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LIGHT AND DARKNESS.
Pafn Ia EaEier to Bear When thee.
SUN shines Than In the Gloomy
Dark of Night. aa{

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All who ever suffered from a tooth
ache know to their sorrow that the
pains increase as the night grows older
A toothaehe which during the day i'm
terfered but little with our enjoyment
of life is likely to develop during the
hours of darkness into a yeritable ter
ror, that makes us curse the accident OF
our birth. 1t is the same with an ear
ache, asthmatic troubles, etc. Asthma
is most likely to develop smother
ing nightmare between the hours Of 10
p m. and 6 a. m. :
At the Vienna university DIR. Gold
scheider has told the reason ina paper
read before his class. He thinks the
darkness prevailing in the average bed
room is at fault. Light, he says, plays
a greater part in the pathology of aches
than most people imagine. Those are
generally speaking, the healthiest mem
bers of the human family who live in
sunlit, well aired rooms, and who move
about in the sun as much aspracticable,
81 If in, daytime we are stricken with
pain our sufferings are certainly less,
relatively speak king, than they would be
If the malady had seized us at night,
for light and sunshine soothe our feel
ings and do not allow us to abandon
ourselves to the feeling of pain.
s When night comes the painful sensara
tions increase; they are bearable as
long as We are in the gas or lampiight,
but become intense the moment we
stretch out in bed, envelopeds by still
ness and darkness. A lessening of the
pain is observable only after sunrise.
What does it mean ~ asks the doc-
tor THAT darkness and stiffness are
not conducive to the comfort of sick
people. Therefore, I say, Il you have
pains in. the evening, do not rob yotlr-i
self of the soothing effects of lamp.
In ninety nine out Of a hundred cases
the presence OF a light IN the sick room
alleviates pain. fst /, AL 49, gEs 81 d
Es For the same reasons, do not let
your children sleep in the dark ii they
prefer a.Ight. The denial of a night
light has made many child i'll with
heart disease. II children refuse to
sleep in the dark it may be assumed
that there is some physical or mental
reason for it which we ought to respect
Ia From the above rules nervous people
are exempt. Some of them absolutely
refuse to find rest until all is quiet and
dark about them. i have found that in
cases OF megrim, q neuralgia pain in one
side of the head, nothing would do but
to place the patient in an absolutely
dark and still room, If possible at the
top of the house. advise that people
suffering from sick headache should in
gterrupt their day S work and take them
selves for quarter of an hour to a
darlSened room proof against noises.
Nature has put two great remedies in
our hands7-light and darkness. Suf-
ferers should find out for themselves
which best agrees with them. IN. X.
IT, IL sM
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shert-r.ived plant chant.

The ta1iput palm tcorypha umbra-
culifera) of Ceylon, whose leaves are
put to such numerous uses by the
sSinghaIese, bears fruit but once during
its life. This elegant tree measures
about ten feet round the trenk and at
tains a height Of about 1so feet. The
flowers, the appearance OF which pres
ages death to the tree, are inclosed IN a
tail spathe, which bursts with a loud
report, disclosing ID huge plume Of
beautiful blossom. The inforescence
is succeeded by equally conspicuous
punches of fruit. When these have
ripened the treesWithers rapidly, and lii
the course Of q fortnight may be seen
PROSTATE and decaying on the spot ii
adorned. ssts q
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peared imbedded in the flesh. He con-
suited DIR. J. M. Leslie, and that gem
tleman decided to remove the metal.
So Ray was placed under the influences
of anaesthetics and the operation be-
gan. DIR. Leslie secured firm hold
on the piece. of metal with a pair OF
forceps, but was unable to move it.
A more powerful pair of forceps was
secured and the metal finally moved.
But there seemed to be some sort of
projection behind the eyeball, and
whenever DIR. Leslie pulled the metal
out the eyeba1l was pressed out from
behind. Finally he turned the metal
around, but in so doing touched Roy's
olfactory nerve and a violent fit Of
4sneezing followed. hisa
8 When the paroxysm stopped the piece
of metal was removed with great diff
Guilty, and, to the surgeons astonish-
1nent, was found to be the breech lock
of Rays old shotgun. 1T was o little
=oyertwo inchesin length, about half an
inch thick, and a screw an inch long
projected from one end. 1T was this
that had got behind the eyebaII The
lock had been blown into the skull just
below the brain, and fraction of an
inch higher would have meant certain
and instant death. A very peculiar
thing was that Rays eyesight was not
impaired.
He rallied nicely from the effects of
the operation, and win soon be quite
well again. He was the most aston
ished man in the room when shown
what had been taken out OF his head.
Cincinnati ENQUIRER.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1899-05-27
By CHARLES 3. LEWIS.

