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The Opelousas courier., 1891-08-15
Ripening by Electricity.

Major Frank Mclaughlin of Oroyille,
who, by the way, is one Of the largest
orange and olive growers in Butte County,
has hit upon a novel feature in the cult
walton of the orange. He has been ex-
p~erimentiDg for a year past with ~electri-
city, and has concluded to employ that
agency in maturing his fruit. He claims
that a fine wire wound about the trunk
from tree to tree and connected with a
battery OF a few jars of chemical cleo
tricity. will suffice for 100 trees; that the
expense will not exceed five cents per
tree, and that the result will be a larger
crop and earlier fruit by several weeks.
The idea is a new and novel one, whether
practical we are not prepared to say.
Mr.. Mclaughlin claims other fruits can
be greatly accelerated by this method
also. 1t is an experiment that will no
doubt be watched with great interest BY
our horticulturists, and who knows but
what by the use Of electricity we may
not be able to ripen our fruits several
weeks earlier than we do at present. Our
present system of pruning and propaga-
ton produces the earliest bearing results,
now we must look for an early maturing
agency. The electric theory would seem
to be able to drive the sap and substance
TO the top of the tree faster thar natures
laws, and thus produce an earlier fruit
tng.-Sutar (Cal.) Farner.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-08-15
AYaIaRcnes.

SnoW-slides play agreater part in shap.
ing the Himalayas, according to Colonel
Fl. @. B. Tanner, and officer of the Indian
Survey than biologists generally suppose.
This author has encountered four distinct
kinds of avalanche. The first, and most
common, is the precipitation of a mass of
new o from slopes too steep to retain
more than a limited quantity. These
occur generally in winter and early
spring. The second kind of avalanche
is the old snow, loosened by the heat of
the sun They may be heard throughout
the summer and autumn, and, though
usually not of great extent or weight,
are dangerous from the unexpected and
irregular manner in which they slide off.
The third kind can only be seen when
the mountains are of peculiar structure,
and are really ice and not snow avalan-
ches. They are of very constant occur
renee in some localities, more particular
~ where small glaciers are situated
high up on the crest of mountains, and
are gradually pushed over the edge. The
fourth kind was seen by Colonel Tanner
but once, and not known to have been
described before. It is very curious, be-
ing the movement of billions Of snow
balls, about the size of ones head, which,
in a stream a mile and a half long,
slowly wound down the upper part of an
elevated valley In the Gilgit-Darel Noun
tains. How this form of avalanche
originates, or how the snow is rolled up
into the countless balls, is a mystery
Trenton ca, u american.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-08-15
Making Beef Extract.

We may, for convenience, divide the
factory into three departments: First,
pressing; second, bottling, aud third,
finishing. To the first of these, supplies
OF the choicest parts of the OK are brought
IN the morning of every working day
straight from the shambies. 1t is at
once cut up into ~succulent steaks, each
of which get a slight sprlnkling of table
salt, is then inclosed in a new muslin
bag and an outer canvas bag, and with
dozens moro is placed between the per-
foratei metallic plates of an hydraulic
press.
When the company commenced work
they were content with a press which
took a charge of about 100 steaks at a
time, but they have had to meet a greater
consumption than was anticipated, so
that lately they have installed an exceed
ingly powerful press, which would do
perfectly for making bales of cotton,
and this is tested to give a pressure OF
400 tons.
When the pile of steaks is put on the
receiver the whole is surrounded with a
jacket (iced in the summer) and the
pressure applied.
We need not follow the process too
infinitely it is SO simple. The juice as
it is collected is mixed with an innocu-
u preservative, set aside fora month to
clear, and then transferred to the bottiing
department. Here the liquor is filed in
to bottles by a siphon arrangement, SO
that the liquid comes into contact with
as little air as possible; and the bottles
when filled are transferred to a separate
building, where they are corSed, cap-
suled, labeled and boxed.
Our traveller observed that e girl ex-
amined each bottle before it was passed
on to the capsuler, and any one which
showed a spect of suspended matter or
was in the least cloudy was set aside.
1t was explained that this is part of
principle of the manufacture; the
is the pure juice Of beef, and in
order that it may keep, the most rigid
attention must be given to exclude for
matter from it, and as far as our
representative could judge, the principle
was adhered to throughout. And what
becomes of the pressed steaks2 Well,
they are ike cardboard when they come
out of the press aud as dry as a stick
Chemist and DRUGGIST.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-08-15
P~icknockets Are Born.

