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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-08-22

The best physic-Chamberlaln's Stom-
ach and Liver Tablets. Easy to take.
Pleasant in effect. For sale by Il. R.
BeIlamy'S Drug store.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-07-12
Four Glasses of Lawyers.

There are today, roughly speaking,
four classes of lawyers-first, the
corporation attorney, who draws an
assured salary or retainer of ample
magnitude; second, the lawyer of the
old school, who maintains the ideals
of his profession, AMI who is being
slowly crushed between Capitalization
of commercial interests on the one
hand, and the sharp practice of his
competitors on the other; third, those
men nominally lawyers who supple.
ment their meagre professional IN.
come by collections, loan and insur.
ance business; fourth, the "rustler,"
who seeks business by the same meth.
DDS as the travelling salesman secures
his orders, and who either never
knew, or mas forgotten that the duty
OF an upright counsellor is to prevent,
not to foster, litigation.-From JUICE
Stephen A. Lowell's Address at the
University of Oregon.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-07-12

and asleep. 1t was five miles to Bris-
coe and raining hard; no horse could
make the distance in time to give the
alarm. And hundreds of sleeping men
and women were speeding to certain
death.
The young operator felt an uncon-
trollable WEAKNESS and lethargy Creep
ing over him, but he pulled himself to-
gether with a desperate effort that
made every nerve tingle and vibrate.
He was speaking aloud, although alone
in his Office.
Margaret! Margaret! Margaret!
Get your fathers red lantern; go
down to the Briscoe River and swing
a danger signal for the 2.2O express.
Go at once, / command you, my dear
love! Go, go, go! In Gods name rise
from your sleep, Margaret, and gow
The night express came rushing
on to Briscoe station when Engineer
Preston saw far ahead of him a tiny
red spark glowing. Instinct in the
man read its meaning before it had
grown to proportions that signaled
danger. The train slowed up with
such unwillingness of steam and driv-
ing wheel, such a mighty grooming and
grinding of the whole outfit, that the
stubborn resistance threw passengers
out OF the berths and brought the
t%hrobbing, shrieking engine to a stand
still on the very brink of destruction
where q White-robed figure with I'M
bound hair swung with persistence
and monotonous repetition the red lam
tern that had averted death.
The train men wrapped Margaret
in blankets and carried her b%ewildered,
distraught, almost lifeless to her HON.
where she fell unconscious into ner
mothers arms, while the grateful pas
sengers filled the hours they must
wait with plaudits of her brave deed
and talked of the medal she should
have some day.
And Ralph Mason? When his as
sistant relieved him at the office at
early morning his hand was ON the
key, but his head was bowed and
he neither moved nor spoke. In that
supreme effort he had found release
Mrs. M. L. Rayne, in the Chicago
Record-Herald.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-07-12
Opinions of Benjamin Bibbs.

when | have to fight a case in
court l want to find a lawyer who
has a reputation-one who is able to
have a suite of offices splendidly fur
nished, who employs five or six type
writer's and stenographers, and VINO
has to turn clients away because he is
SO busy. If | ear get such a lawyer to
take my case / have it more than half
won at the start. He will be allowed to
do things in court that a young, I'M
known attorney would not dare to try,
and if he can't broWbeat the judge him.
self he a at least awe the jur.
ors and the witnesses, all of whom
have heard of him. They know that
he is a great lawyer, and, therefore, his
words have weight with them. Always
get a lawyer with a reputation when
you go to court.
But when my child is sick l will
not go after a doctor who makes his
rounds in a coupe, with a llveried driv-
er on the box, and has SO many pa
tients that he can spare only time
enough to run in and glance at each
ones tongue, charging S. a glance.
Give me the doctor who is unknown
and hasn't an anteroom full of patients
who are waiting to tell him what's
the matter with them. Death is the
judge, jury and witnesses, that the doc
tor has to face, and neither a reputa-
ton nor a big bluff counts 10 cents
worth.-Chicago Record-Herald.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-07-12

