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The Opelousas courier., 1888-02-11
A Girl Snake.C Catcher.

She lives in Maiden; she is seventeen
years old, or thereabouts, and she is an
ophiologist-that is to say, her speciality
is snakes. Very often, in pleasantosum-
mer weather, this young girl, with hands
clad in high buck gloves, and armed with
a bottle of chloroform. turks about the
fens and pools and thickets watching for
snakes, agirl fair to look upon, saunter-
inc, one might imagine, with eye upon
the ground, in maiden meditation, fancy
free. She is in maiden meditation, in
deed, but not fancy free, because her
fancy is bound to snakes, and she is
searching intently for some variety not
yet added to her collection of several
hundred. Presently she stops; with an
eager CLEAN in her eye she crouches
along a step or two, her glove clad right
hand drawn back as if to clutch some
object; she springs forward toward the
ground with a swift motion, and then
stands erect with the body of a snake
writhing about her arm in desperate
throes. She has it by the neck, and
proceeds calmly to thrsst its head into
the neck of her bottle of c%hloroform.
Not many days ago this young sci
enlist, after a rather desperate contest,
captured in the feIls a black snake SO
large and powerful that when it wrapped
itself in the mad grasp of its body about
her arm it strained her cords and muscles
so severely that she was lame for a week.
1t did not prevent her, however, from
sallying forth again, and5when she hap
pened to perceive, at TIP margin of a
pool, a big water-snake of, / variety which
She had not secured foFfher collection,
she lay in wait for it. oAs the snake
pouneed upon a frog she bounced upon
the snake; but the reptile was in his
element and escapedcher. Was she to be
baffled in that way? Not at all. She
managed to anchor a frog in some way
upon astone at the edge of the pool, at
a spot where the bank overhung with
bushes. Then she stealthily laid herself
FLAT upon her face under the bushes at
the brink of the water, and there she lay
in ambush foS a long time, while the
snake eurionsly eyed the frog. At last
the snake, with sudden resolution, made
bold to seize the frog, but as he did so a
gloved hand, swifter than his own
sinuous motion, darted from the bank,
aneaao he was a prisoner, splashing the
water of the pool in his vain effort to
escape. The girl has n grief-she has
not been able to capture, with her own
hands, a rattlesnake.-Boston Transcript.
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strong one. We went together to the
morane at the foot of the glacier,
We tried to go up some of the
creyasses at the bottom, but the
water was too strong. At last we
found one that was narrow aud the cur
rent weak. We found we could walk up
long distance until it became too narrow.
He said that would do. Then we broke
my alpenstock and took one piece. lie
went round to the top of the glacier and
I sat among the stones until he would
blow his horn. He fixed the alpenstock
in the c~revice. Then he went to the
hotel and told them he was uneasy1 bout
me-. When he and the other guide came
across the ice they blew their horns and
[ went up the creyasse and blew mine.
After "a long time the rope came down. l
tied it around me and they pulled me up:
When the accident was printed In all
the papers all over the world a great
many people came to C~hamonix."
The Doctor himself seemed in a trance
while the guide slowly told how the deed
was done. He was amazed and cha
9rined. His hero had crumbled.
sWhat | like" | said as finished the
last of the writing, what ! like about
this story is the simplicity of diction the
evident truthfulnesS and the absence OF
all brag.'
ooh, yes" said the Doctor rousin9
himself up, "of course | will never hear
the end of this if it once gets out. All
the same, you believed his story quite as
much as l did, although of course you
won't admit that now"
He made a few passes and woke the
guide up.
'sYou are tired, said the Doctor, ''and
I think you dropped asleep for a few
moments. n-Detro1 Free Pres.
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A Remarkable Story.

