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HORRIBLE MASSACRE.
Seventy Persons Murdered and Mu-
tilated in Madagascar

The latest mails from Madagascar bring
report that the Sakalavas Of Morrombo have
massacred the Governor of Tubear and fifty
seven HCva soldiers, after the Sakalava
King had promised the Governor an
audience. The victims bodies were
horribly mutilated Thirteen Hova
customs officials were also mur-
dered. The inhabitants of Tubear fed
IN terror to the French colony on the Island
Of Nossi-Be, near Madagascar. At last &C.
counts French gunboat was cruising along
the Madagascar coast waiting for Hova re-
Inducements. .
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HEARTRENDING TRAGEDY.
A Boy Accidentally Shot by His
Brother, Who Commits Suicide.


Two young sons Of e1-Mayor Stafford, of
Leicester, England, were playing with re-
voiver few days ago in bedroom. Cecil,
the eldest, ignorant that the weapon was
loaded, pointed it at bis brother Roy and
pulled the trigger. The pistol was dis
Charged and the bullet struck the younger
boy in the head, intlicting fatal wound,
Cecil, thinking he had killed bis brotner
and overcome with remorse, turned rne
weapon against himself, fired and fell
corpse to the floor. The mother, alarmed at
the detonations, rushed to the bedroom and
found both of her children weltering in their
blood upon the floor. Uttering piercing
scream she fell upon their bodies and
fsintad
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-05-06

TIE Commissioners Of the Georgia State
College for Colored People met in Atlanta
and decided on Savannah over the other
competing cities for the college. That city
gives a largo tract Of land in the suburbs
and SIS, 900.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-05-06

COMMANDER GEORGE c. RErrER, Of the
Navy, was ordered to the command Of the
Thetis, relieving Lieutenant-C Commander C.
n. Stockton, who goes on waiting orders.
GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT WHITE, Of the
Railway Mail Service, has announced that
he will present gold medal to the clerk in
the whole service who makes during the
year ending December 81, 1891, the best
case examination.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-05-06
The Commerce Of Great Britain.

Consul General New, of London, in report
TO the Department Of State on the commerce
of Great Britain, says the total value Of i'm
norts into the United Kingdom in 1889 was
s., 1ss 1s9, 975, and exports sl,57$ 52s, 7o5, or
together total trade Of So, III, ZIG, 7so. The
IMPORTS and exports both exceed those of
any previous year, and were in the proper
ton of s9s 10 per head of population of the
kingdom.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-05-06
FIFTY REBELS SLAIN.

The British Slaughter the Retreat
ing Manipuris.
A dispatch from Raugoon, Burmah, says
that Captain Presgrave, who was reported
to have reinforced Lieutenant Grant atFor
rhebal, has met and defeated force OF 800
Manipuris. Captain Presgraves mounted
infantry detachment pursued the Mauipuris
after their repulse and killed fifty OF them.
There was no loss Of life on the British side.
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An Insane Mother Kills Her Child.

Early on recent morning at Leo, g small
village in Indiana, the wife Of DR.. George
Murphy, a well-known physician Of that
place, shot and instantly killed her five
year-old daughter Irma while she lay sleep
Inc in her cradle She was on her way to
the he'd of her other two children, when her
husband caught and disarmed her.
Mrs. Murphy was probably suffering from
a temporary At Of insanity. After she be.
came calmed she said she knew perfectly well
what she had done, and gave as her reason
that ner darling was better of in heaven,
and that as soon as opportunity offered she
would send her other two children there ana
tban folloyy them herself
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-05-06
BY TELEGRAPH and CaS
Latest Domestic and Foreign
Occurrences.
Angry Spectators Wreck a Circus
at Knoxville, Tenn.

A circus and wild west show went to
Knoxville, Tenn, for weeks stand. On the
third night the large audience which was
present began to jeer some Of the performers
As the audience became more and more e1-
cited it worked its way into the space re-
served for the show. All attempts to force
the crowd back were fruitless, and several
fights resulted. Finally clown mounted q
block and began singing song. He had
sung one verse when soma one hit him
square in the face with a brick-bat. He fell
senseless to the ground and was dragged
away by his companions.
By this time everything was in an uproar.
Women screamed and mad rush was made
for the exit. The police were powerless.
Scores were knocked down and trampled on.
The manager Of the show got on stand and
attempted to quiet the mob with a speech,
but it was useless, and he, like the clown,
was knocked down.
At this point the riot spirit took COM
wrecked. The band instruments were
smashed fat. The seats were torn down
and broken. Some one cut the ropes and
the big tent came down with q rush, bury
Inc 200 or more people in Its folds.
A rush was then made for the dressing
rooms, which were also torn down, leaving
the actors and actresses half-dressed in the
open air. The side shows were next attacked
and were wrecked.
After wrecking everything in sight the
crowd dispersed, and the show people, aided
by the police, gathered their traps together
and left on midnight train:
About twenty people were hurt but none
seriously except the clown, whose nose was
broken and lower Jaw fractured.
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Eight Instantly Killed.

