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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-07-11
TIED FEET.
How the Housewife May save Herself
Much Weariness. IS

: e
How the Housewife May save Herself
Much WEAKNESS. s
Housekeepers who stand a great deal
upon their feet are peculiarly liable to
swollen ankles and weary feet. This is
relieved by avoiding the cause as
much as possible and sitting down
whenever it is convenient. There
should be high stool such as is used in
drygoods shops in every kitchen. 1t
lifts the sitter to just about the proper
level for the 1height1of an ordinary IRON
ing board, and the ordinary table where
vegetables are peeled and dishes washed.
There should also be plenty of low
chairs about the height of the old
fashioned rush bottomed chairs, which
are SO restful because they are lower
than the regulation height OF the aver
age chair now manufactured. The tall
stool and the low chair would be yaIu-
able because of the change Of position
they give if for no other purpose. If
one cannot sit, next to sitting is stand
ing position on q soft pad. Such a
cushion or pad may be made of layers OF
blanketing stitched together and COW
cred with soft woollen carpeting. Il
thick braided wool rug is d great restto
feet that have been standing on hard
wooden floor. Arrange these rugs or.
foot cushions 50 they can be hung up
when not in use. They are more com
venient made about twice as long as
they are broad IN. r Tribune.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-07-11
The Value Of q Ton OF Metal.

So remarkable are the results obs
tanned in the manufacture of wire that
q scientist has chosen this subject as
a topic fora lecture. Ordinary wire is,
as everybody knows, not at all expen-
sive, but when metal Is worked up into
some of the articles In common use,
its value is enormously increased. At
fention was called to pinion wire,
which is worth over $43, 900 per ton. TT
takes 754 hair springs to weigh one
ounce, and 27.ooo,ooo Of them are re-
qsiirea to make ton. These triles are
not at aI expensive per piece, but a
ton of metal worked up into them has
n value Of over $$4oo, 900. The most ex-
pensive ton of met al nlent ntioned was one
which Il made up into the tiny instr1i-
ments used by dentists for extracting
the nerves from the teeth, would be
worth So, ,150, 900. The relation between
file crude metal ana the articles into
Which it is made seems not very close,
and only acareful comp putation giyes an
approximate idea Of what a single ton
OF iron Or steel can represent ir cash
rslue. IN. z. Ledger.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-07-11
EReLlsHMEN AND AMERICA.
MANY Rho Have Been Warm Friends OF
This Country.

MANY Rho Have Been Warm Friends OF
This Country.
The fact is that the English public
men who have understood America, or
i.who have seemed to care to understand
her, have, at least until recently, al
ways represented small minority.
During the first century Of our national
life scarcely an Englishman of enli-
nenee was siclear-sighted enough to per-
ceive Americas real devotion to great
ideals. Our British kinsmen Thought
us a horde Of Gradgri1ids and nothing
else; whereas, IN spite Of seeming
absorption in material things, the ma
tional life was graphing with mighty
ethical and political ideas, which the
selfshness and irresp possibility of poli-
ticians might sometimes distort, but
never stifie. Leigh Hunt, as Lowell
used to remind us. could never think OF
America without seeing in imagina tdon
q gigantic counter stretched all along
our seaboard; and we bore Hunts ridi-
cule with complacency that was the
more cheerful because his caliber and
weight of metal were scarcely great
enough to do much execution over sea.
Carly ylesneered; weremembefed hisdys-
pepsia and forgaye. Ruskin emptied
the Walls of his eloquent contempt upon
our sacrifice to America's S freedom and
integrity; we abated no iot or little Of
our veneration for his prophets mes
sage, while we strove to make just allow
ance for the vagaries of the hyperes-
thetic temperament. These things it
is easy to condone. The Eng
lishmen who have understood Ameri-
can life have Judged thy something be-
sides the froth of irresponsible press
and the antics of provincial Estates
men, Cobden's fatal exposure of his
life to do us service, and John Bright's
brave words in the hour of our distress,
can never be forgotten. The memory
of Thomas Hughes-alas! that we
must write memory now-Will al
ways remain rich and fragrant leg
acy, to which, in peculiar sense, we
are coheirs with Englishmen; while
the work of Mr.. Brice has not only won
our respect and gratitude, but is bound
to leave deep impress on our life. None
Z of these men was blind to the evident
foibles, defects and crudities of the
strenuous life of an earnest and virile
people. On the other hand, none invited
distrust by silly attempts to fatter or
cajole. But all were quick to recognize
in American aspiration, achievement,
and representa- tive character something
other and better than mere bigness.
They even ventured now and then to
speak of these things as great; but the
word sits better on their lips than on
ours. Century
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-07-11

