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The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1901-1903, 1902-01-14
LOCAL NEWS
SPORT NOTES ABOUT PEOPLE
WHO COME AND GO AN
WHO THEY VISIT.


Interesting Item Gatehred Here and
There BY News Reporters.
Notes of interest.
Hon. r. S. Lang, of Camden, spent
yesterday in the city.
Mr. L, Goldsmith has returned
from a visit to Huntsville.
Mr.. J. o. Beasley spent yesterday
in the city.
Mr.. j, J. Grass spent yesterday in
the city from Savannah
Mr.. j. B. Wright was in the city
yesterday from st. Simon.
Mr. l. r. Aiken, of Mt. Pleasant,
was in the city yesterday.
Mr.. G. H. Leatherbee, of Boston, is
spending a few days in the city.
Mr.. A. M. Morehouse, of Savannah,
was a visitor to the city yesterday.
Messrs. w W. Haraldson and ]. L.
Crawley, of Waycross. were in the city
yesterday
Mr.. N. H. Harrison, of the Seaboard
Air Line, was in the city yesterday on
business connected with his line.
Travelling Agent Rose, of the Chat
tanooga Brewing Co, is spending
few days in the city,
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1901-1903, 1902-01-14

Travelling Agent Rose, of the Chat
tanooga Brewing Co., is spending a
few days in the city,
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1901-1903, 1902-01-14

Mr.. N. H. Harrison, of the Seaboard
Air Line, was in the city yesterday on
business connected with his line.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-08-16
nip to Boarding Houses.

Wood is to be the newest food, SAYS
Heinrich Reh, q professor OF chemistry
In Berlin. He has secured a patent
upon a form of animal fodder which
has saWdust as it's chief ingredient. He
argues that animals have a decided
liking for young shoots, roots of shrubs.
tree bark and other heavy food of the
same nature, and, since experiments
have proved that the nutriment con.
tanned In such growth remains in II
even after 1t has become wood, he OBJ
serves that with a little salt and water
added to 1t the sawdust win prove to
be q highly nourishing diet.
He has statistics to prove it. Pine.
birch. poplar, alder acacia, beech and
walnut woods and straw have been an
alyzed chemically by him, and he finds
that the wood has vastly more albu-
men, nitrogen and fatty substances
than the straw. The inventor claims d
very cheap cattle food can be prepared
In this manner, to which may be added
potato Feelings, corn husks and shells
OF grain. and the residue from the
sugar beet after the sugar has been ex-
tracted.-AnsWers.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-08-16
Ginseng a Perennial Plant.

Ginseng is a perennial plant, grow
Ing in the billy regions of the north
ern, middle and western states, and
preferring the shelter Of thick, shady
woods. The root is the part employed.
This is collected in considerable guam
titles in Ohio, West Virginia and other
states, and exported to China. While
supplied with ginseng exclusively
from their own country, which fur
| nished the root only in small quanti-
ties, the Chinese entertained the most
extravagant notions of its virtues,
considering it a remedy for all dis
eases and as possessing almost miracu-
lous powers in preserving health, in
MIGRATING the system aud %prolonging
life. 1t is said to have been worth
its weight in gold at Peking, and the
first shipment from North America to
Canton yielded enormous profits. 1t
seems, however, that the extraordin-
airy medical virtues formerly ascribed
to ginseng had no other existence than
in the imagination of the Chinese. 1t
is little more than a demuIcsent, and
in this country is not employed as
a medicine. Some persons. however,
are in the habit of chewing it, having
acquired a relish for it's taste, and it
is chiefly to supply the wants of these
that it is kept in the shops.-New
York Tribune.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-08-16
CLEVER BLIND CHILDREN.
Taaey Successfully Presented the Play

