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The Louisiana populist., 1897-03-05
The Truth Apprecia-
ted.

Inc Dally flcaylilc OF Jile Isl
inst, referring to our editorial Of
last week where we endeavorad tt
defend the State and other Relief
committees from unwarranted
charges, says cditorially:
"When apartisan paper can rise
above prejudice and do justice to
a political opponent it shows that
it has u proper appreciation OF
truth and honesty, and it ought to
be commended for possessing a vir-
tue which is unfortunately too rare
among the self-seeking and unscru-
pulons politicians Of this age.
The Natchitoches Populist, con-
Quoted by Mr.. II. l.. Brian, one of
the most prominent and influential
Populists in the State, thus COM
ments on an unjust and uncalled
for attack that has been made in
some of the Louisiana papers upon
the administration of the public
and private contributions by the
State Central Relief Committee, of
which Mr.. Urlah Millsaps is chair
man,"
After quoting our editorial in
full, the Picayune continues
"These honest and manly express
sions do great credit to the journal
that utters them, and must gain
for it not only the respect of its
political opposers, but the conf
dence of its own partiSans. A
public journal that does all in its
power to give facts and honest
judgments to its readers will al
ways gain credit on all sides, and
because it tries to be just and hon
est that need not interfere with its
devotion to the cause which it es-
pouses or the principles it upholds. |
On the contrary, it does honor to
them"
This commentator from the
oldest, and probably the strongest |
.laily paper in Louisiana, is very
gratifying to us, but it is only one
If the rewards of our effort to !
render unto Caesar, etc."
Aside from preventing many
donations that would otherwise
,ome to the relief of our suffering
people, these groundless charges
lgainst our relief committees will
orce those who believe them to
he conclusion that there are no
nen able or willing to be charita-
'le in North Louisiana, save scoun-
lrels and villains, who would traf-
Ic in the misfortunes of starving
and that the rest of our
are, temporarily at least,
lendicants, widows and orphans.
This would be a sad opinion for
ny one to have Of North Louisi-
ma, and every paper in it should
efend it from such inferenees
ven.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-03-05

Mr.. ]. w. Babers returned
from New Orleans Monday morn
ing, where he had been with his
second shipmentof cattle fattene d
at the oil mill here.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-03-05

Mr.. j. Q. Adams of Grappc's
Bluff, passed through town Mon
day, en- route to Mardi Gras, ta-
king advantage of the excursion
rates to attend some business in
the Crescent City.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-03-05

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The Louisiana populist., 1897-03-05
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The Louisiana populist., 1897-03-05

Mr.. S. T., Russ of Allen, was
in town Monday.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-03-05

Mr.. c. L. Crump Of Martha
vile, was on our streets Monday.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-03-05

Mr.. F. L. Shaw Of Barkley,
came to town Monday.
Iowa Baptist standard., 1897-05-21
KATE GREENAWAT.
She Has Done Much to Revalutionize
the Dress of Children.

Everyone has heard the name OF
Kate Greenaway. the talented English
artist, who has done more to revolu-
tionize children's dress than any other
living woman, says the Boston Globe
NO woman is better known in England
and III America than she, and vet no
Womans personal life and habits are
less known and talked of than hers
The reason of this lies in the fact that
she regards her private life as some
thing sacred to herself and her friends.
and has never allowed anyone to in
terView her, and refrains from accept
ing attentions and entertainments that
would bring her into conspicuous
position. She lives. however. IN an old
and picturesque house in the neigh
borilood Of Hampstead Heath ard has
her studio here on the top floor. a
large. we'll lighted and coy room. It's
iohS windows open out into a balcony.
where Miss Greenaway loves to sit on
pleasant days. She is most industrious
ana 10 her hard work. originality and
love for children is attributed her
great success. Like every other sue
cessful man and woman. Kate Green
away tciled long and earnestly before
Tame smiled upcl her. First she stu
died at the art school in South Ken
sIngton and next at the life Glasses at
Heatheriey's, another famous London
studio, and at the S!ade school. When
her hrst pictures were exhibited at the
Dudley gallery they attracted some at
tentiGn and much praise. and it was
after this that Miss Greenaway de-
voted herself to illustrating clildren's
books and to designing Christmas.
birthday and dinner cards. menus and
all Kinds Of pretty and artistic novel
Ties. A collection Of pretty colored
sketches Of children dressed in the
quaint. olG fashioned gowns Of a cen
tury ago, published under the titIe of
Under the Window" brought her
lame. This was not only confined TO
the artistic brotherhood, but fashion
quickly recognized the charm and
style of these picturesque costumes
ana adopted them. Until then chill
dren had been overdressed or uuat-
tfactively dressed, and the beautiful
ana numerous fashions in dainty
gowns and cioaks and hats which COM
bine sensible comfort and warmth
with esthetic taste in color and form
all date from Miss Kate Greenaway's
efforts fifteen years ago.
Iowa Baptist standard., 1897-05-21
THE NEW WOMAN.
Cheap Witticism at Her Expense-A
Splendid Creature.

