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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-06-27

Experiments on the artificial produc.
ton Of rain are to be made IN Kansas.
Balloons filled with hydrogen and oxy.
gen gas will be sent up and exploded
by wire connected with On electrical
apparatus on the ground.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-06-27

In recent Russian trials to test the
adaptability OF snow breastworks
against an ensmy's fire, it was found
that thickness OF six feet was a per-
feet protection against bullets fired ct
800 PAGES Packing the snow aud pour
ing water over 1t to make crust OF
ice. was found TO keep bullets out
when the thickness was only three feet
and one-half.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-06-27

Recent developments In chemical
science promote belief in the existence
Of elementary forms OF matter not yet
actually observed. Certain peculiari-
ties in the spectrum Of the sun are
thought to Indicate that much of its
matter Is still in such elementary
forms owing to its intense heat.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-06-27

nlrs. winslew's ssethins syrup, for Chli.
dren tsething. softens the gums. reduces innamma-
ton allays ps'- -''-~> wind collie. $50. bottle.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-06-27

A Limoges firm has introduced a
new process Of firing porcelain by
means of petroleum or residuum oils,
which give very pure heat without
smoke or fumes.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-06-27

Small Boy texcitedIy pointing 70
sign( Please, mister, don't stand
with your feet SO close together; this
floor won't hold but 200 pounds to the
square foot.-Harrcr's Weekly.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-06-27

When Baby was sick, We gave her Castoria.
When she was q Child. she cried for Castoria-
When she became Miss, she chung to CastoriA
When shs had Children. she gave them Castoria
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-06-27

The erosion Of big guns is thought
to be largely due to igniting SLOW burn
ing powder at the base of the charge,
whereby the bore receives attrition
from the hard unburnt portions Of the
noMdar
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-06-27

FITS.--An Fits stopped free by DIR, KLISrs GREAT
Nerve RestOrer. No Fit after first day use Mar
velious Treatise and $500 trial bottle free to
Fit cases. Send to Dr. Kline,93I Arch ST., Pha-, Pa.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-06-27

There's a patent medicine
which is not a patent medicine
-paradoxical as that may
sound. It's a discovery! the
golden discovery of medical
science It's the medicine fo-
tired, run down, exhaust
ed, nerve wasted men and
women; for you sufferers from
diseases of skin or scalp, liver
or lungs-it's chance is with
every one, it's season always,
because it aims to purify the
fountain of ife-the blood
upon which all such diseases
depend.
The medicine is DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery.
The makers of it have
enough confidence in it to
sell it on trial.
That is-you can get it from
your druggist, and if it doesn't
do what it's claimed to do, you
can get your money back,
every cent Of ii.
That's what its makers call
taking the risk Of their aOOras.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-06-27

In France successful experiments
have been made with sulphate Of iron
and with sulphate OF copper, lime and
water, as a spray in preventing potato
disc se
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-06-27

A lady for light. pleasant, and
profitable employ ment at Ler own
home. Address, with stamp, Kilmer
h Co., South Bend, Ind.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-06-27

A new electric thermostat, for use
In ships bunkers and refrigerating
rooms, has lately appeared, the special
feature being steel bulb inclosed In q
frame having o set screw which can
be altered SO as to bring the mercurisl
column to o platinum contact wire ex.
actly ut the desired temperature.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-06-27

.sHnuson's Magic Corn Snlve."
Warranted TO cure, or money refunded. Ash
your druggist for II. Price Is eents.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-06-27

Majors Cement Repairs Broken Articles
l5c and sc Majors Leather and Rubber Cement l5c.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-06-27

Tiny, little, sugar : coated
granules, are what DR.. Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets are. The best
Liver Pills ever invented; ac-
tive, yet mild in operation;
cure sick and bilious head
aches. One a dose.
, 1891-06-06
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for the ColOnjm CoMqciFs ,Ertraor7nqyy
Meeting MopdW SH Jaae 1891,
II o'clock Ro0R.

