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The Opelousas courier., 1889-09-07
Diet OF a fh1rn's Wound.

There was buried recently from his
ormer home On Eastern avenue a man
With a peculiar history. The story OF
us life may well be used to exemplfy
he saying that small things are not to
We despised. He was G. y. Henaks, a
,a~ttern-maker, who lived at 1895 East
I'm avenue, with his family. His death
vas caused by exhaustion, resulting from
IN operation for the %amputation of his
eg. Here. the interest in the story be-
rims. During the war he was a member
Vt a volunteer company, and was in the
memorable siege of Vicksburg under
General Grant. In erecting earthworks
,ne day he accidentally stumbled against
! cactus log, and n of the thorns en-
cred his right leg below the knee,
Meaking off in the wound. The sharp
hing was extracted at once, and no
erious pain or annoyance followed, the
light wound healing within a couple of
lays. About five years ago a shooting
pain in his leg was felt, the nucleus
,eing in the spot where the thorn had
uttered twenty years before.
An ulcer was formed, and the fact
vas developed that carries, OF desaying
VI the bone, had set in.
All efforts at relief were useless, and
Henke was forced to cease work, as the
limb would not bear his weight. A
PEAR ago le took to his bed, growing
worse every day. Last month a consulta-
lion of physicians was held, and 1t was
decided to @mputate the limb as a last
resort. Henke consented, and the opera
lion was performed. He withstood the
lmputation manfully, but his weakened
constitution could not bear the shock
and he passed away. At the time Of his
death he was forty-seven years Old
CsasinnGti EaQuirer.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-09-07
The Shah Loves C~ucumbers,

If the Shah of Persia was as thin
skinned a person as his representative at
Washington he would not have remained
long in the British realm, for the Pal
Nall Gazette prints a series of anecdotes
concerning him Of which the following is
a specimen: ssSomething is known in
England of the Shah's conduct at table.
Here is a story bearing ON this point: On
one occasion the Shah had dinner at the
house of his Grand Chamberlain, and q
huge dish was placed before him bearing
Q pile of cucumbers (of which the Per-
slams are passionately fond, almost worth
their weight in gold. The Shah said
never q word, but began to put himself
outside Of as many of these cholera-pro-
vokers as he could safely do. He had
buried q couple of dozen of them and the
host and his more prominent guests be.
gan to indulge the hope that their turu
would soon come, when His Majesty
quietly and solemnly slowed the remain.
der away IN his bosom and pantaleoss,
and LEFT the table literally loaded
The Opelousas courier., 1889-09-07

Zealand, on the other hand, are invisible
southward, the steamer routes leaving
Colombo and GALES ON the north pass
diagonally over the apparently boundless
ocean, and disappear over, or rather
under, the ~rotundity of the water to the
southeast. But by far the most sur
prising fact that is clearly illustrated by
this superb work is the enormous size OF
the Pacific Ocean. The eye of the OBJ
server may have a considerable range OF
position north and south and cast and
west Of its central region. and yet see NO
land in any direction, the whole globe
seen from points HHithin this area bstna
only Of water, ga here andthere groups
of small islands sprinkled, as 1t were, ever
its surface. Numbers of steamer routes
are seen to come from nowhere and end
in nothing, and n has to walk through
q considerable a1c of the circle beeorSr
land appears on either side.-L0ndoa'
Engineering. -
The Opelousas courier., 1889-09-07
JACKETS.

Short jackets are very fashionable OF
black cloth, with various cOlored waist
coats trimmed with gilt buttons, and
braided with gold. Another favorite
style has a rundown velvet collar and
semi-ftting frontsssanstened at the throat
with three large buttons. Many rather
dressy jackets are of gr~eenish-gray CLOTH
cut out in tabs and turned back SO as to
form loops, through which a soft silk
scarf is worn. These jackets are worn
open with a vest of plain material last
ened down tie middle with gold buttons.
The newest dust cloaks are of silk or
wooden material, almost tight fitting, very
long, fastening at the throat and waist
with metal clasps, three-quarter length
sleeves, widening from the elbow and
slightly turned back with the shot silk
with which the mantle is lined. An
other style has the back fitting to the
figure, thsa1pwer one plateS, the fiat sides
of the cloak forming PAMELA Wide hood
lined with silk and a ribbonV ho51s the
pleats in place, starting from the centre
of the back. More dressy cloaks are
trimmed with LIE and passementerie.-
Ladies' GaseteB Fashion.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-09-07
LADIES' COLUMN.

