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Tradition plays "a
so important part ).
in the arrangement 2
Of the Thanksgiv- -
ing dinner that the -
mistress of the
home is not allow ~
ed all the latitude IL
that the Individual a.sr
taste of the family or her own inclina-
lions may suggest in preparing the
Thanksgiving menu. But, whatever
the custom may be regarding the menu
for the day, she is unhampered in the
matter of table decoration.
Fashions of the dining table and OF
dinner giving are as much observed In
polite society as the latest ideas in
dress. But so long as one adheres to
the rules of suitability there is no dan
ger of offending the critical taste of
the most exacting. Often the personal
attention hostess gives to the table
entertainment. For the hostess who Is
blessed with original ideas In decora-
ton success is assured. l venture to
suggest the employment of scheme
moderate in cost, but equal In elective
ness and beauty to far more expen-
sive display. There is but one restric-
ton in carrying out the decoration, and
that is that the color effect must be in
harmony with the season.
Cut large pumpkin in two and scoop
out one half, taking care not to break
the shell. Place it on a mat of green
crepe paper in the center of the table.
Fill carefully with seasonable fruits,
nuts and raisins. Arrange autumn
I. leaves or smilax about the mat. heap
/ ing them high, so that the pumpkin Is
apparently part of the foliage. Small
twigs Of hawthorn with berries and
i wild cedar look we'll mixed in with the
i leaves.
| Menus written upon blank visiting
cards and ornamented with the. hos
| tess own work in water colors and
mounted upon turning oak leaves lend
touch of originality and make pretty
favors for the guests. From above the
fruit bowl and attached to the chan
delier or fastened to a hook in the cell
ing dropping branches OF changing
leaves make rustic canopy. A pail
Of large candelabra with red candles
and leaf shades may be set In lint
1 with the fruit bowl. For each CUES
make individual candle holders from
carrots. Hollow out as many goo'
sized carrots as are required. snip OF
the root ends and insert tiny yellow
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-11-27
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS nf.,,

Youth-Oh don't want to take that
character. I'll make a fool Of myself
The Opelousas courier., 1900-10-20

tiers have q chance o. distinguishin
t~heyselves," said they in tones that be
trayed their pride ID their brave ole
lord.
The lifeboat sailed out into the
white mist Of the sea and was gone
Half an hour elapsed, while the
women wept quietly under the lea Of
the boathouse.
Then a mighty roar of joy went uE
from the crowd as the massive bows
of the lifeboat plunged out of the
darkness and ground upon the beach
One by one the forms Of women and
children were handed out.
Bring them up to the house." added
Sir Jasper, picking up the ~insensible
form of a small boy and striding OF
| through his strawberries.
Notwithstanding his age he dis
tanced every one, and with a limp fig
ure In his arms strobe up the steps
| into the hall.
He laid the boy on the table, then
he started back with a cry.
'My boy! my boy! Come home ut
last!"
Then the older servants saw that
the white face upon the table was that
of the Master Harry who had reigned
tyrant absolute of Mount Royal thirty
years ago. Presently the boy sat up.
He expressed no surprise at the old
gentleman who was crying and kiss
inc b;s hands Ha said that his name
was Jasper Denzil, and that his papa
and mamma were in the lifeboat. He
guessed that they had had a mighty
near squeak. The name of the ship
was the Empire State, and he guessed
that his bicycle was a total loss. since
the ship was piled up on the rocks.
"Who'i is your papa?' asked Jasper,
in a shaky voice, as two white, eager
faces appeared in the doorway. "Hi,
pop!" he cried. "Here I am, good and
bully"
II knew you would come, Harry. /
have waited for you these fifteen
years." Sir Jasper said simply, as he
put his hands lovingly upon his sons
broad shoulders.
Sand this is your wife-my daugh-
teri" he added, as he stopped and
kissed the little woman who was hold
ing the boy tightly in her arms.
. = =
BY the early morning train Rufus
Denzil left for London ON urgent bust
ness.-Chicago Times-Herald.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-10-20
Future Sources Of Ensrax.


