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The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-05-19
q BEST
This Writer Believes That Thucy-
dideI, TaCitus and HerOdOtuA
Come First.

If the English, German and Ameri-
can historical scholars should vote as
to who were the two best historians,
I have little doubt that Thucydides
and Tacitus would have a pretty large
majority. If they were asked to name
a third choice, it would undoubtedly
lie between Herodotus and Gibbon.
At the meeting Of this association in
Cleveland, when methods Of historical
teaching yer under discussion, Hero
dotus and Thucydides, but no others,
were mentioned as proper object les
sons. What are the methods of
Herodotus? Accuracy in details, as
we understand it, was certainly not
n of them. Neither does he sift
critically his facts, but intimates that
he will not make a positive decision
in the ase of conflicting testimony.
For myself he wrote, my duty is
to report all that is said, but 1 am not
obliged to believe it all alike-a re,
mark which may be understood to APP
ply to my whole history" He had
none of the wholesome skepticism
which we deem necessary in the
weighing Of historical evidence; on
the contrary, he is frequently accused
Of %creduhty. Nevertheless, Percy
Gardner calls his narrative nobler
than that of T~hucydides, and Mahafy
terms it an incompatible history"
'"The truth is" wrote Macaulay in his
diary, when he WAS 40 years old, 81 adj
mire no historians much, except
H~erodotus, Thucydides and Tacitus. =
james Ford Rhodes, in Atlantic.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-05-19
The savage Bachelor.

eff you had been at the Browns gold.
en- wedding celebration last night"
said the sweet young thing, you would
have altered your views on matri-
mony.'
81 wouldn't, either" said the savage
bachelor. IF matrimony were not a
fake there would not be such a pow
pow raised over a couple that have
managed to endure each other for a
few years, and don't you forget it,
Indianapolis Press.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-05-19

He-Miss Tallman's dresses always
look so neat, don't you think so?
she-Yes-for one who has so little
to dress on.
why, I thought she was quite
wealthy"
$50 she is, but she's so awt1lly
chin, -Chicago Evening News.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-05-19
TREsPAss NOTICE.

The public 10 hereby notified not 70 hunt o.
otherwise trespaaa on my property on Grand
Caill0u. Bayou Sale and Bayou Grassy. tn
roads through said properties are not public.
but private, and all persons are warned not Il
owner, under p5naltynOR the law T"re8passint
o. also forbidden on the property QgG. Z. Cena
On Grand CaillOus Flk8RE CENAC.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-05-19
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.

ETom And after January l. I0g, no raspasi
viii - allowed o. Ho8t9o1eo Plantation o.
0WArlp land8.
AHy ead en- cattle, horses, mules, etc.. GOnnd
On said plantation after ah0Vo date will Be
Re8Bcd and held for damage. III hgGu and other
AGmaglag animals VIII 20 killed Wh6m found on
lands 81 Ne aboYu piGntlti0n.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-05-19
TREsPAss NOTICE.

Iho puols q hereby notified thqt hunting
neaPasrlRS o. moso-pieEing Of the WaubOu, 81
GeoEge aR1 Julia plantations, 10 fOFblPdsR, un
1sE penalty 81 the law.
JOHN T. MOORE PLANTING CO.. LTD.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-05-19
no THE PUBLIC.

Hunting, trapping or fEespasslng on my Indian
Ridge plantation, Little GALLON, To hereby for.
bidden. Parties caught tTespa91ing en- SAID
plantation Will be- dealt with according 20 laW.
JOHN BABLN
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-05-19
Waated symnnthv.

Kerrigan-Cheer up, Corrigan! Ho0
a drink with me!
Corrigan-I can't cheer up. My girl
has postponed the wedding for q
MONTH
"The diyil! I was sympathizine
with We, thinking ye were married al.
ready!"-Puck.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-05-19
TO THE PUBLIC.

ThoPubie ia hereby notified not 70 hunt, trap
pick moss or otherwise tEespass on the 81. no'
biantati0ns Bayou DuLargs, under penalty O.
u. RoUssnAux. Tutor.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-05-19
NOTICE.

An persons aFo hereby notified not TO hunt or
aSh o the following plantations; southdOWn,
Hollywood. Concord, Waterproof, Laurel and
ROsedala. JOHN d. MINOR
WIN. MINOR,
Estate n @. MinoE.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-05-19
TREsPAss NOTICE

All paFaa8 are torbtdden. under penalty Of the
NV, q hulk mas, tap, Gus WOod, 6oadsn trees,
PlaG m041 or oGhofMta8 tge1PeaB en- the Wood.
lava aRa Ashland plan10aaIa
GkfLG66TGNAGUTNIS
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-05-19
TO VET PUBLIC.

