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The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-11-14

fails in hut one particular and tnaa ae
its lack of accommodation for ail the
children which compulsory education
laws send % the doors of the school build-
ins The school accommodations do.
not. and have not, kept pace with the
growth Of population. a dozen new
buildings. capable Of providing accom-
modauons for from 1000 to 1000 pupils
each have been erected within the past
few months, others are now in course Of
construction, halls are rented wherever
such q course is possible, and yet thou-
sands Of children Of school age are be-
ing turned from the doors for lack Of
room.
There are whole cities Of children
housed under one roof. One school has a
total Of 2,255 students; another falls but
little short Of this with 2.24S, and athird.
has 2,225. New buildings are going up
which viii accommodate even greater
numbers, and they are being built upon
new architectural lines. The old build
ing with It's four, ave or six stories is a
thing Of the past. The new buildings are
wide-spreading, with en- abundance Of
light and air on all sides, and seldom
rise than two stories above the
street Building methods, az well as
teaching methods, are developing.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-11-14

st. John, Kan, Oct. 26.-Mr. and Mrs
William Mcbride and Jesse L. Lines, M.
D., have gone before Mr.. George e.
Moore, Notary Public, and have sworn
and subscribed to written statements CON
hrming the story of the awful illness and
subsequent cure of the little SON Of Mr..
and Mrs. Mcbride.
DIR, Lines is particularly emphatic in
his statement, and there does not now
seem to be any room for doubt as to the
fact that Dodd's Kidney Pills, and moth
ing else, saved the little boy.
He was so bad that he had Epileptic
spells which seized him with increasing
frequency. He was s-emi-paralyzed in the
right side, and his mind was badly az
fected.
In their sworn statement, Mr.. and Mrs.
Mcbride say:
'aThe very day we began to use Dodd'a
Kidney Pills our boy had twenty-seven Of
these Epileptic spells or fits. In less than
a week he ceased having them entirely 2
The case has caused a great sensation
In the neighborhood. The sworn state.
ments have confirmed the whole story.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-11-14

IN the penitentiary in Brooklyn. One
day a group Of big men, well dressed.
looking something like ward politicians,
called upon the warden, Pat Hayes. The
Bay State company was using convicts
on contract to make shoes. The men
askedth at Becker should not be set maxi
ing shoes, but at clerical work.
"Why?" asked the amazed Hayes.
ut viii ruin his delicacy Of touch. "
said the spokesman Of the delegation.
and make It impossible after he comes
mt-to-ar-to pursue his business
Becker made shoes.
This man has IN his time robbed banks
and individuals Of $500. 1000. He vas the
head Of the thieves syndicate that stole
the famous Gainsborough p~ortraitof the
duchess Of Devonshirs from q London
dealer, kept it for years, and returned
it for q ransom OF SIS. 1000. paid through.
Pat sheedy, the New Eork-Argentina-
Cairo gambler.
Becker has gWindled banks in Paris
oon%stantinople. every part Of this conn
Try # would Be cheaper to keen him ia
jail than either to pension him Of allow
him 90 pursue his business as he can,
OWEN LANGBoN
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-11-14

lea4eAt democrat Was Edward
hepards lieutenant ia thia wc1
and two ADLER men were never assocl-
Thea he accepted from Boe Mo.
Ialsalin q nomination for mayor 81
Rrooklyn. and Mr.. Shepard to-day 81
faeu the biggest figure ID the party lo-
1atT was So angry at the detection that
&c ran stump and defeated his old
friend
NOW MeLaushlin repadiates the
Former Mclaughlin candidate. the re-
formers repudiate tho reformer, and In
dividual Tammany braves seem about
70 repudiata the prize Tammang stole
with such rejoicing.
cannot quite join in The chorus Of dis
praise which all the parties and factions
are swelling. There is something pa
thetie @ the sight Of So much ability
and public service thus ended By an-
other mans dirty trick. Fornes no one
biames q much He is Of but average
ability, new ia politics and followed the
lead Of the veteran Grout He will be
forgiven. Circuit may be. but 1T VIII take
time and dextsrity to accomplish IT,
The argument that democratic sue
cess Is necessary to put the party Ia
shape for next year has fallen Cat. The
Independent democrats reply that the
worst thing that could happen for the
party Il It wishes to carry the state next
year, would be to have Tammany win
the city and begin another ~far-adver-
hsed orgy Of criminal misgovernment
Tammany is no more democracy than
theft is industry.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-11-14
IEeHINa NosR q PRRIL.


