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The age-herald., 1898-01-26
The Maine at Havana

havana, Jan 25.-The United States bat tleship Maine, commanded by Charles D. Sigsbee, which left Key West, Fla, on Jan. 24, arrived here at Il o'clock this morning and was saluted by the forts and war vessels. Shortly after the arrival here of the Maine, Lieut.. Albert E. Drano, representing the captain of the port, Vice Admiral Jose Pastor, visited the United States battleship and extended the cus- tomary courtesies.
 The arrival of the warship caused sur- prise and excited considerable curiosity.
 Treated With Due Courtesy
 A naval lieutenant of the Spanish cru...- Alfonso XII, the Spanish flagship, visited the Maine early in the afternoon, as did also the officer of the German cruiser Gnessenau, the schoolship. Both visits were returned by Capt Slgsbee. who. at 6 o'clock, called upon Rear Admiral vi- cente Manterola, at the admiralty office. and upon Vice-Admiral Pastor, after which he had a prolonged conference with Consul General Lee.
 The officers and sailors of the Maine will not go ashore at present in order to avoid possible friction.
 Capt. Sigsbee has expressed himself as much gratified by the reception rendered him and the courtesy and cordiality shown.
 It is reported at the palace that Gen. Maxine Gomez has fallen back across the Moron Jucaro trocha into the Camagueri district
 General Lees Telegram
 Washington, Jan. 25.-The second tele- gram from Consul General Lee received at the state department today came at 9 o'clock and was carried by Assistant Sec- retary Day to the white house for infor- nation of the president. In this telegram General Lee said that the Maine had been received with every courtesy. The com manders of the German and Spanish ships of war in the harbor had called upon the commander of the Maine, who had returned their calls, the Spanish forts had fired salutes and all the ceremonies called for by naval etiquette had been observed. In addition the consul general stated that everything was tranquil in Havana. The department officials have heard nothing officially of any trouble or mis- understanding between Consul General Lee and Secretary General Congosto and attach little importance to the rumors to that effect. It is said at the navy depart ment that as matters stand there is no call for further instructions at present to Captain Sigsbee, who is permitted to use his own discretion in dealing with the events of the day, although he has been .enjoined to consult freely with Consul General Lee and was Also minutely in- structed before he arrived in Havana as to the wishes of the secretary of the navy.
 Cabfret Mans Ont the Ceremonies
 The cabinet met at the usual hour today,
The age-herald., 1898-01-26
STILL A DEADLOCK
Tennessee Legislature Took i8 Ballots With
 out EIectlng Senator.

Nashville, Tenn, Jan. 25.-The demo- cratic caucus met again tonight and took eighteen ballots. The last and eighty fifth ballot stood: McMillin, q; Hurley, 21; Taylor, 26.
 The indications still point to @ determn- ed deadlock, and the feeling is growing that there may be no election of Q senator. Both houses vote in joint convention to- morrow, but there will be no election.
The age-herald., 1898-01-26

orth but 50 per cent. of the dollar of the money current at the time the obli- gations were incurred. It was the boast of the advocates of the measure that this inferior coin should be in no manner or form redeemable, exchangeable. or con- vertable at part into any other coin or form of money intrinsically worth more A cheap dollar was the battle cry of the allied forces
The age-herald., 1898-01-26
Griggs Was Confirmed

Washington, Jan. 25.-The senate has confirmed the nomination of J. w. Griggs of New Jersey, to be attorney-general ol the United States.
The age-herald., 1898-01-26
British Troops Occupy OIxute

Lagos. West Coast of Africa, Jan. 5.- British troops now occupy Okute, in Borgu territory. The possession of Borgu is dis puted between France and Great Br4tan.
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The age-herald., 1898-01-26
MAINE RECEIVED
 WITH HONORS The Spanish Officers Extend the
 Usual CourteSieS. OFFICIALS ARE FEARFUL h Constant Communication With Consul
 General Lee. AN OUTBREAK IS NOW IMMINENT Was the Information in One of His
 Cipher Dispatches. Spain Threatens to Send Vessels to United States Harbors Minister Dupuy De Lome Expresses Satisfaction
 Over the Situation.
AN OUTBREAK IS NOW IMMINENT
Was the Information in One of His
 Cipher Dispatches.
Special to The Age-Herald.

