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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-05-25
TO CIRCLE GLOBE IN CANOE.
Two Men VIII Risk Their Lives on
Remarkable Voyage.

hemaIRaBte VOyagSs
Around the world in an Indian war
cancel That is the strange voyage
projected by Frank Saxby, miner
and former newspaper man of Che
mainus, who is at Los Angeles COM
pleting arrangements for the trip,
says the Herald. He has bought an
Indian canoe from the siwashes, at
Clayoqnot, on the west coast, and is
having it decked over and fitted with
water tight compartments, after the
manner Of life boats, and when com
pleted he says the vessel will be SO
secure that it will be impossible to
swamp her. Three masts are being
placed in the canoe, and she will be
rugged fore and aft. She will be com.
plete in about five weeks, and will be
brought to Victoria, whence the start
is to be made in,about six weeks.
From Victoria Mr.. Saxby and a
companion, whose name he will not
give, intend to proceed to Hong
Kong by the southern route, going
first to Honolulu and thence across
the Pacific, calling at whatever stop
ping places they can en- route, taking
in Guam, the Philippines and Japan.
From Hong ong it Is the intention
to proceed down the hinese coast to
the straits settlements and on down
to the Australian colonies. Then the
plans are to proceed through the
southern seas to the west coast of
South America and to Africa, and ul-
tinately to London.
In time book viii also be pub
lished.
The craft is but 36 feet long, andis
| a typical Indian war canoe.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-05-25
SIGN LANGUAGE.
Helped Color Blind Engineer to Fool Elk
amining Physician.

dmluluS EAJS4elau.
When we first Instituted our tests
for color-blfndness, said northern
railroad surgeon, who was recently
in this city on a visit, says the New
Orleans Times Democrat, some
curious things occurred at the exam.
nations, and in that connection ! can
tell you rather an interesting little
story. 7 had given orders for the men
to report at my effice as they came IN
from their runs, and one afternoon q
big, jovial Irishman, who was one OF
our freight engineers, put in an ap-
pearanee, accompanied BIZ his ten
year-old daughter Thechild seemed
very shy and timid, and while I was
making the tests clung tightly to her
fathers hand. We were nothing like
as strict. then as. we are now, and the
examination was confined principally
to the primary colors;; but | noticed
a curious hesitation on the part OF the
engineer IN answering some OF the
questions. What's the matter9 {
asked; aren't you sure I'm sure
enough, he replied laughing, but {
didn't know whether to say scarlet or
plain red. He named all the colors
correctly and [ gave hima a certificate;
but after he went away ! couldn't get
rid of a lurking suspicion that some-
how or other I had been fooled. Still,
it seemed impossible, and finally dis
missed the idea as mere fancy. a
month or so later, the surgeon went
on, 81 happened to meet this same en-
gineer in the hall, and my old suspi-
oions returned with a rush. / called
him to me, pulled out a pocketbook
Of tints, and in less than five minutes
discovered that he had coler-blind-
ness in the most pronounced form.
Of course that meant his job, but ]
promised to befriend him, and, under
a little pressure, he confessed he had
deceived ME originally. It seemed
| he had a son who was deaf mute,
and all the family had become adopts
at the sign language. They could
converse as readily through the touch
Of the fingers as they could BY sight,
The engineer had discovered his
visual infirmity some days before the
test, and was completely crushed. I
was then that his bright-witted little
/ daughter came 10 the rescue and vol.
unteered to go along and give him
the proper cues by sign talk. The
ruse worked, as You know, and but fo1
my vague suspicion he might have
/ evaied detection almost indefinitely,
I'm glad d|te say 7 secured him another
| job n q department where his color
/ blindness was not bar. Heis there
i vet.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-05-25
TWO INVENTIONS.
A cinematograph for the Blind Tbs
Deaf Made TO Fear.

