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The Opelousas courier., 1891-05-23
THE WAY TO COOK BANANAS.


If the banana is taken just after its
rind has begun to grow golden but is
still streaked with green it will contain a
great deal of starch, which will make it
palatable when cooked, while the small
amount of sugar which has been formed
will give it a sweetness like a sweet po-
tato, says a writer in Harper's Young
People.
Strip the rind off and boil it until soft,
and it will make one of the incest vege-
tables you ever ate.
II you live in the country, where you
are blessed with the luxury Of an open
wood fire, try roasting some peeled half
rjpened bananas in the ashes. as you do
potatoes, and see how savory a morsel
they make.
It is one of the commonest sights along
the Amazon to see groups of half clad In
dian men and women squatting around
little camp fires roasting bananas and
having endless mirth trying to pick them
out of the hot Goals without burning
their fingers.
We are all used to fried bananas, but
we are prone to forget that for this pur-
pose they should not be fulE5 ripe, as
that makes them too soft anqltoo sweet.
Above all, a banana roasta or fried
should be served hot, for as soon as it
becomes cold it grows tough and unpala-
table.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-05-23
PRINCE ALBERT OF FLANDERS.

ffty-six years old and is still in vigorous
health, SO that in the natural course of
things his brother, who is but two years
bis junior, carnot hope to enjoy the
throne long, should he outlive the pres
ent King. Prince Albert was born in
1875 and has only just entered the
military school. He is strong and
healthy, but the death of his elder brother
and the recent serious illness Of one of
his sisters have left a feeling of u~neasiness
in the royal family as to the future.
The Count of Flanders, his father,
married in 1867 the Princess Marie of
Hohenzollern -sigmaringen. On his
fathers side he is related to the English
royal family Chicago Post.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-05-23
WISE WORDS.
Love never gives any small gifts.
What the baby learns it never forgets.

Love never gives any small gifts.
What the baby learns it never forgets.
Love can be misunderstood, but never
oVer-estimated.
Uncharitable criticism is. throwing
mud at everything you don't like.
One of the hardest things on earth to
do is to tell a miser that he is one.
When you want a hard master, work
for a beggar who has just become rich.
You can't tell by the looks of a mans
ears how much he knows about music.
People will forgive anything sooner
than forgetfulness of their own impor-
lance.
1t is astonishing how much you can
find out about human nature by charging
ten cents admission.
The thing that is the most dangerous
to every man is that which does the most
to make him selfish.
The man who has a kind word for
everybody does more good than a surly
n could do with money.
There wouldn't be so many tired peo-
pie in the world if men would stop
climbing hills before they get to them.
The man who has the courage to stand
up and face a lie when it is armed to the
teeth is a man that angels never tire of
looking at.-lndianapozjs (Ind.) RAMS
Horn.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-05-23
BALLADE OF TIE COUNTRY.

The city's praises you may sing
Until your throat grows parched and dry,
Praise SCOT and dirt and ev'rything
From T.sll paved streets to buildings high:
And yet. however much try,
With aught you say I can't agree,
For field and forest still I sigh
The country's good enough for me.
And even though to NE you bring
Enoluments and honors, [
Should promptly DER my shoulder fling
Them all, with ev'rything they buy;
I'd rather poverty defy
Upon the velvet-covered lea
Than on your beds of down to lie
The country's good enough for me!
The hawk must stretch his spreading wing,
The eagles lusty brood must fly -
Let sparrowsto the housetops cling
/, And to their civic tasks apply.
What! Live where I can't see the sky
Nor smell the freshness of the sea?
Impossible! Don't ask me why
The country's good enough for mel
ENVOY.
All, Fortune, let me rather die
Untrammeled, unconfned and free.
Where blows the rose. where blooms tina
The eountry's good enough for me!
-Borfett Eastman, in Chicago Herald.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-05-23

