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The Opelousas courier., 1890-09-27
THE GIANT PouLP.

ina other enormous horror of the sea.
the giant octopus, with which Victor
Hugo mixed up the great squid, is of
the same family with the latter beast--a
soft and PUPPY monster with eight ten
tacles Of equal length radiating from It's
central mass and armed with suckers. Its
habit is to Turk in some dark Granny in
the depths waiting for an unwarY victim
to venture within reach. With three Or
four Of Its mighty arms it clings fast to a
rock, while with the remaining tentacIes
waving, gliding and feeling about in the
water it keeps on the alert for prey. Al
man coming within its reach-and human
beings are often its victims-is instantly
embraced. Instantaneously as the pull
Of d trigger the pistons of the hundreds
OF suckers on the tenfacle are stimuli
~taneously drawn inward, the air is re-
moved from the pneumatic holders, q
vacuum being created III each, and the
victim Is 80 completely pinioned that
hardly q struggle is possible. Men have
been known to cut themselves loose from
this death-grip, but the chance ii small
Indeed. Immediately the ether ten
tacles not occupied with clinging to the
rock are wrapped about the man, and be
Il drawn into The close embrace of tie
poulp, to b torn 70 pieces by its beak
absorbed Washington ar.
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"It's a Shon. sirlv


/ had an experience ali my own in
Lock q Co.'s hat store, in SC. James
street, writes Julian Ralph in an article
on London, published by Harper's
Weekly. The aged proprietor displays
ancient bonnetsand caps in his window,
which is kept scrupulously dusty. Not
ing this, | said, 'sThis must be 9 very
old store indeed"
ststorean said the man. stIt's no
store at all; it's a shop, sir. I call a
store a place for the sale Of a miscellane-
Gus lot IF goods; but this is o shop, sir.
You ought to be more careful in your
use of terms"
It that was rudeness-and I do not
know how great he considered his Prov
ocation-it was the only rudeness / ex-
perienced from any shopkeeper. But I
learned from that incident not to say
store. And before / left England / had
swelled my index expurgatorius to the
extent that seldom used the following
words: Guess; yes, sir; glass flor
tumblerl; railroad horse car; cents; fix;
store; or pad Of paper. BLOCK of pa
per, they said, when I ct last got them
to understand that / wanted a pad.
t'Guess" and 'sfxD are pure American
isns, and are to be used OF not as you
want to attract curious attention or to
avoid it; but the most difficult thing for
many Americans in England was to
avoid saying sssir' to q stranger who
who addressed them or to an old gentle
man. asYes, SIR and mo, SIR over
there are the verbal insignia Of o SER
want.
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One of the best attested sea s~erpents on
record was seen on the 9th day of Au-
gust, 1848, by the officers of the Inns.
Dedalus In the North Pacific. About
sixty feet Of its length was visible, and it
had all the appearance Of q gigantic
snake, its head and shoulders held four
or five feet above the surface of the
water, through which it swan at the rate
of perhaps fifteen miles an hour. 1t was
viewed at quite close quarters through
field glasses from the ships deck, and
was observed to be of a dark brown
color, yellowish white about the throat,
and with what appeared to be a a n
On the Path day of February, 1849,
about forty miles from the spot where the
serpent above mentioned was seen, Capt.
Herman Of the ship Brazilian saw .
strange creature astern. stretching along
the water for thirty feet or more, with
its head lifted several feet above the sur
face and a name running down the neck.
4 boat was lowered and the monster
was approached with harpoons. It was
found to be nm immense piece OF sea
weed, to which the swell caused by
the subsistence of a previous gale
gave o sinuous snake-like motion.
This latter story illustrates the
possibilities of optical deception
In the case Of most conscientious OBJ
servers. a creature closely resembling
the monstrous Tchthyosaurus Of antedf-
luyian times was seen in the Gulf Of
California by Captain George Hope, Of
Fl. NJ. s. Fly. The sea being perfectly
calm and of q glass like transparency he
beheld lying IN the bottom, d few
fathoms down, an enormous animal with
the head and general figure of an alliga.
tor, except that the neck was vastly
longer and, instead of legs, it had four
large fappers like a turtles. It appeared
to be pursuing some prey, and moved in
serpentine fashion, its body having ring
like divisions. An eminent z~oolooist has
referred to this as the most interesting
natural history fact of the present cen
fury.
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RECIPES.

