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The Opelousas courier., 1893-10-21


The notions with regard to property
rights fostered by French socialism
seem TO be right curious. Not long
ago o manufacturer of Paris, M. Gle.
ment, finding that he was the victim
OF a system of petty offerings, amount
ing in the aggregate to o considerable
value, engaged detectives to spot the
guilty parties. Quite a number of his
employees were caught in the act, and
when arrested confessed that they were
responsible for the disappearance OF
She articles that M. Clement had
missed. He proposed to make an ex-
ample of them, and was surprised at
being informed that If he did all his
employees would go out on a strike.
The men said that he was rich enough
20 stand such petty losses without max
ing q fuss about it, and that it was o
shame that their comrades should be
punished for such little things.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-10-21

A curious exodus has been for coin.
years and is still going on from Canadatc
che United States. The descendants
of Revolutionary Tories and sympa'
thizers with Great Britain in the wal Of
1924 are emigrating to the State Of
New York and to the Northern New
England States in large numbers. They
come quietly, and because this country
was the home of their fathers they feel
it to be their natural home. The New
York News asserts that the feeling is
hereditary, and of piece with the de-
sire of the Israelites in Babylon and
Egypt to go back to the homes oftneir
ancestors.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-10-21

The Rochester Jewish Tidings OBJ.
serves: Whenever ships from Euro
pean countries visit American cities
there is liable to be considerable loss
of sailors from desertion. This coun-
try is attractive to the people of all
ether lands, and it is said to be a grow
ing habit of many who wish to come
10 the United States to ship as sailors
and then desert the first chance they
get. These immigrants come in with
ont paying any fees and without the
usual examination to which by law
immigrants + subjected. But a man
willing to work his passage as a sailor
shows some of the qualities essential to
good citizenship. He is not likely to
become . pauper SO long as he can
work, and the ability to support him
self goes far toward making him a use
ful ii not valuable citizen.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-10-21

Ex-Secretary of the Interior Noble,
Sho has been taking q trip through
0klahoma, speaks with enthusiasm of
tts progress. He has found it land Mr.
Noble is q good deal of d farmer him
aslf) one of the most prosperous parts
Of the country. In wheat-growing i
promises to rival the famed Red River
Valley, and il makes an excellent show
ing in every class of produce. The
farmers, most of whom came from the
Northwestern States, are q hard-work.
Ing, thrifty, law-abiding set of people.
ssTho main towns in the Territory"
says Mr.. Noble. fare highly prosper
QUE and look twenty years old to the
stranger, instead of four. They are
we'll laid out and the streets are being
rapidly filed with substantial build
ings. There il little or no speculation
among the settlers. There are no com
binations, but every man goes about
his business ia the old-fashioned way.
know of no man who has grown sud.
denly rich since the opening of the
Territory, but at the same time nobody
who has put his money into it has had
aseAaon to xagEaf his actiann
The Opelousas courier., 1893-10-21
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

The sea containsa solution of 2,G00,.
900 tons of salt.
Buckwheat cakes, according to O
Berlin physician, will give heartburn.
A scientist has discovered th9t wo'
men live longer than mel because they
talk more.
In the northern hemisphere all
storms ~revolve from right to left; in
the southern hemisphere they revolve
from left to right. d.
Simultaneous telephoning and tele'
graphing on the same wire has been
successfully tested in Germany on q
line 100 miles long.
Poison ivy is considered less poison
Dus when the sun is shining on it,
| while at night or in the shadow it is
especially dangerous.
At Selma, Ala, there is an artesian
we'll provided with two tubes, one Of
which spouts pure cold water, the
other warm water tronglyimpregnated
with iron.
A petriied whale, ZIG feet long, has
| been discovered in Costa RIGA in o rift
between two mountain peaks some dis
lance from San Jose, and $500 feet
above the level of the sea
The worlds rainfall record has been
broken, with a foot or so to spare, at
Crohamhurst, a small settlement on the
western slope of Mont Blanc, in south.
east Queensland. The standard gauge
at the meteorological office registered
104, 20, 354 and 104 inches, respee,
lively, on four successive days,
Brilliancy of color is obtained by
placing complementary colors together
and q combination of uncomplemen.
tary colors subdues them. Thus, when
green and red are placed side by side
each becomes brighter, but if yellow
be placed beside green it throws a blue
shade on the green and the green
throws a red shade on the yellow, both
thus losing some of their brightness.
According to a table prepared re,
Gently by a French scientist, the aver
age growth of the human species varies
at different ages. During the first
year after birth the growth is II
inches; from 2 to 8, II inches from 8
to 4, Il inches from 4 to 6, about 81
inches annually; from 7 to 8, p
inches; from 8 to -, 2 inches yearly ;
from IL. to IS, l and $40 inches from
Is to IA, q inches from Is to 16, 2
inches; from 16 to IT, nearly 2 inches.
After this, although growth continues
until sometimes late in the 20's, it rap
idly diminishes in quantity.
Professor Virgins believes that tel
egraph wires cause drouth, that the
atmosphere cannot absorb moisture
unless it is charged with electricity,
and that upon an oblate spheroid like
the earth the electricity will inevitably
collect at the equator. In this way he
explains the frequency of rains at the
equator. eff, however," he says,
''there be elevated spots on a sphere,
electricity will collect on them. Should
these spots or continents be connected
by wires it might accumulate on each
alternately. This has happened this
year, and America has all the electric
energy and Europe has lost 1t SO that
QUE continent is flooded and Europe is
burned up with drouth." His conclu-
sion from all this is that electric wires
should be buried.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-10-21
ancestors.

