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The Opelousas courier., 1891-01-24
Published on Saturday by
LEoNCE AND L. A. sANDoz,

Italy has ordered the study of English
20 be added to the curriculum of all Ital-
ian universities, and has endowed the
necessary p~rofessorships for the purpose.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-01-24

Female Institute
oPELOUsAs, ST. LANDRY PARIsH,L La

This Institution is uudenominational, mao.
tjcal and progressive. Discipline firm and
based on sound principles ennobling. and IA.
veloping character. Honor and self respect
thorough. Zoe curriculum prepares ths
pupil for University Or practical lie. Csr
t~ilcates and Diplomas conf rTed. Ruitf Inc,
comfortable and comm odious. Patrgnass
solicited. For further particulars apnIv T.
MRS. NJ. NJ. HAYES, PRINCIPAL.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-01-24

q 44Ml& 49,
IL was owing to this fact made the
move I did, hoping ! would not be
missed.
It had come ten o'clock at night, and
I was about to quit my hiding place and
90 TO the beach when there came a sud
den, an awful explosion. I was on my
feet and was thrown down, and during
the next minute the air seemed to be
choked with flaming brands, while many
boards and sticks fell around me-. When
I stood up and looked down into the vii
lage I saw only a great heap of debris,
aud that was on fire. / at once fastened
to the spot. A few people were rushing
around in q crazy way, and Others were
lying on the ground and shouting over
the pain Of their injuries. / could not
see a single hut standing. I soon fig
ured out what had happened. The
Liquors and the powder were kept in the
same ~storehouse. Some one had been
sent for more drink, and his carelessness
had caused an explosion. No n paid
the slightest attention to me, and after q
few minutes I ran down to the beach.
There were plenty of sampans there, and
I selected one and hastily showed of.
The big craft was at anchor below me,
and when I had passed her it occurred to
me that her crew were all on shore, and
that ! could board her and secure pro-
visions. I put about and ran alongside.
She was taking care Of herself, and, as I
felt her tugging at her anchor. and re-
allied that the tide was going out, tho
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1891-06-27
THEOLOGICAL DISQUIET.

The theological world is in ferment.
Two great Churches are in trouble over
the teachings of their own seminar:es.
Andover Seminary is before the courts
for the heresey of proclaiming probation
after death, and the Presby terrain Gen
eral Assembly has just refused its con-
sent to the election of its professor of
biblical theology because of his views,
which in its opinion disqualify him for
the Office of theological instructor in
Union Seminary. A while ago Bishop
Cummings left the Protestant Episcopal
church for the larger liberty OF the Re.
formed Episcopal church, which he and
others founded. DIR. Bowling leaves
the Baptist denomination because he
could not stand the narrowness of close
communion, and finds greater freedom
among the Reformed (Dutch) brethren.
DR.. Bridgman also withdraws from the
Baptists because editors and theological
professors criticise his position on eternal
pansion for his beliefs in the Protestant
Episcopal church. The standing Com
mittees of the Episcopal dioceses all
through the land are exceptionally agi-
tated over the question whether to grant
Or refuse their consent to the confrma
ton OF DIR. Philips Brooks as bishop.
Rev. Heber Newton is arraigned for
preaching false and injurious doctrines
on the resurrection of Christ and other
points.
Altogether the air is highly charged
with theological electricity. Yet the
opposing clouds do not rush against
each other with as much thunder, nor
shoot out as much lightning as was the
case with such clouds in and after the
Reformation period. Liberty grows.
The Lord reigneth; let the earth rejoice.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1891-06-27
CAN YOU PROVE WHO YOU
AREo

