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The Opelousas courier., 1892-11-05
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

Lettuce is an excellent nerve tonic,
4 storm travels at the average rate Of
fifty miles an hour. :
A typewriting machine which will
print on the leaves Of a blank book OF
any thickness is the latest invention.
a French artist has succeeded in
ohotographing a flying insect, The
lime Of exposure was but 1~25oth of a
second.
African travellers tell us that the
white rhinoceros frequently dies from
eating poisonous plants which have no
effect on the black one, probably because
| the fine scent of the latter tells him it is
dangerous.
Aluminium is found combined with
1875 other minerals, and therefore con.
s~titutes a large part of the crust Of the
earth, but until recently has been very
expensive because of the difficulty in
separating it.
A company in Louisville is nanufac-
turing watering carts driven by electric.
tty. A long pipe pierced with small
holes difuses the water, and in case of
meeting other vehicles the pipe can be
swung alongside of the cart,
Observations at thirty.eight stations
in the Adriatic, Mediterranean, Atlantic,
North Sea and Baltic, have shown, &C.
cording to DR.. A. supan, that all the
seas of Europe, contrary to an old
hypothesis, have practically the same
level.
In order to prevent persons under
standing telegraphy from reading the
messages in Offices and hotels, as they
are received by the sounder, q secret
telegraph receiver has been devised,
fitted with ] resonator OF aluminium of
extreme sonorousness.
A Tennessee inventor has patented a
gauge for determining the age Of horses.
The device consists Of a steel plate, hav-
ing a tapered body portion, n of its
longitudinal edges being marked by
lines and figures. By applying the scale
to the teeth Of a horse, its approximate
age is said to be determined.
DIR. Dareste has demonstrated that
monsters and monstrocities during ami
NAL development are not the results of
pathological changes in the embryo, as
hitherto supposed, but notifications of
the processes of organic evolution, such
as bring about the difference between
individuals and races in mankind.
A new fly trap is run by an electric
motor, and consists of a belt of sweet
ened paper, about fourteen inches long,
passing over two pulleys, one of which
is covered by a cone containing q brush.
The paper moves slowly, and as it passes
under the brush the flies are swept into
the cone, from which theysean find no
exit.
Currents of water serve to a vast ex-
tent the purpose of distributing seeds.
Walnut, butternut and pecan trees are
found close to streams, where they drop
their nuts into the passing food, to be
carried far away and start other groves
perhaps hundreds of miles distdRt. Tree
seeds of many sorts are carried by
oceanic currents.
Among marine architects it is be.
ginning to be a serious question ii IRON
is not better than steel for shipbuilding
purposes; and the cases OF the old Sarah
Sands, Great Britain and Great Eastern
are quoted as proving that iron-plated
ships, with their increased thickness and
better riveting are much stronger and
more lasting than any teel-constructsd
vessel yet put to a breaking up TEST
The Opelousas courier., 1892-11-05
Soaking Sick Pearls.

Some of the cost,iest pearls in the
word, the property of the Archduchess
Rainer, are to-day lying in a sort Of cage
fashioned In the face of the rock some
eighty feet below the surface OF tho
Adriatic, beneath the castle of Miramar.
Having been left unworn for a long time
the gems lost their color and became
esick," and the experts were unanimous
in declaring that the only mea by
which they could be restored to their
original briIliancy was by submitting
them to q prolonged immersion in the
depths OF the sea. They have been lying
there for a number of years, and are
gradually but very slowly regainiag their
former unriyalled orient.
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Mother GOOSE.

Mother Goose was a real character,
and was not an imaginary parsonage, as
We used to suppose. Her maiden nama
was Elizabeth Foster. and she was corn
in 1865. She married Isaac Goose ia
1898, and a few years afterward became
a member of the Old South Church. She
died in 1857, aged n~inety-tWo years.
The first edition of her songs was pub.
lished in Boston (17I6), by her son-in-
law, Thomas Fleet. The house in which
a great part of her life was spent was .
low. one-story building, with dorner
windows and a red tiled roof, looking
something like an old English country
cottage.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-11-05
The American hoo i still annanal

The American hog is still engaged in
pushing his nose into other countries ,
announces the Chicago Sun. Persecu.
ton, prescription, libel, infamous sian
ders, and even bayonets cannot keep him
from inserting his savory snout into a
foreign land, and when once he lifts his
small, twinkling eyes upon q people they
Immediately become charmed with his
toothsome possibilities and are the WILL
ing slaves of his porkship. The latest
conquest which the Yankee hog hes
achieved is that of Mexico. According
to . dispatch from Kansas City, Senior
Enrique Torez, a Mexican merchant, has
been in that city making arrangements
for shipping hogs to Mexico for slaugh.
g.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-11-05
H DAYS WORK

