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The Opelousas courier., 1886-07-17
Youth and Age.

Youth and Age.
Long ago, long ago. in this valley of woe,
The white mists were silver, the sunshine
was gold;
Long ago, long ago every dewdrop aglow
Was the purest of diamonds of value un-
told.
Long ago, long ago, every foweret low
Looked BUT from the grass like a star from
the sky;
Long ago, long ago, every streamlet afow
In avoiume of glittering crystal went by.
Now the silvery mist is water, I wist
To whichthe grand power to climb upward
is given.
The sunshine Of gold is a wave OF light rolled
On the earth through the open portal of
heaven.
Tn dew in the grass now shineth, alas!
In my altered eyes like an angels tears;
And the deep waters roll, the type of a soul,
Righton to the sea of eternity near.
The flowers in the grass, they must die, and
they pass.
From life unto life as Is US tits given;
For the mist and the dew, stream, flower and
light too.
like souis are sent down but to climb back
to heaven.
-Harper's Weekly,
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CnLifofnfn Salmon.

A scientific work just published I'M
der the auspices of the United States
| Government, on the fisheries and fish
ing industries of this country, has this
to say about the California salmon, a
fish of whose ocean history little is
known: "We know that s1lmon leave
the mouths of the rivers at stated times
and return to their rivers at other stated
times, but where they go, or how they
fare, or what motive guides their course
in their mysterious ocean %sojourns, no
one knows. They are found to have
deep-sea fish in their stomachs when
they first make their appearance neal.
enough to the mouths of rivers to be
captured, which points to the deep sea
as their ocean battle-ground. They
are often caught with marks of seals
and sea lions teeth upon them, which
show that they are preyed upon in the
sea by these enemies, though, perhaps,
it is only in their journey to the rivers
mouth that they have to run the gaunt-
let of seals and sea-lions, for they prob
ably have a capacity for standing deep
er water than their just mentioned enc
mics. But if their ocean history is lit
tie known, their inland career is inter-
esting enough to make up for it. From
fha Y,nrnonH &ho coIppoo aDtor- 4ho r.yap
which it is sure to seek once in one or
two years, its progress is one of interest.
1t first proceeds at its leisure to the
head of tide-water. Here it stops
awhile and seems to play about between
fresh and salt water. Whether it shrinks
from encountering the sudden change
from salt water to fresh, which is prob
ably the cause of dallying, or for other
causes, it usually spends two weeks or
more how ering about the border line
between sea water and river water.
When it has overcome its apparent re-
pugnance to making the change to fresh
water, it makes a rapid charge up the
river for the clear, gravelly streams. Now,
paradoxical or unreasonable as it may
seem, it stops eating. Nothing is ever
found inside of a California salmon to
show that it has eaten a particle of food
in fresh water. As a proof of this state
l1ent, out of a great many thousand
specimens that have been examined, no
food has been found in the stomachs of
any
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NaUGg Appreutices.