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Commission to superintend the enrolment
of men for the Brandcompuies, agrecah!y
to request from Government.
Election of Members to sit in the Com
mission to examine and to propose
Implements for use at Fires, agrecably
to request from Government.
2nd Discussion on Draft If Budget for
1892 with Money Bills. Committee
Report, Rcctitications and Amend
mcntS.
+. Submissive representation to Ills Exc
lency the Minister Of Finances concerning
the financial position of the Island Of St.
Croix con the basis of The Committee
Report Of 10Th March 1879
Colonial Council, st. Croix 3 )th My 1891.
w. a.. GRE AGH,
Chairman.
, 1891-06-06
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The Opelousas courier., 1891-01-17
Miss Liberty's Proportions.

The construction of the statue of
Liberty in New York harbor, which is
The largest composite work ever aty
tempted, nis due to M. Auguste Bar
tholdi, 4 French sculptor. A first
model six feet Iii inches high
was made. This was not large enough
to suit the sculptor, and a model twenty
seven feet fourteen inches high met with
approval. This was used as a pattern
and the basis of the measurements for the
sections into which the statue itself was
s~ubdiyided, and which had to be made
separately, and brought together and
fitted on a massive frame of iron. A
sectional mold in plaster of paris, each
five times larger than the corresponding
section in the second model, was then
made, and this reproduced in reverse in
wood. The sheets of copper of which
the statue is composed were then shaped
by being clamped down and pressed into
the wooden reverse molds by a steady
hammering with coooden mallets. Over
! 1900 measurements were made OF both
model and statue, and this operation was
| FGpGaIGu SIA tdLuCSs w 1hSu1V A0GuAaoJ IA
| fitting the 800 sections of over 1000
| sheets of copper together at the final
moment. The dimensions of the COM
| pleted statue Of sLiberty Enlightening
| the World" are 151 feet IL inches, from
base to top of torch; from plinth to top
| of diadenl, 119 feet six inches; from
toe to top of head, 10 feet six inches.
The first finger Of the right hand is eight
!. feet 81 inches long and four feet ten
inches around the second joint. Head
~twenty-tour feet five inches high. Eye
two feet two inches in diameter. Nose
three feet eight inches long. Forty per-
sons can find room inside the head and
twelve inside the frame Of the torch.
.The weight is 440, 600 pounds, the cop
per sheets weighing 176, 900 pounds.
The base is of granite, about ITO feet
high, making the whole statue 321 feel
hirh -Dstg0it Tree Press.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-01-17
Shedding Din Mont Blanc.

A lame man, about sixty years of age,
has Just made the ascent of Mont Blanc,
in the Swiss Alps. In his day Mr.. jan
sen has been a great mountain climber.
He is the President of the French Alpine
Club and an astronomer. He was taken
up on a sledge which was drawn and
pushed by twenty-five guides, and while
they had a rather hard time Of it IN some
parts of the ascent the old gentleman sat
in comfort on his sledge and let them
tug away and founder in the snow.
When near the top of the mountain, at
the Ridge of the Bosses, the ascent was
almost vertical, and on both sides were
beds of snow, apparently ready to fall in
avalanches at the slightest motion. The
twenty-five guides, who were up to their
waists in the snow, begged the old gen.
tleman to try walking for a little variety,
and assured him that a very short pull
would land him on the top of the noun.
tain.
He finally consented to try it, got of
his sledge and took six or seven steps,
when he tumbled down in the snow. He
said the work was much too hard for hia
strength and they must get him mp on
the sledge somehow. Another hours
hard work and the astronomer was on top
of the mountain, the first time that any
one has ever taken a sledge journey up
Mont Blanc.
It took him two days to make the as.
cent, but only n day to return to the
hotel near the foot of the mountain, and
during the many hours the guides were
putting away up the difficult slopes two
ladies, the wife and daughter of the Al
pine sledge traveller, were on the veranda
of the hotel watching every movement OF
of their relative through a telescope. He
therefore not only assembled the mountain
with a considerable degree of comfort,
but afforded all the way up a very unique
and interesting spectacle to those who
were watching the party below Wash
Sngt0D Star.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-01-17
A Sunken Forest.

