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The Opelousas courier., 1902-07-26
oPE1ousAs. Lou1s1ARA

The English Society for the Proven
ton of Cruelty to Children secured
the conviction and punishment OF
nearly 5000 culprits during the past
year.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-07-26

When it comes to safety In travelling
possibly the modern steamship gives
the greatest possible assurance. In
evidence of this fact, 1t 10 Of record
that not a single man Of that $500 600
sent by England to South Africa, has
been killed or injured while on ship.
board.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-07-26

The revision of the French diction-
airy by the Forty Immortals has, after
twenty years of diligent effort reached
the letter c. It was a wise provision
which required the submission Of this
work to the amortals.
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The average annual income of pro-
fessional criminals is estimated at
about $1160. This means that the
community pays them a yearly salary
Of 34o0, 900. 900. After this is spent for
their maintenance we pay annually
$500, 600, 900 for their detection, convic-
ton and support under national,
state, county and city auspices.
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FOR SALE.

A house and lot in the town OF
Washington, LIS, in the square bound
ed by Carriere, Wilkins. Ewes and
Dupre. Frame building made Of
choice cypress, ceiled inside, weather.
boarded outside, 2Ox30 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. u
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There was a time when the efforts
Of people to escape compulsory vaccin-
alton would have been less unreason-
able than they are now. When ply
sicians used humanized lymph from
the arms OF children who may have
been the victims Of constitutional dis.
eases) there was supposed to be dan.
ger Of developing incidental disorders.
As Q matter of fact, however, most Of
the charges of the transmission OF
disease through vaccination were
groundless. In this day the virus Ia
prepared with the utmost care, and 10
fully protected from all possibility Of
germ infection. Only the bovine
virus is used. and the animal from
which 1t is obtained are always n per.
feet health. No one need fear any.
thing worse .han the effects Of the
harmless yirus,e observes the Phila
delphia Record.
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WEAK POINT OF THE POINTER.
Nimrod-The srouble with your bird
dcg i that he doesn't seen 10 be able
20 know y bird when be sees II
RamrpdrYss, that's his weak SOMA
chio Ss& IoagnaL
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Political and social conditions will
remain, for many years, important
factors in the development Of South.
Africa. The war has stimulated an
existing race antagonism. More than
one generation must elapse, even
though England's nag shall fly
throughout the whole country, ere
English neighhor and Dutch neighbor
win forgive and forget. Peace may
be declared. but many years will pass
ere real peace will come, exclaims q
writer in the Forum. Boer and Erit,
ain are not Of one blood, and the pre-
emit struggle lie but the elimination OF
nearly a century Of antagonism. The
lntensification OF the old bitterness
will remain al q barrier to the peace
and harmony of South Africa. until q
new people shall arise who can forget
Slachtersnek and Boomplatg. ANA
juba and Ingogo, Ladysmith and
spionkop, Jameson and De Wet, Kru-
ger and Chamberlain. This 10 not for
the children OF today. and It may moi
bo for their children's children.
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The Marine Hospital Service has
made public the result Of It's interest.
Ing effort to discover the healthiest
place In the United States. Reports
made to 1t from 1890 cities and towns
having 1000 or more inhabitants are
the basis Of It's curious announcement
that Iowa, or all the more populous
states, IL the most healthful. It's an.
nual death rate is I'LL per 1000.
Ohio leads the leading states In this
respect, it's death rate being i4.S4.
New York states was 1885, which Ia
neither very high nor very low. A
satirical comment on the wide fame
Of Colorado and Arizona as health re.
sorts 10 the high death rate, 1929 in
the former and 32.3s in the latter,
AriSona's being the highest In tho
whole union. Fairness requires it to
b@ remembered. however. that these
high death rates are doubtless due to
the number OF incurable consumptives
who 80 there only to die. OF the large
cities Washington has the highest
death rate-21.17 per 1000. Phila-
aslphia and New YORK are very close
ogethsr, with . rate OF 1886. Bos-
ems Is nearly 81. ard Chicago's d
14.ss-lcwest q al the cities Of the
agss class.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-16

