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The Opelousas courier., 1888-01-21

An army officer in Chicago asked the
other dag, do you know where the ex-
act geographical center Of the United
States isl Never thought anything
about Il, probablys Well its marked by
i grave-that Of Major Ogden, Of the
United States Army, who died at Fort
Riley in Kansas, in 1866, during the
cholera epidemic Of that year. Major
Ogden's remains were afterwards re-
moved To Fort Leayenworth and buried
h the national cemetery there, but his
monument still stands on a knoll a little
to the north east of the post, Fort Riley.
and II lifts its head towards the clouds
Ia the exact geographical confer Of the
United States. This isn't a conceit; its
4 fact, though probably Of the hundreds
of men nowat the fort not ono in 100
ever stops to think about it. Fort Riley
Is d few miles east Of Junction City, Kan,
and Is one 81 the most important cavalry
stations ii the country z
The Opelousas courier., 1888-01-21

DIR. Holub, the Austrian traveller, has
iustreturncd to Europe after three years
exploration in South Africa. Although
his expedition was once broken up and
pIandcred by the natives he brings
home an extensive and valuable col
lection which fills 147 cases. In it
there are 6o2 skins Of quadrupeds ready
for stufing, Of which 70 are Of animals
as large as the koodoo-an antelope
heavier than the red deer; Of birds,
there are 2asf specimens; of insects ~,
900, including q, 900 beetles and 5000
moths and butterflies. There are also
$500 specimens Of plants. There are
1000 recorded observations in meteort
ology, and more than that number of
fhe measurements of elevations.
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TIE Knfndids.

Night after night, in the old elm trees
A queer discussion has long been held;
Such a war of words 'twould nave taken a
host
OF peacemakers ever the feud to have
quelleds
An individuaI-Katy by name
1t seems the. quarrel was all about:
But who was Katy, or what she had done,
Cur earnest endeavors could ne'er make out!
An irate voice in the topmast bough
LIN challenging tones cried, "Katy didn'
From a lower limb in quick response
Came "Katy didn't!n in triumph said.
Then from friendly trees that had long
clasped arms,
Reaching across DER the broad highway,
Called new contestants, both pro and con,
With ardor joining this odd affray.
Till the dear old tree that had nodding stood
So quiet and peaceful all day long,
Whispering only in loving mood
Tremulous thrilled by the wild birds song
Seemed filled with gossiping, clamoring
tongues
That rose and fell ON the evening air,
While "Katy didl' and katy didn't!n
Were heard and repeated everywhere.
All through the early autumn nights,
Still was not ended the strange dispute;
The woodlands turned to crimson and gold,
Brown and r~usset-the birds grew mute;
But one starry night-when the winds were
chill,
I heard a voice from the elm tree call,
That in this contention was the last word.
It just said ssKatyn-and that was.all!
Hartford Times.
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I9nsDer supply of the CountrM.


notwithstanding the great draw upon
The wood reserves of tao country, there
y ~ danger VI exhaustion 1t present.
Rev Eagland II by no means dcauded
of Hi timber The great northwestern
neries are comparatively tnoxhaustcd.
There Ii also Il vigorous second growth
of white pine ii New England, where
ae forests ara already yielding between
2Oo. oQo, 900 nod s800, o0o. 900 feet Of tim-
ber annually. Southern pine, although
stripped frosss The banks of the streams
lowing into HE Atlantic Il practically
natoushed IL the Gull states, especially
those bordering 81 tlae Mississippi. The
hard wood forests Of the Mississippi
basih aFe still prolific. Il Michigan,
parffsalaf e aofghern peninsula, lard
Weoa ffa nipple espsefslss III
tAs Paeis soA regon Tia grcal fpre
rs AF pkaetieaEEs Th sFost
oi 6lp country ~ #n
as tae aAeiAnitiag eleineit ! NOS
StsAea yes aaa nos shs mef
sAhs RssEon BaN
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Iheg Sang.

There was a difficulty among the sing
ers; and, it being rumored ASA settled
fact that the choir would not sing a
note on the next Sabbath, the minister
commenced morning worship by giving
that hymn of Watts, Come yewho
love the Lord After reading it through,
he looked up very alphabetically to the
choir and said, You will begin at the
second verse:
Let those refuse to Chg
Who never knew our God.'n
They sang that hy~mn.-EMusical
Herald.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-01-21

The Boston Courier thinks cit is a
little singular that the idea Of an armed
guard of one or two men on the mail
cars of the most important routes does
not occur to the authorities. Robberies
are frequent and of much importancesl
and that the cars are insuficicntly pro
tected is a fact which is patent to every
body, while the expense involved would
be light in comparison with the interests
iuvolyed.n
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An AserGctsve Future.

