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The Opelousas courier., 1898-12-17

1t Is a significant fact that a colony
of English-speaking people, instead Of
abandoning their native tongue end
embracing that Of their adopted ma
tionality, invariably adhere to their
own language and eventually color that
Of the people with whom they are
brought into contact. 1t Is also signifi-
cant that English is the only language
which is now showing rapid growth.
Azost Of the other tongues are slowly
dying.
Darling" said a Chicago lover,
don't you know that it is unlucky to
postpone q wedding?' Il can't help
that" vas the reply OF the adored one;
my dressmaker is sick, and I'm afraid
it would be more unlucky If l were to
go ahead and get married before hav-
ing all the clothes l want made while
my father is still willing to pay for
them" Whereupon he concluded to
defy the fates and wait for the dress
maker to get well.-Chicago Post.
The Real Battle.-Christianity aban,
dons the rivalry with science and his
tory on the field of knowledge to win
greater victories over mans heart and
the inner springs Of action.-Rev. J. G.
schurman, Presbyterian, ithaca, N. Y.
Endless Torment.-Not one passage
IN the Bible, nor the whole Bible taken
together, asserts explicitly or clearly
implies the endless torment of even
those who reject the Gospel Of Christ.
DIR. J. C. Jackson Jr., Congregation.
alist. Columbus. Ohio.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-12-17

etery. Cow, at the age of sixty, she
contents herself with filling them up
and attending to the mounds and fow-
ers.
Mrs. Steel-the name Of the sexton
ess, if n can use such a TERMS a
very healthy old lady, and she has
been heard to say that she will never
leave her post until it is her turn to
nave a grave dug for her. May the
time be far distant.
1t is a wonderful sight to see the
Old lady use the spade.-Tit-Bits.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-12-17
ALLIGATORS PLAYING PYRAMID.
Rules of the Game as They Appear to an
Outsider Watching the, Sport.

Did you ever see the ailigators at
a Zoo play ''pyramid' or any other of
their famous games? They wrestle
like old-time Graeco-Roman boys, and
strain and struggle in all sorts of ways
at 1t. When, finally, one wins by get
ting the other on his back, a funnier
thing occurs. The victor makes a
sound like escaping steam, then the
others make sounds like escaping
steam-alligators' applause, If you
please. Then they all become still and
watch the vanquished brother squirm
to get off of his back and onto his legs
again.. If he's longer in doing it than
the & ng think is proper they move
up In Jingle file and give him a jab
with their jaw in his upturned body.
When finally he gets himself righted
all hands again set up the steam escap-
ing racket, cheering him long and as
loud as they did his victor. Their
meaning no fight is shown by their
never hurting each other.
A great midsummer pastime of the
%alligators in the Zoo at Cincinnati is
playing pyramid. The gators play
1t done you'd declare that the ugly
things had been trained to it. But no..
It's just II of the ways of the sporty
side Of their life. The game m on
by II of the bigger alligators utter
ing the steam Kissing noise. This calls
he others to attention. Then the big
one says a Ifhe or two of alligator
talk and stretches himself full length
in the center of the pen. No soone is
this done than a title bit smaller ALI
gator crawls on top of the other and
stretches out lengthwise, but head to
tail with the other. The second II
being settled, a third, a little smaller
alligator, climbs On top of the second
and settles down as the second one did.
They keep this up until six OF seven
have builded themselves into as
strange a pyramid as eyer an eye be-
held. After each n has settled on
top Of the other he lies perfectly mo-
tionless, so that when the pyramid il
completed it appears as same marvel
Gus carving.
But this effect lasts only about two
minutes after the pyramid is finished.
Then comes a new chapter of the act.
The Sandow gator underneath all
starts to crawling. lie heads for up
and down places in the pen, the game
clearly being to see how long it will
take him to jolt his strange pyramid
load to pieces. And right here deyel-
ops what appears to be a strict rule of
the game. Say there are seven in the
pyramid. and the sixth from the bot
tom jostles off first. taking. OF course,
the seventh II with him. IOu'dnatur-
ally think the game done for that
sixth and seventh alligator. But not
at all. 1t seems that the sixth one is
in disgrace for having been shaken Oft
before the seventh one, who was top Of
the heap. Therefore, what does the
seventh do but cling to the back Of the
sixth, after they have fallen off, and
proceeds to ride Mr.. Alligator No. 6
around the pen until Mr.. Sandow ALI
gator has succeeded in dumping the
whole shooting match. If the fourth
is shaken off before the fifth, the fifth
like the seventh. proceeds to ride his
disgraced next until Sandow gets
rid of all his load and another game is
started.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-12-17
How BICYCLES XIII Sparrows.

