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The Opelousas courier., 1890-05-03
SAFE AND SURE MONEY.

Any man with nerve and willing to invest from
$500 up can make a fortune safely and quickly. No
need to answer unless yeu mean business. Address
]. WARREH, 152 sth Ave, N City. Box IS.
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e7E TO $3.50 MONTH can be made working
y ! y for us. Persons preferred who can furnish
a horse and give their whole time to the business.
Spare moments may be proftably employed also.
A few vacanciesin towns and cities. B. +. JOHN.
BON s. CO., 1903 Main ST., Richmond, Va -
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TREES s. $ IS: ; :, s.; :; !: :;:':. s: !; 8 !; );
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Making Sure of Her Epitaph.

can interesting experience of mine,"
said a dealer in monuments to a New
York Tribune reporter, ''was connected
with q well-to-do elderly woman from
Pennsylvania, who engaged me to put
up family monument containing an ex-
traordinary number of Inscriptions.
There we're in all 27OO or $500 words to
be inscribed. They filled two pages in
the book I keep for that purpose, written
in fine hand. On reading it oyer l was
greatly impressed by the extraordinary
tributes paid to one member of the
family-her wonderful virtues, her great
liberality, her jealous missionary labors,
the good she had done in a thousand
ways; aud little puzzled, too, to know
to which one of the family all this re-
ferred. 1t turned out that it was the
old lady herself, who evidently wanted
to make sure in advance of her epitaph.
Well, did the job all right; and what
do you think2 That woman, after all the
account of her virtues and goodness,
actually tried to beat me out of my bill.
There is law in Pennsylvania that in
case of this kind, after q monument has
been erected, there can be no legal claim
made for payment. 1t is queer law, and
very unjust one, but she tried to take
advantage of it. I had to threaten her
with arrest before she would pay. Of
course she had the advantage Of me. I
couldn't have had her arrested, but 1
threatened and that brought her around:
No, we don't have many bad bills in this
business. Such debts people usually ex-
pect to pay, and they do so with reason
able prompsness. My firm did business
of between $40, 900 and $50, last
year, and only lost SIS. That was not
because we couldn't collect it, but be.
cause the employe who did collect it ran
away with the money"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-12-03
A ROTTEN BRIDGE.
A Train Makes an Awful Plunge,
Killing Ten Men.

A rotten bridge at the mouth OF the Kaw
River. Kansas City, Mo-, brought swift de-
struction to freight train on the Kansaa
City, Wyandotte and Northwestern road at
twsnty-thrse minutes past six o'clock on 9
recent morning, and caused the, death and
serious injury Of many men.
Ths killed are: Fred. Allen, Fred. Bell,
Edward Burke, David Brown, Henry Cole
man, VIII. Crawford, Ralph Fay, Ellis
Moore, Frank Wall, Henry Williams.
Six other passengers were desperately in-
jured. ..'+ sl. l..
ing house whistles wers blowing for the be-
ginning Of the days work and many Of the
employees of those institutions took advantage
of the passing train to get q free ride across
the river to their place Of work.
The cars passed the first span andwere
inst entering the second when there was an
awful crash which was heard for mile, and
instantly fire sprang from the submerged
train and attracted people by the hundreds
to the aid Of the unfortunates.
The engine, tender and five freight cars
went to the bottom, and then came tne
caboose, which stood upon the whole wreck,
and from the stove, which was overturned,
the fire started which soon destroyed all tnas
appeared above the water. :.
Engineer Patch and Fireman Allen jumped
for their lives together as the train went
down, and as the engineer rose he felt the
grasp Of his companion on his legs holding
him back. Allen had been pinned down by
the wreckage and his awful struggle Tor LIE
came near sacrificing his friend:
By desperate efforts Patch succeeded In
kicking himself loose and came to the sur.
face terribly injured, but alive. The rest OF
the train crew were saved, but many OF the
luckless passengers who were stealing ride
across the river went down.
Henry williams, q colorsd boy who was
an employe In the Armour packing house.
was caught by the wreck and held Just
under the water, his face not being more
than two inches from the surface, and In
this position he drowned in sight or those
who were powerless to aid.
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CRADLE SONG.

o lullaby, my baby. The bee has gone to
sleep;
The dew is on the clover and peace is on the
deep,
While mother sings above thee little slum-
ber song,
And prays beneath her singing, God save
my babe from wrong.
o Sleep my baby, sleep.
o lullaby, my baby. The stars shine over
head
To light the way of angels who come about
thy bed
To keep their watch above thee until the
morning breaks,
And from the dreams they brought him my
little darling wakes.
o sleep, my baby, sleep.
o Olullaby, my baby; take thou this good
night kiss,
And may it tell thee darling, what love a
mothers is.
Take thou this kiss to dream of the while I
breathe prayer
That God Who gave shall have thee forever
in His care.
o sleep, my baby, sleep.
Eden E. Renford, in Youths Companion.
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A Fine Piece Of Writing.

