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The Opelousas courier., 1901-06-29

One thing that materially helps to
stiffen the iron market is the prospec-
tive heavy railway construction to be
undertaken this year. The Railway
Age gives a list Of projects under con-
tract for 5000 miles Of new construc-
ton. There are prospective enter.
prises which would increase the total
to $500 miles. The greater part Of the
new rails will be laid down In the
Southern States. The development Of
the interior resources Of the South Is
at present the chief objective effort Of
speculative enterprise.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-06-29

VIII the Uunited States have q pop
ulation of 3oO,0 600 by the end of
the twentieth century? Mr.. O. P.
Austin, Chief Of the United States Bu-
reau Of Statistics, in an article in the
Forum. answers the question in the af-
frmative. Mr.. Austin very carefully
considers the most densely populated
districts and countries of the present
day. and their conditions, and holds
that the United States, with its enor-
mously increasing cu1tivable area, its
resources, its rapid progress in eco.
nomics and mechanics, will be more
able to sustain such a population a
century hence than are the prosperous
nations of Europe to sustain their pop
ulation of to-day.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-06-29
OUT THERE.

lille -
Out there the yellow willow CLEANS, z
Brown burrows lie along the slope;
The sky is mirrored in the streams,
And every seed is full of hope;
The cackling of the faithful hen
Proclaims another duty done;
The l1ac buds have burst again,
The calves lie doing in the sun;
The earth seems palpitant below,
A sense of life is in the air,
And all things have combined to show
That God is still supreme Out There.
Nv.
Oh, %scoffer, cease a while to sneer!-
Above the shouting of the throng,
The changing, and the roar, I lear
The happy lark's immortal song.
'The city's God is driven out,
The peoples hope is dead" you cry;
'Greed's Shiny trail is all about,
The strong survive, the weaker die!"-
But We that angrily complain
Against the city's heartless way,
All, know We not that Gods domain
Still stretches wide Out There to-day?
Chicago Record Herald.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-06-29

The value Of q newspaper as ON
advertising medium consists In
tts circulation. ;,
When you can secure the COM
bined circulation Of two papers
for the price Of one, 1t is money
savedl
"Ths st. Landry Democrat
was consolidated on the 3D. Of
March, 1894, with Z" Ths Opelou-
sas Courier" The advertising
rates have not been increased
while the price Of subscription
has been reduced to % 0 year.
THE COURIER being By odds
the heat naper In the empire Para
lsh ofAs 1y IL therefore Oh
hAa@
The Opelousas courier., 1901-06-29

The fundamental idea of a course
I'm physiology in the public schools IS
hygiene. The aim is to supply a basis
for the more important hygienic
knowledge, which not only pertains
to the care and preservation of health
but which gradually i%nculcates an in
telligent respect for the wonderful
structure known as the human body.
Give a child a proper knowledge Of
structure and functions of the various
organs of the body and the chances
of bis abusing it or ignoring the laws
OF health are greatly diminished.
states the Chicago Record-Herald.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-06-29

The School Trustees of Chicago have
decided to spend nearly $4,000, 600 this
year on new school buildings, 81 that
every applicant for admission may be
assured a full days instruction. That
is a wise expenditure of public money.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-06-29
an hour.

An Ohio lawyer thinks that a much
better use can be made of the MUIR
derer than to kill him. His plan is to
conine the murderers in prison for
life, make them work, and contribute
their production to the support Of
those who had been dependent on their
victim-the widows, children or par
An+c
The Opelousas courier., 1901-06-29

An automobile that makes ninety
eight miles an hour ought to be speedy
enough to satisfy the youth Of the be-
ginning of the century. Run on any
other than a perfect road it would
probably end in a total wreck within
an hour.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-06-29

According to the State Department
Americans going abroad ought to take
passports with them, as the authori-
ties on the Continent of Europe are
becoming more strict than they used
to be. 1t is a simple and inexpensive
precaution, and g~lobe-trotters ought to
accept the warning as a word to the
The Opelousas courier., 1901-06-29

The failure of the Sunday Golf bill
in the Massachusetts House will be re
garded on the links as a legislative
fnnZIe.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-06-29
oPELoUsAs. 3 LoU1s1ANA'

T AS an evidence Of prosperity 1t may
be noted that the country's birth rate
is rapidly increasing.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-06-29

