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The Opelousas courier., 1904-05-07
ACADEMY
OF TIE
IMMACULATE ; CONCEPTION,

OPELOU8AB, La.
s2dar the Direction Of the Sisters MsxtaniBa
Of Eely Gross.
oRsrs TO young ladies every s~scaliss
for acquiring . thorough christian ed
uoation. Constant attention is paid 10
nonas and social culture. Lessons arc
given in music, painting and othss
useful arts. The sigters also have
charge OF the boys school. The coursC
0. Instruction 10 two-fold-Pssparator!
and Commercial. French In tsughs 10
the two courses. Fer partgeuiHfs. ID
sPsss GIGENn :sIJasSSA
The Opelousas courier., 1904-05-07

When you visit Crowley stop at the
HOTTER,
Opposite tbs Court House.
Board and Lodging By tAe Bay,
Week and Month.
P.iCes ModerAAe
MRS. DABBoNNE Manages
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-09-29
FOOTBALL.
LEAGUE
Jess Woods Elected As
President and Man
ager.

The Honolulu Football League for
1904-5 was organized at the Y. NJ. C. A.
on Tuesday evening. with the following
officers: Jess Woods. president; John
Warehouse. secretary and treasurer;
Percy Benson, auditor
1t was decided to have the president
act as the manager of the League dur
ing the season, and a salary of $50 was
voted for this purpose. He will ar
range all matters pertaining to games,
attend to press work, etc.
1t was decided to have a league of
three teams, with six games for the
season, each team playing two games
with each of the other two. The sea-
son will commence on Thanksgiving
Day. and games will be played on
Christmas and New Years.
The League will be composed this
year of the Males, Honolulus and Pu-
nahous.
The meeting was called by ". H.
Rabbit, last years president.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-09-29
CHINESE MERCHANT
TREASURY DECISION

Department of Commerce and Labor,
Office OF the Secretary, Washington,
September 2, 1904.
Sir: Under cover of your letter of the
10th ultimo, No o7o-C, the Department
has received the record on appeal in the
case OF Mui Kee Eoon, a Section Can
ton merchant, No. 4 ex steamship China,
July IS, 1904,
The appellant presented as prima facie
evidence of his right to admission a
Section certificate to the effect that his
former occupation was that of dealer in
general merchandise in San Tai market
place during the years 1900 to 1901 !;
that he IS at present in the same bust
ness IN Wing Cheong Moon, Canton, uIl-
der the name of Hop Sing. capitalized
for 5000. of which his interest is one
half; that he has been in his present
business for three years; and that his
place OF residence has been IN Nam Woh
village.
Your examining inspector attempts to
show that the appellant disproves his
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-09-29

certificate by his testimony in regard
| to the length of time he conducted his
former occupation, but this contention is
not borne out by a reading of the testi-
mony. There are, however, other cir
cumstances connected with this case
which must be taken into consideration
IN order to arrive at an intelligent de-
cision.
The appellant arrived at your port on
the steamer with Mui Chez Lap. another
alleged merchant, whose certificate
shows that he is from the same village
in China, and that he conducted his
former occupation at the same market
place named in the appellants certificate.
The said Mui Chez Lap clearly disproved
statements contained in his own certifi-
cate, which must therefore be considered
untrue in all respects. You point out
that the appellant and the said person
have the same family name, that there is
a strong facial resemblance between the
two, that both are of very dark COM
plexion, that their photographs were
taken in the same silk vest and that
their certificates were issued on the same
date in Canton and numbered consecu-
lively. The appellant and the said per-
son contradicted each other as to whetll-
er their native village IS subdivided, but
whether it is subdivided or not, it is
stated TO have but 40 houses. 1t appears
from the certificate in each case that
both persons have spent their lives in the
said village and have even conducted
business at the same market place. In
spite of the circumstances narrated, both
deny that they knew each other previ-
Gus TO embarking on the steamer.
You also state, after personal ex-
that the appellant IS beyond
question a member of the laboring class
of coolies The appellants testimony,
is the most unreasonable that
has been received at the Department for
some time He makes statements to the
effect that he is a man of wealth and
in his own country. yet comes
in the garb and manner OF the poorest
laborer
As was pointed out in Department De-
cision No. 81, of August IS, 1904, in the
case of Wong Hin Zip, there is good
authority for the statement that st is
even difficult question to decide when
a witness is, in a legal sense, uncontra-
dicted. He may be contradicted by cir
as well as by statements of
others contrary to his own" No par
ticular method is laid down by law by
which the Department may disprove
statements contained in Section certif-
Gates All the circumstances already re-
cited disprove the statements contained
in the certificate that the appellant was
formerly engaged in business in Nam
Woh village and that he IS at present a
merchant of wealth in Canton. He is
fraud, as his fellow
traveller, who makes practically the same
has been shown 10 be.
In view of the foregoing, your ex-
GLIDING decision is affirmed and the ap-
peal of the said Mui Kee Foon is hereby
dismissed
Respectfully,
LAWRENCE 0. MURRAY.
Acting Secretary.
Commissioner of immigration, San
francisco. Cal
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Arizona republican., 1904-10-23

