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The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-26

in China gold and silver are merely
commodities, whose price is regulated
by the laws Of supply and demand.
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WORK OF C0UNTERFEIrLR;
A DEAL OF SKILL REGTTGED =
BE SUCCESSFUL.

Some New Methods of Nor:,-Ra'S %
tie Denomination Of SMALL ". =
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Ladies' needing a tonic. or children who
want building up, should take Browns Iron
Bitters. 1t is pleasant to take. cures Malar.a
Indigestion, Bfliousness and Liver Complaints,
makes the Blood rich and pure.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-26

Chime bells came into vogue early
Ia the seventeenth century.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-26
How's This !

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case OF Catarrh that cannot be cured BY
Halls Catarrh Cure.
F.. J. CHENEY & Co, Toledo, o.
w, the undersigned. have known F. J. Che,
ney fbr the last Is years, and believe him per
fectly honorable in all business transactions
and financially able to carry out any obliga-
ton made by their firm.
WEST & TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
Ohio.
WALDING, K1NNAH & MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists. Toledo. Ohio
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. Testimonials sent free.
Price, 75c. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
A NICKEL mine has been discovered In
Idaho.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-26

PERHAPS tho oldest man In the United
States is John Roby, 121, an inmate OF the
Piscataway On. J.) Poorhouse.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-26

Beecham's Pills instead of sloshy mineral
waters. Beecham's-no others. Is cts a box
The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-26

A TEMPERANCE university has beea founded
at Hartman, Tenn.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-26

SOME 10000 mutton sheep were shipped
from The Dalles, Oregon, in 1888.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-26

A Cough, COLD OR Soar THROAT hould
not be neglected. BROWNS BRONCHIAL
TRocHEs ara a simple remedy, and give
prompt relief. Is cents a box.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-26

Many persons are broken down from over
work or household cares. Browns Iron Bit
tiers rebuilds the system, aids digestion, re-
splendid tonic for women and children.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-26

Makes CHILD BIRTH EASY,

Colvin, la, Dec. 2, 1as6.-Ny wife used
MOTHERS FRIEND before her third
confinement, and says she would not be
without it for hundreds of dollars.
DOCK MILLS.
Sent by express on receipt OF price, $50 per bot
Il. Book To Mothers !" mailed free.
BRApFfELD REGULATOR CO.,
ron .alE ~ al DRUGGISTS. "a.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-07-12
Two TypPs,

Laura Is such an old-fashioned
wife," said Cora, with a tolerant
laugh. "She has the queerest no
tions about her duty to her husband.
She declines all invitations unless he
is included, and never, under any
circumstances, is away from home
when he returns at night. Then she
always pOurs out his coffee in the
morning, and even goes so far as to
prepare certain of his favorite dishes
for him, instead of leaving such fussi-
ness to the cook. She does not 90
away in the summer until he is able
TO go, too; and, in fact, she fuses
over him in the most absurd fashion.
/ don't believe in that sort of thing
myself. l believe 1t spells man.
My husband knows that l am toe
tired to get up at for the sake of
sitting opposite him at the table, and
l pay my servants enough to make
them wait on him satisfactorily. AS
for staying at home whenever he
cannot accompany Newell, in that
case l should simply never GO out at
all; therefore l go my way, he goes
his, and we are very we'll pleased with
the arrangement. After the pretty
creature had vanished to join a party
of friends at dinner, re fective mood
stole over us, and in the twilight we
thought how much happier many a
household would be if there were
more old-fashioned wives instead Of
the type which we had just had
chance to study.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-07-12
None, Value OF ST. Louis.

When Louis TX, the saint, surren-
dered with his whole forces to the
Saracens at Mansura, on the 9Th of
April, 1850, 1000, 900 golden bezants
equal to half that number of the
livres of the day-were demanded for
his freedom. But the Moslems came
down to 500, 900 bezants, and, in the
end, by surrendering Damietta Louis
got off for 100000 marks-equal,
roughly, to over 1000, 900 sterling
Of to-day.
These golden bazants contained
about 30s. worth Of our gold, but to
20 to market with would buy as
much, probably, as y sovereigns now
would. Were the scorner allowed to
break forth here, he would probably
tell how this high priced and sanity
carcass was treated by his people
when Louis died, at the siege of Tu-
mis-, twenty years later. Being hard
up for embalmers they had accord.
ing to the Journal of Aubery) to
quarter and boil him down in sepa.
rate caldrons, and so sent but hts
whited skeleton to France. -The Sat-
urday Review
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-07-12

