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The Opelousas courier., 1902-03-15

According to Russian journals there
is no country OF the world where
the death rate is SO high and the aver.
erage Of human life so short as in
Russia. The st. Petersburg Vredo'
mosti is responsible for the statement
that the average length of life in that
country is but 20 years. 1.-THE mortal.
fly in st. Petersburg is higher than
anywhere else in Europe. CONSTANT
nople alone excepted. The death rate
percentage In London IL IL per 1000,
in st. Petersburg 1t ia 40 per 1000.
Among the reasons that increase the
death rate In st. Petersburg. infec.
tious disease occupies o prominent
place."
The Opelousas courier., 1902-03-15

At the second annual meeting Of the
Chicago Pawners' society, which was
organized under the provisions Of the
new law, the report of the president
showed earnings for the year amount
Ing to 1879 percent on the present cap
ital invested in loans-$160,0 600. This
is a net gain Of s.s2 percent over the
first years earnings Of the society,
showing increasing public confidence
In the institution. Some idea Of the
value of this institution to the small
borrowers in Chicago may be gained
from the fact mat 39,173 persons have
awaited themselves of its privileges
with loans amounting to q total Of
$500, ATS.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-03-15

The value Of q Newspaper % ON
advertising medium consists In
ltg circulation.
When you can secure the com.
kined circulation Of two papers
for the price Of one, it is money
ssvedl
"EThe st. Landry Democrat
was consolidated on the Sd of
March, 1894, with The Opelou.
sas Courier" The advertising.
rates have not been increased
while the price Of subscription
has been reduced to 81 q year.
: TIE COURIER being BY odds
tho best parer in the empire Par
l6h Of St Landry Ia hsrafsrs tn.
Skeaysass.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-03-15

The British possessions in North
America and the West Indies are larger
than the territory Of the United States
Of America, including Porto Rico and
Alaska, On the North American con-
tinent alone. King Edwards posses
sions are nearly 1000 0 square miles
larger than those of the United States,
and taking Ne West Indies and New
foundland, more than 100000 square
miles larger.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-03-15
Town Residences For Sale

In a desirable neighborhood in Ope-
lousas, with an entire square of land.
we'll shaded with live oaks, magnolias,
cedars, pecans, etc.. about 9 squares
from the Courthouse, 5 squares from
High School, 2 squares from Catholic
Church and convent. House is two
story, brick basement, 8 rooms, four
FIR places, ou~t-buildings, ETC., all uA-
der good fence. Will be sold cheap for
cash, or part cash and balance on time
to suit. Apply ct this office Il
The Opelousas courier., 1902-03-15
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The Opelousas courier., 1902-03-15

OF THE
IMMACULATE ; CONCEPTION,

OFELOUSABs LA.
Under the Direction Of the Sisters 1azaa1Sa
Of Holy Gross.
Offers to young ladies every Ssoali9
for acquiring @ thorough christian o.
uoation. Constant attention is paid 70
home and social culture. Lessons are
given in music, painting and Other
useful arts. The sisters also have
charge of the boys school. The couFse
OF instruction il two-fold-PEspsrssosy
and Commercial. French IL Taught ID
the two courses. For particulars, 3D.
dress SISTER SUPERIOR
The Opelousas courier., 1902-03-15
FOR SAAE.

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, 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. tt
The Opelousas courier., 1902-03-15

Paris has q deaf mures' social club.
Would m imitation DC ito methods DO
~ unWelcDme fad3
The Opelousas courier., 1902-03-15

Within the last two or three years
the Submarine torpedo boat has gainei
grcatly in popularity. Since Ceryera's
feet was penned up at Santiago the
possibilities of that style Of craft have
been better appreciated than before
on our side Of the Atlantic. And the
United States viii soon have a round
half dozen I'm commission. England,
which has pursued j. more conserva
tive policy than come OF the other
European powers. ordered Ave submar
Ines last year. Japan followed suit,
On . smaller scale: and France. which
has been > pioneer In this line of ex.
pertinent. y likely to have q score Of
these boats afoat before the yeai
closes.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-03-15

