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The Opelousas courier., 1897-01-02

fast; then that bearing-down feeling.
Her doctor says, "cheer up, you have
dyspepsia; you'll be all right SOON"
But she doesn't get "all right" She
grows worse day by day, till all at once
she realizes that a distressing female
complaint is established.
Her doctor has made a mistake.
She has lost faitF-him; hope van.
ishes; then come the brooding, NOR
bid, melanchqSo, everlasting BLUES.
Her doctor, IL he knew, should have
told her and cured her, but lie did not,
and she was allowed to suffer. By
chance she came across n of Mrs.
Pinkham's books, and in it she found
her very symptoms described and an
explanation of what they meant. Then
she wrote to Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn,
Mass, for advice, feeling that she was
telling her troubles to a oma
Speedy relief followed, and vigorous
health returned.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound instantly asserts its curative
powers in all those peculiar ailments
ct women. > It has been the standby
OF intelligent American women for
twenty years, and the story recited
above is the true experience of hum
dreds Of women, whose letters OF
gratitude are to be found on file in
Mrs. Pinkham's library.
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Oceans OF Soup,

There is enough canned soup sold
each year to fight half a hundred war
ships. At lesst, that is what e man in
the businegs of preparing the stuff
says. He has been fifteen years can
ming goods Of all kinds, and he says
that no branch Of the trade has made
such strides as the soup industry. Last
year was the most successful in his
experience, he adds, and the chefs and
workmen in his factory worked on an
average of eight hours a day only.
This season promises to be a record
breaker, and for the last five months
the full force has been engaged on an
average Of eleven hours o day turning
out soup.
"Last year,"he remarked, in giving
details OF the great industry, "we
canned 2,35o,o 900 gallons Of it. 1t
would be possible to food the entire
Erie Canal with this quantity Of soup
turned out annually here and else
where. This year. judging by the way
we have started of, our output will be
owe 5000, 900 gallons. Canned soup
has become popular for various rea-
sons. In the first place, it can be pur-
chased cheaper than it is possible for
the housewife to make it. Then, again,
there is no bother attached to its con
sumption. It needs no seasoning, and
does not have to be cooked. All that
is rsquired,s to heat it. The ms are
prepared wit.Athe grestost of care, and
viii stand anyS1egt 9q'fclimsts, whether
Arctic. s. sad ,.",
"There are, Like csc, more than
n hundred KIM soups prepared
ct our canuery. T Tie most popular,
however, number about fourteen.
They are the ox,lil, beef, chicken,
mock turtle. pea, tt.mato, green turtle,
~terrapin, consomme, mulligatswney,
%maccaroni, vermic1lli, julienne and
okre or gumbo.
"fhe best materials are used in the
construction of the soups, and We have
some of the best Partisan chefs obtain
able, who prepare the stuff. Ws ex-
ercise as much care and regard for
cleanliness at our factory as is OBJ
served in any kitchen, private or pub.
lie. All our soups are put up in quart
cans, which is sufficient to supply
seven or eight persons. The soups
vary in The average for the
ordinary cans. is about thirty cents
each. The more delicate soups sell
for seventy cents a quart. New York
Mail and Express.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-01-02

Many Of the lawns and other thin ma.
terials are mounted on white or colored
organdy instead Of silk; and white
muslin Is far prettier lined with fine
white organdy than with silk, for it
has a much more transparent and
fluffy appearance.
Belts and sashes are all-importart
features or costumes, and closely fold
Ell belts as deep as 4 c~orselct are very
graceful, and must tit the wearer like a
glove, and when made of silk or satin
such a belt can be worn with any gown,
mohair, silk or la wn.
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The Great Secreg

Boerhaave, the greatest doctor OF
his time. was anxious that it should go
forth that even the most eminent doc
tor is somewhat of a ''humbug." He
carefully handed the key of q small
diary to his executor, babe him open
it INN ediately after his decease, and
let the contents go forth to the world
at large. When the notebook was
opened, all its pages but the last were
blank, and on that final one there was
written in large letters: "Direetio ns
to patients: Keep your feet warm
and your head cool, and trust for the
rest to Providence. The Argonaut.
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DIGGING AND STORING POTATOES.


