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The Opelousas courier., 1896-06-27
TIL E..

Here am sick with thinking and with
dreams;
With memories of struggles lately past.
Here come to me the towns sharp, fretful
streams
OF Earring sounds-that all sweet sounds
outlast.
There In the woods shut heart is spa
cious calm;
And vast, deep silence: arc sweet spicery
Shed downward from the dusky pines like
Z - balm
There, from the open mouth of one cool
spring,
: The gurgling laughter breaks in slivery
streams
Too soft to mock the quiet of a human
thing,
Beside it resting from late f~ever.drcams,
There vague, fresh aira an:jft. like finger
tips,
The matted curls from off the throbbing
brain;
And vapory kisses from the mist's light
Dissolve upon the check In fine, sweet
There is green shadow. shot with threads
of gold
Toe mellow-toned to strain an aching
eye
And there a heaven of duets, on a void
Far up the sloping hillside that lies by.
There can one catch, too-prone in emerald
gloom
Semblance of dawn; rose pillows, foam
ing feir,
O. a peach orchard full of clustered bloom
Th.t blows pink flakes afar-Would 1
were there!
-Lulah Ragsdale, in Harper's Magazine.
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How p Is Made.

YES said the drummer in a Maine
Central smoking car the other day. as
he fished out a nickle and bought a
package of pepsin gum. 81 yank some
occasionally AS he peeled the tin foil
off the package he continues: Ever
hear how they get this pepsin? Well,
they have a lot of young pigs and they
iced EN- away to the top notch till
they're feeling just out of sight. Then
all to once rations are knocked off for a
day or so. The commissary doesn't
come round. The pigs commence to
think they are living on a diet of north
west wind and scenery in the lowest
part of Hungry Hollow. When their
oppetites finally get a buzzsaw edge on,
men who wear ear pads and marble
hearts come in with pals full of some
CT the incest smelling hot bran mush a
pig ever put his nose into. The men
stick those pals down near the pens so
that each pig can get his nose within
about two inches of that mush. and then
they hold the pads over their ears and
grit their teeth and let the pigs smell
end howl. No, they don't get a taste.
In a little while the bran is taken away
and those pigs go hungry into eternity.
The secretion in their stomachs is al
most all pure pepsin and that's what
they put in this gum. It's good stuff,
gents, have a chew on me-" But no one
appeared to have any stomach trouble
just then.-Lewiston Journal.
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The Object Of His Curiosity,

1T beats me-" he said, as he laid
down his newspaper, thoughtfully. 81
dunno's I ever thought of it afore. but
now tibet it does come ter my mind, it
certainly beats me-"
"Whut air We talkin' about?" asked
his wife, ~anxiously.
"~Literatoor,'' he answered. COURSE
we've seen it showed up in the news
papers time an ag'in how all an
editor does is ter set down weth a pot
o paste an a pair O scissors an cut out
things ter put inter is paper"
Certainly. I don't see nothin' SO
beatin' about that"
But this is the question. Some fell
Ter bez ter git them pieces up in the
fust place. 1t never struck me afore;
but I'm blest eff I wouldn't like ter
know who the Teller is tibet starts in
an gifts up them there things fur the
editors ter cut OUT Detroit Free
Press,
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"It is a singular circumstance" she
replied, Yves, ~ can write. Do you
know, Joseph. the thought of it already
consoles me a little; it will be such q
delightful novelty"
1t was a GOOD thing for Mrs. Allies
tree hat she expected visitors. But
after the guests had departed her con
dition was pitiaioic. Especially Is no
letter had come.
Mr.. Allestree had gone ava: early on
Saturday; now it was Tuesday. She
had managed 10 be patient oven the
Sabbath: but on Monday morning,w when
Jimmy came up from Stoneton empty
handed, she had refused TO believe that
he had not dropped the letter or that
the postmaster had not overlooked it.
There were only two deliveries in the
"a hours, and at evening the same per-
tOrmance was repeated.
On Tuesday Mrs. .Allcstree sent her
self ts Stoneton ehu delivered a severe
lecture to the postmaster upon thGc gen
eral indifference of government Off
c1a1s, thereby greatly annoying the
poor man.
Mr.. Framwel1 began to dread the
hours of delivery. Twice a day, what
ever the weather, Mrs. Allestree pre-
scented her handsome, anxious face at
the wintiow.
When he handed out the post to her.
and she found not HE letter she longed
for, an angry face it was that peered
IN at him, and a stern-albeit well-bred
voice that demanded of them to hunt
through every box, lest, p%erchance, he
had made some error in distributing.
The deserted. neglected wife must
blame somebody, and she would not
blame her husband. She t!iu not at
first even drean OF blaming Joseph.
BY The middle of the week her whole
mood changed. She felt hurt, deeply
hurt; there seemed to be no reason,
no excuse for such neglect. To think
that this, their first separation in SO
many years, should be unbridged by a
word.
She could lot have the consolation Of
writing to him, for he had left no adj
dress, there being an uncertainty about
The very part of London in which that
troublesome Perley was living.
1t was the way of men, and he. it
seems, was no better than the rest Of
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LOVE Is EVER YOUNG.