They Successfully Presented the Play o
"Jack the Giant Killer"
A company of blind children enacted
the play, Jack the Giant Killer" a.
st. Louis recently.
1t was their first attempt in the his
trionic line and was pronounced the
success of the season by the theatergo'
ers. The children belong to the Mis-
souri, School for the Blind, and the
Entertainment was arranged in cele-
bration of the institutions hfty-nrs'
anniversary.
The teachers made all of the cos
tunes and trained the performers for
weeks beforehand. The latter entered
into the spirit of the occasion with al
of the zest which more favored chill
dren might have exhibited. The re"
mArkabie feature was the keenness OF
perception which they displayed.
Guided by some instinct they never
made one false step, but passed and
repassed each other on the stage and
always found their respective places
without a collision. Their movements
were all ease and freedom and grace
and their steps were as firm and full
of confidence as though they had beer
blessed with the brightest and keenest
of eyes.
Sightless lords and ladies bowed 20
a blind king and queen in courtly style.
A blind &airy waved her wand over
their Sajesties without once touching
the&S crowns. The blind Giant Blum
! derbore marched in all his terrible
might across the stage with the most
threatening strides and blind Jack the
Giant Killer strutted g%loriously up and
down with his trusty sword. 1t was all
done with such astonishing accuracy,
and never was there a mistake In WORD
or action. The orchestra which FUR
nished the music was composed or nj
teen blind boys, and the attendants OF
the king and queen numbered some
twenty sightless little ones.
So that 1t was a company which
really crowded the narrow stage and
made the excellence Of the perform
a1CG iii Tie LIU1S AotooAS. go
ticularly pretty scene was that IN
which Jack led the Princess and Fairy
| Good in a dance which was very much
like the Virginia reel.
"They can do things and accomplish
| tendent of the institution, was the re-
cipient of many congratulations upon
the h%istrionic achievement OF his pu-
pills.
sThey can do things and accomplish
| good In the world just the same as
people that have eyes," he said prou6
ly. "Ouf motto is this: 1t is the soul
that Sees
I'VE took that motto several years
ago to impress on the public the fact
that blind people are not a lot OF help
less, unnatural creatures, as some sup
pose. Aside from the misfortune OF be-
ing deprived of their sight, blind chill
dren are just like any other children.
They are affectionate, they like to
romp and play, they want to be out
in the fresh air and the sunshine, and
they enjoy hearing the songs of the
birds and smelling the perfume of the
flowers. Chicago Record-Herald.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-08-16
Paris Girls Luncheon.

Paris factory girls restaurant IS a
bench on the boulevard or in a public
square. She does not bring her lunch
from home in the morning, but buys
a little sausage or similar delicacy al
one shop or vendors wagon, a few
cakes at another, an apple or banana
at a third, on her way from the shop
to her favorite bench.
Ten minutes suffice for the frugal
meal and the rest of the hour is passed
in chatting and promenading. Usually
she economies on her lunch and
spends o couple of SOU for violets or
other flowers.
Now all this Is very pleasant in fine
weather, but the girls do the same
thing on rainy days, and in the worst
storms OF winter.
Why? Because they have TO. The
French believe in regulating every
thing by law. At one time the girls
were compelled TO eat their lunch in
the establishment where they were
employed. This regulation being COM
planned of as oppressive. ii was de-
creed that they should not lunch in
the establishments.
Now some progressive people are
suggesting the Eropriety of letting
the poor creatures do as they please
New York Herald.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-08-16
Thcir Importance to . County.

C. NJ. Kimbrough, of Muncie, Ind, Ii
OF the opinion that, next 10 school
houses, good roads are the most impor.
tant need to a county. Judge Taft
he said. "a few days ago, In giving In.
formation before the Senate committee
as to the condition of the people I'm the
Philippines, said that they had no
roads. that almost their sole means OF
intercommunication was BY water. and
their civilization, whatever they have,
is close to the water courses. Now, we
know something about the state Of civ
llization In the Philippines as compared
with that of other and older countries.
In Cuba OF the first things done by
our Government as q means toward the
civilizing OF its people was to make an
appropriation which was applied to the
building Of highways. so that the peo-
pie could ON together, could commu
dnicate and exchange commodities and
IDEAS
The Opelousas courier., 1902-08-16
TELEPHoNg LANGUAGE.
A Form of %Isudeneas That Might 4
Corrected.

