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The Opelousas courier., 1900-04-07
Bow Got His Salary Raiaed.

The following story is told of Mar
shall Field, the great northumberland
dry goods merchant. A very small
cash boy in Mr.. Fields huge retail
store had asked for a s.raise" and been
referred from one superior to another
with no results and no promise of any.
No one seemed to have sufficient au-
thority to increase a cash boys pay;
SO he determined to 'tackle" Mr..
Field himself, and the next time the
great merchant was in the store the
small boy in question approached with
his request.
"How much do you get:" said Mr..
Field, rather amused at the wee young
ster's temerity in appealing to him.
sTwo dollars and seventy-fye cents
a week." said the boy.
"And how old are ,you?@'
q Boy was small, he admitted, but he
WAS 70.
G"Well, when I was your age I didn't
get any more than you get" said Mr..
Field; w%hereupon boy smiled limo
Gently up into his face and said:
Perhaps you weren't worth any
more !"
Boy got his '.raise''-'tis said.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-04-07
PEARLS OF THOUGHT.

There is only one grade Of hons
esty.
What does the work of man is o
man.
Chance never helps the men who do
not work.
No palm of victory without the dust
of conflict.
A heart full of love means a mouth
full of blessings.
Love of virtue is IS native to man
IS loye of knowledge.
A life of pleasure makes even the
strongest mind frivolous at last.
The happiness of your life depends
upon the character of your thoughts.
Money cannot always command hap
piness, but happiness can command
money.
As there is no royal road to knowl-
edge, there is no easy way to work out
q worthy reform.
A German proverb says, honor the
old, instruct the young, consult the
| wise and bear with the foolish.
Generosity, to deserve the name,
comprises the desire and the effort to
benefit others, without reference to
self.
Could you see every mans career in
lie you would find a woman clogging
him-or cheering him and goading
Kim.
To the young man who would rise
in the world there is but one word OF
caution-be thorough, if you do not
want to be numbered among the
worlds failures.
Each individual experiences in life
that which will sooner or later uplift,
no matter how direruI and seemingly
unholy the process through which he
must. pass may lie. -. The need
and circumstance OF the individual
have developed the existing condition,
and through it, from stage to stage,
that soul will climb.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-04-07
Colonial Mtlessones still Remain.

A number of the Colonial milestones
are still standing. There is one in
Worcester on what was the "New
Connecticut path" one in Springfield
on the "Boy PATH" and there are
several of Benjamin Franklin's set.
ting, one being at Stratford, CT.
There was 30 much horseback riding
in those days that it became neces-
sary to lay out a system of time stones.
which were set every mile on every
principal road to tell the distances
from town to town. Benjamin
Franklin set milestones the entire
way on the post road from Boston to
Philadelphia. He rode in q chaisg
aver the route, and a machine E5lch
he had invented was attacbsbto the
chaise. This was cert1d1y the first
~cyclometer that went OH that route
over which SO many cyclometers have
passed during the past Ave years.
When he had ridden a mile, ha
stopped; from a heavy cart loaded
with milestones, which kept along
side the chaise, a stone was dropped
which was afterwards set by a gang
Of men.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-04-07
only Dead Footpads Wanted.

Chief of Police Brodero of st. Joseph.
Mo-, posted notice at headquarters
offering a reward of 800 for every
footpad killed by an officer.
mind YOU" the chief says, this
offer is not for live ones. They must
be dead. I must have the coroner's
certificate that the man was a footpaa
or q safe blower, and that he has been
planted under six feet of cold sod be-
fore the reward will be paid. The
only way to stop this fourishing indus
try is to kill of a few bad men. It's
the footIa1's hide that I will pay 500
for, not q live robbers; We have too
many Of them noy.'-kansas City
Journal.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-04-07
High Lights.

