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The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-12-11

Now under the general circumfer-
ence Of the surroundin circumstances
1 didn't make no promise nor pass my
word to Andy as to whether / would or
whether l wouldn't. have no earthly
doubts but what you mought maybe
love to hear the news touchin that
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS And don't
you believe but what I would love the
best in the world to turn loose and tell
the story. Every time 1 think about
it 1 have got to do one of three things
BUST or die, or laugh-and I do mortal
ly hate to go out TO the lot or slip of
down in the woods paster and do all
the laughin by my lone self.
But for the sake Of the widders and
the orphants-and in remembrance of
them brighter and better days which
me and Andy have spent together-so
long as life shall last I will never write
and tell a dadblame thing about that
onlyest moonlight buggy ride.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-12-11

is my own and native LARD. EVERY ttH
and rock and 7aiiey-evely cow pare
and avery pig traI for miles ana mlle
around il dear e ny eyesight and e.
milioua to my Waywafd feet. Here Is
where / was horned and bred and
brmng up. and here ! hope TO find 8 lit.
tie patch Of eRrth wherein 70 lay me
down to sleep when the boot money IS
all spent and the ~natural-born horse
trader turnshi toes up to the hog weeds
and the daisies. But In the mainline
IL nothin else win do but you must give
the names and tell the story Of that
moonlight buggy ride the show is now
out and the monkey Is dead. This
country viii soon be too crowded Ike
and hot to retain my manly form and
rugged presence. Then the foxes
would have holes to hide in when the
pack were in full cry, and even the rain
frog could find a hollow tree to build
his home and sing his songs in, but An
drew Jackson LucasEthe grandson Of
old man Hiram Lueas-would have mo-
where's to set his footor rest his headin
peace. Mind you that Rufus. Think
about the little home over there across
the creek, where / git my board and
clothes and have my washin done
where everything from the baby in his
cradle to the horses in the stables
knows my voice and looks to me for the
wherewithals OF life. Remember the
widders and tho orphants. Rufus. Re-
member, too, that fair female women
are tremendous jealous things. and
don't tell anything for certain about
that moonlight buggy ride"
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-12-11

voice unto me and Spoke with Tear and
tremblin.
Andy's horse was standin hitched to
the rack in front Of our house before
sunrise thnt mornin and me and him
had struggled down there under the
hill where the old spring bubbled up
end the wild flowers lifted their bright
and hammered bosoms to the sun.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-12-11
TELLS THE NEWS
rho rCulyesF Aadg Lucas Gays
Hia Prayers
sase 81 Becky Greek Talks Lfghtly 81
: Eemoua Moonliaht Bnssy Reds
with the ~Gny and Gor-
seous Widdersv

3ou know too blasted much. Rufe,
and You love to tell IS forth 70 the
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-12-11
She Got the Clothes.

One of these old female fortune tell
r come through the settlen ent the
other day and tried her very lsvelest
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-12-11

The son of O well-known Providence
lawyer came home at the end Of his
first term in college exulting in the
fact that he stood next to the head Of
his class, says an exchange. His father
was less easily satisfied. What Next
to the headPs he exclaimed. sVVhat do
you mean, sir2 I'd like to know what
you think I send you to college forl
Next to the head. indeed Hnmpht
I'd like to know why you aren't at the
head, where you ought to bel" The
young man was naturally crestfallens
but upon his return to college he went
about his work with such ambition that
the end of the term found him ia the
coveted place. He went home very
proud, indeed. It was great news.
The lawyer contemplated his son for q
few moments in silence; then, with .
shrug of his shoulders, he remarked:
SAT the head of the class, Ell? Humphl
That's a fine commentary on Brown
universityl"-St. Louis Republic.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-12-11

