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Joe Faulkner has also been actively
engaged in shore york on river and lake
fronts here and about the suburbs for
over twenty years past. Divers must
have plenty of pluck and grit, and
both of these men possess a goodly
share. Tommy Johnson on n occasion
lay down on the bottom of the lake to
rest awhile. While PROSTATE and mo-
tionless an enormous muskallonge
swan up, and after %deploying about re-
connoitering for a long while foated di-
rectly over Tom and proceeded to nibble
at the toe of his rubber boot. Watching
his opportunity Tom seized the fish and
driving his steel hook deep into its side
quickly threw his other arm around its
body, hugging it with all his might and
main. Instantaneously the startled fish
dashed the water with its tail and fins.
+, and vainly used all of It's enormous power
to shake off its assailant. But, To-
with desperate vim maintained his hold
and was dragged along upward with the
scaly monster, until the two came in
collision with the keel of the tug Owen,
which broke Toss hold. Of cours the
jerking of lines and other violent and u
usual commotion at once alarmed Cap
tain swayne and his men, who swiftly
drew Tommy up. When they opened
the easement of his helmet he narrated
his novel experience amidst roars OF
laughter. The Captain shook his head
incredulously until he glanced at the
hook in Toms hand, which had o. it q
patch of the scaly monsters body which
had been ripped off during the struggle
Joe Faulkner may not be guilty Of
hugging big fish, but he is accounted as
one of the sturdiest of workers under
water. and describes the lake bottom as
one of the pleasantest of p~romenading
places in calm weather. Mach of it is a
level plain, varied by fluctuations, banks
Qnd mounds, far out, very like the
stereotyped phase of a rolling prairie.
The water varies in depth from fourteen
| to forty feet. Joe is an inventive genius
! of no mean or ordinary grade, and ha:
many original Improvements to the usua
tools and appliances of his avocation
His greatest invention is a submarine
electric lamp, having a far greater illu
minating power, and of better adapta
bility to all sorts of submerged opera
tions than any other yet made. 1t rem
ders objects visible for a radius of-thirt.
to forty feet, and is convenient, simple
and durable.
Old Ned Barron, one of the bes
veteran New York divers, was here las
Sunday, and narrated the following
pathetic "Reminiscences: "a few season.
ago / was sent for to come on and TT,
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rooted to the spot, as all the recollection
Of that greatest sorrow of my life came
back to me. She looked almost lifelike
enough to speak to me. The other body
was that Of a large brunette whose
ayes were partly closed, and her thick,
black hair was tightly done up in a coil
1T the back of her head. They were in
their night-dresses, and were clasped in
each others arms, their hands being
,linched in the rigidity of death. Their
position thus gave rise to the theory that
IN the last moment of dire peril and utter
helplessness, recognizing their inevitable
doom, they clasped each other in a sis
terly embrace, and died kissing each
other. There's a pretty hard she'll over
my heart, boys, but when looked upon
those pure, young girls in their white
robes, looking SO much like angels, l felt
solemn enough, and I put my arms
around them tenderly and took them up
out of that chamber of death. Do you
wonder that when I reached the surface
broke down and cried like a blubber-
ing school-boys You may rest assured
that I did not descend to the wreck
again that day. No. My heart was too
sore. l shall new forget that scene as
long as I live. No, never!"
As he concluded he bowed his head
on his breast, and none of his auditors
broke the silence that ensued. But
when he raised his head again we saw
that his face was white with suppressed
emotion, and his clustering eyes indexed
a greater depth of sadness than could be
| told in a food of tears CHICAGO Times
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WHAT DIVERS SEE.
WONDERS AND ATTRACTIONS
OF THE WATERY WORLD.
Humorous, Sad and Thrilling Rem
iniscences of Veterans in This
Strange Calling-Encounters
With Monsters OF the Deep.

