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The Opelousas courier., 1899-07-08
How Much All, Do You ureat,

How Much Air Do You Dreathes
Man wants but little here below"
is an axiom which applies markedly to
the quantity Of air which is necessary
to support life. It is estimated that
when a man is at rest he consumes 500
cubic inches CT air every minute. an
allowance which. at the first glance.
appears large. 1t is. however, absurd.
~ small when we consider that at this
rate OF consumption 1t would take a
man Eve days and nine and one-hali
hours to exhaust the air in q small
room is feet square and 10 feet high.
Any form OF exertion, however. great
ly increases the consumption Of air.
Thus, II we saunter at two miles an
hour, we require just twice as much air
as when sitting in our arm chair; and
at four miles an hour nothing less
than 1900 cubic inches will satisfy US.
Taking an average consumption
throughout life Of one cubic foot of
air every two minutes, we reach some
very interesting conclusions. Thus, an
Loui Suppiy VI l. Aooid NC CoAtdiueo
in a trunk 5 feet long, 3 feet wide and
2 feet deep. In a day We should ex-
haust a small roomful, 1917 feet long,
Z feet wide, and 10 feet high. For a
years supply we should require a
reservoir or hall 100 feet square and
a shade owe &c feet high, and the sup
ply for a long life Of eighty years
would be contained in a large hail
1000 feet long, 500 feet wide and AZ feet
high
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Relics Of Her Early Life.

Many relics of a girlhood Of more
than sixty years ago are in the posses.
sion of Mrs. Julia Eaton, of Syracuse.
In the attic stored away are the big
spinning wheel and reel aud the small.
er fax wheel on which she used to
spin so many knots regularly every
day. And there is, too, o wonderful
old blue coverlid which she herself
made on that very same wheel, says
the Syracuse Post-Standard.
In another corner of the garnet is a
trunkful Of gowns Of fifty years age,
delicate pinks and greens in satin
striped delaines and bareges, all made
with the flowing skirts and the short
waists and puffed sleeves.
Hanging from the rafters in the
garnet is what looks to be a curious
old lantern. 1t is not, but it is O foot
ssore-one that used to accompany the
family to church seventy years ago be-
fore there vas any other method of
heating the church edifce.
The stove consists of an odd little
tin box about a foot aud a half square,
all punched with holes like a nutmeg
crater. Through these holes was
emitted the heat which came from
within, where was a tin cup filed with
red-hot Goals. Every pew was sup
piled with one of these stoves, which
were.-as may be imagined, inadequate
for any extensive heating purposes.
However, they took the chill off from
the atmosphere, which was all the
church-goers of the day were accus-
toned to.
Mrs. Eaton has, too, several pieces
of the old-fashioned china, the ''aow-
ing blue ware, that has been handed
down from past generations. She also
prizes highly the sampler" of her
school days made sixty-seven years
ago. On a square of linen it has en-
broidered in cotton all the letters of
the alphabet, and beneath the name of
the little girl who made it-"Julia
Ann Tanner, thirteen years OF age"
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Wod1SNdabo.iM
WHERE WIVES TRiUMP1.

In the Philippines the law which 70.
lates to the property Of married peo.
pie is entirely in favor OF the wife
ANY property q bride may possess i.
never by any chance settled upon tbs
husband, and If he is poor and she
we'll on, he can emily become at most
an administrator of her possessions.
! After death, unless she has executed
d deed in her husbands favor, unde
d lawyers eye. the property goes to
her children and blooa. relations. but
none to her husband.
A married woman retains her maid
ea name and adds to it that Of her
husband with the prefix de" and the
children bear the names of both par-
tnts.
The husband %symbolicalIy endows
tho bride with all his worldly posses-
sions after the marriage. In fact. It is
clearly a case in the Philippines Of
what's yours is mine and what's mine
is my own" as Ear as the women folk
are concerned.
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A Wonderful General Remedy.

DR.. Sloan's Liniment Is known by horsemen
the world over. The fact that it can be used
In any way that any liniment can be used
makes it invaluabls for strains, sprains,
soreness In muscles and similar purposes.
remarkable in its penetrating qualities is
greatly in its favor. Where Sloan's Lini-
mentts used the necessity of excessive rub
bling is done away with, as it penetrates
relieves pain without thu necessity of undue
friction. which is liable to make swollen or
infamed joints. tender muscles and tendons
still worse. DR.. Sloan's Liniment can be
given with great advantage internally in
cases of collie, cramp, etc. This famous rem-
edy will also be found rs valuable for the use
A copy of his Treatise on the Horse. which
is replete with much useful and valuable in~
formation in regard to the care of this noble
animal, will be sent to any person writing DR..
Sloan. Boston, Mass. for it.
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THE CENSUS IN ALASKA.
TASK Before Special Agent Durham in
the Upper Yukon Region.

