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The Opelousas courier., 1890-07-26
snEp-sowING BIRDS.

It is almost incredible the number
OF times a robin-redbrcast will come
and go after berries, always with .
great rnstling Of. leaves, and his
alighting and departing usually fol
lowed by a liberal scattering of fruit
on the ground, which he never seems
TO think of picking up wasteful
sAArauder - moi only taking all he
wants, but actually spelling as much
as he takes away. Birds are probably
responsible foFthe existence of many
of fhe seed-bearing shrubs and herbs,
They are seed distributors, conveying
seeds further than the wind can-that
81, Of the kinds that form their
favorite food. They SOW garget
where it is not welcome. Barberrics
They have scattered broadcast about
their neighborhood-that TO be sci
down in their favor-and | suspect
them Of the Lively service OF increas-
ing the number Of bushels Of wild
brier-rose, the sweet-brier, or eglan-
sine.-TWids Awake.
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rho Newest Thing in Tilievery

The newest thing in Inspector Byrnes =
line was developed when Detective Wolf
brought ii Antonio Frosnello, a lad
young ii years, but evidently ~precocious
in crime.
Antonio is an Italian, fourteen years
old. He lives at 102 Mott street, and
for a living blacks passengers, boots on
the South Ferry line of boats.
Sunday afternoon Young Antonio
sauntsred into +. Goldesman's photo
graphic gallery. 381 Canal street, and
told the artist that he wanted to Sit for
his picture. The lad was attired in his
best Sunday clothes, but his appearance
was not quite in keeping with me lmpor,
lance of the event. He said that the picture
was to be a present to his sweetaeart,
N~eapolitan beauty, ana ne wanted g ap-
scar at his very best. he asked the
photographer s loan him his watch ans
chain for the occasion.
All u-ususpecting, the photographer
did Sc. The picture was taken. an tAe
generator went into the dark room, ieav-
inc Antonio alone. When he came ou'
he boy had gone, and with him the gois
watch, chain and medals attached, WORTH
$2O0.-Nen FORK Sun.
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2 wITH1N EEI,

The appetite of the eel il 80 keen ali
to render ii, In common with most
fishes, 4 cannibal. 1t IL said that eel.
fshers on placing a large eel in the
basket among others, observed it going
az once to gobble up a smaller fellow
captive, instead of abandoning itself
to despair over its own misfortune.
Instances Of this greediness i given
ID 1.-THE Book Of the AK
Al few years ago two large eels were
found dead BY the sideof a pond. One
had evidently attempted to swallow
the other, but had been choked in the
effort. The .sswalIowee' was stuck
FAST lii the wonld-be ewallowers
throat, out Of which it was with diff
Guilty drawn.
i once saw pike Of fourteen pound,
thoked with another pike of six pounds,
which was stuck head foremost IN III
throat, causing the death Of both.
A second eel story is still more
curious. In the summer of 1871 !
fisherman caught in a net an eel which
weighed about two pounds and q half
While he was killing il another ee
weighing quite 4 quarter Of . pound
was elected from its stomach, and
strange to say, out Of the stomach q
this second eel came a third, weighing
q little over an ounce.
The three seemed to ft something
after the manner ofthe balls which th'
Chinese carve out of solid ivory, siz'
after size, within one another.
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SELECT SIFTINGs.