Opelousas Courier
II the advocate OF Democratic
principles and the friend OF the
people.
Their welfare 10 its welfare, and
it will ever be found defending
their rights with ell OF ia
ability.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-03-15
yariaa Possibilities

Il understand. SAID the man who
delights In .ae rude y~erNAcular, that
the cnner OF that fast automobile ID
broke asain."
indeed" reioined the precise psr
Ioa: physically on inancialIy."-
The Opelousas courier., 1902-03-15
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The Opelousas courier., 1902-03-15

Florida has had some little coni'
Alaint to make of the numerousness
If tranps. 1t is one Of the penaIEies
Il a glorious climate. ~
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-25
WHAT HAPPENED TO BOWEN.
No Wonder That He begins to Sus-
pect That He Is UnIucky.
From the indianapolis News.

pect That He Is UnIucky.
From the indianapolis News.
Charleston, Ind, May S.-Walter E.
Bowen has a number of narrow es-
capes to his credit, and he carries many
scars, but notwithstanding his expert
ences, his physical condition is good.
Mr.. Bowen describes himself as my
own Jonah" Nearly every year since
his fourth birthday he has met with
some accident which has confined him
to his bed for at least a month.
When Mr.. Bowen was but four years
old an angry turkey gobbler nearly
Topped" him to death. The next year
he was almost drowned in a branch by
a young woman, who attempted to toss
him from bank to bank. One year
later he was kicked through stable
window by a mule striking against a
scantling. The scantling rebounded,
tossing Bowen back through the win
dow, and he was again knocked out by
the mule. The second time the boy
failed to be returned by the scantling,
otherwise the mule would have cont1n-
ued the game indefinitely, and until the
boys life was crushed out. That same
year he was found asleep in the woods,
with large blacksnake wrapped about
his body, and it required careful work
to kill the snake without hurting the
youngster.
When he was years old a COW tossed
him over a fence, breaking several ribs.
A few weeks afterward he fell into
creek, and for the second time in his
life narrowly escaped death by drown
ing. When he was 8 years old young
Bowen had broken one of the hogs on
his fathers farm to ride, and he invited
the son of a neighbor to a hog s-back
l.. -,
ed, Bowen bounded astride an untamed
animal. and with one wild "whoof'' the
animal plunged over fifty-foot bluff
into the creek below with the boy on his
back The hog was flattened out like
a pancake by the force of the fall. but
Bowens fall was broken by the animal
underneath him, and in a few weeks
he was again able to roam in search
of trouble.
When he was years old he was at
tackled by a brood sow, which tore
every stitch of clothing off his person.
In his tenth year he was run over by
a wagon. Gripping him for months. For
three successive years he escaped in
Jury. and then he was struck over the
head wsth a garden rake, and for a
time lowered between life and death.
After his recovery he was well sprin-
killed. with bird shot while hunting.
Some years ago Bowen went South
to work as a bricklayer, finding a job
in Alabama Immediately it began
raining, never ceasing day or night,
and. becoming discouraged. he returned
to Indiana. only to find a letter follow
ing him saying that the rain ceased i'm
mediately after his departure. When
Bowen was appointed janitor of the
school building he signalized his ap-
pearance by falling into the water
tank but he knew how to swim and
escaped drowning. Last week he fell
from a band wagon suffering a frac-
tured skull, from which he is now con-
valescng. Bowen now says that he
is not only a Jonah" TO himself. but
also a "hoodoo." While one of the un-
luclSiest men In town, however, he con-
tinues one OF the most popular.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-25

