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The Opelousas courier., 1893-03-18

CuriOsities About Turkeys.

It does not seem to be generally known
that the turkey was domesticated by the
Indians long before the discovery of this
continent by white men, but such is the
case. "Hundreds of large, tame hens
of black and notified hues" are mem
toned as being seen by the earliest voy-
ayers to Mexico Oveido speaks of the
turkey as a 'kind of peacock Astounding
IN New Spaine, the male of which hath
a beard likened unto that of a man, and
which is to the people of that country
what the barne-yarde fowle is to u.s."
Turkeys were introduced into the West
Indies in 1925 and into Spain the fol-
lowing year. They were first imported
by the English in the year 1541, twenty
three years after the discovery of Mexico.
William Penn says: 'sThe turkeys Of
these parts are frequently so immoder-
ately fat and large that the flesh Of
will furnish meat for twenty, their
weight often being about forty pounds;
have even seen one that weighed six
pounds more" Wood, in his "New
England Prospect" says: GAN the yeare
long the price of a good turkie-cocke Is
foure shillings; and he is well worth it,
for he may be in weight forty pounds"
Josselyn. in his "Rarieties," says, ~
have heard several credible persons
affirm that they have seen turkie-coeks
that have weighed forty, yea, sixty
pounds" In modern time turkeys are
rarely found that weigh more than
twenty-five pounds; exceptions to this
general rule, however, are often chron-
icled. The prize-winnereAt the Paris
Exposition Of 1878 weighed forty-three
pounds. Some time during 1855 Mrs.
Lonesbury. of Stamford, Conn.,, sent o
present to President johnson, in the
shape of a two. year-old turkey cock
which weighed forty-sevsn pounds
st. Louis Republic.
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Morphine Habit Cured In 20
HE##3 to 30 days. No pay till cured.
WH @W W. DR.J.S STEPHENS, Lebanon, Ohio.
PATENTS S] :: :; s' s::t E -! 9
Stopping a Hiccough.

"Why don't you stop that hiccough-
lng2" said a gentleman to a friend, who
for some moments had been subjected to
the annoying convulsive movement of
the diaphragm.
II wish I could" gasped the victim,
''but it's no go. A fellow tried to scare
me-said my coat was on fre-knew it
Observation-Disclosures nine times nine swal-
lows of water-no go-feel like a washed
out hand engine, he calculated, angrily,
having told his woes in disjointed utter
ances and between coughs.
swell you are a cbump," remarked
the first speaker. "Come with me-" and
he led his friend into an adjoining re-
taurant and ordered a heaping spoonful
of powdered sugar.
''Come," he said, "swallow this all at
once" The victim did so slowly, and
found to his intense surprise and relief
when the operation was completed that
the ~hiccoughs had vanished.
Now" remarked the first gentleman,
s'for teaching you that remedy I'll take
just one cigar with you. 1t is not q part
of the process, but it's worth the price,
isn't it, AS for the sugar I have never
known it to fail to cure wen the most
stubborn case of hiccoughs. New York
Herald.
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PROMINENT PEOPLE,

