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The Opelousas courier., 1897-10-23
Habits Of Whales.

The food of whales has long been
known to consist Of minute sea orusta-
Gee. Mr.. Gray was familiar not only
with the whales food, but observed
it's manner of feeding and the way in
which it took its nap latter meals"
"No doubt" he wrote, "whsles are
very particular in the quality of their
food, for they are never to be found
feeding where the water IS dirty, but
almost invariably in clean, clear,
dark-blue or light olive-green water.
The usual way in which a whale feeds
is to chose a spot where the food is
plentiful and swim backward and for
word for 200 or 800 yards, With the
nose just under water. They invari-
ably swim from one side of the beat
back again to where they started from
with their mouths open. Then they
close their jaws and swallow the food
caught.
"They will 60 on in this way feed
ing for an hour or more; after this
they will disappear under the nearest
ice and sleep there until they come
out for exercise or for another meal.
Unlike other warm-blooded animals,
they DO not require to breathe
through their nostrils while aleep,
and they do not do SO. Whales can
sleep as we'll under water as they do
upon the surface, as I have often seen
them disappear under solid ice and re-
main there for many hours at a time.
Sometimes they fall asleep with their
heads down and only their tails stand
ing out of the water."-The Spec.
tafOr.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-10-23
The Modern Kings Jester.

Kaiser Wilhelm is now on board the
Hohenzollern on his annual cruise
from Wilhelmshaven, and will be
away for six weeks, most of which
time will be spent off the Norwegian
coast. Herr Won Hulsen, the director
of the Wiesbaden Theatre, who is one
of the Kaiser's special favorites, has
gone with His Majesty, his duty being
to provide original amusement for his
Imperial master during the evenings
and should there be bad weather.
One of Herr Won Hulsen's accom-
plishnents-that OF doing skillful
card tricks-is said to have won him
the Emperor's favor, and His Majesty
expects new tricks every time he
meets his friend. Herr Won HuIsen il
also a clever theatre manager, is good
at amateur as we'll as professional the.
a%trlcals, is extremely musical and is
an amusing companion.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-10-23
Many Varieties OF Lemons,

The person whose knowledge of
lemons is limited to an occasional
purchase of a dozen will be surprised
to know that there are seventeen dis
tinct varieties grown in California and
Florida. These differ in size, shape,
quality of skin and in keeping quail
ties. But there are only four varie-
ties that have any degree of popular
ity in California. These are the
Eureka, Lisbon, Villa Franco and
Bonnie Brae. The Eureka has proved
the best bearer in California. No one
knows exactly how long a lemon tree
that has care and cultivation will con-
tinue to bear fruit. The franciscan
monks kept no records of the fruit
trees growing about The missions. So
far as known, a lem 4 tree will bear in
California for .f5rty-fve or fifty
years. There are in the less fertile
soils of Sicily and Corsica several trees
over q century old still bearing. A
tree in California will bear some fruit
the fourth year from its planting in
the orchard, and when it is eight
years old it will bear nearly four
boxes of fruit each year. When it is
twelve years old it has reached its full
v!gor; but it is not for twenty or
more years yet that it begins to show
signs of old age. The Oldest known
lemon tree in California is that in the
mission gardens at Santa Barbara. Tt
was probably planted about 1921. 1t
has a-sgood foliage and looks strong
and sturdy, but it has borne only q
dozen or so lemons in the last fifteen
years. When it was twenty years old
it bore half a ton of fruit in one sea-
son, but not of good quality.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-10-23
. como FOR HOMELAND.
A song-a song for Homeland.

A song-a song for Homeland,
The land where we we're born;
OF broad and fertile p~rairies
Where grows the golden corn
OF wheatields like an ocean.
OF hills where grow the pine
The land that we are proud of,
Your own dear land and mine.
A song-a song for Homeland,
The land of wheat and corn,
With milk and honey flowing
The land where we were bornl
A song-a song for Homeland,
Nc other land so dear;
No other hills are fairer,
No other skies so clear.
We love her wales and valleys,
Each snow-tipped mountain dome
Oh, native land, from true hearts
We sing this song OF home
A song-a song for Homeland,
The land of wheat and corn,
With milk and honey fowing-r
The land where we were born.
a song-a song for Homeland
Land of the Golden Fleece.
Whose hillsides laugh with plenty,
Whose valleys smile with peace.
Sometimes our feet may wander
To far lands, east or west,
But still our feet may wander
We love the Homeland best!
A song-a song for Homeland,
The land of wheat and corn.
Will milk and honey flowing
The land where we were born!
-Eben E. R2xford, in Youths Companion
The Opelousas courier., 1897-10-23
recal Gymnastics for the lungs.