AE. Robinson, MD. C. NJ. Medical Director.
They cured S. many men who had battied
for years against the mental and physical
suffering of lost manhood that the Insti-
tute has decided 10 distribute free trial
packages to all who write. 1t is a home
treatment and all men who suffer with
any form of sexual weakness resulting
from youthful folly. premature loss OF
strength and memory, weak back. vari
cocele. or emaciation of parts can nov
cure themselves at home.
The remedy has a peculiarly grateful.
effect of warmth and seems to act direct
to the desired location. giving strength
and development just where 1t is needed.
It cures all the lille and troubles that come
from years of misuse of the natural func-
tons and has been an absolute success in
all cases. A request to the State Medical
Institute, S13 Elektron Building, Fort
Wayne. Ind. stating that you desire one
OF their free trial packages will be COM
piled with promptly. TIE institute Is de-
srous of reaching that great class of men
who are unable to leave home 10 be
treated and the free sample Will enable
them to see how easy II is 10 be cured of
sexual weakness when the proper remedies
are employed. The Institute makes no re-
strictions. Any man who writes will be
sent free sample. carefully sealed in a
plain package so that It's recipient need
have no fear of embarrassment or pub
lefty. Readers are requested to write
without delay
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-25
DEATH OF A NOTED GRIZZLY.
Hunters Get a Bear Tint Has Been a
Terror to Idaho Ranchmen.
From the Spokane REVIEW

From the Spokane Review
Big Foot, the gigantic grizzly which
had been killing off stock in the coun-
try around Lewiston, Idaho, for sew
eral winters, is no more. He was kill
ed few days ago by D. G. Holbrook
of Sioux Falls, S. D., a life insurance
agent who travels in Idaho Territory.
him returned to Spokane bringing Big
Foot's hide with him. About eight
days ago Tom Hopper, the veteran
bear hunter of Spokane, and Holbrook
went down into Nez Perces county
Idaho, to capture the gray terror OF
the hills. Accompanying them was L.
w. Long of Spokane.
On arriving at Lewiston they found
that the grizzly was supposed to be
off somewhere in the hills, thirty-flVe
or forty miles to the southwest of Lew
iston. The snow was two or three feel
deep in that section, but they wan
dered around in it for about five days
before coming upon Big Foot's tran
Finally one OF the dogs scared him
up. He was in a hole among some
rocks on a ridge sloping back from the
head of Capt. John Creek, which is
tributary of Snake river.
The dogs got right on Big Foots
heels. He started to run. Hopper.
who had the dogs out, was about y
yards away when the race started
The bear ran like race horse, HOP
per says. For a while he would run
and then he would turn to fight tns
dogs that were pursuing him. ne
would chase them for about thirty
steps and then he would turn and run
again.
Finally he made a detour and rush
ed down the side of the ridge. he
came within $50 yards of the place
where the entire party was campeu
Long and Holbrook were in the eant
at the time, and when they saw tiis
bear coming Holbrook grabbed M;
3030 rife, aimed and fired. The ouiIe.
pierced Big Foots heart and he rollec
over, dead. Another bullet was Pu.
through his head to make sure thai he
was gone.
Big Foot had killed about twenty
horses in the past few weeks. In ths
country around where he was kllleu
the hunting party counted fifteen aear
horses. When Big Foot was cut ope.
forty pounds of horse meat was Iou u
in his paunch. The place where DE
Foot was killed is near the 100
Craig mountain, between the Clear
ter and Snake rivers. Hopper
bear hunter of renown and has nun.
ed bears under all sorts of condlt lUH9
1t was only luck that prevented M III.
from carrying off Big Foot's hide, "a,
was the first to see him, but me- {soot
got within range of him. Big r. r.
weighed about 1900 pounds. he va va
about feet long and about ms us
No exact measurements were taA n',-t
and there was no opportunity TO We.
him. He had claws over four II ~. ~
long. Big Foot had been a pest OF IN,
people residing in the section W.
he was killed for several years. uI 90
10Y was expressed among the So -,
men and farmers when wora
brought that he was dead.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-25
OBITUARY.
5. e. Clark, stiIImorc.

