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HrBCHAD1's Pills stimulate the ptyalin in
the saliva, remove depression, give appetite
and make the sick well,
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Shorthand by mail. G cd pos itions secured
all competent pupils. W .ChaHeo, Oswego NY
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The tramp is a man who waited for the
wagon too long and had to take walk.
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A cyclone is like three schoolgirls walking
abreast-it doesn't turn out for anything.
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To Become Successful In Business Life
you neeo good business education, such as may Dc
acquired By mali BFyant's College Busals, N T.
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Health Tid-Bfts save weak, nervous men. 81.
Trial 1oc. Ohio Chemical Co, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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The moon is above ali human follies and
always looks down on lovers.
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EXCURSION TO SARATOGA.

Fogg suggests that the reason why fish is
brain food is because fish go in schools.
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Public men should remember that scruo
bing sloRs will net keep their Office clean.
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HenssH's 1IhEIe Corn Saive."
Warranted 10 cure. money refunded. .
your druggist for Il. Price Is cents
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF senator Geu6rs was
injured in the eye by a firecracker on
the Fourth, at her home, SIS Fillmore
street. For a time it was feared she
might lose the sight of her eve, but
later it was found that the injury was
not serious.
At the entrance to the Santa Fe gen
eral Office building there is an indexed
book containing the name, room en-
ployed in and residence of every en-
ploye in the building. 1t would be a
great convenience to strangers, and a
saving of time to the occupants if every
institution Of any size would prepare
such a book and keep it in a conspic-
uOus place.
The Topeka Railway comPany's bridge
across the river is assured. The presi-
dent OF the company. G. @. Baker, when
asked if the bridge would surely be
built, said: YES, the bids are all in and
the contract let. There were five bids
received, the Chicago Bridge and Iron
company making the successful propo-
sItiOn to build the bridge. The bid was
made through the bridge company's
agent at Kansas City, A n. Blodgett.
The bridge is to be a frst-clsss one. II
viii carry two tracks, the turnouts viii
be of easy curves, and the cars viii
make as fast time on the bridge as on
the street The plans for the bridge
we're prepared by City Engineer King
man, and its construction viii be under
his supervision. The bridge is TO be
c0mpleted By September 20, 50 work
Wip necessarily begin at once
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Fire completely destroyed the First Ma
tional bank building at Durango, Col, to
gether with several other adjoining houses.
The vault containing the money and bank
records was not injured. The damage viii
amount to about $4,000.
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Within twelve hours after the issuing of
the order to mobilize the First brigade at
Mount Gretna, 800 men, or within q couple
of hundred of the brigade's full strength,
armed and equipped to take the field, had
left Philadelphia.
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In satisfaction of the outrage recently per-
petrated on two Americans, Messrs. Cham
bers and Bonsal, who were severely NAL
treated in the Moorish capital, the British
minister to Morocco has obtained letter OF
apology from the pasha of Fee and letter
of regret from the sultan, together with the
Gift ff a sword to Mr.. BOnsaL
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''But they will have to go away som
ime," said the leader of little group a
Homestead, speaking of the militia, fan
when they do we would like to see them ru
the mill non-union.'l
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I The Argentine torpedo catcher, ''Rosalis, -
fOundered in a storm on the coast of IRA
quay. The officers were saved. The crew,
numbering seventy, were drowned.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-03-12
The Spontaneous Ignition of Coal.

An excellent paper GOA the Spontan-
eous Ignition of Coal" was read BY Pro.
fcssor Lewis before the British Assocta-
ton at their recent meeting at Cardiff.
III this paper the Professor points out
that the common idea that spontaneous
ignition is caused by the presence of irol
pyrItes in the coal cannot be true, be.
cause in many manufactures pyrites are
largely used, and although stored in
heaps and undergoing continuous oxida,
ton, he has been unable to trace a single
case Of heating. Spontaneous combus,
ton may be more truly traced to the alb.
sorptive power of ~newly-won coal for
oxygen, an action which is accompanied
by a great rise Of temperature, and il
naturally fastened if the coal be stored
on shipboard that u portion of it is near
the funnel or boilers.
Accidents from this cause are mosl
numerous in ships which have to cross
tropical seas, from the greatly increased
temperature to which the coal is SUBJ
jected. Ventilation in many ships il
worse than useless, for it provides the
coal with just sufficient oxygen to
feed 1t when burning. Moisture is also
an important factor in determining thu
ignition of stored coal. Professor Lewa:l
says that if n%ewlY-won coal were stored,
for a month in moderate sized heaps, so as
TO allow it to take up its oxygen and
cool down after the heating caused in Shs
process, spontaneous ignition would be
almost Chambers Journal.
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Origin Of the Phosphate Beds,

