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The Opelousas courier., 1902-08-02
How to Train a Calf.

Some of our advanced dairymen diff
fer greatly in their opinions on how to
manag the calf Immediately after
birth. One man says: l prefer to take
the calf away as soon as born rather
than be troubled caring for sore teats
Of the cow. Use for convenience n
shallow and narrow metal pail, milk
ing for a large calf three quarts, for a
small calf about two quarts OF mix.
Then, after gently caressing the calf,
stroke the neck Or back with the hand,
OF, talking kindly to it, place the milk
under Its nose and the fingers touching
the lips, but not in the mouth; soon it
will begin to try to get hold OF your
fingers; then gently push its nose down
into the milk, and in it's efforts to get
hold of your finger it will get a taste
Of the milk and is very apt to drink.
A little patience and kindness will
meet with success. After it has been
taught to drink you will find 1t much
better to always place it in a stanchion
at feeding time and let it remain there
a short time after it gets through eat
ing, so that it will not form the habit
Of sucking the other calves ears. Some
others prefer to let the calves remain
with their mothers until they are three
Or four days old. Probably the latter
has more followers than the former. 1t
is evident that either proceeding gives
good results and may be adopted with
out detriment to the future welfare OF
tho cows,-Colman's Rural World.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-08-02
DOdging an Avalanchs.

Orders were given last week by the
'oeal council at Bleiberg to the peas
ants near that place to remove all out
q objects and to descend to the next
Village in expectation OF the fall Of q
aWine. The peasants objected to this
ind mi OF them, a miner, named Tai
"a. refused to leave until 3 o'clock in
The evening, when a rumbling above
frightened him.
With a child in his arms he began
% descend In the darkness, but was
taught by the first lawine, which
Knocked him down and rolled the
child down the hill. After finding 1t
with difficulty he looked round for
ais wife and baby, who were nowhere
within call. A rescue party of half
i-doZen men, after much digging,
!ound the woman alive and breathing,
utter being twenty minutes under the
snow.
The men had scarcely reached the
village, when the second lawine came
numbering down. Since the catastro-
phe of 1879 the cottages have been re-
moved some distance to the right OF
The mountain.-London Telegraph.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-08-02
WHY WE RESEMBLE ROCKS.
Points of Similarity Between Hnman
and Feathered Bipeds.

Points of Similarity Between Human
and Feathered Bipeds.
He was standing in the rear end OF
4 car. where all are friends In tho
common misery Of having their toes
trod on or hats crushed in.
I'm from England" he said, ad-
dressing nobody in particular and
apropos Of nothing, "and l want to
tell you people that we are only a
lot of rocks. Say, did you ever watch
= colony Of rocks build their nests In
the spring?"
Everybody looked reiectively away.
well, I'll tell you. First a rock
picks up a stick and puts 1t in his
nest, then goes away after another
one. When he's gone another rook
flies to his nest and steals the stick.
When he gets back he puts down the
second stick, for still another rock to
steal, and starts after the first STICK.
He doesn't find 1t, and when he gets
hack to his nest he finds the second
stick gone, and he starts after that,
Ecolding aind swearing in rock fash
lon.
by this time the other thieves have
been robbed, too, and it only takes
about three sticks to go around the
community and get the whole blamed
colony pow-wowlng. Say, amt tha'
human nature?"
Everybody looked away refectively
New York Press.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-08-02
MEDICAL EXAe PRINTING
Of the United States Treasury BRANCHES
mends THE
Nae
TbeWornenA Also Recon-
mend Pe-ru-na.

