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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1897-06-19
SUMMER FURNISHINGS.
Fabrics for Coverings OF Furniture
and CushioIss.

Fabrics for Coverings Of Furniture
and CushioIss.
The custom of giving our rooms a
"summery" air by changing the uphoi-
stery, curtains, cushion covers and mi
Eor accessories, is the feature of mod
ern domestic management that most
deserves encouraging by stay y-at-homes
and those who must economic closely
in4money expenditures.
Manufacturers appreciate the sitEa-
tion perfectly, and the shops are filled
W II AZ, IN 1oprecedented array of eE AT, .-,,a
ing fabrics so low in price that wit b
ten dollars, willing hands and plenty
of time, a tasteful and ingenious woman
can completely transform a room.
Except in lace, few pattern curtains
are shown, and piece net is fast super
seding ali but the highest grades of
these. Cheap, coarse Nottingham lace
curtains have neither beauty nor dur
ability to recommend them, but Cal
cutta net has both. The latter comes in
both white and cream in a variety OF ar,
tistic weayes; is SO inches wide, and
costs from 60 to.75-eents per yard.
It is early yet for colored easement
muslins to be "out,'' but white and
cream Swiss and Scotch muslins are
shown in greater variety than ever be.
fore.
Tamboured muslin shows no i'm
provement in designs or weave; indeed,
so unpopular We're they last year that
the manufacturer had no encourage
ment to improve them. Coin spots,
both white and colored, have had their
day, and the new display is character
lied by dainty dots, cord stripes and eff
feetive combinations of the two styles.
Width, rs inches, 90 to SO cents per
yard. Pretty combinations of colored
and white woven designs come in the
same range of prices Washington
Home Monthly
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1897-06-19
TARIFF LEGISLATION.
Foolish Talk OF Placing the Measure
with q Commission.

with q Commission.
Sesnator Cuilom has written a re-
markable letter to the tariff commission
leagae favoring the object of the league,
which proposes the removal of the tariff
question from national politics and place
ing it in the hands % q commission,
whose duty it shall be to supervise the
tariff laws and keep congress informed
concerning desirable or Necessary
changes.
Senator Cullom says that something
ought to be done ITO avoid constant and
extreme chang es in the tariff legislation
first going SO far in the direction of a
high tariff, and on the occasion of a
change Of politics going as far the other
way" He wants to prevent the neces-
sity of a change of the whole tariff by
the party coming into power. for the
reason that the business of the country
will not tolerate it.
1t is gratifying to hear a republican
senator talking of theehardship to BUSH
ness of wholesale tariff tinkering and of
the desirability of putting a stop to it.
But when he talks of the necessity OF.
such wholesale change he is talking
nonsense, for the republicans found a
moderately high tariff law in force when
they came into power and could have
u.ade it acceptable to the mass of their.
own partisans and sufficient revenue
measure by very few changes. All of
the extreme tariff legislation that has
been accomplished has been the work of
the republicans.
When the democrats came into power
four years ago they found in force an
extreme measure, which was almost as
roundly abused by the republicans as by
the democrats. They were pledged to a
reduction of the tariff ON a revenue
basis, but when the Wilson bill became
law it was still measure of moderate
protection and merely made a start in
the direction of a revenue thrift.
To talk, therefore, of the danger and
folly of extreme tariff changes is to in.
dict the republicans, who now propose
to upset moderate reduction of an ex-
tre1ne measure by still more extreme
measure. To place this extreme meas-
ure in the hands of a commission
charged with the duty of keeping it ex-
trene would not take the tariff out of
politics. Tariff tinlsering for the pul-
pose of enriching one setof citizens at
the expense of others on the part Of "a
commission would be more objection
able than tariff tinkering by congress
Until tariffs are levied for revenue and
not for robbery it is not worth while to
put tariff legislation in the hands OF a
commission and the tariff question cam
not be taken out of politics. St. Louis
Republic
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1897-06-19
NECESSITY or SILVER.
Would Restore the EquiItbrium OF
the Currency.