Margaret Lansing as a subject, her
family objected. They argued that it
would injure her health, possibly
| wreck her nerves, and that. nothing
| good would result from dabbling in
| mysteries. Mason was greatly disap-
| pointed, for he felt that the success
of a great discovery depended Oh the
girl. What might he not accomplish
by her assistance? He might teach
her TO read the stars, to fathom the Sc
crets of infinitude! And here he found
himself unable to cope with the first
edict Of parental authority.
The parents were undoubtedly right.
They saw on their daughters part an
other kind of ~infatuation, a growing
fondness for this young mar whose
days were numbered. Science was
nothing when put in the scales with
their love for their child. Mason ap-
pealed to Margaret Lansing as q sick
man always appeals to a healthy. SYM
pathetic oma First, pity, then
love. He who has brutal health can
never know the sweet recompenses OF
weakness. Your robust man has no
charm compared to the pleading love
of an invalid. Ralph had said to Mar
garet that he could hypnotize her at a
distance.
II can bring you to me atasny time
by calling you and willing Eeu to
come. 1t will be impossible Or you
not to obey me-"
She had smiled into his bright, Vom-
polling eyes with a faith and b lief
that were sublime, and held hei Felf
in r~eadinessSf6 go like a bird of Che
air when he called her, but moth Ag
came Of it, for che had tried-a@
failed. His mind could not control
hers by any distant treatment, and he
had never been able to reach her by
either telepathy or hypnosis.
One night when Mason was on duty
at his station he received a telegram
from Rawlins, ten miles down the
line.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-07-12

other has white hair and a smooth
face. They are working in a hurry.
Ah-h-h, they are caughtv!'
The girls breath was indrawn with
a sob. The hypnotist made a few
passes over her and she came to her.
self weak and exhausted.
Some of you fellows go over to the
station and see If she is right" sug-
gested Mason, who was deadly pale
and much excited.
The investigating party soon re-
turned, for they had met q posse
which had surprised the robbers at
their work. The men they had cap
tured were two tramps who were ex-
actly as the girl had described them.
No n was more astonished than
Mason himself. or more overioyed,
for it demonstrated as a fact the
power that he feared might be fiction.
When on other occasions Ralph
Mason followed up this feat by 9TH
ers quite as wonderful. employing
The Opelousas courier., 1902-07-12
Fire Signals,

Al o meeting of Hope Hook and
Ladder Co. No. /, held on July 9,
1901, the town was divided into Fire
Districts and O Code of Signals was
adopted in order to facilitate tbs loca-
ton of fires in the future. The town
was divided az follows:
District No. ALL that portion Of
sewn bounded north by Bellevue
street. west by Union street, south
and east by corporation line.
District No. All that portion Of
town bounded by Bellevue street on
the south, Union street on the west,
and corporation line on the north and
east.
District No. 3-Theportion Of town
lying west of Union street, and south
of Bellevue street, with the corpora
tioa line as the south and w,st boun-
Diary.
District No. 4-TLe portion of town
bounded on the south by Bellevue,
east by Union, nor b and west by cor
poration line.
The Signals adopted were short taps
to indicate the district in which the
fire is locate1, followed by O rapid
alarm, same to be repeated until gen-
eral alarm is given.
Te Illustrate, should an alarm be
sounded for District No. 3, first three
taps, one, two, three, followed by rap
id alarm, and repeat.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-07-12
HUMOROUS.

Mabe1-"Is he an entertaining con
versalationist?" Beth-"Very. He
lets you do all the talking"
Wigwag-"I asked him why he goI
married, and he said: Just for fun
Henpeckke-"He must have a pecu
liar sense of humor."
Can you make four revolutions in
the air before alighting?' asked the
curious stranger of the circus acrobat
Say" replied the acrobat, I'm nc
South American republic!"
will there be any honor for the
man who discovers the North Pole?'
Certainly! He will be a great life
saver" "A life-saver?" Eyes, ex
plorers will cease going then"
Kingley-"You've been to these lit
erary clubs and metaphysical things
for two or thpee years now, and what
does y~oYB1eulture amount to-" Mrs
KingsleF"Don't | know everybody
Sand she isn't married yet? Grac.
F46hs! She's we'll preserved! She Is
the same Birdie Hoppindyke she was
fifteen years ago." "No, she's not
the same. She spells it 'Byrdye'
now"
Hook-"Do you believe in having
your fortune told?" Nye-"Well, a
fortune teller told me once to expect
trouble from a stout, dark woman.
and the very next day l had to fire the
cook"
Fogg-"I heard a pretty compliment:
for you the other day" Mrs. Passey
Indeed, may l ask what it was?"
Fogg-"I heard some one say how
pretty you used to be-" Mrs. Passey
USED to be! Do you call that a
compliment? l call it an obituary no,
tice."
Mrs. Gush-"How do you do Man.
da? How did you like the reading OF
Browning at the club last night:
Mrs. Bluff-"Oh, pretty well. But ]
didn't like the way her dress hung
Mrs. Gush-"Nor l either. And it
seemed to me that she might have
held the book more gracefully"
Sadie, how are you getting along
at school in your physiology, "All
right, l guess" How many bones
are there in the human body?" "TwC
hundred" when l went to school
dear, there were two hundred and
eight" We'll, people arn't as bony
as they used to be when you went tc
school, mamma"
What is h%eredity, mammal" Ask,
ed the little girl, spelling the word Out
through her falling tears, and waiting
to write down the meaning. "It is
m, how shall l explain it? Oh" said
the mother, something you get from
your father or me-" And the small
child wrote down on her paper OF
home lessons: "Heredity - spank
ing"
The Opelousas courier., 1902-07-12
MarJoriess Economy.

