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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-12-16

when one bird calls 10 another, is a matter Of
about equal attractiveness, especially as It's
jumping habit Is but rarely exercised.
Then for the Yankee traveller who Is inter-
ested In bird life there are the shore birds. Of
which mention has been recently made in THE
sUs-birds that nest In the Arctic region. even
in Greenland At the call OF the migrating
instinct hurry away south when the
northern winter comes. 10 land At last
on the dessrt shores OF Patagonia. That Is a
most remarkable Journey. There are other birds
found in north Patagonia In the winter lime
that go away south In the summer, but how far
south they go no one knowA When We In
the BeAzls ehAHnsl I made diligent in6airE
The Opelousas courier., 1894-08-11
The Difference.

Halsle difference between the two par
t'ss y that the Democratic party con
sells. only 9 few apologies for the tariff
aoas ofrobbing the poor for the sbene-
g Ct The rich, while the Republican
sRa1sy "a solid 10 support OF organized
51spacity. feeding fat under tariff laws
sascted by Republican Congresses. II
.sJ man calling himself a Republican
Ss1satqres TO object to any feature Of
SsoAinley's licensed spoilation lie ID
eIanpea as q traitor to his party and
ek9fomed out of camp.
g vas because OF this vital difference
.ooss0en the two parties that the Re-
ksDIlcan party was turned ont and the
rsulocratic party was put ia ia 1899.
q pIstne same reason the Democratic
10y though 1t may meet with tempo
3xszy r6verses, is sure to BIZ triumphant
Is tno7 end, and it will take no backward
tsep until America IL a land of free
Rsssae and the prosperity of robber trusts
Styes away forever to the prosperity of
y peopic.-Chicago Herald.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-08-11
The State Of Utah.

The admission of Utah rs "A State
fou0res from the field of strictly
Federal politics a region aud n com
mnnity which have played u most
sfelnAfkable part in American history,
Ihhe story of Mormonism frnm its rise
In en- obscure district of New Yo,k
il State to Its growth to wealth and
poH6f In the distant W4sl, seems like
Wild fantasy rather than sober his
nm. The origin of the Mormon creed
q M, it Is true, no more peculiar than
\ the birth, for INSTANCE, of MalIam medan-
gn1, but the steady rIse of The Mormon
church. IN face OF immense difficulties
apd severe and frequent nnjuslifiable
p6fsecutl0n IS the amazing feature ut
fh6 story. Driven from one pant of the
cnaptly TO another by intnierant popu-
"a pfsjudic., the Mo,mons made that
memoirs Bile passage across liz. plains to
the valley where they fnndiy hoped
t1as they might find rest forever.
There they founded the new State
dominated by their hierarchy, built
f1elr temple Of worship, aud proceeded
VIII uitirIng industry to snrn. thu
desert INTO Rardens aud farms Their
dream oil Independence was so,i dissi-
phied by the advent OF the American
Iofcsa, aDd after some show If resist
ance the Mnrmons prudeniiy concluded
20 accept the inevitable aud arkHawi-
6dge tho authority Of the Uuit+d States.
Inc instltntlon OF polygamy, which,
1ourislled for some time without inter-
Terence, At length aroused such gen.
oral Indignation throughout the United
States that laws were enacted for it's
euppreesiOn. III waa paturai thst these
laws, breaking in upon the domestic
af~EangeineDts and family ties Of years.
s1onld baye been met at first with
stupoofn antagonism /; but the Mormops
4 ltn4til decided in apparently good
Ialsh 81 obey the mandate of the nation.
Eand \ timely revelation effaced polyga-
~ from their creed. The influx of
uentiles, as The non Mormons are cali
g, also tended tt produce a change in
fqelai anil political conditions, aud
Agsa1 to-day il fairly in line with
smoarfn ping,ess and enlightenment
NaW York Press.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-08-11
srNATOR vANCE,s POEM.
-. Protective Pastoral About the Girl
With One Stocking.

