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The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1901-08-24

VERY TIMELY AND PER
Z/NENZ,

Our Carencro correspondent,
who is a staunch friend Of public
education, is the author of the fol-
lowing pertinent remarks:
ssThose who feel a deep concern
in the correct education of the
children of the parish feel tina,
proper steps are now being taken
toward the Accomplishment of their
wishes. The Industrial School is a
great institution, but the people OF
Lafayette parish feel and know that
they can never hope to share In its
benefits, unless the ward schools
are brought to a higher standard.
It is these same schools that must
be the feeder for the Institute, and
must be properly conducted to
prove adequate"
In a few lines the Carencro gen.
tleman has stated the case very
clearly. At no time il its history
has Lafayette parish been in a posi-
ton to more thoroughly feel the
necessity of good primary or ward
schools. The people have, at
considerable sacrifice, secured the
Industrial Institute. 1t is now all
important that the Institute be
placed within the reach of as many
children as practicable.
In its last issue The Gazette be-
lieves that it clearly showed that
more money is needed to raise
the standard of public education in
this parish. Only a few compari-
sons were necessary to show the
cause of our inactivity along edu-
cational lines. There should be
6rst-class graded school in every
ward of this parish. Carencro is
large enough to have graded
school second to none in this
State. The same can be said of
Scott and Broussard.
It is incomprehensible that a PEG
pie SO prone to give with lavish
hand toward every laudable object
should have failed to adequately
support their public schools. 1t is
not on account of par
nature and surely not be-
cause of lack of proper apprecia-
ion of the importance of educa-
ion. 1t seems to be that the peo-
,le have failed to realize the neces-
;ity of united action. Every ra-
ional being believes in public
chools and Is willing 20 contribute
lis share toward their support.
But IN order that the contribution
# each citizen should bear fruit
he efforts of the people must be ex-
rted collectively. Here is where
he services of the public spirited
aen and women Of every commu-
ity are needed to make effective
he plans of the superintendent,
by progressive board. ,
he Gazette hopes that the Car
nero correspondent has sounded
ne keynote of the battle which
hould be waged for better schools
nd for the ultimate eradication of :
literacy from the borders of La +,
~ cite parish.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1901-08-24
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The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1901-08-24


Philadelphia Bulletin.
To hear Commonplace persons critcise
the social standing of their associates.
How many men assume a look of wisdom
just for effect.
How many queer-looking women regard
SO many other women as queer-looking.
One can find much fun out of such
small modcum of wit.
To hear how oddly women size up mans
social standing from his talk.
How many men think they the acme
of grace when compared with other men.
How many women look upon themselves
as the social equal of every other woman.
Where all the lead pencils go which men
crowd into their waistcoat pockets.
What becomes of the hundreds of hairpins
a woman purchases each year.
How many men regard themselves as
possessed of superio, mental attainments.
The times., 1901-06-16
MIsceIInneous Rooks.

AN Idyl of the South" by Albery A
Whitman, is a little book of verse, the
first and longest poem which it contains
bearing the title The Octoroon,' and
described by its author, rather ambitious
ly, as an epic. The book will be interest
ing to the public largely on account of
the fact that the writer is a colored man
who has been for many years clergy
man near Atlanta and who has already
considerable local fame as a poet. The
style of the poem shows some traces of
Byrons influence, and of the smoothness
of dicticn and richness of vocabulary
which were characteristic of Lanier and
Hayne. and come of long familiarity
with classic English authors and the
speeches of the best orators. There is
nothing modern about the poem, in fact,
and it impresses one rather as a breath
from the Old South. The poet comes
rather dangerously near bathos at times,
through the Introduction of some homely
phrase in the middle of a romanticaly
constructed stanza, but that has been a
fault of greater romanticists than he.
New York: The Metaphysical Publish
ing Company
The times., 1901-06-16
Wore of the Under world.

