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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-08-31

lashed out viciously aud started Ia
run down the narrow path. Seeing
there was danger of being crowded
over The edge, swung on his back,
holding tight to his manc, and let him
take his own course.
Fortunately for me the little beast.
although abnormal v bony and NANCY
In appearance, had retained his eye
sight nnd the wonderful sure footed
ness that all Philippine ponies pos.
sess. lie was evidently accustomed
to rider, for he picked his way down
tho rough pnssage at sliding sort Of
troi, closely followed by the other
ponies and Pete, who must have been
having n precnrious time Of il among
equine legs and hoofs.
Far ahead | could hear the tlntter-
ing Of the ponies that had gone down
first, while over all else we're the weird
squenks and piping Of the snvages.
They must have been in close pursuit.
but unable either to pass the rear
ponies or to get shot at me on nc
count Of the windings of the path. I
crouchcd low aud held on with all my
might, expecting nj every step TO feel
the blow of some barbnrous missile
Before realized whore we were I
found the pony crashing through the
bushes ut the base, and we came on
the rocks where had first sighted tho
iguana The rocks proved too much
for my gallant but ancient steed, for
when halfway across he slipped and
pitched me of rose, uninjured,
just in time to grasp his name nfresh
aud run along beside him.
The leading ponies were well ahead,
and as they went pounding aud thun-
dering by the camp I saw the fellows
who were lying about on the beach
jump mp and get out of tho way.
Wild was their amazement TO SEQ mo
tearing along the beach with ten-foot
strides, hanging on to the name of a
bony and terrified horse, followed by
several more "caballos" equally spec
tral in appearance. The villainous
fox-terrier scudded along in rear Of
the procession, telling everybody what
jolly fun he had been having. I let
go the pony aud tumbled into the
crowd, answering their frantic de-
mands for an explanation by pointing
to the bluff and gasping "Negritosr'
The boys jumped for their guns, but
there was no need Of warlke prepare
tion, for the savages had stopped just
outside of the bushes on seeing the
group. After gazing moment they
turned and disappeared one by one,
while the last Of the ponies plunged
into the woods at the other end of the
beach and was lost to sight.
All that night we heard the little
black men signaling to each other
around the camp, but saw them no
more. The next day we climbed the
bluff in body and found my rifle safe
and sound.
On the way back. by great good
luck, ! shot an iguana four feet long,
which / had stuffed in Manila and af-
terward sent home by sailing vessel.
Its delivery, some -four months later,
by Mortified expressman at my fam
ily's home in peaceful Boston sub
urb created n scene Of CONSERVATION
fully justified by its appearance. -
Charles B. Howard, in Youths Com
panion.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-08-31

II il stated that the merchandise
carried by rail in the United States is
double the amount Of land carriage
of all the other nations of the earth
combined. This means that the TO-
600, 900 people of the United States
transport twice as much merchandise
as the remaining 1,4OO, 900, 900 of
mankind.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-08-31
THE ROUGH RIDERS.

From whore tho chaparrais uplIft
Der Texan sea OF grass;
From Arizona canoncd rift,
Aud Colorado pass;
From Boston elm aud classic shade,
And Gotham masaue aud ball.
We've gathered. by ono motive swaycd-
Rough Riders arc we all.
We ken the ways OF man and boast
Views faced tho prairie Death.
Views watched the buzHards nj their fonst
We've felt the Norther'a breath,
We know the realms Of bellies aud benux
And Fashions gay command
Our view Hes from Delmonlco's
Clear To- the Rio 0randc.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-08-31

The London Statist, paper Of the
highest authority on financial subjects,
forecasts the American business fu-
ture M one Of unbounded prosperity.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-08-31

That Edgar Allan Poe can boast in
Russia many more admirers and friends
than he can claim in America, is the
curious statement of M. Constantine
Balmont, Russian writer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-08-31

Many Of the tragedies of war pale
before the trbulations aud dcspairing
experiences of the peaceful klondike
gold seekers.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-08-31

English military authorities say that
new boots will wear better il kept
abont six months before using. III
kept over a year they become loss du-
rable.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-08-31

Spain ought TO be considered pretty
good authority now on submarine
boats
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-08-31

Alaskan babies when they cry are
held under water until they stop.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-04-02
A Benefactross' Kind Act,

