The Opelousas courier., 1897-03-20

II Is said that the Emperor Of Russia
received over 500 threatening letters
prior to his journey to France.
The granddaughter of the late Baron
hlrsch Is heir to 500, 00o, 900, which
Yields about $4,000 0 day Of income.
Sir Hope Grant tells of a statue or
queen Victoria which was made in
india and had large rings in each nos.
tril.
chester A. Arthur, a son Of President
Arthur, Is making a tour of the far
west, with his sister, Miss Nellie Ar
thur.
hulhall, the noted statistieian, spent
over forty years in accommodating the
material for his one volume of sta.
tstics.
Mrs. Louise Chandler Moulton, the
american poetess, has returned to Lon
don after her s~ojourn in the sunny
South.
DI Maurier used to keep a vase on
his mantelpiece for his friends to drop
jokes into, which he thea used for
Punch"
Baron O. Wissmann, late Governor
of German East Africa, has been elect
ed President of the Berlin Geographical
Society.
Mr.. J.. Murrie, who claims to be the
inventor Of a successful aerial ma
chine, is a master engineer at Cranston
Hill, Glasgow.
Signora Duse is in Rome, rehearsing
with her company for a tour, which Is
to begin in Roumania. She has added
to her repertory pieces Of Pinero, Her
vieu and Glacosa.
Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett has
had her Washington home on Massa-
chusetts avenue furnished up through
out, and will presently return from
England to occupy 1t.
Queen Victoria, in return for the
gifts brought to her by Ii Hung Chan.
from the Emperor Of China, is going t.
send to that ruler a jeweled miniature
portrait of herself. painted by MIS-.
Corbould-E Ellis.
Louis Napoleon was Of opinion that
no man should vote who was not mar
ried. Married men, he thought, had a
different sentiment toward their coun-
try from the unmarried, and a greater
stake in it's welfare.
The Tenor-Miss Hysee, you are SIM
ply talking through your hat. The So
prano-Maybe l am, sir, but l don't
sing through my nose.-Chicago Trib.
une.
AS he paid the bill for the sea!skin
sacque
The maiden's father said with a sigh:
The summer girl is very dear,
But the winter girl comes just as high"
Chicago. Tribune.
Broker Ito his valeD-John, 1 have
lost a lot of money and have had to get
an inferior brand Of cigars. Do you
intend to remain with me?-Fliegende
Blaetter.
Mamma-Where's papa? Flora-He's
down stairs. Mamma-What's he do
ing? Flora-His bicycle Is out Of breaf
and he's giving it some more.-London
Figaro.
Rose is wearing a chrysanthemum
that is fully three weeks old" 'Is she
SO economical?" mo; she wants the
rest Of US girls to think that some mar
gave 1t to her."-Chicago Record.
"Batts Is quite q Bohemian in his
ways, isn't hep "Batts? No. Never.
He got hold Of a. ive-dollar bill last
week, and what do you think he did2
Went and bought a meal tlcket."-In-
d%ianapolis Journal.
Mrs. Chippering-So these are your
children, are they? Mrs. Marrow-Yes,
and everybody says they are just the
image Of me. Mrs. Chippering-Why,
so they are, poor little things!-Boston
Traveller.
"Have you ever called upon Miss
Point Breeze" asked Dinwiddie of Van
Braam. "Only once" "Her father is a
fore-handed man, I understand" Eyes,
fore-footed, too."-Pittsburg Chronicle
Telegraph.
"Fm afraid that ~17-year-od girl Of
Thompson's Is a little lacking in musi-
cal education" "Why?" II asked her
what she thought Of comic opera, and
she said 1t was just grand."-Indian-
apoIis Journal.
The Count-"My dear Mees Goldollar,
I want you to marry me-" Heiress-
"oh, Count! am ~speechless with sur
PRICE" The Count-"Zat is al! right;
your money. talk."-New York Com.
mercial Advertiser.
With tears In his deep brown eyes he
pleaded earnestly for a little more time.
But the finty-hearted landlord re-
Stained unmoved. Consequently, the
tv,nant didn't remain in that condition.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
DR.. Blunt-"We must wake her, be-
cause I want to ask her II she has
obeyed my orders" The Patients Hus-
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., 1t might be as
well to-ah-put that question In o
ompwh different orm.'-Puck.