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The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1900-09-01

For several days last week, our
people were RECALLED with as choice
an assortmen, of like
tales as ever tickled the ears of
qullibie folks. Rumors OF a race
riot at Church Point came thick
and fast, and for a while the affair
was reported to have assumed the
proportions of a typical Northern
mob. Meanwhile District Attorney
Campbell and the authorities of
Acadia parish repaired to the scene
Of the reported outbreak, and found
that tho ugh the white people were
somewhat exited, no acts of lawless-
ness had been committed. Some
thoughtless persons had circulated
rumors of an impending negro up
rising, and the hotspurs were in
clined to inflict few applications
of the time-honored medicine to
those negroes who had shown them
selves obnoxious The District
Attorney properly advised peaceful
methods and the cooler heads pre-
vailed. It seems in this case that
credence was given to unfounded
reports, and had it not been for the
officers prompt action, serious re-
suits might have ensued. The
popular mind has been infiamed by
recent occurrences aud it would be
wise If il . second sober thought
we're allowed TO guide us in such
matters.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1900-09-01

Last weeks Weekly Iberian gives
account of an interview had with
Hon. Overton Cade relating to \
proposed railroad which is to run
from New Iberia to the Hunter
Canal section. The people Of our
parish residing in the fourth ward
are directly interested as the road is
to run through it and it is suggested
that special five mill tax be voted
as a bonus. Mr.. Cade is reported
to have said that the residents of
that ward are in favor of voting the
tax. New Iberia is selected as the
starting point for the reason that in
as much as the new road may not
be run in conjunction with the
Southern Pacific, that town will be
. better terminus on account of the
facilities for transportation by water
existing there.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1900-09-01
To the Voters of the Parish of
LAFAYETTE. La.

ton O flee at the court-h house in the town of
Lafayette, La, Wednesday, August 1, 1900,
and will close Sept. 2o, 1900.
For the first week will; be at the court
house. beginning Aug. I, 1900, and on Sat
8, Mrs. F.. Hofpauir's; Wednesday Sept. S,
Carencro; Thursday. Sept. 6. H. Durio' s
store; Friday. Sept. 2, Pilette School House;
Monday, Sept. 10, Broussardville; Tuesday,
Sept II, Youngsville; Wednesday Sept. II,
Whittington's store.
All voters not registered are requested to
register before Sept. zo. 1900
A. M. MARTIN,
Assessor and Registrar.
Assessors Office. July ~. 1900.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1900-09-01

We quote below from an editorial
in the New Orleans Harlequin, the
sterling paper which is rapidly be-
coming a power in Louisiana jour
nalism. The writer's evident ia
miliarity with some Of the condi-
tons in our rural districts must
come from personal observation;
he must have made the acquaint-
ance of the "unconfessed Republi-
CAM
81 do not believe that anyone who is ac-
quainted with the rural districts of Louis
lana can figure out that there is any immi-
nent danger of it running Mckinley wild.
Excepting certain districts of the sugar belt
following what they conceive to be their
business iEterests'-it is cinch that the
Democracy IS going to stand Pat--more SC
than previously. Really the great advant-
the Democrat who with David B. Hill
shouts, Il am Democrat at the same that
he asserts his certainty that the country will
go to the demnition bow-wows with the
stalwart Bryan for president. This is a
business class. 1t follows dollars, no,
men. 1t is a class which conceives the dollar
TO be an entirely nobler creation than the
man-the creator of man, in sense! They
care not if the sweat of honest toll is dis.
titled into the robber receptacles of trust,
provided it results in a prosperity of which
| the trusts enjoy the lions share with crumb
thrown here and there to the dog. They
believe that the subjugation of the Philip
pines is correct, because it represents com
mercial advantage and not the principles OF
justice declared by this country to be the
self -evident intent of Almighty God. They
would Just as readily subscribe to absolute
monarchy to avoid financial dsquiet.' 1t i:
repetition of history. They represen,
moral decay. But trust me, my Republican
friends of Louisiana, the decay is not YER,
extensive here, for the soft pillow of luxury
| has been little known since the war. The
great masses of this section are virle and
| sturdy and sane. They are going to guagt
Bryan just in proportion to his sincerity snc
his record will bear scrutiny to which i
would be dangerous, indeed, to subject the
| little idol of the lands plutocracy.''
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1900-09-01
HGURLNG OUT BRYAN'S
ELECTION.
New Orleans Picayune.

