davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Opelousas courier., 1893-10-07
: The Great Game of the Chinese.

Weichi is the greatest game of the
Chinese, especially with the literary
cla@S, and is ranked by them superior
to chess. Like chess, this game is OF
o general military and mathematical
character, but is en- q much more X
tended scale, the board containing 26I
places and employing nearly 200 men
on a side. All of the men, however,
have the same value and powers. The
object is to command as many places
on the board as possible, This may
be done by ~incloslng empty spaces, or
surrounding the .enemy's Inen. Very
close calculation IS always essectial in
order that q loss III one region may be
met by gains in another, thus employ
ing skillful stragey when TIM contest
ants are evenly matched. The game
has come down from great antiquity.
being first mentioncdin Chinese writing
about 625 B. c. It was ii all proba-
bility introduced by the Babylonian
astronomers, who we're at that time in
btructors Of all the East. Chicago
Herald,
The Opelousas courier., 1893-10-07
When Does. the Year Begin .

The countries and Nations of the
world, with a few exceptions, begin the
year with January 1st, but that this
system is arbitrary and based upon
nothing in particular, does not even
need to be proven. The ancient
Egyptians, Chaldeans, Persians, Syr-
ians, Phnnicians and Carthaginians
each began their year with the au-
tumnal equinox, or about September
22d. Among the Greeks the beginning
of the year was at the time of the wins
ter solstice down to 432 B. c., when
the .'Menton Cycle was introduced,
after which the new year began OF
June 22d. In England from the time
of the Fourteenth Century until 1852
the legal and ecclesiastical year began
on March 25th.-St. Louis Republic.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-10-07
LAMBS FOR MUTTON.

When a lamb is two weeks old it may
be taught to eat a little dry food, by
means of the hand. A mixture of
clean, heavy oats, corn and 1inseed in
equal parts, finely ground together,
and slightly salted and sweetened
with sugar, will be taken eagerly, and
will help the growth very much. Al
the same timeit is advisable to nourish
the lambs through the ewes, by liberal
feeding of grain, of which a mixture
Of rye and buckwheat coarsely chopped
together will be found better than
corn. and if anything else is added it
should be bran. This will increase
the milk in quantity and quality and
20 help the lambs. By and by the
lambs will take their meal themselves
if the proper facilities are offered by
means Of q small pen with creeps at
The Opelousas courier., 1893-10-07
The Earth's Motion on Cannon Balls.

It seems scarcely credible that the
motion of the earth should have any
appreciate effect upon the flight Of a
cannon ball, but it has, and the exact
nature and extent of that effect has for
some time been engaging the atten-
ton Of artillery experts. An officer
of the English army the other day
read a paper before the royal artillery
institute, and gave the result of many
interesting experiments in this line.
Proiectiles fired from the north to the
south have q divergence to the east,
and those fred from the south toward
the north are detected to the west.
The extent of the divergence depends
upon the latitude. and also on the
speed and elevation of the proiectile.
In England o DETECTION of five inches
is found with a tw~elye-pound projee-
tile at a 4000-yard range.-Picayune.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-10-07
SUMMER CARE OF BULBS.

Tulips and other Towering bulbs
may be taken up after the tops have
turned yellow and stored in a dry
cellar. There they can remain until
September, when beds should be made
ready for them, and they may be set
out to stay until after the next flow
ering season. Many persons put tulips
in the ground in the spring. While
vigorous bulbs will bloom and make a
very pretty show, they are not at their
best the first season. They need a
longer time to grow their roots than
spring planting affords. When one
has q permanent location, it is q good
plan to have a large bed of tulips that
may grow undisturbed for years. One
may buy ordinary assorted bulbs and
plant them out in this way, allowing
them to grow and blossom until they
reach the stage known to the florist as
freaking. This means that the plain
red tulip, after a time, throws out
stripes and blotches of white. Some
of these tulips become wonderfully
beautiful after a time, and may then
be marked; and after the Towering
Beason is over, these may be moved
from heparent bed and set ina border
by themselves, or they may be allowed
to go on blooming without being dis
turbed.
Lilies of the valley increase rapidly,
and may be left for a long time with
out being reset. They need a deep,
rich soil to do well, and they should
be heavily MANFRED if permitted to re-
main some years in the same location.
Their natural element is q rather moist
location, where decay is plenty, and
on this they seem to flourish best. An
exceptionally fine bed Of this flower
was grown on the site Of an old wooden
building that had crumbled to dust.
The ground was spaded very deep, and
was black with the ~decaying wood OF
the old house.
When the plants become very thick,
punches of bulbs may be taken out to
set the new beds. When the old bed
seems TO be losing its vigor, the bulbe
may all be taken up and transferable
. new locality. Small bulbs should be
set in a bulb nursery, where all odds
and ends, If left to grow and thor.
oughly matured, will in time come out
as valuable additions to this beautiful
family. New York Ledger.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-10-07

