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The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1899-10-28

lam candidate for Sheriff of tho Parish OF
st. Landry at the Democratic Primary Election
to be held December 9th. 1890. and respectfully
solicit the support of the voters of this parish
VICTOR HUGO sIBiLIE
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1899-10-28
VOL. XLVU.
Opelousas Q,onrier.
Fer Sheriff.

AT the re4mest o. many ny triends, tr & ~ hereby an
st. Landry Parish, subject to the primaries to
S5e held December 9th, 1899, and I most cor
dially solicit the support or the voters OF the
parish. u. T. YOUNG.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1899-10-28
NOTICE

Oct. 2s. 1899. Ct,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-02-24

You are in no danger of being sick if
you keep your kidneys well
They filter your blood. keep it pure
and free from disease breeding germs
Your other organs may need care, but
your kidneys most, because they do
most.
If you are sick, begin with your kid
neys, because as soon as they are well
they will help all the other organs to
health
The treatment Of some diseases may
be delayed without danger, not so with
kidney disease
Swamp-Root is the great medical tri-
umph of the nineteenth century; dis
covered after years of untiring effort
and research by the eminent kidney
and bladder specialist, DIR. Kilmer, and
has truly wonderful healing action on
the kidneys and bladder.
It will be found by both men and
women just what is needed in all cases
of kidney and bladder disorders, lame
back, dull pain or ache in the back.
gravel, catarrh of the bladder, rheuma-
tism, sciatica, neuralgia, uric acid trou-
bles and Bright's Disease. which is the
worst form of neglected kidney trouble.
Swamp-Root corrects inability to hold
water and promptly overcomes that IN
pleasant necessity of being compelled
TO go often during the day and to get
up many times during the night
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-02-24

If your water when allowed to remain,
undisturbed in a glass or bottle for
twenty-four hours, forms a sediment or
settling or has a cloudy appearance. it
Is evidence that your kidneys and blad-
der need immediate attention.
The way to be well is to look after
your kidneys To take DIR. Kilmer,s
SwaTnp-Root when you are SUFFERING
from clogged kidneys.
This prompt, mild and vonderf,,f
remedy Is easy to get at the drug stores
IN hfty-eent and one-dollar bottles
Make a note OF the name, SWAMI.
ROOT, DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root 81
remember 1t is prepared only nv D,e
hImer q Co, Binghamton, n. Y,
Swamp-RoOt has been tested in 81
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cessfuI IN every case that speciaI g.
rangement has been made by which all
readers OF this paper who have not a.
ready tried 1t, may have a sample botsla
sent absolutely free by mail. Also a
DOCK telling more about Swamp-Root
ana containing some of the tf1ofsaT,Js
upon thousands of testimonial letters
received from men and women who ,sS<
. sleT good health, in fact their verS-
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oress 70 Dr. Kilmer & Co. R;nrl,s--.-
ton, N Y. H-h IA NJ
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-02-24
GENERAL NEWS

