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The Opelousas courier., 1901-07-27
Oldest Family In Great Britain.

r, l.. O'Brien, of Dublin, in speaking
of the antiquity of some Of the Irish
families, told the following story:
There lives In the North Of Ireland"
said Mr.. O'Brien, "a family named
O'Neil. Their greatest claim to promi-
nence lies in the fact that they are the
oldest family in the United Kingdom.
When Plantagenet, Tudor or Guelph
was not, the O'Neil was. They ruled
as kings before ever William looked
with covetous eye across the English
Channel toward the white cliffs Of AL
bion. This long line Of descent has
bred In the family q reverence for
their ancestry that approaches idol
airy. The handspring Of their life and
action. the pride of their being. is that
q long line of dead and long since for
gotten O'Neils carry them back In the
direct line to the Dark Ages. AS may
be imagined, their family tree Is colos-
sal in its proportions. It has a length
of something like eighteen or nineteen
feet, and when it is unrolled at the
castle q holy hush falls over all. To
a visitor there some years ago was,
In due course Of time and as q special
mark OF favor, shown this marvellous
pedigree. Stretched on the enormous
billiard table, it Tapped three feet at
either end. The visitors eye ran
back over that lengthy line CT ONeils,
long'sinc turned to dust, and he won
dered why they took SO insane.a pride
in their descent. Just then he became
conscious that that thought had oc-
Cured to other aliens, who had before
times seen the O'Neil family tree. A
pencileA note In the margin, about half
way down the tree, caught his eye. 1t
read: Just here anne Adam.'"-NaW
York Tribune.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-07-27
The Greatest Ever.

Every year or two "the largest ship
ever built" Is launched. The latest le-
viathan is the Celtic, which slid off the
ways at Belfast on Thursday and
dropped three pairs Of anchors to a
pandemonium of jubilation. 1t was
certainly an inspiring occasion, and
the Germans viii have to try again.
For q time they held the belt with the
Deutschland and the Kaiser Wilhelm
der Crosse, but the Oceanic took the
record away from them, and now
comes the Celtic to eclipse her sister
ship. The Dutchmen were respective
ly 662.7 and 626 feet in length, 81 and
Sc feet in breadth, and 40.4 and 80
feet in depth, and their gross tonnage
was 1862 and 1880. The dimen-
sions Of the Celtic and Oceanic are as
follows: Length, $50. land 695; breadth,
75 and 6s.3; depth, AL and 44.5. The
gross tonnage Of the Celtic is 20,S90
and of the Oceanic 1924. While the
Oceanic is a little morr than four feet
longer and a trife deeper the increased
breadth and the great advantage in
tonnage make the new ship the world
beater. She will carry a crew Of 235
men and 1850 passengers, a total Of
3194.-NeW York Sun.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-07-27
Seeking After KNOWLEDGE.

Figures REF atly compiled by the
registrar Of Columbia university show
that as a whole the institution stands
second to Harvard in membership, the
respective enroilments being $40 aud
1892. After Columbia came the Uni
versity of Michigan, with 1913 stu
dapts; the University of Chicago,
3,774; the University Of Minnesota,
3,423; the University of California,
3,216; Cornell university, 5000; the
University Of Pennsylvania, 2,573, and
Yale, 2,544. Columbia is one of the
lowest numerically in the size of its
mems undergraduate college. which,
however, has increased more than so
per cent in a single aneration. In the
scientific schools She ~ surpassed In
numbers only By Cornell End Yale; in
her graduate departments she stands
first in this respect, with 422, against
398 at harvard. The statistics further
snow the peculiar prominence of Chi
cago;. with her theological seminary of
1870 students; Of Pennsylvania, with a
school of AIT dentists, and another OF
60 veterinaries; of Minnesota, with q
college Of agriculture, numbering $50
in attendance; Of California with her
school of art, attracting 208 students;
of Cornell, whose division Of forestry
is established with a registration Of
%, and OF Yale, the only university
having a separate school Of music.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-07-27
Death OF Wild Bill.

