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Ordinance 40.
BE it ordained by the Police jury Of the Par
ish of lafuurche.

Be it ordained by the Police jury Of the Par
ish of Lafourche.
SIC That at the session of this body at
which the Parish Treasurer is elected there
shall be elected by this jury some organized
Bank Of this State as a Fiscal Agent and all
funds and moneys belonging to the Parish OF
Lafourche shall be deposited with said Fiscal
Agent. as hereinafter provided, in a separate
and distinct account to be kept in the name
ct the Parish of Lafourche."
SEC. 2.-That the Bank OF Thibodaux be
and tue came is hereby designated and elect
ed as the Fiscal Agent of the Parish of La.
fOurche for q term 0t twelve months from
date hereof and until successor is chosen
by this body, provided they furnish bond
equal to that of aforesaid treasurer, and pro-
vided said hank allows two per cent interest
per annum on daily balances and permits
this body to oyerdraw to reasonable amount
at six per cent per annum interest.
SEC. 3.-That all funds of the Parish Of La
fUurche now in the hands of the Parish
treasurer shall within ten days from the date
of passage of this ordinance be deposited
with the said Fiscal Agent to the credit and
for the separate account OF the Parish of
Lafonrche." and all funds Of the said Parish
hereafter turned over by any collector. Sher-
itf or other person to said treasurer, shall
within forty-eight hours alter being so turned
over he deposited by said treasurer with said
Fiscal Agent. for account as aforesaid of the
Parish of Lafourche." IN default OF which
the Office Of said Treasurer shall ipso facto
become vacated and shall be filled by the
police iu,y by election.
SEC. i.-That at every regular meeting OF
the police jury or as often as may be required
by said police jury or the President thereof.
the Treasurer shall submit tor the use of the
jury the Bank Book kept with tine Eiscal
Agent showing what funds we're deposited
and on what dates. and tho list of checks
drawn against the funds of the Parish tor
what amounts, in favor of whom drawn and
dates when drawn, and ON failure of said
Treasurer to thus submit said Bank Book,
his office shall ipso factO be vacated, and
shall be filed by election.
SEC. s. That the Parish Treasurer elected
T.4 this body July 9th, 1885, and the Parish
reasurer to be elected annually hereafter
hail give bond as required by existing ordi-
nances.
SEC. 6.-That this ordinance shall take
effect from and after its passage, and all or
diuances in conflict herewith be and the same
are hereby repealed.
Adopted and approved July 9TH, 1896.
J.L. AUCOIN, President,
H. N. COULON, Clerk.
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The ise- n
4;':|'; =; &zfAzSzx ~. !; - !;
She Proved Her Abilities.

She was busy, hustling little wo-
man aud there WAS fire in her eye
when she stood at the window 20 pay
her gas bill.
II never used that gas !" she sDapp-
ed, ''never! you have sent me some-
ones else's bill"
"We never make mistakes of that
kind" said the cashier you are do
ing your cooking with Illuminating
gas and probably used more than you
think possible"
"Nothing of the kind and besides
you do make mistakes. When we
went away"
"There is a lady trying to get near
the window to pa, her BILL" said the
cashier gently.
.'She can wait; | have business
here now As I was saying-oh. yes,
you measured up our gas when we
were away and sent a bill on our re-
turn.''
''Perhaps the meter leaked"
"The meter was taken out by the
company the day we left. Now /
know 1 never used this amount of gas
last month. Something is wrong
somewhere
"Perhaps you used the gas for all
your cooking
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NO 4

.Ionly heated the gas oven half q
dozen times. Once was when l made
q cherry pie.''
Il don't believe you can make a
cherry pie !'said the cashier, dariugly.
'.Tll show you whether can. make
cherry pie.' said the little woman,
and the cashier lodged as if he ex-
pected to bh hit with q brick.
But she only paid her bill and went
off with il glare Of Indignation i.l h. ,
EXPRESSIVE face.
On the next day dainty package
was handed to the cashier, which, on
being opened. disclosed cherry ple,
rich and tiaky enough to te,,spt u dys.
peptic. with the legend illuminating
Gas Pie picked ont in the border.
Aud all 'he boys who hada piece de-
c'arr'i it "tqnaled mother's-Detroit
Free Press.
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Ordin n nee NN,-

