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The Opelousas courier., 1890-06-07
NerI'Ek the Calves.

There was h plateau used as a
cattle range AFK which my tent was
placed, and in sight, ranged by them
selves, some twenty-five calves. The
ranch buildings and the rest OF the stock
were two OIL three miles distant.
For several successive nights | found
that this bunch OF calves were being
driven about, sometimes much against
their wills, by some animal acting much
like Il dog. The calves were made to
keep we'll together and forced to s'move
on" to many fresh feeding grounds in q
night, getting little or no time to lie
down. During the day they were less
disturbed. But I often saw a dog i'll
their vicinity, moving through the sage
.oush as sly as a wolf. l went to the ranch
house and told the herders what l had
seen.
They explained that a bitch belonging
to the rancho and famed for her good
herding qualities had Uttered in the chap.
aral, and that they had not found hel
nest until the pups were we'll grown,
and, of course, wild; that they sue.
ceeded in capturing all but one of tht
pups. 1t was that one, they believed
that I had found in charge, of the bunch
of calves.
/ then engaged the two herders will
their horses to try and catch the pup fol
me by running it down. They did thei
best one day with some little help of mine
but. with no success. The pup had t
get a living, like a fox or wolf, by hunt
ing; and this it did in daytime mainly
and spent the night herding the calves
Forrest aud Stream.
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uThern must be a certain amount OF
liberty given TO the Captain to punish at
his own discretion. or else he would be
entirely ut the mercy of his crew. But
this range Of power has been gradually
limited and cut down, until there are
only IL few punishnents that he can
legally %infict. These are distinctly
stated in the naval regulations, and are
as follows. ]. Reduction OF any rating
established by himself. 2. Confinement,
with or without irons, single or double,
not exceeding ten days, unless further
confinement be necessary IN case OF a
| prisoner to be tried by a conrt-martlal.
5. Solitary confinement, on and
water. not exceeding five days. 4. Sol
| itary confinement, not exceeding seven
DAYS. 5. Deprivation of liberty ohisaore.
6. Extra duties. No other punishment
| shall be permitted on board a vessel be-
longing to the navy, except by Il sen.
tence of a general or summary court
martial. All p~unishments inflicted by
the commander, or by his order, except
repr:Tlands, shall be fully entered upon
the ships log.
.sThis is IN awful drop from the days
when a Captain could do rs he please d
when he got away from soundin9s, and
was the monarch Of all he surveyed,
There was one punishment that went out
of g probably before the birth OF the
present century, and it was called keel
hauling
"This was simply n way OF murder.
ing u man. A rope was fastened around
his body and then passed under the shiE
to the other side. Then another line
was fastened 10 his feet and he wa
hauled down into the water and undeI
the ship's bottom until he came to thu
keel, where he was scratched around 10
n while. and then, when il was though
that he was sufficiently out of breath
thew haul him up again, full of sai
water, unconscious, with half Of his SKI
scratched from him. He usually died
But that is u barbarism that has passe
into tradition, and when a Captain want
TO kill "A man he shoots him. And the
used to shoot men in the old days, shoe
them right off the yard arm and new
stop to pick them up, but let them dri
%astern, to die if they were not alreao
dead. There undoubtedly was an emo
nous amount of cruelty i'll the old tim
of slow sailing ships, and many - ms
has borne scars to his grave that were +
ceived from the stroke Of II pin in tt
hands of an ulgy-tempered mate. b
now if a man goes wrong he is put
irons. This is not much of a punishme
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when in a temper that he would not
think of doing if he thought twice about
it. This is simply because an officer IL
merely a human being after all. For ez-
ample. a commander with whom ! was
sailing became provoked at the actions OF
y certain man and ordered a swab to be
nut over his mouth. When the swab was
taken of the poor fellow was dead. He
had suffocated. That officer did not re-
turn home for several years because OF the
row that was raised, very rightly, by the
seaman's friends at home. He was given
cruise sitter cruise. until an order was ls-
sued placing u limitation upon offenses
committed on board naval vessels, be-
yoad which no one could be tried
think it was three years-and then ne
came home.
1.-THE loss of 'liberty rs it is called,
by which is meant the leave to go on
| shore. is a severe blow to Il sailor in these
DAYS of no grog. 1t is his only chance
of tinding !; sweetheart or getting Il
drink. and he feels very mncil like Il
plscsed bird when he is TOLD, in punish
nent III SOME slight o%fIense, that he will
have his liberty curtailed for a week Or
a month or as long as the ship IS i'll
port. Tais is Il very common pan
ishment and is very often inflicted by the
Junior officers without any reference OF
the case to the Captain. Then there is
the loss of a rating or 4 grade. which
the man has earned by his faithfuiness
and good behavior. The law %stipulates
that q commander shall not disrate any
man whom he has not rated himself, bu1
this is a fiction. Whenever q ship come:
home from a cruise her commander dis
rates every mar on board, making then
all plain m He is then relieved b,
his successor, who at once rerates TIT
same men, so that it can be said that HI
has every rating under his control o.
board the ship. This is a subterfuge tina
is probably known to the department
and with good commanders it would no
work any hardships; but sometimes
man is .disrated who has not really don
anything, and then the punishment
very severe, especially az the rating give
him more pay and considerable aathorit
ON board ship. It is the same thing a
being reduced to the ranks in the army
but it is more frequently done. - Wash
iga0f0n iSfdJ,
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hang on to the under side with his hands
and feet, and without any ropes Or lines
to hold HIM there. This was d terrible
thing, for a man soon became exhausted
and fell to the deck below, which was
some feet. Sometimes, in former days
a man was dashed to the rigging by Ills
wrists and ankles.
''Floggins went out of date Just De-
fore the war, together with the grog, an
other relic of barbarism. The cat, as 1t
was called, or the cat, o -nine-taiIs, as its
proper name is, was an awful instrument,
and the terror of fresh sailors. In tact
there were but few who did not fear it,
and those really assumed their attitude
of indifference. 1t sometimes meant
death to Il weak man, with its nine long
rope ends with knots tied in them, swung
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Pussy and the POrker.