Do thy days work. my dear,
Though fast and dark the clouds are drift
ing near,
Though time has little left for hope and very
much for fear. :.
Do thy days work, though now
The hand must falter and the head must
bow,
And far above the falling foot shows the
bold mountain brow.
Yet there is left us, i
Who on the valleys verge stand trem bling
thus,
A light that lies far in the west-soft. faint,
but luminous.
We can give kindly speech.
And ready, helping hands to all and each, !
And patience, to the young around, by
q smiling silence teach.
We can give gentle thought.
And charity, by life's long lessons taught.
And wisdom, from old faults lived down, by
toll and failure wrought.
w Cau give iOpS uuIlHEE0u
By selfish snatch of happiness, unjarred
By the keen arms of power Or joy that make
you cold and hard.
And If gay hearts reject
The gifts we hold-would fain fare on un-
checked
On the bright roads that scarcely yield all
that young eyes expect
Why, do thy days work still,
The calm. deep founts Of love are slow to
chill;
And heaven may yet the harvest yield, the
work-worn hands to fill.
Chicago Herald,
The Opelousas courier., 1892-11-05
The Cassacks rs Soldiers.

The Cossacks furnish soldiers for al
branches of the service In Russia, hui
especially for the cavalry. They are skill
full horsemen and brave soldiers, sA
there is great deal that is romantic anj
interesting connected with their history.
While the empire was limited to a part
of what is now called Russia in Europe
they were independent aud formed q bar
rier against the Turks on the south and
the Tartars on the southeast. As the
Cars extended their dominions the Cos
sacks were obliged to become Russian
subjects, and they have since rendered
infinite service a. military pioneers in
Siberia and Turkestan. OF the Cossacks
there are thirty-three regiments, not
counting some Others in service on the
Volga and in Central Asia. They ire al
exempted from taxes, but owe their mill
tary service. In time of peace only a
third of the men are liable to military
duty. They are designated according
to their place of residence as Cossacks o.
the Don, the Ural, of Astrakau, of Terek,
of Konban, etc., the last three provinces
being on or zeal the Caspian sea.
They use instead of the cavalry saddle
a fat saddle with cushions, and it is .
remarkable evidence of their skill in
horsemanship that the bride has only
been in use for q brief period. Thei,
feats in riding, such as standing erect al
full gallop, springing off while moving
at full speed, ieaping, riding two horses,
picking up objects OF the ground while
at the gallop, with other e~volutions quite
as extraordinary, could hardly be equaled
by the best trained modern equestrians.
The military service about the Caspian
sea and in Turkestan is chiefly performed
by Cossack infantry and cavalry recruited
for the greater part in the Caucasus
San Francisco Chronicle.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-11-05
Grain Pine Line.

a Chicago woman, Mrs. N. e. Beas-
ley, has invented o scheme for carrying
small grains through pipe lines. Her
scheme is to lay pipes from Chicago to
the Atlantic coast through which grain
is to forced by pneumatic pressure at the
rate OF twelve miles an hour. The power
stations are to be placed twenty-five
miles apart. She says that the grain
will be subject to no friction, and
that the cost Of transporting it from
Chicago to New York would be under
three cents q bushel. A working model
OF the continuance is to be erected IT
Chicago this fall.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-11-05
what the New York Post considers a

What the New York Post considers q
fraud Of q peculiarly aboninable char.
acter has come to ligat in Germany,
where q number OF workmaa and n
gineers employed at the great Bochuu
Association for Mining and Steel Foun.
dry have been arrested on q charge Of
selling detective rails, wheels, axles,
etc, by aeans Of q system Of forgery.
This material was supplied TO the Ger
man State Railway, aud then some for
eign corporations. II appears that the
State Railway employed an inspector Il
stamp such goods as had withstood ths
regular tests. The iRsriminated WORK.
mea are accused Of having made false
stamps, with which they marked mster-
ial which had not been exam ined; with
repairing holes, cracks, and other de-
fecss IN the rails with q particular
cement, and so giving the inferior and
useless material the appearance Of fia-
ishsd work, and with substituting re-
jected rails for those which the officials
had handed 9 to be stamped as sat
isfactory. and marking the good rails
with ths forged stamps. The incentive
to the frauds Yves the fact that the work
men are paid . premium on the amount
ot work passed BY the Inspector. How
lons they have been INDUCING IN these
dishonest practices, how general the
distribution Of detective material has
been, i still % uncertain as the possible
consequences If the raacality.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-11-05

