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The Opelousas courier., 1904-06-04
Guessing About Their Riches.

There are numerous m~illionaires IN
the United States Senate, but none
from the Southern States. The richest
Senator is William A. Clark, Of Mon
tana, who is said to be worth about
$780, 600, 900. John F. Dryden, of New
Jersey; George P. Wetmore, of Rhode
Island, and Thomas Kearns, Of Utah,
are reputed to be worth each about
S1O,OCO,OOO. Francis G. Newlands. Of
Nevada, has an estate valued at $15,-
000,0 0O. The wealth of some other
Senators is estimated as follows: John
Kean, of New Jersey, So, 00O, 900; Henry
Cabot Lodge, of Massachusetts, $3,00O,-
900; Redfield Proctor, Of Vermont,
S5,O 900; Nelson w. Aldrich, of Mich
igan, $4,000, 600; Thomas c. Platt, of
New York, $3,5OO,00O; Chauncey NJ.
Depew, of New York, 100000; Ste
phen D. Elkins and Nathan B. Scott,
Of West Virginia, each about $S,00O,-
coo; Joseph B. Foraker, of Ohio, about
81, 600; Arthur Pue German, of
Maryland, about 81 100000; Senators
L g l. balNia VI obOot
100000 each: Francis E. Warren, of
Wyoming, about $4,000, 900; Thomas
NJ. Patterson, Of Colorado, about 81
100000: Russell A. Alger, of Michigan,
about $5.O00,QO0; Eugene Hale, of
Maine, about $4,000, 900, and Weldon
B. Hepburn, of Idaho, and Levi Akeny,
Of Washington, about $1,OO0,000 each.
These estimates are probably exces-
sive in every instance, for it is easy to
exaggerate the reputed wealth Of PEG.
pie, but there can be no doubt that the
members named and others that might
be named are very rich. And while
some Of TIE very rich Senators are
among the ablest in the Senate, it is
safe to say there are Senators who
would never have been Senators had it
not been for their wealth.-Savannah
News
The Opelousas courier., 1904-06-04
BY MARK BENNITT.

The central ornament for the United
States Government Building proper is
the statue of ARMED Liberty The
first plaster cast of this statue was
made in Rome by Thomas Crawford,
the sculptor. 1t was used by Clark
Mills in 1860 for making the mold in
which he cast the bronze statue sur
mounting the dome ofkAh Capitol in
Washingto The hey N~fof this STA
tue is nineteen feet Myinches. The
Government Board ALEfopriated $15,-
600 for the interiqS Recoration Of the
Government Bu1E. This work
u1der the SsSgfdiate supervision
Of Miss Grace FesMS6ln Temple, whose
r.ans, howeverbVTere subject to the
approval of thGhembers Of the United
States GoverE8nt Board,
The Opelousas courier., 1904-06-04
Queer Postnmea.

In Lake Wabfgoon, Ontario, Canada,
at a point where the water is not very
deep. q strong wooden stake has been
driven into the ground. On the top a
box has been securely fastened and
there you have the Lake Wabigoon
~postoffice. The little steamer from
Rat Portage drops the mail here on
It's outward voyage, and a canoe goes
out from the shore and collects l. de-
posting the outgoing. mai. ut the am
time, which is pickedtup by the steam
er on its return trip to Rat Portage
next day.
The Opelousas courier., 1904-06-04

representing Music, Painting, Sculp-
ture, Architecture, Agriculture, Manu-
features, Transportation and Com
merce.
On each side Of the central portico
and just above the top of the attic are
groups of four figures each. A seated
female figure, fourteen feet high, rep
r~esenting America, with a torch in one
hand and an eagle at her feet, is sur
rounded by three young athletes, each
ten feet six inches high, typifying the
youth and strength of the Republic.
Each has a laurel wreath in his hand.
The dome is surmounted by a quad
riga, a Goddess Of Liberty fourteen
feet high, bearing a torch in one hand,
and an eagle in the other, standing in
the triumphal chariot drawn by four
colossal horses. The horses are guild
ed by two nude male figures, each
twelve feet high.
The Fisheries Building, which is con-
nected with the United States Govern
ment Building by a colonnade, is Sc
verely classic In outline. 1t Is as sim
pie as the Greek temple of Poseidon,
which still crowns "Sunium's Marbled
Steep" Groups Of naiads, mermaids,
mermen, sportive dolphins, sea shells
and tridents adorn every available
place. The friezes and crests around
the building all suggest the sea.
The Opelousas courier., 1904-06-04
eRE'R RABBIT AND EASTER
the Hare Became Associated WITH
the Pascha1 Season.

