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The Opelousas courier., 1892-09-24
The Weather Bureau.

The Weather Bureau Department OF
the United States service was, on its or.
ganization, placed in charge of the chief
signal officer of the United States army,
hence the name-Signal ~Service--by
which it has been know until recently.
Its duties were to take and record
meteorological observations and to re.
port and give notice by electric telegraph
of the approach and the force Of storms,
for the benefit of commerce and agricul-
culture.
In a paper read at a meeting of the
Massachusetts, Horticultural Society BY
j. W. Smith, of the Weather Bureau. o n
the relation of the bureau to agriculture,
it is said that the actual work began No
yember |, 1870, with the 1885 A. M. OBJ.
servation taken at twenty-four different
stations In various parts of the whole
country. These were telegraphed TO
Washington, the central station, and
thence transmitted in the salne manner
to Offices located at the commercial
centres of the entire country, to be dis.
serninated through the daily papers and
By other methods.
Upon the foundation thus laid has
been erected the present weather ser
vice. February 70, 1871, was issued
the first bulletin Of probabilities, since
called indications and now stfore-
casts" Thus far the labors of this ser.
vice were chiefly in the interest Of agri.
culture. Tha next step wa the display
OF storm signals at stations on the sea.
boards the Gulf and the great lakes.
The great territory OF the United
States has been divided into districts,
and By making a special study OF each
the 'sforecasts' are made more definite
and exact for each of them, thus more
'effectuallV promoting the interests of che
farmers therein.
Durlng the growing season q large
number Of correspondents are enlisted
all over the country to gather and trans
NIT trustworthy information on the pro.
gress of the crops and the effect OF the
weather upon them. This information
condensed, is issued ID weekly bulletins.
and Is . OF the most practical of the
Weather Bureau work. Agriculture i
the chief industry Of the country, there.
fore the Weather Bureau was on July 1.
1891, transferred from the War Depart.
ment to become d division of the United
States Department OF Agriculture.-NeW
York World.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-09-24
UNDER THE DAISIES.

/ have just been learning the lesson Of life
The sad, sad lesson of loving,
And all of its power for pleasure or pain
Been slowly. sadly proving;
And all that is left Of the bright, bright
dream,
With its thousand brilliant phases,
Is a handful of dust in a coffin hid
A coffin under the daisies.
The beautiful. beautiful daises,
The snowy, snowy daisies.
And thus forever throughout the world
Is love a sorrow proving:
There's many a sad, sad thing in life,
But the saddest of all is loving.
Love often divides far greater than death.
Stern fortune the high wall raises,
But better far than two hearts estrangei
Is Il low grave starred with daisies,
o The beautiful, beautiful daisies,
The snowy, snowy daisies.
And SO / am glad that we lived as we did
Through the summer Of love together.
AMI that one of us tire and lay down TO
rest
Ere the coming of winter weather,
For the sadness of love is loves growing
cold,
And it's one of it's surest phases,
So bless my Col with a breaking heart,
For that grave enstarred with daisies.
n beautiful, beautiful daisies,
The snowy, snowy daisies.
Hattie 7. Griswold, in Chicago Herald,
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Artificial Celebration of Birds.

The distinguished naturalist, Or.
Sauermann, has published a series of
very curious observations touchi ny the
artificial coloration of birds. The fact
Is recognized, says he, that canary birds
fed on cayenne pepper insensibly change
color and pass from yellow to red.
Cayenne pepper, in addition to a
tinetorlal substance, contains an irri-
tating principle and an oily matter.
When these two latter principles are ex-
tracted through maceration in alcohol,
the pepper loses its coloriug property
upon the plumage of the birds; but il
olive oil be added to the product of
maceration the coloring action reappears.
It is inferred from this that the Civ part
OF the pepper is the necessary vehicle of
the color. Experiments made upon
wholly white hens have given an identical
result. These hens possess the property
of foreshadowing a change in the
temperature by q very marked change of
tint. The golk of their eggs is of a very
bright red. The same experiment has
been tried with the root of the alkanet,
with the result of a production Of violet
Ted.-Scientifc American.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-09-24

