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deposited in the bank, goes barefoot
the year round, except when he visits
the parish town. His winter dress is
a straw hat, a calico shirt and a pair Of
blue cotton trousers. He goes with
out collar, cravat and shoes. His feet
are as insensible to cold as are the
hands of a northern man who never
gloves. 1t is a common sight in
Acadia, on a winters day, to see a man
from the north, in a heavy ulster, talk
ing to a barefooted French farmer in
his shirtsleeves.
Probably the school children here
never saw a sled or a pair of skates,
but it does get colder than 70 degrees
above zero. for sometimes there is
snow on the ground and ice strong
enough to hold up the small children
who slide on it.
Though the January sun is some
times so uncomfortably warm as to
make one move out of it's rays, yet the
air, owing to its high humidity, is often
chill, and men accustomed to the sharp
winters of the north find it uncomfort-
able to wear heavy overcoats in Louis
lana all winter. To leave your winter
clothes behind when you come south
is a mistake. You will need them.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-05-03

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 commonwealth, COM
prises 1000 square miles, and is about
t~wo-thirds the size of Connecticut.
Here the land is firm and solid. In
digging wells the farmers have to go
deeper to find water than they do in
Wisconsin. The land, which is now
fifty or sixty feet above the gulf of
Mexico, was once it's bed, and contains
a great deal Of sand. The roads are
sometimes dry within twelve hours
after a semi-tropical rain. There is so
little mud, except in proximity to rice
marshes, that one may ride a bicycle
along a highway covered with water.
This is the upland, and yet it is the
rice country. The explanation is sim
pie. From a foot to two feet under the
soil lies a bed of clay which is impervi-
GUS to water. Wherever land lies in
a shallow saucer shape, so that it's
edges are slightly higher than it's in
terror, the falling rain will fill it to the
rim and form a marsh, because the
water cannot percolate through the I'M
DERIVING bed of clay and escape. In
Louisiana you often will find the low
grounds hard and dry and marches on
the ridges. This paradox puzzled the
northern soldiers who were on Banks
Red river expedition. They were in a
country in which they were likely to
get lost.
The alluvial land which lies in the
Mississippi bottom seems to be planta-
tions part of the time and part of the
time Mississippi river. Swamps are
not unknown there.
I'VE are having a Louisiana bliz-
zard," said a northern settler in Cal
casieu parish. "The thermometer has
fallen to 70 degrees above zero"
The, children in the country go to
school barefoot all winter. In a
country school house, on a sharp mid
winter day, there was only one child
who wore shoes. All the children had
shoes at home, but they did not care
to wear them.
The well-to-do French farmer, with
land by the league and cattle by the
hundreds, with money buried in the
ground or hidden in hollow trees or
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-05-03

whose fire of color leaps the Louisiana
red bird; it's pale green prairies, it's
intense sunlight, orange sunsets, swift
twilight and brilliant moonlight, is
weird and enchanting.
1t looks as if it had been borrowed
from a fairy book and did not belong to
geography at all.
1t is midwinter, yet the door yards of
Acadia, st. Landry and Calcasieu par
ishes, are abloom with roses. Christ
mas trees of live oak or holly or mis-
tletone, still bright in the little farm
houses, were dressed on Christmas
day with the fresh flowers gathered
out of doors.
The umbrella tree is Ev-
cry farmer has half a dozen to lend.
1t is easy to borrow the use of one on
q rainy day, and as it is chained to
the ground by it's roots no one ever
forgets to return it. It's branches radi-
ate from the trunk like umbrella stays.
Its foliage forms a waterproof cover
Ing like an umbrella top. Its trunk
is the handle. 1t will keep on entirely
dry in a subtropical storm. In sum
mel it affords a perfect shade from the
sun. A tramp once explained his wan
de-ings through Louisiana by saying
that he was a travelling tinker mend
ing umbrella trees.
The green rose, the only one | have
ever seen, is no as large as the red
rose, nor does it display it's petals as
fully, but it is distinctly a rose. If
some northern floriculturist would de-
velop this 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 a feature of St.
Patrick's day in New York.
White ~blackberries are much esteem
ed in Acadia and Calcasieu, because
they are superior in flavor to the black
kind. Some regard them as a conces-
sion of nature to the color prejudice.
They differ from the black blackberries
mainly in complexion.
Ia Louisiana is what popularity is
iowL as the "dishcloth plant" 1t
produces a green pod, which Yields.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-05-03

