The Opelousas courier., 1883-04-14
uluctuations in Fortune.

ME marshals of Napoleon b.
..arte were generally men Of
ssp,l,le origin; they came up
eas,,, the ranks. The same may
IS sai,l afthe most noted Amer
If the last half-century.
shs,l,am Lincoln was trail split
s. Andrew Johnson an illit"rate
's:Iar who was taught his let
sass IL his wife, james A. Gar
espa as a boy, held the reins of
.,,,l. 10 tow II canal boat. JAY
1a',ld commenced as u cowboy
I. Goninbia County, New York,
md When he first came to the
%ssafropolls il was 10 sell Il pat
WI 's,a.,usp-trap. James r. Kecnr
\ sroye milk wagon IN Sacranlrn-
y II Raftls Hatch commenced his
career BY selling garden sass"
Il Anplptnn kept a country gro
IN. siorr, Henry Willard was a
81. lnllar-a-wepk reporter, II. b.
4 alaain was a Vermont school
t~sacller, the parents OF Charles
annunor were very poor Irish
.,aaule. Peter Cooper was Il hat
tspss mlprenlict, and VIM. Fl.
j Vanderbilt, during all his early
! life. d poor farmer on Staten
Island. Every locality in this
ennntry has its rich and famous
men who commenced life with
o,,t any advantage in the way
e mrentage or fortune.-Demo-
rests Monthly for April.
The Russian Imperial family
L we'll provided for in the mat.
fprof money. The Gar receives
annually about $4,000 900 for
his household expenses, and as
Alexander Ill has All economi-
al streak, he no doubt manages
ID IAN np a little ut the end Of
each year. The Czaritza receives
100000 and the means Of sup
nort for her court. Every child
If the Gar, while a minor, re-
selves 100000, and on becom-
inc of age-at twenty-every
SOD aud grandson receives $780,
GOO, and their wives $4O0, 900
each. The Grand Dnchesses get
Is q dowry about 500, 900 each.
8 Af this money is paid from the
Treasury. Besides, the imperial
family has the crown estates for
3 is own use. And yet, at last
accounts, Alexander was not
happy.
Dr. Guidrah, of Victoria, has
inrentel an electrical apparatus
called the electroscope, by which
i person can not only speak with
d distant friend, hnt actually see
him. A description Of a test Of
the machine in the presence of
forty scientific men at Melbourne
II Thus described "Sitting in a
dark room, they saw projected on
d large disk of White-burnished
metal the race course at Elem
ington, with its myriad hosts Of
active beings. Each minute de
tail stood out with perfect fidel-
1T to The original, and as they
looked at the wonderful picture
through bilocular glasses, it was
difficult to imagine that they
WeFe moi actually on the course
lEaelf, aud moving among those
whose actions they could so COM
plelely sean,n
-4----@A . N~-
Is remarkable invention is des-
egibegl by the Electrical Review.
Il i 4 device for photographing
n / telephone exchange all per-
sohs using the telephones on
wires ellanating thereiron. The
photograph appears Oh u ribbon
VAleh runs under the eye Of the
%opefator. 1t the person using
gae Instrument ii not d subscri-
aDeF, Che fact Is at once apparent,
and the person iii whose Office
tile telephone ii located is char
gefl . 6setl sum for allowing his
instrument to be used by one
pot entitled to use it. Each rib
oon viii hold go photographs,
and When fill will be filed away.
W l.aWsonLong, Of Helyoke,
Mass made. Il request when dy-
W slllf 10 person. should nn-
rover llsaui while oni ot doors
a~l1ssihilns his flueral. He said
a.lal dnfing his nle,l,cal cSpe-
&'sa'sf q stNts Years he had
s'A00H 50 msny eases where
asa1la followed exposure 1T I'm
aslals thai hn wanted to start i
NMe Arkansas InuisI,fnrt. has