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The Opelousas courier., 1902-09-20
Here is q deflnition Of fame given by

Here is a definition of fame given by
former Speaker Reed at the BoWdoir
commencement dinner: Fame" said
he, SIS largely a matter of accident
Being In the right place at the right
time, and doing the right thing, or, bet.
ter still, making people think you are
doing the right thing, is about all there
! to famae.o This definition gains much
much in effectiveness when flame" is
pronounced with the former Speakers
well known drawl.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-09-20

German cooperative societies and as
sociations can look back upon half Q
century of successful activity. At pres.
ent the self-aided trades and industrial
cooperative societies number altogeth'
er upward of 17,G00 local societies, of
which about 1000 are agricultural, and
include more than a million peasants.
Fourteen thousand cooperative socle-
ties are comprised in twenty-nine
unions.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-09-20

Finnish emigration is assuming enor'
nous proportions for a land Of only
100000 souls. Whereas. in 1901 the
number of emigrants was $4,000 alto
gether, the number for the first -four
months Of 1902 was 5000, the compare
tive figures for the month Of February
being 762 and 170s. Detailed figures
show that the great majority Of the
emigrants are males between fifteen
and forty years Of age.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-09-20
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, 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. tt
The Opelousas courier., 1902-09-20

Edward Everett Hale bases his plea
for pensions for old people on the fol.
lowing conditions: First, to persons
who have never permanently absn.
doned their native State; second, to
those who have paid taxes since reach.
Ing manhood; third, to persons eighty
Or eighty-five years old. DR.. Hale
thinks 500 a year would keep old folks
from the poorhouse.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-09-20
ACADEMY
OF 7HE-
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION,
OPELOUSAS La,

UFELUUHAB, La
sasss TIE Direction Of ths Sisters Kazaanisa
Of Holy Gross.
Oners to young ladies every facility
tor acquiring Q thorough christian ed
acatlon. Constant attention is paid 10
home and social culture. Lessons ara
given IN music, painting and other
useful arts. The sisters also hsys
charge OF the boys school. The ours
o. instruction 10 two-fold-Pssparaaory
and Commercial. French Il taught ia
:hs two courses. Te4 particulars. ad.
assss elaT1B HYPERION
The Opelousas courier., 1902-09-20

California produces per annum $780,
100000 worth each of plums and
prunes s7,5oo,0OO of peaches, 81, 800, 900
If apricots, So. 900, 900 of apples and ST.
100000 of pears
The Opelousas courier., 1902-09-20

The Austrian Parliament has re-
solved to abolish the army practice of
tying refractory soldiers up to hooks
and binding their hands and feet.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-09-20
The Dog Tlat sings and His master.

@Billingsley has taught his dog to
sing"
Does ne sing weII?s
He sings as well as Billingsley
could teach him.
= eve heard Billingsley. Is he j
good singcr?"
Well, the Cog has been shot at sew
eral times. Cleveland Plain Dealer
The Opelousas courier., 1902-09-20

N. Saint-Saens, the famous musician,
has a letter in the Bulletin Of the AS
Economical Society of France from
which the following paragraphs are
taken. That life exists in the universe
Is nd longer a matter for discussion.
The statement that life is the object
OF the universe is more doubtful. This
statement is but the last echo Of an
Gent doctrines that made-the earth the
centre Of the universe and man the
end and object Of creation, for whom
sun, moon, stars and earth were made.
Man, like all animals, acts In view of
IN end, and subjects nature to a like
law. But nature knows no law save
evolution and her acts afford no proof
that she attributes any especial value
to life or to intelligence. Billions of
foraminifera, or diatoms, have pro-
ducad mountains by the accumulation
Of their dead carcasses. Was it the
life of these beings, was it that noun.
tain, which nature had In view? "A.
stupid animal with a ridiculously ILL.,
developed brain swallows thousands
of intelligent ants for It's daily meal.
So much for intelligence. AS the earth
is an inhabited planet there is no rea-
son why other celestial bodies should
not also be inhabited. 1t is almost a
certainty that some other bodies are
50. But it is equally probable that the
conditions favorable to the production
of life, and, especially for The produe-
ton of intelligence, are rare. This
rarity is but relative, and 1t is admitted
that there may be an enormous number
of habitable worlds. There is no need
to assume every planet to be inhabited,
and vet we are forced to assum, a
plurality Of worlds.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-09-20
. LOUISIANA

The use Of Spanish is decreasing, but
It is still a very important language IL
commerce.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-09-20


