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who ministered with q comforting
hand, and gave out the healing sympa-
thy Of her huge heart to those who re-
manned at home, weeping with those
who wept and rejoicing with those who
rejoiced.
In the days when darker trials came
and the storm had swept away the labor
of q lifetime; when the sky wa dark,
when the bonds Of slavery were sun,
dered, setting free the thousands Of hel
own race, she remained u~nwavering in
fidelity, unsullied In her devotion.
IT was she who heard the natal squaIl
and wrapped the swaddling garments
about the diminutlve form. Her strong
arms were cradle softer than the finest
down, and more soothing than sleep it.
Eelf. It was she who translated in
articulate babbling into language wonJ
derful and wise, who taught infant feet
TO totter and watched the first walking
with more than a mothers pride. Her
voice was sweeter than a sirens, and
the futed melody Of her simple tones
more magical than misunderstanding
her lullaby, all powerful her hush-a-
bye.
And in the Observation-Disclosures days
1t was she who knew the mysteries OF
the big pantry and carried the keys to
the secret stores and jam and Jelly.
What q wonderful old woman; wad.
ding around in her ~turkey-red dress,
inyading the sacred confines Of the
strawberry bed, reveling in the shade of
the fig bushes or pronouncing the death
sentence upon a given number Of "yel-
Ter leg" chickens doomed to be fried
next day. Against strict orders from
a higher source she would stuff " tween
meals" the Unsuitable maw of the raven-
youngster with the daintiest dish
for dinner and swear him to eternal
secrecy. She filed his huge pockets
with red apples and prepared special
orders Of ginger cake, cooked as ginger
cake was never cooked before. She
presided at the Saturday night carnf.
walls, when she welded the wash raa
with wonderful skill in the sinuona
depths Of q pair Of dirty ears, and her
mandate to come to the "lick-log'' was
l~nexoraDle,
At night her marvellous talesi Seated
in the glare Of the lightwood fire, her
cane bottomed chair pulled close up
to the hearth, where the ashes were
heaped ever a choice collection Of sweet
p~otatoes. she extemporized the most
marvellous stories of ~hantg and "bua-
gerrbears-stories listened to with
9wide-eyed wondernent, dreamed az
with dread.
After awhile, too old to work, she
would st by singing her p~laintive songs
Or ~deseanting upon the glorious days
gone by.
Such 9 woman was Martha. IL 1t
any wonder that The grief was great
when she died, That her grave IS this
morning covered with the flowers 81
spring. ALFRED G. Newell, il Atlanta
Constitution.
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M,kINLEY AND TIE PEoPLE.
A Policy That Has Never Been PopuIa1
With the Masses.


A Policy That Has Never been Popular
With the Masses.
Il is timely to recall that Mckinley
ism has " once been ratified by the
people at the polls.
Garfield was a moderate protectionist
"a protectionist for expediency's sake,
distinctly suspected Of free trade lean
ings. But for Hancock's tariff q local
issue" remark-a remark whose truth
was less appreciated then than now
the tariff would have cut no figure in
1880.
The campaign Of 1884 was one Of per-
sonality and filth. Nobody discussed
the tariff that year.
In 1888 the republicans directed their
attack wholly against general reducing
Of tariff rates. Their war cry was the
preservation of the system then exist
ing. By fat fried from the protected
manufacturers, they purchased a vic
tory. The proposition that there would
be a general advance Of rates was not
made to the people; on the contrary,
the republicans admitted that the tariff
in some Of it's schedules ought to be re-
duced, and pleaded that the reduction
should be done by its friends.
Then came McKinleyism, as the rati-
fcation Of a secret bargain between the
republican national committee and
those from whom the fat was fried.
There was a general boosting of the
rates all along the line. 1t is unneces-
sary to recall the accompanying scan
dals, or the opinion expressed by Blaine
and other republicans in touch with the
popular opinion, What OF the cam
paigns that followed?
In 1890, the republican party, with the
Mckinley tariff as the issue, was all but
annihilated. In 1892, with the McKin-
Icy tariff still the issue, it lost for the
first time since the war control Of all
the departments Of governments In
1924, returning to partial power by mis-
representation and falsehood as to hard
times, themselves the heritage of Nc
Kinleyism, the leading republicans
nevertheless distinctly denied that they
were pledged 70 q reenactment o. the
Mckinley law.
What is theirs Ia all this to delight
republicans at Mckinley candidature,
or to terrify democrats? The people
have never yet countenanced the policy
which will be endorsed when kaKinley
IS nominated, and there is no reason to
believe that they have changed their
minds.-Albanv Argus.
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%PARAoRAPHIo PoINTERs.