Chicago has two thoroughly expert
enced submarine divers. One of them
is Familiarity known as Tommy johnson.
He is the mechanical engineer Of the
Durham Towing and Wrecking Compa-
ny. He does not do much submarine
work except to superintend mechanical
arrangements necessary to raise wrecked
vessels and their cargoes; regular work is
done under his direction by other divers
who are summoned here as their ser
vices may be required. If he could only
plat out lots at the bottom of this part OF
the lake where he has SO often tramped
and prospected and sell them at Chicago
building-lot prices he would speedily
become a Millionaire. There have not
been any wrecks of Importance here,
abouts for many years, and most of the
diving has been done for various com
mercial purposes.
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to recover the bodies of a young man
and a young woman who had been
drowned in the lake, off Milwaukee.
with d party of friends they had
been enjoying a sail o. little yacht. A
sudden squall came up and the vessel
wss capsized. The young man was a
good swimmer and tried hard to say the
girl, but crazed with terror, she chung
to him and hampered his efforts until he
became exhausted, and both sank to-
gether in full view of the others of the
party, all of whom had gained a hold ON
the bottom of the boat and were 0 o
rescued. The drowned couple were to
have been married that very week-in
fact, they were buried on the day set for
their wedding. They were well-to-do,
nice people, and the whole story made
me awful sad, SO tEat I really wished
hadn't been told it all. We'll, went
down and walked around the bottom of
that part Of the lake for almost three
days. Toward sunset Of the third day. I
had almost given up work for the day,
and had come up around the end Of d
big ledge OF rock, when ! found them.
The weather had been fine, the sun
bright, and the still water was unusually
clear. was about forty feet below the
surface The rock was probably 100 feet In
length, sixty feet wide, and the outer
edge Was rough and Jagged. Well, tbs
two OF them were just like sitting down
together on the end of the ragged rock,
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worth notice

Deer Island Lighthouse, as it is officially
known, STANDS on the southern extremity
Of the spit that makes out to the south
from Deer Island. The water is six feet
deep around it.
The foundation Of the structure is a great
cylinder of iron, resting in the sand, and
securely-anchored and protected by some
thousands of yards of broken stone that
have been dumped around it. This part
of the structure is 80 feet in diameter. 1t
swells out, bell fashion, at the top, where
is a wide promenade, protected by a
hand rail and covered by a roof. Above
this rises the tower proper, in the form
of q truncated cone. There is o gallery
around the top of the cone.
The light itself is 81 feet above mean
sea level. It is q fve-wick lamp, and
will illuminate an arc of the horizon be.
ginning at a point on the horizon south.
west by west { west around to a point
southeast by east bearings taken from
seaward). In clear weather the light can
be seen 10 nautical miles away by a man
on a ships deck Is feet above the water.
The strength and cheapness of iron
and steel make it certain that these
metals will be used in the future in all
lighthouses which, like this, are exposed
to the assaults of the waves. The old.
fashioned stone towers are more expensive
and less comfortable for the keepers and
in no way better than the iron towers.
: The base of the structure is painted
black, the tower is brown, and the lamp
Is black. The lamp shows q white light,
varied by AIRED flash every thirty seconds.
-Nep York Sun.
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ding with hideous spectral effect. Mike
is a very stolid, stoical man, with an
abundance of grit and strength, but that
scene was too much Tor him, and he re-
turned to the surface. Nor would he go
down again until another diver accom-
panied him.
American divers have never seen any
thing nearer a mermaid than some of the
enormous Gulf of Mexico catfish which
have large, round heads and oval faces,
which the Imagination might work UP
into human semplance. Enormous mus
~callonges in the lake have a peculiarly
intelligent head and face when seen
under water. Everything submerged is
magnitied. People are very ~ineredulous
about many of fish yarns spun out by
g~arrulous sailors. Divers in I'LL waters
tell of great fish, and of eels twelve to
fourteen feet in length, yet they dis
believe in the existence of these terrific
monsters with a hundred arms that Jules
Verne tells about in his book, "Twenty
Thousand Leagues Under the Sea-" and
which the theatre-going public have seen
wildly represented in s'Fantasma."
But authentic intelligence recently
came from Wellington, New Zealand,
that Archibald McGovan, a very reliable
and experienced diver, while at work in
the harbor there for the British Govern
ment was seized by a devil-fsh five
fathoms under water, and had an almost
miraculous escape from q horrible death.
On diving down for the purpose of lay
ing some blocks he was attacked by the
octopus, which finally succeeded in fasten-
ing its tremendously powerful claws and
tentaeles onto him like hooks Of steel.
AS soon as he realized the presence of
the monster he fought with the strength
of desperation, but in spite Of his almost
superhuman struggles he felt the long,
finty-shelled claws and huge, muscular
arms of the horrid creature shut down
and wind, around him, closing up tighter
and tighter until he was securely bound
to the pile. His self-possession, however,
did not desert him, and knowing that re-
sistance was useless he relapsed into per-
feet passive quiet.
a AteAC WA11S GAbIA LILLE ICSlabdHNG
ceased he felt the arms of the creature
relaxing their hold of the pile, and as
soon as he Jaw they were free he gave
the signal and was drawn up to the sur
face with the devil-fsh clinging to his
back. It was pulled of, and careful
measurement showed the arms to be
fully nine feet in length.
ut may be strange to hear me say"
said Ned Barron, one of the veteran
divers, tsthat when I go into q dark cor
ner or stateroom without 8 light and
reach out my hand to feel my way and
come in contact with a corpse | know the
touch instantly. If / am feeling around
for it and expect it, why, ] am not start
led. But if I am at work lifting out
goods from a cargo and Unexpectedly
feel q corpse float up against me, it shocks
me, or sends a thrill Of awe through me
just for the moment. It is only for the
instant, however, and then I st once
grasp the body, before the current floats
it away, put my arm around it and give
the signal 10 be drawn up. One Of the
most awful experiences of my life oc-
cured q few years ago when / descended
into the wreck Of the steamboat Michi-
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The New Haven Register appears to
believe that .'the practical difficulty of
putting a stop to the African slave trade
is the reluctance of the powers, which
have interests there, to make concessions
Ein the interest of blocking this trade,
which interfere with their privileges.
The powers are in favor of checking slav-
ery ON general principles, but when it
comes to the adoption of a definite form
iof agreement there is trouble. Phus
France refuses to grant the right to have
her vessels searched for slaves because it
has . tradition that such a thing would
lbe derogatcry to her national honor. Ger
Itainly no object now agitating the people
Iof the world is nor worthy of mutual
concessions and merited effort than this. "
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Chimneys.