New Orleans Picayune.
The Rochester IN. W Herald
has gone quite deliberately into fore
casting the presidential election.
and has made out of its reckoning
OF probabilities a case for Mr..
Bryan.
The Herald premises that in 1896
Mr.. Bryan received I76 electoral
votes, and the loss of the seven
votes of South Dakota and Wyo-
ming and of one from California,
which he received in 1896, with the
cain Of twelve in Kentucky. leaves
him with I8o votes Of the aa4 which
are necessary to choice. The
states from which these votes come,
With their electoral votes, are: Ala
bama, IT, Arkansas, 8; Florida. q;
Georgia. rs; Kentucky, IS; Louis
iana 8; Kansas. 10; Idaho, 5; Col
ofado. y; Mississippi. 3; Missouri.
n7; Montana, 5; Nebraska. s.; Ne
$50, .; North Caroline. II; South
Cesul3sa, 3; Tennessee. ~; Texas
q s. Utah. ); Virgins, =; wash-
Iesysesd has rscenely bscome
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1900-09-01

The Gazette has received from
Mr.. S. F. B. Morse, of the South
ern Pacific, history of the life of
the lamented Coils p. Huntington,
late President Of that system of
railroads. 1t is IN neat pamphlet
form and had been designed before
the illness and death of Mr.. Hun
tington, to be used under happier
circumstances. 1t gives a faithful
account of the life of this truly
great man which shows in a marke ID
degree the p. satellites Of American
citizenship. The Gazette returns
thanks to Mr.. Morse for his cour-
tesy
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1900-09-01
Notice.

Notice.
Lafayette, La, Aug. Is, I9oo.-The con-
s,ruction of the Pascal Molaison Bridge will
be given to the lowest bidder. Bids to be
delivered to Alex. NJ. Broussard Or be-
fore Saturday, August IS, 1900. Right to
reject any and all bids reserved.
ALEX. Nj. BRoUssARD,
Member Police Jury ed Ward.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1900-09-01


We reproduce below an extract
from an editorial in the Louisville
Courier Journal. giving ,esu4ne Of.
political conditions in Kentucky
Kentucky, unlike her Southern sis.
teas. broke loose from the solid
South and tried term Of Republi
can NAL administration since we
have emerged from the darkness of
reconstruction days. We may we'll
benefit by her sad experience. That
party. whose only law is force. be-
gan a reign Of terror which culmi-
mated in the murder of William
Goebel, the martyred governor.
Louisianians hould carefully read
what the Courier Journal says. 1t
will perhap remind them of their
States past experience.
Kentucky, which had sent an equal num-
Der of her sons to the two armies in the War
of Sections, came out of the trial by FIRE her
autonomy intact and her colors flying.
More fortunate than her sister States IF the
stricken Soutn,- Kentucky still was free.
The use she made of her freedom was to
bravely throw herself in front of Tennessee
and Alabama and Mississippi and Arkansas
and Louisiana and Georgia and earnestly
to plead with the good people of the North
and the West against the prescription lev
eled against the good people of those help.
less communities; the ruinous disfranchise
ment of the whites, the barbarous enfran-
chisement of the black; the con6scation OF
property by carpet-bag edicts not worth the
paper they were written on, and the footing
of State aud County Treasures under thu
very eye of the National Government, tn.
substitution of the s'bloody Shirt for tn,
National ensign; the use of troops at thu
polls: the havoc of civil rights bills; the rio
| of force bills; and, in short, the bouleverse
ment wrought by long line of Oppressive
! measures designed to reverse the domestic
| and political conditions of ''the State
lately in Rebellion" and to place the bolton
of society top, wherewith an implacabl
group of Radical leaders sough, TO conf, n
and consolidate their power, and to secur
| for themselves and their misdirected an.
partisan progeny, perpetuity in Office.
The scheme failed. 1t was too mon
| strous to succeed. The good sense an,
good feeling of the North would no
have it. The rape of the Presidency ii
1877 was its fitting elimination. Excep
for dssensi"ns and follies among the Demo
Gratis. the Republicans would have bee
swept from power in 1880, never to come i
again; they would have gone out thei
| progenitors, the old Federalsls. went GU
in 1901, never to hope again
''Unwept, unhonored and unsung."
But in what particular has the Republica
party of Kentucky, as the pc pie have see
it the last four years, varied the aspect
which marked it in the Nation during tn
| hateful ear of Reconstruction?
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1900-09-01