General John w. Fuller, who died at
Toledo, Ohio, recently, was with FREE
mont's command when the latter retreated
from Springfield, Mo-, in 1861, but he
was SO iii that it was impossible TO re-
nov him, and, sa5as the New York ri
bune, he was left to the tender mercies
OF the enemy. When General Mc0ul-
Tough occupied the city the case Of
Colonel Fuller (who was then Comman-
der Of the Twenty-seventh Ohio Regi-
ment) was reported to him. He i'm
nediately called upon the Colonel and
assured him that he need not feel uneasy,
and that, under the circumstances, he
would not wen be claimed as . prisoner.
Upon his recovery the Colonel was pro.
yided with an escort and sent, unframed
and not even paroled, into the National
lines.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-05-23

Says the New Orleans Nsw Delta.
From all over the section OF Louisiana
which is devoted to the cultivation Of
cotton comes the news that the planters
are preparing to decrease the acreage Of
that staple and diversity their crops to a
greater extent than heretofore. This de-
termination is the result of the low price
for the feecy staple the present season.
This is a wise move on the part of the
planters, as nothing tends more to keep
the farmer poorer than the one-crop sys-
tenn. If the low price of cotton has had
the effect indicated above, it has at least
taught the plantera wholesome lesson.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-05-23

The suggestion that a colossal statue
OF the late Prince Consert, husband of
the Queen of Great Britain, be erected
at the main entrance of the principal ex-
hibition building Of the worlds great
fair at Chicago has received the entire
approval of Secretary Blaine, and it is
probable, the Chicago Hsrs1,
the suggestion will be carried out. Il
will be remembered that the Prince
consort was the originator and founder
of the system Of great international ex-
hibitions, the first of the kind, Wis.,, the
London exhibition Of 1881, having had
It's inception in the brain Of the Prince
Consort, and its successful accomplish
nent being largely due to his efforts.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-05-23

~
The youngest man ever called to q col
Iege professorship, asserts the New Or
leans Times Democrat, il Merrett 4.
Fernarld, who received q call from Har.
yard to become assistant botanist and
herbalist At the University. II seem,
that his achievements long since attracted
attention iii scientific circles, and the
Harvard authorities have been quietly
watching his progress for some months.
The young scientist is but q boy, yet he
possesses the brains of q d He ii
fhe second son IN 4 family Of one daughter
. four sons, and his parents have never
urged him 70 study, fearing that his en-.
thusiasm might overtax his strength.
there was no fear Of that, however. 4.
&c : . strong, heavy, healthy youth.
only sixteen years old, but better fitted.
aecording e alloutward appearances. fos
shs Harvard football team than ! proui,
nsnt professorship.
E
The Opelousas courier., 1891-05-23
SELECT SETTINGS.

artificial coffee is gaining ground.
Schaller Qowa) aldermen get S1a
year.
English syndicates are buying Ameri
can wooden plants.
Three hundred and ninety-eight mil
{ lions speak English.
An orange wine factory is o to be
started in Jacksonville, Fla.
There were 1900 different orchids at
the New York orchid show, and no two
alike.
It is claimed that sheep furnish
the most profitable live stock industry in
| North Dakota.
The expenditures for the first fifty
years of the Government amounted to
$500, 600. 600.
The new grain elevator at Richford,
Vt, is $50 feet high, 1872 feet long
ninety feet wide.
A game called progressive potato
picking is all the rage in North Platte,
Neb., social circles.
The Indian boys and girls at the In
dian school have $1,000 on deposit in
Carlisle, Penn, banks.
A Brooklyn man paid $4,000 for a
Japanese glass ball at the Brayton Ives
sale in New York City.
Ice cream in the form Of asparagus, IS
made to order by New York caterers at
the rate of So a dozen.
Alaska is so sparsely settled that there
is a tract of nineteen square miles of
land for every inhabitant.
A man recently arrested at Williams
port, Penn, for larceny gave his occu-
patton as that of a dude.
George vanderbilt's palace near Ash
vile, N. c., will cost $40, 600, 900, and
is to be the finest ever built.
Blythe failure of the Cape of Good Hope
Bank seven dioceses in South Africa lose
between them the sum of $135, 900.
In Chin: less than 80, 900 officials suf-
flee to rule, in a most perfect manner,
one-third of the worlds inhabitants.
The cottonseed oil merchants of Lon
don have combined themselves into a
Joint. stock company, with $4,000, 900
capital.
The earth's fifteen hundred millions
of human inhabitants speak 1884 diff
ferent languages, and possess about one
thousand different religious beliefs.
The last stone in tbs Government
granite dry-dock at Mare Island, CAL,
has been laid. The structure, which has
cost 81, 800, 900, is now nearly
finished.
John Logan, who died in Omaha,
Neb., a few days ago, had the distinc-
ton of being the first man to be mar.
ried in that town, the ceremony taking
place in 1854.
The hottest of the .sbig foreign cities"
is Calcutta, India, with o mean annual
temperature of 82.4; the coolest is st.
Petersburg, which averages only 1875
the year round.
The full name of the late King of the
Sandwich Islands was David Laamea
Makinulani Nalviachuokal-
ma Lumiolani Kalakaua, and they called
lin stCalieo" for short.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-05-23