A strange white man who, some months
ago, Sc tied in the neighborhood of Fair
view, Ala, giving the name of George
Wakes, became sick. When the doctor
told him that his case was hopeless he
sent for Mr.. Adams, and asking to be
left alone he made a most remarkable
confession. He said to him:
'My time has come to die, and I want
you to see that what l have to tell you
will be made public. My name is not
George Wakes, but Lee Simmons. | was
born in Dallas, Texas, and am now
twenty-seven years of age. My father,
whose name was William Simmons, is
dead, and is buried at Evergreen, Texas.
NV mothers maiden name was Lanford.
When | last heard of her she was living
at Uuachita Station, Ouachita County,
Ark. After father died, and when | was
but thirteen years of age, my mother sent
me to school. There a cousin of my
own name was my companion. One day
on returning home | got mad with him.
l went home, got my fathers shotgun,
watched for my cousin and shot him
dead. That night l staid out until the
family went to bed, when / stole in for
my clothes, and since that night | have
not looked upon the face of my mother.
My people are all wealthy, and when they
hear that am buried here they will send
for my body"
He then went on to say that from the
age of thirteen to the age of twenty
seven he had never remained a whole
month in one place. He made his way
through the Indians overland to Califor-
MIA, followed the Pacific coast noHh,
and in time returned to the States; had
travelled over every n of them, always
being haunted by the memory of his crime
and feeling remorse for his abandonment
of his mother. As the hour of death
approached he grew p~laintive in his pro-
testations, but at no time would he allow
his attendants to remove the covering
from his person. 1t was not until death
had removed his power of resistance
that the reason was male plain. There
were found upon his body seventeen
gashes cut with a knife, from one and a
half to seven inches long. These scars
were on his sides, but on his back were
two gashes, one three inches, the other
nine inches long. The scar of a buSet
wound was found on his right arm. 1t
looked as if he had run the gauntlet of
many a hard fight. His body was buried
in the graveyard of Pope's Church. Two
hundred persons witnessed the inter
ment.
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WORDS OF WISDOM.

Whatever your dislike in another take
care to correct in yourself.
Ability involves responsibility. Pow
er, to its last particle, is duty.
An effort made for the happiness OF
others, lifts us above ourselves.
Kindness has converted more sinners
than either zeal, cloquencc or learning.
There is more danger in preserved and
silent friend than in a noisy, babbllng
enemy.
Those who can look with dry and un-
displeased eyes on anothcr's sin, never
truly mourncd for their-own.
Whilst you are prosperous you can
number MANY friends; but when the
storm comes you are left alone.
Self control lies at the foundation OF
character. He that does not control
himself must be controlled by others.
The use of travelling is to regulate imagi-
nation by reality, and instead of thinking
how things may be, to see them as they
are.
Be what thou singly art. and ~personate
only thyself. Swim smoothly in the
stream of thy nature, and live but one
man.
A good man always profits by his en-
deavor; ye1, when he is absent; nay,
when he is dead, by his example and
memory.
Advice should be like q gentle fall of
snow, and not like Il driving storm of
hail. 1t should descend softly, and not
be uttered hastily.
Many a man thinks admirably who has
a poor utterance, while others have a
charming manner of speech, but their
thoughts are trifling.
He who in questions of right, virtue
or duty sets himself above ridicule is
truly great, and shall laugh in the end
with truer mirth than ever he was
laughed at.
Faction is the excess and abuse of
party; it begins when the first idea of pr.
vate interest preferred to public good
gets footing in the heart. 1t is always
dangerous, yet always contemplate.
Peevishness may be considered the
canker of life, that destroys its yigor
and checks its improvement, that
creeps in with hourly depredations, and
taints and v~itiates what it cannot con-
sume.-Dr. Johnson.
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A Race of Monkey Men.

