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-Ohere petite, dit-il alors, le re- =
gard plein de tendres eMuves' tu
ne men veux pas, au moins2
Obi moi, moi, fit Nicette, 6tout-
FAINT NAL les sanglots qui Ia pre-
nalent 4 la gorge.
Vols tn! O'est que je t'aime
plus que tn ne le crois ct je ne veuz
p.s to traiter CONNIE Gal D'ailleurs,
| il y q autre chose qui ra'arreterai,
sill m'arrivait encore de m'oubller'
~-Qaoi done?
-Je ny pensaia plus.
QUEST 90 que celia peut etres
Camiuade allsit poursuivre,
quand un bruit s'eleva dun cabinet
contigu qui, 1usqu'alors, 6tait reste
silenoieux. La porte de ce cabinet
yenait de s'ouvrir, ct le garcon y
await introdoit un client. L'inci
dent n'avait rien que d'ordinaire;
mais Csminade remsrqua que Nj
cette en- await 6t6 psrtlculierement
frappee LIE client ct le garoon Ia
vaient dependant echang6 dams le
oouloir que deux on trois paroles
insigni6antes, ct puis ills avaient
p6n6tr6 dams le cabinet, don't la
porte 6tsit referm6e aussitet. II in
terroeea Nlcette, qui ne r6pondit
advertisement ct 4 voix basse.
VOLTA que nous rentrons dams
les charades, dit Caminade; ah ga,
tu connais donc Phomme qui Went
d'entrer ID?
-Peut-etre, parlez plus has.
I'll y un moyen de SO rensei'
gner.
-Lequel?
Pour toute r6ponse, Caminade
soma le garcon, qui Sc presenta
aussit0t.
Monsieur demande l'additionP :
dit.il svant qu'on rent lnterroge.
-L'addition, r6pliaua Gamma
de, tn rapporteras quand tn en- &C.
ras pri6; pour le quart d'heure, il
s'agit d'autre chose; il Went den
trer quelqu'ub 4 cote?
-Au No. 28, oui monsieur.
-Tu le connsis?
-C'est un habitu6.
Comment Pappelles-tu?
-Mais je ne l'appelle pas.
-Tu fails le cachotier, bon! ia.
jouterai ct sur l'addition, ct puis-
que IN mas rien de plus substen-
tiel 4 nous offrir, j'ai bien envie
d'aller prendre le cafe 4 cote.
Et deja il faisait mine de gutter
la place, quand lie gareon tira de
90 poche une envelope quill lui
pr6senta.
-Qu'est CO que celia? fit Cami.
made 6tonn6.
-C'est une lettre qu'une per-
some qui venalt On bas ma char
p6 de vous remettre.
"A moi?
Ill ma pas mis- le nom dessus,
mails il vous d6sign6 par le nu-
nero que vous occupez, No. ~;
voyezl
Caminade prit Ia lettre ct rou-
writ. Et il ny cut pas plutot ]et6
les yeux, quill fit IN movement
Ca, s'est different, murmura.
til; il fallait le dire tout de suite.
Monsieur se retire7 dit encore
le gsrcon.
-Monsieur restel riposta Ca.
minade, ct u Ga ne t'ofense pas,
tn vas apporter du cafe pour deuz
des cigares pour un, ct de Ia char
treues pour madamel
! LIE garqon sortit, ct d6s quill &c
vit seul avec Nioette, Caminade
rouvrit la lettre ct 90 remit & Ia
lire. Voici CO qu'elle oonienait:
"Vous etes en- compagnie; Je ne
veux pas et:s importuD. J'avais de.
msnd6 le No. 81, ct il est occupe,
Celia ne me contrairie qua moiti6
puisque o'est pour vous. Js vienl
vous donner IN avis ct vous de.
m epder un service. Une simple
cloison s6psre le ~ du e, ne Pou'
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1894-11-09

10 Avenue Centrale
Assortment complet de cerceuils, draps
mortuaires etc. 49,. ct au plus has prix.
La seule maison Canadienne-F -FranGaise
de CO genre dams le comt@ de Hennepin.
Tongue experience,
Satisfaction assur6e.- "a
Tout partlcullerement nous solllcitons
Ia clientele Canadienne-FranCaise.
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Eugene A. Merrill. President Frank II. Prince.
Secretary and Treasurer; w. j. Hahn, Trnst Odicer
and Counsel; j. NJ. Martin, Assistant Trus
Officer.
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XXX

