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$2 Per Year
The Washington Post remarks : "It
may he that the Mississippi was mere
ly rising to call attention to its des it «
for an increased appropriation."'
News comes from Donaldson ville
that at the sale of the pews of the
Catholic church there, the ptices
obtained ranged generally higher
than last year.
News from Alexandria, La., indi
cates, that the cold weather of last
week has injured the cotton very
much. In some instances it is said,
farmers will he obliged to replant.
The New York Journal slyly sug
gests : ''While the Republicans at
Washington are in a retroactive mood
they should contemplate some of the
campaign promises they made last
year."
The Eastern press, which has been
saying so many hard tilings abort
Kansas, should now do the Suite the
justice to mention that its Legislature
is about to adjourn.—Kansas City
Journal, Rep.
The Washington Star, which is in a
position to know, says:
" The size of some trusts does not
render them so unwieldy as to prevent
great agility in dodging legislation.'
Senator Hoar was right when lie
remarked that ''the history of no peo
ple is heroical to i's Mugwumps."
There is nothing heroical to the aver
age mugwump outside of his own
little egostical personality.
Last Sunday after mass, the Catho
lic church and pi iest's house at Mo
reau ville. La., were completely
destroyed by fite. The loss is estima
ted at $30,000; and there was no
insurance. The origin of the lire is
unknown.
The effort of Congress to get the
country interested in a tariff debate
will not be crowned with success. If
there is any one tiling the people are
sick of it is tariff twaddle.— New York
Journal, Dem.
Hon. W. J. Bryan addressed tbe
members of tbe Kentucky legislature
last Monday on the coinage question
Some 1200 people, besides the legisla
ture heard him, among whom was
Gov. Bradley who occupied a seat ou
tbe stage.
Senator Morgan proposes a new test
for ilie immigrant—a knowledge and
understanding of the ten command
ments. If he will add a provision
that the immigrant shall have kept,
all these from his youth up he will
probably be able to put an effective
check on the incoming tide for several
centuries to come.— öt. l'aul Pioneer
Press, Rep.
Whatever may be the buldooziug
and threatening tactics brought to
bear against Senators on the Republi
can side who believe in the encourage
ment of art and education, they owe
it to themselves and to their country
to staud fast for liberty and right. No
fax on art ! No duty on learning ! No
falling lack upon the long-deserted
camps of purblind barbarism.—Boston
Globe, Dem.
Suppose the value of the cloth in a
suit of clothes is $10. Under the
present tariff the single ad valorem
rate of 40 per cent raises the cost to
$14. The new McKinley tariff im
poses a tax of three and one half to
four times the duty on wool of the first
class, 8 to 33 cents a pound, and 20
per cent ad valorem, according to the
price. This would raise (lie cost, of
the clothes from $10 to $25 or $20.—
Boston Post, Dem.
Just at the time when Philadelphia
manufacturing establishments are be
coming successful bidders for railway
material in China and Japan the
Congress of the United States in
engaged in making commercial war
upon those countries by imposing
tines upon tbe importation of some of
Hie pioduct most largely sold to our
merchants and manufacturers. And
this passes muster as up to date Re
nnblican statesmanship '—Philadel
phia Record, Dem.
The renewal of the talk of giving
the new tariff" law an ex post facto
bearing on goods imported before its
passage is made perhaps in the idle
hope of preventing impoiters from
stocking up with goods to be sold after
tbe bill passes. It is absurd from any
other standpoint, as neither >.n law nor
in fact could an increase of duties be
laid on goods which, having once paid
the lawful rate of duty, had entered
into consumption,—New York World,
Dem.
We are sending nothing to conti
uental Europe now that continental
Europe is not obliged to take. It af
fords no extensive market for our
great staples, but rather for the odds
and ends of nearly all our products,
agricultural and manufactured. It is
short of something every year, but
dependent on us for nothing, with the
single and puitial exception of cotton.
Consequently it is not in its power to
deal a fatal or even a more seriously
harmful blow than those it has deliv
ered to any American industry. It
stands, as a whole, third in importance
as a consumer of American products.
