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The silver star., 1898-07-07

The opposition to the press brought
out by the press-gag bill at Albany is
astonishing. But for the press very
few of these opponents of Legitimate
business would ever have been heard
of; and their impatience at the right
OF fair as well as unfair criticism shows
a Weakness that belongs to few bodies
OF men of that size. The influence OF
the press in politics is perhaps not as
great as has been claimed; but there
ought to be some results from this in
Justice.
The silver star., 1898-07-07

In our southern brethren we have nv
true patriots. as cool and determined
and sincere champions Of the republic
as are to be found anywhere within the
borders OF the land. We know that II
trouble comes to us they will be among
the first to spring to arms, and that. In
the cause OF the union. they will dis
play the same impetuous vaior and
brilliant dash that. thirty-nvs years
ago. immortallzed the paladins who
followed Lee and Jackson. Johnston
and Longstreet. with equal seal 70 vie-
toey q defeat.
The silver star., 1898-07-07

The lingo" congressman, who try to
make the most of every provocation to
war. remind one of the little girl who.
when lightning struck the house, and
partly destroyed it, clapped her hands
and cried, DO it again!' But she
knew no better
The silver star., 1898-07-07

One duty of ministers is to say:
Come" Don't come" is the message
of missionary at Dawson City. and it
is given to warn away the multitude
dreaming that there is wealth for them
in the Yukon district. He is thus
preaching physical salvation, for the
country is already overcrowded. and
the supply of labor is greater than the
demand" Do not forget those two
words. Don't come."
The silver star., 1898-07-07
$. Farm Department.

n heavy limb, saw little on the un-
der side first, so that the weight OF the
limb as it falls will not split or peel
the bark 1t is necessary to paint the
wounds made by pruning with white
lead and linseed oil. to which may be
added little lampblack. II desired, to
give a darker effect"
The silver star., 1898-07-07

II Spanish war should result not
only in the freedom of Cuba. but in
the freedom of the Philippines as well.
Uncle Sam could congratulate himself
on having done a great stroke of busi-
ness.
The silver star., 1898-07-07

II look out for my own intuition"
says lady. "and then do exactly the
opposite" Which shows faith in the
system through constant insult of the
author of it.
The silver star., 1898-07-07

A North Dakota evangelist says he
can see the dove of universal peace
towering in the air. That settles 1t;
there will be no war.
The silver star., 1898-07-07
SILVER STAR.
published WssklyD
JOE H. DE WITT, Editor and Prop.
DOLORES, COLORADO
Tsrms: $500 Per Year.

Skaguay is said to be healthy place
provided one has no entanglements
with the vigilance committee.
The silver star., 1898-07-07

Promoter Cradle is one OF those
hnanciers who make two dollars grow
where no dollar ever grew before.
The silver star., 1898-07-07
TO TEST FOOD.

To test milk polish an ordinary knit.
ting needle with emery cloth and dusl
1t. Thrust 1t into the milk and with
draw 1t. II the milk be Of average
quality It will form white, grsag
coating to the needle. whereas. Il 10.
flcient In fat-that Ia. watered-ths
needle will look as though dipped b
milky water.
Coffee which is suspected Of eoa,
tanning chicory may be sprinklsl -
the surface Of glass Of clear WaAas.
Coffee floats. while the chicory, being
heavy. sinks. leaving q brown trail
through the water. Chicory 10 soft v
the touch and will crumble betwess
the fingers. unlike the hard. gritty par +
ticles OF coffee.
As is well known. preserved psas ven
often contain considerable quantities d !
copper. in order to preserve the grsss
color OF the peas. The liquid In which 4
the peas are packed Is emptied into st
clean narrow glass-a slender noWol
vase will serve the purpose admirably
and about tablespoonful Of Iemsep
Juice Is added: a well-pollshsd kaitt \
ting needle is allowed to remain iS5
the glass over night. II will thsa-I
~ far - the liquid reaches-bs coated
with bright brown metallic COPPER.
Tea u often mixed with Othee loavesy
metallic substances such - iFoo, RNHt
ganess or sand to increase the wsiehGt
or "facing'-coating the leaves VIII
indigo or Prussian blue TO make thso
green. Soak the leaves IN wster ~
unroil on . glass and examine vitA B,
microscope. The construction a 4 ~
leaf is 10 different from any olhHf
leaf II may readily be distinsulshsd} \
Bruise some tea and cut up. then ~.
. magnet over II. Particles q ue1nl
will cling to the magnet. II Q teaspooo
full Of ten which IL colorsd 10 throVu
In water which Is warm particles n
indigo. II II has boon USED. viii slnDX
to the bottom Of the glass.
Cereals In Alaska.-Little ~ ~
been attempted with cereals y ~
great territory Of Alaska. hut ~ sea1
oats. barley and rye have besu grews
Wheat was matursd at 0itka n loo&
and max was In full bloom at the sa01
place on the first Of September, teoe
Buckwheat hns bsen grown n ~
Cook Inlet region.
Civilization II only now beginnlno
TO make itself felt In the dairy. -
hrst order 10. Clean up"
The COW promises to b. TIE saivslip1
Of western xansaa
The silver star., 1898-07-07

