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The Opelousas courier., 1895-08-03
Taken From the Census Report.

48 per cent of all persons over
10 years of age in the United
States are engaged in "gainful
occupations"
The total working force of the
nation is nearly %, 1000, 900.
OF this number about 1900, 600
are women or girls.
From 1880 to 1890 the increase
in the number of males in occupa-
tons was n per cent, of females
40 per cent.
In Chicago the increase in the
ranks of working women was 1858
per cent! People are engaged in
221 different occupations.
Women are represented in PIG
of them. There are 3 women to
every man occupied in teaching.
1876 woman professors are en-
ployed in colleges and UNIVERSE
ties.
Tremble, We ''medicine men,
Four thousand, five hundred and
ffty-fve women are now helping
to supply ga long-felt want" in
your profession.
1895 women r preaching the
gospel.
337 re pulling teeth and filling
them.
208 are practicing law.
% are professional architects.
Alas, and alas, and alas! Truth
compels us to say that there are
2275 saloon keepers, LAT bar tend
ers, Y brewers and 9 distillers who
call themselves women.
The women are in everything.
They dig in mines, chop wood, run
engines and fire them, even sail
ships and pilot boats! Anything
to turn an honest S. The wheels
of progress have certainly revolv-
ed rapidly for women during the
last so years. She is now accused
of being at the bottom of the f.
nancial distress of our country.
It is not at all the goldbug and his
legislation; it is the woman and
her everlasting appropriation of
mans possessions, even his right
to labori TT
The Opelousas courier., 1895-08-03

You've read too many novels
already. This isn't Il love-story
or the account of an Argonautic
expedition. 1t treats of a bust
ness woman and of business trans
actions. The little agent wanted
orders; she got them. Books had
to be delivered she did that
promptly. 1.-The House" was
pleased; the subscribers likewise.
What more can reasoning being
ask of a book agent? s.
If this particular man was ra"'
Their unreasonable-seeing that he
was French and a Louisianian, he
probably was-that's nothing to
us. 1t is entirely another story.
STELLA TRUMAN.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-08-03
gm 9laseot.

He was warm, tired, andpore
than half inclined to cryJbnly
Ishe would mt be so childish
she a grown-up girfsSnd a be-
isyer 10 Woman's Rights. But
" yes discouraging; very.
lou see, it was this way. She
xanted to be independent. Teach?
lrerybody teaches! The country
niall Of teachers, good, bad, and
inherent. To the two classes
~ named she would not belong;
0the aforementioned, she could
y, "And So" said she, ST will
lptteach." That matter was set
fied once for all, then.
But something she must do, or
cEs up that sweet hope of indie
~pendence. What should it be?
She waited. This young woman
viewed it was good s'to hopa and
Patlently wait" Her faith in Pro-
naence was firm, you know-Pro-
hoence, special and general.
some mysterious way,
Publishing House down East
IA hold of her name. How
so those down East publish.
houses get names, anyhow?
sQt That does mt matter. This
I speclai Publishing House wanted
Haa agent for the Greatest Book of
@e Age-the Life of Somebody
II yther. Her name had been
@a'aed them, could she under
eke the agency?
Could she? She asked herself
question several times. She
sala, but would she? It narrow
5eoWn to that. Would she? She
'old herself mo"
5ut the question asked itself
40 again-that nablishing house
NV have been q special Provi-
s She thought of that and,
s.pe 2 consistent woman, this
-. answered "Yes.o And then
!elt better, she said.
an myself'-no one contra.
ssea her-''I am myself and will
\ n5sef SO long as / am true and
ssotsble. If / am myself in a
asebie schoo1-room, teaching
u children, / am myself as an
with q good book" Rea-
800 80 logical would have been
,9e ~ most women, but then,
oelleFed in Woman's Rights
1orshiped Miss Willard.
s91ae 70 think Of it, the book
sae life, up to date, Of that
hit zess Of American women.
little agent was warm, tir-
nearly discouraged as so in
saent = young woman would
The Opelousas courier., 1895-08-03

interests that grow more and more
absorbing as pursued !; and spiritual
aspirations which link the soul to
the Eternal, permitting it to receive
and transmit ceaseless energy-lift-
ing it far above the mire of common
place cares that so quickly destroy
the freshness of the spirit, unto the
lofty plain
"Where the good winds blow,
And the unchanging meadows are"
ADDIE HUMBLE READ.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-08-03

