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The Opelousas courier., 1902-02-08
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aaonthly periods for IL meant . couple
rf days In bed In awful agony. / final.
y made up my mind that the good
! acctors were guessing and hearing
nom different friends such good re.
porss OF Lydia e. Pinkham's Veg.
9tAble Compound, / tried that. ]
blaas the day / did, for 1t was the
Ahwniag Of q new life for me. ! used
i've bottles before ! was cured, but
when they were taken ! was q well
woaaa onca more. Your Compound Ia
certainly wonderful. Several of nay
sfienda have used IL since, and nothing
but the best do / ever hear from its
ysa.a- Yours, MABELLE r. LAMoNTB,
I'D a. slst St., Chicago, lll.-s6oos
fs3fsisV asegs tssttmoafai 10 not genuine.
Il Lydia II. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound could cure Miss
AaMonte-why net you? Try 10
hna zee for yourself.
Ira. Pinkham advises sick we
naen tree. Address, Lynn, Mass.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-02-08
WORSHIP OF THE BEARD.
Laws Have Been Made and Wars
EnIIniaf for IL

Fought for it.
The rulers of the world, who are
supposed to rule, have converted a
mans beard, which surely concerns the
man himself and nobody else, into a
subject of eternal contention.
Laws have been made for it; wars
have been fought for it. The mysteri,
Ous reverence with which we invest
trifling things seems to have been re
sponsible.
The old Roman father who struck
dead the man who touched his beard
In the capitol was not mad or cruel;
he was but the victim of one of those
delusions which aff1ict whole nations.
Ages back the beard was the sign
manual CT the true man in Israel, and
Islam used it as a stepping stone to
paradise.
The hairs which came from it in
combing were broken in two and
buried by the faithful followers of Is
lam, and when, at the beginning of the
sixteenth century, a sultan arose who
shaved his beard, the Mohammedan
world was shocked. That was the age
of reverence for the beard; the age OF
intolerance was to come.
1t came in, as intolerance has nearly
always come, with the church, which
forgets that charity is greater than
faith and hope. It was a bishop of
Worcester who carried a small knife
about With him to cut off offending
locks of hair as the wearer knelt hum.
bly, and confidingly before him.
Cutting off a handful, the bishop
would throw the hair in the wearer's
face, telling him to cut off all the rest
OF he would go to hell.
The Archbishop of Canterbury, in
the reign of Henry l. thought long
hair such a grave offence that he ex.
communicated all who wore it, and one
of the kings chaplains was so enraged
by the fashion of wearing long hair at
court that after preaching a sermon
before Henry on the u~nspeakable ter,
rors and torments awaiting wearers
of long hair in the other world, he took
a pair Of scissors from his pocket and
cut the kings hair in the presence of
his court.
But it was in vain that the church
denounced the long-haired generation.
1t is chronicled of this period that
men, forgetting their birth, trans
formed themselves, by the length of
their hairs, into the seD1blance of
womankind," and that, when their hair
decayed, they knit about their heads
rolls of false hair.-Black and White.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-02-08
UNIQUE
How Two Country Tradesmen Protected
Themselves from Loss.

