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The Opelousas courier., 1901-03-02

she had a spraIHed ankle, and VIVA,
ever possessed Arthur to eat a Welsh
rarebit when the doctor had iust
warned him about his liver?' ,
Her aunt was trying to work 1t out,
when Elizabeth harrington happened
to think Of the telegram she had re-
ceived the day before.
"This letter must have been written
about the time they were sent" she
said. "I'm going home. Something's
wrong. Arthur's liver trouble has
gone to his head! My poor darling
has lost his reason! He writes a thing
and then denies it by telegraph. By
starting tonight I can be with him
tomorrow morning. Oh, how shall l
pass the weary hoursY
. .
Miss Wildreth broke down and made
a full confession when Mrs. Barring
ton rushed, wild-eyed and pale, into
her husbands Office. Then the two
women sat together in the private room
and wept.
IF I hadn't accidentally knocked
over the pile of letters he left to be
posted" the lady clerk sobbed, "they
would not have been mixed up; there
would have been no reference to the
.spraining Of the housemaid's ankle be-
fore it happened, and his liver would
not have troubled him until after he
ate the rarebit. How shall I eYer be
able to explain 1t to himP'
"You needn't try" Mrs. Darlington
answered; "Ill explain it to him when
he comes home. Dear old fellow!
I'm SO glad he doesn't know anything
about this. He mightn't be having a
good time at oil IL he did."-New York
Weekly.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-03-02
The WAY she Saw Enrona.

The friends Of a girl just home from
Europe were surprised to find, when
they questioned her about 1t the other
day, that there was a great deal that
she had left undone.
mo, It was too much trouble to 60 to
all those out-of-the-Way-places," she
said, "and as for sightseeing, 7 never
did care for it, anyway; so I soon
made up my mind that / wasn't to
wear myself to death for all the old
castles and art galleries that ever ex-
listed. But ] had a good time; oh! per-
fectly splendid! just the very best in
my whole life. Why, I couldn't help
but have it. Didn't I spend all my
money!"
The Opelousas courier., 1901-03-02
Because She Wears Manniah Shoes.

From small beginnings such as a
shoe brush, a box Of backing and q
foot rest, an uptown shoe backing
establishment has taken on some In
dividual developments. Ali through
the summer months any one passing
a certain corner near the fat house
district might have seen this legend
inscribed over two chairs, "These
seats reserved for ladies'" the seats
in question standing in a row with
four others like them save only in
that matter Of the inscription. They
are In a basement just outside a drug
store and business is thriving. Many
woman longing to see her tan shoes
as lustrous and cleaning as those of
the man Of her family has yielded to
the sign and the temptation and has
fallen into the habit of occupying one
Of those chairs. With heavy, mannish
shoes In style this innovation was q
crying necessity.-New York Sun.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-03-02
More Than q Million Slain.

For an invading force to lose 1000,
600 In killed alone and still continue
Its investment Of the place attacked
may seem incredible, but it is a fact
that certainly applies to the almost
countless swarms Of rats that fol
some time have resisted the united eff
forts Of the Government and munich
pal authorities at Sydney.
To these terrible little enemies nc
quarter is given; each one captured
alive is put to death and cremated.
And yet for tens Of thousands thus de-
stroyed tens Of thousands are found
to the front or lying concealed within
their shelters.
For some while four cents a head
was given for every rate killed in the
New South Wales capital on proof Of
its having been burnt, but the price
has now advanced to twelve cents
each in a supreme though costly eff
fort to overcome so destructive O foe.
The greatest difficulty In contending
against the rats attacks is expe-
rienced from their naval brigade-con-
stantly reinforced as it is by contin-
gents from the ships arriving and
joining the marine detachments, that
are In force at the wharves, jetties and
dock warehouses.
The list of killed still goes On In this
remarkable war Of O people against
varmfn au1 conn *hnro will bovo hooD
in the principal Of Australia's cities
more than 1000 900 rats slaip-Stray
Stories,
The Opelousas courier., 1901-03-02
AUCTION SALES BY CANDLES.
4 Quaint Custom Which Still Prevails Il
Wales.

