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The Opelousas courier., 1895-09-07

The girl shrugged her shoulders and
then turned TO the young minister:
art ure thou art not fearscnes"
NAY, why should I ber
"Thou'rt fears~ne Of ine, and i be
but d chit of a girl; methinks thou
' Guilds !. die Of alright y + thou sawess
"Neey, Mistress Ethel, thou aost mo
wropg!" disclaifned the minister.
"But It's the spirit of a woman" con-
tinued Ethel. waxing eloquent.
The parson shudde-ed. =
"Of an exceeding young and beauti-
full woman'" .
Master Hilton wiped the beads Of
perspiratioh from his brow.
And she has a mocking laughi"
He raised his Rand as though toebeR
her to cease her cruel narrative.
"Ana Sparkling eyes that dance with
light"
'EnorEhr' pleaded Master Hilton.
Tell mi no more! If what she sayeth
be true, Ill not watch in the west hall
tonight, Sir john
NAY, good Master Hilton, the girl
would rob thee Of thy staunch heart.
Begone, vixen! off to bed with you!'
The night dragged on with most un.
righteous hardness for the minister in
the west hall, and the young man lis.
tened eagerly for the watchman who
walked through the streets with his
lantern and staff and proclaimed the
hours.
The minister being at last weary
with much watching and waiting, al
lowed his eyes to close in itful Stun.
Der, in spite OF his fear. He awoke
with a start, for 1t seemed that a hand
had touched him.
He looked about him In great fear,
but saw nothing. Trembling like one
in a mighty chill, he peered into the
darkness right distinctly. But pres
emily he saw more. At the end of the
hall appeared a figure clad in white.
that glided toward him with out
stretched hands.
He strove to speak, but his voice
failed him. He tried to turn and fly,
but his limbs refused their Office.
Finally, by a great effort, he called
tremblingly:
"Who-who art thou, and oh-what
dost thou want?"
THAT thou soon shalt know. stricken
mortal" said the ghost.
Tell me, ] adjure thee, by all that
is sacred. what art thou9s
Il am a female ghost.h said the fig.
ure In white; and then it seemed that
The Opelousas courier., 1895-09-07
FARM AND GARDEN.
fhE RYELAND SHEEP.
A Breed Whose History Goes Back Msr
Hundreds of xrkrs.

A Breed Whose History Goes Back Merry
Hundreds al xERrs.
There Is not another breed of sheep
In England that can trace its history
and origin so far back, or whose value
to the sheep industry has been so con-
t%inuous and sharply defined for so
many centuries as the Ryeland. The
accompanying Illustration Of q Rye
land W suggests the origin OF the
breed, as there is considerable resem-
blance between ker and the Merlno
eve. This, with the peculiar character
Of the wool. leads, according to Will
liam Youatt, to the suspicion n a the
Ryeland breed may be of foreign eS
traction. The Merino breed in Spain
was one of those valuable gifts with
which the Romans were accustomed to
propitiate and enrich the people whom
they conquered; they were never sat
isfed until they had effected both the
introduction of sheep and the estab-
lishment of manufactures. 1t is ii
historical fact that ten years after the
invasion of Britain by the Romans. in
the year IS B. c., the yictors estab-
Iished a wooden factory at Winchester,
and such was the character ct the fab
RIGS that they were in great estiha-
ton at Rome. 1t is easy to believe that
these ine-wool sheep were already
in the country, but it is possible that
they were a b~enefaction from the con
querors 1860 years ago.
1t is believed by Bishof that the
Herefcrdshire sheep, now called the
Ryeland, were the wool-bearing sheep
Of England that gave such value and
interest to the wool industry of Eng
The Opelousas courier., 1895-09-07
Green Food for the Stock.

Green food all through the summer
and fall months can be obtained with
good grass, rye, clover, roots and other
crops planted on rich soil. The food
value of all these products needs no
demonstration. But a great mistake
many growers make IL to starve the
animals by giving them very little or
no grain. Good growing animals need
grain, e in the summer, when green
food is SO abundant, and it is mistaken
economy to deny them this. The
dairyman fnds this out when he tries
to sell his cream and butter and the
beef and pork packers when they cal
culate un, the cost Of raising every
pound. Grain is an essential food for
cattle summer and winter.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-09-07
Starting q Balky Horse.

