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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-08-08

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fence, with the captured flag wrapped
around his nimble body, was the young
rebel OF the Mohawk, breathless and ex-
cited.
He saw the tory friends swarm from
the house and arranged themselves about
the foot of the Flagstaff.
- Jason was among them.
why where's the flag, friend Jason" 9"
suddenly asked one.
The tory looked up, and seemed to
fall back as he discovered thatthe pole
was no longer adorned with the flag he
had raised.
Gone! gone!" he exclaimed, stagger-
ing back. 1t was there at sundown.
saw it floating in the last rays offthe
sun. but gonet gone! The flag ]
raisedi" al
Obed dropped to the ground, and
moved noisesslessly toward the end OF
Jason's garden.
There were confusion and loud voices
behind him. but these only quicIsened
his gait, y ~ #S.F.sg
ut has been stolen by the rebels!"
cried the owner of Sargent house. 81
am a disgraeed man if they are permit
ted to escape with it. The men of the
Mohawk valley have captured the kings
flag, and they will carry it in triumph
TO the rebel army if we do not oxerfaise'
them. They may be in hiding withit
somewhere, and we must surround the
premises"
A ,I.aI
the fence and darted off like a deer.
Obed, elutching the captured prize,
ran through the shadows, as he never
.Fan@before, and, knowing the country.
he made alais way Jason's farm,
nor stopped till he came back 10 the
little house on the rise.
Once more he slipped back to the at-
tic ovcr. the sIoping roof and hid the flag
under the cot, after which he threw him.
self upon the bed and fell asleep.
Perhaps the fearless littlespatriot Of
the Mohawk dreamed of capturing
more flags that night, but in the early
morning he heard the voice OF his
mother at the ladder.
Come, Obed, wake up and loeis at
Jason Sargent's flagstaff Z she called 10.
him. be British flag isn't theresanv
longer. Can it be that the old troy has
turned rebel hiInself2 2
4 .'slNot quite that coed mother. Didn't
i tell you that some right neighbor
Sargent would lose his fsg?''
What was the patriot mothers sur
prise when she saw, descending the lad
der, her boy with the British flag over
his shoulders. g
{ You, Obed?' she said. They viii
ransack the district, but what they re-
cover the flag
Y Well see about that It = our secret,
mother, and we'll lslSeep Il, won't we?'
Jason Sargent and. his friends did
'ransack the district but they were
not shrewd enough to find the captured
flag, for they did not suspect Obed
Mason of the heoric deed, and not until
after the war did the tory learn that
The boy had lowered the obnoxious flag.
and then he was powerless to punish
For many years the trophy remained
in the Mason family. and Obed grew To
manhood known as the little rebel OF
the Mohawk, title of which he was
proud, Golden Days.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-08-08
NO JOKE FOR THE JOKER.
When the Boot Is on the Other Foo
fyoauas

When the Boot Is on the Other Foot
Laughing Ceases.
The practical joker was saunterina
along in the dusk. The inoffensiye citi.
zen was sauntering along in the SAINT
dusk, unmindful Of the presence oil
the practical joker. The practical Joker,
recognizing a friend in the inoffensive
citizen, chuekled to himself and quick:
ened himself to overtake him.
The inoffensive citizen was thinking
of a story he had read about footpads
and wondering whether anyone wou1d
ever try to hold him up. The practica..
joker suddenly tipped the inoffensive
citizens hat over his eyes. The in
offensive citizen wheeled instantly and
landed a fine, large blow between tbs
practical ioker's eyes. The practical
joker went down. The inoffensive citf.
zen promptly sat on him aud hit him
again. The practical joker yelled:
For heavens sake dom t hit me again
John! Don't you know me ?''
The inoffensive citizen said: "Greai
Scott!
The practical joker said, in an in.
jjured tone: Hang it all, John, it's only
joke
The inoffensive citizen looked at the
practical joker, who now had one eye
closed, and laughed. The practical
joker angrily asserted that it was lie
laughing matter,
But you said it was a joke, " returned
the inoffensive citizen, and think you
are right And he laughed again. But
the practical joker hasn't been able to
see the point of it to this day. Still, 1t
was unquestionably good joke. Tit
Bits.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-08-08
common-sense science.

In many. agricultural communities
there is a disposition to flelplessness in
the face OF adyerses; meteorological or
otherwise Recognizing this, NJ. Meline,
The French minister Of agriculture, has
directed the professors of agriculture
70 suspend their lectures and go
through the rural districts in order to.
advise farmers to meet the failure Of
the hay crop by sowing vetches, maize.
and other fodder, as also by utilizing
oil cake, straw, bran and corn IN. K.
Times,
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-08-08
CAMPAIGNING AGAINST guGs.
How to Kin Some of Thern aud Keep the
Rest Out.

