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The Opelousas courier., 1891-03-14
1ND1REcT1oN.

Fair are the flowers and the children, but
their subtle suggestion is fairer;
Rare is the roseburst of dawn, but the secret
that clasps it is rsrer:
Sweet the exultance of song, but the strain
that precedes it is sweeter;
And never was poem yet writ but the mean
ing administered the metre.
Never a daisy that grows but a mystery
guideth the growing:
Never a river that flows but q majesty scep
tres the flowing.
Never a Shakespeare that scared but a
stronger than he did enfo!d him;
Nor ever a prophet foretells but a mightier
seer hath foretold him.
Back of the canvas that throbs the painter
is limited and hidden;
Into the statue that breathes the soul Of the
sculptor is hidden;
Under the joy that is felt lie the infinite is
sues OF feeling;
Growing the glory revealed is the glory
that crowns the revealing.
Great are the symbols of being. but that
which is symboled is greater;
Vast the create and beheld, but yaster the
inward creator;
Back Of the sound broods the silence; back
Of the gift stands the giving;
Back Of the hand that receives thrill the
sensitive nerves of receiving.
Space is as nothing to spirit; the deed Is out.
done by the doing;
The heart of the wooer is warm, but warmer
the heart OF the wocing;
And up from the pits where these shiver,
and up from the heights -whsrs those
shine,
Twin voices and shadows swim star ward,
and the essence of life is divine.
Richard Reayf.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-03-14

It is the conviction Of the Louisville
Coayier-Journal that little things some.
times amount to nor than great things.
Australia furnishes d fine illustration OF
a. The value Of the milk produced last
yearin the colony of Victoria was $23.-
600 200. The butter and cheese were
valued at s15, o0o, 900. Thirty years
ago Victoria's only attraction vas gold.
Nothing else was thought of. The gold
mined ii 1889 amounted to only $5. 000..
600, or less than one.seventh the value IL
the dalry's output. A great export Of
butter and cheese has begun to England.
and . source of wealth for Victoria il
promised. Such lessons as this should
not be lost upon The South. OF course
cotton, tobacco, rice, sugar and o win
remain her staple products, and as long
" there y . small population spread owe
great areas, the major part Of agricul-
suFai industry will be diverted toward
sias cultivation Of 4 few great staples,
whether i Be in The South Of the west.
Rug as people begin to cluster IL the
cues and towns, dairying, gardening
s'sa small farming viii gradually and
pFoatapay asurp The cotton and tohsccc
sanas, snd e VII be much the better
gor Il,
The Opelousas courier., 1891-03-14
The Planets Spot.

For several centuries different cities in
the Orient have contested with each other
for the honor of being recognized as the
mid-spot of the planet. Quite recently
a London geographer issued an elaborate
work in which he tries to prove the Brit
ish metropolis to be the centre of the
landed hemispheres. Jerusalem and
Delphi, Notwithstanding the fact that
neither of them is situated on the equa.
tor, have for ages been the two great RI
walls in this mid spot discussion. Will
lam Simson, of the London Society for
Exploring Palestine, tells us that Herr
Schick has sent home drawings of the
Jerusalem centre of the world. It exists,
of course, in the Greek Church of the
Holy Sepulchre, not in the Latin church.
The spot is identified less by physical
science than by prophecy. It is written
in the Psalms: "God is my King of old,
working salvation in the midst of the
earth" This can only refer to the scenes
OF the passion and of the holy sepulchre,
and the midst of the earth must, there
fore, be found where the holy sepulchre
is considered to be by the Greeks.
The belief that the centre is there, or
thereabouts, is ancient, for it occurs in a
work by st. Ephrem, quoted by John
Gregory in reference to Noah's prayer.
Here sphrem say that Adam was buried
Sin the middle of the earth" Homer
calls Calypso's Island s'the navel of the
world. the centre of all the Seas"
In Eschylus a certain round stoue in
tho temple of Delphi is the ''navel" or
centre of the earth, and here does Ores
ties take refuge. when pursued by the Eu-
menides. Pinder has anticipated Eschy-
lus here, and, after an era, Pausanius
tlike Herr schick) had the pleasure of
seeing the only genuine central hub at
Delphi. at is made" he says, of white
stone, smooth and polished, and is the
middle point of the whole world. De-
los, as well as Delphi, claims to be one
of the sacred places perforated by
the earth's axle, and probably other cit
les, in all ages, have looked upon their
sacred places as deserving of the same
distinction. There can be no closer
analogy, however, than that which ex-
between the hall of stone in the
Church of the Holy sepulchre at Jerusa-
lem and the round white stone at Delphi.
~ Chicago Herald.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-03-14

