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The Opelousas courier., 1900-06-23
DADDY WAS misunderstood.

Mary Jumped at the Opportunity Offered
by His Ironical Remark.
William Frederick Allen was in love
with Mary Anna Jenkins, and was
unhappy when not in her company.
When he began to call upon her it
was only. on Friday nights, and he
never stayed later than 10. Then he
began to come on Monday nights also.
Later he added Sunday afternoons to
his list, and SO on until he was liable
to drop in at the jenkins residence
every evening in the week, besides
spending every Sunday afternoon
there.
MI. Jenkins, Mary Annals father,
watched with growing anger the in
creasing frequency Of Mr.. Aliens calls,
and often expressed his mind on the
subject to the wife of his bosom, but
she silenced him with the convincing
query: "Would you like Mary Anna
to die an old maid?'
Notwithstanding. this, Mr.. jenkins
was rarely civil to the young man, for
he did not like him, and he was more
than ave- on thepoinF of saying some
thing to him which, in all probability
he would have regretted later.
One day, however. Mr.. Jenkins
could restrain himself no longer.
William Frederick had not omitted a
call a single night for nearly three
weeks, and had been at the house on
six afternoons in O week. After Mary
Anna had dismissed her admirer she
turned and confronted her papa. He
made a great effort to be calm, and
| said, with what he intended to be cut
ting sarcasm:
Hadn't that young man of yours
better bring his trunk?"
Instantly Mary Anna threw her
arms around her fathers neck and
kissed him impulsively.
ooh, you dearest, sweetest, best
father in all the world!" she cried;
"you don't know how happy you
make me-"
"Whati" gasped the old man.
"And William will be happy, too,
when I tell him." she went on, nearly
s~trangling her parent with enthusiast
tic hugs.
"W-what,s that2"
"You see, papa, it's just this way.
Dear Billy is the best fellow in the
world, but he isn't well of, and we
couldn't for the life of us see how we
could go to housekeeping; but your
kind suggestion that he bring his
trunk has solved all the difficulties.
Well stay right with you, father dear,
when We are married. Oh, you are
the best daddy in creation. I'll &C
and tell mamma, and wen decide or
the wedding day right away"
Mr. jenkins attempted to speak,
but she had gone, and the next BIZ
heard was that the wedding would
take place in about three weeks. i
he had any opinions on the subject
they were mental ones, for he was mo-
allowed to express them orally, an6
the affair came off as planned.
His son-in-law and family are still
living with him.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-06-23
yy,,ere the Tramp worked.

The prisoner was making his ap-
pearance before the magistrate for the
hundredth time.
WELL. said the magistrate, ssyou
here AGAIN."
Yes, your worship" responded
The prisoner.
Whats the charger
sVagrancy-same as before, your
Worship"
III seems to me you are here about
half your time"
"Yes. about that, your Worship
Well, what do you do it for? Why
don't you work."
T do, your Worship. more than hall
my time"
tAh, now Z said the magistrate. sur
pEised, 'if you can tell me where you
have eve worked TIL let you of.
"Inprison, your worship, answered
the prisoner, brazenly; and the Judge
kept his word.
~ HEE E+ EE2 Z
The Opelousas courier., 1900-06-23
The Cynic Talks.

The average woman makes the life
ola ~dressmaker almost ~unbearabie
She haunts the dressmaker TO death
to make a dress, even though the
dressmaker says she has more on hand
than she san accomplish. Having
persuaded the dressmaker to make
The dress, the woman proceeds to ex-
act d promise from her that she will
have It done at q certain time. which
is always several days sooner than it
il needed, and the dressmaker is made
to rush and hurry it through. After
the dress is completed the woman
points out the mistakes to the dress,
maker. and tells her friends it is i'm
possible togeta decent thing made.
The d~ressnakers say the hardest
women to pleass are those who do moi
understand the least thing about sew
mo -Atchiaon Globe.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-06-23
GOLD IN THE
Valuable Kind Of Fowl Raised OuE L
Colorado,