The time must come when our Goa.
supplies viii fail, and before that evi
day arrives it will be necessary tt
find some other source Of energy. The
heat Of the sun, or the tides Of the
ocean may perhaps be utilized, or, as
Sir William Preece recently pointed
out, the vast store of energy existing
in the heated interior of the earth may
be drawn upon. In descending from
the surface Of our globe the temper.
ature becomes hotter and hotter, un.
til at a distance Of about two miles
the degree at which water boils is
reached. By suitable t~hermo-electric
appliances it would not be impossible
to use this internal heat to produce
electric currents and thus convert the
lost energy Of the earth's interior into
a useful form. Electricians have sue.
cessfully utilized the power which pre-.
viously. ran to waste in waterfalls,
and the time is probably not far dis
tant when borings will be made in
volcanic districts and the earth's
smouldering fires will be harnessed
to the wheels of industry. Another
possible source of energy in the flu.
ture is the ether which permeates and
surrounds everything, which transmits
the signals Of wireless telegraph, aud
which we are only now beginning to
know. There is reason to believe that
every cubic inch of this omnipresent
ether contains enough energy to keep
hundreds Of horsepower going for a
year, If we could only get at it. When
this supply of energy is tapped we
shall be independent Of all other
sources.-Leisure Hour.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-10-20

a problem OF no mean dimensions is
facing the British In South Africa, In
addition to the many other puzzling
ones. According to correspondents of
London papers. the food supply in The
Transvaal and the Orange Colony is
at q low point, for all agricultural
pursuits have been practically aban-
doned for the last eight months. Crops
have been left u~ngathered, and there
IS very little grain in the land to SOW
for next season. AT present there are
lust sufficient supplies for present
aeeds, and If q calamity additional to
war is 70 be ayerted immense quantis
ties Of seeds must be imported before
next planting time. Dat hay ii the
staple forage for horses and cattle.
Without It the people would be unable
~ feed their stock. and therefore una.
bic to transport supplies Tor them,
selYea u any considerable distance
from sae yslwAy, Already the Gov
sTamenl n making preparations ii
Faseg SaIa glaaasr
The Opelousas courier., 1900-10-20

An English shoe trade organ quotes
n of the travelling statesmen OF a
Liverpool house as follows: "In look
ing backward one feels that the spring
season has been especially noteworthy
in respect to one particular item, viz,
every commercial traveller represent
ing a British house has felt American
competition to be q real, live fact, and
far from being the bogy that It was
said to be some time back. Slowly
the various American houses have ad-
vaneed and spreal themselves around,
adapting themselves to the wants Of
each particular market with a clever
ness which xdll always make them
formidable competitors. They are
thousands Of miles away, and home
manufacturers are ON the spot, and
yet. In spite OF all advantages. they
have increased their trade and to soma
extent established themselves
The Opelousas courier., 1900-10-20

The New York Journal says: s'The
abolishing Of the locSstep in Sing SIM
Prison may be termed a step in the
right direction. 1t was originally
adopted with the idea that such a ale
OF prisoners were 50 locked and
tangled up In the i~ntricacles OF the
step that a combined rush was impos-
sible. Il may have been justified In
open-air work outside the prison walls,
but even here 1t was only desirable
because the men could be more easily
watched when walking iE single file.
OF course some sort OF order must be
maintained In the daily marches to
and from work, but the double fle or
four abreast scheme would seem to be
sufficient for all purposes OF discipline.
It q convict goes to prison retaining 4
particle of self-respect 1t Is pretty well
knocked out by the lockstep before he
Is released. 1t Is a barbarIc custom
and should be done away with"
The Opelousas courier., 1900-10-20
Ru1ba TO Beantrrx london.

The London County Council evident.
~ intend to do their best to beautify
the parks and open spaces of London.
says the Westminster Gazette. Hun.
dreds Of thousands of bulbs of every
conceivable kind are to be planted in
the parks under their control. TAe
complete list is too long to print, but
it may be stated that it includes
1880 byacinths, $1,000 tulips and SO.
SEQ crocuses. Lilies are costly, SO the
quantity to be used is smalllG50-
though quite enough to produce o love
ly display, The largest supplies. how.
ever. VII consist Of 'Saslans bulbs,
OF Whiab fIsa14 will DO planted. OF
iala aAsas'sy 1860 W'li 90 I'd i've Vie
teTlh HMhaakmbnL
The Opelousas courier., 1900-10-20
BETRAYED BY HIS PUPIL.
Loyalty IL q Missing Trait in the Chi
nese Character.

