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The Opelousas courier., 1891-04-11
A Balloonist's Fright.

Fl. Hennequin, of Paris, France, VINO
has had some experience in aerial nava.
ton, arrived in the city yesterday from
San Francisco IN his way home, and
during his stay in Chicago called. on Mr..
Pennington, of airship fame, at the
Grand Pacific Hotel. Mr.. Hennequin
was in Fontenay at the time Tissindler
and Cover had their startling adventure
in a balloon. The traveller is an intimate
friend of Cover, and tells the story of
their fall of a mile as the balloonist re-
lated it to him.
"They assembled from Tissindler's
house in Paris, and ioated off toward
Vlncennes, and as the wind was m
what strong from the northeast, the two
men soon disappeared from the view of
Paris, having risen to a height Of about
1900 feet. When they had reached
Fontenay, they were fully 5000 feet
above the earth. They were sailing
along smoothly, watching the scenes be-
low, when suddenly they seemed to fall
tntoa hole in the atmosphere and down
they went at a terrific rate. Cover
glanced at the needle of the verticle
scale. It was travelling with lighting
speed. A roar filed their ears, and both
men thought their time had come.
Nothing had happened to the balloon.
1t was in perfect condition, but there
seemed to be no air to hold It up. Tis-
sindler desperately threw out sand bags.
They were falling SO rapidly that the
bags were left far behind and disap-
peared above them. The earth seemed
to be rushing at them with the speed of
q comet. There seemed to be no atmos-
phere left, and they could scarcely
breath. As a last resort Tissindler
threw owe the anchor and the remaining
and the big balloon, after q rush
Of a mile through the sky, regained its
poise, and they were saved. The earth
was but fifty feet below"
"This goes to show" continued Mr..
"that too much precaution
cannot be observed in carrying plenty of
There are in the air occasional
rarefactions and when a balloon once
gets into one of them it drops like a
piece of lead. Cover and Tissindler
into a veritable pit in the air and
mad they not had lots of ballast aboard |
would have been dashed to pieces"
. Chicago Tribune.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-04-11
WISE WORDS.

Suffering is always a conservation. Il
brightens and puriies.
It is always own feeling that lllu-
inmates the objects around us.
No one is useless In this world who
lightens the burdens of it for any one
else.
Woman possesses in good, as well as
evil, an energy which surpasses that of
man.
Some persons have the luck of perceiv-
ing stupidities Only after having commit
ted them.
Every sorrow has its limits, and the
most violent outbursts exhaust most
quickly the fountain of pain.
A cynic has written: The hearts Of
most men are like the CRATES In inns,
where the smile of any pretty woman is
enough to set it in a blaze.
The love of appreciation, the desire to
please, to be admired, to be loved, is In
some way the cause of all heroic, self
denying and sublime actions.
Bulwer had said thatsswhen q lie oncc
gets into the world, it is astonishing how
hard it is to get it out. You may beat
it about the head until it seems to have
given up the ghost, and then the next
day meet il ON the street as healthy as
ever
Those who are truly married are
neither masters or servants. The idea of
obedience is lost in che desire for the
happiness of each. Love lis not a con-
vict, to be detained with bolts and chains.
Love is the highest expression of liberty.
Love neither commands nor obeys.
selishness may be said to be at the
root of most of the sin of this world, but
vanity is a form of selishness that does
an intolerable amount of harm, and
usually works woe to all who como in
contact with it, as well as eventually TO
its possessor, undermining character, tila
the whole being is like those timbers that,
perforated and honey-combed by decay,
suddenly one day fall in powder.-@-
eggo Saturday HegaM.
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How Raisins Are Made.

California is now making extensive ex-
p~erinnents In the grape-groWing districts
TO ascertain the best methods Of drying
grapes for ~Yaisins. Two methods are
now practiced. ID one the bunch stem
i cut about half through and the grapes
allowed 70 dry on the vine; id the other,
che bunch Il removed from the vine and
the grapes dried in : drying house Or il
the sun.
Ths former produces the best raisins,
but i great many are lost through the
breaking of the stem BY wind, when tho
bunch fails end il damaged; By the lat
ter 4 quality of raisins il produced which
will compare fayorably with any
European 81 Asiatic product. When the
lunches are quite dry they are dipped in
i weak solution Of I've made Of wood
asles, j little salt being dissolved In the
solution; they are again dried and
packed. Such success has been attained
ii The drying chat not many years will
ere California will supply this
country with all the raisins 1t needs
81. Louis Globe-DeMoelas.
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A LAWYERS STORY.