THE World Of Graft" just published
is. as most people viii guess from its
title. the work Of Josiah Flynt, author Of
''Tramping With Tramps," and Powers
That Prey" Nobody else would be likely
to use that comprehensive and expressive
term graft in just that way To the
people about whom Mr.. Flynt writes, the
world is, literally, a graft. and 10 see
things from their point Of view viii be
TO many readers an experience as curious
as they would have were IL possible for
them to walk for any length Of time up
side down.
After ones sense Of proportion is adj
5usted. however. there is not so very much
difference between the grafter's idea Of
things and the ordinary citizens idea and
this fact viii grow more and more upon
the reader as he peruses this matter-of
fact, daring, vivid. and truthful little
record.
As in his former books. the author has
put some Of the meat Of his thought into
his brief introduction, and both as sum
mary Of what he has done, and as an
example Of his style FOR those who do not
know him, a part Of It Is worth quoting
'Municipal government IN the United
States has been criticised heretofore
almost exclusively from the TefOTmers ;
point Of view. The great majority of
the books. pamphlets and magazine
articles desling with this subject have
come from the pens of Upper World
critics. The man who makes his living
off the maladinnistration Of our large
cities has never been really heard As
a reformer, he SAYS in different
idiom, more or less what the social
scientist says: as a professional thief
or tramp, still actively engaged ia his
business he has not been persuaded TO
say anything of Importance. Neither
of the two committees which have
recently investigated New York city
was successful ia getting him to -open
up and the only books Of value he has
ever written IN this country were writ
The times., 1901-06-16
The city slave.

Here in the city street,
Through tumUlt. glare, and heat,
Through the endless strife and din,
Come songs Of summer, who waits
An ider without the gates
And who will not enter in
And l. her WorShipper,
May see no more OF her
Than glimpse through the blurred pane gives
Over pave and brick. the high,
Exquisite blue OF her sky,
To tell me she laughs and lives
| hunger for a sight
Of her region OF delight,
Of her widespread, tree demcsne;
For the touch OF winds that wing
Through the bloom and blosSomiHg
Of the lands where She is queen.
Once, like 4 messenger,
Came a swift breeze from her
That whispered: Hear and reiocel
She bids thee arise and speed
And follow the path lead
She calls thee with my voice.
''Oh. follow follow me
My way is To the sea,
To the gold OF sun-Narmed sands;
Where the long waves curl and break
Waits summer Tor thy poor sake,
With hawer-laden hands
l. who am pulse and part
OF the crowded street and mart,
Alas can / heed or turn?
Oh, summer. one accurst,
For sight of thy smile thirst
From my chains ! lean and ycarn.
John Winwo1d, in the smart set.
The times., 1901-06-16
CURRENT VERSE.
The Meettnu OF the ve.er,

The Meeting OF the Veterans.
Fling out the grimy. tattered flags
In Freedoms blazing sun;
Lead forth the limping veterans
And cheer them one by one.
Here's to the Blue, here's to the Greyi
In old Kentucky's breast
There's room for both, and who shall say
Which one she loves the best2
They laughed. these Scared and grizzled boys,
And cIinked their glasses high:
But somehow through their voices broke
A roar Of musketry.
They heard. as in a glorious dream,
The crash and boom Of war;
They the cannon-clouds boil up;
The earth did hcave and iarl
On some far-ofT and bloody field
blast OF carnage fell;
Above the thunder OF the guns.
Wild rose the battle yell.
and was it Chickamaugas roar
Or Shioh's din and stress?
Or Lee and Grants tremendous tug
Down in the Wilderness?
Was Sherman grinding Kenesaw
Between the jaws OF Fate,
Or young McPherson pounding down
Atlantas stubborn gateG
Perhaps some peerless Southern knight
Led on at Seven Pines.
Or stormed the heights at Gettysburg
And died above the linesl
Farragut, lashed to the mast,
Forrest, riding free,
4 Cleburne, charging, set the pace
OF dawless bravery.
And after all, what matters it,
To soldiers good and true.
Whether the hero died in grey
Or laughed at death in blue?
The man that Stonewail Jackson led,
Or Grant sherman taught,
Learned at the blazing cannons mouth
The worth Of those he fought.
Fling out the tattered, erimy flags
In Freedoms blazing sun;
Cal! forth the limping veterans
And cheer them by one
Maurice Thompson.
The times., 1901-06-16
Mort D'Amour.

Without 4 moan, without a parting word
Love turned away his weary face and died
He had but one pale mouruer at his side,
And through the lonely night she wept, unheard
OF any save the prying wind that stirred
The draperies Of the window where the tide
OF dawn poured in at last; and hollOw-cyed,
She .roped her way, by restless sorrow spurred.
70 seek where she might best Loves burial crave.
But Fate refused TO grant her any place
Wherein to hide him. Nay, poor soul, -
said She.
Dead Love may never lie within a grave;
Bur YOU must watch beside his changed face.
Through bitter years OF barren coustancy!'
Charlotte Becker.
The times., 1901-06-16
Advice to an Absinthe Drinker.

