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the American farmer and laborer, must
address himself. And in the solution of
that problem he will find the present goal
of patriotism.
The business man who does not inquire
into the politics of his bookkeeper is
asked by the supporters of Mr.. Bryan to
allow partisan politics to be injected into
the circulating medium through which he
carries on his business. He refused in
1896, as he will refuse, believe, in 1900,
to impute either Democracy or Republi-
canism to the dollar. He will say that
it is not a political question, and that it
should not be made such. Asking him
self where he shall seek guidance in the
casting of his ballot, he, like the laborer
and the farmer, looks out upon prosper
ity unprecedented. He sees trade follow
ing the flag all around the world, and
new markets opening to him under new
national responsibilities. He realizes, as
business man, that these responsible
ties must be grappled with and adjusted
on business basis. No policy OF evasion
or retreat can commend itself to him.
Yet, into the field of partisan discussion
he finds these responsibilities dragged,
like the dollars from his counting room.
| by the politicians who seek his vote. And,
like the farmer and the laborer, he finds
his next national ballot invested with
UNIQUE importance.
What will be the reply Of the American
| patriot, who is now asked to believe that
his home and his pocketbook are staked
on the next turn of the ballot, that a
wrong decision spells ruin, and that he
must decide issues of such moment as
were never before submitted to the Amer
lean electorate?
Bryan's election appears TO
irrespective of party, should vote for Nc
I<inley in November. That it is the duty
of patriots to do so have no doubt.
The safety of the American republic is
not menaced by a bogey, crowned with an
imperial diadem of straw. The cry of
imperialism is simply a pretext Of the
Democratic leaders to save themselves
from the fatal blunder they made in
1896, the blunder of dragging the dollar
to the polls and endeavoring to degrade
it. Imperialism is not the paramount
ISSUE despite all efforts to make it so.
Now, as in 1896, the real issue is the
Silver Danger. That is the peril threat
ening this country, not the imaginary
evils attendant on the acquisition of new
territory, which was the inevitable re
suit of a war for which the shriekers
against Imperialism were largely respon
sible. The only peril now threatening
the United States is ruin and retrogres
sion under silver, the turning back o.
the wheels of progress and prosperity
to the standards Of China and Mexico
and the abandonment of our position al
the greatest country in the civilized
world.
Shall We go forward or shall we turl
back? That is the question for the vot
! ers in November. Under Mckinley WI
The sun., 1900-09-25
RAW MATERIAL IMPORTS.
manufacturers Buy More Freely an,
Make More Finished Good.

