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The Opelousas courier., 1884-01-12
The Eaq MNchtMe.

The hen is literally an egg machine.
her chief purpose being the production
of eggs. Like any other kind OF
machine, she must have the raw Materlsi
with which to manufacture her prod
ucts, and unless her wants in that
respect are fully supplied she will be
valuable only according to the degree
with which she is used. She has also
a limit to her capacity, and should not
be expected to perform service beyond
her ability, but should, however, be
kept in constant running order so long
as she is needed by her owner. The
material upon which she should work
must vary according to the require
ments of the manufactured article,
and, as her instinct teaches her how to
select, all that is necessary is to place
within her reach that which she de-
sires, and everything will be well.
To produce an egg the hen must
have a certain kind of food for the yelk
or fat portion, known as carbonaceous,
and for the white she needs food rich
in nitrogen, from which she makes
albumen. Fol- the shell she needs
lime, while many other substances
enter into the composition which it
unnecessary to detail, the omission o.
any of them being d~etrimental.to good
work on her part. Thus, while we
may feed a hen literally, apparently,
by emitting that which is needed to
complete the process, she may remain
idle for want of a single substance,
though fully supplied with everything
else. She often gives indications of
her wants, for the 'tsoft-shelled eggs
occasionally noticed; admonish the
breeder that lime in some shape is
needed. The change of color in their
comb and Wattles, the dropping of the
wings and the anxious, nervous APP
pearance are all signs that something
is radically wrong, for when the pro-
ductive organs are not healthy the
vigor of the fowl is likewise affected
by such arrangement.
How important it is, then, to en-
deayor to keep different kinds of raw
material within reach of the hen in
order to realize from her all that she
can do as an egg machine. She is
specially adapted for that purpose, and
her health is better when she is in good
laying condition than at any other time.
Every machine sooner or later wear
out, and in order to keep them in work
ing order they are oiled and carefully
watched, but the hen attends to her
own details if supplied with material,
as she is a living factory for egg pro-
duction. IT she wears out she supplies
her place with her descendants, and is
ever ready to act well her part if her
owner will do likewise.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-01-12
On a Raia,cay Train sn Japan.

A traveller gives this account Of
what he saw in a japanese railroad
train: Our fellow passengers are well
worth studying. First come in the
men of business going to Yokohama
as is their daily custom. These men
are dressed in foreign clothes, and
many of them understand foreign Ian
guage, English OF German. They are
mostly an intelligent looking group of
men. Besides these somewhat for
e:gnized nativesa, we have the real,
genuine native article, with nothing
foreign about him excepting his hat
Hats are very generally worn, unless it
is a rainy day, when they are left at
home and the wearer goes bareheaded.
The Japs are peculiar. On cold,
rainy day they go about with their
dress skirts caught up to their waists
and the water all streaming down their
bare legs. Their dress must be saw
ed, even at the cost of some personal
inconvenience. In the car we can see
this native dress; a loose robe with no
buttons, but folded owe the breast and
fastened with a sash. This is the
dress of the men as well as of the
women, Some of the dresses are very
rich indeed, being made of beautiful
silk. One-half is longer than the
other, which allows for being pulled
up above the sash, and then hanging
down in front, making a pouch. This
is the pocket where nearly everything
Is carried. AT the bottoms of the
large, square sleeves there are pocket
also. Suspended from the sash is a
little box and a leather wallet. Some
times these articles are exquisite and
very costly. The box contains the to-
bacco pipe and the wallet the tobacco
The box is frequently made of ivory or
bronze, finely worked. japanese to-
bacco is very mild. The average
American would disdain to use it
Mild as it is, but little is consumed at
one time. The whole amount of to-
bacco imbibed would not be equal to
a puff of a strong cigar. But the al
most universal practice here is to draw
all the smoke up, expellingi it from the
nostrils instead of from the lips.
Women smoke as well as men.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-01-12
Jstrest.