The inventor Of the outlet proof
uniform, Herr DOVE, in Mannheim,
who only a few months ago refused to
Gil an American order for a single
bullet proof o~vercoat. for which gar
ment the American offered $3.50, has
had the misfortune of accommodating
email debts as fast as newspaper notoe
riety, and the other day all his
property, including his furniture and
he evening dress suit which he bought
70 YEA at a hoped for audience with
the Kaiser, was sold at auction. Thus
another one-day wonder has been
trampled into the dust. The man
who seemed to be destined to bring
about o change in modern warfare in
the hands of the sheriff. This is, in.
deed. q queer world.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-10-21
"wHERE HELEN SITS."'

Where Helen sits, the darkness is SO deep,
No golden sunbeam strikes athwart the
gloom;
No mothers smile, no glance of loving eyes,
Lightens the shadow of that lonely
Yet the clear whiteness of her radiant soul
Decks the dim walls, like angel vestments
shed.
The lovely light of holy innocence
Shines like a halo round her Bonded head,
Where Helen sits.
Where Helen sits, the stiffness is SO deep,
No children's laughter comes, no song OF
bird.
The great world storms along its noisy way,
But in this place no sound is ever heard.
Yet do her gentle thoughts make melody
Sweeter than aughtfrom harp or VOL flung
And Love and Beauty, curing each to each,
Sing as the stars of Eden's morning sung
Where Helen sits.
Laura e. Richards, in the Century.
*Helen Keller, deaf, dumb and blind.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-10-21

nots," and he resolved to try his luck,
even in a forlorn hope.
sis Miss Esmond at homer" he asked
of the old housekeeper, who came IT,
the door.
ssMiss EsmoM wished me to say
specially that she was never at home
to MI. Milrbook any more" was the
cold reply.
And Harry went his way %lamenting.
| He had chosen his lot, and he must
abide by it. And thus Barbara escaped
the snares laid for her.-New York
Weekly.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-10-21
BARBARA'S ESCAPE.
BY HELEN FORREST GRAVES.

EALLY and &C.
tually engaged II
is a strange sort Of
feeling, and yet il
isn't unpleasant.
Barbara Esrnond
stood in the middle
'of the room, one
slender hand poised
by it's forefinger OF
the table, the other
holding back the
jetty tresses from
her pure, low brow
she was very beauti'
full, in a dark, gilt
tering style of beau
The Opelousas courier., 1893-10-21
Vitality of Century Plant.

There is a curiosity near Antioch
that illustrates the great vitality CT
desert plants. Two years ago a very
large century plant was dug up in y
lot next to that of Doctor Parkisoll
and thrown out. 1t was exposed to
sunshine and rain for all that time
without any apparent life. To pre-
vent teams from running INTO tho
corner of the lot the doctor rolled the
inert mass out to the corner, and
strange to say it has taken root and is
now sending up delicate stocks, upon
which will soon appear the beautifus
flowers characteristic of the Species
Antioch (Cal.l Ledger.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-10-21
LOUISIANA
OPELoUsAs,
An advertisement in q San Francisc

An advertisement in q San Francisco
paper, for 'the first white child born
in California" brought II, 713 letters,
each written by a person who claimed
that distinction. Still the New York
Ledger alleges that there are yet a few
thousand more ''irst white children"
20 be heard from.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-10-21
New Shaving Saloon.

