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The Opelousas courier., 1905-05-13

An exchange says that newspa-
per subscriptions are an infallible
test of mans honesty. They will
sooner or later discover the man.
If he is dishonest he will cheat
the printer in some way-declare
he has paid when he has not
sent the money in the letter which
was lost-will take the paper and
not pay for it on the ground that
he never subscribed for it, or
move off and leave it coming to
the post Office which he left.
Numbers of alleged Christians
are dishonest in this, and the
printers book will tell fearless
tales on judgment day.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-05-13

"Imperialism' is described by
a contemporary as a "thing that
works entirely apart from the
people and frequently against
them" !" We have something in
Louisiana answering to this same
description, but it is rose with
another name. The Louisiana
article is a law unto itself. 1t
sets aside the laws it don't like
and makes new ones to suit its
convenience. 1t increases the
public expense beyond the Con-
stitutionaI limitations and takes
charge of the taxing machine to
make the dear people, who are
without defense or recourse, dance
up to the music.-The People.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-05-13

According to the reports of the
various correspondents sent to
their respective newspapers last
week, politics not only peryaded,
but completely dominated the pro-
ceedings of the State Teachers
Association. But why may not
teachers be permitted to take a
deep interest in politics as we'll as
other people, especially when it is
the source from which springs
their bread and butter, and will
continue so to be until the people,
in their sovereign capacity, re-
sumo full and absolute control
over the educational situation?-
Louisiana Democrat.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-05-13

Our State Constitution makers
thought that they had effectually
protected the taxpayers against
oppressive taxation by limiting
the rate, but it has turned out
that they had merely stopped the
outflow at the spigot, the bung
being located at the assessment
end. Now, both ends are being
worked against the middle, and
the razzle dazzle could 60 on from
the assessment end all the same,
if the tax-rate limit was lowered
to one-fourth its actual figure to
make the people feel good.-The
People.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-05-13

Assessments are being raised on
all species of property to meet the
expected deficit of 500, 900 crea-
ted by improvident .eappropria-
tions at the recent legislative ses-
sion. Increased assessments will
be followed by increased taxes,
which will cause the average tax
payer who voted for Blanchard to
"kick like a Texas broncho," but
it is the penalty which generally
follows over confidence in the
profuse promises of the Pecksnif-
fan office seekers. Louisiana
Democrat.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-05-13

The liberal advertiser is always
liberal with his customers. BY
advertising he proves he didn' T
buy his goods simply to ornament
the shelves. That he is anxious
to sell them and push along his
business. The diligent business
man will always advertise. and the
advertiser is ready to sell at close
margins or he would not adver-
tise.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-05-13

We have large stock Of cuts
Of all kinds for the display of adj
yertisements or job work. We
have the type to please anybody
and the material to do the work.
Tf you want the best job work, OF
want to advertise to the greatest
number Of readers, the COURIER
Office is the place.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-05-13

Continuous advertising creates
confidence. The prevailing opin-
ion is that one cannot be con-
stantly before the public without
being found out and known for
what he is. The people believe
in man who can stand trial by
the public.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-05-13
What About That Stationery.

Send in your orders for job
printing and let us fit you up for
the new year. We carry a good
stock of stationery, have neat
type and good printers, and turn
out nothing but first-class work
The Opelousas courier., 1905-05-13

The soda fountain ait the Haas
Littell Drugstore has opened for
Hid season with q full line Of all
he latest delicacies in the cool
beverage line.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-05-13

Our readers will consult their
best interests and confer q favor
on the COURIER by patronizing
the business men who advertise
n our columns. They are anxi-
ous for your trade and will make
|it to your advantage to do your
business with them. Watch our
columns all the time.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-05-13

If you drink wine you want the
best imported and the best Cali
fornia wines. You can always
have them at Allen Z. Sandoz &
Bro.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-05-13

Look around and see if you are
not in need of letter heads, state
ments, bill heads or envelopes.
The Courier job printing Office
can promptly supply you.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-05-13

& yon want to keep posted on
late and National affairs, there
Il 40 better way than by subscrib-
l 70 The People, published a
Aton Rouge, La.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-05-13
A Thing or Two

About clothing. We have large
stock Of men S, youths and chill
dren's suits. And there is moth
ing to it but a bargain to you.
ALLAN T. SANDoz e Bro.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-05-13

regular term of the U. s. Cir
Court opens here Monday.
hefe are about sixteen cases on
IS Docket. Both q grand and petit
g have been drawn for this term.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-05-13

