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The Opelousas courier., 1897-05-08

The value of a newspaper as an
advertising medium consists in
its circulation.
When you can secure the com.
elned circulation Of two papers
for the price Of one, it is money
saved!
"The St. Landry Democrat
was consolidated ON the I'd Of
March,. 1894, with The Opelou.
Sas Courier" The adverfisinp
rates have not been increased
while the price Of subscription
has been reduced to So a wear.
LIE COURIER being by odds
the best paper In the empire Par
lsh Of st. Landry Ia therefore Tia
cheapest
The Opelousas courier., 1897-05-08

Speculation in silver amounted to
little during the past year except for
a short time just before the November
elections. Bar silver. sold in New
York in '96 at Ga 3.9 and 60 3.S cents
per ounce, compared with a range the
previous year of SO 3-8 and IS rs
cents. The highest price in '96 was
touched in June. and the lowest in
November, since which date there has
been a slight advance.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-05-08
I'm pOrtant Pa perS.

Queen Victoria has given so many
proofs of the possession Of sterling
virtues that no one ever expects her Il
swerve from the path approved by he
Judgment and her conscience. Whel
she first became queen, however, the
world had yet to learn how deter
mined the Young girl ruler could be.
Lord Melbourne, her prime minis
ter, is said to have declared that he
would rather have ten kings to man
age than one queen.
On one occasion he arrived at Wind
sor late on Saturday night and in
formed his youthful sovereign that he
had brought for her inspection some
papers Of importance. "But," said
he, 'as they must be gone into at
length, I will not trouble your majes-
ty with them tonight, but will request
your attention to them tomorrow
morning."
Tomorrow morning?" replied the
queen. Tomorrow is Sunday, my
lord"
"But business of state, please yonr
majesty"
"Must be attended to, I know" re-
piled the queen, land as, OF course,
you could not get down earlier to-
night, I will, if these papers arc of
such vital importance, attend to them
after We come from church tomorrow"
In the morning the royal party
went to church, and the noble states
man was not absent. Much to his
surprise, the sermon was on the duties
of the Sabbath.
SLOW did your lordship like the
sermon?' asked the queen.
every much, your majesty" he re-
piled.
II will not conceal from you," said
the queen, ''that last night I sent the
tho text from which to
1hope We shall ell be the
better for his words"
1t is presemable that they were bet.
ter, for the day passed, and no word
vas heard of the papers. At night,
when her majesty was about to with
traw, she said: Tomorrow morn
ng, my lord, at any hour you please,
80 will go into those papers-at Z
o'clock if You like"
But the papers had suddenly grown
ess pressing, for the prime minister
ound that 9 o'clock would be quite
arly enough to attend to them
Companion.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-05-08

For the firkoHgIl@ja the history O!
Nebraska, its state government has
passed entirely ont of control of the
Republican party, the San
Francisco Chronicle. Within the
80 years since its admission into the
Union, Nebraska has had but five
state officers who we're not elected on
the Republican ticket, and Of these,
two occupied non-political positions
as regents OF the stale university.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-05-08
The Fatal Hahik.

Gan you lend me ten dollars?"
asked the two-headed girl of the fat
lady.
= think / can," said the Fat lady !;
"but you don't mean to tell me you
have spent all your salary already?"
IL didn't mean to-" replied the
two-headed girl, almost in tears;
but there was sucha lovely vase put
up OF an auction, and got bidding
against myself before I theaght."
The Opelousas courier., 1897-05-08

Aspecial committee of the Alabama
Legislature on the Stat convict ques-
ton recommended that all of the
county prisonegs and dT ascept twen-
ty-five per cent. of the sAte convicts
be Withdrawn from the Hines where
they are employed under contract,
and that tho State convicts be worked
on the farms and in the brickyards
and the cotton factory belonging to
the State.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-05-08

According tdnthe Chicago Tribune
the enormous gum of ss3, $40, 100 was
given du%ringE1896 to colleges and
other institutions OF learning, libra.
ries, hospitals. museums and various
objects of interest in this country. OF
this sum the colleges received $16,-
s14, 900, and $40, s54, 900 went to
charities of various kinds. This is a
good showing IF one year.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-05-08
Today.
Don't tell me Of tomorrow.