have likewise also heard tell of
them pleasant places in regards to
which I have sometimes spoke-Possum
Trot, and Huckleberry Ridge, anl
Weayer's Woodgarden, and fuckers
Mill, and the Panther Creek settlement
But when the crops are laid by and the
fish won't bite, if you want to take a few
days off and make the time pass quick
and pleasant pack up your duds and
come with me and we will go over into
Cyclone Streak.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-07-11
BIGGEST WATCH IN THE WORLD.
Made In London for q Baltimore Mau
and Weighs Two Pounds

and Weighs Two Pounds.
Z & he largest watch IN the world was
made in London for William HVilkens, OF
Baltimore. It is kept by his sons as an
heirloom. Mr.. Wilkins was an odd man
in many ways. One CT his peculiar de-
sires was to possess things that were
entirely different from other things in
the world. The big watch was a mani
festation of this trait. It cost him ST.
500. He ordered it i'll 1866, but it was
not finished until 1869. The massive
gold chain, to which it was attached,
weighs four pounds, and cost $500. It
was made in this country.
The watch-a repeater-weigh two
pounds lacking one ounce. The hunt
ing case is of 1s-carat gold and is seven
eighths of an inch thick. The white
enamel of the dial is four inches in di-
ameter. The case is elaborately en-
graved inside and outside, the design on
the front representing Mr.. Wi1kens' Bal
timore factory and residence. The en-
CRAVING on the back represents Mr..
NVilkens and his old white horse, for
N1iSh uC lle1A tiSs IelSJl dlLCCUOh os9 Az IL
possible for one to have for dumb ami
NAL. S
Mr.. Wilkens, who was very wealthy
when he died, began life In an humble
way. He started business by wheel
ing home IN a barrow the hair which
he gathered at the Baltimore slaughter
houses, there sorting and preparing
them for market. The business grew
steadily and Mr.. Wilkens purchased q
horse and wagon, abandoning the wheel
barrow The horse, however, was never
deserted. When it became too old to
work it was ordered cared for tenderly,
and when it died its owner purchased
a plot of ground opposite his residence
and buried it there. When this huge
watch was made he gave this faithful
old horse equal prominence with him
self IN the engraving on the case. Mr..
Wilkens carried this big watch to the
day of his death. The chain, which is
about four feet long, was worn about his
neck. He had an extra large pocket
made in each of his vests to hold the
watch. Some idea of the immensity Of
the timepiece may be gained by know
ing that the largest watch now occa-
sionally manufactured for THE trade has:
case two inches wide and dial III
incheswide. The diameter of the watch
is nearly Al. inches.--N. Z. World.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-07-11
STARS AND DISTANCES.
Some Wel1-Known Astronomical Facts OF
Interest.