That which stands tirst is the incalcu
lable vast ness of the home market.
That which stands second is the Unit
ed Kingdom.—New York Press, Rep.
COR RESPOX DES CE. ,[
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Houma, La., April 22nd, 1807* '
I
Mrs. Maximain Naquin, at Umca
l.m.l" on the lit!, inst by mistake;
gave he, mtantchdd laudanum instead
of paregoric, Iron, winch ,t died the
lu x * * j
Obey Dyer, a cd ued deckhand on j
I) ngle's si earner ''Harry"' was crushed
aud instantly killed bv being caught j
I'.urer the pitman, while the boat, was
Canal Belanger, in Bayou Terre- J
benne, on the 32th.
During the prevalence of a rain and
thunder storm on Bayou Dularge on
the 14th, lightning struck down and
instantly killed Jefferson Wilbert, a
colored laborer at work on J. Taylor
Thei iot's plantation.
J Frank Smith was fatally injured
nt a boiler explosion in Desire Bou
dieanx's saw mill on ihe 1.3th at
Chacaboula, expiring soon after.
Victor Turner«* and another man
wcie l»ad!y injured by the explosion,
but will recover.
During the night of the Kith a tra u
on the Southern Pacific at Schriever
ran over George Grant killing and
mangling him.
Walter J. Loitinger, the four year
old son of Mr. Frank Lottinger, of
Du!ne Plantation, felt into a six font
well on the 17th and was drowned.
John Noon, white, was tried in the
Distiiet Court on the 20th for the
murder of Bill Li vas, colored, at
Schriever on January 7lh last, and
acquitted by a jury.
Mr. Emile Daigle, Jr., a promiuen
young citizen of this torn was quietly
married to pretty Miss Edna J. Tucker
at Hr. Francis do Sales Catholic
Church nt 2 o'clock p. nr on the 20th.
The young couple left for New
Orleans the same evening.
Houma Lodge No. 55 Knights of
Pythias will install officers tins eve
ning.
Prof. Yon Hof?, representing Louis
Gnuiewmd k Co. is in town in the
interest of his fit in.
The Independent Brass Band gave
the first concert of the season at the
Pavillion in Court House Square
Sunday.
An oyster lugger, belonging to
Messrs. Dennis Bomgeois and Bob
King of this place, escaped from its
owuers near Timballier Island during
the early part of the present year. A
letter lias just been received here from
C. J. Iiariison of Matagorda, Texas,
making inquiries for the owners and
stating that the lugger was aground
on tin* beach at the latter place.
OBSERVER.
When bilious or costive, eat a Cas
caret. candy cathartic, cure guaran
teed, 10c, 25c.
"The airship sighted jn the West,"
says the St. Louis Republic, "is a fake.
The aerial inon*tei was manufactured
originally in New York of papier
mache and ordinary balloon material
to adtenise u certain brand of cigar
ette.-. When it was set, free at Denver
some wine merchants infringed the
patent and made papier-mache airship
for their own use. That is why the
airship has been seen at su many
places at one and tbe same time.
There is mole than one of them in (lie
sky. and the cigarette balloon is not
the only light in the heavens by anv
means. The whole thing is a clever
advertising dodge, invented jointly by
[»al lies in New York and Chicago.
Republicans who confidently pre
dicted the dissolution of the Demo
cratic [»arty as the result of last
November's defeat did not know what
they were talking about. At this
writing it is impossible to state the
exact pluralities given in the Western
municipal elections held recently. It
is certain however, that the Democrats
have carried Detroit, Cineinnatti,
Columbus, and Canton, and that they
have made marked gains in Cleveland.
In President McKinley's own Stale
the results have greater significance.
It is evident that a remarkable,revival
of Democratic strength has taken
place in Ohio. The party there show
far more confidence and aggressiveness
to day than it did a year ago- The
same thing is true of New York State.
—New York Commercial Advertiser,
Rep.
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$
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^ I ^HESE brands of White Lead
JL (sec list) are not made bv
any patent or quick process, but
by the " old Dutch " process of
slow corrosion. They are the
best ; are the standard, and have
been lor years. Protect your in
terests by making sure the brand
is right.
