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The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-15
WeyIer as a Business Man.

Weyler may be a bad soldier, but he
is a very talented business man. He,
through his agents, in the past two
years, bought II, 200 mules from the
United States and Mexico at about $50
apiece, and then sold them through
other agents to himself as represent
ing the Spanish government at $12S
apiece, making a clear profit of $9S a
mule. With all allowance for trans
portation and feed, insurance and
labor bills, all of which were probably
paid by the poor government, the
clear profit aust have been $500, 900.
Equelly shrewd was his cattle syndi-
cate. The cattle concession was given
to a concern in which he is said to
have been the chief partner. They
bought cattle, both live and refriger-
ated, at six cents per pound. The on
sumption in that city is over a hun
dred thousand pounds a day, the profit
$4,000 and in 600 days the total
profit would be about $4,000, 600. He
is also said to have had a large in
terest in the tobacco monopoly, the
-four trade, the potato business, the
wholesale cabbage industry, the bot
tied beer n and the milk
routes of Havana. 1t is no wonder,
therefore, that the people of Manila
say he sent home $4,000. 500 and the
Of Havana that he transmitted
OF course, this was not all
for himself. He has many poor
in the cortes.-New York Mail
and Express.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-15

First. the torpedo boat to destroy the
war vessel; then the torpedo boat de
stroyer to destroy the torpedo boat;
now como the destroyer to destroy the
torpedo boat destroyer. Such Is he
evolution in naval warfare. The dis
placement Of these new creations is
fixed at 400 tons each. They will be
made Of light steel, with 1000 indi-
Gated horsepower and % knots an hour
speed. The vital parts are to be pro-
tected by two inches OF inclined nickel
steel armor. They will have a steam
ing radius Of at least 1900 miles, and
for such small craft will have heavy
batteries. Each boat will be equipped
with TWO 12-pounde"s anu five G-pounc-
ers, besides two torpedo tubes. The
forward 1~2-pounder gun VIII be placed
on top of the coming tower, n Will
thus be in a position to do better exc
cutiou against torpedo boats or torpedo
boat destroyers. For offensive work
against cruisers and battleships the
boats will be equipped with two torpe-
90 tubes. Members Of the Board OF
Construction deflare that there will be
nothing of the:F type af1oat that they
cannot s1nk.S
The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-15

natural form Of respiratory exercise,
bringing into action all the respira-
tory muscles of the chest and neck.
1t is recommended that every person
should have a good yawn, with
stretching of the limbs, morning and
evening, for the purpose of ventilat-
ing the lungs and tonifying the mus
Giles Of respiration. An eminent au-
thority claims that this form Of gym
nastics has a remarkable effect in re-
lieving throat and a troubles, and
says that patients suffering from dis
orders of the throat have derived great
benefit from 1t. He makes his patients
yawn either by suggestion, imitation
or by a series of full breaths with the
lips partly closed. The yawning is re-
peated six times, and should be fol-
lowed by swallowing. By this means
the air and muscles in the eustachian
tubes are aspirated.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-15
The Poisonous LAUREL.

Among the most poisonous of plants
native to the United States are various
laurels. One of these is the common
broad-leafed laurel, which is a hand
some shrub from ten to thirty feet
high. Its leaves are thick and shin
ing, and its flowers appear in snowy
pink clusters. This kind of laurel
grows abundantly on rocky hillsides.
It's poison is a peculiar crystalline
substance, easily dissolved out of the
plant by cold water, and more dan
gerous even than strychnine. Great
numbers of cattle and sheep are de-
stroyed annually by eating the shrub,
and children sometimes mistake the
young shoots for w~intergreen. Oc-
casionally the leaves are used GRIM
inally to increase the intoxicating eff
fects of liquor. The symptoms are
persistent nausea, frothing at the
mouth, grating of the teeth, dizziness,
loss of sight and feeling. and coma.
Among other poisonous laurels may
be mentioned the narrow-leafed lau-
rels, otherwise known as 'lambkilr'
or lamb laurel" 1t is much like the
broaa-leafed plant, but smaller. The
so-called "stagger BUSH is a species
OF laurel. Its more common name is
kill lamb" 1t is a small shrub, with
snowy clusters of tubular white flow
ers. and is frequent in low, damp soils
along the Atlantic coast.-New York
Sun.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-15

