The Opelousas courier., 1901-01-19

NOTES AND COMMENTS.
Theirs Is such a person us a Chinese
Emperor. But he has evidently learned
that discretion which Is the better part
Of valor.
Generally the woman who thorough
ly understands men may not be able
to write poetry, but she is apt to be O
pretty good cook.
Chinese laundrymen are said to be
leaving America in large numbers for
the purpose Of returning home to do up
the present dynasty.
An English earl wants the American
jockeys barred from the English race
courses. This seems to be a sad con-
fession Of inf~eriority.
In the estimation of his heirs the late
Marquis Of Butte was in every way
worthy of his name. He left an estate
valued at $25, 900, 600.
The students Of Amherst College
have decided to abolish cane rushes by
a vote Of 296 against 80. Now, what
students will down the college yell?
Half a century ago Belgium was
scarcely known. To-day its products
and manufactures are in the markets
of every corner Of the globe, and it
ranks as the seventh industrial coun-
try Of the world.
Great Britain would seem to be
rather short on timber, at least SO far
as the United Kingdom is concerned.
for within that particular domain there
remains only about 100000 acres that
can be classed even as woodland.
A Chicago servant girl had her mis-
tress arrested for using a shower of
eggs as an alarm clock to get her up in
the morning. The rules Of the Cock
Ladies' Union do not permit employers
to turn their servants into human
omelettes.
Manchester, England, is to be pro
vided with new sewage publication
works, which will cost $2,371,oO0 to
construct. Since the ship canal joining
the city with the sea was constructed,
municipal improvement has been pros
ecuted three with the greatest vigor.
1t has been generally supposed that
the dikes Of the Netherlands had cost
more than the water front projections
Of all other nations combined. 1t now
tr%anspires that a greater amount has
been expended for dikeage by little
Japan than by the Netherlands.
Children playing with matches
caused 81 fires in the United States
last year,; cigars and cigarettes caused
S12; electric wires and lights, $50; boil
ers and engines, 3S7; incendiarism,
STA; light spontaneous combustion,
1,235: 6 were due to the suns rays.
The causes Of 1927 were not discov-
cred.
A Western boy returned a juvenile
story book to a library with this COM
ment: 81 don't want any more OF them
books. The girls is all too holy" A
young lady, fond of quiet stories, once
requested a librarian, in a laboriously
written note, to send her something
light in the way of friction"
Russia is primarily an agricultural
country, and must always be such.
Grain, vegetables, timber and cattle
raising, with their closely allied pro-
| ducts. are the mainstay of the Russian
workman. But manufactures have In
creased Of late years to an almost mar
vellous degree.
During last year the National Tele-
phone Company, of England, estab-
Iished no less than 615,000,0O0 talking
connections amongst its subscribers, or
about 10000 0 per working day. 1t Is
remarkable that this figure exceeds
that of the kilograms received and dis
| patched by the General Postofice dur
ing the same year by nine times.
Turkey has been taking q census OF
Islam and finds that the number OF
Mohammedans in the world is 1885,
100000. OF these 100000 are In
Turkey in Europe, 100000 in west
ern Asia and Hindostan, 100000 In
China, 3e,5OO,OO0 in northern and
northeastern Africa, and 23,O00,OOo are
scattered In other.parts of the world.
A dozen and a half fine Rhode Island
turkeys from the farm Of the late Hor-
ace Bloodgood have been shipped TO
France, in which country the Marquise
de- Breutil will endeavor to breed the
fowls for the market. The turkey is SO
distinctively an American bird that 1t
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