have become so small that they can
be crushed by the human foot. In
those days reptiles flew, and birds,
that we're uncommon, had teeth more
terrible than buzzsaws, and four legs.
The Rev. II. N. Hutchinson, an
Englishman, has just published his
second work on extinct animals The
new book is called Creatures Of 9th
er Days" 1t is published by ID. APP
pleton & Co., and is of absorbing in
teiest. Mr.. Hutchinson tells the
dimensions, family and habits of
these strange animals. With his as
sistance artists have provided very
striking pictures Of them to go with
the descriptions. His earlier work
dealt only with monsters Of geologi-
cal epoch. Some of those described
in this work were not monsters, and
some have existed during the time of
mans stay on the earth.
Labyrinthodonts were amphibians
found usually in coal formations, and
had teeth of a remarkably compli-
Gated construction. The lowest, but
perhaps the most interesting, of all
the labyrinthodonts is the archago-
saurus. A learned man who came
upon an arch9gosaurus said: ats
head might be that of fish as well
as that of lizard or batrachian
frog" 1t was finally decided to be a
missing link between the flsh-like
batrachia and the lizards and croco-
diles.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-07-12

The wings had three free diglts or
fingers, and a finger OF greater length
to support the primary features In
size IL was as largo as a rock.
The hespernornis, found In the
cretaceous strata In North America,
was q diving bird six feet long. 1t
was caruivorous. and had powerful
teeth set In groove. 1t had elastic
Jaws, like boa constructor.
The dodo is q very strange bird,
which differs from the other animals
previously mentioned here because
It has only been extinct about two
hundred years, since 1851.
Its scientific name Is Didus inep-
tus, suggesting the birds foolish
character. 1t was very unwieldy
creature with huge beak. 1t was
larger than swan and great deal
heavier. The legs we're short and
stout, having four toes on each foot,
and the tall was extremely short, car
rying Q tuft of soft plumes. The beak
was very much hooked. The dodo
existed In the islands of Nautilus,
Bourbon, and Rodrigues, down to
the middle Of the seventeenth GEN.
tury.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-07-12
Writing with Milk.

In the course Of trial In France
last year a letter was read from a
man named Turpin, a chemist, under
sentence Of five years Imprisonment
as spy, giving directions to a friend
with a view to establishing a secret
correspondence with him while in
prison. This led to an official in
quiry on the subject by the French
authorities, and some strange revela-
tions were obtained from some of the
convicts.
1t appears that when information
has to be conveyed to prisoner, a
formal letter, containing apparently
nothing but few trivial facts of a
personal nature, is forwarded to the
prison. This is read by the Govern
or, who stamps it, and allows it to be
handed on to the man to whom it Is
addressed. The latter, however, is
aware that there is another letter to
be read within the lines, this being
written in milk, and being easily de-
cipherable on being rubbed over with
a dirty finger. -Chambers' Journal.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-07-12
ANOEsl oRs CT THE MODERN HORSE EocENE PERIOD

delicate they are offensive and of no
nousishment. Let's take her pic
ture: Her visage darts forth melan-
choly, as sensible of natures injurie
in framing so great and massive a
body to be directed by such small
and complemental wings as are
unable to hoise her from the
ground, serving only to prove her
a bird; which otherwise might
be doubted of; her head Is vari-
ously drest, the one-halfe hooded with
downish, blackish feathers; the 9TH
er perfectly naked; Of whitish hue,
rs IL a transparent lawne had COW
cred it; her bill is very howked and
bends downwards, the thrill or breath
ing place is in the midst of it; from
which part to the end the colour is a
light greene mixed with pale yell
low; her eyes be round and small,
and bright as diamonds; her cloath-
ing Is Of finest downe, such as We
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-07-12
The Basis of the Dance.