'You have already took You seat
with pen in hand. as it were, and writ
up the roarin big meetin which Blew
Scroggins brung on with the widder,
Dolly Mayfield, and them three love let
tiers down at old Sweet Water that Sum
day evenin," Andy went on, CROWN
pale and trembly. but in regards to
that onlyest moonlight buggy ride
which me and the wilder took-I do
hope and trust and pray you will sing
the song soft and low, Mind you now,
there amt a blame thing touchin that
moonlight buggy ride which am sorry
about and would ruther take back.
And what little you and Blew know
about it-all that the people around
Sweet Water have heard or said or
thought or now think they know
would never make me lose marry lick of
sleep nor miss a meal of v~ictuals.
But, Rufe Sanders, women are ire
mendius jealous things. Poor as I am
with the long dry drouth on hand
and nothin but hard times ahead-I
wouldn't have the news of that moon
light buggy ride reported back in full
here in the Rocky Creek settlement
for the best young mule in the country.
Don't sing that song any at all scarcely,
Rufe, If you can keep from it-but at
any rates, sing it soft and How"
I could shet one eye and see that my
fellow servant and side partner vas in
q peck OF trouble and so bad ratified till
he didn't hardly know his own name
for certain. But / told him that / went
down t. the Sweet Water meetin pur-
posely ID hear the news and spread
il abroad. That was meat and bread
and plain business with me. / had writ
np Blev Scroggins and the gay and
gorgeous wilder, them magnolious love
letters and the stormy session Of the
cGnqmittee which they brung IN, and I
ldfH ~ Taley see now eAzeAaa1aa
the nonlight buggy ride and 5 E my
self.
And yet still that want all. ANDY
Lucas is my friend in a feeble, gen era
way. / have no doubts but what h'
thinks more of me than any Twin MAJ
person in the round discovered world
exceptin Andy Lucas. But with him, il
a trade, q horse is a horse and a mar
is a man. II he didn't swap the socks
often his own dear father and brother
it would be from the fact that he never
got a good chance, and dadblame hin
he has jest naturally burnt me up in
q trade more than oncst. TWAS now my
time of year to bring the gifted grand
son of old Hiram Lucas down to rocl
bottom, and he couldn't do a cont
mental thing but stand still and swal
low the medicine. I had the delegates
by q whalin big majority. | had the
under holt and tie dead lock. It wa1
Charlie at the rat hole and Katy by the
door. So 1 could only look up through
the trees and smile and shake my head
With that Andy come and laid his
long bony arm on my shoulder ant
said his prayers like o little man.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-12-11
wen Dried .

"smith has considerable dry humgr
In him"
ut ought te be. It'a CID encngh
Philadelphia North American.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-12-11

AT Colon, Mich. a farmer found .
gold ring in a potato hill
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1897-11-18
Los soIares del ensanchs