The youth who now seeks to be en-
rolled as one of the 'tNation's defenders
may do so with the certainty that his flu
ture will be generously provided for
while his mental and moral condition
will be as religiously guarded as circum
cumstances and his own natural tenden
cies will permit. Upon enlistment thu
boys are retained on board the Mime.
sofa until their number has increased tt
ten, when they are sent to the flagship
New Hampshire, at Newport, R. L
Here they at once enter upon their
studies and duties as apprentices, and,
upon becoming proficient in both, are
eligible for draft to either of the three
cruising vessels comprising the training
squadron. The pay of a boy upon en-
tering is SO per month, out of which
payment for his outfit of clothing and
bedding is deducted. This usually
places the boy in debt for a period vary.
ing from three to six months. The boy
who would succeed in his profession as
sailor must shirk at nothing pertaining
to his duty as an apprentice. His sur.
roundings will be made as pleasant as
circumstances will permit; but upon his
W exertion largely depends the success
he may later attain.
It might be here pertinent to remark
that no apprentice, be he ever so bright,
should entertain any hope of advance
ment to the rank of a commissioned
officer. The time for that has passed,
and it is now absolutely necessary to be
graduated from the Naval Academy at
Annapolis to become eligible for promo
ton to the lowest grade Of commissioned
officers. Still, if the boy possesses the
requisite amount Of energy aud push, he
may be appointed either a boatswain OF
gunner, or if he be of a mechanical turn
OF mind, may succeed in becoming either
q carpenter or sailmaker. All of these
positions are paying ones, and are, as a
rule, eagerly sought after by ambitious
apprentices.
It has become q fixed desire among
commanders of fleets, squadrons, and
vessels belonging to the navy to so per-
feet the arrangements of the present APP
prentice system as to provide an ade-
quate means of supply of American sea-
men.-N. Y. Times.
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fact there are no good hounds, and by
hounds | mean foxhounds.. After find
ing tLat it would cost from $50 to $40 to
bring a dog from the E st by express, 1
made an attempt to find a thoroughbred
foxhound, but up to date l have failed to
discover him in Southern California,
though my quest developed ONE of the
most remarkable dogs called hounds it
was ever nv good fortune to see.
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The signal! And he had not seen j
Mechanically he sounded the whist
sharp and shrill-two brief, unearth
shrieks-and then sprang out into Il
darkness, through which the red ligl
streamed like an eye of sullen fire!
He had done what he could to say
the fated train, and he grasped Blind
at the one chance in five hundred for b
own life.
He sprang, and striking against tt
beams, lost all consciousness in the il
slant that the train skinned by him, il
long array of lights cleaning and vanish
ing, and faces here and there lookin
out of the windows, all unconscious thu
they were going to Death!
y 4 y " a
A bleak December day, with the snoV
flakes clicking against the window-pane'
a wood-fire cracking on the hearth, an
Grace Arden's light figure coming an
going like a little brown-robed Sister q
C~harity-Royal Meriam's eyes vaguel
took in these things, lying among hi
pillows, before he remembered
Remembered! Remembered, that b
was an outcast among men-a murderer
"Grace,n he gasped, tell me! Ho,
came / here? How was / savcd2"
They found you on the bridge, dear
Hush! You must not talk much. Yo
are very weak and feeble. You wer
quite unconscious, and terribly bruised.
"And-the train2 Was it totall
wrecked?n
ut wasn't wrecked at ALL" said Grace
with frightened face. "For the dra,
was not OPEN"
"Nct open?"
mo; it had been, but was just close,
again, and the men had not yet take
down the open signal when the expires
rushed on without any warning what
ever. They stopped it on the other sid
and missed you.n
'No one was killed then2" he shud
dered, feeling as if a mountain of hoyro
was lifted from his breast.
tNo one!"
sGrace,n he whispered, h~oarsely, draw
ing her down to him. 81 was-drunk
If that train had been wrecked the bloc,
of all those helpless passengers, men
women and children, would have bee
on my head. God be thanked that II
has not punished me as / deserved
Royal Merriam, a prematurely old AM
crippled man, lived to atone for all tn
faults and foliies of his youth. He neve
re-entered the old professionals had no
nerve enough for that, he was wont t
say, ever if they would have trusted hir
again; but he worked hard and honestE
for his bread, with Grace his wife stand
ing loyalty by his side. And never il
all the long years that followed did,
drop of ardent spirits e pass his lips
Il have had my lesson, y he said.
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Feminine ~BulJ-FIghters.