Ibid the expressman leave package
here this afternoon?" queried Mr.. Bow
ser as soon as he got inside the door the
other evening.
Yes" replied Mrs. Bowser, but
hope you haven't developed new fad. >
Don't you get worried, my good
woman. l never had what you call a
fad in all my life, and don't think
shall run off on tangent at my age"
Its a box" continued Mrs. Bowser,
''and had an idea that twas an anda-
phone, megaphone or some other sort
of phone. If you have gone and paid
out $25 or $50 for some such nom
sense"
THAT will do, woman--that will do"
he interrupted with flourish. Zone
has only to look at me to realize that
I am not a man to indulge in. gim-
cracks and waste my hard-earned dol
lars. After dinner we will inspect the
package, and if you don't say | have
made the bargain of my life, Ill be
greatly disappointed"
Nothing more was said until the even
ing meal was finished, but the fact that
Mr.. Bowser was so bland and good
natured made Mrs. Bowser fear the
worst. When they had retired to the
family sitting-room he placed the box
on chair and stood over it and said:
Before opening this wish to make a
few remarks. Of course, you know
that the blood is the seat of life? 1t is
non-circulation of the blood that causes
half our ailments. If the blood is stag
nant--''
''Butyou are not doctor, interrupt
ed Mrs. Bowser.
Not a regular doctor, of course, but
that doesn't prevent me}from knowing
as much as 40 regular doctors out of
so. What don't know about the human
blood you will have to go a long ways
to find out. For instance, I.have known
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dor long weeks that my blood was stag
nant. II have known that yours needed
something to quicken it. have been
looking about for remedy, but struck
it only to-day" s.
'tI shall refuse to take any patent
medicine without the doctors oTders!
stoutiy asserted Mrs. Bowser.
''No one wants you to take any. That
is theidea-the value of my purchase
to avoid the thousands of nostrums
sold for eure-alls. In fact, if you bought
q patent medicine should throw it out
of the window. / remove the paper
from the package and you behold box.
The box does not hold drugs or pow
ders. open the box, and you behold"
"Mr. Bowser, you have been buying
an electric battery!" exclaimed Mrs.
Bowser as he paused and smiled bland
ly.
"Just so. Yes, it is an electric bat
terry From this night on we shall have
no more neuralgia, rheumatism, lum-s
bago. headache or other ailments inEthis
family. You can figure without a pen
ell. paid S22.50 for this battery, and
our doctor bill last year was Sis. We
save S95.50 year. besides keeping out
of bed. In five years this battery will
save us $500 in cash. No more doctors
and drug stores for us, Mrs. Bowser-''
81 knew it was fad-I knew it'll" she
groaned.
Fad? Fad? You seem to be struck
on that term. Why don't you call it a
fad when / come home with raging
headache and have to lie around for
two or three days, or when you flop
into bed and the doctor has to come
seven or eight times? Was it fad to
pay out SIT drug store bin the other
day?a When youftalkgto me want you
to talk sense" y
We'll, whatare you going to do with
the battery ?''
use it to restore us to health, of
course. Electricity thins the blood and
causes more rapid circulation. Ill
bring the color to your cheeks and
make you look five years younger.
Every bone in me aches with rheuma-
tisn, but half an hour hence I'll be
able TO jump fences. ] put on the
wires-so. and attach the handlesso,
and now we are ready. Take firm hold
of the handles and will turn on the
current"
But ! won't do it," protested Mrs.
Bowser, i haven't pain or an ache,
and Itlon't propose to fool around with
electricity"
''In other words, you don't care how
soon you fall sick and make me a doc
tors bill of $500. That's like you. Mrs.
Bowser, as your husband, it's my duty
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bronze statue of Jefferson Davis, to
be placed at his grave in Hollywood,
and is also designing the Winnie Davis
memorial tablet Of bronze, to be placed
In St. Pasll's Episcopal church, in
which Mr.. Davis received the news of
the virtual fail Of Richmond.
1t is the purpose to unveil the monu-
ments and memorial at the annual
NEE ting Of the Daughters OF the Cor
federacY next fall. The desi gn. for the
Winnie Davis monument is a seated
ansrel. 1t will he CARED iI1sItal liz nsnlar-
bic and mounted on Hammered gram
ite pedestal with coping in front. The
statue measures little more than
seyen feet. The granite pedestaIi is ~
feet high, 311s feet wide and 21s feet
deep. The coping IS six feet long, TIVE
feet wide and fifteen inches high
Richmond (Na.l Letter.
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THEN he STOPPED.