COCO I!y usin? Xatio ^ al Lead Co.'s Pare White Lead Tinting Cot
" rs ' any de51red sha ' i - is readily obtained. Pamphlet giving
' w valuable information and card showing samples of colors ires :
also cards showing pictures of twelve houses of different designs »aimed in
various styles or combinations of shades forwarded upon application to those
intending to paint.
NATIONAL LEAD CO., ST. LOUIS BRANCH,
Clark Ave. and Tenth St., St. Louis, Mo.
A wilder travesty of tariff" legisla
lion was never heard of. Fancy the
,W th *'
of ii law betöre the enactment ot the
S1I wit |,„„t anv certain tv that
wil [ eVM . be passed ! For in
the ,, Iosent MtHtns nf „, e SenaV a sin
L 1h '„np s , im „ , lf tllis so ,t might be
MiflicitMit to hold up the bill indefinite
) v . The merchants of the coiiniiy
,'un rest assured that retroactive tax t
tion will not be enacted in this conn
trv. either directly or by indirection.
—Pniladelpliia Record, Dem.
The absurdity of the argument that
a tax on imported coal is requisite to
protect our haute trade is shown by
the fact thaï our exports ot coal to
foreign markets have increase«! mote
than 33 per cent within the last few
years, and have now reached a tonnage
of sufficient amount to cause a stir
among the Biitish miners and shippers
almost approaching a feeling of alarm
lest this growing trade might, in the
future prove a serious matter to them.
--Philadelphia Record. Dem.
The process of making converts to
the free stiver theory, which has been
g Jug forward rapidly since the 4th
of March, will be accelerated bevot «1
all estimate by this act. Mr. McKin
ley may be said to have ranged him
self formally with the free silver peo
ple, and «o have completed the betray
al ofliisown party noil the humiliation
of every sound money man who cast
his vote for him. The Dingley tariff
bill and these appointments are two
big spikes in tlie lid of tbe coffin of tbe
Republican party.—St. Paul Gh t-e,
Dem.
As a revenue measure tbe Dingley
tariff bill w : ll prove a fraud and fail
ure, as a scheme of Federal taxation if
is an outrage, and as a party measure
it will be a more disastrous and deadly
boomerang than was the tariff btil
that boro the nan e of tbe present Pres
ident, a man who occupies bis present
official station solely because he went
before the people of tbe United States
as flie only defender of the integrity
of the currency in the field and put
the tarrifit* issue behind his back. Has
the country been buncoed—Atlanta
Journal, Deni.
The fae
liieile
elgtams
of
OASTORIJh..
1 Sa ea
every
vrapysb
Returns from the part of the coun
try where Hanna did some of his
finest work, and which was held up as
the strongholds of Republicanism
itt the West, convey a warning to the
dominant party in Washington. They
shake the foundations of Republican
confidence and arrogance, and prove
that the victory of the syndicated
monopolies was merely temporary,
and that the Democracy has vigorous
life and will be the instrument of
popular rebuke should tbe adminis
tration cast reason and justice to the
winds.—St. Louis Republic. Dem.
KEE? J YOUR MONEY
in a good hank. Time deposits
draw interest and the smallest am
ount will open an accoun. Bank
ofThibodaux.
That the peop'e are agaiif willing to
trust the Democracy must not be con
strued by the Democratic leaders as
an indorsement of Ihe old regime. It
simply means that the Republican
party has failed to meet the expecta
tions of the people. The people now
look to the Democracy, a Democracy
chastened by defeat, for a redressai of
their wrongs. Under these circum
stances for tbe party leaders here and in
New York to recur to the methods of
rlie past would be the height of folly.
Party ties hang lightly. Self interest
is the governing factor among Ameri
can freemen today.—Brooklyn Citizen
Dem.
Mrs. J. N. Wrigln up to date milli
ner has received her stock Spring and
Summer goods, Fancy dress goods,
Nations, FloweVs, Hats, Ribbons, Baby
caps, trimmings. Kid gloves. Embroid
eries and laces, Behlings new process
ot wash silks, stamped Linens, Toilet
articles fcc.
