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The Opelousas courier., 1896-09-05
With a Kiss.

Here's a health to the fellow who wakes ms
WithR kiss, with a kiss, with a kiss!
Whose beautiful tresses my temples adorn
Withyl kiss, with a kiss, with a kiss!
Here's a health to the little one there at my
Ibed,
With his ruby red lips and his ringleted
And Goa give the rose to the paths he shall
tread,
And a kiss, and a kiss. and a kiss!
Here's a health to the fellow who wakes me
each morn
With a kiss, with q kiss, with a kiss!
In a little white goWn or u jacket that'storn:
But still with a kiss, with a kiss.
Here's a health to the little one there at my
bed,
And for all of Gods roses-the white or the
red,
He is sweeter than angels have sung or have
said,
With a kiss, with a kiss, with a kiss!
Here's a health to the fellow who wakes me
With a kiss, with a kiss. with a kiss!
And l brave the worlds anger aud all the
worlds scorn,
For his kiss, for his kiss, for his kiss!
And God keep him ever from grief and from
moan,
Though 1 dwell in life's valleys alone-still
alone;
Let my own have the light, and the light
keep my own, T..
With q kiss, with u kiss, with a kiss!
New York Herald.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-09-05
Silver Floors in Gotham.

Silver floors are properly supposed
to exist only in the imagination of the
author of "The Arabian Nights" or
of poets whose descriptions are some
what exaggerated. But going the
other day into the Office of 8 firm
dealing in bullion in Nassau street,
New York City, l found the floor of
the room neatly paved with some
hundreds of slabs of the shining white
metal, each Of them about the size and
shape of al ordinary brick. A mem
Der Of the firm informed me that they
were assay bars-that is to say. silver
that had passed through the United
States Assay Office, and received the
Government stamp testifying to their
being Of tie standard 1ineness and
containing each a certain weight of
the precious metal He tells me that
it is no unusual thing for the leading
bullion houses here to handle in one
day hundreds of thousands OF ounces
of silver. just for the sake of the
experience, I took a short walk up
and down this silver pavement, but I
cannot say that, out of its appearance
and the name of the thing, the high
priced material possesses an advan-
tage over the style of pavement pat
ronized by the Department of Public
Works. Detroit Free Press,
The Opelousas courier., 1896-09-05
A Fence That Costs 100000.

Before the fence, which isnow being
erected about the grounds Of The
Breakers, Cornelius Vanderbilt's
place, on Ochre Point avenue, New.
port, r. l., Is finished it will extend in
all over half a mile Of ground, and
will cost in the neighborhood of $780,
600, a sum which would purchase any
one of half q dozen cottages on Belle
vue enu VI
Work on this fence was commeno ID
over a year, ago. The portions which
are to be1d the estate on the north
and sc@.Oh will not be completed until
next summer.
Both the fence and gates are made
from an italian design. The base Of
the former is formed by a wall of
Indiana limestone laid on a brick
foundation sunk six feet in the ground.
At intervals of twenty-five feet rise
stone pillars some twenty feet in
height, and between these is u fence
Of light hand wrought-iron grillwork.
At the Ochre Point entrance to the
grounds stand four great pillars, two
on either side of the drive, from which
swing the gates. Rising between the
two central posts and directly over
the gates is a most magnificent piece
of grillwork, the apex of which is an
iron vase. In the centre of this is a
plaque bearing the monogram go. ""
in scroll.
Massive iron lanterns of the Italian
renaissance period swing from these
posts, and at either side swing smaller
gates opening to the foot path.--New
York World.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-09-05
MAST-UAUIlN6.

