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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-25
FASTER IN The STORE

Snow and chill outside-the sunshine ana song Of
the subtropcs inside They say that nothing TO equal
this dispav of goods and pretty1ngs was ever maze
America.
''"'' Nearlv three hundred Canaries singing.
Great banks of FLOWERS in full bloom.
Thickets of Palm, jungles Of vlnes.
Festoons of Smilox and Laurel
StreQmers of Florida Moss long as house,
Masses ripples and gints Of color -.
That's hint Of the decoraf!ons page sya ss Paper
Would not hold the story of the goods we haVe gathered
for Easter selling.
Millinery is q revelation.
Costumes and Wraps are dream:
Silks and Dress Goods are sweet surprise.
Cloves and Parasols are deAght
Bewtchinq Ribbons and Trimming 0Hs. >.
Wak about the store and you can see the whoe foShon
World as in magic mirror, ,.,
We have never been so well equipped wth oeaIyM
suzish goods at the seasons start and me wonaer o.
w0uders is that prices can be made so Atte-oOME
TIMES HALF WHAT YOU'D EXPECT.
We Welcome you whether you come TO I0os or 70
buv B7no the children too-theyN thnR 1t f0"y
Land
&C.,; :;: @@Msn %S&4a 1T { &C.,:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-25

rreIoar unanimously. Mckinley and webster D-'
were indcrsed for President ana co'e'"o ''r
lively. ,, Mach o4-The Republican
Convention OF the With District TODAY d in
G = Lewis Of Henry County. for Congress anu III
dnrseh Nc KinleY for President.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-25
DELEGATES INSTRUCTED FOR REED.

Boston, March M-The Republican Convention IN
the xth Congress District. to elect delegates and
a!;ernates 70 the s.; Louis Convention. was held
lagt night. ana was devoid OF unusual excitement.
Augustus L. Sweat. OF the Twentieth Ward and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-25
A LETTER FROM ]. II. MANLEY.
HE PREDICTS THAT Mr.. REEDS STRENGTH WILL
STEADILY INCREASE.

WASHINGTON. March al. H. Manley. Of Maine.
secretary OF the Republican National Committee.
has addressed the following letter 20 the Governor
OF Maine:
The Arlington. Washington, D. c.. March "a. 1896
To Hon. Henry B. Cleaves. Governor OF Maine.
My Dear Governor Including elections held to-
day. there have been 315 delegates elected TO the
National Republican Convention. There are thirty
six contested cases, which not given 10 any
candidate because 1t is unfair to assume now
those cases will be decided either by the National
Committee or the convention OF the 375 delegates
elected ia for Mckinley. provided that YOU
concede TO him the twenty-six from Indiana and
the eighteen from Minnesota Sixty-four delegates
have been elected for Governor Morton. nineteen
for Senator Quay, for Senator Cullom. forty
four for Senator Allison and forty-eight for Mr.
Reed. Mr. Reeds strength from now until tho con-
YOURS J. H. MANLEY.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-25
NKIN1.EY PREFERRED TO QUAY.

Huntingdon. Penn. March A-The Huntingdon
County Republican Convention was held here to-
dsy The vote on Presidential preferences resulted
as follows: Mckinley, 81: Quay IS. ]. B. Reed.
secretary Of the state Committee. was elected a
National delegate.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-25
ALrGELD WOULD AND HE WOULDN'T

Peoria Ill. March "a (SpeciaD.-Governor Altgeld
writes 10 Colonel John Warner. a prominent Demo-
cratic politician In this city. that he Is a cand-
date for denomination for Governor, but II a re-
nomination Is rendered TO him unanimously ne will
feel II a uuty TO accept 1t and make the canvass
for the office Governor Atgeld says that he is
anxious TO return to private life.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-25

well- founded rl,nor says that new smeltor OF SIX
or eight stacks will he erected by the Wcst.nShouse
Company in this place. to supply the company VIII"
copper for manufacturing purposes
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-25
THE; BEST Is TIE CHEAPEST.
q D a THE Oatmeal
a, 81. Fest U@lllHC0I
ALREADY STEAM COOKED.