San Juan dc Puerto Rico, como todas ias
o;,a.dou dol mundo amuralladas que encerra'
han roducido perimetro dentro DE s"s m"ros
s;n,;d Ia necesida urgeute y perehto',a ae
on.oncharse abrir nuevos horlzontcs I" Ia Ia
t,r;oac;6n nrbana crear plazas, paseos ca'les
snnI;aa exisidas por 10 comodldao' el orn"'o
la hygiene. o.;aoa comenzaron 4
,..,o Ins nr;meros pasos para llegar al nm de'
"5o do alcsnzar pcrmiso para derrlpar par'e
So ~ ,.s nuralias desde hace mucnos ailoF' pero
80, 70 Wv co tropez6 con el valtadar lniran4nea'
s's a,o ooonfsn los ingcncroa mllitafes' que
~. adah.n d nc]proso para los slementos de aeleh'
e. 10 nlaza acceder nada que &c Telacloha'
80 oon modiiicar las fo,titicaclones.
90 A5o ,ras aflo de tentativas de iuchas'
o.,nro est4riIes. trafan el desallento sc So
s'..ahon las incomodidades dc vlvlr es'recnos
fl,oo;nodos. Todas las tentatlvas sc eslrei'a'
I ;,rom;sblemente contra las oplhlones oe
'... ouorno faeultativo, refractlro decldioo d
todo ;dea dc ensanchc, 81 no sc conslf"'ah pc
.,;o,no. 10 ,tras fortilicaconcs tan cos'osas que
..a nnosible llevaras Il Ia practica.
Cnando eobernaba la isla ell general , M
,o,,hrc empreudedor y de caracter cJecu'iVo
nue sofia prescindir dc cstorbos para llesa' :
d sus nron(t:tos, &c abri6 la llamada epoelta ue
Esna5,a. Al final de Ia calle de la lanca' Pr
1ecto que dei5 muy adelantado el genera g!,. ~,
~ do Rivera. Las ventajas facllldades op'
ten;das con Ia aperture de a9uella nueVa VI" '"i
sido nor todos reconocldas. :,.,o a,,
4 Ia vez que crecfan las necesldaoes aei
orsancbe Sc hacfan mas potentes para los nom
las ner;tos en- la materia, Ia inutllldad mani
sasto s dol l;enzo de muralls de la parte Este, y
1ontomente ~ se iba avauzando en- favor de "a laea
do an derribo. Los generates hasso' napall'
Deloado. Gamir y otros one no recoroaihos'
.on,eron viyo empeiio favor del en;anche'
noderossmente ayudados por varlos o1Pu.auos
{ Cortee, entire los que Sc s'gnlhco oon '"no''
~ % Por fin las incesantes gestiones del genera,
Marin los favorables informes del corone, !
Iefe de- iprenieros don Jose Laguna ilegaron a.
obie obieto dcseado. La piqueta mane]ada por en- :
tn:;sstas msnos de nuestra ms d'stlngnlaa ]"-
ventrd. di6 el ejemplo incianao el derrloo, que
hon VI ,ocando su t6rmino, y deber nuestro
% nernetoar en- el enssnche los ncmbres Ge u, TO-
dsG sauellas perscnas que lucharon para l'cgar
al fin perseguido, entire los que aeoen hgara' sara
en- primer lugar los del general Marln oono, ,o
nel Leguna, sin olvidar al tan lapor.oso eo,no ~
entepddo modesto ingeniero municipal uIn
Arturo Guerra, que con actlyldad lncahsapie y
No No se ba dado punto de reposo en- Ia d'recc'oh
" ''T Tdoanos ahora ocuparnos del ensanche y
do Ia tasaci6n fabnlosa que SO NJ uau' Tvs
solares. nero ese asunto merece art'cuio aparte'
que pubcaremos r1allana
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1897-11-18
MARIANA kBR|L
Nos cscribe un amigo del interior:

El pueblo borinqncllo es sin duda alguna
ell pueblo mas generoso mas leal de toda la
terra.
Oiyida las paaadas inj usticias; pero nunca
jamas hecha ell olvido los compatriotas que
yacen en- dura estrecha prisi6n, como tampoco
los que devoran ell amargo pan del ostracls-
mo.
Por esola isa entera ba leido con infnita
satisfaction los euetos dc la CnRREsroNDEN :
GA y ella Democracia, en- que &c pide regrese
d este su pals natal Mariana Abril, ell correcto
elegante escritor. Que regrese sf ell insplrado
cronista de s'La Democraea" al seno de su que
rido pafs, que va remos comlsionados dc todos
los campos de todos los pueblos en- imponen
te manifestation las payas borincanas & dar
la bcnvenida al ilustrado compatriota. De
este modo demostrara Puerto Rico ante la pa
tria ell mundo, cl culto que profesa los hi
jos del pueblo que elevados por sus propios me
rtos llegaron q conquistarse, en- lucha alberta
contra las in justicias ell amor de todo un pue-
bio.
Puerto Rico SC dispone celebrar la fiesta
de su libertad al amparo de la Espaia demo
crAtica
Que salgan antes de las carceles sus hijos
predilectos; vengan tamb6n sus bijos deste.
rralos al contrario de Arfstides que vino &
poner su espada en- dial angustiosos al servcio
de su patria, Mariana Abril que venga con su
plama que tantos aplausos arrancara la publ
ca opinion, q ponerla al servicio de su pals en-
dias mas felices que los del pueblo ateniense-
Doctor. Delafd.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1897-11-18