There are 275o languages.
George Washinstca vas a Mason.
4 marriage license is good until used
years old.
clgllization, it is reported, is driving
out the lions If India.
A Florida colored boy has eyes as red
as a peee and Is said to be a greas weathe,
At Pugallup, Washington, hop vine,
are said to have grown tdistesn inches in
four hours. :
At q bear and ban fsas IL San Diego,
.ae pear had everything his own waJ
and sRfse bulls were killed.
A Massachusetts, Legislative Commit.
tee recently decided that fourteen egg
snail hereafter weigh o eenhd..b
Prominent business men of WASHING.
ten, ID. G., have decided to celebrate On
April 18th, 1891, the centennial of the
founding of the city.
Near Weaverville, CAL, the bodies OF
forty-tive deer were found not long since
piled up at the bottom of a cliff, frou,
which they had evidently fallen during
ne deep sneWs Of the past winter.
An old cynic in Boston has investi,
gated about fifty legends connected with
lodges, water falls aad gullies in differ,
ent parts of America, and he has found
every oae of them to be a deception.
An American in London has announced
that II ne can raise the money he is pre-.
pared to build a platform over the Thames
from London to Putney, thus adding five
miles of superficial space to Eagland's
capital.
The Australian wine, which was said
to have such excellent prospects of being
exported to Europe in great quantities,
must now wait until some wood can be
got in Australia fit to make casks. All
thus far tried Injuries the flavor.
During the eighty-seven years ending
in 1887, Missouri, according to the
United States Signal Service, lost s94,-
325 900 by tornadoes. There we're $50
Of these storms in the State during that
time. Missouri Is stthe banner tornado
State"
II you are going to do much walking
ID the country, either on the mountain
or in the woods, you will add greatly to
your comfort by your selection OF shoes.
Oxfords, with over-gaiters, and tourist
Tuxedos, ere excellent, stylish and com
Portable.
What ID believed to be the narrowest
dwelling house in Brooklyn, N. Y, is to
be built this summer. It will measure
seven and a half by fifty feet. The let
upon which the building is to stand is
in one of tbs best streets in the city, and
has been thought by many to be almost
worthless because OF its small size.
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WISE WORDS.

Suffrage means liberation.
Al fool is always self-possessed.
Contentment is akin to foolishness.
Happiness can only be had BY earning
Il.
Envy and pride are always on good
erms.
II IS a burden to possess unearned
wealth.
Every one can be q master or slave to
himself.
ii il better to be ignorant than 70 stop
earning.
Life i a continual conflict between art
md nature.
The only way to be both rich and
happy Is to earn it.
Happiness Is derived from industry
rather than wealth.
a sieve-hke brain Is Convenient Tor
education in transit.
A lazy man has good authority for
complaining of others
The richest man is he who is on good
terms with his feelings
I'll viii not avail At all ID find fault
with the result Of i free choice.
Success depends upon how much one
can bear without becoming pulled.
Prejudice is IS difficult TO discover IA
one self as to find virtue ID politics
sturdy Oar
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The Rance af the Ere.

There has been a great discussion go
ing on il Europe lately concerning the
distance at witch large objects on the
earth's surface are visible. Emile Metz
ger mentions tnat he once saw Keizer-
spickt, in Sumatra, when separated from
it by a distance of ITO English miles;
re alse says that on very favorable oeca-
sions he has made sat to see Guy Merapi,
in Java, when160 miles INTERVIEWED. e.
Hill, the civil engineer, says that ne has
seen Mount Blanc from Piz Muraun,
near Dissentis, a distance of almost 120
miles, j. Stark Gardner states that
Mornt Blame is visible from Piz Land
kardj though distant about three de-
greeS. Wsympef, the explorer, says
that when he was in Greenland he could
plainly see a mountain peak from which
he was separated by $50 miles. The
whole range of the Swiss Alps have been
locked Upon by j.. Hippisly while 200
miles away. Sir ". Jones afirms that
the Himalayas have appeared to his view
from the great distance of 224 rifles
CGur3er Journal.
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LONG AGO

