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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-12-25

When these animals have been rightly
guessed and the names placed one below
another in the order in which they are
numbered, the initial letters will spell the
name of distinguished Englishman.-St.
Nicholas.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-12-25
lttttga:zRzzzIE:R
S}SSsSss So !
No. 34O.-Anagram.

No. 34O.-Anagram.
I"Can Remember"
There's day in memory's care,
Wholly beautiful and fair,
Wholly blest.
Never shall there como again
One so free from care and pain,
Full of rest.
No days but the past are ours.
Happy he whose past holds flovrersi
Blest the place
In his past where lives n page
Which no future. to old age,
Can efface.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-12-25

Sold by Druggists, or sent prepaid on
receipt of price, Csc, or for 81.
DIR. HUMPHREYS HOMEOPATHIC MANUAL.
OF DISEASES MAILED FREE.
Humphreys Med, Co.. Ill William St., N. z.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-12-25

No 331.-Hard Recipes; l. "a bird in
the hand is worth two in the bush. " 2.
"There is many slip between the cup and
the lin -
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-12-25
SMESoa1H!N6SA1!sFNNG

Originated by an old Family Physician in 1870
Could a remedy have existed for over eighty years
unless it has cured many family ills? There is not
a remedy in use today which has the confidence of
the public to great an extent as this AnOdyne. 1t
has stood upon its own merit, while generation
after generation have used it with satisfaction.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-04-25
MY RIVAL.

] have a rival, an a,ldaeioas fellow,
He atides near the window of Marguerite
fair,
And morn, noon and night he sings to my
ladye-~
4 never go near her, but 10! he Is there
"Marguerite! Margueritel
Sweet! sweet! sweet"
He trills II and chants it In voice loud and
clear.
1 ne'er blame the rascal, though envy
consumes me.
While my heart echoes softly the words
that : hear:
"M%arguerite! Marguerite!
Sweet! sweet! SWEET"
He perches in saucy abandon so near her
Just outside the window where Marguer.
lite sleeps,
lie greets her at morn when her soft eyes
first open,
And whispers goodnight as his vigil he
keeps:
"Marguerite! Marguerite!
Sweet! sweet! SWEET
Oh, fair, naughty ladye, the hooking bird
But voices the love that I dare not dis
close,
The words my heart whispers my lips long
to say:
"Marguerite! Marguerite:
Sweet! sweet! sweet"
elizabeth A. Wore, in Ladies' World.
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| Why, it would be like robbing yourself
! To lay out SO much money as all that
/ on one person. besides, Idon't suppose
! for 8 single moment he'd care for It.
I He's never one of those who are always
looking at themselves in the glass, and
! he might-mind you, | don't say for a
| moment he would, because he's wonder
| fully evcn tempered-but he might take
offense at it. Suppose glance at some
| thing else. (She chances at something
else.}
Shy Youth with hesitation)-Friend
of mine particularly wants me-wants
me to get for him one of those fancy
ccllarette things for a lady friend Of
his. He's-er-a very old friend of
1nine and he can't come tip to town, or
else l wouldn't take the trouble. Do
you mind picking out a good one, miss?
don't mind what it costs, within rea-
son.
Miss-Lady fair or dark?
Shy YoutI-Well. she's d Sind of
happy medium, to tell you she truth.
Rather brown hair, and With INTEREST,"
| ~ III SUI VI lS
Miss (tartly)-Doesn't matter about
her figure. "Opens cardboard box.) I
should think one of these might do.
Two dollars.
shy Youth-Haven't you got any
more expensive? l don't want any
thing loud, mind you: she always
dresses very quietly-in fact, her moth
er won't let her do anything else-and
1 should get into hot water if l bought
bel anything-anything-bless my
soul! (wonderingly) what is the word
l want? It's q French wo19.
Miss-Chick?
Shy Youth-No; something like it,
though. O~utre!-that's the word 1 was
thinking OF. Fact of the matter is
tconiidentially) we're going to n or
two dances together; and 1 thought
this would be rather nice, because it
would turn her into evening dress. in
q manner of speaking, without any
trouble and at a moments notice.
Miss--Here's one at two dollars and
fifty cents that wouldlookrather stylish
that is Carefully if she's got any
style about her at all.
Shy Youths that pink or magenta?
Miss-That? Oh, that's scarlet.
They're very much worn now by dressy
people. III fact, I've gone in for one the
self. You'll take this one? Thank YOU.
I'll put it in a box for you, so hat it'll
be all ready to send off.
Shy Youth-Half a moment. I'll Just
scribble something on this caro- of mine,
ard put it in with it, and then I needn't
take it home for my sisters to maui
about. Writes on card and reads):
ITO Tessie, with Loffy's love and fond
The Opelousas courier., 1896-04-25
A New Orchestra without Men.