DR.. Dussaud, Of the Psychological
institute Of Paris, gave a lecture on
February 16, at the hospital des So
cietes sayantes on the education Of
the blind and deaf. A large audience
witnessed interesting experiments
founded on his method for supplant-
ing the senses Of these two classes Of
unfortunates.
The cinematograph for the blind
is a machine which passes under the
fingers Of the blind. d series Of reliefs
representing the same object in DIFF
ferent positions the branch. Of a
tree, a bird, Or any other object. The
blind person has the illusion Of NOV
ing scenes just as photographs pass
ing over d 1umino GUS screen lend thell
Iusion TO those with sight.
DR.. Dussaud has also ranged an
electric vibration for the use Of the
deaf who are incurable. This gives
them the notion Of musical shythna.
For those Whoare entirelydeaf he has
invented gradual amplifer Of
sounds z which supplements the or
gans Of hearing and in some instances
improves them.
DR.. Dussaud expressed the hope
that these two inventions would ma
terially aid IN the education Of the
deaf and blind.
The doctor gave anumberof stafis-
tics already furnished by him to the
academy Of medicine and the Society
of Biology showing that his method
had been applied during the last four
years to more than 800 patients af-
fected either with blindness or deaf
ness, and that in most cases the re-
suits obtained had been extremely
satisfactory.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-05-25
Diogenes, Tub.

The famous tub Of the cynical old
philosopher was ID reality a huge
earthen jar used for holding wine Or
oil for the sacrifices, and had been dis
carded from The temple Of cybele.
It was from this habitat1onfhat Diog
enes used TO sally forth IN The day
time with lighted lantern When
asked what he was looking for his re-
pIy was always: u d honest man e
It was also ID this tub that Alexander
the Great found him sitting, and re-
eeived the reply to the question if he
could do anything for him. es;.
don't stand between me and the sur. !"
--Womans Home Companion.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-05-25
HER BABY APRON.
Twas tn, cutegt little apern-

Twas tn cutest little apern-
An right around her waist
Her nanny tied III stringzus
With tn neatest sorter taste.
Alters kinder loved that apern,
Cause she'd shake it firm TIL door,
An holler Daddy comin'.''
When my workin' DAY was Ger.
Wen, she laid away that apern,
An could've almost cried
When she put on them long dresses
An jes' stood up by my side
Ar tall as most her daddy.
Then She skipped away to school,
After huggfn' an a-kissin'
OF an ole, soft-hearted fool.
Now she's gone an got feller;;
I'm not kickin', but Pm sad:
Pears like that little apern
All she's left fer her ole dad,
Jes' thai little gingham apern
That she shook out fr' m tn door,
And hollered t.Daddy's comm u
When my worlxin' day was Ger.
Robert v. Carr in Chicago Daily
Post.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-05-25
He RAISED THE PRICE.
Groom Doubles Minister'S Fee After
Kissing His Bride.

Rev. DR.. G. NJ. Hawkins, pastor Of
Trinity Methodist Episcopal church
South, used to be, says the Baltimore
Sun. pastor Of a church in Kansas
City, and says that on one occasion
be had rather an amusing experience
in marrying q young couple IN that
city
The gentleman, said Dr.. Hawk.
ms, was q handsome, noble-looking
man, and the bride-to-b be more than
usually beautiful. It was plain TO be
seen that the prospective groom
| thought he had secured the one prize
IN ali the matrimonial market, and
was correspo pondingly elated.
"Just before the ceremony the
gentleman handed me the marriage
license to see that it was al right.
Inside the license Was a crisp fve-dol-
lar note placed there as the fee. The
couple stood up before the few wit
nesses in the parlor, the ceremony
was gone through with and they were
pronounced husband and wife. The
first thing the new husband did was
| to draw his wife. to him and imprint
a fond kiss on her sweet lips. 1T
seemed to thrill him with unezspect-
ed JOY, for nedIately turning to
| me. he said: Parson, IL be switched
If 4 paid yon enough for this job and
pulling from his pocket another FIVE,
dollar note be thrust It into my
hands =
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-05-25
ENGLISH TRADE UNIONS.
There Are Fewer Organizations Than
Formerly, But More Members.

