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The Opelousas courier., 1889-07-06
REPELlNG RATS.
Build Barns So That They Can Not III arbox
Rodents from Terriers.

Build Barns So That They Can Not III arboz
Rodents from Terriers.
Most Of the barns put up in our
country are about as perfect rat war
g m as can be contrived. The floor OF
the cellar should be cemented, and it's
walls made of brick or stone. If a rat
then gets down the stairs into it, he is
easily caught by a dog, as he can make
no hole here to crawl out Nothing
in the upper stories should be piled so
close to the sides of the building as to
prevent a small dog and a large cat
getting between, to catch any vermin
nesting there. All grain or meal bins
and boxes must be covered with tin,
zinc or sheet iron, to prevent rats and
mice gnawing through to eat them.
Many rats may be got rid of in the
following easy manner: Take four
pieces OF ioist, three feet or more long,
and nail boards to these to make a
square space inside. Set the lower
boards three inches or more above the
foot of the joist, SO as to leave space
for rats to run under them. Scatter
corn on the ground in the center of the
pen. a pafd or two long and wide; lay
down joist at two ends of this, and
then cover the corn with boards. Place
this near the barn, and it will make a
nice warren for rats; and by tolIing
them with a few kernels of corn from
the barn to the outside of this pen,
they twill soon make their home
under the boards inside. After get
ting well settled there, sink the
foot OF each post SO deep into the
ground as to bring the edge of the
lowest board of the pen close to the
ground, so that no rat can crawl UNI
der it to escape. Now put into the pen
one or more dogs, that have been
trained to hunt rats; lift up the boards
under which they have harbored, and
there will be q lively time in catching
them.
4 have seen twenty or more rats
caught in such a pen at a single time.
a pair of well-trained dogs will dis
pose of SO many in a few minutes. /
had a terrier that would kill as many
probably In less than fifteen minutes.
She would jump and give a rat a single
grip. just back Of the head, which in
stantly broke his neck and laid him
out dead. After she had finished, she
would return to look them all over,
one after another, and if any life
seemed to be left give another grip,
which instantly settled the matter
Country Gentleman.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-07-06
BUFFALO BILLS FATHER,
"A Frontiersman Whom the Indians Locke
On aa afs Evil cr;r;x

A Frontiersman Whom the Indians Looked
On az All Evil Spirit.
An old-time resident of Denver, a
day OR two since, related an inciden,
of the original Buffalo, Bill' Cody,
father of the present famous Snowman,
which has never been in print. Old
man Cody was a prominent figure on
the plains in an early day. being the
owner OF an extensive trading post on
D Arkansas, in the vicinity of old
Fort Larned. Late in the sos he re.
celVed information that the Indians
proposed to clean out his ranch, which
was an extensive adobe building sur
rounded by a stockade. He did not
pay much attention to it, but the same
news continued to reach him. and was
at last confirmed by the arrival of a
large band of Cheyenne and Arapahoes
and klowas, who camped on She op-
poslte side of a deep arroyo from the
trading post, acros which the military
authorities had erected a bridge for
the passage of supply trains.
The savages pretended to be very
friendly and wanted to trade, swapping
furs and skins for ammunition, but
their real object was to burn the post
and carry away Cody's scalp as a
trophy-a fact of which the old 'front.'
1ersman was well informed through
the spies whom he had among them.
The place was well armed, but not suf-
iciently manned to resist the attack of
so formidable a band of red skins, and
Old Bill cast about to see what he
couid do to protect himself. In the
stock yard of the fort was an old how.
itzer which had been abandoned by
some of the plains military expedi-
lions, and this he carried up to the top
OF the post and placed it so that ii
would sweep the bridge. He had
plenty of powder, but no other ammu-
milton fit to load it with, and so he
charged the gun with old mule shoes,
nails, bits of iron and similar truck.
The cannon loaded, he awaited de-
velopments. Early one morning he
observed an unusual movement in the
camp of his pretended friends, and
soon, fully armed. with war-paint on,
the savages made a dash toward the
fort. Cody was at his howitzer, match
in hand. The painted devils crowded
the long but narrow bridge, and just
as the foremost reached the nearest
bank he discharged his gun at clear
range of the bridge. There was a
wild howl of disappointed rage, a
vision of dead Indians tumbling in the
arroyo, of legs, and arms, and heads
lying around loose without claimants ,
and fleeing and frightened savagesF es-
Gaping from the fatal bridge. Cody's
shot had saved his post, and he
was always thereafter left in peaceful
possession of his ranch. just what
them or the bridge the Indians
never knew, and the survivors of the
charge always entertained the
firm belief that Buffalo Bill" was in
with the evil spirit, and, as
such, a person to whom it was safe to
give a wide berth .-Denver News.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-07-06
The H0stetter Stomach Bitter People
Score Another Point.