George II. Woodruff. former coach Of the
University Of Pennsylvania football team,
makes a broad statement when he says
.fhat OF all physical games INDUCED in by.
college men, football IL the sport that re-
quires far and away the most brains. While
1t in true hat Rugby football is distinctive
ly a college game. there are many who
doubt that 1t requires as much brains as
baseball, but Mr.. Woodruff advance many
coed arguments in support of his conten-
tion.
Rugby football has been made popular IN
) this country by its introduction into uni
versity athletics. 1t is played by. profess
SIGNALS and thousands Of Independent teams
now. but 1t was a long time before 1t was
popular among the masses. In one way it
requires brains. for 1t calls for head work
on the part of coach and players. but. after
all. physical strength and nerve are its
chief requirement. In an article IN the Chi
cago Tribune. Mr.. Woodruff gives argu-
ments why the sport is popular aside from
mans inherent love of combat, and under
takes to explain its superiority over base
ball. association football and other sports.
The article is appended:
EAST IS MORE ENTHUSIASTIC.
There seems TO be an unusual public IN
terest in the game of football. This inter-
est is more pronounced in the East than
the West as far as the number of enthu-
siasts is concerned. but the intensity OF
footballites IN the individual seems TO be
about equal from ocean TO ocean.
For years / have noted this enthusiasm
with growing wonder. AT first i attributed
II to a fad. A great many girls attached
themselves with more or less serious loyal
ty to this. that or the other college. Their
excuse for becoming partisans OF their
chosen universities ranged from close re-
lationship to graduates or undergraduates
down to acquaintance with some member
Of the college. or even no excuse at all. 1
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-16

herself In the mud. But this fellow has
been nowhere lately. Now. let me give
you a bit of advice. Wait fer second bet
ting. He's bound TO go up
II thanked him and hurried over to the
consumptIve.
PLAY Percy r. said I. II you have got
TO play at all. and play him across the
Nay. nay. said he: I'm only betting
straight to-day. It's do or die with me IN
sober earnest.
II didn't say anything more. but called
my friend and quickly explained the state
OF affairs. Then we agreed to place the
young chaps Atty between us in case tbs
single ffty-doIlar bet on such a long one.
".Well. when the card came out again
there was 50 to / on tap against our pick
/ had a ten-spot Of my own mixed up with
the roll. There was nc trouble over plac-
ing the bets. Indeed. the moneytaker gave
Z" Playing tips again. are your said he:
that's a dead one. all right You can't
worry me-
finally they got of well punched. with the
favorite in the lead. Then we moved to the
door to hear the race called.
Virgins at the quarter. by a nose was
the first thing We heafd from the other side
of the partition. 'Innuendo second. La Mas
Gotta third. a nose away
"Tfck-a-tick-tick tick-a-ticktct
Same at the half"
1nnuendo at the five furlongs: Virgins
second. a length away; La Mascotta. third.
a nose'
with a crimson tinge and his eyes were
staring. I clasped his right hand and gave
tia hearty shake to encourage the boy.
" In the stretch. Innuendor called the
operator; La Mascotta second, a head
away; Terraline third!'.
" It's over gasped the young man; let
Not a bit of it, said I; while there's
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am sorry to say that zeal and loyalty in
the case of the fair sex Is seldom based
upon any real fundamental merit in the
football system of the chosen college.
Why. you will ask. do the following OF
q college, and the student body. too, for
that matter. choose football as the peg
upon which to hang the banner OF their
loyalty? / believe 1 can give a few hints
in answer to this question. The JOY and
pain or rub and wear and struggle in the
real college life is at once too complex and
too sacred to parade before the eyes of a
careless world. Think of the life Of a fam
lily. The real gist of it is in the dreary me-
notonous round of daily duty. n care,
and love, and forbearance. but the outward
~show-that which the thoughtless world
sees and pauses to OBSERVES the infre-
quent birthday festival. the Thanksgiving
dinner. the Christmas jubilat.on, the we'd
ding feast, or even the funeral procession.
Thus the daily study. and brain exercise.
and lecture, ard recitation, are deep in the
life of the college itself. Unless. however.
you are admitted to the bosom OF the col
lege family you VIII not wish to follow its
monotonous course with more than a pass
ing glance Of bored indifference. When.
however. the college INDUCES in gayety.
when coicrs are pinned to lapel. flags are
Haunted. cheers ring out, and songs are
sung. n those who have adopted the col
lege / their zeal find their hearts palpi-
tate VIII pride and hope. while even the
rank outsider feels himself carried away by
the wave OF mesmeric enthusiasm.
ATHLETICS AN OUTWARD SHOW.
FOR reasons akin to that limited above.
athletics, the mere froth IN the surface of
college life, come to be the vehicle for the
expression of that life. OF athletics. foot
ball seems capable of arousing the greatest
interest. The reasons for this are inherent
in the fiber of man. Let us hope that our
inherent love for a fight Is not the pr,nci-
pal reason. 1t is true. nevertheless. that
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-16

