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The Opelousas courier., 1901-08-17

Not more than q. month ago the
keeper of a boarding house retired
from business after having acquired
a: comfortable competency in the course
Of about twenty years. During that
period her house became well known
in the city and among the women In
her own business. She never realized
how well 1t was until she set out to
find a place to live in herself.
She applied first at the house kept
by a woman nearly as well known as
herseR, only to learn that there was no
no room for her. 1t was not until she
had been through the same experience
| several times that she came to under
stand that she was not wanted in the
establishments of her former rivals.
Her reputation for keeping a fine
| house was too much for the other
| women, who did not want to submit to
the scrutiny of a former boarding
| house keeper who had made a reputa'
| ton and a fortune in the business.
She learned after going to a hotel
where her record could not be used
| against her, that she was not the only
woman who had found it difficult to
| get into a boarding house after having
kept one of her own. When they are
well known, it is practically impossi
BILE for such women to find quarters
for whatever her reasons may be, the
landlady does not like to shelter hel
| kind.-New York Sun.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-08-17
SHREWD ANIMALS.
Horse ALWAYS Dodged Iron and Ans
other Turned ON the Water,

Horse ALWAYS DOdged Iron ana Ama
other Turned ON the Water.
"The aptitude shown by animals OF
the lower order in acquiring human
habits is marvellous" said a student
who lives in the upper psf of the
city, land the story that the old flea
bitten mule had learned to unlock the
crib door with a snagged tooth Is not,
In my Judgment, altogether a legend.
The chances are that such things have
happened. / have known of instances
where mules would pull gate pins with
their teeth or shove a latch up with
their tongue in order to break into
the cornfield. There are but few farm
ers who have not had occasion to OBJ
serve the same thing. But | have
fund that horses are more observant
than mules.
While horses are not as cunning and
not as skilled in the articles of de-
ception and double stealing, I may say
they are naturally more sensitive in
temperament and no doubt aso with
more delicacy and more accuracy. l
| know of one horse. for instance.
owned by one of the electricians OF
the city, that will not, under any cir
cumstances, step on a steel rail or go
near a swinging wire, because n of
her ear was lightly brushed by a
live wire several years ago while n
had n of her feet on the railing OF
a car track. She was knocked down
by the shock, but was not seriously
hurt. Since that time she has been
extremely careful about where h
puts her feet, and keeps her gaze on
the ground at all times. But owned
a little bay mare several years ago
that caused me considerable trouble
and for more than a month | was
very much worried by an unaccount-
able waste of water on my place. 1t
was before / moved to New Orleans.
The water rates of the town where |
lived were fearful. I had a hydrant in
the back yard. Every few nights the
water would be turned on in some
mysterious way and the yard would
simply be flooded the next morning.
Failing to discover the cause of the
trouble before the end of the month,
when my water bill had doubled, /
notified the police, believing that
some malicious person was attempting
to satisfy some grudge against me.
The chief stationed two men at my
place to watch the hydrant. They
concealed themselves, and along about
midnight they heard a %squeaking
sound at the hydrant and in a few
minutes the water was spluttering out
at a fearful rate. They made a rush
for the place. thinking to capture the
culprit, but when they got there they
found my little bay mare, with her
head stuck down in the flow from the
hydrant. She was drinking and dab
bling in the water. and seemed to
be having a good time generally.
They reported the matter to me and
/ had no more trouble about my n.y.
drant."-New Orleans Times-Demo-
crat,
The Opelousas courier., 1901-08-17
Small Men Live Longest.

One of the most interesting and
Trustworthy statements in respect to
old e IL the report on the habits
of centenarians. made some years ago
by a commission appointed by the
British Medical association. 1t seems
that most of these OLD people were
small or medium of stature and a
spare habit of body; the voice was
rather feeble; most of them had lost
their teeth, but nearly all enjoyed
good digestion, n old mar of SO, d
clergyman, placing his hand on the
organ in question and saying that he
never knew what It was to have a
stomach. Nearly all of them had en-
ioyed uninterrupted good health, and
many had never known what it was
to be sick. They we're all very moder.
ate in eating. most of them using lit
tie animal food. Few INDUCED at all
I'm intoxicating drinks. and those only
in notable moderation. They took con-
siderable outdoor exercise and nearly
all possessed the gooi-natured. placid
disposition.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-08-17