lkNlGHHRFT1N
GLASSES FOR HORSES.

It is thought that the vice Of shying,
which spoils SO many otherwise valu-
able horses, is induced by short-sight-
edness. The animal cannot see some
particular object plainly enough to
feel sure that it is Of a harmless nature.
and SO SHES away from it. Glasses for
the use of horses, however, are de.
signed not only to overcome defects
of vision but to deceive the vision, and
thus make the animal learh to step
high.-NeY York World. &
The Opelousas courier., 1893-10-07
$10O Reward. $100.

The readers of this paper will be pleased to
that science has been able to cure in all its
stages, and that is catarrh. Halls Catarrh
Cure is the only positive cure now known to
stitutional disease. requires a constitutional
treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken in
t~ernally, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system, thereby de-
giving the patient strength by building up the
constitution and assisting nature in doing it's
work. The proprietors have so much faith in
bred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure.
Send for list of testimonials. Address
F.. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
~ Sold hY Druggists. &c.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-10-07
TO ICE FRUIT.

To ice any fruit, dip first in the
beaten white of an egg, then in pull,
verified sugar, Do this until the icing
is sufficiently thick. Peaches should
be pared and cut in halves. and sweet,
juicy pears are treated in the same
way. Cherries, Strawberries and other
small fruits are iced with the stems on,
only the largest being chosen. Pine
apples should be cut into thin slices,
and these again divided into quarters.
Oranges and lemons should be pared
and all the white skin removed, the
lemons cut into horizontal slices. the
oranges divided into quarters. New
York Times.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-10-07
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
1NsEGAs ON VEGETABLES.

sometimesAon will find small in
sects clingingao the vegetables fresh
from market. Make a strong brine Of
q pound and a half Of salt to a gallon
of water. Place tbs vegetables in this
with the stalks uppermost Let them
remain there for a couple of hours.
This will destroy the insects which
cluster in the %lepves, and they will sink
to the bottom CT the pan.-New York
World.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-10-07
A Battle on Stills.

Ingenious as many Of the field and
water trials Of strength and endurance
that make up the sport Of to-day may
appear, they lack the novelty Of IN old
game played by the Inhabitants Of Ma,
mur. These people evidently favored
rough-and-tumble sports. The quiet
interest attached to checkers and shut
fe-board evidently had no aliurements
to the people Of Namur.
They wanted something with quicker
and more decisive action, and when
they invented the battle Oh stills they
certainly got it. The youths Of the
place, arrayed in flowing garments and
carrying flags, drumsaEd horns, would
mount upon stills and face each other
in battle array. Surrounding them
were the good people of the place, in
Guiding all the maidens.
At a given signal the combatants
would close upon each other, and, III
as gentlemanly a manner as was posi-
bic under the conditions of the game,
proceed to hammer the life out of nuy
one in reach. While this delightful
recreation was progressing the maidens,
in their language, would loudly shout:
"Sic him, Tige. Smash him in the
facet" and similar expressions of en-
couragement. After battling a given
time, that side which had the greatest
number of warriors left standing Oh
their wooden pins WIS declared the
winner.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-10-07
BOOSTERS VS.. Weasel.

