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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1889-03-23

ARTIST WHISTLER, the eccentric
American who is one of London's cele-
brities, is painting horrible picture
of one of the Whitechapel victims as
her mutilated body appeared when it
was discovered.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1889-03-23

AMONG the students of Miss Porter's
school, Pennington, Conn, are q
daughter of James G. Blaine, niece of
the late ex-President Arthur and q
daughter of ex-Gov. Alger, of Michi-
uan
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1889-03-23

The will Of Christopher Meyer, who
left $780, 900 to his children by his
first wife, is being contested at New
York by his young widow, who was not
mentioned in the will.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1889-03-23

As Elijah Halford, Presidentelect
Harrison's private secretary, used to re-
port executions, he will display great
ability in hanging up applications for
Office.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1889-03-23

JUDGE LAMBERT TREE, American
minister to Russia, has set out from
Belgium for St Petersburg. He took
his trunk with him, but he will have
to leave St. Petersburg soon.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1889-03-23

Mrs. PRATT will not sell the Alcott
house at Concord, the home of her
father, A. Bronson Alcott, and of her
sister, Miss Louisa Alcott, but will keep
it for her own summer residence.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1889-03-23

LORD TENNYsON was removed from
Haslemere to the Isle Of Wight last
week. He seemed to bear his journey
we'll, but has suffered relapse and is
now in state of great prostration.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1889-03-23

The Maharajah Dhuleep Sing -
Paris trying to sell his jewels. He is
biting his thumb at England and
threatens Dhuleep into the ranks of
Britain's enemies.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1889-03-23

Mrs. HALFoRD, wife of President
elect Harrison's secretary, is an in
valid, and she usually spends the win
tiers in Florida.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1889-03-23

A fire at the Union stock yards. Chicago,
destroyed five barns containing 5000
tons OF hay, and two cribs with $4,000
bushels OF corn. Loss, 500, 900,
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1889-03-23

True To His NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
you think It's all up with me,
doctor? Doctor-Pm afraid SO.
P.-Well, we must all die once and /
may as we'll go now as afterward.
You're sure I'm going? Dyes. p
Then let me have your bill. D.-My
bill! My dear sir, this is very unusual.
You should give your thoughts to
more serious matters. P.-My motto
has always been "pay as you 60" and
now that | am going I want to pay.
So he paid and went.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1889-03-23

The trial OF Billings in the murder OF
Kingsley at Waverly. Iowa, has reached
the point where the state rests, and the
evidence Tor the defence will follow.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1889-03-23

fOrehanQ, as IN tnaC case Cne SUBJECT
will probably exert his will power to
defeat them. and they may fail.
In connection with this curious ten.
dency of the heart and muscles to be-
tray themselves l had my attention
called some time since to an article In
the Revue Scientifque { Paris) describ-
ing an apparatus to do on a large
scale what Paxton did on asmall. It
was the invention of Prof. Masso and
consisted of table on which man
could stretch at full length and, hav-
ing an equipose so delicate that the
slightest disturbance OF his centre OF
gravity would cause a large indicating
needle below to move to one
side or the other. 1t was de-
signed to show how the heart and CIR
Citation are instantly affected by the
mind, and some strange things were
done on it. The slightest emotion
would cause tine needle to incline to-
ward the head, and it would dart in
that direction even when the man on
the table was asleep and a noise was
made in the room, though not suffi-
GENTLY loud to awaken him. Masso
relates that an Italian professor SUBJ
mitted to the experiment and, reclin-
ing at full length, read to himself from
two books, a poet in his own language
and Homer in the original. The
needle was passive while he read the
Italians verses; but when he came to
the harder task of translating Homer,
it moved toward the head and re-
NAMED fixed immovably there. TAX
en- all in all, I am inclined to think
that the little force pump in ones
breast is about the only truthful Or
gan, and that when novelists speak of
q false heart they SANDER it. AS q
matter of fact, its delicate throbs are
attuned to every hidden thought, and
perhaps some day genius will devise q
form of Masso's instrument which
may be attached to witness in court
and enable justice to dispense with
the formalitv OF an oath.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-05-04
Brute Humanity.

