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The Opelousas courier., 1903-02-14
New Nam s for warsbIps.

While other countries of Europe are
combining themselves mostly to con-
yentional names for their ships of war,
such rs those of soFereigns, battles,
naval and military heroes, rivers and
cities, the French have struck out in a
new line. The new battleships build
ing and about to be laid down in ac-
cordance with the restored program Of
1860 are to receive names suggestive
Of the principles of the revolution. Two.
the battleships RepubliQre and Patrie,
are now in hand, and four others OF the
largest class to be named Democratic,
IiGerte, Justice and Verite, are about
to be commenced. Besides these, a
number of powerful cruisers some of
which are already launched, are to
be added to the French navy.
They are called after illustriots
statesmen and literary men, the latter
q most unusual thing. They are the
Lean Gambetta, Jules Ferry, Victor
Hugo, Jules Michelet and Ernest Re-
nan.-NeW York Sun.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-02-14
SpccfaCles i'm Germany.

The German Emperor has entered
upon a new phase Of his development,
if we are to believe the statement that
he was lately seen reading the news
papers in a railway train with the help
CT a ~pfnce-nez. Nor is this to be won
derel at when we remember the Ia
nent once made by the kaiser himself,
who, speaking of his school days at
Cassel, remarked that out of a class
OF twenty, mo fewer than eighteen
OF his fellow-pupils wore spectacles,
while two of these, with their glasses
on, could not even see the length of
the table," AS compared with other
nations, the Germans may be described
as a spectacle-wcaring people, anil
there a be no doubt that the main
cause of their defective sight is the
peculiar character of their type, which
is most trying to the eyes. The pres
cnt emperor, no less than Bismarck,
has always protested, on patriotic
grounds, against the substitution Of
the Roman for the Teutonic, or black
letter, character in print, and both
have had to suffer equally for their
Chauvinism.-London Chronicle.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-02-14
SIGNS OF GENUS.

A wise man who had studied long
Desired to achieve renown:
He sought attention from the thron~,
But did not play the crank or clown
He trusted TO his work alone.
And went unnoticed and unknown.
At last he donned a gaudy coat
And wore a hat With spreading bflm;
He tore the collar from his throat
And people stopped to notice him.
He let his hair grow long and made
Men wonder at the part he played.
Thus showing eccentricities
That often made him blush for shame,
His work took on the strength tolplease,
The world was busy with hiJ mime.
That which before had Won Nd praise
Served now to gladden. and aIoaze.
Chicago Record-Hnrald.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-02-14
THE FALL OF THE LEAF.

THE evening of the year draws on,
The fields a later aspect wear l..
Since summers %garishness is gone,
Some grains of night ~tincture the noontide
air.
Behold! the shadows of the trees
Now circle wider bout their stem,
Like ~sentrles that by slow degrees
Perform their rounds, gently protecting
them.
And as the year doth decline.
The sun allows a scantier light;
Behind each needle of the pine
There turks a small auxilar to tho night.
r hear the cricket's slumbrous lay
Around, beneath me, and on high:
It rocks the night, it sooths the day,
ltAnd everywhere is Natures lullaby.
BIZ p.Jst 70 chirps beneath the SOD,
When hehas made his winter bed
fpts c~resbd,rown fainter, but moro broad,
y A film OF autumn DER the summer spread.
Small birds In fleets migrating by,
Now beat across some meadows bay,
And as they tack and veer on high,
With faint and hurried click beguiIe the
way.
Far In the WOODS these golden days,
Some leaf obeys its Makers call
And through their hollow aisles 1t plays
With delicate touch the prelude of the
fall.
Gently Withdrawing from its stem,
1t lightly lays itself along
Where the same band hath pillowed them,
Resigned 10 sleep upon the old years
throng.
The loneliest birch Is brown and sere,
The furtbest pool is strewn with leaves,
Which float upon their watery bier,
Where Is no eye that sees, no heart that
grieves.
The jay screams through the chestnut wood;
The crisped and yellow leaves around
Are hue and texture of my mood
And these rough burrs my heir'ooms on
the ground.
The t~hreadbare troes, so poor and thin,-
They are no weather. than |
But with as brave a core within
They rear their boughs to the October sky.
Poor knights they are, which bravely wait
The charge Of winters cavalry,
Keeping a simple Roman state
Discumbered Of their Persian luxury.
H. D. 1horeau.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-02-14

AS shown by the annual report of the
Life-saving Service for the last Gov
eminent year, 3S5 disasters to docu-
mented vessels-those OF FIVE tons bur.
den OF over-were recorded. On board
these vessels were 1921 persons in
various degrees Of peril, yet OF this
large number only nineteen lost their
lives-less than six per 1000, Forty
one of the vessels were totally lost,
and the total value Of property in
volyed is estimated at S14, ,O10.
Even thus meagrely outlined, the work
Of the Life-Saving Service presents an
impressive aspect Of successful Il
dearor. helpful philanthropy and com.
mercial utility.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-02-14
Prince in n BOILER.

