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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-07-27
The Sailors Trousers.

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Everybody knows that British sail
OTIS wear their trousers wide 1.-THE bot
tom, but everybody may not know
that they can either make, mend, or
wash their own clothes. Now, at one
time every sailor had sufficient cloth
given ont to make the articles in aues-
ton, with Just a BIT left over for fu-
ture repairs. But here came the diff
Guilty. He was not allowed to have
any pockets. So, quite naturally, be
kept therepairing bitin a handy place,
where it could NOT get lost. If be
wanted to mend a hole II his jumper
all be had to do was 10 cut piece out
Of his trouser ends. Il will be readily
seen, therefor, that BY the time the
trousers were altogether worn out
they had become the same width the
whole of the ward down, or, better still,
the much-desired peg-top shape. The
navy Is very conservative, and that's
why sailors trousers still coutinne To
aoat IN the breeze to-day.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-07-27
Safety in Trains.

Sir Edward Watkin was emphatic
ID defending and championing rail
ways. On one occasion, when the free
quency Of railroad accidents had been
alluded to, he said: q have proved
that railway travelling is safer than
walking OF driving, than going up and
downstairs, than watching agricultur-
al machinery, and even safer than eat
ing, because II is i fact that more peo-
pie choke themselves while perform
ing that act in England alone than
are killed on all The railways Of the
United Kingdom. Z,
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-07-27
SOMETHING OF a JOKER.
Rumor Of sn Important Deal Neither
Confirmed Nor Denied.

Douglas Robinson is nothing ifnet
q joker, and while not altogether
aVerse to telling things to newspaper
men occasionally about the Astor,
Lorillard and other large real estate
interests with which he is connected,
yet, probably for the sake Of his own
conscience, he has guarded way Of
doing it, that is at the same time
amusing. What about this rumor
that such and such property has been
sold?a he was asked the other day.
ssWen, he replied, after moments
meditation, q don't like to confirm
it because promised that I wouldn't,
and cannot deny it for very obvious
reasons" " The newspaper man CON
graduated him upon having hit upon
happy method of telling the whole
story and yet having said nothing
IN. Y. Times.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-07-27
USE OF NETTLES.
Said to Be Able to Cure Forty-two DIFF
ferent Diseases.

Nettles are as a rural remedy high
II calculated, ] should say, to make
the patient ssonaisy Whipping with
nettles has been used IN cases Of leth-
argy, numbness and palsy, with what
effect cannot say, but this 7 do know
that handling nettles regardless Of
their sting produces numbness which
destroys for d time further sensitive
ness to their poison, according to
Longmans Magazine. Gulpepper
enunerates no less than 40 diseases
that are cured BY an application Of
nettles in one form OF another, among
them leprosy, gout, sciatica, itch,
wounds and sores Of all lsorts. HeaIso
informs Us that the juice is effecfual
to .settle the palate of the mouth Id
its place. Has anyone experience Of
the palate shifting elsewhere? Ihaye
not heard Of it. Curtis says that in
Arran and other islands Of Scotland
q arennet is made Of q strong deeoction
OF nettles; quart Of salt is put to
three pints Of decoction and boiled;
9 spoonful will coagulate q large bowl
Of milk.
@. that this too solid flesh would melt
Thaw and resolve itself into dew.
Little did Hamlet think when he
gave utteranee to this desire that he
had only to go to the nearest ditch
where grew nettles and periWinkIe to
bring it about, and JET Gerard, quot
ing from Dioscorides first century,.
says that anettles boiled with perry
wrinkles maketh the body soluble, and
dothit by a kind Of cleansing quality I
Few who believed it SO would care to
try the experiment.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-07-27
A FOUR-LEGGED BABY.
Wonderful Negro Child Interests the
Physicians OF Alabama.

