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The Opelousas courier., 1899-05-13
CURIOUS FACTS,

The Turks have no wal songs ex-
cept those they have translated from
other tongues.
An English vicar just sent to Jail
for forgery had published a book en-
titled, "Resist Not Evil"
When an unmarried woman dies in
Brazil the coffin, hearse and livery of
the coachman are all scarlet.
A large paper house, with sixteen
rooms, has been erected by a Russian
gentleman at his country seat.
It is said that some of the sheep
''runs" or farms in Australia are as
large as the whole of England.
Robbing graves is a crime under
Chinese law for which the thief may
be justly killed on the spot by any one
finding him out.
A recent find of a set of ivory pins,
a little gateway and three balls indi-
Gates that the Egyptians played nine
pins quite 5000 years ago.
Two angry sparrows were chasing
each othef through 8 suburb OF Ber-
lin, Germany, when n of them, in
its haste, flew into woman's face.
It's sharp beak penetrated her eye and
destroyed the sight.
Three places at least are known
where green snow is found. One of
these is near Mount Hecla, Iceland,
another fourteen miles east of the
mouth of the Obi, and the third neal
Quito, South America.
Chilian papers declare that two days
previous to the last earthquake in the
Bay of Payta, thousands Of crabs of
al unknown kind erawled on shore.
They were all greatly excited as if
escaping from an enemy.
A German professor, in giving his
experience as an explorer in the wilds
Of Africa, says that the best protec-
ton against lions is an umbrella, as
the beasts are especially afraid Of one
when opened suddenly upon them.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-05-13

A rude attempt at discovering the
marketable value of femininity was
made by the Commissioner of Labor,
and the results were published in his
eleventh annual report. Mr.. Com.
missioner Wright sought to ascertain
by this inquiry the reasons for the in.
creased employment of women in Ger
tain manufactures. OF 1869 replies
704 say that the women are better
adapted to the work in question. An
alysis of the class of answers reveals
the fact that in 115 cases the better
adaptation came from some peculiarly
feminine trait-the women were more
docile, had better habits, were con-
tent with the particular part of the
work, we're not anxious to Know it all,
etc. In forty-one cases ability per Sc
is specified, as ''quicker to learn"
"work more rapidly. understand
more readily"
The Opelousas courier., 1899-05-13
Ages of French Brides.

The Hachette Almanac for the cur
rent year gives some very interesting
statistics as to the ages of brides in
France. Only thirteen out of 100
young women marry between the ages
of fifteen and twenty. From twenty
to twenty-five years the average is
sixty out of 100. The further from
her twenty-ffth year the maid travels
the Simmer are her chances for mar
riage; still up to thirty years the nup-
tial chimes ring out for twenty-five out
of 100.
Maids from thirty to t~hirty-fve years
old have twelve chances in 100; from
thirty-fve to forty years, six, and from
orty to forty-fve years only five in
90. There is only one lucky female
a 100 who marries when between
torty-fve and fifty years old.
It must not be supposed, however,
that after fifty oblivion covers the
hearts of "belated maids" Even be-
tween the years Of sixty and si~xty-fve
there is a chance for one maid among
365.
The strongest competitors maids
have to encounter are the widows, for
they marry with equal if not better
chances than their single sisters,
The Opelousas courier., 1899-05-13
Expressive.

It is no wonder there was a general
laugh when recently in a church in a
certain seaport town a proud father
brought his first born to be christened.
He was more at home on deck than
in his present position, and he GIN
gerly held the struggling infantile
specimen Of humanity, who kicked
and wriggled till, between linen and
hounces and baby, the father com.
pletely lost his bearings. For a minute
there was confusion. The ceremony
came to a stop and the congregation
Uttered. Then from a pew near by
came the reassuring voice of a good
shipmate:
"Upend it, Jack, upend it! It's
heads below hatches."
The language was expressive, but it
was no wonder the people smiled
Youths COMPANION.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-05-13
A Doctors Strange Fees.

