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The Opelousas courier., 1894-04-28
Gone Obstinate Juryman."

The most remarkable case of a jury
''standing out" against what seemed to
be irrefutable testimony, and all through
the resolution of one man. occurred be-
fore Chief Justice Dyer. He presided at
a murder trial in which everything went
against the prisoner, who ON his part
could only say that on his going to work
in the morning he had found the MUIR
dered man dying, and tried to help him,
whereby he had become covered with
blood; but when the ma presently died,
he had come away and said nothing about
it, because he was known to have had a
quarrel with the deceased, and feared he
might get into trouble. The hayfork
with which the man had been murdered
had the prisoners nam on it. In other
respects his guilt appeared to be estab-
lished, and the Chief Justice was con-
WINGED of it, but the jury returned a
verdict of "not guilty"
This was Chief Justice Dyer's case,
and he put some very searching questions
to the High Sheriff. The cause of the
acquittaI, said the official, was undoubt.
eddy the foreman, a farmer of excellent
character, esteemed by all his neighhors
and very unlikely to be obstinate or vex-
atious. Then" said the Judge. II
must see this foreman, for an explanation
of the matter l will have" The fore
man came, and after extracting from his
lordship a promise of secrecy. proved at
once that the prisoner had been right
fully acquitted, %"for," said he, sit was I
myself who killed the man."
1t had been no murder, for the other
had attacked him with the hay fork, and
las he showed severely injured him, but
in the struggle to get possession of the
weapon he had the misfortune to give
the man a fatal wound. He had no fears
as to his being found guilty, but, the
assizes being just over, his farm and
affairs would have been ruined by a con-
%fession, through lying in Jail so long, so
he suffered matters to take their course.
He was Mortified to find one of his own
servants accused of the murder; he sup
ported his wife AID children while in
Jail; managed to be placed on the jury,
and elected foreman. He added that if
he had failed in this he would certainly
have confessed to his own share in the
business, and the Judges believed him.
Every year for fifteen years his lordship
made inquiries as to the foreman's exist,
ence, and at last, happening to survive
him, he considered himself free to tell
the story. -[London News.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-04-28
HABITS OF AN EMPRESS.

The Empress of Germany rises earlv
and breakfasts with the Emperor every
morning at 8 O'Clock, says the Pail Mall
Budget. At 8 she is in the nursery su.
perintending the babs's toilet, arranging
with the nurse for the walks or drives
to he taken by the children, and ALWAYS
decides what clothes are to be worn by
the young Princes. Her one cxtrava-
gance is in baby clothes, and all the
little garments, with few exceptions, are
made by German needlewomcn under her
supervision. AT 10 o'clock the Empress
receives her hOusekccper and attends to
the luncheon and dinner menus, ALWAYS
including one or two f~avorite dishes Of
her husbands. \ few moments every
morning are spent in the linen room, and
not a sheet or Il duster is given out ex-
cept under her direction. At Ii she
goes riding with the Emperor or walk
ing with two of her boys. Luncheon
comes at /, and all the children. except
the last baby, are present at this meal,
which is conducted without much cere-
mony. After luncheon the Empcrora and
Empress play with the children for an
hour. The present ruler is the only
Kaiser to whom six sons have been born
in uninterrupted succession. The last
m is a girl, and about eight months
old. The system on which the four
eldest sons are being brought up was
arranged without reference to their
mothers wishes, but she sees that every
thing is carried out, and superintends
their studies; is always present at their
violin lessons, when they are practicing,
and all their little troubles are poured
into her cars.
The Empress receives from 3 until 5,
and in this time considers charitable
cases. There are sometimes as many as
fifty guests invited to dinner, which is
until & o'clock and lasts an hour. Be-
side each plate is a menu printed in
German and containing no foreign
dishes; also, a printed programme of
t%wenty-four pieces of music about to be
played. One servant waits upon two
persons, and every little detail of the
service Is closely watched by the En-
press. She goes every night with the
Emperor to see the children, and if there
is the slightest illness among them she
sits up al lnight and sees that the doctors
directions are carried out. In the nursery
she wears a soft, white flannel wrapper
and a large apron. Her taste in dress
is for bright colors and glossy materials. ,
The Empress early education was verys
simple, and, although she understands
French and English, she does not care
for foreign fashions or literature. Until
her marriage she had not read a novel.
She retains an early habit of writing q
few lines every day in a diary which no
one sees, and at the end of each year it
is locked and put away in the safe with
her jewels, and another one is com
menced. Her bedroom and sitting room
are simply furnished in blue. A large
allowance is made for personal expenses.
yet she makes with her avn hands all
the birthday gifts for her W and the
Emperor's numerous family.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-04-28
A Baby's Influence.

