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The Opelousas courier., 1893-09-23
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A blind hardware drummer vista
Philadelphia blacksmiths.
Bismarck is said to be %arfezpeTt on
cheese, the age of which efe tells Al
taste.
The wine cups of the Assyr1ans were
SHAPED like QUIZ saucers ana were o.
agate. other s~emi-preelous stones, gold
and silver.
A curious t~ree-groWth is noted neey
Ellenville, N. Y, where a hemlock and
an oak have become firmly Joined at a
height of about ten feet.
Old English si~lverware is much in
demand in the United States just now,
and genuine pieces, especially those
of historic interest, fetch high prices.
Men of marked ability in any line
have usually one deep, perpendicular
wrinkle in the middle of the forehead,
with one or two parallel to it on each
side.
Until 1850 the art of makingneedles
was kept a secret. It was then taught
to the English by Christopher Green
ing, and English needles are now sold
all over the world.
M. Ernest Chantre finds that iron is
found in tombs of Lower Chaldea
which are contemporaneous with the
third and fourth dynasties of Egypt,
or about $500 B. c.
In the early days of Virginia a law
was made Furnishing with death the
man who killed q hog, goat or sheep.
This was done to provide for the in
crease of these animals.
The real discoverer of the American
continent is said to be neither Colnm>
bus nor Lief Ericsson, but undoubtedly
Bjarni, q Norwegian. He visited the
coast of Nova Scotia in A. D. o95.
When the French crown Jewels were
inventoried in 1871 there were 9547
diamonds, sos pearls, $50 rubies, 1874
sapphires, $50 emeralds, seventy-one
topazes, three amethysts and q number
of unclassifed stones.
Scorpions are 30 numerous in Du-
range, Mexico, that there is a bounty
of sixty cents a hundred for them.
The persons who are ~legalized to hunt
for them are authorized to enter and
search private houses.
The ''Spectre of the Broken is a
mirage visible only on the high
est peak of the Hartz Mountains, in
Hungary. Just before sunset a gigan-
80 of 4bo arooto&or ia AZ y1ror
q very dense atmosphere in the valley
east of the mountain.
One of the curious things in the
Catholic educational exhibit at the
Worlds Fair is a picture, in hair, of
the landing of Columbus. It is said to
contain some of the hair from the head
of nearly every Catholic Archbishop
and Bishop in this country.
The annual consumption of meat in
Australia is 276 pounds per inhabitant;
In Argentina, 100; in the United
States, $50; in Great-Britain. 11s; in
France, seventy-seven; in Germany,
sixty-four; in Austria, s~ixty-one; in
Russia, fifty-one; in Italy, twenty
six.
The ancestors of the Firms, accord
ing to John Abercromby, of Edin-
burgh, Scotland, went in for magic
extensively, They lived originally in
Siberia. The first historical mention
of the Firms which the present day
possesses locates them about 1900
years ago as living in Poland.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-09-23

A charge of the moss calIous cruelty
to animals is brought by Humane
Agent Of Pittsburg against certain
companies that ship cattle from Chi.
cage to Philadelphia. The freight time
on the railroads between these points
ia seventy hours, and it is alleged that
the beasts are kept without water DUR
ing Gil this time in order that on their
arrival they will drink an enormous
quantity and increase their weight
fifty or sixty pounds. At the East End
stock yards in Pittsburg there are sev.
eral huge troughs to which the cattle
are supposed to be admitted to quench
their thirst on the way to Philadelphia.
Here they arrive between midnight
and morning, and it is said that the
practice with the drovers has been to
60 before the cattle into the yards, pull
the plugs in the troughs, and let out
every drop of water. This finally
reached the ears of a Humane Agent,
and for several nights he lay on top of
the stockyard fences watching the
drovers and securing evidence, He
deaaRibes the sufferings of the cattle as
someshing dreadful. They would rush
~ t~ha5Arouchs IA find them empty. and
would then trample ~ another under
foot To lick the wet boards. He is of
opinion that the arm Of the law is not
long enough TO reach the principals in
this outrage, and that only the drover
caught in the act can be punished.
One Of the men whom the agent de.
tected told him that he was ordered to
do what he was engaged in, and begged
not 10 be prosecuted.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-09-23

