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The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-05
WISHES.

Iasked a little child one day.
A child intent on joyous play.
"My little one, pray tell to me
Your dearest wish What may 1t be?"
The little one thought for a while,
Then answered with a wistful smile;
'"The thing that I wish most of all
Is to be big, like you, and tall"
l asked a maiden sweet and fair,
OF dreamy eyes and wavy hair
"What would you wish, pray tell me true
That kindly fate should bring to your"
With timid mien and downcast eyes
And bushes deep and gentle signs.
Her answer came: "All else above,
I'd wish some faithful heart to love-"
I asked a mother, tried and blest,
With babe asleep upon her breast:
80, mother fond, 50 proud and fair,
What is thy Utmost secret prayer"
She raised her calm and peaceful eyes,
M%adonna-like, up to the skies:
s'My dearest wish is this said she,
''That God may spare my child to me-"
Again. I asked a woman old,
To whom the world seemed hard and cold ,
pray tell me, o thou blest in years,
What are thy hopes, what arethy fears?"
With folded hands and head bent low
She answer made, in accents slow:
fFor me remains but one request
1t Is that God may give me rest"
Emile P%ickhardt. in Boston Globe.
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he. IT guess1'd better jest step home
an look arter 'em. Gimme the key Of
the bureau drawer, Polly"
On the oueer doorstep he paused,
however. There was a little buzz and
hum of gossip in the mir.
"Mrs. Potter has been cryin' ever
SINCE" said the Widow Purkiss.
clears O. real, ginooine joy, you know.
She somehow can't get over it. A
hundred dollars! l don't s'pose she's
seen SO much money all together at
one time since she was married. And
from little Clara Cummings that
teaches school over to Green's Mills.
Folded away in leather bag with steel
trimmins'."
For a second or so the deacon stood
motionless as the Sphinx. Then he
turned and went back into the house.
81 guess" muttered he, Ether amt
no use in my goin' home to git them
cattle foddered. I may as well stay
an eat my supper. It's like to cost
me enough"
ClhId y ldCS "db luo11hu WACA III
come to breakfast the next morning,
and yet it was a little overloaded
like the SUN behind a golden Novem,
Der mist.
s:Father,.' said she, "two such
strange things have happenedl Aleck
Harrison has asked me to be his
wife"
Mrs. Cummings leaned over and
kissed her daughter.
"And," added Clara, "our two
leather reticules somehow got mixed
up last night, and instead of the ten.
dollar gold piece I had intended, I
gave Mrs. Potter mothers bag with q
hundred dollars in bills in it. OF
course you intended it for a surprise,
for the gold piece was gone out of the
other bag. Father. dear, it was a
noble act, and I shall explain it all to
Mrs. Potter"
"No, don't do that" precipitately
uttered the deacon. "Jest let things
be as they are. I'D ruther not hev
no more said about it,"
And he could not sepress a sepul-
chral groan.
II always knew father had a gener-
GUS heart" said Mrs. Cummings.
"And the Potters deserve it, if any
body does. And now, Clara dear, We
must talk over your wedding things"
From that day on, the deacon kept
his W counsel, but he always had a
lurking suspicion that Clara had
fathomed his policy.
1.-THE least said, the soonestmended,"
said Deacon Cummings. Gone things
plum %sartin,' though. You won't
never catch me at no more surprise
parties !"-Saturday Night.
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SELECT STRINGS.
Qsuinces came from Corinth.

