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The Opelousas courier., 1901-06-22
A Highland Scotch tradition.

There is an old tradition in the
highlands Of Scotland to the effect that
the owner Of Balmoral dies when the
snow lies on q particular spot Of Loeb
magyar. which is rarely covered even
In the severest winters. In fact, ac-
cording to the local report, the snow
has lain there this winter for tS first
time during the reign Of her late ma
jesty. It Is not generally known, either,
that the custom Of stopping the clocks
at the moment when a Laird" dies
and keeping them 30 until after the
funeral vas pract&ced at Balynoral
castle. where the clock in the tower
was stopped at the hour Of Queen Vic
toria's death, just as the flag was at
once lowered to half mast.
From the Portland O~regonian.-
The Chinese residents Of North "a
kima have many sacks Of rice supposed
to have been poisoned by the oGcials
and missionaries in China. One mer-
chant has twenty sacks put away, and
refuses to eat any Or sell to the CAi-
nese. Those yho claim to know say
that at least $500 is invested In pots
oned rice in that city. The rice is
sold to Americans. but the Chinese
purchase their supplies from local
merchants. They say that six years
after eating the rice the victims die.
The object Of the poison, It Is said, is
to kill of all the Chinese in the United
States
The Opelousas courier., 1901-06-22
PASSING OF FORT CHARITIES.
Famous Illinois Landmark Fast Being
Destroyed by Relic Hunters.

Famous Illinois Landmark Fast Being
Destroyed by Relic Hunters.
Old Fort Charities will soon be q
thing Of the past, as the walls are fast
crumbling and being carried away as
souvenirs by the many relic-hunters
who visit the place each summer.
The fort was first commenced Of
wood in the year 1718 and completed
in less than two years. It was located
twelve miles south Of Red Bud, Ill,
about three miles from the eastern
bluff Of the Mississippi River, and one
mile from the river. The fortress was
called, by way Of eminence, Sort des
Chartres," having a charter from the
crown Of France for its erection
The first fort contained all the neces-
sary buildings to accommodate the
seat Of government and garrison. The
quarters Of the officers and barracks
for the soldiers were finished in the
neat and becoming style Of the country
in pioneer times. Surrounding the
whole was erected a strong palisade,
fortified with earth between the, walls
Of wood, until it babe defiance to any
enemy that might approach it In this
remote situation. The headquarters
of M. Philip Renault were also estab-
lished in this fort. It was from this
point he left Illinois In the year 1744
to return to France. About the time
Of his arrival in his native land he
died.
Under the mild and impartial gov
eminent me country commenced to
grow and flourish, and the seat of gov.
eminent, Fort Charities, became the
centre Of fashion, business arc Eayety
of all the Illinois country.
Under Governor La B~uissoniere Fort
Charities was built entirely new. Its
reconstruction was Of solid and dura'
BILE limestone. The rocks were quar-
ried at the bluffs, three miles east of
the fort, and then RATED and boate
over the lake to the building. This fort
was constructed in the year 1855. In
1776 a great food swept over the Mis-
sissippi River Valley, partly destroying
the fort. The English Government
then abandoned Fort Charities and es-
tablished it's authority at Fort Gage,
on the bluffs east Of Kaskaskia.-Chi-
eago Inter-Ocean.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-06-22
oNgaa Of 81. valontlno,e DAN

The sw3gin Of st. Valentines day is
obscure. Saint Valentine was a priest
of Rome who was martyred, in the
third century. Douce says that It was
the practice in ancient Rome. during
a great part Of February, to celebrate
feastS in honor Of Pan and Juno. At
these times, amid many ceremonies,
the names of young wom0p were put
into q boz. from which Ney we're
drawn by men. The pastoN~af the
early church, striving to eradicate pa
gan subefstitions, often substituted the
festival of Oene Christian saint 70.
that Of . heather deity. In this case
they probably chose that Of st. v:'alen-
tine. which occurred at nearly the
same time. but though the name Of
the Day became Christian. relies Of the
old pagan ceremonies still cling to IT,
fn0iaRARAlis News.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-06-22
Beught Paul Revere,s BEN.