Rest 9Hss
Among the most contumacious and
anpaying Of spring visitors that CON
front the housekeepers are the reaches,
or water bugs, who appear without So
licitation and pitch their tents wher-.
eeer water is constantly kept They
breed with prodigious rapidity, and,
unless exterIninated and driven off, win
soon take possession Of the whole house.
Prevention in this case is infinitely bet
ter than cure. Powdered bprax or Per-
sian powder should be sprinkled around
tie spots that they would like to call
their own, and at least twice a week
boiling water should be poured down
sinks, closets and drains. Hellebore
rubbed over with molasses and put
around their haunts is. also considered
a specific.
Still more persistent re garding en-
trance, and still harder to put to flight,
once in, are those eyilly disposed crea-
lures whose very name sends chillH
mp and down the housekeeper's spinal
column-the bedbugs.
They are exceedingly partial to some
kinds of wood, and: are not infrequent-
ly built into the very house itself Tf
not already in, there are hundreds Of
ways by which they smuggle them
selves in--in boxes and baskets, IN the
hem of garment from the tailor's,
or the clean clothes from the laundress.
So prolific are they that two or three
"stock' a house in one summer If 1ln-
disturbed. Scrupulous cleanliness and
eternal vigilance are the only safe
guards.
All beds and bedding should be ex-
anined at least once a week in summer,
and if any traces of interlopers are seen
the bed must be taken apart and thor
oughly scrubbed with cold water and
soap. This is the only way to destroy
the eggs which are deposited in every
crack and crevice, and unless this il
done the bugs will continue to increase.
After the scrubbing the different parts
of the bedsteads should be washed with
spirits of turpentine or an ounce OF
corrosive sublimate mixed with a half
pint of alcohol. A feather is the best
medium for applying this to the cracks.
=
The Persian insect powder applied with
a blower is very efficacious when it can
he found unadulterated. It should be-
showered In every crack or crevice Of
the bed, behind the pictures or p1antel
pieces, along the Dashboard aud under
any loose place in the wall paper.
Plaster is a fasorite trysting place for
these barbarians, but unless there is
q crack they cannot bore through 1t.
The formula for poison that can be
applied with a syringe or sponge fas-
tened on the end Of a stick is as follows:
One-half pint spirits of wine, one-half
pint spirits Of turpentine, one ounce
of crude sal ammoniac, one ounce OF
corrosive subiimate, and one ounce Of
amphor.-Kansas City Star.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-08-08
MCKINLEY Doesn't Fit.
le prot ective plank of the republican

The prot ective plank of the republican
platform leaves Mckinley looking all
most as much of misfit candidate as
does the currency plank. We are not
pledged to any particular schedules.'
That is to say, do not fear, good people,
that we shall break our leg second
time on the Mckinley tariff. The plat
form is for q reasonable application
of the protective principle; the awful
inference lies on The surface that there
have been unreasonable applications of
it. "Tde4 country demands right set
tlement, and then it wants rest. Busi-
ness men say they want rest immediate
", and dread nothing more than to be
harried another four years by tariff
agitation. Finally the platform explic-
lily throws over the sugar bounty,
which was great essential feature Of
the Mckinley tariff. In other words,
it is for Mckinley, but not for McKin-
leyism. And as to the certainty that no
tariff bill whatever can be enacted in
the next congress, without joining a
silver-purchase bill with it, the plat
form has never word to say.--N. Y.
Post.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-08-08
Y.atruca gaud-fnhas

Nothing Gun be more crisp than let
tuec sandwiches. Spread buttered
slices of bread with salad dressing and
place between small lettuce leaves.
Housekeeper.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-08-08
Banana Pie.

Slice raw bananas, add butter, sugar,
alIspiee and vinegar or boiled cider OF
diluted jelly; bake with two crusts.
Cold boiled sweet potatoes may be used
instead of bananas, and are very nice
\. Y Ledger.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-08-08
4 PAT Aasrver.