From the Evening Ne,es, Detroit, Mich.
Mrs. John Tansey, Of 1870 Baker Street,
Detroit, Michigan, is one Of those women
who always know just what to do in all
trouble and sickness. One that is a mothef
to those in distress. To reporter she said:
ST am the mother OF ten children and
have raised eight OF them. Several years
ago we had a serious time with my daugh-
ter, which began when she was about six
teen years old. She did not have any seri-
Gus illness but seemed to gradually waste
away. Having never had any consumption
in our family, as we come Of good old Irish
and Scotch stock, we did not think 1t was
that. Ouv doctor called the disease by an
odd name, which, as I afterward learned,
meant lack Of blood.
cit Is impossible to describe the feeling
John and I had as Wa noticed our daughter
slowly passing away from us. We finally
found, however, a medicine that seemed to
The Opelousas courier., 1898-04-02
Seed Stalks in Celery,

We have never seen an explanation
IF this by the experts which was salts
factory to us, but we think it is caused
oy some check in the growth at an
early stage. We have had a similar
trouble among beets and carrots which
we're sown so early as to get hurt by
;he frost after they came up, while the
same seed sown later gave a satisfac-
tory crop. But a more probable cause
in many cases is that it was OWL too
early under glass and was forced too
much, making o rank, spindling and
tender plant, which vas not sufficient
y hardened when set in the field to
90 on and grow at once. When it be-
gan its second growth, like the carrots
aad beets that had been put back by
;he frost, its natural tendency was to
begin as a biennial plant would that
had been wintered in the cellar, to
make its seed crop. We have W.
seen a biennial plant making a seed
stalk the first year which we could not
recount for satisfactorily, to ourselves
At least, by some check or break in
;he early period of growth.--Boston
C%ultivator.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-04-02
PEARLS OF THOUGHT.

Mind unemployed is mind unen'
joyed.-Bovee.
The less we parade our misfortunes
the sympathy we commando.
Dewey.
Recollection is the only paradise
from which we cannot be turned out.
Richter.
Nothing in the worlds more naughty
than a man of moderate capacity when
once raised to power-Wessenburg.
It is more difficult and calls for
higher energies of soul to live a
martyr than to die one.-Horaee Mann.
He that does good for Gods sake
seeks neither praise nor reward, but
be is sure of both in the end.-2enn.
Good are q part of good
morals, and j" is as much u duty as
our interest to practice both.-Hun-
ter.
1t -,:.feult to say who do you the
mGasmischlef, enemies with the worst
attentions or friends with the best
Bulwer.
Our INCOMES are like our shoes; If
too small L: 4y gall and pinch us but
if too large, they cause us to stumble
and trip. Cotton.
Real merit of any kind cannot long
be concealed it will be discovered
and nothing can d%epreciate it but a
man exhibiting it himself. 1t may
not always be rewarded as it ought,
but it will always be known .-Ches-
tertield.
When you make a mistake don't
look back at it long. Take the rea-
son of the thing into your mind and
then look forward. Mistakes are les
sons of wisdom. The past cannot be
changed. The future is yet i'll your
power.-Hugh White.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-04-02
TroughS In Winter.

During the aummer the water-foun-
tains are the best utensils to employ
for providing water to the fowls, but
they should now be stored away and
water given in wooden troughs. Foun-
:ains will break when the water is
frozen, but the troughs cannot easily
30 so injured, and can also be cleaned.
The water trough or fountain is the
most important utensil used by the
poultrymen, and demands daily atten-
ton, as it is the source from which all
contagious diseases are spread among
the members Of the flock. The best
method Of providing water without in
curing such risk is yet al u%nsolved
problem, but cleanliness will prevent
many diseases.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-04-02
"REVOLUTIONIZINC TRADE.
Discovery of New Substance Artificial Ft
Flowers,