' She had not the least shame about tell
ing her age; on the contrary, she was
rather proud to do SO, it was something
to be proud of, not that she was GA, but
that at 81 she looked not a day over As,
and a blooming As az that.
True, her hair was silver, but what a
waving wealth of silver! And it was
not sent to soften wrinkles, either; she
wore as many of these ornaments as is
legitimate to wear at As, and no more.
Oh, she was certainly a wonderful wom-
an for her age, was Mrs. Joseph Allies
tree!
1t did not detract from the compare
lively youthful appearance of Mrs. ALI
estree that her costumes always repre-
scented the height of fashion.
Quaint, indeed, she appeared, par
ticularly on a certain evening, standing
in the old square portico, with the sun
shining straight under the trees into
her face.
The house at her back was low and
long. 1t stood endwise TO the lazy little
river that flowed at the foot of the alb
ruptly sloping lawn. On the other side,
at the end Of a long, shady avenue, was
a gate with an old-fashioned wooden
arch over it, corcealed by vines.
1t was toward this gate that Mrs.
Allestree looked, leaned forward eager
ly, like a girl, one hand shading her eyes
from the level sunbeams. She wore
white-think of her daring to wear
white! She was watching for Joseph.
He had gone down to Stoneton-only a
mile distant-for the post at five o'clock.
That was two hours ago. Joseph did
love dearly to gossip with the old farm
ers and shopkeepers, but he really ought
to remember dinner time.
But Joseph had not forgotten his din
ner. At this very minute the gate
opened and his little gig rolled in, fol-
lowed by three enthusiastic dogs-a St.
Bernard and two red settlers.
MIR. Allestree, after embracing his
wife as IT he had just returned from a
years journey, went in with her to din
ner, and Mr.. Allestree was. But [ will
not describe him; simply, he was every
thing that the husband of Mrs. Allies
tree should have been. Forty.two years
had gone by since their marriage, and
in all that time they had never been
separated a single day.
Dearest" said Mr.. Allestree, as they
down, II owe you an apology for
my hardness, but it couldn't be helped.
got a letter calling me away on an i'm
Portant matter, and 1 had to stop to
attend to some things in the village. l
must go Observation-Disclosures"
: "Oh, that Perley affair." she said,
glancing over the page. But, Joseph,
can't you put it off? Remember, the
kennedys are coming in the morning,
to stay over Sunday"
I cannot, Henrietta; it's got to be at
tended to at once"
But, Joseph, you can't 60 without
me; you know you never did such a
thing"
II am afraid I must do it this time
he replied, nournfully.
They sat in silence for some min
The Opelousas courier., 1896-06-27
COLLECTING BADGE BUTTONS.
The Latest Popular Cra.r Started by the
MatifActure OF Bicycles.

