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The Opelousas courier., 1905-04-29
New, Director of Villa Medicis.

Carolus Duran, recently appointed
director Of the Villa Medicis at Rome:
has returned to Paris from the Eter-
nal City, preparatory to setting per
manently by the Tiber, enchanted with
his reception. He was entertained by
the Queen Of Italy, and was honlzed
by Roman society. 1t is a curious
fact that Paris does not entertain It's
great men, and hardly those OF other
nations. The Partisan knows and ap-
preciates the work, say, Of a Carolus
Duran, but he will not ask him to din,
ner. And as to the distinguished
stranger" he imagines that he pre-
fers to be left alone, which very prob
ably he does, though a certain amount
of lionizing is grateful incense even to
the least vain of mortalS. | have been
told that such a ma as jules NeTnes,
whose reputation is worldwide in his
special field, is more or less union
ored in his own country. The inhab-
itants of the good town of Amiens
know his house, and possibly salute
their burgess i'll his daily walks, but
a]ristocratic society Of the ancient cap,
ital of Picardy, Dr. V the wealthy
bourgeoisie, do not adopt him as one
of their own, Or make much OF him.
1t is this curious ~reticence on the part
of the French that causes the distin-
guished citizen, when he goes abroad,
to drink gratefully at the fountain of
public admiration, and to regret the
arid plains Of his own homeland
London Pail Mall Gazette.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-04-29
The Modern German Professor

With the passing Of the old type OF
German professors-formerly the butt
of the comic papers, he OF the shabby
clothes and absent air-has gone much
Of the old student life in Munich. The
modern professor is dressed in the
mode, he commands a larg salary
which, with his fees for lectures, oft.
en- exceeds that of the German secre.
tary Of state. He enjoys his advan.
tages, good clothes, good food. the
opera, athletics; and according to a
critic of his own nationality his aspi-
rations are often distinctly CONNER
cia1." Many German professors earn
from fifty to two hundred thousand
marks (four marks to the Goliar) a
year, SO the period of a pipe and gar
ret is quite past. The late Professor
Lenbach, the great portrait painter,
made his half million CT marks annu-
ally, and his palatial home in Munich
was one of the show places Of the city.
-Chautauquan.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-04-29

there struck upon my ears the sounds
of footsteps advancing, with the exact,
the unmistakable limp that had beat
upon my Ears during the preceding
night.
Slowly the door Of the library
opened, and there in the full food OF
the sunshine was the very face which
had haunted me in the storm and
darkness. There were the piercing
eyes, the thin features, and the secret
mouth; 1 almost uttered a scream in
my anazement. 1 just managed to
control myself.
Who is it?" 1 asked, but my host
did not notice my feverlsh agitation.
MY secretary" he answered.; my
confidential secretary"
And that secretary has been in Mr..
Lanfair's employment for years, and
is esteemed one of the best of men.
Now, should ] tell my host of my
strange dream?
Such was the question my friend
put to me-a question l have not been
able to answer.-New York Weekly.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-04-29
How Austrian Investors Speculate.

The Vienna correspondent of the
London Economist sends the following
interesting description of how Aus,
trian investors desire a spice Of spec
ulation combined with their invest
ment in government bonds:
1T is a characteristic feature of the
Austrian investor that he is exceed
ingly partial to lottery bonds, and year
after year hopes for the prize that
never comes. Ten lottery loans have
been redeemed during the last rs
years, and there are only nine more,
which will be amortised within the
next nine years. They are quoted at
high prices, because the public imag.
ines that the chances of winning the
chief prize, or, at least, one of che less
er prizes, must be very great by this
time. But one of the directors Of the
Anglo bank has just published a paper
to show how slight are the chances
Of winning anything, and how prob
able it is that investors will incur
losses, The greater the principal
prizes are, the smaller must be the
sum which is paid when the other
numbers are called. Bit the demand
for lottery bonds makes the price Of
them rise out Of all Proportion to the
figure at which they were emitted"
The Opelousas courier., 1905-04-29
FIRE SIGNALS.

