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The Opelousas courier., 1891-07-11
Ancient Inks.

The ink first used probably was SONS
natural animal pigment, such as the
black fluid obtained from various species
of cuttlefish; but the limited supply OF this
material soon led to the use of o chemical
mixture of water, gum and hanback,,
and the characters were painted rather
than written, by means of a broad
pointed reed.
As ink of this simple nature was easily
removed from the surface of the parch-
ment by the mere application of moisture,
it was early found necessary to contrive
some means of forming a more durable
ink, and for this purpose the expedlent
was adopted of treating the mixture with
some substance such as vinegar, OF the
nature of a mordant, which would pene-
trate the parchment written upon, and
form an ink not liable to fade.
A chemical dye, consisting of an in
fusion of gals with suIphate of iron, was
afterward used, as from its vitrlous ma
ture it hit into the medium employed;
but a compound vegetable ink, contain
ing a good deal of carbon pigment, was
subsequently adopted, and was very
generally employed down to the middle
ages.
With ink Of this sort the best and most
ancient manuscripts which have been pre-
served to us were written, aud the sepa'
rate leaves, after being allowed to dry
slowly, were bound together in vol
umes.
PIiny and Vitruvius, as well as Other
writers, give receipts for the manufac.
ture of inks. - hambers's Journal.
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Weighing Machines.

Weighing machines and scales of some
kind were in use 1900 B. c., for it is
said that Abraham at that time weighed
out" 400 shekels of silver, current money,
with the merchant to Ephron, the Hit
lite, as payment for a piece of land, in
GLIDING the cave and all the standing
timber Sin the field and in the fence"
This is said to be the earliest transfer of
land of which any record survives, and
that the payment was made in the pres.
ence of witnesses. The original form of
the weighing scale was probably a bar
suspended from the middle, with a board
or shell suspended from each end, n to
contain the weight, the other to contain
the matter to be weighed. The steel
yard was probably so called from the ma
terial of which it was made, and from its
former length. 1t is also known as the
Roman balance, and is of great antiquity.
st. Louis Republic.
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A EAek-B Boring Shell.

The PholaAb a small species Of bivalve
shell having The remarkable faculty of
boring into the hardest rock, is n of
the greatest wonders known to the con
c~hologist. Great blocks of granite and
marble that have fallen overheard or been
sunk in foundered vessels have been found
years afterWard completely h~oneycombed
by these curious little borers, they them
selves being imprisoned in the cavity, OBJ
tanning their food from the water that
flowed in and out. Many explanations
have been given as to the method by
which they bore into such extremely hard
rocks. The shell is known to contain
aragonite, and some suppose that con-
slant friction enables the shell to subdue
the rock. Others, again, are of the
opinion that the shell secretes some cor
rosive fluid which dissolves the rock and
enables the creature TO bore its hole.
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KISSING GooD-BY.

A kiss he took and a backward look,
And her heart grew suddenly lighter;
A trife, you say, to color a day.
Yet the dull gray morn seemed brighter;
For hearts are such that a tender touch
May Danish a look Of sadness:
A small, slight thing can make us sing,
But a frown will check our gladness.
The cheeriest ray along ourway
Is the little act of kindness;
And the keenest sting some careless thing
That was done in a momento of blindness.
We can bravely face life in a home where
strife
No foothold can discover,
And be lovers still if we only will,
Though youths bright days are over.
Alb, sharp as swords cut the unkind words
That are far beyond recalling,
When a face lies hid meath a coffin-lid,
And bitter tears are falling.
We fain would give half the lives we live
To undo our idle scorning;
Then let us not miss the smile and kiss
When we part in the light Of morning.
Lillian Plunkett, in San Francisco CAL.
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Weight ON Various Planets.

On Jupiter, which is q much larger
and heavier body than the earth, a man
would weigh about 484 pounds whose
weight on the earth would be 200 pounds.
This man would weigh 218 pounds on
Saturn. Coming to the smaller bodies
we find that he would weigh less than
on the earth. His 200 pounds would
shrink to ia On Venus, to ninety.two
on Mercury, to sixty on Mars, and to
thirty on the moon, while on the little
asteroids, or telescope planets revolving
between Mars and Jupiter, his weight
would be from two to four pounds only.
The matter depends on the mass and at.
tractive force of the Chicago
Times.
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LOVES SHADOW.

