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The Opelousas courier., 1900-11-17
Incident Of the Nrexioan War.

'"Three men were looking over the
bulwarks, evidently called there by
the challenge of the steamer-to whom
Parker, proficient as a native in Span
ish, spoke. But there was no falter-
ing; we boarded her at once, and as
the clash OF our cutlasses betrayed
US, one of the Creole's crew Of seven
hailed the sentry on the castle. The
alarm had been given as the cutters
crew gathered together the men of the
vessel. and the officers plunged into
the hold to fire the vessel. Heaping
against a light inflammable bulkhead
the sails Of the craft and bits Of wood
lying about, the mass was ignited. 1t
burned slowly, and then Pickering, ii
died out. The officers added to the
pile the tails of their shirts, and n
glowing ember being found, Hynson
emptied upon it the entire contents of
his powder flask, starting the fire
again, but severely scorching his
hands, arms and face. The clamor
from without came to them above the
hiss and cracking of the increasing
confagration, and when they saw
that their efforts were eminently sue
cessful they hurried on deck.-Robert
G. Rogers, in Harper's Weekly.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-11-17

AS an experiment the University
Of Missouri this year organized a sum.
mer course in agriculture, mainly for
the benefit of persons who were am
bilious to become instructors at ag-
ricultural experiment stations or to
take charge of large ranches In the
West. The attendance has exceeded
expectations, showing the desire Of
the young men Of that section of the
country to master the science of farm
ing. As agriculture has been added
to the course Of study in many Of the
public schools in the West, there is a
demand for competent teachers who
are practical farmers with a scientiic
training.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-11-17

The art Of advertising has a few
fixed rules. People read "ads,' not
for amusement, but to secure informa-
ton; and the man who has a house,
a medicine or any kind of merchan-
disc to sell or services to offer to the
public does the most essential thing
when he says 81 simply, directly and
persistently. Still. there is always
room for originality, and if he have
a new idea as to how to display and
arrange his announcements SO ais to
arrest peoples attention and make an
enduring impression he is bound to
profit thereby. New ideas i'm advertis-
ing win be in demand SO long as they
shall not violate the rules Of simple
ity and lucidity.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-11-17

The London Court Journal: Not for
nearly eighty years has there been
such q small line force in the United
Kingdom as at present. There are
now at home only four cavalry reei-
ments-the First Dragon Guards,
Second Dragon Guards, Seventh Nus
sars and the Twenty-first Lancers, ex-
elusive OF the Household Cavalry and
tie present strength OF about eight
hundred men; and eleven battalions
OF infantry. On paper there is q fairly
strong force Of artillery, but as many
OF the batteries at home are recently
formed. three dating only from last
Saturday, we are not 90 well OF i'm
this as numerically we appear. The
British garrison In India Is also lower
than it has been for many years. The
normal white garrison Of India wss
nxed At q certain strength by politi-
cians Of both sides, but it is now some
ten or twelve thousand below what
has always been considered d safe
margin. Owing to the necessities Of
South Africa. there ID at present less
British cavalry in India than has been
known since the time Of the East In
4 Company, only i've regiments be-
'ns now ~ india, and the artillery il
slso yegy inEel beleW TIE hiElegsa
saaansad Standard
The Opelousas courier., 1900-11-17

The Industrial rehabilitation OF Cuba
is strikingly illustrated by the fact
that the exhibits made by her people
at the Paris Exposition have won
no fewer than lat prizes, states the
New York Mail and Express. In view
Of the chaotic conditions which have
prevailed in Cuba since the close OF
the war and the extreme difficulty
OF preparing anything like a represent
alive display Of the islands products.
this record Is altogether remarkable.
The moral effect of an undertaking
SO thoroughly creditable win be emf
nently wholesome to Cuba trade and
industry. 1t e that Cuba's trying
days are ended; that her material re.
sources are responding to the touch
OF enterprise, and that she has d
tered upon q new era of civil and COM
mercial progress.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-11-17

