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IB Itfec (Drfobcr IS, 1893, bc 5mts-Snn0qji: EX THE HHES-DEHOCEAT PIJELISHEf 3 (XX bad found a short road to wealth, when the recorder dropped on their trick and sent them before the Criminal Court, sharped with Iarey. It is not the first time that we hare had scantLJ in the pound business; in fact, that branch of the city govern- the dredging alone, but for the removal of the earth where it cannot be ashed Lack into the bayou. CROP RECEIPTS AAB FIXAXCES. The past week Las witnessed marked improvement in the commerce of New Orleaas, and, consequently, ia it financial condition, for the receipt and sale of ths products the interior Lave naturally brought money here. It was noticed at the beginning of the season that the crops were being marketed very slowly, particularly cotton, which, was received in such ern Senators.

Tales the repeal Senators yield tbe will last aU winter. Though less crisp and less straight from the shoulder than "Mr. Dubois utterance, we shall take the talk of Senator White, of this State, to represent the position of the repealers. Mr. White, after admitting that sentiment on the silver question is mixed ia Louisiana, but holdiag that the supporters of "honest money" are overwhelmingly preponderant, continued: Hence, ia representing my Stat.

I feel bound to urge the repeal of the Sherman Iw, and I shall Insist onon repealing that measure nDondltknally to tho end. their imperious manner with them, which does not suit civiL albeit it ia necessary in military, life. Ilia admiring eountrymen will prefer no doubt to think of Lim alwaya as Le appeared at Magenta on tb.it June day in when, an inferior force, Le outmanoeuvred and whipped Clam-Gallas and Lichtensteiu and drove Gen. Gyulai to beat a retreat with all his army out of Ebwbardy. The old soldiers of Europe, as of the United States, whose exploits made their names household words on the world's lips, Lave been rapidly trooping of late years to the crossing of Charon's ferry; and among them there has been ette habit, and the ns of arsenic wafers and belladonna.

She is one of tho most remarkable morphine and opiate fiends oa ecord. Her customary daily allowance up to the time of her being gent to the hospital consisted of sixty drops of fluid extract of belladonna, half a dozen arsenic wafers, ion drops of Fowiets Solution and ten packages of cigarettes. The hospital physician asked Anni why she eons-imed so much deadly stnff. knowing it most speedily end In ber death. "Why da you eat three meal a day.

doctor?" was the cool rejoinder. Kev. St. George Y'oong. chaplain at Bellevn.

suggested to her thaadvbiabilltr of entering a home or retreat, where she might find quiet and rest and a chance to reform. His kind word found a penitent response and Annie exisented to accompany one of the chaplains female assistants to the Hopper Home. There, on Friday afternoon, she caused almost a panic by becoming last meeting, for the benefit of the storm sufferers. Yon will please use sauie to best advantage, and oblige yours, very tru' w. i.

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The Times-Democrat will pf two fctmdrel dollars fOtach person 9 persons as may capture the negro murderer Julien and hand Lira over safely into the custody of the rejularly con-tiiuted officers of the law. The police jury of Jefferson l0 offers a reward of for the capture of the murderer. J.TT0RXEY LE CHE'S HE OUT. meut seems to have lea always in more or less trouble. The very eystem of compaation in js-ration is an to tricks of all kinds.

The authorities will have to deal rigidly with all the hoodlums. The blackmailiiiXDOixnd drivers deserve the full Beajjity'of the law. Blackmail is badrnough; when committed by a nubu'c official the crime is all the greater. And, again, some of the Tlack-mailers claim to be citing under a license from Coniinisiiouer Gauche, it is evidently duty of that geutleman to overhaul ffcjimissions and laquire a little more clo.sely a to the charts er and reputation the men whom he ha)c hosen to represent him and the city. Mi RMIA 31 A CM A BOX.

As a allegram elwhere unounces Marshal MacMahon died yesterday morning, at Lis residence in Faris, at the age cf eisjlty-five. The death of the aged warrior was not unexpected. 0r, over and above the physical de crepitude which aOfcupanied his eighty-ve years of busy lift, he Lad been suffering for several wttks from pneumonic or bronchial trouble. The liarue of MacMiihon, of course, is Irish; and the ancestors of the General, who were strong partisans of the Stuarts la England, went over to France what James II that unfortunate monarch was driven from bis throne toward the end of the seventeenth century; and, settling in Burgundy, tOr became distinguished much more distinguished, in fact, than they had bten iu4hir own country, in spite of their vaunfcl de-Hnt atirn JJnir Brian Bnru. All the Cfciale members of the MacMahon family became either bouIu.ts or physicians, and all of them attstined renown.