Chinese are dangerous enemies, for they
are treacherous. That's why all counter
fets of DeWitt's Which Hazel Salve are
dangerous. They look like DeWitt's, bnt
instead of the all-healing witch hazel they
all contain Ingredients liable to irrtate the
skin and cause blood doisoing. For piles
Injuries and skin diseases use the original
and genuine DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve.
For Sale by Lafayette Drug Co.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1900-09-01
Anent the negro problem and the
rise and fall Of the educated coon,
Philosopher Dooley observes:

slf0Ty's says he, { WaS mp TO me to Be
. posther in . saloon or 60 into tn on'y
b9stness,' he says, i'm which me race has Z
chanse,' he says. Whats that7' says /.
.Cr.ps,' says he. I've opened paiachal
i0posyium,' he says, where he says,
'twud please me very much he says,
sme oil abolitiouist frind,' he says, If ye'd
dhrop in some day be says 'an' I'll roll
tn sweet, white bones FIR ye,' he says.
/. sris tn hope " me people, he says. we
have aA even chanst 1t ivry other parsoot,
he SAYS, but stis on'y in craps we have q
. shade tn best iv it, he saws.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1900-09-01

The contest for congressional
honors in the sixth district is wax
ing warm. The St. Landry braves
seem to be bent on the nomination
Robertson and it looks ~ If that
parish will be carried by him.
Twelve times has Col. Robertson
been sent to Congress. and his
father preceded him. IT the house
goes Democratic, and the Colonel
il returned, he will be chairman OF
the Ways and Means Committee,
quite an enviable position.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1900-09-01

* =
zAA COTTON NIUA TON.
New OF'eees r,eaysns.
st"es ousi0R tne Pass week
% g" Wy. "ss oeso very "oe"
more ssSossose 20 tne cos.o" crop
u" -. previously. 'e sec
.'o"s VI s"e AssA"t'c COAST ""'c"
nave su"e'e" ITO" oIousnt nave
oee" .'s''eu " .co"'e s"o"s'
WINE IN os"e' Po't'ons 81 'ne GOV
20" DC" s"e ~eesne' nas pee" tai'
a"u NOT oe"e ''l .ne crop 20
cons'oeraOie extent.
Ga" DC NO oo"o' '"a' the
e"''"" sl."A''s"' - iA' Is ."e gro"
ing crop IS co"cei"eo' mas '"ploseu
" '"e eN'e"' ~ 'e.s' '"~' '"e
I'"'@uon previously 's' 1s'Heo
mas nee" c"ecNeo' VI course tn's
ooes "o' '"esn s"e' Soou @s"e
no" nov ." wiz Pu' inc crop y"
'ne So"o'''on 7" "'s"' nave o" iu
nso 'ne "'e' Dec" isso'~o'e al
uu'"s '"e season s e'op
c~"no' oe eAPec'eo ;" ''on' ~"u
tue "A'"e' Sonu'''o"s
oo NO "' '"e eApee'.''o" =.
even a e'e1sse e'oP' 'a' '"e y'eAu
ought S'.'"'y ~ o oe. VIZ"
s'o" s"e' '"~" 'ee e" P'oo"o'e
some VEGAS .so'
s"o' crop '' ".'
surplus stocks of cotton. and the
,,.d- M. never h.for. in he,+e,
condition to safely absorb fairly
large crop w;,hou, undu,v depres-
.;n1 nr;ces There is. therefore
no good reason whv a very shor,
crop should be hoped for as ,
means of keeping m prices. With
even ten-mil,ion crop. which
seems TO he a larger vi. Id than nres
emf indications warrant. there ouph,
to be no material reduction in prices
10000 ;.,, -
"A moderate CROP resulting rom
general, well distributed falling of
in yield, is more than repaid to the
nroelucers nv the enhanced nrices
-, $1,000. H.. a;...,.r
". ~ " ' w.
erlng large olstricts' proves Pront
| able to a portion of the cotton bel
at the expense of less fortunate
| Portions' "nicn Is scarcely a conoi
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1900-09-01

compliments to the distinguished
St. Landry boy, H. Garland Du-
pre-, who was recently appointed
assistant city attorney of New Or
Dupre of Opelousas. but has made
the Crescent City his home since
he graduated from Tulane Unlver-
ssty some years ago. He was q
member of the last Legislature.
Mr.. Durre is cultured gentleman,
. fluent and graceful public speaker
and we congratulate both him and
the Democracy of New Orleans
upon his selection.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1900-09-01

