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The Opelousas courier., 1901-09-14
Clever Trick of Honey Hunters.

In order to be followed the bee must
have a distinguishing mark that can
be easily seen. and with such a badge
the Australian provides 1t. He gums
a small tuft Of white cotton to the
bees back, and thus follows 1t with
comparative ease. But the question
now comes up, how is the cotton to be
put upon the bees back?
The gum is quickly found; it is on
almost any tree; then cotton grows
right at hand. The bee. too, is found
in almost any sweet flower. buried
head first in the dusky pollen. drink
ing in the nectar, and showing quite
plainly whether it's honey sac is full
or empty. It moves a little in its
eager haste to secure the delicious
liquid, but perhaps a quick dab will
fasten the cotton on its back. Do not
try it. AS the little boy told his moth
er, the bee is a very quick kicker"
Watch the Australian-and he is a
very stupid fellow, too, in most things.
He fills his mouth with water, has his
tuft of cotton ready gummed, finds
his bee, gently drenches it with water
spurted from his mouth. picks it up
while it is still Indignantly shaking
itself free from the water which clogs
its wings, and with a dexterous touch
he afixes in an instant the telltale
cotton. Very much out of patience no
doubt, with the sudden and unexpect-
ed rainstorm. the bee rubs off the
tiny drops from it's wings, tries them,
rubs again. and soon, buzz! buzz!
away it goes, unconsciously leading
destruction and pillage to it's happy
home.-Waverley Magazine.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-09-14
Lad a Yariad Career.

Ex-Congressman George Willard,
who died at his home in Battle Creek,
Mich, the other day, was born in Boil
ton, VT, and at the age of II went with
his parents to Michigan, where in turn
he became student, teacher, minister,
professor, member of congress and
editcx. He was rector of St. Luke's
Episcopal church at Kalamazoo for
two years, but resigned from the min
istry because Of the conservatism of
the -ociety. For ten years he was re-
gent of Michigan university, and 1t
was largely his influence that opened
the dools PROSTITUTION to women.
He was elected III 1872 to congress,
where he served four years, his most
notable achievement bHeng a vigorous
speech against the force bill" that
was not relished by many Of his Re-
publican colleagues. MI. Willard es-
tablished the Battle Creek Journal in
The Opelousas courier., 1901-09-14
ZONE CENT POSTAGE COMING"
likely to Be Brought About by the Enor-
"a NOUS Increase in Business.

--A-
likely to Be Brought About by the Enor.
Increase in Business.
"Al1 over the country men engaged
IN the postal service are watching in
tently the progress Of affairs in the
| various branches Of the mail bust
ness" said A. J. Ball, chief clerk of
the railway mail service. "The signs
in all directions point to the greatest
year the service has ever had. On
the Indianapolis railroads, which form
the main channel for the movement OF
mails between the East and the West,
the volume of business during the
winter has been without precedent.
There are more postal cars in service,
they are hauling nor mail and utiliz,
ing more postal clerks than V e be-
fore. During the early spring the
volume has been tremendously heavy,
and this movement of mail shows the
pulsations Of business affairs general.
ly throughout the country. The fiscal
year for the postal business closes
with the last day Of June. Reports
say that, with the beginning Of the
new fiscal year, the financial receipts
will show a profit Of $1,000, 900 to the
Postofice Department of the United
States. If such a showing is made,
predict that the people of this country
are on the w of penny letter postage.
1t is bound to follow soon after the
postal receipts show a profit"
Chief Clerk Ball has been in the rail
way mail service since May IL, 1880.
He tossed mail in a railway postal car
for years, and worked his way to the
head Of the mail service between Pitts
burg and st. Louis, the second largest
branch Of the service in the United
States.
II think it was in 1888 or 1884," Mr..
Ball says, shat the postal business
made a profit. From the year it was
established, up to that time, there had
been a deficiency every year. AS soon
as there was 8. profit Congress cut the
cost Of sending 8 letter. Before that
reduction the price was three cents for
a half ounce. The reduction was to
two cents. The day two-cent postage
went into effect people throughout the
land began writing letters in greater
number. I do not remember that the
year following the reduction showed
any perceptible difference IN the vol.
ume Of mail handled In the railway
service. but I do know there was q
gradual increase every year after that
time, and In recent years the increase
has been enormous.
$40 cut the price Of sending a letter
through the mails to one cent will
mean to swell the volume Of letters
all out Of proportion to the present
number that people are writing. 1t
will cause a new age Of letter writing,
both in business and private CORE
spondence. One Of the bugbears of
the railway mail. service now is the
circular business letter that CONNER
cial houses and corporations OF all
kinds send out The letters are IN
sealed, carelessly addressed, and are
tedious for postal clerks to handle.
With one-cenf postage I believe the
old business circular viii become a
thing of the past."-Indianapolis News.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-09-14
RESISTANCE OF THE AIR.
Tests Made Of the Suction Caused by :.
Railroad Train.