Get Mckinley started and he can
talk q streak. Perhaps that's whaa
Hanna is afraid of.-Albany Argus.
There is good prospectnow that
all the convicts in the Kentucky peni-
tentiaries win be out in time to vote
the republican ticket in November
Louisville Courier Journal.
Eastern bankers who drew on
Mckinley for an expression on the cur.
rency question had their drafts re,
turned with the memorandum: INC
Tongue."-Detroit Free Press.
Hon Mark Hanna must have beer
nervous while Hon. Matt s.. Quay was
nt Canton, for fear that the latter might
turn the little Napoleon into a boomer
for the Beaver candidate.-N. Y. Sun.
They are experiencing some din.
Guilty In playing the Mckinley him-ham
on the New York people. The matter
of-fact Gothamites are demanding the
financial status Of the Ohio candidate.
Washington Post.
-A correspondent wants 10 know
why Mckinley hasn't as good q right
to change his views on the monetary
question as Carlisle had. He has; but
the question is whether he has chanced
his views. Carlisle has declared frank
~ that he has changed his and clearly
defines his present position Mckinley
Is dumb. Yet he permits d set Of his
followers to declare that be has not
changed his views and another set to de-
clare with equal emphasis that he has.
That Is the difference between the tgu
caaes-Detroit Free Press.
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an ovERRArEp CANDIDATE.
McKInley's Chances wan DwIndle Before
the Convention


AicAlnley's Chances VIII DWlndIe Before
h Convention.
IL business men realize the peril OF
their interests involved in the election
Of such a man as Mr.. Mckinley; If they
are conscious that in times like those in
which MI. Cleveland came to the res.
cue Of the eountry's credit, Mr.. McKin-
ley Will be trying, in the words Of his
own Ohio platform, to concoct such
'legislation as will secure the main.
tenance of the PARTIES of value Of tho
two metals" If they will viii recall
the bargain which he made with the
free silver men that gave to the country
his tariff net and the panic Of 1893.
Mr.. Mckinley will not be nominated.
We are convinced that his strength is
greatly overrated, and that the exer-
else Of common sense at st. Louis will
scatter his forces and clear the political
atmosphere. There are anti-McKinIey
delegates even in the states whose four
delegates at large are instructed to
vote for him. If the real friends of
sound money in the st. Louis conven.
ton will unite against this candidate
who dares not express an opinion on
the most important subject of the cam
ipaign, his defeat will be assured on the
first ballot. The republican party has
spoken well SO far as 1t has spoken at
all; but its nomination must be the
test Of its sincerity, and If the candidate
shall be Mr.. Mckinley, its professions
will be fatty Observation-Disclosures
Weekly.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-07-18