It is favorite amusement Of expert
penmen to write a great number Of words
on a postal card or small piece of pa.
per, and some wonderful feats ore rec
corded in this line.
Other penmen have exhibited their
skill by making curious designs in ink,
and one of the most curious is now shown
in New York. It was the work of q
one-eyed man named David Davidson,
who died twenty years ago.
On piece of parchment-like paper,
five feet wide and six feet five inches
high, are written all the books of the Old
Testament, forming the design of win
dow in King Solomon's temple. No lines
are used. Written words form the whole
design. The writing is very minute, but
legible to the naked eye. Ink of three
colors was used, but principally black
ink. 1t is very intricate piece of work,
marvellous in its way, and must have
taken considerable time and patience.
Each chapter and verse is numbered.
The writing is not running script, but
each letter is separate; nor are the letters
much, if any larger than thirty-second
of an inch high.-New York Dispatch.
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Racing Carrier Pigeons.

The Belgians and the Dutch have taken
great pains to perfect the breed of carrier
pigeons. Great matches arc instituted,
in which as many as 100 birds compete.
Favorite racing courses for these matches
are between Paris aud Antwerp, dis
tance of 1870 miles, and from London to
Liege, distance of 300 miles. In
great match in 1925 between Paris and
Antwerp, ninety carriers were flown by
the Belgian Society of Amateurs, and the
winner accomplished the distance in four
hours and half, the average rate of
flight being forty miles an hour. A good
carrier is expected to travel at rate ex-
ceeding fifty miles an hour, and it is said
that strong bird can accomplish flight
of 600 miles IN twelve hours.
TIt. Bits.
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"What is it. oficer'" he queried, un-

"What is it. oficer9" he queried, un-
winding the handkerchief.
"a case of larceny from the pusson,
sor."
care you the complainant"
"Oi am, sor."
"Then you were present at the COM
mission of this offcnce2"
"No, yer ahnor, no more thin yerself.
How cud 1 be2 Twas on the Elevated
train, yer ahnor, above me bate. Shure,
I'm no thrack- walker"
"Silence, sir! Where is the person
from whom the property was taken"
"Oh, shure, long, lane famale in
black, for all the wurruld like the Witch
of Endy, was following us but mon ent
scnce. Twas she it was from he TUX
it,"
81 must discharge this man. There is
no evidence on which to hold him."
"Phat, yer ahnor! Whin he sazed her
BY the two wrists and wrastled it from
her like the thavin' blaggard that he ia,
shure!"
"Did you see him do it,"
Cav coorse not, yer ahnor; I was not
there"
"Young man," said the magistrate,
turning to the stricken Arthur, 'what
have you got to say for yourself2"
eff you please, sir, if you please" he
faltered. with trembling lips, 81 want to
go home. Do let me. I know nothing
about anything. I was sitting quietly
in my seat on the train when crazy
woman yelled at me, and then they all
rushed for me, and some one pulled
purse from my pocket, and then this off,
Ger threw me about the street as If were
q sponge on string. Look at my new
clothes, sirl And I'm sore all over"
"'Tis a 10y, sor. He was tryin' to
escape. I maxi the charge agin' him,
sor."
"Let me see that purse"
Policeman x handed this corpus delich
to the magistrate. He opened it.
"Why, there's nothing in it!' he ex-
claimed, il disappointed tones.
But holdl In the innermost COM
partment he found roll of paper. He
unfolded it, and read aloud as follows:
ITO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: This young
man is not a thief, he's hog. He did not
take the purse, he took seat and kept it:
He was thus guilty Of rudeness and lack OF
consideration toward frail womankind. l
have punished him for it as 1 shall punish
others. Hereafter I trust that this e1pe-
rience will teach him that to true man every
woman Is lady, and entitled to his chivalrlc
service. Place aux danes!
"(Signed) TIE AvENGER OF HER SEX"
"You are discharged, sir" said the
magistrate to Arthur. "But let this be
warning to YOU" And his feet re-
sumed their extra judicial position upon
the desk.
From that day Arthur Chumpney was
changed man. He was scrupulously
polite to wan women with babies and
shawls; he was obsequious to females of
gaunt visage and long hands. He seldom
rides on elevated trains. When he does,
like travelled trunk, he uses strap. As
he says himself, standing is good enough
for him every time.-Frank Leslie's.
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BLOWN INTO ETERNITY.
Three Men Killed and Four Injured
by Exploding Dynamite.

