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The Opelousas courier., 1902-01-25
THE STORY OF THE SWORD.

@Dgland Practically Leads in the Manu-
facture Of Them.
The date of the first production Of
swords at Sheffield is lest in autiqui
ty, and very little is known of the
early history of sword manufacture in
England. There is, however, a picture
in existence copied from a manuscript
psalter Of the time of King Stephen
which shows two men engaged in
grinding a sword blade.
About the year 1889 serious inter
aational considerations reused England
to the necessity OF competing with the
world in the manufacture OF swords.
A movement was i~naugurated in Cum
berland for the purpose of making hol-
low ground sword blades. Mills were
srected by a company of cutters, and
\ considerable number of German ar
tifcers were employed, but the work
was very inferior and the project
failed.
In 1888 the sword sellers of London
petitioned the lords OF the treasury for
permission to import German swords
tree of duty. This extraordinary ap-
plication called forth an indignant pa
.riotie protest. A few years later the
supremacy OF the British made sword
was finally established without a
doubt. Ten thousand cavalry swords
we're required by the East India COM
oany and the order was divided be-
:ween English and German makers. OF
his order Mr.. Gill of Birmingham Sc
cured a large share. A special ma
shine was suggested by Matthew Boil
ION for testing the swords. In this
machine each blade was forced into
/ curve reducing from SO inches to 20
inches.
The result was that 1850 of those
made by MIR. Gill bore the test and
onfy four were rejected. OF the Ger
man swords 1400 were accepted and rs
rejected. Immediately the fame OF Mr..
Sill spread over Europe and in a short
time officers of the German army were
ais principal customers. Since then
English firms have practically led the
gword making industry and Shefield
steel has become world famous.--I< on
ION Mail.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-01-25

The value Of o newspaper 90 an
advertising medium consists IA
It's circulation.
When you can secure the com.
bined circulation Of two papers
for the price Of one, it il money
saved!
"gEabs st. Landry Democrat"
was consolidated on the Sd of
March, 1894, with The Opelou.
sas Courier" The advertising
rates have mot been increased
while the price Of subscription
has been reduced to % . year,
, TIE COURI Err being by odda
the best paper In the empire Par
leh Of St. Landry Ii tharafora the
aha@R@aA.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-01-25
All Demand Ente1prise.

No young man can hope to adva2.os
.apid1y who lacks an enterprisiag,
progressive spirit. IuSeed, enterprise
S a requisite to employment. No one
wants to employ a youth who lacks
push. He must be alive to and In
ouch with the spirit of the hour, OF
ne is not wanted anywhere. The en-
terprising employer wants every en-
pioye to share his spirit. The unenter-
,rising business ma feels all the more
xeenly the need OF assistance from
hose who a make up for his falling.
Force, pushing, dynamic qualities are
everywhere in cage demand while
me dawdling, incompetent, unprogres-
1--WE watt In vain tor a start or for pyo
peHeny-Saeces.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-01-25
Fire SIGNALS,

At a meeting OF Hope Hook ane
Ladder Go. No. /, held on July 8
1901, the town was divided into Fire
Districts and a Code of Signals was
adopted In order to facilitate the loca'
ton of fires in the future. The town
was divided as follows:
District No. ALL that portion Of
twn 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
ton line as the south and west boun-
dairy.
District No. 4-TLe 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
10 indicate the district in which the
fire is located, followed by e rapid
alarm, same to be repeated until gen
eral alarm is given.
To illustrate, should an alarm be
sounded for District No. 5, first three
taps, one, two, three, followed by rap
Id alarm, and repeat.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-01-25
vRolNlA's NATURAL TUNNEL.
laid TO be as interesting a Curiosity az
the Natural Bridge.