How the Hare Became Associated with
the Paschal Season.
The origin of the American Easter
bunny or rabbit was the European
hare, but the hare is SO scarce with
us, and so little known that 1t was
changed to our more familiar rabbit
Probably, this is due to the confec-
hnkers, who adopted them first ana
n I'd them most, as they are not usu-
IL experts in natural history.
J. Tradition has it that the connection
5s the hare and Easter springs from
10 MOON. Inasmuch as the date OF
.aster waits on the moon, 1t may DO
hrmed a lunar season, and from the
~sarliest time the hare has been a SYM
Dol Of the moon for several reasons
"a few Of the many may be given
First, the hare is a nocturnal animal
coming out at Aight to feed then,
superstition considered both hare ana
moon able to change their sex, the
new moon was masculine and the
waning one feminine. Pliny, Arche-
laus, Beaumont and Fletcher II
others mention the thought OF the
change of sex in the hare. Again, the
young of the hare first see the llSht
with open eyes, and as the Egyptian
name of the hare was "un,' meaning
open, or periodical, and the moon was
the open-eyed watcher Of the skies at
night, the hare easily came to be con-
sidered as IMPLYING p~eriodicity both
human and lunar, and h u 1t was
only a step to the opening of the year
at Easter and the breaking of the pas
chal eggs to show the opening of the
year.
The hare myth is one Of the most
prominent among English popular
Easter customs, being perpetuated in
ain bst every part Of the world by H.
vulnerable customs, for the most part
eth one purely local. Yet. while
these different practices are much di-
3ersiied, their foundation is uniyer'
1hlly the hare. =
Among the people Of Germany the
EEaster hare is almost as important a
Part of their nursery lore as their
kindly st. Nicholas. The white hare,
that steals in at night to fill the nests
of good children with eggs, is just as
firmly believed in and eagerly ex-
pected by the "kinderleins' as Kris
Kringle. They go to bed with the
chickens in expectation Of his visit,
but to sleep, oh, no. Then up at dawn
To saarch for what he has left,
In America the hare, or rabbit. fig.
Tres most conspicuously at the con-
fectioner's, where he may be found OF
all sizes and kinds, wheeling his bar
row full of eggs, or drawing n large
enough to be a triumphal chariot.
The Opelousas courier., 1904-06-04
Mans Nerve Impulses,

The speed Of nerve impulses In man
Is stated by DR.. Alcock, in a recent
paper before the London Royal So
ciety, to be sixty meters GIG feet a
second. The experiments of Sir Mich
ael Foster fifteen years ago showed it
to be thirty-three meters. DR.. Covers,
the eminent neurologist, remarks that
either DR.. Michael Foster or DIR. AL
cock is widely wrong, or the rate Of
transmission has become greatly ac-
CELEBRATED during the last fifteen years.
The Opelousas courier., 1904-06-04
Childish, Fears.

Once we have outgrown childish
thoughts and ideas, 1t is hard to real
ize the agonies we suffered as chill
dren over trifles that now seem so fool
ish. Not even the wisest mother
knows the bugbears Of her child's life.
1t is astonishing how silent q child
may be in regard to some haunting
ghost of his early years; it may have
been a certain face, a dog, p haunted
house." or simply the dark. 1t is a
mistake to scold a child for these ter
rors. which are very real to the quak-
ing little heart.
The Opelousas courier., 1904-06-04
Most isolated church in England.