Cbarlas +. Hammond OF Quincy. were, CHOSEN %s as
delegates and instructed for # Re thc wsnty
ti,r,r ward and s H. Marshall OF the Fourteenth
Ward
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-25

Morton The ex-senator has many friends aiionS;
the Older politicians in the State. and as ne Is sun
a cornpa rat!vely young man. he may be heaid ir0i"
before the campaign IS over
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-25
THEY SIT BEHIND CLOSED DOOhS.
u.vop STRONG AND HIS COMMISSIONERS GATHER
QUIETLY ABOUT THE DINNER TABLE
AT THE METROPOLITAN CLUB.

The administration" dinner. engineered by Street
Cleaning Commissioner Warng. was held at the
METROPOLITAN Club last night. There were some Va
cant chairs A Tribune reporter was told that SIX
teen covers were lad. and that the dinner was
served In the big hall OF the clubhouse II was I'M
possble to learn the names OF the diners. as 'Ae
attendants refused to give any Information ABOUT
the dinner to newspaper men.
Mayor strong sent word that there was no news
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-25

MISSOURI CONGRESS NOMINATIONS.
Warrentown. No. March 2.-The Republicans Of
the lXth District to-day renominated Congressman
The Opelousas courier., 1896-08-01
The Awful Truth His Weapon.

DR.. English of San Francisco, who
is stopping in Philadelphia, is q
practical joker of rare ability. The
doctor possesses the most essential
qualification of a joker-that is, per-
feet command of his facial expression.
A few days ago, while q rainstorm was
at its height, aF'ompous man of large
girth rudely pushed the physician
aside as he rushed for O Tenth street
car.
Just as the fat mar pulled his way
to the platform, DIR. English yelled
and wildly beckoned him back to the
pavement. With much establishment
and labor the passenger waddled to
the curbstone and asked what was
wanted. Placing his hands Oh the
fat mans shoulders the doctor asked
him earnestly if he knew the day of
the week.
why, it is Tuesday, was the
reply.
care you sure" entreated the doc,
tor.
"Yes, sure"
"Great h%eavens!" yelled English, as
he hoped on a passing car. ''Then
yesterday must have been Monday."-
Philadelphia Record.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-08-01

In the absence of dramatic novel
ties, London is smiling over the ac-
counts to hand of q play being pro.
duced at the principal theatre of Bang
kok, Siam. If it shows some biologi-
cal confusion in the Siamese mind, it
also exhibits flights of fine fancy
much more daring than Ibsen, Pinero,
or even Sudermann attains. It makes
Ceylon the capital of England, and the
drama starts with the assumption that
the King of Siam has promised to
marry Queen Victoria. and has found
it inconvenIiG4t to keep his contract.
The British Queen, accordingly. invades
Siam in quest Of breach Of promise
damages, and there is o magnificent
scene in which the Duke Of Cam
bridge, whose youth is miraculously
restored, has a terrific battle a COM
bat with three Siamese war fairies.
The English are defeated with tre-
mendous carnage, but then the King
of Siam ~relents, explanations are ex-
changed, and he leads the blushirg
Queen Victoria to the altar after all.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-08-01
Long Flights of Birds.

The distance which birds travel is
marvellous. the naturalists say, and
laymen are inclined to believe them.
w. Herbert Purvis writes to the Lon
don Field that every spring great
numbers of golden and ringed plover
arrive in the Hawaiian Islands. and
leave the first week in May.
The nearest points of the American
coast to which they so are in southern
California and the Alaska peninsula
respectively, about 2, 600 geographical
miles, and there is no intervening
land. 1t may be that the birds drop
into the water to rest occasionally, as
ducks do, during such long flights,
but it is not probable. This is the
longest regular flight known of shore
birds over water, but it is known
pretty certainly that some sea birds
fly as a regular thing much further
than this during their migrations.
The brant geese, for instance, are said
to nest in Siberia, and to fly north
v e the Arctic Ocean and south again
to Cape Hatteras, or there abouts and
beyond. every year.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-08-01
Ear BERN and Tattco!ng.