the Currency.
Discussion of the questions which
arise concerning the circulating me-
dium have resulted in so broadening
the minds Of those opposed to silver
that only a few are left whose sole re-.
ply to arguments made by an advocate
of the white metal is: You're a
crank or a lunatic."
Time was when abuse and ridicule
were considered quite the proper thing
by goldite editors and spellbinders, but
that time has very nearly passed. There
are, however, a few narrowninded men
in this country who cling to the old
method of procedure, but in their ul-
reasoning abuse they harm no one ex-
cept themselves and their cause.
Facts are more convincing than fus-
tian, and bimetallists, having the facts
on their side, are spreading conviction
broadcast among the people. When the
fact is stated That all the gold =, the
world would furnish but $3.50 per cap
ita, the reply discourteous that the man
who states the fact is a 'crank or a
lunatic' loses force. tits not good econ
oIny to conduct the business of the
world on limited capital. What would
be thought of a merchant who would
endeavor to make success of his en-.
terprise on one-tenth of the amount
of capital it required? The goldites
would be fully justified in characterize
ing such a man as a crank or luna-
tic.''
For period of 20 years, the United
States has been doing business under
conditions the tendency OF which has
been steadily against the debtor. The
increase in the purchasing power Of
gold has made it out Of thequestion for
the debtor to cancel his obligations,
because he has been compelled to sur
render to the creditor from day to
day, from month to month and from
year to year all the products Of his
labor. The price of commodities hav-
| ing fallen steadily, the creditor gets
all the benefit, and the dollar q man
borrowed last year must be paid this
year with the uncarned increment OF
IN apprcciating currency added to the
original obligation.
We hear great deal about the dis
honesty Of the s'5o-cent dollar" and
the wrong it's adoption would infict
upon the creditor, but the 5o-cent dol
lar is myth and the rehabilitation Of
silver would simply restore the equi-
librium of the currency, establish q
just relation between debtor and cred
itor, prevent the pauperizing and en-
shaving OF labor and bring prosperity
once more within our gates. Chicago
Dispatch.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1897-06-19
UNEXPECTED coRRoBoRATlon.
a Very UnliLeIy story THAT Received
yerifcntion.

There are three young men in the, war
department wbo have an understan
ing that they will do their bicycling
company, and they are to be seen ire
qaently together, and particularly on
Sunday. As it happens, two of them
have been in Washington for several
years. while the third has been here IS
months. Some of the bicycle adyen-
lures he tells are simply so appalling
| that the two men are deyising ways and
means to reform him, in order not to de-
stroy an otherwise most agreeable COM
bination.
On recent Sunday they hit him SO
hard that he has not told another in
the last six days.
II was out in Ohio about four years
ago." he said on that day. as they were
resting not far from Falls church,
making tour of the state, and after
travelling about 800 miles my tire be-
gan to show signs Of wear and tear 10
such an extent I determined to geta
new one at the very next town Istruck.
However, before I got there snagged
myself, and had to lay. by for repairs.
AS you may. know, when tire is pune
tured very excellent dope to put into
it is milk, which in some way acts on
the tire's4insides and braces up things
in fine shape. got my puncture near Il
farmhouse, and at once went in and
bought quart of milk. which was as
rich as cream. for the farmer-lady was
just going to churn it. I filled the tire
with this and started ahead. after let
ting it soak awhile, and after going
about four or five miles over pretty
rough piece of road / struck the pleas
ant little town of Gallon, where pro-
ceeded at once to bicycle place to get
IN If a new tire. ] had noticed that
my wheel ran very peculiarly the last
mile or so, and asked the man to see
if the bearings were all right after he
got the tire off.
I'm about three or four minutes he
was asking me what was The matter.
md was trying to get something out
of the tire that filled it up as if the last
air that had been pumped into it was
loaded with something besides the
usual combination known to che nists.
L took a hand, and it wasn't long till
we had peeled the tire off, and then
the whole thing was plain to me.
had simply churned the milk ! had put
into the tire to butter, and that was all
there was to it,
"Come off" exclaimed one of his COM
panions, "you don't expect us to be-
lieve that, do you?"
"But it's true put in the other COM
ranion, and the first one nearly rolled
off the log.
"Vhat do you mean?' asked The first
one, while the narrator fairly beamed
with pride at this unexpected corrobo-
ration.
..of course, it's true" asserted the
teller.
"Of course, it is" chimed the COM
panion, "and we had some of the same
butter at your boarding house when |
took dinner with you there yesterday"
Washington Star.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1897-06-19
Deserted BY Tts Friends.

