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The Opelousas courier., 1902-01-04
why He Got Ten Dana.

At an army fort near New York
there is a near-sighted captain, who is
very sensitive about his sight. He
wears glasses Of the very thickes,
make.
In his company is a private who. ex
cept for his slovenliness, Is one of the
best soldiers In the fort. He is an
lr1shman, and. like all his country
men, quick at reply. His many good
qualities have saved him from punish
ment, but his tongue got him into
trouble the other day.
The company's arms and clothes
were being inspected. The captain
looked at the private's belt and said.
angrily:
Your belts are always dirty. What
the deuce do You mean by it?"
Il beg your pardon, SIR" was the re-
ply, "but 1 think 1t hard that when I
clean my things with the naked eve
they should be inspected with a mag
nifying glass"
The private is now in the guard
house for ten days, and his leave to
visit the city has been suspended In
1ennlteiy.-NeW York Times.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-01-04
Narshina,

Le Yacht Is the happy possessor
OF q gentleman with q pretty and
caustic wit. There Is this week a
long and exhaustive description of the
Ohio, which concludes as follows:
FINALLY, the three tunnels have a
height OF 100 feet above the furnace
bars and give a admirable target"
Admirable target" is distinctly good
All the same, it is distinctly true.
Some day the naval architects may
manage to realize that every lofty
funnel is al good as another mast,
and that the prime use Of the mast
is to give an enemy an excellent
TO lay his guns by. We
are firmly convinced that a ship with
stumpy tunnels, and either no masts
at all or else merely thin poles, is
to be hit only half as much
as the ordinary type OF warship.
In point OF fact, are a greater
danger to modern ships than wood
work, which so much fuss is made
about-London Engineer.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-01-04
IMPORTED MARBLE.
The Old Ways and the New OF Bringing
It Here and Of Handling It.

/ 1t Here and of Handling It.
'"The difference between old ways of
doing things and new" said a man ac-
Quainted with the marble trade, ais
shown in the of handling i'm
ported marbles at this port. Formerly
all the various kinds of fine italian
marble received here were brought III
sailing ships, most being landed at
Corlears Hook, on the East River,
Just below Grand street. There were
In that neighborhood and there are
some there still, mills for the saving
and working of marble. And hither
came lighters to get the marble for
mills at various other points about the
city that could be reached easiest by
! water.
"Now the bulk of the marble brought
here comes by steam, to be discharged
at the steamers landing place, largely
in Brooklyn, and little marble comes
to Corlears Hook.
"This fine, and much Of it costly,
marble, comes a great deal of it in
great blocks, weighing tons apiece.
In the old days they used to have at
the Hook a great sheers with which
the ships were unloaded and all the
work Of hosting was done by hand,
and to get six or eight Of these great
blocks out of the ships hold and set
on land was ~eessidered a fait days
work. NextteSteam hosting appliances
were introduced, and they raised the
limit TO twenty-five or thirty big
EbocbJ a day. Now the marble Is
brought over cheaper, sometimes as
ballast, and more expeditiously, and it
is handled more expeditiously here,
and non Of 1t is put ashore at all *
cept at or near the point where it is
to be worked.
ut is hoisted with powerful machin-
cry out Of the hold Of the steamer in
which it is brought and lowered onto
the deck of a floating steam derrick
alongside. With it's load of blocks
aboard this floating derrick starts off
to make delivery at the landing places
of the various consignees. To Corlears
Hook, for instance, where all the mar
bic ships used to land. now ONE a
floating derrick with the big clocks of
marble on its deck. With It's own der
rick it picks up and swings ashore
here the blocks for the mills and is off
for the next point of delivery. All
quicker and cheaper and more in line
modern business ways. but the
Hook misses the marble ships all the
Game."-New York Sun.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-01-04
How a Tiger Catches rliea.

A Bengal tiger at the zoo caught
flies recently with an ingenuity that
was nearly human. He was lying in
the open air in the little garden upon
which in summer his cage opens, and
beside him was a puddle of muddy wa.
ter that the rain had made. He would
put his forepaws In this puddle. and
rub them on the bottom until they
were coated with black. sticky mud.
Then he would lie with his paws out
stretched and On them the flies, set.
Ting. would stick fast. When a batch
of flies had been caught the tiger
would rub his paw along the ground,
and all the little insects would be
crushed. Then with a satisfied look.
he would prepare again his trap, and
extend it for prey.-PhiIadelphia
Record.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-01-04
THE TEHAUANrEPEc RAILWAY.
Il Will Establish Communication Be-
tween the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