Physicians Of Alabama.
Physicians in Alabama are taking
much interest in the case Of the four
legged child to whom Mary Maddox,
8 negress, gave birth at 0pehka On
May "a. The baby isa well-deysloped
male child.
One pair of legs are IN the ordinary
position, and, like the arms, are well
formed. The extra pair Of legs are
near the arms, and while quite we'll
| formed, are small. The feet on the
extra legs are regularly formed, with
toes and toenails, and have the ap-
pearance Of belonging to a siekly
child. The child is robust and heal
thy, with all the faculties Of an ordi-
nary child
The child has been examined BY
leading physicians Of the state and
pronounced healthy in everything ex-
cept the extra pair Of limbs. He has
good use Of his regular limbs, but
seems unable to control the others.
The physicians, aftera careful exam
nation, said that if the child Lives,
which seems altogether probable at
this time, be win eventually get con-
troll Of them, as there are about the
same muscles and ligaments ID them
that are found in d cub bear Of the
same age.
Thousands Of people have gone to
Opelika to view the freak, of whom
the parents seem to.be very fond.
Several theories are advanced To
account fer this rnonstrosity. One
Of them is that the mother was fright
5ened By great black bear during the
street fair in 0pelika last fall. Dr..
Williamson, strong believer ii the
DarWinian theory, declares that the
case is simply . retrogr ression Of man
kinda step backward and that the
child demonstrates that the human
race came from the monkey family.
The features Of the child are regu-
lar. They are those Of The typical
African, with the large mouth, fat
nose and kinly hair.
Already the father Of the child,
John Maddox, is arranging to place
him on exhibition, believing that he
has the greatest human curiosity ever
produced. Heis awaiting the highest
bidder, and as soon as the child and
mother are strong enough they will
take the road. m. Z. Sun.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-07-27
Fish zso Years Old.

There are some gold fish III Wash
ington which have belonged to the
same family for the last so years, and
they seem no bigger and no less viva
cious to-day than they did when they
first came into the owners possession.
& fen of the fish in the Royal aqua
rum at St. Petersburg are known to
be $50 years old, and the age of The
sacred fish in some Of the ponds at
taehed to the Buddhist temples ii
China IS to be counted By centuries,
If we are to believe the priests.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-07-27
INSECT PESTS.
Have Been tho Plague o. the HawaiiaH
islands.

I Few countries have suffered mors
from the introduction of insect pests
than the Hawaiian islands, says Cham
bers' Journal. The two chief prod
uets of these islands are sugar and
coffee, while a considerable amount OF
fruit is also grown Along with the
imported trees came their insect enc
mics, notably the scale insect and the
aphis. In the course of time these
increased SO prodigionsly that they
threatened to destroy the industries
OF the country. Man il doomed to q
constant struggle against nature, and
he is often compelled, SO to speak, to
fight her with her own weapons. So
it was in this case. The trees were be-
ing destroyed BY insects; remedy, i'm
port more insects. So in 1890 a cer-
tain ladybird lVedalia cardinaIis) was
sent over from Australia. It became
completely naturalized, and increased
prodigiously, feeding on the scale IN
sects, which It soon reduced Id num-
bers, until they became comparative
y scarce. But there were other insect
plaques aphides and others Of dif-
ferent orders. The government there
fore employed naturalist TO import
more insects These were brought
from Australia, and many Of them
we're ladybirds. Several Of them have
established themselves and done good
service. One Of the most useful is s
ladybird which feeds on the aphides,
which had seriously attacked the
sugar canes. II has done such good
work that there il every prospect 81
the canes being speedily cured.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-07-27
An Earl,s Bu uilding Folly.

Devonshire is to lose an interesting
monument Of the folly Of wealthy
man. The earl Of e Egremont, who pur-
sued 50 picturesque career il the
fifties of the last century, resolved to
erect monument at SilVerton, near
Exeter, which should be an example
to the world Of what his genius and
riches could produce IN the way Of
beauty and luxury He was his own
architect, and 50 profuse we're his
ideas that he put up about 200 mar
BE mantelpieees, had the door-knobs
of the principal rooms fashioned Of
amber, and the bath cut ont Of q solid
piece Of marble. He spent quarter
of j million on the place, and even
then it Was incomplete # is, IN fact,
incomplete to this day, and nov it is
to be sold as building material.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-07-27
MIsF0RTUNEs or WEALTH.
Eousekeeper and Landlord Stripped tia
Rich Man's Home.

