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The Opelousas courier., 1891-12-05
Where to Find the Mammoth's Bones.

Although history has preserved no
mention of the mammoth in a living
state, its bones are scattered over the
whole of Europe and Northern Asia as
far as Bering Strait. Even on the Ameri-
can tide of the strait they occur in album
dance. Over all the United States a
different specics of the same enormous
animal has left its remains, and still
another species is known to have ranged
in South America. Like modern
elephants, the mammoths probably de-
lighted in water and mire, and enjoyed
wallowing in mud. This instinct tempted
them into t~reacherous bogs, where they
seem sometimes to have sunk, for their
bones are frequently preserved in beds of
peat, the entire skeleton being occasional
" found in an erect position.
Thus their osseous parts were kept in
tact for ages, and in Northern Siberia,
their tusks, dug up, are SO plentiful as
to supply a large part of the worlds de-
mand for ivory. The quantity of such
remains dispersed over that entire region
is simply amazing. The soil of certain
islands in the Siberian Sea is literally
crowded full of them. This is particu-
larly true of the Laichovian Isles, north
of the mouth of the River Seva. The
native siberians, unable otherwise to
account for the presence of these great
bones under the ground and frozen in
tho eternal ice, believe them to be those
of q gigantic species of mole, which bur-
rows in the earth, living on roots and
only appearing during the darkest nights,
when they cannot be seen. It is aston.
ishing enough to consider what vast
herds of these beasts must have roamed
the plains in past times to have left be-
mind them such multitundinous rem
nants.-- Washington Star.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-12-05
Pigeons I'm Jo1rnalism.

The Edinburgh evening papers have a
trained service of carrier pigeons TOR use
at race meetings, football or cricket
matches, shooting competitions, etc., and
in out-of. the-way districts where there
Is no telegraph Or telephone within easy
reach they are often very useful.
They are housed in quarters, specially
erected for them on the fiat roof Of the
office, the dovecote including an ingen.
ious trap arrangement and electric bell.
When a reporter desires to use the
pigeons he leaves word the night before
with the person in charge of them. This
is very necessary. When they are to fly
far on any particular business it is better
that they should be only lightly fed in
the morning. The pigeons-two or four,
as may be required-are caught in the
morning and placed in a comfortable
wicker or tin basket, like a small luncn-
con basket, with compartments. The
reporter, when he leaves the Office, car
ries the basket with him. He also pro-
vides himself with a book of fine tissue
paper, ''fimsy." and a sheet of carbon
lied paper, "a black" He writes his
report very legibly and compactly, 50 as
to put as much IN a page of stdimsy" as
it will possibly hold. Taen he rolls the
''aimsy'' neatly up and attaches it to
the leg of the bird by means of an elastic
band. Or he may send two pages of
"iimsy," n on each leg. The pigeon,
being released makes straight for home.
Times emoe3,Gf.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-12-05
Firing Shells at High Angles.

The new armor-piercing shells were
tested at Sandy Hook, N. j., ON a recent
afternoon. One shot was fred with
some success, inasmuch as the projectile
knocked out a corner of the 44-inch
eteel instead of piercing 1t as it should.
This is probably accounted for, however,
by the fact that the gun was sighted for
that portion of the plate so as t. save 1t
for further shots and thus spare the ne
eessity.of putting in a new shield at each
shot. The shell, which weighed $50
pounds, went through the plate and then
exploded in the barrier of sand immedi-
ately in the rear of the shield. The pro-
jectile passed through a second wooden
target about 100 yards behind the shield
and was found 800 yards from the rum.
The firing velocity of the gun is $40 feet
per second. This experiment was to de-
termine if it is possible to put a shell
through the deck of a steamship by a
system of firing known as high.angle
firing, the shell first piercing the deck
and then exploding in the hold of the
vessel. Fifty-one pounds of powder was
used. The large pieces of the plate were
found 100 yards from the gun.-Armg
and Naeg Gagette.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-12-05
M. F. Adolphe, a well known French