l.
Formerly, But More Members.
The British board Of trade has just
issued areport on the trade unions OF
the United Kingdom, an abstract Of
which will be of especial interest to
similar organizations in the United
States. The number of unions for
which comparative statistics of mem
bership are given for the period 1892
to 1899 is 1866. Some OF these
unions were not in existence during
the whole of this period, and the num-
Der on the list at the end of 1899 was
| 1922, compared with 1,219 at the
end of 1892. The membership Of all
unions at the end Of 1899 was j, ,802,-
51S, as compared with 1 ,503, ,232 at
the end Of 1892, an increase Of 20 per
cent. in the eight years. During 1899,
| the total number Of trade unions de-
creased from 1 $40 to 1 1,292. This
decline Of Is is due to amalgamafion
ofthat number of smaller unionswith
larger organizations, the number Of
unions 800 formed during the year
being the same as the number dis
solved. The total membership, how
ever, of the trade unions rose during
the year from /, ,649, ,231 to !, ,S02, SIS,
an increase Of 1885, ,2s7, or nine per
cent, the greatest proportionate gain
in any Of the eight years covered by
the report. This increase is due to
/ the general rise in the membership Of
/ unions of every trade, with the single
exception of the unions in the cloth
ing trades, which show a small de-
crease. The unions which most large
| y increased their membership during
the year were those in the mining
and qnarrying industries, which
showed a gain Of n, ,084 members, or
20 per cent.
/ With regard to the sex ofmembers,
the returns show that 139 unions in
cluded women in their membership.
the number being 120, ,448, or nearly
seven per cent. of the total member
ship of all trade unions and SO per
cent. of the membership Of the 139
unions which include female mem
bers. The bulk of this membership
is to be found in the textile trades,
which include 109,076 or over 80
per cent. of the total number Of fe-
male trade unionists. Figures with
regard to income, expenditure, ETC.,
of 100 only Of the principal unions,
with membership Of / ! II ,465, show
i that their funds at the end Of the
/ year amounted to g3,2S2,9 ($15,-
l976,640). The total income was 81 :
864,oo6 (s9, ,060, 1857. Compared
with 1898, the figures show an in
crease in the income and expenditure,
the loss in both cases being principal
| ly due to the comparative freedom Of
| the year from disputes Of any magnii-
| tude The decrease in expenditure in
the metal, engineering and shipbuild.
ling group Of trades amounted to no
less than e168, 8,612 ($917,880); the
expenditure in 1899 being e45s, ,147
(S2, ,234 ,439) ], as compared with f627,-
! 759 ls3, ,054, ,989) in 1898.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-05-25
A Substitute for Rubber.
After having experimental for S.

After having experImenfed Tor sew
eral years, Copenhagen chemist has
succeeded in producing material
called '.solieum, which possesses
qualities that will rendes it Of the
greatestimportanceto the eaoutchouc
industry. It is produced, il seems,
from asphalt, and can be usee for the
manufacture Of linoleum, rubbers, in
sulators, etc. It is also claimed that
the material can be used as a paint, in
all colors, and that.it is absolutely
waterproof.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-05-25
ANATOMICAL SHOEMAKER.
New Yorker Transforms His Trade Into
a Fine Art.

+ ~@-
a Fine Art.
In the limited quarters Of a busy
street of the growing uptown section,
says the New York Herald, little.
shoemaker of big ideas lives and
moves and sticks 70 his last. The in.
terror of his tiny establishment is
lined with wise5looking tools and dia-.
grams, and the exterior Of the place
bears big sign with his name and
the legend " Anatomical sho oelnaker.' I
Now what is an anatomical shoe
maker? One woman who has been in
the habit Of having her shoes made at
the special dep artaaelto Of big down
town store which gives much atten-
ton to detail, was recently moved to.
penetrate the uptown place and to in.
quire as to ways and means Of prepar-
ing the calf skin for the foot accord
;rg to the anatomical method
The proprietor greeted her graVely.
Too few people, be explained, gave
the proper thought to the manner Of
clothing their feet. Hepoinfed out.
with fine logic that fhereWere hatters
who made a study Of ones head be-
fire prescribing the proper thing in
headgear. He dWelt tonehingly on.
the fact that at a certain famous es-
,tablishment in this city man may go
to have his hair cut or his beard
trimmed, and the simple act viii be
made to take on all the dignity OF an
event, for the master Of ceremonies
will make a personal inspection of
the head or face to be improved, and
will then give instructions to a sub
ordinate, who will execute The COM
mission after the most approved ar
tistic fashion. He reminded his hear
er Of the fashionable tailor who is in
the habit Of saying to many Of his pa
irons: lido not fit you, understand; J;
I drape YOU
All these, said the shoemaker, were
strides IN artistic practieality. Why,
thsn, should not equal consideration
be given to the human foot2
ssWhen { have a customer, I, said the
man, T have the shoes and hose re-
moved, and / makea study Of the foot.
After I have satisfied myself that the
foot is short and broad or long and
narrow, or whatever may be these
simple peculiarities, { look further
for points that the ordinary observer
would not discover, but which are
very apparent to me, and which are
made uneomfortably obvious to the
possessor Of them in case he or she is
fitted with a shoe that does not take
notice Of them. &.
s.The old impression that IN order
to have a health shoe one must have
a homely shoe is altogether wrong.
The thing is to fashion the interior
economy Of the shoeif { may 50 ex-
press itand then to finish the out.
ward appearance according to the
taste of the Wearer Shoes turn out
have an appearance that is frequently
at absolute variance with the real in
ner shape. And herein lies the art 7
There is growing tendency among
tradesmen to authoritative express
sion IN their announcements An
other striking instance Of this IS fur.
nished in the signof an uptown black
smith: g Horses Shod by a Horse.
shoer. There is simple and direct
statement for you!
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-05-25
Trees in London.

