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The Opelousas courier., 1889-11-16
Live 'Skeeters From Mexico.

Everybody around the rotunda of the
Custom House when they heard Edward
Ell. Kreemer, the veteran animal broker,
say that he had just entered a big lot Of
live mosquitoes thought heawas either 70;
mancing or was losing some%Ae quick
sense which enables him instantly to tell
a Yorkshire from a Dandie Dinmont ter
rier. Eddie went on to say in the presence
Of the credulous-minded brokers and
clerks that four packages ofthe pestiferous
insects had arrived on the steamship
Alansa from Vera Cruz. Two of the pack,
ages contained live mosquitoes and two
dead mosquitoes baked in the form Of
cakes. They came from Mexico, of which
country they are natives. Eddie de-
seribed the pests to be as long as his
hand, or many times the size of theil
famous Eastern cousins.
"What are they for, Eddie2" he wa
asked.
ITO feed soft billed birds, such as rob-
bins and others" The broker said that
he paid duty on the live skeeters at the
rate of twenty per cent, and that the in
sects were consigned to Reiche Brothers,
of Park Row. "The Duties" he added,
ssamounted to $21."
One of the Reiche Brothers said that
the firm was expecting a shipment o
mosquitoes from Mexico, but that they
were dead ones. If any of the lot gel
here alive they must have been restored
to life on the passage. They are caught
in nets in Mexico and dried. They arr
fed to trustees, nightingales, knocking
birds, and other soft billed birds.-Nea
York Sun.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-11-16

The Providence Journal observes that
tsthe petition for the coinage of q half
cent piece, which is being prepared for
presentation to the next Congress, may
not be supported byany urgent necessity,
but it cannot be denied that the request
has some elements of reason. It may be
said. Of course, that we have tried this
thing once and gave it up, and it is quite
true that the old h~alf-cent, begun to be
coined in 1892, was discontinued in
1857 without any remonstrance from the
people. But though the people APP
parently consented to its discontinuance,
they have gone on persistently recog-
nizing in trade the half-cent value, audit
may well be argued that values which
play a considerable part in business deal
ings ought to be represented in q COM
bination of coins. A haif-cent would
certainly be a great convenience in many
kinds Of business, and it might do some
thing toward promoting the exercise Of
economy. Indeed the tendency OF
narrowing profits, which is everywhere
easily ~traceable, must mean the more
general use of the smaller fractional coins
and it would not be surprising ifthe half
cent should before long come into com
mon demand for the same reasons that
have brought the one and two-cent
pieces into use in sections Of the country
where until very recently they were
n~racticallY unknown"
The Opelousas courier., 1889-11-16
CURIOUS FACTS.

Kentucky has a mail carrier ninety years
old.
In Chile the street-car conductors are
all women.
The word lend" OCCURS 46, 227 times
in the Bible.
Philadelphia is to have a new church
for colored Catholics.
Teddy is from the Hindostanee tart,
tadi, the juice of the palmyra tree.
A Vienna criminal recently made his
escape from Justice by means of a balloon.
An Illinois man who bet that the world
was round ard failed to prove. it had to
pay VERSES.
The largest ruby known is among the
crown jewels of Russia; its size is that of
a pigeons egg.
The age of Sato Yukichi, the japanese
dwarf, is about fifty years. His height
is fifteen inches.
A pair OF elephants tusks of average
length weigh about 200 pounds, and are
worth about $500.
The three Presidents who died on
July 4 are John Adams, Thomas Jeffer-
| son and James Monroe.
The American mosquito has appeared
in England, and the people are vastly ex-
cited by the discovery.
The descendants of Rebecca Nourse,
who was hanged as o witch in 1922, had
q reunion in Danvers, Mass, recently.
British people drink annually five
pounds Of tea per head per annum. The
French average is only half an ounce.
It is against the city ordinance in
CASTLE, N. Y, for a donkey to appear
on the streets unless accompanied by a
man.
A ~cloud-burst in Nevada the other day
dropped enough water on a region two
miles square to form a lake of ten acres
in extent and ten feet deep.
John Moore, of Indiana, declared him.
self guilty of robbery, paid a constable 81
to arrest him, and then hired a carriage
for So to take themto the county Jail.
adossanee panch,
sanskrit panchan, meana<g five, because
the drink was originally composed of five
ingredients, viz: Sugar, arrack, tea,
water and lemon juice.
Italian e~xcavators at Adulio, neal
Zula, Africa, have come upon public
! buildings and coins. In the sixth century
a marble slab was found there giving the
~conquests of Ptolemy Evergetes.
A number of strange fish, formed like
the white fish OF Lake Erie, have just
been caught at THO dam near Meadville
n. Y. Some think they are ciscoes
They are in color regular strawberr,
blondes, with reddish gills and tails, and
SO far as reported, entirely new to thos,
waters. How they got there is a mys
terry.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-11-16
Strange Facts Abaut Willow Trees,