A frightful wreck occurred on the Lake
Shore Railroad at Kipton station, about
forty miles west Of Cleveland, Ohio, in which
six postal clerks and two engineers were.
killed.
The fast mail No. IA, bound east, collided
with No 81, the Toledo express, just
as the latter train was about to pull on the
siding to let the fast mail pass. The fast
mail was running at full speed, and the
force of the collision was so great that
both engines, three mail cars and one
baggage car were completely wrecked.
The dead are: Edward Brown, engineer Of
No. 81, Toledo; Charles Tupton, engineer of
No. Il, Toledo; F. J. Nugent, postal clerk,
Toledo; Charles Hamill postal clerk, Elyria;
J. Bowerfine, postal clerk, Elyria; James
Mckinley, postal clerk; Conneaut; c. H.Mc-
Dowell, postal clerk, Elyria. The injured are:
Starkey, fireman Of No. 4, shoulder dislo-
Gated and leg broken. Danzig, son Of sec
ton foreman, struck by wreckage and badly
hurt.
None Of the passenger cars left the track
and none of the passengers received serious
injuries,
The Opelousas courier., 1891-06-27

a Chicago Tribune correspondent tells
some Interesting facts about the Bank of
England notes. They are made from
new white linen cuttings, never from
anything that has been + So care
fully is the paper prepared that even the
number of dips into the pulp made by
each workman is registered on a dial by
machinery, and the sheets are counted
and booked to each person through whose
hands they pass. They are made at
Laverstroke, or the River Whit, in
Hampshire, by d family named Portal, de-
sceading from a French Huguenot re-
fugee, and have been made by the same
family for mere 15e years. They are
printed within the building, there being
elaborate arrangements for making them,
DO that each note of the same denominas-
ton shall differ in some particular from
the other.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-06-27
cntious Facts About the Pump.

The water pump Of to-day is but an
improvement on the Grecian invention
which first came into use during the reign
of Ptolemies Philadelphos and Energetes,
2S3 to 221 BIC. The name which ID
very similar in all languages, is derived
from the Greek word pempo, to send or
thu The most ancient description we
have of a water pump is by Hero of Al
exandre. There is no authentic account
of the general use of the pump in Ger
many previous to the beginning OF the
sixteenth century; at about that time the
endless chain and bucket works for rails
ing water from mines began to be re-
placed by pumps. In the seventeenth
century rotating pumps, like the Pappen-
ham engine with two pistons and the
Prince Rupert with one, were first used.
Pumps with plpnger pistons were in
vented by Morland, an Englishman, in
1917; the double acting pump by DE Ia
Hire, the French academician.-a.
Louis Republic.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-06-27
CLOVER AS A WEED ExrERM1NAroR.

Among its other excellent qualities as
an agricultural plant it is a common ex-
perience among farmers that clover is
one of the best exterminatois of weeds.
Air and sunshine are as necessary for the
life of weeds as they are for cultivated
plants, and when growing together, il
one is thrifty enough to outgrow and
overshadow the other, if not disturbed ii
eventually takes possession of the ground.
So when clover is thickly sown on
ground naturally weedy the two yearly
mowings and the shade will prove too
much for nearly all varieties of weeds,
and when the ground is plowed for a
different crop it will not only be en-
riched from the clover, but will be COM
paratiVely free from weeds. But itmust
not be forgotten that land may be so un-
fertile that clover cannot be grown upon
it without first manurlng it and putting
the soil into a suitable condition for re-
ceiving the seed, while a great many
kinds of weeds have the faculty of
growing on very poor land without any
fertilizer Whateyer.-Neu Orleans New
Delta.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-06-27
Florida PHOSPHATE Beds.