New Two Country Tradesmen Protected
Themselves from Loss.
During the sojourn of the delegates
to the convention of the Indiana
Bankers Association in this city last
week many interesting stories were
related. One group of financiers
fell to discussing the prosy subject
OF debit and credit, but with the
stories that were told to illustrate
cartain ideas the subject lost much
Of it's dullness.
"A friend of mine once ran across
a queer system of keeping books in
a little Southern town." said a bank
er. He was a travelling salesman
and his territory included Tennes
see. Naturally he grew pretty well
acquainted with his customers, who
were for the most part keepers OF
general stores. Happening in such
an establishment n day he found
the proprietor in the rear of the room
porting intently over what seemed tc
be his ledger. My friend noticed tFTr
the old gentleman would mutter say
agely rJw and then and turning over
a few faves jot down a set of figures
After enis process had been repeated
severA times my friend interrupted
him with Mr.. Hedges, what on earth
are Iou doing here?"
"AWell. I'll tell you, 'Teplied the old
mari This here Bill Jones is a
worthless scamp and he has left town
oN-ng me $3.50. SOL jest put it on
Browns account over here Cunning
the ~leaves.) Then there's Charley
Colson that got into a scrap the other
night and was killed. He owed me
50, SO I put her over on Joe Smiths
account. 1 tell you, brother, what.
ever goes in this here old book has
got to come out, by the Eternal"
THAT reminds me Of a story of
strange methods of keeping accounts
that I heard one time" spoke up an
other inancier. This was in a little
Western town. The proprietor of a
store wanted to go on a visit cut in
the country n day and when he got
ready to start he told his clerk, a
mere lad, to kind Of keep an eye on
things while he was absent. 'YoN
needn't be particular, about taking in
money for what you SELL" said the
storekeeper. Just remember what
you sold and who got it and I will
put it on the books when l get home
tonight
We'll, when the old fellow arrived
home that night he asked the boy
how he had made out during the day.
o pretty WELL said the lad. I sold
a washboard and tub to Widow Hark,
ness, a currycomb and brush to Old
Man Johnson, a tin bucket to Mrs.
Leeds, a broom and a package of
needles to Mrs. Branscomb, and
say, | sold some Teller a horse collar,
but blamed if l can remember who |
sold it to-
"Never mind about that said the
the proprietor. It'll be all right. III
just charge all of my book customers
with a horse collar And he did put
down a horse collar on every account
he had in his ledger. The funny part
of 1t was that all of them paid ex-
cept one man, and the storekeeper
brought suit against him. Banking
would be a soft snap if we could
keep like that."-Indianapolis Journal
The Opelousas courier., 1902-02-08
The Kaiser,s Evening at Home.

The Kaiser William is very fond of
hearing books read aloud in his draw
ing room at home after dinner, when
he has a quiet evening. While one of
the gentlemen or ladies In waiting
reads, his majesty sits at a table and
sketches or draws designs. Sometimes
the kaiserin takes up the book herself.
Several of the Amperor's sketches have
been sold in Berlin and elsewhere at
charity bazaars. The kaserin's health
has much improved lately. Her
majesty is able to drive out Of doors
and to entertain her guests. Those
who have seen her and spoken with
her during the last fortnight found
her looking well and In good spirits.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-02-08
oatarrh Cannot Be cureh,

With local applications, as they cannot reach
sAs seat Of the disease. Catarrh 10 a blood or
constitutional disease, and in order to cure IL
yen most take internal remedies. Halls Ca
tarrh Cure is taken internally, and acts direct.
" on the blood and mucous surface. Ha,I's
0ssaFrh Cure Is not a eusck medicine. II was
prescribed by n Of the best physicians in
As country FOR years, and il a regular. pre-
serption, It Is composed of the best tonicu
known, combined with the best blood purifiers,
acting directly on the mucous surfaces. The
perfect combination Of the two ingredients Ia
what produces Buoh wonderful results in cur
ing catarrh. Send for testimonials, free.
RI. CHENEY 4 Co., Props, Toledo. O.
Seld by Druggists, price, 7Sc.
Nails Family Pills are The best.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-02-08
Two Women and a Deer in a Kitchen

A deer went into the town of Michi-
FAMINE and entered the kitchen OF
Peter Malway's house through an open
door. The animal upset a table, smash
I'D the dishes and nearly trampled up
IN Mrs. Midway and another woman
who was in the kitchen with her. At
Ter making a few plunges about the
room the deer got out and started for
the lake. q short distance away. 1t
antered q boat house through the front
loor and then leaped into the water.
rba deer was shot by Frank Goodroe
and Frank Muck. The animal was a
Ace and weighed 125 pounds dressed.
Chicago Record-Herald.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-02-08
~. ,rsAs 4hslr Heuae I'm . ss.,,..

TAe heroic oQues6EIah statue Of Rob
MT q. Lee. in Richmond, Va, is be-
seyed to have hundreds Of pounds of
Aoney concealed inside of 1t. For
months bees have been going In and
eut Of the parted lips Of both the hu-
nan and animal figure. The insects
we're first seen there last summer, and
doubtless have been making honey
syer since. There is NO way to ret
inside either figure without doing ir-
~aaparable damage, BUT fear is entar-
alned that vandal hands may make
tAAe attempt, {
The Opelousas courier., 1902-02-08
e. G. 8. SENT FREEl
Cures Elood and kin Diseases, Cancers,
Hone Pains, Itching Hurnors, Etc.