Marjorie's mother has become great
ly interested in the subject of domestic
economy. Several courses in a fash
ionable cooking school have opened
her eyes to the fact that nothing
should be wasted in the average house
hold. So firmly have these facts taken
hold upon her that an uncomfortable
vigilance has reigned over the culinary
department where peace, plenty and
extravaganza have hitherto held sway.
That Marjorie should be Influenced by
the new order Of things was inevitable.
Marjorie had a kitten and the kitten
died. The day after this occurrence
the small economist appeared in he's
mothers carrying the sad and
dropping remains. Mother" she said.
severely. what do you think / found
thrown away now? A perfectly good
kitteni"-NeW York Sun,
The Opelousas courier., 1902-07-12

Abo1ph was "
You knew it by the bright hopeful eye
the dull pale skin, and the nervous IT.
ritable cough that accumulated his
slightest speech and racked his at
tenuated frame. And his tempera.
| mental ~vivacity was due to the same
dsead disease that while consuming
life dazzles the senses with golden Wis
ions of longevity.
Mason was night telegraph operator
at q small station ON the Illinois Cen
tral Railroad between Chicago and
New Orleans, in a locality where pine
forests modified the air with a tonic
of balsam for hurt lungs and the dry,
sandy soil furnished a chance for open
air exercise. Mason owned a good
horse and at hours when he was duty
free he rode his race for life with zest
and satisfaction. Like ali consump-
tives his spirits increased as his health
declined, and he saw with feverish In
tensity a long vista of future pros
perity.
Something peculiar in the mental
makeup Of the young operator was
both interesting and battling to new
acquaintances, but it was merely the
expression of a cult which is not yet
n of the exact sciences, but which
has immense undeveloped possibili-
ties.
Ralph Mason was a student of
psychic phenomena, a firm believer in
telepathy and an ardent investigator
into every new occult theory. He was
himself a %hypnotist, possessing a ma
tural gift, cultivated and developed by
study and practice. At Harvey Sta
ton he had small opportunity to i'm
prove this faculty, but there was one
family living a few miles down the
line where he found a willing convert
to his peculiar views, and what was
more important a valuable subject to
carry them out successfully.
Margaret Lansing, a girl of eigh-
teen, became infatuated with the
strange new power and gave Mason
her intelligent cooperation when at an
evening entertainment at the little dis
trict schoolhouse, before he went on
duty, he gave an exhibition of his skill
and easily sent her into a profound
hypn"tic sleep. Her family and
friends were present and gave their
consent, looking upon it as a part of
the evenings entertainment and e
ing nothing serious ain the perform
ance. They were merely amused and
incredulous when, laying his hand on
her forehead with a light touch, he
said:
60 over to the station, go into the
ONCE and tell me what you see there"
He did not know that she could or
would submit to the test; she had
doubtless been there at some time and
might describe it from memory. and
the test would be of no value. She
did not respond quickly, and he re-
peated the command. After a
she began to shiver as with fear.
What do you see?"
Two men who look like robbers,
They are breaking open a desk"
Can you describe the menu"
One is young and one is old. They
wear caps and have handkerchiefs
tied over the lower part of their
faces"
Look through the h~andkerchiefs
and tell me what you see."
The who is young has a rec
mustache and one eye is gone. The
The Opelousas courier., 1902-07-12
"Minne Giggle" FalIa.