The digging and storing Of potatoes
by the average farmer, says the
Indiana Farmer, is generally done in
O very careless manner. The essential
point is to retain the favor until used,
and to do this they should W be
left exposed to the sui or air. Early
varieties should be dug as soon as tops
are dead, or when the skin cease to
slip from the potato. If early varieties
are left in the ground 5ley will sprout,
and thus destroy the flavor. Late
varieties may be left in the ground
until danger OF freezing. AS soon as
dug they should be Immediately stored
in e dsrk. cool, and somewhat moist,
cellar. And right here is where some
may differ with me, as some recon-
mend q dry place in which to store.
If stored in a dry place they will wilt
and become strong. | have noticed
potatoes that remained in the ground
over winter, that did not freeze, that
we're as fresh and we'll favored SIS
when first matured. II stored in a
dry cellar they should be covered with
moist sawdust, to keep them fresh and
exclude the air. FITTING is a most ex.
cellent way; simply piling them on
we'll drained ground and putting on q
layer Of straw and enough dirt to keep
them from freezing. Cave should be
taken to uncover as soon ,es danger
from freezing is past in the spring,
and keep sprouts removed. AS to
manner OF digging, if five r or
more are to be dug it would probably
pay to use q potato digger, but If less
than that amount, the work can be
done with G. four-tined fork garden
spade, or plowed with common break
ing ploY.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-01-02
PEACHES ON PLUM STGCE.

Wherever it is desired to grow
peaches on heavy soils it is a good
plan to bud the peach en- the plum.
They are nearly enough related to
make this union a success. While the
pear roots will not suffer in clay as
those of the peach would 90, they will
supply moro and better mineral plant
TODD for the peach upper growth than
the latter would get OF its own roots.
But on heavy soil either for plums or
peaches there should be thorough I'M
derdrs!ning to secure the best results.
boston Cultivator.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-01-02

steo' Of q heavy sill, tvo-inch plank
'nFlaid upon the Zone foundation,
beddel into the tement. Upon this
are laid the plab,"I, that arc to support
the floor oo'r,is. These are spiked to
the uprights, which nre themselves
spiked to the sill plank. The same
plan of spihing the frames can be car.
ried out in the upper portion of the
building. In this way all the frame is
make of plank, and 10 mortising or
tenoning is required. This plan is
highly useful for small buildings,
while there are plans to use q some.
what similar construction II the fran.
ing OF barns. -Amerjca Agriculturist.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-01-02

Billy Tito pillow Harper
Bazaar.
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The Smallest Insect.

Entomologists tell us that the small.
est insect is the alaptus excisus. Viewed
under the microscope it is seen to be
a eighty built, slender creature Of
such diminutive proportions that it
would take over 5000 of them placed
end TO end to stretch one inch.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-01-02
4 FARM TOOL SHED,

No more convenient building can
be erected upon q farm than a good,
roomy tool shed, where all farm ma
chimes and small tools can be housed
from the weather, while the owner has
the assurance that he can put his hand
at a moments notice upon any imple-
meIt that may be needed without the
necessity Of hunting through half q
dozen buildings to find the tool de-
sired. On the average farm the tools
The Opelousas courier., 1897-01-02
Beware OF O~intIncnts for Cctarra That
Contain Mercury.

as mercury will surely destroy the sense of
smell and completely derangc the whole system,
when entering it through the mucous surfaces.
Such articles should nover be used except on
prescriptions from reputable pny s'cians. as The
damage tlsy Will d. IS tea fold to the puoi you
can possibly derive FROM, LAem. HALLS C.tarril
Care, Manufactured tytF. J. Cheney & Co.,
To.elo. o" contains no rercury and is taken
internally, acting direct.v upon tbs blood and
mucous ]sariace3 OF the 4yaiem- In buying
Halls Catarrh Cure he slrb to get tho genuine.
1t is taken internally. and is made in Toledo,
Ohio, BY -. Cheney q Co. Test, monials free.
Sold by Druggists, price Tc. per bottle.
Eall's Family Ii!!s are the best.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-01-02
RUSSIAN WOMEN.