Il glory in the new woman, in that
so often she is rich and beautiful"
says writer in the Home COMPANION.
1T is easy enough to be good If you are
plain. In fact, there is nothing else
left for plain woman to do. But to
take these lovely girls who are tempted
by society to idle away their days and
waste their lives listening to a fattery
which is but thing of the moment.
and let them have sense to see through
its hollowness, and want to be some
thing and do something, and it becomes
heroic. Perhaps it is only fad. Then
heaven send more fads. If it is the
fashion to have vocation and to edu-
cate ones self along these lines which
were never heard of few years ago,
then for once fashion has accidentally
become noble 1t strikes me rather that
the reign of common sense has begun:
that the age OF utility has come. When
nine out Of every ten girls you meet
in smart society have a distinct yoca-
tion of their own; when a girl who ONLY
sings or plays or crochets is considered
by her sister woman to be a butterfly.
when society girls are being trained
nurses; when if you are paying calls
upon fashionable friend you are ouite
apt to be told that she is living at Hull
house this month; when a girl whose
face generally appears in the society
column suddenly comes out as the COM
poser OF a new song; when a girl who
dances best at the balls calmly an
nounces that she is taking course at
the university; when everything now
adays is gone into so seriously. the
time has come to look the question of
the new woman squarely in the face
to put stop to cheap witticisms at her
expense and to give her your honest re-
spect."
Iowa Baptist standard., 1897-05-21
Read the
IOWA
BAPTIST
STANDARD
And
Keep UP
with the
TIMES.
JOSEPH JEFFERSON.
When lie Tried the Role of Prize
Fighter.

Fighter.
IT is not generally known that Mr..
Joseph Jefferson once studied the man
ly art Of self-defense. now termed prize
fighting, says the Augusta Chronicle
His early experience IN that line can
best be told in his own words: While
playing at the Winter Garden under
Mr.. Boucicault | had for some time
been suffering from an attack Of dys-
pepsia and conceived the idea that
gentle exercise in the way of boxing
would relieve me. So | engaged q
professor, III the shape Of an old re-
tired champion of lightweishts. to
give me lessons in the manly art OF
self-defense for two dollars
lesson, in consideration of which
he was to allow me to pommel
him over the head with soft gloves ad
libitum In our contract it was un-
derstood that l was the party OF the
first part, and the party Of the second
part agreed never under any consider
alton to counter on the party or the
first part. These lessons had been 60
ing on in my drawing room for several
weeks, and | fancied that | was i'm
proving: certainly | was as far as hit
ting out went for, according to the
contract, had it all my own way. On
one occasion I am now about to de-
scribe | had been perhaps taking un-
warranted liberties with the cham
pion." who must have got little eX-
80 G.. I
fonnd myself stretched full length I'M
der the piano. | eXpostulated with
| him. informing him sOlemnly that this
! was the second breach of contract
| had suffered from him in the last TWO
| days, and begged him in the future to
subdue the old war horse within him.
We shook hands and began work
again. ! now began TO dance around
my adversary in the conventional
style and had just given him zone for
| his mob when, looking over his
shoulder. I discovered the amazed
| faces OF Dion Boucicault and another
fellow who had called TO settle
slight misunderstanding: They stood
aghast at the scene, and | fancy 1t
must naturally have entered their
minds that | had invited them up to
settle our difficulties by an appeal to
science, and had secured the services
Of a professional hruiser 20 assist me.
Their alarm was soon set at rest by
my dismissing the lightweight and po-
litely begging them to be seated. we
soon came to more explicit under
standing and the matter was settled
without any reference to the marquis
OF Queersberry.'
Iowa Baptist standard., 1897-05-21
The Deepest of Wells.

