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The Opelousas courier., 1895-11-30
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THIS is the excellent foppery of the worldf
that, when we are sick in fortune we make
guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon,
and the stars; as if we were villains by
necessity. fools by heavenly ~compulsion:
knaves, thieves and PREACHERS by spherical
Observation-Disclosures.
THE man who carries a single state
Is accounted now of worth;
But in early days old Atlas was
The man who carried the earth.
Indianapolis Journal.
Use Piso's Cure for Consumption both in
my family and practically. q. w. PAT
TERsoN, Inkster, Mich, NoykS, 1894.
A HISTORY will live, though written ever
so indifferently: aha it is generally less
suspected than the rhetoric Of the muses.
Shenstone.
EPocHs of faith are epochs Of fruitful
ness; but epochs of unbelief, however gilt
tering, are barren of all permanent good
Goethe.
No pLATTERY, boy! An honest man can
not live by it; it is a little sIeaklng art,
which knaves use to cajole and soften fools
withal.- Otway.
He is always a slave who lives beyond his
means.-Irrigation.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-11-30

The mainest trouble with Savin Su-
key was that she didn't have no busi-
ness Of her own TO stay Ut home ana
tend to asves did wish pobady no
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harm--particlar the women fosSe--H /
could help It, bat many and many q
time when ] was a boy I use to wish il
my soul that Miss Savin Sukey Sellers
was married and had some fifteen or
twenty children to keep her busy durin
tile day. remember till this blessed
hour how she finally atlast got her foot
INTO it with my good old grandmother
oncst upon a time, when she come owe
to our house on a weekly day and give
1t out that she had come to hold .
special family prayer meetin for that
gang OF goddess, hopeless, devilish set
OF boys" as she were wont to call us.
On Saturday night before that we had
all went to q big breakdown dance over
In the hill country, and we didn't come
up at home till . little past sun rise
Sunday mornin. And somehow or
somehow else. you understand, Savin
Sukey she had got wind of that scan
deus and lurid frolic. So about 10
o'clock on Tuesday mornin followin
here she come a bilin to have a general
family straightenin amongst US.
i reckon you mqpGhft as well to put
OF your prayer meetin for the present
time" says grandmother. as she pulled
out from under the bed one of these
here hamper baskets about half full OF
old socks that needed darnin for the
winter. ITO start on the boys are now
scattered around over the plantation
clearin newgrounds, and sowin my fall
oats and layin new fences and the like
OF that" she went on land as for me I
am too monstrous busy to hold any
prayer meetins this time of day In the
middle of the week. More than that,
my boys amt SO mighty much O
worser than other peoples boys nohow.
BY the time you live as long as me, and
raise up as many boys as I have. and
nurse 'em. and feed 'em, and wash 'am,
and spank EN-, and hustle 'em off to
bed, and do the family darnin and
patchin into the bargain, l think maybe
you will quit tryin to make angels out
en- strong, healthy human beins-and
boys in particlar. You would better
run along home now I reckon Sukey.
and trust my boys to me and the good
Lord"
Well. Miss Sukey she went on back
home where she belonged, and hence.
forwards after hat she had to give up
the Sanders family as a lost and ruint
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DoTISG Mamma ito Alfred, who Is strut
ting about in his first trousers)-"Alfred,
come over here and kiss me" Alfred
(firmly)-''So mamma, | can't love you any
more. Pm too old"
The Opelousas courier., 1895-11-30

DENTIsr-"Thc nerves arc dead; that's
what's the matter" Celtic Patient Thin,
be the blessid Virgin, tn dom tooth must be
houldin' a wake over thin I'-Puck.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-11-30

Chicks has married an arrnless woman"
'Did he tell You his ~rcaatlsl'' "Y es; he
said that he would never be under any Wom-
ans thumb."-Syra:use Post.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-11-30

FORTUNE is ever seen accompanying in-
dustry, aud is az often trundling in a
wnceibarrow as lolling in d coach and six.
Goldsmith.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-11-30

He 500 you really think kissing is
wickeda' The New Woman-''lt is worse
than wicked. 1t is insanitary "-Indianap-
oils journal.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-11-30