An article of Prof. Edward 8. TTol-
DEN in McClure's Magazine knocks a
good deal Of the romance out Of tho
conjectures regarding the inhabitants
Of the planet Mars. He says that SPEC
troscopic observation made at this
Lick Observatory, far more complete
and thorough than those made at
other stations, lead to the conclusion
that the atmosphere Of Mars is Ger
tainly less In amount than that : ar
rounding the SUBMITS of the highest
Himalayan peaks. 1t is by no means
certain that what air there Is Is OF
the right kind for human beings to
breathe. All telescope observation
leads to the conclusion that there are
no clouds on Mars. II there were air
and water clouds would certainly form.
The sky OF Mars is absolutely sunny.
It is safe to say that, speaking gen.
orally, Mars is a planet without water,
without air in many marked quantity,
The Opelousas courier., 1901-08-17
M OF THE DAY.

"But your amateur farming doesn't
paw expenses, does it," II hope SO.
I am going to write a book about it,
Chicago Tribune.
She-"So this is the end Of Il ems
gagement?" He-"It may be for you,
but 1t will take me a year yet to pay
the bills."-Brooklyn Life.
She "EEVEhaatt aaees It require besides
patience to make a good fisherman?'
He-"An utter disregard for the
truth."-Yonkers Statesman.
In bowers once men used to court,
From the spying world afar-
But now that tender, artless sport
Goes on in the summer car.
Chicago Record-Herald.
He-"I point out your faults be-
cause I love you" She-"Nonsense.
If you really loved me you would
think my faults were excellences."-
TitIBits.
"Paw," said little Willie Gettit, "give
me ten cents to buy a story book
with" 'Ten cents" shrieked the old
gentleman. do you think 1 am Andy
CONGRATULATIONS American.
Dunwell-"I thought when you sold
me this dog you said he was a good
bird-dog? Ike Clodhopper-"He is;
you jes try feedin' him on fried chick,
en- an see."-Ohio State Journal.
Digby-"Say, what are your office
hours?" Bigby-"Twelve to 1 p. M
Digby-"Only an hour a day." Big
by-"But, great Scott, man, l live in
the suburbs. "-Ohio State Journal.
| I begged Marie to smile on me,
For I with love was daft.
| She smiled! She more than smiled, for sht
just held her sides and laughed.
Philadelphia Press.
"After all that has come and gone,
| you reject me? l have been living in
a Fools Paradise" "Have you? How
| delightful it must have been. There
is nothing like congenial society, i:
there?"-Brooklyn Life.
snow that you are married" said hel
intimate friend, "do you intend tt
| hyphenate your name and call yourself
| Mrs. Plumb-Duff?" "No," replied thu
lovely bride, with a shy glance at bel
proud young husband. '"This is not &
consolidation. It's an absorption
Leslie's Weekly.
Hoax-"Wigwag is crazy on the sub
ject of golf, and his wife is equally
insane over auction sales" Joax-
Eyes. and the funny part of it is they
both talk in their sleep. The othe1
night Wigway shouted, 'Fore!' and hi
wife Immediately yelled, -Four and
quarter! "-Philadelphia Record.
"How did you get rid Of that insight
" bowlder?" asked the tourist, while
the change of horses was being made
Easy enough" responded Amber
Pete. "We just started a little yarl
about an Injun battle bein' Tough
aroun' the rock, and the souvenir hunt
ers Clipped 1t all away."-Chicag'
| News.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-08-17
r,,s Anpreclatlve Eos.on Lnlv.

Miss A., who is a teacher OF Eng
fish in a school of high rank in her ma
tive state, Mississippi, and who, IN
spite of her vivacity in conversation,
Id perhaps. if anything, too fastidlous
In her choice of words, was spending
the summer at the New York Chau-
tauqua. Her flow of spirits made her
the delight Of the dining table at
which she was first seated; but at
fine end of a fortnight she was moved
by her landlady to another place. A
iaap from Boston, who had been sit,
ting opposite the southerner ex
pressed her regret at the change. I'm
30 sorry You are going to leave us
she said, with warmth. I'VE have all
enjoyed your dialect SO much.-Har
per's Magazine.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-08-17
How London Could BE Defended.

