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The Opelousas courier., 1889-08-10
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Muskets and Bayou It's IN a Tree.

One night, long sin4, II. T. HUFF, a
well known coal deaer of Atlanta,
Ga, while cutting do|7n a bee tree on
his farm, five miles from Atlanta, on
the sandtown road made a strange
discovery. The bees were in a hollow
tree, and Felix jackson (colored)
was put to work with an ak to hew il
down. 'Lawd a mercy!" exclaimed
the negro, as he dropped his axe and
peered into the opening he had made
by the light of a torch. The negro
had discovered an arsenal whose
implements of war were like the gun
of Rip Van Winkle after his sleep OF
twenty years. pin the hollow tree
yer eight old army muskets and two
bayonets which had been stored away
by soldiersfwenty-fve years ago. The
stocks of the guns had nearly rotted
away, and the barrels were rusted.
The tree had grown about one of tho
bayonets and made it ipmoysbie. st
Louis Globe-Democrat
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EXERCISE FOR COWS.
A Question Requiring Careful C1nsidera
ton Before Being Decided.

A Question Requiring Careful considera-
ton Before Being Decided.
Who can tell how much leg exercise
cows in milk need to keep in perfect
health? If the calf is allowed to run
in the pastures until arriving at the
age of maturity, say two years old,
and then put in the stable and kept
there for life would the breed Or herd
gradually deter:orate and become ex-
tinct by the loss of legs, for want OF
use, under the Darwinian theory? The
Jerseys have been treated very much
in this way for a few hundred years.
without any sign of leg failure, while
the Holland cattle, in many instances.
so the writer's tell us, are kept in
whole herds confined to the stable the
year round, and they still have strong
looking legs. Any n who has looked
upon q herd OF imported cattle, either
Holstein or Jersey, that have been
weeks on ship board, and months in
quarantine and then in a sales stable,
knows how contented and happy-look-
ing they are. In fact they look
so well again after being allowed to
run in pastures. Their udders, under
such adverse confinement always
stand out full of milk, while the jaws
of the COW have all they can do to
satisfy an appetite that frightens the
man who has to foot the bill. There
are thousands of herds in this country
that stand in the stable from six to
twelve months. that should afford
object lessons to convince any reason
able man as the effect of such confine-
ment on cows, andA yet no one seems
able to do more than theorize agaiHss
the practice; no one has yet tsld US
of a complaint or disease peculiar to
such COWS. If such confinement
really has a tendency to injure cows,
it should affect them all in some
peculiar tAanner that would be notice
able, even to the most careless
observer, much less to the skilled
expert, who keeps writing about the
injury that would certainly come to
the horse OF man that was confined in a
similar manner There is q vast diff
ference between the natures of cows
and race horses, and it is a poor
physiognomist who can see no differ
ence between the adaptability of the
various species of the animal kingdom.
The canary bird can live and thrive
under a confinement that would kill
an eagle. The benefits are too great
to be derived from combining cows to
be surrendered at the protests of senti-
mentalists, until they can show some
solid grounds for their complaints
American Dairyman.
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KEEP AT WORK.
Occupation as a Moral Force and IdIeness
as a Mischief Breeder.