"WoGGLEshad lot of money at one time.
What became of it:n .'I1e blew it In
"How"' Invested it in a %pnuematiG rail.
way scheme" Washington Star.
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"SrRE, SORT, Ord loike t Git me name on
the pinsion list" Were You in the armyF'
NO, sorr, but moi s~empaties was enlishtcd
all troo tn War.''-Harper's Bazaar.
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ture and shortening "Labor." The painful
ordeal Of childbirth is robbed of its ~terrors,
and the dangers thereof greatly lessened,
to both mother and child. The period of
confinement is also shortened, the mother
strengthened and an abundant secretion of
nourishment for the child promoted.
Send twenty-one (2I) cents for The Peo-
illustrations, giving all particulars. Sew
eral chapters of this great family doctor
book are devoted to the consideration of
diseases peculiar to women with sugges-
ions as to successful home treatment of
same. Address, Worlds Dispensary Medi-
cal Association, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-11-30

A HOME iLLJsTRATION.-She-"Do YOU
think it is true that marriage delights in
Hc-'Certainly! You know
you are continually contrasting me with the
man you supposed me to be before we were
married."-Iuck.
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FArHER-"What was your mother talking
nbcut awhile ago." Son-''I don't know"
Father -".Vhy, you sat and heard it alp
Son-"Yes, but she was talking to the la
by.'-Chicago Record.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-11-30

great trust estates left by Jay Gould
William II. Vanderbilt and Moses Tay'
lor. Here are the assessments for per-
sonalty against all estates of $500, 900
and cver-nineteen in number-for the
year 1895.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-11-30

WIrE-"What do you' think Of Bridget's
cooking!" Husbaad-"I think if she tried
to boil water she'd burn it.'-Truth.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-11-30

laid against any corporation is
SIG, 49G, 995, against the Manhattan
Elevated Railway Co. The next
biggest is the S4. 900, 600 on which
sthe Consolidated Gas Co. isasked to pay
tax. Following close are the Genera,
Electric Co., with an assessment of So
354.O35, and the Central Trust Co., with
S3,31l, 900. The personal assessment OF
the Delaware and Hudson Canal Co.,
is 50, o0o, 900, and those ofthe Metropol.
itan Telephone Co., the New York and
Harlem (Madison %avenue) railroad. th&
II. b. Clafin Co., and Hecker-Jones
Jewell Milling Co. are above the mill
ion mark.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-11-30

TEAMp-"Say, boss, could yer give 4 fellel
q dime for a square mealE' Kind Gentle.
man-"Certaiuly. If the meal is Il good
one. Where is it?"-Harper's Bazar.
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Tho Deacon's Plain Prayer.

concern.
The Deacon's Plain Prayer.
Now that brings me around to aunt
Nancy Newton and the Spring Hill
campmeetin.
You will remember, Rufus, what q
scandlous big family feud they worked
up between the Weatherford's and the
Hasseltines," said the dear, delightful
old soul. well everybody thought
that the old heads would come togeth-
err at the campmeetin and spit on the
slate and Spite out and start over. Old
Davy Hasseltine had pulled out Of tho
church in durin of the rucus, but it
seems like he was comm back to the
fold till Deacon Joiner fell down with
the jug and split tie molasses.
"You will have to excus me for plain
talk, but Deacon Joiner amt got any
more sense than a Philadelphia lawyer
would need in mis- business nehow, and
it is nothin uncommon for him to let
his tongue slip and land him slap kerr
dab in the middle Of a bad mess.
Now it so happened when old mar
Davy came forth to the mourner's
bench the preacher called on Deacon
Joiner to lead in Especial prayer for
brother Hasseltine. Rown went the
Deacon on his knees ahd right beside
old Davy aud put in III prayin at the
top Of his voice.
THE Lord be praised DR. the return
of our weak and maynard brother !"
says the Deacon. and tsfe wat a nigh.
ty from the1amen cornerF
God bless brother Davy Hasseltine
right now" says the Deacon ana all
hands said amen
HE has been one of the terriblest
and most meanest sinners that ever trod
shoe leather" says the Deacon, and
a dead silence fell upon the amen
corner.
"He hiss been the gonebyest and most
ungodliest liar In forty mile of Pam
Their Creek" says the Deacon.
"You are another, dadburn you,>
says old Davy.
TT will take q mighty stretch of thy
lovin kindness and amazin grace to
save him from the orful torments, but
save him, Oh Lord, save him by the
hair of his head and the skin of his
teeth, as it WERE" tho Deacon went
on.
"By this time old man Davy had the
al overs, you understand. and was
foamin at the mouth like a steer CALI
roped off from his nanny for the first
time, and there was a mighty fear and
tremblin goin on over in the amen cor.
,--xiS- --,. H. h1n b. 1~---
any mint.
"He has sinned agin thee, o Lord,
with the uplifted hand and the out
stretched arm" payed the Deacon, by
bearin false witness, by cheatin, and
slanderation, by cussin and drinkirs
and lyin and stealth, and
But it come to pass right then and
there. Old Davy had helt still and
took and swallowed q little bit moro
than he could stomach without hittin
back. He went dpwn after Deacon
Joiner like a ton of hot bricks, and by
the time the brethren could pull them
apart the Deacon looked like he mought
of rode a buckin muio through q black
jack thicket.
What will they do nexts There
amt no tellin for certain. Deacon Join.
or put in a law suit agin old Davy for
assault to murder, and old Davy turn
ed in then and put in heavy claims xgin
the Deacon for s}anderation of charac-
ter. 1t is a monstrous ugly mess, Ru.
fus, and bless gracious I Amt got no
finger in it" RUFUS SANDERS,
An Eve to Business.
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JuiRE RUFUS SANDERS.
Tolls About big Meetina" and ~.
Like Of That.
oAo-iims Religion and O'd-rashion Mu.,.
Two Much OF the "tIigh Flynn Sort
40" Deacon Joiner Busted a Mott.
a With His Blunt Prayer.