Z, low the straight line in morals
and the curved liue in manners.
Ii gratitude is allowed to cool it will
be found only half as troublesome.
Anything worth doing at all is worth
doing before you. get out of the notion.
If a man gives q girl his picture in
a frame, she thinks it is as good as a
proposal.
When one small boy halloos any
other boy " him, no matter
whether he knows him or not.
Man is the architect of his own for
tune, but he conldn't put the prelim-
mary contract in writing.
People who a enjoy only the best
OF everything acquire a self-satisfed
air, but they miss lots of fun.-Chi-
cago Record.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-04-07

IL will be o good day for the country
when there grows up an assumption
that the politician is naturally high
minded, though conditions may at
times cause him to act questionably,
and that, freed from those conditions,
his natural moral resiliency will cause
him to soar, observes the New York
Commercial Advertiser. Under q
high moral public sentiment it is
easier for men to be good than to be
bad. In private life many q man leaves
certain things undone, while commit
ting other greater sins because some
are what 0 gentleman would not do,
and the others the sin of the gentle
a Thus any advance in public or
political standard is hailed as a bene-
fit. no matter what its immediate mo-
tive.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-04-07

Too much cotton was not produced
in Mississippi this season. Our people
would be better off 1t the crop were
larger. The Wise course for the plant
esr and farmers to pursue is to raise
sufficient stock crops to be self sustain
ing, and then to raise the biggest crop
Of cotton that it is possible
The Opelousas courier., 1900-04-07

A critical rather than a confident
attitude toward immediate if not final
results should mark American think
ing. Lord Roberts has been a great
soldier, but is nota young a Won
Moltke was the only old man who has
proved himself q great soldier-unless
itbe Joubert-in modern times. Our
own Scott was retired for the inefi-
cheney of age at the outbreak Of our
civil war. The Duke of Cambridge
ceased to be commander-in-chi OF
the armies Of Great Britain because
Of his years. The dignified marshals
Of the Third Empire failed France in
her contest with Germany.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-04-07

NScience-and the word means
aowledge-only strengthens a little,
D eachsdiscovery the radius of what
VI know, and enlarges the visible cir
q inference of our ignorance. We
NAow something of properties, of re-
faeions, bnt very little of things, phil
osophizes the New York Independ-
emit. We know q little Of movements.
IF qualities, but nothing of matter.
We know oflove and hate and Joy and
fear and right and wrong, but what
do we know of souls? Yet we know
enough Of memorable Nature, and Of
danger and duty, to govern fairly our
lives; and what we do not know must
be the object Of constant search. This
search 10 the highest purpose Of sci.
ence, Of whatever sort; yet where in
the world, asks Professor Rowland d
Johns Hopkins University, is the in
ssituteo frssearch which has an income
Of q hundred millions "a year, az
amount readily granted as the price
per year of an army 81 i navy design
FL 10 kill otsler pe,sgla2
The Opelousas courier., 1900-04-07
distinguished authorit,

A distinguished authority was
asked, the other dag, what was the
proper number OF a good working
committee. The reply was: "Three-
if one is sick and another cannot
come" That must not be regarded
as an example of one man power, be-
eause the author of the statement was
Clara Barton, who has exempliied it
more than once.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-04-07

quartz ct Dawson will not be as
attractive q sssy to the prospector as it
would have Ebeen over a year ago.
Since that tiseE-sa San has found
the Cape Nome gold f~ieldsNon his own
side of tho line, and the population
Of the Yukon Territory has gone mer-
rily down. Dawson needs more men
and cheaper labor, and hence q new
crop of 'emother-lode" reports.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-04-07
A Small Boys wiae-Awake Conscience

- AA~
"0ne day." says a writer in the
Boston Transcript, ''the mother Of 9
ten-year-old boy gave him two slices
Of buttered bread, telling him to give
Que of them to his little sister. He
carried out the order.
t'Tl at night, when he went to bed,
he YVES evidently disturbed in his
mind and renorseful about something,
and his mother questioned him in q
way to bring out the truth. II
wasn't nice to Peggy about that bread
and BUTTER he owned. 'Why?' asked
his mother. Did You take the bigger
pieee?'
No. he answered: hers was q
little bigger than my piece was, but
mine was a good deal butterer T."
The Opelousas courier., 1900-04-07
ALueid Dissertation.

An orchid sold the other day al
auction in New York city for one hun
dred g~uineas is thus described in the
auctioneers catalogue: "Odontoglos.
sun Crispum. True pacho variety,
petals and sepals blocked with very
deep red spots, in the way of O Girls
pun Teetersi. but larger: six bulbs.
two with leads, and six leaves in
Flower.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-04-07
UNREST.

