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that the few industries which had sur
vived the Determinations of years were
completely Paralyzed. In 1883 another
insurrection marked the history of the
island. 1t was under the leadership of
remarkably able men and conducted
with such skill that the sultan granted
many of the requests made by the pa
triots. But the concessions then made
on paper were never carried out, and the
deceived patriots inaugurated another
revolt IN 1866 and demanded annexation
to Greece. They were compelled to
submit in 1869, without obtaining any
relief. Since 1869 part of the popuia-
tion has been in constant revolt /; but
not until the beginning OF the present
year did the uprising assume proper
tions of such magnitude that the
Turkish war office had to send special
troops to Canea and other strategic
points.
Nothing could give the reader a more
comprehensive idea of the misgovern-
ment of the Turks than a mere state
ntcnt of the fact that the population
OF Crete, which was 100000 when the
Venctians lost control of the island.
had fallen to 10000 in 1870, and to 2OO,-
900 in 1890.
The massacre at Canea is seriously
2, - a
The Cretans have always had the SYM
pathy of the people of the Hellenic
states and several times the royal
treasury at Athens has been compelled.
by popular clamor. to assist the rebel
lious islanders with cash and provi-
sions. The present premier of Greece.
NJ. Delyannis, is trying very hard to
continue a policy of neutrality in the
Cretan question, but the chances are
that, unless Turkey is willing to make
far-reaching concessions, he will be
forced to recede from his position.
There is no doubt that the porte will
no longer be averse to granting partial
self-government to Crete, but the pa
triots have been deceived so often by
! their oppressors that reforms which
would have been hailed witt, delight d
| few years ago are no longer attractive.
Like the Cubans, they are fighting for
complete independence and eventual
| annexation to Greece.
! Should the Athens government con-
clude to comply with the popular de-
| mand and interfere in favor OF the pa
triots, Turkey would have to give up
the struggle. for although the Greeks
arc poor, they are rich when compared
with the Turks. King George, who is
under the influence of the Russian for
eigT; office, seems determined, how
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ever, not to risk anything that might
compromise his kingdom and the sta
bility of his shal>y throne.
The other European powers are un-
willing to do anything for the patriots
because the time for the division of Eu-
ropean Turkey has. in the opinion OF
their diplomats. not yet arrived. And
until the advent OF thai time the Chris
tan subjects of the sultan will continue
to bn murdered in cold blood in spite of
the protests of the people of every civ
ilized nation. In the game of interna-
tional politics. as played by the alleged
statesmen of to-day, the promise of
sPoils to come is more potent factor
than the blood of martyrs and the hon
or of heroic women
But whatever the diplomats moy say
or do, the poorly-fed, sha abbily-clad pa
triots of Crete will continue the holy
warfare against their Mohammedan op-
pressors. And the same can be said of
the heroes of Macedonia who are even
now driving the sultan's troops out of
the land of Alexander the Great
In itself the war in Crete is of trif1ing
interest to the people CT America, but
as it may, any day, lead to ii general Eu-
ropean misunderstanding it is well to
be familiar with the events which led up
to the massacre ut Canea- The sympa-
thies of the American nation are with
the brave patriots who, like their IA
theirs and grandfathers before them.
know how to die for liberty and lofty
principles; who. to accomplish great
end, are not tempted by gold or prom
| ises or preferment; who cry out to all
the world the words of Patrick Henry:
Give us liberty or give us DEATH The
| efforts of such men are worthy of our
4
the prayers of Christian men and wom-
en- everywhere
G. W. WEIPPIERT.
Give what YOU have. To some il
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Especial Washington Letter.I


