The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-04-05

make his wants known. He found a
colored boy in charge, cleaning up.
When does the barber shop open?"
we inquired, 1T Is open now, SIR"
came the reply. yes, notice; but
where are the barbers?" 20, does
you-all want something?" Don't /
look like did," inquired. "Yas,
sir, but de BARRIERS am up stairs"
What are they doing up there?' /
inquired. "Dey's dressin'," came the
reply. when will they be ready for
work?" Don't know, sar, but you
kin get paper out dab and wait"
After getting our wants supplied else
where we found that the hotel barber
shop did not begin operations until
10 o'clock in the morning and contin-
ued until IL at nignt. The Roust-
| about had forgotten that he was in
the South where they have breakfast
at noon, dinner at supper time and
supper the next day.
But with all her faults the South
has some good ideas. The Vicksburg
Herald, which is much the same char
acter Of a paper as is our Herald,print-
ing eight pages with press dispatches,
sells for $500 per year, $500 for six
months and $1.00 for one month. The
New Orleans Picayune, (which for news
is equal to any of the Chicago papers,
sells for cents straight on the news
Glands oUH fhn cyty hA
scription If paid in advance is S12.00
per year. If not paid In advance, no
paper. For six months the price is
$500 and for one month, $3.50.
Cheaper papers have come and gone
and others are here today, but the
Picayune, like the river of it's front
yard, goes on forever. People may
and do take other papers, but they al
SO take the Picayune, because they
never know whether it is so or not UNI
til they read it in the PIcayune. The
paper is over seventy years old and
never was as prosperous as it is to-
day. On Sunday 1t gives no colored
supplement, funny sheet, magazine
or other stuffing. 1t prints about for
ty pages of live news ana advertise
ments and its readers are satisfied.
It's funny how hard a tenderfoot will
hunt for something he wishes to see.
All the guide books and chaperons
will tell you not to miss seeing the
old Jesuit church. after going over
two-thirds of the city The Roustabout
returned to his .-otel to find the
church just across the street. His
hotel, by the way, is the Grunewald,
which Mine Host" Jack Hien operat-
ed four or five years 1t is pretty
large place as it stands today, but an
annex with 300 rooms to cost $1,000
600 is now in the course of construc-
ton. But word about the Old
church: After being expelled from
the colony in an early DAY, the Jesu-
it's returned in 1S47 and were allowed
to reclaim their property which had
been confiscated. the site now occu-
pies half of full square in the very
heart of the city. On this place In
1850 was commenced the erection OF
the magnificent building that is today
by all odds the finest church In the
South. The building is 1876 feet long
by so feet wide. The interior is lofty
and graceful, the galleries being of
horseshoe shape. The nave is so
feet high and is well lighted by beau
tiful stained glass windows. On the
right of the entrance is duplicate OF
the famous statue in st. Peters AT
Rome, and the attendants here follow
the same custom, that of kissing the
toe of the statue. AS a consequence
this MEMBER Of the massive stone fig
ure shows considerable wear. A dome
$50 feet high rises over the Virgin
Mary's statue above the altar. The
statue of the Virgin is Of white mar
BILE and was originally ordered by the
Queen Marie Amelie, or France, for
the royal chapel of the palace Of the
Tuilleries, but the sudden revolution
of 1S4S, driving the Dreams dynasty
from the throne, upset her plans and
this statue was offered Ior sale by
| lnc uColSuCls All vi 6ohlAoIAOh "a ANS"
Orleans ladies raised the funds and
purchased the statue for this church.
OF course the Jesuit church is not as
old or as historical as IS the old Span
ish church, which is now nnown as
''The Cathedral" 1t is, however,
much more elaborate. The Catholic
churches are in the great majority in
New Orleans, with the Episcopal
churches second. OF the seventeen
churches considered worthy of special
mention by the compilers of the city
directory, eight are Roman Catholic,
five are Episcopalian, two ,Presbyter-
ian, one Methodist church south, and
one Jewish synagogue.
| The Roustabout.