In ancient times chimneys were un-
known, and even in the age of Queen
Elizabeth they were considered q luxury
ia which only the rich could indulge.
People made a fire in the middle Of their
huts, and let the smoke get out through
a hole in the roof the best way it could.
The house that Christine Nilsson, the
famous singer was born in was made OF
unhewn logs, piled up with mud chinked
into the cracks, and the chimney was
made of wood also. Long fat pieces
were split out Of logs and fitted into the
fireplace, tapering off into a fue, whera
smaller pieces wers used. Inside the
fireplace a wall of round stones was piled
up and plastered with mud, as was also
the inside Of the wooden hue above
Yankee Bgdz
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The German scientists are confident
that they will soon make artificial sugar
Iby pure chemical means, and should they
succeed, and the product be a cheap one,
the effect on the worlds commerce will
be something marked. Salt and sugar,
two necessities of the civilized world,
should be cheap, but one of them still
"comes high" Make sugar as cheap as
salt, and so, the Washington Star de-
,.clares, the world can knock of a few
minutes earlier every day.
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What the Washington Star terms a
half serious, half amusing story comes
from China. The Empress mother and
the young Emperor quarrel perpetually,
lthe dowager being the ADLER of the two
and usually carrying her plans. She
lmarried off the youthful "Son Of Heaven
against his win, and now he takes celes-
ItiaI vengeance on his spouse, who can't
help herself. Th9Temple Of Heaven
does not seem to be a place of harmony,
according TO ou terrestrial ideas, and the
old Empress says that the big fire in it
some time since was apunishment for her
sons impiety. Meantime the more su-
iperstitions among the people think that
'all these things portend the overthrow Of
the Tartar dynasty. It is certain that a
'~ferrasnt ID going on " in the slow.
howery kingdom.
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An English resident of Balasore, India,
says that half the people in the district
now use opium. The opium license is
given to the mau who will pledge to sell
the largest amount. What he cannot
sell he gives away to children, thus cre-
ating in them the horrible appetite that
quickly makes them profitable customers.
The keeper 81 the opium den near the
missionary preaching has fingers rotting
with leprosy with which he deals out the
germs of two terturing and incurable
maladies.
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The Secretary of State of New York
reports only ffty-fve thousand eonvic-
tions for criminal offences in this State
for the year past, against ninety-three
thousand the year previous. As the popu-
ilation of the State is on the increase we
would naturally expect an increase of
convictions instead of SO remarkable a
falling off. The New York Herald asks
tho pertinent question: "Does it show
that crime is decreasing OF that justice is
t~Sailinr2n
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NEW SHAVING SALOON

HAVING recently built and refurnished
u throughout, my Barber Shop, I arm
now prepared, with increased facilities, to
serye the public In first-class style in my
aew quarters between Brand and MoriassfS.
Shaving, Hair Cutting, Shalnpooing, Nc,
lone in the highest style of the art. Give
se q call. F.. A BODEMULLER.
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TOWN % TOR GALE
1OWNI RoPERTY Il CO 0ALE

