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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1897-01-20
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The Louisiana populist., 1897-03-26

town in that section he found in
the hands of u merchant a barrel
of stuff with his (the pIanter's)
name and plantation stamped on
the head, followed by the words {:
''Pure Louisiana syrup" In an
other town the planter discovered
what was really one of his barrels,
but the contents were such as to
revolt the stomach of the average
dog. During the past winter the
writer of these lines has received
several letters from merchants in
adjacent States, asking to be put
in communication with syrup man
ufacturers, and stating that it was
absolutely impossible for them to
obtain syrup through New Orleans
that was not badly adulterated.
Some time in the early fall,
when cotton was bringing n good
price, planter in this parish ship
ped to u New Orleans firm q num-
ber of bales Of cotton, with in
structions to tho effect that Us he
the planter) was in no particular
barry for his money, the merchant
could take his time in disposing
of the cotton. Not long since the
planter received account of sales
on this particular lot at the lowest
price at which cotton has sold du-
ring the current season. The &C
count sale were correct to a cent;
but it 80 happens that the planter
has proof that the cotton was actu-
ally sold at a time when the staple
was bringing q higher price. In
other words, the Crescent City
merchant proposed to steal, and
did steal, the difference-quite a
snug sum between the price at
which be really sold the cotton and
the price at which he claimed to
have sold it. This is q common
trick Of New Orleans merchants,
and if the Picayune is not aware
Of it, it is wofully ignorant of the
dishonest commercial methods that
are SO prevalent in New Orleans.
II the Picayune desires a few
more facts and figures on this sub
ject, We are prepared to furnish
them on demand.
2 In conclusion, we warn the mer-
chants of New Orleans that unless
they mend their manners and NOR
ais, and adopt more progressive
and honorable business methods,
the trade that should legitimately
belong to the Crescent City will
be driven elsewhere. In the Ian
guage of the Picayune, "that is
all there is of the matter"
The Louisiana populist., 1897-03-26
FRIDAY, March z6, 1897.

We have received a copy Of the
Daily Item Almanac and Political
Register for 1897, which is one OF
the most complete Encyclopedias
of useful information not found
elsewhere, we have ever seen. 1t
does great credit to the progressive
papers which got it up, and can be
had Of the Daily Item for Is cents,
or free with a 4 months subscrip-
tion to said daily.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-03-26

greatest benefits OF the postal sys-
tenn to stop a small deficit Of 49,
OOo, 900. then | say, Let the deficit
stand. There is no way that the
money could bo expended that
means so much for the benefit OF
the general public.
Think of it-s32, 100000 paid
to the railroads each year for what
mail they carry, while the whole
mail star-route system of the coun-
try costs only q little over E,00o,-
900 a year.
Mr.. President, enough can he
saved on what is paid the railroads
in two years to buy every tele-
graph line in this country and es-
taldish q postal telegraph in con-
nection with the post-office system.
If you want reform, if you
want economy, if you want to
make both ends meet and at the
same time benefit the public, that
is the way to do it. The facts are
too plain and positive to be denied
or even questioned. A postal tcle-
graph would mean that all the ave-
nues and agencies of information
would be open and free to all alike.
Mr.. President, that bill-and |
address my remarks now to the
Republican side of the Senate
will close down many enterprises.
like the Republicans say, a reform
tariff bill will. The bill will close
down prosperous book firms. 1t
will close down legitimate enter
prises that are to-day in operation.
1t will throw people out of en-
pIoyment. 1t will put the
book business in the hands of a
smaller number than those who
arc now in it. How can any man
who says that he opposes the re-
duction of the tariff because it
throws labor out of employment
favor this bill unless he can show
better reasons for its passage than
are in it?
Mr.. President, it goes further
than that. This bill will bear hard
upon the country weekly newspa.
pers, The bill robs the editor of
the country newspaper of his only
chance to-day of advertising his
paper and increasing his circula
ton. It robs the man who wants
to start paper, and who has lit
tie means, of the only chance to
build up his paper and compete
with papers that are already cstab-
lishcd and have plenty Of money
behind them. The bill 1ubs them
Of the sample copy privilege, which
to-day is the main resource that
the country editor has to advcr-
tise his paper and extend his circu-
lation. l dare say that if the bilf
passes, your newspaper, the Silver
Knight turning to Senator Stew
art) will he crippled. You have
built up your circulation chiefly
by sending out sample copies. The
profits from your paper would not
justify you in putting a man on
the road, to pay railroad fare and
hotel bills to get subscribers for
your paper. You must depend
upon sample copies largely.
MIR. President, the bill will cse.
ate a newspaper trust, as we'll as
rob the people of half the bose.
fits today that they got from the
postal system.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-03-26