In Burman there are two rcIlOnleS
which mark the important passage of
the borderland between childhood and
Uomanbood Or manhood. In girls 1t is
the boring Of the ears and in boys the
tattooing Of the legs above he knees.
To the ceremony OF the boring OF the
ears friends and relatives are invited,
and it is made the occasion of a house
festival. With the prick Of the needle
the little maid of fourteen is promoted
I'D to the privilege of flirting and love
making and the serious business OF lie
then begins. A succession of straws ls
gradually inserted into the hole bored
till it is large enough to admit the tip
of the finger, or eve larger. In these
ugly holes glass, silver. gold or jeweled
tubes or short rods, are worn. In the
ears of the women of the kachin hills
I have seen rods of silver worn six
inches long and an inch in diameter;
and it is not unusual to see 4 woman
when travelling place her cheroot or
railway ticket into the gaping hole in
the lobe of the ear.
Every Burmese man is tattGoed from
the waist to just below the knee. Tie
colors are indigo blue and dark red,
and the subjects lions. tigers, etc. The
operation is very painful, SO that these
ornamental skin broe.lles are tatto0ad
gradually, the boy being at the time
placed under the influence Of opium. Y
Burman would consider it to be a sign
of unmanliGess BOT 10 have his legs
Acknowledgements Magazine.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-08-01
Sea Soup.

The discovery that the sea is a vast
brew of microscopic creatures explains
how fish can thrive in deep sea waters
where there are neither vegetable
growths nor animal forms visible to
the naked eye.
This puzzled students of fishes for
q long time and theysformed many
curious theories. Great shoals Of
herring at certain ti1.as leave the
ooastwise waters and disappear in the
apparently foodiess Waste Of the sea,
yet they return fat. Certain kinds of
whales thrive under the same condi-
tions.
This was a mystery until it was re-
Gently settled beyond reasonable
doubt that both whale and herring
are able to subsist on the microscopic
organisms which swarm even in the
waters Of midocean.
The sea is in fact a great nutritious
soup and the fishes are in it and ike
it-New York World.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-08-01
The Beers and The Cyclist.

About three years ago a wandering
cyclist threw o whole district OF the
Transvaal into q paroxysn Of super
| %stitious terror. Travelling by night,
his advent would have been unnoticed
if two young Beers, early abroad in
/ search of strayed bullocks, had not
seen the "spook" or track Of the
wheelman. With the curiosity of
their race, they followed it for some
miles, being anxious to see "the man
who could trundle u wheelbarrow SO
far without q rest"
After an hours tracking, Il re-
marked:
"This fellow must be a thief; lei us
20 and tell the landdrost (magis-
trate)."
Accordingly, the worthy Dutch
''beak" was brought on the scene, and
ne was accompanied by q score OF
armed Beers.
The whole party followed the path
taken by our cyclist. Hating at noon
while the horses grazed, the myster-
ious trail was. the object Of much
scrutiny.
Suddenly n farmer exclaimed:
"Look here, landdrost, if it was a bar
row, where is the 'spook' Of the man
who wheeled it?"
"My goodness!" exclaimed the Of
fetal, II never thought OF that. Let's
see-yes, here is the wheel right
enough, but where is the footprint?
1t is, it may be-yes, yes; ride, boys
ride, its a spook (ghost)!'
To this day that portion of the road
is not traversed by any of the Dutch
farmers. London Answers.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-08-01
A Substitute for Building Stone.

An enthusiastic advocate of wood
pulp for building material as a SUBJ
stitute for stone is Mr.. G. d. Rice,
who has made the subject one of close
study and Investigation, says the New
York Sun. His conclusion is that it
possesses the needed elements OF a
durable constructive substance, being
at the same time devoid of some OF
those features which detracttrom the
value of stone and brick. NHe sum-
marizes some of the qualities pre-
scented by this new factor in building
as consisting in its being light n
weight, exceedingly hard, q poor con-
ductor of heat and sound, and suffi-
GENTLY elastic to meet all the usual re-
quirements for the purpose; it is
tough, though a nailbcan be driven in
to it, and it can also be drilled,
while the other necessities of q
6tOut SUBSTITUTE I'D CuuulC1R tCbs ~
getherwith resistance to frost and
heat with ability to stand strain, and
so Oh are said to be met, besides the
important item of saving the cost OF
transportation. 1t is urged further
thaathe difficulty of procuring per-
fectly~ square stone blocks, except at
high rates, is thus overcome, for the
pulp blocks, being cast in a square
mold, are necessarily uniform. Diff
fering from stone and brick, which
absorb so much heat in summer, the
proposed material is claimed to be
cooler in summer, while in cold wealth.
err it prevents dampnesS, so common
in stone.-Paper World.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-08-01