70 VIII Establish Communication Be,
tween the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
The twentieth century will be
marked by the completion of scarcely
any more notable undertaking than
the Tehadantepec railway, by which
| communication will be established be-
tween the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
Mexico, by the aid Of this railway,
aims at the carriage Of 100000 tons
a year of traffic. If the success an
ticipated by experts be attained. it
will form an extremely practical
chapter in the solving Of one Of the
most stubborn problems commercial
history comprises. Many have sought
to perform the task, and as many
projects have been advanced. One
of the most notable Of these was that
devised by the late Mfr. Eads, who de-
sired this Government to undertake a
plan for providing a track upon which
to convey steamers, and sailing ships
bodily over the 100 miles which separ-
ate the two terminal ports. Coatzaco-
los and Salina Cruz.
When the contractors who have
been intrusted with the work by the
Mexican Government took hold, In
1899, they had simply the skeleton of
a line to work upon. They had no
fewer than 900 wooden bridges to
replace with structures of iron, steel
or masonry. But the heavy work lay
In the construction of the terminal
works and the harbors of Coatzacolos
and Salina Cruz. The Atlantic port,
like many others on that coast, needs
special treatment, in view of a sand
bar at the mouth; and to surmount the
difficulty training walls are being con
structed by means of which to set up
a "scour which will effect q depth in
the channel fully sufficient for the
largest ocean-going vessels" A break.
water 1000 feet in length and formed
Of rock and blocks of granite forty
in weight will protect the en-
trance to the dock. Electrical power
provides for the manipulation Of
freight.
A total cost Of $40, zoo, 900 is involved
as against $3.50, 900, 900 or $500, 600, 600
a canal. The operations include
great building projects, the erection
Of a new town and drainage system
upon the most modern and improved
plan. The influence Of the road upon
~nteroceanic transit must be enormous,
will be e from the fact that the
rehauantepec route saves 1000 miles
IN the journey from New Orleans to
Francisco; 1O,O26 miles from New
York to San Francisco via Cape
dorn) and 1867 miles via Panama
were such latter route possible):
learly $500 miles between Liverpool
nd San Francisco via Cape of Good
Iope, 1886 miles via Panama; New
,ork to Yokohama, 10000 miles via
APE Horn. 5000 miles via Suez, 1000
piles via Panama; New York to Ma
lila, 1918 miles via Suez, and 1899
allies via Panama. |,
The Opelousas courier., 1902-01-04
Three of o Kind.

Colonel" said the lady who was
both kinds of a widow, do YOU know
that in one way you are very much
like my first husband wasp
They were alone behind the palms;
but the bluff old warrior looked steadi-
ly at her and replied:
I am not only like your first hus-
Daho was In one way, but I'm like
your second in one way. too"
She put her little hands upon his
arm and, looking wistfully up at him.
said:
"Ah, colCael, do not speak In rid
dies. Wha1 do you mean?"
Why, they both got away from
you, didn't they?" he called back "a
ne fed through the only opening that
was ieft.-Chicago Record-HeraId.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-01-04

Are the Alps being vulgarized? some
one asks. Certain small places of
Switzerland are cheapened by the
trolley cars and electric light; but five
miles away from the crowded resorts,
where dancing and table d'hote are
the chief attractions, the lover of ma
ture may find himself alone in the
most beautiful scenery, with not a
tourist in sight.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-01-04

The Secretary of Agriculture states
that the arid area is increasing by rea.
son OF the devastation of the forests
on the watersheds. AS the volume OF
Water decreases in the rivers more and
more land is thrown out of cultiya.
ton. Some special Investigations are
IN progress. suggested by the recent
not spell, which the officials of the For
estry Bureau believe was greatly in
tensided by deforestation. AS one of
them put it: If you VIII change the
OF nature, you must not expect
10 escape the conseouencesn
The Opelousas courier., 1902-01-04
WORDS OF WISDOM.
men are not cheap.

