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The Penn's Grove record., 1895-05-31
IRON PRODUCTION OF 1894.
soth the Output and the Price Decreased
Materially.

Iron ore statistics prepared for the UniteG
Itates Geological Survey by John B~irkinbine,
of Philadelphia, show that the product Oh
iron ore in the United States for 1894 in.
creased only about az per cent. over the
product OF 1898, and most Of this increase
came from the Lake Superior region, Minne-
'sota showing the greatest increase. ranking
second among the iron ore producing States,
while In 1898 she was third. Michigan con.
tinued to be the larger producer. Alabama
has fallen from second place In 1898 to third
In 1894; Virginia has improved her standing,
rising from fifth in 1893 to fourth In 1894,
while Pennsylvania has fallen from fourth In
1888 to fifth In 1894. The prices realized
averaged only SI.l4 a ton In 1894, against
&l.66 ton in 1893.
The Penn's Grove record., 1895-05-31

SIR oonn Anompson's
The obsequies Of Sir John Thompson.
the Canadian premier, cost $4,000.
The amount raised by public subscrip-
ton for his almost destitute widow and
children amounts to only $4,000. In
other words, the statesman's family
asked for bread and grateful Canads
gave them a magnificent funeral
The Penn's Grove record., 1895-05-31
WITNESS OF A TERRIBLE CRIME.
Daughter Sees Her Mother Kill Her FAITH
er and Herself.

er and Herself.
Mrs. Ernest Annable. thirty years of age,
yho lived in a fashionable part of Hyde
Park, Chicago, shot and instantly killed
her husband and then committed suicide,
Just after supper.
Jealousy was the cause Of the terrible
tragedy. A fourteen-year-oid daughter wit
messed the spectacle of her parents death.
At the supper table there had been consid-
cradle quarreling.
Mrs. Annable rushed to her room, whert
he secured her husbands revolver and fred
,ne shot at herself. The daughter-Myrtle
took the weapon from her mother, who re-
gained 1t after a desperate struggle, and
then killed her husband. Shooting herself
through the heart, she fell across his hfeless
b.
The Penn's Grove record., 1895-05-31
OF ANIMALS INSPECTED.
Condemnation Does Not Prevent tho Sale
of Diseased Meats.

During the fiscal year 1894 the Bureau o.
Animal Industry insI ected moro than thir-
teen million head Of animals at forty-six
abattoirs In seventeen cities. OF this num-
Der a total Of 16, 703 were condemned and sent
to the tank for destruction, divided as fol-
lows: CATTLE, 1927; sheep, 1855, and hogs,
IL, ITO. In addition to these whole carcasses
there were a great many portions Of carcasses
that were condemned. The total number OF
beef cattle inspected last year amounted to
3 1885,, 900. or about one-half the cattle placed
upon the Market The number condemned
In the figures quoted ara those condemned
after slaughter, and do not RSlGds these
that failed to pass when the cattle were on
the hoof and subject to the rigid invsstiga-
ton Of the inspector. Secretary Morton says
that this condemnation, however, does not
prevent the sale Of diseased meat in home
markets,
The Penn's Grove record., 1895-05-31
To Replaes coeoa cenuIose.

Secretary Herbert appointed a Board con.
dsting Of Naval Constructors Linnard, Tay-
lor and Dashiel, to meet in Philadelphia to
examine a new material made from the pith
Of the Indian corn stalk, which Is expected
to displaee Cocoa ~eelluiose in the construe-
ton Of war vessels.
The Penn's Grove record., 1895-05-31

You can always pick out thc. NbN
Woman by the way she kisse& NJ
The Penn's Grove record., 1895-05-31