Paul Revere's first church bell,
whose Eeals were heard in Boston
more than a century ago, will be heard
again, it having been purchased by st.
James's Episcopal Church of North
Cambridge, Mass. The bell was first
used in the First Church, at the old
North End, and held its place in the
towers Of the three different edifces
afterward used by the First Church.
When the society moved into a build
ing on Temple street there was no
room for the bell and it lay idle for
some time, No provision was made
Cor the historic relio and recently II
Was voted 10 sell 1t for sS00.~Beatou
Dispstes u New yegs Eaas
The Opelousas courier., 1901-06-22

One afternoon I thought I would go
down the river and troll. I had on
my hook a live minnow, and in little
while had q strike and I hooked my
first fish, which seemed to be quite a
large one. I reeled him where I could
see him and found it was a large pike,
twenty-five or thirty inches long. /
pulled him up to my boat, but when
I lifted him the water he was as
light as a feather. I measured him
and found he was just thirty inches
long, and should have weighed eight
or nine pounds, while he only weighed
two. He was just skin and bones. l
killed him, took my knife and cut him
open and found a live lizard, five
inches long, in his stomach. The rep
tile was as black as coal and very live
ly, living t~wenty-four hours after I
took him from his prison.-Field and
Stream.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-06-22

shuddered at my own voice; I know
1t sounded like the voice Of doom to
them.
Glare gave n quick, sharp cry, and
pushing him violently from her, turned
and fed away in the darkpsss.
Oscar said nothing. 1 was glad he
did not ask me to forgive him; it would
have seemed so heartless then, so ter
ribly cruel.
"Do not grieve," I said, at last, for I
saw that I must speak. "It is so much
better that I should know now than
afterward. She will listen when you
speak to her again, and-she will love
you. Good-bye-be happy"
l don't know If he answered an
thing; I didn't hear him. I found my
through the darkness to the
house, and to my own room. When I
came down stairs in the morning
Glare was gone, and we never met
again.
But she wrote to me about a year
later. She did not marry Oscar Eek
strom; she married a man who had
loved her long and quite hopelessly.
She made him understand that his love
was no longer hopeless. On the day
she married him she wrote a last good.
bye to me, for she was going with him
to India as a missionary. They both
died there within O few years, and It
was with q thrill Of triumph that I re-
allied how my own familiar friend,
though tried and tempted sorely, had
not after all been faithless to me.
When ! next saw Oscar Eckstrom
he was a nobler and a better man; his
face was furrowed and his dark hair
was streaked with gray, and I-had
not grown younger. My dear mother
had died, and l was alone in the world,
and I had never ceased to love him,
and he knew 1t.
"And I never ceased to love you,
Ella" he said, meekly enough. but
very sincerely. believe me, dear, ::
was a mere midsummer madness; tho
glamour thrown me by her beauty;
every moment Of the time my soul was
true to you. Forgive me, dear one!
The years are going fast-let us waste
no more Of them"
Well, I answered nothing much then;
but somehow Oscar got In the way Of
coming as he used to do, and n day
a poor woman came begging for wori,
and, as she could sew nicely and fit
dresses, I turned oVer the cedar-chest
III which I had laid away the wedding
garments begun so long ago.
The lon~g-neglected sewing was all
one at last, and in the springtime Of
the year-in the autumn Of our lives
Oscar and I were married. The lilacs
and peach trees were in bloom, and
the robins twittered and sung, and,
yes, I may as we'll confess 1t, In my
heart was beating the same old tune
we call Loves Young Dream."-Wav-
erley Magazine.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-06-22
Moss for Purifying svrup.

Besides the thousands Of pounds of
Spanish nos sent annually from Flor
ida and other Southern states to
Northern upholsterers. the plant has
various other uses. One OF these a
use that has recently been discovered,
Is that Of a strainer and purifier OF
cane syrup. 1t has been found that a
finer syrup can be made by straining
the cane Juice through moss than
through any other material.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-06-22

Is q long time, but Crab Orchard Water has
been In use for that length Of time, and each
year ADDS to its reputation. 1t is no artificial
compound. 1t is prepared in Natures labor,
atovy 90 o certain remedy for Dyspepsia and
Constipation.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-06-22

Mrs. Windows Soothing Syrup for children
teethtng, soften the gums, reduces infamma-
ton. allays pain, cures wind collie. CSC Q bottle.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-06-22

Ark Your Dealer sor Aliens FoOt-Esss.
A powder to shake into your shoes; rests the
feet. Cures Corns, Bunionz, Swollen, Sore,
Hot, Gallons, Aching, Sweating Feet and In
growing Malls. Aliens Foot-Ease makes new
or stSht ahoes easy. At ell druggists and
ahoe stores, Is cts. Sample mailed FREE.
Address Alien S. Olmsted, Leroy, n. Y.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-06-22