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Occupation as q Moral Force and IdIeness
as a Mischief Breeder.
Occupation and industry are so often
recommended merely for the material
gains they bring that their moral force
is not always recognized as it should
be. Yet occupation that brings no
material reward, and is, by comparison
with work, the merest trifing, may
be. If innocent in itself. a moral force
simply because it keeps the individual
out of temptations and gives employ
ment to his energies. Idleness is q
fruitful breeder of mischief. The
mind, II not the body, must be at work
during idle hours. It is difficult to
conceive Of a period of inaction for the
brain except during sleep OF insensi-
bility. Thoughts come unbidden; they
may be mischievous or merely idle,
but occupation supplants them with
other thoughts relating to the work or
play in which one is engaged or stirs
the mind to speculation Or planning.
1t is not possible, ven though it might
appear TO be desirable, to keep men at
work during all their waking hours:
They must have rest and recreation,
and it is during this period that they
lheed some occupation, harmless in it
self. to keep them out of mischief.
1t is for these otherwise idle hours
that good amusements should be
proyided-books or papers to be
read, societies. literary entertain
nents, concerts and theatrical
performances of an improving kind to
be attended. In a great city many of
these needs of humanity are furnished
by business men to meet a want as real
as that for food and clothing. But
there are many who have not the
means to avail themselves of such oc-
cupation as is thus provided for idle
hours, and for such as these charitable
people establish free libraries, schools
and other places for self improvement.
Some of the woskingmen's clubs and
similar bodies go further than this and
furnish gymasiums and rooms for var
ious games, recognizing that occupa-
ton for idle hours is the main thing,
and that it must be of a kind contrast
ing with the daily labor Ut the indi-
vidual to be benefited. Tbs clerk may
lind amusement in manual labor or in
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violent exercise; the mechanic, "ho
has had enough of both, is better sat
isfied with a book Or with a game That
calls only for mental exertion. All
these different tastes and needs for an
occupation that may fill in idle hours
are fairly well met in a large city by
the variety of entertainments pro-
vided by business men and philan-
thropists-the one for gain, the other
| for the good he may do humanity. But
it is far different in the smaller
towns and villages, where it does
not pay to cater to such needs and
where there is seldom wealth
enough to furnish from it's abundance
free entertainment or educational adj
vantages. For all such places, how
ever, there is opportunity to do a good
work by cooperative enterprise at
very little cost. A literary society
meeting in the school house or church
furnishes occupation for the thoughts
OF members not merely during the lew
hours devoted to the meetings, but for
many hours in preparation therefor.
It may also furnish the foundation for
a small circulating library of books or
papers that will provide reading mat
ter, giving useful occupation for other
spare hours. From such beginnings
ip the course of time may be devel-
oped a lecture bureau bringing to
town or village occasional speakers
from abroad. All such enterprises,
undertaken in the right spirit, have
%undoubted educational and moral
value. In the smaller cooperative
bodies work on the part of the men,
bers takes the place of money capital.
A lazy village may be transformed by
such an institutions; the young men,
instead of idling away their hours OF
rest in useless or mischievous gossip
at ths country store or the wheel
wright's. may have their ambitions
aroused, be encouraged to read and
study, and thus be given occupation
\ that will keep them out of mis-
chief and promote their mental
and moJl welfare. Many OF
the great men of the country received
their earliest impulses to study in So
cieties of this kind. The educational
value of the exercises may have been
limited. but the readings, the debates
and other literary endeavors stimu-
lated a desire to learn and established
habits Of study and industry bearing
good fruit in later years. What form
the efforts to provide occupation for
idR hours should take depends very
much upon the community to be
reached. 1t should be adapted to their
wants as we'll as to their needs. Aim
ing at too much good may defeat the
purpose if the occupation provided
should be in the nature of drudgery.
For men who work hard during the
day, relaxation and amusement are
needed. These may be found in read
ing, in literary exercises adapted to
their understanding, and games OF
various kinds. But as the main pur-
pose is to octaHpyAeir idle hours with
exercises not injurious. efforts toward
their improvement should ID limited
to such things as will surely enlist
their interest an6aengagetheir atten.
ton, trusting to 3ne ana the infu.
ence of good habits for the future de.
velopment of higher tastes and de-
mands. Baltimore Sun.
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New Method for Melting Iron.

A German inventor proposes a new
method Of melting iron, the adyan-
tages claimed for which are economy OF
fuel, greater facility for making sharp,
strong castings, and a purer descrip-
ton of metal. The cupola is uFdied
with blast through two tuyeres, one
above the other, there being eighteen
in each settle tuyereso being ports,
with the form of a vertical slab, and
directly connected withoa tuyere ring.
The special feature of the cupola is
that the bottom isa slightly inverted
arch. pierced by two openings.
through which both blasts. or rather
imperfectly consumed gases of COM
bustion and the fluid, can flow. Be-
low is a small chamber in which the
iron collects. It is heated by the
gases forced downward from the
cupola above, these being supplied
with the necessary air for combustion
by a special tuyere leading to the
main pipe. the chamber at the same
time serving to preheat scrap, etc,
which need only to be pushed into the
bath for dissolving tn. Y.0Sun.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-08-10
. WEE WORLD OF MY OWN.