When a man plods away
At his work, day by day,
And battles where all Is confusion.
He utters a sigh
And Is wishing to fly
TO some far-away place OF seclusioR.
And when he might doze
In unbroken repose,
Away from the mart wild and dizzy,
In humor most rash
He will put up his a
And hustle around to get busy.
And so, through this life
Peaceful people seek strife,
While ~strivers cow peace would be pleasant;
And happiness seems
TO consist of our dreams
OF the things which we haven't at present.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-04-07

America forced open the doors OF
the ancient empire of Japan, and then
left the Japanese 10 shape their own
fortune. AS q result. we have an
Asiatic nation capable of maintaining
itself, whether in wal OR diplomacy,
against all other nations.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-04-07

TIE British army agents have let an.
otherc contract at New Orleans for
twenty-five hundred mules to be dellv-
cred at that port as fast as purchased.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-04-07

The municipal authorities Of Elkton'
Ky.S,rhave started q reform movement
IN tbs end of the state by establishing
the chipping post.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-04-07

Henry W. Lawton was q brave and
brilliant soldier, respected by his su-
periors for his military skill and be-
loved by his soldiers for his daring.
He seemed lpckless of his life. but he
was always found q sound tactician
and a csrefui .planner of dashing en-
terprises. A ainss the Indians, in Che
civil wal, in III Spanish war, and in bis
bis last camp ign. he showed the soufad
head and heArt of q true soldier ana
leader. I9YCuba and in Luzon his
services ysre Of especial distinction.
It was always interesting to see how
skilfully be applied or modified the
old lessons of frontier warfare to the
new territory in which he fought. He
died after continuous victory and at
the head of his troops. Fortunate in
his campaigns, fortunate in his end: q
.suficient epitaph for any commander.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-04-07
opE1oUsAs. LOUISIANA

Not the burden, but the oyer-burden.
kills the horse.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-04-07

The value Of q newspaper as an
advertising medium consists Ia
Its circulation.
When you can secure the com.
bined circulation Of two papers
for the price OF one, it is money
saved!
"TThe St. Landry Democrat"
was consolidated on the Sd of
March, 1894, with " The Opelou.
gas Courier" The advertising
rates have not been increased
while the price Of subscription
has been reduced to 90 q wear.
THE COURIER being BY odds
the best paper in the empire Par
tah OF st. Landry 10 therefore the
shaaDes&
The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-01-02
CASTOR BEANS
A Profitable Industry
Started Here.
thirty-fye Dollars a Ton--MiIl at
kaneohe--How the oil is
Extracted,

The Offer OF s35 ton by liackfcld
a co. for clean castor oil beans, brings
into prominence an industry, which,
until about eighteen months ago, was
not thought OF in the Hawaiian Is
ands. IL has of course been known
all along, that the castor oil tree
fourishes throughout the group, but
Mr.. c. Koeling, an old sugar man, is
the first to turn the tree into profit
This gentleman, after a careful study
of the plant, secured some land at IA
neohe, and started about eighteen
months ago to plant the seeds. A first
crop of about one hundred acres has
already been taken off, and another
one hundred acres planted.
Machinery for the treatment OF the
seeds was obtained from Germany
some time ago, and the result of the
first crushing has proven so satisfac-
tory that q considerable increase in
The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-01-02

ihU uH.pW b. 1ufruu' some uf
Ihp refined uI W aHi growth ana
treatment. haa bfnn insiei pa druerlsiH
bcre and prounun . ihn EQUAL of iho
imported artirlc
Tho castor 0n plant Boa ihls country
rruRa go The dimensions of "a ircr nnd
sometimes reuchoa hnirhi of thirty
fooi iis leaves an often tWo fcci ln
diameter aud lis ffut ia q three cclled
pod, covered Wit hsOld yielding prick
les. each cell developing single seed.
These seeds are ~ an oval literally
compressed form ana have a shinisg
dark grey aud brown. thick. lcathcry
skin. Within which is The kernel
In extracting the oil. the seeds are
submitted to a dry heat In furnace
for an hour or So by which they are
softencd, and made to part easily with
their oil They are then pressed in a
large and powerful screw press. and
the only matter which flows out Is
caught. mixed with an equal quantit'
Of water and boiled for an hour. after
which Il is allowed to cool. the water is
drawn OF, and the oil transferred to
zinc tanks and exposed FOR eight hours
to the sun; It is then ready for use.
BY this means 100 pounds of good seeds
will yield as much as five gallons OF
pure oil.
The castor oil tree grows wild In
these islands; many of them are to be
seen in the grounds OF private resi-
dences about the city, while the back
country is overrun with them. The
facts of the abundance of these beans,
and their value delivered in town,
should prompt many to make a point
of collecting them and make good
thing out of their work.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-01-02

