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The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-24
A Curious Worm.

g When Her Majesty's ship Challenger
was engaged in making that celebrated
series of soundings, and while meas
urements of ocean depths were being
taken in the vicinity of the Ladrone
Islands, the dredger brought a curious
specimen of the worm family to the
surface. The creature was about the
size of u half-inch rope, nearly twenty
three inches in length, and striped
and banded with all the primary colors.
1t had q hooked, hornlike proboscis,
well equipped with powerful teeth,
each hooking downward. The horny
beak was used expressly for capturing
food, and was only31 inches in length.
Exactly what p true representative OF
tie worm species would do with a
s'captured" edible may seem a mystery
to the average reader, but our rain
b~ow-colored submarine curiosity had
use for just such provisions. When
eve a periwinkle's egg case or a fresh
lot of frog spawn foated his way he
instantly seized upon it with his
armored beak and quickly turned
himself wrong side out" completely
enveloping his dinner. This proceed.
ure revealed a remarkable state Of
affairs. The "dinner hook" was the
same at both ends, the body of the
worn fastening around it at the mid
die, and the color of the ''inside" of
the worm was the same as the ''out-
side"-that is, if anyone could tell
which was which. For want of a bet
ter name the specimen was labeled
Vermes vice rsa.-St. Louis lie.
,,bIa
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-24
Origin of the Word "Trolley."

Most persons who usethe word "trol.
ley" probably do not Hhow the origin
OF this term, or why fhis name was
given to that apparatus by which the
electricity is conveyed from an aerial
wire. Twenty years ago, the word was
used to designate "a form OF truck
which can be tilted, for carrying rail-
road materials or the like" This IS
the only definition of the word IN
Webster's Dictionary of the edition OF
1913. In the edition of 1892 of the
same work, three other definitions are
added. \. "A narrow cart that rs
pushed by hand or drawn by an AMI
NAL" It is noted that this meaning
of the word is in use in England. not
in the United States. 2. ga truck
from which the load is suspended on
some kinds of cranes" This meaning
is technical, according to Webster, and
employed only in speaking of machin-
cry. 3. '(Electric railway A truck
which travels along the fixed conduc-
tors. and forms a means OF connection
between them and a railway car" 1t
is easy to see how the primitive form
of the electric trolley, which travels
upon the wires, came to receive its
name from the resemblance to other
types of trolley and the name. having
been Immediately given to its prim-
tive form, was naturally retained when
the method of connection was changed
from a little truck moving on a wire,
to a mast having at it's end a wheel
pressing on the lower service OF the
wire.-Detroit Free Press.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-24
4 Satisfactory Form OF DueIing.

Dueling isnow pretty generally rec
ognized rs a relic of ~barbarism, but
perhaps it's most satisfactory form is
that precticed by some tribes of west
ern Indians. Quarrels are rare in a
tribe, most of the fighting being re-
served for outsiders. but when a feud
arises between two braves of the same
tribe all their friends unite to see fair
play. The duelists are stripped, and
the seconds toss UP q piece of bark.
The winner then seizes a piece of hard
wood seasoned by years of service and
stained with the blood of former duels.
With this war club he hits his oppon-
ent as hard q blow as his strength will
permit. The injured man then picks
up the club and hits back, and the
blows alternate until one brave or the
other had enough and declines to pick
up The club again. The punishment
inflicted by these clubs is frightful,
every blow bringing blood and causing
and bruises. Chicago Herald.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-24

The st. Louis Star-Sayings thinks
that zone of the most gratifying
signs of the times is the operation OF
the law requiring all navy ships to be
built at home, from materials OF
domestic production; American ships
in American bottoms and the estab-
lishments of ship yards capable of
turning out vessels of war of the high
est speed and capacity. 1t is a grow
ing enterprise and gives employment
to thousands of American laborers,
and soon we may anticipate thaS in.
stead of going to other countries for
ideas and methods IN ship m and
gun construction we shall have the
foreigners coming to us to learn"
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-24
IN THE VALLEY.

