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The Opelousas courier., 1902-11-29
y Pistol and Lantern.

A recent novelty in invention is a
combination revolver ard dark lantern,
Its distinguishing feature lies in the
small incandescent lamp situated in a
rejecting tube placed Immediately be-
low the revolver barrel. \ battery in
the handle of the revolver may be cleo
treaty connected with the lamp by a
slight pressure of the trigger. Thus
snoul a man suspect a burglar in the
mouse he can use his revolver as a
CARR lantern to find his man and in
sure good aim before firing.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-11-29
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, 20x30 feet. Will be
sold cheap for cash, Oh part cash and
balance on time to suit. For particu.
lars apply at the Courier office, Ope-
~lousas, La. tt
The Opelousas courier., 1902-11-29
Not the pre,nsar

Lord Salisbury "a once the subject
q q tape" incident which excited q
London newspaper eface a few years
ago. Sudden death of Lord sails.
bury was the messase which startled
the ~sub-editors, and then. by an odd
~peryersity, the machine paused. No.
body eyer waited for tie next wore
with suppressed excitement thar.
q little group about tie tape 4
when it came the type printed this.
gardener. st James Gazette,
The Opelousas courier., 1902-11-29
Town Residences For Sale

In q desirable neighborhood in Ops
lousas, with an entire square Of land.
well shaded with live oaks, magnolias,
cedars, pecans, etc.. about 0 squares
from the Courthouse, S squares from
High School, 2 squares from Catholic
Church and convent. Heuae ID two
story, brick basement, 8 rooms, four
freplaces, out-buildings, etc., all NO.
der good fence. Will be sold cheap for
cash, oR part cash and balance On time
10 ssst. Apply o. this eales.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-11-29

The most serious difficulty encoun
tered In the process Of co-education ts
said to be that boys will not go to
colleges where the girls are in the ma
5ority or where feminine influence pre-.
dominates. For such cases the attempt
to force ~co-education without limits
might have the singular result of es-
%tabiishing an exclusive feminine col
lege, thinks the Christian Register.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-11-29
TRANCE STORIES cARNeRED FROM
DIVERSE SOURCES,
Build Cigar Shaped Nests.

Among beetles there are, says a nat
uralist who has recently been studying
them, a few families which spend
much Of their time in constructing
novel nurseries for their little ones. A
nursery Of this kind looks at a distance
like a cigar hanging from a tree, but
1t is really a number of leaves which
have been rolled by a beetle into the
shape of a cigar.
In doing this work the little insect
displays remarkable intelligence, for
each leaf is rolled deftly and carefully,
and nowhere in the hollow interior is
there even a tiny hole to be seen. There
Is not a birds nest to be found that
is more carefully constructed than one
Of these beetles nests.
The so-called birch tree beetles excel
at work Of this kind. Beetles which in
fest vineyards also roll leaves in like
The Opelousas courier., 1902-11-29

One of the finest cement plants in
the world has just been constructed
at Barcelona. Spain, by American en-
gineers and manufacturers, and the
machinery for an immense brick-mlV
ing establishment is to be supplied
from here. rSarrrssaA~tatof indus
49, lepeut de
fact that the nobility, witas- Ehom lies
nearly all the capital, have begun to
take an active interest in trade. Spain
has much natural wealth; all that she
has needed lis for 1t to be developed,
bles will accomplish it.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-11-29

According to the United States
geological survey reports the man
ufactuTer OF artificial graphite has in.
creased enormously in recent years,
100000 pounds, valued at Sis, 900,
having been produced in. 1901, as COM
pared with go, 40 pounds in 1900, val
ned at SIS, $3.50, and 162 1882 pounds, val
ued at $10.1 in 1897, the first year
Of commercial production. More than
one-halI of the output for 1901 was in
the form Of graphatized electrodes for
8 in the manufacture of alkali and
bleach by electrolytic processes, the re-
mafnder being consumed in the manu-
facture Of paints, lubricants, pencils,
motor brushes, crucibles and dry bat
teries. The total consumption of gra-
phite of all forms in this country is
nearly 10000 tons, almost 80 percent
OF which quantity is imported.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-11-29
Burial Places of Orinoco.

The Guarauno Indians, who live on
the Upper Orinoco, have a curious and
novel method of disposing Of their
dead, says the Wide World Magazine,
They neither cremate the bodies nor
bury them, but incase them in a species
Of basket, which is tightly wrapped
The Opelousas courier., 1902-11-29

-OY TKE-
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION.