The taking of The census of Alas.
ga, said Director Merriam. at Wash
,1gton, q few days ago. promises to
De the most arduous part Of the whole
census We will have all the arrange
ments perfected in d few DAYS, and
the special SCENT; Mr.. Durham; will
leave for Alaska in about a week. He
Wall carry with him a full set of
blanks, specially prepared for this
service, and particular attention will
be given to obtaining the statistics in
regard to mining and the agricultural
possibilities of Alaska.
After MI. Durham leaves here we
DO not expect to see him again for a
year and d half. The cens1ls of Alaska
vii! be taken during June. 1900; as in
the remainder of the country, and it
VIII take o year or more to arrange for
the enumerators and other employees.
MIR: Dunham is to have charge of the
upper Yukon and the gold fields, and
another mar will look after the coast.
Durham will go far into the north OF
Alaska to the1 reindeer stations, into
the mining regions, and wherever
there is a settlement, picking out his
men to take tie census next year.
This will be eslVse cially difficult, owing
to the transitorf character of the pop
ulatlon of Alaslh at the present time.
nThe enumerators may be in one place
to-day and another Tomorrow. and
next year may be a thousand miles
away from the first place. Durham
will have e hard time to secure salts
factory enumerators on this account.
Also they will demand much more pay
than those in the States. Labor costs
about 80 a day in the mining regions,
and there Is no reason to believe men
will work for the Government for less.
Then they will want their pay at once
and will not care to wait until they
can hear from Washington. Conse-
quently We had to have Mr.. Durham
appointed a special disbursing agent
in order that he might pay off the
enumerators at once.
"Mr. Durham will have d complete
outfit for travelling in Alaska, and will
spend the summer in the Yukon re-
gion. When winter comes and the
streams freeze up he will enter the
mining regions. While the taking of
the census of Alaska will be very ex-
pensive, it will be much more thor
ough than any preceding it, and the
statistics should be of great value.
along the coast another man will
take a boat and visit the different set
Elements on the islands. He will not
have SO hard a time as Dunbar, as
these places are quite accessible. We
intend to enumerate all the whites.
Eskimos and Indians in Alaska if pos
sible."
Mr.. Merriam said it would be neces-
sary to pass a special law if Congress
wanted the census Of Porto Rico or
the Philippinesxtaken. The present
provides only for the United
Alaska and Hawaii.
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MADE COMPANIONS az pr.,,
wa Beasts Herd Together ia r
. Frrtst f,ra-

e" -AcSether to Escap.
Frrcst Fire.
"a incident OF the forest erea = ),
ans OF the Descanso ne,rbhorhooa
~ southern California. ulustrata- ~.
sna,. that common peril hr,nas
aoous among beasts as vel, A. an,ors
49,, AFTER the flames he'd comnlate /
sae.r YORK Of destruction and snrast =
PUN over the hills, . rapchfn 49,,
loi'n among tie charrcd strmns 49,
ss.nnpok'ns brush heaps to look for n
.unoe OF cattle and colts which ha
feu mad been hemmed n Nv t5s
IRE. ne went scfoss gully and rid 90
"a ase search. until at last he saw w.
etocK some little distance ahead w.
was more than aston.shed upon CON-
.Ie up to the group to find no univ
LIS ca...e and colts, but = deer, thres
H..ocats' a coyote, eaa s~eyers, az.
e..s' az alive and apparently !, ~
ear OF him. They watched his "a.
peosen with indifference, the timiditv
gone from the big-eyed deer, 40 ven.
~ u the Wildcats purr, and honesty
sn1pins IN the gray coyotes face. The
laooles'sat on their launches, Is meeL
as tne 2:ts Of children. Blu, the noor
soso'e N>as IN pain. aud as the farmer
'a"e chsSe the erstwhile robber of the
Ioost dragged his helpless h,nd-ouar-
'els toward the man in mute suppl
The legs OF the animal had
peen ff!ghtfully burned. The rancher
was IN no mood to make friends Of
sucn strange creatures, and at onca
GROVE his stock through the sno,der.
ing brush, the deer going along with
the cattle, the rabbits hopping a,ons
at the rahcher's heels, the Wildcats
sloaching along behind, and the ;ov-
ote, unable to follow. whining a na-
appeal for succor. When the
burning field was passed the deer
into a run for the distant hills.
he rabbits were away like a flash. and
The old defiance and snarling Ieer
back 70 the wildcats, who
'cOrEed to make q show OF hosta
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Oldest Lighthouse.

