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The Opelousas courier., 1890-02-22
A Family of Centenarians.

At Wloolawek, in Poland, a man
named Pawlikowski has just died at the
age of lis. He fought through Koscl-
usko's wars and through Napoleon rs
Russian campaign. He was working in
the fields up to last year. His father is
said to have lived to the age of 1876, and
one of his brothers died at 116. He
leaves three sisters aged 1o2, SO, and 50,
respectively.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-02-22

The mother looked down into the face Of
her dying child and said: "My dear, ! think
chat must be heaven that you see." wen,
them she said, father, yed come, and WIN
aims into that beautiful land beyond the high
mountains.0 mo" said the weeping father E
my darling, 1 can't go with you" We'll"
she said, clapping her hands. never mind
never mind; l see yonder a shining one COM
ing. He is coming now in His strong arms
to carry me over the mountains to the oea1-
tiful 1and-over the mountains, over the nign
m~ouutsinsp2
The Opelousas courier., 1890-02-22
Progress.

It's very important in this age OF vast mate
rial progress that a remedy be pleasing to the
taste and to the eye, easily taken, acceptable
to the stomach and healthy in its nature and
effects. Possessing these qualities, Syrup Of
Figs is the one perfect laxative and most gen.
tie diuretic known.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-02-22

Genius and insanity are sometimes
combined in the same person or IN close
II connected members Of the same
family; but it is not easy to trace the
connection between those mental con-
ditions aud the sinful Or criminal acts
.that arc apt 10 De committed BY persons
81 organized.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-02-22

The " ,ther's Friend used a te" "eeR
l.afora confinement. lessons the pam an
makes lahpr quick aud comparative! easy
Sold hN Ill Druggist
The Opelousas courier., 1890-02-22
Experts at picking locks-wig maksrs'
When the summers rose has faded
What shall make it fair again
When the face with pain is shaded
What shall drive away the pain1


When the face with pain is shaded
What shall drive away the painp
Never shall a blossom brighten
After bligbted bv the frost,
But the load of pain may tighten.
And we need not count as lost
all The pleasure of life Whsn the wife ane
mother, upon whom the happiness OF
home 50 larg. ly depends, is afflicted with the
delicate diseases peculiar to women. it is
terrible to contemplate the misery existing
in our midst because of the p e%valance OF
these diseases 1t is high time that all wo-
men should know that there is enc sure rem
eay for all female complaints, end that is DIR.
Plerce:s Favorite Prescription. Do not ALLOW
Ilhealth to fasten itself upon you. Ward it
off by the use OF this standard remedy. But
if it has already .crept in, put it to rout. You
can do it by this use of the '.Fayorite Pres
cription.n it is guaranteed to give satisiac-
ton in every case or money paid for it Will De
returned.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-02-22

Mild. equah'2 climate, certain and abnn,
dant cro5, Best frat, grain. grass and
an ccrntrv in the world. Full informa-
fi"o free, address, Oregon Immigration
BOARD. Portland, Ore.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-02-22

Four men recently killed 1000 geese on
Norman Island, CAL, when their ammunl-
ton gave out.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-02-22

'Ii.e authtr ~ corr o'*en buc' e' ~
s!n,i.9 t#i Dot ba};aYc III citing we'll et'0"eD
alone.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-02-22

Tn. tocer'a mott, is Give for today"
Init ne e.GnlQvs tao d.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-02-22

o,,,p., aed hc,t-"Tan~iU'a Punch" Cigar
If afflicted with sore eyes use DR.. ThomRo
.n,s Eve water. Druggists sell at 23cp per Do''A0
The Opelousas courier., 1890-02-22

The Ottomacs of South America eat one
pound of clay c"cry day.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-02-22
o.esan, ,rhr Paradise OF Farmers.

man likoato haye goU1 ~neighbors
Ia r.l-t lnra hEs nnighb0r as himself.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-02-22

For b~iliousness, sick headache, indigestion,
and constipation, take pr. Plerces Pellets.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-02-22

., $50 rbv Dr.. TRAsK's Magnetic Ointment.
PILES Known over 50 years. Druggists Keep ~,
ar.n@m or will mail you a bottle Tor % cents
Fst9HEH u pENSOM, SON & CO, Buffalo, NY
The Opelousas courier., 1890-02-22
S n Us

xrANTED-COrNTY AGENTS-Commlssion 5O
w percent. :, II. SMITH, Frankfort NY
The Opelousas courier., 1890-02-22
TALMAGE'S TRIP.
nkyEOOKLHN DlylNE's SUNDAY
NJ MON

Tiki: "Glory to Godin the highest, and
on earth peace, good will totCGrd men,
Luke H., IA.
The Globe-republican., 1890-01-01
Country of the Upper Nile.