he settled himself down beside little
Aunt Faith. "Got a new girl, chr
he breathed in his ear.
The Lincoln girls were stately and
perfectly apparelled. Aunt Faiths
figure retired into gentle insignificance
beside them. and the other aunt be.
hind regarded her s~peculatively.
"Who's Barry picked up now Some
body with a sweet face" she thought
Likely as not he went after little
Falthie Pyle, and rang the wrong
door-bell-jt takes a Lincoln to be alb
sent-Glinded"
But Barry's mind was not absent
II was present with him all through
the long lecture. He was painfully
conscious Of a good many ~things-sthat
his terrible great shoulders doomed
above Aunt Faiths Paisley shawl;
that numberless pairs Of eyes regard
ed him curiously, and that In a good
many OF them iurked smiles. He was
conscious that Aunt Faiths neat black
silk bonnet had careened q little on
her soft gray hair, and that Aunt
Faiths face-but that was after
ward, when he had recovered his men,
tai equilibrium somewhat-was keen
" alive with interest and pleasure.
1t was when Barry discovered this
that he quietly resigned himself to cir
cumstances.
"she's enjoying It," he thought. "It's
q regular treat to her. In the c0un-
try probably they don't have lectures.
I'm glad now / didn't explain about
the letter. A fellow couldn't do q
thing like that, anyhow. He's bound
to stick it out"
After the lecture Barry introduced
the girls and Aunt Jess, and then they
fell into the current OF outgoing hu-
mainly. and drifted out upon it. 1t
was ten o'clock when Aunt Faith got
home. She stood in the doorway and
held out her hand to the boy.
"You have given an old woman @
very pleasant evening"" she said, smil-
ing. II hope somebody will do even
SO unto you when you're-an old
woman! Good night, and thank you!"
"Good night" Barry said, but down
the steps Aunt Faiths voice halted
him again.
There's a whole Pyle of Faith Mar
garets, you know, and ] hope the right
one will go to the next lecture and
just the kind of evening I've !
had" she called, softly.
Indoors, Faith II. was asleep. In
the sitting-room Richard Pyle was just
rounding Off his last newspaper. He
looked up in surprise when Aunt Faith
In.
where In the worldp' he exclaimed,
her shawl and bonnet.
"Pve been to the lecture, SIR she
laughed Aunt Faith.
"AloneT"
swell, you didn't go with me-what
could I do? If your brother buries
in newspapers. there you are!
either got to go lectureless to
bed or-do as I did"
She was rolling her bonnet-strings,
md stopped to glance over at him,
lumorously.
mo, / didn't go alone, Richard. I
vent with a gentleman, she said, with
Iuiet emphasis.
At Faith lis bedside, she stopped
o Kiss the sweet girl face among the
pillows. 1t stirred in sleep.
You'll have to forgive me-you and
he boy. had to find out" she muir.
nured. "But I'll never do it again
won't have top'-Youth's Compan-
m S~
The Opelousas courier., 1900-11-17
The Pocket Gopher,

One OF the worst enemies Of alfalfa
Is the pocket gopher, which digs its
runs three or four inches under the
surface, cutting of the roots that hap
pen to lie in its path, but worst Of all
1t throws up q chain of mounds along
the run which renders moving very
ditdcult. If unmolested this pest will
carry on its depredations to such an
extent that the field will have to be
plowed up. No preventive has been
found. Trapping may be employed,
but it Is tedious and unsatisfactory.
Poisoning is, perhaps, the easiest
method Of destroying the gopher, and
If properly done the pests may be al
most entirely exterminated.
To poison them as soon as a fresh
mound is seen get some potatoes and
cut them as for seed and procure a
bottle Of crystallized strychnine. With
a knife slit the pieces and put a crys-
tai OF s~trychnine mot larger than q
wheat grain in the slit, SO it will lodge
near the middle OF the potato. The
potato being moist the strychnine will
soon be dissolved and carried all
through it, and it should be used as
soon as poisoned. With an iron rod
poke into the ground around the fresh
hill until the run Is located, and open
it with a spade. Drop in a potato and
cover up. Gophers are very fond Of po-
tatoes, and n dose is usually fatal.
II too much strychnine is used, or the
potatoes are not used when freshly
prepared, the poison is not so effee-
tive. II the field is gone over once a
week, the old hills leVeled down and
the new ones given a potato, the goph-
er's work will soon ~lessen.-Santa Fe
New Mexican.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-11-17

-oF THE
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION.

oPELOUaAS, La.
Uaa01 the Direction Of the Sisters Maraa2lta,
Of Holy Cross.
oners to young ladies every facility
for acquiring o thorough christian cd
ucation. Constant attention is paid 10
home and social culture. Lessons are
given in music. painting and other
useful arts. The sigtera also have
charge OF the boys school. The course
0! instruction il two-iold-Esapsrasoyy
nd Commercial French 10 tsueha In
eee two courses. Tos pastloulaya,.ed u.
asaas aJaT5R bupGRIoR
The Opelousas courier., 1900-11-17

Until a few years ago Minnesota
accorded the right of suffrage to civil
lied Indians certified by district courts
to be ft for the exercise OF the suf-
frage. In Florida q requirement of
suffrage was enrolment in the local
militia. Tennessee provided that per-
sons Of color who were competent wit
nesses ih a court Of justice against a
white mar might vote In that State.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-11-17

