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The Opelousas courier., 1892-12-03
Got Ahead of the Nopfemau.

Lord Charles Hamilton used to 20
about Naples attended by a large fe1o.
cious bulldog. Having decided on going
to Rome, he proceeded to the station
and took his place in a irst-class car.
rage, the "dawg' taking up a positios
on a seat opposite his master. The plat
form inspector, with many gesticulations,
declared that the bulldog should not
travel in a passenger carriage.
"Very we'll, then; take him out" was
Lord Charles rejoinder.
In vain the official expostulateA. He
merely reiterated his former reply, q
piece of advice, it is needless 60 say,
which was not followed, and Lord Charles
apparently master Of the situation, threw
himself back in his seat and calmly light
ed a cigar.
But the Italians were not to be out.
done, and quietly dstaching the carriage
In which the English 'tmllod" wa sst.
ed, they made up the tram with another
compartment, and started il off.
Lord Charles sat quietly smoking Tor
about a quarter of an hour, and then sus-
prised at the delay, thrust his head out
of the window, and demanded when ths
train was going to start. His feelings
may be imagined. london Tit Bits.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-12-03
Mans Record on the ssa-Floor.

It Is a singular, and perhaps somewhat
humiliating fact, that the most conspicu-
ous and indeIible record which mar is
'making in the strata now forming on
the sea-foor is written in the bits of coal
and ash which are cast from our steam
ships as they pursue their way = 9 the
ocean. The quantity of this debris ia
very great, and unlike the wrecks, it is
very evenly scattered along the paths
followed by our steam marine. It is
likely that already, in the track of our
transatlantic commerce. not q square rod
would fail to give a trace Of this waste
from our coal-burning engines. As this
material is not attacked by the marine
animals, and is very little affected by the
other agents of decay, it will doubtless
be very perfectly preserved in the strata
which are to bear the records of eur
time. In the eventual formation Of q
deposit containing a notable quantity of
Ginders, it may be that our successors in
the far hereafter will interpret our, per-
haps otherwise, %unrecorded ways of voy,
aging.-scribner.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-12-03
a Dust Dateetar.

Some curious color phenomena have
been observed by John Aitkin when air
Is suddenly expanded, and have led to
the construction of a new instrument
called the "koniscope," for roughly de-
terminiug the amount of impurities in
the air. The instrument consists simply
of an air pump and a tube twenty inches
long, provided with glass ends. The
air to be tested is drawn into the tube,
where it is moistened and expanded. II
comparatively few dust particles are
present, say 8 5000 cubic centimeter, the
color is very faint, but a blue of increas-
ing depth occurs as the particles increase
in number, becoming a very davk blue
with 1000, 900 per cubic centimeter.
The koniscope makes IT easy to sgsce the
pollution arising in our homes from
open flames AMI other causes, and to
separate pure from impure currents in
the rooms.-Trenton (N. j. American.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-12-03

a prosperous German residing in
America writes OF a recent visit to his
native country, thus: Zone day I saw a
review OF cavalryin Berlin. There were
thousands OF men cantering gayly along
Tor tbs entertainment of the young EN-
peror-the War Lord as he calls him
self. The next day | went into the
country, and not very far from the cap.
ttal saw a sight that was pitiful
enough. One woman was holding q
plow, and this was being dragged
through the earth by two other women
and a dog harnessed together. Here,
then, were two pictures-the idle horses
and the idle men capsring about Berlin,
the women and dogs doing the work of
men and horses in the country!"
The Opelousas courier., 1892-12-03
Some Abyssinian Castoms.

Even a chief OF very high standing
would ask for dollars without any ap.
parent shame, and if the amount Of the
gift did not come up to his expectations,
he would politely say, 81 require nothing
but your friendship" which meant that
he would be as unfriendly as possible
until the required sum was forthcoming.
The King might have put a stop to it at
once, for no monarch is more absolute
or despotic in the world. His word,
proclaimed in the market place with a
prelude of tom-toms, is the only law,
and he has absolute power of death and
multi alton.
Political offenders and obstructionists
are arrested, chained, and placed on the
small table-land of Abba Salama, a high,
rocky, and p~reeipitous mountain about
thirty miles from Adowa. Sd sheer and
steep are its sides that the prisoners are
drawn up by ropes. Their chance of
escaping is impossible, unless they run
the risk of dashing themselves into
eternity on the rocks below. On this
lonely height there is soil on which they
may grow grain. and there are wells with
good water. There is no speakers to
keep order, and they may, if they choose,
abuse the prime ministers and crowned
heads to their hearts content, bat they
return no more to the ways of the world.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-12-03
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