Et IN immense cri de surprise
ct de joie lui 6chappa, quand ellie
cut reconnu celul qui 6tait sur lie
seuil. C'5talt Lamblinl
All! sh! dit.il avec une pointe
d'eniouement, c'est donc toi, msu-
vaise grainel 4 la mode2 Ia to
NETS bien!
Nioette ne prit pas garde au ton
de familiarit6 IN peu excessive
avec lequel Lamblin lui parlait, ct
ellie ne comprit qu'une chose. o'est
quill allait prot6ger Oaminade, ct
qn'elle n'avait plus rien 4 redouter
pour Iui. Dependant Oaminsde
Is '6tait avanc6.
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ST vous voulez ssvoir les nou.
vellas, lisez l'EoHo DE L'OUEsT.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-24

other pills. Hence, their great popularity
with sufferers from habitla1 constipation,
piles and their attendant discomfort and
manifold arrangements. The Pellets"
are purely vegetable and perfectly harmless
in any condition of tile system. No care is
required while using them; they do not
interfere with the diet, habits or occupa-
ton, and produce no pain, gripping or shock
to the system. They act i'll a mild, easy and
natural way and there is no reaction after
ward. Their help lasts.
The Pellets cure biliousness. sick and
bilious headache, dizziness, ~costiveness, or
constipation, sour stomach, loss of appetite,
coated tongue, indigestion, or dyspepsia,
windy be1chings, heartburn" pain and
distress after eating, and kindred derange-
ments of the liver, stomach and bowels.
In proof of their superior excellence, it can
be truthfully said, that they are always
adopted as a household remedy after the
first trial. Put up in sealed, glass walls,
therefore always fresh and reliable. One
little pellet -" is a laxative. two are mildly
cathartic. AS a dinner pill" to promote
digestion, or to relieve distress from over
eating, take one after dinner. They are
tiny. s~ugar-coated granules; any child will
readily take them.
Accept no substitute that may be recon-
mended to be "just as good" It may be
6skke,-t for tie dealer, because Of paying him
a better profit, but he is not Tie one who
assds help,
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-24
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax
alive; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation:
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts ON the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in soc and 81 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-24
"A r r NONSENSE"

Mrs. Sharpe-''I can't pay you for
three or -four weeks yet. | lost a lot Of
money this month in speculation"
''You don't say! Whose was it?'-Cin-
%cinnati Tribune.
-"Dink1e-''This bewildering a
the poets write of, l wonder what it
means??" MISUNDERSTANDING maize?
Something about corn juice, L sup
ose."-BuHalo Courier.
-Bacon-''What's that thread tied
about your little finger for?" Egbert
--"Oh. that's just to remind my wife
to ask me if forgot something she told
me to remember '-Tit-Bits.
Fat Man-"Whew! How do you
account for this unexpected hot wave?"
Weather Prophet think it must be
on account of my buying a fall over
coat and a heavy Derby."-N. Y. Jour
nal.
1.-THE editor found a burglar in his
room. and WAS killed by him?'
NO: held the burglar up and got
enough out of him to pay off a mort
gage on the paper."-Atlanta Consti-
tuition.
Look here" said the proprietor Of
the lunch establishment, this coin has
a hole in it," "Well," replied Mean
dering Mike, $50 had the doughnnts
We sold me-" And he strobe haughtily
on.-Washington Star.
Everybody speaks of him as a ris-
ing young man." said the young won
an. YES replied the young man,
..vou see. he never loses a chance to
get up and give a lady a seat in a horse
car."-Washington Star.
Angry Customer "Hullo! you
waiter, where is that oxtail soup"
Waiter-"Coming sir-half a minute"
Customer-"Confound you. how slow
you are" Waiter-"Fault of the soup,
sir. Oxtail is always behind und
Brook Democrat.
-Foreman-"Can't get that great
japanese victory in anyway unless you
xiii the ball game" Editor-"Oh. hold
it over: change Japanese to Chinese
throughout and run it tomorrow, and
we'll scoop the next days papers,
Boston Transcript.
Lumber Merchant made my
money in the timber business" re-
marked a titled nobleman with an
American wife. NO! / never heard
of that. How did you do it??' asked
his companion. well, / had a famous
family tres. and an American heiress
gave me q fortune for tn. 7. Sun.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-24
GOVERNMENT RAILROADS.