Men Of science are interested in all
very deep borings in the earth on ac-
count of the opportunity which they
offer for experiments on the internal
Temperature of the globe. Gas and oil
wells sometimes attain a great depth
and after they have ceased to be Use
fui in other ways are turned to scien-
tine account. The very deepest hole
that man has yet succeeded in making
In the earth is said to be near Rybnik
In Sllesia, where the boring through
strata of coal and rock has reached a
depth of about $40 feet. The deepest
boring in this country is believed to be
an oil we'll at Pittsburg, which has
reached depth of $40 feet. but is to
be bored much deeper for the sake OF
the information it may furnish to sci
ence
Iowa Baptist standard., 1897-05-21
TO HONOR A HERO.
Statue of the Great Won Moltke to
BE Erected at BreslAu.

A Statue of the Great Won Moltke to
BE Erected at Breslau.
There will shortly be erected in the
! city OF Breslau says the New York Her.
/ aid, noteworthy memorial. which will
/ form fitting addition TO the manu-
ment lately completed there in honor
| of the Emperor William l., in which
the people of the province of Schleswig
expressed their reverence for the char
acter and their acknowledgment OF the
achievements of the great kaiser. The
| new memorial will commemorate Won
Moltke, another member of the trium-
virate which Influenced so notably the
destinies of united Germany during and
subsequent to the war of 1S10-71. Born
in the year 1Sl0 at Parchmin, Meek
lenburg, his father. a Danish general.
had him educated in the cadets acad-
emy at Copenhagen. At the age of Is
he became an officer. In 1922 he en-
tered the Prussian service, and after
| ten years arduous study and labor was
admitted to the general staff. In 1885
he went TO Constantinople, where the
then sultan, Mahmoud H., formed so
high an opinion of his genius that he
persuaded the Prussian authorities to
allow Won Moltke to direct the i'm
prOvements to the Notifications of the
Turkish cities most in need of them,
and also in The war against the Kurds
and against Egypt. After the death Of
the sultan, in 1889, he returned to Ber-
lin, was employed for many years in
staff service and in 1856 became adju-
tant of Prince Frederick William and
in 1858 chief of staff of the army. The
rank of acknowledgement was con-
ferred upon him in 1852 He was re-
sponsible for the plan Of campaign and
the principal encounters of Prussia
with Denmark in 1864 and Austria in
1866, accompanying Prince Frederick
Charles to Denmark and King William
to Austria. After the battle of SadoWa
Won Moltke made every preparation for
marching on OlmutZ and Vienna, but
negotiated a five days truce, which be-
came the prelude to peace. Having
long contemplated the contingency of
war with France, he was ready with
his plans when it suddenly broke out
in 1870, and their execution resulted in
the most astonishing and uninterrupted
series of victories ever achieved by one
great military nation over another His
system consisted mainly in making the
different corps of the army advance
separately but operate simultaneously
in graphing with the enemy. His mind
was of singular calmness, his logical
powers were wonderful and he had ca
pacity of high order for patient re-
search. Like many of the famous gen.
erals of classic antiquity and others of
less remote date-for example, Seylitz,
Butcher, York and Genesian-he had
his "tusculum," where he could COM
mune with nature in the silent wilds
OF his private park, his beloved Crei-
san; and there he found his final rest
ing place.
Iowa Baptist standard., 1897-05-21
An old Controversy.

The stranGeat possibility of armed
conflict that L.. 4 States has
known Is IL ~A'.lao northwestern
Colorado on ~ Wyoming border. The
land is fit for little but grazing. The
cattlemen desire it as a range for their
herds, while some sheepmen insist that
their fiocks shall Craze there. The cat
tie are satisfied with grass, whether
green or dry, but the sheep are said to
MP the grass roots below the surface
probably because the cattle have left
hothlhg but roots. There have been
some compromises and agreements, all
OF which were soon broken. so now the
two interests are arrayed against each
other, TO the extent of several hundred
men organized and armed like military
companies and each little army is de-
tefmined that the other, with its ami
mails, shall go. To complete the oddi-
" or the situation, the land in dispute
does not belong to either of the parties.
hnt 10 the United States. the cattlemen
and sheepmen being but eouatters.-
Golfers Weekly.
Iowa Baptist standard., 1897-05-21
ALASkA'S LIVING MASTODONS
The Land Of Wonders Lays AHother
Claim to Distinction.