~
People are collecting badge buttons
NOWADAYS, and there are already collec-
tion3 that number hundreds. The pol
itician gathers in the emblem of party
strife or victories. the bic3s r1ist eX-
changes club buttons with brother BIZ
~cyclist. the business man keeps collec-
ton to see what his riN ais are doing.
the small boy to see how many badge
buttons he can secure, and the new
woman follows suit because every II
else is doing it. The craze threatens
to become p:er more lOpuiar than the
button strings made by children 30
years ago.
The ~bicvclists started. The fHd. Every
person ~ho buys a bicycle feels himself
bound, while the new sens" - owner
ship IS strr"gg TO wear a button badge
mat proclaims the superiority of his
particular wheel. With secret or
ganizations and bicycle clubs it had
becbme popular, but with the general
public there was apathy. At this
show tie few manufacturers who gave
away badge buttons as souvenirs at
the start were found by their rivals to
be attracting so much attention that
before the show vas over everybody
was offering buttons to visitors, and
hundreds of thousands We're given
away. Men, women and children came
forth decked with numbers Of the little
disks. This started the craze. 70
get more than ones neighbor was the
universal desire; and from hirytlihR
buttons HE rage has spread until every
kind of button is eagerly sought. For
a long time manufacturers Of ba[lSr
buttons trieu Is make advertisers see
their value, but they met with no IN
couragement until the bicycle dealers
took the idea up; Then tie badsc bit
ton leaped into the swim.
The politicians early saw the value Of
badge buttons. and the number used for
political booming is enormous. One
of the leading firms turns out over 5O0,-
600 buttons each week, and ia behind
in its orders. Al present the great
demand il for political buttons. What
ever the character of the button, the
collectors are diligently harvesting the
supply as fast AS it appears. The de-
:siands made by button collectors upon
one firm manufacturing badge buttons
have become so great that it has pre-
pared a circular enumeraling 1874 diff
ferent varieties of bicycl3 buttons
which it sells ut five cents d4ch. The
same firm is getting out otHer lists for
general collectors, embracing other
buttons besides the bicycle badges.
1t is not out of the ordinary run for this
firm TO receive by mail checks ranging
from ten to fifty dollars for badge but
tons, every one of different design.
The circus is the latest employer Of
this form of advertising. and the
preIip1ial towns are to be well deco.
rated with the novelty. The craze has
| spread to Canada. The political situa-
ton there has seen the advent Of the
badge button. and on the queens birth
day a vast number of buttons are to
be sent forth showing the portrait OF
the queen on a white gronnd.-N. Y.
Sun,
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A LITTLE

-"Look here, John,we have now been
married some time. Why don't you
eay the Bachelors club?' "TheS want
To keen III. as ']fionorary member
ooh, no-as a warning cxamp!"t'-fIle'
gende Blaetter.
Ne Love Observation-Disclosures the
prisoner known, r~0hstnb'e' Constable
-"Yes, he's we'll known to the police,
YOUR Worship Prisoner (~sava2ely)-
"Garn, [ amt on speakin' terms with
none o. yer!"-l'tii;.
-Teacher-"Can any little po.y zen
me which is the longest day IN the
YEAR," Billy-"Some fellows say the
day bcfoft christmas is. and some say
the day before the ioirtf, Of July
Harperr's Round Table.
Satisfactorily Explaincd.-'Nell' OF
all the %impudcnce! Asking me 10 ne,2
yoa,lbecaisc YOU have three wives 70
support" They don't belong to me-
tnister-nothin' Of the sort. 1hey pc
Icno tS inc Observation-Disclosures.
-.Ambiguous.-1he bishdp Ito young
wiGo~;-aNiy sister, dare say yoH jin'
comfort in the thought that Eou maae
your husband happy while he hvrn'
Ictrg Widow-"Ycs. Poor Jack was IN
Heaven till he ied,"~Piek-Me-Cp.
-stratecv.-"General,' said the
Snanish subordinate, ga band OF CubanS
II approaching. Shall we stand ana
rive them bai{it'" NO. Let's see il
we can't get quietly around behind
them ard pursue EN-. 1t sounds al.
right in the dispatches and it is a good
deal safef."-Vashington Star.
-~-"Charicy," said young Mrs. locker
'syoji know / always try to keep posted
so that | can talk with you intelligent
w." Eyes" We'll, I've been reading
about horse races" you dont say 0
Eyes. And | want to ask you n qucs-
ton. 30 tffe~ pick out a short horse by
measuring him from liis ieet 'tp**arH'
as they measure a man. or do they meas
ure him horizontally "'-Nashlngton
Ctar
The Opelousas courier., 1896-06-27
When Whales Had Legs.

