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The Opelousas courier., 1891-08-01
WISE WORDS.

Be there a will, and wisdoE=ahds a
way.
None of us is infallible-not even the
youngest.
Whoever teaches false moral princi-
plies is an aggressor on the welfare of
society.
You cannot dream yourself into a
character; you must hammer and forge
yourself out.
The effort of to-day should be to rec
oncile the faith of yesterday with the
1truth of tomorrow.
The very art of life, as far as 1 have
been able to observe, consists in forti-
tude and perseverance.
Language is a solemn thing. 1t grows
out of life-out of its agonies and costa
sizes, its wants and its WEAKNESS.
People are generally what they are
made by education and company be-
tween the ages of fifteen and twenty
five.
Memory is the basis of conscious con-
tinued personal identity. Without it
each man would start afresh every mo-
ment.
The boy who resolves to do one thing
honorably and thoroughly and sets
about it at once, will attain usefulness
and eminence.
He who is taught,to live upon little,
owes more to his Il theirs wisdom than
he that has a great jeal left him does to
his fathers care.
Be cautious and brave. II requires a
great deal of will andoa great deal OF
caution to make a great fortune, SD
when you have got it it requires ten
times as much to keen IT.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-08-01
SELECT STRINGS.
Irrigation spreads in the West.

' Irrigation spreads in the West.
The day on shipboard begins at noon
The largest war-ship afoat is the Tails,
of the Italian navy.
Iowa produces more corn than any
other State in the Union.
A 105-year old colored woman works
in a Marshallville (Ga.) cotton-field.
The coffee palaces of Melbourne, Aus.
tralia, are said to be the finest in the
world.
The cheapest car fare known is said to
be the three cents fare on the Pittsburg
Traction Road for a distance OF six
| miles.
The color adopted by the royal family
of England is scarlet. The royal house
holds of Portugal, Prussia, Sweden and
Germany are blue. Russia's color is
dark green and Austria's black and yell
low.
The amount of coloring matter stored
in coal is such that one pound of the
mineral yields magenta sufficient to color
300 yards of flannel, aurlnefor 100
yards, vermillion for $500 yards and
alizarine for 255 yards of t~urkey-red
cloth.
The longest bridge across the Danube
is 1900 feet in length, the Waterloo
Bridge over the Thames is 1910 feet, the
Westminster Bridge over the Thames is
1920 feet, the Saratov Bridge across the
Volga 1872 feet, aud the Frieburg in
Switzerland 1895 feet.
Two Petaluma (Cal.) boys found a
nest of young foxes in the limb of a tree.
There were four of the little creAtures,
and each boy took two home, where each
happened to have a cat with a litter OF
kittens. They killed the kittens, and
each pussy has adopted and is raising
two foxes.
A secondhand mattress, which fol-
two months had been in the possession
of its purchaser, a resident of Mebanes,
N. c., caused him some uneasiness the
other night, because of a hard lump that
had worked toward the surface. He in
vestigated and found that the lump was
a wad of ~greenbacks amounting to $1011.
A manufacturer of ancient Egyptian
mummies has been severely sentenced by
the courts of Alexandria. He made his
articles with carefully prepared asses
skins, and had a good trade. Everything
went welsso long as he made kings only,
but when he tried the production of high
priests he committed archaeological errors
that led to his detection.
A one-legged man, with his crutch
strapped to his leg and shoulder, in the
field blowing behind an oxa That was
a scene witnessed the otheA afternoon.
On making inquiry it was o1k1d that the
mans name was John Lacy, a Con-
federate soldier, belonging to the
Fifty-seeond Georgia. He has just pur-
chased him a little home in Gainesville,
Ga, and works by the day-plowing OF
whatever he can do-in order to make
an honest living.
s'John, the o~rangeman," is the most
popular member of the unde 7 faculty at
Harvard Cole 5e. He has sold fruit to
the students since 1856, and has a valua- |
BILE acquaintance among the dis
tinguished alumni of the UNIVERSE
ty. Sometimes the students take
him with them as a mascot when
go away to play an important foot
ball or baseball game, and on such occa-
sions it is hardly necessary to say, John
receives all the honors due his position.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-08-01
WHEN DREAMS ARE BEST.