There is a feature of vocal music
that has been somewhat overlooked.
DR.. Hodghead, the well-know physi-
clan, is the originator OF this theory
Of 'svocal gymnastics:
"Consider vocal exercise. from a
physical standpoint" said he, "and it
is most beneficial. Swimming, horse.
back riding, tennis, etc, are ell splen-
did muscle developers, but vocal exer-
else has probably more effect on lung
building than any of these. It intro
duces o large amount of fresh air into
the lungs, and not only are the air
v~esicles caused to expand, but new
v~esioles are formed. Of course, to
have the desired effect presupposes
that the exercises are taken in a room
where there is plenty of pure, fresh
air, and it is equally, if not more i'm
porsant, that n should breathe prop
erly.
eff" continued the doctor. "peo-
pie would do vocal exercises just as a
gymnastic practice their health would
be much improved. II you have the
ieasE DIT Oh a G spark IN you, IL
you have q voice SO small or thin or
hard that you can never charm an
audience, or even sing In e parlor, do
vocal exercises anyhow, just as you
would 60 rowing or fencing, or take
any Other gymnastic exercise.
81 do not claim, by any means,
that vocal gymnastics will cure con.
sumption, but it would be q splendid
exercise for a child with an inherited
tendency towards consumption to
take, provided it was taken properly
and regularly.
each person must be his own
Judge as to the proper length of time
for the exercise. One should stop the
moment he feels in the least fatigued."
Francisco Examiner.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-10-23
Queer Present.

A queer present has just been made
to the President OF the French Re.
public by NJ. Paul Robiquet. 1t is q
miniature of the ebony coffin of Ma.
,poleon I, about q fifth of the size of
the real one aud made of the same
wood. M. Robiquet is the grandson
OF Edward lie Marchand, an old Water
loo officer, who was charged by Louis
Philippe TO construct this coffin for
the prisoner of st. Helena. This sin
guar gift has been placed in a glas
case in the Musee d'Artillerie, by The.
side OF the holdings of the Emperor's
face and hand.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-10-23
MOcking Birds as Dancers.

The power of the hooking bird to
amuse folks is not confined to its abil-
tiles rs q rich voiced singer. The
more birds are studied the more the
students wonder what they can't do.
Birds with some marked characters
tics are sometimes neglected in other
respects than their popularity, and SO
it happens that the knocking bird is
better known as an initiative singer
than as an original one, and that it
was a dancer as much almost as g
heron Or crane few were aware.
The rocking birds dance methodi-
cally, like woodsmen in a square
dance rather than with the wild gyra-
of a darby hoe down. They keep
their bodies stiff, with head and tails
erect, their wings dropping and feath-
crs fattened out, something like the
English sparrow when hopping about
before its sweetheart; but the SPAR
rows feathers are thrown out usually
instead of being fattened against the
body.
Two Of the mocking birds make q
SET, ana they bound along, Jumping
rather high, but not far, going from
n end of the playground to the
other, Il behind the other about q
foot, and each one at the end of the
playground turns in a circle slowly
and with dignity, and goes back again.
Sometimes they stop and look at some
distant object, day dreaming, ap-
parently, then away they go again.
Nj. Blake tells about q hen that was
disturbed by the actions Of q pair of
hooking birds in their dance, where.
upon she left her brood of chickens
and charged the couple with clucks
and huttering feathers. Up went the
hooking birds with true hooking bird
talk, scolding and suffering at the
ben until they fairly drove her away.
Popular Science Monthly.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-10-23
HER SYSTEM OF oRTHoeRApHY.

Mamma-"WelI, Elsie, what did
you learn at school to-day?"
Elsie Jagged six)-"Learned to
SPELL"
Mamma-"Now, what did you
learn to spell!"
Elsie-"Man."
Msmma-"And how do you spell
mani"
Elsie (promptly)-'tM-a. man."
Mamma-"Now, how do you spell
sboy?'"
Elsie latter a moments h~esitation)
1.-The same way, only in little let
tiers. "-Washington Times.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-10-23
I afterward had the pleasure of see.

afterward had the pleasure of see.
ing Mrs. Annie Roses brown suit.
Need I say it was as far superior to
mine as q brand new hree.dollar-a.
yard material, covered with expensive
trimmings, could be to a seventy-five.
cent merino which was in its second
season.
"Never mind" said my lover, as I
pointed out the difference; "you shall
have as many rufies and 1ounces as
you like hereafter, but this brown
dress is simply perfect, for it contains
my Rose. saturday Night.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-10-23
TWO TROUBLES.

