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The Opelousas courier., 1901-01-05
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7 the surface In the Philippines.

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vestment need not dig below
AT the surface In the Philippines.
@ The culture and harvesting
Of hemp Is the biggest gold mine he
win find. The islands e to have
been especially made for the benefit of
she abaca plant. The moist though
not swampy country to the south of
ManIla. the Camaripes, Samar, Leyte
and Cebu, would produce a solid over
Growth of the abaca trees IL left to
take It's own course.
The tree itself resembles closely the
banana palm, but differs essentially
In the f1neness Of its fibre and Its bar
renness of fruit.
The natives, too, seem to have been
especially provided for the hemp coun-
try. Tending to improvidence and in
dolency, the hemp industry furnishes
them employment whenever they run
short of rice and tobacco, for hemp
can be harvested almost at any time
except during the short rainy season.
Attempts have been made to trans
MINT the hemp trees, taking them only
as Ear away as Borneo, but the musa
textiles refused to cohabitate with any
but Philippine soil. The Pacific slopes
Of the volcanic regions Of the islands
prOduce the best plants. Although the
abaca tree coddles to thin soil. and
rather dry, quickly drained localities,
the trunk and leaves demand frequent
and abundant moisture. Given the
proper conditions, the vast plantations
viii thrive like asparagus beds. Very
little cultivation is required; an occa-
slonal wedding and a replanting at
the harvest time and nature does the
rest. The crop is not gathered as lie it
were a corn field, but the trees are
found in all stages Of growth, and the
native passes through regular routes,
slashing q plant here and there, his
practiced eye the sole judge Of its ma
turity. Three years is the proper age
3r harvesting. The hemp-stripper
Roes forth much as a huntsman
The Opelousas courier., 1901-01-05
MRS. CARRIE BELLEv1LLR.

weakness, may fill your future years
with healthy Joy.
when I began to take Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound l was
not able to do my homework. I suf-
fered terribly at time of menstruation.
Several doctors told me they could do
nothing for me. Thanks to Mrs. Pink
hams advice and medicine I am now
well, and can do the work for eight in
the family.
81 would recommend Lydia e.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to all
mothers with large families. MRS.
CARRIE BELLEvILE, Ludington, Mich.
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the baling and local marketing Of the

tHS DaAluS anu AocdA mdKAcIluS VI tHc
hemp. ssss
The presses at the seaport towns are
crude affairs. After the fibre is CLASH
fed and separated into three piles or
classes, it is dumped in bulk into a
huge press and q screw applied. At
ter this operation it is taken out and
put into another press Of mor regular
design and of more imposing charac-
ter. The second press is operated by
an eight-armed capstan on an over
head platform, and a score or more OF
naked coolies, usually Chinese. push
it around. The sight is most amusing.
with gFunts, laughs and confused jar
gon and raillery they urge each other
on and manage to bring their strength
together at loudly accentuated periods.
Al good-sized press viii turn out 300
to 400 bales a day. and in the course
OF /. year a million or more bales are
prepared lor shipment. In Cebu large
quantities are handled, principally the
products of Leyte and Samar, al
though in Manila the largest presses
are in operation.
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The Hemp Industry
Of the Philippines,

and shipped usually to Manila, where
they are separated, rebaled and
shipped either to Hong Kong, where
there is an immense rope-walk, or to
New York, Boston or London. The
rope-walk at Hong Kong is one of the
largest in the world. It's product prac-
tically supplies China, Japan and Aus
tralfa. Very little hemp is made into
rope or Irvine in Manila. Although
crude rope-walks exist in different
parts Of the island, their manuiac-
tured article, although strong and
durable, would not compete in the for
eigh market. Hemp %subserves every
purpose that leather might with the
The Opelousas courier., 1901-01-05

