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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-19
VIII Thin Ont the House.-It

nm UNI f1oGSts-lt Is e8-
pected that the Republican side of the
House will be very perceptibly thinned
out by the end of the week. Innumerable
district conventions of that party are
scheduled for next week in the West and
Middle West to say nothing of State con-
ventions in Ohio. Indiana. and Nebraska.
The Republican managers are urging
members OF the House to go home and see
to ii personally that no accident befall the
Administration at any point along the
line. There is little danger OF slip
up in Indiana, and the Hanna opposition
in Ohio may make a demonstration at
Columbus if the State ticket is named by
Mr.. Hanna. 1t. is not likely, however,
that trouble of unmanageable proportions
will develop anywhere until Minnesota is
struck. Then the country may look out
for a sguall if the Hannaites get too gay
on the Porto 3ican question. Both Sena-
tors Davis and Nelson are committed pub
licIy against that measure, and it is not
probable that they will submit to any sort
of reputation at home. "he Hon. James
A. Tawney has had many quiet little con-
ferences with Messrs. Hanna, Grosvenor,
and others since he returned from the
scene of disturbance. and il is understood
that they are trying to get him to attend
the State convention in Minnesota and
there make a fight for an endorsement of
the Administrations treatment of help
less hapiess Porto Rico. But ii is believed
Mr.. Tawney has troubles enough of his
own to attend 10. and is not inclined to
relieve others Of their burden of woe at
present II the Administration is en-
dorsed except in the net formal way by
the Minnesota Republic. IS one of the
biggest jokes OF the season will be perpe-
trated by Senators Davis and Nelson. both
of whom, it is well known, are very fond
Of jokes on the other fellow, but never on
themselves,
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-19
No Hope.


(From the Smart Set.)
81 regret to say, madam, that your little son
betrays every symptom of degeneration"
but, doctor, is there no hope for himP'
81 fear not. | UNDERSTAND that he has read
every book in his Sunday school library"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-19

Rather UnpOpular.-For some reason
not clearly defined no bouquets are being
tossed at the genial Secretary Long for
his selection of the Hon. Frank W.
Hackett, of this city, for Assistant Secre-
tary of the Navy. Mr.. Long assumes full
responsibility for the selection of Mr..
Hackett, against whom none of the critics
urges any specific objection except that
probably the appointee is a little too
old to adjust himself to new environment
and responsibilities. Ii appears that Mr..
Long bases his reliance upon Mr.. Hackett's
capacity to properly discharge the i'm
portant duties that will devoIve upon him
in the Navy Department solely upon the
knowledge he gained of him as a student
at Harvard forty years ago. The Secretary
graduated with the class Of 81 and Mr..
Hackett belonged TO the class of So He
is the Oldest man who has occupied the
second place in the Navy Department for
many years, and it may be that to this
circumstance are due the criticisms that
are being showered upon Secretary Long
for the appointment. At the same time
Mr.. Hackett's friends declare that he will
soon show his capacity to cope with the
, artful staff of the Navy, as well as with
the greedy contractors who are ever ready
to swoop down on the Department when
ever 4 good fat thing is permitted to lie
around loose.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-19
POLITICAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.


Ohio the Next to Spcak.-Mr Hanna's
own state will De the next to speak out
on Imperialism. The convention for the
election of delegates TO Philadelphia and
to do other things VIII be held at Column
bus next Wednesday and Thursday. One
day Will be devoted to nationa! politics
and the other to purely State affairs. By
a happy coincidence his amiable Excel
lency. the President. will be in Ohio about
the time the clans gather at Columbus.
Mr.. Mckinley has discovered that his at
tention is needed at Canton, where some
carpenters have been engaged to make
certain repairs in that little frame cottage
on the hill He will throw the carking
cares of state to the wind for few days
while attending to the repairs on the little
frame cottage on the hill. II is stated to
be his intention TO spend some time in this
cottage next summer while the political
battle RACES fercely. and to receive there
the homage of such of his fellow citizens
as care to make pilgrimage to Canton.
whose hotel and boarding house keepers,
to say nothing of the hackmen, bootblacks,
newsboys. and other honest folks who can
make an honest penny or two out of the
pilgrims, ought to feel profoundly grateful
to their distinguished townsman. OF course
it is expected that while he is in Canton
next week the gracious Mr.. Mckinley will
eXude an exhilarating ozone that will have
bracing effect upon the spirits OF the
hosts that will assemble at Columbus. 1t
is interesting to note that the platform
prepared here for adoption at Columbus
differs somewhat from the platform pre-
pared for the faithful who will be assem-
bled ct Indianapolis at the same time.
in that the one intended for use at Column
bus contains a ringing endorsement OF all
of The acts of the Fifty-sixth Congress.
especially commencing the conduct of
Ohos Republican contingent. The In
diana platform will say nothing either in
commerdation or condemnation of Con-
gress except In the usual perfunctory
terias of endorsement The reason OF this
difference is not far to seek. Though the
platforms were written by the same men,
there has been little disturbance in the
land of the HOLSTERS over the Porto Rican
bill. and it is considered the part of wis
dom 20 so a little slow out there on the
question of endorsing in too fulsome
manner the conduct of Congress.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-02-03
.ggage. 7 win see to having il sent