Ny lady signs. Her thought is stirred
By something that she deeply feels,
But cannot tell. The mating bird
In witchery Of song reveals
A sympathy. She, too, could sing,
Did she but fully comprehend
The meaning of those notes that ring,
And with the joy of living blend.
My lady loves. Across her path,
Unknown to her, a shadow lies.
All life its perfect fitness hath
In bird and bud and cloudless skies.
Yet, echoing the songster's bliss,
She signs before the song is done.
She does not know loves shadow is
Far brighter than the monday sun.
-FVavel Scott Mines, in Horper's Weekly
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SAN institution peculiar to New York,
which has been recently established"
alleges the Atlanta Constitution, ttis a
civil marriage contract bureau. If you
want TO get married very quietly, with
out even the newspapers finding it out,
you go 10 this bureau with your girl, pay
your fee, which is $25, and a civil mar
riage contract is prepared for you to
sign, and the affair is guaranteed to be
kept quiet Norecord of these marriages
IRE made, and they are not, strictly
speaking, legal, but a lawyer who was
consulted, said the courts would no
doubt legalize them, if any legal question
ever arose to make it necessary to test
.heir validity ia the courts"
The Opelousas courier., 1891-07-11

Says the PStts5urg Dispatch. Some wit
remarked that the sewing machine and
telegraph are rapidly making one people
sf all that dwell on the face of the earth.
They are destroying the national pecul-
larities of the dress of men in the coun-
.ries Of Europe By giving them the styles
of everyday clothing from London which
Is the great centre of traffic for that part
Df the world. Ready-made garments
from London are sold in the shops of
Amsterdam, Berlin, Vienna, Copenhagen,
Dhristiana, Stockholm aud st. Petersburg,
md in many of the smaller cities, which
obtain THIS supplies from the great ones
n the list or frSm London direct. Form
srly IN English sailor could be readily
distinguished from a Danish or Swedish
Dne, and each Of these from the other by
his distinctive costume, but at the pres
snt time all of them are dressed alike,
ind quite possibly their garments came
rom the same factory. Fifty years ago
The homespun garments Of New England
differed from those of the Western and
Southern States. and these again from
these of Canada, but nowadays the home
spun has been largely driven out by
'sstore clothes, Y which have found their
way into the great majority Of the towns
and villages all over the land. The bust
ness Of manufacturing clothing on the
theory that every garment that is made
will ft somebody aud find q customer IS
Increasing year by year, and though the
ana trousers thus created are sold 1T 4
price that defes competition on the part
Of The weaver Of homespun, the trade
seems to be . profitable one for all CON
rerned. In many Of the large establish
ments the cutting is done with great
sapidity, the cloth being piled in thick
ness of 100 81 900 layers, when ire cut
q : fine saw that follows mstal pattern.
under the guiding hand Of d single opera
tor. Thus, with the aid OF MACHINERY.
pne person can 40 the work Of fifty in
cutting q garments the sewing machiue
follows closely and rapidly, and ii this
way the whole world & clad. With our
Clothing of one pattern, and the telegraph
Eaylng bafore " every day aIl the news
81 the world, We are not onlY dressing
alaks, bat thinking and talking of the
sanls things At Ehe sane time.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-07-11

The Scientific Amerieaa declares that
t'the need of fast war vessels was we'll
illustrated by the receat incident in the
harbcr of San Diego, CAL, when a Chiliap
sruiser belonging to the insurgents en-
tered the bay, anchored, took on board
recruits, supplies of provisions, amnu-
milton, and then sailed away. This ship,
under the laws of nations, was in fact a
ipiratical vessel, and as such was seized
10y the Government authorities at San
Diego, and a United States vessel placed
on board and in possession. But the
Chilian rebels paid no attention to the
laws Of the United States; they may be
said to have captured the place. When
they had obtained all the supplies they
wanted to assist them in carrying on wal
against q friendly nation, they upheaved
anchor and steamed away, carrying of as
a prisoner the official representative of
the great republic. This was d small ship
called the Itata, carrying four guns.
There is nothing to prevent the Gillian
rebels from sending in other boats to
capture or bombsrd San Diego or other
towns along the coast. Indeed, while
the Itata was taking on supplies at San
Diego, other vessels of the rebels were
lowering outside the harbor. We have
10 navy worthy Of the name, and nearly
all our seaports are without proper de-
lenses. Like San Diego, theyare at the
mercy of any single piratical boat that
chooses to enter. This is a very humil-
iating position for a country like ours to
be placed in. All told, wehave a pair
Of small torpedo boats, half a dozen or
so of small cruisers, and an equal num-
Der of larger vessels. There should BE-
City ships where now there are one.
Every harbor in the country should be
guarded by efficient sentinels consisting
OF vessels Of high speed, ready for in.
slant action, to maintain and enforce the
authority Of the republic"
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Telling the Time Of Day by The Beard