Five years later, in the summer of
1876, Hickok was prospecting for gold
in the Black Hills. 1t was about the
time of the Custer expedition, but the
telegram that summoned Wild Bill to
serve with Custer went astray, Or he
would have died just a month later with
the long-haired brigadier who spoke so
well of him. He had no quarrel with
any one in the Hills, but August z, 1876,
the man who sat across the little round
table from him got UP, dropped his
cards, walked out the back door, in o
moment entered another with a six
shooter in his hand, stepped behind
Hickok, and shot him to death without
a seconds warning. So strong was his
instinct Of caution, so def the hands
that had kept him in frequent battle,
that even as his head fell forward on
the little gaming table his hands had
drawn both pistols, ivory-handled gifts
of the Union Pacific Railway, half from
their holsters. The assassin was actu-
ated by the same silly vanity that moved
the wicked fool who fired the Ephesian
dome. He wished to be known as the
man who killed Wild Bill. He was
tried by a jury of his peers in the United
States District Court, found guilty of
murder, and hanged by the neck until
dead. Nothing in the evidence OF in
the record of Hickok developed the
slightest excuse for the deed. When
asked al the trial why he had not given
his victim a chance for his life, the
murderer replied, that he had no call to
commit suicide, a very fattering But
somewhat delayed and p~refunctory COM
pIiment to the skill and proves of the
dead scout.-E, c. Little. in E~verybody's
Magasiae.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-07-27
ORIGIN OF RAG N
Sousa. the 6andmaster. Credits Il to the
Western Hoe.DoWn.

/ have read a number of explanations
of rag time" that are mainly interest
ing because they do not explain, says
John Philip Sousa in the NesU York
World. The s~yncopation of vocal mel
ody is common to all languages and ma
tons having words accented, like
brother" MOTHER" "%liar," "hriar."
America undoubtedly has more piano
players of the amateur sort than any
other country. The initiative quality, to-
gether with acuteness of ear, is a COM
mon attribute of young people. 1t is
often a matter of wonderment to Under
stand how one of the youngsters will
"vanp'' an accompaniment to anything
and everything. They all Compose"
that is, let their fingers fall in pleasant
places on the piano keys, from which
springs a more or less trite composition,
following the popular style of the mo
ment.
To this class, I believe, belongs the
credit of originating the word rag
time" Some years ago one of them
sung for me a darby song, and after
playing a simple accompaniment, he said,
Il have another accompaniment, a regu-
lar rag time and proceeded TO play q
]syncopated movement of the same ms-
ody, in which, to the dominant and tonic
chords were added the sixth of the scale,
a characteristic French hurdy-gurdy
music.
The movement of the right hand at
the piano suggested the rhythm of hand
clapping used in some of our country
dances. The common "call" in the
western hoe-down"- Everybody rag"
is probably responsible for the inven-
ton of the term rag time" I believe
that the term rag time" referred to the
accompaniment and not to the tune.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-07-27
LONG TERM IN PRISON,
Curious Case showing Separate Systems
of the G~evernn4ent.

~~ 0OSSRA~SS SyBbSDS1
of the Ge%vernn4ent.
"A most curious case, showing how
the separate systems Of the govern
ment may take on confusing shape, has
just come to light in Indiana. A man
who has for nineteen years been con-
fined In Jail at the expense of the ma
ton, has during all these years been
in receipt, or intended receipt, Of a
considerable sum Of money from the
same nation. 1t Is because the mar
fought in the great war that the COM
plication was made possible. At least,
his services in battle were responsible
in part for the situation. It once Oc-
Cured to the same man that after hav-
ing fought the good fight for freedom
and unifcation it might be the grace
full thing for the country to recognize
his worth by q monetary consideration,
SO he put in an application for a pen
sion. 1t was allowed, and the mans
name was written on the book Of fame,
after which he was entitled to dollars.
Shortly following this period another
man passed pm to the great beyond,
under circumstances which the coro-
ner's jury considered called for the
trying of somebody on a capital punish
ment charge. 1t SO happened that the
pensioner was the person fixed upon
as the active agent assisting the
earthly exit Of the deceased. Although
the pensioner stoutly maintained his
innocence, the proof was SO strong as
to lead the jury to a verdict of guilty
and the committing Judge to a SEN
tence Of life Imprisonment. This was
In the year 1880, and for nineteen
years the prisoner worked out his des-
tiny behind the bars. At the conclu-
sion of this time the man who had
committed the murder took to his last
bed, and 1t occurred to him to make a
confession. So the pensioner is free
now. But he still has troubles. There
are some thousands Of dollars in pen
siou money which the wardens have
failed to turn over to him, and he is
obliged to sue for their recovery. Be-
sides, there are the wasted nineteen
years, because of the implicit judicial
faith in the Instability of circumstan-
tial evidence.-San Francisco Call.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-07-27
A GIRLS WAY

! ASK her if she loves me,
She shakes her head, and when
I turn TO leave she sweetly smiles,
Ans lures me back again. Q
calais! you love another!"
In angry tones ! say;
She mods, but as / turn to leave
She sweetly bids me stay.
With outstretched arms 7 offer
My love-my ALTO het,
And seek TO clasp her, but she criesl
"Stand back! How dare S4sirT
With sinking heart and hopeless
I turn, once more, and 10!
I hear a soft, sweet voice that says:-
u wish you wouldn't 60"
I throw my arms around her,
And press her to my heart,
And, after while when she gets time.
She says: "You think your re smaEH'
S. E. Kiser, in Chicago Record-HeralW
The Opelousas courier., 1901-07-27
Eneland,s Coal Fields.