On almost every cycle path in Min.
neapolis may be found the dead bodies
of sparrows. To the greater number
of those who travel over the paths 1t
has always been a mystery why the
sparrows should be found on the path
instead of on the road. If they had
been injured there were plenty of 9TH
er places for the disposition of their
bodies, but for one found elsewhere
there were always four or five on the
cycle paths. The secret Of it is this,
youched for by many cyclists: The
in flying close to the ground
have occasion many times to dodge a
bicycle. AS the wheel revolves rap
idly they do not see the spokes and
make a dash to get through. The re-
suit is, Of course, fatal in almost ev-
cry instance, and the body of the bird
is left lying on the cycle path.-Min-
neapolis Tribune.
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The Deacon's Ante. Nuptial Compact.

a curious document was filed in the
Hampshire county registry of deeds at
Northampton, being an agreement be-
tween Fordyce Whitmarsh Of East
hampton and A. Minerva Cleveland Of
Plainfield, which records some pre-
hymeneal arrangements concerning
the rights of ownership of property
after marriage. The conditions of the
instrument are as follows:
All real and personal estate shall
remain the separate property Of the
party owning the same, to the same
sxtent a when married.
Property acquired by either party
shall remain the property of the per-
son acquiring the same,
Each party al manage or dispose
ef the property without consulting the
other.
The said Whit1aarsh will pay the
said Cleveland dffing the first FIVE
FEARS of their mallssage fifty cents per
week for her p~ersoAal use.
Five years frowtthe date of their
marriage he will Thy to his wife the
sum Of $500, or, in else of the death of
either party, it will be payable from
p to the estate of the deceased.
After five years the husband is to
pay his wife $50 per week.
Mr.. Whitmarsh is an old resident OF
Easthampton. He Is seventy years
ed and has always lived a quiet life.
ne is deacon of the First Church and
1 man Of considerable properly. owing
e frugal habits and long years Of
economy. He has bael rwi:e married.
als second wife having been dead
about two years. Springfield tMass.)
Republican.
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Water for Troops.

The character of the watershed
which a river or stream drains should
be a matter of careful attention when
it is selected for a source of water
supply, with special reference to the
possibility Of sewage contamination.
Shallow wells are usually filed with
impurities from the surface, and any
Its depth, according to Mother and
Firth.
Captain Harris, writing in the Jour
nal Of Military Science Institute, says
the amount Of water required for
sewerage, is estimated at twenty-five
gallons per head. Woodruff states
that a man on the march drinks from
six to eight pints a day, and needs the
same amount for washing his person.
Horses require from six to ten gal
Ions for drinking, and three gallons for
police purposes.
With reference. to the location Of
posts, or of camps, temporary or per-
manent, we know that hilltops are to
be avoided, as too exposed; the bot
toms of deep valleys as probably
damp, and ravines as both damp and
subject to alternating currents of hot
and cold air.
Ground covered with rank vegeta-
lion has a subsoil water too near the
surface. Marshes and marshy grounds
are malarious, as well as points lead
ing to leeward Of them. The soil
should be free from organic contami-
nation, dry and p%ermeable, with good
natural drainage in at least n d.
rection. 1t should be remembered that
q soil which is good in itself may be
spoiled by an %impervious layer of clay
for instance, beneath t, thus holding
the water as in a basin.
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terV1eW he SAID:
Il had been a sufferer of rheumat1sm
for a number of y, lrs and pain at i mes
was very intense. tried all the prSprie-
tary medicines l coulu ~ 11,hea-. Of, but
received no relief
Il finally placed my case with several
physicians Tut doctored with them for
some time, but they failed to do me n
good. Finally, with my hopes Of relief
nearly exhausted I read an article regard
ing DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale Peo-
pie, which induced me to try them. l was
anxious to get rid Of the terrible disease
and bought We boxes of the pills. l began
using them about March, 1897. After l had
taken two boxes l was completely cured,
and the pain has never returned. think
it is the best medicine 1 havs ever taken,
and am willing at any time to sign my
name to any testimony setting forth its
good merits"
(Signed) ADAM VANGUNDY.
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this
29th day OF September, A. D. 1897.
FRANKLIN G. FUNK, Notary Public.
Mr.. Vangundy's statement ought to be
regarded as the criterion of the good merits
of these pills. What better proof could q
person wan than the above facts.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-12-17