1t is related Of the late G. P. Hunt
.ington that a young man once called
on him to sell some much needed rails
at SIS a ton. Mr.. Huntington said
he had rails to sell himself, amused
the caller by a half-hour's chat and
got him to sell at SEQ a ton, with a
six months note for pay. Then be-
fore the man left Mr.. Huntington dis
counted the note for six per cent. and
paid the cash.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-11-17

Two cargoes Of Pennsylvania soft
coal have been shipped from Philadel-
phia to Russia within a few weeks.
Not long ago any one who would have
predicted such a possibility would
have been regarded as exceedingly
visionary.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-11-17
Aluminium Cnrtains.

aluminium has just been employed
for the construction of q new fireproof
curtain to be used In theatres. The
curtain ID sixty feet wide ny ffty-fonl
fsef high, IL composed OF aluminium
sheatb one.gwalssh Of 40 Inch thick,
aaG wglsbs 1000 nanpda
The Opelousas courier., 1900-11-17

Light is thrown on the source Of
China's war supplies by the Berlin re-
port that Germany's exports Of war
materials to China last year a~ggregat-
ed S,150,O00 marks, as against 3,400,-
900 marks for 1893.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-11-17

The temperance Of brigands near
Rome ought to have the effect Of stim-
ulating interest in foreign travel. A
spice of danger is always very much
appreciated by the globe-trotter.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-11-17
178 PER CENT. ANNUALLY.
That's the POrit-.Copper the Article
Mexico the Country.


sci Progreso" in it's group of six
mines has some of the richest copper
ores in the richest mining country in
the world. Ore runs IL per cent.
copper, IL or. silver, a trace of gold,
total value about $43 a ton, and in two
of the mines, in addition to copper
and silver, ore contains 3 per cent. to
81 per cent. quicksilver Oh mercury,
about $105 a ton.
The great Lake Superior copper
mines Calumet and Hecla, Wolver-
inc, Tamerack, Quincy, etc.-thst
annually return millions, run only
from SO to 10 a ton.
Boston and Montana 6 years ago
sold for $15 o share. today 1916, pay
ing 24O per cent. on investment.
United Verde sold for 500 q share,
today stock not in the market and pays
6,666 per cent. on investment.
Calumet and Hacla sold for 81 o
share, today worth $500 and pays on
investment 0 1000 per cent.
Entire capital stock of the United
Verde was offered for $3.50, 900 and
refused Senator Clark, later, paid
$3.50, 900, and today he has an annual
income from this property of over
S13, 600, 900.
II this is possible here with labor
six times higher than in Mexico, with
ore five times less valuable, with fuel
five times dearer, and everything elee
in proportion, do you doubt that Ell
Progreso will return the I73 per cent.
and more, annually, to original In
Eestors, to first sto ,kholders, who con.
tribute the money to start the ''ball
rolling" who are on the "ground
aoor?"
Am experienced, know tie country,
the people, the language, lived there
Is years, and know the miEes of this
of Mexico, and unhesltatingly
state El Progreso is the best; have
been worked for generations in q Mex
lean way, and supplied the copper for
the surrounding country. No attempt
made to extract the gold, silver
Or quicksilver.
A modern 40 ton concentrating and
smelling plsnt-smelting only the $40
ore-will return $4OO, 900 per annam;
Tins $43, $40 for treatment, equals
s33 K 40 tons equals 81, 800 day, for
300 days equals 1896, 900. This will
lay rs per cent. on 81, 500, 900 total
capitalization. Par value of shares
400. 900, 600 shares are treasury
stock, and 400, 600 of this is to be sold
'ery low to raise money to start things
when price will be greatly advanced
loo, 900 at 12c (all sold,) 1OO,.
100 at 15c, 100, 900 at zoe, 100, GEO at
&c.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-11-17

The best chance ave. offered of Sc
curing stock in a legitimate copper
mining enterprise.
Send for prospectus.
Organized company on q plan to
give a chance to ali-big and little,
rich and poor, great and small, none
need be excluded. If quick you a
own 6 90 shares for 81. 90, or 6 %
shares for every dollar you remit.
DAVID B. RUSSELL, President,
FL P%rogresso Copper Mining Co.,
If 63 Wall Street. New York.
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Standing squsrsly snd aneomprsniaiae
~ up@a the Democrats
Plstfo2m eh0 s