HAVING recently built and refurnished
IL throughout, my Barber Shop, am
now prepared, with increased facilit'e',
toserve the public in First-ClasS Sly lie
my new quarters between Brand and
sriarity's. Shaving, Hair Cutting,
shampeoipg, etc. done in the highest
style of the art. Give me 8 call
E. A. BODEMULLER.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-10-21
ENSlONS 81.

g. ACT OF JUNE 81, 1s9o-Pensons soldiers aud sailors of the var of 81
rebellion who served 90 days and wereh onoraby discharged from the service ana
dren, dependent parents fathers and mothers. All pensions under this Act will
commence from the date of filing the formal application aftr the passage of the
good unless fled in the Pension Bureau on or after June a. 1890, clate of the
H As d sia 5a IL f the form or ns s96s'1 sas! Z. p, sasoS = 9g y tbs - Secretary. sSs;,o,,, The 9. rates;
child of soldier under sixteen years; and if thu widow dies the child or children
car draw such pension. The soldier is entitled to any rate from Sc to $2 DIR
may apply under this one, orr penioner under this one may apply under other
laws, but can draw only one pension at the same time. This Inv requires in q sol.
diersor sailors CASE:
~ An honorable discharge.
~ That he served att least ninety days.
C0 A permanent physical or mental inability to earns smpport but not dine
vicious habits: ct need not have orgnsted in the servicej
C0 That he was honoably discharged.
- Proof Of death, but it need not have been the results of his Army or
Nsrhat the widow is "without other means of support than her daily
o. That she married soldier prior to June 81, 1885, the date of the Act.
der S q T 1s~' v ,ns sd Ss. Or sailor i'd died . Of wound' i1jKy " disease, which, n
~ That he left NJ wife or minor child.
C0 That the mother or father Is at present depenAIt on her or his O y.
ua labor, Or The contributions Of others not legally I'D for their sir' w %a
The benehtso o. the first section of the Act of June 81, 1890, are not confined to
ali parents where reasonable dependence has arisen on account Of the deatS of a
son who served, since said war. in behalf of the United States, a well as for dis
~ That in case a minor child is insane, idiohc or other wise permanently
helpless, the pension shall continue during the period Of such disability and 'by
under this OF any former statute, and such pensions shall commence fro n she Ssno
of application therefor after passage of this Act.
The rules and regulations of the Department will govern all ar,lcono ors
attorneys "fP'"1' "0
~ Under Act Of Jnes 81, 1890, pensions arr granted to Soldier. M sq70,
W-NOTICEl-Dr. ". r, Lasrapes having recently BEN anpoin.el T. 9
Examining Surgeon fer Pensions at opeousas La, iii is now of special in.rs .drn
IA y cn o D examined without having to sustain the expenses If grin, 70
EeE Orleans for medical exami ration, at which place thy hv, her tofSre 1sU
directed to go. "'
HART II. SANDOz.
-o. Q. s. PENSION CLAIM AGENT,
0sSS.o@ "S R@ Jh" " evd~. opasssa Loaasns.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-10-21

Helen Keller, deaf, dumb and blind
The Opelousas courier., 1893-10-21
HART H.. SANDOz.

Q. s. PENSION CLAIM AGENT.
~ssvso& S@ 1@ dh" n eram, 9ssssss, Louasns.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1893-10-05
PURELY PERSONAL.