Cures Elcod and kin Diseases, Cancers.
Hone Pains, Itching Hurnors, Etc.
Send no money, simply try Botanic Blood
Balm as our expense. B. B. B. cures Pimples,
scahby, scaly, itching Eczema, Ulcers, Eating
sorsg, scrofula. Blood Poison, Bone Pains,
swellings, Rheumatism, Cancer, and all
Blood and Skin Troubles. Especially adj
vised for chronic caseJ that doctors, patent
medicines and Hot Springs fail to cure or
help. Druggists, 81 per large bottle. To
prove 1t cures, B. B. B. sent free by writing
Blood Balm Co., IL Mitchell St., Atlanta, Ga.
Describe trouble and free medical advice
sent in sealed letter. Medicine sent at once
prepasd. AL we ask Is that you will speak q
good word for 3. B. B. when cured.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-02-08
Beat For tho Rnuala-

No matter what ails you, headache to q
cancer, you will never get well until your
bowels are put right. CAsoARETs help nature,
cure you without q grippe or pain, produce
easy natural movements, cest you Just 10
cents to start getting your health back. Gas.
gAaETs Candy Cathartic, the genuine, put up
EaAampsd On 81, Beware Of limitations.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-02-08
THREE CHICAGO DOCTORS
Failed to Do for Hiss Mabelle L.
LaMonte What Was Accom-.
plished by Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.

BEAR Mrs. PNKHAMt-T was In
IN awful state for nearly three years
vita = complication of female troubles
Whioh threo physicians called bS diff
2ereat names, but the pains were ell
the aame. ! dreaded the time Of my
The Opelousas courier., 1902-02-08

Wheat, rye, turnips and fax are de.
creasing crops in Great Britain. Barley,
eats, potatoes and small fruits are on tbss
increase.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-02-08

The building with the largest stones
In the world is not in Egypt, but at
Baalbec, in Syria. The stones are
sixty feet lenv and twenty feet square.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-02-08

The world uses $500, GOO, 900 worth of cot.
ton goods in . year. OF this Great Britain
AAnufaetnrea sixty-six per cent,
The Opelousas courier., 1902-02-08

SEITS permanently cured. No Ats or nervous
esa CATER frSt days use OF DR.. Kline's Great
hgs Restorer. % atrial bottle and treatise free
81. III. KLINE. Ltd, 9s1 Arch ST.. PhilR. Pa.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-02-08

A German tourist in Korea writes that
the usual bill Of fare consists Of dog meat,
rice and beans.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-02-08
Nav Use Fer, RTorNv

! Nearly half o billion dollars worth OF seiIad
and torn bank notes is destroyed annually hV
cur government. They are reduced 10 nrIn1
and then used for making railroad car vhssjaF
This transformation is about Oh radical as III
ons brought about in the case OF sicklv peonis
Who will use HosIebter's Stomach Bittsra
Good health is sure to follow It's use. Be snro
% Try 1t. 1t viii cure Indigestion, dyspepsia'
constipation. biliousness and malaria
The Opelousas courier., 1902-02-08
Eczema md Teftar.

Eczo,na and letter are torturinsiy disgusS-
Ing ons ointment only cures than its rarls
Is Tetterine. SOC. a box by mail from :. T.
Shuptrine, Savannah, Ga, II your druggist
don't keep it.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-02-08

Tas loftiest tableland in the world in
That Of Assuay in the Andes.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-02-08

The number Of Government officials in
rance ID Als,o0o. Fifty years ago it was
The Opelousas courier., 1902-02-08

Isrequires no experience to dye with Pur.
sAK FADELEss DYES. Simply boiling your
goods in the dye is all that is necessary. Sold
by oil druggists.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-02-08

1fss. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
seething, soften the gums, reduces inhamms-
The Opelousas courier., 1902-02-08

The average monthly salaries of men
teachers In Illinois is sal 90, and Of women
ga 81,
The Opelousas courier., 1902-02-08

A well-known insurance statistician
of America states that the death rate
Of persons under twenty years, and
especially young children, is greater In
the United States than in most Euro
pean countries; but that after middle.
age Americans live longer.
The Island of Java, about 673 miles
in length and 125 miles in width, and
located only three degrees off the equa-
tor, has the distinguishing position of
supplying practically all the cinchona
bark from which the worlds supply
of quinine is made. There are about
$4,000 acres of this island used in
growing cinchona.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-02-08

Any man ran be rich In relatives with.
sus being relatively rich.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-02-08

Superstitious people consider it o bad
break to crack a looking glass.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-02-08

