Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 95, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 July 1904 — La Politesse. [ARTICLE]

La Politesse.

The reason that the French people enjoy the well-earned reputation of the polltest people In the world Is because la politesse, or good breeding, is an accomplishment they always tcqulre at home and In childhood. A Frenchman, his wife and a couple of children will observe all the most exquisite social amenities in the privacy of their own vine and fig tree, and the family life presents all the social advantages they require. A French boy of even the humblest parentage does not wait to go out in the world to learn how to offer a woman a chair, give an elderly gentleman his arm, invite you to dine or discover the topics of conversation that engage your interest He has lived from his babyhood in an atmosphere of family and cheerfully unselfish consideration, and he is charmingly polite by precept and example wherever he may find himself.

It has been estimated that the population of Indian Territory is growing at the rate of 500 people a day. This applies to a period covering the last six months. Taking the last census figures, 392.000, and comparing It with the present estimated population of 592,000, a growth of 135 persons per day would be shown. But this is not a fair test, as the increase In population within the past year has been greater than in the three preceding years combined. If the territory continues to increase in population during the next two years as It has In the past year, when statehood comes in 1906, Indian Territory will come In with a population of 957,000. Oklahoma will probably equal this and make the total population of the new State 1,914,000. This will be the largest population ever claimed by any State at the time of admission. Taking the census figures of 1900 for a basis, the population of Indian Territory at that time was nine times as large as Nevada, six times that of Alaska, four times that of Wyoming, twice that of Hawaii, and double that of Idaho, Delaware and New Mexico, 148,000 more than Montana, 115,000 more than Utah, 72,000 more than North Dakota. The population of the territory has increased at the lowest estimate 200,000 since that time, while it is not likely that in any of the other territories mentioned it has increased t 5 per cent and in the States mentioned not more than 10 per cent since the census, so that the comparative figures, if they could be had at this time, would be still more in favor of Indian Territory.—Record, Fort Worth, Texas.