The value Of o newspaper .
advertising medium consists y
It's circulation.
When you can secure the corr
bdned circulation Of two papeEs
for the price Of one, 1t Ii MONEY
Davedl
"Tlhe st. Landry DemocEas.
was consolidated on the Bd %
March, 1894, with The Opalous
sag Courier" The advertisir9
rates have not been increasea
while the price Of subscriptioa
has been reduced to % o y6aJ:
TIE COURIER being By oads
The best paper In the empire
Lh q gs Landry 10 Their
gaaAaasA
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very effective scenic effects were shown
and tho piece was intelllgently cast MIR.
Klimt scored as Commodore Chester, the
American naval commander. The part Is
one TO which no Is well suited ana he got
out or 1t last night all there was in H..
Mr.. r. W. Tillish who played the part
OF the viliainous Spanish commandment did
his work so we'll as to make the char
acter he portrayed bcAstily despised by
the audience, and Frank Weed was capa-
Bile as Fullerton, the American nswspa~
per correspondent. Miss Fox had a thor
oughly congenlal role and her portrayal OF
the part of the prosecuted Cuban girl was
smooth and effective throughout. Miss
Hearn appeared 10 good advantage as the
younger sister and the remaining meme
bers Of the cast did n,ore or less capable
work, George pritohard as Montejo being
deserving OF mention. A new line of spe.
cialties wero given and thoroughly en-
ioyed. as usual.
THE Commodore will be repeated this
afternoon and tonight "Trilby," with Mr.,
Klimt as Svengall, will be the dill.
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nYMENEAL.



College Station. Texas, September 81
miss Rita Kathrine sbisa and Mr. Eugene
WycllG Kerr, both OF this place, were mar
riod this morning at the residence OF the
brides parents and shortly after the cere-
mony left for the North on their wedding
tour amid shower OF rice.
The parlors In which tho wedding pc.
Cured were handsomely and tastetully
decorated with natural and artificial how-
ers, smilax and ferns, the altar being sur
mounted by beautiful arch OF white
roses.
The Episcopal form OF ceremeny WIS
used, Dr. t. C. Bittle. chaplain OF tho
TeNas a. and NJ. college. officiating ami
the bridesmaids and groomsmen befny
Miss Kerr of Mckinney, Miss Foster OF
College, Miss Hill OF Hampstead, Mr.. Bur
COON of College, Mr. BIttle Of College and
Mr.. Jim Kerr Of Saltwater, Okla.
A large assemblage OF invited guests
from College. Bryan. Mckinney. Hemp
stead, saltwater okla, and New orleans
were present and the happy couple wer-
the recipients OF m1ny beautiful and cost
ly presents.
The bride Is the lovely daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. Bernard Sbisa OF this place, MI,
Kerr hae for several years occupied the
responsible position OF assistant professor
Of mechanics in the Texas Agricultural
and Mechanical college and IS a young
man Of much promise highly esteemed by
a multitude Of admirlng friends,
Mr. and Mrs. Kerr will be AT home al
College Station after September II.
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with steel tires three inches thick. Cylin-
ders are 20 inches in diameter, 2S-inch
stroke. Boiler 10 inches In diameter, ok
tended wagon top, contains S25 tubes,
inches in diameter, il feet III inches long,
Steam pressure 200 pounds per square
inch. Extreme height OF engine IL feet.
Width 0 feet 10 inches. Fire box, inside,
10 feet inches long, feet inches vide.
Engine truck. i-wheeled swinging center.
Wheels steel tired and So inches IN diam
eter. Cab is built OF steel plate and engine
is supplied with very powerful air br5kes
OF the most modern pattern, II Is also
equipped with an air sander aud bell ring
err the power being either compressed
cir or steam; 1900 candle power electric
headlight and in addition electric lights n
the cab and under the boil,r AMI loot
boards. The tender frame Is made Of steel
has steel tuck frames and has capacity
OF ~ tors, rnd a capacity OF 5000 gallons
OF water. rank is also made slipping, by
which innovation the coal is always in the
forward part of the tender and nearer tue
fire box OF thu engine.
These locomotives were designed by Mr..
Frank Hufsmith, superintendent Of motive
power Ind rolling stocS of the Interna-
tionsl and Great Northern, and are Tue
finest and best engines ever put In service
either in the East or West, and speak
we'll OF the ability OF Mr.. Hufsnith as a
designer Of modern locomotives. During
Mr. Hufsmith's administration OF twelve
years on the International and Great
Northern he has built thirty-t three engines
az the Palestine shops, all of which have
given service OF most satisfactory char
acter in fast passenger service.
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THE LOCAL STAGE,
klfnt-Henrn Company Continues Ia
Play to Packed Houses.