Matilda-I can't see why you men are
. attracted by Miss Gildersleeye; she
has no figure, and
Brother Charley-No fgnret Well, if
q round half-million isn't an attractive
figure, I would IKE to know what isl
Harpers Bazaar.
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1t is said that d perfectly healthy and
active man, when in good condition,
should weigh Ia pounds for every inch
Of his height. OF course many apparent
IL healthy men are heavier than this
rule would indicate.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-01-21
Harvest excursions are a f~avoritc and
frequent form of entertainment in the
Western corn regions.

The Chicago News says ministers are
50 scarce in Idaho that they have to be
imported in many cases where people
wish to get married. Trains are stopped
that they may be searched for ministers.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-01-21

The Atlanta (Ga.) Constitution says:
eve have too many new-fangled health
notions. The men who arc aa,law unto
themselves in their habits generally live
to attend the funeral Of the cranks who
attempted to advance them. Nature
guides nine men out of ten in the right
direction. If the tenth misses it he may
deserve to miss it.
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sT. r ACADEMY,

Inv
The course of instruction in this Institution embraces
English, French, Latin, Greek, Arithmetic AlgenIa'
Geography, PenmanshiD, and great care is bestowed
on Christian Instruction. ~
Scholars per month, $50, So or "a, according to eisss'
Sen Eaaa = resumed on Wednesday, September 18th,
Haa REV. G, RAYMOND ID. d. $
DC" REV. +. j. RAYMOND.
HENRY G. LEWIS
Aug. 29. 1885. NJ. ALFRED bRlLLsf'
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III Small OuansfEies.

Chicago Drumner to strangely
What line Of goods are you selling,
sir
strangsr with dignity-pm 1 law
yer. I sell brains
Chicago DrummerAh. yes Retail,
i sposeN New York sun.
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BY means 81 81 air-gun, Prof. g. +.
Noes has found that to drive straws into
pine boards and hickory lark, IS IS
often done by tornadoes. d velocity of
100 To 175 miles an hour ii necessary.
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FOR SALE.

A Fine Res dence, with al necessary out
buildings an | improvements, and sufficient
land for a sm Ii farm, a Joining thee ptorats
Ii nits Of Ope on as. will be soil cneap
An lv at this flee. ul'l
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J l.. R
TOWN PROPERTY FOR SALE.

\ centr ,tly located anil desirable business
stan O 4 NJ in street, Opelousa consis ing
f building si table for residence an smat
store, and adjoining a bakery, being the
prope ty next to the pc t-otfice Tnls par5p-
trty will be sold very cheap for cash, or half
"a i and balance on terms to suit nu C iaser.
4 Nv at this ofice Or to Ms. Edmon1C c.
Dupre maich @Vof
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CONVENT or
The Immaculate Conception,

OPELc5sAs. La.
The course of studies "a this Institution Is mos II hs I.
tensive. embracing ali the branches taugh' IL 'S
Institutions of America or Europe
TERMS ARE VERY MODERATE.
Board and Tuition per month. Sl2; Day Scholar.
a 'nonth ~. "a OF ga, according to class. upeniag
pr pf I'M mo cIa sss 81 he list Monday of September. anss
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Paper for business Correspondence

Paper for business correspondence.
clint is a great pity that business men
cannot adopt a uniform sizeof paper Tor
their correspondence. AS it is now,
there are 50 many differeat sizes and
shapes that fling and docketing letters
is extremely difficult and annoying, and
. letter file looks like q sample book
from q paper mill. Lovers and such
have a right to exhaust their ingenuity
in queer and fanclful shapes and sizes
Of paper on which to indite sollnets to
their mistress eyebrow r pour out the
fantasies Of The tender passion, but bust
ness men, to whom time IS money,
should adopt . uniform size Of letter
paper and q Of note paper, and then
folding and indorsing and fling letters
would be greatly simplifed.- San Fran
cisco Chronicle.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-01-21
The Gtrafe,s s,can-tfEe Neck

