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Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1889-11-08

According to an opinion of the
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania,
handed down at Pittsburg on Tues
day, Judges OF License Courts can
refuse the application of a brewer
for license without giving any rea-
son for his act. This settles what
has been a vexed question and
aflirms the arbitrary authority of the
judiciary in the premises, and
whilst the decision will please many
persons it will give great offense to
others.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1889-11-08
STEPPED ON THE WIRE.

Soon after it fell Thomas Whalen
driver of Herald delivery wagon
came along. The horse stepped on
the wire and instantly came to a
halt and then sprang aside AMI fell.
The jolt of the wagon threw Whalen
to the ground and when he arose be
received a shock which threw him
PROSTATE into the gutter. Regain
ing his feet the driver undertook to
raise his horse, but as soon as he
touched the animal another shock
passed through him. He'then com
pretended the cause and lay still.
Citizens attracted to the scene no.
ticed flashes of blue flame emitting
from the PROSTATE animal. The
flashes came from all parts of the
horses body and the smell of burn
ing flesh was perceptible half a
block away. Whalen was helped to
his feet, but the horse was given a
wide berth.
A BLUE FLAME.
One man ran to the Thirty >ffth
street police station and reported
the matter, and Sergeant Albert
Mcdonald and Roundsman Thomas
Cassidy hurried to the scene. They
saw the horse still emitting sparks,
and calling out the reserves guard
was established at POINTS sufficient
ly far from the roasting animal toI
warn all wayfarers away from the
fatal spot. Sergeant Mcdonald
tried to find the fatal wire. and in
turn around the wagon
came in contact with it in the dark
ness. The wire struck him in the
forehead and he fell to the pave.
ment senseless, as though he had
been shot. Roundsman Cassidy
went to the rescue of his stricken
comrade, and when he caught hold
Of the Sergeant's leg he received a
shock which compelled him to re-
ease his hold. A second effort was
more successful and soon after being
carried to the sidewalk the Sergeant
'iow ly recovered his senses. His
lead was covered with blood, and
.bove his throat was the imprint of
he wire, while beside it was cash
occasioned by the fall
lie was dazcd and almost helpless,
o that he was obliged to go home.
THE HORSE DRAGGED AWAY.
About 5 o'clock, up to which time
he horse continued to roast slowly,
occurred to some one to send to.
he Manhattan Electric Light Com.
any's shop in West Twenty-ffth
treet. Foreman knight and two
neman visited the scene wearing
ubber boots and gloves and found
be deadly wire on the end of which n
he horses body lay. They pulledh
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1889-11-08

There is one thing about death, it
never complains that it don't know
how to take some people.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-12-04

AS proud as peacocx as bIithe as grig;
AS savage as tigers-as mild as dove;
AS stiff as poker as limp as glove;
AS blind as a bat-as deaf as post;
AS cool as cucumber-as warm as toast;
AS fiat as dounder-as round as ball;
AS blunt as a hammer-as sharp as an awl:
AS red as ferret-as safe as the stocks;
AS bold as thief-as sly as fox;
AS straight as an arrow-as crook'd as bow;
AS yellow as saffron AS black as Sloe;
AS brittle as glass-as tough as is gristle;
AS neat as my nail-as clean as a whistle;
AS good as a feaSt-as bad as witch;
AS light as is day-as dark as is pitch;
AS brisk as a bee-as dull as an ass;
AS full as tick-as solid as brass.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-12-04
Key to the Puzzler.

No. 657.- Crossword Enigma: Daffodil
No 65S Missing Letters: Dr.
No. 659.-Quartered Circles: From | to 4,
lane; 5 to 8, gear; to IL, Tyre; 13 to Is, anon;
to 5, long; 5 to 9, gull; 9 to l3, Lima; l3 to
l, Abel; 2 to 6, abode 6 to 10, entry; 10 to
IA, yearn; IA to 2, Norma; 3 to z, Nevada; 2
to IL, abider; II to Is, Rialto; Is to 8, Oberon
4 to 8, elector; to 10, reserve; IL to IL, east
ern; 16 to 4, naivete.
No GOETHE Philosophers Puzzle: The
philosopher blocked up each corner of his
window in such way as to leave diamond
shaped opening of the same width and length
as the original window.
No. 661.-Charade: Carpet.
No. 662-A star:
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-12-04
Three Faults Only.

