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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-01-05
SCIENCE AND FLOWERS.
The Constant study of One Does MOI
Destroy the Love OF the
F Other. sss + a Els

Can people dip at all deeply into
the real science of botany, and yet en-
Joy flowers because of their beauty,
because of the delight of finding them
IN lovely spots on lovely summer days,
and because of their dear associae
tons? Must the scientific sense blunt
the esthetic one? Often, without
doubt, and even though the botanists
may themselves demur. this will be
the case. Pistils and stamens,s nec-
taries and receptacles these things
will not always go well with art1ess
talk about sweet blooms and bright
berries, or even with the simple, very
English names given BY the unlearned
to flowers, says the London Saturday
Review. sRat 81 f
But on the other hand. there are
many lovers of nature and field natur-
alists whose affection for the flowers
and plants is SO great and fixed that
from time to time they may safely
visit this new wondrous world to
presently emerge from it ais much In
love as ever with the old: they win
still care for the flower because of its
beauty, because it grows in the best
places at the best time of year, be-
cause it yiyidly recalls to them the
glad, sorrowfu1 days of childhood or
the tender passages of true love.
Flowers, indeed. apart altogether
from the science of botany, are inex-
tricably woven about human life.
When will the artist be tired of paint
ing the children in the meadows with
their laps full Of cowslip or cleandine?
Let the botanist classify and name
for his own purposes In his own way,
but let him be careful not to do any
thing to bring into contempt the love
of flowers apart altogether from sci
ence, lest we rightly call him dry as
dust and blind to beauty. Finally let
him help to keep up the old names
as well as the new We must always
have our sweet william. kingscup
sweet cicely, loosestrife. heartsease.
codlins and cream and feverfew,
names with stories and meanings
whose loss would be loss to the
language; their very mention turns
our thoughts to the gardens and the
pasture lands Of summer gone but
coming again.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-01-05
IOPELoUsAs, La. SATURDAY, gANUARY SIS ON
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

When the elevator was first invented
at Schoenbrunn, in 1850, and placed in
the sumner residence of the Austrian
emperor, it was called the flying
chair"
The big cities of Russia are as FOL
lows: The population of ST. Peters.
burg is 1,132,677 Moscow. with its
two suburbs, 98s,6t4; Odessa, 4o5,041, a
great increase since 1892, and Warsaw,
626, 6,072.
The castle at Brindisi, built by the
Hohenstaufen Emperor Friedrich H.,
is now used as a prison. The grounds
are full of vipers, and every summer
six to ten of the criminals are killed
by them. ~
Glasgow is not SO free from taxes as
most Americans believe for the re-
eeipts from the numerous industrial
plants belonging to the city are not al
lowed by law to be used for the i'm
proving and eheapening of the article
on which the profit was made.
In Australia novel idea has been in
trodueed for wedding out the S'man who
doesn't dance" Each lady has "a slip
of paper perforated in squares, one
square for each dance on the pro-
gramme; she gives one of these
coupons to her partner at the end of
each dance and any man who cannot
produce fair percentage of coupons
is refused admission to the supper
room.
Recent estimates are to the effect
that asphalt is being dug out of the
famoustar lakes of Trinidad-the most
notable existing sources of the material
in the world lat the rate of st, 600 tons
per annum. There are still 4,500, 900
tons in sight, but at this rate the sup
ply could not last long were it not that
the lake of bitumen referred to is re-
ceiving a constant aceretion from the
bowels of the earth.
Occasionally interesting bits of
philology come up in the police court.
Thus, not long ago, a farm 1aborer in
England was sued for damages because
he had thrown up his job" after ac-
cepting "arles." Any good dictionary
should tell what aries are, but notone
in the courtroom seemed tolnow about
the word or the custom. In the north
country speech "aarles" are earnest
money, the equivalent of the queens
shilling" which the recruit takes when
he enlists. 1t is supposed that the word
comes from the Norman French.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-01-05
The King OF Rats.

An example. Of the rare phenomenon
known as the king Of rats. which
consists Of seven living rats mex
tricably bounds together by the in
.terlacing Of their tails. was discoy-
cred last winter at Chateaudun, In
France. According to tradition the
king of the world of rats and mice
IS accustomed occasionally to en-.
throne himself. adorned with a gold
en- crown, upon a group of rats with
tails entWined, and records OF instan-
ees of this curious phenomenon
are not lacking in books OF natural
history Ut is said that the king 81
rats is formed only in winter, when
the animals crowd together to keep
warm and the rodent friends of the
unfortunate prisoners are credited
with feeding them out of benero1ence.
IN. 7. World.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-01-05
Russian prison Detects In siberia.

