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The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1902-01-11
NOTICE.

meeting of the Stockholders of tue Eunice
State Bank will be held on Monday. January
13, 1902, at 10 o'clock a. m. at the bank for the
purpose of eleeting a Board OF Directors for
said Bank for the ensuing year.
j. J. LEWIS,
Eunlce, La, Jan. q 1902. Cashier.
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0peloaIsas, will open three nights engage
asl sen5 at the Opera House Monday night. -
sAaElen. dated Jan. 4th and printed Jan. 9th.
As this notice was printed in the
paper that was published Thurs
aay January 9th, one would sup
Pose that we are to have the
Araase-Taylor Co. here again
next week, as they had already
elosed 9 Saree nights engagement
sIl nere wheN the paper was pub
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1902-01-11

United States Senator w. S.
Sewell dled at his home in Cam
den, N. j., last week.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1902-01-11

Seven negro laborers lost their
lives near Donaldsonville while
attempting to cross the Missis-
sippi river in a skiff, last week.
The boat capsized and all seven
of the occupants went to watery
grave.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1902-01-11
PEYToN r. sANDoZ
LAWYER

LA w Y EES
All civil and criminal business will b, given
prompt and careful attention.
Otfice over st. Landry State Bank, Main
Street, Opeiousas, La.
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Jean Baptistc Andrus,

who made Homestead Entry No 1ao8s for tlie
n. of n. E: !, or Lot |, and N. W. of N. E,s
q. of n. W. fractional /. or Lots and and s
W. ! OF N. E. /, Sec SO, TIP. 3, S. r. e. La. Mer
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon, and cultivation
of, said land, viz:
Homer Andrus; Josiene Vidrine, Louis Guil-
iory, Frederic kLutz, all OF st. Landry Parish,
La.
WALTER L. COHEN.
Dec. IA 19O1.-5t. Register.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1902-01-11

The Cuban election was held
last week. In April the new re-
public will be established, and the
promise of the United States of
independence will have been full
filled.
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,ph n. Provost.

who made homestead entry No. 1890 for the
OF W sec 0. T. 6, 8. r. ., Z La. Mer.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon. aud cultivation
Of, said land, viz:
Louis Christ Joseph Amedie Provost Car
mel Colbert, Augustin Ledey, all of st. Landry
Parish
WALTER L. COHEN.
Jan. II, 1902 Register.
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nj OTHCE. - Land Office at New Orleans,
IA Dec. 9, 19O1.-Notice is hereby given that
the folioNlnS-named settler has flied notice OF
his intention to make final proof in support of
his claim, and that said proof will be made be-
fore b. Bloomfield, U. s. Commissioner,
at Opeiousas, La, on Saturday, January 18th,
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1902-01-11
JUDICIAL ADvERT1sEMENTs.
DUBLEC SALE.
ESTATE OF MCINTYRE MURDOCH WEST
AND MARY CLARK, bath deceased.
PROBATE DOCKET, DISTRICT COURT.
PARISH OF ST LANDRY
No.

BY virtue of an order of the Honorable Six
teenth Judicial District Court of tile State OF
Louisiana, i'll and for the parish OF ST. Landry
there will be sold at public auction to the last
and highest bidder, by the undersigned Gative
tuatOr or any duly qualified auctioneer on
the premises in Pine Prairie, Parish of st. Ian
dry, La. on
Saturday January l1th, 1899,
at II o'clock a. m, the following described pro
perty, towit:
All Of the fine timber upon the homestead
tract belonging to said estate consisting of one
hundred and siXty-threr acres, situated west
OF Pine Prairie st. Landry Parish, La.
TermsCash
WILLIAM CLARK,
DitiVt: Iutnr,
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HEIRS OF LEOPOLD WYBLE.

NOTICE. - Land Office at New Orleans,
4N Jan. 8, 1902 Notice is hereby given that
the following named settler has fled notice of
his intention to make final proof in support Of
his claim. and that said proof will he made be-
fore b. Bloomfield, U. S. C0mmissIonereat Ote-
lousas, La. on February 18th. 1902. VIZ:
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sasurdny,.yanuary aftb, s9a2,
AUCTION SALE.