many GOOo Judges Think That the
Kentuckian Is Superior to Geers.
Danny Hudson has shown himself a won
derful man this season with all classes Of
harness horses. He Is q brusque, nervous
K~entuckian. a man who works from dawn
to dark with his horses. not only on the
track. but likewise as to their stable man.
largely self-taught. Known in his earlier
turf experiences as a man who would take
all the chances in a race. and was ever
ready for a mount behind anything that
could 60 well. Hudson has risen to q point
where he is regarded by many OF the best
Judges in such matters as the ableet trainer
and driver. all things considered, In the
world. not even Geers being placed ahead Of
him by these enthusiasts. But. from being
always ready for a mount. Hudson has de-
veloped into a man who knows his own
value. and for him the hoppled PAGER Is .
thing OF the past.
He had one in his stable this year. but
when II came time for that horse to race
some other mar did the teaming. Vance
Nuckols. who makes a speciality of side
the mount a time or two when the Hudson
stable was in the East. but at Memphis,
where the hoppled PAGER finally won a race
and got a record commensurate with his
greatest catch drivers in the business.
who held the reins- Hudson Is frank enough
to say that he declines to drive a hoppled
horse because he has a large and valuAble
stable OF horses on his hands; that he Is
they are engaged in stakes to such an ex-
tent that the entrance money alone to b
paid on them Is a small fortune In the
course Of a campaign. and that. therefore.
his duty. to himself and to the men who
own the horses he drives make 1t imperative
that he shall not take any CHARGES OF be-
ing injured BY driving a hoppled PAGER.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-16
COOPERATIVE COMPANY QUITS.
Ex-JOckey Vic Britton Closes Out His
Cooperative Racing table

Vic Bfftf0A Closes Out HIS
Cooperative Racing Stable.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Cincinnati. Nov. 1.-THE Vic Britton Com
pany. which was organized in Chicago and
incorporated under the laws Of South Da-
kota last August. with its capital stock
placed at $O.005 fully paid and nonassess-
able. and having for its stated object the
conducting OF a frst-claes breeding and
racing stable and the dealing in of thorough
bred race horses has been dissolved, and
the money paid in by stockholders re-
turned to them with interest.
Britton shows the certificate Of stock and
checks with which members of the company
had been paid. amounting in all to 81. 900
and at the same time he made the fol-
ton Of the mpa and the cause which
led to its dissolution:
The company was organized and incor-
porated and $S,0o was paid in. 1 bought
seven horses and raced hem under the
name of the Capital Stable up to the mid
die of September. 1 wrote Secretary Ma
thanson from Saratoga that l would ship
the string to Harlem. He advised me that
unless I filed the names OF each member Of
my company. with a statement Of owner-
ship. the horses could not start.
That opened my eyes to a situation
which I had not previously considered Sup
pose. for instance. that, notwithstanding
the fact that I had no intention Of racing
the horses any way but on the level, one
OF those horses would have run a race which
would have justified my suspension. Nat
urally. with the names Of all the members
of my on file, each and every one
OF them would have come under the ban
L had no desire to take even the remotest
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-16
DETMAx's CRACK 4-YEAR-oLD.


