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The Opelousas courier., 1897-07-10

The Standard Oil Company has won
the distinction of being the greatest
industrial corporation in the United
States The capital Of the company
is s1FdAloo. 600 and the profits last
year tnrss said to have amounted to
{S4ssJOokOO or ~forty-four PEI cent.
yis now proposed to double the
amount Of the capital stock, giving
each certificate holder twice the
amount Of the certificates he now
holds, and it is believed that after
that has been done the certificates
will pay annual dividends of twenty
per cent. Standard oil certificates
are now selling at nearly 800, OF three
times their nominal value. and it is
believed blythe American Agricultur-
let that after the proposed watering"
of the stock, they will still sell at 200,
Ss,that the present certificates may
alliance to 400.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-07-10

he had finished, she laid down hef
work and sat for a long time, gazing
into the dancing flames.
"The only daughter Of my oldfriend,
Rebecca Henson, in want of food, she
said, q note Of pain in her voice.
"Mark, you and I both have plenty OF
money. There is Dom in this house,
and in our heart, for Margaret and her
babies. But she is proud. Go and
ask her to come and sew for me. Tell
her | am lonely and ask her to bring
her little ones to brighten me up"
Mark bent to kiss the placid face.
"Thank you, Aunt Elsie, [ see you
underestimate" 4 few hours later he
knocked at MargaretHs door and sa"
that years lad changed Ler. The wild.
rose bloom had faded from her checks.
tears had washed the joyous light from
her blue eyes, yet it was surely the
Margaret he had loved, that stood be
fore HIM.
She met him frankly and With IN
disguised pleasure. Her voice trem.
bled when she undertook to express
her gratitude. Mark made light OF
the whole affair and insisted on talking
of their childhood days. The fruit
and nuts he brought proved an open
sesame to the hearts OF Agnes and
Royce, and they were soon on the best
OF terms with the caller.
Margaret was very grateful for the
offer of work. She hesitatei a little
over accepting Mrs. Everts's kind in
vitation, fearing lest the children
prove an annoyance. But when Mark
drew q touching picture of the loneli.
ness Of his aunt she gladly consented
to come It was arranged that the
carriage come for the Gregorys the
following afternoon.
One morning, two months later,
Florence Fox tripped across the hall
of No. 3 and entered Miss Smells
room.
"Of course, you are going to the
wedding reception Thursday evening"
she began. 81 think it such q lovely
marriage, don't you"
"Indeed I do" Lillian replied warm
ly. eyes, am to go in the afternoon
and help with the decorations. The
whole house is to be in green and
white, smilax, ferns, roses and carna.
tions. Mrs. Everts says Mr.. Davis
cannot do too much for his bride,
our dear Margaret the sweet cd
lady calls her"
"And l believe it ell came about
from your begging him to give her
good weight" "Florence cried, mer-
rilY. "He is obeying your request in
an extravagant manner. And Lillian
is not that pretty pearl ring and the
beatlfc expression on cousin Highs
face the result of my efforts along the
same lire Of charitable work?"
:Ihe bell rang then, and the blush
ing Lillian was spared the necessity OF
a eply.-Womankind.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-07-10
An UnWritten Law,

It is one of the unwritten laws that
the President shall never go beyond
the boundary line Of the country dur.
ing his term of Office, and naval men
say that IS soon as the Presidents
ship loses soundings he is out of the
Jurisdiction of the Nation. This is
not literally true, however, for all
along the Atlantic seaboard, from the
Virginia capes to New York, there is
what is known as the 100-fathom
mark, extending far out in the ocean
beyond the three-mile limit, declared
by international law to be the extrems
limit of jurisdiction that q country
has over its ocean boundary.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-07-10

jerome K. Jerome's To-Day, pub.
lished in London, frankly voices the
almost universal British sentiment in
regard to the Beers. It says: "By all
means let us fight and win the Trans.
vaal. We are going to fight for gold
mines and territory, if they cannot be
got without fighting. Every nation
has to play pirate at times, and let US
play boldly when we do, and trust to
MI. Chamberlain to see flags of truce
kept out Of the soldiers baggage.
Thrice the Beers have seen the flag OF
England hoisted on a stick, and always
white. It is time to prove we have a
colored fag."
The Opelousas courier., 1897-07-10
Coffee Blindness.