To-day, when the sun was lighting my house.
on the pine-clad hill, e
The breast of a bird was rufled as It perched
on my window sill,
And a leaf was chased by the kitten on the
breeze-swept garden walk.
And the dainty head
OF a dahlia red
Was stirred on its slender stalk.
Oh, happy the bird at the rose tree, unheed-
p ing the threateningstorm!
And happy the blithe leaf-chaser, rejoicing
in sunshine warm!
They take no thought for the morrow-they
know no cares to-day;
And the thousand things
That the future brings
Are q blank to such as they.
But I, by the household ingle, can interpret
the looming clouds,
For the wind "soo-hoos' through the key
hole, and a shadow the house en-
shrouds;
And I know I must quit my mountain, and
go down to the valebelow,
For my house Is chill
On the windy hill,
When the autumn tempests blow.
My mind is forever drawing an instructive
parallel
'Twixt temporal things that perish and eter-
nal things that dwell
When pillows and waves surround me, and
waters my soul o'riow,
descend in hope
From the mountain top
To the sheltering vale below.
l go down to the Valley of Silence, where
the worldly are never met
l know there is "balm and healing there
for eyes that with tears are wet
And I find, in its sweet seclusion, gentle
solace for all my care,
For that vAley pure,
With its shelter sure,
Is the beautiful Vale of Prayer.
-Chambers's Journal.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-24

Sixteen miners have returned to
Seattle, Washington, from the Yukon
gold diggings in Alaska, bringing with
them, as the result of the seasons
work, about $45, 900 in gold dust and
nuggets. The share of two or three
Of the party was about $4,000 apiece.
They report that there were about 800
men engaged in placer mining on the
Yukon River last summer, Some new
diggings were discovered on Birch
Creek, 275 miles below Forty Mile
Greek, from which two halfbreeds
took out $4,000 worth of gold in six
days. The Indians did not modest
the miners this year.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-24
Widest River in the World.

Were it not for a decided difference in
the color of the water you would never
know when the Atlantic is left and the
Rio de la Plata entered. The high-roll-
ing, white capped pillows are the same,
and no land is visible, for the grea, river
which Jane Diaz de Soils discovered is
1875 miles wide at its mouth, though
with an average depth of only fifty feet.
Sebastian Cabot, who came in the year
1890, soon after the natives had muir.
dered poor Don Soils, dubbed it River
Silver, not on account of its color, which
might have won for it the more appro-
pirate name Of Gold River OF River Of
Chocolate, but because he had wrested
quantities of silver from the Indians who
swarmed it's banks, and naturally mag
ined that an abundance of precious metal
remained in the vicinity.
In point of fact the terms of Argentina
and Rio de la Plata (both meaning the
same thing with reference to silver are
misnomers, says the Philadelphia Record,
for no metals of any sort. precious Or
otherwise, are found along the banks of
the mighty stream, or anywhere near it,
and the scanty argentiferous deposits in
the hills of the interior have never been
worked.
The Indians aforesaid probably OBJ
tanned the silver which so excited Span
ish cupidity from Peru and Bolivia, by
some primitive system of internal COM
MERGE known only to themselves. To
this day metals do not figure in the ex-
ports of the adjacent countries-Uruguay,
Paraguay and Argentina-but such pro-
sale articles as hides and tallow, horns,
woods, preserved and refrigerated meat,
etc, for their wealth lies solely in graz
ing facilities and fertile soil.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-24
Close Dealing.

A woman sold a pig to a butcher the
other day and he killed it on the prem
ises. Now it is a superstition with
some butchers that to cut off a pigs
tail insures the preservation of the
meat. The pigs little tail vas cut off.
But the woman was on the watch. She
picked up the tail and gave it to the
butcher to be weighed, saying: 81
want pay for the whole of him"
But the butcher got even with her.
The reckoning came to half a cent,
probably because of the addition of
the tail. She wanted the half cent, of
course; she always does. So tbs
butcher placed a cent on the block,
cut it in two with his cleaver, and gave
her the hall cent. Portland Me-
Press.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-24

America holds the record in many
natural wonders and artificial
triumphs, boasts the Washington Star.
The largest lake in the world (Su-
perior), the longest river (Missouri),
the largest park (Yellowstone), the
finest a v (the Mammoth), the
greatest waterfall (Niagara) and the
only natural bridge lin Virginia) are
all to be found within the borders of
the United States, and here the big
gest fortunes r made, the most ener-
getic commercial enterprises under.
taken, the largest deals are effected,
and the most wonderful inventions
are perfected, while the country
produces a greater amount of raw
material than any other.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-24

Bismarck's private physician, DR..
Schwenninger, has written an article
in which he severely criticises and con-
dennis various modern fads, such as
vegetarianism, the Atwood and all
cotton doctrines, the Kneipp cure,
and--the tsSchyenninger cure He
explains that the e'cure" named after
him is Gin every sense a clever swim
die" that it is a misleading generali-
cation of methods and practices which
he does indeed recommend in indi-
vidual cases, but does not consider
adapted to different persons without
important individual variations.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-24
STUDYING 4 Rattlcr's Rattle:

The growth of the rattle of the
rattlesnake las been studied by a Ger
man scientist, who finds that the rattle
is frequently shed; and, after being
shed This snakes we're kept in a very
warm ROOM, in three OF four months
two rattles were present, their APP
pearance having nothing to do with
the casting of the skin. The snakes
were made to register the vibrations
of the rattle on smoked paper, and it
was found that the vibration was a
compound one, consisting of the
vibration of the tail as a whole, and
of the rattle independently of the tail
vibrations. The approximate figures
of vibrations were, for the tail, seventy.
five; of the rattle, 10 a second
Chicago Herald.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-24

One by one the States are becoming
i~nterestedin the good-roads movement,
exclaims the New York Post. The
agitation is at white heat in Missouri
Just now, and nowhere are roads fitted
for travelling more needed. In the re-
mote country districts particularly
they are q disgrace to the age. The
Kansas City Times, to which much Of
the credit of arousing the people on
this question is due, says truly: Next
TO railroads, substantial and lasting
public highways are worth more to a
country, including both the farmers
and the townsmen, than any other
single investment that could be made"
A resident Of Howard County, Mis-.
souri,, who realizes the needs of this
section, makes the following offer:
ST will give 81 per acre on every acre
Of land ! own towards the building Of
q gravel road from Rocheport to Jack
mans Mill. Ny farm consists of 400
acres; hence / will take stock in said
road to the amount of $3.50. / will
also give the same amount for a gravel
road from Rocheport to Ashland
church, or from the church to Fayette.
Ii we could get the farmers once in
terested in such an enterprise, it would
be but q few years until we would have
the best roads in the West. The build
ing Of these roads can be accomplished
with less cost in the long run than the
present system of woodworking is now
VDsting the farmer. 1t must also be
remembered that each individual who
pays IN as much as 500 becomes q
stockholder in the road. In fact, stock
can be issued at 800 q share, and I
will venture the assertion that this
money will return . larger dividend
Nm u sny other way invested"
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-24

The New York Observer remarks:
It is a well known fact that child life
in the city is at a disadvantage as com.
pared with a rural environment, but
we were hardly prepared for the state
ment that ''the expectation of life at
the birth of a child in central Man.
chaster is twelve years less than that
of a child in the whole of England and
Wales" The statement is appalling.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-24
OPELoUsAs,


There is said to be an unusual in
quiry for farming lands in Alabama.
The general manager of the lands of a
railroad says he receives applications
every day from the North and West
from those desiring farming lands.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-24
PENSION 81

ACT OF JUNE 81. 1890 Pensions soldiers aud sailors of the var Of th
rebellion who served 80 days and vera honorably discharged from the servce,s aud
drn, dependent parents, fathers and mothers. All pensions under this Act will
commence from the date of fling the formal application (afer the passage of the
good unless fled in the Pension Bureau o or after June ~, 1890. Ciate of ths
AaD OF if not in the form, substantially, prescribed by the Secretary. The rates:
child of soldier under sixteen years; aud lii thu widow dies, the child or children
IAN draw such pension. The soldier is eptited to any rate from So to $s per
may apply under this one, or penioner under this ont lay apply under othr
laws, but cu draw only one pension at thu same time. This law requires in SOL
diersOr sailors case:
O An honorable discharge. ~
() That he served at least ninety days.
vicious habits: at need not have originated in the savicej
G) That he wash onorably discharged.
90 Proof Of death, but it need not have been the results of his A1my or
WsThat the widow is "wtheut other means of support than her d.ly
% That she married soldier prior to June 81, 1896, the date of tho Act.
q That the soldier or sailor died of wound, injury OF disease, which, I'M.
C) That he left n wife or minor child.
C) That the mother or father Is at present dependent n her or his ow.
ua. labor. OF the contributions of others not legally bound for their support.
The benefits oft the first section of the Act of J1ne 81, 1890, are nt con6ned to
~ parents those q served In ts war; OF he rebellion, but arc extended to
son who served. since said war; in behalf of the United States, as we'll as fr dis
abilities contracted before Or sine discharged.
D That in case a minor child lis insane, idiotc or otherwise pe,mancntv
healitss' the pension shall continue during the period of such disability, and this
proviso shall apply to Ill pensions therefore, granted, or hereafter to be grant d,
under this O. any former statute. and such pensions shall commence from the date
of application therefor after passage of this Act.
The rules and r. EQUATIONS of the Department will govern sill applicants and
~ Uade, Act Of Jns q, 1890, pensions arc granted to Soldiers and sauu.
W-NoTICEEDr ". r. Lasrape having recently been appointed U. s.
Examining Surgeon fer Pensions at Opeomas, La, it is o Of special int.rsstn,
= lm'n's OF rensons t oome to m 70 and make out their applications, to
Q orleans Tor medical examination, at which place they have heretofore bees
4 reetsd to go. a
HART n. SANDOZ,
u s. PENSION CLAIM AGENT
EB OHF1OE Nth Hon. John NJ Ogden, Opebusa,. LOUISIANA
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-24
She Had Originality.

