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The Opelousas courier., 1901-12-21

This unusually good example OF the
retort courteous comes from q German
source: A distinguished traveller en-
tered the railroad restaurant at Cassel,
and waited patiently for his time 70
be served. Study of the bin Of fare
showed nothing appetizing. The wait
or was taken into counsel and recon-
mended, with enthusiasm, dish after
dish, only to meet o shake OF the head.
and finally the discouraging answer:
.Only that?' Wounded Ia his pro-
fessional pride the waiter expostulae,
ed: Pardon me. sir, but / have served
the best people here. and they were
satisfied with our bill of fare; you
should be So. too" The stranger ID
his turn answered: 'Bnt do you knov
Who / am and to whom you are talk,
mgr, No. said the waiter. wen
then, I am the Prince Of Bulgaria
sOnly that?s said the waiter prompt.
~. And the anecdote concludes with
the g~uspiclously conventional ending
that the bold waiter was Immediately
aSen into the prfnce1v service.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-12-21
Town Residences For Sale

In a desirable neighborhood in Ope'
lousas, with an entire square OF land.
we'll shaded with live oaks, magnoliss,
cedars, pecans, ETC., about 9 squares
from the Courthouse, 5 squares from
High School, 2 squares from Catholic
Church and convent. House is two
story, brick basement, 8 rooms, four
6replaces, out buildings, etc., all nn-
Ger good fence. Will be sold cheap for
cash, or part cash and balance on time
TO suit Apply at this Office. It
The Opelousas courier., 1901-12-21
passengers.

Paris leads the world in dressmak-
ing. It IL estimated that there are To-
900 persons employed in the dress
making establishments of the city. and
if one includes the workers who de"
sign and make the materials used by
the dressmakers, about 1,400,o 900 per-
SONS are engaged In the struggle to
satisfy woman's love Of ehinons.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-12-21

1t has been calculated that some
thing like 100000 pints of tea are
imbibed yearly by L~ondoners. and
that the teapot necessary to contain
this amount, if properly shaped, would
comfortably take in the whole OF st.
Paul's cathedral.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-12-21

The United States is rich enough to
have anything 1t desires, a college OF
heraldry included. But coats OF arms
will have to figure In American civill-
sation as mere matters Of decoration
for some time to come.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-12-21

A railroad automobile has been put
into operation on one Of the French
railways. It is a combination OF en-
CINE and passenger car. Its total
length is 8S 10 feet. The engine Is 10
Gated in the middle and has 125 horse
power, and the vehicle will carry 80
The Opelousas courier., 1901-12-21
oPE1oUsAs. LOUISIANA

The population oK France, It Ii
claimed. is increasing somewhat more
rapidly than 1t was 10 years ago.
France is not q dying nation.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-12-21

italy is now sending more emigrants
&c the United States than any other
country: Austro-Hungary next and
Russia third. The percentage OF the
total number OF immigrants from these
three countries, In the order named,
It 27.s, 2s.2 and 17.4. Germany sent
SIT percent In 1882, but now 1t sends
only "A percent England sent 1914
percent In 1889; now 1t sends only 9.5
percent.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-12-21

It seems highly improbable that rice
will ever be regarded ss q very inn
portant food staple in the United States
or in many Of the countries OF Europe.
remarks the New York Sun. The most
significant fact In relation 70 bread
stufis In all countries where wheat is
important either as o product or an
import Is the rapid increase In The
number OF wheat eaters. We are the
greatest maize growing country in the
world, and we appreciate highly the
value OF maize for human food, but
our consumption OF the grain as O
breadstuR is insignificant In compare
son with consumption OF wheat.
1t has often been said in recent years
that the opening Of every new railroad
In western countries increases the
number of wheat eaters. The estimate
In 1871 that the wheat eaters OF the
world numbered 371. 900, 900 has steadi-
" increased for later years. and three
years ago attainable data seemed to
show that wheat was the bread staple
OF 616,0oo,0 900 souls.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-12-21

OF the population Of the United
States All percent live In incorporated
municipalities, of which there are TO-
COZ in the country. OF these, however,
sS1e have a population Of less than 1000
and are really rural communities. The
states differ greatly in their policy
with regard to permitting small towns
to incorporate. Massachusetts,, for ex-
ample, has but SO incorporated towns.
while Delaware, with only one-hf-
teenth OF the population of Massachu-
sets, has s5. Illinois heads the list
with $50 incorporated municipalities.
California has 116.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-12-21

A house and lot in the town OF
Washington, L., in the square bound.
ed by Carriere, Wilkins, Ewes and
Dupre. Frame building made OF
choice cypress, ceiled inside, weather.
boarded outside, 20x30 feet. Will be
sold cheap for cash, or part cash and
balance on time to suit. For particu.
lars apply at the Courier office, Ope-
lousas, La. If
The Opelousas courier., 1901-12-21
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.