Who can resist a baby? Perhaps some
old bachelor will reply that he can not
only resist one, but that he would like
wise consider it a good plan to drown
them all as soon as they were born, in
kitten fashion. Well, the man of this
type is left out of the category alto
gether, and in asking who can resist one
of these dear little helpless bits of hui
mainly we mean who, with a heart, can
turn away from the dimpled, clinging
hands, or not be won over by the limo
cent baby smile. No matter where the
baby appears its influence is felt, says
the Home Magazine.
Let a mother aud child enter a car,
and five out of every six people will do
nothing for the rest of the way but watch
the baby, and the old gentleman with
glasses, who has been absorbed in the re-
ports of the stock market, will look
pleased and smile down on the little mite
who has taken such q faLcy to his gold
headed cane, and will even unbend so
far as to beam upon the mother and to
say in his deep bass voice: VERY fine
child, madam" and if by chance the
little creature should smile up into his
face or evince airy desire to be more
friendly, the austerity hat frightens his
clerks almost out OF their wits, and keeps
them continually toeing the mark, will
vanish entirely, and in its place will
come an air of conscious superiority, as
though the honor conferred upon him by
the tiny morsel Of humanity at his elbow
had made him a trifie superior to those
other Of his fellow beings who had not
received any such mark of distinguished
consideration.
Women, old and young unless they are
dwarfed in their true nature, always love
babies. The maternal instinct is the
strongest and best point in the feminine
character, a:.d from the time of doll
up to the day when their lives
are gladdened by the advent of a little
stranger, they adore the winsome, help
less human beings that are dependent
upon them for love and support.
The thought of a curly head. q rosy
or a little lisping voice ~joyously
''papa" or ''mamma," has kept
many a man and woman from despair
and the many dangers of life that are
than death.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-04-28

A mixture of black jet and gold thread
shows a lace-like pattern, forming stars
between crescents. Flowers in Jet in
clude lily-like shapes, roses and rose
buds, and love knots, blocks, stars and
squares. The vogue of jet is greater
than ever and it is used on wooden, vel
vet, satin and silk.
Velvet has gone through quite a trans
formation this year. 1t is to be had in
crepe like the Grape associated with
mourning. 1t is covered with spots
sunk into the fabric and also with spots
in relief. 1t is shot, miroir velvet and
striped and brocaded. There is hardly
any end to the treatment of it.
Picturesque dress is now studied with
greatest care, and the quaint berthas aud
collars of olden times are to be found
under modern aspects eminently attrac-
tive. A collar of pale yellow looking
glass velvet embroidered in mother of
pearl beads and sequins, with a network
edge, would glorify any gown.
A novel accessory seen of late on in
dependent waists consists of three ex-
tremely small rosettes in "baby' ribbon
of satin or velvet, these being placed on
the outside of the sleeve and running
from the wrist to the elbow. Some
times these rosettes are used down the
front of the waist as we'll as on the
wrists.
A clever oma has invented a water
proof garment which thoroughly pro-
tects the dress from wet. 1t is called
the ''duck's back" and is a stylish gar
ment. 1t is so arranged as to inclose
the skirts at the hem so that the ankles
are perfectly protected, and may be ad-
justed at a moments notice in any
sudden downpour of rain.
Petticoats are becoming more and
more fanciful. Indeed, when looking at
them in the store windows it is difficult
to decide which are dresses and which
are patticoats. White spotted muslin
petticoats, much befrilled, are worn
with white gowns. Colored batistes and
cambrics, too, are trimmed with innu-
merable %tiounces edged with lace. They
do not wash we'll, it is true, but they
are SO fascinating that one can put econ
omy on one side and buy them.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-04-28
WHITTIER THOU E.
o Love, I cried, Thou saidst thy path wa