For the first five or six hundred miles
of its course, from the Victoria Nyanza
to point somewhere north of Lado,
the Nile is known to the Arabs as the
Bahr-el-Gebel, the river of the noun
tains. This is the most beautiful part
of the river. The country is diversified
with mountains and forests; green hill
sides and bright brooks. For stretches
of many miles the river is broad and
slow. In other parts are wooded islands
and foaming rapids. About half way
between the Victoria Nyanza and Lado
the Nile flows through the northern end
of the Albert Nyanza. About twenty
i've miles above the Albert Lake are
the Murchison Falls. Below the lake,
for moro than one hundred miles, the
stream is broad and placid, traversing .
comparatively level country, and always
navigable for vessels drawing four or
1ive teet. In this part Of it, course,
about forty miles below tho Albert
Lake. Il passes Wadelai, tho present
head4nextogeef ~ Hntnss spvoFnnooo
s. -
The Globe-republican., 1890-01-01
The Gift Of Cheerfulness.

Good and healthy girls are almost
always cheerful. No novelist would
consider his youthful heroine complete
if ringing laugh" were omitted from
the list of her charms; and in real life
the girls who do not laugh now and
then are seldom trusted or liked by
their companions. Even beauty will
not save them. A belle who fails to I'M
derstand the jest of her admirers and
smiles in amiable bewilderment while
other people are laughing is soon left
with no consolation save to wonder
what any body can see in her rival-s
girl with .'tip-tilted" nose, perhaps and
a largo mouth and freckles, but the
happy possessor Of pair Of merry eyes
and = cheerful mind. The gift Of gayety
Is indeed of great value; but it must b
s.vety which originates in . kind and
cherry heart, not that which = born q
mere excitemsnt g exetinea yanitys-~
The Globe-republican., 1890-01-01
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

Cord order and neatness combined
will make the plainest feast acceptable
and appetizing.
Don't trifle with patent medicines.
II you are sick enough to need any
medicine at all, beyond the simple
household remedies familiar to YOU all.
you are sick enough to need the attend
ance of physician.
"A sponge-bag is indispensable when
travelling. and may be very pretty when
made of butchers linen, embroidered in
raw silk or linen floss, and gathered on
draw-strings of white braid. 1t should
be lined with rubber sheeting or oiled
silk.
Always treat common cold with
great respect. Ninety-nine times out of
hundred it will get we'll anyway; but
the hundredth cold, if neglected, may
lead to bronchitis, pneumonia or con-
sumption. 1t is best to take no such
chances.
Muslin rags soaked in aromatic vim
egar, and suspended near the door. so as
to be agitated by the draught, will pre-
vent unpleasant smells and purify the
air. Rags dipped in chloride of lime
and suspended across the room on a cord
are disinfectant in cases of fever.
I'm tying small parcels, the pack
thread or Irvine is apt to slip back again
after being drawn closely around it rem
dering necessary close pressure of the
finger on the forming knot. This slipping
back is easily prevented by slightly
moistening the Irvine where the two parts
come together, and those who tie many
packages will save much time and labor
by using this remedy.
No medicine is so beneficial to the sick
as fresh air. 1t is the most reviving of
all cordials if administered with pru-
dence. Doors and windows should not
be thrown open suddenly or at random.
Fresh air should be let into the room
gradually, and, if possible, by opening
the windows of an adjoining apartment.
If the windows of the patients room
can not be opened, good plan is to swing
the door quickly backwards and for
wards.
Rooms that are much frequented, or
school rooms, often contain much car
bonic acid and corresponding impurities,
causing headache to those who remain
long in them. The impurity may be as
certained with lime water. Fill a pint
or quart bottle with water, and empty it
anywhere in the room the air of which
is to be examined. The bottle then be-
comes filled with that air. Then put
into it small spoonful of lime water,
and shake it. If the lime water re-
mains clear or colorless, the air is good
enough to breathe. If, on the contrary,
it becomes milky, the air is impure, and
is unfit to breathe, the room requiring
airing or ventilating.
The Globe-republican., 1890-01-01
Half q Dozen Ho usehold Helps.