One of the oldest citizens got "A check
on one of the banks the other day and
stepped in to have it cashed.
Have to be identified SIR" replied the
cashier, as he handed back the paper.
But am John Blank the carpenter. ="
Possibly you are, but you'll have to
bring some one who knows you.
"I'll bring twenty in five minutes"
somewhat tartly exclaimed the man as
he walked out.
Standing on the step of the bank he
scanned the passers By, and to his own
great surprise it was ten minutes before
he saw the phiz of friend The two
entered the bank, and the latter said to
the cashier;
81 know the man to be John Blank"
"But who are your"
I'm Stephen DASH
Never heard of you. He must bring
some one whom l know is responsible.
"See here! This is all NONSENSE" ex.
cialucu tuo o"uol VI 1uo CuoohI WIN
was in hurry.
Perhaps So" was the cool reply.
MIR. Dash, do you positively know
this man to be John Blank?"
'Of course do"
"Have you ever had legal paper with
his signature?''
Moo
Ever pay him an account or collect by
that name?
81 guess not"
Could you safely make affidavit that
is his real name?
T-I-don't believe | could. I've
| just heard him called John Blank"
Mr.. Blank brought in three other men
each one of whom stalked in with the
| greatest confidence, but came out of the
little end of the horn when asked the
usual questions. At length he remem-
bered man to whom he sold piece of
property to three or four years ago, and
he walked half mile TO bring him TO
the bank.
"You identify him as John Blank, do
you? quered the teller.
well he signed that name to the
deed"
"Would you make oath that he is the
same person?"
I'm! I'm. think he is"
But will you sign bond to make
this 5000 good if he isn't?"
ooh no! Now that l look at him more
closely begin to see difference"
What shouted Blank. Haven't
l lived within stones throw of you for
ten years?'
Yes" was the hesitating reply.
Didn't l build your barn for you?"
IL guess you did,"
Haven't you seen me almost every
day for years and years?'
"Well, I've seen you. l think you are
to it,"
The money was paid, and the teller
afterwards said:
''He was the right party, of course,
but had | carried out our rule to the
letter | doubt if he could find a man
among all his neighbors to swear TO his
identity. l don't believe we have ten
men in the city who can prove their legal
identity without it takes an hours time
| to do it. One man knows another as
Smith, Jones or Green, but that isn't
| legal knowledge, and it would bother
some of our leading merchants to furnish
| legal proofs to establish the fact that
they are the persons they claim to be-"
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1891-06-27
LIES MISTAKES.

Somebody has condensed the mistakes
of life, and arrived at the conclusion that
there are fourteen of them. Most people
would say, if they told the truth, that
there was no limit to the mistakes OF
life that they were like the drops in the
ocean or the sands on the shore in mum.
Der but it is well to be accurate. Here,
then, are fourteen great mistakes
1t is a great mistake to set up our own
standard of right and wrong, and judge
people accordingly.
Tomeasure the enjoyment of others by
our own.
To expect uniformity of opinion in this
world.
To look for Judgment and experience
in youth.
To endeavor to mould all dispositions
alike.
Not to yield to immaterial trihes.
To look for perfection in our own &C
tions.
To worry ourselves and others with
what cannot be remedied.
Not to alleviate all that needs allevia-
ton as far as lies in our power.
Not to make allowances for the intirm-
tiles of others.
To consider everything impossible that
We cannot perform,
To believe only what our finite minds
grasp.
To expect to be able to understand
everything.
The greatest of mistakes is TO live for
time alone, when any moment may
launch us into eternity.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1891-06-27
A BORN LAWYER.

A lawyer advertised for clerk. The
next morning his office was crowded witt
applicants-all bright, aud many suitable.
He babe them wait until all should
arrive, and then ranged them in low
and said he would tell them a story, note
their comments, and judge from that
whom he would choose.
"a certain farmer" began the lawyer,
"was troubled with red squirrel that
got in through hole in his barn and
stole his seed corn. He resolved to kill
the squirrel at the first opportunity.
Seeing him go into the hole one noon, he
took his shotgun and fired away the
first shot set the barn on fire."
Ibid the barn burn ?" said one of the
boys.
The lawyer, without answer, continu
ed 4: "Aud seeing the barn on fire, the
put it out"
''Did he put it out ?" said another.
Gas he passed Inside, the door shut to
and the barn was soon in flames When
the hired girl rushed cut with more
water"
"Did they all burn up? ?" said another
boy.
The lawyer went on without answer :
"Then the old lady came out, and all
was noise and confusion, aud everybody
was trying to put out the fire.
"Did any one burn up?" said another.
The lawyer said A.: There, that will do;
you have all shown great interest in the
story" But observing one little fellow
in deep silence, he said NOW, my little
man, what have you to say ?"
The little fellow blushed, grew uneasy,
and stammered out:
81 want to know what became of that
squirrel that's what want to know"
You'll do" said the lawyer; "you
are my man you have not been switched
off by a confusion and barn burning,
ann the hired girls and water pals, You
have kept your eye on the squirrel"
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1891-06-27
MISSED A FORTUNE TWICE