Heyl Hey! You we mean! Now
is the time to advertise in the only
live paper in the parish, the Opel
ousas COURIER. Job work execu-
ted while you wait.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-05-13

Town residence for rent-nice
neighborhood, large shady yard,
two-story dwelling, garden. Rent
$3.50 per month to the right
party. Apply at this Office.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-05-13

lost IA butterfly brooch. con-
ining i number of pearls and
pphire stones. Finder will be
Eably rewarded by leaving same
Hid GouRtER office.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-05-13

Sandoz, the druggist, has just
Ieeeived d supply Of oil for the
Instruction Of buffalo knats--the
bsst remedy known for that ter
llble pest.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-05-13

We charge a legitimate and rea-
sonable price for all our job print
ing-a price at which we can af-
ford to do the work and the con
sumer can afford to spend for
stationery. And We guarantee
good job printing.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-05-13

Fred e. Sandoz is selling out a
6ne lot of gentlemen's suits at a
ereat sacrifice to make room for
Jew stock.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-05-13

Mr.. A. G. Skies offers a gentle
kmily driving horse and pair OF
American mules for sale cheap.
See advertisement.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-05-13

Alexandria has subscribed $10,-
900 for the purpose of having the
Louisiana and Arkansas Railroad
enter that city.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-05-13
DUBLIC SALE.
PROBATE DOCKET, DISTRICT COURT
PARISH ST. LANDRY.
No. 6043
ESTATE OF LAURIE ROBIN.

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 auctiuneer.
at the last residence of deceased, in Leon Vile,
st. Landry parish, La, on
Wednesday, May 81, a0O5,
at Ii O'Clock A. NJ, the following described
property. tO-wit:
certain tract OF land, with buildings and
improvements thereon, situated at LeonViile,
st. Landry parish, La being last residence OF
deceased, containing one hundred and thirty
south by Raoul Le Bourgeois and public road
leading to Arnaudville, west by Adlar Mallet
and Adam LalOnde.
Two beds and bedding: her interest In estate
OF her deceased mother, Marie Boudrean; two
armoirs; one toilet; one washstand; six chairs;
three rockers; ak old chairs; a lot OF kitchen
furniture and utensils, crockery; glassware;
one SOW and pigs; two COWS and one calf; one
colt, one lot of corn, about 26 bushels; one
moving machine; two barrels of SYRUP posts,
pickets, lumber, etc; two bales OF cotton.
Terms and Conditions s-MOvable pr0p ~
cash on day of sale. The imm0vable property
one-haIf cash and the other half payable one
promissory note for the credit portion, payabia
to the order OF the administrator one year after
date, with eight per cent interest from date,
obligating himself to further pay attorneys
fees, fixed at ten per cent on principal and In
terest in case Of suit to enforce payment, or IL
said note is placed In the hands Of attorney OF
collector for collection after maturity. A spa-
cial mortgage and vendors privilege to be re-
tanned on the real estate to secure the price:
thereof and attorneys fees, with the clause OF
non aliendO. EMILE ROBIN,
April 20. 1905. Administrator.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-05-13

Il choice assortment of fine
lahle Wines-domestic and im-
narled At Allen L. Sandoz & Bros.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-05-13

Furnished room for rent, CEN
tfally located; $1.5O per week.
Apply to j. G. Pierce, COURIER
The Opelousas courier., 1905-05-13

We can supply you with any
kind Of groceries from our large
stock, and we make the prices
1iahf. Allen q. SandOz 81 Bro.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-05-13

Ii YOU want any job work
aoue. send it to us.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-05-13

or rent, 4 comfortable resi-
dence with necessary onthouses,
II Opelousas. Apply to DR.. The
ogene Chachere.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-05-13

For Sale. "A secondhand Acme
oil engine, one-horse power, in
good order, will be sold cheap.
Apply at this effice. J.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-05-13

That fine town property resi-
denee of A. @. Skiles, is for sale
or exchange for country property.
sse8 adv.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-05-13

flur shoes are comfortable and
is,s price will suit you.-Allen T.
sandoz & Bro.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-05-13

Printers A Washington hand
ylfesa. will print d 7-colnn1n paper,
arat-class condition, will be sold
sEy cheap If applied for soon.
dress Courier Office, OpelOusas.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-05-13

The Jail will be completed in q
lax days, and it has been suggested
Hat The removal OF the unsightly
hris that surrounds it might very
operiy be begun at once, il not
The Opelousas courier., 1905-05-13