Plymouth Pudding-one cup each of
chopped suet, molasses and sweet milk,
one t~easpoonful each of saleratus, salt
and different spices, n cup of seeded
r%aisins, and three cups of flour; steam
three hours. To be eaten with
Macaroni With Cheese-Prepare maca-
roni with cream sauce, and pour into a
buttered scalloped dish. Have half a
cup of grated cheese and half a cup of
bread or cracker crumbs mixed; sprinkle
over the macaroni, and place ir the oven
to brown. It will take about twenty
minutes.
Tomato Catsup-To n gallon Of
tomatoes, after being boiled and strained
through a celander, add three tablespoon
fuls salt, one tablespoonful each of cloves,
cinnamon, allspice and black pepper, one
small teaspoonful cayenne pepper, one
pint good vinegar. Boil to the proper
consistency and bottle while hot.
Lyonnaise Potatoes-Cut up q small
onion, and fry it in butter until a light
tan color. Add three boiled potatoes
sliced small. Shake the pan occasionally
to prevent burning, and when a good
brown color turn them out on a hot
dish, as you would an omelet. Strew
over them a little salt and chopped pars-
ley, and serve.
Chicken Pot Pie-Cut up a tender
chicken and stew until done. Season
with pepper, salt and q small piece of
butter and thicken the gravy with -four.
Make light biscuit dough, roll thin, cut
in little squares, and drop in the bot
tom. Let boil fifteen minutes, take up
the chicken, lay on a dish, and pour the
gravy and dumping over.
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GOOD WAYS TO USE COLD BISCUITS.

GOOD WAYS TO USE COLD BISCUITS.
l. Cut into slices about a half-inch
thick, put in the over and toast brown
on both sides, putt a dish and pour over
enough boiled sweet milk to nearly
cover them, let stand a few moments,
then take out of the milk and serve with
sauce. They make a really nice
dessert. Q. Break the biscuits into
crumbs, put in a saucepan, pour over
them enough warm water to soften them,
set the saucepan ON the fire until the
crumbs are thoroughly soaked, sweeten
to your taste, flavor with nutmeg or es-
sence of any kind preferred, add a little
salt. a small piece of butter and an egg,
beaten light; when the egg is done, take
up, put in dessert plates and serve with
sauce. A good way to use stale light
bread is to slice it, beat four eggs, little
salt and two tablespoonful of sugar to-
gether, dip the bread in this and fry in
hot fat. A good way to use cold rice
is to mix just enough warm water with
it TO separate every grain, add pepper
and salt to taste, break in a few eggs,
and fry in a little hot fat. Tomatoes are
very nice If boiling water is poured over
them, the skins removed, the tomatoes
sliced and placed in a saucepan, with a
little water and enough molasses or sugar
added to make them sweet, letting them
cook until the syrup gets quite thick
Boston Cult1Dator.
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49, AS
readily admits the possibility of such {
creatures existence. Although the ig.
norant are accustomed to pooh-pooh suct
a notion, as they do everything which
does not come within the grasp of theil
understanding, the mass of reliable test.
mony in the sea s~erpent's favor is recog.
nized by those who have studied the
subject as well-nigh incontrovertible.
That some prodigious monster Of actual
fact has by its occasional appearance af-
forded a basis Of truth for what is gen
orally supposed to be a myth has been
entirely demonstrated, and will be suf-
f~iciently shown in this article. It re-
mains to be determined whether other
monsters besides this, as big or bigger,
have a share in responsibility for the
stories.
It is rather extraordinary that the
monster when seen is always referred to
as the sea serpent, as if there could not
be more than one such animal In exist
ence. But surely if one exists there must
be others, else how would its kind be
perpetuated2 It is hardly to be supposed
that the sea serpent has q life of indef-
mite duration and that a single specimen
has been astonishing the world at inter-
walls for thousands OF years, for it must
be remembered that observations con
corning the beast have been made d mat
ter of written history for at least three
thousand years. One finds in Virgil's
ENID a description of the manner In
which two sea serpents came out of the
ocean at the behest of an angry goddess,
and gobbled up LAGOON and his two
sons, twining about them with Shiny and
hideous coils.
Two-thirds of the earth's surface is
covered with water, the far depths Of
which, miles and miles below the waves,
have never been approached BY the hu-
man explorer. Who can say what
frightful creatures, vast and formless
nightmares Of the deep, may Turk there.
in the darkness of an aqueous night
never illuminated by q suns raya No
one has any reason for asserting that the
enormous plesiosaurus of the oolithic
age, skeletons OF which are fouDd at this
day does not still survive in the unfath-
omed caves of ocean. This extraordin-
arg aquatic reptile, which resembled q gi-
gantic snake threaded through the body
of a turtle, having the head of a lizard,
the teeth of a crocodile, a neck thirty
feet long hike the body of a serpent, the
ribs of a chameleon and the paddles OF
a whale, would answer very well to the
usual description given of the great sea
serpent. II is very likely, however, that
the monster which has given cause for d
majority of such stories is one of unques-
toned existence at the present time, al
though up to q very recent period, sci
ence was not well acquainted with it,nor
was it known what mighty proportions
this ogre of the ocean attains.
With the giant squid, however, the
fishermen of the Indian Ocean have been
unpleasantly acquainted for many cen.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-09-27