South AUSTRIA owns her own rail.
way system.
THE little country of Hesse owns two
hundred and twenty-six miles of rail.
road.
THE government Of Portugal owns
about half the railroads In that
country.
The Netherlands w nearly one
thousand miles of railroads, all in the
best Of condition.
AL.ARGE per cent. of the railways OF
Italy are owned by the government
and leased to corporations.
VICTORIA, Australia, owns all the
railroads in the colony, two thousand
three hundred and forty-one miles.
THE British colony of New South
Wales owns two thousand one hun
dred and eighty-two miles Of railways
and New Zealand in 1892 owned six
hundred and seventy-two miles.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-24

tie come back to him in the commo,
run Of time ard he went on CROWN AMI
tErivin as usual.
x y 4 X
reckon the Galloways will soon se,1d
otter Speck and take him back to the
city to put him in school. hate to see
him go, but he amt my property and it
is none Of my business in particlar
where they keep him. If they would
only let him stay down here where he
can have the run of the woods and hills
and fields would bet even money that
the old settlement will turn out another
full grown man by-and-by. couldn't
a scholar. nor make him sprout white
wings before his time, but [ will prom
Use to make a man out of him. or either
quit and go out of the business.
RUFUS SANDERS.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-24

FoGG-"Poverty is a misfortune, not a
CRIME" Figg-'f don't know about that;
at any rate poverty has been the cause of
much poetry writing" Fogg--"You mean
the writing of poetry has been the cause OF
much poverty.'-Boston Transcript.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-24

Mr.. T~RoTTER-'I told you that Cholly's at
t~entions to Emily Brown would never
amount to anything" Mrs. Trotter-"Well,
you were wrong again; they frightened Dick
Faster into proposing at last, and Emily has
accepted him. wallpapers Bazaar.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-24
The Oldest system of Telegraphy

Is that established between the brain and
the nerves, which transmit instantaneously
to the great organ of sensation and thought
every shock they experience. These electric
shocks are very vivid, painful and disturb
ing when the nerves are weak. Hostetter's
renders the nerves tranquil. 1t induces
sleep, sound digestion and appetite, and con,
quers biliousness, malaria, rheumatism and
kidney trouble.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-24
ASSIST NATURE

d lAo" olAN IAANAA
in removing offend
ing matter from the
stomach and bowels
and you thereby
avoid a multitude
of distressing de-
engagements and dis
eases, and will have
less frequent need
of your doctors
service.
Of all known
agents for this pur-
pose, DR.. Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets are
the best. Once
used, they are nj.
ways in favor.
Their secondary eff
feet is to keep the
bowels open and
regular, not to fur
ther constipate, as
is tile case with
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-24
The Best Place For Boys.

The best place under the sun and in
this wide world to raise boys and grow
men is wav out in the country-back
in the woods. That is where the
world got such men as Dan1 Webster
and Henry Clay and Abe Lincoln and
John G. Calhoun and old Hickory Jack
son. I have always held to that gen.
eral doctrine, and durin the past sum-
mer / had a chance to maintain my
faith with my works.
Two or three years ago John Buck
Galloway gotsick and tired OF the plain
country 1ivin around in the Rocky Creek
settlement and give it out that he was
goin to take his folks and his
washin off to the city. So as nothin
else would do he sold out and picked up
and went. His good wife give in her
opinions right square agin the move
ment. sayin how she had always heard
tell that the city must be the last place
on top side of the earth for poor folks.
But John Buck had his mind made up
and his head sot, SO there they went.
Now it had SO come to pass that the
Galloways had five children at their
house two girls and three boys-and
little Speck, as they called him was the
| baby of the brood. His right and prop
er name was jest plain William, but
thew always called him Speck for short,
and he naturally took that pecurious
name on account of his terrible freckly
face. Speck was jest naturally little
and uply to start with, but of course he
didn't mean no harm by that. In his
GENERAL color and the way in which he
was complicated he made a tolerable
rood cross between a clay bank and a
Fresh turkey egg But at the same time
he was plum sound in mind and body,
and was born with plenty OF materials
IN him for the maxim of .
To be certainly Of course it was none
of my business, but l stuck my finger
In the dish anyhow and told John Buck
he was dom the wrong thing to take
his little folks to the city unless he a
plenty Of money and could give them
plenty of room, which the same | know
ed he didn't have and couldn't do:
.sThe most brightest and promlsln card
IN the hand You hold is little Speck,',
SAYS / to John Buck. but he amt got
40 more business Twin in a city than l
would with a full set of. wings n q
PAIR Of golden slippers on right now
You take'a boy as young n prlgnt
and naturally full of life and devilment
rs he is, and put him down IN the Guy
with all OF It's VIII dAd WAY 49,
ana Won needn't to look for nothin else
but Tor him to gallop with the gang as
soon as he can and as long as ne can
know he will be cussin and drinkin
whisky and lyin and stealth, and after
that il won't be no ways sur rEaa1..t 70
And Ia IS too little and weekly
Ia the flesh to hold up ct that
gait. The other boys, bsin as they
and stronger, they may pull through
ana manage so as to miss the Poor
House, the Penitentiary, the crazy 81
loan 81 q half grown grave, q as 70
little Spcck it viii mighty soon put the
final fxments on him.
All last, when I found out that John
Buck was dead bent OF movin OIL TO 10
CITY / then put in and tried my bland
est to cit him to turn little Speck over
Ia me for q few years dnrin his groW1n
season, butt want nc use. John Buck
rive II out amongst the neghbors that
ee vanted to mt his boys-in school and
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-24