Tr,nsient advertisements. 81 per squaye first IN.
ssrtion each subsequent insertion 50 cents per
slficial or legal advertisements, u per square
Arst insertion each subsequent insertion so ccIrta
per square.
Local advertisements, 10 cents per line.
Editorial notices, first insertion. Is eents per
iine: subsequently 10 cents PER line.
Communications are sOl,cited but VIC viii not be
responsible for any views therein expressed.
Address all communications to the Blsiness
Manager. Communications raust be sent IN py
Monday.
be ACCOMPANIED by the real as well a. the assumed
name of the author not for publication but as an
evidence of good faith on the part Of the writer.
A failure to do so will consign thom to the "aste
basket.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-03-26
Senator Buffers Protest Against
the Postal Bill.
From Congressional Record, Feb.
22d.]
AMENDMENT OF POSTAL
LAWS.

Mr.. Chandler. | ask permis.
sion to make a report, which
ought to be made tonight.
Q The Presiding Officer. If there
be no objection, the report will be
received.
Mr.. Chandler. / report from
the committee on post Offices and
post roads with amendments, the
bill (H. r. 1866 to amend the
postal laws relating to second-class
mail matter. 1t is the bill known
as the Loud bill. ! submit a writ
ten report, which is brief, and
which | ask, therefore, may be
printed in the Record. The Sen
ator from North Carolina MIR.
Butler] will submit tomorrow a
supplemental report. l also sub
NIT the testimony which accompa-
MES the report.
Mr.. Butler. / desire to correct
a statement of the Senator from
New Hampshire Mr.. Chandler].
The Senator from New Hamp-
shire, in making the report, stated
that I would file a supplementary
report. l wish to correct that
statement Il am sure it was an
oversight on the part of the Sena-
tor from New Hampshire) by say
ing that | will file a supplemental
report, for | do not.concur at all in
the report of the committee and
am opposed to reporting the bill.
| am opposed to the report made.
Mr.. Chandler. l did not soy
what kind of a report it would be.
Mr.. Butler. / want to have it
understood distinctly that it is q
minority report and in opposition
to the bill.
Mr.. President, I would not de-
tain the Senate now, at this late
hour, were it not that this MAORI
ty report has come up from the
post Office committee, Of which /
am a member. | am opposed to
this bill. | do not concur in the
report made by a majority of the
committee. | am preparing q mi
nority report. IF that report were
ready and could 60 into the Record
on the same day with the majority
report, l would be content to wait
till this bill should be taken up for
action. The minority report will
not be ready before tomorrow. I
cannot allow the majority report
to 60 into the Record to-day with
out stating briefly some Of my OBJ
jections to this mischievous meas
ure.
The real purposes Of this meas
are do not appear on its face. Its
The Louisiana populist., 1897-03-26
New Orleans Business Methods

Under the ABOVE neaulnS laSl
week, our esteemed contemporary,
The Sugar Planter of West Baton
Rouge, gave tho Picayune and the
different Boards of Trade of New
Orleans, some sound advice as we'll
a. a few pointers on some OF the
business methods practiced by
merchants of that city against
their country customers.
The discussion arose over the
discovery that merchants in North
and Middle Louisiana, were trad
ing with st. Louis, instead of New
Orleans, Notwithstanding the fact
that New Orleans is closer by, and
claims to sell goods as cheaply as
the former city.
The Picayune calls for an inves-
tigation, and Bro. Hyams of the
Sugar Planter, assures the Pic.
that if q disinterested and fair
minded investigation is made there
will be some rich, rare and racy
information brought to light
The Planter then proceeds with
the following facts for the Pic. to
chew ON, which are no doubt fa-
miliar experiences to many of our
merchants up this way. We have
heard Of similar occurrences be-
fore
In the course Of its original ar.
ticle on this subject, the Picayune
contended that on staple goods,
New Orleans could sell in this ter
ritory as cheaply ~ St. Louis.
We deny and dispute the correct
ness of the Picaynne's assertion.
The fact that St. Louis is selling
vast quantities Of all sorts Of goods
right here under New Orleans own
nose, go to speak, refutes the Pic
ayune's statement. In this con-
nection, it may not be amiss to give
a few facts bearing on the subject
under discussion. A few days ago
8 merchant in this section ordered
eight stoves of a hardware firm in
New Orleans. The articles we're
brought up on q coast packet and
the local merchant had tho exquis.
ite pleasure Of paying a freight
bill Of S16-S2 per stove. A few
days later the country merchant
learned positively that be could
purchase the same stoves cheaper
in Evansville, Ind, and that the
freight on the goods from thSt
point was cheaper than from New
Orleans. The same merchant pw-
chases his meal, meat, etc., in st.
Louis cheaper than elsewhere,
while the freight per Anchor Line
steamers is . few cents per barrel
less than from New Orleans.
In addition to other grievances,
the cane syrup manufacturers Of
this State have a special complaint
to make against New Orleans as a
market, 1t is that their product is
shamefully adulterated in that city.
In an adjoining parish there are
several cane planters who make a
speciality Of manufacturing pure
syrup for the market. Not long
since one Of these planters con-
cludca to go on 6 drumming tour
on his own account and hied hun
self to north Louisiana. In one |
The Louisiana populist., 1897-03-26
"Motf1e1's Friend"
Estray Notice.
State OF Louisiana, Parish OF Natchito,
ches.