IN the United States Circuit Court for the
Southern District of New York, Judges ip-
man handed down an opinion q few l.ays
ago in the suit of the owners of the trade
marks covering Hostetter's Stomach Bitters
against Arnold Theller and Cornell Theller,
the ~compounders located on Vesey street,
New York City, in which it was decided
that, although the defendants made use of
their own names on the labels affixed to the
bottles containing bitters prepared by them,
tate the Hostetter labels, they were in
friugers, and a perpetual injunction was
or ased cpd an accounting of damages or
dered, together with the costs of the suit.
1t is the evident intention of the Hostetter
people to protect their valuable trade mark
against all infringers.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-07-06
WIZARDS OF THE EAST.
Feats Of Anam's Magicians Which Thro
Hartmann Into the Shade.

Feats OF Anam's Magicians Which Throw
Hermann Into the Shade.
While travelling through ADam, in
Cochin China, with a party OF German
officials, we stopped one night at an
inn. where / made the acquaintance OF
a company of native magicians, who
CHANGED to be resting there. They
numbered four men and two women,
all very small save n man, who was
quite gigantic. Telling them that I
was greatly interested in legerdemain,
and something of an amateur, I soon
won their favor. In response to their
urgent request l endeavored to give
them an exhibition Of my skill.
Though I may safely say, without any
vanity, that at that time l was the
equal of any magician in this country,
and had tried conclusions with them
all in private, these wizards of Anam
exposed my tricks in every instance
and laughed at me heartily.
One of these was begun by the giant,
who threw agreat coil of ribbon far up
toward the sky. As it uncoiled in mid
air a small hawk seemed to be liberat-
ed from it, to seize the ribbons end in
its beak and to fly with it in a cloud.
which apparently proceeded from the
ribbon itself, and was caused, I pre-
sumo, by something burning along its
surface. From ~thisccloud there now
slid to the ground a snak1esa frog and
a smiling native baby, which n Of
the women caught in her arms and
held out to the astonished crowd. ALI
the magicians save the giant nov left
the place. The giant then sat upon
the ground and completely concealed
himself beneath a large umbrella, ex-
acting from me a promise to remove il
at the expiration of five minutes by my
watch. When I took up the parachute
the giant had disappeared, though the
earth r.here he had sat was perfectly
solid. Returning to the inn, we found
our giant serenely smoking on the
porch, and when I handed him his um-
brella he opened it with a quick jerk
and disclosed my watch and chain.
which / had not missed, hanging to
one of its sides. Cor. Providence Tel
egram.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-07-06
KIND

Q, keep not back kind words, I pray.
From those who journey day by day
With Us along LIES rugged way.
They come with help In time OF mead
And every one becomes q seed Ct
That grows into q helpful deed.
You may not see, I may not know.
The deeds to which our kind words ero,-.
But they ara never lost, I know.
Sometime and somewhere we shall ana
All kind words gathered, as men hind
The wheat, and leave no sheaf behind.
And from that storehouse OF good deeds
Grown from ell kind words scattered seaa.
We each shall draw to suit our needs.
They cost as little; grudge them not
But scatter them in every spot,
And brighten with them many q lot.
-Eoen e. Rexford, In N. Y. Ledeer
The Opelousas courier., 1889-07-06
Distanced in the Race.