In the Valley Of Westdale Head, In
Cumberland, a strange little church
nestles amid a group Of the highest
of England's mountains. 1t is over
400 years old, and has two windows.
and the pulpit is lighted by a pane of
glass having been inserted in a hole
in the roof above it. There are only
eight pews, Of which seldom more than
two are used. The little bell, hanging
loose in the open belfry, may on
stormy nights be heard mingling its
tones with the wind and thunder. But
for the belfry it would hardly be
known to be a church. This little gray
edifce is described as the most isolated
church throughout the whole Of Eng.
land.-London News.
The Opelousas courier., 1904-06-04
The Dardaneiles,

The question whether Russia has the
right to send her Black Sea feet
through the Dardanelles is based upon
a treaty executed in 1871 between the
i've great Powers, whereby it was
agreed that no ship belonging to any
nation save Turkey should pass
through the channel without the n
sent Of Turkey. This agreement was
reaff1rmed by the treaty of Berlin,
executed after the Russo Turkish war
In the T0s,
The Opelousas courier., 1904-06-04
Happy When They Are in Jail.

"Many a prisoner as soon as he steps
In the outer Office" said a Charles
street Jail officer, according to the Bos+
ton Record, throws himself into a
chair with a sigh Of relief, muttering:
This is the first happy hour III many
months This is especially true Of
men charged with large embezzle-
ments. Their consciences seem to be
on the verge of collapse until they ar.
rive under the shadow of the Jail, when
they then see their future clearly.'
The Opelousas courier., 1904-06-04
FOR SALE.

A house and lot in the town 81
Washington, La, In the square bound.
cd by Carriere, Wilkins, Ewes an6
Dupre. Frame building made Of
choice cypress, ceiled inside, weather
boarded outside, 2Ox3O feet. Will be
sold cheap for cash, or part cash and
balance on time to suit. For particu.
lars apply at the Courier Office, Ope-
lousas, La. II
The Opelousas courier., 1904-06-04
AUTHOR OF THE
WORLDS FAIR HYMN

The selection Of the v1eraN pofN
Edmunde Clarence stedman, III wr9
the Worlds Fair hymn, seen1Kto na%$l
been a popular >hoict". Ihnen HlI
question asked who sLsid be lns
,vited to undertake a woRaHsuch NO.
ment, the name of M4SlYLydman was
suggested from manygsylsters.
The poem has nowWn competed
and set to music 171r. Johh ~
Paine, of Harvard Tersl'y' Inc
title is the "HymKsBae West'" rer'
mission to hear }1otable compost
ton is withheld.h the public until
The Opelousas courier., 1904-06-04

sculptural beauty. The architect is
Mr.. James Knox Taylor, Supervising
Architect Of the United States Treas
ury. The sculptor is Mr.. James Far
rington Early, the youngest pupil ever
admitted to the Royal Academy.
The exterior Of the building Is clas-
sic, stately and beautiful. The main
entrance consists Of a portico Of eight
Ionic columns, five feet in diameter
and forty-fve feet high, ~surmounted
by an entablature and attic.
The attic is enrichedby eight tGGai11s-
sal female figures e~leveAH'teet high,
The Opelousas courier., 1904-06-04

sEEI=-nD Z # z a U z
n NA kaahnd Pe;dido Streets.
OarondeletET ORLEANS.
znerIoan Plan. $2.00 and up per Day
European Plan -. 81 90 aud up per Day
DENECHAUD g. sIEWERD.
August 10, 1909.
The Opelousas courier., 1904-06-04

AoG HE Government Building
4 at the Worlds Fair ranks
8 @ with any on the 'Exposi-
l. , ton ground in point Of
The Opelousas courier., 1904-06-04

ID
The king of Sweden Is Is years old.
Evidently Sweden doesn't share in the
,olief that 8 MAJ is a dead one after
le has passed the age Of IS.
The Opelousas courier., 1904-06-04
Fire Signals.

