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The Opelousas courier., 1901-07-13
NEW LIGHT ON THE DWARFs.

Sir Harry Johnston Improves a FRvorite
Opportunity to Study Them.
In the month of July last Sir Harry
Johnston of the Uganda Protectorate,
having occasion to go into the Congo
Free State to meet its officials. i'm
proved the opportunity to restore to
their homes a number of pygmies who
had been kidnapped NY a German ad-
venturer with a view to sending them
to the Paris exposition. Johnston ar
rested the German. released the pyg-
mics and restored them to the huts of
leaves and branches where they live
in the great forest.
Most explorers who have seen the
| dwarfs of Africa have brought home
only meagre information on account
of the timidity of these little people.
Their greater confidence in Sir Har-
ry Johnston may have been due to
the fact that he brought their friends
back to them. At any rate they gave
him the very unusual privilege Of
making many photographs of them
and of their dances, implements and
dwellings. Anthropological measure
ments were also made by a member
of the party and the publication of
these detailed studies of the dwarfs
promises to give a good deal Of fresh
information about them.
Some anthropologists have detected
resemblances between the languages
spoken by the dwarfs in widely separ-
ated localities and have inferred from
this fact that they were descendants
of an ancient people who had been
scattered by the intrusion Of stronger
tribes. But Sir H. Johnston arrived
at the conclusion that these Congo
dwarfs no longer speak an original
language Of their own, but talk. in Il
slightly corrupted form. the language
of the taller negroes in whose neigh
borhood they dwell. He found their
intelligence, as a. rule. to be we'll de-
veloped, and though they are often
very ape-like in appearance, they are
usually Of d winning and cheerful dis
position, and their dances are sd frol-
icsome and gay IS to distinguish them
In that respect from the average Afri-
can.-New York Sun.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-07-13

DGs. Robin and Binet have an
hounced at a meeting Of the Academy
of Sciences at Paris that they have
found the chief trouble with consump-
tives to be too much oxygen; that the
excessive combustion Of the respira-
tory organs results from inhaling too
much carbonic acid. The victim of
phthisis pulmonatis burns himself up,
and 1t is this state which permits the
microbe to develop. consequently"
these doctors maintain, "to avoid the
development of phthisis it is neces-
sary to fight this precursory excessive
oxidation" The patient must breathe
less oxygen.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-07-13

Recent details OF exports show that
Great Britain is buying more boots
and shoes of American make every
year, The British manufacturers
have been addicted to ponderous foot
gear built to last. but generally too
thick, heavy and clumsy for easy
wearing. Brother Jonathan taught
John Bull long ago that in carriages
and wagons and all sorts of things
on wheels he could combine lightness
with strength and safety. And now
he La giving him lessons In leather.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-07-13

1t has taken twenty-seven years to
make the geodetic survey of the arc
of the thirty-ninth parallel of latitude
across the continent. The results have
just been published. The survey will
serve as a true base line for the verif-
cation of all previous surveys of the
United States. and for this purpose
only it is considered worth all the time
and cost expended upon it.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-07-13

The value Of a Newspaper as IN
advertising medium consists In
its circulation.
When you can secure the com.
bined circulation Of two papers
for the price Of one, it is money
eavedI
"The st. Landry Democrat
was consolidated on the 3D. of
March, 1894, with +" The Opelou.
sas Courier" The advertising
rates have not been increased
while the price Of subscription
has been reduced to % q year
THE COURIER being by odds
tho best paper In the empire Pan
Ish Of St. Landry IL therefore tie
ahaanegA
The Opelousas courier., 1901-07-13

Congress is said to contain one
member who is opposed to all leglsla-
ton on the ground that there are al
ready too many laws In existence. He
favors repeating laws already exist
ing.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-07-13

A jeweler of Humboldt, Neb., is said
to have built for his own use an au.
tomobile which weighs but 149 pounds
The Opelousas courier., 1901-07-13
QUAINT AND CURIOUS

In Japan poor children have labels
with their names and addresses hung
around their necks, as a safeguard
against being lost.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-07-13

Europe is slowly awakening to the
fact that its only hope lies in the
AmericanizatioR of its ideas and meth
DDS. France enjoyed its first lynch.
ing the other day.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-07-13

