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The Opelousas courier., 1898-04-16

The Washington Star remarks: No
portion of the Western Hemisphere is
open to the despoiler as China is. ALI
portions are reasonably safe from such
assaults. There are rich countries in
Central and South America indif-
ferently differed at times, and which
in certain circumstances would be ex-
ceedingly tempting to the buccaneer-
ing spirit of Europe. They have their
rackets among themselves, and gov
eminent there might be more secure
to the local advantage. Frequent
shifts are made, and nov this leader is
up and then that. But rapid and
violent as the changes may be,
no fine old land grabber with
a crown on his head ever reaches
his long arm from across the sea and
tries to profit by dissention. And
why? The Monroe doctrine forbids.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-04-16
The Great Rat Dance Off.

During the fall of 1874 rats became
a serious menace to the farmers OF
Jackson county, Kan, and one night
at a meeting of the literary society in
the Coleman schoolhouse it was pro
posed to organize a hunt. Sides were
chosen and it was agreed that the
losers were to pay for a supper and
dance. Three weeks were fixed az
the limit of the hunt, but this was
reduced to ten days when it was dis
covered that warm weather was max.
ing it impossible to preserve the tails,
which were to be used in making the
count. At the end of ten days both
hunting teams assembled at the
schoolhouse with their tails and q
count was made, with the result Of
showing $3.50 dead rats in total.
More than 1000 of these had beer
killed on the farm of G. W. Mercy.
nolds alone. After the count supper
was served and a dance followed I'm.
til daylight. The affair Is still known
in local annals as the great rat dance.
-Halton kan Signal.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-04-16

The books of the United States
Mint in Denver show hat the deposits
of gold for the last year were the
largest aver received. The total will
slightly exceed $12, 200, 900, and a
conservative estimate made by the
Mint officials places the entire output
Of Colorado at $22, 600. 900. in round
figures. Colorado will go far ahead
of California, as it is said to be doubt.
full if California's output will touch the
$1s, 600, 900 mark. Last year Colorado's
output was $16, 500, 900 and that Of
California was SIT, 1000, 900 while the
total production of the country was
SOL, III, 1926.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-04-16
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.

Red hats were first worn by cardi
nails i'll the year 1916.
In Ptolemy's time any Il who
killed a cat was put to death.
The magnetic clock was invented by
DR.. Locke of Cincinnati in 1Si7-4S.
Tobacco is said to have been first
brought into England from Virginia i'll
1888.
The poet Burns spelled his name
Burmese (his family name) until the
publication of his poems in 1886.
A naturalist of eminence finds that
land birds make their journeys in the
daytime and water birds at night.
The largest printing office in the
world is in Washington, d. c.. it is
for printing government documents.
The fastest railroad engine in the
world is "the Flying Welshman - it's
fame has extended round the globe.
Lake Erie is the lake of the "wild
cat" the name given to a fierce tribe
of Indians exterminated by the Iro-
quois.
A woman in Hope, Knox county,
Maine, still wear common wire hair
pin which she has worn for forty
years.
The largest telegraph office in the
world is in the general p~ostoffice build
ing, London, owe 5000 operators
being employed.
It costs So IA per million gallons to
pump water to Chestnut Hill reservoir,
Boston. The engines pump 1898 on
one pound of coal.
The largest hotel in the world is
the Waldorf-Astoria, in New York city,
a $40, 600, 900 establishment, built by
millionaires for millionaires.
The Sudbury river aqueduct in $50
days has delivered IA, S57, 300, 900 gal
Ions to Chestnut Hill reservoir, and
35, 500, 900 to Lake Cochituate.
If an Egyptian dies before noon the
funeral must take place the same day.
If death occurs after noon, the funeral
may not be delayed after the next day.
In 1774 Philadelphia was the largest
town in the American colonies. Esti-
mates of the population, which are all
we have, differ widely, but it was
probably not far from 80, 900.
A resolution appropriating S. to
purchase a copy of the Bible was re-
Gently introduced in the Georgia leg
islature, it having been discovered that
there was no copy Of the book in the
state library.
There are 1914 bridges in the city of
Boston. The cityowns and maintains
of this number. The rail-
roads support thirty-three. Besides
these there are also eighteen bridges
which begin in Boston but end in some
other city or town.
Five is the sacred number of the
Chinese, who have five planets MARS, |
Mercury, Venus, Saturn and Jupiter) ;
five cardinal points north, south, east,
west and centre J five virtues, five
tastes, five musical tones, five ranks !
of nobility and five colors white, black,
red, green and Yellow
A few months ago a picture was dis,
covered at Copenhagen which experts
believed to be a Murillo. The direc-
tor of the Paris Louvre, after examin-
ing the picturethoroughly, pronounced
it to be genuine. The owner wants
500, 600 for it. 1t represents Loyola
kneeling before the Virgin and Child.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-04-16

The value Of newspaper as al,
advertising medium consists in
its circulation.
When you can secure the COM
bined circulation of two papers
for the price Of one, it is money
saved!
"The 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 80 a year.
THE COURIER being by odds
the best paper in the empire Par.
lsh OF st. Landry is therefore the
ahaaDeat.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-04-16
MONEY TO LOAN.