The basis of the dance, and, there
fore, to a great extent, of the lyric,
poetic, and dramatic faculty, Is close
ly bound up in like manner with the
choice in pairing. The minuets of
the blackjack, the aerial antics of
the peewit, the meeting places and
bathrooms Of so many grouse and
other game birds, the strutting OF
the peacock, the display of the argus
pheasant, the coQuetting of butter
flies,. the strange courtship of spiders
all these, which are familiar to
students Of nature, give us the raw
material of the rhythmic faculty.
The Australian bower birds even
consult regular bowers, decked with
feathers and shells and bright. col
ored berries to conduct their court.
ship in, and these bowers, dedicated
to social gatherings, are entirely dis
tinct from the nests of the particular
families L need hardly point out
how closely In many cases such an
tics resemble the tribal dances and
games OF savages. And they are al
ways accomplishments of the pair NO
season. --Fortnightly Review.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-07-12
True Christian Science.

Science always has been, and al
ways will be, not the study of every
thing" as men Of science at present
naively imagine, "a thing which is,
moreover, impossible, as the subjects
in the scope Of study are Of infinite
quantity, but only of those things
which, in order and according to
their degree of Importance, religion
selects from the infinite objects, phe-
nomena, and circumstances into
which inquiry may be made. And
hence there is not one science, but as
many sciences as there are religions.
Each religion selects certain circle
Of subjects which must be studied,
and hence the science Of every time
and nation inevitably bears the char
acter of its religion In the point of
view from which its examination is
made. So the heather science, re-
instituted at the Renaissance and
flourishing at present among us under
the title Of Christian, always has
been and continues to be merely an
investigation OF the circumstances by
which man may attain the highest
welfare, and Of those phenomena OF
the universe which may be put under
contribution to the same end.
+ The philosophical science OF Brah-
min and Buddhist has always been
merely the investigation of circum-
stances by which man may be deliv-
cred from the miseries which Cypress
him. The Jewish science (of the
TalmudD b always been the study
and explanation of those conditions
which must be. observed by man in
order to ratify his covenant with
God, and to preserve the chosen ma
tion at the highest level of its cleo
tion. The Church. Christian science
was and is the investigation of these
circumstances by which man pro-
cures his salvation.
The true Christian science, that
which is but just at the birth, is the
investigation OF those circumstances
by which man. may become acquaint-
ed with the demands of the Supreme
Will, whose instrument he Is, and
how he may flt them to his existence.
Count Tolstoi, In the Contempt
rary Review.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-07-12
The Menken and Dickens.

A little book is associated In the
oldest way with Dickens-"Infe-
licia," by Adah Isaacs Menken. 1t
is dedicated to him, and the author.
ess printed a facsimile of his letter
acknowledging the compliment.
These verses are sought by the bibli-
ophiles, and are essential for any
complete collection, the book fetch
ing about co. i have heard Dickens
relate in his richest comic manner
the incidents Of this introduction.
The lady at one time was the talk of
the town from her performance of
Mazeppa, when she appeared bound
to her untamed and fiery steed-of
course, very plant, well-b,oken
quadruped-in the ARREST of raiment.
"BoZ" was one night seated in the
stalls looking on, when her business
manager, a Yankee, stood before him
with a pressing invitation from the
fair and massively built equestrienne
to come round and see her. The
elnissary, in the usual nasal tone,
represented that this meeting was
the dream of her (the equestrienne's)
life. The author politely waived of
the interview. deprecating the COM
pliment; but tho manager returned
with more pressing insistence, and
BOZ" had to yield. He gave hui
morous sketch of his interview and
the lavish incense that was offered to
him. "The dream Of her life" was
still insisted on, but unlucki1y l have
forgotten the details. The lady had
literary instincts, and her verses are
full of fire. Sometimes, we are told,
they have been attributed to Swim
burne."
She later transferred her alteration
strange to say-to the elder Du-
mas, and / possess that rarest and
most curious of curios, photograph
representing her and the grand nov
elist standing together. Later,
think, she married the pugilist Hee-
nan. Altogether, an odd history. -
The Gentleman's Magazine
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-07-12