would. With his bolo In belt and a
bamboo canteen full of rice slung over
nas shoulder, he HES himself to the
1plands. After feeling the plants,
which at the age OF three years are
about ten feet high, he proceeds to
eilp on a shoot and rep.ant it. After
= number Of trees are cut the strip.
ping process begins. All the leaves
ore torn on and the outer skin of the
s.alk IL peeled off. Inside Of the trunk
y = pithy substance, and around this
are layers of fibre imbedded In q soft
juicy substance. The fibre must be
separated from the stalk at once lest
II rot. Many Americans have cher
shed the idea of exporting the trunk
intact, but the enterprise is not FEAST
ole because Of the perishable nature of
lhe pulpOas segrement.
"a bambo6-made bench is impro-
yised, ard at one end the stripper binds
lls Doloi the handle attached to his
Eoot ny another bamboo strip. Across
lAas blade he draws the stalk until the
hDrs u thoroughly separated without
n1ury, preserving its length of from
eight 70 ten feet, and leaving It fine
ana beautiful that the tropical sun
may lick up the moisture still bleeding
rom the operation. The work Of
stripping is very tiresome and requires
tne skill Of a trained hand.
The white man has often attempted
q improve upon the brown mans
method Of stripping the hemp. but de-
spite large expenditures and ingenious
mechanical contrivances no machine
Ras been produced that takes the place
e TIE native. Patents have been
saken cut and large sums of money
scent upon experimental machines,
sas ale texture and peculiar nature OF.
sae ahaca plant seem to require the
eoaea Of human hands to separate It's
pAlss. As well try to produce q ma
snlne ~ comb the snarls out Of a wom-
sas hair as to make a mechanical
hampretripper.
Ane native Is paid for his work in
asalp, dividing the product equally
sRisa che plantation owner. When he
sals and strips all he can carry, he
$3.50 Up the fibre into a great roll
Aaa goes down to the plantation own
sks heuae. and there the division is
The Opelousas courier., 1901-01-05

The gtatement Of the British com.
manderin-chief that to carry the colors
into battle under the modern conditions
Of warfare viii be an act Of suicide, Is
well grounded. They would only be a
mark for weapons Of precision" while
the victim would, from a military point
Of view. fall In vain, since his rank
would not be high enough to give pro
motion. It lie a serious blow to the ro-
nance OF var.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-01-05

The Congregationalist Of Boston con
tains q surprising article by Rev.
Charles Sheldon, Of Topeka, who says
the conventional church prayer meet
ing Is q failure. "If hundreds Of min.
listers would speak out their honest
feelings" he says, "they would FRANKLY
confess that their prayer meetings, as
now conducted, are a disappointment.
Why should they not acknowledge to
the public what they are SO ready to
affirm to one another? With ali respect
and veneration for the church fathers
who have preceded me, I frankly be-
lleve that many usages still connected
with the prayer meeting are as much
out of place as a cradle in q wheat field.
The present use Of the prayer meeting
Is not satisfactory. I do not know how
many times in past years I have heard
the question, why don't more men go
to the prayer meetingy and IL I dared
to add my answer to those already
given, 1t would be, Because too often
they know they would not get any.
thing by going"
Is 1t against the law to spend money
In Boston's suburbs? The Boston Globe
says: ''The fellow who Is passing 81
bills in East Cambridge will do we'll to
remember that the Jail Is handy BY"
1t Is estimated that to about 100000
persons in this country electricity con-
tributes a e Of livelihood.
A central station in Berlin, Germany,
is distributing electric power to LOG
motors, aggregating Clio horse power.
The longd;stance telephone trans.
mission now commercially carried on
between st. Louis and Boston, a dis
tance of 1,40o miles, is the longest tele'
phonic service in the world.
The magnitude of the street railway
mail service is shown by the fact that
this year a full s250,000 has been ap-
propriated for electric and cable mail
service.
The capital value of the power de-
yeloped by the Niagara Falls is equal
to 100000, and a large part of this
SEpCSudk Sdpl1aA as OVI1S MdOS osGtA
able by electric power.
The Postmaster General Of Paris
has, according to recent adyices, pre-
pared a bill for the gradual adoption
of motor cars and omnibuses by the
~postoffice for the use of carriers in the
delivery Of the mail.
The locomotives Of the Wilmington
and Northern Railroad that are fitted
with electric headlights have also been
equipped with electric lamps, operated
from the dynamo circuits, for che llu'
mination Of the cab gauges.
Berlin is to have q combination cleo
trio street railway, part OF the system
being an elevated road operated on the
trolley system and the other portion
IN underground system, the cars run
ming In tunnels. Electric power will
also be used here.
About two years ago the Cincinnati
Street Railway Company laid some
steel ties experimentally, but nothing
has been heard Of steel ties for a long
time. Recent examination Of these
ties show such good results that the
company will now lay q considerable
number Of them.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-01-05
BALING HEMP.