Loyalty - q mf9elnR Trait IN the Ch1'
nese Character.
DR.. J. B. Johnson, one of the oldest
missionaries in the Chinese service,
located in the United Mission Schools
at Tien-Tsin, recently told the follow.
ing incident to a New Orleans Times.
Democrat writer:
"The most dangerous feature of mis-
sion work in China" he said. sis the
difficulty in knowing whom to trust.
The native character is naturally very
subtle, and, when they wish, they are
past masters In deceit. Some of our
pupils are docile, sincere and affection
ate, and would undoubtedly lay down
their lives for their teachers; others
will seem to have exactly the same
traits, yet all the while they are nurs-
ing the bitterest enmity and are only
waiting a favorable opportunity to
manifest it. In time of trouble the
poor missionary doesn't know where
to turn. He may receive a friendly
hand, or he may receive a knife In
the ribs. I have been In China for
twenty-five years, and / am deceived
as frequently o as I was when I
first arrived. It is a risk we have to
take. During a riot in the Ho Nan
province in 49," DR.. johnson, contin-
ued, "a missionary was cut Off in q
school building with twenty or more
natives, who had always professed the
greatest devotion to him. Night came
on and several offered to hide him.
Among the Chinese on the place was
a young mar named Wo Shan, whom
he had educated and regarded almost
as a son. He put himself In his hands
and was taken to a. native shanty
near by. Then Wo slipped of and
returned with the mob. Next day he
was carrying the missionary's head
on a stick. when two Of his fellow
pupils killed him with q sword. AS
it turned out, the unfortunate man
had probably chosen the only traitor
in his flock for a guide"
The Opelousas courier., 1900-10-20
Recently Edward L. McWilIiams.

Recently Edward L. McWilliams, q
veteran detective of New York City,
committed suicide. He had believed
for a long time that he had nce of
the stomach, and was an incurable
sufferer. An autopsy upon his body
by the Coroner's physician showed
that he was totally mistaken, and
that his only trouble, aside from his
unfounded fears, was a tumor which
might have been readily removed by
an operation not at all dangerous. The
Coroner's physician remarks that he
frequently makes autopisies on bodies
of persons who kill themselves in fits
of dependency over deadly diseases
from which they are not suffering.
Thus again is the old padox Illus
trated: "The worst calamities of life
are those that never happen"
The Opelousas courier., 1900-10-20

A labor pact which guarantees an
education to apprentices has been
signed by representatives Of the ma
son and builders association and
bricklayers' union in Chicago. I'm
der this arrangement apprentices are
to be permitted to attend the public
schools for three months each year
during the first two years Of their in
denture, and are to attend a technical
school for three months during the
third year, the wages paid the appren-
tees to continue during the school pe-
Rod.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-10-20
THE SuNKEN cALLEoN.
BY THOMAS TRACT aouYE.

She ID crowned with coral and crusted,
She is Redeemed with sea-gold;
Her runs and chains are rusted,
Her ribs are shrunk and old.
The grass crawls green and cleaning
Over her bulwarks streaming
And coils and clasps her, seeming
Like ~serpents, 1.-THE and cold.
Once from her tall masts loated
The widest silk in Spain;
Her cannon, iron-throated,
Rang out across the main.
But like a strong place plundered,
Her sides are scaled and sundered,
And all her guns that thuudered
Shall never sound again.
She loved the rolling ocean,
And wandered wide and far;
She lived in deep devotion
To red, relentless war.
But even she, the daughter
Of shock and storm and slaughter.
Was buried under water,
And fell like any star.
She sought tic ~victor's laurel
Through fire and fame between,
Conquered, she found the coral,
And the red outlived the green;
For the stronger ship was shattered
And her strength was shed and scattered,
And little her might has mattered;
She is not, but has been.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-10-20

The sun sank low to greet her,
But when, in silent prayer,
Ihe dear moo rose to meet her,
Behold! she was not there!
Already in the cleaning
The sad mermaids We're roaming
Her sunken decks, and combing
Their bright and amber hair.
Where are the souls that sailed her
From shore to sudden shore?
They and their flesh have failed her,
She feels their will no more.
She lies alone, forgotten
Of all in her begotten.
Her very heart is rotten
That was SO strong before.
She lies where earth is hollow,
Far underneath the sea.
The winds that once did follow,
And made her lean to lee,-
They know not where to find her,
For many waters bind her,
And no free things remind her
That she, too. once was free.
The clustering sea enfolds her
And will not let her GO.
The sea forever holds her,
While waters ebb and flow.
No eyes may see her glory
That once was transitory;
None know her but in story,
And more shall never know.
New York Independent
The Opelousas courier., 1900-10-20
And the Sea Gave Up its Dead.