II half The stories told Of him are
true, Lord Cromer, the British diplo-
matte agent in Egypt, is IN original
individual. He divides his leisure time
between lawn tennis and Homer in the
original Greek. During the recent
Egyptian crisis Lord Cromer ordered
the Khedive to dismiss his prime min
lister within t~wenty-four hours, ordered
troops from Malta and Alden in case OF
an emergency and then went out and
rlaved tennis until sunset.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-09-23

The paucity Of American-born sail
ors in the United States Navy has ex-
cited a great deal of comment, OBJ
serves the Chicago Herald. A record
of the seamen serving in the navy since
the establishment of this system shows
that not more than four per cent. of
the lads who are graduated from the
apprentice training system continue in
the service of the United States. The
records futhur show that of the 1850
Gamer allowed by law in the navy, less
than one-half of those who enlist at the
receiving ships are native born Ameri
cans.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-09-23

The rude little shelters found scat.
tered through the Adirondack wilder
ness in New York are free to any who
may choose to make use of them and
their contents, upon the sole stipula.
ton that the temporary occupants put
everything in good order before leav-
ing their borrowed quarters. Few
travellers fail to live up to this require
ment, and the huts are usually in ex-
cellent condition.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-09-23
Is lightning Caused by Rain .

It is popularity supposed that the
sudden downpour which usually fol.
lows a bright fash of lightning is in
some way caused by the fash. Meteo
biologists have proven that this is moi
the case. and that, exactly to the con
trary, it is not only possible but high.
ly probably that the sudden increased
precipitation is the real cause of thu
dash. st. Louis Republic.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-09-23

The Philadelphia Record is feeling
somewhat unhappy, because if Lieu.
tenant Peary or Doctor Nansen should
happen to reach the North Pole they
would be lost, owing to the fact that
all directions from where they stood
would be south. There would be no
North, East OF West. Well, the
plucky explorers in question are not
yet standing on the North Pole. And
If they ever do succeed in standing on
1T, they can easily get back the three
lost points of the compass by walking
a yard or two in any direction off the
Pole, OF jumping, if it is not too high.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-09-23
Pen SIONS!

EW~Acr OF JUNE 81, 1896. -Psnsions soldiers and saIns Of the war of IA
rebellion who servede 80 days and we're onorably discharged from the service ana
dren, dependent parents fathers and mothers. All pensions under this Act will
commence from the date o. filing the formal application nfsr the passage of the
good unless fled in the Pension Bureau IN or after June 81, 1890, dae of the
Ad) OIL not in the form, substantially prescribed by the Secretary The rates:
child Of soldier under sixteen years; and it the widow dies, the child OF children
can draw such pension. The soldier is entitled to any rate from $s to sta pr
may apply under this one. ora penioner under this me may apply under othrr
laws, but car draw only one pension at the same time. This law requires in a sell
dirsorI sailors CASE:
~ An honorable discharge.
az That he served at least ninety days.
C0 A permanent physical or mental inability to learn . support but not due
vicious habits: Ut need not have originated in the servce)
~ That the salor or soldier served at lest ninety days.
(O That he wsh onoably discharged.
81 Proof Of death, but it need not have been the results of his Army Or
Naval service.
NysThat the widow is without other means of support than her dny
% That she married soldier prior to June a. 1890, the dte of the Act.
DEPENDENT PARENTS CASE.
~ That the soldier or sanor died of wound, injury or disease, which, In
ror law would ave given him a pension.
(O That ne left o wife or minor child.
20 Tint the mother or father IS at present dependent or, her or his w
manual labor; berg without other present means of support than their own mr
The teneaso Of the fusta echop Of the Act Of June a. 1900. Ne not opp9't w.
all parents where pensionable dependence has areu m account If the death Of a
who served, since said 1871 in behalf of the United States as we'll as for dis
abilities contracted before or sced discharged.
a. That in cases minor child is insane, idiohc or other wise permanently
under this or any former statute and such pensions shall commence from the dae
of application therefor after passage of this Act.
The rules and regulations of the Department will govern all applicants and
attorneys.
~ Under Act Of June 81, 1890, pensions are granted to saMr. and Sailor.
B%NOTICEt-Dr w. r. Lahrapes having recently been aproine II =
Examining Surgeon for Pensions at opeouaas, La, til now Of special intrrs ttr:
thy cen now be examined without having ITO sustain the EXPENSES of enry 70
Ne Orleans for medical examination, at which place they have her.t ire been
directed % 60.
HART n. SANDoZ.
us. PENSION CLAIM AGENT.
W-eEF4oE sa Hon. John N Ogden opaasa, louisiana
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OPELoUsAs, LOUISIANA