Miss Blanch Grey, TIA AlsSama street
Memphis, Tenn, q society woman OF Mem
phiss, writes: u, vbose nervous
force is often taxed to the utmost from
lack of rest and irregular meals l know OF
nothing which is of so much benent as re
runa. I took it a few months ago When 1
felt my strength giving. away, m II soon
stsepet ham and health."-Miss Blanch Grey;
Mrs. X. Schneider, 2409 Thirty-seventn
Place, Chicago, ILL.,, writes:
after taking several remedies without
result | began last year to take your VAN.
able remedy, Peruna. ! was a complet
wreck. Had palpitation of the heart, colo
hands and feet, female weakness, no appe9,,
lite. trembling, sinking feeling nearly an
the time. You said l was suffering WIZ
systemic catarrh, and l believe that l re
ce;ved YOUR help in the nick of time. L fol
. lowed your directions carefully, and car
say to-day that | am well again. canno'
thank YOU enough for my cure.
Peruna cures catarrh wherever located
Peruna is not a guess nor an experiment.
it is an absolute scientific certainty: re
runa has no substitutes no rivals. 1nsis'
upon having Peruna.
A free book ,rrttten by DR.. Hart
man, on the subject Of catarrh tn tfs
different phases and stages, "ttt DC
sent free to any address by The Pc
1.u4,a Medicine Co., Columbus, Ohio
Catarrh is a systemic disease curab!'
only by systemic treatment; A remed!
! that cures catarrh must aim directly at tn
| depressed nerve centres. This is what Pc
| runa does. -.
If you do not derive prompt and salts
factory results from the use OF Peruna
write at once to DR.. Hartman, giving
full statement of your case and he will b
pleased to give you his valuable adVlc
gratis. IT.
Address DR.. Hartman, President OF In
I Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, v.
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Novel superatftion.

"some time ago." says a conductor,
Il was doing some short runs on the
Midvale avenue branch. A man got in,
and I spotted him by chance, and no.
ticed that his eyes glistened as he
gazed UP at the register at the front.
1t stood at 1897. His fare ran 1t up
to 1898. He gave a start when an
other passenger got in and the bell
announced 8.999. You know we pick
up but few from here to the Ridge. /
watched him. He was awfully nervous
He moved and twitched and once
changed sides. Well, we stopped at
the end of the route. and still the
register said 8,999. He came up to me,
handing me a nickel, and said: Ring
that up why, you paid me- I said.
Finally he coaxed me, telling me it
was for luck. / rang up 5000, and he
got off the a as happy as a big sun
flower. / have learned since that it's
considered lucky to be IN a car when
the register shows a combination end
ing In three naughts. It's a new
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Record.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-08-02

A Milwaukee divine tells this stoT
On himself:
In a celebrated Eastern theological
seminary it is, or was, the practice of
The faculty to require the students to
take turns in delivering sermons. a
custom, by the way, to which, as a
rule. the young aspirants for eccle-
siastical honors did not take kindly.
Among those who attended the
school was a young mar who now oc-
cupies the pulpit Of a well-known
Methodist church on the East Side,
who. however, formed an exception TO
he rule above mentioned.
In the course Of time 1t came his
surn to speak. He prepared his dis
,ourge with great care, and when Sun
day arrived he acquitted himself
handsomely, everyone present listen
ing TO his words with marked atten-
ton.
At the conclusion Of his remarks enc
II the professors mounted the rostrula
and announced the hymn:
"Hallelujah, tits done.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-08-02
Ducks Against Mites.

One of ny neighbors told me a few
years ago that ducks would rid our
premises of mites. AS we had old
buildings infested with mites, which
kept me oyerworked in summer III Or
der to raise any poultry at all, con-
Guided to try the plan. Accordingly l
bought 40 duck eggs, Matched l47 OF
them and raised 40 ducks, which l
drove into the henhouse every night as
soon as they were well feathered, and
never saw a mite that year. The
following year / raised thirty-fve and
housed them the same way until they
were ready to pick, and I did not have
any mites until late in the fall. AS
soon as I discovered some I drove the
ducks into the poultry house to sleep,
and in a short time l could not find a
mite.
I often caught some of the ducks in
the morning to examine them, and
found their beautiful white feathers
covered with the little pests of all
sizes and colors, which made me feel
guilty of cruelty to animals at first,
but when I looked deeper into the
thick, creamy down not one OF the in
sects could be seer near the body, and
when they came up at night with no
mites to be seen / was convinced b a
the down and feathers were too thick
and oily for mites to penetrate, and
that they were very 0 o bathed OF
the outer plumage.
1 am SO pleased with my success that
I expect to try ducks again, for ! found
a few mites last summer, and 1t re.
auires no more labor to raise them
than to battle against the mites, and ii
certainly Is much pleasanter and il
profitable. / am not prepared to keel
them through the winter, SO / buy egg:
Of ~neighbors and get them off early
enough to pick them twice and sci
them in full feather the last of DC
tober. The first year I sold them TO
Eve times the amount / paid for boil
eggs and feed, but did not do SO wei
the next year because the eggs Wer
higher and did not hatch SO WELL
Mrs. Shannon Staten, in Poultr
Farmer.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-08-02
MARK TWAIN AND HIS "ENeiNE''
Unique Method nf Propulsion ON the
Nssaa,aasrpS Rtvar