An officer of the police detail saidre-
Gently: when / was a mounted po-
liceman l Learned of a most humane
and kind method of curing a balky
horse. It not only never fails. but it
does not give the slightest pain to the
animal. When the horse refuses to 20
take the front foot at the fetlock, and
bend the leg at the knee joint. Hold
it thus for three minutes, and let it
down, and the horse will go. The only
way in which l can account for this
effective mastery of the horse is that
he can think Of only one thing at a
time, and having made up his mind
not to go, my theory is that the bend
ing of the leg takes his mind from the
original thought."-Farm and Field.
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wondered If a female ghost were as
formidable as a woman, but agreed to
stay that night at the manor and
argue the right of possession with the
spirit.
The other guests soon departed, and
Sir John called to his daughter.
1 Ethel he said, "our good Master
Hilton hath promised to rid us Of the
ghost, and win keep watch in the west
hall tonight"
Art not afraid?. said Ethel, leaning
toward him eagerly.
NAY, Mistress Ethel, Of what should
] be afraid9"
The maiden laughed, very gently,
yet surprisingly melodious.
Thou art exceeding brave, good
Master Hilton!' she exclaimed, s.and 1
do adore brave and valiant men.
Tut, child. !" chidec Sir John. 1T is
unbecoming for D mere chit Of q child
to talk thus!'
I" am not q chit Of = child. Perhaps
you forget, father, that I did turn
eighteen years last st. Agnes eve.
More shame, then. that a Weman
ehould talk ot sdoF!ng menl'
The Opelousas courier., 1895-09-07

he could hear q low n awful uncanny
laugh.
"Oh, Lord!' cried Master Hilton.
And l would tell thee ought for thy
good!" continued the ghost.
"Sp-speak 6as' said the minister,
quaking with a horrible fear.
Aye said the ghost. "But, for
thine W good, l would tell thee it be
best not to look into my eyes, for thd
sight might deprive thee Of thy reason!"
"Oh Lordm cried the poor man.
Therefore take heed, and bind thy
neekcloth about thine eyes, SO that ]
may approach"
Tremblingly, and as fast as his be-
numbed fingers would permit, the
young minister obeyed, and no sooner
had he done SO, than he felt a pair Of
soft arms about his neck and the GHOST
whispered:
master Hilton, thou art a fool!"
"Kill me not" he pleaded ia an
guish.
"Hadst thou not q duty to perform,
it were best thoa shouldst die said
the ghost, and forthwith did sit down
upon the minister's lap and kissed him,
remarking, in awful tones. that such
was the custom among spirits.
"Speak-speak ONT commanded the
minister, and the ghost forthwith did
kiss him again.
Then did most strange and uncan.
ny feeling take possession of Master
Hilton, and although it was born oil
exceeding fear, it was exceeding
pleasant, and he stammered awkward.
":
Kind spirit, pray do not abstain
from the custom Of ghosts If 1t be to
thy likings"
And the ghost did laugh most grew
somely, but be it said that Master Hill
ton had taken heart. but did question
it most keenly, always after and &C.
cording to the manner OF ghosts.
Then the spirit did command, in a
voice that was most dreadful, that ia
free the manor from its presence, tho
young minister must at once sue for
the hand of Mistress Ethel. Trembling
with fear and other strange emotions,
the good minister promised, and after
bidding him farewell, after the manner
OF ghosts, the spirit glided into the
darkness of the hall and vanished.
That very next Sunday, in a trem-
bling, choking and most uncertain
voice, did Master Hilton publish the
banns between himself and Mistress
Ethel Bently from the pulpit. And
the good Pensioners did wonder
nightly how he had summoned up
such monstrous and sudden courage.
But Master Hilton saw naught but the
roguish eyes Of Mistress Ethel peeping
at him from over the back of the high
pew, and did color and stammer and
lose the thread of his argument fully o
score of times.
The ghost was never seen again
Peterson's Magazine.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-09-07
Splendid Occupation for Boys.

The breeding and rearing of fine
fowls is a business which, if carried on
successfully, must be attended to in de-
tail. Success in all kinds of business
is secured by attention to details. The
man who succeeds acquires his impress
sions and habits in youth, and where
is there a branch of industry SO we'll
calculated to stimulate a boy, and
which will impress him with the i'm
portance of attending to every particu-
lar department of the business, more
than raising fine poultry?-Farmers
Voice.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-09-07

The end OF the iath rum might be made
of the board taken off the box, and this
would save making, an end frame.
Many dry goods boxes are Longer
than wide, and can be sawed in two in
the middle, mailing the lath between
the separated parts. This would give
a run in the middle and a nest at each
end. Or, the long box may be sawed
in two and the 1ath from the front of
one nailed onto the rear end of the
other, thus giving two nests and runs
instead Of one.
When such a box is used on the
ground it would be we'll to raise it a
couple OF inches, on a platform of
earth, so when hard rains come in the
night the coop will not be flooded, to
the injury of the chicks. Farmers Re-
view.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-09-07
variety Of Food for stock.

