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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-02-18
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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-02-18

Charles II. Norris OF NV York won last
night the right TO play Wilson l.. Foss
for the $1,000 challenge cup, emblematic
OF the class amateur billiard Champion
ship OF America, defeating w. IL. sigour-
ney Of san Francisco Ia the play-om OF
their tie In the recsnt billiard match at
the knickerbOckcr a. G. The score was
100 10 35T. The contest was close in many
stages. at 226 points the two men being
even. Tha winners average was 5-fy
and his high run 49, The loser averaged
65-,5 and his high run was 40.
Lexington Ky. Feb. 1S-The sale Of
Smathcrs of New York, owner OF Lord
Derby, was tlis' feature OF the opening uay
of the Woodward AZ Shanklin SAFE. \
total cf N mead brought S.l5 57O or an ave.
age of Sf30. The prices ruled above the
average, with good crowd ia attendance.
William Nalkenham OF Vienna. Austria.
paid $3.50 for Jay Bird fly. lie Is se-
curing trotters for breeding and racing
purposes.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-02-18

ball league. and many ara prone 90 be-
licve the diplomat OF the Freedman four
Is taking more than n passing interest IN
the American league movement In an
interview last night on the Buffalo ruies
meeting Mr.. Brush said II read Mr..
JOhnson's comments. and II he Is correct
ly reported. indorse his views fully"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-02-18

Joe Rickert will remain true to Wor-
cester
The Opelousas courier., 1902-06-21

Every little while a discussion arises
as to the time of life when a man ought
to retire from active participation in
affairs. The public is asked to con-
slider whether there is not O certain
limit of years when q man no longer
ought to preach, when n rich man
ought to begin to give away his money.
when a farmer ought to hand over his
fields and granaries to his SON and
daughters. when an editor ought to
stop writing anything but remlnis-
cences which he is pretty sure nobody
will read. Out in Minnesota the other
day a logging party, returning from
its winter camp, was found to consist
of contractor, aged seventy-eight;
another contractor, aged s~ixty-ive; one
helper, aged seventy-nine; one horse,
aged twenty-three, and another horse,
aged twenty-one. They built their own
camp. cut their own roads, and piled
upon the frozen lake 100000 feet of
pine timber. Further than these bare
details the chronicle is silent, but there
is enough to show that in the logging
camps of Minnesota the question OF the
age OF retirement is still under debate.
or has been Indefinitely FASHIONED.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-06-21

Unique conditions prevail in the State
Normal School Of Georgia, where are
gathered more than 600 pupils, whose
ages range from seventeen to sixty
years. Year before last more than
forty Of the students were over forty,
and Il half dozen over fifty years old.
Widows come bringing their children;
the Confederate soldier hobbies in on
crutches; there are old bachelors and
g~randmothers, heart-hungry for knowl-
edge. Tuition is free, but the tale Of
living expenses overs many a trag-
edy. A ~paralyzed man has plowed with
Dne hand year after year that his young
sister might attend the school, and she
works with pathetic desperation to be-
come in turn his supporter. Persons
inclined to grumble because certain
educational plums have not fallen their
way may well draw a parallel of con-
dftiOns.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-06-21
Fire Signals,

Al o meeting Of Hope Hook and
Ladder Co, No. /, held on July Q,
1901, the town wac divided into Fire
Districts and q 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. ALI that portion OF
tewn 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 Oh
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 w>st boun-
Diary.
District No. 4-1he portion of town
bounded ON the south by Bellevue,
east by Union, nor b and west by cor
poratioD line.
The Signals adopted were short taps
TO indicate the district in which the
fire is lo~ca.e1, followed by q rapid
alarm, same to be repeated until gen
erai 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, and repeat.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-06-21