TEE Khedive of Egypt uses a type
writer.
REV. T. DE WITT TALMAeE is sixty-one
years old. Is
BIsMARcK is reported to have extensive
investments in Milwaukee. Wis.
Ex-MAYoR GRANT, of New York City,
has had five fattering business offers.
GOVERNOR HoeG, of Texas, is only thirty
nine years of age, but he weighs 375 pounds.
The Medical Society of Berlin has made
M. Pasteur, the French scientist, an honor
airy member
GLADSTONE, within the most exclusive Of
fetal circles in the English Cover nment, Is
known as plain "Mr. G."
BJoREsEN celebrated his sixtisth birth
day recently, and festivities in his honor
were held throughout Norway.
The Duke Of Veragua,. a descendant Of
Columbus, has announced that he will sail
from Spain for this country soon.
PERU's new Minister to the United States.
Senior Csnevaro, is a gallant soldier,
strikingly handsome, very well off and q
bachelor.
PRESIDENT HARRISON has great con-
fidence in his ability to read character
through the expressions of the human face.
There is a fascination for him in the pursuit
of his theoretical science.
Mrs, ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS WARD,
who sprung into fame at the age of twenty
as the author of "Gates Ajar," is now in her
fftieth year. Her face is still very young
and she has a good color.
STANLEY BROWN, once Private Secretary
of President Garfield, is now a clerk in the
Office of the Geological Survey in Washing
ton, at $l400 a year. He married Nellie,
the daughter of the dead President.
W. T. ADAMS. better known as "Oliver
Optic" has written over 5000 short stories
and 100 books. He writes five books a year
and has been hard at work for twenty years
or more. His books are written for young
readers and he has made a fortune out Of
them.
SENAroR HoAR. of Massachusetts,, has
been advised by his physicians that his eye
sight is fully restored, and that he may use
his eyes for hard work as freely as during
any time in his life. While he is making no
plans for reelection, he denies that he ever
authorized the announcement that he in
tends to resign.
TRUMAN HENRY Stafford, Professor OF
Astronomy at Williams College, is one of
the most remarkable lightning calculators"
now living. His manner is quick and nerv-
sum in his head" he walks rapidly up and
down the class room, clasping and unclasp"
ing his hands or twitching his mustache.
JOHN T. R1oH. the newly-installed Gov
ernor of Michigan, is a self-made a His
schooling was only that of the average far
mer's boy, and he is himself a practical far:
yner to-day, besides being the President Of
The Michigan State Fair Association. Ho
mas served in the Legislature and in Con-
gresq. and was State Railroad Commissioner
Sor four years, beginning with 1885.
SENATOR KENNA's death Is the fourth
among the members of the United States
Senate since the Fifty-second Congress was
called together, a little more than o year
ago. First there was Senator Plumb, who
died in Washington, December 90, 1891,
Then there was Senator Barbour, who died
In Washington, or May "A last; Senator Glib"
son, who died at Hot Springs, Ark, Dscsras
Der Is last. and now Senator Kenna.
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NEWSY GLEANINGs,
CHICAGO boasts 300 millionaires.

FROST has injured crops in Mexico
THE troubles on the Mexican border con.
tinue.
MINNESOTA paid S25, 900 last year for wolf
Gcaips.
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS is agitating for bet
ter country roads.
CARA, the Mexican outlaw. has already
cost this country 500, G00.
GERMANY is experiencing an epizootic Of
the toot-and-nouth disease.
SEVENTY PER CENT. of the of
Japan comes to the United States.
A MALIGNANT epidemic of typhus fever
has been raging in New York City.
H hay crop of the whole country has
been figured out at LII tons per acre.
HE Connecticut Senate passed a resolu-
tion aboilshing sec, ct executive sessions.
GENERAL DoDDs states that thu Dahoney
(Atrica) tribesmen are completely paciffed
TWENTY HIRE MILLION L were
put into new buildings in st. Louis, Mo-, in
1892.
PENNSYLVANIA has established a dairy
school under the control of the State Col
lege.
THE salmon pack on the Frazer River for
1892 was the smallest in many years for Brit
ish Columbia.
Hoe products reached the highest point
for ten years-sl9.10 a barrel, a few days
ago, in Chicago.
Fl Great Northern Railroad has driven
its last spike, completing another transcon-
tinental line.
The Cotton Bureau Of the Farmers Ali
ance has issued a circular advising planters
to grow less cotton.
THE Secretary of State reported hat sus.
pension of immigration would not conflict
with treaty obligations.
The report of the Agricultural Board
shows the farm products of Illinois to be
$62, 900, 600 less than in 1891.
IT is estimated that real estate brokers of
New York City handled the last year S45,
100000 worth of real estate.
APR1L % next, the silver jubilee of the
wedding of King Humbert of italy, a gen.
eral amnesty will be issued to Italian Of
tenders.
ONE hundred and ffty-fve million five
hundred and sixty-three thousand pounds is
reported as the rice crop of the United States
last year.
News from Walla Walla, Washington, il
to the effect that a new opal field has been
discovered there which is to exceed all other
fields in richness.
"Orh oH GnS L uILduolpu4d SlGy I16iI has
been suspended, and the building commits
sion will ask for a mandamus to compel the
city to pay the money they require.
TIE Hamburg Germany Health Office
reports that there were 10,9lo deaths from
cholera here in 1892, and 1888 deaths from
all causes. The births numbered %, 999.
TIE Municipal Building Commission. of
New York City, rescinded its previous action
selecting the Stats Zeitung site. and de-
cided to build on the site Of the present City
Hall.
The Fecamp Chamber of Commerce has
petitioned the Government to institute an
inquiry into the disappearance Of large cod
fish from the Newfoundland Banks. Last
seasons fishing, they say, was deplorably
poor.
JAMES AvEL1NG, the well-known amateur
champion skater. performed an unpre-
cedentsd feat in the skating line the other
day at Lingay. England. He skated one
mile, with three sh .-p turns. in three min
utes and % As seconds, beating the worlds
record and earning the first gold medal
awarded by the National Skating Associa-
tion.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-03-18