au.ator Vance once set colleagues. and spec
..soss III q roar by reading in splendid styl
N following pastoral, which he said wa
4 "! Asatlsd. "The Girl with One Stocking; a pro
~ thinning wheel, and respectfully dedicated
l. sSef devoted friend OF protected machiner,
IA hi0h taxes, the senator from Rhode Island
z. Aidrlch:"
mr. Mary had a little lamb.
I'M her heart was most intent
emakei ts wool beyond its worth, g
Hring SO per cent.
M I hamper girl across the sea
Had one small lamb also,
whnse wool for less han half that sum
she'd willingly let go.
rncther girI who had no sheep,
~ st~ockings-wool nor flax
mt money enough just to buy
i pair without the tax.
vent To- the pauper girl to get
Sone wool to shield her feet.
nd make her stockings, not of fax,
But Of wool complete.
\ uhen Mary saw the girls design
"efe straight began to swear
Y rhst she,d make her buy both wool and tax
Oh iet one leg go bare.
81 aha cried out " Protect reform,
Let pauper sheep wool free!
MI win keep both our legs warm
what will encourage me
NH was done, and people said
Nhere,er that poor girl went,
ofe lex was warm with wool and one
NTH IS per cent.
NV praise to Mary and her lamb,
MO did the scheme invent,
~ cIotbe one-half a girl in wool
Ard pne.half In per cent.
IN honor, too, to Mary's friend,
And Ill protective acts.
1haf clotbe the rich In wool
And wrap the poor In tax.
rs reading Of this piece of doggerel was
seoetved with shouts of laughter, ever re.
~SpubaIcan senators leaning back tn their seats
IN diving unrestrained way to their mirth.
n III the people In the galleries they screamed
III yelled frantically, and when Senator
H1nce sat down they kept up their uproarious
applause until the North Carolina orator grave.
H~Inclined his head in acknowledgment.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-08-11

printing Office ID usually considered
shstner tough place, and the newspaper
Sszker 2 mighty bad man. Statistics,
ssnove 90 not bear out that idea. OF
Ssg nconyicts in the state penitentiary
sLexas there is not q printer or q
Ill., man. while there are minis
49,. doctors, bankers, bar keepers. pho
SS.apners, BARRIERS, cooks and mem-
49, g all other professions and call
"a Inc printer gets q bad name
@saely because the nature of his bust
teaches him to detest shams, and
isorns TO play the hypocrite.-Enre-
The Opelousas courier., 1894-08-11

1t is probably not widely known that
only out of the seventeen trans
Atlantic cables are in use, ten having
given out from various causes. Estima-
ting the cost of each cable at S3. 200. 900
here ls an irreclaimable investment of
$3O,OOO,OO safely buried beneath the
ocean to a depth ranging from a few
fathoms to over five miles.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-08-11
MILLINERY GOODS

OF every description, NOTIONS of all kinds
Fancy Goods, Dry Goods,
Ladies' Hats and Bonnets of the Latest de.
signs and fashions. Come and fxamine. No
trouble to show the goods.
"a Prices Low Fl
Agents for the celebrated ;"Kalamazon'
featherbone %corsets, the new reliable. phi.
able, unbreakable-try it.
Dec. 9.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-08-11
z DOLLARS
70 PER DAY
~ Easily Made.

We want many men, women, boys, and girls to
work for us a few hours daily, right in and around
their own homes. The business is easy, pleasant,
strictly honorable, and pays better than any other
offered agents. You have a clear field and 10
competition, Experience and special ability un-
necessary. No capital required. We equip you
with everything that you need, treat you well,
and help you to earn ten times ordinary wages.
Women do as well as men, and boys and girls
make good pay. Any one, anywhere, can do the
work. All succeed who follow our plain and sim
pie directions. Earnest work will surely bring
you a great deal Of money, Everything fs new
and in great demand. Write for our pamphlet
circular, and receive full information. No harm
done if you conclude not to go on with the
business,
The Opelousas courier., 1894-08-11

SO want to make application for
~ 81 land, call on Mai. Ben. Bloom
ihe old Confederate soldier and
@@akeQ Mates Commissioners.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-08-11
FOR SALE.

WILL sell for cash or on easy terms the fol.
Il lowing described property, viz:
l. A plantation in Bellevue containing about
sixty-six arpents. all thoroughly fenced and
drained, with tenant house and outbuildings.
known as the Narcisse Richard place.
Q. A plantation situated on the Courtableau.
containing tour hundred and forty-two and
42llO0 arpents, about sixty arpents under pieuK
and wire fence and in cultivation, with two
good tenant houses and outbuildings. The rear
Of this tract consists Of cypress swamp.
B.. Several tracts Of wood land on the bayou
Teche. situated between Coulon's bridge and
Barry's Landing.
The LIST and I'd tracts are rented advan-
tageously for the year 1894. and if sold | will
transfer rent notes to purchasers.
ia16tf W. &. PERRAULT.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-08-11

sss1e' fruit jars, assorted sixes, for
sSsS:sh Sandox s. Bros Branch
The Opelousas courier., 1894-08-11
S SMALL FARMS
For Sale at q Bargain.