awful groan and fell on his knees, and
it was minute later before&Mrs. Bow
ser suspected anything wrong and
turned off the current. AS he was re
leased heIays at full length, and things
whirledg around him and he gasped
for breath. It was five minutes before
he could sit up, and five more before
he got on his feet and began:
Woman, you put up a j-job on me!
You aimed to take my life!"
'Oh, yes she replied as she passed
him on her way upstairs; II put up q
job to give you a fatal shock, and your
lawyer will see my lawyer about di-
vorce and all that. I'm going to bed,
however, and after you have got an
other dose or two, you'd better come
up. Don't be afraid of it. It's good for
rheumatism and all aches, and when
.you get through you'll probably come
upstairs four at time to look over
the old doctor bil1s!"
And Mr.. Bowser never said a word.
He just stood with mouth wide open
and wondered whether it was time to
gather huckleberries or go skating.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1899-05-27

submitted, but the New York camp of
Confederate Veterans desired particu-
larly d design by Zolney,Za New York
sculptor. This was an angel in Italian
marble, the price Of which was $4,000.
The sculptor's friendship for the Da-
Wis family caused him to reduce the
amount to $3.50, which included the
81 900 raised by the women and $3.50
given by the New York veterans.
Zolney's design was accepted as soon
as Mrs. Davis expressed her wish for
it. The sculptor is now at work on a
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1899-05-27
HE. HAD CHANGED. y ]

EH HE n Az EOk1 AgNUEDs Y II gSf8 2.
The old Virginia colonel had land.
on which there was q big depositgof
coal, and though half a dozen parties
had tried to purchase Of him each one
had failed to hit him right. A BaItimc-e
syndicate finally sent a lawyer down,
and the lawyer skirnished around to
find out the old mans peculiarities be-
fore bringing up the land question. He
was told that he would surely get the
land if he praised the colonel's war
record, and one day he went over fully
primed and began:
Colonel, war is a dreadful thing, isn't
.it?''
Powerful bad, sah-powerful bad. !" :
was the reply. ...ss3ts.ss
sBut if affords individuals an oppor-
tunity to win glory and fame. Take
your case, for instance. You went into
the late war as a private, believe r..
Yes. sah-as private. 4
And you came out a coionel?"
ss't I es, sahas kurnel. = s,s5
7 ou couldn't have done that without
being brave mantle bravest of the
brave. You made a record to be proud
of for ever1nere.fa
Well, did the best could, modest
ly yreplied the colonel. *s. s4.5sa.s
..They tell me-" resumed the lawyer,
that you saved Lees army at Antie-
tam -
.sMebbe so, mebbe So"
and you saved stonewa1l jackson
at Charlottesville? .5s 81 .,t 4 553
-ss'.. Perhaps did, sah.'
ag"And again you saved Lee at Gettys-
burg?'' ,.g S /. .ssss
Fl have heard Others say so, sab.
Excuse me, but did yos wish to see ma
ON business this mawnin' ?''
II called to see you about that land,
colonel. | have heard also that IL yen
could have had your way about things
Richmond would never have surren-
dered." .s... vs. .4ss..s,..
..Jest SO, sah--jest so. Had yo' come
here a month ago and praised my war
record as yo' hev should have sold yo'
that land, but ! hev changed, sah--i
heF changed. Ihev gone out OF the war
and gone into religion. What is your
religion, sab r. 2 a as.s
~a.I am undecided which creed to ac-
cept," replied the lawyer, thinking to
accept ethe colonel's as soon as he could
find out what it was. "a .a8
Then, sab, it is no use for us to talk
further. Any man OF your age and in
telligence who hasn't had his mind
made up for the last ten years to live
and die IN the Baptist religion is d dam
gerous subject to be at large, and /
wish yo' good uawnin, sab good
Mawnin'!. s.s 81
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A LOST sERENADI


& II haven't been SO hurt in my feel
ings since can remember" said the
man with the long hair and the roll of
music.
The police are very arbitrary at
times" replied the man with the
quart of tomatoes in bag.
'Oh. the police didn't interfere. | had
taken my seat on the front steps and
was tuning up my guitar and clearing
my voice to serenade thesobjeetsof my
affections, when her father opened
window above"
And ordered you off,"
No.. SIR
Threw water at your
''No, sir"
Then what?"
"Brutally informed me that my dar-
ling had been married at four o'clock
in the afternoon to a plumber, and was
then halfway to Chicago on her we'd
ding tour!"
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the most brilliant or sober colors. They
have a rather peculiar quality of modi-
flying the onesand bringing out the
other. ia IA s4 t Il
A pretty waite yoke is one overlaia
with narrow bands of cream insertion
on either side OF which are tiny bands
of black velvet ribbon. The yoke is
square and finished around the edge
with a double fril1 Of chiffon sewed un-
der heading of velvet.
The collar is high and covered with
shirred chiffon.
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A Delicious Egg Soap.