The Marshal's father was a tleueral and peer of France, and the Marshal himself was the youngest of eight children, born at An tun (Angustodunum) in 1808. Educated at the famous military school of St. Cyr, he served in Algeria for nearly twenty years, during which time he achicajd so much success against the Kabyieo and other fierce tribes that after the fiege of Constantine he was raised to the rank of General of division. In that capacity he took part ty th Crimean expedition of 1S54-K; and it was mainly due to Gen. MacMahoa'a resolute bravery that th famous post of Malakhof at Sebastopol was by the allied armies.

He commands an army corps in the Austro-Italiaa-French campaign in ISoO; and it was in no small dgree owing to bis dashing valor that the deciaTe battle of Migenta, which drove the Austrians out of Lombardy, was won. Emperor Xapaleon, who himself took part ia the fighting. Immediately created MacMubon Marshal and Duke of Magenta. In the interval between the war with Austria and that with Germany the Marshal was Governor General of Algeria, and, later, aiilitary commander cf the Nancy Distrxt. At the outbreak of the ar with Germany Le was posted near Strasburg with the First Armv Corm: and it a division of IXis army, under Touay, it will be re-r i i i i memueTM, wuicn inei tue iirsi ucjeai in the war at Weissenburg, Aug.

4, 1S70. And it was to retrieve, if pos- rsual MlcMabon app ppeared to be come "rattled; aod every step that lie took henceforth either of Lis own lnotiw or under orders, was attended with reverse, until Le finally marched to Sedan to join Bazaine, and there, as everybody knovs, capitulated with CV whHe army, Bazaine and Emperor Napoleon beiug included in the capitulation. Made by rresident Thiers Commander-in-chief of the Versailles troops, he crushed the Omrnune in Paris, and gained much glory for the effectual re-establishmect of pice in the disturbed capital. On Thiers retirement, in Marshal MacMahon was elected President of the Fren -h republic; and during theax years that he occupied the Ely see he coquetted in turn with the Imperialists, the Legitimists and the rleanists. He vs anything save a republican at hei.rt; But it must be safca to Lis eternfl credit that, having sworn allegi.mce to the republic, with the loyalty to bis oath (sacramentum) which a soldier if noted for, Le would allow no tampering with that form of Avcrnmeut during Lis presidential term.

The "mailed land" of MacMahon was of immc-nse value to France during his six years teiure of office; for it secured 4V the -va stated country perfect tranquillity ud enabled the people to turn to iixlnftrial pursuits and to pay off the crushing indemnity exacted by BismanJi in an incredibly short lime. And, fact, what male his presidential rule unpopular was not due to the soldier limself, but to Mme. la Marechnle, of horn it will be re-memlxl a French wit said: "The Marshal governs France, Mme de MacMahon governs Marshal, and the cure of Ste. Clotilde governs Mine, de MacMahon." Since Lis from the Presidency, in 1S70, the "grand old soldier, as hi countrymen delighted to call Lim, spent Lis t.me eUtlly in hunting, shooting, tiaveling and reading; but he remained an a find interested spectator of the struggles in the Assembly and the euntry for the thorough establishment and recognition of tho republic. He was man of highly cultivated taste, and his hotel in the Hue Belief hasse, a pal see ia itself and the most richly and artistically furnished resiance in Fans, was a meeting place for the intelligence, nobility, wit, wisdom, in eliectuality aud culture of Frauoe.

He was not nuch a success as a ciic ruler beyond maintaining quiet when quiet vas especially needed. Few good soldUrrs ever Lave been successful ia that role, as they carry small quantities at first as to confuse the best exps.ts as to the size of the crop, and to bad to the impression that there was a widespread conspiracy to prevent it from being marketed. Of late, however, there has been aa im provement in receipts, at least at New Orleans. The total jiort receipts Lave been creeping up lately, an! are now equal to those of last year. At New Orleans, however, they are ahead, and were yesterday 57,730 bales net and O-lKi bales gross above the same date of ISIti At the same time the stock here is less, showing that more cotton Las been disposed of than ia Oc tober, 1S92, and, consequently, that more money Las been placed in eircula tion, thus relieving the financial stringency.

