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The Opelousas courier., 1891-07-18
Termination of Germany.

The figures of the census taken in
Germany last December have been pub
lished, and are regarded with satisfaction
by the Germans, for they show that Ger
man grows more rapidly than any other
European state, except Russia. The
reputation last December was 49,420.-
600, as against As, 1856 ,'7o4 in 1885,
showing a gam of 1865, 096 in the five
years and the largest gaia in any five
wears since the establishment of the en-
pire. In 1871 the population was Al
085. T92. In the next five years it in
cresed 1858, 56s. From 1875 to 1880
tie gain was 2,506, 701, but from 1880
to 1885 it decreased to 1921, 643-a
period during which immigration to this
country was very heavy. AS to the
character of the increase, the same rule
holds good as in this country. The bulk
of it was in the cities. Ten per cent OF
it was in Berlin and more than one-half
of it in the ten largest cities OF the en-
pire. As compared with European u
tries, Germany in the last ten years has
grown about 4 200, 600, Austria less than
5000, 900, the British Islands is esti-
mated about 5000, 900, Italy about O..
$50, 900, and France less than LOCO, ooo
probably much less. The huge EN-
pire of Russia shows q gain during the
same period of nearly Is, 000, 600, which
can be accounted for in part by the com
paratively small outflow of immigrants.
Thus with the exception of the latter
country, Germany heads the list.-Rs.
| corder.
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4 Soldiers Savings.

The wages Of private soldiers in the
army is not more than S11 or $13 8
month and rations. 1t does not seem
easy for q soldier to become rich, but
they can save something. According to
the Omaha Bee, Colonel Stanton, Pay
master of the Department of the Platte,
recently paid q soldier $1048.8 SO as the
savings Of q FIVE years. enlistment. Said
that officer 81 have paid quite a num-
Der of men amounts ranging all the way
from $500 to $4,000. Tho largest sum
I ever knew q soldier to have deposited
with the United States when be was
finally paid off was $5012.45. That man
was . hospital steward at Fort Meade.
He had served several terms of enlist
ment, and had not only saved what
money the Government paid him, but he
had made some more by lending. When
i maid him the @5012.4 5 he Immediately
re-enlisted for i've years more, and de-
posited the entire amount again with
the United States. Soldiers are just like
men in every other occupation. Some Of
them save money and others do not.
They could all q ' money # they
would
The Opelousas courier., 1891-07-18
Alligators as a Commodity.

Beside the hide of the alligator, of
which so, 900 or co. 900 are annually
utilized in the United States. there are
other commercial products obtained. The
teeth, which are round, white and conf
cal, and as long as two joints of an
average finger, are mounted with gold or
silver, and used for jewelry, trinkets,
and for teething babies to play with
They are also carved into a variety oil
forms, such as whistles, buttons and cane
handles. This industry is carried ON prin-
cipally in Florida. Among Chinese drug
gists there is a great demand for alliga-
tors teeth, which are said to be pow.
dered and administered as a remedy. As
much as a dollar apiece is paid by them
for fine teeth. All the teeth of the ALI
gator are of the class of conical tusks,
with no cutting or grinding apparatus,
and hence the animal is forced to feed
chiefly on c~arrion, which Is ready pre-
pared for his digestion. Other com
mercial products of the alligator are the
! Oil and musk pods. The tail of an ALI.
gator of twelve feet in length, on boil
| ing, furnishes from fifty to seventy pints
of excellent oil, which, in Brazil, is uset
| for lighting and IN medicine. The Oh
has been recommended fer the cure o.
| quite a variety OF diseases. IL has a higl
reputation among the swampers as
remedy for rheumatism, being given bot
inwardly and outWardly.
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To Lift Sunken ships.