A correspondent has sent, us an ex.
tract from a letter received from his
brother, a medical missionary in
Sechuan, one of the inland provinces
of China. II had," be writes, ''a
very distinguished patient this after
noon. She is the wife of Sai-Tai, Of
Tien-Tsin, in Chilli Province, a mar
who governs an urea probably equal
to half a dozen English counties. She
brought her fee with her; q towl, a
duck, sixty eggs, two pounds of cakes
and a leg of mutton! Last time she
came she brought not quite so much,
but since then she has sent over eight
stocks OF, beautiful chrysanthemums."
British Medical Journal.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-05-13

John Pounds was only an English
cobbler, but his heart had pity on the
ragged children, whom ministers and
magistrates, ladies and gentlemen,
were leaving to run wild and go to
ruin in the streets. He pondered
over their situation until it resulted
in his gathering in these ~outcasts,
and trying to train them up i'll virtue
and knowledge. He taught them to
read and write, and with no thought
of fame or recompense, slag,e-handed,
earning his daily bread meanwhile by
toll at the cobbler's bench. he saved
800 children, who became useful citi-
zens. He was sometin IS seen hunt
ing down a ragged uGchin On the
quays of Portsmouth, compelling him
to school not bythe power OF q police
man, but by the temptation Of a po-
tato. He knew the love Of an Irish
boy for q potato, and was often seen
running beside an unwilling lad, hold
ing o hot potato under bis nose, his
" temper nearly as hot. It was
this work, undertaken by a man poor
even to rags, that inspired the greater
work Of Thomas Guthrie, founder Of
the Ragged Schools Of Edinburgh.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-05-13

There is reeurrent anxiety in Great
Britain over the question of its food
supply in time Of war. The fear is
expressed that @ hostile power might
capture cargoes of the food that Great
Britain can not produce at home end
that are necessary for the ~sustenance
of it's population. The sensible reply
to this is that the United States would
never assent to making grain contra.
band of war, and that the British navy
ought to be able to prevent any effec'
tive blockade Of the English coast.
There seems to be nothing more seri.
u than academic discussion N the
suggestions Of a system of national in.
surance for shippers, or Of the con.
strnction If enormous granaries,
The Opelousas courier., 1899-05-13
EN- VOYAGE,

Thichever way the wind doth blow II
aopae heart Is glad to have it as;
Then blow it east or blow 1t west,
The wind that blows, that wind Is best,
Ny little craft sails not alone:
Athousand fleets, from every zone,
Are out upon a thousand seas;
And what for me were fa7oring breez4
Might dash another with the shock
OF doom upon some hidden rock.[
And SO I do not care to pray 81
For winds to watt me on my way, H.,
But leave 1t to a higher will " :;
To stay or speed me, trusting still shF
That all is we'll, and sure thai He
Who launched my bark will sail with me
Through storm and calm, and will not fall.
Whatever breezes may prevail, .
TO land me, every peril past,
Within His sheitering haven at last.
Then whatsoever wind doth blow, Il
Some heart is glad to have it so;
And blow it east or blow 1t west,
The wind that bows, that wind is best
NJ. Bracey, in Arkansas Democrat,
The Opelousas courier., 1899-05-13
.sucAR or PORTO RICO.
MODERN Methods Of Its Culture in Our
West India A~ppendage.

Modern Methods Of It's Culture in Our
West India Appendage.
The modern methods Of sugar cul.
tivation in Porto Rico are greatly adj
Vanced over the earlier ones through
the almost total disappearance of the
primitive s~ingle-stick plough and one
yoke Of oxen, which have given place
to modern heavy breaking-ploughs
mot gang-ploughs), with three to four
yoke of oxen to each. The fields are
carefully prepared for planting, though
fertilizing is not INDUCED in. as it is
said-with mistaken ideas of economy
that it would not be profitable.
The cane is still cut by hand, as no
machine can do it. but the picturesque
~ox-cart, which sinks deep into the soft
earth of the fields, has given way to
steel tramways and cars on the great
estates as q means of transporting cane
to the mill, while on one estate at least
twhole trains are drawn by small steam
Engines. This has much reduced the
cot Of labor, and Assures expeditions
moasment, afz ay cane to the crushers.
discretionary used before the
forties consisted principally of wooden
single and double roll crushers driven
by bullock power, open kettles for
boiling, wooden watts for crystalizing
out the second sugar, and dripping
rooms, in which ~hogsheads Of crude
sugar, set on huge beams, were drained
of their surplus molasses. Steam en-
gines for motive power andiron crush
ing-rolls were intrenchedin the f%orties,
but the open kettle and pan boiling
gave way very slowly to the modern
process of vacuum-pans, triple
effects" and centrifugals, and yet
even to this day the industry is seri-
ously handicapped by the continued
use of antiquated machinery. Most
mills boast of vacuum-pan and centri-
fugals, but in the majority the juice
boiling is still done in the open air,
which necessitates @ wasteful use of
fuel and a finished sugar little above
the old m%uscayado in quality.
There are but two central factories
in all Porto Rico which have really
modern machinery, consisting of tubu-
lar boilers, instead with bagasse, fed
automatically from carriers; double
crushers with triple rolls; CHARTERS
and e%liminators; triple effects;
pans; mixers; centrifugals;' sugar-car-
riers; bagging-bins; and all the auxili-
airy vats and transformers. for making
third and fourth sugars from the mo-
lasses. It may be said thatmost mills
are a heterogeneous combination of
old and new machinery in a most in
congruous fashion, and that in onse-
quence the mechanical equilibrium Of
the process is usually SO upset that
often one portion of the mill must close
down to wait upon some slow, weak
link. The result of these u~nscientifc
methods has been to close down per-
manently mill after mill in the last ten
years, since the price of sugar has been
low, as it cannot be manufactured with
profit without skilled handling.-Har-
per's Weekly.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-05-13
A Gold County in Washington.