The use of the "E Pluribus Unum"
on coin was never authorized by law.
It's first known use was on a New
Jersey cent struck Off in 1916.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-12-21
Man,

WHO does not mad A6
vOrtising profitable
I'm ht@ BUSINESS 6m0a
basin sB@ q -
able.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-12-21

In a village of Germany a blind old
woman was led to church every Sun
day by a gander. who used to take
hold of her gown with his bill. :
The Opelousas courier., 1901-12-21
ACADEMY
OF &G@-
IMMACULATE . CONCEPTION

OPELOUsAS, IA. ~
Waasr tho Direction Of che glataEs AasiaalSA
Of Holy Gross. :,
Offers to young ladies svary hsllY
for acquiring g thorough christian y
ucation. Constant attention i paa.
home and social culture. Lsssoass"
given in music, painting and sIas
useful arts. The sisters also l..s
charge of the boys school. The co. o.
81 instruction il two-fold-Psspa,asI.
and Commercial. French b tausas .
che two courses. For psEttoals,ss.
Dress SISTER SUPERIOR
The Opelousas courier., 1901-12-21

By 4 curious coincidence C3oigosz,s
hszae 81 u Polish noun meaning 20
keeping, crawling thing, anch as >
E1aks.D
The Opelousas courier., 1901-12-21

A locomotive on an English railroad.
built in 1870, has just completed A.
600. 900 miles of service, breaking the
record. But no company In the United
States would be willing to confess that
It was using locomotives built 80 years
ago. A high speed engine here makes
about 10O,O 00 miles a year. Before 20
years have passed It is out Of date
and is replaced with one with modern
improvements. English pride In the
present performances Of locomotives 80
years old tends 10 account for the sue
premacy OF American locomotives
throughout the world, and for the fact
that English colonies prefer them 10
the English machines.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-12-21

A revolver may not be a sociable
but it never goes of By
itaeR,
The Opelousas courier., 1901-12-21

The greatest number of men e
employed on one structure was on the
Gizeh pyramid, where 100000
men were in forced labor. This pyra-
mid is $50 feet high, and covers an
area Of Is acres, twice the dimensions
of any other building in the world,
in one instance taking 1000 men three
years In bringing a single stone from
the quarry.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-12-21

Opelousas Courier
u the advocate OF Democratic
principles and the friend Of the
people.
Their welfare ia ito welfare, and
10 will ever be found defending
their rights with oil Of ifs
ability.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-12-21

Brittany has a strange burial custom.
Bodies are buried as in this country,
but when the flesh has disappeared
the skeleton is exhumed and the skull
detached and placed in a tiny coffin.
These skull collins are little boxes
painted black OF green, shaped like a
dog kennel, with sloping roofs. They
are about two feet long, n foot deep
and one foot broad and have an oval
or heart shaped opening at one end,
,surmounted by a ros The opening
Is fitted with glass so that portion
of the skull Is visible and appears TO
gcowl at the curious spectator. The
boxes are arranged on lodges and cor
nices Of the churchyard wallis. It is a
great and costly privilege to have
these collins find SC sacred a resting
place.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-12-21

A curious wedding procession was
that of Eleanor Linler. an American
bride, who, in 1897, married her sixth
husband, the other five having been
divorced. But they evidently did not
consider that she had trifed with
their affections, for each followed her
in a separate cab to the church, and
n went so far as to present her with
a substantial wedding gift.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-12-21

