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The colored American., 1900-09-08

Despite the admoDitions OF BIshop
walters, the debate following the brief
address of Judson w. Lyons, OF GeOr-
e1a. Register of the Treasury, finally
degenerated into hot political out
burst. especially on the part OF &. n,
Crews and L. Z. Woods, of Missouri
Col. Lewis. of New Orleans, ". E.
Henderson of Indianapolis, John p.
Green Of Ohio, and several others. in
which glOrlfication of the republican
and damnatiOn Of the democratic
parties were dealt out in equal doses.
Mr.. Lyons, after denOunciDg the re-
cent Acknowledgement constitutional
amendment adopted in North Carolina
and those of other southern states IS
worse attempts at nullIficatisn than that
OF the southern states in 1850 and 1851,
uyged that the practical thing for the
Afro American to do would be TO go to
the republican party In Congress and
demand a reduction OF the representa-
ton in those states of the South which
had ignored the Fourteenth and Fif
teenth Amendments Of the Federal Con-
stitutiOn in placing on their statute
books, laws disfrauchl the Negro.
T. Thomas Fortune. Of New York,
who had stepped up to the rostrnm to
speak to Bishop Walters, was asked by
the presiding off eer..tO speak, and @ N.
Crews, the big MissourIan, at once OBJ
iected to MIR Fortune speaking except
down on the floor among the other
delegates.
Then Fortune scored Crews and
others who, he intImated, were actuated
more by political regard for the eleva-
tiOn of A frO-Americsn citiZensh ip
Fortune said he bad worked for ten
years for the benefit of the movement
when some others were skulking in
their tents.
Delegate CrOsthwaite, Of Tennessee,
urged that the political rights which
had come to- the American Negro had
1Tifted to him on the ocean of public
0pIniOn; that he was not indebted to
any political party for them, and that
the Negro has been reading history
wrong il he is imbued with any other
idea. The issue would never have risen
If the labor of the South had not begun
to enslave the labor of the North.
j. Milton Turner, OF St Louis, dis~
passiOnately urged that instead of IN
dulging in personalities and abuse the
delegates had better get together and
attempt to fOEmuiate some comforting
message to send abroad into the homes
of the cOlOred people all over the cOun
try.
The colored American., 1900-09-08
A Gem From The Council.

Looking at it from this point Of view,
we should be unfaithful TO the trust
committed to us if we do not warn the
race against the danger OF supporting
any man or party North Or South, who
is opposed to the full and free exercise
Of the elective franchise under the pro-
visions of the fourteenth and fifteenth
amendments to the Constitution.-Ex
tract from address of Afro American
Council, ado ooted at Indianapolis, Ind,
Aug 30, 1900.
This means that the only party, in
the wisdom Of that body, fOs whom the
coloTed man can safely vote is the paE
ty of Lincoln and Grant, Of Douglass
and Sumner-the grand old Repub bli'
can party as now led by William Me-
KinIey and his brilliant running mate
Colonel Roosevelt.
Mis- Priscilla Jones OF 1881 14th street
went to Richmond this week TO remain
ten days.
The colored American., 1900-09-08
SYSTEMIC CATARRH.
thousands Suffer From It and Do
Not Know It.

Hon. A. T. Wimberly, Collector of the
FORT of New Orleans, La, and member
OF the National Republican Committee,
IN writing of Pe-ru-na, SAYS:
The colored American., 1900-09-08

a constant drain Of mucus from the
system is known as systemic catarrh.
This may occur from any organ OF the
body. Systemic catarrh is more com.
mon In spring and summer than In the
winter.
DR.. Rachel A. Magaw, 81 West Jefrer-
son Street, Springfield, Ohio: "Your
Pe-ru-na Is worth its weight in gold.
feel like new woman. can't praise
it enough. I spent great deal of
money on doctors, but nothing ever did
me any good until I sent to you and
tried your Pe-ru-na. now feel well Of
the catarrh."
Ralph w. Chulip, Of La Porte, Ind.
says the following as regards Pe-ru-na
for catarrh: 81 had been troubled with
The colored American., 1900-09-08