4 weasel sneaked out of his lair near
Stroudsburg Wednesday and gobbled
up one of Mrs. Joseph Frymire's little
chickens. Two bantam ROSTERS were
near by and they set upon the thiev-
ing beast with such vigor that both his
eyes were picked out, and he died soon
afterward. -Philadelphia Record.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-10-07
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

The growing of celery is on the in,
crease.
Wood ashes is one of the best fertil-
izers for berries.
Frequent disinfection of the pigpens
will prevent disease.
If the pigs scour when sucking,
change the sow's diet.
Feed the swine a varied ration if
you would avoid disease.
The general allowance on good pas
ture is ten hogs to the acre.
In bee keeping, as in other branches,
the more m knows the better.
Green clover is an excellent mulch
for berries and is easily applied.
A COW will eat about ten tons Of en-
silage in the course of the year.
To raise good crops Of fruit it is
necessary to manure the orchard.
Improvement in breed means better
returns for the amount Of feed con.
sumed.
1t is Just as important to know how
to pick, pack and sell fruit as it is to
raise it.
Be slow and careful to properly adj
just frames when returning to the hive,
SO that the bees will not be injured.
The best protection against swine
disease is generally cleanliness and
plenty Of wholesome food in variety
suited to the hogs nature.
The latest idea is to actually freeze
butter and hold it frozen. Cold
storage allows the flavor to gradually
escape, but freezing locks it up and
holds it.
Try pouring your waste coffee
grounds around all shrubbery and flow
ering plants, either in the lawn, gar
den, or house, instead of throwing
them away.
After planting shrubs, vines, etc.,
watch them that they do not dry out.
An occasional watering in dry weather
will be necessary until they becoms
well established.
One of the principal advantages that
the creamery has owe the dairy is
that as soon as the milk or cream
reaches the creamery it is in the hands
of skilled wcrkmen.
The successful and abundant pro-
duction Of native plums requires that
O selection of different varieties be
made SO as to give a continuous supply
Of pollen throughout the blooming sea.
son.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-10-07
Pure and wholesome Quality

Commends to public approval ths California
liquid laxative remedy, Syrup of Figs. 1t Ia
pleasant to the taste and by acting gently on
the kidney, liver and bowels to cleanse the sys-
TEN e~fectua}ly, it promotes tho health and
comfort OF all who use it, and with millions il
Is The best and only remedy.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-10-07

For impure or thin Blood, Weakness, Ma(a-
ria, Neuralgia, Indigestion and Biliousness.
take Browns iron Bittsrs-it gives strength,
making old persons feel young-and young
persons strong; pleasant to take.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-10-07

For Dyspepsia, Indigestion and Stomach dis
orders, use Browns Iron Bitters-the Best
Tonic. 1t rebuilds the Blood and strengthens
the muscles. A splendid medicine for weak
and debilitated PERSONS.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-10-07

IT Is now assured that Catcher MacMahon,
of New York, whose third finger on the right
hand was SO badly shattered. will not play
again before 1894.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-10-07

BASEBALL has its singular phases. st. Louis
has taken five straight games from Chicago,
but it could capture only one in three from
Louisville,
The Opelousas courier., 1893-10-07

A young soldier in California some
time ago deserted from the United
States army to join the salyatioH
Army.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-10-07

This is a great country. More PEG.
pie are killed here by an ordinary ey'
clone than in q Central American rev.
o1ution or a week of French rioting.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-10-07
We Cure Rupture.

No matter of how long sta1ding. Write
for free treatise, testimonials, ETC.. to s. J.
Ro~ilensworth & Co, Owego, Tioga Co., N. Y.
Price 81; by mail, $l.15.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-10-07

The irrepressib!e Rev. DR.. T. Dewitt
Talmage says: ''The most prosperous
time in the history of the country will
be after 1887
The Opelousas courier., 1893-10-07

Beecham's Pills with a drink of water morn
ings. Beecham's-no others. % cents a boz.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-10-07
'Gepman
Syrup"

Boschee's German Syrup is more
successful in the treatment of Con
sumption than any other remedy
prescribed. It has been tried under
every variety of climate. In the
bleak, bitter North, in damp New
England, in the tickle Middle States,
i'll the hot, moist South-every-
where. 1t has been in demand by
every nationality. Ithas been en-
ployed in every stage of Consunlp-
ton. In brief it has been used
by millions and its the only TRUE and
reliable Consumption Remedy. o
The Opelousas courier., 1893-10-07

BRoUTHERs. of Brooklyn, has yet to steal a
base this year. ....-.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-10-07

II afflicted with sore eyes use DR.. Isaac Thomp-
son's Eye-water. Druggists sell at 25c. per bottle
The Opelousas courier., 1893-10-07
4 PatheticaIIy Addressed Letter.