That splendid business stand
under Sandoz Opera, on Main
street, is for rent. Apply at this
Office.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-05-13

For SALE.-A horse colt, one
year old, Ethan Allen and Cash
Item stock. Apply to K. Z. T.,
this Office.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-05-13

Hive id your printing. I'll Is not
position of one. dollars worth
q reputation and 10 cents worth
eE value, but just the opposite.
2 claim nothing for forty years
xperience but just what we give
ead no more.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-05-13

Pure Wines and liquors for
family and medical use, at Allen
e. Sandoz g Bros.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-05-13

e Proceedings of political meet
e ings, obituary notices, cards Oh
~ thanks, ETC., will be published as
advertisements, and must be paid for. Parues
Interested viii please bear this in mind
The Opelousas courier., 1905-05-13

Free tuition to all in Harris's
Business College, jackson, Miss.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-05-13

Don't miss the Moonshners and
Monkey Circus.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-05-13

Our prices on clothing is q big
inducement for you to trade with
us.-Allen r. Sandoz & Bro.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-05-13

SEE the Glassblowers and got a
sourenir.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-05-13

For choice drinks in the cool beverage line
Don't 20 all over town and waste yorr time,
But to the -LittelI Drug Store go,
Whose lee Cream Parlor IL heloW zero.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-05-13

For sale cheapA large square
of ground within the corporation.
For particulars apply at this Office.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-05-13
No. 174la
DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF ST. LANDRY
STATE OF LOUISIANA.

DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF ST. LANDRY
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
By virtue OF writ OF f. fa. issued OUT II
the Hon. 10th Judicial District Court IN anu Tor
the parish of St. Landry, Ii. the above en-
titled and numbered suit and to me directed,
have seized and will proceed to sell ut public
auction to the last and highest bidder, at the
front door of the Courthouse, Opelousas, La,
Saturday, May ~, 1905.
at II o'clock a. IN, the following described
property, to-wit
One 5Ohorse-power boiler, with 40 foot stack,
power detached engine; enc 55-foot 6-ply u inch
stitch belt.
Terms cash. o,.
May 13, 1905. sherH
The Opelousas courier., 1905-05-13
M DOLLARS A YEAR INADVANCE'
4 All 90 for Six Months.
Paad the advertisements. !.

Old newspapers for sale at this
ohice.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-05-13
NOTICE

We want to engage two young men as Cotton
Buyers in Texas for season OF l905-19G6. Coco
salaries paid to mon expert in both grade ana
staple. Must como highly recommended In
every particular. Address
A. L. WOLFF e. Co.
May6 Granite Building. St. Louis, Mo.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-05-13

Nav goods in all departments
!. Robert Chachere's store.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-05-13
May IS. 100
NOTICE

Notice ia hereby given that will not be res
ponsible for any debts contracted by my wife,
Charity Jackson. JOE JACKSON.
May Is, 1907. lin
The Opelousas courier., 1905-05-13
rowK MARSHAL SALE.

TWwN HAT TRSShHzMH
By virtue Of an ordinance adopted by the
Board of Aldermen OF the Town OF Opeioaisas.
there will be sold at public anction. for cash NC
the Town Pound, to the last and highest bidder
without appraisement, on
Saturday. May 30, 1905,
at II O'Clock a. m, the following described pro-
perty, to-wit:
One chestnut aorrel creole horse, wart on the
right shoulder, white streak On nose; pfahd ih-
distinct. rrhi+.
one sorrei mare, white streak ON nose, white
on s"' 'o.' g. L. HAYES,
May ID. 1905. Town Marshai.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-05-13
FOR eAEE OR EXCHANGE FOE
COUNTRY PROPERTY.

Former residence OF A. G. Skies. situ ated IN
the southwestern part OF town. Large, conn
Portable dwelling, kitchen, stable, and all nec-
essary outhouses, all In tirstclass order.
Apply to BKILES LUMBER YARD,
Dec. 81, 1904 Opelousas.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-05-13

n ~ II you want to make any
AZ kind of showing in business
VI you must advertise and al
SO have we'll : printed sta
tionery. The COURIER is
~ furnishing the best grade
of both advertising and stationery.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-05-13
MRS 8. BEROTTE VS.. THEODORE ELECk.
STATE OF LOUISIANA, PARISH OF ST.
LANDRY.
FIRST JUSTICES COURT.