"The phosphate beds of Florida have
since their discovery about n year ago
given employment to %thirty-two' millions
of capital. And" continued Commits
sioner R. Turnbull, guest of the Palmer
House from that State, ''many more
millions will be invested there before the
close of the present year. Moreover,
good, substantial returns are being had
on the money. Phosphate mining is not
like gold and silver mining-you don't
have to spend thousands of dollars be-
fore you learn where there is anything in
the ground worth digging for. The
phosphate lies in fiat beds, the top OF
which is only a few feet under ground,
and one man can in a short time figure
pretty close to the actual amount of phos-
phate obtainable from any particular plot
of ground. So that ar investor can put
in his money and be sure OF getting it
and something beside back. That is the
kind of a State Florida is2'-CbieGgo
Post.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-06-27
The report Of Sir Adolnde oaron ]

The report of Sir Adolpde caron, Min.
lister OF Militia flor the Dominion Of
Canada, has 55ddst been issued. 1t shows
eae strength of the armed and organized
CANADIAN militia to be about $4,000
MEN. AS the population of the Dominion
Is about 5000, 900, the proportion Of
citizen soldiers to the whole number of
tho people is obviously very much greater
chan in the United States, where with
5000, 900 people we have not far from
100, 600 members Of the National Guard.
sour Canadian cousins seem to be much
more strongly inbued with the military
spirit," admits the New York Mws,
*'than our own people. They possess a
plentiful assortment of artillery, more or
less modern; they have a government
cartridge factory, where plenty Of first
class cartridges aud artillery projectiles
are turned out, and the fact that half of
their 81, 900 militia spent ten days in &C.
tive open air drill in camp last summer
indicates the probability Of a fair degree
of efficiency in the entire force. When
one Of these days Canada takes her ma
tural and rightful place in the great
American Republic, her well organized
body Of militia viii prove a very vel
come addition to thgmilitary strength of
the United States"
The Opelousas courier., 1891-06-27
REMEDY FOR THE BoRERs.

A ~cultivator in Southern Missouri
succeeded in repelling the borer from
his young orchard trees by the following
remedy: He found that when lime and
ashes were applied around tffes-Eees If
they were not already~foo badly injured,
they healed eFeer and the borer left them.
Le~ssxclude the borers from other trees,
a wash was made of soft soap, ashes, lime
and coal oil, and applied four times in
the year, or twice in spring and twice in
autumn. This remedy appears to have
been effectual, for not a tree has been
lost since using it. Caution is, of course,
necessary, for sharp, fresh wood ashes,
and a large amount of coal oil, may each
be too sever a remedy for young trees
with tender bark, and especially If ap-
piled to young peach trees for the grub.
In addition to the borer, the remedy
was found to be efficient for excluding
rabbits.-NeD York Observer.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-06-27
begin early, or the last planting will
probably give you but very few blooms.
eIRpLING GRApEvINEs.


Nearly one hundred and fifty years
ago, one, Colonel BHehatt, Of Metz. lii
France, was experimenting id girdling
or removing a narrow ring of bark from
the bearing canes of grapevines for the
purpose of its influence on the fruit. By
removing d ring Of bark a half inch in
width the downward or return flow of
sap, after it has been assimilated by the
leaves. is checked at the point of bark
denuded wood. Buchatt claimed that
his invention or discovery would be of
value in fastening the maturity of the
fruit as we'll as improve its quality, but
the latter claim has rarely been admitted
by vineyardists in this e~othtfy of Europe.
This girdling or annular i~ncision of the
vine haze been praeticed to a limited ex-
tent in this country but far more tx
tensively in France, and by men who
sought to determine Its true value in the
production of grapes for wine-making
and other purposes. After these many
years of waiting we are informed through
a recent issue of the Reoue Hortico6 that
the subject of so much controversy 10
now finally settled and its advantages
are summarized as follows: 1l. 1t pre-
vents the dropping off of the fruit. (2).
It increases the fertility of the vine,
the size of the berries aud punches. g..
It increases the quantity Of the Juice id
the fritz, and for wine making purposes
it adds to the saccharine properties of
the must or wort and improves the
quality OF the wine. az. 1t causes the
fruit to ripen earlier and thus changes
second-early varieties to the early class.
~. It causssths fruit to set earlier and
bbssttttsf, especially Oh those varieties
which are often unproductive through
excess of growth.
While we doubt if American cult
vators of the grape have found that
girdling improves the quality of the
fruit. it certainly increases the size of
the berries and bunch, and hastens ma
turity at least two or three week.
american A~gricuhurist.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-06-27

