The Opelousas courier., 1898-04-23

The chllti:cu say wneE. hens lay eggs
with horns IT is 4 s,tre sign OF war
Several eggs OF above description Ne:.
! ionnh during the week.
Nils, J.. j. Dr!i,ts spent two ~ !iics
days N;ll,sg the week >lsltlu. ItlA
tires.
Ills no joke, us "Johnny get y";ll
gun IA earnest
Oar nci@h!,o., /. l.. Scott has bee.
quite uHWt:i for several weeks, lat We
learn Ii" is improving.
| Preaching Sunday at II Il. III. an:i .
iii. hy Rev. Walters AT the Bapt isl
| Chnicsi
CniCoT,
Although there have been all scrts OF
| henials concerning an attempted Euro
| pean intervention by force at the last
! minute to prevent the u. ). taking Cuba
/ away from Spain. if is IL fact that mem
| h:'Ts OF the administration have been
sounded Ivy European diplomats for the
+ purpose of asceltainng how IL bluff at
! f"rclblr Intervention on the part of the
/ so called concerned powers Of Europe
wonIl be received. To the credit OF
/ the men WHO Were approached it eau l,u
stated that every one Of them promptly
replied that any bluff of that kind
Wnnld 1T once be called THAT it wonld
b- an inf ia cement on the Monroe dec
| tEiDe that would not, could not he to!-
Grated hy any American administration.
Archbishop Ireland tool, that view
tlom th; first, ans! informed the Pope
that the L. S. would brook no European
interference; that whatever coiiId be
accomplished hy European influence
would be in Spain. Tho Archbishop,
who was in Washington for about ten
days, has come away convinced that
American occupation nf Cuba il now
absolutely snre to COME. II. has SCI in
formed the Pope, and it. Is believed has
suggested that the Pope endeavnr to
nersHadr Spain to pe:crablv surrender
tnh:l ana not wait to he driven ont
-----e oas-
The Republican members Of Cnn.rtss
nave agreed npon war measure for
raising revenue in case at need to carry
nn war with Spain, il it occurs. The
plan VIII Iea!'Za more than 100000
900 additional revenue annually, ms fol
lows: An additional tax on beer nt
II per barrel, is estimated to yield
S'o,ttO,G0O; bank stamp tag like the
law Of 1866. S30,O0O00O; 3 oen,s per
pound or coffee and ID cents per pound
on tea on stocks on hand aud to arrive,
s2S, 100000 additiuna. tax an tobacco.
Sl5,0OOO0 900. The committee also agreed
to authorize the issuing of S5OOOOO, 900
bonds. These bonds are to be offered
for sa'e at all The principal cities in the
United States in amounts of $50 each,
making popular loan to he ahsorbe,.
by the people.
The Greenviile 6. CO. News gives
foil
southern farmers: plant corn; plant
vegetables make big crops OF potatoes
plant a little of everything; sow large
crops OF grains; raise hogs raise beef
cattle, for the chance of war is consid-
erab'c and war necessarily means hi CHER
prices tor everything yOu and your fam
lilies eat Ii the war cloud passes with
out bursting, you will be in all the bet
ter condition for not having planted
large crop of cotton.
While the new suffrage ordinance does
not extend the right to ladies to vote
at all elections. it nevertheless contains
the commendable feature of letting la
dies, property owners, vote at elections
wien propositions are submitted to the
Taxpayers. This is just. II ladies are
permitted to own property and are coln-
peI!ed to pay taxes therefor, it ia no
more than hight to them that they
have a voice in stating what measures
shall affect their respective prnper-
ties.
In the mole absorbing details of our
strained relations with Spain the pub
IIc attention IA directed from what un-
Ger ordinary conditions would be con
sihered oninons Dremonitions of n break
in the peace OF Europe. The peace of
the nations is anything but serene and
Tho possibility that the century shall
end, as 1t began, in widespread war,
strengthens as We apprOah its c'ost'.-
Chattanooga News.
Evidently the majority in the Consti-
tutIona! Convention is afraid TO trnst
the people. The fact that SO much
power is withheld from the people and
invested in the governor is proof posi-
tive that a political game is being
worked in New Orleans in the interest
of q certain faction. The plans may be
well laid. bnt time will tell whether
they can be clrlied out.-slansfieId
Journal.
Wonders will never cease. Ward
six of this parish, the very Gibraltar
OF PopulisEl, actually gave Democrat
ic majority at the recent senatorial cleo
tion. But we will let the Popuist say
how that was done; suffice it to say
that the ballot was not stuffed and that
1t was not the result of a Democratic
trick."-Farmerville Gazette.
Another popular misconception con-
cerning Cuba has been exploded, and
that is that its native population is com
posed almost entirely of negroes. The
fact is that Of the 1,600, 600 people at
the last census more than 1000, 600 were
whites and less than 100000 negroes.
There were $4,000 Chinese in the is-
laud.
If any Of the following parties. or
their Observation-Disclosures Of VIM. Gar
retson-will apply at this office in per-
son or by letter, they will learn some
thing to their ADVANTAGE: Gertrude