DR.. Snaitken says: sit is well
Known that the Moors are inveterate
coffee-drinkers. especially the mer
chants, who sit in their hazaars and
drink coffee continually during the
day. 1t has been noticed that almosi
invariably when these coffee-drinkert
reach the age Of forty or forty-tive
their eyesight begins to fail. and by
the time they get to be City years old
sfhey become blind. One is forcibly
impressed BY the number OF blind mer
that i 81 about the streets Of the
city Of Fee. the capital Of Morocco.
II is invariab'y attributed Cd The or
csssiva use eli coffee"
The Opelousas courier., 1897-07-10
peaceful invasion of Mexico

H. peaceful invasion of Mexico by
the Japanese has been begun, an
nounces the New York Press. The
Mexican Government is Offering extra.
ordinary inducements to the Benjamin
Iof civilization. Land at ten cents an
acre, with freedom from all taxation
for the first ten years of occupation !!
Think of it! sMexico expects to have
a population of at least 40, 900 Japan.
ese within two years.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-07-10

Tbs chief Of the Forestry Division
of the Department Of Agriculture re.
ports that while white pine will be cut
in tee Uh1S5aY States for many decades
come, sucl enormous amounts OF
the timber as have hitherto been har-
vested annually cannot be counted on
cbeyond the next five or six years,
wen with the help of Canada's supply.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-07-10
1CLEAR II wAYl"

Men OF thought! be up md 2 f'rrfnI
Night and day;
Sow the seed, withdraw the curtai'
Clear the way
Men of action, aid and cheer thew
As ye may!
There's q fount about to stream,
There's a light about to beam,
There's q warmth about to glow,
There's a flower about to blow:
There's a midnight blackness changing
Into gray;
Men of thought and men OF action,
Clear the way.
Once the welcome light has broken
Who shall say
What the unimaginel glories
Ofthe day?
What the evil that shall perish
In its ray?
Aid the dawning, tongue and penR
Aid it, hopes of honest men;
Aid 1t, %paper-aid it, type
Aid If, for the hour is ripe:
And our earnest must not Stacker
Iuto play;
Men of thought and men OF action,
Clear the way.
Lo! a clouds about to vanish
From the day,
And q brazen wrong to crumblo
Into clay.
Lo. the Rights about to conquer
Clear the W!
With tho Right shall many moro
Enter smiling at the door;
With the giant Wrong shall fall
Many others, great and small,
That for ages long have held US
For their prey;
Men of thought and men OF action,
Clear the way!
Charles MackaJ,
The Opelousas courier., 1897-07-10

The value Of a newspaper as an
advertising medium consists in
its circulation.
When you can secure the com.
bined circulation Of two papers
for the price Of one, it is money
saved!
"GT'he St. Landry Democrat"
was consolidated on the Sd of
March, 1894, with The Opelou-
sas Courier" The advertising
rates have not been Increased
while the price of subscription.
has been reduced to 81 a year.
TIE COURIER being by odds.
the best paper in the empire Par,
lsh OF st. Landry is therefore the
cheapest
The Opelousas courier., 1897-07-10

The astonishing statement is made,
but borne ,ut by facts, that the diff
ference of one mill per ton per mile
on freight carried by all railroads in
the United States, makes a difference
II. the revenue of eighty millions of
dollars. It is the careful watching OF
the tenth part of o cent that brings
aaeroftto the transportation companies.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-07-10

Professor Johu De Witt, OF Prince.
ton Theological Seminary, denies q
recent statement inthe Evangelist that
Surveyor General Simeon De Witt was
the man who gave Latin names to SO
many towns in western New York.
The man responsible for that act, he
says, was the Deputy Secretary of
State, and not the Surveyor General.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-07-10
OPELOUsAs, LOUISIANA

France has set up 800 monuments
% more or less distinguished French
men during the last twenty-five years,
and there are now 127 committees col.
IecSing money for more
The Opelousas courier., 1897-07-10
Atlanta Constitution

Tha Atlanta Constitution says:
''Th( people Ct Florida consume 8
vast amount of canned goods. In do.
ing so they help to enrich the fruit
and vegetable growers of other States,
and the manufacturers in other States ;
they are therefore interested in can
ming factories, and q number of these
ENTERPRISES will soon be established"
The Opelousas courier., 1897-07-10
Indian Ocean Sharks,

Although the waters of the Indiar
ocean are filed with voraclous sharks
the inhabitants of the numerous isl
ands near Ceylon swim about in the
water with impunity, the sharks re
fusing to modest them, while /
stranger weuld be instantly dsveuTsa.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-07-10
GOOD WEIGHr."
HOPE DARING.

lLlAN ELI,
teacher of t b e
first grad Q in
building No. 8,
public schools OF
Windsor, turned
quickly from the
blackboard where
on she had been
dravinp n merit
The Opelousas courier., 1897-07-10