Ten years ago Marylan and Virgin.
ia supplied three-ffths of all the
oysters of the country at a price
easily within reach Of ordinary means.
Now, laments the Baltimore Sun, owing
to the enormous decrease in their yield,
the prices are twice as great, aud the
poor people cannot buy them. 1t is tae
Importance of the blvaIve as a cheap
and Wholesome food that makes the con-
dition of the crop in the Chesapeake
Bay a matter of National interest.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-09-24

Speaking of the evils caused by "pre.
serving" landlord rights on Scotch
rivers, an English Member of Parliament
charges the Tweed Commissioners with
having used their powers so shamefully
that families have been broken up, young
men have had to leave the country, men
have been injured for life, false witness
has been borne, innocent men have suf-
fered, and The district along the river
has been demoralized. Rather a heavy
bill to pay, comments the New York SUI,
even for the maintenance Of landlord
r ghts.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-09-24

The National Board of Fire Under.
writers, which is formed of the leading
fire insurance companies doing business
IN the United States, has seen an official
letter to President Harrison, calling his
attention to the great waste of values BY
IRE IN this country, which has now
reached an enormous sum annually, and
appears to be increasing year By year.
la 1881 the estimated destruction of
values was $5l, 600, Goo; in 1891 the
record Of estimated loss was shout one
hundred aud forty millions OF dollars
that is, the fire loss seems to be ~increas-
ing at a faster ratio than the increase in
national wealth, and bids fair, unless
some decisive check can be put to it, to
seriously il. sfere with our National vel.
fare. lit may be pointed OUT ION.
ments the Boston Herald, stthat the
President has only a perfunctory interest
IN matters of this kind. Even il he
were to recommend to Congress that ac-
ton should be taken looking toward the
correction Of this evil, Congress could
not act, for the defects complained of are
correctible only By local legislation. It
Y 3 matter Of surprise that only q few
cities in this country have building laws,
for u most instances the form of con.
struction is left entirely with the indi-
vidnal owners.
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HART Il. SANDoZ.,

Us. Pens On9lsIn Ag.l.
- lie st4 Ia. Joaa 4 oIsss . 9sl,lt,sL,ta.lt.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-09-24

The death Of Henry Wade Wilkes
commonly known as George Wilkes, il
an illustration, muses. the New York
Press, Of The wretched results that follow
= career Of persistent crime. This man
worked honestly until be was twenty
seven years Of age. The earnings of d
clerkship were TOO small for him and he
tried To add to them BY gambling. From
gambling be naturally drifted TO forgery.
realizing is much as 800, 600 in three
years. The forger developed into an ex.
pert burglar, and Wilkes was 90 success.
fnl in his varied criminal operations that
be became known as 1.-THE King Of
Crooks Az length the inevitable day
arrived when lifelong imprisonment
stared the master criminal in the face.
He saved himself By betraying bis com.
panions. Liberated for his periidy, be
sank lower and lower in the scale, and
became . homeless outcast, sking out
s~xistsnce BY doing work Of the most
rnenial sort IN q low New York grog-
gerry. He met q violent death at I'M.
known hands. and was saved from the
Pottar's Field BY Tue charity I'll 1 former
acquaintance. Such vas the fate OF one
e the most successful criminals Of the
age. Aud bis case vas not 80 excsp.
tion % the general rule. Rarely il ever
+ crime ultimately profitable. Even IN
zae narrowest Interpretation, honesty i
4hs beat policy.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-09-24
ENSIONS