A profession in Washington univer-
sity of St. Louis was recently called
upon to testify as an expert in a suit
against a railroad company of a some
what peculiar nature. 1t was claimed
that a boy had been drawn under the
cars by the suction of the air, the
train moving at high speed, and the
expert, in order to test the resistance
that the air makes to d train, cOnd-
ucted a series of experiments on board
one moving at the rate of 40 miles an
hour.
The appliance used was a very SIM
pie one, consisting Of a brass cylinder,
open at one end, and having attached
to the other end a tube connected with
q water gauge in the car. The cyl
inder was SO adjusted that it could be
extended out of the side Of the car at
any desired distance, not exceeding 81
inches, the object being 70 get the air
pressure at various distances.
The mode of operation was to adjust
the cylinder horizontally, with the
open end toward the front of the train,
which thus received the thrush of air
as the train moved forward. The pres
IRE thus produced was carried
through the tube to the gauge, which
gave the record.
Upward Of 900 tests were made dur
ing a run of 300 miles. With the air.
collecting cylinder at a distance of 80
inches from the side of the car the
gauge showed a pressure df .95 of a
pound to the square foot; and with
the collector close against the side OF
the car the pressure was 2.65 to the
square foot.
The conclusion was, therefore, that
a person standing close to the car
when it was passing at a speed of 40
miles an hour would be subject to a
pressure of 2.62 pounds to the square
foot; but if he were 80 inches distant
from the car he would feel a pressure
of only .95 of a pound. The expert es"
timated that If the cylinder was ex-
tended far enough from the side of the
car to reach the air that as not dis
turbed by the passage of the train the
pressure would be about 3.42 pounds to
the square foot.
At a higher rate of speed than 40
miles an hour the pressure would be-
of course, greater in proportion.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-09-14
A multr-Mi1llonairs's Peculiar Death.

John P. Duncan Of New York, who
made &c. 900 in the wholesale gro
Gerry business and in real estate deals
In Broadway and Fifth avenue in that
city, died from blood poisoning, Sun
day. While eating oysters a bit OF
shell was swallowed which lacerated a
membrane Of the stomach leading to
poisoning Of the blood. Mr.. Duncan
was Y years old, born in New York, Of
Scotch parents. He was a Presby-
terrain of the Calvanistic school and
one OF his customs was to close the
shades Of the house and serve cold
meals on Sunday so that the servants
might spend the day religiously.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-09-14
AEssr O Long Incarceration, Some Grim
annls DisIike, Freedom.

inals DisliEke Freedom.
After the civil war many. negroes
found themselves so helpless in their
suddenly enforced freedom that they
| begged to be restored to slavery. From
long habit they had grown attached
to slave life. So we find prison life
endeared to long-term convicts.
| Comte de Lorge, confined for thirty
years in the Bastile, declared when
| released that freedom had no Joys for
him, and, imploring In vain to be al
lowed to return to his dungeon, pined
| to death In six weeks. When Chin
wang the Chaste assembled the throne
| OF China he ordered the prisons to be
thrown open. A venerable prisoner Of
| SIS years pleaded that he might be al
| lowed to remain in his cell. For sixty
three years be had lived in Its gloom
and felt that he could not bear the
glare of the sun and the hustle OF the
city.
A woman in Leyden, on the expira-
ton of a long term Of imprisonment.
begged for permission to return to her
cell, adding If the request were re-
fused as a favor she would commit
some crime which would give her a
title to her old quarters. A prisoner
condemned to death had his sentence
committed to seven years close IN
fnement on a bed of nails. At the end
of five years he declared that II ever
he were released he would adopt from
choice what habit had rendered SC
agreeable to him. A well-knoWn
criminal once said that he had grown
to like the quiet and the subaued light
of his cell, the spots and patches on
the walls, the hardness of his bed and
the regularity Of his life, with its free
dom from all care and worry. He did
not wish to be released. 1t Is an v
eryday practice Of negroes to commit
ofenses that will return them to the
chain gang, where they will be in IA
miliar company and get plenty to eat
and drink.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-09-14
Electric Lights on New York Trains.