Don't tell me Of tomorrow!
Give me the man who'll say
That when a good deeds to be dono,
"Let's do the d eed to day."
We may all comm anil the present
If we act and never wait,
But repentance is she phantom
OF the past that ca nes too late.
Don't tell me of tomo row!
If we look upon the past,
How much that we ha' 70 left to do
We cannot do at last
Today! 1t is the only time :
For all on this frail a nth. .
1t takes an age to form 4 life- q.
A moment gives it birth.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-05-08

The city OF HaverhilI manufactured
lb,44s,e 2o pairs Of shoes last ysas.
The Y tue hifh,watsr marx .os M
Mlsssaaststts ssos tsyaa
The Opelousas courier., 1897-05-08

Kneel 10 any girl, yet here l. am in tt
humblest attitude, and I would XII
the hem Of your skirt, if only you
let me-Jessic, don't send me away
tell ipe you car for me, if it's only II
least little bit! l can't believe yo
really meant that Not"
1t was very picturesque to have hil
on his knees, and just the way sh
liked things to be. But somehow sh
could not feel the answering thrill
the thrill that she was sure she shout
feel if she did care for him.
Robert" she said, severely, "ge
up! l have told you once and for al
that l cannot marry you-I like. ad
mire, respect, esteem you. but I d.
not love you'll"
He arose sadly and Jessie noticed,
not without a little throb of satisfac,
ton, that his love for her was so para
mount to all things that he did not
even brush a bit OF dust from his trous.
ers knee.
"And this is finai?"
eyes, final. You know I am no
foolish girl, too weak and ignorant to
know her own mind. I do know my
own mind. I have given you nay
answer, aud I can never change
"Theu I suppose there is nothing
for it but for me to go?" Still he
fingered.
Nothing" she said calmly.
He went over to the table and took
up his gloves.
"Goodby, Miss Stewart"
"Goodby, Mr.. Cortright."
Still he did not go, but came over
to her and held out his hand. She
hesitated a moment, then placed her
little cool fingers in his. He held
them loosely for q moment. Then his
hand closed over hers and he bent and
kissed it,
II am straightforward" he said
u~nsteadily. But she did not relent,
and In a moment more he dropped
her hand and moved rapidly away.
She heard him so, and the drawing
room door close after him. She had
allowed him to depart-forever-but
was not sorry. She sat where she
vas for q few seconds, then she arose
and walked over to the little table.
Cortright, who was out in the hall
on his overcoat, was surprised
o see the drawing room door open,
more than surprised when a flying
igure darted forth crying Rob!
He laid his hat down very
carefully on the stand. Without a
vord, and quite unmindful of his over
'oat. he led her back into the draw
ng room; the little sofa had recov-
red its oldtime cordially, and he
Gated her there, taking his place le-
Idle her. For a long time he asked
10 questions. At last he drew her arm
around his neck.
my precious little girl" he said,
will You please explain to me how I
ONE to be here instead of out in the
old streets as I expected? I cannot
naglne-cannot in any way account
it. Yet, if you do not wish to tell
re I shall not insist"
Keeping his arm about her, she drew
i'm to his feet and led him to the ia
lie. A photograph of himself which
e had given her some time before had
8 place on this table, and in taking
p his gloves he must have iarred it,
r it had fallen and was leaning
yainst another that of one of her
ri friends, pretty creature all frills
ruf1es. The pictures were both
and as they had fallen they !
ere lying almost cheek to cheek and
emed to be gazing into each others l
Jessie pointed them out to I
N. I
x.~~ /
"Rob. DEAR" she whispered, "al- I
ough didn't want you myself, I c
mt want anybody else to have you'll"
New York Sun. n
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-10-28
Sale Of West Virginia Lands.

