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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1897-08-21
REFORMING THE CURRENCY.
UnfulGlfe1 Promises of President


UnfuIfilfed Promises of President
Mckinley.
The presidential horn-tooter who
announced several days ago that q
currency reform plan was to spring in
stanter from the head of Jove is ex-
planning now why the spring has not
been made. The president, it seems,
does. not lack courage, he is going to
show this abundantly some time or 9TH
er, but he doubts. .'The whole prob
lem of the present moment is one of
expediency, looking to the future"
To enforce the doctrine of expediency
there are protests from the republic
ans in congress, one-half of whom are
opposed to the issuance of currency
message.
1t appears, moreover, that "the prob
lem of the present moment is "look-
ing to the future" with such an intent
gazet that the strain on the eye is terrific.
It discerns that something is to be
done, but is inclined to think that it
will be nothing startling. Next win
ter the administration bill will be pre-
sented, but, saith the tooter:
''Mr. Mckinley may not be radical enouHA
on this question to please the extremists,
and the administration bill will not be a
radical or violent measure. But it win be
I sound and adequate, and viii have the bet
ter chance for success If 1t is framed on
conservative lines Z
Translated out of the language of
cant and hypocrisy, all this seems to
mean that Old Resollte, the abundant
" courageous, is pursuing the same
palicy now that he pursued before his
nomination. Tt will be remembered
that he was a silver man when silver
was dominant. He was follower of
Bland and an advocate of the Sherman
law. During the debate overthe repeal
of that law he attacked President Cleve-
land, the pre-eminent champion of re-
peal, because he was an enemy of the
white metal, and because the I, hite
metal was supposed to be good politics.
Later still, when the Ohio convention
met in the spring of 1896, Mr. Mckinley
continued to speculate on the political
value of silver. The convention adopt
ed the. worst currency plank Of the
year, an ambiguous fddle-faddle that
was intended to scatch 'em a-corning
and a-going. 2 But severe pressure
from the east prevented compromise
at st. Louis. Gold was in the ascend
ant and Old Resolute became q gold
man.
Since the election there has been
reaction, and the president responds,
quick as mercury, to the new atnos-
pheric conditions He is thinking of
the elections next fall and the year
after. He withholds his message now
because he is sparring for time. Next
winter he will do his level best to pro-
mote some sort of a compromise. He
win not .p1ease the extremists" Does
this mean that he will revert to the
position OF the Ohio PLATFORM Does
it mean that the republican party is
to get back to the plan of half-meas-
ures and vague promises under his
bold leadership Chicago Journal,
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1897-08-21
EducatIon OF the Farmer.

In former times the eduction of the
farmer was sadly neglected along com-
mercial lines. A few years ago he was
not supposed to know much about the
market value of even farm products,
and much less could he have any def
mite knowledge of the worlds COM
modities and of the laws of trade and
of commerce which govern the same.
But the grange, through its associated
efforts and cooperative methods, ena-
bles the farmer to obtain acknowledge a
of the market value of every farm
product and of every article of sup
plies for the farm and the household,
from a paper of pins to a moving ma
chine or self binder; and more than
this, he has been taught to estimate
the amount of farm products in this
and other lands, to study the laws of
supply and demand, to investigate the
manipulations of the market and to
apply his knowledge as best he may to
his own conditions of farm life
Southern Cultiyator
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1897-08-21
OPINIONS AND POINTERS.

boss Hanna is counting on plac-
ing several checks in the way of the
democratic tidal wave in Ohio.-St.
Louis Republic.
The laboring men would prefer
that Mr. Mckinley should give them
hot buns instead of platitudes.--Atlan-
ia Constitution.
The fall Of the great is mighty.
Hanna used to be the Warwick OF the
administration; now he is- the scape-
goat Chicago Journal.
THE Mckinley bill was passed to
reduce revenue by so increasing the
taxes as to prohibit import trade. The
existing deficit began with the McKin-
ley bill, and the Dingley bin as amend
ed by the senate is six per cent. worse
IN. Y. World.
LII is significant that while the
wages of miners have gone steadily
downward for the past Is years the
cost of coal to the consumer is as high
or higher than it was then. Who gets
the difference in the cost of prcduc.
ton Toledo Blade.
The hidebound partisan, the
Iowa State Register, says "the senate
has done much to redeem itself"
When one recalls what it has done for
trusts it would be surprising IL the
honorable body of has4beens were still
in pawn. Chicago News (Ind.).
While Secretary Gage still insists
that prosperity is advancing and the
parrot press over the country echoes
the cry, manufacturers are closing
down or reducing wages, and the num-
Der of unemployed increases. Secre
tary Gage may be a great seer, but
be has evidently been using magnify
ing ags.Peoria journal.
Senator Hanna has closed his
Pittsburgh mine because he does not
wish to hurt the miners cause by
operating it." The manager. says that
although the mine has been paying the
men more than its competitors it was
not the company's intention ito thwart
the miners" Hanna's mine recently
cut the wages of its men from 60 to 81
cents. His solicitude for the men.
comes tribe late. Chicago Chronicle.
The whole tariff question has
now seemingly degenerated to high
handed game of grab between vari-
Gus interests, each striving to get as
much as possible from the other and
each seeking to shift the reasonable
burden Of taxation that belongs to It'll.
The chief purpose Of the bill appears
to have been lost sight Of In this
scramble, and the question Of filling the,
deficiency gap has really become a
secondary one.Boston Traveller.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1897-08-21