Professors Il. A. s. Redmayne and q
Turner. who hold respectively thu
chairs Of mining and metalIurgy IN th,
University OF Birmingham, have beer
touring America investigating our tech
biological schools. with q view to the al
rangement of their departments at Biz
mlngham. IN the Montreal Daily star
Professor Redmayne is quoted as say.
ing: IN no part DC England, nor any
where on the Continent, ID fact, car
you And 4 school of mining on d de,
n~artanent of metallurgy ID any univer.
- IN any way compare with
ii Canadian ano
@rsities. Strange to say
those Nents ii the universities
Of the 0ld World are 50 Incomplete thai
np % the present II has been found nee
essaTy, If one wanted to obtain a thor.
ough technical training to come Il
america: 10 change the present con
dlsion u aaairs il the object of oul.
sia1.n
The Opelousas courier., 1902-09-20

The discovery in Java by Dubois Of
the remains of Pithecanthropus erectus
in a situation that seems to indicate
for them an age corresponding to the
later Pliocene, has led to q searching
re-examination of other ancient. hui
man remains; the Neanderthal skeleton
and others, for example. The results
of these studies are to demonstrate q
great similarity between the Neander.
thai and Spy skeletons and to indicate
the existence Of a distinct human
species-Homo neanderthalis. OF this
species at least three individuals are
represented in our museums, and it
seems certain that Pithecanthropus
represents a much lower level. The
skull of the latter shows q more pro-
nounced approach toward generalized
anthropoid conditions than is shown
by the European skulls. There is,
however, an enormous gap between the
Java man and the highest anthropoid
apes, and it seems certain that the
latter cannot be regarded as coming
into the direct line Of human descent
at all, but both must trace back to a
common ancestor of arboreal habits.
The date of the Neanderthal man is
that of the first interglaciaI period, at
the close of the Chellean era, while
Pithecanthropus belongs to the late
Pliocene, al has been said. The di-
vergence of form which led to the
genus Homo may then be referred to
the early Pliocene, or possibly ever to
the Miocene.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-09-20
London.s An-teailurlan snhaipl.io

There Is nothing so puzzling about
the metropolis al its Iecal areas. who
but an expert, for exs 1ple, could say
where the control Of fle Holborn com.
ell over the fhoroughfare of that name
ends and where that Of the city 1t
London begins1London Argus.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-09-20

BelgiaHmkiesAare lia Ar all dam
ages done to private erty by riot
FRS, and Brussels has A6rdingly been
ordered by the court to pay $4,000 for
windows smashed during the riots of
1899. The rioting the past spring was
much more serious, and a larger bill
will have to be met by the city.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-09-20

One thousand miles from its nacutr
the Amazon IS $40 feet deep.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-09-20

A patent recently issued to Harry
Shoemaker describes a coherer in
which small steel balls are employed
in connection with granulated particles
of carbon. The small steel balls are so
placed In the coherer tube as not to be
in contact with each other, and are
surrounded by the carbon particles.
The specifications state that by the
employment of the carbon particles
and the steel balls, no decohering is
necessary, as carbon and steel contacts
have 2, property of destroying them
selves without the use of a tapping OF
shaking device.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-09-20
POPULAR SCIENCE.

At the scientific ~ballooning conference
In Berlin, Germany, Alexander insist
ed that an unnamed balloon could be
sent fifty miles and return to starting
point, steered only by Hertzian waves.
Two German investigators conclude
positively that there is nothing in the
popular belief that hay fever is pro-
duced by irritating pollen from plants.
The disease Is evidently produced by
bacteria of some sort, but how it gets
into the system is unknown.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-09-20

, The chemical analysis of volcanic
dust which fell at Barbados set forth
that the dust contained no chemical
constituents which would form a read
lily available fertilizer of the soil. The
practical experience, however, at
KmgsfowA which is about eleven miles
from La Rouffriere, in st. Vincent,
Otherwise. In the gardens
there, where volcanic dust fell many
inches deep, such a show Of flowers
has rarely been seen. 1t is recorded
that after the eruption of 1912 the
quantity of produce on the estates was
unprecedented.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-22
Her Practical Mind.