There will be sold at public auetion to the
last and highest bidder hr the undcrs gnpd at
the residence of Homer Wyble in Fratrie Lau-
rent,
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-03-11
POINT DIDN'T WORK 1.-THE COIN IN HAWAII.
Tells of Eolakaua's silver Coinage and
the Desire TO Have Uncle sam Take
10 Up

Comparatively few persons I'm the
United States are familiar with the
financial conditions In Hawaii" said
Mr.. A. r. Server, chief examiner Of
the civil service commission, to a
Washington star reporter a few days
ago. Mr.. Server paid a visit to our
new possessions i'm the Pacific about a
year ago and he made a pretty thor
ough investigation of affairs there.
Fewer STILL" he continued, ARE ac-
quainted i'm figures with the amount Of
coinage I'm circulation in Hawaii In
1883 King Kalakaua bought up a lot
of silver bullion and sent 81 ,OO0 600
worth to the San Francisco mint, where
a. was coined into dollars, half dollars,
quarters and dimes of the same weight
and hneness of American silver coin
age.
"The money i'm circulation in the Ha-
waiian Islands is about $1,000. 00O Sill
yer passes at its full coinage value any
where ON the islands. off the islands
It is received at about 40 cents on the
dollar In paying debts outside the ISL
ands the Hawaiian people encounter all
sorts of trouble as the result of this.
"Of the silver coined at the San
Francisco mint there was 100000 i'm
dollars S35O,OOO i'm half dollars, $125,OOO
i'm quarters and S25 900 i'm dimes The
people of Hawaii including many BUSH
ness men with whom 1 talked, were
emphatic i'm their expressions that the
Congress of the United States should
recognize the silver currency of the
territory at the same value as Ameri-
can silver, or should take it up and
make the coin of the United States the
medium of exchange throughout the
islands "-Washington Star.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-03-11
PACIFIC ISLANDS SINKING.

Prof. William E. RittOr Of the Uni
versity of California has made the dis
cOvery that Santa Catalina Island, the
famous pleasure resort, is slowly sink
ing into the Pacific Ocean.
While dregding for marine animals
on the coast of the island he found
positive evidence in rocks and shell fish
that the island beach had once extend
ed three-Quarters of a mile from the
present low tide limit. He estimates
that the island is now 27O feet lower
than it was formerly. This movement
is apparently going on now While the
mainland coast opposite Catalina ISL
and is slowly rising.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-03-11
INFANT MORTALITY.

The medical reports presented to the
local Russian authorities by the doc
tors of the different districts reveal an
alarming state Of things with regard to
infant mortality. 1t appears that in
many of the governments the proper
ton of the children who die during the
first year is as high as 40 and even 80
per cent In isolated cases it is even
higher. The report ascriDes this terri
BILE mortality mainly to the ignorance
of the peasants, and to the fact that
the mothers have frequently to neglect
their children in order to work in the
fields.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-03-11
BARRIER ATE SOME HAIR.

Andrew Teeter. a barber at Akron,
twenty miles from Wabash, Ind, is at
deaths door from a peculiar cause. lie
has followed his trade for years, and
some time ago his lungs became affect
ed. A specialist, brought from Wiscon-
sin, today made an examination and
found the patients throat and bron-
chial tubes full of short hairs, imbedded
in the membrane. 1t is thought the
hairs were inhaled while Teeter who is
short, clipped hair, and the irritation
brought on tuberculosis His death is
a matter of only a few days
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-03-11
KILLING A CHICKEN.
Administering Oaths to Chinese in
New York.

Judge Gear in the recent Chinese
libel suit offered to administer any kind
of Chinese oath to witnesses which
might be asked for by counsel but the
Bow Wong who was on the stand in
formed the attorneys that the killing
of chickens and other such peculiar
ceremonies We're not respected by any
but the heathens of China, and that he
would not feel the obligation to tell the
truth any more if such a ceremony
were gone through. The following dis
patch from New York in the Washing
ton Star shows that mainland court
is having a different experience with
Chinese witnesses:
NEW YORK, February 23.-The trial
of Mock Duck, the Chinaman who is
charged with the murder of a fellow
countryman, was resumed yesterday
before Justice Lyons in the criminal
branch of the supreme court. A jury
was secured during the morning ses-
sion and the examination of witnesses
was begun.
One of the principal witnesses for
the defense will be Sing Que, who is
serving a life term in Sing Sing for
the same murder.
AS the Chinese do not recognize the
obligations imposed by the Christian
oath, Attorneys Levy and Glaze, for
the defense, will insist that all Chinese
witnesses against their client be given
the Chicken OATH" that is, the oath
over the bleeding neck of a chicken.
Court Interpreter Wong Get says
that in no other way can the witnesses
be held for perjury for false state
ments under oath except by the killing
of a chicken before being sworn.
Court officials were wondering how
the matter will finally be settled, and
do not relish the idea of having the
HyalaVa
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-03-11