Working models of a new device for
raising sunken or wrecked vessels have
been exhibited both in this city and in
Washington. It is claimed that this
system is the only one that will work
successfully in raising vessels sunk at sea
which have heretofore been abandoned
after as large a part of the cargo has
been saved as possible by sending divers
down to the vessel. The inventor of
this new device claims that he can raise
a vessel of three thousand tons in less
than ten minutes time.
The apparatus consists of an iron
sphere twenty feet in diameter and made
perfectly air tight. From six to eight
of these spheres are needed for the rails
ing of a vessel of 5000 tons burden.
They are practically steel pontoons. At
the top of these pontoons is an air valve
opening downward into the interior of
sphere, while at the bottom is a valve
opening outward. They have a capacity
for containing 1888 cubic feet of air and
each pontoon has a lifting capacity of
from 500 to 700 tons. The exterior
shell of the pontoons is of steel one-quarter
of an inch thick, braced latitudinally end
longitudinally.
When the wreck is reached water is
pumped into the pontoons and they are
sunk over the wreck at the point needed.
Their course is guided by chains work
ing from derricks on the deck of the
wrecking vessels. Outside of the pom
ICONS is a heavy network of iron bracings
enclosing it like a jacket. At the botton
of the pontoon is a heavy iron chain,
fastened to the outside bracing, and AZ
The Opelousas courier., 1891-07-18
Something About Siberia.

Since the building of the trans Siberian
railroad was resolved upon, and Siberia
has attracted general notice, the world
has become interested in the origin and
meaning of the word Siberia. V. M.
Florinsky, in q paper published at the
University of Tomsk, holds that the
word is of Slavic derivation. 1t occurs
for the first time in the writings of the
Persian historian, Rashid- Eddina Q247-
1879, as the name of what is now called
western Siberia, for in connection with
it the historian speaks about the River
Irtysh and the steppes Of Kirghese and
the Bashkirs. The Russians have known
the country since the latter part of the
fifteenth century, and official mention of
the "Siberian land" is made in docu-
ments dated in 1854 and 1855. The
word is supposed to have originated with
a tribe of Huns which was known by the
name of Sabirs or Sebirs, and first lived
in the Ural Mountains and subsequently
settled down in the regions OF the Don
and the Volga. The city of Sivar, which
existed in Bulgaria in the tenth century,
was a monument of the wanderings OF
this tribe. The Sabirs were also men
toned among the slavonian tribes on the
Volga enumerated by Jesph, the King OF
the Khozars. Now, taking these ac-
counts into consideration, it appears that
the Huns were of Slavic origin, and that
the name of Sibars was assumed by or
applied to that tribe of the Huns which
has wandered fron the north (Sever) into
the southeastern regions. Another
scholar, M. Potanin, in Russkoye
Obozrenie, maintains that the origin OF
the word Sabir is derived from the
| Monaghan. He shows that a certain
mountain named sybyr, or sumbyr (per-
haps the same as the Mount Sumner OF
the Indian legends), is variously and re-
peatedly mentioned in the folk lore of
the Mongolians at the extreme southern
borders Of Standardization Transcript.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-07-18
The Mustang.

Although many of our readers are fa-
miliar with the mustang tribe of horses,
yet probably few of US know how the
race originated in this country. When
the Spaniards invaded Mexico, they
brought with them many horses for the
use oil cavalry. Before this time, the
horse was unknown on this continent,
and the native supposed that horse and
rider combined weresome strange animal.
During the war that followed many OF
the horses escaped, aud although some
of them we're captured by the natives, the
majority were left to run loose. These
were the ancestors of the wild horses OF
America. Their descendants multiplied
very fast and spread both to the north
| and south. OF course, when the latter
settlements were made, horses were
| brought to the continent and they also
| began to spread towards the west until
the two types. came together. Then It
was that the inhabitants noticed the diff,
ference between their own horses and
the wild mustangs. The latter are smaller
and more muscular, with stouter legs,
larger head and a more bushy name and
tail. The hair is thicker and roughel
and the color and markings are generally
different. They travel in droves for pro
lection, and when attacked by wild
beasts form in a circle with their noses
together, using their heels as a means oil
defense; although they are comparatively
brave, a thunderstorm or high wind fills
them with terror and they go gallopina
away before it. They are rapidly disap.
pearing on this continent.-Pjcayuae.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-07-18

The blank was dropped in a milling
machine, and when it came out a second
or two later the rim was fiat and the
edges of the rim were raised a little above
the level of the sides. The verb ttmill-
ing is this plain raised rim without
reference to any corrugations anywhere.
The purface of the milling is to protect
The suppose of the sides from wear.
The milled blank was dropped into a
stamping machine, from which it dropped
d perfect dollar. While in the machine
the piece dropped into a corrugated
collar and the piece expanding under
Great pressure the rim was forced into
the corrugations and became similarly
corrugated. These parallel notches or
corrugations, generally called the mill
ing, constitute the tsreeding." The
term is adapted from its architectural
use K express a small convex molding,
especially when such holdings are multi
Piled, parallel to each other. -San HGn-
CISCO Chronicle.
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WISE