"The present trouble is that there
are too many men for the number Of
jobs" said the amateur lecturer on
the situation.
Sand that amt all, mister" inter-
rupted Dismal Dawson. "Another
trouble is that there is too much work
to the job after @ man gifts It'll
dianapolis Journal.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-10-23
4 BIRD IN HAND.

blanche, DEAR" said the watchful
aunt to her niece, "don't you.t think
that Fred spends too much money
upon you?:"
"Do you think SO. aunty?"
"lndeed l do, Blanche. I've been
noticing, and ! think he's really ex.
travagant. You ought to check him
and tell him to save his money. You
will need a good deal when you go to
housekeeping, and 1t is far better for
him to put IN bank the money he is
now spending on carriage rides and
The Opelousas courier., 1897-10-23

A v%exatious question Just now
among cyclists andprospective cyclists
is the price that a frst-class wheel
will bring in 1897, remarks the New
York Sun. Whether one may be had
then for the same price or less than it
fetches now, or whether the price will
be advanced, no INT seems able to tell
absolutely. The Oldest makers of 500
wheels say that it would be disastrous
to their business to sell machines at
the low figure which several younger
manufacturers have named, and at the
same time furnish each customer with
Q guarantee. On the other hand, il is
said in some quarters that enough
money is made by many of the con.
Germs which have cut their prices to
warrant their continuing tho expert
ment next year. It is understood al
50 that certain OF them have promised
TO offer even better wheels at a
cheaper price next year than now.
Experienced wheelmen seem slow to
believe that the difference in quality
OF the component parts Of high grade
bicycles is SO marked as some of the
makers OF those machines would have
tho public believe ii is. These riders
say that skilful workmanship is re.
CURED in the construction OF all dura-
BILE wheels. and if it is true that some
OF the high-grade wheel makers en-
ploy more skilful workmen than
Others, the fact is often indiscernible
both in their wheels appearance and
use. Whether the wooden bicycles
which are promised for next year will
materially affect the wheel trade, re-
mains to be seen. Their advocates saw
that the wheels will have many ad.
vantages over those with metal frames.
Nobody was surprised when wheels OF
disputed quality we're sold at a low
price, but now that those Of a stand-
srd make . be bought for half price,
everybody is set to thinking. When
the stock Of wheels now selling so
cheaply is exhausted. cyclists wonder
what move the dealers will maae then.
Persons who will want wheels next
year are probably safe if they wait till
then bsfore buying.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-10-23
Tic Ashes OF a PRINCE

When Prince Philibert of ORANGES
grave was found to be empty at
Paaua recently, the city officials be-
gan to hunt for him, and have now
presented to the Dutch authorities a
small casket containing the Princes
ashes. It seems that his body was
cremated IN 1880, after the siegs of
Florence.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-10-23

luncheons and tickets to this thing
and that than to be squandering it.
Think over the matter a minute or
two, dear, and you will see it as I
see it,"
"Oh, I've thought about it already,
aunty. I'd take your advice if I were
absolutely certain that we shall be
married, but I've been engaged be-
fore, aunty, and I don't intend to adj
wise any young man again to econo-
mize for some other girls benefit. -
Harper's Bazaar.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-10-23

The silver coinage of France con.
tains only forty per cent. of it's face
value in silver. The Government re-
fuses to accept francs bearing the
ehigy of Charles the Tenth, Louis
Philippe, and Napoleon the Third
without the laurel leaf.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-10-23
CONTINUOUS PERFORMANCE.

"You remember when ! proposed
to your" said the young husband.
II believe I do recollect something
of the SORT" answered the young
wife.
"And you told me I would have to
soc your mother"
eyes"
81 must have misunderstood you. I
never dreamed that it was the pro-
gramme that I should see your mother
every day [ came home. Indian.
apolis Journal.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-10-23
It is estimated that Queen Victoria
now rules over 367, 900, 900 people.

0 The iron ore mines OF the Lake
Superior regions have, since their dis.
covery, produced nearly 1000. 600, 600
tons of ore. Sixty-two per cent. of
this vast amount has been mined and
converted into iron and steel within
The Opelousas courier., 1897-10-23

The question of the ''stopping"
capacity OF a bullet, fred from the
rifle which is ROW the standard arm of
British infantry, has reached a some.
what acute stage. Wherever the rife
has been used against a savage foe, it
mas proved comparatively Ineffective.
Unless the bullet strikesa vital organ,
IL no more stops a wounded mans
charge than would a popgun.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-10-23
A Rejected Statue.