From the Chicago Post
He always said that she had a mind too
severely practical for an authors wife. He
could be optimistic on very slight provoca-
ton. but she wanted something tangible TO
inspire optimism.
You seem to be happy" she remarked
as he came in one evening.
Il am, he replied, land with good rea-
son. I've brought home some good news"
delightful" she returned, with gentle
sarcasm Now all that remains Is to de-
eide how you VIII have 1t cooked"
Have what cooked?"
The good news. / infer from what you
say that you have brought home nothing
else, SO we must live on that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-22

THE ANNUAL THANKSGIVING SILVER OFFER
ing by the Ladies' Southern Relief Society win
Iake place In Confederate Veterans Hail Mon
Gay. NOV "A. Dancing, to IL. Haley's Or
cnestra. IT
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-22

Among the fotsam and jetsam thrown up
on the beach at RhossiIli, Olamorgan, re-
Gently was the body of a fuli-grown Ken
which has since been buried by the coast
guard In what In known as Fox's cave.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-22
EXCURSIONS, ETC.

TO GREAT FALLS
Steamer Louise leaves SOD and Canal Sunday at
$3.50: leaves Cabin Johns at 1o:15.
n02f-2ts Round Trip, Soc.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1902-01-03
Burton.

School commences Monday after a
two weeks vacation Miss Inez
Rowell entertained her cousins. Mr..
George Reed and his sister Miss Emma.
of North Star, the past week-Mr.
and Mrs. Quincy Mcbride arrived from
Escanaba, Saturday and are the guests
of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. j S. Nc
Bride-Mr. Ed Kilburn, of Spaulding
wasthe guest of Miss Ina Cramer from
Saturday spntil Monday-Mr James
Mcbride IS home from Denver spending
the holidays with his family-Mrs. F.
j. Stoddard and little, daughter, of De.
troit and Mrs. f. L. Welch and daugh-
ter Florence, of Owosso, were the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. A. l. Roosa, Fri.
day of last wees-C. &. Rowell, wife
and daughter, Miss Inez, attended a
family reunion New Years day at the
home Of Banker D. F. Hunt, of Byron,
Miss Ina Cramer, teacher in the
Grand. Traverse schools is visiting her
parents and other relatives during the
holiday vacation-Freddie Wright
has been visiting friends in Owosso for
the past week.-Mrs.. Salena Harris
and son Gerald spent the past two
weeks in Oakley with her parents, Mr,
and Mrs. Caleb Parks-Miss Ivah
Roosa, spent a part of the week in
Owosso with relatives-Rev. j. ID.
Young mas been on the sick list for the
past week-Emery and l.. L. Simpson
have purchased Alpha Simpsons farm
Ora Varcoe has bought James De.
Wits farm-T. II. Rice has sold his
farm to j. Witt-Miss Bessie Van
Dyne, of Owosso, was the guest of her
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. VIM.
Mitchell over Sunday---Charles Rose
is home from the NJ. A. c., of Lansing,
spending the holiday vacation with his
pareuts, Mr.. and Mrs j. w. Rose
Owing to his health failing him Mr..
Alpha Simpson will move his family
20 Virginia in the early spring, We re.
gret very much to lose Mr. Simpsons
family as they have lived here all of
their lives-Mrs. Z. L. Wilson and
her sister, Miss Grace Greene, of
Owosso, were the guests of their uncle
and aunt Mr.. and Mrs. G. G. Rogers,
Saturday of last week--Postmaster
John Potter was quite i'll Sunday, but
under the skillful treatment OF DR.. f
S. Leonard, of Ovid, he Is again able to
look after the work OF the. Office
Charles Rogers, who is on the road for
the firm of Wells & Co, of Leroy, n
X. spent the past week with his par.
ents, Druggist and Mrs G.. G.. Rogers
Carrier G. G. Stiff, of the r T. d.
during December handled 4,544 pieces
of mail For the last six months mas
handled 2L512 and sold 75 money
orders--Mr. and Mrs. Z. II. Smith
entertained the prohibition club at
their pleasant home Friday of last week
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1902-01-03
Southwest Bennington.