ALI the gloriied feel that they have had
an easy market.
From the lowest depth there is a path
TO the Hottest height.
It is a great defect in men to wish to
rule everything, except themselves.
Oh, Danish the fears of children! Con-
tinual rains upon the blossoms are hurt,
full.
Find earth where grows no weed, and
you may find a heart where no error
grows.
Nothing is ever done beautifully,
which is done in rivalship; nor nobly,
which is done in pride.
True glory takes root, and even
spreads; all false pretenses, like flowers,
fall to the ground; nor can any counter
felt last long.
Farmers who feed their pigs and cat,
tie good corn, and pay no attention to
what kind of books or papers theii
children are reading, make a big mis-
take.
What a pity it is that men should take
such immense pains, as some do, to learn
those things, which, as 500 as they
become wise, they take so much pains to
unlearn.
A charitable untruth, an uncharitable
truth and an unwise management OF
truth or love, are all to be carefully
avoided of him hat would go with a
right foot in the narrow way.
In a world there is SO much to be done,
how happy that there is so large a por,
ton of daylight; in a world where there
is Sc much to be suffered, how mercifu'
that there is also so much light.
There can be no real fear or reverence
or seriousness of heart, until a man has
come to understand, at least in some
measure, what he is, that is, to realize his
own awful structure and destiny.
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Flower

81 Inherit some tendency TO Dyss
pepsia from my mother. I suffered
two years in this way consulted Q
number of doctors. They did ne
no good. ! then used
Relieved in your August Flower
and it was just two
DAYS when felt great relief. soon
cot So that could sleep and eat, and
I felt that / was well. That was
three wears ago, and ! am still frst-
class. I am lever
TWO DAYS. without a bottle, and
off I feel constipated
The least particle a dose or two OF
AUGUST Flower does the work. The
beauty Of the medicine is, that you
can stop the use ofitwithoutai1y Dad
effectso on the system.
Constipation While / was sick !
felt everything It
seemed to me d man could feel. I
was 81 fall men most miserable. lean
say, in conclusion, that ! believe
August Flower will cure anyone OF
indigestion, If taken
LlfeofMiseryw with judgment a..
M. Weed. 27e Belle
- Y.5;,ranni;S Ind "a
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now TO GET NATURAL WATER oREss.

HOW TO Z NATURAL WATER
Every clear running stream of water,
if no great depth, may be easily made to
grow a crop of salad in the form of water
cress without price. A little seed scat
tered on the upper part of the stream
will, of itself, soo crop all down
stream.
In the absence of seeds a planting of
slips On the banks, although a slower
process, is equally certain, as, after the
first year, seeding will take place and a
sure crop follow. The kind of location
selected for the growth of the crop for
market is the low bottom lands liable to
overflow on the banks of the river. Here,
if 1t can be SO managed that a spot can
be selected where the water by sluice
ways can be let o so as to cover the beds
a few inches deep of water and yet all
the time renew itself so as not to get
stagnant, then the very state of things is
at hand for a good water cress bed.
So fast do our wants increase that in
all large cities there is demand for fresh
young water cress the year round. But
this is to feed the epicure mostly. The
time of all times when a good dish Of
water cress is tasty, is the first crop in
the spring, and almost the first outside
green thing this northern latitude pro!
duces. To u mind this is enhanced by
| plucking them ones self, all asst were in
q state Of natures providing.-Prairie
HDrmer.
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THE A n N r d
CORN MEAL FOR cH1cKs

Corn meal dough is not sufficient food
for chicks, but when each mess of the,
corn meal is mixed with fresh milk, I'M
stead OF water, the value of the mess Isl
increased. Chicks should, however, have,
a variety of food, and viii eat any kind
OIL SEEDS or small grain, especially broken
wheat. Milk is excellent, but the chicks
are hable to get wet with it, or the milk
may become too III and breed disease.
II mixed with corn meal, and the mess
eaten up clean, the chicks will relish it
and thrive on the mixture.-Farm and
FGreside. !
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The Earth's Interior.

