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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-09-05
J PRIVATE CUSTOMERS.
why Mrs. lockwood Prefers Their Trad,
tn Store BUSINESS,

why Mrs lockwood Prefers Their Trade
to Store Business.
I have heard complaints from some
who have tried furnishing butter to pri-
vate customers. They say their Gus
toners are over particular and given to
fault finding. In short, that it is more
trouble to cater to their tastes than the
butter is worth. In all my experience
7 have not had the least trouble in this
respect. Our customers all understand
that if al any time crock of butter does
not suit they are expected to return it
at our expense and it will be replaced
by another. / think it is no more than
right that person paying such price
for butter should get what they want,
and have found none who are any more
exacting than should be under the cir
cumstances. / may have been partic-
ularly fortunate in obtaining unusually
desirable customers, but certainly
there is no fault or complaint. In our
correspondence year after year, have
ever received most courteous treatment
from both men and women. There has
been nothing which would Indicate the
difference, socially speaking, between
the wealthy patron and the poor
farmers wife, who supplies them with
their dairy butter. We take great pains
to make the butter look neat, and, al
though butter in crock does not APP
pear to the eye in the way that printed
butter does, some difference Is discerni-
HE even there. It is the practice Of
some butter-makers to tie bits of old
muslin over the butter. This is alto
gether too suggestive of its former
period of usefulness to please the fas-
tidious person It is better to buy
parchment paper, which comes cut in
circles u fit the different sizes of crooks,
for this purpose. Pack the crock full
to overfowing, then witha piece OF wire
cut off the butter directly at the top
edge of the crock. Remove the surplus,
place a circle of the parchment over il
and smooth down and see how neat 1t
looks. III summer sprinkle 4 layer
of fine salt over the top to prevent ths
heat from melting the butter and soil
ing the paper. We buy new light vel,
| low paper to tie over the outside and
think it looks much better than ole
| newspapers. The name and address was
| formerly written OH an express tag and
tied TO the crock, but our express agent
favors writing it upon the top with per
and ink, as the tags are liable to get torr
off intransit. Always give full weight
and a little more if anything, When vol
arc. getting Il big price for butter yor
can afford to be generous. Mrs. p. p
] Lockwood. in Farmers Review.
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ing your husband from you, but, aias!
I have orders which must be obeyed.'
mo apology is needed, m'sieur," she
replied. with slight sigh. MY hus-
bands honeymoon has been brief, in
deed; but, as one convicted of a serious
crime, what can he expect? We must
both wait. Nothing further need be
said.
"And you have followed him here
from Paris?"
.Yes.''
""Ah! what derotioni Madame, truly
yours Is cruel separation, and you
have my heartfelt sympathy. Adieu.' :
'Thanks, m'sieur; adieu," she said
.brokenly: but the officer had already
passed beyond hearing. From The
Teinptress.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-09-05
a MARKED ADVANCE.
Average Country Road Better New Thnn
1t Was q Few Years Ago.

= 1t Was q Few Years Ago.
AT recent public meeting not far =
from here a good dominic, rising To
speak, prefaced his remarks by saying
that there ought to be added to The
litany an appeal like this: From luln-
bago and newly worked roads, good
Lord, deliver us Riding over the
country at this season of the year tile
wayfaring man may well Join the
brother in this earnest petition; and
if power could be given to the horse to
speak as did that patient animal of sa-
cred history in Balaam's time such
chorus would arise as would disturb
the dreams of the would-be legislators
who play with the question of good
roads at our state capitals every win.
ter, and arouse them to a better sense
of their duty in this respect than seems
to have impressed itself upon them as4
yet.
Still, it is far cry from the old way
of working the roads with the ploWs
and old-fashioned scraper to the mod.
ern well-made road machine. Save in
some of the districts where men still
declare that there is no true way to
improve the roads except to turn up the
| mud and stones aong the side and haul
them into the track with a seraper,
there certainly has been q marked adj
vance within the last few years. 1t is
| true we have not yet learned to use the
road machine as it should be used. It's
capabilities are not at present fully un.
derstood by all. A first-ciass machine
in the hands of a good man wilSc,ertain-
| ly make good road. It is not all OF
roadmaking, however, to haul dirt,
clods and stones into the highway.
The machine must be followed up close
/ " by men with rakes to remove all loose
stones, and they by teams to draw MI
| these away, When thus made smooth.
| if the pike be made wide enough, the
result will be much better road.
The use OF gravel is also growing in
/ favor. Some of our worst pieces OF
road have been greatly improved by
| this means. The Intelligent oyerseer
will study his beat" and the available
material, then act accordingly. Road.
making is an art just as much as that
of building railways. When we colne
to understand this, and that the better
our roads are the more valuable our
lands, there will be less killing time
when the season of the year comes to
work out our tax. 1t is for the interest
of everybody to have good roads. We
all use them and ought to take pride
in maintaining them. But # we will
not, and it seems to be a fact that some
men can never be coaxed into looking
out for their own interests in this mat.
ter, nor any other, in fact, then am
in favor of giving the roads over to the
state, SO that everybody may be com
PEELED to do his fair share toward
i keeping them up. I believe that the
money system is the best of all. There
!. might be some little jar were it intro
duced at once; but that would soon
pass away and in short time none Of
us would be ready to go back to the old
way.--E. L. Vincent, in n. !. Tribune.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-09-05
DlscoNTENT.

