davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Opelousas courier., 1900-12-22
Tough Little Beasts.
Practical Chemists,

Two cowboys rode into Sioux City
the other day from Sheridan, Wyo., O
distance said to be about 1000 miles.
They rode all the way upon their
bronchos for the purpose Of letting the
Secretary Of Agriculture know the
powers Of endurance Of those little
beasts.
The speed attained was about twenty
males 0 day, but that was not 80 re.
markaMe as the fact that no feed was
carried or obtained for them during
the entire trip.
The bronchos picked UP their own
fodder where they could find 1t along
the way, and at the end Of the trip they
appeared as fresh as when they start
ed.
The SecEetAry's idea is to demon.
strate the advantage the American
broucho would be to European cav.
alry.
II Is doubtful, however, If the m:l:.
Aery people Of Europe will take kind.
~ to the bucking broncho OF the West.
They are very fond Of large and SNOWY
horses in the cavalry across the water.
The idea Of the cavalry there seems to
he force, both In the men and beasts.
Ia In the sword arm Of tine service,
while with Us It has become largely a
collection Of mounted carbneers.
The proud cavalryman Of the Ger.
mar and French armies would neve,
!Sonsen& TO beStr4de the shaggy and
lean little bronches which are found so
GEicten$ on our Western plains.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-12-22
aAvE HIS LlFE 70 SAVE ANoTugT
goIng Man browns After Rescuiuga
Companion froaa Death.

goIng Man browns After Rescuiug q
Companion from Death.
A story Of splendid heroism in q
youth who gave his life to save that Of
his friend ome from Fraserburgh,
In Scotland. The hero Of the story IL
st. John Dick Cunningham, son Of
Lieutenant Colonel Dick Cunningham,
V. c., of the Second Battalion Gordon
H~ighlanders, stationed at Aldershot.
Young Cunyngham and the master Of
Saltoun (son Of Lord Saltoun) left
Philorth together, and went to the sea
to battle. Evidently the lads mac
quainted with the treacherous nature
Of the sands at the point at which they
entered the water, for they walked out
at once to easy swimming depth. Sud
denly both found themselves in deep
water, a strong undercurrent having
drawn them into one Of the many
pots" or pools which constitute the
chief danger Of the place.
To the lad Cunningham the situation
was not desperate, but the young mas
ter Of saltoun was quickly exhausted
and was on the point Of giving up the
struggle when his companion, forget
full of his own danger and eager only
TO save his friend, devoted all his re-
naming strength to the work Of res
cue. After a desperate struggle Cum
yngham succeeded in getting his friend
into shallow water, through which the
latter dragged himself in q terribly ey-
hausted condition to the beach.
Turning to thank his rescuer, the
master Of saltoun was Mortified to find
that he had disappeared. Frantic with
excitement, he ran as fast as his condi-
ton would permit to some fishermen
who were working some distance along
the beach, but although they lost no
time in making search for the Lad no
trace Of him could be found.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-12-22
when PerfeetlY proportloned.

The upper arm of the perfectly
formed woman should end at the waist
line, so that she can rest her elbow
On q table while standing erect, and
her forearm should extend to a point
permitting the fingers to mark a point
Just below the middle of her thigh.
Her neck should be OF the same cir
eumference.
A plum line dropped from a point
marked by the tip Of her nose will fall
~ q point one inch In front OF her
great toe. Her shoulders and her hips
VIII make a straight line drawn up
and down. Her waist will taper grad
ually 20 twenty-six inches. her hips
WIS measure from six to ten inches
nlore than this, and her waist win call
aor q belt from twenty-five to twenty
eight inches. She should measure
from her waist to her feet about q
root more than from the waist to the
crown Of her head, and her shoes
nnotld show a number half that OF
her glove. A "No. @ hand. for in
stance, should be accompanied by a
Ao. = shoe. Her weight for the heights
slYen should be from lbs to 14O
poNnds.-Woman's Life.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-12-22
A Queer Request.

