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vous desire TO know what had happened,
and what might beexpected next. spread
that evening to every part OF the Domin-
lon reached by telegraph.
The military authorities In charge Of
the defenses Of the city were as much
disturbed and amazed by what had hap
penedia any civilian could possibly be,
but they had no fears for tho safety OF
the place. for the enemy's vessels could
not possibly enter, nor even approach,
tho harbor, The Notifications on the
heights mounted guns much heavier than
those on the men-of-war, and shots from
these fired from an elevation might sink
even those "under water DEVILS" But,
more than ON the forts, they relied upon
their admirable system OF torpedoes and
submarine batteries. With these in POI
sition and ready for action. as they now
were. It was impossible for an enemy's
vessel, floating on the water, or under 1t,
to enter the harbor without certain de-
struction.
Bulletins to this effect were posted in
the city, and somewhat allayed the popu-
lar anxiety, although many people who
wcro fearful Of what might happen next,
left by the evening trains for the interior.
That night the news OF this extraordinary
affair Yves cabled to Europe, and thence
back to the United States, and all over
the world. In many quarters the ac-
count was disbelieved, and in no quarter
was it thoroughly understood, for it
must be borne in mind that the methods
of operation employed by the crabs were
not evident even to those on board the
disabled vessels. But everywhere there
was the greatest desire to know what
would be done next.
It was the general opinion that the two
armored vessels were merely tenders
to the submerged machines, which had
done the mischief. Having fired no guns,
nor taken any active part in the combat,
there was every reason to believe that
they were intended merely as bomb proof
store ships for their formidable consorts.
As these submerged vessels could not at
tack a town, nor reduce Notifications,
but could exercise their power only
against vessels afioat, it was plain enough
to see that the object of the American
syndicate was to blockade the port.
That they would be able to maintain tho
blockade when tho full power of the
British navy should be brought to bear
upon them was generally doubted, though
it was conceded in the most wrathful
circles that until the situation should be
altered, it would be unwise to risk valu-
able war vessels in encounters with the
diabolical sea monsters now lying off the
port. @ 81
In the New York Office of the syndi-
cate there was great satisfaction. The
news received was incorrect and imper-
feet, but. It was evident that, SO far,
| everything had gone well. ~
About O'Clock the next morning Re-
peller Mol, with her consort half mile
astern, and preceded by the two crabs,
one on either bow, approached to within
| two miles of the harbor mouth. The
crabs, a quarter OF a mile ahead of the
repeller, moved slowly, for between them
they bore an immense net, three or four
hundred feet long and thirty feet deep,
composed of jointed steel rods. Along
the upper edge of this net was series Of
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in consultation with him. In the eve
ming Justice Matthews was so much
worse that DR.. johnson remained with
him during the entire night. He passed
away peacefully, All of his family with
the exception of his son, were present at
the death scene.
Justice Matthews was born in Cincin-
natl, July 81, 1924 He was graduated
at Kenyon college in 1910, studied law
and was admitted to the bar, settling in
Maury county, Tenn He shortly after
ward returned to Cincinnati. La 1916 he
became editor Of the Cincinnati Herald,
the first daily anti-slayery paper ia that
city. lie became judge of the court oil
common pleas in Hamilton county in
1851, was state senator in 1865. and in
1861 was United States attorney for
the southern district OF Chic. He served
with distinction In the Union army dur
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1889-03-27

ing the war but resigned his commission
as colonel in 1868 TO become Judge of the
superior court of Cincinnati. He was a
presidential elector on the Lincoln-J ohm
son ticket in 1864, and on the Grant
Colfax ticket in 1868. He was defeated
as Republican candidate for congress in
1875 and in the next year was one of the
counsel before the celebrated electoral
commission opening the argument in be-
half of the Republican electors of Florida
and making the principal argument in
the Oregon case. In March, 1877, he
was elected United States senator in
place of John Sherman who had re-
signed. In 1881 he was appointed asso-
ciate justice of the United States SUI
DreIne court
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Miss matthew. !. srarr,ar. Postponed.

NEW York, March 25.-The death Of
Justice Stanley Matthews postpones the
marriage of his daughter, Miss jean
nette, TO Justice Gray, of the Massachu-
sets supreme court Miss Matthews is
nearing 30 years of age, while Justice
Gray, who is very tall, finely formed
and well preserved man, is probably SO.
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When you desire pleasant physic,
try st. Patrick's Pills. Tnty can al
ways be depended nron, ;gl,tb 10 not
nauseale the stomach nor grippe the
bowels. For salehy Fritz Bac,ieatih
soft
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Flags at Half Mast in New York.

