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The Opelousas courier., 1891-02-28
Wearing Twelve Hats at Once.

"The Indian agents" said a well-in-
formed woman who has spent much of
her life in the far West, "when they do
not steal, distribute supplies to the tribes
in a most reckless fashion. / remember
on n occasion a consignment of white
felt hats was to be distributed to a tribe
near Dur station, and the agent, instead
of seeing that each member of the tribe
received a hat, handed owe a pile of a
dozen to of the chiefs, who, suppos-
ing they formed one highly ornate hat,
the tops fitting closely into each other,
gave them to his favorite squaw, who.
in turn, placed the whole dozen upon the
head of her Oldest boy. The effect was
ludicrous enough, but when we consider
that eleven suffering red men went
through the winter with bare heads in
consequence, the joke was not altogether
so laughable as the agent seemed to
think.n-New York San.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-02-28
Cut Or the Fair Patients wig.

There is a story told of a young physi-
clan of this city, who was connected at
n time with the Emergency Hospital.
It has caused many a smile at his expense.
He had not been long stationed at the
hospital when a woman wa brought in
suffering from a sever scalp wound.
The blood was yelling out in great jets
and was fast dyeing her golden curls a
rusty red, and the doctor was engaged in
hastily clipping her hair, when his pa
tent exclaimed, ooh, doctor, don't!m
Thinking he might have hurt her, he
said: st0h, I'VE mind; that's all right"
mo, it's not" responded the lady with
some warmth, stfor you are cutting my
wig And 40 he was Washington Post.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-02-28

The Export and Fnancier, of New
York, is of the opinion that Mexico
offers a new field for enterprising Ameri.
cans, who would be certain to succeed
there if they understood and could speak
the Spanish language,o or if they possessed
some useful speciality. Judging from the
statements of newspapers Of that Repub-
lie, profitable employment can be found
in the Mexican GRpttal and principal
towns for tutors Of English, first-class
mechanics, trained agriculturists and
drunmers for business houses.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-02-28

In a recent magazine article, Edwin
n. Prichard advances the novel but rea.
sonable theory of restitution for crime.
Mr.. Prichard argues that if a burglar
break into a mans house and steal, say
thousand dollars worth of property,
Il i very poor satisfaction for the victim
70 see the thief convicted and sentenced
to five or ten years in State prison. MIR.
Prichard suggests that the convicts be
put to work at hard labor, and from the
results Of this labor be compelled to pay
mot only their expenses to the State, but.
in 30 far Is is possible, to make restitu-
tion TO thsir victims for the money, or
ito equivalent, of which the crime has
deprived them.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-02-28
Deer Getting Scarce in Alaska.

For several seasons past the Esquimau1
| great h~ardships in obtaining a supply of
| deer meat for their winter stores. 1t is to
be feared that when the Bear makes her
annual visit to the Arctic next summer
MANY of the villages will be found to have
lost their residents from starvation. the
latest advices from the Arctic report a
failure not only in the autumn deer hunt,
out in the entire catch of whales, walrus
and seals.
Naturally of a timid disposition the
deer have learned that the natives with
breech-loading arms are far more formid-
able foes than when bows, arrows and
spears were employed in the chase. Again
the Esquimaux spare neither young or
old when a herd is found, and little suck
ling fawns as we'll as does carrying young,
fall victims to his gun.
Formerly on the lower Yukon around
st. Michael's, on Norton Sound, and in
the country known IS the Kotzebue
Sound district, numbers of deer made
yearly visits. Now it is rare to find that
the natives living at these points have
seen or tasted deer meat.
The Alaskan deer of the Arctic and
sub-Arctic regions have been COMPOUNDED
with the reindeer of other localities,
but while certainly belonging to the
rangifer family, they are the true barren
ground caribou, differing from the up
land caribou aud domesticated reindeer
Of Lapland and Siberia in being smaller
in body and horns. From July to Septem-
Der the instincts of the deer induce them
to come from the interior to the sea coast
to obtain rest and freedom from the tor
lures inflicted by the hordes of mosquitoes
that infest the inland swamps, and also
TO get saline matter from the heritage and
moss growing in proximity to the ocean.
In September they commence their inland
migration, and from July until the
middle of October they are ruthlessly pur-
sued by the natives. Some rest is af-
forded to the animals during the dark
days that prevail in the Arctic zone from
November until January, but as soon after
the early part of February as the weather
permits the food-seekers again take the
field. The does have their young during
April, and by a provision of nature the
horns Of the female only attain size during
the time she is sucking the fawn and I'M
til it reaches such an age that it can feed
about two months.
When it is considered that a deer
weighing on IN average 1875 pounds is
consumed at a single sitting by i've or six
natives it may be readily perceived that
the average returns of a successful hunt
ing party must be large to feed a village.
San Francisco Chronicle.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-02-28