IL the Dutch ever sail up the
Thames again or a Norman force
land. London will be not u~nprepared.
In the archives of Pail Mall repose
musty schemes for the defense of the
metropolis which it. was thought
would be undisturbed until the war
department commenced to move into
It's new palace. But there are busy
men about and as a result new
schemes will be forthcoming for the
defense of London. Something like
go batteries of artillery will be al
lotted for the defense. including guns
Of heavy calibre. At and s inches,
which will be mounted in command
ing positions. covering a wide sweep
ing ere. The mobile force for de-
fence will include nearly 100 10
FOUNDER field gums, and an army corps
on three divisions OF regular infantry
ana 1oo.0eo voluntaers-~Lenden Ex.
qaGa
The Opelousas courier., 1901-08-17
ANIMALS ! HAVE MET.
I was walking out one day

Hs I was walking out one day
I met a Pig along the way,
And much I wondered when I saw
The wondrous pearls without a flaw
That hung Lbout the creatures mech
And his fat figure did bedeck.
NV wonder I could not conceal.
30 Pig!" I cried, "where did you steal
Or beg or borrow those fine pearls? o..
They must have been a kings or earls."
''Excuse, me, sir" the Pig replied.
Strutting about with pompous Hide,
"I never borrow, beg or steal"
(He gave a most indignant squealTG-.
"But, as I keep a sharp look round,
Plenty of people I have found
Who cast their pearls before the swine;
I picked these up, and they are mine"
CAROLYN VOLS, in Puck.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-08-17
Dexter and Sinister.

Once upon q time there lived two
kings by name Ethelstane and Ethel
ward.
Now both of these kings. simultane-
ousIy, as it CHANGED. dreamed of uni
versal peace. and proposed as with
one voice the disarmament of nations.
Hereupon each of the kings. Ethel
stane equally with Ethelward. fell to
facilitating himself upon having been
the first to conceive of this excellent
project.
"It is my ideal" quoth Ethelstane.
pardon me. it is my ideal" pro.
tested Ethelward.
At first the kings were courteous,
though i~nsistent. but presently their
blood warmed, neither being at all
given to yielding, until they were fl
nally quite beside themselves with
anger.
"We shall see whose idea 1t is!'
Numbered Ethelstane, placing himself
at the head Of his army and marching
boldly into the domains of Ethelward
w SnalI 1nQeeu see! TOdIeu
Ethelwari, gathering his forces tc
meet the invader.
During 10 long years the war pro
ceeded, with varying fortunes. until
both kingdoms were devastated and
depopulated. At last Ethelward fell
by the sword of his foe.
"It was my idea. exclaimed Ethel
stane, not forgetting to fall upon his
knees and humbly to thank the God
Of Battles.
This story of Ethelstane and Ethel
ward makes 1t very plain indeed that
there are some things which cannot
be settled save by an appeal to arms
Detroit Journal.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-08-17
1,onqest stairway in Washington

Statesmen reach the reception room
In the white house by climbing the
longest stairway in Washington. Sen
ator Hanna, suffering from what base
ball men call a Charley horse leg"
was laboriously mounting the steps re-
Gently and stopped to rest when half
way up. He saw the chief usher on
the floor above and called to him:
Have an elevator put in this build
ing during the summer and send the
bill to me-" Second the notion" said
Senator Platt, when he heard Of Han
mas offer.-Chicago Chronicle.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-08-17

In order to get you, | have given away
my fortune.
You have cost me nearly 5000, 900. so
l am OF the opinion that you had bet.
Ter come on and deliver yourself up as
a victim. don't propose to tell you
another thing about it, as you have
no right to know, now. After-after-
on, well, some time 1 will tell you what
l ala with the rest of the money, but
Just now it Is ne affair of yours. You
VIII slmpi,' have to take my word for
IL. Come on, Jim, l am anxious to see
you"
So 1t was that Jim was happy. He
had only two more days to wait, then
ne would get his months wages. He
had $500 saved up, and he reflected that
ne and Nell would manage to get along
nicely on that for a while. His pride
was riding rampant, also, and his con-
science was very self-satisfied, indeed.
for had he not held out against the al
lurements of beauty, wealth, position,
ease-everything? 1t was a victory
well worth rejoicing over.
The ceremony was over, the few in
innate friends had taken their de-
parture. and Jim and Nell looked at
each other in a bewildered sort of
way.
Il think we ought to take a trip,
Jim. I'm SO deadly tired of this place
| don't know what to do. Let's go to
Europe. I've always wanted to go
there"
Nelly, are you dart? l can't afford
a trip to Europe and you know it
and you haven't any money, either, so
how are we to go?"
Il think it is very unkind of a per-
son of your wealth to be haunting me
with my poverty. For a man as rich
as you, / think you are undoubtedly
CLOSE" He eyes twinkled merrily.
Il want to go to Europe and now I've
got you to go with me you ought to
be glad of the opportunity"
"Nell, dear, if l could afford it you
know | would be delighted to take
you"
We'll, you can afford it."
II tell you | cannot"
81 know better-you can. Why just
look at these" and she handed him a
bundle of books and papers. He picked
up the first one and read from the in
side page: First National bank, in
account with James M. Allyn. Deposit
ed May 1, $4,000; May 8, $12 1000; May
IL, $12, 600"
What does this mean, Nell?" he
asked, wonderingly, as he looked at
another book and read: Received
May 8, bonds, mortgages. stocks and
securities, duly transferred and as
signed to James M. Allyn and aggre-
eating $3.50, 900, and more particularly
described as follows: The Trust and
Safe Deposit company" Nelly was
hugely enjoying the situation. She
seated herself On the arm of his chair,
and said:
"You dear old stupid, mulish, stub
born thing, | told you the truth, for
/ gave everything l owned to you be-
fore l wrote that letter. I told the
truth, for I reserved just enough to
bring me $500 a year."
"Well, I'll be" She kissed him
and stopped the word.
Are we going to Europe?" she
asked.
Eyes, l think I would enjoy the trip
myself. But don't you think you paid
too much for me?"
ooh, | don't know; not as long as
you are nice, as you are now. Come
on-let's get ready and catch the
| steamer leaving tomorrow morning
-Garrard Harris, In New Orlean:
Times-Democrat.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-08-17

