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gan slowly to rise and the worst of
the storm was over. In two hours
more the wind had subsidized. and by
midnight there was quiet in stricken
Galveston-the quiet of death.
The water. which in some streets
had been eight feet deep, began quick
ly to run OUT, and by daylight the
pavements were again exposed. But
what a scene of devastation this day
light revealed! Wreckage ON every
side, wreckage and death. A battle
field has it's dread story to tell, but a
city suddenly stricken as this was is a
more pathetic spectacle. When men
fight men the strong are killed alone,
for all are strong, but here 1t was the
weak, who suffered most severely. it
was the women an children who died
in the greatest number. They could
not reach places Of security for lack of
strength, and the brav and willing
men were powerless t help them.
Those pinned down by solid wreckage
lay where they had fallen, those
drowned while fleeing for safety were
carried out by the ebbing waters,
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MORNING AFTER THE FLOOD NEAR BASE BALL PARK, FOOT OF TREMoNT STREET.

while the fallen houses each held the
secret of those who had been crushed
in the downfall. A more p%athetically
wretched condition neve met the eyes
Of men.
AS the day got older, however, there
was other work than grieying.
There was no drinking water in
the town, and the uninjured food
supply was short, while commu
nication was cut OFF from the
world that was willing to help. But
above all vas the necessity to get rid
of the dead, which in so hot a climate
began quickly to decay. In very many,
indeed in most, instances the dead
could not be recognized, and therefore
could not be claimed ~ relatives.
The bodies were buried in trenches,
and boat loads were taken to deep
water aud there sunk, yielding up to
the sea the victims 1t had come ashore
to claim.
But the vicious in the community,
many of them negroes, Were as dill
gent in evil work as the rescuer were
cod. Hundreds robbed the dead bod
les of what valuables they could find,
cutting off fingers and ears to
get finger rings and ear rings. The
few United States soldiers stationed
in Galveston were called upon to do
police Suty, and State militiamen were
sent to help as soon as possible. Every
caught robbing the dead was
shot, and some twenty-five more were
tried by drum-head court-martial and
Immediately. The summary ex-
ecution of these wretches put an end
to this phase of the awful situation.
One of the most thrilling tales of the
Texas disaster is told by Miss Sadie
of New York, who has just
returned from Galveston.
She was with her family i'm their
home on Seeley avenue when the
storm came, and until she was rescued
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alize that window boxes may flourish
even at the most 'heltered and shaded
windows. r
As this n had only a glimpse Of
sunshine in the early morning (be-
cause Of the surrounding brick wallis,
pansies and ferns and tuberous bego-
MAS grown in the box, instead of
the boomers that demand plenty of
sunlight.
The deep window box was arranged
SO that the upper edge was even with
the glass, that the full benefit Of the
growing plarts could be seer from the
inside. In eac- corner of the box
thrifty h~oneysucA.e roots had been
placed, and these soon sent strong
branches up to the top of the window
where pliable splints had been ar
ranged to form an arch. Clematis
and other sun-loving Iimbers could
be crown in less shady quarters, but
in this position the honeysuckle
proved most satisfactory.
With a very thin lace drapery on
the inside of the window, to iutter in
every passing breeze, and this vine
drapery ef green on the outside. and
the blooming pansies and begonias
peeping in at the sill, this n window
transformed the whole effect of that
small, dark dining room.
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t IS gratifying to learn that the

It Is gratifying to learn that the ef-
fort to acclimatize the reindeer in Alas
ka has been successful. Although
most Of the $40 animals imported from
Lapland nearly three years ago died
en- route from the over-richness Of the
diet Of hay, on which they were fed
because Of the impossibility Of provid-
ing the tundra moss on which they
thrive. q small number survived. The
herd, which was later enlarged BY tie
addition of 100 reindeer doe from ST.
IBERIA, now numbers 5000 head, ana its
rapid increase under Government pro-
lection seems assured. The introduc.
ton Of q domestic animal capable of
sustaining life on The bleak tundra and
equally nsefpl as q beast Of burden
and food 4 ~ sfent BIZ the greatest
'Mp0EsaneR OF Arctic Dependence,
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scsQss in Galveston
After the Grsat Storm