My presence was known, and pretty soon
father called out:
"Don't fire! Get my gun and stand
off a bit and be ready for this fellows
mate when she comes!"
I carried out this order, and there
fore did not see the finish of the fight.
Father got the panther by the back of
the neck and the tail, and carrying her
to a rock thirty feet away he beat her on
the stone until she was dead. The mate
did not show up. The combat lasted
fully twenty minutes, and fathers home
spun suit wa cut to pieces, as if with a
knife. He had thirty eight claw marks
on his body, each of which drew blood,
but none of them was serious, and he was
not laid up for even a day.-MeU York
Sam
The Opelousas courier., 1891-02-28

Bill NYe, the humorist, is plaintiff il
. lawsuit against the poet, James Whit
comb Riley, his chum for years in the
work Of making Americans laugh. Nye
and Riley have been a money-making
combine for years, but Nye charges that
while his wi humor was always dry,
Dir. Riley's ives too ~frequedtly wet. In
Louisville, he says, early in the year,
Riley poured out to Bacchus ibations
altogether too copiouss and the result
was that when the hour arrived at which
the combination should appear to anuse
The public Riley presented q very willowy
form to the audience. Hence Nye's
action. The action, which is for the re-.
covery Of $40, 900 from Riley. will be
tried ct Indianapolis.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-02-28
SELECT SETTINGS.

Matches have been in common use
since 1929.
Two Iowa Legislators are named Ham
and Mustard.
Daniel Defoe, author of "Robinson
Crusoe," was a hosier and the son of
butcher.
The one part of the world in which no
native pipes and 10 native smokers have
been found is Australia.
The largest bear skin in the world is
in Kansas City, Mo-, taken from an ami
NAL weighing $500 pounds.
There is an old schoolhouse at Pow
nall, VT, in which President Garfield
and Arthur acted as teachers.
A Pennsylvania convict recently es-
capped from the State prison. After
trying liberty for a short while he re-
turned in disgust to his cell.
When the chickens first begin to move
in the egg, just before Matching, the
mother hen sings to them a low, grooming
song, very sweet, and never heard at any
other time.
There have been during the hundred
years of its organization only fifty-three
Justices of the Supreme Bench of the
United States, and twenty of these have
lived to be over seventy.
The word "Hague" means "meadow."
The town originated in the erection of a
hunting lodge of the courts of Holland
in 1850. It is called in the Dutch, s.
Gravenhagen-.the Counts hague, or
meadow.
An express engine in working order
weighs usually, without tender, some
thing over forty-five tons. The tender
has on the average a weight of ~thirty-fve
tons. Some tank engines weigh over
fifty tons.
The word Oregon is said to have been
derived from a Spanish word signifying
wild thyme, SO called on account of the
herb found by the early explorers.
Credit of discovery is generally given to
Captain Gray, of Boston, in 1892.
The watercress is a plant which has
resisted all efforts of Improvement by
cultivation. Under artificial treatment
it loses the faint, piquant mustard favor
that is its special charm, and assumes
much of the hot, pungent taste of the
horseradish.
The question has arisen, whether
Polynesian architecture is of Asiatic or
South American origin; and it is thought
that the preponderance of evidence is in
favor of the Asistic theory. Indeed, it
seems probable that the American con.
tinent was influenced by the same
migration from Asia which gave the
copper-colored races to Polynesia.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-02-28