The smallest navy in proportion to
population is Mexico's- Twelve million
people are protected" by a ""feet' of
two dispatch vessels, two unarmored
gun vessels carrying one four-ton muz.
zle-loading cannon and four small
breech-loaders, and five second-class
torpedo boats. This fleet" is manned
by ninety officers and 500 men.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-02-08

Yiso's Cure for Consumption is an infallihls
msdicinefor coughs and colds.-N.W SAMUEL,
Ocean Grove, n. j.. Feb. II, 1900.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-02-08

The recent uncovering Of the shrine
not far from the banks of the Tiber,
where the Romans paid tribute to The
memory of the founder Of the Eternal
City, the twin sucking Of the she wolf,
may possibly inspire hopes that some
fortunate excavation of the future may
lay bare the molten image of "Hora-
thus, the Captain of the Gate" who
smote the great Lord of Luna, and
with Laritus, the proud Ramnian, on
his right hand, and strong Terminus
on his left, kept the bridge so valiant
ly in 'the brave days of old" Some
of these figures that loom large in the
twilight of history may have been real
men after all.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-02-08

The French Government proposes to
adept the novel experiment of .estab-
fishing and maintaining an industrial
college o. school at Philadelphia, for
the express purpose of teaching French
students American industrial methods.
This is the latest development in mod.
ern international competition. and it's
effect will doubtless be watched with
deep interest.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-02-08

No man Is so strong that he a at
ford to laugh at his own weaknesses.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-02-08

The man who IL sandbagged and robbed
q every penny is knocked centsless.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-02-08

Arrangements have been completed
for the purchase of about 435 acres
south of Indianapolis, Ind. OF which
new factories are to be located.
One hundred and twenty acres of the
tract are to be divided into twenty-four
factory sites, and the remainder into
building lots for employees. Ten fac
tories are to be the nucleus around
which others will gather. The promot-
ers Of the plan will give a guarantee
bond for 100000 that they will have
not less than ten factories, employing
not less than 1000 hands, in active op-
The Opelousas courier., 1902-02-08

when d man falls from grace he
aames II on the laws of grayitation,
The Opelousas courier., 1902-02-08

In nineteen years the electric light
ing industry has grown to where the
investment in plants in the United
States alone now reaches the enorm,
GUS sum of seven hundred million dol
lars, according to a very careful tabu.
lation made by The Electrical Review.
This extraordinary achievement repre-
sents a struggle with powerful and
well-organized competition of a long,
established industry-that of gas IL
Elimination. 1t is now n of the solid,
certain and remunerative industries Of
the country. According to the tabu.
lation made by The Review Illinois
heads the list in number Of separate
electric light stations, having 258,
against 228 in Pennsylvania, 204 in
New York and 1873 in Ohio. Pennsyl
yania has the largest capitalization,
however, her lighting plants being cap.
italized at a total of $110,0 08 600. New
York m next with $102, 056 900;
New Jersey, .s64,42s, 900; California,
$50.192,9 75; Massachusetts, $685..
600; Illinois, $40, 156, $50.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-02-08

The city Of Cleveland, On~ has ap-
pointed an official bacteriolc3i st. The
woes of it's inhabitants may be said
to be just about to begin. The a.,
coveries of this new officer will doubt
less enable their imaginations to run
u~nrestrained.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-02-08

France is in dead earnest about in
creasing her population. The Cham
Der of Deputies has voted urgently for
a bill making all marriage ceremonies
absolutely free of cost. No nation can
maintain itself as a great military
power without continual reinforce
ments of light infantry"
The Opelousas courier., 1902-02-08

The national park embracing the bat.
tlefield of Santiago, Cuba, may eventu.
ally prove to be one Of the most strik'
ing spots in the western hemisphere.
Whatever the future of Cuba, that area
will stand as the token of the depar.
ture of Spain from the new world and
of the intervention of the United
States to save a crushed people. The
field Of Santiago may some day become
a sort of Mecca to patriotic Cubans,
whatever flag floats over the execu,
tive headquarters at Havana. Gener.
al Woods action in securing posses.
sion Of this ground is in every way
commendable, and should be appreci'
ated by both Americans and Cubans
alike, remarks the Washington Star.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-02-08

Norway's population Is the smallest
in Europe compared with her area.
Each of her Inhabitants could have
forty acres of land, while the Briton
would have to be content with less
than an acre.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-02-08

The Paris correspondent of the Lon
don Lancet points out that, owing
chiefly to maternal ignorance as to
how to feed and otherwise take care
of babies. infant mortality still reaches
the enormous total of 167 per thou
sand.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-02-08