baggage. 7 will see TO having il sent
out"
"Thank you. There is only one
trunk. Here is the check"
She gave it to him and he had pres.
emily engaged the wagon to bring il
to the farm. had put her into the
buggy and was driving back to Wood.
side, for once in his life almost dumb.
He simply could not talk, he was Sc
provoked at himself for making sc
great a Ounce Of himself, and at Sam,
who he saw had played a clever trick
on him.
ST know now what he laughed al
this morning." he thought, savagely.
ooh, but TIL get even with him for
this il I have 10 be his grandfather to
do it!"
When they had stopped at the door
Mime came running ont to meet
them. ssxs
"You found her, did your" S
eyes, I did, and I made o big fool
of myself, Miss Mime, and I believe
you and Sam planned it all, too"
Then they all three broke into O
laugh. and when Mrs. Dermott, after
she had kissed Mime, held out her
white hand and said, pleasantly,
"But you mustn't be angry with me,
Mr.. Cameron, for 7 was as innocent
as yourself. Shall we be friends2"he
could do nothing but extend his own
and say, humbly:
SIT shall not be my fault if we are
anything else. I don't care whose
grandmother you are!a
But when he was alone with Sam
that night didn't Sam catch it?
ST declare, I never thought but
what you knew" he said, when Jack
would let him speak at all. "Grand-
father Dermott married q young girla
few years before he died, and of
course by law she is u grand
mother"
"She don't look like q girl who
would make that kind of a marriage"
said Jack, thoughtfully.
'It was not shat kind OF a mar
riage' as you mean it. Grandfather
was alone, and needed q woman's care
and love. Cora gave it because she
him, much more than because
she knew he would leave her d for
tune when he died. She's a lovely
woman. and might have made several
good matches since grandfather went,
but she wouldn't listen to shem. Jack,
she'd suit you to a dot"
Perhaps I wouldn't suit her,
though. Sam, when you saw I did
not know this morning why didn'tyou
tell me?''
"Well, then, I must confess it
me to carry out the joke and
let You find out for yourself, SO I
Mime when she was going to
tell. Don't be mad, old fellow"
ST won't promise; it depends. I'll
tell you what ] will do; if she don't
say no TIL pay you mp by making my
self your grandfather, Sam"
$50 in, Jackl Go in, and winl"
Jack did win, for the last letter Sam
had from him was written while he
was on his wedding trip, and Gigned
'sYour afectionate and happy grand
Farm and Fireside.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-02-03

Simple bigness is not to be- con
tenned. II has = wonderful effect ON
the Imagination, aud supplies that
mental mould in which we cast our
conception Of The morally sublime.
There II ! class 81 physical OF visual
Impressions which help to expand the
mind. Hence II il good to see things
In the mass: TO measure and compare
sizes and spaces; to look up to the
hilla and ove wide waters; to hear
the great voices Of winds, waves, and
other Orchestras: d ven to stand and
wonder At elephants. whales, the bones
~ y maatodon, or human giants ID the
sidesshow 81 q circus. Ard what 4
charm children 81 iii ages find ii
stories about great things, exclaims
the Christian Register.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-02-03

The Chicago Tribune insists that
sin youth and old age one demands i
aappy fnis'' to q novel. while middle
ige accepts the glad and the. sad end
ing with equal composure. This does
very well As . theory, but the most ac-
somplished novel readers bother
themselves very little about the fnis.
Almost anybody Of ordinary intelli-
gsnce ran tell how . story will end.
,fser he has waded through a certain
amount Of II, but il takes q keen iudg-
imsnt 70 start 1t the end and guess the
beginning. This method lends d CLEAN
of interest TO the p~rosiest Of tales.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-02-03