The Government engineer in charge OF
Potomac, recently announced soma
strange facts concerning the planting Of
willow trees. Investigation showed that
the water reached a height of two feet
seven inches above the high water mark
Of the freshet of 1877, which was the
highest of any known orrecorded freshet.
The benefit of planting willows upon new
lands has been justified. That portion Of
the newly made flats upon which willows
were planted was protected from washing,
70 that practically nc damage was done
there, while in portions of the improve.
ment, which were not SO protected, there
was great loss.-GoodaU's Sun.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-11-16

Some interesting statements regarding
che extension of the area of cultivated
land in the United States are presented
in a recent report of the statistician of the
Department Of Agriculture, says Brad
streets. It appears that the area under
the four principal arabic crops-corn,
wheat, oats and eotton-increased from
a2s, 600, 900 acres in 1879 to 159, 000,-
900 acres ii 1885. This represents an
expansion in nine years of the area under
these crops 81 81, 0O0, 900 acres, d an ex-
tent Of land more than equaling the en-
dire area OF the three northern New
England States. The increase in the
area under corn, oats and cotton is
greater than the total area of the State OF
Ohio. This striking result leads the
statistician to make the further ~calcula-
don that il the increase In all titled and
grass land has been Ia the same proper
don as that in the four crops mentioned,
We have now d total area of improved
lands in farms Of 356 ,o00,0 900 acres,
d compared with 2s5 600, 900 acres IL
1878, Of an Increase almost equal to the
total surface area Of New England, New
york and New Jersey, equaling the entire
area If improved land IN 1880 to the
steven cotton States, with the addition Of
Delaware and Maryland. The figuresof
the coming census dealing with the
agricultural area should present some in
tersssing comparisons with those Of tbs
CAST census rear.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-11-16
NEW SHAVING SALOON

HAVING recently built and refurnished
IL throughout, my Barber Shop, I am
now prepared, with increased facilities, to
serve the public in frst-class style in my
new quarters between Brand and Moriarity's.
Shaving, Hair Cutting, S~hampooing, &C..
done i'll the highest style of the art. Give
me a call. E. A BODEMULLER.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-11-16
loWN RopERTY e OR SALE

A CENTRALLY 10 ated and desipSbl
business stand on Main street, Opelousas,
consisting of building suitable for residence
and small store, being the property next to
the postoffice. This property will be sold
very cheap for cash, or half cash and balance
ON terms to suit purchaser. Apply to Mrs.
Edmund g. Dupre.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-11-16

Mormon converts are more plentiful
than for five years past, but the double
wife business in Utah is, asserts the De-
troit Free Press. played out forever.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-11-16
C, D. STEWART,

CONTRACTOR, CARPENTER AND BUILDER.
Will contract for the erection of buildings
of all kinds, furnishing allmaterial if desired.
Work done promptly and at reasonable rates.
Orders through the p0s5office given prompt
attention. Estimates and plans furnished
Having special facilities for obtaining LUN-
BFR AT RATES, l will give my
patrons tn. benefit Of the same.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-11-16

Female Institute
oPELOUsAs, ST. LANDRY PARISH. LA.

