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The Opelousas courier., 1894-04-28
Growing Flax for Its Fibre.

The German linen manufacturers have
heretofore got their supplies of flax fibre
from Russia, but there is now a growing
demand for another source of supply.
Hon. Frank II. Mason, United States
Consul General at Frankfort, advises
American farmers to prepare flax fibre
and send some to Germany for trial. 10
do this the flax must be sown quite
thickly, the thin seeding required
in growing flax for seed producing a
coarse fibre only fit to be used in the
manufacture of the coarsest kind OF
cloth and for sacks and bags. Germany,
in 1892, imported 60,69l tons of lax
fibre, of which 55,451 tons, or eleven
twelftls of the whole, was from Russia.
Flax is very largely grown in the Wess
for its seed. Whether it will pay better
TO grow the fax for its fibre can only DC
determined by experiment
Writing on this subject, the Prairie
Farmer says: The market value OF the
fibre depends mainly upon four qualities,
viz, its length, s%oftness, sickness OF tex
ture and color, different qualities beng
required fer the manufacture OF tho
various grades of yarn. Whether the
American fibre is as we'll adapted to 1no
use of the German spinners as the nus
sian staple car be decided only by tria'.
At present Germany imports no raw hsA
from the United States. The only move.
ment in that article during last year was
the export of 10 tons of prepared ilnsA
fibre from Germany to New lorA'
Those who are best informed, however.
are confident that American flax, =
properly cured and prepared, will ansWs,
all purposes in this country, There heea
be no dealing through commission msl.
chants; the principal German splnhsss
wish to buy and import their raw maae'
The Opelousas courier., 1894-04-28

One peculiarly of the lady visitors
to the White House is that they one
and all want to see the babies. Cap
tain Dubois, who is in charge of the
White House attendants, aays: sThere
is not one in a hundred of the lady
visitors who come here who doesn't
ask to see the little one as soon, al
most, as she enters the house. I have
had them tell me that they would
sooner see the baby than the Presi-
dent himself. No matter how much
they are told that the President's fam
lily is not on exhibition they continue
to beg and plead for just one look,
and seem to feel aggrieved when the
refusal becomes peremptory. All
women love babies, of course, sol sup
pose it's only natural"
The Opelousas courier., 1894-04-28
TWO PILLOW CASE DESIGNS.

Here is a design SO good that it might
we'll be copied again and again. Its
color, which is n OF its greatest
charms, cannot, Of course, be given in
the black and white, but the drawing
shows the design at least. The founda-
ton is sage coIorcd linen, and all the
design vas first shaded with black
dye paint, then worked in a long
and short stitch with black silk
floss, and finally outlined with a
COUGHING of Japanese gold. The effect
is delicious, and the pillow as handsome
as many that are of double worth, vet
The Opelousas courier., 1894-04-28

down the middle, with slighter curvi,.
tresses on the sides. a jcwelled hug !;
pin, or one of tiIigrce gold or silve, @tS !
small comb shape, or forming a t;n ~
wreath, a wing, a ppir Of wings, or fay
is thrust in the coil at the back. Th,,
coronct front or the entire crown as
jewels is worn by matrous. A cockoSIl
bow of light satin ribbon attached to
hair-pin is very popular, cithor in wina
shape, or rs atiny chou with two pointaSS
ends ~sprirging from it. - IIarpcr's r..
Ear.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-04-28
WOMAN CLUBS.

sorosis is not the only woman's club
in New York. Some of the others are
the Lady Sports, the Two Williams, the
Black Crooks, the Lady Typewriters,
the Midway Ramblers, the Old-Time
Chums, the Original Sports, the Lady
Admirals, the Black Dominoes, the
Three Corpses, and the Lady Flashes.
1t is doubtful whether the members of
these organizations have ever SO much
as heard of Sorosis. which goes to show
how queer a place New York is.-IBuf-
falo Courier.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-04-28

The late report of the commission
appointed by the State of Pennsylvania
to investigate the subject of .'Waste
in Coal Mining contains matter of
general interest. The anthracite coal
fields are found within an area of some
$500 square miles, about 4S4 of which
contain workable coal beds. This
area would form a polygonby drawing
q line from the northeastern limit in
Wayne County westward to Bernice,
then southwest to Dauphin, then
northeasterly to Mauch Chunk, then
to point Of beginning, mostly in the
counties of Wayne, Wyoming, Lu-
zerne, Schuylkill, Carbon, Dauphin,
Northumberland and Huntingdon.
Professor J. P. Lesley, in charge of
the Geological State Survey, is of the
opinion that originally the coal field
covered the whole State and parts of
the neighboring States, a remnant of
which is sound in the anthracite bed
in Rhode Island. The anthracite ex-
lists wholly in the urea east of the Allie
gheny Mountains, and on the west of
that range nearly the whole area rests
on an almost unbroken field of btu
minous coal. The anthracite condi-
ton was, no doubt, produced from the
original bituminous by the great con-
vulsion uplifting and folding the rock
which took place at the close of
the carboniferous period.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-04-28

