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The Opelousas courier., 1901-05-11

81 am so nervous! no one ever suffered as [ do! There
isn't a well inch in my body. I honestly believe my lungs
are diseased, my chest pains me SO, but I have no cough. I
am 50 weak at my stomach, and have Indigestion terribly, and
palphation of the heart; am losing flesh; and this headache
"There is a weight in the lower part of my bowels, bearing
down all the time, with pains in my groins and thighs Il
can't sleep, walk, or sit, and blue oh goodness! I am simply
the most miserable of women"
This is a most vivid description of a woman suffering with
nervous prostration, caused by Inflammation or some other
diseased condition Of the womb.
No woman should allow herself to reach such a perfection
of misery when there is no need of it. Read about Miss
Wiliamson's case and how she was cured.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-05-11
Passlng of Yellovvstone Park.

this park famous, are gradually declining.
This brings to mind the 5aot, that decline Is
the law Of the world. Health is the most pre-
cious possession in the world, and TOO great
care cannot be given 70 it. In the spring, you
should renew your strength, revitalize your
blood and nerves with the best of all medi-
cines, Hostetter's Stomach Ditters. It also
cures stomach disorders. Try it.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-05-11
L in A HURRY
SFhas ~Telephoney Mean to h Remotely
Situated Farmer.

-. -. BkGUA tBW EHEMBLs
The farmers Of Oneida county have a
telephone service almost as complete
ana convenient as that Of any small
kity, says a Utica dispatch to the New
kerk Press. For rural telephone en-
~iksprise this county is one Of the fore
M6st. The outside world is connected
with the local lines, and for it's long
distance system the farmers line has
had the praise of electricity experts.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-05-11

PUTNAM's FADELEss DYE produces the fast
est and brightest colors of any known dyo
stuff. Sold by all druggists.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-05-11

II. II. GREENS Sons, of Atlanta, Ga, are
the only successful Dropsy Specialists in the
world. See their liberal offer in advertisement
in another column of this paper.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-05-11

Indigestion is a bad companion. Get rid OF
it by chewing a bar Of Adams Pepsin Tuttl
Frutti after each meal.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-05-11

Write1 concerning era Orchard Water: ain
tardy motion and chrome constipation OF the
bowels it excels all other medicines known to
the profession" =
The Opelousas courier., 1901-05-11

Every mineral and metal of value in the
arts and industries is found within the
limits of the United States.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-05-11
Mixed in Ills Location.

The following Is told OF an Amer1.
a gentleman who was recently stop
ping with his wife at the Hotel Cecil
in London. On their first evening
there he happened to retire somewhat
later than his spouse. Arriving at the
door of what he imagined to be his
room and finding 1t locked, he tapped
and called "Honey!" No answer came
and he called again and more loudly.
"Honey!" Still he got no reply and be.
coming somewhat uneasy he shouted
the endearing term with his full lung
mower. This time a reply came, and IL
a male voice: eco away, you oiltner'
ing idiot! This is a bathroom, not
hIoarrin0 hephiyein
The Opelousas courier., 1901-05-11

The first electricity station in the
Congo district is to be started at a
Roman Catholic mission on the river
Lubia: The head Of the mission is
how taking out with him from Belgium
a dynamo, turbine, lamps, cables,
wires, etc. He proposes to obtain the
necessary power from the waterfall,
some 20 feet high. The dynamo will
light $50 lamps and it is proposed to
light up the mission and the adjacent
village with 100 incandescent lamps
and three arc lamps.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-05-11

do not believe Piso's Cure for Consump-
tion has an equal for coughs and colds:-JoaN
,. BoYzR, Trinity Springs, Ind, Feb. Is, 1900.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-05-11

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething. gotten the gums, reduces inhamma-
The Opelousas courier., 1901-05-11

Tell a dignifed individual to pull down
his vest and you raise his choler.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-05-11

The failure to reach the goal set in life
Is not necessarily a defeat.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-05-11
VS Pr0SfFaeSORs Ga1s.eMg

81 had nervous prostration
terribly, caused by female
weakness. I suffered every
thing; was unable to eat,
sleep, or work. After a while
l was induced to try Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, and I really began to
improve on taking the first
bottle. I continued to take
the medicine, and am now
better in every way, and feel
like a different person. ! am
simply a well woman"
MRS. DELLA KEIsERs,
Marienville. Pa.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-05-11

The distinction among animals requiring
least sleep belongs to the elephant.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-05-11

Narrowing a mans feelings won't help
c%ultivating his acquaintance.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-05-11
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