M. F. Adolphe, a well known French
scientist, has prepared a curious list of
things that modern scientists and chem
lists are striving to discover, any one of
which will bring a fabulous fortune to
the lucky discoverer. These are, the
capitalization of carbon, or the produe-
ton Of artificial diamonds; the proven
tion or cure of epilepsy and consump-
ton; the complete combustion of coal, OF
which now scarcely more than five per
cent. j. available; photography in nat
ural %colors; the direct utilization of the
solar heat, and of the ebb and flow Of
tides; the production of altar Of roses
from some comparatively worthless SUBJ
stances, and the transmutation of other
metals into gold. The last, which has
been the wild dream of ages, Mr..
Adolphe seems TO think is not altogether
hopeless. He says that as many other
supposed simple elements have turned
out to be compounds, the same may be
true Of gold, and, if it be, its artificial
pro uction Is only a question Of time.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-12-05

AS a health tonic and fat producer
the fumes ofpstroleun have more viz
tues than all the nostrums in the market.
II any mi doesn't believe this, says the
Philadelphia Record, let him travel down
70 Point Breeze and look at the stout
and robust commanders and sailors who
man the steamships that carry oil In bulk
between that port and Europe. These
men live and sleep among the fumes OF
petroleum. They breathe them in with
every inhalation. When the tanks are
empty the fumes are even stronger than
when they are full, butt the men on board
flourish and grow fat all the time. Dvs.
pepsia, insomnia aud all the ordinary
diseases are unknown to them. Sailors
broken down with dissipation Ia port
soon pick up when they get on board a
tanker and breathe in the heavy odor Of
the crude oil Or the more penetrating
fumes Of the refined product. Many sick
and consumptive persons, aware of the
healing properties Of the oil fumes, ap-
ply for admission to travel on the tank
ers, but as there are no passenger accom-
modations ON the vessels their requests
IRE necessarily refused.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-12-05

The Bangor (Me.) MeDs thinks that
the high fares on American railroads re-
suit in sending people to Europe. "All
OF New England and the Middle States"
It says, care full of people who have
climbed the Alps, visited Rome, boule-
yards of Paris, been all over the United
Kingdom and seen the midnight sun on
the coast of Norway, and yet who have
never been west of Chicago. They hear
OF the beauties of the Pacific slope, they
read about the glories of the Yosemite
Valley and they want to 60 and see
them, but when they learn what it will
cost they think they cannot afford to go
further than Niagara Falls. After that
they 60 to Europe, and SO year by year
the Atlantic passenger lists hare been
swelling rapidly until now they are some
thing stupendous to contemplate"
The Opelousas courier., 1891-12-05

down the hall, ov~ertaking him just
where the moonlight streamed in white
glory through the crescent shaped north
easement.
"Harry! I spoke unadvisedly!' she
faltered. "Won't you forgive me2"
Certainly. What have I to for
give2"
But the tone was far from satisfactory.
She stood looking ~piteously at him. All
of a sudden she burst out crying.
In a second he had her in his arms,
clasped close to his breast.
"Click! Ny love-my lowell"
ooh, Harry! Harry!"
That was the wooing and the winning.
Certainly short-possibly sweet. Btsis
needed nothing more.
'sTalk about the Inconsistencies Of
Love,'n said Jessica, who was the h1ppi-
est Of little sisters, "here's C.icN--has
always declared she meant to marry a
city millionaire, AMI Harry has said thst
a lecturing lady was his special dete5ta-
ton. And Click is engaged to Harry
and Harry to Click; and the straogsst
part Of it is that they both seen per.
fectly satisied!"-New Yort Leayer.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-12-05

s steamboat line will begin running in
q few weeks between Chattanooga,
Tenn, and st. Louis, Mo. The business
men of Chattanooga are delighted at the
prospect, which means a reduction in
freights to that point. Within fifteen
days $1,000 each were subscribed by 10Y
Of Chattanooga's citizens as a guarantees
fund. The trip of the steamer Herbert
q few months since over the sams route,
made in the interest of Chattanooga
merchants, demonstrated the entire feast.
bility Of the scheme, as the Mussel Shoal
Canal made the worst part OF the river
navigable, and below that the voyage
perfectly easy.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-12-05
LIFE N DEATH.