Stillmore, Ga, May 24-Mr. Square
E. Clark, an account Of whose death
was given in to-day's dispatches in
the Morning News, was one of the best
and most favorably known citizens of
this place. He was born in New York
and came to Burke county with his
parents, when a small boy. He re-
ceived a good education and graduated
as a civil engineer when quite young.
He was rendered the position of civil
engineer by the authorities of the City
first married to Miss Georgia Lovett
about 1859. She died in 1862. A son
and a daughter who survive We're the
issue of this union. He served as a
member of the Seventh Georgia Cav
airy, during the gallant struggle for
the lost cause" He was a model
soldier. He was married a second time
in 1866, to Miss Fannie Lake of Sa-
vannah with whom he lived happily
until she died, two years ago. Eight
children, seven of whom live. mark
that happy marriage. He lived at
Lawtonville, in Burke county until
about two and half years ago, when
he and his estimabe family came 70
this place. He was county surveyor
for Burke county, for more than forty
years. He was first elected at the age
of 81, being 65 years old at the time of
his death. He was a member of the
masonic fraternity. He served as Sec
rotary for Lodge at Millen, Ga. OF
which he was a member, for several
years.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-25
COLLEGE COMPILATIONS.

Nothing so surely mars a woman's
complexion as coffee drinking. A young
college girl of Hyattsville, Nd, says Il
never drank coffee up to the time I
went to college and as long as you are
not going to publish my name will ad-
nit that 1 was proud of my pink and
white complexion, but for CONS reason
l began drinking coffee at school and
when vacation came l looked like a
wreck. Was extremely nervous and
my face hollow and sallow.
"All my friends said college life had
been too much for me. After question
ing me about my diet mother gave me
a cup of strong. rich coffee at break
fast. although formerly she had objec-
ted to the habit. but the secret came
out in a few weeks when everybody
began to comment on my improved
looks and spirits. She said she had
been steadily giving me Postum Food
Coffee and 1 did not know it.
My color came back, much to my
delight and 1 was fully restored to
health. I will return to college with
out the slightest fear of losing ground.
lies.
Mother says the first time she had
Postum made no one would drink it for
1t was pale and watery. but the next
day she did not trust the cook. but ex-
amined the directions and made il her
self. She found the cook had just let
it come to the boiling point and then
served it and ii was tasteless. but the
beverage made according TO directions.
by proper boiling. is delicious and has
a remarkable taste for more One
cup is seldom enough for father now.
Il have a young lady friend who
suffered several years from neuralgia
and headache. obtaining only tempo
rary relief from medicines. Her sister
finally persuaded her TO leave of cof-
fee and use Postum She Is now very
pronounced IN her views as 10 coffee.
Says II was the one thing responsible
for her condition, for she IS now well
and the headaches and neuralgia are
things Of the past Please DO not pub
lish my name" Name can be- given
BY Postum Co. Battle Greek, Mich.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-25
GREETING FROM METH0DlSTS.
PRESBYTERIAN HEAR WORDS OF
GOOD WILL.

DIR. Buckley Reviews History of
Common by BOth-He Appeals for n
Joint stand Against AgnOsticisSn
and the Growing Evils of the Age.
Senator Beveridge Says DenOminn-
tions Arc a Good Thing-FIaE and
the Cross Alike in Their Common
Purpose.
New York, May 24.-There was a full
attendance at the Presbyterian gen.
eral assembly to-day. when Senator
Beveridge of Indiana and Rev. DR.. ].
M. Buckley. editor of the Christian Ad-
vocate, came to convey to the assem-
bly, the good will and greeting of the
Methodist Episcopal Church. Vice
Moderator Noyes occupied the chair.
DR.. Buckley, the first speaker, was re-
ceived with great applause. He re-
viewed the history of the Presbyte-
rians and Methodists and laid particu-
lar stress on the doctrines they held
in common.
Times are out of joint, indeed" he
said in closing. Professionalism cannot
be maintained in our age, except
through great organizations, but say
to you that the Presbyterian church
and the Methodist Episcopal church
in the United States hold within them
great potentially for the extension
of the doctrines of evangelical Chris
tianity Let us stand as neighboring
rocks against the growing evil of ag-
Mysticism that is brought to US under
modern names and under new guises
and against the doctrines disseminated
by the followers of the old men in
Rome, and not least against the cor
rosive fluid, the materialistic spirit of
the age"
Senator Beverage said:
Il have always telt that denomina-
tons are a good thing. Denominations
give to men of different temperaments
an opportunity to work in spheres con-
genial to themselves and so focus their
efforts on the same aim.
LAS to its civic side. the church is
the great conservator of public NOR
ais. Destroy the church and you will
destroy government.
The flag and the cross are alike in
one respectfully never retreat. You
NAV temporarily close a church here;
a flag may be withdrawn there, but
only in order to advance more perma-
nently their interest. They have one
common purpose-the cross to advance
Christianity; the flag to make this
Christian country the greatest power
IN earth -
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-25
THE FUNERAL SERMON.
A Chicago Preacher Announces
Change in the Custom.
From the Chicago Tribune.