Variety of food is essential for all
animals. To confne a pig and give it
nothing but grain will sooner or later
result in indigestion and disease.
Many Of the so-called cholera victims
have succumbed to a grain diet. Bulky
TODD is essential. Grass and roots, or
any %succulent food, will prove more
beneficial than medicine. Ii an animal
receives a variety of food it uEi be
tree from many diseases duo se spai.
gestioH.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-09-07
b c-oel World.

Mine is indeed q hard lot.r'
The old, decrepit man rested from
his sabors and rared his head to this
cool winds of hesyen.
UIsided, alons, he had tciled and
labored towards the realization Of his
hopes only to meet q crushing obsta.
Gle. As the full force Of the calamity
burst upon him he murmured again:
Mine is a hard lot"
1t certainly was.
He had been digging > cellar, and al
the depth Of three feet had struck
bed rock.
Throwing down his pick he started
out 70 find . drill and q few sticks a
dynaHdses--N. \. World
The Opelousas courier., 1895-09-07

A GOOD idea is the English home Of
rest for horses. The object is to are
for aud nurse back TO health all ailing
animals. the owner being in the mean.
time supplied with 3 sound horse.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-09-07
CHEAP CHICKEN COOP.

aade Of u Brs Goods BOX With a Yard
Made Of Latt.
The illustration in connection with
this article will give an idea of how
easily d cheap chicken coop MAY be
made. The one shown is simply a dry
goods box, and the yard is made of
lath. This gives both a nest and a run.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-09-07

C:HrT1Se rich on earth is impossible with
out first laying up some treasures above
Rams Horn.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-09-07
Hoods SarsapariIla

f'As afeat t.rca purifier which has proved
its merit by 81 record of cures n~neaualled
in medical history. With pure, ricf
blood you will be we'll and strong. DO
not neglect this important matter but
take Hoods ~Sarsaparilla now.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-09-07
RAILROAD ECHOES.

The auditor Of the state Of Colorado
bbs Announced that hereafter he VIII
not allov mileage to legislators and
public officers who travel upon railroad
passess His action is based on a recent
decision of the state supreme court.
AUSTIN CoRBIN is extending his rail-
road to the Montaulk end OF Long
island. The deeds to 5000 or more
acres of land about Fort Pond bay have
been recorded in the office of the Suf-
folk county clerk In Mr. Corbin's name.
CoSpuctoes If tie fast mail trains
east and west over the Panhandle lines
are required to 60 through every mail
car and see hat only bona fide mail
clerks are on board. The regular mail
clerks carry permits similar to a pass.
TIE charge for carrying wheat from
Chicago to New York by a S1se4
was 90 cents per bua1el; in 1874 it was
reduced ~ gai4 eontsi In 1894 1t was
only 1873 e -t8-onc-half IT the rate 20
years ago, ana Il little over 6ne-tlfth OF
the charge 80 years ago. .
THE Michigan Central has abandoned
the practice of testing for color blind
ness the train employees and yard men
with several skcins Of worsted OF diff
:ercnt ~c11ots; sind only the regulation
flags sid lights are used. The tests
ei ) made both day and night, and the
distances are half-miIe and q mile.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-09-07

tlali's Catarfh Ours
is taken Internally. tfiGs 49,
The Opelousas courier., 1895-09-07
MISTRESS ~ETHEL'SGHOST

AY, On my hon
Or, l swear It is
sol" e X claimed
Sir John Bent
~, shifting the
table with his
fist SO nightly
that all the
a k ards and
nagons danced.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-09-07

"FAMn, 4 said tnc'e Eben.," lam er good
deal laik any udder kim oh ad*ssftisia,,
Tain no use ter q man Opless he had Go
right kim oh goods ter back itup Wld.'-
" Washington E.Ar.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-09-07