The Oldest lighthouse in existence Is
believed to be that at Corunna, Spain.
1t was built in the reign Of Trajan and
reconstructed in 1884. England and
France have lighthouses which have
been built by the Roman conquerors.
The famous Cordovan tower of France,
at the mouth Of the Gironde, in the
bay of Biscay, was completed IN 1911,
in the reign Of Henry ~. After stand
ing 2s7 years it was still considered to
be Of the best lighthouses in the
world, although its height has been
increased.
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comparisons Are odious."

Even the expert athletic of tho
present day, with bis s~plendidly de-
yeloped muscles, cannot compete in
agility with n OF the dumb brates
that is least active in its movements,
for while the man has only ATT muscles
in his entire body the elephant has
40, 900 in his trunk alone, aud no
acrobat can rival the swiftness and
dexterousness OF movement the great
creature shows in this one member al
- body.
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Adventurous Caree..

Col. Funston OF the Kansas regiment
that recently distinguished itself In
the Philippines is only % years old.
1t Is said ''he has been a reporter,
fought Indians, explored Death valley,
spent two years in Alaska. been as
s;stant secretary Of the Topeka & San
ia Fe railroad, served under Gomez in
Cuba in twenty-three fights, been
wounded, and was sick for ten months
with the fever"
Canada needs only 23T, 600 square
miles to be as large as the whole con-
tinent Of Europe; it is nearly 30 times
as large as Great Britain and Irsland
and is 5000 square miles larger than
As United States. excluding Alaska
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MRS JEFFERSON DAVIS.

as they press toward the foamins
| yellow river. She almost breathes
again the piny. smoky fragrance Of the
air. She remembers how the thought
came to her to disguise her husband.
He had protested, and shs urged him
with tears. Her arms chung around his
neck, leaving her long cloak On his
shoulders. 1t had brought him shame
and ridicule. 1t had hurt his soldier
pride. But she remembered that he
had worn 1t for love OF her. She can
think OF that now in the shadows.
Mrs. Davis life has been peaceful
enough these later years. The war
fever ran its terrible course with no
further tragedies to her weli-beloved.
and through the halls Of her beautiful
home little feet battered and a sweet
young voice called. Winnie, the young
est daughter, grew In beauty like a
flower, and Jefferson Davis forgot dez
feat in love for her. When the lead
err Of the lost cause died the mother
and daughter became ~inseparable COM
panions. Mrs. Davis could not afford
to grow old and leave Winnie without
a comrade. But the daughter died
about a year ago, and now the wife
and mother is homesick and waiting
anxiously for the summons from her
husband and her little girl.
Il used to think heaven must be q
lonely place." she said to a friend re-
Gently. Great golden streets, bare,
except for IN occasional stranger. But
now the streets here are desolate ones.
My husband and daughter have made
the ones up there the dearest and more
familiar. I shall be glad to go to
them"
The Opelousas courier., 1899-07-08

Senator Cafery's constitutional ar
Eument was listened to at one time by
six senator's. One Of these was Mr..
spooner OF Wisconsin. Senator CAT
sery read an extract in the course Of
his remarks, which attracted Mr..
spooner's attention. Perhaps It Lad q
familiar sound. At any rate he began to
manifest some curiosity. from what
ID the senator reading?" he asked Mr..
Gallery. The Louisiana senator turned
around with q surprised, not to gay an
injured, air. II am reading" he said.
with crushing emphasis, from the con-
gtttution OF the United States"
The Opelousas courier., 1899-07-08

The duke Of York. who IS now about
a years of age, and in direct line to
the throne Of England. is a most con-
snicuous figure in the stamp world. He
IL q collector, and, OF course. has .
YER ane collection, although 1t does
not compare with any other noted al
INNS IN Europe, but then he is a royal
hishness, and that makes q heap Of
difference, in the stamp world as else
The Opelousas courier., 1899-07-08

Undertaking Is the State Railway System
In Belgium.