catarrh for the
past eight years.
I became so bad
a year and a half
ago that I took
treatment from
wo different
specialists on
catarrh. The
discharge from
my head was
dreadful. Fin
allY nv stom-
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1900-03-29

cisszy.
szcse5liwi nog4l >bys tn na ziemi
tylko ludsie zdrowi ulemni zal ma
ciele ME moga = calej pelnl sdczuwa6
rozkoszy tegs 6wiata.
Do tel n~ieszcse6liwsj kasy Ealaia
cierp'acy ma jake sskIetD4 cborobs
lciowa; ci zwykle ME zdolni g do
aduej c.a4>sej piracy AMI umyslowej,
ami ~cielesnej Ale potnlowania gedni
3 tel ci k,6zy przez zle od1ywianie
SIG cis1kl prace klopoty lnb wskutek
zaratenla sig cd innych cierpieh sig
nabawilf
Takim ludziom dokucza zwyklo
krom cho:6b specyalnych blcie serca.
Dol glowY os& .b:enie katar czyli aapk a,
w1elka choloba boleSci merck ko,ki
reumatyzm k,6tki oddech q sk6ra
Obsypana kI0stami j ranami.
Ola takich chorych jed"
nak Jest pOmOc- W mle6cie
naszem ~wynalezl doktofzY lekar~
stwo, ktorem podobne choroby
zupelpie wy)e,zone bye mogae, i to
Y kr6tkim czas:e bez wielkich
kosxt6w.
Ma tyczenie poslemy naszym roda-
,kom zupelnie bezt @atnie lyle lekarstwa,
lie starczy ma jeden tydzieh.
Wszyscy kt6'zy prsgna wyleczenia
moga si2 zglosi6 listownie Tub osobjicie
do:
State Medical Diapenssry.
70 E. Madison Str Chicago III.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1900-03-29

mentp: -..Jakto, j. nis ucss
history polskiej. ! col 70 jest''f-
TO jest hiatorya ST. j: Now. Tes'
tameDtu''- odparl zagadniety.
mo tax, prosze paaa, ale
przec,ea TAXA HISTORIC, jesli jest
pisana pc polsku, jest hlstory9 pol.
ska, / pomimo ro1maitych argu.
ment6w owemu komus ME udalo
sic przekona6 pedagoga, ze znajduje
sic " b}edzie. o ,,?anu Tadeuszu''
Mickiewicza p. B slysza} to tylko,
re ME byl pisany proza, albowiem:
,,ca}y SWAT vie, ze pan Tadeusz
same tylko wiersze pisywa}'t.
Przybysza z Europy. zwiedza-
,jacego " tych czasach szkole p. B.
mog}aby mile zdziwic ia okolloz~
noE6, IL znaczna Geese uczni6w
wcale dobrze czyta, niez..e rachuje i
}adnie spiewa rozmaite piesni pol
skle. Atoli ME jest to bynajmniej
zas}uga p. B., gdyz dzieci te to
dawn uczniowie p. KrzyIanowskie"
60, pc kt6rym P. Biel. pred paru
miesi4cami ob;a} szkole.
Nauka odbywa sig " budynku.
wystawlonym niedawno specyalnie:
ma szko}e, staraniem Tow. i'm. Ta~
deasza Kotciuszki. Prey tel sposob~
no6ci zwr6ce uwage, il komitet
budowy, z Iona tegoz towarzystwa
wybrauy, dotyohczas ME uwazal "a
powszechnie v
podobnych wypadkach przyjstym
ogtosid publicznle
sprawozdania re swYch czyanosci i
odnosnych rachunkdw. A by1oby to
tembardziej w}asciwe, ze budynek
szkolny stan2t - ME sama tylko
oiarnoscia cz}oukdw towarsystwa,
lecz, ze sk4adki IA ten Gel p}yne}y
z Iona ca}eso og6lu polskiego v
Kurytybie i ma prowihcyi, niekt6re
zas datki pochodzi{y nawet cd Gu
dzoziemc6w. Zreszta ~ogfoszenie RAJ
cbuck6w, obowiazujace komitet re
wzgledu chotby ma sama przyzwo'
itose usuneloby wiele z}osliwych o.
poviadah, kt6re dis kursu;a Pc
miescie, sprawozdanie za6 daloby
nam historye budowy pierwszego
publicznego budynku polskiego "
Kurytvbie, historye ob6ta " ida.
.rzenia i niezmiernie eiekawa*).
Patrzac ma te na}ae, skromnas
kamien,czke parterowa, gdzie p.
8. kszta}ci aziatwe nasz4 " hiss
toryi Polski swego wynalazku, ME
wiemy dotyehczas, wiele budo*a
tel szko}y kosztowa}a, chsclas ME-
stety wiemy to zpewnych zr6def, i
iuz cd urodzenia ciez2e ma nisj dfug1
Jake smutna pamiatka gospodarki
komitetu budowY.
P. B: dsieki sprytowi sstuce
iednania sob,e wsglea6w ilPublicz-
noscist. Y szkole swej liczY uczni6w
co naimn,ej diva razy lyle co jege
lkolega, prof, Z.
Jeaell kts6 podaje sie falazy.
vie q medyka. lecsy lnnsch
|lecsy lie, Peciegsjaa 60 q to do
Observation-Disclosures. Nienniej szko-
idl;~vm mosa hvA exkaviak. kt6rV
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1900-03-29