Under the Direction Of the Sisters Marianite,
of Holy Cross.
Offers to young ladies every facility
Tor 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
0! instruction is two fold-Preparstory
and Commercial. French is taught in
the two courses. For particulars. ad-
dress SISTER SUPERIOR
The Opelousas courier., 1898-04-16

The Savannah news says: "Great
advertisers live in the history of the
city and prosperity of their firms long
after they themselves have 'shuf1ed
off this mortal COLL" their announce
mentsfn the newspapers continue to
bear fruit after the advertisers are
dead. On the other hand, the non
advertising business man is dead to
the community long before he leaves
this life; and his business is
than apt to die with him.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-04-16
THE HUSKER,

To the crow with an eye intent
On kernels Of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.,
On ears of crinpled dent.
The mournful corn stook bows its head
With murmuring signs of woe:
O'er heaps Of yellow and CLEANS Of red,
The whispering south winds blow.
The red sun dies
In the western skies,
Wide rises the hunters moon,
Through the lucid light
OF the silent night
Rings the chirr of the sly raccoon.
A whistle calls clear and mellow,
And the tall hound finds the scent
Cnheeded the eight-rowed-yellow,
The red smutnose and dent.
The lonely corn stock bows its head,
While shadows it's tasseIs throw
On silver dent and the smutnose red
Go wayering to and fro.
Elsie R. Egan,
The Opelousas courier., 1898-04-16
Better TIL IN a Queen

"7our lot" said S%prockett, "is ten
times better than that of a queen. Yet
you complain"
II fail to see how it is better" re.
spondea the nagging spouse.
"Read the papers. The Queen oil
Holland is not allowed to ride 8
wheel. North Ameri.
can.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-04-16

The amount spent annually on the
roads of the country equal three per
cent. on twenty-six million dollars.
Were twenty six millions actually in
vested in good roads, we would have
the finest highways in the world for
the same annual cost, and be making
money out Of them besides.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-04-16

An invention which English people
will not take up is the automatic
writing telegraph. You write at one
end Of the system and at the other end
apen writes out what you have writ
ten in your handwriting. Sketches
can be transmitted in this way even
at a distance of 200 miles. There is
fifty times as much invention in the
apparatus as there is in the telephone,
but apparently no one wants it.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-04-16
The Fish Commissioners of t,Gs
country are troubled about the threat
med disappearance of terrapin.

The Atlanta Constitution says the
advantage of the Southern cotton mills
Is in freights and wages. Twenty per
cent. of cost Of raw material goes to
transportation lines, and this alone
represents a good profit to the South
ern mills as compared with the New
England mills.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-24
NORTHWEST NEWS NOTES.

ST. PETER, Mimi, Oct pa very quiet
wedding took place in the parlor at the Kons-
bruck hotel, the contracting parties being
David H. Bess. of Sharon, lie Sueur county,
and Miss Dora Calvert, Of Boscobel, Wis.
Justice Sackett oficiated.
DULUTH, Mimi, Oct. 23.-NCtices have
been posted of sale Of pine -stumpage on
state lands The sale will be conducted by
State Auditor Dunn Nov. Il, at 10 a. M
The sale will include parcels Of land in ST.
Louis, Itasca and Carlton counties. In the
aggregate the stumpage will amount 10 over
5000. coo feet.
APPLETON, Mimi, Get 23.-The home Of
George Cunningham, in the town CT Akron,
was the scene Of very pretty wedding when
his two daughters were united to two young
men of that township. The contracting par
ties were Miss Bertha Cunnin CHAM and Mr.
A. J. Campbell. and Mss Gertrude Cunning
ham and Mr.. Frank Chamberlain.
VAUDEVILLE, Mimi, Oct. 23.-Last week
three weddings tok place at Kilkenny. They
were: P. V. Ryan, CT Cal sdonia ex-editor Of
the Kilkenny Cleaner, to Miss Anna Murphy:
William McVicker, Of Minneapolis, to Miss
Isabella Lotus, whose mother resides near
Doyle, and that Of Henry ] Miller and Miss
Mary Harris.
GRAND FORKS, N. D., Oct. 23-safe blow
ers are getting in their work in some Of the
towns CT the state. Abercrombie was visited
and the store OF A. K. Tweto, the farm ma
chinery man was entered and 1925 extra otcd
from the iron box after the safcN had been
smashed. 1t is thought that the robbers
made their escape into Minnesota.
ST. CLOUD, Mimi, Oct. % The ladies' Of
the cathedral will open their fair on Monday
evening at 1880 and will continue it for the
entire week
SUPERIOR, Wis. Oct 23.-Three young
lads of this city left town on Wednesday
evening for parts unknown without the
knowledge or consent CT their parents. Thu
boys are Charles Craik. Fielding Steward
and John Wesley. It is thought that 5hev
went to either Eau Claire or St. Paul all
though no information In regard to them has
come from either CITY
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-24
YOUNG PEOPLES WORK.
ices Held at Wesley Church by
the National Mission Board.