A CENTRALLY 10 ated and desirable
business stand on Main street, OpeIousas,
consisting of building suitable fer residence
and small store, being the property next to
the postofilee. This property will be sold
very cheap for cash, or half cash AMI lalaDee
On terms to suit purchaser. Apply to Mrs.
Edmund 9. Dupre.
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The Asiatic cholera, Of which, it is
said, the grip is the forerunner, has
reached the Turkish frontier, exposing
Eastern Europe to its visitation at an
early day. England's sanitary work in
Egypt may prove useful, but hardly ef,
fective in stopping the scourge. India
is the country that needs her attention
most
The Opelousas courier., 1890-04-26

A Brooklyn lavsye. invited some eli.
ents who called upoa asln o;'t . lunch.
When they got their bin foe ;ees' ser.
vices they found 81 addsa to : sc- the
meal, bns tl,ay sooh good c.ac not to pay
1t, and tha oveisfugwAa disciple q Black
stone has net ur TO 80 nrsxn. -e1.
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A. p. Mcneil,
ARCHITECT AND BUILDER,
OPELOUSAS, LOUISIANA.

OPELOUSAS, LOUISIANA.
Plans, Specifications and Estimates fur
nished for all manner OF buildings, on the
most reasonable terIs s. Contracts taken for
all kinds of work. in ttrick, iron, stone and
wood. M aterial furnished for repairs and
construction il desired. Plantation and
country work attended to with dispatch. AL
work first class and satisfaction guaranteed
Orders directed to P. o. Box 81 WIN receiv
prompt attention. ja5tf
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G. D. STEWART,

CONTRACTOR, CARPENTER N BUILDER.
VIII contract for the erection Of buildings
of all kinds, furnishing all material ndesired.
Work done promptly and at reasonable rates.
Orders through the postofice given pr0apt
attention. Estimates and plans furnished.
Ben AT REDUCED RATES, ] Will give hy
patrons ths benefit Of the same.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-04-26

vandals have girJled the elm at Lex
agton, Mass, which was planted by
General Grant on April 10, 1875, the
ne hundredth anniversary of the battle.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-04-26

Not a single sentence Of death was
Iassed by the Vienna criminal court dur
ING the past year.
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Bostons Lighthouse.

Boston harbor has Clubhouse in
operation. It is on Deer rAs q
sample of modern lighthouses /
worth notice. 1870
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Female Institute
oPELoUsAs, ST. LANDRY PARISH, La.

This Institutions undenom;national, prac-
tical and progressive. Discipline firm and
based on sound PRINCIPLES enrobling and de-
veloping charactcr. Honor and self respect.
promoted. Methods Of training and %culturss
thorough. Toe curriculum prepares the,
pupil for University or practical life. Ger.
~tificates and Diplomas conf rrcd. buildings
comfortable and nm odlnus; Patronage
collected. For further par!ic liars apply ta
MRS. NJ. NJ. HAYES, Principal.
Or REV. F. w. LEWIS. First Assistant.
Feb eff
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r. A. BLACK. J. L. MORRIS.
"A g. MORRIS,

General Fire Insurance and Real Es1sss
Agents,
Office: Cor. Market and Landry sts''
OPELOUSAS, L.
The following old and reliable compaa VA
represented: Liverpool and London "a III
Globe Insurance Company, OF En9lao
Home and Niagara Insurance ComPal1sYt M
New York; Fire Association, of Philads.psS sss
and Home, Hope and Mechanics and LI1u1 Y
Insura nee Companies, Of New Orleans.
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Nash c 4 st IL
Oregon imu lat

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900 81
Penn Co.'S Z . Reg
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LIST
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TTuIGUVALLEY RAILROAD.