Bad salt meat is said to have caused
cholera on a British vessel.
It is rumored that DR.. Pesteur has dis
covered a cure for epilepsy.
Parts of a mastodon have been IN
earthed neat Sherman, Texas.
If cork is sunk 300 feet deep in the
| ocean 1t will not rise again on account OF
the great pressure of the water.
Experienced plaEters in the South nov
raise the male cotton plant, being thus
enabled to secure the seed without the
lint or cotton. .
Three broad patents on electric loco
motives and electric railway systems, ap-
plication for which have been fled since
June 8, 1880, have just been issued to
Thomas 4. Edison.
The General Manager of the Wiscon-
sin Central Railroad is reported to have
said that all the trains on that line will
be run by electricity before the Colum-
bian Exposition is over.
The greatest enemy of suburban tele-
phone and telegraph poles is the wood
pecker, whose search for the numerous
insects which inhabit the wood often
leaves the pole literally honeycombed.
A medical officer of the French army
is credited with a remarkable simple
cure for obesity. His pEa.n is to restrict
the diet to n dish-it does not greatly
matter what-at each meal, and it has
proven very effective.
The part of the larynx commonly
known as Adams apple has just been re-
moved from the throat of a man at the
Carney Hospital in Boston, Mass, the
first operation of the kind in that city.
A cancerous growth had started in the
affected part.
The electrical apparatus for extracting
teeth without pain has ar arrangement
of adjustable prongs, carrying buttons
and connected with a battery. The
buttons are placed over the nerves lead
ing from the teeth to the brain, and a
circuit is established the moment the ex.
tracing instrument touches the tooth.
Trials of compound armor plate at
Shoeburyness. England, are held to have
demonstrated that, when these plates
have been submitted to the Tresldden
supplemental process, they possess pow
ers of resistance and endurance much ex.
ceeding the compound plates tried in
this country in competition with nickls
plate.
The longest span OF telephone wire in
the world is said to cross the Ohio River
between Portsmouth, Ohio, and South
Portsmouth, KY. The wires span the
river from a pole on the Oaio side, meas.
uring 102 feet above ground, to the
Kentucky hills or toe opposite side, the
distance being 1878 feet between poles.
The wire is made of steel and its size is
No. II gauge.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-12-03
A Most Wonderful Creature.

The chameleon has for ages been an OBJ
ject of curiosity, not only on account Of
its ability to change its color at will, as
one might suppose who had read ac-
counts which mentioned only that one
characteristic, but also ON account of 9
remarkable power which admits of the
creature instantly changing its form. AT
times it takes upon itself almost the ex-
act form of a mouse; again, with back
curved and tail erect, it is the exact
counterpart of a miniature crouching
lion, which no doubt gave origin to It's
name, Chameleon, which clearly means
aground lion." By initiating its sides
and fiattening back and belly it takes
upon itself the form of an ovate leaf,
the tail acting as the petiole, the white
line owe the stomach becoming the mid
rib. When thus expanded it also has
the extraordinary power to sway itself
over so as to present an edge to the OBJ
server, thus greatly adding to its means
of concealment. As is we'll known, the
least excitement, as in handling, will
cause a change in the color. In its nor
tmal state it is of a light pea greer.
when excited the groundwork remains
the same, but transverse stripes about
thirty in number appear on the b,dy.
These stripes, which are of a very dark
green to begin with, 10 change to inky
lblackness. The prevailing idea that the
chameleon takes upon himself the Pc
cdIiar hues of whatever he is placed upon
Is as curious and widespread as it is er-
roneous. Placed in boxes lined with red
or blue silk, they retain their pea green
color with no leaning toward the brighter
hues of the surroundings.-st. Louis
RenuhIic.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-12-03
Fl LIFE OF MAN
On into the wondrous future.

On into the wondrous future
On over the hills of song,
All bright with the bow of promise.
Still speeding with current strong,
On yet through a land so tender,
Hope-gilded with CLEANS of splendor.
Where earthly ills make surrender,
Still leadeth mans life along.
On into land Of glooming,
On under a sunless sky,
On over the slopes of sadness
All sullen with shadows night
On over a darksons border,
Where evils crowd in disorder
And misery's clouds grow broader.
Still leadeth the lives that fly.
Still on amid scenes uncertain;
Still on through the shades Of Doubt.
To the mysteries that are waiting,
The sorrows and sins that fout,
From the past to the future streaming,
To the real, so uSsbbAike the seeming,
To things far beyond all dreaming
The life of man leadeth out.
On over a changing current,
Till things of the earth are past
On the wonderful Stream of Ages
All mortals are floating fast;
Onward still, like vain bubbles driven.
TIL the sbadowy doubts are riven,
On into the gates Of Heaven
Safe leadeth mans life at last,
%. E. Young, in Chicago Sun.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-12-03
lie would have gotten Of temporarily