Galveston has experienced storms be-
fore, and on several occasions severe
damage has been done. But the peo-
pie have grown used to the danger
from inundation, and even when the
storm broke on that fateful Saturday
morning they were not unusually dis
turbed, writes John Gilmer Speed, in
Harper's Weekly. They went about
their business in ordinary fashion,
confident that the storm would soon
blow over. At ten o'clock a gale was
blowing. BY noon this gale had in
creased to hurricane proportions, and
those dwelling near the beach began
to realize that this was something
more than an ordinary summer gust
Of wind. Great waves were dashed
over the beach, and the summer re-
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from the northeast pitched the waters

from the northeast pitched the waters
against the wharves and abutments,
choking the sewers and flooding the
city from that quarter. The wind,
which had been some fifty miles an
hour, quickened to eighty-four, when
the measuring apparatus Of the
Weather Bureau was wrecked, and the
rest can only be guessed at. The
streets wee rapidly filling with water,
and each person had to stay where he
was caught, as 1t was nigh impossible
TO move from place to place.
In times such as this, however, the
impossible is done. and many men did
succeed in getting their families into
the more substantial buildings, such
as the, public schools, the court house
and the hotels. From three o'clock in
the afternoon the wind increased
steadily until it was at its highest, and
certainly not less than 100 miles an
hour. TT. barometer also continued
to fall, reaching its lowest, 28.O4h
inches, at 7.30 p. m. This was the
very height Of the storm, but this high
est continued for more than two hours.
The himsy among the structures in
the city were nearly all down, knocked
into kindling wood by the fury of the
wind, and even the M t substantial
OF tho buildings were bling damaged.
Here a slate roof was blown off, there
an iIon roof rolled up and was hurled
across the street as though 1t had been
paper; timbers were carried in the air
as though the solid oak and pine were
only grass or straw, while wires, tele-
grapl, telephone, electric light and
tr5lley, were everywhere, for the poles
had snapped like ~pipe-stems and let
The Opelousas courier., 1900-11-10
Teaching Little Ones.

1t is wonderful how much knowledge
can be impaired to small children by
a quick nursemaid who has an inkling
Of the kindergarten system. Children
are never tired Of asking questions,
and If these are in~telligently answered
they pick up all sorts of useful kRowl-
edge without any actual teaching. The
object Of the Kindergarten system is
to teach the little ones to think for
themselves. and it is worth every moth.
er's and nurses while to learn some.
thing OF Il. The custom Of talking non.
sense to than and dlssrgting words
cannot hs too nueh CONDENSED
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sorts were no longer habitable. Even
then the people in Galveston We're
not apprehensive. But shortly past
three in the afternoon it was appar-
ent that something unusual was in the
wind. which was blowing at forty-four
miles an hour, while the barometer
read 1922 inches. Business men
closed up their places and started for
their homes to look after their fam
lilies. But before these tardily awak-
ened people could realize what was
happening the full fury Of the tropical
hurricar" was upon them, and COM
punication was cut off not only with
oa1e outside world, but it was impossi-
DE to get from one part of the city to
smother. Two great forces were fierce
~ at WORK. The Gulf waves drove
high upon the beach, and the gale
The Opelousas courier., 1900-11-10

The appearance of Cornelius Van
derbilt In the political arena is as
cribed both at Newport and in New
York to his clever wife, who is deter
mined that If he is not to be the chief
Of the Vanderbilt family in point Of
wealth, he shall be its acknowledged
superior Id intellect. public spirit and
usefulness to the community among
which his lot il cast.
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something, which we discovered later
was an Old hut.