When you are ready" he told her, 'let me know. l want to open the tent flap for the sake of warmth
 The soft wooien taanllet was very grateful. When the flap opened Bar bara found that a second fire had been built, with a backing of green logs so arranged as to reflect the heat di- rectly into her shelter.
 Hours later. as it seemed, some tri- fling sound awakened her. The hea- stilI streamed gracefully into the tiny shelter: the solemn shadows still danced across the forest: the contem- plativc figure still stared into the eu- bers, strongly silhouetted by the fire light. A tender cOmpunctOn stole into Barbara's tender little heart.
 The poor dear" said she. ''he has no place to sleep. He is guarding me from the dangers of the forest" which was quite ridiculous. as any wOOdsman wili know.
 Her drowsy eyes watched him wist- fully-he- mystery, her hero of TO- nance. Again the fire blurred. again the solemn shadows paused. A last thought shaped itself in Barbara's con- sciousness.
 Why. he must be very old" she said to herself. He must be 26."
 So she fell asleep.
 Barbara awoke to the sun and the crisp morning air, and had not been uncomfortable at all. The flap of her tent was discreetly closed. When ready she peeped through the crack and saw stanton bending over the fire.
 In a moment he strengthened and approached the tent. When within a few feet he paused. Through the hol- low of his hands he cried out the long musical morning caE of the woods man.
 Ro-o-ou out!" he cried. The forest took up the sound in dying modula- tions.
 For answer Barbara threw aside the tent flap and stepped into the sun.
 Good morning." said she. "Salutei" he replied. Come, and I will show you the spring" T am sorry cannot offer you bet l Ger variety for your breakfast. It is | only supper over again he explained, | after she had returned and had perched | like fluffy bird of paradise on the log. | Her cheeks were very pink from the cold water and her eyes were very | beau.iful from the dregs of dreams. and her hair very g1ittering from the | kissing of the early sun. And, won uetIui 10 say, she forgot to thrust out | her pointed Chin in the fashion so en- | tirely adorable.
 i Sle ate with relish. for the woods | hunger was hers. stanton said nothing. | The time was pregnant with unspoken | things. All the charming elements of the little episode were crystallizing for l them, and instinctively Barbara felt | that in a few moments she would be | compelled to read their meaning. At last the man said without stir | ring;
 Well, I suppose we'd better be | going2"
 T suppose SO, she replied. They sat for some time longer, star | ing ahstractedly at the kindly green
 forest; then Stanton abruptly rose and
 began to construct his pack. The girl did not move,
Arizona republican., 1904-10-23
"Carrett stanton"