A French author, Monsieur e. Lose,
has recently discussed again the ques-
ton Of the probable duration Of the
British coal fields. Assuming that the
prosperity and power Of Great Britain
depend upon her supply Of coal, he
thinks that "the end Of Britain. +
due within the coming century. He
fixes the date 1850 for the complete
exhaustion of the attainable supply Of
coal In the British Isles. To this state
ment the English scientific Journal,
Nature, replies that Monsieur Loze has
failed to take account Of recent inves-
legations proving that mining a be
economically carried OF at much great
er depths than 1000 feet-the limit as.
sumed by the French author-and cor.
sequently that the British coal supply
With laat indefinitely longer than hia
calculation shOW&,
The Opelousas courier., 1901-07-27
Use For suent Sand.

For several years scientists and
chemists have been conducting expert
ments and researches with a view to
discovering a means Of utilizing i'm
mense heaps Of spent sand and glass
discarded as refuse by the plate-glass
manufacturers. Means have been dis
covered, however, Of converting this
refuse into serviceable bricks. Some
Of the bricks manufactured from this
material have been subjected to very
severe tests. The experiments have
been eminently successful, and the
bricks manufactured from this waste
will soon be placed upon the market.
The process is said to be economical
and cheap. The bricks + said to be
of the highest quality and particularly
adapted to special operations, besides
ordinary buildings purposes, for which
bricks have not hitherto been proved
~seryiceable.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-07-27
CENTURY OLD AND WORKING.
wonders What VIII Happen to Rim
Whsn He Gets Aged.

VE0nOOIB IA NAh A1NSPRVA ~ ~
When He Gets Aged.
The new superintendent OF streets
at Calais, Me-, has just reappointed
patrick Meyers, who will be los years
MD next June, to his old place as GUS
todlan Of the city sidewalks, q post
Ehich he has held for 81 consecutive
years. In 1864, when substitutes were
getting from $500 to $1,000 to go to the
war, and national and state bountieS
made the total sum up to $1,000 to ST.
200, Myers enlisted. and having passed
4 successful examination as to his
physical abilities, was rejected on &C.
count Of his age, being 6S years old at
that time. ut was discouraging to
me-" said Myers, in speaking Of the
matter last week. II was a poor a
and the bounty money would have
bought me a fine home. which ! should
have enjoyed after serving out my
time In the army. I felt so bad that I
didn't care to do any kind of work
for nearly O year. I knew I was al
strong and healthy as I ever was, and
age doesn't count to men built the way
| was. After a time l secured q Job
Tor the city to WORK on the streets.
When l had been digging sewer bitches
and ~shoveling dirt for ten years they
out me in charge of the sidewalks,
where I have been for a long time.
NV work Is not hard, but 1t keeps me
busy. / carr my money and intend 70
stick to the work as long as they will
have me-" The old man lives In q
small house, which he has bought and
paid for out OF his earnings at $3.50 q
day. His widowed daughter acts az
housekeeper for him. Report says he
has a tidy sum in the local savings
bank. His body is bent frcn hard work
and he limps at times when the rheu-
matism gets into his legs, but his gen.
eral health is still good. He eats his
three meals a day and sleeps ten hours
every night. He has smoked two 10
cent plugs Of tobacco a week for the
past "a years, never any more nor any
less. Years ago he took a glass of
whisky when he fel: that he needed
It, but wa never addicted to the habit.
Since he has passed his hundredth
birthday he has frequently regretted
that he was not permitted to enter the
army. eff / had served q year OF two"
said he, Il could get g pension to help
me out when I grow old and unable to
work. Lots of men younger than !
am who were in the army and never
received a scratch are drawing as much
as s12 a month, / am told."-Chicago
Journal
The Opelousas courier., 1901-07-27