[ visited the great prison of Irkutsk
and was most courteously allowed to
spend several hours there / went into
every part Of the prison that I could
see, including the hospital, the work
shops, the laundry and the kitchen,
and. visited every one of the. large
rooms and almost every cell. In all
these I saw but two things to find
fault with-the practice of. herding
together criminals of all ages, tried
and untried, and the long time, in
some cases amounting to two years,
which many of the prisoners spend
there before their cases are finally
judged. This latter evil is caused
partly by the great difficulty of col.
lecting evidence from many parts OF
Siberia, but chiefly because the CEN
tral authorities do not supply magis-
trates enough to cope with the num-
Der of those arrested.-Henry Nor
man. in ScTibner's
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-01-05
THE STATION AGENTS STORY


They never did much for me till got q
chance, one day,
To take better station, and prepared te
come away; 9
pd worked down there in Watertown fo,
thirteen years, and passed
From messenger to agent and was called
up here al last,
And when they heard about 1t they came
in with smiles and praise,
And told me how 1t tfckled them to hear
I'd got the raise;
They knew I'd haveit, some day; they had
seen it all the time, 8 .
For fellow with such talents as had
was bound to climb"
And they put their heads together and got
up a splendid spread
Agorgeous farewell dinner, with the mayor
at the head;
And they made a lot of speeches and they
praised me to the skies,
And felt my cheeks turn crimson and the
dampness in my eyes.
And the ladies that danced with, when the
band began to play,
Said the place would seem so lonesome
after had gone away,
And the wealthy bankers daughter who
had seemed so proud before
Almost confessed she loved me, as we
1oi1CSA al lOSo Lag
And pretty Janet Flemming, who had let
me understand
That she felt herself above me, trembled
when held her hand r-.t
Trembled, sighed, and looking at me, said
she wished I wouldn't go; f
It'll be so very stupid here without you,
don't you KNOW &&&
had never, till that evening, guessed how
well they liked me there;
had worked and hoped ard waited and
they hadn't seemed to care,
And, OH what a world of gIadness had been
mine, If I had known
But they let me wait and worry and keep
toiling on alone.
How I might have held my head up If
only could have guessed
Had but known they thought that was
worthy of the best
The wait had been less dreary and my work
had been as play
But they kept their feelings hidden till
had to come away.
Yes, it's just the same old story, people.
somehow never know
What man is worth, or care to, till it
comes his turn to go
And perhaps it's best they shouldn't, for
begin to fiatter men
Give them all the praise they earn-and
there's no living with them then
Still, wish their celebration might have
been arranged before
They found out that was going and would
wander back no more. EB
--S. E. Kiser, in Chicago Times Herald
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-01-05
Oldest Tree I'm fIan WnrId

The town of Kos, the capital of the
small Turkish island of that name lying
off the, coast of Asia Minor, possesses
the oldest tree in the world. Under its
shades Hippocrates inculcated his dis
ciples in his methods and views con-
cerning the healing of 1000 years ago.
Tradition carries the age of the tree
back to the time of Aesculapius {of
whom Hippocrates was a lineal de-
scendant1, which would add some 400
years to its ge,-Chicago Chronicle.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-01-05