1t has always been young Squallop's
understanding that he would inherit
something handsome when his un-
Gle, a studious and somewhat scholarly
man, passed off the stage Of action.
The uncle died, and the will was
opened.
Young squallop was, indeed, remem-
bered. The bulk of his relatives
means was found to have been sunk
in annuities, but the size OF the pack
age ~bequeathed to the young man sur
prised him. He opened 1t, examined
the contents, and locked it away from
prying eyes.
II hear your uncle left you some
thing" said an acquaintance q week
or two afterward, meeting him on the
street.
"Yes,. he replied. "My uncle left
me ten thousand"
81 congratulate you. With $4,000
a young man may be considered to
have at least a fair start in iife."
II didn't say dollars. He left me
ten thousand chess problems"
It was even so. For many years the
old gentleman had been making a col
lection OF such problems, clipping them
from the chess columns Of various
weekly papers. and al his most cher
ished possession he left it entire to
his favorite nephew, a youth who did
not know a pawn from a bishop.
Life Is full of disappointments, and
certainly young s%quallop's deserves to
be recorded among the bitter ones
Youths Companion.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-12-22
WORDS OF WISDOM.

Wheresoeyer the search after truth
begins there life begins.-Ruskin.
He who thinks his place below him
will certainly be below his place
Saville.
BY doing nothing men show their
character more clearly than by what
they think laughab1e-Goethe.
There is no happiness in having and
getting, but only in giving; half the
world Is on the wrong scent in the
pursuit of happiness.-Henry Drum
mond.
The covetous person lives as if the
world were made altogether for him,
and not he for the world; to take in
everything, and to part with nothing
Robert South.
BE not ashamed to be helped. for it
is thy business like a soldier In an as
sault on a town. How then If, being
lame, thou canst not mount upon the
battlements alone, but with the help
Of another it is possible.-Marcus Au-
relius.
Economy no more means saving
money than it means spending money.
1t means the administration of a
house, it's stewardship; spending Oh
saving, that is. whether money or
time. or anything else, to the best pos
sible advantage.-Ruskin.
Foster habits Of economy and self
denial. No matter how modest your
income may be, always live under it.
You viii thus protect your liberty and
business integrity, and guard yourself
against the slavery and humiliation
OF debt, which is too often the precur-
sor and the incentive to commercial
dishonor.-Cardinal Gibbon.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-12-22
swiss women DOME Love Study.

Switzerland is a popular place for
women students of oil nations but
Switzerland, according to a p%etticoat-
ed Phi. D., who Is home from Zurich
on a vacation. The University Of Zu-
rich has $50 students, and 214 Of them
are IN One hundred and twenty
eight of the 214 are studying medicine,
f~fty-eight philosophy, twenty-one
natural science, and eleven jurispru-
dence. Only eighteen Of these women
students are Of Swiss birth. Ninety
seven are Russians and eighty-four
of their number are studying medicine.
There are twenty-nine Germans and
AS MANY Americans.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-12-22
ceeded 10 scoring a conviction. Hel
victim was fined So,

~ 4ANA
victim was fined So.
Mrs. Mckinley has chosen a cool,
shady lane near the Soldiers Home in
Washington as her favorite drive.
Washingtonians know this place now
as "the road where the bridge U.s."
Mrs. Joseph II. Choate, the wife of
the American Ambassador at the Court
OF st. James, is an expert photograph
Ell, excels as a water colorist and is
also proficient In music and languages.
Queen Olga of Greece is the head Of
an association Of women whose object
is the moral regeneration of criminals.
They frequently visit the inmates of
the prisons in Athens, giving them re-
ligious instruction and sympathetic
attention.
Mary Urquhart Lee, the former
Rockford, Ill, woman who has become
famous as an authority on parliament
tary law, has been offered a chair at
Colorado College, and has the oferun-
der consideration. The chair offered
Mrs. Lee carries an annual salary of
nearly $4,000.
Many years ago the little Princess
Victoria, Of Kent, when riding at
Tunbridge Wells, England, was nearly
thrown down a dangerous embank-
ment through her pony boiling. She
was saved by the prompt gallantry Of
a lad named Tolson, who has just die,l
at the Wells, at an advanced age.
Nine. Dosne, a sister-in-law of
Theirs, has presented his manuscripts
to the National library in Paris, the
condition being attached that they
shall not be opened until after her
death. 1t is thought that they will
throw a great deal of light upon the
literary and political history of France.
Mrs. Clara L. Bovard, Of Atlanta,
Ga, appeared in court the other day
on her OWL behalf In q suit against
some one who owed money to q firm
for which she is collector. Women are
not admitted to the bar in Georgia,
but Mrs. Bovard has studied law four
years and hopes to have q chance to
practice some day. :
Probably the only sovereign who has
been up in a balloon is Queen Chris
tina of Spain. Some years ago she
was passing a field where some bal
loon experiments were going ON, and,
desiring to experience the sensation
Of being in midair. sent her equerry
to make known her wish. Her attend
ants tried to dissuade her from max
ing the attempt, but she would not be
oyerrufed, and the royal party. there
and then made the ascent.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-12-22