The following story was told by n of
Ghicago's prominent lawyers. No other
proof of its truthfulness could be de-
sired: ssIt was when | used to practice
law in a little town near the centre of
the State" said he. IA farmer had one
Of his neighbors arrested for stealing
ducks, and I was employed by the ac-
cused to endeavor to convince the court
that such was not the case. The plaintiff
was positive hts neighbor vas guilty of
the offense charged against him, be-
u he had seen the duck in defend
ants yard. How do you know they are
your ducksa' / asked. %, should know
my own ducks anywhere replied the
farmer, and he went into a detailed de.
scription of their different peculiarities
whereby he could readily distinguish
them from others. why, said /, those
ducks can't be such a rare breed; | have
some just like them in my own yard
That's not at all unlikely, replied the
farmer, for they are not the only ducks
I have had stolen lately Then Icalled
the next witness. ~ Chicago Herald.
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no marry I'M haste sed repent at lersus

10 marry IN haste md repent at leisure
has been q common fault in most fault in
most communities. It is satisfactory to
ind that IL Il becoming less common in
nRglsnd. The proof Of this, which ID
found In the registrar-general's annual
report u about the most welcome piece
cf nsws sIae document contains. There
hah bean \ ateady rise, ii appears, in the
average age Of which men and women
sske upon themselves the responsibility
81 contracting masrimony ever since
1NHa.
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. municipal younEster of marvslo,

a municipal ~youngster Of marvellous
growth, thinks Che New York Telegram,
ii Fairhaven In the State Of Washington.
Ets population il the month Of Septem-
ber, 1889, was $50. Exactly one year
later Ii had 1000 residents, with hand
some hotels, churches. factories, rail-
Eoads, steamships and newspapers. til
situated III tie sngle where the waters Of
the Gulf of Georgia and the Strait Of, Juan
do Fuca meet and its hustling c~itizens
feel that thsy ars endowed with q ssnani-
lest destiny Of very large dimensions.
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Some idea Of the immense transporta-
zion facilities Of the United States can be
gained by the fact that the Baldwin
Locomotive Works in Philadelphia
turned out on an average three loccmo-
dives per day during last year. These
engines are worth $1s, 900 each, and
represent the output of but one among q
score Of prominent shops, q very small
percentage Of the machines manufactured
going to foreign countries.
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THE MERRY SIDE OF LIFE.
THE STORIES THAT ARE TOLD BY
FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS.

speIlbound-A Mercenary Beauty
Took the Bait PromptIy-At
Last-Precocious Youth. Etc.
'.Begorrap' said Pat,
With an emphasis that
Left no doubt of his being elated,
It's Kitty 0'Fake
Has the charrums to make
Any man in the Wurruld frustrated.
t'Sich shpell she inyokes-
Sure Ohm tellin' no jokes
An so quick puts yer nerves in a latter,
That the first time I set
Me two eyes on the pet,
Be the powersi Oh never looked at her.
"An' fax it's as thrue
As the wurruld thro' an throf
A mans fathers daughters his sister.
So great was me daZe
At her illigant ways
That the first time Oh kissed Ter Oh missed 'er. =
Boston Courier. !
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The tramp is q product Of our civiliza-
fcn, asserts the New York World. There
ere about 2, 200, 900 of them in this coun-

The criminal statistics of several civil
lied nations, cited by the New York
Totes, prove that in new colonies the FREE
qusncy Of murder is apt to increase,
while theft and suicide decrease. In
other words, peril, insecurity and sudden
changes OF fortune all constitute q less
potent temptation to self destruction than
the tedium Of settled communities alone.
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COMPLETELY

Mrs. Peterby-aWhat were you and
your Cousin Frank talking about on the
s~tairs2n
Fanny-aJust think Of it. He
grabbed me by the wrists SO I could not
get away and tried to kiss M on my!
cheek"
81 hope you did mot permit hima" II
aWhy, ma, what makes you talk that
ways Thought you had a better opinion
Of me than that"
1Well, what did you do to prevent
him from kissing you on the cheeka'
"Held up my mouth. "-Ieras SIT.
ings.
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THE LITTLE DEAR's RECITATION.