Why should DR.. Pierce's medicines not
distance all competitors in amount Of sales,
as they are doing, since they are the only
medicines sold by druggists possessed of
such wonderft curative properties as to war.
ant their n. nufacturers in guaranteeing
them to cure the diseases for which they
are recommend4t You get a cure or money
sGolden Medical Discovery cures all dis
eases caused by arrangement Of the liver,
as b~iliousness, Indigestion or dyspepsia;
also all blood, skin and scalp diseases,
letter, salt-rheum, scrofulous sores and
sWellings and kindred ailments.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-07-06
ng at the foot of the main.mast alone

ing at the foot of the main-mast alone
remained a mute but awful witness to
tne desperate character of the conflict
through which the crew of the Golden
uate a SO lately passed. For many
seasons Captain Webster piled between
the port of Victoria and San Francisco,
out never again was he disturbed by
the Apponees, amongst whom, to the
present day, he bears the name of the
White Avenger ."-Austyn W. Gran
VILE, in Chicago journal.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-07-06
A Smart MiIkman.

THE milk that / got of you this
morning soured.h
..You didn't get it of me. ma'am.n
We'll. Bridget did. It's all the
same
mo, it isn't ma'am. She's so ugly
that she'd make any milk our Now,
as you are very handsome. why, when
you get the milk, ma'am--n
.Ididn't think of that. I'll get the
milk myself after this.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-07-06
a Veil Of Mist

Rising at morning or evening fl7m some
lowland, often carries in its folds the seeds
of malaria. Where malarial fever prevails
no one is safe, unless protected by some
efficient medicinal safeguard. Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters is both a protection and a
remedy. No person who fnhabits, or so
journs in a miasmatic region or country,
should omit to procure this fortifying agent,
which is also the finest known remedy for
dyspepsia, consumption, kidney trouble and
rheumatism. :
The Opelousas courier., 1889-07-06

"A good average is a poor attain.
ment. He who is not above the aver.
age is below his own fair level; for the
average in this worlds measurements
is by no means a p~raiseworthY lins.~
s. S. Tines
The Opelousas courier., 1889-07-06
n,aease or the Kidneys.

QUAKER GAP, Stokes Co.. N. c., July 8, 1883.
w. Fl. CoMsToCK
DEAR SIR:-Your DIR. MOrse's Indian Root
Pills have effected = most remarkable cure. My
mother was suffering from kidney difficulties; the
disease had got go firm q grip upon her that she
could not walk a step. thought a box of FOUR pills
and commenced giving her two pills every night:
before she had taken all of one box she could walk
about the house. To-day she is perfectly well and
says that H4orse's Pills saved her life.
Yours, etc, /. W. FERGUSON.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-07-06

G.1eScoTr, Of Okolona, Miss, wrote to
DR.. Enallenberger:
"Your Aatidote for Malaria is certainly
the best thing for chills and fever that has
ever been sold in the South. I have been
selling it for taoctre years, and know it to be
the best medicine I have aver dealt in. 1t
is perfectly harmless. and a sure cure in
every case. Sold by Druggists.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-07-06
After 25 Years. 10


n. CoMgToCK: VI
~ sIR:NFor twenty-five Years have been
aIntceed with rheumatism of the bowels; | gave up
all hopes OF recovery; l was unable to stand upon
fees at times and vas compelled 70 sig and do
my housew0rk. In 1885 your agent called at my
house and said that he could cure me-" | asked,
Howl he replied: BY the use OF Dr. M3rse'S
trial and the result Is that l am entirely cured and
able to do my own work. All the neighoorss around
here use your Pills and say that they would not De
CELIA JOHNSON.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-07-06
WHAr win Browns Iron Bittsrs curei II

WHAT VIII Brown'B Iron Bittefs curef n
VIII cure dyspepsia, indigestion, weakness,
malaria, rheumatism and all similar dis,
eases It's wonderful curative power is
simply because it purifes the blood, thus
ing up the system drives out all disease.
For the peculiar troubles to which ladies'
are subject it is invaluable. It is the onIv
preparation of iron that does not color the
teeth or cause headache.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-07-06

HAVE no equal as a prompt and positive
cure for sick headache, ~biliousness, consti-
patton, pain In the side, and all liver troub.
les. Carter's Little Liver Pills. Try them.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-07-06

EXTRAORDINARY but nevertheless true.
refer to the announcement of B. F. John
son s. Co, of Richmond, Va, in which they
propose to show working and energetic men
how to make from SIS to $3.50 amonth above
The Opelousas courier., 1889-07-06

Oregon, the Paradise OF Farmers.
Mild, equable climate, certain and abundant
crops. Bestfruit, grain, grass, stock country
Oregon Immigration Board, Portland, Oregon
The Opelousas courier., 1889-07-06
Cured OF Gravel.