A bL4 -
Then there came a moaning cry from
the shapeless figure upon the bed:
Bring Mrs. Post. Oh, bring my
teacher. / love her 80"
Without. another moments. hesita-
tion Della went forward and gathered
the poor disfigured head In her hands.
She had shrunk from touching Katie's
hand before; now she stopped and
kissed the bit of forehead which was
not covered with ~bandages
II am here, Katie, and ! am going
to stay with you," she said.
In spite of her husbands protest,
Della remained in that dinnly lighted
room all night. The pain which poor
Katie suffered was indescribable, and
her means were 80 piteous that Mrs.
Ryan retired to the kitchen, where
she could not hear them, leaving the
minister's wife alone.
Mr.. Post waited down stairs, and
his brave wife sat by the sick girls
bedside. holding n bandaged hand
in hers, while she murmured comfort
ing words or sang In a low, sweet
voice. Her husband heard it In the
middle OF the night and thanked God
He had given him such a wife.
It was not until the next evening
that Katie's weary feet slipped over
the brink OF time into eternity. Al
her sufferings grew verse. she chung
more tightly to the soft white hand
and listened to the loving words which
the minister's wife spoke. MIR. Pos
hardly recognised Della in this won
The Opelousas courier., 1901-12-21

A singular fire occurred recently az
a dwelling house in Philadelphia. I'm
derneath the parlor window was q
dresser upon which was ii glass globe,
which, it is supposed, became so heat
ed by the suns rays that it ignited the
window curtains, the flames extending
tc the dresser. whicI, with its contents
and the curtains, were destroyed be-
fore the fire was extinguished. There
was no fire In the parlor crate, nor
was any person in the room where the
fire originated.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-18
NO ICE THERE.
Trust Sub Station Plan Was
Nearly All Bluff.
Only One of Those Designated
Is Selling lee.
THEY CLAMOR IN VAIN.
People Besiege ssSub-StatiOns'
but There Is No Ice.
Manager Dickey Says They
ssMay BE Established.

There appears to have been more or
less bluff about the ice trust establish
fishing sub-statfons or perhaps Mana
ger Dickey has relented
Only one Of the substations recently
announced by the Peoples Ice company
as points at which ice could be bought
at retail. is supplying the trade This
is the store Of W. L. Osborne In South
Topeka and he has had 500 pounds a
dav-
Last Saturday the information was
given out that the following substations
were established and that the people
living in the vicinity could secure ice
without having to wait the coming of
the ice wagon:
Frank Newland, 1901 East sixth av-
enue; Geo. Heffner, corner Seward av-
enue and Branner; J. s. Dickinson, 1901
Morris avenue; Davis Mercantile COM
pany, Seventeenth and West streets;
W. L. Osborne, 1701 South Kansas ave-
nue.; Granteer & Oberly, Tenth and To-
peka avenue. In North Topeka: Plant
Of Crystal Ice company Kansas avenue
and Melan bridge; Topeka Ice and Cold
storage company, Curtis and Tyler.
Frank Newland said this morning: Il
knew nothing OF any such arrangement
until I saw it in the paper. Early last
spring when the contracts were made
with the ice company I with the others
was compelled to sign contracts not to
sell Ice at retail called up the Peo-
Pies Ice company and asked what was
meant BY the plan. They told me / could
II wanted to take an agency. People
have been to my place for ice every
day since that announcement was
made. It has been q big trouble. I am
not selling any ice at retail"
have had no Ice yet said GEORGE
iHe1ner, but am expecting to sell some
ice a. soon as Mr.. Dickey arrange for
facilities for my handling it,
- = D1CKInSOu said. II knew nothing
OF any arTangement for the sale Of ice
pany used my name without SAVING any
thing about it. 1 called t7p the ice corn nav
ana asked them about It. They~have not
I FINISHED l,Il any Ice yet. but I expect they
Mr.. Terrence of the Davis Mercantile
company said: We have never made any
aTran sements for such sale of ice. Our
name was used without our knowIaf5ea
People have been ffockfng to the store
since the announcement TO buy ice We
nave never been supplied to sell ice and
Mr.. Granteer Of Granteer & oberIv said.
we Knew nothing about such an ar.
ransement for the retailing Of ice We
nave not the facilities for retailing ice and
Mr.. W. L. Dfckey. manager Of the ice
company. said IN answer to an inquiry
n the state Journal reporter on the SUBJ
ject: II did not announce the esfa 1lI tsl1-
ment OF these sub-Stations The reporter
VINO made up that story must have made
up the names he used Such a plan has
been under considera tions and I believe
ieve Within a week here vii Be aliG seve Ps7
places where ice may be bought at re-
Mr. Diekey informed a State Journal
reporter last Monday that the sub-sta.
tons had been established.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-18
JAYHAwKER Jors.