Discovery of New Substance Artificial For
Flowers.
The artificial flower trade, in which
thousands of ONE and girls are
| employed both in London and Paris,
is on the eve Of being revolutionlzed,
so says Cassell's Family Magazine.
Hitherto the petals have been made Of
muslin, silk, satin and ever of velvet,
colored after nature and most success
fully manipulated into the semblance
of beautiful blossoms.
A substance has been discovered
for fower-making that puts the most
delicate textile materials ever manu-
featured completely into the shade,
and will probably take their place and
reign supreme for its particular pur-
pose.
It consists of the thinnest of thin
shavings from the inner pitch of an
| Oriental palm that grows in Fornesa,
and can be compared to nothing SC
we'll, as the almost transparent petal
of a white poppy OF a delicate tea
rose. A lily petal is robust in COM
parison with this marvellous substance,
which has al the sheen and translu-
cence and even the slightly frosted
appearance seen in some white
flowers.
It can be tinted far better than silk
or muslin, and is practically hides
tructible. In wet weather it gives
and falls q little limp, just as real
flowers do, but when the sun comes
out it crisps, re-asserts itself and
takes a new lease Of life and beauty.
SO admirably adapted are roses and
carnations made of it for buttonhole
and other bouquets, that when fairly
on the market they will most likely
make a considerable difference to the
florists, as the fadeless flowers never
really droop, and will do duty over
and over again.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-04-02
New Automatic Pocket Pistol.

The most deadly revolver. in the
world he's arrived in this country. It
is the invention of Bergman, the
famous Bavarian maker of small arms.
This new wonder Of workmanship is
an automatic pocket pistol, capable OF
~discharging six bullets in the aston
ishing time of two seconds. In an
experimental trial it threw a 32-calibre
steel bullet through a six-inch hard
wood plank at 300 yards.
Tne Bergman revolver is so adj
justed that the marksman a fire as
many shots up to six, as he may wish.
He decides before pulling the trigger
how many shots he wants to fire.
The recoil of each shot is not felt by
the marksman, but is ingeniously
utilized by the weapon itself in dis
charging the bullets II after the
other. This weapon is also smokeless.
Chief Lees of San Francisco witnessed
it's trial on a police target at $50 feet
range. The six steel bullets pene-
trated the target of chilled steel and
were completely buried in it.-New
York Journal
The Opelousas courier., 1898-04-02
How to Fatten Poultry.

have fattened for the market this
season ovcr 100 cocksrels and have
settled on this method as best, writes
Clarissa Potter, in the New England
Homestead. They ore confined in a
pen, given plenty Of room and cir, but
where drafts can not strike them. Low
roosts are provided, a dust bath,
though I have never seen them use it,
and boxes Of grit and oyster shells. I
make low benches Of overturned soap
boxes on which I place their pans Of
food and that they may not readily
be soiled CT spilled.
feed three times a day. A warm
breakfast of boiled potatoes, pump
kins or squash, crushed when hot and
thickened with corn meal. This is
seasoned with salt and pepper. A
noon feed of the same on alternate
days. The other days they receive
the same as at night, whole, bright
corn. Nothing musty, soured OF solid
is allowed in their feed pans.
The pen is kept dark except when
the fowls are eating. This is accom-
plished by hanging a thick covering
over the windows. The pen is SO dark
they move about but little between
meals. At feeding time the curtain is
lifted and they are fed all they will eat
but no more. Apan Of sweet skinned
milk is kept before them, and the pen
aoor is clean and supplied with fresh
bedding. discourage scratching and
growing oil that is possible. A crow
ing bird fattens slowly, if at all. Light
encourages growing. The corn is fed
in pans, or scattered, and the curtain
is dropped as soon as it is eaten. Cut
green bone and meat whets their ap-
petites and shouldbe given every third
day.
fatten from nine to thirteen days
and the c~arcasses, since following this
plan, secure quick sale, being plump,
firm and yellow with fat. II, for any
reason, some cockeral fails to fatten in
this time, its flesh feeling lean and
fabby, it is turned loose in the yards
to run with other fowls two weeks or
more, and then the fattening process
is repeated.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-04-02
Yale's Japanese "Co-Ed."

An innovation in the "co-ed" de-
partment of Yale has just appeared.
Miss Yoshi Yamaguchi and her broth
er, Leiichi Yamaguchi, have come
from Toxic to Yale to complete their
education. Both have studied at the
Doshisha University, one of the lead
ing colleges of Japan.
Miss Yoshi has just arrived and in
tends to make especially of English and
music. She will study under Profess
sor Cook and Professor Parker. The
little Japanese lady is staying at her
sisters home in Washington street.
Mr.. Yamaguchi is rooming at West
Divinity. He expects to be here for
four or five years to study economics
in the classes Of Professors Hadley
and Sumner.
The first appearance of the little
Japanese lady on the Yale campus al
most created a panic among the IN
dergraduates, who lodged behind cor
ners to get a glimpse of the latest ad-
vent of the new woman She wears
her native costume, which the students
describe as like a pair Of black paiam-
as. Her raven black hair is fixed
close to her head and is very glossy.
She has bright red cheeks and is short
in stature. Her manners are refined
and Observation-Disclosures Press.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-04-02
BoofbIacks In london,