THE NEW FEMININE ACCOMPLISHMENT.
"Know all about it, Of course Ido.'
said a bright little lady the other even
ing. "There is a new craze in society,
and it is a craze for wood carving. 1t
is the latest fad of fashionable women
having time and money at command. In
Sweden this occupation has loag fur
nished reereasssn and amusement to the
fair sex during the dark and dreary
winters. Learners are apt to become dis
couraged, but average patience will
triumph over a few difficulties, and soon
dsGt fingers will be able to turn out
beautiful specimens of wooden trfulp-
ture." As this fad has started sdeSate
in the season and just at the time Sar
select circles are hieing themselves off to
their summer resorts, it is feared that
when the cool weather sets in its vo-
taries can be counted on the digits OF
one hand.-Baztimore Free Press.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-09-07
Arsenic ConceaIs Suicide.

s'If q man wishes to commit suicide,
and desires that his friends have NO,
knowledge of it, let him take arsenic, Ii
tie by little, gradually increasing the
Doses" said a physician, yesterday.
''There is absolutely no way of knowing
that death did not ensue from ONE ma
tural cause. For instance, the symptoms
of cholera morbus are very s lar to those
of arsenical poison. The victim becomes
bloated in either case. His skin also of.
ten changes color from cholera morbus,
as we'll as from poisoning by arsenic.
There are many instances where death
from ~arsenical poisoning has been assigned
to cholera morbus. In the Abbot West
murder, it was sometime before de fact
was established that the victim had died
from violent means, i1tead of from
cholera morbus, as the sphysician who
made out the certificate t,tubbornly in
sisted. Had the parties been well known
in the city, 1t is very probable that NO In.
vestigation would have been made ON &C.
count of the physicians positive state.
ments. The victim was systematically
dosed with arsenic, the first dose being
perfectly harmless, but as it was repeated
day after day, and the size of the dozl
increased, the system o became i'm,
~pregnated with the, deadly drug, AMI
death eventually 5fesulted. "-&. Lsaa
Aor-Sayinga. s
The Opelousas courier., 1889-09-07
THE CLOTHING OF RICH WOMEN.

Some of the richest women are -
least e~xtravagant in their clothes, as is
the case, for example, with old Mrs. W.
FL. Vanderbilt, who does not spend above
$1,000 a year, and the late Mrs. Gould
not SO much. Nelly Gould, who willin-
herit SIS, 600, 900 or $4,000, go and al
ready has an income of $50, 900 a year,
spends about $4,000 in dress. tt late
Mrs. A. II. Stewart was q fortune to th9t
dressmakers, who puts away $4,000 or
$40, 600 a year on her furbelows. When
she died and an inventory of her effects
was taken her great white mausoleum Of
a house on Fifth avenue was found to be
run over with the most marvellous amount
of clothes, laces, furs, bonnets, and jew
els, most Of them very youthful in ap-
-pearance, though s7e was over seventy
years of age. Mrs. Aston dresses with asol-
emn, handsome expensiveness at the cost
Of $4,000 or $4,000 a year, and all Of the
younger Vanderbilt women spend great
deal of money on their clothes. Mrs.
George Gould, who was Edith Kingdom,
the actress, and who has been the quiet
| est and most careful of women since her
marriage, spends money like water when
it ZONES to q question Of clothes, and
must put a good $4,000 a year in the
hand of the dressmakers. Her dress
maker, by the way, is q woman who had
q good deal Of social position, but who,
| when financial misfortunes came, fol-
lowed the example English women have
set Of late years, and went into the mil
liners business Chicago Wegs.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-09-07

There has lately been unprecedented
activity in building new cotton seed oils
mills, most of which are independent d
the Cotton Oil Trust, though the Trust
has, it IS generally reported, recently viz.
tually secured control of the Southern Oil
Company, with its eight large mills. The
MasgJaet0rers' Record, Of Baltimore, pub.
fishes q complete list of all the cotton
seed oilmills In the South, showing 213
mills, with an aggregate capital Of about
$40, o00, 900, against 80 mills, with 9
capital of 50. 500. 600. in 1880.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-09-07