The conversation turned upon certain
gentleman who is not what you may call a
brilliant speaker. HE has only three
faults" friend apologetically remarked:
's1, he reads his speeches; 2, he reads them
badly; 8, they are not worth reading"
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-12-04
No. 669.-A Half Square.
O o
o o o
0 o o O
n 90 n n
o O. o o o

The single ring represents a consonant
The row of Uworings, ''mother" The row Of
three, ian individual of the human race {"
The row of four, 1.-THE long and heavy hair
flowing from the upper side of the neck of
some quadrupedal animals" The row Of
five ''a Hebrew weight used in estimating
the quantity of gold and silver, being 100
shekels of gold and 60 shek,-s of silver. F"
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-12-04

No. 667.-A Wonderful Puzzle.
have no feet, and yet with hands,
never cease my tireless run;
work in all the climes and lands,
In Arctic zone and tropic sun.
PiniQns have, yet cannot fly,
Altho' good time" always make;
Iwear cap, but wear it sly,
And wear it sleeping or awake
No coffin lid shall hide my form
And yet beneath a lid live,
Defying dust, and rain, and storm
Prepared the best of work to give
never had a case at law
And yet without case, fear
should possess a monstrous flaw
And life would be a thing most drear.
OF jewels, have ample store
Fine jewels, too, that please the eye:
would not, could not wish for more,
Tho possessed the means to buy.
have no head, but have face
A face that's looked at everywhere
No woman, with her charms and grace
Receives a greater meed.of care.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-12-04
No. 66s.-Numerical Enigma.

No. 668.-Numerical Enigma.
My IL, 6, l, IA, 10 are winter garments.
My IA, 8, is part of a church.
My 9, IL, 10, Is, II, Is, 10 is a disease.
My 16, z, and 90 is an animal
My 5, l8, 2 is boys nickname.
Ny whole is a housekeeper's proverb.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-12-04

Rhymed Comparisons.
AS slow as the tortoise-as swift as the wind;
AS true as the Gospel-as false as mankind;
As thin as herring-as fat as mig;
The Opelousas courier., 1889-01-19
CHARITY and Crime.

A very pretty little woman, with a
clear complexion. carnation lips and
hair that the s.Maid of Athens might
have envied, walked rapidly down
Chestnut street Saturday afternoon.
When opposite the Mint she halted,
opened q dainty little purse, 3lasped by
a tiger head, and dropped a quarter in
the outstretched hat of q blind mendi.
cant. The lazzareni glanced obliquely
at the coin and then slowed it away in
the recesses Of his many pocketed gar.
ments. A detective and a reporter
witnessed the the incident. "That wo-
man." said the detective, lis one of the
~cleverest pick-pockets and shop-lifters
in the country. She and Kid Miller,
The confidence man, once worked to-
gether, but there came a squat and
they parted. -[PhiIadgph North
American.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-01-19
The RLfzzn1.d

Of all the people familiar with the
word ''blizzard," probably not n in a
thousand ever saw anything remotely
resembling the thing WHICH that word
was coined to describe. In the absence
of photographic authority, the definition
of the term Is best supplied by personal
experience. A blizzard me some
thing as nearly as possible like the
sand-storm of the desert, with rulver-
ICED ice in then place of sand, and a
temperature as many degrees below
freezing as the other marks above. Its
Accomplishments are perfectly well de-
fined. They are a very low
temperature, never in a gen
uine blizzard rising above the
zero point; a tremendous wind velocity,
equal to that of the most violent gales
Of the stormy season at sea;and the fill
ing of the air with needle points of ice,
which blind the eyes and cut and sting
like miniature arrows wherever they
strike. This il the storm which be.
numbs, bewiIders and destroys life in
its path. t has been felt in rare In
stances BY the settlers Of the t~reeless
plains Of the north. It seems, rather
singuiarly, to occur less frequently as
population and cultivation increase. -
Est. Pant Pioneer Press.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-01-19

the date as the fifteenth. In March,
1868, a letter arrived from a brother
officer, giving an account OF Captain
WIS death. This officer, who had been
riding beside Captain w. when he was
killed, stated that death occurred on
the fourteenth of November. Finally,
though whether on the strength OF this
officers evidence, or through faith in
the apparition's truth to time, the date
was altered to the fourteenth.
1t seems never to have occurred to
anyone to consider the difference be.
tween Indian and English time. If the
time of Capt. WIS death really coincid-
cd, as Mrs. w. then and thereafter firm
ly believed with the time of her dream,
then, unless she went to bed unusually
early, he was killed on the 18th OF
November, Indian time. Suppose,
for instance, sho had her dream
at ten o'clock on the night
of November IA, then at that
moment it was twenty-four minutes past
three on the morning of November 18th
at Lucknow. Surprising it was later, as
the account suggests, then we may well
suppose that daylight had already
broken on the morning of the 18th at
Lucknow, at the hour when Mrs. W.
had her midnight dream at Cambridge
and her husband met with his DEATH
Cosmopolitan.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-01-19
PEARLS OF THO ought.