81 never carried a watch in my life"
said a New Yorker of fifty. "a watch
is habit, not a necessary article. No
mar who carries a watch can be any
more regular in his habits than am. !
can get up at a certain minute, and do SO
every morning. / can tell the time of
day by feeling my face. The beard
grows exactly SO much, and you can
come within 8 reasonable time Of the
hour by passing the hand over your chin.
Not that it is often necessary, because
regular habits soon become second ma
tune and you never think Of wondering
about the hour.
ssOf course, the man who lives on
trains and boats a good deal has to wear
a timepiece and time table. o-New York
Herald.
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Under LEGISLATURES Of the Dakotasa man
who robs a stage an be sent to prison
for life. If he attacks but fails to get
any plumber, he can be sentenced for
half a lifetime. In a case where a Judge
figured that fifteen years was half a life,
the Supreme Court has upset the SEN
tence, figuring that nineteen years, seven
months and four days is the correct
term,
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A Flower That Changes Color Daily

During the summer of 1890 tie botan-
lists made a wonderful discovery in Te-
huantepec, having established the fact
beyond a doubt that the native sshinta''
has q flower that changes its color three
or more times each day when the weather
is favorable. In the morning it is white;
at noon it has changed to a deep red; at
night it is blue. Il is ever claimed that
some individual trees of this species have
ahower that changes to many intermediate
hues during the night. There are only
two hours out of twenty-four-from II
a. N. to- 1 r. M.-that this rarity gives
out q perfume.
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New Shaving Saloon.

HAVING recently built and refurnished
Il throughout, my Barber Shop, / am
now prepared, with increased facilities,
to serve the public in First-Class Style
in my new quarters between Brand and
Moriarlty's. Shaving, Hair Cutting,
Shampooing, etc, done in the highest
style of the art. Give nae a call.
n. A.. RODEMULLER.
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c. D. STEWART

CONTRACTOR, CARPENTER & BUILDER.
Will contract for the erection of build
ings of all kinds, furnishing all material
if desired. Work done promptly and at
reasonable rates. Orders through the
postofice given prompt attention. Es-
Inmates and plans furnished. Having
special facilities for obtaining Lumber
at Reduced Rates. / will give my pat
ron % the benefit of the same.
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There IS i large LIKE ii Hutchinson
County, South Dakota, we'll filed with
curn-fed fish (builheads1. They got
away with seven acres Of corn which was
loft in the feld.shocked but not husked.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-07-11

The Chinese Government has nego-
siated j loan Of $50, 900. 900 with France
and England.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-07-11

Female Institute
oPELeUsAs, ST. LANDRY PARISH IA

This institution is undenomiuational. r,..
IDEAL and progressive. Discipline Arm M ~
based on sound principles e~nnoblines ana - !
yeloping character. Honor and self resnsss
promoted. Methods Of training and cuIsnsss
thorough: Toe curriculum prepares tAs
tihcates and Diplomas conferred. Bni,d;s1
comfortable and comm dious. Patrm,.sa
solicited. For further particulars annI.s y
MRS. NJ. III. HAYES. Prineis.ll "
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red print, upon the breast of which was
pinned an enormous tie of green CAM
brio.
Miss Carlisle smiled upon her also, and
Betty grinned broadly Miss Carlisle
had paid her a call that afternoon, and
the honor of il was fresh in Betty's mind.
Soon the bidding began. Baskets,
large and small. fancy boxes and orna-
mental bags went off IN rapid succession.
Az yet nothing had sold for less than
.sfour bits, or half a dollar, and several
had even brought q dollar. The ladies
were elated.
When the silk-iined Japanese basket
which Clinton had seen in Miss Carlisle's
desk was put up, that young man. with
out the least caution, started the bid at
one dollar.
There was d little stir in the audience.
It was the highest starting bid yet made.
aOne-twenty five aOne-6fty.''
aTwo dollars came in rapid success
sion. 1T is the school-teacher's,n the
whisper had gone around.
At last, with flushed checks and a
triumphant glance at Miss Carlisle, CIin-
ton McKinsey laid . five-dollar gold
piece on the ~auctioneer's table, and bore
away the prize.
aAre you sure It's hersa' whispered
Percy, as Clinton resumed his seat All
rested the costly treasure on his knees.
Clinton nodded. II know it, he
said.
nWeli, its about time for us to be
taking in something. Lets try for The
next; what do you say, Mark said
Percy.
He saw the auctioneeta hand upon i
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-11-03
Thursday, Nov. 5, 1884,
AT 7.so O'CLOCK P. M.