81 have missed twice in my life fair
fortune" said John Clark, Washington
Iiveryman. Once was when | refused
to purchase Dexter, the king of trotters
of his day, and the other was when |
refused Green Mountain Maid, dam of
Electioneer of other good ones, for the
small sum of 81 800. The truth is 1 was
afraid of the white faced geldlng. He
was as wild as hawk and while he had
great speed in spots, he would only trot
when IN the humor, aud he was not in
those days very often in the humor
When Hiram Woodruff got hold Of him
he was in tn hands of a master reins.
| man. Hiram was also man of infinite
patience. He worked on Dexter for
weeks before he could get any speed out
| of him. He was several days getting
him by the quarter pole down at Snede-
ker's-the shadow of it seemed 10 scare
| him. | would drive down to Hiram S
| two or three times a month to see low
| the horse was getting on. found Hiram
| full of faith that he would make Dexter
| trot, and he insisted that if he ever did
begin to trot he was going to be fastest
| horse on earth. SO matters ran for
| several months, when one day Mrs
Woodruff sent word to me that her bus.
band was going to give Dexter trial OIL
a certain day, and to be present. The
| first time Hiram sent the great horse
had been his habit. He took him back
| up the stretch and let him come down
| again, after, however, the quarter pole
had been taken away. He came down
this time level, and Hiram nodded fol
the word. He got it, and Great Scott
how that white faced gelding flew. He
| made break on the back stretch, but
| caught very handily aud Hiram, after
| getting him we'll settled, sent him OF
| again. When he reached the head of the
| stretch, Hiram cut him loose 1t seemed
| to me that he was running away on the
| trot, he was going SO fast. Well, he
passed under tina wire in 2.20i, and wher
| the time was announced | said to mysel
| We'll, here is world heater, sure
| enough Then went behind the grand
stand and hired a man to kick me al
| over the premises for being such d
| blamed idiot as to let such money
getter as that horse was going to be sliI
| away from right under my nose, wher
the vestment OF little nerve and $500
| would have made my fortune"
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1891-06-27

Some people can trust God as long as
they have plenty of money, but when
the bank breaks their all goes with it.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1891-06-27
AUTHORITATIVE DECISION.

Tommy came running to his father one
day with weight of trouble on his mind
"Sadie says the moon is made of green
cheese, pa and don't believe it"
Don't you believe it? Why not?"
81 know it isn't
"But how do you know"
"Is it, pap
Don't ask me that question; you must
find out for YOURSELF
"How can find it out?"
You must study into it..
He went to the parlor, took the family
Bible from the table, and was missed for
some time, when he came running into
the study.
II have found it out; the moon is not
made of green cheese, for the moon was
made before the COWS WERE"
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1891-06-27
JUST THE THING.

1t is difficult for us to realize that zone
mans meat is another mans poison" A
dear old lady, whose parents belonged to
the Society of Friends, is accustomed to
grief over her lack of fnery, and the
effort she afterward made to save her
little daughter from privatious.
when | was a child" she says, ''it
was my great cross that | could not
wear bright colors. | longed for blue
ribbons and red roses, and one summer,
when | was to have new hat, bought
from the milliner in town, it seemed to
me my heart would break if it were not
like those worn by the other girls
Would not some kind angel interfere,
and persuade my mother to order pink
flower or glowing ribbon?
"Nothing of the sort happened. In
spite of my protests white chip hat
was selected and trimmed with a modest
white ribbon. | wore it all summer
with rebellion in my heart.
Il grew up in due time and married
| the minister OF a religious body which
| did not enjoy plain clothing or sober
| colors, and when my little girl Was born
resolved that she should have all the
childish delights which had been de-
MED.
"lter little hats were trimmed with
warm, soft colors, and when | thought
her old enough to choose one for herself
| took her with me to tho milliuer's.
Perhaps l had an idea that l was atom
ing to my own childhood for its joys
| denied
"'Now, dear | said, you shall have
any hat you like if it is suitable for a
little girl Look around and see what
you prefer
"The dear little thing was highly de-
lighted. and went graVely about the
store with the important air of a middle
aged shopper. Finally, after examining
the entire display several times over,
she stopped before a stand in one of the
windows.
81 will have this, said she decisiyely.
Il like it best of ALL
ut was white chip hat, trimmed
with white ribbon, and it was almost
exactly like the one l had detested SO
many yea rs before"
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1891-06-27

