The Opelousas courier., 1894-04-28
NOTES AND

tlOn mat within flVe years she expects tC
raise all that she needs for home con-
sumption.
"MY father was a great land specula-
tor" said a Western Congressman; che
bought land by Thousands of acres; but
the old gentleman had to be satisfied at
last with only 6 feet of it,
STATISTICS show that over 5000, OOO
women are earning independent incomes
in this country. There are some $500
nracticing medicine, 5000 managing
post Offices, 275 preaching the Gospel,
and ia New York City alone 81, 900 OF
them supporting tleir husbands.
BRAD rREET's says that the present
worlds crop of oats is the smallest for
many years past, not even excepting the
Russian famine year Of 1891, when the
crop in that country was only 400, 600, :
coo bushels. The worlds present crop of
oats is PIT, coo, 0OO bushels less than last
year aud l66, O0G, O9O bushels below the
average.
WIrn the c~heapcning Of silver has
come an extension of its use in the fine
arts that promises in time to widen the
market for the products of the Colorado
mines. People are buying in solid silver
many small articles that used to be
plated, aud silver plate has bcen sub
stituted in other cases where hitherto
the baser metals have been almost en-
clusiycly used.
SWAMI VINE KASANDA, a Brahmin
priest, is lcctLring in the West on the
manners and customs of India, having
recently made his appearance in Mime
apolis. His lectures are more on the
outward aspects of Indian l;fe than on
the philosophy of the faith he represents.
lleappears in the native Indian garb. and
is said to be broad minded, intelligent
and keen in criticism.
Tue inquest over the corpse of a sot
who recently drank himself to death in
England brought to light the rather
significant fact that the dead mans life
had been insured for 500 by the liquor
seller. whom he chiefly patronized. No
secret was made of the affair, and it is
said to be quite a common thing in
England, the liquor seller thus covering
the loss of business which would follow
the death of a valuable customer.
THE person who would probably take
the throne in Brazil in case a monarchy
should be established is the young Dom
Pedro d'Alcantara, eldest son of the
Countess d'Eu, only child of the Empe-
ror Dom Pedro. The young Dom Pedro
was a great f%ayorite of his grandfather
and accompanied him when the old en-
peror was driven into exile. The youth
is now IS, tall, slim and fair, with Il
withered left arm, like the German en-
peror. Heis, however, IN expert horse
man and an athlete. When it was re
ported some months ago that the young
prince had sailed for Brazil he was
quietly studying in Vienna. His earlier
education was carried on in Portugal and
France.
Prominent Cinnamon on the Pacific
coast arc predIctinga big exodus of their
c%ountrymcn from this continent and all
other lands to the celestial empire within
a year or two. They go to be present at
sixty years and at which every subject of
the great emperor tries to be present.
Hundreds of thousands, maybe mill
ions, of Chinese from all parts of the en-
pire and the world will be there" says
Interpreter Pom Sc, of San Francisco.
''All nations will be invited and everybody
ought to go, for it VIII be the sight of a
lifetime" The fair, he says was founded
many centuries ago and has been held
regularly since. He is not sure of the
exact date, but it is within two years.
Great preparations are being made for it
all over the empire and announcement
of it will soon be made to the world.
A LONDON letter says: 'The Empress
Eugenic has settled down into the soil
tude which best enables her to endure
her memorable and cumulative SORROWS.
Her tall, sad figure goes in and out
among us with only the recognition of
silent sympathy. The empress likes to
have communication with as few people
as possible. For instance, when she
shops (she does her en- shopping) she
likes to be waited on ~ the same sales
man always. | was witnessing an incl
dent of this sort the other day. The
empress walked into a we'll known West
Eud shop and asked for Mr.. -, nam
ing one of the head men. She was told
he was out, %whereupon she remarked
that she would call again, and went
away. I was told that she certainly
would come again; that Mr.. - always
waited on her, and that she would not be
served by any one else.'
SAYS an American now in Japan, in
the Chicago Record: "The first gentle
man who called upon me at the Grand
uataJ NrIych,p,o uoc All Shinr IN,
porter and tailor. He made an early
call-6.20. He remarked outside the
door: Mister, me can measure you suit
! clothes. Alice samee hot Call around
| again, please; l am not up yet He did.
Called again at $50. Desiring TO en-
courage enterprise in a foreign country,
| | let him in. Take measure now?' he
said. Go it, / replied, because it was
rcd hot and the Japanese sun was shining
clear through the panes, shades and
shutters. Make suit s.. So He had
samples with him in a valise. Suit
ready morrow morning. And, true
| enough, he did. All Shing is a Chinese
merchant who has done business in
Japan for several years. He employs
forty-three t~ailors, and can give some of
our merchants many pointers on prices
and promptness."
THE railroads, like every other form
of business enterprise in the country,
have had a hard time the past year,
judging from the number who went into
the hands of receivers. The statistics,
compiled by one of the trade papers,
show that there are seventy-one separate
companies who became bankrupt. The
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