From the Chicago Tribune.
DR.. Hirsch's announcement of his in
tentions with regard to funeral SER
mons is in keeping with the character
of the man. Sycophancy is not one of
DR.. Hirsch's faults. If he has any
faults they lie in the opposite di
rection. He is inclined to say what he
pleases rather than to please by what
he says.
He says now that he will preach no
more funeral sermons except with the
understanding that what he says is to
be concerned not so much with the
virtues of the deceased as with the
general truths appropriate to the oc-
casion. He is willing to deliver no.
miles on death. He is not willing to
deliver panegyrics on dead men. Oc-
casionally, no doubt, there would be
dead man about whom he could say
pretty things and still keep within the
truth. Too often, however, the pref
ty things said at funerals are more in
the vein of realism. The temptation
to laud and magnify is almost ire
sistible. The weeping family expects
to witness a kind of canonization.
Usually it is not disappointed. The
minister comes with harp and halo and
beauties his departed patron without
turning a hair His self-possession is
sometimes truly admirable, and his
power of keeping his face straight al
most incredible. There are two in
fluences at work upon him; first. his
connection with the deceased; second,
that mysterious softening, effect which
a death has upon everybody. We have
seen lately in a city not far from here
how people can become hysterical over
a dead man who certainly was not the
composite reincarnation of all the
great ones gone before whose souls he
was said to inherit.
The situation at the grave is always
a trying one. DR.. Hirsch does we'll to
recoil from it. The funeral grafton
once had a use. When a Roman FAM
lily listened to an account of the life
of one of it's members and to a sum-
mary of the deeds of its ancestors,
public spirit was fostered and, in the
absence of other contemporary rec
ords, the history of the times was pre-
served. The funeral Grafton of the
present day has no such excuse. 1t is
redundant. 1t could be spared. At any
rate, it could be trimmed. There is no
reason, perhaps. why it should be done
away with altogether.
1t is appropriate that when a death
happens there should also be a SER
mon. What DR. Hirsch suggests is
that the thesis of that sermon should
not be the unsullied character, the
spotless reputation, the illustrations
public services, and the general Won
derfulness of the man who is about to
be buried We have had a surfeit of
that kind of thing. Better and more
truthful was the mining town epitaph:
Here lies jim; he did some things
that were meaner." The funeral SER
mon should either be discontinued or
it should be toned down.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-25
FRANco-AMERIcAN BANQUET.
kilograms Exchanged by secretary
Hay and Mayor of Vend1mc.

kilograms Exchanged by secretary
Hay and Mayor of Vend'me.
Paris. May 24-The following cable
dispatch from the United States Secre-
tary of State, Col. John Hay, was read
at the Franco-American banquet given
this evening in connection with the
Roehambeau celebration. 1t was ad-
dressed to the Mayor Of Vendome, the
birthplace of Rochambeau, who pre-
sided:
"Monsieu lie Marie On this joyous
anniversary the President requests me
to send his cordial greetings to the
French and American citizens assem-
bled in Paris to celebrate the hostoric
friendship of France and America.
John May"
The following reply was sent to Col.
Hay:
Have just received your kind tele-
gram and read it to the Americans
and French united at this table. We
thank you warmly for your kind words
Present our respectful homage to Pres
ident Roosevelt Guillemot,
Mayor of Vendome."