An iii wind That Blows Nobody Good.
Here is an advertisement from .
South African paper which suggests d
little aerioscomie relief to the grim re-.
alities of war:
Wall Save Your Windows. wARI
BARRICADES
FL roc AND IRoa erected expedi.
housiy and at LOWEST cosr.
1t is an Ill war that blows no one ans
good. There will also be & good
opening for the glass manufactured
and the general repairer By The hmt
The lest shot il fired Ii South Africa.
Glasgow Herald.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-02-03

The city council Of Bath Me-, some
time since refused the request Of
Charles 3. Moody to set up an addi-
tional street hnp near his home.
hfr. Moody died alittle while ago. and
when his will wat raed was discov-
bred thai shortly after the 71snaal Of
his request for the lamp he had re-
voked an intended bequest Of SIS, 900
Tor . new city hall. Small economies
are sometimes costly in the end.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-02-03

The gold belt of Cape Nome is said
20 ross Boring Sea igtO Siberia. II
u does there ID no comfort in the
knowledge to the American prospec-
tor, as the Russian government re-
serves to itself all rights to the pre-
cious metal within it's domain.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-02-03

The idea of free transportation Of
children to and from school, which is
\ part Of the plan to suburbanize city
schools, has found acceptance in the
t:ural schools Of Duval county, Florida.
The object there is to increase attend
ance and decrease number of school
The Opelousas courier., 1900-02-03
ENGLISH AS a WORLD LANGUAGE.
Reasons For Believing It VIII Soon Sup
plant French in DIPLOMACY.

Reasons For Believing It VIII Soon Sup
plant French in Diplomacy.
Considerable comment has been oc
casioned among officials of the State
Department within the past few days
over the fact that the new commercial
treaty between Mexico and China il
written in English.
The use of the English language in
drawing up international agreements
is something unprecedented. French
has had the distinction of being The
diplomatic language, but the State
Department officials now think thai
the drafting Of the Mexican-C Chinese
treaty marks the beginning of the end
OF the general use Of the French in
this particular.
For the past 200 years in q large
majority ofnegotistions looking toward
the formation of international agree-
ments, the language of the French
people has been widely used by diplo-
mats in official correspondence and in
the actual drawing of the treaty itself.
This rule. while general, has not been
universal, but the few Perceptions have
only gone TO d the rnie. French
has been the great social language.
Nearly all men of education have been
taught ii and in the social intercourse
of Europe it has been generally spoken.
From the fact that the diplomats of
the world have been familiar with it,
It has creptinto diplomatic intercourse
20 the almost total exclusion of other
languages.
! The treaty Of peace between the
United States and Spain was written
in French as have also been the ma
iority Of international documents
during the past two centuries. Within
recent years d rule has been made, in
diplomacy by which 4 diplomatic re-
presentstiye in official correspondence
ma emuloy the language Of his own
country. or that Of any other il he
chooses. Notwithstanding this rule
the French has been retained in per.
haps 4 majority oil instances.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-02-03

TAs Women's league of Chicago
distributes cards, especially in street.
rars, with the words, "Gentlemen
stand up and give the women your
BEATS" Men are timid, and ii ID
dreadful 70 frighten them half tc
death with such 4 thing as that.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-02-03
japanese oysters a foot long have
been pla ted On the Pacific coast. oys-
Ter outlet win soon be ready.

THERE'S an effort TO revive she in
crest Of the masses in Oliver Cromwell.
The exteht to which the Napoleon
craze was pushed will be o warning
to the public to take its hero REVEALS
;empcrately.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-02-03