EWAcT oF JUNE 27, 1890 soldiers and sailors OF the war of the
rebellion who served 90 days and yws honofably discharged from the service, and
drn, dependent parents, fathers and mothers. All pensions under this Act will
commence from the date of filing the formal application (aHer the passage of the
good unless fled in the Pension Bureau 0 o after June 81 1890, edate of the
AO 0, if not in the form, substantially prescribed by the Secretary. The rates:
child Of soldier under sixteen years. and it th, widow dies the child Or children
can draw such pension. The soldier is entte ed to any rate from So to s12 per
may apply under this one. ora pensoner under this ne may apply under other
laws, but can draw only one pension at the same time. This lsw requires in a sol
|diers or sailors case:
a An honorable discharge.
(l That he served at least ninety uays. @.
Cl A permanent physical or mentll inability to earn support, but not due
vicious habits. ct need not have originated in the seryice)
e. That the sailor q soldier serveda It least ninety DAYS.
az That be wash onorably discharged.
80 Proof of death, but it need 1T hive been the results of his Army N
a. That the widow is without other mems of support than her daily
% That she married soldier prior t. June ~, 1890, the date II the Act.
q That the soldier ors sailor died of a wound, injury or disease, which, I'M
der prior law, would have given him a pension.
~ That he left no wife or minor child.
() That the mother or father Is at present dependent on her Or his own
manual labor; being without other present meanso of support than their own man,
The benefits Of the first section of the Act of Jane 81, 1890, are not confined to
the parents Of those who served in the wr Of the rebellion, but are extended 70
who served, since said war, in behalf of the United States as we'll as for dis
abilities contracted before ora since discharged.
90 That in cast a minor child ia insane, idiohc or otherwise permanently
helpless, the pension shall contoue dunng tie period of such disability, and this
proWso shaua apply to all pensions therefore, granted, or hereafter to bes grant d,
nder thiso or any former statute, and such pensions shall commence from the date
o. application therefor after passage o this Act
Inc rules and regulations OF the Department will govern all apph can is an
H-NoTICEt-Dr. ". r. Lastrape. having recently been appointed T. $
Claimants Of Persons 70 COM TO me and make nut their applications, 10
they can now be examined without having to sustain the expenses of going to
e. orleans Tor medical examination, at which place they have heretofore been
HART n. SANDoz,
q. s. Pens oa7iin Aysle
The Opelousas courier., 1892-09-24

The city authorities of Chicago have
granted permits to the Chicago City
Railway Company to use overhead troll
ley wires. The Scientific American
AYERS that this will enable the company
to provide abundant facilities for the
transportation of visitors to aud from the
great exhibition grounds.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-09-24

The mourning OF the English roval
ladies' y 70 simple that it has excited
comment from foreigners who have seen
them. There is an absence ST crane .and
long boating wells Of thin net are wora
BY the Princesses.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-09-24
HE'S ENT
BY ROBERT L..

FEW days ago / re-
ceived q o unique
eplstle through the
mail, of which the
following is an ex.
tract:
Hez hev fotch home
Reggie, and air alvin
with her at the Fork.
fhiuE ~ ~
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the last year nearly $4,000 00o The deficitfor the
year ending June SO, 1892, is $S48 3dl less than
the deficiency Of the preceding year. The de-
ticiency Of the present fiscal year. 1t is esti-
mated, will be reduced to 81 49, AIS, which will
not only be extinguished during the next fiscal
year, but surplus Of nearly Sl,oJo, 600 should
then be shown. In these calculations the pay
ments TO be made under the contracts for
ing the year, with mileage of 1853 miles, and
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le aggregate traffic on our railroads for t
year 1897 amounted TO SyS Cog tons Of freight,


crease of L., 054, II: tons.
~ ~ c W Wy -. 80 p1.e
number of uepositors in savings banks in
creased from G9387O in 1860 to 1858 1913 in 1890.
an increase of BIB per cent. and the amount OF
deposits from 81 49, 504 in 1860 to 81 1914 844 sos
in 1890, an increase of 92l per cent. In 1891 the
amount OF deposits i'll savings bankswas 81, 623,-
079749. 1t is estimated that 70 per cent. of these
deposits represent the savings of wage-earners.
The bank cearances for nine months ending
September 30, 1891, amounted to Sal, U49,3908 08.
For the same months III 1892 they amounted TO
$40 lS9, col. 947, for the nine months of
81, i40 211, 1879.
PROSPERITY OF THE FARMER.
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has been transacted not only with fidelity
but progressively, and with view to giving 70
the people in the fullest possible degree the
benefits OF a. service established nd lnaln tained
lor their protection and comfort. our relations
with other nations are now undiSturue by any
serious controversy. The complicated and
threatening differences with Germany and En-
gland relating to samoan affairs, with England
in relation to the seal fisheries III the Benring
Sea. and with Chi! growing out OF the Baltl-
more affair. have been adjusted. There have
been negotiated ana concluded, under section
OF the tariff law commercial agreements re-
latlng to reciprocal trade with the following
countries: Brazil, Dominican Republic. Spain
for Cuba and orto Rico, Guutenala Saliva
dor, the German Empire, Great Britain. for GER
tain West lndian colonies and British Guiana,
Nicaragua, Honduras and Austria Hun
gary. OF these, those with Guate-
mala, Salvador the German Empire,
Great Britain, Nicaragua, Honduras and Aus
last annual message. Under these trade
engagements, a free favored admission has been
secured III every case Tor an important list O:
American products. Especial has been
taken to secure markets for farm products in
order to relieve that great underlying industry
of the depression which the lack of adequate
foreign market for surplus often brings.
An opening has also been made for manutac-
tured products that will undoubtedly, it this
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ing Of ship COMMUNICATION between the gre.
IAKeS anu one OF OUT OWL sea ports. WtShOuIu
To n Ayuil of gre