The milk trust is trying to freeze
but the small dealers in Austin, Ill,
and if the experiment is successful it
will be introduced in Chicago. Here
tofore the price of milk has been 16
quarts for 81, but the milk trust is
offering as high as 80 or SO quarts
for 81.
A TREMENDOUS snowslide came down
the side of Yellow mountain, near
Ophir, Col, on the 10Th and killed one
man and practically destroyed the
Caribou concentrating plant.
HARRY SLOAN was killed and his
brother Gallon badly wounded by Dep
uty Tom Rice at Enterprise, Ky. The
trouble was caused by the deputy serv-
ing warrant for larceny on the Sloans.
LUTHER CHAPLIN. the founder of the
senior order of United American Me-
chanics, died OF general debility at
Philadelphia on the 10th, aged IS
years.
THE business failures in the United
States for the week ended the nth
numbered 100, according to Brad
streets commercial report, against 269
for the corresponding week of last
year.
GoNzALo DE QUEsADA arrived at New
Ofk from OuOd, WnllneT ne went a
few weeks ago. He spoke enthusiast
tfcally of the present condition of the
island.
REPORTS recently received at Jack
sonville, Fla, from all sections of the
orange belt stated that the cold snap
did not do near so much damage as at
first reported.
COw-AH-SCHENcK. leading mem Der
of the wealthy Usage tribe of Indians,
was found dead at Salt Creek, Ok. He
got into trouble with several young
Indians in the Indian dance there and
they beat him over the head until in
sensible and let him lie where he fell
and he froze to death.
COLUMBUS, O., was filed with stran-
gers on the 10th, there being double
attraction of general interest-the lay
ing of the cornerstone of the new $780,.
0o0 addition to the state house and the
reunion of the members of the Seventy
third general assembly. Gov. Bush.
nell laid9the stone.
PRESIDENT MCKINLEY addressed the
G. A E. encampment at Boston on tbs
18th. He suggested that the Spanish
war veterans be admitted to member
ship in the G. A. r The president
also made short addresses to the Mas
sachusetts legislature and the Com
mercial club, after which he left TO
Washington.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-02-24
STATE OF Ono, CITY OF TOLEDO, s..

Frank j. Cheney makes oath that he is the
senior partner of the firm of +. J: Cheney
& Co., doing business in the city of Toledo,
County and State aforesaid, and that said
firm will pay the sum of One Hundred Do
lars for each and every case of catarrh that
cannot be cured by the use of HalIs Catarrh
Cure FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence, this 9Th day of December, a. d.
1856. a. w. GLEASON,
fSeall Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally and
acts directly on the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. Send for testimonials
free. f. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-02-24
Eva Dispositions
Are Early Shoxu,a. y

JuSt SO evif IN the Blood
comes out Il, shape of Sonof
ala, pinipLes, etc., IN children
and young people. Taken in
time It can Be eradicated BY
using Hoods Sarsapanlla.
In older people, the aftermath
of irregular fOing shozUs II
self in bilions conditions, a
heavy head a foaf mouth.
a general BAD feeling.
1t is the blood, the impures blood ,
friends, which is the real cause. Purify
that with Hoods Sarsaparilla and
happiness will reign in your family.
Blood Poison lived in bed Of fire
for years owing to blood poisoning that fol-
lowed small pox. 1t broke out all over my
body, itching intensely. Tried doctors and
hospitals in vain. 1 tried Hoods SaEsapa-
rilla. It helped. kept at it and was en-
tirely cured. could go on the housetops
and shout about it." MRS. J. 7. WILLIAMS,
Carbonate, Pa
ScrofuIa Sores My baby at two
months had scrofula sores on cheek and
medicine did little or no good. Hoods Sar-
saparilla cured him permanently. He is
now four, with smooth fair skin" MRS.
s. S. WRoTEN, Pennington, Del.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-02-24
THE WORLD All LARGE.
Summary Of the Daily News
WASHINGTON NOTES.