Civilization IL only now bsginnlno|
TO make Itself felt In the dairy. ~
hrst order 10. Clean up"
The silver star., 1898-07-07

In newly cleared countries the flrs.
use that can be made Of the land ia
for rasturage for dairy cows. The iard
can be seeded before the stumps are
cleared. the stumps being allowed IN
rot by the processes Of nature,
The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-22
Quarantine, Etc.

The following resolutions were
adopted by the Board of Health
of Opelousas on the 7th:
lst. That this Board adopt the
Atlanta System of quarantine.
I'd. That a fine of $25.OO be
imposed on the owner or driver Of
any public or private vehicle con-
veying q passenger or passengers
into the Town of Ope1ousas un-
less they hold proper health GER
tificates; in default of payment
of said fine, Imprisonment for ten
days, after detention and disin-
fection.
Sd. That any person or persons
entering the Town of Opelousas
without holding proper health
certificates shall be fined $500,
and in default of payment of said
fine shall be liable, after deten-
ton and disinfection, to imprison-
ment for ten days.
4th That any person or persons
circulating false rumors about
cases of infectious or contagious
diseases or suspicious cases of
same. shall be fined $1,000, and
in default of payment of said fine
shall be liable to Imprisonment
for ten days.
9Th. That every physician be and
is hereby required to report to the
Health Officer of this Town any
case or suspicious case of infect
ious or contagious desease which
may come under his observation;
in the event of his failure to do
so, a fine Of $1,000 or imprison-
ment for ten days shall be impos-
ed upon him.
9Th. That a strict quarantine is
hereby established against any
district infected with yellow fever.
The above ordinances to take
effect Immediately upon promul-
CATION thereof.
B. A. LITTELL, M. D.,
J. j. PERRoDIN, Pres.
Sect'y.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-22
The Sugar Refinery

For Opelousas would be great
move, but the low prices inaugu-
rated by Firnberg Bros. in their
new store in the Saizan Building
is another great move. Their
stock is well selected, up-to-date
styles and positively at very low
prices. They have secured the
efficient services Of Miss Isola
Fontenot who will take great
pleasure in serving our lady pat
rons. Remember our motto:
"NEw STORE-NEw PRICES.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-22
OpelOusas Progressive League.

Opelousas, La, Oct. 10th 1898.
Pursuant to a call issued Il num-
Der of the business men and those
interested in the material welfare
of Opclousas and the parish of st.
Landry, met at Sandoz Opera
Hous1 on Wednesday October L.,
for the purpose of cffecting an or
ganlzation.
Mr.. j. j. Thompson was called
to the Chair to act us temporary
Chairman, and Mr.. John w Lewis
to act as temporary Secretary.
Mr.. Thos. ii. Lewis opened the
meeting by explaining the purpo-
ses and intentions of the gentle
men making the call.
On motion of Mr.. Leonce San
doz, duly seconded by Mr.. Thos.
II. Lewis, a committee of three
on organization was appointed.
The following was the commit
tee: Judge E. T. Lewis. Mr.. +.
M. Boagni and Mr. Raymond
Breaux.
Moved BY Mr.. r. Mornhinveg
that Il recess be taken to give the
committee time to prepare their
report. Motion seconded by Mr..
E. d. Estilette. Carried.
The committee announced their
readiness to report and the meet
ing was reconvened.
On behalf of the committee
Judge Lewis submitted an Act of
incorporation, which was read to
the meeting. On motion of Judge
Lewis, seconded by Mr.. Patton
Blacksher, the report of the COM
mittee was accepted. The follow
ing permanent officers to serve for
one year were selected by the COM
mittee, and approved by the meet
ing:
Leonce Sandoz, President; Jos.
p. Saizan, Vice President; Fritz
Deitllen, Treasurer; John w.
Lewis, Secretary.
The following Board of Direct
ors were selected:
e. d. Estilette, Remi Mornhin-
veg, p. T. Blackshear, J. A. Haas,
Nathan Roos, X. Baillio, F. j.
Deitlien, f. T. Lewis, Jas. O.
Chachere, r. l.. Garland and Jos.
Lassalle. Moved and seconded
that meeting adjourn. Carried.
LEONCE SANDOZ, President.
JOHN w. LEWIS. Secretary.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-22