Pref. j. B. Sch%alkenbacb, formerly
the organist of the Polytechnic insti-
tute of London, has recently invented
and constructed an electrical orches-
ira, which, is very effective. An or
gan with two keyboards and a number
Of stops is connected by electric wires
with a large number of musical instru-
ments, which are distributed over the
space usually given up to the orches-
ira, and kept in place by various
stands. While a chair is located next
to each Instrument. the only mar in
the entire orchestra is Prof. Schalken-
bach himself, who takes a seat at his
organ, from where he conducts, so to
speak, his mysterious musicians. AL
though it is advertised that the entire
arrangement is mechanical, and that
electricity is the agent doing all the
work in this orchestra, a sensation of
timidity, and V awe, is felt by many
visitors. The electric orchestra is now
exhibited in a Vienna concert hall, and
surprises even professional musicians
through the extraordinary combina-
tions of sound brought out by Prof.
Schalkenbach, who has great musical
talent, and is an excellent electrician.
Literature,
The Opelousas courier., 1896-04-25

the cigarette case the last year. and now
I've got all the trouble again of think
ing OF something fresh. IT'S sucn a nui-
sance; quite makes my head ache.
Short Assistant with sympathy
How would a nice card case do? These
at rs cents.
Brown Cape-He's already a little too
fond of q game of cards, and / don't
want 10 do anything to encourage-oh,
you mean for visiting cards? That's a
different thing altogether. I'll look at
q few more things first, if you don't
mind, please. ! suppose you don't hap
pen to have a nice pair of sleeve links
with my two names, 'Sybil Jane"
marked on them? (Short Assistant
shakes head unhesitatingly.) Pity!
That would have been something quite
out Of the common. (Looks inquiringly
along the counter.) Do those small
triple mirrors run into much money?
Short Assistant-No, miss. They're
very reasonable-very reasonable in
deed. We could do one for you just now
as low as Mentions price,
RroTn Cape laghastl-Goo' gracious
tlael What = sam Of money to be sure.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-04-25