The more remote ancestors of whales
undoubtedly had legs. The sperm
whale possesses a rudimentary thigh
bone and tibia. There seems to be no
question but that the ~progenitors of
modern whales were land animals, but
their descendants took to the sea and
ceased to require legs. These remarks
apply to hind legs; fore legs of whales
are represented by their fippers. The
ancestors of all marine mammals were
land animals. The intermediate condi-
ton may be observed in the seals, which
live on the land to some extent. The
porpoise is legless, but has rudimentary
hip bones. The ancestors of modern
snakes had legs and walked. The boa
constructor possesses rudimentary hind
legs.-Chicago Chronicle.
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Tobacco Tainted Meat Poisonous.

An inspector of meat in Paris has
beenexperimentingon tobacco as a lav-
oring for meat, and he finds that the re-
suits are peculiarly deadly. a dog.
when offered the tempting morsel OF
thin slices of beef which had been sub.
jected to tobacco fumigation, declined
the delicacy most emphatically. But
when the meat was cut up and con-
cealed within bread the dog was be.
trayed, and suffered in consequence.
Twenty minutes after eating the food il
displayed distressing symptoms and
died in great sgony.-Chicago Tribune.
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utes. Twice Mrs. Allestree wiped away
a sly tear with her napkin. At length,
bravely assuming a cheerful aspect, she
asked: How long will you be gomez
II can't possibly reach London, ac-
complish all I want to and get home
again in less than ten days"
"Joseph, it will kill us both"
"Ah, no, my dear" he laughed, sit
won't quite do that-at least, L hope
not. 1t will be hard, very hard. But
think. my love, We were apart for five
long years once on a time"
"Ah, doseph"-with a sob in her
voice-"that was before we had ever
lived together. We only knew each
other by letter, you know"
.And a mighty comfort did we take
out OF those same letters. Isn't it
strange that in two and forty years we
should have had occasion to write
to one another? Not since you were
Henrietta Shower"
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Catarrh Cannot tsA Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they r:nnos
~each The seat of the disease. Catarrh Isl
blood o. constitutional disease, and i'll order
ia curo it YOU uuuSt take internal remedies.
Halls Catarrh Cure is tak5n internally, and
nets directly on the blood and MUCOUS sur
faces. Halls Catarrh Cure is not aGi1eck
medicine. 1T was prescribed by one Of tho
beat physicians in this country for years,
nosed of the best tonics known, combined
swith the best blood purifiers, acting directly
on the mucous surfaces. The perfect c7m-
i%,;uation of the two ingredients is what pro-
duccs such wonderful results In curing
Catarrh. Send to- TESTIMONIALS; ffee.
Sold by druggists, price loc.
Halls Family Pills arc the best
The Opelousas courier., 1896-06-27
Not So Very Unexpected.

ada, dearest Ada, will you be mine ?"
"Oh, Charles, this is so unexpected!
You must give Inc a little time"
"How long, darling?"
ooh, 1 will just call mamma. She is
waiting in the next room."-Fliegende
Blaetter.
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REBELLION IN SUMA
Savage Chief Making seriotis Trouble for
the Dutch.