Pour slow the emerald liquor in your glass
Two fingers ouly-not drop the more.
Take up the water bottle then, and pour
The liquid crystals light the grass
Soft April showeT-drops patter as they pass.
Raise high your hand, and, slowly, as before,
Increase the stream til lo! a precious store
OF milky opals in a molten mass.
Set down your glass-your task is near complete
Gaze on it 4 miscr his gold
Lift il again, and delicately hold
Its perfume to your nostrils; then, at last
To crown the toll OF preparation past
Delay notl Cast the whole into the street,
Divide Desgranges.
The times., 1901-06-16

Mr.. Lincoln smiled wearily.
Nowhere, l reckon, he answered
simply.
Good Lordr said Mr. Judd.
Mr. Medill gulped.'
Not the least proof of Mr.. Churchnrs
ability is the style which he has adopted
for telling his story, which is as terse, as
ofthand, and as unaffected as the Ian
guage of Lincoln himself. He has adapt
ed his speech to his romance, not always
an easy thing to do in writing two such
different books as Richard Carver' and
The Crisis" Suffice it to say that neith-
er suffers by comparison with the other.
tNew York: The Macmillan Company.
S1.50)
The times., 1901-06-16
Song.

The wind on the void,
With sca-seents and sea-dreams attended,
Is wine,
The air is as gold
In elixir-it takes SO the splendid
Sunsiline!
Oh the larks in the bluel
How the song Of them glitters, and glances,
And gleamsi
The old music sounds new
And it's Oh, the Wild Spring, and his chances
And dreams!
There's lift in the blood
Oh. this gracious and thrsting and aching
Unrest!
All lifc's at the bud.
And my heart, full OF April, is breaking
My breast.
w. E. Henley, in the North American Review.
The times., 1901-06-16
LITERARY NOTES.

Owing to the Pan-American Exposition
the Latin speaking countries of America
will undoubtedly receive a large share of
the public attention. The announcement
of a new book entitled Latin America" >"
The Pagans, The Papists, The Patriots,
The Protestants and The Present Prob
lem, by Rev. II. W. Brown, of the Pres
byterian Mission, Mexico, is therefore
timely.
The times., 1901-06-16

easy sentences in prison and disgrace and
neglect outside. CNew York: Mcclure,
Ehillips & Coz
The times., 1901-06-16
hadriGBi.

Ii was bowl OF roses;
There in the light they lay
Languishine. glorying, glowing
Their life away.
And the soul Of them rose like presence,
Into ne crept and grew,
And hlled me with something-some one
Oh, was it you?
W. Z Henley, IN the North American Review
The times., 1901-06-16
The Dying Viking.

Sing to OF the sea:
| am wrapped in the arms Of sleep:
The strands Of her black hair blind mine eyes.
Like the weeds OF the darkest deep.
Strike thy harp loudly, boy,
For mine ears wax dead and dull:
Let me hear once more the breakers roar,
As they beat on the oaken hull.
Sing to me of the sea,
When she JOYS in her giant strength,
When she tosses ship in her mighty arms,
And hurls her a cable length:
Sing to me Of the sea,
And the dangers that Norsemen know,
When their galley reels from her thunder strokes
and the swing of her wrestler's throw.
Sing to me of the sea,
When she sleeps in her silken pride,
When the moon shows white through the silver
clouds
And lightens her reaches wide
Sing to me of the sea,
When she wakes in her queenly state,
When the glOws bright on her purple robes
Through the gold Of his eastern gate.
1t is stin in the outer night
With the stars and the sheeted snow;
But the beams ruddy above my bed,
From the light which the pine logs throw:
II shines on the brazen Shields
On the bronze Of the axe and sword,
And the oars and the booms from the boats be-
Drawn high from the frozen ford
shall die at the dawn Of day,
But / trust l shall pass in peace,
For the broken spear-hcad pains no more,
And the heat and the anguish cease;
Then sing a saga. boy,
Till ! sink in the arms Of sleep:
Let me hear more the tempest roar,
As the winds Ger the waters sweep.
Sing to me OF the sea,
The songs which the breakers sing,
When their bound is the open sky above
And the far horizons ring:
SIM to me of the sea,
The wind and the driving spray,
When their journeys goal is the setting sun
And the red Of the lying day.
Sing to me Of the sea,
TIL ! smell her pure cold breath,
Till I taste her salt kisses once again,
Ere l pass 10 the feds Of death;
Till / list to the voice | love,
So mighty sweet, so deep,
Till / feel the heave Of her mothers breast,
As she rocks me-her child-to sleep.
Bertrand Shadwell, in the Chicago Evening Post.
The times., 1901-06-16

In Far Bohemia" one of Mrs. Evelyn
Greenleaf Sutherlands s one-act plays, was
recently performed with great success by
the students of the University of Califor-
The times., 1901-06-16
NOTES AND QUERIES.

