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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-10-26
MINING PUMICE STONE.
An Italian Industry Carried On Along
Primitive Lines.

al 4ld1AaA INDUSTRY GaIklSQ Un along
Primitive Lines.
The German Nachriehten fur Ham
del und Industrie contains some in
teresting details as to the production
Of pumicestonein Italy. Thisis found
principally on the island of Iipari, in
the northwest Of which there is a large
deposit from one to four meters thick,
and covering about 1,500 hectares
1865 acres), which consists Of pum-
ice mixed with lightly cemented vol
canie ash The pumice deposits are
worked in very primitive fashion BY
means Of small quarries. The num-
Der Of these is from 200 to 220, but
most of them are worked only from
May to October, two-thirds being
abandoned during the winter months.
At the time Of greatest activity about
800 persons, including 100 women,
are employed in the excavations. In
1890 the production amounted to 15,-
600 tons, and has increased since that
date. The sale price of pumice stone
varies between 37s. Sd. and Ell IS. per
ton, but very fine qualities are also
produced, which fetch e75 and even
nearly e200 per ton; theaverage price,
4 n
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-10-26
THIS AND THAT.

New York county, New YORK, pays
bigger salaries than our national and
state governments, leaving out the
president.
II you wish to have wall papered
which has been previously white
washed, it must be well brushed over
with vinegar, OF the paper will not
stick.
Venus has often been seen at noon.
with the naked eye quite near the sun.
Once when this attracted public atten-
ton Napoleon turned it to adyan-
tage by causing It to be rumored that
it was his own special star.
The value Of pepper was known OF
old. We read that when Rome was to
be ransomed from its barbarian con-
queror in the year 400, Alarie de-
manded 5000 pounds Of pepper
among the payments, and that Hippo
crates used it ii medicine, applying
it to the skin.
In 1900, throughout the United
States, the masons numbered 857,-
577, Knights Of Pythias 492, sos, odd
fellows 862, ,723, Royal Arcanum 2O5,-
628, Improved Order Of Red Men 1885,
7o2, Heptasophs 55,66s, Maceabees
227,936, Ancient Order Of Foresters
3S,089. These are all secret orders.
It is calculated that more ground
may be got over at lively party or
ball than in a game Of golf. It is stated
that in many single waltz, kept up,
as some Of them are, for a long while,
as much as a mile may be gone over.
An ordinary square dance calls from
a quarter to half mile Of moving
about.
Beaumont, Tex, is noted not only
for its oil, but the tallest telegraph
poles in the United States. The tops
are $50 feet above the ground. They
were erected on the opposite banks
of the Neches river by the Western
Union Telegraph company in order
to string its cable across the stream.
The span is IA feet in length. This
height is necessary to admit the pas
sage of ships through draWbridge,
their masts being 100 feet tall and
more.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-10-26
The Kaiser,s Ring.

2 = -
On Thursday, July IS, Kaiser Viii
helm drove from Gudvangen to Stall
helm, and on the road lost his ring.
As he drove himself, the lines may
have pulled the ring from his finger.
At Stalheim the carriage was cleaned
up, and hostler found the missing
jeWelry upon the bottom Of the vehi-
Gle. The nextday the kaiser returned.
to Gudvangen, and thinking that the
same goldman who had driven him
over was the finder Of the ring, handed.
him a 50-croWn note (about $12.50l.
as he stepped out Of the coach. The
eoachman at once explained that he
was not the finder Of the valued art
icle, but that the hostler at stalheim
was the lucky person. The kaiser then
handed the man 100 crowns for b.
honesty, saying: q am very glad to
get it back, as It is my engagement
ring
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-10-26
IGNORANCE NOT BLISS.
Case Of the Girl Who Was Invited Ont
to Dinner.