"Miss Emersonia Osgoodson will now
favor the company with a recitation, "
announced the teacher to the friends that
had assembled in the school-room to en-
joy the regular Friday afternoon exer-
ciSes.
Little Miss Emersonia stood forth and
recited as follows:
Corruscate, corruscate, diminutive stellar
orb
How inexplicable seems to me the stipend.
dous problem OF thy existence!
Elevated to such an Unreasonable distance
in the illimitabls depths OF space, ap
parently In q perpendicular direction from
the -terraqueous planet we occupyi
Resembling, in thy dazzling and u~napproach
able effuIgence. q crystalized carbon gem
of surprising brilliancy and impenetra.
bility glittering in the ethereal vault
whose boundless immensely we endeayod
to bring within the compass OF the human
intellectual grasp by the use Of the con
crete term armament!
When the dear little Boston girl had
finished reciting these touching lines in
her rapt, soulful, Bostonian way, and
sat down, there wasn't a dry spectacle in
the school-room.-Neo Kork Mercury.
~
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Large families are at q premium In
Quebec, Canada. In that province,
chronicles the Chicago Herald, the happy
fether Of q family Of twelve living chill
drsa il entitled to 100 acres of crown
land and 1909 heads Of families last year
satisfied the Government that they had
complied with the necessary conditions
and were rewarded accordingly. Evi-
IDENTIFY Malthusian bogies are at 4 dis
count ID the province Of old Quebec.
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a San franciscan says: "There is .
strong sentiment on the coast, and is
gsining in strength, that will demand the
repeal of ths-anti- Chinese laws in the
near future. II it had not been for
Chinese cheap labor California and the
whole Pacific coast would have been al
least twenty-five years behind the time,
and the people are beginning to realize
that fact
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THE amount of money paid by Great
Britain for meat from foreign countries
has been increased of late years. In 1889
it was larger than it had been in any
other corresponding period. But in 1890
Inc amount Of the preceding year was
far exceeded. Up to December the
amount paid in excess of that Of the FIRST
eleven months of 1889 was neatly $15,-
OOO. 600.
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hin Tribes DESERVING the Caucasus.

The mountain tribes of the Caucasus
are emigrating in large numbers TO Tur-
key. Russian settlers are not slow tc
take possession of their lands. The Gov.
ernment has been petitioned by such set
Tiers TO divide the lands that were va.
Gated BY the Caucasians into regular set.
Elements and to establish proper Judiciary
circuits there. But the Governor of the
Kooban district has informed the petit
tioners that their demands cannot be full.
filled-that the time has not come yet
Tor the central Government 10 take into
possession and to dispose Of the lands oil
the Observation-Disclosures HrQlI.
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elava sha Nav York press

Gays The New York Pres: ION the
rear end Of big empty truck that went
surabling UP the sBowery the other cold
morning there psrched d ragged, bright
syed boosblack. HaBhad his diminutiye
.'kitD under his arm, ana IS he jOlted
alOng he knocked his dangling feet to-
gether ID keep them from freezing In the
frosty air. Also he made disrespectful
md unbecoming gestures ct his less for
surass fellows who Wers trudging along
the sidewalks b standing shivsring on
the cornsrs At Grand street there was
BowerY .sjam." Teams, wagons and
street ears got themselves tangled to-
gethsF with much alacrity and dispatch,
whila their drivers swore at each other
calmly and delighted small boys volun-
tscsod shriII advice from the outside.
The boofblackss truck was in the midst
Oh THE aanas ! Another truck pushed
up closely ii its rear. The end Of the
pole atrnrk the bootbIaek savagely ii the
eide ana he fell 10 the pavement. They
picked him upand took him 10 q nearby
drug stein. Even y they laid him down
sain il gasped ones and died. Except
tcE y fsw ccppers, his pockets were
euipa. NO b knew anything Of him,
nj aElete was absolutely no method Of
idsnsilcssion. Sc had dropped ont 81
wv ety. NE = suddenly and with Is liz
Ale ssis - i starved spsrrow that ID hit
siNh 4 ssone and falls into the gutter.
Aaa he parents d friendsl Nc ona
snsws Appasently u this city of ]
fheaasnd costly churches, no one cared.
tn hoy had not been 40 far wrong
zn nounted 81 liz truck, be had
ssowsa ever his Isss fortunate comrades
pn foot. RoF q ma ridden straieht
inso ! isla WHARF thsrs i neither cold
ses hangsF noE zaggednsss nor weeping. ,
~ - SiEh u stlI I
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EAsrLY R-EcTIFrEn.