will place their arms for them if they
do not themselves make a picturesque
exhibit of tenderness. And the kiss?
Shall it be delivered by the wooer on
the lips of the won, or on brow or
cheek? That question is considered
and settled. Are kisses on the stage
genuine? Well, not at rehearsals, ex-
cept, maybe, once or twice, in order to
show the effect fully. An actress would
when necessary. For the satisfaction
of natural curiosity on hat point it
may be told right here that most Of
the kisses in the public performances
of plays are actual kisses.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-05-03

corn among a herd of wild cattle. They
came up to it, looked at it, shifted it,
and walked away again. Not a steer
would eat it. The colonists from the
north inferred that to the horses and
cattle Of these parishes corn and oats
were an acquired taste.
The bread fruit of Louisiana is the
sweet potato. 1t will grow anywhere
in any kind of soil. The varieties of
sweet potatoes are almost innumer-
able. They yield from 200 to 500 bush
els to the acre, and usually sell for
fifty cents a barrel or twenty cents a
bushel, though in seasons of scarcity
they are thirty and even forty cents a
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 flavor of those raised in Vir-
ginia. Irish potatoes are regarded here
as a luxury, and the people have them
On Sundays and holidays.
1t is supposed generally in the north
that Louisiana is a swamp country, a
network of morass and bayou, and that
there is little ground in it's limits that
is firm beneath ones feet. This is a
mistake.
North of the Red river, in the north
western part of the state, lies the ia
nous hill country of Louisiana. Here
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-05-03
STAGE KISSES ARE GENUINE.
And They Have to BE Sufficiently
Fervid, Too.

And They Have to De Sufficiently
Fervid, Too.
They must have an impulsive man
ner. They must look sufficiently fer
vid, a y the Ladies' Home Journal. 1t
is a curious sight-that of two players
who are to express the ardent love
which Shakespeare has written for his
Romeo and Juliet" but who at re-
h~earsals, in modern clothes and no ac-
~cessories of glamour, practice a kiss
as mechanically and unfeelingly as
though it were-as it is then-utterly
devoid of sentiment. There must be
no hesitation nor clumsiness. Romeo
is not permitted to decide whether to
throw both arms around his sweet
heart or only one, OF which. Nor may
Juliet be shy or forward, yielding or
resisting, as she chooses. The director
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-05-03
ARCADIA, TIE BEAUTIFUL LAND.

Bayou Neg Pique. Acadia, La. cor
responsiveness: In Southern Louisiana
you may sit under an umbrella tree"
look at green roses and eat white
blackberries. You may watch the
chameleon turn scarlet, blue, green,
brown or gray, or hear the hooking
bird pour forth it's wild melody from
the roof of a veranda, or see a flight OF
white crane descend, like great snow
fakes, on a distant ricefield.
This subtropical land, with it's trees
ghostly with Spanish moss, it's bayous
ablaze with scarlet LEAKAGE, out of
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-05-03

the land is upheaved in innumerable
little mountains, which rise sixty or
seventy feet above the surrounding
landscape. The highest peak in the
state is in this wild district, and it
towers $50 feet above the gulf of Mex
leo.
The hill country might make the
mountaineers of the Alps or the Andes
smile, but it is as serious a fact in this
state as are the Highlands in Scotland
or the Catskill mountains in New York.
This mountainous country is the lum-
Der belt. 1t Is full of sawmills, and
turns out vast quantities of handsome
yellow pine lumber for the nothern
market.
In the southwestern part of the state
lies the Acadian country. 1t is a land
of beautiful prairies and of magnificent
yellow pine forests, that in the dis
lance look blue. This is the upland
of Louisiana, the foothills Of the lit
tie Switzerland to the north. 1t is
the rice belt and cattle country of the
state.
In Acadia the prairies are small, be-
ing ten or twelve miles long and five
or six miles wide. They are girded
round by yellow pine forests, through
which run bayous. 1t is a fertile par
ish, but not as pretty to the eye as
C~alcasieu. The Calcasieu prairie is the
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-05-03

when opened, a large piece OF cellular
vegetable tissue, often used in kitchens
as a "dishcloth."
The native horses and cattle in this
part OF the state formerly lived on
sweet potatoes, grass and hay. When
northern 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.
A northern farmer threw an ear of
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-05-03

der the name of Uhmlagovas. Swasi-
land, by the way, is one of the most
prosperous of the British dependencies
in Africa, for, unlike their cousins, the
Zulus, the Swasis prefer following ag-
ricultural and pastoral pursuits. They
are a hospitable and democratic peo-
pie, the women working in the fields
along with the men, and both living
on the fruits of their industry when
they have passed middle life.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-05-03