The increasing interest in tenn
perance education is shown by
the fact that Mrs. Hunt within
two weeks recently received let
tiers from Denmark, Spain, Por-
the Bahamas, Egypt and
i~nquiring about the system
in use in our public schools.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-08-03

It is sometimes right to hate
vigorously. The apostle tells us
ssto abhor that which is evil"
Teach the rising generation to hate
the saloon, its work and it's result,
and by and by there will come up
a multitude who will demand and
accomplish it's removal.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-08-03

Since the discovery of Argon we
are hoping against hope that the
discussion of the New Woman will
be discontinued and scientists may
turn their attention to the study
Of this wonderful force of nature.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-08-03
Sht dalf.gath.
al the RIGHTS THEY WANTED. =

oaa day through the primevai WOOD
wy .,pad home, as good calves should;
8, made 3 trail all bent askew.
s.ooted trail, as all calves DO.
80 than two hundred years have fed,
md. Infer the calf is dead
pnt atill he left behind his trail.
.ud thereby hangs my nkSStRRle-
s.s trail was taken up next dam
O. ! lone dog that passed that WY;
"a +ben a wise b~elI-wether sheep
pursued the trail Ger vale and steep,
AID drew the flock behind him, too,
j. oood bell-wethers always do.
md from that day. Ger hill and glade.
Thro,oh those old woods a path was made,
And many men wound in and ont,
And lodged and turned and bent about,
Ana uttered words of righteous wrath,
Reeause twas such a crooked path;
Rnt still they fOllowed-do not laugh
The first migrations of that calf.
And through this winding wood-way stalked
Raeanse he Wabbled when he walked.
This forest path became a lane,
That bent and turned and turned again;
qhis crooked lane became a road,
where many o poor horse, with his load,
Toiied on beneath the burning sun,
And travel. d some three miles in one.
Ind thus o century and q half
qhey trod the footsteps OF that cali.
The years passed Oh in swiftness fleet
The road became a village street,
And this, before men were aware,
A tity's crowded thoronghfare,
And soon the central street was this
Of ID renowned metropolis.
And men two centuries and a half
Trod in the footsteps of that calf.
Each day . hundred thousand rout
Followed the zigzag calf about
And DER his crooked journey went
Tbs traffic Of q continent.
a hundred thousand men were led
BY one calf near three centuries dead.
they followed still his crooked way,
And lost one hundred years a day
For thus such reverence is lent
10 xelLestablished precedent.
4 moral lesson this might teach,
We're | ordained and called to preach.
PoF men are prone to go 1t blind
Along the calf paths of the mind,
And work away from sun to sun
~ do what other men have done.
fhey follow in the beaten track,
Ana out and in, and forth and back,
And still their devious course pursue,
A. keep the path that others do.
6ut how the wise old wood-gods laugh,
6loaaW the first primeval calf
y many things this tale might teach
sut an not ordained to preach.
Sam W. Foss.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-08-03

When you speak of God or His
attributes, let it be seriously and
with words of reverence. Honor
and obey your natural parents al
though they be poor.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-08-03

A shipw1ecked sailor buried on this coast
Full many a gallant ship when we were lost
Weathered the gale.
Faith, not doubt, is the keynote
Of the age - the "open sesame"
which unbars the doors of Success.
AS Froude has truly stated, "All
that is grand, sublime, or of benefit
to the race, has come out of faith,
not skepticism." The doubling ha.
bit does not accomplish results Of
any value-any great or noble work.
Conviction and faith are the posi-
tive forces !; doubt and despair are
the negative, paralyzing ones. Pes
simism is corrosive, eating away all
the pure gold Of generous action
and noble thought. The factors
that are the most potent for adj
vancement lie in the refining infu-
ences of belief and effort. "People
talk, indeed, of the stern realities
of life,' meaning thereby its hard
ships, ills, and misfortunes gene
rally. But the ills of life are not it's
realities at all ; they are it's %unreali-
ties. That is the 'seamy side,' the
wrong side, the side that has its
uses, but is not for contemplation.
The realities of life are its joys and
gladnesses, its gifts and it's grace.
When one is happy and has done
what he can to make others So
there is reality. When one is doing
good work, making progress and
achievements along intellectual and
spiritual lines, that is the reality,
and his limitations and privations
are merely incidents and accidents
of the way that will fade like a
Dream
Courage, conviction, energy and
love-these are the things that are
essential. To enter on the realities
of life is to enter on achievement
and gladness, to enter on a certain
assertion that we will not live on
any lower plane than the best we
can conceive.
While we work for that material
recognition which is measured in
money, still that alone is not salts
flying we also want pleasure in our
work-the pleasure of knowing that
our work helps. It will be easily
conceded that when life degenerates
into a mere struggle for greed and
gain, it is not worth the living. But
is there not a better waye Let us
revise our ideals of attainment and
set our efforts to the key of a new
| Standard standard which is flaw
less in integrity, strong in justice,
crystalline in truth, and overfowing
and Astounding in generous good
will; which is rooted in intellectual
The Opelousas courier., 1895-08-03