The first letter ever mailed in New
ran, Ga, was addressed in this style
aswift as a love thy course pursue,
Let nought thy speed restrain,
Till you meet Miss Lucy Slue,
Portiani, State of Maine.
atlanta Constitution.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-10-07

keller, Brooklyn's third baseman, was a
score card boy in Brooklyn in 1890.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-10-07

BRourHERs, of Brooklyn, has been laid of
temporarily on account of general poor
work
The Opelousas courier., 1893-10-07

s-t.@9F Eetf tfEsI~ fIIFI.k.IS-E LIB
q Ell States last year 81, 600, 0uC
worth of pickles.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-10-07

The player-manager has not been Il signal
this year.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-10-07

- Sold by Druggists, 75c.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-03-15
DEATH OF MRS. MORROW.
A Good Woman Suddenly Goes TO
Her Reward.

Mrs. Talitha A. Morrow, vile Of F. L. Nor
row OF this village, was taken sick last
Wednesday evening, and continued to grow
worse until about one O'Clock Friday, Marcn 20
10, 1893, when she breathed her last, aged 45
years-dying on her birth day.
She was buried on Saturday at Cedar
Springs graveyard. Rev. F. Y. Pressiy
conducted the funeral services at the church
In the presence of many friends and relatives,
who hnd gone from the village or had come
from the neighboring settlements.
The end came 80 suddenly that tne an
nouncement Of her death was shock 10 our
people. all OF whom extend tender sympa-
thies TO the bereaved family.
and In her domestic relations looked well I'd
the ways OF her household. Faithful ana de-
voted children In their exemplary lives pear
the highest testimonials OF her Cnristian
character
1t was only last week that we announced
the death OF her nephew, Archer thomson,
who was the flower Of her sisters household
and the stay of q widowed mother, ana now
we pub lish the death OF an afectionate Wlle
of q sedly bereaved husband. The families
lived In the same house. The son OF one Bis.
ter was buried last week, and now the SISTER
OF the afflicted mother has gone 10 her re-
ward,
Mrs, Morrow leaves her husband and ak
She leaves only the fragrance OF her sweet
life and her Christian character to sustain
and support them in the trials which are
sure to come. Where her devoted presence
and her ga fe counsels would have been worm
10 much to them, they have only the memory
OF her pious example and her Christian pre-
cepts.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-03-15
Homer to HAMPTON.

The people OF this State have just reason to
be proud OF their old leader who brought vic
tory to them In 76, and they will appreciate
the high honor which the Senate conferred
upon him in asking the President to give him
an appointment. The act Of the Senators In
behalf OF their old comrade Is unprecedented
and Ia remarkable for their unanimity OF ac-
tion. Senator Hampton has never been an
ambitious man. He has never sought Office
or place, and he is free from any charge of
selfishness on the money max ing side OF his
character. The people with wonderful affec-
tion and confidence have called on him at va
rious times In his life, and he has always re.
sponded with cheerfulness. and has never
failed to Ill every expectation. He will 20
down In history as one OF South Carollna's
best and most patriotic citizens. and this last
and browning honor which the Senators have
conferred upon South Carolina's beloved son
is fitting tribute TO him whose life must nee.
essarily be near It's close.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-03-15
COTHRANS ITEMS.
Brief and TO the POint-PersOnRl Men.
ffOn.
Cothrans. s. c., March l8, 1893