Rhythmic rhymsters are not poets.
Makers of verses are as numerous as the
stars. Only thu philosophers of scho-
lastic instinct and breeding can make
rhymes which last throughout the ages.
1t was the philoscphic, pedantic,
nervous, scholarly and learned Longfel-
low who said that:
1--WE can make our lives sublime;
And. departing, leave behind US
Footprints in the sands of time"
There are footprints all along the
beach of history. The waves may swell.
the turf may beat, and the breakers
may scold and storm, but the footprints
made by some men will last forever.
No political or scholastic seismic dis
turbance can wipe out the footprints of
Confucius, Zoroaster, Caesar, Crom-
well, Washington or Lincoln. Their
footprints will last forever.
You all have read of Braddock and his
alleged vainglorious effort to conduct
an Indian campaign. Writers glorify-
ing Washington have minimized Brad
dock, one of the greatest military minds
of his age. 1t is not true that he
marched against the Indians with the
expectation of chasing them like rab-
bits. That story originated with
friends of Washington, and if he were
here he would repudiate the story.
Braddock knew that he was marching
into a hostile country, and would have
to compete with savages whose meth
DDS were new to him. He realized be-
| fore he left England that he had a ter
rible and dangerous campaign before
| him. But he was soldier ond marched
along the pathway of duty until he fell
upon the field of noble honorable bat
| tie.
| George Anne Bellamy, one of the
most gifted actresses in England, pub
lished two books in 1TS5, which showed
| something about Gen. Braddock's life
which all the people should know. AS
| the reputed wife of John Calcraft, M. l.,
she secured for him the agencies of pay
| masterships of no less than dozen
| regimentaI commanders in the British
! army. among them that of Gen. Brad
dock, thus multiplying Calcraft's in
come to a princely figure. On page 1S3
of volume Miss Bellamy says:
Seen. Braddock, to whom had been
known from my infancy. and who was
particularly fond of me, was about this
period appointed to go to America
From our intimacy he gave me his
agency without my applying for it
While he was making the necessary
preparations for his voyage he was
more frequently than usual at oul
house. The evening before his depart
ure he supped with me, accompanied by
his two aides-de-camp, Maj. Burtor
(who had just lost his much loveG
wife and my darling friend), and
Capt. Orme. Before we parted the
general told me he should never see m.
more, for he was going with a handful
of men to conquer whole nations, and tc
do this they must cut their way through
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NUMBER 20.
Never Descends to Details

NO. said Mrs. Trett, 'I always do
my own shopping, and always buy the
supplies for the kitchen. / can't trust
my husband to do anything of the sort
He hasn't a bit of Judgment A dry
goods clerk or a grocer can poke any
kind of stuff off ON him at twice its
value"
That's the way with some men,,
responded the caller. by the way,
what is your husbands profession2"
He runs a business college down
tcwn."-CSicago Tribune.
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Held hx the Enemy.

Upon the bench he sat and sat,
While Others came and went,
His face, half hidden meath his hat,
Showed doubt and terror blent;
His sweetheart passed: he didn't rise:
She knew not what he meant
She little guessed the dreadful tics
That held him while she went.
For though with love his heart was filled
He moved to extent
Because he sat where some one spilled
A tube of bike cement!
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Strange New Experience.
CAN'T REACH 1T.

Mr.. Hiram Daly-Has the new cock
made up her mind to stay?
Mrs Hiram Daly-I think so.
Mr. Hiram Daly-Then discharge her
at once.
Mrs. Hiram Daly-Discharge her!
What for?
Mr.. Hiram Daly-We've never had
chance of discsarging one yet. want
to see how it feeis-N. Y. Herald.
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He Meant It.

'Look here said the cynical friend.
's.ou don't mean to tell me that you
really meant what you said in your
speech tonight when you said it af-
forded you genuine delight to take of
your hat to workingman"
81 meant every word of 1t" answered
the orator. Il was thinking of my bar
Der at the time."-Cincinnati Enquirer.
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Gave 1t Up.

"My DEAR" said wife who had been
married three years, as she beamed
across the table on her lord and master,
tell me what first attracted you to me-
What pleasant characteristic did pos
sess which placed me above other wom-
en- in your sight?"
And her lord and master simply said:
ST give it up.'-Tit-Bits.
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Managing q Boy.