There once used to be
At the foot of a tree,
Where moss grew across and the violets were
blue,
A wee world Of my own,
Where / played all alone,
Ny small, naked fingers all dabbled with dew
green little world, /
Where the tansy uncurled,
Small weeds dropped their seeds in the palm Of
my band,
And the sna#n his castle
s Was my humble vassal
And crickets in caves-I WIS heir to the land
would creep
Soft asleep
To that wee world Of mine.
Subduing myself to the stih SIS of flowers,
Breathing low,
Hoping so,
1might grow fairy-ine,
And stealmy long days out of other folks hours
Enoped to grow smaller
AEotherS grow taller,
To brew d~rRughts of dew in a brown acorn-cup,
Apd sit In the shat1e
That the white pebble made,
But ! nevet grew down and l always grew up.
the weeds have outgrown me,
The ~crickets disown me,
The snail moved away, L never knew where to-
And it falls out to-day,
In my big stupid way,
I'm so blind I can't nd that wee world I am
@ hefr to.
Helen Thayer Hutchinson, in st. Nicholas
The Opelousas courier., 1889-08-10
FREAKS IN TABLES.
Dainty Pieces of Furniture For the Smol

Dainty Pieces of Furniture For the smok
ing Room or Parlor.
Fancies in tables are as common az
in any thing else. The housewife with
an inclination to be aesthetic and art
istic will show many different designsin
stands and tables pleasing and orna-
mental.
The right thing for a smoking room
is a rustic three-legged affair, sup
porting q handsome Moorish brass
tray. The room should be in keeping.
and with low chairs and wide divans,
and oriental curtaining. quite a Moor
ish and aesthetic appearance is pro-
duced. a
Small tables are more poplar now
adays than the large, clumsy affairs
in vogue not long ago. A very dainty
five o'clock tea table is o%ctagonal in
form. The wood, of mahogany, has a
top of inlaid work in lockwood. Mid
way to the polished brass feet r four
circular shelves, each about the size
OF a tea plate. Under the edge of the
tabletop are a row of tiny brass hooks.
intended to hold the cups. the saucers
standing ON the circular shelves.
Then there are pretty little three
shelved tables in buhl work, which
show red mahogany and lockwood in
lays, brass ratings and brass-tipped
legs. The cer+-er of each shelf is in a
soft. notified gray wood, making a
pleasing groundwork for the display
OF ornamental porcelain.
A pretty homemade table seen re-
Gently was simply made by placing
two disks of wood about three feet
apart as top and shelf. these held in
place by three legs. The whole had
received a liberal coat of black enamel
paint and a top of marbleized slate,
with a spray of wild roses painted on
it, making a charming accessory to a
corner in a small
Another double-deck table of home
manufacture had seen good service as
a washstand, but after the sides and
backs had been removed and several
coats of white enamel paint had been
applied t9 hide the war and tear it
had received, a v~erySpretty square
table was produced. andatPra drapery
of light color and texture mad been
ta~stefully thrown over it, a nor COM
| plete table corld not be desired.
Table covdts in odd designs are also
frequently Introduced. One was seen
a few days ago of alternate strips OF
drawn work and pen-and-ink sketch
ing. Small mats, edged with toaSor
lace. the pattern of which may be out
lined with silks, are pretty for table
souares-N Y. Star.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-08-10
PERSONAL AND iMPERSoNAL.

The belle of Baton Rouge, La-' a
lady of graceful and attractive man
ners, owns and personally conducts d
Job printing Office.
John Wanamaker's life is insured
for a round million Of dollars, which a
statistician computes is at the rate OF
s 1900 for every pound OF his flesh.
The late Sydney Bartlett, of Bos-
tor. during his active career at the
bar, saw the Supreme Court OF the
United States twice entirely renewed.
M. Carnot, President of the French
Republic, in his youth served a regu-
lar apprenticeship in a carpenters
shop, and is o clever craftsman at that
trade.
A woman living near Freehold,
N. j., nearly eighty years old. claims
| she has travelled but once on the cars.
never saw Il steamboat, and was never
more than twenty miles from home.
Sir Julian Pauncefote, the new
English minister, is d fine technical
musician, and in his younger days
used to compose and play the piano
with considerable skill.
A Port Angeles, W. T., womdn
who died recently at the age of sixty
nine years, left all her money, OF which
she had considerable, to the trustees,
who are to use it in disseminating the
principles of Henry George.
At the funeral of the late Mrs.
Henry Hoffman, at Sassamansville,
Berks County, Pennsylvania, there
were used up at the funeral feast 2O
pies, IS loaves of bread, 60 roll and
cakes. a calf and q large quantity OF
ham.
One of the ONE who write
Washington letters reports that Mrs.
Lord, Mrs. Harrison's sister, has
made herself beloved by every at
tache of the White House force by her
gentle and c~onsiderate spirit and
thorough breeding"
One of the most efficient post
masters in the country is Mrs. 1homp-
son, who presides over the p~ost-ofiice
at Louisville, Ky. Her salary is $4,000
a wear, and she has held her place for
eight years. She is a daughter OF
Alexander Campbell, the founder Of the
Campbellite sect of Baptists.
Herr Josef Ritter Won Werndi, the
great Austrian rifle inventor and man
ufacturer, gained his knowledge OF
firearms in America, and then from a
small beginning built up a factory en-
ploying eight thousand men. On the
announcement of his death stock IN the
concern fell ten percent, showing the
Importance in which his personality
was held. .
-Ex-Justice Strong Is often referred
to as the most sensible man in Wash
ington. He served ten years on the
Supreme bench and then retired on
full pay. In 1880 he resigned. and has
since lived quietly in Washington,
lecturing occasionally and performing
faithfully the one duty that the law
requires of him. Whenever the SUI
preme Court is required to take part
in any public ceremony, Judge Strong
puts on his robe and walks with them
in the procession. In consideration OF
this and his past services he receives
ten Thousand dollars annually from
Uncle Sans treasury. J
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Government Clerk Ito friend