When did Barring Bros get into difcultlesf
W. J.
In 1898.
The times., 1901-06-16

VIII you give the population Of Arkansas, and
OF its five largest cities? TC
State, I,31I,564; Little Rock, ss.207; Fort
Smith. 11,5S7; Pine Bluff. 1, 1,i96: Hot
Springs. 1913; Helena, $3.50
The times., 1901-06-16

How long are open accounts notes. and judS@
ments good in the District OF Columbia? G.
Three years for accounts and notes.
twelve years for judgments
The times., 1901-06-16

What do the ashes of a man Of about I75
pounds weigh after crematonY . Is there a
town in Idaho called Georgetown? o.
About six pounds. . There is. in Bear
Lake county.
The times., 1901-06-16

How many rounds did sullivan and Kilrain
fight in their long battlel 2. What was the
dateE ID
The times., 1901-06-16

The mill ended in the seventy-ffth
round. q july S, 1859.
The times., 1901-06-16
April u.

On what day was Easter Sunday in 1872
NJ. C.
April I2
The times., 1901-06-16

aheadE T. IL
This was the motto of Davy Crockett.
The times., 1901-06-16

Which city had the larger population in ls77.
Minneapolis or st. Paul2 , Which were the
five largest cities On the Mississippi River in
1877? FF
MINNEAPOLIS 2 St. Louis. New Orleans,
The times., 1901-06-16

VIII YOU give me a sketch Of Gen Joe
shelby
Joseph Orvine Shelby was born in Lex
fngton. KY, in 1891, moved to Missouri,
and there became owner of large plan
tation in Lafayette county. He was an
active pro-slavery leader in the Kansas
Missouri border troubles, and early in
the civil war raised and equipped COM
many OF Confederate cavalry. Soon after
ward he was commissioned colonel and
brfgaCfier general and made commander
of a brigade that had much hard service
i'm the southwest. He commanded a di-
vision in Sterling Prices raid into Mis-
souri, and saved that generals army on
the retreat to Texas. After the surrender
of the Conft derdtes of the trans Missis-
sippi dcuartment at Shreveport. Shelby
marched a thousand well-eQuipped cav
airy1neu into Mexico, where he offered TO
raise an army Of &0,u01 veteran American
soldiers to aid the empire. Macmillan
declined the offer. Shelby'S force soon
disba ndiuS. its leader became a freight
contractor in the City Of Mexico, but re
turned to lis Missouri farm in lS67. In
iS3s nc Wa. made United States marshal
for the western district of Missouri. and
on = bruaIy Is, 1897, ne died near Adrian,
GIo.
The times., 1901-06-16

VIII you outline the new law fixing the qualid~
cation for voters in North Carolinai a. V. X.
The constitutional amendment passed in
1900 by a popular majority of 5000 votes
prescribed as qualification the ability TO
read and write English unless the voter
was HneaI descendant of some one who
had the right 10 vote prior to 1864.
The times., 1901-06-16

a reviewer in the Outlook thinks he
has discovered that the author of THE
Story of Eva" is a woman. To be sure.
the name of the author. VIII Payne, sug-
gests a pseudonym, and the extraordinary
understanding of feminine character the
book discloses suggests a Woman's hand,
but the publishers offer positive assur-
ance that the author is masculine. Mr.
Payne was at one time city editor Of the
Chicago News one OF the editors of
the Economist of Chicago.
The times., 1901-06-16

WiU vou telI something OF tle Mountain
Meadow massacre and il anycne was punished
because of it? l. NJ NJ.
In September, 1871. party Of about 40
Arkansas and Missouri emigrants were
passing through Utah on their way 10
California At Mountain Meadow they
were attacked suddenly by a band OF In
dians under Mormon leadership Though
taken by surprise. they held their asSaii-
ants at bay for five days. Then they were
induced by two Mormous, John D Lee
and Isaac Haight, to lay down their arms
and return TO the East on the promise
that their lives would be spared Guided
10y these two men the emiSrantS started,
but We're ambushed and all but
score Of them were killed Indians We're
held solely responsible for a long time,
but in 1874 an investigation was made Dy
the Government, ana on March .. ~,
after a trial, Lee was executed At inc
scene of the massacre
The times., 1901-06-16