nou explained to him in reply to q query
that the living King did not feel that he
had a right to take the Kings widows, as
they were in his eyes still the property Of
the monarch who had died.
A peculiar privilege granted to the fe-
male warriors of Dahomey is the right
of each to claim one female captive Of a
conquered tribe. The male captives all
belong to the King, and since the slave
trade on that coast has been practically
abolished, they are looked upon as al
most useless, except for sacrifice. It is
indeed chiefly to get rid of prisoners that
the wholesale slaughters are kept up, and
ten victims perish IN the course of a year
in Dahomey for one that was killed in the
early part of the century, when every
man and woman could be sold for value
to slavers from America.
The one redeeming feature of this des-
pot, says De Courville, lie devotion to the
memory of his mother, who died twenty
years ago, when the future Gear of d.
honey was yet a child. He has erected
to her memory a costly monument OF
italian marble, imported from France be-,
fore the opening of hostilities, which
Badazin is said to have postponed in
order to secure the safe arrival of the
tombstone. The inscription on it is in
French, written by the King himself, and
pays a fervent tribute to the virtues OF the
departed Queen who, it appears, had a
slight strain in her veins of the Portu-
guese de souza blood. In the negotia-
tons with France, Bedazin is virtu1lly a
victor for, while he yields his claim to
Kotonou, he receives a yearly compensa-
ton from France more than equal to the
customs receipts of that port, and he
also retains possession of Whydah.-New
York World.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-03-14

Something Of the spirit of 76 must
lingeri In the bosom OF the Illinois farmer.
muses. the New York Telegram. The
fast express on the Rock Island road
came to Chicago on a recent morning
half On hour late, because a farmer had
taken to the track and insisted that he
had the right Of way. Expostulations
were in vain and the procession novel
Anto Chicago, the farm wagon just ahead
OF the locomotive. As,detachment of
nolice broke up the procession finally,
1ut John Reardon had done enough to
demonstrate his theories Of the rights of
IAN in general and railroad rights Of.
way in particular.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-03-14

The Chicago Herald relates thai a con
gregation not q thousand miles from
Chicago which has a debtupon its church
home, has set about its repayment by d
real estate speculation. Twenty thou
sand dollars has been subscribed for By
members of the congregation and in.
vested in a tract Of land near a growing
city in the West. This is to improve SO
wonderfully that all contributors are to-
have ton per cent. interest until they
get their money back again, and the
church is to be greatly enriched.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-03-14
HIS POEM.

EJanes Whitcomb Riley, the Hoosier poet,
says the subjoined is his favorite English
poem. He first saw it twenty years ago in a
country newspaper, and has been trying ever
since to learn the nam ofethe authori:
--. BRAVE LOVE.
He'd nothing but his violin;
= I'd nothing but my song
But we were wed when skies were blue
= And summer days were long;
And when we rested by the hedge,
I The robins came and told
How they had dared to WOO and win
7 When carly spring was cold.
We sometimes supped on dewberries,
Or sleps among the hay
But Oft the farmers wives at eve
Came OFT to hear us play
The raressad tunes-the dear old tunes2-
! We Cd mot starve for long
While myylSSpan had his violin
And I It sweet love.song,
The world GAS aye gone well with us,
Old ManAince we were onel-
Our homesAs wandering down the lanes
It long was done.
But those SAho wait for gold or gear
For houskAan for kline.
Till yotth@1weet spring grows brown and
sere rs
And love ssspd beauty time.
win never ow the joys of hearts
That mel Bithout a fear
When you sgd but your violin
And ! q s4hg, my dear.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-03-14

The death of General Terry at the age
of sixty-three brought ont the fact,
states the Chicago Herald, that nearly
all of the great Federal Generals of the
wal have died when between the ages
of ifty-four and sixty-three. Among
them are mentioned Grant, Sheridan,
Thomas, Logan, Halleck, Mcclellan,
Hooker, Meade, Burnside, Curtis, Blair
and others Of lesser note.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-03-14
How Frogs Gram.