Miss Hattie Skinner spent the latter
part of last week with friends inBancroft
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Kemmis and
two daughters spent Thursday with
MIR. and Mrs. Tomms in Middlebury
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Mitchell spent
Christmas in Owosso at the latter's
parents, Rev. and Mrs. F. Strong-Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Reed. of Woodruff, spent
Christmas with Mr.. and Mrs Charles
Green II Mr. and Mrs. Slater Vert, of
Laingsburg, spent Christmas with Mr..
and Mrs. Bert Williams-Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Barnes, of Detroit, and
mother, Mrs. Mary Barnes, of Owosso,
spent Christmas with Mr.. Charles
Lewis at the old home and visited other
relatives the latter part of the week in
this vicinity---Mr. and Mrs. Will Boyd,
of OwossOfsspent Christmas with MIR.
and Mrs, F. B. Day-Mr. and Mrs.
Gunderman, of Bancroft, spent Thurs
day with their uncle, Charles Ford
Miss Kittte Tink and brothers, Lee and
Frank, OF Williamson. spent Christ
mas with their grand mother, Mrs.
Hattie Woodbury--Miss Edith Jobes
and Veil fJohnson entertained the Ar
gentine fishing club Christmas at the
home of Mr.. b. C.. Chittenden--Lee
Woodbury. entertained large party of
friends Friday night at progressive
domino, Harrison Jobes and Minnie
Claucherty winning first prize, and
Delbert HYman and Ida Kytes the
BOBBY prize. Mrs. Willis Burgess and
sister, Miss Drake, sang and Mrs. Bur-
CESS and Joe Woodbury. furnished some
instrumental music; both were very
much enjoyed. Refreshments were
served and all spent most enjoyable
evening. The election of officers at
Pittsburg Sunday school took place last
Sunday, which resulted as follows:
Superintendent. Mrs. Abram Hutch
ings; assistant Supt., Charles Baese;
secretary, Frank Pasco; treasurer, Miss
Simpson.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1902-01-03
Is Pleased With California.

The friends of Mr. Beattie will read
with interest the following item from
the Orville, California, Register:
w. H. Beattie, of Owosso, Michigan,
is shrewd, keen observing traveller,
who is now visiting this portion of Cali
fornia He came to the southern part
of the state some weeks ago and is TAX
ing careful look over the central part
of the state at the present time. He
says he did not come here attracted by
the fame of our orange aud olive
groves. He knew nothing of the fruit
growing in this section. He was thor
oughly posted on southern California
because the people of that region send
descriptive articles of all kinds to the
east
He was much pleased and impressed
with our climate, soil and groves. He
was surprised at the low price of
land for olives and oranges as compared
with southern California. If your
people would boom this region as the
people of the south. do southern Cali
fornia you would have no difficulty in
inducing thousands of eastern people to
come here" said the gentleman.
When we came across on the Santa
Fee road until we got to Barstow there
were four trains closely following each
other all filled with eastern people COM
ing to the southern part of your state.
What you need to do here is to make it
known in the east that you can grow
such fruits as you do Tell them of
your climate, soil and productions and
you can have plenty of people here"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1902-01-03
SUED FOR $5,Ooo,OoO
Wellington r. Burt is the Defendant
in Such a Case.

Wellington r. Burt is the Defendant
in Such Case.
A Toledo dispatch says: Suit has
been filed by Austin B. Fletcher, of
New York, on behalf of the creditors
and stockholders of the Ann Arbor rail.
road, against Wellington r, Burt, presi-
dent of the road asking judgment for
So, 600, 600.
The petition AYERS that Burt, as re.
ceiver of the road, mismanaged the
property. concealing the amounts of
money that he paid for improvements
with the intention of depreciating the
price of the property in the market in
order that he and his associates might
buy in the same at low price. In cor
sequence of his representations, it is
claimed, Burt and his associates bought
it in for SO, Ger 600. They Immediately
issued $1,000, 600 of bonds against it and
81, $50, 600 of stock.
1t is claimed that this Sl4 2500O0 is
in fact something like the true value of
the property, which was well known
to Burt and his associates.
Mr.. Burt made the following. state
ment on Monday:
AS to the statement in the Free Press
of Saturday last that have been sued
for S5,000,000, it is correct, but it is
nothing new, 1t IS in the same lire of
Ashley suits that have been in the
courts since 1895. The parties never
have gotten anything and do not expect
anything. 1t is simply an attempt at
blacbmail to get me to pay them some
thing rather than be annoyed. They
have not succeeded go far and | hardly
think they will now. This suit was
simply commenced to get it into the
papers The parties commencing the
suit have no responsibility whatever.
We pay very little attention to their
suits and il they get any amusement
out of it they are welcome to it
w. r, BURT.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1902-01-03
] !
oaN4as