An Ell Dorado Springs (Mo.) CORE.
spondent tells of a singular attachment
between a Berkshire pig and a kitten.
Both animals fed from the same trough,
and appeared to take delight in helping
each other. During the winter, when
the kittens feet got cold. kitty would
hunt up piggy, now and then giving a
loud meow, upon hearing which the
porker would answer with a friendly
grunt. Pussy, in finding its friend
would take the nearest route for the hog
back, generally climbing up its long
snout.
During cold nights kitty slept on tlt
pigs back, and in the morning would bt
found in the same convenient place riding
10 the barn, about n furlong distant
where pnss caught mice. 1t was, indeed
AL amusing sight to see piggy wadins
through deep now with the cat (toe
turned in) on its back, evidently as com
Portable az a Queen in her carriage ant
fuur.-G lo}e- DeMorrat.
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by a brawny boatswain. The ships com
pany were usually gathered around 10
see the punishment, so that all could GET
q glimpse OF the ~frightful example. They
used to tie the culprit up to a grating III
the ships side, with his hands lashedt to-
eether, his clothes stripped from ms
back. Then came the Iashes, thick and
fast. counted as they fell by the Captain
or his Lieutenant, who stood by to see
that Justice was done. The number OF
lashes determined the severity OF the
punishment. Men we're logged tor
everything, even the most trivial otlenses,
and it was not uncommon to meet sailors
whose backs were all Scared up with the
marks of the cats claws. Nowadays
they do not fog in IL navy ana IL Is a
good thing. When they did tios men
they tied them over a breech OF a
! oun. with their hands fastened together
! underneath and their backs barred to the
lash.
There is one punishment which, al
though it is prohibited by the regu!a-
tions, is still practiced by some com
manders. This is '~tricing up, which Is
| simply tying . man by his thumbs unit
his toes Just touch the floor to AXE hi
| weight. 1t is Il torture tlat shoHia De
: punished by the Imprisonment OF the
I man who orders it done. 1t is done III
several ways, but the most common Is Il
tie a man thumbs together behind him
pointing upward. and then draw him III
by means CT a cord passed over - blocS
above. This brought him up on hs
toes in a second, I tell you. He had II
get up in order to relieve the strain OF
his thumbs. 1t was awful TO see a MAJ
in this position, and it had more eftec
on the crew than any other OF the petit.
punishments. OF course a fellow III TIN
position was roundly laughed at by hi
mates, and this made the punishment al
the harder to bear. After il while
man would lose up all his strength an
fall, his weight coming all upon HI
thumbs. Then he would be cut down
more dead than alive. Another posltlo
which was adopted was to bring III
arms straight up above his head and II
the thumbs there. A man i'll this att
t,de was under a somewhat less strsl
than the other, but it was very hare
nevertheless.
ga Captain will sometimes do thing
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British enterprise having been de-
lighted with Egyptian cats, is now turn
irg It's attention to the crocodile pets at
Maabetah, where there is a rich mine Of
uitrates Of immense extent. The crooo-
diles ARG laid like sardines in a box, with
palm leaves between them, the interstices
being illep Up with myriads Of eggs
The eroeodiles gre done up in bundles,
covered with cloth. 1t is believed that
beyond these arc vaults containing mum
MED crocodiles, and in which vast treas
ures are stored.
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According to the Jacksonville (Fla.)
Times Union. one fisherman Of that city
catches 400 pounds Of catfish a day which
he sells to dealers, who, in their turn
shin the meat to Northern hotels as bass
and s~heepshead, first cutting off heads
and fins to prevent Identification. The
catfish is a disgusting scavenger, the buzz
Yard of the waters. But it differs so
materially from the other fishes named,
in outward appearance, that no n should
be deceived.
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According 10 a French paper, there IS
considerable tall in commercial circles 81
i new process which is to revolutionize
certain industries by making possible the
production OF aluminium at price which
win enable it to compete with iron and
copper. A syndicate has bsan formed in
France with the object OF giving it an
extended trial, and a factory in the
neighborhood of Paris has bean selected
for this purpose. 1t is said that a we'll
known banking house has taken the
matter np.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-06-07