Here in the years wherein l stand
gaze across the fallow land;
Across the conquest and its costy
beyond the sought for and The lost;
And lock into thy eyes Of joy,
Thou brown-faced, tunicked country boy!
just thou and thine, with naught between,
Make up that sweetest olden scene.
Otender scene and sight and sound!
The farmhouse, with its lilacs round;
The poppy bed, the locust trees,
The stillicidic hum OF bees;
The well, with sturdy oaken sweep;
The morning glories half asleep;
The swallows gossiping; the Groom
OF doves above the barn; the noon
When kline, breast deep, stand in the stream +;
And thy world lauses in a pleasant dream!
Beyond the uplands; then the hills,
Where, inierlacing, creep the rills;
Here forests, sentinels of peace;
There fields, with opulent mcrease,
Beyond the valley, stretching far
And dim to the horizons bar.
My brown-faced lad, / look again
From out the lairs and lives OF mens
see the longing in thy face
To grow beyond the commonplace;
i know the lands that tween as lie,
And pity thee. For thou wert-I.
Edgar l.. Wdkeman.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-01-12
Hin. Tin. Rasa.anEa {


Very few people who cry Hip, hip,
hurrahT' with such gusto, know any
thing about the origin of the words.
During the times Of the crusades the
chiyalry Of Europe was aroused to
arms by the inaammatory appeals Of
Peter the Hermit, who always display
ed a banner emblazoned with the fol-
lowing letters, II. E. p" the initials
of the Latin words Hierosolyma est
perdita, or Jerusalem is DESTROYED.
The people who were not acquainted
with Latin pronounced the letters as a
Word-hep: and whenever they chanc-
ed to met a poor Jew they raised the
cry, Hep, hep, hurrah r and the
chances wer greatly in favor Of the
jews feeling the point q their swords
The Opelousas courier., 1884-01-12
svhy the Boy Came BACK.

Asmall boy, with an intelligent face
went into a fruit dealers store and de-
posting a box of grapes on the count
er, stood looking down.
81 don't want the grapes, my little
fellow" said the dealer. "I've got as
many grapes now as I a sell. Take
them away"
"They are yours" the boy said, look
Ing up.
"Mine:
eyes, sir. fessel4y evening l
eame along here and took this box of
grapes from the stand at the door. |
knowed it was stealin', an my mother
always told me not to take anything
that did not belong to me, but |
couldn't help it. just before I left
home my little sister that was sick
said, ooh, if I had some grapes like
them / saw down town / could eat EN-
We didn't have no money, and nobody
knowed us, cause we had just moved
into the house. Mother washed
clothes, but when sister got sick she
had to quit. When | took the clothes
home the lady told me to come next
day for the money. but when ! went
there the. house was shut up and the
people was gone, SO we didn't have any
money to get grapes with. Mother
said never mind, we would get some
money after a while / saw her go
into the other room, an when / watch
ed her she had her face buried in a
pillow an was prayin'. I. come away
down town an stood aroun' a long
time waitin' to git a chance, an after
a while, when you wasn't lookin', /
took a box an ran away with it,"
"But why did you bring it back r.
the dealer asked.
Because" replied the little boy,
choking down a sob, "when I got
home the little girl was dead"
The Opelousas courier., 1884-01-12
SaUings for Old Aae.

No one denies that it's wise to make
provision for old age. but we are not
all agreed as to the kind of provision
it is best to lay in. Certainly we shall
want a little money, for q destitute old
ma is indeed a sorry sight ; yes, save
money by all means. But an old man
needs just that particular kind of
strength which young men are most
apt to waste. Many a young man viii
throw away on a holiday a certain
amount Of nervous energy which he
will never feel the want of until he is
seventy, and then how much he will
want It'll 1t is curious, but true, that
q bottle of champagne at twenty will
intensifythe rheumatism Of three-score
It Is q fact that everlasting the eyes at
fourteen may necessitate the use of
spectacles at forty instead of sixty.
We advise young readers to be saving
Of health for their old age, for the
maxim holds in regard to health as to
money: aWaste not, want not II IS
the greatest mistake to suppose that
violation Of laws Of health can escape
Its penalty. Nature forgives no sin
no error ; she lets off the offender for
fifty years sometimes, but she catches
him at last, and inficts the punish
naent just when. just where, and JUS
how he feels it most. Save up for old
age, but save knowledge; save the
recollection Of good and noble deeds,
innocent pleasures and pure thongh hts
save friends, save love. Save rich
stores Of that kind OF wealth which
tinap cannot diminish no death take
away.
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her bright hair, and looked wistfullJ