At a meeting Of Hope Hook and
Ladder Co. No. l, held on July 9, 1901,
the town was divided into Fire Dis
tricts and a Code of Signals was
adopted in order to facilitate the loca-
ton Of fires in the future. The town
was divided as follows:
District No. No. ALL that portion
of town bounded north by Bellevue
street, west by Union street, south
and east by corporation line.
District No. 2-Alls that portion of
town bounded by BELLEVUE street On
the south, Union stEeet 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
g. of Bellevue street, with the corpora
ton line as the south and west boun-
dairy.
District No. 4.-The portion of town
bounded on the south by Bellevue,
east Union, north and west by cor
poration line.
The signals adopted We're short taps
to indicate the district in which the
fire is 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. 3, first three
taps, one, two, three, followed by rap
id alarm, and repeat.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-04-29

Three of the five women Of the Re
eoiutionary War pension roll are New
Engianders. They are Hannah Newell
Barrett of Boston. Mass, aged 103
pensioned by special act as the daugh
ter Of Noah IIarrod. who served TWO
years as private with the Mass2chd
sets line; Esther s. Damon Of Ply
mouth, Vt, SO, pensioned as the Wldo"
of Noah Damon, who served III tae
Massachusetts line from April, f7!5, &c
May, 1880; and Rhoda Augusta Taomp
son of Woodbury., CT, aged 80; pen
stoned by special act as the daughter
of Thaddeus Thompson, who served
six years as private in Col. john
Lam's New York regiment.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-04-29

The Orators Shower Of Microbes.

Recent experiments in England re-
call the fairy tale Of the princess
whose words turned into toads as they
dropped from her mouth. 1t now
seems certain that a public speaker
projects from his mouth with his
every utterance a shower of bacteria,
and with sufficient force to scatter
them plentifully oVer the room in
which he speaks. Dr.. Mervyn Gordon
has shown that a loud speaker distri-
butes minute drops Of his saliva to a
distance of 40 feet. The presence of
these drops may be tested by means
of the specific microbes that they con.
tain. DR.. Gordon uses this test as a
gauge of air-contamination which he
regards as nor trustworthy thar
chemical methods for the detection OF
carbonic acid. In addition, one can
not keep specializing on the possibility
that a diseased orator might thus SOW
infection broadcast among his audi
tors.-success.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-04-29

The railroad mileage in this country
is increasing at the ace Of about 03o(
miles a year. At this rate in ~ years
there will be one hundred Thousand
more miles Of railroad in the country
If the country continues to develop
during the next 20 years az rapidly
as it has during the last two decades
it will require fully Il hundred thou
sand more miles of railroad to handle
the increase in the volume Of traffic
With this increase in railroad mileage
the demand for steel and iron will be
correspondingly greater. The last
great building constructed in New
York with iron beams and iron girders
was the Waldorf hotel, and yet this
building is only eleven years old. Ev,
cry large building that has gone up
since has been constructed with steel
The Opelousas courier., 1905-04-29
Town Residences for Sale

In a desirable neishborhood in ope,
lousas, with an entire square Of land,
well shaded with live oaks, magnolias,
eedars, pecans, cte, about 8 squares
from the Courthouse, 5 squares from
High School, 2 squares from Catholic
church and conyens. House is two
story, brick basement, s rooms, fou1
ire-plaees, out-bnildings, etc, all IN.
der good fence. Will be sold cheap
for cash, or part cash and balance or
time to suit. Apply at this Office.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-04-29
Unfortunate Topic.

"What'd you do" asked Ruffon
Wratz. "ef somebody wuz to die an
leave We a million dollars?"
"One thing I'd do" said Goodman
Gonrong, d be to give you a bath an
new suit O. clothes, an then I'd hire
We fur NE valley
"Ye burned 'ristocrat!'
aye o~ngrateful hcuId,.n
The subsequent fight is said by the
spectators TO Fave been enc of the
fiercest On rseort, Chicago Tribune
The Opelousas courier., 1905-04-29
Plate From Blockade Runner.

Postmaster Nathaniel P. Moves oil
Stonington, Conn, Las been presented
by his brother. Capt. C. e. r. Moves,
with 2 plate which was taken from the
blockade runner Charlotte. which was
captured on Wilmington In 1866 by the
ganboat Wilderness. OF Wfsc. cant.
Moves was an officer.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-04-29

A German epicure comes to the re
scue of the Chinese in regard to thell
alleged habit Of eating rotten e3ss
The eggs, he says. are simply preSerV
ed in lime until they get a conslstcncJ
like that of hard butter, and they t2ste
somewhat like lobster. He declares
them one CT the choicest d~elicacles ne
has ever eaten. He thinks there are
no better cooks in the world than the
Chinese. When he went to live among
them his friends predicted he would
starve. but he had a good time and
gained weight-more than he wanted
to.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-04-29
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QUAINT N CURIOUS.