Savage Chief Making striotis Trouble FOR
the Dutch.
Atjeh, the scene of the rebelllon' IS
Il strip of territory on the northeast
coast of Sumatra. The points occu-
pied by the Dutch are the harhoS OF
Oleh-leh and the garrison town OF hota-
raia. which are connected by a railway
several kilometers long.
The natives of this district. the
.A%cl,inese. are the most savage and "a
pacious of ali the inhabitants Z the
Dutch colonies. At one time thevtnled
supreme throughout Sumatra. n even
to-day they are the ~implacable antago-
nists of the Dutch, while the remaining
more or less peaceful tribes periodical
ly transfer their allegiance from one
to the other of the two rivals.
The instigator of the present rising,
Tot koe Djohan. or maj as he is some
times called, has on more than one o.
casion voluntarily surrendered to the
Dutch. who, in spite of the horrible
massacres and c%raftily planned muir
ders Of ships companies of which he
was practically guilty, acknowledged
his "pris~ly dignity and looked upon
him asf welcome instrument to assist
in quelXng the revolts Of other tribes,
for which they paid him Il substantial
yearly salary.
Toa3oe Diohan is a tall, slim nan be
tweenkO and 40 years of age. Like the
majorirysef his followers, he processes
to belong to the Mohammedan faith,
but in reality he has no particular re-
spect for the tenets of hat religion.
He is a courageous and clever leader,
and these qualities. together with rare
cunning and the fac he has had fire.
quent opportunities of becoming &C.
campaigning, render him one of the
most formidable chieftains of the Achi-
EeSe.
He is now once more on the warpath,
and for a change he is collecting the diff
ferent tribes with whom he wa re-
Gently at feud for the purpose Of con
Quoting hostilities against the whites.
Thus what IA the generally foreseen
now proves to be the case-namely,
that it would have been better to have
shot this cold-blooded murderer of
m and children instead of ac-
lSnowledging his princely dignity. 1t
is to be hoped that the Dutch will sue
coed in ca@turing this disreputahle
ruler, and That they will once for all
effectually put an end to his warlike
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Times.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-06-27

Blows through the trees, most of US VINO
-an sets off for a country Jaunt., FEWER
cross tte Atlantic: whether IT IS business
Or pleasure ee:,s one from home, Hostel
ter's Stomach Bitters is the best accom-
paninsent of a voyage or an outing. Yachts
men, sea captains, commercial! travellers ls
and cmigrants concur in this opinion: ihs
Bitters is unrivalled for bilious, malaflal,
avspeptic or liver disorder.
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The Force OF q b

I. Teacher--Your additions are wrong
every time; is there no one to help you
at home?
Eyes, father does"
'But he always makes the answer too
big; what is he, then?"
"A waiter"
"Ah! Isee."-Schone Blaue Donau.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-06-27

WHEN we put Our picture in the magazine
ar newspaper, we always select the photo
that vac taken a good while aGo.-lndlan'
apolis News,
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YELLOWSTONE PARK & COLORADO
r.o,,jIy Lrtfrrtet Tours.

u The Burlington Routs Will l.n live per.
sonalIy conducted tours during tina suff7pses
so Colorado and Yellowstone iarK. lns
dates are june %, July 7, July Il, July ~
and July Is. Write fcriuuatratsd N
Of tho Park and book OF she Tours ,,.
/, ": WAKELEx, Gen. Pass. Agt',st Louis.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-06-27

MISS SwEETLY-'fIov did you know /
was going to wear my hair cttrled this eyen-
.ng." Nj. Plainman-'I saw 1t N the pa
Ders this rrrning '-Brooh!yn Life.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-06-27

ON EVEN rrnxs.-'Why do you always
select a poor partner 1t whistf" ) tina,
we can Understand each others rnlshaps."
-Detr0it Free Press.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-06-27

FRS stopped free by DR.. Kline's Grea!
Nerve Restorcr. No fits afterfirst days use,
Marvellous cures. Treatise and % trial bot
tie free. DR.. Kline. G3l Arch St, Phila., Pa.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-06-27
When the GUNNER BrGs1s