A young woman in Bergerac, France,
sent a dress to be altered and forgot to
remove from its pocket a very confidential
letter. The dressmaker found it, and,
instead of returning it, communicated
its contents to several neiehborhood
gossips. The girls guardian has OBJ
tanned a verdict compelling the dress
maker to return the letter and pay $50
damages and the costs.
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to vote.

A man who wants to De register and
recorder Of Warren County, Pennsylvania,
has announced himself thus: IA true
patriot should be willing to serve his
country at all times. l, having served
three years when wal was in the land and
patriots needed, nov desire TO serve three
years when peace and good will pre-
The Opelousas courier., 1890-06-07

Attention is called to the extension Of
orange growing in California by the hold-
ing Of the annual 'scitrus fairs Tae
product Of the season recently ended is
estimated 1T 5000 car loads Of 2s6 boxes
10 the car, and the value at more than
el, SOC, 900. At present nearly all this
quantity Is the product of Southern Cali
fornias but orange growing is rapidly
extending ii the central and northern
districts Of the State. During the last
two years nearly 200, 900 trees have been
planted ii the 0roville district alone,
and It is expected that 100, coo more win
have been put il during the winter. A
coraaaon pFiss FOR oranges i s25 pen
1000.
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The moral OF TINS story ls obvious:
Robert Williams, of Woods County,
Ohio, was told not to go down into an
old we'll without lowering a candle to
see il there was foul gas there. As it
was his wife who warned him he threw Il
club at her, told her to miAd her OWL
business and went down, to be nauled NJ
The Opelousas courier., 1890-06-07

Nine thousand millions of dollars are
said to have been expended on the con-
,truction and equipment of railroads in
the United States, and still tbs work
goes on. The average cost of construc-
lion per mile is about $50, 900.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-06-07

John Wesley Hastett, OF KANSAS CITY,
Mo-, claims the championship belt in a
novel branch of industry. lie is the
sssticker' for a packing company, and
claims that in fourteen years service he
has slain S,4OO, 600 hogs.
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SHAVING SALOON

HAVING recently built aud refurnishnd
q throughout. my Barber Shop, ] SID
aow prepared, with increased facilities, to
segys the pubic 10 lirss-class style In my
aaw quarters between Brand AMI Morisr'Ev's.
Shaving, Heir Cutting, Shampooiug, &c..
lone In the highest style of the art. Give
gne q call. + A BODEMULLER.
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A large poster in the Chinese language
was recently posted in front OF a Joss
house in New York city, calling on
Cinnamon there to unite to secure for
themselves the privileges of naturaliza-
tiou and citizenship. 1t is asserted that
the present position of the Chinese in
this country follows from their inability
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IoWN + RopERTY r OR DALE