"There are two counties in Wash
ington," says Senator Wilson, of that
State, "each nearly as large as the
State of Massachusetts,, and one of
them is as great a gold field as South
Africa. The camp of the Republic
mine will be a city of 10, 900 in
habitants in a year aud a half. In
this wonderful county there are noun
tains full Of gold, and back of the
mountains are magnificent agricultural
lands. Washington is the place for
making money now." ~
The Opelousas courier., 1899-05-13

1t costs the people Of the United
States 1886, 600, 900 annually for
getting born, $500, 600. 900 for get
ting married, SIS, 600, 600 for get
ting buried and 81, 425, 600, 600 for
getting drunk. These figures will
be considerably increased as soon as
the trusts recently organized get
into good working order.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-05-13
A GRAND JUROR,

day Mary Ham
mond a g p 9 d
Joyce her mother
handed her a h
thousand dollar
bond, her share of
her fathers life in
9 u r an ce. She
thought Of pretty
gowns to be worn
as a bride. Then
she s0herad nm
The Opelousas courier., 1899-05-13
Standing squarely and uncompromis!ng,
ly uIen the Democratic
Platform the

The value Of a newspaper as an
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!
"TThe st. Landry Democrat"
WAS consolidated on the Sd of
March, 1894, will" Tlls OpeIou.
sas Courier.' The advertising
rates have not been increased
while the price Of subscription
has been reduced to 81 a year.
TIE COURIER being by odds
the best paper i'll the ealnire Per.
ish OF st, Landry is therefore III.
fhas rless
The Opelousas courier., 1899-05-13
LOUISIANA.

Reports from all over the state
agree that farmers were never SO
far behind. The cold weather con
Gnues to hold on.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-05-13
MONEY TO LOAN.

CyYIoH OF er. Landry HOMESTEAD AED1
LOAN ASSOCIATION,
OPELoUsAs, Sept. 18th, 1895.
The undersigned 10 authorized BY Che
Board of Directors OF the st. Landry
Homestead and Loan Association ia
offer to Its members loans at eight pes
eentun. For particulars apply to
e. D EsTILETTE,
President 81. Landry II. s. L. Assn.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-04-14
EAsToN FOUND GUILTY.
Judge Passes Sentence of Years--Defencs
Appeals.

