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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1898-03-19
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ONE or THE 5LEsT.

Her face was beautiful with perfect calm.
Peace sealed the brow. and peace the
tender mouth;
To wounded hearts her gentle gaze was
balm,
Her words like; winds blown softly from
the south.
Her eyes were wells of iuster sweet and
Sometimes you felt they mirrored hid
You might not read. but only feel the
As II there flashed an angels passing
wings. 4H ~ -
And on that face shone always white
light,
A soft transhgured spiendor. TIL you
thought
Only glory fallen from the light Hf%
OF, Heaven itself such lovely marvel
wrought. 5sEA &t@ A
serene she went her way through 6slef and
strife, -t FE-
Trouble was not trouble where her pres
ence came;
She bore about with hersa Joy of life.-
Love burned within her breast fragrant
flame. @r.-@s.
You heard. while wondering how every
She carried lightly as q bird half-lit.
A gracious spirit say: There Is no cross
Where no self is to suffer under 1t.
And you remembered that In ancient law
by the broad arrow was the king's tree
known -
Through the dark forest. and believed you
saw
The Lords broad arrow mark her as
His own.
Harriet Prescott sponord. in Congrega-
tionaaist.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1898-03-19
a SAILOR PRINCE.
Henry of Prussta and His Sa1nDifcaf
of Character.

Henry of Prussia and His Simplicity,
of Character.
It would be wrong to judge the char
acter of Prince Henry of Prussia from
the astounding speeches which he adj
dressed to his brother, the kaiser, On
taking his departure from Germany for
China. In the first place, there Is al
ways a tendency to sentimentality in
the German character which is entirely
absent in that of the English-speaking
races, and, secondly, the utterances OF
Prince Henry and of the kaiser have
been willfully distorted and exagger-
ated in translation. y
One instance will suffice. The kaiser
in speaking of his countrymen made use
of the expression "the German Mi
chael," Michael being the gen.
eric slang name for the North
German, just ] in the same way as
"Pat' is the kindly nickname of every
Irishman, or Tommy Atkins" that of
every English soldier. In English and
American newspapers, however, this
has been rendered just as If the emperor
had apostrophized his sailor brother as
the Archangel Michael
Prince Henry is the most simple
minded and unaffected ofprinces In or
dinary life, and no better illustration
of this could be afforded Than by 9
glance atsthe cabins devoted to his use
on board the ironclad Deutschland.
which are to be his home for the next
few months. They are distinguished
by On entire absence of splendor. The
sleeping cabin in particular Is very sim.
ply furnished. The bed and chairs ore
ship furniture, well worn by service,
!. The dressing table is Of ordinary white
wood, as is the furniture of the dining
room and saloon. In fact, In the bed
room there is nothing to suggest the
rank of the officer, unless it be the mon
ograms on the backs of the hairbrushes
On the walls hang portraits of the
princes relatives, while a particularly
conspicuous position is accorded to
series Of caricatures of the prince
which, while mirth-provoking. are Ger:
'tainly not fattering. The prince or
board is surrounded by none Of that red
tape and for1nality which one is accus'
toned to associate with foreign roya1
families. He is a sailor first and an i'm
rerial prince very long way afterward
N. Y. Tribune.
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-. : - :
SUGAR.EATiN0 NATIONS.

