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The Press., 1894-01-25

THE president has vetoed the bill for bridge to span the Hudson from the upper part of New York city. Incidentally it is noticed that the bridge was pet pro- ject of Senator Hills.
 Whether the prize fight between Corbitt and Mitchell will be fought this week de- pends upon the success of those who are determined to break the laws of the state, or of Governor Mitchell ,who is determined to enforce them. The Duvall club has undertaken to promote the brutal show, and will use every effort to thwart the governor. As some of the civil officers are in sympathy with the effort to fight it is not impossible that conflict of civil and military authority may ensue While the inciters of the fight are most blatant there is no doubt that 8 majority of the good people of the country are in sympa- thy with Gov. Mitchell's desire to Er3- serve the good name of the state.
 THE regulations published this week by the health officer of Stafford Con 1st page of The Press) are such as will apply to any town, having been recommended at a meeting of the county health officers of the state. Of course many of the regula- tions will not concern sparsely settled re- gions, or towns having no large villages, but the assigning of such matters to off cials specially appointed for the work will be recognized by all as a good thing. Individuals have much easier way pro- vided to protect themselves from the swinishness of other individuals, an ad- vantage that the residents of crowded communities will appreciate.
The Press., 1894-01-25

Eva o. Garriner, age 15, daughter of Joseph Garrine1 of Springfield, swallowed four ounces of paris green Saturday night had commanded her to give up the man she loved and wed another middle-aged man who had showered his favors upon her, She fingered in great agony through the night and died Sunday morning.
The Press., 1894-01-25

IT is altogether likely that Dr. Simmons of Holland was right in pronouncing Charles Burns sane man, notwithstand- ing the second, and successful, attempt of Burns to commit suicide. It is con- mon to say that suicide is in itself proof of insanity. But crime is too often ex- cused by this claim, and criminals are get ting to place great reliance upon an as sumption of insanity as a shield from punishment. Burns insanity was that of the caged animal enraged beyond control by restraint. He was natural bully, and, chafing under the stress of a situa- tion where following his natural bent only made his life more irksome, created the fever of anger which caused him to vent upon himself the pent up rage which he could not turn upon some other. It is said that because of his ugly disposi- tion he was virtually boycotted by all the other prisoners to the extent of denying him sight of newspapers, they might have, or in any way associating with him.
The Press., 1894-01-25

Rev. Dr. Dewitt Talmage of the Broad way Tabernacle says that he will resign his charge next spring. The relations of the doctor with his people are pleasant, but he thinks that 25 years is long enough for one continuous pastOrate.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-22
WIT N

-Politeness goes a long way and al
ways gets back on time.-Galvcston
News.
One can never get an insight into a
mans character by looking over his
head.-White.
His Meanness-She-That nan is
dirt mean. He-That's not very mean
if it's "a corner lot.-Detroit Free Press.
-Maud-How do you define love?
Marie-Love is a life of illusions. Maud
And what is marriage?- Marie-O.
marriage is the death of them.-Vogue.
-Avarice in old age is foolish; for
what can be more absurd than to in
crease our provisions for the road the
nearer we approach u journeys end.
Cicero.
Bliss in possession will not last: re-
membered joys are never past; at once
the fountain, stream and sea, they
were, they are, they yet shall be-
Montgomery.
Miss Query-Are you still in love
with that pretty girl you used to rave
about? Jack Stone-Ah, no; haven't
You heard? We were married three
months ago.-Scribner.
The world generally gives its adj
miration, not to the man who does
what nobody else ever attempts to do,
but to the man who does best what
multitudes do wel1.-Macaulay.
He Gust returned from the east
Do you know the Hindoo girls are
taught to think of marriage is soon as
they can talk? She-Really? The
girls over here don't want any teach
ing.-Pick-Me-Up.
AT the Fair.-Spectator-Call that a
dwarf? Why, he is over five feet high!
Proprietor of the Booth-That is just
the most curious feature about him.
In fact, he's the biggest dwarf in the
worid.-Fliegende Batter.
See. there comes Hummel. l don't
want to meet the a Only last week
I asked him to lend me 100 marks"
HE might have given you the money;
he's rich enough" 'Well-um-the
fact is. he did."-Illustrirte Chronik.-
Eff you loads up yoh intelleek wifi
trash li~tteratoor," said Uncle Eben,
how's you gwine to hab room for de
right kind? Food fob de min am like
food fob de body. De mos onsubstan-
tial kin am fllin'est.'-Washington
Star.
How much does that waste basket
of yours hold, anyhow asked a man
who had been handing a lot of contri-
buttons to the managing editor.
Nothing worth talking about" said
the man with the blue penciL.--Phila-
delphia Record.
Tinn-Halloa. Tagg, whats that
sign on your front door, No admit
lance except on business" Tagg-
There have been SO many young men
calling on my daughters and their Wis
its have been so fruitless. that | have
adopted this plan to reduce the sur
plus.-Tit-Bits-
lie who never relaxes into sportive-
ness IS a wearisome companion. but be.
ware Of him who jests at everything
Such men disparage by some Iaaicrons
association all objects which are pre-
sented TO their thoughts. and thereby
render themselves incapable OF any
emotion which can either elevate on
soften them. They bring upon their
mora being an influence more wither.
ing tnan the blasts OF the d .serta,-
soatrev.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-22
BITS.

