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The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-22
Il UnexlLared RriHia.

The richest parts of BOLIVIA have
MOI been surveyed. and there are great
provinces here which are practically
uneXplored. There are some sections
which are as unknown as Central AfTi,
ca, and their Inhabitants have as curl.
Gus customs as the SavGges along the
edges of the Sahara. There is a STRIP
Of Bolivia several hundred miles wide
and about five hundred miles long. ~
ing between this plateau and the
boundary of Brazil, which has re-
sources of great wealth. | have met
men here who have Travelled overland
to Paraguay. and the Argentine. They
tell me of vast plains upon which cat
tie feed in herds of thousands. They
can be bought for from - to )" a
head, for there is no means of getting
them to the markets. At present
SenCr Balliv;an tells me there is 1 syn
dicatr formed in London to connect
these rich grazing lands with the head
of navigation of some Of the Amazon
branches by means of Il railway
which will run along the boundary Lc'
tween Brazil and Bolivia. but on Bra.
lillian soil. The road will be on the
lire of a concession granted to Colonel
Church some years ago, and its pur-
pose will be to carry these cheap cat.
tie to the Rubber camps of the ANA
ION. There are several other impor.
tant projects to build ailroaGs i'll Bo,
livia. One is to construct a line from
La Paz to the Desuaguadero river.
This line would be siXty-tive miles
long, and Senior Ballivian says it will
probably be begun this summer. An.
other scheme is to extend the Cen.
trail North Argentine railway to Sucre
This road is now near the RoliyiaI
border, and it would pass through a
rich cattle-graZing, agricultural and
mining territory, and would furnish
an outlet to the Atlantic for Bolivian
products. There are several other
plans for railroads from the Argentine
into Bolivia, and the day will prob
ably come when all Of eastern Bolivia
will be opened to settlement.-Frank
G. Carpenter in Atlanta Constitution
The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-22

While the soil of the Hawaiian
group of islands is prolific in fruits Of
almost every kind, the manufacture
of sugar is the chief industry of the
inhabitants. In 1896 the exports Of
sugar amounted in value to $14, $780,
600 out Of SIS, 436, 900, the value of the
entire exports. For the same year
the total imports aggregated in value
$7,165, 600. Most of the trade Of the
islands for some time past has been
carried on with the United States.
The public debt Of the islands on
January l, 1896, aggregated So, 1884,
335; while the yearly income from di-
rect taxes, customs and licenses is
approximately 81. TAO, O00. In spite
of the wealth of the islands, the chief
attractiveness which they possess for
the United States grows solely out Of
their strategic position, says the
Atlanta Constitution.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-22
Fitting the Nails.

A simple and very effective way to
cure children of the bad habit Of bit
ing their nails IS to wet the fingers
with quassia tea and allow them to dry.
When tasted it will be a bitter remind
er to cease the practice. If there are
no sore places on the finger tips "a very
little colocynth powder, whic'i Is In
tensely bitter, may be du led over
them. When, however, doping the
finger ends in some bitter til cture fails.
as it sometimes will, each finger end
ought to be incascd in a stall until the
propensity Is e~radicated.
Nosher-What are you dong W!th all
those bits of card in your pocket? Wis
well-They are seat checks at difTeren:
theaters. 1t says on each, "ltetain this
check" It's an awful bore, 20 be OBJ
liped to carry so much pasteboard
around. But then, what's a fellow to
do?
There's no question that dropping
dynamite on an enemy from kites gives
this compound a double claim to being
a high explosiva
The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-22

Mr.. George B. Waldron, in an arti'
Gle in McClure's Magazine shows thai
in the twenty-years following 1898,
Napoleon cost the British and French
not less than Sc, 500, 900, 900 in money
and /, 900, 900 lives-the latter mum.
Der equal to the entire adult male
population now livin 6 in Greater Lon.
don and Paris. In the one battle oil
Waterloo 81, 900 men were lost, 20, O00
of whom were British. The Crimean
war of two years cost the nations en-
gagged in it 81, 500, 600, 900 in wealth
and over 600, 900 of their citizens.
The France-G German war cost over
200, 900 lives and required an expendi.
ture of 81, 500, 900, 600. France had in
addition topay an indemnity of ], O00,.
900, 900 and to give Alsace-L Lorraine, a
total loss, i. is estimated, of not less
than So, 00O, 900, 900.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-22