In his latest scientific work, M. Tur-
pin, the famous inventor of melinite,
has devoted several pages to predict
ing the gradual withdrawal of the sun
through old age, and the consequent
collapse of our terrestrial planet.
But by the time that happens cleo
tricity will be ready to illuminate the
globe, and we can raise vegetables by
artificial heat, sagely observes the
New York Journal.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-04-28
China's Regular Army.

The regular army Of China is said to
consist Of 1923, 600 men. Besides this.
the Emperor's army, there is a national
army Of CSC, 900 men, who are paid
about 81 a month, but in consideration
Of this munifcence are required to feed
themselves. The cavalry receive So a
month, feed their own horses, and if
lost or killed, are required to replace
them out Of the pay given by the gov
eminent,
The Opelousas courier., 1894-04-28
WOMEN IN GREECE.

Women are not held to be of much &C.
count in Greece. When a father counts
his children he does not include the
females. In this country women do the
farm work and they never sit at table
with guests. They have Enclosures in
the churches and seldom are seer on the
streets; their occupations and industries
The Opelousas courier., 1894-04-28
HAIR-DREsSING.

Full waving tresscs drawn back in a
very simple knot that projects slightly
at the crown make up the couture most
affected at present. The hair is parted
down the middle when becoming-that
is, when it is very thickly set above a
low and broad Greek forehead. Other
wise it is carried back and upward in a
soft waving roll, and the high forehead
is softened by a fringe not heavy enough
to be called a bang, or by a single curl
The Opelousas courier., 1894-04-28

there, connecting all the parts are sprays
worked in Unrestricted lines. The on
tire pattern cannot represent many
hours work, yet it is most effective, and
is CONSPICUOUS among a collection of pill
lows, many of which are far greater
moneyed worth. The beauty of this one
is that of dainty color and of simplicity,
a combination that even splendor cannot
Guido.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-04-28

are mental and, in fact, the trail OF the
Turkish serpent is over them still.
Queen Olga is at the head of a society
for the advancement Of women. In this
school $50 females are being taught lace
making and embroidery. They pay 4c.
a day and also get their dinner, and
their work is sold for them by the So
cicty,
The Opelousas courier., 1894-04-28
Q1S country.

The only money current in the
large sultanate Of Ada1nawa, in Cen
trail Soudan, is cowrie shells. The
agents of France, who have been try
ing, with Indifferent success, to get a
foothold there, say there is a dearth
of the circulating medium, and COM
merce is greatly embarrassed by the
scarcity of currency.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-04-28

The American locomotive is finding
its way into every quarter of the globe.
Chile has now given an order for twelve
at a cost of $3.50, 600. During the past
two years we have sent 355 to South
America and seventy-fye to Australia.
Brazil, it would seem, orders all the
headlights used on it's locomotives in
this country.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-04-28
HONESTY.

$50 you want employment in my
store?"
Eyes, sir" replied the young man.
do you keep books?"
never borrow them"
And the merchant hired him on the
strength Of his honesty Washington
Star.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-04-28
MRS, WILL CARLETON.

A recent visitor to the Brooklyn home
of Will Carleton describes it as an ideal
one for a small family. Mrs. Carleton,
the poets mother, lives with her son, and
receives from him such chlvalric
attention as would be looked
The Opelousas courier., 1894-04-28