Husband "a literary man)@ wish
you would stop watching little Dick for
awhile.
Wife-But if 1 don't watch him he'll
be in mischief.
"Yes, that's what I mean. When he S
in mischief he's quiet, and l want to
wriue."-N Y. Weekly.
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angels all have wings, haven't they.
mamma ?" asked Bobbie.
"Yes: dear"
"And they fly with 'em every day.
don't they, mammal
''Why, yes; l suppose So"
Him." said Bobbie. after thoughtful
pause; Il guess they lay off during
moulting timeI'-Brooklyn Life.
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The Mother-in-Law Joke.

Wallace-For the life of me, have
never been able to laugh at one of these
mother-in-law jokes yet.
Ferry-If you had a mother-in-law
worth 200, as mine is, you would
laugh at every joke she made.-Cincin-
natl Enquirer.
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Taken Literally.

This woman's paper" he said, look
ing up from it, ''says that woman
should never, under any circumstances,
wear a street gown in the house."
What of it?" she asked.
"Oh, nothing" he replied, except
that should think it would be awE-
ward for a woman to change her gown
on the front steps" Post
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IfnquestionabIy True

Neighbor-Well, Patrick. I'm glad
your master is dead. He was an old
skin-flint. anyway.
Patrick (ndignantly)- Faith, and Oh
bet if he wor alive you'd not be afther
sayin' you wor glad he wor dead
Bay City Chat.
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1t Pleased AlrY.

.'Oh, Algy. isn't it cruel? Papa has
decided to move just when new ice
next block"
dearest exclaimed AIgy. convui.
sively. this is equal to raise of sal.
ary."-Detroit Free Press.
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you've been going to see her three
wears and don't dare to call her by her
first name? Well, you are wasting
your time. You're courting the wrong
girl
NO, she's the right girl. I'm afraid
the trouble is that I'm the wrong man.
Chicago Tribune
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Forgot Herself.

Briggs-You knew Mangle recently
married a widow and went on a we'd
ding trip, didn't you? 1 saw him yes
terday on his return.
Griggs happen while he
was away?
Briggs-Yes. He says that in a fit of
absent-mindedness she proposed to him
again.-Brooklyn Life.
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Man wants but little here below
Some rascaI's sharp device;
He craved for wealth himself, you know,
And went to selling ice
Chicago Record.
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"I hear that your relations with your
wife are strained"
Yes"
"What caused it?'
Her relations-"-N. Y. World.
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BRADDOCK IN HISTORY.
The British General Was a Brave
and Daring Soldier.

Washington Himself Tried to Disabuse
the People OF His Day of Its
Prejudice Against the Un-
fortunate Chieftafn.
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Young LADY, love your son and he
loves me, but he's weak-livered and
hasn't got the sand to ask your con-
sent. We'd like to hear from your side
OF the house!-Bay City Chat.
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Give what you have To some it
may be better than you dare to think.
-Longfeliow.
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He-That man Dearborn, they say,
has had nine wives.
She-He must be the Napoleon OF
matTimony.-Yonkef Statesman.
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He is good that does good to others.
-Bruyere.
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Rhythmic rhymsters are not poets.
Makers of verses are as numerous as the
stars. Only thu philosophers of scho-
lastic instinct and breeding can make
rhymes which last throughout the ages.
1t was the philoscphic, pedantic,
nervous, scholarly and learned Longfel-
The Opelousas courier., 1896-03-21
HOW THE CHINESE COUNT TIME.
Some Odd ~Tlmepieces Used by the Ingen-
ious Mongols.