Figures That Indicate Maritime Pee
pie Excel i'm Its Consumption.
The sugar crop of the world amounts
In normal year to about 100000 tons,
Of which the larger part, about $500, 900
tons, comes from beets and the balance,
100000 tons, from sugar cane. OF the;
latter the largest proportion comes
from the West Indies and large
amount from the Island Of Java. ;
Among the countries producing beet
sugar, Germany comes first with about
one-third of the worlds crop; then Aus
tria with about as much, and then,
France, Russia, and Belgium and Hol-
land together, with substantially the,
same quantity.
In respect OF the production OF beet
sugar In the United States there has
been q vast increase since the establish
ment of the Mckinley tariff In 1890.
The year previous the American prod
net was $500 tons. Two. years later 1t
was $4,000 tons. Four years later it was
10000 tons. Last year 1t was A, 900 tons.
and the product is ON the increase. The
Mckinley tariff established between
July 1, 1891. and July i, 1905, bounty
to be paid by the United States govern
ment to sugar producers, with view OF
stimulating the industry and eompen-
sating those engaged in 1t for the
changes made In the duty upon import
ed sugar.
Among scientists the opinion has
been general that moderate amount OF
sugar, like moderate amount OF SALT
should enter into the dietary of the
people of each nation; but 1t is only
when the figures of the consumption of
sugar are examined that it is seen that
the quantity consumed varies radically,
and it is curious fact that in those
countries in which the maritime spirit
the spirit of navigation, commerce,
travel and colonization - is strong,
there is a very considerable consump-
| ton of sugar per capita, whereas in
those countries in which these quail
ties are not predominant among the in
| habitants the consumption Is smaller.
In England, first among the maritime
nations of the world, the consumption
of sugar is sc pounds year for each
anna Ill OCH1loA AZ 100 aeA
Holland 81, In France 80 and in Norway
and Sweden IS, whereas in Russia 1t Is
only 10, in Italy, in Turkey Z, In Greece
and in Seryia 4. The consumption
Of sugar seems to have very little con-
ncction with or relation to the produc-
tion of sugar, for in Austria, the sugar
| product of which is large, the average
consumption is only 10 pounds, while
in Switzerland, in which there is no pro-
duction to speak of. it is A. And an
other curious phase of the matter Is
that there is great disparity in the
consumption of sugar in the two tea
drinking countries, England and Rus
sia.. The large amount of sugar con-
sumed in France is attributed, IN part
to the fact that the French confection-
ers and candymakers, and more espe-
cially those doing business in the city
| of Paris, use in their trade enormous
quantities of sugar in a year, adding
| abnormolly to the average consumption
| of sugar in the French republican,. Z
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An ORDINANCE.

Mr.. Manuel offered the. following
amendments to the road ordinances.
which WAS unanimously adopted, as
follows: 49, @#&s@Ss. gs q
Be it ordained by the Police Jury of
the Parish OF st. Landry, In infegtllarses-
sion convened, That Section Sixteen
{l6) of road ordinances adopted March
2, 1897, be amended and re-ordained so as
to read, as follows: s
Section Is. Beitfurtherorlained. ETC.,
That Road ogerseers shall not be allow
ed any compensation for the number of
days the road hands are required 10
work, but they shall be allowed the sum
OF $l.50 tone dollar and fifty cents) per
day for each days extra work, and no
compensation shah be allowed for noti-
flying the hands. That all road over
seers shall receive the same per diem
and mileage as Witnesses for each and
every day they are summoned before
the police jury. Itshall be the duty OF
each oyerseer to stilnlnon all male per-
sons from the agesof eighteen to- fifty
except such as may be exempt from
public service by the Legislature of this
State, or by the police Jury, to meet at
seeh places ana times as to them, the
said oyerseers, shall seem convenient,
with the necessary tools, for the repair
ing or making of the public road or
roads under their charge; and whoever,
without legal excuse, or physical disabi-
lity certified to by some licensed phi ysi~s
clan practicing in this parish, snail, up
on shch summons, refuse or neglect to
attend, with the tools designated, and do
their duty either I'M person or by send
/ ing in their place, aud to be accepted by
the oyerseer of the roads. an efficient
hand not subject to be called to work on
the public roads, shall pay q fine of five
dollars and costs of court; said fine to be
recovered by civil suit before any Ma
rtStr h
son offending in the name of the Police
Jury on the relation of the Road Over
tseer and in the event that said fine and
costs are not paid in full within twenty
-four hours from the finality OF the judg-a
| ment imposing same, the person or per-
sons offending shall. be prosecuted by
! Indictment or information in the name
of the State, and upon trial and eonyic-
| ton of such neglect or failure to pay
such fine and costs, the said person or
persons offending shall pay a fine of not
| less than twenty-five nor more than one
hundred dollars, or imprisoned not less
than ten or more than ninety days, or
both at the discretion of the court; pro-
yided, that such prosecution before the
/ District Courtishall be no bar to the re-E
coyery Of the Judgment of the Magis-
i trate's Court by writ OF fl-fa, which may
proceed eoneurren1y with such prose-
cution before the District Court.
| Provided, That any person so sum-
| moned shall be excused fronl road duty,
| upon payment to the road overseer by
i Whom he may be summoned, OF the SUM
| Of LOO tone dollar for each day he may
be SO summoned, said sum to- be pay
able within the "a hours next after the
summons may be- served upon him,
otherwise the penalty provided herein
i when SO paid over to the Oyerseer, by
him to be Daid to fha Parish TraaatIrar
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you are In the house everybody has got
to walk on tiptoes and hold their
breath! Well, IL you think the people
of New York don't know their rights
you've got badly left. Go on wild you TO
the police!" @ ~ !
"If you were q man-oht Il you were
only man for about two minutes9
whispered Mr.. Bowser, as his face
grew whiter than snow.
"And If it's a man ye want yen
find one in my Peter. I've told him
how ye1 talked to me, and he's waiting
down at the front door TO paralyze ye
| wild one blow in the jaw. Hearkee
now, Mr.. Towser, or whatever your
name may be, the best thing we kin
do is to git the vans here tomorrow
and move away agin. Ye don't seem
| to. be the sort Of family to git along
| In a beautiful and quiet New York
fiat
He. had Just opened his mouth to
speak when Mrs. Bowser called to him
from the hall above. ss
"Poor woman-I amt blaming her q
bit," said the janitress, as she looked
up. "she seems humble, soft-spirited
body, who's been bluffed around until
she's afraid of her life. It's lucky ye
haven't some women to live with. II
I was your wife. fur instance, why
why" .ss
And she snapped her fngers under
Mr.. Bowser's nose and tossed her
head and snapped. again, and In his
helplessness he could only glare at her.
Mrs. Bowser called again, and he
turned and went slowly upstairs and
entered his rooms and sat down. 1T
was full minute before he could gasp
out:
Woman, see what you have donel"
"What have I done?'' she protested.
''H didn't want to give mp our house
and move into fiat. I didn't want
you to raise row here. I told you
not to go for the police"
/ He looked ut her and held his mouth
open, but not sound issued forth.
/ mfr. Bowser has had his own way
SO long that 1t will come very hard for
him to knucble under, but the man who
gets whole fat down on him, includ-
ling the ianitress and her Peter, has got
q weedy row to hoe.l
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o millinery store on her way home. and
had concluded that she would be meTci-
full and rot push the case against the
pickpocket.
I The policeman told this story to the
court, evidently with great regret. It
was apparent from his manner that he
still regarded the prisoner at the bar
as pickpocket. and II the prisoner
were not guilty in this instance it was
because the woman had left her purse
,at the millinery store and didn't have 1t
with her at the time the prisoner at
tempted to pick her pocket. Doubtless
he would have taken the purse If he
could have done SO.
The prisoner was discharged, and the
policeman seemed to think that the
young man was in luck to escape SO east!
~. e. 8s s s~sss @E*
Strange to say, the young man was
still complaining. -
whats the natter?" demanded
officer Reddy. "Didn't he discharge
your"
".Yes," replied the suspect. and he
went home without waiting for any
apologies or retractions. - Chicago
Record. y
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I'm not pickpocket. tell you it's all
O mistake"