Wheeler has made the best re-
cord in the field and Lee in the
camp among the generals of the
recent war. Both of them receiv-
ed thier military education in the
Confederate army, and they evil
IDENTITY learned their lessons we'll.
Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson
and Joseph E. Johnson were mas
ters of the art of war, and the Off
GERS under them were made of the
same material. In proportion to
numbers the South is able to fur
nish more military leaders than
any other equal extent of popula-
ton in all the world. It is for
this reason that this section has
furnished majority of the popu-
lar heroes of the war, notwith-
standing the fact that not a single
Southern regiment was sent to
the front while the war was in
progress.-Chattanooga News.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-22
OpelOuSaS Awakening,

On last Monday a call signed by
number of our stable and infiu-
entail citizens was issued, asking
the business men and others hay
ing the welfare and progress of
our town and parish at heart to
meet at Sandoz Opera House for
the purpose of taking steps to in
duce the establishment of a sugar
refinery and other enterprises in
Opelousas. In response to the
call some thirty-tive or forty of
the business and professional men
OF our town assembled at the hour
ahf place appointed.
n glance at the minutes disclo-
ses the fact that the meeting was
an enthusiastic and highly salts
factory one: that in it were the in
f1uential and monied men of the
town and that it has behind it the
proper motives and inspiration.
Such a beginning cannot termin-
ate in failure, and it behooves
every man who wants to see Ope-
lousas take the position in the
business world it deserves, to join
this move and lend it his hearty
support. Through the agency of
the move we can accomplish what
Opelousas most needs; manufac-
turing enterprises, and general
upheaval of business and reno
vation Of our sleeping energies.
There is no room in such Il no.
bic move for politics, petty busi-
ness jealousies, ignoble rivalries,
and the first man that endeavors
to prostitute its organization to
this end should receive the
contempt Of all true citizens.
We must come together, we
must look to the interest of our
town, and every man should put
his shoulder to the wheel to shake
off that Rip-Van-Winkle feeling
which has SO long tiourished in
old Opelousas. Let's get a move
on.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-22
AN ORDINANCE

For Electrician and manager of electric
light and waterwOrks plant. Establishing
rules for the operation and management Of the
electric light and watcrworks plant OF the
Town OF Opelousas, La
See. There shall be manager of the cleo
tric light and waterwork plant to be elected
by the Board of Aldermen and who shall serve
for one year from date of election, hut who
may be removed by the Board OF Aldermen at
any time for cause
See 2. The manager shall take charge of the
plant, shall attend to the same rum 1t, do ne
cessary wiring and tapping for the town,
whether for public or private use.
Sec 3. The manager shall employ by and
with the consent of the Board OF Aldermen
such employees as may be necessary to operate
the plant and which for the present shall con
sist of one fireman and trimmer. and OF such
other help as may for the present be necessary
to expedite the laying of water pipes and
placing of electric wiring, providing that the
last extra help shall in all eases be previously
approved by the mayor.
Sec. 4 All supplies necessary to the success
full operation OF the plant, to be ordered by
the manager with the approval at the mayor
and ali orders to be reported to the Board of
Aldermen at its regular meetings.
Sec. S. The manager shall each month make
writing, giving number of lights, private and
public, furnished during the month, of all water
furnished, supplies consumed and work erected
and all other necessary reports as ls usually
made by first clase plants.
See. 6. The manager shall receive for his
faithful services a salary Of seventy five tS75OO
dollars per month. Carried.
81. HEBRARD, Mayor.
rHOS III LEWIS Clerk
The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-22

The Opelousas Progressive Lea
que is open to all, town and Par.
,sh. It has for its purpose the up
building of both, and every man
who owns a dollars worth of pro-
perty, or is IN any way interested
~ the progress Of his town and
parish should lend his support.
This is a free for all move; no
one has an ak to- grind, no one
man is going to pn,fit by it, but it
e organized for ths,general inter-
est OF us all. Sendin your name
% the secretary, WHO will enroll
you as q member.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-22
The Reading Circle.

