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The Rice Belt Journal.
Published Every Friday by
Walker & Company.
R N DOLLAR A YEAR IN ADVANCE.
FRIDAY, JULY 18, 194)2.
Entered at the postoftiou at Welsh. La., as
aeond class matter.
The Boers lost 3,700 men killed and
32,000 men taken prisoners during the
recent war.
A full and complete report of the
fire in the Jennings oil field will be
found on the first page of to-day's
JOURNAL.
Every citizen of Welsh should sub
scribe for one or more copies of the
RICE BELT JOURNAL and have it sent
to relatives or friends in other states. I
Welsh is growing at a very rapid 1
rate. Within the past twelve or eigh- I
teen months it has more than doubled
in population, and still continues to C
grow. f
f.. The JOURNAL predicts that when
this parish is divided and two par- d
ishes are made out of it, that Welsh T
will be the parish seat of the new one. tj
Just watch and see if this prediction n
does not come true.
John D. Crimmins, of New York, u.
who has just returned from Ireland, fr
says that that whole country is more ar
prosperous now than it has been in a at
century, which accounts for the stop
page of the immigration. pa
Governors, judges andotheroflicials re
in Virginia can no longer be legally
bribed with railroad passes. A new It
I law forbids any state, city or county th
Officer to accept any form of dead- wl
]eadism. The passing of the free pass tfo
throughout the country would be a rel
good thing. bu
General Fitzhugh Lee is of the opin- ad
i ion that the failure of Congress to e
grant relief to Cuba will cause the Iml
'downfall of the new republic. The arc
powers that be have all along worked of
with the intention of finally annexing ta
:Cuba to the United States and when t
the downfall comes as predicted, an- tax
*iexation will follow. tu
SBoth Hon. A. P. Pujo and State
*ISenator H. C. Drew, of this parish, iet
hi.ave announced their candidacy for ha
* ongress from this district-the new
e. eventh. Both are able men and eith- true
',"or one of them would make a satisfac- exp
iory representative in congress. Cal- aid
I oasileu parish, however, would stand to t
_' .a better chance, it seems to the JOUR- bull
NAL, to land the plnm with only one to c
- candidate. TI.
TheLouisanaLegislature adjourned uad
aPst week and the members have gone ate
i;-,,"o their respective homes. In bidding folio
them good-bye it can be said as Bro. Agri(
-::phraim did over a ""bad nigger," Arm
killed in a crap game: "Bredren, de Distr
corpse of Tony Adams is before you. Forti
'suppose he lived out his time and Iniaa
longer than necessary. Some says he Mit
w.: 'was a good man, some says he was a vy
- i bad man; but dere is one conserlation Posto
left us all: we know he is dead," " nver
__ __ cont
The Crowley Signal, one of the best Deln
and brightest weekly publications in Misce
: this or any other state, together with Perm:
the Daily Signal and the Rice Jour- tion
nal and Gulf Coast FarLmer, all Grand
founded and published by L. S. Scott, The
,` have recently been sold to a stock an in
' company for $30,000, Mr. Scott re- costs
tamining a good sized block of the run ti
Sstock; and will continue to con- Ican I
duct the papers. Mr. Scott has done inclin,
exceedingly well in the newslpalper uppIol
business in the rice belt and deserves al" it
S his success.
tures
" Some iconoclastic hand, in painting glor'y
life, draws this picture: As the trials
,. of life thicken and the dream of other 41ni
days fade one by one in the deep vista mitists
i f disappointed hopes, the heart grows dress s
Weary of the struggle, and we begin to er ski.