Cothrans, s. c., March Is, 1898
Miss Fannie Brooks, a charming young
lady of Fountain Inn, GreenV1lle county, IL
visiting relatives and friends In this section.
Mrs. John Cobb, who has been quite sick
for sometime is much better at this writing.
Messrs. VIII Cobb. John Norman, Robert
and Pink Stra left Yesterday Tor Green
Mr.. George Harrison. OF Green wood, is Wis
iting al Mr. John Miller's.
MI. T. A. Cobb, Of Greenwood, passed
through Cothrans one day last week: Mr; f.
selling the new No. . Wheeler and Wilson
sewing machine.
Our roads have been put In very good fix
under the management OF Messrs. Strawhorn'
Prof. Burnett, Of Pine Grove school, had a
spelling match last Friday evening and IN
vited the people of the neig ighborhood 70 near
- Mrs. Matte Cobb, of Buck Level, visited
Mrs. Willie Cobb, one day last week. -,
Mack Cobb says his boy can spill more
milk and vinegar. and get In more mischief
than anybody's boy; u,,,.,,,
last Sunday night.
Mr. Kingsbury was in this section q few
days ago work Ing in the interest OF the Geor.
did a lot Of work for Mr.. Samuel Hinton, and
we believe 1t TO be good thing.
Wilrsome one please tell us why IL is tnat
the revenue officers in this county run
around and hunt up every poor negro tnat
unmolested?
Good farmers In this section.men VINO are
needed at home TO attend 10 their business,
men who are needed at home by their fami-
Iies-are at Greenville this week attending
court, all because some poor darkey sold,
may be a pint OF whiskey, while there are
parties within six miles of this place who
sell whiskey day and night, week day and
Sunday, and 1t is presumed that a certain re
venue officer who works in this county Is
famaliar with these facts.
One of the hardest rains fell last Wednes-
day night that we have seen, heard or felt In
thirty years.
Mr.. John S. Turner need not apply for the
position spoken OF by A. ID. E. M. last week;
Some are puzzled 10 know who I am. In
future will be known as irlxy.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-03-15
Putting on Airs.

The new Secretary Of the Interior Hoke
Smith, presumably TO get little cheap noto-
riety and In order to Set his clerks and Office
folk an example Of bis activity and business
qualities. hurried down to his Office at quar-
ter past eight o'clock-three quarters of an
hour before the clerks arrived. This thing of
getting to the Office before the Office boy has
had an opportunity to do his work Is praise
worthy indeed. Mr.. Smith must have had
special arrangements at some Of the restau-
rants to get breakfast SO soon. We presume
that he could not get break fast at first class
hotels or boarding houses In time for him to
get to his Office by o'clock. The idea of
newspaper mans rising at such an hour as
Mr.. Smiths arrival at his Office would indi-
cate, III just little out OF the usual run.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-03-15
A HARD QUESTION.
Respectfully Referred to the Mem.
bers of the Press of South Caro-.

Respectfully Referred to the Mem.
bers of the Press Of South Caro-
lima.
The Press and Banner is in receipt of the
following letter, and refers Its contents TO the
members OF the press who take an Interest IN
the dispensary law.
Rochester, Mimi, March 7, 1893.
f'D Dear Sir:~Yours of 3rd ct hand, and read
with much interest and many thanks.
| am sixty-seven years old and was trained
In the New England States under Maine Law
doctrine and men. In 1854. while student IN
party movement in Connecticut, 10 carry the
Maine law. My experience then, led me 10
see the fallacy OF our course, and ever since,
from the vantage ground OF that experience,
have watched the party-prohibition move
ment, and with growing conviction that the
party method and finally the prohibition
method "as she Is taught" were most eyre
gious blunder and failure.
Lately a few of US here have turned to the
plan essentially included in your new law.
Five years ago published In the New orK
Mail and Express the substance OF tnat Jaw,
and now am anxious TO learn where. now
and when your law originated. have writ,
ten Evans-can you help in giving what l
want to learn?
think you will be called upon for copies
of the Evans law from all over the country
and had better prepare good supply. shall
continue to circulate and distribute rs long as
can, hoping 10 move this State In two years,
when our Legislature next meets.
l want the oest newspaper published in
your State giving us help, Information and
discussion on this subject. Name II.
Yours, John Edgar.
AS there are SO many good newspapers III
this State, we could not undertake to say
whlch'is BEST We hope, therefore, that those
brethren who feel an interest in the matter
may send MIR. Edgar copy OF their paper for
awhile, that he may judge for himself
We trust that the Athens Banner may feel
inclined 10 give some Information on the sub
Ject Our impression is, that the Evans law
was patterned after the law which is now In
force In the city OF Athens. In the State OF
Georgia.
Perhaps Mr.. L. T. CAN'T, editor of the Spar.
tanburg. s. c., Headlight, could give Mr.
Edgar more information on this law than
other editor in South Carolina.
1t is supposed that he is responsible for Its
transfer from his old home In Athens to the
councils of the dominant element" In Col
umbia.
A few weeks ago the Southern Christian
Advocate, published in Columbia, 8. c., gave
valuable statistics In reference to the working
OF this law In Athens.