Washington, Jan 25.-Tlrat great solici- tation is felt in the state department re- garding the critical condition of Cuban affairs is plainly apparent It leaked out late tonight that the state department had received dispatches in the afternoon con- flrming these fears.
 The greatest secrecy is being maintained and the old war dogs see in the distance an impending crisis that may involve se- rious war-Nke complications. It is said by those who stand close to the department officials that dispatches were received from Consul-General Lee expressing fear that an outbreak would occur at any moment
 Morning may mould the Cuban question into an entirely different shape. By an actual outbreak the complexlon of things would be radically changed and it cannot be disputed that the government is talk ing steps to meet any unforeseen emer- gency
 f. In Constant Communication
 One of the best evidences of the uneasy feeling about the department is that Con- su-General Lee, by order, is in constant communication with the officials.
 The North Atlantic squadron comprising first and second class battleships, cruisers and torpedo boats is within twelve hours run of Havana and should dispatch be received calling for their service they could be put under way before morning.
 It is not infrequently the remark that General Lee never scents imaginary dan ger and the fact hat he communicated that an outbreak was imminent has inten- sified the situation.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-07-02
Power from the Waves.

A wave motor plant, which is said
to be working successfully, has been
established at Potencia, CAL, eighteen
miles from Los Angeles, by the Wright
Wave Motor Company, of Los Angeles.
A wharf 90 feet wide has been built
out to a distance of $50 feet, at which
point the swell usually begins to break,
and three motor floats are placed at
the outer end. The up and down mo-
ton of each OF the floats is commune
Gated to the piston of a long hydraulic
cylinder which pumps water into a
tank at high pressure. This water then
drives a Pelton wheel, which drives a
dynamo. During a test of sixteen con
scout! We days in December last, when
the weather varied from calm to
stormy, and the number of waves per
minute varied from three to eight, the
floats developed 2.3 to 3.5 horsepower
each, measured at the water wheels.
It has been estimated that properly
constructed floats would develop five
horse power each, and that an installa-
ton of 1000 horse power, including an
electric transmission line to Los
Angeles would cost S175 per horse pow
er. The probable annual cost of re-
pairs and of insurance against de-
struction of the plant by storms is not
notwithstanding News.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-07-02
To.m0rroW's Birthplace

Most people who have read julie!
Verne's around the World in Eighty
Days. will remember how narrowly
the traveller missed his bet, having for
gotten that, In following the sun fror-
east to west, he had gained one day.
When one crosses the Atlantic from
London to New York, he gains rather
more than half an hour each day. From
New York to Chicago another hour is
gained, another to Denver, another to
San Francisco, which is reckoning
time eight hours later than London
and of course the best part of a day
later than Shanghai and Yokohama,
In crossing the Pacific there comes q
time when the. day begins, where yes
terday and tomorrow shake hands, and
where the traveller is cheated out of q
day of his life.
In mid-Paciic, going west, one skips
from Sunday to Tuesday. Going east
he has one day of the week repeated
two Sundays or Tuesdays, as the case
may be.
The line Of the changing day is not
a straight one. The islands of the Pa
cific take their time from the CONT
nent with which they trade and from
which they were discovered. thus the
line of the change zigzags down the
Pacific from South to North, lodging
between the islands.
Hence it might easily happen that a
ship which has already skipped a day
would reach an island which clings to
San Francisco time. In such a case 1t
would be Monday on shore and Tues
day ON the ship.
II the ships jolly boat were lying at
a wharf it would be Monday on the
wharf and Tuesday on the boat.
And If a person lives somewhere
near the line he can get a sailboat and
visit yesterday and tomorrow In the
most delightful fashion.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-07-02
Sanitary Arrangements of an Egyptian

