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The suburban citizen., 1901-12-14

as they heard the beat Of his oncoming
hoofs. He had heard them call 10
him in the night when he beat himself
against the corraps tlmbers.
"
He reused the rattlesnake from it's
dusty bed; he left the blowsnake puff
ing and blowing far behind. The jack
rabbit coursed with him, and distant
antelope raised their heads, gazed and
were not afraid. That which is free
fears not freedom in others. The sun
went down, the night came and the
black slal1ed his thirst in a stream al
most on the border line Of Nebraska
and South Dakota. Then he swung on
again, stronger, freer. From distant
Buffalo Gap the breath OF the noun
tains came to him; the grasses and
wild flowers spurned beneath his fly
ing feet sent after him sweet per-
fume. Wolves howled about him, but
held off. No terrors had they for him.
He was coming to the White River
country and the waiting mares Of his
breed. Not so many had been the
years Of his captivity that he did not
know just where they would be linger-
ing in the shadows of the valley. Few
there were left uncaptured by the
white man, but these few dauntless,
unconquered, still roamed where, as a
child, he had been part Of their child
days. Every glittering star told him
when it was midnight, and he poised
himself on the great roll OF land above
the valley where the mares waited.
He listened but the grasses gave no
warning of pursuit. He had out
stripped all men. He listened for q
sound from the valley, but there was
none. Then he called, the wild chal-
lenge of the full-blooded range horse
to tie female Of his breed. The cry
went up and down on the night air.
1t rang back from ether rolls Of land,
and 1t burst through the shadows OF
the valley and reused the mares. One
-two-three-the all called back. Be-
low him was the sound Of rising ami
mails the patting Of hoofs on range
grass He had found his own.
lie could not see them, so far be-
low were they, but they, looking up,
| could see him silhouetted against the
sky. His name was blowing free; he
was a something carved out Of the
night; he was flesh and fire and blood,
| and he was free. Again he called, and
again he was answered, and this was
repeGted several times. No need for
him to wait longer. He leaped from
his eminence, and he dashed down the
rough way to where he knew he would
be awaited. Needless Of rock and
shale, needless of gashed waterways
ROW dry, he leaped on, spurning all
earth beneath his feet, coming with
the wind Of the plain. A rock turned
beneath him; he was quick and did
not fail; shale slid with him, he
bounded ahead. Then for one instant
there opened before him q horrible
gulch, unsoundable, unknown. 1t had
not been there when last he was in
this valley. The mares were beyond
calling to him. Surrender? He drew
Off and went at it, rising in the air
for frightful span to cover screaming
again his wild song OF freedom as he
leaped.
The pursuing ranchmen found him
in the gulchs bed the next day, back
broken, blood at his lips, dead. He
was free.-H. l. Cleveland, in the Chi
cago Record-Herald.
The suburban citizen., 1901-12-14

The pursuing ranchmen found him
in the gulch's bed the next day, back
broken, blood at his lips, dead. lie
was free.-H. 1. Cleveland, in the Chi
cago Record Herald.
The suburban citizen., 1901-12-14
Ungallant.

A Marysville schoo.ma'am was
teaching her class the mysteries of
grammar. NOW, Johnny" said she.
"in what tense do speak when I say,
4 am beautiful" The little fellow
answered as quick as a wink, "The
past."-Kansas City Journal
The suburban citizen., 1901-12-14

Strong lights, with basins of petro-
leum below them, are now used in
France to destroy night-hying insects
that injure vineyards. AS many as
1868 insects have been caught in a ba-
sin in one night
The suburban citizen., 1901-12-14

ID A n t e lop e
Ranch of North
eastern Nebraska
went out of ex-
istence with a
great many other
things during the
season Of the big
drought" Every
cattle pOl1ntrv has
The suburban citizen., 1901-12-14