Another Southern, or, rather, Louisiana, crop is doing even better. The receipts new sugar are quite large. and it is being sold freely at good prices, well above those of last year, as was to be expected in view of the sugar famine which still prevails throughout the country. When we con' aider that the crop is much larger than last year, and the price of sugar far better, the good financial effect this product will have can be imagined; and it is, aa we have said, already having it, with receipts of 5346 barrels sugar on Monday. The rice movement is not as large as ia 1S92, but the price ia at least re munerative, which it was cot then.

Altogether, the marketing the crops is Laving a decided and most beneficial effect in solving the financial problem, and ia putting money in circulation again. It was felt from the very start that it would accomplish this, for the money value of the South-era crops is sufficient to relieve the financial stringency not of the South alone, but of the whole country. The generally good prices its staples are bringing will help matters materially. There was a fear, it will be remembered, that it would be difficult or impossible to market the crop because of lack of money, but this problem Las been very satisfactorily solved, and now the receipts of produce are solving the other problem the financial stringency. SEXATORS JX SELF-BEFEXSE.

It is quite interesting to leant the precise grounds on which the repealers and the anti-repealers ia the United States Senate respectively defend their positions, and what the exact prospects are that the two sets of contestants en tertain for the success of their respective fights. The Globe-Democrat, St- Louis, itself a a able and consistent champion of the repeal, has interviewed a large cumber of the Senators with a view to eliciting reasons for "the faith that is la them: and as it did not confine itself to any one class, but interviewed alike Democrat and Republican, unconditional and conditional repealer, and silveroon. and as the representatives of the different or conflicting financial creeds were quite free in their talks, the St. Louis paper has managed to get a good estimate of the situation from the senatorial point of view. The Times-Democrat has not room in which to present, even ia a compact form, the deliveries of all the Senators interviewed, and we shall content ourselves, therefore, with merely giving our readers two samples of their views.

one from the repeal and one frcm the anti-repeal side. Of the anti-repealers no one has proved himself a more determined fighter than Senator Dubois, of Idaho. He has been the Lead and centre the strife that has been waged at in tervals for weeks around the question "quorum present and "quorum vot ing, and, with remarkable good-natured stubbornness and versatility argu ment. Las defended Lis refusal to vote even when sitting in the Chamber, to Lave Lis presence counted to make a quorum when he has declined to rote. As Senator Dubois delivered him self with much freedom and force, we shall take Lis interview to represent the position and prospects of the silveroons.

Mr. Dubois said: I shal! continue the debate nntll all of our have spoken as fal'y as they wish. Then we shall resort to otbf methods. I think that another week will give ns all the time we actually desire for discussion. After that It will be easy to engage the Senate with motions Into executive session, tails for a quorum, calls ef the Senate, motions to adjourn, etc.

The roles grant such privileges, and make It easy for a few men to occupy the time of the t-nate and continue the delay Jn- deHnltHv. This we shall do unless the Senate agrees to some sort of measure that will continue to recognise silver as a part of the national currency. Both of the two great political parties declared their faith in silrer in their platform last year, and the pm Intend that the promises made then shall be carried out We are merely insisting onon that now. and the people will Justify every movement made in the Senate by the friends of silver, and we mean to keep un tb fltu until silver is recognised. We will not objeet to a compromise that will ki-ep silver 111 its place in our currency.

I think that such a com prom! will be rreed upon within a few days, probably by Tuesday (yesterday). What Its term will be nobody ran tell as yet. hot I tMt.k It wiJ provide foe the coinge of not less tiian 2.rw'i ounces of silver per month, the coinage to continue until lb amount reached about otinee. It Is al ugfffted that the $1 and $2 currency notes be retired. Then provision may be mad for coining the of seigniorage on tbe bullion now held ia the treasury.

Authority to the Secretary of tbe Treasury to Issue tlOtM'. or $13tM U.0m of bonds may al be granted, as some of the Southern Senators lnit npon the repeal of the 10 per rent tax on Mate banks. The latter point. I understand, is tn dispute. But I think an agreement will be reached within a few diys.

IX it not the silver men are prepared to continue their opposition Indefinitely. The terms comproCilse, whatever they tasy be, niant be soca as to continue the coinage of silver for other than subkiiary t-urpose. Ia this contusion I speak of course only for myself, but I know that my view are tn harmony with those of most of the West It does not feel to me that the 6ht Is over by any means. I know the air Is fun of talk of compromise, but I believe that unconditional repeal 1 stronger than any plan of compromise tail ha been suggested or that can be That Is the way the situation looks to me today, though It may change at any time. There la such a wide variance in the views of the anti-repealers as to wiat the terms of the compromise should be that I doubt whether they win ever reach aa agreement For that I believe that It would be wise for the friend of repeal to eontJnne the flzht Mr.