The universal plant is concisely
voiced by the Londcn Evening Stand
ard. american Influences" it says,
appear just now to pervade the whole
of Europe. IL American horses do not
carry all before them yet, American
riding. American training. American
horse dentistry, and, shall we add,
American doping seem to have ever
increasing vogue, not only in this coun-
try. butsin France, Germany, Austria,
Russia and wherever else there is an
opportunity on the Continent"
The Opelousas courier., 1902-06-21

lie had done something to lower til
tone Of their political life by his con
slant appeal to material considera
tions. Yet, highly as he valued none.
for the political uses to which it coult
be put, he had q soul above money
and, never thought of turning asid'
from his larger aims in order to accu
mulate wealth. He had no taste TO
vulgar luxury, and spent little upol
his own enjoyment. He was generous
in his gifts and lavish in carrying on
any purpose which appealed to his i'm
agination. Neither was there any
thing petty or malignant about his ma
ture. He reused strong antagonism:
as we'll as inspired strong attachments
but he did not seem to be moved by
personal resentments, and would OTTER
| speak in q genial and liberal way OF
those who had attacked or opposed hin
most bitterly. The love of fame anC
| the love of power did no doubt largely
influence his course, but they were moi
| separated in his mind from the desire
| to extend the dominion and consolidate
the power Of England.
One of the most incontestable proofs
that he had a kind of greatness is tc
be found in the sort eof fascination
which he exerted over most Of those
\ With whom he came in contact. He
found it natural to lead andRSntiuence
men because he had initiatiVe. He
made the impression of knowin exact,
ly what he wanted, Of knowiM how
he meant to attain it, Of being Mute
determined to attain it by n mans
or another. His frankness and dill Get.
ness, Whitehead something Bismy rk.
ian about them, heightened this n.
preston. Nothing so much dispose
men to follow as the self-confidence
of q leader with a record of success.
Cecil Rhodes did not boast, but it was
easy to see that he had faith in him.
self.
He belonged to a type of man less
common in modern times and civilized
countries, because the conditions are
less favorable to their development
than they were in the Middle Ages or
have been in Asia - the type which
may be called in no unfavorable sense
that of the Adventurer, the man whose
imagination is fired by ambition, and
whose power of seeing and graspine
facts becomes effective by being united
to boldness in execution. This type
most usually appeared in war, and
carried to greatness men whose talent
lay in military leadership. Now it has
other engines of lower available. Mr..
Rhodes is the first person who has
conspicuously known how to use
finance and financial combinations on
a large scale as a means of attaining
political power and pursuing large po-
litical aims. He is a new form of the
type, a form suited to the conditions
Of a still ~undeveloped country like
South Africa. Even those who censure
some of his acts cannot but admit that
his aims We're not solely personal, that
he was cast in a large mold, and that
an unkfnd fate denied him the chance
which he desired of retrieving the chief
error of his life. He will certainly be
remembered as one of the most striking
and brilliant figures of his time.-New
York Post.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-06-21

President Angus M. Cannon In q dis.
Oourse at the Mormon Tabernacle in
Salt Lake City, Utah, severely re-
proved the young people who marry
Gentiles. Look around you," he said,
"and you will see that many of our
girls have married outside Of the
faith and many Of our young men have
married women who are not of this
faith. They have forgotten the obliga-
tons they are under"
The Opelousas courier., 1902-06-21

Sir Philip Burne-Jones, the English
artist. says every city has its own dis
tinctive odor. The smell OF London is
particularly pungent and rather I'M
pleasant, due possibly to the smoke.
The odor of Paris is entirely differ
ent, rather pleasant. The atmosphere
Of Venice has a peculiar flavor of the
sea. The artists sensitive ~olfactories
found the odor Of New York not at all
unpleasant. He says it approximates
b perfume.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-06-21
Town Residences For Sale

In q desirable neighborhood in Ope-
~lousas, with an entire square Of land.
we'll shaded with live oaks, magnolias,
cedars, pecans, ETC., about 8 squares
from the Courthouse, 8 squares from
High School, Q squares from Catholic
Church and convent. House is two
story, brick basement, 8 rooms, four
fir places, out-buildings, etc., all ur.-
der good fence. Will be sold cheap for
cash, or part cash and balance on time
to suit. Apply ct this Office. II
The Opelousas courier., 1902-06-21
opELousAs. 5 Lou1s1ANA,