There is more Catarrh in this section Of the
country than all other diseases put together,
and until the last few years was supposed to be
incurahle. For a great many years doctors
pronounced it a local diseas,, and prescribed
local remedies. aud hy constantly failing to
cure with local treatment. pronounced it in
durable. Science has proven catarrh to be a
constitutional disease and therefore requires
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure.
manufactured by f. J. Cheney 81 Co. Toledo,
Ohio, is the only constitutional cure on the
market. 1t is taken internally in doses from
lhdrops to a teaspoonful. 1t acts directly on
the blood and mucous surfaces of the system.
They offer one hundred dollars for any case
it fails to cure. Send for circulars and testi-
monials. Address FL CHENEY& Co., Toledo, G.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Hall's Family Pills are the best.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-12-17
Tho Rush For Gold.
From the Times, YluFs. IL.

WV wv Trc"y T'T7DV ~
The rush OF gold seekers to the KlondIke
brings thrilling memories to the "forty-
miners" still alive, Of the time when they
girdled the continent, or faced the terrors
OF the great American desert on the journey
to the land Of gold. These pioneers tell
some experiences which should be needed
by gold seekers of to-day. Constant expo
sure and faulty diet killed large numbers,
while nearly all the survivors were afflicted
The Opelousas courier., 1898-12-17
NO WOMAN Is EXEMPT.

Regularity is q matter of Importance
in every woman's. life. Much pain is,
however, endured in the belief that it
is necessary and not alarming, when
in truth it is all wrong and indicates
arrangement that may cause serious
trouble.
Excessive monthly pain itself will
~unsettle the nerves and make women
old before their time.
The foundation of woman's health is
a perfectly normal and regular per-
Torrance of natures function. The
statement we print from Miss GER
TRUDE SKIES, of Eldred, Pa, is echoed
in every city, town and hamlet in This
country. Read what she says:
"DEAR MRS. PINHHAM:-1 feel like a
new person since following your adj
vice, and think it is my duty to let the
public know the good your remedies
have done me. My troubles were pain
full menstruation and ~leucorrh9a. l
was nervous and had spells OF being
confused. Before using your remedies
I never had any faith in patent medi-
cines. Inow wish to say that l never
had anything do me SO much good for
painful me~nstruation as Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound; also would
say that your sanative Wash has cured
me of leucorrhea. l hope these few
words may help suffering women"
The present Mrs. Pinkham's expert
ence in treating female ills is unparal-
leled, for years she worked side by
side with Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkham, n
for sometime past has had sole charge
of the correspondence department OF
her great business, treating by letter
as many as a hundred thousand alllng
women during a single year.
All suffering women are invited to
write freely to Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn,
Mass, for advice about their health.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-12-17
A Woman Gravedigger.

a woman as a gravedigger! The idea
seeIlls almost impossible, but in the
own Of Lewes, England, there is a
ady who fills the Office Of sexton. Ey-
saybody knows her, and until recently
Ae due All the graves in .Lswes CEN.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-12-17