OUUeO Oz A0ulo11Hts' I OF 1SH UI NdIC0ItO'
ches.
Estrayed before me. the undersigned
authority, by Volmoe Moreau, living
two miles and half from Marco, one
Steer, described as follows: About Z
years old, red and white pied, mark
ed swallow-fork and under-bit in the
right, and smooth crop and split and
under bit in the left. Branded ELS on
right hip. Appraised at nine dollars
by Louis Rachal and A. y. Moreau, coR.
jointly with the undersigned Justice OF
the Peace, this Goth day of February
1897,
w. F. ROBERT SON, J.P.
march 1868 d.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-03-26

Finest stock of Shoes in town.
LIBERTY SCHOOL SHOES.
Williams, Weaver 4 OQuin.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-03-26

The --latest, highly improved
farming implements, at Williams,
Weaver s. O'Quin.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-03-26
JOB WORK.

JOB WORK.
Job work must be paid for when
delivered. There Is no exception
to this rule. Strictly cash.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-03-26
NOTICE.

IwAxf every man and woman In the United
States interested in the Opium and Whisky
habits TO have one OF my books on these dis.
eases. Address B. n. Woolley. Atlanta, Ga.
Box se2s spd one will b seat you tree.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-06-18
The strangest Dinner.

Perhaps the most remarkable dinner
on record was that given by an anti.
quarry named Goebel, in the city a
Brussels At the dinner were apples
that ripened more than / 800 years ago
bread made from wheat grown before
the children of Israel passed through
the Red Sea, and spread with butter
that was made when Elizabeth was
Queen of England. The repast was
washed down with wine that was old
when Columbus was playing with the
boys OF Genoa. The apples were from
an earthen jar taken from the ruins
OF Pompeii. The wheat was taken
from a chamber in one of the pyramids.
the butter from a stone shelf in an
old we'll in Scotland, where for sever
al centuries it had lain in an earthen
crock in icy water, and the wine was
recovered from an old vault in the city
of Corinth. There were six guests at
the table, and each had a mouthful of
the bread and a teaspoonful of the
wine, and was permitted to help him
self bountifully to the butter. there be-
ing several pounds of it, The apple Jar
held about two-thirds of a gallon. The
fruit was sweet and as finely favored
as IL 1t had been preserved but a few
months.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-06-18

the race by one fruit-picking; or Jael,
who drove a spike through the head
of Sisera the warrior; of Esther, who
overcame royalty; of Abigail, who
stopped a host by her own beautiful
prowess; of Mary, who nursed the
worlds savior; of Grandmother LOSS,
immortalized in her grandson T!mo-
thy; of Charlotte Corday, who drove
the dagger through the heart of the
toinette. who by one look from the bal
cony of her castle quieted a mob, her
own scaffold the throne of forgiveness
and womanly courage. | speak not OF
these extraordinary persons, but cf
those who, unambltious for political
power, as wives and mothers and sis
tiers and daughters, attend to the tho1-
sand sweet Offices of home.
When at last we come to calculate
the forces that decided the destiny of
nations, 1t will be found that the might
lest and grandest influence came from
home, where the wife cheered up de-
spondency and fatigue and sorrow by
her own sympathy, and. the mother
trained her child for heaven, starting
the little feet on the path to the Ce-
lestial City; and the sisters by their
gentleness refined the manners Of the
brother; and the daughters were dill
gent in their kindness to the aged,
throwing wreaths of blessings on the
road that leads father and n other
down the steep of years. God bless
our homes! And may the home on
earth be the vestibule of our home in
heaven, in which place may we all
meet-father, mother, son, daughter,
brother, sister, grandfather and grand
mother and grandchild, and the entire
group of precious ones, of whom we
must say in the words Of Transporting
Charles Wesley:
One family we dwell in him,
One church above, beneath;
Though now divided by the stream
The narrow stream of death;
One army of the living God,
To his command We bow;
Fart of the host have crossed the flood,
And part are crossing now.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-06-18