There has been only one 5-year-old trotter
out this season that attracted attention
above his fellows Of tine same age. and
that is Major Delmar. He is really the SEN
satton Of the year among %trotters. as. start
ing with a mark of 2:l5. made when he was
a 3-year-old, the son OF Delmar has won q
lot Of races, proved himself a fast. game.
well-mannered and reliable race horse, al
ways willing to do his best, no matter how
great the call on his speed and energy. His
was a fine Illustration OF this. as he went
a mile heat in POSI-. then a mile and an
eighth in 2:22. and came back with a half
mile performance OF 1.Ol. 1t is practically
certain that no other trotter in training
this season. Cresceus alone excepted. could
have done what was chalked up to the
credit OF Major Delmar that day at Mem
phis, and this fact more than anything he
had previously done make conservative
horsemen place him among the probable
star %trotters of 1906.
At the beginning Of the training season
last spring he was not regarded as at all
likely to develop into a phenomenon. al
though known TO be a brushy colt when
trained as a 3-year-old. He had a lot Of
spirit and some temper. which last men,
TONED fact was the reason for his being a
gelding as a 4-year-old, and. as a rule.
horses that want to scrap with their at
PENDANTS are nothing remarkable as race
nags- But Delmar was different. He Is still
his heels. but by careful. handling Alta Nc
Donald. who is a thorough horseman, has
got along nicely with the major. and a good
deal of the horses success should be attrib-
uted to the bright little man who has han
died him in the campaign.
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chance of putting a lot of innocent people
In trouble. and 1 decided to dissolve the

chance OF putting a lot of innocent people
in trouble. and I decided to dissolve the
company.
The earnings for the short time we had
been in operation were sufficient to pay
each investor a small percentage on the
money they had put in. and l mailed each
OF them checks. received their stock in re-
turn. Every bit of the stock has been an
celed with the exception Of 5000 worth.
which is in the hands OF one man. He
thinks / have n good thing and am trying to
freeze him out. / went 10 several promi-
neat attorneys about the matter and they
told NE to Just put his money IN a bank
and draw interest on IL until he decided to
accept It. i have Gone so and have advised
him OF the fact.
No, sir. 1 don't want any more cooper
ative schemes in mine. Sooner or later all
of these companies are bound to blow up.
If for natural causes they would not
pass out speedily. the fact that the Federal
Government and the turf government are
both after them will soon bring about their
undoine"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-16

life there's hope I'll bet you the favorte
won't be in the money.
" Tick, Tick, Tick
Close finishi'
Tick, Tick, Tick
Percy r. wins. by a nose: Terralene,
second. a length. Innuendo. third
Well. that fool lad tainted. actually
tainted. and a winner OF twenty-five hun
dred at that. ! was five hundred ahead Of
the race myself. but l forgot all about it
for a few minutes in the excitement Of
bringing him 10. Finally We got him re-
viyed and out into a cab. with his pockets
he did was to drive down TO a ticket ONCE
and hire a berth to Arizona. Then he In
sisted on our making a night Of 1t with him.
We saw him off next day. with small
hopes OF ever hearing from him again. But
to-day he's a we'll man. He wrote me not
long ago that he had not made a bet since
that afternoon. Gentlemen. what shall It
beo'
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Natural Philosephy Le.,or.

ibid you ever stop to think" said the
.ured out half a peck Of potatoes, sthar
these potatoes contain sugar, water AMI
NO. I didn't replied the how. s.hu, :
heard father say that you put peas and
beans In your coffee, and about q pin Of
water in every quart Of milk you self."
dropped.-New York News.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-16
ADMIRATION OF THE STRENUOUS
MAKES FOOTBALL GAME POPULAR

Former Coach George NJ. Woodruff Believes That More Brains Are
Required to Play Rugby Than Baseball or Association Football
-Mans Unborn Love of Strife Has Placed the Sport at the
Head Of College Athletics-Some Reasons for Football
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-16

IsAk They were Twin in fned security when the sleeping volcano woke and they we're los
them conf Thousands Bloc Poison sufferers are living uu n skHmnS vdauoa and are tm
@g : desperate chances Udr the Mercury and Potash treatment the external eidnesof Il
re sc S $$ an dthed d eaHy zr a S sm eo a1us ban ss snoh ensi Ha t %ss ss o1 T s'hne sa %n sbss n ,o a%S
%1M % make sits apparnee nten mouth, 1.-THE slight rheumatic pains in nnscesa and joint and the re
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-16

BOWLING CRxxN, KY, March a, Ieo7.
GENTLEMEN: For over four years I suffered
greatly fron . severe case of Contagious Blood
Poison. went to Hot Springs, staying there
four months. Then consulted physicians, who
prescribed Mercury. Nothing did me any good,
in fact the treatment proved mere harmful than
beneficial. Thus I continued to suffer for fous
years. I mentioned my case to q friend. who
told me that S. S. S. had certainly cured him.
I at once commenced its use, and in a few
months could find no trace Of the disease what
ever, and I can truthfully say I am entirely we'll.
Irecommend S. S. S. to ali in need of q sure and
safe cure for Contagious Blood Poison.
d. N. SANDERa
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-16
by a Republic Photographer