1. Il curious to think what O short
pue II Is since the Emperors of Russia
,-oated thel: womankind in the same
.rov they are still treated in Turkey.
Tn those days the Car chose his wife
srom among his subjects, and she was
nayer considered his equal. The matter
ras arranged in this way: On a GER
rain day the mobiles brought their young
So,ebters to be looked at, and she who
.ook the Emperor's fancy was forth
uIth chosen to be his Wife.<
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A SUBSTITUTE.

"Benson, you know, went to Africa,
and there met his death"
"Poor fellow! But his body was
brought home and given a decent
burial, wasn't it?"
'Well, they hanged the canniba1,
and then brought home his body and
buried it. '-PhiisdelpAia North Amer
lean.
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CAUGHT.

81 wish 1 were an ostrich" said
Hicks angrily, as he tried to eat one
of his wife's biscuits. -
IT wish you were, DEAR" returned
Mrs, Hicks ''Td gel a few decent
feathers for my winter hat. Texas
Sitter.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-01-02

Tomake it apparent to thousands who think
themselves Ill, that they are not afflicted with
any disease, but that the system simply needs
cleansing, is to bring comfort homo to their
hearts. as a costive condition is easily cured
h~yusins Syrup Of Figs. Manufactured by the
California Fig Syrup Company only, and sold
by all druggists.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-01-02
DOMESTIC SCIENCE.

"Listen, Mr.. Jones; some n has
invented o machine by which a man
can hear himself wink"
"That's good, Mr., Jones; now
hope they'll get up n by which a
man can hear himself snore."
The Opelousas courier., 1897-01-02

IT'D Is usually this Way
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A srpPosITIoN.

Kitson-"A foolish New York artist
has Just married On Indian who posed
for several of her pictures"
Thatcher-''Well, I suppose she
was looking for o model husband
PHILADELPHIA North American.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-01-02

lie above class Of chemists recognize, and
nave I, peatediy borne testimony, to the
efficacy OF Elostetter'S Stomach Bitters as a
remedy and preventive of lever and asue,
Iheumatiom. want of V gor, liver complaint,
and spEla other ailments and iniirm cOndi-
t ons OF the system. Experience ana oAsrr-
Vat'on have taught them its value. They but
echo the VeriiCl long since pronounced by the
public and The press. only the benighted now
are Ignorant 0; Americas tonic and alternative.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-01-02
STRETCHES THEM.

what is the compliments reputa.
,lon Tor truth and veracity? ?" asked
the lawyer.
lit is generally good, I think" an
swered the witness, Though i ntelling
about the size Of the snakes he has
kllled. he seems to be inclined to 60
TO almost any length."-Indianapolis
Journal.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-01-02
A NEW THEORY.

essay, father, why have oil the pic.
lures got frames"
"Why, you little fool. SO that the
artist may know when to stop painting
of course. "-Fliegende B!aetter.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-01-02
NIUSIEaI.