From heavens high top from earth's greer
breast,
In softest influence stealing,
A voice that rocks the heart to rest
Sounds at the gates of feeling.
''Thy feverish hopes, thy hurrying cares,
Vain passion, doubt unseeing,
Look. what a little part is theirs
On the wide sea of beingl
slime" says the voice, ''how brief a thing,
Lost in the wave that bore itr'
My soul thrills like a trembling string
And heavenly airs breathe DER it.
With many a fern the bank is set,
Pale sweet briar studs the hedges,
The lake, with many a silver fret,
Laughs through its darkening sedges.
Still, like a dream when dreams are best,
Like perfume heavenward stealing,
The voice of natures infinite rest
Sounds at the gates of feeling.
Dora R. Goodale, Ne,o England Magazine.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-08-01
Cunning Siberian Natives.

When compelled to travel all night,
the Siberian natives always make a prac-
tico Of stopping just before sunrise and
allowing their dogs to go to sleep.
They argue that If the dog goes to sleep
while il IS yet dark and wakes up In an
hour and finds the sun shining. he will
suppose that he has had q full nights
rest. and will travel all day without
thinking of being tired. One Or even
two hours stop at any other time is per-
fectly useless, as the dogs viii be uncon-
trollable from That time forward until
they are permitted 10 take what they
thiak 4 lpll allowance pl sleep.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-08-01
Postage Stamps at Every CORNER.

The English Postmaster General, Mr..
Raikes, has given his sanction to a private
enterprise which promises eventually to
turn every pillar box into a postofice.
The pillar box in England takes the
place of the box which is fastened to a
lamp post here. 1t is a good sized con-
struction, built entirely by the Postoffiee,
and has the merit of holding all the let
ters and packages that people wish to
put into 1t.
Mr.. Raikes has given his permission to
the Stamp Distribution Syndicate to
attach twenty Of its automatic machines
for the sale of postage stamps to twenty
The Opelousas courier., 1891-08-01
Their First Day i'm Court.

It is always amusing to watch young
lawyers when they appear in court fol
the first TIVE or three times. Either they
are very much frightened and forget al
they wanted to say, or they are very bold
and seem to think that they can give the
Judge more points in five minutes than
he could otherwise get in half an hour.
Some have committed to memory what
they want TO say, and, while they go on
glibly with no obstacle ahead, let the
Judge ask a question and they are
swamped, and founder about hopelessly,
unable to give a coherent answer, until
the Judge gives it up and lets them GO.
back again to the set speech.
And the effect these young lawyers
have on the old and toughened Judgesis
astonishing. Some Of the Judges are
thrown into their crossest moods by the
appearance of one of the youngsters.
They will make suggestions and ask what
the law is on that point, and what au.
hority there is for that proposition, un.
ill the ablest lawyer might well wish he
was somewhere else.
Other Judges are caused to remember
the first time they themselves appeared
with fear and trembling before some
stern Judicial light, and they at once set
about making the young fellow feel az
much at ease as possible. They nod ap.
proyal and speak encouragingly and re-
frain from making any suggestions that
might throw the novice into a furry,
80 that be goes away feeling that he has
done pretty well after all, and is rather
surprised and panied when he reads the
courts opinion showing the utter fallacy
Of bis whole argumfnt.-Nev Perl
Tines.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-08-01

y. Ihonar, The well known French
explorer, y preparing ID start Oh 1 mosi
extraordinary and unprecedented Jour
ney. Hc contemplates nothing less than
2 land expedition from Buenos Ayres to
Paris on horseback. The route win b.
through Bolivia, Peru, Nicaragua,
Mexico, California, British Columbia,
Alaaka, Behring sea, Siberia, Russia,
Germany md Belgium. N. Thonar. Who
starts n October next, expects to on
pfese BE novel undertaking ID two md
haIf gears.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-08-01

According to reports, two-thirds Of
the students Of the Old World have a
rather brief and ~inglorious career. A
London letter says; ssOne-third Of the
students in Europe, IL is said, die prema-
turely from the effect Of bad habits ac-
quired ut college one-third die prema-
turely from the effects of close confine-
ment at their studies, and the other third
govern Europe"
The Opelousas courier., 1891-08-01

According to the Christian World
there Gems to be many nor unem-
ployed ministers ID England than IN the
United States, and they have Q way of
applying for vacant places by preparing
i circular to which thirty or forty min.
listers seeking for situations sign their
names. This silnpIifes matters for
church committees. The salaries are
often pitifully small, men 81 good abili
ties receiving only from $500 to $500
per year.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-08-01

Montana is larger than the Empire of
Turkey. Texas is larger than the whole
Austrian Empire by so, 600 square miles,
and New Mexico is larger than Great
Britain and Ireland together.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-08-01