'realize our insignificance. Those who P).ish
have climed the steepl ladder which even
'.eaches to the pinnacle of fame or guishe'
,:have revelled in luxury or wealth go the olr
, o their graves at last with the pootr
s'mendicant who begs pennies by thet
;Wa side, and, like him are soon Thr
o"'t· .1e plass away ay s a vaport,
while nat -eaeats the same aspet of ro,
beanlty a a when her, ( 'reator
conmmandec her to be. The heavens djote ro
will be as br,-ht over our r'avyes as o
they are now 'arolunl our path. The lTe I
world will hav-e the samne attracttion, ideIt Si
for our offslprin,. yet unborn as she tryig t
had once for, oul'selv-,.s and now for likely t
our children. Yet a little while and all pece i
this will have hlapl)ened. The worlId coed.
will continue to mi\'re on and laIughter
and song will be heard in the r Visitor
chamber in which we died: the eve mos i
that mourned for, us will be dry auid said to
will glisten with pleasure. Even our tio. P
e: @hildyen will cease to think of us and that he a
'ot reamember to lispI our namne when Lord K
:-.e af gone. Still let us not griev- ord to
f ior td be forgotten is the cotniuon fate ready' to
L'f al~or any ru
i, ,,a re re q u ir
The Work of Congress.
rna The first session of the Fifty-seventh
- -.- congress, which ended a few days ago,
y oby in many respects was the most re
markable in recent years-remarkable
*any. for what it left undone as well as for
the acts which it passed. It was not
IDVANCE. able also for the fierceness of party de
bates and for a number of discredit
115)2. able exhibitions of party rancor. Not
since the Fifty-tirst congress has party
'elh. La., as feeling been at so high a pitch, and
even the stormy sessions which char
nOcterized that congress have been
killed and Ised in many of the debates.
luring thi-e - lluestionably the most important
and popular legislation of this session
was the authorization of the isthmian
ort of the waterway, which has been talked of
Id will be for more than half a century, thus giv
to-day's lug assurance that the dream of en- .
gineers and navigators and the desire I
of the American people will be realized t
ould sub- in good time. t
As of the Another measure of farreaching Im- I
ye it sent portance passed at this session was the r
er states. Irrigation bill, which will ultimately i a
reclaim and make fertile approximate- g
ry rapid ly 75,000,000 acres of arid and semiarid k
or eigh- land of the public domain. It
doubled The measure over which both houses ti
tinues to of this session of congress battled most
fiercely was the Philippines govern- st
ment bill. Seemingly the measure did ti
at when not have as much importance as the tl
two par- debates upon it would make it appear. w
t Welsh The bill as passed substantially con- at
new one. tinues the present methods of govern- th
ediction ment in the Islands, with some exten- in
sions of powers. The two houses were th
unable to agree as to currency pro- I
v York, visions and finally 'struck that matter su
freland, from the bill. leaving that feature of the oef
is more administration of Philippine affairs It
yen in a still unsettled. no
he stop- Some measures of importance which sib
passed one house or the other failed to tha
receive the approval of both houses air
and remain for future consideration.
legally Among these were the Cuban reciproc
A new ity bill, which was strongly urged by not
county the president and his advisers and over (to
I dead- which a hard preliminary battle was the
ee pass fought; the shipping bill, which was a pro
d be a relic from the last congress; the omni we
bus statehood bill, providing for the ter]
admission to the Union of the territo- car
e opin- rles of Oklahoma. Arizona and New der
ress to Mexico; measures for the regulation of thit
use the immigration and the suppression of an- Ail
aThe rchy and the protection of the lives
vorked of high ofticlals from anarchistic at
nexing tucks. W
l when W'hile abolishing special war revenue A
d, an- taxes, which, it is estimated, will re- of t
duce the nation's annual income $70.- sion
0W).000, this session of congress has been lant
State extremely liberal in the matter of public visli
arish, improvements. It passed a river and shal
'y for harbor bill carrying in actual cash ap true
te new propriations and authorizations of con seek
1 eith- tracts for great works $70.000.000 to be and
tisfac- expended to improve the wllaterways true
Cal- and harbors of colnlterce. II addition into
stand to this, provision was a:lde for public- pra
JOUR- buildings in 187 cities of the country As
y one to cost when completed $20.000,000. of a
The total appropriations for the ses- 0()0
slon were, nccording to the statement now
arned made by Chairuan Allison of the sen- enlis
gone ate committee on approprintions, as of gi
fding follows: lg g
Bro. Agriculture ..5.2089... 960 all s
'er, +" Army ................................. 91.530.136 tlls I
Diplomatic and consular.......... 1.957,92 t
, de District of Columbiau ............... 8,647.52 agai
yo . Fortifications ....................... 7,298.9 who
Indians0
and Legislative. etc .. 2539.3951
"s he Military academy ................. 2.627.324 as
N a v y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
s a Pension .............................. 7, state
ttion Postot2ice - ..-- 138.230 took 1
................. ]388.436.59S
River and harbor (exclusive of mlulch
contracts authorized) ........... 26,726.442
Sundry civil ......................... 60.125.35 of tl
best Deficiencies ............ ........28.039.911 olt
Miscellaneous ....................... 2.600.000
Is in Isthmian canal ..................... 50.130.000 000
with Permanent annual approlria- pied.