People who have lived in the real corn-
try, in forest regions, know the excite
ment connected with "masting" and mas
hauling. All goes we'll for the hauling
if the road be level or slightly descending,
but there is ''hard driving" when toiling
up the steep ascent. Poor oxen. how
they pant for breath when they are
allowed to rest. AT the highest point the
master-carter calls d halt, AMI men are
sent forward to reinspect ,>e road.
Here danger is imminent. If it IS
winter heavy chains are thrown over the
sl]ed-runners, as 'bridles," to arrest
velocity in going down; in summer the
wheels are chained to an a~xletree for the
same purpose. AS an additional precau-
ton, two yoke of oxen are detached from
the chain forward and connected with the
rear end of the mast, to ''lnold back"
With great care the descent is begun,
and with almost breathless interest the
men watch the movements of team and
mast. 1t success attends the effort, and
the level land is reached without &C
cident, a long pause is taken at the bottom
of the hill, sometimes with r~efreshmeut
for man and beast. Then the master
carter bestirs himself, and orders an ad-
vance.
every man to his team! Every OK to
his bow"
Now follow the robust shout of drivers,
the jinsling of chains, the rattle of horns.
The master-carter mounts the mast and
shouts:
care you all ready. menu"
"All ready" respond the teamsters.
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age enough to shout the was cry of the
mahdi. The 'fuzzy-wuzzies,' entirely
deceived, joined in my cry. 'Bide
your time, holy father said one of
them well give you plenty of Chris
tian heads later on Then they left
us-whooping like demons down the
street, but Ibrahim plucked at my
sleeve and mechanically l followed
him. sManv times We met parties of
the mahdists, but in the darkness our
ruse succeeded beautifully, and we
reached Cairo gate in safety.
"Around the gate, despite the con-
fusion, d strong guard had been post
ed. In the open space without many
scores of came]s were sprawling.
"'A camel for the mahdI's messen-
ger! cried Ibrahim in his shrill voice.
'Ho, brothers! A camel for the blind
soothsayer, AIMED, son of Ali, who
bears the mahdi's defiance across the
| desert
"Adozen dusky warriors surrounded
us, and as many awkward camels wera-
prodded to their feet. One Of these
ungainly beasts was made to kneel,
while Ibrahim made a great show of
helping the supposed blind priest to e
seat upon its back.
"Just then a tall 'fuzzy-wuzzy'-
clearly an oficer-rushed forward.
who is this? he demanded. where
does this man go? The orders are
that none shall leave the gates before
daybreak.'
"My heart sank, but fortunately for
us, the natural superstition of the
Arabs came to our aid. 'Have q care!'
cried one of the soldiers. 1T is a blind
priet-a soothsaver. He may curse
you The officer stepped ackinvolun.
tarily, eyelns me with tear. Give us
your blessing, holy father cried "a
dozen onlookers.
"Here was a new predicament. l
could not remember enough Arabic ct
that moment to give the desired bless
ing; but a whisper from 1brahim re-
called to my mind a simple form of
words, which eked out by discreet
mumbling on my part, and the loud
responses of the boy, suited the Arabs
we'll enough. They Frustrated them
selves-the officer with the rest, aE11
q great cry of allah Ackbar.' Then
1brahim smote our camel soundly, and
away we went, through the outposts,
speeding fast from the CORY city of
Khartoum.
"The perils and adventures of the
journey were too numerous to be told
at one sitting, but it was nearly q
month after that awful night that our
camel limped into Cairo, carrying on
his back two emaciated fugitives vino
had at once been OH officer OF the line
and an Arab boy.
''Ibrahim has been all round the
world with me since, and will probably
continue to be my comrade until one
Of us twain departs this life forever,
Ell, Ibrahim, old friend?"
The Arab lad smiled and spread out
his hands. ''My fate is thine, effendi,"
he said, ''you saved my life"
"On that score, Ibrahim, ".,answered
Captain G%rimshaw, ~ think that We
ore quits, Remember Khartoum."
The Opelousas courier., 1896-09-05

Carriages for those who wish to ride
are for hire at the entrances to Franklin
Park in Boston, and why not have
baby-carriages to rent to tired mothers
with babies in arms? is the question
propounded to the Park Commission.
1t is a sensible suggestion, with a
humane purpose, maintains the New
York Post. and the Commissioners are
seeking a way to put it in practice.
The people who rent carriages at the
entrances, being somewhat sceptical
as to the financial returns from the
enterprise, hesitate to make an in
vestment in baby -carriages, and an
appeal may be made to philanthropic
people to advance sufficient money to
give the idea q test.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-09-05
A Big Slaughter of Squirrels.