urge their purchase. TALL smoo'h-
haired man lowering near doorway acts
as pilot and conveys drifting customers
safely into harbor.
Motherly Lady-Can you show me,
nv good girl, something useful and
ornamental and not too snowy, but
you know what / mean-strlklng, With
out being overstriking-at about so
cents-and-
Good Girl-Well-
Motherly LADY, don't mind going
10 60 cents, you understand, If it's abso-
Elutely necessary, but I'd rather keep
under that amount, If possible, because
money wasted Is like money thrown
away, and
Good Girl (politely)-Is it for a lady
or gentleman, 1 wonder?
Motherly Lady with sudden hauteur)
THAT, l think, is my affair. l don't
think that concerns you, or anybody
but myself. Alhathat I want you to do
is just to show me a few little some
things, and then I can decide
Good Girl-These brown suede bags
are all the rage just now, ma'am. pro
duces ladies' hand bags.) They either
hang on to the waistband like this, or
else they are held by the handle, in this
way. (Motherly Lady shakes head neg
atively.) Or these music cases, now.
They're very handy. Hold almost any
thing. and lnnk-aMfenllH obtarcefJ
these! These are what are called La
dies Companions, and there's a pair of
curling tongs and I don't know what all
for
Motherly Lady Observation-Disclosures
ing that my nephew happens to be a
boy, perhaps you will be so kind as to
show me something suitable for him.
Good Girl-What do you say to a nice
little toy of some kind, madame?
MADAME s%norts.) Something in the
shape of a mechanical mouse that winds
up md runs round and round, and
Motherly Lady (indignantly)-And
you really think, my good girl, that
would be a suitable present for a young
gentleman of 25, who's just thinking
about getting married and-(gasps).
Good Girl-Ah! Now I can suggest
something, perhaps.
Motherly Lady-4ouw would have saved
me a great deal of trouble if you had
done SO at first. A great deal of trouble,
Now, do try to think.
Good Girl looks round shop and tries
to think. Damsel In brown cane
perched on next chair explains her
wants.
Brown Cape-Well. he's got a letter
case, and he's got a cigarette case, and
tdespairingly) l really don't know a
bit what to buy next. The letter case
] bonghtthe first year we were engaged,
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was there fronNakull to toes
A Plain Case of Pushency.

About the next news we got from the
old lady Hasseltine she come up power,
full student and unexpected like at tn.
Euckalew place-the first settlement
on this side of Caney Branch. And from
what I can hear and pick up aroune
amongst the women folks, she had left
h nlainest part of her clothes dowr
there on the branch-hangin around
promiscuous in that terrible tight-eye
thicket, the canebrake and the bamboo
briar patch.
Of course, that was nothin' to me and
none of my business, but mother told
me that Sallie Virgins told her that
Rosebud Buckalew told her that the
poor old soul had n shoe on when
she come up at the Buckalew place.
|fAnd Bunk Weatherford was in the
Ga1pwd which went down there after
the skeleton. and Bunk says there was
enough calico hangin' around on the
briars and a m and in that tight-eye
thicket to make a new bed quilt.
1t was the followin Thursday before
the old lady got well enough to return
back home, and me and mother went
over there the next day to comfort and
condcle with her as best we could.
Il had ketched three mud cats, four
red pearches, seven hornyheads and one
skeleton, Rufus, and it was then high
time for me to take out and quit" says
the old lady to me, and right then she
went sweatin great drops of perspira-
ton as big as your fist. II had ketched
everything in the waters of Caney
Branch, from a speckled trout to a
blunt-tail moccasin, but up to that day
l never had pulled on the line and came
forth with a human skeleton, and il
was jest simply N too many for me.
OF course, I knowed it wouldn't bite
nor sting, but the looks and the thoughts
of the thing, Rufus, was more than I
could stand. Naturally, of course, ]
tore out of that place. It was a plain
ease OF pushency, RUFUS. Twas pledged
to come out from there"
l don't make out like it was right.
you understand, to think funny
thoughts in times of sorrow and of
trouble, but old Misses Hasseltine put
me in mind of Sol Eddins and his dog
that day.
The last time I was out in Texas I
went down to Hood county to see the
folks, which Sol and me had
up as boys and girls together
back here in the states. In them DAYS
Sol had d tremendous fast dog, and he
on to tell me of how that dog
Jumped a jack rabbit and made him
lake a sycamore tree.
The rabbit couldn't find no boiler.
sufe. and he jest naturally clum that
sycamore tree" says Sol to me.
Now. as everybody knows, a rabbit
'onsan't climb . seyybby black Jack,
The Opelousas courier., 1896-04-25
Secession in Germanv.