MONEY is a handmaiden, ii thou knowe5I
to usCit> . mistress, ii thou kDoWest not
Hnrarn-
The Opelousas courier., 1896-06-27

Coon nature is tho very air Of a good
mind. the sign OF a large and generous sonl,
and the peculiar soil in which virtue pros
DerS.-GOOdman.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-06-27

Prso5s Cure is the medicine to break up
children's Coughs AID Colds;-h!Rs Ii. u.
RII,ST. Spraeuc. Wash, March 8. "a
The Opelousas courier., 1896-06-27

GAYErY pleases more when we are as
sured that it does not cover car~elessness.-
Mme. de Staei.
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MONEY 10 LOAN,

OFFICE OF ST. La Try HOMESTEAD Ayn>
IDh$ hS~SrCfATioN |
OrELuU5 A, sept. 1eth, lsas.
The undersigned is authorized by thu
Board OF Directors Of tho -. Land,
Homestead and Loan Association :,
offer TO its members loans at e;rhs me-
centum. For particulars apply ~
h. D ~E.rILErrG,
President st. Landry II. & l.. As,
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DUNCAN D|NCW ALLWINS
He Carries the County by Safe
Majority.
DR.. sLIGH GOES UP SALT RIVER
The Flu ;ion Ticket Wins Almost All
the Other Important Offices
of the County.

The county ticket engrossed about all
the attention of our people last Tues
day, little attel tiol having leen paid
to Bryan and the rational ticket Lere,
as it was known that Montana was all
right for silver and would roll up a
big majority for the peoples candidate.
Early in the day the work began,
and it was kept up incessantly by the
advocates of both tickets until the polls
closed at o'clock in the evening
The result of the count showed that
the fusion ticket had been elected with
few exceptions, the most notable one
being DR.. Sigh for state senator. who
was defeated by Duncan D.ngwall by a
majority of about 60 or 70. A. S. Huff
man gave F. j. Mcdonald close race,
running behind about or 8 votes
Josiah Shull chased j. K. Pardee pretty
hard, and a number of others are
close. If all order for a recount is
Sc ,ured it is probable that some startl-
ing changes in the election will be
made.
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We VIII Grow Next.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
Proceedings of the Board of County
missioners-Special Session.

Philipsburg, Mont, Oct. %, 1896.
Board of county commissioners met
in special session, pursuant to call Of
October II, 1896. Present, Holland,
Pizer and Jacky.
Minutes of October IL and the call
for the present session were read and
approved.
1t was ordered by the board that the
clerk advertise for bids for the sinking
of shaft 6xGx30 feet deep, to be crib
bed with tagging not less than four
apart with not less tlran two inch fir
planks. Sealed bids will be received
by the clerk up and until 5 O'Clock D.
m. Saturday, October 81. 1896.
Mrs. Elliott. of Granite, having
represented to the board that build
ing owned by her at Granite is in dan
ger Of being caved upon by the bank
of the county road. Chairman Holland
was appointed by the board to look in
to the matter and report to the board.
The clerk was instructed to notify
G. W. Gould that the board has de-
cided not to put in steam heating
apparatus in the court house.
Regarding the Harvey creek road,
the board took no action, the ex-
pceted petition which was to have beer
presented had not been received.
The matter of improving the road
from Marshall creek to Rock creek
following the route sureveyd by the
county surveyor G.. W. Wilson, vii
be at once taken up with Supervisor
easily kept open in winter and will b.
at the same time commencement TO-
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GRANITE NOTES.

f. L. Holt was over from the Pine
Sunday.
James Richards has returned from
California
George Bryant was a Granite yisi-
tor Wednesday
Con. Brennan and family, Of Has
mark, have removed to Granite.
Frank Millett, of Combination, is
spending short vacation with friends
here.
On October 23d Mrs. Thos. H. Kistle
presented her husband with girl
baby
Mrs. A. c. Mcdonald. who has been
confined to her bed with fever for
some time. is improving and is now
considered out of danger.