BY q Republic Photographer
JIMMY RIoRDAN AND CULVER HAsTEDT.
Fun beck and quarter back. respectively. OF the C. B. C. football team, in
rosinonf r q place kick Hastedts clever and fast handling of the ball is a
great HEIR Riordan who Is he best kicking full back that a ST. Louis team
has turn a In ears Hastedt Is holding the ball while Riordan pauses
fr n moneu tt set himself before booung b leather. In he gan against
the KrksyTae Osreopaths. Riordan kicked four goals from the field, two of
them frpm the fory.yard linz.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-31
M'CLEARY FLAYS RIVALS
His Fight, He Says, Not With DEM
ocratic Opponent, but With
Certain Republicans.

Sleepy Eye, Minn.,O 31.-Congressman
McCleary addressed a large audience at
Springfield last night, discussing the tariff
and saying:
II care not at all about my democratic
opponent. Ms hight is not with him, but
it is with one or two ambitious republi-
cans in this district who are going up and
down tho countryside, talking free lum-
ber,' free lumber to catch the popular
appreciation and who hope to be candi-
dates for congress against me two years
from now. They hope to see my majority
cut down and will then say, see how he
has lost his strength with the people, but
will not betray the interests you have
placed in my hands. I am not for free
hides, free wool, free food products. or
free lumber, and will not say that I an
here to catch your vote or court favor.
am not a trimmer, nor do you want E
trimmer to represent you. You want {
man with the courage of his convictions.
This sentiment was received with cheers
A large delegation Of New Ulm republi
cans. accompanied by a band, attended
the meeting.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-31

equally strong in Washington and Chi
sage. He ran ahead of his party ticket
two years ago, and will do as we'll this
year. The democratic candidate, John l..
Gieske, is proprietor of barber shop in
st. Paul. He is fluent speaker, and has
made an appeal to the labor unions, but
does not seem to have made any head
way against Stevens. The fourth has lost
Isanti and Kanabec counties, but Stevens
carried the three counties now in his
charge by $500 two years ago, and should
do very nearly, If not quite as we'll, in the
off year election.
SEVENTH DISTRICT
Andrew J. Volstead Of Granite Falls is
likely to get the blue ribbon this time for
the largest congressional plurality In Min
nesota His district gave 7,7S8 plurality
for conversational candidates in 1900. VOL
stead only opponent is a populist, A. Q.
Forsberg Of Willmar, a scholarly man. put
not q great campaigner, and the popuAAst
party In the district Is badly demorallzed.
Furthermore, the populists all wanted VOL
stead nominated, and many of them voted
at the republican primaries to help him
out. The democrats will be divided be-
tween Volstead and Forsberg, and al
though the vote will be light In the dis
triet, Vo1stead's plurality will be not less
than 1000.
J. Adam Bede has an opponent VINO IS
making things hum, but J. Adam IS as
good as elected. His campaign '1uno
looks like small change alongside Captain
Fay's barrel, but the republicans OF the
district are standing by Bede, ana only
wholesale detection could beat him. Inc
district is the smallest in the state. Tor
population and votes, yet Its countles
gave republican plurality on congress-
man Of 6,214 two years ago, ana snoulu
do at least half as we'll In an or year.
Bede is we'll known and poular, and hun
dreds of old friends among the. democrats
will vote for him.
NINTH DISTRICT.
/ The chief interest In the new ninth is
in the race for second place between
Alex McKinnon, the democratic candidate,
and Nils r.. Moen, the populist With the
divided opposition. Halvor Stevenson has
easy sailing, and Elmer Adams, a licensed
predictor Of long standing, says STEINER
son will get more than the other two put
together. The counties in the district
were fairly close two years ago, giving
republican candidates 1861 plurality, but
STEVENSON is strong among populists, and
will get the full party vote. He should
win by at least 1000 over McKinnon, who
seems likely to beat Moen for place.
The democrats have had more or less sue
cess in bringing populists in line for Nc
Kinnon, in return for democratic support
for populist county tickets. Bitter feel
ing has been aroused by their tactics, and
Moen's friends are making q hard fight
for him. He will get a large prohibition
vote. Charles B. Cheney.