had historic drought. Local events are
marked from thatperiod, and isis said in
the South, when one isreminiscent,, "be-
Gore the war;" so they say in Nebraska,
Sbefore the dry spell" But when the
Antelope was in it's prime there was
kept In one Of the corrals a black
horse that was never used for any but
special service. If a child was sick
at the ranchhouse and needed a physi-
clan, out came the black, and furious
ly he covered the distance as no other
horse on the range could. When the
Sioux rose in the west Of the State
1t was the black that carried the warn
ing through Keyapaha and along the
Niobrara, where the sparsely settled
y villages were. He even in a day at
\ that time journeyed 120 miles and
flung his proud head high in the air
whinnying as il he could 5oyously
cover that distance over again without
rest. OF course, he was a range horse;
no thoroughbred's blood in him, off
spring from no mother coddled under
the trainers watchful eye but child OF
the range mare and stallion, facing
blasts Of ice and sand, fighting for
food while the blizzard ragged above,
swimmer Of swollen streams, com
panion of the coyote, the rabbit and
the antelope, nature-boIn and nature.
bred.
The black lived long and well at the
Antelope Ranch after he was tanned
somewhat, but one day he broke the
bounds Of his corral by some chance,
and, standing. where the dip OF the
plain land came up to the bars OF his
late prison, he gave a triumphant
scream and plunged into the wilder
ness before him. The ranchmen heard
his cry, they came running, come just
in time to see him arch himself on a
distant elevation and scream again.
He was free. Once long before this
time he had been free. That was
when he grazed with his mother, far
out on the Elkhorn, when no strap or
halter lay upon them, and only the
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1901-09-21
Taken Up.

One red heifer, unbranded, near my place
IN the !th ward. Owner secure same
ny proving ow nership and paying costs.
VALsIN LANDRY,
p. o., Lafayette, La.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1901-09-21
Wellington.
New York Evening Sun.

! ~AN HSSHlt6 gun.
Some mad dogs foamed at the
mouth when the news came tina,
President Mckinley had been shot.
out that a Senator of the United
States should refer to the atrocitv
as Wellington, of Maryland, did will
cause shudder to run through the
land. mckinley and I are
enemies" said the Senator; che
has been guilty of an objectionable
oftense toward me. canno, saw
anything good for him, and I do
not think it is just the time to saw
anything bad. despise the man.
1 have no use for him, and there is
no reason for my saying anything.
am totally Indifferent in the mat
ter" 1t would be charitable to
suppose that Sena Wellington was
oemented, but his rnaligna ant temper
as public man and his previous
insults to the President forbid US to
mink SO. To comment further on
" e'lngton's extraordinary utterance
would be unnecessary. It carries
t. own awful condemnation.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1901-09-21
Reflections of a Bachelor

New York Press.
Most people show marvellous fortitude
over the suffering of their friends.
Maybe woman can love a fat man If he
got that way after she married him, but how
IN the world does she do it before?
whether woman's playing on the piano
Is called artistic depends on whether her
friends know how much she paid for her
music lessons.
Sympathy you'd like, but you can't get
It; consolation you'd take, but it isn't Of
Tered; pity you hate, but it's thrown at Won
by the basketful.
f1alf the men in the world wouldn't he
married If it hadn't been for some other
woman.
There are plenty of women who ar.n,,
pigeon-toed. but mighty few who aren,t
knock-kneed
1t sounds awful nice to talk. about ,
mans wealth of love, bat that kind doesn,t
buy many mutton chops.
BEFORE she marries a man, woman NAV
care whole lot to have him look like = ood.
out after she has got him, what she mos,
cares about is not to have him get IN cross
N the aaorning.
Wnen they are engaged a man can't
mink q anything prosaic as what his
Easure wife knows about things to eat; but
lIter they are married he will raise thunder
ne cant give cards and spades to the heat
'ook on earth
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1901-09-21
IT MAS NOT P4RKEP

"A rev days ago large portion OF
the American people had snasm
OF hystericaI admiration for the ne.
gro waiter, Parker, who was said to
have saved the life of the president
ny knocking down the assassin.
thereby preventing him from firing
third shot. People went wild and
Parker was held up to the world as
the hero of the hour. It was de.
cided that SO brave a man shou,d
not want for anything and some one
started to collect goodly sum to
be presented to Parker to compen-
safe him for his heroic act. Az j,
manifestation Of their admiration
citizens of Buffalo crowded around
Parker and beggeu>, for souvenirs.
offering to pay fabulous prices for
buttons from his clothes, locks If
MS ha'r and other articles which
had been made singularly valuable
by having come in contact with the
person ut the hero.
So far so good. But the story
only half told. Parker is not the
nan who crushed Czolgosz to the
loor. 1t is Private O'Brien who
I'D the work and deserves all the ,
raise that has been bestowed unon :
'arker. 1t appears that Parker i
'as fifteen feet away at the time I
Ad only struck Czolosz after his
rrest
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1901-09-21
Pointed Paragraphs.