The accompanying illustration is
from a photograph of the queen of
Swaziland, and shows her majesty sit
ting in front of the samboti, or royal
kraal, with a royal princess of the
Swazis on either hand. This royal
kraal is near Bremersdorp, and it is
interesting to know that this is the
first photograph ever taken of the
queen, who is known to her people un-
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-05-03
WIFE OF GEN. BULLER.

The accompanying picture is from
the latest photograph of Lady Audrey
Butler, the talented and gracious wife
of the English general who has beer
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-05-03

From the Chicago News: johnny
Mamma, sea water isn't good to drink,
is it?" Mamma-'No, dear" Johnny
CATER a period of profound c~ogitation)
Mamma, what do the whales
drink"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-05-03

fighting the Beers in South Africa.
Lady Butler is no longer a young wom-
an, for she has a daughter who has
just made her debut into the London
social world. She has, nevertheless.
shown herself one of the most ener.
getic of the many English noblewomen
who have been interesting themselves
in alleviating the sufferings of the
English sick and wounded at the Cane
Owing to the recent severity of the
fighting there seems plenty of onpor.
tunity ahead for all such relief work.
Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1900-01-16
Important
Resolution
Offered BY Representative
NGW|andS Of Nevada.
To Determine ths Meaning Of
the Term limited States"

WAsHlNGToN, JAN. 10. The Ways
ard Means Committee OF the Huuse held
a meeting to-day, at which an important
resolution was adopted ON motion Of Mr.
Newlands of Nevada, az follows:
Resolved, That committee OF five
be appointed by the chair to report the
an horities and the laws as to the mean
Ing of the term UNITED States in that
provision OF the constitution which de-
clares that 'all duties on imports and
excises shall be uniform throughout the
United States, whether it includes simply
the area included Within the boundries
of States or whether 1t covers also the
territories belonging to the United
States"
Chairman Payne appointed Mcsers
Dalzell of Pennsylvania, Grosvenor of
Ohio. and Hopkins of Illinois, Repnbli-
cans; Richardson, Democrat, and New
lands, Silver.
Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1900-01-16
outwi,ted by HI. Co.chman.

The carriage horses Of Chief Justice
Marshall were exceedingly thin, and
his family told him that 1t was cur
rently limited that Jerry, the colored
coachman, exchanged too great a pro
portion of the horse feed for whisky
Cor personal use to allow the horses
food enough to keep them In a good
and creditable condition. The Judge
went to the stable and directed Jerry's
attention to the poor appearance Of
the horses, told him of the rumor
about his exchanging oats and hay for
whisky and thereby depriving the
horses of their necessary supply Of
food and spoke of the sleek, fat team
driven by his neighbor Brewer.
Laws, Massa John" said Jerry,
''it's the natur' OF the animals! Loob
at Mr.. Brewer hisself, sab, short
fat, greasy gentleman. that amt seed
his btOts after his feet was In 'em for
yeaha while you, sab, Is tall and roun
shouldered an sees your feet all de
time youse walkin, an look at his
coachman. thicker through than he is
long, Thiles Use only skin an bones,
OF course his critters is fat, while
yours is thin. It's their natur', Massa
John; it's their natur'. They belongs
to the fat kin, and we all belongs to de
lean kin. It's natur'."
Perhaps that is so," said the judge
rehectively and walked away as II well
satisfied with the explanation.--Chic
go Inter Ocean.
Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1900-01-16
Born Equal, but Ne. Free.