prosperity ALWAYS in sight IN the "a.
ture; lust ready to bs overtalten. hs
is always waiting for something
to turn mp lie is full Of
theories without single conyic.
ton. He disturbs his shallow mind in
the study Of complex questions. which
to him. If correctly solved, could be OF
no earthly advantage. If he does the.
right thing, it is at the wrong time.
With him the most opportune time il
out of season. The greater his oppor-
tunities the less he attains and shs
more disappointing to his neigh bors.
lie is never at ease when left to his
own reflections. always seeking an opr
portunity to give vent to sordia stock
of information through a babblinp
tongue. If. he has farm il is by in
heritance, which he will soon rid him.
self Of Although he considers him
self a caref+tl farmer, he has more
bad luck than aay of his neighbors.
He starts out on his road to prosperity
by buying every conceivable article
used in the house or on the farm, no
matter how useless. In addition to
buying himself rich, he also tends to
advancement by borrowing all the
money in sight and indorsing other
peoples paper on all occasions. And
when overtalSen by adyersity. he at
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1897-08-21
Comparatlye value of sheep.

Galen Wilson makes comparison Of
the value of sheep and cows ON farm,
in one of our eastern exchanges, as
follows: There is no definite data rp-
on which to base comparison, and,
consequently one must assume proba-
BILE results of keeping both COWS and
sheep. 1t is fair to suppose that cows
can now be purchased for $40 that will
produce 500 pounds of butter annually,
and that will bring 20 ceuts pound,
or $40. Call the cow 1000
pounds in weight. What will
sustain this weight in bovine
animal, certainly will in sheep. Ten
100-pound ewes will just equal the
weight of one cow, and they can also
be purchased for $40. Each will have
lamb that can be sold for So, and each
will shear wool worth $t25, making
the income from the ten sheep $42. 80,
beating the COW $3.50.
The labor involved in the two
branches of husbandry can bear no COM
parison at all. The summer care OF
sheep is almost nothing. In winter it
is much less than the care of cows.
How is it with cows? Rain or shine.
week days and Sundays alike, that
eternal milking" and cleansing Of milk
vessels, care of milk and cream, churn-
ing, packing SHUTTER and taking it to
market must be DONE If one sells
milk, instead of butter, the case ia
made worse. The hardest part of dairy
ing comes upon the women. Thou.
sands of them go to untinlely graves
in consequence of Shaving in the farm
dairy. There is more ease and more
money in sheep to-day than in cows.
and there always have been. Farmers
Home Journal
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1897-08-21

RURAL PHILOSOPHY.
ghsse is Food in It for Reflection by Every
- Ear

Dow, Jr., has said that we have three
kinds of poor, viz: Gods poor, the
devils poor and poor devils Waving
a classification of the first two ele-
manss and without being irreverant, it
is thepo devil that we shall get af-
ter. He seems to have come IN ex-
isteanee backwards and goes through
the world the same way. He was born
about Q month ahead Of his money, his
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1897-08-21

'Tt is rather startling" / said. ito,
find the problem of clean rothes
solved by the abolition of the washtub.
although | perceive that that was the
only radical solution
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1897-08-21

Galen Clark, who has Just resigned
the post. of guardian of the Yosemite
valley. went there about 40 years ago,
expecting TO die in a year or two of con-
sumption. He is now 50 years old and
hale and hearty.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1897-08-21

James II. Randall. author Of Mary
land, My Maryland" contemplates is
suing his poems complete in a small
volume.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1897-08-21