Train lighting by electricity has
been adopted on of the new trains
Of a prominent New York railroad.
The current is supplied from a dyna-
mo driven by an engine, the plant be-
ing carried in a compartment of the
baggage car. IN the sleeping cars each
section is provided with a reading
light, and in the smoking and obser-
cation rooms side bracket reading
lights are conveniently placed about
the cars. In the dressing rooms electric
surfing iron heaters are provided Cor
DO accommodation " ssm!alssty.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-09-14
HOW the queen Punished Her Daughters.

The queens daughters were as SIM
ply and strictly reared as she herself
had been. They had regular hours of
work and play, dressed in neat, sim
ple clothes. and ate of the plainest
fare. "Quite poor living" an old ser.
want of the queens called it. If they
were naughty they received the time
honored punishment of being sent to
bed. This was not always a deterrent
to the Princess Royal, as the following
story will show: She had several
times been scolded for calling DIR.
Brown of Windsor. Brown" and was
threatened with bed" if she trans
crossed again. Next day. when the
doctor entered the room. the young
princess said, in her most daring man.
ner: "Good morning, Brown" and
catching the queens threatening eye
she composedly added: "And good
night, Brown, for / am going to bed"
and she walked slowly away to her
punishment.-St. James Gazette.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-09-14
Matrimonial shrinlkage.

It was Ernest McGafey. the writer
of verse, to whom q lady said:
30 Mr.. MeGafey, / have just seen
your wife for the first time since your
marriage, but ! had supposed she was
a taller woman. She seems ST 1rter
than when ! saw her last"
HCagtainly.n said the poet, solemnly.
aAhe hsa married aud saEslea downn-
Rsut's Losnanlan,
The Opelousas courier., 1901-09-14
The Popular Carnatssn.

A carnation mania has taken hold Of
flower buyers. At a conservative esti-
mate 1t required 500, 900 carnations to
supply the demand in New York city
during Easter week These flowers
sold from IS to so cents a dozen for the
Inferiog kinds to S. and s6 q dozen for
choice varieties. At least s75, 900 was
spept by New Workers to satisfy their
liking for these flowers.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-09-14
Cures Cancer and Blood Poison.

Contagious blood poison. old eating ulcers,
scrofuia, bone pains, falling hair, mucous
patches, and deadly cancer, running, Tester
ing sores, persistent pimples, cured by B. B. B.
Botanic Blood Balm), which kills the poison.
Heals every sore; especially recommended for
old, obstinate cases. Druggists, 81. Describe
troubles and trial treatment sent free by writ
ing DR.. Gillian, IA Mitchell St., Atlanta, Ga.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-09-14
/ Even the men who die may feel that
They have much to live for.
T1,a Pan.American ExDe.,t,o,,

VIII be the greatest this country has ever
seen. The entire machinery will be run bv
power furnished from Niagara Falls. A.
though tho power required Is enormous we
belieye this cataract Is equal to the task, the
same as Hoststter's Stomach Bitters Is equal
TO the task Of supplying the body with motive
mower when it Is run down. There Is no
medicine in the world so good for dyspepsia
indigestion, constipation, fatuleney and ner.
vousness. Try it,
The Opelousas courier., 1901-09-14
Hest For the Bowels.