It IS not generally known, but It il
a fact all the same, that London is
better off for trees than any oth@
city IN Europe.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-05-25
a japanese Festi,aI.

The japanese celebrate the bios
soming Of ths fruit trees 81 i general
holiday
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-05-25
Lady Doctors Abroad.

In last year. report Of the London
school Of medicine for women it is
stated that 254 women were trained
during the year, some Of whom have
gone to the farthest ends Of the world
to become medical missionaries and
to serve in hospitals. Almost every
important town il India possesses a
qualified lady doctor In China there
are many Persia has one, and several
are praeticing throughout South
Africa.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-05-25
Work to No Purpose.

Lots Of busy people never seem to
accomplish anything Chicago
Daily News.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-05-25
THE CANNING INDUSTRY

cago Record Herald.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1901-11-29
S5OO.OO REWARD.

Whereas, on Saturday morning,
the 10Th day of October, A. D., 1901
Robert n Cofey, deputy sheriff
Of ChrisAfn county, on duty at the
Epspire Mines, in Christian county,
sf2entucky. was shot down and muir
-Hered by an unknown person or
persons, while in the discharge Of
Jhis duties:
Now for the purpose of securing
the apprehension and conviction OF
the assassin or assassins of Robert
H. Coffey, the Empire Coal g. Min.
.iDg Company hereby offers a re-
ward of FIVE HUNDRED DOL
& LARS for the apprehension and
conviction of the assassin or assas-
Sins of the said Robert H. Coffey.
EMPIRE COAL & MINING Co.
Empire, KY. Oct. %, 1901.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1901-11-29
NO SCHOOL TO-DAY.
The New Virginia Street Building
Will Be Occupied rIonday.

The Virginia Street Public School
will, on next Monday morning move
into the elegant and costly new
building on the lot adjoining the
temporary building that has been
in use for several years. AS soon
as the classes are re-arranged
there will be eight rooms instead Of
four occupied The old frame build
ing is for sale and when disposed
OF will be moved off the school lot,
The schools adjourned Wednes-
day afternoon for Thanksgiving
Monday, the interval being taken
up in moving the desks, etc, from
the old building.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1901-11-29
REDHnLNEws
'olIection Of Small But Newsy
Items From North Of Town

Red Hill, KY Nov. 20, The
farmers are busy hauling coal, XIII
iug hogs and gathering corr, which
reminds us that "'tis autumn,
autumn late, twill Soon be winter
now
Joe Campbell visited relatives at
Earliogtou Friday.
Miss Minnie Pritchett, Of Madi
sonviIle, was the guest Of relatives
here last week.
Mr.. r.. f. Hight is suffering from
badly frost bitten feet and bald
head.
Mrs j. H. Denton is on the sick
list this week.
Rev Woodburn preached to
large audience at Cole Chapel last
Sunday.
Messrs J. T. Grace and oscar
Hight will leave for East St Louis
about Dec. 18th. where they will
work next year.
Messrs. Leo and Oscar Price
spent Sunday afternoon at New
Empire with Mr., j. B. Cook. who
has been sick for the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. Handy we're
called to Darlington Sunday to see
their niece, little Fanny Ezell, who
is very low with typhoid fever.
Frank Oglesby and wife, Of
Orange Grove, we're the guests OF
r. f. Hight and family Saturday
night.
Mrs. Mamie Keih's 5 school at
Parker's school house will close
Nov. 9th.
News is as scarce here now as
hens teeth. The only thing that
can be heard is the yelp of the bird
dog and boom Of the shot gun.
10 our next we will give the read
ers of the KENTUcKIAN description
and history Of "Old Rock Spring, .
or better known to some as "Hunt-
ers Rock, a very high and historic
landmark Of North Christian.
w. N. H.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1901-11-29
COLORED COAL MINER
Dropped Dead Here On Occasion
of Wedding Day.