A FEW minutes before the steam.
~ ship Pontic left San Francisco a
young woman, followed by. a porter
carrying two satchels, hurried up the
gang-plank. She proceeded at once to
the purser's office and said in an anx-
ious but business-like tone:
''You got my telegram Miss Percy
Hartwell, of Denver?"
"Yes,'' he replied.
'tThen you have stateroom for me ?''
t'Yes," he answered again, ''but5 you
know this ship is making a round trip
to Honolulu and does not go to JAPAN
''That will be all right, She said, as
she paid her fare. BY, the time the
gang-plank was hauled in and the ship
had cast off she was safely quartered in
her stateroom. t4 gs
The indescribable Journey through
the Golden Gate, with all the glorious
play of color and contrast and scene.
seemed to have no attraction for her.
Not until the ship with the happy
crowd of travellers was well out to sea
did she make her appearance on deck.
She was of medium height, well built
and perfectly dressed. Even the dust
and weariness of long railroad ride
had not dulled the beauty of her blue
eyes nor ipaled the glow of her fine com
plexion.s s =
Tt takes several days to find out that
the captain of ship is not an informa-
tion bureau. and after that sensible
people leave him to his uneommunica-
tive ways. Nz - 3
Miss Percy Hartwell began where
the.=others leftsoff. She did not ask
Capt. Wheelton questions. In some
way which made the others jealous she
compelled him to seek her. In sun,
shine and in storm she was equally i'll
evidence, and after awhile the grizzled
old captain began to admire her sea-
worthy qualities. She was cheerful,
she was interesting, and she was full
ofvigor and common sense. Like every
good diplomatist, she did not force
the point until she reached it. and then
with a smile, which would have won
the confidence of any man who had
spark of feeling left, she said in a
calm voice that had in it an under
tone of pleading which even steam
ship captain could feel:
Captain, i want to be perfectly
frank with you. I understand. of
course, that this is anaexcursion to
Hawaii and return. Now. l do not like
excursions at ALL and few DAYS ago
had no more idea of coming on this
tripsthan of going mp in balloon. NV
reason in coming was the hope that
you might oyertake the transport
David which sailed "a hours ahead of
you. There is some one on that shin
that i must see and | thought there
was possibility of overtaking the yes
sci before we reached Honolulu. Now,
l want to ask you frankly if you think
it can be done? She is. slower than
you are"
The captain looked at her with his
weather eye opened wider than usual.
and she continued:
'.Do not give me one of your exeur-
sion replies but think over it.and figure
it out
.'Well, well. well!' he exclaimed. but
before he could answer call took him
away.
Miss Percy HartweI's next. efforts
were exerted upon the chief engineer.
whom she managed TO meet. and whose
engine room she visited, distributing
well balanced praise that pleased the
old Scotsman l m nightly. The result was
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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-01-05
Scientific study of crime.

DR.. Thomas Wilson, speaking at the
recent meeting Of the American AS
sociation for the Advancement of Sci
enee, argued that the celebrated the.
DRY of Lombroso, associating certain
types of crime with definite physical
characters, was based upon untrust
worthy statistics. DR.. Wilson thought
it would be more correct to say that
crime determines the physical struc-
ture than vice versa, and that en-
sironment IS more responsible for
crime than is hereditary characf er.-
SoutI's Companion.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-01-05
The other Parent.

''Now, tell me-" said the kind-heart-
ed woman, you're a runaway. aren't
you?'' '.4Yes, T am, ma'am, ter tell
the truth" replied the young tramp.
Mother died not long ago, and after
that things didn't go right. and one
day ( lit out and / run till was dead
tuekered out. 'sPoor boy! Couldn't t
go a step farther. eh ?'' .'oh, no. It
was cause ] couldn't go a stepmoth-
er."-Troy Times.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-01-05
How is fhat?'
Valuable Songs.

In the course of an Australian tour
in 1898 Nine. Alva volunteered to sing
seven songs one night at Bendigo to
some nuns before their going into
retreat. a wealthy Australian. who
recently died, has left her s175:00o
in recognition of her goodness of
heart as well as her magnificent en-
sdoWment as a singer" The legacy
,wah IT the rate of $4,000 a song.
Il. X Sun.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-01-05
Breaking HimseIf of Hab,.

Yes" he said, I'm gradually break
ing myself of the smoking habit. /
have given up cigars and taken to ths
pipe now
''But you smoke the pipe practically
continuously from morning to night. =
she asserted.
True he admitted, shut you must
remember that the necessity of filing
a pipe makes the intarmissions between
smokes a little longer" Chicago Post
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-01-05
Sarinr Monran.

Mr.. Payne What sixty-eight dol
lars for an evening dress? Why, I
thought you were going to have your
last wears black lace made over.
Mrs. PayneI did, dear. q had 1t
made over red satin. and that's what
cost so.Phisadelphia Bulletin.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-01-05
An Amusing Couple.

$50 you manage to put up with
your Tartar of a wife ?''
a0h, yes; we have lots of fun to-
gether."
ssHow is that? ?''
well, you see, my wife, when she
gets into passion. is in the habit Of
throwing at me anything that comes
in her way. Every time she hits me
she is pleased, and every time she
misses am pleased, and thus we are
never short of amusement. Boston
Pest z
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-01-05
NATIONS AND CITIES.
How the Growth of the Century Has
Altered Their Relative
Ranks.

