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The Opelousas courier., 1899-01-07
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Swedish educational gymnastics has
been in use in the Boston primary and
grammar schools since 1891. It has
pleased both teachers and pupils, and
this year IN advance will be made to
tho higher course, such as has been
used in the schools in Sweden and
Norway for o than thirty years. Its
Introduction is expected to place Bos-
ton schools at the head in the matter
of Physical training. One of the
prominent parts Of the new order is
that it introduces into the schools a
schedule of games with balls, bean
bags, ETC., intended to develop a quick
and responsive mind. Ten minutes of
the forenoon session will be devoted
to instruction in the Swedish move
ment, and during about six minutes
each afternoon the pupils will have the
use of the school-rooms for marching
and for games. Of course, the yards
will be used for the marching and
games exercises when that is more con-
venient. In the past the exercises
have been the same for girls as for
boys; but the new order provides for
q slight difference in this respect. A
further plan under consideration is to
install in the grammar schools a set OF
Swedish apparatus such as . stall bar,
. ''boon. or horizontal bar, a balance
board, etc. When these are installed
and ready for use. the physical train
ing will be practically the same as it
Y " the high school for girls,
The Opelousas courier., 1899-01-07
WRECKS AND DERELICTS.
The Vesuvius Successful ia Removing These
Menaces to Navigation.

- Gustave Kobbe writes an article
f." st. Nicholas on Battling with
Wi, scks and Dereli IS" Mr.. kobbe
says' -'
A sr..nded vessel is not a menace
to navigation, and is therefore lett Sc
! yerely alone; but q wreck sunk III d
few fathoms of water, in the track Oh
coastwise shipping, is a dangerous op-
struction. The large, heavy masts OF
a sunken coaster might rip up the
bottom of a coaling vessel, and a
ledge of rock would not be more fatal
than the submerged hull. In n year
the United States Hydrographlc Of-
fee, which is a branch of the Bureau
Of Navigation Of the Navy Depart
ment, has received nearly two thous-
and reports of wrecks and dangerous
instructions, and ordered the de-
struction of as many of these as was
practicable. This work is done with
torpedoes. After the explosion there
is no torpedo left, but there is also no
wreck.
1t is impossible to say how much
damage has been done by collision
with wrecks and derelicts, as ships
abandoned at sea are called. Sunken
wrecks are hidden dangers. The Sky
may be clear and the sea-way
light; they smite the unsuspectlng
victim from the depths, and add one
more to those disasters which are the
more tragic for the awful mystery
that surround them. During the
seven years from 1887 to 1884
forty-ive such collisions-nine, or
nearly one fourth, resulting in total
loss-were reported to the United
States photographer. OF the nine ia
tai collisions, five were with wrecks,
and four with derelicts.
The "Yantic," the "DisDatch.' aud
the dynamite cruiser 'Vesuvius' are
among the vessels Of the Uuited
Stated navy which have most active
ly Waged war upon sunken wrecks.
The U. S. S. "San Francisco also has
the honor Of having destroyed a dere.
lict, in which operation she was, how
ever, obliged to resort to all usual
of naval attack except board
in~g-torpeodes, ramming, and she'll
ing. Captain Crowninshield, when
commanding the "Kearsarge,' re-
moved a curious obstruction to navi-
CATION, off Cape May. A schooner
was reported sunk there in twelve
fathoms of water. Captain Crownin-
was surprised, on reaching the
spot, to find the heels of two masts
not the upper, but the lower ends
.protruding fifteen feet above water.
In some inconceivable manner, these
.astS must have become unstepped
from a sunken vessel, and the heels
swung up, the ends Of the spars
being held down by the rigging. One
mast was shattered with torpedoes,
the other pulled out by the "kear-
and then destroyed. 1t was
lot necessary to break up the hull, as
there "a enough water above it.
The ''Vesuvius' was very success
full as a wreck-destroyer. Some of
he Instructions are difficult to locate.
The same wreck may be reported in
:hree different positions by as many
different vessels; and with so many
to follow, it is not easy to run
the game. The "Vesuvius' has
'ound a wreck with only two feet Of
par protruding above water-and two
.eet of spar sticking out of the broad
Atlantic is rather like the traditional
leedle in the haystack.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-01-07
Cost of a Naval Battle.