Here is a curious error" said the
schoolboy as he laid down his "Uncle
Toms Cabin" and turned to the en-
cyclopcdia. The author uses the ex-
preston, All men are born free and
equal"
well. what "a the matter with
that?" inquired the schoolboy's uncle.
why. the quotation should be, All
men are born equal There Is no free
in it,
do you mean to tell me that JEFF
ferson did not write free and equal
IN the DecSrationT
'Tltat's what he didn't"
'I'll bet you
Don't do 1t, uncle. Remember. you
have family to support. and they will
need ail your money. The word free
does not occur there. SeeY' And he
placed the big book before his mis-
guided relative.
"Oh. | know better! will get q
copy of the constitution In one Of my
old books. | have heard that quoted
SO often | know what l am talking
about"
You have heard 1t quoted wrong ev-
cry time you heard the free In It,"
After they had found the good and
reliable old book and all the rest Of the
authorities the uncle ungraciously
gave up. But he hated to do SO. II
seems impossible to correct that wrong
impression. The boy was right. Yet
people will go on Indefinitely making
free" and inaccurate quotation
Chicago Post.
Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1900-01-16
INTERRUPTED tn. Programmed

did that thar sharp what give a
show in the opry house last night
ketch bullets in his teeth as he said he
would on his placards?' asked Porcu-
pine Pete.
"He ketched few" said Lariat
Lem, "but not exactly as he allowed
he was a-goin to-"
"'Nother one Of them tenderfoOt
swlndlers, s'pose."
"Mebby. dunno. He didn't git fur
enough so we could tell whether 1t was
a swindle or not. You see. he begin
his pufformance by askin fer some
gentlemanly member Of the audience
to lend him hat"
''Wot happened then?"
"Well, Dog Faced Dick handed his
hat up, and the professor started of
by breakin a passel of eggs into IT,
The bullet ketchin part Of the pro
gramme happened right thar. The
coroner's waitin to hear from his
friends in the east, II he has any
Chicago Times-Herald.
Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1900-01-16
A new American bank has begu
business in the city of Mixico.

A new American bank has begu
business in the city of Mixico.
In consequence of the reported at
tempts on the part of Chile to ChilIian
ize the provinces of Tacna and africa
the revolutionary chiefs residing il
Iquique have resolved to paralyze al
efforts at revolt by issuing manifest,
to the nation, leaving the government
hands free to devote entire attention t,
the ransom of those provinces.
The Rev. John Milton Williams, u
NJ, one of the early pastors of the Firs
Congregational church of Chicago am
for many years writer of theological
works. died in Chicago few days ago
Urey Woodson of Kentucky, nationa
committeeman from that state and i
member of the ways and means com
mittee who went to Chicago to at.
tend the Jacksonian banquet, said
"Mr. Goebel will be in possession of tn
governors office before the end of Feb
ruary. Mr.. Blackburn and not NJ,
Goebel is the man who insisted OF.
carrying the contest up to the legis.
lature."
The details of the fighting in whici
the Chinese crossed the Tonkin frontier
and, by a flank movement, drove th
French from their position, show ths
the Chinese used breech- loading Jinea
with much success. The Jingal WI
adopted last year for the Chinese arm,
and is being turned out by thousands
five Chinese arsenals. They use cent
fire cartridges, carrying two hal'-ount
slugs, and carry further than the Frant
magazine rifles. II takes two Chine
soldiers to operate each gun.
Controller Dawes has decided to n
point Daniel 5. Wing, temporary
ceiver of the failed Globe Nation
bank of Boston, as permanent receiv,
to wind rp its affairs.
The Lawton fund has reached $50,
900.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1900-11-07
AT BRYAN'S HOME

Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 6.-At p. m.
the people gathered at the Bryan
house and expressed the opinion that
New York is lost to the democratic
ticket and the general outlook upon
the returns received is not favorable.
1920 p. m.-National Committee
man Dahlman, who is close to Mr.. Bry-
an, says that, while New York and ILL
nOis are lost, he does not by any
means concede McKinleys election.
He thinks other states may come to
the rescue.
Bryan's precinct went Mckinley
POS, Bryan 105.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1900-11-07
ocALA's VOTE IN THE PRIMARY

In Ocala, the democratic ticket re-
ceived an average of $50 votes, the
republican 40.
The national and local election in
Ocala passed off pleasantly.
The court house was used as it has
been in the past. for locating the
booths, and two sets of officers were
kept busy looking after the respective
divisions Of the alphabet. While Jo-
sephus Munden, John Reardon and
w. n. Milling held the ballot box fast
in the jury room and received 1913
votes on the removal of the capitol
and for county commissioners.
The votes received on the national
and local ticket footed up 447 votes;
238 votes were recorded from the let
tiers A to NJ and 2O9 from NJ to z.
State Capital
Jacksonville 6, Ocala 373, st. Angus
tine 1, Tallahassee 3.
State Officers
Rose 249, Houston 262
County Commissioners
District No. Edwards 100, Nc
LeOd 176.
District No. 2-Long 1873, Strauss SO,
Rawls 5S.
District No. 3-Lucius 1913, Mitchell
126. Simpson 3.
District No. fort 1873, Standard
0, Blodgett q, Williamson 81, Morgan
%, Mcdonald %.
District No. 5-Wartman 224
Meggs 50.
Constitutional Convention
For, 100; against, 81.
County Commissioners
Observation-Disclosures 50; Mcleod
9.
Kendrick-Edwards 3, Mcleod IS.
Martin-Edwards 2, Mcleod Is.
Observation-Disclosures &c, Mcleod 35
Fort McCoy-Edwards IA, Mcleod
u
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1900-11-07
SUM MING UP