ssBut the fakir has got the $40 bill,
because when he doubled that over In
counting the seventeen he tipped it clear
over and his agile little finger crushed 1t
into a very small wad and held it there
unnoticed while the other fingers were
free to use. And inasmueh as the
issucker' has himself twice counted the
bills, and has seen the fakir count them,
he will swear that he has got all that be-
longs to him when he has compelled the
,fakir to 70 down into his pocket and
fork out the silver dollar. He doublef
nm the bills without further examination
and is gone.
ssBut the work doesn't end there.
When the fakir laughingly claps his mar
on the back he puts a chalk mark on him
which keeps all other fakirs away from
him. He may try to buy red lemonade,
or peanuts, or prize packages, or concert
tickets, but he can't do it. The men
he halls and beckons refuse to see him,
and pass him by. The reason is this:
If they sell him something they might
cause him to bring forth the roll of5lfs,
in which case he would notice that the
SO was missing. and would be apt to
raise a row. But if one of them should
overlook the signal, and be instrumental
in appraising the man of his loss, he is
| compelled by a rule among the fakirs to
| stand the loss and restore the $40, or
whatever sum it may be. In case a man
| giyes up a ten instead of a twenty the
fakir only makes five, and if it's a five he
probably only gets one. You see there
must be enough bills left in the wad SO
that the absence of one won't be
nGiced."
CHATS a good scheme" remarked,
! .but suppose When the robbery is com
pleted the purchaser of tickets should
take the notion to count his money
again2"
'sThere isn't one man in a thousand
who will do it. You see he has counted
it twice and has seen the other man verify
his count"
eyes, l know" I persisted, "but sup
pose M should count it; wouldn't the
fakir be in a pretty bad boat2"
"Not in the least" he replied. If such
a crank should happen along, and they
do occasionally. the instant he Starts IL
te count the money the fakir drops the
big bill from his left hand to the ground
and catches the buyer by the arm with
some such explanation as:
"'Look out therel You're losing
something. You'll get the worst of it il
you're not careful!'
GAS he says this, hssAavpis|S up the
money and hands it to the man orgpoint:
it out to him and moves away lin tht
crowd. Maybe thesaan suspects thai
the fellow tried to robShim, ydt he has
his money and can make no kick, and
beside the fakir is gone. Oh, there's NJ
way of catching him. But, as l said
there isn't one man in a thousand who
will count his money that one last time
Chicago MaI.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-09-07

Fifteen years ago, says Chauncey M.
Depew, one MAJ owned majority Of the
stock of the New Fork Central Railroas !,
and D few others most of the balance.
Now it has 10, 900 proprietors, and The
large majority of them are people of small
property. This indicates a process. Of
distribution which " j speedily change
the character and management of Ameri-
can corporations.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-09-07

The New York Mercury observes;
ssThe Quakers are practical, il anything,
and, believing that the royal road % .
mans heart Hes through his stomach,
khey have dssrmined to convert the noble
red man through the cooking stove as .
means Of grace. Already they have Laid
bafore President Harrison i proposition
10 send women among the Indians to
teach them housekeeping, and Congress
III expected To make an appropriation for
xhis purpose. Il all depends on the char
acter Of the cooking. Heavy biscuits and
muddy coffee will exterminate the rem
nants Of the tribes to q dead certainty. y
The Opelousas courier., 1889-09-07

Since 1872, when the last elaborate
computation of the armies of Europe was
made, the taxpayers of the Continent have
expended 81, 500, 900, 900 on preparations
for a war that has not come, or nearly
twice what we at home expended on our
four years of Civil War.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-09-07

The Income of a professional fat
catcher averages $500 per year,pen-
nounces the Detroit Free Press, and ahere
are only ten of them in the United States.
The average income of lawyers is only
$500 per year, and the ranks are over
crowded.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-09-07
CURIOUS FACTS.
,ussia has fixed doctors charges.

