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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-06
HIS MOURNING CUSTOM.

From The Chicago Times Herald
Swede who recently buried his third wife
made such scene during the ipterment that
IrIehos were nnally Obliged to restrain him by
force and escort him from the cemetery
"A Few days later an acquaintance called upon
him to offer condolences .Ah" said the n,o,,rn
ing husband. you tank Ay feel bad now? You
at de graysrs $500
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-07
THE ISSUE IS FREE SILVER.
A severe Lesson in Gold MOnOmeta1
lism for the People.

"A severe Lesson I'm Gold MOnOmcta1-
lism for the People.
What do the republicans mean when
they talk about "sound money!" They
mean gold, and nothing but gold. How
do they propose to get what they want?
BY retiring the greenbacks, which bear
no interest, and substituting for them
a currency founded on nterest-bearing
bonds.
What object has the republican party
in view in retiring the greenbacks?
They desire to reward the ~plutocrats
and bondholders for their services in
the last presidential campaign. BY is
suing bonds bearing interest they give
the spectators q chance to make money
at the expense of the people.
The plain people Of the United States,
who pay their taxes and work for a
living, when they get a chance to do so,
are not going to be satisfied with the
sound money policy Of the admins
t~ration. They do not believe in the
issuing Of interest-bearing bonds in
time of peace; they do not believe in
striking out of use one-half of the hard
money in this country; they do not
believe in destroying the value Of sill
yer and in making all debts payable in
gold.
On the other hand, the honest, indus
triousan ufferingpeople OF this coun-
try have with them an object lesson
which teaches more eloquently than
words the truth that a monometallic
gold currency is a curse to the nation.
They have seen their property SO re-
duced in value that those who were
once well-to-do are now poor, and those
who were once comfortable are now in
actual distress. They insist that this
government shall cease to legislaie in
the interests of money sharks and
bondholders and shall turn it's atten-
ton to the betterment Of the condition
Of those who are the bone and sinew of
the nation.
IL the present administration decline
to do what the people demand, it's lease
Of life will be no longer than the time
required to make a legal change. There
is no. hope that the people will receive
any consideration from republicans;
therefore democrats must organize for
success in 1898 and a sweeping national
victory on the silver issue in 1s90.-Chi-
cago Dispatch.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-07
G STICKS THEM.
PROFESSIONALS show n Preference for
SVeetenfng.

PROFESSIONALS Show n Preference for
Syveetening.
While the republican senators stood
out to the end against the demand for
q lower tariff on lumber, agreeing to
the extreme rates despite the protests
of manufacturers and consumers, they
have been compelled to ield a little bit
in the case of the sugar schedule, in or.
der to'insurc party harmony.
AT the republican caucus a differen.
tial rate on refined sugar of one cent
and 95-1O0ths of a cent per pound was
agreed upon, the new rate being a CONF
promise between the Dingley and Aid
rich schedules. The change from tho
ad valorem to a specific duty is con-
sidered q concession to popular demand
as it renders the meaning of the sched'
ule more Ineligible ana the trusts
evasion of the duty more difficult.
While the Lawmakers have beer
obliged to defer to public sentiment il:
this instance-and the fact is nm en-
~couraging %one-they might have gone
still further in undoing the work of the
Aldrich committee without trespassing.
too far upon the special rights which
the sugar trust appears to enjoy at the
senate end Of the capitol. The schedule
fixed by the senate subcommittee was
SO favorable to the trust that it can
stand the trimming done by the eau,
Gus in response to popular clamor for
reform and still be a better schedule
for the sugar kings than the house
measure was.
That the enormous earnings of the
trust have not been too seriously i'm
periled by the action of the caucus was
evident from the jump which
truststockt took in Wall street when the
compromise vas reported. Toned
down as it has been-it may have been
marked up, like a tricky bridesmaids
selling prices, for that purpose-the
sugar schedule will still vic with the
wool and lumber features of the new
tariff for the distinction of being the
most Objectionable and oppressive
feature of the birl.-Detroit Free Press.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-07

