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The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1891-07-18
Bargains in Millinery

Being il need of the cash. will dispose of
my entire stock of Summer goods at ACT TUAL
COST My assortment is fresh and select
and includes all the latest styles in
Hats. Bonnefs, Ribbons, Laces,
Feathers, Ornaments, &e.
Call early while the assortment is complete
and secure your outfit for the summer and
autumn, as am determi. ed not to keep any
thing over till next season
Mrs. ID. LAAS,
Main street, opposite Courier office.
Opelonsas, July 4, 1891.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1891-10-15
4 Mine Of Honey.
tS1q Frnaeise9 ChroHicle.l I

lNlN Efh"tiscD Lhrohtctc
Down at Temcsca San BeTnardiuo COUNTY
near the famous san JaeInto tin mine, there is
vertable mine of honey. There is n large
force OF men employed at the tin mine, and
they put in their idle time prospecting in the
hills 30 the vicinity. One Sunday half dozen
Of the miners applied 10 Col Robinson, the Su-
pcrintcndcnt for the privilege Of using some
giant powder aud a few tools. lie asked them
what they wanted to do, and they replied that
they had found honey mine, aud proposed 70
tap IL. Laughing. no gave his consent and an
order on tho storekeeper for the desired articles
aud. with supply OF pals and tubs, the men
set out on their expedition.
They were gone all day. and along toward
sundOwn a sOrTy-lOOkiHg procession came over
the hill aud made its way 70 the employees
headquarters. They had tapped the mine,
there could lie no question about that. They
We're sticky with honey from head to foot
Hair and beard dripped with it, like unto the
appearance OF Aaron when he was anOinted.
even so that the oil ran all over him and down
to his feet. Their clothes were literally plas-
tered with a mixture Of honey and mud there
was honey everywhere. But the tubs and
buckets were full Of honey as well, for n rich,
lead had indeed been struck.
The men. IL appeared, had found n crevice in
the rocks whence issued constant stream of
bees, and from this they judged that there must
be a large quantity Of honey in the Tecesses Of
the ciifi. The opening used by the hecs was too
small Ia admit Of the passage of a human being,
aud, after carefully examining the place. a
tunnel was commenced little way from the
entrance, aud after this had been run the right
distance an upraise WAS put in, which by good
luck struck the ledge of honey in its center.
After hot contest with the bees several hun
drcd pounds Of comb honey were taken out
and the tunnel was then closed up. Several
times since additional supplies of the sweet
material have been taken from tho cave,
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1891-10-15
DanI,I Mal.l.r,. uaI-ekea nand.


A story Of Daniel Webster. told by himself
long years ago, comes 10 the Times at only
ssrond hand from the lady who beard him tell
H.
Webster, rs a boy in the rude village school
at Salisbury tnow Franklin). y. H., where he
lived in boy opd was not free from the small
pranks aud mischicfs in which boys Of a duzpn
years are Tor used 10 be- apt 20 indulge even in
school hours IL was a whipping punishment
then for almost everything. aud the master. a
hard discipliuarian, had called Daniel up to his
chair
% used 20 have. ] am sorry 10 say IT," said
the statesman. las schooi-boy, very dirty
hands. On being called up To be .feruied.' the
customary form of punishment then, coverily
and hastily licked one hand. 10 make il more
presentable, aud hurriedly wiped IL by rubbing
u 0n my sleeve. after getting up from my seat
Hold out your hand WAS the command,
and out went the hand / had tried to lick.
80 DAM exclaimed the master in reprov-
ing tone looking at tho dirty little paw. If
you can show me dirtier hand than that in all
this school III let you OFF,
lmmcd lately" added Webster. " / thrust
out the other hand! The schoolmaster was
stumped. But lac was good as his word he
let me oil"
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1891-10-15
ORIGIN OF TEA.
An Old Japanese Legend, and an Old Story or a
Misguided Old Lady.

Detroit Free Press.
According 10 a Japanese legend the origin Of
tea IS thus traced: An Indian Prince named
Darma, OF holy and religious character visited
China in the year SIC A. d. for the purpose Of
instructug the eelestials in the duties of re-
Iigion. lie led a most abstemious life and de-
MED himself all rest or relaxation Of body and
mind.
At last tired nature rebelled againt such
treatment. and thoroughly exhausted the
Prince fell asleep. When he awoke he was
so mortified at his weakness that in order TO
purge himself OF what he considered an almost
objectionable sin he cut of his eyebrows, con-
siderug them the instruments of his crime.
They fell upon the ground and each indi-
yidual hair became transformed into shrub
which eventually came to be known by the
name OF tea.
Prior To that time il had been unknown, but
Darma quickly discovered the agreeable prop
erty of Its leaves, which endowed his mind
with fresh powers to master abstruse religious
principles and prevented sleep from closing his
eyes at inOppOTtune moments.
He recommended its virtues TO his disciples,
who in turn sang its praises 10 all whom they
met In a very short time its use became gen.
eral throughout the celestial kingdom, from
which it gradually extended to all parts Of the
earth.
Darma's memory is perpetuated in Chinese
aud Japanese drawings by the representation
of a rude figure OF an old man standing in the
water with reed under his feet and one of his
eyebrows sprouting out into a tea leaf
In connection with the introduction of tea
into England a very amusing story is told of
a certain titled women who had been presented
with u pound Of the finest green tea. She had
no idea Of its proper preparation, and eOnse-
guently boiled the entire quantity and served
it up with melted butter as an accompaniment
10 a roast OF beef.
She was not pleased with its appearance. and
grayely informed her guests that although it
had been cooked for several hours it was
simply impossible :" to make those foreign
greens teuder!"
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1891-10-15
Winter ESrurslous