Lot /, Section 40, T 8. R. / E, 124 65I100 acres.
Lot 2, Sec. As, same T and r, 2O4 7sI1G0 acres.
= Lot 8, Sec. As, same T and R, 7s 96Il00 acres.
Situated in Bayou Chicot settlement, and
partly improved.
These lands have been patented by the Unit
ed States, January Is, 1884, under q re.survey
executed by Geo. K. Bradford, Esq. U. g. Dep
uty Surveyor, and are choice uplands.
Will sell for part cash, balance on time.
Also W / Of NV t Sec 81, T 8 8 r E, State pat
ent to J. D. Haggerty. sw / of SO / Sec % ss
R W, U. s. patent No. 4245, containing 10 acres
Of Sc / Sec II and " / of sw t, Sec IL, T45
R W, containing 161 7OI10O acres. This is fine
timber land, and adjoins Marius Landreneau on
the west. win sell each lot separately. or the
whole, to suit purchasers. Apply to
J. y. HAGERTY,
d9tf93 Washington, La.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-08-11
WILLOW GLEN FARM, 4 MILES SOUTH OF OPELOUsAs
I'm TEIE
Thf 1rotting Bred Stallion.
3

standard and Registered. no. 800. Race Record 1885,.
"r mi v ,e sason" on The above Farm; beginning Feby. LIST aud ending July lt 1891
~ hnnENI Is arh t"rk bay, with full black point.s stands 1a hands high. and is ao
"n"h"st'. by hor"mnr"t be the hHnds,mesth ose ever brought to thHs section. He is a
ht I" HnprNra rf'Ht ni magnificent .h. }Wrfcnyg enEea nd hel headed, and is one
q ii iauuy Who are not uy race Eurseo themselves mt are The producer of race horses of
te nst rates. Hsr puatons too we'll established in this rmn to need more thn a
passing notice.
Ierms.-In consideration of the shrinkage in vMns o: alt "ases.t the scarcity of
andt the over liberal patronage formerly extended nv horu. | have decided to make
chargs as follows:
ForS Season. $4,000; Parties breeding W or more marese each, 5000
:, Mares viii efd rain vice per lay at 81 25 per week. and paHured at SO cts. per week..
No responsibility for escapes or acidents
Also The Superb Jak. IASCON, imported dnct rom spain will make the Season
on the same Farm at the very low sum of TEN DOLLARS
ASCON isa Jack Of Superior form and size, being nealy Is hads high STANDARD meas
and pesentse extra advantages to th@ed @ius fr raising a good class Of Mules.
Forp artrularsa ddress, F. T. STOKES Sunset La.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-08-11

KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS.
JEFFERSON DAVIS LODGE No. 80 meets
q ON the lst and sd Wednesday OF each month
ct Z O'Clock p. m. Visiting knights are cOrdi
ally invited to attend.
It's. IsACKs, @. c.
j. 4. Cam, &. Of B. IS. oclotf
The Opelousas courier., 1894-08-11
NEW STORE
AT THE OLD PLACE.

Al TIE Old PLACE.
Mrs. l.. Desmarais takes plessnre in an
nouncing to the old friends of her mother Mrs
Prevot. and to her own friends, and to every.
one in Opelousas and st. Landry, that she has
re'opened at the old stand on Main Street. in
thee good old tow of Opelousas, where she
Will constantly keep a fine and select stock OF
The Opelousas courier., 1894-08-11

Cat our pricss for Job work.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-10
Don't Be in Too Great a Hurry.

We are not so sure that short
session of the next legislature is as
desirable as Representative Lawrence
and some of his western colleagues ap-
pear to believe. If the next legislature
intends to run away from its duties an
adjournment about April would be in
order; but If it desires to toe the
scratch, man-fashion, II will have
plenty of work to keep it thoroughly
busy until the middle of June or the
first of July.
Under the biennial system, in state
the size of Pennsylvania, it Is little
short of madness to imagine that a
collection largely of new Legislative re-
cruits 50 heavily Republican in the ag
gregate as to form most unwieldly
majority, can be broken into" the seri-
Gus business of reapportioning the
state into congressional, senatorial,
legislative and judicial districts; of dis
tributing fairly and equitably the large
surplus funds now idle in the state
treasury; of passing satisfactorily upon
the accumulated mass of bills for or
against the states multiplying corpor-
ations, and of transacting the ordinary
legislative routine, all in three months.
There will be bills before this next ses-
sion of unusual Importance. Compul
sorry education will once more arise for
settlement The new revenue measure
upon which the tax conference has
spent years of time and thought will
ton of pensioning judges, of erecting
new counties, of making important al
terations in the laws governing mining,
of more effectual guarding the dairy
interests; Of forest and cattle protec-
tion-these, and scores of others of
equal Importance will come before the
legislature in one form or another, and
ought not to be slighted.
1t is, of course, familiar remark
that the fault of legislatures lies in
their excessive industry. While, in the
abstract, this may be true, it remains
indisputable that If we are to have any
new legislation whatsoever at the APP
preaching Harrisburg session, 1t should
be carefully considered and not bolted
through in am unthinking eagerness to
force an early adjournment. The Re-
publican party, by the practical una
nimity of its control Of this session,
stands committed to give to the people
of this state the best sessions work
they have yet had. The purely parti-
san aspect of the sessions deliberations
has, by this immense Republican pre-
ponderance of public favor, been to a
large extent Cancelled in advance. The
people. therefore, will expect careful,
earnest and painstaking work, along
common sense lines; and plenty of it.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-10
AN UNwIsE STATUTE.
Pittsburg commercial-Gazette.