The hotel keepers in the Dakotas
claim that they are unable to keep them.
selves supplied with DINING room girls,
because as fast as they are imported from
the East they are swallowed up In the
vortex OF matriuony. In consequence of
this exasperating state of affairs a notice
is said to have been posted to this eff
fects: "Guests are warned not totalk OF
love to the waiter-girls. Any one con.
yicted Of making a proposal of marriage
to them will be promptly shot. Bust
ness is business"
The Opelousas courier., 1891-05-23

AGHavdfue ~ TNndar 7I...fk IL

According to London Truth the order
against extravaganza in the German Army
has led to the resignation of nearly all
the wealthy officers, and the Emperor
now has no regiment at Berlin or Pots
dam which . afford 10 entertain tdis-
singuished foreigners" in the old fashion.
Formerly, q foreign guest who had Wis.
tied the barracks Of a crack regiment
was invariably invited by the officers to
dinner; but now there are no entertain
nnents. and the Emperor has tatdily dis
covered that he had better not have
meddled in the matter, for all the Rus.
sian, Austrian and Italian visitors leave
Berlin exclaiming at t~hespoverty of Prus.
sian officers, to the infinite modification
Of His Majesty.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-05-23
HOUSEHOLD
WASHING TENNIS FLANNELs.

Colored tennis fannels should be
! washed in water about the Temperature
Of the room they are washed in, with
good white soap Of any kind, and rinsed
thoroughly in water of the same empera-
ture and wrung out as dry as possible.
They may be hung up for a short time in
the house, but should be taken down
while still damp and ironed dry. Some
laundresses neve hang them up, but
wiring them so dry that the iron com
pletes the drying.-Mw York Tribune.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-05-23

One of the Prince Of Wales's daughters
having married a Duke, another is now
likely to marry an Earl, whose income is
something like 90, 600, 600 a year. These
marriages between royalty and peers,
muses. the st. Louis Star Sayings, are
steps in the direction of the abolition of
both, especially when the fact is remem-
bered that the prospective bridegroom is
Gin trade" and has made his fortune out
Of iron and coal.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-05-23
Most Startling Fact IN Astronomy.

Professor Charles A. Young, the emf
nent Princeton astronomer, recently sat
chatting in the court of the Palace. One
Of his listeners could not refrain from
asking him in an of-hand way:
"What is to you the most wonderful
and startling fact of astronomy"
"The fact that your great Lick teles-
scope reveals about 100, 600, 900 of stars,
and that every one of them is q sun, the
oretically and by analogy giving light
and heat to his planets. You know the
Lick telescope reveals stars so small that
it would require 80, 900 Of them to be
visible to the naked eye San Fran.
cisco Examiner.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-05-23
Belsium's Heir

