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The Opelousas courier., 1897-04-17

There are sixteen States in the
Union, according to the Railway Age.
which have no officers or boards
specially constituted to supervise the
railways within their respective limits
and equalize the rates OF ~transporta.
ton. These States are Arkansas.
Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Idaho.
Indiana, Maryland, Montana, Louisi-
aua, Nevada, New Jersey, Tennessee.
Washington, Wait Virginia, Wyoming
and Utah. In siie Of these States no
reports whatever aheIfequired from
railroad companieae In the Others
there are certain State officers who
take the matter in charge. The State
oi Arkansas. for example, has a board.
consisting Of the Governor, Auditor
and Secretary Of State, which is STYLED
: railroad commission, but it hardly
comes up to the idea of.a commission
- understood in Georgia and other
States. In Colorado and Florida the
experiment Of having q commission
AaE been tried and abandoned.
IA
The Opelousas courier., 1897-04-17
An Unnecessary Erpeuse,

Chief Justice Waite, according to
Eli Perkins, used to tell this story
about Evarts and JConkling. All the
newspapers are telling it substantially
as follows:
Roscoe Conkling came into Mr..
Evart's Office one day, when he was q
young lawyer, in quito anervou state.
"You seem to be very much excited,
Mr.. Conkling," said Mr.. Evarts.
Eyes, I'm provoked-I am provoked"
said Mr.. Conkling. II never had a
client dissatisfied about my fee be-
FORE" "Well, what's the matter?"
asked MI. Esarts. 'Why, l defended
Gibbons for arson, you know. He
was convicted, but I did hard work
for him. I took him to the Superior
Court, aud he was convicted; then on
to the Supreme Court and the Su-
preme Court confirmed the Judgment
and gave him ten years in the peniten-
tiary. I charged him So. 900, and now
Gibbons, is grumbling about it; says
it's too much. Now, Mr. Eyarts, I
ask you if really charged too mucn?"
"Well," said Nj. Evarts, very deli
beratel.y, "of course You did q good
deal Of work, and So, 900 is not a very
big fee; but. to be frank with YOU
Mr.. Conkling, my deliberate opinion
-:is-that-he- might have - been
yicted-for-less-money."
The Opelousas courier., 1897-04-17

guess that I was frozen there. 7 tried
to shout and let them know where to
find me, but I couldn't get my mouth
open. It was clean suffering that. For
there was help within reach and ]
couldn't make a sound.
"But Lettio knew the path usually
took and the first thing l knew sho
was on her knees at the end of the
bridge crying:
"'Herc he is; oh, father, father"
"After that l don't remember much.
Jim said they carried me to tue house
and laid me on the bed, but I didn't
get back to my senses for two or three
days.
II almost forgot to tell you that one
Of the men who helped was Bradley,
the superintendent. When he saw
Lettie and heard of what she had done
be just took off his hat, this way, and
held it before him.
"'You'rc the bravest girl I've ever
met, he said"
Dolby paused as if he liked to re-
member this part of the story.
"The passengers, oh, they escaped
by Lettic's rope and were driven into
Cragie's. And that night when the
superintendent was talking about who
should be keeper of section 81, Lettie
spoke up, timid-like:
"'Mr. Bradley, let me watch it; I
can do it almost as we'll as father
The superintendent looked at her
for q moment, and then he said:
90 believe you can, Lettie.'
"From that day to this L. c. Dolby
has been keeper of -. I've never re-
coyered-my legs and my back-but
the doctor still gives me hope. And
couldn't get along without Lettie--"
But the old mans voice broke.
Baxter, shaking hands with him silent
ly, went out towards Cragie's where
he sent a glowing report Of the excel
lent condition of section 81, l.. C.
Dolby, keeper. Record.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-04-17

Very few people, probably, ever
think of Sitka as an ancient town, and
Jet it is 151 years since the first white
residents Of Alaska settled those.
They were Russian hunters, why ar.
rived four years after Vitus Bering
took possession of all that part OF
America in the Russian Czar's name.
The hunters ruled themselves and a
few Indians until 1899, when some
Muscovite mobiles formea q company
on the same lines as those followed by
the Hudson Bay Company, and were
Entrusted with control of as much of
the region as they chose to clai1c,
Their local representative was a Gen.
eral Baranoff, who governed the land
and all it's people for th; " years. He
exercised the power ofiaihu and death
over his subjects. or alaees, rather.
and was . drunEtnissaEsa u consider.
able shrewdneass I'D ability.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-04-17
CrOWdin0.