While the Prince Consort, the hus-
band Of Queen Wilhelmina was stroll
ing through the large government
building the other day at The Hague
in which engines and other machines
are constructed he saw a large boiler,
which was being made for the new
packet boat Java. Desiring to ascer-
tain the exact manner in which the
various parts were riveted together,
he got into it. For some minutes he
examined it closely, and then turned to
go cut, but discovered, to his dismay,
that the owe had been placed on the
mandole CT the boiler. His predica-
ment was soon made known to the Off
Gals ard strenuous efforts were made
to remove the cover, but they were ut
terly in vain, and the prince was obligel
remain in his in ONT -rtab-e position
until q large hole was cut in one of the
sides. Through this hole he came,
smiling, and at once assured the
anxious officials that his detention in
the boiler had not done him any in
juTy.-Philadelphia Press.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-02-14

AS she spoke she set down a large
dish, filled to the brim with yelloWish
gravy, in which a number of small
objects were floating about.
The same thought instantly struck
both NJ. Reboullet and his wife,
What is that?" they asked in concert.
why, the dog-stewed in white
vine. l thought first l weuld serve
him roasted, but as madame said no
thing about it,
Reboullet half rose from his chair,
exclaining: Have you cared
What! Wasn't it to have him to
eat that. If | had known, | could
have sold him for twenty francs, he
vas so fat"
leave the room," sobbed Nine. Ro-
boullet.
Rose shrugged her shoulders and
went out, sianming the door after her,
saying: "Such a fuss-for a dog!!"
M. and Nine. Reboullet sat for a
time without speaking a word. In the
flneTeal silence sayory odors arose
from the streaming dish between them.
The miserable girl was right. 1t
must be excellent; but, ch, no., never!
But what was to be done with it?
Give it to Rose, who would eat it her.
sell, or worse still, sell it to ONE un-
scrupulous restaurant keeper? Throw
it out into the street? What a humili-
ating end Bury it? Who ever heard
CT burying a stew?
The appetizing odor continued to
greet their nostrils, and finally Reboul-
let said: perhaps Rose is right, at
fer all! A dog is only a dog. Be-
sides, this is no ordinary time. Paris
is not b~esieged every day. Dog,
indeed! Why, every one is glad now
adays to eat cats, rats, hippopotamus
meat, or any other kind, for that mat
to.. Of course, l would never have
desired to see Adolphe on our table in
this state. But the mischief is done
and now, sapristi, if we don't eat him,
what shall we do with him."
The clouds had scattered and the
sunshine streamed into the little din
ing room. A calm seemed to pervada
the air. Rose had been thoughtful
enough to put On the table a bottle
of their very best wine, and full JUS
tice was done to it. Half an hour
later, as Nine. Reboullet sat contem-
plating the little bones ranged on the
side of her plate, she sighed, and said
plaintiyely: Poor Adolphe! He
loved bones so well!"-San Francisco
Argonaut.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-02-14
Kitchener as a Freuo,, Soldier

During his short stay in Paris re.
Gently French papers made much OF
the story that Lord Kitchener had
fought in the ranks of the French
army during the Prussian war. The
story is a pretty one. His parents
lived at that time in Oman, and he is
supposed to have been so reused by
the sad fate of France that he went
into the army and fought with Chanzy
on the Loire, contracting an attack of
pneumonia that nearly carried him
off. There ceerls to be no foundation
fer the story beyond the fact that his
parents did live in Oman at that time.
In 1870 he got his commission in t1e
engineers. Kitchener has doubtless
been confused with an English cadet
at Woolwich named Cofey, who did
go into the french service and won
promotion by hard fighting.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-02-14
Fire Signals.