THE fuchsia was named for Fuchs, a
distinguished German savant.
PLANTS could nat grow if the red and
orange rays we're Eliminated from the
spectrum.
The Russian peasant never touches
food or drink without making the sign
Of the cross.
The Moravians claim to have had an
independent church in Bohemia as
early as the ninth century.
Man versed in language heard ten
different tongues spoken while he
walked across the Brooklyn bridge the
other day.
IF applied Immediately after attack
aqua ammonia, it is claimed, is a specific
for bee stings. 1t should be applied
thoroughly, and will reduce or prevent
swelling.
The windmill, which is SO conspicu-
Gus in Dutch and Belgian scenery, is
likely to be seen in India. 1t is pro-
posed to drain the unhealthy fats
around Bombay by means of windmill
pumps on the system of the low coun-
tries.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-22
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

Many a rejoicing Christian never
learned to sing till the flames kindled
upon him.-j. K. Miller.
There are S679, G94, 4ag worth Of
church property in the UnitEd States,
pnd of this Sis. 669. 746 worth is owned
by the Roman Catholic Church.
The love of God must master the
worlds attraction, OR if not, then the
soul is like the troubled sea when 1t
can not rest."-F. ". Robertson.
The Methodist Episcopal church
has 202 educational institutions with
over $4,000 students, and property and
endowments valued at sec. $50, 900, and
an annual income of 81, $40. I'll.
The Protestant Episcopal board of
missions has arranged to pension mis-
sionarv bishops who after at least ten
years of service are compelled by age
Or disability to resign the jurisdiction.
The colored members OF the Meth
odist Episcopal church number 7.493;
Sunday-school scholars. 179, 1872: pas
tors. 1927; presiding elders, Il; annual
conferences, II; local preachers, $500.
RAMS Horn.
-Blessed is the man who has the
gift of making frienTo 9"1v7sfoh. Of
Gods best gifts. 1t involves many
things. but above all the power of go
ing out of ones self, and seeing and
approaching whatever is noble and
loving in another rran.-Thomas
Hughes.
In personal love and alteration of
Christ the Christian religion consists.
not in correct morality or in correct
doctrines, but in a homage to the King.
Live with him till he becomes
a living thought-ever present-and
you will find a reverence growing up
which compares with nothing else in
human feeling.-Robertson of Brigh-
ton.
The government of China has talk
en- very decisive action In the ease of
the nurderers of Rev James Wylie,
the Scotch Presbyterian missionary,
and has ordered that they be behead-
ed. 1t also has been ordered that all
property belonging to missionaries OF
other foreigners. which has been de-
stroyed. shall be made good.
There were received last year by
the Presbyterian churches in st. Louis
upon profession of faith 1850. The
net gain in the membership was about
1900. The contributions to home mis-
sions aggregated $4,000 and to foreign
missions S43. 900. The grand total given
for congregational purposes was in
round numbers $50. voc .-Christian
Work.
"A Quaker has been baptized-bap-
tised with water without abandoning
his Quakerism. The rite was performed
a short time ago, at Damascus, O., at
the yearly meeting Of the Friends. DR..
Douglas Clark, connected with Earl
ham college. was the person baptized,
and with him ten other Friends sub
mitted to the rite. This is. of course,
q great innovation in the religious Gus
toms of the Friends, and has caused
much ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OBJ
server.
Gladstone being asked what he re-
garded as the brightest hope for the flu
ture, replied: ~ should say a nainte-
lance of faith in the Invisible. This
Is the great nope OF tne 1uture, the
mainstay of civilization. And by that
I mean a living faith in a personal
God. do not hold with a stream Of
tendency After sixty years of public
life l hold more strongly than ever
this conviction, deepened and strength
ened by long experience of the reality
and the and personality of
Cod
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-22
CHINA N p