manufacturers Buy More Freely ana
Make More Finished Goods.
One OF the most interesting nortiona
OF the annual report Of the treasury bn-
reau Tor 1900 concerns the Importation
OF manufacturers materials.
Crude and raw materials wore mons
largely imported than ever before. and
formed a large share of the total innorts
Those included unmanufactured f;borsl
raw silk, WOOL crude India rubber b;dosI
skins. pig tin, and chemicals. Tho ;nn
portations of these articles amountad -
'he sum of $302, ,264, JOG, which was 4O
per cent greater than in any preeeding
year iheh there were articles whollv
or partially manufactured. for use as ma
terials in manufacturing" which inchdL
ed wood, leather, furs, cement. yarns
OILS, dyes, dye woods and certain cbem;l
Gals amounting to SIS, ,432 $40. Takan
together, these mataals for use IN o,,,
manufactures show an increase Of S1OT =
5'o,69S over those of the year 1S99
All these imports We're taken by op-
manufacturers to be worked over ans 49,
sold, and the returns Indicate in fro c..a..
est manner the prosperity of TIE m,nn-
facturing business. Some of those ort;.
cles We're free from customs dutr wh;Ia
o.hers We're dntiable, showing how me
wise discrimination of the Dingley taris,
Jaw promoted both the interests Of tbe
manufacturers and the interests Cs The
people. The share which articles h, the
ra" FORM for manufacturing pu,nosrs
nave IN the imports is constantly increos,
ing' ana IN the year just ended make w
tar !ne largest total in the history OF our
,oreigh commerce. All of this means the
"etter emnloymeHt OF American lah.,- !
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away what would be the result Of elec-
ton. 1t was dreary day for her. She
tried TO knit, read or sew, to pass the
hours away, but 1t seemed as though
she could not get interested In her work.
Noon-hour arrived and Simon had not
come home, as he had promised. Gym
thia was disappointed. One o'clock ar
rived, and still he did not appear. Two
o'clock and Cynthia could endure her
lonely anxiety no longer; so, putting on
her bonnet, went over to her neighbor's
(Mrs. Blank) to spend the afternoon.
1t was getting late in the afternoon,
when their conversation was interrupt
cd by knock at the kitchen door. Mrs.
Blank, excuslng herself from Cynthia's
presence, went to open the door.
Cynthia could not see the caller, but
recognized the voice of Mrs. Bogg, an
other neighbor.
20 Mrs. Blank" she said, have you
heard about the awful fight down in
Boonsville"
mo, Mrs. Bogg. Who's had a fightf'
"Simon and Uncle Joe Harrington,
and guess Harrington most killed Si-
mon"
whats that" said Cynthia, as she
hastily entered the Kitchen.
beg pardon, Mrs. Grey" said Sarah
Bogg. Il didn't know you were here"
II thought l heard you say" said
Cynthia, that Simon has had a fight
with Joe Harrington"
Yes, that's what said. just heard
about it."
20 my! What shall do? Where is
Simon"
"0h, guess he's all right now, Mrs.
Grey. Some men standing near by
took Harrington off of him, and some
If ems goin' to bring him home right
lway. l guess he'll live"
"Oh, OH Was he hurt so bad? do
wonder what caused the trouble"
II heard that Joe Harrington told
around Boonsville that Mr. Ezra Grey
was Republican, and when Simon heard
II he got ravin' mad, and told Uncle Joe
. that lie lied. That was the beginning
Of the trouble"
! Just then the sound of carriage
wheels were heard and Cynthia, look
2 Ing up the road leading to Boonsvlle,
| saw carriage coming occupied by two
1 gentlemen. One was driving and the
other sat with his head all bandaged
a with n white cloth.
S ITS Simon" said Cynthia with a
sigh.
:
0 The election was now over; the polls
e had closed, and the counting of votes
! began.
Political Simon was not, however,
present TO witness the counting. With
e his scalp sewed up and his head well
/ bandaged, the doctor said he thought
he would get along all right If he lay
: quietly in bed for few days.
y 1t was sad anxious night for the
Greys. All but Mary We're Inundated
! because OF the fight. Mary said If she
> was pa she'd get even with old man
Harrington yet, and If Winnie ever was
: friends with Glen again pa ought TO
=. disown her. Winnie did not say much,
:" but it was plain to see by her pale face
, that she was much affected. She loved
= Glen Harrington, yet it seemed that
q fate was against her.
Many unpleasant thoughts surced
d through her troubled brain, disturbing
N her slumber, and when morning came
d her pillow was damp with tears.
N When she walked from her room Jim
mie said he believed she was powdered
q Gee whiz! Amt she white?"
le Just then weak voice was heard in
g the adjoining room.
le us Winnie out there?" came in feeble
,e accents.
ID Yes, pa" said Jimmie.
Then tell her to come here, please VI
y (To be continued.)
The Opelousas courier., 1900-01-13
THE BUILDING or a! SOLDIER.

Joe Jerry hoed in a stony field,
Under a sweltering sun,
The boy and the rock and the native weed
Fought for the life in O battered seed
hnd the struggle was just begun
SECT out Of the mud and follow me-"
Said the man with better clothes,
against you are vermin and drought and
frost;
You anger Nature with labor lost
Come where a fair wind blows"
but the boy digged on in the stony neld,
With the struggle barely begun,
Il put the seed in this ground, !" said he;
~ think / had better stay and see
Whatever may be DONE"
Joe Jerry qua,ried and placed the stones
And fitted the timbers true,
Then his neighbors came with fevered eyes:
Gold! pans Of gold! just there it lies!
Shall we walt q day for you?'
A sweet voice rifted the evening calm,
Singing the death OF day.
A tired child came and went with a kiss,
II have a wife. and a house-and this;
think I had better stay"
''War. war; the cry-and the cry came
near
''There Is fame. and to spare for ALL"
II have a dying wlfe-and these,
I'll stay with them, IL God so please"
But he went at the second call.
Come back!' they cried through the metal
hail
To a soldier bleeding and grim,
He picked a rife out OF the dirt.
Answering only "The captains hurt;
think I'll stay with him."
Frederick Brush, in Youths Companion.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-01-13
~speOulatine on Death.

