Greenfield Evening Republican, Greenfield, Hancock County, 16 April 1895 — Page 3
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FOR SALE.
13 acres choice land, within corporate limits of city,
JOHN CORCORAN.
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DR. J. M. LOCHHEAD, HOMEOPAMIC PHYSICIAN and SURGEON'!
Office at 23£ W. Main street, ovei Early's rlrug store Residence, 12 Walnut street.
Prompt attention to calls in city o1 country. Special attention to Children?, Women#' and Chronic Diseases. Lnt- resident physician St. Louia Chiklrens Hospital. 39tly
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LAWYER.
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Office—Wilson block, opnosite court-house.
C. W. MORRISON S SON',
UNDERTAKERS.
2 7 W. MAIN ST.
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R. A. BLACK,
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COREAN WAR ENDED
Peace Convention Signed Both Countries.
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TERMS CF THE AGREEMENT.
Independence of Corea—Japan Retains the Places She Has Conquered and All That East of the i.iao River—Formosa Permanently Ceded to Japan Indemnity of
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LONDON, April 16.—A dispatch to The Times from Shanghai says that Li Hung Chang's son-in-law telegraphs that a peace convention was signed at Shimouoseki Monday byjthe plenipotentiaries of China and Japan.
Following are the terms of the convention: First—The independence of Corea.
Second—That Japan retains the places she has conquered. Third—That Japan shall also retain the territory east of the Liao river.
Fourth—That the Island of Formosa be ceded permanently to Japan. Fifth—The payment of an indemnity of $100,000,000.
Sixth—An oll'ensive and defensive alliance.
Not Reported to Washington. WASHINGTON, April 14.—There is no information obtainable on the subject at the Japanese legation. The official to whom the dispatch was shown was inclined to credit rhe report that a treaty of peace had been signed, as in view of the near approach of the termination of the armistices, some action was probable. Still, nothing had been received at the legation to confirm the statements contained in the dispatch.
The Final Conference.
SiraiONOSEKi,
April 10.—The confer
ence today of the peace commissioners lasted five hours, all the envoys attended the meeting except Viscount Mutsu. It is believed that today's conference was the final one. It is stated that the Chinese plenipotentiaries are preparing to return to their homes.
DEADLY DUEL.
Five Shots Fired and One Man Fatally Wounded. SKLMA, Ala., April 10.—J. A and M. R. Dudley, two prominent planters, engaged in a fatal duel at Tylers, 11 miles east of this city, at an early hour yesterday morning. Minter fired three times and Dudley twice.
I 1 1 1 1 1 in his buggy when the shooting took place, and as soon as he was shot turned his horse's head toward home, a mile
I and a half from the scene of the affray. He realized that he could not hold out I until he reached home and stopped at a I negro cabin and had a doctor sent for.
He is fatally wounded. The exact particulars of the shooting can not be learned as there were no eye witnesses to the duel and both men refuse to talk. There has been an old feud between the men for several years past.
Attempt to Cremate Five Families. NEW YORK, April 10.—An attempt very near successful was made to burn an old -1-story brick tenement house, 1:32 West Nineteenth street, at 3:50 o'clock Monday morning. The stairways, landings and liallwavs of the place were literally soaked with kerosene and a torch applied in at least three places, In the house there were five families, all colored. That they all escaped witliout injury is miraculous. This is the thii-i. time there has been suspicious fires in the same house. Before there were no traces of an incendiary, but there were strong suspicions.
Minister Dies in the Pulpit.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., April 16.—Rev. J. M. Jessup, an aged primitive Baptist preacher, met death in a horrible manner at Sandy liidge, Ala. While delivering his sermon he suddenly fell to the floor in spasms and died with his awe-stricken congregation about him. It afterward developed that, he had taken a lot of strychnine, which he carried in his pocket, on bread crumbs to poison English sparrows that infested
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Perry Still at Large.