This Institution is undenominational, prac.
tical and progressive. Discipline firm and
based on sound PRINCIPLES e%nnobling and de-
ve1oping character. Honor and self respect
promoted. Methods of training and culture
thorough. Tee curriculum prepares the
pupil for University or practical life. Ger
t~ifcates and Diplomas conf rred. Buildings
comfortable AMI odious. Patronage
solicited. For further particulars apply to
MRS. NJ. NJ. HAYES, Principal.
Or REV. F. w. LEWIS, First Assistant.
Feb . If
The Opelousas courier., 1889-11-16

Strawberries as large as tea cups grow
wild in Africa.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-11-16

meantime, Balkan had but just looked
up, realized the peril and caught Gene
We've in his arms, while Morton threw
his weight wildly upon the young mans
struggling shoulders. It is always in
some such way that a person weak in
emergencies assists the real actors.
So swiftly do runaway horses proceed
that it only seemed an instant since Gen.
evieye had tainted.
Now all the girls swooped down from
their perch helpfully, and surrounded
their pale friend, whose swoon was so
much in earnest that she had not stirred
an eyelash. Nellie seized Balkans hand
and told him she must speak with him
instantly.
ibid you offer yourself2" she severely
demanded, when she had led him, per-
emptorily, out of hearing Of the others.
"No," he gasped, gazing blankly, as a
man does who is confronted with more
Greek than he is prepared for.
didn't you DroDose2n exclaimed Mel
lie, in the same indignant tone, which
showed Balkan that he was a criminal,
whichever way he pleaded.
do eSplaini" he quayered, gently.
But Nellie was Of to Geneyieve with
irnpertinent haste, kneeling down at her
side, calling for soft snow from under q
drift and rubbing the beauty's temples
and lips with il, while she explained to
Morton how to get Genevieye's hands
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-03-16
For State Institutions.

The enabling act puts at the disposal
of the legislature of the state of Wash
ington, in addition to the original grant
of sections sixteen and thirty-si of each
township for school purposes, 30 sections
of the unappropriated lands within the
state for the purpose Of erecting public
buildings at the capital; five per cent of
the proceeds of the future sales of all
public lands lying within the state to be
set aside as permanent common school
fund; seventy-two sections of public
lands are also granted for university.
Land is set apart for the erection of a
penitentiary; and for state normal
school 100000 acres is appropriated; for
public buildings, in addition to the first
named grant, 100000 acres; for charit-
able, penal, and reformatory institutions
100000 acres. This is a magnificent
domain, which if properly handled will
become a grand benefaction to the state.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-03-16
Obituary Gush and SIush.
East Oregonian.


In the telegraphed account of the
death of J. G. Flood, the California
millionaire, we find these from the New
York papers:
The Commercial Advertiser attributes
his success to energy, self-rehance and
industry.
The Mail and Express says death
removes one of the most remarkable men
developed by the wonderful growth of
the west and its rich mines.
Flood is dead, and now the food of
obituary slush will flow over his grave.
From every corner of the land will crowd
in the most adulatory praises of the de-
ceased. He was a hard-headed man of
business. He became well-to-do in a
saloon, grew richer by an accident, kept
these riches and added to them by tao
tics and manipulation not whit re-
moved from the ordinary processes OF
swindling, save that the stakes played
for were bigger, and that the doors Of
no state reformatory institution were
invitingly opened to himself and his
confreres. The game of stocks-as
played by Flood, Mackay, O'Brien and
Fair-has been one of sublimated high.
way robbery. We have laws against
gambling and we look down upor
gamblers. But these stock sharps car
render homeless the widow and clutcl
the savings of the orphan, and do it by
the most scandalous methods imaginable
and no retribution comes to them. AnC
vet the man who deals faro is by far ths
more honest man Of the two.
We do not believe in these post
norton falsehoods. Flood has done
good deeds in his days, has given mucl
to charity. For that, all praise be t.
him. But to say that his success wa
due to energy, self-reliance and indus
try" is to apotheosize the most corrup
and shady financial transactions, whicl
are only removed from legal criminaht.
by those nice dividing lines of the law
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-03-16
COlfax DOings.