Az y meeting Of Hope Hook snt
Ladder Co. No. !, held on July 9
1901, tho town was divided into Fire
Districts and q Code OF Signals was
adopted In order to facilitate tbs loca
ton of fires In the future. The town
was divided as follows:
District No. ALL that portion o.
kwn bounded north by Bellevue
street, west by Union street, south
and east by corporation line.
District No. 2-All that portion OF
town bounded by Bellevue street Oh
the south: Union street on the west,
and corporation line on the north and
east.
DISTRICT No. 3-The portion Of town
lying west of Union street, and south
of bellevue street, with the corpora
tioa line as the south and west boun-
dairy.
District No. 4-Tle portion of town
bounded on the south by Bellevue.
east by Union, nor Ii and west by COY
poration line.
The Signals adopted were short taps
to indicate the district in which the
fire is located, followed by o rapid
alarm, same to be repeated until gen-
erai alarm is given.
To illustrate, should an alarm be
sounded for District No. 8, first three
taps, one, two, three, followed by rap
;G alarm and raDeat.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-02-14

The death of the recent Earl of Perth
at an u~nimposing house by the side of
Kew Green recalls that there are to.
day noble earls and other lights OF the
British peerage who cannot lay claim
to any rent-roll or ownership OF wide
acres. Here he had lived for many
years, humble and unknown to the
man in the street. How many of the
thousands who trooped past his house
into Kew Gardens every holiday ever
thought for a minute that the solitary.
elderly man standing watching them
at that little gate was no other than the
famous representative Of that great
race Of Scotch earls who had stuck
manfully and bravely to the cause of
the Stuarts and lost their all in land
and money by so doing?
The Opelousas courier., 1903-02-14
Before a distinguished gathering of

Before a distinguished gathering of
physicians and surgeons at Cleveland,
Ohio, DR.. G. w. Grille read a paper en-.
titled, REPORT Of an Exploratory Op-
GRAFTON for Recovery of Artificial Teeth
Supposed to Have Been Swallowed"
1t will be remembered that one Frank
Buettner swallowed them, and that the
X-ray showed them in his esophagus.
The doctors then explored the esoph-
agus, but failed to locate the porcelain,
and later the teeth were found under
the bed. ''This subsequent discovery
Of the teeth" said Dr.. Grille, was
entirely unforeseen. Our case is TN
paralleled in medical annals"
The Opelousas courier., 1903-02-14

Yachting rumors in Great Britain
say that In the building of the hull OF
Sir Thomas Lipton's Shamrock III
aluminium will be used freely. Or
the other hand, it is believed on this
side Of the Atlantic that nickel steel
viii be the material for the body Of the
new defender of the Americas Cup
Yachtsmen all over the world will
watch with keen interest the test OF
the relative value Of the two metals.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-02-14
Not a supers,isious Eride.

During a marriage ceremony at
Northeast Harbor, a week ago, the long
veil of the bride, in some u~naccounta-
bic way, became loosened and fell. A
superstitious bride would have been
horroT-stricken at such an occurrence:
perhaps would have tainted; perhaps
postponed The event. Not so this
bride: she iHst stopped the proceed
ings long enough to readjust the re.
fraetory adornment, glanced smilingly
at the groom. and then, with a let
the-process.on-moye look toward the
minister. resumed her position at the
altar. Tie reverend gentleman pre-
caeded, and It was noticed that he rave
an extra tug at the. nuptial knot
Daily Kennebec Journal.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-02-14
HUMOROUS.

Nellie wants the earth. Belle
Why do you say that? Nellie told
me | was all the world to him.
Tom-You say she is costing you
more and more every day, and yet you
cannot live without her? Dick (sadly)
Yes; it seems that all necessities OF
life are advancing these times.
She-I wonder, daddie, why little
men generally marry such large WON,
en-? Father-I expect the little fel
lows are afraid to back out Of the en-
gagements.
Harduppe-What is your idea of an
optimist? BorroWell-A mar who
lends money and expects to get it
back.
Mrs. Blobbs-My husl md is awfu1ly
jealous. Mrs. slobbs-Yrhat must be
horrid. Mine isn't jealous a bit. Mrs;
Blobbs-That must be Horrid, too.
He-It's funny that at a wedding
the fellow who is getting married
seems so unimportant. She-Oh, he's
a mere ringer.
Blobbs-I don't see how you can
laugh at all of Dorely's chestnutty
stories. Slobbs-I have to. l owe him
money.
The Deacon-What is your record
for rapid marrying? The Minister
Five knots an hour.
Mrs. Muggins-Does your husband
ever lose his temper? Mrs. Buggins-
Oh, yes; but he always finds it again.
AT last l am at the end of my
troubles exclaimed the optimist.
(Which end::" gloomily asked the
pessimist.
Rogers-You don't have much COM
pany at your house, do you? Blake
No. Should like to, but the thing is
impossible. When our cook has her
day off, of course Mrs. Blake cannot
have company, you know; and on
other days the cook objects to it.
tits strange" Whats stranger"
'"The incongruous and antagonistic
associations Of money" How is
that?" why, cold cash and a hot
time so frequently go together"
She getting tired)-Speech is silver,
but silence is golden. He-Well, if
speech is only silver, one can better
afford to waste it.
MY good man." said the prim indi-
vidual, why do you idle your time
away? Today is ours, but remember
tomorrow may be Others" "G'wan!"
responded Flooding Pete, derisively.
Amt tomorrow hours, too?"
Mrs. Startuppe-Ah, professor! And
how is my daughter getting On with
her music? Do you think she will
ever become a great singer? Profess
sor-Madam, it yer hard to say. Mrs.
S.-But surely she possesses some of
the qualifications? Professor-Ach.
Yah. madam; she hat a mouth.
Friend-I understand that boy you
engaged to attend your photograph
was the limit for stupidness? Show
man-Yes; he broke all records.
Kate-How the wind is whistling.
Tom-Well, I'd rather hear the wind
whistle than a boy. Kate-Why?
Tom-Because the wind never whistles
ragtime.
would you call stealing a kiss lar
ceny?" queried the inexperienced young
man. Il suppose So" replied the mar
ried man, who was hustling from dawn
to dusk to support his family. What
is the penalty?" why, I stole a kiss
one time and was sentenced to hard
labor for life"
The Opelousas courier., 1903-02-14
lucky.