przes dlugi jsdnak okres czasu
|gdy go kto tax satYtulowal, mis-
|zwyesaj odpowiadac, skromni'
spuszczajac oczy: -.,Nie jesten
godzien tax sic nazywac, jeder
Chrystns Pan byl Iauczyc'elem
ia zas jestem tylko profesorem''
Jest to autentycasne. Prsytaczaain
fakt ten ME gwoli bawienia czytel:
nikd6w humorystyka, lecz jake jed.
no 20 swiadectw inteligencyi pans
,,profesorat'.
Pan l,profesor" jest zreszta
.-# E,r."
znany wsr6d m%lejscowej Polonii
lako jedna z najbardziej komicz
nych p~ostaci ma bruku kurytyb-
skim. Krazy tn Q MIN mn6stwo
aaegdot i anegdotek. a z niekt5~
rych opowiadah wynlka, re j mo-
ralna jego strons ME zdo}a'aby "a
spokoi6 mniej nawet wybredne wy
magania cywilizowanego europej''
czyka. Pan K, reklamuiac sig,
oglasza niekledy " miejscowej ga
secie program swej szko{y. Widz'"
tam historye naturalne, hls~
torye powszechna, geogra6e. kali
gratie i t. d., jednem s}owem, ca}y
d1ugi szereg rozmaitych przedmio~
tow, kt6rych Navy obily sic kis~
dy6 0 .uszy ped.goga. W istocie za6
usi}uje ucsyc czytania, pisania j
rachunk6w, a jak nauka ia wygl2
da, MONA wnioskowa6 2 tego, ze
sam trzech zdah mp. bez wo1aj4~
cych 0 pomste do nieba ortogra-
stylistycznych i kaligra-
b}ed6w napisat ME potrah.
Szkola p. E. - nsjstarsza W
Kurytybie- liczy przecietnie oko}o
Is uczni6w i uczennic. So to pre-
waznie aczkolwiek ME w~ylacznie
ludzi, k,5rych }acza z panst~
VEN K. stosunki blizszcj zazy~
.
Oczywiscie, re nawet PREY bar
do nizkiej stopie zyciowej p. &.
re szko}y utrzymywatby sig ME
m6gl, gdyby iona jego, majaca
renome jednej z lepszych praczek "
Kurytybie, ME zarabia}a znacznie
wiecej pranlem bielizny.
Drugi pedagog, p. B., z za'
wodu zdaje sig rzemieslnik, przy~
jecha} do Parany z Petropolis (pod
Rio~de-Janeiro), gdzie, jak twier-
dzi, byf nauczycielem " niemiec'
kiej szkole. utrzymywanej przez
Franciszkan6w. Jest to czfowiek
bardzo sprytny, znajaey dobrze
ludsi re sfery, z kt6rej lam pocho~
dxi,i umiejacy traic i'm do przeko.r
mania. Jezyk,em polskim w}ada
ME dobrze, s}abiej niz niemieckim.
wykszta}cenia ME pos,ada zadneggo
i pisze gorzej, niz naigorssy z pro-
wentowych pisarzy.
Obok rozmsitych rekomen'
dacyi cd Niemo6w przywldd} 3 So
b. do Kurytyby przesadne powaza'
ME ola niemieckiej kultury, kt6rt
stara sig wpeic Y otoczenie i ucs'
a,dw. Program lekcyi. jaki oglas'
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1900-03-29
8z ,'lI,y.j' nj, Polskie.
= B.a.ylll.