Voorbees Is la charge of the bill, however, and whatever be decides to do will undoubtedly be I am in favor of keeping np the light until December and mncfa longer If necessary. If a compromise should be proposed now we would undoubtedly have the same oppo sition to It the Voorbees bill ha encoun tered, so that there promises to be Bo more dLpatcb in a compromise than there Is in tbe pending UIL The situation may Change, however, at any moment. If the administration should indicate Its willingness to accept a reasonably conservative compromise that may oCer an Improvement upon the Sherman law tbe direction of sound money the friends unconditional repeal in the Senate might deem It wise to change their present altitude. Until that 1 done I think It Is hardly probable that tbe will end. Moreover, tt la not likely that Mr.

Cleveland will become a party to any sort of compromise. The people expect ns to repeal the Sherman law. and we should stand or fail by the Voorbees bill. The fight should go on. These axe sample utterances of the Senators on opposite sides, and our readers mill be able to form a judgment for themselves aa to what the chances are for carrying repeal.

There is much more reference to compromise on the repeal side than oa the anti-repeal side. The anti-repealers don't seem to bother a red cent about the issue. They are masters of the situation, and they say: "Give us a reasonable compromise or yon get no repeal. The repealers are badly stirred up with the proepect of an absolutely barren session; and, though they vehemently disclaim all thought of a compromise, their minds evidently dwell much upon its possibilities. RICE.

The Chicago Record declares that the Louisiana rice exhibit at the Chicago Exposition Las Lad a good effect ia bringing that Southern cereal before the people of the North and West. rat-kages of rice are given away. Cut only to women, and accompanied by directions bow it should be cooked. Nearly a thousand samples are thus given away each day, so that more than a hundred thousand West- era women will be introduced rice during the continuance the Expo sition. These will act as so many missionaries to carry far and wkle the information that rice is a most delidouj food, if properly cooked, and we may expect it to grow steadily in favor throughout the country.

The Western people are surprised to discover that the Southern cereal is at the same time one of the cheapest and one of the most nutritious of foods. with four tiroes the value of potatoes and three ti nes that of beef. Another good result of the exhibit is the discovery that rice is selling in Chicago and throughout the West gen erally for a much higher rrice than it ought to command, this necessarily having a bad effect on its use. The truth is that so little Is known about it ia other portions of the country that the people are not aware when they are being overcharged. If a grocer asked them too much for flour or sugar, or anything else, they would know it, but with rice it is different, and they are consequently badly victimiieJ- Froin these and other circumstances it is natural to believe that the exhibit will Lave a most beneficial effect in bringing rice into more general use through ont the country a matter of the first importance to Louisiana, for the price of the cereal largely depends upon our finding new markets for it Wo can raise more rice than the country uses, and the price is likely to be depressed unless we brirg it more generally Into use.

The rice exhibit at Chicago was established for this purpose, which it seems to be rapidly accomplishing. SilTg the NasbviTl American Mon-dav: Tbe pulpit of tb beautiful of the Tulip Street ITiureh was occupied last nlpht by Bishop John C. Keener, New Orleans, who wdl go on to I-ebanoo from here and preside over the conferem-e, which convenes there Wednesday. The congregation ailed the church and the services, which were conducted by the venerable bi-Jiop, w.th devout attention. His commanding bearing, clear enunciation, vigorous thought and forviMe and engaging diciin comMa to make this reverend d.vlne a strong maenet on his infrequent visit to the NasbvlUe Methodist churches.

A London cable says that a match of two games, to be played by cable between W. Steinits. of New York, and the Liverpool Che Club, has been arranged. There will be bo stakes, and out niova will be made la each game p--r week. Those ia Eugiaad wh bewail the disappearance of masculine partners from ballroom floor will sooa have reason ta couipiain more if the actioa brought by an woman succeeds.

She had the misfortune a few evenings ago to fall and break a leg while daatiag at a London suburban balL She has sued ber partner for damages. She allege that the fail was due to tbe rluuisin of the geutieuian. It would not be politeness, of coarse, him to set up contributory negligence oa the lady's part, so he is wondering what tbe penalty will be. All eligible masculine partners in England are watching the case with the greatest solicitude Says a New York srclal: "The Presbyterian HopitaL at Madison avenue and Seventieth street, now poese a patient whose medical h. story the physicians will be surprised to learn.

