Valenciennes a similar honor is
in store for Mile Duchenois Apropos
of these facts French writer observes.
Woman being even in marble, so
much more decorative than ourselves,
one can only rejoice over the advent of
feminine statues"
The herald., 1894-08-12
Following Directions.

1t was raining pretty hard when the
old man came into the parlor. In fact,
the rain was rafting on the tin roof Of
the porch SO loudly that there could be
no doubt about the weather.
"Er--how is the weather out?" asked
the young man who was calling on the
daughter of the house. He asked in
trepidation, because he knew he was
not any too welcome.
The old man looked at him for mo-
ment and said, "Clear. -
And the young man cleared. -Indian.
apolis Journal
The herald., 1894-08-12

A scientist suggests the use Of an alloy
Of gold and aluminium for the making
of money. He says that counterfeiting
would be almost impossible, as the only
alloy which can be made successfully
consists of rs parts Of gold to 20 of
aluminium. The product is said to be
of beautiful purple color, with ruby
reflections that cannot be initiated
The herald., 1894-08-12

The resurrection plant, native of
South Africa. becomes dry and appar-
pntly lifeless during d2dught, but opens
Its leaves and assumes ali the appear
ance of life when rain falls
The herald., 1894-08-12

A caterpillar in the course of month
will devonr 5000 times it's own weight
in food 1t will take man three months
before he eats an amount Of food equal
to his own weight.
The herald., 1894-08-12

What is the extreme pen.
atty for bigarny?
Briggs-Two mothers-in-l Fam
lily Herald
The herald., 1894-08-12

The stones that were formerly passed
from hand to hand as being the gems
found in the head of the toad were fos-
I'll teeth of the sea wolf.
The herald., 1894-08-12

From lands where zephyrs edoent
blooms to regions where frosted peaks catch the CLEANS from Ithual
spears battle glacial light
one And while giving pictures surprising beauty Gmpses Of
Amer
The herald., 1894-08-12

possible sufficiently high
through telescope the whole of North America
wondrous spectacle would Beautiful might
appear vision would half satisfactory that which
afforded by the Great Photographic Portfolio