Once in the city of Vienna, there was {
dread of hydrophobia, and orders were glver
to massacre all the dogs which were found
unclaimed or uncollared in the city or sub
urbs. Men We're employed for this purpose,
and they generally carried a snort stick
which they flung at the poor prescribed an
imal with such certain ain as either to kill,
or main it MORALLY, at oneolow.
1t happened one day that, close to the edge
Of the river, rear the Ferdinand's-Brucke,
n of these men flung his stick at a
wretched dog, but with such bad aim that
it fell into the river. The poor animal, fol
lowing his instinct, or his teaching, lmmedi-
ately plunged in. redeemed the stick, and
laid it at the feet of its owner, who, snatch
ing it up, dashed out the creatures brains.
Which was the brute3
We may Surmise what the Athenians
would have done to such a man from the
fact that they banished the Judcs Of tn.
Areopagus, because he flung away the bird
which sought shelter in his bosom.
There ore men in whom is no spark OF
gratitude or generosity. There ars'others
who appreciate benefits revived and arr
happy in making grateful acknowledgment.
Rev. j. W. Asheman, one of the most elo-
Quent divines OF Detroit, Mich, writes
March 8. 1883: SIN 1884 I y visited Chatham.
Ont, to lecture and preach. I was in ag.
onizlng PAIN (the result of kidney disorders)
and unable to dine with my host l explained
to Judge Woods what was the matter. He
asked me if / was too prejudiced by my
medical education to try Warmers Safe
Cure, adding: "Although ] kve never
tried it, lean take you to a gentleman whom
1t has helped wonderfully"
II a>ed twenty-five Dttles of Warmers
Safe Cure and was in better health than for
twenty-five years. / have every thing tc
lose and nothing to gain by making this
statement, save the approval of a good
conscience"
There are tens of thousands of people in
this country who have gained the approval
OF q good conscience IN a like manner, and
are not too bigoted to do good.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-05-04
Tea-G Gowns for Summer.

That m%ost-favored article of dress,
the tea-gown, is likely to prove a JOY
for ever 1t has formed a garment of
great luxury and richness the past
season; for the Ginning summer it will
be a model of the daintiestr and most
picturesque and bewitching destrip-
ton. The latest importations of these
gowns are something rare and lovely.
They r ideal in their grace, artistic
beauty and originality of design. A
recent exhibit of these dresses fully
merited all the wealth of surperlatives
that the fair gazers who beheld them
enthusiastically laviShed upon then.
Cllnging India and China silks, tinted
B~engalines, figured with the most ex-
quisite flowers and foliage in natural
colors, sheer white woods elegantly
bordcred or brocaded, Pompadour
foulards. silk mus'ins, and rare white
embroidered batistes and organdies
from Vienna and Paris are among the
expensive and beautiful fabrics used
in their construction. N. 7. Post.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-05-04
THE MARRIAGE TIE.

How 1t Can BE Severed in Different Semi
Civilized Countries.
In Australia divorces have never
been sanctioned.
Divorces are scarcely ever known to
occur in modern Greece.
In Hindostan either party for a
eight cause may leave the other ard
marry.
In the olden times the Jews had a
discretionary power Of divoreing their
wives.
Divorces are scarcely allowed in
Thibet, urless with the consent of both
parties. Remarriage is forbidden.
In Cochin China the parties desiring
divorce break o pair of chopsticks In
the presence of witnesses and the thing
Is done.
Among some tribes of American In
dians the pieces of sticks given the
witnesses of the marriage are broken
as a sign OF divorce.
If the wife of a Turcoman asks his
permission to go out, and he says go"
without adding "come back again."
they are divorced.
Two kinds of divorces are granted In
Circassia. By the first the parties can
Immediately marry again; by the sec
ond, not for a year.
In Liberia. il a man is dissatisfied
with the most trifing acts of his wife,
he tears a cap or veil from her face,
and that constitutes a divorce.
Among the Moors, il the wife does
not become the mother Of a boy, she
may be divorced with the consent of
the tribe. and car marry again.
In Siam the first wife may be d.
vorced, but not sold, % the others may
be. She may claim the first child.
The others belong to the husband.
Among the Tartars. If the wife lie ILL
treated, she complains to the magis-
trate. who, attended by the principal
people, accompanies her to the house
and pronounces a divorce.-St Louis
Globe-Democrat
The Opelousas courier., 1889-05-04
MY PHOTOGRAPH.