A parasite has been brought from
Africa to prey Upon the minute insect
which causes the olive scale, and a fun
gous disease contagious among grass
hoppers and fatal to them has been i'm
ported from Natal and taken to Colora-
do and Mississippi, where it has al
ready destroyed swarms Of locusts.
The observatory of Mendon, France,
reports the discovery Of a singular
cloud ~obscuring for some time a GER
tain crater on the moon. The matter
has aroused worldwide interest among
astronomers. The only explanation of
the cloud seems to be that the vol
cano is in a state of mild activity, and
that there is some sort Of atmosphere
round the moon. If the phenomenon
Is verified it will upset important the
cries as to conditions upon u satel-
tie.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-05-11

The sugar cane grows from six to twenty
feet hi0h.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-05-11
horse Shoes weighing One ounos'

Horse Shoes Weighing One Ouncst
The smallest horse probably that
was ever fitted with q set Of shoes by
any horseshoer in California occupied
a place In the shop Of Howard q Mil
Ierick of Petalurna a few days ago. It
was q six-mcnths-old Shetland pony.
ona az a band a Los Angeles man was
bringing down from Mendocino Gun
~. where they had been pastured dur
ing The summer. The rough roads a
worn It's bare feet and necessitated
ahoeing. The shoes. Fashioned out OF
q steel bar. when fitted TO the ponys
feat were q triis larger than Q silver
dollar piece and the full set weighea
.uat four ounces, en- ounse for each
mhm@
The Opelousas courier., 1901-05-11

Woman is a conumdrum that man never
seems to give up.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-05-11

The French government has decid-
ed to establish their own service tf
submarine cable communications. This
decision has been arrived at as a re-
suit of the Transvaal and Chinese
campaigns, when the majority Of the
messages from France had to be dis
patched over lines under British con
troll. Even the communications that
pass between the home government
and the various ministers abroad have
to pass through English hands. 1t Is
proposed to establish four cable lines
interconnecting the colonies and the
~home'country.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-05-11

A woman finds it much easier to make a
fool of a man than to make a man of a
The Opelousas courier., 1901-05-11
DIR. luke %. Blackburn

An astronomer reports that his business
is looking up.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-05-11

In five years the exports of this country
to Mexico have doubled in value.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-05-11

In times of wal the number of individual
homicides always increases.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-05-11

An ingenious idea has been taken
up in the German army and small
globes of silk, called balloon targets.
are to be substituted for the wooden
dummies hitherto used to represent
men in shelter trenches and behind
cover. The wooden dummies remain
standing after being struck and may
be hit several times while firing lasts,
SO that the subsequent count gives no
accurate idea of the effect of the firing.
With the balloon targets the result Is
seen at once. the silk globe eollapsing
Immediately on being struck. In the
exercises In which these are used they
are placed at irregular intervals, Ia
groups, In line, and to represent indi.
viduals. and when o moving target is
used its upper edge 10 not Of uniform
height. The targets are not exposed
until the troops are called on to open
fire. Instructions are given as to adj
vancing by rushes, firing at every halls,
and also for the final charge with the
bayonet. The f1rers will see the imme-
diate effect of their shots and Will
learn to observe the gaps made in the
enemy's line. and to concentrate their
fire on the groups which remain.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-05-11

The latest invention in connection
with wireless telegraphy is an appara-
tus designed to warn ships of their ap-
proach to danger in times of fog or in
places where a simpler system of sig
mailing is not practicable. The inveu-
ton consists essentially of a toothed
revolving wheel, which operates a
Morse key in such a manner as to spell
the name of the station. The wheel
may be rotated either by clockwork or
by a small electric motor, and may be
adjusted to send the signals automati-
cally every minute or two. In this
way all ships coming within range CT
the instrument may be notified of the
fact by the ringing of a bell and the
reception of a message giving the name
of the place, provided they are fitted
with apparatus for detecting the cleo
trio waves.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-05-11

EA@ IN "A REWARD I'VE have deposited With the National City Bank ofLEnE. 5000.
h&kHHHEEE which will be paid to en- person no eAn Gadthasth The hovets NAMona! letters
AsIlkIA ss nets saahN as we're aaslsAsd ,ssfSsffs 9 2 gI n HT TS asn isfsssa b bs'
The Topeka state journal., 1901-04-09

rF'rom the Chicago Newa1
gotism is an alphabet Of only o.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-04-09