Sanitary Arrangements of an Egyptian.
San Artist Among the Fellaheen'
is the title of an article in the Cen
fury, by R. Talbot Kelly, the English
artist. Mr.. Kelly says:
"The country about Kahboona is, I
think, the most beautiful in Egypt.
Being the centre of the dategrowing
industry, large groves of palms are so
numerous as to be almost one con-
tinuous forest, broken here and there
by small patches of bercime and veg
etables, principally beans, the fra
GRANGE of which in the early spring is
delicious, and, under the hot sun and
with the drowsy hum of the wild bees,
makes one long to lie in the shade of
the trees and dream forever. The
town itself is buried in the midst of a
particularly dense grove, and on one
side is the usual birkeh, or pool of in
fltrated water, common to all villages,
and meaning SO much illness and cpl
demic among the people. These
birkeh are formed by the excavation
of the mud with which the houses are
built, and, filling with water, they
usually become open cesspools into
which all the filth of the village
percolates, breeding millions of mos
quitoes, as we'll as malaria. AS if
this were not enough, the village
cemetery was placed on the brink of
the pool, the graves being below the
water level; and I actually saw women
drawing water from the pool for do
nestle use! Needless to say, touched
no water in this village, except that
which my W men brought from a
distance"
The Opelousas courier., 1898-07-02
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People do not lack strength; they
lack will.-Victor Hugo.
No man is born into this world whose
work is not born with him.-Lovell.
Things don't turn up in this world
till somebody turns them up.-Gar-
field.
Whilst we are considering when to
begin, it is often too late to act
Quintilian. @
Dost thou love life? Then do nc.
squander time, for that is Il e stuff life
is made of.-Franklin.
Every man stamps his W value
upon himself, and we are great or lit
tie according to our own wilI.-Samuel
Smiles.
When q firm, decisive spirit is re-
cognized, it is curious tp see how the
space clears around q man and leaves
him room and freedom.-John Foster.
The longer I live, the more deeply
am I convinced that that which makes
the difference between one man and
another-between the weak and pow
erful, the great and insignificant, is
energy-invincible determinations
purpose once formed and then victory
or death. Powell Buxton.
The best way for a young man to be-
gin who is without friends or influence
is first, by getting a position; second,
keeping his mouth shut; third, observ"
ing; fourth, being faithful; fifth, max
ing his employer think he would be
lost in a fog without him, and sixth,
being ite.-Russell Sage.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-07-02
Our Responsibilities and Our Homes.

OuE RESPONSIBILITIES ana OuE nOHS9s
In their consuming desire to find
reasons for things, the sons and daugh-
tiers of men often 60 far afield, and
place at innocent doors responsibilities
that properly belong elsewhere.
Whatever men and women go about
seeking, there is nothing for which
they search with more untiring .assid-
uity than pretexts for bad temper, bad
habits and bad morals. Instead of
coming out frankly. fairly and square
", and acknowledging that they did
all of these things simply because
their natures prompted them to do so,
they claim that they really didn't mean
to, but were Influenced either BY some
body or something entirely beyond their
control, or else they fall back on that
convenient excuse, heredity, and
blame their fathers, grandfathers and
O long line of ancestors generally, for
something that they are too bad ortoo
indolent to correct. II tho founda-
tions Of tie family altar are builded
on pure and unGefled trath and sim
cerity, the supe1structure must of me-
cessity partake to an extent, at least,
Of the sarae characteristics in order to
Bio at all symmetrical. The slightest
departure from truth should be gently
but firmly rebuked. aud all Influences
that tend toward yi.iatiag the moral
atmosphere OF tho dwelling should
ba puuisled. Tile Ledger.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-07-02
THE STAGE DRIVERS BLUFF.
Hairbreath Stories of Accidents Failed t,
Awe Passenger With Suicidal Notions.