Snow, professor" said the host IS,
II want you to have numerous plan
issimo passages in your selections for
the musicale"
"You are fond OF the sentimental,
them"
"Not especially. But my guests
will want to hear themselves talk once
in q while. W Star.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-01-02
rHE IDIOT.

az wonder why fat people are SO
universally good %natured?" queried
the speculative boardefs
aFor the reason" answered the
cheerful idiot. "that it would take q
fat 1 SO much longer to get mad
clear through. indianapolis Journal.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-01-02
SIMPLE FRAMING CT BUILDINGS,

There has been a wonderful change
IN recent years ia the manner Of fran.
ing buildings, reducing the size Of
timbers used and doing much less cut.
ting of mortises ani lemons. But
there are still other changes in the
direction of simplicity that are not
commonly known. One of these is
shown in the accompanying sketch,
which very nearly explains itself. In
The Opelousas courier., 1897-01-02
FRIENDLY,

Observation-Disclosures you ever up be-
fore me?"
Prisoner-''Sure I don't know, your
wurship. What time does your wuc-
ship get up?"-Tit-Bits.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-01-02

she-'Papa thought he was smart
putting q receipted gas bill among the
presents, didn't he?'
He-"Yes; especially when you
always turned the gas almost out when
T called."--Harlem Life.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-01-02
CIRCUMsTASTIAL EVIDENCE,

Mother lat q party)-''Why did you
allow young Saphead to kiss you in
the conservatory"
Daughter-"Wby, NAL"
Mother-"Ch, you needn't why,
ma me. One side Of his nose is
powdered and one side of yours isn't,
and the people have noticed it,
Tit-Bits.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-01-02
A LOFTY VIEW.

He-"Whst are your views on
matrimony, Miss Scraggs?"
Miss Scraggs-"Young man, I take
e bird's-eye view. I look down upon
it."-Brooklyn Life.
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ATTRACTIVE.

your wife wears extremely fetch
ing gowns, Pilkerton."
Eyes, they fetch a bill-colIector to
my office about three times g week"
Chicago Record.
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ART.

"Julia, when did you have your
dining-room ceiling done yer in those
lovely shades Of red aud brown?"
"Ten bottles of my catchup I left
on the sideboard burst last night
Chicago Record.
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RESERVE.

"Ihey say it is unwise to let PEG.
pie know it if you are poor"
! "4es, and more unwise to let it get
out that you are rich.'-Chicago
Record.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-01-02

Do15ins' I1natiIs-Doraz Soap rs 100 per cent.
Made Of BoraX. 1t floats. Cos:s you came
rs POORER hua'lNG SOAP. Worth mere. III al is true
you need IT. trAef one cake OF Your grocer. you'll
want u box next.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-01-02
INDEPENDENCE or CHARACTER.

Mud2e-"If there is one thing ! do
nride myself on it is my independence
of character
Wickwire-"Well, a man who lives
in the way you do doesn't have to de-
pend on his character. - Indianapolis
journal.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-01-02
4 PRACTICAL ILLUSTRATION.

Willie (reading)-''Ps, what is q
'prevarlcating minion of Beelzebub?'"
Pa-"A man who disagrees with
you politically, my son."-Ph1la-
delphia Record.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-01-02
CNSYNPATHETIC.

"~Strange, isn't it, that sleep won't
come to me at nightT"
"Ihen why don't you go to sleep?"
The Opelousas courier., 1897-01-02
Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Life

If YOU want TO quit tobacco nsiny easily and
forever, regain lost rnaneood, be made well,
strong. magnetic, fut Of new life and vigor,
take No-Io-Bsc. the -vnnder-worker that
makes weak men stroi Many gain ten
pounds in ten days. Owe. aoo!n00 cured. Buy
Nc-To-Rac from your wn druggist. Under
free: Address st.acliug Kennedy Co., Chicago
CT New York.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-01-02
"A AUTHOR,

The Queen Of Roumania is said to be
the only living author who has writ
ten opera librettos in four languages,
French, German, Swedish and Rou-
manian. Size has just finished an opera
ljbre1to in French, founded on a Turk
ISL subject, for NJ. jules Massenct.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-01-02
THE THING.