Nations, like the men who compose
them, grow-and decay, too.
This constant waxing and waning
of the mighty tide of humanity. as
it We're, is very interesting to trace,
and has often provided problems that
rejoice the heart of the statistician.
Without wishing to go into irritat-
ing details. we propose to bring be-
fore our readers one or two striking
facts. A nation can grow in many
ways, but of these population and
wealth are by far the most important,
says the London Express.
A hundred years ago Russia was the
largest and the United States was the
smallest of the nations in .popula-
tion, whereas we find to-day that,
though the position of the Bear is un-
altered, our young cousin across
Herring pond has been so energetic
that he now ranks second!
Germany. on the other hand, is con-
tent to maintain her position as
third; but France has had to come
down from the second place to the
last. In spite of the latter fact, how
ever, it should be borne in mind that
the population of France has actually
increased by about 100000 in 100
years, or something considerably over
rs per cent.
That the least among the nations in
point of numbers should have grown
to such an extent should be a matter
of consolation to those among us who
have from time to time thought of
the probabilities of the yellow peril
coming to pass. To set all doubt ait
rest, we have only to recall that dur
ing the past century the United
States has increased its population
by 81 times!
John Bull is characteristically stol-
i'd, for he started second last, and
he remains so. Nevertheless, he has
not been altogether inactive. as you
may gather from the fact that he has
increased by about two and half
times his population 100 years ago.
The colossus of all, Russia, has grown
nearly four times his size since the
year 1900. so even the Bear has not
been alternating.
From nations we will descend TO
cities.
The following table shows at
glance the increase since 1901:
1901 1851 1891. 1901
London ..959. 600 1000 600 4,211 esq 1900 900
1900. 1850. $780, 1900
New York. $4,000 $4,000 2,492,591 3, ,437. 200
Paris $500. .55S 900 100000 2.345 900 1856, ,604
1885. 1896
Berlin ...... 1,3l5.000 1,677. 1903
ST. Pet'sb'g $4,000 12s7'oas
From this 1t win be seen that. no
great city in Europe has grown SO
rapidly as London, which has more
than doubled its size in hundred
years. Remarkable as this fact is.
however. we find ourselves confronted
with one still more so, for across the
Atlantic New York has increased
more than eight times in size during
the same period. This is indeed pro-
digious; but that it is run very close
by some of its fellows in the United
States you may gather from the
following table. which shows a CEN
tury's growth of Americas chief
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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-01-05
! A Pleasure Voyage
BY Lynn Roby lMeekins.

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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-01-05

THAT did not suit me at ALL" said
Miss Percy Hartwell, '1and was deter
mined that he should put it on HIM
self, and that is why 1 came''
She does not remember much about
Hawaii or Honolulu, or any of the
scenes in the mid Pacific islands, but
when she is asked if she enjoyed her
pleasure trip her reply is:
Pleasure? You mean bIisst''
And that is all there is about it
until Lieut.. Edward Ledman gets
back from the Philippines.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-08-30
MURDERER OF MISS HENDER-
SON STILL AT LARGE.
Blood Hounds Follow Trail to Coal
Mine But Fugitive Cannot
Be Found.

Kansas City, Aug. 29-Bossie Fran
els, the murderer of Miss Mary Hen
derson at Columbus, Mo-, on Tuesday
evening, has thus far eluded his pur-
suers and tonight the large posse that
has been searching for him partly dis
banded, discouraged over the failure
of their efforts, after having been, as
they supposed, at the point of captur-
ing the negro. A pack of blood
hounds was obtained today from Man
haitian, Kas., and taken to the Hyatt
farm, the scene of the murder. They
found the trail of Francis readily and
followed it straight to the coal mine
at Blackwater, owned by negro,
John Hardin, whose wife is an aunt of
Francis. The posse, composed Of 200
men felt sure that Francis was hidden
in the mine shaft, but as he was
known to have two pistols, none Of
the men ventured to go down. Final
ly A. w. Rice, owner of the blood
hounds, entered the mine, taking the
dogs with him, but failed to find Fran
els after a thorough search.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-08-30
WRECKED IN
GRAVEL PIT
ACCOMMODATION TRAIN De
RAILED.
HAD $50 PASSENGERS
Twenty Eight Of Whom Were IN
jured Two Will Die Engi-
neer Killed.