ur- ons ............................... 123.921.22
all Grand total ......... ........---------- ....$00.113,S2 7 parati
,ott, The total last year was $730.:38,575., 1ch
tack an increase of about $7T).(to.(0ts. It dange
e- costs anll enormous stunl of lImonley to to se1
the run this great country., hilt the Amel tha e I
on- leani people, who foot 111t4 bills. llre not l's50111
one inclined to find much fault wit. h large the w:
iper aPl-rolpri'ltions if tle lmonlley is wisely
yes and .judiciously spent in tile legitimate Te
exll'llses of government or in expendtli passed
tures which aidd to t1 gt-rliless and llcruel I
ing glory of the nation. within
tls Illinois
heri Iliine. Camnbon. the wife of the French ago :1
st n minister. remarks that the style of n de
Sdress of American women shows greato- w
to er skill anld taste than that of tlie so01e i
-h l Pa'isillns. Ntue. Cnllnboll seemls to ie it is gi.
ih even morie tactful than Ilher distill tineit
guishid hulsband. who ranks as one of flitter
the greatest diplomatists at our na. lilia
otlonal capital.
It is
n There is a curlrent inpression that going a
the l(,roiipt acceptance by the house of that it
'represeltttives of tile Panllamtua cna:ll them fi
of rolute lild its approval by the presi- i saitd :y
)' dent are something ill tll, nature of a enough
n joke on certainl genitlemen.
asPoor I
IC Thie Ialitins. having expelled Pres- permlitte
l itdenit Si1mon Sum. are now elngaged il for a w
Icl trying to expel e:lch other. It is not W hat's
r likely that there will be perlmanlent way?
II peace in the country until tlhey slue- t is
d coed. It is I
Visitors to tile grave of thile most fn- closed o0
monls violiin maker of Crelnon nire pilcll 1o1
1 said to experience a peculiar sensa
tion. Possibly it Is one of gratitude It is no
that he made so few of them. parents /
Lord Kitchener is on; his way home.
ready to sign with the managemeut And .did
for any other war where his services too. by re
are required. lan honor
grees. Getting to Work on the Carnal.
fifty-se'enth The promptness with which the
sw days ago, president and his cabinet have taken up
he most re- the preliminary work on the isthmian
-remarkable canal is gratifying to the American
well as for people. The president must determine
It was not- the sufficiency of the title that can be
of party de- conveyed to the United States by the
of discredit- Panama Canal company, a treaty must
rancor. Not be negotiated with Colombia securing
is has party the necessary rights, and a technical
pitch, and commission must be plllointed to carry
which char- on the actual work of construction,
have been As a first step it has been decided to
uates. refer the matter of title to the attorney
imiportant general, it being purely a legal ques
hlls session tioun. It is Intimated that the attorney
ne isthmnian general will attempt to secure from 4
i talked of the French government directly,
y, thus giv- through the chamber of deputies in all
?am of eon- probability, some legislative declara.