The state railway system CT Bel
GUM IS estimated as the most profit
able commercial undertaking. both to
the government and to the people, ever
promulgated in Europe. 1t consists OF
$500 miles, Of which 1000 are govern
ment property. Its profits more than
pay the entira interest on the Belgium
national debt. The Belgian railways
have been the making Of the nation,
as from a comparatively insignificant
agricultural commonwealth it has late
ly developed into a hummiHg bee hive
Of commercial activity.
Other European governments own
railways, although in no case has the
experiment proved so successful as n
Belgium. Germany, in addition to a
large quantity OF stock IN the railway
world, has created the North Sea ca
nal. France, Holland and Russia are
also largely interested in their own
railroads. OF purely departmental
workings the British post Is by far the
most profitable in Europe.
What makes poetry? A heart brim-
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Shake into your shoes Aliens Foot-Ease,
q powder for the feet. It makes Tight or
New Shoes feel Easy. Cures Corns, Bun
ions, Swollen, Hot, Callous, Aching and
Sweating Feet. Sold by all Druggists and
dress Allen 8. Olmsted, Leroy, N. Y.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-07-08

Clean blood means a clean skin. No
beauty without il. Cascarets, Candy Cathar.
tic clean your blood and keep it clean, by
stirring up the lazy, liver and driving all i'm.
Danish pimples, boils, blctches, ~blackheads,
and that sickly bilious complexion by taking
Cascarets,-beauty for ten cents. Ali drug.
gists, satisfaction guaranteed, l0c. Csc. SOC.
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An Excellent Combination.

The pleasant method ana beneficial
effects of the well known remedy,
SYRUP OF FIGs, manufactured by the
CALIFORNIA Flo SYRUP Co.. illustrate
the value Of obtaining the liquid laxa-
tive principles of"plants known to be
incidentally laxative and ~presentinel
them in the form NEST refreshing to til
taste and acceptable TO the system. 1T
is the one perfect strengtnrn-,C AKA
tive, cleansing the system effectually,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
gently yet promptly and enabling one
to overcome Eabitual constipation per-
maEently. Its perfect freedom from
afery Objectionable quality and sub
stance, and its acting on the kidneys,
liver and bowels, without weakening
or irritating them, make it the ideal
laxative.
In the process Of manufacturing fga
are used, as they are pleasant to the
taste, but the medicinal qualities of the
remedy are obtained from SIENNA and
other aromatic plants. by a method
known to the CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP
Co. only. In order to get its beneficial
effects and to avoid limitations, please
remember the full name Of the Company
printed on the front Of every package.
FIG SYRUP co.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
LOUISVILLE. KY. NEW YORK. N. 2.
For sale BY all Druggists.-Price Soc. per bottle.
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nu.IU'haG: $50 a q G S,}fssss Teoae es 81 Hs d5as'
Listen.

Thousands Of young and Old people drag
through 6 miserable existence not knowing
what ellis them, when they ere only run down
and need something to assist nature to perform.
Its functions. For this Browns Iron Tonic
stands ~pre-enfneDtly at the head OF all rene
dies. Try 1t and you Will he convinced.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-07-08

Rice wine, a vicious connection IS
We know 1t, has been used by the Ia
panese for 1000 years, The use OF tha
Juice Of the grape, Of course, is many
thousands OF years older.
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have found PTso's Cure for Consumption
an unfailing nedicine.-F. r. LOTT, 1905 Scott
St. Covington, KY, Oct. l. 1854.
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We will give slCG reward for any case of
catsrrh that cannot be cured with Halls Ca
tarrh Cure. Taken intensity,
F.J. CHENEY e Co.. Props, Toledo, o
The Opelousas courier., 1899-07-08

The devil reaps a sure crop from
among people who expect to become
Christians after they commit one more
sin
The Opelousas courier., 1899-07-08
ro-To-Bao TOR FIFTY Cents.

A disappointment in love often produces
an excellent man of business.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-07-08
Don't Tobacco Sol. and Smoke Your Iiss Away.