The last of the bounty on squirrels
tails was paid May 4, the amount for
last week, however, being small. The
totals were figured up, showing that
there have been brought in, counted
and paid for by the county, at the rate
of n cent each, 1855, $50 squirrel tails.
As these squirrels were killed largely
by poison, it is estimated that the
number brought to the commissioners
Office does not represent over one-half
the number actually killed since March
l. The bounty has been discontinued,
and, on the whole, the commissioners
feel they have come very near solving
the question of getting rid of the
squirrels. The rodents are, however,
still a great pest in the county, and
continued warfare will have to be kept
up to clean them out entirely. -Spo.
kane WASH Spokesman Review.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-09-05
The Fastest Ships.

The immense power required to
propei a vessel when q speed above
twenty knots an hour is required is
realized, says a technical journal, by
a few people. Take, for instance, the
British torpedo-boat chasers which
are mere racing machines, even from
a naval point of view. The most per-
feet specimens of this class, which
have attained thirty knots speed, carry
sixty tons of coal, which is full one
quarter OF their entire sea-going dis
placement. They burn three and one
half tons Of coal per hour. To attain
the three knots over twenty-sever,
which is the highest speed of ordinary
torpedo boats, it was necessary to IN
crease the full expenditure fully fifty
per cenr. st. Louis Globe Democrat,
The Opelousas courier., 1896-09-05
A Love Song.

Love, the moon is overhead.
All the misty woods are still;
What was that my lady said
81 will never wed until
Some great hero that l meet
Sueth humbly at my feet"
Well-a-day! Well-a-day!
She would surely tell me nay;
| will wait some other day.
Once again the moon is new
Like Il broken band of gold;
N"w or old, my heart is true,
But my lady seemeth cold.
When the mellow planets shine,
S!la'lI ask her to be mine!
Well-a-tay! Well-a-day!
What if she should tell me nay2
I will wait another day.
Sooth, [ think she'll drive me mad,
Yet 1 thought. whom passing by,
That her blOssOm-face was sad,
And a tear was in her eye.
Can it be if | should sue
l should find her heart was true?
We|l-a-day! Well-a-day!
WHAT if she should tell me nay?
I will wait another day.
Not q shred Of moon above,
And of starlight there was none,
But l met my laly-love,
And 1 wooed her, and l won.
Shyly, sweetly, did she own
That she cared for me alone.
Wo~li-a-day! Well-a-day!
Ynt she might have told me nay
Had L asked her yesterday.
Hattie Whitney.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-09-05
NOSES MADE GOOD AS NEW.
CeIIuIoid, Patience, and Maybe a Finger
Neadad.

ceIIuIoid, Patience, and Maybe a Finger
Needed.
"BUilding a nose" sounds queer,
writes DR.. Whitinger in The New YORK
Journal and yet that is just what sur
geons are doing almost every day.
| Every surgeon who possesses mehanr-
cal ability enough to be called a "plas'
tic surgeon" will take a contract t"
build a nose just as a builder takes a
contract for building a house.
The operator. in the case of a man
the bony portion Of whose nose has
been destroyed, first removes the dead
bone until he finds healthy bone.
He is then ready to proceed with the
building. Holes are drilled into the
sound bone for the reception Of the
metallic frame work which is to sup
port the flesh that will give the nose
the appearance of having it's natlB'al
bony and cartilaNnous support.
Probably the most famous case or
nose-building is that of the late DR..
Thomas Sabine. The operation was
performed at bellevue Hospital. The
patients nose had been entirely de-
stroyed by a disease called lupus.
The surgeon transplanted the middle
finger of the patients hand to replace
the nose. To the house surgeon fell
the task of destroying the nail. For
this he used a powerful acid. In re-
lating his experience recently he said
that he supposed his work had proved
successful, but after the finger had
been transplanted he found that tho
nail was inclined to grow again, and he
was obliged to use the acid repeatedly
before it was finally destroyed.
There are surgical records of other
similar cases in many of which the nail
had grown on the Ginger nose"
In ordinary cases where only the
bony portion of the nose has been de-
stroyed cclluloid is said to prove most
satisfactory, as it is better borne in liv-
ing tissues than any other substance.
A case was recently shown at the
Academy of Medicine. The patient was
a young man whose nasal bones had
been destroyed through disease. The
skin had fallen into the cavity.
The shape of the nose was restored by
an aluminium tripod. The surgeon
drilled q hole in the frontal bone for
the reception of one branch of the APP
paratus, while the other branches fitted
into holes which had been drilled in the
upper jawbone. To the unframed eye
the nose had every appearance Of being
normal.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-09-05