THE state department at Washing
ton has received a report from Am bas-
sador Clayton at the City of Mexico
announcing that he has agreed with
the Mexican government on the terms
of new extradition treaty to replace
the one just lapsed. The treaty will
be retroactive, SO that fugitives will
be disappointed in not securing the
asylum they expected.
THE president has nominated Col.
Miller to be a brigadier general in the
regular army for capturing 1loilo
without the loss of man and in recog-
milton of his meritorious services on
that occasion.
THE president on the 18th nomi-
mated Representative Samuel Barrows,
of Boston, for librarian of the con-
gressiona1 library.
PRESIDENT MCKINLEY was the guest
of the dome Market club in banquet
in his honor at Boston on the 18th
The presidents address was about the
Philippines. He said the islands were
intGusted to our hands by the war and
their future is now in the hands of the
American people.
THE war department has honorably
discharged Maj. Gems. Butler and Sum-
ner and Brig. Gems. King, Mckee,
Wiley, Lincoln and Comba, all of the
volunteer army.
THE secretary of the interior has ap-
pointed John D. Benedict, of Danville,
Ill, to be superintendento schools in
the Indian territory at So, 500 per an
mum, under the Curtis law.
THE state department at Washing
ton cabled the coincidence of the presi-
dent of the United States to the family
of M. Faure at Paris on the death of
the president of the French repu bile.
ADvICEs received by the state de-
partment of agriculture, at Austin.
Tex, indicate that the earlier reports
of losses of live stock by the recent
cold weather in Texas were consider
ably exaggerated. Estimates of a
humber of the most prominent cattle
men of the panhandle country place
the cattle losses there at Eve per cent
COMMISSIONERS WILSON, of the in ter
nal revenue bureau, said on the 18th the
receipts during the present fiscal year
were, in round numbers $t07, 500, O00
which, if the average per day kept up
for the balance of the year, will amount
to total for the fiscal year of the war
tax of $269, 942 00O
THE settlement of the obligations of
the Central Pacific Railroad company
to the government was completed on
the 18th when United States Treasurer
Roberts was given the notes of the
company for $50. sl2,715. The notes
are 90 in number, payable semi-an
nually, and are each for So, $40, 635,
bearing three per cent. interest.
PRESIDENT MCKINLEY granted par
don to John r. Jacobs, Choctaw In
dian, convicted of killing James MORT
a1lio in the Choctaw nation in 1883 and
given a life sentence in the peniten-
tiary. Jacobs was only IL years old
when the crime was committed.
IT was announced at the navy de.
partment on the 18th that an arrange
ment was being made for extending
American authority throughout the
Philippine islands by sending gun
boats TO different ports and having
troops or marines land and hoist the
stars and stripes and make a military
demonstration to impress the inhabit'
ants.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-02-24
Our Policy of Territorial Expansion.

Extreme annexationists are advocating the
addition of Canada to thiscountry, and think
it can be accomplished in peaceful manner
without exciting a quarrel with England.
Such grave questions call for the wisest
craftsmanship, just as dyspepsia, constipa-
ton, liver and kidney diseases and malaria
call for thoroughly reliable remedy like Hos
letters Stomach Bitters. No experimenting
should be done with untried medicines when
an old established preparation is to be had.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-02-24
A HAY Term Defined,

Miss Fondart-Jack, what do they mean
when they speak of first-water diamond?
Jack-One that-um-er-one fresh from
the mine-never been soaked, you know
Jewellers Weekly.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-02-24
Obstacles.

"Ha, hal" laughed Desdemona, derisively.
"Do your worst!"
For, it being one-night stand, the pillow
borrowed from the hotel certainly wasn't
large enough to smother anybody.
'"Fhink not to escape me, wretched wom-
an" cried Othello, deity telling her with a
chunk of cord wood.
Thus art rises superior to obstacles.-De-
troit Journal.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-02-24
Crescent Hotel. Eureka Springs, Ar
kansas,

Opens February .. In the Ozark Noun
tains. Delightful climate. Beautiful scenery.
cursion rates. Through sleepers via Frisco
Line. Address J. D. Plank, Manager, Room
81, Arcade, Century Building, or Frisco
Ticket Office, No. 10l n. Broadway, st.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-02-24
You Can Get Aliens Foot-Ease FREE.

Write today to Allen s. Olmsted, LIE Roy,
N. Y, for FREE sample of Aliens Foot
Ease, powder to shake into your shoes 1t
cures chilblains, sweating, damp, swollen,
aching feet. 1t makes tight shoes easy.
Cures Corns, Bunions and Ingrowing Nails.
Alldruggists and shoe stores sell it. % cents.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-02-24
Keepinx 1t Up to the Last.

is seriously i'll.
HN-Yes; 1 met his physician this morn.
ing, and he says he is lying at deaths door.
That's just like = lawyer. Chicago
Evening News.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-02-24
Her Maiden Aim.