Some We1l-Knoyn Astronomical Facts OF
Interest.
In ell the heavens, with the excep-
tion of passing meteors or meteorites,
not one body occupies position closer
to earth than the moon. which is some
100000 miles away. Very far. of course,
side by side with any earthly distances,
but a mere fraction side by side with
other astronomical distances. Next to
the moon, our nearest occasional neigh
Dor is Venus, and then Mars. Both
Venus and Mars, however, are often
further away from us than the sun,
which remains always at somewhere
about the same distance, roughly at
from 9o,ooo,00o to e3,00o,ooo miles.
This dividing space between sun and
earth is of great Importance in think
ing about the stars, and it should be
clearly impressed upon the mind. Next
to the stlnsin point Of nearness come the
more distant planets-Jupiter, which
is about five times as far from the sun
as our earth is; Saturn, nearly twice
as far as Jupiter; Uranus, nearly twice
as far as Saturn; and Neptune, nearly
three times as far as Saturn. All these
planets belong to our sun, all are mem
bers of his family, all are part of the
solar system. The size of the solar sys-
tenn as a whole, consisting thus of the
sun and his planets, including our earth,
may be fairly well grasped by anyone
taking the trouble to master two sim
pie facts. They are these: That our
earth is roughly about o2, 900 .0Go miles
away from the. sun, and that Neptune,
the oufmost planet Of the solar system,
is nearly 80 times as far distant from the
sun as our earth is. = Chambers Jour
nal.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-07-11
Embarrassm.nts Of Enelis,,.

"I'm too well educated for the bicycle
business, /" the young man said. sadly.
What's the matter r.
eT lost customer to-day because /
insisted on her making it clear to me
whether she was after nineteen
pound lady's wheel or a lady's nineteen
pound wheel Washingt Star.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-07-11

the earth per-
haps - If you
would love to live
forever and then
turn to somethin
good to eat, you
will please re-
member that
Rocky Creek is
stillrunnin down
stream and amt
gone 1lowheres.
Go doubts YOU
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-07-11
afs Trouble.

friend You play the cornet excel
lently; did YOU have much trouble in
learning it
PlayerT had a coed deal of troth.e
with my ne;ghborsTo own Topics.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-07-11

But onet upon g ti1no--it was Christ
mas eve and the weather as cold as
augius-me and Will Tom Pfckens
started to a breakdown dance some
| where's up there in the hill country, and
On the way we had to pass through Cy-
clone Streak. Presently we both run
dry and then we drawed straws as to
who would replenish the stock. Will
Tom won and Hose. SO took the bottle
| and went down into dark and lone
| some sway, laid the bottle on log, cov
cred it with four bits, gave one loud,
keen whoop and left it there. We
waited q little while, and when / went
back down the swamp my money was
gone and the bottle was full of spirits.
We'll, me and Will Tom we bit off two
or three little chunks as we dIivE on
to the party, and when we got there
by gathns we had to stay out in the cold
wind two hours in ordcrment TO cool
off and brace up. we didn't take any
more that night We didn't need any
more. We had took two or three little
nibbles and they lasted till next mornin.
But we passed the bottle around
amongst the boys one time only, and to
my own personal knowledge our bottle
of spirits from Cyclone Streak brung
on five .Tariegated cases of drunk that
night. And then, by gracious, when we
started off on our return back home
next n1ornin there was six or seven
drinks left.
''Driyin along way on down there this
side of Deer Creek we met up with Lige
Runnels, and he made out like he was
ravin crazy for drink. We pulled the
bottle from Cyclone Streak on him and
the old man bit off tremendous big
plug of it. Then we driv on, but some
of the Runnelss boys told me after that
that old man Iige didn't show up at
home till about daylight the next morn-..
in, and didn't look natural and right for
three days.
When we struck into the old stage
road up there at Bunk Weatherford's
Bunk he hailed aud wanted to know
what was what. BY this time there was
about four or five drinks in the bottle
and we delivered the goods to Bunk.
As to me ard VIII Tom, we didn't need
no more, 1t come to pass that day that
Bunk took one strong nibble at the bot
tie and then pitched in and made a big
eggnog. Consequentially the. doctor
was over there at the Weatherford place
the next day, and by fast and furious
work he brought the family through
without a funeral.
That was years and years ago, Rufe,
but / never will live long enough to for
get that bottle of white ink from Cy-
clone Streak
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-07-11

Bad odors, at other times unper
ceived. rising from cesspools or ponds
of stagnant water, are an indication of
rain.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-07-11
he Changed HIS Breath.