The financial supplement to the
Street Railway Journal recently is
sued, devotes some space to a COM
parison of gross receipts by leading
street railway lines in the United
States in the years 1897 and 1896. 1t
shows that in 1897 the twenty-six
properties earning more than 81, O00,-
600 gross per annum increased their
income 2.20 per cent; those earning
from $500 900 to 81, 600, 900 lost IL
per cent, and those earning from
800, 900 to $500, 900 gained 1877 per
cent. The aggregate gain showed by
all of the ITS roads included in the
summary was 1.9 per cent.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-22

Statistics translated from the Archi,
fur Eisenbahnwesen, a publication OF
the Prnssian ministry, show thatin the
five years 1875 America has built
more miles of railway than any OF the
other continents, the increase for that
period being &c. 98 miles, making a
total Of 229, 100, as against an increase
of 1922 and a total of 155, 284 for
Europe, an increase Of 1857 and a to-
tai of 26, 800 for Asia, an increase of
1647 and a total of $3.50 for Africa,
and on increase of 1866 and a total OF
3 1888 for Australia. When put in
percentages, however, the additions
to the African lines head the list, fol
the record of that country is 25.2, with
Asia second, 22.1, and Australia, Eu.
rope, and America following in order
with 1877, 81, and s respectively. AT
the close Of. 1895 the railways of the
world, if joined together, would have
gone around it at the equator
than seventeen times, for the aggre.
gate mileage was 1873, 953. Of this
nearly a tenth was built between the
end of 1891 and the beginning OF
1896. This is the first four years in
railway history that construction has
not advanced proportionally as we'll
Is absolutely more rapidly ON this
continent than elsewhere, but we
still have more miles Of railway than
W the rest Of the world united.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-22
The Legacy of Bread.

Crowds of people from all parts Of
Kent-many ven travelling from Lon
don by train or 'cycle-visited the
quiet, remote and sleepy village of
Biddington, not far from Tenterdon,
for the purpose of celebrating the
memory of the Twin Maids of that
ancient hamlet, who were the original
The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-22

On top Of the news that the Chi
nese Emperor has ordered the estab-
lishment of universities on the Euro
pean model comes the report that the
younger Mandarins have established
a reform society: and,' though their
meetings were for q time forbidden by
authority, they have been resumed
under the presidency Of the Emper-
or's tutor.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-22

The whole Hobson incident is fine,
but there is nothing finer in it than
his turning his back on cheering
crowds to plunge at once into his
technical duty as a naval constructor.
The assignment was made and accept
ed as bare matter of course. This il
Illustrates the =pirit of whole navy.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-22
wears is 2414

The amount of farm capital invested
in all Europe is estimated at $81, 1884,
600, 900; United States, $40, 8S2, O00,-
600: Canada, s1,464, 600, 900; Aus
tralia, 81, 1872, 900, 900.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-22

Sixty human lives were saved last
year by the ia stations OF the Society
for Saving the Shipwrecked. The
number of lives saved in thirty-two
wears is 2414.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-22

The raw silk industry of Japan in
cludes an annual production Of about
$500, 900 pounds. OF the average
exports more than half are to the
United States.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-22
oPELoUsAs, LOUISIANA

In building another navy Spain will
be in a position to begin at the bottom
and work up.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-22

The value Of a newspaper as an
advertising medium consists in
It's circulation.
When you can secure the COM
bined circulation Of two papers
for the price of one, it is money
saved!
"TThe st. Landry Democrat"
was consolidated on the Sd of
March, 1894, with Tho Opelou-
eas Courier" The advertising
rates have not been increased
while the price of subscription
has been reduced to 81 q year.
TIE COURIER being by odds
the best paper in the empire Par.
ish Of st. Landry is therefore tn.
ahaa raas.
HOTEL DENECHAUD
Cor. xaraias sal Car aaaaass %,
Nsv 0skEANA
American and European rssas.
4his Hotss hes Just 81 eEtaSgsa aad reno.
vetDd, A elsctste tssAief shd all Eseassa ias
es9sslsssts saTs essa ssasssa y 20 Hsjt&szz.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-09-06
Soldiers Return.