Thr tlIft a ihat or boo Wf.
Chinese who uHt frrHH1 pHHEfst
.tfuinf if William Crawford Thr
aH8.t iH Which ihs m1n lived uHs di.
ftiIf m iht backyard ui ihr kuh.fa
600 NHaI 0n iha CORNER of rAu1hi Hnd
smith sirer prs prait aud hcana-
rome mndf ihe examination ilH bad
temperature nI iu2 pulse ie5 Tho
Dmural stand on tho lUtt iog wac
Mahiy swollen aud The slightest press
ure upon The plri caused Intense pain
90 the patient tie seemed in good
spirits. however. even when being re-
moved tn the Chinese hospital for
treatment u was n highly suspicious
case. and the physicians expressed an
opinion after the examination that he
would probably die inside OF twenty
four hours which he did
The Kobiyashl Hotel premises have
had q good deal Of sickness. inside and
In the direct vicinity OF late \ Jap
anese In the building. who had been
ailing from fever. was removed by the
japanese physicians on Saturday. \
Japanese. who died behind the shack
Of the Chinese, Kon Wal, was attended
by the Japanese physicians. who also
removed an inguinal gland for eXami-
nation.
Many cases OF sickness were visited
throughout the day by the health ply
sicians and one case of suspicious sick
ness reported to the office A Chinese
who died on the Eva side of Nuuanu
street. between Beretania and Kukui
was reported as a suspicious death
tsef he
ises, found that before he could make
his examination the Chinaman had
been removed for burial.
Executive Officer Reynolds and
Agent Johnson had a small official fire
of their own yesterday at Pawaa. They
burned the shack in which the Chi
nese died on Monday last. The shack
was situated near duck pond on
Sheridan street, and left nothing but
the ruins behind.
One of the men who has been lending
valuable aid to the Board of Health
during the present quarantine. is Will
liam Crawford, the Hawaiian whose
anomalous connections make him 9
Hawaiian Chinese. although there Ii
not a drop of Chinese blood in his
veins. AS an interpreter and an in
spector he has lent faithful services il
attempting to alleviate the evils which
exist among his chosen countrymen
Several cases of sickness have beer
ferretted out by him. his full knowl
edge of Chinese customs being a val
liable aid. He enjoys the confidenc,
both of the Chinese and those of tn,
Board with whom he has been thrown
in contact. The case of Kon Wal, al
though being hid away in a small, no
shack, was discovered by him. the pa
tient being afterwards pronounced {
bubonic victim. At yesterdays fire hi.
services were of particular value il
explaining to the evicted Chinese the
reasons of the Board for their actor
and in calming their fears
The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-01-02
THREE DEAD YESTERDAY


urh forced bt circumstance
upon Oh, Hu.d OF health go nnlot
81, Jhe tenants were 1boiIlut nearly
ir all cas,s in ohcylne The orders ami
VI shes OF iho various members of The
Board While inspecting The premises
~ Fal Rcc pr Wood made O. visit 90
S.vefins photograph parlors and ,hs-
covered ON the floor OF The receiving
room. dead rat which was %; once
sent to Or hoffman Tor examination
This discovery was sufficient for the
Board to decide tina. the photograph
gallery was infected as we'll, and moth
ing was allowed to he taken out except
yha camera, although the contents were
very valuable.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-07-27
MADE UP HIS MIND
TO KILL COEBEI
Witness Heard Henry Youtsey Make
This Statement a Few Days Be-
c., ~, Cboot;nr
fore the Shooting.
nv Associated Press.)