England has had q "sailor King"
within the recollection Of many Of our
older readers. When did the United
States ever have a sailor President?
When, at any time, was a sailor seri-
ously talked Of by the politicians and
newspapers for that office? It's really
worth thinking about-this discrimina-
ton against our laureled victors whose
victories are won on the water. Our
wars have made many Presidents. The
Revolution gave the country President
Washington. The War Of 1912 gave it
President Jackson. The Indian wars
gave 1t the first President Harrison.
The Mexican campaign gave it Presi-
dent Taylor. The War for the Union
gave it President Grant. Hayes. Gar
field, Benjamin Harrison, William Nc
Kinley were helped toward the White
House by their war records. But every
mar Of them all did his fighting on
land. In the early years Of the repub-
lie, the "stout old Commodores" con-
tributed much more glorious pages to
its history than the Generals, and a
good many more Of them. Yet which
n Of the Commodores yer got with
in seeing distance Of the White House?
Which one of them so much as dreamed
of casting an ambitious glance In that
direction? Farragut, the Admiral, was
as illustrious a figure as Grant, the
General. He had a far more striking
and picturesque personality. His fame
is no less immortal. The people won
dered delightedly at his matchless ex-
ploits. They honored him in their
hearts as he deserved to be honored.
But they never ever thought of max
ing him President, nor did he ever
dream that they would. The a who
goes into the American navy for life
bids an everlasting good-by to political
ambition at the waters edge. Why it
should be SO seems inexplicable. That
it is so cannot be disputed.
A West Point officer, Captain Parker,
writing for a recent magazine, shows
that the great need Of our volunteer
army is trained officers. It is estimated
that in an army Of 100000 men we
would need 10000 officers. The original
idea Of the West Point academy was to
provide a reserve of officers who In CIV
IL life would always be available to COM
mand and train raw levies. In 1915,
with q population but onetenth what it
now Is, the maximum number of cadets
at West Point was fixed at 26O. 1t is
only 81 to-day. The original purpose
Of the academy has been lost sight of.
Captain Parker recommends that the
number of cadets authorized by law be
increased from 371 to 1900, or that
three military academies be establish.
ed, having all told the needed 1900 ca.
diets. 1t would be understood that all
these men would not remain In the
army. but they would be organized Into
a reserve of officers, all Of them subject
to the call of the government in case OF
war.
1.-THE Higbees are going to housekeep-
Ing again." Tired of hotel life? q mo;
but their dachshund has got tired of no.
tel food."-Brooklyn Life.
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The Growth of SnCialiSm.

t Isl Eued by deep thinkers that the growth
Il socialism Is Gnc to the large standing
armies of tho world. IN which men are often
made to enlist against their VIII. and thus
become discontented with existing condj-
tions. The growth Of a stronger race of peo-
pie is duo to tn large sale o, Lostotter's stom-
ach Bit:ers, which is the best medicine for
custivsness, dyspepsia, fever, ague and all
nervous trou rles. Try ono bottle.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-12-17

Truth and Freedom.-We must ever
remember that the truth alone car
make Us free. How splendid it is te
give our lives in a search for TRUTH
Rev. J. Lloyd Jones, Unitarian, Chi
a ro I'll
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m a ny OF
them wit b
r h g u m a
tism. Such
a 8 uferer
W a Adam
V a gundy,
who now re-
S i i e S at
Bluffs, H.,
where he has
been justice
of the peace
and was the
first presi-
dent of the
J. a of
trustees. n
a recent j.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-12-17

Free to mothers: a box OF Or. MOFFETT'S
EETHINA (TEErHING POWDERS) will be
sent free TO any Mother writing DR.: c. J..
Mof7ett, st. Louis. \ o., giving na1ne Of Drug
fists not keeping them. 1%EETHINA Aids
digestion. Regulates the Bowels and makes
teething easy.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-12-17

Comedian-I'd like something heavy
to eat this morning. Tragedian-For
my part, I would not be averse to q
few light rolls.-Boston Courier.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-12-17

Government shells are marked "U.
8. Pro-" which stands for United
States projectile." Certainly these
shells at least are pro-Spanish.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-12-17