o Love, I cried, Thou saidst thy path was
strewn
With roses, and behold my naked feet
Have tracked in crimson al thy stony street,
And faintness cometh swift upon mo. Soon
Shall I fall PROSTATE in thy cruel way,
With eyes that reck not betwixt night and
dry
Nor any joy of all thou told'st, is won.
"Wouldst thou turn back =? said Love,
Nay, nay, I cried, lead on!
o Love, 1 cried, Thou saidst thine air was
filled
With unimasined melo 1y; the lays
That poets whisper in their hearts; the praise
Tumultuous, of the happy birds that build.
1 hear q burden of all grief and pain
Harsh discords of reproach-the broken strain
Of one that by a ruined nest makes moan.
"Wouldst thou turn back said Love.
Nay, nay, I cried, Lead onl
0 Love, I cried, These be thy flowers that
spring,
Glorious with crimson stain beneath my feet;
And mine own heart make, melody more
sweet,
For memoried sorrows, than thy glad birds
sing.
Fain would I tarry in this happy place,
But thou still holdest thine unloitering pace
Toward the dI1k vale beyond the setting
sun.
"Wouldst thou turn back?" said Love.
Nay, nay, l cried, Lead on!
--ISolorlon Solis-Cohen in Scribner.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-04-28

ishline in her hand. 1t was small, but
exceedingly strong and elastic. She
stood over Josiah and made a "slip-
moose at the end of the string with the
deft thumb and finger Of a practical
needlewoman. AS she twirled the knot
into shape Josiah WINGED.
"Open your mouth wider, JOSH" said
his wife, firmly. Josiah made a painful
attempt to comply. fThe muscles of his
lips twitched aud his eyes bulged out as
if he were being choked. A horrible fasci-
nation drew Eben closer to the chair of
torture. The boy was suffering almost
as keenly as his father, yet he could not
go away. Mrs. Tottenham coolly
dropped the silk loop around Josiah's
''for'ard' tooth and drew it tight. Jo-
siah's groan would have melted q March
icicle, but tdid not unnervc the deter
mined little oma at his side. Bracing
herself with one foot on the round of
the chair, she gave a sudden. swift and
steady pull. For a moment Josiah's big
frame seemed about to rise and float
away through the open window. Then
the tooth came flying out; Mrs. Totem
ham staggered backward and Josiah set
tied down into his chair, q limp, bewil-
dered, grooming, tortured mass of out
ragged nerves. With a frightened cry,
like that of a bird released from the
spell of a serpent's eye, the boy who had
been watching the operation fled from
the room.
A few minutes later Mrs. Tottenham
came out into the barn with the tooth in
her hand. 81 want you to get rid of it,
Eben, she said, with some agitation;
'.anyhow SOS | shar't know what you
done with it. l don't want yer father
to ever see it. It's a perfectly sound
tooth-the only sound tooth he had in
his head, 1 reckon! But don't you ever
say a word about that-mind, now"
1t was a wonderful relief to the little
woman that evening to see her husbands
face gradually shrinking to its normal
proportions and to hear his grateful &C.
acknowledgements OF her skill and nerve as
a dentist.
as the pain entirely gone, JOSIE" she
asked, as they were going to bed.
Every speck!" responded Mr.. Tot
tenham, gleefully.
Goodness me?" unused the little wo-
man smilingly, as she crawled under
the blankets. "I've heern tell a good
ZEAL bout the power of the imagination,
but l never s'posed it could straighten
out the kind O mistake l made today"
"What you laughing bout, Marthy?"
demanded Josiah, sleepily.
ooh, nothin'," replied his wife. II
was jest wonderin' what makes tooth
ache, anywaY.o-[ Once a Week.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-04-28
GAINS FOR WONAN'S TDrctT1ov

The movement for the higher cd,,o,
ton of women advances with increaqin.
momentum. .
There are thirty women registered !,
the post graduate department at Ysle
an increase of seven over last wear H.
the woman's department of Brown I'M;
versity there are seventy five students
In the charter recently bestowed by
Parliament Cpon the university Of Wales
is a clause which reads: "Womcu sn,Il
: be eligible equally with mrn to any d.
gree which the university is by this, orr
charter, authorized to confer. Every
office hereby created in the UNIVERSITY
and the membership of every authoritvp
hereby constituted, shall be open ia
women equally with menn-a clause
which college womcn should he on tba
alert to see printed in the charters Of
other institutions which admit women
to the students desk, but not to the
professors chair.
Furman University, the great Baptis,
institution at G]recnville, :. c., has
opened its doors TO women students de.
string to pursue special studies or to
stand for degrees.
At Wellington, Cape Colony, there is
a seminary founded some years ago,
whose faculty numbers twenty and
whose alumnn include more than a
thousand woman descendants Of Dutch.
French, and English settlers. The
school is self supporting, and the pupils
compete successfully at the Government
and university examinations at Cape
Town New York Sun.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-04-28
ARTISTS OF THE ROUNDUP.
OldNime Texas Cowboys Different
From Those Of To-Day.