To remove sewing machine oil, wet
the spots with turpentine and wash out
with cold water and toilet soap.
One teaspoonful of ammonia to tea
cupful of water applied with rag will
clean silver and gold jewelry.
Plaster of Paris is an excellent mate
rial for sealing catsup and fruit bottles
or jars, and is more easily applied than
sealing-wax.
Strong muriatic acid applied with
cloth and the spot washed thoroughly
with water, is recommended to remove
ink-stains from boards.
One ounce each of cloves, cedar and
rhubarb pulverized together, mako .
good perfume for closets and drawers.
and helps to prevent moths.
Make starch with soapy water and \you
VIM find II pleasure to do up your
staxched esedA It prevents the iSoa
z = ~ III 81 nales eaeesI -
The Globe-republican., 1890-01-01
OUT OF THE WAY.

Jamie's feet are restless and rough,
jamie fingers cause disarray,
Jamie can never make noise enough,
Jamie is told to get out Of the way.
Out of the way Of beautiful things,
Out OF the way with his games and toys.
Gu: OF the way with his sticks and strings
Out On the street, with the other boysl
Easy 10 Slip from home restraint
Out of the mother-care, into the throng,
Out OF the Way Of fret and complaint,
Out in the fun-borne swiftly along!
Out of the way OF truth and right,
Out with the bold, the reckless, the gay,
Out Of purity into the night
Mother, your boy is out OF the way!
Out into darkness, crime and woe!-
Mother, why do you weep to-day!
Weep that Jamie has sunk SO low,
You who sent him out Of your wayi
Pray you, mother. to be forgiven!
And for your boy. too. pray. oh, pray!
For he is out OF the way to Heaven
Yes, he is surely out Of the way!
Emma C. Dowd, in Youths Companion.
The Globe-republican., 1890-01-01
THE ELDEST CHILD.
Experiments in Diet and Discipline Trieu
Upon the First Born.

Experiments in Diet and Discipline Tried
Upon the First Born.
The oldest child in most families is to
be pitied. 1t is the object of all the hy-
genie, educational and governmental
experiments of its young parents. who,
by the time the fifth or sixth has ar
rived, will be willing to let nature have
her perfect work. They will learn to
comprehend that the laws which apply
to the young of the lower orders hold
good with the young of the human spe-
cies. The first child is bathed to pieces
and dressed to death. Every smudge
upon its little hands or face brings the
mother or nurse upon the scene with
the omnipresentsponge and soap. Every
speck upon the immaculate white frock
necessitates change. A mother of
nine children said once: "Iused to dress
my first child as many as ten times a
day." Think of the torture of taking
the tender, nervous little body out Of
and putting it into ten different dresses
in the course of one short day! Then it
is made repository for painful varie-
ty and quantity of fOod-in these degen-
crate days when the average infant is
drought up by hand" Cows milk.
goats milk, condensed milk, and count
less foods and extracts are tried in sue
cession until it is a miracle that the
child's digestion is not permanently i'm
paired.
Those that come after it have the
benefit of its painful and trying expert
ence.
When it grows older the experiments
in education and discipline begin. If
the parents are fresh from college and
have advanced ideas on education the
child is set to learning its letters as
soon as it can walk. The kindergarten
receives it at very early period; if the
mind is quick it is dangerously slim
ulated; if it is slow, nature. who knows
best always and takes her time, is hur-
ried by every available means. The
ideas in regard to discipline are carried
into effect as to hours, amusements and
work. Impossible things are required
until after long time it is discovered
that they are not possible. The mis-
cries VI Iuc urSU DOTH 40 uOC emu mere.
He becomes responsible not only for his
own sins of omission and COM
mission, but for all the trans
gressions of the younger ones. He
hears continually, ''my son, don't you
know you should not do that? You are
not only doing wrong yourself but are
setting a bad example for your little
brothers and sisters" half the mischief
they get into. Half the naughty habits
they form, are attributed to the bad ex-
ample of the eldest. The child, if he is
sensitive goes about burdened with more
responsibility than he should bear.
There may be no help for the expert
ments that grow out of diet and cloth
ing, since what is best can only be ascer-
tanned, by experimenting, but it is an
objectionable thing for a parent to make
any one child the scapegoat of the
family. Many an eldest child can look
back upon some very keen suffering that
this injustice occasioned. Chicago
Tnfor Ocoan
The Globe-republican., 1890-01-01
EXCESSIVELY POLITE.
Illustrations of Phenomenal Courtesy and
FulsOme FlatterY.