C~HAPANoKE, N. c., July %, 1850.
SIR:-Fof years l have been afflicted with grave
and after trying the best doctors in this locality
without receiving any benefit, tried DR.. Morse'a
Indian Koos Pills with the result that to-day /
without them; they are the best Pill ever used.
Yours. etc, WIZ. ACKSo
The Opelousas courier., 1889-07-06

Do not purge nor weaken the bowels, but
act specially on h liver and bile. A perfect
liver correcter. Carter's Little Liver Pills.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-07-06
A FIGHT FOR I F
Three Sailors Repulse O Hundred
Desperate Savsges.

Undsr Pretsxs Of Friendship the Blood.
thirsty DsnOns Get alongside . Helm.
less schooaeF-Aid From an
Unexpected Quarter.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-07-06

How. Mrs. Maxwell-Scott. Of Ahbo4s-
ford, Is preparing for the ,Hrass some un
published Journals of kv2 g~reat-eEsadfa-
Their, Sir Walter Scott.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-07-06

WOMEN who hEre to attract attention
by improprieties are always last in the pro-
Ceasion,
The Opelousas courier., 1889-07-06

IT is the easiest thing in the world for tha
people of Vanity Fair TO make fools Of them
selves. ~
The Opelousas courier., 1889-07-06

TIE woman who has the fewest number
of Confidential friends'' is always the hap
OiasA
The Opelousas courier., 1889-07-06

CLOVES came to us from the Indies, and
take their name from the Latin ~clauvus,
meaning q nail, to which they have q re-
semblance,
The Opelousas courier., 1889-07-06

cGLENN's Sulphur Soap is a genuine RENE
ay for Skin Diseases.
Hill's Hair and Whisker Dye, 80 cents.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-07-06

II afflicted with Sore Eyes use DR.. Isaac
Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell it. 25c
The Opelousas courier., 1889-07-06

CHARLES 7. A. HENDRICKS began az
clerk and now has IS, 1900.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-07-06

Don't hawk, hawk, and blow, blow, uFsa
gushing every body, but use DR.. Sage's
Catarrh Remedy and be cured.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-07-06

TEE best way to mark table linen: Leave
the baby and a blackberry pie alone at the
table for three minutes.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-07-06
Dragon. tho Pa,

BELFAST, Ireland, is che center Of real linz
en- making, az Dundee, In Scotland, is Of
hempen fabrication
The Opelousas courier., 1889-07-06

GINGER Is Q native OF the East and West
The Opelousas courier., 1889-07-06
Inherited Blood Poison.

LOUISA n. ALcorr wrote the only hymn of
her life, "My Kingdom" at thirteen years
of Az
The Opelousas courier., 1889-07-06
TRY LYONS TASTlESS SYRUP OF QUIHlAE rs cent.
CHILDREN CRY FOR LYONS SYRUP OF QUIHINE 25c
LYONS SYRUP OF QUIHIHE IS % Svsst as Lsmon Syrup.
DON'T GIVE YOUR BABY BITTER 0UINlKE.
Pk Y COTTON GINS

n TEE BEST.
Run at 800 to $50 revolutions per minute. Dc not
choke or break the roll. Feeders, Condensers and
complete outfit of Ginning Machinery. Gin repair
ers, etc. ECLIPSE LIE GINS, top feed.
es and horizontal condensers, are invaluable to
bottom planters. If you are thinking OF puttingup
aGin. write Us for circular, and we will tell you all
about it.. PRATT GIN co. j. NJ. SMITH, Prop,
sS to 1O4 Poplar Street, MEMPHIS. TENN.
SFNAMR THIS PAPER every tine yu vnts.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-07-06