e HnffNF.TW MA 7ttf 1Ws =. IEA & 49, % .
eXlHD WNE9A1-.i handsome youne
ME WINANs man who spok,
Ws ~ the words to an
lkl.sSS other, who hai
- sS just leaped light
4y from the train at q neat village MOI
9 thousand miles from-well, no mat.
ter where. ut does me good to see
you, dear old boy. I didn't half think
you would come"
"You can't be more delighted to see
me than I am to be here, Sam. Why
didn't You think I would Gomez
wrote you / would
"Oh, yes; but fancy what you had
To- Where's your luggage, Jack?'
Right here-a big telescope and
my guncase; you said You had some
good shooting about these woods"
Yes, We have that! Come, bundle
the traps right into the buggy, and
wen be of. I dare say Mime has had
supper waiting this half hour
up You go, them Jack Cameron
tossed his things into the back Of the
low buggy, took q seat beside Sam,
who already sat holding his lines, and
they were off down the smooth road TO
Woodside, the pretty place, two miles
from town, where Sam Dermott lived
with his old maid sister, since the
death OF their father left them the
owners of land and property.
Explain yourself, old man." said
Jack, turning to his friend, rs they
bowled along. Why did you imagine
7 would not come?"
aaOh, you were spending your vaca-
ton Of Your brother Toms, and they
bad . lot Of pretty girls there, and
so"
Just stop right now, Sam; that is
the identical reason / ran away
aNhat. from the girls?"
Exactly. Toms wife ISIS regular
little matchmaker, Is you know. She
had those girls out partly with that
very idea-thinks It Is time L was set
lied, and all that, yon see. i got 90
Iearfully tired Of their dressing and
and making eyes at q fellow.
md talking as IL butter wouldn't melt
n their mouths-ah, bahi It makes
ne sick nowl Dontiyou ever believe
was going to stay there when I could
out here with you and Miss Mime
mot muchi"
Sam threw back his head and gave d
laugh.
Mighty glad we are to get you on
my terms, Jack, lad; but aren't You d
hard On the girls? They are not
III like that. Y
well, most Of 'em are. I'm sick
i the whole business. Haven't rot d
,irl waiting for me here, have you?
III go straight back if you have
Then I wouldn't tell you II there
Tas one. But no, there isn't q female
loul on the place except sister Jenima
4nd her cook and housemaid, nor very |
many in the near neighborhood.n
Sure you have not d few coming
Dr. a little yisit?"
No not expecting any. Oh, yes,
lime did get d letter from our re-
g~randmamma. saying she
drop In on us this week. No
'ody else, assure you
Drive on, then. We will let the
God grandmamma come IL she wants
.. She won't interfere with our
hooting and fishing. I'm content to
as long al you'll let me, Sam.
Then ron won'b I'D back III Tie
III 20 Npf&IT - T-Az.z - a = 4
The Opelousas courier., 1900-02-03
ACADEMY
-oF THn-
IMMACULATE /: CONCEPTION,

La
Uaaer tho Direction Of the Sisters Msx;arssss
Of Holy Cross.
0ners TO young ladies' every facility
for acquiring . thorough christian ed.
ucation. Constant attention il paid 10
nome and social culture. Lessons are
given in music, painting and other
useful arts. The eigters also have
charge OF the boys school. The course
o. instruction il two-fold-pgeparatory
and Commercial. French Is taught Ia
the two courses. For particulars. ad-
dress SISTER SUPERIOR.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-02-03

No hermit thrush
Through woodland hush
Gould trill a tune more fresh OF free;
No mocking-bird
More gladly heard
Through verdant vine.clad lswamps Of
Tennessee.
/ feel q breeze
Through cherry-trees,
Ger dandelions wet with dew,
And on a rail
j hear q quail
GLADDEN. an old peach.orchard through
and through.
Through hazy tears
] see old years ;
When I too, happy as a bird,
By bnbbllng streams
Dreamed boyish dreams
The dear, dead dreams, SO sweet and
so absurd.
Waller Malone. in Harper's Weekly.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-02-03
GRANDMOTHER:
BY Matte Dyer Britts,
g - N0s
NkakAMMMMMNMMM

at last, ]
see. My dear
fellow, I am real
II glad to see
your It was q
handsome young
man who spoke
the words to an
other, who had
IN 81 fnannd 1s0hA.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-02-03
oPHIoUsAs. j 1oU1sIANA

agulnaldo's Christmas stocking did
moi stop long enough to gather q Q
jack-knifs.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-02-03

The value OF newspaper as an
advertising medium consists IN
its circulation.
When You can secure the COM
1ined circulation of two papers
Tor the price OF one, it is money
ssayedi
The sc. Landry Democrats
was consolidated On tina mi M
March, 1884, with q The Onelon-
Syas Courier The advertising
rates have not been increaaed
while the price Of Subscription
mas been reduced to 81 q year.
Tile COURIER being 6y odda
Che best paper In the empire Par,
Lsh Of NJ. Landry ID therefore ths
saan 90
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-01-22
FLYERS.