Prince Albert, the younger and Only
brother of Prince Baldwin of Flanders,
has become by the death of the latter
the heir presumptive to the Belgian
throne. The present heir apparent IS
his father, Philippe, Count OF Flanders
the only BROTHER Of King Leopold. Inc
King has no male children, and the
Sale law, which prevails in Belgium
prevents any OF his daughters succeeding
to the crown. King Leopold Is only
The Opelousas courier., 1891-05-23
D. STEWART,

CONTRACTOR, CARPENTER & BUILDER.
Will contract for the erection of build i.
ings OF all kinds, furnishing all material
II desired. Work done promptly and at
reasonable rates. Orders through the
possofhce given prompt attention. Es-
Inmates and plans furnished. Having
special facilities for obtaining Lumber
at reduced Rates, I will give my pat
rons the benefit of the m
The Opelousas courier., 1891-05-23
0nelo1lsas Courier


The Philadelphia Inquirer is scared
and is trying to scare Others over the re.
ported discovery of bacteria in imper-
fectly refined sugar. It declares that
samples show an analysis that $50, 600
of these dangerous creatures are con-
tanned in some qualities; but whether
this is the census of a pound, of a ton OF
of a cargo is not stated.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-05-23

The army of the Pope for 1891 is
made up as follows: Two generals, two
colonies, two observation-disclosures, a major.
two captains and four lieutenants and
sixty men. This number includes the
famous Swiss Legion
The Opelousas courier., 1891-05-23

Out of 100000. 900 paid by the
United Kingdom il 1890, for imports Of
breadstuffs, only s3o. 0o0, 900 went to
her own colonies including India.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-05-23
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
Ia my new quarters between Brand and
Moriarlty's. Shaving, Hair Cutting,
shampsoing, etc, done in the highest
style of the art. Give nae a call.
E. A. BODEMULLER.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-05-23

Large silver mines have been found at
tie kabaa sources in Russia.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-05-23
OPELOUSAS
Female INSTITUTES
oPEneUsAs, ST. LANDRY PAR1sH, Ia.

This Institution is undenomiuational, psae.
kical and progressive. Discipline firm as9
based on sound principles ennohlingsand n.
veloping character. Honor and self reguecs
rF oroe,a6 Methods Vet Slsr OF framing and culture
pupil for University or practical life. Car.
~tficates and Diplomas conferred. RpidinSs
comfortable and commo dious. PatrouaSs
solicited. For further particulars apbFv a
MRS. M. M. HAYES. PRINCIPAL.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-11-16

Tho bank exchanges at the New-York Clearing House
and the stocks sod the NewYork Stock Exchange last
week and OF the preceding years compare
as follows . . -.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-11-16

Prior to ito Capitalization and organ 40 Ingsh
COMPANY in November 1850 The business was thorousn
eyan,ined by English accountants The real csate anu
nsnt wers valued by competent appraisers and the "a
history OF tho business especially IN the way OF 2roh'
~. suhected 10 the most rigid scrutiny. According 70
the cerned statement made by thase a.conniah'5 we
oS,o-ccc Yearly pront OF the UNITED STATES btSI.
VFSS jLOyE for the seven years prior 70 IT, cana'
zation was sufficient TO pay per cent interest on ne o
the Preferred stock and pay dividend OF ~? per GEM
on the Common Shares DURING ths pern.ol ~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-11-16
Total amount Of Mtge., S2,OOO,OOO