The English sparrow, which has
.tnatle SO many enemies I'm tile Eastern
and Central States, has invaded the
- Rocky Mountain region. For some time
spast, r. d. A. Cockrell reports, it has
been known In the northeastern Sec
ton of New Mexico, at Ration and Las
Vegas. and it seems to be gradually
spreading westward and southwark,
having recently been noticed. for the
first time. at Albuquerque.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-06-21

The value Of q newspaper as On
advertising medium consists In
It's circulation.
When you can secure the com.
bined circulation Of two papers
for the price Of one, it liz money
gavedl
"e'he st. Landry Democrat"
was consolidated on the Sd of
March, 1894, with "Tlie Opelou.
cas- Courier The advertising
rates have not been increased
while the price Of subscription
has been reduced to 50 q year.
TIE COURIER being By odds
the hegt paper in the empire Par.
ssh OF st. Landry ID tharefocs tas
0AaBesa
The Opelousas courier., 1902-06-21
sheep Raising in New Mexico.

New Mexico is a great sheep coun.
try. There is but one other State or
Territory which excels it in sheep
raising. That is Utah, where there
are 100000 or 100000 sheep. New
Mexico has about 6,O00,GO0. The in
dustry was never so prosperous as at
present.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-06-21

Jailer John L. Whitman Of Chicago
said the other day In q lecture before
9 Woman's club on "The Cook County
jail as q Moral Hospital" that, in his
opinion, II the family history Of d bank
defaulter were examined, it is prob
able that some one of his ancestors
would be found to have been a short
weight grocer or aspetty criminal
against society. Crime" he added.
'sis q disease, and Its only cure is kind
treatment-not punishment, which has
the appearance of revenge.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-06-21

Football is not a spring sport in
the United States, but the annual con-
test between the champion teams of
England and Scotland was held in
Glasgow recently and eighty thou
sand spectators became so wildly ex-
cited over it that most of them did not
even take notice of an accident, in the
breaking down of a part of the stands,
which caused the death of twenty
n persons and the injury of hun
dreds.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-06-21

Public opinion in our own country.
remarks the New York Commercial
Advertiser, is so many.tongued, has
reached such greatness in volume and
liberty in scope that 1t Is certainly
q unique phenomenon. Not only do
more people have their say in our
country than In any other, but more
people have their say about more
things. Brother Jonathan" has been
IN danger Of losing his character in the
largeness Of his speech.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-06-21

The Dowager Duchess Of Argyll has
declined to submit the manuscript of
the biography of the late Duke for Off,
cial revision. This is contrary to
custom in the case of men who have
occupied ministerial positions, and the
stand taken by the Dowager Duchess
is creating CONSERVATION in court and
political circles lest unpleasant court
and political secrets should leak
through the biography.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-06-21

The revival of q curious superstition
rs noted among the peasants OF Nor
mandy. Shortly after the death of
Napoleon /. an old s~oothsayer who en-
joyed a great reputation in that part
Of France prophesied that a hundred
years after the emperor had been pro-
claimed first consul he would return
in the flesh to harry the hated Eng
lish. 1t is possible that this was a
remnant of the Arthurian tradition
which has chung SO persistently in the
minds of the Bretons. At any rate,
the Norman peasants, so q correspond
ent Of the London Daily News says,
believe that the re~incarnated Napoleon
has at last appeared, according to the
prophecy, and they hold him to be
no less person than the elusive De
Wet.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-06-21

Government engineers have found
that the amount of solid matter car,
ried in suspension by the Mississippi
River past Vicksburg is sufficient to
make q square mile block house of
earth 300 feet high. This would make
a solid river of earth five feet deep
and nine feet wide flowing as fast as q
man can walk. 1t would make 25,OOO,.
600 wagon loads every year.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-06-21
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1t is said that the average life OF a
cartoonist in Turkey is n week. Evil
IDENTIFY the Turkish cartoonist can't
give UP the sultan as a subject.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-06-21