Three human lives went out Of existence in
moment at Lima, Ohio, and four were Sc
verely injured, by an explosion Of twenty.
Eve pounds Of dynamite and the same amount
of giant powder. The terrible fatality oc-
Cured at Clusters stone quarry, in the south
west part Of the town, about 8 o'clock in the
morning.
The explosive was stored in small shed
on the ledge above the quarry and two men
were within thawing out dynamite cart
ridges A third was approaching the shed
when the explosion occurred and the
three we're blown hundred feet
into the air, falling headless and
limbless $50 feet from the scene. The air
and trees were filled with flying debris and
only big hole marks where the shanty
stood. Several of the mon and some horses
working in the pit were struck by the falling
debris and badly injured. The killed are:
George Fisher, married; leaves a widow
and four children, living six miles east of
town.
Henry Weiskopf, married; leaves widow
and two children, living at the same place.
Charles Burkett, single; his hon, Is in
Honduras, Ind.
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A SHIP CAPSIzED.
Men and Animals Drowned or tho
Dalmatian Coast.

A ship having on board party Of labor
ers and large number Of animals en- route
for the Island Of Brazza, where they were to
be employed in the olive harvests, were cap
sized off the Dalmatian coast by a sudden.
heavy gust of wind. :,
Ali on board were thrown into the sea, and
the capsized vessel was surrounded by a strug-
Cling mass Of men and animals. A number
of boats put out from the shore and succeeded
in rescuing thirteen human beings and thirty
four animals. Thirty-eight persons and LOO
animals persisted.
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LAST year Philadelphia built 11.964
houses averaging in cost S2,172 each.
In the same time New York built 6.722
houses, the average cost of which was
S11, ,293 each; Chicago, 4, ,931, averaging
s5,Os3; Brooklyn, 4,5O0, averaging s5,-
7O6; Boston, 4,431, averaging 1882;
Minneapolis, 1855, averaging s2,OO6;
Washington, 4,O4S, averaging 81, ,523;
Denver, 2,74l, averaging $s,s42;
Omaha, 2,49S, ayera ging $1,0S3,
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Although the following IS from one
Of Sam Jones recent sermons the New
York Tribune almost feels that we
ought to apologize for quoting it.:
ssome ladies think they must keep
q little whisky to make campfire.
etc., but what are you going to do
when you wake up in hell fire, old gal :?
I tell you, dudes and dudines, if you
come fooling about me I'll spit on you
and drown you, you are so Insignificant.
We don't bury dudes. They haven't
got smell enough after they are dead
10 annoy any one, and we just hang
them on limb"
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IT is estimated that the potato crop OF
Prince Edward Island will this year aggre-
gate 10000, 600 bushels. Potatoes are now
selling there at eighteen cents Per bushel
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accounts of terrific struggle which they
had witnessed between burly ruftian
and one of our city's defenders.
+ The grim and gaunt female stalk ID
behind this tableau of justice for several
blocks; then she slackened her pace, and
finally she stopped short. But her de-
sertion was unnoticed. She watched the
pair as they struggled forward into the
distance. A sardonic smile revealed the
arti6ciality of her teeth as she did so.
GA good mornings work!" she ex-
claimed. ~ must go and report pro-
gress."
She hailed convenient cab. She
gave instructions, in which possibly the
word "Sorosis" might have been dis
tinguished. She was rapidly driven
away.
Arthur and his exultant captor, un-
suspicious that this idea ex machine"
had thus eloped, reached the court
house. A roundsman stood upon the
stoop.
"What hev ye there, 1like2" he
familiarly asked the officer.
ga snake teef. Wan of the wust of
EN-. I've been on to him this twelve
mont"
''He looks it," was the consoling COM
ment.
They went before the committing
magistrate. He was q red-faoed, squatty
man, seated behind a yellow-grained
desk, and enveloped as to the neck with
| a smudgy handkerchief. Upon the desk,
| beside his feet, were an ink-stand and
sticky book.
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ing: Ny son Is in your cities; we have not
heard from him for some time; we fear some.
thing is wrong; hunt him up and say good
word to him his mother is almost crazy about