Hoax-So young Goldrox has taken a
wife. What was her maiden name?
Joax-Her maiden aim seems to havs
been to marry Goldrox, and she proved an
unusually good shot for a woman.-Phila-
delphia Record.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-02-24

When we hear of fire where the orga
was saved, We don't know whether it is al
advantage or a ashingto
Ua.) Democrat
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-02-24

1 use Piso's Cure for Consumption both il
son. Inkster, Mich, Nov. 5, 1894.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-02-24

A genial person is one who laughs heartily
when he hears funny story a second time
-Atchison Globe.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-02-24
The SoFehead.

Freddy-What's reformer, pa?
Cobwigger-He's man who failed to get
a nomination on the machine ticket-JuGge.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-02-24
a Wise Man,

She-What do you think of love and mar
rage:
He-One thing at time, please!-Puck.
CT feel all run down." said the joculsr
citizen as the cyclist rode over him.-L. A.
Bulletin -
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-02-24

A doubling Thomas full of aches uses
st. Jacobs Oil. He's cured.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-02-24

Drink is a noun that many men are unable
to decline.-Chicago Daily News.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-02-24

You viii be disabled by rheumatism. Use
st. Jacobs Oil and cure it.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-02-24
DR.. Kilmer's SWAMP-ROOT is the Great Remedy for
all Kidney, Bladder and Uric acid Troubles.
TESskRDsSsAsSsEas

By Special Arrangement, Themselves
Bottle Sent Absolutely
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-02-24

.Do you know of good fortune teller?''
eyes; Bradstreet or Dun."-Vogue
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-02-24

What? A Cripple? Cure your sprain in
. day with st. Jacobs Oil. q
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-02-24

To Cure Cold iH One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Qainine Tablets. All
druggists refund money if it fails to cure. 25c.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-02-24

Explosions of Coughing are stopped by
Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-02-24

In order TO keep the stove hot you should
keep it coaled.-CMcago Daily News.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-06-24
New Single Rail Railroad.

An English inventor has built rail.
road on which trains run regularly at
the rate of 100 miles an hour, and fre'
ouently attain speed of from two to
three miles a minute. And it is e
practical achievement, with full-sized
cars capable of carrying 100 passen-
gers each, so practical, indeed, that
F. B. Behr, the inventor, has Just
formed a syndicate for constructing Q
line on his new system between Liver
pool and Manchester. He calls 1t the
Lightning Express Railway" 1t VIII
make the distance of about thirty miles
in twenty minutes, including stops
Between stations the cars will ire
quently attain speed OF two miles
minute. :,
The trains run on q single rail Sc
several feet above ground on trestl'
work, and the motive power Is iqr
nished by electricity. The cars some
what resemble a big oblong bun
turned upside down, with wheels Sc
thick along the part that answers 10
the bun crease, and hedged about witt
guide wheels, so that it cannot luml
the track along which it is propelled
Work on she Liverpool and Man
chester Road will begin within q FEY
months. The first line of the KIN
built by Mr.. Behr near Brussels, Be
Gium, has been in operation sewers
months. York Sun.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-06-24
y So
American Soldiers Wanted.

Henry Collins, who was an offiser
in one of the Mississippi regiments
last summer, is at the Riggs House.
Not long ago Mr.. Collins received an
offer from a former officer of the Brit
ish army, who had served in the Sudan,
and who is now in the military employ
of the Central American Republic,
Honduras, to join him with commits
sion in the army Of Honduras.
ct understand that many OF our vol.
unteers have received similar offers, "
Mr.. Collins said, land some OF them
will no doubt serve in case of anothS u
war. some with Honduras and some
with Costa RIGA. I know both coua.
tries well, and have met number o.
English officers who are the mainstay o.
the two armies. They are now fighting
on the opposite sides; some OF then
made campaigns in the Sudan side o!
side before. II is reported that
large number of American soldiers
have lust made engagements to sers.
in Honduras against the rebels.
have seen some officers OF American
birth on these missions OF adventure
but they are very few. Honduras an
Costa RIGA present magnificent oppor
tnnities to the adventurer and TO tn
investor as we'll. The climate is D
no means intolerably hot, and tn
danger of disease is at minimum. :
Washington Post.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-06-24