Macauley, the historian, always used
to eat his Sunday dinner alone and at a
restaurant. When he had finished, he
generally built up a pyramid OF wine-
glasses, which he delighted to see
topple over. When be left the restau-
rant he used to pay literally for the
broken glass as well as for the dinner.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1897-08-21

If you would not be known to do a
thing, never de -
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-05-31
THE RUIZ INVESTIGATION ENDED
Nothing New Regarding the Americans Death Was
Disclosed.
GEN. LEE FEARED TO CALL ANY WITNESSES.
He That He Could From Spanish Vengeance In
the Futurc--0ne the Crew Tells of the Sailing of the
Jones With the Big Expedition


special
left last February
deprived of tire hts
brutal
o
the
which killed him half
other half jail
DR. Congeto his allies
which
o
menno iuns and
a
ohenhu tho first
practically all
will probably tho Ruiz that OF General Lee to
the
lknowth
had told him
to believed that
SO there will be
It's 3 Lees
belief the
head with
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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-05-31
EXPEDITION LANDED
ONE OF THE CHEW TELLS or Trs
SUCCESS.
and the insurgcnt. Were Given
Rifles and Ammunition.

Wilmington. N, q. Mny 30.-Thc Mes
senger today prints II detailed account
OF the loading OF the tug Alexander Jones
and her departure with the schooner John
ID. Long on a Cuban filibustoring expcdi-
tion The facts were obtained from n
member OF the crew of the Alexander
Jones', which returned to port several days
ago His story substantially is as fol-
lows;
"On Thursday night. May 10. the Iones
took on cargo OF rifles, machctos rapid
Are guns at the wharf Of the Wilmington,
Newbern and Norfolk railway, In the south
crn limits OF tho city. Before she had
entirely finished her cargo report was
started that officers were approaching and
tho revenue cutter Morrill, was getting up
steam Taking alarm at this, the Jones
pulled ont and started down the river at
1915 p. M, and IN few hours crossed
the bar and anchored outside The schooner
John D. Long. having meanwhile loaded
with coal and other material at tho VIII
minxton and Welton railroad wharf. was
shortly afterwards tOwcd out 10 sea by the
tug Jacob Brandon. going past the revenue
cutter Colfax ON the schooner were Gen
cral Nunoz and another officer OF the Gu
ban army Cuban pilot and Captain John
iIrlen OF the nllbustcrlng tug Dauntless'
At the sea buoy they went on board the
Jones anchored nearby and captain
O'Brien took charge OF the expedition.
hawscr was made fast from the Jones
In the schooner and early Friday morning
the tug steamed to the south with her
tow. The Jacob Brandon returned to
Southport
ION the way down the coast no po', Ms
entered. but off Palm Beach IN 'ae to'ht
of Florida, slxty-two cubaps were taken
On board. The Jones then towed the
schooner TO the Bahamas and in the ~
oinity anchored in the open sea on Tues
day. May IS. on Thursday morning. May
20 the fllbuster DauDtless hove IN nisht
md came alongside the Jones ara he
schooner. took IL cargo OF arms from me
Jones and with Captain oi'flsn in q IN
naud headed for the Cuban coast, about
sixty miles away. She left the Jones ln-
tween and 9 o'clock Thurglay night made
n surct,sfuI landing In cuba, near MA't n
za.. and after an Absence OF twe,': itur
hours exactly returned 10 Tao 1sneS ifck
another cargo OF war material and sttiitd
for Cuba Friday night. on the las: trip
General Nuncz and the aixty.t*o chbtns
lief. the Jones and wen, on board me
Dauniicss and accompanied Captain
O'BricnI
when the Dauntiess left With her hec-
ond cargo the Jones codlcd froin the
schooner. towed her of Cape canaW.a,,
Fla. and turned her loose. Sac snilc1 back
and got into Southport yesterday morning:
Tn. cargo carried out OF huge was vnined
al SIS 600 and I, Is said 10 nafo been the
second largest ever landed 10 Cuba,
The member Of The crog above ti'r!ei
10 saws there is no truth 10 The story that
the Jones was chased ind fired On by a
spouish war vessel The Jones never saw
the smoke OF such war vessel whi;e on
the trim.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-05-31
SH0kT TEXAS SPECIALS.