Slime, not Their least in ther world, an
KNOWN es how they he'd borried o. you,
I thought it proper ter ride oyer an let
yer know
but their LAM" Simon said; ..al,
them fine acres!"
"Yas, I know, but thet's kinder mort
goged an decided around among their
selves an their wives, till Their hain't
nc dom nothin with it. Leastwise their
creditors can't tech it,"
Simon Shrimp got down to the
ground in some way, though lie could
never tell afterwards how. All that day
he felt like one in a dream, and for
years after, that time rose up before
him as a horrid nightmare.
1t was several days before he was able
to ride, but when he felt equal to it he
had a horse saddled, and he rode over to
Bob Herrington's. He was shown into
the best room, and told to wait till Mr..
Harrington came up from dinner. It
was a good half hour that Slime had to
wait, and in the meantime his eyes
wandered about the richly-furnished
room.
These fine fxin's," he unused, "air
bought with my money. Them easy
chairs, an that cyarpet, my money paid
fer. An them picturs, too, an that
pianer. I've been a humpin' myself day
in an day out, year arter year, a-makin'
an sayin' money jest SOS Bob Herring
toms wife and gals could hev all them
pooty things, while Liza an my girls
hes never he'd nothin'.n
Bob Harrington came in at last, as
smiling and affable as you please.
Good morning, Mr.. SHRIMP he said,
Il am glad to see you. Ihearyou have
not been we'll"
.sNo, ] hain't felt well lately"
"WeH, what AN do foryou to-day,
Mr.. Skrimp2n
Il rode over Shrimp began to say,
ITO see erbout tibet money"
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-07
TROUBLES OF THE q. 8. ?.
Nush Anxiety aa 10 The zslrin ous-
come.


Mush Anxiety aa Go the Eslria Out-
come.
The republican party has q congress
on It's hands these days, and the fact
causes q great deal of anxiety. It is
widely acknowledged that the present
ripping up and tearing up Of the tariff
has thrown the business interests of
the country into the state that is de-
scribed as shat tired feeling" and com
gress shows the utmost indifference to
those interests by prolonging the
agony. The house promptly passed a
tariff bill nearly TIRES months ago, but
the senate committee on finance spent
about six weeks o~verhauling it and
strengthening out the kinks in its au-
thor's syntaH and photography. After
three weeks more, the bill was brought
up for discussion in the senate, and it
is not expected to pass that body under
four weeks, at the earliest, and it may
take twice or thrice that length Of time
to put it through. Then there win be
q conference of committees of the
houses on the bill, and there is no tell
ing how long it will take to reach an
agreement. TN the meantime, = sadly
thinks the republican party, "the coun-
try's tongue is hanging out for want of
the refreshing elixir of q new tariff,
and my reputation as a maker of bless
ings is in a fair way to be ruined"
This is rather tough on a party
which, only four years ago, was getting
a lot Of fun out of democratic attempts
to do a decent tariff job in a short time.
It is challenging some sympathy. too,
for it is observed that the American
Protective Tariff league has commune
Gated with every republican newspa-
per in the country, asking for a general
urging of the senator's to get a gait on
them. OF course, this will not do the
least good, because the senator's can
always be depended on to move in the
direction and at the rate of-speed that
are suggested by their interests,
enough of them, at any rate, to render
any interference on the part of the
public useless. Particularly is this the
case when there is on foot a scheme of
robbery like that which is now receiv-
ing consideration in the senate. The
plumber must be divided as evenly as
possible, or those who do not come in
for a fair share of the swag may be
depended on to make trouble. The re-
publican protectionists are now facing
the danger that is proverbially contin-
gent upon ar adequate supply of rope.
Binghamton IN. " Leader.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-07
PolNTEp ~PARAoRAPHs.

President Mckinley seeks ia
soothe the embarrassed people with
injunctions of patience. But he ough$
to know that patience is not an easy
virtue for men who are out of work and
starving to acquire.-Illinois State Reg
lister.
There is no such thing,as a mod
crate protectionist except when the
protection relates to the goods or prop
erty of some other man. He is always
in favor, if he is a protectionist. of the
very highest rates on what he wants
protected.-Peoria (Ill.) Herald.
1t is of small consequence
whether or not any democratic senator's
vote for the robber tariff. AS it is des-
tined to wreck the republican party,
there is a possibility that some demo-
Gratis may think it advisable to have the
highest tariff that can be obtained
st. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The speaker will hardly go down
to posterity as a great American states.
man. He has originated nothing; there
is no great question germane to the
AOSA6A POAACy u tA0 country
which he a be said to have mastered.
lis ignorance of economic subjects is
SO profound that he regards Dingley's
statistical crudities as the quintessence
of wisdom.-N. Y. Times.
Senator Thurston said in the sem
ate that prosperity was returning to
Nebraska, but when asked by Senator
Gray if the Wilson bill was not still in
force, he. said that it was, but that it
was the prospect of the passage cf,the
Dingley bill that was making good
times. 1t will be remembered that the
panic came while the Mckinley bill was
in force, but the republicans said that
it was the prospect of a democrat tar
if that brought on the hard times.
The republicans are great o making
elaims.-Indianapolis News.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-07
ne LARaER IS To.pAN.