Good men are not cheap.
Capital can do nothing without
brains to direct 1t.
An American boy counts one lone
before his time to vote.
We can't help the past, but we can
look out for the future.
Give the young man a chance; this
Is the country of the young.
Hope is pretty poor security to go to
a bank to borrow money on.
A "sit-down method" won't do a
minute in this age of aggressiveness.
A man does not necessarily have to
be a lawyer to have good, hard sense.
There is nothing else ON earth so
annoying IS procrastination in deci-
6lons.
An indiscreet man usually lives to
see the folly of his ways; and. If he
doesn't, his children do.
A man should always be close to the
situation, know what he is doing, and
not take anything for granted.
The trouble with a great many men
is. they don't appreciate their predica-
ment until they get into the quicksand.
1t is an easy matter to handle even
congested controversies, where the
spirit Of the parties is right and hon
est.
There is one element that is worth
its weight in gold, and that is loyalty.
1t will cover a multitude of weak
nesses.
When you are striving to do that
which is right, be courteous and nice
in every way, but don't get turned
down"
The man who wants to marry hap
PLY should pick out a good mother
and marry one Of her daughters; any
one will do.
Do you suppose that, with an engine
like this, I could afford to put any
thing into the boiler that would make
the machinery run wild?
1t is all right, in some cases, to bank
On a mans pedigree; but, in most men,
there is something a great deal deeper
than this matter of genealogy.
I will always risk a man IL he is In
the dark and knows 1t, but I haven't
much use for a man who Is cropping
around in the dark and doesn't know
t.-Sayings Of the late Philip ID.
in Success.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-01-04
Fire Signals.

At q meeting Of Hope Hook and
Ladder Co. No. !, held on July 8,
1901, the town was divided into Fire
Districts and a Code OF Signals was
adopted in order to facilitate the loca-
tion of fires In the future. The town
was divided as follows:
District No. ALI that portion OF
ewn bounded north by Bellevue
street. west by Union street, south
and east by corporation line.
District No. 2-All that portion of
town bounded by Bellevue street on
the south: Union street on the west,
and corporation line on the north and
east
District No. 3-The portion of town
lying west of Union street, and south
OF Bellevue street, with the corpora
tioa line as the south and west boun-
Diary.
District No. 1.-The portion of town
bounded on the south by Bellevue,
east by Union, nor:h and west by COZ
poration line.
The Signals adopted were short taps
to indicate the district in which the
fire is located, followed by a rapid
alarm, same to be repeated until gen.
eral alarm is given.
To illustrate, should an alarm be
sounded for District No. 8, first three
taps, one, two, three, followed by rap
id alarm, aud repeat.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-01-04

Some years ago readers Of the news.
papers were RECALLED with medical
treatises concerning the bicycle
face" It was then reported that the
amateurs Of the wheel were haggard
and wan because their chariots needed
o lot Of watching. The automobile
face is much talked about In these
days. Self-motors are often cratic,
and do strange things to those who
put their trust In them.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-01-04
"Let the protest be entered now. and

Let the protest be entered now, and
all along the line" says the Washing
ton Star. against ahe Incorporation
into our everyday language of the
unsightly and discordant French word
chauffeur to describe or identity the
driver or conductor Of an automobile.
Its proper meaning Is the equivalent
OF fireman Oh 'stoker,' In English, and
IL therefore not at all applicable to
the use to which 1t is put in connec-
ton with the new vehicle. Either
driver or conductor is a shorter.
simpler and better descriptive term.
But, whether it be so or not, down
with chauffeur and all who persist
in using ltw
The Opelousas courier., 1902-01-04

The abuses i~nseparable from hang
ings in public have become SO revolt.
ing that the Governor Of Arkansas
has decided to ask the Legislature of
the State to pass an act which will
require all executions in the future to
be carried out in the presence Of q
few official witnesses, and not in the
view of q morbid host Of brutal and
turbulent spectators.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-01-04

A Society for the Suppression Of
Spurious Titles has been formed in
Virginia. A branch of it should be Or
ganized in every State of the Union.
Then we might have fewer. colonies
who never smelled powder, fewer
judges who never read law and fewer
doctors who never healed q patient.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-01-04

With public opinion as the greatest
power in Europe, according to Fred
erick w. Hollis, the federation Of the
world" may have been one of the
dreams that held a prophecy.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-01-04

The value Of o Newspaper % sn
advertising medium Consists a.
Its circulation.
!, When you can secure tho corn,
''blned circulation Of two papers
for the price Of enc, 1t il meney
eavodl
"TTshe st. Landry Democrat NJ
was consolidated on The "a OF
March, 1894, with The Opelou-
sas Courier" The advertising
rates have not been increased
while the price Of subscriptien
has been reduced to % Q year.
THE COURIER being 6y odd
tho best paper In the empire Pec2
lah OF st. Landry ID tharslhre fhei
'nhManas&
The Opelousas courier., 1902-01-04
Town Residences FOr Sale