He would have gotten of temporarily
but for an accident. As he went through
the door he caught his foot and fell
heavily on the platform, and the three
men had pluck enough to seize and dis
arm him. And who do you suppose he
proved to be2 No other than that prince
of criminals known to Scotland Yard as
"Duke Gof," and a man then wanted in
half a dozen different cities. He put up
the job. The letter paper, as was proved,
was procured for him by a female ser
want in the house of Sir Blank. The two
men with the carriage were r~uf1ans from
Liverpool who had hired the rig at Gates
head and driven it to Morpeth. Both
were nabbed, and both ~''peached" on
the "Duke, and all three got heavy sen
fences in orison.-C. B. Lewis, in New
York Sun.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-12-03
How Chinese Catch Shrimp.

There are some very curious fisheries
carried on by the Chinese on the Pacific
coast" said an officer of the United
States Fish Commission in Washington
recently. "One of the most remarkable
Is the catching of shrimp, which is al
important industry in San Francisco Bay
and adjacent waters. These little crus-
taceans upon being captured are taken
ashore and boiled in big iron watts, after
a rude fashion, holes being scooped out
of the side of a steep bank for fire
places, which are built up with stones.
After the shrimp have remained IN boil,
ING water for ten minutes they are spread
but to dry upon bare ground. One such
shrimp yard at Hunters Point is about
fifteen acres in extent. The Chinese use
brooms, shaped somewhat like hoes, for
spreading the shrimp and to turn them
at the required intervals.
after being thoroughly dried by ex-
posure to the sun for about five days the
Shrimp are crushed by being trodden
upon BY Chinese in wooden shoes. This
process loosens the meat from the shells,
which latter are removed by shaking in
q basket or by passing them through a
crude tanning mill. Both meat and shells
are then packed in sacks for expectation
to China, where the meats are sold for
food and the shells disposed of as a fer.
tilizer for tea plants, rice and so forth. All
classes of people in China eat the meats
although regarding them as inferior to
the native shrimp, which are compare
lively scarce and proportionately dearer.
Both meats and shells are fed to fowls,
with remarkable egg producing results.
"Another interesting fishery prose-
cuted by the Chinese on the Pacific Coast
is for abalones. These beautiful uni
valve mollusks are found along the rocky
shores at lew tide, clinging to the rocks
above the water line. Each she'll is
slightly lifted, so that the fisherman eau
thrust a stick under it and pry it of;
but, if alarmed, the animal shuts down
its valve, so that it can only be removed
by breaking it to pieces. The meats are
taken from the shells and boiled on
shore in watts made of sheet iron. Shells
and meats are then packed in sacks aRd
forwarded to San Francisco, whence
most of the meats are exported to China,
and the shells shipped to France, the
latter being highly valued for their beau
tifuI mother of-pearl, Baltimore Amer
lean.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-12-03
A Curious Egg.

w. 8. Miller of this p,aoel,,sa eurlos-
ity in the way Ct an egg, which his
daughter found in one of his hens nests
last week. It is an egg within an egg,
the outer one being as large as a goose
egg, with a very thin shell, which had
been cracked. Inside of this was an
other perfectly formed egg of the usual
size, with a smooth she'll of the ordinary
thickness, the space between it and the
cutter shell being filed white. Farm.
ington MAJ Times.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-12-03

aaThere is no Government Id the civil
ICED world, except possibly Russia.
which il not to some extent under the
domination of popular OPINION" declares
Henry Loomis Nelson in Harper's Maya
sire. 1.-THE present Emperor of Ger
many il the most virile monarch in Eu-
rope, but he dare not oppose too griev-
ouslY the will Of his subjects. III there
y any written instrument Of government
powerful beyond ill other laws, it is our
v Constitution, for it is the.rule Of
seton prescribed By the people for the
guidance and control Of their agents,
But the history OF the Federal owe
shows that there i . power above the
Constitution, and that is the power OF
popular opinion. There have often been
times when the Constitution has not
stood ID the way Of the peoples will.
Eyen the Supreme Court will change its
mind i the people are persistent. II
has mol been alsays necessary for popu-
Lag opinion TO demand the breaking or
Sexton Of the Constitution; it is only
necessary that il should approve what
has been done. The purchases Of Lou
isiana and Alaska, AMI the many IN
stances Of executive and legislative acts
during the var Of the rebellion that were
clsarly beyond the constitutional grants
ofpower, are cases il point which viii oc.
cur g snyons who Is at all familiar With
sur constitutional history
The Opelousas courier., 1892-12-03
PENSIONS