the Natural Bridge.
laid to Be as Interesting a Curiosity
S the Natural Bridge.
While the tourist comes from afar TO
lew the Natural Bridge, and carries
way forever photographed on his
memory the stupendous spectacle, yet
he natural tunnel of Scott County is
conceded by most people who have
cen them both to surpass the bridge
n grandeur and sublimity of scenery.
The tunnel is situated fourteen miles
vest of Gate City. Stone Creek, a
considerable stream, flows through it,
md at high tide rushes along its cav
.rnous bed with a noise resembling
he heaviest thunder. The tunnel is
lbout one-eighth of a mile in length,
md curves in the form of a letter ).
1t its southern entrance it is very high,
he noble ceiling bending gracefully,
orming a circular dome, as smooth
md regular as if followed out by the
land of art. From this point it grad
tally diminishes in size, the roof COM
ng down till, at the northern entrance
t reaches to within thirty feet Of the
surface of the water. The northern
leclivity above the tunnel is irregular
md presents little attraction except its
,old and rugged height, but the south-
:rn side fully compensates for all de-
iciencies. Here a perpendicular wall,
almost as smooth as polished marble
md as white as alabaster, rises 400
eet high and curves in such a manner
hat to one looking up from below the
'egular rim presents a complete semi
circle. In the spring time the summit
of the wall is fringed with green inter-
:wined with honeysuckles. On the east
.rn side Chimney Rock, an irregular
,ut perpendicular column, rises from
he bottom of the chasm to the level
,f the plateau above, standing clear Of
The wall from base to summit. The
:idge through which the tunnel extends
s covered with a heavy growth OF
timber, and a public highway, leading
rom C%linchport to Rye Cove, passes
along its crest.
The VirgiDian and Southwestern
Railroad has been constructed through
The tunnel, and presents, perhaps, the
only instance of a railroad running
a natural tunnel. Owing to
he curvature the railroad company
lad to tunnel through the angular pro-
ection near the northern entrance,
:hus making a double tunnel.-Scott
Leader.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-01-25

Americas latest invasion has dis
rupted the ancient glass-blowing In
dustry Of Belgium. An American firm
has paid $4O,o 0 900 for the principal
glass-blowing business in that country.
Consequently there Is a new impetus
against American methods, and the
belgian parliament has been asked to
'keep the rascals out" The decline
in the glass industry in Belgium, and
its wonderful facilities for continuing
1t, led the American investors to save
~
The Opelousas courier., 1902-01-25

The use Of the Roentgen rays on the
human body has been open to the OBJ
lection that modification OF the skil
often followed the operation. This
tendency OF the rays effect has been
overcome by a French physician, who
has found that the tubes worked by
alternate currents Of high frequency
and high tension never produce erythe-
ma, but that, on the contrary. the rays
SO obtained possess the curative prop
critics recognized in eleetro-therapeu-
tics.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-01-25
Town Residences For Sale

In a desirable neighborhood in Ope-
lousas, with N entire square Of land.
we'll shaded with live oaks, magnoliss,
cedars, pecans, ETC., about 9 squares
from the Courthouse, 5 squares from
High School, 2 squares from Catholic
Church and convent. House 10 two
story, brick basement, 8 rooms, four
'Ar. places. out-bui'dings, etc.. all un-
der good fence. Will be sold cheap Tor
cash, or part cash and bslsnos On tina
10 snIS apply Oh Ab eaass. II
The Opelousas courier., 1902-01-25
Of woodlands

Since 1875 the whale fisheries have
fallen of from 200, 900 barrels of oil
to so, 1000 barrels, while whalebone has
fallen from 10, 000, 900 pounds to 1000
pounds. Petroleum accounts for the
decreased output in the former and
steel stays have taken the place of the
latter in women's corsets.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-01-25

The number of Arctic expeditions
now in the north seems to indicate .
disposition on the part of the explor-
ers to discover the pole by means OF
the human chain device.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-01-25

From France and not America
comes the latest novelty in insurance,
says a London correspondent of the
Pittsburg Dispatch. Up to the pres
emit the Yankees have led the way in
innovations. and many of them have
been so popular that they have been
grated on to English and French sys-
TENS, but so far no American COM
paty has been bold enough to insure
a candidate for parliamentary honors
against risk OF failure at the polls. A
French company, however, has under
taken this work.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-01-25