I'm not pickpocket. tell you it's all
O mistake"
II know all about that, too," said the
policeman, who was accustomed to hear
voluble explanations and excuses.
The wagon came and the young man
was carted to the station, but fortunate
ly 1t was a covered wagon, and he was
not exhibited through the streets.
At the station he was searched, but
no woman's purse was found. s
The fact that he had about $3.50 on
his person was regarded as suspicious
circumstance, however. s
The policeman was more or less puz-
zled, and had to fall beck on two pic
turesque theories:
~ That the pickpocket had dropped
,, the purse through coal hole to an ac-
compliee hidden under the sidewalk.
(2) 1hat he had swallowed it.. L
/ While celebrating on these theories
he looked through the pictures of the
gallery, hoping to find that the young
man had served two or three terms al
ready, and was wanted In Syracuse,
N. Y, and st. Joe, Mo.
I In the meantime the young man was
sending flying messages from his
gloomy cell, which he shared with a
.comatose drunkard and hairy gen.
ltleman whose mind was supposed 10 be
unbalanced.
/. After o half hour or so the friends be-
gan to arrive and started the active ex-
ercise of their combined ''pull, and at
I the end Of an hour and half he was
released.
What he suffered in humiliation of
spirits and mental anguish during
that hour and half will not be set out
in this connection, and it never could
be told i'll one volume.
He was indignant, and ut the same
time crushed by the disgrace Of 1t. He
wanted revenge on the policeman, on
the woman, on the whole barbaric sys-
tenn. The desk sergeant and the other
policemen at the station listened cold
l1y to his complaints. They regarded
this excess of wrath as another sure
proof of his guilt. They had seen many
good professionals carry on in the same
manner. s*F9
Next morning the young man was at
the station with an army of witnesses,
He was ready to prove white and un-
sullied character. The policeman was
there, but the woman was absent at
nine o'clock.
AS the case was not to be called Inn
.mediately the policeman jumped on q
car and rode 10 the woman's house to
summon her.
He returned with the information
that the woman had found the purse at
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.of course I'm going outF' he yelled.