The Chicago Union Pacific & Northwest
ern line offers exceptional facilities 20 persons
desirous Of making trip 20 the Resorts of Cal.
iiornia or 10 Portland. Ore, and Puget Sound
points. Excursion tickets, good six months
IRON time OF purchase, are now on sale at
very low rates, aud patrons Of the line are
given the very best facilities for a onicb
and comfortable journey. Solid vestibuled
trains are run through from Chicago 10 Port.
land, Ore, without change. with Pullman Pal
ace sleeping cars from Chicago TO San Francisco
without change Excellent meals are provided
In Dining Cars. Tickets west Of Chicago should
read via the Chicago & Northwestern, Union
Pacihc aud southern Pacific Railways. Fall
information aud reservation of snace in sleen.
ing cars can be obtained upon application 10
any Ticket Agent, or 10 ii. A. Gross. 423 Broad.
way, New York City. or by addressing w. A.
Thrall. General Passenger and Ticket Agent
Chicago Northwestern Railway, Chicago, III.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1891-10-15
Causr OF FIrcs.

What causes the Gres2 " Probably the work
OF an inccndiary' say the reporters But
statistics say the losses by fire during the past
five years have averaged SllO.00BOO0 annually.
The principal reported causes of lrc. and the
number Of fire, from each cause last year were
AS follows: lnccndiarism, I .92S defective nes,
1900, sparks mot loc0moIyeJ. 7IJ; matches.
636; explosions from lamps aud lanterns, 40
stoves, 429; lightning, 36g; spontaneous COM
bnsiion, 326; forest and prairie fires, 2sD; cigar
and cgirct stumps BOB; lamp and lantern acci-
dents 23s, locomotive sparks, 2ll; friction, I7g;
gas jets. l76; engines aud boilers, 100: fur
naces, l35; ire-cackers, i05. There were 4. .356
fires classified as not reported" and 2,072 as
unknown
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1891-10-15
A Picket Story.

When our army was in the Cnckahominy
swamp before Richmond. just at the break fast
hour, when the aroma of good coffee is dOubIy
delicious, our pickets were accOsted by voice
from the rebel side, few rods only distant,
with
"HallO, therei"
Halo, YOURSELF"
"What are you doing over there?"
Making some coffee. Have some?
"Wil you let me come Oyer2"
"Yes."
"wil you let me come backf"
ayes"
And over he came. His coffee drunk, he
smacked his. lips and said:
well, that's very nice We don't get any
of that over on our side"
Then casting his eyes around. serutinizing
the neat appearance of our men, he continued /:
"welI. you look very comfortable. All Of
you live sO3"
YES"
A few moments more of silence, and he broke
out:
"WelI. like the looks of things here. Ibe-
lieve won't go back"
And he didn't
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1891-10-15
Got II for Ills Frankness.

IIfIFOtf FFtt ITtaa.I
A man went into Kansas drug store the
other day.
Gimme some whisky" said no.
Sick ?" asked the druggist.
"Yep"
"sick good deal nowadays, aren't your"
"Yep"
i" Had fever yesterdayl"
yep"
"Chills day bofore?"
"Yep."
What's the matter 10. .day2"
well, um-er--to-day. Pm sick O. tryin' to
think up things TO be sick Of"
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1891-10-15
THOR RcsnrrlI,r Ynlnss.
IIspseL.l


Mrs. MeddergrRss-loung SassafrAs has run
Of with our daughter, Jcrusha.
Meddergrass-O he can have her.
And hc took the sOrrcl mare"
What's thatr Get my gun. I'll 20 after
the scoundrel right away"
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1891-10-15
Music and NatiOnaliiies.

lRubeHaofa's 4utobiogrdphBI
OF the German people at least so per cent
understand music; Of the French, not more
than l6 per cent, while among the English
the least musical of peOple-not more than two
per cent. can be- found who have any knowledge
OF music. Even the Americans have higher ap-
probation Of music than the English
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1891-10-15
New Use for n Watch.

