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The Opelousas courier., 1892-10-29
LITTLE PLAQUES.

It ID a singular fact that the most for
midabfe enemies oil man are among the
smallest of created things. A devastat-
ing storm extending over half q con-
tinent, a furious cyclone, an earthquake,
seem more terrible than the work of an
almost microscopic insect; yst the actual
amount of injury done by any OF these
gigantic forces is often of very slight
account compared with fhe damage
wrought by one or more of the ~stinfinitely
little, but innumerable, hosts that do
their fatal work unheard aud unseen,
Consider, for example, what vast mis-
chief has been done by the Hesslan fly,
the clinch bug, the army worm, the
tcodlin moth and other pests of the field
and orchard. And sometimes the ut
most efforts of man are utterly without
avail TO stay the ravages of these tiny in
vaders. They march across bis fields OF
waving grain like ian army with ban
nersD and leave q waste behind. It is,
IN fact, the most serious of all agricul-
tural problems which is press nted by
these insect foes. Fight them how vi
will they sscome up smiling every few
seasons to plague the farmers soul and
deplete his pocket.
IL il calculated that the Colorado
beetle has cost the farmers of this country
hundreds of millions of dollars since it
began its eastward march. Tho clinch
bug has frequently robbed the Western
farmers Of $50, 600, 000 in d single year
BY its destructive work in the wheat and
corn fields. The depredations OF the
wheat weeyil have sometimes reached
similar proportions, and for Q series q
Years absolutely prevented the growing
Of wheat in the fertile Genesee Valley,
u long famous for the superior quality
OF its wheat product. The imported
cabbage worm has caused the los ~
millions of dollars worthof that lnlpor
tanf vegetable in 4 single year.
And soft comes 10 pass that the iaril-
sr'a life is one of continual warfare 70
protect his crops against these little Toes
&c must be diIigent ia fighting them.
He cannot feat the bread q idleDess
Nhen they appear On the scene, Or pc Y
have 30 bread of any sort .lnother year.
Nor il 1t possible for any one farmer 20
90 much SINGLE handed in battling m
sect enemies DC the multatudinous SORTS
that .scome IL like d food" and come
saddeniy. & solitary Dutchman could
have accomplished nothing ID attempting
~ slalt OUT the sen; but when all Holland
s0plK hold Oh the work, the proud waves
uf old neeHs. srera atared e Is by co..
The Opelousas courier., 1892-10-29
NEWSY G%LEANTNGS.
CHOLERA is raging in Burmah.
TIE drought in Texas is broken.

CHOLERA is raging in Burmah.
The drought in Texas is broken.
THE cholera is still moving westward.
TIE oat crop is reported a fair average
one.
TOURISTS are numerous in the White
Mountains.
. THE Agricultural Appropriation bill stops
further foreign crop reports.
TIE Queens speech to the British Parlia-
ment is the shortest on record.
BRAZIL has doubled its purchases Of
American cotton within a year.
: The drouth in Australia has been efeec-
tual in destroying many thousands OF rab-
bits.
GREAT damage has been lone to Spanish
VINEYARDS through the ravages OF phyl-
loxera.
T. The shipments of new crop India wheat
to the English market are less than those OF
last year.
SEVEN widows of Revolutionary soldiers
are on the rolls of the (Tenn] PEN
sion Office,
AFTER gathering in their crops in Utah,
500 Mormon families will move to Mexico In
the autumn.
THE Chilean Senate will try the late Min
1SUGES VI Dn4ulANCW@ oA SA"4 S~S
and corruption.
THE salmon pack on Columbia River, In
Oregon, for the season just closed amounts
to AS, 900 cases.
e@SoUTH DAKOTA is overrun with tramps.
Farmers tried without success to hire them.
They are now being driven out of the coun-
try.
DURING their concert tour through Ger
many the New York Arion Society sung to
over so, 600 persons and added $4,000 to var
,ious poor funds.
COMPLAINTS are heard from Omaha that
In many sections there are few or no
grains Of wheat in many heads which look
plump and promising.
ASTRONOMERS throughout the United
States expect great scientific results from
the observation of the planet Mars, while in
opposition to the earth.
UNITED STATES troops are driving soon
ers" and cattlemen out of the Cherokee
Strip. The latter are using all possible
means to delay eviction.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-10-29
THE FARM AND GARDEN.
pAY1Na FOR THE MILK's QUALITY.