That evening Annie went out to a
meeting of the Kings Daughters, su'
tbe other excused herself, and as soon as
left alone locked the doors, and tor the
next two hours busted herself IN over,
haulino the contents of two or three ofe
trunks in which they had shipped Ger
tain pyrtious IF their household goods
when they came from home. Certain
f9d5 sbc made here, added vastly to the
seeming tangfbilfty Of her happy thought,
Int did not conduce to the4soundness Of
her slumbers that night.
When the F street broker came down
to Ills office next morning at nine O'Clock,
he found d young lady awaiting him
outwardly calm, but filed with sup.
pressed excitement.
For an hour they talked over the OH
tents of a small package she had brought
with her, after which she went away.
One ddy sitter this, at their noon lunch,
she said:
"Twin Nan, 1 want you to come with
me this afternoon"
Their walk lay in they direction OF
Madame Marchon's. They went in, and
the madame herself met them with a
smile.
81 want nv sister to look aronnd a
little;" explained Katie.
Madame was only too happy. Madame
lerselt showed them over thefresh and
beautiful stock, extoIled the elegant ap~
continents, and invited them to rest In
ler own little private parlor---
"How de you like it Twin Nan3" said
Katie; when they were left alone for a
few moments:
ooh, Katie! if it we've only ours"
"Twin Nan, it is ours"
eff only we could get the money"
ssTwin Nan, we've got the money.
It's ours, bought and paid for, and we've
got money in the bank besides"
ssKatie, What do you mean?'
s.Just what I say; look at this, and
this.
The first this was an inventory Of the
stock, with a bill of sale and the late
owners receipt at the bottom; the other
was Il bank book showing a deposit OF
$500 in theft isint names in the First
National Bank.
"Oh Katie! what-how did you-W
This is what did it," and she showed
a little printed slip.
It reed
WANTED: - TO purchase Confederate
money, JONES Il Co, Brokers' 1891 F st.
"And we had"
GA hundred thousand dollars in the
old trunks, left by papa and Aunt
Jane"
"And we came near burning it all up
when we moved"
"And the papers have been full Of it
for a month past, and we never thought
of it; and it was all from my seeing that
sign in the window, and it must have
been the good Lord Himself sent me
there, and Twin Nan, 1 feel just like I'm
going to have a good cry"
And she did then and there.-T ankes
Blade.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-06-27

Tine Of the passengers on board of the
steamship Fulda, which arrived at New
FORK the other day, was q famous Great
Dane dog, who has heretofore reioiced
TO- the name SANDER, but who will
hereafter be known as Imperator. His
new owner is w. e. Hagans, q we'll
known dog fancierof Chicago. AS soon
es Mr.. Hagans learned that this dog
was tho tallest one living, he knew that
nature had intended it for Chicago and
paid the big price demanded with cheer.
ful alacrity. The animal is said to come
nearer meeting the requirements Of the
perfect standard than any others Of the
breed. He has taken plenty Of first
prizes IN his native land, at Stuttgart,
Nuremberg, and other places, but his
most notable success wal at the Interna.
tionai SHOW held last bay at Berlin.
There, although he had $50 German
massaas as competitors, he carried of
four first prizes. His height is some
thing over thirty-Rye inches At the
shoulder. U color be il ! golden favn
Rish z black neck. he is now three
years old. II could not Be learned What
Fas paid ior the animal, the owner
merely saying that It was the largest
pElce ever paid ID America for . German
nass'H. Rnasian dog fanciers tried to
ges num- but, q course, stood no chance
Ehen Chicago entered the lists.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-06-27
POTATOES EnR SEED.