ices Held at Wesley Church by
the National Mission Board.
.NNEAPOLIS. Oct 23.-The Woman's
+ Missionary society held by far the most
iful services of the past week this after
at Wesley church. The meeting was
hy Mrs. Samuel Hazlett, national secre-
OF the young peoples work, and was
IN the interest of that branch Of the
ms Home Missionary society. The
rs were young girls of the Epworth
BE. wearing their class badges. The
nj Sren from Sunday Schools Of the va
Methodist churches in the city.
T. clinton B. Fisk was the principal
ser. DeacOness Durham sang a planta-
song, accompanying herself on the guitar.
most attractive number eff all was per-
a solo by 7-year-old miss in pink
Idle. accompanied by piano and a chorus
elve little girls in white
morrow afternoon at o'clock another
Eg Will be he'd at the same place for
3 people between the ages of 10 and Is.
is calculated to make it convenient fer
5chOol children to come to the meeting
BON as school is out
the evening meeting every seat on the
aTT IN the gallery was occupied. Mrs.
read the treaSurer's report for the year
lg July 81. incidentally informing the
nee that the gross receipts of the So
since il started in 1880 have been 81. &c.,
5. Heron, Cincinnati, delivered the an
sary address. At the conclusion the
OF the meeting announced that men
{ become honorary members Of the
ans Home Missionary society upon a
bent OF $l-Or more.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-24
MINNEAPOLIS BREVITEEs.

NNEAPOLIS, Oct. 23.-While intoxicated
evening young man stole three neck
from Keeler's store on lower Nicollet
Tue. He was arrested.
lie Thompson and Charles Thompson.
ping to be man and wife. fell into the
s Of the police tonight. The woman was
ed for drunkenness, the man for
.ancy.
Fred Bracket, brother of w. NJ. Brack-
is visiting in the city for a few days.
Bracket left MINNEAPOLIS in 1876 to accept
sition in the treasury department. which
P-ul holds.
ak w. Smith, driver Of Hook and Lad
no 3. was taken seriously i'll Friday, and
I)w at the Northwestern hospital He is
ring from appendicitis, and he may have
mdergO an operation.
xander Bull the Norwegian violinist,
led in the city direct from Norway to-
ard is stopping at the West.
- a dozen Of churches in this city Of
Sminations have joined in series oil
&stic revival meetings at the First
hurch. The meetings will be di-
DR.. Munhall.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-24
BUSINESS FOR II. & q.
President HilFs Steamers VIII He
Able to- Furnish Much of 1t.