New York, Nov. Z, 1890 a. MIA
tional Committeeman Manley, Gibbs
and Bliss had a conference and the
following statement was given out:
"On the returns received at republican
headquarters up to this hour, we claim
to have elected Mckinley and Roose-
welt by an electoral vote of 284, with
the possibility of 81 votes in addition,
making a total of 3O5. These Fl votes
consist of the 13 votes in Kentucky
and Nebraska. The states we claim
are California, Connecticut, Delaware,
Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Iowa, Kan
sas, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan,
Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jer-
sey, New York, North Dakota, Ohio,
Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island,
South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, Wash
ington, West Virginia, Wisconsin and
Wyoming" The committee then
closed their desks and left for home.
At midnight Vice Chairman Payne
telegraphed to Colonel Roosevelt:
''The country is saved; we have beat
en- Pettigrew and captured Nebraska
legislature and ALL"
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1900-11-07
AT McKINLEY'S HOME

Canton, o., Nov. 6.-The President
is beginning to receive congratulations
on his reelection.
The Presidents first congratula-
lions were from J. H. Manley in New
York, as follows: Praise God, from
whom all blessings flow. Your tri-
umph and reelection is conceded by
democratic managers. l tender my
earnest congratulations We are very
happy at headquarters"
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1900-11-07
CONNECTICUT

Twenty-Five towns in Connecticut
give Mckinley 1857, Bryan 2674.
The Connecticut state central com
mittee. from returns received up to
s o'clock, claim Mckinley has carried
state by 10000.
Returns at II o'clock indicate cleo
ton of Mckinley by 1000 and election
of the republican ticket by 10000. and
return of all four republican congress
men.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1900-11-07
NORTH CAROLINA

Election very quiet. Returns indi-
cate Bryan's majority at not less than
10000. Seven democratic congress-
men elected, with two in doubt.
1t is almost certain that republicans
carried the ninth. Democratic State
Chairman Simmons is elected United
States senator to succeed Butler, pop.
by 10000.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1900-11-07
FRESH CANDY

A Fine Line of Fresh Box and Bulk
Candy Just Received and More Com
inq All the Time. All Of the Season
able Fruits, Both Foreign and Domes-
tic, Always in Stock.
ICE CREAM
While the Season Lasts, Plenty OF u,
Several FIavors Daily and IL is Good.
DAME
THE CREAM AND CANDY MAN
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1900-11-07
CHAIRMAN JONES

Chicago, Nov. at 1870 tonight
James X. Jones, chairman of the dem
ocratic national committee, said re-
turns from New York indicate McKin-
ley has carried the state. Il do not
concede victory to the republicans"
he added.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1900-11-07

cinnati show Bryan gains of 800, but
indicate McKinleys plurality in the
county to be about 1900.
OREGON
Evidently republican.
PENNSYLVANIA
Republican, of course.
PROVIDENCE, Ri.
Congressman Melville Bull and Adm
B. Capron, rep, reelected from Rhode
Island.
TENNESSEE
Bryan has carried state by a de-
cisive plurality.
TEXAS
Bryan's majority in the state will
be over $4,000.
The republicans have made gains.
VERMONT
Seventy-five towns and cities in Yer
mont give Bryan 320S, Mckinley
1877.
WISCONSIN
Fifty-one scattered precincts give
Mckinley 673S, Bryan 1881.
Returns indicate election of a solid
republican delegation to congress.
WEST VIRGINIA
Huntington City, 456 plurality fol
Mckinley. Twenty precincts out Of
667 in state give Bryan $50, Mckinley
155.
WASHINGTON
Republicans have made gains Ovel
80.
WYOMING
The state has evidently gone repub
lican.