The confession Of Professor George
Herbert Stephens, a former professor
O logic and moral philosophy of La.
fayette College, that he was the author
of the fire which recently destroyed
Pardee Hall, and also of various other
acts Of Dissertation and malicious mis-.
chief which have been charged to the
students Of the college, is an acknowl-
edgment Of a degree of moral wicked
ness rarely found in the most de-
PRAYED members of u civilization.
It is oil the more remarkable, COM
meLts the Trenton IN. J.) American,
that ore enjoying such opportunities
for self-culture should give himself up
so entirely to his thirst for revenge
for an injury which he brought upon
himself by his own %imprudent acts.
He takes rank with the m~onstrosities
OF crime which have disgraced our
civilization, while his lapse from the
paths Of virtue a only be accounted
for on the ground that in the pursuit
OF his reyenges he lost the control OF
his reason. That is the only charita-
BILE grounds upon whichhis monstrous
crimes . be accounted for.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-15

Human nature crops out in the
circles of domestic peace or wal quite
as often and as typically as it does
down on the sweltering battlefelds OF
Cuba. A dressmaker who sued a Gus
toner for So furnished a pleasing ex-
ample of this in a police court in New
York City. The customer swore be
fore a more or less patient Magistrate
that the garment which was appraised
at 50 made her look like a fright, and
that she could not conscientiously
give Up her good money for such poor
work. The dressmaker, however, de-
manded 80, and would not take any,
thing else. The Magistrate thereupon
invented 'the municipal fund for the
settlement Of strange cases." and paid
the money out of his own pocket.
When the dressmaker found out that
there was no such fund she returned
the money with the announcement
that she had an abundance of it. She
simply did not wish another woman to
"get the best of her." That is the
glorious spirit which wins victories in
peace OF war.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-15
THE WRESTLING BOY.

Is there a sound in the world so sweet
on a dark and dreary morn,
When the gloom without meets the
gloom within, till we wish we'd not
been born,
AS the sound of a little barefoot boy
gayly whistling in the rain,
AS he drives the cows to pastures
green, down the path in the muddy
lane?
The JOY of a boy is a funny thing, not
dampened by autumn rain;
His clothes and his hands and his
sturdy feet are not spoiled by CRIME
or stain;
The world to him is a wonderful place
that he means some day to explore;
If there's time to play and plenty to
eat who cares if the heavens pour?
Oh, that CHEEKY trill of a heart as
fresh as the drops that clear the air,
Brings a smile to our lips, and clears
the soul of the gloom that brooded
there;
And we bless the boy as he spats
along through rivers of rain and
mud,
For the hope and cheer in that Whis-
tied note would rainbow the sky in
a flood.
S. Berkstresser in Ladies'
Home Journal.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-15

The war has not thus far produced
much novel ca~ricature, the ~caricatur-
lists being satisfied for the most part
with the old types-and this, too, al
though there is some complaint of
them, says the New York Post. A
few critics have appeared who declare
that there is not sufficient correspon-
dence between the type and what it
typifes. John Bull, for instance, it
is said, might we'll enough two gen.
erations ago have been regularly set
before us as a burly, red-cheeked far
mer, and in the days when the
american Cousin" made the fortune
of a theatre, the United States might
fairly have been %caricatured as a long,
lank, lantern jawed Yankee whittier;
but in these days John Bull and we
have become more cosmopolitan,
and both countries should endeavor
to introduce a new c%aricature type
which would be more sup to date"
The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-15

The assignment of Commodore John
C~rittenden Watson to the command of
the Eastern Squadron brings before
the public another graduate of Adj
miral Farragut's school Of naval war
fare. The Commodore was flag lieu
tenant on the Hartford at the battle of
Mobile Bay, and it was he who dashed
the Admiral to the rigging after the
bluff old hero had refused to take a
less exposed position. Rear-Admiral
Dewey received his first practical
instruction under Farragut, and the
tactics of Mobile Bay won for him and
for American arms enduring fame in
Manila Bay thirty-four years later.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-15
A MonMna Herd of Buffalo.