Boston, Sept. Gone hundred and
thirteen battle worn, camp sick spiritless
soldiers who only three months ago
left Massachusetts to fight for their
country, arrived at this city early this
morning and are distributed among the
hospitals.
They survived the Spanish bullets
and fever in the camp at Santiago, the
horrors of the trip north on the Alleg-
haney and the misery of detention at
Camp Montauk ; yet still when through
the munficencc of the Mass. Volunteer
aid association they attempted to reach
the Bay State last night they were fore
ed to undergo another hardship in the
wreck of the steamer Pearson on Point
judith and rough hard voyage across
Naragansett Bay on open lighters re-
sides long railroad ride to Boston.
That none succumbed is not only re-
markable but miraculous. They ar
rived at half past five. The hospital
corps and ambulanccs were ready and
they were transferred to different hospi-
tails Fifty were unable to walk.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-09-06
POSTOFFICE ENTERED.
BI'RGLARS ENTERED WILLIAMSBURG N
pOsTOFFICE LAST EVENING.

The postoilice at Willamstown was
entered by burglars last evening but no
money was taken. Entrance was made
into the postotlice through the rear win
dow by taking out pane OF glass IL X
20.
When Postmaster Edison walked into
the Office, he found papers all over the
floor and upon investigation he found
that the Office had been entered. 1t Is
the custom of the postmaster to leave
the safe unlocked evory night when 60
inc home and to take all money with
him as it was known there were a gang
of burglars operating in the state.
There is evidence that before the
glass was taken out, an effort was made
to pry the window up. Arthur SIM
mons. a carpenter, who is working on a
house in that vicinity had his tool chest
broken into and it is supposed they
used his tools on the window.
After thorough investigation by the
postmaster it was found that % cents ii
change had been taken from drawer
in j. X. Lynde's store, which belonged
to Mr.. Lynde's son. 1here was no eV'
dence that any mail or papers had beer
taken but their sole object seemed to be
for money. j. X. Lyndc's store is IL
the front part of the building but moth
ing was disturbed there. The burglar
left no tools behind them.
Mr.. Edison stated this morning that h'
thought it was an organized gang o
professionals who are operating in tn
state.
There is no clue whatever to thu
burglars. VIII Lougce, who lives jus
north of Willianlstown, reported thl
morning that about II o'clock last eve
Mug he heard team pass over IN
bridge near his house at rapid rate
, Ii is supposed they went in the directio
l of Montpelier.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-09-06

tion so with n self reliance and energy
that was remarkable he set to work to
help himself to every opportunity that
lay before him.
He entered Goddard Seminary in SO
and worked his way through until he
graduated in the class of '9l, a class
mate Of Harry Lamson. While in school
he was a conscientious student, q star
athlete and the first editor of the Goddard
Record, he being the principal one in
tcrested in starting the paper.
The mex fall he entered Tufts College
where he at once became widely known
as an athlete and respected by the fac
ulty of the institution as an earnest ad-
herent to his college duties. lie held
the record for the strongest college man
in America during his first year and
was an end rush on the foot ball team
during his whole course.
His strength of character and deter
mination allowed not one of his many
disappointmcnts or other obstacles to
stand in the way of his success. He
was a highly esteemed member of the
Zeta Psi fraternity and had the perfect
respect of every man in College. He
graduated in the class of '95 and imme-
diately obtained position as special
correspondent on the staff Of the Boston
Globe, where his faithful work was
highly appreciated by his employers
In the fall of '97 he accepted a posi-
ton as teacher of English and elocu,ion
at Goddard Seminary. lie took this
position in order that he might be able
to assist his younger brother TO reap the
same benefit of education that he him
self had received. Here as elswhere
his faithfulness to duty made him ex-
tremcly popular with teachers and stu
dents alike, so that when the war broke
out and he made known his determine
ton to offer his services to his country
it was with much sadness that he was
bidden farewell by his pupils and fellow
teachers.
No voice of restraint affected him
the spirit of his brave father was with
him and he answered the call of duty.
Anxious lest he should not be sent to
the front he tried TO enlist in the navy
but there was no opportunity so he con
tented himself in the hope that the lst
Vermont regiment would be called tc
Cuba and he enlisted as q volunteer in
Company f.
The hardships of camp life suited his
taste and he wrote often to his friends at
home telling how much he enjoyed his
situation. He took the best of care Of
MS health and his sickness was a great
surprise to his comrades.
Too much cannot be said in his praise
He was hero tried and true and the
heartfelt sympathy of an admi1ine
people goes out to the bereaved sisters
and brothers who are left to mourn tht
loss of beloved and loving brother.
The immediate relatives living are
his two sisters, Mrs. John w. Gordon
and Mrs. William Durkee and two
Younger brothers Thomas and Harry.
The funeral will be held from the
Universalist church Thursday afternoon
at l 80. The Rev. Etlie X. M. Jone
will otliciate. The interment will be il
Hope cemetery.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-09-06
SPEAKMAN SPEAKS.