Ex-Congressman Ben used to tell a story
Of 6 time when be onee got into grave
perl on account Or his nose. He was going
10 Leadvile in the early days on a staps
coach which was held up BY hiraWagmen.
The passengers were ranged in q row out.
side with their hands up, the familiar 1T.
titude being enforced by a gun ia the
hands Of one Of the gentlemen Of the road.
while the other went through the various
pockets at his leisure.
Ia the midst Of the ceremony Mr.. Bells
nose began 20 itch with that maddenina
persistency calculated to drive to insanity
or the grave if not relieved. I~nvoluntarilg
his right hand began TO lower itself to the
seat Of troubles.
Hands up therel" called the man Be!
hind the gun, sternly.
HIS hand shot back into place, but ia 8
moment began to lower itself again.
What's the matter with you" inquired
the bandit Are you anxious to become a
lead mine?."
my nose itches 30 I can't stand It any
longer" said Mr.. Bell. "Tve simply got
to scratch il"
'No, you hain't, replied the agent, fba.
cause I'll do 1t for YOU"
With which he proceeded to scratch the
prospective congressional nose with The
muZzle of his shotgun.
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tL.
Not to do SO was an error Of tempera-
ment Mr.. circuit is sheer intellect He
has one Of the keenest brains in New
York. He is a master of dialectic, But
lie IS thin, cold. ~bloodless. devoid Of
humor. He Is more incapable Of seeing
q logical point than Of guessing what
hot-blooded men viii do or think In a
given case. He was amazed when the
men who had made his record a part
Of their campaign and platform turned
upon him.
So in one day a came to pass that the
man who two years ago had run ahead
cf his ticket whose capacity. tried in
once. had proved unusual, was before
voting doomed to defeat unless some
change "a the situation should come.
Ialx Of democratic stump candidates
began Men on both sides grew red in
the face danouncihg the best Comp
Nroiler New YORK has ever had; the man
who has cut down the tax levy by many
millions while Increasing public inn
provementss who has reformed ancient
abnses serutini8ed bad bills with a mi
eroscope. Eimpli6ed. condensed, econ
umiza1 with ability akin to genius.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-11-14

first ssky-scrapers;" of Frank Potter,
the singer. He became Coadjutor Bish-
OBJ to his father many years ago, andfol-
lowed in the greater office upon the elder
mans death. Rev. DR.. Greer, who has
refused more bishoprics perhaps than
any other cleric in the country, becomes
coadiutor bishop and viii succeed to the
full ONCE, for though only eight years
younger than Bishop Potter, he is In
effect very much the junior of his chief.
DR.. Greer is leader in the increasing
group Of managing men In the church
His business ability Is Of high order.
He has not DR.. Rainsford's huge phys
ique and sledge-hammer e%loquence, but
his ST. Bartholomew rivals DR.. Rains
ford's st. Georges as an institutional
church" Like DR.. Rainsford, DR.. Greer
has clubs for young people, vacation
houses, tenement visitors, church doe
tors for the poor, sewing classes,
mothers meetings, g%ymnasiums, game
rooms for children. This takes money.
When DR.. Greer needs money he goes
to a rich parishioner and gets 1t. 1T is
very simple-for DR.. Greer,
DR.. Rainsford has for parlshioners
Mayor Low and J. P. Morgan among
5000 members, at least 1000 Of whom
are very poor. The financial hackers Of
DR.. Greer arc the Vanderbilts; the late
Cornelius Vanderbilt having been espe-
clally interested in his work. DR.. RAINS
ford's church is East side; DR.. Greer's
West side. They cut like the two blades
Of a pair Of shears at the fabric of pov-
erty and Of class hatred.
The future bishop stood beside Bishop
Potter on the day OF election clad like
a business man in a smart cutaWay coat
and natty trousers. He looked a busi-
ness man, too, slender, alert mustach-
ioed, dark-haired still, in face and ges-
ture recalling John Brisben Walker, the
owner of the Cosmopolitan Magazine.
DR.. Greer is 'broad church" The lay
members Of the convention voted more
solidly for him than the clerical, but the
candidate of the high church" party
only received one-eighth Of the ballots.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-11-14