As come the waves that lave the strand
As go the winds that sweep the lea,
So come and go the faces strange,
And life is felt in all we see
The life that chllls,
The life that cheers.
Is seen and felt in ev'ry form;
But hearts that thrill
And souls that fill
With love for all find love alone.
But more than form the spell that binds
In love or turns the heart away;
Above the earthly types the soul
May mount to Gods eternal day.
In essence there
The good and fair
Live on, live on, which come and go
The joys and fears,
The hopes and tears,
That mingle life and death below.
As tides of light the shades of night
Forever chase from shore to shore;
So streams of life are pouring in,
Dispelling darkness evernore.
Tha light and breath,
Or gloom and death,
Accept, reject, just as you will
Despair and death,
Or lasting breath,
eThe choice is yours-which law fulfil
II. N. Mcguire, IN Boston TranseriDA
The Opelousas courier., 1891-12-05
WISE WORDS.

Nothing is more ~disgraceful than in
sincerity.
The society Of good psople is always
good society.
All imposture weakens confidence and
chills b~enevolence.
The last pleasure in life is the sense of
discharging our duty.
Be a lamp in the chamber if you can
not be a star in the sky.
The naughty are always the victims Of
their own rash conclusions.
Every noBie life leaves the fibre of it
interviewer forever in.'the work of the
world. y
No man or woman ever had a friend
that they could depend on under all cir
cumstances.
We hear the rain fall, but not the
snow. Bitter grief is loud, but calm
grief is silent.
How much the men admire a woman
who does not expect a man to be better
than men can be.
Thoreau's advice was: "Read the best
books first, or you may not have chance
to read them at ALL"
Never suffer youth to be an excuse for
~inadequacy, nor age and fame to be an
excuse for Incidence.
When you hear a great deal OF one side
ola story, the other side receives from you
a great deal of sympathy.
There is no greater misfortune that can
befall a woman than to let a MA marry
her believing she is an angel.
Many of Us have two standards-one
for ourselves that reaches the clouds,
while the other, which we give to Others,
low 1 n the dust.
Conversation is a traffic, and if you
enter it without some stock OF knowledge
to balance the account perpetually be-
;wixt you, the trade drops at once.
A friend is more apt to believe a bad
story of you than an enemy. In hoping
t is true, an enemy fears it is not; but a
hoping it is not true, believes it
IS.
I}l-humor arises from an inward con-
'ciousness of our own want of merit,
rom a discomfort which ever acconpan-
es that envy which foolish vanity en-.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-12-05
The eastern shore of Maryland has

The eastern shore of Maryland has
been SO little disturbed BY immigrant on
rsmarks the dssfrcvarad. that the
Gante m
region numbers compSrasrrslY few sur.
names, so that at various times it has
hsen necessary I resort TO odd but very
ancient devices to distinguish bstween
men bearing the same name. The COM
monest device il the patronymic by
which Of two men bearing exactly the
same Christian and family mans oae is
distinguished from the other BY the al
dltion ssof William, ssof Thomls,H OF
ssof John, as the case may be, the mean
ing Of the phrase being tsson Of William.
Thomas or John.n Another device once
COMMONLY employed was TO couple with
tho name on adjective to indicate sems
physical peculiarly, Is s'long' to indi-
cate a tall man, .sblack" to indicate !
dark maj Or ssred'' ID indicate d rudy
man. Occasionally the distinguishing
word Is uncomplementary. aDsvil's Is
not an unusual prefix to the Christian
q surname Of . man having 4 reputa-
tlon for rice d recklessness. a maj
bearing oae ofthe best known names ID
MarFlan7 carried ID his grave this pra-
u.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-12-05
A Rare Book.