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rom tbe "A, u
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4 seemed. :slI II .rsre S.,I bsisc
and therefora 40 ma
but md hsi, Just
a. sometime ssvsrs
nnnosiaon Sws,oaI
health. or " fIytna
down and 81, beinS
defeated TAI ~ tbts
NV 81 Josbua "
Odd some Sdos.
ia rouse ~ otnos.
tronhe9 N6 re.
lore lest 10 SSna
rises. and. " ,dlasd
look' INT his The
fact was that 9haS
been in r. he 6ry
He gathers his eargs,
.Now let us 2 vi
Al. Lot us 90
Tbev mara -
ihe troops be the
night. and ii ,aIv
smal battalio, ,Tbs
men of AZ com hat.
TALON in strata abacs
and when ali I, sic cjfy
inSIv scattarsd phsttsI;on Scshna sta ~ se : y
roct I sea hiJ LOOKS nvinr N the wind u
he points his Ipear toward fhs doomed div
and that IL nj signnI srba man ynsh M
from behind IL roeEs and fsha ( cstv snS
Il i mt TO thk torch. Ana fhsn fhase fsrasl-
ties tn the 9th march down. and the living
battalion Of i&sslites return. and between
tbess two 49, ~ Isrse,itis5 ,ravsss NJ
man ~ a "a 4sufroged mi az Tsrss.taS
~s5n an .i.fosS asd wLtie - - anriass
smoka ~ thaf &sstrnysd cstr ~ .ba 49, 80
whiia / near tbX huz5a ~ IA fsrsaistss snd
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The Opelousas courier., 1895-08-03

ever been certain occupations
told off for women in which they
may work and others tabooed to
them. AS there is no caste fol-
the men, SO there is none for the
women. They have been free to
try their hands at anything they
thought they could excel in, with
out any fear of public opinion.'
Men and women in Burma, left
free to choose for themselves
what each can do best, make
their selections and leave what
they + less competent to do to
others. 1t is rather curious to
find that sewing and embroidery
are in Burma distinctively male
occupations. The women are
great shopkeepers: "The retail
trade of the country is in the
hands of the women, and they
nearly all trade on their own ac-
count. Just as the men farm
their own land, the women own
their businesses. They are not
saleswomen for others, but trade
on their own account, and, with
the exception of the silk and
cloth branches of the trade, it
does not interfere with home-life.
The bazaar lasts but three hours,
and the woman has ample time
for her home duties when her
daily visit to the bazaar is over.
She is never kept away all day
in shops and factories. Her
home-life is always the centre of
her life; she could not neglect it
for any other; it would seem to
her a losing Of the greater in the
less. But the effect of this Gus
tom of nearly every woman having
a little business of her own has a
great influence on her life. 1t
broadens her views, it teaches her
things she could not learn in the
narrow circle of home duties; it
gives her that tolerance and I'M
Outstanding which so forcibly
strikes every one who knows her.
1t teaches her to know her own
strength and weakness, and how
to make the best of each.'
DIVORCE LAWS.
Another remarkable thing which
Mr.. Fielding mentions is that
divorce is as free as the most adj
vanced reformer could desire, but
that not one marriage in a hun
bred is ever annulled. Mr.. Field
ing does not know of any case in
which a divorce has taken place
when the marriage had resulted
in children.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-08-03
Women on School Boards.

The New Orleans Times-Demo-
GRAFT is advocating the appoint
ment of women on School Boards.
In an editorial in last Sundays
paper we find this:
"Womenr make more efficient
members of School Boards than
do men. They are more pune
tual, attentive and unwearied in
what they undertake to do. They
have a keener conscience in the
matter of duty than men have, as
a rule; their consciences not hay-
ing been dulled or scared as those
Of men have often been by con-
tinual worldly transactions, in
The Opelousas courier., 1895-08-03
History of the High School.

Some years ago the people of
Opelousas realizing how necessary
it was to have a High School, con-
ceived the idea of constructing a
suitable school building. At that
time the public school houses
were merely old buildings, utter
~ unfit for school purposes, and
these were furnished by the teach
ers. They still remain, on the
one hand as monuments to the
praise of those whose devotion to
the cause of education placed
them there, and on the other
hand to the shame of those who
failed to give their sympathy and
support to so noble a cause.
Things continued in this condi-
ton, not making any improve
ments whatever, until about 1888,
at which time we may date the
commencement of a new era more
favorable to education.
A few of our public-spirited
citizens united in a call for a mass
meeting to consider the question
of erecting a public school build
ing in Opelousas. This meeting
was held at the Courthouse,
where Mr.. Laurent Dupre presid-
ed as chairman and Mr.. Thos. HI.
Lewis as secretary. A large num-
Der Of ladies and gentlemen were
present and great interest was
manifested in the project. Upon
motion Of DR.. Irion a committee
Of twenty-five ladies and gentle
men was appointed by the chair.
It was the duty of this committee
to raise funds necessary for the
erection Of a suitable building.
The committee soon met and be-
gan work with considerable earn
estness. A large number of en-
tertainments soon followed, and
in the period of two or three years
they had accumulated a sum of
1920. But the "Committee Of
Twenty-Five" as they were now
called, thinking this method of
raising funds too slow, determined
to make an effort to secure a spe-
cial tax for the proposed building.
A petition was presented to the
town council by DR.. Irion, asking
to levy q special tax of ~ mills
for eight years. Some members
Of the council were very hostile to
the scheme, and it was with great
difficulty that they were persuaded
to yield the question to q popular
vote. After succeeding in getting
the issue before the people, the
friends of education, including the
fair sex, worked assiduously for
The Opelousas courier., 1895-08-03