1 saee knew al the birds that came
And nested in our orchard trees,
For every flower 7 had a name
Fly friends were woodchucks, toads AMI
bees,
I knew where thrivedin yonder glen
What plants would seothe a stone-bruised
toe
Oh, I was very learned then,
But that was very long ago.
| knew the spot upon the bill
Where eaeckerbelries could be toun1,
knew tha rushss near the rifl
Whers ridkSfsl lay That weighed a poundt
knew the wood-the very tres .
Where lived the poaching. saucy crow,
And all the woods and crows knew me
But that was very long ago.
And piniaae. fer the joys Of 5d6uS5,
! tread the old familiar spot
Only to learn this solemn truth,
I have forgotten, am forgot.
Yet here's this youngster at my knee
Knows al the things / used to know:
To think | oaca was wise as he
But that was very long ago.
I know It's folly tocomplain
OF Whatsoe'er the fates decres.
Yet, were not wishes all in vain;
tell yer what my wish should be:
I'd wish to bs boy again.
Back with the friends I used to know,
For was, oh, so happy then
But tslat was very long ago.
Eugene Field, IN Youths Companion,
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c~AiLDREN,s COLUMN.
GIRL or hi Wall

LITTLE Girl on THE waYy
SOW the daylight is done, and the c.rt.,,
are drawn,
And the kasydids sing all alone on The. l.un
and ny little n cries, as she comes sst mr.
call,
9sl ,aaTs.; 49, - lis'ie Diaek girl onthe
Tho she's do!!ies that cry and a dog thai
can bark,
a Marx CIT end a fully equipped Noah.
ark,
Whst delighted her rncst, ever since she
could crawl,
I'D III n,a ~ s''s oais e'e black girl on
lis bedtime, and Bessie, our one ,,,,a
lamb,
Comes b'eating, 80. naan,aaA, I'm lonely :
am!
re 40 brothe..s nos sesters-1,ve no one !.
all
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a CRUEL TRADE.

a man in Iowa follows the cruel
trade Of a professional bird catcher for
big living. He says the redbird i
greatly in demand, being under con,
tract TO deliver very shortly 600 TO 1
wholesale millinery house. sentiiaen.
at one time seemed strong enough to
Kill the fashion Of using birds as orna-
nents- II i y pitifnl thing that
Women should encourage such cruelty.
-fPicayune.
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HUMOR OF THE DAY

"A nealtn resorG-lgulnlne.
A summer complaint-It's too hot.
An angler fishes with baited brerth.
The saddest words of tongue or psn,
Are these sad words: Say, lend me ten"
Receipt for dropping eggs-Let 60 Of
them.
A supreme court decision-Getting
married. Washington Star.
Little Bertie-stDoes the sun tan you2"
Little Reginald-"No, the father"
al always had an idea you were his
friend II used to be-but I loaned
him $50 once"
"Who wrote the STORY Of a Hanson
Cab2'n 81 don't know. Some hack
writer, I imagine"
It Is probably because love makes the
world go round that it makes SO many
people giddy.-Puck.
It is said there are more ways than n
to kill a cat, but the majority of ten
are failures
Corn is an emblem of peace, but it is
never appreciated until gets on its ear.
-Bngbomton Republican.
The mercury goes climbing up,
The sunshine slippeth down,
And everysa pl with cash in hand.
Prepares jump the town.
- Washington Star.
Most creatures are entirely harmless
when they are asleep. But the moth
does +he most mischief when it is taking
a nap.-Pack.
In a school-examination on mineral
ogy: tsWhere are diamonds found in
the greatest a~bundance2' tat the pawn
brokers' Judge,
We don suppose there ever was aman
who did not envy the freedom with which
| a barefooted boy gets around on a rainy
day.-Atchison Globe.
There's piles of money in lamp
| chfmneys." ssWhy, they break as soon
as you light the lamp" "That's where
the profit comes in.'-Basar.
az see that a noted thief out west
swallowed a valuable shirt stud to escape
| detection aSort of diamond in the
rough. eh?n-American Grocer
He dealt in horses and cattle and feed.
Agfsirsd heard I wanted a emuley."
Tjenerrbte: sIf a frst-class mule you need.
Please don't forget yours truly"
aHe is a very original boy, that son of
yours. / think he is bound to rise in the
world 81 don't know. It's a hard
thing to get him to rise in the morning"
-Basar.
"a railroad across the desert of Sahara
is projected. AS it does not strike an
oasis throughout the whole distance it
will not be easy to water the stock
Boston Globe.
Wife-a4What makes you 50 paleas9
Husband-I just lodged Hardup. &
he hnd seen u4 he would have hit me
hard aHit youa What fora" "Ter
dollars. - Chicago Inter Ocean.
Mr.. Jason-aI saw something to-day
that would make mans hair stand on
| and.a Mr.. Jason-tGraciousl What
was it2p Mr.. Jason-AA bottle OF
mucilage. Tsr7e Haute Erpress.
To skiss but not tell, ! though in theory good
Il Ii practice d failure, my brothers;
a kiss Is like gossip-its bound to be passed
From one persons lips to another's.
-Kdte Fields Washington.
Mamma-al am tired Of your chatter
johnny; you had better go to bed
.Johnnv-aAre you very tired, mammal
Mamma-aYes9 very tiredl" Johnny
tsThen, why don't you 60 to bed e.
Boston Herald.
Because a..1nan awho hawks eggs
through the sEreep hawks hawks eggs
too. it does not necessarily follow that a
man who hawks hawks, hawks eggs too,
nor that d man who hawks hawks, hawks
hawks eggs too -Elmirs Gazette.
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ANansIar AlIiaafof Killed.