9S1llCeS came ITOm COf1ubH.
The cantelope is q native of America.
Melons were found originally in
Asia.
Frances oyster industry is the
largest of it's kind in Europe.
Europeans every year eat 6,47o,O 900
tons of beef, mutton and pork.
The estimated yield of pecans in
this country is 5000, 900 bushels.
France and Italy raised 33, 600, 900
bushels of chestnuts for home use and
export.
The American people in 1892 drank
the decoction from $40, 600, 900 pounds
of coffee.
Russia raises 1850 pounds Of grain
and ffty-one pounds of meat to each
inhabitant.
The tomato is a native of South
America and takes it's name from a
Portuguese word.
The United States are said to have
14O, 000, 900 geese of the kind which
are used for food.
In many parts of India oxen still
serve as carriers of merchandise, and
buffaloes are kept for milk and plough
ing.
The first tunnel for commercial pur-
poses was executed by M. Riguet, in
the reign of Louis XIV, at Bezieres,
France.
It is estimated that every American
drinks a pint of water a day, which
makes the daily consumption $685.
900 gallons.
The onion was almost an object of
worship with the Egyptians 5000 years
before the Christian era. 1t first came
from India.
Why birds don't fall off the roost is
because they can't. When they sit
down the muscles of the lower leg
must contract.
Many of the caves discovered in
New Mexico and Arizona contain hui
man bones and other evidences of &C.
eupancy years ago.
The Emperor of China pays his
soldiers at the muniicent rate of 81 a
month, out of which they are required
to purchase their food.
The value of land in Great Britain
rose enormously during the Canadian
and American wars of the last century,
and increased still further during the
French wars owing to the demand for
grain and it's advanced price.
Only on two occasions has England
gone to war to aid a weaker Nation.
The first was when Elizabeth sent an
expedition to the relief of the Dutch
and Flemings to help them against the
encroachments Of Philip II. of Spain.
The second was the war of Greek indie
pendence in 1927.
The following is a characteristic K
tract from the manuscript diary Of
King James H., which is preserved in
the Imperial Library at Paris: 81 did
not retire from the battle on the Boyne
from a sense Of fear, but that I might
preserve to the world life that I felt
was destined to future greatness"
The diary, filled for the most part with
very frank reflections as to what
course he should pursue to retain the
English throne. is one of the most
singular in existence.
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A few weeks ago a train robber in
Missouri was sentenced to twenty-five
years imprisonment. In Texas four
train robbers have just pleaded guilty
and been sent to State Prison for
thirty-ive years each! The New York
Tribune confesses that it is most en-
~couraging to see law-breeakers of this
class dealt with so promptly and rig
orously in the West and South. The
Texas gang were disposed of within ten
days after their crimes were COM
mitted. If the States deal with such
rascals in this fashion there will be no
need of making train robbery a capital
offence, as has been proposed.
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That typical Arizona town, Yuma,
will probably soon be lifted from Ari-
IONA into Californis, where, it is
claimed, it has alwaysrightly belonged.
Up to about fifteen years ago the point
was often commended between the local
authorities both sides the disputed
line, but since the arrest, in 1877, by
the Arizona authorities of q San Di-
ego tCal. tax collector who tried to
collect taxes in Yuma, the question
has been dropped. The land Office
authorities have always evaded the
question. Recently William Hycks
was indicted by the Federal grand
jury for selling liquor to Indians in
Yuma. He denies the jurisdiction Of
the court to try his case, citing the
authority of the treaty of Guadaloupe
Hidalgo and the recent reports of the
international boundary commission to
show that Yuma is in California. It is
thought out there that Hycks may win
his case and that the town will soon be
Yuma, California, instead of Yuma,
Arizona.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-05

It is said that a good deal of talk
has been created in Washington by the
fact that visitors of the Capitol are de-
barred the privilege, which they have
hitherto enjoyed, of inspecting the
Senate chamber when it is not in use.
Formerly, from 9 to IL. 80 a. M, who
ever pleased had free access; now the
visitor finds the doors and windows
guarded by pages, who forbid ap-
proach. 1t is said that the Senate of
fcials have been driven to make this
change blythe extreme destructiveness
Of relic hunters during the past three
months. Expensive damask silk cur
tains in the reception hall back of the
Senate and in the Presidents room
have been nipped by the relic hunters
and n the marble room q piece of the
magnificent Smyrna rug nine inches
square was taken. In the Senate
proper they. have interfered with
papers left by Senators on desks. On
the white marble column at the head
OF the west staircase leading to the
Senate gallery initials and dates have
been scratched and, concludes the New
Orleans Picayune, there has been I
%EE4E
general disregard Of propriety, Of the
rights Of Uncle Sam and Of all de-
cen,x
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Branding Criminals In China.

Finding that long terms of impris
onment and fogging do not check rob
berry and piracy and systematic prac.
tice of imposition on strangers in the
nature of thievery in the Soochow dis
trict, the authorities have resolved to
try branding. For the first offence
the thief is to be branded on the right
cheek, and for the second on the left
cheek. The brand is to be the Chinese
sign for the wordthief. Asthe Chinese
have q superstitious horror of all facial
Disagreement, the belief is entertained
that the new punishment will check
the criminal element. Sacramento
Record Union,
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One of the condolences that are as
mysterious as they are interesting oc-
cured in connection with the death of
John Nolan, an officer of the Superior
Court of New York. The other day
he *stook a notion" to make his will,
and, as he was in excellent health, was
chafed by friends whom he asked to
witness it. 1t was signed and sealed
that afternoon, and the next day hs
died of heart disease.
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+ It is estimated that damage to the
extent of at least 81, 600, 900 was
caused to the crops in the North
west during 1898 by a weed known as
the Russian thistle. The Department
of Agriculture is now Investigating
the neat.
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This is All estimate i'll the Atlanta
Constitution: The wealth of the South
in 1860 was 81, 600, 600, 900, and in
1890 about the same. The war cost
the South about 81, 900, 900, 900. She
has just about recuperated.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-05