Ths public e hereby notified not TO huRt, ploh
moss Or trosPass On ABagoa Plantation, under
penalty q tho law.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-05-19

whats a souvenir, Aunt Amp"
''0h, it is anything you kelp so long
thst you can't remember where you
got It. a-Indianapolis Journal
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-05-19
no THE PUBLIC.

Thap public 10 hersby aotidod not 20 huut. pieA
moss 81 tFospaaB OF the POlmt EaFm PlnRtatlau
81 tho swamp iands beianGing 90 sid plantation
4. b. VIGUERIR Prop.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-05-19
NOTICE

An huahng and ~tEospaasing q Oak Forest
elaststlon and R0ulol tTast positively pg0hlb.
&a4 4. = CASEY, Agent.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-05-19
TREsPAss NOTICE

An persons arc haEsby hotiaod not 70 hunt a
On euY wise trsspaas on MF5. @ BuFgsols' prep
eng, utties penalty Of the nu.
ERR q BunnRoUR
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-05-19
no THE PUBLIG

Eho public ia hereby notified NOS g hun8, plea
moss o. gtborWils tFssDasB On tho Magnolia
plantation OF Mrs 8 G. HumphsaYh under pen
atg q the law. T.. H. GAsBS. ASaas
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-03-09
News OF The Island.

The Miller murder trial was re-
Sumed yesterday. The prosecutions
witnesses were on the stand during
the whole day.
The Municipal Councils of Cayey
and Manati have passed resolutions
endorsing the suggestion of the Ma
yaguez Municipal Council in re-
ference to the creation of an Asy-
hun for Orphan Children.
Miss. Elisa Tavarez the distin-
guished pianist has returned from
Ponce. She intends to establish a
musical college making San Juan
her permanent residence.
Florencio Rodriguez Cintron was
arrested at Mayaguez for having
eloped with young lady.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-03-09
DUO D. Orleans Aga
inst England.

According to our cables yesterday
French Anglo relations have become
20 strained of late that fears of war
between the two nations are enter
tanned.
In reference to this matter we re.
collect that the Due d Orleans a
few days ago was nearly obliged to
sell his English state, WOodmorton,
and leave England permanently.
A French newspaper revealed the
facr that h. Royalist pretender had
written his congratulations to Ne
Willette, the author of the most vi
rulens cartoons against England.
Immediately all the English Ferris
correspondents were instructed TO
exert themselves to the utmost to
find further evidence of the Dukes
anti. British sentiment
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-03-09
British Influence
In Persia.

A despatch from Teheran states
that the British influence in Per.
sia has now completely vanished.
Russia is victorious in the diploma.
tic contest so long continued, and
the Shah, whose health is now bet
ter than for some time, is making
hasty Earlike preparations in his an
xiety to demonstrate his antipathy
toward Great Britain.
The Grand Sirdariat has ordered
the speedy complexion of the recruit
ting of soldiers throughout Persia,
according to plans the carrying out
of which has been delayed for years.
The reSevists also will be enrolled.
and all officers and privates now on
leave of absenc. will he recalled.
The order of Grand Siriariat con.
tains one curiout clause. 1t is ex.
presSly declared that natives of the
provinces of KaShan and Yeszda are
excluded from enlistment, . since
they are acknowledged to be unfit to
be soldiers, and great poltroons al
together
1t is believed that the Shah's pros
pective visit to the Paris Exposition
of 1900 will be made chiefly for the
purpose of giving offence to Great
Britain, and to the same motive is
assigned His Majesty's determina-
ton to visit the courts of st. Peters
burg and Berlin on his way to Paris.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-03-09
Uprising OF The
Dutch At Cape Col
Ony.