native. He twists it into sandals.
uses it for harnesses, and 1T answers
for binders in the building Of his nipa
hut. The utility Of hemp is well un-
derstood to the Filipino. The finer
quality is selected and reserved for
weaving purposes, being made up into
really handsome cloth, while the or
binary hemp is universally used to
make a coarse though durable mate
rial, worn generally by the natives,
who delight in gaudy colors and pic
turesque though scanty costumes.
There is still another texture woven
from the selected strands Of outer
fibre, intermixed with the fibre of the
p~ine-leaf. The cloth has the semblance
of unfinished silk, and is pretty and
durable, though not as beautiful or
dressy as the pure pine-leaf fibre silk
known as pima cloth, the best woven
product of the islands.
The entire hemp industry of the
Philippines is still worked by print
tive methods and with simple contriy.
ances. The native, though unambi-
tious himself, is Jealous of the China
man, and is ayerse to the Celestial get
ting control Of the plantations or con
tracts, while scorning up-to-date meth
DDS himself. The "Cheno." however,
has made ;nroads in this industry, as
well as in others in the Philippines.
Had he not, the development would
not have been as rapid as 1t has. The
native is thoroughly capable, and un-
derstands the treatment of the plant
and its harvesting, and could he be
induced to work with regularity would
be as good a laborer as the Gilman
man. hut the Celestial usually controls
The Opelousas courier., 1901-01-05
DOCTOR OF Laws
RElss Eleanor A. Ormerod the First of
Her Sex Honored at Edinburgh.

RTlss Eleanor A. Ormerod the First of
Her Seq Honored at Edinburgh.
Edinburgh university has long been
noted as n Of the most conservative
az well as one Of the best of the tnsti-
buttons Of learning in Europe. IT was,
therefore, a surprise when the board
Of managers recently conferred upon
Miss Eleanor A. Ormerod the honorary
degree of LII. D. The lady has a world
wide reputation as an entomologist,
having for the last twenty-three years
devoted great attention to the study of
various insect pests. She is the young
est daughter Of the late George orme-
rod of Sudbury Park, Gloueestershire.
In 1853 she began to study entomology
from pure love Of 1t, and fifteen years
the Royal Horticultural society for a
remarkable collection OF drawings and
models illustrative Of insect pests and
their depredations. Miss Ormerod'a
scientific help has aver been available
to any applicant at home or abroad
without fee or reward. On an average
$500 letters are received and replied to
annually. From every quarter Of the
globe these letters come, and Miss Or
merod has an almost unique knowledge
Of languages. She reads freely Latin:
French, German. Italian and Spanish
and, with a dictionary at hand, also
Russian, Dutch and Norwegian. Miss
Ormerod is a member or corresponding
member of many scientific societies and
she has been for years in constantly
recurring communication with the
heads of the chronological depart
ments of the British colonies and Am
erica,
The Opelousas courier., 1901-01-05
eHE TORE THE A
REfld-Eempered Woman Driven 70 Despe-
rate M9ARurNa.

rate Measures.
The third time it was sent back
home and was still too small she be-
gan to feel discouraged. A tight hat
is even more uncomfortable than tight
boots and too many headaches were
already due to this mistaken milli-
merry purchase. When she had first
put the thing On she had realized it
was too small, but the milliner, had
Of course, told her II was because
she was suffering from swelled head
or that she wore her hair the wrong
way, or anything but that there
could be something the matter with
the hat. The woman insisted on ex-
panslon, however, so the hat, accord
Ing to the milliner, was duly expand
ed. The woman wore 1t once, to re-
tire with such a headache as she had
never known before. If there Is more
exquisite torture than a heavy hat
pressing upon the head in the wrong
spot 1t was known only to the Spanish
inauisition. The woman went to the
milIiner and insisted upon further ex-
pansion, and then, as the hesdache ex-
peTience was repeated, she went a
third tine. Each time no change in
the hat beyond a slight alteration in
the trimming was noticeable, and
when the third attempt was followed
by q third headache the woman Just
sat down and wrote the milliner a note
saying 1t vas no use-the hat must be
made yet larger at any cost and what
ever the trouble. A few days later
the hat came back. Such a looking
piece Of millinery as 1t a There
may or may not have been some spite
about 1t, but every vestige OF beauty
and smoothness had been removed,
while the sole attempt toward recti-
flying the real wrong was a kind Of bay
window in black velvet built out under
the brim yer the face, and adding to
both the weight and the warmth Of
the article. Being VIGOROUSLY amiable
in disposition the woman viewed the
wreck Of her ono pretty but never
comfortable hat philosophically. She
even put 1t or and o 1t. She re-
turned home, every nerve in her head
throbbing and temper to match. II
only needed a glance at the glass to
remind her how utterly without style
and unbecoming the thing was. The
woman tok that hat and tore 1t up
thoroughly, completely. She broke a
hngernail doing it, but nc puppy with
his teeth could have accomplished
more in SO short a space Of time. Then
she had a good cry, felt better, went
downtown, and ordered another hat,
at another milliner's. The next day
she gathered together every scattered
thread Of the one-time hat, and
carefully tissue-papering and box
ing them, rang for a messenger boy
and sent the whole OFF to the milliner.
Eyes, it's paid" she said. in recounting
the experience to another woman "Of
course, I can't afford to go OF on such
an expensive tear as that very often,
but once in a while 1t does you a lot
OF good" The remarkable thing was
that the other woman, who is all that
is lamb-like, was not a bit shocked,
as you might have expected. do you
know" she said, thoughtfully, "I've
often wanted to tear things up that
way, but ] never quite had the courage.
Now that you've confessed what
you've done I mean to try it for my
self some time. SO I do."-New York
Sun.
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To Mothers Of Large Families.