Professor J. G. White, State Geologist
of West Virginia, has become very much
interested in watching the progress of an
eight-inch well near Wheeling, which
has, after one months boring, reached
the phenomenal depth of 400 feet. The
well has passed through both oil and
pas, several thick veins Of coal. gold
bearing quartz, iron and various other
minerals. After the well has reached
n mile depth the Government has
agreed to take hold of it and bore as far
as possible. The temperature and mag
netic conditions will be observed, and by
means Of an instrument constructed for
the purpose a complete record of the
drilling and all discoveries made will
be kept. This record will be placed in
the geological surveys exhibit at the
Worlds Fair, and afterward preserved
at Washington. Professor Waite and
the Government officers say this will be
one Of the most novel and important ex-
hibits at the fair, and will attract the
attention of the scientists of the world.
-PicGgune.
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The Key Of Death.

The "Key Of Death" is apparently a
large key which is shown among the
weapon al the arsenal at Venice. 1t was
invented by Tibaldo, who, disappointed
il love, designed this instrument for the
destruction Of his rival. The key is SO
constructed that the handle may be
turned around, revealing a small spring,
which, being pressed, a very fine needle
is driven with considerable force from
the other end. This needle is SO very
fine that the flesh closes over the wound
Immediately, leaving no mark; but the
death Of the victim is almost i~nstantane-
ous.-Detr0M Free Press.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-07-18
breeding" q Dollar.

What is the t'millingn on a dollar or
ether coina Probably not one person in
500 would answer this simple question
correctly. There is a popular belief
that the corrugations on the rim of q
dollar are the milling. A Chronicle re-
norter thought SO too until the point
happened to arise in a conversation with
c. d. Gorham, coiner at the mint, the
other day.
Dir. Gorham went into the coming
room and picked up a 'sblank,' a round
niece of plain silver cut out of a silver
bar. It had gone through one machine.
which had slightly rounded the edges.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-07-18
ABUSING E

We have heard of sheep being used to
restore fertility to woInout land, and
have read that they were quite Efficient
in the destruction of various kinds of
weeds. But, according to an Ohio farmer
who recently gave his experience at one
of the county institutes, they may be
trained to render even greater service,
This man turns part of his flock on land
ssinfested with bushes, briers and Weeds
and keeps them there a few days COM
pelling them to do "Sennenger duty" BY
eating these foul growths. The animals
are then turned into a better pasture and
another portion of the flock is set to
work clearing the bushy ground. Tbs
process is repeated until the land is thor
oughly cleared. A writer who has re-
ported the matter to the National Stock-
man and Fdrme,, says that Thy thus
starving Them the sheep will ''eat all
kinds Of weeds and bushes, with no per-
manent loss of flesh or health" and adds
that he has seen some of the land which
was ewell and cheaply" cleared in this
manner. After three or four seasons OF
this kind Of clearing, the land is ready
to plow and there is ssno hard, laborlous
rrubbing or breaking Of plows Or STRAIN
ing teams blowing away roots We d
not doubt that sheep can be made to clea
the land of bushes and weeds, but it mus
be pretty hard work for the sheep and
also be an expensive method for thei
owner. Al man can drive q nail with
! good watch, but it is cheaper for him t,
/ use a hammer.
So a man can clear land by the use o
| sheep, but an az and a bush scythe woul'
enable him TO do the work to better ad
vantage.-American Dairynsan.
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-Argondut.

Daniel Webster's grave is on a knon
nearly in the centre of the little grave
yard at Mansfield, Mass. 1t is marked
by a simple maidstone that bears only
the name "DanieI Webster" There IS
no other inscription on the stone and the
surroundings are dreary and solemn.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-07-18
YOUNG STOCK.

Fully matured stock can endure violent
charges Of food with much less disturb
ance Of the system than can young ami!
mails still growing. Therefore, specially
GOOD management is necessary in chang.
ing the young things from the dry feed
Of winter to the unripe grasses of spring.
III the change is made suddenly an at
tact of sconrs will check their growth
for 4 month perhaps. If ensilage and
roots have been fed during the winter,
the change to grass will not cause SUCH
disturbance as would occur IN a change
from dry hay, which is the usual ration
Of young stock on most farms. Such
changes are best made gradually, and
some dry feed should be given each day
at the stable, or from troughs Or RACKS az
the pasture gate, until the grasses gain
substance. Many farmers send their
stock to the pastures too early IN spring
for the good either of the stock or the
nastures. The ground when the snow
has recently left It il soft and saturated
with water. Turning cattle upon y ae
SUCH q EfHiG ID 6pCGA@AAf
Grass roots. The deterioration OF SO
wanv pastures can doubtless be largely
traced to this practice. Many farmers
turn their spring calves out to pasture
during their first season. Though 2 lev
NAV occasionally thrive under ems
treatment, most of them come 70 the BAH
Il the.falI about one-half as large as they
should Be at that age. Stable care ano
feed, with q yard to U in during pleas
ant weather, but with free access 70 cove
during the heat OF the day, has beeI
found by many progressive farmers z
Give much inc best results. Skim milk
Nth I little oatmeal, bran, crushed oats
and clover hay, will give growth % de
| Ight the farmers eye. while the develop
meut thus secured is the kind needed e
make good dairy COWS OF the nei.el
/! calves. provided they are Of good dalr.
| hlood. Lambs are not usually Weane'
NTH goule time after they come e. grass
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KANsAs OrrY Is promised ice al hye cents
hundred. as q result of competition.
Deafness Can't be Cured