N FORM Oh 1tNlGNGAS anal M1SaG kSG
Corrected.
"VThy is It that men and women per-
sist in using language over the tele-
phone which Is not permissible under
other circumstances" asked a man
who is a stickler for good form in all
the walks and relations of life. ut is
a curious fact that men and women
will say things to- each other and ask
under other circumstances would not
be allowable. Really they would not
think about saying such things. Sup
pose a man, for instance, would walk
UP to the front door, ring the bell, and.
when the woman of the house ap.
| peared, he would ask, Who are your
what do you think the woman would
say? What would you say to the man
who called you out from a cozy corner
in your home just simply to find out
who. you are? Why, you would feel
like booting him over the fence, and
no man would blame you for 1t. Most
men would feel the same way under
similar circumstances. Yet WI allow
men and women to do this very thing
when it comes to speaEsag over the
phone.
when a mas calls at a stS&ange place
he is generally polite enough to ask
If Mr.. so-and-so lives at TN place,
or if Mr. So-and-So is in, or sd nething
of that sa@ He would not &ink of
asking The man who he was But
mark the difference when it conas I'd
using the telephone. Who is that! q
fellow will shrek, when the call is
answered. Now, | object to this sort
of thing. 1t doesn't sound exactly
right from the way / look at things.
Who is that?' The practice is posi-
lively vulgar, and when a man hurls
the question at me he generally gets
a sharp answer and one that means 1T
is none of his business particularly, and
l am not particularly polite in my way
of reminding him Of the fact. Why do
men and women persist in asking Who
is that? Why can't they have the de-
cency to ask what number 1t is, or
whether this is Mr.. So-and-So, or some
other question which would OF least
approximate the deeencies of the oc-
casion?
1.-THE mere fact that a man is talking
over the telephone does not give him
the right to override the little niceties
which are usually observed in conver-
satfon. So far as I am concerned I
object to the liberty, and / have a
quarrel nearly every day on account of
the practice. 'Who is that?' Well, I
really lose my temper when I think of
1t, and it is In my opinion distinctly
and thoroughly nngentlemanly, imper-
tinent and several other things which
may not be mentioned in polite society.
Who is that? Think of it. 1t is a low
down piece of v~ulgarity. and men
and women ought to quit using the ex-
pression."-New Orleans Times-Demo-
Graf,
The Opelousas courier., 1902-08-16
Concerning Swiss Sign Boards.

Statistieians occasionally turn their
attention to extraordinary matters,
says the Westminster Gazette. One
of the army of such has just given to
the world an elaborate table In which
II is shown in facts and figures which
are the favorite sign-boards of the
Swiss innkeepers. The results are in
teresting. In the ffty-one different
localities most ~frequented by tourists
the names Of hotels run thus:
Hotels Bellevue Is
Hotels Schwazerhof ......... %
Hotels Victoria %
Hotels National liz
Local names, such as the delightful
old-World Roessli, Wage or schwann.
which were most III favor before the
Great tourist Industry, began to
flourish n Switzerland. are now grad.
uaIly disappearing
The Opelousas courier., 1902-08-16
Suicide ON the Increase.

The mania for self-destruction is on
the increase.
Life certainly presents, in most coun-
tries, many more agreeable features
than 1t did a generation ago. Yet the
desire to abandon it increases yearly.
The total number of suicides is swell
ing enormously. Is 1t increase of the
greater prevalence of nervous diseases?
An English ~alienist, Mr.. Styles, has
been at some pains to investigate this
subject. with wholly di~scouraging re-
suits. The story OF his discoveries
may best be expressed in figures.
Some forty years ago the average
number Of suicides was, In Sweden.
one to every $1,000 inhabitants: in
Russia, n to every $4,000 Inhabitants;
in the United States, one to every 49,
900 inhabitants, and In the great cities.
like London and st. Petersburg. one
to every q. 900 inhabitants. 1t is plain
that we made a dismal showing even
then.
In France, chosen for illustration be-
cause 1t offers the most startling reve-
iations. MI. Styles found for every
100000 inhabitants. during the years
1S41 to 1916, 8 suicides; from 1916 to
1850, 10 suicides; from 1861 to 1870, Il
suicides; from 1871 to 1875, is suicides;
from 1870 to 1880, II suicides; In 1889.
~ suicides; In 1893, %, and in 1894, 26.
From 1926 to 1890 the proportion of
suicides In Belgium has augmented q
per cent ; In Prussia. All per cent; in
Austria, 238 per cent; in Sweden and
Denmark, ~ per cent, and 81 per
cent. respectively, and in France 81
per cent.-St. Lopis Star.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-08-16
o
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State Roads.

