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The Opelousas courier., 1901-11-02
Riding . Emil In Guam,

NA official report of the Governor
Of Guam announces the interesting
and novel fact that that official, when
he goes abroad on his tours of inspec.
ton, rides In state, not on q horse, but
on q bull. The Governor Of Guam is
Captain Seaton Schroeder, one Of the
best known officers In the navy, and q
most popular society man. His face
and figure are most familiar In the
recollection Of Washington society
people as leading in dancing events,
and it is a sharp jog on their fancy to
imagine him astride a bull while per-
forming his official duties. Neverthe-
less, Captain Schroeder reports that
he has ridden all over the island look
ing Owe the abominably muddy roads,
inquirfng into the condition of the ma.
tives and the administration of the lit.
tie amount of government necessary
to make everybody comfortable and
happy. The people are recovering from
the effects of, the cyclone, and will
soon have crops from which to derive
a living. The gift Of thirty sacks of
seed sweet potatoes from Hawaii is
mentioned In the report with especial
thanks. No attempt has been made to
rebuild the town of Page Page, which
the storm destroyed. The inhabitants
seem to think 1t wiser to build a new
town than to clean up the old one
Philadelphia Ledger.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-11-02
The Act Of Diving.

The popular idea that the act of
dying is a painful process often causes
q fear Of death. But death from even
the most painful mortal diseases Is
usually preceded by a period Of ces-
sation from suffering and partial or
complete insensibility. resembling fall
Ing asleep, or the pleasant gradual I'M
consciousness caused by an anaes-
thetic. The common phrase death
agony" Is not warranted by what oc-
ours In natural death, which Is a COM
plete relief from all pain. When death
Is owing to heart failure or syncope
1t is sudden and painless-perhaps
pleasant. Death by hanging, there is
reason to believe, is attended by a
voluptuous spasm. Death by decaDi-
tation or electricity is only a momen-
tary shock, hardly felt. Death by
poisoning varies in painfulness accord
ing to the poison employed. Opium
and other narcotics probably give a
painless, perhaps n pleasant, dreamful
death. Hemlock, as we know from
the account of the death of Socrates,
causes gradual insensibility, from be-
low upward. On the other hand, r
senic, strychnine, carbolic and miner
al acids, corrosive sublimate, tartar
emetic, and other metallic poisons in
flict slow and %torturing death. Prussic
acid and cyanide Of potassium cause
quick and painful death.-The HUI
manitarian.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-11-02
.PannIe who Live in Homes.

It Is a Well-known fact that In al
most any country town there are GER
tain individuals who call regularly
day after day at the postoffice and ask
for mail. They never receive any, and
as far as can be found out have no
reason to expect any; but they are
animated by a vague hope that some
thing may turn up In the shape of a
letter, some communication may be
received to their advantage. During
the last few daysit has been observed
that those who most eagerly read the
bulletins and notices In front Of a sus
pended bank were people who could
not possibly have any real interest In
the documents. They came, however,
day after day, a kind of out-at-the-
elbows crowd, and scanned the bulle-
tins as though they expected to see
notices as to where their own checks
would be paid. 1t was apparently the
q chance In q million that they
might e something to their advan-
tagep possible remittance from some
unknown relative. At least that was
the impression of q reporter who said
that they were impelled by something
other than mere idle curiosity.-New
York Commercial Advertiser.
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conveys.

There is always a scarcity Of PEN
MES in the West" says an official Of
the Philadelphia Mint. "and a super
abundance of them in the East. Every
little while thF banks out there set up
a boot and cry for pennies, but our
banks here are ever glad to rid them
selves of their s~urplusage In these
coins. It is difficult to see why such
a state of things should be. I'm sure
a penny is just as dear to the Eastern
er's heart as to the Westerner's, one
would no more throw a penny away
than would the other, yet here we al
ways have too many pennies; there
they never seem to have enough"
The Opelousas courier., 1901-11-02

The Agricultural Department liz
about to publish a soil map that win
enable the farmer, wherever he Is To-
Gated, to determine just what crops
will bring him the largest returns in
money. the map is to cover the whole
of the United States, and will be on
such a scale that every ten-acre patch
will be represented by one-elghth Of
an inch square. But each farmer will
be able to procure q chart Of his own
nighborhood on a larger scale. SO that
he can arrange his planting In accord
ance. with the suggestions which it
CONVEYS.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-11-02