Some of our cemeteries are private
property until sold to lot holders.
Men have grown rich selling land to
the dead, or to his heirs and assigns.
Calvary, the Roman Catholic cemetery,
where sleep over $50, 600 is owned by
the trustees of st. Patrick's Cathe-
lral. Greenwood is a trust i~ncorpor-
ated under the laws of the state, man
aged by d board of trustees chosen by
the lot owners from among their num-
Der. All money1eceived goes into the
'sFund for the improvement and care
Of the cemetery" This amounts to
nearly So, 900, 600. Noodlawn is the
popular metropolis among the mil
lonaires inst now, its 396 acres FILL
ag rapidly with mausoleums costing
som $40, 900 TO $500. O0e. It sur.
Asses all other places in the world in
hs number, beauty and ralus cg these
saaIas fspslehres and tam s, s-4Esw
HpssAs
The Opelousas courier., 1900-01-13

In England they do not so lightly
accept q plea of responsibility for
murder Oh the ground of insanity, as
they do in this country. A North
Hampton murderer was duly sentenced
and recently executed, although it was
proved that nearly every member of
his family for three generations, on his
fathers side, ant for five on his moth
sr's, had beepE insane. Many haa
committed suicide or attemptedzit; all
he himself ha1 tried to kill himself
three times. RThe medical superins
tendent of ye county asylum said it
was theTSfst family history he had
ever known. The murderer killed a
woman for no other reason than 'tbe-
U she led him such a life;" and f.
nally the judge recommended the
prisoner to mercy. But the proofs Of
insanity were considered insufficient
ay the home secretary, and the man
" hanged.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-01-13

There is no land in the world,
the United States not even ex-
,epted. where such a rapid central
Ization of population in the towns has
saken place as in Japan, says the Lon
ion Mail. Within the last decade To-
kio has doubled its population since
i88S-viz., to 1900, 600; Yokohama
and Kobe rose respectively from 3d.
300 and 80, 900 to 100, 000 and 1876, 900;
Osaka from $50, 900 to $40, 900 inhab-
itants, In 1885 there were in Japan
III towns with more than 100, 900 in
oabitants; now there are 220. Japan
aumbers now As, 900, 900 souls.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-01-13

The guards at Joliet, (Ill.) p~eniten-
larry have been armed with mauser
,iaes carrying dun dunn bullets. The
only excuse ofasSred for the use of
these bullets in Rarfare is that, in
meeting a charge of overwhelming
numbers of savage, i i necessary to
have a bullet that WIl produoS>shock
enough to stop the rush of any nan it
hits. There is no such emergency to
De met in shooting a runaway convict
in the back. The use of a dum-dum
bullet in such a case is simple bar
olrism, without the excuse of neces-
sifv
The Opelousas courier., 1900-01-13
ALL WERE LYING.
How the Mild Man Stirred UP a Street
Car Row.

How the Mild Man Stirred Up a Street
Car Row.
"say," said the street car con.
ductor to a mild-mannered man who
was deeply engrossed in his news.
paper, ";5ay, young fellow, I don't
want this quarter. I can't use it,"
/ The mild man continued to hold
out his hand for his change, but paid
no other attention to the conductor.
"See here!" yelled the conductor,
getting red in the face, "you can't
pass no quarter like that on me. It's
slick. I can't take it for more than
20 cents"
Ii The mild man looked up and said:
|kT'm sorry, because You gave MI that
Aery quarter last night and I've been
Lying for you since. We'll, give it
hSre." He took the quarter and gave
tl9 conductor q nickel. AS he took
the quarter from the conductor he
suddenly dropped his newspaper and
gave a chuckle.
"Well, WE'LL" he exclaimed, 'there's
luck. Bless me, if that isn't an 1892
quarter with IA stars and an arrow.
It's worth 90. 49," He slipped it into
his pocket with evidence of much sat
isfaction.
"Here, give me that quarter" said
the conductor, II was only fooling.
That's my quarter"
A hungry-eyed man in the corner
who overheard the conversation jumped
up and said:
"Isn't that the very quarter I gave
you yesterday morning? I missed
that quarter. It was a pocket piece
and o valable coin. I remember now
that I gave it to you. l demand it!'
he said, looking fiercely at tie mi d
man. If you are a gentleman you will
give it to me-"
ut isn't yours. You never gave it
to ma. My wife gave me that quar-.
ter by mistake. It's part of a co!lec-
ton that's been in, the family since
1877 yelled the conductor.
1T tell you it's mine" said the hun
gry-eyed a Thus they wran2ied
and quarreled all tue way down town.
NO." said the mild man 10 a neigh
Dor, as he stepped from the car, it,
only an ordinary cid shiny quartz
that I have been trying to pass of TO
q week. We we're all lying. It's wor
about % cents"
The Opelousas courier., 1900-01-13

One of the Oldest bridges in Europe
is soon to disappear, under the de-
nand for better navigation of the river
it spans. This is the stone bridge,
with fifteen arches and a total length
IF 994 feet, built across the Danube
at Regensburg fRatisbonl, in Bavaria,
by Duke Henry the Superb, in 1885,
46, The piers rest on piles, protect
ed by stone riprap and heavy ice
breakers; the roadway is very narrow,
and the footways allow the passage of
only one person at a time. So far as
its stability is concerned, it would
probably stand for another $50 years,
but it in%terferes with the passage of
steamboats,.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-01-13