COPYRIGHT 1895.
IN the drowsy, dreamy summer
.lgnt In durin of the season when the
aays are long and sweltrv-whilst the
The Opelousas courier., 1895-11-30

Use Piso's Cure fort Consumption both in
my family and practice.-DK. q. w. PAT
rERsoN, Inkster, Mich, NoyRsS, 1894.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-11-30

sive that we afford little to our auditors
-Rochefoucauld.
HE - 500 you really think kissing is
wicked a' The New Woman-''lt is worse
than wicked. 1t is insanitary ."-1ndianap-
oils journal.
"SrRE, SORT, Ord loike t. Git me name on
the pinsion list" "Ycre You in the armyr'
"No, sorr, but moi sempaties was enlishtcd
all troo tn War.'-Harper's Bazaar.
A HOME ILLUSTRATIONS She-'.Do you
think it is true that marriage delights IN
EQptrasts:' Hc-"Certainly! You know
You are continually contrasting me with the
man you supposed me to be before We were
married.'-Iuck.
TRAMP-"Say, boss, could yer give 4 felle1
q dime for a square meal!' Kind Gentle.
man-"Certaiuly. If tho meal is IL good
one. Where is it?'-Harrer's Bazar.
WIFE-"What do youS think Of Bridget's
cooking!" Husband-"I think if she tried
to boil water she'd burn it.'-Truth.
"WoGcLEshad a lot of money at one time.
What became of itrn HE blew it in.'
"How." 'lnvcstei it in a pnuematio rail
way scheme Washington Star.
DorIss Mamma ito Alfred, who Is strut
ting about in his first trousers)-'Alfred,
come over here and kiss me" Alfred
(frmly)-"No mamma, l can't love you any
more. Pm too old"
MANHOOD has Il contempt for cowarlice.
That is why you gel angrier when you see
tho other fellow isn't going to 1ight.-Plain
Dealer.
chicks has married an arTless woman"
Did be tell You his rca3t "Y es; he
said that he would never be under any Wom-
ans thumb."-Syra3use Post.
FORTUNE is ever seen accompanying in-
dustry, aud is az often trundling in a
wnceibarrow as lolling in u coach and six.
Goldsmith,
DESTIsT-"Thc nerves arc dead; that's
what's the matter" Celtic Patient Thin,
be the blessid Virgin, tn Ion tooth must be
houldin' a wakeo over thin !"-Puck.
FArHER-"What was your mother talking
nbcut awhile ago." Son-''I don't know"
Fatlier-",Vhy YOU sat and heard it alp
Son-"Yes, but she was talking to the la
by.''-Chicago Record.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1895-07-20
SARGENT,S GOOD ADVICE

The Pennsylvania Easton Free Press has the following to say of our extowns- man F. P. Sargent:
 At the convention Of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, representing New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, held at Binghamton Sunday Grand Master E. P. Sargent talked some straight sense in connection with the late Debs strike and the Dsbs methods.
 He criticised the recent action of the American Railway Union, which was re- sponsible, he said, for so many sympa- thetic strikes. He said striking em- ployes want money, not sympathy.
 He would resort to strikes reluct lutly, only as last resort. and then he would contine them to the branch aud locality were the grievances existed.
 He said sympathetic strikes were re- sponslble fer endless misery, hardship and suffering, which would be obvleted by keeping at work those members of the brotherhood not immediately Inter ested. Mir. Sargent's remarks met, we are glad to note, with the hearty ap- proval of his audience.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1895-07-20
MEXICAN PROSPERITY.