A. b. Ha4mond, OF the Astoria rail-
road, has presented the Oregondan with
a photograph Of a band Of buffalo
which are the property OF a couple of
half-breed Indians on the Flathead res
ervation, near Missoula, Mont. The
original herd ele9en years ago consist
ed Of a couple Of buffalo calves. It
now consists Of 125 head and Is about
all that are left Of the vast numbers
which a few years ago swarmed over
the Western plains. These men have
gone into the buffalo raising business
as a source Of profit and are making
money.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-15

At the last ~ession of the Georgia
Legislature tie sum of $50, 900 was
appropriated to the Georgia School Of
Technology for the purpose Of adding
a textile department to that institu-
ton; but in order to make this sum
available it was provided that another
like sum should first be raised by pop
ular subscription, making the total en-
dowment $40. 900.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-15

1t is estimated that our exports for
the year 1898 will amount to $780,
900, 900, exceeding all previous rec
ords by about $36, 900, 900. Exports
of corn alone have exceeded 200, 000,-
900 bushels, as against 100, 600, 900
the highest previous record.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-15
Uses of Yawning.

A celebrated Belgian physician SAYS
that yawning is an exceedingly
healthy function generally, besides
having a very salutary effect in COM
plains Of the pharynx and eustachian
tubes. According to the results of late
Investigations, yawning Ia the most
The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-15

American manufactured exports are
increasing in variety as we'll as vol
ume. Demand for higher and more
finished forms of manufactured arti-
cles, in production of which foreigners
have hitherto excelled, is steadily
growing both in Europe and else
where We are becoming industrial
of the world.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-15
OPELOUsAs. LOUISIANA.

Considering that tho general de-
iciency bill carries an appropriation
of $24O, 900, 900, is clear that the de-
iciency is very general indeed.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-15

China has suffered some financial
reverses lately, but the demand for
fireworks this year has gone far to-
ward putting the government on its
The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-15

The German %reichstag is said to be
the cheapest of all the parliaments of
Europe. Its total expenses for the
current year have been only about
$4,000.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-15

Ten million flags have been sold In
the United States since war was de-
clared with Spain. Naturally flags are
going un-
The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-15
MONEY TO LOAN.
ACADEMY
OF THE
IMMACULATE /: CONCEPTION,
0PELOUSAS, La.
Under the Direction Of tho Sisters Msrisaiti

V0uo1 tu6 OlreCtlOn OF tho S1st6fS M0f1911p91
Of Holy Cross.
Offers to young ladies every facility
for acquiring a thorough christian cd
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 course
o. instruction is two-fold-Preparatory
and Commercial. French is taught in
the two courses. For particulars, ad-
dress SISTER SUPERIOR.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-15

The value Of a newspaper as an
advertising medium consists in
Its circulation.
When you can secure tho com.
bined circulation of two papers
for tho price Of one, it is money
saved!
"G'he St. Landry Democrat"
was consolidated on the Sd of
March, 1894, with The Opelou-
sas Courier" The advertising
rates have not been increased
while the price Of subscription
has been reduced to 81 q year.
THE COURIER being BY odds
the best paper in the empire Par.
tsh Of St. Landry is therefore tn.
mast
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1898-09-25
NEWS IN BRIEF.

Colonel Theodore Roosevelt is not eli.
igible 20 run for governor Of New York.
His home IL now At Washington.
The American Tobacco company has
purchased tho plant OF the Drummond
Tobacco company At ST. Louis, Mo.
Populists Of Texas are making big
preparations for their picnic to take
place at Paris on Sept. 30.
The warehouse OF p. o. Elmer AZ
Bastrop, Tex. was destroyed by FIRE.
Loss $500, well insured.
James Mullens was buried by cavein
in gravel pit near Dallas. Tex, and
killed
Joseph Terrell was hanged at Char.
louisville, Va, for the murder Of his
motherin.law.
James Wilson, the negro who was shot
at Waco, Tex, by Lawyer X. L. John.
son, is dead
Rosser G.. Brown and his two daugh.
tiers were killed by lightning at Bates
vile, Ark.
Professor II O. Gowdey. well known
educator, was found dead In bed a,
Paris, Tex
General Stewart l.. WoOdford, who
was United States minister 20 Spain
when the war broke out, has resigned.
DR. X X Bilden was run over by a
train near Fl Paso, Tex, and killed.
The body Of John Armstrong, who
crowned himself IN the Potomac river
at Washington. has been recovered. He
was n native OF Vicksburg, Miss.
The French wheat crop Is estimated
10 b. the largest since 1874
The gold reserve in the national treas.
ury is seas, 900. i23
J. T. Stone Of Roswell, y. VI shipped
ak mammoth squashes 20 Dallas, Tex,
10 b. placed on exhibition AZ the State
fair there. One weighed us pounds,
one iOS and another lOl pounds
The cotton crop OF Durango, Mex.
this year Will be large enough % sup.
ply the consumption Of that country.
On account OF the heat In Mexico the
Socorn railroad has put electric fans in
all passenger coaches
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1898-09-25
TRAIN LOAD or
SILVER TO BE SHIPPED.
The Government Flaming To send Ten
10 the saa Francisco Mint.

