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The Opelousas courier., 1897-09-04
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.
Paper doors are in demand.
There is a bill-DGstinC machine

lapef doors are Ill demand.
There is a bill-posting machine.
Goldfish have become common il
Niagara river from those planted il
Forest Lawn cemetery.
The parishioners of a Methodist
parson in Caldwell, Kan, turned in
and dug him a cyclone cellar.
The American Baptist year book
reports 27,257 ministers, 40,659
churches and 1924, OBS members.
A wedding Of an epileptic and an
almost helpless paralytic is reported
in Cumberland County, Kentucky.
Hollanders consume an average OF
100 ounces OF tobacco a year Bel
gians, 80; Turks, 20; Americans, 60.
United States agents begin this sum
mer to brand female seals. This
spoils the pelt and will stop pelagic
sealing. .
Jacob Sims, eighty-nine, was mar
ried in Wilkesbarre, Penn, the other
day, just sixty years after his first
marriage.
There are nearly 1000 building soci-
cites in the United Kingdom, with an
aggregate membership of nearly three
quarters of a million.
John Pratt wore at his funeral in
Holden, Me. the other day, a fine pair
of calf-skin boots made for him in
1862 and worn every Sunday since.
Switzerland's new twenty-franc gold
piece has on its face the head of a
peasant girl, representing Helvetia,
with twenty-five stars around it for the
cantons.
Irish alone was spoken by 1866
persons in County Galway out of a
population of 214, 712 il 1891, while
1O7,62O persons spoke both Irish
English.
I first edition Of shol espears's
Merchant Of Venice" sold e London
the othel~1x for s1575. It %6akl be
interesting to xpow the sum the great
poet received ~ his work.
Owing to the MS-sAAat tAAxasharter of
Chicago does not alloWfne cityto give
money for social purposes citizens
were asked for the use of their car
for the entertainment of the
delegates to the postal congress who
that city.
At West Brattleboro, VT, a man
who had jumped from a load of hay
looked up just in time to be struck by
hay fork. One tine entered his face
Just under the eye and went through
roof of his mouth, but the wound
not seriously inconvenience him.
A Kansas City ticket agent who sold
two Cripple Creek tickets to a bride
md bridegroom whose joint cash pos
amounted to within 81 of the
are, not at first content with the
wedding ring as security for
ihe difference, wanted her to leave her
marriage certificate also.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-09-04

! A Western man tells the st. Louis
Republic that Eastern people talk
UGH more loudly than the people Of
The West. eff you ever heard an In
liam talk" he sars, "you will realize
The force of wh4I say. I never saw
! real Indian thaSspoke much above a
whisper. He illustrates exactly what
[ mean. The Indian lives in quiet and
solitude. His asno-ra.~< is not filled
with noisesPahd tympapllm-piercing
sounds. Consequently he does not
have to elevate his voice in carrying on
conversation. Your city arab, the
counterpart of the Indian, talks loud
enough when he comes to Arkansas to
be heard in the next county"
The Opelousas courier., 1897-09-04

Many an honest penny is being
turned by farmers or their wives by
taking summer boarders from the city,
notes the American Agriculturist. It
Is estimated that the farmers in the
little State Of New Hampshire, for in
stance, receive over q million dollars
each summer from this source. The
amount paid in some other States is
still larger. especially in New York
and Pennsylvania. This estimate does
not include the regular summer resort
business, but only the farmers and
small boarding houses on farms. In
Michigan and Wisconsin this industry
is on the increase among the farmers.
It is o business well worth catering to.
The pay is fair, in some cases verT,
good, and these boarders furnish a Jkr
more profitable home market for flesh
fruits, vegetables and dairy produce
than to ship such stuff to the almost
always crowded city markets. Farm
ers' families who have made the largest
success in this line are those who not
only have everything neat and whole
some about the homestead, with per-
feet drainage and sanitary arrange
ments, but who take pains to furnish
fresh from their W farm and garden,
the rich cream and milk, butter and
cheese. fruits and vegetables that city
folks SO long for. fA
The Opelousas courier., 1897-09-04

or THE
I'M IMMACULATE : CONCEPTION,

IN.
Under the Direction Of the Sisters Marianites
Of Holy Gross.
Offers to young ladies every facility
for acquiring q thorough christian ed
ucation. Constant attention is paid to
home and social culture. Lessons are
given in music, painting and other
useful arts. The sisters also have
charge of the boys school. The purse
Of instruction is two-fold-Preparatory
and Commercial. French is taught in
the two courses. For particulars, adj
dress SISTER SUPERIOR.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-09-04