Worse still, he had found that Harry
Denzil had a baby son, who, though
the father was dying and in straight,
ened circumstances. was a thriving
and healthy child, and likely to grow
up to continue the succession to Mount
Royal.
Denzil's illness had suggested the
first thought of evil, and Rufus sur
rendered to temptation. He destroyed
the letter of forgiveness that Sir Jas
per had entrusted to him, and sought
no Interview with his son, so that Har-
~ Denzil starved on, ignorant of the
fact that the young Englishman who
for a night OF two had cut such q
dash at the Piazza Hotel was his own
kith and kin.
About this time one of his boon COM
panions-a nan without name or ma
tionality-died in a small mining camp.
The dead man was unknown in the
place, and Rufus, with an eye to the
future, had registered his death under
the name Of Harry Denzil.
With a copy of the certificate and q
copy of a Sacramento journal, In which
he had inserted a notice of the death.
he returned to Sir Jasper, arguing with
himself that rs Harry Denzil was
probably dead there would be no harm
in assisting at his burial in this fash
ion.
As for the next heir, Sir Jasper's
grandson, he might possibly turn up
to contest the inheritance In years to
come, but anyhow possession was nine
points of the law, and a few years of
possession Of the Denzil estates would
put an end to all his financial trou-
bles.
Thus did Rufus Denzil salve his CON-
science. In the meantime, as but lit
tie of the Mount Royal property was
entailed, he paid assidious court to Sir
Jasper, with the hope of getting him
to make a will in his favor.
But the old baronet mistrusted him,
and partly with the object of baking
his expectations, partly with the des-
peration of those who hope against
hope, chung to the idea that his son
still lived.
Then Rufus would curse his lack Of
courage in that he had never dared
test his powers of lying so far as to
tell Sir Jasper that he was present at
the death of the so-called Harry Den
I'll.
In default of the necessary will he
he'd r5~a-V~~ /
account, duly signed with an excellent
imitation Of Sir Jasper's signature,
and attested to by the forged sigma
of kindred spirits whom on one
occasion he had brought down to visit
Sir Jasper.
Truly Rufus Denzil had plenty to
think Of as he sat In the billiard room
Mount Royal and listened to the
of the storm without
The Opelousas courier., 1900-10-20
I'LL
Boomf

Booml
He started from his chair and tori
back the curtains.
From the blackness over the sea 8
thin red line of fire crawled up to the
sky.
"Great heavens. A ship on the
Hanger" he whispered to himself.
Boom!
The crash of a second signal gun
rolled down ON the wind.
Rufus Denzirs knees knocked to.
gether. He was not greatly concerned
for the people on the ship, but his
nerves were out of order, and the idea
Of the near neighborhood Of a catas-
trophe Jared upon his system.
Sir Jasper was working his way into
his overcoat, Notwithstanding the en-
treaties of John Tregony.
LET him have his own way, Ire
gony," said Rufus, who had a Iinger-
ing hope that Sir Jasper might at
last catch his death Of cold.
But he noticed with dismay that Sir
Jasper ran like a young maj as they
raced through the grounds toward the
lifeboat-house on the beach.
ITS a liner ashore on the Hanger!"
shouted some one.
GOD help themt' cried the wailing
voice of a woman. Nov doan't thee
go, Tom-doan't thee go out to-night!"
The lifeboat men hesitated. They
knew the hell of waters that boiled on
the Hanger only too well, for it had
claimed toll on the lives Of the brave
lads of Mount Royal of every genera
ton within memory Of man.
Besides, it was hard to contemplate
death, wet and cold, with three wom-
en- hanging around them.
"Now, boys!" said the butler, COOL
ly pulling OF a suit Of oiIskins over
his black tail-coat and white expanse
Of shirt front, who's a-comin' for a
sail with John Tregony? Single men
first, please, and don't ali speak at
once.w
Then eleven fishermen whose names
began with tire" elected to face death
by drowning rather than to allow
themselves beaten by a butler man,
though he we're a Tregony.
Sir Jasper wanted to go too, but two
sis.foot fishermen took him gently, and
With may apologies, by the collar Of
ala seat aad sArnas hisa Into the shell.
tay ef the h~hashouss,
aNaa ues, BIZ IAApsFl III tho yegasa.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-10-20

The value Of a Newspaper as @
Advertising medium consists In
Its circulation.
When you can secure the com.
Dined circulation Of two papers
Tor the price Of one, it liz m0ney
saved!
"The st. Landry Democrat
was consolidated on the ID Of
March, 1894, with The Opelou.
sas Courier" The advertising
rates have not been increased
while the price of subscription
has been reduced to 90 0 year.
TILE COURIER being BY odds
El!a Dssi pspeg In tho empire pays
q IAaaTy y thaFsabss ts
The Opelousas courier., 1900-10-20

| The Khedive has presented a poem
to Victoria written by an Egyptian
man Of letters. Fortunately, the verse
Is In Arabic and the good old lady
will be spared the trouble Of reading it.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-10-20

The man savagely kicked her dog
half way across the road, relates the
New York Herald. The girl (athletic)
caught the man on the point of the Jaw
and down he went and stayed down.
Athletic girl, may your tribe increase!
The Opelousas courier., 1900-10-20

! John d. Rockefeller, 1t is estimated,
makes s164,3s3 per day. The odd
cents r not given, but he spends
them for crackers and milk, his actual
needs.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-10-20
ACADEMY
OF THE
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION.