-
Monday the famous amphitheatre at
Mines, a monumental relic of old Ro-
man times, was full to repletion with a
crowd of excited beings who had come
to witness the skill and prowess of the
Matador Frutos and his compeers. What
was more, three toreras were to appear,
this being the first time that women have
entered the arenas at Mines. At 8 o'clock
in the afternoon the performances began
with a grand procession of Spanish bull
fighters, male AMI female, who rode
proudly into the inclosed space to the
sound of military music. Three toreras
in fancy costumes, all sparkling with fill
gree and bangles, headed the procession.
Then came the quadrille, composed Of
five toreadors, headed by the great Fru-
tos himself, in gorgeous habiliments. At
the sound of a bugle a splendid black
bull of crossed Spanish breed bounded
snorting into the ring. The women i'm,
mediateiy set to work with their bande-
rillas which they flung at the face and
body of the careering toro. The tips Of
the animals horns were covered with
round knobs of wood or leather while the
women were plying their darts so as to
prevent accidents, but the projections
were afterwards removed in some in.
stances while the men were performing.
A second bull, a red one, which was next
let loose, made straight at one of the to-,
reras, a young woman professionally DIES.
ignated Senorita Bonita del Amo, and
knocked her over in a second, but not,
however, before she had succeeded in
planting two lance-headed pennons be.
tween his eyes. The woman was Olsen,
gagged with surprising dizziness by heI
male companions, and returned to the
charge with a courageous persistence
worthy of Madame de Valsayre herself.
She was loudly applauded by the public
for her performance. A fresh bull was
introduced, which brought out the finer
play of Frutos, whose first proceeding
was to clear the bull with a pole as easily
as if he were clearing a fence. He
then simulated death by lying still on
the ground, escaping with marvellous
adroitness as the bull came near him with
f.~anso,,c s,AapA H. &o,o,o Dn-.L- III
Amo then sat on a chair in the middle
of the arena and calmly awaited the on.
slaught of a fresh animal. In the twink.
ling of an eye she was caught ON the
bulls horns and was tossed high into the
air, falling stunned to the ground. Thii
was the most ~deplorable part of the per,
Torrance, and no more serious accidents
occurred. The quadrille of men in.
stantly attracted the bulls attention from
his PROSTATE prey, and the woman wal
quickly sprinkled with water or vinegar,
and rose apparently uninjured from the
ground. Her light clothes were torn te
shreds. Frutos repeated the chair move.
ment, but, more adroit than the woman,
he nimbly sprang aside before the bull
could bear down on him, and just es
capped a terrible horn-thrust. Six bull
IN all were let loose during the afternoon
The woman's performances were great
failures, and it is to be hoped that from
motives of humanity these shows may be
at least confined to men, if they are to b.
continued at Mines.
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L0ngfeEloU and CHtfdren.

The poet Longfellow was very fond d
children, and liked TO have them around
him. Mrs. Annie Fields, in an article il
the Century, gives the following extract
from the diary Of her husband, the late
| James T. Field, which pleasantly illus
trates Longfellow's kindness to children.
Sunday, October-Took five little
children to drive IN the afternoon and
stopped at LongfelloW's. II wasdelight,
ful to see their enjoyment and his. HI
took them out of the carriage ID hit
arms and was touchingly kind TO them.
His love for children il not confined ia
his poetic expressions or to his own
faEniIy he Is uncommonly beautiful and
tender with them always,
Iremember there Was one little boy oi
whom be was very fond, aud who came
often To sec him. Oae day the child
looked earnestly at the long rows Of
books ii TAG library, and 1t length
asked:
Have you got lack the Giani
Killer
LpngfaIIow was obliged 10 confess tint
lis library did not contain that veneratta
volume. The little boy looked sorry
and presently slipped down from ths
poets knee, and went away but early
the next morning LongfeIlow an btu:
coming q NE walk with something
tightly cIaaped u bis little fists.
The Guild had brought tWo csnm with
which IongfeIaow was q buy ! AJact
I'M aiant Kills's IL be his avn.
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# costs Maine Yearly shout $4,000 ii.
bountisafor bears.
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THE OPEN DRAW.