No matter what ails you, headache to a
cancer, you will never get well until your
bowels are put right. CAsoARETs help nature,
cure you without a grippe or pain, produce
cents to start getting your health back. Cas-
cARETs Candy Cathartic, the genuine, put up
In metal boxes, every tablet has @. G. g.
stamped on it. Beware of limitations.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-09-14
A ROYAL PHYSICIAN.
ooks Charles Theodore Of Bavaria
True PhIlnpt hrnossA

True Philant hropass.
e names are craven on the rolls
OF royalty whose bearers have elected
a lifework other than that to which
tnelr lineage has made them heirs.
n Q conspicuous instance of this
IN modern history is DR.. Karl Theo-
DOR as he chooses to be called, other
wise Duke Charles Theodore of Bava-
r1a' head Of the side line of the king
IONS royal house, who has abdicated
IN FAVOR OF his younger brother, in
order that he may the more complete
ly give himself up to scientific pur-
suits. By rigid devotion to the study
Oh medicine, and. in particular, the
science OF ophthalmology, he has at
talned such rank in his profession that
MS clinics are known to scientific
men all over the world. These elm
les are conducted irrespective of fnan-
cial considerations, and any worthy
man can have the benefit of the ducal
doctors skill and knowledge without
cost.
1t was the Franco-Prussian war that
first turned the dukes mind to the
profession Of a physician. He took
an active part in many of the battles,
and became particularly interested in
the hospital service, and at the close
OF the war he announced his inten-
ton Of studying medicine. Naturally
this resolve aroused much opposition
in his family. The strongest pressure
was brought to bear upon him, but he
was steadfast. Willingly foregoing his
political rights, he entered the clinic
Of q distinguished Russian. professor
at Mentone, whittier he had gone for
his health. Thereafter he assisted at
various clinics in Vienna, in all of
which he was noted for his indefatig-
able industry and patience, and whole
souled devotion to his work. Eventu-
ally he became an Independent opera
tor IN eye surgery, in which branch
he soon gained a high reputation.
Having given his time; the duke
now set about giving his money to
his profession. On Lake Tegernsee,
at the foot of the Bavarian Alps, he
built and endowed a large hospital. In
this building is maintained one Of the
dukes famous ophthalmic clinics, to
when the afflicted gather from far
and near. At Munich, Merane, in Aus
tria, and near Mentone, he established
other clinics, spending part Of the year
at each. But it Is the hospital on the
Bavarian lake that he loves the best,
and there most of his time is spent.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-09-14

DR.. Graham, Of Kentucky, who lived to be
one hundred years old, attributed his long life
and freedom from illness to the use of Grab
Orchard Water. It was his only medicine.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-09-14
are you Using Aliens Foot Ease J

re ia the only cure for Swollen, Smarting,
Tired, Aching, Hot, Sweating Feet, Corns
and Bunions. Ask for Aliens Foot-Ease, a
nowder to be shaken into the shoes. Cures
While you walk. At all Druggists and Shoe
stores. Csc. Sample sent FREE. Address,
Alien 8, Olmsted, LeToy, N. Y.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-09-14

At least four times the crown OF
England has been in pawn. Henry III.
and Henry ", Edward III. and Richard
II. all resorted to this means of rails
ing money. The merchants Of Fland-
ers once had possession of the crown.
the city of London held it as security
for $4,000 and it was pledged at an
other time for 500. 600. Edward III.
disposed Of it to the bishop of Win
chester for $67, 800 and Charles II.
would have used the crown as a per-
sonal asset IL he had been able to turn
IL into money.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-09-14
See advt. Of sn1rHDEA1's BUSINESS COLLEGE

Hemlock, the extract which killed So
crates, is a native Of Italy and Greece.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-09-14

Conductor q. d. Loomis, Detroit, Mich.
says '"The effect of HALLS Catarrh Cure is
wonderful" Write him about 1t. Sold by
Druggists, 75e.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-09-14

OF all German cities Nuremburs has in.
creased. most within the last five years
about sixty per cent.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-09-14

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething, soften tho gums, reduces infamma-
ton, aIlays pain, cures wind collie. CSC O bottls
The Opelousas courier., 1901-09-14

The thirty-one beet sugar factories in
fhe United States now yield more than q
third of our domestic sugar product.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-09-14

A smart brickmaker can make 1000
bricks a day. A sixteen horse power ma
chine makes 10000 in the same time.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-09-14
A Centem8riaU.