The remarkable assertion j. made Dy
member OF the ALASKA Iii ical
society writing in ForeEt and Stream,
that Darhaps the rllastodoirp, remains OF
which have been found in a well-pre-
served condition in various parts Of
Alaska and Siberia, are not yet entirely
extinct, as has hitherto been believed,
but that almost conclusive evidence to
the contrary has been recently brought
TO light. Traders and intelligent In
dians profess to have seen these ami
mails, as we'll as their huge footprints,
and naturalist, who is the editor Of
the Juneau News. has collected con-
siderable other testimony as 10 their
existence. The location Gf the mas
tCdOn country. accordiE. 49, q ctch
map of member of the Dominion sur
yey, Is about midway between Mount
ST. Elias and the Yukon river and 100
miles due north from st. Elias and
less than that from old Fort Selkirk
and the mouth of Stewart river and
Forty Mile creek, where tie goll mines
are located 1t has been a Well-inOwn
fact that the Eskimcs have traded in
the tusks and bones OF this animal
for centuries, and great deposits Of
them have been found, while arctic ex-
Morers have even fed their dogs on
their carcasses preserved in the ice.
supposedly from prehistoric tines.
The district reported to be thus in
habited Is very high ami we'll supplied
with moss. grass and fodder in un-
limited quantities, as well as plenty of
water. and consequently it is argued
that whatever natural force may have
destroyed and buried the immense
numbers whose remains are found in
great masses in this particular sec
tion was probably free from its effects.
which accounts for the existence Of a
remnant of the race.
Iowa Baptist standard., 1897-05-21
STATES DUTY TO PRISONER.
he should Come Out of Prison Equip
ped to Earn a Living.

The average age of the convicts OF
the United States is not far from 70
years. Therefore the men constituting
this body are undeyeloped men so far
as age Is concerned, and as already
stated, they are undeyeicped in their
moral and intellectual faculties-in
TACT, they are undeyeioped i'll all direc-
tlons except to q certain extent in the
criminal tendency. which comes from
their environment, says the North AM
erlcan Review. They are also, to a
very large extent, shOrt-term men. 4
careful classification OF the convicts of
the country shows that siX-eiGhths are
short-terin prisonerss one-eighth incor-
rlSibles and one-eigtNsNmenable BILE to re-
formatory efforts. These proportions
are fairly correct. 9hey may be a lit
tie too large or a little too small but
practically they may be admitted. 1t
cannot make much difference what sys-
tenn is employed so that prices and
wages are not affected, when the short
term men are considered There is not
much to be gained. whether in the in
tereSt of the state or Of the community
or OF the convicts, in putting them at
work under one sTstem OF labor as
against another. They must be en-
ployed, their minds must be Occupied
and their hands utilized. 1t cannot.
from the very nature Of things, be
worth while for the stuta to erect costly
plants for the Sake Cf employing them
under one or another system Of labor.
NO one can argue with reason that the
short-term prisoner himself is to be
particularly benefited by any such en-
ployment.. The chief pcint TO be in
sisted upon is that his labor shall not
be debasing. Ii he can he employed in
making blankets, furniture. coarse
boots and shoes and the infinite variety
OF things that may he needed in the
state institutions Without the introduce
ton of power machinery, not only the
state will be the gamer but also the
prisoner himself. He does not stav in
the prison long enough, as a rule. to be
taught in the higher methods Of man.
ual training, and what little he can
learn by running some machine is Of
little consequence in his after life. If
ne stays long enough in prison the state
should see 10 it that he comes out bet
ter equipped to earn living than when
he entered it.
Iowa Baptist standard., 1897-05-21
Ending OF "A Feud.

The feud between Col. Eull Strong
the noted bushwhacker du.ing the war
and Ed Callahan, chairman Of the dem.
ocratic county committee, ended sud.
denly at Jackson, Ky, the other day
They came into town with about TWEEN
ty-tive followers each, all well armed
10 appear before Judge Day and give
bonds to keep the peace. The Judge
asked Strong what he had against Cal
lahan personally. Strong replied: Not
damned thing" When Callahan was
asked what he had against Strong he
replied; Not damned thing" The
judge asked them why they did nor
shake hands. They hesitated a hit
and then shook hands and told their
followers that the war was over and
all left town together This feud has
cost three lives in the last two
months.
Iowa Baptist standard., 1897-05-21
Hanyan with q Purpose.