There is a sunken forest of white
cedar in New jersey which has been
continuously "mined" for its valuable
timber for over eighty years. The Curl
u industry of digging for the sunken
logs is carried on by the people of Den
uisvilIe, Cape May County, a village
which was brought into existence solely
through the wealth of the buried timber
in its vicinity. Over the sunken forest
trees of large size are growing, and in
many instances these are cut away in or
der to get at the more valuable timber,
which lies only three or four feet below
the surface. AL the sunken trees are of
enormous size, two to five times larger
than those cow growing on the surface.
The exact age in which they lived is a
matter Of curious conjecture. 1t is prob
able that they were buried many CEN
turtles ago by the action OF an earth
,uake.-New York Commercial Aduertsser.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-01-17
who Are the Greatest Readersg

Which class of our population is the
most addicted to reading2 Some IN
teresting light is thrown on this question
by the latest report of the Birmingham
Free Libraries Committee. Among Other
tables therein given is n showing the
occupations of borrowers admitted dur
ing 1889. Here are some of the figures:
Scholars and students, 1892; clerks ano
bookkeepers, 113s; errand and office
boys, 301; teachers, 1913; shop assist
ants, 29o;; jewellers, ZIG; e~ompositors
and printers, 1872; milliners and dress
makers, 109. Almost at the bottom Of
the list come journalists, six; news
agents, two, and reporters, two. Is this
because they have libraries of their own,
or because the people who write in news.
papers lose the taste for reading books
Pail Nal Gas IL
The Opelousas courier., 1891-01-17
ARemarKable Case Of Paralysis.

aJohn Doc, unconscious end I'M
known. = Is the record at the receiving
hospital II the case of a man who was
taken I'd that institution last Wednesday
morning by Officer Egan. The man was
found lying in q doorway at Washington
and Front streets, and from the time he
was taken into the receiving hospital ne
has been il i comatose condition. Be-
yond slight and intermittent pulsations Of
his heart and an occasional opening Of
the eyelids, NO other signs Of life are ap,.
narent. The man was at first paralyzed
81 the left side. Then the paralysis sud-
denly changed to the right. DIR. Will
lans. the physician IN charge of the
hospital, says it ii q Of the most re
markable cases that ever came under his
notice. The mans name g not known,
and 20 one has is yet made any inquiry
shout him.~sm Maleiseo QAfpnsole.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-01-17
A Sensitive Balance.

In a lecture to the British Association
on his now celebrated quartz flores, Pro-
lessor G. v. Boys exhibited the applica-
ton Of the minute threads as suspenders
for extremely delicate apparatus. The
heat from a candle at the extreme end Of
the hall was sufficient to turn a mirror
suspended from n OF the fbres, the
movement being made visible by the
spot Of lighs reflected on a screen. A
musical cote ever produced a detection
of the spot. What was perhaps even
more wonderful was the demonstration
that attraction so small as the 2b-mil-
lionth OF a grain might be weighed, the
attraction of gravity of that amount pro-
ducing a visible effect on a torsion bal
/. arce made of the quartz fbre.-1rentoa
IN. u american.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-01-17

There seems to be little going on
in musical circles of late, but there
is much talk, among musical people,
of the marvellous cure of Miss B,
the high contralto singer, who has
long suffered from a severe throat
or bronchial affection, superinduced
by Catarrh in the Head, and who
has been perfectly cured by the
use of DR.. sage's Catarrh Remedy,
coupled with the s of DIR. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery. For
all bronchial, throat and lung atfec-
tons, and lingering coughs, it is an
unequaled remedy. When compli-
Gated with Chronic Nasal Catarrh,
its use should be coupled with the
use of DIR. Sage's Catarrh Remedy.
Of all druggists.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-01-17
An Inventors Folly.