Unfortunately cyclones are troubles
that the quicker they blow over the
more harm is likely to be done.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-06-29

The report Of the work of the Dead
Letter Office for the last year shows
one branch Of the Government service
of which it is no longer feasible to cen
tire all the business in Washington. It
was found that the dispatch Of dead
letter matter from the Philippine ISL
ands to Washington not only involved
great delay, but on account Of the diff
culties of language, prevented the
handling of it to the best advantage.
So a dead-letter Office has been estab-
lished in Manila, and business between
this country and the islands is con-
Quoted In the same manner as between
the United States and any other coun-
try of the Universal Postal Union.
The same is true OF Porto Rico. The.
dead-letter Office first established there
was abandoned. but has since been re-
Yiyed.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-06-29
OPELOUsAS,

Opel0usas Courier
u the advocate Of Democratic
principles and the friend of the
people.
Their welfare 10 it's welfare, and
it will ever be found defendina
their rights with I'll OF itS
ability.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-06-29

In these days an inventor is likely
TO receive some reward for the product
of his genius. As. for instance, Prof
essor Putin received $500, 900 for his
Invention OF AZ. ocean telephone,
- ssp& Ast "A de- .h-ss44 9-as tsslss4s
The Opelousas courier., 1901-06-29

Language is recently richer by two
verbs, to carter, meaning to kill with
talk, and to carry nation, meaning to
smash with q hRtehes;
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-01-26
Iconoolastic.

The Police Jury Of West Baton
Rouge has decided to change the
disposal of the Poydras fund.
1t was formerly divided each
year among the poor girls,
marrying in that parish during the
year current, the sum forming a
modest dover for the otherwise
portionless maiiens. The Police
Jury will now divert this fund to
the education Of poor girls. Without
questioning the right of that paro~
ehial body TO enact 50 sweeping a,
change, (which must be withia the
law or it would not be ventured
upon)yet The TrueDem0erat cannot
refrainfrom expresSingregret at this
action, as it seems a great pity that
such a change has been made. This
is for several reasons. Provision
fos an ordinary education is be-
coming so general that it is already
within thereach of most poor girls,
while a little help on tho threshold
of marriage is not SO COMMONLY
within their reach. There are na-.
ny instances where help fEosa The
Peydras fupA has heen most timely
TO yout'g married ee&ples. It ea-,
couEaged honorable, industrious.
marriage. Moreover, we question
whether there isany moral Hght,i
however hawiess the legal right
may be, to alter a 6equest such as
Julien Poydras made. This be-
quest, for instance, had so intimate
ISOLATION to bis own lifeHs romance
that true sensibility would p9efer
that his wishes be carried out, even
though anaellro4listde. For Poy-
dras himself lost his sweetheart be-
cause she had no dover, ana he
had no means of providing one and
thus satisfying her parents and off
setting the claims of a rival suitor,
His desire to dover the poor girls
of succeeding generations is pa
theticrecOgnitionof what hesuffered.
and poetic justice demands that the
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-01-26
For Anglomaniaes.

ALI dukes eldest sens are called
marqGses, and the younger sons
lords, with the addition Of their
Christian name, as Lord john, ETC.;
and all the daughters ladies, as Lady
Mary, Lady Susaps etc, @Marquls"
is Of Saxon derivation, and was
called "markeuree,S meaning euler
of marches and frontiers. Tle
eldest son Of marquis is called an
earl, and his younger children lords
aud ladies; but his younger sons
have 10 title Of peerage, and are
simply styled the Honorable Flor
as, William, etc. The title of q
viscOunt is lord. His eldest son
has no title Of peerage, bat is styl.
ed honorable, as are all the other
SONS and daughters. Next in rank
are the two archbishops and the
bishops; then barons, baronets, and
knights, the lowest order of rank,
though all peers are knights of
some particular order of knightbood
the most honorable being the Order
Of the Garter.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-01-26
For Boerish Freedom.