Elongated ear-lobes are considered a
mark of beauty in Borneo. Girls with
this feature reaching down to their
elbows are not uncommon.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-07-13

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The Opelousas courier., 1901-07-13

In India, China, Japan and adjacent
| countries are about 400, 900, 900 people
who rarely eat meat; yet they are
strong, active and long lived. Darwin
Is authority for the statement that
the Andean natives perform twice the
work of ordinary laborers, and SUBJ
sist almost entirely on a diet of ban
anaS.
The British Medical Journal says that
a valuable ram, the property of a
grazier in New South Wales, lost it's
front teeth, and being unable to nibble
satisfactorily, was slowly dying from
semi-starvation. The services of a
dentist were secured and artificial
teeth were inserted SO successfully that
the ram is now thriving as we'll as
ever.
When General Wolfe fell on the
plains of Abraham, before Quebec, in
the war known to Americans as the
French and Indian war, the regiment
with which he hal long been identi-
fed, the Forty-seventh Loyal North
Lancashire regiment, went into mourn
ing, and has not abandoned it in the
nearly a century and a half since. The
officers still wear black blended with
their gold braid.
The Isar river is enc of the cGriosi-
ties of Munich, Bavaria. 1t is chiefly
noted for running rapidly and for be-
ing nowhere near the battlefield of
Hohenlinden, the poet TO the contrary
Notwithstanding. It is a river some
times white as milk, at others green as
grass, and it is probably the only river
Of Its size in the world which has no
boats on it. Nor may one battle in it
on account of the swiftness OF the III
rent. It's principal use seems to be for
people to drown themselves in; but 1t,
also serves a real purpose. because it's
waters are diverted to flush sewers.
After performing this service the
waters run as babbling brooks in the
city park and are utilized by the wash
erwoman for laundry purposes.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-07-13
ACADEMY
OF THE
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION.

OPELOUSAS, La.
UAder the Direction Of the Sisters Naxianlta
Of Holy Cross.
Offers to young ladies every facility
for acquiring a thorough christian ed.
ucation. Constant attention is paid TO
home and social culture. Lessons are
given in music, painting and other
useful arts. The sisters also have
charge of the boys school. The course
.! instruction ia two-fold-Pgeparatory
and Commercial. French il taught In
the two courses. For particulars, -ad-
dress SISTER SUPERIOR.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-07-13

UpeIOuSdS Courier
70 the advocate of Democratic
principles and the friend OF the
people.
Their welfare Is its welfare, and
it will ever be found defendina
their rights with oil Of its
ability.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-07-13

England's latest naval plans indi.
cate a disposition to convert her bat
tle-ship links Of defence into an end.
less chain. ...,-
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-02-15
D1sGRAc1NG CIVILIZATION.

It is rather humiliating to us who
boast of our superior civilization and
the enlightening influences of our re-
ligious beliefs as compared with those
benighted China to read of the whole
sale and organized looting that has been
practiced in that country by the Euro
peans ever since tho invasion. At
first it was published that the invading
armies, one alone accepted, that
marching under the stars and stripes,
were the offenders. This was con-
sidered bad enough, but was partially
condoned on the ground that it was
one of the evils of war and could not
be helped. Now, however. comes the
statement, strongly supported, that
much as was stolen by the soldiers
their thievery was insignificant when
compared with the stealing of the
civilians. For the knowledge of this
fact we are indebted to a quarrel
which resulted over a division of
plumber and which further resulted
in the disruption of the league formed
by civilians of all nationalities for the
purpose of robbery. The charge is
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-02-15
E T NONE.

1t is a matter Of regret that the
war department. could not see it's way
clear to designate some Montana post
as the rendezvous of one of the ten
new regiments that are organizing
under the army reorganization bill.
While the forts in this state are prob
abby further removed from the popu-
lous centers, to which the department
will have to look most for recruits, it
is also true that they are much nearer
to the port of e%mbarkation from
which a majority Of the new regi-
ments will be forwarded to their field
OF operation, a consideration not with
out its commencing features. While
ignored to this extent, it is very prob
able, though, that the Montana posts
will receive recognition in the
eventual distribution of troops, as it is
the intention of the department to
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-02-15

keep some of the new organizations in
the country and send the old ones now
doing duty in the United States to the
Philippines. AS the new regiments
are drilled and made efficient for
active service they will be sent
abroad to relieve the regulars now in
the islands. it being the purpose of the
department. to make an exchange
biennially, it having been found that
two years is about the limit of effec-
tive service that may be expected from
troops, others than natives, in the
Philippines. N
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-02-15
OVER AT HELENA.