In this workaday world few women
are so placed that physical exertion
is not constantly demanded Of them
in their daily life.
Mrs. Pinkham makes a special appeal
to mothers Of large families whose
work is never done, and many of
whom suffer, and suffer for lack of
intelligent aid.
To women. young or old, rich or
poor, Mrs. Hnkham, of Lynn, Mass,
extends her invitation of free advice
Oh, women! do not let your lives be
sacrificed when a word from Mrs
Pinkham, st the first approach Of
The Opelousas courier., 1901-01-05

Before the advance Of the personally
conducted globe-trotter, eve the awful
mysteries Of Mount Sinai Ire not safe.
It Is proposed to build q railway up
the historic mountain, and TO erect a
station at the spot where, according to
tradition, Moses received the COM
mandments. TO many people this en-.
terprise viii seem not only ineongru.
Gus, but almost ~irreverents
The Opelousas courier., 1901-01-05
stiIl More Counserfeitine.

The Secret Service has unearthed another
band OF counterfsiters and secured a large
quantity Of bogus bills, which are so cleverly
executed thatthe average person would never
suspect them OF being spurious. Things of
great value are always selected for imita-
ton, notably, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters,
which has many imitators but no equals for
disorders like Indigestion, dyspepsia, con-
stipation, nervousness and general debility.
Always go to reliable druggists who have
the reputation of giving what You ask for.
After q woman has sent her trunk to the
station she lies awake all night remembering
two buttonholes she forgot to work.
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a.nator Eoar,s Reading.

Senator Hoar of Massachusetts,, when
asked recently what he had been read
ing OF late, replied: For serious work.
David Harum'; for light reading and
amusement, I've been going through
Gibbon again"
The Opelousas courier., 1901-01-05
Rest For the Bowels.

No meter what ails you, headache to q
cancer, you will never get well until your
bowels ars put right. CAscA.ETs help
nature, cure you without a gripe or pain,
produce sasy natural movements, cost you
Just 10 cents to start getting your health
back. CAscARETs Candy Cathartic, the
genuine, put up In metal boxes, every tab
let has C.C.C. stamped on 1t. Beware OF
limitations.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-01-05

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any ca.e of Catarrh that canno b. cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
FL. CHENEY & Co., Pops, Toledo. Q.
We, the undersigned, nave known F. Che
ney for the lat 16 years. and believe him per-
fectly honor1 BILE in all business tran-actions
and financially able to carry out any obliga-
ton msde by their firm.
WEST & TRuAx, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
Oh o.
WALDING, KINNAN 8 MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, ret
ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur.
faces Of thu system. P,ic', 75c: PEI bottle. Sold
by all D uggists. Testimonials free.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-01-05

at times going up to $500 per ton, but
at present the price is practically pro-
hibitive, and it looks as il it would
remain so for the next two years.-Ed-
win Wildman, in Harper's Weekly.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-01-05

An advertisement for clerical supply
In an English parish tells the prospec-
tive temporary preacher that he would
have eight duty and small pony-car-
rage" A man by the name Of Paul
once gave q different impression of
ministerial work; but then, some per-
SONS do not regard the apostle as up-to-
date.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-01-05