That brings to mind one day last fall
when Black Jack Wiggins, from Cyclone
Streak, changed his breath on me. We
struck up together in town thatday and
nothin would do Black Jack but must
write out a speech for him on free sill
yer at sixteen to one.
But in the main time Black Jack had
smoked his old pipe and ct parched
goobers and drunk corn whisky till he
didn't know anything for certain, and
his breath was tremendous bad.
He put his arm around my neck and
talked so clost and confidential ike till
/ naturally couldn't stand it.
81 am 16 hands high, weigh 187
pounds, wear number leyen shoe, my
name is Black Jack Virgins aud hail
from Cyclone Streak" says he with his
mouth in three inches of my face.
sThat perfectly all right with me, Mr..
Wiggins, as to thetsize pfyour shoe and
what you weigh and where you come
FROM" says /, "but for the love of our
common country and the great cause of
free silver at sixteen to one, go and do
something to change your breath-eat.
a raw onion if you can i dono better"
And then, long-sufferin reader, what
do you reckon come to pass between me
and Black Jack Wiggins, from Cyclone
Streak? Dad blame him, he got raw
onion and ct it to change his breath.
took another drink, come back and
locked arms with me and preached free
silver at sixteen to one for three mortal
hours.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-07-11
Liberty at last.

The worst tyrant possible is 1iber-
ated slave z
yes. / suppose that's the rea-
son 50 many devoted lovers make such
horrid husbands. - lbany Argus.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-07-11
The Lady. from cyclone streak.

The Lady. from Cyclone Streak.
But it was gitenunto Deacon Joiner
to bring on the most gonebyest. con-
fusionment you ever heard tea ef with
q lady from Cyclone Streak.
b It would seem like the lady was goin
to a place somewheres up the railroad
on visit to her kinnery, and she had
vert from Cyclone Streak over to the
station to take the train. She had q
baby with her, and likewise assllotgun
which she was takin to some of the men
folks of the. family
/ sit alsosscame to pass that Deacon
Joiner was also over at the station that
day, ana If any man loves the women
better than the deacon, he will hayegto
eat few to prove IT. .sowhen the train
5blosved the deacon he sidled up to the
lady from Cyclone Streak and told her.
he would be. pleased to take the baby
and the gun and help her on the cars.
The lady was more anvil linz But in
the main time ita4urned out that the,
lady never had seen the railroad train
before, and when 1t dashed up to the
station she made q break and dashed
z
off down the road towards Cyelcone
Streak The deacon he took after her
at full speed, with the baby in one hand
and the shotgun IN the other, hollerin
at everybody to stop that lady. But the
lady didn't have any shotguns- and
babies to tote and she left the deacon in
that race like hewas hitched to d post.
About that time the high sheriff
come ridin up the road. Hesaw the lady
runnin and heard her screamin He
saw the deacon after her with a. baby in
one hand and a shotgun in the other
He arrested the deacon for assault with
intentions of murder, and before he
could git the facts straight the ladyswas
two miles down the road and turnin
the wind for Cyclone Streak But the
sheriff then got on his horse and went
and brought the lady back. She took
the baby and the shotgun, which made
the deacon feel whole lot better. But
she didn't go nowheres On the railroad
train. And from that day to this if you
want to. make Deacon Joiner foa1nin
mad all you have got to do is to say
somethin about the lady from Cyclone
Streak. RITUs SANDERS.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-07-11

been found in Switzerland, Italy and
France.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-07-11

The creal1ing Of the tinabers ii d
building is tolerably sure indication
Of coming rainy weather.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-07-11
CYCLONE STREAK.
The Sage Of Rocky Greek 9Tellir
Of the News"
Fienty of Wildcat Stills and Everybody
Kin to Everybody Else Black Jack
Changed His Breath - Deacon
Joiner's GalIantry.

IL you want to see the most loyeliest
strip of country on the broad bosom of
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-31
MEN WITH FORTUNES.

GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE, p~atentee o!
the brake which bears his name, has
made over $50, DOC. 900 from his inven-
ton.
JACOB LAGER, a barber at Louisville,
KY, claims to be one of six descendants
of John Harger, an Indian half-breed,
who died recently in the Indian terri
tory, leaving q fortune of 81, 500, 600.
JAY GoULD's estate has been ap-
praised at So, 934,5SO. As the report
was made as a basis on which to collect
the collateral inheritance tax it is not
likely the value of the property has
been overestimated.
JOSIAH PoULTENEY, OF San Francisco,
thinks he is heir to a British estate of
500, 600, 900, which carries with it own
ership of Il seat in the house of lords,
but officials at Washington brand the
story as trash"
DIR. WILLIAM O'NEILL, of Oakland,
Cal, who was born in Balibay, County
Monaghan, Ireland. in 1884, says he is
one OF the descendants of the royal
Irish family of that name, and has
made claim to a share of an $50, 900. 900
estate left by Lord O'Neill, earl of
Antrim.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-31

On the farm of Amos NJ. Collins. near
cambridge, o., dwells in undisturbed
bliss n most curiouSly assorted family,
presided over by Il dcmure house cat.
Several weeks ago Tabby gave birth to
n pair of healthy kittens, who, in the
course of events, grew apace. When old
enough to get about they went on n
foraging expedition in a woods near by,
accompanied by the mother. In their
peregrination they discovered a gray
squirrels nest in which woyoungsquir-
rels lay sleeping. The curiosity of the
kittens was aroused and they soon
made friends with the squirrels. Their
o%yertures were received in the same
spirit, and while the mother cat sat con-
tentedly on n log kittens and squirrels
enjoyed a frolic. When it finally re-
came dusk the cat took one of the
squirrels in her mouth and carried it
10 the farm, returning for the other
n in a few minutes. The squirrels
are now safely housed with the kittens.
and the cat watches over the children of
her adoption as carefully as over her
own offspring.-Cincinnati Enquirer
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-31
RELIGIOUS NAMES.

THE Arminians took their name from
their leader, Arminius, born in 1866, died
in 1909. Their doctrines are still held
by several Methodist bodies.
THE Bernardines were so named from
st. Bernard, who founded the famous
hospice in the Alpine pass which bears
his name, about 962.
The Gnostics were thus named from
the Greek word meaning ito know"
They claim n larger share of revelation
than fell to the lot of others.
P~ROTEsTANTs were at first so called
because their representatives protested
at the Diet of Spiers, in 1929, against
the action of the emperor.
THE CamisarGs. u French religious
sect, were so called from the smock
frock worn by the peasants. who con-
stituted the larger part of their num-
bers.
THE Episcopalians are so called from
their belief in an episcopal form of
church government-that is, a system
providing for bishops and archbishops.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-31
HUMOROUS.

Papa, why do they call language
che mother tongue?'" Because the
father so seldom gets a chance to use
it-"-Chicago Record.
-"How did the critics treat Jingoli'a
music?" "'Um. Well, the kindest thing
they said about it was that it was not
original."-Washington Star.
Then she doesn't look with favor
on your suit?" mo, made a mistake
in proposing to her in golf costume."-
Philadelphia North American.
Mother Gnstructing her little sons
devot;ons)-"And, now. Willie, pray for
grandma's safety" Willie-'Does she
want a bike, too?"-N. Y. Herald.
-Wagman-"My wife says I'm a veri.
table kidnaper." Friend-"Fd resent
that if 1 were you" Wagman-"Why
resent it? That's a tribute to my abil-
ity to put the baby to sleep."-Boston
Courier.
Mrs. Ferry Don't you feel
ashamed of wasting your time the
way you do?" Perry Patettic-"I don't
see how you kin call it wasted, mum.
How kin you waist anything that amt
worth nothin'?"-Cincinnat Enquirer.
Sore on the Wheel.-"I see by the
papers that they have the bicycle ambu-
lance now," said Miss Grumpey at the
dinner table. There ought to be a law
requiring an ambulance to go with
every Wheel" muttered old Grumpey,
who is marked for life because of his
one attempt to master the silent steed.
Free Press.