Newark, Aug. 29-An accommoda-
ton train which left Sodus Point this
afternoon over the Northern Central
railroad and arrived in this village
at O'Clock was derailed tonight at
the station of Fairville, about ten
miles north of here. Engineer Will
liam Mosher of Sodus Point was kill
ed % persons were injured, two Of
whom, Howard Tubs, ticket agent at
Lake Shore and Libbie Ford, will
probably die. The train was made up
at Sodus PoinE and consisted of four
coaches, baggage car and engine,
with William Mosher at the throttle
The train was running at nearly 40
miles an hour Approaching the sta
tion at Fairville there is curve and
gravel pit. For some unknown rea-
son the engine jumped the track
while passing the gravel pit. The
force of the accident turned the en-
gine around, throwing the five cars on
tnelf SlQeS.
The train load Of $50 passengers
was thrown into the ditch and the
engine and all the cars were wrecked
Help was quickly summoned from the
neighboring houses and all the as
sistance possible was rendered. Word
was sent to Sodus and Newark for
physicians and special containing
five doctors left Newark at GAS.
Upon it's arrival the Newark passen-
gers were placed aboard and hasten
ed to Newark Five were sent to
Rochester hospitals. Rev. DR.. Burgess,
one Of the injured, was for 20 years
pastor of the Park Presbyterian
church at Newark. He is "a years
of age and it is doubtful whether he
recovers. His right leg is broken
and he is badly scalded. Mrs. Burgess
is also among the seriously injured.
Coroner E. p Thatcher took charge
of Mosher's body and will hold an
in quest.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-08-30
PIERCE CITY RACE WAR
SHERIFF BLAMED FOR LYNCH
ING OF INNOCENT NEGROES.
Should Have Asked for Aid Of
Militia and Remained at
Scene Of Trouble.

Jefferson City, Aug. 29-Adjutant
General Damron in a report to Gov
ernor Dockery on the recent Pierce
City race war, issued yesterday, holds
Sheriff Manlove of Lawrence county
responsible for the lynching of the
three innocent negroes. Adjutant
Damron, who was sent to Pierce
City to investigate the affair, says in
part:
.sWill Cody and Gene Carter had
been suspected, and the sheriff and
his posse went out to make the ar
rest, but for some cause did not see
fit to do SO. Monday afternoon the
excitement at Pierce City was In
tense and threats of lynching certain
negroes, thought to be implicated in
the murder of Miss Wild, was made
openly. Under this excitement the
sheriff saw At to leave for his home
at Mount Vernon. It is generally be-
lieved in Pierce City that had Sheriff
Manlove remained there during Mon
day when the excitement ran high
and threats OF lynching were openly
made, and requested the aid of the
militia, the trouble and loss of life
would have been averted."
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-08-30
WHAT CAUSED THE ACCIDENT
A MYSTERY.
Mother Superior Of Denver, Col
orado, Instantly Killed in
the Wreck.

Durango, Colo, Aug. 29By the
turning over of Pullman car on a
Rio Grande train today near Chama,
N. NJ, Mother Baptiste of Denver,
mother superior Of Colorado, was kill
ed and Sister Mary Nora, and Harley
Mccoy, also of Denver, and Pullman
Conductor Whan, were injured. The
railroad employees and passengers are
alike unable to explain why the car
turned over, as the time was slower
than usual, the track is in good con-
dition and there was no breakage be-
fore the accident.
The car was dragged about Is feet.
Mother Baptiste was sitting on the
left side and the car turned to the
right. She was thrown across the
aisle and half way through an open
window her head and shoulders be-
ing dragged between the side of the
car and the ties. She was dead be-
fore anyone reached her, her head
being split open. Sister Mary Nora
is hurt internally, and her condition
is serious. Harley Mccoy was asleep
when the jar caused his arm to slip
through the window and his hand was
ground off at the wrist. Conductor
Whan's hip was crushed and he was
internally injured.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-08-30
RUSSIAN FAMINE.
Conditions Growing Worse as the
Season Advances.

ri Il = % = {
8 st. Petersburg, Aug. 29-The day
on which the first fruits of the har-
vest were blessed in the churches as
celebrated throughout Russia this
week, must have been day of mourn
ing in many of the provinces. The
outlook has grown worse almost
everywhere during the last four
weeks. Even vegetables, including
potatoes, have been largely burned
up by the scorching heat in some dis
tricts. The approaching winter will
be one of the gloomiest Russia has
ever seen. The government already
has begun preparations for the feed
ing of the population in districts
where starvation is threatened.