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The Opelousas courier., 1892-04-16
WISE WORDS.

a poor mans dog is not always lean.
Without noble desires no mar can lead
mobile life.
Tho heart that is not thankful is not
one of trust.
Love never has to go to school to learn
how to speak.
Where hard work kills one man worry
5uries a dozen.
No wound can be SO deep as the one
inflicted By friend.
The man who Lorrows trouble always
has to pay big interest.
1t may be that if birds had pockets
they wouldn't sing SC sweetly.
The troubles that troubles us the most
are the troubles that never happen.
Remember this. You are not growing
IN grace when you are finding fault.
# il were not for the pennies the dol
lars would never get to travel much.
The man who is not willing to keep
all the commandments will not keep
any.
Our mistakes can tell us something
very much to our advantage, if we will
put listen to them.
When a man starts out to reform him.
self, he has undertaken a job that will
keep him busy for life.
Perhaps there is nothing that it takes
u man SO long to find out about himself
as to realize that he is stingy.
Had the prodigal son have been a
poor mans son be would never left home.
His prosperity was his curse.
American quails have been introduced
into China, but no pigtail wearer has yet
beer Tool enough to bet that he could
eat one 9 day for thirty days.
It is claimed that ANIMALS have no
memory, but how else can you explain
why the dog who has .sbeen there
never takes the second degree at d hor.
nets nest.-Indianapolis fInd.) Rams
Horn.
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Clark e. Cam, Minister to Denmark, Is
travelling In Russia. He says that what has
struck him most forcibly 10 theC1ar's do.
mains, next to seeing the poor people all
clad In sheepskins to ward off the cold,
was the feeling Of order aud perfect se-
curity that prevails. "When you arrive
at your hotel," says Mr.. Carr, 'yoa are
asked for your passport, which is sent
out TO the Major McClaughry of the
city you visit, and the next day It is re.
turned to you with a lot of chicken
tracks on it, which you cauuot read, but
which means that you are all right, aud
that while in the city you will DO care
fully looked alter aud that you win moi
be molested so long as you behave your.
seIf,n
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What Is CattIeRsIta

The so-called cuttlefsh belongs to
what are called mollusks or shell fish,
and is nor nearly related to the clans
and oysters than TO true fishes. While
the oyster and clam have no organs in
any manner resembling feet / arms the
ctttlefsh Is well provided with them,
hence are called cephalopods, meaning
ssheadfooted, because they have long
powerful and muscular arms or ~tentaeuIa
around their heads. BIZ the aid Of which
they collect their food. But while
our outtleish is really q molIusk and
closely related to what we have become
accustomed to call shell fishes, they have
no outside shell, but instead d large one
within. This internal shell Is lodged in
a sac on the back part Of what is termed
the mantle, and IS of a somewhat oval
shape and thickest in front, and Is the
article sold III shops as cattleEsh. It IS
quite light, porous and formed Of thin
plates with intervening spaces divided
by thin partitions.-New York Sun.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-04-16

If the Prince OF Wales persists in his
reported intention of marrying his chll.
dren into English families, observes the
San Francisco Examiner, he will give his
house a new lease Of popularity that it
reeds. Albert Victor, the heir presump-
tive, is to marry Princess Mary of Teck,
who is practically an English girl. His
brother, Prince George, is said to be en-
gagged TO the daughter of an English
Duke. The eldest daughter is the wife
of the Duke of Fife, and it is reported
that the second daughter is to marry an
English nobleman. The British nation
has shown a good deal of irritation at the
marriage Of Queen Victoria's children to
the little royalty Of Germany. In tbs
brave old days when England was male,
Englishmen and EngIishwomen were
good enough for royal blood to mate
with, and the English people appear to
believe that the policy is a good one to.
day.
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KISSING H ROD.
o heart Of mine. we shouldn't

o heart of mine, we shouldn't
Worry SO!
What we've missed of calm we couldn't
Have, you know.
What we've met Of stormy pain
And OF sorrows driving rain
We can better meet again
If it blow.
We have erred in that dark hour
We have known
When u tears fell with the shower
All alone
Were not shine and shower blent
As the gracious Master meant?
Let us temper our content
With his own.
For, we know, not every morrow
Can be sad;
So, forgetting all the sorrow
We have had,
Letus fold away our fears
And put by our foolish tears,
And through all the coming years
just be glad. g
y. w. Riley. in indianapolis journal.
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SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