An Ordinance TO amend and reenact Orii.
nance M. 1874. adopted March 7th. 1895.
b. it ordained and resolved bv the Police
jury Of the Parish of J.aionrche in regular
Ordinance M. 1874, adopted by this Police
Jury on March 7th 1865 be amended, re-en-
acted aud re ordained to reatl IN follows:
Section 5-The police jury ofthis parish
shall annually elect by ballot four road in
epectors or Overseers who shail ex-Otfic,0 lie
levee inspactnra. each or whom shall b. cnm-
missioned bv the president Of the police jury
and serve for ono year from the day of his
election or until hia successor shall have been
electet anG qualified. the said inspectors
ehall furnish bond for the faithful perform
ance Of their duties in eum not less than
such salary Us may be allotted to him for his
annua' services in said capacity; thejuristic.
tlOn Of said inspectors or everseers shall ex-
tend to all roads, bridges and csnseways
said Inspectors or Oyerseers shall receive an
annual salary of Three Hundred Dollars,
payable monthly by the Presidenr of this
jury by warrant on the Parish Treasurer.
Section 6-This Parish shall be divided
into tour t4) Road Districts as follows:
District No. shall extend from the up.
per line Of this parish ON the right bank Of
Bayou Lafourche down to upper line OF Aer-
vile Rolne's place, opposite RacelaDd, on said
bank OF the Bayou aud shall comprise all the
back settlements in eaid portion vi this
parish.
District No 2-ShaIl extend from the lower
line of District No. down to the Gulf of
Mexico all ON the right bank OF Bayou La
fourche, and shall comprise all back settle-
ments in said portion OF this parish.
District No. 3 shall exteud from the upper
line Of this parish on the left oauk Of bayou
Lafourche down to the upper line of Upper
Ten Plantation on said bank Of the Bayou.
and shall comprise all back settlements in
said portion of this parish.
District No. shall extend from the lower
line Of District No. 3 down to the Gulf OF
Mexico, all on the left bank Of the Bayou
Lafourche and shall coI prise all back set
Elements in said portion Of this parish.
BE 1t resolved and ordained that all laws
and ordinances or parts thereof in conflict
with this ordinance be and they are hereby
repealed. and this ordnance shall go into
effect Immediately.
Adopted and approved July 7tb. 1896.
J.L. AUCOIN, President,
HIN. COFLON. Clerk.
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THE REPUBLICANS FAVOR FREE
SUGAR.

The Courier feels fgnsly convinced
that sugar is not an article, that
according I" the true Repnblican idea
Of protection demands n protective
tariff. 1t has not thought so since
sugar was put on tho free list by the
Republicans, when the Republican
cry Of free breakfast table" was
first raised.
We have been greatly strengthened
in our belief after reading Republican
literature furnished the editor by one
Of the leading Republicans of this
Parish. Que Of these booka entitled
american Tariffs from Plymouth
Rock to Mckinley" as set forth by no
less authority than the Hon. jacob H.
Gallinger, Of New Hampshire in the
Senate Of the United States May Is. II
IS, 1894 and May q, 1896, expounds
Republican doctrines very clearly.
On the second page Of this book we
find the following lucid definition OF u
protective tariff according to the Re-
publican principle. +.
"a PROTECTIVE TARIFF not only
provides revenue for the expense Of the
Government, but also so discriminates
its duties that they are levied princi-
pally npon imported articles that come
in direct competition with home in.
dustries, and so adjusts the rates that
such competing foreign production
cannot be placed npon the home mar
ket price. By this means the hi igh
wages Of our home laborers are main
taine,l, aud need not be reduced to the
low level of cheap foreign labor; and
under this kind of tariff, articles oi
necessity for the common people iu
their household economy, aud which,
cannot be raised or produced profita-
bly, ut home, are admitted free Of duty
such as tea, coffee, sugar, ETC."
Sugar then according to this emf
nent Republican authority, is zone OF
the articles Of necessity for the com.
mon people in their household ecOnO.
my which cannot be raise profitably
at home" and therefore belongs to ths
free list.
The Democrats believe IT. ia tallf
tor revenue" and assert that sugar il
an ideal article op which to levy tax
in raising this revenue.
| Neither party will make any in
crease in the duty on sugar unless it il
absolutely necessary and when it j.
necessary the Courier believes that Z
Democratic administration would b,
more apt Co make the increase than {
Republican administration, because BY
the former party sugar is regarded al
an ideal revenue yielding article
HOuma Courier.
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Ordinance No.