PAYING FOR II MILK QUALITY.
The Vermont creameries have adopted
.the system of paying for milk according
10 quality, or rather, amount of butter
~ In it. In June OF last year the 0
at dairy received ffty-six cents per hun
AIRED pounds for milk, and the best one
eirhty-one cents, per hundred pounds.
In October last, at this same creamery,
,the poorest milk brought ninety two.
cents, and the best 81. S. per hundred
nounds. Does this not show that it paws
the milk producer to keep good cows,
feed we'll, and produce a fine quality of
milk.-American Dairyman.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-10-29
Richest jewel in the British Grown.

India, as a part Of the British Empire.
forms the richest jewel il the crown OF
Queen Victoria. The dazzling beauty OF
the Koh-i-Nur diamond well represents
the glory Of the Indian Empire. Exclud-
ing Burmah, it cover q territory OF i
s7s. O44 square miles, with . population
If 2s5. 900, O00. OF this territory over
500. 900 square miles are under native
rulers subject to the English as the para
mount power. The larger native States
~ territories are nine in number Raj
putana, Central India, the Mahratta
States. Hyderabad. Mysor, Travankor,
Nenal. Kashmir aud the M~Ohammedan
states Of the Panjab and Sindh. The
various native States, including the
minor principalities, number nearly 300
some Of these chiefs WELD great polltl.
III influence. The Nizam of Hyderaoad
controls II, 600, 900, Of people and main
tains an army Of $4,000 men. The
Raia 81 awalior governs 8 1000, 600 and
has an army Of ~, 900 soldiers. The
Ra;a Holkar controls half j million peo-
Die. having an army Of $500 mem
Chicago Graphic.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-10-29
The consumption of tea stand,

The consumption of tea stand,
way betw cen that Of wine and beer.
The largest annual consumption per
head is in Western Australia, at 1910
pounds. Great Britain igares at 40.
the United States at LAO, and Germany
1t .07.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-10-29

For impure of thin Blood, Weakness, Mala-
ria Neuralgia, Indigestion, and Biliousness,
take Browne Iron Bitters-it gives strength.
making old persons feel young-Rnd young
persons strong; pleasant to take.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-10-29

"Miss Budd is a very sharp girl"
eyes, indeed. / guess that is why she
cuts so many of her acquaintances.'-
The Climb.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-10-29

For Dyspepsia, Indigestion, and Stomach
disorders, use Browns Iron Bitters. TIL Best
Tonic, it rebuilds the system, cleans the Blood
and strengthens the muscles. A splendid tom
ic for weak and debilitated persons
The Opelousas courier., 1892-10-29

HE evils of malarial disorders, fever, weak
ness, lassitude and debility and prostratiOn are
avoided by taking Beecham's Pills.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-10-29

NJ. L. Thompson & Co., Druggists, Couders.
port, Pa, say Halls Catarrh Cure is the best
and only sure cure for catarrh they ever sold.
Druggists sell it, 75c.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-10-29

Eat, drink and be merry for Tomorrow
Bradycrotine will stop the headache. All drug
gists, fifty cents.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-10-29
The Only Ono Ever Printed.
CAN You FIND THE woRD2

These is a 3 inch display advertisement In
this paper, this week, which has no two words
alike except one word. The same is true of
each new one appearing each week, from The
DR.. Harter Medicine Co. This house places a
Crescent" on everything they make and pub
fish. Look for 1t, send them The name Of the
word and they will return you BEAuTI-
Full LITRoGRAPHS or AMPLE FREE
The Opelousas courier., 1892-10-29

TIE New York Arion Society Is meeting
with brilliant successes in Germany and
Austria.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-10-29

THERE is quite q rush Of people into tho
Southern States who ave a few thousand
dollars to invest.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-10-29

NEW MEXICO is enjoying the first rainy
season it has had In four years.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-10-29

watts-aDld your Darosr snns up II
49, 81 Potts-sNo. He merely ciosea
m shon. n--Indianapolis journal.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-10-29

oNS ENJOYS
Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly en- the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleSnses the sys-
tenn efectually, dispels colds, head
aches and feyers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup Of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and &C.
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
it's action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in Soc
and 81 bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it On hand will pro-
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. DO not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA fG syrup CO.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
LOUISVILLE. Ky. VIEW YORK, NY.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-10-29

TIE cholera epidemic is spreading
throughout Europe.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-10-29

KAISER WILHELM of Germany succeeded
In catching a whale ifty-four feet long of
the coast Of Norway:
The Opelousas courier., 1892-10-29