Chicago News.
Marriage is lottery-therefore al;mop,
is gambling debt.
A remote period is the one due at the end
| OF a woman's remarks.
some men get rich while others arc
waiting for great opportunities.
Every spinster you meet is willing 10
admit that she is single from choice.
The indications are that the ave,a.e ch.ss
player would rather pay rent than move.
Some married men are so mean that ,he,
enjoy seeing other men get married.
The man who refuses to believe that
honesty is the best policy is born politician.
Wise is the man who lets his wife have
her own way just to spite himself for
having married her.
Probably the top round of the ladder onlv
exists IN the imagination, as nobody has
succeeded in reaching it,
The man who tries 70 oblige neon,e be-
cause they live under the same roof with hin,
has thankless job
Gold is wonderful fertilizine agent. It |
has cause" many family tree 10 spring up
md get its full growth in a few hours.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1901-09-21
Why james FOrswore Humor.
Scottish American,

Why James Forswore Humor.
Scottish American.
James was always under the i'm.
precision thai he was born humorist
and his friends never succeeded in
convincing him to the contrarv
But he has given up trying to be
Jimmy now; he says his humor was
the means Of losing a girl with a To-,
of money, and he has never 90,
over the blow. He explains it in
this way: He was Counting a
brokers' daughter. One dav he
called upon her, and she happened to
be me; he considered himself for
tunate, as she had been out ever,
time he had called for week. and
he determined to make the best of
his opportunity and pop the
question. He found her in a room
b"si'y engaged with small bundles
and dried grasses which she had
collected. ''What quantity of
drled grass you have collected, Miss
Ritchie," he said. Then his humor
burst forth. "Nice room for
donkey to get into" .Make
yourself at home, Mr.. James," she
said sweetly, before he could finish
the joke. He went home, and all
he hume. was crushed out of him
forever.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1901-09-21
l Take Any Case

Of morphine, opium, cocain e
Choral. whisky or tobacco habit.
cure it in from "a hours to five
Gays. Guarantee a cure. No i'll
after. effects. Booklet free. Price.
500. A. N. PIERCE, M. D.,
Lake Charles, La.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1901-09-21
REAL ESTATE AGENCY.
Pronarfv iSfod

a GOOD BUSINESS OPENING-A larg,
journng, situated in the town Of Scott, La. q
on north side of track. For sale or to rent.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1901-09-21

NO. Pan-American Special leaves New
Orleans o:Io a. m; arrives at Cincinnati SID
next day; Buffalo 1890 p. m. Through
Pullman Sleeper to Cincinnati and Gin
c'nnati to Buffalo. Dining Car, serving all
meals NO. 2, Limited, leaves New Orleans
1880 p M, arrives Cincinnati next evening
at 1880; arrives at Buffalo 1890 a. M
After leaving New Orleans arrives at New
York second day, I2:43, noon. This train
carries Through Pullman Sleeper, New Or
leans to Buffalo via Cincinnati and Big d.
Also Through Sleeper New Orleans to New
YORK wa Chattanooga, Bristol, Lynchburg,
washington and Pennsylvania Railroad.
Dining cars serving all meals.
cation.
GEO. w. SMITH,
Gen. Pass'r Ag't.
X. J. ANDERSON,
Asst. Gen. Pass'r. Ag't
NEW ORLEANS, LA.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1901-09-21

Established by the State for instruction of
oo'n sexes In the arts and sciences and
manual training Offers thorough course IN
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1901-09-21
THE ST: LANDRY PLAN
The grand jury Of St. Landry in
c'odes the following in ito report to
the district court:

The grand jury Of st. Landry in
c'udes the following in its report e
: the district court:
"loa, grand jury beg leave to submit
Sunday law within the town Of Opelousas
they find. that ~ . rule, the Law has beer
strictly obeyed. The several saloons in mi,
S town on one Sunday. and one on another
which. though not justifying the act, greatly
mitgated the odense. We find that on
those occasions, there were large numbers of
excuss'onists in the town and that no provi-
sion had been made to receive them. in
fact, there was no provision to supply them
wstn ordinary dri0king water. Considering
these conditions and the fact that the iax
mas bee" strictly obeyed in all other re-
sPects. and that there is no wanton viola
ton thereof, we have not seen mt to return
Dill against these parties.''
| While this departure from beaten
paths may not be altogether pleas
ing to those who believe in uphold.
ing the majesty of the Law under
any and all circumstances, all will
admit that the grand inquisitors of
ST Landry have taken an en-.
lightened and humane view of the
situation. One can we'll see in the
wording of the jury's report the
betrayal IF tender solici,ude for
the supremacy Of the law. But.
what else c"uld be done. There
were Crowds of Thirsty excursion
lsts-and wh.. are more thirsty than
the citizens, A.
range ment committee had utterly
failed t" procure an adequate sup.
ply OF drinking water. The ONLY
thing to do was to open the saloons.
Men could not be permitted to die ,
u thirst when the only barrier 5
between them and Ponce de Icons d
ounta'n of life was a Sunday law, $
which, after all, was never intended t
o be enforced among friends. $.
And the altruistic motive which d
mpeIled the jury to condone the e,
iolation OF the Sunday law mus, W
OF be overlooked. 1t was not az
one for the townspeople. 1t was ar
lie happiness and comfort of DC
'ests that had to be looked after. If
hese people could not have been so
'Pected to spend whole day in ="
Dry and dusty town like Ope- N.
usas wlthou. anything to drink ter
It even water. OF course, if the die
cal arrangement committee had of
tended to its duty and provided
e excnrsionists with drinking wa
ter the jury clearly infers that ret
saloon-men would not have hat
en- excusable in violating the law. at at
lhe st. Landry grand jurors Y
IDENTIFY believe that the enforce den
mt or non enforcement of the San
nday law depends upon the water the
'Ply of the town. 1t is a novel s'ea
picturesque position, to be had
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1901-09-21
OPENING OF THE /N2ZS
TRIAL INSTITUTE

The opening of the Industrial
Institute took place Wednesday
morning with appropriate exercises.
The auditorium was filed with PEG.
pie, many of whom being from the
aoJacent parishes. The program.
which had been prepared under the
direction of President Stephens,
was very interesting and afforded
q real intellectual treat to the au-
dience. Three addresses, delivered
by President Stephens, Mayor CAT
fiery and DR.. c. c. Kramer, were
of high order of excellence.
President Stephens evinced much
satisfaction that the Institute was
about to enter upon its career of
usefulness. He made an earnes+
and eloquent appeal to all con-
nected with the institution to do
their duty well and make of the In
stitute great factor IN the educa-
tlonal development of Louisiana.
The address of President Stephens
was emlnently practical and no |,
doubt expressed the hopes and as
P'rat'ons OF the man whose very
life is wrapt up in the success of !
the Institute. President Stephens
has worked faithfully to make the
opening of the school a notable Il
event and fairly indicative of i,s "
future greatness, and The Gazette tt
IS pleased to state that evidences of u
his weii-directed efforts could be .
seen in the ausplcious commence-,,
ment. IL,
Mayor Caffery spoke on behalf su
of the town and parish. He con- an
graduated the people upon the su
'Pe ming of the Institute, recountingl
he history of the movement from Chi
IS incipiency 20 the splendid victory
ron by Lafayette. Mayor Caferv 1
attended warm welcome to the o.
fudents from other towns who have wa;
ONE to enter the Institute. f
DR.. c. &. Kramer's mastery ef- -
'rt was fitting close of the exer- pla,
lses. In his discourse on the car S
'nal principles of perfect man. ' ~
pod the learned gentleman fullv hon.
stained his reputation as scbolar
her
I'd thinker. Those who had the bavi
'od fortune to hear DIR. Kramer. Pr
press the hope that they will again sn...
I'VE occasion to listen to him. I'll
The Gazette compliments the ad- cause
nistration of the Institute upon the Go
aracter and success of the OPEN has C
exercises. Nothing less would N
We sufhced for an occasion of
III vast significance. The open-
OF the Industrial Institute marks tho
event of the greatest importance of h,
the life of this community. gro ,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-14
BOXER UPRISING.
Sir claude Macdonald Says There
Were Causes Therefor.