In spite of its enormous length it only
possesses the seven vertebre which are
common to nearly all the mammals. In
consequence it is nearly as flexible as a
wooden bar of equal length, so that the
many pretty pictures which represent
giraffes curving their necks gracefully,
after the manner of swans, are ludi-
crously wrong. But" said the objec-
tors, s'if it had so long and infexible a
neck it could not Craze, and being a
ruminant animal, would die of hunger"
It is quite true that it cannot Craze. It
can only lower its head near the ground
by spreading its forelcgs as widely as
possible and drawing its hind legs under
them, thus presenting a most ludicrous
aspect. In its native stlte it never, as
far as | know, even attempts to lower
its heal to the ground, but in captivity
it can be induced to do SO by laying on
the ground a large lump of sugar
Of which it is inordinately fond. The
fact is that it as intended
10 Craze, not on the ground, but
on the leaves Of trees. The acacia, or
minosa is its favorite tree, and the
Dutch ~colonist have in consequence
called the acacia by the nan of Ska
meeldorn"-i. e., camel thorn, they in
variably giving the name of camel to
the giraffe. This mode of feeding in
wolves another anomalous structure.
This is the tongue, On which the gi-
raffe is almost as much dependent as is
the elephant on its proboscis. 1t is pos
sessed Of wonderful powers Of extension
and contraction, and can be narrowed
until it almost resembles the correspond
ing organ of ~antseater. oThe peculiar
powers of the tongue can well be seen
when the animal takes the sugar with its
lips, but protrudes its tongue its fullest
extent, twists the narrowed tip around
the sugar, and SO draws the coveted
dainty into its mouth. When it feeds
on the trees it picks off leaf after leaf
quite daintily, selecting those which
are most to its tastc.-[Good Words.
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DISCIPLINE.

The government of this school Is strict but narsr..,.
no hard tasks or restrictions are imposed, but evss,,
student must comply with the rules, and must prsnsyss
Our course of study and mode of instruction M y
train the mind to habits of correct thinking and I'm,
oueh investigation. No student will be allowed y =. ~
ter higher classes without thorough preparation. d..
rents and guardians may rest assured that the manna,s
health and morals of tie children and wards shall, =
ceive due attention
No deduction sST absence. unless in case of protr...
ed illness. The location of the town is heaithfnI y
easy of access. The boarding department is unas, asaSa
immediate charge of Mrs. Hayes. Boarders viii n ~
vide themselves with blankets and towels. For bar.
ticulars address
r M. NJ. HAYES.
july 28'3SnoV2 TT9. Principal.
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O PELOUSAS FEMALE INSTITu7s

ODetOMSdS 50. landry Parish. n
FEgHI Institution Will resume duties Monde. v
Il TENDER 9Th. 1897. under the immediste snTas, nsp
of Mrs. M. NJ. Hayes and Mrs. M. A.. Havis1 nson
forty weeks. 'asW
TERMS OF TUITION:
Preparatory Department, per month, a. !,
Academic 'es.M
Music, with use of piano 40
Boarding, including washing, light and incl sg0
Embroidery. wax flowers, painting, drawing. "'io
each, Il 49,
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-11-29
LEAVING THE G. a. r..

The movement inaugurated by Gen.
PALMER, Of Illinois, and Gen. MATT
son, Of Indiana, which promises to de-
yelop into concerted action among the
Democratic members of the Grand
Army to withdraw from that 0rganiZa
ton, is the logical result of permitting
the organization to pass under the lead
ership of demagogueS like FORAKER
and FAIRcHILD. The Grand Army was
organized on strictly non-political and
non partisan basis. and if it had adj
hered to the original idea of its
organization it would not now
be threatened with dissolution. 1t
occurred in this, as in so many other in
stances, that the professional politician
inSinuated himself into the confidence
of the organization for the purpose of
abusing that confidence by perverting
the organization from its original pur-
pose and converting it into an engine for
the promotion of his selfish ambition.
Gen. PALMER has occasion to know the
drift that the Grand Army has taken
under the guidance of leaders of the
FORAKER type, for he was recently hon
ored by his party with nomination for
Office, and was made to feel the extreme
partisan force the organization eXerts.
Although he was distinguished Union
soldier in the war of the Rebellion, and
since the war has won honorS in civil
life, still he was as completely ostra-
cized by the Grand Army officials in the
late campaign as if he had been trail
tor, and for no other reason than that
he was q candidate on the Democratic
ticket. Under these circumstances il is
10 wonder that. impelled by sense OF
self-respect, veterans of Democratic
persuasion all over the country have
made up their minds to withdraw from
the Grand Army as it is at present Or
ganized, and let it be in name, what it
has proved to be in fact. only Repub-
lcan campaign machine.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-11-29
NO APOLOGY TO OFFER.