the desire tion which shall have the force of law
be realized and effectually affirm the legality of
the acquisition of the canal property
aching Im- by the United States. There is some
on was the reason to believe that, while no formal 0
ultimately assurances have passed, the French
proximate- government has managed to let it be
d semiarid known to the president that it is will
ing to do everythinug necessary to quiet
>th houses the question of title.
ttled most Assnuminng that sutticient title can be
a govern- secured, tie next step will be the nego
'asure did tiation of a treaty with Colombia, and
cc as the there seem to be no obstacles in the
it appear, way. The Colombians are apparently
tally con- anxious that the canal shall be built
nf govern- through their territory. A Colon paper,
Ine exten- in urging prompt actiorn on the part of .
ases were the government, says:
uncy pro- In view of the activity of the stanch v
t matter supporters of the Nicaragua canal project,
who have hitherto left nothing undone to
ure of the effect the defeat of the Panama measure,
D affairs It becomes our bounden duty to urge the
national government not to procrastinate
but to proceed with as little delay as pos
cc which sible to pass the necessary legislation so
ailed that the president of the United States
may put the law in execution by begin
Shouses ning the construction of a PInama canal
deration. without delay.
reciproc- If, however, an unclouded title can
irged by not be secured from Lrance and the
and over Colombians are disinclined to grant
ttle was the necessary territory and rights
h was a promptly and upon satisfactory terms. I1
lie omni we still have the Nicaragua route, the '1
for the territory and rights for which tihe Ni- sto
territo- enragun government has already tell- mu
nd New dered to the United States. Ultimately con
lation of that imay be the route chosen, and the do
n of an- American people wili be just as well mit
he lives satistlfied. stol
Istic at- men
Wise Provision of Irrigation Law. 1U
revenue An important and judicious feature apo
will re- of the new irrigation law is the provi- bee:
no $70.- sion made for limiting the sale of reqi
has been lands to bona tide settlers and the pro- of 1
if public- vision that not more than 1(;0 acres ing.
rer and shall go to any one person in one cycl
ash allp tract. This opens the way to the home cent
of con seekers of the crowded eastern cities nort
)O to be and gives assurance that no large not
erways tracts of the public domain will come mal
ltditioni into possession of onle naulI or onle cor- .O 0
puibli poration. map
noumntriy Aside from the ultimate reclamation four
.000. of a vast empire, embracing 75,000,- Apri
he ses- 000 acres of arid and senmiarid lands, he a
temennt now practically a barren waste, the arate
he sel- enlistment of national aid on a scale foun
ts , as of great magnitude has a wide reach- of tl
ing colmmerlnecrial intelrest that concerns tion
.208960 all sections of the country. It was four
.530 thins coninerclial interest that prevailed isted
8,.G. against the oplponlents of the Ineasure, the
7.298. 'iwho maintained that it would seriously temp
5,14398.351 iect present failrt values and that it relat:
2.627.324 was "utnfair to the farmers of other the p
.678,963 states." These assailannts of the bill Thi
i.4J6,59 took no accoulnt of the vast lnarket for hitter
;726. nlaclinnery and maualtuctnl'eI prod)cts it its
,.12A.34 Of tile soulth, east and middle we.st that ing "
.039.11 wvould be opened by the settlementl ot' it.
.130.000 75,000,000 aIcres thalt are Ilno unloccun- witn
pied.
.921,22 As the law provides that only a coam- nties
.19l.,87 paratively small arca is to be reclaimed funne
S~75. ieach yeatr, there would seem to be li the f
i. It danger that these lands will be opened chetti
ey to to settlement and cultivation faster cloud:
Lnner than the development of the nation's with
'e not resources would require, while it opens natinn
nlarge the wavny for vast future possibilities. and i
isely
mnute Thie city authorities of Chicago have Ipl3
rndli passed an ordinance prohibliting the til s
n cruel sport of shooting trapped birds Inck
within thie city limits. Te state of in
Illinois should follow thIe lead of Chi
'enc! caggo and enact a nlaw to stop the brutal
• of anld debasing pastlnne wvitinli the comn- lali
iIeat- nmlOnwenlllthn The st:nte of N\ew Yorke got in
tile sonnne limIc n1go c-nhcted suIleh a irl, nl ize ti:
o Ibe it is gratifyiung to note that i)iubilic- sn- unI
stinl ti enlllt is In.colmuinng arouslled (nn this I
- of matter tihroughout tile culltry genell zpyr
n - ally. ]'lie
It Is reported that plan'tmu hats are boise.