Discussing the recent municipal cleo
tions in kansas the PhiladeIphia Inquir-
or says. over twenty mayors in as
many towns have been elected on the
surprising pledge that they viii carry
out the law It has generally been SUD
posed that mayors are elected for thac
purpose anyway. but in Kansas it is ap
parent that special pledges are needed
when It comes to the liquor question
THE whole trouble in Kansas is that the
Kansas men. regardless of the way that
tney.vote, want saloons They elect pro-
hibition mayors, but these men are sup
rosed to act as figureheads and dunn
miles as far as the saloon question is
concerned. The trouble in Kansas is
not with the laws or with the detern-
sned interest taken by the women and
q certain portion OF the men 1t T. with
9he average citizen"
The Topeka state journal., 1901-04-09

China by reason oftemporary conditions,
therefore relates almost exclusively 20
the class Of exports designated as manu-
facfures-
Another condition which has ten
dency to reduce the total value Of ex-
ports OF manufactures il found in the
fact that prices of manufactured ar
ticIes in many cases have fallen because
Of the reduction in the cost Of the raw
material from which theywere produced.
and that the expectation Of an equal or
even greater quantity supplies smaller
figure in the statement of values By
which the export movement is neces-
sarily measured.
It is quite probable. IN view Of the
facts above outlined. that the record Of
exports of domestic manufactures In the
fiscal year 1901 may show an apparent
reduction. though the fact that more
Than $50. 900 worth Of actual ship
ments from our ports which were for
merly counted as foreign commerce no
longer appear in these statements viii
account for the reduction, which will
thus be more apparent than real
The Topeka state journal., 1901-04-09
a nrnI.rNE ~ ExPoRrs-

The record OF expectation Of manu-
factures from the United States in the
fiscal year which ends June 80 is not
atkely to equal that Of the preceding
fiscal year. for three quite apparent rea-
sons: l. The exporters engaged in COM
tnerce with the Hawaiian Islands are
noeT refusing to furnish to the bureau of
statistics the statements OF their exports
as in former years. holding that their
exports are no longer foreign COM
merce" and that therefore the bureau
has no authority to require the usual
statements which the law authorizes
with reference to commerce between the
United States and foreign countries 2
The exports to Porto Rico are now sep
arately classified and no longer included
IN the general statement Of foreign com
merce- 3 The exports to China have
temporarily fallen or one-half BY reason
OF the unsettled conditions In that coun-
try.
The total exports to the Hawaiian Isl
ands In the fiscal year 1900 were 131k mil
lion dollars. and to Porto Rico over AZ
millions. a total OF more than IS million
dollars The shipments to Porto Rico
fn the present fiscal year show a large
increase over last year. and presumably
those to Hawaii have also increased; but
as neither Of these is included in the ex-
port figures Of our foreign commerce. it
A. apparent that more than 20 million
dcilars Of actual shipments from our
ports in the fiscal year 1901 viii not be
included In the general statement of ex-
ports to foreign countries When to this
IS added the further fact that the ex-
ports to China. which In the last fiscal
year were over s15,o0o.000 in value, have
been temporarily cut down one-half it
IS apparent that the years figures Of ex-
ports to foreign countries wiz not fur
nlsh q fair OF just basis for comparison
or for measurement Of the general
growth Of our export trade.
The total exports for the months
ending with February. 1901, show an in
crease OF more than s95, ,oO0. 900 over last
year. but those OF manufactures alone
show but slight increase. and there is
reason to believe that the recorded total
OF manufactures for the full fiscal year
Will. FOR the above stated reasons, fall
somewhat below that Of the preceding
year. This IS due to the fact that a
large proportion OF our exports to
Hawaii Porto Rico and China are man
ufactures. and that the apparent reduc-
tfon. for the reasons above explained. IN
the Hawaiian and Porto Rican figures
mna tha real reduction in the exports to
The Topeka state journal., 1901-04-09
TAYHAWKER ToTa.

