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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-14

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at the least);
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your hand and
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on q table in
such a way that
the two extrerni-
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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-14
TRICK WITH STRINGS.

Puzxiing. But Easy Enough When You
Y Understand IL.
A clever string trick is thus described
by the st. Louis Republic: Tie together
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-14
Buena Vista, Virginia,
Offers Free Sites to Substantial
Industries.

location
ts 5o OF 1000 with
town. with tho promise of rs 600 inhabitants
The Following List Industries Secured and in nea+op
iron Furnace completely
course ns s EaotSry Gin operation Fire
NILS ana Lumber Yards lin operaon
n op0n Wire Fence
BANK OF uena Vista Tin opeaon
Job
So Lexington
on Engine Boiler
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working Esbishmen sOoooo Glass Works Tea
600 For particulars, address
The Opelousas courier., 1891-09-12
Tho Lizards Love of Music.

A contributor To the Spectator writes
with reference to the discussion of ami
mai aesthetics:
ST should like to give you one of my
own experiences. When in Switzerland
two years ago 7 made the acquaintance
Of some lizards, living in the erevices Of
one of the sunny walls of our garden.
AS / had somewhere heard that lizsrds
have q good ear for music, / resolved to
prove the fact; so one afternoon, armed
with d small ~music-box, I wendell my
steps to their tomato-covered home. Be
fore I had finished the first tune a COM
siderable audience had collected-an
audience it was d pleasure to play to,
for the lizards were far more attentive
than human beings. Out peered head
after head, d little on one side, in q
listening attitude. I gave my little
friends a musical entertainment, varied
By whistling, nearly every day, and be-
fore long they got much holder and
would venture right out Of their holes
and lie motionlcss on the broad ledge Of
the wall, their bright black eyes half
closed as i rule, but opening now and
then 70 give me 4 lazy wink Of enjoy.
ment.n
The Opelousas courier., 1891-09-12
WISE WORDS.

EE
The rattlesnake is no fatterer.
There is no easy path leading out Of
life.
A rainy day is a shadow across happi-
ness.
what would a man do without play
5hings7
Carve your name on hearts and not on
marble.
Tact is genius, but genius is often de.
void Of it.
There is no rainbow without a cloud
md a storm.
Remember the world has no use for
gloomy people.
Error may be clasped 10 close we can
lot see its face.
The universally of wisdom, like all
,ther rules, has its exceptions.
Listen to the winds; they are either
resi- or salt, il you a but imagine it.
Holiness is love yelling up in the
leart, and pouring forth crystal streams.
Nothing but the infinite pity is sufd-
lent for the infinite pathos Of human
life.
You may as well separate burning
md shining from fire as works from
iaith.
His size, weight, color of hair and
syes-even his intellect-No; but his
heart. yes.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-09-12

to something that amt my business, TO
I should like to hear him laugh as he die
a long time ago; and besides, it is no
right for two people to be apart the wa.
i, you and him are"
The woman laughed neryously. I"
! don't think you had better meddle, afteI
ALL" she said. "You may be a yer.
bright boy, but it might make him angry
to think l had allowed"
III never set up to be bright" sale
Swipesey. in an injured tone. eff l was
an entire stranger he might not like it;
but being on the staff, why, it's entirely
different-see?"
The woman laughed again, and ther
asked, ssWhat do you propose to dos'
"Well, you sit right down in that
chair again, and I'll run upstairs. I'll
not be gone but a minute, and then I'll
come back for you"
Before she could say a word to stop
him, he had whisked out of the room,
and she heard him going up the stairs
two steps at a time. She sighed again,
and looked down and watched the peo-
pie passing.
Then swipesey was back with 8 cor
dial encouraging; "Come along. I've
fixed it. He'll see you"
And they went up the stairs-up into
the office, which had become quite dark
now, and was but a cherries place at
best.
swipesey threw open the door saying,
stHere she is, sir"
The old man was scribbling. He had
laid aside the typewriter for the pen,
and he kept on for a moment. Then he
looked up in a bewildered way, threw
down his pen, rubbed his eyes, sprang
up, and with a bound was across the
room. ssGrace!" wa all he said.
And Swipesey smiled in a self-satis-
fed sort of way. and closing the door,
left them alone. And when the editor
came down stairs into the lower office a
half hour later, with a shining, happy
look in his eyes, he found Swipesey sit
ting in the chair, with his feet high up
on the desk and his hat tilted on the
back of his head, buried deep in the
folds of a newspaper.
"Come up stairs with me, Cox" he
said, ~joyously. 81 want TO Introduce
you to my wife. / want everybody on
the paper to know her"
81 suppose so," said the boy, discon-
tentedly. But then, he added, in his
inputent way "You needn't interduce
me to her. She and me knows each
other already."-Harper's Weekly.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-09-12