Garrett stanton
 Why don't you ever look at me?'' burst out Barbara. veXed- Why do you stare at that hor-td fire2"
 He turned and looked her full in the face. In a moment her eyes dropped before his frank scrutiny. She felt the glow risiug al-rJss her forehead. When she raised her head again he was star ing calmly at the fire, as before, one hand clasped under his arm. the other holding the bowl of the briar pipe.
 Now" said he. 'I will ask a few questions. Won't this all night absence alarm your relatives 2"
 "Oh, no. often spend the night at the Adams. They will taink l am there.
 Parents are a.5t to be anxious"
 But mine arc not here, you see"
 What is your namc7"
 Barbara LoWe.'
 He feu silent. Barbara was dis tinctly piqucd. He might have ex- hibited a more hat-ering interest.
 ''Is that all you want to know about me?i she ctted in an injured tone.
 T know all about you now. Listen Your name is Barbara Lowe; you are visiting the Maxwells. your relatives,
 
 troft, where you are not yet ou; you are an only child and eighteen or | nineteen years of age" Why, who has been telling you about me-" cried Barbara, astonished- 1 stanton smiled. Nobody, he replied. Don't you know that we woodsmel ! live by our observation. Do you see 1 anything peculiar about that tree2" 1 Barbara examined the vegetable in | question a'tentively. No" slc con | fessed at last.
 There is an animal in it. Look again"
 q can see nothing" repeated Bar ] bara, after a second scrutiny. Stanton arose. Seizing a brand from the fire, he rapped sharply on tha | trunk. Then slowly, what appeared to 1 be a portion of the bole began to dis | irtegTate, and in a moment a drowsy l pOrcUpine climbed ratting to a place | of safety.
 That is how I knew about you.' ex- | plained the woodsman. returning tc 1 the fire. Your remark about staying ! overnight told me that you were visit | ing the Maxwells rather than the Ad- ams. I knew the latter must be rela- l tives, because a girl who wears pretty | summer dresses would not visit mere | friends Tn the wilderness; you would get tired of thts life at the end of a few weeks, and so would not care tc stay longer. The makers name in yOul l Parasol caused me to guess you from 1 Detroit"
 And how about me being an only I child?"
 We'll replied stanton. you see you have the manner of one who ha. l been a trine--"
 Spoiled" finished Barbara with . 1 wicked emphasis. Stanton merely laughed.
 That is not nice,' she reproved wiz 1 vast dignity.
 Barbara was furious with herself foi 1 blush;ng. 4 cry, inexpressibly mourn ful, quivered from the woods. close al l hand.
 , "oh, what is that?" she exclaimed
Arizona republican., 1904-10-23

logs, produced a frying pan and kettle and set about supper.
 If you please" said Barbara with her small air of decision. T am very thirsty"
 You will have to wait tiH I go to the spring, rcphed the newcomer, without stirring.
 Barbara elevated her small nose in righteous indignation. After a long time she just peeped in his direction. He was laughing to himselL She hastily elevated her nose again. After all 1t was very lonely in the woods.
 Supper is ready" he said, after a time
 T do not think I care for any" she returned haughtily.
 For answer he picked her up bodily carried her ten feet, and deposited her on another log. Beside her lay a clean bit of bark containing a broiled deer steak, toasted bread and a -up of tea. She struggled angrily.
 Don't be a fool,' the man command ed sternly. You need food. You will eat supper, now"
 Barbara looked up at him with wide eyes. Then she began to eat the ven ison. By and by she remarked. You are rather nice" and after she had drained the last drop of tea, she even smiled a trifle humbly. Thank you" she said.
 It was now dark and the night had stolen down through the sentry trees to the very outposts of the fire. The man arranged the rubber blanket be- fore it. Barbara sat upon the blanket and leaned back against the log. He perched above her, producing a pipe. May I?'' he asked. Then, when he had puffed a few mo- ments in quiet content. he inquired: How did you come to get Iost?" She told him.
 That was very foolish" He scolded severely. Don't you know any better than to go into the woods without your l bearings? It was idtotic."
 Thank you" Barbara replied meek ly.
 Well, it was" he insisted. the bronze on his cheek deepening a little. Are you always in the woods" she ! inquired | Not always" said he.
 ''But you live in them a great deaI?' Yes"
 You must have a great many ex- | citing adventures Not many"
 Where did you come from just uow?" South"
 Where are you going?" Northwest"
 What are you going to do there2"
 There ensued a slight pause before khe strangers reply. Walk through | the woods said he.
 Tn other words. it's none of my bus | mess" retorted Barbara, a little tartly
 'Ah, but you see Us not entirely mine" he explained.
 This offered a new field. Then you are on a mission?"
 Yes"
 @Is it important?'
 Yes"
 How long is it going to take you?'
 Many years ' What is your name?''
Arizona republican., 1904-10-23