BY virtue of writ of f. fa. issued ont OF the
Hon. First Justices Court In and for the par
ish of st. Landry, in the above entitled aud
numbered suit, and to me directed, ! have
tion TO the last and highest bidder, at the front
door OF the Court House at Opelonsas, parish
of ct. Landry, at II O'Clock a. M. on
Saturday, Jume 10, 1905,
the following described property. to-wif:
His undivided one-eighth interest In and to
certain tract or parcel of land near the town OF
Opelousas, La, with all the buildings and i'm
proyements thereon me assuring twenty arpents
and bounded north by public road leading from
laume Laionde, east and west by lauds of Dir.
John A. Haas, being the Same properly that
the present debtor purchased from B. i! Pas..
Eieck. deceased, on the 14th day OF December.
1904, as per process verbal duly recorded.
Terms cash. JOACHIM JoUbEnh;
May 6, 1905. Cohstao'o.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-05-13
cMRRHFF,s SALE.

THE MAssILLoN ENGINE AND THREsHER
CO. VS.. THEODORE ARDOIN AND
MRS. LEILA ARDOIN.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-05-13

Subscribe for the COURIER.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-05-13
FOR SALE CHEAP.

FOR SALE CHEAP.
A strong, reliable family surry horse. Also
pair of large American mules. For particulars
apply at sKILEY LUMBER YARD,
Nav l3. 1905. Ope1ousas.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-05-13
,)psloasss Courier.

puaIasHED ON SATURDAY By
mfaNC E = ~ ~ Id . r..
The Opelousas courier., 1905-05-13
r0NsTARLE,s SALE.

May 13, 1905.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-28
DISTURBFRS OF SLEEP
Commissioners Besought to Abate AL
legged Nuisances

The campaign against hucksters small
children, dogs, cats and other alleged
noise agencies is on, and the District
Commissioners are being pressed to cons
slider the matter carefully that the sleep
of the might workers may be long and
peaceful.
Among the letters received at the District
building was from Mr. D. w.
DAILY, 1927 7 street northwest. Mr.. DAILY
Is telegraph operator, who works while
the city and the hucksters sleep. Conse-
quently, he has to sleep while the city-and
the hucksters-work. Therefore, he prays
that the Commissioners will give heed to
the protests and maintain the quiet of the
community.
''The night workers of this city" says
Mr.. DAILY, Including newspaper men, print
ers. telegraph and telephone operators and
others whose work is mostly a work of pub
lie necessity, have no easy time in getting
enough sleep to enable them to do their
work properly, and ii is not necessary to
turn loose on them $50 sleep-destroying
hucksters. If poll were taken of the peo-
pie in this city who are obliged to get their
rest and sleep in the daytime * would be
found that they greatly outnumber the
hucksters.
Another complainant is Mr.. Anony.
NOUS" who lives somewhere in the vicinity
of 9th and p streets northwest Mr..
Anonymous AYERS that d small army OF
white and black children coast down the
sidewalk past his house, screaming to the
full capacity of their youthful lungs Then,
declares Mr. Anonymous. the chorus fs
Swelled and strengthened by a great variety
of BLACK and white ours that yelp and howl
and bark and make themselves generally
obnoxious. Mr.. Anonymous might be pre-
vailed upon to stand all this, he says, but
in the of his house there is an alley
which is infested with cats; not peaceful,
purring feines-but the ferocous, wailing
and extremely noisesome variety This says
he, is too much. 1t is the straw which has
broken the back of the camel. No peace,
he insists, is possible under such conditions
as he has enumerated.
A personal interview with the Commits
sioneIs elicits the fact that they quite agree
with Mr.. Anonymous in this regard. But
the Commissioners not in the habit OF
extending sympathy or applying remedies,
unless convinced that conditions are not
what they should be. An investigation was
made by Lieut. Shilling of the Georgetown
police precinct He reports that he cam
vassed the entire vicinity and failed to find
Mr. Anonymous any one else who would
admit having written the letter of COM
plant
referred TO in the complaint Is one of the
resident In the locality affected has any
kick to make. All is serene, says Lieut..
Shilling. and the bird of peace is perched
upon the doorsil, plurning its Furnished
wings at ease. If Mr.. Anonymous will give
his right name to the Commissioners he will
be advised.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-28
Ocean Grove.
SEASIDE HOTEL

The larges. and leading hotel on the ocean front;
all guests rooms overlooking the ocean. Booklet
je17-3Ot A. II. STOCKTON, Prop.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-28
HOTELS.
EFFICIENCY IS INCREASED.
Improvement in the Steamboat In
spection Service.