WEST SUPERIOR, Wis, Oct. %
The words attributed to President J.
j. Hill-that he would make the. Ba til
more & Ohio railroad pay if he eysr got
mold Of 1t-seem now approaching full
hilnent. Judging from appearances.
ne mas had his eye on the Baltimore &,
ONO road for some time past, and has
been laying plans for the consumma-
tlOn OF the scheme. During the past
winter he had erected one of the larg-
est and most complete flour and mer-
chandise docks in the country. That
was part of the deal. He handles a
very large part-in fact, nearly all-of
Tie hour that comes from the Twin
Cities to this port for shipment down
the lakes, aside from getting his share
OF that made here, and it is in that COM
rGodity, together with Merchandise
that he will make the Baltimore &
Ohio pay" He has begun it now.
This is the way he will do it: Flour
nom the Northwest, shipped via the
lakes, has been going very largely over
the New York Central and Pennsyl-
Vanfa lines, by the way OF Buffalo,
While now a large portion of it will go
over Hills liners down the lakes to
F&irport, the lake port of the Baltimore
d Ohio, where it will be reshipped to
baltimore. and other Atlantic ports. 1t
via the other lines,a al=o is a starter
toward the end in view when the great
est railroad man of the age got con-
troll Of the Baltimore & Ohio
During the latter part of the season
Mr.. Hill has been chartering boats Of
the larger class to ply on the great
lakes, and during the past week he h s
secured six more, all of which will be
used In the flour and merchandise car
rying trade. The fl0u:' business alone
from fhis port is enough to materially
increase the receipts of the Baltimore e.
Ohio road provided they handle all Of
it, ard the chance1 are that they will.
The receipts of -four at Mr.. Hills sheds
in this city during the year 1897 were
nearly 100000 barrel3-or, to he exact,
1851, S3S-and this year, before the close
Of navigation, will see that amount ma
terially increas- d. The receipts for tn
| month alone, up to date, are over a halr
| million barrels, and both receipts ard
shipments will rapidly Increase from
now till the close Of navigat'on, as the
mills here and at Minneapolis have be-
gun to grind to their full capacity, run
! ming both day and night shifts.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-24
i ! I NEARLY OUT
LY AND SENSATIONAL DEVEI.-
DPMENTs- PROMISED IN THE
OREIOND MYSTERY
!; STATES CASE is STRONG

by Link n Chain Is Being
OrSed, and 1t Is Not Unlikely
hat There VIII BE an Arrest
pr Murder Today Mission
GARD MeetinGs-BOy Run Over
minneapolis News.
NNEAPOLIS, Oct. Sensational
lOpments are about to occur in the
.ord murder case. If expectations
realized some startling movement
ID be made by the police within a
or tWO.~~1t is possible that today
see some decisive action taken.
reported that consultation will be
tnlS morning in the office of the
(, lty attorney. The detectives and
witnesses located will be examined,
If the evidence is as conclusive as
been stated, it is likely that at least
arrest on the charge of murder will
lade.
though nothing very important was
1vered today, the police were hard
work. Every witness who knew
hing about the matter was hunted
but just what was found the police
Sc to state. Another important
sss has been found. This man ac-
tely describes the team and rig in
n the body was taken out. The
4 consisted of q bay and a gray
e apd the vehicle was a two-seated
~. The police hope to locate the
1t is said that the driver and his
aniOn took a different road in re-
ING TO the civ from that which
followed in going out. Everything
,eateS that in this buggy DR.. Or
q 5 dead body was taken from the
ara buried in the stack.
le police, it is said, have located a
IAN in St. Paul who was in the
hbOrhOOd of the East side resi-
2 the night Of Sept. %. She
= that she heard several men quar-
e, and later heard a shot fired. If
is true it will form an important
Of the evidence. Other essential
.lesses are being sought for by the
2, and a most complete chain of
nee is being forged.
clothes which were found on the
will come forth today from a To-
1dry, clean and free from the
It'll which they were tainted.
elects Will form an important part
ance, and it was nee
re preserved.
promise that a most
Will be presented by
than this, it is said
atiOnal evidence has
hich would Illustrate
he law if 1t should
lade public at present.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-24
Injuries Nav Prove Fatal

NEW LONDON. Mimi. Oct. 23.-Andrew
Johnson lies in an unconscious state at the
nome OF Gilbert Peterson, near Irving John
son had gone to Peterson's farm to assist in
butcner1ng some hogs. He loaded an cd muz-
zle-lCading rifle for the purpose of shooting
hog, using sInokeless powder and a bullet
which was too large and which he pounded
Gown by knocking the ramTod against wall.
he had stepped off a couple of rods from the
barn TO shoot. when the gun exploded tear
ing the stock in hundred pieces. A piece
OF steel was driven through Johnson's eye
INTO his brain, while another piece struck
his forehead Physicians have been in con-
slant attendance, but the injured mans re-
covery is doubtful
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-24
The Northwest.
SALTWATER.
Exciting Chase After a Stranger
Who Is Supposed to he Insane,