Two boys and a strong mar stag
gered along, half carrying, half drag
cling an immense package. After they
had deposited 1t in the proper place
and while they stood painting and wip.
ing their broWs the great attorney
arose and pointing to the thing they
had been lahorins with said:
" now ale mv hrisf,"-chisage Rec
RNa sReRal@.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-08-17
LARK AND JAY.

ma lark sings on with all his nigh
To glorify the day;
80, dawn until the rosy light
Begins to fade away
n. snreads his gladness on the air
ana helms the world forget Its care.
yAO ;avbird merely loafs around
And aims to take his ease;
us adds no volume to the sound
or gladness in the trees,
vi like some shirks of wider fame
i IN sets his living just the same.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-08-17

An authority states in a medical
journal that the height of a very tall
roma was, So years ago, five feet
seven inches, while now the height
averages ave feet SIX inches to Ave
feet 10 iaehess
The Opelousas courier., 1901-08-17
GaIonn CIosinR Mt Tnrnnfn.

Toronto saloons close at 7 o'clock on
Saturday evening, that no workman
with a weakness may spend his wage
before he gets home.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-08-17
Cigarettes.

Some idea Of the great demand for
Egyptian cigarettes can be gained from
the fact that one factory in Cairo turns
out 1000, 900 cigarettes a day. These
ire nrincipally sold throughout Euro
bean countries.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-08-17

One size smaller after using Aliens Foot
Ease, a powder for the feet. 1t makes tight
or new shoes easy. Cures swollen, hot, sweat
ing, aching feet, ingrowing nails, corns and
bunions. At all druggists and shoe stores,
Csc. Trial package FREE by mail. Address
Allen 8. Olmsted, LIE Roy, N. Y.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-08-17

Mrs. Windows Soothing Syrup for chtldrsr
teething, soften the gums, reduces infamma-
ton. ailAYg pain, lures wind collie. 25e a bottla
The Opelousas courier., 1901-08-17

It requires no experience to dye with Put
NAM FADELEss DYES. Simply boiling your
goods in the dye is all that is necessary. Sold
by all druggists.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-08-17

Piso's Cure 10 the best medicine we ever used
for all affections Of throat and lungs.-WM.
O. ENDsLB1. Vanburen, Ind, Feb. 10, 1900.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-08-17

No matter what sils you, headache to q
cancer, you will never got well until your
bowels are put right. C~AscABETs help nature,
cure you without q grippe or pain. produces
cents to start getting your health back. Cas-
cARErs Candy Cathartic, the genuine, put NJ
in metal boxes, every tablet has G..
stamped on it. Beware Of limitations.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-08-17

Sugar-coated compliments are some
times hard to swallow.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-08-17

Experiments in France have proved con
%vincing, and the French believe they are Ger
tain to play . role Of much Importance il
modern warfare. 1t is odd to note the differ
emit uses to which nature and science are put
On the battlefield they fight for tho destrnc.
ton Of life, while throughout the country
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters fights to preserve
it. For fifty years the Bitters has been curing
dyspepsia, indig est:on, constipation and bill
iousness. 1t will also prevent malaria, fever
and ague.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-08-17