NEW York, March 23.-On receiving
the news of Judge Stanley Matthew'S
death, which was conveyed to him by q
United Press reporter, Mayor Grant or
dered the national, state and municipal
flags to be displayed at half mast over
the city hall, out of respect to the mem
DRY Of the distinguished jurist.
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49, For information, in reference to
Lands and Towns owned by the CHICAGO
Il ST. PAUL RAILWAY Cnsf-
PANY, write TO III. g. HAuGAN, Land.
Commissioner, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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TO MEET His JUDGE.
Justice Stanley Mathews Sum.
mOncd Before the BAR a.
llle Universe
He Had Been I'll for Some Time, and
the End was Not Unexpected
a Sketch of His Life.
The Supreme Court and Senate Adjourn
immediately Upon the News Of
His Death.

WAsHINGToE, March 2S,- STAN
ley Matthews, Of Ohio, associate justice
of the supreme court of the United
States, who has been seriously i'll for
some time past, died at 1890
a. m. He has been sick for three weeks,
although his original illness dates much
further back. For two weeks past his
condition has been considered serious.
DR.. johnson has been in constant at
tendance on him, and during the latter
part of his illness, DR.. Lincoln has been
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TO TIE WOMEN =.
IITIIEN we understand all

IILlIEN we understand all
w the anatomy and phys
iology of women, and
learn of the diseases peculiar
to their sex, there Is a feeling
of sympathy created within
the breast for her wcll-being
aud preservation of her health.
w EAkN IS.
On account of the intimate
connection of these diseases
with the stomach, brain,
heart and liver, through the
sympathetic spinal system of
diagnosis or locating of her
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comes the more difficult.
Thus as q symptom Of her
diseases she may have neu-
ralgic
HEADACHE,
dizziness, unnatural emotions
and various delusions, amount
ing to mania, or may have
local paralysis, nausea and
vomiting, perverted appetite,
a dry, hacking cough, palpita-
ton of the heart, oppression
and faintness, pain In the back
and every imaginable disease
reflex action.
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kT0W1n from the diary of tourists
MsIIH\ commercial travellers,
uU LIN business men and others

ET0MT1N from the diary of tourists
MHfEHA commercial travellers,
NU LII business men and others
has revealed:
That the Wisconsin Central has the
unqualified endorsement of all;
That the Wisconsin Central has to-day
the most popular line between Mime
apolis, st. Paul and Milwaukee and
Chicago;
That the Wisconsin Central is dialy
adding to it's admirers as the recognized
Pullman line between Minneapolis,
Paul and Milwaukee and Chicago;
That the Wisconsin Central touches the
most prominent points in Wisconsin,
and that it has more important business
centers on its through line than any
other railway in the Northwest;
That the Wisconsin Central has made
an enviable reputation with It's peer
less Dining Car Service;
That the Wisconsi Central runs fast
trains on which all classes of passen-
gers are carried with commodious and
distinct accommodation for all;
That the Wisconsin Central has repre-
sentatives distributed throughout the
country, who will cheerfally give any
information that may be desired and
that its terminal agents are especially
Instructed to look after the comfort of
passengers who may be routed via its
line.
For detailed information, apply to
your nearest ticket agent or to represen-
tatives of the road.
WM S. MELLEN, JAMES BARKER,
Gen1 Manager, GenI Pass. & Ticket Agt
MILWAUKEE.
r. n. ANSON, Northwestern Passenger
Agent, No. 10 Nicollet House Block, Mime
apolis, Mimi.
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The Great War Syndicate.
By FRANK r STOCKTON.

Author of .sRudder Grange .Amos Kill
bright" .sThe Bee Man of orn." ssThe
Christmas Wreck" 'sThe Lady or the
Tiger" .The Late Mrs. Null" ''The
Hunfredth Man." ''The Casting Away
OF Mrs. Lecks and MRS. Aieshine." ''The
Dusantcs." etc.
tCopyrishted by P. f. Collier. of Golfers Once
. Week, and published by special arrangement
with him through the American Press Associar
ton All rights reserved
The Opelousas courier., 1889-07-13
CARE OF LIVESTOCK.
Satisfactory Results Obtained by Goo
Feeding and Kindness.