A man must have the physical endow-
nnent to be a p~iokpocket, just as a man
must have a certain mental endowment
to be a poet, says a noted criminal in the
st. Louis Globe Democrat. The lining Of
the pocket must be taken hold of about
an inch from the top on the inside. It
must be drawn up easily and quickly at
the same time.
Not more than half a dozen move.
rnents of tbs fingers should be necessary
to get the lining out far enough. with
the lining, Of course, will come the
pocketbook, and this should never be
touched By the fingers until it is almost
ready TO drop into the hand of the thief.
Some experts never touch the book
until it is IN the hand. Now, the fingers
to do this should be slender; not neees.
sarily long, but thin and flexible, and
the best ~pickpockets are those whose
finger ends are naturally moist.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-08-15

The annual reports Of the New York
State Board Of Charities contain eYi-
Hence, asserts tho New York SIN, that
.arge numbers Of lunatics and paupers
hare been shipped To tbs United States,
year after year, from the British Isles,
Germany, Austria and other European
countries by local authorities and char
table organizations. A few of these
undesirable Immigrants have been sent
back, rear after year, to the countries
lEanl which they came, and ret Che bust
ness 81 shipping them 70 our ports has
been carried on without cessation. The
adoption cf The new system BIZ which
such persons are prohibited from even
landing here will doubtless teach the
British, German and Austrian economists
shat i Is : waste Of money to ship them
here.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-08-15

The elevated railroads il New York
City, which cost less than 81, 600, 900,
are stocked and bonded for more than
$50, 00o, 000- The steam railroads in
the country cost, on paper, says General
Rush G. Hawkins, In the North Anaers.
Gun, 90, 93I, 458, LAG, Of which two-ffths
represent water The street railroads of
the country, horse, cable and electric,
hare not cost over SI10, 600 per mile
but they are stocked and bonded up to
about sa00, 900.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-08-15
{ IS generally believed.

It is generally believed, remarks
Frank Lsslie's, that suicide annus an in
surance policy. Al exception to this
rule must be noted. In the United
States Circuit Court 1T Kansas City. Mo,
Judge Caldwell has decided a case in
which suicides does not annul. Unde,
the laws Of Missouri suicide does not an
null unless it can be shown that at the
time Of taking out Of the policy the as
sured contemplated suicide. John B.
Berry took out apolicy in the Knights
Templar ana Masons' Life Indemnity
Company doing business in that State.
Fhe policy provided, Is all policies do,
that eIf~-destruction would annul il.
Judge Caldwell held that this provision
Of the policy was rendered null By the
laws Of Missouri and, though John B.
Berry committed suicide, his heirs must
recover under the policy.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-08-15
II am the owner Of the mortgage, and,

II am the owner of the mortgage, and,
am able and willing to punish you fol-
your cruelty to this old man.
And selling the agent by his coat
| collar with a grip of iron, the strong man
spun him about like a top-slamming
him with no gentle force against the wall
till the breath was knocked out of his
body; and then opening the door, he cast
him out into the wet grass. A minute
later the crestfallen agent rose and limped
out to his chaise sore and bruised and
humbled in feelings. It was his first and
last visit to Northampton.
The stranger reclosed the door and
knelt beside the astonished old man and
took his hands.
"Don't you know me, fathera" he
asked in a trembling voice, own you
take back your prodigal son who de-
serted you so cruelty? I never was bad
at heart, father; it was Robinson Crusoe,
more than anything else, that made me
run away. I've come back now, after
years of wandering, with money enough
for both of us. I've paid the mortgage,
and I want to live with you here, at
Northampton. My heart has been
yearning to you ever since | set foot id the
house; I've been ready to reveal myself a
dozen times, but it faltered on nv lips.
Forgive me now, father; forgive me,
and let us dwell in peace and forget the
past"
His voice failed him and his head sank
on his fathers knee, and the glad old
bent over him with streaming eyes,
fondly smoothing his hair and faltering,
esGod has given me of His bounty when
[ deserved His curse. May my Father in
heaven and my son on earth forgive
mel"
The Opelousas courier., 1891-08-15
Protection for Naval Gunrers.