PASSENGER TRAINS leave foot Of Cortandt and
Dosbrosse5 sts. j. follows:
DcS !. m for Siatineton and Intermediate points.
A. m. for Geneva. Lyons, Emlis Kochc.ter Bnnaio
and the West, Potsyle and principal local points Chair
car IN LYONS and Pullman car 10 Suspension bridge
90 a. for Manch Chunk ana 9'emedl9G pontss ,
m for h. aud Is. Junction and intermediate points,
Chair car Mauch Chunk. -. c,.,
m for Tunkhannock and Intermediate points. Chair
car TO Tunkhannoc Connection to Reading and Harris
40 n m for Enra and principal Intermediate points
Chair car " Wkesbare and Pullman sleeper 10 Suspension
Bridge. ,,..,,o ,o,oh chup. and 4, ,e,medI,.a
noints. Chair TO Mauch Chunk, ,.--,,. -.
10 D. m. for Mauch Chunk ana intermediate points,
Connection e. Reading and HARRISBURG. ,a,
N m for GENEVA Lyons. Emrl, Rochester. Bnnalo
and the West Pullman sleeper to Lyons and Suspension
" trains leaving at a. j. a. m. P m ana 8 ;t9
D. m. connec. for all points III Mananos A"u ' 'OA'
ies'o"'' SUNDAY TRAINS.
81. ~ FOR Nouch Chunk, Halleton and inernedlat
noiots and IL a. m. for Shenandoah and intermediate
10 D. NJ for Mauch Chunk and in;ermedl:e points;
m "a for Geneva. Lyons, Elnra, Rochester. fGlao
and the West pullman sleeper 70 Lyons ana Suspension
bflase' cepc-al Eastern ONCE o35 broadway.
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RAILROADS.
HFLAWARE. LACKAWANNA AN
WESTERN RAILROAD.

nELAWARE. LACKAWANNA AND
WESTERN RAILROAD.
Shortest Line. Xestbaed Pull, Pullman cSa aeic ,or
Water Gap Stroudsburg. scranton, Binghamton Owego
Ithaca Wayery, EImiE, Corning Bath Danyilie sher
Greene oxford Norwich Cortland syacse Fulton and
Tor Pttston Wkesbarre Danyille aud Northumberland
40 Buffalo with trains for the West.
y. m.~Dinghamton and Elmlra Express for Water
Can 'Stroudsburg Scranton, Owego, Wavcrly &C..
Nets at scranton with trains for rttton, Kingston and
10 o. m.-Scranton wlkesbarre and Plymouth Ex.
press. , yrra,o Limited r,vrrses Win p,tor
son. Tor Strcudsburc, Scranton; E,nghamton Owego,
w.,rarv EIulira Corning. Bath. Wayand, Dansville,
~ Moorsr,s &C. arriving IN Buffalo so u III.
D. No. (daIy).-BulTalo Ut.ca and Oswcgo Express,
pse Fulton Greene oxford Norwich, Sherburne, Water.
lilo Richncld Springs. &c. and all points on Buffalo
ddii y' connects with trains for the West.
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53,457,s 64 legal money for redemption OF sur
rendered circulation

1853, 457, s64 legal money for redemption oil sur
rendered circulation.
THE FOREIGN MARKETS.
The London market was q reflection OF o perfect
restoration OF confidence in the financial SITUATION
British consols 10 % I-s and % Clio re-
and "a 15-l6 last evening. The Bank of England
gained G45, 900 bullion on balance. In the open
market money for discounts closed at GAG Ia per
cent and for balances at BAD l-2 per cent; Dar
standard At Paris French 3 per cents rose to
g5 against 04S0 last evening.
Robertson & James Offering for sale tiic
first mortgage per cent bonds OF the metropolitan
CrosstOwh Railway Company al % and accrue"
interest.
Taintor g. Holt advertise n line of first mortgage
bonds yielding Lac IA per cent on the
investments go
The Central Hay and Grain Company, with
paid-up capital Of 100000, an organization
which has purchased and now controls five larse
firms in the hay and grain business. invites
proposals for 5000 shares preferred stock tpar
value $500 until December l next. wien the
stock will be awarded. The American Loan
and Trust Company is registrar of the stock
FOREIGN COMMERCE OF NETWORK.
IMPORTS OF MERCHANDISE At NEw-YoRN.
Gs fG$s sjSSs '5 5sss ~
Total for week , .sss5 ~ sIl.7se2o7 soetl..57
Previously reported. Aoso54o5 413ii 275 4SS 1o2 81
Total since JAM 1s4Io .O2 s453 572 si83 3i35ss
IMPORTS OF sPECIE.AT NETWORK.
f rSt iSG ispcitcd soPs 81 ds sga
Total since Jan. l. s74lOCo sC,93es 1871 si7,5oooss
EXPORTS OF SPECIE AT NEw.YoRK.
For iHs reported 81 ssS
Total since JAN 1. ss57ac4oo s7a2o,o7 ss2,si7.75o
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european advertisements.
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TOTAL shares sold Tor The dav ,na
silver cert....l02b lO4s 1924 lv4 lO% Ava" "o''o''
Exdividend.