Both the method and results when
Syrupof Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver anC Bowels, cleanses the sys.
tenn effectually, dispcIs cold, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs IS the
only remedy of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac-
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
it's action and truly beneficial IN its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy andagreeabS substances, its
manyexcellentqualitIe scommendit
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in 75c
bottles by all leading druggists.
Any reliable druggist who may not
have it on hand will procure 1t
promptly for any one who wishes
to try it. Manufactured only by tbs
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO,
SAN FRANCISCO Gag.
LOUISVILLE. ". NEW EoRE, N. g
The Opelousas courier., 1893-03-18

The theory OF iIcroor, >:3::c-f rs tc
the reason why we iausA q p.e&sei
Or amused is the one USUALLY ;tdop:cd.
He argues that all highly wrought icei-
ing, being nervous excl emtas, has to
spend itself somewhere, aud does, in
tact, spend itself in muscular action.
Thus, an angry person, frequently
clenches his fist, OF stamps his foot, az
if to beat his adversary or treaI him un-
derfoot; but when, as in the case of the
feeling produced by anything pleasing
or ludicrous, no appropriate muscular
action is pointed OUT, the pent up ex-
cltement vents itself t ro::l TIE ";&iicst
and easiest muscular channels.-lAuAee
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SELECT STIFFNESS,

-&-
Fieldang, the novelist, married h;s
maid servant and was miserable.
The domestic relations of both Thaok
cray aad Dickens were unhappy.
Several immense bridges are soon "a
DO built In the vicinity Of New York,
The weight required to crush a so,,ara
inch OF brick varies from 1900 to lsoo
pounds.
10 the beginning Of the Bighseenth
oensuay oil European armies had pom.
tom trains.
The Methodist Episcopal Church
STANDS possessed Of property valued ct
es6, 900, 900.
Roebling's railway bridge at Niagara
has Q span Of ssl feet, with Afty. nins
feet detection.
II 10 said that more murders occur in
Paris In six months than In London, Der.
lin and Vienna in q year.
A ave.oent poatage stamp issued In
Alabama during the O~onfederaey was
sold In New York City recently for
$3.50.
Drops Of wstes falling continuously
upon q two.inch plank would wear q
hole through 1t in about thirty. Ave
years.
The United States imported over o..
100000 woith Of peas and beans 10
1891, and nearly 90, 700, 600 worth OF
potatoes.
4 single mahogany tree In Honduras
was recently out into boards, which,
when sold In the European market, re.
aliEed nearly Oil, 600.
Il has only been eighty.one years since
the Rrst tomatoes were introduced in
America. The original plant was cult.
waited 90 a vegetable curiosity at Salem,
Mass,
OF Rsop, the s'fabulist," IL 10 writ.
ten that he was q person of extremely
luxurious tastes, and that he onoe had
served atA banquet q dish Of singing
birds ct an expense Of $4,000.
The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland is ad.
dressed 90 ''sir," just like the Prince Of
Wales, and he has the privilege Of kiss.
lag the young ladies presented at the
drawing rooms. Some Of the past Lord
L~leutenAnts have kissed as many as 800
young ladies In the course OF "a slnglei
afternoon.
The slip 'twixt the cup and the lip
doesn't 60 far enough to cover the case
of the hawk that captured a young
chicken ct Palaska, Fla, and in flying
over the town became frightened and
dropped 1t In front of a market. The
chicken survived the fall and made its
quarters In a store,
W. 3. Orr, of the Sixth District of
Georgia, 10 the owner of a fine mule shat
has proven a source of considerable
trouble and anxiety to him. The mule
has q peculiar penchant for calves tails,
and win gnaw the tail OF every calf that
comes In reach. It has no other fault
and ID Q valuable animal, but it is q ter.
ror to calves. =
A pennyln.the.sl ot machine has been
put In the elephant quarters, in the Man.
chester, England, 1900" When a Wis
itor gives an elephant q penny he drops
It In the slot, and a biscuit drops out of
the machine, which he at once eats. The
animals have learned that only a penny
will make the biscuit come out, and sc
they refuse everything else.
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seDt nn OF te United States cavalry have been
the b ill., LOT nun and are now scourino
I1e H,lIS on the old Head rancho in Ness,
down. 11cO, they have ord ,rs to hunt him
sown, no matter how long or hon n fau
sney have to follow him, no" 'af
JUST over the line 500 Mexican infant
10 . . are on the same mission. It would
Us . close place for most men, but Kid
Sas oeen as badly beset before.-san
Francisco Examiner.
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The Leaning Spidere

