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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-04-28

So well did the trustees Of the great
Tilden estate manage Their trust that
when the estate was recently divided it
was found that the net profits on iIcome
for FIVE years amounted 10 an iLcre ase of
81 ,0O0. 0O0. This was exclusive of all ex-
penses of litigation and administra-
ton. Samuel }. Tilden's estate
was originally appraised at SIS ,0OO,-
600. The Governor was a shIewd
puyer, but some of his purchases proved
bad. With new investments the trustee:
SO managed, however, that New York
city is not little indebted to them for q
good share Of the amount that the heirs
did not abs orb and which goes to the enc
that the ,estator meant much larger
sum should 60 to, namely, great public
library.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-04-28

THE New York legislature has enacted
law which will delight hotel keepers
more than their guests. Heretofore a man
could deposit his valuables in the safe of
the hotel and the proprietor was respon-
sible fer their return, regardless of the
value. The new law limits his response
bility to $3.50. If there is loss from any
cause the owner must stand all beyond the
amount OF $3.50.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-04-28

The Oldest living naval officer in the
world is Commodore Henry Bruce, Of the
United States navy. He is 95.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-04-28

The completion of the new railroad
from Jsffa to Jerusalem n arks new date
in the history of Palestine. The ECHOES
of the iron horse across the plains of Sha-
ron and the engines shriil scream ''by
cool Siloam's shady rill, will help startIe
good many things into newness ct life
in that country of the rattiarchs and the
prophets. If only the deadly hand of the
Tmk was lifted off and there was an equi
liable civil government, tie ''hoIy land
mig hi tnIe pole revive as the corn and
blossom as the rose"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-04-28
FEATD ERS.
Sacred Feathers Among the Indians of tie
Southwest.

southwest.
Feathers figure very prominently in the
religious customs of most aborigines, and
remarkably SO ii the southwest. Among
Navajos and Pdebios alike these plume
symbols are Of the utmost efficacy for
good or for bad. They are part of almost
every ceremonial Of the Infinite sUpersti-
tions of these tribes. Any white or bright
hued plume Is of good omen-''good med
icine, as the Indian would put it. The
gay feathers Of the parrot are particularly
valuable, and some d Lnces cannot be held
without them, though the Indians have
to travel hundreds Of miles into Mckee
to get them. A De lcock is harder 70 keep
in the vicinity of Indians than the finest
horse-those brilliant p.umes are too
! tempting.
Eagle feathers are of sovereign value;
and in most of the pueblos great, dark,
captive eagles are kept to furnish the
coveted articles for most important oc
| casions. If the bird of freedom Were
suddenly extermiuated now, the who e
Indian economy would come to a stand
still. No witches could be exercised, nor
sickness cured, nor much Of anything else
accomplished.
Dark feathers, and those in pal ticular
Of the owl, buzzar.i, wo)dpocker and
raven, are unspeakabIy accursed. No one
will touch them ex ept those who have
the evil road, ''-tha6 is, are witches,-
and any Indian found with them in his
Or her posses sion would be fl tally tried
and ficially put to death! Such feathers
are used only in secret by those who wish
| to kill or harm an enemy. in whose path
| they re laid with wicked wishes that i'll
fortune NAV follow.-C. F. Lumnis, In
April ST. Nicholas.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-12-31

A telegraph company is not excused
from using care because a message is IN
grammatical aud q Georgia beef dealer
has recovered q verdict because the West
era Union Telegraph Company did not
deliver to a cattle dealer the message.
ssHow is cattle2 Answer at oncsan The
sender Of the message had about fifteen
head of cattle on hand when he sent the
message and waited several days for an
answer. It cost him several dollars i
day to care for the cattle, aud when he
sold them the prices had declined aud
ne lost thirty or forty dollars more.
These amounts ana the penalty Of 500
he recovered from the telegraph CON-
pany. The Supreme Court OF Georgia
has also just sustained . verdict against
the telegraph company for failure to de.
liver 9 message from q travelling salesman
making an appointment with a customer.
The salesman had to make a longer trim
because the message was not delivered
and be obtained $3.50 for bis expenses
besides the statutory penalty of $500.
M#&N
The Opelousas courier., 1892-12-31
Queer Food.