| something, which we discovered later
| was an Dad hut.
1--WE remained there all night, while
our clothes were being torn from our
backs by the wind, and house after
house f1oated by us, telling it's story
of misery.
ION one COPIED roof, when Sunday
dawned, I saw a mother with a babe,
which l judged to be some two months
old, clinging as best she could. The
wind had taken every stitch Of cloth
ing she had had Oil her back, and the
expression on her face was almost
heartrending.
Cali eyes were turned in her direc-
ton waiting to see her disappear be-
meath the water. We had not long to
wait. The babe slipped from her
arms, and in her effort to save it she
also was lost.
"On the floating house tops men,
women and children knelt in prayer
and sang hymns. Our family was
half starved and on the verge Of drop
ping into the sea and about to utter a
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twenty-four hours later battled with

twenty-four hours later battled with
death upon the roof of a cottage
which had become enmeshed with de-
bris bound seward.
'The cry, The waters coming
reached our ears" said Miss Hirsh-
field, land it was not until this mo-
ment that we thought that something
unusual had happened. My father.
mother, sisters and brothers all rushed
to the windows just as the water
swept Through our street. At my
fathers request all the doors were
bolted and the shutters that were not
carried away by the wind fastened.
Suddenly the house gave a lurch,
creaked mournfully and then began to
swing to and fro. Our home was lift
ed from it's foundations and set adrift.
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The waters rose higher and higher
until they reached the second story.
Up the garnet stairs we rushed,
and soon tbs nine Of us were clinging
on the COPIED roof.
Hundreds Of families we're In the
same plight. We had gone about d
block when fhlaas house st1pct against
The Opelousas courier., 1900-11-10

Maxim gun drill is now carried on
In the various schools Of instruction
in Canada. Cadet corps regulations
have been extended to include not only
universities, colleges, collegiate insti-
tutes. and high schools, but the public
schools. Provision has been made for
the formation Of cadet battaIions and
cadet corps to be attached to existing
battalions OF militia.
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their burdens loose. The force seemed
irresistible, as mighty as it was mer
CHESS. AL this was IN unrelieyed dark
ness. which pre- rented even tile most
r~esoureefr' from aYerting the dan
gers that were on every baud. There
was little Il any change Tor two hours
and hals Than the havansteg be.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-11-10

Excitement pervades the United
States Fish Commissioners experts.
Professor Barton Warren Evermann.
al ichthyologist, has found two little
minnows, or darters. which do not be-
long 10 any known species, In Lake
Maxincuckee, Indiana. Without re-
gard to their feeling. he named them
"Hadropteru observation-disclosures Ever
mann" and "Estheostoma Aubeenaubei
Evermann.n
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last prayer when / fired a pistol which
brought about our rescue.
1.-TWO men from the convent for ne
gro women a short distance away put
out in a raft and carried us to that
building"
Miss Hershfeld said that she saw at
least fifty persons lose their lives I'M
der the most trying circumstances.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-11-10

A comedy young woman In Ohio has
been sent to an insane asylum because
she imagines that her face Is ugly.
More Of this same sort of feminine in
sanity, judiciously distributed. would
do no harm. The victims should not
be locked up. but should be exhibited
as moral examples.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-11-10
A ViNE-DRAPEo WINDOW.

1t Gives q Small Dark Room O
fully Coo Effect.
1t was a small, dark dining-room,
with only a narrow side yard separat-
ing it from the brick wall of the neigh
boring house. 1t would have been
gloomy and unattractive but for the
flowers and vine drape-y of the one
window. And this same window was
q discovery well worth describing,
and better worth initiating; for few
beauty-loving housewives seem to re-
The Opelousas courier., 1900-11-10

When the next war looms up the
English press purposes a joint note to
the War Office asking that experienced
journalists be made censors in the
place of insolent. UNDERGONE subalterns
and cocky officers. The correspond
ents agree that the greatest hardship
Of the Boer War was the exasperating
censorship.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-11-10

The number of lives lost at Johns
town has never been accurately de-
termined, but including those missing
and who are believed to have persisted
in the flood the total is about 1900,
while the damage done there to prop
erty is conseryatiyely estimated at
So 10000.
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a Paris woman is going into frances
and speaking q language which was
never heard before. Possibly she has
established mediumistic relations with
some expert in the use Of New York
slang.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-11-10

Professor Koch is now convinced
that, in consequence Of the discovery
Of the important role played by mos
quitoes in the conveyance Of the mala.
rial poison, it viii be possible by
means of judicious measures to eradi-
cate malaria in most localities.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-11-10

Young Mr.. Lemon, Of Bloomsbury,
Penn, has married a young lady OF
Orangeville. This has not been beaten
since Mr.. Stump. of Maryland, who
was married to Miss Post by the Rev.
Mr.. Lockwood in a church in Garrison
Forest, celebrated his wooden wedding.
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ACADEMY
OF THE-
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION.
O~PELOUSAs, La.