CHINA has an academy of manners
that prescribes etiquette for the whole
empire.
IN Hong Kong, according to recent
statistics, the population averages only
5G6 women to every 1000 men.
If the United States had as great q
population relatively as Japan it would
have a population of 900, 00G, 900 people.
JAPANESE workmen battle the whole
body once a day, and some Of them
twice. Public baths are provided on
every street. They are fed by a con-
slant current of cold and hot water.
The bather plunges in, remains i'm
mersed some ten minutes, then comes
out and receives a warm douche of
fresh water.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-22

IN 1894.

NEW ENGLAND produced hardly
enough grain for the support of its
population and was the poorest section
of the country.
CAyDLEsTIcKs were almost as heavy
as tables and were sometimes set on
rollers to be the more easily moved
about the room.
EVERY house in the cities had its tin
gutter, projecting far beyond the roof
and sending a torrent of water down
into the street.
AFTER the church service Tas ended
the whole congregation remained in
their pews until the minister ard llia
family had passed ont.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-22

a.. on account of my fris..d and fe Inas
set 'aa. andy hsHas. Now. in a reglar
nse game vt general all around devil.
meg. . mought bet your MONEY on
10y Lucas and Blev Scroggins and
land 1t every clatter as safe and cas-. NC
plckln 1t up in the big road. Butif Won 10
take blev out of the game [ will ,natrb
andy agln any Twin man Oh the Ton
a OF this green earth. Whensomer
mere is any fun and devilment goin On
IN the settlement you can bet vow, SIN.
gay boots that either Bic. scroggins or
Ahaoy Lucas is right there in it. and the
otner one 1s'more than probable to be-
somewhere around in good hearing dis,
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-22
When Nature

Needs assistancei it may be best to render it
promptly, but one should remember to use
sven the most perfect remedies only when
needed. The best and most simple and gen
tie remedy is the Syrup Of Figs, manufac-
tured by the California Fig Syrup Co.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-22

SHE-"Before we were married you said
It would give you tho greatest pleasure to
crafty my every wish" He-'My dear, ]
said your lightest wish; and Tldo it, too
Vogue.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-22
TO PUT ON

needed flesh, no mat
ter how you've lost
it. take DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Dis
covcry It works
wonders. By restor-
Ing the normal ac-
: ton of the deranged
organs and functions,
it builds the flesh up
70 a safe and healthy
standard
pleasantly and nat
urally. The weak,
emaciated, thin, pale
aud rr,rv are made
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-22

JILLsoN says the Baconian theory would
doubtless find fewer believers if there were
not so many ham actors trying to do
Shakespeare.-Buffalo Courier.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-22

APA1NFuL TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRoR.-The
usual notice at the end of the announce
ment of a death actually appeared in a
west country paper, as follows: "Fiends,
kindly accept this intimation. "-Westmin-
ster Gazette.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-22

INoU1RER-"Does a fish diet strengthen
the brain?" MISUNDERSTANDING not;
but going fishing seems to invigorate the
imagination."-N. Y. Weekly.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-22

Mr.. PoMPous-'.Sir, l would have you
know that I'm a self-1nade mani" Farmer
Hayrick-"Waa l, mister, mammalian seems
to be a trade We didn't work long att
Harper's Bazaar.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-22

DID He Do Ir?- Mother (sternly)-
'Kitty, didn't Charley Lee try to kiss you
last night at the front door?" Daughter
tblushing)-"Not very hard, m'mma."-
Detroit Free Press.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-22

"DoAN' talk about yoh neighbohs," said
Uncle Eben. "Yoh services am s'perfl'ous.
Dey'll ten to it fob one anuddah an fob
you, too."-Washington Star.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-22

BoREToN-"Just take this along, will
you, old man, and look it over at your
leisure?" Busy Editor-"Leisurea What's
that?"-Somerville Journal.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-22
Halls Catarrh Cure

The monkey goes to the sunny side of the
tree when he wants a warmer climb
Texas Siftings.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-22

"MY task in life," said the pastor, COM
%placently, consists in saving young men."
"Ahl' replied the maiden, with a soulful
longing; 'tsave a good one for me, won't
youa'-Life.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-22
Andy Sets the Pegs.