Professor e. T. Cox, formerly State
Geologist of Indiana, regards the rock
phosphate Of some OF the immense phos-
phate beds OF Florida, as Of mineral
and not animal origin. He calls this
especial variety Of p~hosphorite by the
name of Floridite. These remarkable
beds he has traced in places over an area
of about twenty miles in width. The
phosphate rests on rocks of Eocene age
The underlying rock may be carbonate
Of lime or sandstone, and contains from
n to three per cent. OF phosahorie acid.
Some Of the beds of bone phosphate are
thirty-seyen feet deep; and the rock will
sometimes yield eighty per cent. of bone
phosphate. Floridite hemregards as the
naturalization of an ancient guano. As
the Peninsula of Florida was elevated
above the ocean, the land bordering the
sea on the west coast became the resting.
place of innumerable aquatic birds and
other animals. Rains carried away the
soluble alkalies, leaving the less soluble
phosphate of lime. He says that on SOM
of the islands of the Pacific Coast are
guano beds 200 feet thick--so that there
IS no difficulty in the way of looking Il
this as d source for the naturalization 81
an. ancient guano.-Nep York Hadspsad.
snE.
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Soap is a Great Beaatifaer.

A curious prejudice thai some people
have is against soap as an application for
the face; this is a great fallacy. Good
soap is a great beautiiier, and great pre-
ventive of the nacomely looking "black-
heads" which are such a Disagreement
and are 50 hard to get rid of. The real
cause of these unpleasant little specks is
not, as a rule, anything more serious
than this: Some people have much larger
skin pores than others, and the dust col
Iects, settles and finally forms a hard,
black little substance which probably
would never have had 9 caance Of de.
veloping if the skin was thoroughly
washed with soap twice day aud rubbed
vigorously with 4 coarse towel. Do not
be afraid Of Il rel nose; the redness will
soon fads quickly away aud leave nc
trace.-Ye.a TORT Tribune.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-03-12