natural trade advantages We should with.
draw the support which is given 10 the rail-
roads anc steamship lines of Canada by Il traffic
that properly belongs to u.s. and 10 no longer
furnish the earnings which giisten the other
wise crushing weight of enormous public b.
sides that have been given to them. he SUBJ
lect OF The lower of the treasury 10 deal with
this matter without further legislation has been
under consideration, but circumstances have
post pored conclusion. 1t is probable that q
consideration of the propriety of Il modification
or abrogation vi The article Of the treaty of
WASHINGTON relating to the transit of goods in
bond is involved in any complete solution of
the question.
CLOSE OF THE GILLIAN INCIDENT.
Indemnity Paid to Friends of the Victims
of the Baltimore Affair.
Cong ress at the last session, was kept advised
OF the progress OF the serious and for time,
threatening differences between the United
States and Chilli 1t gives me great satisfaction
to report that the Chilian government. in a
most friendly and honorable spirit, has
rendered and paid, an indemnity to the faml-
lies of the sailors Of the Baltimore who were
killed and to those who were injured in the out
break i'll the city of Valparaiso, the sum of
$4,000. This has been accepted, not only us Rn
indemnity Tor IL wrong DONE but as most
gratifying evidence that the government of
Chill rightly appreciates the disposition of this
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the General Good Fortune.

the General Good Fortune.
There never has been time in our history
| when work was SO abundant when wages
! were as high, whether measured by the currency
| in which they are paid or By their power to
supply the necessaries and comforts OF life. 1t
is true that the market prices of cotton and
| wheat have been low. 1t is one of the uniayor-
| able incidents of agriculture that the farmer
| cannot produce on orders. He must SOW and
reap In ignorance of the aggregate production
of the year, and is peculiarly subject to the de-
probation which follows over production. But
| while the fact i have stated is true as to the
| crops mentioned, the general average of prices
| has been such as to give to agriculture fair
participation in the general prosperity
| The value of our total farm products
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e iolal NUMBER OF new miles OF mall lrlps al
nnmhar 81 miles al mill inilrIInrs lide.l inrinn

the last four years Is about 100 COCO. this addi-
tion being 2l.00G000 OF miles more than
were i'll operation III the whole country in 1861.
The number OF post-nffices has been increased
by 1896 curing the year: and during The
past TOUR years, and up to October - last the
total increase i'll the number OF offices has been
nearly 5000 The number of tree delivery Of
fees has been nearly doubled in the past four
years, and he Number OF money order Offices
more than doubled within that lime. For The
three years ending June so, 1892, the postal rev.
nue. amounted to 800. which was IN in
crease of S52,2C3.l5J over he revenue for the
three years ending June 30 1883, the increase
during the last three years being more than
three and u half times 4 reat as the Increase
during the three years ending June So 1888.
No such increase as that shown for these three
years has ever previously appeared i'll the rev.
enues OF the department. J he postmaster gen-
eral has extended to the post Offices III the
larger cities the merit SYSTEM Of promotion, in
troduced by my direction into the depart
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S432, 5G4 IFS TO- OF $l4, 16G $50. 90 over
the sum expended during the period from
March J. 1883 to March /. 1881 and, third. that
under the existing tariff up to December l
about $Y3. 000,0eG of revenue, when would have
been collected upon imported sugars
II the duty had been maintained, has gone
into the pockets of the people, and
are any who still think thattne surplus should
have been kept out of the circulation by hoar I'd
ing it in the treasury or eIosiled i'll favored
banks without interest, while the government
continued 10 pay to these very banks interest
upon the bonds deposited security Tor The de-
posts. or who think that the extended pension
legislation was public robbery, or that the
duties upon sugar should have been maintained.
am content TO leave the argument where it
now rests while we wait to see whether these
criticisms Will take the form of egslaton
The revenues tor the fiscal year ending June
80, 1892, from all sources, were 1925 Sos 2G0. ~
and the expenditures for all purposes were
S4l5,95S SOC 81. leaving balance of So Y14 1885,
There were paid during the year upon the public
debt $40 $50, 4C79S. The surplus III the treasury
and the bank redemption fund passed by the
act of July II, 1880. to the general fund, fur
nlShed in large part the cash available and
used for the payments made upon the public
debt. Compared with the year 1891, our re-
cep,s from customs duties fell off $40, 069 2I1 08,
while our receipts from internal revenue in
creased S., 2S4, 1913. Ii, leaving the net loss of
revenue from these principal sources, Ss878i,-
4lI 9a ] he net loss OF revenue from all sources
was 49,. ca. g72si.
The revenues, estimated and actual, for the
fiscal year ending June 80, 1893, arc placed by
at ~
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Annual Address of the President
Submitted Tuesday.
REVIEW OF FEDERAL AFFAIRS.
Finances of the Government in a Salts
factory Conditicn-Relations With
Foreign Powers-Work of the
Several Observation-Disclosures
lation Strongly Urged.
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trade. The fun benefits OF these arr
mentS cannot be realized instantly. New lines
cf do, ha Of