From Commoner, 6th inst
A prohibition club of about twenty
members has been organized in this city.
H. Kaminsky's general merchandise
store at Palouse City was closed by
creditors Monday morning, SO it is
reported.
Sadie Ayers, incarcerated in the
county Jail few weeks ago on charge
of perjury, put up 800 cash bail and
has been released.
VIM. Mood, farmer of near Kamiae
butte, was thrown from wagon by a
runaway team a few days ago, tie
wheels passing over him and breaking
two ribs.
A 5000 mare owned by Frank Steph-
enson, of Union fiat, backed into an open
well forty feet deep one day this week
and was killed. Altogether too many
open wells are to be seen in the Palouse
country.
From Gazette.
Ed. Barber, late of Pullman, has
taken a position with Staver & Walker,
at this place.
Mayor Hamilton has been confined to
his room for several days with severe
attack of pneumonia.
The college building is being fur
nished and put in shape preparatory to
opening school in it next term. The
college people look with longing eyes
toward that happy event.
A scheme is on foot to secure fundi
to reorganize and instruct cornet bant
at this place. A solicitor will canvass
the town in the interest of this commend
able enterprise next week.
While driving along the. road oil
Saturday, DIR. Pocock was run into b.
a runaway team. The pole of his bugg,
was broken and he was thrown to tn
ground. His frightened team ran int
wire fence and one of his valuabl
horses was severely cut on the wire
His buggy was badly smashed up.
On Monday last the affairs of Whit
man county passed into the hands of
new corps Of officers, as follows: J. 3
Mclean, sheriff, W. III. Miller, deputy
J. J. Larwood, auditor, J. G. Turner
present deputy; James s. Clark, treas
urer; W. N. Ruby, probate judge, re
elected; G. W. Bean, school superintend
emit; F. P Mesick, county surveyor, re
! elected; l.. FL. Plattor, prosecuting
attorney; H. NJ. Boone, assessor; W. N
Lee, J. NJ Hill and Jas. Logan, count.
, commissioners.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-03-16
The Effect on Idaho.
Lewiston Teller. l

Lewiston Ie1ler.
With Washington admitted and North
Idaho left out, what effect will it have
on the price of land in North Idaho
TIE prospect for immigration this year
from the eastern, middle and southern
states to this side of the Rocky noun
tains is very bright, and more especially
since the admission of Washington.
But where will they endeavor to make
settlements. The settlement of a new
state, with good natural resources, has
always been quite rapid, and lands have
been in great demand. These lands in
Washington, suitable for agriculture,
will naturally advance in price, and all
lands for sale will find ready sale to
supply the incoming immigration.
These lands will find a much more ready
sale and at more advanced price than
they would have brought under terri
torial government. North Idaho might
have enjoyed this advantage if she had
been attached and made part of Wash
ington. But, as the present prospect is,
it will not be sought, because it is in a
territory and is likely to remain in that
condition for decade of years, and thus
every land owner in North Idaho must
suffer in the price of his land and be
heavily taxed to maintain the govern
ment of Idaho, from which he gets COM
paratively no benefit in return.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-03-16
Cotton.

From Eagle, 9th inst.
Negotiations are pending for the sale
of Robert Barber's ranch.
G. w. Holcomb and family, including
Miss Winnie Holcomb, left Cheney last
week for their former home in Ohio.
Sebern Pickett has traded his ranch
of 100 acres, valued at So, 200, fer Boyles
& Sons livery stable, at the same
valuation.
A wagon attached by Mitchell &
Lewis was unlawfully removed from
John o. Barbour's warehouse at Union
town on Thursday last. There will be
some trouble and legal fun concerning
the business.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-03-16
Beware Of the Fakirs.
[snokana Falls ReHiew.l

ISp0kano ralI6 heYleWsJ
AS rule, such attempts Especial edit
ions of Eastern papers) are based upon
an advertising scheme, either to extend
the circulation of the paper or to fleece
the people out of snug little bundle OF
money for the 'write up" In either
event they nearly all get their pay in
advance, and then employ cheap and
incompetent persons to do the work
The best description that can be given
of any country is contained in the
chronicle of daily happenings as pub
ished in the home papers, and the best
way to inform the people of the East as
to the resources of the Western country
is to subscribe for few copies of one or
more of the papers published in this
country and have them sent regularly to
individuals in the East who may be
expected to read them, pass them around
among their neighbors, talk about them
and compare notes.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-03-16

which give all the exceptions to the rich
and all the rules to the poor.
The plain fact of the whole matter is
that this quartet of stock sharps has
been guilty Of worse offenses than can
be laid at the door of many poor devil
in prison. The money in which they
and theirs revel has been the price OF
many a suicide and many q crime.
Let us not deity them nor their acts.
OF what avail is it for a man to stand
answering by strict principles of honor
and honesty if the acts Of those who
have grown rich by wide divergence
from the narrow path are to be glorifed.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-03-16
FIRE INSURANCE
WRITTEN IN NO. l COMPANIES.
Legal Instruments I!
CAREFULLY EXECUTED.