Illustrations Of Phenomenal Courtesy and
FulsOme Flattery.
1t is possible that there is such thing
as being too polite; at least, one may
err in the direction of too ObsequiOus
courtesy. 1t is said that royal per-
sOnage once asked courtier what time
it was, and the man replied, with a low
reverence, and with bated breath:
whatever time your Majesty pleases."
Doubtless the King would have been
better pleased with less fiattering and
more definite answer.
There is a tradition in a certain house
that one of its guests was so polite that
none of her preferences could be ascer-
tanned, and the following incident is
always quoted in illustration of her phe-
nomenal courtesy.
Now, Kitty" said her hostess, one
morning, 1--WE can either row or drive
this morning; which would you PREFER"
THANK you, that will be charming"
was the non-committal reply, and, as
her hostess afterward declared, wild
horses could not have drawn from her
a further avOwal."
OuCu CAREFUL COuIIcSy 10 OAeCh CASCCN-
ingly amusing, and when used by an
Irishman, one can fancy that it would
be provocative of smiles. An Irish
sailor once called the captain of his
vessel from a coffee-house with the fiat
tering statement:
can't PLACE yer Honor, the tides is
waiting for yeH'
Surely the captain might have thought
himself more thar the equal OF King
Canute, who found by actual expert
ment, that he was unequal to controlling
the sea.
Perhaps the advice of certain dear
old lady applies to etiquette. as well as
to other affairs of life. Speak tho
truth always" she was wont to say,
.'but speak it gently."-Youth's Com
naniOn
The Globe-republican., 1890-01-01
HOPE FOR BALD.HEADS.
Indiana Science Too Much for the Bacillus
CrinovOrax Humanus.

Indiana Science Too Much for the Bacillus
Crinovorax Humanus.
Baldheaded men, who have had to
suffer the sings and arrow of outrageous
fortune in the shape of the gibes of
those who sit behind them at the opera
and catch the glory of the ballet reflect
ed from their shining nobs, will be
pleased to learn that an Indiana chemist
has paved the way for their deliverance.
individual who speaks of chestnuts or
murmurs ''Rats!' without further ap-
plying his ear to wisdom and his heart
to understanding may have occasion to
regret his hasty Judgment.
1t seems some German scientist, find
ing his forehead reaching farther back
than was strictly demanded by the laws
of beauty, began to investigate the sub
ject closely and found that the damage
was caused by microbe, which, for the
sake of brevity and to distinguish it
from other parasites, he called the
bacillus crinovorax humanus. This mi
crobe, we are told. is shaped like the
point of needle, and has the power of
rotary motion like steam drill, which
it uses to bore into the scalp of the vic
tim, loosening the fastenings of his
thatch, and finally unroofing him as
completely as Kansas cyclone unroofs
the humble habitation of the hardy set
tier.
1t might be supposed that with these
powerful qualities of destructiveness
the B. C. Fl. could pursue its infamous
career of desolation unobstrGcted, but
the Indiana man has devised prepare
ton which promptly reduces it to con-
dition of innocuOus desuetude. The
first dose causes it to abandon its nefa-
rious occupation and remark on the rap
idly growing unhealthfulness of the
neighborhood, and the next application
causes it either to vacate the premises
or to give up troublesome or misspent
life. Not only does it rid the settle
ment of the unwelcome intruder, but it
deters others of the like ilk from COM
ing in to take up the abandoned claim,
and the owner of the poll, who formerly
went about with Uranium as bare as
billiard ball, thereafter rejoices like
Absalom in the beauty and luxuriance
of his locks.-Indianapolis Journal.
The Globe-republican., 1890-01-01