A cablegram to the BoLETIN
NERCANTIL announced yesterday
that the Dutch of the Cape had ri.
sen.
The Dutch realize the ruthless
spirit of their English rulers. They
fOresee that permanent subsection
will be their lot if the war is pros
ecuted to a triumphant conclusion.
Frantic appeals for continued re-
Inducements and for the suppression
of the Constitution of Cape Colony
are made daily by the RhOdesian
papers as the only security against Il
rebellion.
When the war is over England'S
difficulties will only be beginning.
1t will require a garrison of 100, 900
men to maintain British rule i'll
Cape Colony, which will become a
perennial source of weakness and
danger to the British Empire. In
fact, all thoughtful observers agree
that for all practical purpose En-
gland has already lost South Afri-
ca, unless she recognizes the indie
pendence of the Boer republics, and
even then her continued rule there
is only matter of time.
The Dutch have not accepted
guilty the humiliation of their kinS-
men by the British.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-03-09

ious post near Santiago will be prac.
tically quarantined on April 1. The
Marine Hospital service intendents
to take extreme precautions against
the possible introduction and spread
of yellow fever, and will formulate
exacting regulations for the deten-
ton of all persons arriving and lea
wing here. The regulations will go
into effect in April. Army men
with families and business men of
Santiago are much disturbed By
these proposed restrictions. The
Chamber of Commerce made vest.
erday a formal protest against what
they term ''an unnecessary and dis
atrous imposition"
General Wood also stopped the
sale Of ice by the government plant.
Local manufacturers We're finding
difficulty in competing with The pri
ces offered BY the cOmmiSsary man
ager Of the government plant, who
had carts and solicitor out. One
manufacturer built d plant and was
forced to close it unut General WO
cd changed the condition of affairs.
Major j. NJ. Barbour, Sanitary
Commissioner, has resigned. The
department has been placed in the
temporary charge of Major s. @.
Carr, former Health Inspector. The
department will soon be under the
direction of Civil Governor Castillo.
Inspectors only are appointed from
the army.
General Woods brother Jacob is
visiting Santiago. He will make a
tour of the island.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-03-09

The correspondents easily procu-
red abundant proof that the French
pretender diSlikes the race among
which he now resides: hence the
recent articles published in London
calling upon the Due dOrleans to
disavOw such sentiments or leave
England.
An intimate friedd of TOrleans
has received letter from him. A
extract follows:
~ take the Outburst against mys.
elf coOlly. After seeing the hypo-
crital infamy displayed by the En-.
glish leaders in the Transvaal mat
ter l don't wish to retain the fri
eIdShip of any of them-not even
the Queen or of the Prince of Wa
les, who should have placed t1ems-
elves openly oil record as submit
ting unwillliLgly to Chamberlain
and the lingo Parliament. Such
attitude would have been noble and
would have given tremendous Streng-
tn TO the peace movement.
"This war against the African
republics was committed by a ma
tion Of born pirates with the compli-
city of its Queen and the future
King. This is my emphatic OPT
Mon. If it must suffer exile from
my home here for expressing it, SO
much the worse for my comfort, but
this is question on which all hon.
! est people throughout the world are
in duty bound te protest loudly and
ceaselessly."
Prominent Englishlnent in Paris
unanimously believe that unless the
French pretender apologies En-,
gland will become too hot for him
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-03-09
Woods Administra=
ton In Cuba

Governor General Woods recent
visit to Santiago has resulted in Sc
veral important changes in the mil
itary affairs of the province in order
to prepare for extension of Cuban
control.
The order for the construction Of
large barracks at Moro has been
countermanded, although buildings
have beeu already completed suff-
icient to accommodate four hundred
soldiers.
All soldiers stationed on the var
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-03-09
Speech By Cecil
Rhodes.

Mr.. Cecil Rhodes, presiding at a
meeting of the De Beers Company
delivered a speech which was recei-
we'd with great enthusiasm. After
announcing that the years profits
of the De Beers Company amounted
to 1000, ,000 he spoke of the Char
tered COmpany'S transactions with
De Beers, and said that the share
holders were divided into two classes
imaginative and unimaginatiVe.
The latter, he said, passed their lives
filling money bags that are dissipa-
ted by their offspring on wine, and
women, and horses. To the latter
class he stated that the transactions
with the chartered company had
closed satisfactorily, as the De Be-
ers Company owned all the diamonds
wherever its charter exists. For the
imaginative he drew an elegant
picture of these mines 1000 years
hence, as mirroring European civil
lization in the far South. The latter
he said, feel a glow of satisfaction
at the thought that the immense
riches taken from the soil had not
been merely devoted to the decora
ton of the fair sex.
Speaking of the war, he conside-
red it puzzle why it arose. The
Transvaal and the Free State were
not republics, lie declared, but dig
arches, and had been long conspir-
ing to seize British South issAfrica.
Each government was simply a
small political gang, who humbug-
ged the poor Dutchmen, appealing
to their patriotism and dividing the
spoils among their cOrteries. The
Afrikander had been working twen-
ty years for independent Africa. He
said that former President Reitz of
the Orange Free States, had years
had years ago avOwed that his only
ambition in life was to drive En-.
gland out Of Africa.
After showing how Kimberley had
been defended by citizens, of whom
100 had been killed or wounded, and
thanking Gen French for his gallant
ride, Mr.. Rhodes closed, asserting,
9SWe have done our duty in preserv-
ing and protecting the greatest COM
mercial asset in he world Her
Majesty's flag"
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-03-09
French Mob Stones British Con-
Sulate And COnSul'S Private
Residence.
Police Interfere And Disperse The Crowd.
AUTHORITIES EXPRESS REGRET.
NewYork March 9th 1900.