OF all the European countries which
enjoy representative government, but
four declined the bicarmeral system of
parliamentary construction. These
countries are Norway, Servia, Greece
and Bulgaria.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-02-08
G@<Sa
NSNGfNRCoMN9A1NNSS}W
-

There are notable exceptions to the
rule that the good die young" A
Pennsylvania clergyman has recently
died, after an active pastorate Of lev.
enty-fve years, at the age Of ninety:
six.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-09-26
"A STRANGER IN NEW YORK"

The attraction at the Theater next
Wednesday and Thursday matinee and
night will be two of Hoyt's greatest
comedies, "a Stranger in New York"
and "A Trip to Chinatown" Thursday
matinee and night the bill will be "a
Stranger in New York." and Wednes-
day matinee and night, "A Trip to
Chinatown" will be presented.
Both plays are replete with bright,
crisp and witty dialogue, rollicking,
catchy music, introducing everything
from up-to-date topical songs to oper-
attic selections, intricate dances and a
host of clever specialties. A complete
scenic equipment and an entirely diff
ferent set of music, songs, dances and
specialties are carried for each play.
The company is said to be a clever
one, and includes Jack Campbell, Will
liam Keller Mack, E. F. Beamish,
Percy Walling, Sylvia Starr, Katherine
Wells, Nellie Sennett, Molly Saylor,
Blanch Sharpe, Jessie Wallace, Louise
Leland and others. Seats will be on
sale Monday morning. Matinee prices
will be 10, 20 and 80 cents, and night
prices 10, 20, 80 and so cents.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-09-26
CITY BREVITIES.

Mr.. John r. Eason was Yesterday
elected a director in the Chatham Real
Estate and Improvement Company, to
fill the vacancy occasioned by the
death of the late M. ]. Solomons.
Andrew Ingleson, a white boy, 10
years old, was arrested yesterday for
stealing $40 from his father The
little fellow took the money in the
morning and spent about half of it for
toys. He was turned over to his father
for correction.
Miss Martha G. Backus, superintend-
ent of the Kate Baldwin Free Kinder
garten System, will be at the Phil
brick kindergarten on Jones street to-
day from ~ o'clock until 2, to receive
applicants for admission to the Train
ing School, and also to the Philbrick
kindergarten and primary.
The Chatham Artillery will proba-
bly, give it's minstrel performance at
the Theater on the night of Oct 20
There is an open date then. Oct. 20
falls on Monday, and on Monday
nights the military commands assem-
BILE. The Chathams will induce the
commanding officers to call off the
meetinSs.
A note from Mr.. A. ]. Clary of
Waynesboro states that the Morning
News quoted him incorrectly. What
he said was that the cotton crop of
Burke county would be upwards of 40.-
900 bales, and that Waynesboro would
receive 10000 bales. The Morning
News made these figures smaller but
is glad to know that Burke is going
10 make such a large crop Of the sta
Pile that high prices viii make money
plentiful with the people. and that
means good times with merchants.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-09-26
|A:B'CBoHEMz4x
Rich In the hop flavor. Brewery
The American Brewing Co.. Mo.
EXCURSION ON A. C. L.
Brought I'm 1,04O Passengers From
Montgomery and ThomasviIIe.

Montgomery and Townsville.
The Atlantic Coast Line brought in a
large excursion from Montgomery.
Thomasville and intermediate points
last night. The excursionists num-
bered 1910 and the great majority of
them are whites. 1t took two trains, in
all twenty-six coaches, to accommo-
date the crowd. One of these was the
regular train from Montgomery. with
additional equipment, while the second
was a special, operated from Thomas
vile.
Several hundred more passengers
would have been secured al that place,
it is stated, but for very heavy rains
The party from this point was in
charge of Mr.. T. j. Bottoms, travelling
passenger agent, while those that came
from Montgomery were taken care of
by Mr.. j. A. Taylor, also travelling pas
Senger agent. Tickets are limited to
Sunday. 1t is probable that a special
train to take a part of the crowd home
will be operated tomorrow morning.
This excursion is the last that will be
operated by the Atlantic Coast Line in
or out of Savannah this season, though
one will be operated from Tampa to
Jacksonville Monday. The season, as
has been stated, has been one of the
best, If not the best, in the history of
the road.
The merchants of the city will note
great impetus in their trade to-day, for
a great many of the visitors have come
to do their fall shopping.