4 Quaint Custom Which Still Prevails In
Wales.
The custom Of "selling by candle, !"
IN ancient ceremony, still prevails in
several towns in England. notably at
Aldermaston, says the st. Louis
Globe-D Democrat. 1t is letting land,
not selling, however, and the property
Is o piece Of meadow, the "church
acre." which was beQuethed some CEN
turtles ago to the church. The custom
Or ceremony is as follows: A candle Is
lighted, and one inch below the flame
Is duly measured off, at which point
q pin is inserted. The bidding then
commences, and continues until the
inch Of candle is consumed and the pin
drops out. To the n who is bidding
as the pin drops out the land belongs.
Every three years this ceremony is
performed.
At Chedzoy the church acre Is let
every twenty-one years by this means,
and at TatWorth q sale by lighted
candle takes place every year. At
Warrior the grazing rights upon the
roadside have been annually lot by
the same means, q custom which has
been observed since the time Of
George III. The N who presides at
the auction produces the old book con-
tanning the record Of the annual let
tings since 1915. An ordinary candle
Is then cut into five equal portions
about one-half inch long, n for each
lot. At the last auction attention was
drawn to the fact that the sporting
rights W. an old gravel pit were in
cluded In Lot No. i, but unfortunate
~ there were no fish in the pond.
sect on, gentlemen, please; the lights
burning" was q frequent exhortation.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-03-02
COLOR OF AUTUMN LEAVES.
Depends o Good Deal ON Storing Up
Ash Constituents.

Depends o Good Deal on Storing Up of
Ash Constituents.
Why is it that In autumn the leaves
Of some of the forest trees exhibit a
brilliant livery Of crimson while others
exhibit only a yellow or golden glory?
T. Q. Keegan in O recent letter to
Nature, offers a tentative hypothesis,
as follows. He says:
ut Is known by analysis. that the
percentage Of ash increases through
nearly the whole life of the leaf in
beech, sycamore, elm, but not in oak,
larch, cherry, etc. It depends a good
deal on whether some one ash con-
stituent generally lime or silica) is
being steadily stored up. The dry leaf
Of the common maple on May / has 6
per cent, and in October 1872 per cent.
ash. The dry leaf of the wild cherry
has on April % rs per cent, and on
October 2 7.2 per cent. ash. Now the
leaf Of the former tree is only yellow
in autumn, and never red, while that
of the latter is very often beautifully
crimson. In the former case there Is
a kind Of gradual decay or death Of
some Of the cells, (mostly of the up
per external skim, which occasions a
drainage Of mineral and organic sub
stances to these parts from the still
living tissues, and this drainage seems
to have a distinct influence over the
ultimate autumnal coloring Of the leaf
itself. 1t is easy to understand that
the leaves which exhibit such a de-
cay are just those wherein the chro-
mogen %precursive Of the brilliant red
coloration would likewise suffer an
analogous kind Of change, !. e., it
would tend to become brown, to pro-
duce p~hlobaphene, just as 1t does in
the other bark which is the practically
dead portion Of the rind.
'"Where this accumulation Of mineral
matter does not take place, as in
cherries, c%urrants, American oaks,
pears, wild vine, barberry, etc, the
does not deteriorate into
a simple yellow or dull brown; 1t
evolves its proper pigment, and as
sumes the flush and glow Of active liv-
ing color"
The Opelousas courier., 1901-03-02
How Russia Advances Her Frontie,


A solemn thanksgiving service, at,
tended by the principal civil and mill,
tary authorities and a large concourse
Of people, has been held on the right
bank of Amur on the site of the
Chinese village of Sakhalin, now re.
duced to ashes. In commemoration OF
the capture Of the village by Russian
troops It's name was changed to that
Of Ilinski Post. The ecclesiastic who
oficiated at the ceremony delivered ar
address in the course of which he said.
''The cross has now been erected on
the bank Of the Amur, which yester.
day was in possession of the Chinese
Muravien Amurski foresaw that this
bank would be ours sooner or later.r
London Mail.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-03-02

Apropos Of some Of the English
Judges ~disearding their wigs In court
during the hot weather Of the past
summer, and Of the English soldier
describing his theoretical for practical
methods Of warfare, the Canadian
Law Journal says: 'But anything is
e5ssible when British soldiers are oil.
.oTed to go into battle, not shoulder
20 shoulder, as Of yore, and as a great
red target for the enemy, but as indi-
yidual sharpshooters. clothed In dust
,olored khaki, with the privilege of
exercising such common sense as has
cot been drilled out Of them. We
have, therefore. every reason to hope,
if the hot weather and the war last
long enough, that it may dawn upon
the average Englishman that he does
not know everything, and that it ia
possible and desirable for him to
learn something from other people,"
The Opelousas courier., 1901-03-02