1.-The cost of a navl duel between two
modern battleships in the value of
projectiles and the probable damage
to structure is estimated as easily ap-
proximating 81, 100000" says The Age
of Steel. This little bill would be
filled out in the space Of sixty minutes,
provided all the armament Of each
ship was in active service for that
length Of time. Should one or both
ships be lost in the fray the loss would
add tremendously to the above fig
ures."
The Opelousas courier., 1899-01-07

The ex-King Of Benin, who used to
slaughter hundreds of his captives aud
subjects to make an Afric holiday, has
turned Presbyterian, andlives piously
at old Calabar, feeding upon the pre-
cepts Of the Westminster Catechism
and musing upon the problems ~offate,
foreknowledge and free will. The
exercise of the last named is denied
to him, but he is a healthy old savage
without it, and does no end of credit
to the missionaries whe converted
him.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-01-07

The bureau of police and health Of
fcers Of Pittsburg, Penn, hayeplaced
conspicuously around that city printed
signs requesting all persons not to
spit on the sidewalks or street cross
ings, says Municipal Engineering.
This effort is made in the interest of
public health, and if it does not have
the desired effect, an ordinance will
probably be passed fixing a penalty
for splitting on the sidewalks.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-01-07
Fan workmen.

Thirty prominent women of Bowling
Green, Ohio, led by the wife ofa State
Senator, have donned calico dresses
and begun work peeling tomatoes at
three cents a bucketful. They do this
to set an example to many girls of the
place who need employment, but are
too proud to seek it in a canning fac
kOrv-
The Opelousas courier., 1899-01-07

Black powder has had its day in the
navy. Contracts for one million
pounds of smokeless powder for the
war vessels have just been made. and
the next time the American navy is
called upon to fight it's eunners Will
not be handicapped by dense clouds of
black powder smoke.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-01-07

American capital is about to engage
N railroad building in China. This
will mean more orders To- American
mills and more employment for Ameri-
can workmen.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-01-07
oPELOUsAs, LOUISIANA.

All that seems necessary is to men,
lion to Lieutenant Hobson whether it
Is desired to have the ship come up or
m down
The Opelousas courier., 1899-01-07
DEVIOUS DEFINITIONS.

Hope-A key with which ambition
is wound up.
Ouartermaster-The colored %autocrat
of a parlor car.
Marriage-A synonym for either hap
piness or misery.
Cupidity-One OF Cupid's most en-
terprising assistants.
Anything-What a man will promise
his wife to quiet her.
Death-The only sure relief from the
many troubles a man stsFs up for him
self.
understanding a man casts on
his prospects Ivy standing in his own
light.
Diplomatic person who doesn't
mean what he means for others to
think he means.
Misunderstanding women think
much more of than men do, but believe
much less i~u.-Chicago News.
Writing Of the battle before Santiago
a correspondent Of the New York press
says: During all the terrible firing
of shot and shell which 3lasted until
darkness set in, Gen. Wheeler was the
only man l saw vino Do: not dodge or
duck. He sat astride o4is horse coolly
giving orders, chatting with his aids
and taking things aHsthey came" as
an officer who was lying on the ground
remarked. Gen. Wheeler provoked one
good laugh, which weht all along the
line. Through his glass he saw the
enemy ~retreatihg. and he turned to a
Of friends and remarked glee-
fully. ITS all right. boys; the Yam
KEGS are yielding." The little general
corrected himself when he saw the
smile that came, and said: Il near
tAe Spaniards, of course. gentlemen"
"The hand that rocks the CRADLE"
tic. Is woman going to rule the whole
world in form as she already does IN
substance? England, Spain, Holland
md China all have m on the
'hropa
The Opelousas courier., 1899-01-07

The value Of a newspaper as an
advertising medium consists in
its circulation.
When you can secure the com.
bined circulation Of two papers
for the price Of one, it is money
saved!
"3rhe St. Landry Democrat"
was consolidated on the Sd of
March, 1894, with "Ths Opelou.
sas Courier" The advertising
rates have not been increased
while the price Of subscription
has been reduced to 50 a year.
THE COURIER being by odds
the best paper in the empire Par.
tsh Of st. Landry is therefore the
eheaDaat.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-01-07

- Gustave Kobbe writes an article
f." st. Nicholas on Battling with
Wi ecks and Dereli ts." Mr.. kobbe
ca wa t
Arizona republican., 1899-02-26
NEARLY < TRAGEDY.
An Incident of the Side-Life in the
 Senate.