The Carnegie Free Library in Allie
gheny, Penn, has become the fortunate
possessor Of q copy of Audubon's birds
Of America the gift of Mrs. William
]. Alexander, of MonongaheIa. The
work is one of considerable rarity and of
great value, copies az liz
lion Of 1874 selling as non $500 to
$4,000. It IS not generally known that
the great naturalist's daughters live in
5ld homestead near Audubon Park over
looking the Hudson. They were once
possessed of considerable wealth, but it
was lost through unfortunate invest
rnents, and they are now ID somewhat
straitened circumstances. Some of the
big handsome plates from which Audi
bon's monumental work was printed are
preserved In the Museum of Natural
History in Central Park.-B9ston Tran
script.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-12-05

g ga brave man who a refuse Eng.
fish breakfast tea at the swell hotel.
English breakfast tea, as every one
knows, has a flavor that cannot be dis
tinguished from boiled hay; but as
Oolong is considered vulgar in the best
society, Of course the average man will
swallow his hay water, and swear 1t is
splendid.-Boaton Transcript.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-12-05

Il is said that during the attempt TO
cut a canal through the Istnmus of
Panama 200, 900 ounces of quinine were
used annually in combating malarial
saYeR.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-12-05

One hundred years ago there were in
the. South 81, 1868 co1ored people to every
100, 900 white people; to-day there are
but LAG.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-12-05

Z y said chat the phenomenal salt lake
y Arizona Is rapidly drying up.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-12-05

It is reported that there is a deficit OF
%. 900. 600 in Hayti's finances.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-12-05
New Sha wing Sal 90 n.

New Sha wing Sal 90 n.
HAVING recently built and refurnished
y throughout, my Barber Shop, I am
low prepared, with increased facilities.
toserve the public in First-Class stgle
n my new quarters between Brand and
riarlty's. Shaving, Hair Cutting,
shampeoing, etc. done in the highest
lyle of the art. Give me q call.
E. A. BODEMULLER.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-12-05

Female Institute
oPELOUsAs, ST. LANDRY PARISH. Ia

This Institution is undenomiuational, prac.
IDEAL and progressive. Discipline firm ana
based on sound PRINCIPLES ennobIing and da.
veloptng character. Honor and self resnecA
promoted. Methods of training and cultnrs
thorough: I 9 curriculum prepares the
pupil for University or practical life. Ger.
t~ificates and Diplomas conf FRED. Ruilaina.
comfortable ami comm obi rua PatIonass
solicited. For further parti, lars nprIv ~
MRS, NJ. III. HAYES. PRINCIPAL y"
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1891-03-20
DIVORCED PERSONS TABUl d.

Rev. DR.. S. V. Leech of the How
ard street Methodist Episcopal
Church, recently from Troy, N. T.,
has announced publicly that he will
refuse to solemnlze the re-marriage
of any divorced person, regardless of
the cause of divorce. Rev. Dr.
John Gray of the Advent Protestant
Episcopal Church has also taken the
same stand. DR.. Leech gives as his
reason for such stand, and believes
the ministry is generally in accord
with him, that marriage is a divine
institution, and the sacred obligation
cannot be assumed by any human
being but once. The Bible express
ly enjoins that no man shall put as
sunder what God has joined together;
hence if the civil authorities assume
the power to sever the bonds of we'd
lock let them also assume the burden
of sealing subsequent bonds.-S F.
Call.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1891-03-20
FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1891.

We publish elsewhere a letter
from Hon. f. Muller to His Excel.
lency G. N. Spencer, Minister OF the
Interior, relative TO DR.. Koch's con
sumption cure. Hon. Mr.. Muller is
well-known in Hawaii and especially
in Honolulu, so that utterances eX-
pressing his kindly interest in any
thing concerning the interests of the
Hawaiian Kingdom need no formal
introduction.
Mr.. Muller has in this case per-
sonally interested himself, for our
information, in the technical details
of a branch of medical science which
may, and likely Will, exert an i'm
portant and lasting influence upon
the future health and welfare of Ha.
wall, if properly and sciehti tically
applied, in the cure of CONSUMPTION
and cognate diseases, even though it
prove powerless in the scourge OF
leprosy.
1t is gratifying to know that we
have friends ct the uttermost corners
of the earth, who do not forget us
after departure, and We imagine it is
doubly gratifying TO the Department
of Interior to receive such a timely
and practical remembrance from such
a prominent friend abroad as Hon. E..
Muller
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1891-03-20
On MONDAY, March 23rd,
AT I2 O'CLOCK NOON,