THE Confederate Women's Monument
association has been organized at Rich
mond, and a charter is to be obtained.
Voluntary subscriptions toward the
monument now amount to six hundred
dollars.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-24

JnLsoN says the girl whose dorer tells her
he loves every hair in her head will be fooled
if she thinks he won't kick like a bay steer
if he should happen to find any OF them in
the biscuit after they are married. Buffalo
Courier.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-24

THE once famous court violinist,
Enrico Mast, died in Rome a few days
ago. He was at one time a member of
the well-known "Florentine Quartette."
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-24

A MAN who used to keep a cigar store re-
Gently went into the butter business. He
staggered his first customer by asking if he
would nave it medium, mild or strong
Cralit Lost
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-24

all can see and hear. s:com;n and :.
g"lne 1t does look to me powerful like
We low busy raisin up a generation
OF runts and weaklins. What seems IN
De the matter? Too burned infLrnaI
many towns and cities-too blame man,
people n a would ruther live in a c;ty
and wear storebought clothes and aat
cry bread and drink sorry water. tban
I'VE In the country and wear nl.;n
ciotfes and drink spring wafer and ear
tnfee square meals a dav.
X "
"Ahe Maincst Thing Is Handroomance.-
as for me, l amt one of the sort
70 De forever and eternally cussin and
hlckln ag1n the towns and cities. It is
perfectly all right for people 70 live in
own II 1T suits them and they can stand
~. but | have been bruisin in this
"orla with both eyes open long enough
TO ind out that it is monstrous tellin
ana KILN on the boys and girls-but
the Boys in particlar. In his CROWN
season, Whilst the sap is runnin up, a
10y needs plenty of handroomance.
Ii mainest thing with a boy born to
freedom and to fame is handroomance,
lie needs room enough to run and lump
and grow and spread out. Every time
l 60 to the city and see the droves of
pale and sickly loolsin weakened.
hatchetfaced, humpshouldered hollow
chested boys-honest to God it gives me
the heartache to look at them, and I
wonder in my soul how long American
manhood can hold up and stand the
pace.
Sometimes l hear people say that city
folks don't raise many children, but I
lee plenty of them there every time l
Eo. and | reckon the city people will
have to own up to most of them. BY
gollys, | couldn't blame them much for
denyin some children have seen around
Inc city, they are SO terrible little and
pale and puDy and sorry lookin. And
| don't blame city people for not raisin
any more children than they do. |
wouldn't want more than six or seven
around my house if I couldn't make
some improvements on the breed as
have seen them around town.
Every now and occasionally you will
See some youngster that vas born and
bred and brung up in the country
sound as 4 bran new dollar and as
tough as the butt cut from a hickory
tree-with plenty of speed and stayin
powers, go off to the city and git into
DuSl1NeSS anu DuCAlc OOWu 10 HIS hulU-
tin and presently climb up and Il e
the boys that was trained up Slere and
ought to know all the ropes by heart.
It Amt that n boy is any better than
another, cause they are all more or less
bad providin they are healthy. It is
mostly on account of the difference in
the common circumference of the gen.
eral surroundins under which they
have come up from boyhood to man
hood.
The city boy has been ''readin,''
whilst the country boy was only sorter
''fotched up" The city boy may have
rs much sense as the country hoy if not
more, but in the toll and strife and
trials and struggles of this vain and
Heetin world a smart head don't count
Tor much without a healthy boy to hold
It up and tote it through. Speed is a
mighty good thing for a man to have in
the race of life, but it amt worth a
6ddler's durn without some stickin
qualities and stayin powers.
r. ~
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-24