5000 @s.&
--oss-
Nanny y Paranis kilku nanczy-
eieli r24dowych-polak6w, plat
nych wcale dobrze, Q lie Rad pa
rahski, lubiacy wog6le zalegat Gale
mivsiace 2 wyplata pensyi urzedni-
kom, jest v nastroju do p~}acenia, a
kasa skarl,u ME swieci zupe}nem1
pustkami
Nauczycieli tych ME krepuia
bardzo ami inspektorowie szkolni,
kt6rzy istnieja zazwyczaj tylko 2
tytutu, ami odno6ne przepisy i
ustawy, kt6re de facto SO pre-
waznie martwa literature ma pa
pierre, mogliby vice smia}o wy
k}adac nauke dsiatwie polsklej "
jezyku ojczystym. Eiestety, wstyd
wyzna6, ~najcze6ciej tax nie jest:
tski, pan ,,mestre", jakkolw'ek
sam jest nibyto Polakiem / szkofa
zn.jdaje sig " okolicy osysto poll
skiej, wyk}ada Pc portugalsku i
tylko niekt5rsy z mich v godEi-
mach nadprogramowych racze "a
eddzielna dop@ate uczyd dziesl pol
skiego ~csytania,
Gorzej jeszoze, nit ma prowin"
Cyl ~przedstawia sig szkolnlctwo
polskie " stolicy - Kurytybie'
Ludno6c polsk., jak obliczaja -
aosiega tn cyfry mniejwlecej s6eo
\nie biorac %naturalnie " rachubee
po}ozonych " bespo1redniem sa~
siedztwie z Kurytybe kolonii poll
skich.) WiekszoSci tyeh przeszk6d,
jake tamuje pomydlny rozwdj
szkolnictwa ma provinoy,. tutaj
niema. Mog}aby wisc egzystowac
jedna przynajmnlej ale paroklaso~
va, porzadnie zorganizowana !
kierowana~- przez prawdziwych
nauczycieli, szko}a polska. Tymcza~
sem jak jest " istcoie? Otto istniej*
dwie szk61ki. " kt6rych liczba
uczni6w waha sig miedzy 80, a
najwlecej so (razem), kt6rych pro-
gram ME uwzglsdnia najwasn'ej~
azych rzecsy i z kt6rych wycho~
;dzaca oSwlata ma charakter- takiej
partackiej tandetv, re ME choaac
bye posadzonym o przesade,
;wprost pisad sic Q tenn nie chce.
Prosze DO przyjrzet sic prze*-
dewszystkiem, kto tam ucsy. Me
ehcs napadac ma osobistoSci, ale
trudno przeciez mdwiac o szko}ach,
ME wspomniet o uauezycielach,
sauna xas sprawl zbyt jest wazna l
potrzsba reformy zbyt g~wa}towna,
Abym &c wxgledu ma to. czy bedzie
to komvs prsyjemnem Tub ME,
mia} rzecz ca}q obwijaG " bawe}ne
i ME wypowiedziet pare gorzkloh
slow prawdy. Zreszta ! talk wsEystr
kiego ME powiem.
N.jstarszym Y Karytybie Pc
dagogiem polskim jea: P. &. "
u.~s,.~;a hv@ nodobnO woIRvm
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1900-03-29