what marvels in these days have come to.
Men gazs no longer through half OPAQUE
But win great lenses. piercing fast and
Behold heavens spaces vast. each sun and
star.
Travgrsing miles by millions in one span;
The universe pays tribute unto man.
Men now see widely in q day or year.
By science and invention made most clear,
a million things once hidden in the mists;
And now with ~sharpened hearing each man
To secrets all made plain. mapped out. re-
Nea1eds
For ages from h wisest men concealed.
when grumblera oud bemoan the good
Consent h 0 not, for In a thousand ways
The COED new days are broadcast brightest,
And il mem life enlarged finds
Than when men grOped half blind in foggy
Slaves unto narrow grooves and circum-
n
Mankind now moves with steadier. nobler
stride,
with knowledge lighting paths made
smooth and wide,
Keen-brained Invention and well-tested
skill
Producing powers obedient to his will;
Each one q well-trained giant. every whee
Tciling with sinews made OF steam n
steel.
NO more does superstition dim his mind,
No longer prejudice his vision blind;
His views Of God are kindlier than Of
YUM
His days OF mental slavery are DER,
The while from mountain peaks his thank
full soul
Sees prospects vast before its sight unroll.
And in these better days each passing
hour
EnIarges with some new device his power,
Breaks from his limbs some fetter of the
past,
Lights some dark cloud which once his
skies overcast.
They lack true wisdom who mourn times
of old,
These times more glorious are a thousand
II. EDGAR JONES.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-07
ERAupuLENr r~HRoueMouT.


~
Republican senRtaVs PIRSsng late
the Hands OF trusts.
The senate republican caucus haa
decided to stand together" for the
whole tariff bill.
This means that each republican sem
ator will give his vote for any infquity
or injustice that the bill may contain
in return for votes for his owps&Spet
iniquity and injustice.
Each is to vote blindly for the whole
bill. Judgment is to have nothing
whatever to do with the matter. Con-
yiction is to play no part. Conscience
is to keep quiet in order that each pri-
yate iniquity may be effectively accom-
plished.
Right or wrong, wise or unwise, help
full or destructive Of prosperity, this bill
is to be passed in the interest of the
trusts that have dictated Cts terms.
Chief among these is the sugar trust,
and it is to be benefited In q degree
greater than that promised. For
a new sugar schedule has been arranged
to give still more money ta the Have
meyers. On all refined sugars the trust
is TO be protected by a duty Of 1875 cents
per pound instead of the 1875 pre-
scrbed in the original bill. At the
same time the line of dema1cation be-
tween refined and unrefned sugars is
greatly reduced, so as to increase this
protection.
The sugar trust has already import
ed enough raw sugar to last it for siA
months or more. It will have the
Louisiana product to keep it running
for two months longer. In other words,
for eight months or more to come it will
pay no additional penny Of revenue
to the government, while it will levy
upon the people for it's own benefit a
tax of nearly two cents a pound upon
all the sugar consumed in the country.
Is not this an outrage? Is it not
an infamy? Is It not an abuse of leg
islative power? is this the way to bring
about prosperity? Are the people to
be made happy by being compelled to
pay needless millions to this greedy
conspiracy of capitalists?
Is the whole tariff bill a fraudulent
conspiracy of Interests to levy what
tax they please upon the people?-N. Y.
World.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-07
Nood's PIIs 0uEo sl0E headaahe. 3 osnsg.
some Interesting Facts Regarding
h Output of Crescent bicycles.