POUGIIKEKPSIE, N. Y., April 16.—The authorities of the Mattewau asylum have not given up hopes that Perry, the train robber, is still in the vicinity of the asylum. Further particulars of the robbery of George H. Abbott's house at Hughsonville, on Saturday night, strengthens the belief that Perry lias not left Dutchess county. The house was entered by somebody during the night and $40 iu money and a gold watch and some clothing were stolen.
A Fred Douglass Memorial. PHILADELPHIA, April 16.—Honor will be paid to the memory of the late Frederick Douglass at a memorial meeting to be held at the Academy of Music. Addresses will be delivered by representative white and colored citizens on the life and services of the deceased leader of the colored race, and appropriate resolutions will be submitted for presentation to the family of the deceased.
England Warned.
NEW YOIIK, April 16.—A special from Washington says: From what can be learned from trustworthy sources Secretary Gresham through Ambassador Bayard has informed Great Britain that this country will not permit, without, protest, the bombardment of Greytown, and that the landing of English troops on Nicaraguan soil will be viewed as an act inimical to American interests.
More of the Chicora's Wreck. CHICAGO, April 16.—A large piece of the forward bulwarks of the wrecked steamer Chicora was picked up yesterday afternoon about 15 miles northeast of Chicago. The monogram "G. & M." of the Graham & Morton line, was on the portion of the bulwarks. The lake for a mile around the spot was strewn with wreckage, but no sign of any bodies was seen.
Conscience Fund Increased. WASHINGTON, April 16.—United States Treasurer Morgan yesterday received from Canada a New York bill of exchange foi $4(55 to be placed to the credit of th«. conscience fund.'
his 3 aid. i-i carrying sugar in lus pocket to clear his Every fresh rumor is an excuse for an throat for his sermon. He took the extraedition of the newspapers which are eagerly bought by crowds of people on the streets. Large crowds gather in front of bulletin boards and haunt the scene of the crimes.
DURANT'S DUAL DEED. REMEDY FOR THE
The Police Claim to Have Evidence ,»ii! to Convict Him. SAN FRANCIS April 16.—The net is tightening around W. H. T. Durant, the dental student in jail for the murder of Blanche Lament and Minnie Williams in the Emanuel Baptist church. Chief of Police Crowley claims to have evidence enough now to convict hiui beyond any doubt.
Theodore Durant was yesterday evening formally charged with the murder of Minnie Williams. The coroner's inquest upon Miss Williams has not yet been held. It will be a dual investigation. The police will produce their evidence regarding the murder of both girls.
A further mystery is added to the affair by the report that Mrs. Ella Forsyth, who has been missing for a week, was also a member of that place of worship. Her husband, who has been searching diligently for her, says she left home to go to the beach to gather shells. She has never been since seen or heard of, and it is surmised that she may have shared the fate of Blanche Lamont and Miss Williams.
Police Surgeon Rummers says medical works abound with cases of men whose animal passions could not be aroused without the sight of blood. It may be that Durant is one of this class of human tigers. The crimes with which he is charged appear to have been the act of a man inspired by such bloody instinct, as the postmortem examinations clearly prove that the victims were killed, and afterward outraged.
George Kiiig, organist of the church where the horrible crimes were committed, made a statement to Chief of Police Crowley late yesterday afternoon which tends to fix one crime at least, the murder of Miss Lamont, upon Durant. King says that on April 3, ^he day Miss Lamont was missed, he went into the church about 5 p. m.,to practice on the organ. "I saw Durant there, much to my surprise. He came down to the organ loft in a highly excited and overheated condition. I asked him what was the matter and lie replied lie had been overcome by gas up in the loft. He was very weak and pale and asked me to give him a glass of bromo seltzer. I knew he was fitting up electrical contrivances about the church and thought nothing strange about his going up in the loft."