ne Ohio Napoleon Il Not the Choice ~
the People
The opinions Of some Of the prone
inent London papers on the business
situation and outlook are considered
worth transmitting on this side Of the
Atlantic from week to week. The opin-
ions transmitted and printed here Nom
day morning were to the effect that
Misunderstanding speculation IN
American aecurities-was stagnant and
would be stagnant until one William Nc
Kinley, of Ohio, should open his pom.
derous and marble jaws and deliver to
q waiting universe his momentous opin-
ion on tha money question.
These sapient essayists on business
affairs assume two things: First, that
McFinley's ideas on the silver question
are Of the utmost importance to people
who r interested in American secure
ties; and, second, that Mr.. Mckinley
may be induced any day to speak out
and set the pertubed business mind at
rest.
They are mistaken IN both respects.
II Mckinley were the presidcnt-elect a
plain and emphatic declaration from
him, like Cleveland's strong letter be-
fore his inauguration in 1885, would be
worth much. But Mckinley is not presi-
~dent-elect. He is not even the nominee
Of his party, and he may never be. The
$250,000 worth of manufactured enthu-
siasm may be completely exhausted In
less than "a hours after the assembling
Of the St Louis convention. He Is the
logical candidate of his party and It
now looks as though he would be norni-
mated. But parties sometimes do very
Illogical things, especially when they
are founded on the principle Of greed
and not upon any greatprinciple Of JUS
tIce and humanity. And If he is nom
mated his election is not to be taken for
81 anted. The American people are not
all republicans, and a nomination by
the republican party is by no means
equivalent to an election. The demo-
cratic party is still alive, despite the eff
forts of rotten money men to stab it to
death, and It's candidates may be elected
next November.
As to the second point, he knows very
little of American politics who supposes
that Mckinley can be induced to express
an opinion before election. He saw a
bad picture Of himself the other day
upholding a banner on which were in
scrlbed his own words; "No n need
be in any doubt about what the repub-
lican party stands for. It stands now,
as ever. for honest money and q chance
to earn it by honest toll" Then las his
eyes wandered to the spread eagle in
the background he smiled III approval
and said: That's Business"
The spread eagle in the background
is copied from the silver dollar. It
wears a shield for a dickey and spreads.
not only It's wings but its beak as it
yells: "Tm worth 30 cents; 9n God we
trust Tor the other So"
That's business and it is all the
business that can be got from Mckinley
before election. The banner with the
meaningless inscription and the bird
with the significant screech, perched
upon a Rocky mountain crest, will have
to serve for the enlightenment Of the.
business world as to McKinley's opinion.
on the silver question.-Chisago Chron-
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a TYploAL %REpuHLlcAN.


Quay Always IN Favor OF Taxing the
Many 70 Enrich b Few.
The Courier-Jouranl some time since
suggested that MIR. Quay was the typical
republican politician. and as such a
very appropriate candidate for his
party for the presidency. The Pennsyl-
vania convention did not accept this
estimate in SO many words, but it de-
scribed Mr.. Quay as one Of the party's
foremost Ieaders-"wise in. counsel and
brilliant and able in action; at once
the type Of the American citizen.
scholar, soldier and statesman"
This estimate is overdrawn. Mr..
Quay is not the typical citizen, or
scholar, or soldier, or statesman. All
those positions are already filled by
dead men, and among the living there
are those who ft them better than Mr..
Quay. The convention should have con-
fined itself to charaeterizing Mr.. Quay
as the typical republican politician.
His right to that cannot be disputed;
and, after oil, this is probably what the
convention meant.
It is the theory Of the republican poll-
tician that Office is a private TAI 1t Is
his practice to devote his energies in
Office to ~rewarding those who helped to
put him there, not out of gratitude, but
in order that he may get back. The
legislative power Of the government, in
his contemplation, is for use in trans
ferring money from the ordinary citi-
zen to certain privileged classes who
have contributed large sums of money
to put the party in power. The process
of the courts must be stopped when a
republican worker is in danger Of pun
ishment, and If this be impracticable,
then the ~pardoning power must be nsed
to saw him from punishment. The
people of this state understand how
that is.
Now, see how well this fits the career
Of Mr.. Quay. When he became a mem
Der of the board of pardons, about 1879,
two of his henchmen were arrested for
bribery in connection-with an attempt
to put through q 100000 measure to
pay for losses by a riot. One was con-
victed, and the other confessed, but
both were Immediately pardoned by the
influence of Quay. About the same
time Quay and Cashier Walters, Of the
state treasury, took $260,OOO from the
public vaults and lost It in speculation,
Walters committed suicide and Quay
talked about it, but Don Cameron and
some one else loaned him the money
to replace the sum distracted, so that
he determined to continue his career
as a republican politician, "wise in
counsel and brilliant and able in &C.
tion." In 1885 he became state treas
urer, abstracted $500, 900 from the treas
ury, invested it so well as to be able
to replace 1t and make a clear profit Of
100000. This showed such b~rilliancy
in action that he was shortly afterward
elected to the United States senate.
There are many other Incidents in
Quay's career Of a similar tenor, all
tending to show that no politician
among his fellow republicans has go
successfully worked public Office for
his own individual benefit and that Of
his aiders and abettOrs, as he has done
Louisville Courier-Journal.
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AN E
grandson Howard Matthew'S, and nephews,
Richard and Robert Isockart.
The old black nanny was dead. The
faithful service of nearly three score
years was at last finished. One more
remnant Of the old south was gone.
In keeping with the death notice
above came a funeral Sunday afternoon
Ian occasion worthy of record as a
tribute Of unselish love, an occasion
significant in its deep soIemnity, pa
thetic IN its observance, demonstrating
IN its highest sense the devotion Of mas-
ter to slave.
lin the rush and turmoil Of the pres
ent time, IN the fierce struggle for ex-
i~stence, IN the greed for gain, it has
been said that the sentiment Of the
nth has been sapped-that there ex-
no longer the finer feeling which
rized 4 civilization that has
may. q hiatus was made
AZ ash in Atlanta, and
over old negro woman
were she zine grief, and
Kathered was the fam
tly which she y. Her life was
The Life Of many lived hi the past
generation. Her history Is the history
Of many families who hourished before
the shock Of war came.
Martha was born in Liberty county.
Before the war this section Of the state
was the most a~ristocratic part Of
Georgia, and it's historic scenes are
identified with many well-known fam
HES. She was the property Of Maj.
Thomas Shackelford, and was given
over by him as a maid to his daugh-
ter, Miss Caroline Shackelford. Both
the same age, and Martha be-
came maid when she was about IL
years old. The little negro was, as was
the custom in those days, the constant
companion Of her young mistress. The
maid was generally lifted above the
level Of the common mental. she occu-
pied the relative position of bodyguard
and handmaiden. 1t was in this ca
pacity that Martha served, and when
Miss Shackelford went off to school
the young negro girl went also. Their
lives were closely identified. Martha
presided at the marriage, and was the
happiest mortal at the brilliant occa-
sion when Miss S~hackelford became the
wife Oh Col. G. B. Howard. She re-
manned with the family, constant In
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-07-18
SIGNS or RAIN.