The middle of the fusionists at Hell
ena continues, in fact is becoming
worse as day succeeds day and the
prospect for a dissolution of the dead
lock is growing DINNER in proportion
az feeling beween the two principal
candidates intensifies. MacGinnis
NAV not be able to get the coveted
place himself, but he is in a position
where seemingly he can prevent Frank
from being elected. A few days ago
when it was announced that W. A.
CLARK had finally come into the open
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-02-15

maze that men occupying ofioia
POSITIONS were members of the league
n and that even certain missionaries
were among the most active and &C
oomplished l%ooters, who like buzzards
lowering over the hunters prey took
advantage of the Chinamen's helpless
ness and the d%isordered conditions re-
su1ting from the war to enrich them
selves at the expense of those. whom
they regard as heathens and barbarians.
For the sake of the flag which our
troops so nobly upheld there and
which by their courage and honesty
they caused to be regarded above all
others that were displayed from Tien
Tsin to Pekin it is to be hoped that
no Americans were so low and scoun-
drelly as to be members of the looters'
gang. The conditions apparently now
existing III China are a disgrace to
Christendom. No wonder that Chinese
hatred Of all having Caucasian blood
in their veins is growing more intense.
IN their demands for indemnity and
reparation the ENJOYS should not be
forgetful of the fact that while China
may be their debtor she also has claims
against the foreigners, claims that by
every law of honor and honesty should
receive prompt recognition.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-02-15
POSSIBILITIES OF IRRIGATION.

Baltimore Sun: Advocates in CON
gress of the reclamation of arid lands
by irrigation have concluded that if
the government can spend $50, 900, 900
a year on river and harbor improve
ments it ought to be able to help irri-
cation projects to a moderate extent.
Hence they are making a determined
effort to secure an appropriation of
500, 900 for the the construction of
a storage reservoir in Wyoming. Bills
have also been introduced in both
houses of congress with a view to fur
thering irrigation interests and laying
the foundation for a general scheme of
improvements. The arid region en-
braces parts Of Arizona, Colorado,
California, Idaho, Kansas, Montana.
Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico,
North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon.
South Dakota, Utah, Washington and
Wyoming, which, it is claimed, when
brought under irrigation will be capa-
BILE Of supporting millions of people.
Private capital has already been in
vested in reclaiming small portions of
the arid territory. Those who have
studied the subject are enthusiastic
over the possibilities of irrigation.
Eminent army engineers have testified
that q thorough system Of storage res
ervoirs in the, arid region would di-
minish the size and destructive force
of the annual floods in the Mississippi.
Probably as u population increases
and land becomes more difficult to &C
quire the reclamation Of the arid re-
gions of the United States will re-
ceive the attention which it deserves.
The subject is one of practical inter-
est in the west and was regarded of
sufficient political Importance to be
given the endorsement Of both Of the
great national conventions last year.
Representative Mondell of Wyoming,
one of the champions of national aid
for the reclamation of arid lands, esti-
mates thot $50, 900, 900 judiciously ex-
pended would provide means for irri-
eating and reclaiming millions of
acres of land now barren and useless.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-02-15

No doubt Mrs. Nation is in earnest
when she says she intends to smash
every saloon in the world and proba-
bly, thinks herself capable of doing it,
but she will undergo a marked change
OF mind when she directs her work of
destruction in the direction of South
State street in Chicago. Should she
decide to extend her crusade as far
west as Butte she may arrive at the
conclusion that one old woman and
a Ratchet more OF less worn are a poor
combination to go against his satanic
majesty.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-02-15
ONE POINT GAINED
Newlands' Bill for Federal Aid
Of Irrigation Favorably
Reported.