In a desirable neighborhood in Ope-
~lousas, with an entire square Of land.
we'll shaded with live oaks, magnolias,
oedars, pecans, etc., about 8 squares
from the Courthouse, 5 squares from
High School, 2 squares from, Catholic
Church and convent. House lie two
story, brick basement, 8 rooms, four
Areplaces, out-buildings, etc., all IN
der good fence. VIII be sold cheap for
cash, or part cash and balance on time
to suit. Apply al this office. IT
The Opelousas courier., 1902-01-04

The library of the late Professor
Max Muller, composed of $4,000 vol,
umes, has been purchased by Baron
Iwasaki for presentation to the Uni
versity Of Toxic. Why should not the
Japs want to know a thing or two?
The Opelousas courier., 1902-01-04
Simple Habits OF German Rox.,.~

The habits Of the household OF the
German Emperor are very simple.
Ihey rise early. the Empress break.
Tasting alone with the Emperor. There
10 no lunch. but the royal family and
10 consequence the whole court dine
at ! o'clock. At 5 o'clock tea is served.
2 plain supper is eaten two or three
hours later. and the Emperor and EN-.
press are rarely out Of bed later than
10 o'clock.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-01-04

The study Of fencing by women liz
m the increase. A strong and supple
wrist is likely to come in handy
when domestic discipline requires the
w~itching of a small boy.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-01-04

The news that the Maine sardine
crop is not a failure helps to ease the
effect Of distressful intelligence from
elsewhere.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-01-04

a deposit Of photographic stone has
been found ear Mount Sterling, Ken
lucky. which Eugene Leary. of the
United States geological survey, be-
lieves to be more valuable than any
gold mine. There is no reason
says MFR. Leary. ''why the quarry
should not control the market in this
country. There is no photographic
stone anywhere else. 50 far as is
known. and there will be no diflculty
e competing With the GERMAN pre-
auetsn
The Opelousas courier., 1902-01-04

The ideal vacation should repre-
sent complete and absolute change
OF mental and physical employment
and environment. TO derive benefit
from q vacation you must not only
'vacate" the scene Of your daily la
bors but also the everyday processes
Of thinking and acting.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-01-04

Opel0usas Courier
u the advocate Of Democratic
principles and the friend OF the
people.
Their welfare 10 leo welfare, and
II will ever be found defandlna
their rights with eli OF ~
ability. 80
The Opelousas courier., 1902-01-04

Accidents will happen even too the
best-regulated airships.

The world of science will make great
progress this century IL all is ac-
complished that Tesla IS going to do.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-06-27
Fire Insurance DELEGATES.

From the Arkansas Association Of
Local Fire Insurance agents the fol.
lowing delegates have been selected
% attend the national association
meeting, which will occur in Louis
vile, Ky. next OCTOBER: W. p. Weld,
Marianna r. w Rightsell, Little
Rock; w. Z. Tankersley, Pine Bluff;
A. B. Banks, Fordyce; r. H. NJ. Mills,
Pine Bluff; afternates, Dorsey Wool
bridge, Little Rock; Edward Taylor,
Forrest City; Darwin Ahrens, Monti.
cello: Alcorn Ferguson, Newport; S.
Daltroff, Wynne
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-06-27
JULY 8 TO 10
ARKANSAS STATE sPoRTMAN's
ASSOCIATION
N'eets m Twelfth Annual Tournament
Win the Pine Bluff Gun
Club.

Under the auspices If the Pine Bluff
6Jn club tie twelfth annual tourna-
meht Of the Arkansas State Sports
mans association will occur here. COM
menclng July s and continuing until
the 10th, both inclusive. Prizes of an
attractive nature have been arranged
ana number of visitors will attend.
In book form a handsome program has
Deeh arranged and is being circulated
among the members. Officers of the
association are John B. Speers, Pine
Butt, presidents DR.. Stephen p Col
lings, Hot Springs, vice president;
Paul Il. Litzke, Little Rock, secretary;
Ed \. Howell. Pin Bluff. treasurer.
Officers Of the Pine Bluff Gun club are
Dr. H. E. Williams, president; George
w. Clement, vice PRESIDENT; e. \
Howell. secretary; John B. Speers,
treasurer; J. y. Coles, captain.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-06-27
TROUBLE FOLLOWS MARRIAGE
5riaegre'9H1 Fired Upon by Parents Of
i3s Girl Bride.