All and singular the right, title and
interest Of said assignee, of, in and to
the following valuable leases, cover
ing those premises at the north
(Mauka- Ewa) corner Of King and Ke-
kaulike streets, in Honolulu, viz:
LEASE from John Seal to Wal
Sing, for a term of % years from May
%. 1886, expires May %, 1911; rental
$2O per month.
2-Lease from S X Kane to Wal
sun for ii term OF 10 years from
August |, 1856, expires August |,
1896 Rental, $50 per year; rent
paid to August |, 1891.
Also, the large and commodious
frame building, two storeys high, and.
devoted to stores and dwellings, now
standing on said premises,
The above property will be sold as
whole. Upset trice, 1928.
TERMS CASH.
e1E- Deeds at expense Of pur-
chasers.
For particulars apply to G W Ash
ford, attorney for assignee, or TO
JAS. f. MORGAN,
81 st Auctioneer.
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no, FIR RIL0 F!
EDITOR BULLETIN -

EDITOR DULLE1lN -
NV attention has been drawn to
the foregoing as heading to an adver-
tisement that has lately appeared in
the Gazette, the same being signed
by ID. H. Hitchcock, whom | am in
formed is the venerable editor of the
juvenile "Hilo Record"
During my brief sojourn in this
sleepy Hilo hollow | have heard
much comment on the advertisement
IN question, the same being inserted
with view to attracting transient
visitors from the regularly establish
ed hotel to the mansion of the afore-
said d. II. II.
| am informed on the best author
ity that almost from the very mo-
ment that the "Hilo Record" first
breathed its juvenile breath on the
glass of the bulletin board in front
of the dilapidated sanctum Of its
venerable editor (Which by the way
is the limit of its circulatiOn), so
from that moment did the Record"
exhort, beseech. beg someone, any
one, to start hostelry for the ac-
commodalion of tourists en- route for
the volcano.
This, of course, was done with the
very praiseworthy view of "boom-
ing" IIilo, of which the sleepy little
village is sadly in need, and in order
that tourists might scatter their
nickels about its muddy streets,
rather than take the other route,
which | am told Is far more pleasant
in a good many respects.
Now, Mr.. Editor, in view of the
repeated demands of the Hlo public
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and the Record in particular, an
enterprising gentleman and his
busy little wife have started, and
now conduct in a most admirable
manner a really good hotel. Of
course one cannot demand, and eX-
pect to get, in this out Of the way
place, "oysters on the half shell and
frappe wine" but for light airy
rooms, comfortable, clean beds, and
fair table, commend me to the
Vierra Hotel.
fear, Mr.. Editor, that l have in
fringed rather severely on your valu-
able space, but truth to tell | was
prompted to take up my pen on this
subject, as | feel that an injustice
has been done, and in this view OF
the question | think the general pub
lie will universally concur
TOURIST.
Hilo, March z, 1891
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1891-03-20
In M2 4. r. G ri &3fd,
AT s.. O'CLOCK NOON,
The Following Described Real
EcsS'i' TIE

Lot on Nuuanu Street, Honolulu,
near corner of Vineyard Street, and
being portion OF the land described
in Land Commission Award No 1882
to Keliikanakaole, bounded and des-
cribed AS follows:
Beginning at point on the N W
side of Nuuanu Street, which is N Al
40 f true 81 5-l0 feet from the West
corner of the base of the n E abut-
ment of the lst Nuuanu Bridge, and
running as follows:
|. n Al min E true, rs 6-1O feet
along Nuuanu Street;
3. n 26 90 min w true, lO4 2-lO
feet along lot formerly sold from this
Award;
3. n Sc 90 min w true, 10 40
feet along former Haalelea property ;
4. 5 65 10 min w true, lob $40
feet along the same;
5. S 30 55 min E trne, l35 BIO
feet along the remainder Of this land
by division;
6. S 81 So min f true, Is 0-10 feet
along Vineyard Street to initial point,
and containing an area of 1880
square feet.
This is a Desirable Residence Lot
situated ON Nuuanu Avenue and close
10 the Business Locality.
JAS. L. MORGAN, $
l9et AuctiOnepr,