Secretary Root directs the bureau
chiefs to reduce their military csti
mates for the ensuing year. The Army
has been reduced from 100000 to less
than 10000 men. There are those who
think it could have been well main,
tanned at its maximum strength. But
as it has been reduced the economies
ordered by the Secretary of War
should, Of course, follow.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-02-14

The development Of Filipino music
is a matter to which Governor Taft Is
giving much attention. He encouraged
the formation of the Rial Orchestra.
and already a series of concerts, liber.
ally subscribed to by the Manila pub
lie, have been given. At two of tic
concerts symphonies were played, and
it is said that the orchestra did credita.
BILE work,
The Opelousas courier., 1903-02-14

1T seems to cost a great deal to
live nowadays" says the Philadelphia
Inquirer. "Aost persons notice it, es-
pecially persons who are hard put to
Il to find the money to pay their bills.
The statisticians report that commodi-
ties In general use cost on an average
about ten per cent. more than they did
last year. The rise In the price of
meat contributes a good deal to this
advance. though breadstuffs have been
high too. Articles OF luxury, like good
clothes and country houses, hare
grown deare- in proportion than most
articles OF necessity. because the huge
inaux OF money that the country has
sustained has made a brisk market
Tor lnSuries. Rents are higher, houses
cost moro, servants get higher wages,
board IL higher ut resort hotels. The
hssns expenses CT eay given family
ars ye:g Eaici adesssa u ths or.
panses OF ether families OF their ac.
qIsalntance. ard the sea.e OF living Of
other families seems Just NOW to have.
become inconreniently liberal. Prod.
gality Il go consciously prevalent that
e has become more Or less epidemic.o
The Opelousas courier., 1903-02-14
Town Residences For Sale

In q desirable neighborhood in Ope.
iousaa, with an entire square Of land.
we'll shaded with live oaks, magnolias,
eedars, pecans, ETC., about 8 squares
from the Courthouse, 5 squares from
High School, Q squares from Catholic
Church and convent. House. 10 two
story, brick basement, 8 rooms, four
fir places, out-buildings, etc., all up.-
der good fence. Will be sold cheap for
cash, or part cash and balanS9 on time
to susS App,w Oh this eaRss. u
The Opelousas courier., 1903-02-14
FOR sale.

4 house aud lot in the town OF
Washington, La, in the square bound
ed by Carriore, 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-
|ousas, La. tt
The Opelousas courier., 1903-02-14

Says the Philadelphia Bulletin: How
are the mighty fallen! Here is ou1
old friend General Coxey-he who lee
the army Of ~ragamufins in the famous
march on the National C~apital-mak
ing a great %hullabaloo about the theft
of his -a9 fbt4Pts ssiSf
The Opelousas courier., 1903-02-14
ACADEMY
OF THE ~
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION.
- Ell . WWWUhI U II
Ia.