"some years ago I visited an old
friend of mine in Minneapolis" said a
well known Milwaukee railroad man,
"and he spent considerable time TAX
ing me about to show me the many
interesting places in that interesting
city. One day he took me out to see
the famous Minnehaha Falls, and after
/ had Toasted my eyes o. this beauti-
full work of nature he invited me to
accompany him down the gulch
through which the little stream flows
at least half a mile-and there called
my attention to q little cascade that
is an exact miniature of Minnehaha
Falls.
What do you call this cascade?' I
asked my friend.
1--WE call this Minnie Giggle.'"-
Milwaukee Sentinel.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-07-12
THE DAYS WORK.
Do the work of the day as well

Do the work of the day as well
As you have the wit to do;
Try for the best-for the best will tell
What was the end in view.
Always your best-it is cheap to shirk;
The best makes the worker glad;
And people remember the better work,
Forgetting the weak and bad.
They remember the careful tool
As well as the perfect song.
Scant is the memory for a fool,
Or him who is idle long.
People remember the honest few
Who gave of the best they had
They will remember the good you do,
And always forget the bad.
Do the work of the day as well
As though it would close your toll.
He who a ermon in stone would tell
Must chisel and carve and MOL.
Weak and ~lifeless, or firm and true,
The work of the day is set.
People remember the good we do
The bad they will soon forget.
Yesterday is a record made,
Changeiess, for good or ill;
Hands to-day must be unafraid,
Ready to work your will.
Useless, tomorrow, to sadly rue
Plans that were far from sure.
People remember the good you do,
And they forget the poor.
w. d. Nesbit, in Baltimore American,
The Opelousas courier., 1902-07-12

In the Census Bureau reports it Is
loted, with curious inconsequence,
hat within ten years previous to 1900
he products of the bicycle industry
increased from about ST. 500, 900 annu-
ally te nearly $780, 00, 900. Ten years
lence, no doubt, the figures of 1890
will be measurably approached
As the bicycle making business rose
like a rocket, SO it fell like the stick.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-07-12

The Connecticut Humane society
mas purchased for it's own use a large
plot of ground with a brick and stone
mansion upon it near the center of
Hartford. The Hartford Courant,
speaking of the society's influence and
work says: There is no record of
the things that do not happen, and a
multitude of trouble might and would
happen, but for the presence and ac-
:ivity of the society"
The Opelousas courier., 1902-07-12
: WASHOUT AT BRIS.
COEs WARN 2.2O Elk
PRESS. THIS OFFICE
CANNOT A THEM. :

1t was signed with the name of the
night operator at Rawllns, and there
was hardly a half hour before the
train was due at Briscoe. Margaret's
father was station agent at that poiut,
but the express did not stop there, and
he probably knew nothing Of the
washout, and, no other train arriving
until morning, he would be at home
The Opelousas courier., 1902-07-12
Town Residences For Sale

In q desirable neighborhood in Ope-
~lousas, with an entire square of land.
we'll shaded with live oaks, magnolias,
cedars, peeans, etc., about 8 squares
from the Courthouse, 5 squares from
High School, 2 squares from Catholic
Church and convent. House is two
story, brick basement, 8 rooms, four
freplaces, out-buildings, etc., all no
der good fence. Will be sold cheap for
cash, or part cash and balance on time
TO suit. Apply 81 this oaRes. U
The Opelousas courier., 1902-07-12

There were on the occasion Of the
cencus In 1900 no fewer than 1,181,7 IT'S
Canadians living in the United States,
this being an increase Of 200,840 over
the number in 1890, and Of 464,621
over the number so living In the states
in 1880. In the return just issued
and in which these figures appear, II
is further stated that of every Zoe
Canadians living in North America
Canada and the United States)
e~ighty-two are in Canada and eighteen
In the United States. In 1900 these
figures were eightythree and sever,
teen respectively. The great bulk OF
the Canadians living In the United
States reside just ove the border. no
fewer than 1,047. $50 being in New Eng
land and the eight border states OF
New York. Illinois. Wisconsin. Mime.
sofa, North Dakota. Montana, Idaho
and Washington. while OF the remain.
der the largest number In any one
state t2s.s1sJ were IN California,
which might almost BIZ called a border
state. OF the total number In the
states, 7s6,5s1 are English-speaking.
and s95.1s7. French-sneaking Cana
slams.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-07-12

The conviction is gaining grounj
among writer's on hygiene that chill
dren should not be sent to school be
fore they are eight or nine years old
The Opelousas courier., 1902-07-12

Great Salt Lake has for a number OF
years been steadily sinking. Several
causes for the decline have been sug-
gested, although all are confessed to
be more or less a conjecture. The
lake is subject to cycles of change
which correspond to the variations of
rainfall. The decline has also been at
tributed to the diverting Of large
quantities of water from the streams
which feed the lake to enrich the ag-
ricuItural and grazing interests. The
cutting down of forests is thonght to
have influenced these streams. The
decline in the value of Great Salt Lake
property is OF SO great importance
that the United States Geological sur
yey has been asked to investigate the
matter.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-07-12
LAST NEW THING IN MICROBES