EDITOR EVENING TELEGRAM:-lhe
Montpclier Record of September sra
nrints an editorial on foot racing, giving
The nubl;c notice that there is to be an
endemic in Barre on this subject ana
savs plans are already arranged to rob
the public of all their earthly belongings
Inv the professional sprinters. Inc
writer of such an article has conVlcteo
himself bv writing such. lie has WIN
ont q doubt sometime been mixed up
in a foot race and lost his money through
some of his "sure thing" deals, and airs
himself in this way to show what
.suckern he has been. Let me ask MN
what makes the professional sprln'er
crookcd? 1t is Just such people as the
RAN who edited the article III Inc
Record of September 3rd. H..
..Thcrc never was an honest 1oo'
race, he SAYS, and l will wager that
this same man has the same oplnlon Oh "
everybody and everything. lie JuuSes
others by himself. Now If he has never
seen an honest foot race he can come .(
Barre next Saturday at my expense and
will show him one providing his synost.
mind is liberal enough to tell the
difference between right and wrong
WHY didn't you put your name 10 your
editorial and let the people know "n'
Won were? will put my standing IL
NV profession against your standing II
yo,r profession and lay it before I'M
rnblic to Judge. Give us your name
and | am open to debate qualities OF an,
king with you, and am a professor" profess ,'n,,
sproutcr at that. Let us near E1;n lf1;n ~" oa,
dive Us your name, and the public cal m
Judge the logic of your eoiloli"' "
cons idering from whence it came.
JOHN SPEAKMAN.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-09-06
Field Day Notes.
Tomorrow is Basre's great day.

Tomorrow is Basres grcat day.
A telephone instrument is being put
up in the trotting park today for Field
Day use.
The rcfreshmcnt committee had "a
meeting last night and transacted con-
siderable routine business.
Ludwig Levin, chairman OF the fire.
works committee, will have an expert
from New York to have charge OF the
fircw orks on Wednesday evening.
A special train will leave Williams
town at 30 p. IN, Wednesday evening
10 attend the fireworks and celebration.
Train will leave at 10 O'Clock to return
The members of St. John Court Z. o.
+. will meet in X. of p. Hall at 8 O'Clock
tomorrow morning to form for the
parade.
All chcvalicrs of Canton Ninton are
reuurstcd to meet in their hall tomorrow
morning at 9 o'clock in full dress uni
form.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-09-06
Without A Rival.

Asa positive cure for sprains, bruises,
and pains of all kinds, Salvation Oh
has no equal. Mrs. Frank Juif, 5lS
Gratiot Ave., Detroit, Mich, writes;
81 used Salvation Oil in my family
and can say it has no rival as 'inl-
ment; it certainly cures pains. l.
sprained my ankle and it cured me
and since then 1 have always used it
for any pains and bruises" Salvation
Oil is sold for only 25 cents. No other
remedy will do the work as promptly.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-09-06
NOTICE..

Owing to the fact that in the opinion
of this paper tomorrow should be OBJ
served bv every person in the city the
EVENING TELEGRAM will not Dc pup
lshrd. but the full report of the days
proceedings will be given in Thursdays
issue.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-09-06
Procure Your Tickets.
You Who Have Floats and Ye
Who Will Enter the Parade

l, is an absolute necessity that all per-
sons who have positions in the Field
Day parade shall procure their tickets
in advance for the reason that 1t woul"
be impossible to halt the parade at the
gate to enable anyone to purchase II
ticket at that time, and as has been pub
lishcd before, there are to be no "dead
heads" consequently an arrangement
has been made whereby tickets can be
found at tho stores of E. A. Drown ~
Co., w. II. Gladding, Anton llecker'
Payette, Mendelsohn & Co., W. H.
Gale, Kendrick Il Co.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-09-06
State Election.

White River Junction, Sept. 6.-State
election today polls light vote. 1t is
generally predicted that the Republican
candidate Smith of st. Albans will be
elected. also thought that Republican
Congressman Powers and Grout will be
reelected.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-09-06
Alaska Gold Diggings.