Russia has fixed doctors charges.
The average of human life in Rome,
under Caesar, was eighteen years. Now
it is forty.
A colored man at Albany, Ga, has
served no less than twenty-one terms in
Jail for fighting.
A Pennsylvania baker committed sui
eide because his bread was bad three
times in succession.
William Lincoln, who lives near Graf
ton, w. Va, has a cat that plays with
rats but is death to snakes.
On a dead pull, being put in harness,
one of Barnum's elephants lately drew q
load weighing over four tons.
Hereafter dogs in England will not
have their ears cut. If they do they will
aot be admitted to any dog show.
The Constitution of South Dakota con-
.ains %, 900 words. The Constitution
IF the United States contains 5000.
1t is estimated that the progeny OF
/ single pair of English sparrows for ten
Tears will be 275, 616, 9S3, sos birds.
An advertisement in a London paper
,ffers "to pay a fair price for second
land tooth brushes and cast-off old
eeth." -
The Oriental gifts sent by the Sultan
If Morocco to Kaiser William the Second,
urn out to have been manufactured in
Germany.
A quarry of paving stone in which the
labs are streaked with red, white and
,lue, has been discovered near Mes
| loppen, Wyoming County, Penn.
The farmers and shepherds of the Eng
| ish moor declare that more grouse are
TILED annually in England by the tele-
,raph wires than by all the sportsmen.
Jose de la Rosa, an old painter at San
Diego, Cal, is 100 years old. He was
ent by General Santa Anna to Monterey
o start a paper in 1888. He still has a
wonderful memory and the control of all
lis faculties.
Cambria, the term applied to the finest
nd thinnest of linen fabrics, takes ita
,ame from Cambria, a town in France
where such goods were first made. Cam
,ric is a pure linen. There are, of course,
! imitation cambrics made of fine muslin,
UGH as Scotch cambrics.
An inscription dated the year go after
he founding of Rome has been discovered
t Capua. 1t contains DEGREES of the
lders of villages in the ~neighborhood
nd will be of value in studying the pro-
/ incial government under Rome of that
ncient seat of Greek colonists.
The manager of a dime circus recently
howing in Camden, N. j., gave admis~
ion tickets for cats, which he fed to the
CIV scrawny beasts he carries. Small boys
vent on hunts for cats, and many pets
disappeared, till the Society for the Pre-
ention of Cruelty to Animals put a stop
o the game.
When Charles Darwin, the naturalist,
fter a five years absence N his voyage
n the Beagle, walked into the lane lead
ng to his garden, his huge Engli :
nastif spied him at a long distance, and,
parking loudly, ran up to him. MI.
Darwin, in after years, oft~n said that
his was as sweet a welcome home as he
--~
| lad ever received.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-09-07

). Speaking of the lowe classes Of Japan,
Mr.. Arthur May Knapp, himself a mis-
~sionary to the aYankees of the Orient"
says they are morally much superior to
the corresponding classes in the United
C$ofoc
The Opelousas courier., 1889-09-07
Two Chickens From Ono Eqq.

A curious feature of Of anthology is re-
ported from lexington, J pfAkshire, Eng,
where q hen has hatche' two chickens
from one egg, both chigtens being in a
perfect state, except the9 they are joined
together on one side Of -lhe membranes Of
The wing, BEYOND thu they walk about
and feed in the usual manner.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-09-07

The grizzly bear is following in the
footsteps of the buffalo and gradually
going hence. It is now only among the
most broken country of the territories
that he can be found at all, and he isn't
half as full of fight as he used to be.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-09-07

Fuel Is so scarce in some portions OF
Russia that naphtha is now used in i'm
mense quantities in place Of coal or
wood. It comes from the oil measures
about the Black Sea, and during 1885
ove 800, 900 tons weight were shipped
up the Vo,ga. The shipments this year
win probably reach a million tons.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-09-07

The fire losses in che United States
during the first six months Of the year
aggregated over $40, oo0, 900, against a
total loss Of but $4U, sou, 900 fol the
same period last year. In loss of life
and losses of property through other
agencies the first half of 1889 has been
notable.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-09-07

The colony on Pitcairn's Island in the
South Pacific numbers 100 people, all
related by blood Or marriage, and the
amount of moneys circulating among
them has never been over $50, The one
who gets hold Of $40 Of this is consid-
cred a millionaire.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-09-07
C. D. STEWART.

CONTRACTOR, CARPENTER AND BU1LDER.
viii contract for the erection Of buildings
of all kinds, furnishing all nlateFial il desired,
Work done promptly and at reas 1nable rates.
Orders through the pas5lfi:e given prompt
attention. Estimates aud plans furnished.
Having spe al facilities fer obtaining LuH.
BIER AT RF5UCED RATES, | will give my
patrons the benefit of the same.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-09-07

The possessions of Trinity church, in
New York city, foot up to $40, Oo0, 900.
Rev. DIR. Morgan Dix, its pastor, has a
nominal salary of $12, O0O, but really re-
ceives as much as he wants.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-09-07
The leader of the Soudanese dervishes,
Nad-el-jumi, boldly announces that he
has set out to conquer the world.

Says the Detroit Free Press: "The
talk of annexing Canada to the United
States continues undated, and in 70
friendly a spirit that no harm can result"
The Opelousas courier., 1889-09-07
NEW SHAVING SALOON

HAVING recently built and refurnished
u throughout, my Barber Shop, / am
now prepared, with increased facilities, to
serve the public in irst-class style in my
new quarters betwee-sBrand and Moriaritv's.
Shaving, Hair Cmning, Shampooing, &C.,
lone in the highest style of the art. Give
nae a call. e. A BODEMULLER.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-09-07
A. 2. Mcneil.
ARCHITECT And BUILDER.
O~PELOUSAs, L~OUISIANAa