"Our friend the porcupine. Don't be frightened"
 Down through the trees sighed a litle wind "Whooi .whoo! whooi" droned an owl monotonously. The sparks from the fire shot ID and ed- died chill was in the air. Bar bara's eyes grew heavier and heavier. The fire penetrated her through. She tucked her feet under her, and ex- banded in the warmth like a fireside kitten in purring content Then. had she known it, the man was looking at her-loolSinG al her with a strange. wfstful tenderness in his gray eyes. Dear, harmless. Innocent little Barbara. who had so conhdingly trusted in his goodness.
 Come. ntle girl" he said softly. at last.
 He arose and held out his hand. Awakened from her abstraction. she looked at bim With faint smile. and eyes from which the coquetry had gone. leaving only the child.
 Come" he repeated. Time to turn in"
 She arose dutifully. The little tent really locked inviting. The balsam bed proved luxurious, soft as feathers.
Arizona republican., 1904-10-23

We would rather be seen chewing tobacco than g-Im.-AtehisOn Globe.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-05-09
How TO MAKn4RnsI WORK.

An important problem has been dealt with in New London. in this State. in a way to give hope. Many wife would like to know how to make lazy husband work. A New London wife thinks she has found the way. Her husband has been given to drinking and loafng. She went to a policeman for advice. and he suggested that she get big stick and apply it to her husband She did so, and he has now gone to work.
 Of course not every wife who has a drinking and loafng husband has the courage and the strength to hit him with a big stick until he is willing to work. And perhaps there are drinking and loafing husbands whom not even a big stick could drive to work. But the fact that even one drinking and loaf1ng husband who was not at work is now is a gain. and where the New London woman's example can be initiated 1t should be. There is nothing like a big stick in the hands of an able and de- ternained woman to convince the beast man that he will do well to do his duty by the angel woman.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-05-09

We deplore the awful conditions of the negroes in the southern States as mueh as any one can. but after a careful ob- servation through the southern States we fend that many of the negroes there are getting a great deal more out of life than we are here. and most of them are decidedly more useful to their race and country than we who believe in resolu- tions and hot air speeches as a means of bettering present conditions. The evils suffered by the race in the South cannot be cured by resolutions passed in a mass meeting held in New Eng land. A manly stand for justice and frank discussion of the situation with southern men upon the ground. backed by intelligence. is a surer and better way of reaching our difficulties. And man need not suffer martyrdom in order to render this service, because it is our observation and experience that southern white men are perfectly willing to discuss in a sane and tenn perate manner the problem affecting their sections.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-05-09
ANOTHER 1HronY AurAcKkD.

If there is any theory in this world of change that is considered to have a thoroughly solid foundation it is the theory that men don't go to church as
 much as they used to. But this theory | is now attacked, and it is interesting to
 see what can be said against it. The
 Rev. Eric J. Lyndh writes to the Bos- ton Transcript saying that men go to church as much as they ever did. He quotes figures from various cities in which church census has been taken, including London, New York and Chi cago, and also from the other extreme "a New England village of some 1,200 souls-to show that the proportion Of churchgoers in the total population is practically the same in all, one-fourth, and that one-fourth of that one-fourth, or one-sixteenth of the whole number, are men. Furthermore he goes back into the past to show that this is no
 new condition. He says that even the
 New Testament bears witness that this
 problem existed in the Apostolic church
 herself; that the same complaint was
 heard throughout the Middle Ages,
 and that the sermons of the great
 preachers in all epochs of the church
 frequently disclose this pergistently
 permanent 'decline'" In regard to
 the early church history of New Eng
 land he says: It is no answer at all to
 the situation to refer to the colonial
 times in New England as a time when
 the churches were crowded with men
 and women. This is no proof that more
 than 25 per cent. were men. Then, too,
 the compulsory attendance of those
 days was not a bit more conducive to
 spirituality than is our voluntary sys-
 tenn. But the real difficulty with the
 argument is that it isn't so. The ser
 mons os the preachers of Jonathan
 Edwards time are full of allusions to
 the absolute religious indifference of
 the people, notably the men, and
 beastliness and intoxication were rife.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-05-09
The Postal From St. Lou.