Many things happen in the senate
 cloak rooms that are never reported in l the newspapers" said a former sena-
 tor yesterday. T shall never forget an l incident that occurred in the cloak | room on the democratic side Of the
 senate ch2mbs~ a numbeil of years ago
 It came mighty near being a tragedy that would have made a tremendous sensation. As it was, it was dramatic enough for a short time to satisfy any
 one. Half a dozen of us were seated ir comfortable chairs smoking and chatting about things in general, but nothing in particular. In the group were Joe Blackburn of Kentucky Wal thall of Mississippi, Wade Hampton of South Carolina and Matt Ransom of North Carolina. The conversation was of the friendliest character, and was running along smoothly. when there was a sudden and unexpected interrup- tiCn, something that might be likened to flash of lightning from clear sky. I think that Blackburn had just finish ed telling funny story about a hunt ing adventure of his friend Mark Smith, native of the Blue Grass state, but now delegate from Arizona. Without any warning or excuse Ran som made an observation that was par ticularly offensive to Walthall and Blackburn.
 There was dead silence for full minute. The gentlemen present seemed too dazed to take in the mean ing Of Ransom's words. Blackburn was the first one to find his voice. He made a reply to Ransom's statement with his characteristic vigor and em- phasis. I have forgotten just what he said, but he brought Ransom t.. his feet immediately. The latter made a step toward Blackburn, with his arm up- lifted in a menacing attitude and his face flushed with anger. Blackburn did not change his position, but, rais- ing his voice 2 little. he said: 'Stcpi Sit down, If you make another step in my direction it will be your last on earth!' Ransom paused, with his right arm still uplifted.
 quickly, I wcalld advise you to do what Blackburn tells you, for if he does not execute the threat he has just made, I will.'
 For moment there was q painful suspense, but finally Ransom sank back into his chair and the party broke up. Ransom subsequently, made a full and ample apology to Blackburn. Wal thall, and every member of the party, and the matter, Of ccurse, went no fur ther. But for q brief period it looked very much as though a tragedy was about to be enacted before our eyes. All of us experienced a sense of relief when Ransom left us. I have never t0 this day heen able to understand what started Ransom off. It was one Of those ineXplicable things that scme- times occur in the best regulated cir cleS Wa shingtCn Times
Arizona republican., 1899-02-26

not be trusted with the responsibility Of disposing of the vacant lands within their borders. The senate committee on irrigation, fortunately, does not subscribe to this narrow proposition, and we are sure that a majority of the people in the arid regions do not. If Arizona could secure control of all the vacant land in the territory capable of use 1t would be in position to make the most advantageous arrange1n for water storage. and it would derive a steady income from the rental of graz ing lands. The people would not be afraid to trust their legislatures with the handling of these lands. It is to be hoped that Senator Stewards amendment will prevail. Arizona and the other states and territories in the arid belt would take long step for ward with such law in force.
Arizona republican., 1899-02-26