Alta Circle meeting on Friday Sept. 30,
the following resolution was duly sec
Onded and carried:
Resolved, That the c. l.. g. S. c. in
augurate II series of monthly public lee
lures on literary subjects. to which a
nominal admission fee of 10 cts. will be
charged for all who are not members.
A committee of three was appointed
to invite the speakers for each occasion.
The first lectures will be held at the
Court House Friday night Oct. 28th.
when Prof. T. III. Harris and Hon. w. c.
PerrauIt, will address the audience.
CORINNE REDMOND, Secretary.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-22

As an evidence that Opelousas
has "got move'' on herself, we
will cite the fact that as soon as
it was learned that the magnifi-
cent sugar refinery at Lake Charles
was to be sold at auction to-day,
and would probably be sold at a
great sacrifice committee started
out Friday morning to secure the
necessary funds to buy it in, and
at IL O'Clock a. m. had secured
$4,000, when a letter was received
announcing that the sale would
not take place until Nov. 23d.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-22
How to Push a Town.

We specially commend the fol
lowing to the attention of *yll
| Opelousas readers. 1t is tLKeI
from a recent issue of the Sl-rcve
port Outlook and is chock.full oI
good sound sense: The aommun
ity that ,ls.so far steepeG in self.
ish greed sal.to stint itsAocal press
and deny its tired :,td true iomn,
ais descent support under the
mistaken idea of economy is surely
on the high road to decay.
"A people that will not support
an Independent press will never
build up town--they will sap its
energies and squeeze it dry like a
sucked lemon, until there is moth
ing left of it but an empty shell.
The enterprising men of every
flourishlng community will be
found fully represented in the adj
vertising colums Of its local press.
We don't have to 60 Il thousand
miles to see some striking exam
pies Of these truths.
Gen. Grant laid down not few
good and strong maXims. One,
in reference to speice payments,
was that 1.-The best way to rcume
specie payments is to resume.
This maxim will apply with e.
quail force to ambitious towns, to
which it may aptly be said that
"the best way to push town is to
push it.
A regiment of we'll organized
and diciplined soldiers will go for
ward and conquer positions that
an undiciplined, i'll organized COM
mand will never get to. 1t is the
same with communities. The or
grniZed and diciplined ones go
steadily ahead, and the others
make jerky and spasmodic moves
and then sit down and wait till
something stirs them to another
effort. There must be steadiness
in everything.
A well organized pushing COM
munity, is never without a strong
and prosperous press. This no
community can have that does not
advertise itself literally in those
circulating directories called news
papers. In such newspapers, the
stranger may find what the theat-
rical performance is going to be
and the price of admission thereto.
He will see the names of the
hotels, of the various business and
industrial establishments, of the
professional men, ETC., and he
will soon learn that the advertis-
ers Or the subscribers of the pa
pers, do not quit advertising or
subscribing every time that paper
says something that they do not
like. A wide awake community
wants independent newspapers
that are not to be cowed by the
petty boycotter. In these COM
munities, a business man is curl
osity who tells the newspaper So
licitor that advertising don't pay,
or wants him to advertise at rates
that wouldn't pay for the type
setting.
When the majority of the bnsi-
ness community happens to be of
that way of thinking, the place is
a graveyard for newspapers, and
is old enough to be the grand
mother of western cities, like Chi
cago, Omaha, Denver, San Fran
cisco and many other places,
whose business people have had
the good sense to see that the way
to draw business to a place is for
everybody who does business in it,
to let the world know 1t through
its local papers.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-22
To Those Who Suffer From Cancer

| wish to say to. the public that for
IS years have suffered from Cancerous
trouble, located in the eye followed 10y
one on the peck. After using every
suggested remedy and having passed
through the hands Of Il number Of pysi-
clans without benefit | placed myself
under the treatment Of DR.. j. B. Wal
ters of Bayou Chicot, La, under whose
skill | have been completely restored to
health; botIi cancers were removed and
am enjoying better health than for
many years. ! deem it due to my
benefactor, DR.. Walters, as we'll as to
sufferers like | have been, to call their
attention to the benefit have received
that they may find relief as ! have
done. Respectfully Yours,
f. p. CARSON.
Aup Or III
The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-22