The people o. Japan will hereafter have
their greatest political anniversary very
near our own Fourth Of July. On the
first Of July 5000, O0U Of them yotsd fol
the first time for members of d national
legislature. The results Of this new step in
political progress will be watched with
deepest interest IN this country. Jap
anese islands occupy geographically much
such . position on the Pacific as the Brit
tsh Isles dp in Europe. The strides that
their people have made ID civilization
mark them a the Saxon race Of Asia,
md perhaps IS great d future awaits them
y did the Anglo-saxon race, for ages
sunk in barbarisin long after civilization
of IFS kind had fourisheG aud decayed In
Egypt, In Rome and in Greece.
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in those south seas is compelled con-
stantly to indulge . rather exciting an
ticipation OF meeting one, and 9 certain
percentage OF loss OF life consequent
upon these encounteTsis q matter OF regu-
lar estimate In the business. for 3 hum
BILE foiler Of the sea, while engaged in
his peaceful employment, must be pre-
pared at anv time to see d INDUSTRIOUS
creature with goggling eye0
rise out Of the depths and fling across
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The Opelousas courier., 1890-09-27

The Atlanta Constitution thinks it re-
markable That New York, with all its
immigration, has increased only thirty
three per cent. in the past ten years.
Little Or no immigration comes South, !
It observes, ssand yet the cities of this
section are growing rapidly. The average
Increase Of twelve Southern cities in the
past ten years is 1872 per cent. There is
nothing in the North like it. In another
generation the complaint will be that the
South il too densely populated
The Opelousas courier., 1890-09-27

Owing to the fact that the lands of the
West are being rapidly taken up, . Denver
paper predicts the abdication of the cattle
king and the extinction Of the cowboy.
Of the latter is said: s'The cowboy, with
rafting spurs, his leather trousers, his
broad brimmed hat and his defiant swag-
ger, will soon join the stage-driver, the
hunter, the scout, the trapper and the
mountain explorer in the procession that
moves reluctantly to the quiet, pea ,eable
commonplace ways OF life.n
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sfafnmenf Of The dehfa

A statement Of the debt extinguish-
ment Of our country since the war never
ceases to be impressive. It reflects not
only the growth, but, exclaims the Bos-
con Adoertiser, the patriotism and pros
perity d our people as no other statisti-
cal exhibit does. The mere factIis start
ling that twenty-five years ago, less than
4 generation, the public debt wa
81, 756, 600, 600, entailing an annual in
terest charge Of 41s1, 600, 600, AID it is
now only 1921, 900, 900, and the interest
charge Is but a2s, 500. 600.
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PRESERVING ruRs FROM MOTHS.