Grace Arden looked up into her lovers
face with wistful blue eyes and cheeks
stained with faint crimson.
Royal Merriam looked at her with the
laugh of conscious superiority.
"Vhat nonsense Grace! AS if there
were any real dangerm
There is always danger, Royal, in
your business, and with-with that hab-
i'll"
"Iiabit, Gracea Now you are going a
little too far. Idon't drink any more
than other men. 1t is not a confirmed
habit with me ana never will be-"
"Good-b by, Royalm
"You won't kiss me2 You are vexedan
"0nly sorry, Royal. Because know
chat papa will never let me marry a man
who drinkstn
Royal Merriam turned on his heel, and
be strobe away. muttering something
about ssnarrow-minded old fools, who
expected every one to be cut after their
own pattern
But he had walked only a little dis
tance when the cloud cleared away from
bis face, and the old, careless, good
natured smile once more came back.
Dear little Gracie!' he said to him
self. perhaps she's right, after all. /
believe ! am getting to be more fond of a
stray glass than / ought to be, but OF
course there's no danger. A man can al
ways control himself. Still I'll go back
tomorrow and make peace with the little
blue-eyed kitten, and if she wants me to
promise, why I'll PROMISE
The ssShephcrd's Arms was ali unpre-
tending little village hostelry, through
whose drawn red curtains the evening
lights shone cheerily, and Royal Meriam's
boon companions welcomed him uproar
iously.
YOU'RE coming to the end of your
rope, old fellow, = said one. esThe super
intendent is going to strike everybody
that drinks a social glass off from the
list. Says il amt business-like-can't
afford to run any risks
IT don't know what the worlds ON
ing to, for my part, = said another, look
ing into the bowl of his short black pipe.
"a man might as well be d slave and
done with it,
I've heard something of il before, y
said Merriam, carelessIy. 4 don't know
but what it is d wise enough regulation,
on the whole. But there's one thing GER
tain; TIL drink the superintendents
health tonight, If ! never do again.
A general laugh echoed this assertion
Of Royal Merriam; and in the hour or two
that followed, poor Grace Arden's pite-
ous request, Grace Arden,s tear-brim-
ming blue eyes. were entirely forgotten.
DrunkI drunki Never was more
sober ii my life. Yes, yes, ] know it's
time to start, and here / am fresh as
cricket
Royal Merriam swung himself to his
place Oh the glittering, fre-throated To-
comotive with the careless case and light
ness of d mountaineer.
Go ahead, = he called out.
The d~epot-nnaster looked ~curiously at
him.
AYou may not be drunk, z said he, sotto
g0cs, ssbut you have been drinking, my
Gnn fpIlavv and uai,,l eya{ rona,&od ~
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n4senk Gnnaanaeas

mo, doctor, 4 said the musical critic,
who had been discussing the develop.
ment Of the divine art IN America,
ttws have no great composers in this
country
81 beg pardon, airs but / believe we
have enc great composer
1.-THE name, pleaseas
s0hlorof0rm Sitting.
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Shakespeare's tomb was visited during
the last year By no fewer than Il, 900
persons.
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Minister'S Sons.

The Rev. Mr.. b, of Oregon, ha
two little boys, Matthew and Johnny
who have been duly instructed as to th
exceeding wickedness of swearing. Blu
the seed seems to have fallen on ston,
ground, for, as their father was gettin,
an armful of wood, he overheard on tp
other side of the woodpile, the following
conversation:
stOh, Johnny" said Matthew, in ,
coaxing but somewhat aWe-strnck tone
.less swear
sLessln cried little johnny, courage
ousIy.
There was q pause, during which Mat
thew appeared to be considering how t.
do it. Then he called out in furious &C
cents: 81 swear"
Tho do t. piped Johnny.
The younger of these two brother
initiated the elder Id everything. Once
when they had been amusing themselva
with playing sce-saw, they both
came runninginto the house flushed Will
pleasure.
s.Oh, ma" cried Matthew, 81 see-saW
ed way up to the Lord
And Johnny echoed: ooh, ma, | the.
thawed way up to bod.
On another occasion Matthew's mother
took him upon her lap to impress upor
him the duty Of obeying his parents and
being kind to his little brother. Will.
receiving these instructions Matthew
gazed 1T her with 80 much earnestness
that she felt sure q deep impression was
being made On his young mind, But,
when she got through, the pleasing illu.
sion was dissipated BY his remarking
dryly: your chin goes up and down
SO funny all the time you're talking
Free Press.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1886-04-21
THE MARKETS.