VFGLWUSAS, La
VaAsr The OirssioR Of the Sisters waxaazita
u Holy Oross.
omers 20 young ladies every facility
for acquiring o thorough christian cd.
ucasion. Constant attention il paid 10
nome ind social culture. Lessons ais
given in music, painting and other
useful arts. The sigters also hsys
cnarge OF the boys school. The course
o. instruction 10 two-fold-Pyeparatory
and Commercial. French il taughs in
the two ssaEses. Ter particulars. al.
qseas aJaTEB SUPERIOR
The Opelousas courier., 1902-11-29
CHAPTERS Of Lile's Oddities.

almost any, animal substance, inclu-
sive OF locusts and white ants, they
have the saving virtue that they are
not cannibals, and they never use
salt. Their only method of capturing
fish is by damming off some portion
of Il stream OF pool and then labor
iously bailing out the water until the
fish are left in the mud.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-11-29

The census tells us that there is not
o state or territory i'm the whole Union
in which there are not more bachelors
of 20 years or over than spinsters
Of the same age. Even Massachusetts,,
which is particularly blessed with sin
gle b~lessedneRs, a furnish a husband
for every one OF its unmarried maids
and etill have some left for the divor-
Gees and widows. And In most states
the difference is great enough to be
lamentatle. In the whole country, in
GLIDING Alaska, there are 6.726,7T9 eli
gihie bachelors who shoulder at least
IRE Of an age to-marry. and for them
there are only 1885, 46 spinsters. One
expects to find q large number of I'M
married bachelors In the newer states
Snd territories of the west-they have
not yet time to get their women out
thero-but II ia surprising to find such
differences in the older eastern states.
The difference in Rhode Island is a
little over 1000, and as to the other
New England states, where the spin.
ster is supposed to flourish particular
" well, WI find that Maine has II, o0C
nor bachelors than spinsters, New
Hampshire 5000, Vermont nearly TO-.
900, Massachusetts 5000 and Connect
cut all but 10000. These figures are
fairly typical OF the east. Concerning
the west, however. the wonder is that
any spinster can escape Eatrimony
and live to SEE her twentieth birthday.
In California there are $50, 900 bache-
Iors that cannot be supplied with wives
for lack Of spinsters. In Idaho there
: only 1856 spinsters to supply
wives for 2s.A2l unmarried men. wash
Yngton is called on to supply wives for
9o.0l4 men. and has d stock Of only
lR.als sninstefs. And 10 Ii goes, the
worst oft being nat the disparity be-
t|ecn the bachelors and spinsters Is
greater today than II was 10 years
ago. The moral Of this Is that baohe.
lcrs III the United States must look
sharp or they will win remain bache.
iors to the end Of the story
The Opelousas courier., 1902-11-29

The forces making for municipal
progress r. increasing in number and
efficiency from year to year, and the
more hopeful tone taken by reformers
of the outlook Is undoubtedly due to
this fact. When we recall the fact
that ten years ago there was but a
handful of municipal reform organi-
zations, and those mostly confined to
the Atlantic seaboard, with the posi-
BILE exception OF one or two in Chi
cago, and that there was not a single
national body devoted to the study or
the attempt to solve the. complicated
and difficult municipal problem, we
can see the great change and the great
progress that has been made.
states the Boston Transcript. Now
there are, roughly speaking, according
TO the figures of the National Munich
pal League, 900 local reform bodies,
not counting village improvement So
~cieties. and five vigorous, aggressive
national bodies concerned in various
phases of the municipal question.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-11-29
Novel TYNE of Shin.

A novel vessel has just been launched
at the Crescent shipyards, at Eliza
ebth, N. J. She is known as the
Antice, and is intended for handling
The Opelousas courier., 1902-11-29

An effort is being made to secure the
establishment of a Government biolog-
zeal station on the great lakes. The
purpose of such a station is to investl-
gate all the problems connected with
the fisheries of these lakes throughout
their whole extent, principally for the
protection Of the commercial fish.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-11-29

A new lifeboat. from Scotland is in
fated automatically on being plunged
into the water. A perforated metal
case holds materials for generating
gas, together with a spiral spring held
under tension by d strip Of paper, and
as the paper becomes wet 1t tears, re-
leasing the spring, and this causes the
mixing of the chemicals and the begin
ming of the gas-making.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-11-29

The Kentucky court OF appeals has
ruled that promissory note executed
on Sunday Ia valid If delivered on
some other day.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-11-29
POPULAR SCIENCE

Incandescent lamps emit more heat
than is generally supposed, only SIX
per cent. of the energy Of the current
being converted into light. 4 sixteen
candle-power lamp, fed by a current OF
100 volts. has heated ten ounces oil
water to boiling point in an hour, ana
fires celluoid in five minutes.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-11-29