1t is not known positively. Some think
that his remains are in San Domingo;
others that they are in Seville, Spain,
where they were taken early in 1888 This
confusion arose in an attempted transfer
ence Of his remains in 1876, when, as many
think, the body of a relative. instead OF
the great explorer, was taken from San
Domingo to Havana.
The times., 1901-06-16

Do any snakes hatch their eggs at all in the
manner Of birdsl = Does the parent guard the
young when small2 s. Is there any truth in
the tales Of snakes swallowing their young when
alarned2 r. NJ
Some species coil themselves about the
eggs, but many more leave the eggs TO be
Matched by the sun or by the heat of de-
caying vegetable matter. ,. Those OF
many species do. 3. Yes.
The times., 1901-06-16

What is bituminous coal? ?. VIII you classify
the various sorts OF coal? X. A. ".
Ccal that contains much volatile matter;
or, loosely speaking. soft coal Graphite
anthracite contains from 1 TO per cent
of volatile matter; anthracite. 3 TO 10 per
cent; semi -bituminOUs, 10 20 per cent,
and bituminous 80 to 80 per cent. 2 Graded
by sizes the co.omon sorts are, beginning
with the finest, buckwheat. pea. cherry.
chestnut stove, egg, furnace, and steam
boat, but this grading does not hold IN all
localities.
The times., 1901-06-16

Did Robert E. Lee ever fight any battles in
Texas with Indians? K =
No: for some of the time. nearly FIVE
years. that he was in Texas. he was in
command of a regiment, but it was scat
tered among many frontier posts, and
none of its encounters with raiding CO.
manches could fairly be ciassed as bat
tie. Because the regiment was so dl-
Vided its commanders duties were chiefly
supervisory. During much of the time
Lee was in Texas. too. he was assigned TO
attendance IN courts-martial.
The times., 1901-06-16

There is a society somewhere in this
country called THE Alice Society,"" in
which the ceremony of initiation requires
that the following sentence shall be
learned in five minutes from verbal dicta-
ton: Never imagine y."nrself not to be
otherwise than what it might appear to
others that what you were or might have
been was not otherwise than what you
had been would have appeared to the IN
to be otherwise" We submit to The Al
ice Society," by the way, the interesting
information that Messrs. Harper u Bros.
have in preparation an edition of Alice
in Wonderland" " to he fully illustrated ny
the facile and funny pen of Peter Newell
The times., 1901-06-16

What is the botanical name Of the plant usually
called sweet shrub" that grows IN the Georgia
hills and IS remarkable for the delightful ira
GRANGE Of its flowers? ,. What are the legal
Grounds for divorce in Oklahoma, New Mexico,
and Ariz0nal u D.
CaIycanthus foridus; it is also known
as the aromatic Carolina allspice. ?. Eio-
Iation of vows, habitual drunkenness, or
cruelty. IN all three Territories; incapac-
ity or Imprisonment for felony, in Okla
hOna and Arizona; wiilful desertion, fer
six months in Arizona, and of one year
in Oklahoma; failure by husband To pro-
vide. for six months in Arizona, no term
specified in New Mexico. In each Terri
tory a years previous residence IS re-
quired.
The times., 1901-06-16

Ralph Connors new novel, THE Man
From Glengarry," is booked to arrive
early next fall. The Man From Glen
garry is a story of the East and the
Great Northwest. The opening scenes are
laid in that intensely interesting district
lying between the Ottawa River and the
st. Lawrence known as The Indian
Lands where types of old Scottish High
landers, French Canadian, and American
character meet in pioneer settlement lie.
The times., 1901-06-16

Is Ireland's population increasing or decrease
ing? , What Is the longest distance covered
describe the Pan-American Exposition stamps?
CARL.
Decreasing; falling off of over per
cent was shown by the census just taken.
. Five hundred and eighty-seven knots,
made recently by the Deutschland. 3. The
denominations are /, 2, 3, i, S, and 10 cents.
and they picture these modern means OF
TRANSFORMATION: Traffic by lake, by rail,
the Niagara Bridge, traffic by canal, by
automobile. and by ocean
The times., 1901-06-16

in the District OF Columbia? ". IL. T.
If the contracting parties are aliens a
certificate must be obtained from the rep
resentative, at Washington. Of the coun-
try of which they are subjects. showing
that they would be competent to contract
marriage in their native country. Upon
the presentation Of such certificate 10 the
Clerk of the Supreme Court of the Dis
trict a license TO marry will be issued,
provided the parties are of the legal age
required in this jurisdictiOn-that is. the
female must be eighteen years old. and
the male twenty-oue.