The number of timber sleepers on
the railways of the world is ca1eulat
ed to be about 49,. goo, 900, and their
value is estimated at about 5000, o00,'
odo.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-04-29

The making of shoes for dogs has
how developed into quite a big indus
try and is especially fiourishing in
Labrador. The dogs attached to
slsdges travel at a great speed ovei
the rough ice and some protection
for the feet is necessary. The shoes
are made of sealskin.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-04-29
THE cHlLp's LAST PRAYER.
BY c.. Z. Bolles.

aft I shold die"-e'en now she standeth
On the rivers misty shore;
Only this one crossing over,
And she tasteth death no more.
Before ! wake'-that bliss of waking
Never mortal lips have told
Songs of angels, palms of glory,
Harps and crowns. of purest gold.
81 pray the Lord"-Ife closer bendcth, i
With a smile of tender love;
Waits to bear that pure. white spirit
TO the better home above. :,
MY soul to take lie takes it gladly, :
Where no sin can ever mar,
To that land of peace eternal,
Just beyond the evening star.~
The Opelousas courier., 1905-04-29

An English paper tells how on one
occasion Joseph Chamberlain was in
vited to Liverpool to make a speech.
It was to be a gfeat celebration. The
mayor, who was to preside at the
meeting, had Arranged a fine dinner
for the guest of honor. A distingu.
ishee assembly surrounded the table,
ard at the right of the host sat Mr..
Chamberlain. For a couple of hours
the company chatted over their food,
and finally, the coffee was served. 1t
Eas at this junctqre that the mayor
leaned over and whispered to Mr..
Chamberlain: Your excellency, shall
We let the crowd enjoy itself a while
longer; or had we better have your
speech?"
The Opelousas courier., 1905-04-29

Snow I lay me- softly, family,
Came the words from lips grown white,
While the murmur of the river
Sounded through the silent night.
Down to sleep; - the sleep was ~dreamless,
That was stealing DER her now:
Slower grew the fluttring heart beats,
Death-damp gathered on her brow.
Il pray the Lord'-the dear Lord stand
ing.
I'll unseen. beside her bed.
Knew Himself the papgs Of dying
Had Himself slept with the dead.
MY soul to keep" Dear child, he keeps 1t
Safely in His gentle hand
Keeps it for a place in heaven.
'Mong the shining seraph band.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-04-29

An English medical missionary IN
Shen-Se, China, says that he was ask
ed by a native to cure d blind beggar
1t was a simple case of cataract and
an operation restored sight. 1hen
the missionary received another call
from the same man, who calmly told
his that as he had destroyed the only
means by which the blind mai could
get a living-begging- it was his duty
to make it up to him BY taking flm
into his employment and providing fol
him for life.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-04-29
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.

Oscar Gerle. who made a fortune u
the Klondike, has been Distinguishing
himself in Tacoma by spending $2o,
600 in a six-weeks' c~arousal. He lef
for Paris, saying that he intended tt
give the Parisians the time Of thelI
lives.' He carries with him a negro
valet, attired in a gorgeous costume
that cost several hundred dollars.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-04-29

Probably one of the longest leases
known was granted for a small plecs
of meadow land, ON 16' acres IN eE.
tent, in Surrey, England. ]. is fol
the term of 1900 years, and was grant
ed on st. Michael's day, in 1851, at the
singular rental Of "a red rose WDen
demanded" 1t is not stipulated that
the rose shall be the product OF this
land, which is fortunate, for no sucI
rose grows anywhere on the 1G acres.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-04-29

A bald eagle weighing 65 pounds
and measuring eight feet from tip to
tip was turned loose in the streets OF
Hutchinson, Kan, recently by the
Hutchinson lodge of Eagles. A metal
band was placed around the birds leg
bearing the Inscription, # am a mem
Der of Hutchinson's aerie of Eagles"
The Opelousas courier., 1905-04-29