Some Odd Timepieces Used by the Ingen-
ious Mongols.
The Chinese sun-dial embodied tht
usual principle, but was crude, indeed.
A rod or needle set upright reflected /;
.hadow on a flpt surface as the sun
moved. On this were characters in,
dicating the hours of the day. The
Chinese also used a water-clcek called
the clepsydra. 1t was a dish of cop
er or other material, with an extreme.
Iy small aperture, from which the water
trickled, dropsby drop. The clepsydra
OF Canton is t1us described by a trav-
eler: ut is a Ease of copper; it is stu
ted in a pavilion built on a double arch
that crosses a street leading from the
great south gate of the city to the pal
ace of the treasurer of the province.
Like that which. existed, and perhaps
exists still, in Picking observatory,
it is composed of four copper vases,
whence water runs from one to another
by little tubes fixed at the base. The
vase that rests on the floor has on it's
wooden cover a kind of handle, crossed
by q rule mounted on a float and COW
cred with characters representing the
hours. When the water has run out,
that is, in the morning OF evening, it is
poured again into the uppermost vase.
There is a little brick staircase by
which the attendant ascends. In the
temples there are attendants whose
business it is to hang up a placard, with
a white ground, on which is indicated
the hour. They strike the hours of the
day on a drum, and at night they beat
4 gong. The attendants who thus look
after the flight of time occupy the in
tervals between in making sticks Of
incense, on which are marked the hours.
these are sticks SO arranged as to burn
.rcertam length of time for every hour,
and these are used by peasants and
others The stick is lighted when the
gong sounds, and in this way the pri-
vate individual can keep very tolerable
account of~the hours as they pass
n. Y. Ledger.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-03-21
The First Electric RAILWAYS.

In the earlier stages of the develop
ment of the electric street railway sys-
TEN of this country, the electrical
equipment was sold at fabulous and
really exorbitant prices, the average
price then being nearly five times what
Infinitely better equipment can be pur-
chased for to-day; and the cost of such
equipment in terms of the capital stock
or bonded indebtedness of such street
railway companies as were in the I'M
fortunate position of not being able to
pay cash for their electric equipment
or dispose of their own stock and bonds
was still greater. The average sum
allowed by the managers of the parent
companies for the bonds was about
60 per cent. of their par value, and the
stock was generally taken as a bonus
or accepted in payment for the licenses
to operate under the patents. - Flee.
tricity.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-03-21
HOUSEHOLD BREVlTiES.

finger Cakes Mix che cup}ul
each of molasses and brown sugar:
naif d cupful Of lard, three cttpfuls OF
flour, Il t%easroonful of ginger and three
eggs. Roll min, cut out ard bake IN a
quick oven.--FaFm and Fireside.
Damp spells the tone of a piano
and turns the keys yellow o er than
anything else. Therefore it should al
ways be kept Shut up on damp days
and at night. On sunny days it may be
left open, for the sunlight will help to
keep the keys d good ttlt+.
Beef Patty. Remove the tender
fiber from lean beefsteak by scraping it
with a dull knife. Press til" fiber close
ly into a thin fiat cake and broil it on a
toasting forh. Serve with the inside OF
a baked potato roasted il The "shes.-
Orange jude Farmer.
Red FIR sting.--l;ed Or pink frost
ing max be Used by adding q ordinary
white frosung enough extract Of
strawberry TO tint it. Or pink sugar
may be bought at any confectionei S,
and often ia these days, even OF ones
grocery. Y. Observer.
Grape Sduce.-This is q nice II
for any dark pudding with iruit or
spice in it One cup CT grape juice,
one cup of boiling water. a teaspoonful
of butter, boil and thicken : little with
cornstarch and half d rtip Of sugar
wet with water.-Farm and Home.
Orange Sauce.-Squeeze & cupfuI
of juice from well favored sour
oranges. Heat a pint OF wltcr aad
when broil;ng, thicken with a table
spoonful Of cornstarch. Add the
orange juice, strain and swecten to
taste with sugar tknt has lHaen favored
by rubbing over the yellow rihd of IN
orange until mixed with tl.e oil of the
rind.-Good Health.
A cement for mending broken glass
or china IS made by disso. ling half an
ounce of gum arabic in a wineglassful
of boiling water and adding enough
plaster Of ,,1ris to make . thick paste.
Apply it with Il brush to the edges Of
the broken parts. Hold thn pieces care
fully together until the eeh,ent has
hardened sufficiently for them to adj
here. If the article to be mended is
broken in several pieces, do not attempt
TO cement a second piece before the list
has thoroughly hHrdened;
The Opelousas courier., 1896-03-21
Battling Minks.