FITS permanently cured. No Ats ornervous-
ness after first days use Of DR.. Kline's Great
Nerve Restorer. 81 trial bottle and treatise free
Dr.. B. q. KLINE, Ltd, 831 ArchSt., Phila., Pa.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-06-22

New Workers will invest In a 81, 000, 900
winter resort in the Island of Bermuda.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-06-22
Birth Of o New Geysers

A careteker in Yellowstone Park
reports the birth Of a new geysas in
the Fountain geyser basin. For an
hour after 1t first burst forth through
the earth il shot q continuous stream
Of hot water hundreds Of feet into the
str. Il bow plays regularly every two
hHnra.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-06-22

The largest sponge ever found came
from the Mediterranean. It was over three
feet across and ten feet in circumference.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-06-22

The first Lombardy poplar In America
was planted in l785.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-06-22

Thirty minutes is all the time required TO
dye With PUTNAM FADELEss DYES. solo by
al druggists.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-06-22

Halls Casarrh Cure is a liquid and is taken
internally. and acts directly on the blood and
Mucous surfaces of the system. Write for tes-
timoniala, free. Manufactured by
f, J, CHENEY b Co., Toledo, o.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-06-22

One of the peculiarities of the Beers is
that nobody has ever been able to count
them.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-06-22

I do not believe Piso's Cure for Consump-
don has an equal for coughs and colds.-JoHN
p. BoTSs, Trinity Springs, Ind, Feb. IL, 1900.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-06-22

There are 5000 Smiths In the Kansas
City directory.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-06-22

Italians cali locusts ''little horses" and
the German term for these pests is "hay
h0rsss."
The Opelousas courier., 1901-06-22

The diamond is a bit of charcoal cooked
under terrific heat and pressure.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-06-22

In the Republic Of Mexico there are
spoken ths languages of eleven Indian
The Opelousas courier., 1901-06-22

A million Of dollars are spent every year up
on the game Of baseball, but large as this sum
ia, IL cannot begin to equal the amount spent
By people In search Of health. There Is q sure
method Of obtaining strength, and 1t is not a
costly one. We urge those who have spent
much and lost hope to try Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters. II strengthens the stomach, makes
digestion easy and natural, and cures dyspep-
sia, constipation, bill BUSINESS and weak kidneys.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-06-22

4 weman's idea Of being nice to an
other woman Is to kiss her and say,
"Oh, how lovely that new hat Isl"
when she knows she has had it a year.
@Sew FORK Press.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-06-22

The entire Hebrew Bible was printed in
1899,
The Opelousas courier., 1901-06-22
One Hundred Years

It's the hard rubs Of the world that
make q man bright.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-06-22
Millions For BasebaEs

Two hundred and fifty thousand millions
Of locusts were killed in Cyprus In two
xApaCa
The Opelousas courier., 1901-06-22
:
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"Mine Own Familiar Friend"
By Elsie SnowAc

1NCE the time WREN my mem.
~ ory goeth not back to the con-
4 = trary, we had been SO poor Id
. worldly wealth that I homo ;&
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1901-02-23
"FlOrida and Atlanta Fast Mail"
BY THE
SEABOARD AIR LIVE RAILWAY,
"fLoRIDA AND WEST INDIA SHORT Line rc
THE WINTER RESORTS OF THE SOUTH.
The Only Line Operating Daily Limited
Trains to Florida.

The "Florida and Atlanta Fast Mail" an.
other OF the Seaboard Air Line Rallwa, ;,
spendidly equipped trains leaves New York
daily at IL 10 IL. u. 23rd Street Station = M
sylvanla Railroad, with Pullman Drawing
Room SIe- ping Car and Day Coaches to Raj
egh Southern Pines, Columbia, Savannah.
Jacksonville. where connections are made for
1t Augustine, Tampa and all Florida points.
Connections are also made at Hamlet. N. @
with Pullman Drawing Room Sleeping Car
to Atlanta, Ga, with connections at Atlanta
for New Orleans and Mexico and Texas and
Pacific Coast Points. This train connects at
Washington with train leaving Boston TOO
o. m. Leaves Philadelphia so "A. m. Bati
more % a. m. Washington 35 II. III Ri"h-
mond IL 90 p. m. arriving Southern Pin-s 6.57
D. m. Columbia II 20 p m Savannah 2 50 a,
m , Jack sonv'lle7 30a m. st. Augustine II 10
a. N. Tampa 80 p. m Through Pullman
Drawing Room sleeper New York to Jack
sonville. Through Vestibule Passenger
Coaches and perfect service.
For information call on or write to all
Pennsylvania Rail Road offices, or seahoRrd
Air Line Railway representa,ivs at S06
WASHINGTON Street, Boston Mage. 1905 aud
37l Broadway. Nav York; 80 South Third At.
Philadelphia: 207 East German Street, Balti-
more; 1434 New York Ave-, Washington. or to
r E. L. Bunch, General PASSENGER Agent,
Portsmouth, Va. Feb2-Mar.l.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1901-02-23
SPORTS.