PlttsDurg Commercial-GaZette.
No better illustration of the evil effects
OF class legislation can be found any
where than in the operations of the law
prohibiting the manufacture and sale of
imitation butter. 1t must be conceded at
the outset that the proper thing would
have been for the legislature to have re-
quired the sale of the new product known
as oleomargarine under its true name,
but the suggestion that at this day any
one who buys 1t is either deceived or de-
frauded by the dealer as to its true char
acter Is absurd. The great mass of pur-
chasers seek out the dealers knowingly
and for the very good reason that they
know they can get a wholesome and pal
atable quantity of genuine dairy and
at about half the price. The truth is oleo
is preferred to second or third rate but
ter, not alone by people in moderate cir
cumstances, but by the well-to-do middle
classes, who have reasons for using it
other than the mere matter of economy.
This prohibitory law was passed through
most selfish motives. 1t was based on
the police power of the state to protect
the people against unwholesome and
fraudulent adulterations of food. The
charge that oleomargarlne was in any
way deleterious to health was openly
challenged by experts who knew what
they were talking about. and no serious
attempt was made to show that the pro-
duct was unfit for food. Indeed, it would
not have been difficult to demonstrate that
oleo was freer from Objectionable ingred-
| tents than much of the lower grades of
butter. The real object was to prohibit
a formidable competitor to the product of
the dairy, and although the law has been
on the statute books for almost a decade
1t has most sgnally failed to stop the
sale which has been steadily on the in
crease. 1t did drive the manufacture
(Which had already been begun in the
state) to other parts of the country,
| thus interfering with a business recog-
nized as legitimate in other states, and
one which is licensed by the genreal
government.
The law has been sustained by the
highest judicial authority, not upon it's
merits, be 1t noted, but because it's pass
age was proper exercise of the police
power. The presumption was that the
| lawmakers knew what they were doing
and that they acted from honest motives
when they pretended that the statute
was necessary for the protection of the
| public health and to guard against fraud
and imposition. The law is an abomina-
tion, and it ought to be blotted out or
amended so as to permit both the manu-
facture and sale Of oleo as such. 1t is not
worth rush to the dairymen, and its
perpetuation will only furnish an oppor-
tunity for harpies and spies to levy black
mail off dealers or mulct them in fines
| by prosecution.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-10
One.Sided Risks.

Out of fifty-seven names signed to the
petition of contest in behalf of Judge
Sittser, in Wyoming county, it is said
upon excellent authority that forty rep
resent ysigners who do not own a foot
of real estate. 1t is further charged
that of the fourteen persons who swore
to the correctness of the paper, not one
pays taxes on real estate. In neither
list does there appear the name of a
single Democratic leader of prominence,
the leaders evidently preferring to pull
their chestnuts out Of the fire by means
of other peoples paws.
When 1t is remembered, in this con-
nection, that Judge Sittser's candidacy
ten years ago was distinctively par
tisan, the failure of his present claim
to receive substantial, non-partisan in
dorsement may not appear so singular.
We have no desire to prejudice his con-
test in advance; nor could we do this
If we would. the points involved in it
being exclusively questions of legal in
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-10
Senators and the People.