You ought to have known that
when you ceased to be regular in your
courses, and you grew irritable with
out cause, that there was serious
trouble somewhere.
You ought to know that indigestion.
exhaustion, womb displaeements,
fainting, dizziness, headache, and
backache send the nerves wild with
alright, and you cannot sleep.
Mrs. Hartley, Of 221 W. Congress St.,
Chicago, ILL.,, whose portrait we pub
fish, suffered all these agonfes, and
was entirely cured by Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound; her case
should be a warning to others, and
her cure carry conviction to the minds
Of every suffering woman of the I'M
failing efficiency Of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-12-22
Tha Usefulneaa OF scent.

A gossip asserts that the scent bot
Tile is not the mere luxury it used to
be considered, but a nerve tonic OF
much value in hygiene. The tired Wo-
man has long known how infinitely
refreshing it is to moisten her hand.
kerchief with scent and inhale its
Odorous sweetness or to empty some
OF the contents of a fash Of al de
cologne into a basin of water and
battle face and eyes with the liquid.
This is being recognized to such an
extent In Europe that in the rest rooms
provided for their shopgirls by many
continental business men bottles of
scent are to be found as well as COM
Portable chairs and lounges-conyen-
fences which the girls appreciate very
highly.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-12-22
A PHOTOGRAPHIC improvements

Capt. Colson, an English army Of
1cer, has devised a promising means
Of diminishing the time of exposure Of
Photographic plates in order to get a
good image. He finds that some Of the
Light gets through the gelatino- bromide
plate, and reflects it back into the aim
by q smreen Of white paper, or card
board, close to the film. He proposes
to get even better results by making
the plates with q thin, white opaque
layer on the glass and flowing the emul-
sion over them.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-12-22
sl VOaEN AND AZ

IN France, from May i to August 81.
taes, more than seventy patents were
Saken out by women.
a wonan's suffrage amendment to
tne constitution of Oregon will be
soted upon By the people Of that State
naxt June.
An imperial decree just issued In
HApstria admits women to practice as
phxEieians and chemists on the same
conditions as man.
AFs. Cora G. Lewis, one Of the best
aRosEn newspaper women In her State,
aas Deeu elected president De the We
mans Press Association Of Kansas.
Aady A~lma-Tadema has been the
recipient of one of the highest awards
81 ne British art section of the Paris
M~Apoalfion, naanely, the nedaille
aalsea1
AkisN Mary Anderson, city attorney
I'll kaanayra, Mo- made her official de-
~ eogEt lie ptheg dey, ana sue
The Opelousas courier., 1900-12-22
THIS WILL INTEREST MANY.

To quickly introduce B. B. B. botanic
Blood Balm), the famous blood purifier, into
new homes, We will actually send free
10000 treatments. B. B. B. quickly cures
old ulcers, scrofula, painful swellings, aches
and pains In bones or joints, rheumatism,
catarrh, pimples. fostering eruptions, boils.
eczema, itching skin or blood humors and
even deadly cancer. 3. B. b. sold at drug
stores for 81, Eor free treatment address
Blood Balm Co., 4 Mitchell ST., Atlanta, Ga.
Describe trouble and free medical advice
given until cured. Medicine sent at once,
prepaid. 5000 voluntary testimonials OF cures.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-12-22
OueenlY Eyes and Ears.

Royal tastes arc not usually artistic.
Queen Victoria is fond Of good music,
but her taste in pictures and books
is said to be unworthy of a country so
rich In art and literature. The young
Queen Of Holland is a gifted artist
and loves fine paintings, always visit
ing the galleries of every city she
goes to. But music Wilhelmina
frankly dislikes. She goes to concerts
because she must assume an interest
in everything, but she admits that
listening to operas bores her, and she
is quoted as saying that she would
rather scrub than play the piano.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-12-22
STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO. ! ~.