The New York City banks now
hold deposits of s475, 900, ooo-more
than one-third the entire sum OF
money, gold. silver and paper In
circulation.in the United States,
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THE SURPRISE PARTY,
BY HELEN FORREST GRAVES,

HERS gwine to be
a good hard frost
tonight, said Dea-
con Cummings, as
he pulled the rag
ged buffalo robe
over his knees, set
tied the tub of lard
in front of him, and
touched up Old
the extreme
point of his whip
lash. S.. - ...
In the east a burn
planet glowed
like a point of ar
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Female Institute
oPRLoUsAs, ST. LANDRY PARISH, LA
PENSION 81.

81 ACT o JUNE 81. 1890 Pensions soldiers aud sailors oft the vr Of .h
rebellion who served 80 days and were honorably discharges from the service and
den, dependent parents fathers and mothers. ALL pensions under this Act will
commence from the date of filing the formal application Nfter the passage of tho
good unless fled in the Pension Bureau o or after June a. 1890 Mae of the
Actd Oh lot IN f h form s saostaa en prescribed by the Secretary The rats:
child of soldier under sixteen years; and if the widow dies, the child OF children
an draw such pension. The soldier is entitled to any rate from So to $1a PER
may apply under this one, or a psnsoner under this on NAV apply under ohr
laws, tut an draw only one pension at the same time. This law REQUIRES in SOL
diersor sailors case:
O An honorable discharge.
(N That he served at least ninety DAYS.
C0 A permanent physical or mental inability to carr a sunport but not due
Vicious habits; Ut need not have originated in the seruceJ
C) That he wash anorably discharged.
90 Proof IT death, but it need not have been the results of his Army or
oDsThA the widow is "wthout other means of support than her d.ay
g1 That she mnried soldier prior to June 81, 1896, the date of the Act.
q That TIL soldier or eaHor died of wound, injury or disease which. In.
der prior n r1 1v, would have given him a pension.
~ That he left n o wife or minor child.
To- I'm tnM me me moshe, orr father IS at present dependent n her or his ow
ua! bo. or the contributions of Others not legally bound for t tI" o",,nrtt
- c b nehso of the first section of the Act of J1ne a. 1890 are not c}ofi ed to
alt par nsw where pensionabl, dependence has arisen ON account If n. dat, of
sn who served, since said wal, in behalf of the United States, as well as for dis
to"1hs contracted before ora since discharged.
~ Ihat in casea minor child lis insane, idiotic or otherwise permanently
helpless, the pensions shall continue during the period Of such disarlilry and this
under tiso or any former statute. and such pensions hall CONNIE nce from t5e date
OF application therefor after passage of this Act.
.ttom nv fu"S A' e o@oons oil te Department will govern all applicants and
Y Under act Of yuns q, 1896, pensions arr granted to Soldier. anil sqaus
az NoIlCEt-DEW W. R Lasrapes having recently be- N anr,in.el U s
Exs"ning Surgeon for Pensions at peou.a., La it is now Of spgif1l intsr.lfro
tn y gu i" bs examined without having to sustain the ne,s Of urt to
Me- orsansf for medical examination at which place they have hertofTe beer
4 reetsd to 60. "''
HART II. SANDOZ,
U. s. PENSION CLAIM AGENT
~ "11@V0 vm H" John NJ 0gdn, oraeaaa, Lnuaane
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More i~ncandescent lights are sup
Piled by one illuminating company IN
New York City than are used IN the
whole city of London.
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The largest bell i'll the world is the
Kremlin, at Moscow, Russia; 432, 900
hounds.
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New Shaving Saloon.