The pines in southern forests have
been destroyed so rapidly for a num-
Der of years that much anxiety has
been felt by those who realize the i'm
portance of preserving broad stretches
Of woodlands
The Opelousas courier., 1902-01-25

The suggestion has recently been
made that for permanent record sheets
aluminium might be used to advantage,
instead Of paper. Aluminium can be
rolled to a thinness Of 1880 of an inch,
and in this shape it is no bulkier and
rather lighter than paper.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-01-25

There are now 1924 miles Of irrigat-
ing canals in Nebraska, which have
cost $4,7 73, 0S4, and which water $685.
S31 acres OF land.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-01-25

The extinction of the red mar Is o
myth, for the state Of New York still
contains a population of 5257 classed
Is Indians.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-01-25
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The Opelousas courier., 1902-01-25
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

Brazilian carbon. which is worth
about $45 per karat, or about four
times the value of ordinary diamonds,
is used in drilling some of the gold
mines of South Africa.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-01-25

During the past summer months ex-
periments were made in Austria to de-
termine why the modern method OF
destroying h~ail-clouds by the use Oh
artillery sometimes fails. The experts
found that failure was due usually to
the employment of too small guns or
too little powder.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-01-25

The decline of Br1tian agriculture &C.
eompanied the rise of the American
farmer as purveyor to the world.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-01-25

The Nebraska State game warden has
forbidden the farmers to fight the grass
hoppers with poison, saying that the loss
of birds and game is too costly q price
to pay for the destruction of compare
lively few insects.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-01-25

Chicago has named a new park Nc.
Kinley Park. 1t has an area of forty
acres, and along its southern edge an
artificial hill has been built up, the only
elevation for nearly a mile around. In
one corner of the park a wading pool
has been made and near it q large swim
ming pool, about eight feet deep in its
deepest part.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-01-25

The earliest maps of America are said
to have been discovered in the historic
Castle of Wolfegg Wurtembefg, by a
professor of geography, Father Joseph
Fischer. The maps bear the dates OF
1907 and 1916, respectively, and are said
to be in q remarkable state OF p~reserva-
ton. The first is believed to have been
drawn under the supervision of Column
bus. The fad is considered the mos:
important Of its kind in modern times.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-01-25
FOR SALE.

A house and lot in the town OF
Washington, La, in the square bound
ed by Carriere, Wilkins. Ewes and
Dnpre. 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. II
The Opelousas courier., 1902-01-25

John Bull is still buying horses in the
United States for cavalry remounts i'll
South Africa. He knows seryiceable
animals when he sees them, and he
knows where to get them.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-01-25

Another American invasion of En-
gland has begun, this time by the watch
trade. An American firm, it is said, has
contracted to deliver 100000 watches
in London during the next twelve
months, the Americans having underbid
the Germans and the Swiss. The order
is said to be the largest ever given.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-01-25

Over King Edward of England hangs
the menace of death by cancer-an old
enemy of the Guelphs, and one against
which modern medical science is impo-
tent. There may be a prolongation of
days whose every hour is anguish, brit
no cure.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-01-25

To study leprosy DR.. Louis Knapp,
of St. Louis, Mo-, has undertaken the
sole care Of a Chinese ieper in that city,
and will be isolated with his patient un-
til the death of the latter releases him.
The doctor parts with his wife and four
children indefinitely, and assumes his
charge in the hope of discovering a rem
edy for the disease.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-01-25

South Australian apples are now sold
in European markets at from FIVE cents
II ten cents each; choice ones even high
er. The apples are packed and shipped
in small, long boxes containing 100 each.
They are wrapped separately in tissue
paper, and are packed in wood, wool and
the leaves of corn husks.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-01-25