When a man complains that his
wife is ''hystericy," just watch
him and see if he does not give
her some real cause for hysteria.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-08-03

If the screens were taken away
from all the saloon doors, the
devil would soon begin to limp in
his right foot.-Ram's Horn.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-08-03

The Catholic Benevolent Lee
gion. with 436 councils and $4,000
members, has voted to exclude
rum-sellers.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-08-03
"a Sou forerer."

NAN any one doubt for a Moment
1h the genuine satisfaction aud
1D real strength which come from
! work - from q congenial en-
ployment, a constant demand which
we feel must be met, and which, ac-
cording to Natures great law of
compensation, becomes a necessity
to us? In days of disappointment
azasrr1dlrial-the long, discouraging
days When we have gone down into
the depc1s and refused to be com
forted-What a relief it has been to
turn to oug work, going back to old
ambitions o old duties for the SOL
ace which could not come from old
friends. For, as Carlyle we'll says,
an endless significance lies in
work; in idleness alone is there
perpetual despair"
When old interests fail us and old
hopes lie dead at our feet; when we
yearn with an i~nexpressible yearn-
ing to 60 away to a new place and
among new people - anywhere, if
only we can escape from the old life
which has become more distasteful
to us than salt tears-then it is that
work is a benediction, a balm to the
bruised spirit that naught else can
give.
Work, useful, earnest work be-
comes the alembic through which
g%rossness infiltrates, and the nature
going in furnished by selfishness
and blind repining, oft comes out
as refined gold thrice assayed.
What a grand thing it is to have
a definite object in life, to have sat
isfed ones self as to the truth of
something, to have found work to
do which shall be worth doing!" AS
u lives lengthen and our expe-
rience grows, we realize, slowly and
it may be a little painfully, that,
after all, happiness is not the great
desideratum Of life-rather that use
fulness is. Then, as with increased
maturity we gain an even truer per-
spective of life, we see that the two
are but interchangeable terms, since
the truest, mo6rendaring happiness
is that which has usefulness for it's
basic-stone and there can be no
real usefulness without deep happi-
ness and a large content. Lives
that are lived and %selfshly,
trittering away their best emotions
in frivolous pursuits, can not even
conceive the inward satisfaction,
the glow of warmth, that comes
from the consciousness of duty we'll
and faithfully done. 1t is a most
inspiring creed which teaches us
that we can dignity any labor by
the spirit in which it is performed ;
that nothing that is worth the hav-
ing is ever denied to any human
being. The approach to it may be
a very slow process of evolution, but
a worthy desire cuts it's own chan
mel and makes its own way. Nor
need the failures of one discourage
in the least another; the one may
fail, the many succeed. What does
Theocritus sayF
A h;,,r ,o,,oa ,o;1,, b,,n;oa IN %,;,
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-27
BUCHANAN'S LAST HOPE.