thiat going out of style owin-g to thie fact i go is
eof th It is becomning inllnossible to tell br-ls t
Inal them flrom thie imnitations. These are bly Ini
s- sid days for the U:lan whio Ihas ilneOl- dirC.tiO
f a I ennough to all'ord thie 'cll thilnng. lrnci n
I Poor little Alfonso! lie is not even (carryi n;
es- / permnitted to pick 'out a girl to suit hii anld lChil
i;n for a wife alnd do ois owni scar-kiing. g.: nzod
uot WVhat's tie fnull in being a king any- ai.
Žit w[ . sc-id rn
,n-. - . . .et o I o. In
It is lntimnated tihat even if thie Lou- JS7 o lt
SIsiannnn Punclnuhse explosition sluotul ie it ( l
a- elosetI on Stund:vs St. Louis wnill bie Thisn isa
e Cipen cnllough for· all itnctical Iu ltoaes. I nnnIs I
oe It is now properi to congrnatulite all
Ia:lrenllnts \-hose chihllenll Il:aVne sulnrvi\elt Ka
thie finreworks. from frei
to work
t And .id we sink the Spanishi fleet, I tl ye~t
;s too, by request, just to satisfy Castil- h-ntv boo
lan honor? a free col
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terms, Denied Even a Poor Consolation.
Lte, the The victims of the recent serious
the Ni- storm in Indiana, which destroyed
dy ten- much property, are denied the poor
Imutely consolation of calling it either a torna
tad the do or a cyclone, but are asked to ad
is well mit that it was merely a severe wind
storm, with mild electrical accompani
ments.
Law. Weather Observer Blythe at Indian
feature apolls insists that it wasn't a tornado
provi- because two of the four conditions
ale of requisite for the formation of tempests
he pro- of that pyrticular variety were miss
acres ing. The four are, he says, first, a
n one cyclone or area of low pressure, the
home center of which is to the north or
cities northwest, with a barometric pressure
large not necessarily much below the nor
cotme mal; second, a temperature of almost
re cor- 70 degrees on the morning weather
maps; third, great humidity, and, I
uation fourth, that the time of the year be 1
3,000,- April 1 to July 1. "These conditions," I
lands, he adds, "may and often do exist sep- i
the arately. Two or three of them may be f
scale found coexisting, blut so long as one t
each- of the four be absent tornadic form'- I
cerns tion is not likely to occur. Of these ;i
was four conditions the tirst and fourth ex- t
railed isted at times during the storm, but
isure. the second and third did not. The I
ously temperature was I;5 degrees, and the (
at it relative humidity was ;li6 per ce-nt of
other the possible at that temperature."