TeXarkana, June 27-A romantic
marriage which took place here Tues
Cay night had almost q tragic sequel
yesterday afternoon. Ed Larsen, a
young man Of good family, eloped from
he Texas side Of town with the fif-
teen-year-old daughter of E. c.. Patton
and the couple were married across
the state line in Arkansas The
mother Of the girl swore out a war
rant against her son-inlaw, charging e
him with perjury, in that he swore the
girl was eighteen years old when get
ting the license. The young man gave
bond and was released. and an hour
later was set upon by Mr.. Patton, the
girls father. who opened fire upon
him with a revolver, firing three shots.
only one of which took effect in the
hand, owing to the rapid retreat OF
the young man. Patton was arrested
on a charge of assault to murder and
will be tried today. The young wife
is in the custody of her parents, pend
ing further litigation.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-06-27
FILES ANSWER.
., Nj. MILLER DENIES CHARGES
MADE
~ Offe'Fd to the Effect That
Miller Took Undue Advantage
OF Offord.
OF OHord.

S. NJ. Miller this morning filed in
the circuit clerks Office an answer 10
the suit instituted against hin recent
ly u GIBSON Douglass Offord. He
de2ies all the main allegations made
against him by the plaintiff. The
charge made by the plaintiff that he
administered strong narcotics winch
together with his enfeebIed condition
so incapacitated him as to render him
not responsible, defendant denounces
as Fabrication. He denied ever tax
Ing advantage of his old age in any
way. The refendant prays to be dis
missed, etc w. .. Jones and 8 G
Pryce arc solicitors for the defendant
The plaintiff alleged in his COM
plant that Miller took ADVANTAGE of
his enfeebled condition, and With the
aid Of narcotics, had plaintiff To sign
deeds to certain real estate, naming
certain cash considerations, which
considerations We're mover paid.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-06-27
Another Big Crowd.

"The Last of the Seminoles" was
presented for the second time last
night at Bell park theatre by the
Spooner. Dramatic company. 1t was
Red Mems night and one of the larg.
est crowds of the season turned out
This splendid production of the
Spooners, which was so favorably re
ceived Wednesday night, was again
we'll presented and encore after encore
was given the actors. Red Mems
night was flattering success financ'
tally. Tonight, waiting for the Yer
dict" will be put on again. It's a
good piece and deserves good pat
ronage.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-06-27
Double Wells.

Double Wells, Ark, June 26.-Esq.
Bridges has plenty of cotton blossoms.
He saw the first one on the 18th Of
this month. the earliest in this sec
ton.
Miss Allie Hayward has returned to
Pine Bluff, after two weeks visit
here with her parents and friends.
Anderson Godfrey, colored. OF this
place. died last Tuesday evening about
5 o'clock of old age.
Mr.. Irving Caldwell is visiting rela-
tives and friends this week at Double
Wells.
Postmaster Caldwell and family and
his father we're in Pine Bluff last Wed
nesday on business.
Messrs. William and Frank Ginnett,
of this place, were in Pine Bluff last
Wednesday.
Mr.. Dave Tomberlin, the young man
that is firing engine No. SO on Ken
dall's train. got one of his fingers
mashed very badly last week, and had
to lay off few days.
Mr.. Jim Goldman and Miss Maud
Green, of this place, were married last
Sunday morning at II o'clock at the
brides home at 3rookside. ESD.
Bridges officiated.
Miss Laura Wilson, of Chalybeate,
Miss: Messrs. Oscar Gatlin, Marvin
Wilson, of Pine Bluff; Tom Craig and
Win White, of Yorktown, spent the
night at Mr.. A. B. Craig's last Satur-
day night, en- route to. the auxiliary at
Grapevine. Miss Wilson left for her
hime in Mississippi Sunday night.
Mr.. Howell Ritchey, of Warren, and
Mr.. George West, of Brooks, were in
this place yesterday.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-06-27
Bradford Names His Deputy.

Hon. II. T. Bradford, Of Lonoke,
Democratic nominee for state commits
sioner Of agriculture, states that he
has decided to appoint w. J. Apple
of Austin, Lonoke county, as his dep
uty. Mr.. Bradford will take charge of
the office on November I.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-06-27

Advertising is not business side is
Sue. It is part Of business necessity
:. Nathl G. Fcwle7. Jr., Boston.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-06-27
Euualed His Pattern.

Hanna is now even with Caesar. He
has thrice denied the crown. as it
were.-Macon Telegraph.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-06-27

FOR RENT-Furnished rooms or
house. Apply to Mrs. Boone. No. 421
W. 5th ave. 225
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-06-27

Stock pastured for 81 per month.
Call on c. N. Lemon at boat landing
or telephone Fies' stable. July19
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-06-27

FOR RENT-Three nicely furnished
rooms, with bath; also stable. Apply
31S w 5th Ave. 225