The hope of the nation is in educa'
lion mqzathan its health and num-
bers. During 1890, SIG, 900, 900 was
given to various American colleges.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-07-10
MONEY TO LOAN.

oyy1oz OF ST.. LANDRY HOMESTEAD AND}
LOAN ASSOCIATION,
~opELcU5As, Sept. 10th, 1898.
The undersigned is authorized by the
Board OF Directors OF the st. Landry
Homestead and Loan Association to
offer to It's members loans at eight per
censum. For particulars apply to
E. ID EsTILETTE,
President ST. Landry II. e. l.. Assn.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-07-10

Opelousas Courier
Is the advocate of Democratic
principles and the friend of the
people.
Their welfare is its welfare, and
it will ever be found defending
their rights with all Of Its
ability.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-24
IN THE HOFFMAN CASE.
THREE DISTINCT SENSATIONS
IN ONE DAY.
Hoffman Could Not Have Signed the
$1,000 Receipt.

San Francisco, June 23.-The ninth
day of the Hoffman inquest was a de-
cidedly interesting one. three distinct
sensations being developed during the
examination of as many witnesses. In
the first place it was shown by indis-
putable evidence that Isaac Hoffman
could not have signed the $500 receipt
on May is, as Figel claims ne did, for
he was in Sacramento on that date.
1t was further shown that Figel had
for months been embeZZling the firms
cash and that he could not have given
the sums which he said he gave to
Hoffman, because they were trans
ferred to his private account at the
bank. instead of being credited to the
payers. Then again, B. Joseph, from
whom FigeI borrowed money, swore
that the bookkeeper tried to induce him
after the tragedy to lie for him, and
failing TO do so, threatened him. Las,
but not least. a brother-in-law of the
Junior partner in the firm Of Hoffman.
Rothchild & Co. stated that he had
told Hoffman of his bookkeeper's sport
ing. proclivities three months ago, but
was informed that it was already,
known that the FIRMS books would be
exported in the near future.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-24
Facts from Fairview.

Fairview, June 22.-Lindley Young CT
this city, who was released some time
ago from the state reform school, is
again found at his petty thieving
tricks. He visits the homes of the peo-
ole when they are absent and rum
images everywhere in search of money
or other valuables. He has made sew
eral successful attempts of late. and
has spent money with his chums freely
He was arrested on a charge of lar
ceny a few days ago, his brother and
grandfather going on his bonds. He
was released with counsel from them
TO carry himself properly or they
would not stand good for his appear
ance in court, but he again resorted
TO stealing as before; therefore he was
delivered over to the city marshal, and
today taken to Manti and committed
over to the county sheriff, awaiting the
arrival of the officer from Ogden, when
he viii answer to them again for his
conduct. He is a mere youth, and
seems TO be invested with a cunning
device OF evil from the first His rela-
tives have done much TO turn him from
his reckless career, but in vain.
William Mower lost a 6-year-old
child. and Christian Jensen a small
child.
E. w. Howell is erecting a brick
house, making a very good improve
ment on his city property
The committee for the celebration of
the Fourth has prepared a programme
covering an extensive field.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-24
WYOMING.

Laramie Boomerang: f. B. Maltby.
who has had charge of the survey work
in the proposed sites for the govern
ment reservoir in Wyoming, was in the
city today. having returned from the
Devils gate site. in the western part
of the state. The Devils gate site is
a great chasm in rock walls, which
would require a large dam to hold the
water. As a reservoir It IS not TO be
compared to the big basin near this
city. There is a little work remaining
here at the big basin. which viii be
finished up at once.
p. J. Quealey OF Rock Springs has
just returned from the east, where he
purchased a lot of coal mining ma
chinery for use in the new mining
camp he will establish on the line of
the Oregon Short Line near Hamms
Fork, Uintah county. For several
years Mr.. Quealey has been securing
coal lands in that vicinity, until at the
present time he controls over 1000
acres of valuable coal land underlaid
with the great diamond coal measures.
\ townsite is being laid out near the
site of the proposed mines. Mr.. Quea-
ley's associates in the enterprise are
NJ. S. and John Kemmerer of Pennsyl-
Nania.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-24
Van Camps Macaroni and Chees
TURKEYS GREAT DEBT.
The Sultan Owes Many Hundred Mil
lions to the French and Others.

