The Opelousas courier., 1905-08-19

attempting to cure themselves, and
only one-fourI:l of that amount to pro-
| vent disease. We don't seem to take
much stock any more in the old
adage about the n Of prevention
and pound of cure, asserts the Column
b:a City Commercial-Mail.
Three miles in eleven minutes was
the record made the other day by a
New York hospital a~mbulance-a
plain, ordinary, old-fashioned horse
| ambulance INTO the bargain. And no
body objected to the fast driving,
least of all the man whose life Was
saved by it.
The gold mining industry in South
Africa has at last fully recovered
from the effects of the war, states
the New York Tribune. The OUTPUT
from the Rand Is now greater than
ever before III the history ct that
treasure land. 1t is to be expected
that the general prosperity of the
whole country will similarly increase.
In hiring a herdic, coupe, or other
carriage, never forget to look at the
horses and hire those that look the
best and have no locked tails, admon'
ishes Our Dumb Animals. When we
take a herdic we pick out one drawn
by q good horse, tell the driver not
to hurry, but take it easy, and give
him five or ten cents over his fare FOL
being kind to his horse. We never
ride behind a dock-tailed horse.
There are three ways to learn the
value of a dollar, states the ITO!
(Kan.) Chief. The first is to spene
it and see what you get for it. The
second is to earn it and see what yol
give for it. The third is to save i
and yearn for all the things it Nigh
buy if you were weak enough tt
spend it.
The average f~ruit-growing farme
has been putting Off the spray prop
lem from year to year, dreadlng I'M
expense a little, but disliking still
more to learn a new process, says IN
Massachusetts Iloughman. But tn
time is right at hand when many OF u
will have to buy a spraying outft an
learn to use it right, or make up GU
minds to get out of the orchard bus
ness. The new scale insect and tn
brown-tail moth have added the hnisf
ing touch to an already threatenin
situation.
A gentleman lectured here las
week. says Goodwin's Salt LAX
Weekly, his theme being principal
1.-The technical schools of German.
where thousands of students gradual
annually from technical schools an
, find immediate employment in tn
manufactures of that country, wit
the result that Germany is fast b
, coming the foremost Of manufacture
powers. although the lecturer ADM
) ted that in all first-class works
! Germany, American tools are use
: If after centuries of effort even &c
many is obliged to send to Amerit
for tools to place in the hands OF HI
workingmen, it is clear that tt
e genius after all Is on this side OF tt
sea, only in many important lines
g has not yet been carried out.
U The late Gen. Fitzhugh Lees eul
CYSTIC references to Lincoln in his I
| cent address before the JOINT sessit
: of the New York Legislature are a
other evidence that the passions al
;, preiudices of the civil war era a
q forever buried in the United State
avows Leslie's Weekly. No mo
l. striking tribute was ever paid to t
o martyr President than was passed L
Il on him by this former eminent &c
It federate soldier. 1t recalls the euloi
D, paid to Sumner, just after his deaf
a by Senator Lamar, also a distinguls
d ed adherent of "the lost cause" Lee
Ii eulogy of Lincoln was the last pub
l. ,+r,noo of ono Of the hravest s.