Az We left Sandy Gulch for Rising
sur there were six male passengers te
go by the stage, and the route was over
the mountains and full Of chances OF
disaster, relates a correspondent of the
Atlanta Constitution. The driver
the stage was ready, and looking about
ON the passengers, he selected a small,
pale faced man and invited him to
climb up beside him. While the pale
faced man was climbing the driver
whispered to the rest of us:
Il picked him out IN order to scare
him to death. You fellows will see a
heap of fun before we've gone ten
miles,"
Two minutes west of the Gulch the
road made a sudden turn, with " shear
fall of a hundred feet down to Wild
Cat Creek, and the driver put, his
horses at the gallop and said to the
man:
I'VE may get around all right, oawe
may fetch up down below. Hold yer
breath and say yer prayers"
The passenger made no love and
did not change countenance, and, after
making the course all right, the driver
rather dignantly demanded:
Didn't you see that off-wheel run
within a foot of the edge of the preci-
pice?"
at ran within six inches, sir" was
the reply.
Beyond that curve was a down grade
of a mile, and with a yell and a -four
ish of his whip the driver urged his
horses to a dead run. The five of us i'll
side had to hang on for dear life, and
every half minute the stage seemed
bound to go over.
Did yer know that If we'd struck a
rock we'd all been dead men in 40
time?
"Of course.
"And We wasn't prayin'?"
Not at ALL"
Three or four miles further on the
driver tried his man with another
curve. LII Ills ueltl Lilildtlol W Ildho
a close call of it one wheel ran off the
edge of the precipice, and only a sud-
den effort Of the horses saved the
coach. We were flung in a heap and
frightened half to ueath, but the mar
beside the driver never lost a puff OF
his cigar. When things were safe the
driver turned on him with:
THAT, surely, was a brink of graves"
Guess it was" vas the quiet reply.
"The closest shave you will ever
have till the last one comes."
Yes"
"See here, now, but what sort Of a
critter ar your was the query. Don't
you know huff to git skeart?'
Nothing has happened yet to scare
me-"
But mebbe ye want me to drive
plum over a precipice a thousand feet
high?"
eff you conveniently can. The fact
is I came off up here intending to com.
NIT suicide, n If you al dump the
whole of us over some cliff you'll
oblige me-"
The Opelousas courier., 1898-07-02

Clerk-"I have been in your employ
now going on five years, and I am get
ting the same salary I started with"
Proprietor-'I knowit but every time
that I've made up my mind to cut you
down or discharge you something has
reminded me of your wife and little
enes at home, and so just couldn't do
it. There, my man, you see I have a
heart as we'll as a head"
| Disgruntled Passenger-''1 thought
this was the limited express" Con-
ductor (Oklahoma R. R.)-'That's
what it's called, sir" Passenger
"Huhl What is there limited about
it?"-Conductor latter reflection
"The time for meals."-New York
Weekly.
"Dot coat is yours for ten dollars,
mein friendt. Take him along"
"How is this, Sondheim? I thought
you didn't do business on Saturday.
Isn't this your Sunday" "Mein
friendt, to sell ~. a Co., like dot for
ten dollars vTr no p%eesneFs; dot o
sharity. Il
.caYp~a- lell me that Blakely is not
rich, and yet there ist,aot a day but
what the wagon from the jewelers. and
the merchants stops there" CHATS
SO. She's n Of these that
has things sent home on di.eapproval."
Detroit Journal.
Including guns of all classes, a mod
ern battle-ship can fire 5000 shots a
minute, so a second. A fort that will
stand half a minute in front of one of
these guns must be q good one.
The man who is always wanting to
borrow small sums of money is such
q nuisance that it sometimes seems
best to accommodate him for one
round, SO that he will keep out of your
sight in future.
Hetty Green says lawyers are sharks.
She ought to know, as a number of
them r constantly in her employ.
When she hires a cheap member of the
bar she loses her case; and when she
buys the services of an expert who can
make wrong seem right, she disputes
his bill.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-07-02