I got a close writ postal from my auni
 Jemima Pugh--- Jemimas Uncle Tody's wife, they're liv'
 ing in St. Lou. I'd wrote about a week ago and told
 her like as not We'd all be comin out there when the
 days got good and hot, And this is what Jemima said as neal
 as I recall I'm glad to get your letter; twas .
 score of years last fall Since one of you had written--let alone
 to make a trip To see us, and we'd rather guessed
 you'd given us the slip. Your mother, I remember we'll once
 held herself aloof And wouldn't even hesitate beneath oui
 humble roof. Twas that as much as anything that
 drove your uncle Vest He said we'd always quarrel and tc
 separate was best. Since then the world has prospered us
 in basket and in store I'm glad your dear old mother doesn't
 scorn me any more. It's sweet to be forgiven by the one
 you've never wronged And recognized by those to whom for
 years you have belonged. But yet your letters vague about the
 circumstance that made Your mother change her notion. I'm
 no better, I'm afraid, Than when she used to Snub me in the
 days of long ago. I wonder, 0 I wonder if the fact that
 there's a show Out here with us this summer didn't
 melt her heart a bit I wonder, o I wonder if that couldn t have been it? Still, we're exceeding careful who we
 shelter in our home; I'm writing you this postal now to say
 you needn't come"
 Baltimore American.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-05-09
NOT SURE AND EASY.

Adventurous people who have thought that they could get a rich and easy living in Panama now that the
 United States has taken hold there will
 do well to think twice. A great many
 Americans have already come to grief
 there. The steamship companies have
 been besieged to let men work their
 way home, and in some instances free transportation has been given to per- sons who were neither able to pay nor work their way. They went to Panama in the first rush South under the im-
 pression that they would either fall
 into soft snap positions or that they could go into business ventures and make fortunes in short order. They
 have had rude awakenings. Panama is a dead place so far as business is concerned, and those who know about the plans of the government say that,
 practically, there will be no employ ment on the canal for year and half, outside of the technical men who may
 be engaged. There is only one hotel at
 Panama. The charge is sS day, gold, land incidental expenses run the account ,up tos$10. The place is filled with spec ulators, land sharks and lot of others who went to the isthmus in the hope of floating into prosperity on the canal boom. But there has been no boom and that's the cause of all the trouble The Pacific Mail Steamship Company is putting up notices in all it's offices
 warning people not to go to either Pan true interests of the new government at heart are giving the same kind of advice. Thousands of people have been led to believe that as soon as the canal treaty was signed they could get fat jobs in helping carry on the big project.
 Most of the labor will be done by ma
 chinery, and not by hand. Aside from
 the construction of the locks and dams
 nine-tenths of the work will be by
 steam shovels that require very few
 men to operate.
 So it will be just as well to plug along in the United States for awhile longer. Of course if anybody must have a
 change it can be had by going to Pan- anna.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-05-09
ORGANIZED.

'Is he a clever financier?" "Is he! Why, that's the man who organized our church fair!"-Puek.
 Hubby-"You spend half of your time before the glass" Wife-"But I don't say, Here's looking at you; have an- other ''-Chicago Daily News.
 Nell-Mr. Tawker is such a fiatterer.'' Belle-"Has he been flattering your" Nell-"Oh, yes; he told me to-day that I am not at all like you other girls. ''- Philadelphia Ledger.
 Visitor-"Well, now tell me how old you all are.' Little Girl-aVera's 12, Muriel's 10, Violets 8, Guy and Una, the twins, are six, and I'm 5. think mothers 20 0''-Punch.
 Mother-Johnny, what makes that lit tie boy out there wear such a superior air?" Johnny-"Oh, he's the only kid on the street that's had the measles twice. Detroit Free Press.
 "A girls life,' she said bitterly, lis made up of anticipation and regret"