Prices : Rock bottom. Give her a
call ami be convinced.
BfiSitfSrtaleS
gibe;®®b
C
A quart of prevention
is worth gallons of cure
The old saying is just as true in its new
form. It refers to the taking of
Joftnsfönä
S arsaparilla
QUART BOTTLES.
when you begin to feel nervous or tired out
"Why take Johnston's ?" you ask. Because
it has stood the test for thirty years, and
because what it has done for thousands it
will do for you. Quart bottles sell every
where for $i.oo.
WiLLIAns, DAVIS, BROOKS & CO., Dîtroit, Hieb.
Ask 1er Livercttes lor Constipation and Sick Headache. Tsci
Sold in Thibodaux at Meyer Drug Store.
Then- is mulling more unconstitu
tional alunit making a tariff retroact
to April 2 r ii a M there is about making
it retioaet to May 1. The trouble is
that ihe only judicial decision < n 'he
subject [mints to the scheme in iug
illegal. Tiie whole project is eiii* fly it
seal«*, ihe idea «if its piomoteis being
that if they can only frighten Hie
wicketl importers badly enough they
will stop importing pending the pass
ngri of the bill, and then begin impol i
ing like jnad as soon as it is signed —
result, niuler the Wilson tariff, stagna
tion withont revenue; under the
Dingley tariff", prosperity with reve
nue.—New Ynik Evening 1'osf, lnd.
The application of ex State Senator
Henry. Demas for naval officer* lias
been filed with lire proper department
at Washington. Many well posted
people entertain the opinion that
Dennis will secure the prize lie is
react i ig fir.
By the way, Demas seems to be
very much in favor with the. "powers
that be" at Washington ; witness this
bit ot information taken from Tues
«lav's Washington dispatches to the
T.D.*
Ex-State Senator Demas has be«-n
appointed chief aid-de-camp to the
department commander and in Un
event of his ability to attend the (riant
dedicatory ceremonies in New York
has been given authority to command
the G. A. Ii. delegation from Louisi
CASTOR IA
For Infants and Children.
Tie f as
simile
Bigsataro
Of
1 is ea
every
vapjiH.
A negress who died the other «lay in
a St. Louis hospital was probably the
fattest woman ever known. She
weighed tiOO pounds, and when slio
was taken to the hospital it was al - ;
most impossible to get her through tin*
door of the ambulance. She broke the (
stretcher on which she was carried up j
stairs, and it took six strong negioesi
to move her. When she departed this
life it took over half an hour to ascer- ■
tain that she was really «lead. Tim
layers «if fat between tin* epidermis
and tiro arteries were so thick that it
was impossible to «liscern the ebbing
and flowing of the blood.—St. Maiy ;
Gunnel.
The following telegram sent to the
Picayune from Zachary, La., tells of
what is the se«[iiel to a most revolting >
ci iin«* committed in the upper part oi >
this parish :
Zachary, La., Apr, 14.—Last Sunday
a horiible discovery was made by [ini -
ties walking along the public road,
about a halt mile from here. Buzzards
were noticed picking at some object
and a dose investigation showed it to
be the body of an infant. Whether
white or black could u«>t be decided.
The body was in a paper bag. No
clew has been fourni to the parties who
committed the infautcide. — Baton
Rouge Tinth.
_ 1 he Kentucky legislature Inis a huid
time trying lo elect a Senator to suc
ceed ex-Senator Jos. C. Blakburn.
Called in extra session by Gov. Brad
ley in the early part of March for that
purpose, it has been wrangling over
tli«- matter ever since. Charges of
attempts at biibery were fulminated
against Dr. Hunter, the Republican
caucus nominee,which, upon iuv« siig i
tion of the gram! jury, culminated in
Ins indictment for attempt to brib«.
Dr. Hunter and his friends denounce
the whole pioceediug as an infamous
scheme ct his enemies to crush him.
However it may be, certain it is that
Hie tax-payers of Keutucky an» pay
ing foi all the Pin, and, judging from
press dispatches, they are getting
very indignaut over it, as they have
cause to be.