Reporter-tYou made d mistake ii
giving me this assignment
City Editor-sImpossible. 7 never
made q mistake III mylife.n
Reporter-"That may be, but tha
man Is alive. You sent me for his
obituary
City Editor-sWell what Of that.
We look to you to correct such tri7es.
Just go back and kill him.-lsp Yoyk
Herald.
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auEssEs AT TRUTH.

He-HHere, darling IS the ring. I've
had sMizpah' engraved in it,
6he-"What does that mean, joint"
He-aOh, it's the thing for engage
ment rings, you know, - believe il
means When shall we three meet again2'
or something like that. Life.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-04-11
TOOK THE BAIT PROMPTLY.

She-'Do you know anything about
this cooperative housekeeping schemeaDi
He-"Er-no. We might try it though.
-Adianapolis Journal.
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a pATRoNTzTNG LITTLE cIRL.

~ N1-sA7.
Two little girls, the eldest being about
SIX years old, entered a confectionery
store.
ssWhat can ! do for youa' asked the
clerk.
eff you please said the larger Of the
two, ssjust give this little child, point
ing to the four-year-old at her side,
five cents worth Of candy.n-zsras
yftiags.
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YOUTH.

Caller-'tAnd do you love your
teacher, johnny"
Johnny-tNaw. She's a brunette.
Blondes are my yle."-Lndsanapol1
Journal.
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W LAsT.

Mrs. Cobwigger-ssDid you ever fnd d
man under the bed2n
Mrs. Merritt-sYes; the night we
thought there were burglars in the house.
] found my husband there. Life
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HOPELESS CASE.

Visitor Cat public library)--ssn you
have the bound volumes Of the Con-
gvessioaal Record for the last ten years ]
should like
Attendant ringing telephone violently
-sGive me the station, quickl There's
an escaped maniac herein--- Chicago Tsi-
buns.
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JoHENY's rune ENJOYMENT.

Johnny asked Uncle Sam, smiling
tsdo you enjoy going to schoolan
you betl' said Johnny, AId rather
80 than mott
That's the right spirit, Johnny,p
said Uncle John, e~ncouragingly. aAnd
what did you dc BIT school to-daysn
put ! pin under Bill Marks, and II
give him q liekin' at recess for tellin
The teacher. That's What I did. Z said
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WHY HE is THERE.

Gildersleeye-I tell you there Is
nothing like an Indian on the SCENT
Winebiddle-"Is that why the Gov
eminent put him onap
Son What2n (
s40nthe c~ent.n-Maassey's WesEly.
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DTREFuL NEWS.

Father Cooking over the paperl-
ssMore bad newsi A hitherto unknown
frog pond has been discovered in Central
Africa
Mother-ssWhat ii that to us?'.
Father-sWhat is that to usa Ii
means that every 4 of our eight chill
dren will have to have i nev and revised
edition Of Highprice's Geography. -
Hal5as Critic.
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HE DIDN'T PRODUCE.

Kerr Mudgeon Ito whisk-broom fend)
-"No. You brushed me yesterday.
You made a great fuss about it, but you
didn't get any dust off of me-"
w. B. F.-tNor out o. you. "-Rossen
Transcript,
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NO oBLIGR.

Dealer in Canes displaying goods TO-
customer1-s'Shall it be an opera camel
a business cane? or az
Customer with a broad smilsS
aWell, as I'm anxious to be of, lett it be
a hurricane. n-Aerearg.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-04-11
A MERCENARY BEAUTY.

He-HDo you like my brother better
than you do mel"
she-"What salary does he geta"-
Munsey's Week5y.
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IL HOPE ABANDON.

Poet (meekly)--ssI should like to leave
this little poem for your inspection. 1
suppose q good many poems are left
here.n
Editor (gruHy---aFes---and 50 arc
the fellows who want US to buy them"
---LSfe.
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LINES OF BEAUTY.