Satisfactory Results Obtained by Good
Feeding and Kindness.
The condition and behavior of cattle
when brought into the sale ring indi-
cate what treatment they have had q
home. In some instances it appears
to be the intention of the owner to rely
entirely on the breeding of the ami
mails, under the s%upposition that no
matter how unthrifty and poor they
may be, buyers will want them on &C
count of the pedigree. Well-bred cat
tie are sometimes offered that in APP
pearance would not G. 4npare favorably
with scrubs, having cen starved and
neglected until they have lost all re-
semblance to improved stock. Need a
man wonder tf9t such cattle bring
very low pricesp It may be worth
nearly the price of a good beast
to put such an animal in con-
dition, and he may never recover
from the effects of neglect. No one
who is not prepared to give well-bred
animals proper food and care should
attempt to raise them. Unless fed
we'll and handled previously, cattle
are shown at a decided disadvantage
in the sale ring. Michigan breeder.
who bought some Kentucky stock at
Dexter Park last fall, says: II have
settled n question quite firmly with
my h%erdsmen, and that is kindness to
dumb brutes. I have had the matter
illustrated right here. The cattle !
bought were wild as deers; if any n
went into the barn where they were,
they would spring up, try to get away,
and make themselves generally disa-
greeable. / have them now SO they
aHpIuiet and docile as lambs; and this
result has been obtained by good feed
ing and uniform kindness National
Livestock Journal. -
The Opelousas courier., 1889-07-13

1t is interesting to note that John
Bright had undoubtcd Jewish blood in
his veins. The Abraham Bright who
went to Coventry early in the last
century had for his wife a handsome
Jewcss named Martha Jacobs. One of
their children was William Bright and
one of Williams was Jacob Bright,
and the youngest son of Jacob was an
other Jacob Bright, the father of the
illustrious Englishman. news of whose
death has reached us from across the
sea. The mother of John Bright was
Martha Wood, the daughter of a
tradesman of Bolton-e1-Moors. She
was Jacob Bright's second wife, and he
lived to have a third. But Martha
Wood was the mother of all his
children, and of children he had
eleven. Seven of these were sons and
four were daughters. BY the death OF
the irst-born, at the age of four, John
became the eldest of the family. He
had been born at Greenbank on Nc
yember 16, 1911. When his mother
died he was a boy Of eighteen. Mar
tina Wood was a woman possessed of
and efficient intellectual quail
ties. She had been yell educated,
was fond of books, and had a clear
and logical mind. She not only knit
stockings for her children, but helped
to keep her husbands books. Chicago
Inter Ocean.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-07-13
A CRITIC.

How Powers. the Sculptor. Played a sIakc
on an Art "Connoisseur.r
A St. Paul gentleman, IFho many
years ago al n resident of Cincinnati,
tells story concerning Powers, the
sculptor, which has probably never
been in print. There were at that time
in Cincinnati two or three connoisseurs
in art. who assumed a sort of general
censorship in such matters, and every
thing that they said concerning works
OF art was supposed to 'go." They
had unfavorably criticised some of
Powers work, and as he did not
take much stock in their dictations
anyway, he decided to show them up
to the art people of the city. He was
working in some wax, and announced
a reception at which he would show
some of the latest products of his gen.
ius. Among the figures was one rep
resenting the mayor of the city. 1t
stood in a niche by itself, vita the
light arranged for the best effect.
The high muck-a-mucks Of the art
world OF Cincinnati ATTENDED, the re-
ception. They examined the figure of
the mayor and made comm 3nt on it.
The hands," remarked she, ''do not
reveal any anatomy"
The legs are a triae short" said
another, ''but otherwise / consider it q
very fine figure"
And SO they went on. One of them
finally discovered that something was
wrong about the bridge of the nose,
and raised his hand to point out the
defect.
Hang you, don't lou pinch my
nose" cried the alleged wax "fgger."
to their establishment, dismay and com
plete overthrow DIS art critics. The
sculptor had induced the real live
mayor to help him in his little scheme.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-07-13
The situation was going fast,