The following Is n liz
Of the racr- fnrthe | =
chester fair for Augue
81, % 80 aud 80 Of tn :
ear. Sup"riI tendeut
Nuland is arrangin: u
more elaborate and ~
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1901-02-23
THE GRIP EPIDEMIC.
The Disease More Prevalent Than Ever
and Quite as Fatal. The Best Treatment

The grip has surprised the doctors and
health authorities this season by it's rapid
spread and by some novel symptoms.
While it spares nobody, it is proving espec-
tally dangerous to middle-aged aud elderly
persons. In many cases either fatal onset
Of pneumonia, or complete breakdown OF
health and strength, is apt to follow an
attack Of grip.
The wise course for all is prevention. By
wearing Bea,sons Porous Plaster on the
chest and back, you protect the lungs from
cold and chill AMI with ordinary care
you are safe from grip.
For those who are already suffering from
grip, or from the usual winter coughs and
colds, Benson's Plasters are sure and
speedy relief and cure. Highly medicinal
and scientific.
Refuse limitations and substitutes. Only
the genuine are effective. Examine when
You buy. Seabury & johnson, Manuiao-
turing Chemists, New York. 2-9-4w.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1901-02-23

There promises to be a lively tine between
the tomato growers aud the Gamers Of the
state in the near future Some of the can.
ners claim that they can pay but five dollars
u ton the coming season. The growers
specially those who have long distance &c
haul, say they can make nothing out Of tona.
tors at that price. Owing to the recent can.
merry failures, when many farmers lot heavi )
some of the growers will either discOntih Ut
the raising of tomatoes or will require pay
meDt to be made each day as the tomatoes
are delivered. A meeting of the farmt RS &c
discuss the matter is under consideration.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1901-02-23

Local base ball will also be much alive in
Cecil county, and many Interesting games the
Sporting Editor of the CECIL WING expects
to have the pleasure of reporting for this
paper. EIkton bad God team last year
and will no doubt be we'll represented the
coming season. The Appleton boys will
again he seen on the diamond. North East
Charlestown, Perryville, Chesapeake City,
Blue Ball. Providence, Port Dep sit, Rising
Sun aud Pennington will also likely have
strong amateur teams. The Jacob Tome
Institute and one or two OF the larger schools
in the county will be represented on tho dia.
mopd with good teams,
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1901-02-23
Horse Market.

NJ. Fox & Sons the largest horsedealers In
Baltimore, report big rush of trade, tb' ue /
prices arc not advancing and shippers say
the west 237 head were sold last w-' k
Ohio horses bringing from $50 to S65 A
number of Pennsy lvania horses were alst
sold. The werk's prices were IA follows
G ,od farm chunks from S35 to $50. Fal
sore young horses from $40 to 535 Mute,
young aud sound, s175 to $3.50 Nul's a
Little sore but young, 800 to $3.50 pai'.
Big drauvht horses from $50 to 500. Drivers
from $50 to 800.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1901-02-23
Farm Notes.

An example of unusual profit in the dairy
business Is given by Mr.. W. F. Linten, Of
Smthville, Caroline county. From two cows
his profits last year were $40 81. He sold
5SS pounds OF butter. Similar instances bave
been from time to time noted in Caroline
county in the last few years, showing that
the grade Of cattle has been greatly improved.
In some sections Of the county considerable
attention Is being paid to dairy farming, and
there are many fine herds. Large qnan'i-
ties of butter are sold to the hotels, and the
steamers plying the Choptank and Tuckahoe
rivers take quantities for the travelling pub
lie. Turkahoe river is region noted for its
line cattle and delicious butter Among the
most successful butter makers are some
Peobsylvanians who settled there "A number
Of years ago, many of whom have creameries
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1901-02-23
The Eminent Kidney
and Bladder Specialist
The Discoverer of Swamp-Root at Work In
His Laboratory.