It is as great to be a woman as 70 DO
a man.
Love is the cause of love, ghd the
only cause.
Whore there is no hope therH can be
no endeavor.
Death rocks our second childhood to
sleep in the cradle of the cofAl.
Many people are busy in' the world
gathering together a handf9e of thorns
to sit upon.
There is nothing that so GGeines the
face and mind as the possession OF great
and good thoughts.
One good thought retained and nine
ty-nine bad ones let 60, and We would
all be the better for it.
An irritable man lies like a hedgehog
rolled up the wrong way, tormenting
himself with his W proxies.
One of the saddest things about hui
man nature is, that a man may guide
others In the path of life without walk
ifg in it himself; that he may be a pilot,
aud yet a castawsy.
In the early ages men ruled by physi-
cal strength. Now they rule by brain,
and SO long as there is only one man in
the world who can think and plar, he
will stand head and shoulders above
him who cannot.
If thou art rich, then show the great
ness of thy fortune, or, what is better,
the greatness of thy souS in the meek
ness of thy action and thy conversations
sympathizo with man of low estate, aid
the distressed and show consideration to
the neglected; be great.
The motives and purposes Of authors
are not always so pure and high as In
the enthusiasm of youth we sometimes
imagine. To many the trumpet of fame
is nothing but a tin horn to call them
home, like laborers from the field al
dinner time; and they think themselves
lucky to get the dinner.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-01-19
The Measles.

Measles begin with the symptoms of a
bad cold; h%oarseness, a cough, sneezing
and weak eyes. On the fourth day a
rash appears on the forehead, spreads
over the face and extends to the body.
It is a darker red than the rash in
scarlet fever, and feels slightly raised
to the touch. When the rlsh first
comes out it looks like flea bites ar
ranged in little half moons on the skin.
The great danger is Of taking caff9
which may bring on Inflammation of the
lungs, and of injury to the eyes from
over use or exposure to too strong a
light.
The patient should be kept in beg in
a well-ventilated room at a temperature
of about sixty-eight dc yrees. The win
dow must be lowere a few inches at
the top, if possible, t e opening being
covered with a strip of flannel to pre-
vent a draught. As fresh air is in
dispensable, if this makes the room too
cold, a fire must be lighted to counter
act it.
a warm sponge bath should be given
each day, folded blankets being placed
over and under the patient in bed, the
night-dress9emoved and theehand hold
ing the sponge being passed under the
upper blanket while bathing to avoid
exposure. The window should be shut
during the bath. If the rash causes
ffsnuch irritation it may be rubbed with
cosmoline or sweet oil.
The eyes should DO carefully shaded
from the light. and no reading permitted
until they are strong again. Serious in
iammatlon and permanent weakness of
the eyes may follow, if these precau-
lions are not taken. It is often very
hard to keep q child amused and happy
und H these restrictions. This is one of
the difficulties that a good nurse will
overcome, anG she must remember that
the child's comfort during life may de-
pend upon the care it receives at this
time. .
To avoid cold, all clothing should be
warmed and aired before being used. A
flannel jacket worn over the night-dress
is a great protection.
If delirium comes on, and the rash
suddenly disappears, the sufferer should
be put into q warm bath continuing four
tablespoonfuls of mustard to each pail of
water, taken out after a few minutes,
quickly dried with warm towels, and
wrapped in blankets until the doctor
comes. II the child has a quick pulse
and seems very sleepy, the breathing
should be carefully watche' to detect
the symptoms of trouble with the chest.
Milk should be the chief article Of
diet. t may be used in Cruel, custard
and blanc mango, and varied with beef
tea, chicken broth, mutton broth, toast,
and any light food. youths Com
| Danion.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-01-19
Not O. Dahon,ey Mon.