Very few people realize how much the
dentist has done for mankind. To
mention one thing only, the perfection
TO which the manufacture of false teeth
has been carried has practically abolished
old age-that is, old age in the sense
that ! used to know it, says d writer in
The Globe ensocrat. You see none of the
helpless, mumbling old men and women
that you formerly did. This is not be.
cause people do not attain the age their
parents and grandparents reached, but
because the dentist has prevented some
Of Tbs most unpleasant consequences Of
advancing years. Men Of seventy no
longer either look or feel old, because
they are not deprived Of nourishing food
81 the time when they need it most.
Estimates have been made showing that
the average length Of life has been I'M
creased from four to six years By the
general inc Of false teeth, and this does
not appearin the least -extravagant when
one thinks BIZ tha difference ii tie nusr;.
nent accessible % one with i fine set Of
rnolars and ona condenned Is gum II
fAsough his dsclining years.
HsS@M 5
The Opelousas courier., 1891-02-28
THE PORT OF PLEASANT DREAMS.

I sailed in the good bark Fancy
Down the still, deep river of sleep,
From the lands of deep December
To aport that the sunbeams keep;
While the glad winds followed after,
And sang with a happy zest,
And / heard them Groom DER the infant
moon,
As it lay on the nights broad breast.
And the port of the good bark Fancy,
A port that the sunbeams keep,
Is called Pleasant Dreams; like an opal ii
CLEANS
Ger the strange, dark river of sleep.
There, flushed with the wine of laughter.
HI voyager SINCE queer sons,
And, borne in a car of the sunset,
Rides oft with the elin throngs
Up, up through the rosy cloudland,
Where the round little mistmen stay.
To the stars abloom in the cool, soft gloom
OF gardens far away. q
There are none too poor for a voyage
To this port that is centuries old;
Where munger Ger finds a banquet,
And poverty revels in gold;
Where, robed in the garb of morning
The earth in new beauty CLOVIS,
And the amulet of the summer
Is worn ON the heart of the rose.
Oft from the fields Of sorrow,
To the brink of the river of sleep,
Wan toilers come, and, restful,
They sail on its waters deep;
Till clear through the gates of shutdown
The past, like a beacon beams,
And love, sweet mariner, anchors
In tie port of Pleasant Dreams.
ingram Crockett, in Frank Leslis's
The Opelousas courier., 1891-02-28

Poor ministers in England have a
source of revenue which the Springfield
CMass.l Union charitably hopes viii not
be accorded to their brethren in this
country. Instead of sailing down their
old sermons in barrels they send them to
the bookseller, who gets as much as S.
hundred for them. A London dealer offers
1000 sermons in job lots at this price,
and il they are written in "a large, bold,
plain hand" they bring more.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-02-28
Definition of Ingram.

Ingram is a term used in connection
with textiles dyed before being woven.
The advantage of such textiles is that
they a be washed without thereby dis
charging their colors. The cotton cloth
called Turkey red and the red marking
cotton are what is called ingram. There
are also double and treble ply ingram
carpets. Boston CuN5ootor.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-02-28

According to the Detroit Free Press, a
firm in New York can make you a great
big fire and burglar proof safe, with a
nice landscape and your name on the
door, for $13. II is a dummy, made
out of sheet iron, and IS for the use of
people who want to set up Offices and
make q spread of themselves. They
give outsiders a feeling of confidence.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-02-28

BY a rather remarkable coincidence
the name "spurlock" appears in three
stories written by three different authors
in the December issues of Harper, Scrit-
nsr,s and The Century.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-02-28

The fashionable housekeepers of
Evanston, ILL.,, a suburb of Chicago,
thavs just availed themselves of the co.
operative housekeeping scheme, and
COW their fifty displaced domestics have
engaged a lawyer to assist them in re.
gaining their situations.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-02-28

The Commercial Adosrtiser thinks that
the Argentine Republic has done a good
stroke of business by abolishing, on the
ground of economy, its embassy at
Switzerland. Buenos Ayres needs s
minister plenipotentiary at Berne about
as much as C~onstantinople needs an en-
ivoy extraordinary in Iceland.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-02-28

Captain Aea.s, of the United States
Navy, says that in peace times we do not
get the best natives in the navy, and
that no wages, however high, will
bring US the best.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-02-28
~OPELOUSAS
Female Institute
oPELoUsAs, ST. LANDRY PARISH, LA.