~ ACT OF JUNE 81. 1890 Pensions soldiers and sailors IF the var of h
iebehion. who served go days an vsr. houoraby discharged from the serviceand
|dren, dependent parents fathers and mothers. All pensions under this Act will
commence from the date Of filing the formal application afhr the passage Of The
good unless fld lin the Pension B lrosl o or after June ~. 1890. late of lbs
Act OF if not in the form, substantially, prescribed by the Secretary. The nas.
child of soldier usder sixteen yeus; AMI il tn, willow dies. the child or children
can draw such pension The soldier Is entitled to any rate from IS to st2 pr
may apply under this one, o a pens ,er under this one may apply under ether
laws, but can draw only one pension at tn. sam, time This NV requires in so
W An MISUNDERSTANDING.
C) That he served at least ninety Lays.
vicious habits: ct need not have originated in the servce)
CO That he wash onorably discharged. -
% Proof Of death, but it need a It hss bssn ths rssals # ala Army =
Naval ervice.
A)sThd the widow is without oher s.ns Of support taaa hs@ dMf
~ That she married soldier pror to June y, 1890, the date Of the At
a That the soldier o. sailor died Of a wound, injury 81 disease which: ~
DER prior law, would have given him a psnaop.
t3 That tbe mother or father is at present dependent o hf o Tt ~
ual labor, OF the contributors of other, not legally bound for he 7 support
The benefits Of the first section OF the A. of J1e 81 1890, are not snh ea g
al parents where penstvnable dep ndenee has rseao N account Of fhs%desta g.
son who served. since said wr, in behalf of the United State, as we'll as for nst
abilities contracted before or since dischs,set
helpless the pension shall CONT lne DUR 8 tie period of such d~@bhE AMI =
under this or any former statute, an sneh Zen as shall eonm nc f ON fhsl~s
of application therefor after pa>sag of this As
Ine rules and regulations OF the Dsfarsm ut will govern Ill aapts al ~
Under Act Of June q, 1890 r1raors @s granted = s31aes md sas'
!. @NoTICELDr W. R Lasr4 e having rc-ntlg ter apphn ST.
|Ixamlnlng Surgeon tr Pensions at oretonSas La 1t IS nov . sptid ms ~
Fey ecu now be examined wihout having 10 su taut the experes Of K i- )
Cw Orleans Tor medical exsmina im. al Which plac: they h4gs her ta IS
sthected to go. -, -
HART n. SANDoZ,
U $ Psni a Gin Agent
- Once with Hon. Joha j. olse-, o4stouaAsL2l.a.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-12-03

discussion over the question, Chow
TO Manage a Wife," has brought thou.
sands of letters to the New York World.
TIE winner of the unique contest was ad-
judged to be Rev. Charles F. Deems.
the well nnown metropolitan clergyman,
whose contribution was signed with the
appropriate signature, "a Joiner" DIR.
Deems's little prize essay is as follows:
8 tMan(gef What is that3 Does it
mean to control7 We manage q horse.
We use u superior human intellect to
control and guide his superior physical
strength go as to obtain the best
results. But a wife is not a horse.
Where two persons are well married the
wife is superior to her husband in ii,
many respects as he is superior to her 10
others. II happiness ia to be the result
Of the union the first business Of the hus-
band is to manage himself SO as to keep
himself always his wife's respectful
friend, always her tender lover, Away
her equal partner, always her superior
protector. This will necessarily stimu
late the wife to be always an admiring
friend, always an afectionate sweetheart,
always . thrifty housewife, always a con-
ward. And this will so react
upon the husband that his love for his
wife will grow 50 as to make it easy for
the husband, with all his faults, to bear
with all the infrmities Of his 'one and
only wife"
The Opelousas courier., 1892-12-03
LOUISIANA

Perhaps, muses. the New York Com.
mercial Advertiser, science will some
day teach US how to use petroleum in
military operations, when we will have
an agency by which our harboFs may be
converted into Tnfernos to onsume the
navies Of the world.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-12-03