The new law providing for the build
ing of State roads will be of incalcula-
BILE benefit to Rhode Island IL the mem
bers of the board appointed a few days
ago investigate the subjecs thoroughly
and submit a practical scheme of high
way improvement to the Legislature.
1t should be understood that the law
was passed in the interest Of the entire
State and not for the purpose Of con-
structing roads off the main routes,
and it is important to exclude politics
from the deliberations of the commits
| sion and to guard against repetition OF
the costly errors made q few years ago,
when the Legislature appropriated
money for samples of macadam. The
value of good roads is so generally con-
| ceded that there is no occasion for
building isolated stretches of macadam;
every dollar should be eXpendedsa
main roads connecting Providence and
the important centres of population,
and If the board proves that it is capa-
BILE of resisting the clamorous politi-
clans who are anxious to have the
State pay for local jobs of doubtful
merit the Legislature doubtless will be
inclined to provide funds for the work
outlined in the law enacted just before
adjournment.
The Commissioners cannot be ex-
pected to render the State the best SER
vice If they do not have the advice of a
capable engineer. Laymen cannot de-
eide all the questions pertaining to
modern road building. 1t is the bust
ness of the engineer to examine mate
rails and to see that they are properly
used. Very frequently poor work has
been done when all the conditions were
favorable for good macadam work, and
with the knowledge now available there
Is no excuse for wasting money. Cities
find engineers indispensable, and the
State should be governed by the expe-
rience of progressive municipalities and
obtain the services of an authority on
road building and maintenance. By no
means the least important part of a
general plan of State roads is the es-
Enlistment of moderate grades. In
Rhode Island there should be few
grades exceeding three per cent. In
mountainous localities three per cent.
roads have been laid out where a few
years ago it was thought impossible to
keep grades under eight d. ten per
cent, and there is no reason why this
engineering performance cannot be du-
plicated in this State. So much has
been written and said about road build
ing that the commission can offer no
adequate excuse for not proceeding on
the right lines, and the public will be
g~rievously disappointed if the recon
mendations made at the next session
of the Legislature do not appeal to
every man of common sense who is In
terested in a comprehensive system Of
State Observation-Disclosures Journal.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-08-16
Fire Signals.

AZ O meeting Of Hope Hook and
Ladder Co No. 1, held ON July 0,
1901, the town was divided into Fire
Districts and a Code Of Signals was
adopted In order to facilitate the loca-
tion of Ares In che future. The town
Yves divided 90 follows:
District No. ALI that portion OF
.tswn bounded north by Bellevue
street, west by Union street, south
and east by corporation line.
District No. 2-All that portion OF
town bounded by Bellevue street ON
the south, Union street on the west,
and corporation line on the north and
east.
District No. 3-The portion of town
lying west of Union street, and south
of Bellevue street, with the corpora-
ton line as the south and west boun-
dairy.
District No. 4-Tle portion OF town
bounded on the south by Bellevue.
east by Union, north and west by COZ.
poration line.
The Signals adopted were short taps
to indicate the district in which the
fire il located, followed by a rapid
alarm, same to be repeated until gen.
eral alarm is given.
To illustrate, should an alarm be
sounded for District No. s., first three
taps, ONE, two, three, followed by rap
id alarm, and repeat.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-08-16

In the past half century all the pres
idents save Grant have been lawyers.
Roosevelt, although best known as a
writer and a soldier, is a member of
the bar. The present-day prominence
of the.lawyer is strikingly shown by a
reference to the latest congressional
directory. Sixty of the IS senator's
1.-TWO seats being vacant and 26o of the
representatives are lawyers, as are al
SO four members Of the cabinet. If
the statistics could be collected 1t
would nc doubt appear that a major
ity OF many of the state legislatures
are lawyers. Indeed, the lawyer seems
to take to Office about as naturally as
the duck to water.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-08-16
Praise For the Corn Belt Roads.

Whenever Professor Ira @. Baker
takes time to write a paper on the
subject of improved roads. that paper
is fairly certain to be interesting read,
ing. Why it is that the idea of a good
broken stone or gravel highway SO
arouses his ire, the Engineering Record
cannot state. The fact remains, how
ever. that ''the good roads enthusiast
who writes SO glibly that the condi-
ton of the road indicates the state of
civilization and who reiterates the
praises of the stone roads of France
and England is an Ill Informed man
In the eyes OF this well known per-
sonage. He has again drawn atten.
ton to this bias OF mind by an enter
tanning paper on Civilization and
Wagon Roads," presented at the re-
cent meeting Of the Illinois Society Of
Engineers and Surveyors. tt is hardly
necessary to state that the contention
of the existence of any intimate pres
ent relation between civilization and
good roads was vigorously combated In
the essay In question. The author
showed by statistics from an unmen-
toned source that France spends on
highways nearly four times as much
per mile of road as Illinois, three and
one-half as much per square mile and
about the same per capita, vet she has
only one mile OF roads to each 0.66
g0i1aTn miles nf qrra whifo T~ilinnfc he's
a mile for every 0.53 square mile. Peo-
pie who have but a moderate personal
acquaintance with the highways of tho
two territories will feel that here IL.
q case where figures are trying hard
to prove the inaccuracy of the old
adage to the effect that they can be
classed with the youthful George
Washington Of cherry tree reputation.
Engineering Record.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-08-16
Town Residences For Sale