Before marriage a man yearns for WON.
AN and afterward he earns for her,
The Opelousas courier., 1901-09-14

do not believe Piso's Cure for Consump-
fion has an equal for coughs and colds.-JoHN
?. BOYER, Trinity Springs, Ind, Feb. Is, 1900.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-09-14

/ FITS permanently cured. No fits or
ness after first days use Of DR.. Hines Great
Nerve Restorer. 90 trial bottle and treatise free
iDT. b. H. KLINE, Ltd, 931 Arch St., Phila, Pa
The Opelousas courier., 1901-09-14

Each package Of PUTNAM FAnELEss DY
colors either SILK, Wool or Cotton perfectly
n one boiling. Sold by all druggists.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-09-14

The Judge may deliver a very long SEN
lsence in q very few words.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-09-14

Germany has colonies and possessions
whose area is equal to nearly five times
her " size,
The Opelousas courier., 1901-09-14

Peppermint is native to Europe, and it's
use as a medicine dates back to the Mid
die Ages.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-09-14

Money and blood should both be kept
In circulation.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-09-14

Running expenses are often hard to
catch up with.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-09-14

Il very often happens that when a ship
arrives late they dock it.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-03-15
THE WOMAN OF 30
Is the Queen of Her Sex, and Greatly to
 Be Desired.

Be Desired.
 Give me a woman of 30, writes a member of the sex who has had mucA experience in the world. and 1 will back her any day against pretty, in experienced debutante of 20. It is lit tie feminine ways which appeal so ir- resistibly to a mans heart These ways are the result of careful. tasteful practice. generally speaking, the result of Knowledge of the world that can only come after one has lived among men and women, after one has loved and been loved, La jeune file is to my mind most irritating and unattrac- tive She is so helplessly selfen crossed, so prejudiced; she has still to learn such a vast amount, when first launched into society (though, of course, a clever mother can help her simple ingenue enormously. Girls are, as rule, taken from school much too soon They should be allowed to finish their education by travelling abroad for a couple of years before they mix on equal terms with other women who have seen so much more and know 50 much more than any in sipid uninformed chit of IS can pos sibly do Oh, the stupidity of the av- craze chaperons. No wonder they sit and watch their seulless daughters be- ing cast into the shade by the smart married woman or the finished and desperately attractive, though still un married, siren of 30.o
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-03-15
 Largest Toy Factt ".

The largest toy factory in the world 1 sin New York, where playthings in tin are manufactured literally by the million. It stands five stories high, and turns out 1907 distinct varieties of tin toys. Mo- l is tin horse; 1907 a tin menagerie. The output of circular tin whistles is 2,o00,000 per annum. To make tin horse twelve inches long dies have to be cast costing G15. The children of different countries have different tastes, but tin swords are wanted all over the world, the mili- tary instinct being as universal in the nurseries as in the courts and cabi- nets of the world.-Spare Moments.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-03-15
Human Nature Fxemp1lffed.

An Atchison father who has lazy
 worthless son sent him adrift on Sat drday at noon, saying he never want ed to SC him again. The young mans mother carried on in a pitiful way, but the father was memorable, the young man must get out and shift for him. self. The young man went away say ing he would return a rich man some day and make his father ashamed Of himself? His mother said he was a noble boy, and swooned. That night at o'clock the kitchen door open2d softly, and the young man came ii, carrying a small armful of wood. When supper was ready he took his usual place at the table, and ate with his ac- customed appetite. The father said nothing, but the mother waited on her son with unusual care, as though he had returned with the fortune he had talked about at noon,--Atchison Globe.
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fuary }, but owing to the destruc. tlon of his wardrobes, scenery. etc. by fire the date was cancelled. Every
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I" l9!a~ln caaufT shows there fa absolutely no fo7afa- tion in fact for the report.
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the controversy.

the controversy.
 The publisher is alleged to b.,.. C,t.. ,,l.i2a Int under the rules of the
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'efn0reu me the Missouri, Naasas z
 Texas Will Purchase the Line.
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