traveller must survey the field. The manufac-
turer must adapt his goods to the new markets.
and facilities Tor exchange must be established.
This work has been begun; our merchants and
manufacturers have entered the fields
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that better done
OCEAN STEAMSHIP SUBSIDIES.
Vast Sums Paid 10 Vessels Owne
l a r. Il Z
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ness and friendliness III our intercourse WI
that brave people. further and conclusi
evidence of the mutual respect and conden
now existing is furnished BY the fact that
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OF receipts over expenditures OF S2,QO1,OOl

/ The cash balance IN the treasury at the end {
the fiscal year, 1t is estimated, will be $40. 992
. 371.30. So far these figures are based upo
estimates Of receipts and expenditures for til
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I case OF 1OOU prOuuClS ana SpeC.aI aTlICIt
with Cnba, the trade did not need to wait, an
the immediate results have been most gratit
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dent Harrison's message WAS submitted
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-04-22
BENEFACFRE IS OF HER RACE.
Noble Work of Young Colored
Woman Born Slave.

MANASSAS, VA.-The colorcd people
of Prince William county have undertake
en- to establish what is said to be the first
industrial school in the land for coloIcd
youths under colored auspices. A pros
pectus says: "Thc object is to give in
struction in the ordinary Engli h
branches and the industrial arts to the
co!ored people living in region Of Vir-
ginia not yet =, covered from the devasta-
tion of the late war"
The lcadin. spirit in the movement is
Miss Jennie Dean, of Manassas, a Young
colored woman, who has quite remark
able history. Miss Dean was born q
slave. but has accompl shed much, not
withstand ng the disadvantages under
which she began life She was gradu
ated from the public schools in this city,
was converted, and then, going to the
mountains of Virginia, began mission
wo'k among the colored people, prose
cutting hcr labors under great difficulties.
She has four large Sunday schools in the
mountains, in connection with VIII ch she
conducts sewing schools. She has raised
none; with which to build churches and
chapcls, and her success in the work has
led the people of Manassas to call upon
her to raise the money to build the indus
trial school.
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WEATHER CROP BULLETIN
OF tho North Carolina Experiment
Station, For tho Week Ending
Saturday, April 8, 1899.

RALEIGH, N. G Tho reports
of correspondents of the
weekly weather crop bulletin for the
week ending, Saturday, April eth, 1892,
show that very favorable weather copdi.
tions have prevailed since the beginning
of April. The first three months Of tho
year have been cold and wet, and spfinF-
farming operations somcwn6t. TH6IutS
spring has lcen favorable to the fruit
crops.
Tho average dates Of planting and har-
vcsting crops are as follows:
u. Preparation Of soil generally com.
pleted by end of March
b.. Cotton planted from April 1st, to
April 30th, harvested September to Jan.
uary.
G. Tobacco transplanted April 18th
to May 30th, harvested August to Octo
Der.
d. Corn planted about April 1st, har'
vested in September.
G. Wheat and rye planted October to
December, harvested June 1st Oats
planted October 10th, harvested juno
10th.