United States Investor: Every one
knows the rotten state of the Otto
man empire in other respects. and its
financial condition is no exception to
this rule. Between 1851 and 1873 the
government contracted Is loans, the en-
tire nominal value of which was about
s., leo, $50, 00G. The first so-called bud
get was published in 1862. In the fol-
lowing year the drastic measure of the
retirement CT the paper money was I'M
dertaken and a court of accounts Gre
ated- But in spite of this the financial
difficulties of the sultan grew from bad
TO worse. At length, in 1878, the policy
of paying Old debts by contracting new
ones at q higher rate Of interest, came
to a conclusion The government,
therefore, determined two years later
to pay One-haf CT her coupons in gold
aL.I the other half in bonds, which were
to draw interest at the rate of per
cent with the illusCry promise of pay
ment in five years. There exist people
malicious enough to hint that this step
was taken at the suggestion of the
Russian ambassador to Turkey at that
time.
At the Berlin congress in 1873 the
great powers made arrangements to
protect the financial interests of their
subjects by appointing a committee on
WulSn eacn OF the contracting parties
was TO be represented, except Russia,
who then, as now. was a borrower
rather than a lender of money. Since
last autumn, however, the representa-
tive of the czar at Constantinople has
been clamOring TO be admitted as a
member Of this committee, on account
of the political interests involved.
By the decision of this congress also,
Bulgaria ard the other states at that
time separated from Turkey. were each
required to assume their portion of the
debt In 1881 a wholesale conversion Of
but this step by no means put stop
to the further borrowing. Four per
cent loans were issued in 1890 and 1891,
and one at 81 per cent in 1894 But
the most important loan in recent years
was that at 8 per cent in 1896, based
on the security of the Turkish customs
The amount issued was about $50, 900. goo
(par value), Of which the greater part
was taken in Paris.
The present Turkish debt certainly
exceeds $500, 000, 900. and it has been
claimed by French socialist organs that
it even exceeds $780, 600. 600. Nine-tenths
of this amount is held in France. Con-
sequently any disaster to Turkey would
produce in Paris a shock equal to that
occasioned by the fall of the Panama
company. The rest of the debt is held
in England. Germany. Austria, Hol-
land and Belgium. 1t is stated on ex-
cellent authority that the report issued
last autumn regarding Turkish finances
by Sir Edgar Vincent, the governor of
the imperial Ottoman bank, is by far
too Sanguine
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-24
Usurned Authority.

local paper has very pretty ac-
count of the christening of the mag
nificent new waterfall in ogden can
yon, caused by the overflow from the
pipe above some of the most rugged
cliffs. This waterfall is now and must
hereafter be known as Utah's Bridal
Veil says the Press and ali because a
San Francisco young lady. Miss Fran
cesco Chinn, by name, got out of her
carriage before the fall and spoke a
few words while gesticulating with her
jewelled hand. Under a wealth of
black headlines the Press describes the
scene in about half a column, one rhe-
torical passage of which is expressed
thus:
When the party approached the cas-
cade in the canyon Monday. Miss Fran
ces gazed at the laundering waters in
awe, and calling upon Mr.. Hunter to
stop the carriage she got out and step
ping to the edge of the river she raised
her jeweled hand above its rushing
waters and as her eye followed the
water of the falls as it leaped over the
summit of the crag and came bounding
dc~n the side CT the mountain. daShing
itself into a dreamy mist before her
entranced vision, she said: ] christen
thee the Bridal Veil of Utah.
Now with all due reverence to Cali
fornia young ladies, The Herald takes
issue with the Press and maintains that
California girl has no right TO arbi-
trarily name a Utah waterfall. Miss
ChinD- may be ever SO beautiful, but
Utah has girls just as beautiful. She
may have Jewels on every finger and
may have been all over the world. still
her DEGREES don't go with the general
public in Utah. If the falls are TO he
called Bridal Veil' let it be understood
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-24
MONTANA.

The Anaconda Electric Light & Rail-
way company has just received two Of
the handsomest and costliest cars ever
sent into the northwest. The cars were
built by the Pullman company. and are
the very best product Of that famous
plant. The cars are so feet long over
all with leo horsepower motor, and
capable of attaining u speed of 40 miles
an hour They viii seat comfortably
30 persons each.
1t is reported that the Great Falls &
Canada will widen its track to stand
ard gauge.
Mayor Harrington of Butte has in
Vited William J. Bryan 10 visit that
city either before or after his tour Of
the national park. If a favorable re
ply is received a big demonstration will
be arranged.
Lieutenant Moss and his army BIZ
cycle detachment are making over 40
miles per day through Montana
An east Helena girl is the heroine of
an elopement, with up-to-date trim
mings. She ran away from home on
her wheel, her lover met her a mile
away with a buggy and the two drove
TO Helena. The irate mother arrived
on the scene just as the ceremony was
concluded, went into mysteries and
subsequently bestowed her blessing
upon the pair. The girls name was
Avis Stearns, and the bold groom was
Marsh Anderson. a Glasgow rancher.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-24