-
One Saturday evenin along in the
dead Of winter / had went over to the
Cross Roads, and on my return back
home ] run up with Andy Lucas and
Blcy Sc-aggins. The weather was
m~onstrous.We and cold and bad. 1t
had been rainin and sleetin and snowin
off and on for ten days past, and every
thing wa suowbound and froze up
tight as a wedge. Whereas, under
them circumstances it want no ways
surprisin to find Blew and Andy heeled
with two quarts, more or less, OF corn
whisky-:White ink" rs Andy were
wont to call it.
1.-The settlement is too burned in
fernal dull to suit my taste says Andy
as we rode on towards home. "Nothin
to do and nothin to see and nothin goin
only golleys / don't see how | can
stand it much 1onger. lam plum hongry
and a thirstin for some fun, and fun l
must have. It's as cold as fugins out
Of doors. but vet still don't see how
some people can stay forever and eter-
naliy shut up in their houses with moth
in to pass off the time. 1t may suit
some folks, but it is too dadburn same
full and unanimous like for Andy Lucas.
have got something up for tonight,
boys-somethin that mought maybe
nan out a little general amusement for
about three Of us providin it we will
MAY the game right keerful. Blew, you
and Rufe come over to my house soon
as you can after supper, and bring along
a full set of wagin gear with heavy
trace chains and / will let you into the
game. / reckon p'raps somebody Will
ave to suffer, but fun is n malness
L1vyc ord finn j arm
bound to have"
Na and Rley didn't know what Andy
was driyin at. but he give out that he
Nod heen LAYING awake three nights
hand runnin to think up somethin that
would help us pass away the time
nleasantly, and ] was willin to walt
and see what manner of things his
schemin and plannin would bring forth.
Scatter supper that night Blev come
along Nv nv house with his wagon
harness on his shoulder and / went on
With him over to Andy's. When Wegot
over there we found Andy out IN the
biz road in front Of the gate with his
nre.hnrse wagon. which the same ne
had rolled out from under the shelter.
Il will now let you all INTO the
game. !, saws Andy to me 2 Blev, and
ff B don't want to play you can
throw down the cards and quit before
we start. You see how the weather IS
cold enough to freeze the tail OH OF
brass monkey. and the ground Q
over with snow and ice o loot Inlck.
Old man Hank Willis has been away
from how constant nov for q week
past. He is way over summers 10 the
hin country weather bound. and his
folks don't count on his returning back
home TIL 4 general thaw out comes and
the roads git more fifteen to travel over.
IN the main time julie Majors he u
hangin ont over there at the Willis
place mighty leRlaf. and steddT aua
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-22

BIRD DEALER-"I feel bound to tell you,
sir, that the parrot which yon have selected
is a terrible sWearer." Customer-''AI
the better; I will let him do my te%lephoning
for me."-Mount Vernon Echoes.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-22

"YouR sealskin sacque is the finest l have
ever SEEN" "Well, it ought to be, it was
made from one of the educated seals."-
Judge.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-22

If you want to be cured of a cough use
Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-22

Observation-Disclosures, 1 don't like your
having these men in the kitchen. They are
all strangers to me-" Bridget pleasantly
-''Stip insoide, then, mum, and Oi,ll intro
juice you."-Judge.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-22
Spent Hundreds Of Dollars with no Benefit.

NJ. ]. COLEMAN of q
Mass, writes After
suffering from dyspepsia
and constipation with UNI
told agony for at least l8
mouths, l am more than
pleased to say that after
using DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery and
Pleasant Pellets for one
month, / was entirely
cured, and from that day
to this I do not know,
thank Cod, what even a
slight headache is. paid
a doctor on fremont St,
Boston, i'll one day for
his advice only,) the SUM
LII e.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-22

81 TELL you Pm in big luck" ''I'm glad
to hear it," Eyes. The insurance x
aininer passed me o. X. two months ago,
and now the doctor tells me I've got an in
durable disease Kate Fields Washing
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-22

medicine, and derived no NJ, J. COLEMAN, ESQ.
benefit. get more relief IN ore ho"r from your
medicines. as far as my stomach, was concerned,
than from all the other medicine 1 used.
If any person who reads this is suffering from
dyspepsia or constipation and will use your
medicine as / have done. he will never regret it"
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-22
Where the Gil Come r.