The United States photographic
Office proposes before long to issue a
pilot chart of the great lakes. It's
purpose will be, not to make weather
forecasts, because, we are informed by
the Washington Star, that business is
covered by the Weather Bureau, but to
instruct the fresh-water marinersin sea-
manship and navigation. At present
they are sadly lacking in such knowl-
edge. One proof Of this fact is that the
Joss of life and vessels on these inland
waters is vastly greater proportionately
than on the ocean. When a lake yes
sci is struck by a gale the all-absorb-
ing thought of those on board of her
seems usually to be Gland at any
price" Instead of %anchoring and rid
ing out the storm they do what a real
sailor regards as the last possible re-
sort-they run her ashore and take
their chances IN the breakers. That
is the chief reason why sixteen vessels
and fifty lives were lost in the storm
Of October IA. The unfortunate sailors
had no notion of the art of handling a
ship in q storm. Oil has long been a
resorto OF mariners for soothing troubled
waves. It has saved tens of thousands
of vessels on the seas. So far as can
be ascertained nc skipper on the lakes
has ever thought Of using it. In all
OF these matters it is proposed to in
atruct the fresh-water tars by means
OF . monthly pilot chart.
There are no fewer than nineteen
King streets in London, withoutreck-
oning any there may be in the sub
urbs, and "Queen" is the designation
given TO thirty-four streets and squares.
Eleven George streets are still per-
nitted to bewilder people and a dozen
streets add to the confusion.
OUR idea OF q rash, foolhardy man
9 one who will dare TO read out loud
q the presence of a school teacher.
MORE bread and fewer prayers for
The hungry Is what is neeled In the
large cities.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-04-28
Three routes for o cable line to the
Sandwich Islands have been surveyed,
and. each is said to be practicable.

India has nearly one-fifth of the
earth's entire population, and also has
a higher birth rate than any other
European country except Russia.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-04-28

time to copy it.
Another, which we recently saw, is of
old blue plantation cloth. a material
much in favor with those who know it,
but not in common use. On it all the
work is done with pure white raw silk and
Honiton lace braid, and the result is
lovely in the extreme. The lace is basted
into place in large conventional designs,
then sewed fast with radiating stitches of
silk and a bit of French over
and over work upon the narrow
joint between each section. In the
enclosed space. running here and
The Opelousas courier., 1894-04-28
attention

for from the author of cover the Hills
to the Poorhouse." Mrs. Will Carleton,
of whom we give a sketch, says she usually
hears her husbands poems read before
they are finished, and she takes credit for
being the source of many of their happy
thoughts.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-04-28
FOR THE FAIR SEX.
SEASONABLE HINTS AND MAT
TIERS OF MOMENT.

Woman CIubsf- Women in Greece
Hair-DrossiTE-Gain for Woman's
Education Eross- Saddle Riding for
Women-Est., Etc.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-04-28

Sir Edwin Landseer was p~re-emlnens
as an animal painter. His speciality was
dogs.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-04-28

Children's stockings, whether in silk,
Isle or woolen, are almost invariably
worn to match the dress. Even plaid
dresses have stockings in a plaid OF the
n, - rolnrc
The Lamar register., 1894-01-13
THE LAMAR REGISTER.

Battered at the Postofice at Lamar. Colorsdo'
a. Secoud-class Nail Matter.
The Lamar register., 1894-01-13

verticle inch; semi annual statements
a 35 cts. per inch single column;
list Of nominations q 70 eta per
inch single column; miscellaneous
printing il published less than three
times q 40 cts. per inch, il three or
more times q 10 cts. per inch
s'Or we will agree to do all OF the
above mentioned printing that the
county may require for the year 1894
for the sum of S396. Respectfully,
Ford l. MERRILL-
The above .'insolent" document
..that was treated with the contempt
it deserved" has stirred up the bile
or rather gall of the Sparks. 1t is
now trying to take time by the fore
lock, and defeat in advance the criti-
cism that it knew would follow the
hypocritical profession for reform
and economy in county affairs OF the
commissioners. The bid Of this pa
per was made in good faith. The
member elect was pledged by the
platforms upon which he ran, and by
his promises during and since the
campaign to strict economy in the
management OF county affairs This
being the case, it was supposed that
the extremely low bid made by this
paper would be gladly received as a
material assistance in lowering taxa
ton, and as an opportunity to show
by works that the promises made to
the people we're to be honestly car
ried out The acceptance OF the bid
would have saved to the taxpayers
nearly 500 per month for the year
or one -twentyfifth of the entire reve-
nue. raised for county purposes.
Time will tell whether the people
will .'thank the commissioners for the
honorable and manly stand they have
taken" in treating with the contempt
it deserves" a proposition that would
have saved so many hundred dollars
to the taxpayers of the county. The
personal illusions to one OF the edi
tors Of this paper are unworthy OF
notice. They were made simply to
throw dust in the eyes of the public,
and blind them to the true issue in
the case.
The war upon the newspaper bus
mess was inaugurated last fall by the
Sparks. 1t made the REGISTER bills
part of the campaign although
they were below the legal rate, and
lower than those of that paper in
1890. 1t must not gag and squirrn
when compelled to take its own
The Lamar register., 1894-01-13
The County Printing.

