The Opelousas courier., 1883-09-22
TOPTCS OF THE DAY.

about 800 individuals of the species.
And they are, in truth, a queer CON
pany. They live under a sort of So
clal organization, which, though elias
Tic In most respects, has at least one
lnVlolable rule. Smoking among the
bales of hay is rigidly forbidden, and
any member caught violating it is at
once expelled. If he attempts to sneak
back into fellowship he is thrown into
The dock. and only pulled out in time.
to save his life. He is then ordered to,
depart forthwith, under penalty of an.
other ducking. The hay-bunkers di-
vide the results of thieving and the.
collections from stray beer kegs with
fraternal impartiality. -
The inhabitants of the Indian Ter
ritory have discovered that there is
money to be made by raising cattle,
and the Cheyenne and Arapahoe tribes
have been led by this to make an adj
vantageous contract with ranchmen,
to whom they have leased 100000
acres of their unoccupied land. The
annual rental is $62,357, BIT half Of
this sum is to be paid in cattle. The
first semi-annual payment was made
recently, when the lessees brought two
thousand pounds of silver dollars from
Kansas and distributed them among
the members Of the tribes. A payment
Of cattle will be made some six months
hence. The Indians propose to em-
ploy a competent white man to take
charge of their cattle, and 1T is sad
that at the expiration of the lease, ten.
years hence, they may have a herd
worth 100000. The Interior De-
partment will assist them.
Brigandage has vanished fronlpaH,
save in remote districts, and a travel
Ter a go where he will in perfect
safety. This is due to the civil guards.
For many yearsthe co~untrysWas cursed
with organized bands of robbers who
were the terror of whole districts. At
last the government organized a band
Of admirably disciplined and well
armed men and stationed them on the
principal routes as escorts and patrols,
under the name of National Civil
Guards. They are composed of TWEEN
ty thousand foot and five thousand
horse guards. They are dressed in a
lark blue uniform and armed with RI
les. These guards are stationed in
couples in every town and village and
along every public highway. They
are the police of Spain, and perform
their duties with efficiency. Two of
them meet every train at every sta
zion, protect tourists from imposition,
exert themselves to assist every one in
trouble or perplexity, and check all
disturbances and disorders. They have
special powers given them, and exer
else summary punishment on those
| who resist their authority.
A new hotel has been built in the
Catskills by a Philadelphia millionaire
named Harding A few summers ago
he was visiting with his family at an
other hotel, where the host, when the
boarders complained, would tell them
hat they didn't pay for their feed;
that he gave them that. What they
paid for was the mountain air. If
they didn't like the price they could
90 to some other hotel" One day
Harding's daughter thought she would
like broiled chicken for breakfast, and
her father asked if it could not be OBJ
tained-for a consideration. 70 the
landlords inSOlent refusal and MS al
vice to find another hotel if that didn't
suit, MI. Harding replied chat he
would build a hotel where guests could
get what they wanted by paying for it
and the mountain air would not be
charged for. The hotel was built IN
one hundred days, after the road bad
been made to the top of the mountain.
When the checks came in thick and
fast to pay for the work, the Catskill
bank telegraphed to q Philadelphia
bank. for advice. The reply casf
for us George Hardings cheeks up t. (
eleven millions and then adviser u.s.
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