Don't crowd There's room enough for all!
Why push and jostle so?
Why shove your neighbor to the wall,
Or seek to lay him low?
Don't crowd
Don't crowd! You're just an atom here!
Why hold your brotfs.r back
Go seek a way that's new and clear
Why keep the beaten track?
Don't crowd
Don't crowd Once you strove bravely,to
Against the odds above!
Think how defeat oft reached you through
Some rivals stealthy shove
Don't crowd.
Don't crowd! All. might I just as we'll
Address the drops that make the sea
Wherever men or mice may dwell
There will the jealous ever be
To crowd
cleveland Icader.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-04-17

The decadence of the American
merchant marine Of late years is strik-
ingly illustrated by the fact that while
from July, 1895. to July, 1896, 16, ss4
ships OF various netionalities passed
through the new KEEL canal, not one
OF these, SO far as reported, was an
American vessel. And yet, exclaims
the New York Observer, once the
Stars and Stripes were a familiar
sight upon the high eeas, and in the
harbors and estuaries of Europe.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-04-17
When Congressman Dinglev.

When Congressman Dingley, OF
Maine, was graduated. from Dartmouth
College, the suit he wore on the aus.
picious occasion was a black broad
cloth suit, and the trousers were al
most more than skin tight. 1t camo
from the fashionable t~ailor's shop in
the little town Of Hanover, and the
fashionable tailor was Levi P. Morton,
since Vice-President of the United
States.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-04-17
An-hs -

Paris has fssdhs11it necessary to put
. ehsik to the h Aboard decoration
OF her lpblic p1aces. The Project of
the sebre has appointed a technical
committee of artists, architects and
other competent judges, to which all
plans affecting the outward appear
c OF the city must be submitted for
approval before the Administration
officers take theE, up.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-04-17

A Brussels paper reiates that not
long ago the Prip~fAInuaco killed
a whale on th>@eoast of Efrica, and
made a present of 1t toIome fisher
men, who, on cutting open the whales
body, found a large amount of amber
girls, which they sold for $40, 900.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-04-17

A Denver printing house has just
booked an or Ter for $50 placards bear
Ing the words "}Dgon't blow out the
gas" The ColoZldo Legislature evil
dently is about 70 convene, comments
the Chicago Times Herald.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-04-17
Long and Short Of 1t.

Simkins-Professor Pederman saws
that, las a rule short men are early
risers." I wonder why that is, jim
kins?
Jimkins- IFS because they can't lie
long in bed, I suppose.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-04-17
Forty-tWo offhe $50 members Of III

Forty-two Of the $50 members of the
present New York Assembly are law.
yers, and four more hope to be, desig-
mating themselves in the clerks man.
nal as Flaw Students" The farmers
number twenty, there are six workers
at trades, and .thlrty-eight manufac.
turers or merchants. The remainder
are ns2agera, agents, contractors, etc.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-04-17

In the last fiscal year the receipts OF
New Zealand railroads, which are
owned and operated by the Govern.
menl, were S., 757. 4G6, and the rum
ming expenses 49, 0s, 100, leaving over
two millions Etfods to tho Govern
mont
The Opelousas courier., 1897-04-17

The "I4ord High L~|utioner" Of
Prussia get SS337 "a head" and travel
ing expenses, and there is always a
rush for the Office when it is vacant.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-04-17