A. few months ago an inventor OF GER
lain apparatus of a very simple character,
which could have been readily duplicated
in many different forms, was offered
$4,000 for the right to a certain Inland
town. He was q poor man and needed
the money badly. The reader supposes,
Of course, that the inventor jumped at
the chance and pocketed the money on
the spot. Not he; he told the buyer
that the patent was worth Sl0o, ooo,
and he was not going to sell n town
in New York State for $4,000. The
same inventor was offered q similar sum
for another large town in the State, OF
$40, 900 for only two cities in the u
try, but he refused to take it. we have
these facts from the inventor himself
and they are correct. Before it was too
late to negotiate we berated the man
soundly for his folly, but he was deaf to
argument. The sequel was that the IN
ventor never sold q single right, and has
his patent to this ay.-Eagi7esrihg.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-01-17
Safety Wheels for Omnibnses.

Safety wheels have recently been fitted
tn some of the London omnibuses. These
ara small wheels-easters would perhaps
be a more expressive name-attached to
the body of the vehicle, and ordinarily
carried a few inches off the ground, so
that in the event of an axle breaking or
a wheel coming off the worst that hap
pens to the passengers is a sudden drop
az Ave or six inches. 1t is said that an
attempt will be made to have the appli-
cation of these safety wheels made com
pulsory in order to prevent accidents
similar to those which SO painfully
MARRIED the last coaching season.-Nea
Y0yE Journal.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-01-17
Cure for q Felen.

To cure a felon, says a correspondent.
mix equal parts of strong ammonia and
water and hold your finger in it for hf-
teen minutes. After that withdraw it
and tie a piece of cloth completely satu-
rated with the mixture around it and
keep it there till dry. If this treatment
il adopted when the ailment is at first
realized the pains will cease at once
Scientific american.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-01-17
The Great Carpet City.

The Philadelphia Press says the textile
industry is the greatest of all industries
in Philadelphia, and the largest branch
of that industry is carpets. The trade
has been ina %1ourishing condition, and
il one ward in the city more carpets are
made than in all England combined, the
former homo Of the industry. There
are at least one hundred and fifty mills
in the city producing goods worth prob
ably $40, 000, 900 a year, employing fully
seventeen thousand persons.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-01-17
A New Material From COcoaaut Husk.

One of the most remarkable products
Of French ingenuity is a tibrous substance
called cellulosa, which, by some secret
mechanical process, is obtained from the
ordinary ~cocoanut husk. When CON-
pressed its specific gravity is far less
than that of cork-it is claimed, indeed,
that it is the lightest solid known, and,
therefore, of peculiar value for life belts
aud life mattresses, while in large quau-
titles its b~uoyanccy would render a large
vessel absolutely nonsinkable. 1t is
adapted to the filling of compartments
in d ships side, in this way serving to
prevent water entering through q hole
made by a projectile or rock.-Neso York
T,unrn7
The Opelousas courier., 1891-01-17
Hos This9

We offer One Hundred Dollars reward for
any ca q OF catarrh that cannot be cured oy
taking Hail. Gatarrh Cure. r
We. the undersigned, have known r y.
Cheney for the last u year., and believe MN
pcriec ~ b norable in ell bu-iness transac-
tions. and financially ape 10 carry Out any
obligations made by their fiTIl.
WEST & TRuAx, Wholesale Druggists, foie-
do, @. urx.t,
Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Gatarrh Cure Is taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blooi and mucous sur
faces oil the system. Testimonials sent Tree.
Price 75c. per bottle. Sold By all dInggists.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-01-17
Trades and Occupatfons.

The YOUTHS COMPANION for 1891 win give
an instructive and helpful Series of Papers,
each of which describes the character ct some
Girls. They give information as to the APP
premiership required to learn each,the Wages
TO be expected, the Qualities needed II order
TO enter, and the prospects of Success. 10 New
Subscribers who send S1.75 at once the paper
will be sent free to Jan. !, 1891, and for q Jul
year from that date. Address,
THE YOUTHS COMPANION, Boston, Mass.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-01-17
Neglected Wild Rice.