The German emperor has made
Prince Luitpold, the regent of Bavaria,
a field marshal. There are hints that
within the next two or three months
Luitpold will be proclaimed king, in
place Of the poor imbecile Otto; and
that that will mark the beginning of
active resistance on the part of Bavaria
to the present policy of the emperor,
which exalts Prussia at the expense of
the other statei. It is ever intimated
that Bavaria, and Baden and Wurtem-
berg with her, would not hesitate to
secede from the empire should good
occasion come. It may be that the
emperor has these things in mind, and
is trying to guard against them by be-
slowing this field marshalship upon the
prince who would be the natural leader
OF such a reyolt.-N. Y. Tribune.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-04-25

Kisses" That ought to do all right,
think don't you:
Miss (~iciiy,--Tm sure I couldn't say
with sterness, to cash boy). Two fit,
out OF five.
1.-TWO matrons, with small Mont Blan
of parcels at side, pause to review sit
uation.)
First Matron-Well, now let's see how
we stand. Cheeks on fingers.) View,
got something for Percy and for Ethe
and for Winifred and for Kenneth
Now there + only three more to buy
and then we shall be able to gee about !.
cup of tea. How does the time go,
(seconT Matron gives the information
Fancy! 1 didn't think we'd been an
hour and five minutes already. Time
does fly, doesn't it? Did we decide on
the doll in the perambulator for Wini.
fred or on the bezique box? OF course
she isn't old enough to play bezique; but
we are, and when she grows up
Tired Assistant-I think you said
you'd take the doll?
First Matron (protestingly)-The
worst OF these shops is that they do
hurry and badger one SO. Anyone would
think we hadn't a moment to live. ITO
Assistant, curtly) AS a fact, we had
not decided on the doll, miss, and you
can lay i on one side, please, and show
rs something new in the way of paint
boxes. (To Second Matron) think IS
cents would Sc plenty to give, don't you,
~
Second Matron-Ample!
First Matron-Charlie is a rare bow
for painting, you know. 7 was saying
his pa he'll make a name out of it
day if he's only encouraged and
not upbraided and slapped when he hap
pens to draw pigs and things on the wall
paper. I've read SO many cases where
parents have tried to stop a child,a
bent of mind. Ito Assistant)
cents? Now depressing natural
didn't l say 40 cents as
as [ could speak? You heard me.
Mrs. Bell?
Second Matron (warily)-I wasn't
notice.
First Mat-on-No with a~cerhdty).
20 more was anybody else. It isn't
much use of my talking if people don't
listen. However {resignedly), III take
hat and chance it. And now there's
'r,ly little Marjorie left, and we really
must hurry; I want my tea. (To AS
istant) Try and find me a nice dolls
!ouse, please, at abont a5 cents, and do
'e quick. there's a good girl. You shop
eople are so slow. y~(Attendant pro-
small model lLllea Maison de
oupee.) That's ni1s. The French |
Fords make it looknather-
Second Observation-Disclosures?
First Matron (gleefully)-Yes, the,
don't they? (To Assistant, sternlyI
my girl, if you've quite finished
laring about. do pack these all up to-
ether and let US go. We can't stop here
II day.
Assistant (sotto voce, fervently)-
hank goodness for that.-Black and
Ihite.
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iient turns her.
self loose for q
high heel time.
But when the
day ard hour
have come to
pass, and s',e
Hoes slip the bri-
die, o a II
stand from UNI
der and watch
t h e fur Il Y.
There will be
blood and hair
The Opelousas courier., 1896-04-25
Terrors OF a TiSht-Eye Thicket.