Science tells US that the leaping spider
In It's mode Of hunting reminds one
forcibly of the devices employed BY the
cat family. It will lie concealed within
its nest, watching with q long patience
for the coming Of it's prey. When it
appear the spider creeps stealthily forth,
approaching with the utmost caution,
advancing, retreating, moving to the
RIGHT or left, as the insect moves, till
near enough, when, jumping-usuaily
sideways-it pounces with q sudden
tiger-like leap upon it's victim. secures
IL. and then carries it away to eat at ita
leisure, or to preserve for future use, %
necessity may urge or fancy dictate.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-03-18

The professor of chemistry at Rouen,
France, M. Bidard, has brought for
ward q new theory regarding storage
batteries, which il said to make an i'm.
noztank adzsncezin electrical science
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Royal Baking PEo wder.
: THE GOVERNMENT TESTS
ESTABLISH ITS ABSOLUTE SUPERIORITY.

Data from tie latest OmiI 1. s. Go7s,u"suf Report en- Baking
Pouders, Drtort#cnt q agriculture, RHiletia - bage 5Q9)
Royal is placed first of the cream of tartar
powders, actual strength, 1905 cubic inches of
1eavening gas per ounce Of powder.
Every other powder tc2ted exhibited a much
lower strength than the ROYAL, the average
being 50 per cent. less.
Every other powder likewise showed the
presence of alum or sulphuric acid.
The claim that this report shows any other powder of ST.
perior strength or purity has been denounced as a falsehood
bv the Government officers who made the tests.
Avoid all baking powders sold with a gift
or prize, or at a lower price than the Royal,
as they invariably contain alum, lime or sui
phuric acid, and render the food unwholesome.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-03-18

Rider Haggard thinks Egypt the
most interesting and least explored
country in the world.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-03-18

STATE or OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO,
LUCAS COUNTY.
Frank j. Cheney make oath that he is the
gen1or partner of the firm OF +. j. Cheney &
Co. doing business in the City OF Toledo.
County and State aforesaid, and that said firm
will pay the sum of 800 for each and every
use of Halls Catarrh Cure.
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in nv
presence, this 9Th day of December, A. D., 1854,
l A. w. GLEASON
3sEAL
~ Notary Public,
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken INTERNALLY and
acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces
Of the system. Send for testimonials, free.
F.J CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
- Sold by Druggists, 75c.
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WORCESTERSHIRE BLANKETS.

Housekeepsrs So h., SIS. Cardinals Pride, Sc To-,
@ per pair. Leaksville Honest Jeans-Gfay, Brown
and BIack-2 &C., 4Oc. and Soc. per yard. kerseY
Gray, 81 1-2c. Brown, 40c. a yard; very GOOD.
Wool Yarn, all coIors, Sc. q hank, II your dealer
does not keep these goods order OF j. w. sCVTT
& CO., spscial Selling Agts., Greensboro, n %
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German
Syrup"

Simply state that!I am Druggist
and Postmaster here and am there
fore In q position to judge. I have
tried many Cough Syrups but for
ten years past have found nothing
equal to Boschee's German Syrup.
] have givenit to my baby for Group
with the most satisfactory results.
Every mother should have it. J. Fl.
HOBBS, Druggist and Postmaster,
Mohat, Texas. We present facts,
living facts, of to-day Boschee's
German Syrup gives strength to the
body. Take no substitute. @
The Opelousas courier., 1893-03-18

Cure for Colds, Fevers and General Debility,
Sinai Bile Beans. 25c. per bottle.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-03-18

THROAT DISEASES m with a Cough,
Cold or Sore Throat. "BroWn's Bronchial
:1roehes' give immediate relief. Sold only In
A6res. Price rs cents.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-03-18

Liver Complaint cured by Small Bile Beans.
The original pin was a fsh-bene.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-03-18

Emperor Frederick III. and his son,
Macmillan l., both died of eating too
hear tily of melons.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-03-18

A blind man-The dealer in window
sh DIES.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-03-18

Indigestion relieved by Small Bile Beans.
No n can be made rich With money
who would not be rich without it.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-03-18

