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FOR THE YOUNG FOLKS.
TEDDY's CHOICE.

I'd like to be a fish, dear mother,
And go swimming all the time.
I'd like to be a squirrel, mother,
The tallest trees to climb.
I think, though I'm not sure,
mother,
I'd like to be a whale;
I shouldn't care to be a peacoe
l wouldn't be q snail.
l know I'd like to be a lion:
Just fancy how I'd roar!
How nice to be m ant, dear mother,
And neve shut the door!
I'd like to be q meadow lily,
To freckle oil [ please;
Among these copy-books and papers,
What fun to be a breeze!
I'd like to be a brook, dear mother, -
A noisy one, you know;
With rush and leap and splash and
Upon my way T. go.
And yet the best and brightest
OF fun and life ana Joy,
I think, if / must chocoe, de- bqthNr,
I'd like to be a boy.o
Ruth Mariner.
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The Sure.Pooted Goat.

Of all the American game the big
horn are undoubtedly the wariest and
hardest to approach. They live alto
gether on the high, barren mountains,
and during the daytime choose the
most open and exposed places on
which to rest. A lone sheep will then
lie down for only a few minutes at a
time. He always has his eyes open
and is continually getting up to obtain
a better view of his surroundings.
When there is a band of them, a few
are always standing on watch while
the others rest. They are expert
climbers and good jumpers, very quick
and agile in their movements. The
goat, however, will go in places where
the sheep cannot. Slow and uncouth
appearing as he is, he is much more
s%urefooted and can often be seen cling
ing to the wall of some dizzy height
where one would think nothing but a
bird could venture. At such times the
hunter will often look closely at the
surroundings and think he has surely
driven the game to a place where it can
not possibly escape him. But there is
always a way, and no goat has yet been
corralled on a mountain wall. Anoth-
err popularity of the goat is that when
wounded he will not hesitate to jump
off a cliff in order to escape his pur-
suers. The writer has seen them de-
liberately cast themselves off precipices
something more than a thousand feet
in height and strike the bottom a man
gled and shapeless mass.-NeW York
Sun.
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AUCTIONS BY CANDLE RULES.

Not all boys and girls have attend
ed an auction sale, but most of them
nave read and heard descriptions of
how such O sale is conducted, and the
''going, going, gone" of al auctioneer
is familiar to them through hearsay.
But, however much they may have
learned of the ordinary methods of
auctioneering, it is doubtful if they
have heard of the old-fashioned sale
''by inch Of candle" 1t would GER
tainly seem very strange to step into
a large auction room where furniture,
wearing apparel, jewelry and knick-
knacks Of every description were
scattered around awaiting their turn
to be- disposed of according to the
whims of a burning candle.
The proceedings in a candle sale
weEe as follows: A piece of candle an
inch long was lighted and on the in
slant the flame arose the bidding on a
certain article began. The last bid
made before the flame expired was the
lucky one. Sometimes this was varied
by dividing the whole candle into
sections, marked off by red circles.
Bids were received on any article dur
ing the burning Of n section, and
the last bidder before the last ring
was reached was the purchaser.
This manner Of conducting an auc-
ton was very generally in vogue dur
ing the seventeenth and eighteenth
centuries. The customis by no means
obsolete, certain portions of France
and some counties 0 fwestern England
still retaining it.
Stories are told Of some strange
sales made by inch of candle. Not
only ordinary articles comprising
merchandise, but even the ships in
which the merchandise was carried,
were auctioned off by the candle.
One of the queerest sales on record is
that of an elephant which was
knocked ohf"-tiguratively speaking,
of course-to the last bidder. This
sale was advertised in the London
papers for several weeks before the
appointed day.
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DON.