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Mrs j. B.fHoffmau wac in 89o1 ~
last Thursday Wv 1T Eagat, n ~
Keyes andDr. O'Ro5Jke we're u q "a
Lothrop Friday---C. j. Teachout
in st. Charles Friday Emmett Sack
riders house took fire last Friday eyenr
irg about o'clock and together MIA !
the contents was CONSUMED. Lo5yi
about $500 with seo0insurance, &ausQ
of fire unknown. .S-h. ssO.1 Wick harii. &
of Owosso, was in town Saturday
Mrs Seelhoff was on the Ack list a few
days recently-ChNlesx Young whef
lived alone near the catholic church.
has gone to Mt. Morris to,liye vita q
daughter--Miss Agnes Wefherbee, "a
Owosso, visited friends intOakleysa a few
days recently--There mass no con;
munion service at the. M. E. church..
Sunday morning on account Of sickness. !,
in the family of Rey. Wallace. OF
Henderson, who it was expected Would
administer the sacrament--Mrs, WI Z
Crane, of Howell, visited relatives ins'
this vicinity few days the past weelS
Mrs. Mary Armstrong and da0ghs
ter, Lena, visited relatives al tIthaoxs
the past week-Jo ohn Hart Is ,building<
large shed just north of the gristmill
for hay storage--The Misses Me-
CARNEY, of Owosso, were the guests Of
friends here few days recently---ee
Oakley Lodge |. o. o.. F initiated
three new members Tuesday evening
"A new stove was placed id the
primary room of our school Tuesday.
1t is of heavy cast iron and looks aSif'it
might do better service than the dne IL
replaced--John Hill and family spent
New Years day with their son, Henry.
at Lansing-Mrs. A. w. McFall is
quite seriously i'll at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. ID. B. Hegler, of. thiss
village-The membership contpt
which has been on for some time in the
Oakley tent K. o. T.. M. has closed
viii Read and George Welch acted az
captains, each one having an. equal
number of members to support him.
Mr. Reads side won out and will enjoy
an oyster supper at the expense of tha
other side on the evening Of installaJy
ton. There will be a joint installation
with the l.. o. I. NJ, and the wives.
of the winners are entitled foS supper
More handsome and artistic. .caiet-
dars have been sent out by busipess
firms this season than ever before
which is an indication Of a prosperous
years business as well as 7appreeiatiops
of patronage. S% 80, ~. 4.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1902-01-03
Probate Court.

In the estate of Romaine Bramwell,
a minor, license was granted VIM. H.
Bigelow, guardian to sell and dispose
of said minors chattel mortgage inter-
est in furniture which is located in the
Commercial House, Corunna. F. E.
Welch was appointed guardian ad
litem of said minor.
Application for the appointment of a
guardian of Wells B. Fillinger, minor,
will be heard on Jan. 18th.
Petition for the appointment of an
administrator of the estate of George
Hitler, deceased, will be heard on jan
2Uth.
In the estate of George Bacon de-.
ceased, j. NJ. Pulver was appointed
special administrator. Petition for the
appointment of a general administrator
will be heard on February Sd.
KATHERINE z. KELSEY,
Probate Register.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1902-01-03
Rural Mail Carriers.

Washington dispatches state that
hereafterall rural carriers in Michigan
are to be paid through the Detroit post.
office instead of through the department.
at Washington. The Detroit post.
master will bend pay checks to Offices
where carriers report. This will make
payments more prompt.
The new regulations for the appoint
ment of rural letter carriers under the
civil service rules were amended today
so that age limit will be II to 55 years,
Civil and Spanish war veterans can,
however, enter at any age.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1902-01-03
New Century Comfort.

Millions are daily finding world Of COM
fort in Buckien's Arnica Salve. 1t kills
pain from burns, scaids, cuts, Bruises; con-
Quers ulcers, and fever sores; cures erup.
tons, salt rheum, boils and felons; removes
corns and warts. Best Pile cure on.earfh.
Only 25a at win e. Collins & Co.,and John
s. Haggart's drug store.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1902-01-03
Heads Should Never Ache.

Never endure this trouble. Use at once
the remedy that s:opned it for Mrs. N. A.
Webster. Uf Winnie, Va. she witt, g, "Dr.
Kings Nav Life Pills wholly cured me OF
sick b. adaches had suffered from for two
years" Cure headache, constipati on, bill
liousness. 25c at Will X, Collins & Co.
and John s. Haggart's drug store.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1902-01-03
Will Get a Position in the Railway
Mail Service.

The friends of Mr.. Fred w. Lawcock,
of Venice township, will be pleased to
learn that he has received letter from
Cong. Fordney notifying him that he
stands second on the civil service list
for an appointment from Michigan in
the railway mail service. This means
that he will be given place within a
very short time. Mr.. Lawcock will
prove valuable man for the service.