The old-time cowboy is no more, says
a writer in the Dallas News. He passed
in his checks with the free grass custom.
The BIG pasture has introduced a new
order & cowboys, who sleep in q house
and "obey orders or quit. The old
cowboy WAS the companion of his boss
and shared his pleasures and his hard
ships. No manager in his big headquar-
ter rock house reminded him of his in
fcrior rank in society, nor did any OF
the modern ranch accessories mar this
common dangers, the pleasures and the
freedom and equality of the whilom COW
boy and cowman. But the ranch in
the olden time was a cottonwood log
house to cook in, and for roof and pro-
lection from the weather the slicker was
used, and Mother Earth supplied their
beds. The broad range and overhanging
sky answered for house and home.
A roundup in 1S67-1SS0 was rot
bounded by wire fen1s, but the boys
galIoped out of camp after breakfast,
made a wide sweep and all then drove
toward a common centre, and 10! direct
ly at that point was gathered a herd of
stock cattle of all brands, ready for the
cut to begin.
The heightened man was tabooed. l
remember such a man appeared at the
ranch of j.. r., in Shackleford County,
in 1869. He was a city fellow, and
would say "thank you" and such
like. His intense politcness and high
toned nonsense aggravated the boys
nightly. Jile B. in particular (poor
fellow was especially fretted by his non
sense, as he called it, and triedt to ridicule
it out of him, but in vain. At last his
resentment ripened into genuine hatred,
and it was hard to keep the peace be-
between them, for the city fellow had
| grit, too. Well, one morning in 1869, at
Mountain Pass, in Taylor County, long
before any one lived in that section, jim
got awfulIy mad and gave the city Teller
a cussing, whereupon a row resulted
and bloodshed was barely prevented
there and then. We got the city. fellow
to ride off and it looked like peace had
returned, but one hour later Jim b. and
his amiable enemy met off at one side of
the round up. l happened to be near.
In a fash the city chap ran before Jim,
dismounted, leveled his gun On him and
demanded an apology or death. Jim
jerked out two six-shooters, but said
nothing, and instantly the city fellow
fired. Poor Jim rolled off his horse a
dead man. I got to them just as Jim
fell. He died instantly, shot through
the heart. His slayer mounted his horse
and Git out" We buried Jim and went
on with our herd, two men short, but
with no discordant element among us.
Such was the old way. The boys were
courteous and kind, they were generous
and brave, industrious and honest, but
they would not stand any heightened
nonsense. 4 new era has set in. Which
is the better we cannot say, but II
thing is sure, with all his faults, and
they were many, the old-time cowboy
was a man to be trusted in peace or war
and was the very soul of honor.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-04-28
AvaIanches Produced by Railways.

A correspondent to the London Times
records a curious and altogether unex-
pected result of the tunnelling operations
in the st. Gothard is a lawsuit instituted
by the inhabitants of the adjacent valleys,
They uc the Federal Government for
damages caused by the great increase of
avalanches which constantly thunder
down the mountain side, produced, it is
presumed, by the explosions of dynamite
more than by the vibrations of passing
trains in the lower tunnels of the rail-
way. Many witnesses, who have lived
in the neiehborhood since the early part
of the century, will swear to the greatly
augmented number and force of the ava
lanches that now constantly sweep de.
struction down the mountain. The first
hearing of this novel case was lately
heard before the Federal judges as.
sembled at B~ellinzona. We believe
there is no instance in this country of an
produced by railway SERVICE
[Scientiic American.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-04-28
CROSs-SADDLE RIDING FOR WOMEN.