NEW YORK, April 27, 1S95.-With q
last hope Of gaining a respite for Dr..
Buchanan, Lawyers George Gibbons and
Daniel T. Kimban filed an application for
writ of hsbeas corpus today before the
United States Circuit Court. Should this
be granted it will act as stay of ex-
ecution and probably add Few more
weeks to the life of the condemned man.
lawyer C. j. Peshall of Jersey City, who
STAYED off the execution of Murderer Hal
linger for two years, has been retained to
assist counsel for DR.. Buchanan.
New York and Brooklyn, mas been pre-
pared and distributed by Walter, T:
Schiele. chemist, and DR.. James, Wood; OF
No. 1852 ST. Johns place, Brooklyn. This
letter is an appeal for an extended re-
spite, to be signed by the recipients ana
forwarded to Governor Morton. 1t in
cludes a transcript of the symptoms pres
ent during the last hours of Mrs. Bu-
chanan's life, and those to whom it is
sent are asked to state whether they
think these symptoms merely suggest Or
are symptoms resulting from. fatal dose
of morphine srystals or salt, morphine
and atrophine. or atrophine crystals and
salt.
The physicians are also asked, in the
event of the obtaining of a new trial,
that they will testify concerning the fore
going This appeal is expected to reach
the Governor today.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-27
no HAWAIIAN CONSPIRACY.
The Landing of Filibusters would
BE Almost Impossible.

WASHINGTON, April 27, 1895-Nothing
is known here of the reported conspiracy
n San Francisco to overthrow the exist
ing Government in Hawaii. If, as re-
ported today, such a conspiracy exists
OF which Consul-General Wilder at San
francisco is aware, it is not doubted
that he would at once inform Mr. Frank
Z. Hastings, the Acting Minister at this
point. So far MIR. Hastings has heard
nothing regarding the matter except
what has been printed in the newspapers
The abortive attempt to overthrow the
Dole Government by 2oand of native
and foreign consi TRAITORS last winter is
2 second effort in that 'rectien The
Government. has a force Of 200 soldiery
fully armed and equipped who could
easily quell any uprising. An era of
good feeling exists throughout the Re-
PUBLIC, and foreign band of filibusters
would meet with little if any sympathy
from the people upon landing in the
islands in the event that they were
able to get ashore.
This latter would be difficult perform
ance. in view of the scarcity of road
stands and good harbors in the waters
surrounding the various islands More
over, the United States man-of- -war
Philadelphia, which is lying at Honolulu
hundred blue jackets ashore to protect
American interests, and this force would
be practically supplement to the local
regulars and constabulary.
Col. Mclean, who has been recently se-
lected to organize the Hawaiian army
left for San Francisco last night. Tfe
will sail for Honolulu May 9.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-27
LABOR TROUBLES DOWN EAST.
Fall River spinners Want More Pay
complications in Providence


LEWISTON, Maine, April 27, 1885
About forty weavers in the Androscoggin
mill asked Agent Bean for an increase
IN pay yesterday and were refused. They
left the mill.
Mr. Bean says an increase is impos-
sible and that as the company did not
reduce the wages the last time other
concerns did. his operatives are getting
current rates without an increase.
LOWELL, Mass, April 27, 1S95.-The
cotton spinners held meeting last night,
with delegates in attendance from all the
mills of the city, and unanimously voted
for 1893, which will mean practically an
increase OF pei. cent, Committees were
tain day next week. The action is taken
under the advice of National Secretary
Ross.
PROVIDENCE. R. L.. April q, 1856
A summary of the situation at the diff
ferent mills of the National Worsted
Company shows that all of the weavers
the weavers. spinners and help in the
carding and finishing roms of the No 4
Mill are out. The weavers in the top
floor of the No 6 Min. the top floor be-
are out. but those in the weave shops on
the lower floors attached to the Saranae
Mills remain at work, the number bang
being engaged on a different class OF
work. The No. Mill known as the Sar-
anac. is not involved in strike.
L
in all of the shops affected declare they
will stay out with the weavers on
fight fer the old schedule of wages. One
flxers here are paid les than the rate
prevailing all over the country. He says
that the price paid elsewhere for fixing
sections Of IS looms ange. from 81 to $3.50
per day. At the National Mills the price
paid is $2.10 per day for IL looms, with
a bonus of 21a cents per day for each
loom oyer IT,, Those who fix on 81 looms
The National Weavers voted to stand
firm, in their demand that the learners
shall not be allowed to be in the mills
unless they comply with the rules of the
union of SIS for the privilege. It was
agreed that IN the event of a settlement
here M are any IN nu the agah m
The National strikers meeting resulted
in the selection of a COMMITTEES. to cab
Me- IF So nt nnd dsnd bs aesrg the
compiled with the weavers. will not re-
turn to work. Fletcher refused the in
crease, and 1t is reported that he will
not withdraw the apprentices from the
weaving shops.
The strike at the National has serious
Iy complicated the contest between the
Atlantic strikers and the manufacturers,
and now the mill owners are reported as
having decided the best policy for them
to pursue is closing the doors of the
entire number of the Factories in Olney-
Vile. The strike leaders are of the be-
lief that this will be done Monday morn
ing; ss. s..,,,ars, ,,,,,..aa oe 49, N.4,ona,
mills caller around to see Charles Fletcher
this afternoon and Superintendent Hoi-
Mngsworth. speaking for him, said no ad-
mill remained idle six months the deci-
sion would be the same.
Weavers in the Saranac mill have been
ordered to mark un their cloth on Tues
day night. This, it S said, means the
mill will be shut down.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-27
ROBBED A NEWARK HOUSE.
The Burglar and His BOOTY Caught
Ia This Cipy,