The anOmOdonts were animals OF
uncertain family, many of which had
teeth like the modern carnivora.
The body OF an anomodont was liz
ard-like and the limbs adapted for
walking. The teeth were placed in
distinct sockets. The structure OF
the foot was distinctly mammalian.
The anomo1onts had other mamma
Han characteristics. They are ap-
parently allies TO the spiny ant-eater
of Australia and the duck mole,
which lays eggs like reptile.
The parieasaurus was a remarkable
animal OF the anomodont order. 1t
must have been fully nine feet long
when alive. 1t was very wide and
square. The skull looks like that of
a labyrini hodont and has frog-like
look. Internally it resembles the
present tuatara of New Zealand,
which appears to be survival from
the friassic period. In the pelvis and
region Of the thighs the pareiasauru us
had mammalian characteristics. 1t
was intermediate between the tailed
amphibians and the mammals.
When the fossil remains of anon
odonts were first discovered, many
men of science maintained that they
were stones which had assumed ami.
NAL shapes, so difficult was 1t to be.
Iieve that such creatures had ever
lived.
At some remote age It is believed
that the bird was evolved from the
flying reptile. The Oldest known bird
according to Mr.. Hutchinson, is the
.archaopteryx, which lived in the
secondary or Mesozoic era. 1t had
Feathers and claws, as modern bird!
have, but also teeth and tail. II
Is bird, but has sorIe reptiliar
features still clinging to IT. ltAver
tetra were bi-concave, like those o.
Dishes, and some extinct saurians
Another reptillan feature is the pres
snce of sclerotic plates In the eye
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-07-12

How rhey Nvsre Made to Sparkle, winh
and Water.

How They Were Made to Sparkle, winh
The conductor knew the man In
the rear seat, and when the tickets
had all been punched sat down be-
side him. They rode In silence for
llsbme time Then the man in the
rear seat asked abruptly, whats the
'matter?" t.t
The conductor took his left leg of
the right knee and crossed the right
one over the left. Il keep thinking
about a man that travels with me
sometimes" he answered.
bg "What about him?"
Its what he told me about his
wife. She ran away, you know, and
he's trying to find her. He says she's
pretty woman, with large, soft,
brown eyes, and a sweet, tender
mouth"
The woman In front OF him had
large, brown eyes, but they were
hard and cold, and her mouth was
very scornful.
"He asked me to be on the lookout
for her."
The woman In front seemed to be
counting the telegraph poles along
the road.
ut breaks me all up when 1 see
him, and he says, sort Of despair
ing, so, you haven't run across her
yet, have you, old man, And then
1t keeps running in my mind all the
time what l am to say to the woman
IL / find her."
The woman in front moved un-
easily, then tried to count the cattle
In pasture that they passed.
What is it?" asked man In the
rear seat.
"'You won't forget, now will
you?' he'll say, putting his hand on
my shoulder. You're TO give her
my love, you know, and tell her that
it has been hers all the time. Tell
her that the other fellow may tire Of
her, but never shall. Tell her that
IL shen come home she'll find me
waiting for her, and trying to keep
things the way she'd like to see
them, and then he'll clear his throat
and turn away with that wistful look
on his face.
zone time he told me to tell her
that he was saving up to buy new
carpet for the sitting-room, because
she didn't like the blue one, and last
time he said to tell her that he'd
I'anted flower seeds, because he knew
abe loved garden, ard then he al
ways tells me that l am to know her
by those soft, brown eyes and sweet,
pretty mouth"
"He's fool" said the man in the
rear seat, bluntly.
"Of course he is, assented the con-
ductor, though a smart fellow 9TH
erwise; but he's clear crazy on that
point, for there never was woman
lived worth loving like that"
They were nearing station, and
the conductor went out on the plat
form.
The man in the rear seat took up
his newspaper and began to read.
A change had came over the face
of the woman in front. She had q
sweet, tender mouth, that was trem-
bling with emotion, and she was
vainly trying to see the landscape
with a pair Of soft brown eyes, suf-
fused with tears.-Albany Post.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-07-12
Confident of Their safety.