BY virtue OF an order of the Honorable the
District Court in and for the parish of st. Lam
dry, there will be sold at public auction, to the
last and highest bidder, by the undersigned
Administrator or any duly qualified anc-s
tiOueer, at the last Residence OF deceased at
Pot Cove, Parish OF St Landry
"wednesday, November 3:sd, 1898. =
the following described property, tO-wit r
Forty arpents of prairie land with the build,
ngs and improvements thereon situated at Pot
Cove, in the parish of st. Landry. bounded
north by Emile Gaubert south by Jules Perrof
din and Samuel Haas, east hy Domatide Gull
lnry and west by the same.
70 arpcnts more or less, OF wood land situated
al Big woods at Mallet, III the PARISH of st. Ian
dry. bounded north by Theodore Chachcr6.
south by school lands. east by same and west
by Theodore thachrre.
Two cows and one calf. one brown horse, ono
bay creole mare and colt, one Lone Srar plOw,
one hand mill, one grind stone the growing
crop OF corn and cotton, one branding iron,
three head OF hogs.
Terms aud conditions. A ii movable property
cash. The lmmovnhle property Onc-thrd cash
and the balance payable i'll one and two years
from day OF sale, the property to remain
specially mortgag ged to. and the vendors priv
ilege retained in favor OF the estate the pur-
chasers to give over good and solvent security
to the satisfaction OF the administrator.
FELIX TH1ERRY,
Oct %. 1898. Administrator.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-22

Archbishop P. L. Chapelle, of
New Orleans, has been appointed
BY the Pope apostolic delegate to
Cuba. The Archbishop will re-
tain his position in New Orleans,
his new field being only a special
mission.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-22
AM ORDINANCE

BY Mr. Estorge-Resoved, That from and
after Oct. 1st 1898, all dry stock be prevented
from roaming at large within the corporate
found roaming at large from and after this
date, shall be taken up by the town constable
and the owner of said stock be fined the sum
of 50 so and costs Carried,
Resolved, That from and after this date it
shall be considered nuisance for any person
or persons to feed Or keep horned stock in a
quantity OF 25 or more for marketing, shipping
or any other purposes within the corporate
limits of the town Of Opelousas.
Be it further resolved, That any person or
persons violating this ordinance shall be fined
$25 and costs for the first offence and 800 and
costs for the second offence said fine and costs
to be collected by the Mayor In the same man
Carried.
8. l.. HEBRARD,
Mayor.
r. FL LEWIS .JR Clerk
The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-22

Referring to alarmists and sem
sationalists, the Caucasian COR
rectly says: "The alarmist is the
terror of society. He is worse
than a plague and should be sup
pressed-muzzled. The a]armist
sneaks about and tells confidently
what he knows, which, when in
vestigated develops that he is an
ass. Not only is the alarmist an
ass, but he is deliberate liar, a
contemplate liar, and a slanderer.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-22

We have received from the l..
Grunewald Co., Limtd., of New
Orleans, through Mr.. w. L. Della
houssaye their representative in
Opelousas, pretty piece Of pop
ular music entitled ''There' S
Room for One More STAR a pa
triotic song inscribed to the Isle
of Cuba; words by VIM. j. Hart
ley, music by Leo. Fiest.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-22

Mckinley woopers who voted so
vehemently for the salvation of
the country in 1896 via the gold
standard route, and promised ten
cent cotton and dollar wheat in
the event of Mckinley's election,
are still as silent as the grave.
The only difference we can see
is an increase of federal taxes.
Mansfield journal.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-22

For RENT-That splendid, GEN.
trally located business stand in
the Opera House building, ON
Main street, occupied by Taylor &
Taylor as a drugstore. Possession
given on the first of October.
For particulars apply at the
COURIER Office, Main street.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-22
e-N@o-

The Louisiana State Board of
Health favors raising all quaran-
tines On Oct. 25, and has made
suggestion to that effect to all the
local boards.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-22

Residence for rent in Opeousas, in a
desirable part of town. House large
and roomy with "ntbuildings and am
pie grounds. Possession given imme
diate!y. Apply at this office.
This place is within five blocks of
the High SCHOOL, about three blocks
from Catholic Church and same dis
tance from Sunnyside Park.