Following the example Of Germany
the French Government is about to es-
tablish a State pension system for old
and disabled workingmen. Like the
system founded by Bismarck, 1t is
based on compulsory saving on the
part OF the Workingmen themselves.
So much for every week they are at
work is kept back by their employers
and turned over to the pension fund.
The State adds so much more, and
guarantees a certain pension for the
balance of his life to every workman
who reaches the age Of retirement
(sixty-fve) or becomes disabled before.
The French Finance Minister states
the ultimate amount which the State
will contribute to the pension fund at
$3333 100000 a year. Assuming that the
Workmen to whom old-age and disa-
bility pensions are assured contribute
the same amount, 1t will cost In all
$66,000.000 to insure every working
d In France from want.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-11-02

The annual report on savings banks
for Paris, France, for 1900 has just
been published. 1t shows that at the
end of that year the number Of de-
posits was 1~O.316,OOO. the amount Of
deposits being 4,336,OOO,OO0f In 1882
there were 4.645,Oo0 depositors, with
deposits amounting to 1,802.000,o00f.
and the increase has since been unin-
terrupted. In 1882 1913 Frenchmen
out of every 1000 were depositors. The
proportion is now 267 per 1000. OF the
depositors. twenty-eight per cent ara
minors. sixteen per cent artisans, ff.
teen per cent. owners Of land or per
sons without q profession, eleven per
cent. day or agricultural laborers, and
ten per cent. domestics.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-11-02
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
re Furnishes RTany Examples OF Ia
Might of small Things.

~ 6A SANI
Mi2ht of small Things.
II have been very much impressed
with the Importance of small things
In late years." said an old steamboat
man, "and the Mississippi River has
furnished me some rather good exam"
pies. I can understand nov why
Caesar looked out upon the Nile In
such curious amazement and offered
all that he stood for to the Egyptian
priest If he would show him the source
of that wonderful river. But the an
tics of the Nile look like insignificant
nothings to me when compared. with
the strange conduct Of the stream that
oozes out of the earth at ltasca and
hurries on Its murky and devious way
| toward the Gulf of Mexico. Towns
along the Mississippi that stood right
on the bank of the river have been
isolated even In my day, and there ar.
too, all along the course Of the stream
little empires in view where the river
has encroached upon small centres OF
population, finally eating the earth
away and forcing the inhabitants to
| seek other quarters. There are hun
dreds of these places that are almost
forgotten now even by the men who
are constantly on the river.
what brings about these violent
| changes along the banks Of the river?
| Not floods. 1t is just the ordinary do
ings of the stream. In the first place
the current of the Mississippi is won
| derfully swift, and the sediment de-
posted at any point where resistance
| to the flow is offered is very great. Tie
a string to the neck Of q bottle and
| sink it with the mouth of the bottle
up and open.
"If held in one place where the flow
is normal in On extremely short period
Of time the bottle will fill with sedi-
ment. Stretch a net across the river,
a net so finely o that nothing but
the pure water of the river can pass
through, and on account of the rapidf-
ty of the flow and the greatness Of the
deposit of sediment, almost in a
twinkling the river would be damned
at that point. Experts have admitted
this. This brings me to the point Of
|my narrative.
1.-THE flow Of currents Is frequently
interfered with by sunken boats, per-
haps by q jackstaT sticking up above
the surface. The current is diverted
by degrees, generally touching the far
side Of the stream a mile from the
point where it again meets resistance,
and Immediately begins the building
of a sandbar. I have seen a thousand
examples of this sort during my
career on the river, and I have known
Of instances where the root Of a tree n
the mere twig Of a willow have brought
about similar conditions. These things
have tended to make a riddle out OF
the river; yet the stream after a while
will be handled so as to undo all that
1t has accomplished in this way
New Orleans Times-Democrat.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-11-02
Not Ashamed of Him.

An Englishman named Grove was a
fine classical scholar and a distin-
guished orator. He made his own
position In life, even at a time when
classes We're far more seriously re-
garded in England than they are at
present.
His father was a carpenter, working
in the town of Winchester, and on
the most loving terms with his son.
One day the son, then an eminent
man, was standing near the cathedral
door, talking to the dean and warden,
when his father passed by.
The old man was in his working
dress, with his rule sticking from his
pocket, and was evidently willing to
spare the son d salutatlon. But the
younger Grove called out in good
Hampshire dialect:
Here, fayther! If thee baint
ashamed Of I, i baint ashamed of
theeg'-Youth's Companion.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-11-02
Knmr Ranking.