DO"S
ma fanny !!
w okolicy. gdzie JUL pre-
szlo $50 polskich familij
osiedlonych; maja tam ?
pol kose IDLY. pclskie
sztory. j t. d. = Rola tlusta
ob6cie rodzi wszellie zboza i
warzywa. Drzewo gl6wnie
twarde. Mad rzeczkami i po
nizk,ch miejscach So naturalne
l3ki.
Grunta te So niedaleko
Mast Moose Lake i
S 0 n La e, mad
koleja st Paul & Duluth,
lecz wiecej urodzajne nil pod
Sturgeon Lake. i okolica
take piekniejsza.
Wielkie miasta Duluth
Superior So za]edwo so mil
ma p6lnoc Cd tel okolicy od-
legle, a St. Paul Minneapo-
lis tylko 100 mil mai poludnie.
Obecnie MONA jeszcze ma
bytydobrej roll cd 3 do 6
dol. ma akier.
Wplaty male, tylko jedna
sz6sta y PREY zakupnie, a
reszta ma 9 lat, procent pc s
cd sta.
Wzgledem blizszych szcze-
g6|6w zglosie sic do podpisa~
nego tn agenta>
r. D. GLOW
322 W. Howard Str
WMoNA, MIMI ,
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1900-03-29

nestxr K,llnerts1 = Tolele, 0hie, Mai vieeej ~powed1enie
lsesae listsv1ie ehrsaieane, n@we~e I lrywat1e e1o1sby, Mt
m NM lekarx Y Anofyeo. PrsesElo rok temu DR.. kallnsreen ona-
1SoVi 1000 naarody talismu lekarzowi. ltmyby udowodn2. . wyisosyt
= eia1k,eh ohorob lyle os6b, lie On san = takin sanym osssie wydeooJ5
ID ~ osesu laden lekarz teso ME udowodnil witc Dr.. KaltnsstA
ponawia e sam&3 oferte. - -.
Niebtds ossaiaayn prse1 n'esunnlsnay saa l:.sr.{a 49,! - 81
dsetva wylse.eh, ale p. % D.: Kallnerten'a ME sx,'.lse =. e. &c e
i.kel ~. "a xarsysx, iaka tMa natura i 1a1scz loczek twyoh wiesow
: > c,ntoxyn snaosiiem pocxtowyn odwrotns poeHss odbis..saE p
prsss nisao, do tyoh st noaen pisa6. d. Kalfnsrten odebral tya r.
fviadeetv "a vyseso.ysh przez niego os6b. ale ME podobiefsswen -
pods6 x.ystiis tutaj. Jsdno : tych, codopiero otrzymanyeh Pedajsny
1iiej: Ct. =. .
esapovayf sieD Dr. Kanaetea.
Toledo Ohio
Ne,ossap Anaf uraxend iek4a n u6oWNen ie wylnzent..D z1 cWQo ~ cEoSy ~
psays sepaey .zea4e :3M@aa. y e.s @R %s 81 lEs els..o - 49, al = prGs
sSP.aMff .s 80 . Hc g ss snn "a an e ~ 81 Is -
1sasss ~ - lesdrx yiayF isS s. VA ~ :. s.a.s -. !. -
12sssSG: 80 49,. w. 49,. s.Sa S -
@@sKi9ssss e szi1ssss s6s1s - r-n-....@s'
- WhaehnSS..#
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lend. It is easy to borrow the use Of
ono on arainy tree, and as it is chained
to the ground by it's roots no one ever
rorgets to return it. Its branches
radiate from the trunk like umbrella
stays. It's foliage forms a waterproof
covering like on umbrella top. Its
trunk is the handle. It will keep one
entirely dry in subtropical storm.
In summer it affords perfect shade
from the sun. Atramp once explained
his wanderings through Louisiana by
saying that he was travelling tinker,
mending umbrella trees.
The green rose, the only one I have
ever seen, is not as large as the red
rose, nor does 1t display its petals
as fully, but it is distinctly a rose. If
some Northern horiculturist would
develop the green. rose further it
might become a priced and unique
bloom in the beautiful sisterhood OF
flowers. Boutonniers and bouquets
of green roses might become feature
of st. Patrick's Day in New York.
White blackberries are much
esteemed in Acadia and Calcasieu, be-
cause they are superior in flavor to
the black kind. Some regard them
as concession of nature to the color
prejudice. They differ from the black
blackberries mainly in complexion.
In Louisiana is what popularly is
known as'the '.dishcloth plant" 1t
produces a green pod, which yields,
when opened, a large piece of cellular
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Wounds which Heal Rapidly.