sWhen man takes girl out to
dinner said the frivolous maid, st
would certainly simplify matters
greatly if he would announce before
hand just how much he expects to
spend for ones entertainment. Only
last week young man from New
York, who is visiting in Baltimore.
and whom I knew but slightly, asked
Louise, Aunt Eme and me to take
dinner with him at one Of the hotels.
He doesn't look especially opu-
lent, and I never heard that be was
rich, SO all three Of US guests, with
feminine precipitation, instantly
jumped to the conclusion that he had
to struggle to keep the wolf from the
door and ordered accordingly. ! was
fearfully hungry, but 7 took all the
reasonable things on the menu, the
scrappy things I really didn't care
much about, and put away from me
the more expensive viands as out Of
the question.
Louise and Aunt Effie did the
same, and poor Mr.. Blank nearly had
apoplexy in his rage at what he called
our birdlike appetites. When he
came to pay for that meal he pulled
careless1y from his pocket roll Of
bank notes as big as his wrist and
since [ have heard that he is million
aire and that to him dinner to three
women at swell hotel is mere baga-
#telle.
Maybe / haven't regretted my
wasted opportunity said the friyo-
lous maid, aand perhaps ! haven't
sighed over the delicacies that I did
not consume on that fateful night,
but ! shall have nothing to regret in
the future. I'll just frankly ask the
next person who invites me to dine
with him what his circumstances are
and act accordingly, that's what I will
do, and the frivolous maid nodded
her head quite as if she really meant
it.-Baltimore News.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-10-26
VISIONS OF HEAVEN.
Came frequently to the Devout Men Of
the Seventh Century.


Most popular Of all the legends Of
the middle ages, says the Gentleman's
Magazine, is that Of the seven years
pilgrimage Of the Irish saint Brendan,
the sindbad of Christianity, heWho set
forth IN a ship with his companions to
seek the Islands Of the Blest upon the
actual seas. Though it is rather the
vision Of Barintus the hermit That
dWells in the memory, since It was he
who 1ured st. Brendan to the quest
by the tale Of his own landing with
his nephew on the happy shores.
Eastward IN this case also lay Para
disc, an island = to quote from Mr..
Barring Gould, wide and grassy, and
bearing all manner of fruits, wherein
was no night, for the Lord Jesus
Christ was the light thereof" The
two abode there, We are told, a long
while without eating or drinking
"and when they returned to the mon
astery the brethren knew well where
they had been, for the fragrance Of
Paradise fingered on their garments
for nearly 40 days"
Fragrance, light and music are
among the chief characteristics Of
these visions. It may be recalled how
these were also the frequent accom-
paniment Of Buddha's transports.
As when, after he had obeyed the call
Of the Unseen Power and renounced
aarth's joys that he might live the
divine life, the air about him was filed
with falling roses, while music, multi
tudinous as the roll Of waves upon the
shore, sounded in his ears. Or, as
when the whole universe appeared to
him like garden Of fragrant bios
SONS; and a splendor Of light out
shone, piercing even to those very
darkest recesses which, according to
the audacious imagery Of the east, the
united rays Of seven suns would fail
to penetrate.
st. Brendan was the uncle of anoth-
er notable seer Of the seventh century
that century SO rich in visionary
loreSt. Fursey, who fell, says Bede,
into trance, and, quitting his body
from evening till cockcroW, aWas
found worthy to behold the choir Of
angels and to hear the praises which
are sung in Heaven : with stray
echoes Of which he afterward edited
all Christendom.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-10-26
Birds Nest in Apartments.

A bird'snest built on the apartment
house plan is a curiosity in franklin
square. Two families Of robins oc-
cupy the nest, which is snugly built
into crotch on the limb Of a poplar
tree. The old birds are rearing fami-
lies side by side in the old nest, with no
sign of domestic discord. The nest
is much larger than the usual size con-
strueted by the birds, and it is divided
into two sections by portion Of twigs
lined with feathers. In one apartment
there are three young robins and ii
the other four constitutes the family.
Philadelphia Record.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-10-26
MAKING THE FASHIONS.
What Actresses Wear on Firsts Often
the Cue.

w nak actresses ear On H1IsLs Ukten
the Cue.
There are certain great events in
Paris which are chosen for the launch
ing Of new styles. The Grand Prix,
the Coaching Parade and the Vernis-
sage, or vanishing day at the Salon,
areall important epochs forthe trades
man as well as the society women;
whatGis worn upon these occasions
sets the pace for the coming season,
and the world Of strife waits with
breathless interest to learn what the
great people are seen in on these occa-
sions. What actresses elect to wear
has a great effect upon fashion, and
frequently the gown seen On thestage
on the opening night of a new play
will bethe ones eagerly adopted. This
is 50 largely the eaes that the swell
dressmakers known as model makers
sell to the actresses at about one
third less than they do to their so-
eiety customers. Countess de Mon
taigu, in Woman's Home Compan-
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-10-26