This institution is undenomiuationaI, prac.
kical and progressive. Discipline firm and
based on sound principles ENROLLING and de-
veloping character, Honor and self respect
promoted. Methods of training and culture
thorough. Tue curriculum prepares tina
pupil for University or practical life. Ger.
t~ifcates and Diplomas conf rred. buildings
comfortable and comm odious. PatrouaSs
solicited. For further particulars apply 10
MRS. M. NJ. HAYES. Principal.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-02-28
ToWN DRoPERTY Tor Cal
Il OWN L ROPERTY u OR NAhS

A. CENTRALLY 10 ated and desiEslss
sop ting Of building suitable for ressasass
md email store, beiog the property ns.sgS
sahe reNtonlce. This property, will % VA
Cheap For cash, or halfcash n smHa
6AMgnNko suit purchaser. Apply 70 as
A fmTnd q. Innra.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-02-28

In one California county 1nyo) Their;
were 1900 red to 500 white skins.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-02-28

Electricity is . successful agenE for the
publication of sugar.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-02-28

Da0iy bruised uDs he TOlted af0un0 1Of
a while, screaming in pain and anger,
and then skunk off without having seen
me-
Il was N connection with a panther
that ] saw my father perform a feat
which ID recorded in pioneer histories.
One day in October he and / were out
hunting. ! had Jagged behind to pluck
some wild grapes, and, coming to a
spring on a hillside, father knelt down
to quench his thirst. He was hardly
down when q large male panther sprang
ON him from q limb about ten feet above
the ground. The yells Of surprise father
gave reached my ears and I fastened my
footsteps. l came up to find him bat
thing barehanded with the beast. / had
my gun, but, for fear Of killing father,
was obliged to stand by as a spectator.
Father had leaned his rifle against a tree,
but, owing to the activity of the panther,
could not reach it. He had a hunting
knife In his belt, but declared afterward
that he totally forgot its presence. The
panther snarled and father shouted, and
thsy seemed to be whirling in a circle
most of the time. The real situation was
this: The panther aimed to spring and
pull father down, but father ducked and
lodged, and at every opportunity got in
8 kick or a blow. Had the beast re-
manned quiet three seconds | could have
put . bullet into him, but he was NOV
ing about like creased lightning. Once
father caught him By the tail and flung
him ten feet away, but he gathered him
self up and was back before ! could fire.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-03-23

AZ soil my cows have been an.
noyed with racks and other devices where
on or two master cows would keep away
all the weaker ones until they could hll
up and walk OF. From the box here
illustrated four cows can feed nj time
and neither reach the other. ~ They stand
Mt opposite corners. By laying i5.foot
pole at each corner fastening the larger
end 70 the top 81 the box. and letting the
smaller end rest on the ground. pricti-
cal sinll is made FOR each COW, restrain.
ing tho "uglies" from going around 70
often.
The boxes are 0 feet high aud feet
square; have ~, bottom. aud are cleaned
by turning them over. The materials
are scantling . by inch AMI 20 feet long;
for tho sides, inch boards @ inches wide
aud lo feet long; and for the braces, 1.
inch boards : inches wide and 10 feet
long. These. cut without waste, giving
six o Inch strips on each side similar
boxes have been illustrated before. but
this one has an improvement In the top
hnr which prevents the COW getting into
the box. For convenience only Eve side
strips are shown; the number will vary
with the width 81 lumber used or the
makers fancy.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-03-23