Al o meeting. Of Hope Hook snd /
ladder Go. No. 1, held ON July o, 4
1901, the town was divided into Fireb
Districts and o Code OF Signals wasE
adopted In order TO facilitate the loca4E
tion OF Ares In the future. Tho towNF
ives divided % follows: M.
District No. ALI that portio11 b
Aewn bounded north by Belief vtb
street. west by Union street, sd5G
And east by corporation line. -
District No. 2-All that portIM or
town bounded by Bellevue strsJ Fxaut
the south, Union street on thfKeh and
and corporation line on the ao3Tg
eat. EEas un
DISTRICT No. s-The portion id sonth
lying west of Union street, aI ornors-
of Bellevue street. with theH,7 bonn.
tioa line as the south and TTaE
dairy. gr ~ tow,
District No. A-The p%orbgS Rs1lavn.
bounded on the south est by cor
east by Union, north andttkp
poration line. ff
The Signals adopted l; - which N.
to indicate the distrif&Ia ~ .,.-;s
FIRE Is located, folloISsat.d vnt,, .an.
alarm, same 10 be rsbX
- &: -.~ Au#s
eral alarm y siVenfakkSuld an alarm be
To illustrate. sf4Ist No. 0. first three
sounoeo 'or O'sgddeAfee, followed by rspAA
taps, one, two. th{pSss.
Id alarm. and rettA
The Opelousas courier., 1904-06-04
Town Residences For Sale

"a q desirable neighborhood in Ope
lonaas, with an entire square Of land
veil shaded With live oaks, magnoliaa
oedars, pecans, etc, about 8 squares
sron tho Courthouse, s squares from
High School, Z squares from Catholic
Church and convent. House is two
ssory, brick basement, 8 rooms, four
arfplacea, out-buildings, etc., sll mr.
der good fenea. Will BE- sold cheap Tor
saahs oF part sash ard balance on time
" mA Aepo~ ~ thsA eAae. Il
The Opelousas courier., 1904-06-04

OF TEE-
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION,

OPELOU8A&, LA.
W2a0r The Direction Of he Sisters MsEasASSa
Of Rely Gross.
Offers 70 young ladies every faotIi1Y
for acquiring o thorough christian CO.
ucation. Constant attention Is paid 10
homs and social culture. Lessons ass
given il music, painting and osh@
useful arts. The sistsrs also AsVd
charge Of the boys school. The course
OF instruction is two-fold-PSspagsaog5
and ~CommSrcisl. French is taughs y
tho two eoRfse8. Tss paHttcdlSA sSE
a1eas @ygEn& AuK&Rasss
When you visit Crowley stop atjtAe
HOISaa3ss
Opposite the Court Hopse.
Board and Lodging by the Day
Week and Month.
Prices ModsrEts
MRS. DARD0NNA Mhaaea@
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1904-04-15

The COW BODY i composed
o. water. ash, protein. and ia,> .
The proportions Ct the s1h>tan.
ce> depends on the age o: IN,
COW. the ;rcatmen; etc. The
food ought TO contain ash, pre-.
TEN, and iats. Ash IS used IN
the making OF bones; protein to
make the wearing parts Of the
body >ocn a. muscles. hoof>.
horns, nidcs. etc, and fats 10
MAINTAIN the heat OF the body.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1904-04-15

t.ri1ok:
Would You advise applying nj.
trate Of soda hroadcas, on oats
aur time IN April And how
much 10 the acre, Oats were
so"n 10 Novcm Der. winter ;ur;
sort. plowcd in and manured
after blowing by top dressing
and run steel barrow over. mix.
ing manure with the sol. They
r looking fine now. Would nj.
,raie inerea@e the Yield OF oats
any or only make a greater
growth OF straw kindly ans.
wcr through your valua ole paper.
e.. {. II.
Apply from 80 to loo pounds
per acre broadcast between -,
and l5th OF April The Yield
was nearly doubled onihc College
iarm .asi year by the above ap.
plica'ion.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1904-04-15