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething, ~softens the gums,r Observation-Disclosures
ton. allays pain, cures wind collie. &c. a bottle
The Opelousas courier., 1898-12-17

In each wing of the ostrich twenty
six bite plHmes grow to matu-
ri. months. In the male these
ars ltite, while those of the fe.
mai, s...,t.e to ecru or gray.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-12-17

Don't Tobacco Esit and S:aoke secr Lie Alvey.
To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag
ietic. full Of life, nerve md vigor, take MOTTO
Bac, the wonder-worker, that makes weak nen
strong. AL druggists, SOC or 81. Cure gusran.
iced. Booklet and sample free. Address
eterliug Remedy Co., Chicago or New York
The Opelousas courier., 1898-12-17

ness after first days use of DR.. Kline's Great
Nerve estorer. 81 trial bottle and treatise free
Il. II, KLINE, Ltd 3l Arch St, Phila, Pa.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-12-17

Educate Your Bowels With C~ascarets.
Candy Cathartic. cure constipation forever.
iOc. CSC. If G. C. fail, druggists refund money.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-12-17

Lyon & Co.'S s.Pick Leaf" Smoking Tobacco
is the best of the best 2ounces and cigar
cite book for 10 cents. Try it.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-12-17

10 Cure Constipation Forever.
lake Cascarets Candy Cathartic. loo or 25c.
If c. c. c. fail to cure, druggists refund money
The Opelousas courier., 1898-12-17

a woman changes her mind so often that it
keeps her busy speaking it.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-12-17

Icould not get along without Piso's Cure
for Consumption. 1t always cures:-MTs. E. G.
MoULToN, Needham, Mass, Oct. q, 1894.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-12-17

To Cure a Cold IN One Day.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Al
)ruggists refund money! if it Sails to cure. .5u.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-12-17

Be sure you are right, then go ahead, re-
of the road others take.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-12-17

Living Christs.-Wherever there IL
any man who has some fellowship
with God and the eternal, who minis
tiers to the higher and better life OF
man, there is the Christ Of to-day.-Dr
Lyman Abbott, Congregationalist
Brooklyn, n. Y.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-12-17
Protect Y,ur Ideas by Letters Patent.

The firm of Vowles & Burns, Patent Attor-
neys. No. 237 Broadway. N. Y, whose adver-
tisement will appearin our next issue, pro-
cure patents either on cash or easy install
ments. Write for terms. Sales negotiated.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-12-17

Some men marry maids and some are mar.
ried by widows.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-12-17

Money often wins the first battle but seldom
the second,
The Opelousas courier., 1898-12-17

RrowneAllow me to have the pleas
ure Of returning that five dollars that
l borrowed the other day. Smythe-,
Thanks; the pleasure is mine.-Harlem
7 {fa
The Opelousas courier., 1898-12-17

The man who is welded to art should hav.
q model wife.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-12-17

When man is a bore he is always the las
TO discover ii.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-12-17
Beauty Is Blood Deem.

A woman's idea of strategy is to spend
dime in order to save a nickel.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-12-17
DON'T Tahscea Eait aAI SIC

Usually the more a man is wrapped up in
himself the colder he is.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-12-17

Poor is the minister whose voice fills the
church and empties the pews.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-12-17

No-To-8ac for Fifty Gents.
Guaranteed tobaccohabit cure, makes weak
men strong, blood pure. SOC. ST.. All druggists
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"Tell me. doctor" asked the amb

Tell me, DOCTOR" asked the ambI-
tious young disciple Of Galen, eagerly,
what was the most dangerous case
you ever had?" "In confidence, now
that l an about to retire from prac-
tice," answered the veteran physician,
frankly, II will confess that 1t was my
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NOTICE THE LOS ANGELES CITY
water Co. will strictly enforce the foi-
Loving rules: The hours for sprlnknng
K are sbotween the hours OF ana O'CLOCK
q n. and and o'clock p. m. For vio-
lation Of the above regulation the water
ViiI be shut of and fine of g will be
charged before the water will be turned
on again.