-
The pictaee-man's accustomed hand
Arranged me with celebrity,
And hid my principal defects
With judgment and dexterity.
He turned me right. he turned me left,
With wonderful rapidity,
Securing my %inconstant head,
To give it due solidity.
He placed q river at my back,
And trees and rocks edtacently
Adjusted with artistic touch,
And viewed the whole complacently.
"Just drop your chiur' dropped it, to
The best Of my ability;
"Butshutyour mouth" he added, which
deemed an incivility.
Across the room, with dirty face,
A b~ric-a-bracket Psyche sat;
The artist backward ierked his thumb
And bade me keep ahsaye ON that,
And exc to smile and also wink,
With dignity and suavity;
Whereat I smiled full solemnly,
And winked with awful gravity.
'Twas dif1cult-but now tits done,
With secret exultation do
1show 10 friends my photograph.
And note their admiration, too.
"HoW beautifulr they cry, nor know
Their honest praise is praise Of me,
Till, pressed to tell them whose it liz,
"'Tfs MINER I say triumphantly.
Mrs. George Archibald, in Judge.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-05-04

"Yes-yes," he murmured, half.
aloud. '.Mrs. Howett never uttered q
wiser saying: For love hath reader
will than fear"
Quicker than ever Aunt Mary, whose
faith in kind words was very strong,
had expected, John came in with the
hammer, q bright glow on his cheeks
and a sparkle in his eyes that strongly
contrasted with the utter want of in
terest displayed in his manner q little
while before.
"Thank you, my son." said Mr..
Belknap, as he took the hammer; II
could not have asked o prompter serv-
ice."
He spoke very kindly, and in a voice
of approval. "And now, john" he
added, with the manner Of one who re-
quests. rather than commands. ''if you
will go over to Frank Wilson's and tell
him to nm and work for two or three
days in es sggarden, you will oblige me
very much. was going to call there
as | went to the store this morning;
but it is too late now"
"Oh, I'll go, father-T1l CO." replied
the boy, quickly and cheerfully. n "Ill
u right over at once"
do, if you please" said Mr. Bel
KNAPP, now speaking from a impulse
of real kindness, for a thorough change
had come over his feelings. A CRATE
full look was cast, by John Thomas, in
to his fathers face, and then he went
off to do his errand. Mr.. Belknap saw
and understood the meaning of that
look.
"Yes-yes-yes," thus he talked
with himself as he took his way to the
store, "Aunt Mary and Mrs. Hewitt
are right. Love hath a reader will.
l ought to have learned this lesson
earlier. All! how much that is de-
formed in this self-willed boy might
now be growing in beauty. Yankee
Blade.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-05-04

THE POULTRY YARD.

Notes and Suggestions by n Breeder of
Considerable Experience.
Green food, charcoal and gravel are
good representatives. of indigestion and
diarrhea.
Ruu the clover through a cutting
box, scald it well and feed literally to
the poultry.
1t is only in exceptional cases that
it will be best to allow the turkey hen
to hatch out her first setting of eggs.
One of the most important items of
poultry management is to keep the
drinking vessels clean. In order to do
this it will be necessary to wash out
clean every day or two.
Buckwheat is fattening and sunf1ow-
ers make the plumage glossy. Both
can be used to good advantage in maxi
ing up a good variety and in keeping
them in good health.
To obtain the best prices care should
be taken to have the young chicks
ready fo9 market about the middle Of
May or from theft to the first of June.
If the proper care is taken in the
management very early chickens a
be raised in the brooders fully as read
ilv as with the hens. It is necessary,
however, to keep warm and dry and to
feed regularly every day.
By taking q brush coal oil can be
applied to small chickens without
trouble. The advantage in using a
brush is that there is much less danger
of applying too much than by any other
plan. A small quantity will be eff
fective, while too much will often prove
injurious.
Eggs used for setting should always
be clear. II covered with filth or dirt
of any kind the probabilities of their
Matching are largely decreased. While
it is not desirable to handle any more
than is strictly necessary, at the same
time it will be better to wash off clean
thanato set them dirty.
Sulphur and salt, equal parts, can
nearly always be given with good re-
suits, provided care is taken to keep
the fowls dry. Dosing with sulphur
and allowing them to get wet while 1t
is in the system will often cause serious
results.
Avoid extremes. Some keep all old
stock and sell off all the young; others
sell all the old poaltry and rely upon
the younger hens for laying and hatch
ing. A careful selection should be
made. The better plan is to keep some
carefully-selected old hens as well as
some of the better new one
Pea fowls are raised for two pur.
poses-for ornament and for theil
feathers. They are edible, but they
are small In size In proportion to their
appearance. They are good foragers
and when matured are a fine r
mental bird. though their song is fal
from musical. In some localities they
may be made profitable, but only il
exceptional cases.
In selecting turkeys for breeding
have either the hens or tbs gobbier
two years old. It is not best with thil
variety of fowls to breed from all young
stock. If the hens are young have
two-year-old gobbler. A little pain
taken on these points will result in
better class OF iowls.-St. Louis Be
public.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-05-04
FACTS FOR