Washington, Feb. 14-The house
committee on irrigationand arid lands
today voted to report with an amend
ment the Newlands bill providing a
comprehensive plan Of government
aid in reclaiming the arid sections Of
the arid land states. The aid is ac-
complished by devoting the receipts
from public land sales in those states
to the purposes of reclamation. These
receipts amounted this year to about
81, 600. 900.
A subcommittee was appointed to
prepare the bill in it's final form with
amendments
Considerable opposition va en-
countered on account of the growing
expenditures of the present congress.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-02-15

honest men, who will seek to guard
the interests of the settlers as we'll as
those of the Indians and be actuated
by desires more lofty than the wish
for personal ACKNOWLEDGEMENT and OPP
portunity for the cultivation of "soft
snaps
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-02-15

The fellow at Crested Butte evil
IDENTIFY thought it was a case of hang
ing, no matter how he viewed it, and
consequently preferred to be his own
executioner, rather than permit some
one without regard for his personal
comfort reform the job for him.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-02-15

All the same Messrs. Mahon and
Knox sent some hot ones in the direc-
tion of the bag held down by Mr..
Sulzer of New. York, and what is
more, made them count.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-02-15
WEATHER.

Washington, Feb. IA - Montana +:
Snow and much colder Friday. satur-
day fair; northerly winds.
The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-01-24
The Flcttbec ! Wreck.

PORT TOWNSEND. Wash. Jan 10.
The German ship Flottbec. reported
ashore yesterday south Of Cape Flat
terry. Is probably complete wreck,
and there is a bare chance Of the crew
having escaped deaJl. according 10 re-
ports brought here this morning by
tl.e tug Hoiyoke arriving from the
Cape The Holyoke reports strong
southwest gale and tremendous seas
off Cape FiatteTy. which prevented the
tugs dispatched 20 the assistance Of
the stranded vessel from reaching the
scene of the disaster. And the cap
tain says that so furious is the gale
that il would be almost impossible
for anything to withstand the force
OF the sea, and il anything is left IF
the unfortunate craft il will be a mir
acle. 1t is his opinion mat the vessel
was bro&en to pieces. Two tugs are
waiting an opportunity to reach the
scene of the disaster and viii venture
out as soon as the weather will per-
nit
The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-01-24
NAVAL BILL FINISHED.
Four New Ships Provided For-Carries
Seventy-seven Millions.

WASHINGTON. Jan Is. The
House naval affairs committee today
completed the consideration of the IA
val appropriation bill and Chairman
Foss was directed TO report the bin
TO the House No authorization for
additional vessels of the Holland sub
marine class viii be recommended by
the committee at this time. The total
amount carried by the bill is s77 .0oe.-
eco. an increase of s13.00o.000 over
that for the present year. Two battle
snips and two cruisers are 10 be con-
structed under the head OF increase #
the navy.
Twenty-one million dollars is allow
ei under the head Of increase of the
navy as against sis,0eo.e0o for the
current year. This amount is for the
continuation of work on vessels. etc.
already contracted for. no appropria-
ton being made for the ships author
ized by the bill.
An increase of 5.Jo0 men il the en-
listed strength of the navy is provided
for. bringing it up to s2.50o men.
For armor plate the committee al
lowed the amount required during the
year by the department to carry out
the terms OF the contract recently
made BY the secretary of the navy
with the armor furnishing companies
The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-01-24
SHIPPING NOTES.