who Is Supposed to He Insane.
SALTWATER, Oct 2S.-(SpeciaI. )-Ofhcer
McNaughton and a number OF citizens had an
exciting chase IN the vicinity of the Staples
oak Glen farm after a stranger, who is sup
posed &c insane. A telephone message was
received at police headquarters calling for the
pdlrol, ana Oh1cer McNaughton started out
there When he arrived at the farm he
learned that the fellow had manned a yalu-
aole EorSe with a large knife and had disap-
Pedrea aIter nring a shot from a revolver at
Two little children, who were driving by on
the road. The stranger had gone over the
9iii ana he was discovered about a half mile
Instant lie was making his way over the
proved nelds and the officer and others had
almost reached him when he discovered them
ana started on up the Duluth tracks on a
nVely run The pursuers gave chase for
more imam mile and were close to him until
ne reached Joseph Dahms farm, where he
disappeared from sight. He was a fellow
ABOUT 20 years OF age and was a stranger to
everybody IN the vicinity of the farm. Sheriff
smith and Chief of Police Reeves went after
MIN later in the day, but he couldn't be
found.
The political situation In Washington county
Is improving, and Lind's chances for carry
ing the county are excellent. A great deal
or quiet work is being done among the farm
ers, and Scandlnavians as we'll as Americans
are supporting Lind who two years ago were
against him and his party.
). A. McDermott, we'll known resident of
this city, employed by Dodson, Fisher Brock
man q Co., Of Minneapolis will be married
there next Thursday to Miss Helen c. Gieriet
The ceremony will occureat the Church of
the immaculate Conception.
James w. Foley and a party of friends left
lhlS evening for Cass Lake, Mimi.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-24
A Relations EansuS

WABASHA, Mimi, Oct 23.-The people of
religious census next Friday Every home
in the county will be visited and the Occu-
pants will be asked to fill out blank that
has been prepared. The, purpose is to extend
a cordial invitation to attend church and Sun
day school to all who are not attending any
where, and further to take a simple record of
each home, that will enable the church of
their preference to intellgently follow up the
work. The work will be in charge of the fol-
lowing committee: A. Schoer. Zumbrota
Falls Robert Walstrom, Lake City; F.
PrGbSt, Wabasha.; F. E. Hartman, Minnesota :;
R. W. Richardson, Elgin.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-24
Tall and short Men Abroad.

ABERDEEN, S. D., Oct. 23.-Two footpads
operated at the wagonroad crossing Of the
Milwaukee tracks at the southwest corner Of
the fair grounds last night and out Of two
hold-ups realized the munifcent sum Of so
cents. The victims were J. c. Givns and
man named Maxson. Givins came into town
as soon as he could and notified Chief Holmes
and Sheriff Ritter, who went to the scene OF
the hold-ups. They spent considerable time
securing the vicinity, but could find no trace
of the fOotpads, who are described as a tail
man ana a short man.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-24


The plea of the Canadian Pacific
Railway company for another arbitra-
ton strikes the American railway men
as a gem of humor. The Canadian
Pacific, having been twice beaten in
it's attempts to get a differential in a
legal way. it seems to want another
knock-dOWn from the American lines
If there is ground for complaint
against the arbitration board, the
American and not the Canadian roads
have reason to make it. Mr.. Midgeley
1t is said, went on the board, not as an
arbitrator, but as the attorney of the
Canadian Pacific. He was selected by
the Canadian Pacific and he consider
ed himself as its representative, not as
a judge This is the Interpretation
Which he is said to have put upon the
matter himself. This explains his vote
IN favor of giving differential to the
Canadian Pacific, thing to which he
had always been violently opposed
An official Of the Great Northern
said Saturday that the arbitration
matter did not concern the roads in
this section directly, because they did
not believe the Canadian Pacific was
entitled to a dfferential under any
circumstances, yet, at the same time,
no American road wanted to shut the
Canadian Pacific from American bust
ness altogether.
THE American business of the Ca
madam Pacific" he said, represents
the profits of the company. If it were
shut out from United States business,
it would go under. The United States
is the only nation on earth which al
lows foreign railway to enter it's
territory and compete with it's own
people for business. We, however, are
willing to let the Canadian Pacific get
business in the United States, provided
1t can do it at the same basis as our
selves. But we have always held that
no railway has a right to carry freight
and passengers between our terminal
points at rates less than we charge.
The Canadian Pacific transports about
9,O0o,GO0 tons of freight between the
United States points every year. and
we say we are entitled TO compete for
that freight. If the Canadian Pacific
can get it at our rates and in spite of
US it is entitled to it, and we have
no complaint. But let the Canadian
Pacific stand up man-fashion and give
us a fair deal"
Sir William Van Horne went to Mon
treal Saturday.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-24
Hello Wanfed-Rales.

COATMAKER wanted at once at 1893 Prior
aY., Merriam Park. T. A. Linden.