Amending Section 6 of Ordinance No. l95
odopted by this jury March 7th, 1895. AMI
re-enactins same 50 as to read as follows,
tNwit:
SEC. 6-Be it or,laine,l, etc. that said
Dre,lge K"at when so purchased, shall be-
used exclusively for Drainage purposes, in
the various Drainage Districts of this Parish.
save and except in the first Drainage Dis.
trict Of this Parish, aud shall not oy,erate less
than one year in any one district. and it NAV
operate longer at the option of i. majority Of
the police jury in either the :.rtl or 3r,i
Drainage District. The costa and expense IF
the maintenance and repair to he borne
equally by the two Districts. hut the cost of
running the 'lres.ga bnat shall he at til. cost
aud expense OF the District in wi 1ch it is
being operated. The cost ot the transfer of
the arpdge boat from one district to the "t her
shall he at the cost Of the .listrist requi III 9
said ttanster. and further, this anlen.in,..,t i
shall not .n into operation in solar us fh
time the .lr+dge boat shalt be opensted IN any
on. District until the comp elton ot the . Nil
now being cut hetwe-n the Kawpn Ptcau Bieu
uhst the Gr'".l bayou in isistri0t No..
Adopted and approved July Stli. ls9&A
!. l.. AUCOLN, President.
H. n. tUCLON, Clerk.
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A SENSIBLE MAN

Covers his steam pipeing and drums with
Carey's Asbestos -Magnesia Sectional Cover
ings. 1t pays for its cost in less than year.
Put in Thompson Eclipae to burn bagasse,
shaving, rice hulls, pea or buck. .wheat coal
write for prices ON roofing building and
lining papers and engineers supplies, to
DATTU0N d STOUTZ,
$40 Union Street
9m. 8. Z. New Orleans
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TH1BoDAUx La. SATURDAY, AUGUST p, 1896.
ASK the recovered

ASK the recovered
dyspeptics, bilious
sufferers, victims of
fever and ague, the
mercurial d is ease
patient, how they re-
covered health, cheer
full spirits and good
appetite; they will tell
YOU by taking SIM
MONS LIVER REGU-
LATO2.
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DEVASTATION OF FORESTS.

The devastation Of forests still
goes on in various parts OF this coun-
try, which, unlike New York aud a
few Of the middle and eastern states.
do not appreciate the value of trees.
Unfortunately. this appreciation, even
in the east, has come too late. 1t Is
proudly announced in q western pape:
that large syndicate has acquired
possession Of 10000 acres of timber
land in northern Idaho. 1t is estima-
ted that this area will yield more than
4OO. .0OO, 900 feet of white and yellow
pine, and red and white fir, cedar aud
tamarack. The arid waste which it
will also shield is not taken into con
sideration in this estimate. Ameri
cans have too long looked upon these
trees as in their way unless they could
be used to build fires or for CONNER
cial purposes. This was true a few
hundred years ago in Germany, but
now IL man who cuts down "a tree must
plant one to take its place, or suffer a
penalty. Probably like provision
will be enacted here some time, but it
should come before many more trees
are felled.-New York Tribune.
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Adopted aud approved July eth. 1896.
j. LOUIS AUCOIN, President,
II. n. COULON, Clerk.
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THE POLICE JURY.
TABLEAU

Ofth probable expenses of the Parish of
Latnnrche tor the current year 1896 ).
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Mrs. Big wad-"lt must be terribly
embarrassing to b - poor as the Jone-
ses- they never give anything to char
ity.n Mr.. Bigwad- -'But we don't
either" Mrs. Blgwad-''Well, they
can't say that it b because We haven't
got it to give."-Fanity.
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VOL. xxx1I.
nrFTCIAL DIRECTORY.
STATE OFFICERS.