When furniture is creaky rain q ims
minent.
When the cat washes her face look
out for a rain.
Salt Is a good barometer. When IL
is damp rain is probable.
A low barometer almost invariably
betokens o coming storm.
squeaky shoes squeak louder than
usual when q storm is coming.
A rainbow in the morning foretdls
rainy weather during the day.
A red sunrise indicates foul weather
at some time during the day.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-07-18

Three what? Three charmingly executed post
ers in colors, drawn by w. w. Denslow, Etheg
Reed and Ray Brown, viii be sent free of postages
to any address on receipt of One Dollar. AlIwho'
are afflicted with the ''poster craze will imme-
diately embrace this rare opportunity, as but q
limited number OF the posters will be issued.
The scarcity Of a good thing Enhances its value.
Address GEO. H. HEAFFoRD, General Pas
senger Agent of the Chicago. Milwaukee & St,
Paul Railway. Old Colony Building, Chicago
Illinois.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-07-18

On account Of the National Republicans
convention, which will be held Ia ST. Louis,
June Is, the IRON MOUNTAINS ROUTE will
sell tickets at a rate Of one fare for the round
trip from all points on the line to st. Louis.
Tickets will be sold from Texas, Arkansas
Tenn, Cairo, Ill, and Columbus, KY, june
IL, IA and 10, same being limited to contin-
uous passage in each direction. For full
particulars address nearest ticket agent Of
the company or H. c. TOWNSEND, General
Passenger Agent, st. Louis.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-07-18

OF vital energy is easily and pleasantly re-
plenishable. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters
is an invigorant without a peer, and will
speedily infuse fresh stamina into an en-
feebled physique. Besides this, it averts
kidney, dyspeptic and rheumatic ailments.
The nervous derive great benefit from its
uaa-
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-07-18
BLACK NANNY.
Pathetic Scene at the Burial Of q
Southern Colored Woman.

ARrHA-T h rela-
tives and friends Of
Mr.. vac Mrs. G. B.
Howard are invited
to attend the fu-
neral Of their faith
fnl servant, Martha,
from thei residence,
$40 Richardson
street, at three
O'Clock Sunday aft-
ernoon. The pail
bearers will be Mr..
C. b. Howard, his
sons, Warren, Chess
II onI nrnvtn hfc
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-07-18

FRS stopped free and permanently cured.
70 fits after first days use of DR.. Kline's
Great Nerve Restorer. Free 50 trial bottle
d treatise. DR.. KLINE. 933 Arch st. Phila Pa.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-07-18