In the Forum, Camille Pelletan quotes
Dme striking figures to show the burden
If the military expenditures of France
md Germany during the last twenty
Tears. He says that between the CLOSE Of
lhe last war and the year 1889, France
ipent a sum equal to 50, 500, 600, 900 for
the support of her military aud naval
forces, and more than 5000, 0o0, 900 for
The renewal of her military material, or
say, 50, 600, 000, 900 in all. Except for
the navy he estim ates the disbursements
Sf Germany as being very nearly the
lame. The ons country spends annually
B190, 900, 900 on its army and navy, the
other $50, 900, 900, and the grou, of
I've great Continental powers shows al
aggregate annual var expenditure Of
$500, 0O0, 900. Well may NJ. Pelletaa
ask, s'how long caa European labor,
obliged to compete with that DC the New
World, support such overwhelming bur
dens2n
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travel was bordered on the left by tall
reeds, ON the right by the sea. 1t is use
less to say the sky was blue, the sea
brilliant, rolling in long, tapping waves,
and the road hot and dusty.
l will only add, this road wound along
the coast of Bretagne from Poterie to
Piroche, a little village like all other
villages Of that period, and two peasants,
father and son, mounted on two asses,
were t~rotting along this road very COM
fortably for the asses as well as the
peasants.
"Will we get there in timer said the
son.
eyes, it is two o'clock, replied the
father, "and the sun now marks a quar-
ter to twelve
II am anxious to see it." said the son.
ayes, l can well believe you"
"Will he be hanged with the armor
on?'
Eyes, | am told So"
"What made him think of stealing a
suit of armor?'
sit is not 81 difficult to think of as
"To do" interrupted the son, who
wished to have his share in the joke.
ttWas the armor very handsome2"
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him to dlsmount from the ass and de-
liver himself to the halter. He never
moved a muscle. We can well under
stand his hesitation.
Then the executloner took MIN by the
elbows and lifted him to the ground.
What a strong old fellow this execu-
toner was! Iu the mean time the chap
lain had finished reading the sentence,
and turning to the criminal demanded:
"Have you anything to say?"
ssYes," replied the miserable wretch,
in a low, stiied voice. 81 beg for mercy
and pardon." This seemed a good joke,
The Lord Of Piroche shrugged his Shout
ders and ordered the executioner to do
his work.
He tried to make the criminal ascend
the ladder, which was not an easy thsng
to do. The executioner had to resort to
the same means he had employed to make
him descend from his ass-he took him by
the arms, placed him on the third round
of the ladder, and pushed him up, amid
the 'sbravos" of the crowd.
Then the exeeutioner placed the run
ring knot at the end of the rope around
his neck, and giving him a vigorous kick
in the back launched him into space, or
rather into eternity. A great shout and
shiver ran through the crowd, the con
demned balanced two or three minutes
at the end of the rope, kicking and
twisting as it was his right to do, then
hung stiff and motionless.
The crowd regarded him a few mo-
ments, the FURNISHED armor glistening in
the sun; then they broke up into little
groups and departed homeward, all talk
ing of the event.
"Ma fol-" said the son of the peasant
to his father, ssto be hanged for carrying
off the armor when he did not get it
seems hard. What do you think?"
81 was just asking myself if he had
really carried OF the armor what would
they have done to him. No matter; he
has been punished justly, no doubt, but
it was no: a pleasant thing to see."
Twenty minutes after they entered the
village of Piroche, where they expected
to rest a few hours and start back late in
the evening so as to reach home that
night.
Next morning at peep of day two
guards came out of the chateau to N
hook the dead body and take off the ar
NOR of their lord. But they found what
they least expected. There were the
gibbet and the rope, but where was the
body? They rubbed their eyes, think
ing they must be dreaming. No, it was
really true-there was no body-natu-
rally no armor.
The guards ran to announce the as
founding news to their Lord of Piroche,
who would not believe them. He must
see the fact with his own eyes. He was
such a powerful parsonage he was GER
tain he would find the hanged just
where he had ordered him. Ga reach
ing the scaifold he was forced to believe
as the others. What had become of the
dead body? He was surely dead the
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evening before, hanged in the sight of
the whole village.
The Lord of Piroche was so troubled
at the loss of his armor he offered a re-
ward of ten gold pieces to the one who
would bring back the criminal clothed
in his armor. No one appeared. They
searched in every direction, but found
nothing.
A month passed, the gibbet remained
on the scaffold, gloomy, humillateds and
scorned, for never had a gibbet betrayeu
d like abuse of confidence.
The Lord of Piroche was about TO re-
sign himself to this strange event and
the loss resulting therefrom, when u
morning be was aroused by a great noise
in the place where the scaffold was
erected. He started to learn the cause
of the tumult, when his chaplain entered
in great excitement, and cried:
"Monseigneur, do you know what has
h%appeneda'
"No, | was just going to see."
1.-THE hanged
aWell what of him?"
ssHe is there
stWhere!'
st0n the gibbet."
stIn his armori7
stYes; in our armor, my Lord.p
stAh, that is all right; is he dead2"
tsStone dead, only"
a0aly what?s
stDid he have on spurs when he was
hanged the first timer
ssNo, of course not
ssAh, my Lord, he has on spurs low,
but no helmet; that is lying at the foot
of the gibbet.D
agome quick. N. Chaplain, let US go
and see.n
The Lord of Piroche ran TO the place.
filed with a curious, wondering crowd.
Sure enough, there was the hanged, his
neck securely fastened in the running
moose, his body dazzling from the end OF
the rope, dressed in the FURNISHED armor.
1t was prodigious, wonderful. All cried,
"a miracleiin
The Lord of Piroche did not mean to
~ SASWtUA W His Hbtt1Oi hEtES blt1G, 80 1lb
ordered the body to be taken down,
stripped and the arnor carrie into the
chateau. This done, they refhanged the
dead body, and the crows admired it SO
much that in two days it was pecked
and mangled ID slashes, in eight DAYS it
was in rags and %tatters. in fifteen days
there was nothing LEFT but the clean
picked bones.
Now where had the hanged been il
his month Of absencs2 What had he been
doing2 Why had he escaped, aud taen
retsaned to be re-hanged2 / will give
you the reason as it was told to ms.
Our two peasants on their return home
that evening passed BY the gibbet aud
heard groans, prayers and entreaties.
They asked aWho is thera2a No one
answered, bit the prayers and groans
continued and seenei to cons from tile
dead body hanging above their heads.
Then the sontook the ladder left By the
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~executioner and climbed up to the height
of the criminal and said: els that you
groaning, my poor man2' eyes
care you ~aliye2" %tYes." Do you re-
pent of our crine2" ooh, yes"
"Then we are going to take you down.
The evangelist commands us to help all
who suffer; you are suffering, therefore
we are going to help you live and repent.
For God loves a %repentant soul better
than a suffering body"
They took him down and discovered
how he bad escaped death. The rope in
stead of elasping his neck had caught on
the rim of the helmet and held him sus-
pended without strangling him, and thus
he had teen able to breathe until these
peasants rescued him. They carried him
home with them on one of the asses and
handed him over to the care of the wife
and daughter.
He soon recovered; but he who has
stolen once will steal again.
AS there was nothing to steal in the
house of the peasant but his ass and the
daughter. the exchanged determined to
take both; he coveted the beast and was
in E2ye with the daughter, a fair blonde
beauty OF sixteen. O13 night he sad
died the ass, put on his armor and a plir
of spurs to aid his fight, and attempted
to carry off the. girl in her sleep. SIG
awoke, aud her cries sogn brought her
father and brother; the robber tried to
escape, but he was too late. When the
young girl told Of his Infamous attempt
they knew he had not repcnted, and
were sorry they had saved such a mis-
cradle seoundrel, so they determined to
execute justice upon HIM, but far better
than the Lord of Piroche had done.
They bound him to the ass he had
saddled, carried him back to the gibbet
he had escaped from and there hanged
him until he was dead, taking good care
10 leave off his helmet this time, placing
it at the foot of the gibbet. Then they
quietly returned home.
This is the third version. | don't
know why, but imagine it is the most
reasonable and that you, like myself,
will give it the preference over the other
two.
As to my Lord of Piroche, having
such an excellent tailsman of safety he
joyously departed to the next wal and
was the first one killed. From the
FyeHc5.
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Comnaratiyely little attention has