The Kafirs have a remarkably sim-
pie method of banking. Before setting
out to trade they select one Of their
number as their banker, and put all
their money In his bag. When an ar
ticle is purchased by any of those who
are In this combine the price is taken
by the banker from the bag, counted
several times and then paid to the
seller. After which all the bank de-
positors cry out to the banker, in the
presence Of two witnesses selected:
.You owe me SO much" This is then
repeated by the witnesses.
The general accounting comes be-
tween the banker and his several de-
positors when oil the purchases have
been made, after which all the ma.
tives go home.-London Express.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-11-02
Fire Signals.

At q meeting Of Hope Hook and
Ladder Co. No. /, held on July 8,
1901. the town was divided into Fire
Districts and q Code OF Signals was
adopted In order 10 facilitate the loca-
ton of fires In che future. The town
was divided IS fellows:
District No. ALI that portion of
tswn bounded north by Bellevue
street, west by Union street, south
and east by corporation line.
District No. 2-All that portion Of
town bounded by Bellevue street on
the south, Union street on the west.
and corporation line on the north and
east.
District No. 3-The portion of town
lying west of Union street, and south
of Bellevue street, with the corpora
tioa line as the south and west boun-
Diary.
District No. 4-The portion of town
bounded on the south by Bellevue.
east by Union, north and west by cor
poration line.
The Signals adopted were short taps
to indicate the district in which the
fire is locatel |, followed by a rapid
alarm, same to be repeated until gen
eral alarm is given.
To illustrate, should an alarm be
sounded for District No. 8, first three
taps, one, two, three, followed by rap
id alarm, and repeat.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-11-02

There are very few men toiling, to-
day, with shovels and wheelbarTows,
or laboring In the smoke and fumes of
the upper platforms Of the large iron
and steel plants Of America. Gravita-
ton and electric power have abolished
nearly all the hard labor, and science
has banished much, if not all, of the
smoke and fumes. Much of the work
can be done by men over fifty us well
as by men onc-half that age-an i'm
portant, Interesting, and hopeful fact
to many who are trying to face the
world after youths brightest flowers
and ambitions have faded. Brute
strength or ability to wheel heavy
loads. is nc longer the main qualifica-
ton for effective work In a steel or
iron plant. Judgment, education, q
sense OF responsibility, loyalty to
work. and an interest In the valuable
machinery, which a man has in charge,
count more, to-day, than strength, and
it is all due to tile inventive talent Of
tIle country, which has done SO much
for labor-saving machinery. remarks
Success.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-11-02
DEATH.

To live, 60 die,
To see the great unknown,
/ wonder if when we are dead
Well know who's right, who's wrong.
The end Of life
Il wrapped in darkest nighti
Will the effulgent sun arise
On an eternal morn!
We all must die,
But shall we live again?
Does death but mean eternal sleep,
Or will we wake at dawn?
And if we wake
Will all our hopes be true?
Have we beheld immortal truth
With only human eyes?
MY ears have caught,
When all was still as death,
A song by fairest angels sung
It might have been a dream.
w. B. Parker. In the New Orleans
Times-D Democrat.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-11-02
Town Residences Foe Sale

In q desirable ne%ighborhood in Ope-
~lousas, with an entire square of land.
we'll shaded with live oaks, magnolias.
cedars, pecans, etc., about 8 squares
from the Courthouse, s squares from
High School, Q squares from Catholic
Church and convent. House is two
story, brick basement, 8 rooms, four
fireplsces, u t-buildings, etc., all M
der good fence. Will be sold cheap for
cash, or part cash and balance on time
to suit. Apply ct this Office. tt
The Opelousas courier., 1901-11-02

Taxation in Norway is becoming OPP
pressive, and living expensive in pro-
portion. An example will illustrate
this: Two banks having about the
same capital and doing about the same
amount of business pay taxes at the
rate of $1440 and $751; 40 per annum
respectively. The former of these two
institutions is in Central Europe, the
latter in Norway.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-11-02
opRLousAs. LOUISIANA
A Chicago inventor claims to have
developed an airship that will fly. Ii
SO be has surely produced a novelty.