WHEN all is summed up a man never
speaks Of himself without loss; his accuse.
tions Of himself are always believed, his
praises never.-Montaigne.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-07-18

81 AM reduced to great extremities again, y
sighed the funny man, as he tossed of an
other Joke or two involving the Chicago
girl.-Chicago Tribune.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-07-18

1T appears that Mark Hanna ex-
recta to dictate to the st. Louis con-
v~ention both the platforman the NONE
inee for vice president In the words 81
. late humorist. II all Gaul is divided
into three parts, Mark Hanna hasthree
thirds Of it-Kanaae City Times.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-07-18

81 think it ismean Of you to say that the
count is good for nothing.i "Well, I sup
pose il you ever 60 to Paris he will come
In handy as an interpreter. "~-Brooklyn
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-07-18

"SoMETTMEs," said Uncle Eben, 'when
er man asks yer fob advice, what he really
wants is fob yer ter guess his opinion ans
tell 1t ter m."-Washington Star.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-07-18

LII your food is not properly digested, use
DR.: Carlstedt's German Liver Powder.
Price, rs cents. AT all druggists.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-07-18

MIR. Quayss social visit to Mr.. Nc
Kinley was Of the sort that the cat
pays to the cook when the latter is ia
hapantryEGhieagQNs News
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-07-18

ALWAYS Cor AwAY.-aDid Won ever hear
one of Browns characteristic stories2n
.tWell, no-not a whole one.'s-Chicago
Rncnrd-
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-07-18

attachment to the children was equal
20 q mothers devotion. She presided At
their birth. She nursed them in in-
fancy. She watched them in yeAth.
She saw them go out into the world
and regarded their career with matern-
al pride. What success they had she
attributed II part to her care. What
misfortunes they met with called ouN
her sympathy. Hers was a lie Of love.
Worn with age, shattered with the
infrmities o many years, several weeks
ago she siclsened and It was soon seen
that her malady was fatal. Those chill
dren whom she had nursed were in COM
slant Attendance upon her bedside, sup
plying every want.
She died Saturday at the home Of Col.
Howard, on Richardson street. Sunday
came the funeral. 1t was a scene Of strik-
ing pathos. Gathered about the grave in
the special lot in Westyiew were those
whom she had served In life. The serv-
ices were performed BY Or. Davis, OF
the st. Johns Methodist church, in q
simple and impressive way. The pail.
bearers were the sons and nephews of
Col. Howard. Tenderly they lowered
the coffin into the earth, sadly they stood
with barred heads while the last sad
rites wcse read. Their grief was deep.
And 50 came the funeral Of Martha.
It was simply a glimpse Of old southern
life-a strange scene in this busy world
to-day.
She was one Of = class Of which few
remain.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-07-18

DRoFsY IL & dread disease, but g has lost
its terrors to those who know that =. II.
Green & Sons, the Dropsy Specialists Of
Atlanta, Georgia, treat II with such great
success. Write them for pamphlet giving
fnll infnrmation.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-07-18

ApvEarIsEnENr.-eA Swiss hotel wants
some Munich waiter girls in Tyrolean cos
tune who can speak French. .-F1iegende
Blaetter.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-07-18

THE Jealous is possessed by a ssHne mad
devip' and a dull spirit at once.-Lavater.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-07-18

The 'black nanny" viii soon be an
extinct type. The last Of her kind is
rapidly disappearing with the wane of
that civilization upon which the heroic
principles Of the past were founded.
Who could forget her-the kindly
black face scanned with wrinkles of
many y~ears~-years Of peace and pros
pcrity, and turmoil and strife, OF adj
versity and misfortune. In the days
when the south fourished, a goodly
land, and the houndless acres Of the
planter groaned with the wealth of cot
ton and corn, the old nanny was SUI
preme and Difference due her exalted
station was rendered by others of her
race Her authority almost equaled
the firm dictates of the master, but
her reverence for him was sacred and
her love strong.
In the day when came the conflict md
the shock Of war was felt, it was she
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-07-18

IoANNor speak too highly Of Piso's Cure
for Gonsumption.-MRs. FRkNK MoBBs, 215
". 22d ST., New York, Oct. 20, 1894.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-07-18

ScK1BBLER-iJingle Is a poet, isn't hep
Scrawler-"No, he's a commercial man. He
gets paid for his poetry."-Philadelphia
Record.