In the Rock of Gibraltar there are sew
enty miles of tunnels.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-08-17
Ladies can Wear Shoes

The American quail has been success
fully acclimatized in Sweden.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-08-17

FITS permanently cured. No fits or nervous
mesa after first days use of DIR. Kline's Great
Nerve Ressorer. 90 trial bottle and treatise free
DR.. B. Il. KLINE; Ltd, ISL Arch St., Pbia. Pa
The Opelousas courier., 1901-08-17

Rev. a. P. Carson, Scotland, Oak, says:
1.-TWO bottles Of Halls Catarrh Cure complete
The Opelousas courier., 1901-08-17

The new Metropolitan Railway of Pari:
now carries a daily average of $4,000 pas
sen0ers.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-08-17

Three thousand marriages are per
formed every day all over the world.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-08-17

The first worlds fair was in London in
1877
The Opelousas courier., 1901-08-17

The man who shaves himself is always
getting in O. scrape.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-08-17

Actions speak louder than words, and
actors louder than either.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-08-17

The man who loses his temper loses his
frienda.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-08-17
Beet For she Bowels.

The first porcelain factory in America
was established in Philadelphia.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-08-17
Automobilcs ns Tram,pors Wagons.

Many a man gets a pointer from the
finger of scorn.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-08-17

See advt. of snrrHDsAl's BUSINESS COLLEGE
The Opelousas courier., 1901-08-17
Atlanta College Of Pharmacy.

Well equipped Laboratories, excellent
Teachers, a free Dispensary, where hundreds
of prescriptions by the best physicians arc
compounded daily by the students. Students
obtain ~1rst-clas IS practical instruction as we'll as
| that of n theoretical nature. There is a greater
demand for our graduates than We can supply.
Address DIR. GEO. r.. FAYSE, Payne's
Chemical Laboratory, Room IL, Atlanta, Ga.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1901-05-06
AlcOhoI and Crime.

The warden of the ALE heny (Pa.)
county prison board says in his report
that during the II months ending De-
cember 81, 1900, here were received
1882 prisoners as against $40 the pre-
vious year. The Jail physician states
that 95 per cent of those committed
were under his care for alcoholism.
and out of 1927 who were summarily
convicted there was not one who was
not victim of the alcohol habit. Still
there are people of moderate intelli
gence who look upon the saloon bust
ness as necessary to municipal
prosperity, an evil to be tolerated for
the revenue it affords and for the
commercial prosperity which is erro
neously supposed to attend it. Such
ignorance is bound to be banished by
the brighter light of the goth century.
National AdUocGte.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1901-05-06
AMPLE ACCOMMODATIONS.
Buffalo Will Be Able to Take Care of
Exnosition Visitors.

Buffalo will be able to accommodate
all the visitors to the Pan-American
Exposition next summer. The city has
a large number of permanent hotels
with accommodations for a great num-
Der of guests, besides hundreds of
boarding and lodging houses. In addi
ton, a number of large apartment
houses have been converted into hotels,
and several caravansaries with accom-
modations for from 1000 to 5000 per
sons have been erected near the Expo
sition grounds. Many of these are of a
new fireproof construction. Outside of
all these provisions for the housing of
visitors, there will be thrown open
more than 5000 private dwelling houses
with an average accommodation for 16
persons each.
The city of Buffalo will be able t,
care for at least 10000 persons, while
the suburbs will provide for $4,000
more. The rates will be reasonable.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1901-05-06
HE FOOD WE EAT.
kCELLENT DYES EXTRACTED FROM
FOOD PRODUCTS.

ncIe Sam VIII Show Specimens OF
White Silk Dyed With These Ex-
tracts Mt the Pan-Amerfcan-Ch
Heals and Good Roads.
a few years ago the adulteration of
bod became so general as to cause
ide alarm, and a crusade was insti-
tlted against the practice which i'm
Drilled the health of the nation. Leg
latures were apprised of the dangers,
I'D stringent laws for the suppression
e food adulteration were passed.
reat good was accomplished, but the
I'll has not yet been entirely wiped
llt, and the agitation must continue.
There must be a wider spread of
|hOwledge regarding the food we eat
|efore the beginning of the end of the
|ractice of adulteration comes in sight.
The Importance of the exhibit to be
bade in the Division of Chemistry Of
be Department of Agriculture of the
United States Government at the Pan