The walking fish" is very odd,
creature. which APP
pears rather to be the. composition OF
human ingenuity that being actually
existing. 1t is native of the Indian
seas. In this fish the carpal bones,
that is. the bones which represent the
wrist in man, are very greatly length
ened, and at their extremity are placed
the pectoral fms. which are short, stif
and powerful, the pointed rays re-
sembling claws rather than fms. These
prolonged fms enable them to walk
along vet ground almost like quadru-
peds. The Doras, South American
fish, il known to travel overland in
quest of fresh waters, when its pools
are dried up by the suns heat DR..
Gunther tells us that these journeys
are occasionally of such length that
the fish spends whole nights on the
way. and the bands Of scaly travellers
are 80 large that the Indians who hap
pen to meet them I'LL many baskets
with the prey thus placed in their
hands, The climbing perch Is an
other peculiar fish. which Is n the
habit of leaving the water for the land
and climbing up some OF the trees
which are found near. This 1t does b.
means Of its tail and sDiny fms.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-06-24

over Luther's. I do not know what
evidence this veteran has that Mel
anchthon ever owned these ancient
volumes, but I will know. 1t is Ger
tain. however, that they were publish
ed in his day and he could have owned
them.
The Latin inscription reminds one
Of another that was sent to me Tor
translation not long ago by Trend
in Alabama. 1t is on the top OF a
ma ,sive gold-headed cane that is an
heirloom in the. family. There Is a a
crown engraved upon the golden head
and underneath are these words:
"Epis noe ebor," which are not good
Latin or Greek, but 1 suppose are an.
breviations. At any rate they pass
my comprehension. The cane 90
scended from distinguished .Eplsco
pal bishop of New York city. IN
more I try to solve such problems tn'
] more am convinced that 50. LITTLE
learning is a dangerous thing" wa
not some college boy tell me what tina
Latin means?-BLL ARP IN Atlans
Constitution.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-06-24
CURIOUS FACTS

In Greenland potatoes never grow
larger than q marble.
Paper quilts are extensively used
abroad by the poorer Glasses.
A hall window in Representative
Landis's house at Delhi, Ind. 10
glazed with glass from the Maria
Teresa.
Berlin boasts Of seven coachmen
who are retired army officers. three
who are ex-pastors. and sixteen VINO
are mobiles.
The Hottest inhabited place In the
world is the Buddhist monastery OK
Haine. in Thibet. It is about l7sOOO
| feet above the sea.
In seventy years the average man
| crows a beard twenty-five feet long.
hair almost fifty feet long and mails
twenty three feet long.
A smoking tree has been found IN
the village Of Ono, Japan. It smokes
only in the evening, just after sunset
and the smoke issues from the top o.
the trunk. The tree 10 sixty feel
high.
An old man named Gregor Berds, o.
Erlau, in South Hungary, committed
suicide because little grandson hat
broken his favorite pipe. Near MI
body was found q note, on which wa
written: my pipe is dead; I will die
too"
The most expensive fur is that Q
the black fox of Kamtchatka, the ski
| of which when dressed becomes yer,
attractive blue. A single skin is wort
as much as $1,000. A pelisse worn p
! the Emperor Nicholas, lined with thl
fur, cost $4,000.
; One of the largest Holsters eve
; caught in the vicinity OF Calais, Me
or in any other place, as far as know
was recently captured off Gran
: Manan. The monster weighed twent.
: five pounds, measuring forty-tv
!. inches from tip to tip, having CLAW
I twenty inches long by seven wide.