Solo me resta decirles que ell mas compile
to orden impcra en- c vasto terrtorio dc la
Repabliea; que ell paebo venczoano hace cada
yez mas ostensibe sa adhesion al general
Crespo que aquf no piensa nadic en- reyolu-
concs, sno en- trabajar 4 la sombra del arbol
bendito de la paz, que es la justa aspiration de
los pueb!os que luchan por su prosperdad
engrandccimiento.
Aunque nuncs hice politica en- Puerto
kco-y clio no obstante me llam6 un perl6di.
co dc la capital fHbutro, mceadiario que SC
20 cuantas cosas mas--creo cumplir con un
deber de ccnciencia feicitando como 10 hago
por laa preaentes l(ueas, al partido liberal
poertorriqueio
s9ae porque lie felicito?
Por ell hermoso triunfo que ACADIA de alcan.
zar, con Ia subida al poder del senior Sagasta.
Porque gu triunfo e' el triunfo de ls JUS
tlcia del derccho, 81 triunfo de Puerto Rico,
en- fin. MIGUEL EMIl.lO ALFAU.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1897-11-18
ULTIMA H0RA
Sc nos remitan estas lfneaa:


s.En ell comit6 provincial liberal ha parcel
do muy extrafo que deapues de las uItimas
frases cambiadas anocha entire los seiiores Fer.
nandez Juncos y Munoz Rivera, publique hoy
Gel Buscapie' apreciaciones, de redaccdn, en-
que Sc inicis el sistema de las intemperancias,
que solo puede conducir & amalas parties.
Como puede verse, en- el articulo de Ule
hderol, que inserta hoy este peri5dico, no Sc
acvde i recursos que sin duda ee vuelven con-
ira el que los emplea.>"
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1897-11-18
VA R | { D A D Es.

Italia en- PusrtoRico aas'o esss mes,ssass. ps,ns,ano
pasta para sopa, Fidelini, Macerroni, Regime,
Trenete forat, Mostac cioli, Riquette, Danatal,
Rigati, Bianohi, Mortadolla salchichon de
Bologna, Queso Gorgonzola, Mantequilla ita.
Llama, Feruet Brauca, en- eel Colmaao, de Co
recedo, Hermanos Companfa.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1897-11-18

lie del general Pavfa, que sc esta conatruyendo
Dicha calle sera ell Broad~ay por sus magui-
cas- alcantarillas, cunetas desagUcs.
~. De Nsguabo: "dSera possible que
hasta cl caminito que conduce d la iglesia pa
roquial, Sc eencuentre lleno de matas de arroz?
no es este solo, sino que tambien las dos ca
lies mejorcitas que tiene este pobre pueblo es'
tan epyerbadas. del camino que conduce al
cementerio NADIA Sc olga: cada dia csta peor.
iQuiera Dios que en- el cambio de administra
cion pronto Sc arregle todo esto! 80"
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1897-11-18

1 cnmercin J al pdblieo en- general.-Una
~ o''"o'oio partida de relojes de orc desea
realzar al costo en- Europa don Francisco Zua-
zaga, San Jose 6. Tiene de cilindro, escape
de ancora, cronomctros certfcados, cron6gra-
fos, repetioones y repetciones- es-cron6grafoa,
desde el precio de l6 pesos hasta cuatrocien-
tos pesos uno. Relojes de acero de nikel a
pyecios de quemazon. Sc vende tamben una
beicleta baratfsima. 15-5
Caeda pepaaora para para. maar.,ts' na na
10 la faeultativa direction del Ter. maquinista
naval don Beniguo Saavedra y Salazar en- esta
capital-Marina. l5-2
L!nanan Liberia de OLYMPIC Otero Ponce,
'i''too"h Puerto-Rico. o.-KETTERER.-
grana opera IS, Polka, so centayos.-IDEM.
Ell Lago de las Ondinas, opera SIS, Capricho,
sI-I3 centayos.-IDEM.-A Africaua, Opera ITO,
Fantasfs, sl-s5 centavos. - IDEM. = Danza
Rogenaana, opera 246, s1-lscentavos.
--Mandoiinata, opera $50, Fantasia sl-lS ctvs.
The Republican., 1897-12-09