4 Southern journal thinks the time
a arrived when the newspaper edi-
tors Of the country should assemble in
convention and decide upon whom the
little OF Honorable shall be be-
slowed. For itself, 1t would wige 1t
20 Presidents, presidents, Cabi-
oct officers, Governors Of States. men,
bers Of Congress, Federal Judges and
Judges OF the Supreme Courts of
States, and bar 1t to members Of
County Courts, Grand Jurors and
Deputy Coroners. ID
The Opelousas courier., 1901-03-02
THE KISS At THE DOOR,

d the days of the lance and the spur,
When the hero Vent forth to the fight
Oft he carried a token from her
Whom he worshiped al brer. and knight
And when fierce 5urged the battle around
And when close pressed the merciless
foe,
sTwas that token that, drove off despair i,
And gave victory's strength to his blow.
Not a hero of knighthood em !,
But a warrior in industry's strife, {
Where the lance that I WELD is my pen, .
And the ladye I serve is my wife.
Yet o token I carry each day,
Full as precious as any of yore,
And it stoutens my heart for the fray
IT'S my loves morning kiss at the door.
For his faith will the martyr endure,
By the sunset the artists inspir'd,
AT the blast of the bugle and fife
Is the soldier to g~allantry fred.
But whatever may others exalt,
For myself / shall ask nothing more
Az . prompter to worthiegt deeds
Than the kiss that ] get at the door.
E. ". Gray, in the Newark Daily Adyer.
tiqer-
The Opelousas courier., 1901-03-02
Worried into what a Freedman has

Worried into what a Frenchman has
declared to be a new disease peculiar
to American women, and which he
calls "servantgalism," the mothers Of
a number of families at Portage, Wis
consin. have established a system Of
cooperative dining. The women first
formed a club and rented a vacant
building near the business part Of the
town. to the furnishing of which each
member contributed a share. Then
a manager was engaged to hire the
help. do ali the buying and see that
the plans Of the club were carried out,
The families of the members take all
their meals at the club. plain food be.
Ing served. The meals cost an aver
age OF ten cents each for each per.
son-sixty cents being about the cost
OF food for a family of half a dozen
persons. The members assert that
they r wholly pleased with the en-.
terprise.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-03-02

Thirty years ago an attempt was
made to introduce petroleum rs a fuel,
especially In iron and steel mills: but
there was difficulty in getting the
proper furnace. Now 1t is announced
that the Russians have abandoned the
effort 20 atomic the oil by d steam
Jet, having produced d perfect com.
bustive system fin which the oil ID
~vaporized by hot water under pressure
A. y consequence of this Improvement
the use Of liquid fuel In Russia has
enormously increased, over sever
million tons OF petroleum products
having been used last year to generate
power. Steamship companies in Asia
tic waters have equipped their ship,
9 the consumption Of liquid fuel, and
have established supply stations be
tween Suez and Yokohama to which
the oil Ii carried by freighters witt
2 capacity Of 5000 gallons each. Sew
eral European naval vessels have beer
lifted with furnaces for oil, which
many regard a. the fuel Of the future.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-03-02
How to Get Rich IN Kansas.

A firm of junk dealers advertises In
Kansas papers that it will buy all
your old iron and pay a good price for
your ragged clothes when they are
worn out, and when you are dead and
gone will give you twenty-five cents a
hundred for your old bones and any
other kind of bones. You can sell
your old rubber boots and shoes, brass
knuckles. etc, and your empty bottles
are worth 81 o hundred
The Opelousas courier., 1901-03-02

The coming Of an expressive and
Ingenious catch phrase is an art that
American advertisers seem disposed to
appropriate to themselves. Our Eng
hsh cousins, however. are getting into
The race, and one which is likely to
become popular is being used by a
Glasgow adyeySser. The word is
1slumberwear." which seems On inn
proYement on might wear"
The Opelousas courier., 1901-03-02

The value Of @ Newspaper as On
advertising medium consists in
Its circulation.
When You can secure the COM
bined circulation of two papers
for tho price Of one, it is money
savedl
"TThe st. Landry Democrat
was consolidated on the Sd of
March, 1894, with Ths Opelou.
eag Courier" The advertising
rates have not been increased
while the price Of subscription
has been reduced to % o year.
THE COURIER being by odds
The best paper In the empire Par.
lsh OF st. Landry 10 therefore The
AaaDag1
The Opelousas courier., 1901-03-02

Governor-Ge General Wood, of Cuba.
declares that mosquitoes spread yell
low fever, their stings carrying the
scourge. The mosquito has already
been convicted Of spreading the germs
Of malaria. This new indictment calls
for some effective method to destroy
the whole mosquito family. y
The Opelousas courier., 1901-03-02

The newspapers Of Richmond. Va.
are agitating in favor Of the passage
Of q "canine curfew' ordinance in or
der that the stiffness Of the night may
not be broken by the bowling and
barking Of vagrant dogs.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-03-02
The Rishop and the Hairpina.