White tar is new.
Electric cranes increase.
Chess matches by telephone ar
popular in England.
A mechanical letter stamper worked
by electricity is being tested at the post
office in Washington.
A German inventor has patented
system of employing the trolley electric
system to propel boats on canals o.
rivers.
The Industrial Society of Mulhouse,
England, offers a silver medal for the
application, in any form, of electricity
to calico printing.
Immense .bituminous deposits have
been discovered In Alsace, Germany and
40 less than seven companies have re-
Gently been formed to work them.
7 1t is proposed to make the employ.
ment of the electric light in the German
factories compulsory in places where
artificial light is required during working
hours.
Professor Dewar, an English scientist,
found, in making some experiments with
liquid oxygen, that it has strong mag
netic properties, adhering closely to a
magnet until entirely dissipated.
The output of the Baldwin Locomotive
Works, Philadelphia, Penn, last year
was 918 locomotives, of which 101 were
compounds. The output for 1890 ex-
seeded this number by thirty-ive.
The iron work of tue railway up the
Rigi, Switzerland, has been found to
,uffer less from rust than that of the Or
binary surface roads. The ties are won
lerfully well preserved, those laid even
;een years ago being still in good condi-
don.
In popular histories Of the seven
wonders of the world we read that the
Pharos, the first lighthouse, could be
,een at a distance of 100 miles. In or
Ter for this to have been possible the
Pharos must have been a mile and ga
quarter in height.
A new torpedo wa recently tried at
Portsmouth, England. 1t is intended
Tor discharge under the water, and with
engines developing fifty-two horsepower,
It can realize a speed of thirty knots an
hour. The maximum diameter of the
torpedo is eighteen inches.
Down to the time CT Homer, who
dourished 207 B. G., as little was known
Of the surface of the earth as is now
known of the interior. Greece was then
regarded as the center of the earth, which
was then surrounded at the distance of
500 miles by the ocean river. Later the
land was extended further and a limited
form given to the old continent.
Very extensive and valuable deposits
of nickel have been found at Sudbury,
the junction of the Canadian Pacific and
the $500" Road about $50 miles east of
Saul Ste. Marie. The mining is con6ue1
to three companies, n of which
an American company with headquar-
tiers at Cleveland, Ohio, and its works
represent an investment of between ST.
000, 900 aud So, 600. 900.
To distinguish genuine butter from
oleomargarine the following TESTS recon
mended: Draw a knife through a piec,
Of the questioned butter and separate the
parts thus divided. If it ever saw the
inside of churn there will he watery
exudations In the track of the knife, but
if it is a combination Of prepared and
disguised fat there will bel smooth
greasy surface only. This test is largely
used by butter merchants.
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The New Yotk News remarks: stIt ID
stated that the estate OF the late Presi-
dent Greyy, of the Freach Re.
public, is inVentoried at more than q
million, in which case it is much larger
than that of any non-royal executive
who has held Office in that country.
The present President of France, Carnot.
Is . poor man, probably as poor ps Presi-
dent Harrison. It is d remarkable fact
that the chief executives of republics are
selcom men of large property. In u
v country, Washington, our first
President, was d richer man than ary Of
his successors have been. The two
Adamses were men Of small means. JEFF
ferson was embarrassed for money, and
Madison was little better of. Monroe
broke down pecuniarily. jackson was
poor, Van Buren, had a small property,
and General Harrison, grandfather of the
present incumbent, was in very straight.
enea circumstances, So we're Tyler and
Polk. General Taylor, when chosen
President, had nothing but his army
pay. Filmore's estate, which has lately
been settled up at Buffalo, was small,
although it was increased after he left
rs7iee. Pierce and Rncaanan had nech
. good house and land at home, but very
little income. Lincoln was poor, aud
80 were johnson, Grant, Hayes and Gar
field-all strugglers for a livelihood.
Arthur lived well, but accumulated moth
ing. Cleveland and Harrison were both
poor when elected. IN the whole list
there Is not a man Of wealth.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-04-16