ORELOUSAS, La.
enser the Direction Of the Sisters Msriaaital
Of Koly Czoss.
Offers to young ladies every facility
Tor acquiring o thorough christian ed.
neation. Constant attention is paid 70
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
o. instruction 10 two fold-pseparatory
aud Commercial. French ia taught In
the two eourssa. Fer partInnlars,. cd.
lagess SISTER SUPERIOR.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-11-10

Hereafter the gold finder in Alaska
will not have to spend all he earns,
for the necessaries of life are becom-
ing as abundant and cheap in many
parts of the Territory as they are In
the older sections of the United States.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-11-10

It has beer decided that the prairie
dogs ir;;ure land and must be poisoned.
After the prairie dog is extinct scien-
lists will probably discover that he is
much needed In order to kill Off some
worse pest.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-11-10

"Autocarette' Is the latest verbal
horror. The thing itself may be ad-
mirable. The name makes its author
worthy of Imprisonment for the re-
mainder Of his natural life, ut hard
study of English grammar.
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Standing sqrarely and Incorporating
ly upon the DemocssSte
platfoPm the I

The value Of q newspaper as On
advertising medium consists In
Its circulation.
When you can secure the COM
b1ned circulation Of two papers
for the price Of one, it is money
saved
"The St.. Landry Democrat.
was consolidated on the 3D.. OF
March, 1894, with "Ths Opelou-
sas Courier" The advertising
rates have not been increased
while the price Of subscription
mas been reduced to 81 o year.
TUE COURIER being by odds
fle best paper In the empire Par
lsh ct st. Landry Il therefore ha
sasss
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The Washington Post has observed

The Washington Post has observed
a marked decline In the use Of the
wheel. Society seems to have given
it up altogether, and now it is chiefly
used as an article Of utility, to get
clerks and workmen to and from theiE
business, and occasionally to carry
former bicycle devotees to the golf
grounds.
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1873 PER CENT. ANNUALLY.
That's the Pornt-Ccpper the Articft
Mexico the Country.

hc
SCI Progreso" in its group of sill
mines has some of the richest copper
ores i'll the richest mining country in
the world. Ore runs II per cent
copper, IL or. silver, a trace of gold,
total value about $43 d ton, and in two
Of the mines, in addition to copper
and silver, ore contains 3 per cent. tG
81 per cent. quicksilver or mercury,
about $105 a ton.
Tie great Lake Superior copper
mines Calumet and Hecla, Wolver.
inc, Tamerack, Quincy, etc.-thst
annually return millions, run only
from So to ID a ton.
Boston and Montana 6 years ago
sold for $15 a share, today 1915, pay.
ing 240 per cent. ON investment.
United Verde sold for SOC a share,
today stock not in the market and pays
1866 per cent. on investment.
Calumet and Hacla sold for 81 a
share, toby worth $500 and pays on
investment 10000 per cent.
Entire capital stock of the United
Verde was offered for $3.50, 900 and
refused Senator CLARK, later, paid
$3.50, 900, and today lie has an annual
income from this property OF over
g13, OO0, 900.
II this is possible here with labor
six times higher than in Mexico, with
ore five times less valuable with fuel
five times dearsr, and everything else
in proportion, do you doubt that FL
Progreso will return the I73 per cent.
and more, annually, to original In,
E~estors. to first sto ;kholders, who con.
tribute the money to start the "bali
rolling" who are on the ground
6oor2"
Am experienced, know tbs country,
the people, the language, lived there
10 years, and know the miEes of this
sect on of Mexico, and unhesltatingly
state Ell Progreso is the best; have
been worked for generations in a Mex
lean way, and supplied the copper for
the surrounding country. No attempt
ever made to extract the gold, silver
Or quicksilver.
a modern 40 ton concentrating and
smelling plpnt-smelting only The $A3
ore-will retain $500, 600 per mum;
shus $43, $40 for treatment, equa!s
$50 K 10 tons equals 81, 800 n day, for
300 days equals 1896, 900. This will
day rs per cent. on 81, 500, 900 total
capitalization. Par value of shares
81. 90. 900, 600 shares are treasury
aud 400, 600 of this is to be sold
very low to raise money 10 start things
when price will be greatly advanced
100, 600 at 12c (ail sold,) 10O,-
600 at 15c, 100, 900 at zoe, 100, geo at
25c.
, Dividend multiplied
i ! : IS Ne ss, ' 81 IS A PssH. e. g ca s s: ;e' ssa5 5si
l5c 62-s 17spe (26pcxs 90, 178pc) |
a0s 8 1Spc (.6pcs5. lSOpc5
15c 4 10ipe (26pcx2, 1O4pc)
Soc 8 cape (26pcx2, 62pc5
e1.oo 1 26pd (2spcxs1,co 5spc) |
The best chance ever offered of Sc
stock in a legitimate copper
enterprise.
Send for prospectus.
Organized company on a plan to
give q chance TO all-big and little,
.ich and poor, great and small, none
need be excluded. II euick you can
,wn 6 2-3 shares for 81. 90, or %
for every dollar you remit.
DAVID B. RUSSELL, President,
III Progress) Copper Mining Co.,
~ 90 TC-II d.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-03-28
RIVAL TO UNION IRON WORKS