Cor the past few months the men,
b4l.s of the Woman's club of Jersey
ciBy have voluntarily devoted them
sEyes to overseeing the street Sweep
eAs and inducing them to perform their
Work properly. So successful have
these women been in their self appoint.
cd task that it is suggested that they
be officially engaged to superintend
this department of public works.
Undoubtedly there are many kinds of
municipal work which women could
do much better than men, and this is
one. Their generations OF training
IN housekeeping give them peculiar
skill IN attend ng to the details OF
cleanliness. The oversight of streets,
library buildings, public baths, and
even the walks. drives and lawns Of
our parks Is but housekeeping on q
larger scale, for the city Is simply our
larger hone. Attention to its clean
illness. sanitation and beauty iayolyas
sha asass orlar ii ab!g!tlaa II II u,
assd II kseplHs i hoass h aaoa 81,
The Opelousas courier., 1900-01-13

The Chicago Penny Savings society,
operating through the public school
;eachers, last year received from the
school children of that city " $40,
300. This means that at least $40, 00O
iess a year is being spentfor candy and
chewing gum, and that over 1000 chill
1ren are becoming capitalists at the
cate OF five cents O day.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-01-13

A resident of Des Moines, Iowa, has
been awarded damages of 1856 in a
suit brought against q milk dealer be-
cause of a disease contracted by u.s.
ing milk furnished by the latter, Thus
the milk-dealers' woes multiply to an
alarming degree.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-01-13

According to IN article published in
the National Review of London, En-
oeror William of Germany desires to
oring about an alliance with France
and other countries ofIwestern Eu-
:ope against Great Britain, the United
States, and Russia.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-01-13
ACADEMY
OF THE
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION,

OPELOUSAS, la.
Uaasr the Direction Of the Sisters KsrisaitN
Of holy Gross.
Offers to young ladies every facility
for acquiring a thorough christian cd.
ucation. Constant attention is paid to
home and social culture. Lessons are
given in music, painting and other
useful arts. The sisters also have
charge OF the boys school. The course
OF instruction is two-fold-Pseparatory
n Commercial. French is taught in
the two courses. For particulars, cd.
dress SISTER SUPERIOR,
The Opelousas courier., 1900-01-13

The secretary of the Maryland Game
and Fish Protective association says
that nearly 200 distinct varieties of
birds can be efound in the vicinity of
Baltimore.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-01-13
Az 10 doctors.

Watts-These doctors 4 Q given /
mich to cutting, Think.
Potta-RigAtp Whenever an O;
question as to- 4 disease Arises i
aasf thsag Il 81 open eatsans, esIa.
eaapeIsa Ioaraal,
The Opelousas courier., 1900-01-13

Many a woman speaks of her emo
lional temperament, but others call It
emper. =
The Opelousas courier., 1900-01-13

The value Of q newspaper as an
advertising medium consists In
its circulation.
When Jon can secure the com.
6ined circulation Of two papers
for the price Of one, 1t is money
saved!
"The st. Landry Democrat"
was consolidated On the 3D. of
March, 1894, with j" The Opelou.
sas Courier" The advertising
rates have not been increased
while the price Of subscription
has been reduced to Ss2 g year,
TILE COURIER being By odds
Pie nsst Tnsg III the empe raEE.
q ss Landry ID tagsss sha
,0sNs
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-04
PLAN OF TAXPAYERS LEAGUE.
President Haeussler's Views on
the Printing Code.

To the Editor OF The Republic
81. Louis. Mo, June 31.-Your article
headed New Delay in Printing Code" Is
wrong in some particulars.
First-The injunction was not granted to
stop the work, but was only to stop pay
case was finally determined, and IL the con-
tractors think the contracts good they can
go on and complete work begun deliver the
work to the city, and IL the contracts are
good defeat the suit and get their price
Why do they stop? Simply because they
know the city ordinance. requiring n So
called Allied Printing Trades tag on each
ing Trade trust cannot control public
printing.
Why did the City Register again adver-
tise II he was not advised that the contract
was Illegal? IL the only bidder had been
the old contractor. or IL he had been the
lowest bidder, | have no doubt he would
have got the contract. but he was not, and
there was the rub.
1t is all bosh about an Injunction suit
to stop a second contract. Had the hid
been given TO the lowest bidder 0n last bid
ding. work would have been done even il
payment had been enjolnej. The powers
that be at the City Hall seem only too will
ing. in all matters. to let the taxpayers
fight for their rights by giving bond etc ,
gouges. Is there to be no end OF rotten
ness up there? Let the Register and City
Counselor award the contract to the lowest
bidder at reduced rate and work Will he
done by the new contractor regardless Of
consequences. and the league will protect
the city from all suits IL the city officers
will let us represent them.
Fair play and honesty is a Jewel.
II. A. HAEUSSLER,
President TaXpayers' League.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-04
WILL INVESTIGATE
ALLEGED BRUTALITY,
Captains Who Refused to Rescue
Imperiled Persons to Be
Prosecuted.
MANY COMPLAINTS FILED.
Master of TngbOat Dandy Charged
With Abandoning One Man Be
cause He Had No Money
More Bodies Recovered.