The Scientific American tells of an
ether remarkable feat in house NOV
ihg. A brick house at sharpsburcg
Penn, vas moved to Allegheny, a dis.
lance Of four miles. Most of this was
81 water, the house being loaded onto
d huge coal barge and ioated down
the river. 1t is probable that as in
most such cases, it cost far more to
move the house than to have rebuilt
it new.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-04-29

P%aderewski, the famous pianist,
says that his fingers are as precious to
him as life, for he could never play if
he lost any Of them. He takes insur'
ance from time to time to cover special
risks, as when he is going on a long
Journey by land Or sea, but apart from
these his two hands are regularly in
sured from year to year. He pays
$4,000 annually in this way, with the
result that if anything went wrong
with one Of his precious hands at any
time SO that he could no longer earn
an income by his playing, he would be
paid $4,000 cash.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-04-29

The builders are at work on a stone
yiaduct at Plauen, saxony, over the
River syria, which contains the long
est masonfy arch in the world, its
length being 295 feet 6 inches, meas
ured horizontally from base to base,
The Luxembourg bridge cross the val
ley of Petruffe which was completed a
few months ago, has a span Of 2g
feet. The next longest masonry arcl,
is in the United States, near Washing
ton, and is known as the Cabin john
Bridge. It's length of span is 220 feet
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-12-18
ROMANCE IN SECOND WEDDING

The strange story is circumstan-
TALLY told in a London journal Of a
man and woman who were a second
time married to each other, after
separation, without the former being
aware that he had known the lady be-
fore, much less been married to her
Ruth Emery, an orphan governess.
was Is when James Hurlbutt first met
and married her in Quebec. After
brief honeymoon he set out alone to
seek his fortune in the western states,
leaving his wife with her former en-
ployer, on the understanding that she
remained there until he was able to
send for her.
A misunderstanding arose. Core
spondence ceased. Two months later
she wrote, asking him to forgive her.
But this letter never reached him.
A few years later Mrs. Hurlbutt ap-
piled for divorce, which was granted
on the ground Of desertion. Subse-
quently she married. Two years later
this husband died in New Mexico.
She was left a fortune, which in
cluded mines in Montana. AT hotel
in Butte she saw a man whose face
seemed strangely familiar It was
that of a middle-aged man with
iron gray hair and beard. She learned
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-12-18

Pegged Boots Worn " Canada.
There are few, If any, pegged boots
made in the factories OF the United
States, while fifty years ago the sew
Ing machine was yet uninvented and
nearly all shoes save the hand-sewed
were hobnailed or pegged.
In Canada there are few scatter
ing factories producing pegged boots
for men and boys. Adam Bertsch. a
Rochester pattern manufacturer, re-
Gently ran across one at st. Johns,
N. F.
Mr.. Bertsch was interested in the
quaint manner in which the boots and
shoes are manufactured, the machin-
cry In use being long out of date as
compared with the present standard
in the United States.
There are no up-to-date methods.
and one might easily imagine in STEP
ping into this factory that the cycle
Of time had turned back forty or fifty
years.
The pegged boots are high cut, such
as men wore generally before the war,
and find ready sale in Newfoundland
and in Canada.-Shoe Retailer.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-12-18

that he was James Hurlbutt. her first
husband.
They met daily in the hotel, but
he did net, recognize her. and she
could rct bring herself to make a dis
closure. Finally she wished to get
an experts report on her mining prop
erty. She was referred to Mr.. Hurl.
butt as a competent man for the work.
They were introduced.
He agreed to examine the property,
and seemed personally attracted to her.
Gradually she grew to hope that she
might make him love her for her own
sake rather than for the sake Of the
girl-wlfe he had left behind him years
before. They soon became fast
friends.
He asked her no questions about
her past life; she told him Only 50
much as she thought It would be well
for him to know. He never once sus.
pected who she was. At length he
proposed and was accepted. They
went together and we're married by a
justice Of the peace.
Only they themselves know what
was said when, Immediately after
their second marriage. she revealed to
him the secret which ne had never
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-12-18
STRANGE PLACES OF EARTH