maintained a countenance as cold and
expressionless as steel. He felt sat
isfed that so far he was equal to the
test, but resolved not to betray his
feelings to the Others around him. It
was the fifteenth and last question
that he wanted to see, and his impa-
tience got the better Of him. He felt
something tugging. A peculiar, u1l-
explainable something took posses
sion of him, and as the professors
hand was raised to write the question
he followed it, not alone with his eyes,
but with his body. He stood up, but
when he resumed his seat it was with
a sigh Of relief that was heard dis
tinctly in every part Of the crowded
room. The professor had written:
"15. Etiology, pathology, symp-
toms, diagnosis and treatment Of
btumors Of the adrenal capsule"
The explosion Of bombshell would
not have caused more CONSERVATION
among the students than did that ons
question, for in none of the schools
had the subject been introduced, ard
it had been utterly ignored in the
"quizz class" work.
As for Ralph Holmes, ll-he's
now serving an interneship in one Of
the leading hospitals Of Chicago, and
the little mother is enjoying some #
thehappiest days Of her life. Charles
B. Younger, in Chicago Record-Her !.
aid
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-10-26
Hydrophobia Abolished.

During the whole Of 1900 no case Of
rabies was found in England or Scot
land and It is asserted with confidence
that the disease which had been pres-
entfor orcenturies has been entirly Grad
icated This official statement iustii-
fes the stringent muzzling order
passed By parliament few years ago
and the yexatious regulations against
importing dogs. A few cases Of rabies
were reported from Wales, where the
regulations were not enforced strictly.
For the first time IN 81 years not 4 SIN
gle person died Of hydrophobia In
England and Wales n 1899 N. Z,
Sun.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-10-26
VETERAN AT TWENTY-FIVE.
Young Man Revisss His Views About
Soldier Life.

Soldier Life.
sI had an ambition once to fight all
the battles of my country so far as
active field work is concerned, said
a young man who served as volun
teer during the war between the
United States and Spain, "but since
going through some OF the rougher
experiences of life in the camp have
concluded that some other fellow can
do the fighting if he has an ambition
in that direction. The fact is T had q
rather rough time Of it. Ny time was
unusually hard. Many men who
fought with me got off much lighter
than I did. I had the yellos fever
in Cuba and the smallpox in the Phil
ippines. 7 had malarial fever and
every other kind Of fever indigenous
to Cuba and the Philippines. | was
shot in the foot by a Cuban and 9TH
erWise battered and injured on the is
land. I was shot again by a Filipino,
and still again, and came back to my
countrymen on eruteh, indeed a bat
tle-scarred veteran, at the age of 25.
Besides, / have the muscular rheu-
matism, and experienced several other
hardships in the way Of disease which
| need not mention. So this is the
way come to my native home after
my war experience. had an idea that
war was one grand, sweet round Of
staying the other fellow, driving him
from his entrenchments and chasing
him about promiscuously over his own
country; but after having served my
country for two years as a private in
the ranks / have learned that war is a
two-sided game, and the otherfelloWs
can shoot little themselves. They
shot little in my case, and two of
the bullets are still in my flesh, and I
guess they will remain there for q
time. In spite Of these things, when
/ come down to it, / guess I would go
out again, for this soldier business
grows on a man, and it makes fell
low kinder foolish about the flag of
his country. IN. O. Times-Demo-
crat.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-10-26
a New China.

An entirely new china has just
been introduced into London under
the name Of Eoson Aurora. IT comes
from Bohemia, and has been awarded
medals at several exhibitions. It's
chief characteristics the exquisite
luster which is produced on the sur
face, giving it metallic appearance.
The prevailing colors Of the ware are
deep purple, crimson and orange
with a dull bronze sheen. The designs
are mostly IN Fart nouveau style.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-10-26
ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR.
TOO Early.
fhis Man win wait on the Barbsr,s
Convenience Next Time.