An Interesting story comes to lis
from Boston, where they tell it with
5ated breath. Il appears that the Of
icials in charge Of the Juvenile DEPART
nent OF the Boston public library have
noticed for the past week or two an
unusual demand for copies of Bunyan's
Pilgrims Progress" This demand
Was SO much in excess of anything they
lad ever known that they felt it neces-
sary to investigate the causes of this
unprecedented interest in Bunyan. IN
JURY revealed the fact that the teach
er Of history in a Well-known school
lad reached the colonial events of tha
seventeenth century and had recon-
nended TO all her pupils the rerusaI of
Bunyans book as part Of the biblio-
graphy of the story of the pilgrim
fathers The BoOkman.
Iowa Baptist standard., 1897-05-21
A PLUCkY SPARROW.
1t Whips a Bantam and INDUCES in
War Dance Over Its Nictcry.

lt WHIPS bantam anu Al Il
War Dance Over Its Victory.
The sparrow, i'll whatever part OF
The world he is found, seems to earn
reputation for degree of persistency
md pugnacity altogether dispropor-
toned to his size. says Worthington' S
Magazine Even the climate of India
does not enerTate the valorous little
creatures. and they make their way,
Or take it, with the same resolute i'm
pudence that they exhibit in colder
regions. In the journal Of the Bonn
bay Natural History society Lieut..
Barnes gives some interesting particu-
Jars about the house sparrows OF west
ern India. At Deesa he found that
/ pair had built their nest between a
pair of antlers OIL the veranda and
another pair appropriated a soap box
in the bath room. where, although
their nest was destroyed several times,
they persisted in building until out of
compassion for their repeated labors,
they were left alone. A third pair built
in an empty bird cage hanging against
wall and there reared their little ones
although the cage was frequently taken
down to exhibit The family to visitors.
Once their eggs was stolen, and their
indignant clGmOr was so disturbing
that the residents of the house for
their own sakeS were obliged to hunt
up and restore the missing treasures.
Lieut.. Barnes also states that these
sparroWs will attack their own image
IN looking glass and will fight all
day, only leaving off when darkness
sets in, to Eegin the battle over again
next morning. so that it was often
found necessary to protect the mirrors
with coverings. The birds are, per-
haps. not more brave than the fiery
little British American residents of this
country. one of which not long ago
disputed with a bantam cock the pos
session of q delectabie tid-bit. The
bravado of the sparrow SO astcnished
the bantam that ne retreated in dis
may, casting slances of alright over
MS shoulder, SO u speak, at the small
warrior, who having disposed Of the
delicacy was indulging in a fantastic
war dance.
Iowa Baptist standard., 1897-05-21
THE AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINE
He Is Absolutely Lntamabie ard Free
Tram All Care.

He Is Absolutely Intamabie ard Free
from All Care.
The central Australian abOrisine is
the living representative Of stone age,
who still fashions his spear-heads and
knives from flint on sandstone, and per-
forms the most daring surgical opera
| tions with them, says the English IL
| lnstrated Magazine. His origin and
history are lost in the gloomy mists of
| the past. He has no written records
and few oral traditions. In appearance
he is naked, hirsute savage with
type OF features occasionally pro-
nouncedly Jewish. He is by nature
llght-hearted, merry and prone to
| laughter; Il splendid mimic, supple
1olnted, with an Unerring hand that
works IN perfect unison with his eve.
which is as Keen as that cf an eagle
He has never been known to wash. He
has no private ownership OF land, ex-
cept as regards that which is not over
carefully concealed about his own per-
son. lie cultiyates nothing, but lives
entirely on the spoils Of the chase. And
although the thermometer frequently
| rapges from - degrees 20 120 degrees
t'atrenheit in twenty-four hours. and
his country is teeming with furred
game. he makes no use of the skins for
clothing, but goes about during the day
and sleeps in the open at night perfect
iy nude. He builds no permanent bobi-
tation and usually camps where night
or fatigue oveTtakes him. Above all
he is absolutely Gntamahle. You NAV
olothe and care for him for years, when
suddenly the demon Of unrest takes
possession. He throws off all his CLOTH
ing and plunges into the trackIess
depths or his native bush, at once re-
verting 10 his old and hideous customs
anu when sated, after months OF nri-
Vaticn, he will return again to clothing
and civilization only to repeat the per
[ormance later on.