The Bishop of Liverpool has issued a
new code Of rules for confirmation. He
desires that girls should refrain from
the use Of long pins in the hair, as the
presence OF such pins frequently re-
suits in the Bishops fingers being lac
Grated during the laying onof hands,"
Christian World.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-03-02

Harpey's Weekly in an article on
cremation. says "most Of US prefer
lnterment because we are used to it."
Ct 10 to be inferred then that those of
as who have " experienced either
would be justified In entering a gen.
sral objection.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-03-02

1t is reported that an expert in a
poisoning case could not proceed be-
cause his fee was not paid. It would
be decidedly unprofessional for an
expert to find poison or anything else
unless he was paid to do 10.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-03-02

The proposition for a Hall Of Fame
for foreign-born Americans will strike
ill as eminently just. Otherwise how
can Justice be done to Alexander
Hamilton, to John Ericsson and Louis
AgasSiz?
The Opelousas courier., 1901-03-02
ACADEMY
OF THE
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION,

La.
Uaaer tho Direction Of the Sisters Eariaa1tet
Of Holy Cross.
Offers to young ladies every facility
for acquiring a thorough christian cd
ucation. Constant attention is paid 10
home and social culture. Lessons are
given in music, painting and other
useful arts. The siyterg also have
charge of the boys school. The course
o. instruction ia two-fold-Preparatory
snd Commercial. French is taught in
the two courses. For particulars, cd
dreaS SISTER SUPERIOR.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-03-02
WIN JOEL
at-LaW and Notary Public.

GPELOUSAS, LA.
Win practice in all Courts, State
and Federal, and before the Patent and
Pension Offices at Washington, D. O.
Shorthand and Typewriting promptly
and carefully done. Office over 81.
Landry atata Rank. Main stxeak
The Opelousas courier., 1901-03-02

O~pelOusas Courier
u the advocate of Democratic
principles and the friend of the
people.
Their welfare is lite welfare, and
II will ever be found defending
their rights with all OF lfs
ability.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-12-05
Chinese Exclusion
Hon. Francis G. Newlands,
House OF Representatives.
Washington, d. C.

WdSnluStUn, ~. y.
Sir: BY resolution passed at regu-
lar meeting of the Tuscarora Miners
Union, No 81, Western Federation of
Miners, w. /. Plumb. A. L. Anderson
and j. G. Doughty were appointed
standing committee on Chinese Immi-
grafton with full power to gather statis-
tics and to send out petitions in favor of
the re-enactment of the present Chinese
Exclusion Law, etc.
Pursuant to those instructions, we pre-
sent you with the following petitions,
which We have collected from the coun-
ties named on the margin OF each, signed
by the voters of your Congressional Dis
trict, praying Congress to re-enact the
law excluding people from Asiatic coun-
tries China and Japan-from all
territory under the Jurisdiction or con-
troll of the United States of America.
Our petition states in few terse words
why such law should be passed, not
for the benefit of single class who would
seek to profit by it, but for the advance
ment of all, high or low, rich or poor:
for the advancement of the higher civil
ization to which every true American
stands pledged, for the protection of the
American home, which is the bulwark of
our freedom, for no civilized home can
exist when brought in contact or compe-
tition with the degradation of the people
of the Orient We of the Pacific Coast
States know this by actual contact We
have been engaged in life and death
struggle for the last thirty years. Not
only in the field o. production are they
menace. but morally they are a tester
ing sore. We have seen the youth of
this country enticed into their dens of
vice, ard ruined morally and physically.
We have seen thousands of our people
spending their time and money in the
vain effort to civilize and Christianize
this people, and we know that they are
still Chinamen, never will and never can
become Americars.
We realize fully that you understand
this question and have only written the
above to enable you to show Others how
your constituents feel on the subject.
In conclusion allow us to wish you
Godspeed in your efforts to protect
American manhood from the threatened
pest, and any word that we can say or
deed that we can Go, to assist, we beg
of you to command US.
Respectfully submitted,
W. |. Plumb,
A. l.. Anderson.
J. G. Doughty.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-12-05
To Get Kid of "a troublesome Corn.