Don was a retriever that could never
be taught to retrieve. A great romp
Of a fellow, jet black, relieved by a
single white star on his throat.
Don is excessively fond of sweets
and fruits, notably ripe gooseberries,
of which his master grows some fine
varieties. During the season q great
quantity of ripe, yellow fruit disap-
peared from the bushes but no one
could discover the thief; at the same
time, however, it was noticed that
Don's nose was always covered with
scratches. His master put two and
two together and resolved to watch
the dog. He did SO, and saw Don go
toward a door in the garden wall,
stand on his hind legs and press down
the latch with his fore paw.
The door yielded and in went Don
to, feast on the yellow gooseberries.
He scratched his nose in the opera
ton but evidently thought the fruit
worth suffering for.
The same dog occasionally paid
visits with his master, and one lady,
knowing his liking for sweets, always
gave Don a piece of cake when she
offered it with vichy to her guest.
1t happened, however, on a single
occasion that the lady's stock of cake
vas almost exhausted. The piece she
had was small and somewhat stale,
too shabby to offer to a gentleman; SO
the vichy was brought out alone.
Don's master took nc notice of this,
but Don, after looking e%xpectant for
some time, marched to the lady, placed
his great paws on her knee and cast
imploring glances toward the side
board. When this failed, he went to
the door and tried to open it.
He was only scolded for scratching
1t and in despair of making himself
understood, he took advantage of the
open house door and set off home as
fast as he could go.
After he vas gone the lady expressed
surprise at Don's unusual conduct.
The master smiled AMI said the dog
had not forgotten that she usually
gave him cake, and had been trying
to make her understand that when the
vichy vas brought out for the maste,
his share of the dainties ought also
to be forthcoming.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-09-10

Russia is pressing on in Asia. She
has absorbed three Of the richest Chi.
nese provinces and gained a group OF
ice-free ports and ~impregnable for
tresses for the terminus Of her great
Siberian railroad. One might think, to
see these plans on paper, that America
and Great Britain were to be summar-
lily crowded out Of that quarter Of the
world. But it will not be so. The fact
IS that the Anglo-Saxon race is domi-
nant In China and Japan, above all 9th.
er aliens, and Is likely to remain so.
The vast preponderance of foreign
trade Of those empires is with Great
Britain and the United States.
A Successful ADMINISTRATORS
Tourist-By the way, Mrs. De Beauti, I
have not seen your charming daughter
since my return. When l left she had
determined to submit her first novel to
the leighton Magazine. Has she been
successful in her literary aspirations7
Mrs. De Beauti-She married the edi-
tor.-New York Weekly.
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The Most Valuable Coin.

In the estimation Of coin COLLECTORS
the most valuable of all American
coins today is the perfect silver dollar
of 1904. That particular coin is worth
whatever an enthusiastic collector is
willing to pay for it. The highest auc-
ton price is $1,000, and there is a rec
ord of 81 200 having been paid for one
at a private sale. Only thirteen Of
them are known to exist, and each has
a record of ownership.
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THE GREAT GREENLAND WHALE.

The great Greenland whale which
is found in the northern ocean has a
throat 50 small that it cannot swallow
anything larger than a herring. Its
principal food consists Of q small ma
rine mollusk about an inch and O half
long. 1t catches its dinner by rush
ing through the water with its i'm
ems jaws wide open. When its
mouth is full it elects the water while
the w%halebone fringe with which it is
provided catches all the little sea crea-
lures which serve as food for the mon
ster. The sperm whale has q much
larger throat and is said to be able to
swallow O man.
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FREDDY,

Freddy was not SO very large. In
deed, he was not much larger than
the bowl of a tablespoon. But if
Freddy was small. there was some
things about him that made him very
interesting For instance, he had q
snug fitting coat of armor that pro-
tected him in his small way almost as
we'll as the great steel plates protect
oux modern battleships.
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The Lord Hayor's Coach,

The gilded coach of the Lord Mayor
Of London weighs four tons and was
built in 1857, long before carriage
springs were in general USE The
body hangs on four straps.
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What will Become Of Gilman