The following recipe for egg Soup
comes well recommended: Put a quart
of fresh milk and a teaspoonfuI of
onion juice over. the fire in a double
boiler. Blend together one tablespoon
full Of butter and a scant tablespoonful
of -four; moisten this with a little OF the
hot milk before stirring it into the
whole quantity. of boiling. milk, Sea-
son with salt and pepper. When the
mixture has boiled up once, strain into
q heated tureen over several well-beat-
en- eggs, stirring constantly as syou pour
to prevent eurtlling. S.
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Women ON Artists. Jurses.

Mime. Demont Breton received 234
votes at the. election Of the painters
jury for the Champs Elysee salon, be-
ing the first woman honored with a
nomination. She was not elected, tile
persons chosen being NM. Bonnat, Cor
mof, ~. p. Laurens, Detaille, Henner,
Jules Lefebvre, Benjamin Constant,
Bouguereau, Harpignies and Gerome.
In 1897 the sculptors not only nom
mated but elected a woman, Mime. Leon
Bertauy, sssszkzs. ~ ssz.ssz ##Ss
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1899-05-27

fectively. Red is pretty but looks warm.
Arrange the ribbon in a big bow with
several loops and fasten it at the base
of the crown in front. Place rosette.
of the ribbon at the back of the hat and
two smaller rosettes under each side of
! the brim near the, hair. Tie. the hat
with strings of thin null or chiffon.
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Harry Had am Idea,

Harry had not lived in the country
very long, but he, was very nanch Inter-
ested in everything that belonged to his
new surroundings. What kind Of a
cow is your papa 81 ~ q visitorlasked him
pne day. IL, y said Harry, 'iiti Is part
Jersey and part fresh. Youths Com
psuion.
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,roof1, Brnz hen Are scarce.

One of the western soldiers. at Ma
Mia writes that he went to a store to
buy a. tooth brush, and that the store
keeper took down everything in the
shop before he cot1ld be made to IN.
derstanl what his customer wanted.
After the. brush had been found the
soldier learned that its native name was
atapoknos tampulse,'' Z and that it was.
the only one in stock.
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4 A cH1LD.s Hat.
{fSF S haffo rSumm Wear

Although the bonnet is quite the
fashion for children's summer wear, it
has many disadvantages which are not
found IN the hat. A bonnet, besides be-
ing difficult to launder, soils easier than
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FOR NERVOUS PATIENTS.
Instrument which Enables Sick
Man to See and Hear HIS
Heart Heat.

The value Of the Roentgen rays is
every day increasing. A new instru-
ment has just been perfected. IL per-
mits the doctor to see the palsations of
the heart and hear its beatings at the
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1899-05-27
N QUAD'S Fun
sssse*GopYRleH1 lse0.ssssses
.EIIIING THE RREAcH.