UcHfneBB JHH 10 OuFTW
Nv local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There Is only
one way to cure deafness, and that is by CON
stitutional remedies. Deafness is caused "
an infamed condition of the mucous lining od
nfamed You ave a rumbling sound or impeIr-
feet hearing, and when it is entirely, closed,
Deafness is the result, and unless the imam
stored to its normal cond ltion, hearing will be
destroyed forever; nine cases out OF ten are
caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an In
iamed condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness Caused by catarrh) that we
cannot cure BY taking Halls Catarrh cure.
F. j. CHENEY & Co., Toledo. o.
Sold BY druggists. Is cents.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-07-18

The application Of rubber to wheel
tires has proved a great boon to bicycl-
ists. and the increase in this branch Of
industry Is remarkable. There are 100,-
900 bicycles made every year in this
country, and 40. 600 more are imported.
AS all these have tires of the best rub
Der. it can be seen that a good pereent-
age Of the worlds supply is absorbed IN
this way.
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With them, therefore, the change from
winter to spring rations is not likely to
Gauss serious trouble. But a small feed
of bran or oats each day for awhile, after
they go to pasture, will be well returned
in extra growth. Keep the young stock
growing thriftily Agrseutur-
aef
The Opelousas courier., 1891-07-18

Whether on pleasure bent or business, should
take on every trip a bottle of Syrup of Figs, as
1t acts most pleasantly and effectually on the
kidneys, liver and bowels, preventing feyers,
headaches and other forms of sickness. For
sale in Soc. and 81 bottles by all leading drug
gists.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-07-18

Nearly 5000 Greek ladies have pre-
sented Il petition to King George, de-
nanding the establishment of ladies'
college ia which they may be trained IN
commercial and industrial pursuits, 50
they may be able to compete with men
in the struggle to live.
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How About Your Mother.
Scrofula or Kings Evil is the most stubborn OF all SKIN at
~fections. Whether inherited or otherwise, it is a blood disease
and cannot be permanently cured by anything but ;. ;. 3.
A GRATEFUL DAUGHTER.

My Mother vas soreiy afflicted with Scroua for three years and a hall;
during that time the glands o her neck burst open n five places. Ih1eeo o INT
openings were small and healed right up, but the other oul LII up N
break open anew, about everyltwp weeks, always causing severe pain m onen
prostraion. She "a ST reduced in strength, that tonics coca Inc nae 10
be generously used to keep her alive She commenced taking . = D. aa
improved from the start, the first bottle gave her a appetite N D. me ue
she finished the fourth bottle Lei neck healed up, she is o entirely well.
MRS. E. j. RowELL, Mcdford, Mass.
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Ppocf nj Familiarity,

THE LOWELL DIAMOND SAFETY BICYCLE FAC
TORY KEPT FNNiS T~WESTY-FouR HOURS
TO SUPPLY THE DEMAND.
Passengers on the ghost train which whizzed
through Worcester in the small hours of the
morning have noticed of late a factory. which
the bright light streams all night long. 1t is
the factory Of the John p. Lowell Arms Com
pany of Boston, and it is running literally
twenty-four hours a day, with two complete
RELAYS of men, from the foreman down. This
activity is due to the extraordinary popularity
of the new eighty-fve-dollar Lowell diamond
safety bicycle, a machine which is giving the
very best of satisfaction.-BnSt0 Herald.
To change the neme and not the letter Is
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MALARIA cured and eradicated from the
system by Browns Iron Bitters, which en-
riches the blood, tones the nerves, aids dlges,
ton. Acts like a charm on persons in general
Ill health, giving new energy and strength