a new system Of protection for gun
ners IN exposed places on men-of-war ID
action is to be adopted by the navy de-
partment. Experiments are now being
made looking to the attainment Of that
object, and the best result obtained th us
far Is from q wire webbing made Of in
tertwining spirals remarkably flexible
and strong. Il resembles somewhat the
old-fashioned chain rmo Of the crusa-
ders' time and curtains Of this material
will be used to protect gunners behind
shields from fragments of exploding
shells. The resisting quality of this
network will be equal, it is confidently
believed, to that Of . solid plate Of steel
90 inch thick. Qhicaqo Tsmes.
F&Z 1850
The Opelousas courier., 1891-08-15

The Atlanta Constitution observes: In
1895 we had $52 per capita Vi circula-
ton, and the failures of that year were
only $50, with 81 ,333. 900 liabilities.
Ia 1883 we had less than 81 per capita
in circulation, and there were 1927
failures that year, amounting to s312,-
900, 74s. So when we have plenty Of
money in circulation the country is pros.
porous, but when the circulation is o
sracted our business interests go to
smash.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-08-15
The city Of Boston owns 157 pianos IN
the public schools, valued at $49, 900.

Figures collected by the American
Statistical Association show that the age
AT which people marry is steadily advanc-
ing. The average age Of b~ridegrooms
now is twenty eight, and twenty-five for
the brides.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-08-15

long marches have been added to thu
training Of the French infantry. The,
are also exercised in the practice o
boarding trains for the transportation .
troops, and the rapidity with which the,
get in and out is admirable.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-08-15

Welshmen want to attract special at
tention to their nationality, during one
week of the Worlds Fair, by e of
national games, music by Welsh bands,
and competitions for $50, oo0 in prizes
which they promise. A delegation Of
influential Welshmen has asked Director
General Davis to designate a week for
that purpose.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-08-15

Bays the London truth Was Count
Afoltke 4 General of the Erst class He
may have been, but as he never had to
dirscfa campaign against any irst.cIass
% even second class General, ii cannot
be asserted as i fact. The Austrian Gen.
srals againat whom be was pitted wers
beneath contempt. Not one Of the
French Generals that he encountered
during The Franco German I was up u
The marx Of the worst sc the first Napol-
cons Marshals. THE siege Of Paris was
sucesssfni but il Bazaine hid not been !
traitor, and surrendered long before it
was necessary It would have had to Be
raised II war, Is Napoleon / said,
gocd luck plays al important Part, aud
Moltke Was always IN luck, owing to the
Ssekasss ard folly NJ bis opponents He
tafstalig mads the plan of i campaign
and esFsiea + out With woaarous skin.
buti bare often wondered what would
hsse occurred during the franco. German
yAE # there laAa been i great French
Genera Interfering With Bis pIsn.
Nsald hs hare had sufficient initiative
ana ability e modify Il ] ssit ths 6.
ssesn3
The Opelousas courier., 1891-08-15
A Beard Seven Feet Long.

Henry q. Cook, a tailor of this CITY,
says a letter from Connecticut to the
Chicago Tribune, has probably the long
est beard of any man in the world. II
is seven feet, two or three inches long.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-08-15
APPLE

We stood within the orchards glooras
In youth and courage high,
The apple boughs in clustered bloom
We're just a nearer skyl
And one, a maiden in her pride,
A quaint old dirty sang,
With glance, half shy, at him beside:
And thus the burden rang:
Q true heart. It's long to partl
Apple boughs are gay,
Sweet buds grow, blossoms blow;
Thou art still away.
One fingered, when they turned to 90.
Whose path lay Ger the sea;
A look, a kiss, a whisper low,
And plighted fast were we.
he would return to claim my love
When spring buds opened again;
And distant came, beyond the grove,
The woods of that refrain:
true heart tits long to partl
Apple bougbs r gay;
Sweet buds grow, blossoms blow;
Thou art still away.
a ring upon my finger shone,
He vanished in the shade,
And the sweet stars looked gently down
Upon a happy maid.
That ring is like a star at night;
And in my loneliness
The pressure of its circlet light
Has seemed a soft caress.
9 true hear, it's long topartl
Apple boughs are gay,
Sweet buds grow, blossoms blow;
That art still away.
stand within the orchards close.
Beneath the guardian trees;
And thrice the apple blossoms snows
Have hoated TO the breeze.
1he summer CLOVIS, the red leaves fall
winter hearth-fires burn;
spring comes. but never to my call
orprayer dost thou returnt
Q true heart, It's long to part,
Apple boughs are gay,
Sweet buds grow, blossoms blow;
Thou art still away.
They say y should be patient; vet,
II cropping lost in night
forever, can the soul forget
The loneliness of IghtY
! sometimes think that in yon sky
Thou art-so far from mel
then, when ! to God would CRY.
l cry, instead to you,
Q true heart, tits long to parti
Apple boughs are gay,
Sweet buds grow, blossoms blow.
Thou art still away.
losfaile' to jest, to walk my way
Oh, that is not for me,
live till I am old and gray.
And ne'er thy face to seei
Thy voicel Q Love, art thou a dream
BY God in pity given2
clasp me close, lest JOY extreme
should open the gates of heaveni
true heart, no more to part!
Apple boughs are gay,
Sweet buds grow, blossoms blow.
where u glad feet stray.
.Ett1a6eth W. FisEe, In Boston 7yn, sc,.;,,,
FE
The Opelousas courier., 1891-08-15
Judge Irring Halsev. in hid mey