Henri Rochcfort, the celebrated
French journalist, is advancing a
scheme to secure the cooperation
Of the great journals of the world
in making special efforts to help
the Boer cause. Despairing of
any help to he received from the
nations, lie realizes that it is the
peoples of whatever nation, who
must rise in their might to speed
the Boer to peace and liberty. 10
this end, they must act independ-
emily of governmental means, and
it is only through the journals that
he thinks this can be done. The
sympathetic press will hold a COP
ference and then make a general
call for funds to AID the Boer cause.
The scheme is entirely feasible,
and wherever there beats an honest
heart in sympathy for one striving
FOR liberty and homo and native
land the Beers cry should be heard
and their great need supplied.
1t should be heard Of all true
Americans.
L. matters not that the Boer
character is less attractive to Anglo
Saxons than the soldiers in khaki It
matters not that the tie Of blood to
the latter ClrawsXtroAg. 1t matters
nor that theBoer aim is not so high,
or his cause 80 just as our own pa.
triots Of 1910. 1t euffices that the
BOer has asked in tho sacred name
Of liberty, and he cannot be denied.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-01-26
tINICAL AIPETlTES,

A dHty which every mother owes to
herself and to society is to to train her
child to follow the doctrine of VI. Paul
and "cat what is set before him" How
tlisagrccablc is the finical, nOti0nal eater
many housckeeptF will testify, Ono
man makes miserable the woman ut whose
house he claaccs to visit by bis Inability
to eat half If the dishes that arc Nt be
fore him. 1t is not thst certain viands
disagree WITH Kim, but simply that be
does "nOt care for thcHs" Such arc to-
alatoes, raw or cooked, fish ia &ny form.
potatoes (tnlcss they are mashedl, fruits
ofall kinds, except peaches, and hot pnd-
dngs of every variety An"tlcR as2q
cannot eat soups. while third woman
''nevcr tastes salad The trOnh,e
with all these people undoubtedly orig
mated in their early training. In too
@any families the small rcopleare allow
ed to declare that they ''lon't like tlliss
and won't eat that" and arc humored
in their whims In iced, it il no uncom-
| u,osl thing to hear a mother speak with
| ill-coEcealed pride of the fastilious ap-
petites of her children. In treating their
whim:s as matters of vast Importance she
is laying on her own shoulders u heavy
burden, under which she may some day
moan that at is impossible to suit her
family, try rs she may"
Unless child is made i'll bya certin
article of TODD, he shoEld be encouraged
to eat it, and his faiiare TO enjoy it at
ollGe should he deplafed, hi praised. A
| siX-year old who had many whims and
notions paid q visit to q grandmother
| who was wise in her generation. The
dessert at his first mead in the grand
maternal abe dc chanced to he stray
berries. He shook his head as n saucer
of the snSared frait was placed before
him.
Il don't want these, grandma, Le said.
"yery well, DEAR was tho reply, and
no further notieewas takea of the de-
cinatufe.
The child continued toeye distastefally
the saucer of berries, and soon remarked
"GrandnIa, I'm tired of Strawberries
eyes, dears' was the only answer.
"Grandma, aren't you going to give
me any dessert instead of tllese9"
"No, dear, of course pot,D gently but
firmly.
"Not even piece of eake5"
"Not even q piece of cake"
"Thcn," with sorry attempt at a
l&ugh, ~ suppose III have to eat my
berries!S
Which be proceeded to do with snch
zest that the sugared lobes disappeared
Like sRowballs before p July spn. Evil
\ IDENTIFY grandma was not to be tricked
and coerced as was mamma.
Among tlls forbidden speeches at table
should lie, II do not like that And
ut, from any personal i,liosyncrasy,
o child is really unable to eat certain
dish, in which others indulge with i'm
punity, he may he trained to pass the
fact by in silence, and to feel that his
pecnliarity is misfortune, not virtue.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-01-26

In the District Court Of the United States
for the Eastern District of Louisiana,
Baton Rouge Division. No. 80. In
Bankruptcy. In the matter OF lsldore
X. Marks, Bankrupt.
To the creditors Of lsidore X. Marks, OF
B. You Sar;, in the parish Of West Felici-
ana and district aforesaid, n bankrupt.
Noticesis hereby given that on the 22nd
day of January Ierl the said lsidore X.
Marks WAS dul is adiu'licate,l bankrupt,
and that the first meeting of his credi-
tors will be held at the court house in
the town of St. Francisu'le on the 9th
day of February A. d. l@Jl at 10 o'clock
in the forenoon at which time tho said
creditors may attend, prove their claims,
appoint a trustee, examine the bankrupt
and transact snch other business as may
property come before said meeting.
l-22-l9O OlivierO. PrOy0sty,
Referee III Bankruptcy.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-01-26
Victoria the Good.