BECAUSE a man is industrious is no reason
why we should choose him for an associate.
Much as we admire the industry of a bee we
do not care to cultivate his acquaintance
Young Mems Era.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-24

PAPER hangers are about the only mer
who succeed In business by going to the
wall.-Texas Siftings.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-24

"Why can't there be a fight without the
shedding of blood?" asks an opponent OF
! war. If he will ask any prominent pugilist
| he will find out exactly how the tLing can
| be done.-N. Y. Tribune.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-24

LIEUTENANT (admiring his image in the
mirror)-"And yet they call women the fair
sex."-Fliegende Blaetter.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-24

"CHoLLY seems changed since his trip
away, doesn't he?" Frances-'1ndeed he
does-seems like another girl almost
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-24

WArTs-''By the way, who is the patron
saint of fishermen3" Potts-''Dunno. 1t
isn't Ananias, is it!"-Chicago Tribune.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-24

You should do something for others every
day, if it be nothing more than to tell then
a disagrl cable ruth.-Galveston News.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-24

SOME people spend ali theirdays memoriz-
ing and r~eciting their imaginary grievances.
Galveston News.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-24

IT is said that no woman can ever be a
great humorist, because all great humorists
must learn by knowing how to laugh at
themselves.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-24

F1GG-s'Did I understand you to say that
Impecune was meeting his bills nowadays"
Fogg-''Yep; IN every corner. pittsburgh
Chronicle Telegraph.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-24
HUMOROUS.

-"If you don't leave at once, I shall
.all the porter! Peddler-"Very we'll
Perhaps he will buy something of me.
-Fliegende Batter.
-Nell-"Mr. Sillicus is only an apol
ogy for a man." Belle-'Well, wouldn't
you accept an apology if it was offer
ed?"-Philadelphia Record.
-He-''My income is small, and it is
cruel of me to take you from your ia
theirs roof" She (anxiously)-"I don't
i've on the roof."-Christian Register.
-Wool-''One of these hunting-belts
seems to be loaded with blank cart
edges" Van Petit forgot to tell
you; young Browfa has asked to go with
US. "-Puck.
Caesar was a lucky man. He could
go around where he pleased and his
wife never asked any annoying ques'
lions. She was above suspicion.-Bos.
,on Transcript.
-'Eh-about this coming prize.
fight" said the reporter. "Well?'
asked the pugilist. SIS it to be fought
with bare mouths or telephones?'-In.
iianapolis Journal.
Noises of the Fall.-"What is that
swapping noise over there at the other
end of the hotel porch?" That's a bevy
81 summer girls breaking their engage.
pents."-N. Y. Sun.
-Anita-''Do yea know | like ap-
pearing in the living pictures better
than any other kind of show I was ever
in?" Eta ''INhy's that?.' Anita
"We don't have to have any dress re.
hearsals, you know."-South Boston
News.
ut seemed sort of strange at first
said Mr.. Bugleton, ito hear my friend
Hustleby, the horseman, who was tell.
ing about the terrible dream he had
last night, begin describing it as a
nightmare twenty hands high, but
suppose it was natural enough"
Next Sunday, brethren" said the
pastor, 81 shall preach on the subject,
What Your Neighbors are Saying
About YOU 1t is recorded that Rev.
DR.. Goodman preached, the following
Sunday, to the largest audience that
ever aSSeHlDieu III Tile CHURCH, dItO nun
dreds were turned away.
THE Sins of the Father" etc
Tommy Studying his ~lesson)-"I say,
pa, where does the Merrimac rise, and
into what sea does it empty?" Pal
don't know, Ay SON." Tommy-"You
don't know? And tomorrow the teach
err will lick me on account of your ig.
norance.'- Harlem Life.
Lawyer Outwitted-"You drive a
wagon?' asked the lawyer, examining
a witness. No, sir. | do not" why,
Sir, did You not tell my learned friend
so this moment:!" No Come, come,
I put it to you on your oath-do you
not drive a wagon?" NO, sir" 'Then
in heavens name, what do you do?'
Il drive a horse"
"A little Buffalo girl was not feeling
well, and her parent suggested she
might be about to have chicken-pox,
then prevalent. She went to bed
laughing at the idea, but early next
morning she went into her parents
room, looking very serious, and said:
Yes, it is chicken-pox, p>pa: I found
a feather in the bed."-Progressive
Age.