out.
But the weary afternoon wore away
and night came with its gloom and its
chill. Poor little Pearls courage al.
most failed in the darkness. She sob
bed pitifully for papa-everything
seemed so much more terrible thar
when it was light-then knelt down
and said her prayers, asking first that
mamma might be cared for, then her.
self, and, feeling comforted in the full
faith that God would remember them
both, resolGtely set herself to keep
awake until papa should come. But
her head dropped on the window-si1,
and she soon slept quietly. The winged
messengers who wait on the prayers OF
a child surely guarded her rest with
gentlest care, for. when at last the
strained timbers gave way, and the
old house babe adieu to the foundations
on which it had stood for many a long
year, she never knew it, but slept on.
Il saw your shining flag, Pearl, my
blessing"
Pearl opened her sleepy eyes to see
the morning sun beaming upon her.
All the trees upon the bank were rum
ming past her in a most confusing man
ner. Papa was lifting her from the
window into a boat held by two other
men close to the house, which still
rocked and heayed as it settled deeper
and deeper into the water.
Papa, where is mammal"
"Safe, dear. Some steamboat men
brought her inshore, and / found her
late last night"
"Oh-h-h Well, then, papa, get my
kitty and poor old Biddy. Oh dear !
my neck and my shoulders hurt"
As she neared the shore she opened
her eyes in amazement, almost in
fright.
That's mamma r she cried. "Stand-
ing up! Oh, mamma, you'll hurt
yourself r
But mamma met Pearl at the very
edge of the water, and led her to the
house whose friendly doors had been
opened to them. Doctors have talked
learnedly of such cases-about will
power, nerve force, and other things
hard to understand. All / can tell
about it is that the great excitement
and some very serious thinking had
worked a wonderful change in Pearls
mother.
She now looked out at the house,
and saw the water pouring in at the
Windoy from which the idol of her
heart had just been rescued. With
arms tight about her, she said
HE has taken care Of us, Pearl bet
ter than we could have dreamed."-
Ha9peT's Young People.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-01-12
Artistic stoves.

The Russian stove is made OF fire.
resisting porcelain. is always ornamen-
tai and frequently a highly artistic,
handsome article of furniture. Inter-
nally it is divided by thick fire clay
walls into several upright chambers
or flues, usually six in number. Some
dry fi1ewood is lighted in a suitable
fireplace and is supplied with only
sufficient air to effect combustion; all
of which enters below and passes fair
Iy through the fuel. The products of
combustion being thus undiluted
with unnecessary cold air, are very
highly heated and in this state pass up
compartment Nc. 1. They are then
DETECTED and pass down No 2, up No.
8, down through Nc. 4, again up No.
S, and down No. 6. AT the end of
this long journey they have given up
most of their heat to the twenty-four
heat-absorbing surfaces Of the fire-clay
walls. Then all communication with
the chimney is cut off, the fire is put
out, having done its works, and the
interior of the stove has bottled up its
caloric ready for emission into the
room, and passing through the non
conducting walls of the stove is radia-
ted into the apartments.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-01-12
Double Shadow

You have heard and doubtless read
of the man without a shadow. But
here is something about a double
shadow, "a very simple, natural
phenomenon, which often excites sur
prise, and sometimes alarm. Some
travellers walking along the shores Of
Loeb Etine, Argyllshire, Scotland,
noticed that they cast a double shadow.
The explanation was simple when the
facts were examined. A well-defined
shadow was produced by the direct
rays of the sun, and a fainter n by
the suns reflected rays from the lake,
which happened at the time to be
quite still and mirror-like, The strange
appearance might, however, have
caused a shock to sensitive nerves.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-01-12
A Very Self Eytlled Horse.