CHICAGO, April II.
On change wheat was active on speculative ac-
count, and prices jumped lac, May opening at
7Ssc, advancing to 19sc and clio Ing at 1914 179Ac.
Corn as in better request and Aac higher, May
c;osng at S74@312sc, Oats were frmer and a
shade higher. Rye anu barley were quiet but firm
Provisions were quiet but shade higher
Live stock-The Union stock yards report the
following range Of prices hoSs-lhe market
ers buying spatingly at sc lower prices; light
grades Sa1O94s0; rough packing, $3.S5@4.20;
heavy packing and shipping 10 s, S40l04S5 Cat
S340GG4.l0; rat.ves, S4,2505.Il.
Produce: Butter-Extra Elgn creamery, eco
&c per h.. dairy se!ec, lion, lGa15c; fresh pack
ing, 70L9c. Eggs-Srictiy fres l-lad, ll1ac per
doL. Potat Ies-in car OTIS ON track, BurUanks,
53dIl5c per In. i white rose 45Q5Oc Live Poul-
sys PEE per Do
10 fancy, $l.25Q1.75 per bbl; seconds, 750$l.00.
New York.
New YORK, April II.
Wheat-No. l red state spot 99c; No. do, 93c;
No. white, 94c NJ, red winter, May, 9s5tc; do.
Jun. /, SIC. C,rn-No. 2 mixed Cash, 46c; do.
May, 462ic; do Dune, 47c. Cats-No, white
stale spot. 4oc; No. do, 4sG Rye-DuI Bar,
syngnehsnSeaM roskoJ aae nS s mess so'0
st. Louis.
ST. LOUIS, No, April Il.
Wncat-Strong and higher; No. : red, cash and
May, Sc; June, S9iac. Corn-F.tm; No. mixed,
,as S3 C; May, 33'sc bid, Jusc, .44c, Oats
It ady No mixed, cash, D { b d; May, SOZc
BID. Rye-Ne lec:ed. Wnisky-F.rm; S1.10.
Detroit.
DETROIT, Men, April l..
Wa at-No. white, - &: ca, S5@sc May;
casa Michigan RID, So. &C; n > re-, S5l2c; SGasc,
May; l.i &C, June; sc Il. .>rgaSt. No. red. SIC.
,Gr - &c CGts-No - = c. No. , white, 35c
ii.
ToiCdH.
ToDEDo, Ohio, April II.
Wheat Act e; cash, Sj'4G1s April; May,
SiAc; june lie: Jdly, ~ &C; August SFAc;
Sep:em e IS, ~. Co n-F.rE; sh and May,
Sc; June, 5!5sc. O.ts-Htea0y: c..sh and Nay,
f.l &C. Clio, or seed-Firm cash, $3.50; April
milwaukee,.
MILWAUKEE, April II.
Whea,-Stroug; cash. 79lac; May, S0hc; June
HSc. Corn-stcady; Ne. =, 371Sc. Oats-Steady;
No. 2, SO1ic. Rye-Quiet; No. /, 50A4c. Barley
Dull; No. 9, 65he. Is.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1886-04-21