The statue of Cardinal Newman,
which was offered to and refused by
the University of Oxford, England,
has been set up on a vacant plot of
ground adjoining the priests house at
the BTompton Oratory. The statue is
OF white stone, some thirty teet in
height, and consists of a pedestal with
scniptured dado surmounted by four
columns, on which is placed a figure
OF Our Lady. The Cardinal is repre.
scented seated.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-10-23
AN UNFORTUNATE COMMENT.

Parson Jones-''It is sure to happen
when I have prepared a particularly
good sermon, that my congregation
is small, and large when I have a poor
one."
Parson Smith Intending to be COM
plimentary)-"I have been told that
the house is always full when you
preach."-Boston Transcript.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-10-23
MOTHERS MAGIC.

Mrs. Mann-"Here's a pie your
mother brought in to-day. / suppose
you will have a piece?"
Mr.. Mann-"Will I? Well, I guess!
Alb, that's the stuff! If you could
only make pies like mother, Hettv!"
Mrs. Mann-"Yes, as / was going to
say, your mother brought this in to-
day. She saw it ct the bakers as she
passed by, and went in and bought it.
She'll be real glad you like it.'-Bos-
ton Transcript.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-10-23
IN TIE ART

Peasant Woman noticing q MAJ
copying one of the old masters
"Why do they paint this picture
twice?"
Her Husband-"Wby, that is OBJ.
vious. When the new picture is done
they hang that on the wall and throw
the old one away."-Fliegende Biaet.
ter.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-10-23
WILL TT EVER CONE TO THIS?

"Wake up, Emily, I'm SO ervou
I'm sure there's a woman in the
house."
"Of curse there is, you goose. I'm
here, am I not?'
And the woman of the future turned
over and snored louder than ever
New York Press.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-10-23
GOT RID OF THE CHAPEROE,

81 thought I saw you riding alone
with a gentleman last evening""
"You did"
"But does your mother let You 80
bicycling with gentlemen without q
ch~aperon?"
mo, indeedi"
"But you had none"
ooh, we had when we started, bat
we punctured her tire to get rid OF
her. "-Chicago Post.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-10-23
HAD NO Use O 1t.

Chappy-''Ma told me to call here
and ask you # you couldn't give me
something for my head"
Doctor 81 iut-"You run home ami
tell your MIL wouldn't take it as d
gift."-Harp'r's Bazaar.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-10-23
TOMMY'S IDEA.

Mamma-"Every good deed you do
is marked down, Tommy, and if you
do enough of the n you will some day
have a mansion in the sky"
Tommy-"ButeI don't want a house
built on the installment plan. Life.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-10-23

The first OF a series of memorial
tablets was put in position the other
day at the public library, Kansas City,
Mo. 1t was in memory of Horace
Greeley, but the name was spelled
"Greely."
The Opelousas courier., 1897-10-23
HARDLY KNEW HIMSELF.

"Why, you're a new man-they've
shaved you out of all recognition"
"Y-e-e-he, he'es, the first timo I
looked in the glass I only knew myself
by my oice."-London Judy.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-10-23
AN EXCEPTION.

Old Gotrokg-"What's that? Marry
my daughter? Bah!-Marriage is
IN insane desire IN the part of G
young man to pay a young woman's
board"
Cholly Hardupp (rattled)-"Not
with me it isn't, Mr.. Gotroks; nothing
is farther from my thoughts. Puck.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-10-23

The value of a newspaper As an
advertising medium consists in
its circulation.
When you can secure the com.
bmed circulation of two papers
for the price Of one, it is money
saved!
"The St. Landry Democrat
was consolidated ON the I'd Of
M;er:h, 1894, with "The Opelou.
say Courier" The advertising
ra1us have not been increased
wllie the price Of subscription
has teen reduced to 50 a wear,
TILE COURIER being by odds
ehe best paper IN the elnpire Par,
isii OF st. Landry is therefore thu
cheapest,
The Opelousas courier., 1897-10-23
OpelOusas Courier

Is the advocate of Democratic,
principles and the friend of the
people.
Their welfare is its welfare, and
It will ever be found defending
their rights with all of Its
ability.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-10-23
ADVANTAGES OF A FAMILY PHYSICIAN.