90 at d rates. years and years aoo
whist blev and Andy was both ounce
"a g and devilment ever than wEat
Ihey are now, they put up Il PANE On
Jule Majors that made him the ON
mon talk and laughin saore bf the
Tnole entire settlement.
About that time a man by the mama
o. 1ank Willis movedin with his family.
ana along with the rest he had q mon
strous likely looking young daughter.
Wilch the same they called her SWeetie
Tor short. Then naturally of course Il
soon come to pass that all the various
aaa sondry youngsters in the settle
ment went to cutting the pigeon wing
around Miss Sweetie at a high and req
lar Lick. But it looks like julie Nabors
sorter got the bulge on the rest of the
gang, and yuu could catch him hanging
around there most any time-every
sunday the Lufd sent and three or four
nights III the week for good measure.
We'll, now as to julie Majors. he was
about the same thing then that he is
now. be bad plenty of sense but he
never would let it out and put it in uss.
he was good, but good for nothing in
partlclar, as poor as forty church mice
in one pack. and as lazy as a rainy day
In the summer time. But julie was a
great big, stroppin fine lookin young
ster, and Somehow or somehow else he
had managed SO az tp git the bulge on
the rest of the boys with regards to
Miss Sweetie.
Now old man Hank Willis, the father
Of Miss Sweetie, was peddler by trade.
He peddled tin and crock mostly, and
went around through the country
drivin q big dun colored mule name
Kat to a little one-horse wagon painted
red. At last one day when old man
Hank come home and found out that
julie Majors had been hangin around
the place SO reglar and constant till him
and Miss Sweetie had got marryin into
their heads, he proceeded to raise hail
Columbia and a whole lot of it. To be
certainly he knowed that julie Majors
want 40 account, cause every
body for miles around knowed that
everybody exceptin Miss Sweetie-and
/ reckon no doubts she thought he was
the most dearest and smartest thing
that ever travelled on two legs. You
know how it is with these young folks
along about the time of year for matin
season to come in.
And as things went on from bad to
worse and more of it, at last one day
old man Hank got down his old musket
and poured in a handful Of buckshot
and give it out to Miss Sweetie that if
ever that %tritiin. lazy, lowdown, good
for nothin julie Majors darkened his
door any more he would shoot the Twin
day lights outen him, dadburn him.
Naturally Of course after that julie
Majors made himself a blame sight
more seldom and scarcer around the
Willis place. He had got the news
from Miss Sweetie, and from then
henceforwards he didn't go visitin
around there any to speak OF exceptin
when old man Hank was off on one of
his peddlin trips and he got word from
the girl to that extent.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-22

MRS. PANCAKE (s1spicionsly)-"Why are
Won hanging around my back window so
long," Tramp-"Ma'anl, those apple, pies
are as purity as pictures, an I'd like to- hs
the frame o. one o. them."-Harper's
Bazaar.
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squire RUFUS D
lne sage Of Rocky Creek and u;a
Side Partners. ~
Lucas and Bley scro-r,,s
'"e TO Pass That julie N.bors
tho 'onlyest" Third Part,
Aan In the Settlements
I~Copyr,.As .ss4.l

Didn' you new
er hear tell of
how it came ID
pass that julie
Nabors got to be
the widest and
most craziest
Third party man
IN the Rocky
Creek S ettle-
inent ?. If yor
never did Ireck-
Oh I ought to
turn loose and
fa1l~,,. .. "
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-22
Is a Constitutional Cure. Price 75c.

LOVE never speaks in a foreign language.
Rams Horn.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-22

VIsIroR-'sI suppose you have a great deal
of poetry scnt in to You for publications.
Edito,-''Nc. not very much poetry as a
fule; some IF it is verse. and some of it is
orse.'-Somerviilh Jotrasl,
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-22
Held nv the Fnpmys

If you are held captive by the enemy,
rheumatism, bound hand and foot in the
shackles of rheumatic govt, you have your
self to blame, because you did not check
their approach in the outset, with Hostel
ter's Stomach Bitters. Tackle them at once
with this pain soothing, nerve quieting,
p~erience speedy relief. Biliousness, ma
i@arial, %dyspeptic, liver and neuralgia COM
ulaintS WELD tn If.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-22

PsosLs who hops are people ffho help
Raaa'sHosa,
The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-22

Mr.. G%REATHEAD. the landlord, says he
prefers as enants experienced chess-play-
ers, because it is SO seldom they move
| Boston Transcript.