Elderly Gentleman Well, my SON,
ian you tell me what little boys are
good for, anytsa
Roy-les. sir; they'fs. good to make
wen out Of Harper's Rcund Table.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-08-08
A BACKWARD GLANCE
what High TarlT Has Done for Ameri-

What High Tariff Has Done for AmerI-
can Industry.
Mckinley is called the advance agent
of prosperity but IN 1890 he was the
advance agent Of disaster. The yolunle
Of business of the country indicates
better than anything else whether it
is prosperous or not. For the three
years prior to the passage Of the ldeK kin
ley bill, and for the three fiscal years
after It's passage while it was in full
operation, the clearing Of the II cities
were as follows : IS
Before Mckinley After Mckinley.
1885, $40, 81 600, sg2, I1a Q00 Qot
1889 56 ITS 600 9ag Z. y. ga ,31. 600
1S9o..... 60s29 600 000s1S 45,e15, 600
Inadequate as the German tariff bill
was In many particulars, itstopped any
further decline, and the clearaIices last
year reached s51, ,511 100000.
The tariff of 1889 had the same effect
upon business settling tt. The vol
uIne of business shown BY the clear
ances before and after 1t was as follows:
Before 1888 Tariff After 1889 Tariff
800, ,000 0Q0j1 ,a. .o0e, coo
1881 63, ,4u, ,o0o000lisS5 AZ al t90o, ,neh
In 1886 business had accommodated
itself to the changed conditions, and
slowly increased each year until in 1906
ii had almost reached the volume of
1881. Then Mckinley hit it another
blow between the eyes that knocked its
out again.
In 1894, thanks to McKinleyisrn and
the republican silver imitation act, the
business Of the country was less than
~ +
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-08-08
En- thusiasm for Mckinley is lacl

En- thusiasm for Mckinley is lack
ing everywhere outside Ohio. The lead.
els. from Platt to Lodge, fall into line,
as a matter of course. But the average
republican doesn't relish the success
gained by the silent man of Ohio. He
realizes that while old bosses" may
have been sent to the rear, new boss
has forged to the front, and that repub-
Iican success next November meaEs
Hanna rule, with all that it implies.
No wonder that thinking republicans
are not inspired by their presidential
ticket-Boston Globe.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-08-08
A LITTLE REBEL.
BY q. @. HARBAUGIg

BET, MASON was
a Icy who lived in
the beautiful Mo-
hawk valley DUR
ing the war Of the
revolution.
TIc was a stout,
active lad of ff-
tean, always on
thu alert and at
all times ready to
do something for
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-08-08

The people have had ample ex-s
perienees of McKinley''s tariff bill, and
they know all his views on that SUBJ
sject. 1t IS Something entirely different
they want to hear about in this canl-
5paign. And they won't let Mckinley
off until they have heard from him..
The time for wabbling and lodging is
past Wheeling Register.
The most farcical feature of tho
republican farce at st. Louis is the
pledge to sfestere tlle United States Gag /.
to the seas" What drove it from tha
seas, but our stupid, ANTICIPATED nayiGa-t
tion laws passed by the republican,
party p Kansas City Times. 4
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-08-08

The quadrennial republican joke
about the republicans carrying Texas is
beginning to circulate.-st. Louis Re
public,
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1896-04-08
A HOT POLITICAL RACE.

Sixth Indiana District the Scene of Great
Struggle for Congressional Nomina-
ton.
INDIANAPOLIS, April 2.-Yesterday's
primary election in Henry county set
tied the hottest race for congressional
honors ever fought out in Indiana.
The last legislature threw Henry u.
johnson and James e. Watson, both
members of the present congress, into
the same district, the Sixth, which is
so overwhelmingly republican that a
nomination is equivalent to election.
All the counties in the district had held
their primary elections except Henry,
and the result showed 80 votes for John
son and 0O for Watson, with III re-
ouired to nominate. This left the de-
cision to the 36 votes of Henry county.
For the past week the fight has been
concentrated in Henry county and SO
hot that families have been divided and
the ordinary business Of the county has
been practically suspended.
The count of the vote in Henry coun'
ty is incomplete, the result hinging on
the count in Wayne township, contain
ing Knightstowu, and Henry town
ship, containing New Castle. In this
latter there are 20 disputed ballots
which the johnson people claim were
cast by democrats. The vote of the
township was over 900 nearly up tc
the total cast by all parties in 1894. Il
seems certain that whichever side ha'
lost will protest the count.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1896-04-08
DIAMOND THIEVES.
Residents of Florida Hotels Lose Spark
lers Valued In the Aggregate at over
0nn