Chicago has at last resorted to a
city ordinance to suppress the big
theatre hat.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-04-17

There are more than II, 900 prisons
in the United States and nearly rs
many l~nuatic asylums.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-04-17

The value OF a newspaper as an
advertising medium consists in
its circulation.
When you can secure the COM
bined circulation Of two papers
for the price of one, it is money
saved!
"The st. landry Democrat"
was consolidated on the Sd of
March, 1894, with "Tiie OpeIo11.
sas Courier" The advertising
rates have not been increased
while the price OF substitution
has been reduced to 81 q year,
TIE COURIER being BY odds
the best paperi in the empire Par.
lsh OF st. Landry is therefore. the
cheapest.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-04-17

There are many conditions ct the
= present time which suggest great pros
perity in the near future, maintains
the American Cultivator.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-04-17

An English paper says 'sQueen Vic
toria now rules 467, coo, 900 people,"
Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-25
Mortgage Sale.

By virtue of a mortgage with power of sale, contained in lease executed to John F. Boddie, April 21st, 1887, by Baxter Smith, Jr 6 Co.,, Baxter Smith, Jr., Thomas e. Hewlett, A. r, Sims, J. 0. Prather and W w. Word, recorded in the office of the pro- bate judge of Jefferson county, state of Alabama, in volume SS of deeds, D. 1O6. to secure the rent reserved in said lease, de- fault in the payment of the rent having occurred within the terms of the lease and said mortgage I. William c. Ward as the administrator of the estate of John B. Bod die, deceased. late of Jefferson county, Ala bana, will sell at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash, before the court house door of said Jefferson county,
 ON THURSDAY, May 27, 1897,
 the following described property, to-wit: A certain three-story brick building, erected upon and substantially covering the lot of land fronting and binding ore hundred GO0) feet on the south side of First avenue, north and extending back perpcndicularly therefrom southward. with the uniform width of the front one hundred (10W feet bounded on the east by Twentieth street situated In the city of Birmingham in Jef- ferson county, Alabama. the said brick building having been by the terms of said mortgage conveyed to said John B. Bodd.e to secure the rent reserved by said lease The possession of the lsssees under said lease will not be disturbed before the 1st dav of June 1897, when said lease expires and not until the further order of the city court of Birmingham, state of Alabama.
 VIM. C. WARD, Az Administrator of the Estate of John B.
 Boddie, Deceased. 5-16-10t.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-25
FOR SALE.


 $5754-room house, lot 55x15O, on Cotton street. Elyton.
 s1651-A splendid Broom residence in front of North Birmingham Park. Lovely location. Rented now to good, desirable tenants. This is paying a good per cent. on $2,OO0 valuation. Terms can be had. Rent ing for SIS per month. .S1. 1.250-5-room house on 9th ave-; terms $250 cash. balance $16.66 2-3 per month Lot 190 feet deep.
 $1250-2 acres of land, four room house, With splendid well. Good garden, and two Broom cottages in, the rear farming implements; One Holstein COW macadamzed road, blocks from electric car line, blocks from the Presbyterian college in West End. A splendid chance this.
 S525-25x140 2d ave-, 15O feet west of the northwest corner of l7th st. and 2d ave. 70 acres-lmproved, close to city on good road in the valley: can be bought cheap f. room cottage and large stable and barn with we'll etc.
 .-sl50-Lots in Smithfeld; s25 cash. balance S5 per month.
 $9e0-S0 acres, all in timber and in 91s miles of the city and near good road easy terms
 l.. G. PETTYJOHN Telephone 465. 1S26h 3d Ave.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-25
FEMALE HELP WANTED.