San Francisco, Sept 6.-Capt. John
McCafferty, excollector of customs for
Alaska has arrived here from Dawson
City. He says good placer diggings
in Alaska are short lived. There are
no true tissurc views and no gold bear
ing quartz, only small pockets which
are soon exhausted.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-09-06

Clan Gordon will meet at $50 We'd
nesday morning in Odd Fellows Hall to
form for the parade. 1t is requested
that each member so far as possible
wear his regala. All other clansmen
in this vicinity are invited to be present
and join with them in the parade.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-09-06

Guisipp Rossi and Miss Ida Nanettl
were married this morning by Justice
of the Peace IL. w. Scott in his ofllce
After the ceremony was performed the
couple started to leave tho room Whel
showers of rice met them. Both parties
reside in this city.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-09-06
MONTPELIER.

II, o. Kemp the republican candidate
wins by majority of lGs over {. a.
jackson, the democratic candidate.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-09-06
BURLINGTON.

Burlington goes democratic by about
100 majority. John McGeary was the
democratic candidate, W. j. Van Patten
republican.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-09-06

, WISH to inform. my old customers tina that ,t !
am again prepared to do dressmnkans , hressss ~ a
my rooms. Misses, ,,a ana n'I'1r purVee, south
Main Street, Barre, VT
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-09-06
BERLIN.

Berlin goes republican bJ the small
ajority OF 9. Levi Strong republican,
Hiram Wedge democrat.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-09-06
TOWN OF BARRE.

Democratic candidate wins by Il
m,iority of IS. viii Miles, democrat
and a. c. Reid, republican.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-09-06
IMPORTANT.

j wish 10 announce that have two Hacks.
lc al r'cgant Landau (for either open or
,v"rei ~er} rel to let at all hours for W ed
me- Funerals. Banquets, Receptions, IA
''r' alIjh-, shopping, pleasure or any
erIa 'rca>on at lowest prices by the lob or
'Itr 8ud rc>pertfully solicit your patronage.
Ira,eaIi orders ON slate ut City Hotel
oNHorjci by Telephone.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-09-06

FOR SALE.-Coal Stove almost neW,. IL
irst-clasS order and II great reduction
will he made in the price. Mrs. f. Nj. York
II Elm Street. l2'ti'
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-09-06
The Weather..

o...u. sept. j.-Occa4ional showers
rb. aad "Wednesday probably thun-
.loru, cooler Wednesday night and
ll>a9l Wc>' Winds
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-09-06
P1'iindle 4 Ave1ill
HEADQUARTERS FOR

Gasoline and Quick Meal Gaso-
line Stoves, Refrigerators. Ice
Cream Freezers, Window and
Screen Doors, Poultry Netting
and Wire Screen also
Garden Rakes, Hoes Spading FORKS Lawn
Mowers, and Garden Hose.
1ACKMAN BLOCK BARRE, VT
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-09-06

DeWltt's Witch Hazel SaIve
Cures Piles. Scaids. Burns.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-09-06
SECOND GREAT
SACRIFICE FOR THE
C0UNTRY'S CAUSE.
WILLIAM ROGER DUN
HAM GAVE UP HIS
LIFE FOR DUTY.
Died Last Night at 9:35
at His Sisters Home
on Clark St.
A SOLDIER DEAD.

Un memory of Hero William r. Dunham, Co
T., First Vermont NonnteerS.)
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-19
Startling Story Told by One of the
 the Maine's Survivors.

did not have it and had no means of get ting it until it's successful rival appeared. The presses of the Mission-street dodger had been going, but they were stopped. When they were started again the papers they turned out had the story, stolen boldly, shamelessly, with total disregard of the fact that 1t was copyrighted, that the crime could not escape detection and that the duty of branding it afresh as a faker, a thief and pretender would not be evaded. And the Examiner has made fre- quent boasts that 1t discarded the Herald service, the same service to secure DOT tions of which it is ever ready to commit an act of felony!
 The Examiner knew there would be something of importance in The Call, without which it's own account would be lame and ineffective. Of course 1t could not guess as to the nature of this and could not make head lines in advance to conform with what it intended to steal The best it could do was to lift out a batch of trivial stuff and insert in its place the booty of it's raid on Journalism This is to be expected occasionally until such time as the statutes shall intervene
 The Herald has threatened the Exam finer by wire with immediate suit.