Ellis is out of debt and has about $500
n the rity treasury.
The scarlet fever quarantine has been
lifted at Lyons
Less than a dozen women got up cour-
age to vote at Cimarron.
An old Evangelical church Of Jewell
county is to be transformed into a sta
rle-
A little Topeka girl wanted her moth
II to buy some chickens that laid choco-
late Easter eggs.
Hoxie had a coal famine the past
week but a carload of empty beer cases
relieved the chilliness to some extent.
So Industrious are the hens Of Green
wood county that q car load OF eggs is
billed out OF Eureka each week for Cali
fornia-
The most universally der1ded prophet
I'm Kansas is the ground hog. Not a
friend has appeared to say good word
for him
Hamilton has planted a four acre plot
CT ground TO trees and grass for a park
for the children to play in at Moons and
recesses.
Farmer Allen. near Culver, who hasn't
missed a crop prognostication in twenty
years says Kansas viii have corn TO
burn this fall
nnisnomer as the members never depart
before midnight.
Lightning very queerly killed the mil
die one Of three horses. standing side by
side in an Americus barn and left the
other two untouched.
IT Clyde woman who was thrashed
~ her husband for not keeping the
house clean, wonders why men in real
l'fe don't act like they do IN the novels
she daily reads.
The most unique organization in the
short grass country is the bow-legged
club of Garden City. They have dlscov-
s-red that their long suit is golf and Will
lay out the links at once.
"A Lincoln county man who has a case
cf mumps. scarlet fever, smallpox and
grip in his family all at the same time
complains trifie over the uneven dis
tribntion OF Natures favors.
Al Republic county man who left his
wife at home for a quiet Sunday nap
while he plodded out to church through
the mud, found upon his return that sne
had eloped with the hired man
The Topeka state journal., 1901-04-09
DIDN'T EXPECT IT.
Germany Never Thought Russia
Would Give Up Manchuria.

Berlin, April s.-Russia's declaration,
renouncing a separate agreement with
China, gives great satisfaction in Berlin
official circles, since it removes all sep
arate negotiations from having further
influence upon the diplomatic situation
at Pelxin and the general negotiations
can now proceed uninterruptedly- It is
said in Official circles that it was to be
expected that Russia would not with
draw from Manchuria and now any
power proposing a withdrawal must be
prepared to attempt to GUST her by force.
The correspondent Of the Associated
Press learns that the controversy be-
tween Russia and Japan on the subject
Of Corea has been conducted with the
greatest caution on both sides showing
an earnest wish to avoidva conflict The
Berlin diplomats do not expect a conflict
The Topeka state journal., 1901-04-09
SEE TRUST BOCIE.
Minnesota Senators Become
Suddenly Alarmed.

st. Paul, April 9.--In the senate today
a concurrent resolution was introduced
which recites the reports that the Duluth
and Iron Range and Duluth, Messaba
and Norris have consolidated or are
about to consolidate and become merged
into the United States Steel corporation;
that dispatches from New York report
the formation of a great trust to be
formed to consolidate and control the
stock property and franchises of other
great railways of this state, all of which
is declared to be in violation Of the state
laws. The attorney general is directed
at once to Investigate these reports and
in case he finds reasonable grounds to
believe that any such railroads have en-
tered into. or are about to enter into
such unlawful trust, combination, or
consolidation, he is directed to take steps
to protect the people Of this state either
by proceedings to forefeit charters or by
injunction restraining the performance
of such unlawful acts or by invoking any
other appropriate remedies. On notice
OF debate the resolution went over until
tomorrow.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-04-09
WILL DEBATE SUNDAY.
AIRS. Nation VIII Talk Prohibition at
Turner Hall, Kansas City.

Mrs. Carrie Nation has decided to meet
Carl Browne, the Socialist. Of Freedom
Colony, in a debate in Kansas City at
Turner hail. probably next Sunday.
Correspondence has been IN progress
for several weeks relative to setting tee
date FOR this debate. Mrs. Nation at first
hesftated in agreeing to the debate be-
ing held on Sunday, but at last gave in
for the reason that she believed more
saloon men, could attend the debate
on that day, as Kansas City saloons are
required TO be closed on Sunday, but
they are not closed The following IS
the question OF debate. of which Mrs.
Nation VIII champion the negative side:
Resolved, That the Kansas prohibi-
t1on law is not only contrary TO the
teachings OF the Bible and the New les
tafuent, but as much in opposition to the
fundamental principle of the govern
ment Of the United States as were the
nulllf1ers Of South Carolina or the seces-
sion OF the Southern states later; and
that the manufacturers and sellers of
liquors are engaged in as legitimate
business as any other, as they are part
ners with Uncle Sam in the financial
policy OF the United States treasury;
that the true solution of the evils Of the
liqtsor traffic is a United States d1spen-
sary, and that perpetual motion IS as
easy to accomplish as prohibition by
either law or force as employed by Mrs
Carrie Nation"
Mrs. Nation had to sign a contract, Of
which the following is a copy, to secure
Lis pAiNASSe OA 0eDaA14s Win Inc AAleAA
who was told by the Washington police
to Keep Off the grass
ITO whom it may concern.
This Is to certify that hereby agree
to meet Mr.. Carl Browne in debate and
to take the negative side to the above
resolutions in any public hall in Kansas
City, No, that he can secure for the
purpose between the 14th day of April,
1901. and the goth day of said month and
year with the distinct understanding
that I am to receive one third
the gross receipts received OF
admissions charged over and above ex-
pense OF hall. lighting. heating, adver-
tising, and licenses; said one-third to be
paid to me in hand before going on the
platform.
Signed, MRS. CARRIE NATION.
WITNESS. G. H. Mays"
The Topeka state journal., 1901-04-09
AT UNITY CHURCH.
The Interesting Services on Easter
Morning.