Lucian Davie, a colored coal
miner employed at the Crabtree
mines, died here suddenly Tuesday
morning. He arrived in the city
Monday evening and spent the
night with friend on Jesup avenue.
On awakening in the morning ne
complained of pain in the head
and died in few minutes.
Coroner Allensworth held an in
quest over the body and the verdict
was in substance that death was
due to congestion OF the brain.
Dayie was shot in the head about
a year ago and had never fully re-
covered from the wound, it seems.
He formerly lived near Lafayette,
but had been at work in the coal
mines for some time.
He was to have been married
here on the day Of his death.
About two years ago Davie shot
and killed Henry Reese, at Hern-
don. He was acquitted Of the
change Of mudfer,
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1901-11-29
PLEASANT AFFAIR.
rliss Wadlington's Debut Party
Tuesday Evening.

MIR. and Mrs. w. T. Wadlugton
entertained Tuesday evening, in
honor of their daughter, Miss Lur-
line Wadlington, one of the season 5
Prettiest debutantes The parlors
were decorated in purple and white
and the color scheme was carried
out in the refreshments served.
Miss Wadliugton was assisted in
receiving by Miss Katie Quick,
Katherine Tate, of Madlsonyille,
and Suzanne Vaughan, of Clinton.
The young gentlemen assisting
were Messrs. Jas. E. Cooper, Thos.
c. Howell and George Howell.
About twelve or fifteen couples
of young people were in attendance.
Miss Rheda and Kathleen ElgiD
presided at the punch tables.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1901-11-29
NOTABLE WEDDINGS.
Both Senator blackburn and
Daughter viii Marry soon

Senator Joe {. s Blackburn is to
be married on December 10 TO Mrs.
Mary e Blackburn. Of Washington
City The Wedding will be eX
tremely private.
On. the nth Of December Mrs.
Lane, daughter OF the Senator and
widow OF the late Thos. = Lane.
win be married to the Chevalier
i'rentanove. TIE well-known Italian
sculpor. The wedding Is to take
place at the brides home in Wash.
ington.
In Januaryth Cnevalier and his
bride will sail for London, where
Mrs. Lane has large interests in
herited from her husband, and
where they have taken house for
the spring season. NJ Trentanove
having been commissioned by the
Directors of the St. Louis Exposi-
ton to pass upon the works of art
offered by European exhibitors, it
is expected they will spend much
of the next eighteen months abroad.
Mrs. Lane is the youngest of
Senator Blackburn's three daugh.
ters. Her marriage to Mr. Lane
took place October 1, 1895. Mr..
Lane at that time was occupying
an important position in the Treas
ury, but later went abroad IN the
interest of large mercantile con-
cern and accumulated fortune,
which he left to his widow and a
small daughter. He committed sui
eide in Washington slightly over a
year ago.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1901-11-29
BEN MITCHELL.
FORMER o. V. Official Dead at
Louisville.

b. F. Mitchell, one OF the best
known railroad men in the South,
died in Louisville Tuesday. He
was i'll for almost year,
Mr. Mitchell first became promi-
nent 10 the railroad world on ac-
count of his services with the l.. &
N. After remaining with that road
several years, he accepted the posi-
tlon OF general freight agent of the
c. o. g. S. w. He held the position
for fourteen years and then accept.
ed similar position with the Ohio
Valley railroad with headquarters
at Evansville.
Mr.. Mitchell was 6fty-six years
of age. He is survived by a widow
and three chiidren-Mrs. Baswel,
Torian and W. c, Mitchell, Of
Evansville, and Sidney Mitchell, Of
Memphis. His two sons are con.
nected with the l. c.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1901-11-29
Public Sale.

On Friday, November %, 1901, l
will sell the following property;
Nine work mules, ? mule colts, ?
broW mares, mare colt, ? milk
COWS, 6 head of young cattle, 4
large Poland China brood sows and
pigs, ! Chester White SOW and pigs,
? yoang Poland China boars, 500
bushels of white corn, one lot clover
hay (baled), 2 Deering binders, /
mower, ! hay rake, 4 wheat drills,
5 cultivators, ? wagons, 3 3-horse
Kuican plows, 6 one-horse plows, 8
double shovels, ! pea planter, l
kbrn shelter, hay forks, hoes,
filoyels, etc, corn, hay, fat cattle
md hogs. Will be sold for cash,
MI other property sold on six
Months time.
Farm located three miles west of
nkinsville on the Cadiz road.
,tR. H. HUqGINS.