= g, It's that which alters &
( The strain of him who singsi
When the music falters
The fault Is In the strings.
Life's supremestsl losses r5sssg 2. u &. 4
Never match it's gains, ~ : ~
Crowns are more than crosses
Pleasures more than pains.
Often we, forgetting 6{ 4 :
All the good we see,
Spend our lives regrettinl
Things that ought to be ..
Oft, instead Of doing &Es 3E#
Little tasks to-day
Waste our strength pursuing
Great ones far away. g -s a.
In the quest of pleasure
Every soul that lives
Grasps the fullest measure
With the hand that gives3
And no balm of healing
Comes to heart or brain s
Z Save from II How feeling
For another's pain.
Not where glories linger
Dearest joys belong,
Not the loftiest singer
Sings the sweetest song;
FOR one eagle soaring ..-
Ger the mountain chain,
A thousand larks are pouring :.
Their music Ger the plain.
.-J. r. Parke, in Detroit Free Press.
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RETRlEuTlon IN STORE.
The Mining State Revolt May BE the
Means OF Defeating Mckinley.

sL
It would be q singular, and yet in.
some sense, q retributive outcome of the
present contest should the revolt of the
western mining states from the stand
ard of McKinleyism decide the election
adversely to Mr.. Mckinley. Considera-
tions of republican party expediency,
for the most part having to do with
the maintenance of the system of high
protectionism, has more weight than
any consideration of fitness for state
| hood in the admission to the union of
| Nevada, Colorado, Idaho, Montana,
Wyoming, Utah, Washington and the
| two Dakotas. Some of them haFe
since grown to proportions such as to
make them credible accessions to the
roll of states; some are growing, and
will in time deserve statehood on their
actual merits; one, Nevada is deereas-
| ing in population, and is less entitled
to statehood to-day than ever; but not
one of the lot was admitted originally
without a cold calculation Of the votes
it would contribute to the republicans
/ in the electoral college and in the
/ senate.
Of these nine states admitted to boil
ster the waning popular strength OF
the republicans, through the opera
tions Of the electoral college and the
/ constitutional system of representation
obtaining in the. United States senate,
Nevada, Colorado, Idaho, Montana,
/ Wyoming, Utah and North Dakota
may as well be conceded to Mrs Bryan
to start with. In the other two, Wash
ington and South Dakota, the contest
is more doubtful, but with the chances
FAR better of his carrying all the nine
states than of McKiniey's carrying a
third of them.
In the aggregate these nine states
control 2s electoral votes, number
j sufficient, if unitedly transferred to
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chapel, two candles fickered unstead-
lily. The gloomy place was utterly de-
veid of establishment, with damp
stained. whitewashed walls, stone
floor, dirty and uneven, and broken
windows patched with paper.
Over the man and woman k1,eeling
at the steps the priest outstretched his
hands and pronounced the benediction.
When he had concluded they
rose. The weary-eyed man regained his
feet quickly, gazing trifie sadly at
his companion, while the latter, with
a scarcely perceptible sigh, got up
slowly, and affectionately embraced her
newly-wedded husband.
As the bride placed her arms about
her husbands neck he bent, and, lifting
her black veil slightly, gave her fond.
passionate caress.
Turning from the altar, the priest
grasped their hands, wishing them
health and happiness. What bitter
irony! What canting pretense OF
humanity As if either could be OBJ.
tanned in New Caledonia, the malarial
island to which the French transport
their criminals. The ill-timed sarcasm
caused the statuesque warders to grin
but aatear stood. in the eye. of more
than Hhe Of the bridegroom's com.
rades in adversely, even though they
were desperate characters, hardened
by crime.
'.We thank you heartily for your kind
Wishes" he replied, 'sanl trust thai
your blessing will render our5lot les.
wearisome.'' ~
The convict's bride remained silent
gazing about her. unconcernedly.
"Come" exclaimed the officer, ris
ing abruptly; 1--WE must not linger; nj
ready we. have lost too much time.'' N
After the register had been signed
the husband again kissed his wife. A!
she raised her.lips to his he whisperes
few words, as if to reassure her, the1
said, aloud:
ssFa reyyaJl daarestI Tn seyan wars
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pEMocRAcY.s cRo .cE.
Truth and Sterling Worth OF William .