It has been ascertained that there
are between 800 and 400 Hebrew law
yers in the City of New York. Some
Of them are very successful practi-
TONERS at the bar, and more than one
Of them have been elected to the
Rench
The Opelousas courier., 1897-09-04

Figures just compiled by the Sta
tistical Society give the amount of
money in the savings banks and sim
liar institutions pf the world as ST.
300, 600, 600. Ye United Kingdom
has 81, 235, 900, 600 laid away in small
yayinos.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-09-04

Senator r. @. Mills says ''less than
$4,000 out of our 20, 900, 900 people
W $31, 500, 600, OOO-more than one.
half of our wealth."
The Opelousas courier., 1897-09-04

The Michigan supreme court, pass
ing upon the pure-food law, decides
that any one selling adulterated food.
whether with knowledge Of the act or
not, j. guilty under tho las.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-09-04

Biship Tugwell, who has recently
returned from Uganda, says that to all
practical purposes gin is the only
currency in somcr~ts-of Africa.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-09-04

South Carolina is rejoicing over the
discovery that all her blue-birds were
not frozen in the great ''frceze" of
three years ago.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-09-04

The value of a newspaper as an
advertising medium consists in
Its circulation.
When You can secure the com.
blned circulation Of two papers
for the price of one, it is money
saved!
"The st. Landry Democrat
was consolidated ON the I'd Of
March, 1894, with " The Opelon-
eas courier" The advertising
rates have not been increased
while the price of subscription
has been reduced to 50 a year.
TILE COURIER being BY odds
the best paper in the empire Par,
ieh Of st, Landry ia therefore ths,
cheapest.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-09-04
HONEY TO LOAN.

ovyroE OF ST. LANDRY HOMESTEAD AND,
orr Ioos sopt.< 'isss. s
The undersigned is authorized by the
Board Of Directors Of the st. Landry
Homestead and Loan Association to
offer to its members loans at eight per
censum. For particulars apply to
E. d EsTILETTE,
President St. Landry Ii. & L. Assn.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-09-04

Suddenly she broke off singing and
whistled a bar. Then she raped
grayely, " With Il. shaking head, upon the
Mo,aiRade H~ohskeiorie! Get up!'
she said. sqf sees.s a. these men want
ing their bre akfast, 6Ihild, and to get
an early start. F1other isn't here,
mind D X
why, father,"f answered, in as
near my natural voice as / could COM
mand, It's not yet II o'clock. Your
watch must be wrong.
cat the first sound of the Zig bass
notes ] had heard the scout turn and
start down the steps with more. speed
than caution.
! He was evidently surprised into
his hasty retreat, for halfway down
he paused to listen, and when he
heard father, as he supposed, speak
a party of drovers who were in the
house and would want an early start.
he fairly ran. The droyers always
went well armed and prepared for out
laws, and this band plainly had no
wish to meet them.
ave heard the fellow fall headlong
over a rocking chair in the hall, and I
burst into a hysterical giggle, but Bar
bara opened the door and called seri-
ously in the deep voice which had.
perhaps, saved both our lives:
Zephaniah! What are you
.oing?'
"A rocking chair is an awful thing
wrestle with in the dark. One Of |
he men below thinking from the
sounds, no doubt, that there was q |
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-05-21

and though little hope remained, she
begun It, and an improvement was no,
decd. The cancer commenced 10 neal ana
when she had taken several bottles u
disappeared entirely, and although sew
eral years have elapsed, not sign OF
the disease has ever returned.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-05-21
Honor 10
Washington.