The Kentucky Senate has adopted the
Cox bill, appropriating 10000 for
state exhibit at the st. Louis EXPOSE
tfpr
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-03-11
Vim. G,IrWin &C.,, Ltd,
FIRE AND MARINE
INSURANCE AGENTS
AGENTS FOR THE

Scottish Union National Insurance
Company OF Edinburgh,
Wilhelma OF Magdeburg General InBur-
ance Company,
Associated Assurance Co., Ltd, Of Nh
mich and Berlin.
Alliance Marine and General Assurance
Co., Ltd, OF London,
Royal Insurance Company of Liverpool,
Alliance Assurance Company Of ION
don,
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-03-11

WAIANAE MEETING POSTPONED.
The annual meeting of the Waianae
Sugar Company was postponed yes
terday until next Wednesday at ten
o'clock.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-03-11
Th0LadyOH the Twilight
NOTICE.

From and after this date I shall not
be responsible for any debts or loans
contracted by any member of my
family unless by my written consent
or order
LAM ZIP,
Honolulu, March 8. 1902
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-03-11
SENATOR'S TERMS IN HAWAII

WASHINGTON, February 1S.--Tha
Secretary of the Interior has sen, to
the Senate a letter from the acting gov
ernor of Hawaii calling attention to
the lack of a scheme Of appOrtiDument
of the terms of the senators in Hawaii
legislature. ard amounting that the fail
ure to adjust this question before the
November elections may lead to serious
difficulty in the organization Of the next
succeeding territorial legislature. The
Interior Department recommends to
the Senate methods for correcting the
difficulty by legislation.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-03-11
RT-Hr,TN no wAsHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, February 15.-Ma-
jor G. S. Bingham, quartermaster, has
been relieved from duty at Portland,
Ore, and ordered to Seattle, Wash, to
relieve Major George Ruhlen, quarter
master, who is ordered to this city for
duty in the Office of the quartermaster
general of the army
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-03-11
LITERATURE WENT WRONG.

In the thirty odd thousand dead let
tiers forwarded to Washington from
New York were 10000 arguments TO
voters" sent out by the campaign man
ayers of the last election. but improper
ly addressed or delivered.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-03-11
SEQ REOuEST.

With several other small requests
the late Frederick Wilcomb of Ips-
witch, Mass, bequeathed $3.50 to the
Methodist Episcopal church of that
town, the income to be expended in
purchasing turkeys for the Thanks
giving and Christmas dinners of the
pastor of the church.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-03-11
MUST MARRY.

An edict has been issued at Salt
Lake City that all the single men en-
ployed by the Mormon church's official
daily paper must wed on or before
June 30. The company operates a
book bindery, store and a job office.
One hundred men are employed in all,
and about 25 are single
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-16
THE FACTS IN THE CASE.
jay Cookies Profits Out of Govern
ment Loans During Civil War.
February Era.