The victims sacrificed at the death of
a king in Dahomey are often captzves
or criminals, aud are supposed to be-
come his servants in another world.
Those killed at intervals afterward are
supposed to lie messengers to him from
this. Their despatch is considered by
each successive king of Dahomey to be
incumbent upon him as a matter OF
duty alike to his father, to the state,
and to the gods. He walks about
among the messengers, delivers to them
his messages, and talks amicably to
each of them upon the subject, as
another authentic anecdote, inimitable
in its humor, told me by Tetteh Agama-
gong will show. One day, in going his
rounds. the king came to a remarkably
f~ne-looking man, a native OF the Yoruba
| country, and said to him: "Well, you
have got to go3 telpmy father l am get
ting along pretty well, and am governing
the people as he would wish me to
do Eyes," sail the a II have got
to go, but I want to tell you one thing
first "What is that2' asked the king.
81 want to tell you, replied the man,
that / will not deliver your message"
s.Not deliver my messagea" exclaimed
the king. stNo / will noti'' sfWhy not?"
asked his majesty. First" replied the
Yctin, "becauso / don't want to 60,
and I don't see why + should deliver it
for you, and, secondly, because ] am q
Yoruba man and he is of Dahomey,
and the Yoruba people do not see or
talk to the Dahomcy people here, nor do
they up there; therefore ] neither can
nor will deliver your message The
king looked astonished, and turning to
the executioncr, who was ready to be-
gin his bloody work and despatch the
messenger if not the message, simply
said, He is a bad messenger-don't
send him." And 5he man was let go
scot-free. Rather a dangerous prece-
dent, one would think, under such cir
cumstances, for the uturel-[Nineteenth
Century.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-01-19
Peoafe Who Do Not use salt.

The experience Of all nations and all
ares is in favor of the use of salt for
both me6 and animals. There are a
few local exceptions. The Damaras of
Southwestern Africa never use salt, and
Engsishmen dwelling in that country no
longer require its use. Their neighbors,
the Nomaquas, have no relish for salt,
and the animals there do not seek it.
a tribe in New Zealand abhor it. The
Russians ID Barezov do not use salt in
their food, although it can be easily ob-
tanned. But these are marked ex-
ceptions, accounted for By the fact that
these people obtain . sufficiency Of the
saline elements, chlorine and sodium,
from the water they drink, and in some
cases, the air they breathe, while their
food il highly charged with Them
IPrairie Farmer.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-01-19
Oy.f0tn or aBucEeue. ,,

The interest concerning Ohio and her
coming centennial has awakened in
quiries. in everything connected With
the state. The ide OF giving to all
visitors a buckeye as asouvenir has very
naturally led to the inquiry, "Why are
Ohio people called Buckeyes" A
Brilliant after-dinner speech by the
celebrated DR.. Drake, the eminent
physician aud botanist of The Ohio val
ley, at public dinner, given II Gin
cinnati on the occasion Of her forty
fourth anniversary, il so appropriate
and so happily expressed that no i'm
provement can be made upon it. DR..
Drake said:
TWhy are the natives Of Y valley
called Buckeyes, and to whom are they
indebted for this spitheta Mr. Presi-
dent, the memory that can travel q few
years into the last century. and itonly,
can supply the answer. AS the buck
eye has soft wood, and is peculiar to
the yalleyeof the Ohio, later emigrants
to both banks Of tho river thought il 2
ft emblem for the native children,
whom they found untaught and awk-
ward, amusing themselves IN the shade
of its luxuriant foliags or admiring tee
beautiful dyes Of its riponing nuts, and
Buckeye was, therefore, at first, q nick
name---a term Of derision. Those very
children have, however, raised It into
d title Of honor. TColumbus journal.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-01-19
R0bgaiEed Hons,

A certain prosperous farmer living
il Needmorc school district Greene
county, has . bunch Of A. hogs. Not
long since, while out admiring them,
he discovered that A had short pr
bob tails and one--onIy one alone-had
4 long tail, and # wa the only curly
tail ii the lot. He then began to
wonder and to ponder how all the
rest save this one have beea 80 IN
fortunate, and why onecoulI escape the
calamity. But at last the mystery wa
solved. He 4 day saw this q going
around among the others and taking .
chew from off their tails This would
b cannibal was removed TO d pen BY
himself. lohio1 journal.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-01-19
An Unsought appeal.

In the market place at Atri,
Placed free for all to swing,
A large bell hung for those who sought
In Justices name to ring.
The hamlet wasa peaceful one,
Not many wrongs to right,
And now the rope was worn aNay
And would have fallen quite.
But leaves and tendrils of a vine,
Which twined themselves around,
Alone sustained the nodded strands
From falling to the ground.
a poor old horse, half starved and thin,
With neither friend nor hay,
Turned out by master, barked by dogs,
Sought food along the way.
sleepily grazing on he found
A vine whose shoots were fair,
He cropped and tugged until full tones
Filled the summer air.
The town turned out, as was its won't,
The edictt % obey,
And the poor steed's unsought appeal
Was answered from that day.
III. w. Mitchell in Philadelphia Call.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-01-19
A EamtLtar Illustration.