Unique method nf Propulsion on the
Mississippi River.
Captain Thomas Bixby, under whom
Samuel L. Clemens-Mark Twain
served as pilot and engineer on the
old Mississippi river boat Swallow,
has given in a New Orleans paper the
following description of the engine of
the Swallow:
"The craft was a little, shaky af-
fair. which piled between st. Louis
and Cairo. It had a stern Wheel a
place for freight and passengers, a
pilot house and a place on what may
be called the pilot deck for the en-
CINE.
That engine went aboard when It
was needed, and only then. It burned
no wood or coal, but ate a powerful
sight of grass. 1t was a large gray
mule named Jerry, which worked q
treadmil1 that propelled the boat.
Samuel Clemens was chief engineer
and pilot.
Tie had a system Of signals which
was effective and ingenious. BY pull
Ing a cord he could raise a head OF
cabbage just out Of reach of the mule.
The engine would start and begin
to walk after it, and the boat foated
ma1estically down or up the river, as
the case might be.
"WitnoGs desiring to be personal, ]
viii say that Jerry was N OF the
most intelligent animals I ever met,
His voice was more on the order OF q
fog horn than a whistle, being toe
much of a barytone for the latter,
When Samuel wanted to whistle for q
landing he just hit Jerry with a stick.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-08-02
Carefully Watch the Sheep.

Sheep are subject at all times to
attacks of ticks and lice. Wherever
these animals are kept there should be
a dipping tank ready for use at any
time. At sheaying time the ticks leave
the sheep and pass to the lambs. TSE
lambs should then be dipped. There
should h frequent examinations of
the foc't to note it's freedom from YER
min, ar,A the trouble f%orestalled by dip
ping, # any trouble is apparent. No
aochtkan thrive while it's members are
infei5ed by parasites. o
The Opelousas courier., 1902-08-02

DR. LLEWELLYN JORDAN, Med'cai
- Examiner of the U. s. Treasury De
partment, graduate Of Columbia College
and who served three years at West Folnt'
has the following to say of PeHuna:
s.Allow me to enpr'ess "a gratitude
to vo,s for the benefit derived rom
vour evorderJpL remedy. One short
month has brought forth q v@st
change, aud L now consider myself
q acelI man after months OF suffer-
ina. Fellow sufferers, Per'IfaG "tII
care yOU."
Peruna Immediately invigorates the
nerye-centres which give vitality to the
mucous membranes. Then catarrh dlsap'
pears. Then catarrh is permanently cureo
The Opelousas courier., 1902-08-02
The Butler Learned the secret.

"a well-known London newspaper
offered a neat sum for an important
political secret in 1893. and the man
who secured the sum was a butler.
He happened to be standing behind
Mr.. GIadstone's chair at dinner and
overheard the great statesman Whis-
per TO his host that he intended to
retire from public life-a thing thu
nation never dreamed of at that mo
ment. The butler knew the secret
was worth money, and the next dag
the journal brought out n OF it
greatest scoops by the exclusive Pill
lication Of this statement,
The Opelousas courier., 1902-08-02
SONG.

The sun. and the sea. and the wind,
h wave, and the wind and the sky,
We are off to a magical Ind,
My heart, and my soul, and /;
Behind us the isles OF despair
And mountains of misery lie,
We're away, anywhere, anywhere,
My heart, and my soul, and [.
O islands and mountains of youth,
o land that lies cleaning before,
Life is love, hope and beauty, and TRUTH
We will weep DER the past no more.
Behind, are the bleak falloW years,
Before, are the sea and the sky,
We're away, with a truce to the tears,
My heart, and my soul, and l.
Robert Loyeman, in Frank Leslie's Pop
ular Monthly.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-08-02
Farm Topics
Skimmilk For Calves.

The cost of feed for a skimminS
calf raised to six months old was about
SO, as determined by the Nebraska
experiment station. Where a market
for butter is accessible even COWS
with a beefy tendency can be MIXED
with profit and their calves raised
with little cost OR work. The station
believes it may be safely concluded
that by careful feeding good steers
can be raised on skimmilk, using
ground feed to replace the loss of
butter fat.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-08-02
~
Strengthening Fence.