Era.
1.-THE public long thought, Mr. Cooke, and
probably, little fraction of it still thinks,
that the banking house of which you were
the head, made an immense amount Of
money from the handling of the government
loans. What are the facts?'
"AU wrong-a most unWarantable error"
replies the financier. 1.-TWO hundred thou
sand dollars would cover all the profits that
the banking house of Jay Cooke & Co. re-
ceived for the negotiations OF over two bill
ions Of dollars worth of government loans.
OF course, the immensely of the transac-
tons and the far-and-Wide advertising that
we carried on. added to the prestige of the
house. But the percentages that we re-
ceived for our negotiations were much
smaller than those given by other nations
as the amounts we handled were larger
than those of any other war loans known.
And we assumed all risks, too, which |
understand is not the case with the agents
engaging abroad in the financing of wars.
In Europe some great house like Roth
schildS places the iOan-Simply financering
1T and not taking the risk of a dollar-and
receives for il two. or two and a half, per
cent in commission. How different the
case with us. On the loan l have been tell
ing you about. we had One-half per cent.
on the first $l0OO0,0OO, and three-eighths per
cent. OH all beyond that That rate was
continued until Mr.. Mccullough became
secretary of the treasury in March, 1865.
and he reduced it to one-quarter per cent
very unwarrantably too Out of that three
eighths per cent. we had 10 pay our sub
agents, advertising accounts and other eX-
penseS. You can see about how little was
left But the matter of our supposedly
large profits was made the subject of much
talk in Congress and the newspapers, dur
ing the war, all chiefly directed against
Mr.. Chase by his political enemies. who
charged him with favOritism in appointing
me as special financial agent and thereby
allowing me to make fabulous sums. 1t
was all calumny and was refuted fully at
the time, but sprang TO life again and again,
as such things will
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naturally. after the first compliments. do
you entertain yourselves with the price
and choice of lace. apply your hands 10
each others lappets and ruffies, as II the
whole business OF your life and the public
concern depended on the cut of your petit
coats"
Brussels lace was the fashion during the
reigns of the first two Georges, and So
ciety of anti-Gallicans was founded by
certain patriots for the distribution OF
prizes for bone point lace and other arti-
the import Of French, Spanish and Vene-
tian lace was forbidden by edict, women
would have the foreign product and the
smugglers drove q profitable trade. George
III did his best for the native manufac-
turer. In 1854 he ordered that all the laces
and stuffs worn at the wedding of his sis
ter, Princess Augusta, should be made in
England" Three days before the ceremony
the customs officers raided the shop Of the
leading court milliner of the day and car
ried off nearly the whole of the clothes,
silver. gold stuffs and lace found there. In
disgust the French woman retired with a
fortune of 4l100O to Versailles, where she
purchased villa and called il La FOlie
des Danes Anglaises."
Various acts were passed for the benefit
OF the home lacema kers, but fashion still
ran in favor of the foreign article. Men as
we'll women collected lace and were
known by their points and rufffes People
were buried in their costliest lace apparel
was laid in the coffin lin a very fine Brus-
sells lace head. a Holland shift, with a
tucker of double ruffles and pair Of new
kid gloves"
Then, suddenly, at the close of the eight
zenith century the fashion changed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-16

New York Evening Post.
The principle of the Iawn-mower has
recently been applied TO the cutting Of
aquatic grasses. AS is generally known
the water hyacinth and certain varieties of
grass grow so luXuriantly in many South
ern lakes, bayous and rivers as to serious
ly Obstruct navigation. \ Pennsylvania in
ventOr, after having had the problem
brought to his attention. devised a wa
ter mower" which appears to be quite eff
The apparatus weighs about seventy-five
pounds, and is attached to the side of a
rowboat. The cutter bar is carried in a
horizontal position about a foot below the
surface of the water, the knife being driven
from the end with a vibrating lever or
sway-bar. 1t is operated by hand. It's de-
structiveness results from the cutting off
of the leaves and tops of the stalks, which
results in the death of most aquatic
plants. Occasionally these plants are so
thick in the water that the passage of
launches and steamboats, is impeded, if not
actually INSTRUCTED.
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General Grant was President. There was
certain illinois man who wanted TO be Sec
rotary OF the treasury. / won't mention his
name, for he Is living yet. and as he didn't
get the place ii wouldn't be fair To tell il.
told President Grant about the man and
sung his praises as well as L could, for he
was really an able citizen and would no
doubt have filled the office creditably. Grant
simply waited until / got through. looked
at me quietly for a minute and then said.
Senator, don't you think this business of
selecting a Cabinet is a great deal like
man picking out wife? Don't you think
man ought to do the choosing himself%
studied the matter for a while and then
agreed with MIN. Since then I have not
tried 10 land any Cabinet positions"
This need not discourage any Chicagoan
who has an eye on the new Department Of
Commerce and Industry, however, for If
any such should come forward with bona
fide boom the chances are that both Illinois
senators would camp near the White House
until the home candidate either got the
place or was clearly out of the running.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-16
How Governments Talk Together.
Rene Bache, in the Christian Endeavo
World