The patient a young woman takes from the Hopper It cue. Second avenue. Her name ia Annie I.yncb and her ailment given as arising from trouble of the stomach. This same young woman has been la the female alcoholic ward of the Beilevue Hospital, bavtng been taken oa Oct. 2 from a barnlo oa West Fiftieth street In violent hysterica.

She is aa unusual victim to the cigar- no more picturesque personality thaa that of the Irish-Frenchman who passed to Lis rest yesterday in the French capital. BARROOM PERMITS. The Council last night refused to accept the recommendation of the com mittee on public order that a permit be granted for the establishment of fX barroom at the corner of Carondelet and Berlin streets, and recommitted the matter, which ought to dispose of it. and, we presume, will do so. This is the case of which we spoke yesterday, where tae committee, in face of the protest of the residents of the neighborhood and their idio wing- that the barroom would not only greatly inconvenience and annoy them.

but would actually affect the value of their property, recommended a permit. This was a most discouraging incident. for barrooms Lave been established of late in such abundance in the residence sections of the city as to cause no little alarm and disgust. Usually this Lad been done without any opposition. Ia this particular case v-e mention a strong protest Lad been made, and the refusal of the committee to pay any attention to it promised to have a most discour aging effect and to dissuade other citi eons from opposing or protesting against barrooms, since there was apparently no hope of success in preventing their establishment.

The Council deserves credit for what it did in this matter, and it will bo a good precedent, since it will establish the fact that if the citizens come forward ia opposition to a proposed barroom and show that they do not want it, and why it will be objectionable. they will be given a bearing and their protest listened to and acted on. This gives them some banco of protection, some defense against an invasion of grogshops. THE LMFRO YEMEXT OF A YO LA-FOURCBE. For some years past the navigation of Bayou Lafourche Las been bad, and the United States Las been appealed to for aa appropriation for its improvement This application was well backed with facta and figures showing the importance and necessity of the improvement.

The bayou is thickly settled throughout the greater portion of its length, the land on both sides very fertile and productive, and the traffic on the stream considerable. The showing so impressed Congress that the Lafourche was inclnded in the rivers and harbors bill and an appropriation made for dredging and deepening it; and the dredgeboat Eclipse, under contract with, the United States, is now cutting her way through a long sandbar about a mile below the town of Don-aldsonville, greatly improving navigation, to the gratification of the flat-boatmen. WhUe the work is a decided Improve ment, we think it can be made a still greater one by a slight change in the method of dredging now being carried on. The earth excavated, which in very sr ndy, is deposited on both sides of the shelving bank, whene it will be washed back into the chs.nnel by the winter rains and the swift current of the rising 6tream. The chances, therefore, are that the work will be nearly all undone in high water, and that it will have to be gone over again next fa3 and the channel redredged; in other words, as is so frequently the case with United States contracts.

Instead of being permanent, it will Lave to be done anew every year. At the same time that the United States is dredging and deepening the stream Mr. L. J. Dodge, a contractor and levee builder of many years experience, has contrarted with the Atchaf-alaya Basin Levee Board to constrict yards of levee work on the west bank of the Laloarche, while S.

L. James Co. have undertaken, with a large force of State convicts, to raise, enlarge and records truct the levees for a distance of six miles from the Lead of the Lafourche, at Donald son ville. The Dodge contract begins where the James work ends, and extends as far down stream as the 500,000 yards will raise and enlarg; the levees to the requisite dimensions. One of the specifications of this contract is that the earth used in the construction the levee shall be taken from the bed of the bayou; and a large dredgeboat, to be completed in November, is being built for that pes-pose, by means which the earth can be seoopd up from a depth of 25 feet, carried 24 feet above nud deposited 8) feet laterally from the boat It will be seen that the terms under hich Mr.

Dodge is required to enlarge and strengthen the levees compel Lim to do certain dredging work, so that he is practically assisting the United States in its undertaking to dredge out and deepen that stream. Under these circumstances it would seem that an I'xcellent arrangement can be made by the Federal engineers contracting with Mr. Dodge to combine draining with his levee construction work in such a manner to clear and deepen tiie channel of the bayou to the best advantage. The cost of dredging would le greatly lessen by such an arrangement, aud the earth thus removed from the bed of the bayou would be deposited on the levees, secure from any chance of being washed back into the stream, as it is likely to be the way the work is now being done. The cost ef river improvements to the United States is frequently far greater than it ought to be, because matters of this kind are overlooked.