Several weeks ago the Manufactur-
ers' Record referred to report that a
Northern syndicate which included
Cornelius Vanderbilt, H. NICK. Twolnb
lev and w Seward Webb had secured
a tract OF 800, 600 acres OF timber and
coal lands III the eastern section of
West Virginia, paying $500, 900 for it.
1t was also stated that the same syndi-
cate had obtained control of the Dry
Fork Railroad line, which is now in
operation thirty one miles at the head
of Greenbrier valley, between Hend-
RIGS and Horton. The road has been
operated by Philadelphia company,
OF which K. =. Whitmer is president.
1t is understood that tie purchasers
intend extending the railroad to con-
nectiou with the Chesapeake & Ohio
at White Sulphur Springs, West Va !,
through the tract of land referred to.
In letter to the Manufacturers Re-
cord, Mr.. John T. McGraw, of Grafton,
W. Va, who has been acting as repre-
sentative of the owners of the proper
ty, confirms the report of its sale. The
transaction is one of the largest of
Southern lands which has ever been
recorded, and Indicates the interest
which the resources IF West Virginia
are attracting among Northern CAPT
talists. The Chesapeake & Ohio Rail-
road is now Il Vanderbilt property, and
the railroad which is now to be built
will be III all bout 10 miles in length.
and Will De IL direct connection OF the
West Virginis. Central & Pittsburg
81 stem and the Chesapeake & OHIO.
In last weeks issue of the Manufactur-
eI S Record it was stated that work on
this line had begun.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-10-28
Deafness Cannot be Cured

by local applications as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure deafness,
and that is by CONSTITUTIONAL remedies.
Deafness is caused by an intiamed con-
dition of the mucous lining of the
Eustachian Tube When this tube is
infiamed you have rumbling sound
or imperfect hearing, and when it is
entirely closed, deafness is the result,
and unless the Inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to it's
normal condition, hearing will be des.
troyed forever; ine cases out of ten
are caused by catarrh, which is moth
Jog but an i.sfia,ned condition of the
mucous surfaces.
We wiIlei One Hundred Dollars
for any case of Deafness Caused by
catarrsi1 that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrfl Cure Send for circulars, free.
FL. Oh ENEY & CO, Toledo, O.
cE Sold by Druggists.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-10-28
Election Day.
(Comlnuuicated.)

The county of Augusta and city of
Staunton have long born prominent.
and at times, distinguished part in
the Legislature and Congress. The &C
ton of the voters at the election will
influence the policy of the State for
four years and has representation in
the Senate Of the U. s. for six or more.
The State has debt OF more than
twenty million dollars to SO manage as
to avoid an increase of the rate of taxa
ton. She must relieve TIE people from
the injustice of the terrible resort to
mob violence, to repress the attacks on
the weaker sex, by the semi barbarians
not yet sufficiently civilized to go at
large in society physically unrestrain-
ed and estoped. The county of Angus
ia has the distinguished satisfaction
of not being individually in debt,
though her share of the State debt
which she will have to pay will fall lit
tie short of one million dollars. Our
local government officials are good
Does all this go for nothing. Have we
forgotten the condition when the
Black Republicans were in power fora
term? The Senators sent to Congress
co-operated with the most malignant
elements of that party. Never were
Virginians more violently abused than
by Malone in the Senate. In the State
five judges were arrested and tried, as
for high crime, because they did not
place incompetent slaves on juries,
in their counties. In some counties
disreputable and incompetent men
were placed on the bench. Augusta
was an honorable exception The mass
of the Republican party is composed
of negroes who are not sufficiently
skilled in our complex system Of gov
eminent to rule the white race, or
take care of themselves; yet they, with
honorable exceptions, press to the
front and claim social equality, as re-
Gently in Illinois. They thrust the ne
gro children among the whites. at the
of riot. 1t is needless to emu
merate The question with the Demo
cratic voter is, will he do his duty at the
election; or will he. in stoiid indiffer
ence, permit the long catalogue OF dan
gerous issues to be raised, which will
bring distress and sorrow on society.
SOUTH RIVER.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-10-28
A most remarkable car robbery ca,