ANAN AA aAaAe N3e
McCIeIlan. son Of Little Mac, who for
q time led the union armies In the late
war. Mcclellan is personally an excel-
lent man, small and slender, inconspic-
uoua. e~asg-going, observation-disclosures
with politicians, though not much re-
ssmhling the usual Tammany brave.
But there was objection In Brooklyn.
veteran Hugh Mclaughlin, born some
years before Charlie Murphy, the new
leader Of Tammany, insisted that Nc
Cleiian was neither big enough nor In
dependent enough 70 get 8 vote there
worth counting. III an syil hour some
smart Aleck suggested to Murphy that
81 would Be a hne trick to steal Grout
and Fcrnes, both democrats. both sound
and honored men, from the fusion ticket
10 Was done, Murphy sitting impassive
5n convention while Brooklyn's one
third Of the delegates hoWled their rage.
Tor 38 hours it looked as IL Murphy had
spiked the fusion guns. Then two
Things happened
The fuslonists, too furious In their
wrath 70 Be quite fair to GrOut and
Torness swept these two estimable gem
demen from their ticket, completing it
with two new men. honest, capable
democrats
The democrats, thousands Of them, al
so made Il evident that they did not I'M
tend TO support the stolen candidates.
McLaughlin's ratification meeting IA
Brooklyn took It's medicine and stood
for McClellan-though all know that
& win be M~cLaughlln's political death
blow If Mcclellan wins. and the death
Blow Of bis antagonist, Murphy. If Nc
Clelan does not So one can judge how
hearty was the endorsement-but it did
not say one word for the two stolen
candidates.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-11-14

The following essay by a youthful
boarding school boy throws quite a new
and interesting light on church digni-
taries: There are three kinds Of clergy
men bishups rectoTs and cUrats. che
bishups tell the rectorB to work and the
eurata have to do IL. Curat is a thin
married man but when he is a rector he
gets fuller and can preech longer sermons
and becums a good man, we should all
ways inspect a curat because sum day he
may becum a rector and we must always
pity those who are low down in the world.
any Of us may BEGUN misfortunate SO we
must not hit a man with a Chi.
cago Chronicle.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-11-14

~six-year-old daughter found the child
without rubbers on q rainy morning. To
shield the little one from the inclemency
Of the weather as much as possible she
started early to the shoe merchant to
purchase the needed footwear, but was
so detained that she was some two mine
utes late in reaching the schoolhouse.
The mother explained tothe teacher why
the child was late the two minutes. but
it was Of no avail, the rule said she must
stand in the corner for is minutes, and
that she must remain ia the principals
room n hour after school had been
dismissed. and the rule was enforced to
the letter.
It may have been justice a%ccordingt to
school rules, but it was the kind Of JUS
tice that hangs M man for another
mans crime.
The same methods are applied to teach-
ing. Every child is put upon the same
basis mentally. Their education Is ar
ranged BY rule and not BY individual
needs. But Chicago has outgrown the In
dividuaI.
wvnrrwrm a-wwnnnaav
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-11-14

ago, sold out his street a interests at
agood price and moved to London, which
was not bothering so much about mu-
nicipal reform as it was about the solu-
ton Of. perplexing transportation prob
lem. Yerkes left other eastern capitalists
to solve the problem he did not care to
attempt, and they are finding it hard to
solve in their way. 1t cannot be said that
these new owners Of Chicago Union Trac-
ton have so much as thought Of a fund
for franchise purchase purposes, but had
they done so 1t would have been prac-
tically useless, for they must deal with
the free" portion Of the city govern
ment. The Chicago city council Of to-
day is not Of the purchasable kind.
tits remarkable what amount Of study
the Chicago aldermen have given the
street railway franchise problem. They
have Investigated conditions in every
large city in the country; they have nm
deniabIe figures at their finger ends with
which to ~pulverize every poverty argu-
ment which the companies put forward.
The aldermen hold the long end Of the
stick, and they know it, but they are
anxious to grant a franchise whenever
the companies are willing 70 accept one
that viii be fair to the city as we'll as TO
the corporations. Until then the com
panies wait.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-11-14

people knew that worn out sidewalks
were not repaired because the owner Of
the property had seen" the inspector"
They knew gambling houses we're runs
ming openly because they had paid some
one for the privilege. They knew the
streets were unclaimed where they should
have been cleaned. They knew are-trap
buildings had been erected because their
owners found It cheaper to buy priyi-
leges than hre-proof building materials.
In dozens OF lines Of city government the
people knew Of the existence of graf" "
and the announcement of the mayor was
no surprise to them, even though it did
stir the politicians and the heads Of de-
partments and bring about a council in
vestigation which promises to be Of some
good.
But the Chicago CRATER" Is a small
potato to-day compared with his prede-
eessor Of a few years ago. ealso rep
resents a different branch Of The city
government now than he did then. But
a few years agoft was the IawmaJer who
was bought, now it Is the administrative
side Of the city. The voters OF Chicago
have freed the city council from the old
ring Of boOdlers and have put honest
men in their places at an %opportune
time. In his article on Chicago in Nc
Cures Magazine Lincoln Stenens classes
the city as Half Free and Fighting On "
With the boodlers Of the council out OF
the way the city can well turn to the regu-
latlon Of the administrative side Of its
government, and either dispense with or
reform many Of the bureaus and depart
ments in which graft" exists.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-11-14