In the French departments where
forests have been cut down there has
been q marked decrease in the num-
Der of births and au increase in that
of deaths during thirty years. In the
last five years the excess of deaths over
births was 80, $50, and the mortality
in the departments vas nine times as
great as in the rest of France. Nj.
Jeannel infers from this that the
forests are an important factor in the
health of France.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-08-01

The recently cabled report hat Mark
Twain has sold the copyright Of his
forthcoming book for $50, 900 may or
may not be true, but it is significant,
to the New York World, that such a
sum is not considered incredible for
the copyright of a piece of light lit
erature. il shows bow greatly the
multiplication of books has enhanced
the earnings of successful authorship.
The more extensive the field and the
keener the competition in it the greater
the rewards Of success. And compc-
tition was never keener nor the field
larger nor rewards more glittering
than now. It is true hal they are
only for the few-only for those who
really succeed in giving the reading
public what it demands but they do
exist, and the multiplication of school
ousesjisincreasing them year by year.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-08-01

The similarity between the pyra-
mids of Egypt and Mexico is too
marked to be accidental, maintains
the New York Dispatch. That square
base and top came from one common
source. The missing link went npthe
Asia coast and came down the Amer
lean coast in long-forgotten ages and
from the same brain and race sprung
the conception of Egypt and Mexico.
AS on the eastern coast, they came
across at the North and worked down.,
SO came the same from the West up
the Asia coastband down tho American
coast. The monuments in the East
proclaim the Norseman and his clan as
those in the West do the Indiaman and
his crowd.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-08-01

1t is a subject of newspaper COM
ment in southern California that cents
are beginning to be used there in the
stores and in commercial transactions
generally. It is only a few years since
any coin smaller than a nickel was a
great rarity anywhere west Of the
Missouri. If the price Of canything
figured out two cents the odd cents
we're deducted, if three or four cents
the purchaser paid a nickel.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-08-01

Statistics published in the European
Economist show that during the ten
years ending with 1896, Europs's in
crease of population amounted to 3d.
600, 900. OF this number Russia,
where, according to an old proverb,
''the cradle is never empty" con-
tributed IL, 511, 900, Germany was
next with 4. 500, 900, and SO on down
ward, to France, where in all that
time the gain amounted to only 67,-
600. France, however, is still one of
the wealthiest of nations, while Russia
is one Of the poorest. It is decided
~ curious that the chances of politics
-or was it merely the working out Of
natural laws ?-have brought into al
lance a prolific but poyerty-stricken
people with another Of exactly con-
trary characteristics.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-08-01

From statistics just given to the pub
lie by the Philadelphia Board of Re
vision of Taxes, that city has fairly
won the designation of ''The City of
Homes" According to this state
ment there are in the city 1858, 249
buildings, Of which 240, 635 are dwell
ings, leaving outthe whole number Of
buildings in the city only 20, 1854 de-
voted exclusively to business purposes
other than dwellings.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-08-01
Not Likely to Be Disappointed.

An inquisitive person passing along
a country road stopped to talk with a
farmer hoeing corn.
"Your corn is small" said the in.
quisitive person.
"Yes. I planted that kind" re.
piled the farmer.
cit looks yellow"
II planted yellow corn"
~ don't think you'll get more than
half a CROP"
Don't expect to- planted it on
shares. Buffalo Courier.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-08-01

The publishers circular estimates
that in Great Britain the output o!
books is as follows: Sermons, n vol
ume a day; novels, five a day; educa-
tional books, two a day art and SCI
ence, two each every week; histories
'Dr biographies, six q week; and law
one every two weeks.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-08-01