Georgia Cayvan has fad for collectn,
fancy pins; she has some that wer,
made in the time of Queen Bess.
A bauble which hangs in Miss Heller
Gould's drawing-room is Japancs,
crystal, which cost somewhere in tn,
neighborhood of 5000.
Senator Allen OF Nebraska is o feet
inches in height and OF robust frame. A
chair has been specially constructed fol
his accommodation in the Senate.
Lord Leicester has had two wives, anc
his eighteenth child was born II few dayt
ago. His eldest child, Lady Powerscourt
is 80 years old. Nevertheless Leicester
voted against home rule.
DR.. William Elliott of New Haven
Ky, is 30 years old, but on the occasion
OF Il dance ut his house few evening,
ago he took up his violin and PLAYED tn,
music for the first Quadrille.
0ne-fourth OF the Board of Trustees
of the Peabody Educational Board (six.
teen mcmbers) has died this year-Sen.
ator Gibson, Louisiana; TX. President
Hayes, A. j. Drexcl and Hamilton Fish
Rev. Henry Vrooman, who assumed
charge OF Swedenborgian Church in
Baltimore, is one of five brothers, all ol
whom are clergymen. Three Of them
are Congrcgationalists and the other a
Baptist.
Captain Marshall Russell, one of the
oldest pioneers of the Pacific Coast, who
crossed the plains with one OF the first
exploring expeditions and was Mexi-
can war veteran, died ut the Bay View
Hotel in Gold Beach,
Sir Arthur sullivan during his summer
residence ut Wevhridgc has progressed
So satisfactorily with the new comic op.
era, which he is composing for the Savoy,
that D'oyly Carte has already put the
work into choral rehearsal.
DIR. Ella 4. Chandler OF st. Paul was
unanimously elected member OF the
Minnesota State Dental Association at
its late meeting in that city. She is the
first lady member OF the association and
the first woman practitioner in the State.
Chief Justice Love OF Delaware OK.
presses the opinion that il was ON the
Delaware aud Maryland Peninsula that
the Garden OF Eden was located, and
that IL was with n peach that Eve tempt.
cd Adam, Tue crop with which the
growers tempted the country this season
will actually exceed 5000, 200 baskets.
DIR. Henry G. Reno has Just died al
Spokane. lie was native Of st. Louis
and 81 years old. lie served during the
war Rs an army surgeon, receiving
wounds which seriously disabled him ali
the rest OF his life. lie was n member
of the Grand Army as well as the Ma.
sonic fraternity He had lived in Spo
kane county several years,
Dr, J. Irving Manatt, who was elected
professor OF Greek literature at Brown
University last year, returns this autumn
nom his four years residence in Athens
tD begin his duties. Recent magazine
articles of his have attracted consider,
able attention. His advent at Brown il
expected TO give notable stimulus to
elS,ieUl study ~ shst INSTITUTION,
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1893-10-05
Blighted Hone,

Teddy Vanderchump. a young society
man man mas been paying his addresses TO
mss hose Bondclipper of Madison ave
nue., dis visits have been very frequent
9t late' and last night Tommy. Miss
Roses younger brother. said:
lou ought to come and see us every
evening Mr.. vanderchump."
Why, Tommy
Because it makes Sister Rose so hap
py 70 have you go away you ought not
to miss an evening""
Ihey missed Teddy for the rest Of that
evening. Texas siftings.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1893-10-05

a russian journal reports AN interest.
w!,. ;Hs case OF philanthropic physician
, iSiimg the patients of his districts tha
uoc.or .s found that in many instances
Ineir sickness was caused by hunTor
10 lne most needy he prescribed "siy
pounds Of pure rye -four in doses Of tv,o n
pounas a day" he ordered his pasent
70 get the medicine at the drug staS -
,ne nearest village, where il would 10
issued issue , free of charge every day. The
So0a doctor made arrangements with
tne druggist to supply the tiour n, ~. M
expense In this way his patients will III
winter 'H' "noie
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-02-24
GOVERNOR wnRrs' VETO.
The House Overrides His Objections te
the Race Track Bills.

TRENTON. Feb. 4.-The expected veto
message of Governor Werts on the three
race track bills was received by the house
of assembly yesterday, moment after the
opening prayer had been said. The COVER
nor characterized the measures as uncop
stitutional and opposed to public policy.
In conclusion he says:
1.-THE matter is not dealt with as prac-
tice to be suppressed, restrained or regu-
lated, but rather as one to be protected and
encouraged. do not think that proper
way to deal with the subject. / shall not
advert to the alleged demoralizing effects
to society and the individual attending
upon and resulting from legalized orille2al
betting. Those are questions that address
themselves to the personal consideration of
each legislator"
Under the constitution of New Jersey a
bill may be passed over the governors
veto by a vote of a majority of the whole
number of members of each house Action
upon veto cannot be taken on the day on
which the veto is sent in.
Speaker Flynn ordered the message to
be spread upon the minutes of the house
In the regular order.
This morning the house took up the
vetoed bills and passed them over the veto.
The senate laid them over until tomorrow
morning, when they will convene to pass
them The Republicans in the senate will
make a most desperate struggle against
them
The farmers of the the state are on top
In the fight against the bill to destroy the
state board of agriculture and substitute
" commissioner of agriculture. The meas
nre is now asleep in committee, and may
be smothered in its slumber.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-02-24
BANDITS SENTENCED FOR LIFE.
The Crime for Which They Will End
Their DAYS in Prison.