A most remarkable car robbery case
came to an end in the Superior Court
of Dalton, Ga, on last Saturday.
Members of band of eighteen rob
bers convicted of systematically loot
ing cars on the Southern Railway for
five years we're sentenced.
The ringleader, Walter Buchanan,
was sentenced to ten years in the psni
Tertiary on five charges. '"Tom'' Kin
neman, ben" Pearce, "Sam" Painter,
Lutte" White, "Bill'' Long, and one
Morris. the latter colored, received sen
fences from three years to one year.
Jim" Harris, who turned States evi
dence, was not sentenced.
G. NJ. Cannon, T.. j. Peoples, J. H.
Bender, Anderson Giddens, Clee Com
bee, q. w. Koran, w. B. McCarson. J..
Kirke Farrar. Ed Roberts and Jesse
Langston, prominent merchants in
North Georgia, were sentenced to pay
fines ranging from 81 900 to $25 or one
year on the chain, gang in default o.
payment.
The Southern Railway has paid dam
ages amounting to $50, 900 as result O (
the robberies.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-10-28
Meeting Of Confederate Grand Camp.


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Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-10-28
The Review Changes Hands.

Mr.. W. II. H. Frenger who has long
and ably conducted the Clifton Forge
Review, has sold his paper and good
will to Mr.. Geo. W. Warren OF Hinton,
West Va, who is a newspaper man of
experience and ability. Mr.. Warren is
native of Monroe county, a son of the
late Stuart Warren, who was in his
day one of Monroe's most valued citi-
zens. He is a sonin-law OF Col. B. F.
Harlow, who so long and SO ably edited
the Greenbrier Independent. Mr.. War
rem will keep the Review in the Demo-
cratic fold and do mrch toward ins!ill-
ing the true doctrines of that faith into
the somewhat Grant and wandering
minds of many of tie people Of Allie
ghany. We are sorry to lose Mr..
Frerger though We are glad to b ave
gained Mr. Warren in the field of Jar
naliGu.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-10-28
Logic.

Is this good reasoning? The drought
ruined crops in Europe; the failure of
those crops created demand for our
grain, and it Immediately advanced in
price. Republicans insist that the ad-
vance is the result of the legislation of
their party. Therefore. this Republi
can legislation caused-th failure of
crops in Europe; that is, produced the
drought in Europe. Premises insisted
upon in one case must apply in all
cases precisely similar. Let US see the
result The drought in Virginia has
cut short the crops, stopped the mills.
factories, etc, and is likely i'm many
places to produce water famine. The
drought in Europe and America had a
common origin Republican legisla-
tion produces drought in Europe, and
drought in Virginia was produced by
the same cause-viz: Republican legis
the Republican par
ty is responsible for our ruined gardens,
idle mills and water famine.-Char
lottesville Progress
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-10-28
The Duty Of Democrats.

We have heard it claimed the Repub-
licans are to carry Augusta county for
the Senate and House OF Delegates,
though they do not expect to carry 1t
for Governor
Of course this claim comes from those
whose wish is father to the thought.
But on what basis is such claim laid
What is there in Augusta to cause it to
go Republican. The last convention
the one that nominated the gentlemen
who are expected to carry this county,
was the most disgraceful affair that
ever occurred in Augusta. This is the
very latest representative republican
gathering the county has had. and if
that was a representative body of that
party, none want to see any more.
But what can the county gain by
electing Repu hlicans? They cannot
be elected except by democratic aid,
and what does any Democrat see in the
Republican nominees to cause them to
receive their support? Should they be
elected they will be welded, in fact
bound to policy, which is at variance
in every respect with ali creeds and
tenets democrats have held to for years.
| They will vote if they have the chance
against Jno. W. Daniel. they will do
what they can to give negro supremacy,
they will again attempt to force ne
groes on the juries of this State, they
will put negroes in offices now occupied
by white men and their leaders and
bosses are putting negro postmasters
and negro marshals in office in this
State already. These are only a few
things that they will do or attempt to
do. They will not only, not give fair
election laws, but they will endeavor
to pass laws which will give negro su-
premacy and negro domination every
where. These are what they call hon
est election methods and only these.
They have tried it every time they
have ever had any power to do go, and
they will not stop it, and cannot stop
it so long as the negro is the chief ele-
ment in their party. Why then do the
people of Augusta wish to aid in so
dangerous and desperate an expert
ment as turning the State over to such
a party? The honesty Of the party
Headers has been wanting whenever an
opportunity presented itself to decide
a question. We saw what their hon.
esty consisted in at the last county
convention, and again at Lynchburg,
when there was counting going on. If
then the leaders will cheat each other
will they have any conscience when it
comes to counting out their political
opponents? We warn the people Of
this county against such a course, we
warn them against experimenting with
what may be termed honest republi-
cans. When they reach the Senate or
House their honesty will vanish before
their leaders demands and the party
lash, as mist before sunshine, and they
will do whatever their leaders tell
| them. Let us therefore stick to our
principles and vote for men who we
know will keep the State in the same
| line in which it has been moving, will
join hands in helping to remedy
wrongs, but will not break down, and
| destroy the safeguards of our liberty.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-10-28
Pocahontas Items.