Messrs Murdoch r. Roberts and Franz
Dickin, living near Diekin's Ferry o.
Dog River, n this county Klllea g
monster alligator Of this county. 4
measures seventeen feet II length and
eighteen inches between the eyes. Wneh
out open ! gallon jug filed with molasses
was found in his stomach This = 70
fsh story, as the above gentleman VINO
ave ID the information are regarded e.
truthful and reliable. -ascagonta efta''
Democrat Star.
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Sgiscoverer Of Afrlca's Diamond Field.

osReilly al old man, who is said 70
have been the frst individual to uneartfl
diamonds If kimberly, South Africa, y
ouite Door. and obliged to work for ills
TvfnrN7He was for many years 4 raider
with he natives, and doing veil but the
rush Is the fields, he says ruined nun
6ince diamonds were discovered ~ south
Asr;oa. over 800, 900 900 are said to
have been sxportsd,--Nsn Hors obssr-
eaY.
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And now, announces the New York
Press, they are emitting the tendons Of
ehildren's third fingers to increase
their power of piano playing. This il
the greatest cruelty 10 the greatest
number. There would be only the
same cruelty TO the child, and less
ceuelty to everybody else, If its ten-
dons were cut 80 that it could not play
the piano
The Opelousas courier., 1890-07-26

Among ths supplies recently purchased
by RE United States for distribution
anong the Indians Is : lot Of soap
amounting 70 2ss ,42S pounds. Times
have indeed changsd, comments the
1ost Fss Press. when the nobls red
nan has so lii given way 70 tbs influence
Ct "a eHeke civilization as ! consent %
fhe use Of such sn article. Twenty
yesxs ago he had no use for anything but
1aod, aripk, ~yairasnt, arms and asnrnuni.
tiOn
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AND < n rs "a GREAT npusrnY.s

Z n IS "A GREAT INDUSTRY
The Joliet branch of the Illinois Steel
Company, with a capitalization OF 5000.
900, employs at least 1900 men, while, ac-
cording to their advertisement, the five Chi
cago breweries recently consolidated with q
capitalization Of over SO. Coz, 000, employ
less than 300 men. In other words, an equal
investment In the steel industry gives en-
ployment to over fifteen times as many men
rs the making Of beer.-Stone City Patriot.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-07-26
Pienae Rnn,t EnrnnH II