which considerations of self e1
clusively dominate. There is no
corruption in boards where NO.
men have places, as is attested
amply by the experience Of such
States as Illinois and PennsylVs
MIA, where there are women on
the School Boards, and Of Lon
don, England, where in a number
of the School Board districts wo.
men members were returned at
the top of the poll in 1894, after
a delightful experience Of then
usefulness for years before. Miss
Davenport-Hill is the doyenne Of
the London School Board; and
such Ioh1en as Mrs. Emma Knox
Maitlpad, Miss Margaret Annie
Eve Ind Mrs. Ruth Holman are
amohAthe ablest, most trusted.
and mos, respected members Of
that extremely able body Of
educators
The I'D. advances many other
arguments in favor Of such ap-
pointments, and we heartily en-
dorse its sentiments.
During our recent interesting
Summer School we took occasion
to ''sound'' the professors on tnls
very subject, and we could not Du'
infer that they one and all adVo-
Gated the placing of as much
power in the hands of women q
of men-in school matters. Gladly
would we witness the divorce o.
politics and public school govern.
ment. While not disparaglng tas
efforts of many noble men to Duiu
up our schools, yet we can but sas
that in many instances women
would have done better WORK. u
everything which touches upon 1us1
welfare of the child, women aIs
keener, more far-sighted and NOR
unerring in Judgment or intuition.
A woman would intuitlyely poln'
out as Il rascal one whom mep
would employ for a year or lnOns
before ever suspicioning MS rs
cality. The most rabid anti-Vc
man-suffragist would hardly sus1
gest that while serving in ! se a.;,
matters women were out OF tnsa
'ssphere!' Let us have WoLl.r
on our school boards and IN ess I.
place where they can work 1of -
good of humanity. j.
Our space is.too limited 60 -; u
low of a longef article on tins " y
portant topic, >'1ut we repeal ,hod1
us have women on all our seu uSst
boards, and we sincerely hope Ip :
the Governor will appoint two ~ Z
three on our local board. " "
want good women, educateo' 'J hi
earnest and conscientious; ~ !,
above all, women uninfueneed 3
politics (their husbands,
course, as they are not suPRosss
to have any, who work WIN VIII /
one idea-the right upbulldl.ntst
our public schools. ~
The Opelousas courier., 1895-08-03
Friends OF the Y. Girls.

Gladly do we head our list with
the name Of our old-time friend,
Bonnie White, Of lumber fame,
and who could make a better Sec
ond than that charming gentle
man, Mr.. Quits, of the Washing
ton Bank? The "Arena' has be-
friended the women in more ways
than by giving them ads. Next
comes ''the other part" of one Of
US, Mr.. G. Settoon, of the S. P.
Railroad. The Times-D Democrat
always says a good word for us,
and the Crowley College is educat-
ing, mayhap, some of our future
husbands, who will doubtless buy
us pianos from Junius Hart, dry
goods, ETC., from Jos. Bloch, and
a watch from Mr.. Mornhinveg.
Other friends are: Messrs. D..
Roos & Sons, A. Hack, Firnberg
Bros, 1. E. Shute, C. Dietlein, H.
L. Bidstrup, B. F. Coll, C. j..
Thompson & Co., w. M. Thomp-
son. W. S. Frazee, E. N. Cullom,
G. B. Andrus, Jonas Jacobs, j. IL.
Houston, Mrs. Breaux, Mrs. Des-
marais, Crawford & Hopkins, G..
Hebert, Clarion, J. T. Stewart, H.
Bloch, j.. l.. Fontenot, W. S.
burke & Co., Mrs. Demaret, T. S.
Isacks, Chachere & Tatman, Fred
L. Sandoz, St. Landry Bank, F.
Lima, w. J. Sandoz, A. Lacombe,
A. J. Bercier, V. X. Irion, F. j.
Pulford, E.. P. Veazie, Estilette
& Dupre, L.. Desmarais, Jr., E. B.
Dubuisson, Mrs. Perkins, Adams
House, w. w. Bailey, c. F. Gar
land, Laurent Dupre, E. A. Bode-
muller, Pulford & Voltz, Jno. N.
Ogden, Lucius Dupre, DIR. Saizan,
Park Hotel, J. 0. Ray, Lewis &
Lacombe, Mrs. Larcade, Isacks &
Littell, j. Meyers & Co., A. Mo-
resi-, j. B. Sandoz, Roos, Kaplan
& Co. and the COURIER.
To one and all we make our best
bow, give heartiest thanks and
sincere wishes that our paper may
bring them such a rush of trade
as will entirely overcome the pres
ent depressed condition Of finan-
The Opelousas courier., 1895-08-03
A Race of Free Women.