PALERMO, Feb. 24.-The Italian govern
ment is pushing AS vigorously as possible
its warfare against the Sicilian bandits,
Yesterday eleven brigands were convicted
before the assize court at Caltanisetta,
twenty-eight miles northeast of Girgcnti,
and all of them were sentenced to penal
servitude for life. The crime for which
these men were arrested is an atrocious
one, though it has had many parallels in
Sicily In August last they captured a
wealthy landowner named Billotti and de-
manded for his release 5000 lire In let
ters written from his place of captivity Bill
lotti called upon members of his family to
forward the money to his captors, stating
that if it was not sent the brigands threat
ened to kill him. The money was raised
but it failed to reach the robbers at the
time they had set for its delivery to them,
and they therefore proceeded to put their
threats TO kill Billotti into execution. The
evidence adduced at the trial showed that
the hrigands placed their victim at stake
and built fire around him. After he was
almost dead the brigands strangled him
until life was entirely extinct
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-02-24
The Upper Body Rushes Through Two
Heavy Approximation Bills

WASHINGTON, Feb 24.-Good progress
was made in the senate yesterday In dis
posing of the absolutely necessary work Of
congress. Within less than an hour two
of the general appropriation bills-the
diplomatic and consular and the military
academy were read, considered and
passed. And then the legislative, execu-
tive and judicial appropriation bill (Which
appropriates about S23 000, ,000s Yas taken
up and considered up till the sfme of ad
journment, all the amendments that We're
reported from the committee having been
agreed to except two that were reserved
for discussion and action today. There
was no discussion at all on either of the
first two bills.
The incident in the house yesterday was
the ovation rendered to the next secretary
of the navy, Hillary A. Herbert, of Ala
bama He entered the hall during the
consideration of the conference report on
the army appropriation bill and although
he sought to escape observation he failed
to do So He was warmly greeted and,
without regard to party, his colleagues
WED with each other in doing him honor
Then the Indian appropriation bill was
taken up and discussed till adjournment,
Notwithstanding the opposition of Mr..
Hatch, of Missouri, who desired to call up
the anti-options bill.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-02-24
AN OLD swINDLER CAUGHT.
He Is One Of the Best Known Counter
feitsrs in America.


NEW York, Feb. A.-Inspector Nc
Laughlin has arrested Stephen c. Broad
well, an ex-convict, famous counterfeiter
and notorious bank swindler. Broadwell's
latest heavy swindling operations were in
Cincinnati and Detroit. where the leading
banks Of both cities were heavy losers by
his methods. Broadwell, who is 90 years
old, was found to be very sick and was
taken to Bellevue hospital as prisoner.
1t Is said that his chances for recovery are
doubtful.
The specific charges against Broadwell
are that on Feb. 49, 1892, he swindled
the Third National Bank of Cincinnati
out of 81 1872, the First National Bank of
Cincinnati out of 81 1888 and the German
National Bank of Cincinnati out of 81, 1884:
that on May II, 1892, he defrauded the
Third National Bank of Detroit out of
si,7s2 and the City Savings Bank of De
troit out of 81, ,4s5.
Broadwell has famous record. He is
pne of the best known counterfeiters in
America. He was arrested in 1880 for
carrying counterfeit goods. About that
time the country was flooded with so many
$50 counterfeit notes of the Spanish bank
of Havana that that bank was compelled
to withdraw the issue of bills of that de-
nomination.
Broadwell was the main mover In the
counterfeiting. After the $50 bills were
withdrawn Broadwell counterfeited the
E25 notes. He negotiated with Spanish
merchant on Madison avenue in this city
to sell him s25 900 of the counterfeit bills.
The merchant notified the police and
Broadwell was arrested in the act of pass
ing over the goods,
If he lives Broadwell will be taken west
for trial