Lamar. Colo, Jan. y, 1874
"To the Board Of Commissioners OF
Prowers County,
"GESrLsNEN:-We make applica-
tion to do the official printing of
Prowers county for the year 1894,
and hereby agree to do the same at
the following rates:
Proceedings of Board as furnished
us, we will print free Of charge.
Delinquent tax list a 20 cts per
The Lamar register., 1894-01-13
County finances.

The tax list for 1893 was on Mon
day turned over to Treasurer Pike,
and notices will at once be sent out.
The totl tax for 1893 is $44, 744. 40
against $47, ,59l.l7 for the year 1892
The tax for 1893 is divided as fol
lows:
County tax $2S, 1S4-62
State tax 1906. II
Lamar tax 3,519Sl
Total school tax for special
school purposes, interest
on bonds and sinking
funds 6,74494
The county tax is divided as fol-
lows:
The Portland daily press., 1894-11-15
DEATHS.

In this city, Nov. A. Joseph B. Warren, aged
81 years months day.
Notice of funeral hereafter.l
in this CITY, Nov. IA, Burton L., only child of
Beniamin N, and Edith G. Newcomb. aged 7
years 8 months 4 days. [Biddeford papers
In this city, NOV. IA, Mrs. Charlotte A. Miller.
Notice of funeral hereafter.
In this city, Nov IA, Mrs. Ann M. Flaherty,
aged % years.
Funeral on Friday morning at $50 o'clock,
from her late residence, 50 Cumberland street.
Requiem high mass at Cathedral of the In
maoulate Conception at O'Clock.
In East Deering. Nov. IA. William G.. infant
son of William and Ellen Wells aged weeks.
Funeral Thursday lafternoon at 2 o'clock,
from parents residence. No. 23 Main street
Deering
In South Portland, Nov. 49, Maria E., wife OF
and IS days.
Prayers this Thursday morning at 1880
O'Clock. at her late residence. No. 6 Pine street,
South Portland. Burial at Harpswell. OH Sat
In Mlnot. Nov. 70, Edmund c. Milett, aged
SS years 2 months.
aged months.
In Brookne, N. H., Nov. 3. Mrs. Jane Scott.
formerly of Sanford aged 80 years
In Machias, Nov. 7, Mrs. L. V0se, aged so
se In Monroe, Nov 10, stsphen Grant, aged
II years.
rTbe funeral of the late Jas. M. Larkin will
take Mace this Thursday morning at 8. 80 o'clk
at his late residence, No 10 Cumberland street.
Reouiem high mass at the Cathedral of the I'M
macuate Conception at 10 o'clock.
The Portland daily press., 1894-11-15

~Of course I have the choice of all
medicines sold in our store, and from my
own personal experience, and reports
of others, / am perfectly satisfied that
DR.. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve
remedy is the best"
Mr.. Wilcox has devoted his life entire
~ to the drug business, and when a man
so experienced in medicines is satisfied
that there is nothing in the world so
good as DR.. Greene's Nervura blood and
nerve remedy. it is the strongest posi-
BILE recommendation. Every body who
takes it speaks just as highly of it. 1t
makes strong nerves and builds up the
worn out and rundown system. 1t
prevents insanity, paralysis and pro-
notes long life.
The reason why this great curative has
had SO phenomenal d success is because
it is not patent medicine, but the
prescription of the most successful living
specialist in curing nervous and chronic
diseases, DR.. Greene, of "a Temple Place,
Boston, Mass, who stands ready at ali
times to answer for the action of his
medicine.
He has the largest practice in the
world, and this grand medical discovery
is the result of his vast experience. The
great reputation of DR.. Greene is q guar
antee that his medicine will cure, and
the fact that he can be consulted by any
one, at any time, free of charge, PERSONAL
ly or by letter, gives absolute assurance
of the beneficial action of this wonderful
medicine.
The Portland daily press., 1894-11-15
QUALIFYING FOR KELLEY.
Drunken Fishermen ON the Rampage-A
Midnight Alarm.

A gang of eight fishermen started
out last night to see the town, and in
some unexplained way found the w here
wltahl to get exceedingly drunk. As the
evening advanced, the also advanced
Thorough the comparative and superlativ
degrees of drunk enness, and shortly after
midnight were discovered raising more
or less disturbance on Federal street.
They d-ifted along this street until they
reached Sawyer's stable, where they
came to anchor. 1t occurred to their
befuddled minds that the windows
would break easily, and perahps the
place needed fresh air; SO they hunted
the street over for rocks. That was not
to the idea of the atchman, SO he tele-
phoned for the police, and a
speedy exit from the station. The
would-be window smashers caught the
sound of the telephone bell, and depart
ed without waiting to break windows,
while the officers started on still hunt
for them.
The Portland daily press., 1894-11-15
Y. NJ. G. A. Excursion.