The Albany Argus insists that the st.
Paul GLOBE, the st. Louis Republic and
the Evansville Courier all owe apologies
to Gov. HILL for having questioned his
loyalty to the Democratic national ticket
in the late presidential contest. and de-
mand that our expressions of regret be
at once handed in to his eXcellency on a
silver platter. We know nothing of the
disposition of our ST. Louis and Evans
Vile contemporaries: but, SO far as the
GLOBE is concerned, we have nothing
to retract. and have said nothing that
we wish to apologize for. In the first
place, we refuse to recognize Gov.
HILLS right, through his personal organ
or otherwise, to demand an apology for
anything said in the way Of criticism of
his public career. In the second place,
if he had such right, we have said
nothing that would demand all apollo
getic explanation. The most we have
SAID, and we stick to it, was that Gov.
HuL's victory under the circumstances
would probably prove a dearly bought
one for him. President CLEVELAND
has generously acquitted Gov. Hill. of
all suspicious of loyalty to himself or to
his administration, and no one else is
now in position to question it. At the
same time, that does not relieve Gov.
HILL from the embarrassment which
always comes from the enjoyment
of personal victory at the
expense of party success. We do not
say, nor have we ever said, that Gov.
HILL is individually to blame for this
peculiar state of affairs; but being the
beneficiary, he will have to accept all
the consequences of it. Ii it gives
him the nomination for the presidency
in 1892, he will have no reason to be dis
gruntled at the criticisms which are now
showering in upon him. If it defeats
him for the nomination, or is an ele-
ment of weakness to him in the election
in case he gets the nomination, he can
not bewaiI the stroke of misfortune
which befell him in running $4,000
votes ahead of the national ticket at
an election where the national Democ-
racy were interested in the success of
the national ticket and didn't care a
bauble about the state ticket. Gov.
HfII's sensitiyeness under censure is
probably being intensified just now by
behoiding the honors bestowed by the
Republicans upon his defeated COM
petitor in the gubernatorial race, for
having so heroically sacrificed himself
upon the altar of party success. Ii
WARNER MILLER had been elected gov
ernor and HARRISON had lost New York
state, Mr.. MILLER would now be expert
encing the same unpleasantness that
afflicts Gov. HILL. In conclusion, we
would simply remind Gov. HILL that it
is condition which copfrontS him and
not theory, and the sooner he lets this
subject drop into innocuous desuetude
the better it will be for his political as
pirations.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-11-29

presume upon some advantage In
these accessions. On the other
hand, Texas will have sixteen
to eighteen. Missouri will gain one or
two. The other Western states will
hardly hold their present number. Chi
cago will gain one or two members at
the eXpepsa of the rest of the state, with
advantage % the Democrats, and New
York city will substitute two or three
Democrats for Republicans in the in
terror. The New England states will
lose probably two or three Republicans.
and the South will lose little in some
states and add in others, with no I'M
portant change in the aggregate While
states in each OF the great sections of
the country will lose. there will be gains
in others. Portions of the South are
developing rapidly, and the great states
of the East are keeping well up. The
diffusion of the new population has
been more general than in former dec
AIDES. The West will gain, but at less
ratio than heretofore.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-11-29
SOMETHING IN A NAME.

In a half-column editorial the New
York Sun delivers to Mrs. CLEVELAND
a timely lecture for her tboughtlessness
III selecting name for the LAMONT
baby. When Baby LAMONT was born
the other day, the parents considerably
determined to name the little girl after
the lady who has presided over the
executive family with such queenly
grace for the last four years. But, with
that charming modesty which is a trait
of our sweet first lady of the land, Mrs.
CLEVELAND begged that instead of
naming the baby after her Mrs. LAMONT
would grant her the privilege of select
ing the name. This was done, and
Baby LAMONT was christeued Mali
GUERTTE. The fault our New York
contemporary has to find with the
name is that it is French, and it would
have been SO much more appropriate to
have bestowed upon an American girl
the honest old English name, MAR
GARET. The Sun says there is no Ian
guage whose feminine names are more
euphonious and more dignlfed than the
English, and censures the presidents
wife for encouraging the foolish tend
ency of this American generation for
running after everything with foreign
flavor to it. According to the Suns
idea, there is something in a name. es-
pecially when it comes to bestoWing
names on our children.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-11-29
A NEW CLUB PROPOSED.
Good Dinners and Short Talks
Will Be Features,