Dikkk.kkxt.-"I suppose yoanlmM,.
1 er is just like mints-rather ii4e *
w In «-' than eat "
"Nur. exactly ; but sin* would ntt ( .
er l ide a wheel than cook."—Chicago
Kecoitl.
The Sentinel is now kept on aal«
at the news depot of Major S. T.
Gris-.more, corner St. 1'hilip and M»|.
ket « ■ eet.
TI * ;f ate Medical Board recently
issm «: ertificates to off applicant*»«
of 67 no stood examination Inf»™
the board.
Am**og the new lloctors we note tits
name ot Dr. L. L. Caxeoavettr, the
son of a once well known and respect.
e«l druggist of this town.
Three ou t/d four colored applicant!,
students of the Oilcans Medical Cd*
lege, passe«l a successful examination,
on«* of tlies«» is a young woman, of
whom the T. D. 3ays:
"Among the successful three w*j
Dr. Emma Wakefield, a young negro*»
prominent in the liest circles of lier
race tor her intelligence and populari
ty. She is among the first women in
this State b> stony medicine, the lind
negn'ss in America to receive a medi
cal diploma and handed one of tbs
finest papers that the board passed
upon."
........ L "■■"J.. L"J J—U—
The physicians at two States have»
most interesting case to consider. It
developed through a post-mortem n
amination made on Saturday at Cobb*
cil Bluff's, In., on the body of Judg»
John Rmid, who died Friday, sf'er »B
Illness that baffled tire physician* ef
Nebraska and Iowa. Until last winter
lie was an exceptionally stroog and
hearty man, weighing nearly 200
pemnls. He ute a hearty dinner
Thanksgiving Day and that
the lust meal he was ever able lo en
joy. He was seized with a violent
pain in the throat and became tumble
to swallow, except at rare intervals
Tin-post-mortem examination reveal*
e«l the fact that he had choked to
dentil. A [dm* epliuter over SB inch
in length was fourni imbedded nt tit*
throat. It. was evil ently a glivef
from a bom d as one side of it «w
painted red. and was apparently eat
from a [dank in a truce nr barn a*d
used a» a toothpick.
Tliey 1)0 Hot Ml-.»; the iVanUfc
Experience has ra :--i tho men of fir*
fruit stands oven-notions iu handlist?
coin above the size of a 10 cent pi#*
The larger pieces they will test upoo th*
pavement or sink their teeth intom*
tentative fashion. It is to be noted,
however, that whc*--?er a custom®
makes a penny purchase they pocket in* ,
change without &-aiming it—
hastily indeed. There iy deep reason nt
this procedure. . .LI
For one thing, u«.»-*3y counterfeit*
the cent piece; it ia too cheap For'*®'
other thing, the fruit dealer know* ta»
un coin of smaller denomination i* pac
ing into his hands. For a third thing,
and this is the most important, there »
always a chance that tbe eastern® *
deceived himself and is banding or«*
nickel, a «lime, or one oi 'x# minor go
pieces, under the impression that n*^
paying hut a penny. If betook»«*»"
ami starts to go away, ho is not ln®v
to be called bac k to get tbe change
casienally some such involuntary wt
fall comes the way of the fruit man.
New York Mail and Express.
2nvv îuî oiw Jones*
Did you '• -.ir of a funny Saw 3tM
episode"/ Ate r:e of his meetings h*®®**! ;
on all rk* m n 1- *•* aid ' rîtfeÇ
u« v*-r spoh- u ;i unkind word "'q* „
wives to étant l Up got two
be said, "ail the women who ns* :
spoke an unkind word to theirbusfc*nd*
may rise." Up got *ix
Sam cried. "New, i want the amu«,
to pray U : : . se liar.- !"—Time cat. ** ,
Hour. ____ "3
I he Opwner.
Faddy—So Bender made the ope®^
remarks at the dinner last night
you remember what he said? ^
Duddy—The op- ning remark*- ™
yes. He said, "Who's got a corkscrew
*—Boston Transcript.