Judge Passes Sentence of 8 Years--Defencs
Appeals.
The Easton trial came to a close
last Tuesday afternoon, rather unex.
pectedly to the state, by the defence
waving their right of argument at
the conclusion of ATTORNEY Johnson's
address to the jury. Mr.. johnson be-
gan the states opening argument
Monday forenoon and continued the
summing up of the evidence until bali
past three O'Clock Tuesday. The de-
fence then declining to make any ar
gument the case was thus brought to
a sudden termination and given into
the hands of the jury at about 4:30
Wednesday afternoon, after Judge
Hobson had presented his charge to
them. The jury remained out until
Thursday morning when thay return
ed verdict of guilty as charged in
the Indictment. Thursday afternoon
the Judge pronounced sentence of five
years in the penitentiary. Friday
morning the defence argued briefly
for new trial, and this not being
granted they at once filed notice of
an appeal to the Supreme Court.
It has been a hard fought battle on
both sides, and all the attorneys en-
gagged have acquitted themselves
creditably. To many it may appear
strange that the defence introduced
no evidence nor offered an argument,
but it appears they were looking fur
ther ahead than merely verdict in
the district court, and all along dur
ing the trial laid the ground for a
strong case in the Supreme Court.
Bail in the sum of $4,000 was i'm
mediately furnished by the defend.
ant; the whole amount of his bail now
reaches S2S, 1000
The trial of this case has occupied
just 81 days and the total expense on
the part OF the state foots up to 49,.
800, which is not excessive consider
ing the magnitude of the case. This
does not include attorneys fees.
A transcript of the evidence is to be
made by the 1st of Sept.-Decorah
Journal.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-04-14
ATTACK IN THEDAR
Fiiipinos Open Fire on the Ameri-
cans at Midnight.
DRIVEN BACK WITH HEAVY LOSS.
Three Americans Are Killed-santa
Cruz Captured Without Destruc-
ton to the Ctty-LateAt Dis
patches from Otis.

Manila, April 12.-At about midnight
the rebels cut the telegraph line at sew
eral places between here and Malolos
and signal fires were lighted and rock
cts sent up along the foothills to the
right of the railroad. Later the en-
envy attacked the outposts of the Min
nesota regiment between Bigaa and
Bocavie, five miles south of Malolos,
killing two men and wounding IA.
simultaneously the outposts of the
Oregon regiment at Mariloa, the next
station on the way to Manila, were at
tackled with the result that three Amer
leans were killed and two were wound
ed. The loss of the enemy was ten
killed and six wounded. The Amer
leans also captured two prisoners.
Troops were concentrated along the
railroad as thickly as possible, and the
rebels were driven back to the foot
hills.
The roadbed of the railroad was dam
aged, but it was repaired almost imme-
diately, and traffic was soon resumed
through to Malolos.
The military gunboats Napidan and
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-04-14
ABOUT THE COUNTY,
Albion and Bristol.

Kitty Clink who spent her vacation
here with her parents has returned
to her school in Rochester.
Eben Slawson is now tue possessor
OF five paid up shares in the Albion
Farmers Telephone 90.
johnny Fox has the measles in his
family the hired man being the first
victim
Jay Kennedy is at work painting
for u Mr.. Clark over in Winneshiek.
Mrs. Nettie Kendall and SONS are
the guests of her parents, Mr.. and
Joseph Clink.
Purlee Noblet Is improving this soft
weather III breaking a span of fine
colts.
The ice gorge above the bridge
went out last Sunday without dong
any damage to speak of and leaving
The channel now clear.
We are glad to see Mrs. Werkauf
out taking the air these mild days.
Dan Hall broke up housekeeping
last Monday and the report is he will
spend the summer at Devils Lake.
Collier Cobb will begin work for
the season some time this week and
will be bossed by Purlee Noblet.
Bert Long our brother correspond
ent was Preston visitor last Monday.
Our Florenceville school began last
Monday with Mrs. Vogenitz as
teacher.
VIM. Bigalk contracted load of
potatoes to be delivered last Tuesday
in Cresco at 40 cents bushel.
Frank Smith now drives matched
team of gray ponies and new
harness which makes a nobby turn
out.
Fred Cole will teach the same
school again near Riceville and his
sister Ethel will teach in the adjoin-
ing district but four miles nearer
home.
George Arnold has sold his prop
erty in Florenceville for so acres of
land In South Dakota.
Report sayeth that Prof. Vogenitz
has been offered the Canton school
but we understand the Granger
school board desires to retain him for
another year.
Asher Adams now holds the
ribbons over a docile team of mules.
Harnessmaker Brink since the 1st
of January has cleaned and CREASED
106 sets Of double harness and yet
some folks think Granger is not a
slick town
R. R. Wickham ordered new
carpet aud @ suit of clothes for Rev.
Staehllng which proved quite salts.
factory when they arrived.
The Easter exercises last Sunday
proved FATA DISTANT.
Messrs. Chaplin and Willoughby
will start soon for Cannamire, North
Dakota. Mrs. w. will run the store
while they are away.
The Soiree given Thursday of last
week by the Wickham sisters assisted
by the Kendall brothers was one of
the most enjoyable evenings we have
spent since we lived IN the valley.
The programme was fine and we'll
rendered consisting of songs, recita-
lions, vocal and Instruments duets,
etc. The violin, mandolin and plano
selections were good indeed. At the
close coffee was served A-la-sociable
after which Miss Clara Dell grace
fully received the compliments Of the
departing guests, as each will long
retain pleasant recollections of the
pleasure given them. We hope the
young ladies will conclude to devote
another evening soon to other friends
whom we are sure would enjoy the
treat
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-04-14
BANK FAILS.
Private Institution at Alma, wis.
Forced to Close Its Doors-Little
Cash ON Hand.