Policeman Allen Brown, who was recently
killed at Bluefeld, Va, was brother Of
Prof. C. A. Brown, who was once principal
of the Hillsboro Academy.
On the State University team, Lou YeaeeI
is the star full back, and Jim Smith the SUBJ
stantial right guard. In a recent game in
Pittsburg against the Pittsburg Athletic Club,
the University was defeated by one touch
down only. In this game Lou Yeager had
his nose hurt so badly that he could not go on
with the game. They are both Marlnton
boys.
Some persons at Hlllsboro going home
from church last week saw man
acting suspiciously and followed him.
Pretty soon he threw down a bundle
he was carrying and ran. they pur.
sued and caught him and found that it was
Jacob Simmons man of means and an old
Confederate soldier. He had taken the hides
which made up the cast off bundle, from Ellis
McCarty's tan yard near by. He was taken
before justice and bailed in $500. He is said
to be kleptomaniac.
Elmer Jackson. negro youth, was arrested
last week at Marllnton Tor riding morse
from Travellers Repose to Edray, and for
stealing an oyercoat,
The. Oliver Bros. sold 81, 900 worth of sheep
last week
A double wedding occurred at the residence
of the grooms' father, William Barkley near
Green Bank, last week, when John and Wal
ter Barley were married to Misses Maggie and
Louisa Baker. Rev. w. L. Wilmouth Off
eating.
DR.. ]. L. Early has bought the Union Hotel
property of Mr.. Geo. W. Spangler, paying
therefor $2,O15. His wife, who was Miss
Minnie. Loury, has been for some time in
Huntersville.
Miss Sallie Yeager, daughter of H. A.
Yeager, Esq, is attending the Lewisburg Fe-
male Institute.
Isaac McNeel, Esq weighed on the 9th
inst, to Porter Maxwell, of Harrison county,
II 3-year-old cattle and 10 2year-olds, the 81
head averaging 1881 lbs, and 6 of the 2-year-
olds, of his own raising, weighed to them
selves. averaged 1880 lbs. The cattle were
driven four miles to the scales.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-10-28

Messrs. Cochran, Fulton and Con-
don were nominated by a convention
which endorsed Agnew and the anti
convention element OF the Republican
party. Since then d ticket styling
itself the Republican ticket OF the
State has been nominated at Lynch
burg in direct conflict with and at
enmity to the Agnew element. What
will these gentlemen 80, stand by the
action of the Stanton convention
which nominated them, or repudiate
its platform by supporting nominees OF
the Lynchburg convention which de-
nounces the platform upon which our
county candidate were nominated
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-10-28
CAMPAIGN OFFER.

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paper will be found abreast OF the po-
litical Issues, and in full sympathy
with the fight for improved conditions.
Those who wish to aid in this cause
and to have the latest and most rella-
BILE news of the campaign should sup
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LIST day of January a copy of the SPEC
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