Coupon Bonds OF 81 600 each, TO bearer with pri'eec
Of registration OF both Principal and Interes' AZ Tue op
az the holder Principal and interest payable IN on''a
states Gold Coin OF the present standard Oh welSh' niu
s~o.s These bonds cannot be redeemed before ma
turIty are first and only mortgage upon the railway
(46s miles Of single track franchises, equipment rea
estate and property OF every kind and description no"
owned or that may hereafter be acquired by said halfway
Company The proceeds Of these bends are 70 o. ~
a.. rnss NJ cabling the Red White and Blue lines, 25
miles IN slD the purchase Of additional rta esta''' the
erection Of power houses and the purchase Of new eqp
,uent The stockholders have subscribed for sl"oooo
additional stock at the proceeds OF whch viii also NC
cxp.nded for the purposes required The average
net earnings Of Company the past ten years have
been 7775l per anDum, or sl,sS7,7751o Tor Tie
whole perlod being 1887 In oftic amount
required TO pay the interest on this entire issue oil
bonds for a corresponding period. The Company has,
ofter expendnc large in bettermens extensions
and acquisitions property paid dividends to its stock
holders
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-11-16
Totals 500 81 oac 200 2oe46 500 4io9le 90

Tho bank exchanges at the New-York Clearing House
and the stocks sod at the NewYork Stock Exchange last
week the wcek of the preceding two
follows 90 ,oo ~. :, ,oo 49,. :. 50,
E Es sSs. 5sssc ssssS, sS s S
THE MONETARY SITUATION
Money tended toward greater ease throughout
the week. The disturbance caused by the failure
of the Maverick Bank of Boston had entirely
subsidized, and in Boston confidence seemed 10 be
fully restored At the Stock Exchange rates
for call loans declined nearly every day, and on
supply of funds was so great that the last loans
were made at per cent. The average rate Tor
the week was probably not over ~ per cent,
Influences. and lenders were in every. way more
accommodating For short periods leans were
easily negotiated at from to l-2 per cent, and
at about per cent for four and SIX months.
The EuroIcan money markets were easy, and
in London he open market rate for money stead
lily yielded, although the Bank &C., OF Ensna AT
ply OF oanabe funds. In the week Jhc DallH
made heavy gain in reserve ana as the genera
movement Of money continues IN iasoi OF iu"uo.,.
the next change in the bank rate OF discount NAY
be reduction. In all large financial centres ldie
money is accommodating rapidly This is an lndl-
nan b nj Il Is not nprobsbe that The idle CAPT
tai will be attracted toward American securities
which furnish the best and safest source OF proht
The foreign exchanges were not changed, except
by the occasional differences in money rates, ala
at times by an absence OF commercial bills. EF-
ports of breadstnfs were continued on an unprece-
deuted scale, but the offerings of merchandise
bills were not liberal. The receipts of gold from
Europe were about Sl,700,000, and other ship
menfs Of small amounts announced There
was nothing doing in foreign exchange yesterday:
but rates not strong nj 81 so l-2 and
81 az ID for long and eh0rt sterling bills re-
soectivelv. ,,.,~.,,-
Tho retnrns from railway traffic reported in the
yeek have been extremely favorable The Finan-
"is Chronicle" reports the gross earnings in
October Of I47 railroads, which show lain
over the corresponding month of last year ar, Of
Io,,s been made have been equally encouraging
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-11-16

Crane Paris e. CO., Washington, ID. c.
Tradcrs' National Bank, Rochester, n. Y.
Amsdcn g. spaicr. Rochester, y. y.
Union National Bank, Cleveland, Ohio.
w. G.. Huey L. Co.. Is 80. 18th ST. Philadeiphh.
Fidelity and Deposit Company Of Maryland, Z Nera
Cnlycrt st.. Baltimore, Nd.
Forms Of Application can be obtained.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-11-16
% WALL ST.,
NETWORK, NOV. 13, 1901.
TO THE HOLDERS OF THE
, PER CENT. BONDS
OF THE
ROME, WATERFOWL g. 0GDENSBURG
RAILROAD COMPANY,