TIP DRIP, son or the late Zulu King
Cetewayo, is in this country, and aims
to secure an education here before re.
turning to his W psople. To raise
money to pay his expenses in college he
is giving small entertainments in West.
ern cities. They consist principally Of
native songs, chants, translations of the
English to the Zulu tongue aud ID
answering questions. He is only nine.
teen years OF age.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-11-05

There is a patient and industrious man
named Ria Kittridge, Of Belfast, Me-,
who is putting Mr.. Gladstone's great
speeches on postal cards, which he sends
to the aGrand Old Man." Oa some OF
the cards he manages to get 10000
words. MIR. Gladstone is himself ad-
dicted to the postal card habit; but
when he gets some of these m~issives, he
must feel that he has the disease in
very mild form.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-11-05
LOUISIANA

To all the strenuous opposition against
the trolley system of electric cars it has
always been replied, notes tbs Boston
Transcript, that no person has ever been
killed or aver seriously injured by re-
ceiying the electricity Of the system.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-11-05
OPELOUSAS
Female Institute
oPELousAs, ST. LANDRY PARISH, LA
TENSIONS!

~ ACT OF JUNE 81. 1s90.-Pensions soldiers aud sailors Of the vi of The
rebellion who served 90 days AMI wers honorady discharged from the Sc vieea ID
dwn, dependent parents, fathers and mothers. All pensions under this Act will
commence from the date of filing ths formal application (ftr the psag, Of the
good ualess fled n the Pension B Toar IN Or after June 81, 1890. (ae of ths
AD o iii not in the form, substantially, prescribed by the Secretary. The rates:
child of soldier under sixteen years; anl it tn, widow lies, the child or children
can draw such pension. The soldier il entitled to ay rate from SO to $a pr
may apply under this one, ora pensi,ner under this one my apply under otN
laws, but can draw only one pension at thu sams inc This lw requires in sol
#dirsor sailors case:
"a An honorable dicharge.
t0 That he served at least ninety days.
(O A permanent physical or meat,l inability to earn a supp rt, buf ns duo
vicious habits. CIT need no. have orginsted in the seUceJ
CASE o A WDow:-e
~ That the sailor or soldier servel at lest ninety days.
(0 That he was honorably discharged.
G9 Proof of daeh, but it need MT hive been thu results of his ARM y
Naval ervice.
0sThat the widow lie without oher mem Of support tha2 he: dg
eO That she married soldier prior to June 81, 1890, the date of the Act
~ That the soldier or sailor died Of wound. injury or diea.e. which m.
DIR prior law, would have given him a pension.
~ That he left n wife or minor child.
(l That the mother o. father Is at present dependent OF her or his Y
Iut bor, or the contributions of others not legally bound for thr support
!" e benefits of the first section of the Act of june 81, 1890, are not conaoea @
all par.n where reasonable dependence has arisen on account of The. data 2 \
san who served. since said war, in behalf of the United Safes as we'll as for ds
ablhifs contracted before pr since discharged.
az That in case a minor child is insane, idntc or otherwise pc NM y
hell less. the pension shall continue during tie period OF such disability and Ms
pro1s, hall apply t vi pensions hereIore granted, o. hereafter to be gfhs ss
of application therefor after passage of this Act
The rules and regulations OF the Department will govern all aapIr ran
~ Under Act Of June ~, 1890 pensions are granted to Soldiers @I go
disabled from old age 6nfrmIy etc
HNoTICEt-Dr. ". R. Lastrape having recently hem apN~nte
rxamning Surgeon fer Pensions at opelousas. La it is NV Of se al 7
claimants Of Pensons 20 come to mo and make out taeHa ?pf.@t -
Civ Orleans or medical examination a. which place they have her If "
athected to GO.
HART II. SANDOZ,
U.spas5 istt4 Asas
Y-oaee vita Hon J,ha n olss4, o.sia4 nL,l4.ts
The Opelousas courier., 1892-11-05

NIT of no delay. I don't know how it
came about, but his visits kept getting
longer as I grew better, and after my
horrid burglar had drawn his finger so
meaningly across his throat, I came to
the conclusion it was not good for mar
to live alone-nor woma either. You
can guess the rest, as you know my hus'
band is a doetor.-Yankee Blade. ~
The Opelousas courier., 1892-11-05
bay.