Government Clerk Ito friend)-
I'm in a frightful hole. / went to
see two doctors yesterday and got a
medical certificate from each. One
was a certificate of health for q life III
surance company and the other was a
certificate of illness to send to the
chief with my petition for a weeks
leave of absence" Friend-"Well,
I've done that myself. What's the
matterP' G. C.-"MatterP Great
Scott! / mixed the certificates in mail
ing them. The insurance company
has my certificate of I.l-health and
the chief has my certificate of good
health. Boston Beacon.
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Notwithstanding tho great num-
Der of great men there are in this coun-
try. the country Is still great enough
for them all to turn about Ia without
croWding each other.-G @. Picayuns.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-08-10
PROPERTY FOR Sllt

A CENTRALLY located and o dsSl1asSas e Y
s smail store to eui being the propss1r''gS e n sod q I
p~ostotfice. This property VIII md balsneesS
Cheap for cash, or half easn AM to Mr. 4
terms to suit purchaser. Appp nehSss~
mond q. Dupres
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G. =.

Contractor, Carpenter and Builder
WILL contract for the erection of buildinn
w of ali kinds. furnishing all material il
desired. Work done promptly and az reason.
able rates. orders through the postoHfce
given prompt attention. Estimates and plans
furnished. Having special facilities for Oh.
tanning LUMBER Al. REDUCED RATES, Twill
give my patrons the benefit of the same.
sep}G
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A. ?. MCNEIL,
Architect and Builde,
NprFO ITSAc InITIcTANa

81 dHU
OPELOUSAS, LOUISIANA.
DLANS. Specifications and Estimates fur
L nished for al manner of buildings, on The
most rcasOnab e terms. Contracts taken for
all kinds of work, in brick. iron, stone ami
wood. Material furnished for repairs and
construct on if desired. Plantation and couD.
try work attended to with dispatch. All work
first-c!asS and satisfaction guaranteed. Orders
directed to L. 0. Box 81 will receive promvt
attention. ja5tf
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~. D.
N

Bellevue Street, near the Bridge,
OPELOUSAS, La.
A LII kinds OF Tin. Copper and Sheet Iron
"A work done on short notice and at reason.
able prices. Cuttering and repairing q spe
cialty. Makes and repairs eVaporator syrup
pans.
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OPETAoUSAS
Female Institute
opeIousas' St. Landry Parish, La,