Al recent meeting at st. GATHERINGS,
Ont, u vote was taken On the question
OF outdoor versus indoor wintering Of
bees. The majority favored packing on
summer stands,
Mr.. Thomas q. Newman urges on the
readers Of The American Bea journal
the importance OF their making bee aud
honey exhibits at the agricultural fairs,
snd giyes some very good reasons for 80
doing. There is no doubt about the at.
Effectiveness To the average fair goer OF
BEES In glassed hives and honey Ia glass
crates.
II separators are 10 DO used, which
shall they be, wood or TIM | believe
the general decision Is that tin is prefer.
able with wide frames, aud wood with
the 4 supers, says u correspondent In
The Beekecpers' Review.
ripe honey Is honey which has by
evaporation become sufficiently thick to
BE- sealed In the cell.
The queen cells are elongated and are
the ones In which queens are reared.
Root tells that the Slated honey board
Ia now scarcely ordered, and no has al.
most ceased making them. Fixed dis.
tanccs and thick tor bars are running 1t
out entirely OF COURSE queen exclud-
Ing honey boards are as popular a. ever
A tested queen is ono Whose progeny
has been examined and found pure
A separator Is strip or piece Of Tin or
ALI an hos 40
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-03-23

The plants that derive profit from gyp.
sum include all known To the agricultur-
let, but some more than Others profit by
the fertilizer, says American Cultvator.
Clover stands AZ the bead Of tho list a.
one responding quickly To tho applica.
ton, aud It will often make all the differ.
ence between % good and bal crop OF
clover whether the gypsum has been ap-
Piled. One hundred pounds Of land plas.
ter 10 the acre, sown broadcast, will pre-.
vent a clover patch from being burnt up
by dry spell, and go pounds spread
over the fields beforehand will give the
clover q splendid start. II may be- sown
at seeding time, or when the plants are
up, but the former method seems pfcicra.
BILE, for IL will then enable the plants to
get gool catch. Gypsum Is thus made
the foundation Of good crop Of clover,
and n the young crop Is threatened by q
drought gypsum can come In as u
topdrcssinR Even during very severe
thoughts land plaster will avert diroful
calamity In the clover field IL applied
early enough, says the authority quoted.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-03-23
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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-03-23

With many crops. SAYS The New York
World, rotation seems beneficial, indie.
pendent Of yearly manuring. 30 keep up
the fertility Of the soil. with some.
however, II doos not appear 10 h. neces.
sary. Potatoes aud onions, especially
the latter, do wcll On the same .o.l Tor
years, provided they arr properly fcrtil.
lied. A both nfn cminoutly hocl
crops, the kind ~ cultivation they ~.
GIVE 10 make them profitable keeps tho
soil IA The best possible condition for
their growth. For tho onion crop the
ground should be- exceedingly mellow
aud rich. Barn yard aud hog Zen ma
nurc arp both excellent for this CROP.
provided they arr well dccUnpo.rd aud
thoroughly mixed with the foil. No
crop will pay better Tor an uncommonly
good preparation OF tho soil than this.
4 yearly top dressing oi ashes applied
10 the onion beds aud mkc1 In before
the planting Ia highly recommended.
For the potato the ground should be-
deeply plowcd aud wen narrowed 10 pnl.
ycrize It,. The furruws for the seed b II
should bo deep aud wide, 10 give tue
tubcrs room to form without obstrac.
ton from the funer soil Of their sides.
For this crup the standard commercial
fertilizers iiAvo given the bst returns.
aud are now more commonly used than
for any other They may bcsown broad.
east or more directly applied. For their
most economical use they may either h.
mixed whit the loose soil In the bottom
of the furrow before the seed is dropped.
or he scattered on top Of a first shallow
covering, leaving the furrow To be- filled
WHEN tho shoots bcsan to appear, Il il
not quite settled whether above or be-
low the seed IL tho best.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-03-23
vreolpe COX FOR CATTLE.
A vIrsins,n's Plan for Feeding Cattle and
Restraining "ueiies."

A Virginia correspondent writing to
Country Gentleman gives the following
illustrated description Of feeding box
Tor cattle. He says.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-03-23

hcWaity (at tho breakfast tablo)--
Mr., small, this egg has a chicken In IT,
Mrs snall-S Shows II Is genuine, /
never use artificial eggs. West Shora