 WANTED-Ladies-sl5 in gold given away: a genuine bona fide offer; we give noth- ing but cash prizes; read our Proposition; who can form the greatest number of words from the letters in RESPONSE BILITY? You can make twenty or more woros, we feel sure. and if you do you you will receive a good reward. Do not in the word. Use no language except English. Words alike but different mean ing can be used but once. Use any dic- tionary. Pronouns, nouns verbs ad- verbs, preflxes, suffixes, adiestives proper nouns allowed. Andthing that is a legitimate word will be allow ed. Work it out in this manner: sole. Use these words in your Home, a weekly paper devoted to the up- building of the south, will pay $50 in gold to the person able to make the largest list of words from the letters in the word RESPONSIBILITY; S20 for the second !: Sl0 for the third; $5 for the fourth; S5 for the fifth, and g each, for the thirty next largest list. The above rewards are given free and without consideration for the purpose of attracting attention to the Dixie Home an eight page, forty-eignt column paper, devoted to the upbuilding and home life of the south price $1 per year To enter the contest it is necessary for you to send 20 cents in stamps or sli- with your list of words. Lists should be sent at once, and not later than Oct. 1st. The names anu address of the successful contestants will be printed Oct. 15. Our publication was established 1855 and is constantly improving. Make your list now. Address, Dixie Home Publishing Co.,. P o. S2G, Birmingham, Ala 3-9-tf&w
Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-25
LIST OF PRIZES
To Be Given at St. Paurs Total Abstn- erice Society P1cGic at Cordova
 ' Tomorrow.

The large picnic ard excursion that leaves for Cordova on the Warrior river tomorrow, given by St. Paul's c. T. A. so- clety win have the following grand l.st of prize o5rItests and sports.
 Hrlza Base Ball Game-Bessemer vs. Y. M. c. "A.
 100 Yard Dash-Fl'ize, box Havana ct-
 Running Hop, Skip and Jump-Pr.ze, fine razor.
 Potato Race-Prize. base ball ard bat. Running Jump-Prze, good straw hat. 50 Yards for Boys-Prlze, n4ce pocket knife.
 Three Legged Race-Prlze, two silk handkerchiefs.
 50 Yard Race for Girls-Plize, beautiful fan.
 Sack Race-Prize, Yankee watch. Rowing sRace-Prize, fine sweater.
 Wheelbarrow Race--Pr.ze, pair silk slippers.
 Trains will leave Union depot at 7:30 Q. m., Wednesday, stepping at Pratt City goinS ard raturLlrg
Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-25
Music for dancing at East Lake five nights 8 week by MOntano's Band. 4-2S-tf
TERSELY TOLD.

Be sure to attend the meeting of the Cernrnercisn club tonfght. The meatirg g will be very I.taresti-lg, and every m m- Der should be present,
 The annual meeting of the Comm rcal club for the installa ton of officers will meet tonight at o'clock. Reports from all the officers will be submitted.
 Can safely say that T. c. King has re- ceived more new shoes in the last month than any two retail shoe stores in the state. He carries anything from green shoes up. Real nice ladies' Oxfords from 75c up. Fine hand sewed tans for gentlemen S3 and up. Free shine daily. Phone 922.
 The many frieri-t5 of MT. Richsrd F. Johnston, city tiitoc of the Ev5n nis News, wiA regret to hear that he is con fired to his room suffering from an af- fiction Of the eylsS.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-25