There was q time, not very long ago,
when the mere announcement that a
professional pugilist hoped to engage
in q baseball game would have been
treated as a subject for derision. If
baseball retrogrades much farther it
soon will be In a position to be elevated
by any prize fighter who will notice It.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-01-05

One demand of the coal miners Is that q ton
of coal shall not weigh more than 2.240
pounds. Some day the consumers will orga-
nize and demand that a ton shall weigh at
learst half that much.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-01-05

An Eastern editor complains because
he kissed a Boston girl and caught the
measles. Well. it might have been
worse; D he had caught the girl!
The Opelousas courier., 1901-01-05

A travelling salesman in each Southern
State; $50 to $50 per month and travelling ex-
penses; experience not absolutely necessary.
Address PENICKs TOBACCO WORKS CO., Pen
les, Va,
The Opelousas courier., 1901-01-05

"What a terrible discursive talker Biffer
is" Yes; all you can do Is to start him on
some other subject and hope he will get
around to the one you want him to talk
ah. ut
The Opelousas courier., 1901-01-05

An old jug fetched s135 at a London auc.
ton. 1t was of notified brown stoneware,
and bore the date 1853.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-01-05

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething, ~sOftens the gums, reducing ntlama-
tion, allay pain, cures wind collie. Csc q bottle
The Opelousas courier., 1901-01-05

1t is said the Russian troops will follow the
American boys out of China. VIII, they
couldn't follow a finer sot of men or profit
by a sounder example.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-01-05

Each package of PUTNAM FADELEss DYE
colors more goods than any other dye and
colors them better too. Sold by all
druggists.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-01-05

We should be aTable to our children, re.
Numbering whatcruel and impolite wretches
we used to think our parents were.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-01-05

ssM sss aey then hang up the rolls
s ss 9 mlddGeman Of contractor
As'. ~. aaong md d bargain II atruck.
saaea ere egndeiy fastened 10.
s ana carried " TIE nearest port
The Opelousas courier., 1901-01-05

The highest ambition of q can. opener Is
to getitself lostin q basket on the way to a
picnic.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-01-05

Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken of
rs a cough cure.-J: w. O'BR1EN, 322 Third
Ave-, N, Minneapolis. Mimi, JAM, 8, 1900.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-01-05

The classification OF aemp requires
tie SKIN Of an old hand, and the ezpe-
rIenced eye Of a buyer who knows oil
tho trlcka Of the trade. The native
Win bring h!s hemp dowu from tae
The Opelousas courier., 1901-01-05

One of the most demoralizing habits we
form in life is the habit of doing without
things we want.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-01-05

Experiments made by German physician
have shown that about Is per cent of sill
school children have some defect in their
hearing.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-01-05

II you want good digestion to wait upon
your appetite you should always chew a bar
of Adams Tutti Fruit.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-01-05
How's This ?

If all TIE scions of prominent and wealthy
families go 20 work it may become unfash-
ionable to be in society,
The Opelousas courier., 1901-01-05

Photographers are seldom true to nature.
No one ever saw q small boy aB clean rs he
appears in q picture.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-01-05

Carriers Ink is Just as cheap as poor Ink and
IL the best ink made. Always use Carriers.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-01-05

Women do just az much thinking as men,
but they dilute their thoughts with unneces-
sary wo DIS,
The Opelousas courier., 1901-01-05
DOCS co IN SHOE LEATHER.

Canine FoOtgear as Worn In The
Klondike.
One Of the greatest dangers con-
fronting travellers in parts Of the world
where dogs take the place of horses is
that the dogs which draw sleds or
transport goods may freeze their feet
by contact with ice, and so injure them
The Opelousas courier., 1901-01-05
To Cure q Cold in One Day.

Take LAXATIVE BRoMo QUININE TAsLETs. All
druggists refund the money If 1t fails to cure.
E. w. GROVES signature is on each box. Csc.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-01-05
for Chllls

The Best Prescription for Chills
and Fever is a bottle of GROVES TAsTBLEss
CHILL TONIC. 1t is simply iron and quinine in
q t~asteless form. No cure-no pay. Price Soc.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-01-05

'tAll the s weetB sss Of Living Blossoms, ~ the mate
less per fume Murray i Lauman Florida Water
The Opelousas courier., 1901-01-05

uvnNnTIcN Learn how to influence others. Full
] T W. ts0 particulars FREE on application.
Address with sta up, g. A. Fsrrow, Jackson's Gap, Ala