Maud-And, pa. what did Professor
Crochet say of my piano playing?
Pale was quite extrayagant in his
praise. He said you possessed an orig
inality in execution that was truly re-
markable. He said he had heard some
Of your pieces performed by the greatest
masters, and not n of them played
them as you did.-[Boston Transcript.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-24

The little village of Mystic, Conn,
claims to have more rocking stones
than any other town of its size in the
country. Five perfect ones are num-
bered within it's borders.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-24

And Mrs. Wilkerson wiped her eyes,
Wilbur looked out of the window, and
Andrew Wilkerson went and shook
hands with Nr. Hinckley until his
wife stopped him. Saturday Night.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-24
HINCKLEY'S OBJECTIONS.
BY EMMA A. OPPER,

have
do
with An drew
Wilkerson, said
Mr.. Hinckley-
"nO more'n !
would with a
six-foot RATHER !"
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-24

Brown County, Kansas, has a mar
who al husk and crib 135 bushels Of
corn in ten hours.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-24
Live Rabbits for Pythons.

Humane persons have raised a pro.
test against the caretake,s of the Jar
din d'Acclimatation in the, Bots de
Boulogne, Paris, who allow rabbits to
be put into the cage of the pythons,
which have lately arrived, during the
daytime. This is done with a view to
interesting visitors to the garden,
many of whom have viewed with in
dignation the spectacles Of the poor
Dummies huddled up with fear in cor
ners, awaiting the evening, when the
serpents make short work of them.
The pythons eat only at nightfall, and
are fed exclusively on live rabbits.
The protests will no doubt have the eff
feet Of preventing this unnecessary
cruelty to animals.--London Standard.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-24

Children in India have to learn the
multiplication table up to forty times
forty, and this is further complicated
By the introduction of fractional parte
The Opelousas courier., 1894-02-24
New Shaving Saloon.

HAVING recently built and refurnisbcd
II throughout, my Barber Shop, | am
now prepared, with increased fa1ilit o.,
toserve the public in First-Cl,es Sly lie
my new quarters between Brand nj
sriari'y's; Shaving, H,ir Cutting,
Shampsoing, etc. done in the highest
style of the art. Give me a call
E. A. BODEMULLER.
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-Four fine TIntypes only 26 cents.
PLUMMEk'S GALLERY.


For the pastfew days the papers of
the city have been commenting upon a
circumstance OF which they seem to
have no correct knowledge. l have no
desire TO expose the young man involved.
1t will not be necessary for present pur-
poses. The truth OF the whole matter
is that the young man contracted bills
at my house and destroyed my proper
w, for both OF which he promised to
pay, but not having any money at that
time, placed in my keeping as security
for the payment of his Indebtedness the
pin spoken of. This was done In the
presence of three or four persons, not
all Of whom were inmates of my house.
Afterwards the same young gentleman
returned, and, still not having any
money, said to me and my servant that
he supposed IL was all right to get what
he wanted, for had his pin as security.
Now, If the gentleman thinks 1 stole his
pin or got possession oft in any other
than the above manner, let him proceed
criminally or otherwise, at his pleas
ure. Miss MANA MoFFETT.
Wheeling, W. Va, March 81, 1894.
adj.
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Other Court News,

Before Judge Jordan, Yesterday, IN
the matter Of the demurrer to the in
dictments In the cases OF State VS.. w.
w. Rodgers, J. P, the Court overruled
the demurrer and the cases will go TO
trial
In the case Of State vs.. Dr.. R. L. Ash
brook, who pleaded guilty to misde-
meanor in the Metropolitan Life Insur-
ance Company forgeries, The Court sem
fenced the defendants 10 be confined in
Jail for five days and to pay fine Of SIS
and costs.
The matter OF the demurrer to the in
dictment in the case OF State VS.. John
g. Kline went over.
There will be no more criminal trials
until April 9th, when the case OF State
vs.. James Bachman will como up for
trial.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-04-01