IN THE DISTRICT COURT, PRO-
bate division. Third judicial district. IN
and for Salt Lake county, state OF TTtar.
IN the matter of the estate OF j. W.
Townsend. Observation-Disclosures to show
cause why. order OF sale OF real estate
should not be made.-ArlGld c.. Cfaque
tie administrator Of the estate of D. w
Townsend. deceased, having flied his be-
titiOn herein. duly verified, PRAYING for
an order of sale of all Of the real estata
OF said deceient. for the purposes there
in set fcrtis. IL IS therefore ordered th-s
all persons interested in the estate OF saiI
deceased appear before the said court ol,
Saturday. the 18th day of July. A. D. 1Se7.
at $40 O'Clock a. m. AZ the court room
of said COurs. at the county court houss
in the city and county Of Salt Lake
Utah, to show cause why an order sh0.rid
not be granted to the said administra-
to- to sell so much OF the real estate OF
SAID deceased at puhlic sale as SHALL b.
necessary. and that copy Of this order
be published 1T least four successive
weeks III the Salt Lake Daily Herald ?
newspaper printed ana publ she'd in said
city and county.
Witness my hand this 18th day OF
(seaI) June. A. D. 1897.
JACOB JOHNSON. Judge Acting
Attest: DAVID Q. DUNBAR. CLERK.
Rv GEO r. FLAIR Deputy.
N0yle. Zane & Costigan. Attorneys for
administrator.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-24
IDAHO.

Labor leaders at Chicago propose &c
establish a workingmen's' colony in
Idaho. on a plan similar to that Of the
New Plymouth colony.
Boise Statesman: y. 7. Perkins, IT.,
of the geological survey, is in the city
on his way TO the northern part OF me
state. He goes there TO run the me
between Idaho and Montana from the
Canadian boundary southwark ABOUT
75 miles to the summit Of the BITTER
Root mountains. The line Is the ojln
meridian west from Washington IL
has never been surveyed. and there Is
now much confusion arising from the
uncertainty respecting its exact ioca-
ton.
Iindol Smith of Moscow, department
commander Of the G. a. R.. mas aD-
pointed J. II. Pecotte Of Boise as chleI
of his staff with the rank OF colonel
F. w Coolidge of Shoshone IS anoeher
appointment. he having the rank Of
lieutenant colonel.
w. A. Hamilton. the Meridian mef-
chant, has been elected business man
ager Of the creamery at that place. He
reports the creamery is turning out
200 pounds a day. \ man will leave
today for Montana to omen up a mar
ket there for the surplus.
The city council OF Pocatello have
passed a stringent anti-gambling
ordinance 1t forbids solo or other
card games for drinks or cigars, and
nickle-in-the- slot machines.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-24
sHERIFFs SALE.


BY VIRTUE OF AN ORDER OF
sale and decree of foreclosure to me di-
rected from the Third judicial district
court. Salt Lake county, state of Utah.
in favor of Charles II. Nance. and against
a. +. Abbott George y. DalsteaG. and
Annie Dalstead. his wife. and john Muz-
zeil. to satisfy = judgment Of one tnOu-
sand two hundred and sixty-nine dollars
and seventy-five cents. attorney ) fees
cost taxed at fifteen dollars an- ten cents.
have levied upon the following named
property to-wit: Situated. lying and
being in the city and county OF Salt
Lake. state of Utah. and described as
follows. to-wit: y part OF lot tnree CD.
in block thirJy-three (23). s-.-s r. Salt
Lake City survey. beginning at the
ming thence east fifty-three SD feet,
thence north one hundred and s-xty-live
G65) feet. thence west fiftv-th-ee t55)
feet. thence south one hundred and sixty
FIVE feet to the place of beginning. TO
be sold as the property of a. F Abbott.
George A Dalstead. and Annie Dalstead.
his wife. and John MuZzell and VII ex-
pose the same for sale. or 90 much as
will satisfy plaintiffs demand. to-wit:
taxed at :15l0 to he sold by me at the
west front door of the county court
house. at the city and county building.
Salt Lake City. state of Utah. on the
18th day of July. 1877. Sale to commence
at u O'Clock noon. Terms of sale. cash.
Dated 1T Salt Lake City. Utah. this
18th day of June: 1891.
Sheriff of Salt Lake County.
BY BOMAN CANNON DEPUTY Snerin
Stephens & Smith. Attorneys for Plain
tiff