The New York Independent says
It is now q little more than thirty
years since a medical society in Eng
land seriously doubted whether any
body really attained one hundred
years; and to s~nbstantiate their be-
lief they ~inaugurated a search Of
parish registers in towns where such
alleged centenarians lived. The search
confirmed the p%retensions of a very
few, but blighted the ambitions Of
some Of them-in fact, Of the ma
jority; we say ambitions, for it is a
fact that many Of those old persons,
in a way, live on their great ages, being
made the recipients OF many cares and
attentions and gifts that would not
come to them il merely seventy or
eighty. Owing to better hygiene and
better sanitation, not to name a more
conscientious obedience to the laws of
life and health, it is ow no uncom-
mon thing to find the record
OF people past ninety who are
still able and diligent in their
callings, and scarcely a day passes that
VIC do not see the notice of the death
in some part Of the country of per-
49, III E
sons past the hundred mark. One day
we read of a man down in Maine of
81 who still does his usual days work
Of chopping wood; OF a m of 90
who conducts her household exactly as
she did OF 80. From an English paper
we learn that MI. G. p. Villiers, the
father OF the House Of Commons, has
just passed his Oath birthday and en-
tered on his 61st year of parliamentary
life. Though he hardly ever appears
in the House, his interest in political
affairs is 10 keen as ever. He was
elected to parliament from Wolver-
hampton in January, 1885, and has
represented the constituency ever
since. And from q very late letter We
learn that the Italian veteran of the
s'mosquito feel" 1.-THE myriad Of small
boatsin Galveston harbor) is over a
hundred years old, and that he has
owned md sailed his smalIeat 81 small
loopsmore than 10 years.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-08-01
All That Was Claimed.

"WLy SO sad. WILBUR"
"Lost my wheel. Bought it from
a man who said it would go like the
wind-and itdId. Went like the deuce
for an hour, and then died down com.
pletely. "-Harper's Bazaar.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-08-01

A small tract of land in New Bond
street, London, having but recently
been leased for Ga years Mt a ground
rent of s.. - n square foot, the Times
comments on the extraordinary high
price as amounting to almost as much
as the value of land in the city.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-08-01

Canon Gore, in a sermon at West
minister Abbey, London, told his
congregation the other day that much
of the Bible must have been taken
down by shorthand. ST. Stephens
sermon, Acts vii, he thinks, could have
been reported in nc other way.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-08-01
Published EVERY SATURDAY,.
oPELoUsAs, LOUISIANA

In an editorial or the closing of
massachusetts cotton mills, the Bos-
ton Journal frankly admits that it is
due to the fast growing competition
in the South.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-08-01

A late report of the organized mill
tia of the United States shows that
the country could put 9,467,G94
fighting men into the field, if neces-
sary, but it does not say where their
arms could be obtained.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-08-01

There are between six and seven
million Hebrews in the world and two
million of these, Sir Samuel Montagu
estimates, might be relied upon to go
to Palestine if asked.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-08-01

The timidity OF fish afforded one
Of many interesting discussions at a
recent reunion of the Boston pisca-
torial society. It was remarked that
big-gun practice on the sea-coast,
while it would cause Holsters out OF
sheer fright to cast one of their claws,
would drive millions of fish into other
@
The Opelousas courier., 1896-08-01

The Atlanta GA Journal has been
sending q reporter around to weigh
himself on the scales of various gro
GERS. He found his weight vary from
121 to 1874 pounds on various scales.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-08-01

The population ofr1taly is increas-
ing with great raMdity. This seems,
to the Washington Star, to be in line
with the philosophers observation
that the poorest people somehow have
the largest families.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-08-01

Hardtack is doomed in the French
navy. NJ. Lockroy has ordered that
soft bread baked on board shall
henceforth be served out to the sail
ors instead of ships biscuit.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-08-01

No fewer than twenty-seven expedi-
tons in search of the North pole have
been made in the last twenty-five
years.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-08-01

Blows through the trees, most OF US 10 can
sets off for a country jaunt. Fewer cross the
Atlantic. Whether it is business Or pleasure
calls one from home, Hostett"rs Stohach
Bittcrs is the beet accompaniment OF a Voy-
age or an outing. Yachtsraen, sea CAPTAINS,
commercial travellers and emlGrailtS concur
in this opinion. The Bitters is unrlyalled lor
bilious, malarial, dSspoptic Or liver di5ofoeI.
If some mems prayers were always IN
swered, the heavens would always be raining
fire.
Is It probable that what a million women e.y
A,ter daily trial is a m:s.aLc? ihry say Trey
knoto by test tIas DohJ;na' Electric is Tr2s!
economical, rurcst and Lest. Toy Lave h2d q
years to try it.. You give 1t one lJtGl.
The first rea! step We take toward Heaven
is the one we take when we say goodbye to
sin.
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teething. sOftenst the gums, reduces 1ni,anTna-
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Piso's Cure for Consumption relieves the
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