GRApELAND- Folio Totty, little girl.
fell from gallery and broke her arm just
above the elhoY.
WORTHAM-T were twenty four cars
OF beef cattle shipped from here. all billed
TO Chicago market
TERRELL--A negro is in Jail here on a
charge OF criminal assault on l5-year-
old negro girl al Elmo.
HILLsBoRO-Miss Hazel Clarke u
years old, was thrown rom runaway
horse and instantly killed,
TEXARKANA-A 3-year old child fell
into barrel Of I've soap. head foremost.
ana will very likely ale. The little ones
sufferings are eXcruciatng.
CoRSiCANA--Koepers OF houses OF III
fame are being vigorously prosecuted in
the county court. Notwithstanding the
tight. the keepers Of the houses ara sull
here.
ABnOTT-About six miles west OF here
Mrs. Mamie l.. Barr. ner i-year-oli son
and her sister Miss Matte l.. AlcNandcr,
were drowned In a tank ne1r the house
The two ladies' were drowned iu trying TO
rescue the little boy.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-05-31
ATTACK ON CALHOUN.
\ HAVANA PAPER CRITicIsBs HIM
INDIRECTLY.
Amrricnn Corrcspond,nts Draw
Inspiration From Gen. Lee.

Havana May s0.--ln leading article
this morning III Daro de La Marina takes
a scathing Indirect attack upon Commits
sioncr Calhoun by crticizing articles which
have appeared in Washington newspaper
over the resignation Of MIR. Pepper. who,
in the auise Of an intimate friend Of
President Mckinley and Mr. Calhoun, ac-
companied the latter 10 Cuba.
Tho article maintains that many Incl
dents Of the Interior working of the mixed
commission which are wholly private hive
been divuged IN Mr.. Peppers letter, thus
tending TO compromise MIR. Calhoun. The
paper also rescuts Mr.. Peppers unfrlondly
attitude toward Spain in his reports on
the Cuban question. expressing disgust
that while he blames Spain for the natural
result OF the war, he has 10 word of
censure for the Cuban insurgents. whose
torches are destroying the wealth OF the
island.
In closing It's article El Diurio de La
Marina calls attention to the fact that
Two New York newspapers whose Cuban
reprcsc natives are scarcely favorable 10
Spain. maintain bureaus In Havana under
the same roof with the United States con
sui general. lntimating. without much
delicacy. that the correspondents OF the
newspapers are virtually under the wing
of General Fltzhugh Ice and draw most OF
their inspiration from him
Mr.. Fishback. accompanied by Mr.. Pep
Guansjay. Mr., Calhoun spent the day With
General Lee at tho American consulate.
Captain General Woyler went from Tunas
to Jucaro on Friday, but returned to Tunas
today.
The insurgents dynamted a passenger
train between Santa Clara and EAperanSa.
The baggage car Was capsized and the
locomotive and three passenger cars were
derailed, but no lives we're lost
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-05-31
LETTER rnoM a TEXAN.
He IIns Charge of Insurgent Hos
pitnIs In Uavsnn Province.

Sherman. Toxas. May ~ a letter has
been received in this city from Dr. Fans-
tus VIM. who left here some time seo'
and IL now with the insurgents In Cuba
This letter I, dated within '"eiye rl''s OF
Havana and reeounts many OF the atrocities
of the Spanish Or. VIM Gays tile spah-
,sh occupy the town and the insurgents
tie country: that the spanisn march a
columns of 800 to- 1000 from ,owi &c town.
and always camp in town or sonie fortified
position at night He says The only Ian
ger of being wounded by the Spanish FIRE
Is Ia being some distance from them. as
IN fire from the hip
d. VIM is surgeon OF Havana y,
vince aud has several hospitals TO att I'D.
These hospitals are located. as far ns p-ac-
ticaily. in the hills. for be says, II the
Spanish locate one they walt until the
forces are swss and then attack II and
butcher the wounded"
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-05-31
TWO POLITICAL LIGHTS.
HON. II. $. SMITH WANTS PEACE
THIS YEAR.
Hon. WInbournr pcnrcc Says VIII
linn y. bryan Is sure Z" br
the Next Nominee.