Blade.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-10-29

man "a always on duty. The messenger
directs the Waterman 10 open the door
and YOU step inside the corridor leaaihs
10 the great vault where are stored one
hundred aud one million eight hunureu
and sixty thousand silver dollars
TO enter the vault one must hrst pass
the great door with fits multiplicity Oh
combination locks and time lochs'
vond this Is a heavy steel door We'sni,s
over six tons. which Is rolled INTO p' 1o
-. ,trdiass and securely locked DC
,,o,d ,bis is the great silver vault "hiIl M.
:. at,,r,t,-,ine feet long and hfty-ohe iveI
- nd twelve feet high. Arounu az s.
outer aide Of this vault Is |o' .a,Ss
obopt three feet wide when 80 90
80 around the inner Nault, WIZ ,,,oi,
connosed Of steel lattice WoI,N' sec,,rely
rlvetted together ana "
ho,us 80, through this steel lattice work
b"' met see the white metal whiCh
you - aUav. All that can be seen
- s'oi -, Wv Of wooden boxes wnich
Is ia nm tier upon tier. from the
are the vault TO the ceiling. IN
.,,,d the sides snd lining the cehtra
l..,5oy Of the vault. these boxes are TWO
oo. ,5len end form n large room on
49, side OF the central aisle OF the
.,St inside these two rooms Formed
w.. tbe rows Of boxes the silver is stored
way In bags, one thousand dollars IN
: bag the weight Of which is sixty
hounds; the boxes each hold two bags
81 that a box Of silver weighs one hun
dred and twenty pounds exclusive OF
the weight Of the box.
All tho Money You Can Carry.
II some kind friend would call away
the Waterman always on duty behind his
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theless. with each change OF the Treasurer
all of Uncle Sans money IS carefully
counted. so that the incoming Treasurer
will only be held responsible for such
money as is turned over to him and re-
ceived by him during his term Of office.
When the Democratic party came In
power in 1885 a careful count Of all the
Money was made and the books and money
balanced exactly; when the Republican
party came in power in 1889 the count was
found TO be exactly what the books show
ed 1t to be in the vaults and upon the
turning over of the treasury 10 the Trea-
surer, the money was again counted and
the accounts found 10 be correct.
OF course every one has seen estimates
Of the length OF time which would be
occupied in counting a million. The query
Is probably contained in nearly all Of the
arithmetics and books Of puzzles now IN
existence but Uncle Sans millions are
counted more rapidly than one would
naturally expect, although 1t usually
takes ten expert counters nearly three
months TO find out how many dollars and
cents Uncle Sam has on hand.
OF course each silver dollar is not
counted, neither is each gold piece. \
bag Of silver contains l,000 silver dollars
and should weigh sixty pounds, so in
counting the money a bag Of silver IS
placed on the scales and If up 10 weight,
the bag Is counted as 5000. but if the sill
yer dollars have lost in weight by the
wear Of circulation then the bag is OPEN
ed. and every dollar counted, so that
there will be no possibility of a mistake.
During the recent count Of the money
in the silver vault, in addition to the ten
clerks detailed as counters, twenty labor
ers were detailed 10 handle the bags OF
silver, and carry them to the weighers,
and return them 10 their proper places
As soon as one vault Is finished, the vault
Is locked and sealed, so that when the last
vault has been properly counted and the
exact amount determined upon, the Treas
urer Is ready, If his bond has been filed
and PASSED as satisfactory, to enter on
the discharge Of his duties.
After all the amount of gold held in
the Treasury by Uncle sam is put
small part Of the gold which he owns.
The different sub-treasuries have more
gold in them than the Treasury Depart
ment, but as gold does not form such
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street Cars Run by Natural Ges.

The cars are Of the ordinary size Dut
az constructed entirely of natural-Gas
lines ranging in size from six incnes
down. These hollow tubes are neatly
carved. so that 10 the aVersse 1oSel -
,Se fact that they are built OF such mate
III a. moi noticed. These pipes are heaF-
n~ charged with gas and with the aid o
boiler and the engines at work beneath
a. ,oor II Is said a run OF thirty miles
can be made without refilling the tubes,
4 sneed can be obtained equal TO that
~ cars run by the electric method. ~ rs -
said that one OF the latter VIII cost eo,OVO
saIN az Construction. while a gas car can
~ made for 5000. Either artificial or
ua,rral gas can be used as the propeiiins
anSSr n is further asserted by It's inven-
TOR that TO operate it day Of twelve hou ls
~. In cost but N.l4, while the expense
Of running an electric car for the same IN,
oeriod viii be ss.-Indianapoiis sentinel