The practice by women of riding the
bicycle is steadily extending, and so far
as we can learn is attended with no
dc%leterious results. 1t has familiarized
the public with the spectacle OF seeing
women riding astride, and doing it
gracefully. The popularity Of bicycle
riding among women has made it more
possible for women to accept the idea of
riding en- cavalier, an idea which is being
put in actual practice in the West. In
other words, cross-saddle riding with
divided skirts has gained q certain
amount of recognition in a number of
localities. 1t has been found that ladies
look well, ride more safely and get
better exercise in the new way. The
practice of sidc-saddle riding IS at
tributed to the vagary ola queen who
was too deformed to use the cross-saddle.
There has been a vague idea that any
other method would, in young women,
be disastrous by injuring the hymen. AS
a matter of fact, the practice of using
the side-saddie has been adopted because
it adapts itself to modern dress, and
because without a special dress no other
method would be suitable.
But cross-saddle riding is the safer
way it permits of a better and freer use
of the limbs and makes the exercise more
effective. All this will not make women
adopt it, however. A large number of
lady riders take the exercise to avoid
unpleasant effects Of too much fat.
Side-saddle riding does not make fat
a.. Ia
enlarges the hips. Cross-saddle riding
is more effective, because a wider range
of muscles can be used and harder riding
INDUCED in.-[New York Medical Rec
ord.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-04-28
FASHION

Children's stockings, whether in silk,
Isle or wooden, are almost invariably
worn to match the dress. Even plaid
dresses have stockings in a plaid OF the
same co!ors.
Lace was never used to the extent of
now. 1t decorates the sleeves, bodices
and skirts of evening dresses so as almost
to cover the original gown, and is seen
not only in the coarse but in the cOstllest
laces.
After all the talk about the cruelty of
killing the birds, and in the face of the
society formed for the suppression Of
bird staying, the millinery shows a
greater number of wings and birds used
than for a long time.
All kinds of jeweled passementerie is
made use of ON evening dresses and is by
no means confined to them, but flash
upon hats as we'll as bonncts. 1t is also
seen on the mutfs of velvet or satin and
in association with fur.
The Valkyrie wings arch upward most
defiantly, while the Mercury wings turn
gracefully toward the back of the head.
Birds heads are placed both on the
crown and above the brow. Ostrich
plumes in the "Prince of Wales' effect
of three are used a great deal on dressy
hats.
Sleeves are more dropping, though OK
cessively full, but the absence of stiffen-
ing makes them less troublesome under
winter wraps. The difficulty of wearing
rcvers and frills under tight fitting coat
is met by having u zouave with revers
which may be removed when the jacket
is worn.
Childrer's shoes should be the object
Of particular attention. They should
wear laced boots, rather high over the
as o 0 as they begin to walk
and no heels at all until they are per-
fectly steady on their legs. Even then
only spring heels should be worn until
twelve years of age.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-04-28
Fate of the Old Navy.

The Navy Department is gradually
doing away with the old men-of war of
historical and romantic memory, and a
number Of changes affecting them are to
be made in the near future. The train
ing ship Richmond at Newport is to be
sent to Philadelphia to take the place of
the St. Louis, which is in so decrepit a
condition that she will probably be
broken up and sold for the material in
her. The Lancaster, now in China as
the flagship of the Asiatic station. is
under orders to sail for the United
States when the cruiser Baltimore re :
lievss her, and her active service as a
war vessel will end on her arrival at
Newport to take the place of the Rich
mond.
The Lancaster will return from China
via the Cape Of Good Hope, and she is
not expected home until March next.
In the interim The old Constellation,
nov on special service, will remain at
Newport in place of the Richmond. The
Lancaster will be fitted out as a gunnery-
instruction ship. New gun-carriages
and guns will be mounted on her and
tested at sea in order to allow officers
and men to become familiar with their
workings.
The Essex, the successor to the ship
which made SO gallant resistance to two
British vessels, the Phoebe and the
Cherub, in Valparaiso harbor in 1914,
while commanded by Capt. David Por-
ter, has been thoroughly repaired at the
Norfolk navy yard and is now attached
to the Naval Academy as part of the in
struction fleet, and she is also used for
~seamanship and gunnery practice by the
cadets. The Swatara and the Pensacola
are now laid up in ordinary at the Mare
Island navy yard. and it has been prac-
tically decided that they shall not be re-
fitted, and sale and destruction will fol-
low ultimately.