Of the greatest size. A big herd wan
ders down from the fianks OF Elgon
and uses remarkable elephant road,
which is apparently used only during
the season Of migration. This herd
frequently crosses the Nile at the
southern end Of the lake-like extern
sion near Wadelai. Hlppopotami
come next in size and are to be found
in countless numbers In the Nile.
When the tributary rivers are In food
they go along way up them. Were 1t
not for the fact that in the Nile they
are extremely dangerous and cause
considerable loss of life, they might
well be preserved. for they do little
other harm-a very small fence is
sufficient to keep them out Of culti-
yation."
Il wonder" says resident OF Tient-
sin, how many persons have troubled
to inquire the meaning of the red band
which invariably runs down the center
Of a Chinese envelope? Curiosity led
me to investigate the mystery and
it was simple. The Chinese mourn
ing being white. that color is regarded
as unlucky and the white envelope is
accordingly not only barred with red.
but lined with the same, which is a
color associated with particularly
good fortune. This may be wrinkle
,or those who have correspondence
with Chinese not to use white paper"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-12-18

Prof. James A Graves OF this city,
has just sent to Prof, Surface, the
stage zoologist, a peculiar apple, the
strange coloring Of which has excited
his curiosity and for which he cannot.
although he in a botanist Of forty
years experience, account, says the
Philadelphia Record.
Prof. Graves says that last summer
he was at Stockport, Pa, aud was
shown a very old opple tree on the
estate of Ann Preston. He was told
that it bore apples with greenish yell
low skin under which was a blood-red
pulp to the core He arranged that
several OF the apples should be sent
to him when they ripened and he re-
Gently received them. They are ordi-
nary looking on the outside, but upon
cutting them open they are at first
blood-red and near the core turn to a
purple.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-12-18

Dr. Jean Charcot, 'Tho led the recent
French anarctic expedition, thus de-
scribes the food his party lived upon
near the south pole in the winter Of
1904: Besides the plentiful stores
taken with us, the seals, killed in
some numbers at the beginning of
winter and kept in ice, never failed
US, though 1t should be noted that
we sometimes went several weeks
without securing any. The meat Is
excellent and the fat proved very usa-
ful for melting large quantities of ice.
The cormorants, which were equally
good eating. never left us, while the
penguins, although they abandoned
their rookery at the beginning OF win
ter, frequently returned to the island
In some numbers, except in August
and September During the whole
winter the sheathbills lived around
the vessel like chickens or pigeons,
eating the fragments thrown over
board. Lastly we obtained a consid-
cradle number Of good fish either from
the open water OF from holes made in
the Ice, not to speak Of the barnacles
easily gathered from the rocks"
A traveller on the upper Nile gives
this picture OF big game that abounds
there: "Of wild animals elephants
take the first place; there are enor-
nous herds Of them and the ivory is
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-12-18
NOTHING LEFT 70 LIVE foR.
With Broken Fiddle Went All Joy Of
Musiclan's Life.

With Broken Fiddle Went All Joy Of
Musicians Life.
/ Nat Wills, who hae put aside the
Broadhurst ambitions that he become
a high priced star and taken THE
Duke Of Duluth" back to the popular
circuit that likes kim. tells a story
Of German 'cellist with whom he
once came In sudden contact
The bass violin player" relates
Nathaniel. was stopping at the same
hotel, and we were both in the ofice
when a small boy thrust his head in
the door and shouted, The opery-
house is on fire!
Mine Gott!' shrieked the music
ian, short. fat. and excitable Ger
man, mine fddlel and he rushed
madly for the theater. Reaching
there he hurried through the stage
door and into the orchestra pit. The
tneater was mass OF flames in the
rigging loft, but the beloved fiddle
was still safe. Its owner seized It and
started to make his escape the way
he came. Too lateI the stage itself
was now roaring furnacel The Ger
man staggered to a window that open
ed on the street and raised it. was
standing with the crowd.
Quick, Natl he gasped; take de
fddle!' and he thrust the neck through
the window. The body Of the violin
was too large and it stuck fast. A
dozen willing hands seized it, there
was sound OF splintering wood,
wall from the German. Mine Gott!
don't break it!' and we all fell back
wards with only the neck in our
grasp! We were forced to reach in
and drag that crazy German away
from the remainder OF his beloved IN
strument, and With the broken neck
clasped in his arms and the tears
rolling down his blistered cheeks he
turned to me and demanded:
Is dot de way to save mans
hddle?"
Fiddle be hanged! You're lucky
o escape with your lifelp
Yah, but vot's de user"