TEE British Parliament Is to meet August
AA1
The Opelousas courier., 1892-10-29
A Mothers Gratitude

Too for
tongue to ell, is due
Hoods S~arsaparilla. My
daughter Olive 5 years
ago had dreadful
pains, beginning in one
knee and extending toal-
most every joint In her
-
The Opelousas courier., 1892-10-29

10 GHSII SDGdIS, h1O GlIOQhO thGl lA6USs SsAA 6AShsA
their teeth, and howled and scoffed and
ieered and Knocked.
What evil had He donea Whose eyesight
had He put out? None; but He given vision
to the blind. Whose child had He slain?
None; but He restored tina deaf damsel to
her mother. What law had He broken?
None; but He had inculcated obedience to
government. What foul plot had He en-
acted against the happiness OF the raca2
None; de had come to save q world. The
only cruelty He ever enacted was to heal ths
sick. The only ostentation He ever dis
played was to sit with pubiicans and sinners
and wash the disciples feet.
The only se~lfishness He ever exhibited
was TO give His life for His enemies. And
yet all the wrath of the world surged
against. His holy heart, Hear the redho5
! seorn OF the world Kissing in the pools of
a sayiour's blooii And standing there to-
day let us see what an unreasonable, loath-
some, hateful, blasting, damning thing is
the iniquity of the human heart. Unloose1,
! what will not sin dor 1t will scale any
height, it win fathom the very depth of he'll,
it viii revss in all l-asciviousness. There is
| no blasphenIy it will not utter, there are no
| crueities on which it will not ro-ya itsalf v
VIII w6rIow IN Min, u VIII Dreatae Lne ar OF
| charnelhouses of corruption and call them
aroma. it will QuafF the blood OF immortal
souls and call it nectar.
When sin murdered Christ on the cross it
| sbowed what il would do with the Lord God
Almighty il it could get at Him. The
| nronhet had declared-I think it was Jere-
| miah-had declared centuries before the
| truth. but not until sin shot out its forked
| tongue at the cruciix and tossed its sting
| into the soul Of d martyred Jesus was it il
lustrated. that .sthe heart is deceitfui above
| all things and desperately wicked
Apafn. "Tt beloved Christ TO su fer, y
that our affections might be excited Christ
ward. Why, sirs. the behavior OF our Lord
| has stirred the affections OF all those who
have ever heard Of It, It has been tue art
| o-sl,srIes Of the world with such pictures &c
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1892-11-24
PENSION BUDGET.
A Big Dip Into the Governments
Wallet.
RAUM PREPARING HIS REPORT.
Nearly saoo. 1000, 900 Required For Next
Year-wben n Decrease May he Ex-
peoted Explanation of the
Deficiency.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22.-There appears
TO be more than usual interest at tached
to the forthcoming annual report of the
commissioner of pensions for the reason
that the pension appropriation figures
conspicuously in the annual budget Of
the government. 1t has been pretty
well understood for some time past
that the estimates for the next fiscal
year would show large increase over
any previous year This expectation
was based on the fact of the large issue
of pensions during the year consequent
upon recent pension legislation, which
admitted TO n pensionable status n very
large number OF soldiers who were not
pensionable under the former laws.
In a few days the report OF Gen.
Raum will be completed and full
statement of the condition of the PEN
sion office will be presented. The state
ments have been made that the amount
that will he required for pensions dur
ing the next fiscal year will nearly
reach the enormous sum of $500, 900, 900.
The work of compiling the figures, are,
however, sufficiently advanced TO show
that this estimate is in excess of
Ailt hNAuhl oAhNo
the passage of the disability bill, there
has been rapid increase in the amount
needed TO pay the pensions For the
year iss0-9l the total appropriation on
account of pensions was about $780, OO0,-
900. Last year there was an increase
TO Sl4i, 900, 900. But, as Gen. Raum will
state in his annual report, this amount
fell short of the actual demands by
about ELS, 600, 900, so that there is de-
ticiency Of that amount Congress will be
asked to make an appropriation Of about
$lsO, 900, 900 for the coming fiscal year,
about siS, 900, 900 of which is an antici-
patton of an increase of that amount
over the actual expenditures of the last
year. 1t Is the Judgment of Gen. Raum
that while this amount is likely to be
increased in the next year or two, yet
he feels confident that the maximum
limits are nearly reached.
1t is argued that the great bulk of
the pension appropriation at present Is
used In making first payments carrying
arrears, and therefore, rs soon as the
great rush of applications under the
disability act is over, n rapid decline in
first payments will occur, 1t is under
stood that the first payments last year
aggregate over 81, 900, 900, which Gov
cred the back pay in the 3ll,OO cases
| allowed
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1892-11-24