Chicago Sept 9f--The Tribune says
a train bearing 10000, 900 ounces Of sl.
yer bullion from Philadelphia to San
Franoisco Is soon 20 mark new era in
the Federal governments method Of
transporting the precious metals be-
itwaan lie minis IL has been known for
some time that arch a shipment was in
contemplation and the appearance Of
Assistant Secretary vanderlip Of the
treasury department in Chicago was for
che purpose Of making the definite ar
rangements Mr. Vanderlip wasin con-
suliation with western railway officials
and the shipment is to be made on a
special fast freight train guarded by
soldiers and detectives IL is supposed
hat freight and not express will be the
method Of shipment.
Tho Philadelphia mint is being run
10 It's full capacity coming gold-both
foreign and domestic--whioh has been
pouring in alta surprising rate, and the
intention is 10 transfer 10, 600, 600 ounces
Of silver 10 the Pacific coast This
amounts means over 300 tons or 10 ordi.
nary average carloads The express
charges on any such quantity at any.
hing like schedule rates would be an
item which even the United States
treasury could afford to figure on saw.
ing.
The movement Of the silver by freight
instead Of express Is considered alto
gethor feasible The danger Of robbery,
70 Ia believed, could b. practically elm
tied by having the silver put mp In 1000
ounce bars and by the employment Of a
detail Of soldiers 20 nccompany the train.
IN ordinary wreck could cause no loss
With i0OO.ounce harr, even II fire re.
suited. About toe My awkward con.
tingency which officials think could
arise would b. i,r tine train 70 20 through
= bridge.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1898-09-25
Two killed In n wreck.

Columbus, o., Sep, ga special
from Portsmouth, D, says a Norfolk
and Western freight broke in two at
Franklin furnace, the two sections com.
ing together again ditching the train.
Richard Galloway Of Lynchturg, Va.
and Robert Murray Of Bellville, Va.
were killed and Perry Mack fatally hurt
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1898-09-25

Paris. Sept 24-The cabinet held a
meeting and decided TO postpone de.
cision Of the question OF the proposed
revision in the Dreyfus case until Mon.
day, owing to the absence from tho
meeting Of the minister OF finance, NJ.
Preytal. and the minister Of agriculture.
NJ Vicar
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1898-09-25
Peace comml..Ion Ii.aehs. liverpool

Liverpool Sept. 2i-The United
States peace commissioners landed here
early this morning from the steamer
Campania They were all In good
health and refreshed by the voyage for
this work in store for them. The com.
missioners were received by th United
States consul, MIR Boyle Tn" mayor
Of Liverpool extended the commissioners
an invitation 70 attend the function TO
IN held in honor Of the British warships
now here The invitation, however,
was declined, the commissioners deem.
ing it unwise TO accept it. They left for
London
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1898-09-25

Washington, Sept. % The president
has announced the following appoint.
ments:
Superintendent o. the mint at Carson,
New, Roswell X. Colcord Of Nevada.
To be captain IN the United States
navy. Commander Charles X. Davis.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1898-09-25

London, sept - The British gov.
eminent has received the first news from
General Sir Herbcr; Kitchener since ho
tattcd from Knartoum Tor Fashoda, but
'ae on.y fact that be has captured some
small boats Ias tocu allowed TO leak out.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1898-09-25
LooomotIy. Tlrsm.n El.et omo.ra

Toronto, Sept 24-The Brotherhood
OF Locomotive Firemen elected +. p.
Sargent first grand master; John J..
Hannahan, Peoria, Ills, first vice grand
master; Charles Wilson, Phillipsburg,
n. j., second vice grand master; ChAs.
MAR, Denver, third vice grand master
f. W. Arnold, Peoria, lila, grand SEQ
retary.troasurer; T. O. Carter, Peoria,
Ills, magazine editor and manager. The
convention will conclude tonight.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1898-09-25

noon. 1'he commissioners are stopping
at tho Cecil hotel, where they will ".
main until Monday. On Monday they
will leave for Paris.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1898-09-25

London, Sept 2l-rhe train with the
american peace commission oH boari
srriyod here at i2 30 o'clock tbs. after.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-18
LATEST FROM WASHINGTON.