Pills and I can conscientiously say that
they caused a general improvement in
my health. They brought greatrelief
by lessening the pain and correcting
the action of the kidney ~seeretions. /"
Doan's Kidney Pills for sale by all
dealers. Price, 80 cents. FOSTER
MILBURN CO.. Buffalo, N, Y.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-11-14

markable. His rec
titude, his good
record ia a diflcult
ONCE, has been his
political ruin.
Without tina
record. st would
never have oc
CURED to anyone
O. advise Murphy
Is nominate him.
The crisis came
with the nomina
tion He accepted
it 1t is plain now
that the thing to
do was to ignore il,
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-11-14

existence OF graft
IA the city hall.
Judging from the
connection which
the announcement
created, n would
have supposed His
Honor to have been
the drst to discover
this condition.
But the fact Is
Chicago knows. and
has known, that a
ring OF gratters
were doing business
in many depart
ments Of the city
goKernmsnt. The
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-11-14

Had they not have
done so the street
railway tangle with
which the city is la
boring at the pres
ent time would have
been settled months
age, and several al
ldermen would no
doubt have been
willing to quit poll
itics for good, but
the city and the vot-
eEs would nave DeeA
poorer for that set
Element.
Charles T. YerkeB
saw the drift Of
fhinrs three vhara
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-11-14
WRIqHT 4. PATrERsoN.


a new social diversion has been con-
triyed BY Miss Rosamond Guthrie, Of
Mexico. No. She gave a party, and IL
couples started from her home in e
enteen buggies. After driving ten or
fifteen minutes. all the buggies stopped.
and each gentleman got out and
climbed into the buggy just ahead Of
him. This was kept up all evening
The changes Of partners e inter
spersed By refreshments At four ds.
fCEent residence
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-11-14

New York comes
Of a solid old fam-
lily IN this city.
He Is the uncle Of
James Brown Pot
ter, whose wife be-
came an actress;
kin to Orlando
Potter. owner Of
the Potter build
Ing, which burned
with terrible loss
Of life 20 years q
and was replaced
with one Of the
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-11-14
a VOICE FROM LEE PULPIT.
Rev. Jacob D. Van Doren, Of 81 sixt

DeA~A5 VI -
Street, Fond du Lac,
Wis, Presbyterian
clergyman, says : Il
had attacks of Kidney
disorders which kept
me in the house for
days at a time, unable
to do anything. What
/ suffered can hardly
be told. Complications
set in, the particulars
of which I will be
pleased to give in a
personal interview to
any one who requires
information. I began
taking Doan's kidney
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-11-14

Quentin prison In
the far west, is to
have $500 a month
salary to "be
good,'' paid By Is
ISOLATED bankers
The story has been
denied. I do not
know how true It
is.
Here's a Becker
story that is true.
Before this west
ern business came
an peoYxar was n11f
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-11-14

They equal those
that have been cost
ing you from $500
to $500. The im-
mense sale Of w. j..
Douglas b o proves
their superiority over
all other makes.
Sold by retail shoe
dealers everywhere.
Look for name and
price on bottom.
That Douglas uses Cor
OnaC Colt proves there b.
value in Douglas shoes.
Corona Is the highest
grade st.Leather mado.
AIamM ILL., E
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-11-14