Current Literature tells of a young
ster who aptly defined a daschund as
zone of those dogs that are a dog
and a half long and only half a dog
high"
The Opelousas courier., 1902-06-21
school for Lion Tamn -

A school for lion tanners is tine lafest
educational novelty proposed in Paris
- is 20 be q state-aided institution
wash premises In the Jardin des
FaanteaS
The Opelousas courier., 1902-06-21

A fashion note from Paris reports
the introduction of mica wells for
"motoristes." Armor plate coats for
pedestrians are more in favor in
America.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-06-21

The New York Tribune says that
the professional beggars of the metrop
oils are said to have formed q com
bination, with a clearing house bureau
and q regular schedule of assessments
commissions and percentages. Such
buccaneers should be compelled to feel
the strong arm of the law. These
sturdy swindlers are pestilent nui'
| sances.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-06-21

The bicycle revival is apparent on
every hand and the wheel is at the
front again. Its return to popular ia
Vor is heartily welcomed, as it should
bp.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-06-21
ACADEMY
OBJ THE
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION,

OPELOUSAS, LA.
UaaaT the Direction Of the Sisters Magis1As9
Of Holy Cross.
Ohers to young ladies every facility
for acquiring a thorough christian 81
ucation. Constant attention IL paid 70
home and social culture. Lessons are
given in music, painting and othes
useful arts. The sisters also havs
charge Of the boys school. The course
Of instruction 10 two-fold-Prspsratory
and Commercial. French ia taught In
tho two courses. For particulars, Cd
dress SISTER SUPERIOR.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-06-21
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This notice is affixed to the church
gate in q. German village: Cyclists
and hens are forbidden to wander
round the churchyard."
The Opelousas courier., 1902-06-21

The following advertisement recently
appeared in a London paper: Wanted
Loan of fifty pounds for a few years
by man of integrity and ability. Idle
inquirers and weak-rainded Christians
need not apply. but persons of a phi.
l%anthropic turn of mind and willing
to act the part of a good Samaritan
may find this a profitable investment.
Apply by letter only to Aristides."
The Opelousas courier., 1902-06-21

A German author has published a
dictionary of cuss words. He has
found 5 5000 of them. If they are all
German it will be pretty hard to keep
that language from spreading.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-06-21

OpelOusas Courier
Il the advocate Of Democratic
principles and thefIiend Of the
people.
Their welfare ID Its welfare, and
it will ever be found defending
their rights with all Of its
ability.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-06-21

Who invented wireless biography?
Settle it among yourselves, gentlemen,
while you are all alive, and do not
force on posterity the necessity Of
writing whole bales of testimony that
don't testify.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-06-21

The mineral deposits Of China are
SO rich that enterprisin3 men will
continue the struggle to get at them,
and in the consent of the Chinese gov
eminent to open them up on any
terms to foreign exploitation an I'M
p~ortant forward step has unquestion-
abaly been taken, thinks the Philadel-
phia Inquirer.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-06-21

Pulls" are the peculiar property OF
no race or country, ven though the
Irish would claim them for their own.
Herr Weizmann, chief of the reporting
staff in the Austrian Reichsrath, has
collected some brilliant remarks, OF
which the following are a few speci.
mems:
One most important point of the
agricultural question is the mainten.
ance of the breed of horses to which
I have the honor to belong.
We are here for the veal and woe
of u constituents.
Gentlemen, consider this question
in the light Of a dark future.
The eye of the law weighs heavily
on our press legislation.
There, gentlemen, is the ever-chang-
ing point of which tho opposition has
made a hobby.horse.
This taunt is the same old sea-ser.
pent which, for years and years, has
been groaning in this assembly.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-06-21