Virtues of Viehy,

aVichy water is becoming a very popu-
lar drink" remarked a soda-water foun-
tain attendant to a Neps reporter. Eff
it was only more palatable more OF it
would be drank than of all the other
waters combined. It possesses wonder
full thirst assuaging properties, and is the
favorite drink of all who are aware of
this fact, among those being every ply
stefan whom I have ever seen drink at
this fountain. They certainly would not
lse it unless the water was beneficial. OF
curse the liking for fruit juice syrups
and other sweet drinks which most peo-
pie possess retards the growth of vichy in
popular favor, but it is only q question
Of time until it will supplant many of the
fancy drinks, as people realize that it is
the healthiest drink known for the hot
weather. A good way to render the
vichy palatable is to have a few spoonfuls
of acid phosphate of some sort put in the
glass. H-N6w York Neaos.
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The Opelousas courier., 1891-09-12
Coffee Cup

According to the bright little Span.
ish building journal, the Gaceta de 0bra
Publieas, a cup ofpure coffee, with the
addition of a lump of sugar, forms an
excellent baro meter. The sugar should
be putinto the coffee without stirring and,
a moment afterwards, a quantity of bub-
bles, due to the air contained in the
sugar, will be seen to rise to the surface
of the liquid. If the bubbles collect in
the middle of the cup, the weather will
be fair, if, on the contrary, they leave
the centre and adhere to the sides of the
cup, forming a ring of bubbles, with a
clear space in the middle, there will be
rain if they scatter themselves indifer-
emily on the surface, the weather will be
variable, while a cluster of bubbles at
n side of the cup indicates rain. No
one, apparently, has attempted to ex-
plain the connection between the behav-
Tor of the bubbles and atmospheric con-
ditions, but it is said that the indications
of the coffee-cup barometer generally
agree with those of a mercurial barome-
ter placed neal by.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-09-12
Hymns to Quiet stampediny Herds.

s'There is one popularity in reference
to cattle on the range that is known TO
few save cattIemen," said r. s. Carton
OF New Mexico, (which helps US greatly
in handling a large herd on the trail.
When a lot of cattle are gathered up
there is always danger of a night STAN
pede, and if this occurs it is a very seri-
matter, for not only will the herd
become greatly scattered, but also many
of the steers will die. More timid ami
mails than stampeded cattle it is difficult
to imagine, and once thoroughly STAN
peded scores of them will run until they
drop dead in their tracks. The signs of
an approaching stampede are familiar to
every man who has been much on the
trail. First a few cattle will begin TO
low, or rather to utter a sort of roar.
All through the herd single animals will
get up and begin TO move around. The
others become restless, aud if something
is not done. to check them the whole
herd will within a short time be rushing
headlong oyer the plain.
aThe most soothing influence that can
be exerted is the human voice, and when
these ominous mutterings are heard every
one on night watch begins to sing. 1t
may well be imagined that cowboy
music would have anything but a quiet
ing effect upon musical ears, but it amply
satisfies the cattle. As soon as songs are
heard the nervous animals become quiet,
one by one they lie down, and soon all
are at rest, fairly sung to sleep. A pc
culiar feature of the singing is that every
cowboy, no matter how rough and law
less, knows a variety of hymns, and it is
with church music that the stampede is
prevented. Isl. Louis Globe Democrat.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-09-12