l
Truth and sterling Worth of William ..
Bryan.
"You come to us and tell us that the
great cities are in favor of the gold
standard. I tell you that the great cit
les rest upon these broad and fertile
prairies. Burn down your cities and
leave our farms, and your cities will
spring up again asif by magic. But de-
stroy our farms and the grass will grow
in the streets of every city in this coun-
try. My friends, we shall declare that
this nation is able TO legislate for it's
own people on every question without
waiting for the aid or consent of any
other nation on earth."
This is strong, true democratic doc
trine. When the democratic nominee
for the presidency, William Jennings
Bryan, uttered these words on the floor
of the convention hall in Chicago he
spoke not only for the great majority of
the democratic party, but also for the
great majority of the plain people of
this country. It is true that some years
ago these utterances would have been
distasteful to the people who now advo-
cate them, but thisis essentially coun-
try of progress. With the growth of
our great communities in the north,
east, south and west have arisen new
conditions, and these conditions make
new issues; problems of which our
forefathers knew nothing rise to de-
mand our solution to-day.
In the vanguard of the leaders OF the
progress of this great republic are the
young men Of the west. And in all
that broad and fertile section no bet
ter democrat may be found than our
candidate for the highest Office with
in the gift of any people. The greatness
of our republic has made that office
the greatest in the world. The great
| ness. of our republic has been made by
such men as William Jennings Bryan.
He is the youngest man ever nom,
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-09-05
: TRAINING FRUIT TREES.

Effective Combination OF Espalier and
Pyramid seen In Beigium.
A correspondent of the London
weekly called Gardening Illustrated
writes as below:
Z We might learn lesson from tho
foreigner in the matter Of training
fruit trees on wires, as we'll as in the
utilizing Of what may be termed waste
places by the sides of the railways.
The annexed cut shows a combination
Of espaIier and pyramidal training
which might with advantage be adopt
ed in English gardens. II planted
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-09-05
Observation-Disclosures
A SECURE COOLER.

How to Construct q Dairy Refrigerator
Satisfactory In Every Way.
The essential for good refrigerator
is dry air and low and even temper
ature.. If the ice box is placed right
there will be constant circulation of
mir in the cooler that will keep it dry
and cold when iced. The shelves in our
cooler are under the ice box and here
butter and ice occupy one end Of the
room. Between the ice box and the
side of the room is space of ten inches
and here the box is but eight inches
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-09-05