This Institution Is undenominatloual 49,.
t.eal and progressive. Discipline frm pro-.
based on s3und principles ennobIing and a dsi
promoted. Methods of training and nc,nsSipeos
thorough. The curriculum prepares the ersafs
for University Or practical life. pupl
and Diplomas conferred. Buildings comfSossa
sble and commodiou5. Patronage solicitSro'
For further particulars apply to 'SNa
MRS. WI. WI. HAYES, Pripc,r.,
Or REV. F. w. LEWIS, First Assistant
Feeeif
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the eye, and placed in the center a
sugar castle, aud piled nuts and fruits
in lovely pyramids.
She had tried at first to demonstrate,
but the chatter of the dishes drowned
her voice; and who ere these coming
upstairs, laughing and jesting as they
came?
All the guests who yer to have
come to the wedding were there, and
many more. Aud there she sat and
stirred at them, and they laughed the
more. All, how could she explain?
And did Gertrude hear all thisp How
would it affect her?
II regret to say that my daughter
is unwell, and has gone to bed,h she
gasped, to one who shook her hands
in friendly fashion, and the lady an
sHered:
.Let US go to her at once and
whisked the mother into the bedroom.
us she illPr she asked. really ill?"
Then she turned down the sheet.
and behold! there appeared only the
bolster in Gertrude's nightgown.
The mother shrieked.
"a sad transformation said the
friend. Then from the other DON
came psals Of laughter. Mrs. Brand
was whisked back again.
The stout Germans were bringing
back the b~ass-viol. They set it In a
corner, they opened the lid, and out Of
It flew the bride. all in white, who,
laughing and crying, threw herself in
to Mrs. Brands arms.
I'm married. mather dear. she
said. They carried me away III this
case, and you've got TO make the best
If it.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-07-27
Detroit Races.

DETROIT, July 26. day was the fourth
and last of the Detroit clubs summer
meeting. The weather was fine, and the
attendance 6,0OO. Guy appeared between
the races and made the circle in 2:1211s; the
wind was blowing strong at the time He
made the quarter in .8319, the half in :0654
the three quarters in1 :39$l, and the mile in
2:12X. Johnston, the PAGER, also en-
deavored to beat his record. He made the
quarter in .3214, the half in 05, the three
quarters in :3611s, and the mile in 2:0914
Parties who held watches in the stand
made the time 2:0S%. The timers may have
erred, but of course the official time must
be accepted.
Glass 2:14, pacing, purse $500 (un
finished from yesterday)-Roy Wilkes
won, Gosoip, jr., second, Silver Thread
third. Best time-2:144.
The 2:20 pace, purse 81 ,500-Budd Doble
first, Sir Archer second, Lillian third
Little Ida fourth. Time-2:15${.
The 2:19 class, trot, purse ,O00-Kit
Curry first, Geneva S. second, Jack third
Black Diamond fourth. Time-2:144. -
Purse $1,000 to beat Maud SIS record Of
2:08& by Guy, one mile. Time-2:12H.
Special purse, $500 to beat Maud 81
record by Johnston, PAGER, one mile
Time-2:O99<.
The decision of the judges in the last hea
Of the 2:19 class was tnat Kit Curry tool
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-07-27
The North Dakota Convention.

BISMARCK, July 26.-The chief feature of
to-day's session of the convention was the
report of the committee on revenue and
taxation, which caused very animated de-
bate. 1t gives the legislature power to
provide for the raising of revenues suf-
ticient to defray the expenses of the state,
but not to exceed four mills on the dollar of
the assessed valuation of all taxed property.
The legislature shall exempt from taxation
all property used exclusively for schools,
religious, cemetary or charitable purposes,
and real property to any amount not to eX-
coed two hundred acres of land, and the i'm
provements thereon shall be separated and
assessed. Cultivated and uncultived land
of the same quality shall be assessed at the
same value. Railroad property shall be
assessed by the state board at not less than
three thousand dollars per mile.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-07-27
MITIGATION over ths Eallure.

NEW YORK, July 26.-The clerks of the
suspended firm of Lewis Brothers & Com
pany were busy to-day making entry of the
assets. The partners of the firm refused to
talk until statement had been made. The
firm thinks the assets will be sufficient to
pay the creditors, but business men think
that unless a speedy settlement is obtained
the assets will not be more than
half the liabilities. Litigation is apt
to follow, despite the high reputation
of the firm. Some creditors will grab
everything, while those inclined to be
friendly will fare badly. If, however, the
creditors by concerted action can put the
firm on its feet again by speedy settle
ment, good results may follow. 1t Is not
known where administration will be made,
the main house being in Philadelphia, the
administration of the estate and payment
of the dividends will take place there, but
the bulk of the litigation, if there be any,
will be in New York. The stocks of goods
are in five different iurisdictions-NeW
York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Mary
land and Illinois. Open accounts amount
ing to 81, S75, 900 are scattered all over the
country The banks who hold the firms
paper believe that they will not suffer
much, as it is double named paper accepted
by Lewis Brothers 81 Company. The
amount of the firms paper held here is up
wards of Que million dollars. The largest
amount held by one bank is 1000.