What has become of all those handy
rainmakers that used to flourish around
Goodland?
A sunday school for young men
only is being held at Solomon. Now
what's uD2
WELLINGTON patheticany exclaims:
Here it is the middle Of July and not
a melon in town yet
Norton county citizens as one man
viii try to kill OF all the Russian this
ties within their borders this month.
A feature of the Wellington Jubilee
viii be the lighting every night OF the
l. 900 foot gas well pipe for the visitors
Polar EXPLORER Baldwin, late of La
bette county. seems at last to have got
ten out Of the heat and banquet belt
Seven kegs OF free beer and a barrel
Of lemonade attracted thirsty CROWD
to q recent Decatur county celebration.
Editor Howe claims to have predicted
the present drouth on January 16. while
W. A. Whites guess was made IN
March.
This Hays City pastor. out IN the
shale belt, is onto his job. "a man who
found a pot Of gold' Will be his Sunday
sermon
4 Mama man complains that his
garden and fruit is ruined but thanks
Providence for several spring fries
left in the chicken yards.
Eight lively little chicks was the
astonishing sight that greeted a Cha
mute merchant upon opening a. case of
fresh country eggs this week
A large herd of burros were offered
for sale in Solomon recently at 81 per
head. But dry weather had crumbled
away all the kopjes and none were
sold.
Around ottawa where only one
shower has fallen since April 10 the
length Of the corn stalks doesn't begin
to compare with the length of the mer-
curry in the thermometer.
The finest cherry orchard in Kansas
is located at Lebanon Tt contains 200
trees which were fairly well loaded this
season along with the boys who par
took of the rich creamy bounce.
An Oberlin man desiring to give his
new washing machine a severe test
started his trousers through the roller.
When it occurred to him to fish out his
purse one $40 bill was a mere mass of
pulp
Two lola Washers tried to become
chummie with a couple of country
girls on a recent train excursion. One
of the young ladies severely slapped
dude No. 1 while the other used her
umbrella so effectively that the passen-
gers gave them three cheers and the
would be sports sneaked away.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-18

The three drinking box fountains
have been located by the council COM
mittee on streets and walks. One is in
front of the State Journal Office, one
in front of the Bank of Topeka, and
one in front Of the Excelsior Coke and
Gas company's Office at Fifth and the
avenue. All Of these fountains were
put in this morning. and are now run
ming. The fountains and water are
furnished by the Topeka Water com
pany free of charge. The ice will be
furnished by the ice trust at the ex-
pense of the city. The Ice trust was
asked to donate the ice, and declined
with thanks. 1t IS not yet plain why
the beautiful Sheldon fountain should
have been abandoned. Why could not
an ice box be arranged right at the
fountain as we'll as across the street
from it, or down under the sidewalk?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-18
WHAT THEY WANT.
Delegates to Cripple Greek Pass
Many Resolutions.

Cripple Creek, July Sat the after
noon session Of the transmississipDi
congress Governor Fishback of Arkan-
sas. chairman of the Committee. read
the report of the committee which was
adopted after considerable debate. 1t
favors the construction by the general
government of reservoirs and canals
for the reclamation of arid lands and
the enactment of laws by the state and
nation to encourage the construction of
storage dams to increase the rainfall;
SUGGESTS the issuance OF bonds BY the
government with which reclamation OF
arid lands may be accomplished, the
money to be refunded by the settlers in
the purchase price of lands; asks for
the establishment Of department of
r1erce. tach to be represented In
uerce. each to be reported in
the presidents cabinet; favors
statehood for Arizona. New Mexico and
Oklahoma and suitable government
for the Indian Territory; favors the Inn
mediate construction of a Pacific ca
BILE and the Nicaragua canal; asks that
the interstate commerce law be amend
ed; demands the abolition Of the fee
system in the consular service, favors
laws to encourage the beet sugar indus
try: indorses an intercontinental rail-,
way; advocates the restoration of the
merchant marine, asks more liberal ap-
propriatfons for river and harbor i'm
provement and provides for the ap-
pointn4ent of a committee of I'VE to lay
the above matters before the next con-
zress
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-18
1rEANINe OF STEEL STRIKE

rFrom the New York World.l
only three Of the ten combines"
which are united in the United States
Steel corporation are directly affected
By the present strike. These three-the
American Sheet Steel company. the
American Steel Hoop company and
the American Tin Plate company-to-
gether employ about 1900 men. of
whom $4,000 are union and $4,000 are
nOn-uni0n.
In some of their mills only union men
are employed, in others there Is a mix
ture. in a few there are only non-union
men. The union demands that union
schedules be signed for all the mills
under the control Of these three com
bines. 1T contends that if the union
schedules are not i'm force everywhere
the -con bines'' can destroy the union
by operating only their non-union
mills. and 50 making membership in
the union a handicap upon a labcrer.
The combines" contend that the union
has no right to seek to control mills
where it is not established, and they
refuse to put the union schedules into
ehect everywhere.
Thinly yelled behind this controversy
as the real issue-the test Of strength
between the union and the Steel Col
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-18
MRS. DIGGS WON'T GO.
Is Not True She VIII Help
Found Cooperative Colony.

