The Opelousas courier., 1900-06-02

hereafter DC properly referred to az :
yellow ioNT1a1ist.
An armless man wal convicted M
aayiFg forged a money order IN Chi.
'cago the ether day. He did It by hold.
ing a pen I'm his teeth.
The New York World thinks it Is
too bad that an Irishman must M
abroad and slay his feliow.man in or.
der to make himself popular at home
The United States Senate in much
disturbed by the discovery that its
new solid mahogany chairs and
sofas are really "thinly veneered ON
cheap wood"
Judge Capron of Indiana holds that
when a church agrees to pay a preach
er a fixed salary the salary must be
paid II the church property has to be
sold for that purpose.
Seedless grapes are becoming popu-
lar in California but the scare about
grape seeds causing appendicitis has
been shown to be groundless SO there
Is not much gained.
Ihere Is room for Just thirteen per-
sons in each of the automobile stages
that are now operated in Fifth ave-
nue., New York city. If the horseless
carriage results in nothing but the
abolition of the thirteen superstition
1t VIII be well worth all it has cost.
What's the use of bachelors and wild
overs tramping on to Cape Nome in
search OF wealth, when it is known
fhat the women of the United States,
most OF them unmarried, own $780,
$4,000 Of national bank stock, together
with $1S7, 900 Of private and State
bank stocks?
Chicago women have decided to take
active steps toward discouraging the
footpads that have recently ',ecome so
numerous there. The plan is that wo-
men whose duties compel them to be
out after dark shall carry revolyers,
and with these deplete the list of the
highwaymen who modest them.
Referring to the numerous consolida-
lions of short trolley lines in the East
ern part of this country, The Electrical
Review says: 1t is not unlikely that
by the end of the year one may travel
from Washington, D. c., to Portland,
Me-, by trolley cars, with only the
most Insignificant breake in the con-
tinuous lines of railway.
An American physician In Paris
claims to have discovered a process to
make short people grow tall. Now If
he could only devise a process for pre-
venting long purses from growing
short during the exposition season he
might win the everlasting gratitude of
his visiting c~ountrymen to the French
capital.
The South Carolina Legislature at its
recent session passed a law permitting
homeopathic physicians to have their
own examining board. The Charleston
News and Courier says the bill receiv-
ed an overwhelming majority in both
houses, and "Will delight the hearts of
the many people from the Northern
states who prefer to be treated by
physicians bred in that school.
Everybody who likes TO see the sum- !
mer girl at her best will be glad to {
hear that the Sailor hat viii be in
evidence again this season. 1t was at
first thought that the Golf would !
Eupersede the sailor but the rapid ]
descent OF the "Golf'' into low priced
goods, banished it from .'genteel So ]
ciety," and the Sailor" on new lines, !
comes to the fore again bearing the
stamp of approval Of fashion. !
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German mechanics may well ask
what they are coming to when the
Prussian Minister Of Railways says
the American locomotives are faultless =
construction and considerably cheap 8
er than those made at home. Is the :
German Government going to shout 9
out cheap American food and import 9
cheap American locomotives? This G
may be fun for the land-oWning no I
bility but it is a double blow to the !
German working classes. ?
More patents were issued last year Q
to citizens OF Connecticut than to !;
those OF any other State. There was
one patent for every 95 Nutmegs.
The Inventiveness of the Connecticut il
folks is familiar enough, but 1t is !
surprising to find that Okla 4
h0ma stands fifth on the list, following 4
the District Of Columbia, Massachu- !
setts and Rhode Island In that order. +
New York though seventh on the list, 3,
y credited with nearly 1900 patents, a i
number than was issued to any Il
other State. :,
The population of England, Wales, ii
Scotland, Ireland was in 1912, 1900, \.
boo; 100000: 100000 100000, and In q
1891. 27,00O,0O0; 100000; 100000: 4, e
100000, which means an average in 4,
crease III the three component parts Of
Great Britain Of about Is per cent, h.
While Ireland shows a decrease OF i,
nearly 40 per cent. Referring to Ire Id