The hedgehog figures frequently in
sylvan repasts, though be is hardly big
enough to be sent to table as a piece ID
resistance. The primitive manner oil
cooking it supersedes the most costly re.
6nements Of elaborate batteries de cuts.
inc. TIE elephants foot, or rather the
slice below the pastern, which is famous
dainty in eastern hunting camps, is treated
on precisely similar principles, which
shows that the simplest cookery of all
Nations has much in common, like their
folklore. shakespeare's British hedge
pig, like its cousin the porcupine, ia
shrouded IN a plastic tenement Of clay.
Then he is laid to temporary rest IN a bed
Of s~mouldering cinders. When supposed
TO be done to a turn, the dwarf pig is
dug up, and then the prickly skin is de.
tached with the splitting Of the case Of
clay. All the generous juices, with their
bouquet, have been confined and trans.
fused.-Saturday Review.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-12-31


An event of rare and curious interes,
was the discovery the other day in a
Broad way book store in New York City,
states once-A-Week, of two book
worms that were feeding on an antique
copy OF Senaca. These minute animals,
more celebrated in literature than any
thing else of their size, are very infre-
quently identified. Eugene Field
chronicled the discovery Of one in Chi
cago about a year ago, and a daily paper
recalls the fact that when Bernard
Quaritch found one among his books in
London five years ago, be gave a dinner
in honor OF the event. But for the
most part the bookworm has besn, Ike
the griffin, a creature more of fable AMI
fancy than Of fact, and this most recent
discovery Of two is entitled to go on the
records of history.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-12-31

thought US doomed. The water I had
thrown about saved us, however. Each
bundle burned out without damage to
the shanty. When the smoke blew away
the sight was one to be remembered. In
retreating they had carried off their dead
and wounded as far as possible, but there.
were twenty-three dead still lying around,
and the dry grass was so stained and
smeared with blood and there were so
many bloody trails c~riss-crossing that it
seemed like a map drawn in red ink. In
that FIVE minutes we killed and wounded
more Indians than the Seventh Cavalry,
could show for a year. Bill and / were
shaking hands and yelling when we dis
covered that Apologize was dead. A,
stray bullet had entered the room and
passed through his head. As we looked
about we found the boy Charlie on the,
bed, with the girl binding up a wound
on his cheek.
' ssIt isn't very serious" she said. as we
came forward, 'sbut will disable him for
a time. We have given the redskins a
good dose, but they may come again."
ssDid you know that-that he was
dead2" I asked as ] pointed to the body
of Apologize. -,
eyes, some time ago, poor fellowi'l
she answered. "What are the Indians
doing now" .
No band of redskins ever suffered so,
great a loss at the hands of four people.
The rapidity of our fire led them to be-
lieve that there were a score of soldiers
in the shanty. and that they had been
tricked. After about an hour a warrior
approached with a flag of truce and de-
manded a surrender. Our reply was a
bullet, which whizzed close enough to
scare him. About thirty men then kept
up a long range fire on the front OF the
house, while half a dozen tried to set fire
to the back roof by means of burning
arrows. Nothing came of it, and after
parading up and down and wasting a
great deal of ammunition the main body
retreated about shutdown, leaving per-
haps a score of warriors to maintain a
desultory fire and prevent our escape.
We were so we'll satisfied that the fight
was over that we simply maintained a
lookout at each door. None of us slept.
The boy was in too much pain, and the
rest of US had no desire. An hour after
sunrise 200 cavalrymen came galloping
over the prairie to our rescue, scattering
the redskin like rabbits, and Jul work
was done. ! looked TO see the young
woman break down then, but she did not.
She requested that another grave might
be dug and the body of the husband
given burial. Then she packed up a
bundle of clothing, secured a few memen-
toes, and was ready to go. After thee
or four days she and the boy were sen.
away to Hays City, and I have never seen
either since. Two years after the event,
however, Bill one day showed a photo
graph under my nose. It was that of q
feminine chap with his hair parted dead
centre aud a baby look about hteSn mouth.
"Who is it," I asked.
"Her husband"
"Whose husband?"
"Why, Lucy's, you IDIOT Yes, sir.
that ar gal has gone and done got married
to this thing-to a Teller who'd der
tainted dead away at hearin' them red.
SKINS yell that dayl Waugh! I'm tired"
New York Sun.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-12-31
THE WAY OF TIL WORLD.