An business placed in our hands win receive
prompt and careful attention. We study to
please our patrons and to advance their interests.
Office: One door west of the Bank.
PTUJMAN WASTE. TER.
The South western news. (Dawson, GA.) 188?-1889, 1889-01-02
4 Boston Womdn's Age.
Is ,ston Herald.

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The South western news. (Dawson, GA.) 188?-1889, 1889-01-02

KY Dr.. W. Z. Bo4ys has a.
n9lncej to the Represent tiyes Of
lis congregation his acceptance Of
tie cl~4co! ors. ip Of tie Uuivcrsi>
y Of GeoIe.a, subject to the actioH
Of rs presbytery. 1t is believed
that no sIuctious will lie inter
posrd by the church, though they
VIII give hin up with deep regret.
No steps will be taken or tin e
TO rev IT., pastoral relations, in
a u.aoh is i.Is bis purpose 10 live
Inc church ample time for filling
Ii, place br.me he leaves them.
The South western news. (Dawson, GA.) 188?-1889, 1889-01-02

Heie'ring to the tact that Presi-
dent Cleveland received 81, $50
more votes than Gener.l Il rri OF.
the Philadei hia Times says: "Thi,
i the first time in the h story of
The cover nent that the popu ar
vote Tor President and tie vote o
the electoral college were in con
tic1." In this statement. however
it does not include the election OF
1877. The tact recall, he election
of 1924. John Quincy Adams re
reived 105;32l votes Andrew
Jackson, 80. S7?. Wa. H.Craw>
ford, +5,28}. #enry Clay, 4G IS
Adm hal 81 electoral votes /;
jackson, 81 ; raw ord, A.; Clay.
81. There being no election il III
electoral college, the question e.
voveh upon the Il "a, . Repr -
entatiles. Thirteen States inc'ud
ing MARY land, voted fora lams and
behind IN both popular End the
electoral votes.
The South western news. (Dawson, GA.) 188?-1889, 1889-01-02

Il ! acres o. ,aod, five and one
hal miles cas- of Dawson, with a
our room house, Forty seven
acre, OF c.earel and, Apply al
TINS office.
The South western news. (Dawson, GA.) 188?-1889, 1889-01-02

Firsrclass aw all outfit. 80
h r,e power en- he. t.rts, oxen
81 III connection. AIlin good Or
d r, For particular enquire At tDi'
oiHce. ii.
The South western news. (Dawson, GA.) 188?-1889, 1889-01-02
KNIGHTS u F3OYOE.

DAWSON LODGE, No, 1888, A j
Baldwin, III tutor, II : bsll. Re
porter, + " lark, Financial Re,
porter: j " F LOWRY, Treasurer;
meets Dad aud 4,h Friday nights III
each north.
The South western news. (Dawson, GA.) 188?-1889, 1889-01-02

\ hit wo hors p:acton ~
ir irrn e3,q. L qlIfe AZ
this Office.
The South western news. (Dawson, GA.) 188?-1889, 1889-01-02
GENERAL :: DIRECTORY.
CHURCHES.

Preaching at Raptistchurch frstand
third Sabbath in each month.
Morning 3erviccsaU ..10:45 q. m.
Evening Services at. .Sp. NJ.
Sabbath School at. 90 m
Prayer meeting every We,lncs lay
night.
REV. B. w. DAVIS, Pastor.
Preaching at Methodist church first,
Sc on and ,ourth Sabbath in each
month.
Slhbath 5 'hool at.........9a. m.
Hornjng Services at. .....11a. NJ.
Eycniag Services at. ..Sp m.
Prayer Meeting every Thursday
night.
Rev. F.. \. BRANCH. Pastor.