A German pathological journal re-
cords recent experiment of Drs.
sawtschenko and Sobolotny which
seems to border on the heroic. They
vacciDated themselves with prep
aration made from the cultures of
the cholera bacillus, and afterward
swallowed virulent cholera germs
with entire impunity. Then, with
serum from their own blood, they
inoculated guinea pigs, and found
that those animals could thus be pro-
tected against cholera. Usually it ID
the guinea pig who has first to face
the chances of life or death in ex-
periments of that kind, but in this
case the doctors we're SO sure that
they shouldered the risk themselves.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-07-12

length, and the total length Of the
Uranium and tusks was fourteen feet
The horse, which has only one toe
to each foot, as, apparently, descended
from, Q Ave toed ancestor. That an
cestor, was the eocene phenacOdus, a
curious little animal, with the small
est brain ever found in mammal.
1t had long tail and long hind legs.
1t was probably something between
a sheep and tapir. The Immediate
predecessor of the horse in evolution
was the protohippus, which had only
two rndimentary side toes in addi-
tion to the hoof
Among the animals of the pleisto-
Gene age in South America was a
saber-toothed tiger, one, Of the most
terrible carnivorous animals known
to natural history. 1t had curved
and serrated tusks twelve inches long,
projecting eight inches beyond the
gums. 1t lived in an age when huge,
defenseless animals of the horse
type abounded, and they must have
supplied it with plenty Of food.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-07-12

Hut the Hesrtless Rounder VIII Hardly
Kick Another One.

Hut the Heartless Rounder VIII Hardly
KICK Another One.
II saw cat like that little one
cause a decidedly lively lively time
in front Of Peters concert hall last
night" said hackman as he noticed
forlorn little kitten crossing the
sidewalk.
SLOWS that? Tell US all about it,
Jim"
1T didn't amount to much, but I
tell you 1t gave an exhibition of nerve
that l will never forget. l like to
see man come out and show his col
Ors and do what he thinks. 1t hap
pened early In the evening. A num-
Der OF persons were standing about,
and among the number was tall.
lanky fellow. You wouldn't have
taken him for a man who had any
gumption. A little kitten. Isuppose
belonging to some one living In some
OF the flats above, came out of a hall
way and trotted down the sidewalk.
Just as it did 80 a party of FOUNDERS
came down the street There were
three of them and all looked as
though they could put up a good
scrap. Ono Of the big fellows saw
the kitten and kicked it up against
the side of the house.
81 saw the tall, lanky fellow get
nervous and move out to where the
men were. Before / caught on to
what was the matter he grabbed the
fellow who had kicked the kitten by
mi ~
him around with a jerk, said: What
did you mean by kicking that poor
little kitten? Did 1t ever do you any
harm? Have you got any heart in
you, or are you so mean that you cam
not help venting your spleen upon a
poor little animal that is probably
some little child's pet?'
well, what have you got to do
about it?' one Of the fellows said. 1T
amt your cat
Five got this much to do about
1t, that / will help the weak and in
nocent even If they are only cats.
Now, IL you want to take this up
suppose you square yourself around.
"The three big fellows simply stood
and leered at the big champion Of
the little kitten. That seemed to
make him all the madden, and reach
ing back he biffed the man who had
kicked the kitten, saying: i can't
keep from hitting such a mean, mis-
cradle coward as you are, and IL
ever see you kick dumb brute again
I'll serve you the same way
Il looked for a large-siZed scrap
right there, but, strange to say, nei-
ther the man nor his two compap-
ions took 1t up, but waltzed down
the street, simply muttering that
they didn't want to get arrested, but
that they would get even. looked
around to see what had become Of
the lanky fellow, but he disappeared
somewhere; / don't know where. -
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-07-12

Nicaragua, as we'll as local receipts
from within few miles of Colon.
These, piled on the docks, make a
large aggregate and at favorable op-
portunity bale or two would be
dropped overheard, and as rubber
naturally will float, it was compare
lively an easy matter to pilot the
booty to point whence it could be
readily landed and disposed of by a
fence" AS bale weighs from 100
to 200 pounds, the haul was good
one to the native. The loss could
not be discovered until after the
steamer reached New York, and il
bothered American detectives for
months, until the leak was dnally 10.
Gated.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-07-12

unnecessary and food plentiful on
these islands
The last of the great auks was
killed In the Orkney Islands a few
years ago. This bird was larger
than a goose, and very swift on foot
and In the water, but unable to fly.
1t was 80 stupid that It allowed it
self to be overtaken by men In boats
During the miocene period there
lived very strange and primitive
kind of elephant, known as the dino
therium. Unlike all other elephants
the tusks were In the lower jaw and
curved downward, like those of the
walrus On this account It Is con
jectured that 1t was OF aquatic hab'
its. A length of eighteen feet has
been attributed to this animal
Tip. of Central Park. was about