Those who have read Mr..
Fielding account of the Burmese
women cannot fail to be charmed
with his picture of those whom he
declares to have realized the
ideals of their sex. He says no
women have ever been so loved
and honored from the beginning
of history up to the present time.
"Nowhere under the sun has any
nation accorded to it's women
such absolute freedom, such
entire command of their lives and
property, as have the Burmese.
They stand in every way on an
absolute equality with men, as far
as law, as religion, and as custom
are concerned. In the face of the
law man and woman are alike.
Girls share equally with boys in
all inheritance, and they inherit
absolutely. There are no trus-
tees between a woman and her
property, and when she marries
she retains it. Her husband has
no control over it at all, neither
has he any legal control over her.
From her childhood up she is
free. Chivalry, which praised
women as gods and treated them
as slaves, never came to Burma.
No Burman lover sings his mis-
tress as something too good for
this world, and then treats her as
something infinitely inferior to
himself. Their religion has never
considered them as the source of
all evil, has never warned man
against them as snares to lead
men to hell, and no Pope has
ever called them the "sole hope
of the Church, There has been
no second rate literature to give
them false ideals of themselves,
of man, and of the world. They
have always been held for what
they are, and they have had
freedom to find their own place
in a very real world, unfettered
by conventions and rules. They
have always had fair-play, both
from men and from themselves,
and they have been held the best
judges of what will soil them.
No artificial ideas from long past
ages have been held up to them
as eternal copies: it has been left
to their own good sense and to
the eternal fitness of things to
determine what is womanly and
what is not. Of all women in
the world none are more woman
]y than she is, none possess in
greater strength all the nameless
attraction of a woman. She is
no Helen, she is no Aspasia, least
of all is she an. Amazon; but to
those who know her she is every
thing that is lovely and desirable
in womanhood."
ALL CAREERS OPEN.
AL careers are open to all Wo-
men in Burma. Mr.. Fielding says:
"Married or unmarried, from the
age of sixteen or seventeen,
almost every woman has some
occupation besides her home
duties. In the higher classes she
will have property of her own to
manage, in the lower classes she
will have some trade. [ cannot
find that in Burma there have
The Opelousas courier., 1895-08-03
EsT OUR Prices FOR JOB WORK.

A bona fde ghost is reported at
the depot, The girls say they are
going to unearth it. So, beware,
Sir Ghost! And, friend Settoon,
have his ghostship IN good trim,
lively and talkative, when the fair
visitors appear.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-08-03

There will be a S. S. Confer
ence held in the Methodist church
at this place, 18th and 9Th of Au-
gust, composed of the preachers
and Sunday School workers of
Lafayette, st. Martinville, Prud-
homme City and Washington
Methopist churches. Public in
Rev. H. O.. White will
have charge.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-08-03

An interdenominational Sun
day School Convention will be
held in the Presbyterian church
Of this place, beginning at 2 p. M,
Aug. n and continuing two days.
This is the second convention
held here under the auspices of
the State Association. About 20
Sunday Schools will be represent
ed. The public is cordially in
vited to attend these interesting
and instructive exercises. Field
Lectures Tiebout will be present.
Mr.. j. w. Clifford will preside.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-08-03

The w. C. T. U. is organttsts.
in every civilized country on h.nd
globe. Truly "There are u' ts
of ribbon white, arouhu
world, around the world!
The Opelousas courier., 1895-08-03

Don't you lend this paperl
No, not to your best friend
The Opelousas courier., 1895-08-03

Man prays that his Maker y
lenghten his days. ba
While the laws of his oeins
seldom obeys!
The Opelousas courier., 1895-08-03
5fE2fi
0PEL0USAS OURIE