EIanA Lesu6s weekly states that tn
State Of Pennsylvania shows the largest
percentages of foreign born adult males
who are aliens, the percentage in that
State being 1913 of the total number.
representing $500 persons. In the
State of New York, 1854 foreign.
born adult males, or 3d. ID per cent, are
aliens, and in New Jersey, 1857 or
1887 per cent. are aliens. New York
shows the greatest number OF naturalized
forsign-born adult males, there being in
that State 4I6, 3s2, or 6o.74 per cent.
OF the total number offoreign-born adult
males returned. The city of New York
shows the largest percentage of foreign
born of the total population, the foreign
element in that city representing 40. %
per. cent. of the total population as
against 1898 per cent. in 1880. Bufa.
10 shows $500 per cent. of foreign born
as against. 33.O5 per cent. in 1880.
Brooklyn shows 49, per cent, an in
crease from 31.3s per cent. in 1880.
Long Island City has q fofeigu-born
population of 1867 per cent, while in
1880 the foreign born element in that
city was 34.27 per cent. of the total
population; sixteen places show a great.
er per cent. of foreign born population
IN 1890 than is shown in the State as q
whole, while in 1880 nineteen places
we're reported as having a larger percent
age Of foreign. born population than was
reported IN the State as a whole.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-12-03

Miles Darden, who was living in tina
state of Tennessee, in 1857, was the
largest man known to history. Clad in
thin Summer clothes he weighed 1882
lone thousand and thirty.seven) pounds
The Opelousas courier., 1892-12-03
. PRINCE OF CRIMINALS

HE house OF
Laird, Will
hanson q
Co., dia-
mond mer-
chants and
Who'll e 8 a .
and retail
jewelers., of
London, en-
The Opelousas courier., 1892-12-03

'sBut you are a cool one!" | said in
reply.
"Only fairly so-only fairly. l should
say $4,000 wouldn't be far out of the
way A very pretty haul and no risk
attending it,"
He placed the jewel case in his parcel,
lighted a cigar, and pleasantly remarked
"Take it easy, my boy. The next
stop is North Allerton. In about ten
minutes I'll be under tae necessity of
gagging you. Five minutes after that
! hope to leave the train. You'll be-
discovered at Leeds, and perhaps sooner.
The house really ought to stand the loss.
as It j. no fault Of yours. You rather
fumbled to the game at Morpeth, eha''
WAS 50 mad and my throat hurt me
SO that I made no reply, and he was
about to continue his remarks when the
tram suddenly slackened speed and a
minute later came to a standstill.
We had been ordered to make a special
stop al q small station to let an up train
pass.
"What in Tophet's name does this
meana' growled the robber as he looked
from the window. Especial stop, is ita
My friend, I'm about to gag you. Utter
one snour anu m 40 ror you win rne
knife
He'd taken a gag from his parcel when
got the cords. He was bending over
me with it in his hand when the guard
unlocked the door = admit two passen-
gers changing fro.A IN evercrowded one.
Hes rosoer! He's robbed me.
Don't let him escapem | shouted the in
slant the door opened.
aOut Of the way-I'm armed-IlI do
murder yelled the robber, as be made
j break
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-10-23
PoIi,ica, taIlron-coiumbus Day

Suffolk, Va, Oct %. -Special.-The polit-
Teal caldron is now beginning to show
figns OF agitation hereabouts, and rail-
lies, Sc, are the order OF the day A
large audience assembled in the elegant
new city hall here on Thursday night
20 hear Hon. d. Gardiner Tyler, candi-
date for Congress from the Second dis
trict and Hon. Eppa Hunton discuss the
issues of the day. Mr.. Tyler spoke an
hour and three-quarters. devoting most
OF the time TO a lucid and forcibe dis
cussion of the tariff
Senator Hunton spoke about an hour.
discussing the respective merits Of the
presidential candidates. &c.
One Of the prettiest marriages ever seen
here was celebrated at the Methodist
church last Wednesday night al o'clock.
when Mr.. Cooke, editor of the Concord
IN. CO Standard, was welded to Miss
Margaret Norfleet, one OF SuHolks
charming bellies The church was beauti-
fully decorated with evergreens and
potted plants, and brilliantly lighted by
electricity. Mrs. Judge Kilby played the
wedding march. and Rev. G. c. Wander
slice gracefully performed the marriage
ceremony.
Business was suspended here yesterday
Columbus day.. There was a public
celebration OF the day by the teachers
and pupils OF the public schools, but the
larger portion OF our citizens spent the
day In Norfolk, Witnessing the military
parade and other festivities there.
Colonel John X. Copeland an honored
citizen OF this place, died here yesterday
morning, In the eighty second year OF his
age. lie WAS the founder OF the Farmers
Bank, OF this place. and had held the office
OF cashier and president altogether for
ahAW -.
time he amassed quite handsome for
tune.