They were to have a war-meeting at
the courthouse, and a committee OF
three called upon COL Claxton to see IL
he would be one of the speakers. As
they were well aware of his prolixity
and tenacity, the spokesman felt called
upon To observe: .,s .5= Els.
ssColcnei, what we want is short but
fervent speech something right TO the
point" S. ans .ss5
Not over three hours long sup
pose?'' queried the colonel.
THAT is too long. We want about
six speakers, and no one must occupy
over 90 minutes. Ii you can make it
fifteen it will be all the BETTER
Lets see!" mused the colonel, as he.
took up pencil and began figuring.
"The Pilgrim Fathers will take up fif-
teen minutes at the least. to say nothing
about Plymouth Rock. There should
beas much time devoted to telling why
and how the colonies came to rebel. 1t
will take all of half an hour to describe
Lexington and Bunker hill, and there's
an hour gone"
"But suppose you leave all that out r.
4tE z
was suggested.
"Couldn.t be done, shouldn't be
done. Can't have no speech without
continuity. Got to begin at the begin
ming, you know. Well say one hour to
work the audience up to the outbreak
of the war Of 1776. Then comes the
history of the long struggle. I'd. skip
good deal, but it would certainly use
up another hour sis's ssaAis ~ st
=" But, colonel, we want toraisea COM
pany for this present war, and what
has passed has nothing to do with it :"
a.sCouldn't leave out the past, sir
couldn't possibly do it. Got to get in the
war Of 1912, and that's another hour.
Can't start aispeech same as ciock.'
Got to lead up to climax, too: And
| there's the Mexican war. Ishould want
full hour on that. And then the late
war another hour. wouldn't agree
to get through in less than four hours
and half, and it might be five hours |" (
But couldn'tyou stand up and talk
about Spain and Cuba, and finish up in
a quarter of an hour?" asked the.
spokesman. sszs 8at 50.
/ Certainly not. We have got to go
back and find how the Spaniards came
to Cuba how the Cubans have suffered
take everything in detail. / couldn't
say minute less than five hours.
"rm afraid we couldn't hold the peo~
pie that long,"
''Then let 'em go. After once get to
/ speaking, what is the difference
whether there is any audience or not?
However, fix it to suit yourselves"
How would it do, colonel" said the
spokesman. after a consultations-''ho how
would it do for you to wait few days
and then go to Cuba?"
To talk to the Spaniards?" t
Eyes s''sss'@'' = & ss
sand to tire them into surrender
ing2" ~ 6 @
Exactly"
Just as you say about 1t. belong
to my country. If Lean help her more
that way, then it's not for me to hold
back. just arrange things. and will
be on hand, and if a five or six hour
speech don't fetch 'em, TIL make it fif-
teen or twenty.'' - X z38
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e. -oPELousAs, Ia. !. .sATURDAY, Ma y, 1898
NEW cHfFF ON YOKE
A RnekVieyy OF the Fancy little 'ssafas
Decoration Now In Such
SO Popular Favar.

sYogSes will never go cut Of fashion 3
said a leading New York modiste with.
remarkable certainty to your corre-
spondent few days ago. 'sthey are too
seryiceable, and serviceable things are
always stylish. Often they are changed,
being made fancier or palmer. as FASH
ion dictates, but a useful article is ab-
ways the mode. #.1.5
Fashion dictates" that yokes shall
be very elaborate this year and one'sees
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1899-05-27

them on the fancy articles counter got.
ten up in exquisite design.t
Very dainty colorings are seen in
these yokes and they are made out OF
chiffon trimmed with marrow ribbon
velvet. Where. one does not care to
have more than one yoke. however, 10 is
advisable to have 1t Of white and black.
These two eolors are becoming to any
face and do not look unmatched with
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TELEPHONES ABROAD.
81 Fkl4EH EH Il T--TT~-TT-TI 5ssks 81 ~ III fg
Great Britain La About to Add the
Instruments to IT'S Post and g
Telegraph Service. i3sg5 f49f 81

IT would seem that there is not ans
other country in the world which is SO
Econsiderate of capital and the privil-
seges that capital has come to- acquire
as the United States. Almost from the
moment Of the Introduction of the tel
5ephone it became in Europe more or
less of a public service. or state as
against private monopoly; but it con-
tinnes to be not merely private mo-
sriopoly in the most progressive ate OF
the American union, bat private mo-
nopoly, nnFegulated by the public aus
thority. And we are now actually lis
}tening to the superannuated suggestion
of resorting TO competition for the re-
straint Of what is essentially 9 monop-
iolistic enterprise, and admitting eom-
sneting telephone companies into theva-
rious cities and towns, to the further
multiplication of poles and wires and
lfe general unsig ghtHness and inconven-
lience Of the public ways. g
The British government, on the
other hand, is aboutstos take long step
forward in establishing a state tele--
phone service in connection with the
postal and postal telegraph services. A
natural system of telephone lines was
instituted by that government in 1895,
but on a somewhat restricted scale.
This is now To be compref extensively ex-
tended. So recent London dispatches
state, details of government scheme
for the expenditure Of $4,000, 600 ID de-
veloping telephone communication in
the United Kingdom have been pre-
seE.ed to the house of commons, and
the plan was approved by thatbody. It.
il further stated that this step is well
coined as death-blow to the private
telephone company, which was left in
tie field by the governments restricted
establishment of 1898 which is hardly
To be wondered at, since uncertainty as
to what the government would do pre-
vented the private monopoly from ade-
auately developing its system. Great
Britain will now. according glyss take its
place with France. Germany, Belgium,
Austria, Switzerland, Norway and
Sweden among the states which Id large
part spr entirely own and operate the
telephone service within their borders.
Springfield tSTass. Republican.
sSsS4
Potato Stalks for Paper.
On account Of the scarcity Of raw ma
terial for the paper mills of Holland
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