klfnt-Henrn Company Continues to
Play to Packed Houses.
The people who predicted that the ey-
treme heat would prevent the Klmt-
Hearn engagement from being a success
full one from q pecunlary point OF view,
are just beginning TO realize the full meas
ure OF their mistake. The company con
tinues to play 10 packed houses the audi
ence last night being considerably larger
than on Tuesday night when the theater
was comfortably filed, and nearly as
large as on the opening night when prac-
ideally every available inch OF space WAS
occupied. Another feature which shows
how popular the organization Is is shown
by the fact that many OF tho people who
attended the opening performances have
been present at every performance given
since.
Al the matinee yesterday Held by rne
Enemy" which was first seen Monday
night, was repeated and the enthusiasm
was as great as on the occasion OF the
initial production Last night melodrama
founded on the Hispano- American war and
entitled The Commodore" was seGn and
II is likely that none OF the preceding
bills have been better received. The piece
has many Inconsistencies. but 4 has more
thrilling situations aud some OF the cli-
makes -~s .bly ths.~u> the third act, were
go well handled last night rs TO elicit
an UNUSUAL amount OF applause. Some
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-09-06

J. P. Mann, trainmaster of the Houston
and Texas Central. headquarters in Ennis,
was In town yesterday.
W. b. Turner, commercial agent OF
the Vandalla, headquarters in Fort Worth,
was in the city yesterday.
Milton Morris travelling passenger
agent Of the International and Great
Northern, headquarters at Palestine, Is in
the city.
Dave Hollingsworth. private secretary
to S. r. h. Morse, passenger traffic man
ager of the Sunset Central. LETT last night
for Port Huron, Mich. m
r. Alexander, general passenger agert
of the FL Paso and Northengtern, and J..
F. MA uing. travelling passenger agent
were in the city yesterday.
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Galveston naiIrond Note.

Galveston. Texas, September 5.-James
valley. trainmaster OF the Southern Pa
cihc railway company at Houston, was in
tho city today,
Charles D, Goldlng. commercial agent
OF the Rock Island at Houston. is in the
CITY.
S. r. Knott. the newly elected presi-
dent OF the Kansas City Southern rail-
way company. arrived in the city this
morning in his private car accompanied
by ]. A. Hanley. the general traffic man
aver of that road.
Commercial Agent Conner Of the Frisco
at Houston was in the city today,
/ j. L. West, assistant general freight
agent of the Missouri. Kansas and Texas
railway company with Headquarters at
Houston, was in town today.
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yrLAsco TERMINAL SALE.
/ md G. n. Holding out for Certain

]. and G. n. Holding Out for Certain
Concessions.
Augleton Texas, September 5.--The sale
of the velasco Terminal railroad. which
was advertised to take place yesterday,
was postponed one week and viii prob
ably be postponed from week to week
several times before it is finally sold. The
International and Great Northern had
agreed to purchase the Terminal under
conditions which have not yet been conf
Piled with. but which are being arranged
Ms rapidly as possible. In the agreement
between the International and Great
Northern and the Terminal the tnterna-
tionsl and Great Northern was to nave
certain concessions along the river front.
which is owned by the Brszos River Chan
mel and Dock company, the stock OF which
is mostly held by New England people
and 1t seems that it takes some time TO
secure their consent to the agreement OF
sale and secure release of the bonds OF
the dock company.
p. D. Dorchester. receiver of the We
lasco Terminal railway. who has been
East on business connected with the road
arrived Tuesday on a special from Hous-
ton.
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A Baseball Fan.

George D. Hunter city ticket agent Of
the International and Great Northern, Is
known as one OF the greatest baseball
fans in the country Yesterday he was
poring over a number of baseball scores
when he discovered 'htteen-inning game
between Denver and Sioux City and the
score nothing to nothing. Henry Cote.
who caught for Houston was behind the
hst for sioux city and Hunter was so
enthused he wanted to go up to Denver
10 see another game played. To The
post reporter Mr.. Hunter said: "rhls
is the last year Houston will be with
ont a league team Wen have ball next
wear II all the railroad men have to turn
out as ball tossers.'
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HARRIS COUNTY DEMOCRATIC TICKET

To be voted for at election to ss held
Tuesday, November 4. 1905
Congress
Thomas H. Ball.
State Senator Sixteenth District
A. G. Lipscomb.
Representative
George b. Grlggs.
John Kennedy.
District Attorney for Criminal District
Court. Harris and Galveston Counties--
]. V. Lea.
District Judge Eleventh Judicial District
Charles E' Ashe,
County Judge
%. Ii. Vasmer
County Attorney.