1t is proposed to organize fort
nightly dinner club, the members of
which, in addition to partaking of the
good things of life, will indulge in an in
formal discussion of some topic of COM
mon interest. A committee, consisting
of Charles E. Flandrau, G. E. Lamborn,
G. d. O'Brien, Ambrose Tighe and e.
V. Smalley, has been appointed
for the purpose of working up
an interest in the the club, and has
sent out circulars 10 favored few who
are invited to meet in the card room at
the Minnesota club Saturday evening.
AT that time the general table d'hOte
dinner will be served, and If majority
Of those present favor the idea, arrange
mentS for future meetings will be
made. The following is list Of those
invited to attend the initial dinner:
j. A: Wheelock, Stanford Newell, II. P. Up
ham, Wescott WillSin, Greenleaf Clarke, Gov.
Alex. Ramsey. Allen Marvel, c. E. Flandrau,
E. w. Winter, c.. D. O'Brien, j. d. O'Brien,
e. Y. Smalley, Fl. C. Wood, c.. E. Lamborn.
J. s. How. George C. Squires, l.. NJ. Villas,
William George, T. L. Schurmeier, Will
Lightner, John j. Watson. NJ. B. Curry,
Ambrose Tighe, N; E. Bates. G.. II.
Cauley, W. E. Bramlett, j. II: How,
r. B. G. Bement, S. M. Carey, Lane X. Stone,
F. NJ. Cutcheon Rev. w. s. Vail. Howard v,
Elmer, X. B. Galusha. e. A. Jaggard, Ed
Rice, Jr., l.. W. Rundlett, Il. +. Stevens, X.
A. Arrowsmith, T. D. O'Brien, j. W. Lusk.
Under the rules of the Minnesota
club, persons attending these dinners
need not necessarily be members of
that club.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-11-29
PROMINENT PEOPLE.

AduIation for Amelie Rives has reached an
absurd climax. A Louisiana paper calls her
''the Shakespeare of America"
Senator Plumb, of Kansas, is spoken of
for cabinet position. 1t won't do. There
are no piums in cabinet pudding.
Miss Georgiaua Davenport, yonng Irish
lady, has been appointed governess to the
king of Spain by the Queen Regent Chris
tina.
Chairman Quay stands in dread of con-
sumption. He didn't injure his lungs, how
ever, by talking too much dnring the can
vass.
A Bar Harbor newspaper announces that
President and Mrs. Harrison viii visit that
resort next summer. The early bird some
times gets left.
Mrs Dolph, the wife of the Oregon sena-
tor, was the first to send telegram of con-
graduation to Mrs. Harrison upon the result
ithe election.
NJ. Gilly, of Paris, refuses to fight duels
with the men whose regulations he has as
sailed. His victims say that he bears an ap-
propriate name.
Princess Mary of Teck is said to wear
prettier bonnets than any other royalty in
England, always, of course, excepting the
Princess of Wales.
President Harrison the First made his
journey to Washington to be inaugurated
dressed in common gray suit and black
slouch hat. His whole outfit could not have
cost more than $50.
Rev. DR.. Reasoner, of CorvilIis county
Or, is the Oldest Presbyterian clergyman on
the Pacific coast. Though ninety years of
age, he is able to take an active part in the
dates of his pastorate.
Walter Haynes, of Brimfeld, Mass, is full
of years and sound sense. He was ninety
nine years old on Sunday last. and ON election
day he went to the polls and voted the
straight Democratic ticket.
Mr.. Gladstone is reviewing and arranging
his correspondence. Vast quantities have
been destroyed, but about 10000 letters are
to be preserved. and he has built fire proof
room for them adjoining his castle at Ha-
warden.
Evangelist Moody, who has gone to the
Pacific coast, will spend the entire winter
there. lie has now gone to Portland, Or. to
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-11-29
THE NEXT CONGRESS.

The anticipations of great gains to
the Republicans under the census of
1890, by increase of population in states
controlled by them, and the transfer of
the political center westward, are likely
to come much short of being realized.
There will be material changes, but
they will not greatly disturb the pres
ent relative power of sections or parties.
The present ratio for member of con-
gress is 151.912. This gives house of
325 members, which is conceded to be
quite large enough. To keep it down
to these figures the ratio of the new ap-
portionment must be well toward 20O,-
600. Under this, Minnesota will proba-
bly, gain two congressman, making
seven. The Dakotas will have three in
all, and the other territories admitted
one each. Kansas will gain two, or
three, perhaps. The Republicans may
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-11-29
TOO LATE COMING.

1t is announced that the twenty-sec-
ond and last volume Of the census re-
port of 1880 has just been completed and
issued, when preparations are about TO
begin for the next census. That was
the most comprehensive and vol
luminous ever taken, but deyel-
opment is too rapid in this coun-
try to give much value to in
dustrial figures eight years old. They
represent an era that has been out
grown. 1t were better to confine the
enumeration to the population alone,
leaving the social and industrial sta
tistics to the permanent bureau of the
government. A measure of that kind
was introduced in the house at the late
session, and will probably be passed.