That Dr.. II. James Cannabis Indica is pre-
thred, il Calcutta. India, from the purest and
hest Native. Hemp and is the only remedy
lively AND permanently tttte :ConslmDtion,
Bronchitis, 4 thma. Nasal .Cdt,U m and Nervous
Debt ity or break up a fresh cold in twen-
ty-four hours. 500 a bottle, three bottles for
$3.50. Craddock & Co., Proprietors, lu32 Race
street, Philadelphia.
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FITS stopped free by DR.. kLINE's GREA
NERVE REsTonER. No Fits after first day '
use. Eafva'otts cures, Treatise and ~ tria'
bottle free. DR.. Kline, st srch St. Phila. Pc
The Opelousas courier., 1890-07-26

Halls Catarrh Cure is a liquid and is taker
inter natIy. Sid by Druggists, Toe.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-07-26

The toper's motto is olive Ior to-day"
but he EMPLOYS two DIS.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-07-26

The oldest known pottery is the Egypt
ian, which dates from 1000 B. C.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-07-26

A storm 10Y s. miles psr hour.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-07-26

Bseeham's Pills cure Sick Headache.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-07-26

A fool and h s money is soon parted.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-31

THE WORK OF Wand AIS.

WILLIAM TELL has chivalric friends
I'm Switzerland. 1t was not the general
government, but one of the cantons,
that ordered the story excluded from all
the histories published by public au-
thority. The only excuse for this was
That the literary carpers had decided
That there WAS no truth in the st0ry-a
very insufficient reason, all must admit,
for the suppression. The Ratchet pass
age in the boyhood of WASHINGTON has
been an inspiration to all the boys in
the land to courageous veracity when
caught in tight places. The nerve
and heroism of WILLIAM TELL, his
proud defiance of the tyrant in the mar
ket place. that better than DAvY
CROCKETT workmanship in shooting
the apple Off the boys head at the be-
hest of the old scoundrel, with the
swift retribution he administered to
GEsSLER, and the freeing of Hell
yATIA = these have done good
service in stimulating the youthful
Swiss mind. The preservation of
independence has been encouraged
by the dashing feats of TELL. To now
tear it out of the history of the country
viii leave a lorn, desolate passage.
In view of the average legendary char
acter of the best things in biographies
and histories, 1t seems quite inmate
rial that the thrilling incidents should
have come from the Imagination alone.
Neither is the course of the indignant
neighOoring canton to be recommended.
1t ordered the writings of the scholars
proving TELL but myth to be publicly
burned as almost sacrllegious. They
know that they have inherited good
thing, and have sense to hold on to it..
There are carpers who would mar the
realism of the earlier incident in which
all apple figured as factor in leading a
race to serpentine woe. If the photog-
rapher had gone along the ages with
the historian. there would have been
the ineongrulty between the text and
illustrations that the performances of
jugglers i'll India have recently af-
fO rdPd
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-31
STILL A MYSTERY.