Probably the l~iveliest railway junction
in the world is at Chaplain, il England,
where the London, Brighton and South
Coast and the London and Southwestern
Railways cross. Between Z o'clock in
the morning and 10 at might, 1000 trains
pass this iunction-an average Of i
every ffty-four seconds.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-08-01

There are more women in British
India (124, 600, ooo) than there are men,
women and children in Great Britain,
France and Germany put together, with
the population of several minor Euro
pean States cast in as we'll.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-08-01

Says the San Francisco EsGnnsney. Two
hundred years ago one man did two
mems work with his hands, and he
worked twelve or fourteen hours a day.
Now n man does a hundred mems
work with a machine.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-08-01

One imperial heir in Austria killed
himself under circumstances Of disgrace,
another fed into obscurity as plain John
Orth, while still another is lying nearly
dead. The haps Of Hapsburg, moralizes
the Washington Star, are sadly numer-
GUS.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-08-01

me working classes Of Italy are very
poorly fed. The consumption Of meat is
very scant except on feast days. and but
little wine is drunk. Living is almost
exclusively confined to cereals wheat,
maize, rice), with vegetables aud other
green herbs, cooked with bacon. The
food in general Is very deficient in nitro
genous qualitiesssthe bulk Of which y
derived from vegetable rather than from
animal food.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-08-01

The sentence of the Czarowitz's as
sailant to penal seryitude for life was
about the only reparation to Russia that
could be made by the Japanese authori-
&ies
The Opelousas courier., 1891-08-01

"Few people have any idea Of the
value Of the Nicaragua canal to this
country" said Warner Miller TO d New
York reporter, Shut thinking men know
that # is an absolute necessity. The
canal will positively be finished IN six
years. II will take about S74. 900, 900
TO finish il, aud at present we have spent
only about SO. oOo, 900. Our plans are
perfect, and we know TO d pound just
how much we must excavate.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-08-01

Next to America, France employs
more in clerical positions than
any other country. Their wages as book
keepers and accountants range between
5000 and $500 year.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-08-01

Secretary Rusk wants the steamship
companies carrying cattle from American
ports to British markets to provide two
feet eight inches as the minimum space
for each steer. The last Congress author
lied the Secretary to prescribe the regu-
~Iations.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-08-01

OF the SIS, 600, 900 that Uncle Sam is
going to deal ont to the sugar planters,
more than two-thirds will go to Louis
lana, estimates the Commercial 4drer-
yiser.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-08-01

The Australian farmer is already en-
gagged in turning his attention to the Gu
t~ivation of cotton, and every assistance
is being given him by the colonial author
The Opelousas courier., 1891-08-01

aThe South, announces the Pkiladel,
''phia Record, twill shortly supply the
country's lumber demand. There are
$500 saw mills running there already"
The Opelousas courier., 1891-08-01

The 1890 record for British lfeboats
shows a saving of 555 lives besides ses-
cuing tWenty-seyen vessels from d~estrac-
ton
The Opelousas courier., 1891-08-01
New Shaving Saloon.

HAVING recently built and 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
Moriarlty's. Shaving, Hair Cutting,
shampeoiDg, etc, done in the highest
style of the art. Give me q call.
y. A. BoDEMULLER.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-08-01
KAHN & LEVY,
General Commission Merchants.

liz Poydias ST.. neal Camp,
New Orleans, La. P. Q. Boxs-ooi,
Gopsignmeuts Of Tough Rice, Hides,
Wool and al Country poduee respectfully
Solicited. W sreeia3 attention paid
topafehasiag gods Of all Kinds.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-08-01

Female Institute
oPELoUsAs, ST. LANDRY PARISH. La.

This Institution is undenomiuational. prsc.
tical and progressive. Discipline firm ana
based on sound principles ennobling.and a.
| veloping character. Honor and self resnsce
promoted. Methods of training and culturs
thorough; Tne curriculum prepares the
pupil for University or practical life. Car.
tilcates and Diplomas conferred. Buildings
comfortable and comm odiops Patronees
solicited. For further partiL lars applv 3
MRS. NJ. n. HAYES. PRINCIPAL.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1891-12-21
A Revulsion of Feeling.
smneelers Settling I'm.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 21.-The sum of
$4,000 has been paid into the treasury
department by the firm of Newburger,
Reiss & Co., the members of which were
indicted for smuggling. 1t is supposed
to be in satisfaction Of the claims of the
government against it, and it is believed
the civil rule will be dismissed. The
case dates from last September, when a
CAGE of goods consigned to the firm fell
from dray and burst open, revealing
smuggled goods. The entire consign-
nent was seized, as were several subse-
quent consignments, and nearly all
proved to be falsely invoiced. Nearly
all the invoices received by the firm dur
ing the year We're inspected by S. NJ.
Cashin, deputy United States collector,
who has been dismissed for alleged COM
plicity in the smuggling.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1891-12-21
SCANDAL IN A JAIL.
The Warden in a Pennsylvania Priaon
Must Explain in Court.