Modified Tactics: Haven't you any
thing to send to the newspapers?" in
quired a lieutenant in one of General
Blanco's troops of rough typewriters.
WELL" was the thoughtful reply, ct
have several suggestions that I'd like
to get past the blockade for insertion
in the help wanted columns."--
Washington Star.
Visitor-ssYou don't mean to tell me
that you have lived in this out-of-the-
way place for fifteen years?" Citizen
-"I have, for a certainty" Visitor
II am surprised. Ican'tsee what you
ian find here to keep you busy" Cit
izen-'Neither can I. That's why 7
like il. "-Tit-Bits.
Might Do Something: The Constit-
uent-sAre you goin' to resign and
offer your services to the country on
The field of battle?" The Congress-
nan-"T'm too old" The Constitu-
snt-"Well, the people would think a
heap of you if you didn't do nothing
more for your country than resign
indianapolis Journal.
King Alfonso was doomed when the
Jules of royalty called him XIII. There
b no luck for him, and none for Spain.
Soldiers often become demoralized
Ehen they have nothing to do. That
Fwhy SO many of them are spelling
bra fight.
A volunteer is wounded in his feel
ngs when the examining surgeon says
le is not physically fit to fight for his
country.
The officer Of the army can excuse
himself to the enemy and run, when q
light is going on. At o, fight on the
Eater the officer of the nat(y must stay
here.
The most expensive material worked
INTO d garment was the gold brocade
purchased in 1870 for a robe for King
Louis XIV, at a cost of about $85 q
rard. Not long ago, however, the
herman empress had a coverlet woven
d white silk upon q fiat background,
rejected in relief. This design was
rot embroidered, but in. .
UNCUT way. The empress was so
lieased with it that she employed it as
tapestry for her boudoir. The cost
II this material was $112 o yard, OF
vhioh the weaver got one-sixth.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-07-02

"Mr. drummer never takes off his
hat to me when I speak to him."
"Nor to me, either" "All right;
we'll get to sit in front of him at the
theater some day"
Tramp called ter see, lady, if ]
could do sum work for ye? Kind
Lady-What can you do? Tramp
I'm a sort of dentist, mum. I want
ter advertise; SC I'll put a set of teeth
into a good pie fer nothin' New
York Evening World.
Clara-'tMr. Castleton asked me at
what time you were likely to he alone,
Is he wanted to call upon you
Maud-"What did you tell him?" 81
said any time. Life.
Handout Harry-'fYes, marin, I lost
me arm in the revolution" Mrs. Kind.
heart-"What revolution?" Handout
Harry-t'The revolution of a buzz
saw, marin. Truth.
Some men can take a drink and leave
it alone; but most of them want an
other n OF more to keep it company.
Puck,
The Opelousas courier., 1898-07-02

ground" I have often wondered how
the spirits of dead soldiers of opposing
armies meet each other on the other
side. Do they shake hands and make
friends, or how? Or do they say like
Nathaniel Hawthorne said when asked
if he was in favor of civil war. "Well,
yes, I suppose SO; in fact, 7 am con-
strained to approve it, but still I don't
know what we have to fight about"
But one thing is certain. We are
coming slow speed in feeding starving
Cubans and if our fleets don't hurry up
there won't be anybody to feed. Lore
help them, for it looks like we cannot.
Bill ARP in Atlanta Constitution.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-07-02
Japanese Love of the Beautiful.

In the principal room of every
Japanese house built by rule there is
a slightly raised platform sometimes
so arranged that it can be entirely in
closed. This dais is the 'tsacred
niche" where the Mikado would sit
should he ever enter the house. It is
still the rule there that the subject
must not look down upon the Mikado.
In the days, not very long past, when
it was unlawful even to look upon his
face, he would have sat entirely shut
off from view, and his food would have
been served through side opening So
placed as to prevent a sight Of his
sacred co%untenance. The royal in
closure is looked upon as an altar.
With it the whole house must be in
keeping, and it is here that some
grouping of flowers or leaves, some
beautiful work of art, is always to ba
seen. The spot is itself a sample Of
excellent work, and here the little
children learn from infancy to revere
and love the beautiful and the good in
nature and in art.
The love of the beautiful seems, in
Iced, to be Unborn in the Japanese
ace. Pictures on the wall are changed
every month"; according to the season
Of the year. Clusters Of favorite
flowers are gracefully disposed around
the house in huge pots or vases, and
are a source of pleasure to young and
old. In the open space at the rea of
the house, no matter how small, o
garden is made in which a tiny land
seape is skilfully planned.--St Mich
o1oc
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Purelv n Local Disease.

treatment. The irritated, diseased skin must
be soothed and smoothed and healed. No use
to dose yourself and ruin your stomach Just
because of an itching eruption. Ietterlne IS
letter. Eczema. Ringworn and other skin
troubles. At druggists or by mail for ~ cents
in stamps. j. Z. Shuptrine, Savannah, ia.