The report which Secretary Metcalf sub
mitted to the President relative to the con-
dtion of the steamboat inspection service
was made by the following naval officers:
First district-Rear Admiral LOUIS Kempff.
Third distrlct-Commander q. L. Tanner.
Fourth district - Rear Admiral John r.
Bartlett (Admiral Bartlett died before
completing the investigation of this dis
tricD
Sixth and ninth districts-Rear Admiral
f. NJ. Symonds.
Eighth district-Rear Admiral Wells l..
Field.
Tenth dstrict-Rear Admiral w. c. Wise
Their instructions contemplated an in
vestigation in the direction of determining
the exact condition of the service in all its
parts In particular to the individual com
potency and adequacy of the present force
of inspectors the efficiency of previous in
spectons and the sutticiency and condition
of the life-saving equipment, fire apparatus
and other safety appliances required on
passenger carrying steamers as well as the
construction of this class of steamers
In presenting the report to the President
the Secretary says that the evidence before
him from ali sources. both from the rein
specton by the officers of the navy and
from reports by officers of his department,
indicates clearly that there has been a
great increase in the past year in the eff
cheney of the steamboat inspection serv-
Ice, due in large part to the work of the
commission that Investigated the disaster
to the Gen. Slocum, and to the relnspection
made subsequent thereto by the officers of
the navy. He adds:
Greatly increased activity and care on
the part of the steamboat inspectors have
been observed, together with increased at
tenton on the part of masters and owners
of ships to the subject of proper equipment
and discipline.
I'm addition thereto a recent brief tour
of inspection by the supervising inspector
general has had excellent results, and a
further and more extended tour is proposed
by him, with a view to maintaining the
present improved conditions. it's being I'M
derstood that such policy of personal in
spection by the supervising Inspector gen.
eral will hereafter be adopted as perma-
nent one.
THE rules and regulations of the service,
after very careful consideration, have been
revised, strengthened and codifed, and
certain greatly needed legislation has been
secured The force of inspectors at certain
ports also has been increased so as to rem
der possible a more complete enforcement
of the law in those parts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-28
The Father of Oklahoma.

he E dIuoT OF ORl2u Sna.
1t is proposed to erect monument in
honor of David L. Payne, the original
sooner, whom the people love to call
THE Father of Oklahoma He one OF
those uneasy, restless spirits to whom civ.
ilization is tedious He was natural pho.
neer, and loved to sleep on the soil. He
was born in Indiana in 1S36-a farmers boy
and as soon as he was old enough to
leave home wandered westward and
roamed over the prairieS. He found the In
dian reserva tons south of the Kansas
boundary more like Paradise than any land
he had ever seen. and went to Washington
in the seventies to get some one to intro-
duoe a bill to open them to settlement. He
remained around the Capitol for several
winters, and when his money gave out the
Kansas delegation secured him a position
as a ooIkeeper in the House of Represen-
tatives. He remained there during the ses-
sfons of Congress and after adjournmenc
each year would go west and stir UP tho
people by organizing expeditions and inyad-
ing the Indian Territory so that the gov>
eminent would be compelled to use the mill
itary to bring him out.
Cap Payne organized seven of those
expeditions, and on each occasion was ar
rested and taken before the United States
court. But he accomplished his purpose,
which was agitation He filled the news
papers full of Oklahoma and NO Mans
Land. a portion of it was called until
finally public sentiment and the clamor OF
home hunters compelled Congress to act,
and the territory opened in 1859. But
"Ole Cap Payne, the king of the Soon
ers," was condemned to the fate of Moses
He was not allowed to enter the promised
land. He died before the proclamation tool,
effect but his memory viii be perpetuated
by the people. who now enjoy the blessings
he for them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-28
To Explode Fifty Tons of Dynamite.

The final blast in the work Of removing
Henderson's point, on Seavey's Island, the
southern end of the Portsmouth N H.,
navy yard, will take place on Saturday,
July o. This date as been selected so as
to allow the Marine and New Hampshire
congress delegations and many other dis
tinguished people to be present. Miss Edith
Foster daughter of Superintendent Foster
will touch the key which will explode fifty
tons of dynamite. The removing of this
point of land will widen the river $50 feet
at it's narrowest point and allow the largest
battleships to have ample depth of water
to come to the navy yard. The work Of re-
moving the point has taken up four years.
The contract price was $4,000