North Carolina is to have the honor
Of having the longest electric railway in
the world, the Cincinnati
Enquirer, a line from AshevilIe to
Rnt%herforton, a distance of forty one
miles, being about to be constructed.
The power is furnished by water. The
road will be built to operate both freight
and passenger cars.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-09-12

be a mass of gayly dressed humanity,
Let there be tens of thousands of tht
Mexican peasants on the Plaza, among
the trees and in the wide streets. Sur
rounding this let there be thousands up
on thousands of the gorgeously dressed
Mexican troops, and you have some idea
Of the grand review on the Mexican
,, Fourth of July.
After looking it all over, however
you will find your eyes coming bach
again and again to the rurales and 20,
do not wonder that President Diaz il
proud of them. 1t was through them
that he turned Mexico from a land OF
brigards into a land of peace and order
These men were themselves IN many
cases the brigands of Mexico. They
were the bandits of thu mountains, who
robbed stages and made themselves IA
nous as the Paul Clifords of Mexico.
General Diaz sent for the leaders and
asked them how much brigandage paid
on the average. The leaders said it was
worth to each brigand something less
than $40 month, and Diaz, so the story
goes, thereupon offered them steady
wages at that rate to form a part of his
army. They accepted, aud the result is
that they make the best troops in the
world.
Diaz is both loved and respected BY
them, and they gave him a banquet the
night before the last 5th of May. These
men form the working force of the Mex
ican Army. They have cleared the
mountains of robbers, and it is now as
safe to travel in most parts of the int
rior of Mexico as in the back districts Of
New York or Pennsylvania. These SOL
diers form the guards at the stations all
over Mexico, aud when any of the trains
require an escort it is a company of the
rurales who are detailed to go
with it.
The army of Mexico now numbers
about thirty-five thousand men. TWEEN
ty-two hundred of these are r~urales, and
there is a cavalry force of more than six
thousand. Every Mexican capable OF
bearing arms is liable for military SER
vice from his twentieth to his fiftieth
year, and the country has very fair mill
tary schools.
The army constitute, to a large ex-
tent, the police of Mexico, and they keep
order that would be considered wonder
full in an American city. The night Of
May 5, when there were 5 5000 people
in the Plaza watching the fireworks as
they were shot out from the great Ca
thedral, there was almost perfect order.
The pulque shops had been open all day,
and there were hundreds of the Indians
who had their skins full. I saw several
who were inclined to be noisy, but a tap
one of the soldier police caused
them to become quiet at once and they
walked off to Jail. An American crowd
is ten times as hard to manage as a Mexi-
can enc, and on the whole order is bet
ter kept in the City of Mexico to-day
han it is in the city of Boston. The
police force is very large. It is known
hat its members will shoot on very slight
Drovocation, and the crime of this great
city is comparatively small.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-09-12

AS stated IN a report of the British
Board Of Trade, the United States sent
to British ports in 1890 5o4,3al cattle
and 1884, 646 sheep. while Caasia sent
SO, 5ss cattle and 12I, 500 sheep. This
IS an enormous increase in trade since
1877, in which year the intel States
exported to British ports II, 523 cattle
and Is, 100 sheep, and Canada 1859 cat
tie and 10, 275 sheep.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-09-12

The Emperor of Japan has declared
himself an enemy of duelling. In a re.
cent decree he ordered that every man
who accepted a challenge should be fined
heavily and imprisoned from six months
to two years. Any one who causes a
duel is subject to the same law. Insult
ing a man who has declined to fight on
the field IF honor is also punishable.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-09-12

Women doctors are becoming SO
numerous in England that there is com
petition for the appointments in hos.
pitfalls. When the Government decided
to supply women doctors in the hospitals
for Mohammedan women, there was a
call for a limited number Of women
physicians. So many applied for the
position, declares the New York Adpef-
tiser, that it will be q serious task to
select from the number.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-09-12

a fall Of about thirty feet between
Lake Superior and Lake Huron at sault
Ste. Marie gives probably one Of tho
greatest water powers in the world. It
Is to be utilized on the Canadian side BY
Q race and on the American side by a
canal 1000 feet wide and giving 1885,,
00o-horse power Of force. Around this
prophetically observes the Boston ouii.
pator, will inevitably grow q great manu-.
featuring city whenever the country
around is sufficiently settled to sustain
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The Opelousas courier., 1891-09-12

The Belgian Government has issued
an order forbidding all freight traffic on
the State railroads on Sundays and the
great festival days. On these days no
goods are to be received except perish
able articles, which are to be conveyed
by fast trains.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-09-12