nouncedT" "Only informally, to a
few enemies."-Puck.
Edith 90 should hate to be the
President" Jack-"And why" Edith
-"Oh, one has to be over forty, you
know."-Judge.
How nice if it would come about
In this old world so funny
That poverty and trouble were
AS hard to get as money.
philadelphia Record.
Mrs. Toilette II think you will
like your little attic ROOM" Mr..
Scribbles-"I dare say; short stories
are in vogue at present."-Ohio State
Journal.
"And how did your husband become
SO famous, Mrs. Wickleham?" "Oh,
whenever anybody did anything he
always got interviewed about it,
Chicago Record-Herald.
Willie-"Pa, what's an old fame?"
Pa-"My son, when q mar speaks Of
his old fame he refers to something
over which he used to burn his
money."-Philadelphia Press.
"They used to burn widows in India
along with their eadhusbands. What
happens now?" "In the absence Of
fire they perhaps go looking for
matches Philadelphia Times. .
Madge-"She is singularly deficient
in the subject Of history" Marjorie
what else could you expect. when
she spends all her time reading the
popular historical novels 2"-Judge
When a girl begins to have beaux,
She is apt to turn up her neaux,
AS father and mother,
At sister and brother,
And tell them to heau their WI reaux.
Chicago Daily News.
Tompkins-'I am afraid we haven't
much for dinner to-day, but such as it
is" Cheerful 1diot-"Don't make
any excuse, old chap. Remember.
I've dined at your house before."-
Tit-Bits.
Mrs. Pettit-"Whenever I express a
desire for anything, my husband
never objects. Mrs. Ig. Nord-'Same
with me; I a express the desire IS
often as I please; it never disturbs
him."-Philadelphia Press.
"She is very nice and all that, but
she is altogether too critical" II as
sure you she never speaks Of you but
In the kindliest way" "P'raps so,
but every time I see her she gives me
the impression that my frock doesn't
fit ."-Brookiyn Life.
"Do you not regret renouncing the
devotion Of those men who have SO
often cheered you as their leader?'
NO." answered the Filipino who had
just taken the oath Of allegiance, II
have thought the matter over care
fully. I'd rather have three meals q
day than three cheers. w
Star.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-07-27
NATIONAL DEBTS OF THE WORLD
Have Increased From S2.5O0.ooo, 900 10
1893 to So 900, 900, 900 in 1900.


The recent announcement of a new
British loan of $~5oo,ooo,ooo lends inter
est to a statement just issued by the
Treasury Bureau of Statistics regard
ing the national debts of the world. This
statement shows, in brief, that the ma
tional debts of the world aggregated
more than $4,000, 1000 at the close of
the nineteenth century, or ten times as
much as in the closing years of the
eighteenth century. In 1898, at the be
ginning of the Napoleonic wars, the
national debts of the world amounted to
approximately $~2,5oo,ooo,ooo; in 1900
they were, according to the best infor-
nation %obtainable, $31,ooo,ooo,ooo In
general terms it may be said that the
worlds national indebtedness in 1900 ag-
gregated ten times what it did at the
beginning of the nineteenth century.
Meantime population has increased $50
per cent. and gold and silver, which
form the basis of the money with which
debt payments are made, 900 per cent.
which with the utilization IF the va
rious forms of credit as curl ency, may
have increased the worlds circulating
medium quite in proportion to the in
crease in national debts.
This enormous increase in national in
debtedness is chiefly the result of wars,
standing armies and works of public
utility. To this may be added a tend
ency in many cases to create an annual
deficit by expenditures exceeding rev.
enues made in Difference to popular de-
mand, which deficits ultimately take the
form of funded or bonded Indebtedness.
But the bulk of these enormous debts
is from war and wal preparations and
the construction of public work, such as
railways, canals, harbors and the inn
provement of waterways. OF the rail-
ways of the world, whose total cost has
been estimated at $3o,ooo,ooo,oo about
one-third are owned by national govern
ments, indicating that Approximately
one third of the increase in indebted
ness has been applied to works of this
character. But the fact that great wars
have compelled the nations engaged in
them to make enormous additions to
their funded Indebtedness clearly identi-
fes this as the principal factor in the
great increase in national Indebtedness
which has characterized the history of
national finances in the nineteenth cen
fury.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-07-27
The principal buildings Of Chicago

The principal buildings Of Chlcago
were recognizable, Montgomery, Ward
& Co.'S tower and the Masonic Temple
standing out in bold relief. Spires IN
Michigan City, Ind. also were plainly
seen, as was the smoke issuing from fac
tory chimneys. At the 4Scnne time the
passengers could see the clay banks just
south of St. Joseph, in Michigan, and
several times caught glimpses of the
higher buildings of St. Joseph.-Ney
York Times.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-07-27

Stock exchange s~at Sells f'r $4,000.
It is said that $4,000 was paid for a
seat in the stock exchange In New
York Monday. The prediction Is
made that if the present activity in
stocks continues, $4,000 will be paid
for q single scat.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-07-27