None can tnre5aa Tho outcome of the quarrel
between foreign powers over the division OF
China. 1t is Interesting to watch the going tt
pieces Of this altteat but unprogre5sive race.
Many people In America are also going to
pieces because of dyspepsia, constt patton,
blood, liver and stomach Diseases. We are
living too fast, but strength, vigOr and good
health can be retained If we keep Of and cure
the above diseases with Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters.
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u. q. RAYMOND,

lSsard College, men, 4 ee Mssss 1ea a45 sSssSd
East Lake. Ala. to Pedagogy g9eygb nIsp elas-
lo1Il steal. Literary, Scien-
tif1 Engineering and Business Courses. Pro
Aefonal course in Pedagogy for teachers.
Preparatory course. Experienced faculty.
Terms reasonable. Surroundings attractive,
healthy, moral. Next session opens Septem-
Der q, 1898. For catalogue giving particulars
r. N. ROOF, President.
East Lake, Ala.
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She-Here is such a pretty story in
the paper about how Edison came to
marry. Hell wish some Of these bright
Journalists would explain how I came
to marrYeIndIanapolis Journal.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-09-10

Clean blood means a clean skin. No
beauty without it. Cascarets. Candy Cathar-
tic clean your blood and keep it clean, by
stirring up the lazy liver and driving ali i'm
Danish pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads.
and that sickly bilious complexion by akine
Cascarets, beauty for ten cents. All drug
gists, satisfaction guaranteed, lOc, 25c, SOC.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-09-10

Save baby's life and yourself many sleep
less nights of anxiety by giving DIR. MOE
DERS) at once. IEETHINA Aids Digestion.
Regulates the Bowels and cakes teething
easy.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-09-10

at Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Lie Away.
To quit tobacco easily and forever. be mag
letic, full of life. nerve and vlgor. take No-To
BAG. the wonder-worker. that makes weak men
strong. All druggists. SOC or sl. Cure guaran'
teed. Booklet and sample free. Address
Sterling Remedy Co. Chicago or New York
The Opelousas courier., 1898-09-10

Hope never hurts any one; 1t never inter
feres with duty it gives courage and clears
the Judgment.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-09-10

1t takes, it is said, the tusks of 75,OO0
elephants a year to supply the worlds
piano keys, billiard balls and knife
handles.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-09-10

w. II. Griffin, Jackson, Michigan, writes,
Halls Catarrh Cure cured me-" Sold by drug:
The Opelousas courier., 1898-09-10

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething,softens thegums, Observation-Disclosures
tiOn, allays pain, cures wind collie. 25c. a bottle
The Opelousas courier., 1898-09-10

After six years suffering I was cured by Pr
SOS Eure.-MARY THOMSON, 20 l2 Ohio Ave.,
Allegheny, Pa. March 10, 1894.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-09-10

Germany has about 60.CN commercial trav.
elers on the road 300 DAYS of the year.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-09-10

Indian oak, one of the hardest OF
woods, will sink in water.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-09-10

Fits permanently cured. No fits or nervous
ness after first days use of DIR. Kline's Great
NerveRestorer 81 trial bottle and treatise free
Or. Il. II. KLINE, Ltd, Ei Arch St, Phila, Pa.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-09-10

A serious tangle is often the result Of q
matrimonial knot.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-09-10

Lyon & Co.'S 'Pick Leaf" sneatns Tobacco
stands at the top for ite delicious aroma.
Good as can tie made. Try ik,
The Opelousas courier., 1898-09-10

The total cost of the new union station of
Boston is $1,000, GOO.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-09-10
EDUCATIONAL.
jefferson Military College, n..e ssa. Mis-.

English, Classical, Scientific and Business In
~stitution for Boys and Young Men. Military
and Athletic Training, Extensive Grounds,
Imposing Buildings, Handsomely equipped
Gymnasium, Reading Room, Laboratory and
Armory. Tuition $50 per year. Board reas-
enable. For Catalogues address the superin-
tendent,
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Indifference sometimes wins where mani
fest desire stands no show.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-09-10
GEORGIA FEMALE SEMINARY,
...ANO..
CONSERVATORY 0F MUSIC.

Thorough courses; handsomcst music hailfn the
Gently uurchased; large campus d gymna-
Sium. 1900 feet above sea level, natural mineral
waters. A &43o Everett piano to be given best
music pupil. Several scholArships- 4: w.
III. 2. Pearce, Associate Prest-
dents, Lock oox z. GAINESVILLE. Ga.
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Educate Your Bowels With Cascafets.
Candy Cathartfc, cure constipation forever
l0c. 25c. II C. fnil. druggists refund money
The Opelousas courier., 1898-09-10

Everyone has something ancestral. v It Is
nothing more than a disease.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-09-10

Our best friends are apt to appear bad in
amateur theatricals.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-09-10

It's a pity that a man can dispose of his
at cost.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-09-10

Take ascarets Candy Cathartic. loo or 25c.
IfC. G. c. fail to cure, druggists refund money
The Opelousas courier., 1898-09-10
To Cure Constipation Forever.