Here is a chance of saving the government a considerable amount by so doiag the dredging that It will be permanent, and will not Lave to be done over again every year. It will be the fault of the Federal government if it fails to utilize this opportunity and arrange aot for attacked with fits, necessitating her re moval to the Presbyterian Gov. Thomas G. Jones, Alabama, delivered an Interesting addre before tbe Virginia division of the Army of Northern Virginia, in the State Capitol In Richmond, oa Thursday evening, his topic being the incidents of the last days of Gen. Lee's army before the surrender at Appomattox.

Incidentally be said that on the retreat Gen. Lee asumed at rimes a cheerfulness toward young officers that almost amounted to playfulness. To one sent by a corps commander to ask at what point he wished it to camp that night, he re plied: -Tell him to march them to the irginia line." When the officer expressed surprise and asked bow far It wa. tbe General remarked: "Well, then, tell him to march a far as he can. There is deep regret la the Chinese quarters of New York over the accident to" the Jeweled canopy intended a the Chinese-American wedding present to Com Whiting's bride.

The object was a series of Chinese flags, ensign and shields entwined. It must have oust a pretty sum. as the former Chinese minister subscribed liberally, and hi countrymen, from Gotham to San Francisco, contributed according to their mean. There Were pearls, ruble and other precious stones sprinkled over the yellow siik that formed the material of the canopy. It wa Intended to adorn the bedposts of the couple's room, for Chinese consider this the luck'est form of gift.

Unfortunately a fire la tbe Chinese quarter ruined the proposed gift, and only the gem and the goid are now lit for anything. If the Incident possesses any significance at all. Christian would deem It a bad omen. The Chinese, however, say that this Is a beneficent portent. It means long life for Commander and Mrs.

Whiting, with many beautiful children and no end of earthly happiness. A niece of Charles Keade, Miss Amye Beade, is proving herself an Inheritor of at least some of her distinguished uncle' talent. TUt clever circa story, Kuby," Is from ber pen, and she 1 bow at work upon a novel to be called "Zenna." Word has been received la Saa Francisco from London that Mis Isabella Murphy, of California, sister of Helen Murphy, who recently married In Vicente Domingues, of the Argentine lega tion, is betrothed to Don Luis Domia- gues, a brother of the other South American grandee. Mis Isabella wa mixed tip Use ber sisters. Helen and Lady Charles Woolesley, in the Murphy will contest.

Her love affair with Don Lui wa broken off like her aiater'a romance by her ambitious mother, and wa promptly taken up again when the old lady died. Miss Isabella ia not so fair to see as either or Lady Woolesley, being shorter aud stouter, but is very clever and well educated. She will have a snug little fortune. The betrothal is confirmed by the business agent of the Murphy family. En sell Sage was always hard man for a stranger to see, bat since he waj visited by Norcross, the dynamiter, be 1 practically unapproachable.

The ether day a business man from a Western city had a scheme to propone to Mr. Sage. II went to hia orflce and sent in his card. After wtlting and sending message back and forth he failed to see the Wall street magnate, and he went away mad and disgusted, for he felt he had an Idea of great value to disclose. He mentioned this to one of Mr.

Sage's friends, and was toa Ciat Sago had never received la hi omce any person whom he did not know since Norcross was there. It Is easier to get at a Prime Minister or a President, or even the Pope, than Russell Sage. T1XES-DEM0CRAT RELIEF FUJD. The Previously acknowledged 8,: 15 From Student of Sophi New- comb 13 10 0t W. W.

Excelsior LotLje No. 34. O. O. of Louisiaria, at Thilv odaux.

through 'S. T. C.risa-more.. ft 00 Lafayette Insurance Company (second douatloi.) BO 00 Ladles' Literary Club, Summit, Miss 19 a 7 oo 20 00 UO 50 Through Southwestern Presby terian K- of I. Lodze No.

TO, St. James, Cash Additional collections from citizens of Pensacola, through Sol Cahn CjUHil Citisens of Thibodaux. through Tho. A. Triumph Lodge No.

82. Thibodaux, W. LiaWrats'i Relief Kaad- Lltchaeld Fianagan. 111. Tho.

IL Bass, Morris, 111 Fred Fette, Havana, 111 Palmer, Fuller 4 00 5 OO 2) 50 10 00 5 00 2 00 00 2 OO 2 00 Total dK3 From citixens of Iberia, two large boxes clothing. From E. Rice, clofhing. Some of the contributions were accompanied by the following letters and lists: t'ros llisaa mt TBibodaa. Thibodaux.