Convenience Next Time.
He dashed into a shop near the
Northwestern depot, says the Milwau-
kee Sentinel The barber had just
opened up and was sweeping out.
The air was thick with dust and heavy
with the odor Of last nights cigars.
Gloom of Indigestion was on this bar
Der; headache had him; and therefore,
like other mortals, he felt that he had
| q grievance against things in general.
Z want . shave right away, iustas
quick as you know how exclaimed
Ithe early riser.
Haven't cleaned up yet. e you
can wait few minutes"
Never mind cleaning up; clean me
up. The shop can wait, I can't. Give
me shave, not too close, though" !"
He ripped off neckwear, jumped
into chair, and sank his head upon
the support. The barber pressed q
button, and the head dropped with .
bump.
Say, what do you think my heads
made of-india rubber? Can't you
let that headrest down easier?''
I'll try said the barber, lifting
the head and its support and drop
ping them again harderand lower.
SConfound you," snarled the Gus
toner, q don't want you to expert
ment again on me. T simply wanted
to know whether, on general prin-
ciples, you didn't know enough to let
the thing down easier. Go ahead
I'm in a hurry to get out Of this hole,
it smells vile.o
Yes, sir said the operator, now
thoroughly enjoying himself, lover
ing the headrest nigh to the choking
notch and compelling The straining
| Ieyeballs to explore a wide space Of
the ceiling back from the point i'm
mediately overhead.
It began to dawn upon the subject
that the barber was master offhe situ-
lation, and he thought it would per
haps be better to try a little geniality.
1ou,re sort Of an early bird,
| amt you?
The barber did not reply, but went
on leisurely lathering the ainty Stub
bic.
Say, cut that short. Didn't / say
! was in hurry?'' ~
sSYou did, agreed the artist, accu-
rately dropping cubic inch Of lather
into the cavern which had opened to
release cough.
You internal idiot, what are yon
doing? I've had my breakfast, and
I don't need any of that beastly en-
tree, sputtered the victim.
Perhaps if you didn't talk "a
much, suggested the barber, careful
" selecting his smelliest towel, screw
ing a few inches Of it violently into
a corner Of the open mouth, and I'M
necessarily securing nose and other
adjacent features.
Conversation languished. The bar
ber's ingenuity, now fully excited, de-
Iyised various other forms Of torture.
It was long and painful operation,
| the longest the victim had eyerunder-
gone. It's not wise to hurry the bar
Der 50 early IN the morning, and avile"
is not a safe or courteous word to
characterize the aroma Of his newly
opened shop
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-10-26
Our Mixed Population.

Of foreign settlers in the United
States, 30 per cent. are Irish, IL per
cent. English, 8 per cent. Scotch.
Germans are 81 per cent. and Cana.
dians no less than II per cent.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-10-26
The Man of the Hnur.

The man of the houris one who was
never heard of until to-day and who
viii be forgotten to-morrog Chica
go Daily News.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-10-26
The BacheIor,s Notion.

An old bachelor says if marriages
are really made in Heaven Providence
must have q grudge against a lot Of
people hars on earth. chicago Daily
News
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-10-26
Girls who Marry IN Haste.

Some girls marry il haste and 70.
pent in q cheap boarding house Chi
cago Daily News.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-04-12
Corn LAWS of England.

The corn laws of England were a Sc
ries of legislative enactments which
were passed from 1896 to 1912 to regu-
late the home and foreign grain trade
of England Until the repeal of the
corn laws the grain trade, both export
and import, was the subject of elabo-
rate and varying legislation, which
consisted in levying protective or pro-
hibitory duties, or in imposing restric-
TIVE conditions, or in granting govern
ment bounties for the encouragement
of expectation. After prolonged agi-
tation for the repeal of the corn laws
by the AntiCorn Law League, parlia-
ment, in 1876, under the ministry Of
Sir Robert Peel, passed an act for a
large immediate reduction of the duty
on imported grain, and providing for
a merely nominal duty after 1S49.
which was subsequently entirely re-
moved.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-04-12
A China mans Good Sermon.

The Chinese character is full of in
tellectual surprises. A convert to
Christianity was called upon to give
an illustration of the sacred Scripture
Blessed are the pure in heart; for
they shall see God" "You say that it
is hard to worship a God who cannot
be seen" said he, "and that you have
no inward evidence of His actuality. A
mirror from which all the quicksilver
had dropped might as well complain
that it could find no trace of the OBJ
jects placed before 1t. Clean thoughts
clean affections, clean desires have the
same function in human nature as the
quicksilver on the back of the mirror
When the heart is filed once more
with holy thoughts, the perfect image
of God will again be seen there
Youths Companion.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-04-12
Play the Kings Row.