pollas. Texas, May 30. lion. Thomas 3
smith Of lIulshoyo, whose friends have put
him sauarely In the held for attorney seh-
oral NEXT year. spent yesterday IN pai'as'
n, said 10 Tho Post correspondent; y
don't know much about politics. THIS year
I'm looklng out Tor meat aud bread to'
the Smith family. The political sea down
An lIn county Is very calm. We are OK
pectlns plenty Of excitement next year ana
want all the rest beforehand we can Poss'-
bly, act,
Hon. W,nbouruc rearce Of nclton, who
was a Bryan and Sewali elertor-at-in'eo
Inst fall Is another prominent visitor. tie
iR stlil for Bryan.
He said, MIR bryan is one OF the great
csi men ever hprn 10 the Nation II ever
II man was loved by the masseS oil his
party It is hc | don't think another name
than that of bryan viii bc brehihcd as lhe
roll call for the nomination Of canhi-
date who shall aucceed Mckinley proceeds
In tho ncxt National democratic couveD-
tlon His course In defeat Is as admirable
AS HIS campaign was heroic ana matchlcSs.
The recent municipal elections were strhNs.
when Ohio goes democratic next iatl anu
Marcus Aurelus Ia returned 10 ms nome
In Cleveland believe even the rcpnblicNh
office seeker. ia Texas Will cease to thinN
the American people propose 20 be foolish
always. | look for democratic victories
from now on. until aignal personal and
poltlcal triumph places William Jcunings
BRYAN IN tho White IInuHc as the nrst OF
Americas Twentieth century presidents,
Then we'll have u jubilee that nhall put
Queen Nirjoria's To hlush and cause the
republican wreck to wonder what stayed
the Waterloo. "
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-05-31
MURDER AND SUICIDE
Tun TRAGIC END or A DRUNKEN
CAROIsAL,
Down ny Her Husband, Who
Then Killed Himself.

San Antonio. Texas. May 3o.--Bud
Franks. horse trader, wound nm drunk
On spree today by numbering his wife and
tbcu killing himself He ran the woman
out OF the house aud shot her four times
In tho back As sho FELL he sent bullet
through her brain
Franks came home drunk Saturday night
and raised disturbance, The mounted
police arrested him. but released him on
bond. This afternoon he returned hons
with a pistol and found his VITO a, work
in her home. He shot her nrst through
tho arm and then followed her into tho
street.
After tho woman fell he looked at the
pistol. deliberately cooked II and sent the
last bullet in the chamber through his own
head
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-05-31
A NEW BREAK.


Over Confidence Caused Levcc he
low Ration Rouge 10 he Neglected.
New Orleans, La, May 80 "A crevassc
resulting from over confidence and reloxa-
tion OF vigilance occurred at O'Clock this
morning In the levee at Conrad's Point,
four miles by rail below Baton Rouge, on
the east side Of the Mississippi river.
At . O'Clock this morning information
was received at Baton Rouge thai the
levee at Conrads sugar house was leaking
badly and that a creyasse was liohle 10
occur at any moment. There were 10 la
borers within call ms they had all tecn
discharged and sent TO their homes. The
levee authorities at Baton Rouge hastily
gathered together force OF men and p'ac-
ed them on barges and By o'clock a tug
was towing the barges OF men and material
to the scene Of danger,
At O'Clock. shortly after the barges
arrived at the plantation, the levee burst
with loud report and the water. in a
stream forty feet wide and seven feet deep,
began pouring through the br,eik and
spreading rapidly over tho fertile lands In
the vicinity.
The officials of the Ponchartrain icree
district aud of the Illinois Central rail-
road are on hand with large forces ot men
and unlimited supplies OF material and
will no doubt succeed in closing the break
before any very serious damage is done TO
the agricultural plantations.
The latest news received from the ere
\
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-05-31

A DUEL TO THE DEATH
Two iouuo Men Fight TIL Both Are
Dead.
EVERY BULLET FOUND IT'S MARK.
One Was Shot Five Times, the
Other Four.
- Is
roo MUCH TALK THE CAUSE,
roo MUCH TALK THE CAUSE,
rhcy Met at "a Cemetery, where tho
Nciahbors HID Met to Decorate
the Homes of the Dead.

Sweet Home. Texas, May So,-A terrible
tragedy was enacted at Salem church. eight
miles south OF here, yesterday evening, IN
which two young men, viii Lewis and
Whit Bosworth. were shot TO death IN
duel
only meager accounts arc obtainahlc. but
from the most reliable reports II seems
that trouble Was expected on account OF too
much talking.
Yesterday the citizens OF this nclghhcr-
hood met at Salem Church, with their
dinncrR. to spend the day In cleaning the
cemetery and decorating the graves Of
loved one and friends.
In the afternoon the young men met
near the cemetery and began shooting at
each other, resulting in wounds from which
both died In few minutes Each ompticd
bis pistol and all the shots took effect.
LOWS was shot three times through uc
body and once through tho arm. Bosworth
Was hit twice in the head. twice In the
body and once In the log.
Yoakum. Texas, May so.--Ncws reached
here this morning OF terrible homicide
at Hope. eight miles from here. yesterday
afternoon. II was the occasion Of the an
maui decoration and Among others assem-
hled al the cemetery were two youns men.