In the beginnin to start with, bright
and early Monday marnin Old Misses
lIasseltine tech up q fool notion all Of
a Student that it was jest about her
time of year to go a fishin. Consc-
quentially she went out behind the gar
den and dug some earth worms and
caugllt u few crickets and pit elm in
her gourd aud Ill out for Caney Branch.
l was out to the lot tendin to the stock
that mornin when the old lady come by
our house, with her fishin pole in one
hand and her bait gour1 in the other,
burnin the wind and sp'ittin the big
road wide open far ta.iey Branch. She
was In such a tremendous big hurry to
give them fish u chance to bite till she
didn't even slow up at the front gate.
"rhe early worm fetehes the fish,
Rufus" says she, il passin bH "and
l told the girls to have the gfSase hot
when l return back home" ~
1t was then three days and nights
that l laid eyes on Misses Hassel-
tine, but in the main time before the sun
went arwii that day everybody in the
whole settlement had heard the news
iii regards to her fshin trip down on
Caney Branch, and the great gobs Of
SORROW and confusionment which filled
that Door old lady's cup to the brim,
pressed down and runnin over.
From general appointments md ell
the surscundin circumference of the
case, it would seem like the old lady
got a bite when she want lookin for it
and caught somethin which she didn't
need in her regular business. In fis!,in
and foolin around she had finally at
last worked her way and wedged her
self into a tight-eye thicket in the most
lonesomest place on Caney Branch.
And now presently il come to pass that
she get her hook hung where as she set
back and pulled and pulled till she
pulled out a hum M nt Skele te,a Tbs The tbhjjnngg
was there fronSskull to toes.
We'll, to be certainly of course old
Misses Hasseltine didn't go way OH
town there on Carney Branch by her lone
self fishin for the bones of dead men,
and she didn't need any human skele-
tons to speak Of OF her string. Where
as, she throwed down her fishin pole
and dropped aaer bait gourd on the spot
end tore out'sof there. Ard she didn't
fool off no time pickin her way out
neither. She jest naturally hit the grit,
and hit it a movin. There was that
tight-eye thicket all around, a big cane
brake on one side of the branch and a
great mass of bamboo briars on the
other. But old Misses Hasseltine she
tore out of there.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-04-25

and hit bendin, to say nothin Of a slick,
slim sycamore, and l give out the facts
accordin to Sol.
sThat nought sorter do with regards
tothe common run of rabbits and dogs,
snys Sol. "But in this case that dog OF
mine was so c Rst in behind the rabbit
and heatin the ground so scandlous not
till the rabbit was jest naturally
bleedped to clam that tree"
The Opelousas courier., 1896-04-25
w others

Anxiously watch declining health of
their daughters. So many are cut off
by consumption in early years that
there is real cause for anxiety. In
the early stages, when not beyond the
reach of medicine, Hoods Sarsaparilla
will restore the quality and quantity
of the blood and thus give good health.
Read the following letter:
"It is bat just to write about my
daughter Cora, aged 10. She was com
pletely run down, declining, had that tired
feeling, and friends said she would not
live over three months. She had a bad
The Opelousas courier., 1896-04-25
SHOPPING SCENES.
BY W. PETIT. RIDGE.

L n E: Large,
busy shop. High
chairs at counter
have been climbed
by l%eisurely ladies
who have come to
stay; attendants
on other side of
counter exhibit al
ur ing novelties
d respectfully
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In the greatest plenty, and the ground
tore up as with a bear fight for miles
around.
White people, there was trouble last
week, and the most loveliest strip of
country on the broad hosc,n df the
earth went heels over appetite into the
most goneleyest co~nfusionment yon
ever heard tell of or read about per:
haps. 1t would seem like everything
come crooked and went twistin-feet
foremost, catawompused and wrong
side up with care,
The Opelousas courier., 1896-04-25
Beware Of Ointments for Catarrh tina
Contain Mercury,

Beware Of Ointments for Catarrh that
Contain Mercury,
as mercury will surely destroy the sense OF
smell and completely derange the wholesys.
TEN when entering it through the mlfous
surfaces. Such articles Should nevee be
used except Oh prescriptions from reputable
physicians, as the damage they will do is
ten fold to the good you can possibly de-
rive from them. Halls Catarrh Cure, man
ufacturcd by f. J. Cheney Il Co. Toledo,
O., contains no mercury, and is taken in.
ternally, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. In buying
genuine. Il is taken internally, and made
in Toledo, Ohio, by f. j. Cheney & Co. Tes'
timonials free.
Sold by Druggists, price 7x. per bottle.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-04-25
CougI n