New York music dealer says that
che composer of CATER the BALI will
make 800, 900 out of his song. Many
other authors of popular songs have
made nothing because they failed to
take cat copyrights.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-09-23
INTERRUPTED VERDICT.

He lights we're
turned low in
the courtroom
and about them
slowly eircled
the foul, heavy
air, adding to
the dim n e IS.
Judge Green
goods had gone
to his dinner,
h avin n
nounced his in
tention to re-
turn at 8 o'clock
The Opelousas courier., 1893-09-23

Goust, the smallest separate and in
dependent territory in the world, is
situate in the lower Pyrenees, about
ten miles from Oleron, between the
boundaries of France and Spain. The
people speak a language of their own,
a cross between French and Spanish.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-09-23
HOW TO LIVE,

30 should we live that every hour,
Nav die az dies the natural flower,
A self-reVivtng thing Of power,
That every thought, and every deed.
May hold within itself the seed,
Of future good and future need.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-09-23

They are proposing to pension teach
ers In England
The Opelousas courier., 1893-09-23

E~O
to officer, and ere the crier had begun
his sonorous proclamation, bailiffs and
attorneys and Sheriff and prisoner
knew that the verdict was guilty
Patty knew it, too, for she had watched
that guardian at the door as if he held
the portals Of her happiness. Patty
knew it, and a great sob swelled in her
heart and hardened into a resolution.
In this moment of extremity, when
human and Divine powers had
coalesced against him, she would be by
her old playmate's side to comfort, to
sustain, to blessl She looked at her
grandmother. That expectant gaze
had not yet changed into triumph.
81 viii go a little closer. SC that I can
find out" she said, and the old lady
nodded an eager approval.
Down the narrow iron stairway along
the wall came the jury-swaggering,
hesitating, suffering. Patty leaned
against the little door of the railing
which divided the courtroom, thus
separating the g~oatsof spectators from
the sheep Of the bar, and studied the
faces as they passed. Stolid. i'm.
movable for the most part; but there
we're two that seemed worried and
dubious, and they were the faces of the
two men in whom she had put her
trust. Oh, towards! Why had they
not preserved the courage of their
convictions or why had they put them
selves in n position where faint
heartedness is a crime?
The jury took their seats, these two
The Opelousas courier., 1893-09-23
Worlds Fair Visitors Alliance,
ENTIRE COST ONLY 500,

Subscribers of this paper will be given
the first chance to ecure tickets allotted
to Us.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1893-10-13
TOO POSITIVE.
An Illustration OF tho Dangers OF Over
confidence In SelL

An Illustration OF tho Dangers OF Over
confidence In Self
IL Is sometimes fault of Young
people TO rely too fully upon their own
opinions or impressions, and there are
grown people who are quite too sure
regarding matters to which they have
given little attention. A passenger on
French steamer tells this story:
The wind was fresh and we were
running at the rate of twelve knots an
hour. Our mariners were deceived in
their calculations, and as the lead did
not Indicate the proximity of the coast
they were expected to approach they
concluded that the currents had carried
us into the channel. One morning at
break of day / heard the captain ex-
claim:
81 see breakers through the mistv
IN. de rAiguille, an officer of SUI
perior merit, who nevertheless dis
played sometimes too much of the con-
fldence of youth, replied, with smile:
Those breakers, captain, are nowhere
but in your glass
"'Young man., said our old captain,
with tone of anger, you are major
general to the squadron and may give
it the orders you think proper, but /
know what have to do. 1t is | who
answer for the safety of my ship. l
shall, therefore, give orders to tack, for
there is not moment to be lost
HE accordingly gave that ORDER and
during its execution, the fog having
suddenly cleared away, we perceived,
at about two hundred yards from us,
the rocks against which our fleet would
inevitably have persisted. Fortunately
the whole squadron initiated the move
ment of our vessel, and all danger was
over.
''The young officer lost no time in
thanking the captain for his wise re-
proof and for his adherence to the duties
Of his position"
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1893-10-13
A New Certain Cure for Piles.