The owner Of q frog farm near Meme.
sna Wis, gives sorns very interesting
facts relative to the frogs habits. n
ninety-one days the eggs hatch. The
thirty-ninth day the little animals begin
70 have motion. In q few DAYS thew a.
sumo the tadpole form. When ninety
Two days old two snnall feet are seen be-
ginning to sprout near the tail, and the
nead appears 20 DO separate from the
poay. e I'VE days after this they refuse
aal vegetable food. Soon thereafter the
animal assumes 2 perfect form.-Nev
The Opelousas courier., 1891-03-14
Giving Poultry 4 Carney Flaror.

A farmer of East Bradford informs us
that a good way to give poultry a gamcy
and wild taste is to cut up sage, thyme,
parsley, potherbs and celery into very
fine particles and put it in with bran and
coarse cornmeal mixed up with warm
water, and the flavor that it gives the
fowls is really delicious. Try it and you
will find that it will succeed always
Westchester (CoI.) Record.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-03-14

sour giant trees in California are
still In danger laments the New York
Observer, ''if all accounts are to be be-
ieved. There are now two thousand
six hundred and seventy-ive of these
giants, the largest being over thirty
three feet in diameter. There is not one
too many. They are certainly among
the wonders Of the world, and the van
dslisns that would destroy them ought TO
b prevented by stringent measures on
the part Of Che Government"
The Opelousas courier., 1891-03-14

A significant development of the Gen.
sus Of 1880, notes the Washington Star,
Is the fact that the increase of wealth
and manufacturing in the South was
greater than the increase of population.
Ia the decade from 1880 to 1890 the
Southern States gained in population
1879; in actual wealth, 62.5, and Of
capital invested in manufacture, 20.7
per cent.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-03-14

The number of tons of freight moved
on all railroads in the United States in
creased fifty per cent. during the last
five years. No other nation in the world
can exhibit SC phenomenal an increase.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-03-14

Among those who can reasonably com.
plain of hard times is the Government Of
Portugal, which, with q population of
5000, 600. is about $500, OOo, 900 in
debt, with an annual interest charge which
Is considerably more than half of the
revenue.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-03-14

According to. the last report Of the
Secretary Of the Treasury, the total
amount of money circulating in the
country is s23. 96 to each man, woman
and child of the population.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-03-14

An editor with a patent inside never
ought to have any trouble with his liver.
indianapolis RAMS R6rn. He doesn't,
because his patent inside enables him to
show un q good liver.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-03-14

Perhaps the oldest living Indian in the
United States is Muddy Water. a Semi.
mole, residing in Indian Territory, who
has just entered his one hundred and
Eiath year.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-03-14

The number Of visitors to New YORK
City every month is said to be greater
than the total number Of its fixed resi-
dents.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-03-14

IN 1894 it viii Be 1000 years since
Hungary became an Independent Govern
ment, and it is proposed to celebrate the
r#.- :
anniversary with great pomp.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-03-14

There are only SIX large cities in this
country that do not own the local water
works.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-03-14
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Female Institute
oPEfoUsAs, ST. LANDRY FARlsE, LA.

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Telegram-herald., 1891-10-13