UFELOUSA9, La.
V2asF the Direction Of the Sisters NayssnIsss
Of Hely Cross.
oners to young ladies every facility
ior acquiring q thorough chrisssan cd
ucstion. Constant attention is paid 10
home and social culture. Lessons a,s
given II music. painting and other
useful arts. The sigters also have
charge OF the boys school, The course
Of 2~Nstruction 10 two old-Pssparasory
and commercial French l. taught In
me sNo courses. For particulars. ed.
dress G1aTIR SUPERIOR
The Opelousas courier., 1903-02-14
Hrarffosa l.nIl. 80

Wife-Ba sure 10 advertise for Edo
in the morning newspapers.
Next day the wife read as follows in
the newspapers: Lost, a NANCY lap
dog. with one eye aad no tail. Too fat
to walk. Answers to the nam of Fl
do. II returne !! stuffed $40 reward
-!Tit-Bits
The Opelousas courier., 1903-02-14
oPEIo UsAs. LoUIs1ANA

A German g%eographer complains that
North Pole exploration is in danger OF
degenerating into 4 sport, in which tbs
establishment of records is the main
fh;pr
The Opelousas courier., 1903-02-14

"A French poet has refused to pay
taxes and hopes thus to embarrass the
government. In any other country a
poet who had enough property to pay
taxes on would consider himself very
lucky.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-02-14

Sound teeth are rare In Germany.
Among 1925 school children 95
percent were found to have carries.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-11-13
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0$A{g 81 NINA VIVIAN RoD0ER AD
w copYalG1zr 1908 BY w ra T1cApsr- e y
Great BRITAIN tISRTS EESEtvsp

I'm just about tired of this sort of
thlng, Lal, and ! wish you would stop
dodsln the issue and settle it now
once for ALL -"
You never asked anybody else to be
your wife quite so often. did Won HAP"
queried the girl teasingly.
on, hang it. I'm not ioking-"
Nelther am /, my dear boy, and T
had hoped that you would respect he
earnestness OF my convictions on this
matter enough to do as l so strongly
want you to do"
They were drifting idly along near
the shore of the French river. the boat
guided only by an occasional turn of
the mans paddle. Both were good to
look upon; full Of life and vigor and of
elnSularly similar types. The firm
INES around the mouths of both of
them BODIED i'll for the giving in of
either, unless indeed love proved a
mighty argument.
Look here, old girl, don't be so ut
terry, so abSurdly quiXotic, it's a relic
or barbarism. this idea of yours that
A man should work when he had no
need to. What is the earthly good of
all ones days, or the best of
them, at any rate, simply to crafty a
Whlm; won't you try to see it my way,
dear?"
Her eyes flashed an answer to the
dear, but she shook her head with a
sad little smile.
You see, Hal. it doesn't exactly APP
peal to me in the light of a whim. You
were all devotion to you profession.
You were anxious to leave varsity
with honors. To be a great surgeon
seemed to be the only worthy goal of
Iife-all this until you were interrupt
ed and since then-well, just nothing
ut all. The truth is I am afraid that
a tritle disappointed in you"
Sorry, very" he said, stiffly. but
your point of view is perfectly incom-
prehensible to me. Most girls wouldn't
call two hundred and fifty, though, an
interruption"
well, 1 am not most girls and l do
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-11-13

settlement in New York Brooklyn. but
as none of the old crowd ever saw he,
no one a an definite information tc
offer.
This was not the most hopeful in.
formation in the world, but at leas.
no one had heard of her marriage SC
there was still a possibility that she
was alive.
When he awoke he was Twins in a
DAINTY room, filled with the unmistak-
able touches of a woman's hand. There
was a simplicity and purity about the
furnishings and a precision of neatness
which instantly claimed attention. AS
MS dazed senses gradually cleared
themselves from the mists of fever he
wondered in that idle remote fashion
eculla to people who have been lately
IN he" valley of the shades wher he
was. He had lost consciousness in a
den of filth and misery; he regained ii
IN a eaven Of exquisite purity. Just
h the entrance of a nurse gave him
the opportunity of questioning her.
5 that brute didn't finish me after
all, more's the pity-still l don know
there may be more for me to do, even
if l never find her. he added, half to
himself
Nurse, you haven't told me where ]
am yet"
The girl smiled at him and said:
You are in very good hands, D. Ser
Seant. You are at the Morefield Settles
ment hospital; you have been here five
weeks today and l don't mind telling
you that you have been a most trouble
some patient at times, but the doctor
here seemed to consider your case a
most interesting me-.
How on earth did you come to be
here and who is This doctor of yours
who takes such an interest in stran-
gers?"
Il am no SURE that you are a stran-
ger, DR.. Sergeant. However, you will
soon find out. l will send the doctor to
you now if you wish"
wish? OF course I wish it. 1 should