The carly killed is the easily killed
weed, and the weed that robs the crop
the least.
The greatest enemy ofthe birds Is
the family cat. She kills ehe young as
soon as Matched, and does much of her
work of destruction at night.
Wheat and other autumn-sown
grain will often give a suf1iciently-in-
creased yield to pay for a top dressing
of some quick-acting fertilizer. II
clover is to be sown upon grain, try to
SOW 1t on the last fall of snow.-Amer-
lean Agriculturist.
The properly-fattened animals,
marketed the moment sthey reach the
points where further feeding would en-
tail IL loss, are always profitable to the
feeder. But it takes q good judge to
know when this point is reached.
Grass is the foundation of success
in farming. 1t assists during the
process of rotation to improve the soil,
and enables more and better stock to
be kept. The farmer who succeeds in
securing a good hay crop has won half
the battle.
The smaller the field the more
fence required and the more land taken
from cultivation. The more oblong
the field he more fence required to
inclose a given area; conversely, the
nearer u square the field is, the less
fence is required.
There is no wisdom in meanness
at home, and placing on the market an
inferior article, because such is more
readily produced. A high standard
for every thing produced makes home
more cheerful and swells the profit at
the close of the year.
EARLY potatoes may 60 G the
ground as soon as spring begins to
open. If the seed is well covered no
danger need be feared of frost, as the
plant is quite hardy after it gets a start.
Use plenty of fertilizer on potatoes and
keep the ground well cultivated. .
Pigs should be narrowed in early
spring and kept only on growing deods
milk, bran. Stops, oats, green rye,
grasses, clover and sweet corn-until
late fall; then fatten rapidly on corn
mostly, but also on green rye, blue
grass, pumpkins, boiled potatoes and
turnips, with bran. steamed clover,
hay, etc.
-Mulching prevents the early flow
of sap by preventing the ground from
warming too early. AS the frost may
catch the trees and vines after they be.
gin to send out shoots the Importance
of delaying the flow Of sap should not
be overlooked. Mulching is more es-
sential during an open winter than al
any other time.
If young trees. in spite of all the
protection that has been given them
through the winter, have beer Terked
by rabbits or mice, repair the damage
as soon as discovered. Where the in
jury is slight a mere e~arthing-up with
a mound of soil that will not dry out
will often suffice. If the wound is very
extended, q new tree is the best
remedy. If trees are still to be
planted. order them at n and when
they are receive heel them In, cover
ing their rootso with soil in n trench
from which they may be planted at
leisure.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-05-04
TWO AGED RATTLERS.
One Wa Forty. Five and the Other Thlr-
ty.Nine Years of Age.