Senator Turpie believes that the cleo
tion of senators by u direct vote of the
people would purify legislation. The
logic which reaches this conclusion is
not without fault. A popular ballot
theoretically should be clean and pure;
but practically 1t is probably quite as
corrupt, proporionally, as are the state
legislatures which 1t is proposed to de-
prive of the elective prerogative. If
the people cannot be trusted to choose
faithful servants at state capitals it is
not easy to see how the matter would
be mended by giving them a direct
voice in the selection of all their serv-
ants at the national capital.
The very purpose and spirit of the
American constitution would be sub
verted by the proposed change. More
than century's experience in self-gov-
ernment has confirmed the wisdom of
the fathers in providing checks and
counter checks upon the often untamed
violence of the electoral mob. The di-
vision of congress into branches, one
directly responsible to the people-and
charged, under the constitution, with
the introduction of nearly all really i'm
portant legislation directly affecting
the people-the other responsible to the
legislatures of the various states and
invested with the power to exercise the
calm and sober second thought" which
is so often the safety of common-sense
government, was not the hasty impulse
of moment. 1t was the deliberate act
of men who had ransacked the constitu-
tions of all ages and studied carefully,
in every available direction, the prob
lem of government Of by and for the
people Before this careful work Is
torn down, let us be certain that we
can change 1t for the better.
1t has been charged that the present
system of electing United States sena-
tors is responsible for the presence, in
the senate of men who are ignorant or
venal; men who have pandered to the
prejudices Of the rabble or else bought
their preferment with gold. Assuming
that there are such men in congress, let
us ask ourselves which kind Is the more
dangerous-the ignorant rich man.
whose only touchstone to political sue
cess is his money, or the INSCRIPTIONS
demagogue who fiaunts any and every
principle likely to tickle the fitful popu-
lar fancy of the hour? Taking the
worst types Of each system, and COM
pairing them-the ''moneybags' sena-
tor under the present system, and the
blatant senatorial demagogue who
would climb into office upon waves Of
| popular prejudice-which would be the
more desirable? Which would be the
safer reliance in an hour of crisis
Very obviously, 1t seems to us that the
mediocre Croesus would be less likely
to sanction revolutionary and ill-con-
sidered measures of legislation than
would the man who would owe his po-
ltical existence to the constant satisfy
ing Of inflammable mob prejudice. BY
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-10

For the first time in the history of
Lackawanna county a jury on Satur-
day returned verdict of murder in
the first degree" The case was that of
the commonwealth against Franz
Beck, and there is every reason to be-
lieve that in this case the verdict was a
just one, entirely in accord with the
law and the evidence. 1t was nowhere
disputed that Beck murdered the girl
whom he said he loved, but in his de-
fense it was urged that he was insane
and that he killed Maria Kerzic acci-
dentally while she was endeavoring to
prevent him from committing suicide
because she rejected his suit.
The plea of insanity does not appear
to have been taken seriously and the
fair weight Of the evidence was against
the presumption that the killing was
accidental. On the other hand, there
is every reason to believe that the muir
der was cool and premeditated. Beck,
on the night before the murder, nego-
tiated for the purchase of a revolver but
declared that the price was too high
and left the store. The next morning
he was apparently strengthened in his
murderous purpose and he returned to
the store and without any parleying
purchased the weapon and straightway
proceeded to the home of Miss Kerzic
and killed her.
Never in the history of the county
has there been case that pointed more
clearly to deliberate, premeditatd TAX
ing Of human life, and II Is to the credit
of the jurors that they allowed no senti-
mental reasons to sway them in the per-
formance Of their sworn duty. Jurors
are human and they hesitate long to re-
turn verdict that to them appears like
signing the death warrant Of the ac-
cused. 1t is such considerations that
have swayed Lackawanna county
juries in the past, otherwise the hang
man would not have been cheated of
several murderers whom he had just
right to claim.
1t is false view for jurors to take of
a case. The sentence the court may i'm
pose ought not to be considered in the
jury room. The law and the evidence
should be the guides of the twelve men
who are sworn ito we'll and truly try"
case; with the penalty that may fol-
low their verdict they have nothing to
do.
The moral effect Of the verdict rem
dered Saturday will probably be bene-
fetal. Human life is held far too cheap
in this county by many of the foreign
element who feel that every slight Of
fered them calls for the employment Of
a deadly weapon. They should be made
to understand that while the spirit of
the law in the United States inclnes to
the side of mercy, 1t can be stern and
nnbending when the peace and safety
of community thus demand, and can
mete out punishment commensurate
with the offense.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-10

terpretation. At the same time it is
proper to note the kind of petition upon
which a defeated candidate for Office
may involve taxpayers in heavy ex-
pense merely to crafty his own sense
of isappointment-the risk obviously
being, in this particular case, exceed
ingly one-sided.
There is manifest justice in the grow
ing demand for a revision of the laws
governing election contests, to the end
that this costly pastime may be more
effectuaHy checked.