CATHOLIC KNIGHTS OF AMERICA,
uRAl9CH NO. 1qa ueess lst aad I'D Saa-
6ays a1ses high nan, at Hooe Fire Co. hall.
A4dsao Rob-. H. Droeaard. Secretary.
DsUaasd, La.
UNITED CONFEDERATE VETERANS
assss m Saturday Of eaeh ooath. at court
60uoo. 10 Q. -.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1900-09-01

esstainly Denocratic. and her .
votes must be pat in the Bryaa COLI
umn. leaving IS votes TO Be- found
elsewhere. New York has So votes;
Indians and Ohio together have SO;
Indiana aud Illinois have 50; Indi-
ANA, Wisconsin, and Minnesota have
as. Indiana 10 generally regarded
by good judges ~ . Democratic
State this year. In NO State 10 the
anti-imperialissic feeling stronger.
Now says the Herald:
Mr.. Bsyan's election may come from the
following combinations: -
F1rse-New York.
Second-lndiana aud Ohio.
ThiEd-lnJiana aud 0lin0is.
Fousth-lndiana, Wisconsin and Mime
sofia.
when oar former article was written the
outlook was % unfavosable for Democratic
success in this State that its possibility was
not even considered. Since that time,
however, that evidences Of Democratic &C.
uvity and harnooy have become 30 marked
York may 60 for Mr.. Bryan. At this
writing the probability 10 that Mr.. Odell
will be the candidate of the Republican or
ganization. and Mr.. Coler the candidate ol
many. Mr.. Coler's character aud public
services, and the manner of his nomination,
If it shall be brought about, as seems likely
now, will attract to him large majority d
take advantage Of the opportunity for over
throwing the Croker-Platt combination. II
may be said that under such circumstances
Tammany will cut Mr.. Col=r 20 badly that
his election will be Impossible. What
readers sach action on the part Of Tammany
extremely unlikely il the MISUNDERSTOOD
fact that Mr.. Coler, If defeated for Gov.
ernor by the treacherv of Croker, will b
An independent candidate for Mayor Of
greater New York At the next municipal
election.
We have NO hesitation in predicting tina
If Mr.. Coler be nominated by the Democrat,
he will carry the State Ivy 10000 to 100.
600. II is only necessary to examin. thu
see why this prediction is well grounded.
Governor Roosevelt. with large s"ar.
Of the independent vote, and with the pres
tige of his military service, was only able t
defeat the rammany Judge. Van Wyck, b,
| A change of seven-tenths of per cent o
the voters would have defeated Roosevelt
With these figures in mind and with tn
practical certainty that Mr.. Colel will,
! nominated. defeat Mr.. Oden by $4,000 t
1000, 600 votes, it becomes entirely reason
able to say that New York State is q very
doubtful state.
1t gives these prophesiers grea
satisfaction to be able to make VI
IN advance a plausible case, no mat
ter how it turns out in the end
The Rochester Herald has fguret
out its forecast quite to it's own sat
isfaction. and it is given for what
is worth.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1900-09-01

is worth
Naturally, to come back to the
present. the newspapers of New
Orleans are having lots of fun with
the newspapers of New York. 1t
will be observed that, although the
cases were alike to t, the New
Orleans niger distanced the New
York niger in the list of his killed
and wounded. In the South, when
a niger goes lingering he gener-
ally does the thing at first hand, in
an original. niggerly way, whilst the
Northern niger tries to emulate
the Northern tough and is merely
an imitator. Yet we are told it was
q rare sight to see the Astorbilts
and the Van Waldorfs and others of
the old ar,stocracy of New York
chasing the bad niggers of the
Tenderloin down Fifth avenue and
driving them into the dark waters
Of the bag, to the ringing of the fire
bells and tie booming of cannon
from Governors Island! The tall
towers of the World and Tribune
must have shaken their sides with
glee as the surging, shrieking mass
of blacks, pursued by the shooting
through Printing House Square.
Mr.. Bartholdi's Statue of Liberty
looking on the while with grim sur
prise! What a pity that Mr.. Hearst
was in Chicagoi Happily, however,
the Sun was there to shine and the
Times to shed its sad moonbeams
upon the scene. The Herald, how
ever, had much the best Of it. Be
ing situated up town in the heart Of
the Beau Quarter, it was able to
get snap shots at the leaders OF
Eastern morality and fashion as
they dashed out of the adjacent
clubs and hotels. each holding a
gun in one hand and a niger in the
other, aud before the bloom and
beauty had quite worn off the ia.
bleaux wants by the long, no,
chase down Broadway to the city
! hall. One of the most fashionable
of New York's clergvmen writes Us
that it was SO light he could read
sis Greek Testament by the flashes
of the pistol shots and an autho'
from Harlem SAYS confidentially
that his only regret is that William
Asdorf Walderbilt was out of town
Indeed, it is a general regret that SO
many of the Four Hun red were
absent from the city at Coney Island
and Asbury Park and other exclu-
sive resorts. 1t is too bad, indeed,
because those to whom the world
looks for examples of piousness and
manners, whose lives are at best
but . melancholy round of plenty
aod ennui, should have been on
the ground to help run down the
fleeing blacks, in their automobiles
and otherwise to add to the eleva-
ton and the safety of an affair that,
peSchxnce, may not happen again
IA : twelvemonthi-C Courier Journal.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1900-04-05
Two butler Stories.