Comparatively little attention has been
paid to Antarctic explorations, and not
much is known about the South polar
regions. One reason for this, explains
the Boston Cuhi0ator, is that the land
surface of the globe, and especially that
under control of civilized people, lies in
the northern half of the worlds divis-
ion. Africa and South America extend
southwark, but there is a clear ocean
passage south of each without nearing
the Antarctic circle. The people Of
Australia have, however, grown curious
as to what lies between them aud the
South pole. They have fitted out an ex-
petition, to be gone six months, which
will make clear some climatic eccentrici-
ties Of the southern continent, whose
causes have been shrouded in mystery.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-03-12

A brave Fpenca oaisor,n nov on the re.
tired list, who lost his right arm ID
the Fraaco-Prussicn war, appeared as a
witness before court in a city in this
south of France ! few wesks ago, relates
the New Orleans Tines Dsm.cfss. Waea
called upon to swear chat he would tell
the truth, in the customary maaaer, the
officer naturally raised his left han1.
The counsel for the defendant obieete /
to the witness at oace, on the groani,
that Ian oath taken with tbs Ieft haul
was vtBsaAless.n The learned iuiges
we're saaable to decide the question, All
withdrew to an ante roo for consulea.
ton. Ia q few minutes tie solons re-.
appeared, and the President read the
following decision, from 4 literary ani
PATRIOTS point OF view worthy OF i
Monsieur Prudhom ne: aIn considera.
ton "a 80 fact that, Waen the glorious
remnants Of our army appear ID our
courts 70 respoal to their legal duties.
VIC csnaos demand that they take oath
With those limbs which thar lave losE
Y ths service q thsir country, " decide
that the cath just made with tbs Ieft
hand Of tbs witness is ad~missiblen
The Opelousas courier., 1892-03-12

T'he work of Glave, the African eR-
plorer, in Alaska, shows how little is
known of that great Arctic territory
The explorer, according to his report,
took horses through portions of the Yu-
don country which it was supposed
could not be reached by animals. Per-
haps this misconception was fostered by
the natives, whe drew a fine revenue
from all explorers for carrying luggage
and supplies.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-03-12
Death From Wild Beasts in India.

Interesting returns have just been
made of the deaths due last year in India
to laceration by wild beasts. 1t is
almost entirely among the native tribes
that these deaths occur; and when it is
considered that the vast majority of the
rural or upland Hindoo population live
in waited huts and sleep either on the
ground or within a few inches of it, the
wonder is that more of them are not
killed in this way. As many as 2460
native Indians owes their death to wild
beasts in the course of 1890, 79S having
been destroyed by tigers and leopards
and eighty-seven by wolves, while the
sattle that fell a prey to these animals
numbered Ga, 900.
The returns fer 1889 give a larger
proportion of deaths from wild beasts
1924. But then it must be remembered
that rewards held out for every beast
slain tempt thousands Of natives to pro-
cure the license to bear arms ad hoe, and
that the Government gives every en-
couragement to sportsmen, military or
civilian, to hunt the tiger, the bear, the
leopard and the wolf; SO that the war of
determination against these denizens of
the jungle may be expected to diminish
their numbers year by year.
As a matter Of fact, 10000 native
Indians hold the license to carry arms
for wild beast destruction, but lit may
also be stated they did not obtain re-
wards fer more than 14,604 of such
animals killed. Snakes are still the
most fatal enemies the Indian native has
to encounter. The deaths they caused
in 1890 were 81, 412, while of snakes
themselves as many as 510,659 were de-.
stroyed.--PaH Nal Budget.
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THE SWEETEST SONG.

With trembling fingers take the harp,
And touch the strings with gentle care,
For stern reproof is quick and sharp,
To one who fingers there;
Remembering all the masters old,
Intense with thought DER them lave hung,
And of the words that yet are told,
The sweetest songs are still unsung.
The ocean has a secret wave
That breaks unseen and softly dies.
Where mermaids in the fountains lave,
And seaweeds fall ami rise;
So flows the current of the heart
Where pleasing shapes are ever young,
And this the truth will meier depart
The sweetest songs are still unsung.
-Alonso Leora Rice, in Indianapolis NeCs.