MISS NGAls@ DoAleys 0A
Atlanta, Ga, escaped the slfs
geOn's knife, By using Lydia is
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
"DRAR MRS. PnKHAMs-I wish to
express my gratitude for the restored
health and happiness Lydia IT, Pink
hams Vegetable Compound has
brought into my life.
81 had suffered for three years with.
terrible pains at the time Of menstrua-
ton, and didnot know what the trouble
was until the doctor proub unced il tm~
Illumination Of the OYariesS and
proposed an operation.
g felt SO weak and sick that / felt
sure that ] could not survive the ordeal
and so I told him that / would not un-
dergo it. The following week 1 read
an advertisement ia the paper of your
Vegetable Compound in such an emer.
gency, and so decided to tryit. Great
was my Joy to find that / actually ims
proved after taking two bottles, so i
kept taking it for ten weeks, andat the
end of that time / was cured. I had
gained eighteen. pounds and was in
excellent health, and am now.
" You surely deserve great success
and you have my very best wishes. -
Miss Alice BAILEY, so North Boule-
ward, Atlanta, Ga. 5000 fo1faftB original
Of ab0ge letter DEOUiRg geRgiHeRssa cannot Be pro-
dueed.
All sick women would be wise
h they would take Lydia E.Pink-
hams Vegetable Compound and
be WELL
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-11-14

sonal interest ele-
ment in I'll teacher.
Here all children in
a grade must be
treated alike; there
is no time to study
child character or
conditions; til Q
teacher is but an
automaton h O
performs with
clock-work regu-
Iarity certain rules
laid down to lei by
higher authority.
I found an illus
tration Of this 9
few davs ago The
~Othnr ~ q er,o1l
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-11-14

grants who settle alum
here until they have gotten their first
start in the new world. Here it is that
their children first enter the American
public school, and all, regardless of age,
must begin at the foundation.
At two school buildings bath rooms
have been constructed, and at these com
pulsory baths have been made a part Of
compulsory education. One Of these Is
the Jones school, located almose in the
heart Of the business district. It draws
its students from the toughest element
Of the slums, the little unkempt street
urchins who know nothing Of home care.
To them the teacher is both mother and
instructor. And they need mothering
quite as much as instruction.
Two schools, n on the South and
one on the West sides Of the city, are de-
voted to the education OF crippled chill
dren. To these little unfortunates are
carried each day in buses provided by
the board Of education. Three schools
are set aside for the instruction Of the
blind; in others the deaf are taught. The
schools that teach the boys a trade and
the girls to cook and sew are not new.
but they r still unique, and the high
schools in which hygienic luncheons are
sold the pupils at a nominal price are
numbered among the school novelties.
From the list must not be excluded the
night schools, with their $4,000 pupils,
many Of them men and women who must
work during the day, but find in these
an opportunity for mental advancement
Tradesmen, clerks, walters, Iaborers,
teamsters, all are patrons Of the night
schools.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-11-14

the SCHOOL.
In it but little more
than the rudiments
Of the English Ian.
guage is taught. It's
students range In
age from the six
year old to the
young man and
woman of 20, all en-
gagged in the same
study thai Of
learning the Eng
fish language. They
are as a rule, the
children of newly
arrived Polish and
Russian Jew emil
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-11-14

control for the next
two years Of New
York city,
It began With the
denomination Of
Mayor Low by the
fusion forces.
With him Comp-
r0ller Gront ana
President Fornes,
Of the board Of az
dermen were
named Good men
with excellent rec
ords. It looked
simple, almost
easy.
-
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-11-14

Now and then some
small bit OF crook
edness comes to the
surface, but It Is In
hnltesimal when
compared with the
magnitude Of the
school system and
the possibilities
which It offers Il
not well guarded.
Not only Is the
Chicago public
school system enor-
nous in It's proper
tions. there being
some 200. 900 stu.
dents 10 care for,
but It Is unique Al
many respects, and
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-11-14

A child can put atwist in a tree that an
army cannot take out.-Ram's Horn.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-11-14

Doesn't the odor Of burning leaves
make you sickI" asked Jinks. ooh, nc"
replied Junks, II smoke Turkish cigarettes,
you know."-Cincinnati Times-Star.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-11-14

PisO's Cure cannot be too highly spoken Of
Aye, NJ Minneapolis, Mimi, Jan. 6, 1900.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-11-14

Nothing gives such a blow to friendship
as the detecting another in IN untruth. It
strikes at the root Of our confidence ever
nftpr-Hazlitt.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-11-14

the mind of a
philosopher and
the face Of a band
it. Only Ia the
latter particular Is
the description un-
iust he IS pale
c~olorleas. almost
b~ioodless yet OBJ
Noualy "a health
slender. but not
weak active. reso
unamilimg
e mbittoua 81
conrse. or tie would
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-11-14

Putnam Fadeless Dyes color Silk, Wool
and Cotton at one boiling.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-11-14

There are people who seem to think they
can teach experimental. Y. Times.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-11-14

On the West side, in the center Of the
poorest section Of the ghetto district, is