him; he is child Of many prayers. But how
can I hunt him up unless he be in this audi
ence? Where are you, my boy? On the main
floor or on this platform, or in these boxes.
or in these great galleries? Where are youi
Lift your right hand. I have message from
home. Your father is anxious about you;
your mother is prayiug for you. Your Goo
is calling for you. Or will you wait until Ell
falls back lifeless and the heart against which
YOU lay in infancy ceases to beat? What
story to tell in eternity that you killed herl
My God! Avert that catastrophe!
but 1 turn from this Shiloh of Ellis sud-
den decease under bad news from his boys
and find close by what is called the meadow
of the Feast" While this ancient city was
in the height Of its prosperity on this 'Mea-
dow of the Feast" there was an annual ball,
cymbals and blare Of trunfpets danced in
glee, upon which thousands Of spectators
gazed. But no dance since the world stood ever
broke up in such strange way as the one the
Bible describes. One night while by the
light of the lamps and torches these gayieties
went on, two hundred enjamites who had
been hidden behind the rocks and among the
trees, dashed upon the scene. They came
not to injure or destroy, but wishing to set
up household Of their own, the women Of
their own land having been slain in battle,
by preconcerted arrangement each one of the
tYo hundred Benjamites seized the one
whom he chose for the queen Of his homo
and carried her away to large estate and
beautiful residence. for, these two hundred
njamites had inherited the wealth OF
nation.
As to-day near Shiloh we look at the
meadow Of the Feast" where the maidens
danced that night, and at the mountain
gorge up which the Benjamites carried their
brides, we bethink ourselves Of the better
land and the better times in which we live,
when such scenes are an impossibility, and
amid orderly groups and with prayer and
benediction, and breath Of orange blossoms,
and the roll Of the wedding march, marriage
is solemnized and with oath recorded in
heaven, two immortals start arm In arm on
q journey to last until death do them part.
Upon every such marriage altar may there
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there is plenty of water all around and
abundance of springs and fountains and seem:
ingly no need of that reservoir? Why did
Jacob go to the vast expense Of boring and
digging well perhaps two hundred feet deep
es first completed when, by going little
way off, he could have water from other
fountains at little or no expense? Ah, Jacob
was wise. He wanted his own well. Quarrels
and wars might arise with other tribes and
the supply of water might be cut OF, SO the
shoYels and picka1es and boring Instruments
were ordered, and the we'll OF nearly four
thousand years ago was sunk through the
solid rock.
When Jacob thus wisely insisted on having
his own well he taught us not to be unneces-
sarily dependent on others. Independence
Of business character, independence Of moral
character, Independence of religious char
acter. Have your own we'll Of grace, your
own well Of courage, your own well of divine
supply. II you are an invalid You have
right to be dependent on Others. But If God
has given you good health. common sense
and two eyes and two ears and two hands
and two feet, He equipped you for independ-
ence of all the universe except Himself. If
He had meant you to be dependent on others
you would have been built with a cord
around your waist to tie fast to somebody
else. No; you are built with common sense
to fashion your own opinions, with eyes to
find your own way, with ears to select your
own music. with hands to fight your own
battles. There is only one being in the uni
verse whose advice you need and that is God.
Have your own we'll and the Lord will fill It.
Dig it If need be through two hundred feet
of solid rock. Dig it with your pen, or dig
itwith your yard stick, or dig it with your
shovel, or dig it with your Bible
In my small way I never accomplished
anything for God or the church, or the world,
or my family, or myself, except in contradic.
tion to human advice and in obedience to
divine counsel. God knows everything, and
what is the use of going for advice to human
beings who know so little that no one but the
all seeing God can realize how little it Is? I
sunnnsa that when .ianoh haqan tn di9 thia
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-06-11
For THE FLORAL DEPARTMENT.
/ Gourds,.