Wounds caused by Mauser bullets
healed with Wonderful and unexpected
rapidity. The small frontage of these
bullets caused LESSONS in the soft
tissue almost subcutaneous in their
nature and the wounds healed quickly.
and kindly. Frequently repair went
on under scab. In many cases it,
was found unnecessary even to change
the frst.aid dressings. Not over
three per cent. of the wounds went on
to suppuration. In these results
antisepsis and surgical skill played an
important part, rejecting great credit
on the medical department of the
army, which observed every require
ment of modern antiseptic surgery in
the faoe of serious obstacles. Nor.
tality among the wounded Is con-
sidered almost entirely dependent
upon antiseptio treatment, and this.
even more than the humane modern
missile, hos mitigated the horrors Of
warfare,
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Mt military men ID the world to-day,

rAYOU NEz PIQUE, Acadis,
X Lain Southern Louisiana
q you may cit under an ans Ia,::
~ brella tree" look st grseh.fpses
- and eat white black ben Y:9u
may watch the chameleon tql oar
let, blue, green, brown Gr gray, or
hear the mocking bird pour forth its
wild melody from the roof Of ayera9tes
or see fight of white cranes ideaS64d,s
like great snowhakes, on q adfstanh
rice6eld. ... sis
This sul'tropical' land, with its trees
ghostly with Spanish moss, it's bayous
ablaze with scarlet LEAKAGE, out Of
whose fire of color leaps the Louisiana
red bird; its pale green prairies, its
intense sunlight, orange sunsets,
swift twilight and brilliant moonlight,
is weird and enchanting.
It looks as if it had been borrowed
from fairy book and did not belong
to geography at all.
It is midwinter, yet the dooryards
of Acadia, st. Landry and Calcasieu
parishes are abloom with roses.
Christmas trees of live oak or holly
OF mistletoe, still bright in the little
farmhouses, were dressed on Christ
mas Day with fresh flowers gathered
ont of doors.
The umbrella, tree is common.
Every farmer has half a, dozen to
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eve as Calcasieu. The Calcasleu
prairie is the largest in the State
about fifty miles long and from five to
forty miles wide. The parish itself,
which is also the largest in the Com
monwealth, comprises 1000 square
miles, and is about two-thirds the size
of Connecticut.
Here the land is frlu and solid. In
digging wells the farmers have to 60
deeper to find water than> they do in
Wisconsin. The land, which is now
fifty to sixty feet above the'> Gulf Of
Mexico, was once its bed, and con-
tains great deal of sand. The r,eads
are sometimes dry within twelve
hours after semi-tropical rain. There
is SO little mud, except in proximity
to rice marshes, that one may ride
bicycle along highway covered with
water.
This is the upland, and yet it is the
rice country. The explanation is sim
pie. From foot to two feet under
the soil lies bed of clay which is i'm
pervious to water. Wherever land
lies in shallow saucer shape, so that
! its edges are slightly higher than its
interior, the falling rain will fill it to
the rim and form marsh, because the
water. cannot percolate through the
underlying bed of clay and escape. In
LouisiaAa you will find the low
grounds Shard and dry and marshes on
the ridges.
The afluyial land which lies in the
Mississippi bottom seems to be plan
tations part Of the time and part of
the time Mississippi River. Swamps
are not unknown ther
1--WE are having a Louisiana biz
zard," said q Northern settler in Cal
casieu parish. "The thermometer
has, fallsnsto seventy degrees above
The children in the country go to
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in any kind of soil. The varieties of
sweetpotatoes are almost innumerable.
They yield from 200 to 500 bushels to
the acre, aud usually sell for fifty
cents barrel or twenty cents a bushel,
though in seasons of scarcity they are
thirty and even forty cents bushel.
They are the daily food OF the farmers,
and are fed to horses, cattle, swine
and poultry. The Louisiana sweet
potatoes are wholesome, but lack the
fine favor OF those raised in Virginia.
Irish potatoes are regarded here asa
luxury, and the people have them
Sundays and holidays.
It is supposed generally in The
that Louisiana is swamp (coi1B
network of morass and bayoii
that there is little ground
limits that is firm beneath on6
This is mistake. - s ~
North of the Red River
northwestern. part of the State
the famous hill country of Ionisi 4;
Here the land is upheaved in 'innniheI
able little mountains, which rise sajxf5
or seventy feet above the suIroundi b
landscape. The highest peal in the
State is in this wild dist @ it
towers $50 feet shove ths OF
Mexico. ~ &'%
The hill country might 6aI the
mountaineers Of the Alps OF the Andes
smile, but it is as serious q fact ii tHis
State as are the Highlands in Scotland
or the CatskiIl Mountains in New
York. This mountainous country is
the lumber belt. 1t is full of sawmills,
and turns out vast quantities of hand
some yellow pine lumber for the North
ern market.
In the southwestern part of the
State lies the Acadian country It is
land of beautiful prairies and of
magnificent yellow pine forests that in
the distance look blue. This is the
upland OF Louisiana, the foothills of
the little Switzerland TO the north.
It is the rice belt and cattle, country
OF the State. ,s'1S
In Acadia the prairies are small,
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the lace tree; to be more expMf2st
from lace-lfke fibre, which grows b4
meath the bark. The outside OF this$
curious tree very much resembles the
white and mottled mistletoe boughs
one sees exposed for sale during the
holidays, but the inside of the younger
limbs and branches is mass OF the
lace fibre, sometimes pure white in
color and again yellow, tending to-
brown. Though the lace tree is ap-
parently very hard wood, the interior
fibre may be unwrapped in sheets,
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q Tho, Ars;of "a l.nHnE.