This is direct evidence of a most
MintPr I startling nature. Miss Lamont, it will
be remembered, left the high school at 8 p. m. on the day she was. seen, April 3, with Durant. The theory is now that Durant had just finished his fiendish work when seen by the organist. King says that he went to the drugstore at the corner of Sixty-first and Howard streets and purchased a bottle of bromo seltzer, and continued: "When I returned Durant took a'dose and it seemed to nauseate him. He asked me how he looked. I told him he was pale and his eyes were a little congested. What he did during the time I was gone, I don't know. Afterward he went into the ladies' parlor to look into a mirror, and I afterward found on the little shelf underneath a little clot of blood, as though he had wiped his finger on it. We then earned a little organ from upstairs down into the lecture room. Several times he stopped to rest and seemed quite weak. At 7 o'clock he left and went a short distance with me down the street. I do not remember whether he went back to the church or t.''
In addition to this damaging evidence other equally incriminating evidence has been furnished. In the search for the crime many curious theories li-vn been evolved assmniiig that Durant is guilty. The theory of the murder i« ftp crimes were committed for the purp^.su of medical investigation. The statement has been made that Dir-ant proposed to a number of girls that he be allowed to examine them for female troubles which he professed to be able to cure.
It is known that Durant was an ardent medical student and took great terest in the diseases of women. The theory is that he was crazed on the subject, and being unable to conduct his investigation in any legitime- •••or, murdered the girls for that pu^u.se. The condition of the bodies after they were found would tend to carry out this line of reasoning.
Instead of abating the excitement over the horrible crimes is increasing.
WHO HID THE
BAG?
Valuables Saved at a Fire in a Puzzlin Manner. NEW YORK, April 16.—Peter Garrahan, an agent and a tenant in Ilathouse which wai burned last Thursday night, lost a package containing bonds and papers of the value of $30,000. This he missed after the firo was extinguished and reported the fact to the poi
Mrs. Mary Tremble, the janitors of the apartment house, found a Glr ie bag hanging on a hook in tlie cellar of that house, which adjoins the one iu which Garrahan lives. The bag was found to contain the missing papers. Mrs. Tremble took the bag and its contents to the police station, where it now awaits its owner. How the got in the cellar of the next house iue police would like to find out.
Two Vessels in Distress.
NEW ORLEANS, April 16.—The steamship Excelsior froni New York which arrived here yesterday reports that on April 13, on southwest reef, off Loggerhead Key Tortugas, a large British full rigged ship, lumber-laden, aud a large American 3-masted schooner Were ashorei flying distress signals. The ship's hull was painted a dark green, and she had a heavy list to the starboard. Two wrecking schooners were going to their assistance. The Excelsior could not make the name of either of the stranded vessels.
Carlisle Will in Kentucky. WASHINGTON, AP^-1 16.—Secretary Carlisle said yesterd *y, that he would like very much to tu-e part iu the campaign in Kentucky, aiid would certaiuly do so if his official duties would permit. When and where he would speak, how* ever, wero details not yet arranged. Mt. Carlisle in his speeches undoubtedly will confine himself closely to a discus* sion of the financial question of the day. Henry Waterson of Louisville had a long interview with the secretary at the department yesterday.
BEEF FAMINE,
tin Admission of
Dr. Salmon Recommend Mexican Cattle. WASHINGTON, April 10.—In view of The great rise in lite price of beef and the reported scarcity of cattle, the chief of the bureau of animal industry. Dr. Salmon, has recommended to the secretary of agriculture the admission of Mexican cattle into the United States under stringent regulations, calculated to secure a rigid inspection of all cattle admitted.
Dr. Salmon believes such a course may be safely pursued with the exercise of due vigilance, and that under the circumstances it is judicious, and it is hoped by this means to check the tendency to excessive prices to the consumer without injuriously affecting the interest of the beef producer.
dations Secretary Morton yesterday issued the following special order: Special order concerning importation ol cattle from Mexico:
It is hereby ordered that the regulations of this department issued Feb. 5, 1SH5, defining the quarantine line, on account of Texas fever aud the regulations of Feb. 11, 1895, concerning the importation ol animals into the United States, be modi- I fied so far as they relate to the admission of Mexican cattle into the United States as follows:
Mexican cattle, which have been inspected by an inspector of this department and found free from any infectious or con- I tagious disease may be admitted into that portion of the state of California, south and west of the said quarantine line of San Diego, and into that portion of the state of Texas, south and west of the said quarantine line, through the ports of Eagle Pass aud Laredo for grazing or for immediate slaughter.