American republic-pTogress almost
 to feverishness-so progressive that il
 will always remain a subject Cf wonder
 that such a nation ever allowed it's old
 maritime supremacy to pass away. Thi:
 progressive nation did allow it's sea
 power to vanish, but will now never
 rest until it is restored.
 The new birth of the American mer- | chant navy is the inevitable conse-
 qUence of the industrial development of
 the country, as i've propose to show.
 And it is precipitated by the entry of
 the United States among the maritime
 powers of the Wcrld-in anneXing Ha-
 Wal and the Philippines and in assum- ing a protectOrate over Cuba. Neither
 cn the Atlantic nor on the Pacific will | the American people be satisfied until
 they have recovered a fair portion of their own sea carriage-and perhaps more also The leeway to be made up is great-the area for after expansion Ill1mitable. We are in fact, about to enter on a new era of Angl0-American competition.
 In the fiscal year ending June 30 last iron and steel goods were exported from the United States to the value of StO,367,000, as compared with $57 497,- U0O in the previous year. Among the exports of last year were 235 S6S tons ot pig iron, 232,552 tons of railway iron, 64,745 tons of iron wire, 30,585 tons of structural iron and 16 100 tons of steel ingots and billets. Most of this was sent to the continent of Europe and to the east, but about 150,000 tons of pig iron, steel billets and manufactured iron were sent to Great Britain. The tables have turned America no long CT wants iron and steel from us. but needs our market for her surplus pro- duction. She does not require to inn port plates in order to build iron and steel ships-she can, in fact, supply these plates to anybody who wants them. Why, then should she not build iron and steel ships herself, to utilize her own material and carry her own sea traffic? There is no reason in the world-only a gocd deal of prejudice and vested interest to be got rid of. The tremendous increase in iron and steel production has caused such keen competition, and has so stimulated | economy in manufacture, that never | has America been in a position to ob- tain the material for modern ship | building at so low a cost as now. It | is indeed. doubtful whether, when the | longer working hours and larger use | of machinery are taken into account | America cannot now build iron and | steel ships cheaper than we can.
 Whether cheaper or not, the ships | will certainly be ibuilt-are already be- ing built. It is not the needs of the navy alone that are crowding Ameri- can ship yards with work. Now that the carrying business has been formed, America is able to supply the carriers. It is all the development of very few years.
 1t is probable, therefore, that the twentieth century will witness an un- paralleled contest between Great Brit ain and America for the commercial sovereignty of the seas.-Londlon Fort night1Y Review
Arizona republican., 1899-02-26
A BAD OBJECT LESSON.

At the recent legislative hearing on woman suffrage in Massachusetts, Rev. Charles F. Dole of Jamaica Plain, au- thor of "The Citizen and Neighbor," spoke in behalf of the petitioners. Af- ter saying that he had formerly been opposed to the ballot for women, but had changed his mind, he continued:
 T ask for suffrage not for the sake of women, though it is bad for women to have the state put limit upon them, saying in effect, We do not want you, or we do not trust you 1 ask it for the sake of higher civilization. It is bad thing for men, a bad object lesson for every growing boy to find out that his mother and sister are not thought worthy of trust in public affairs, and are net expected to vote. It is not good for the new immig. ants who ccrne here inlbued in many cases with the old barbarous traditions of foreign countries in regard to women, to find that even in free America women are still considered somewhat inferior, and that many things are forbidden to the most intelligent woman which are freely permitted to, the most ignorant man. 1t would be a good object lesson for the state to say, We treat men and women alike; we will take off hence forth and forever all stigma upon wo- manhooc; we will abolish every relic ol barbaIism On the woman question: The granting of suffrage to woman is the next upward step in civilization'
Arizona republican., 1899-02-26
MET EACH OTHER.
Miles and Eagan Met, But Didn't
 Salute.

General Miles and General Eagan met in the lobby of the Arlington ho- tel this evening for the first time since the controversy between them has risen. Both were in civilian dress, General Miles in the acme of fashion, with tall silk hat and cane; General E2gan in black, with a black overcoat GEd soft felt hat, worn rather dash ingly over his right eye.
 General Miles was at the news stand ordering some magazines. General Pagan was at the hotel desk, scarcely thirty feet away. General Miles ad- vanced toward a group of friends in which were General Henderson of the house and Senator SpConer. The two officers faced each other; neither sa- Iuted.
 General Miles advanced and General Eagan locked straight a. him. General Henderson moved toward the desk, General Miles followed him. General Eagan continued to look at the com handing general. The two were then four feet apart. General Miles sudden ly turned his back toward General Eagan The latter stood there for two minutes, staring at the back of the major generals silk hat He then was called away.
 There has been some gossip that General Eagan's hot blood might pro- duce a scene whenever he should meet the general commanding the army. As it happened, however, General Miles made no effort to fcrce his presence on General Eagan and the latter missed his first opportunity in several months to salute the discoverer of processed Washington correspondence St. Louis Republic
Arizona republican., 1899-02-26
PHGNIx. FEBRUARY 2e. 1899
TT HAS NO RIVAL.