Ever since the assassination of King
Humbert hundreds of Chicago Italians
have been trying to win prizes in the
national lottery by playing the num-
bers which correspond with the age
of the monarch at the time of his
DEATH These numbers are given in
mystic codes of the race as fifty-six,
ten and forty-nine, the king having
lived f1fty-six years, ten hours and
forty-nine minutes. If these three
numbers should win the player would
receive 4,250 times the amount Of his
stake. Some unusually optimistic
gamblers have tried to win even more
than this by playing a fourth number,
seventy-three, which is the symbol of
a regicide. If this combination-56, 10,
40 and 73-should win the government
at the quirinal would have to pay just
10000 times the amount of the stake.
The last drawing of the national lot
tsry was held in Milan few days ago
and, singularly enough, the winning
numbers were So, 10, 48 and 72. These
came pretty close to the mark, and as
a result the Italian gamblers are more
determined than ever to keep on play
ing their favorite combination until it
brings them good Chicago
Chronicle.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-04-12

captaln and mate heard Of the arrival
of the gang they became almost panic
stricken and advised this and that, and
the wife was the only one who had the
least confidence in the promises made.
1t was well that she had and that her
advice to trust them was followed by
all of us. We could not have kept
them from coming aboard with our fee
BILE crew, and to have shown our mis-
trust afterward would have angered
them. They took hold with us at once
after being given food, and before
night we had cause to rejoice that
they were with us. We got dirty
weather which lasted three days, and
but for their aid the Nonesuch would
have become a helpless wreck or gone
to the bottom. We had to run off to
the east during this spell, and it was
only when the weather cleared that
the leader of the convictS had con-
ference with the captain and his wife
and asked that the gang be set ashore
in Brazilian territory. This was prom
ised him and 1 must say that never
worked with more cheerful and will
ing crew aboard of any craft. Seven
of the twelve had been convicted of
murder, and all were desperate men,
but they were as obedient as children
and as good natured as you please.
They were careful Of their language,
respectful in their demeanor. and not
and up that river for forty miles TO
set them ashore. In his gratitude tc
them the captain gave them sailcloth
for two tents, musket, lot of clothes
from the slop chest and all the provi-
sions We could spare. With cooking
utensils, fish hooks, and a few car
penters' tools they were fairly we'll
rigged out for a life on the banks of
the stream for half year to come, and
at parting there were as much hand
shakings and as many farewells as if
a band OF old friends were breaking
up. Their escape from the colony was
a desperate one, and the authorities
made an exhaustive search, but, as far
as l am able to learn, not one Of the
dozen has ever been taken.
TE.CARR.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-04-12
CATCH THE ODORS.

Makers of Scents Use Grease to Hold
Flower Perfumes.
Every housewife knows-apd most
boys and girls as well-that butter
and milk absorb the scent of any odor-
GUS substance placed near them, Any
one with keen sense Of smelling can
easily name the articles that have been
milk pitcher or butter dish. Both OF
these foods contain fat, and the readi-
ness with which fats store up odors is
a principle that is turned to good ase
in perfume-making. A flowers scent
is a most transitory thing-almost as
of the rainbow But by bringing this
quality of fat into play perfumers
manage to capture scents from the
most delicate flowers and hold them
prisoners for years. In the flower
growing regions of France, where most
of the perfumes are made, freshly gath
cred blossoms are stewed on racks be-
tweeh trays coated with laysr Of
grease. AS the flowers wither and give
off their fleeting essences this grease
attracts and retains them. When they
have shoveled and become odorless the
fat is collected, packed in tin boxes,
and, having become something more
than mere grease, given a prettier
name-pomade, meaning a fragrant
ointment In this form the scents OF
the flower farms are shipped te all
corners of the world. 1t has no very
pronounced odor itself-is quite dis
appointing so far as smell is concerned
but perfumers know how to bring
out it's hidden treasures. By churning
it in spirits the scent is extracted and
and made into perfume, ready for the
handkerchiefs Of folks who are prob
ably not aware that if butter and milk
could be kept safely with onions the
flowers in the French valleys could
never be made to furnish a single drop
of fragrance for their toilet tables.