A fortune teller always tells a man that h
is fond of women.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-09-10

To Cure a Cold in One Day.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
refund moneyif it fails to cure. 25c.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-09-10

No-To-Bac for Fifty Cents.
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes weak
men strong, blood pure. SOC. 81. All druggists
The Opelousas courier., 1898-09-10

Every dog has his day. but the clubman has
lis NIGHTS.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-09-10
Beauty Is Blood Deem,

The saloon in politics supplies the machine
with ball-bearings.
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represented in the vesse4s of Admiral
Simpsons fleet.
We are beginning to miss u mer-
chant marine, says the New York Com
mercial Advertiser. The long delay
In starting the Philippine army on it's
long voyage shows how serious is the
lack Of merchant ships of our own. In
our early sea fights, the merchant mar
Inc was the making of the navy. A
good share of our old-time naval
heroes came into the navy from the
merchant service. The sailors who
won the great naval victories of 1872
had their training on Gloucester fish
ermen and Salem Indianicn. The dar-
ing privateers who chased the British
merchant flag from the seas in that
war were merchant ships whose sides
had been hurriedly pierced with port
holes, and whose deck houses had been
dismantled to make room for long
toms.
According to United States Consul
Man at Bergen, bicycles are in general
use in Norway, although not as extern
siyelv as in other parts of Europe, the
use, perhaps, being more limited to the
class in comparatively easy financial
circumstances. The roads are macad-
anizcd and would be adapted to bicy-
cling were it not for the large rainfalls
In western Norway, which amounts to
about e~ighty-nve inches per annum.
The hilly nature Of the country is an
additional drawback. necessitating as
much walking as riding. In spite of
tiasse conditions, however, the consul
ssys the bicycle continues to grow IN
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in &c. Postage Stamps. Post-ofece Money Order. or
Express Money Order.
A. to our reliability. refer to r. q. Dun's or
Bradstrests mercantile agencies.
NEW YORK UNION SUPPLY CO..
1877 Leonard Street, NV ls-.b City.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-10-16
STEUBENVILLE INDUSTRIAL.

Steubenville, O., October 15.-The
Cabinet Manufacturing Co., which is
being operated under the management
of E. B. Caswell, who has had consid-
cradle experience in hard wood manu-
featuring plants, is doing nice busi-
ness and getting new orders almost
daily. They are turning out telephone
cabinets in oak, walnut, wild cherry,
mahogany and sycamore, which on ac-
count of their excellence of finish are
meeting with compliments from the
trade. The works have capacity OF
1920 cabinets per week. They have
orders for some hundreds on hand
State Mine Inspector Steven Lewis,
of West Virginia, has ordered the Sligo
brick works clay mine closed down.
This is part of the Mack Manufacturing
Co. plant, and the mine is closed ON
account of the presence of foul air rem
dering work dangerous. The twelve
miners will be shipped to the Clifton
works mine, and it is given out that
after the Sligo has worked up all raw
material the yard will be closed down
and the Clifton yard run in its place.
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WHIST.