How well we remember grandmother's
attic, so fragrant with medicinal roots and
herbs! Poor old soul, how precious they
seemed to her! And yet, one bottle of
Ayers Sarsaparilla would do more good
than her whole collection of YARDS"
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1891-06-27

I.SoD has su,i rs -" tai" of a mule which.
fro:n overt ,,,:in.. ra!lnn.d about and felt
gay, s..yInr 20 Inns, i: My father, surely.
was Il hi.--;.:cttli..i r;i"rr ana am his own
child in eIro,i "a! Spirit Next day he was
sick am. v,:.-S.: hi' q. ii ,Erlliincd - l must
have mad, . n:ist:i. e.; !Hy itthcr, after all,
could have bee; only I'm ;:>S. y man, after
eating II good dinner, may feel cXtravagantly
joyous: hut next CAY 4 don't mean you to
infer ne feels like - :Ss) hD is surly and grim,
his stomach ard liver are sluggish, he is
mur5Sc. Gosru,:,i,'i:t and ont of sorts" gen.
orally Far Indigestion. Bi!iousncss and all
derunTeuvHTS Of the Stomach. Liver and
Bowels DR.. Pirrc"'s Golden Medical Discov-
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alcohol Ia in"briatc: no syrup or S'l-nr to
fermclt and c!sran.r" the digestive processes.
1t clcanscs the system ard cures pimplcs,
blotchcs crfnti0rS and Ill Skin and Scalp
Diseases SCrofuinuS affections. as Fever
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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1891-06-27

Grayness, badness, dandruff, and al
diseases of the scalp, and falling of the hail
can be cured by using Halls Vegetable
Sicilian Hair Remover.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-05-02

The number of suicides occurring in
New York City during the year ending
December 81, 1890, was 239, of which.
number 100 were men and ferty-nine
were women. OF the former 141 were
of foreign birth and forfy-nine were
native born, while of the women twenty
seven were of foreign birth and twenty
two were native born. These figures
show that of the total number of suicides
for the year, 1853 were of foreign nativity
and only seventy-one were natives OF the
United States. The total number of
suicides for 1890 issless than the number
for the year 1883 or 1889, and only a
little more than for the year 1886 or
1887. When the increase in population
between 1886 and 1890 is taken into ac-
count the table shows there has been. a
decrease in suicides during the last five
years. A monthly average for the last
five years shows the greatest number of
suicides to have occurred during April,
the smallest number during August. For
April the average number Is 1876 and for
August it is only 1874. The tendency to
commit suicide is greater in men than in
women, and during the five years under
consideration the ratio does not fall be-
low one to three in favor of the women.
A comparison of statistics for 1887
and 1889 shows the similarity of taking
life resorted to by suicides, and to what
extent the choice of methods employed
is Influenced by sex. In 1887 the order
of preference by males was shooting,
hanging, cutting, drowning and taking
poison; in 1890 shooting, hanging, cut
ting and taking poison. The order of
preference among females was: In 1877
taking poison, hanging, drowning and
cutting, and in 1890 taking poison,
shooting and hanging. From 1885 t
1890 the majority of suicides were be
tween twenty-five and ~forty-fve years 0.
ape.-CHScG10 Herald.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-05-02
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