tore through the water.
.Shs's got steerage-way ON her,
Benz he shouted. Lower away the
peak q bit, and let the topsail down on
the cap. Wen give those fellows
something they won't forget"
Rushing aft, he threw the wheel
hard over and brought the schooner's
head to the wind. Right in her track,
confused and helpless, were huddled
the frightened occupants OF one
canoe. half-buried IMP the foam
Of the waves, now dashed in
TO resistless fury. Erect at
the wheel the tall form of Captain
Webster, as he peered througto the
drift. seemed like some avesglng
Nemesis. A dreadful yell was feard
even above the tempest; terror-strTcke
forms. unable to Withstand the slf0ck'
anticipated death by leaping nea I5e
foaming water. The great bow toose
hioh i'm the air. There was aapud
crash. d horrible grating SENSE ION
alonr the keel of the schooner. {lRs.
bending gunwale under before the WI
force of the squall. she swept triumEas-
antlv forward, q solitary figure har ]
inc from her martingale, only TO drip
: moment later before the weapon 4
re Californian. while in her wake q
few struggling forms alone denoted
the spot where the would-be capturers
of the Golden Gate had met their awful
death.
When the squall lifted . few min
,,tes later they Were already far from
land.
Ths body OF their dead conraas. y.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-07-06
EE you WANT
Architectural Iron Work,

Engines, Boilers Cotton Presses, ShRftinR,
Fulleys, Machinery Supplies, or repair work,
JOHN q. RANDLE & {. MEMPHIS. TENN.
sssAhs THIS PAPER every time ys4 u+ss
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-04-11
FOREIGN.

AT the next session Of parliament a land
purchase scheme for Ireland will be intro
duced. The ministry has also resolved to
introduce, in 1891, an Irish local govern
ment bill. The measure provides for ex-
teEs!ve changes in the management of in
teTnal affairs in Ireland.
The French government has decided to
prosecute Gen. Boulanger.
Bismarck was "a years old April 1st
Russian police have unearthcd plot to
assassinate the Gar
II has been definitely settled that the
German emperor will visit Queen Victoria
in June.
King John of Abyssinia was killed in a
recent battle.
Advices received in Brussels from Stan
ley Falls state that Arabs who have arrived
there report that Henry M. Stanley and
Emin Pasha were heard from in February.
They were then marching toward Zanzibar
with several thousand men, women and
children.
The French chamber of deputies has
voted to prosecute Boulanger.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-04-11
A New Monitor.

Bids were opened at the navy depart
ment few days ago Tor the construction
of an srmored coast defense monitor. of
about 400 tons burden. The bidders for
the construction of the hull and machinery
were: Cramp q Sons, Philadelphia,
$l,Glf,000; Cuintard iron works New York,
81 900, 600, and the union iron works of San
francisco, 81, G2S, $50. The award has not
yet been made
The new vessel will DO different in design
from any other vessel in the navy. Capt.
Hitchborn, chief of the bureau of construc-
ton, is of the opinion that she will be the
most formidable vessel, for her displace-
ment, Of arg in the world, and feels conf
dent that she win cope with any ship
afoat. She will be POI feet long, 40 feet
beam, l4l5 feet draft, and will travel 16
miles an hour. She will travel 2, ~ miles
at the rate of niEe knots an hour, without
renewing her coal supply. A l5-inch dyna-
mite gun, 30 feet long, will project from the
bow, besides which she will carry 81
Founders, three 9-pounders, two 6-povnders
and four 3 Founders. all of which are to be
revolving and RAPID firing guns.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-04-11
The Republicans Victorious.

The elec ion in this state on the first
inst, was for justice of the supreme court
and regents OF the university and on the
three proposed constitutional amendments.
These amendments were relative to the
salary of the governor proposing TO in
crease from $1,000 TO 5000; relative to the
duration of corporations, permitting the
legislature, under certain restrictions, TO
extend the life of corporations; and rel
alive TO Judicial circuits, permitting the
election Of another judge in the Kent circuit
A light vote was pollcd Throughout the state.
The election resulted in The choice of Judge
Grant TO the supreme court and Messrs
Draper and Cocker as regents of the uni
versitY. The amendment to increase the
governors salary is adopted and so, prob
ably are the TWO ethers. The republican
ma GRITTY in the state is estimated at about
20,OOO. Great interest attached to the cleo
ton in Detroit from the fact that women
had been given the right Of suffrage on
school matters in that city. The women
were out in force and worked with zeal
worthy of emulation by the sterner sex,
and succeeded in elccting one Of their can
didates as member Of the board Of school
inSpeCtorS,