II your hair is growing gray,
Do you know what turns II thus?
IT'S n microbe, savants say.
Called the Pig-me-toph-a-gus!
Which, entrenched In every hair,
Feeds upon the pigment there.
So. henceforward, you should say,
When each lock to silver turns.
Not that you are growing gray
Science such brief phrases spurns-
You shouldn't you'd not be musty-
Say you're pigmetophagusty!
London Truth.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-07-12

The European nations arc SO insist
ent in their avowals of friendship fol
che United States that we can moi
gracefully do otherwise than continue
The Opelousas courier., 1902-07-12

The gifts of our millionaires for ed,
ucation in the United States %astonist
our foreign correspondents, exclaims
the Christian Register. Nothing like
it is seen elsewhere.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-07-12

The pressed steel industry, now one
of the most formidable in the world
was founded on a patent granted for
a device to hold back the doors of rail.
way cars.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-07-12

President Harper of the University
of Chicago is arranging a special
course of instruction for such of the
students as wish to go after gradua-
ton to the Philippines or other coun-
tries of the orient. The university
has appointed Alleyne Ireland a spe-
cial commissioner to study the condi-
lions in the East. The university
board of trustees has conferred on Mr..
ireland the title of PROFESSIONAL lee
turer in colonial politics, history and
commerce. He will spend the six
months in the various countries of the
orient.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-07-12
oPRLoUSAs. LoU1sIANA

The hense have it all their own way.
There can be no such Thing as an i'm
itation egg.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-07-12

An astonishing sentence of ten
years penal servitude was inflicted
On a thirteen-year-old boy in England
lately. He was convicted of pushing
4 smaller boy into a reservoir where
he was drowned after robbing him
of a watch that he wanted. The judge
regretted that he was not a year older
SO that he might have been sentenced
to death for murder. In England.
however, the case has provoked a dis
cussion as to whether there is no bet
ter way OF treating child criminals.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-07-12

J. p. Spur eg the United StatessGe-
ological Survey Is mailing a survey Oh
Macedonia andsAlbania at the request
md expense DC tho Sultan or Turkey.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-07-12

If Marconi achieves his expected
mastery of tunes" the cable will be-
.ome the lost chord.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-07-12
Man,

Who does not mR0 A1s
v0rtiging profitable
Ana hl@ business, 0nds
bu9ine@0 n y y
able
The Opelousas courier., 1902-07-12

The value OF q newspaper as nm
advertising medium consists In
its circulation.
When you can secure the com.
bined circulation Of two papers
for the price Of one, it il money
gavedi
"1THhe Sc. Landry Democrat
was consolidated on the 3D. Of
March, 1894, with This Opelou.
sas Courier" The advertising
rates have not been increased
while the price Of subscription
has been reduced to % Q year.
THE COURIER being BY odds
best paper in the empire Par,
5sh Of St. Landry 10 tharofoss The
saAaaSsaa
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-09-05
Judge purand Improving.

Flint, Mich, Sept. ~5--Judge g. I'll.
Durand, the stricken Democratic can
didate for governor. passed a very
comfortable night. His physicians
consider that he has gained All little
strength In the last eighteen hours.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-09-05
MAY RESULT IN REUNION.
Action Looking to Uniting of Presby-
terrain Churches. .

Decatur, ILL.,, Sept. 5.-Action has
been taken by the Decatur and Lin
coin presbyteries of the Cumberland
Presbyterian church which is expected
to result in the reunion of the Cumber-
land Presbyterian and Presbyterian
churches, which separated in 1910.
DR.. W. ]. Darby Of Evansville, Ind,
educational secretary OF the Cumber-
land Presbyterian church, said that
the action was the result of the revi-
sion of creed by the Presbyterians and
he had no doubt the presbyteries of the
Cumberland church all over the coun-
try would take up the matter and de-
mand an opening of negotiations for a
reunion of the churches.
The Lincoln and Decatur presbyte-
ries both adopted resolutions declar-
ing that the creed of the Presbyterian
church, as revised, removed all doc.
trinal differences owe which the
churches split and there was no reason
why they should not reunite. The Lin.
coin presbytery went further and
adopted a memorial to the general as
sembly of the Cumberland Presbyte
rians at Nashville demanding that the
matter of union be taken up and nego
tiations to that end be opened with the
Presbyterilns.