AANN
The best method to preserve furs from
moths is, as is well known, frequent
beating and combing in the open air and
keeping them in a dry and cool room.
The Russian fur dealers make general use
of a preservative known as the Chinese
moth tincture. Its preparation is as fol-
lows: A handful of camphor and the
broken shells of Spanish pepper, or small
pounded coloquints, are put into strong
spirits. The whole is left standing for a
few days Id an oven, or in the heat of
the sun, until the camphor has dissolved,
after which the liquor should be strained.
The fur is sprinkled all over with this
liquor, then tied up well and put in new
shifting or strong linen. Fur, it is said,
can be kept in this way for years without
any moths.-New YORK. Journal.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-09-27

strated the fact that this is its favorite
method of feeding. Tnasmuch as it al
ways swims backward, making progress
by e1pelling water rearward irons big
siphon in its body, observers casually
viewing a giant squid at sea may have
most naturally imagined that the part 60
ing first was the head, the appearance Of
a tentacle appraised in the water, as ia the
picture, being mistaken for a tail. Such,
at all events, is a theory maintained with
great array of evidence apparently most
valuable. For the present, however, it
must remain a disputed question whether
this animal of fact is to take the place of
the sea~>serpent of ancient. and respected
tradition. Il is worth saying, by the
way, that the two great snakes which
attacked the LAGOON family may very
we'll have been the two great tentacles of
agiant squid, making allowances for er-
rors of tradition.
The tkraken,a which advocates Of the
giant squid theory likewise indemnity with
the same monster, was believed for cen.
turtles to inhabit the seas and flotds OF
Scandinavia, where it is now known that
seuids of the largest size dwell. There
seems, in truth, no good reason for
doubling that the two creatures, the ono
real and the other half mythical, are n e
The famous bishop and naturalist, Pom
toppidan, member Of tho Royal Academy
of Sciences at Copenhagen, wrote that
S,e kraken grew to BIO half a mile long
and was frequently mistaken while float
Ing asleep upon the surface of the sea
for an island; SO that people landed upon
it and were engulfed in a maelstrom by
its sinking. 1t will be remembered that
Sinbad the Sailor is said in the "Arabian
Nights to have had a like adventure.
The kraken was big enough to lay hold
of the largest man. of-war and pull IL
down to the bottom with its arms, which
it frequently raiscd up as high as the
masts of a ship out of the water. Pom
toppidan speaks Of the manner In which
the kraken was accustomed on occasions
to discolor the water about it, and his
description otherwise proves that 1t and
the giant squid were The same animal.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-09-27

The Illinois Central Railroad Company
invites purchases of stock in the road by
the men in its employ. Stock can be paid
for in instalments of SIS or over, interest
to be paid on the money advanced until
enough has accumulated to equal a fair
market price for a share, when this
certificate will be delivered.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-09-27
THE HELIGoLAND NATIONAL DANCE.

q HELTGoLAND NATIONAL DANCED
with a green stripe at the bottom, il
common. Men and women are fond Of
dancing, for which they assemble in the
popular ball room every Sunday evening
and other evenings of the week. The ma
tional dance, a picture of which is given
herewith, is called 'sslim Mein Moder-
KEN" 1t is performed by q couple with
intertwlned arms, clasping hands behind
each others backs, swinging from side
to side, while executing with the feet a
rapid polka-step, and has a very graceful
effect.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-09-27

The Detroit Free Press boasts that in
sase of war with a foreign nation this
government could raise FIVE men to ev-
ry n she had in the Civil War and that,
srobably, without resorting to Che draft.
ginanciers say that she could also raise
300 now easier than she could raise a
dollar In 1860.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-09-27

A&cording to the Buffalo Saturday
flaaags, the Chinese have one custom in
connection with medical men that we
night adoptmo advantageously. They
pay their doctors q small regular salary,
lad this salary stops as soon as sickness
occurs in the family and does not begin
lgain until the sickness stops.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-09-27
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
PULLED BREAD Is DELICIOUS.

Pulled bread is not served as often as
it should be. Get a twist loaf and rend
it apart in irregular pieces to the size OF
the plaits. Sprinkle with salt, pepper
and powdered sugar. Put into an oven,
which should not be too hot, and bake
until. the bread is died out to a faint
brown tint. Pulled bread can't be beat
with butter and cheese; indeed, the
pleasant crunching of it goes every time.
-New York Chatter.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-09-27
New York's Wonderful Siphon.