The frequent robberies OF trains carry.
ing the United mails BY arned highway
men have, according TO the New Yorl
SIM, alarmed the Postoffice authorities.
More startling than any 81 the recent rob.
berries in Texas, Colorado, and Wyom.
ing, was the "holding up of a postal
conveyance IN d streetin Chicago recently
when registered matter valued u Sl700
was stolen. Forty-eight stage coaches
transporting letters were attacked during
the last fiscal year. Until recently ths
robblng of Z stage bearing the mails was
o rare occurrence in the Southern States,
such depredatiens being confined almost
wholly to the wild West, where settle.
nlents were sparse and outlaws numerous.
Within the twelyemonths ended june
80, seventeen coaches were held up and
pillaged in the South; twenty-eight III
The West, two III the Middle States, and
one Ia New England. Eight hundred
and sixty-cigat postofices were robbed
BIZ burglars during the year. It has been
discovered TINT III many cases tho gangs
Of thieves operated under directions from
chief it headquarters IN q big city Of
another. New York appears 10 be the
cealre FOL the business. Az I rule, the
robbers attack postofices far distant from
their headquarters, where they meet al
intervals and divide the plumber. They
are equipped With appliances FOR break
ing into the strongest buildings, re.
aaantis employing explosives, cracking
aafss by thc most expert methods, and
net healtating y resort 10 murder on III
casions. no wonder that tie inspectors
Ct the department, when they met il
Washington 3 fortnight ago, strongly
recommended that increased rewards 81
offered fOr ths capture d sush criminals.
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PENSIONS !!

H@AcT f JUNE 81. f890-Psnsionss soldiers aud sailors of Id war of tse
rebellion who served 80 days and were hohorably discharged from the services and
Hdren, dependent parents, fathers and mothers All pensions under this Act will
commence from the date of filing the formal application latter the passage of the
good uness fkdi in the Pension B iroau Q or after June q. 1890 Iste of the
Act 81 # not in the form, substantially, prescribe by the Secretary. The rates.
child OF soldier under sixteen years; AM ii thu widow lies the child or children
can draw such pension. The soldier IS edt ed to any rate from Sc to So per
may apply under this one, ora pensioner under this one may apply under other
laws but can draw only one pension at ths SAN time This Inv requires in a sol
|dlers or sailors case:
III An honorable discharge.
lA That he served at least ninety days.
40 A permanent physical or menttI inability to earn a npu bmf not due
to VICIOUS habits Ct need not have originated in the service)
In CASE OF A WIDOW
90 That the sailor or soldier served at least ninety DAYS
l9 That he was honorably discharged.
IS 60 Proof Of death, but it need not have been the results of his Army or
q That the widow is without other means Of support thar her daily
@ That the soldier o sailor died Of a wound, injury OF disease, which, I'M
DER PRIOR law, would have given him a pension.
~ That he left % wife or minor child.
GU That tn mother or father IS at present dependent OF her or his own
uas Iabor. Or the contributions of others not legally bound for their support
Q DEMENT'S q ne first section Of the Act of Jane %, 1880, are not confined 70
all parents where pensonable dependence has arisen on account of the death Of a
son who served. since said war; in behalf of the United States, as well as for dis
abilities contncteab before o. since discharged.
D That in caea minor child lis insane, idotc or otherwise permanently
HELPLESS the pension shall continue during the period Of such disability and this
under this or any former statute, and such pension ms shall ommenca from the date
Of application therefor after passage of this Act
The rules and regulations OF the Department will govern all applicants and
attorneys.
. H-Undr Act Of June 81, 1890, pensions are granted to Soldiers and Sailors
H-NoTIeEt-Dr w. r. Lastrapes having recently been appointed u S.
Examining Surgeon fer Pensions at opelousas, La til now Of special intuestf@
they can now be examined without having to sustain the expenses of going to-
New Orleans for medical examination, at which place they have heretofore been
directed tog go.
HART RI. SANDoZ,
Co.,. S.. Us Pension Claim Agent
The Opelousas courier., 1892-04-16

1t is said of the late Senator Plumb on
all sides that he was in the closest and
and most intelligent sympathy with his
" people-the people he represented,
The people that backed him up. And
he did this to no small degree, thinks
the Atlanta Constitution, BY subscribing
for and reading every country paper in
Kansas
The Opelousas courier., 1892-04-16
An Engine Made OF Marble.