Oct. 17, lstii To the Editur of Tbe Tiin. -DeiW'Tjt: Inclosed please find cbek for 2 50, amount collected for the atorm sufferers In this town from the persons wnose names are given belouw. Very resjiectfully yours. THOMAS A.

BADIiAI'X, Editor Lafourche Comet. Ir. J. II. KL J.

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1SX1. To the Fxiitnr of Tb- Times-Democrat: I tak great pleasure in Inclosing yoa herewith a check for $10, this amount Having been appropriated by Triumph Lodg No. tC KnJsht of Pythias, at its fcrers. Lafpectfiaiy, ALFRED nrLLKR. Prlh, of st.

jmmrmy Lb. Welcome P. Oct 13. 1SU3. Tb the Editor cr Tbe T1me.

Democrat: Dear Sir and Brother Inclosed find a draft on Le -ert, Burgnicres Jt which St Pythias Lodjre No. 71 has donated toward any Knights that may be in stress during the late storm In St. Bern a -d and Plaquemines parishes, or you may distribute any way you see proper. I remain yours truly, jr. P.

CAGNOLATTT. Keeper of RemrQ and Seal of St Pyttlas Lodge No. 71, St James. La. PtBLIC oriviox.

Should the attendance at the WorlTs Fair keep np to the current figures during the remainder of the time the show is to be open it Is feared that Chicago may ke some portion of the extreme modesty which is her most chare Ing and notable characteristic Detroit Tribune, Rep. It la stated that President Cleveland has begun the work of preparation for the regular session of Congress, and Is seriously considering the topic that will make bis message. Those who ean-plaineV that the Preldent did not go far enough Li hia message to tbe extra session will no doubt find that the fort looming message will be full enough of the Chicago platform for them. Columbus Enquirer-Son, Dem. The actioa of the Democracy of Nebraska In Indorsing the policy of the Pre ldent and of the Democratic party In Con greas proves conclusively that the West will tand by Its obligations; that tt will not countenance any attempt to 0 impel with the financial integrity of the nation, nor will It stultify Itself by wittffclding It support from a President who become the able and courageous champion of the interest or the people.

Kansas City Time. Dem. The trial of the Senate has begun WXort the assize of the American people. Mr. Voorhee spoke the truth when he said that the issue now uppermost wa not sUver repeal, but whether the rule of the majority should continue or not Here he felt that his feet were planted on a rock, and he should filit ir out to the end.

These word will fink Into the hearts of the people, and the more closely they contemplate the spectacle of the "upper house" of the national Legislature In It owa mire the more loudly will they Insist that it shall be pried out so that the nation may proceed along It accustomed pathway. New York Post. lad. The majority of the Senate, as repre sented by Senator Voorhee. declare that the adjournment at an early hour yesterday morning, when the Impracticability of forcing a vote was demonstrated, does not Indicate any purpose to abandon efforu to pas the repealing bill.

Their Intent may be all right, but the country will lArJly accept the declaration a meaniug moch more than the WUea of the repealing Senators. They cannot secure a vote by the continuous session plan. What other method is available? Noue that we can see but a compromise, and a compromise may be even weaker than the revealing law. Pittsburg I 'oat, Dem. Ull sorts.

A Bird la the If a a 4. 1 want to be an angel," A Congrmsmaa did cry; And through the air came fylng An answer from on high: You cannot be an angel For don't you know, you dunoa No member can be holding Two offices at once?" TU well, replied the member; "I'll keep my present place. In running for the other I mlghn't win the race. ne "Conversation seems to be becoming a lost art among us. Site "Yes; there's so little opera Just now." Esther "Did he kiss you?" Tens "He hadn't the nerve to do that" Esther "It would require considerable." Mrs.

Kutshaw (who has been discussing Individual tastes) "What 1 your forte, Mrs. Jimpsey?" "Mrs. Junpsey "Mo fourt Is dead. Jlmpsey's me fift'. Johnes (of New Y'ark) "Whereabouts In Chicago Is the World's Fair?" Jerkins (Just returned from hi Journey) "Tb World's Fair is near Midway Flaisance." "Doesn't it cost you Chicago women a good deal of money, first and last, for your divorces?" "Oh, no; not If yon take advantage of the bargain days." Judge (New York).