and nothing seemed to do her any good. ]
happened to read about Hoods sarsaparilla
and had her give it a trial. From the very
first dose she began to get better. After
taking a few bottles she was completely
cured and her health has been the best ever
since" Mrs ADD1E PECK, 70 Railroad
Place, Amsterdam, N. Y.
II will say that my mother has not stated
my case in as strong words as 1 would have
done. Hoods Sarsaparilla has truly cured
me and 1 am now well.n Cora PECK,
Amsterdam, N. Y.
Be sure to get Hoods, because
The Opelousas courier., 1896-04-25
The Kind She Admired.

He-Are you an admirer of Long,
fellow?
She-No; 7 prefer these short fellows
that you a reach when you want 10
pull their hair!-DeEoit Free Press,
The Opelousas courier., 1896-04-25
DRINKS OF

Tea, which rivals coffee in favor, Is
a native of China, where 1t has been
crownf for over 1000 years. Pepys men-
lions having drank 1t in 1860, showing
hat it was then a novelty.
Ale, which is more used in England
than in America, is a heavier matted
liquor than beer, and contains a small
proportion Of hops. 1t was a favorlte
drink of the Anglo-Saxons and Danes.
Coffee, the drink more highly regard
cd to-day than any other, was first used
in Abyssinia in 875. Thence 1T was
brought to Arabia. A Greek first in
troduced it to England. and made HIM
self famous by the act.
Whisky, which is more democratic
than wine, is distilled from various
grains, from potatoes and from matted
barley. It was named by the Celts in
Irel and and Scotland. Brandy. a drink
not SO universally used, is distilled from
wine.
So-called beer was made in England
a long time ago by tapping spruce mr.
birch, maple and ash trees and using
their juices. This process is stu kept
up in England and in this country
where hcmeJnade beers from roots are
much USED.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-04-25

AS long ago as 1873 the silk industry
IN Italy employed 10000 men. 12o, 900
women and 5000 children.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-04-25

PROBABLY there is nothing that interests
land owners more at this time OF year than
fencing. They want to secnrh the very best
article they can for the purpose they desire
to use it, and at the cheapest price going;
While this is good business, price should
not take the place of quality. In building a
smooth wire fence you DO not build it for
temporary use but expectit to astforyears,
and to get this kind of an article it requires
b certaip amount efs6nd materialt to make it.
The De Kalb Fence Co, of De Kalb, Hi
nois, has the largest and most complete line
of smooth wire fencing of any plant in the
country. They desire particularly to call
your attention to their goods. Write them
for g catalogue. which they will mail you
free. No line Of goods has grown SO rapid.
" in demand or given such general s~atisfa@+
ton as the fencing manufactured by this
company. Their steel web picket fence for
lawn and yard purposes; their cabled field
and hog fence for farm use; their cabled
poultry, garden and rabbit fence are all
they claim for them. You will hardly do
r%ouraclf justice if You do. not thoroughly in
vestigate their lines before placing your
order.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-04-25

TIE truth Is bound to leak out, but the
trouble with some men is that it leaks out
all at onue.-Phitadslphia Record:
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SQUIRE RUFUS SANDERS.
tremendous CONSIGNMENT" in
the Rocky Creek Settlement.
Old Mises Haeeltine Went Arising and
Caught o Human Skeleton-A Town
fIan on His "WheeA'' Leaves
Death and R~e;aation.

Hit amt very frequent In this day and
generation that the Rocky Greek settle
The Opelousas courier., 1896-04-25

IHAvE lived to know that the great secret
Of human happiness is this: Never suffer
hour energies TO stagnate.-Adam Clark.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-04-25

"Sc1EST1srs say now that ~handshaking
CONVEYS disease.' s'Of course; that's the
way the grip got started. "-Louisville Cour-
i~er,Iourual.