There are many men and women
too WHO live much longer than the
four score years that the PsaImlSt
mentions as the limit of human life.
But there is none, who at the age
of eighty-one in laying down their
burden of years can do so with a
clearer conscience and a fuller
measure of usefulness than Veto,
ria, Queen of Great Britain and
leland and Empress of India. Hers
was a life full to the brim of pure
thoughts and wise deed. No 9th,
er woman, no other monarch has
ever reigned more purely. None
has exerted an influence so uniform
Iy for justice and conservatism.
From the time when us a girl OF
twelve Yeas, she first learned OF
her nearness in the line Of success
ion to the English throne, tears
filled her eyes and she mnrmured,
81 will be good, will be good"
most nobly has she kept her word.
She has been good.
The historians Of her reign may,
and doubtless will dilate upon the
great events that marked its course,
the conquests of arms and the vic>
torious march of civilization, the
of science, letters and art
but above all, it must be remem'
bered that her life and reign was
even better than brilliant. 1t was
pure. 1t is as Victoria the GO"M
that her best claim to the remem>
Drance of pOsterity rests.
But another has already written
her tittest epitaph, the immortal
bard when he declared
'She wrought her people lasting good,
Her court was pure; her life serene;
God gave her peace; her land rrposed;
A thousand claims to reverence closed
In her as Mother, Wife and Queen.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-01-26


The war in South Africa tlid
much to hasten Victoria's end, just
as Queen Mary said the word "Cal-
ais" was written ON her broken
heart. To dwellers in a republic,
who are familiar with Presidents
appointing commissions, making
peace and exercising other auto
cratic powers, it seems strange that
this Queen had a voice but not a
controlling vote in the making OF
war and peace. In constitutional
monarchy, the sovereign has little
more lawful power than the PRESS
dent If the United States, and
there are many students OF govern
ment, who think the former a less
dangerous ageht.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-01-26
Jan 8 1901
The New York World
THRICE A-WEEK EDITION.
Almost a Daily at the
Price of a eekly.
THE presidential campaign is over
j. O.. Hamilton.

The presidential campaign is over
Int the world goes on just the same and
il is full of lLews. TO learn Il is news, just
as it is--rroa,p'ly ana impartially-al!
that you have to do is to lock in the col
,llGps of the Thrice-a-Wesk Edition of
The New York World which comes to the
subscriber 156 times u year,
The Thrice o Week Worlds diligence
as Publisher of first news has given it
circulation wherever the English Ian
guage is spnken--and You want it.
> he Thrice aWcck Worlds regular
subscription price is only $l0O per year.
We offer it aud True Dcuocrat together
one year for $3.50.
The regular subscription price of the
two papers IN $3.50.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-01-26

, A general use of the automatic
loading revolver, the clumsy weap-
on that wrought death to Gordon
Reddy, would bring about a dis
continuance of the practice of car
rying concealed weapons. 1t is
cumbersome to q degree, and SO
breech heavy that it is no wonder
that its mere fall, sent one of its
easily discharged bullets crashing
through Reddy's brain.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-01-26
Lost. Strayed or Stolen.

About year ago from Angola planta-
ton, One Brown Mare brand b S (and s
below the B s. Oh the tureshonller, abont
Is or 16hands tall, colt was with her, with
three stocking feet, sort of double star in
face, brown. A reward of s. will be paid
the person who will bring her to Lang
side plantation, near Jarvis p. O., Miss.
Or suitable reward for information that
will lead to recovery Of above described
animals. Address
Castella Scott,
Jarvis, Miss.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-01-26

Victoria died at $50 p m. JAN
22nd. The news was in the after
noon papers of New Orleans early
on the same date. How many
teachers made use of these facts to
give their pupils 81 striking lesson
in longitude and time ?
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-01-26

A Baltimorean who has been a
close student of household econom>
les has recently made a comparison
of the weight of paper with the
weight of food supplies purchased.
In one days purchase it is said that
the paper wrapping amounted to
about ten per cent OF the total. In
a list of supplies costing ubout ST.
40, he found that the paper which
was weighed with the provisions
cost La cents. He claimed that
this was altogether out Of proper
ton,
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-01-26

Louisiana will send al agent to
Buffalo, N. Y, to arrange for the
States exhibit. Instead Of vast
ing money on. " State building the
entire amount Of funds will be
used TO make the exhibit rs strong
us possible.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-01-26
LIKE FATHER.