The well known traveller, NJ. Ed Plau-
chut, contributes to the Resue Scieatif
i3ue an interesting study of the native
Inhabitants of Luzon, the largest and
most Important OF the PHILIPPINE Islands.
They are divided into two races, the ne
gr,tos and the saTages, altogether COM
prising some fifteen tribes more or less
distinct in type and costume. The me-
gritos, supposed to be the aborrgines, are
dwarfs, averaging about four and a half
feet in Height, but arc well formed.
Huts or villages are unknown among
then, but they sleep where night finds
them. Their strongest characteristic is
their love Of freedom. When one of
their number dies they attribute it to
ONE evil influence, and avenge the dead
and are constantly at war among them
selves and with the sayages. These diff
fer in most respects from the negritos.
Their toes are very far apart, and are
used like fingers, they being able to pick
up the smallest thing with them. Some
have even been seen to descend a tree
head foremost, using their feet like a
a monkey. They have all some idea of
a supreme being, one tribe worshiping a
god who had two sons and two daugh-
tiers, from whom descended the human
race. They deity such things as the rain,
powder, the metals and ceitain trees, as
well as truth and noble deeds. They
have bad spirits also, as darkness, lying
and some diseases, but neither good or
bad have any sacred places. aWhatneed
Of temples, z say they, for beings who
fear neitherWind, III nor rain2' They
chafe under the Spanish yoke, and praise
the apes for their cunning. saying,
ssIgTey do not speak for fear Of being
obliged to pay taxes-Neu Ya5k Post.
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One by n our idols are torn f3m us
and iutlllessly shattered, and the legends
which have served to nourish the faith of
innocence are blown TO pieces BY the
horrible Investigators and writer Of com
mentaries. Captain John Smiths ro-
mane has been shown up as q prosaic
affair, and y { N~ashington's Ratchet
has been effectively disposed Of, along
with 3 hundred other historic pieces of
hard and soft ware. Now ome Mr..
Ignatius Donnelly, Of Minnesota, to prove
that Shakespeare was not capable Of
wiring even d signed editorial. He has
written i book to prove that Shakespeare
was i villain q the deepest dye, and that
the writings attributed to the immortal
Bard III Avon were works of Lord Bacon.
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Interesting tables drawn from the last
census ire introduced BY Prof. Henry
q Adhfns il bis recent volume, showing
how and where the bonds Of the United
States are held. Excluding the national
banks and foreign holders, the number
ne persons and corporations receiving
interest from registered bonds ii the
yoas 1880 was 80, 500. This table in.
nlaaed 500, 600, 900 Of bonds that have
since been paid of. So the number
81 hDl1ers must have been considerably
2adueeds perhaps to 30 O0O. OF these
holders . 1913 held between $50 and
$500 each, aud 5g,sh held less than
5oo each Tbs New England States
held ! per cent d The whole, the Mid
ale States 81 per cent. the Western
States IS Per cent. and the Southern
States . per cent.
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Fifteen Famous American Inventions.

The fifteen great American inventions
of worldwide adoption are: % The
cotton-gin, 90 the planning machine, CD
the grass-mower and reaper, (41 the 70.
tary printing press, l) navigatiens by
steam, 60 the hot-air engine, CD the sew
~ing-fnaehine, (sl the in~dia-rubber indus
try, l91 the machine manufacture Of
horse-shoes, (104 the sand-blast for cary
ING, f11l the gauge lathe, az the grain
elevator, G131 artificial ice-making on q
large scale. lIf) the electric magnet and
its practical application, 10 the teles
phone.
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Day after day, and for hours at time,
q man sits on a wharf at San Diego,
CAL, armed with a four-tined harpoon.
AT intervals the weapon leaves his
hand, darts into the water, and a squirm-
ing stingray is brought up. He never
speaks to any n and does not eneour-
age conversation from others. Many
years ago he was stung by a stingray,
and was laid up for a long time. Since
then I'LL his time is devoted to an on
slanght on the fish.
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Another chap, 9ssho didn't know it was
loaded, has got into trouble. 10.
Rudene, d Washington Territory farmer,
owned 4 Holstein bull, worth $500,
which was i little inclined to be cross.
II got into the var n day recently, and
Mr. Rndene, intending to frighen the
animal, loaded up his shot gun with an
extra charge Of powder and a large wad
Of paper. Then, placing himself squarely
in front Of his bullship, he let drive at
short range, and instantly killed his
$500 Holstein.
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His Only Comfort.

London Yanifg Fair says that resi-
saenee at RaImoral makes the Queen
happy, Princess Beatrice ilLhumored,
and Prince Henry, of Battenberg, mel
anchaly. The Prince is said to be bored
by tar whole thing, woods and hills IN
elueed, and though he shoots d good
deal be II far from deadly among tie
grouse He il, therefore, Waeticfng on
Ass balls, and his enc consolation for
the weariness Of the day Is 4 Pipe Of
strong tobacco when Ills pYa neither
III hW has retired Ell the night
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Mr.. Claus spreckels, the great sugar
%reiner, is reported to be contemplating
the experiment Of growing beet root
sugar in this country in one of the Cen
trail Western States. It is claimed that
the climate is similar to that in Germany
and Austria, where beet root cultivation
is a-most important industry.
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The results of the survey and last
census Of India are that the area of the
peninsula of Hindostan is 1882, 624
square miles, and the population 253, s91,-
82f. Although immense tracks of country
are annually cultivated, according to the
most recent survey ten million acres of
land suitable for cultivation have not yet
been ploweG. At the same time. 100
millions Of acres are returned as waste
land.
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Prairie Dogs Bring on. 4 Crisis.