While reading the article of Mrs. Mills,
on the Bryanapsis, in the Floral Depart
ment, did it's readers, like myself, reflect
how much the culture of that class of
wines is neglected? .~...
The Luffa, or dish rag gourd is one
of the most. useful of the species. It's
shade producing qualities unsurpassed.
A few seeds planted near the home of
new corners would be boon through our
long summer.
I wish all lovers of vines could see some
that were planted in box of rich earth,
in the back yard of an inn, by some
childrenin Orlando. They climbed to the
top of the tall building draping the second
story windows in frame of the richest
orange and gold.
The flowers seemed to press themselves
against the window panes like the cheer
full faces of children making the heart
glad, bidding the gazer be of good cheer
To the little ones whose care had
brought them to such perfection they
were a "thing of beauty, and a Joy for
ever.''
They had set good example to others
without knowing it, and were happy:
MRS. JENNIE S. PERKINS.
Crown Point, Fla
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Union says: "That but one Floridian
has made much OF success shipping cut
roses north, which formerly brought $5
per hundred. Latterly, but $3 per
hundred. Marchal Nei not much in
demand on account OF their short stems"
quote from memory. There is a marked
difference between SO to $5 per hundred,
and $75 and 500 per hundred. The
former figures are nearer the facts. |
would not discourage the cultivation of
roses to the fullest extent. They brigh-
ten the home and no lover of flowers is
wholly bad, but fear Miss Downing is a
little visionary, and that her "Golconda"
would hardly pan out equal to her rep
reservations. Let every woman have
her rose bush and several of them. They
will pay. Interest the children in grow
ing them. But before anticipating
golden returns, first get quotations in New
York and Chicago markets from dealers.
GEO w. HASTINGS
Interlachen, Fla.
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uary issue, giving the quotations at
about the time of the holidays, when
prices rule high.
NEW YORK.
Asparagus cents string. Adiantum-
250D30 cents bunch.
Carnations 5O@$4 25 hund. Camellias-$4
hund
Heliotrope-2O@ cents hund Ivy leaves-$1
hund.
Lily of the Valey-70p1O cents spray. Lilium
Harrisii-$4 doz.
Mgnonette-75 cents doz Narcissus, White
$1O@$15 hund
Orchids-$3@$9 doz.
Roses-Hgh and quality inferior Bon Silene,
Papa Gontier and Cusin, $25 humid; Perles. $l5
humid; Mermets, $25@$3O humid: American Beau
ty, $1.50 each.
Smilax-25@35 cents string Violets-$2@$5
hund.
Owing to the mild weather prices of flowers
have ruled low. but now extra demand has caused
big Jump in quotations. especially for roses.
ViOlets have been in great demand. and the sup
ply has been somewhat limited Dealers look for
a good Christmas trade.
Roses-$6@$3O humid; $10D$6 doz.
Carnations-$15O@$4 hund., so cents@$1 doz
Adiantums $3.50 hund. Smilax $11@$15
hund.
Lily of the Valey-$6 hund., $2 doz.
Violets-75 cents@$3 humid, SO cents@$1 so
bunch, retail
BOuvardia-$1.5 so humid, so cents doz
Chrysanthemums-
Roman Hyacinths-$4 humid, 81 dozen.
Lum Harrisii-$15@t2O hund SIS dozen.
Prices will go even higher should the weather
become colder.
Nowhere do we find quotations on our
PalmettOes and Palms. Sage Palms
leaves are quoted at $1.25 each, but no
one acquainted with the phenominally
slow growth of that plant will ever ex-
pect big dividends from working that
particular vein of the 'sGolconda." There
is hardly a more airy, graceful or popu-
larfern than the Maiden Hair (Adiantum)
but 81 to $I50per hundred fronds seems
hardly fabulous price, to us, particu-
larly if they were to be gathered from
our swamps during the ''red bug" season.
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Rose Colored.
Editor Floral Department:

Editor Floral Department.:
Are not the surprising facts and figures
of Miss Downing in the AGRICULTURIsT,
of April 80, somewhat misleading, at
least rose colored? She says: ''ln New
York City to day cut roses are bringing
ST. q piece or from 80 to $12 per dozen,"
etc. What are the solid facts, as to the
remuneration of growing roses for
market? An article in a recent Times