Two men were fishing OH the banks Of
a New York lake when they came upon
two full-grown minks in combat. The
usually shy animals were SO busy that
they paid no attention to the approach
of the fishermen. The minks seemed
10 be sparring for a throat-hold, and
the way they lodged and scratched
was highly interesting. Finally one
caught the other by the back, and they
rolled from the bank into the water,
where they continued to fight ener-
~getically. Both minks s4ucaled al
most continuously as they snapped and
scratched at each other, and three times
they fell into the water and crawled out
again. But at the fourth dip one
sneaked away under water, and the VIC
tor began to strut along the bank as if
much pleased with himself. Then he
suddenly caught sight of the. human
spectators, and fed into the bushes
Golden Days.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-03-21
DUKES ANNOY THE PRINCE.
Wales Is Often Re~primanded by English
Noblsmen WRo Fear Him Not.

Noblsmeh NRo Fear Him Not.
Between the prince Of Wales and
those of his mothers subjects who are
of ducal rank there is but little love
lost, and Ii is strange that not onespf
| them can be said to possess his friend
s,hp or good will to any marked degree.
| This is the fault Of the dukes them
selves rather than that of the prince,
for the majority of them appear to
have considered that the loftincss OF
their rank gave them the right to nd
dress "Reminiscences to the heir appar-
cnt on the subject of what they were
pleased to regard as his shortcomings.
chief among them in this respect being
their graces of Portland. Argyll, Rich
mond, Cumberland, Buccleuch and
northumberland, while he has had sen.
sational quarrels with the late dukes of
Marlborough, Rutland, Sutherland,
Newcastle and Hamilton.
The duke of Richmond, on the occa-
sion of one OF the princes visits to
Goodwood, called his future king to
ccount in the presence Of all the
guests and in the most unvarnished
language for having organized games
Of hazard, especially baccarat, in spite
of his promise not to do so while under
the dukes roof. The fat young duke of
Portland demonstrated with the
prince, who is nearly 20 years his sen
ior, about his intimacy with Lady
Brooke, now countess of Warwick. and
even went SO far as to publicly decline
to receive her as u guest at Welbeck
abbey when the prince had requested
her to form ore OF his party while stay
ing there. The duke and the duchess
of Buccleuch have privately and pub
licly condemned the prince for the cx-
cessive favor which he showed to
Americans and for his action in open
ing the doors OF London society in the
most indiscriminate manner to all
sorts of persons who have no claim OF
right to the honor.
But the duke who went the furthest
in manifesting his dishpproval of the
prince is the old duke of Northuinber-
land. His grace, who enjoys the we'll
deserved reputation of being the most
ill-tempered and cranky noblcman in
the United Kingdom. and who is a pur-
itan of the old rigid type, actually went
to the length of reproaching the SOW
ereign with the conduct of her eldest
son, and for many years deemedsit to
be his particular mission to g2fabout
in society warning people against the
prince, whom he denounced as IN con
of perdition, a lost soul and as an abso-
lutely undesirable for the young"
The prince naturally was greatly an
noyed, and he, too, complained to the
queen, who in the most sensible man
ner soothed his anger by pointing out
that eshe herself had been a sufferer
through the old peer, since he had
assaileuFer with reproaches in connec
ton with the excessive grief which she
manifested at the loss of her husband.
The duke, who is a member OF that
queer sect known as Irvingites, regard
ed this as wicked in the extreme, and
did not hesitate to tell her majesty so.
N. Y. World.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-03-21
A Decadence Of Sentiment.

eft makes me tired" said Meanderinc
Mike. '.ter e de way some people tries
ter go back on de good old customs
of Yule tide an things"
"Me, t~oo,"said Flooding Pete. "Wot's
your trouble? 2"
"W'y, ye know dat Wen We says
Merry Christmas fus de udder feIIy
has ter CIV ye a present"
"Yes."
We'll, met a young felly Gis morn
in dat had a watch an $40 in his clos
says Merry Christmas all right, but
would ye b'lieve it. I ackchually had
ter use threats afore he'd give up de
Star.