If you will inspect the adver- Using columns of The Republi- can yoa will see that nearly all the merchants doing business in this town make their announce rnents through this newspaper. They have sized up it's capabili- ties as a trade getter and are sat- isfied 10 pay a good price for rep resentation in it's columns. Those who do not patronize The Re publican are standing in their own light, as they will discover in the long run A newspaper with a general circulation, like The Republican, is unriva11ed as an advertising medium.
Arizona republican., 1899-02-26

The Los Angeles Times, which op- poses the cession of the arid lands to the states and territories within the arid belt, printed Friday the following dispatch from Washington:
 The senate committee on irrigation today made q favorable report on Sen ator Stew2rt'3 FIorosod amendment to the sundry civil apcropr aticn bill, g.v- ing 5,000,000 acres of land to each pub- lie land state for reclamation.
 The Times argues that the legisla- lures of the states and territories can
Arizona republican., 1899-02-26

Thin, pale and consump- tive persons should use some constructive tonic that will enrich the blood, in crease the nerve force and renew wasted tissues.
 Scott's Emulsion is based upon scientific principles. We digest the oil for you by mechanical processes, thus strengthening your di- gestive organs by resting them. It stops wasting, and produces energy, vigor and warmth. The hypo- phosphites in it invigorates the nerves, and brain tissues.
 zee. ard st.oo all druggists.
 SCOTT & BOVINE, Chemists, New York.
Arizona republican., 1899-02-26
A FUNNY PLACE.
An Interesting Place Is Key West and
 They Do Queer Things There.

('fMighty funny place is Key West, . remarked G. W. Power of Halifax, Nova Scotia, to a Register reporter Tuesday People here know very lit tic about it. It is an interesting place, and I have had some rare experiences there. Now there is one thing which will interest young men. There are six girls on that island to every young man. You think it is a joke, but it isn't. The reason is due to the expor- tGtion of cigarnrakers t0 Florida and other American states. Then the men who don't work at the cigar trade are many Of them sponge fishers and are away from home all the time. This makes a young man highly consider ed acquisition to Key West society. Now I have in mind a Dutchman who was offered q house and lot and $500 in cash by a man in Key West, who had three daughters, if the Dutchman would marry one of them. The fellow accepted and married the girl. Short ly after he got 9 divorce and kept the property and cash The old man then made him similar offer if he would marry ancther. The Dutchman again accepted and was again divorced
 Did he take the third one, then?" was asked.
 No; this is true story. He didn't marry them all. He stopped with the second and went to Germany and mar ried the woman he wanted. He could afford to, as he had sold his Key West property for snug little sum. .''-Des Moines Register.
Arizona republican., 1899-02-26

We may have to take little Nicar- agua in out of the cold yet before we can find sufficiently peaceful conditions in that country to enable us to build and operate the contemplated canal.
Arizona republican., 1899-02-26

In the New York legislature bill that is introduced for the purpose of getting influential people to ''see" the author is called a strike That term is rot used here, but once in while a bill of that character is encountered. over.
Arizona republican., 1899-02-26

The Boston Globe remarks that the observant citizen "can tell what color Of hosiery is most popular with Bos- ton ladies this season" man must be monomaniac cn colors who will stand for hours in blizzard to dis cover such a fact
Arizona republican., 1899-02-26
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
CFrom the New York Press.)

Loving some women is pleasure; low ing other women is pain; loving the right woman is pleasure and pain mixed.
 Probably the thing that makes a man feel most foolish is to help his wife to hang cut the clothes the day the hired girl is sick.
 The average woman never sees a man who has black hair sprinkled with gray without thinking that he has a secret tragedy in his life.
Arizona republican., 1899-02-26

!, Phoenix is becoming noted for the number of its state societies. Illinois, New York, Kansas, Missouri and Ken tucky have organizations here. The Illinois association is the oldest, but Missouri leads in the number of voters, with Illinois second and New York third. If the Texans here wcTld or ganize they would make a good show ing
Arizona republican., 1899-02-26

The Vienna supreme court has de- clared that American draw poker is a game of chance It is very evident that the learned judges never came in ps tactical contact with a scientific dew otee to that game.
Arizona republican., 1899-02-26

Admiral Dewey is said to have bought an island off the coasts of Maine and New Hampshire for home. But emotional females can hire boats as well as other people.
Arizona republican., 1899-02-26

If the Filipino half-breeds had been readers of the histories and newspa- pers they would have been wise enough to try something easier
Arizona republican., 1899-02-26

Accounts from Washington indicate that Admiral Schley indulged in some of his effective Santiago gunnery again when he shot at Long and Sampson.