The substitution Of crude oil for soft
coal as a fuel for both stationary and
locomotive engines is steadily grow
ing. If the cost of oil can be mate
rally reduced the use of it will increase
ven more rapidly. Most of the fuel
oils now come from the new fields in
Texas and California, and the great
drawback to their general use is the
lack of facilities for regular and clean
delivery. The oil producers say that if
there were a line of tank steamers
they could deliver oil in New York at
thirty cents a barrel, and that would
be equivalent to a supply Of coal at
one-third the normal price. Oil has
many advantages owe coal-it makes
steam more quickly, keeps the press.
ure more even, emfts no smoke, leaves
no ashes and does not clog the flues.
In the cost of handling, too, it has the
advantage, for one fireman using Oil
can do the work of four using coal.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-11-29

1t has remained for a New Orleans
railway company to discover the deco
rative and advertising value of a smoke
stack. Its height obviously renders it
a conspicuous feature of the city's per-
spective, and when encircled with a
spiral Of incandescent lamps it stands
out in the night a veritable beacon OF
light. The top is decorated with clus-
ters of lamps, the light from which re-
fected on the clouds Of smoke issuing
from the chimney make a most pleas
ing picture.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-11-29

Experiments by the Government
have shown that no matter what the
process of cooking, meat loses d great
deal of it's bulk, owing to the evapora-
ton of the water, which constitutes a
large part of all flesh. This loss Is
greater in small pieces than in the
larger ones. In a lean piece Of beef
weighing from one to and three
quarters of a pound, the loss of weight
was 1876 per cent, while in a piece
weighing from five to five and three
quarter pounds the loss was only 39.9
per cent. The loss of nutrition is not
nearly so great, however, as that Of
the weight Would seem to indicate.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-06-21
Mr.. WHEN REELECTED
President of the state Board of EN-.
balmers-The other Officers of -
Beard.
hefOre lt

Mr. w. II. Wien returned FRIDAY
night from Charleston. where he at
tended the annual meeting of the
State Board of Embalmers.
The list CT officers of the board is
unchanged. except ms TO treasurer.
John Barlow, o. Charleston, has been
treasurer of the board since il was
first organized. and he suggested that
a change ought to be made so HIS to
pass tn hnnors around among b VA
rious members. The suggestion met
with approval and George Il. Giifl.
len, of Parkershurg. was elected TO
succeed him. When it came TO pass
ing the others honors around, the
''nresent incumbents" bucked on the
proposition, and the republican pol
10y of .,nevsr let go" prevailed. the
result being that the only democratic
officer on the board is now out OF it
as far as honor goes, bur he is sill y
member.
The old officers were elected, va
the exception of a,
lows:
w. II. Wilen. president. Mleti' :
burg; W. II. Fredlock, secfetn
Piedmont.
At a SESSION held In the state house
these applicants for license were pass
ed
L. A. Foglesong. PIT. Pleasant b.
j. Patton. Parkersburg W. H.. Fog
lesong. Parkersburg Chas Soindler,
Terra Alta Fred A Rudmon. Raw
enswood Geo Stsnsbury, Parkers-
burg Harry A. Garrison. Morgan
town.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-06-21
fROfESsoRsHlPs G. BtGGlNG.

O~Iy Five Applicants for stx Vacancies
at West Virginia University.
professorships are going begging
y h West Virginia University for
lla nrst time in its history. There
ire six vacancies in the faculty by
resiQnatioDs and when the regents
today they found but five ap-
plications for all of them. Presi-
dent Purinfon will endeavor to have
the regents provide for an annual in
crease in salaries until $3. 600 is reach
ed and the regents Will probably be
compelled TO accept his suggestion in
order TO get good men to fill the va
~cancies in the faculty.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-06-21
TO Be ORGANIZED JULY 1
Organization of h Cumberland
valley Firemen.s Asseelattnn.