The force of American demand is
being once more exemplified in Lon
don by the placing at all important
railroad stations of chairs in connec-
ton with the bootblack brigade. This
work is undertaken by the Central
Shoeblack society, There is already
such accommodation provided at
viaduct station. 1t appears that
American gentlemen visiting London
express surprise that they are ex-
pected to stand while they have their
boots BACKED, as they are accustomed
to sit during the operation when at
home.
The society has sixty boys who are
lodged, taught and partially boarded
on the premises of the institution, and
there is an ingenious allotment Of their
earnings into three parts, after an
allowance for food required out OF
doors, one-thirl being their own, an.
other third the society's and the re-
naming third going to their banking
account, on which they can draw for
special purposes London News.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-04-02
Electrified Rain in Spain.

Maurice Despres, an electrical en-
gineer Of Cordova, Spain, reports are
markable shower Of electrified rain
which he recently witnessed. The day
had been warm and MINDLESS, and
about 5 o'clock in the evening the sun
was overcast with dense clouds, low
ering to the horizon. Soon after dark
there was a flash of lightning, and two
minutes later great drops Of rain fell,
which cracked family IN touching the
ground. From each of them sparks
darted toward the walls, trees and
soil they fell upon. The phenomenon
lasted several seconds, and apparent.
~ ceased when the dir between cloud
and earth became saturated with mois.
tuTs,
The Opelousas courier., 1898-04-02

The st. Louis Dispatch claims for
that city the proud distinction of hav-
ing introduced the cake walk into soci-
ETY.. 1t says: Noting the rise Of the
cake walk in the ''howling swell set" Of
Gotham, an esteemed New York con-
temporary confidently predicts imita-
ton by the swells of "our provincial
cities" ''It will be a great disappoint-
ment," it remarks, sif the social season
comes to a close without a brilliant
record of cake walks in the high life Of
Chicago and of st. Louis, of Boston
and Oshkosh" The fact is that New
York; swell set has borrowed a fuding
fad of the St. Louis swell set. The
idea of the swell cake walk originating
on Fifth asernei New York provincial
ism is monumental.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-04-02
One Way: Miss Daisy--"Yon a

One Way: Miss Daisy--s'You are
writing to that little brother of yours
who is visiting out West, aren't you?'
eyes, He's a dear little fellow, I miss
him so much" SHE is indeed. Have
yoa sealed the letter yet, Miss Daisy?'
.*Not yet" "Add a postscript, if you
please, and tell him I want to know
how he would like me for a big broth
err (Demurely-'Mr. Spoonamore,
it will be at least two weeks before YOU
get an answer-if you ask him." (Aud
the matter was settled in about two
minutes. )-Chicago Tribune.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-04-02

The most famous Methodist shrine
in London next to John Wesley's chapel
is the house where the founder of Meth
odism lived and died. 1t fronts the
city road, standing to the left Of the
mother church, and has been a minis
terial residence for more than q cen
fury. A generous gift of $4,000 in
cash, to form O. sort of endowment fund,
has led the official custodians to decide
to set it apart as a Methodist ;nstitu-
ton and home. By the terms of the
gift, says a London daily. the historic
house is always to be kept in q state of
good repair and preservation, and to
undergo no structural alterations, the
aim being to keep the building, as fa1
as possible, in all it's rooms, just as
Wesley left it. The suite of apart
ments on the first floor, comprising his
parlor, his private oratory and the
chamber in which the great evangelist
died, are to be specially set apart as
"Wesley's rooms"
The Opelousas courier., 1898-04-02