| Wealth has misfortunes OF its ewn, =
remarked 3 gentleman recently who
| Lives north of Canal street, to a New
| Orleans Times-Democrat reporter,
aand had occasion several days ago
to see the really funny side of thing
that happened to lucky man Up
to few months ago he was very poor
fellow, a sort Of Lazarus in whose face
| the rich man might shake his table
cloth without running the risk Of
offering a serious affront But the oil
boom which hit Beaumont brought
good luck TO this poor man, and he
suddenly began to rise ii the world
in d financial way. The first streak
of good luck that hit him caused him
to give up his job, and he began to
improve things about his home He
hired 3 housekeeper, bought whole
lot Of nice and expensive things, and
was simply rioting in d small way on
account of his good luck at Beaumont.
He bought silverware and things Of
that sort. He finally pulled out for
Beaumont, where he could watch his
interests and add to fortune which
had already reached the million-dol-
lar mark. Heremained away for some
time, and reports Of his continued
good luck reached his housekeeper
and his landlord, and they never
dreamed that he would return to New
Orleans. He was simply too rich to
think about the little things in the
little hon1ethe little furnishings.
the little silverware, the little what
nots and other little things. Thus
thinking, they Concluded that they
would confer, one with the other, the
one being the landlord and the other
being the housekeeper. So they did.
They conferred, and then decided to
divide the deserted estate, taking
share and share alike, spoon for spoon,
as one might say. There was no
hitch in the division, and the land
lord and the housekeeper separated
on friendly terms and in the best Of
spirits. Really, they felt like Beau
mont's boom had hit them in small
way. But the fellow returned, like
q fellow will sometimes, just at the
most unexpected time. And he made
8 straight shot forsthe Little home
which he had furnished in the first
flush Of his good luck. Hefound dust
on the steps. The windows were cur
fainless. There was no sound, no
nothing to indicate the house was
built for human habitation, and the
poor rich man was paralyzed when he
saw hanging from the gallery post the
sign, For Rent.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-07-27
THE LAST OF A NAVAL car.
Distinguished Pet Fondied by Prominent
People the World Over.

Jerry, the oldest cat in the United
States navy, has just died, says Our
Animal Friends. For 16 years ne was
the pet and mascot of the sailors on
board the fish commission steamship
Albatross, and was probably the best
known cat in the world. He had been
petted by the highest naval officials
Of China and Japan, and earessed BY
thousands OF lovely women at the
many ports where the Albatross
stopped. Eskimos had admired him..
and even reformed cannibaI chiefs
had stroked and fondled him. At
the time Of his death Jerry was very
old and quite toothless, but he would
have lived some years more, perhaps,
but for a black shobo" cat which was
kept around the Albatross for the pur-
pose Of catching the rats and mice,
Jerry being too old and distinguished
cat for such purposes.
Jerry and the hobo" were sleep
ing below decks peacefully DOING
side by side, like good shipmates
when mouse intruded on the siesta.
4 lively seufae ensued, and poor
mousey was torn to pieces; but Jerry
and the black eat came to blows and
then To bloodshed over the dainty
morsel. Although the toothless old
Warrier did his best, he would have
been cruelty murdered by the black
cat but for the timely arrival of the
sailors. They took Jerry to the fire.
oom, and left him there in the warmth
Of the furnace, with plenty Of dainty
morsels.
In the dark Of the night the black
cat sfrolled leisurely into the fire.
room, renewed the attack, and this
time almost killed poor Jerry before
the one-sided fight was interrupted.
Jerry fingered till morning, when be
died Of wounds received in battle" "
The crew held a military trial, found
the black cat guilty Of manslaughter,
and also of conduc. unbecoming
member Of the navy, and sentenced
him to walk the plank like any
ether nirate
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-07-27
A RACE FOR LIFE.
Tracks In the Snow Tell Of Narrowly
Avsrted Tragedy.

AYeEEeo Tragedy.
Atone time / was nass;,,g along fba
edoe Of the woods Il W;n}ar + wban
there was snow cows ! writer Is For-
al an5 sfnoa,,, ss,rtla tra.l, g es
lynx Wbereit had haer :, ] laisnrelv i.. 4ray.
elmo alone when Iba 4racLs showed
wbera i bad s4onned bab;na J n;rs 8.
b,,sh and ss,,,afted dow, = IA snow now
then made tra.aen5ons laan - M 8; ;nto !,
tbe omen field and rnn J ffsE rads av;;. I.
dantlr i IL besf s1 naee a.. 3 8 3
r,bsra "a ~ trsel = i.ot- ~.
hit coming dawn j r;al,4 anslss s viii,
fba oo,,rse 2 tba lrnx 10 oo;sa : ,,nf;l q
a;ras4l,, ,,,,s,s;; s. - $ 2, s IS. s
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-07-27
The Latest Society Amusement.