The last vestige of worth in the su-
gar beet is to be exhausted by the con-
version OF beet sugar molasses into
neutral spirits. After the extraction
of the sugar the pulp remaining is
used as cattle feed, but. there has been
much waste in the disposition of the
molasses. Now a distillery in Michi-
gan is giving a money value to this
~hy-product. Heretofore only small
quantities of rum have been made from
this molasses and that industry is con-
fined to the vicinity of Boston. But
the readiness with which the Molasses
may be converted into spirits opens
up a new industry wherever the sugar
beet thrives. The process is simple.
The molasses is allowed to ferment,
and from this comes neutral spirits Of
100 percent proof, used mainly in
compounding, for preserving speci-
mems, and for use in the arts. One
gallon Of molasses will yield three
eourths Of a gallon of spirits.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-01-25

A number of philanthropic London
vegetarians have opened several man.
moth kitchens in the slums of the En-
glish capital 1t is the purpose of the
originators Of the scheme TO supply
wholesome vegetable and cereal food to
the poor of the great city at nominal
cost, thus eventually teaching these peo-
pie what is, to the vegetarian's enlight-
ened minds. the proper way of living re-
specially at q small cost.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-01-25

OpelOusas Courier
E the advocate OF Democrats
principles and the friend Of the
people.
Their welfare 10 its welfare, and
IL will ever be found defending
their rights with ell Of lfs
ability.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-01-25

Young Lochinvars i'm Kentucky "a
about with downcast looks, for Indi-
ana's Gretna Green is under q Ran.
For generations 1t has been easy for
clipping couples to cross the river and
get married with great expedition be-
fore irate fathers could bar the sud-
den rates. But the majesty Of the law
north OF the Ohio IL wrinkling its
awful brows, and warnings have been
given to ministers and to local ON
cials near the border that i~ndecorous
haste and disregard of the provisions
Of the statutes as to parental consent
In the cas- Of minors and concerning
licenses must be sternly depressed.
Hence the melancholy countenances OF
many o lovelorn swain and many q
tender hearted maiden In the state OF
fair ONE and fast horses.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-01-25

In the matter Of recognizing the close
relation between sound teeth and good
health we have made great progress
since the days when q little aching in
o. child's m0lar was the signal for
.yanking' out the offending tooth.
says the Chicago Record-Herald. Per-
haps no grievance that is now treas
ured up against parental neglect III
80 keen as the one that is cherished by
the person who has grown to man
hoods estate to ind himself short
three or four molars or bicuspids-
perhaps even q front incisor, which Is
3 Disagreement for life. But we are
gtill far behind the countries Of Eu-
rope In recognizing the close relation
between bad teeth and disease, accord
ing to the opinion OF DR.. Truman VI.
Brophy. who was one Of the two dele
gates who represented the United
States at the recent international Dem
tai Federation in London: Or. Brophy
was especially impressed with the
means observed BY European govern
ments and municipalities to promote
public knowledge Of hygiene and to
make the people understand the neces-
sity Of cleanliness. In England he was
particularly struck with the attention
paid 70 the a OF the teeth.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-01-25

IN ordinary piano sontslss i mile 81
Risa s,ssnsl
The Opelousas courier., 1902-01-25

OF THE
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION,

OPELOUHAS, La
Uader the Direction Of the Sisters Mszssskem
Of Holy Cross
OAers to young ladies every fscai!y
for acquiring 8 thorough chrisaan e.
ucation. Constant attention is pssdt %
home and social culture. Lessons orc
given in music, painting and os0ss
useful arts. The sisters also AsVs
charge of the boys school. The courss
Of instruction ia two. fold-Prapafaso!!
and Commercial. French 10 tangha u
the two courses. For particulars, o.
drass SISTER SUPERIOR
The Opelousas courier., 1902-01-25

Mrs. E. D. Gillespie, Franklin's- great
granddaughter, who died in Philadel-
phia the other day, and who in personal
appearance and in many of her intellect
ual characteristics greatly resembled him
used to say: mo gentlewoman can be
a real g%entIewoman who cannot sen
we'll"
The Opelousas courier., 1902-01-25