GEORGETONN, ky, July 26.-Walter
Ernnston, u Lexington attorney, who as
sisted in the arrest OF Caleb Powers and
John Davis al Lexington, was the first
witness called to-day IN the trial of Caleb
Powers for alleged completely N the Goe-
bel shooting Powers and Davis were dis
guisel as soldiers, and were both armed,
the witness said.
Witness identified them TO the police
officers. After a forcible nrrest Powers
was taken to jail, where the pardon
granted him By Governor Taylor and 1880
in money were found IN his pockets.
THRUST PISTOLS IN HIS FACE.
Deputy Sheriff Rodgers. of Lexington,
corroborated this testimony
II. Davis Harrod, a constable OF Frank
fort testified that when the shooting oc-
Cured he ran TO the Executive building
and entered the west door. The door OF
the ante-room TO the Executive office WIS
closed Witness pushed 1t oren with diff
Guilty and encountered several men. who
thrust pistols N his face.
He told them he was an officer. but they
kept their pistols aimed at him and made
no reply.
Harrod said that just as he entered a
main door stout. short man slammed the
door of the Secretary of States office and
dashed down the steps to the basement
Witness did not know 4outsey then TIE
pardon granted Powers by former Cover
nor Taylor was then exhibited 10 the jury.
Walter Brenston. recalled, toid of a con-
versation with Powers after arrest. in
which Powers. referring to the pardon,
said:
II know this looks little bad. but we
were making our way 10 place where the
pardon would have been recognized.
w. II. Wagner, of Whitley county. gave
sensational testimony against both Powers
and Youtsay- He says he was in the Sec
retary of States office a few days before
the shooting. man. whom he cid not
know referring 10 Goebel. said: Some
body ought to kill the id rascal. wiz
mesa heard man. whom ha was almost
positive was Yotsey. say: II have made up
my mind TO do that myself
On Saturday before the shooting Caieo
Powers said. in conversation: III We cou.d
get the head OF the ticket TO act we cou-d
do something. II he does rot stand up !
intend to expose the whole business.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-07-27
REPUBLICAN PLANS.
They Will Hold No Convention i'll This
District.


The plans OF the Republicans of the
Third District were outlined yesterday by
9ne OF the leaders as follows:
We are IN no hurry to open the cam
paigh. Some time in the early part of
September there will be a conference OF
prominent men III the district. Some gold
democrat viii be settled upon as an In
dependent candidate.
lie VIII be pettioned by Republicans and
Sold Democrats TO run. Should he enter
the race the Republicans viii all support
hinl ana he VIII draw from the Demo
cratic party
The great issue IN this dis;htct will be
the improvement of James River The
kepaoiicans, and those in sympathy with
them. VIII contend, and think they will
be able TO successfully do so. that a man
In sympathy With the present administra-
ton at Washington VIII be able to Sc
cure moro for his district in the way of
appropriations Tor needed Improvements
than one opposed to the adn,in!stra ton
We want &c see our shipyards made the
finest In the country. and money must be
got TO deepen the channel of James River.
Now, who IL best able TO get the appyo-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-07-27
NEWS FROM THE CAPITAL.
Specifications TO BE Given Out for New
Coast Survey Steamer.

Special Dispatch TO The Times.)
WASHINGTON, July 2G-James NJ.
Howell has been appointed postmaster of
a new postoffice which was recently estab-
lished at Cochran, Brunswick county, Va.
Alfred B. Lawson has been appointed
postmaster at Irene, Va.
T. NJ. Smith has been appointed post
master at Virginia City, Wise county, Va,
TO succeed W. H. Cissel, resigned
H J. Lewis, of Virginia is at present IN
the CITY. and is stopping at the Metropoli-
tan Hotel.
William Carley and wife, and c. Glade
and wife. of Richmond, Va, are in the
city. stopping at the National Hotel
Mrs George e. Corson and Miss Edna
Lois Corson, of this city, are soJournins
at present at the country seat of the Mon
cures at Su.nmerset, Stafford county, Va
Miss Amy Y Smthson. OF this city, has
gone to visit friends in King George
county, Va.
The United States coast survey steamer
Bache, which has been in the Government
service since 1871, has long outlived her
usefulness and is to be replaced shortly by
a. more modern boat equipped for the
greater demands of the service. Speclfica-
tons for the new vessel will be given out
about September 1st. and she will be ready
for service in the spring. The Bache viii
the highest bidder.
So much lumber has been rushed to this
city in vessels in the past month that now
every dealer in the the city has a 1uli
stock and all the available space IN the
lumber yards is piled high with Virginia
North Carolina and othern Southern boards
Dealers have notified shippers not to send
them lumber until further notice
A quiet wedding took place at the Chu'ci'
+l1S h,
when Miss Louise F. Dezendorf, eldest
daughter of the late John T. Dezendorf.
member of Congress from Virginia, was
married TO Mr.. Daniel X. Trimmer, OF TINS
CITY. The fair bride wore travelling
Gown of caster shade and carried Lilies of
the Valley. The ceremony was performed
nv the Rev. A. NJ. Hillker in the presence
Of only members of the brides family
Mr. and Mrs Trimmer left on the 10
o.clorl, train for Niagara and the White
Mountains They will be at home after Sep
tenber lst. at the Arlington Hotel.