A queer form Of disorder is reported
from Denver, where, it is said, the
mobs make the cemeteries pleasure re-
sorts, and flock to funerals to crafty
q morbid curiosity.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-11-02
esss4sag squarsly and aaeompremisaag
~ uP0n She DemeeaaAao
PlatfoRm she

The value Of o Newspaper Oh an
advertising medium consists iYi
It's circulation.
When you can secure the com.
slned circulation Of two papers
Tor the price Of one, it is money
gayedl
"The Sc. Landry Democrat -
was consolidated ON the 0d of
March, 1894, with i" The Opeloul
yas Courier" The adyertisind
rates have met been incroasedl
while the price Of subscription
has been reduced to % . year.
THE COURIER being 6y odd6
the best paper In the empire Pan
leh OF St. Landry is therefore fhA
AaamasA
The Opelousas courier., 1901-11-02

Taking into consideration the num-
Der of ships that are on seas and navi-
gable waters OF the world, 1t Is esti-
mated that about 100000 of the
worlds population are constantly
af1oat.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-11-02

Yt Is now alleged that the excaya
tions for London's newest UNDER
ground have thrown % inches out of
the perpendicular the spire holding
the famous Bow bells.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-11-02
a PrOnpr Excuse.

sPlease excuse William from school
today" wrote the little boys moth
er 70 the teacher. al lie sat up late
last night studying his lessons and is
too sleepy to come today."-Tit-Bits.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-11-02
FOR SALE.

A house and lot in the town OF
Washington, La, in the square bound.
ed by Carriere, Wilkins, Ewes and
Dupre. Frame building made of
choice cypress, ceiled inside, weather.
boarded outside, 2Ox3O 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. IL
The Opelousas courier., 1901-11-02
VIVA JOEL SAND0z'
Attorney at-Law and Notary Pupl''
O~PRLOUBAss La

OPELOUBAss LA
win practice in oil oouSss' 80
and Federal, and before ahs Paseis
Pension Offices al Washington =
Shorthand and Typswrising Nasg
md carefully dons. once ~ -
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Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1901-06-15
Deafness Cannot be Cured

by localapplicatlons,a las they cannOtreach
the diseased portion of the ear. There
is only one way to cure deafness, and
that is by constitutional remedies.
Deafness is caused by an inflamed con-
dition of the mucous lining of the Eu-
stachian Tube. When this tube gets in
famed YOU have rumbling sound or
imperfect hearing, and when it is entire
ly closed deafness is the result, and I'M
less the Inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored to It's normal con-
dition, hearing will be destroyed forever;
nine cases out of ten are caused by Ca
tarrh, which is nothing but an lntiamed
condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars
for any case of Deafness (caused by ca
tarrh) that cannot be cured by Halls Ca
tarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free.
+. j. CHENEY q CO.,
Toledo Ohio,
- Sold by Druggists. 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1901-06-15
Keen the Balance Up,

1t has been truthfully said that any
distu, bance of the even balance of health
causes serious trouble. Nobody can be
too careful to keep this balance up.
When people begin to lose appetite, or TO
get tired easily, the least imprudence
brings on sickness. weakness, or debili-
~. The system needs tonic. Graves 1t.
and should not be denied it; and the
best tonic of which we have any know
ledge is Hoods Sarsaparilla. What this
medicine has done in keeping healthy
people healthy. in keeping up the even
balance OF health, gives It the same dis
tinction as preventive that 1t enjoys as
a cure. Its early use has illustrated the
wisdom of the old saving that stitch In
time saves nine. Take Hoods for aPPe-
lite, strength, and endurance. I'm.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1901-06-15
- Sold by Druggists. 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best
Death of a Lad.

Frank Myers. the thirteen year old
SON of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Myers,
Cathedral street, died at one o'clock this
morning after lingering illness oftuber-
culosis. The boy had been sick since
December. and his death was not unex-
pected. He was pupil of ST. Mary 3
parochial school, and a member of ST.
Anne's Sunday School. The funeral
will take place tomorrow afternoon from
the home OF his parents on Cathedral
stIeee, the Rev. Joseph p. McComas,
officiating,
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1901-06-15
IN HIS HOLY TEMPLE.
LET ALL THE EARTH KEEP SILENCE
BEFORE HIM.
The Churches and 0lergymen In Charge
Prayer Meetings Etc.
ST. ANNE S PARISH.