KANSAS CITY. Nov q Prices Of wheat By
sample were practically the same US on Satur.
day. Offerings we're quite liberal No hard
was occasionally &c lower and red wheat was
very firm, mill orders being more moderate
than usual Shippers did practically nothing,
though there were some strong bids on the
market
Prices were quoted as follows: No. hard
wheat ~ 1ssAc No, hard wheat, 55fQ57Hc;
No. hard wheat, biftb6c rejected hard
wheat 45G &c. No red wheat osd63c: No
red wheat, 65d6Oc; No. red wheat, 81 557c
Corn sold ct irregular prices, according TO
billing, but was gonearlly steady with Sstur-
days market. No new corn from nearby
points with long river billing sold az low ns
&c. Closing cash prices were: No 2 white,
35c; No white 33d3ic; No mixed, old. $40
"a &C. new, 1903 Q; No mixed, old, SGt33Ho;
new, 3.d32 &c: No 4 mixed, new, 3oIsU3ixc:
no grade quoted nomlnally at soc. Shippers
paid 3jNd SIC river and SOC Memphis for No 8
new mixed corn.
Oats were steady. Cash prices were: No =
mixed. 2sdssisc; No 3, Ha27ISc; No 4, 80
edc; No white, 3Oit3ic; No white, 2alt9oc
rive was steady No. 2 45o; No 3 at 45i No Z
at I3c
Flaxseed steady: 95l97c, according 10 billing
on the basis OF pure small lots &c less
Bran steady; b5D57c according to billing
100 H. sacks.
Hay-Rocelpts ~ cars; market steady. Quo.
tatlons are: Timothy, choice, 49, So good, TL5o
GSO0 clover mixed, t0OoaEO0 per ton fancy
prairie, new, g. 80; good TO choice tS0o1L00I
low grade, ,LOoGoO0
Chicago Grain and Provisions.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1892-11-24
TOWNSHIP OFFICERS.
Dickinson's Choice Of Managers for
Its Townships.

Following are the officers elected for
each township Of Dickinson county
Nov. s, with their postofIlce addresses.
Banner - Trustee, James Dautel,
Elmo; treasurer, Albert Rick; clerk
John COsgrOve, both Rhodes.
BucEeye Trustee, A + Hart; treas
urer, } II Tilton; clerk, = Flshburn;
all Abilene,
Cheev,r-Trustee, ID Blake, Indus.
try; treasurer, ID g Teafe, Abilene;
cieIk, W j Henry, Industry.
Center - Trustee, q w Peterson;
treasurer, l. y Jadefburg, both Enter
prise; clerk, David Wagner, Detroit.
FlOra-Irustee, l. Curtis; treasurer,
A A Fackler; clerk, j j Conner, all
Manchester.
Fragrant Hill -- Trustee, David
Fraser, Wakedeld; treasurer, + NJ
Dalnslrom, Sutphen's Mil; clerk; John
Wilkins, Aida,
Garfield Trustee, J IL Carkhuff,
solomon; treasurer, + Krenger, Abilene;
clerk, j X Guest, BrnaccOrd.
Grant Trustee, T. b Ross; treasurer,
Samuel Lands; clerk, Chas Young, all
Abilene.
Hayes Trustee, NJ Cogan; treasurer,
Geo N Lowe, both Chapman; clerk, j
q Lands, Detroit,
Hope Trustee, b y Fry; treasurer,
o W Crosby; clerk, j ID Crute, all
Hope.
Holland Trustee, s NJ Mailalt;
treasurer, ID W Woods; clerk, J
Sharpe, all Carlton.
jefferson trustee, IL $ Mauchly
Holland; treasurer, jacob Ryf, Elmo
clerk, G Barton, New Basel.
Logau-Trustee, ID b Horton, Ma.
varir; treasurer, j Stprnps, Enterprise;
clerk, Il II Dlngee, Dr., Navarro.
Liberty - Trustee, IL w Mitsch;
treasurer, & W S.aatz; clerk, Wn
Huston, all Wuodbine.
Lyon trustee, Jno w Lowe; treas
uger, Daniel Weaver; clerk, james
| Schiing, all Lexington,
Lincoln Trustee, II q Gould; treas
urcr, w n Harris; clerk, X q Elem
ming, all Solomon.
Nozzle -TWs,rr, \ y ByIne; treas
urer, J W Cuverdll; clerk, VIM Drain
| all Chapman.
Newborn 49, Trustee, q Kray bill
treasurer, II } stevens; clerk, j A
| Menter, all Abilene. .
Ridge -Trusi,e, + w Wright; treas
urer, W J Graham, both Hope; clerk
| Albert Murray, Dillon
Rinehatt-Trustcc, w G DIETRICH
Chapman; treasurer, J II Taylor
Pearl: clerk, : II W,iglr, Chapman,
Sherman Trustee, Vim stacy, treas
| nrer. Geo Els, both lrdustry; CLERK
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1892-11-24
PEARL sIFrINas.