The opponents of silver coinage are beginning to realize, says the Denver Republican, that the prosperity of Mex leo On silver basis is strong ground for an argument in favor of opening our hints to the unrestricted coinage of sil- yer, and so they are trying to show that Mexico after ell is not prosperous.
 They point to the fact that wages in that country are low, ignoring the furth- CT fact that the rate of wages is not due to the silver basis, but to the low state of industrial development. Mexico, not withstandings 1t is improving rapidly, has not yet attaIDed to the industrial level of countries that have long enjoy ed good government and the advantages of high civilization. A majority of its laboring class consists Of people but little more than half civilized. For the most part they are Indians, with little skill in their labor and no education. Under such circumstances wages always are low. But ia considering this in connection with the financial question, it should he remembered that if Mexico were on a gold basis wages would be only about half what they are now. Mexican Iaoorers have no organizations or unions to keep up tLe rate of wages ss it has been kept up by such organiz- ation~ in this country.
 No advocate of silver coinage has con- tended that the rate of wages prevailing in Mexico would sulIic8 for American la- borsr It would not be sufficient, for Americans have many wants to which Mezicans nre strangers. This, as we have shown, is due to the state of indus trial development and civilization in that country. What, however, gold moncmetallIsts should observe is that in Mexico there Is plenty of work for the laboring class to do, and that in this respect that country differs radically from the United States. There are thousands of peoplei in this country who can get nothing to do at any wages whatever. They would be willing to work at the Mexican rate, but they can get nothing at all to do.
 There is no use quiObiing over minor points, in the face of the great fact that business is fiourishing, that railroads are making money and that capital is seek ing Mexico for investment. It IS true also that but few articles consumed by the leboriug class have increased in price. except possibly coffee, and the ad- vance in coffee is due to the fact that its prIce is fixed by the foreign market.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1895-07-20

THE PhoenIx Gazette has changed hands and under it's new management threatens to have 8 democratic policy and "be the be all and end the all" of the territorial democracy. It promises to keep an eye on the officials, and from its coign of vantage criticize, censure or applaud. The hatchet of party discord will be interred-in the head of all op- posing factions-and peace and brother ly love will come to all with the first toot of the great millennium horn that has fat offices enough to go 6li t5e way round. On the whole the Gazette is a good newspaper and divides democratic honors with its worthy democratic con- temporary, the Star.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1895-07-20
WEEKLY CITIZEN.
SATURDAY, JULY %, 1s9I
THE BOND CONTRACT.

1t IS evident, says an exchange, that Mir. Cleveland and Secretary Carlisle, who are on the shore of Buzzard's Bay consented to a modification of the terms of the contract made with that bond syndicate, allowing them to pay domestic gold now, instead of foreign gold at the expiration of the time for their last pay ment on those bonds-October l, next 1t IS also evident that they did not iD- form Mr. Hamlin, who Is acting secre- tary of the treasury of the modification, as he at first stated very positively that there had been no modification. Later Mir. Hamlin hedged by refusing to dis cuss the matter at all. Just why NIT. Cleveland and Secretary Carlisle should have favored the men who had already pocketed something like S1O,000, GOO on the bond deal, is one of those things not visible at first glance. Another one of the same sort of things IS why the syndic- ate should have chosen to make its last payment in the last week of June, when, under Its contract, 1t could have had the use of the money until October l. There are rumors in plenty, but nothing tangible is in sight. It is safe to say there were reasons and that they will become apparent later on. By keep ing your eye on the gold reserve, now sihgtly more than S1O7,0OO,0O0, one of the reasons will probably be seen before many weeks have passed.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1895-07-20
NE WS FROM COOKS INLET.
A Former Juneau Miner Shakes Up
 the Country.