A fnane al crisis has been produced in
Montana by a most extraordinary cause.
Last winter the Montana Legislature
offered a bounty Of ten cents for each
dead prairie dog, and Eve cents for
each dead ground squirrel. The hunt
ing Of these lively and intelligent ami
mails has since been fpriously pursued.
Apparently business was dull in the Ter
ritory, and a large part of the popula-
ton went into the bounty getting bust
ness. Upto date nearly 700, 900 ground
squirrels and 80, 900 prairie dogs have
been slaughtered, and more than 500
900 has been paid to the murderers. Ali
the funds in the Treasury have gone for
bounties, and the territorial debt was
swiftly climbing on the same account.
The supply Of ground squirrels and prai-
RE dogs was still abundant, and bank
ruptcy threatened the Territory. 50.
tile Governor asked the Presidents ner-
mission to call an extra session ef fhe
Legislature, which has adjourned after
repeating the Bounty Law. The Mon
ANA Treasury is saved. and so are the
squirrel and the prairie dog. This IS the
irst time, we believe, that these merry
rodents have taken 4 paw III finance
AeD Kr sita.
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A paper in Crete, Neb., prints the an
nouncement that the pastor of the Con-
gregational Church will not preach for a
month under the heading "Bully, if
True Possibly that clergyman dealt in
seventeenthlies.n
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Reports Of wonderfully rich gold dis
covories in Alaska arc being sent out by
prospcctors from that country.

The Government has commenced a suit
against q Boston manufacturing firm for
importing five female operatives in viola
ton Of the statute which prohibits the
importation Of foreign labor.
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J. l.. MORRIS
TOWN PROPERTY FOR SALE.

Aeentrr;ly located and desirable business
stand Oh NJ i'll street, Opelousa consis ing
# build ne su table for residence ami smatt
store, and adjoining a bakery, belng the
prope ty next to the pc t-otlice This pr1p-
srty viii be sold very cheap for ca h, or half
"a h and balance on terms to su t ru C iaser.
A,Dya at this ofiae or to NJ S. Edmond c.
nnn nra March 2b-'S7
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ST. r ACADEMY,

UPEIUBSASp HAs
The course of instruction in this Institution embraces
English, French, Latin Greek, Arithmetic, ALGEBRA,
Gaemefry- Book-keeplLg. Natural Sciences, History,
Geography, Penmanship, and great care IS bestowed
on Christian Instruction. r..
Scholars per month, 50, SIS or 81, according 30 Class.
classes are resumed on Wednesday, September latDs
faes REV, q. RAYMOND, i. D..
I0'' REV. L. j. RAYMOND
HENRY q. LEWIS
An, 90 1ss5. Nj, Allied BRILLET,
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FOR SALE.