character. Sundays funeral and adj
vices from all parts OF Ireland show
that the Parneil cause he's been
strengthened by his death. and that he
has left a party that viii 60 on under
another leader
Advices from Brighton state that
Mrs. Parnells condition is pitiable and
grows worse instead Of improving I'm
mediately after Parnell's death she was
in better condition than now, for al
though she tainted she recovered sufii-
ciently to have some communication
with friends and through their medium
with the outside world. She has been
growing worse every day, until now she
only means in reply to questions
and is unable to speak. The doctors,
who are in constant attendance, great
ly fear that her condition may grow
more critical. and are doing everything
possible to restore her, but apparently
without effect. The only ineligible
sounds that she has uttered In hours
have been plaintive cries for her hus-
band.
URGED TO FIeHr on.
LoNDcS, Oct. 12.-The National
league in Great Britain has issued
manifesto which. after brief review
of the great good done for Ireland by
the late AIR. Parnell, says:
He is gone Ireland mourns over lis grave
to-day. What Is the duty OF those he left be-
kinds What is the duty OF the men who fol-
lowed him 20 the las. In hts struggle Tor Irish
freedom, II has been said thss we forurht for
a man not for rriscipie. II Is nat tru.. We
fought for the principle which the man EN-.
bodied The msn himself was indeed princs
pie. the princirle OF self reliance and indepena.
ence which nothing could sap. To that
principle we are starnch. II Is now necessary
for the members OF this organization 70 select
. ncN president and new executive commit
tee. and we invite tic braneacs o q he National
league 10 Gres, Britain 20 take immediate
steps to this end. We urge cur f.iios -ccontry.
men not To despair II victory seems distant.
We ask thcn TO take - theft motto the last
words addressed by Mr.. Pa-nnii 10 the erecu-
tive committee: Hold on; fight on.''
WILL yoT COMPROMISE.
DUBLIN. oct IL. 1t Is reported here
that an informal meeting OF the Par
nellitc members of the house OF com
mons has been held, and that IL was
decided not TO accept any overtures
for a coalition with the Mccarthy
Atcos p"s W Otutfuuc tnt stEuE-
gle for the leadership. of the Irish par
liamen,ary parsr on tSe lines laid down
by MIR. Parnell in his efforts te regain
the position from which he had been
depcsed by majority of his former
followers
FLAGS AT HALr-NAsr IN vrw YORK.
Nrw YORK. Oct i2.-Fiags Seated at
half-mast from the STATS on the city
hall and other municipal buildings
Sunday afternoon in honor of Charles
stewart Pafnell, whose funeral vas
being held across the water.
Telegram-herald., 1891-10-13
The brief service beir

rain. The brief service being
over, the procession was formed
and the coffin, escorted by numerous
Irish societies and by many thousands
Of citizens, was conveyed to the city
hall and placed upon a magnificent
catafalque in the central hall, at the
foot of the statue Of the great O'Con-
nell.
At the head Of the coffin stood the
colors of the Wicklow volunteers, or
ganized by Mr.. Parnell's father in
177s. At the top OF the coffin was an
immense cross of flowers, inscribed
with the names Of the thirty-one faith
full parliamentary colleagues of Parnell.
The Enclosure around the coffin was
mass Of floral offerings of every shape
and design, and coming from Parnelfs
admirers in all parts of Ireland and
England.
At 10 o'clock the arrangements were
completed so that the crowd could be
permitted to file past the coffin. A pro-
cession six deep moved past, and the
stream flowed uninterruptedly for
three hours. 1t il estimated that 1885,
900 people passed the body. The crowd
was kept moving as speedily as posi-
BILE by large detail OF police. and
there was no hitch in the programme.
The Parnellite members OF parliament
stood inside the barrier as a sort OF
bodyguard-
A. I o'clock the procession was
stopped. though there seemed no end
"a ho vyiShAj n
pass the coffin. 1t was necessary,
however. TO begin the march to the
cemetery, which would otherwise
not be reached until late in the
evening. Rev DIR. Frye and Chap
lain VI. c. Vincent, of the Rotunda hos
pital. gave the word for the removal
of the body. and at $50 o'clock the pro-
ces~ion to the tomb began The coffin
rested on an open hearse. the floral de-
sign accom- panying it being the one
sent by the widow bearing the words:
'sTo NY Own True Love. My Husband,
Ny King
The other foral tributes were con-
veyed TO the grave by the pall-bearers
and the colleagues of the deceased.
Among those conspicuous in the pro-
cession was Mr. Alexander J. Reid. the
United States consul in Dublin. Not a
single anti Parnellite. known ss such.
was visible The order of march was:
raIl-hearers. chief mourners. officiating
c,ervvmsu. gselics. with ex-Hesd-1en-
s-r James stephens and The equally
noted John O'Leary, other societies,
TIE general public
Perfect order was observed Tho
sight from The city hall. while the Vast
cortess was in motion. was unequsled
even By the great outpouring ~ the
time of the o'Conneil centenary.
The streets slong the route Of
the procession and the intersectisg
streets for blocks IN both directions
weve masses of human beings, while
ti,e windows ard heuseteps were also
black with spectators Nest ~ the
houses we're arsped in mourning. and
fes.oont 81 Grape we're swung across ths
streets At frequent intervals Hun
dF-as q irish flags, drs?ed in black.
~er~ ssspisvsd Twenty bands sest-
tered throaEa the line ~ marebers
furnished nvsic. sse strains 81 tbs
"Desf March in ssu.~ The "Adeste
Fied<iis~ hTnins. ard fFish dirres sfd-
sne 20 The sslemrisr ~ she occasion
when she hesa 81 the procession ar
rived opposite 50 CathsFIne's ehafeh.
,he scene Of Thomas Adds Eamet's
Telegram-herald., 1891-10-13
Under THE GREEN sod
Parnell Laid at Rest in the Land OF
His Love.
SAD SCENES AND SIGHTS IN DUBLIN
Remarkable and Pathetic Demonstra-
tions ut the Dead Heme-kuierp
Funeral H. Buried in the
DarknSss-Good Order.