MATURING DEC. j, 1891, AND JAN L, ioo|'
We have made contract the New-York Central and
Hudson River Railroad Company for the purchase TOM ~
OF the Consolidated Mortgage Extended per cent BONDS oil
the Rome WATERFOWL and Ogdensburg Rdlroad company
due July l. 1922 to provide for the per cent ponds
maturing as above. . ,rr
The bonds bear interest AT PER CENT. PHR
AyNUM PAYABLE IN GOLD OCT. AND
APRIL 1, PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST GUAh.
ANTEED BY THE NETWORK CENTRAL And
HUDSON RIVER RAILROAD COMPANY. Ihey
are part Of the COO on now dealt in at the sock
Exchange aud application will be made for listing the cd
ditional numbers.
We offer the holders Of the maturing bond; the oppor
tnty 70 exchange them for the per cent Dohas OH e
hosts Of par and accrued interest to maturity Tor .ne oo
bonds and los ID AND ACCRUED INTEREST 70
the ame dates for the per cent bonds The dne'ehce III
mice IN he aid I'm cash the exchange Is mace
Holder, d.rng TO make tho exchange should nouy US
In writing promptly agreeing to deposit their maturing
bonds with us at five days before their respective
dates Of maturity receipts will be given until de-
,verv Of new bonds which will be made as soon as pos
sble thereafter.
The right reserved by us to terminate ce foregoing
orer ut any time and without notice.
DREXgL, MORGAN & co.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-11-16
PROFITS SINCE CAPITALIZATION

The of s s 3 a 4, 81 IL
Company after providing for the per cent ntrei o. -
dIysssa e per cent On the PrefPrd stock aad III -
cent the Common STOCK, besides paeing 70 feserv,
s2s2 go and carrying forward to next years aee''n
For the second fiscal year lending July 81 sol
q per cent the pEssT ed, Stock nnf E g I
sioS oco as '1 andis I'D pfodt the pc ~
Common Stock besides carrying forward the 10000
The standardization Of the foregoing shows tina, n,
SecGs S1 S Sss'ss &c af'@s e 6,
hodsrs s7i? the ns 5S canoe, on 10 oyeI 500
500 showing q; Without wit aac in history l.
PROSPECTS.
prosperous condition and stcsdIy improving Tsl.
s s ys go IN isash h nes OU as 0G in W S
has ALREADY given tt,ctory return FOR ne money ~
previous years and evidence Of the gro,p-ri,
pro ~ y he ~1aifa% aos s a%nS sne s cops.
whole Of ne Ds5sntTys ,ntsyst a, ''en a. PEI r,t
per ae.m on ne dr',red StseS he I GoltoSc, r.
can be d piled to paying dvid6ds on The ComTo1 S,k
n ar 2% s'9 Bg and nal
countri.s whore the ed eqpaly as PrSTll,nS "a
IN this country, 10 Is the tmo far more proho
and permanent when established. The reduced eos, "a
production and cheap advertising rates make the neof
stcr while the Conservatism ~ the people hAoueh
confidence which makes their patronage constant and
durable
PREFERRED STOCK.
The per cent Cumulative Preferred Stock Of IRIS
COMPANY OF which o0C0 shares only oHered iOr sub
OF interest. worthy the attention OF the most cen
serva.lve Investor.
SUBSCRIPTIONS
Tie right Is reserved TO reject any subscription OF 70
accent 10 III subscription Il Wholly rrfctet
the wnol, amount applied Tor b. not allotted. tn amount
paid on application VIII be applied on The sums to become
Rseeipts VIII be given for all paymen;' mad ana "a
Tr,,st Comraay will Be delivered ~ once after nnal ny
%nr instrment may be paid in advance un'er dr.
count 70 the rate Of per cent pfr abun and stock ISSUED
az once. -, -. ,..,.,u..., 49,. .,.....
los fotfeituro OF al previous payments.
declared and paid sN months b. TIE
t-nl,sh Hoard Directors n london, afte hororgh "
srrauT o5;s IN thls cohtry the seriannual dlyhnas
are maid b. Central Trust Company o, soon a. ay
are received from London. suca dividends usually beng
maid in April and October Of each year.
TRANSFER AGENTS
CENTRAL TRUST CO., NETWORK.
REGISTRAR or CERTIFICATES;
UNION TRUST CO., NETWORK.
Admiration VIII be made 20 the New.Yok stock T.
change for dealings IN the stock.