-. Murphy J. Foster of st. Mary
6ose1',oo. oar ..R. H. Snyder of lessas
iieus. vi state. John T Michel Of Orl ans
ste, =. n.h Acc'rs.. w w. Hard OF Union
Mc' ras.s ru. Az Fournet of Sr-Mar in
stss .a.s Can N. ]. Cunnlngh 'ln Natchitoch' S
Ahs On I'd. -. V. Calhoun, OF Orleans
o. 8. SENATORS.
nc. Blanchard. .....i..' {. 9i =, SaR'aes Noes
IN f,aifery VI o'' "A"iJ
STATE SENATOR'S.
u.aor .... TerrebOnne
=. 1. Howell. ...... .......... .aio"icne
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DRAINAGE COMMISSIONERS.
unt No. l-rhos. Beary, o. Anth6ment
Md. B. 8. Mire.
Dust. No. 2.-Thos. Barker, Oscar Anth6-
snent, G.. j. Guiiry.
Diet. No.j.-L. j. Trosclair. j. l.. Leblanc,
~, Tomassi.
Roam AND LEvEE INSPECTORS.
Oissfiet No. l........J. B. Bourgeois.
NO.C Rp1ap GER
Evening star., 1896-12-12
GOLD LETTERING.
How the Furnished Gold Letters on
the Window Pane Are Produced.

How the Furnished Gold Letters on
the Window Pane Are Produced.
From the New York Sun
The sign letterer who is putting a good
sign on a window paints the letters upon
the outside first, but these letters are only
for a guide-the gold is put upon the in
side of the glass. The gold leaf is SO thin
ard light that the faintest breath would be
enough. to blow it away-it is carried in
the familiar little books.
The letterer brushes the inner side of the,
glass. back of the lettering painted upon
the outside. with brush dipped in water
containing trace of muciiage. Then, with
a wide and very thin camers hair brush.
which he first brushes lightly back and
forth once or twice upon the back of his
head, or perhaps upon his coat, to dry it. if
1t needs drying, and slightly to electrify it,
he lifts from the book section of gold leaf
sufficient to cover a section of the letter
and places it on the glass. He repeats these
operations until the glass back of the letter
painted on the front is covered with the
leaf. 1t may require three or four sections.
such as can be picked up with the brush TO
cover the letter, or PERHAPS more. depend-
ing on its size and shape. When he ha 3
completed the application OF the leaf to one
letter he dampens the back of the next and
proceeds with that in the same manner
with the gold leaf
Thus applied. the gold leaf overlaps the
letters more or less on all sides. 1t Is
bright in color, like all gold, but 1t is not
shining; 1t Is FURNISHED by rubbing it gent
ly on the back-of course, 1t cannot be rub
bed on the face, for that is against the
glass.with soft cloth. 1t Furnishes, how
ever, on the face as well as on the back.
Then the letters are backed. The exact
shape of the letter is painted over the back
OF the gold leaf to fix it and protect 1t,
and when the back is dry the gold leaf pro-
5ecting beyond the outline of the letter is
brushed off; 1t Is rot sought to save this
proJecting ieai, there Is not enough of it to
pay for the labor that would be Involved in
gathering 1t together. Then the outside let
tering. which is done with paint that is but
nttie more than oils Is rubbed off, and the
lrstrous gold lettering is revealed.
Evening star., 1896-12-12

stood at the south end of the block At the
| other end. sufficiently far removed to keep
away all contagion of evil. was another
and larger stand containing a miniature
| josshouse. Here were three priests in red
robes, two in blue and a small boy also in
| blue. whose duty 1t seemed TO be TO con-
tinuallly light paper on candle in front of
| him. and cast the flaming sheets to the
| ground, TO his own infinite delight and the
| imminent peril of his flowing neither gar
ments. In the music stand were also sew
eral musicians. who discoursed sounds
hideous enough to reconcile the devil at the
other end of the block to death by fire or
any other way, IL he could only escape the
music.
The priest chanted the Chinese fed the
fire and the band played on. till O'clock
when some one seized the devil. carried
him twice down the line between the fires
and then heaved him on a pyre prepared
cracked merrily until the last of his oh
noxious form curled and wreathed In smoke
over the roof of the dwellings of his sub
jects.
Then ensued a grand scramble for two
tubs of holy water. which stood at each
end of the block. Whoever got one OF these
when they had been duly blessed came in
for unbounded good luck the rest of the
year, but the priests intended to reserve
them for themselves. each was guarded
by policeman, who used his club literally
on any Chinaman who approached the tubs
with intent TO take. steal and carry away
the same.
One tub was taken before 1t was blessed.
but 1t was generally conceded that this
brought no good luck. The other was
blessed IN the regula ton way. In a scrim-
mage over IL the water was upset and the
tub was cast on the flames and destroyed.
So the Chinaman who covets a lead pipe
cfnch or good luck will have to defer his
ambitions another year. This performance
will be repeated at this season in 1897. 1t
was witnessed by great number of Chi
| nese and a few white people of owlish ten
denotes.
At o'clock this morning every vestige OF
the festivities save few flakes of charred
tissue paper. had been removed and no
one passing through would have suspected
that he was on the scene of the orgies just
described.
Evening star., 1896-12-12
AURORA on THE YUKON.
The UnwarminE Light Flashes ON
Frozen Rivers and Great Snow Banks.