AT 7.sO O'CLOCK P. NJ.
at which time there will be opened the
proposals for furnishing aud delivering I
the County Storer, ON, Snake Hill and
County Jail, Groceries. Dry Goods, Hosl
cry, Notions. Hardware, Lime and Ce-
mene, Meat, Milk, Eggs, Shines, Paints
and Oils. Woodenw re. Teas. Vegetables,
Tobacco, Provisions. Coal. Lumber, Flour.
Feed, Fish. Coffee. Spices. Yeast, CLOTH
ing, Manure. Ice, and other supplies. the
delivery of which shall be free to the
county.
Bidders can obtain information OF all
supplies required upon application to the
Clerk of the Board, next to the Court
House. on or after October "a, who will
have printed detailed lists of supplies.
Contracts for all supplies to date from
award and terminate November 80, 1892.
Proposals 10 be On forms obtained OF
the Clerk, with guarantee bonds attached,
ana 10 be sealed and endorsed with the
pame of the bidder and nature OF supplies.
None others will be received.
Samples of goods required can also be
seen at the Office of the Beard.
The Board reserves the right to reject
any or all bids il deemed for the best in
terest of the county so TO do.
BY order of the Board.
JOHN BOYD,
Clerk.
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M'KiNLLY PAID 1Hh DUTY.
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

TOTt TIC w tI Z TWIN Dc0FcT
The recon- DIS of the Custom House at
Columbus will show that duty to the
amount of 5000 in round mi la
paid on he i,atcn OF tin from which these
alleged American Tin badges were made.
The tin was purchased through Thomas
& Stirling, the Liverpool brokers, and
was invoiced by them to the firm in this
CT manufacturing the bsdges. The
$500 duty was, of course, added to the
original cost of the tin imported and
taxed against the consumers who pur-
chase the various articles produced by
the establishment. After the Mckinley
law went into operation the Columbus
firm increased the price OF nearly every
article manufactured by them about 20
per cent, which correspondiugly en-
HANGED the cost to the consumer.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-11-03
Undue Famniarit y.

Undue Familiar ty.
In a talk ON "InUimacy versus Fa-
miliarity," Marion Harland says, in
HousekeeperS' Weekly:
To come down to everyday partic-
ulars: One of the un~warrantable famil-
i~arities is to enter a friends house
without ringing her door bell. unless
you have been especially requested K
do so. No ground OF intimacy ON
which you and your friend may stand
justifies this liberty. The ~housekeep-
ers are few and far between who, in
their Utmost souls, will not resent
this invasion of their domain. 1t
argues an enormous amount of self
conceit on your part when you fancy
that you are considered SO entirely
one of the family that your unan-
nounced presence will never prove an
unwelcome intrusion.
In country places neighbors contract
the habit of running in" to see II
another. Were the truth known, many
a housekeeper, deep in piemaking
and breadmaking, would gladly leave
her handsomest loaf for two minutes
in which to smooth her rumpled hair
and change her soiled apron. OF course
our housewives husband may see her
when she is baking, and our domestic
moralist would argue that what is
good enough for him is good enough
for callers. Perhaps it does not occur
to her that the husband has so often
found his wife dressed "neatly and
sweetlyn that thecook ng costume will
not make upon him the disagreeable
impression it might produce upon a
caller who sees her hostess once in
this guise. where her husband has
hundreds of opportunities of behold
ing her in company clothes.
1t may be remarked in this connec-
ton that the persons who are guilty of
lapses like that of entering your front
door unannounced are of the same
class AS those who enter your bed
chamber or sanctum without knock
ing. Allow me to say that this is a
rudeness nothing warrants. Ones
own room should be so completely her
own hat her nearest and dearest will
not feel at liberty to enter without
permission. Another evidence of lack
of finish is offering gratuitous advice.
Iii your opinion is asked, it is kind and
right that you should give it; bnt a
safe rule to 20 by is that unless your
advice Is requested 1t is not wanted.
1t is n OF the strangest problems in
human nature that N should of her
accord, duplicate herself in other peo-
pies affairs and take upon herself an
onerous responsibility by giving her
unsolicited opinion in matters which
Go not ice her. 1t is a disagree
able task and a very thankless one.
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and poetry of the authors ch I~racterS that
their OWE indiv:dualities pass awav. This
was markedly so in me work of MRS,
Agnes Booth Miss Agnes Miller and
Messrs. j. H. Stoddard, f. M. Holland
and Charles l.. Ha ris. Never once did
either of these splendid artists lapse from
the tone of the play. Particularly good
WAS their assumption of the southern
mannerisms of voice AID language.
There is no need TO go to Europe when
n, tive dram aiist can produce such Il
play as t.Alabama," and Mr.. Palmer's
company show to much bet ter advantage
in TINS work than they have in some OF
the artificial English dramas that he has
given II in the past.
The PLY was nea ~utifuliy mounted, The
scene nt the ''ruiued gate" in the third
a t being particularly eff a;tiye. "Ala-
bana' is evidently booked for a long run.
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Kerr Ready FOR Qnay.