The Auburn Young Mems Christian
Association have just sent invitations to
the mem bers of the Portland Y.M.C.A.
to attend reception in honor of the
Portland and Lewiston associations,
Monday evening, November 10. The
Portland mem bers are invited to take
their lady friends. and large number
have already signified their intention of
going. A special train will probably be
provided SO that the party will arrive
home by midnight. A grand banquet
is to be served the Portland friends on
their arrival. Members can get full par
ticulars of Secretary Garland at the Y.
MICA.
The Portland daily press., 1894-11-15
SUPERIOR COURT.
BEFORE JUDGE BoNNEY.

Wednesday-In The morning Judge Bonney
heard the case of Henry G. Peabody against
Henry II. Kurdish, William r. Wood and
Frank G. Crocksr. 1t is a suit on probate
bond given by Henry H. urbish, the adj
ministrator of his deceased brothers. estate.
There was an order of distribution made
giving to each brother S517.7S. The only
question in the case was how much Clinton
Kurdish. the real plaintiff. had received.
He claims he has had but $500. while the
the administrator claims that he has re-
ceived from the estate $500. Decision re-
served.
L. Z. Talbot for plaintiff.
George E. Bird for defendants.
In the afternoon the case of Ruth Stevens
against Edner O. Stephenson and William
A. Oxnard was taken up. In the spring of
1894 the plaintiff leased of the defendants
the hotel or boarding house known as the
ssWindsor." at Old Orchard. She claims
that before leasing it the defendants repre-
scented to her that the busy season at Old
. Orchard opened June Is; that the house was
we'll supplied with beds and bedding; that
The party who run it the year before-a
Lewiston man-did profitable business and
made S4G0 or $500, that the rooms would
rent and did rent the year before for
dollar a day. She also claims $50 damages
for sign that the defendants. against her
nrotest put up over their store which cut
off and spoiled the view from the hotel
veranda. She agreed to pay the sum of $500
for the season. She paid them $3.50 down
and gave her Iote for $3.50 payable the Is of
July.
She claims that the facts in regard to 1898
were grossly misrepresented that no Lewis
ton NAH run 1T; that it was kept by one
Matthias A. Comfy of Portland; that instead
OF doing protita BILE business he lost money;
that there was not sufficient bedding and
the rooms did not and could not be rented
at any such price as represented by the de-
PENDANTS; that the busy season did not be-
gin until the middle of July.
When her note became due in July she
made complaint that she had had no custom
ard had no money to pay the Iote. but IN
accordance with a provision in the lease
the defendants ordered her to vacate the
premises, which she did on the 18th of July.
She has not paid the note.
The plaintiff claims three hundred dollars
damages. At the close of the plaintiffs
testimony Mr.. Frank moved for nonsult
on the ground that the representations
alleged, even if made. which the defendants
deny, are not in law actionable. This was
nearly SIX O'Clock and Judge Bonney said
he would decide the motion at the coming
in of court in the morning.
L. B. bennett for plaintiff.
M. +. Fran < for ~ f~~-.S-o4s
The Portland daily press., 1894-11-15
AS YOU LIKE 1T.
MIR. Abbott's Second shakespean Recita

Mi. Abbott'S Second ShakeSpean Recital.
Second Advent church was filed last
evening by the Subscribers of the Abbot
Shakespearian recitals.
In short Introduction, Mr.. Abbott
gave a comprehensive state ment of his
conception of they lay. He defined each
of the characters clearly and preserved
their personalities to the end of the com
edy. The happy compass of his voice
enabled him to depict the impassioned
Rosalind, the M elancholy Jacques, the
aged Adam, and the philosophical clown,
Touchstone. The Seven Ages one of
the accepted tests of reciter's ability.
was given in an interes ting and effect
i've manner that demonstrated Mr.. Abb
bolts control Of his voice and his skill
In expression, both vocal and facial.
The many we'll known passages in the
play were given in many cases new
meanings from those SO familiar to
play-goers, showing that Mr.. A bbott is a
careful Shakespearian student. Mr.Ab
bott' is equally fortunate in his recital
VI II dluOIOuS 6lo ScElUAS SCtu0Ss
Mr.. Abobtt last eveningwas much as
sisted by the illustrations, some so in
number, that his operator threw upon
the screen during the progress of the re-
cital. This is quite an innovation but,
apparently met with much favor from
the audience.
Next Wednesday evening the last OF
the three recitals will be given, when
Hamlet" will be presented