Asia, the cradle of the human race,
has 102 Young Mems Christian Associa-
tions, "Darkest Africa has thirteen,
and oceauica, comprising the islands of
the sea, has sixteen.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-09-12

The Massachusetts, Legislature has
passed a law prohibiting the erection of
buildings over 1s5 feet in height above
the street, except in the case of grain
elevators, sugar redneries, steeples.
towers, and purely ornamental struct-
mres.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-09-12

An effort will be made by influential
women in New York to send ole Of their
number to sit in court whenever a woman
is tried, in order to give her the pro,
lection that women SO much need under
such circumstances.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-09-12

"a these days Of strikes among work.
ingrnen, it IS strange, says the Rural Ne,o
Korkors that there should be such q wide
difference 10 their wages in different
parts Of the country. Bricklayers arc
paid twenty-o one cents an hour id At
lauta. while they get forsy-two ID ST.
Louis. HI Lexington, y i 4 carpenter gets
eighteen cents an hous, while his brother
IN New York gets ~thsrty-eight cents. a
plumber gets twenty-five ceEss Ii vicks-
burg and forty cents III Chicago, while
. painter gets twenty-five and i hail
cents II New Orleans, thirty-fyei III Mem
phls, aity- one II Kansas City and fifty
t#o r. New York. Again, u roofer gets
nineteen cents aa hour ID Atisnta, thirty
torr n New York, thirty-seven ID Brook
lyn and thrty-eight ID Santa Re. IN
skilled labor gets only seven and half
cents cir hsur il Atlanta, while It gess
twenty cents ID Galveston. 81. Louis
Pays ths highest price 10 Inasons, New
Aork 70 carpenters, San Francisco e.
pointers, Chicago 70 plumbers, Santa Fe
60 ropfeFs and Galveston e common III
hoFsfs
The Opelousas courier., 1891-09-12
WATCHING ron THE MORNING.

When the shadows gather,
And the night grows deer,
And the weary eyelids
Cannot close in sleep;
Mid these hours of sadness,
With their solemn warning,
Comes that song of gladness,
watching for the morning"
When the morning clouds spread,
Der the azure sky,
And the bowling wild winds
Tell the storm is nigh;
When the stars all vanish,
Erst the heavens adjoining,
Hope the gloom will Danish,
"Watching for the morning"
When disease has stolen
Strength and cheer from thee;
And the careworn spirit
VIRTUES in agony;
In the hour of sorrow,
Startled by its warning;
Comfort thou canst borrow.
Watching for the morning"
Years are gliding onward;
All, how fast they fy!
Wasting is life's fountain,
1t will soon run dry.
Death-he cannqt harm thee
Tread on death with ~scorning;
Brightest visions charm thee,
watching for the morning"
Though the shadows gather,
And the night grows deep,
And the weary eyelids,
Close in deaths long sleap;
Through that night of sadness,
With its solemn warning,
Comes the song of gladness,
Watching for the morning.
Watching, watching. w~atchingl
Lord, how long, how longs
When shall break the shadowsf
When burst forth the song?
Haste. @ blessed daybreak,
With thy bright ~adorning;
Let the joyous lay wake.
Morning Lo! The morning."
d. d. z. Mclaughlin, IN Independent.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-09-12

The recent outburst against the Prince
Of Wales is, says London Truth, proof
positive that loyalty il the old sense Oh
the word has ceased to exist. The
Queen is respected as q woman, but not
~ the d~escendant of d line Of Kings.
The monarchy rests upon the fragile basis
of the good conduct % the occupant Of
the throne. As d principle it has already
disappeared. It has become i mere ques.
lion y expediency whether We shall have
i King d do without one. KiDgship
will last out my time, but il IS doomed.
Whether England win get on better Or
worse for being a republic, ! do not
know; bat . republic England il likely
e become before fifty years have ex-
pred.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-09-12

The Jesuit order has d total member
ship Of u, 300, divided into twenty-seven
provinces.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-09-12
New Shaving Saloon.