Pompey Hooper, an old colored farm
or who lives in the eastern portion OF
the county, and who, last year, in a
battle with rattlesnalkes, killed eleven
of the reptiles. was in Memphis,
and from him q reporter learned
Of another and still more inter-
esting encounter which occurred re-
Gently. Pompey is a great coon hunter,
and in company with two others, he
started out on a big hunt. Several
after having hugely enjoyed the spot,
were preparing to return home when
suddenly the dogs bayed again.
Approaching near to where they were
barking, the three concluded, as they
had their guns with them and were
tired chopping down trees, to wait I'M
til daylight and shoot the game. Asst
was only a short while until dawn, a
fire was accordingly built, and while
his companions produced a deck OF
cards with which to while away the
time Pompey stretched himself On the
ground for a short nap. Somehow the
old fellow could not sleep, and after a
short while he picked up his gun, and
lighting a pine torch walked over
to where the dogs where. Instead oil
a tree and a coon he found the hounds
scratching and tearing up the earth al
the base of a hollow rock. Thinking
that some animal had taken refuge in
the bowlder, he jammed the blazing
torch into the crevice. The old negroes
terror was great when instead OF the
growl which was expected, he beard a
terrible rattling, such as experience
had taught him the rattlesnake gives
only when about to strike. Pompey's
fight with the deadly reptiles last year
had left an impression on his mind.
and he was preparing to run when, as
he says ''One Of the biggest rattlers
O ever heard of slid outen' that hole
an jumped at me. He would a got
me, shore. but one O the dogs grabbed
his tail an gin it q flirt." Just then
another snake, bigger than the I'D
der" crawled out and m Ade a loap for
Pompey, who fetched him a swipe
with the torch" and then grabbed his
| gun. BY this time the first snake was
rafting and striking, and. with one
hand holding the torch and the otherthe
gun. the old negro ''blazed away" but
missed. Steadying himself he took
better aim and fired the second time,
and with better results, for the reptiles
head was torn completely of. At this
moment the other snake struck Pom
pey's foot, burying its fangs in the toe
of his shoe, but, luckily, SO nea the
end that no damage was done. Again
the pine torch came down, and this
time ON the snakes head. That ended
it, and as the old negro's companions
came rushing to the scene and found
him carefully examining his foot, hard
ly able to understand that he had es-
capped unhurt. If what the darkies say
is true, and Uncle Pompey is n of the
wealthiest and most reliable colored
farmers in the county, the two snakes
killed were the largest and oldest OF
any of their kind ever found. They
say one had forty and the other thirty
six rattles. AS a snake is three years
old before a rattle appears, and as n
is then added for each year. n was
forty-three and the other thirty-nine
years of age. Memphis (Tenn.) APP.
peal.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-05-04
II. J. FISHER.

Carpenter and Builder,
NTILL undertake all work in his line In town
w or country. The building of stores and
priva'e re tdences a So cialy Lstimstesan n
p ans iurtishe;i il "esirc,I. 'ers left Wth
Mr.. los. Ducharme, corner Court an Belle
sue stree S. vii: nave prompt attention.
Vi eiou as Nov -. lSs8.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-05-04

Moments OF reflection: Thuse dur
Ing which one stands before "a looking
glass. ~
The Opelousas courier., 1889-05-04

FlFTY-y,vs rwomen OF Utica, N. 2, hav,
signed an agreement no: to let a mar
crowd past them IL . :hcatcr "unless he il
goihg cat IN seine oLher business than thai
Of drinking"
The Opelousas courier., 1889-05-04
G. D.

Contractor. Carpenter and Builder,
VIII. &C ntract for the erection of buildings
w OF all kinds. turn shing al matsfia Il
desired. Work lone promptly and a reason
abe rates. Orders through. the Iostofes
give n prompt attention. tst mates and pans
FURNISHED. Having special facilities Tor Oh
tanning JUNBER At REpUCEp haTFs. viii
give my patrons the benefit of the same.
sepS
The Opelousas courier., 1889-05-04
A, P. MCNEIL.

Architect and Bui1der
OPELOUSAS, LOUISIANA.
DLANS. Specifications AMI Fs imaies fin.
Il niShed for a | manner OF hu kiungs. on tHs
most reasonab e terms Contracts tasrn IA,
all kinus of work. in brick irons. slone md
wood. Material furnished for repairs And
ronstruut on if desired. FMnta on AMI cmn.
try DIRK attended to with d Snatch Ali WORK
tirst-cIas, and satisfaction suara ,teed. Ordqs
directed to L. D.. Box IL will receive promus
Attention. jatf
The Opelousas courier., 1889-05-04
: SALOON,

uAv1NG recently blu It ana mon a' 40 y y
p ra snssgF vi ! ia "'y nstpf iaf 4 ay as : N n 4
sers p netwer n Brand and o i s,e! donsiap'
Hair Cutting. Shampooing; a. M call
highest style of the art. olve ,ssL4Bs'
The Opelousas courier., 1889-05-04

"A French savant has recently an
nounced his belief that women are in
creasing In size. Certain it is that the
hands of the average woman r much
larger now than formerly. The happy
change in public opinion which ena-
bles women of all ranks to work with
their hands. and take pride in doing
SO, may not be without effect in en-
iarging those members.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-05-04

Our Consul at Peking reports that
the total number of American citizens
residing in China Is ], 022. of whom COG
are missionaries,