mated for the office. He is a typical
American citizen. He represents the
new era in the political history OF this
country.
His personal character is high above
the reach of slander or reproach. In MS
own state of Nebraska he is admired
and respected by men of all shades OF
political opinion. He is a man OF itberai
education, broad sympathies and intel
ligence, and has will of iron. Once
convinced OF the righteousness OF his
cause, nothing can stop or stay him in
his fearless fight to the desired end.
Democracy has ever stood for the ex-
preston Of the will of the majority
The choice of the Chicago convention IS
the choice of the majority, and should.
therefore, receive the hearty support Of
every true democrat, regardless OF petty
conditions, without consideration OF
any sectional issue.
Whatever differences may have di-
yided the democratic party before the
public expression of it's will in open
convention should be forgotten now.
ne olo orpsl :. e44;ra sbo,,lJ ba renre-
, sa,e ~ -. - :, III, 1,,ass - y.;o !; an tbne;-
asm, strong in faith. In response to
its bngle call, our candidate should re-
ceiye the vote Of every young man in
tale osinpi s---nlI.l. - enl.llals --.liss,'
Republican Rot.
New York papers reproduce such trash
as this from the Montgomery Adver-
tiser: 1.-THE platform is not only popu-
listic; 1t is full of socialism. It Is de-
signed to arraign the farming classes
against the well-to-do and the rich I
| This is the same old lie. The men who
framed the Chicago PLATFORM p. TN ana tnose
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-09-05

OF sea island cotton raised in The
coast islands of South Carolina and es.
teelned the choicest staple on the mar.
ket, we exported I5,2GI,322 pounds and
received for it ST. S. 7s2.639. aSs
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-09-05
..erand Times. .

BlakeleyI understand you ladies'
have organized a debating club.
Marga-et-Yes; we have such grand
times laughing at the girls who get up
to talk philadelphia North American.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-09-05
AZ the Table.

Miss Willow MIR. Slowpay, how are
! on and Mr.. Hardupp getting along in
the graces Of our landlady?
Mr.. S. las the chicken is served =.
Neck and neck Up-to-D Date.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-09-05
A CONVICTS MARRIi GE
BY WILLIAM LIE ouEux.

TFrench convicts sentenced to fmprison-
ment ar. sometimes allowed to marry If
the betSothed follows her lover to New
Caledonia. After the ceremony husband
and wife see no more of each other until
the sentence has expired.I
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-09-05

Dairying is like any other business;
it must have certain requisites as caPi-
tai to work with. Among these are
good cows, good feed and q good feeder
These three make a whole team that
viii pull the profit out, if there N alaJy
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-09-05
HE nuptial bless.

He nuptial bless
ing was droned
mon oto nously
in French by a
stout, rubicund
pri es t, w h o
wore soiled and
crumpled vest
nentss
The scene
was S TRANCE
and impressive.
Upon a taw-
dry altar, in a
small, bar e
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-09-05

by the sides OF the walks, the pyramids
might be trained over, and SO form
arches. This would be most interest
ing way Of growing fruit trees, espe-
cialy pears and apples planting ap-
pies to train on the wires (espaliersl,
and the pears to form the pyramids.
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If every man votes for MeKinl

III every man votes for Nc Mekiniey
whose wages were raised during the
existence Of the Mckinley act, and
everyone votes against him whose
wages were lowered. he win not carry
! single one Of The manufacturing
states. Eansas City Times s.
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PRONOUNCED THE RENEDIcTIoN.
shall be free. Till then, au revoir, sans
adieu.''
Sans adieu!r she echoed, in a low
voice, apparently unmoved.
He shrugged his shoulders and turned
towards his stern guards. N
II must apologize for OBTAINING you,
gentlemen he said. Let MS go. am
ready
The bride, who " was young, was
dressed very plainly in black, yetswith
Partisan taste. Perhaps she was hand
some, but the thick veil concealed her
features The husbands appearance,
however, was decidedly yunpfepossess-
ing. lie was undergoing term of ten
years labor and lifelong banishmcnt.
Tall, bronzetf and bearded with thin
fEce wrinkled by foil, although stiIl re-
tanning traces of good looks, lie re-
manned for moment motionless, con-
templating with loving eyes the woman
who was now his wife. His attire was
scarcely betting a. bridegroom, for ha
had no coat, and wore the soiled and
ragged gray shirt and trousers OF. q
miner. while the chains that bound his
wrists seemed strangely out of place.
Yet the spectators of this odd cere-
mony were as strilSingly iIcongruons
az this prineirSls themselves
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-08-12
Death of Mrs, Malcolm.