It appears that in 1890 there were in
he various prisons in the United States
md under sentence for the several de-
,rees of criminal homicide, 595S males
md 1913 females. "This is truly a re-
narkable demonstration of the superior
character of women" maintains Public
Nn;n;oo
The Opelousas courier., 1892-11-05

The English Hackney horse, which Is
rapidly coming into favor in this coun.
try, is in England superceding the cieve-
land bay stallion as a sire for carriage
horses. The Hackney is thoroughbred
Of the hunter type, with more bone,
stoutness and action than the Cleveland
The Opelousas courier., 1892-11-05

The coal fields of the world are said
o have the following areas: China and
Japan, 300. 900 square miles; United
states, 1914, 900; India, $4,000; Russia,
1000; Great Britain, 5000; Germany,
1900; France 1900; other European
countries, 1900.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-11-05

In Mexico it il libelous for a news
paper to mention a criminal case against
a man in the event OF his acquittal.
After his ~vindication the person charged
with crime can put the editor who pub
lished the report in prison.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-11-05
THE STORY OF A SCAR,
BY A. BANKHEAD.

HE story of thai
scar. Thereby
hangs q tale, and
rather a long one.
It was years ago,
when ! was not
twenty, that ! goy
it, and not evt(
yet can / think &
that night without
Q shudder.
You know my
parents died when
xron ~.-s&~ -
The Opelousas courier., 1892-11-05
New Shaving Saloon.

HAVING recently built and diminished
IL throughout, my Barber Shop, | am
now prepared, with increased ia tilt e.,
toservs the public in First-Class Sly le
my new quarters between Brand snd
sriarity's. Shaving, H1ir Cutting.
shampeoing, etc. done in the highest
style of the art. Give me a call
E. A. BODEMULLER.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1892-12-16
NATURAL ICEHOUSE.
Columbia River Curiosity which Il simply
Unique.

Columbia River Curiosity Which II simply
Unique.
In Washington a coulee Is a ravine
that a river has worn for itself and
then abandoned for another course,
says the New Orleans Picayune. Ths
coulees of the Columbia river are i'm
mensc ravines worn out of the basaltic
rock, with perpendicular walls on
either side from one thousand TO fifteen
hundred feet high. Through this re-
gion the Great Northern railroad runs.
Not long ago an Indian approached a
gang of railroad laborers working in
Salmon coulec with a great piece Of ice
wrapped in blanket, which he offered
for sale. The worlSmen instituted a
search In the direction from which he
had come and soon found a cold stream
trickling through the shell rock, and
further up the ice beds were found.
They were formed among the masses
of shell rock by the melting of snow
In winter, the water running down
among the rocks and freezing at night.
Ice remains there perpetually and In
large quantities. The most singular
feature is that the spot Is only five hum
dred feet above the sea, and the sun
beats with intense heat upon the rocks
above the ice. which Is also exposed to
warm draughts of air through the
crevices, yet the Ice never melts.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1892-12-16
THE CITIZEN
HAWKINS THE HEAD WHIP.

Albert, Coaehman at the white House
Since Grants First Term
Albert Hawkins, the colored man
who. since Gen. Grants frst term, has
been head coachman at the white house,
and in consequence an autocrat among
the lesser lights of the stable, has re-
tired on account of age. Change of
politics happily made no difference in
Albert's place, as there appears TO have
been a tradition handed down to each
incoming administration that, whoever
else went, the coachman was to remain.
Whether or not he was credited with
any peculiar qualities as q mascot does
not appear, but one thing, according to
Kate Fields Washington. was assured,
and that was the very great veneration
In which Albert held the Office OF chief
magistrate. In his eyes the president
OF the United States-without regard to
the indiyidual-was the greatest poten-
tate on earth, and as such entitled TO
right of way when driving. This idea
led to some hairbreadth escapes, as a
street barricaded for repairs presented
no obstacles to progress In Aloerts
eyes. He would 60 crashing through
the barriers, and when exPostulated
with by the family stoutly maintained
that the presidents carriage had right
to go anywhere, and never to waive the
right to anyone. Though Albert would
by no means acknowledge 1t, his eye
sight had been poor for several years
past, especially at night, when ne
would lose himself In the most unac-
countable manner In the most familiar
localities. One night just before his
successor was appointed Mrs Harrison
and Mrs. Mckee attended an evening
reception, and of course rode home IN
the presidents carriage. Suddenly 1t
struck the ladies that they were a most
unnecessarily long time in reaching the
white house, and Mrs. Mckee looking
out of the windows in the darkness dis
covered that they were at Scott circle.
While she watched Albert made the
circuit twice. Then she called to the
driver asking his reason for such
strange proceeding.
He was unwillingly obliged to admit
that he had lost his way, but concluded
TO drive round and round the circle
until he came across familiar looking
street, when he would Immediately turn
l1rry
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1892-12-16