A dispatch was sent to Kansas City
from FL Reno Wednesday announcing
that there would be a cooperative Pop
ulist community started In the new
Choetaw country
John CurraB, secretary of the Pop
ulist state central committee, was
given as the authority. A part Of the
dispatch was as follows:
John II. Curran, secretary of the
Populist state committee of Kansas, Is
authority Tor the statement that the
Populist leaders Of that state are hgur-
ing on coming to the new country and
establishing a town to be run on the CO.
operatlve plan me colony ne says II
organized, VIII be composed of John W.
Bre1denthal, Congressman Ed Ridgely,
Annie L. Diggs, Bob Se1npIe, Eugene
Latimer, Frank Lamb of Parsons, W.
prominent Populists. jerry BotIzin, he
says, was the advance guard to come
here and look the field over. Curran
came down to investigate the matter
further"
Mrs. Diggs and Eugene Latimer are
the only people on the ground to deny
the story but they deny it positively
and Mrs. DiggS also denies that there
is any chance of her following her son
and her daughter to the new country.
There is not the slightest founda-
ton for the story from Ell Reno that 7
expect to go to Oklahoma to help build
up a cooperative town." said Mrs.
Diggs this morning. Il am as averse
to leaving Kansas as VIII White is. 1
am sorry my financial reasons for
staying in the state are not as good
as Mr. Whites, but then my politics
is so much better that we are about
even. am just as fond OF Kansas as
he is. l like Kansas women, Kansas
men and Kansas history, and I know
what's the matter with Kansas
am certain that whatsoever things are
unjust or of i'll repute in this state are
going to be outgrOwn just about as
in any other state in the union. / hope
it may be true that a number of per
sons who are intelligent as to munic-
ipal Owenrship contemplate building a
town in Oklahoma, but I do not know
that they do. / am certain that neither
my son nor daughter who are there
now are Included in any such scheme
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-18
EMPORIA WRECK.
Two Men Killed and Two In
jured on Santa Fe Train.

Kansas City. Mo-, July ia special
to the Star from Emporia, Kas., says:
Frank Mcdonald, of Fredonia, Kas.,
and Cyrus Wing, of Chanute, were
killed, Cromwell Lake of Chanute.
bridgeman, was probably fatally in
jured, and George Clark. a bridgenan,
had three ribs and his breast
bone broken in the wreck of a work
train on the Atchison. Topeka & Santa
F'e railway. half a mile south of EN-
poria this afternoon. The crane on
derrick car pushed by an engine top
pied over on a curve burying TIE men
under the wreck
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-18
GLOBE SIGHTS


Many people pretend to be in love,
who are really looking for revenge.
If you can't afford an alarm clock
for every bedroom in the house, let in
a fly or two.
Red hair is better than none at all;
indeed, we believe blue hair would be
better than none at all.
# you have nothing to do this hot
weather, rem ember the poor devils
who are compelled to work.
BY the time the average boy is ten
years old. he has a scar on his head
where the hair viii never grow again.
The cows have their food burned up
only for a few months, while some men
have to eat burned things forever.
Speaking Of jealousy; how mad it
must make the butter when the milk
icei
About all the reward an old woman
gets for taking care of her grandchiI-
dren is the complaint that her meth
DDS are not modern.
What" the women say. complain
ingIy, to other women they meet on
the streets these days. "do you find to
eat at your hOuse2"
The latest way is to crop a child's
hair short at the neck. and call it the
De Monvel fashion. Lord Fauntleroy
and his eurls seen to have been called
in.
The older a girl the more expensive
when she begins to think of a career
But when she is looking for a prince,
she costs money.
Joe Bastgen was able to be out yes
terday after a protracted illness. "The
doctor tells me it is my liver" he said,
but / know better: the trouble Is.
that the body is sixty-seven years
old