Milwaukee, Wis, Aug. 1, 1896
Mrs. William Malcolm, mother of An
drew NJ. Malcolm of this city, died at
her home in San Francisco on July 26,
after years of suffering from rheumatism.
She was aged 81 years. The remains
were temporarily buried at San Francis
co and will later be placed by the side
of the remains of her husband in Forest
Lawn cemetery, Buffalo.
Mrs. Malcolm visited her son in Mil
waukee upon several occasions. She
was lady of education and u devoted
Presbyterian, taking active interest, in
earlier years, in church work. She leaves
a family of two sons, A. M. Malcolm Of
this city, w. l.. Malcolm, living in New
York, and three daughters, all married.
two of whom reside in San Francisco,
and the other in Scotland.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-08-12
MILWAUKEE MATTERS


Milwaukee, Wis, Aug. 5. 1896
Phillip S. Abbot, a son of Edwin H.
Abbot of the Wisconsin Central railway,
lies dead on cliff in the mountains of
Alberta, British Columbia having lost
his life by falling down prec1pice 1000
feet high
Mr.. Abbot left Milwaukee ten days
ago and went for an outing in the vicini-
ty of Laggan, a mountain resort on the
Canadian Pacific railway, just west Of
Banff Hot Springs, in the Alberta dis
trict. He had been staying at hotel
called the Lake Louise Chalet.
The news of Mr.. Abbot's death was
conveyed in the following Associated
press telegram from Winnipeg:
Winnipeg, Man., Aug. Sword has
reached here of the death in the noun
tains of Mr.. Abbot, a prominent rail
way man of Milwaukee. But meager
details are TO be had, but it appears
Mr. Abbot, while accompanying a party
of mountain tourists in charge of Prof.
Fay, slipped over cliff some thousand
feet high, and his body is hanging on a
jagged rock below, where it cannot be
reached by members of the party.
The mountains about Laggan and
Banff are as bold and dangerous to climb
as the Alps. Indeed the Alpine charac-
ter of these heights impresses everyone
Canadian Pacific was completed has be-
come one of the show places Of this con-
tnent
Philip Stanley Abbot was born in Cam
bridge, Mass, and was % years of age.
He was the eldest son Of Edwin FL. Alb
bot, who for many years has been at the
head of the Wisconsin Central compa-
MES, and is it's present president. Philip
was a graduate of Harvard, in the class
of 1890, and took course at the law
school, graduating from that department
in 1898. Two years ago he was appoint
ed an assistant attorney of the Wisconsin
Central companies, in which position he
was most successful and was rapidly
winning name as a careful, painstaking
lawyer and practical railway man. He
did considerable work in connection with
the Manitowoc line. The other son, Ed
ward, a lad of IA, is at present with the
family at Northeast Harbor, Me. There
is sister, Constance.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-08-12
Cadu aIlader IS Free.

Milwaukee, Wis, Aug. 5, 1856
Superior, Wis. for wrecking a bank in
that city, of which he was the head,
and whose sentence of five years was
committed by the President to two years
last February, completed his term in
the Milwaukee house of correction this
morning and stepped forth a free man.
After bidding the prison officials good
bye he boarded car and came down
town. He put up at the st. Charles
hotel and will remain there for a short
time. He expects the members of his
family, who are living in Madison, to
join him tonight or tomorrow morning.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-08-12

ficient to give him the nomination. The
Second district had scarcely finished
making it's report when H. G. Adams
interrupted proceedings to move, on be-
half of Mr.. La Follette's friends, that
Maj Scofeld's nomination be made
unanimous. The motion was seconded
on behalf of Mr.. Baensch and the guber-
material contest was at an end.
Rest of the Ticket by Acclamation.
A motion to nominate the balance of
the state ticket by acclamation was
speedily carried and the ticket, as print
ed at the head of this account, was for
mally placed in nomination.
A. Z. Hall arose to explain that in his
zeal to secure recognition of the anti
pass resolution, he might have exceeded
parliamentary bounds, but he wished to
explain that he intended no disrespect
for the convention or it's chairman. The
convention then adopted the resolution
Mr.. Hall had proposed but the plan
was not incorporated in the platform.
Some of the state canuluaUes VINO were
present thanked the convention for the
honor conferred upon them, vote OF
thanks to Chairman Griffin was adopted
and then the convention adjourned sine
die