The United States bureau of ednca-
ton has made many interesting exper-
iments recently to find out how much
actual labor the mind at different ages
and in different sexes can perform.
These experiments have strengthened
the claims made by eminent scientists
that many nervous diseases are being
eDgendcred in the public schools by
the process of forcing which is all too
ommon at this time. Country children
are far less ne. vous than those of the
city, and the reason is not far to seek.
The noise, the hustle and excitement of
a city claim the attention of the child,
and the mind being continuously i'm
pretsed with new objects has little time
for rest aud nore for recreation. Then,
add to this the continuous application
to books during the school hours, when
the child knows that a lack of applica-
ton means a low grade and consequent
disgrace, and the wonder is that SO
many of them reach maturity in as good
physical and mental condition as do.
The bureau recommends frequent re-
cesses, wholesome food, and above I'll,
plenty of sleep in well-yentilated
Don
The Opelousas courier., 1898-04-02

The readers of this paper will be pleased to
learn that there is ut least one dreaded dis
ease that science has been able TO cure in all
Cure is the only positive cure now Knows to
the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a con.
stitutional disease, requires a constitutional
treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken I'M sr-
nally, acting d rectly upon the blood and mu-
cous surfaces Of the system. thereby destroy
ing the foundation of the disease, and giving
the patient strength by building up the con.
work. The proprietors have SO much faith in
its curative powers that they offer One Hun
dred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure.
Scnd for list OF testimonials. Address
ri. CHENEY g. Co., Toledo, 0.
Sold by Druggists. 15c.
Halls Family Pill are the best.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-04-02

While the State of North Carolina
owns 50, OOO, 900 worth of stock in the
North Carolina Railroad, it is said not
to have had until recently a scrap OF
paper as tangible evidence of that own
ership, State Treasurer Worsh has a
new certificate, and whether any was
ever before issued is not known. A
search of all the records and documents
in the treasurer's Office failed to reveal
any signs of stock belonging to the
State.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-04-02
"A Man Hater,s Funeral.

There is a woman residing near
Brushy Fork, southwest of this city,
who h." been an irreconcilable man
hater fol forty-eight years. She is q
spinster leading a hermit's life, and
has q comfortable sum of money Sc
creted in her home.
Since being disappointed in love
forty-eight years ago she has never
spoken to a man. She is seldom seen
in town, and her trading is done with
female clerks.
She has recently made a will and
purchased q cemetery lot. Explicit
directions have been given that no
man shall preach her funeral sermon
o act as pall-bearers. A woman
shall drive the hearse and women low
er the coffin and fill the grave. No
men are to be allowed in the funeral
procession. She has willed a sun of
money in trust to pay all expenses
Rockport telegram to the Chicago
Tribune.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-04-02
Do Not Destroy the EirGs.

1t is said that an ordinary caterp..
Lar increases 1O, 1000 times in bulk
thirty days from lifetime it is Matched;
that the food il gro:s Gu is vegetable,
aal thai 10000 caterriliar5 could de-
stroy ell the grass oa "a acre Ct
ground. The insect population OF q
single cherry tree infested with aphides
calculated bya prominent ento-
mologist to he 12,0oo,O 0o. Cultivated
country districts are supposed to con
tain from 700 to 1000 birds to a mile,
each Of which consume hundreds of
insects each day. Ii not wantonly de-
stroyed, the birds will keep the bal
ance between plant and insect life.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-04-02

Plans for the biggest direct current
railway generator ever made are being
prepared at the General Electric works
at Schenectady, N. Y. 1t VIII haze a
horse power of 1000 and will weigh
eighty-seven tons. It will b. con
structed for the Louisville Street Rail,
way Company.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-04-02
aNew Cray tin onne,fcu,

A lot of fanatics in the State recently i'm
mersed an old rheumatic woman bodily in
the water to heal hers as they said. She
nearly died in consequence. How much bet
ter it would have been to have treated the
poor old woman for her infirmity with Hos
letters Stomach Bitters, which not only cures
rheumatism, but prevents kidney complaint
and remedies dyspepsia, constipation. liver
trouble and nervous prostration. Give it a
systematic trial,
The Opelousas courier., 1898-04-02
How to Mend a Glove.

The woman who must make 81 do
the work of S. does not buy cheap kid
gloves, nor does she choose giants de
suede. A nice dressed kid in tan will
look we'll with any dress. She will
keep buttons on, and will sew each
breaking stitch with cotton Of the
same color. A piece of court plaster
will sometimes mend a glove where
one does not wish to use a needle.
Dressed kid will color black and not
smut. Dyed undressed kid SHUTS
badly, making the gloves u~nwearable.