After this manifestation had taken place. compact mas
of students before the British Consulate and stoned
the building amid great screaming and whistling.
Immediately after this they the British Consuls
private residence repeating the manifestation and hro
wing stones at the windows.
The police after great efforts succeeded in dispensing
the rioters
The Preect and the authorities of the city expresseu
their regret to the British Consul.
The above Cabegam belong the BoLETN MERCANT and their
reproduction in form will cost fifty dollars cable
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-03-09

feeling between the two countries French students and other
people organized AntBritsh manifestation in Bordeaux
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-03-09
Orders In Puerto Rico
Cannot Exceed One Hundred
Dollars Daily.
New York, March 9th, 1900

1t is reported that the Government of Washington in
tends issuing order that single person firm, copo
ration in Puerto Rico shall draw to payee money
ders exceeding total value of hundred dollars daily
This reported Government action is the result of com
plants from the postal authorities of Puerto Rico of abnor
NAL purchase of money orders by merchants and banks
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-03-09
SPECIAL CABLE SERVICE
DIRECT FROM NEW YORK
"BOletin Mercantil"
From The Associated Press.
THE TRANSVAAL WAR.
British Occupy DurghersdOrp: And
NOrValSfOnt.
Meet With Slight Resistance.
New York. March 9th 1900
Meet With Slight Resistance.
New York, March 9th 1900.

The War Office in London reports that the British
Army is marching trumphanty through all Cape Colony ii
Yesterday two British columns occupied tho Important
Of Bughersdorp and Norvasfont Norvalspoint in
that territory.
These towns taken after the enemy made slight
resistance.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-03-09
NOTICE.

Any person who has left any re-
pairing or pawned articles at the
American Jewelry. Store, will pie
aSe call at 40. CriSto st. until April
LIST as I quit business then on accO-
unit of sickness.
s. L. Ginsburg.
American JeWeler.
Mr.. Jose Llorens EcheVarrla and
Miss Helene Braschi were married
at Ponce.
Julio Delgado was discovered
smoking in the Court room while
the policemen's trial was going on
yesterday at the Provisional Court.
He was arraigned before the Jud-
ge who sentenced him TO thirty days
Imprisonment for miSdemeanOur.
The cases against Ramon MaldO-
nadO, Isidr0 Guzman Munoz and
Alexandra Gonzalez, for larceny will
be brought up for trial tomorrow
before the District Court of AricibO.
Mr.. Jose S sa, Alcalde of LOLA,
is in this City.
Have you seen Hardie Bros Pho.
tographs of the Islands ALSO the
fine book of views containing eighty
six views of Porto Rico. They will
iaterest yOui friends in the States.--
Plaza Principal. 3.-p.s
The American steamer {" Mae"
from Mayaguez and Ponce, is ex-
pected here 60 day.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-03-09
Strong Anti-British Feeling In
France.
Great Manifestation In Bordeaux.
New York, March 9th, 1900.

New York, March 9th, 1900
There is extreme tension in the relations between Fran
&c and England
The New York papers insist that is imminent.
The latest state that owing to the unfriendly
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-03-09
Beers Marching Towards Bethulie.
Concentration OF The TransvaaI Army In
The Orange Free State.
New York, March 9th, 1900.