.Of course I'm going outl" he yelled,
as he suddenly gave way to his anger.
"Do you imagine that a woman like
that can first put my nerves all on
edge and afterwards bluff me around
the way she didi I'll have her In the
cooler In less than half an houri" .
Mr.. Bowser started downstairs. His
mind was fully made up to go to the
police and complain OF the disturbing
noises. Two flights down he met the
janitress ascending. The woman up
stairs was humping the piano again
nnd singing Maggie Murphy" at the
top OF her voice. = .sssss 7
do you hear-do you hearp shouted
Mr.. Bowser, as he pointed upwards.
'And what of u. Mr.. Towser-
OF lei" deflantly replied the janitress as
she tossed her head about.
I s.Why. it's o blamed circusit's an
internal menagerie-it's an everlasting
nuisance that's got to be stopped or
I'll go 70 the policel' s..
"oh! you viii! Wen. you run right
along to the police and tell 'em all
about 1t! They'll know you when you
get there, Mr.. Towser, for I've already
put them on to youl'
'eAfy name is Bowser, and what do
you meant Woman, IL you were only
o man.'
aNeyer mind about my being q
woman. I've told the police that we
had q man In the house who ought to
be watched. and SO you had. I'm to
see the landlord tomorrow. and II
you don't apologize to me he'll either
put you out or go himself"
"Great Scott Great Sootp was ali
Mr.. Bowser could say, as he leaned
against the wall and looked the woman
over. aa 49, Esg f
"Going out to complain Of your
neighbors, was you, and you here only
three days!" continued the janitress
as she glared at him. ssThen, because
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sand you--you blame me!a she
gasped, as her throat choked up.
''Of course blame you'll Who else is
there TO blame? Did you tell me that
they hammered ON tin pans In these
fiat honses2 Did you tell me that the
janitress dared to talk back to the ten
ants? Therc-there-hea that! Great
Scot, but do you suppose III stand
such yawping noise!"
Its woman singing" pleaded Mrs.
Bowser.
Singing, is 10? You call shrieks, and
screams, and yells singing. do youl
Well see about that!"
4 She called him to stop, but he
marched out into the hall and raped
vigorously ON the door of the other
fiat.
well. sir?" queried woman. as she
opened the door.
II want you tostop that hullaboo OF
I'll send for the policel"
"What! Who are you, sir9'
my names Bowser, and I live next
door. You are making o racket to
raise the roof off the house, and If not
stopped at once I'll appeal to the po-
liee!"
"How-how dare you. sirl" exclaimed
the indignant woman, as she fully re-
allied his meaning. why, sir, IL my
husband were home you wouldn't dare
speak this way! | do as / wish, and
as for you, II you say two words more
TIL have you arrested"
.sMadam--s"
.Get out or I'll scream for the po-
liee!" f=s#a
Mr.. Bowser returned to his fiat. He
was angry from the top of his head to
the sole of his feet. He was 30 mad
that he looked at Mrs. Bowser and
opened his mouth Rnd could not get
out word. She was afraid of apo
pIexy. and she sought to ward or the
danger by saying #.
s'If we are TO live here for three
montha we must get used to these
things. You see. you are little nerv-
ous, bat after time you won't mind
what they do next door. What are
you getting your hat and coat for?"
''Ask-ask me NO questions!" he re-
piled.
aBut are you going out7"
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LoosER GLOVES ARE WORM.
Those That Fit Tightly Are UHcoms
Portable An Cold Weather.


Gloves are worn much looser than for
merly. This Is we'll, since the weather
has begun to be quite nipping. Moth
ing is colder than tight glsye. It
makes free circulation of the blood Inn
possible, and, In addition to being de-
cidedly uncomfortable. makes the hand
look cramped and deformed. Castor
gloves are the thing for street wear.
They are made of heavy but soft un-
dressed kid, and are far warmer than
dogskin. They slip on and of easily.
and are modish in the extreme. Gray
Is the favorite color with women who
have large allowances, but that color
soils easily, and the soft shades OF tan
prove more acceptable to those who
have to count every cent before and
after 1t is expended. Castor gloves can
be bought In stock almost anywhere for
ST. or SLIPS a pair, but II Is cheaper In
the end 10 have them made TO order at
a regular glove store. This can be done
for $1.75, and the purchasers then sure
of getting glove made from perfect
skin and also of being well-itted. Great
displays of highly colored kid gloves are
being made, but one sees very few wom-
en- wearing them. Colored gloves, like
colored wells, stamp their wearers with
the mark, If not of downright vulgar
jty, at least of bad taste. Soft shades
of tans and browns are the best form for
street wear, while dainty pearl and
gray tones are vying with white for
first place for dress occasions. Suede Is
coming more and more into use. Amer
lean women are the best-shod women In
the world, but they viii never be con-
sidered the best-gloyed women so long
as they stick to the cold, ifeless glace
hand coverings that they prefer to the
suede.-Cincinnat Commercial Trib-
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snaniah OnleIes.