A gun machine measures 1-100o of an
inch.
London, England, has an underground
electric road.
Cold weather increases a locomotives
consumption of coal.
It is thought that telephones tend to
bring on deafness when one ear is used
| to the exclusion Of the other.
The great majority of cases of deaf.
ness are hereditary, and due to the too
close consanguinity of the parents.
The business men of Galveston, Texas,
have organized a stock company for the
| establishment of the ramie industry in
that State.
The London England General Post.
| Office was saved $4,000 last year in the
sick-leave account by the substitution OF
| electricity for other means of lighting its
buildings.
Celluloid in solution is now being ex-
tensive,y used as a lacquer for all kinds
of fine metal work and as a wood varaish
with results that are sail to be superior
to the old methods.
Add carbon to pure iron and it be-
comes steel. Add hydro carbon to iron,
and steel itself becomes so extensively
modified that It's properties are not recog-
nlzable. Thus steel may be as soft as
pure iron.
The following Is recommended as a
sure way of finding where a crack in 6
piece of metal ends: Moisten the surface
with petroleum, then wipe it, and then
Immediately rub it with chalk. The OF
that has penetrated into the crack ex'
| udes, and thus indicates where the crack
ends.
An electric balance has been devised,
in which the placing in the pan of tbs
object to be weighed closes an electric
circuit, and a moter carries the weight
out on the beam until the %equlpoise is
established, breaking the circuit. With
the emptying of the pan the weight re-
turns.
Gum arabic, which was once unlvers'
ally used, has become very scarce and
dear, and a substitute for it is beng
made from starch. which is subjected
under pressure and at a high tempera
ture to the action of %sulphurous acid
The product, after naturalization, is
soluble and extremely adhesive.
A substance having all the essential
qualities of silk has been made from wilo
hemp by Neymura Sa%kusaburo, of Hik
one, Japan. The plant grows on moors
and hillsides, and could be cultivated
The fiber is strong and glossy, ant
several silk factories are said to have
found it to in no way inferior to silk.
In a new machine for making paper
boxes the cutting mechanism is SO
adapted as to be r~eciprocated directly over
the folding die, at each corner of which
is a folder to operate its corner section.
The cumming apparatus (of which there
are two) is carried by the cutting heaG
and gums the blanks after they are in
position to be folded in the die, tn
gum being fed from the reservoir b,
special devices.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-05-02
OUR KIND OF A. MAN,

Not an Apollo with snow-white hand.
A tride a%ustere, nor yet too bland;
But a heart Of gold all through and through,
AND tender and sympathetic, too
Our kind of a mani
Ah, one who, walking the worlds broad
ways,
Sees little to blame and much to praise;
has cheer and smile for the weary throng
And bold contempt for the bitter wrong
Our kind of q mani
Yea. one who, ignoring baser ends,
Llveth for home and the good of friends;
Where, self forgotten, broad manhood lies,
Astar in the glory Of the skies
Our kind of a man!
Who not for theories but for deeds,
Christ's W apostle, with love for creeds.
The worlds brave prophet, after Gods plan.
In healing and teaching he leads the
Our kind of q mani
E S. L. Thompson, in Frank Lessie's.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-05-02
Their ignorance is Bliss.

It is fortunate that murderers are not
chemists, for there are poisons known to
every chemist which leave absolutely no
trace behind them. One there s-and
this, perhaps, was used in Italy and
France when poisoned gloves were the
fashion-which has only to be put in the
water in which a person washes his hands
for him either to die or to go mada few
months later. Then. again, what bun
glers murderers arc in getting rid of a
corpse, if they prefer steel or a bullet to
poisonl There is an acid in which you
only have to immerse a corpse for it to be
dissolved in about an hour. The water
is then poured away, and not a trace or a
vestige Of the body remaina- Putting
aside the criminality, the foolish way in
which people commit murders is a reaec-
ton on human intelligence,-Lond0a
Truth,
The Opelousas courier., 1891-05-02
RaiIroadiny in the Himalayas.

"The magnificent scenery III the Grand
Canon in Colorado is nothing when com
pared with the view from a railroad
coach when passing over the Himalaya
Mountains" said Colonel Tanner, of Cal
cutta, to a Chicago Tribune reporter, the
other day. "The Rolon railway runs
oyer the Himalaya Mountains 1000 feet
above the sea level, winds in and out of
gorges and passes over bridges spanning
streams flowing 1000 feet below. The
sight is enough to turn mans hair gray.
But accidents there are not frequent.
The road-b bed is the best in the world,
and the engineering work is a marvel"
The Opelousas courier., 1891-05-02

The brusque and fussy im-
pulse of these days of false
impression would rate down
all as worthless because one
is unworthy.
As if there were no notes
in sunbeams
Or comets among stars
Or CataraCts In peaceful
rivers!
Because one remedy pro-
fesses to do what it never
was adapted to do, are all
remedies worthless?
Because one doctor lets his
patient die, are all humbugs?
It requires a fine eye and
a finer brain to discriminate
to draw the differential line.
They say" that DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery and
DR.. Pierce's. Favorite Prescrip-
ton have cured thousands.
They say" for a weak sys-
tenn there's nothing better than
the Discovery" and that the
"Favorite Prescription IS the
hope of debilitated, feeble
women who need a restora-
tive tonic and bracing nervine.
And here's the proof
A Try one or both. If they
sdon't help you, tell the Worlds
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Amoney back again.