The situation was going fast. Il
went utterly when the villain, discon.
| certed, as we'll he might be, in creep
ing up behind the victims Chair,
caught his foot against a platform in
tended to draw the table off for g
| change of scene, and fell sprawling,
his pistol going Off between his uncon'
scious victims feet.
With the roars of irresistible laugh
ter which followed this final catastro,
| phe ringing in his ears, Tom johnson
rushed fromeshe theater to the Thames
embankment.
at is ruin. 1t is disgrace" he cried
II can never survive it. 1Sfse the
hour when I gave myself up to this
life of constant harass, annoyance and
disappointment! How can / read the
awful things that will be said of me in
the papers tomorrow! How can
meet my friends and listen to theil
condolences! How can / ever enter a
theater again! No, l will not live to
die in a lunatic asylum. will end il
all in the peaceful river"
Tom leapt upon the parapet and
was about to make the fatal plunge,
wien he heard a sweet, silvery voica
Behind him.
1t was the China fairy's.
With a frantic cry, Tom turned TO
her. "Can you grant me another
wish" he exclaimed.
Certainly"
"Then make me a clerk in the city
again, and at once"
tom"
It was Roses voice.
Tom woke up with a Start.
breakfasts ready, dear, and it,
nine o'clock. Aren't you going to get
up?"
Tom shouted for joy. He was a clerk
again, and it was Sunday morning, the
happy day of peace and restE home
with his dear, contented little wife.
Oh! what a happy Sunday it was.
How snug and comfortable the sitting
room looked. And after breakfast,
when he sat down and read in the
Sunday paper an awful ''slate' of Mr..
Three Starts new play, he felt a great
weight lifted from his heart, and he
exclaimed: THANK Heaven, I'm not
a dramatist, but only a happy city
clerk, with just enough to live on, and
only one master!!" And he never
wanted to be a dramatist again as long
as he lived.-G. r. Sims, in Ballou's
Monthly.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-07-13
PlTH AND POINT.

An old ofice-seeker says that the
,urest appointment in politics is dis
appointment.
The man who never changes his
opinion is one who never enlarges his
information.
The lighter the individual. the
easier to float in the social swim
Washington Critic.
1t does not take an imaginary evil
long to become O real ne.-Philadel
phia Call.
The man who is suspicious lives
in a constant state of unhappiness. 1t
would be better for his peace of mind
to be too trustful than too guarded.
We are all dissatisfied, The diff
terence is that some of lis sit down in
the squalor of our dissatisfaction,
while others make a ladder OF it,
Once a Week.
The result of self-examination on
the part. of some people is abundant
satisfaction; with others, it is so de.
pressing as to almost bring despair.
Both are wholly wrong.-United Pros
byterian.
Alas! it is not till time. with reck.
less hand, has tori out half the lea-es
from the book Of human life to light
the fires Of passion, from day to day,
that man begins to see that the leaves
which remain are few in number. -
Longfellow.
-Affectation naturally 'counterfeits
those e~xcelences which are placed al
the greatest distance from possibility
of attainment, because, knowing our
own defects, we eagerly endeavor to
supply them with artificial excellence.
johnson.
"A smooth sea never made q skill
full mariner, neither do uninterrupted
prosperity and success qualify for use
fulness and happiness. The storms OF
adversi-y, like those of the ocean,
rouse the faculties, and excite the in
}ention, prudence, skill and fortitude
of the voyager.
IT'S pitiful the things by which we
are rich or poor-a matter Of coins,
coats and carpets. a little o Or less
stone, or wood, Or paint, the fashion
of a cloak on hat; like the luck of
naked Indians, of whom one is proud
in the possession of a glass bead OF a
red feather, and the rest miserable in
the wan.7of it. -Emerson.
1t is always a bad sign as to ones
real character when the more you
know of him the less you think of him.
The fact shows that he seemed to have
e~xcelences which disappear on a lore
Ultimate acquaintance, and has faults
and defects that did not appear upon a
limited and partial acquaintance. One
regrets in this way to change and re-
call a good opinion which he had Of
another. -Independent.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-07-13
THE kENTUcHarAAX.
How Love Finds Words Among the Ma.
tives Of the Bluc-Grass state.