Professor Dexter, of the University
of Illinois, who has studied tine effects
of weather on morals, finds that the de
sire TO fight rises with the thermometer,
but stops at eighty-fve degrees; willis
after that as the mercury rises. Assault
cases are therefore commoner in sun-
n1er than in winter. Drunkenness, how
ever, lessons with summer and increases
with the coming of cold. Suicides are al
a maximum or bright days with a high
barometer and increase as the wind
rises.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-01-25

The Yellow River, in China, may be
nrued to the vscillating murderous
kings of history. Twenty-Five tsaes dur
ing the last century it has ehanked its
course, and during that time itse floods
are said to have lilled eleven Million
people.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-01-25

Is the spectrum of a solid or liquid
body veritably continuous, as is usu-
ally declared, or only apparently SO?
II we admit that a material moleculo
is made up of an assemblage Of q num-
Der of particles, each one OF which can
emit only r~adiations of a single special
period, the number of different radia-
lions contained in any spectrum what
ever is necessarily finite and conse-
quently ths assontinuity shown expert
mentallYzzcan only be apparent.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-01-25

Benjamin c. Tilgham, Inventor OF
the process for reducing wood to pulp,
for paper making, by the aid of sui
phurous acid, died recently in Phila-
delphia. He discovered the principle
accidentally, from having noted the
effect that sulphurous acid had on
wooden barrels in which 1t was stored.
His first patent was taken out In 1859.
Other inventors soon followed him into
the same field, and the result is that
today very little material beside pulp
wood is used in paper making. The
lowest grades of paper are made from
ground wood, while the better grades
contain nor or less sulphite or chem
tcally digested pulp, or cellulose.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-01-25

Brock, in Holland, is the neatest 4 WI
in the worlde So tidy are the pc pl+
that they won't allow horses in Shs
streets. 1t contains a population ofS1
700, and the chief industry is making
cheese. Even the cows that furnish the
milk are not allowed within the town.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-01-25

Englishmen are congratulating them
selves on the invention by one OF their
countrymen of . loom which automatic
ally removes the shuttle when the yarn
therein breaks or is exhausted, and sub.
stitutes a full one. A loom oil this char
acter was invented in the United States
some time ago-in fact, 10000 of them
have already been sold. but. natusaiiy
the English manufacturers are grateful
for the chance tc use a loom of British
make. Il is further believed that the in
vention can be applied to 100000 out Of
the $4,000 cotton looms now at work
in the United Kingdom.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-01-25

Men whose position in the business
world gives their opinion weight have
said of late that q college education il
OF doubtful aid to success. The Chica
go Istey-Oesan arguing adversely, re.
marks: IF ali the men ia this countrl
could be shaken tip in a box and ont
drawn out at random the odds sgains
drawing q college man would be ont
hundred to one. But if all the men wht
have done something OF note in the va
rious walks of life could be 90 shaker
up the odds on drawing . college mar
would be more than even. The old
iadage, Knowledge is power was never
more strikingly demonstrated than By
these figures. The men who are max
ing the United States to-day, and those
who are determining its future, are lar.
gely the products Of its coliegea. Tbs
yousaS nsen and women who are uoW
entering college are these who witt ruiz
the ReoxANe 4 ssasgahoa hease,o
The Opelousas courier., 1902-01-25

There has been added to the exhib-
the Glasgow exhibition a new
telescope gun sight. the invention OF
Sir Howard Grubb, F. R. s. This sight
Is on a totally new principle, there
being neither back nor fore sight re-
CURED. Aim is taken through a small
lens, when an image of a bright cross
is thrown by an optical contrivance a
long distance in front Of the gun, and
in line with the barrel, which image
forms the foresight. For aiming it is
only necessary to superpose the cross
on whatever object it is desired to hit.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-07-03
NOTICE.

DURING MY ABSENCE FROM THE
Territory Mrs Alvarez Will transact
business for me under full power Of at
toTney.
L. F. ALVAREZ. NJ. d.
Honolulu, July 8, 1902. o21l