Residents of Florida Hotels Lose Spark
lers Valued In the Aggregate at over
$4,000.
NEW YORK, April Ga special to the
Recorder from Jacksonville, Fla, says
that diamond thieves have been nu-
merous in Florida this season, and
have committed many robberies in
hotels on the east coast. 1t is reported
that the thieves have secured between
$40, 900 and $50, 900 in jewelry. Among
the heaviest losers is Mrs. Henry Cut
ting, of New York, who is stopping at
the Ponce De Leon hotel in st. August
inc. and her loss is estimated at S15, 200,
consisting principally of family jewels
The suite of Mr. and Mrs. Camp at the
Royal Poinciana, Palm Beach, was also
entered and heirlooms of an actual val
ne of $4,000 were taken.
The next robbery reported is that OF
William Freeborn, retired merchant
of Tivoli-on- the Hudson. He and his
daughter have been guests of the AL
cazar all season. Miss Freeborn re
ports that her jewelry case has been
robbed and that her jewels valued al
S4. 900 have been taken. Besides these
| there have been a number of smaller
thefts, some running as high as $500
but so far as known none of the promi
nent crooks who have been run out o
the resorts in this state in the past few
days have been arrested for these burg
| laries
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1896-04-08
lNNoCENTS BU1l tssHED.

History OF One of the Recent Spanish'Nic-
tories" Over Cuban Insurge Children
Massacred.
HAVANA, April G.-Here is detailed
account of the latest feat of &-ms OF
Gen. Melguizo, for which the queen
cabled compliments: One hundred and
twenty-five men reconnoitering the
farm Ell Desquito, owned by Fernan-
dez De Castro, near Bainoa, Havana
province, met two scouts of Aguire's
band. They captured one named Pedro
Potrillo, 60 years of age and colored.
Though shot he defended himself and
severely wounded Capt. Fcijos, one
lieutenant and two soldiers before be-
ing killed. Aguire's column of insur-
gents arrived and the soldiers retreated
and Joined the battalion at Bainoa, re-
naming intrenched during the night
The next day Gen. Melguizo ad-
vanced, 1900 strong, crossed the Rico
Hojo farm and killed nine unarmed
employees. They went to the Garrido
estate and killed eight employees, all
unarmed, among whom was child
years old, and one Is years of age and
an American citizen, Crescenzio Gobel,
and his mulatto wife. The head of the
6-year-old child was entirely severed
from the body. The troops fred the
cane fields for the purpose of driving
out any Cubans in hiding. They also
burned fine store worth $3.50
Melguizo's official report stated thai
Is insurgents were killed, the Spanish
had captain seriously wounded and
lieutenant and two soldiers slightly
| ,uO,,n1al
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1896-04-08
aEN. HAaRIsoN.s WEDDING.

A Very Simple Ceremony Marked His Mar
riage TO Mrs. Observation-Disclosures by
Only Sc Persons.
New YORK, April T.--Perhaps as SIM
pie wedding as has ever been wit
messed within the walls of st. Thomas
church, was solemni2ed at $3.50 p. m.
Monday, when Gen. Harrison entered
into the holy bonds of wedlocll with
Mrs. Mary Scott Lord Dimmick. Not
one of the Sc witnesses of the ceremony
could fail to have been impressed with
its singular npretentiousness The
assembled crowds outside the church
showed the interest the public had in
the affair. The weather was not in
viting enough to attract as great
mass as was feared Eastern sunshine
had given way to dark clouds
The guests began to arrive at the
church shortly before o'clock. AS
they entered they were received by
the two ushers, the private secretary
of the ex-president, e. +. Tibbett, and
Daniel NJ. Ransdoll. Mrs. John E.
Parker, the brides sister, occupied
| front pew on the left and Mr.. and Mrs.
Pinchot one on the right. Behind
Mrs. Parker sat Gov Morton and Col.
Marvin, his military private secretary.
In the succeeding pews were Senator
and Mrs Stephen B. Elkins, eX-Secre-
tarv of State John w. Foster and Mrs.
Foster, ex-Attorney General Miller
and Mrs. Miller, and Mr.. George W..
Boyd, of the Pennsylvania railroad In
pews back of Mr.. and Mrs. Pinchot sat
relatives and friends of the bride. In
all SO people were present. All the
living members of Cen Harrison's cab
met were present excepting eX-Post-
master General Wanamaller, eX-Secre-
tary of the Treasury Foster, eX-Secre-
tary of War Proctor and eX-Secretary
of the Interior Noble, all of whom
were unavoidably prevented from wit
Messing the ceremony.
When the final words that made Gen.
Harrison and Mrs. Dmmick one were
pronounced DR.. Brown shook hands
with both and offered his congratula
tions. The ex-president then extended
his right arm to his newly made bride
and to the soft strains of the Tam
hauser Wedding March. they filed dowr
the center aisle. They were followed
by the guests. The party at once let
the church and entered carriages.
The bridal party was driven to the
residence of Mrs Pinchot, No. 2 Ora
mercy park, where refreshments wer'
served. Here the bride and groom
donned their travelling attire. Sooi
after o'clock the party were taken tt
the Pennsylvania railroad station il
Jersey City. They boarded the privat
car of Vice President Frank Thompson
which was coupled to the regular trail
west and the bride and groom left fo
indianapolis The party was accom-
panied as far as Philadelphia by som
of the guests, who participated in tn
wedding supper which was serve
aboard the car. The honeymoon wi
be spent in Gen. Harrison's home in Ii
dianapolis, which has been reftted fo
the occasion. Later the couple will G
to the Adirondack mountains, where
cottage has been prepared for them
: First Lake.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1896-04-08
BLOWN INTo ETERNITY.