A CENTRALLY 10 at.d and desirable
business stand AZ, Man s.resl, Dpase usas.
sousisoing of la.ili'ug ESltabls = i'sidencs
md small STORE tei 4 1he p.ol efts ''txs to
tae pnssoi.i y. Thi~ pF.,ptrsv Viii De sold
geIy cheap su4 cash, Or nsli sas'i sud balance
On terms to .uts purchaser. spp:y f. Nt&
Edsanui e.. ilupte
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Some one has figured that there are in
Denver, Col, thirty one millionaires
whose aggregate wealth is SAG, 800, 900,
and thirty-fve semi m~illiouaires whose
wealth aggregates SIT, 500, 900, making
in all $G4, 900, 900 owned by sixty-six
The Opelousas courier., 1890-06-07

From Finland oEne the news that tile
Gar of Russia is preparing to abolish the
liberties of that country, where for eighty
years the spectacle has been presented Of
a free State subject to the most despotlc
power in the civilized world.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-06-07

The petroleum supply of Pennsylvania
seems to be ~inexhaustible. During
February 476 new wells were opened,
adding 49, 59 barrels daily to the yield
Of the oil regions.
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A. =. Mcneil,
ARCHITECT AND eUiIlER,
OPELOUSAS. LOUIS AN.A.

Plans, Specifications and i imat-s fur
wished for all manner ~ l,liid:nga, Oh the
most lees unable ter s. C., n',ac b lsheii for
all ku,ds OF work. in trirS, ,r',h, 81 ne AMI
wood. M J+riai furnished Tor ,tpals and
construction il desirai. PlabtA na and
country work astendel C., with dis ,asch. Al.
work first class and sat sfa"ti 81 gn srante I'd
Orders directed to l.. o. Boa IL viii ,ecris
prompt attention. 1ahtf
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C. D. STEWART,

CONTRACTOR, CARrESrER AND BCiLDER
win contract for the erection OF buildings
Of ali kinds, Furnishing all material Il desired.
Work done promptly and at r. Is ,nab:e rates.
Orders through the passoii se given prompt
attention. Estimates and plans furnish d.
having special facilities for obtaining Fun
pg8 AT REDueED RATES, / will give n.
patrons the benefit Of the same.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-06-07

The idea has originated in Switzerland
ofredueing cows milk to q dry powder.
as being better fnF transportation and
superior to condensed misa,
The Opelousas courier., 1890-06-07

It is supposed that in the next Ed
ropean wal the artillery can sfsctually
stay hsadvancing infantry vt 1000 yards
distance,
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Alaska cost only 5000, 900, and the
revenue to the national treasury is ex.
pected to amount TO 81, nO0, 900 a year
for the next twenty wears.
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-02
The Apocrypha.

In the earliest churches the word Apocry-
pha was applied with very different sig
nifcations to a variety of writings; some
times il was given those whose authorship
and original form were unknown, some
times to writings containing a hidden
meaning; sometimes to those whose public
use was not thought advisable. In this
last Specification it has been customary
since the time of jerome to apply the term
to a number of writings which the Sep
tuagint had circulated among the Chris
tians, and which were sometimes consid-
cred as an appendage to the Old Testament
and sometimes as portion of it. At the
council of Laodicea, A. ID. geo, the Greek
church rejected all books except those in
the present Protestant canon.
In 414 Pope Gelasius convened council
of seventy bishops, which confirmed the
opinion of Pope Innocent /, recognizing
the Apocryphal books as sacred, aud re-
jecting some of the doubtful books of the
New Testament. The council of Trent
1545-63-fnaliy settled the question for the
Roman Catholic church, accepting the
Apocrypha as a part of the sacred canon.
The Protestant churches reject their use
in public worship. 1t was customary at
one time to bind up the ApOcrypha between
the authorized versions Of the Old and New
Testaments, though this has now ceased,
and as a consequence this curious, inter
esting and instructive part of Jewish litera-
ture is now known only to scholars.
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THE INDIAN TROuBLE.