However much the country may desire
to have the tariff Settled and business
arranged under its provisions. is bet
ter to have carefully considered
scheme of duties than one rushed
through in hot haste which business
men will repent at leisure. # the sem
ate were to follow the precedent Of the
house and jam through the Dingley
bill without investigation and discus
sion it would be calamity. We doubt
if even Mr.. Dingley himself would to-
day favor the adoption of his Ell as it
left the house. Certainly the business
interests Of the country, however much
they nnay favor a revised tariff. a pro-
tective tariff perhaps, do not want the
DingIey tariff. That legislative abor-
tion has no friends now. Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1897-06-19
a snn,mer DrfnIx.

A delightful summer drink, the re-
cefpt for which may be fled away for
the noy not distant cherry time, is
called Cherry Mabel. Stone the cher
ries and put them in a jar which rests
in u pot of boiling water The water
boils around the cherries until the
Juice is extracted; strain the juice and
to one-half gallon add two pounds SUI
gar; boil this until all the scum is taken
off, throwing in few whole spices. A
tablespoonful of this, with table,
spoonful of raw cream put into tun-
bier, which is then filled from a siphon
of vichy or soda water, is refreshing
summer drink.-N. Y. Post.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1897-06-19

settlement from pleasant trip.over on
Huckleberry Ridge. She had been over
there unbeknowance to- sus@or. little
family visitation around amongst the
Mullinses-which you recollect Dave
Mullins, he married Miss Bithy Lester.
Now from what they tell me Miss
Bithy's mother was Newton, though
never did find out for certain the full
degree of kinnery between her and Aunt
Nancy. But anyhow, that dear, delight
full old soul driv three miles out of her
way and come around by our house to
tell me and mother the latest and most
freshest news from over there ON Huck-
leberry Ridge.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1897-06-19
AsDararus 0melette.

Make an omelette Of four eggs, stir In
half a cupful of minced and seasoned as
paragus tops and fry instantly Or, have
the minced asparagus heated and ready,
and spread it over the top of the ome-
tette when done, then double the ONE
lette together and serve at once on a
aot dish. A caulifiower omeIette is made
in either Of these ways, seasoning the
minced cauIif over very highly with
salt and cayenne pepper. = Ladies'
KforI1,
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1897-06-19
The Cause OF the Row.

Gibbs How did Bliffers come to hit
y'ou ?
snoggs- Oh, it was all on account of a
trifing difference Of opinion between
lis.
GibbsDidferenee Of opinion?
Gnoggs-Yes; / thought he Lied, and
be thought he didn't--E. z. Tribune.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1897-06-19
The "Latev Mullins Baby.

Don't you remember, Rufus, when
Dave Mullins and Bithy Lester got mar
ried?" says Aunt Nancy, like as IL ]
didn't have blame thing to do but
keep the weddin records of the country.
/ told her remembered the weddin
clear as bell-particular the music and
the dancin and the tremendous big in
fare dinner which followed@but to save
my life I couldn't recollect exactly the
year and the day when it all come to
pass
Well, it was II years ago the third
day of last November since Dave and
Bithy took to mixin cIothes&for better
or for worse, Aunt Nancy went on.
And night before Inst the good Lord
blessed 'em with their firstborn baby,
and a boy baby at that. Consequentially
you understand the general circumfer-
ence of the surroundins attheir house,
and you will take my word for it when
/ tell you that the outdoinest and most
gonebyest confusionmentin in the history
of Huckleberry Ridge is now goin on
right around therein the Mullins settle
Ynent.
''To be certainly the news was ruther
somewhat suddent and surprisin to me
when I first heard about it, cause it did
look to me by this time like Dave and
Bitby never would fulfill the Scrip
lures. And now, naturally of course.
to be there and see their proud looks
and silly ways you would think it must
be the onlyest baby in the round created
world. Now jest betwixt lis gals, as it
were, / have seen a whole passle of
babies in my day and generation, Rufus,
and l didn't find nothin SO very extry
and pluperfectly fine about the late and
the new and the unexpected Mullins
baby-which at the same time ek is a
right promisin boy. A But yet seNl at
the same time it is only baby, and
about like all the rest so fur as could
see with two arms and two legs, and
two hands and two. feet, and two ears
and two eyes, and the general marks and
appearments of plain American baby
boy. And at this late day If it is'pleas-
ant for Dave and Bithy TO take undo
4 E esa feel zztesz that, tlfaat
they have got the onlyest baby in the
whole discovered country what's the
difference to us? -.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1897-06-19