The great siphon in the new aqueduci
for the water supply of New York city is
considered a most wonderful piece oil
hydraulic engineering. It conveys tbs
metropolitan water supply across the
Harlem at a depth of 307 feet beneath
the river-bed. Certain advantages wer,
gained by this method over a stone o.
steel viaduct, which, it is believed, vii
counterbalance its greater cost. Not TIN
least of these is the immunity from dan
ger Of foreign attack.-Boston CuN5cGtoy
Ayrshire bulls are beng imported into
Sweden from England.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-09-27

The Washington Star the
remarkable fact that the population of
Gettysburg, Penn, BY the new census is
5,051, Just nineteen less than the num-
Der Of Union soldiers killed ID the battle
there,
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T0WE DRoPERTY ToR GALE
= OWN = ROPERTY It. OR 0ALE

A CENTRALLY 10 ated and desirable
business stand on Main street, Opelousas.
consisting Of building suitable for residences
md small store, bel Il the property naxbGD
ms postoflce. ThiS property will be sold
very cheap for cash, or hal. and balance
9, saFras g suit purchaser. Apply to Mra
Edmund g. DupEa
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OPELOUSAS
Female Institute
oPELoUsAs, ST. LANDRY PARISH, LA.

This Institutions undenominational, prac.
tical and progressive. Discipline firm and
based on sound pr nciples ennohling and de-
veloping character. Honor and self respect
promoted. Methods of training and culture
thorough. TIE curriculum prepares the
pupil for University or practical life. Ger.
tificates and Diplomas conf rred. buildings
solicited. For further particulars apply 70
MRS. NJ. Nj. HAYES, Principal.
Or REV. F. w. LEWIS: First Assistant.
Feb Atf
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NEW SHAVING SALOON

HAVING recently built and refurnished
" throughout, my Barber Shop, / am
cow prepared, with increased facilities. TO
serye the public In frst-class style Ia my
oew quarters between Brand and Moriarfv,s.
Shaving, Hair Cutting, S~hampooing, b..
lone In the highest style of the art. Give
enc q call. e a. BODEM ULLER.
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Tho progress made IN tho develop
nent Of tha trOtting horse i, ! il the est.
nation ofthe Washington star, tone u
he most wonderful evidences that mod
egn times gives Of the value Of brains
shar applied " the affairs d daily Life.
Fake up gour paper ang morning during
his season and you will reaa Of horses
aHaost, of quite unknown, making
marks far inside TIE twentias, and there
Sc dozens oi tEOtters ana PAGERS wao
aage touched she hfteaa mark, o.
known % be able ID 10 30 IL pushed
It vas only the other dap that We
FeW ap eur hats uhea W. heard thas
2ekteF hsa bFokea tha worlds trotting
scoFd y making 1 mile ID 2:IT4 i
tsle of ths sane sense applied to the dc:
fe|ppAaepE 81 the hisnaa race would III
Sag
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SEA MONSTERS.
GIGANTICHoRRoRS THATRoAM
THE DARK DEPTHS.
The Great Sea Serpent and What It
Really Is Giant squids and
Mighty Poulps That Often
Attack Man.

T THIS season Of the
year the sea serpent is
accustomed to turn up
at odd spots along The
Atlantic seaboard and
supply interesting sum
rner reading for the
newspapers. There is
nothing that people are
more eager to hear
about than this mystery
of the ocean--for one
reason. hecaplsa science
The Opelousas courier., 1890-09-27

An immense abattoir Is to be erected
at staunton, Va, in order to cheaply
slaughter the 50, 900 to 0 1000 cattle
furnished from that section of Virgins
every year, foE Northern districts.
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National Dance Of Heligoland.

The Heligolanders are civil, honest,
we'll behaved folk. The women do not
always wear their complete full. dress
attire, with the pretty embroidered cap
and head scarf, but the red petticoat,
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-08-07

Minneapolis has recently been
made a Preserve city," which will
cause very perceptible increase in
deposits. The banks of Minneapolis
sustain a high reputation among the
monetary centers of the country,
while their officers and directors are
all among the most trusted and
highly respected citizens.
A large business is conducted by
the Loan and Trust Companies.
None of these companies do a regu-
lar banking business, but all receive
deposits, issuing certificates bearing
interest after limited time specified.
Their principal business is, as then
name indicates, negotiating and
making loans, executing trusts and
maintaining safety deposit vaults
and safes. Several of these COM
panies occupy their own buildings
some of which are among the finest
in the city, one being the finest
office building in the Northwest,
costing 100000. The officers oil