We can say to our patrons that the
grinding done by us will be in the
best manner that good machinery
and practical milling can do il. as we
have in our employ one of the best
practical miIlers in the State Of Penn
svlvania We can say without
tear Of contradiction that we are
turning out the best straight grade Of
wheat -four in the county. We
think it an advantage to the farmer
to ret biz grinding done ut our mill
for these reasons:
FIRST-We make "a good wheat
-four a. can be- manufactured and
the farmers get the same -four IT,
exchange Gs the millionaire
would, were we blessed with
them in this neighborbood.
SECOND-Wec can do your chop
ping for you. 30 that you are not
compel ed to sell your grain at
low prices and buy ycur chop.
THIRD-We can make the bes:
buekw hest -four ever manufae-
tured in the county, as We have
iust completed arranging the
new machinery for same, aud it
works like a charm.
FOUR1 i've can make you rye
-four " you desire IT, Our rye
-four always brings the highest
price in Piltsburg. &c
FIFTH-Wc make as good n corn
meal az there IL in the market.
SIXTH-Our Graham -four cannot
be excelled. We manufacture
every article that IL in our line
OF business, and with the latest
improved machinery, and best
practical skill.
The farmer will readily zee that il
ia more profitable to him to patronize
a mill where he can get all bis differ
ent kinds Of grain ground than 10 sell
Lis grain and buy his -four and feed
We don't believe in misrepresenting
goods TO the public. therefore do not
put the same kind Of -four 10 four or
five different brands Of sacks. We
make a straight grade Of -four. The
brand is WHITE ROSE, the same
~ given to the farmer in exchange
We also make the IONA PATENT.
which ia a high grade Of -four and
stands with the best patents in the
market IL is manufactured out OF
red winter wheat, blended with the
best brand Of Minnesota patent which
gives il superior quality. These
brands Of -four and all kinds OF mill
feed sold by us at the lowest prices
We are also in the market for wheat.
rye and buckwbeat and will pay the
highest prices for the same
GEO WALTER & SONS,
BUTLER ROLLER MILLS,
BUTLER. PA.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1892-12-16
GROWING IN STRENGTH.
Woman Said to BE IncreAsing In Size NJ
q Result OF Physical Culture.


q Result OF Physical Culture.
A statement is going the rounds, with
a mixture of scientific and woman's de-
partment gossip, to the effect that the
American woman is steadily growing in
height, weight and comeliness. The
latter part of the statement conveys no
news to the male American, who has the
fact forced on his susceptibilities every
day. But that lovely woman is increas-
ing in size, both perpendicularly and
horizontally is news calculated to make
glad the heart of man, with the excep-
ton, perhaps, of him of diminutive
stature. OF course this is the result OF
physical culture. AS woman's mind
was dwarfed by the pettiness of female
education, so her body was dwarfed
by the vices of female dress. The
progress of the age toward giving
women the same educational chances
as men reveals to us the probability
that woman's mental development may
eventually become the same as that OF
men, and here we have a similar inti-
nation that II female physical culture
Is carried far enough the woman may
by taking thought add enough cubits
to her stature to be the physical equp'
of man as we'll. The probability ha
its disadvantages, according to the Pitts
burgh Dispatch, for, as woman repre-
sents the leisure class of America, and
is. therefore, able to give the most ex-
elusive attention to these pursuits of
culture, 1t may wind up by letting
woman get beyond man in both intel
lectual and physical growth, which
would be unpleasant for the lords OF
creation. Nevertheless, we cannot
have too much good. The more there
is of the American woman, both phi 8
ically and intellectually, the better tn,
American male will like her. Tne
growth Immediately holds out the
pleasing hope that woman will grow,
in both mind and body, sufficiently to
keep the skirt of her dress above the
dirt of the streets