The Scrap Continues Over the
Secret Meeting Called for To-
Day.
The mystery of the ''Secret" meeting
of the various brotherhoOds of railroad
employees still continues. 1t will be re-
membered that in the GLOBE of last
Monday an account was given of the
circular issued calling "secret" meet
Ing to-day at Schumaker's hall, on Rob
ert street. which was signed by men,
bers of the various orders. The COM
mittee of the brotherhood of trainmen
had called at the office of the GLOBE
on the Sunday evening and denied that
there was any truth in the circular. and
that nothing was known i'll the brother
hoods as TO any meeting being called. A
GLOBE reporter made inquiries into the
matter and found that E. FL. Sheer, of
the BrotherhOods of Tralnmen and Con.
ductors, had engaged the hall and issued
the circulars broadcast. His name APP
peared among those signed in the circu-
lar. Tuesday Sheer called at the GLOBE
office and said that the meeting had
been called by order of the brother
hoods, and that the committee of train
uCH VIII uoO OCIllCu tilC u utu vi lilC
circular had been elected after the
meeting had been arranged, and on
that account they did not know
of it. This statement was duly
published Oh Tuesday. Last evening
Sheer called at the GLOBE office and
asked. that an announcement be made
in the SUNDAY GLOBE, that the meet
ing would take place to-day at the hall
as arranged, and that an afternoon and
evening session would be held. He
said that nearly all the members of the
orders would be present, and that the
matters to be discussed would be the
best manner in which the interests of
the men could be furthered in the legis-
lature. He denied that the meeting
had any connection whatever with
strikes in the East. Twenty minu ties
after he left the office, E. w. FulkerSon,
master of the Brotherhood of Trainmen,
walked in and informed a GLOBE repre-
sentative that he wished an announce
ment to be made that no meeting had
been called for to-day. He had person
ally called upon Ii. Fl. Hart, of the
Brotherhood of Firemen; L. j. Sullivan,
of the trainmen; J. w. Morrison, of the
Switchmen's Brotherhood, and they
had each denied that there was any
truth whatever in the circular which
had their names attached. Mr.. Fulker-
son, whose name also appeared, said
that the circular had been issued with
out the knowledge Or consent of the
orders. and that Sheer was acting en-
tirely on his own responsibility. He
wished the announcement to be made
so that the members of the order might
not be misled.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-31
PROMINENT PEOPLE.

Frederick III. Hassam, the antiquar-
ian, of New York, is to make ex-Presi-
dent Cleveland a present of Daniel w eb-
ster's rod and reel.
Lady Florence Dixey exceIs in nearly
all popular athletic sports. She rows
and rides we'll, and plays tennis and
cricket with great enthusiasm.
Dr. AIMEE Raymond. daughter of the
late Henry J. Raymond, editor of the
New York Times, is a successful prac-
ticlng physician in New York City.
Miss Minnie T. Clay, who is now in
command of the steamer Minnie, on Sc
bago lake, Maine, is graduate of An
dover. The vessel belongs to her father.
Herr Krupp, the great gun manufac-
turer, has plan for connecting the city
of Vienna with the Danube by canal.
The Austrian government is consider
ing it.
Sir John Thompson is being doomed
by the Nova Scotia papers as successor
to Sir John Macdonald as premier when
that gentleman retires from politics.
Rev. George Schwartz, of Jefferson =
vile, Ind, who died few days, was
probably the oldest minister in tn at
state. He remembered seeing the first
steamboat on the Ohio river in 1925.
capt. Meeker, WHO has Deen Ill COLI
mand of the Vermont's marine guard
for the last two years, has been ordered
to take charge of the marine rendezvous
at the corner of the Bowery and Park
Place.
Horace Greeley Knowles, United
States consul to Bordeaux, France, ar
rived in New York Monday. He will
visit his home in Delaware and partici-
pate in the Republican state campaign
before returning to his post.
Judge Miles O'Reilly, of Hamilton,
Ont, is lead, aged "a. He was the old
est queens counsel, with the exception
of Sir John A. Macdonald, and the old
est Judge in the dominion, having been
elected to the bench in 1887.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-31
VIII Have Fast Time

Timid philosophers deprecate the pop
ular disposition to encourage the pro-
motion of ocean racing and the greater
speed upon the rail. The ocean pas
sage is being pushed down toward five
days and projects are devised that may
much reduce this time. Computations
are attempted to show that the danger in
creases in a greater ratio than the speed.
There is limit to the powers of mech
anism to operate with docility. On
one of the recent trips of the ocean
racers one of the captains had to stop
the machinery because it had become
too hot. This has terrifying sugges-
ton. There are perhaps more chances
for collisions when fast time is made,
but it does not appear that there are
data to show that disasters are actu ally
more frequent to fast steamers or Zig hit
ming rail trains. Perhaps more care is
taken to avoid them. The popular de-
mand for the most rapid transit is not
likely to be met in full W hatever the
time tables. There are Ii limitations to
the matter.