We do not intend to indorse any except
articles of genuine merit; we therefore
take pleasure in recommending to suffer
ers from Piles in any form, a prompt and
permanent cure. The following letters
speak for themselves:
Mrs. Mary c; Tyler, of Heppner, Ore,
entirely cured me Of Of pies from which !
have suffered for years, and 1 have never
had the slightest return of them since.
Mr. E. O'Brien, Rock Bluffs, Neb..
says: The pkg. Of Pyramid Pile Cure
piles. I cannot thank you enough for il.
The Pyramid Pile Cure is new. GER
ain, painless cure for every form of piles.
will get it for you If you ask him. -
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1893-10-13
Examination Free to All.

Although the doctor Is in many cases
compelled 10 use expensive instruments
and chemicals In making analyses, micro
scopic and other scientific examinations,
yet he makes no charges to anyone, believ-
ing It to be part of the physicians duty
to ascertain the patients true condition
without expense to the sufferer. When
ever and wherever DR.. Humphrey decides
to locate a monthly visit crowds flock to
see him, and no wonder, for by the first ex-
animation, and often without asking q
question, he tells the invalid what the
trouble is, and the prospect of q cure, and
most wonderful of all he values his first
impression and first look at patient more
than all else, and DR.. Humphrey is never
mistaken in his diagnosis in any case.
The doctors methods differ markedly
from the general practitioner In all re-
spects. Following the plan OF st. Georges
Hospital OF London, he registers every
particular as to the patients physical con:
dition and mental state. The condition of
each organ, location of any and all dis
eased parts, and whether sympathetic or
organic, together with the amount and
nature of the disease. In this way the en-
computed and the restoring power Of the
body measured against the force and en-
ergy and destructive capabilities OF the dis
ease. Thus knowing the actual condition
Of tho tissues and the effeut of specific
medicines upon every structure of the
body, unlike most doctors, he is enabled to
say positively whether any given case 10
durable or not, and can also give the APP
proxtmate time and expense of treatment,
and would here point out the utter de-
fusion cherished by many patients that
they ought to get we'll I'm q few days or
weeks, Notwithstanding the fact that they
have suffered for years.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1893-10-13

"EEADER" FROM THE TOWER.
day Brazil and Pennsylvania have their
innings. Governor Pattison and his staff
are reported as already here and the states
commissioners are either here or on the
way. The secretary tells me the special
ties will far Guido those of any other state
day so far, and the fireworks at night will
be exceptionally brilliant. On the Sth the
non-Aryan races will again have their in
nings and on the 9th California and Utah
will have their day.
Utah has done wonders in several lines.
Her famous Tabernacle choir, $50 strong,
with President Woodruff at its head, ar
rived in time to compete for the $1,000
prize offered by the Eisteddfod association.
OF course do not mean that President
Woodruff, who holds the chief Office SO
long held by Brigham Young, came as one
of the choir. He looked old and withered
when first heard him preach twenty-five
years ago, and it would seem to me the
moss must be growing on him by this
time In addition he suffered, according
to his autobiography in the church papers,
more accidents in the first half of his life
than any other man on this continent ever
suffered and lived.
**#
There is much complaint that as the at
tendance increases extcrtions increase in
Chicago and am compelled to admit that
the cost of living has indeed risen. I feel
It in my most sensitive nerve. What
chiefly complain Of isthat these restaurant
men are altogether too careful Of fell
lows health. The liquid is homopath-
ically thin and the amount served about
half what one gets in New York. And yet
landlords are breaking up all around. The
European" place where eat oftenest has
been through the sheriff's hands twice
since the fair opened and the third pro-
prietor is in charge. Today called for o
chicken pie-marked 30 cents in bin Of
fare-and it was a curiosity, cooked and
served in an alleged bowl just the merest
trife larger than acoffee cup in New York.
Igot angry and made q complaint, where
upon the proprietor jocularly remarked
that they had to cut deep to get even for ear
lier losses. A farmer could eat three such
chicken pies. I've done 1t hundreds Of
times in my farm-boyhood. There is q
paragraph going the rounds giving the ex-
perience Of man who .'saw the fair and
lived well on dollar day." I'd like to
see him try 1t now. He'd soon be quail
fed for a dime show on Il Q Bowery, as
understudy to the Living Skeleton.
j. H. BEADLE.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1893-10-13
Will Resist n Cut.