READING, Pa, Dec. 21.-Developments
in court here indicate that there is gross
mismanagement in the Berks county
Jail. Reuben Rhoades, formerly the
night watchman. was placed on trial
on the charge of helping Beatrice Col
Inns, the Dotorious New York female
counterfeiter, and John Miller, bur-
glar, to escape. He created sensation
by pleading guilty, and followed this up
with detailed statement in which he
showed shocking state of affairs in the
Jail.
Mrs. Collins and other female pris-
oners, he said, had the free run of the
Jail. They were often seen in the prison
parlor and inspectors meeting room
lounging about. One night Mrs. Collins
and another woman was made so drunk
in the warden's private room that they
could not walk. Rhoades said that the
cells of the female prisoners were Wis
tied by Warden Mensh and others late
at night, and that finally Mrs. Collins
said that if they would not let her go
she would elbow on" them, when the
warden told him that they had better
let her escape" Rhoades laid his keys
on the desk one night, and Miller, who
had the run of the corridor, Immediately
released Mrs. Collins, and he and she
left the Jail together
A rule was entered by the court to
show cause why the warden should not
be removed from office, returnable this
afternoon
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1891-12-21
A DiscracefnI Afnir.

CLEVELAND, Dec. 21.-One of the most
disgraceful affairs that ever took place
in Cleveland occurred yesterday. 1t
was dog fight. over which $4,000 are
said to have changed hands. The fight
was won in ten minutes by dog belong
ing to Bill Fleming. The result was a
free for all fight among the spectators,
in which 100 men were engaged. Five
men were known to have been seriously
injured, but the identity of only one
Luke Capan--.has been discovered. His
face is mass of bruises and his eyes
were so badly swollen that he was nn-
able to see, and had to be led away from
the ground.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1891-12-21
MILLS STILL DIsaRUNTLED.
He Refuses to Accept Second Place Q
Ways and Means Committee.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.-Speaker Girls
sent a npte to Mr.. Mills, saying he WI
engaged in making up his list of com
mittees and requesting to know whethc
it would be agreeable to MIR, Mills to ac
cept the second place on the ways an
means and Craftsmanship of one of th
other in portant committees. The lettei
was courteous in form and closed will
request for an immediate reply.
Mr.. Mills replied declining the prof,
cred place on the ways and means. Ho
referred to the fact that he had been on
the committee for ten years, and two
years was its chairman, and that il not
qualified to sit as chairman he ought to
be disqualified to occupy any place on
the committee. AS to the other places
offered Mr.. Mills indicated that he was
Indifferent.
1t is said Speaker Crisp has decided to
appoint Mr.. Springer to the chairman
ship of the ways and means, Holman
chairman of appropriations, and Bland,
of Missouri, chairman of coinage, weights
and measures.
The house will meet on Wednesday,
and after Speaker Crisp has announced
the committee the concurrent resolution
for adjournment over the holidays will
be agreed to.
Senator Plumb's lamented death, Of
course, closes the present business of the
senate, except the adoption of the con-
currect resolution sent over from the
house to adjourn on Wednesday next un-
til Jan. ).
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1891-12-21
Riot in n SYnacogue.

. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 21.--The congre-
cation of the New Jerusalem Hebrew
synagogue, at Tulip and Wayne streets,
indulged themselves during yesterday
afternoons service in another of those
internecine quarrels which have on pre-
vious occasions brought the name of the
synagoge into undue prominence. AS
the result of yesterdays fracas Herman
Levi, of 1855 Wayne street, the vice
president of the congregation, is now
Episcopal hospital suffering from the
effects of vicious kick on the lower
part of his abdomen, administered in
the synagogue by one of the congrega-
ton,
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1891-12-21
Horrible Mode of suicide.