Cattle may be admitted through the port of El Paso for immediate slaughter only. In all cases where cattle are admitted for immediate slaughter they shall be shipped by rail or boat to the point of destination.
On and after May 1, 1S95. cattle will be admitted at the port of Brownsville, Tex., for grazing and immediate slaughter. ,, J. STEKLING MOKTON, Secretary.!
Insane From Fright.
ST. LOUIS, April 16.—Rose Fatelle, the servant girl employed in the household of Dr. Arthur Duestrow, the millionaire who murdered his wife and son last year, has gone insane as the result of seeing the horrible crime committed. She was present when Duestrow brutally and without provocation shot his wife and boy, and the sight has so preyed on her mind as to unbalance it. A commission yesterday declared her insane and she will be sent to the asylum.
LOB Angeles' Flower Carnival. Los ANGELES, April 16.—Flower carnival week opened Monday with splendid weather. The city is gaily decorated and the hotels and boarding houses are crowded with strangers. The program is much more elaborate than in previous years, and each day will bo full of brilliant features. Every nationality represented among the residents of the city will be conspicuous in the grand parade.
North Pole Found.
PARIS, April 16.—The Figaro gives currency to a rumor that Dr. Nail son, the Arctic explorer, has found the north pole, and that it is situated on a chain of mountains. It is also said that Dr. Nair.Jcu planted there the Norwegian flag. The si "".yarded as without foiim1 it" ii of truth.
Indications.
Showers weather in north"•'slern portion east, winds.
E MARKETS.
t.oview "train and Livestock Markets j. For April 15. liuftalo. -No. 1 hard, 6ii)^c No. 1
Wheat
ern, (jtic No. red, '31.' 61c. Corn—No. 2 yellow, corn, 48}£c No. 2 corn, 49j4c Oats—No. 1 white, iiiijAc No.
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white, 35£e No.
white, 35%c No. 3
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mixed, 33j4c. Cattle—
Slow and weaker for common to fair grades. Hogs—Good mediums, §5 4U@ 45 good to choice, 85 45(i£5 50 roughs, $4 u0(g5 00 pigs, $5 20@5 30. Sheep and Lambs—Choice to best wethers, §4 50($ 4 75 good t.o choice, $4 4 50 fair to good mixed, |4 10«g4 75 lambs, fancy wethers, $5 50@5 (50 good to choice, ?5 75 @5 90 fair to good, $4 00(a 4 50 culls to common, $3 ~ouC.'S 75 spring lambs, common to choice. 50(uj8 50.
I'ittsburg.
Cattle—.. •?•, -5 75(^(5 25 good, $5 10@ 5 -io good buLcners, $4 150(^5 10 rough fat, $3 50@3 80 bulls, stags and cows, $2 00(t£3 SO fresh cows aud springers, $15 00@40 00. Hogs—Philadelphias, ?5 40 (i§5 50, best mixed, $5 30g5 35 Yorkers, $5 20(«}5 30 pigs, $5 00@5 10 rough, ^3 00c§4 50. Sheep Export wethers, $5 80©5 00 extra sheep, $4 60@4 60 good, $3 90©4 30 fair, $2 90(g3 40 common, $1 50@2 25 best lambs, $5 40(«)5 60 good lambs, $5 40OJ C-J common to fair, $2 00«§4 00 veal calves, 83 00@5 00 clipped sheep, $3 50@4 50.
Boston.
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Wool—Ohio and Pennsylvania XXX, 18c XX and above, liflOJ'jOlTc: X, 16c No. 1, 19@20c No. 2, 19agi21c fine unwashed, 12c IM merchantable, 1234(^ 13c Ohio combi»jo', No. 1 %(i)i-blood, 20@21c No. 2 blood, 2»f^21c Ohio delaine, 18@19c Michigc nd above, 15c No. 1,18@19o No. 2, 19c line unwashed, 10£@ 11c unmerchantable, 12c Michigan combing No. I blood, 20c No.