Judge Irring Halsey, in his memorial
address over the grave of the famous
PAGER, Tom Hal, in Tennessee recently,
asserted that this peculiar stride was
used BY horses $500 years ago in Greece,
and that the proof Of this fact is to be
found in the equine figures on the mar
bles stolen from the Parthenon by Lord
Elpin.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-08-15
KAHN g. LEVY,
General Commission Merchants.

11s Poydias ST. near Camp,
New Orleans, LII F. O Bax2 00i,
Gonsigaaeafs IF Eosqh Rice, Hides,
Woo5 mud al Country Produce reapeettal7y
sotseltea. ~ 1teiol attcation patd
toparchasing goo1g Qf al Kinds.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-08-15

Mr.. Cook is a small,
n why, withered mar,
81 only five feet, six inches
,SeM tall, as the tail of his
IfHNIMN beard, when he lets it
I AkW,dlN. fall in fbntof him, trails
NV IIHH{ about two feet on the
NdhW ground. He did not
III III, VIII let the beard grow SO
IHRHIM long in order to excite
IHM curious attention, but
liz lfli1M was Indifferent about it.
n 1 ~ or, as it choose to keep
M,aM W on growing, he just let
lnllW it grow. It is now over
~AWAINm7 thirty years old, a water
sM,aaN 9Mf fall of dark, silky HAIR.
ALNH l.NVqIe What notoriety it has
lIaull2S kAW brought to him is very
lNM NllW MAWM distasteful to Mr.. Cook,
III lHtY INV who is one of the quiet
Ma3MA est, most retiring men in
~ the world, never bother
ing his head about any
COOKS BEARD gthing in public life. In
| his dark little EIore in this ancient town
he labors methadically, in the old-time
~lsisurely way, for q certain line of old
fashioned customers, cronies of his, who
are as ~taciturn andounobtrusive as him
self. He has scissored and basted and
sewed a snug little fortune for himself,
and all the time the beard kept growing
1eisurely and unobtrusively. After the
beard had become moro than two feet
long Mr.. Cook tucked It inside his shirt,
and it grew even faster in there. But it
was 50 completely out Of sight that even
after it had become as long as it is, his
most intimate friends never suspected
that the ambitious but retiring beard
was growing fame for It's possessor.
Finally, one day about nine years ago.
the little tailor trotted up two long
fights Of stairs into the photograph
rooms of his friend, Mr.. Laighton.
squared of before a camera, yanked q
great wad of hair out Of the bosom Of
his shirt, made a def twist or two at IT.
and loi q hirsute cascade flowed to- his
feet. Mr.. Laighton was astonished. but
he pulled the trigger and the camera
did the rest. At the time the photo-
graph was taken the beard was only six
feet six inches long; it has grown seven
or eight inches since.
Mr.. Cook is between sixty and seven
II years, has a sallow, wrinkled, dark
face, and it is not known that he ever
was sick. His thick, Inxuriant hair
isas black as acrow's wing, and there is
hardly q silver thread in either his hair
or his beard.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-08-15

New shaving Saloon.
HAVING recently builtand 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
Moriarityts. Shaving, Hair Cutting,
Shampeoingg, etc, done in the highest
style of the art. Give nae q call.
e. a. BODEMULLER.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-08-15

Female Institute
oPRLoUsAs, ST. LANDRYPARIsH IA

This Institution is undenomiuational n...
IDEAL and progressive. Discipline Arm 49, ~
based on sound principles ennobline~a and y
veloping character, Honor and self rasnas.
promoted. Methods of training aud cnIssnss
thorough. Toe curriculum prepares ~
pupil for University or practical life, ~
s sn1ee6sta and IND Diplomas ond na,n conferred. Buildinss
solicited. For further parti. ara annIvssss
MRS. NJ. NJ. HAYES. PrineiSesI e
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1891-03-14
Grand Army of the Republic.