Chairman Kerr, of the Pennsyl-
vania Democratic State Committee,
yesterday telegraphed to Quay's coun-
sci, to prepare the papers in any suit
Quay desired to bring against him and
he would come to Philadelphia to en-
able the lawyers to serve them.
Quay's anxiety to bring suit was
merely an election canard. He wasn't
in any great haste to sue any n
when previous charges of fraud were
brought against him, and his anxiety
in this Ease will probably wear off as
soon as the election is over.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-11-03
Rapid Transit.

1t is said that Chancellor McGilPs
action in the rapid transit case, in that
he will decide for himself as to the
safety and validity of the company's
plans, is unusual. Perhaps it is. BUTT
is an unusual case. What chance would
rapid transit have in this city if the
approval of the plans were left to the
approval of the same parties who
have thus far succeeded in blocking
the way of progress? In that case
rapid transit in Jersey City and the
millennium would be coincident. And
when the millennium comes rapid
transit won't be needed; We'll all
have wings and can fly.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-11-03

THE Journal says the Republican
meeting at Kessler's, Saturday night,
set 'tthe old Fourth on fire." We
guess there was more smoke than lire
and we shall not have to guess again
when the returns are in. The Repub-
licans are being smoked out every
where to-day and after the election
the Republican County Committee
will settle down to, work and smoke
the Journal out.
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What Next?

Hollow cheeks and wrinkles are
awk ward things. Ladies do their best
to prevent their appearance. The
clever ones seem to be able to ward off
the wrinkles, but hollow cheeks COM
pletely bafne their skill. A gentle
man who lives ut Islington is provid-
ing ladies whose cheeks are hollow
with small pads. These pads are at
tached to natural or artific. al teeth
by means of tiny gold springs. The
prlce of a face pad is "a trifie heavy,
like everything else guaranteed to i'm
prove the personal appearance. A
pair of pads cost something like Go.
The maker OF the face pad said that
gentlemen, as we'll as ladies, are wear
ing them. One gentleman had never
looked anything but c~adaverous until
he took to the pad. Now his cheeks
are rounded, like a cherub's, and he
looks ten years younger. The curious
thing about the face pad is its inflexi-
bility. 1t is made of the same ma
terial as the case of a set OF artificial
teeth.-PaU Mall GGzette.
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Notice to Contractors.

SEALED PROPOSALS FOR THE BUILDING Of
= an addition to the cit Hospital Will he re.
ceived at the ofic' Of the y OF Police Com MIS-
81 ners. jersey City, SoveHf 1891. la and
s eetie lions can De seen A. 1fic OF the Board,
corner OF G ezorv street. 40 40 err place.
o Eor I'd reserves the right to reject Qty and all
bids il doomed for the best interests o. the city o
10 20.
Proposals will ne addressei to John +. Teeney.
P esdeu of the Board 81 Police Commissioners /,
and marked Proposal for additional building a.
tIts o pisalir and handed 20 The Clerk on OF be-
fore 4 O'Clock D M. ON T esday 10Th inst.
by order of the board OF Police Commissioners.
G. +. RUbINSO :.
Clark.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-11-03

REPORTS Of social or other events intended for
publication in THE JERSEY CRY NEWS should
several days between the occurrence Of an
event and the sending in of a report makes it
impossible to print It. News matter of all kinds
intended Tor the SUNDAY EDITION should,
when possible. be- in the hands or .ne editor
not late tn an Fri day at noon.