There is an old nursery rhyme
which teaches that kindness and
patience are the best methods to pur-
sue in the case of a donkey that
wouldn't CO." An English gentleman
relates that he had a horse that
.wouldn't CO." but when he came to
try the patience remedy, he found that
the horse had q larger supply of
that virtue than he himself possessed,
which, as will presently be seen, was
considerable.
The English gentleman's horse was
a confirmed 'balker." One Saturday
afternoon, when he was returning
home in his do9-cart, the horse baked
as it had often done before. and it's mas
ter thought that this time he would try
what calmness and patience would do.
Accordingly he sat still in the dog
cart, and addressed the animal in
soothing tones and kindly words; but
to no purpose. 1t was exactly ten
minutes past four on Saturday after
noon when the horse stopped in the
middle of the road.
The afternoon wore away, the sun
sank below the horizon, darkness
settled down over the landscape, and
vet the man and the horse remained to
fight out the battle between obstinacy
and patience. Through the long night
they staid there, the whip remaining
quietly in the socket, and when the
sun arose after his voyage around the
world he found the contest still going
on.
At six o'clock in the morning the
owner babe his groom fetch acart-rope
and tie it to the horses fore-leg; but
when the groom did SC, and pulled
with all his might, the only result was
that the horse stood with his fore-leg
stuck out as if he were a bronze statue.
At seven o'clock the horse became per-
fectly furious, selling the shaft with
his teeth, and shaking it, kicking and
stamping with rage the while. At
half-past seven the groom tried to
tempt him with a measure of oats, but
the angry beast would have one of it,
notwithstanding that it was twenty
hours since he had had a mouthful of
food OF a drop of water.
Then his master had to confess to
himself beaten in the trial of patience,
and having procured some tough
shoots of g%round-ash, he applied them
to Mr.. Horses back SO vigorously that
that self-willed q%uadruped was obliged
to confess himself beaten so far as
his hide was concerned. It was then
twenty minutes before eight on Sunday
morning, the contest having lasted
fifteen hours and a half, during which
the horse did not bulge an inch, nor
his owner stir from his seat in the
carriage.
This is probably the most remarkable
exhibition of obstinacy on the one side
and of patience on the other that was
ever known, and the story as told here
is exactly true.-Young People.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-01-12
COLUMN.

Lasting Beauty.
thoughts make a beautiful soul, and a
uuful soul makes a beautiful face"
Once / knew a little girl,
Very plain;
You might try her hair to curl
All in vain;
On her cheek no tint of rose
Paled and FLUSHED, or sought repose;
She was plain.
Butthe thoughts ii + through her hrai"
Came and went,
AS a recompense for pain,
Angels sent;
So full many a beauteous thing,
In her young soul poisoning,
Gave content.
Every thought was full of grace.
Pure and true;
And in time the homely face
Lovelier grew,
With a heavenly radiance bright,
From the souls reflected light
Shining through.
So I tell you, little child,
Plain or poor,
Ifyour thoughts are undefled
You are sure
OF the loneliness of worth;
And this beauty of earth
Will endure.
-.Marie Locey, in ST. Nicholas.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-01-12
He thdre

Jaw, can you sell me. aw, a blue
necktie to match my eyes, you know: 2"
inquired an Austin dude in gentle
mans furnishing store.
Don't know as / can, exactly" re-
piled the salesman, ''but l think / can
ft you with a soft hat to match your
head"
Then the dude withdrew from the
store, q crushed, strawberry hue suf-
fusing his effeminate features
Siftings.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-01-12

Besides the four quarter-days once
in use in England, Christmas. Lady
Day, Midsummer and Michaelmas,
four ecross quarter-days' were once in
use: Candlemas. Whitsuntide, Lammas
and Mart:nmas, and even now some
English rents are payable on those
days, and in Scotland these quarter
days are in common use.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-01-12
The Waste Of As.t,nat Food.

A'VVtSs
The flesh of domestic animals fit for
food is almost a waste substance in
many countries, since it can not be To-
cally consumed o profitably preserv-
ed. In the river Plate republics alone
there are $4,000, 900 sheep and 25,O00,-
900 cattle to a population of 100000.
For years sheep were only valued
there for their wool, and, when flayed
carcasses were left to rot, or, when
dried in the sun, piled up in stacks for
fuel, while later on they were boiled
down for their tallow. Sheep get very
fat in the province of Buenos Ayres,
and those of three and four years will
give frequently from eighteen to
twenty-five pounds Of talloW. Count
less numbers of sheep are boiled down
every year in the so-called "graserias''
only for the tallow, which forms one
of the staple articles of export. The
mutton is thrown away, or used in a
dry state as fuel. In the five years
ending with 1850, more than 100000
sheep and 100000 horned cattle were
boiled down simply for their tallow, in
the colonies of New South Wales and
Victoria. We English are great meat
eaters, and, IS u home supply is
quite insufficient, we have to import
more than 100000 tons every year.
With the growth of our population,
and the decreasing number of live
stock at home, the imports Of meat
from abroad have prodigiouslyincreased
In the last quarter of a century.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-01-12