A Scotch Judge has decided that if
you a get anything out of a nickel
in-the-slot machine and still keep your
nickel, you cannot be held guilty Of
robbery. He holds that there must
be a possibility of reciprocity in the
matter of penalties, and if the ma
chine will take your coin and give you
nothing in return-as it Will when 1t
Is out of order, or out of the COM
modify it dispenses--you are entitled
to take advantage of it when you can.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-09-05
Whom We Are Parted,

When we are parted let me lie
In some far oorne of thy heart,
Silent, and from the world apart,
Like a forgotten melody;
Forgotten of the world beside.
Cherished by one, and n alon$
For some loved memory of its own;
So let me in thy heart abide
When we are parted.
When we are parted keep for me
The sacred stiffness of the night;
That hour. sweet love, is mine byright;
Let Others claim the day of thee!-
The cold world sleeping at our feet,
Ny spirit shall discourse with thine
When stars upon thy pillow shine,
At thy heart's door 1 stand and beat.
Though we are parted.
Hamilton Adie. in Home Magazine.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-09-05

"Lieutenant Peary is going to
Greenland to hunt for a meteor that
he knows about" says the San Fran.
cisco Bulletin, though to the ordinary
man a safer and surer way would seem
to be to stop at home and wait for
another to strike in a somewhat more
accessible place.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-09-05

The meanest man is dead. He killed
himself in Jersey City. His last act,
except suicide, was to burn $4,000
which his wife had laboriously aca
CURED and saved
The Opelousas courier., 1896-09-05

The New York Journal says that
tie shrinkage in every line of bust
ness, through the ever increasing use
of the bicycle, is tremendous, and the
trade periodicals which voice the feel
ings of the business men, are full of
complaining. Perhaps the best fnan-
cial and economic authority in Amer
lea is the New York journal of Com.
merce. After indicating the trades
which have suffered most, the Journal
OF Commerce makes this editorial
statement: "Some of the expenditures
for bicycles may have come out of
savings, but such information as we
have from savings banks and building
associations indicates that a very small
part of it has been SO obtained. The
deposits in savings banks in this State
last year were exceptionally large,
and yet 1t is evident without statistics
that the expenditure for wheels was
very great. Most of the wheels are in
all probability bought with money
that would otherwise have been spent
for dress or ornaments or housekeep-
ing expenses, or luncheons or amuse-
ments. The diversion of anywhere
from fifty to seventy million dollars
in a year from the clothing and jew
elry and dry goods trades and other
lines OF business catering to comfort
and luxury, and to a certain extent to
real needs also, will account for a
good deal of dullness of trade and a
good deal of diminished requirements
on the part of retail merchants" No
line of trade, adds the Journal. has
suffered so great a proportionate loss
as the horse trade. The bicycle has
killed the horse trade. The manager
of the Windsor Livery Stables, in
Forty-ninth street, said: sour bust
ness fell away fully fifty per cent. last
year. There is no use saying that it
was the trolley cars and cable cars
that did it. 1t was the bicycle. We
bought for summer use twenty new
runabout wagons. They have never
been off the upper loft OF the barn,
where they we're stored, from that day
to this. Men who keep their W
horses, and who have generally taken
them along to the country in the sum-
me- time, are leaving them home this
year, with instructions to sell if op-
p~ortunity comes. Especially are sad
die horses q drug in the market. We
used to keep twenty. Now there is no
call for them. You can buy them for
. song. You can get first class horses
now for what you would have paid for
an old carcass five years ago. Riding
academies have failed and been turned
into bicycle schools. Liverymen have,
n many cases. disposed OF all but q !
few OF their horses and put bicycles in
their stalls instead. The business il
dead.r $3.50
The Opelousas courier., 1896-09-05

The people of Michigan are becom-
ing stirred up over the number of
Opponents produced by the co-educa-
tion of the sexes at the university OF
the State.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-09-05
All Hail to Him.