MANDAN, y. D., Dec. Col. Cody. DR.
Frank Powell, known rs White Beaver,
and r. II. Hashsa, known as Pony Rob,
arrived here this morning from Standing
Rock, after riding ninety-four miles in
twenty-three hours Saturday when Cody
was twenty miles from Sitting Bulls
camp, his party was Overtaken by cour-
Ter, bearing "A message from the president
not to arrest Sitting Bull. Cody and his
party then returned to Mandan. Indian
Agent Mclaughlin believes the present
cold wave will terminate the dancing and
the Messiah craze. The militia is strong
enough at all points to fully protect the
settlers and the danger Is believed to be
over. Two companies arrived here this
morning en- route from Fort keogh to
Fort Lincoln. The companies seventy-three
strong have thirty days rations and are
thoroughly equipped for a winter cam
paign.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-The reports re
ceived at the war department today from
the locality of the Indian difficulties are
much less favorable than has been the
case for several days. The dispatched re
ceived today indicate that between 1000
and 1000 of the Indians who have refused
20 come into the Rosebud agency, have
started westward toward the Bad river,
and in their stampede, they have com
mitted depredatiOns on the cabins and
stock of friendly Indians, who went into
the agency. Gen. Brooke telegraphed that
this information il not from his own
scouts. He expects, however, to have
EULER information soon. These alarming
reports have again been the subject Of
consultation between Secretary Proctor
and Gems. Schofield and Miles. The latter
has asked Gen. Schofield that additional
troops be placed at his command. 1t is
understood that his request was for
mounted infantry.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-02
Old Wines.

Apropos of a recent fad for buying old
wines a writer on the subject says: Now, if
there be one law of nature which knows
no exception it is that all things organic
are subject to decay, and wine is an organic
product and when its ripest stage is
reached and passed the process Of decom-
position begins. You may stave off the
decay for a short time only BY alcohol and
other devices, but it goes on. Yet when
an "old cellar" Is auctioned fabulous
prices are paid for undriukable wine. In
1858 there was a Madeira sale in Paris,
when fortyfour bottles were bought by
Rothschild for their weight in gold. The
wine was from the famous 1914 pipe of Ma
deira which had lain at the bottom of the
sea for tlirty-six years. Now the anti
guilty of the wines of the ancients is attri-
butable to their artificial composition.
Spices and fragrant roots and sea water
were added to the pure vintage. The best
authenticated stories of fine old wines that
retained their quality tend to the belief
that they were strongly fortified.
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THE AMERICAN ENJOYS.

CHICAGO, Dee John Dillon, T. P.
O'COnnor and Timothy Harrington were
in billions rooms in the Grand Pacific to-
night when the news of ParnelHs speech
in the London cOnclave of the Irish party
was being received over the Associated
Press wires. The dispatch was sent TO
the hotel and read to the others by Dillon.
Dillon's habitual quietude was not
disturbed outwardly at least, as he
voiced the stirring words uttered
but short time previous to the
London assemblage The scene as Dillon,
with his tall figure slightly bent, stood
under the chandelier. steadily read the
dispatch aloud, was one worth remember
ing Harrington with eyes sparkling was
CHANGING over Dillon's shoulder T. p
O'Connor remained seated at the table,
close alongside his two comrades, APP
parently i'm a study, but at times looking
as if questioning into their faces to see
how the burning works of their old leaders
impressed them. When the adjournment
OF the London meeting without action had
been told, Messrs. O'Brien and
Gill entered with Mrs O'Brien
and the others. Harrington was
asked by an Associated Press reporter how
he regarded the outlook now for Mr.. Par
nell's retention of the leadership. Harring-
ton, who was in decidedly good humor,
replied: eff the applause given Mr.. Par
nell was as great as is held in ferment, the
think more than ever that he
may eventually triumph. The delay in
conclusion is perhaps also sig
nificant" Mr.. William O'Brien was
asked: "What do you think after reading
the proceedings of today's London meet
ing, will Parnell win or nOt" Mr.. O'Brien
paused an instant and then answered de-
cisively: eve have had our say. The rest
we will leave TO our colleagues and to the
Irish people"