Exp'o osion cf Boilers in a Cottonseed on
MllI at Greenvllle, Miss, Leaves Death
in Its Wake.
GREESvlLLE, Miss, April 2.-Wed-
nesday afternoon the two massive
boilers of the Planters oil mill, ut this
place. exploded, wreclling the mill
property, causing the death Of five
mon and seriously injuring half dozen
Others. The dead;
Henry Williams, colored, fireman.
Oliver Humphreys, colored, assistant fireman
Isom Freeman. colored laborer.
Horace Wilkinson, colored, carpenter,
Ed Strasack white, carpenter.
Injured--Frank Wolfenden, chief engineer,
badly scalded and bruised
Columbus Washington, colorod, burned and
cut by timbers; will die.
Tom Brown, colored, badly bruised and
burned
w. E. freeman colored, leg broken.
Alex Hughes, scalp injured.
Freeman Pendleton, colored, leg broken and
otherwise badly hurt.
The cause of the explosion is sup
posed to have been dry boiler. After
the wreck of the plant by the explo'
sion fire seized the ruins, but this was
suppressed by the fire department, not
however, until the bodies of the killed
had been badly charred. The loss will
reach $500, 900; fully covered by insur
ance.
About a year ago the plant of the
mill was entirely destroyed by fire, en-
failing a loss of $3.50, 900, and had beer
rebuilt on such scale as to make il
one of the most extensive and complete
in the south
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1896-04-08
DESPERATE BATTLE.
Five Men Attempt to Hold Up b. & o.
Express Traln-Three of the Gang Cap
tured-One Fatally Wounded.

Five Men Attempt to Hold Up ID. & D.
Express Train rhree of the Gang Cap
tured-One Fatally Wounded.
BREMEN, Ind, April 2,-F'ive desper'
ate men attempted to hold up the b. &
O. westbound limited express at Bre-
men yesterday morning. The robbers
boarded the train at Garrett and when
this side of the city few miles, robbed
a passenger of his gold watch and
money and threw him from the rapidly
moving train. 1t was the gangs in
tention to hold up the train somewhere
between Walllerton and Bremen, as a
large marsh west Of Bremen affords
them good opportunity. The man
who was thrown from the train recov-
cred enough to walk to Garrett and
notify the officials, who wired the op-
orator here and the police with several
men went to the depot armed and
when the train arrived desperate
battle took place. Three of the rob
bers were arrested and placed in thu
Bremen lookup. One Of them is NOR
tally wounded.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1896-04-08
TRAGEDY IN A PARLoR.

Wealthy Woman Murdered by n Jealous
Lovcr-The Latter Attempts Suicide.
TALBoTToN, Ca, April Miss Sallie
Owen, beautiful and wealthy lady OF
this city, was shot and instantly killed
Sunday night in the parlor OF j. H..
McCoy's residence, by Dr. W. l.. Ryder,
a prominent dentist. Hon. A. P. Per-
sons, prominent candidate for con-
gress, was standing beside Miss Owen
when the fatal shot was fred. He was
also shot at, but received only flesh
wound.
DR.. Ryder was lover of Miss Owen,
and it is presumed that she refused to
marry him and that he was frenzied
with jealousy at the friendship be-
tween Mr.. Persons and the young lady.
Miss Owen belonged to one of the
wealthiest and most aristocratic fami
lies in Georgia, and was social favor
ite wherever she was known. Ryder
was captured by posse a few miles
from town. He had made an unsuc'
cessful attempt at suicide by cutting
his throat.