First soak it in warm water to
soften it, thon pare it down as closely
as possible without drawing the blood
and apply Chamberlain's Pain Balm
twice daily; rubbing vigorously foi
fivo minutes at each application. A
corn plaster should be worn for few
days, to protect it from the shoe. A:
a general liniment for sprains, bruises
lameness and rheumatism, Pain Balm
is unequaled. For sale by all drug
gists and dealers in medicine.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-12-05

AUSTIN. Dec. 2. 1901.

sloners Oh Lander County, Nevada, met
at the clerks office of said county at 10
o'clock a. m.
Present-Wm. Litster, Pat Walsh
L. Lemaire, County Commissioners; A. j.
Maestretti, District Attorney; J. J. Nal
10y, Deputy Clerk, and NJ. j. Murphy
Deputy Sheriff.
The minutes of the previous meeting
were read and upon motion were
adopted
The following bills were then consider
ed and allowed:
A. J. Maestretti, District At
tOrney. Mo UU
Wm Ulster, salary and mileage AZ 13
Patrick Walsh, salary and mile
age...... ................. 81 -
L A Lemaire, salary and mileage 10 53
DR.. T. j. Hennessy, county ply
slcian. ................... ~ w
w II Hood, Co. Physician. -. so 90
I II Dalton, salary ry.......... 100 90
G NJ Dyer, Co. Recorder. 125 90
George Watt, Assessor ... 104 Is
T G Malloy, County Clerk. 49,. 70 90
ieo. Watt, Sheriff and fees 49,. 418 80
Mrs. John Topkin, milk fur
nished hospital. .. 3 90
Reveille, printing g....... sc &c
Mrs. B Dougherty, matron county
hospital and cash ...... "a 90
NJ J Murphy, jailer ..... 100 90
l. A Weller. Justice fees .... 5S 25
Dalton & Clifford, supplies Court
House ...... 13 80
Dalton & Clifford supplies hospi-
ldl .................... ii 70
Mrs G w Mitchell meals furnish
ed prisoners. ................ 46 %
G M Dyer auditors fees .... 81 so
w w Christian, supplies hospital. 35 As
James Litster, beef county hos
pltai. ......... ............ III 90
w W Christian, supplies Court
HOUSE. ............ ID ~
DIR. G L Townsend, examining in
sane person n.............. D O0
James Litster, road work .. l25 90
T Il Hagar, Justice fees. ... 7 90
F Van Patten, hauling ... / so
II Dougherty, cutting wood at
hospital .................... 90
James Cahill, wood od... 26 90
James Ryan, wood d......... 40 90
G Schmidt, school census . 10 %
Hubert Rast, vegetables for hos
pital II 50
p Peterson, road work ........... IL 90
l. Lemaire, advanced cash in
digent, Lemaire not voting. 3 90
Charles Hess, wood ..... 32 O5
7 Hagar, Justice fees ......... 80 90
A Lepetich, road work .... IL 80
w Cummings, road work. ...... 7 90
J Eason noxious animals. . 10 80
j Inchanspe noxious animals. -. s 90
A Motta, noxious animals ...... II 80
J Dundson, nuxious animals. -. 7 80
j ID Averall, aoxious animals -. 80
The Horton Grocery Co. supplies
Court House. e.............. 2 Is
Mrs. John Gooding, refunded tax
es, widows exemption ....... 8 10
Day Bros, road work. ........ 12 90
George Austin, Constable fees
October. S5 35
George Austin, Constable fees
November . ......... "a 80
S II Crocker, printing attorneys
briefs in case of State VS.. NC
R.R. Co., Uemaire not voting) 73 95
INDECENT ALLOWANCE FOR NOV.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-12-05

The Salt Lake Herald and the Trib-
une each contained magnificent write
up of the Utah Nevada football game,
The article contained kind words for the
Sagebrush State and its people.
How. different this is from the i'll
natured and biased articles that most oi
the California papers publish-when
they publish anything concern ing ath-
letics in Nevada And vet many thou
sand dollars year, goes from this State
into the circulation offices of these pa
pers while the up-to-date and friendly
Salt Lake journals are poory patronized
journal
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-12-05
TIME TABLE
OF THE
NEVADA CENTRAL
RAILROAD co.
On and After
NOV. 10, 1901.

Trains will leave Austin on Mondays,
Wednesdays, and Fridays, as follows;
Leave Austin at. .1:Oo A. NJ
Arrive at Battle Mountain. :. 200 NJ
Connecting with West-bound train
on Southern Pacific at 1910 P. NJ.
Also connects with East bound traia
at 4.35 Pm
Returning. will leave Battle Noun
tain on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sat.
urdays.
Leave Battle Mountain az 7 30 A. NJ
Arrive at Austin at ....... .1:l0 p. NJ.
s. 7. PEARSON, General Manager.
Austin, Nevada.