II you are to sleep in strange bed and there
is a suspicion of damp about the sheets lay your
watch between them and either smoke n cigar
or read awhile.
Then take out the watch. aud IL there Is any
film or mist on the glass don't go to bed, OF II
you do sleep between the blankets, which are
never damp.
Hundreds OF drummers, and especially men
past youth or middle age. take this preeautiOn
aud profit considerably thereby.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1891-10-15
TWELVE BATTLE PICTURES

and Portraits OF Grant sherman Sheridan Lee Jcfer-
Dava 5tOnewal Jackson aud Others % per set or
% cents each BY mail = 81 Pub Co, 700 Broadway " v
AennOa The National Tribuna
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1891-10-15
Take zgaLer

.. UHE 1O1LeT
and a little Psayllne, and YOU
have the best preparation In
the world for washing and
cleaning twill do everything
except harm. Use it on your
clothes, yourdishes, yourpaint.
and your person. Try it on
something that you think is
too delicate or too difficult. If
will silence your doubts in
the one case, and save your
strength in the other.
C Peddlcrs and some unscrupulou4
OGQQ groccTs VIII tell you This Is "a
good as v OF I" the same as Pearl.
it Back as HsasrpsddsS eds aa5 vss1 s5ssi,
F,-,; q sends You something ia place Of
ail'i'es 90 the honest thing g-frylF ~ 44rk
43i JAMES PYLE, New York
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1891-08-03
CLOSE or THE MARYLAND. "
Annapolis Only Leading Hotel
Closes
BOARDERS LOOKING FOR NEW
QUARTERS.

Mr. T. K NcNier, the temporary pro-
prietor of the Maryland Hotel. the only
irst-elass hotel IN the city, gave notice
at breakfast this morning that that
would be the last meal served 10 the
guests of the house by him as the hotel
would close after TO day to table board
ers, and TO dodgers after the 18th
The Maryland Hotel stands at the
corner or intersection of Church Circle
and Gloucester street--and is commo My
called the coffin house, from its pecu-
liar shape, coming up to fiat-iron cor
ner on Church Circle with entrance on
the Circle, Main and Gloucester streets.
II was built about the years 1867 aud
1868, by the late Robert Fowler, then
State treasurer, and was run successful
ly by the several proprietors-Tho
J. Peddicord being its first proprietor,
who was succeeded by w. II. German &
Co, who run it for more than twelve
years successfully. The Messrs Cor
man were succeeded by the late and well
known hotel manager, j. A. HefTenger,
who continued its proprietor up to with
In few years ago, and was succeeded
by Mr.. Chas. A. Lindenborn. a young
man who was brought up in the hotel,
and continued to run 1t up to within a
few months ago, since which time II has
been conducted by Mr. L. McNeir, the
late clerk for the owners, who notified
the guests this morning that the hotel
would close after TO day. The bar and
bi lard room will remain open, however,
until the 10Th instant, TO which date the
rent has been paid on the hotel property.
The new owners, Vickery and George,
will then, it is said, take complete con
troll. The permanent guests, to the
number Of eighteen and more, were put
into a quandary as to where they would
get their dinner-and Immediately be-
gan casting about for new quarters
some going to one place and some to
another.
This virtually shuts Annapolis out OF
a first class hotel; or what has been
termed as the leading hotel of the city
the old "City HOTEL having been closed
to guests, Except as lodging house, for
number of years past.
Annapolis offers splendid opportuni-
ties to some enterprising hotel man or
stock company to start first class ho-
tel here
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1891-08-03
A Bold Thief.

Between five and six O'Clock this
morning the bakery store of NJ. M Smith
on Main street. was entered by co,ored
boy through the transom over the store
door and between two and three dollars
in small change taken frpm the Edrawer.
Mr.. Smith was in the room in the rear
of the store and hearing snoise in the
store as breaking OF glass went into the
store just in time to see the thief's legs
dangling: from the transom over the
storedoor, and before he could reach
him or open the door, the thief had reach
ed the pavement and made his escape.
Several persons were passing at the
time, but no one seemed to observe the
boy getting over the transom, and was
not aware of the transaction until Mr.,
Smith gave the alarm -"Stop thief. :"
The boy is supposed to have reached the
tramsom by means of the awning rope
which was looped up on the door frame.
The police have been appraised Of the af-
fair and a description of the boy given
them with hopes of his capture.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1891-08-03
TO BE DETACHED.

Retirement of Pay Director Murray.
Pay Director James d. Murray, United
States Navy, has received orders detsch-
ing him from duty as pay officer at the
Naval Academy on the Goth instant pre-
paratory to his retirement from active
service month later. 1t has already
been stated that Pay Director Murray
would be placed on the retired list Sep.
TENDER 90. He will be succeeded by Pay
Director James Fulton, who. as paymas-
ter-general, carries the rank of commo-
dore in the navy. Pay Director Fulton
is the next in rank to Pay Director Muir.
ray in the list of pay directors, both hav
ing entered the navy about the same
time. Pay Director Murray was appoin-
ted from the State of Minnesota as pur-
ser in June, 1858. He was made pay
master June %, 1860, pay Inspector
March 3, 1871, and pay director Septem-
Der 25, 1875. Before coming to Annap-
oils he had charge of the pay office in
Baltimore Pay Director Murray has
been twice married. His wives were
sisters, daughters of the late Col Spen-
Ger, for many years clerk of the Mary
land Court of Appeals. He will contin-
ne to reside with his family at their beau
tiful country residence, Acton" oppo-
site Annapolis.