Richard-"How are you and Miss
Smarte getting on? Does she smile
upon your sult?'
Robert-"Smile upon it? She
actually laughs at it. "-Boston Tran
script.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-01-02

u..kJ. f9ss!a are the best after dinner
H6NQ 5 Fills pills, cure headache. 25c.
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ACCEPTING THE SITUATION

Her Father-"You say she has &C.
copied your"
Sui.or-"Yes, sir"
Her Father-"Then, I suppose, this
is merely a ratification meeting?"-
Puck.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-01-02

FITSstoppedf free and permarcntlycnrad. No
fits after first days use OF Or. KLlNE's GREAT
NERyERESToRER. Free S2.ri.l bott.eand treat
Use. Send to Or. Kline. SOL Arch St. PAila., Pa.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-01-02

Pizo's Cure for Consumption is an 4 No. I
Asthma mcdicine.-W Il. WILLIAMS, Antioch,
Ills. April II, 1894.
Kindness is the golden chain by which So
ciety is bound together.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-01-02

There are probably 100000 men EN-
ployed in the mines or Mexico.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-01-02
PATHETIC,

WASN'T it pathetic, Jack?"
'hather! Why, the seats were in
~tiers."
The Opelousas courier., 1897-01-02

JUST try a i03 box OF Cascarcts, the finest
liver and bowel regulator ever mad
The Opelousas courier., 1897-01-02
Frcm Prominent CLERGYMAN.

~LNKELAND, IN.
II was afflicted with eczema, or some kin
drcd skin disease. for%lore than twenty years.
and in addition to prescriptions from q great
many prominent PHYSICIANS | lai used every
thing | knew OF, recommended az cures FOR
skin diseases, without the 5 i1ht"st benefit.
Several monfhs4gUET@9xo of TArrtR1SE was
given me-. and b. lis use i have been cured.
Three months Va passed. and no sign OF its
return. | shall ever remember the makers Of
his valuable remedy with gratitude"
REV. A. {. TURNER.
box by mail for So. in stamps.
}. L. SEurTHISE, Savannah, Ga.
Only God can tell how much wrong-doinS
is prevented by one MAN doing right.
CAsCARETs stimulate liver, kidneys and bow
els. Never sickcn, weaken or gripc, lee.
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Physicians Wise In their Generator,

Mexico is about ten times larger than
Great Britain.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-01-02
oSoMT

She-"Hello, there's q new noon
Wonder If it's q wet or q dry moonY
The Opelousas courier., 1897-01-02
THE BRIDAL VEIL.

It may be Of interest to the autumn
bride to know that the bridal veil is Of
Eastern origin, being a relic of the
bridal canopy held over the heads of
the bride and bridegroom. Among the
A~nglo-Saxons a similar custom existed,
but if the bride was a widow it was
dispensed with. According to Sarum
usage, q fine linen cloth was laid upon
the heads of the bride and bridegroom,
and was not removed until the bene-
diction had been said. The old Bri-
fish custom was to S natures veil
unadorned-that is, the long hair OF
the bride, which was so worn by all
brides, royal, noble and simple.
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TIE

Billy-"Johnnie Jones and I had a
pillow fight yesterday"
Freddie-"Who got the worst Of
ik2n
The Opelousas courier., 1897-01-02

E:u fer ing often puts into the human voice a
tone tina seems Ilyina.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-01-02

Before we can know much of God, we have
to find cut a good deal about ourselves.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-01-02

No gift will be too small that has q heart
full! Of love behind it.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-01-02

Mrs. VIII ~ soooth's z syrup for childrea
teethins. sJftensthe gum51>~nduccs intlamma-
ton, allays pain, cures wind CO jG. Csc. a bottle.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-01-02
THE BLUES.
A GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION OF THE
DREADFUL FEELING.