George =. Seyey, an ingenious marble
cutter Of West SomerviIie, Mass, has
made q small operating engine composed
Of marble e has a vertical piston and
two side ~ayWheels. The height ia twenty
three inches and it is ten by twenty in
chcs square. There are one hundred
pieces Of marble, held together b twelve
brass screws. The engine is operated BY
air misunderstanding American.
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stein, my creator
loved the thing she
had created. Out
of i~nnurnerable
scraps was | created,
and built upon a
disused skeleton OF
some old romance.
Nevertheless, l was
believed and tender
The Opelousas courier., 1892-04-16

California produced ii 1891 d more
valuable crop Of fruits and vegetables
than m any preyious year.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-04-16

Europe consumes upward of $25, 600.
et9 worth Of gold and silver annually fol
nlate. iewelrg and ornaments.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-04-16

There are asont 230, 900 letter.boxes
n Europe.
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THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF
q MANUSCRIPT
DY CLIFTON EsDAILE.

" y Nike Franken.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-04-16
~OPELOUSAS
Female Institute
opELoUsAs, ST. LANDRY PARISH, La,

This Institution is undenotniuational, prae.
deal and progressive. Discipline firm and
based on sound principles enno6ling. and de.
veloping character: Honor and self reSpecs
promoted. Methods of training and culture
thorough. Toe curriculum prepares .he
pupil for University or practical me-. yer.
tiacates and Diplomas conf. Trcd. Buildings
comfortable and comrr odi.s's Patronage
solicited. Fer further parti,. Jars apply to
MRS. n. NJ. HAYES. PRINCIPAL.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1892-02-27
For SALE.
Tho Lexington Opera House !
For Sale Rent, or Trade for Other
Property.

IOSEPH o. LESUEUR
Land. loan and Insurance Agent. Abstracter
and Couyeyancer, Lexington, Mo. Money
to loan on improved farms in Lafayette and
adjoining counties, at lowest rates of interest,
wlth privilege of paying part or all OF principal
before maturity.
10 delay, no red tape. Money always on
hand. Write me for terms. lmch9y
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meet any emergency, Other cabinet min
listers were known to express similar
views and to display most hostile feeling
toward the United States.
The substance OF this conference be-
tween the British minister and tho minis
tor of foreign relations ound its way in
TO the local newspapers and increased the
general feeling of alarm. There has been
recently an evident disposition to lay upon
MIR. Manta, the ex-minister of foreign re-
%latiOns, all the censure for causing the
present state of affairs between the United
States and Chill, and the greatest con
domination which he has received has been
on account Of the public telegram of in
struction which he sent to Minister Montt
at Washington on December IL.
But Americans in Chilli are not disposed
to regard this general criticism of Mr..
Malta as entirely just, for he stated dis
tinctly III a speech before the senate when
several other cabinet officers were present,
that the telegram had been sent after re-
cciving the approval of his colleagues, and
he also afterwards informed Minister
lIgan by letter that the telegram was an
official act of the Gillian government.
Tho spies which have surrounded the
legation for several months past have been
removed within the past week, though
there arc still eight policemen constantly
on duty in the block in which the legation
is situated.
The Yorktown is practically in n state
OF seige, the same that the Baltimore ex-
perienced.
The officers go ashore only in uniform
and the members of the crew do not go
ashore at all. Captain Evans consulted
the iptnpnnntn IF Na1norniSO no 20 fbn nl
visibility of sending his men ashore and
he was advised to send them only in very
small numbers. This advice was given
him in such u way that he concluded it
was best in order to avoid all possibility
Of trouble not to send the men ashore ut
all.
There has been no indication recently of
any intention to withdraw from the policy
OF retaliation against tho followers of the
late President Bulmaceda. A number of
political prisoners-oficcrs in Balmaceda's
army and others-who have been confined
in Jail in Santiago since the close of the
war, appealed to the supreme court re-
Gently for release.
A number of these political prisoners
have been confined at Onillota. a small
town near Valparaiso, and a soldier who
was on duty there was murdered recently.
A prisoner who was formerly an officer in
Balmaceda's army was accused by some
congressional symp.tli2ers of killing the
soldier.
There appears to have been no evidence
against him beyond this cut he was selected
to pay the penalty of tho soldiers death.
The body OF the soldier aud the prisoner
were tied together face 10 face for twenty
four hours and at the end OF that time the
prisoner was taken into the Jail yard and
killed.
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LABOR UNIONS INDIGNANT.
The worlds Fair Construction Company
Accused of Gross Injustice