DUBLIN. Oct. i2.-The day looked for
ward ~ with so much anxiety has
passed. and the country Is con-
graduating ITSELF upon the fact
that no such scenes Of disorder a.
had been predicted to mark the
funeral of the national hero, Parpell,
were W itnessed.
During a drenehing rain the remains
of Charles Stewart Parnell were laid to
rest Sunday The funeral was one Of
fhe most imposing ever held in ireland.
Special trains from all parts Of the
country brought tens Of thousands Of
sad-heartsd Irishmen TO Dublin.
The scene at Hoiyhead when the cor
tege arrived at ISIS o'clock Sunday
morning was mournful in the extreme.
Dozens Of Parnell's close friends had
come across from Kingstowu to meet
the body and burst into tears as they
beheld the coffin The remains were
quickly placed aboard the steamer Ire
land, which hal been specially detailed
for this service. The passengers fol.
lowed aud c-owded the boat to its ut
most capacity.
The chief rnourners who sat around
the coffin in the cabin were Mr. Henry
Par ~ who bears q striking re.
ssmetanee 60 hts late brother; MrA
Dickensoa. a sister. and Miss Dicken-
son. q niece OF the deceased; with these
was Mas Maude 9enne. who became
famous for her stubborn resistepee to
the evicsioas in Donegal She had srsv-
eled from Toslon 10 attend the funeral
Of the man who was an idol with her.
TIE steamer arrived AZ Kingston
about O'Clock in the morning Despite
the fierce downponr OF rain and the
rs~ wind that made il almost imeoss-
BILE 20 stand on the pier thousands Of
people were waiting aud revereIily
barred their heads a. tie coffin was
brought ashore aud the body ~ Par
nell rested upon the soil Of the country
Tor which he struggled and died
A singular scene wss now Witnessed
A. the ccfsin vas reneved from the
box which had errssed II the crowd
rushed for~srd ard seised tse box
tearing II quickir 20 pieces for she rur-
pose Of obtaining fragments OF
the wood as relics. In =
few moments more Dublin was
reached. and great thron2
greeted. vita every mark Of sor~
row and ier.. sne coming Of the body
~ tkeir leader. The cofiin wss borne
an the ssausd~-~ Fl ssx stalwars
lrishnes ~ - Miehaeis church.
ossr The Iaw eourt@ ~heTe
he rsetse. Rev Thewss Ioee.
sssissea BY Rev % A. FrTe
rector - All ssals' ehereh. Marches
se~. res6 M service ~ the church ~
ireland TIE Immediate friends and
he relatives q tle t@ce2xed sosnpiets-
y fsiei tbe ehrreh. the shrouz - gem
srzl naouru~rs remaining nssssf-
sb1e eatslde IA tAs pouring
Telegram-herald., 1891-10-13
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