Potatoes to be used for seed require no
special preparation. They should, of
course, be sound and in a dormant con-
dition when taken out for planting, and
the usual practice Is to cut the tubers
into about four pieces-that is CHARTERED
but some growers divide them even
more, leaving not exceeding two or three
eyes on each piece, dropping three or
four pieces in each hill, or, if cultivated
in rows, drop a piece every twelve to if-
teen inches in the row. Busting the
freshly cut tubers with hard wood ashes
or rolling them in plaster will usually
prove beneficial, as it prevents the attacks
of wireworms and adds something in the
way of nourishment to the young plants.
American 4griculturists
The Opelousas courier., 1891-06-27
CONSOLATION.
There's another land and better
ya ara hold

There's another land and better
We are told,
Where the slave shakes off his fetteF,
And where worth is eve debtor
Unto gold:
rhitker often are we turning
Weary eyes,
And our heavy hearts are yearning,
Night and day are throbbing, burning,
For its skies.
There that foolish superstition,
Pride of birth,
Finds its sudden demolition,
And our beings final mission
Is of worth.
There the insolence of power
Falls away
And the proudest soul must cover
For the spirit takes no power
From the clay.
Common lives have wondrous splendor
In that light,
For the spirit meek and tender
Puts to shame the kings defender
Shorn Of might.
Natures touched with fires seraphie
Shed their care,
And no peace-girt islands Sapphic
Far from fretful toll and traffic,
Dream and dare.
Laws through years of wrong descended
There are changed;
Customs with injustice blended.
Creeds for centuries defended.
Rearranged.
Heaven has solace without measure
~ You and I
Should not dream of earthly pleasure,
But should think about our treasure
In the sky.
George Horton, in Chicago Herald.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-06-27
THE POSSIBILITIES or THE BEET.

From nc one of our root crops can a
more profitable additional use be ex-
pected in the near future than from the
beet. The sweet, juicy substance and
agreeable flavor of many of the varieties
have long made it a fayorite eseulent for
the table and stockmen are now using
the large sorts more and more as cattle
food. When fed with hay or fodder,
the combination is probably as good q
substitute as can be furnished for milch
cows in lieu of grass. Where hay and
grain have been cheap, raising beets for
stock feeding has not been extensively
practised, but as land and animals and
their usual food become more valuable,
the use of roots for feeding must become
more common.
But it is as a sugar producing plant
that we may expect the most profitable
use will be found for the beet. There
ale now in Europe hundreds Of beet
sugar factories yielding satisfactory rev.
enues to their owners aud paying mill
ions of dollars to farmers for sugar beets.
In qSlr " country it has been well as
certained that there are large areas well
adapted to its cultivation, and in Cali
fornia and sc4ne Of the other States the
manufacture of sugar from the beet has
assumed proportions that are decidedly
encouraging for the future. IF in addi-
ton to its successful manufacture aided
by large capital and expensive machin-
cry some fortunate investor shall poiut
the way to a feasible and cheap method
of domestic manufacture then the most
enthusiastic believers in the possibilities
of the sugar beet will have their hopes
realized.-Now York World.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-06-27
3 PEAS.

We are all admirers of this sweet
scented annual, writes Gypsy in Farm
and Hreside, but many seem to fail in
cultivating it. Prepare the ground
early, even in March, if there comes a
warm spell so that the frost may be out
of the ground. Plant the seed quite
thick and about an inch in depth. The
soil does not need to be so very rich;
just good, COMMON garden dirt, en-
riehed with a small amount Of thorough
iy-rotted manure. Right here is q point
1 wish amateur flower growers would
note and heed. Manure must be old
enough to be thoroughly rotted to give
most satisfactory results.
The peas should be furnished with
support as 500 as they are two or three
inches high. Wire netting is excellent.
II the vines once get tangled on the
ground it is difficult to s~traighten them.
They grow slowly at first. and you viii
think they are not going to amount to
anything, and that they were Aarted too
early. Have patience. Keep down the
weeds and give them arope." BY and
BIZ your care will be rewarded, and
thousands of blossoms nod you a happy
good-morning. Do not allow aeed-pods
TO form if you wish the bloom to be con-
tinuous. II is q good plan to plant q
few for seed BY themselves In some cor
ner of the garden, where they may ma
turg early and not injure the looks of the
flower display.
If you make several different paintings
Of two weeks between, you viii lave q
succession Of bloom all summer. Blu
The Opelousas courier., 1891-06-27
THE FARM AND GARDEN.
MARTINS,

Every farmer who desires to make his
home attractive and pleasant for himself
and family, should not fail to provide a
home for the martins. They are always
cheerful, happy and gay, and their merry
prattle is welcomed by everyone. Be-
side this, they are said to be good to
keep away chicken hawks. Make your
boxes now, while yon have some idle
time. II you Will take the trouble to
dress the lumber and paint the box, you
will be amply repaid for your work, for
every day through the spring and sum-
mer they will remind you of what you
have done for them.-Fdrm and Fiiressde.