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-blood, 19c
Michigan delaino 17^@18c Kentucky, Indiana and Missouri: Combing %-blood, 16£($18c, do j4-hlood, 16j@18c do braid, 16 clothing %-blood, 15@17c ^-blood, 16® 17c coarse, 15c.
Cincinnati Tobacco.
Hhds.
Offerings —.' .....' ...... .2,$77 Rejections 667 Actual sales 1,510 Receipts 1,550
The offerings of new and old tobacco during the week sold as follows: 1,604 hhds new: 544, $1@3 95 448, $4@ 5 95 503. t@7 95 89, $8@9 95 72,110® II 75 87, $12@14 75 57, $15@19 75 4, $20@ 20 50. 673 hhds old: 2lS, fl@3 95 206, $4@5 95 130, ft(®7 95 40, |8 95 a9, $10 @11 75 25, »12(gil4 75 16, 815(gU9 2, 20.
Cincinnati.
Wheat—60c. Corn—46J£@47J^c. Cattle —Select butchers, $4 80@5 25 fair to good, $4 00(^4 75 comfnou, $3 00@3 85. Hogs— Selected and prime butchers, $5 20(t§5 25 packing, $5 00@5 15 common to rough, $4 00tf W. Sheep—|1 75@4 50. Lambs —$3 00(^5 50 spring lambs, $4 00@6 50
Chicago.
Hogs Salected butchers, $5 15@5 30
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ackers, $4 90@5 10. Cattle—Prime steers, .S'5@6 25 others, $3 25@4 75 cows and bulls, 81 1 85. Sheep 82 50@4 75 lambs, $3 25(^5 75.
New York.
Cattle— ?1 60(i6 50. Sheep—82 75@4 85 lam lis, $1 36.
HOMES OF 10APIAJS.
DESCENDANTS OF THE FRENCH ILES
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In accordance with tnese recommen- ,, found home in the pine strewn Creole htate.
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LOUISIANA.
Tlieir Quaint Old Dwellings and Farms litetain Many Ancient Features—The People Like Old Things and Old Ways Best.
Louisiana Hospitality.
[Special Correspondence.]
CALCASIEU PARISH, La., April 8.—Long fellow did not do his whole duly by the Acadian* in "Evangeline." IIo devoted the choicest of his descriptions and his most felicitous phrases to the land from which they were driven, and either through unfamil.iarity with its natural features or to heighten the contrast forgot to give more than a passing word to their new
Indeed there is not so much difference, except in climate, between their present, location and t' at from which they were exiled, described as abounding in
Murmuring pines and the hemlocks. Bearded with moss and with garments green, indistinct in the twilight.
Here are the "forests primeval," and tho gray Spanish moss which hangs like ghostly drapery from every tree makes a most effective detail in tho picture of vegetable life and luxuriance that everywhere abounds.
The Place of Happiness.
The Acadians who, in the final act of the various changes which Nova Scotia's proprietorship underwent, were exiled by the British in 1755 from their beloved settlement were in no respect of a peculiar race. They were simply French people who had emigrated to the new world to seek more favorable conditions. They found a fertile and attractive section in which to reside and wen* contented and happy. They called their home Acadia, orL'Cadie, the place of happiness, and when the tragic event occurred which drove them out the name Acadians clung to them, nor have they yet lost it.
Here among t!v.' Louisiana rice and sugar lands, whe/e live the descendants of the original exiles who sought freedom and peace under a southern sun, "Acadians" is a common designation. "Cadyans" it is pronounced by the average citizen, and they have corae to be thought of as a race apart, a people whose native country is not France, but Acadia. Tho term is frequently used indeed by those who know nothing of th-Mr history.
In many respects the exile was of material benefit to this people. The climate of Louisiana is far nearer that of France than tho casts of Nova Scotia. The French settlers entered eagerly upon the cultivation of the fertile acres, and large plantations witJi the great white porticoed mansions and a'score or two of negro cabins are mingled with the old Acadian homesteads that dot the entire southern Louisiana landscape.