Patrolman Mcclure at an early hour
this morning saw a suspicious looking
man. bearing a large black bag on his
back, crossing the Newark avenue bridge.
He stopped him and asked him where
he was going. ITO New York was the
reply. What have you got in that bag?'''
asked the patrolnaan. The man refused
to answer and was insolent when ques-
toned further. Mcclure arrested him
and took him to the Third precinct police
station. He was booked as Cornelius
Maher, forty-two years old. no. home.
An examination of the bag showed the
officers suspicious to have been well
founded. The articles 1t contained were
beyond. doubt stolen property. They
were:-A silver pitcher, a set of silver
knives, forks and spoons, seal skin
sacque and a costly piano cover. On the
facts being telephoned to Chief Murphy
he Immediately communicated with the
Newark police He learned that the
goods found on Maher he'd been stolen
from house in Newark. Maher was ar
raigned before Justice Douglass this
morning. He denied all knowledge of the
articles having been stolen. The bag
bad ksen given to him. he said, by man
He had hired him to take it for him to
the sCortlandt street ferry. He was re-
manded until Monday morning.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-27
Big SCANDAL BREWING
Cashier Risley's Stealings Went
to Business Leaders in
Willimantie.

BOSTON. April 27. 1S95.-A despatch to
the Herald" from Willimantic. Conn.
says
One Of the biggest scandals the State
of Connecticut has known for twenty
five years is coming to a focus in Wilt
mantle.
When all the facts are made public,
the defalcation of the late Cashier Risley
of the First National Bank will probably
sink into significance. and the names of
those whom his disgraceful peculation
helped will be blazoned out in disgrace.
The question of where the S200,O00 which
he stole from the bank was spent will
probably be answered in few days, and
the answer will incriminate men who
now hold their heads high in the com
munity. sisi s. n a5s.tS
Examiner Dooley and Cashier Culver
house ar on a hot trail.
TITS g broad assertion TO Make said
Cashier Culverhouse Friday night, but
am safe in saying that the fundsstolep
from the bank went right here in Will
mantle to men who now hold honorapse
positions, and who We're friends of the
dead cashier. He was largely interested
in various concerns here, and his money
went to these concerns. l won't say TO
which ones, because I am unable y, t. to
The facts will be known. The two con-
Germs in which R3sley's chief interests
lay. and in which his warnest friends
were, are the Natcheng Silk Company
and the Citizens Gas Company. He was
also connected with some other minor
concerns. Some of these companies got
the money: which ones, you must judge
for yourself
surrounding Risley's career will be clear
ed away next Friday, when an adminis-
traitor to his estate will be appointed.
A small tin box painted black, with
Risley's name on the cover, was found
in the bank vaults yesterday One OF
the clerks remembers seeing Kisley open
it.xWith great care a short time before
he died, and he says it was then filed
with papers. When an administrator is
appointed, he and Mr. Tooley will make
an examination, and, it is thought, with
good results.
Vice President Fowler said yesterday
that all thoughts of continuing the
bank had bene abandoned. tt had been
discovered that only $Se,000 of the 100000
stock could pay an assessment. and he
thought if the depositors got half of thei1
money they would be lucky.
Tt is supposed now that Risley's pecu-
lation was known to those employed in
the bank long before they were made
public. Teller Storrs is an intimate
friend Of one of the large depositors and
is said TO have advised him to withdraw
his account two weeks before Risley
died. The merchant took the advice.