bill This attempt to belittle the storm is
t for bitterly resented by those who were
uct in its path, and there is certainly noth
tha ing "mild" about their descriptions ofe
it o' it. According to the reports of eyeI
wccu- witnesses, the approach of the stormll
was watched while it speeded for three :f
cont- mils and more, and all the time its f
inetd funnel shaped formation was distinct. al
C Itr the funnel swooping down and rico- fit
nclle chetting as it struck the earth. '1' e
ister clouds were of all colors save red. le
[on's with yellow and blue black preldomi- re
pens nating, and the way it tossed Iarns
S.- and houses and uprooted forests and "u
played havoc generally was proof pos- of
a-e itiv-e to the observers that no essen- I'i
the tials of a full fledged tornado were - et
irds lacking. the
of This Indianapolis weather sharp, iot
Chi with all his vaunting scientilic aceorn- the
ttal plishments, probably wouldn't know , ;a
0111- real tornado if he saw one, but if he T0(
rl- got in its way lie wouli speedily real- it (
In- Ize, that there was something doing fol
ms n ore strelluous thln gentle sullllner the
his I zphyrs, its
icr - voi
The plroject of building a nmleadam
re boulevlard Ibetween New York and Chi- bee
et cago is in Ii ie with the work of good gre
l roads plromnoters, thoughl of consideti - has
te bly Umoret extensive pl.lpl.tillons th:tn as ai
i- anything hitherto undertaken in this hro
Cy direction. elten of ullanls arltl d enteir e"ver
prise are Ibehind the project. for thct liol
: c'arryilng out of which the Neiwt York kno,
i ad t(hic:ago Ioa(i associationl was or two
ganlized in tihe formenr city : few, dcliays nine
ago. The road proposcd w)oubtl it is that
said, reduce the distance bIy higtiw:ay It w,
betwoon Notv York land i' hi.no f< loIti1 fanld
.tt)7 to 850) miles. It is estimated that of i
This is ai big iuntlertakilt, butbitt y not rtt
s nwnns impossible or improable of, th.
cOIltInsul attion. Iatt
i II Ltt it
S iansas ftrluers are dragging traluips hunk
fromt freight cars and comnlling thnh~, In('llt
to iork inl the wheat harvest lielIs. 'al
And yet the IFourth of J.1I1ly oralttol's
have boIn tellintg us algati that Ibis is
a free country.
tion. THE FIGHT IN THE SEVENTH.
oerious Cougressial Contest Will Attract Ai
troyed tention Over the State.
poor The congressional campaign just
torna- olpening in this district bids fair to be
to ad- a warm contest and the politicians all
w inrd- over the state are watching it with
pan- great interest. While Mr. A. P. Pujo,
idina- of ('alcasieu, is the first candidate to
rnado get out in the open, there are a num
Itions ber concealed in the brush in other
pests [parishes. Reviewing the situation, a
miss- New Orleans paper says:
st, a "The most interesting fight will. of
the course, be fought out in the Seventh,
:h or where the woods are said to be fairly
ssure alive with candidates. The parishes
nor- in the district are Acadia. Avoyelles.
Imost (alcasieu. ('ameron. Grant. Rapides. t
ather St. Landry and Vernon. Four of x
and, themt are likely to furnish candidates I
tr be for the nomination. Colonel \Villiam c
ons," Polk, of Rapides. announced his entry I
sep. into the race before the district was t
iy be formed, and he has been actively at c
one work for several months. Gos.ip has ti
rn:i- had it all along that Mr. Polk would p
hose find an opponent in his own parish in ih
ex- the person of .ludge AV. F. Blackman. tl
but who is now on the hench. Judge
TLe Blackmlan went down to Baton Rlouge m
the during the session of the legislature li
to stoian the situation from that point m
of view. but answered all inquiries as
Sise to his candidacy with the coyness of a th
tere l(i-year-old maiden. Whether or not si:
oth- the judge will run delends on whether ha
or not he makes upi his mind to a pro- the
-.r- vidential vertainty that he will win. ex
ar ldie1
.Jlude e Blackman enjoys a reputation an
its for extraordinary political sagacity. W
net. and he hasn't often been caught in a the
io- fight that didn't result in his suciess. the
.lie If he goes into the coming one. he will iW
1, be ione of the factors to be seriously her
ni- reckoned with. pia
rls "St. Landry promises to give her a f
untd support to Lee Garland. who is one an
os- of the strongest men in the parish. to 1
Tn' The big southwestern parish is usually que
. rent into factions, but it is said all a n
the leaders who might have congress- "D
rp, ional aspirations are to suplpress tho
.n them in order to land the plum for
SGarland. Mi. IGarland was in Baton A
Ii. Rouge during the past week and gave bhe
,il- it oult that he was an active candidate a!