Special REFLECTOR Correspondence.
Pearl, Nov. 2S.-Mr3 John Taylor,
of Abilene, was visiting relatives IN
this vicinity and at Woodbine.
Link Holinger and John Taylor did
business in Abilene last Wednesday,
W. +. Gugeler did business In Her.
ington last Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs Asling attended tn =
Democrat rally at Abilene last Friday
night.
w. n. Taylor took in the sights az
Abilene last Friday night.
Died, Nov. 81, Jacob Q. Heller aged
81 years. Death caused by heart
trouble and was unexpected, casting a
sad gloom on the entire ne ghborhood.
Mr.. Ieller's mother died in August
aud his father in September thus TAX
ing three out of family of four inside
Of three months. John Heller the only
surviving member has the sympathy of
the entire community.
Farmers are very busy in their corn
fields; corn is yielding as we'll as many
expected.
Sam Gugeler and sons went up to
Abilene last, Saturday to sympathiza
with the Republicans after the Demo
Pop elbow out"
Last Saturday was very busy day
with our business men. The farmers
are beginning to appreciate the few
industries which have sprung up in
Pearl during the past six weeks.
j. White, the Rock Island live stock
agent at Abilene, was doing business
In Pearl Monday,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1892-11-24
NORTH DICKINSON NOTES.

Special REFlgsroR Correspondence.
HAYS TWP, Nov. 23.-Mr. Bakers
have moved to Chapman where their
daughter, Lille, IS attending school.
Mrs. McNiel and son Charles are i'll
with typhoid fever, All hope for their
speedy recovery.
ID. II, Brechbill is improving his
premises with new yard fence.
A series Of meetings are in progress
at the Christian church near Sutphens
Mill.
Mr.. Kremer has carpenters at work
putting up quite large barn.
Mr.. Volstedt is having part Of bis
house paperel.
Quite a number Of orr young people
are arranging TO hear Prof. lIamill ut
Enterprise Wednesday.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1892-11-24
Nnwsnnnars and Politicians

The Kansas City Gazette reads the
politicians u good lesson when ii says:
Governor Humphrey is quoted IN Il
morning paper AZ saying that prolec-
ton WAS not the cause OF the trouble,
aud he deplores the fact that Republi-
can newspapers have gone back on the
tariff, No Republican newspaper has
gone back on the tariff, but many Of
them in common with the leaders of
the party East, including the charm ~
OF the National committee, think that
whether justly or unjustly the people
did not believe what the Republicans
said about the tariff or believed what
the Democrats did say. What else
was talked about during the campaign
What did Governor Humphrey talk in
Third districtY What did JEFF Hudson
talk aboutY The Third district de-
youred Perkins after he had made 9
fight for q lead ore tariff to aocommo
date township or two in that district
That region seems to be anti Republi
can, consequently IT is anti protection
What the Republican newspapers have
said is that the issue shall be squarely
met by the Democrats, They have
promised free trade, the Mckinley bill
was denounced million times |
minute as robbery, and Republican
newspapers are demanding that the.
give the country trial of their policy
The Republican party established tn
present prosperous condition of things
and what the Republican newspaper
object to Ia the Democrats accepting
the situation and going quietly alon
stealing Republican thunder.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1892-11-24

The chalk talk given at the NJ. L
church on last Sunday evening was
highly entertaining.
An entertainment in the form Of a
"Milkmaids' Interstate convention"
was held at the Fairview NJ. L. church
last Wednesday evening. 1t afforded
good entertainment and much amuse-
ment.
The oyster supper held at the resi-.
dence of Mrs. Merrill on Friday evening
was we'll attended,
We hope the convention which will
be held at Mt Pleasant church ON
Saturday Nov. 20 will be well attended.
s. Goldsmith and j. b. Meserve
attended the county association at
Abilene on Saturday.