A Fine Res dence. VITA al necessary out
buildings an Improvements, and sufficient
land for asm Ii farm, a Joining the o ptofdte
Ii mts If Ope on as, wilt be SOIL caeap.
An " at this , ffic,. di III
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onr hundred carrier pigeons have
b~eepproyiIed for the mobilization Of the
French army corps.
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was marked by a RIGHTEOUSNESS that
strangely comported with his lavish public
gifts. He invariably ate his meals alone,
using on old newspaper for a tablecloth
On winter nights he would burn the half of
one candle and shiver over few sticks of
wood in brick stove. 1t was of Guy that
the fam Us story is told of how one Hop
| kins called upon him to get lesson on the
art of saving. 1t was night, and Guy was
seated at plain deal table with half-penny
candle.
rs that all you came about9" said Guy,
after his visitor was seated why, then,
we can talk the matter over in the dark
And he deliberately extinguished the feeble
flame.
With all his record of personal mean
ness and penurious habits, the hos pital that
bears his name will ever perpetuate bis
memory. He spent almost 100000 in
building it, and then left it endowed with
nearly S1,l00,000 at his death He left
$1,000 to the governors of Christ Hospital
perpetually to care for four poor children
of London, and $1,000 for releasing four
prisoners in the city and the counties of
Middlesex and Surrey.
Thomas Guy was never married.
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- Nuo III tue Sun I'LL he was QTleQ. his
clothes, a mass of patches, were held up by
belt of twisted hay, and his whole appear
snce was that of abject misery. Dancer on
ms ramble never returned empty handed
lie would gather up the bones in the viii
lage streets and lanes, bring them home,
and after picking them clean himself,
would crack them and feed them to his
Gog. Once neighbors complained that his
dog worried and killed their sheep, and for
lear that he would have to pay for future
depredations he took the dog to a black
smith where he had all the poor brutes
teeth broken off to prevent further recur-
renee of the trouble. He mended his own
shoes and wore one hat continually for
thirteen years
When he lay on his dying bed his only
garment was an old sack When remon-
strated with he said that he came into the
world without shirt and he would go out
OF 1t that way. When a visitor suggested
that he have pillow for his head he or
uered his only servant-whose weekly wages
were 81 cents-to bring him a wisp Of hay,
which he used as a pillow till his death,
lew days later. He left an estate valued at
SZo,OOO, amply sufficient for all his needs
curing his lifetime, had he so desired.
Inns money, in odd sums, was hidden in
Old rags nailed down to the under part of
the manager floor in TIE miserable COW
shed; stuck in chinks ard openings in the
chimney, and over $40, 900 was found hidden
III the manure pile, where it had lain for
years.
That a man who expended during his life
ana bequeathed to public institutions on
nus death over Sl,000,O00 should be called a
mis- Nicer seems paradox, and yet such was
ocmas Guy, the founder OF the famous
Guys Hospital, London, and a man whose
memory will be cherished for hundreds Of
years to come.
Thomas Guy was the son of a coal dealer
IN horsleydown. He began life with cap
itai OF Gl00 as bookseller. By fortunate
Investments in the year 1720, he anassed an
immense fortune mainly through what is
known as South Sea stock. His whole life
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IMPORTANT TO TRAVELLERS. -Transient or
Il permanent accommodations; half hotel
rates; meals optional; best references. THE
PRESTON 1876 West Forty-hrst street, New
York city.
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The Watauga Hotel 81 Cottages.
BLOWING ROCK, N. O.,
OPENS JUNE LIST, 1888 for the season. Send
" for a descriptive circular.
WATAUGA HOTEL CO., Proprietors.
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That Tired r ceiling

AfIlicts nearly every one in the spring. The
system having become accustomed to the
bracing air of winter, is weakened by the
warm days Of the changing season, and
readily yields TO attacks of disease Hoods
Sarsaparilla is just the medicine needed. 1t
tones and builds up every part of the body,
and also expels all impurities from the
blood. Try it this season.
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Drink Malto.
Shoo Fly.

A good Fly Fan is household necessity,
and can be procured from Crockery House
Of James S. Silva.
A large stock Of Water Coolers and other
summer goods.
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HOTELS.
THE MORRISON HOUSE.

NEWLY fitted up offers pleasant South rooms
~ and dxcellentboard to those wishing regu-
lar, transient. or table accommodations Central
ly located on line Of street cars affords easy 40
cess 10 places OF business, and suburban resorts-
Prices moderate. Corner Broughton and Dray-
ton streets, opposite Marshall House.
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MILLINERY


With his Spring and Summer stock equal all the
called openings the entire South We have been very
cesstul in completing unusual large stock of novelties in
Straw Goods Ribbons Flowers Tips and fine and
models Of trimmed Hats and Bonnes from Vros We have
the most complete line in Straw Hats and Bonnes for ladies
and every kind Of Hats for misses and children We show
styles and coors to match every tint dress goods and have
also the ribbons flowers and feathers match In Flowers
we show every flower that blooms in the spring and summer
and include Pque Montures Chrysanthemums and combi
nations RBoNsA stock that expected from Krouskofs
only and the novelties shown surprising and bewderng
Moire, Ombre Ombre Stripe Satin and Gros Grain in all
widths and coors and any single retail millinery house
in this country show such stock Of Millinery We
tnue to sell at retail first floor prices we
sell at wholesale upstairs We shall also continue Rib
bon sales until further notice
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MontvaIe Springs,
&
BIount County, Tennessee.

THIS Health resort will be open May 18TH
Il 1888 The most celebrated Dyspeptc Water
known. Elegant Hotel and Grounds. Excellent
Table. Telephone connection with Knoxville
Rates: 81 per day $50 per month for May and
June; ~ per day. $40 and SIP per week, S35 and
$40 per month for July and August Half rates
for children. j c. ENGEL, Prop.