NoTHIya SO completely robs confinement
of the pain and suffering attending it as the
use ol"Mother's Friepd.' Sold by druggists.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-11-29

were actually taking a new start.
Their strength rapidly returned. They
were no more troubled with sleepleSs
nights, and their days were no longer
made wretched by neuralgia and
rheumatism.
Constipation, that stores up in the
body substances long since worse than
useless to the body and a menace to
the health, is looked after. Any one
troubled with this obstinate hindrance
to heath will find positive and last
ing cure in Paine's celery compound.
1t takes very short time to settle
any doubts on the matter by giving
Paine's celery compound trial.
DR.. John Holland, whose portrait is
given above, is parlOr car conductor,
whose home is in Jersey City. He
writes:
81 wish to give my testimony Of the
great benefit Paine's celery compound
has done me. A year ago had
typhoid fever, and later [ had to have
an operation ia my side for an abcess
over the liver. This left me very
weak. l grew very nervous and could
not sleep. l tired even more after |
got up than 1 was when / went to
bed. | have taken four bottles OF
Paine's celery compound, and am
perfectly we'll? have sent six bot
ties to some friends in Virginia. One,
although he has taken only a bottle
of it, feels much better and sleeps
wells"
Paine's celery compound puts the
system on healthy, strong basis,
safe from disease. Try it if you are
ailing, and trial will speedily con-
vince NOu
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-11-29

There may be in the distant future
some remedy as efficacious as Paine's
celery compound.
There is none such today.
The sick and ailing who are stretch
ing out their hands for help must
take the best that scientific medical
knowledge of the world now affords.
The reaso ing that has enabled
Prof. Edward e. Phelps, M. D., LII.
D., of Dartmouth college to discover
the remarkable formula of Paine's
celery compound is the result OF the
century's work in medicine.
1t is by new and more thoughtful
grouping of diseases, from careful
study of their causes, that Prof.
relationship of all diseases of the
blood and nerves.
Neuralgia, sleepleSsness, melan-
cholia, hysteria, headache and dy-
spepsia at once referred themselves to
a tired, half-fed and therefore de-
ranged nervous system.
The cure lay in attending to the
nutrition of the whole system. This
system of cure, simple and clear like
most epoch-making ideas, was en-
bodied in the greatest issue former,
nerve-reStorer and regulator yet
known to Science-Paine'S celery COM
pound, the one great remedy that
makes people well!
Persons who complained of feeling
tired to death" and sought compe-
tent invigorator, as soon as their ply
sicians ordered Paine's celery COM
pound felt that their tired bodies
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-11-29
OIL MILL IMPROVEMENTS.
Flax Not Very Profitable Crop
this Season.

A new boiler is being placed in the
oil mill to take the place of the two
which have until now done service
there. Its great capacity may be
Judged of by it's size, for it is seventy
TWO feet long and eighteen inches in
diameter. 1t was made by Kennedy
Bros, of ST. Paul, and filled an entire
car in being shipped.
From the time the mill started up
in the fall until now, it has had ali
it could do tosmeet the orders com
ing in, but is now able to accumulate
u small stock. 1t has done about
twice the business that it did last
fall.
The farmers who raised flax last
year were fortunate, for while the
crop averaged fifteen bushels to the
acre, the price paid for it was Sl.25
on the average. Induced by the pro.
Its of their neighbOrs, other farmers
vent into flax growing extensively
this year, and with yield of ten
bushels to the uacre and an average
price of II cents per bushel, it is nc
wonder that they are planning tC
curtail flax acreage materially next
year. An acre of flax brings about
JwO-fifths this year what it did last
year.
Manager w. d. Willard states that
the outlook for the oil market i:
good, as the demand equals the pro
duction, and the prospect is that this
condition will continue, as a great de
crease in the flax supply is expected
neXt year, owing to the poor crop:
Ind prices this year.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-11-29
First insertion Nov S-last Nov %