Now bnaVIng Saloon.
HAVING recently built and refurnished
II throughout, my Barber Slop, I am
now prepared, with increased facilities,
to serve the public in First-Class Sly lie
in my new quarters between Brand and
Moriarlty's. Shaving, Hair Cutting,
Shampaoing, etc, done in the highest
style Of the art. Give me q call.
3. a, BoDEMULLER,
The Opelousas courier., 1891-09-12
~OPELOUSAS
Female INSTITUTES
o%PELoUsAs, ST. LANDRY PARISH, La.

This Institution is undenominational, prae.
tical and progressive. Discipline firm and
based on sound principles ennohling and de.
veloping character. Honor and self respect
promoted. Methods Of training and culture
thorough. Toe curriculum prepares the
~tif1cates and Diplomas conf rrcd. Bull ipgA
comfortable and ~comwodirps Patronage
solicited. For further parii, mrs apply to
MRS, NJ. NJ. HAYES. PRINCIPAL.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-09-12

GWipGSey l0Okeu at neE DFlgRGly-s4
think 1t is to you. Sometimes he has
started letters, which / have found In
the waste-basket torn or partly burned,
beginning, My dearest wife, but
don't think he has cver sent them.
However, that Is none Of my business.
But to-day what do you think lie did2
He sent everybody home ia order to be
alone that he might write. It was noth-
ing connected with the paper, / know,
for the copy IS all IN. ] think he is
writing to ron upstairs to come back,
and he doesn't know you are here al
ready"
ut he will only say he was wrong,
and ask my forgiveness the roma
muttered. looking out Of the window at
the pattering rain. Then she started up,
seemingly unaware of the boys pres
ence. .But I muslin ask TOO much. |
was il the wrong as much as he.n
Nov ! tell you what to do said
Swipesey, with eagerness. IF you put
this into my hands, we'll fix it up all
right. His eyes shone, and he took u
sew steps forward, with his small hands
ciusped together and his face raisedhope-
fully toward the lyon let
me so upstairs and sort Of prepare
him. TIL not say who wants to see him,
but I'll Just give him q hint. And then
you 60 up and surprise him; and if yoa
look At him and smile, and If you tell him
ron are sorry, / don't think be would
send you away now, do your
The woman looked down at the lad,
and smiled sadly at him. She could not
help being amused at his eagerness to
help her and the lonely ma upstairs.
He seemed To divine what she was
thinking 1I, for he said, ss0h, you.
muslin think am dipping my angef in7
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1891-04-29

Go to Feldmeyer Bros. for Paper
Wrapper Cigaraftes.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1891-04-29

Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and asts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
tenn efectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup Of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac-
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent Qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale Ia soc
and 81 bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand viii pro
cure it promptly for any enc who
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FJG SYRUP 60
SAN FRANCISCO, Ell.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. hfw Y0RK. ~
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1891-04-29

REFERRING 70 the elections to
take place this year, the Baltimore
San says Though an ''off year.
1891 is not to be without guberna.
torial elections Of frst-rate impor-
tonce. Maryland is to elect sue
cessor to Governor jackson and
Legislature, besides voting on six
amendments to it's constitution.
The notes Of preparation are already
heard, and there are indications
that the contest will enlist the at
tention of our people to an extent
seldom equaled. Public opinion
among US has become distinctly
progressive. The cries of each cam
paign mark the prevalence Of high
er and higher ideals of administra
ton aud legislation, so that we are
evidently getting on. thanks to the
independent spirit abroad. The
stagnation Of few years ago is now
secuted by every knowing politician
as no longer possible. Every body
fees that something must De done
at each session Of the Legislature to
solve some Of the multiplying prob
lens Of our times Hence the in.
terest aud Importance the elections
in this State next November possess
in the minds Of our citizens. The
State viii 'sgo democratic, of
course-in remembrance Of the
force bin, among other reasons
but it viii be mainly in consequence
of the recognition By cur politicians
Of the live questions new occupying
the mids Of voters.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1891-04-29

TIE illustrated article in the
May Overland Monthly, it is an
nounced, is to be a continuation of
"Dairying in California" this time
treating Of butter and cheese max
ing. The processes are described
at length, and many valuable and
surprising facts and figures are Civ
en-, relating to the magnitude and
development OF the industry. The
pictures, it is promised, will be very
beautiful, and show the most at
tractive side Of dairying in Califor-
MIA.