Once when General Butler was in
congress he rose in his place and gently
insinuated that the member who was
occupying the floor was transgressing
the limit Of debate. why, general"
said the member In reproachful tones,
you divided your time with me-" Il
know l did" rejoined the grim old
warrior. 'but did not divide eternity
with you"
But perhaps Buffers most savage re-
tort was made in political convention,
in which distinguished Unitarian d.
vine, I think it was James Freeman
Clarke. sat as delegate. While the
subject Of candidates was being dis
cussed this clergyman announced that
If a certain nomination was made he
would bolt 1t.
every likely" Butler blurted out.
'You are good at boiling; in your re-
ligion you bolt two-thirds Of the Trim
ity."
The convention broke into roar of
laughter. in which the clergyman join
ed.-New York Mail and Express.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1900-04-05
Note. From The jewellery Circular.

Notes From The jewellery Circular.
New single vest chains for men are
very slender ones of gun metal or gold.
in which brilliants to the number Of
three or four are set at regular dis
tances apart.
A plain gold bracelet in bamboo pat
tern is quite novel.
Unique among mems rings is one
consisting of plate Of pave set bril-
liants, which is curved to fit close to
the finger and in the center of which is
set ruby cut to a long, narrow mar
quise form.
A new long chain has the usual ca
bochohs replaced by jade hearts Of
considerable size. Large cabochons Of
turquoise matrix are also very chic for
these chains.
Exceedingly attractive are bright,
lively shades of green noted in ALI
gator and morocco feathers.
Both plain polished ivory and plain
bright silver are noticeably popular for
the fittings Of fine leather dressing
bags.
Ebony brushes artistically mounted
with silver hnd large clientele.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1900-04-05


ing until such time as there is no
danger Of the strong pigs stealing from
the weak.
In herd of sows there is often one
that is not as good mixer as the 9TH
ers.e In case of this kind nature does
not limit the number of pigs to suit the
supply of milk. She Is as apt to pro-
duce as numerous litter as the best
mixer in the herd. The result is that
these little fellows are always hungry
and spend much Of the time pulling at
their mother. If the sow is in house
with several others with filters. these
hungry, restless fellows will cause
much unrest with the others. We have
often noticed that when one litter Of
pigs begins to trail after their dam
for their feed the litters of the herd
are almost sure to take up the cry and
in a short time all the sows are down
and the pigs sucking. When the sows
and their filters are separated until
the pigs are at least l month old. 1t Is
much easier to feed each SOW properly
and get the pigs to eating. And, more
than this. it is conducive to better
thrift and health.
For single houses to be used in this
way we should want them portable or
Of material that could be torn to
pieces and removed when not in use.
The latter is the least expensive and
within the reach Of every farmer able
to own two or more brood sows.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1900-04-05
Hogs Need Exercise.

Breeding hogs need a little exercise
every day to keep them in the very best
condition, says The American Guilt
vator, but how are they to get it in
this climate, when the yards and ali
spots out Of doors are covered with
snow for three months at a time? II
even a wheelbarrow load a day Of good
fresh horse manure Is thrown in yard
for any three that are yarded together,
they will spend much time in roofing
1t over, especially II they find a grain
of corn or few oats in it often enough
to keep them interested. We do not
want fattening hogs to have anything
to induce them to root, nor would we
allow the breeding stock to sleep on
the manure heap, which is one Of the
reasons why we do not advise keeping
hogs in a barn cellar. Another is that
we do not like q manure cellar under
the barn The barn cellar. If there Is
one, may do to store roots in and to put
away carts. plows and other heavy
tools If 1t is dry enough. but then we
would like good cement floor for 1t.
Another reason is that we want the
animals to have sunlight when they
can. and If the hogs are in a separate
building with an open yard they will
be out great deal when the weather
is pleasant. even in winter. IL it is cold.
We want to keep the sow gaining a
little every day from the time she is
bred until she farrows and yet to guard
against her being too fat This can
easily be regulated by the food given.
If little care is taken.