How did you come out with your little flyer in the stock market?" That wasn't flyer" answered the morose friend. That was q sinker. ."-Wash- ington Star,
 She-What Is the correct translation of the motto of that lovely ring you gave me? He-Faithful to the. last. you've always told me before that I was the first.-Tit-Bits.
 The First Cigar.-Queen Bess-I, faith Sir Walter, a knightly deed! You may draw on the royal treasury for new cloak Sir Walter-I don't mind the cloak your majesty, but you stepped on the only cigar in the king dom Life.
 Her Peculiar Way.-"And you feel sure that my daughter looks with fla vor upon your suit?" inquired the aged parent Well" replied the youth with frankness, q don't want to be too sure about it. Of course you are aware that your daughter squints-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 T am thinking of starting a jour- nal" Devoted to what?' well I would like to make it an organ of the wholesale liquor trade" ''I am afraid it will find little favor in Chicago" "Why not?" For the simple reason that there are so many people preju- diced against the barrel organ" ."-Chi- cago News
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-01-22

mensely rapid growth of the industry, 1t is not remarkable that companies are capitalizing at what, to us and to-day. seem extraordinarily high figures; yet, when it Is considered that the capital embarked in the construction and main- tenance of electric railways alone, in
 this country, amounts to between $1,- 5OO,O00 and $2,000,000, it will be seen that, if the use of automobiles on highways becomes common, a company in which capital of $10,0O0,0O0 is subscribed and actually paid in may prove not to have sufficient to conduct any large pro- portion of the growing business. New erthelesss, it behooves the proposing subscriber, when the capitalization to-
 tals $16,000,0Q0 in the United States alone, to make certain that he knows the controlling and directing spirits, the whole scope and purpose and all the means and methods of the company in which he is considering the advisability of taking stock.-Automobil Magazine.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-01-22
AN IRISH INDIAN CHIEF.

A Chicago Man Chosen to Rule Over
 the Winnebagos-He Was Born and
 Long Lived Among Them.
 | The latest achievement of civilization has been to secure for Chicago Irish- ! man the position as chief of one of the great Indian tribes of the west. The man who expects to attain this honor is Thomas R. Roddy, who has long been a resident of Chicago. He is now about forty years of age and is the son of an Irish trader who settled among the Wisconsin Indians more than half q century ago. The boy, Thomas, was born among the red men, and for yeare he lived with them, playing with the youngsters in the streets of the Indian villages and learning all arts of wood- craft known to his associates He &C., qured their habits clad himself in sim liar garments hunted with them, fished with them, and in fact became an 1ndi- an in all but color.
 The old Irish trader however. was quick at making a bargain, and he sue ceeded in laying aside considerable money. By this time his son was quite
 
 playmates and sent to Chicago. He went through the public schools, spent a year or two in college, and went into business for himself in Chicago. He married, and every one supposed that he had settled down to the humdrun existence of city life,
 To a certain extent this was &rue. He had decided to take advantage of his opportunities to acquire wealth and standing in civilized community, but in spite of all that his heart was with the people who had adopted him. He continued to speak their language and in order that he might have an oppor- tunity to converse with some person in that strange tongue he taught it to his wife From them their children learned it, so that when the family goes back among the Indians, as they ex- pect to do in few weeks, they will not feel as if they were among strangers.
 Occasionally Roddy went out to visit his old friends. He kept on good terms with all the prominent men of the tribe and was the confidential adviser of the 1
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-01-22
rn1ENDar TO ENGLAND.

| England has at least one friend among
 and that is Italy. In strong contrast with the enmity displayed against Eng
 land in the columns of the French and German press Is an article by Signor
 Frassati, in the Nuova Antologia of
 Rome, which suggests that Italy should
 forthwith offer to relieve the strain
 upon the British military resources by
 furnishing troops to garrison, at least
 partly, Gibraltar, Malta, Egypt, and, if necessary, other points so as to llberate for active service the greater part of
 the British regulars stationed at those
 places. The writer urges that the mo- 1nent has come for Italy to break through the circle of isolation in which she has been confined ever since the French occupation of Tunis, and the failure of Italy to accept the English proposal for Anglo-Italian intervention in Egypt. Italian influence in the Med iterranean, he argues, cannot be greatly extended except in alliance with Eng land. and Italy by placing her military resources at the disposal of England at the present difficult moment would render a service which England would doubtless know how to recompense. The article has attracted a good deal of at tention, and has been criticised and de- nounced by different sections of the press. No one supposes that Signor Frassatis proposition Is within the sphere of practical politics or has any official support, but the mere pubica- tion of it Is regarded as an important | indication of Italian sentiment.