There sat a crow on a lofty tree
Watching the world go by:
he saw a throng that swept along
With laughter loud and high,
In and out through the motley rous
Pale ghosts stole on unseen,
their hearts were longing for one sweet
word
OF the love that once had BEEN:
sut never a lip there spoke their m
Never a tear was shed;
ehe crow looked down from his lofty tree
'Tis the way Of the world" he said.
a singer stood in the market place,
Singing a tender lay
3ut no one needed his sorrowful face,
No one had time to stay.
de turned away, he sang no more;
How could he sing in vain2
And then the world came to his door,
Bidding him sing again;
But he rocked not whether they came on
went, 3,
He in his garrett dead:
The crow looked down from his lofty tree
tits the way of the world" he said. ,
There sat a queen by a cottage bed,
Spoke to the widow there;
Did she not know the same hard blow
The peasant had to bear2
And she kissed that humble peasants brow,
And then she bent her knee;
'God of the widow help her now,
AS Thou hast helped me-"
snow God be thanked" said the old, old
crow,
As he sped from his lofty bough;
'sThe times are ill, but there's much good
still
In the way of the world, I trow."
The Opelousas courier., 1892-12-31
WISE WUKDS.

Cupid goes it blind.
It is easier to love than to unlove.
The flowers speak in their fragrance.
No birds plumage can equal a birds
song.
A man may win a woman, but never
her love.
A mans task is always light if his
heart is light.
There IS no time in life when books
do not influence a man.
The mind is susceptible to a higher
cultivation than the heart.
Better a mundane steed we'll in har-
ness than Pegasus among the clouds.
When fame writes to posterity she
most frequently uses sympathetic ink.
Love hath but two requirements-the
first, to love; the second, to be loved.
Without the evidence az drawn blood
it is easy to ignore the possibility of
pain.
There's as much happiness in n dol
lar as in one million if you know how to
get at it.
In his development for the brute man
is gradually demonstrating his complete
independence of animal power and pro-
ducts.
When in doubt or uncertainty about
ones own plans or affairs one may gain
considerable enlightenment by applying
to ones neighbor.
Children sweeten labors. but they make
misfortunes more bitter; they increase
the cares of life, but they mitigate the
remembrance of death.
The highest type of character is that
which is made up Of feelings SO luminous
that the man takes a more elevated path
than he could ever do if he were bound
down to rules and presidents.
A temptation encountered by chance
and yielded to by accident from that
moment becomes a monster in the path,
ever to be encountered at that point and
fought and overcome or yielded to.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-12-31
~OPELOUSAS
Female Institute
oPELoUsAs, ST. LANDRY PARISH, LA
PENSION

~ Ar OF JUNE ~. 1890 -P3nsioas alirrs aud salors of the var of ID
rebellion WAC served 80 days an lsvsr, honor4bly discharged from the services aud
|dren, dependent parents, fathers an1 m others. All passions under this At will
commence from the date of fling tn, fnnal ap picton after the p.ags Of te
good unless died in the Psnioa B u,ai on Or After Juns 81, 1890. (ss Of te
Act if not ia the form, slbtaaeialy, pcaeioei by thu Secretary Tas rates:
child If soldier under sixteen ears; AL il tn. willow dies the child or ehidna
can draw such pension. The soldier il nit Ell to aJ rat, hoa s. to SD pr
may apply under this one, o. psnd,nes aadsr this o1s my apply uaisr otha
laws, but can draw only one pension 1t tas s.ns tine. Tls Inv r,l uss in sol
q An honorable discharge.
(0 That he served at least ninety LAYS.
C0 A permanently physical or me1tll inability to cams support, bit nat due
CASE OF A W1Dow:a
O That the sailor or soldier serve at lest ninetyd ays
~ That he was honorably discharged.
9 Proof of death, but it need at 1--we b,sn the results Of his AtaI n
NsThat the widow is without Q her mans of suopot taaa he. ltlf
% That she married soldier prior to june 81 1890, the date of The Act
% That the soldier u sailor died If wound, injury Of disaHe, which I'M
der prior law, would have given him a pension.
(0 That he left n o wife Oh minor child.
90 That the mother OF father Is at present dependent on her OIL his own
mmn LABOR; being without other present means of support tha thar Sn nan.
Fhe benefits of the first section of the Act of Jlne 81, 1890, are not conf ea q
the parents of those who served in the var of the rebellion, but are extenae y
all parents where ensionable dependence has arsea on account of the deat1 .
who served. since said var in behalf of the United States, as we'll as ff d8
abilities contracted before Or since discharge
~ That in case minor child is insane, idatc or otherwise perm IN nty
neIpsss, tn pensions shall continue during the period of such disability AM ~
proViso shall apply to all pensions therefore, granted, or hereafter to be grant !.
under this ora any former statute, and such peusi,n ms shall commence from thc tte
of application therefor after passage of this Act. ,
The rules and regulations of the Department will govern all applicant asa
- Under Act Of June 81, 1890, pensions IRE granted to Soldiers and SaA@s
H-NoTIcE-Dr. ". R. Lasrape having recently been appdn.e Us
irxamining Surgeon fer Pensions at Opetousa, La it is now OF speitI inaresn'
claimants of Persons to come to m Q and make out their applications e
Fey car now be examined without having to sustain the expenses Of going ~
Civ Orleans for medical examination, at which place they have heretofore NA
effected to go.
-. HARTHHiSANDoZ
- sace vita H,a. JAa n. olssu, o}eloaas L. Hs.Is
The Opelousas courier., 1892-12-31
Pittsburg's frsE sEeeI coal hare