SAY, don't fail TO make II warm
for your ncighbor until he sub
scribcs for this paper. New
machinery has been ordered and
viii soon be installed for the
purpose Of printing thousands
and thousands Of copies Of each
issue. Just give u your sup.
por; and wc viii soon ISSUE the
bcs; farm paper ~ this country.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1904-04-15

The man that leeds his coarse
farm products 10 milk cows and
makes butter 30 sell. keeps the
fertility on hi. farm. Butter ~
GO good a. a fertilizer and a
Trainer can sell IL without rcmov-
ing :er;llizing ingredients from
bis farm.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1904-04-15

4 certain ratio ought 10 exist
between the digcs,lh.e fats and
d:gestioie pretc,n O: the feed
glvtr ~ The ,ec6 mus; DC
We balanced ia order TO secure
tie mos. mix for the lcas, feed.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1904-04-15
So. i'AhN G~.AkEITi:

So. FAhN tAkETTf:
have very inc saddle mare
10 years old. that has never been
bred. am very ANXIOUS for a
col, from her. but nave been
told that IL ~ unsafe To breed a
mare al her age for the frs,
time. Any Information your
Veterinarian will give me | will
appreciate Thanking you. !
y. {. T..
There IL no reason why the
mare should not be bred.
EpiIoR.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1904-04-15

The COW - a factory used 10
manufacture grass, cotton seed
AND other coarse farm products
into milk. butter. and manure.
We need cotton factories but we
80 need hundreds OF Jerseys 10
make the yellow butter for home
use and 10 sell.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1904-04-15

Chemical analysis does no,
indicate the feeding value OF a
feed. Some feeds are easily dI-
gesicd whiic Others arc indigcs-
;!b.e. Bat wc need not worry
over the feed problem. We can
have the best pastures every
month n the year.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1904-04-15

The Dairvman ougn; TO be
able TO ;eI!ai the end Of each
month how much money cacn
O. has made him. Weigh each
COWS milk and keep books,
Don; keep Improbable COWS.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1904-04-15

The proper leeds Ought 70 oe
FED n the most economical way
and the milk and manure used 10
TIE be-; advantage.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1904-04-15

Regularity should be one o.:
the wa'chwords OF the dairy
farm. Feed. water. and milk
the COWS az the same hours eve
~ 6ay.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-12-22
ANIMALS IN BATTLE.
The GoriIIR'H Powerful Arms Make IL
n Formidable Foe.


Fish fighting is a most popular sport
in Siam. The two fish, trained from
the age OF six months TO fight. are
placed in a large glass bottle. 1t is
most curious To note each ish's atti-
tudc when it becomes aware of its ad-
versary's presence in the bottle. Swell
iug with rage and pride, they sail
around and around the narrow space,
pretending not 10 notice each other uu-
Ill suddenly one nsh makes a savage
dart at its uuwelcOme companion. bit
Ing its fins and body. The fight contin-
ueS until the referee sees that the issue
is no longer in doubt, when the contest
Is stopped.
Horses use either their teeth or their
hoofs as mode Of defense. A curious
instance Of the effectiveness Of these
weapons once occurred at Sheffield
park A bulldog, barking and snarling,
chased Il horse turned loose around and
around n meadow, not with angry in
tent. but purely from excess OF high
spirits. After gallOpAng around the
field several times the horse stopped
dead and, turning sharply around,
lashed out at the yelping dog, with Il
fatal result for its skull was clOven.
The gorilla is most formidable Op-
ponent in battle, its g1fat strength ly-
ing in It's powerful arI@s Few animals
Of the forest have the slightest chance
Of overcoming gorilla. A python has
l., Ie 4
the goril!a's body only, however to
have It's own body torn open by its ad-
verSary's $ hands
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-12-22