CHICAGO, Dec. 2l.-Carl E. johnson,
an insane furniture varnisher, adopted Il
horrible mode of killing himself yestcr.
day. Ascending to the fifth floor of thu
Manhattan building, he started from tht
west of the hall and ran with all hi
might toward the east end, hurting him.
self through "a French plate window, Il
the momentum attained that Johnston
struck the pavement thirty feet from
the building, crushing his skull am
breaking nearly every bone in his body.
He died while being conveyed to til,
county hospital. ..
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1891-12-21
ovERTUREs TO KNIGHTS.
The American Federation Draws Up a
Basis of Agreement.


BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Dec. 81, - The
American Federation of Labor adjourned
to meet next year in Philadelphia.
A basis Of agreement between the
Federation and Knights of Labor wa
adopted. 1t provides that the knights
of Labor shall revoke and issue no more
charters to local or national trade as
semblies, and in return the federation
shall revoke and issue no more charters
to mixed federal unions. The fedora
ton will recommend TO affiliated unions
that they urge upon their members to
become members of mixed assemblies OF
Knights Of Labor.
A resolution was adopted that the
struggle for an eight hour day be re-
newed in 1892, and that some affiliated
organization be chosen to make the fight.
The boycott on Milwaukee beer was
raised.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1891-12-21
Charged with EmbezzIement.

LONDON, Dec. 21.-A profound sensa
tion has been caused by the arrest, on
criminal charge, of Mr.. G. w. Hastings,
the Liberal Unionist member of parlia-
ment for East Worcestershire. Mr..
Hastings is about 65 years of age. Like
Captain Verney, he has figured as re-
former and has been secretary of the
National Reformetory union, and secre-
tary of the Law Amendment society.
He also has been a conspicuous figure in
social science congresses. The charge
on which he will be arraigned is having
embezzled 100000 from an estate OF
which he is trustee.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1891-12-21
MR.. EGAN In PERIL.
The United States Legation Be-
sieged by a Chilean Mob.
ALARMING DISPATCHES RECEIVED,

BY the Washington Strife Depart
ment-Threats to Blow Up or Burn
the Legation, and the Lives of Our
Minister and the Refugees Under
His Protection Are Menanced.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 81. - There has
been unusual activity about the state
and navy departments since the receipt
of dispatch sent by Minister Egan.
As has been the case with recent dis
patches, there has been some difficulty
in making precise translation. The
efforts of the translators, however, re-
suited in the following, which shows
that matters have reached critical
stage in Chile. Minister Egan's mes
sage as translated is as follows:
'The legation is surrounded by police
and mob on account or fourteen ref
ugees sheltered. Threats are made of
burning and blowing up the legation to
get them. United States ship in port,
but twelve miles between legation and
here. The refugees cannot fly, but are
staying in legation, which is besieged."
A Critical Situation.
This startling dispatch was convincing
that the Chilean government is not prop
erly protecting the American minister,
who is in evident danger, and who, by
his message, has practically asked for
protection, though at this distance there
seems to be little that can be given. The
president has shown deep feeling, and if
it were in his power to at once protect
the minister and the refugees, he would
do SO, no matter what resources were
drawn upon to effect such result.
As it stands the situation is more crit
ical than it has been at any time since
the Chilean troubles began. A tragic
ending is within the probabilities, as the
minister states that threats have been
made to burn or blow up the kjgation.
The mere fact that such state ~ affairs
is permitted to exist is sufficient in it
self to overstrain the tolcration of this
government and calculated to invite ex-
treme measures on the part of this coun-
try.
A Revulsion of Feeling.
SANTIAGO, via Galveston, Tex, Dec.
21.--Since the publication Of the note
exchanged between La Moneda and
Egan relative to the Baltimore affair
public opinion has been surprised at the
attitude assumed personally towards
Egau, and the feeling has now leaned
against Malta, the minister of foreign
relations. 1t is certain that if no other
change is made on the 26th inst, when
the new cabinet will be formed, at any
rate Malta will leave.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1891-12-21
War Clouds in Guatemala.

CITY OF GUATEMALA, Dec. 21.-Great
excitement exists in this city. Dom
Larenzo Mentufar, the candidate for the
presidency, has armed his followers and
is preparing TO pronounce himself elected.
Mr.. de Mentrfar is one of the most
prominent men in Guatemala, having
been minister to the United States for
some time, and has large following.
President Barillas is very much alarmed
and is taking extra precautions for his
personal safety. 1t is thought by many
that the Barillas administration is near
inp its end