The schooners Golden cate and Ka
Moi arrived yesterday.
Captain Berger and his musicians
gave a concert on the transport War
rem yesterday forenoon.
According 10 latest advices the So
mona would leave San Francisco on
time. She was due to sail yesterday.
There IS talk of the Zealandia being
put in the Central American trade as
soon as she completes her next trip
here.
On the last trip of the gasoline
schooner Fciiose she was slightly
damaSrd D. ile terrible seas that she
met in the Hawaii channel.
The steamer Doric on her way to
Yokohama from this port picked up
tne crew of the waterlogged Japanese
ship Shoyetsu Maru on December Il.
The steamer kinau came off the
marine railway yesterday. An attempt
VIII be made to have her ready TO re-
sumo her regular run on Tuesday
next.
The lwalani and the James Makee
@tN away AESNtANuN tAA llAC4l tES ulSl
runs. Both took big cargoes of gen.
eral merchandise for their respective
ports of call
While the quarantine launch is be-
ing overhauled at the yard of Purdy
& Co. on Summers Island. the quar-
antine physician boaros incoming yes
sells from the pilot boat.
Tx. Ioh, i
not negin discharging yesterday as
on account of the damaged cargo
aboard the consignees were arrang-
ing for general average bond.
The barkentine Wrestler sailed out
Of the harbor yesterday making a very
pretty picture. She was in ballast and
made the turn at the lighthouse like
n steamer. Pilot Lorenzen handled the
vessel on the way to sea.
a native sailor of the Mikahala was
badly hurt at Waimea on the last trip
OF the steamer by being knocked from
the vessel into a small boat laying
alongside. The injured man was TAX
en- to the hospital at Waimea
The steamer Gaelic arrived yes
terday morning from San Francisco
which port she left at one o'clock in
the afternoon of the 10th inst. She
made the regulation voyage of little
less than seven days She had no
freight ana but two passengers for
this port.
The transport Grant will be in from
San Francisco to-day. She left on
the same day that the Gaelic sailed.
The bark Albert after a trip Of
fifteen DAYS from San Francisco ar
rived yesterday morning. This is the
fastest trip made between ports for
quite a while
The Mikahais arriving from Kauai
brought 5s0e bags of sugar for II. Wa.
terhcnse & Co. She reports that the
steamer Niihau will have about 5000
bags of sugar on arrival here today.
There were a6.5s9 bags of sugar on
Kauai ready for shipment when the
Mikahala left taere.
After being almost given UP for lost.
the big freight steamer California, m
der charter TO the United States army
transport service, arrived at San Fran
cisco Jan. 18th She had a hard time
of il between Manila and Japan and
four days out from Nagasaki lost one
of tae blades of her propeller From
that time on i was @slow bell" and
in consequence the big steamer took
s long time in making the run.
The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-01-24

viii get away for Manila to-day. Chief
Officer Kidstom OF the Lawton viii
go out as her chief officer and Captain
Bruguiere viii be in command. Cap
tain George II. Whitney and Carl F.
Lehners. the local inspectors OF hnils
and boilers for Alaska. viii be among
the passengers on the transport Their
clerk. George D. Clagett, viii accom-
pauy them and on their arrival At
Honolulu they will inspect all the yes
sells that were formerly under the Ha-
waiian flag There may be few coa-
demnations. but taking them al in all
the hawaiian coastIng feet IS as good
as any similar class in the world.
The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-01-24
NEWCASTLE SHIPPING.

NEWCASTLE, n. S. W.-Sailed-
Dec 3. bark Hayden Brown: Dec. 3.
bktn Chas. F. Crocker, for Honolulu;
Dec. ~, Nor. bark Fantasi; Dec. 13,
schr Muriel Dec. Il, ship James
Drummond, for Honolulu; Dec. 20,
bktn Addenua. for kihei; Dec. 2l,
sch Transit. for Honolulu.
Cleared-Dec. %, sch Lyman D.
Foster, for kahului.
In port Dec. 22-Ship Emily Reed,
bktn Encore, snip N. p. Grace. schr
Olga, bark Palmyra, bark Sonoma,
ship Star of Bengal. for Honolulu.
The ship henry Failing which put
into the Falkland Islands last year
in 4 damaged condition sailed pr Ho-
nolulu again on December 30th.
The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-01-24
ARRIVED.

"Wednesday. january y
Blk Albert. Griffith. from San Fran
cisco. January 4; gen. udse-
S. S. Gaelac, Finch. from San Fran
cisco. January l6.
Sch Golden Gate. Martin, from Mo-
lckas.
Str Mikahsla, Peterson. from Ko-
loa; $500 bags sugar. Is pkss sundries-
Sch Ka Moa. from Oaha ports.
The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-01-24
INWARD
MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS.

Steamers due and to sail for the
next thirty days are as follows:
The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-01-24
PASSENGERS ARRIVED.

From San Francisco. per steamer
Gaelic, Jan. 23rd-E. w. Dickerman,
a. Mckillop.
Per steamer Mikahala, from Koloa.
w. H. Rice. Mr.. Pinkham. Mr.. Pc
ters. w. ]. Sheldon. Mr.. Buske and
wife. 10 deck passengers.
Per bk Albert, from San Francisco,
Jan. 2s.-Mrs. c. NJ. Miller. son and
daughter.