What Is Meant by This Form Of Acute
Misery-Where Doctors lake Mistakes.
When a cheerful, brave, light-hearted
woman. is suddenly plunged into that
perfection of misery, the BLUES, 1t is a
sad picture.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-01-02

Mexico has q coast line of over 5000
miles.
Cotton factories in Mexico employ
over $4,000 people.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-01-02
An IEunsrtuuf Elf3prpprc

Something is sure to be accomplished by
the man WhO sticks to enc thing.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-01-02

He-"A dry moon, of course.n
nhe-"How can you tell?"
he-"Oh, [ know that it is dry
moon from the fact that it will be GET
ting full in a little vlile."-Boston
Transcript.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-01-02
MISPLACED.

Highwayman-"I'il just take Of
your boots and see if you've got any.
thing there"
The Opelousas courier., 1897-01-02

WHEN bilious or c~ostive, eat a C2scaret,
candy cathartic, cure guaranteed, Zoe, 25c.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-01-02
BUDGET OF FUN.
HUMOROUS SKETCHES Epou
VARIOUS SOURCES.

Hainty-Pathetic- Fricndly-Unsym
palmetto The Victim - Einau-
cha Observation-Disclosures
Situation. Etc, Etc.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-01-02

She said she wasn't.hungry,
when first she took her seat;
she couldn't think OF anything
She'd really like to eat.
her appetite was fitful,
She smiIinoly ayerred.
by dainty trities only
VI late it could be stirreI.
I'm glad she wasn't hungry
for when the bill was brought,
Inc figures writ upon it
Were 8 and 8 and 0.
Detroit Evening News.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-01-02

for some time
has ached, al
back also; ha
slept poorly;
been quite
nervous, and
nearly tainted
once or II,
twice; head IN
dizzy, and :
heart has :.
beat very
The Opelousas courier., 1897-01-02

She has been feeling osa5 o. "
The Opelousas courier., 1897-01-02

ut trouble yourself, sir. There's
! nothing in them but my heart"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-03-11
MEN ON HORSEBACK.
-four Whom MIR. Goslington Has Met More
Less Lately.

or Less Lately.
in q big city" SAL Mr.. Goslington,
you see all sorts of men Oh horseback.
It is common thing to see truckmen
riding, mounted on one horse and 1t
may be leading another, going tc the
harness makers, perhaps, or the horse
shoer's; riding without saddle, and
very likely without blanket, but wi; :
scat that many more deliberately pro-
eided horseman might envy.
You see occasionally a fireman on
horseback, taking u horse to the horse
shoer's. He rides always without Il sad
die and almost invariably without
blanket. lie wears II uniform, and he
sits up straigbt. like Il soldier-he
MAKES pretty prim-loo<ing figure on
horseback; he is almost certain to be
very good rider
yesterday | saw something l had
never seen beforc-a painter on horse
back. You often see the painters
wagon, loaded with ladders and pots and
cans OF paint, and with two or three or
more men in paint-coyered overalls and
jackets; but this was just the horse
with a painter on his back Where he
was going, or what it all meant, |
couldn't even imagine.
Later, yesterday, l met one man in
the saddle. Walking down Riverside
drive after nightfall to get a little air
and exercise before dinner, and watch
ing meanwhile the new moon hanging
low over the river, | heard the hoof-
beats of horse coming up along the
bride path. Presently horse and rider
came into view; man singing, horse
keeping time with his hoofs; and so
they disappeared.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-03-11
The Way to Advance.

The following new story is told OF
the late Lord Ampthin. When he was
d junior clerk in the foreign Office, Lord
2almerstcn, then foreign secretary, liz
troduced an innovation whereby IL
stead of being solemnly summoned b.
verbal message the clerks were e..
pected to answer his bell. Some haug1.
ty spirits rebelled against being treated
like footmen and tried to organize re-
sistance, but Odo Russell, as he then
was, refused to join the rebelious moye-
ment, saying that whatever method ap-
prised him most quickly of Lord
Palmerston's wishes was tie method
which he preferred. The aggrieved
clerks regarded him as traitor to he
order hut he died an ambassador.