Valuable Kind Of Fowl Raised Out In
Colorado,
Chickens -ecently shipped to local
commission dealers have started them
guessing as to the diet on which they
were fattened. A consignment OF these
chickens was received yesterday, be-
lieved to be from the same place as
the one received about d week ago.
And in both lots a number of small
but very bright nuggets of gold were
found. The nuggets were found in
the craws of several birds in both con-
signments, but it was kept a secret
by one Of the finders with the hope
that they might be able to locate rich
ground. Quong All Chin, a janit1r
who works in q saloon on Seventeenth
street, purchased one of the chickens
Three gold nuggets were found in its
craw, and Quong now believes the find
an omen of good luck. One piece OF
gold was large enough to be worth
over a dollar. The grocers who We're
lucky enough to get some OF the
chickens with gold-lined stomachs
tried yesterday to find who sent in the
remarkable shipment. They have gone
SO far as to get prices on prospecting
outfits and plan to be the first on the
| ground in cast it may be located. One
of the dealers who had some Of the
chickens with nugget-filled craws was
ready to go and prospect the farm
from which the poultry was shipped,
thinking that some rich creek bee
must pass through the place. AL
though the pieces were usually Sc
small as to be hardly noticeable, some
/ were found that weighed several pen
nyweights. Any more of the chickens
from the place where these two lots
/ were billed are likely to sell at double
the ruling market price IL sold in
| Denver.-Denver Republican.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-06-23
A MANS PLANT.
Clothes That AFRO Injured by Contact
wI&r, RoRa Pll1Nwa.

2lothes That Arc Injured by Contact
with sofa Pillows.
Kindly remove the sofa cushion"
std the Man. languidly, as he sat down
IN the couch beside the Woman. "Ths
asst time I was in its immediate vicin-
tykt behaved very baby, indeed, filling
ny coat with a soft, cottony fuzz that
t took two hours Of good, hard brush
ng to remove, so I've determined to
ave nothing more to do with 1t. Dye
now I'm getting so that I don't feel at
all like putting on my good clothes
when I 60 to call on women nowadays;
Ill on account Of these villain pillows,
which are everywhere, and which seem
TO be filled with tiny, fluffy feathers
hat escape and cling to n with glue
like persistency? That reminds me to
remark that on account of one of Ewes
ialrest daughters my dress suit is now
reposing at the cleaners. No, she
didn't spill a plate Of ice cream on me,
0 did she do anything awkward OF
that sort; all she did was to use in my
presence Of those absurd fans made,
Of ostrich feathers that some women
affect. 1t was a pink fan, and, candid
ly, I think 1t was a little moth-eaten,
but at any rate she's a nice girl and l
like her, so I was a good deal-with her
at the german. Gradually l noticed
that the fan seemed to be losing plum
age and | seemed to be gaining 1t.
When I was a fine fluff almost from my
head to heels / went up to the dress
;ng room and got the man to brush me
oil, but as the needle to the pole those
feathers were to me. Back they'd come
merrily as soon as he'd cease agitating
them, and settle even on my hair and
in my mouth. A thousand kind friends
came up to me during the evening and
told me how funny / looked, and the
owner Of the fan herself laughed q bit,
but, frankly speaking, / wasn't amused
I sent the suit to the cleaner the next
day, and I hope he'll be able success
fully to pluck 1t. / don't mind find
ing, on coming home from a dance thai
my sleeves are whitened by contact
with sunGry fair arms or that SOM
powdery substance decorates my lapels
but L draw the line at feathers, hence
take away the cushion: I'll have
none of 1t, an.4f my Tuxedo gets full
Of them I'll have to retire to private
life for an indefinite space."-Pittsburs
Disnafchr
The Opelousas courier., 1900-06-23
Cowslap Greens.

One of the most familiar forms In
wet meadows is enormously known as
s'cowslips' lyulgarly acowslop'9, g
general favortte in springtime for
green's. How it received its common
speculation il not clear. It furnishes
! striking illustration of the ofttimes
uniting and misleading character Of
popular names, for it bears no rela.
ton 10 the English cowslip, but is
closely allied TO the buttercnp-a fact
suggested to the uninitiated by It's
aiming yellow petals and ~superabun-
dance Of stamens. TO avoid compiica-
lion ID names, the botanist Gray IA
vored recognizing il under its English
name. marsh -marigold, but here
again We may be led slightly astray rs
y its relationship, for it Is more than
primrose. IT is properly known as
1alsha palustris.-Self- Culture Maya
MffN
The Opelousas courier., 1900-06-23

A search OF the record Of that vener.
able corporation, Trinity house, Len
don, shows that It Is just 800 years
since the frst lighthouse was erected
at LoWestoft, and this IL noted as the
FIRST regular lighthouse on the coasts
Of Great Britain. The next lighthouse
to be erected was in Winterton. in
1916. Lowestoft has had, moreover,
the unique distinction Of possessing the
first lifeboat. Il wal In 1909, Just 200
years after the first lighthouse waa
built there. that the first lifeboat was
dispatched on her initial errand OF
mercy from Lowegtoft.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-06-23

a Novel renee.