The game IS called baby tea, and
is played IN this way: All the guests
come provided with photographs of
themselves when babies. These are
shufisd together on q table, and the
skill Of the game consists ID discover
ing 70 whom the photograp aphs belong.
This Is no easy matter, for all infan-
tile features are pretty much alike
before the camera. The lady or gen
tleman who guesses the largest num-
Der correctly is the winner.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-07-27
RETIRED OFFICERS.
Private Life and Inactivity Crates on
Army and Navy Heroes.

~
Experience IN a great number oi
cases has shown that retired army
or naval officer lives longer if he re-
sides in Washington after retirement
than he would elsewhere, Volun-
teered WelIknoWn army officer to
Washington Star reporter, Ssand that
and other considerations have caused
me to make up my mind that when
retire next fall shall make Wash
ington my home. The general idea
about retiring is that an officer is
branded condemned, like an old
army horse or mule, and that he Is
turned out to die, having served bis
purpose in the service. This is not q
very consoling or complimentary idea,
but it prevails among officers OF
course, officers would as arule prefer
to die In harness, but on reaching the
age limit it is understood that their
days for wearing harness have passed.
As the day for retirement presses on
an officer can hardly think Of any
thing else.
& think the desire of most officers
il to get out Of the made dening whirl
as soon as possible after retirement.
Naval officers have this desire more
strongly than army officers, and nine
out Of every ten that I have heard
talk on the matter express the desire
to wind up their days IN the country
rather than in city. Curiously
enough, the desire among both is to.
farm, though as d rule but few Of them
know anything about farming.
Nearly all officers Of the marine
corps want to wind up their earthly
careers as stock farmers. The adVan-
tage Of a Washington life is that it
keeps one in an official atmosphere
and thus tends to prolong life. The
ordinary mechanic, farmer, profess
sional man Or shopkeeper rarely
thinks Of shutting of the mortal coil
tais side of Is years, and many live
longer, but if you will look upon the
mortality record Of army or naval Of
feers you will be surprised to find
how few Of them everreach that age,
though on the date Of retirement al
most everything indicated 4 long life
as q rule they do much less physi-
cal labor than people In other spheres
Of life and are not run down BY hard
work, which may be and often is the
rule in civil life. The retirement is
a heavy handicap on them, and the
first year after retirement is the heaV-
lest. BY residing in Washin gton they
seem to be more IN touch with affairs
which are familiar to them. The idea
that their race is run and that they are
not fit to start in another, even If the
pace is somewhat slackened, does not
consume or control them as it GER
tainly does elsewhere
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-07-27
The age of Han.

The question of how old is the hu,
man race receives an interesting
answer in the latest edition of De Nor
tillet's Origin and Antiquity oi
Man. The total number Of years
elapsed since, according to geological
evidence, men first appeared upon the
earth is placed at 23s, 900. OF thi,
$4,000 years belong to the preglacial
epoch, 100000 years to the glacial,
AZ, 900 years to the interval between
the glacial epoch and the prehistoric
and Neolithic, Il, 900 years to the two
last-named epochs, and 5000 years
to the time elapsed since the begin
ming OF the historic period IN Egypt.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-07-27
WANTED A STAR AND CLUB.
But the Irishman Decided Not to File
His Applicatien Eight Away.

But the Hishman Decided Not to File
His Applicatisn Right Away.
An Irishman fresh from al emf
grant ship came into the Office Of ex-
Sheriff Thomas Dunn a few days ago.
He had letters Of introduction from
friends in Ireland to Tammany's
joker.
Begorrah, I would Ike to be put
ontheforceto be a constable, said the
neWly-landed after a hearty hand
shake.
And bedad you came to the right
man, said Mr.. Dunn, winking his
eye and initiating the brogue Of the
emigrant.
T just got the papers for another
man, but you take them and fill them
out, and do just as they tell you. Don't
come back to me until club is in your
fist, !" said Dunn.
The Irishman took his two black
glazed hand bags and went out. On
the street he stopped and read from.
beginning to end the application
blanks sent out by the municipal civil.
service commission. On the back is
list Of the subjects the applicants
must pass to be appointed After
reading about Geography, grammar,
arithmetic, spelling, penmanship,Y =
the newly-arriyed tore up the papers
and walked off, saying
sBegorrah, I'll have TO find another
job. IN. Y. Times.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-07-27
VOL. XI.-NO. 43.
'TAiN'T tn, SAME.