Al savory dish for breakfast or fog
high tea and a decided novelty In most
families is Spanish omelet. Cut quar-
ter of pound of bacon into dice and
fry brown, then add six mushrooms, a
small onion and a tomato, all chopped,
stir and cook until the vegetables are
tendeH Beat six eggs without separat-
ing, with pepper and salt to taste, add
quarter cup OF milk, pour into hot
frying pan with heaping teaspoon OF
butter, shake and run broad bladed
knife under the center to prevent
scorching, when the eggs begin to set
spread the hot bacon and vegetables on
top, fold and serve at Boston
Globe,
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NAMING THE BABIES.
As II Es Done Arnong seaae orfeAtal


3 Races. - - szzzsF
A Hindeo baby is named when 12
days Ole, lend usually by the mother.
Sometimes the father wishes for an
other name than that selected by the
mother; in that case two lamps are
placed over the two names, and the
name over which the lamp burns the
brighter is the one given to the child.
4 In the Egyptian family the parents
choose name for their baby by light
ing three wax candles. to each of these
they give name; one Of the three al
ways belongs TO some deifed person
age. The candle that burns the longest
bestows the name upon the baby.
The Mohammedans sometimes write
desirable names on five slips Of paper,
and these they place In the koran, The
name upon the first slip brought out
Is given TO the child.
The children Of the Amos, people
living in northern Japan, do not re-
ceive their names until they are five
years old. It is the father who then
chooses the name by which the child
is afterward to be called.
The Chinese give their boy babies
asname i'm addition to their surnalnes,
ana they must call themselves by these
names until they are 20 years old. At
that age the father gives his SON new
name.-C Chicago Evening News.
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Cheene Croaneakes.

Make thick white sauce. using three
tablespoonfuIs butter, one-quarter cuE
-four, two-thirds cup milk; add yolks OF
two eggs without beating, and stir I'M
ill we'll mixed; then add one cup mild
cheese cut In small pieces and one table
spoonful grated parmesan cheese. AS
soon as the cheese me1ts remove from
fire and season with salt. white pepper
and cayenne; spread In shallow pan
and cool; turn on q board. cut In small
squares, strips Or fancy shapes. dip in
crumbs, egg and crumbs againi fry In
deep fat; drain on brown paper; Servs
as o cheese course Boston Budget. .
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Books for All Purposes.

"What beautiful library you haveis
exclaimed the visitor. "You can never
be lonely with SO many beautiful end.
expensive books about YOU"
"Oh," replied Mrs. Cumrox, com.
placently, you don't see all that We
''Indeed!s
"Yes.ssWe have any number Of books
with paper backs that we read. h-
Washington Star.
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YEe Didn't Call Again.

"I never use any cosmetics for my
complexion" simpered. Miss Sallow.
"That's too bad" said the sympathet
ic freshman who was doing the calling
that evening. Detroit Free Press,
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--Lontlon funerals cost over E 1000
900 annually sF
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BOWSER'S TROUBLES.
they Begin Ffat Life, and Several
People Hear from Bowser.

Copyright. isss. BY u QUAD.
The Coconino sun., 1898-11-12
Exercised Her Perogatives.

The National Ma gazine tells this story of Queen Wilhelmina: 1.-Two of the court children were missing oue day and grave fears wore entertained as to the probability of their having been kidnapped. A prolonged and careful search resulted in finding no traces Of them and two attendants were arrested n. uspi.ious characters. On further inquiry il was learned that these two children were last seen play ing with the little queen the previous day. On questioning her as to their whereabouts she said they were locIed up in an old cellar that cUuId be reached from the court yard. It seemed they refused to do her bidding and SD. eXer- cisiug her perugativeS as chief eXecu. tive of the kingdom. she had them i'm prisoned for rebellion.