A Presbyterian church has been built i,
Juneau.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-07-08

1t is always easier to recognize q debtor
than a creditor.
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"He Laughs Best
Who Laughs Iast.n

A hearty; laugh indicates 4
degree Of good health obtain
able through Pare blood. As
bat one person tn ten has
pa'e Blood, the Other nine
should purify the blood uaf
Hoods SarsapanHa. Then
they can laugh first, last and
all the time, for perfect hap-
piness comes e,,iM goodheaM
Mod1.SM1aboAM
~&zz7l2aam1
Hoods Pills euro ires ills; the non i,,;.. ~.
~ ">te--'r - +-e~ WIZ W--5's S,r...sSl5T-
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Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup forohlldrsu
;eethtng, ~softens thsgums, Observation-Disclosures
tion ,allays pain. cures wind collie. ~. q bottle
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"~CRAWEoEpv11L.B. LA: Tetterine Is worth
more than fs weight in gold to mo. One appit-
cation cured nae Of letter in my toes 0; seven q
years standing. John N. Tewies.' 1t cures all
skin dtscaess. At druggists 90 cents box. OF by
The Opelousas courier., 1899-07-08

20 Cure Constipation Forever.
Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic. SOC OF CSC.
u c. G. c. fail to cure. druggists refund money.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-07-08

The man who wants to work for God doesn'
to go to an employment agency.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-07-08

The man who is the first to argue Ia the
laet to act.
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Beauty IL Blood Deep.

A War Cry is to be printed in Java, in the
Malay language.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-07-08

It is better to go home on foot than to
prison in a palace car.
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To quit tobacco easily and forever. be mag.
netic. full of lie, nerve and yigoc, take MOTTO
BEc, the wonder.worker, that makes weak men
strong. AL druggists, Soc or 81. Cure guaran.
tced. Booklet and sample free. Address
Sterling Remedy Co. Chicsso or New York
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Guaranteed tobacoc habit cure, makes weah
men strong. blood pure. Soc. 81. All druggists
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People appear natural only when they don't
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Do Your Feet Ache and Burn?

It Is the goodness you are looking for in
others that will Ill your own life.
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health.
No matter how i'll they feel, they drag themselves
through the daily tasks and pile up trouble.
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THIS IS heroic but a penalty has to be
paid.
} A woman in New Matamoras, Ohio,
MRS. IsABELL BRADFlELp. tells in the
following letter how she fought with
disease of the feminine organs until
finally forced to take to her bed. She
SayQ.
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Agents WASTED. you ran earn sMo: 60 Per month
orr portraits and frames. Write for terms
G. 81. Anderson, I Co, So Elm street, Dallas Texas
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What makes poetry" A heart brim-
iul OF one noble passion.
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Inc wives a0Q
mothers of America
are given to over
work. Let them be
wise in time and at
the first indication
Of female trouble
write to Mrs. PINK
ham at Lynn. Mass.
former advice. This
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-16

Every man who sets Up MS house in
Z new place knows that oze q the sur
es- methods OF establishing his posi-
ton in the community, is % associate
himself with some church, show himself
BY regular attendance. and create q
favorable opinion Of MS responsibility
and intentions by contributing 10 the
support OF the institution. Men and
women controlled by worldly motives
have been known 70 desert one church
and identify themselves with another
Of greater w=alth Of supposed social
distinction. L is in an analogous stu
ation that Japan now finds herself
among the nations.
She has lately come into & new estate
whore unprecedented homage is done
her IS q commercial power and a polit-
zeal force. but still she finds herself al
a Disadvantage. There is q barrier be-
tween her and the European nations
They are Christian, but she is. II not
pagan, then a. most only q missionary
station. Hence tn RI that the min
istry has decide Ike Christianity
the religion o. IL g. In short, ia
pan. like all civilized nations, has de-
temined TO go 70 church, The joy
that such a contamination will inspire
among Christian bodies, the world over,
Is beyond measure.
Japan has long been an important
and fruitful missionary field, and her
people are b. no means the pagans
that that term might imply. Still. the
missionaries have been in q sense in
truders. and despite the friendly treat
mento1 foreign religious teachers, Chris
tianiry has not received the formal and
Official recognition at court that would
lift the nation out Of the pagan cate
CORY. Now, apparently, this step is TO
be taken. With the advance Of civil
iaztion, even the people that have not
been reached BY the missionaries are
said 10 have slipped away from their
traditional faiths and a substitute must
De provided.
Aside from all questions Of ethics and
morality, Japan Is sufficiently well in
formed to know what power is behind
modern progress and what is the re-
ligion Of the live world and she has
made her choice. Even if this move
ment were undertaken from sordid mo-
tives (and this would be a gratuitous
Assumption, its significance is still
great from q religious standpoint.