The value Of a Newspaper
as an Advertising medium
consists in it's Circulation.
When you can secure the
Combined Circulation of
Two Papers for the Price
of One, it is Money Saved!
The St. Landry Democrat
was consolidated on the
Sd Of March, 1894, with
"The Opelousas Courier"
The Advertising Rates
have. not been increased
while the Price Of Subs
cription has been reduced
to Two Dollars a year.
The COURIER being by odds
the Best Paper in the En-
pire Parish of St. Landry
is therefore the Cheapest.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-08-03

it's triumph, and succeeded in car
rying the election over a strong
opposition. The ordinance passed
provided for a board Of commits
sioners, whose first act was the
selection Of a building site. Hav-
ing secured a site in a desirable
locality, the building was con-
structed and furnished in the most
improved and modern style at a
cost of about $4,000 to the citizens
of Opelousas.
The first session opened Janu-
airy 2, 1894, at which time the
school was under the manage
ment of the efficient professors,
DR.. Irion and Prof. Jack. The
school continued to progress I'M
til June 10, 1894, at which time
the first term closed, rejecting
much credit upon the manage
ment. In October, 1894, the
second term opened when Prof.
Shaffer was chosen principal.
During this term, Latin, Greek,
and many sciences were introduce
ed. The course was enlarged to
a full three years High School
course. A chemical laboratory
was constructed and many other
Improvements were made. The
library has recently received a do
nation of about 250 books from
friends of the school.
Although the school is yet in
its infancy it is well organized
and progressing rapidly-refect-
ing much credit upon the teachers,
who indeed are jealous and capa-
BILE.
The Improvements which have
been made lately are due to the
ambition and interchangeable persc-
verance of our worthy principal,
who indeed has taken such inter-
est in the school that it's present
outlook is very encouraging and
it's salutary influence is destined
to reach forward to the unknown
future. LUCILLE BLOCH.
In our last issue we published
an account Of the escape Of Oscar
Bihm an insane man. Imme-
diately after the escape, the re-
latives gathered all the neighbors
and kept up the search day and
night. For four days the search
proved fruitless, and the idea
was current that Bihm was dead;
that he had either committed
suicide, or had persisted from
want and exposeure;-but Tues
day morning the searching party
was rewarded by finding the I'M
fortunate man in a corn field be-
longing to his brother, Elson
Bihm, a mile from his home at
Plaquemine.. VIZ are told that
Bihm was in an exhausted con-
ditlon, and that the exposed parts
of his body were literally covered
with mosquito bites. The poor
fellow lived on melons and peach
es during the four days he was
out; for, when found he had a
watermelon in a sack, and had
pulled out a sleeve of his coat,
tied up one end of it, and had It'll
filed with peaches.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-08-03

az Read all the advertisements.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-08-03

bushels; stock, 1887 bushels: sales. 2.OOC
low sic.
Oats. easier: No. . white western 3OIk6
SC NO. mixed 29q291ac; receipts, SAG
bushels; stock, 1851 bushels.
Rye, dull; demand light; No. 9 SIC: re-
celpts, l,oyl bushels; stock, SAC bushels
Sugar, firm and unchanged.
Butter and eggs, steady and unchanged
Cheese, firm and unchanged.
Philadelphia, August 2-Butter. firm
fancy western creamery 1sc; do Pennsyl-
Vania prints zoe do DO jobbing 21d24c
Eggs, steady; fresh nearby 1Sc: do west
ern l2hQl3c.
Cheese. firm
Refined sugars, firm and in good de-
Toledo. August 2.-Wheat. lower but
steady; No. cash, August and September
I2iac, December 73Ssc
Corn, dull but steady; No. . mixed 4rAc =;
No. white f4c; No. yellow 44lac
oats, steady, Mo- mixed 2Sc; Septem-
Der 23l4c
Rye, dun but steady; No. cash and Au-
gust SOC
Cloverseed, CASH steady; prime cash
Cincinnati August Flour. slow.
Wheat. weaker: No. . red Tic: receipts,
1900 bushels; shipments. 400 bushels.
Corn, easier; No. mixed 43c.
oats, firm, No , mixed &c
Rye. steady: No. 2 J0c
Lard, in moderate demand and barely
steady.
Bulk meats. in light demand at Sc 12ls
Bacon, In fair demand at 81 12lGq7 %.
Sugar. fairly active.
Eggs. easy at Sc.
Whisky, steady at 81 %.