 nished if necessary. .-.-. '. Ake-Ierald.
 Ii always affords a public Journa. measure to testify to merit where it is 5aeerved. It is therefore with pleasure md nardonable pride that the Age-Her- ald ions with it's brethren of the press in testifying to the merit, skill and reliabil- itv of pr o. T. Dozier. Principal of the Southern Medical Dispensary of this city. pr Dozier has resided for many years in birmingham, and each successive year has added to his reputation. to his use fuIness and to the esteem in which he is held by our best citizens His long rec ord and approved abilities entitle him fo the proud distinction of standing at ''the head of his profession.
 Daily News. Birmingham]
 0r. Dozier. the head of the institution. Ia a physician and surgeon Of education, skill and experience, a man of culture and h.ch literary attachments and 8 gentle man respected by all who know him. H can be relied on in all matters pertaining to his profession: The News commends him most cordially to all those in need of his services.
 Bessemer Weekly. sIl-4 There is probably not a more highly educated physician in this section than Dr Q Y. pozier. He is a specialist of manv years experience and successful nractice He is noted for his thorough mastery of the details and intricacies of his nrofession, and for unusual scientific attainments. "' (Masonic Guide)
 pr DoZier can be relied upon 10 treat diseases in the most successful manner. and he is known all over the south.
 Labor Advocate.)
 Dr Dozier bears the reputation of be- ,r, one of the most successful practltion. ,ns .,.s in the south. A personal acquaint- orce with the principal warrants the La- bor Advocate in giving the institution the earnest recommendation to it's every reader.
 (Bessemer JournaI)
 Dr Dozier's reputation Is a brilliant ore He is a specialist of nearly twenty years' experience in active practice and 2. striotly reliable and has the confidence nf the public and indorsement of the press. e.,,, oas n.u,
 We cannot add anything to the reputa. tton pr. o. T. Dozier has already ac- s,,,ired in the line of his profession. but we know him to be a brother Odd Fellow that can be relied on to carry out every nronnise he makes to those needing his services 1ff-'
 (Mountain Home. Talladega.)
 Tse press of Birmingham and all over Alabama speak in the highest terme of Dr. Dozier as a physician. surgeon and gentleman, and we have no hesitancy h recommending him to those of our pa irons who need hts se-v1ceA
Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-25

Alabama Christian Advocate,
 The southern Medical Dispensary ia the leading Institution of its kind in Bjr. mingham and has been Instrumental in and thus carrying healing and happines9 to many homes. Dr. o. T. Dozier. head of the Southern Medical Dispengarv. gives his entire time and personal super. vision to the work, and brings to bear a careful medical training in the best coi. leges of the land and long and yaIua. hle experience In the treatment of special diseases His professional standing ia unimpeachable ana his character as "a gentleman and citizen is above repro, oh
 twlnora. Miss. Times.)
 pr Dozier is a specialist of great repu- in his practice. He never undertaken a case unless reasonably sure of a cure. He Is high-toned gentleman and can be con- suited with the utmost confidence.
 (AtIanta Constitutlon.)
 pr. O. T. Dozler. the head of the South. ern Medical Dispensary of Birmingham, Ala, is specialist of nearly twenty years experiences in the treatment of chronic. nervous and private diseases s nd> his uniform success has given him a lead Ing position in the medical profession lp that city. -,
 Sunday Morning Star)
 pr. Dozier's success has been sirnn,v marvellous and has elicited the most en- thusiastic words of praise and gratitude from the dispensary's many pnrrons from all over the state.
 Sumter County Suno -- pr. DoZer's reputation as n specioJJs, has overstepped the bounds of Alabama and he is known all over the south.
 (Anniston Hot Blast.) ,-1 Among the most noted and successfni specialists in this country are Dr, Dozfer & Co. They have extended their busi,,csa from year to year and the patro,:a ca given to them in the several sIrroundInr states is most gratifying. Dr. Dozier is high-toned. polished. Christian rrn. tleman and has many warm DersoraI friends in Anniston who knew him wears ago when practicIng in Rome. Ga. ,.
 Peoples Weekly rr.bune.) +tr. E As specialist Dr. Dozier is unexcellei by any living physician. His reputation at home and abroad is such that physi- . clans in this city and from a distance frequently send him patients that they are unable to cure, and he never fails to affect a cure. All Birmingham is proud and honored to have such a distinguished man as citizen. T-. Dr. Dozier Is Georgian by birth. n high-toned, cultured Christian gentle man, strictly honest in all his dealinxa and financially responsible fo. ci. ...s. contracts.
 sp.. ls-S. Address t.@r1 |.if
 Dr. Dozier& Co.,, ?. o, Box if2 Birminsham. Ala.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-25

Sandman. c. T. Rainbow. Wm. Reckling. Leo Colmant, B. Oet{eSifg.
 Floor Commit:ee77zP. Houppert H. W. Eggler, F. Lustig.
 Prompter-Herman Unnath.
 