Sister-stWhatl You engaged to that
ugly Miss Goldpurse2 She is all angles ,,
Brother-aI fell in love with her hand.
writing. It is full Of lines of beauty.
sHer handwriting?"
Eyes. I saw it on a check. "-Good
Ne,Ds.
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HE APPRECIATED COURTESY,

Mr. Kulpepper, 81 epicurean smoker,
wa travelling on q railway with q passcn-
ger from Berlin who was smoking q hor-
rid cigar. As all hints and signs proved
unavailing, Mr. Kulpepper had recourse
10 an often tried experiment. Rising
from his seat he politely said:
HNill you allow me to open the win
dowsn
At the same time he tsquite accidental
"" brushed against the hand of his fell
low-passenger, causing him to drop his
cigar. Mr.. K~ulpepper bad the addi-
tional misfortune 10 step on it, and said,
In alarm:
aOhl I beg q thousand pardons. Al
low me to offer you one of mine; they
are not half bad
"With your kind permission an
swered the Berliner, quite pleased. He
took three cigars out Of the case pre-
sented to him and put them into his
pocket, saying:
ttThese are a first-rate brand; I'll
smoke 'em on Sundays.n
And with that he proceeded to light
another OF his own.
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euLrY. Bur pErIANr.

Judge (bald-headed)-ssH half what
the witnesses testify against you Ii true,
you conscience must be as black as your
hair
Prisoner-ssH d mans conscience Ia
regulated By his hair, then your honor
hasn't got any conscience at all"
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MS REWARD,

49,
HMercutio,n said the king, ttvou have
been to me 9 faithful jester these many
years, and I propose re warding you in q
royal manner"
lyon are very good, SIR replied
Mercutio.
81 will,n continued the king very de-
~liberately, sswrite your obituary myself.
You shall go down to history as the only
Jester whose obituary has been written
BIZ d king
sYour royal benignity simply par
alyzes me, oh, sire,p said Mercutio, the
tears Of joy yelling from his eyes. "But
would you permit me to suggest that the
honor Is 4 conditional one"
unconditional upon what, prayfn in
auired the king.
Conditional upon my dying before
you" replied Mercutlo.
81 viii remove the condition." said
the king grandly, for he was used to do
ing noble deeds. ssYou shall die before
I do. It is IN act OF mere justice that
you shall be thus rewarded. You MAY
prepare to die ct daybreak tomorrow
HOh, sire" began Mercutio.
ssDo not overwhelm me with you
thanks, Mercutio, = interrupted the king
~ will not listen to them. I shall moi
see you again, Mercutia, as it is not mi
kingly custom to rise at daybreak.
Therefore, farewell, Mercutio. And, BIZ
the way, if you happen to think Of any
new jokes while waiting for the heads
man just write them down on parchment
aud send them TO me. Ia, tal'-Aun.
sey's Wseksy.
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little Johnny, proudly, with a CLEAN of
enthusiasm in his eyes.-CbtoGgo Times.
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OPELCUSAS
Female Institute
oPELeUsAs, ST. LANDRY PARISH, LA.

This Institution is undenomiuational, prac.
tical and progressive. Discipline firm and
based on sound principles ennobling and de-
veloping character. Honor and self respect
promoted. Methods of training and culture
thorough. Toe curriculum prepares the
pupil for University or practical life. Ger.
tiicates and Diplomas conferred. BUILDINGS
comfortable and comm odious. Patronage
solicited. For further particulars apply 10
MRS. M. M. HAYES, Principal.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-06-09
LOCAL BREvITIEs.

The City Ccupcil will meet tonight.
There was another heavy fog this morn
ing and for time navigation on the river
was interferred with.
Marriage licenses were issued In Wash.
ington to We ley Parker and Mary Jane
Oxen. both of Falls Church, and to w. 81.
May hew and Marion Y. Petit, both Of this
city.
1t Is said in GEORGETOWN that as soon ss
the Washington ard Arlington electric road
is completed the Metropolitan Street Rail-
road Company intend to extend their west.
ern terminus by way OF Prospect avenue ex-
tended to poiut on the canal road near
the Three Sisters" where the two will con-
meet.
On Saturday at two O'Clock Messra. VIII
liam E. Woodsll & Co., ehipbullders near
Baltimore, will launch the new double end
ferry boat Co umbis, which they have built
for The Washington Steamboat Company.
The crsf Ia l44 feet long and 81 feet besm.
She is we'll fitted out and will ply betweeu
Washington and this city.
The frs annual meeting Of the North West a.
exandria Improvement Company was to have hoen
held to day, but as a maicri Of the stock was not
represc nted the meeting adjourned till 8 o'clock
on the evening of the second Tuesday in August.
The Corporation Court transacted no business
to-day
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-06-09
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