Sacred Dwellings.
These homesteads are pictures of old time art in architecture and present, with their long, steep sloped roof, their outside chimneys and ovens and their queer
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porches, a most curious appearance to the stranger. Some of these houses, like the Andrus house, one of the oldest in the parish, were built nearly at the beginning of the century. The Andrus residence was erected in 1815 and is so well preserved that it is by no means a bad dwelling yet. It has been the family's headquarters all these fourscore^years, being handed down from father to son until it has liecome almost sacred, and an offer to purchase a member of the family would bo considered scarcely less insulting than one to buy tho roof which has sheltered several generations of ancestors. With this experience duplicated on every hand numbers of these families have gained the designation of "aristocracy," and they seem to have earned it.
Riches do not necessarily abound in a fertilo land, and the Acadian or old French families are not all wealthy. The war was destructive of many a fortune, and the depression in business has been felt here as well as in sections nearer the world's highways.
A visit to one of these old homesteads reveals anew pluise of life. It is as if ono were suddenly transported to a foreign land and W'TO set amid a new people. Many of tho adult members of Acadian families can speak no EnglLsh, and In tho homes French is spoken almost entirely. They are conservative in custom and manner and cling tenaciously to the habits and ways of their forefathers.
Said a business man in ono of tho leading towns of tho parish: "I went out last summer to the farm of a Cadyan family, and although I was prepared for considerable prlmltiveness I did not apprehend that I would see what I did. Tho family was quite poor, and perhaps that accounted to some extent for tho course taken. In the yjird was tho stump of a pine treo. It had boon hollowed out, and there, bending over it and working a huge pestle, Was tho husband, grinding rice into flour or as near to flour as ho could approach. The grain had bixrn cut by hand and winnowed, in the wind. This wiis an exceptional and unusual case but it shows that, it Is not necessary to go abroad to find odd customs and waj
Lotus Eaters.
On the other hand, progressiveness is seen in many of tho old French families. Tho younger generations are feeling the influonco of the northern immigration which is pouring so rapidly into tho south. They are buying Improved machinery and keeping In touch with the modern business life. However, they do not hurry. Life is long with them, and the balmy southern airs, tempered by gUlf breezes, inclino them to preserve some of tho manly leisuro that was characteristic of tho "basin of Grand Pre."
Talk to these people and they are charming conversationists. They are not very familiar with the topics that are so eagerly discussed In northern cities. They know littlo and, I imagino, care less about the gold reserve or the per capita of circula
tion while the tariff is an unsolved puzzle. But epe^ik of Frencli history, of the Acadian exile, and see their faces glow. Amusements, dancing, riding and tho af!airs of the heart am their texts, and how jloquent is the sermon! Just a littlo bewildering are the inrush of northern capital and the hum of sawmills, rice mills, sugar refineries and street cars. They would far rather drive the cattle afield, gather fruit of vine and tree, smoke odd shaped pipes and be happy.
The schools are nothing to bo proud of 5 in most of the parish settlements, and tho wealthy families send their children to New Orleans or farther north to bo educated. A large number indeed go so far fis to send their children to New England colleges, completely forgetting the old time differences. Their naturally delicate complexions are made still fairer by the exquisite care taken of them by the Acadians, young and old. The graceful, wide brimmed hats and the luxuriant dark hair are noted on every hand, and a childlike expression of trustfulness is seen in many faces. Here and there is one sturdy veteran of the lost cause" who seems a direct descendant of the old guard. They are proud of their war records and exploit tho deeds of the southern army with a pride whose impetuosity is softened by the passing of a third of a century.
The air of romance is everywhere in evidence in Acadia land. The fragrance of tho pages of "Evangeline" is spread over the people, and the studious among them aro as thoroughly familiar with tho events of the fateful departure from their northern home as with their prayer book or catechism.
Handsome Pictures.