Women VS.. Men Whisters-How to Mini
mize Nervousness Among Lady Players.
The Fourth Best and it Faiied-A Hand
in which Keen Perception Made a Big
Score.
There is a disposition often among
male minister's to largely discount the
quality of the play of a lady partner or
opponent-no matter how excellent
player she may be. This tendency is
a mistake. The hobby which possesses
so many men is the result of observing
the play Of ladies under adverse cir
cumstances. As a rule, the lady whist
er has not the faculty of being as self
possessed, and playing her game when
a gentleman, with fair whist reputa-
ton sits opposite, or when she is I'M
expectedly called. upon to make a
fourth. the other three being OF the OPP
posite sex; and particularly if the
players are comparative strangers, or
are accustomed to criticise adversely
and brusquely if the play is not to their
liking. The writer has seen the same
ladies' when playing with or against
their own sex make more out of the
same hand or hands than their male
critics. Whist is essentially partner
ship game wherein the best work is
done when the partners thoroughly
know each other, ana each others ways
and plays Then it is that their conf
dence in themselves is at It's best, and
the danger of confusion or error of
judgment at critical moments is re-
duced to a minimum. On The other
hand, when yoked to a partner OF the
sterner sex, who generally has his eye
cooked for bad break in his partner 8
play. and is almost disappointed if it
does not come to pass, they labor I'M
der an unusual strain which is apt to
make them nervous, and consequently
defective in their play.
A case in point: The other evening
a lady was called upon to take hand
at whist with three gentlemen-the
fourth having failed to put in an ap-
pearance. The man who considered
himself the best player, condescending ly
accepted the lady for his partner, ito
even things up little as he express
s I'd it. His first question when they
were seated was, How do you discard
Can / depend upon you to always dis
card from your weak suit ?" He then
instructed her to always lead from her
lop6 suit. according to Hamilton; to
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FOURTH BEST.

Much has been said of late by ex-
pert players and writer's about the ad-
vantage of leading from the fourth
best, from a suit Of five headed by the
ace with four small, particularly if long
in trumps. The following hand, GER
tainly an exceptional one. taken from
whist was placed in one Of a set OF
twenty trays for experimental purposes
in local whist circles. -Four fairly
good players without any knowledge
in advance of the character of the
hands, sat down to try their skill. The
result was that one side-the one which
led fourth best from the heart suit,
made but two tricks on the first
round, and but four tricks on the over
play, because opposition lead the ace
Of hearts instead of the fourth best.
The conclusion reached as to the lead
of fourth best from such a holding was
anything but favorable. Below is the
hand:
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North-South 3, East-West 10.
There are two very clever plays in
the hand. At trick No, East refuses
the force, discarding his heart queen,
knowing that his partner can have but
one more spade and must be given a
chance to discard the best club when
the spade is led again.
At trick No. West drops the club
nine as though it was burning his fin
gers. and his partner then makes five
straight clubs, the lowest in the pack
East's refusal to accept the force,
Joined to Vests discard, makes five
tricks. 1t may be said, however, that
South could have killed the hand for
East and West if he had declined to
lead the trump at the sixth trick. The
temptation to draw two for one, how
ever, was very strong.
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Boiled Icing for Layer Cake-White
of one egg, one cup of sugar, one fourth
cup of water. Beat the white Of the
egg to a stiff froth, boil the water and
sugar together until it hairs, pour slow
ly over the egg, beating it in as you
pour, then add few drops Of extract
of vanilla, and spread over the cake.
Cucumber Sauce-Peel as many Gu
cumbers as you wish, crate them and
drain off the water. To each pint Of pulp
add one pint OF vinegar, one teaspoon
of black pepper, one-eighth teaspoon OF
red pepper, one and one-half teaspoon
full of salt, and three tablespoonfuls Of
onion, chopped very fine. Put in jars
or cans without cooking.
Broiled Chicken-Much depends upon
the care and skill of the cook.
patent broiler is desirable when natural
gas fires are used. Split the chicken
down the back then break
breast bone with mallet,
dust 1t over with salt and a
very little pepper, place on breiler with
inside down and broil over slow fire
for three-fourths of an hour. then turn
and brown only on skin side, else i,
viii be hard and stringy; place on heat
ed platter and haste with good butter
and send immediately to table.
Lima BeanEThis delectable yegeta-
Bile is ROW at its possibly little
late. Cover the beans win freshly boil
ed soft water. boil 80 minutes. drain,
then salt. pepper and, butter to TASTE,
or in lieu Of butter. half-cup Of cream,
which is better. II beans have been
pulled from the vines over "a hours, Z
teaspoonful OF sugar viii help them
MARTHA.
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Celery soup-To one quart Of milk
while boiling; add one-half cup Of cook
ed rice, and one bunch of celery, tie
up Boil until Favored, salt, and whel
removed from the fire add two well
beaten eggs.