The electric railway has invaded the
highway in front of the door of Bob
bic Burns cottage at Alloway, Scot
land, and u IlRd is being built between
the "auld1saunted kirk" and the monu-
ment. S6odern improvements have no
reverence for classic retreats and their
memories.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-06-21

A remarkable case of a man, still
living, with a bullet in, his heart, was
brought out in the thirty-iirst congress
of the German Chirurgical Association,
which convened last week at Berlin.
After the bullet penetrated his body
the wound healed quickly. Subse.
quently X-rays revealed the bullet ".
ing in the left yentricle, bounding with
each beat. 1t now causes no inconve-
nience.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-06-21

The report of the Remount Depart
ment in South Africa, which was lately
published in London. gives a curious
picture of British 'unpreparedness" at
the beginning of the present war. Al
though it had been fairly certain for
some time that the war was coming,
when the outbreak occurred the Re-
mount Department had in South AT
RIGA just two horses in reserve and
the personnel of the force comprised
three officers, m veterinary surgeon
and about 800 men, including native
boys. Within a few months this force
was swelled to 4,425 officers and men,
who had received and distributed up
to last December approximately 300,-
900 animals. But this increase was
made in the most hap-hazard fashion.
There was no machinery by which the
department could be automatically de-
veloped. The home establishment
could spare only two officers and the
rest had to be drawn from various
branches of the service. Ont of the
t%hirty-five officers now in the depart
ment fifteen had not been in the
mounted branch of the service when
assigned to their present duty and
hardly any of the thirty-five had had
technical training OF experience.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-06-21


There Is a tree that grows in Mexico
called the "chiiol," or stone tree. 1t
is OF enormous proportions, both in cir
cumference and height. 1t has a num-
Der of branches spreading out widely
and carrying leaves of Il yellowish.
green color. The wood is extremely
fine and easily worked in a green state.
1t is not given to either warping or
splitting. The most remarkable thing
about it is that after being cut the
wood gets gradually harder, and in the
course of a few years it is absolutely
petrified, whether left in the open air
or buried in the ground. From this
timber houses a be built that would
in a few years become completely fire.
proof. and would last as though built
of stone.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-06-21

A unique method has been adopted
by the Council of Miamisburg, Ohio,
to determine the speed Of electric cars
on Its streets. The city ordinance
places the maximum rate of speed at
six miles per hour, and it is stated
that a man who can walk at that rate
has been engaged to keep watch on
the cars. He walks along the track,
and, If he cannot keep up with any car
he reports the fact TO the Council,
which takes up the matter with the
railway COMPANY.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-10-08
W. O. T. q. IS INTERESTED.
President Stevenson Advocates Inn
mediate Federal Intervention.

President Stevenson Advocates Inn
mediate Federal intervention.
New Bedford. Mass, Oct. S.-The an
nual address of Mrs. Katharine Lente
Stevenson. president of the Massachu-
sets w. c. r. U was the principal
feature of the opening session of the
twenty-ninth annual convention here
Mrs. Stevenson gave comprehensive
review of the leading events Of the
year both within the organization and
in the outside world She dwelt at
some length upon the final adjustment
of the differences between Great Brit
ain and the Transvaal. expressing won
der that a peace secured at last with
such apparent ease should not have
been earlier won.
Speaking at some length upon the
coal strike. Mrs. Stevenson said that,
whether or not the operators had any
thing to arbitrate the American pub
lie had much that it demanded to have
arbitrated, and it's voice must make it.
self heard. AS solution of the pres
ent problem she suggested immediate
federal intervention, 30 that the mines
may be worked at once. the establish
ment by an act of congress OF perma-
nent court of compulsory arbitration
and as the last and only radical RENE
dy the government ownership Of all
public utilities. A new and stronger
law for compulsory education in this
state was advocated, which should pro-
vide that not the age of the child. but
the number of years he had attended
school at whatever age. should be the
test as to whether he could enter the
ranks of labor