The worlds Fair Construction Company
Accused OF Gross Injustice.
PITTsBuRO, Pa, Feb. l5.-Vice President
William A. Carney OF the Amalgamated
Association of Iron and Steel Workers,
who returned yesterday from New York,
where he had been attending q meeting OF
the executive committee of the American
federation of labor, said that among the
matters acted on was the discrimination
now being shown by the worlds fair man
agement against labor unions.
In q letter TO the council President
Kliver OF the brotherhood of carpenters
alleged that no man could get work
on the grounds unless employed by the
agent OF the construction company.
A represent ttive of any labor union
could not get a pass admitting
him to any part OF the building. If he
should get in he would be at once elected
by the police. He also alleged that the
eight hour plan was being violated and
that u union man could not get employ
ment as building inspector, gatekeeper or
Waterman.
The council instructed President Com.
pers TO write TO the chief of the board of
construction to abate thu evils complained
of and ia the c vent of the refusal TO do so,
he is empowered to call on all working
mems organizations affiliated with the
American federation of labor to consider
the advisability of Withdrawing their
patronage from the coming worlds fair at
Chicago.
The council has suspicious that the
Nebraska eight hour law is being violated
and it accordingly acted as follows: ''rhe
secretary Of the federation is
hereby instructed TO call on all
workmen and trade organizations
of Nebraska TO furnish evidence
under anldavit as To the violations OF the
eight hour law by employers. II such ev-
idence IS gathered, the executive council
will prosecute tho final decision. A sum
not more than $50, COO will be appropriated
for the purpoSe.n
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Malta THE scAPEooA.
Some New Light Thcow On The Chilia
ImhroPiio,

some New Light Thrown On The Gillian
ImbrogIio.
New YORK, Feb. l6.-The Associated
Press has the following correspondence
from Santiago de Chill, dated January o.:
At the time of the inauguration Of Pres
ldent Jorge Montt on December %, last,
there was considerable doubt expressed
about the ability to form u new cabinet.
There was a very evident unwillingness
on the part of u number of prominent men
TO enter the new cabinet.
The men who accepted the various port
folios finally did so with the understanding
that they should be permitted TO adopt a
policy in accordance with their own views
without reference to what had been done
by the preceding administration. Just
about the time Of the appointment of this
cabinet, there was an uneasy feeling ex-
listing in official circles here as among the
public generally. Reports had been re-
ceived herei in various ways of considerable
navy activity in the United States 10 the
effect that men-of-war and transports were
being fitted out TO send TO Chilli.
1t was just about this time also that sew
eral dispatches OF Il similar nature were
received by Mr.. Kennedy, the British
minister, from his government. The
former cabinet had not retired then and
Minister Kennedy called upon Minister
Malta and Informed him that he had re-
ccived official adyiccs which indicated
that the United States was preparing to
enforce certain demands which would
place Chill In an embarrassing position.
Minister Kennedy also intimated that 1t
might DO well for Chill to assume II more
reasonable attitude toward the United
States before 1t was too late To do so.
Minister Malta received the British
minister's communication in the most de,
fiant manner, and gave him to understand
that Chill was not alarmed at the attitude
OF the United States and was prepared to
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SIN More TronhIe I'm Rr,ziI.

LONDON, Feb. ia dispatch from Rio
de Janeiro states that advices nave been
received there from Fort Alesia, capital
of the state of Cerea, that disturbances
rave broken out in that state and that the
people of the capital have driven the gov
ernor from the city. Cerea is one OF the
northern states of Brazil and has a popu-
lation which is estimated at over 10, 900.