Rene Bache, in the Christian Endeavor
World.
Up to within very recent times dispatches
exchanged between the Department Of
State and our diplomatic representatives
abroad had to be sent by ship, using up
much time and rendering the settlement
Of international complications labOriOusly
slow; but to-day the telegraph makes 1t
possible for Mr.. Hay to converse at mo-
ment's notice with his agents in all the
countries of the world, who are as imme-
diately under his orders and control as If
they occupied so many desks in the great
Office building at the corner OF Seventeenth
street and Pennsylvania avenue.
Communications of this sort are not con-
veyed in ordinary language, however; for II
they were. secrecy would be out Of the
question. Nations have no honorable pref
udice against reading one anothers letters,
and therefore a cipher is always employed
where affairs of Importance are discussed
a precautiOn not always satisfactory, mas
much as European governments maintain
regular bureaus for the purpose OF trans
lating the ciphcrs Of other nations and
rendering into the Vernacular the most
private communications. Honor may be
found among thieves but ii is hardly dis
coverable in recognizable quantities among
kingdoms.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-16
Very Necessary "PeriI."
Chicago News.

Chicago News.
French soldiers may be fitted out with
American cartridge belts. When a foreign
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Services Rendered by This Civilian
to the Government.

Alfred Matthew's, In FEBRUARY Era.
That the "Americanism" of Philadelphia
is a truly practical, substantial, serviceable
entity. rather than a mere blatant. and bar
rem ideality, is sufficiently attested by the
fact that four of its citizens have financed
four of the Nations wars.
1t was the great unrewarded Robert Nor
ris, of Philadelphia, whose patriotism and
financial genius provided the sinews of war
for the revolution. 1t was stephen Girard,
of Philadelphia, who was the government S
fiscal agent in the war Of 1872. 1t was E.
W. Clark. Of Philadelphia, who foated
most of the bonds for the prosecution Of
the Mexican war: and II was Jay Cooke,
of Philadelphia, who financed the federal
government in the war for the Union, and
by so doing made IL possible to overcome
the most powerful opposition which ever
arose against any modern government He
raised for this purpose the enormous sum
. of over two billions Of dollars And all of
this incomprehensible, IL not fabulous sum,
was secured at less expense than that at
which any war debt OF recent times has
been funded and much of it was secured by
his fertile financial ingenuity and alert en-
ergy with incredible celebrity to meet spe-
cial contingencies or to avert threatening
crises, so that in detail well totally
the achievement of Jay Cooke may fairly
be characterized as the greatest achieve
ment of it's kind in history.
If 1t may be said of Robert Morris that
without him Washingtons sword would
have rusted in its sheath it can with equal
truth be affirmed of Jay Cooke that with
out his services the valOr, the sagacity and
the steadfas tness OF Grant and Sherman
would have been exerted wholly i'm vain
for their vast and finally victorious armies
could not have been sustained and kept
afeld. General Grant himself so testified
in his own terse, unmistakable manner and
paid the federal finacier the highest tribute
ever accorded him, in words which. what
ever may have been their seeming extrava-
gance at the time have long ago received
the endorsement of the historians unhurry-
ing sobriety of g.. judgment 1t was during
the closing daVS of the war when the orea 2
soldier, met at the front. by a mere chance
the son of the great civilian, and on learn
ing his identity, said TO him:
"Tell your father that it is to his labors
more than to those of any other man, that
the people of this country owe the con-
tinued life of the Nation"
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nation wants the best of anything it is
often Obliged to call up the Yankee peril
and place an order.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-16

Perhaps the Boston love OF fun comes
with clever nick-names. Everybody knows
Birthstone Corner, / fancy; but has any one
told you about the Ink Bottle. The Ink Bot
tie is a pretty yellow-and-white Methodist
chapel. where darkydOm goes TO church!
Just a block from the Ink Bottle is the
nethermost section Of Chestnut street,
section given over 10 livery stables and in
Variably spoken of Horse Chestnut
street. And over on the Common We Will
show you a half-dozen subway stations
which we call those little public libraries"
and when you see them you'll know the
reason.
Then. looking up Beacon hill, your eye
takes in the shining gold dome OF the
statehouse, known, in common parlance,
as tine permanent filling" Hard by runs a
melancholy lane, lined with very inexpen-