Pittsburg's first steel coal barge was
lalnched recently, and tbs owner pre-.
dicts that IL q few years none of tho
larger carrying craft on the Ohio will be
constructed Of any other material. Tie
: barge y 135 feet long and twenty
four feet wide, and an exact reproduce
ton 81 . wooden barge. The latter
type Of vessel cost $I400 and lasts ten
years. with repairs that come to as much
again. a steel barge, it is estimated,
will cost $4,000 and last, perhaps, fifty
years, without needing much renovation.
Moreover IN q wreck, the wooden carrier
oftsn goes to pieces and the. cargo Is
lost. Some Of the ssopsratorsn have
fleets q between 300 aud 400 barges, 81
that the item Of repairs alone is d for.
midable one. AZ % this, too, there Il
another sad : Weighty considerasion-
fhe advancing price of timber. The arm
thai has built the new barge proposes Is
replace their wooden with steel harges.
q the sxpsriaant succeeds.
MWE&fE
The Opelousas courier., 1892-12-31

Professor Vlrchow is, maintains the
New Orleans Picayune, the greatest liv-
ing authority on contagious diseases, and
be says that perfect quarantine is an
absolute protection against cholera, aud
that one weeks quarantine is sufficient.
He maintains that the disease can only
be transmitted by contact with the refuse
OF the sick room; that patients, and not
houses, need to be isolated, and that cor
rosive sublimate aud carbolic acid are
the best disinfectants.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-12-31
The Maine fishermen spread 4 tab

The Maine fishermen spread a table
on bodgd their vessels that would sur.
prise the average person. Barrels of
cabbage, turnip, sweet corn, fish, meat,
canned goods. ETC., are included in the
outfit. In fact, AYERS, the Chicago Her.
aid, all the articles necessary for a first.
class hotel are found in the pantry.
Though they handle immense quantities
OF fish, neither on board nor at their
homes does it often appear.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-12-31

Colorado is the banner State fo&
holidays" is theverdict of the St. Louis
s~tar-sayings. stIn that State they cele
brate watermelon day, peach day,
potato day and grape day. These hol:-
days are celebrated by the small boy in
all States, but probably in Colorado
alone does the entire population join in"
The Opelousas courier., 1892-12-31
FamOU, Sapphires

o1e famous sapphire vas found IN
Dengai py a poor man who sold wooden
spoons, says the jewelers. Review. u
was taken to Europe and was bought by
me hous OF Raspoll, at Rome. Later il
became the property Of a German prince.
VINO old IT to Perret, q Partisan ieweIer,
lor s5l,620. It was absolutely without
= Daeuslshs and weighed 17H carats.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-12-31

Invention is still busy with providing
transportation over the pillows. The
whaleback vessels were new, but the lat
est form of steamship propeller is an
English invention. It is designed 50
that when in motion there is no weight
OF water on the blades on the rise and
fall Of Tie propeller, due to the pitching
Of the vessel.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-12-31

New Zealand has enacted a suffrage
law which allows women to be registered
without personal attendance at the polls.
Very gallant, confesses the Boston
Transcript; but, it adds, when a woman
enters into politics why should she be
more favored than the male voter2
The Opelousas courier., 1892-12-31

The total.number of lunatics in Eng
land and Wales increases by 1900 a year.
Fifteen hundred people go mad every
year, or five out of every $1,000 people
alive in that country enter an asylum as
inmates every year.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-12-31
HEROINE OF THE CABIN.
BY A B. LEWIS.