and Tejolceth much, !,
for u man child is
horned into the
world, or words 70
that extent. One
day last week Aunt
Nancy driv by our
house to say good
by and howdydo.
She was on her re-
turn back home to
tho D,ptbor Ct-aal,
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1897-06-19
He Saved the yaIuab1es.


0ne New Year Old man Hira m made
a runnin trade with his good wife,
which was to the general extent that
every time he bought quart of sperits
for himself he would buy new dress
fer her. From what they say the old
man was as good as his word clean
through fors12 months. Amongst other
family records and relics, Andy Lucas
nasggot paper which shows old man
Hiram's store account for that partielar
year, and to look at it you would think
he didn't buy nothin much but sperits
and new dresses. All down the line
You will notice. these items: - w
"fquart of sperfts, SO cts. &f4
II frock for Mandy, so cts.
81 quart of sperits, SO cts.
81 frock for Mandy, so cts.;
g II quart sperits, so cts.
81 frock for Mandy, SO cts.'
And SO forth and so on all down the
lire. ..-...s.s-. s-ssse
But I started out to tell you about
the terrible time when old man Hiram
Lucas driy his wagon into railroad
wreck. and didn't save blessed thing
out of the smash-up but his own life
and "the yaluables."k ~
The way it come to pass-the old man
hooked up his mule and his one-horse
wagon and went to town. It was then
way up inssqthe fall Of the year, nearly
lin the Christmas. OWN to the stage
of the weather and the season of the
year he had bought half gallon jug
of sperits that day and two "new frocks
! for Mandy" On his return back home
that evenin it would seem like he got
most ingIoriously and superbly drunk.
Consequentially he was "sleepin it off,
when he got to the railroad crossin, and
the first thing he knew his mule and
wagon had run into tail-end collision
with railroad train.
BY some strange hook or crook or
freak of nature, when old man Hiram
come to his senses his mule was killed
dead and his wagon smashed into
8kindlin wood. But he didn't have a
bone broke, whilst he found his jug Of
sperits and the bundle of dry goods safe
and sound.
After supper that night somebody
hailed at#the gate, and when went out
TO see. who should it be but old man
Hiram Lucas which he had left his
wagon and dead mule at the wreck and
Was now footin it towards home. He.
had a Jug in one hand and q bundle. of
dry goods under his. arm. he told mo
to the best of his recollection all about
the smash-up, and then wound up By
sayin:
I sHIitawasaa most hellatious bad scrape
for white man to drive into, but any.
how Rufus, yous viii please take no
tice thatsI come out alive and saved the
va1uables.''
With that old man Hiram anlbled on
down the road towards home with his
jug of sperits and two "new fToeks for
Mandy
RuFEs SANDERS
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1897-06-19
FROM THE FORKS.
People and Things at the "Confu-
ence Of the Streams"
News from HuclIeberry RidEe-Thc
Late Mullins Baby-Hiram and p
the Preaeher-When Drinks
Were Necessary.