"Social customs are among the most delightful of Acadian features. The natural French vivacity bubbles forth in all their pleasures. The almost perpetual summer gives opportunity for abundant outdoor delights and fetes and lawn parties, if tho jolly gatherings beneath the great pines and oaks may be so called, make the evenings joyful. Winding here and tliero among the farms, with their banks fringed in trailing festoons of Spanish moss, aro the bayous, not deep, but clear and still. Boats ride at anchor here and there, and tiny pleasure shells and lovers' voices come over the waters at frequent intervals after the day's work is done.
Of the Acadian descendants, it is said that thero arc 50,000 in Louisiana, but this figure is hard to verify or disprove. Tho changes of years have brought about such transformations in families and customs as to make it dillicult to distinguish now between the true Acadian and the more recently immigrated French who
have come from the fatherland at a comparatively much' more recent period. Honest Comfort.
The hospitality which characterized both "Basil, the blacksmith," and the farmer father of Longfellow's heroine exists in all its pristine strength. The stranger is made one of the family, and although he may miss tho newer inventions that go to make life in the cities a thing of ease and may find a primitiveness that he scarce could have believed existed in one of the nation's oldest settled communities he will nevertheless be charmed with the simplicity, the homely comfort, the complacent ease and lack of worry and hurry that are a part of tho life of these modern Acadians.
Numerous though it is, the old race iff ist passing away, and the progressive ideas of new immigration art? driving out olu wav:s. It wiil not be long before tho Acadian race will be as much a part of tho world's past history as is the poet's story of the IS ova. Scotia exile.
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Then are 400,000 miles of railroad in the world, of which about half an within the boundaries of the United States. This enormous mileage has been created practically within the last half century, and it has virtually revolutionized the business of the world and mankind's mode of life. "In 1850," said Mr. Depew, "it cost about 20 cents per ton per mile to get the products of the farm, tho mine or the factor)' to market, and for a 100 mile haul just about the whole value of the product, but by the introduction of railroads tho cost of carriage hits been reduced to 2 cents per ton per mile on tho average in Europe and eight-tenths of a cent per ton per mile iu the United States. "Theusual result of a reduction of price is that somebody suffers, but the reductions iu tho cost of living caused by tho railroads, which have made it possible for large populations to exist where none existed before, have not cost the world anything, but have been a clean contribution to mankind by tho construction of the railways. It has been demonstrated that the railways by the reduction of tho cost of transportation since 1850 return to the people of tho United States one-half of tho total amount of their stock and bonds as a dividend every year—that is to say, but for the railways it would cost the people of the United States one-half the amount of theso stotks and bonds more than it now costs to live as they exist today.
Thero aro employed on the Tailroads of the world about 3,000,000 of people, 1,000,000 of them in the United States, or ono man to every 70 of tho population. But thero is another feature of these statistics —a marvel iii mathematics, a romance as well as a reality. The carrying power of tho world is tho measure of the "prosperity of tho world. Tho carrying power of the world by rail, canal, steamship and sailing vessel marks whether the people can live comfortably or whether they must emigrate or starvo by reason of lack of employment. You suspend tor three months the operation of the railways of the United States, and within that tlnio twO-thirds of tho peoplo of the Unitoxl States would die of starvation. Ten days more of railroad paralysLs last summer during tho Debs strike would have made hundreds of thousands of peoplo suffer for food, although they had the money to purchase tho supplies they needed. There were about 150,000,000 of tons carried upon the oceans last year. About 10,000,000 of tons were carried upon tho canals of tho United States. About 14,000,000,000 tons were carried by tho world's railroads, of which 8,000,000,000 were carried on the railroads of tho United States. In other words, the railroads of the United States carried more than all tho steamers, the sailing vossels and the railroads of all tho "rest of tho world. Thero never was in tho romance jf figures such another magnificent tribute, inch a supurb monument, to tho prosperity if our own people."
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Hon. Chnuncoy M. Depow Gives Some Interesting Railway Statistics. |Special Correspondence.]
BfFl ALO. April S.—In the course of a recent address before the Railroad branch of the Y. M. C. A., not yet given out for general publication, Mr. Chauncey M. Depew presented some interesting statistics, showing very clearly the dominant position of American railroads.
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