HAVING recently built and refurnished
Il throughout, my B,rber Shop, | am
no v prepared, with increased fa:ilit O.,
toscrve the public in First-CIasI St, lie
my new gu 'rtcrs between Brand md
sriar, VS.. Shaving, H'ir Cutting.
sha npaoing, etc. done in the highest
style of the art. Give me I. cali
E. A. BODEMULLER.
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WIGQ CldEA. he ONCE uau quite d no"
ton to the gal. Wonder if they're
goin' to company keepin' again? Kind
O. singular he should be here tonight.
Folks says it was him who brought the
handsome black walnut desk in par.
sons study. Strange how extravagant
folks will be! Specially young folks.
Ehl what's that they re sayiny A
fre-and in our direction! Now. ]
wonder if Clara didn't leave the taller
candle burnin' in her room, an the
cat knocked it over? And there was
that hundred dollars. Doctor Petit
bone paid me for hay, in the house. I
swan to gracious I'll put it in the bank
afore I'm a day older. I dunno how
I come to be SO careless. Polly, look
here" to his wife; ''do you see that
blaze? My eyes amt as good as they
was. Is it anywheres out our way?"
LA, no, deacon!" said his wife.
FITS only little Peter Petitioners bon
fire. The doctor said he could hev
one tonight of those dead trees an
crush on Catamount Pond. Our
house is clear west O. that"
Tim glad on t." said the deacon.
"Polly, what did you do with that
hundred dollars ! give you to keep for
me till l got . chance to bank it,"
Mrs. Cummings looked puzzled.
Il put it in my little reticule-the
one Clara gave me" said she-tin the
bureau drawer. It's safe locked up.
1 looked arter it the last thing before
| left the house. Where you goin',
deacon?"
The deacon turned q many colors
as a dying dolphin.
81 Jest remembered that I didn't
fodder the COWS afore ! started" said
The Portland daily press., 1894-02-28
RAN ON THE SLEEPERS.
The Passengers Found 1t Both Exciting
and Uncomfortable.

Boston, Mass, February 27.-The 7.12
train from Reading to Boston, On the
Boston & Maine. while passing Medford
junction this morning was partly
wrecked. The two rear cars, which
were filled with passengers, suddenly
left the track while the train was going
at rapid rate, and ran for some little
distance over the sleepers befor the train
could be stopped. The passengers in
the cars had bad shaking up and were
badly frightened, but fortunately not one
of the passengers was injured nor was
pane of glass broken in either car, al
though all of the trucks under the two
cars left the iron. A wrecking train was
sent from Boston, and after about an
hours delay to all inward and outward
trains, the track was cleared. The cause
of the cars jumping the track is un-
known. There was much excitement
caused for time. as all kinds of rumors
were af1oat in regard to the accident.
The loss to the railroad will be very
small.
The Portland daily press., 1894-02-28
STREWN WITH PEOPLE.
They We're Dropped in the Slush
Which Covered Broadway.
ANEXHIBITION OF RAPID TRANSIT
INNEW YORK.

Cable Cars Ran Away, Frightening the
Police Think a Riot Was in Progress
and Collecting Great Crowd Which
Chased the Procession.
New York, February 27.-Cable car III
of the Broadway line ran wild at 6.l5
O'Clock last evening, says the Sun, and
caused a big commotion all along the
rou te from Seventeenth street up to
Thirty third. The cable was working
badly all day, and especially SO on the
curves. AS car.117 went whizzing around
the Union square curve double truck
crossed the track just below Seventh
street. The gripman released the grip
wheel and applied the brake, but the
old trouble, loose strand, was en-
countered again. The grip would not let
go and the car was carried along. Chas.
Reilly, the gripman, applied all his
strength to the brake, but it was use
less. Before the car had gone half
block the passengers discovered that
something was the matter and became
alarmed.
The wildcat car kept on and caught
up with. car 1871 Immediately preceding
it, and humping into it began pushing
it along 900. The 2ripmen had no con-
troll over the cars, and they flew along
at great rate.
The passengers were thoroughly scared
by this time, and there was mad rush
for the doors in both cars. Men and
women Jumped or fell off the platforms
of both cars into the snow drifts and i'll
less than five minutes Broadway was
Uttered with citizens, who had been
deposited in the slush and snow, without
any regard.for their clothing.
When the car reached Thirtieth street
two more cars, 157 and 124, had been
picked up and added to the wildcat
train. The passengers in these cars also
became possessed with the fear that they
were being sent along to some horrible
fate, and piled out of the cars through
the front and rear platforms, leaving
umbrellas, packages and newspapers
behind.
The screams of the women and shouts
of the men attracted great crowd from
the chase of the wildcat procession.
Policemen a block away were attracted
by the noise, and they imagined that
some dreadful catastrophe had occurred.
The passengers were picked up as fast sa
they dropped from the fying cars, and
when the SluSn was DfuSneQ OH Gnelf
clothing joined in the general able
to see how the runaway would end. All
the gripmen stuck to their posts. With
gongs clanging and carriages dodging
the train swept through the hotel dis
trict.
At Thirty-third street it charged full
tilt at car ahead and crushed into it
with great smashing of glass. and
what passengers were in the standing car
were thrown in heap in one corner.
One of the inspectors of the line by
this time had got telephone message to
the powerhouse at Houston street. and
the cable stopped. Then there was
fine mess Cars were stalled all long the
downtown end of the route to the
Battery for an hour and half just when
traffic was at it's height. At 7.40 the
workmen at Thirty-sixth street sue
ceeded in freeing the jammed grip and
the substitute cable was put in motion.
The Portland daily press., 1894-02-28
The Trial of McKane's Lieutenant.