On the 9Th day of April 1891 the Grand
Army Of the Republic will celebrate its
silver anniversary. Twenty five years ago
the first post of the order was established
in the city of Decatur, Ills, with twelve
members. To-day it numbers over 1000
Posts and nearly half million members.
In an address to the comrades by the
committee of the National Memorial Hall
they say: twenty-five years hence it will
be but the remnant of an organization,
with but a remnant of future before it.
1t has no recruiting ground, save among
those who actively served in the Union
Army and Navy in the War of the rebel
lion. 1t can hardly expect any consid-
cradle increase above its present member
ship, and in few years it must look for
an inevitable and rapidly growing de-
crease, as death musters out the veterans.
Every comrade must, therefore, look
with interest upon any proposition to es-
tablish somewhere in the country q Ma
tional Memorial of the Grand Army, in
which and by which its glorious history
and record may be preserved for all time
to come.
At the National Encampment in Boston
resolution was adopted endorsing the
plan of erecting a National Memorial
Hall at Decatur Ills, which s1ould stand
as a perpetual memento of the organiza-
ton, and in which may be preserved its
archives, trophies, relics and whatever
illustrate its glorious history.
The Commute suggest that if each Post
could be relied upon to collect what
would be equivalent to half dollar for
each member. sufficient sum would be
provided
In accordance with the above sugges
tions we are requested to announce that
Captain Trego Post No. 40 will hold
Memorial service on the 9th of April 1891.
Committees will be appointed and we
presume the program will be furnished
us for publication in ample time.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1891-03-14
The Seed Grain Bill.

The act providing for the furnishing Of
seed grain to the needy farmers of west
ern Kansas has passed and sixty thons-
and dollars has been appropriated there
for. The bill provides that the State
board of railroad commissioners shall
purchase and apportion seed grain
among the COMMITTEES of Western Kansas
to be received only by those who have
been residents of Kansas for the year
last past, have lost their crops by reason
of drouth and are unable to purchase.
The County Commissioners shall draw
a warrant against their counties in favor
of the state of Kansas for the amount
furnished, which warrant shall become
due aud payable on or before February
LIST 1892. The County Commissioners
shall take each applicants obligation to
become due and payable on or before
January 1, 1892 with per cent interest
after maturity.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1891-03-14
ALL ABOUT BEN. G. RICH'S
BORROWED PASS.

Several articles have recently appeared
in the Topeka Capital relative to the
episode connected with Ben. G. Rich's
borrowed pass and the subsequent taking
up of the same. These articles have ex-
cited universal interest in the minds of
our people, many of whom have been un-
able to obtain copies of the same. Be-
heving it to be matter of general inter-
est We publish the proceedings entire, in
Guiding the accounto Of the taking up, peti.
ton to the general passenger agent of the
Union Pacific railroad asking that Mr..
Draks pass be returned to him, and
some verses by the "poet lariat", of
Trego county.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1891-03-14
Business Mems Literary.

Last Tuesday evening was the regular
meeting of the Business Mems Literary
Society. Meeting was held at the Office
of w. e. Saum and almost every member
was present. 'Our present protective
system" was the question for debate.
Lee Monroe and O. E. Cosby argued the
affirmative in an able manner and sue
ceeded in securing the decision of two out
OF the three judges. The negative was
taken by A. D. Crooks sDd S. r. Cowick
The speech by A. d. Crooks vas an
exceptionally good one. After regular
debate. sentimental discussion was IN
order and several of the members ayailed
themselves Of the opportunity to Diva
their ideas upon the tariff question. The
interest displayed throughout shows that
the society has been a success. 1t has
been in operation long enough so that We
can now speak confidently of its suc-
cess. It is no longer an experiment.