4AS AA@CEG4bAAS 0SG@4CcE 0A GhSbSI
Morning.
Interesting services were held at Unity
church Easter morning. Special efforts
had been made to arrange a good musi
cal programme and the result was all
that could be desired It consisted Of six
numbers and was as follows:
Voluntary .-....-.-...... Miss Parkhurst
Quartette, Nocturne ...-.-.. MendelssohD
Violin. Mrs. Foster; cello Mr.. Schwarz-
kopf; piano. Misses OFT and Park
hurst.
Choral -Quartette and Congre-
gational
Anthem, THE Dawn of Hope"
-..---------.- -----.---- krogmann
Quartette-Mr. Parkhurst. Miss Aiken,
Mrs. Foster. Mr.. Henderson.
Response after prayer. Quartette
Anthem. Grown Him with Growing
Brackett .-......-. Quarrette
Ofertory, Cello solo. Mr.. Schwarzkopf
A sermon on THE Hope Of immortal
ity," was delivered by Rev. Abram Wy
man.
The following new members were ia
ken into the church. Mr.. and Mrs.
Brown. Miss Clara Brown, Mrs. c. A.
Mcclure, Miss Reeder. Mrs z O. Sau-
erland, Miss Sauerland. Mr.. Frank Brush,
and Mr.. Frank Barkley. Clara and Lsu~
cile Brown were christened.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-04-09
MRS. BYERS' READING.
Former Topeka Woman Gives Pleas
ing Entertainment

Mrs Emma Burgess Byers of Chicago,
formerly of Topeka, gave a reading from
Ralph ConnOr's Sky Pilot" under the
auspices of the Young Womens Christ
ian association at the First Congrega-
tionaI church Monday evening. Mrs
Byera formerly lived in Topeka and was
the state secretary Of the Y. w. c. A
for some time and her many friends
turned out in full force Monday evening
to welcome her.
The Sky Pilot Is a touchingIy beau
tiful story and Mrs. Byers' rendering OF
it was well done; she chose only the
most important parts. but they were
parts that gave her hearers a clear idea
or the entire story. An organ number
by Mr.. Lee Forbes, q vocal solo by Miss
king and a violin selection by Mr.. Ster-
ger added to the interest of the evening.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-04-09
WRITE-UP OF FUNSTON.


Two pages OF the New Sunday Mag
azlne of the New York World OF last
Sunday are devoted to Brigad5er General
Frederick Funston Of the United States
The cover page in colors is Of Funston
frorn his latest and only photograph
showing him wearing a helmet un-
derneath the page is the inscription '~Fhe
Kansas Bantam height feet 8 inches.
weight lis pounds (never more)- This
is the man who, though only a volunteer,
Went and got Agu1naldo. for whom all
the other generals and $1,000 soldiers IN
the Philippines had sought in vain for
two years"
The other page gives history OF Fun
ston, pictures of himself from babyhood
until the present, his father, his mother,
the home Of his parents, the house in
which he was born, ana the pubic school
which he first attended.
The whole article is summarized in the
following teTse sentences:
Born at New Carlisle. o.. thirty eight
years ago.
His father soldier in the civil and
an ex-congTessnlan-a powerful man, of
unusual height. known in congress as
t-Foghorn" Funston.
When he was two years OF age his
parents removed to Kansas.
school.
Has been successfully. surveyor. min
ing prospectors reporter and government
collector in Alaska for the Smithsonian
institution.
was lieutenant colonel IN the Cuban
army, organized the Twentieth Kansas
regiment, and arrived in Manila in No
vember, 1898. At one period was 1O6 days
on the firing line
Married Miss Edna Blanlzart in 1898
aItef an acquaintance OF two weeks She
went with him to Manila, returned with
him and went out with him again; visit
ed the firing line
Captured Aguinaldo March 23 1901
Appointed brigadier general in the reg
ular army March 80. 1901.