Saturday was one of the red
letter days in the history of
Philadelphia. On that afternoon
President Mckinley unveiled the
great memorial statute of George
Washington, erected by the
Pennsylvania Society of the Gin
cinnati.
The monument, which cost. al
together, s2so.Ooo. has been
erected in accordance with a reso.
luton passed by the Society of
the Cincinnati on July 4, 1911,
over eighty-tive years ago. 1t
stands in Fairmont Park. in q
commanding situation at the
Green street entrance.
tbs about forty feet high.
From an oblong platform, reach
ed on four sides by thirteen steps
rises pedestal bearing an eques-
trian statue IN bronze of General
Washington in the Colonial uni
form of the American Army. At
the four corners of the platform
are fountains, served by allegori-
cal figures of American Indians,
representing four rivers the
Delaware, Hudson. Potomac and
Mississippi. On the sides, each
of these fountains is guarded by
typical American animals, eight
in all. AT the front and back of
the pedestal are two allegorical
groups, the former representing
America seated, holding in one
hand a cornucopla, in the other q
trident, and having at her feet
CHAINS just cast off. She is in
the act of receiving from her
victorious sons the trophies of
their conquest. Below this group
is ali eagle supporting the arms
of the United States.
The group in the back repre-.
sents America arousing her sons
to a sense of their slavery. Be-
low are the arms of Pennsylvania.
On the sides of the pedestal are
two bas reliefs, one representing
the march of the American Army,
the other a Western bound emf
grant train. On one side the ped.
estal bears the inscription Sic
semper tyrannis' and Per aspera
ad astra; : on the other Westward
the star of the empire takes its
way. Surrounded by the upper
portion of the pedestal is the
legend Erected by the State
Society of the Cincinnati
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-05-21
Decoration Day

Will be observed at the GENE.
tery-near Shinnston on Satur'
day, May Goth. Services will be
gin at 10 o'clock a. m. Public
speaking at Shorts Hall at II
o'clock a. m. A soldiers camp
fire in the afternoon. The com,
mittee will have an interesting
program and earnestly solicit
every body to attend, and take q
part in tue devout observance OF
this historic day.
q E. RANDALL,
] w. CARDER.
l. r COCHRAN,
Committee.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-05-21

Thirty years is long time to fight SO
painful u trouble rs piles, but Jacob
Mitchell of Unionville, Pa, struggled
that long before he tried DeWitt's
Witch Hazel Salve, which quickly and
permanently cured him It IS equally
effective in eczema aud all skin affec-
iions. RI Criss
Choice seed oats, all kinds of
grass seeds. salt aud fertilizers,
for sale by AMOS PAYNE 1s.tf
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-05-21
IN MEM0RY
or Anna, Little Daughter Of james
and Edith Stout.
BIZ TANA GLENN.

Angel Anna, how We miss you,
But we would not call you back,
Though our home seems very dreary-
We your loving presence lack
n ow you're with the Heavenly King,
Singing songs the angels sing
Only two. fair, happy summers,
You have made our home SO bright,
Theu the Master came to take you
To His home of joy and light
You to us, fair bud, was given,
Gone from earth to bloom in Heaven
You have closed Your eyes forever,
To the earth, and I'LL below,
But you've opened them in glory,
Where you, pain shall never know I;
Blue eyed Anna, gone to rest
Folded to the Saviour's breast.
What q Joy amid our sorrow,
just to know SEES happy there.
With the white robed, .she is singing,
Who on earth we thought so fair
She is fairer up in Heaven
She to us, SO briefly given.
Farewell Anna, loved and lost one,
Lost to us, till there we meet,
Where we'll know our little darling,
Worshipping at Jesus feet
Loved one guide US till we come,
And united be at home.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-05-21

PERsoSAI-Ihe gentleman who an
noyed the congregation last Sunday by
continually coughing will ind instant
relief by using One Minute Cough Cure
n speedy and harmless remedy for throat
and lung troubles. RJCriss.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-05-21
nv Neighbor Told Me

About Hoods Sarsaparilla and
advised me to try it. This is the
kind Of advertising which gives
Hoods Sarsaparilla the largest
sales in the world. Friends tell
friend that Hoods Sarsaparilla
cures; that it gives strength,
health, vitality and yigor. and
whole neighborhoods use itas a
family medicine.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-05-21
Don't Tobacco spit and smoke
Your Life Away.