there seated herself on q big corn shock,
with her small, shapely head outlined
against the yellow corn heap at her
back, and hot bushes sweeping over her
face.
Such laugh as arose when jamie OF
all others found the first red ear, but the
girl herself grew strangely pale for an
instant; then with bound she flew as
fleetly as deer round and round the
room, in and out among the workers.
One by one the pursuers all drop
out of the race except
Harrison and Adophus. The people
knew pretty we'll the state OF affairs be-
tween the three, and watched with
breathless interest the result OF the
race, which seemed to them significant
and prophetic.
The girls steps grew slower, and at
length finding herself in corner where
there was no escape, she caught at one OF
the festoons and half climbed, half drew
herself up to the top of the great corn
heap, where she poised, turned and
faced them like a frightened bird in
snare. Adolphus would have dashed up
after her. but Harrison put his big brown
hand commandingly on the others
shoulder and babe him wait. ''Now
JAMIE" he said, in the old confident.
sweet tone, ''come down and take your
pick"
Just for a second she waited, but in
that fatal second came back to her all
the years of sweet companionship, OF
helpfulness and trust. Why, OF course,
she couldn't live without him; of course,
she was to be his wife some day, OF
course she belonged to him-hadn't he
always said so, even by the kittens
grave, and just then the corn shock she
stood on gave great slide, and, without
any effort of her own, she was in his
arms, and every body was cheering and
shouting in the place. And right in the
midst of it all didn't Harrison say with
a triumphant CLEAN in his flashing eyes,
81 told YOU so, jamie; and now for the
kiss"
She lifted the the shadowy lashes just
for a second with a look in her eyes
that made the big, strong fellow feel as
y
once, twice, thrice, before them all.
Then she ran away, and he couldn't
get near her again until after the tables
were cleared and the dancing was to be-
gin.
The stranger disappeared and no one
could find him at the supper, but when
the. long lines of Virginia reel had
formed, he mounted the quickly
improvised platform. took Harrison's
violin, babe him 60 and find JAMIE to
lead the dance, and then he played such
music as our people had never heard be-
fore, and watchedJanie trip down the CEN
ter, with both small hands held fast and
hidden in her lovers broad brown ones.
The next morning he went away, and
there's to be wedding soon, and he
says he's coming back to play while
jamie leads the dance again.-Chicago
Herald.
The Globe-republican., 1890-01-01
FULL OF FUN.

Figures will not lie, but the female
figure will fool a man once in awhile
BinghamtOn Leader
-Smartte-''Hello, Sharpe! How's
Christian science gittin' along?" Sharpe
u, I've give up Christian science an
gone back to plain bunl1o."-Puck.
-"Who was the first man, Tommy?'
asked the Sunday-school teacher, after
explaining that our first parents were
made from the dust of the earth. ''Hen-
~ Clay. a'am."-Chicago Advance.
Pat Lynch Ito his helpmate)-''Sure,
and that's tn sivinth bucket O. schlops
Oh do be fetchin' to the old porker, an
he do look jist as wistful-loike as he did.
afore he had q mouthful. Be Harry, but
hogs we'll named. Life.
Lady Ceaving q store)-"You bet
am up to the tricks of these merchants.
l made him come down two dollars ON
price," Merchant Ito himself)-'I am
up to the tricks of these lady customers.
put the price up four dollars.
Siftings
II love so much to hear Herbert
talk" said Mamie to her mother. "You
do?" Eyes; there is such ring about
his remarks" "a ring? Perhaps his
intentions are really serious."-Mer-
chant Traveller.
Here is something "a hint, in fact)
for the REORGANIZATION lat home on
a visit)-''Well, father, what is the
news?" Neptune-'Nothing much, ex-
cept that large number of the fishes
have struck for the adoption of uni
form scale."-Musical Courier.
My lad" remarked Judge Spencer
to the little boy who had just taken the
witness stand, do you understand the
nature of an oath?" Eyes, sir, l was in
pap's office yesterday when his coal bill
was presented" ''Mr Clerk, enroll the
witness. st. Joseph News. i
-Freddy-''Ma, whenever pa meets
DR.. Vandel he always says to him, How
are you, old boss" What does he mean
by that?" Mao, it's nothing more
than term to express thorough famili-
arity." Uncle Josh-''May be; but I
rather think he calls the doctor old
boss because he's such famous
charger. Richmond Dispatch.
The Renewal of College Labor
Professor of GeOlogy-''Gentlemen, at
the close of the spring term, l asked
you to report to me, individually, any
object of extraordinary interest you
might meet in your respective outings.
Mr.. Corbett, You may begin" COrbett,
'91-''Please, sir, mine had yellow hair,
blue eyes, and a tailor-made suit
Puck.
Mrs. Selfmade-"Now,!a ll the prepa-
rations for the house-warmin' is COM
plete, an / can't think O. nOthin' more
to contribute to the enjoyment Of them
that's going to be present. Mr.. Self
made-''There's only one thing would
suggest. Nail up a sign in the parlor
saying: Guests that use hair oil is re-
quested not to lean their heads agin the
wall paper
Akron editors can not tell y lie, but
one of them has made a desperate e
tempt in that direction, viz: A local
physician in one of Ohios counties has
a great fondness for performing sur
gical experiments. His latest is one of
extreme interest. Carefully extricat-
ing the proboscis of lusty mosquito.
he successfully transplanted it into the
nasal front of a common house fly. The
bite of the fly now has all the pleasant
pungency of its swamp relative
Cleveland Leader.