ADN1NIANHl5 UT 4 fHNIII fd1SICIANs
"Doctor, my wife has insomnia
lies awake most Of the night. What
shall | do for her?"
'sGet home earlier Life.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-10-23

The Rural New Yorker prints letters
seeming to show that the oder OF sweet
peas is poisonous to common house
Gies.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-10-23

0 you think it will look
fit to be seen, after it
is turned?" I asked,
holding up to the light
my old brown meriuo.
George Terry looked
at it rather obviously,
while l a%nxiously wait
ed her decision,
The Opelousas courier., 1897-10-23
BUDGET OF FUN.
HUMOROUS SKETCHES FROM
VARIOUS SOURCES.
The Tongue Versus the Brain-Ad-
vantages of a Family Physician
Hardly Knew Himself
Had No Use for 1t.

How strangely do LIES prizes go,
Awarded by the crowd;
Some triumph by the things they know,
And some by talking loud.
Washington Evening Star.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-10-23

planned my part in the misunderstand-
ing.
"My friend is Mrs. Rose Wharton.
She lives on Charles stree. If you
will"
II shall deliver you safely into her
hands, Miss Terry" he interrupted,
sand will Immediately order the car
riage. But first I must thank you for
your goodness in SO readily granting
pardon for my inaavertence."
When we arrived at Mrs, Rose Whar-
tons door he turned to me and, taking
my hand, said:
Miss Terry, you have shown me
great mercy. Will you add to your
favors one more kindness and grant
me permission to call this evening AMI
renew the acquaintance which, al.
though commenced under such unto.
ward circumstances. has yet afforded
me much happiness"
The look which accompanied these
words was SO beseeching that my heart
yielded, and / murmured an almost
Eyes" which favor he &C.
knowledged by q slight pressure OF
my hand.
Mrs. Wharton and I had a hearty
laugh over my adventure, and when
ne called that evening she was com.
charmed with both his manner
and appearance.
The acquaintance, commenced SO
strangely, progressed rapidly, and be.
tore my visit was half over ! had good
reaaon to hug my old brown merino
With e grateful heart for being the
means Of bringing nae SO
much happiness.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-21

from the wholesale drug houses. Here the
buyer is supposed to be a retail druggist.
and no questions are asked. The law does
not touch this sale of drugs, and in this
manner large number of those addicted
TO drugs get their supplies regularly. They
run no risk Of being known, as they would
in any retail store in the neighborhood of
their homes, and if money is any object
they can buy at wholesale rates.
The reduction in price of cocaine has
had considera BILE effect in popularizing the
drug. II used TO cost s. or Sc an ounce,
but now an ounce can be bought at any
wholesale house for g, and no embarrass-
ing questions asked. An ounce of cocaine
Will last the heaviest single consumer
through the season.
There are many physicians who will not
use morphine or any dangerous drug to
alleviate a recurring pain. One of the
foremost specialists in nervous diseases in
New York told a Sunday Press reporter
that for years he had not given NOR
phine in any form, and he knew of other
doctors who took similar grounds. Meth
er would he use cocaine for neuralgia.
There are other drugs, he said, which will
give relief without the danger of fastening
upon the patient a habit which could not
be shaken off.
Even If these drugs are not taken for a
stimulant, their constant use requires
larger and larger quantities to reduce the
pain. No less certainly has such a per-
son the habit than if the drug is taken for
a stimulus. AS a local anaesthetic cocaine
Is valuable, this physician said, but not
invaluable In surgical cases it is ex-
tremely useful in making any part insen-
sible to pain. The effect is purely local,
however, and never can result of itself
in the formation of a habit"
Figures as to the value of the cocaine,
crude and finished, imported into this
country, are hard to get, but the best es-
innate, that of the custom house people
and representatives of one of the leading
wholesale drug houses, is not far from
5000, 900. Cocaine Is made from cocoa
leaves, and the main country supplying
these leaves is Peru. While in 1894 the
value of the cocoa leaves imported from
Peru at this port was $14,87, the figures
in the fiscal year just closed had increased
nearly fourfold being $54, 122.
The duty on crude cocaine and the fin
ished product Is the same, rs per cent. Coca |
leaves are likely to suffer- in course of
transportation, by decomposition, and this |
can be avoided by treating the leaves |
crudely. But as this half product is sub |
ject to the same duty as the finished pro
duct it does not pay American manufac- |
turers to import the crude stuff. That, |
however, goes to Germany, where it is
made into cocaine. The imports of cocaine |
from Germany at this port for the last
fiscal year amount nearly to 100000.
1t is difficult to divide the remarkable in
crease in the use of cocaine into legitimate
or medicinal use, and Legitimate use by
Victims of the cocaine habit. But it is GER