Chairman Kline Issues orders for the
Organization of h Cumberland
valley Ftremen's Associations.
The Cumberland Valley tiremen =
Association will be born in Winches-
ter on the Fourth Of July. Chiaf
Marshal W. Il. Kline. of the Martins.
burg Fire Department. has, as char.
II OF the 0 4ganlzation committee
accepted the invitation Of the Via
chester fremen to effect the organiza
ton of the association in that city on
the occasion of the celebration TO be
held there. on the Furth of July.
To thin end the following letter
has been sent out 70 the present nem-
bers OF the association
Martinshurg. w. Va, June II. 1909
II the
You are hereby oeuered hv the
undersigned members OF the organl-
zation committee Of the %proposed
Cumberland Valley Flremen's ASH
ciation To meet in Winchester, va !.
at the Rouss CITY HILL at 10 O'Clock
on the morning If July 4th 1902,
where the hrst animal convention Of
the Cumberland Valley Eiremen >
Association will be held.
Frateroaliy yours.
W. II, Kline, Chairman.
j. Il. Norris,
q. NJ latz.
w. Il. klehter. Sec'y.
The time taken up IN the conven-
tiol will only pe u ~ hour or two
uutatIsn. The meetlug Will be called
to oroer by Mr.. w. k. Kline, of Mar
tinsburg. when a TEMPORARY chairman
aud seef-tarv will be elected ana then
d permanent organization will Imme-
dlatelv be contaminated after the APP
pointment OF q committee ON creden
tials and the adontion OF their repot.
The secretary will then call the
roll. which will be followed by The
election of the first and second vice
presidents and a treasurer and the Sc
lection of a Mace of meeting next
year the annual meeting any pro-
posed amendments or altering or re-
sclnding of the constitution which
was adopted In Chambersbure the
same to Law over until next meeting.
aud any new business that may come
before 1t.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-06-21
BOATME EN- GETS INCREASE.
Concession Made by the C.. a. q. Canal
Co. fn Matter of Freight Rates
Business Going ON Again.

The 9. & o. canal boatmen havt
won in their fight for an advance in
freight rates of ten cents to George
town ami five cents to Williauisnort.
and have returned TO work. Boats
are again MOVING on the Waterway
and business generally has been re-
sumed.
The rates are now so an 1 40 cents.
The O cession made the Doatmen has
broueht relief all along the canal and
is especially gratifying to the men.
The advan 9. it is understood, will
be paid by the shippers and related
by the canal company. A settlement
of the trouble was effected on We'd
nesdsv following "a conference OF Il.
l.. Nicolson. general managec o. the
canal. with the shippers. 1t was de-
cided TO grant the advance. The es-
innate of the cost of floating furnish
ed by a h altman has been disputed In
regard 10 same items that are claimed
to ha 81 neen placed to high.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-06-21
REAR.END COLLISION.
Roth B. q @ Tracks Blocked for Tive
Hours Near Harper's Ferry This
Morning.

A rear end collision between two
east bound freight trains eighteen
miles east of here. a short distance
this side of Harper's Ferry. blocked
both of the main tracks of the Balti-
more and Ohio railroad for two hours
last Tuesday The wreck occurred
at 5 O'Clock. One of the trains was
standing on the track when the tn
CINE of the second train crashed II
it. The cahoose was spread over the
two tracks. No one was hurt. The
tracks were CLEARED bv the Brunswick
Triggers crew.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-06-21
AGED LADY RUN OVER
MRS. JOHN PETERMAN THE vrcTrm
or RECKLESS DBIvrN-.
she was Knocked Down and NAN over
by One OF Three Teams Racing Out
5. Queen street Occurrences
Causes indignation.


AS the result OF the reckless driv-
ing of some residents Of the county
going ont of town. Saturday night
Mrs. John Peterman. an aged resi-.
dent of $. Queen street was run over
and seriously injured bv q carriage.
Mrs Peterman was about to cross
at the corner Of Queen and South
streets. when three teams came rae
ing out the street. Mrs. Peterman
did not see but two of The teams and
after the two had passed she started
to walk across the crossing. just then
a third team came dashing M and
the driver attempted 70 so ahead of
the other two teams. The wheels of
the buggy struck the AGED lady and
knocked her to the ground, the two
wheels on one side passing over the
body.
Mrs. Peterman was assisted TO her
feet and taken to her home, Where
DIR. McSherry attended her. He
found upon examination that no bones
were broken. Her face and body.
however. are badly bruised where she
struck the ground and where the
wheels passed over her. 1t is not
thought that she sustained any inter.
nal injuries, but the exact effect the
occurrence VIII have uDon her system
cannot be told for several DAYS. Be
ing well advanced in age. the acct
dent may result seriously with her.
Among these who gathered at the
corner after the accident, much indig-
nation was caused bv the action OF
the occupants of the carriage III nct
| stopping after they had run oyer Mrs.
Peterman. Instead they whinOed Ut
their horse Inc tried TO escape cep.
sure by hurrying out OF town. AL
though there are rumors as to who
the occupants of the carriage were.
their identify has not been establish
ed bevond a doubt.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-06-21
DIRECTORS OF THE NEW BANK
srocKHoLDERs OF BANK OF MAR
HOLD THEIR :MEETING.
Board OF Directors Elected, Com mtt-
tees Appointed and Other Arrange
ments Made for the Beginning
ofthe Career of New