White winged peace is still futter.
ing about the national capitol, and
arrangements are being made to close
up the event of the late war. Peace
commissioners will be appointed in a
few days to arrange the terms.
Dewey captured Manila before be
got word of the arrangements for
peace, and now the Stars aud Stripes
float over that city.
About half of the volunteers will lie
given their discharge soon.
The war taxes will be continued,
to make up for the deficiency under
the Dingfey bill. that is, SO long as
we have republican congress.
Commissioners are, appointed to
look after the evacuation of Cuba and
Porto Rico, by the Spaniards, and
the horde of ''carpet.baggers," who
were the curse of the country in the
reconstruction days following the war
of the rebellion, is agai1 assembling
about Washington to get political op,
portunity to rob the people of the
new q. S possessions.
Germany is charged with again
making herself offensive to this
country by spiriting away General
August, the Spanish commander at
Manila, before that city surrendered
to our forces.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-18

hour of victory the dreadful fever
made its appearance, spreading so
rapidly that the victims coon number.
ed by the thousands. The first duty of
the Secretary of War, one would have
thought, was to place the army, or
the greater part of it. on transports,
and remove it to its native northern
home. But no. The political de-
mands of the hour had other calls up
on the transports, to satisfy which,
they were hurried home in order to
carry an army of Is 900 men to a So
called invasion of Porto Rico. This
pleasure trip was organized. it seems,
in compliance with certain political
demands, the righteousness of which
appears to have commended them to
the secretary,s good judgment. Mean
while the sick, wounded and dying
troops were to he dispatched to the
interior of CUBA until the conclusion
of the Porto Rico junketing trip would
set free the transports to bring home
what was left of the Santiago army.
Our beloved country is just now
passing through a crisis which, in it's
profound importance, can only be
likened to the throes of the revolution
which gave this country birth or the
terrific struggle of the civil war. The
demand of the American people at
such time is that its high officials
shall be distinguished by the purest
and most unquestioned patriotism
1t has nothing but scathing rebuke for
such questionable politics as are
evidenced in the recent publication of
the partial contents of private letter.
in the hope of working political in-
jury to soldier citizen whose splen.
did qualities have endeared him to
the nation. Scientific American.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-18
HICKORY NUT PEOPLE.
A Profitable Industry Established by q
Syracuse Woman.

The Hickory Nut People, like Pal
mer Cox's Brownies, are weird and
peculiar folk. They are made out of
hickory nuts in resemblance of racial
types, famous persons, or people in
books, and they have such a living APP
pearance as to make them irresistible,
says the New York Sun. Uncle Sam,
John Bull, Queen Victoria, Bismarck,
George Washington, Napoleon, Presi-
dent Mckinley, Ii Hung Chang,
Susan B. Anthony, Joe Jefferson as
Rip Van Wrinkle, Josiah Aliens Wife,
and Gioson's summer girl are some Of
those who have appeared as Hickory
Nut People and have been instantly
recognized.
The idea originated with Mrs. a. II.
Blynn, of Syracuse, N. z, who, year
or two ago, found herself face to face
with the problem of supporting and
educating two boys. Soon sitter, on
picking up q hickory nut with which
her younger son had been playing,
Mrs. Blynn was struck with its pc
culiar resemblance to the rugged face
of an old man. She fitted body to it,
dressed it in old clothes, clapped a
slouch hat upon the head, put a cob
pipe In the mouth, a fishing rcd In
the hand-and there he was, as COM
plete an old fisherman, brown and
bent, as ever baited a hook.
The fisherman became instantly
popular with Mrs. Blynn's friends,
and she repeated the experiment, tax
ing another subject, with such sur
prising success that she was asked to
make a set Of the queer little figures
do be used at dinner fayors. Among
the guests was lady from Brooklyn,
from whom soon after Mrs. BIynn re-
ceived sn order for set of the Hick-
ory Nut People, to be used for dinner
favors In her own home.
Il was then that Mrs. Blynn saw
the money-making opportunity she
had sought. She Sc. about the bust
ness of making Hickory Nut People
in an enthusiastic spirit, and a natural
aptitude for seeing the queer and
grotesqne side of things, together
With "a purQEnmon dse1ss Of the IN