San Francisco, June 14.-In speaking
of the recent troubles in China and the
causes that brought about the boxer
uprising, Sir Claude Macdonald, Brit
ish minister to Japan, but formerly
minister to China during the siege OF
Pekfn, said
4 have been away from China since
last October, and do not know just
but whatever the sum may be it is
quite impossible to say If China can
meet the demands. Whether she be
called upon to pay $3.50 900, 600 or twice
that amount. it is equally problenat-
,icaI if she can pay. China published no
financial budget and one figures in the
dark when it comes to computing what
the government raises by taxation and
import duties"
Sir Claude Macdonald is of the opin-
ion that there were many causes for
the boxer uprising.
1T was not due alone to the anti
n visionary feeling he said. .and the
causes were far reaching. The acqud-
sition of territory by the powers was
one of the chief causes. It inHamed the
minds of the officials of China, and as
they do and feel the masses of the peo-
pie follow. The people Of China are
peaceful and Industrious race and do
not look for trouble. but they are dom
mated by the mandarins in every
thought
In northern China a droutn had ex-
listed for two years before the boxer up
rising and many people were starving
and desperate 1t but needed a spark
to infiame their minds against the for
eign missions The missionaries have
done many things to earn the ill-wil
of the people They are earnest in the
cause of civilization and religion. but
many of them have interfered in legal
and domestic affairs OF the Chinese
people in their districts.
THE boxer uprising was mainly due
to the absence OF good officials in the
province of Shansi The notorious Yu
Hsien was governor of that province.
and was appointed despite the protests
of the foreign ministers. Yu Hsien was
formerly governor of Shantung prov
ince. and his hostile attitude to for
eigners was 50 pronounced that the en-
tire diplomatic corps asked for mis- re-
moval The empress and her advisers
placed him in charge of Shansi province
where the majority of the missionaries
We're located No foreigner IS allowed
in the interior of China outside Of the
missionaries. They alone are allowed
to go there. treaties providing for their
presence. could not go to the interior
of China. A good official in Shansi
could have stopped the boxer uprising
at the start -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-14
HIS LIFE WORK CLOSED.
Professor tn. Stafford Will Be Buried
on College Ground.

New York. June 14.-Prof. Truman
Henry Stafford. the mathematician and
astronomer, whose death has just been
announced, viii be buried in the col
lege burying ground at WilliamstOwn,
Mass Since he first suffered an at
tack of paralysis in 1884 Professor SAT
ford has been conducting several cleo
tive courses at Williams college a
widow, four sons, a daughter. Mrs F.
r. Dewey. of Milwaukee, Wis. survive
him
he was born at R0yalton, VT, sixty
five years ago. At an early age he at
tracted attention by his powers of cal
culation- He could mentally extract
the square and cube root of numbers
of nine and ten places of figures, and
could multiply four figures by four
figures as rapidly as it could be done
upon paper. In 1S45, when ne was nine
years old, and nine years before he
was graduated from Harvard college.
he prepared an almanac. and at the
age of fourteen he calculated the clip
teal elements Of the first comet of 1919
BY a method OF his own he abridged
by one-fourth the labor of calculating
the rising and setting Of the moon.
After long and difficult problems had
been read to him once he could give
their results without effort Prof. Ben
5amin Pierce said of him, in 1916. that
his knowledge is accompanied with
powers of abstraction and cOncentra.-
ton rarely possessed at any age except
by minds Of the highest order"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-14
STANDS BY LOOMS.
q. s. Government Approved Course Of
Venezuela Consul

New York, June IA dispatch to the
Herald from Caracas, Venezuela, says
Local newspapers have published ar
ticles to the effect that charge
d Affaires W ". Russell, of the Amer
lean legation. has been instructed e
notify the Venezuelan government that
the United States has severely reprOVed
Minister LOOMS for his conduct re
earding the various questions pending
between the two countries
Tire Washington correspondent of the
Herald gives what it claimed to be an
authoritative statement which dis
proves the claims made by the Vene-
zuelan papers The statement 1ol-
lows:
Instead Of reproving Minister
LOOMS the state department has ap-
proved all his acts He acted under in
structions while in Venezuela and
carried out these Instructions and no
evidence has been discovered that ne
deViated from them in single in
stance After his entire conduct had
been carefully reviewed and examined,
the most complete satisfaction was
expressed as to his course"