UFELUUSABs La
UadeE the Direction Of the Sisters Maslaaital
Of Holy Gross.
Offers to young ladies every facility
for acquiring . thorough christian cd.
ucstion. Constant attention is paid 10
home and social culture. Lessons ara
given in music, painting aud other
useful arts. The sigters also hsys
charge OF the boys school. The eonsse
Q! instruction 10 two.ioId-pgeparaiosy
nd oemwssaial. Tysaah ID taneaS il
eae i've egasssa 1eg payssaalssa.. "a.
assAs a hUpeaIoS
The Opelousas courier., 1900-10-20

The right Of golf to be considered
an up-to-date sport has been fully es-
tablished since one Of it's votaries re-
Gently lost his life on the links.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-10-20
IR JASPER sat alone

LII JASIEh sat dlOuG
in his arm chair by
the library fire. BY
his side stood q
small carved oak
table, set with
glasses for two, a
decanter, a brier
pipe. a ~tobacco-box
and matches. Such
was his custom, and
The Opelousas courier., 1900-10-20

A dictionary of foreign words ana
phrases, recently published in France,
endeavors to convey through the eye
the pronunciation of English words.
The sound of the title of a familiar
Sh~akespearian play is represented
thus: "Afeutch a-dou about neuth'
lyme"
The Opelousas courier., 1900-10-20

China mas enc fourth Of the worlds
population, one-twelfth of its land sun
face ana is likely, in the near future,
to have the largest graveyard on rec.
ord.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-10-20
opE1oUsAs. ; LOUISIANA

The civilized world is receiving a
practical illustration Of the fact noted
by Bret Harte that the heather Chi
nee is peculiar" y
The Opelousas courier., 1900-10-20

rs bravery an ideal WHICH Is rcacneu
by cultivation? In other words, Is 1t
an intellectual conception? II 1t is not,
how does it happen that real bravery
Is so common among boys? Impulsive
acts Of courage, such as jumping into
the water to save a drowning COM
rade, are not uncommon among boys,
but they belong to the emotional n
duct Of u species. Cool, determined
facing Of odds Is not often seen among
boys. On the contrary, cowardly con-
duct, too often prompted by vindictiye
feelings, is altogether too common.
One sophomore never goes forth to
haze a freshman, and when the youth
full mind c%onceives the idea that a Ma
tional wrong should be avenged, the
outcome is generally an assault by a
crowd of boys on some one or two in
offensive persons. Such performances
do not encourage belief In the natural
bravery of our species.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-10-20

Our cities seem destined to spread
out, until the concentrating Of NUM-
cipal life, as it now Is, will be practi-
cally ended. Electricity will cooperate
in other ways, by making transit much
more rapid and su%pplanting steam pow
er. AS a consequence manufacturing
will be carried on less and less in huge
factories and congested centers. We
may fairly foresee a new sort of city
as we'll as a new sort of country a
city disseminated or thinned out over
q vast territory. This will be FASTENED
on by the fact that the coal famine has
come sooner han expected; and the coal
age will carry with 1t the steam age.
The use of steam power began about
1880; and, according to Professor Or
ton, it will barely last till 1880. He tells
us that the known coal de-
posts Of America are rapid
ly nearing their exhaustion.
The exhaustion of European beds be.
gan last winter to be felt with revo- |
lutionary force. The draft on Ameri-
can coal will as a consequence be much
more serious and will shorten the
steam age. We have harnessed elec-
none to 500 The full conse-
quences cannot be estimated; but we
do not count ourselves among the
prophets when we say that we are sure
that country life will hereafter not
mean remoteness from the best evo-
luton Of the age. thinks the New
York Independent
The Opelousas courier., 1900-10-20

He called to mind how Sir Jasper
had sent him, the next heir, to Cali
1ornia, IN search of the prodigal son,
and how the old baronct had paid
without 2 nurinur the tremendous bill
OF costs OF his two years of riotous
extravaganza III the States.
He had located Harry nenzll, I'd.
gotleE with bis wife. tho ,lennilesa
iiauglsspg os The aEpshaaIss ravspn Of
Mf usyhl. fa6 ITO ipAaeeat raysp ii
Ila gl'fllgs pslYeEn Taiilar aal aan.