Guess my tackle is tn best
Rod o. steel an fancy dies;
Lines that stand TIL toughest test
Reels enough for every size:
Yet when / a-fishin' go
An recall tn early fame
OF boy used to know.
'Tain't tn same.
Useter own hickory rod
Hook, cork, sinker-nothin' more;
Useter to turn tn garden sod
After worms 'longside tn door.
Useter angle In tn brook
Speckle trout aroun' me came,
Seemed to banker for my hook
'Tain't tn same.
There I'd sit an fish an ash,
Starin' at tn quiet pool;
Sit an watch. an wait, an wish
Quite forgettin' home an school,
Often caught a lickin,, myI
Dad was quick to place th' blamel
Fishin' cost this youngster high
Tain't tn same.
Fsishin'. an inventtn' tales
Kind o. skatin' round the truth
Is sport that never states
In tn golden days of youth.
Got tn tackle that's the best,
Yet tn sport seems gettin' tame:
What's tn tackle ,thout tn zest?
Tain't tn same.
--W. r.. Rose, In Cleveland Plai,
Dealer.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-07-27
Courtesy and Success.

Scatter the golden coin Of courtesy
freely If yon would travel over theroad
that leads to success. Chicago Daily
News.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-07-27
News u Different.

The recse Of q hanging IS generally
reliable.- Chicago Daily NeEs.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-05-08
Phenomenal Advance I'm N. p. Stool

Phenomenal Advance I'm N. p. Stock.
New York May S.-Northern Pacl-
ic common jumped In leaps and
bounds this morning to $50, an
advance of 364 points over yesterdays
close. This tremendous advance was
scored 10 less than five minutes. A
reaction as violent and speedy as the
rise followed, the stock declining 10
the next ten minutes to 100. There Is
no longer any doubt that certain big
interests have cornered the stock and
that 1t is 10 their power to manipulate
the price of Northern Pacific common
at will. The rest OF the market was
disturbed by the wild gyrstions OF
Northern Pacific aud the resulting
fears OF the consequences OF collapse
A we'll known trader made 1920, 600
10 less than q minute this morning
He sold 1000 shares of Northern
Pacific sbort at $50 and took IL back al
100, almost before the sale could be
recorded.
The interests which have accumulate
ed Northern Pacific common deny any
intention to corner the stock, accord
ing to statement Issued at noon by
Wall street news bureau. The state
ment which Is claimed to be authorita'
tive says: "Any Northern Pacific stock
needed for arbitrage requirements up
to this date can be obtained fat as long
as the books remain open. The inter
ests which have accumulated Northern
Pacific in quantity recently are entirely
out of sympathy with any attempt to
make corner In the stock and will do
everything in their power to prevent
such q corner" Announcement that
insiders were prepared to loan Northern
Pacific fat had the effect of steadying
the market this morning. Reports that
the arbitrage houses had felt the squeeze
badly were denied. The scattering
liquidation, caused by the demands for
more margin and the falling oil In COM
mission house business gave a heavy
tone all around but there were signs OF
absorption Especial stocks in good quar-
fa.a
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-05-08

Pekiu. but 30 far IL has been impossible
IN secure any modification Of the terms
proposed. The United States regards
ihe aggregate made az preposterous-
inst $l37. OO0, 900 too much-and Mr..
Rockhill, following instructions from
Washington, Is doing eli he can to
secure az agreement upon lesser
amount. 1t is reported today
from Pekin that the Ministers have
submitted their demands to the Chinese
government and have asked what steps
It will take to pay the amount named.
1t does not mean than an ultimatu "a
has been handed to China, nor are the
proceedings likely to take such form
at present. 1t is hoped that China's
proposition to make trade concessions
to the foreign powers, by opening up
the whole of the Chinese Empire to
commerce. will be agreed to by all oil
the powers and that as result the
demands for money indemnities may
be considerably reduced.
Coroner hewitt held an inquest to-
dsy in the case OF Mrs. Elizabeth
II. Launt, who was knocked down
by Q bicycle yesterday aud killed
The Jury returned verdict stating that the
affair was an unavoidable accident. William
Barnes colored, the rider Of the wheel which
knocked Mrs. Laupt down, was released from
| custody.
Further details OF the extension Of German
| inliuence In South America are contained II
consular reports issued by the State Depart
| ment today.