An exchange prints a pretty and pa
thetic story said to have been related
by Prof. Gallaudet, the weli-knUwn in
structor of deaf mutes. The professor
has a favorite pupil-a little deaf mute
boy, exceptionally bright. Mr.. Gal
laudct asked him if he knew the story
Of George Washington and the cherry
tree. With his nimble fingers the little
one said he did and proceeded to re-
peat it. The noiseless gcstuIations con-
tinucd until the boy had informed the
professor of the elder Washington's dis
coycry of the mutilated tree and Of his
quest for the mutilator. 'When
Georges father asked him who hacked
his favoritc cherry tree" signalled the
yoice,ess child, George put his hatchet
in his left hand" stop" interrupted
the professor. Where do you get vonr
authority for saying he took the hatchct
in his left hand?' why" responded
the boy, "he needed his right hand to
tell his father that he cut the tree. -
Youths Companion.
The Republican., 1897-12-09

The other day a little girl, cloaled
and bonneted, entered her mothers
presence and with a roguish smile
said; Mamma, you can't tell me why
it is l haven't got on my overshoes. -
The mother gave one glance at the un-
protected feet and promptly went off
1T tangent. Ethel, you don't mean
> say-oh, Ethel, how could you, and
the grass so wet I've told you so
often, dear, never to go out without
them after the rain. What made you
leave them off?" The little girl sur
veyed her mother calmly. She seemed
well satisfied at having worked her up
to such pitch. why didn't you put
them on?" insisted the mother. Then
came the answer: "Tause | haven't
Ueen out. kansas City Times.
The Republican., 1897-12-09

inter the front door, but he dropped
one inter each pocket of his velvet
coat an stood smilin'. first at C'l'b Per-
kns, artist, still a-howlin' with pain,
an then at Badly Powers, who wuz a.
sulllin' in the grasp of the law. Then he
shed his sombrero. an made bow all
'roun', an sed, in that soft an courtiy
voice of his, an alters the happy thing
at the right time:
Tony, set out the Bourbon, an ev'ry-
body take a drink with me-"
Mex day the sheriff tried to git some
body to swear out a c'mplant ag'in'
Badly. But the cap'n sed he wuz sat
istied an hadn't no c'mplaint to make
Badly he'd inSulted him an he he'd licked
him good-that wuz all right. An Per-
Bins' sore heel didn't hurt him none
no fault at all to find with that. He
b'lieved in brethren a-dwelln' together
in unity, an in peace an hormOny an
goodwill. He wuz wilin' to fergiye
Baldy Powers fer bein' licked, an
didn't want to see him sent up to the
county Jail, No, he want afeard thet
Baldy d tackle him ag'iD. Some friend
Of Baldy's guy Perkins new $12 pair
of boots an persuaded him thet a leete
thinnin' of his blood wuz good fer his
health in sech a dry climate. so he
w'dn't make no complaint, an Bowers
wuz turned loose. But he left town
same day an we never see him ag'in.-
San Francisco Argonaut.
The Republican., 1897-12-09
BE NOT WEARY,