When the sheriff turned into the pri-
waite thoroughfare he began tn review
the directions that had been given him
at the post0ffice: Follow the lane and
you'll find a barn at the other END.
Back of the barn there's another snort
wagon track leading down into noi-
low. In that hollow there is house,
and in that house you'll 6Id Juan Nes-
SON."
He repeated those instructions over
and over again to the accompaniment
of the olatter of the horses ROOFS
against 'the clods of frozen earth and
the cracking of the buggy which
lunged In and out of the deep ruts and
wheel vtTacks. The SNOW had been 7sitt-
ing down lightly at intervals through
out tine morning, but along toward
noon the weather had moderated "a lit
tie Hsd the low-hanging clouds gave
promise of a heavy storm, which had
fairly set in by the time the sheriff
reached the barn. There were nigh
bars impeding his progress at that end
OF che lane, and he grumbled 'fretfully
when he got out INTO the snow to let
II.
the barn yard to where the cattle were
huddled close together in an open shed
and headed him into a second lane that
ran down to the hollow. ltvwas only a
short distance down the slope to the
single house that stood in the depres-
ssion of land and tine sheriff did not gel
back into the buggy.
1t was a little house that Juan Nelson
lived in. half frame and half log. The
weather boarding had fallen off in
some places and where the mortar had
crumbled away there were chinks be-
tween the logs through which flakes
of snow seemed to be insiduously drift
ing. When the sheriff first turned in
TO the scarce-Sefined roadway there
was no person IN sight around the lit
tie cottage. but before he was halfway
down the incline flock of bare-headed
children. accompanied by three dogs,
swarmed out from the back of the
house and stood watching him bashful-
ly. He spoke to the largest boy, who
had advanced farthest to meet him,
and that red-head9i youngster took to
his heels and ran toward the rear of
the building whence he had just ap-
peared.
There was no fence around the rude
dwelling and the sheriff. following the
boys lead, made his way into the back
yard. Soon after leaving the barn the
sound of an AK Shad been heard, and
when the officer came to a halt in the
midst of the small regiment of chill
dren he saw tnatiitc was a woman who
was splitting wood. She was tall and
gaunt and tnihfy clad. She ceased
chopping when her visitor alighted and
leaned against the handle of the AK.
which rested firmly on the log.
Mrs. Nelson, Il presume" he said.
advancing towa7dNher
She pushed bHsl her light. stringy
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-06-18
Japanese .Gobo.

A Japanese correspondent of Garden
and Forest says that the burdock,
which the Japanese csll "gobo," Is a
valuable food in Japan. The tender
shoots are boiled with beans, the
roots are put in soup and the young
leaves are eaten as green's. The plant
has been cultivated for centuries and
the annual value Of the crop is about
$780, 900. This will be very surprising
to American farmers, who loSk on the
burdock as a "pesky weed"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-06-18

& hair with one nand ana looked at him
4keenly.
Eyes, sir"
The sheriff's glance wandered off to-
wward the surrounding ,hill-tops, then
back to the woman again.
lis Mr.. Nelson at homer he asked.
Eyes, sir"
MAY l see him?"
"A suspicious look had ccrepti into her
small blue eyes and her voice took on
an extra degree of sharpness as she
answered, II don't know. He amt
feeIln' very well. Juanis been real
sick for more'n a week. He's pretty
low to-day. Can't you tell me what 1t
is You want?"
NO" he said, 81 must zee him per-
.sonally. 1t is very important"
She dropped the ak then and brush
ing the snow from her barred face and
head she stood close before him.
''Mister," she said, 81 believe know
who you are. You're the sheriff, .ain&
your"
He nodded. When he was first elect
ed to office six years before he had
been proud of his title but that day
fits glory had departed and the honor il
brought seemed empty and dead.
You needn't tell me what You've
come for" she said IN tones that were
more strident than before. THE
neighbors told me you would be here.
Mister, they've lied to you. My hus-
band never stole anything. He's very
sick to-day. Don't take i'm away this
afternoon. It'll kill him Il you do"
Its my duty. madam" he said, firm
Iy. Il must see him. anyway. II you
resist must go in by force" he added.
o. her pale face flushed angrily.
Every WE'LL" she replied. quietly.
re hitched the horse to an apple tree
ans followed her into the house. The
seven or eight red-headed children
crowded in with them and grouped
around the fireplace In which two large
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-06-18
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