(Alaska News, Juneau City, June 20) Mark A. Currsn sends the following to Samuel Wendell, dated at Turn Again | Arm, and from it's contents it IS easily seen that he is not favorably impressed with the prospects Other reports have been sent down diametrically opposed to his version, so that the reader Is left in doubt. Mark is we'll known here, is a good miner and has good judgment, so that his remarks are worthy of considera- tion to all those intending to go there. He went upon the first trip of the Dora TURN AGAIN ARM, Cooks Inlet, May p, 1895. Dear Wendel:-As you see by the beading l am here in this new Fl Dora do-so caileG-but from what l have seen and learned since my arrival am inclined to believe it is wildcat I have met many old-timers here, some of them have been for the past five years; with the exception of three or four all gre in debt from $500 to $500 each for
 
 refused further credit, to all.
 There is little gold in every gulch. Bear creek is the best found as yet, but the average of Bear creek is about S2.50 ger day to tue man. The gulches are yet fuli of snow and the ground frozen: It will be the middle of June before work will begin to any extent. The sea- son here is about the same as Tn the Yukon country; the working season will not exceed three and one-h half months. W hen the wind and tide are favorable we have two mails year, but the wind is rarely favorable, so one mall is the average. With the exception of two or three light showers of ram the weather has been all smiles since my arrival, about one month. The atmosphere is made up of three component parte, namely, mosquitoes, gDats, and devilfIes All wear masks of wire netting, princl- pally as a protection from the atmos- phere. We have four different kinds of timber, water birch, small cottonwood. Elder and devil-club, the latter greatly predominating. The trip has cost, up to date, about $500; this includes the ummer's supplies, bought from the A. Ss dO IAOOidh. ViiC OuIl 6uppll depot for this part of the c, ast. The A. o. company has branch at TIonic, 250 miles from Kodiak and about 40 miles from Bear creek. The Tiopic branch furnishes most of the unfortunate miners here with supplies Ut the following prices; salt-horse, 20 cent per pourd; sugar, pounds for Sl; Coffee, 50 cents per pound: baking powder, 65 cents per pound; apples, poor quality, 25 cents per pound; rice, s pounds for S1; smok- ing tobacco, 5l per poupd; everything else in proportion; these are cash prices. The A. c. company is losing money but says it intends to keep right on sacrIfic- ing in order to help the miners develop the country. hoping to make up losses later on. If any of the Juneau people contemplate trip to thle part of the coast I wonld suggest that they buy their supplies at Juneau and save more money than some of the first class claims of Bear creek will produce this season.
 I shall remain here this summer and hope to find something. My heart turns back to Juneau and old frieds. Sin cerely your friend,
 MARK A. CURRAN.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1895-07-20
GIRLS IN BOTlrG GLOVES.
Ten Rounds and a knockout in a New
 York Gymnasium.

Ten Rounds and a Knockout in a New York Gymnasium. Nearly every week day afternoon the favored visitor to a certain aristocratiC gymnasium on Fifth avenue, New York may see clever boxing bouts between the spirituelle young sports in knicker lockers who are members of the organ iZation.
 Not many days ago, says the New York World, ten-round ''go" between two of the most expert girls resulted in clean knockout.
 A member of the gymnasium, who found the secret too much to keep gives details of the bout, but refused tC say more than that the contestants were named Maud and Ethel respect ively.
 For the first four rounds neither fair boxer gained much advantage, al. though there were several rattling ex. changes.
 In the fifth Maud secured first knock down. and there followed three round. devoted to uneventful rallies.
 The ninth round was distinguished by some clever work in the way of feints, ducks and counters, both contestants being pretty well winded at the quaver- ing call of time from member who was So excited that she had almost lost her voice.
 When the flushed and painting, but plucky, girls faced each other for the last round the first effort made was a splendid straight-arm punch which sent Ethel reeling for a moment. A new member of tender years quietly fainted in a corner just as Ethel re- covered herself quickly in time to duclz another beauty aimed for the chin.
 Before Maud could get herself back into position Ethel landed twice and her adversary at once became exceed ingly groggy.
 Ethel, though pufing like a grampus herself, was quick to see her opportuni- ty, and with a smart uppercut sent poor Maud to the floor in a bunch, fairly knocked out.
 The vanquished maid was carried to drsssing-room, where she soon recov- cred. Then all the girls, after having a good cry together, went home, satisfied that they had lovely time and eager for the next bout
Arizona weekly citizen., 1895-07-20

CRIPPLE CREEK miners had a rock drilling contest the other day. The principal event WAS double match in which nearly twenty teams were enter ed and for which Sl000 ID purses were offered. The first prize, $500, was won by Tom Onell and Harry McMullen of Cripple Creek, who drilled 337s inches in ten minutes. Davy and Fallen of Butte, Mont, took second prize, 5250, having drilled 3315 inches. Royal and Mckee of LeadYille, were close thIrd, coming within B of an inch Of the eec- end team. This was tali rock punching and must win the admiration of men who work with the hammer and drill.