 In Elks' hall last night a goodly number of music=1oVers gathered to hear a con- cert given under the auspices of St. Az nes Guild, with Miss Lottts Coffin as d. fectreSs. The piano solos of Miss Gockel attested her delicate touch. MT. Oliver chahfonx favored the audience with vio- lin solos, which showed that he was a master ofthat king of Instruments Mrs. Chalifoux, as accompanast, displayed that fine musical discrimination so we'll known to her friends. The singing of Miss Iil- e.h GastlebeTry brought up to memory the time when she and her sister, Mrs. Joe Frank, delighted Birmingham audi ences Miss CaStleberry has improved her voice by study in New York and Chi cago,r and she is member of the famous Arion Quartette. She possesses a rich contralto, full and sweet, and full of dra- ma tic power. Combined with her rare vocal gifs she is endowed with a pleas ing stage presence. To say that the audi ence last night was charmed with her singing would be to state it mildIy-ths 9 hearty encores demonstrated that her hearers were delighted. She was per- fectly at home in the selection from Verdi and in the sweet and simple love songs.
 The following interesting programme was rendered:
 "valse Allemande" (Rutinstein)-Miss Gockel.
 % Don Fatsle" VerdD.
 Violin solo (Salected)-Mr. Chalifoux. (a) 'grhe Princes" (Grieg).
 (b) "I Canno. Help Loving" (Clayton Johns
 Co "A Dream RartletD.
 ''Valse Caprice" (Raffl-Miss Gnckel Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind" (Sar- jeanO, (words from As You Like It.'D (a) May Morning" Denga)
 (bl 70 Never Call It Loving" (Walton Perkins,.
 "visions'' Guy d'Hardeloh.
 Violin obligate by MT. ChalifouX.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-25
FOR SALE.

s5.00C-Brick store on 1st avenue; bar gain.
 $1S000-Splendid business block: the inn provements cost the money. s10.(09-A very handsome South Highlands home.
 s6o0o-Very handsome South Highlands home; on lot 10Gx200.
 $2100-Beautful South Highlands lot. 100x247
 s25O0-2-story residence on Avenue F. near 20th st. s2, 2oo-south Highlands cottage on lot 5ox1G.
 Si2oo--Lot sox175 1ith ave, south. $2. i0ozLot Sx2lSs near Ball Station, South Highlands.
 s1.6O0-New 5-roon- cottage on lot sgxfSo $i 40fA--2-story s-roon. No. 2l1 18th st; a bargain.
 s2.sno-1-story residence on Avenue E. near 1fh st. ssGD-49 acres land. two reilrs from city. Sl.75946-roon iwt:..pS ans ether improve ments on lot 10as299 i:. south Highlands. s,sl-=Each for 539 SIs.itb.ieJd lots; easy
 AioLTON 6 STIcKNEY. Phone 221 11S2 18th St.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-25
FOR RENT.

FOR RENT.
 2224 7th ave; 1917, 2OG0 2026 sth aye; 1920, 1G24 18th st.; hotel 60 rooms: 8 stores on 1st avenue; offices and rooms. k. J. Ter ry, Roden Building. 5-25-3t-eod FOR RENT-Nicely lighted front rooms. Number to suit for light housekeeping. Water and all conveniences on third floor; brick building, northeast corner 22d st. and Sd ave. Appiy at room l. 2d floor. References required. 5-25-3t FOR RENT-A comfortably furnished front room on South Highlands, with or without board; private family. Address e." care State Herald. 4-27-tf FOR RENT-A comfortably furnisfed front room on South Highlands. Board if de- sired. Address "Roomer," care State Her a!d. 5-23-4t FOR RENT-Niceiy furnished front room Apply 313 23d street 5-I9tf FOR RENT-Furnished rooms; 1902 9th ave. 4-25-tf.