UPELUUSASI LUUISIANA@ "
Plans, Specifications and Eliminates fur-
nished for all manner Of buildings, on fhe
most reasonable teri s. Contracts taken for
all kinds of work, in brick, IRON, stone and
wood. III zterial furnished for repairs and
construction if desired. Plantation ana
country work attende t, with dispatch. All
work first class and sat sfactiom guaranteed
Orders directed to ?. 0. Box G1 will receiv,
prompt attention. ja5tf
The Opelousas courier., 1889-09-07

Female InstitutA
OPELOUsAS, ST. LANDRY PARISH IA

This Institution is undenominational, nroo
tical and progressive. Discipline firm and
based on sound principles enrolling and +
veloring character. Honor and sslf reenoe.
promoted. Methods Of training and cnIttres
thorough: ice curriculum prepares ths
pupil for University Or practical life, Gus %s
~tiflcates and Diplomas cont. rred. uildira.
comfortable and comm odious. Patronags
solicited I t3r fa " m paTtic9lars apply 70
Or REV. F. w. LEWIS, First Assistant
Feb .2-tf
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1889-03-16

Special Correspondence Of the Republican.
DIVER, March l6.-To-day closes the
biggest week Of the teesion, and great
amount Of work has been done. UP TO
the Or, O. mt time about go bills have
been Introd uced Into the House and % In
the Senate. There have been passed by
both Houses about l40 bills, an excess
over last year. Tho day for tho receipt OF
new business will not b changed, sad
oy 800 biils will be presented TO both
Housee before the session adjourns.
Senator Donahoe deserves credit Tor
his management OF the bill for the burial
of iudigent 30 dlers, sailors and marines.
He smoothed over all objection aud
when the proper time came he fired on
the bill and II went through Win very
little trouble. The act gives tSo Tor the
proper burial OF these unfortunatcs WHO
served their country, who are unable to
DO buried by their friends.
The temperance people will have their
innings on Monday evening. The Pr ck-
EFT bill will be both attacked aud de-
Tended. The present bill Is something
that no one has the slightest idea that IL
will ever pass, Its provisions are 30
severely stringent and the bill Is imper-
leCNiy uThNus
Representative Gray has given notice
Of an act making four amendments to
the present law. The amendments will
no doubt be fought by the temperance
people. The frat amendment gives the
liquor dealer the right to sell liquor to be
taken from the premises.
The second amendment allows saloons
to open after the polls close on election
days. The third, TO allow them to remain
open on school election days and the last
making 1t a misdemeauor for any minor
to represent that he is of full age, or any
person to rep esent II for him.
The anti-Chicago people did not arrive
end will not until next week. The OPP
position TO the bill viii be here also aud O
lively time 10 expected over the measure,
and there 10 very little probability of Its
passage. MAX.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1889-03-16
THIRD EDITION.
FROM DOVER.
Pr ocEEDlNGS OF THE LEGis.
LATuRE YESTERDAY.
Passage of an Act for tho Burial of Indi-
gent Soldiers, Sailors or Marines.
The Name of the Lynch
Boys Changed.
DOVER, March l5.-senate met at 1890

spsc al Correspondence of the Republican.
SENATE
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1889-03-16

John Creighton, Pole, who said he
lived on Christiana street, was brought
before the Mum clpal Court this morni ng
for drunkenness, but was discharged, the
person making the charge not appearing
10 prosecute.
John ?. Dopgherty, for being drunk,
was flned 10 and costs.
Joshua Emmett was fined $40 Tor
and sent over.
Robert Rigby, for drunkenness, was
fined e. and Gosis.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1889-03-16
DIED.

ARMSTRONG.-On the 10Th inst, Susan
o., widow of the late J. Poulson Arm
strong, In her 10th year.
Relatives and friends arc invited to
attend the funeral from the residence of
her son in law, s. A. Jackson, New Cas-
tie Hundred, on Monday morning at II
O'Clock. Intcrment ut st. james Gene
terry near Stanton,
BoYD-On the 18th instant. at her home
In RQekland, Del, Mrs. Laura Boyd,
aged % years.
The relatives and friends Of the
family are respectfully invited to attend
her funeral tomorrow Sunday after
noon at 80 O'Clock. Services at Mt.
Lebanon Church.
D0NOHOE-On March 18TH, Joseph Mn
FAINT son of Bernard and Mary Dono-
hoe, aged months
RclNtivespnd friends are invited Ia
attend tho funeral from the residence oi
his parents. corner Sixth and Church
streets, ON Monday afternoon, at
o'clock. lnterment ut New Cathedral
cemetery.