New York, February 27.-The trial of
the charge of oppression against Justice
of the Peace Kenneth F. Sutherland of
Gravesend began in earnest this morning
before Justice Edward M. Cullen, in the
court of Oyer and Terminer, Brooklyn.
The Jury was completed last evening.
Clerk Byrnes. by order of Justice Cullen
made a formal recall for John Y. Nc
Kane. This recall was granted on appli-
cation of counsel for Sutherland. 1t
simply means that McKane shall be on
hand in Raymond street Jail, so that as
soon as he is required as witness he
can be summoned. The order saves Nc
Kane from Sing Sing for the present.
Counsel for the people consented to the
recall.
The Portland daily press., 1894-02-28
NAMoUNA SECOND.
An International Race of Steam Yachts in
the Mediterranean.

Genoa, February 27.-An exciting
steam yacht race was run today from
Cape Martin to the lighthouse at Genoa,
sevenJy-ive miles.
The contesting yachts were James
Gordon Benefits Namouna, NJ.
Perigon's Fauvette, M. Kowsnetsoff's
Foros, Prince Leuchten berg's Roxana
and Baron Arthur de Rothscihld's Eros.
The start was at 9. 9.26a.m. The Fauvette
and Roxana took the lead { first, but at
TO- so the. latter was overhauled by the
Namouna, and the race afterwards was
between the Namouna and Fauvette,
with the Foros pressing hard for third
place. The Fauvette finished first at
2.22 p. M, the Namounax second at
q 27, the Foros third at 2. 80, the Roxana
fourth at 2. 40, and the Eros last at 2.44.
The weather was fine and the sea calm
throughout the race. The winning yacht
was presented with an object of art
valued at $100, the others receiving
medals.
The Portland daily press., 1894-02-28
THE boy WILL PROBABLY DIE.
Several Persons Badly Hurt in Fight
With an Enraged Dog.

Chicago. February 2I-Tommy
O'Hara, the 4-year-old son of Lieut..
O'Hara of the West Lake street police
station, was almost torn to pieces by a
Newfound dog yesterday afternoon. The
boy was playing in a yard in the rear of
his parents home with the dog, which
had been in the family for some time.
In the midst OF play the dog suddenly at
tackled the child. His left arm and hand
were terribly mangled, and his face and
head lacerated. Mrs. o. 'Hara. the moth
er, was badly bitten while trying to save
her child Physicians who were called
found that one of the dogs tusks had
penetrated the brain, and the child's re-
covery, they say. is almost impossible.
During the progress of the terrible at
tack on the child, small brother and
sister appeared on the scene and the mad
dened brute turned on them momenta-
rily and inflicted several wounds. But
his rage seemed to be against the boy
Tommy, and he turned again and seized
the little one in his teeth, shaking him
until he. was almost lifeless. A saloon
keeper near by took hand in the strug-
gle with the dog and was bitten severely.
The dog was shot.
The Portland daily press., 1894-02-28
Explained by MI. strout.

Boston, February 27.-The committee
on resolutions gave hearing this eve
ming on an order introduced in the Log
islature to investigate the lease of the
Connecticut River railroad to the Boston
& Maine railroad Senator Buckley said
the order was introduced in consequence
of statements regarding the lease which
appeared in the ann ual report of the
railroad commission and because the
matter affected the people in his district.
Hon. A. A. Strout appeared for the Bos-
ton d Maine He said the company
rather welcomed the chance to inform
the public concerning the lease. He ex-
planned the whole transaction. No one
else appearing, the hearing was closed.
The Portland daily press., 1894-02-28
THE MISSING SOPHOMORE,
He Has Returned to Cornell and Denies
That He Did the Poisoning.

Ithaca, N. Y, February PC. L.
Dingens. the sophomore suspected of
completely in the Cornell freshmen ban
quet poisoning case, has returned to the
city after being absent since Wednesday
morning. He claims to have been called
home that day by a telegram from his
folks. While returning to Ithaca the
following day, he says he was taken
sick and went to Syracuse for medical
attendance. He was not allowed to see
the newspapers. and consequently did
not know of the charges made against
him. This morning, when he learned of
the charges, he came to Ithaca. He
claims that he will be able to prove an
alibi. He will appear before the coron--
err S jury Thursday.