Owners of the Risdon Works Have se-
cured b Pacific Rolling Mills.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 2S.-The Call
says that the owners Of the Risdon Iron
Works have practically completed a
deal whereby they have secured con-
troll of the Pacific rolling mills, the
plant of which covers 80 acres and in
cludes LOO feet Of water front on the
bay. It is stated that a dry dock capa-
BILE of receiving the largest vessel a1oat
will be built, and that the Risdon Iron
company will expend about S., ZOO, 900
in constructing a complete ship build
ing establishment where at least 5000
men will be employed. The company
will appear as an active rival of the
Union Iron works in bidding for the
construction of war vessels and other
craft of the largest size.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-03-28
CHEERS FOR AGUINALDO.

FagaIos Produce an Incendiary Play in a
Z Manila Theater.
MANILA, March 2s.-During the pro-
auction Of an ~incendiary play entitled
For Love Of Country" presented in
the Tagalo language at the Taga1o thea
tel, the natives, under the influence of
ashrewd reference to Independence, be-
am ~disorderly. Finally, quite carried
away at the sight Of the rebel flag on
the stage, they cried give Filipinas''
and "Vive Aguinaldo." The police,
who were summoned, restored order
and arrested the manager Of the thea
ter and the author Of the play.
The latter is the proprietor Of a Ia
gallo newspaper which was recently
warned to moderate its radical utter
ances. The American authorities had
forbidden the production of the play.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-03-28
STOP OUTSIDE COACHING.

One Reform In FootbaII Likely to Bs
Brought About.
PHILADELPHIA, March 2S.-Football
as played is fairly satisfactory to the
University of Pennsylvania, and the
football committee will have no amend
ments touching the game itself at the
coming meeting of the rules committee
in New York. The matter Of side line
coaching. however, will be brought for
ward at the meeting, and Pennsylvania
will probably endeayor to have this
feature eliminated by the abolition of
all field privilege tickets. It is suggested
that coaches and substitutes have d sep
arate enclosure, somewhat removed
from the gridiron, and also that the
umpire be empowered to punish the side
offending by outside coaching, either
by the loss Of the ball or by giving the
opposing team so many yards.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-03-28
SUBMITTED BY HAY.

Correspondence Regarding Iii aopen
Door, Sent TO Congress.
WASHINGTON, March 2s.-Secretary
Hay has submitted TO congress the cor-
irespondence had with the governments
OF other nations respecting the main.
tenance Of an stopen door in China.
The correspondence extended over d
period of time from Sept. 8 last, to tho
2Oth inst. the last day marking tbs
successful completion Of the unaertals
ing. The nations addressed on this sab
ject by the United States were Great
Britain, France, Germany. Russia. Isaly
and Japan.