Wife: What is meant, John, by the
phrase, carrying Goals to NgWcas-
tle?".
Husband: It is a metaphor, my dear,
showing the doing of something that is
unnecessary.
Wife: ! don't exactly understand.
GIVE me an illustration, q familiar
,ne.
Husband: Well, if I was to bring you
aone . book entitled "How to Talk, y
hat would be carrying Goals to New
CASTLE Boston Courier.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-01-19
Mas. Erse9sdg

We an live ID ! very wholesome
dread Of Mrs. Gruady. She first saw
LIGHT, It IS said. ii Thomas Mortona
Speed the Plough II the first scene
Mrs. AshHeM shows herself jealous q
nsighbor Grindyy, and Farmer AShiald
rays ii her Be quiet. woolye9 Always
dingdiasins Dame Gsusay into my
ears What vii MFs. Graady sara
That viii Ars. Grundg sk
The Opelousas courier., 1889-01-19
Indasssrfous FgssIandeY.s.

There il d community Of Finlanders
Of Klikatat county, Washington terri
tory, and they are . most industrious
folk. When there Is & new addition to
the community from Finland the set
tiers gather together and ii few days
bald horase and fence i farm for hi1.
There Is no season il which they are
Idle. During the d 81 slmoa thy
work at fhe canneries ana fish uhee.s
When winter comes they arc ii the tim
LaE cussias rails. posts an ael.
IDhicago Herald.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-01-19
A WITTY Orator.

The late Bernal Osh)rne had de-
lighted the house of commons by one
# his brilliant speeches, and. soon after
net an artist, one q whose pictures he
warmly commended. The painter re-
urnsd the compliment, eulo-
gizing the orators speech. I'll tell
1ou what" said Mr.. Osborne, sIll ex-
:hange my tongue for your palettel'
The Opelousas courier., 1889-01-19
Hour Teeth Decnas.

Russian observations have shown that
teeth decay il q quite regular order, the
lower third moler Icing the first at
tackled, then the upper. then the lower
fourth molar, and 30 on, the lower, In
eisors and caniee teeth being the last
affected Upper teeth as q rule are
more durable than lower, right than left,
those Of dark persons than those Of
blondes, thoao Of short persons than
those OF the tall,
The Opelousas courier., 1889-01-19
b nc Happened.

Have you heard that Lily Is engaged
. young Fledgelya e asked Maud.
N replied Ella. Sc thought ha
waa too bashful ever to propose.
oh but i'll leap year you know
The Opelousas courier., 1889-01-19
TOWN PROPERTY FOR SALE.

A eentra ly located and desirable business
stand on NJ in street, Opelousas, consis ing
of building su table for residence AMI smat
store, and adjoining a bakery, being the
prope. ty next to the po't-ofice- This prop
ertv will be sold very cheap for cash, or halt
cash and balance on terms to su purchase.
Amp at this office OF to NJ s. Edmond G.
Dupre MdTcn 1o-el
The Opelousas courier., 1889-01-19
ST, MARY,s ACADEMY,

OPELOUSAS. LA.
The courss of instruction in this Institution embraces
English. French, Latin, Greek, Arithmetic, AIgsDIA.
Gsemetry. Bookkeeping Natural Sciences, History,
Geography, Penmanshb, and great care is bessoHee
IA Christian InstructlcH y r..
TERMs:-Board ant tuition per month Slei ~
Scholars per month, So, SO or "a, according 10 e!-ls.
Ciasses are resumed on Wednesday, September islas
Iass REV. 6. RAYMOND, u. D.y
A0O' REV. T. j. RkgaoND.
HENRY g. LEWIS
A,o 60 1885. M. ALFRED BRTLLET.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-01-19
FOR SALE.

A Fine Residence, with all necessary out
buildings AMI improvements, and sufficient
land for a smsl farm, adjoining the
limits Of Ope ousas, will be soil cheap
Apply at this Office. dl9II
The Opelousas courier., 1889-01-19
TULANE UNIVERSITY
OF LOUISIANA.
VIM. Preston Johnston, IL. D. PresT.

HIGH School with Manual Training. Cono,A
IL with six courses of instruction. Universitr
courses in Science and Letters. Session bsy;n5s
October Sd. II, Sophie Newcomb. Memorial iii.
lege for Women begins October 18th. Medieal
Department begins October Eth. Law Department
begins November 21st,
gB-Catalogues containing announcement Of al,
departments may he had by application to tn.
s Secretary of the University. Tulane Hall, New
Orleans, La. aug. Sam