The birth OF MartinsbuIg's NTH
bank is not far off. Providing there
Is no mitch in the carving our of the
plans it will be open for business IN
the new Wilen building on North
Queen street ON the morning of July
10.
The subscribers to the stock OF The
Bank of Martinsburg held their drst
meeting in the Board of Trade rooms
Saturday afternoon. The following
we're elected to comDose the board
of directors of the bank John J..
HetzeI. George f.. Evans, DIR. u b..
Hedges, a.. L. Hess. NJ. L Dorm. H..
H. Rutherford. Lee M. Bender, o. ).
Rigsby aud q. q. Grove.
Msssrs Hedges. Hetzel and Evans
were elected a committee on officers +:
Messrs Hedges, Hetzel and Ruther-
ford "a committee to select and recon-
mend a suitable location for the BAN
and Messrs Bender. Dorm and Rigsby
q committee on fixtures. furniture.
books, etc.
A full set of Eby-laws was adopted
and the selection of the safe for the
bank by Mr.. Hetzel was approved. 1t
is an s.. 900 ID. safe, with a Chrome
steel burglar-proof vault. one of the
best manufactured by The Miller safe
and Iron Company. of Baltimore.
After tie transaction of the 0
business the stockholders adjourned.
The directors Will meet at the call OF
the charm an. John J. Hetzel, who
presided over the meeting of the
stockholders, o. S. Rigsby acted as
secretary.
About 500. 900 of the subscribed
stock was represented at the meeting.
The capital stock is $50. 600. All have
about agreed on the vacant room IN
the new When building as the loca-
tion for the bank.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-06-21
rauAIIrY LoDoE oFfroERs.

At the annual communication OF
Equality Lodge No A. A. II. g. A.
Nj. tina following officers were elected
for the ensuing rear
Harry s. Cushwa, Worshipful Mas
ter Albert J Moore, Senior Warden
Harry A. Hammann. Junior Warden
Frank e. Wilson. Treasurer; Chas A.
Young, Secretary John W. Dean.
Senior Deacon Adrian O. MAIDEN
bousch, Junior Deacon.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-06-21
NEW PROFESSORS ELECTED.
The at the West Virginia
University Being FILLED.

University Being Failed.
The regents of the. West Virginia
University Yesterday eelcted profess
sors to fill vacancies caused by resig-
nations. James M, Callahan former
lv instructor in the University of In
diana but now doing work at Johns
Hopkins University was elected as
sociate professor of European his
tory. Prof. W. f. Rumsey was elect
ed entomolngist of the agricultural
department. Prof. Thomas q. john
son now an instructor in the Uniyer'
slty of Missouri was elected professor
OK horticulture. Committees were
APPOINTED to nQage a librarian and q
lecturer ON bacteriology.
The feature of Yesterdays com
mencement exercises was the lndlvid'
ual competitive drill of members OF
the cadet CORDS for the medal given
annually ,bv the regents. The five
honor men in the drill were A u. Ell
lison G, w. T. Thurman and II. w
Wamsley of COMPANY b. and q. q.
Watson and II. b. Fairfax OF Gonna
IVA. The contest narrowed dowr
to Cadets Ellison and Thurman anc
thesjudges Will. award the medal OF
Thqrsday.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-06-21
pRonrBrrIoS IN usITED STATES

A Prohibition journal claims that
fully 80, 600, 600 Of the inhabitants OF
the United States, or morc than one
third Of the entire population, are
now living under Prohibition. either
by state law Oh by local option. For
tv-one states of the As are included IN
the Enumeration. either in whole or in
part. Even Kentucky. in spite OF Its
undeserved nvtorietv. has 30 out OF
its 119 counties under Prohibition
sway. The four excepted states are
J idaho, Nevada, Utah and Wyoming.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-06-21
LIE TEs TO frank VAN HORN.

Dear Sir: Deyoe lead and zinc not
ONLY coes further than Mixed Paints
--exnert lead and oil. the o iy paint
that covers as weil-but is full meas
ure Few RANTS, that are sold bv
the can. are fuli-measure generally
thev are about ten per cent short.
The same IS trpe of almost everything
factory weights and measures are
almost always short.
Lead and oil Is an honest paint the
only objection to IL is It's chalking of
In three wears.
Devoe lead and zinc neither chalks
nor peels, but lasts twice as long as
lead and oil
Yours truly.
II. w. Devoe q 10.
p. 8, @. @. Cushwa g. Bro. sell
OR paints.