ST. ANSE'S PARISH.
Services will be held in all the churches
of this city tomorrow as follows
ST. Aane's GHHyrk.--Rev. Jos. P. Nc
Comas. Rector.
Sundays-Holy Communion at a. m.
Morning Prayer and Sermon at II a. m.
FRS, Sunday in The month--Holy Com
munion at II a. m.
Evening Prayer at 5. 90 p. m. Sunday
school at 9 50 a. m.
Week Days - Holy Communion on
THURSDAYS at a. m. and on all Saint 5
DAYS and Holy Days.
Morning PRAYER and Litany on We'd
neSdays and Fridays at 10 a. IN.
Evening Prayer upon all Saints Days
and Holy Days at 5 p. m; daily during
Advent and Lent.
Bible Class (for Sunday-school teach
ers and oihers) Wednesdays al p. m.
81 Anae's CHAPEL Sunday at
9. 80 a. m.
81. LHke's Mission Hall Passport. =
Sunday-school at 3 p. m. Evening
Prayer and Address, Sundays at p. m
81. Philips CHa6eL --colored)- REV. E.
L. Henderson. Minister.
81. MANI LAAuOLlO OhORNh.
Rev. Joseph A. Kau,z. c. SIS. r.,
Rector.
Sunoays-First Mass at $50 a. m.
Second Mass aeS a. m. The a. m.
Mass is the Childfen's Mass The chill
dren sing and short sermon is preached.
High Mass at 10. 90 a. m, at which a
sermon is preached. Vespers, Sermon
and Benedicti0n at :. 80 p. m.
FIRST NJ. E. CHURCH.
Rev. w. w. Van Arsdale, Pastor.
Preaching at IL a. m. and 800 p. m.
2. 90 D. m.-Sunday-scho 7. 90 p. m.--
Epworth League. Wednesday, 8 p. m.
--Prayer-meeting. All are cordially in
vited.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Rev. George s. Bell, Pastor.
Preaching at II a. m. and 800 p. m.
2. 30 p. m.-Sunday-school. us p. m.
Young Peoples Christian Endeavoi
Society. Wednesday, 8 p. m.-Prayer-
meeting. All are cordially invited.
MARYLAND AVENUE NJ. e. CHURCH.
Rev. T E. Peters. Pastor.
Preaching at III a. m. and 800 m.
2. 80 p. m.-Sunday-School, 100 p. m.
--Epworth League. Wednesday, p.
Prayer-meeting. All are cordially
invited.
GERMAN LUTHERAN CHURCH.
Rev. J. A. Weishaar, pastor.
Preaching at IL a. m. and 7 80 p. m.
10 a. m.--Sunday-sc school.
EASTPoRT NJ. E. CHURCH.
Preaching at IL a. m. and 7 30 p. m.
EASTPoRT BAPTIST CHURCH.
Rev. A. c. Allard, Pastor.
Preaching at IL a. m and 7 80 p m.
2 80 p. m. Sunday. school.
ASBURY NJ. e. CHURCH.
Rev. Alex. Dennis, Pastor.
Preaching at II a. m. and 8 p. m.
p. Sunday school. p. NJ
Epworth League.
MT MoRIAH A. NJ. z. CHURCH.
Rev. DIR. Lee, Pastor.
Preaching at II a. m. and p. m.
Z. 80 p. .-Sunday-scnool. 3 sop. m.
Young Peoples Christian Endeavor So
cietY.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1901-06-15

the sequel brou-
chitis, or some
other disease of
the respiratory or
gans. The most
effective remedy
for bronchial or
pulmonary disease
Is Doctor Pierce's
Golden Medical
Discovery. Almost
all remedies pre-
scribed for such
diseases contain
opium or some
"
narcotic which
soothes by stupe-
faction. UGolden
Medical Discov-
HvD Contains
neither narcotics
nor alcohol. II
stops coughs by
curing their cause.
1t b e a Is we q X
lungs, builds up
wasted tissues, and
promotes the
health of every or
gan Of the body.
az am a railroad
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1901-06-15
College Concert,

St. Johns Glee and Mandolin Clubs
will give another of their delightful con
certs on Saturday evening, June IS. The
last concert was such success, the stu
dents have been prevailed upon to give
another, and to this end the one of Sat-
uiday night is on the programme com
mencement week. While few of the
selections of the last concert will be re
peated there will be a number of new
ones introduced. A small admission fec
will be charged.