When Columbus discovered America
the two most valuable and important
cereals known to the Indians were corn
and wild rice. Corn has been contin-
ua'ly cultivated and greatly improved
during three or four centuries, but our
native rice has been 50 generally
neglected that few persons seem to know
that such a grain exists, growing along
the banks of thousands of streams, COW
ering millions of acres, IN swamps, bays
and saltwater and fresh-water meadows,
the food of myriads of wild ducks,
geese and other graminiyorons birds.
The aborigines of North America knew
the value of and highly appreciated this
grain, gathered it when ripe, and stored
it in vast quantities for winter. AS this
species of rice, like its near relatives, the
cultivated varieties, thrives best in low
and submerged lands, the Indians could
readily harvest the crop while padding
or pushing their canoes through the
dense thickets of this grain bearing
grass, by merely bending the heads over
their frail vessels, and either shaking or
beating out the seeds. Many early voy-
ayers and settlers in this country were
highly pleased with this wild rice, and
soale of our earlier botanists gave rather
extravaganza accounts of its value.
Elliott, in his Botany of South Caro-
lima and Georgia, says that ''this grass
grows in great abundance near the
mouths of u fresh-water rivers. It
constitutes a considerable portion of the
fresh-water marshes, preferring those
situations where the soil is oyeriowed
one to two feet deep at high water" He
adds that the leaves arc succulent and
eaten with avidity by stock, but it does
not appear to have been found OF much
| Importance for forage. There are
really two species of this Wild rice, one
with a round grain, the other oblong f;
| the latter is most common, and extends
much the farthest northward, in fact its
original home appears to be around the
great lakes of the Northwest, from
whence it may have been disseminated
by the prehistoric races of America or by
the many streams flowing from these re-
gions. Seedmen do not usually have a
call for the seed, but q visit to almost
any tide-water bay or marsh on the east
shore of Pennsylvania or New Jersey
during November would afford oppor
tunity of gathering an almost unlimited
ouantity.-NeU York Tribune.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-01-17

For impure or thin Blood, Weakness MalA-
ria. Neuralgia, Indigestion and B~ilipusness,
making old persons feel young-and young
persons strong: pleasant to take.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-01-17
A DOCTORS CONFESSION.
He Doesn't Take Much Medicine and Ad
yises the Reporter Not TIE.

EHE y u Ia AHAS
vises the Reporter Not To.
"Humbug? OF course it is The so-called
science of medicine is a humbug and has
been from the time of Hlppocrates to the
present. Why the biggest crank IN the In
dian tribes is the medicine man."
every frank was the admission, especially
SO when it came from one Of the biggest
young physicians of the city, one whose
practice is among the thousands, though he
has been graduated but a few years" says
the Buffalo Courier. VERY cozy was his Of
flee too, with its cheerful CRATE fire, its Queen
Anne furniture, and its many lounges and
easy chairs. He stirred the fire lazily, lighted
a fresh cigar, and went on" =
take the prescriptions laid down in the
books and what do you find? Poisons mainly,
and nauseating stuffs that would make a
healthy man an invalid. Why in the world
science should goto poisons for its remedies
Icaunot tell, nor can | find any one who
can"
ttHow does a doctor know the effect of his
medicineg' he asked. He calls, prescribes.
and goes away. The only way to judge would
be to stand over the bed and watch the pa
tent. This cannot be dom SO really L
don't know how he is to tell what good or
hurt he does. Sometime ago, you remem-
Der, the Boston Globe sent out a reporter
with a stated set of symptoms. lie Went 20
eleven prominent physicians and brought
back eleven different prescriptions. This
lust shows how much science there is in
medicine"
There are local diseases of various charac-
tiers for which nature provides positive RENE
dies. They may not be included in the regu!-
lar physicians list, perhaps, because of their
simplicity, but the evidence of their cura-
tive power is beyond dispute. Kidney dis
ease is cured by Warmers Safe Cure, a strict
" herbal remedy. Thousands of persons,
every year, write as does Fl. J. Gardiner, OF
"a few years ago I suffered more than
probably ever will be known outside of my
self. with kidney and liver complaint. 1t is
the old story-I visited doctor after doctor,
but to no avail. l was at Newport, and DIR.
Blackman recommended Warner Safe Cure:
/ commenced tho use of it, and found reIlet
ties. and I truthfullY state that it cured me-"
The Opelousas courier., 1891-01-17

The toughest fowl can be made eatab BILE II
nut III cold water, plenty Of it, and cooked
- ry slowly from tive to six hours.