II is said that In Yellowstone park
there 10 a fence which IL composed en-
tirely OF the horns Of the elk, and In
Guides over three hundred selected
specimens. Meme of them has less than
twelve and very many have fourteen
points. They were gathered in June,
1855. by a party OF gentlemen who
found then during q four days hunt,
Ill OF them within q radius OF ten
miles of the Mammoth Hot Springs.
Yeilowstene Park contains nearly
three thousand silks. They shed their
herns in March. and during this time
APE very shy and quiet.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-06-23
ceaars Twenty Centuries Old.


Some cedars are undoubtedly more
than two thousand years old. For,
though on good moraine soil they
grow about as fast as oaks, on bare
pavements and smoothly glaciated
overswept granite ridges in the dome
region they grow extremely slow.
One on the Starr King Ridge, only
two feet eleven inches in diameter,
was LAO years old. Another on the
same ridge, only one foot seven and
Dne-half inches in diameter, had
reached the age of 834 years. The
ffst fifteen inches from the bark of q
medium-sized tree-six feet in diam
eter-on the north Tenaya pavement
had 859 layers of wood, or fifty-seven
to the inch. Beyond this the count
was stopped by dry rot and overgroWn
wounds.
The largest I examined was thirty
three feet in girth, or nearly ten in
diameter; and though / failed to get
anything like a complete count, /
learned enough from this and many
other specimens to convince me that
most of the trees eight to ten feet
thick, standing on polished glacier
pavements, are more than twenty CEN
turtles Of age rather than less. Bar
ring accidents, for all 7 can see, they
would live forever. When killed
they waste ont of existence about as
slowly as granite. Even when over
thrown by avalanches, after standing
so long, they refuse to lie at rest,
leaning stubbornly on theirbig elbows
is II anxiou j to rise. and while q single
root holds to the rock, putting forth
fresh leaves with a grim n~ever-say-dis
aud never-lie-down expression. John
Muir, in the Atlantic.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-06-23
a TIP ABOUT USING STAMPS.
Something Which o Great Many People
DO Not Know.

Something Which o Great Many People
DO No Know.
"Wait until / have washed of the
postage stamp on this envelope, spoiled
In the addressing" said q man, &C.
cording to the Washington Star. at Is
not necessary to do that" said a law
yer. "You may take your scissors and
cut out the adhesive stamp and stick 1t
fast to your new envelope with much
lage, Notwithstanding the adhering
piece of the old envelope. 1t does not
look nice and may become detached In
the mail, but II the stamp Ia a genuine,
unused adhesive stamp 1t Is not ques-
toned. The government. when 1t sells
an adhesive 2-cent stamp, undertakes
for such consideration to transport
and deliver to destination the letter to
which 1t Is affixed. The fact that It has
with it a piece Of envelope to which 1t
was formerly attached, does not relieve
the government from executing its
! part Of the contract whsn the letter Is
deposited for mailing, the stamp being
otherwise perfect"
The Opelousas courier., 1900-06-23
private Cable for the Queen.

The Queen, when at Osborne, has
her own private submarine cable, which
il laid from the Isle OF Wight to-
Hurst Castle on the mainland. where
Charles ] was kept for d few days be.
fore lila trial aud execution. Her
Majesty uasa tubs ealla To communicate
With her ministers,
The Opelousas courier., 1900-06-23
Twenty Mlllfnn Pins par Day.

II requires an average OF more than
wsnty million pins per day 70 sustain
by falling skirts, replace the missing
hAspander buttons and meebtthe other
Assds of chs American people. What
hseanes 81 Ill these pins is . ques.
llap that nobody has been able %
znANf bnt there ID DO iallsnG ef A.
Ansaa ID sha khla uuIahsF mum
pgsF n Bvma mAnnpg sAsrY uayI
The Opelousas courier., 1900-06-23

The Jury in q recent law suit unsnimousl!
agreed upon the verdict, sealed It and wen
home to bed. After sleeping over it, they dis
agreed the e morning. This shows tn
power of sleep to strengthen the human mind
those who are troubled with insomnia snoulc
try Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. 1t puts ia,
stomach in good condition and induces sweet
sound sleep. 1t y the best ofremedies for kid
noy, liver and blood disorders.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-06-23
Arc YOu Itchy2

II SO, something is wrong with your
skin. Ask your druggist for Tetterine,
and you can cure yourself without a
doctor for so cents. Any skin disease,
ringworm, eczema, salt rheum, etc. Or
send so cents in stamps for box prepaid
to J. T. Shuptrine, Savannah, Ga. Try
The Opelousas courier., 1900-06-23
vslattering Consolation.