PROVIDENCE, Oct. 10.-Over 1000
weavers in the Olneyvills district mills
have taken steps toward organizing a
strong union with view to resisting
the cut proposed by the manufacturers
all over the state. They think cut
would be accepted if they were relieved
somewhat Of the hardships of the fine
system.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1893-10-13

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Persons unskillfully treated BY Ignorant
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Wonderful Cures by my improved method
Iof treatment accomplisht d In nervous debility,
premature decline OF manly:powers,an and kindred
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Patients treated by mall and medicines cent
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I've guarantees durable caves.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1893-10-13
Facts for Mon of All Ages.

BY Of false modesy the youth of land
Of the serious results which certain solitary
practices produces These persisted eventually
the constitution induce debility early decay canq
vital fluids general prosrston and oftentmes pbeciE and
about Which the oomon family doctor IN gsna
more than these and here have unsr
morbid dessrs and se:sfu DR. anmphreys
sst OF the mot scientific and known either In
his VIII upon the peculiar men. depression
energy into their hcpess ye Were not All held
Of Sssfr patients Who have been and ay
productive Of either rapidly DESTROY f both
pss the cheek develops and otter desoys tS
intellect Tho reprducve function the handspring
nfe-preservef 10 at all hazards
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1893-10-13

one to walk between the divisions. On
the second day Austria and Germany oc-
cupied my time, but when / took the
French section for my third study, all
had seen of beauty seemed but an intro
duction.
There is the great Dore vase, one of the
| wonders of the world. There are the finest
bronzes ever produced in France, and
therefore probably the finest in the world.
There are crystal goods and delicate clocks
and watches, exquisite pottery and china,
furniture of a beauty and finish to make
woman sick with longing and cutlery of
the finer kinds in almost innumerable
forms. But all these yield in popular in
terest to the dresses. There is always a
crowd of women before the immense
square of plate glass (the largest which
can be made) which fronts the room Git
goes back in deep perspective like full
stage scene in theater), containing the
group called "Robing the Bride"
The room is brilliantly lighted from
above and furnished in the finest style
known in Paris. A little to the right of
the center and with her side to the spec
tators stands the bride wearing the
finest dress that France can furnish. The
other ladies Qifelike-in wax represent
the various dresses suitable to the COM
mon types of complexion and figure; and
the man who can stretch himself enough
to get one view over the heads of the wo-
men needs but the one glance to convince
him of what those women say, that each
figure is clothed with fortune. Else
where are Patti and Bernhardt and other
noted artists Tin wax and clad with a
magnificence that no mere man could have
conceived of as possible. In other pavil-
ions OF the French section are marvels in
every workable substance and so numer-
GUS that at the end of day there one can
but sigh and say, "Well, have made q
beginning and if have time will come
back and see it,"
.**
The circus features of the exposition in
crease in number and the attendance has
increased till the paid admissions overrun
a million week. Every day from .
o'clock till far into the night there is
something amusing-paradeso Of the plais-
ance people, all sorts of contests on land
and in and on the water, the swimming
matches recently attracting special atten-
ton. The lake is getting very cold, but
daring fellows still take their plunge from
the tower to go so far under the water that
one involuntarily holds his breath, and oc-
casionally a lady utters cry, it seems so
certain that the diver will never come up
alive. They tell us this must close with
the great swimming matches now on, for
there must be real danger when the water
is so cold.
The great recent event was the Eistedd'
fod yesterday, which happened to be also
Labor day; but every day is now so full OF
incident that a difference of ten or twenty
thousand people in the crowds, or of a few
shows more or less, is not noticed. To-
morrow is Wisconsin day, and on the next
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