LUCAS COUNTY
FRANK ;. CHENEY makes oath that he Is the
senior partner of the firm of T. J., CHENEY d
Co., doing businessin the City Of Toledo,C County
and State aforesaid, and that said firm Will pay
the sum of ONE for each
and every case of A that cannot be
cured by the nse Of HALLS CATARRH CURE.
FRANK ]. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
l-~l presence, this 9Th day Of December,
SEAL A. D. 1896. A. w. Gibson
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally. and
acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system. Send for testimonials, free.
F.J. CHENEY Il Co, Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists. 76c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-12-22
French Autumn HATS

The early autumn models are
charming, and they cater to every type
OF face. Some flare prettily off the
forehead, while others have a droop-
Ing brim. The hat rolled up at the
left side is still good style. The most
pronounced feature of the first fall
hats is. their broad fiat effect. Draped
hats In velvet, plush, and felt cloth
will be extremely fashionable.
Velvet flowers will be much used
the petals Of roses and poppies form
ing entire hats.
Hats of velvet autumn leaves win
also be a novelty of the fall.
Feather breasts In all colors will be
. fayorite trimming.
The pastel shades are slowly but
surely going out OF fashion. The new
shades are pronounced In color, but in
no sense crude.-Harper's Bazaar.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-12-22
nlsks Of Soldiers In war.

a careful analysis Of the statistics
Of British mortality ID the Boer war
shows that of the British officers in
South Africa ri per thousand have
been killed OF hare died from wounds
and 300 per thousand have died from
disease. Of the men nineteen per
thousand have been killed Or died
from wounds and 31s per thousand
have died from aisease-Medical Rec
ord
The Opelousas courier., 1900-12-22
Emhionahla 1awaTH

Earrings have become quite the
fashion, but they are very small, and,
II not in screw form, Get very close
to the ear. The only bracelets pos
sible vita the long sleeves aro those
Of the loose, flexible kind, with pend
ant hearts, charms OF other dropping
ornaments. Brooches r still Of the
long pin type, or In Louis Seize de-
signs. VITA fine lattice work ct With
tiny gems
The Opelousas courier., 1900-12-22

No matter what ails you, headache to Q
you win never get well until your
are put right. CAscARETs help ma
ture, cure you without q gripe or pain, pro-
duce easy natural movements, cost you just
10 cents TO start getting your health tack.
CAscAREEs Candy Cathartic. the genuine,
put mp inmetal boxes, eye.y tablet. has O. O.
O., stamfsd on II. Beware Of limitations.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-12-22
s,nertening the TafCefa.

The taheta, which was so smart in
its prime, now shows signs of fatigue.
1t can be "t;dea-over'' by embellish-
ing 1t with a bolero Of black lace.
which will refresh the bodice. With
or without sleeves the bolero is worn.
You can make it of guipure or chan
tilly lace. Choose a wide-edge lace il
you do not find the bolero ready made
in a style you like. This smartens a
bodice and enables it to pass muster.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-12-22
NE. ararOy's Volcanic Tendency.

Mt. Marcy, the highest mountain Ia
the Adirondacks, 10 very uneasy, with
volcanic tendency. This mountain is
one OF the curiesities Of the Adiron-
dack section and 1t is said to be the
first mountain In the world TO have re-
ceived the cooling breezes after the
chaos period, and to this fact Ia at
tributed the continued salubrity of the
air and general healthfulness Of the
Adirondack mountains.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-12-22
As Regards Finger Nails.

Finger nails are at last to be cut to
conform to toe shape of the finger tips
and made reasonably short. Ta1ons
are out of fashion. No coloring is
now added to nails by up -to-date
manieurists.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-12-22
WOMEN MUST SLEEP.
Avoid Nervous Prostitution.

II you are dangerously sick what is
che first duty Of your physician? He
quiets the system, he deadens
the pain, and you sleep well.
Friends ask, "what is the cause ?"
and the answer comes in plying
tones, nervous prostration. 1t came
upon you 90 quietly in the beginning,
that you were not alarmed, and when
sleep deserted you night after night
until your eyes fairly burned in the
darkness, then you tossed in nervous
agony praying for sleep.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-12-22
News y norEs
Nv WofM1EN
undar a Neu Name.

The new fnorascent silk is a change
able six under a new name, but it
has a new beauty as well, and obtains
color effects never before achieved in
changaable materials.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-12-22

Each of the large Atlantic liners lays in a
supply Of $500 bottles of wines and spirits,
l2,OOO bottles of ale and porter, and 6,0U bot
ties of mineral waters for q trip to the United
States and the return voyage.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-12-22
A New sire Extineuisher.