4 ne writing of "putf'' is an art in
3|itsei the effort abounds in honeyed
'worda, oyerAows, SO to speak, with
praise and cor, ,9endation, large
;portionSIof the reading puhhc IS IN
tefligent enough to take it with the
sproyerbial grain of salt, or perhaps
reject It entirely as unreliable. II,
however, it is a paragraph or article
that actually gives some information,
and Only incidentally ccmmends the
firm upon whose instance it IS IN
serted. !. may be expected to accom-
plish some good. The majority CT
putfs overleap themselves in the desire
to make of the personages or COM
modities of which they deal, creatures
90 bright or good for human nateres
daily food"
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Noft fthern farmers came here to settle
they found that the Creole ponies
would not eat corn or oats. Both re-
NAMED untouched in their feed boxes.
In some cases the native horses had
to be starved for days before they
would touch either.
3 A Northern farmer threw an ear of
corn amonga herd of wild cattle.
They came up to it, looked at it, shifted
ii and walked away again. Not q
steer would eat it. The colonists
from the North inferred that to the
horses and cattle of these parishes
coid I'd oats were an acquired taste.
bread fruit of Louisiana is the
sgsS 6tato. 1t will grow anywhere
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Always Ready For a Meal.

Perhaps you fancy the birds don't
work. Just watch them next time
you have a chance, and you'll find
they are busy every minute of the
day.
During the summer thrushes get
up before 3 o'clocl; ir the morning,
and don't 60 to bed until after 8
o'clock at night, so they work nearly
nineteen hours. Blackbirds are not
nearly so industrious. They only
work seventeen hours, but during that
time they feed their little ones be-
tween forty and fifty times.