~oard and other fences often become
weakened by age that the cattle are
constantly breaking through. A single
strand of barbed wire will do much to
protect such a fence, If put in the right
place. Nail the brackets to the middle
The Opelousas courier., 1902-08-02

of the posts inside the fence every few
rods, Stretch the wire from the end
of the brackets as shown in the cut.
An animal can hardly touch the fence
without feeling the barbs, hence they
will keep at a distance.-Wm. l. Sim
mons. in The Epitomist.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-08-02
acy..I..s ana 1.g.sa warned.

The church in Bueeken, q German
village OF about 1000 inhabitants, has
q notice board which bears the follow
ing legend in large letters: Cyclists
and hens are forbidden to wander
around the churchyara.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-08-02

'tI enclose Soc. in stamps. Mail me one or
two boxes of Tetterine, whatever the price;
it's all right-does the work. - VIM.
SchWarz, Gainesville, Texas. Soc. a box by
mail from J. 7. shuptrine, Savannah, Ga,
il your druggist don't keep it.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-08-02

WI take pleasure in calling attention 20
the advertisement in another column OF
Southern Dental College, Atlanta, Ga. We
recommend this as one of the best dental
colleges in the country. Thoroughly equip
ped In every way.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-08-02
An Ex Chief Justices opinion.

Judge 0. z. Lochrane, of Georgia, In a
letter TO DR.. Biggers, states that he never
suffers himself to be without q bottle of DR..
Biggers' Hucklsberry Cordial for the relief Of
all boweltroubles, Dysentery, Diarrhea. etc.
Sold By all Druggists, 25 and Soc. bottle.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-08-02
re. Auen,s Fcot-Ease.

Il Is the only sure for Swollen, smarting,
Tired, Aching, Hot, Sweating Feet, Corns y
Bunions. Ask for Aliens Foot-Ease, Q poWaer
wall. AL ali Druggists and shoe Stores, 25c:
Don't accept any substitute. Sample sent
FnEE. Address. Allen s. olmsted, LeRoy, MI.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-08-02

FITS permanently cured. No fits OF nervous.
ness after frst days use Of DR.. Kline's Great
NeryeRestorer. S2trfal bottle and treatisefEee
DR.. R.H. KLINE, Ltd, 831 Arch st., Phiia., Pa.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-08-02

People ought TO air their opinions 70
keep them from getting nnusty.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-08-02

Oak lumber loses twenty per cent. of Its
weight in process of softening, n over
thirty per cent. when perfectly dry.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-08-02

The world ii always suspicious OF
rat philosophers.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-08-02

Halls Catarrh Cure is a liquid and is taken
internally, and acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces OF the system. WriSe
For testimonfaig free. Manufactured by
3. J. CHENEY q Co., Toledo, Q.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-08-02
supreme Court sustains the Foot-Ease
Trade-MarR.

justice Laughlin, In Supreme Court. Buff
Rslo, hes just ordered q permanent iniunc-
Fion, with costs, and a full accounting OF
sales, to issue against the manufacturer of
der and also against q retail dealer. re-
straining from making or selling the same.
which is declared, in tho decision of the
Court, an imitation and infringement Of
1TooT-EAsE, , the powder to shake into your
shoes. Allen S. olmsted, of lie Roy, N. Y.
Al the owner of the trademark s'EooT-EAsP.1
The decision in this case upholds his trade
mark and renders all parties liable who
~frandulently attempt to place upon the
market a spurious and similar appearing
preparation, labeled and put up in envelopes
and boxes like FooT-EAsE.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-08-02

sure Piso's Cure for Consumption saved
nv life three years ago.-Mas. IHoAAs o 9
The Opelousas courier., 1902-08-02

Mrs, Winslow'g Soothing Syrup forohildrsa
teething, soften the gums,
tfon. allays pain cures wind collie. 26c. abottie
The Opelousas courier., 1902-08-02

Falling in love is much more pleasant
than to have q falling out.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-08-02

The fatterer often gets the reputation Of
being q delightful conversationalist.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-08-02
wow he worked II

II don't see why they cali you the
.,or ~boarder," complained the fellow
.vho always got the wins.
aThat's easy" replied the other, in
II copyrighted superior style. Il Just
su,nkIe-twinkle, and the landlady
soesn't know what l am and lets me
~say on blind faith"
The Opelousas courier., 1902-08-02

The record aurora borealis lasted tor 0
week, in August, 1859.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-08-02

The two tunnels most needed in Europe
row are for the Caucasus and the Pyre.
nees.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-08-02
Tettsrina i'm Taxas.