Do you want to quit tobacco using
easily and ,revcr. be made we'll, mag
netic. full of new life and vigor, take
No.To 3ac, the wonder worker that
makes weak men strong. Many gain
ten pounds 10 ten days. Over 400, 900
cured. Buy No-To- BAG from your own
druggist, Will guarantee cure. Book
let and samples mailed free. Address
Sterling Remedy Co, Chicago or New
York. ely.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-05-21

Cascarets stimulate liver, kidne5l
and bowels. Never sicken, weaken
gripe' loc. y
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-05-21
NOTICE TO PERSONS OWING

Unjust close up my accounts with the
State, County, ETC., etc., as my term of
office has expired, and in order to do
this, / ask that all persons owing taxes.
please call and settle the same. 1t is
certainly not unfair to ask the help OF
those who are in arrears. We must
have money and can but ask that all
taxes be paid. II not, we must levy
and collect the same.
off j. /. ALEXANDER. s. q. G.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-05-21

8 DON pronounceu
her incurable. A
celebrated New York
specialist then treat
ed her, but she con-
tinued to grow worse
and when informed
that both her aunt
and grandmotherha had
died from cancer he
gave the case up as
hopeless.
commended S.S.S.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-05-21

Many cases of Grippe" have lately
This preparation seems especially adj
apted to the cure of this disease. 1t
acts quickly thus preventing serious
complications and bad effects in which
this disease often leaves the patient r.
J. Criss, druggist.
E. e. Turner, of Compton, Mo-,
writes us that after suffering from piles
for Sc, enteen years. he completely cur
Wits Witch Hazel Salve. 1t cures
eczema and severe skin diseases. II, j.
Criss, druggist, Pike street.
Ladies, Misses, and Children's
Knit Jersey leggins at Holmes
shoe Co. 4tf
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-05-21

A fine line of perfumes just re-
ceived. Come in and examine
them at Smith s. Pigott's drug
c IRE 2O-f.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-05-21
Cancer
OF The Breast.

l9r. A. a. crausby, of 1873 Kerr St,
Memphis, Tenn, says that bis WE
paid no attention to q small lump when
appeared In her breast, but It soon De
Vefoped into . cancer Of the worst type.
and notwithstanding the freshmen o. o.
the best physicians, i continued 70
spread and grow rapidly, eati1g .Mo
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-05-21
AHonsehold Necesslty.

Cascarets Candy cathartic, the most won
derful medical discovery Of the age, pleas
ant and refreshing TO the taste, act gently
and positively on kidneys, liver and bowels,
cleansing the entire system, dispel colds,
cure headache, fever, habitual constipa-
ton and biliousness. Please buy and try Q
and guaranteed to cure by all druggists.
For sale by Cunningham Bros, Sly.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-05-21
I'HEINFLUENeE:

of the Mother shapes the course
Of unborn generation goes
sounding through all the
ages and enters the confines of
Eternity. With what care; there
fore. should the Expectant Moth-
er be guarded, and how great the
effort be to ward off danger and
make her life joyous and happy.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1897-01-30
After thanksgiving.


Two little turkeys shivering stand
Out by the barn yard gate,
And to each other plaintively
Bemoan their saddened fate.
"Alas. alas! since yesterday
No mother have we seen;
Our father, too, has strayed away
All, me, what does it mean?"
Up steps rooster; loud he crows,
And flaps his lordly wings;
"My children you are ignorant
or maly well known things.
Your parents graccd the fcstal board
A t farmer Hodges dinner.
And made most good-natured saint
OF many hungry sinner
"Come now with me and | will show
You proof of all l say,
And make you tremble With the dawn
or next Than ksgiving Day.'
Then, with stately tread he walked
To where there stood block,
An axe beside it. and sight
That did our orphansI shock.
Two heads laid low, upon the ground
Two heads, and nothing more;
The former "heads" ST. grieve to say
OF family of four.
Long gazed therphans dolefully,
Their sobs were heard afar.
Then whispered one: / wonder which
Is ma?-and his PAP"
Normal School.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1897-01-30
Teach the People to Read.

We may prescribe this remedy or
that, but the final solution of our So
cial troubles is to teach the masses
to read-not only how to read but
what to read and what to read for
To express tpedagogically, we must
form the reading habit in the mass
es. As Hugo expresses it, THE null
duplication of readers is the multiple
cation of loaves."
Many people who read don't rea-
son, but all who reason, also read
The community that reads most rea-
sons most. Before people can reason
they must have food for reason.
namely facts, and the facts from
which we reason are largely gained
through reading. The more people
read the better their information
and the better informed, the more
reasonable, the more they settle ques-
tions by judgment instead of pas
sion.
The greatest need of the south is a
reading population. Our people
don't buy enough of papers, maya
zines and books. They have not
formed the reading habit; hence
they are not informed as to the move
ments going ON in the world They
are not in touch with the thought of
the time; they live in the past. Our
schools are valuable in many respects
but first of all they are valuable as
opportunities to teach the masses to
read-to form the reading habit
| The Southern Schooi.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1897-01-30
Disconnected Notes.