Foggs "No matter what yoa say, I caa prove that the foreigner pays the tax." Boggs "It might be well to stir hlia up a little; they say tho treasury Is gettfwV dangerously low." Puck. "Humph!" sneered Miss McGay. "Here's an advertisement in the paper of a man who says he can cure freckles. Ha must lie an idiot. What people want is something to kill freckles." Harper's Bazar.

Tourist (in Ireland)''! should like a room with an iron bcdstiaiL" Hotel Proprietor "Sorr, Oi haven't an Iron bedstead in tbe place taaa're all soft wood. But you'll foind the eattres ao aud hard, sorr. Tit-Bit. -ve you asked the councilor yet for bis daughter's hand?" "No. To tell yoa the truth, I am afraid to ask bioi." "Afraid? Why, man alive: a rich fellorv like you Would be gladly a-cejted." "That's the very reason I am afraid." Sthaik.

May "Don't you think that MI Oo-ligbtly is perfectly charming?" Mamma "It struck me she was a iitt.e bit giddy. May "Why, mamma, she moves In tli best circles." Mamma "Ttiat account for It. Moving in circle will make anyone giddy." Be'aa Work at Once: Fend Mother "And so my litjle auel Joined tho Llttla Defender to-day, and will alway be kind to dumb animals?" Little An.p 1 "Yes'ia. tVituin' home I met a man wif a bag full of kittents "at he was goiti' to drown, and ii? promises to brln them here fr US to be kind to." Good cw. Tbe Professor's papa, here Is the sweetest little bird that oua of the boys caught in the yard.

I would so like to keep it for a pet If I only knew what It eats." The Ateut Minded Professor "We can find that cut easily enouith. I'll lust cut it open and examine Its crop." Indianapolis JoUrnaL Police Justice "lhe policeman yon were fouud going alomr tbe street weaxlug three suits of clothes from which the price mark had not been What have you to say for yourself?" Baryl Howes "Seem to me, -ie, dat a eop wot wUl pinch a man jlst fer bein a little overdressed is too much of a dood to be allowed to stay oa de force." Waahitgtaa Star. Disttict Attorney Leche's report fj k5511 that tbe Tshal the G'verDor of the result cft m- t'0 da-T8 luter Jvanced to iuiry into the Jefferson lrnchi. tm 1 Wnd estop the march of the Crown of Trassia. In an evil day he It is a very rambling 5the 1 Worth, and sustained does tom on tho lnost "Tistinff defeats of itn- Tfli i aw at.

Ithe nf. From the date of that disaster about the lynching ex pt ift "remark tafcual-, that ihe evidence fails to justify the lynching of these three ne-prues the Juliens), who were not even fusperted of any complicity in the mur-ticr of Judxe Estopinal." by the by, is a rather queer word for a district attorney to use in connection with such a lynching. Mr. JjPcLe cannot explain why be was unable to pvt any facts from the forty-five whom he examined, and as he and bis methods were the principal cause of this miscarriage of justice tt is scarcely to be wondered at that te could not fin.lQLere the trouble lay. The rrprt wnds up with a remarkably feminine po-ipt, wherein be expla ns his in making a report, which contains practically nr-aV ing.

and complains of The Ti rues -Democrat's criticism of him as "incompetent and ignorant. Tbtre is nothing moch be sil about the report, because it contains nothiig, and is but a feeble wail and Tplaaation of what is really a discred-' itable fallQi. It mtist be obvious to anyone who read the story of the Jfff lynching that it was possible to pet the names of some cf tQt engaged in thi violence, but not vh a man of Mr. lieche's calibre niak'g the examination. His report fully confirms the view the public formed of Lim when it saw bis manner of oapJucting an in replication scrQi.s and important as this was.

JDLA CA'JVA ILIXG TO ImI)RI VERS. A somewhat novel system of blackmailing has been unearthed in several cases ia the First lCecorucr's Court. A number of persot recrnily been brought Iw'fore that court charged with allowing cattle to roam at large. They pleaded not guilty, and an investigation showed that instead of their violated the city ordinance they were the victims of as lold a IwSck-tcaiLng scheme as was ever ierpctrated. A nombcr of pound drivers holding commissions, so they claim, from Commissioner Gauche, not finding their fees from impounding cattle large enough to suit their fancies, i't to work to increase them by letting down the fences owners of cat Ue.

The cows naturally took advantage of the liberty offered theri thus explaining the large, and at first incomprehensible, increase in the number of roaming caUle whereupon the pound drivers pounced on the wanderers and their owners at toe rate of a bead before they surrendered their captive cows. It was an easy way of making money, and the jound drivers thought that they.