After d sick man has gained the adj
mission from those around him that
shay eve suffered as he Ii suffering
ha begiaa ID feel better, -Atehlsoa
Globe
The Opelousas courier., 1900-06-23

Shake into your shoes Aliens Foot-Ease,
q powder for the feet. 1t makes tight or
new shoes feel easy. Cures Corns, Bunions,
swollen, Hot, smarting and Sweating Feet
and Ingrowing Nails. Sold by all Druggists
and shoe stores, Is cts. Sample sent FREE,
Address Allen s. Olmsted, Leroy, n. Y.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-06-23

A, NJ, PRIEST Druggist, Shelbyville, Ind,
says Halls Catarrh Cure gives the best of
a IL cures every one who takes it." Drug
kfsts sell it.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-06-23

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
ton, alfays uain, cures wind collie. 25c . bottle
The Opelousas courier., 1900-06-23

Old Noah's family we g not society folks
st least they were not in the swim.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-06-23

You never meet some men that they do not
AK you to tafs a chano in q rattle.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-06-23

Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infalli-
sAMUEI. Ocean Grove, N. j., Feb. II, 1906.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-06-23

ruTNAM FADELEss DIES are fast to
sunlight, washing and rubbing. Sold bs
oil dFuggIsta,
The Opelousas courier., 1900-06-23

FITS permanently cured. No nts or nervousness
after first days use Old r. Kline's Great Nerve
Restorer. 50 trial bottle and treatise free De. d.
II. KLTNE, Ltd, 93l Arch St.. Pnila.s Pa.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-06-23

Most things people are compelled 70 take
have been s'pioked over"
The Opelousas courier., 1900-06-23

You VIII Never Know
what good ink Is unless you use Carriers. II
costs no moro thar poor Ink. All dealers.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-06-23

Louis +. Waibel, Phi. g., 81. Louis, Mo-,
wrste; / have commended TEETHTEA when
The doctors gave up the child and it cured al
The Opelousas courier., 1900-06-23

The lighter all chocolate is in color thu
more free 1t is from impurities.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-06-23
To Cure = Cold in One Day.

Some people are too busy to pay storage OF
their souls,
The Opelousas courier., 1900-06-23

A big man always feels small after he ha
been taken In.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-06-23

BE sure you are'right then Let the girl go
ahead.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-06-23

The best Prescription for Chilas
and Fever IL q bottle of GROVES TAsTRLEss
safLL TONIC. IL 10 simply iron and qninine IN
4 tasteIess form. No cure-no pay. Ftace oVc.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-06-23

A fool in his ignorance is happier than
sage In his knowledge.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-06-23

TO CuF0 . OUHW I'VE V"0 ~"J -.
Take LAXATIVE BRoNo QUININg TABLRTS. Al
druggists refund the money II 1t fails TO cuE"
q. w. GROVES signature Is on each box. &c
The Opelousas courier., 1900-06-23
Do Your Feet Ache and Burn?

Keep your eye ON the individual who does
you an uneXpected favor.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-06-23

Forty Is the age of y~outh-5O is the youth OF
ED aRe.-Victor Hugo.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-06-23

When the State of Mississippi gets soaked
she max s a thorough job of it.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-06-23

!, Children have more need Of models than
Of critics.-Joubort.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-06-23
alaep Chanrea the Yerdict.

4 woman who marries a blockhead doesn'
care to celebrate the wooden wedding.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-06-23
lydia E. Pinkhan's Vegetable Compound

70 kys0wss fr0sss 00aS9 20
coast n has cured more
eEOk women than any
Their sz0dfoEnes IT'S
frsgcnas arc everywhere
assd they are constantly
yvg,s9sf7n thankful EoffessS
whEch apPear fn this
papegas
The Opelousas courier., 1900-06-23

o. Nassau St, New York.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-04-03

exist through the issuance Of govern
ment rations, and the death rate is
enormous, in the single district of
Utuado reaching thirty per day out Of
a population of 10000, equal to sixty
deaths per day in the city of Wheel
ing.
The remedy is to recognize Puerto
Rico as American territory, give it free
trade with the country at large, put it
under the protection of the Constitu-
ton and laws, with all implied thereby,
and through a liberal policy and with
fostering care make it the earthly
paradise and prosperous territory it
ought to be and would be under right
measures.
But, of course, the administration
will not do these things. 1t prefers to
consider the Island and its people as
bound to us by conquest yet not of US
a community destined for tariff taxes
upon it's waning commerce and for
charity to it's starving people.
The situation is one calling for
united American protest, and the adj
ministration policy should be re-
pudiated on every side as something
savoring too much of Turkish and
Spanish methods for American
stomachs.
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LAME BACK.