ORDEh III EAAmlINE ASNOONIS.
cxTATE OF MINNESOTA, County of Blue
- Earth-ss. In Probate Court, Special
Term, November 9th, 1885.
In the matter of the estate of John P. John
son, deceased.
On reading and filing the petition OF Louis A.
Under executor OF the last will and testi-
ment and of the estate of John
p Johnson, deceased, representing, among
other things that he has fully administered said
estate, and praying that time and place be fixed
for examining and allowing the final account of
his administration and for the assignment OF
the residue of said estate to the parties entitled
thereto by law.
1t is ordered, That said account be examined,
and petition heard, by this Court, on Tuesday,
the Bird day OF December, A. ID, 1895, at 10
O'Clock a. M at the Probate office in the City
of Mankato, in said county.
And it is further ordered, That notice
thereof be Given to all persons interested by
publishing this order once in each week
for three successive weeks, prior to Said day
of hearing in the Mankato Free Press, weekly
newspaper printed and published at the
City of Mankato in said county.
Dated at the city OF Mankato, the 9Th day
of November, A. ID. 1895.
By the Court:
TSesll GEO. w. MEAD,
Judge OF Probate
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-11-29

The Foundation of Soren Nelson's
lat, on North Front street, was COM
leted today.
Eric Lyman, of Rapidan, pleaded
guilty in the municipal court Monday
morning of over indulgence in the
flowing bowl, and deposited the usual
1885 with Recorder Smith.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-11-29
A Whole Family.

Rev. L. A. Dunlap of Mount Yer
non. Mo-, says: My children were
afflicted with a cough resulting from
measles, my wife with cough that
prevented her from sleeping, more or
less, for five years, and your White
Wine of Tar Syrup has cured them
ALL Sold by all druggists.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-11-29

The wood and hay market has
been removed to the foot of Cherry
street, just west of j. G. Rollers
and N. p. Lees bus barn.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-11-29

The place to buy gloves and nit
tens is at w. B. Walker & Son.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-08-08
CITY LIGHTS AND STREET. SIGNS.
A Much Needed Investigation just Com,
pleted,

pleted.
Henry Hopkins. the new lamp in
spector. has just completed tour of
inspection of the citys lamps, which
occupied sixteen nights, and he found
that 100 of the lights are out of order!
The sections of the city which he
found to be in the worst condition were
the upper part of the Eighth ward,
and the western part of the Fourth
ward, where the boys break the glass
and set fire to the naphtha in the lamp
tanks.
The inspector made list of all I'M
used lampposts in the city and finds
that there are nearly 800 Of them. A
memorandum as to whether letter box
es or street signs were attached was
also made. These can be taken up and
placed in new locations when needed,
thus saving the city IS per post.
Several instances were found where
the limbs of trees obstructed lights so
that they We're Of little value. The
board of public works has caused these
W NC VI ilillltQ.
In speaking of his tour yesterday
morning Inspector Hopkins said: "The
matter which needs most careful con-
sideraton is that of street signs.
ION storage in the loft at the city
hall are nearly 5000 glass street signs,
which represent an outlay of over
$1,000. The bulk of the signs are prac-
tically useless at the present time.
II found that the boys turn around
the signs which are placed on old lant-
ern frames in such a way as to badly
confuse a stranger. The signs are also
badly bent all over the city.
"Out of fifty-three consecutive signs
visited, only seven were leglble. Then
| the street signs now at the 'cross"
are clumsy in appearance, are soon rem
dered useless by exposure to the wealth
er and can only be put on lamp poles,
They are also expensive. 1T would
| seem as if some neat, tasteful sign
could be obtained at reasonable cost,
which could be adjusted to pole Of
any description instead of being made
for one single place of adjustment as
| the present ones are. The streets
would look much better if the signs
were uniform In appearance instead of
| being of several kinds The newly de-
veloped territory in the Tenth ward
| is completely without street signs and
causes much annoyance to people who
are not familiar with that locality.
| The book of complaints kept at the Of
| flee of the inspector show that more
complaints are made in this direction
than in any other. The lamp commit
tee is making a thorough CANVASS in
the matter Of street Signs, and hope to
| bring this part of the department UP
to high standard. lighting schedules
have been left at houses near lamps,
so people could see whether the boys
are prompt in lighting or not"
| Mr.. Hopkins has devised some new
and very systematic methods Of con-
Quoting the office of inspector which are
very satisfactory to all who apply for
information.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-08-08
There Was No violence.

Princeton, Ill.,, Aug. There was no
violence at Spring Valley to-day other
than that the Italians prevented the
coal company from operating their
mines. AS result the streets were
crowded with miners, and meetings,
mostly secret, were held in various
parts of the city. Sheriff Anterior left
Princeton this morning for Spring VAL
ley with armed deputy sheriffts. If
Italians or others commit depredations
or violate the laws they will open fire
at once. The report of outrages COM
mitted along the railroad yesterday on
the fleeing women and children were
fully confirmed to-day.