Accordin to Aunt Nancy Newton and
the Scriptures, 'she forgetteth her pains
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1897-06-19

"Onest upon a time, / recoilect, when
/ had made a big land trade with Uriah
BeyerIy-wherefn to tell the Bible
truth, | had just naturally swapped the
socks off of Uriah SO smooth and easy
that IT makes my head swim till yet
when | think about it. Well, at any
rates, L wanted the deeds and title
nents fixed up bomb proof, SO l went
to Judge Picltins and got him to write
out the papers. But then I never did
read them papers clean through. l
never have saw such a hand writin in
my whole entire natural life. / raley
couldn't have no serious doubts but what
the, Judge lsnowed his business and had
writ everything down accordin to law.
But you see I wanted to know all them
things to dead and buried certainty.
So the next time he come round on
the Circuit l took the papers to the
Judge and told him I would love for
him to read his writin through and
through with me. He looked al the
papers a few minutes, and then says
to me, says he:
Lii Lucas, uld "IitC oob tASiu
papers?'
!" Judge Pickins, you did, says I.
"'No mistake about. that, Hiram?
says he. ssss~.--..-G q s.@.s &s-5st.l@e,s- -9-
"'Sho as gun is iron and God made lit
tie apples,' saysI.
"'Well, Hiram,' says he, you; will
have to wait till can throw down about
three or four good, stiff drinks before
1 can read that writin. I was drunk
when Iswrote out them papers,"
Now as for me, never could worry
the story down without a right smart
sprinkle of salt on it, but old man
Hiram maintained till the last that
soon as the judge tanked up sufficient on
the necessary drinks he read them pa
pers through and through as clear and
easy as you could read plain print.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1897-06-19
Yet All Is Well.

Yet All Is Well.
"sBithy and hesbaby are both doin as
well as you ceuldeSpcet along about this
time of the year, and in the f,1llness of
time / reckon Dave will recover. But
for two days and nights it did raley look
10 me like the crazy asylum was right
seriously threatened with his manly
presence" and with that Aunt Nancy
went fumblins and foolin around in her.
thanky bag after her pipe and tobacco.
s'1'hat night when the doctor first made
his landin with the baby Dave looked
like he didn't Epow which he had better
ao-ta1Se wings andsf away, .or faint
End fall over in it. His eyes got as big
as pair Of cups and saucers, and bulged
out till bless gracious if you couldn't
of took stick and scraped 'em off. He
couldn't lie down, nor set UP, nor keep.
still no way he could Fix it, Hewas i'm
plum swiyet and in everybody way.
BY daylight next mornin he was out and
gone to the lot tendin to his stock, and to
see him Stirrin around people that
didn't know nothin about what had
come to pass would of thought he was
r,lsfnfG of a six-nule farm aud had got
three weeks behind with his work.
"Before breakfast that mcrnin Doc
Afinters hascone over to see whait was
what and who was who, ana turned in
by the lot lookin for Dave. He didn't
find Dave out there, but lie found his
signs, and that was gracious plenty
to ted the whole story.
y n
went and done, Rufus? Bless the
heavens il he didn't feed his horse on
cotton seed and gooher vines, and then
whirl in and give the cow ten ears of
corn and two bundles OF fodder. And
when Doc saw the general signs Of the
times all he Had to do was to come on
around to the front gate and ask what
iit-was-a girl or a boy .-as.--,.-,.-,.s
The Necessary Drin p ISs.
Old man Hiram Lucas used to tell q
mighty good one on Judge Pickins-
which hyouunderstandb both of them have
sinee then throwed their hands to the,
lncle and went the common way Of all
human flesh.
It have saw the handwritin Of many
sisndry men. Rufus, but II there ever
was a nan that made plum bust and
fell dewn On it every time he went to
write. his name was Judge pickins,'s
saia old mar Hiram il givin me the
tory.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1897-12-29
lleue UntionaIbanfen.

Die Gofboeton N%attonulbdnt bon GOibocz
ton. g., bat Grluu6niB er3alten, 8ei31ftc
al beginner. &apital $4,000.
Oie Qlma Nationdlbant bon Mlma, &anz
SAG. hat e6enfaus bic @rlutbniB erbalte1,
ice gsI6dfte gu er0ffnsu. &aPitaI $4,000.