Harvey johnson, of Logan, Iowa,
in an address to the Nebraska Dairy
Association, gives the following as
''discconnected notes upon what we
have learned from experience and what
We are using in our business"
From the beginning we have had a
plan, and are constantly working by it.
Everything is done at certain time
and on time.
We never forget to look after the
comfort of every COW and are careful
that every storm finds her in her stall.
We prefer the swinging stanchion.
Oats and corn ground together,
with a little oil meal added, some
brightcut fodder and clover hay make
model feed for the dairy
Fodder cut soon after the corn is in
roasting ear is generally relished by
the cow, but the results are not as sat
isfactory as when it is cut later.
We allow no tobacco, used In the
barn nor creamery.
The cows are MIXED at the same
hour each day, in the same order and
by the same person.
A COW that wants more than thirty
or sixty days rest we do not want,
Separator milk, if fed while it retains
its natural warmth, has feeding value
Of fifty cents per gallon.
We usually get two and one-half
pounds of butter from each gallon of
cream.
We have found that there is great
difference in dairy salt.
We study the demands OF the mar
ket and the tastes of our customers.
We allow nothing whatever kept in
the creamery except the cream and
butter and the machinery for hand
ling them.
We know of no business where the
careful attention to detail counts for
as much as in the dairy business.
Running the churn just one minute
too long will often do for butter what
the most expert butter maker cannot
undo.
When our butter is finished it does
not usually contain more than twelve
per cent. of water.
We want TO have the butter entirely
free from butter milk.
We have found dairying a paying
business even in these dull times of
depression.
If we fail on a batch OF butter our
regular customers never see it; IL is
put in tub and sent where it is I'M
known.
We know of nothing upon the farm
that will give as steady an income as
the making and selling of good butter.
We would never employ young
fellow who has agirl without we were
prepared to take double dose of
milking on Sunday nights.
Lastly, we have found that, unless a
man likes to stay at home, and unless
he is on friendly terms with steady
work, we would hardly advise him to
engage in the dairy business.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1897-01-30

Who judges another, condemns him
self.
Men who believe the most achieve
the most.
If tombstones are to be trusted, bad
men never die.
Error is the policeman of ignorance,
arresting ideas.
Resist troubles and many of them
will flee from you-
No just man can be mean and no
cruel man can be good.
Better be lamp in the house than
try to be star in the sky.
There is no virtue in doing right
simply because we have to.
The best of us owe more to chance
than we are willing to admit.
All busy people finally get so that
they hate those who are lazy.
A man may wear religion as cloak
and yet freeze his soul to death.
How many times good fortune has
come to US through our mistakes.
How time flies from the date on
which man distinguishes himself.
Keep your milk of human kindness
fresh-it will never keep in vinegar
jug.
Individual freedom and happiness
are the true aims of popular govern
ment.
A man always judges woman by
his idea of how she would suit him for
a wife.
Patriotism, pure and undefiled, is
almost as scarce as perfect physical
health.
Center shots are what tell; one bullet
in the bulls eye is worth ten that just
miss it.
The man who earns his bread finds a
sweetness in it that the loafer never
knows.
Go down the ladder when thou mar
riest a wife; go up wheu thou choosest
a friend.
Ineessant application produces re
suits that some attribute to inspira-
tion and genius.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1897-01-30
Through To MorgantoWn, W
Va, by Water,

Pittsburgh, Brownsville & Geneva
Packet Co., comprising three fine side
wheel steamers are now Offering extra
inducements to parties desiring to
making a delightful trip by water
Steamers:
Adam Jacobs, M. A. Cox, Master;
Germania, d. BUGHER, Master; Jas.
G. Blaine, ADAM JACOBS, Master.
Time of departure from Company
Wharf Boat, foot of Smithfield street,
going through to Morgantown: Daily
3 P. M, except Sunday, at $40 A. M.
Fare for the round trip, including
meals, $500. Time of departure from
Morgantown, daily $50 A. M. Round
trip tickets sold to all points.
All boats leaving Pittsburgh go
through to Morgantown. For further
information concerning the line apply
on board of steamers or to
S. S. GRAHAM, Gen'l Agt.
Brownsville, Pa.
2. w. CARMACK, Agent,
Pittsburgh, Pa.