-f- r the utninlatiln. St. Landiv is w rhi
for the largest iparish in the district and for
its delegation will have a powerful be t
voicte in the convention. pus
m ".Juide o('(,,. of :\voyelles. has "HIf
ti- ele frlcq'itently a candidate four ,I eairt
id 'less ill the Sixth district. Ill fortune his
a- I has usualy pultsued hint. however.f I wh
onci
i as a rule, :e( Sixth district fights have t
i lt rouht t ut faoite sons in nearlyi .T
r every parish. withI the lisult that Col. Tex
!. lhohtrttson has genertaly hben ald to $1.1(
k knock the pi )(wnsiln. 'l n that, Y
two \'ea1'11 ago. l1i' , i"llt'e VIe'I'? " ar a"in- l
, It. w hld seem su;trcl' . probable that, I
li as 1ha- i. with the ins and outs
Of - a ii ( l iii c lll pai V '11.11' h It-vill
'cy, ill \\ hi!'h l~ I ll- ' s(ill ' ttt t b.hall (l '
thil fall. fl
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Ill 'llti nl,' n i lik ,l\. c'an(lilrt , fln i Al l
('alcasi(,u lbe'fo)re, t , can ntitn." -'
(Getityoiife nie , Roll in.' me`,ss
All I u
F. 'For this Relief Much Thanks."
UA- Under the above caption the Times
Democrat of the 11th inst. had an
editorial commenting on the Louis
o be iana Legislature, which concludes
all with the following summing up of the
aith two deeds in behalf of good govern
ment of that body:
'ujo, 1. The acrobats have gone home,
te to and this act should by placed to their
rumn- credit, even though the homegoing
must be ascribed to constitutional
n, a compulsion. Has anybody ever es
saved to imagine what life would be
I. of in this semi-tropical clime, if the
nth. Legislature were in perpetual session?
irly Has anybody ever undertaken to
shes estimate the injury which the English
les. language would suffer at the hands of
des. writers and speakers who persistently
r of marry the singular noun with the
stes plural verb, and leave participal
iam clauses standing alone, like a small
itry pox patient at a country fair? No;
vas the feat is beyond human power. We
at can only know that Louisiana is in
has the situation of the sufferer from ap
uld pendicitis whose vermiform appendix
in is no more. The patient may die, but
an. the troublesome superfluity is gone.
ge 2. We must bear in mind that the 4
ige moribund Legislature has enacted the
1re part which the drunken Nelot was
nt made to play before the Spartan
its youth. As the inebriated slave traced
aa the sequel of intemperance in an irre
ot sistible way. so our recent lawgivers
er have proved to demonstration that
v- the merger of the legislative with the
n. executive branch must breed anarchy
in and imperil the peolle's dearest rights.
- With such an object lesson before
a them. the voters will be sure to bring
". their government back to its moorings.
11 We shall thus in the end derive a
[ beneficent result from the antics of the
pigmy politicians who have given to
r a faction what was meant for a party
e and a people. As we waft the farewell
Sto the lay figures who had so many
*' queer clothes hung upon them. we find
l a new force in the words of Sterne:
S"Disguisethyself as thou wilt.slavery,
thou art still a bitter draught'".
A mnember of parliament is said to
be circulating about the London clubs
e a typewritten co)py of an epitaph,
which he solemnly declares is intended
t for John Pierpont Morgan,and should
j be tiaken by him as a warning not to
push his wiold-grabbing enterprlises
too fa.. The epitaph is as follows
r"Hrc lies his head at last Uipon this
earth: he now )be-longs to what he made
his own: ihe bought the world for -
IjwhAt he thought it worth., and God
once mioire is running things alone.'.
John T. McC(arthy, of Beaumont,
1Texas. was recentlyt fl]cci'o(ed out of
$1.1ob allteed wii' tal-ppers in New
SYorlk ( it'.
V. c. ' >\\-, ). F. LAJU.I.
Brown & LaRue,
Contractors
AND
Builders...
If .\ iu t(m,ll ate building a busi
it hou. 01 tl, url' idene, tlet uiS figture
All t u\'i ll u t ave You tloney.
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