tine OutpWG OF NEeHGGMN BAGSSAGAa
This article ID intended TO convey ? con.
ception of the enormous amount OF raw ma
terial consumed during a season in supply
ing the demand for one of the most popular
bicycles made. The Western Wheel Works,
Chicago, makers of the Crescent wheel have
the largest, and without doubt the most
complete, bicycle factory in the world, q
can turn out, when running TO fullest ca
pacity, 725 finished Crescents in twelve
hours, or a complete .'up to date" bicycle
They used during 1896 $50 miles Of tub
ing, or enough to nearly reach from Chi-
cago to st. Paul if placed in a straight line.
The spokes were made in their own fac
tory, and required $50 miles of wire, OF
Eeb5 so miles of brass rod was required
for spoke nipples. If the spokes, spoke nip
Piles IN tubing were placed in q straight
line they would reach from Chicago to the
Rocky Mountains at Denver. The cranks,
il placed end to end, would cover q distance
of % miles. They used IS miles of steel for
crank axles, wheel axles and pedal axles,
and 10 miles Of steel for seat posts. If the
rims that were used in the manufacture of
Crescents in 90 were placed one upon the
other they would make a pile 1880 feet
high, 5000 feet higher than Pixies Peak
and about the height of Mount Elias in
Alaska, whose summit has never yet been
reached by man. It required 32,084 square
feet of sheet steel to make the Crescent
hollow tooth sprockets, and 2I,876 square
feet for the steel stampings of the head and
seat post clamps, or in all enough fat steel
to cover an area of Ii acres. There wera
used 10 miles of cork grips, 10s miles Of
finished hubs, and % miles Of steel wire to
pin frames together before braziIs. The
finished chains, end to end, would reach
40 miles, and the different pieces of which
they are composed would reach 2371 miles,
or in all 3073 miles, the distance from Chi
cago to Cincinnati. The bearings Of 1896
Crescents required 1897, 300 steel balls,
which, if placed in a straight line, side by
side, would reach a distance of 453 miles.
To lace the chain and dress guards on the
ladies' Crescents manufactured in 1895 re-
CURED 434, $50 yards of cord, or 246a miles,
enough to allow a small boy to stand on
the top of the Auditorium tower in Chicago
and fly his kite where the people in Des
Moines, Iowa, could see it. To- supply
Crescents sold in 1896 required 1900 42
bolts, and l,488,075 nuts, having an aggre-
gate weight of % tons. The total weight
OF the complete bicycles was 2,382,842
pounds, or l,l9l tons. To crate these BIZ
cycles required l,235, TAO square feet Of lum-
Der made up in pieces; 72,7IS,66 8 separate
and distinct pieces entered into the con-
struction of '96 Crescents, and if all were
placed in a straight line, end to end, they
would reach from New York to some dis
lance in the Pacific ocean west Of San Fran.
clsco.-Crescent Bulletin, July l., 1897.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-07