Said young and tactless husband
10 his inexperienced vito:
of you wonld but give up leading
Snch fashionable life,
And devote more time to cooking
How to mix and when to bake
Thon perhaps You might make pastry
Such as mother used to make"
Then the wife, resentipg, answered,
(For the worm will turn, you know, y
"If You would but give up horses,
And score of clubs or SO,
TO devote more time to business
When to bny and what to stake
Then, perhaps yon might make money
Such as father used to make"
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-01-26

Great big bugs are under the
Times Democrats agitation Of the
market ordinance. 1t is polly
ticks, and they are expected to bite
at next election.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-01-26

But really those SARCASTIC pic
turs in the Times-Democrat are
vahstIy amusing. They must cost a
pretty price i'll gray matter not to
mention the other consideration"
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-01-26

The saloon keepers ale tempted
to call Mrs. Nation, Dame Nation
with dame prollounCed with a
short Il.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-01-26
The Saturday Evening Post

The Saturday Evening Post
announces for early publication a
twelve-part serial story Of love and
adventure by Morgan Robertson.
Masters Of Men is q powerful tale
of the new Navy. The central
figures in the story are q rich
orphan, who has entered the navy
as an apprentice. and q young
ensign, fresh from the Naval
Academy. The author leads his two
heroes through a maze of adventures
by land and sea, This romance may
fairly be called the best work of
the best writer of sea stories in
the country.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-01-26

Notice. 49,.
! am agent for and can give special
rates on all newspapers, periodicals an
magazines.
Eft PAPpnyv
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-01-26

The congressional investigation
of hazing at West Point became so
hot on the trail that the offending
cadets have made surrender. They
unanimously signed an agreement
to discontinue hazing and the com~
mittee closed its labors. This mat
ter should he followed up by strin'
gent legislation by Congress, AS
the agreement made by the cadets,
can, in the nature of things, last
only four years, and even he of
partial efficacy during part of
that time. 1t is evident that some
thing more far-reaching must be
effected in order to externinatc
hazing. The action of the cadets
is significant however, as reveal
ing that the boys in gray had 10
case in point of equity.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-01-26

Grass is the forgiveness Of nature
her constant benediction. Fields
trampled with battle, saturated
with blood, torn with the ruts Of
cannon, grow green again with
grass, and carnage is forgotten.
Streets abandoned by traffic
become grass-grown Ike rural
lands, and are obliterated. Forests de-
cay, harv:sts perish, flowers vanish.
but grass is immortal. 1t inyades
the solitude of deserts, climbs the
inaccessible slopes and forbidden
pinnacles of mountains, nodifies
climates and determines the history,
character and destiny of nations.
Unobtrusive and patient, is has
immortal yigor and progression.
Bnnished from the tLoroughfare
and field, it bides its time to re-
turn, and when vigilance has
relaxed, or the dynasty has
persisted, it silently resumes the
throne from which it has been
expelled, but which it never abdi.
cates,-Ingalls.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-01-26

poor girls OF West Baton Rouge
parish should profit, in accordance
with the will of Poydra', in mem'
ory of what he loved and lost,
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-01-26

Sanatory, sanitary. San-a-to.ry
means curing, healing; San-i-ta-ry
the prevention of disease. If
these two definitions be kept in
miRd the confusion so general in
the use Of the words in question
and the derivatives will be done
away with. Sanatory applies to
treatment or medicine, and implies
bad health or sickness as 4 condition
precedent. Sanitary, on the other
land, indicates plans Or methods
to prevent sickness or danger of it.
Thus we say sanatory medicine
or exercise. and sanitary plumbing
Or underwear. Sanatoriums are
places where sick people 60 to be
cured. Sanitarium is an improper
form of sanatorium.-Iptern
Magazine.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-01-26

State of Lou isinna, Parish of West Fell
ciana. oath Jud. Dist. Co"rt No. 4.
Succession of Joseph ID. Smith,
Notice is hereby given that W. i.
Smith has applied for letters of admins
tratnrshlp of the above styled AMI mum.
brre,l succession, aud the same will he
granted unless legally uppasell,
A. Villeret,
Jan 3 1901 Clerk {.