He caught her to him closely and
pressed his lips to hers with hungry
intensity.
Not afraid in death, Kit" he said
bitterly. Then why i'm life
She closed her eyes and shrank
closer to him. Death had become a
friend to be met with smiling eyes and
welcoming happiness. As Hetherlng
ton raised his head she waited, expect
antly. The lurching and groaning had
stopped. She wondered If they were
sinking and tightened the clasp OF her
arms about his neck as she smiled up
at him.
How dear death is together" she
said softly I'm not one bit afraid"
His eyes lighted with sudden com
prehension, and he stood back, loosen
ing her arms.
The danger is past" he said. Il
came to tell you we had made the har-
Dor at st. Hilaire. You can reach Paris
by evening"
For an instant she hesitated in the
revulsion of thought then held out her
arms longingly.
Not alone" she said; mot alone
now, sweetheart. I am afraid in life
too. alone"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-12-22
ANCIENT BURIALS.
weapons of Warriors and Trinkets
of Women In Their Graves.


A cemetery belonging TO garrison
of Longobards has been found near
Ascoli, on the Tronto, at pass across
the Apennines, in Italy. The site OF
the fort is the top of an island or rock
now occupied by little hamlet called
Castel Trosno. All the warriors were
laid with their faces 10 the east Near
the head was found a comb made OF
horn or bone and a round shield with
iron boss. On the right lay a long,
straight iron sword In a scabbard OF
hide. Against the right shoulder was
laid a long wooden spear and on the
left a dagger In a highly ornamented
sheath decorated with gold, as well as
a bow and arrows in a culver
Generally there was present the
buckle of broad belt, often decorated
applique for belt and scabbard. fash
ioned Of gold, silver or bronze. Small
gold plates seem to have been sewed
TO the coat in the shape Of cross. One
grave contained heavy cuirass Of
plates bound together with iron wire.
The horsemen had big shears for clip
ping names and large bronze feed
trough with two movable handles. Of
ten bits, saddles and harness were laid
beside the dead.
BY the women were worn gold hair
pins with rounded fat heads, gold ear
rings Of different shapes, finger rings
and gold plates. One ring has the
names Gerontius and Regina engraved
on it. Crosses and necklaces of gold
and beads OF glass, silver bracelets.
pottery vases and plates Of glass, cups,
combs and other articles Of the toilet
accompany the remains OF women.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-12-22
PUT ON THE BRAKES.
slow Up. or Before You Know II You
MnN BE OF tIIr Trnck.

The limj,ci gOe, sixty miles an hour.
In the smoker men joke and play cards
and tell risquc stories The day coach
es are crowded and comfortless. The
heavy sIccTcrS as they sway to and
fro make only gentle rocking for the
people who chat ana read and nap.
Crash, Engine and ears ana flesh and
blood are ground zap together in a
shapeleSs. h0rrid mass. on the track.
so goes humanity's train. Here is n
boy who got to running OH fast
schedule. He began by piifering from
his fathers till As he grew older he
made faster time Down grade he
goes. and soon comes the crash. News.
boys cry a murder and a suicide. The
crowd halts for moment. His friends
murmur. Il never thought he was SO
bad \ young man il off the track.
A young girl thinks her mother Is
too slow for these rechrd breaking
times. Mother is "old fashioned" The
girl goes To places her mother has
warned her she should not frequent
The bloom is brushed from the fruit
'ne udN Il bGdZen. drunken CTed-
ture cursing and shreking, is loaded
into the patrol wagon. A woman is
off the track.
\ man gets in a hurry to be rich.
His father went slowly, carefully, sue
cessfulIy But fathers methods Will
not do. What's the use Of moiling and
toiling when Il quicker way may well
do the business? So-and-so has spec
ulated successfully. Surely L am as
shrewd as he pistol shot. A
man is off the track,
Our age is a rapid one Business and
society go at Il sixty mile clip. Rather
than be sidetracked for time men
will drive their trains into the ditch.
Many OF them run wild. There are
frequent collisions and wrecks innu-
merable by getting off the track.
Look out thriving but venturesome
merchant and reckless young woman
and gay young man. The race is not
to the swift alone. Put on the brakes.
Slow up, or before you know 1t you
will be off the track.-Milwaukee Jour
nal