The Beers marching towards Bethuie in the Oran-
ge Free State where all the Transvaa forces that formerly
invaded Cape Colony concentrating.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1900-11-27
A Machine,

A famous inventor declares ne has
devised a machine that will abolish
warfare. This machine is a boat that
will go on without men on board and
can be controlled for any distance with
u wires. 1t will obey orders from
the land or II will act on its wi judg-
ment. according to the necessities OF
the situation. 1t will carry an unlim-
tied quantity OF explosives, which can
be aimed with unerring accuracy.
Progress has achieved wonders during
this century. The fact that It can hnd
no substitute for Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters proves the inestimable value OF
the Bitters. SO long as constipation,
Indigestion. dyspepsia, liver and kid
ney troubles continue to AFFECT man.
kind. so long will the Bitters stand a,
the one sure cure for them.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1900-11-27
NICE BA by

All babies are "nice," to
their mothers.
We all love children. Great
big men, with hard hands,
have soft hearts for helpless
newcomers to earth with the
smile of heaven fresh on their
innocent faces. No man is too
high or low, too proud or hum.
BILE, too busy or idle, too good
or bad, too great or small-ex-
cept a few very small mean
men--to throw up their hats
at the sight of a plump little
cherub or to pity a thin one.
~Plumpness and thinness are
accidents. Nature is bounti.
ful parents want to be. SCOTS
emulsion of cod-liver oil cor
reefs their mistakes.
Wen send you a lini. to Try n ysu uks.
COT BOVINE. .s Pearl susst. Nav york
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1900-11-27
900. 900 against ,lt 500, 900. due entirely

900. 700 against ,it. sOo .oOe. due entirely
to the higher prices charged.
An Increase OF about 10 per cent. OF
from s6i.ies.O 900 In 1898 to 81, 053, 400 In
1899, is shown In gold production.
The production OF silver showed a
very small Increase.
Lead PRODUCTION decreased 8 per cent,
but increased over 49, 00.O 600 In value.
spelter increased to il9,iOs short tons,
valued at ilS. 73l. 920.
The building stone industry increased
nearly 5000. 900.
The total value OF the metallic pro.
duction in 1899 was s527. 2ls. Osl. an in
crease OF 81 per cent.
N~on-metallic products increased q
per cent to si47. 100. s6i. Every year
since 1889 to 1895 inclusive the value oi
the non-metalllc production has ex
ceeded the metallic. but In 1899 the me.
tallc exceeded by $40. 900. 900. a chang,
OF nearly $4,000. 900 occurred In tbs
relative values between 1898 and 1899.
Unprecedented activity and advanced
values. the report says. we're shown In
nearly every branch OF the mining In
dustry during 1899.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1900-11-27

David T. Day, chief Of the division OF
mining and mineral resources OF the
United States geological survey. has
Just completed the annual summary OF
the mineral production OF the United
States from 1890 to 1899 Inclusive. The
total value OF all mineral produced dur
ing the last calendar year amounted TO
ss76. OOS. 0i6, against t697. $50, 100 In 1895,
an Increase OF s27s, iss, 22e, or practically
40 per cent. This Increase was the
most notable in the history Of the min
eral industry. The previous largest in
crease being from 1894 to 1895, when the
value exceeded 5000. O00. 900 In every year
except two. the panic years OF 1898 and
1894. The average yearly production
in 1889 was s357. 1872. 436. or IS per cent
I'm excess OF the average for that per-
iod. The greatest Increase In 1899 was
In the value OF the pig iron product
which Increased TO s245. l72.est, or about
10 per cent over 1895. The enormous
increase was due 70 the phenomansl
demand ana high prices.
The Increase In coa production added
over S4S, 100000, or 20 per cent TO the
1898 value, Copper Increased nearly
o 100000 pounds In quantity and over
si2. O0O, 900 In value, the ruling prices
being higher than for q number or
years past.
Crude petroleum advanced nearly
10000, 900 or about ~ per cent. due prin-
eipally TO advanced prices, the produe-
tion increasing less than 4 per cent.
The value OF the natural gas consum-
cd In 1888 i' placed at q little over ,3s,.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1900-11-27
c PARAGRAPHS.

Miss Myrtle Williams. a well-known
and popular young lady OF Cerrillos. Is
In the city. She attended the New Mex
leo University last year.
j. S. Horton, OF the Albuquerque
foundry, was at Santa Fe yesterday,
where he secured a large order for iron
work al the penltentiary.
There will be a special Thanksgiving
service and sermon In st. Johns Epis-
copal church on Thursday morning. All
cordially invited, Holy communion at
7 a. m. on same day.
r. w. Hopkins, manager OF the Crys-
tai Ice Works and one OF the commits
sioners elect OF Bernalillo county. spent
the Sabbath ana yesterday In Las We.
gas, lie returned last night.
Rev Bruce Kinney. pastor OF this
First Baptist church Of this city,
preached at Las Cruces Sunday morn
ing and evening and both sermons
were addressed particularly but not
exclusively to men, The subject sun
day morning was, why There are
More Women than Men In the
Churches" while In the evening his
subject was II CAN'T be a Christian In