Frozen Rivers and Great Snow Banks.
From the Alaska News.
During the winter months the aurora on
the Yukon is very brilliant. and intensely
beautiful 1t commences early in the fall
and lasts, with more or less brilliancy.
throughout the long arctic winter 1t gen.
orally commences upon the setting of the
sun, although in midwinter it has some
times been bright that it was visible at
noon. while the sun was shining brightly.
The rays of the light first shoot forth with
a quick, quivering motion. are then gath
cred and form a great arch of fire spanning
the heavens. 1t glows for an instant like
a girdle of FURNISHED gold, then, unfolding,
great curtains of light drop forth. These
royal mantles of bright orange, green, pink,
rose, yellow and crimson are suspended
and waved between heaven and earth as
with an invisible hand. The rapid gyrations
and scintillations of light and blending
colors are intensely bewildering and superb
ly beautiful.
The whole phenomena of waving wreaths.
Pickering flames, rays, curtains. fringes,
bands and flashing colors, the strange con-
fusion of light and motion, now high in the
heavens, then dropping like curtains Of
gold and silver lace. sparkling with a
wealth of rubies. sapphires. emeralds and
diamonds. penetrating dark gulches and
darting through somber green forests, light
ing the whole landscape as with a thous-
and electric lamps, form a picture Of which
words can convey but a very poor idea.
This unwarming light, as ii flashes along
the frozen rivers, the great banks of snc,r,
and reveals the huge mountains OF sllsten-
ing ice and black lines of fir, indeed is OF
the purest arctic cast, and causes one 10
button his coat closer over his chest. and
with shiver he is glad to seek . light -
less brilliancy, but one Of fTfe-sfTing
warmth.
At the breaking up of winter the hours
of sunshine are rapidly increasing, and
continue so until midsummer, WREN the
sun beams forth twenty-five hours ont OF
the twenty-four. while on the high noun
tain peaks ii is for a period of several days
in June not entirely out of sight during the
twenty-four hours. During the months OF
July and August the weather becomes very
warm, and even hot, and miners are glad
to seek shady retreat in which to do their
labor. After this period the hours of sun
shine gradually decrease, UNTIL during the
shortest days, the sun shines but four
hours out of the twenty-four. But at This
period the aurora is very intense and helps
very materially in driving darkness from
that dreary land The Thermometer goes
down to 40 degrees below zero I'm winter,
but the atmosphere is very dry, and Con-
sequently the cold is not so perceptlble as
one would imagine.
Evening star., 1896-12-12

male PATHS, Eameses, Sandersons,. Van
Zandts and Nevadas. The American girl
students of painting now in Paris think so,
and the young men who sing their scales
to Bouhy, Juliani, Trabadelo. Dele Sedie
and the rest think so as well.
They study with the same teachers as do
the young ladies, with this difference: 1t is
generally thought important that a man
should study singing with a man. because
of the organism, the voice and the char
acter of the music to be committed to
memory. A woman can hardly explain to
a man how to produce his voice, and from
the nature of things she is practically un-
familiar with mems roles. On the other
hand, girls study e great deal with male
teachers at the present day in Paris, and
for simple reason. If the truth must be
told, Ii Is this:
AS Marchesi grows old there seem to be
no women teachers of great reputation to
step into her place. Mime. Renee Richard
Marie Rose. Nine. La Grange and Nine
Niardot all doing very well. But new
girls flock to the men teachers-Bouny
Dele Sedie, Faure, JuliaDi. Trabadelo,
Sbriglia and the rest. All these male as
well as female teachers have been great
artisies in their day, and when they make