I'm a 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, s squares from
High School, Q squares from Catholic
Church and convent. House is two
story, brick basement, 8 rooms, four
arsplaceg, out buildings, etc., all mr.
der good fence. Will be sold cheap for
essh, o. part sssh aDd halansa Ga sinaa
. salk Apply d thls eaee, Il
The Opelousas courier., 1902-08-16
Use For the Tomato Can.

The empty tomato can has become
An article 0f commerce. Methods have
been perfected BY which the tin OF It'll
q q can pc removed and used again
and the remaining plate made into
ytIy fine steel hy the open-hearth pro-
cess Heretofore scrap tin has had id
sise excep1 for the making Of iron 9or
window weights or like purposes Id
which inegfia Yas the only Important
1valify.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-08-16

The Canadian government has ap'
propriated $4,000 to build a barbed
wire fence along the boundary be-
tween the Dominion and Montana
from st. Mary's lake to the Sweet
Grass hills.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-08-16

OF TRE-
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION,
OPELOUsAB, La.

UEALUUBM0s NAs
Gaaer the Direction Of the Sisters MssaaaaeA
Of Holy 0ross.
Offers to young ladies every facstisY
for acquiring o thorough christian e.
ueation. Constant attention 10 paid Y
home and social culture. Lessons egg
given in music, painting and otns.
useful arts. The sigtera also haVs
charge Of the boys school. The coufsa
OF instruction 10 two-fold-pgepasssoIy
sad Commercial. French 10 taught q
tbs two eeaEses. Yer ~psssleulays ~
asw sgaS hugaao
The Opelousas courier., 1902-08-16

Pm New York City and Chicago are
almost one-tweifth' of the population
OF the United States. They transact
more than ~one-seVenth of the business
and control almost half the wealth.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-08-16

At the present rate IF progress sew
enty years will be required entirely to
Uncover Pompeii. It is estimated that
as much treasure remalns as has been
exhumed.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-08-16

American humor, as the critics
agree, is in a state of threatened de-
cay. We are taking old jokes too pa
tiently and other things too seriously.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-08-16
Neglected Rantiarra.

A rather good story has been cir
eulated respecting Canada's premier,
Sir Wilfrid Laurier, says the London
News. While on a speechmaking tour
through Ontario and the province OF
Quebec during the recent ~by-elections
sir Wilfrid received from a Quebec
politician the following telegram: RE
port In circulation in this country that
your children have not been baptized.
Telegraph denial"
To which dispatch the premier wired
this reply: Sorry to say the report is
correct. | have no children.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-08-16

When soft coal smoke is banished
from our cities, says the Christian
Register, other improvements will fol-
low, and the era of a beautiful civili-
cation will begin.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-08-16

Senator Hanna and Secretary Cortel-
you are daily in receipt of numerous
requests for the autograph of the late
President Mckinley. Both were very
close to Mr.. Mckinley, but neither had
many of his signatures, and the few
they possessed were long ago given
away.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-08-16
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, 2Ox3O feet. Will be
sold cheap for cash, or part oash and
balance on time to suit. For particu.
lars apply at the Courier Office, Ope-
lousas, La. tt
The Opelousas courier., 1902-08-16

44@F b #EE I@% .
The efforts OF scientific penologists
have been devoted for years to secur-
ing laws which shall separate sharp
ly by the punishments inflicted the
casual OF first offenders, from the
hardened, habitual or professional
criminals. to whom service of SEN
tences In prison Is merely an Interrupt
ton Ustheir pursuit of their regular
means Of livelihood. The reformatory
vt Eluira and the Undergraduate SEN
tence for the first offenders, whcih
leaves release In the discretion OF Of
Acials, to be granted when there is a
probability that the prisoner will re
turn 70 honest living and become Of
value as a citizen, are results of this
crusade, states the Brooklyn Eagle.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-08-16
Al Bonss on az

a London man il building a two
story house which Is to run upon
wheels end be capable Of being PRO-
pallad BY 4 meter underneath Il.