Another old mar has just died in
Tennessee. His name was Burrell
Cox. and his age 10 years, eleven
months and ten days.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-12-03

THE unwise policy of the government
toward the Indians, says the st. Paul
Day, is nowhere shown to be more in
adequate than in its workings in Mon
tana. There the ranchnlen lose tiIous-
the possibility of prevention or redress.
In the matter of their lands the Indians
are treated in their tribal relation as an
independent. enlightened nation, and
are wheedled into divesting themselves
of their titles by the most ~stupendous
system of dishonorable purchase and
bribery. But when a treaty is made
and reservation bounds have been fixed,
they instantly become savages again to
all practical purposes, and are al
lowed to break over the boundaries as
lawless marauders, and no redress is
possible as there would be in the case of
a civilized people guilty Of such tres
pass. AS long as they are regarded as
wards of the nation they should be re-
stained ON their reservations. But
there is only one solution of the Indian
problem. That is to abrogate their
tribal relations, restore their reserva-
tons to the public domain, give them
all of the privileges Of the land laws,
and make them amenable to the statutes
made and provided for the white man.
While they are allowed to hold more
than three millions of the best range
lands in Montana alone, they should be
held strictly accountable for all trespass-
es upon the lands of the ranchmen and
the ranges.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-12-03
THE

There is something ridiculous in the
excessive praise of Nj. Cleveland by
democratic papers since his election to
the presidency. The only way to &C.
count for this soldering nonsense is
that it seems to be human weakness to
imagine that with power must come rel
alive mental strength; but such a theory
is absurd, and men should be judged as
they are and not by their potential
greatness. We do not propose to undef-
estimate the president-elect indeed We
are glad to accept any fair and reason
able estimate of his abilities, and even
60 so far as to think he may disappoint
his party-Which certainly would prove
him worthy Of high praise but after
all. what is there to allow MI. Cleveland
to be called a great man? Can he be
sensibly chosen MS the Courageous
sbold, y s'statesmanlike, ut'experiencedu
executive his more jealous organs would
have us regard him? Certainly he can
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-12-03
UPPER MARIAS VOTES

L
In our last article we had progressed
as far as Willow Rounds, SO called be-
cause of the complete circle Of willows
that grow there. From this place to
Robert, Kip 4 Upham's store, on Birch
creek, is 20 or rs miles, according to the
qualities or disposition of your cayuse.
We stoutly maintained that it is not a
mile less than the last named estimate.
Birch creek is crossed twice, and near
the last crossing is the ranch of Dan
Sullivan, who is engaged in stock grow
ing. He has some 800 head of cattle,
and instead of letting them run at will
on the range they are herded at a con-
venient distance and corraled at home
every night. The proximity of the Pie
gans, the agency being bur a few miles
away, made this precautionary measure
a necessity in the past. when Indians
lived in no small part upon cattle killed
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-12-03

THE Washington territory official vote
gives Voorhees,. DEM, for delegate in
congress. 29,995; Armstrong, rep, %, 849.
The total vote in 1882 was 1896, show
ing an increase of 2 2,348 in two years.
Women cast between 10000 and II, 900
votes. Delegate-elect VOORHEES, is a son
Of Senator VOORHEES,, of Indiana, often
referred to as the "Tall Sycamore of the
Wabash.N
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-12-03

WITH all its hard luck the Yellow
stone National Park hotel lost only
$3.50 last year, The owners think, had
it been open at the beginning of the
season, it would have cleared $4,000.
The enterprise has large possibilities of
success in it, with decently j%udicious
management.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-12-03
Public Debt Statement.

WASHINGTON, November .29.-It is
estimated that the decrease Of the public
debt for November will not be much
over one million. The deer ease lis due
to the reduction in revenues for the
month.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-12-03

CONGRESSMAN CASSIDY of Nevada is
going to take the Cullom anti-Mormon
bill, which was pigeon-holed by Senator
Edmunds' committee, and introduce it
in the house. The Mormons are en-
croaching on Neyada and settling por-
tons of that state with vigorous colo
MES
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-12-03

Gov. CLEVELAND gently intimates
that he has received considerable advice
about his duties that he is not in need
of, from Mr.. Hendricks. VOORHEES, will
probably control the Indiana patronage.