The majority report of the Payne inves-
tigating committee, recommending that the
evidence adduced be certified to the presi-
dent of the United States senate, was Fri
day adopted by the Ohio house by a strict
party vote-61 to 49,
An agreement made by the district as
sembly with the International Cigarmakers'
Union, of Milwaukee,, has been rejected by
the local assembly Of the Knights of Labor,
who have resolved to boycott the union end
the firms of Segnitz & Co., and L. Kindling.
Waterman and policeman fired several
shots at John b. Murphy, foreman of the
St Paul yards, at Milwaukee Thursday
night, installing him for a burglar One
bullet lodged in a notebook in Mr.. Murphy's
breastpocket, and another found resting
place on the buckle of one of his sllspenders.
Manager w. B. Dawson, Of the Macon
county Illinois, Protective Life Insurance as
ISOLATION. has been using the mails to foster
a lottery scheme, and will be looked after
by the postal authorities At meeting at
Decatur Friday the officers of the associa-
tion denounced Dawson and demanded his
immediate resignation
@. w. Bair, a lawyer, assaulted G. c.
Frost, an editor, at Huron, D. T., Friday.
upon which Frost drew his revolver, but in
the scuffle the weapon was turned against
its owner, inficting slight wound In his
wrist After disengaging himself Frost fired
point blank at his opponent, but missed him,
and was then thumped by citizens for his
reckless shooting
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1886-04-21
A STRATEGIC MOVE.

The Chicago, Burlington 4 Northern Rail-
way Company Fools the Illinois Cen
trail,
DUBUQUE, Iowa, April 19-The city is in
a broad grin over the strategic movement
Friday night in railroad circles. The Hi
nois Central Railroad company denies the
Chicago, Burlington a Northern company
the right of way over the railroad bridge
across the Mississippi here. To transfer its
cars and supplies, temporary tracks are be-
ing laid to the river, but they are not yet
ready for use Friday night at o'clock, a
train of forty cars was run over the
bridge, through the tunnel and into East
Dubuque. A frog was put in quickly and
the train was run upon its own track along
side that Of the Illinois Central This &c
complished, the frog was taken out and the
track left as found The engineer at the
draw saw the train approaching, but
thought it was the Illinois Central train,
until too late to stop its passage. A bright,
moonlight night favored the scheme A
suit for trespass is now probable. The Mil
waukee q St Paul company favored the
strategic movement
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1886-04-21
Turkish Women.

Small parties of Turkish women are
encountered picking their way along
streets of Galata in charge of male
attendant, who walks little way be-
hind, if of the better class, or with out
the attendant in the case of the poorer
people, carrying small Japanese Ian
terms. Sometimes lantern will 60 out,
OF doesn't burn satisfactorily, and the
whole party halts in the middle of the,
perhaps, crowded thoroughfare, and
clusters around until the lantern is re-
adjusted. The Turkish lady walks with
a slouchy gait, her shroudlike abbas
adding not little to the ungraceful-
ness.
Matters are likewise scarcely to be
improved by wearing two pair of shoes,
the large, slipperlike overshoes being
required by etiquette to be left on the
mat upon entering the house she is Wis
ting; and in the case of strictly ortho-
dox Mussulman lady-and doubtless,
we may also easily imagine, in case of a
not overprepossessing conference.-the
yaShmak hides all. but the eyes. The
eyes of many Turkish ladies are large
and beautiful, and peep from between
the white gauzy folds OF the ydShnp06
with an effect upon the observant
Frank not unlike coquettishly ogling
from behind fan. Handsome young
Turkish ladies with leaning toward
western ideas are no doubt coming to
understand this, for many are nowadays
met on the streets wearing yaSbmdkS
that are but a single thickness of trans
parent gauze, that obscure never a feat
ure, at the same time producing the de-
cidedly interesting and taking effect
above mentioned. 1t is readily seen
that the wearing of yashmaks must be
quite charitable custom in the case of
lady not blessed with handsome
face, since it enables her to appear in
public the equal of her more favored
sister in commanding whatever homage
is to be derived from that mystery which
is said to be woman's greatest charm,
and if she has but the one redeeming
feature of beautiful pair Of eyes, the
advantage is obvious. In street cars,
steamboats,, and all public conveyances,
board or canvas partitions wall off a
small compartment for the exclusive use
of ladies, where, hidden from the rude
gaze of the Frank, the Turkish lady can
remove her yashmak and smoke cigar
rettes.-0uting for February.