No matter what aits You, headache to q
cancer, you will never get well until your
bowels are put right. CAscARETs help nature,
cure Won without a grippe or pain. produce
easy natural movements, cost you just 10
cents to start getting your health back. CAS-
cARETs Candy Cathartic, the genuine, put up
In metal boxes, every tablet has C.C.C.
stamped on it. Beware of limitations.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-07-27
lookaa Into Three States,

Passengers on the City of Chicago.
which arrived at St, Jospeh. Mich, the
other day. reported that on the trip
across the lake they were able 10 zee
shres States from the pilot Aoase@IIis
81. Jnaiaaa and AIcaigsa.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-07-27

Last year England spent on drink
1861, 6O7 .215, an average of $20.7S per
head Of population; Scotland expended
e71, 529, 3G5, an average OF SIZES a head,
and Ireland sos, 1922, 070, an average Of
Sf4.40 a head.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-07-27

It is said by philologists that there
are thirteen original European Ian
guages, the Greek, Latin, German, Sla-
vonic, Welsh, Biscayan, Irish, Albani-
an, T~artarian, Illyrian, Jazygian.
Chaucin and Finnic.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-07-27
You yrsl,er AIIera,a Foot. Ease ,

It is the only euro for Swollen. Smarting,
Tired, Aching, Hot, Sweating Feet, Corns
and Bunions. Ask for Aliens Foot-Ease, q
powder TO be shaken into thu shoes. Cures
while you walk. At all Druggists and Shoe
Stores, Csc. Sample sent FIsEE. Address,
Allen S. Olmsted. Leroy. n. Y.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-07-27

Z. A. Rood, Toledo, Ohio, says: Halls Ca
farrh Cure cured my wife of catarrh fifteen
years ago and she has had no return OF 1t. It's
Assure cure" Sold by Druggists, 75c.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-07-27

FITS permanently cured. No fits or nervous
ness after first days use of Dr.. Kline's Great
Nerve Rsstorer. 80 trial bottle and treatise free
DR.. r. Il. KLINE. Ltd. 931 Ard ST.. Pbila. Pa.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-07-27

Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken OF
as q cough cure.-J. w. O'BKIEF, 322 Third
Avenue, n. Minneapolis, Mimi, Jan. 9, 1870.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-07-27

Chewing the crust Of rye bread is con-
sidered by German experts one of the
best ways of exercising and preserving the
teeth.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-07-27

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
tcething, soften the gums, reduces indamma-
tor, allnys pain, cures wind collie. CSC . bottle
The Opelousas courier., 1901-07-27

Fame is a bubble that sometimes m
to the man who does the most blowing.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-07-27
Pence In, the Phfltppinea.

Peace in the Philippines is bound to prove
profitable to all concerned. Warning con-
ditions, whether they be in the Philippines
or in the human stomach, are equally dis
astrous. If your stomach has rebelled, there
Is one authority that will quickly subdue 1t.
IL js Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, and it cures
constipation, indigestion, biliouzness, ner-
youSness and dyspepsia. See that a private
Revenue Stamp covers the neck of the bottle.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-07-27

You can't tell from the size of a man
whether or not his word carries much
weight.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-07-27

The disagreeab,e man is apt to get bald.
Even his hair has a falling out with him.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-07-27

PUTNAM FADFLEss DYES do net stain the
hands or spot the kettle. Sold by all drug
gists.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-07-27
nEDICAL DEPARTMENT
TnIane University Of Louisiana.

Founded in 1884. ana nOrC has 3,M1
It's al vsnt 8 for practical in tructior, both in ample
inboratorles and abunda t hospital materials are Mne-
gu allied. Free access is Eiv-n to the great Chnr'ty hos
nifa with eOu beds and 81, COO patients an uaNy. Special
instruction is given daily at thu bedside OF the SICK
The next sc ssion begins October 3lst, Nv FOR eata'
jcgne a d inf ion address PROF.. 5. z. CHaILLE,
u. D., Dean. P. o. Drawer 26i, New Orleans, La.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-07-27

Glasgow was the first British town to
receive q license for municipal telephones.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-07-27

Fewer people proportionately keep their
ON carriages in Paris than in London.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-07-27
Rick Headache

There are in use in the world at present
800 tons OF gold and 10000 tons of silver.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-07-27

No man ever made q great name for
himself by writing anonymous communi-
The Opelousas courier., 1901-07-27
pens Ear re

Eases OF twins occur once IL every sixty
nine births.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-07-27

Every schooner has o master. ID
deed, seaae OF thsn sge t~ens.aaastegA
The Opelousas courier., 1901-07-27

md similar affections, resulting from disor.
asEed stomach. are promptly relieved by 9
Jul dose Of Crab Orchard Water.