New York. July IA sensation was ere.
ated here to-day by an announcement from
Mayor Pagan of Hoboken that he will
prosecute all tugboat captains asains,
whom charges of refusing to save life can
,, be substantiated.
The Mayor says he will apply at once for
warrants charging two tugboat captains
with murder, and that he has evidence to
prove that these men used boathooks to
keep drowning men from climbing on their
tugs because the unfortunates had NO
money. An effort Is to be made also to have
the licenses of offending captains revoked.
Information was sworn to before Re-
corder Stanton in Hoboken to-day by
Ferdinand II. Krouse. third officer Of the
Phoenicia. who charged that he tried to get
aboard tug from the end of one Of the
North German Lloyd piers. and succeeded
in boarding her. but was put on because
he had no money.
Krouse in his sworn statement, says that
the name Of the ting was THE Dandy"
and in his affidavit he says that the Cap
tain asked:
Have you any money!
None In my pocket" Krouse said he re-
piled.
The affidavit then said the captain re-
torted:
Then i have no time for you. i have
other business to attend to-"
Charges Against the Dandy.
Krouse says that he asked the tugboat
captain to go to the assistance OF persons
aboard the Saale. but that the captain re-
fused.
This information also was sworn by Ru-
doiph Grain. physician on the Phoenicia.
Henry Brockstedt also made Information
before Recorder Stanton to the effect that
a tug, the name Of which he did not know,
failed TO rescue him and some Of his COM
panions from a iifeboat belonging to the
Phoencia.
The Recorder said he would look I'D the
law on the subject to select the best
method for proceeding against the Offend
Ing captains.
Supervising Inspector General Dumont Of
the Steamboat Inspection Service, WASH
ington. ID. c., has forwarded letter TO
the local inspectors In this city directing
that an investigation be begun at once OF
the charge that the captain of tie tugboat
Dandy refused to take men from the steam
In his letter the Supervisor Inspector Gen.
eral said:
while It seems almost Incredible that
any licensed officer could be guilty OF such
charges as are alleged against the master
Of the Dandy. yet the charge is SO circum-
StaDual IN statements tndt your once
should take immediate notice of IL so that
IL true such misconduct may be punished
to the extern, Of your lawful authority un-
der section 1850 r. F.. or II. on the contrary
the charge Is not sustained. that the master
OF the Dandy may be officially exonerated
before the public"
SYMPATHY FROM KAISER.
Bremen, July 3.-The officials OF the
North German Lloyd Steamship Company
have received a telegram from Emperor
William expressing sympathy with them
In the calamity which has befallen the
company through the destruction by fire
of three of it's steamers on the Hudson
River. and the burning of its wharves.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-04
VILLAGE POLITICS MIXED.
New Set of City Officials Elected
by Rival Factions.

The factional rivalry in the village Board
OF Trustees which has been the cause or
no little political disturbance in Winstanlev
Park near East ct. Louis. Is Responsible
for three sets of city officials. The last sc
was named at 8 secret meeting of the
Drummond faction. held Monday night.
This meeting. the Renshaw faction declares
was Illegal. because quorum was compiet-
cd by the vote OF W. J. Mayo. who thew
say. was not elected.
There were present at the meeting Presi.
dent Drunmond, Henry Brockman Ed Win
terman and Louis Marsh and Willis l. MAYO
without Mayo there would not have been 81
quorum. The aosentses We're Ed Wachfei
Raymond Tojo and Ed Houser. Houser,s
name was not called. as Mayo's friends in
sist he was not elected
Ed Flanagan said that a QUORUM va,
present and the work was begun. T.
Hamler. who had served the prummond
faction as treasurer in name only. "a Rem
shaw alone was recognized, was deposed
and the job was given to Philip Traband
Ed Beyans was made Day Marshal and "a
II Deemar night custodian OF the peace a.
the Village. Village Marshal Dophan vss