oh. weary housewife, struggling on,
Beneath a weight of toll and care,
With aching feet, and anxious brow,
Thy burden seems so hard to bear
Tired of the oft-recurring task,
And never-Ceasing daily round,
Dost sometimes wondev if sweet rest
On hither side the grave were found?
Have heart Of patience, weary one,
Lest thou mayst pass beneath the rod, 81
And all the loved thou laborest for,
Like mine, beneath the silent sod,
Shall sleep in Gods Green Acre, where
Nor loving words, nor bitter tears,
May call them to thy side again,
Through the long vista of the years.
For if | might resume my load
(And ah, it seemed so heavy them
How eagerly I'd lift it up,
And now, content, go on again.
What though with busy hand and brain.
And weary. aching feet the while,
Methinks | could toll on and on,
With joyous heart and CHEEKY smile.
Yea, l have leisure now, for now
Is the last loving service done
But ah, my heart! a weary round
l still pursue from sun to sun.
My soul grieves for the loved and lost
That dwell upon the spirit shore;
My cup Of joy thrust aside
And l shall quaff its sweets no more
Deem not thy life i'll spent: for God
Counts homely task and trifling deed,
If they be done for love Of Him;
And surely thou'lt receive the need
OF praise and righteous just reward,
When He shall say to thee: We'll done
Come dwell with me forevermore;
Receive the crown, thou faithful one"
Then bravely lift thy dropping head,
And show the world smiling face;
And thou shalt conquer all; for God
To those who ask Him giveth grace
And if thou make a happy home,
Where sweet content shall reign supreme
Thy work shall more enduring be
Than sculptor's skill, or poets dream
-Ingar Ingram. in Housekecper.
The Republican., 1897-12-09

When DR.. Aver announced his Sarsapa-
rilla to the world, he at once found the
physicians his friends. Such a remedy
was what they had looked for, and they
were prompt to appreciate its merits and
prescribe 1t. Perhaps no mediCrne-k known
as a patent medICIue-ls so generally ad.
iainistered and prescribed by physicians as
Dr. Ayers Sarsapatllla for blood diseases,
and diseases of the skin that indicate a
tainted condition OF thtAJlood Experience
has proved it to be a SPECIFIC III such
diseases, and sores of long standing, old
ulcers, chronic rheumatism, and many
other like forms of disease have yielded to
the perscveriug of Dr.. Ayers Sarsapar-
lila after ot her medicines had utterly failed.
The testimonials received from physicians
to the value of this remedy would NIL a
volume. Here IS one leaf signed by RlCh' d
II. Lawrence, NJ. D., Baltimore Nd.
"Tt affords me pleasure Il bear testimony
to the success which your preparation OF
Sarsaparilla has had in the treatment of
cutaneous and other diseases arising from
vitiatcd condition OF the blood We're It
necessary, I might give you the names of
at least fifty individuals who have been
cared of long g-stauding complaints simply
by the administration Of Dr.. Ayers Sarsa.
pa.rilla. one very remarkable instance
was that of a quite old woman who had lived
at Catonsville, near this city. She had been
The Republican., 1897-12-09
DOCTORS DON'T DENY IT.
The frank testimony of a
famous physician.

afflicted with the rheumatism for three
years, and had taken as she had informed
me, more than one hundred dollars worth
OF medicine to obtain rehcf, yet without
any beneficial result. l advised her to try
a bottle OF Dr.. Ayers Sarsaparilla and told
her that # II failed to do her good, l would
refund the money. A short time after
ward, ! learned that it had cured her, and
a ueIghbor OF hers similarly afflicted was
also entirely relieved Of his complaint by
its use This is the universal result of the
administration of your Sarsapatilla. II
Is without exception, the best blood puri-
fer with which am acquainted"
There is no other similar medicine can
show similar record. Others have imi-
tated the rem cdy. They can't initiate the
record, Dr. Ayers Slrsaparila has the
friendship Of the physician and the favor
of the family, because 1t cures. 1t fulhllS
all promises made for II. 1t has healed
thousand, Of people OF the most malignant
diseases that can mutllatc mankind.
Nothing has ever supe tCcded it and moth
ing ever will until a medicine is made
that can show a record Of cures greater in
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wrought by Dr.. Ayers Satsaparilla. DR..
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the cured, is sent free on request by the
J. (. Aver Company, Lowell, Mass. Write
for it.