There is disease prevailing in this
country most dangerous because so decep-
tive. Many sudden deaths are caused by
it-heart disease, pneumonia, heart failure
or apopleXy are often the result of kidney
disease. If kidney trouble is allowed to ad-
vance the kidney-poisoned blood will attack
the vital organs, or the kidneys themselves
break down and waste away cell by cell.
Then the richness Of the biood--the albumen
leaks out and the sufferer has Bright's
Disease, the worst form of kidney trouble.
DR.. Kilmcrs Swa:np-ISOot the new dis
covcry is the true specific for kidney. bladder
and urinary troubles. 1t has cured thousands
OF apparently hopeless cases, after all other
efforts have failed. At druggists in fifty-cent
and dollar sizes. A sample bottle sent free
by mail, also book telling about Swamp
Root and its wonderful cures. Address
Or. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton. N. Y. and
mention this paper.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1901-02-23

Talbot county directly, and other Sc ,tions
of the Eastern Shore Indirectly, ara to b.
turned into an immense game preserve If
nothing should mi-carry about the plans
made by plumber # owners of large farm
on the Miles and Choptapk rivers. Ormond
Hammond, who has an interest in one thou
sand acres, has been in communication with
other wealthy land owners of that section OF
the country and they have decided to import
partidges from North Carolina and Kansas
for propagating purposes The last cunning
season on the Eastern Shore was the most
unsatisfactory Tor a number OF years, due not
only to the dimiuution In the supply OF rab-
bits and birds, hut also due to the disagree
able weather that placed an embargo on field
sbo ting. The country offers excellent cover.
and 1t has been figured that. with the CO.
operation Of the residents protecting the
birds, 10 painting huckwheht and seeing that
the game law are made rif-ctual, the L ,steru
Shore would in Il few gears become as good "a
shooting reserve as the English counties.
where the science Of kcepiug up the supply
of game is understood.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1901-02-23

This year promises to
hiring forth the greatest
base hall season ever
known In the history OF
the National game. There
will be several rival
major leagues. Balti-
more will have q strong
team In one of the new
leagues and no doubt
most Marylanders viii.
again be roofing for her
to land the pennaut as
she did for three years,
under the management
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1901-02-23

At the recent shooting match in Ceciltor ,
Vic Stradly from Galeua, did the hest shoot.
ing; j. II. Black did the hest for Cecllton; II
ID. AlRlD the test for Warwick; Mr.. Ellison
from st. Augustine. aud George Bens n from
EarIeviIle The SPECIAL match between W
G. Jones aud G G Morgan was won by Nor,
gan by Il score OF to2.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1901-02-23

A warning-to feel tired before exertjon is
not lazness, its sign that the System lacks
vitality and needs the tonic effect OF Hood
Sersaparilla. Sufferers should not delay. Get
rid of that tired feeling by beginning to take
Hoods Sarsaparila today.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1901-02-23

In fox hunt In b; audywipe hundred on
Friday, four dogs were killed by running IN
front OF an express train, one was manned 30
that 1t had to be killed. and horse ridden
by John Bakey dropped dead.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-10-02
The BATTLE oF TIE Rail.


The FIRST Bcssemor steel rails nude in
this country were rolled at the Chicago
mills In 1863.
The fall term Of the American Railway
association Will he held at The Southern
hotel in ST. Louis on October 20
President Ramsey Of the wabash has
gone ~ New York again on business con
nected with the Gould extension TO Pitts
burg.
Grain-carryiug roads have added One-haif
cent q bushc to the rate on grain that is
carried down the lakes aud sept East from
Buffalo.
The Hicks locomotive and car works Is
said to be making good progress on the
construction of its new plant at Chicago
Heights, Ill.
Iatticsburg Miss. has donated n site for
the machine shops and yards of the Gulf
aud Ship Island railroad and the road has
accepted the donation.
w A. Wnburn has been appointed traf-
tic manager of the Central OF Georgia
railroad, with headquarters NJ Savannah,
vice L, II. Hinton resigned
The net Income Of the Illinois Central
for the past year, as shown 40 an
nual report was Sb.9bLUWt the gross re-
ceipts footiug up $4,000 400
Freight traffic officials Of Western and
Southern roads are in conference at 81.
Louis trying 10 rcadlust grain rates "a
New Orleans and other points south Of
Memphis
The indianapolis. Shelbyvile 0nd South.
eastern Traction company viii construct 4
twenty-five mile line from indianapolis IA