HEN the Indians
turned loose in Yves,
tern Kansas and Ne.
braska in 1875
they found hun
.dreds of scattered
ranchmen and pion-
GERS totally unpre-
pared for either re-
sistance or flight.
The red man had
no mercy in his
heart for old OF
young. He took no
- m q N
The Opelousas courier., 1892-12-31
PROGRESS m AGRTcuLTuRn.

Mr.. Cityman-Why do you plant beans
setween the hills of corn?
Rural-0h, that's q new way we have
2 raising succotash.-[The Kings Jest
II
The Opelousas courier., 1892-12-31
BELLIES vs.. BELLS.

lis bells that summon mel to church,
But many viii agree
The kind which does it best Of all
Spells with q anal sse.n
I'm. Y. Herald.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-12-31
New Shaving Saloon.

HAVING recently built and refurnished
IL throughout, my Barber Shop, l am
now prepared, with increased facilit'e',
toserve the public in First-Class Sly lie
my new quarters between Brand and
sriarity's. Shaving, H'ir Cutting,
ShampeoiDg, etc. done in the highest
style of the art. Give me a call
e. A. BODEMULLER.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-12-31

was ike sitting down to a good dinner.
We began firing as soon as they were in
range. Each OF us had a dead rest, and
it was no trick at all to send a bullet
where you wanted to. Not one of them
on my side got nearer than twenty feet.
The fire was SO hot that those unhurt
SHE'D off.
stFour down on your side and Eve on
his" said the girl as she came over to
me, ssand | think they are all dead.
That's good shooting. They will now
make Q general attack. Charlie, be ready
there. and ] will take this other side.
You men keep your places as you are"
BY calling out to each other we all
Kept informed as TO the general move
ments Of the band. They held a coun.
ell and then divided into four bands.
p meant an attack on four sides of
the shanty at once, and we placed the
spare arms where they would be the most
convenient. Each band marched off to
lts station, and men from each gathered
bundles ofdry grass. As the signal for
9 rush was given these bundles were ig-
nited. just what happens at such a time
IS hard to remember and describe after
ward. The din made by over 200 red
skins, each yelling at the top of his
Voice, was something awful. Each had
his rifle and kept firing. and there was
checking such q rush. / thought they
would lift the shanty high ID the air as
they swept up, They pulled at the logs.
oattered the barbados, and mounted to
ne roof, but our steady fire was to,
nueh for them When they fell hack d
core Of bundles OF hav were burning
against The logs and thsy doubtless
New-York tribune., 1892-01-03
ORANGE VALLEY.

TIE PRIEST TURNED OUT TIE LIGHTS
There lively time at reception OF the
Young Mems Catholic Union OF Orange Valley
Thursday night the details OF which have Just leaked
out time last nmmer the rector Of tn,
parish Father William NJ Il. Calan. held a mission
In the church. and OF the results large num-
Der OF the young people Of the parish took pledge
against round dances. On THURSDAY evening. the
first reception OF the season of the union which Is
a society of the parish took place. Early In the
evening Father Caan visited the hall and informed
the president and the floor that there mus
be rould dancing, and reminded them OF the
pledge that had been taken There were round
dances the order OF dances. and all went well till
the ntermsSion reached at midnight
While waiting for the supper 10 be served, a num-
Der of the young people went TO the leader OF tho
orchestra and asked him TO play waltz. lie did
so. and in incredibly short time the floor
filled with whirling couples. The str,iins Of the
music were heard by Father Callan AT his home
by, and he at hurried To the spot. Passing up
TO the front OF the hall, he raped for order. aud
wished all present Happy New Year. Then
Father Callan said that his orders had boon die.
obeyed and ordered the affair To close. The priest
with his own h:Jd, began to turn out the
gas lights around the hall. Those present had hard
work get their coat, and wraps before they wcre
left In darkness. Father Callan told them that
they could take their supper with Them but there
such scramble To get out before the lights were
out that the supper that had been provided for was
left behind. The action Of the priest has caused Q
great deal of excitement among the members Of the