a Pianer fer cur gals es they kin fer
thern.s
Yes we could, but jest because Al
len an Smith want to 60 am waste
money in ~foolishness, It don bfoller that
we have ter do it. Al pianer dom do no
work, an il dom draw no intrust, an
when q thing hain't no profit it is a
clear waste O. money ter buy ii, an 1
hain't goins ter throw erway no MONEY
in sech er Manner
"The gals worked hard, Slime, an
denied themselves all along, an / feel
as if / orter do somethin' fer 'em. In
course, If we couldn't erford it, it
wouldn't be right; but we kin erford
a pianer an never miss Their money"
"Yes. / reckon we could erford, If we
wus so a mind; but / low we won't.
Money comes too hard to be given out
for sech trash, an es fer humorin' Their
gals, it's all bosh. 1T 'ud jest be the
spilin' ov 'em for work. They don have
no need Nv no pianer, an they won't get
none"
Mrs. Shrimp saw that it was useless
to argue with Slime, so she refrained
from saying more, and the next MORN
ing early he rode over to Bob Herring
tons to loan the money he received for
the hogs.
Simon Shrimp was we'll to do, and
every year he reaped rich harvests from
his many broad acres of productive
land. But SO far as his family was CON
cerned he might as well have been the
poorest man in the settlement. He
never had any money to spare for the
purchase of Injuries, and ever the lit
tie that went for absolute necessaries
went so grudgingly as to make it pain
full. His wife felt herself fortunate if
she possessed a print gown fit to wear
in church, and the boys and girls had
long since ceased to go out in com
pany for want of decent apparel. All
Skrimp's money went for more land,
or into the hands of the Herringtons.
Six months had passed since Shrimp
sold his fatted hogs, when one day,
while he was engaged in r~e-roofing his
shackled old barn, Squire Beeson rode
up and said:
"Mornin', Simel"
"How air We, squirrel"
"Hev we heerd the news, Sime?"
"No; what news?"
"Erbout them Herringtons."
"No; Ihain't," Slime said, turning sud-
denly pale with an unconscious dread.
What erbout 'em?"
oval, it's er bad piece NV business,
femme tell We, an many er hoEes'
mans a-goin' ter suffer from it." Then
the squire stopped, and, squirting one.
eye, very deliberately chewed away on
his tobacco, while he left Shrimp agon-
izing on the rack of suspense.
what is it, man?' Simon demanded.
Speak out"
Ether long an Their short NV it is,
them Herringtons is busted higher n
or kite"
Down went Skrimp's hammer, but in
his excitement he missed the nail and
hit his thumb squarely, MASKING it al
most into q jelly.
"D'ye reckon it's sop he gasped,
when he was a little recovered from the
shock.
ssYas, Ireckon it air" the squire went
on, coolly. "Yistidy Twas down to the
county seat, an heern them a-talkin' NV
it on every corner, am Their lawyers wus
er fyin' erbout like later bugs on er
hot skillet. Their hain't no doubt NV it,
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-07

Flora had a dreadful time last evening.
She didn't come in town until after dark
What was the matter?"
She lost her powder-rag somewhere out
On the road, and couldn't FIX up ct % 81
seen. Detroit Free Press.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-07

Prof. Braintank-Newton was 4 greet
philosopher. By observing the mere fail St
an apple he discovered the law Of gravity.
Smithers ~ That's nothing. BY simply
biting an apple Eve discovered the gravity
of lawn. Y. journal.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-07

As you chew tobacco for pleasure, use
Star. 1t is not only the best, but the most
lasting, and therefore the cheapest.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-07
Halls Catarrh Cure
Is a Constitutional Cure. Price Use.

The Same Old Wail-Said Eve-eTWbet
a chooser Of fig-leaves you are! IT'S The
worst one that ever / carried" SaidsAdam
Your dresses are better Nv far fhan anv
you had when we married HARLEM Life.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-07

The difficulty with the man who knows
too much is that he always will tell tn.
Y. Weekly,
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-07

The architect Of his own fortunes seldom
tires of building extensions.-N. X. Weekly.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-07

they Came Thick and FaGt-BM
cured by Hoods s~arsapagliIas
@My brother had terrible boils On the
back Of his neck. AS fast as 2 would
get better another would come. He benams
very much emaciated, and began taking
Hoods s-arsaparilla. One bottle made .
great Improvement and when he had taken
Two bottles he was completely curedp
CARRIE D. ERvIS, Mound City, Illinois.
Hoods SarsapaHiNa
Is the One True Blood Puriaer. 81; SIX for 8
Hood'e PTTe cure sIck headache. scents.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-07
Take Yonr Choice.

The gold republicans say that what
we need 10 secure prosperity is higher
tariff, a gathering in Of the green
backs and ultimately their cancellation
lin brief, more taxes and less money.
The international agreement republic
an says that we musthave more tart 6. 2
and also international bimetallism'-
If we can get it. The gold democrat
~ that all we need is less money; IN
other words, that the greenbacks and
treasury notes should be destroyed, and
the finances of the country turned over
to the banks. The genuine American
bimetallist-the genuine democrat
says that what we need above all other
things is more money, through the OPP
Grafton Of the free coinage of both sill
yer and gold. Which will you take as
a primary proposition, leaving other
reforms to be considered in the light OF
future events and condition s?-Ilinois
State Register.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-07

MIR. Wanamaker claims that he
is not laying aside his repuhlicanism.
but that the republican party is laying
aside it's regard for public sentiment.
This is about the situation, and the
main point to be made against Mr.. Wan
amaker is that he has travelled over a
procrastinating route in arriving at
this decision concerning one of the re-
publican party's old tricks.-N. Y. Jour
nal.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-07

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The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-07

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