A scientist suggests that milk be used to
extinguish the flames of burning kerosene,
because "nnilk forms an emulsion with the
oil, which makes 1t accomplish its object
more quickly" The best medicine to quickly
biliousness or fatulency, Is Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters. It is the only genuine
stomach remedy, and has . record Of over
fifty years OF cures. Try IL also for malaria,
fever and ague, and be convinced.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-12-22

The heat is so gre at in Muscat that three
men belonging to the British man-oT-wRr
died from heat apoplexy while che
yunboat lay atanchor at that port,
The Opelousas courier., 1900-12-22

A Frenchman named Dufour claims to
hav found q way Of melting and moulding
quartz like glass,
The Opelousas courier., 1900-12-22

A fruit propagation has produced a seedless
apple. These new apples ere superior in
to the ordinary kinds. High prices
are being paid for tn trees
The Opelousas courier., 1900-12-22

Don't Drink too much water when cycling.
Adams Pepsin Tutti Fruit Is an excellent
substitute.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-12-22

PUTNAM FADELEss DYES are fast to
sunlight, washing and rubbing. Sold by
all druggists.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-12-22

FITS permanently cured. No fts or nervousness
after first days use Of DR.. Klfue's Great Nerve
Restorer. s. trial bottle and treatise free DR. r.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-12-22

Gout Is rarely known among the WORKING
classes of Ireland. Their immunity from
this complaint Is thought to be due to the
fact that their food consists large Of pota-
fNaa
The Opelousas courier., 1900-12-22

There Is no other ink Just as good" a.
Carriers Ink. There Is only one ink that 10
best Of all and that is Carter's Ink. Use it.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-12-22

I am slre Piso's Cure for Consumption saved
ny life three years aEo.-MRg. THos. ROB.
Bins, MspIeSt.. Norwich. u. r. Feb. II, 1e0O.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-12-22

The weight of all the air on the globe would
be eleven and two.thirds trillion pounds; II
no deduction had to be made for space filed
by mountains and land above sea level.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-12-22

Lack OF confidence in ones self is the cause
of most of the failures to make advertising
pay Whites sayings,
The Opelousas courier., 1900-12-22

81 don't want to quarrel, mamma,
But it's this way-don't you see2-
I can't agree with sister,
And she won't agree with me-"
The Opelousas courier., 1900-12-22

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teethiTg, softens tie gums, reducing nfama-
ton, alIays pain, cures wind collie. 25c q bottle
The Opelousas courier., 1900-12-22

On italian railways electricity is displac-
ing steam. An average speed Of thirty miles
an hour ie made.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-12-22
Best FOE tha BoweIa.

Young snakes are born with fangs end
poison glands in full perfection, and are dan
geTous even before tasting food.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-12-22

The gipsies Of Hungary are the fnest-look-
ing people in Europe. They are very seldom
I'll
The Opelousas courier., 1900-12-22
The Best Prescription for Chills

4 married couple living near Troop. Penn,
who were childlsss, have adopted fourteen
children.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-12-22
To Cure q Cold in One Dsy.

AW OuEB D CUEN IN UH0 O8ys
Take LAXATIVE BRoMo QUTNINB TABLETS. All
druggists refund the money If il fails to cure.
E. W. GROVES signature is on each box. Csc.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-12-22

ststisties show that eighty per cent. Of the.
successfuI men In all callings were born upous
The farm. & 5
The Opelousas courier., 1900-12-22

ana Fever 1s q bottle of GROVES TAsTRLBss
CHILL TONIC. Il ls simply iron and quinine in
q t~asteless form. No cure-no pay. Price SOC.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-12-22

We never knew n man who could
keep a horse looking decent in winter
fira0.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-09-13
DEATH OF MRS. G. 4. DAY.

In the death of Sarah N, wife of the
Rev. g. H. Day, which occurred Mon
day morning at 9 o'clock, after an ill.
ness of seven months, this community
loses most charitable and lovable wo-
man.
Patient and kindly with all, she made
many friends in Riverside and Danville.
During her life she was identified with
church work, not only at Saint Peters
church in South Danville, where she so
often worshipped, but at many towns in
Central Pennsylvania in which her hus
band had so well labored for the Master
for more than fifty years.
Mrs. Day was rs years of age. Most
of her relatives live in Pike county. She
was the granddaughter of Judge Broad
head and her uncle was Ex. U. S. Sen
ator Richard Broadhead ,ofPike county.
Other relatives are some of the most pro
minent families of that section of the
State. In the fall of 1898 Mr.. and Mrs.
Day celebrated their golden wedding.
Deceased is survived by her husband
the Rev. q. H. Day, and grand
son, Robert Day, of Sunbury. The
funeral occurred Wednesday afternoon al
2.3O o'clock. Services was conducted
at the family residence by Presiding
Elder, the Rev. DR.. Evans. Interment
in Mt. Vernon cemetery.