When my little girl was one month old, she
had a scab form on her face. 1t kept spread
ing until she was completely covered from
head to foot. Then she had boils. She had
forty on her head at one time, and more on
her body. When six months old she did not
weigh seven pounds, pound and a half less
than at birth. Then her skin started to dry
up and got so bad she could not shut her eyes
to sleep, but laid with them half open. About
this time, at the earnest request of friends, |
started using the CUTIcURA REMEDIES, and
iH one month size 1Uas completely enrea.
The doctor and drug bills were over one hun
dyed dollars, the Cuticura bill was not more
than fve dollars My child is now two years
old, Strong, healthy and large as any child OF
her age (see photo.) and it Is all owing to
CUTIcURA. Yours with Mothers Blessing,
MRS. GEO. II. TUCKER, JR,
73s Greenfield Avenue, Milwaukee, Wis.
Sold throughout the world. POTTER DRUG AND
CHEM. Corr, sole proprietors, Boston Mailed free,
"All about the Blood, Skin. Scalp, and Hair
Baby Blemishes, falling hair, and red. rough
hands prevented and cured by Cuticura Soap.
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index 60 now AavorasomsaS-

SECOND PAGE.
A Big Batch OF Bargains-Stone Thomas.
Even u Blind Man-D. Gundling & 90.
FOURTH PAGE.
Notice-Warwick China Company.
Wanted-LaGies' Hats to Color, Clean.
Send Tor Written Description OF our Huture
DO You Want a &oustache!-Fox Remedy
Company.
Wsuted-Ladies TO MANAGE Correspondence
Wanted-Ledy 70 Do Writing.
Ten Dollars keward-W. Va. Printing Com
pany.
For ssle-Elm Grove Property.
For Sale-TWo Bed Room sets.
For Kent-store Room on Market Street
Masonio Funeral Notlce-Nelson Lodge.
Bargains in Blcycles-r. A, hoge " 20.
ConstAbls's Sale OF Oil Leases.
For Rent-StOra Room Ia Reilly Block.
Carpet Beating-Lutz Bros.
Removal-Rolt / Zane
salad Dressings-Albert Stole q Co.
FIFTH PAGE.
Tailor-Nsds Suits-Geo E. Stifel q Co.
Opera house--WGltsr Whiteslda.
Opera House-Primrose x Vests MINSTREL
TWELFTH PAGE.
Special Cloak Sale-H, Emsheimer.
Novelty Dress Goods-Egger, Warrick %
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REAL EsrArn MAxkEE.

Deeds OF Transfer Left fer Record Ties :
terdAy.
The following transfers OF real Estate
were lett for record at Clerk Hooks
Office yesterday:
Deed made March 90, 1894. by Vim.
c. Ball to Margaret Ball, for two acres
and three rods Of land on the Cumbsr-
land road. Consideration. $1,000.
Deed made March 90. 1894, by Gilbert
G. SawteIl and wife to Ada Grigg and
Eliza E. Hooten, for the interest OF G.
e. Sawtell in the estate Of George Saw
tell, deceased. Consideration, $1,000.
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7. 81. c. A NOTES.

The Board OF Directors will hold 3
meeting tomorrow night.
The Bicycling Club TOOK . pleasant
ride yesterday afternoon out the pike.
About dozen OF tho wheelmen went.
Rev. j. Engle will address the young
mems meeting this afternoon AZ four
O'Clock. Special music will be = iea-
ture of this meeting.
The Bicycling Club will hold meet
Ing next Tuesday evening. The mem
bers will then go for & run. There are
to be several new wheels added soon.
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Last Friday night ct the rear OF
RESTAURANT in Chicago Junction O.,
Floyd Pickard, the pugilistlc newsooy
of this city, fought Fentz Fike, an en-
ploy of the B. & o. shops there. q ten
round bout to draw The set-to Is
said to have been well-matched one,
but neither of the young men was In
jured much. The fight was for SO sioe
and about fifty sports Of that locality
witnessed it, Pickard now offers 70
fight on the recent challenge In the REG
IsTER by one claiming to be the cham
pIon bantam weight OF this Stats, . ter
or twenty round contest for purse OF
SIS side.