How Love Finds Words Among the Ma.
tives Of the Bluc-Grass State.
I had been asleep in my seat in the
passenger-coach as the train WIS roll.
ing through Kentucky, and was aroused
by a couple taking the seat in front oil
me. did not raise my head. but made
out that he was a young fellow OF
twenty-five, or Whereabouts, and she
was a young girl of eighteen Or twenty.
Reckon he's ~asleep?" queried the
girl, referring to me.
Pm shore of it," he replied, after
taking a look at the back of my head.
There was an interval of silence, cut
on the bias and warranted first color,
and then he queried:
Glad We come, MaryP"
"Sorter, Bill"
yves friends, hain't we?"
'sShore."
81 never did keer fur no other gal"
"Shoo! Now you is funning me-"
"Shore as / live, Mary. l wouldn't
marry no girl in our hull section, no
how"
"Honest?"
True as cucumbers. Pap likes ye,
Mary"
"Glad ont"
"And nam likes ye."
'Glad ont"
"And pap was a-saying to me that If
[ got mar'd Icould bring my wife right
home"
"4our pap is good"
"But / can't git mar'd, Mary"
"'Deed, but why not?'
"'Cause nobody loves me-"
"Shoo! Reckon somebody does"
mo they don't. If they did they'd
show it."
There vas another interval of silence,
bordered with forget-me-nots and or
namented with orange blossoms, and
Turing this minute / think he seized
her unresisting hand. Ithink she was
ready to be seized. He probably
squeezed it as he said:
$50 you reckon somebody does?" =
yep"
''Then why don't they say SOP"
"Waitin', mebbe.n
''Waitin' fur what'"
ITO be axed to say So"
He was trembling with excitement,
and he could not control his voice as he
said:
'If they loved me they'd squeeze my
hand, wouldn't they?"
''Reckon they would"
(Squeeze-zip-gasp. Hello, Cen
tral!)
"And-and, Mary, if they'd marry
me they'd squeeze agin, wouldn't
theyp"
Shore they would"
(Squeeze-whoop-call up the par.
SONY
Then he leaned over and kissed her.
and Cupid danced a hornpipe up and
down the aisle.-N. Z. Sun.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-07-13
Increase of the worlds Navies,

According to a recent estimate, the
number OF war vessels launched last
year by the naval powers of the world
was so, while more than 100 were
building when it closed. England led
with ID vessels launched and % build
ing, France launched 9 and laid down
10, Russia launched 2 and began 10,
Germany put 6 vessel into the water
and ordered or laid down 4. Italy
launched 10 and laid down IS, Austria
launched no vessel, but laid down Or
ordered3 3. China added 4 vessels to her
navy and ordered or laid down 4 more.
japan ordered 8 and launched 8, the
United States launched 6 and laid
down s..
The Opelousas courier., 1889-07-13
THE APPREclATIvE WHOEVER.

The monnyment's up, and it's often my mind,
AS handsome q stone as you'll commonly find
What an ornyment tits to the burial lot!
But Becky deserved one-as good as she's got.
Ican't help a-wishin' that Becky could see
It, standin' above her, as tall as a tree:
Fer sometimes she us't, when alvin, to err,
Consatin I didn't appreciate her.
An Wit, I don't think 'twould ave entered hel
head,
f'twan't fer some things that her family said
But all of her folks was unfriendly to work
And meddled with Becky to git her to shirS.
An so it amt strange at she sometimes 'ud say
Some things, in a fretful and womanish way,
That life it WANT nothin' but woT am to save,
An woman want nothin' but only a slave.
They's one thing I'm glad Of; that is, as a rule,
never sassed back, but KEEP quiet an cool;
Iknow'd she'd git over it after a spell
An sense that I used her uncommonly we'll.
Fer alwuz I give her what money she earned
From chickens she raised or from butter she
churned,
An urged an advised her to lay it away
In case of bad luck or a fewcher wet day.
An, anxious she shouldn't be caught by the
banks
That fail, without leavin' you even their
thanks,
1took what she got, lesS : fast as it coma.
An give her my personal note fer the sum.
Ipaid her the ~int'res', as all her folks knows,
Fer housekeepln' things, an to keep her in
clo'es,
An told her how rich she wuz gittin' to be
By hayin' a forehanded husbun' like me.
An so I encouraged an helped her along.
An pullin' together we pulled putty strong,
An prospered unusual in all that we tried
Exceptin' the children that, most Of 'em, died.
What Becky'd a-donesI am sure 1 don't know
If twan't fer her workin'-she grieved fer 'em
SO;
An KNOWN their weak constitutions, of course,
Wuz OWN to her, must a-made her feel worse.
When Becky wuz married I wouldn't a-dreamed
Silt want jest as strong as she alwuz had
e seemed,
Or that she would be-as the preacher I'D say
In the midst Of her usefulness taken away.
But sense she is dead 1 have done what I could
To show how I mourn for q preacher so good;
An most of the money she labored to save
I've spent fer a stone to the head of her grave.
1t shows from all parts of the berryin' ground.
'ud do, -
But when I am gone it'll answer fer '"o. ii
Iean't help a-wishin' that Becky could see
II, standin' above her, as tall as a tree, "
Fer sometimes she us't, when alvin, to err,
Consatin' / didn't appreciate her.
Mrs. George Archibald, in Judge.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-07-13

"A sheriff in Georgia actually at
tached a railroad train by running a
chain through n of the wheels ci
the engine and fastening it to thu
track. After awhile he was convince
that he had no right to stop the Unitef
States mails, and the train was allowa
to proceed.