La Crosse, Wis, April 12.--Following
closely on the heels of the destruction
by fire of the -four mill of the Alma
Milling company at Alma, d. j. McKin-
ze and L. P. Hummer, principal owners,
and consequent failure of the company,
comes the news that the private bank.
ing house of L. P. Hummer g. McKin-
zle has closed its doors on the sugges.
ton of the state bank examiner. The
bank owes depositors 100000, and to
show for this there is very small bal
ance OF cash on hand, including note
OF the milling company for $40, 900 and
real estate in West Superior and at the
500 and in the state of Washington.
Mr.. Mckenzie, who was formerly state
rallroad commissioner, is heavily in
VOlyed
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-04-14
The GeOrue TrIaI

Canton, O., April 12.-Tuesday tn,
trial Of Mrs. George was largely de
voted to the evidence of policemen who
worked on the murder case They de
tailed the arrest and described her ap
pearance and conduct, but were MOI
permitted to testify as to her refusa
70 answer questions asked by the Off
GERS and the prosecuting attorney. The
aefense objected to this on the grounds
that 1t was an attempt to establish a
confession by silence. The court sus-
tanned the defense in the position
taken, but long argument and the eli.
tation OF authorities preceded the hand.
Ing dewn Of the opinian.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-04-14
Maple Grove Correspondence.

Our schools opened Monday with a
fair attendance.
Mrs. John Nielsen is on the sick
list at present writing.
The old school house at east Maple
Grove has been moved onto a corner
of Will CAROLS land which was re-
Gently purchased by the district.
Mrs. George Hughes has purchased
a reliable combined incubator and
brooder made at Quincy, ILL.,. this
being the first incubator introduced
into those parts, it is quite curiosity.
AL. Markle came up from Nansen
last Tuesday to see for himself some
of the many attractions of our city
aud acquaint himself with the push
and energy which characterizes
Maple Grove business life.
Word received from Mrs. Ole 1.
Oieson today from the hospital at
Omaha which she is at present
attending, says that she is slowly re-
gaining her health. This is welcome
news to her relatives and friends in
this city.
Louis Brannon one of the live stock
buyers of Lawler was looking after
his interests in these parts during the
past week.
Rumor has it that VIM. Carroll is
about to sell out and move nearer to
New Hampton. We are prone to
disbeieve the story.
Jessie Bandle had visitors recent
ly from the vicinity of DEBORAH.
Tie school teachers who will occu
Ply positions in this vicinity are as
follows. Miss Maggie Malonev at
North Maple Grove and John Kean
and Joe Conry at east and west
Maple Grove respectively.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-04-14
Chester.

Mrs. Nettie McNomie has a lady
friend visiting her from Dakota.
Miss Ellingson, of Cresco, visited
with Mrs. John Platt, over Sunday.
Garret Hoopman has moved his
family here where he will reside for
the future.
Miss Josie johnson, of Fountain,
Mimi, is visiting her sister, Mrs. l.. G..
Bratrud.
Mrs. Fred Brown and children are
visiting relatives in Leroy and Rice
vile this week:
Liza Nichols departed Monday for
Spring Valley where she is attending
school.
Miss Shepard, of Leroy, visited rel
atives here, over Sunday. :
Fred Baldwin has purchased the
Larson farm two miles north west of
Chester and will move his family
there in the near future.
Misses Bagan and Shannihan will
occupy rooms at the Henry Babcock
residence where they will be ready to
do first class dress making. Give
them call and be convinced Style
and fit guaranteed,
w. G.. Courtney returned from
Hawkeye, Iowa, where he has been
visiting the past week.
School commenced Monday with /. G.
Armstrong and Angie Van Niman at
the helmn.