All Hail to Him.
Blow the bugles,
Beat the drums;
Lo! the candidate
He comes!
Ridin' early.
Ridin' late;
Watch out for
The candidate!
Saw the war through
(Sure o that!),
Got his record
In his hat.
Knows he's needed
By tho State;
Save the country
Sure as fate!
Good at farmin';
Got q ptow
In his back yard
Rustin' now.
Observation-Disclosures
Doctor-all!
Anything the
People call!
Free religion
Gin the Iurch
If ne didn't
Like each church,.
Bound to please YOU
Beat the drums;
Lo! the candidate
He comes.
F. L. Stanton, in Atlanta Constitution.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-09-05

The Iowa Supreme Court notifies
attorneys that the court must not be
loaded with shorthand notes and that
cases must be distracted when pre-
sented to the court.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-09-05
A Modern Fable.

A wolf in skulking about looking for
opportunity to satisfy his hunger, came
in sight of a number of shepherds en-
gagged in discussing their wrongs.
when the shepherds discuss their
wrongs" said the wolf, grabbing Il
lamb, 'the wolf gets his rights."-Atch-
isoi Globe.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-09-05

Statistics kept by Chicago news.
papers show that during 1895 there
were 272 persons killed by mob viol.
ence of different kinds in this country.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-09-05

}VUSE NM
Comfort One Another.

Comfort One Another.
Comfort-Ono another;
Fortho way is growing dreary,
Tho feet are often weary,
And the heart is very sad.
There is heavy Understanding,
When it seems that zone are caring,
Aud we half forget that ever we were glad.
Comfort ono another;
With the hand clasp close and tender,
With the sweetness love can render,
Ani the looks of friendly eyes.
Do not wait with grace ~unspoken;
While Iife's daily bread is broken,
Gentle speech is oft like mamma from tho
!, skies.
Mrs. Margaret E. Sangster.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-09-05

compound" is the sure reliance in this
nour OF trial. Thousands have founu
1t the nev1r-failing power to correct
ali irregularities and start the woman
on the sea of life with that physical
health all should have.
Womb difficulties, displacements and
the horrors cannot exist in company
with Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-09-05
Ireland has less suicides than any
other country in the world,

The mean longevity in Italy is only
twenty-eight years, while that of the
well-to.do classes is ffty-fve.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-09-05
A LIFE For A LIFE.
A STORY OF THE soUDAN.

E sat together in the
veranda at Shop
heard's Hotel. Cairo
lay beneath and
us - Cairo
filthy, multi-c olored
and malodorous, but
always picturesque.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-09-05
OpelOusaS Courier

Is the advocate of Democratic
principles and the friend Of the
people.
Their welfare is its welfare, and
it will ever be found defending
their rights with all Of Its
ability.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-11-16
ron 8 xix Posn MONDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 1e 1895

known that I need go into no discussion
Of populist principles here.
The position taken in this letter Will be
bitterly assailed. Would that the path
way OF duty were always carpeted with
flowers rarely Is. BY making myself
and the great party l represent mere
iootmat for democratic politicians to wipe
their feet upon. could win much applause
from that quarter
But If we're now lacking in the loyalty
which was expected Of me when chosen,
| would grieye the men who have honored
me, trusted me. defended me ana loved
me.
In this reform movement, to which
have devoted eight of the best years Of my
life. | have lost much--but my own self
rosr Get has not been lost. nor the respect
of those whose principles represented and
whose battles / have fought.
Through good report and evil, through
sunshine and through storm. / have been
true to this great cause, and l shall not
dishonor it now.
did not seek this nomination. nor de-
sire it, Had | asked the presidential nom
nation of the peoples party and gone to
St. Louis to claim it, no power of the
democratic emssarles could have kept 1t
from me.
II was ont Of a heartfelt desire to help
unite all the reform forces and at the
same time TO save my party and It's prn-
ciples from utter wreck. that l agreed to
accept second place on the compromise
ticket.
stood ready to Join hands with Mr.
BRYAN and to aid him in harmonzng pop
ulists and silver democra a and In uniting
South and West TO the end that we might
achieve a victory against Mckinley and
McKinloyism. Fusion with Bryan meant
no sacrifice OF principle; fusion with
Sowall does.
rnfp han
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