army, Notifications, and all the para
phernalia of conquest by war. We are
to have a voice in the affairs of the
world" That means we must be pre-
pared to fight at all times, and a world
in arms, If need be, and the logical
result of all this is found in Represen-
tative Hays bill for the creation Of a
reserve volunteer army" by the terms
of which every male citizen between
the ages of eighteen and forty-fve is
made liable for military duty in the
National Guard, which is to be COM
pletely organized by military districts,
with boards of government Offices, and
provided with all necessary equip
ments, for which the government is
to make an annual Appropriation of
four millions, as against one-tenth of
that sum heretofore given.
1t has been the policy of the United
States, for four generations, to main
tain the smallest possible standing
army in times OF peace, the govern
ment being always assured of an ade-
quate response from it's citizens in
time of war. Every emergency has
been responded to by the manhood of
America, and from the men so coming
to the colors have been formed armies
which have known no other result
than victory. But now a change has
come over the spirit of our dream.
We must have a National Guard in
which service may be compulsory, or
ganized upon the European idea, from
which, perhaps, the War Department
can draw at will divisions and corps
and armies to enforce the policies of a
government republican in name, but
as imperialistic in idea as that of the
Sultan or Car.
The plea for the formation of this
National Guard a la France OF vie ais
Germania, is a specious one, in that it
deprecates a large standing army and
relies upon our citizen soldiers" But
the result will be to create a mighty
army, service in which will be
compulsory, and which will virtually
increase the power of the military arm
many times.
1t is a time for Americans to put on
their thinking caps and ponder on the
situation. The times are frought with
Rome.
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AN APPALLING SITUATION.

While the Presidential mind has been
lowering between one thing and an
other, and Congress has been jabber-
ing for weeks, without knowing just
what it might, could, would or should
do, the situation in Puerto Rico has
been steadily going from bad to worse
until a large proportion of the popula-
ton is on the edge of starvation, bus
mess men are either ruined or on the
verge of it, and disease and misery and
want are universal. Unprejudiced and
careful observers estimate that the is
land is forty million dollars worse OF
than before thA Spanish war. Five
thousand planteAe. ordinarily not only
self-supporting BIZ prosperous. are nov
IN distress, many ousand people only
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AS TO FIGURES.

Figures should be handled with care.
The other day a member of Congress,
in an impassioned Grafton, predicted
that there would be 1905 600 gold miners
at Cape Nome, this summer, where
upon a cold-blooded statistician
spoiled it all by demonstrating that a
ship could not possibly make over two
round trips from the States during
the season, that it would require 249
ships, loaded with men to their
greatest capacity, that there were not
that many vessels in the Pacific trade,
that if the men did get to the Cape
they would all starve to death in about
ten days. and finally that the gold
bearing sands were only thirty miles
in extent, which would give each of
100000 men about twenty inches of
working space.
Now comes the ~biographer of the
late Senator Sawyer, who asserts that
the statesman's first occupation was
teaming, and that he saved $4,000 out
a salary of s12 per month. This is
a great record, for if the future Senator
neither ate, drank, nor spent a cent
fer anything. it must have taken him
fourteen years to save the sum named.
Figures are all right, but they should
be handled cautiously.
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1t is nothing unusual for a great
man to have q monument raised to his
memory, but it is unusual for a nan to
have more than two hundred of these
evidences Of love and affection and
appreciation erected by a nation. This
honor was reserved for Bismarck, the
man of blood and iron" On Deem
Der 8, 1898, the Students Association
met at Hamburg and issued an address
to the German people, having for its
object the erection of monuments to
the great Chancellor throughout the
Empire, from the top of each of which,
on each first of April, should blaze a
mighty fire, in memory of the dead.
The idea met with favor, more than
two hundred such structures were
raised of solid masonry, and Sunday
night, from one end of Germany
to the other, great fires roared
from their tops, and will
do so annually hereafter so long as
Germany endures. 1t is an unusual
but fitting tribute to the great man.