Kansas has 600 more miles of railroad
than the State of New York.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-08-02

The milk Of human kindness isn't put up
in hotties.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-08-02

The man who is a failure is apt to think
that success is accidental.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-08-02

was dlSpeIleQ INC leduSfS, lecIlAS Tic
strong panels of the narrowing wings
of the muster yard, showed disposition
to lib and contest the ground. The
forward ones being blocked by The in
creasing jam, the rear ones were left
10 battle. The stockmen pressed for
ward and precipitated the fray by at
lacking the stubborn ones, which were
rapidly worked into a mood for any
sort of encounter.
In less than ten minutes from the
first halt and onslaught. a terrific bat
tie was being fought in which brumby
assaulted and fought horse and rider
The prairie-bush steeds bit, kicked
stood upon their hind legs n WITH
their front feet paved with a deter
mination and intelligence which seem
ed human. These we're critical times
which imperiled the lives of the at
lacking party, but after an hour o.
this mixed combat, the bulk OF the
fractions quadrupeds were crowded in,
10 the stockpen and safely yarded.
Three hundred and forty-two," an
nounced Tom McCurdy and he stood
on his saddle and counted the herd.
Then me company took stock o
accidents and bruises. Elsas SaVye
had q fractured thigh, three horse
were injured about the neck and shout
ders, and one dog-a worthless cur
trampled beyond recovery. Mino
bruises and sprained limbs made u
the remainder of the casualties, say
for q piece which a fighting hors
had bitten from the muscles of Sir
Wilson'S Notwithstanding Magazine
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1902-11-12
PUBLIC SALES.

Made by Capt. A. c. Kidd, Nov.
7th, for John Daniel, West Bend,
Powell county. Fat hogs, weight
$50 lb. at $l5.25 per head; brood
SOW, 160 lbs, SLIPS; shoats, 20
lbs, $3.50 per head; poland china
boar 1925; seven-year-old saddle
mare, $500; one yearling heifer,
$1775; 8 yearling steers, 750 lbs,
$4,000 per head one 3-year-old
COW and calf, $3.50; corn per bar
rel, $2.05 in crib; chickens sold at
$4,000 per dozen. This was strict
ly cash sale.
Capt. A. C. Kidd sold on Satur-
day, the Sth instant at public out
cry at Levee, the William Shouse
residence property and II acres
of land to George w. Mccormick
for $1,610. Possession given Dec
ember 1st.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1902-11-12
Tobacco Growers in Convention.

The Kentucky Tobacco Growers
Association held its fourth conven-
ton at the courthouse in Lexing-
ton, Ky, on Nov. 6. About 12O
delegates were present, represent
ing twenty-four counties. Mr..
James M. Gaunt presided at both
the afternoon and night sessions.
The meeting was business nature,
the further organization of the as
sociation in the Burley tobacco
growing counties being its object.
When formally incorporated the
organization must have forty thou
sand members, all growers of white
Burley, and it will be capitalized
at one million dollars. The mem
bers, whether or not stockholders,
pledge themselves to sell only to
the association, which agrees to
pay prices considerably in excess
of those paid by the so-called
trust. By the contract, which
forms the basis for the organiza-
tion, the producers will have a ma
jority on the Executive Board and
will be able to fix the prices which
shall be paid for the tobacco.
1t is expected that the forty
thousand signers required will soon
be secured and the organization
perfected.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1902-11-12
Killed.

A letter from Miss Eva Bruton,
Chicago, says that in the Marshal
Fields & Co.'s store where she
clerks, an elevator boy In some
way lost control of the elevator at
the eighth floor as it was going up.
1t sped to the 18th. floor, striking
with such force as to break the
cable; then terrible crash came
as it fell 13 stories. How many
persons were killed and injured she
did not know as the accident was
as much as possible, kept secret.
She saw two dead bodies removed.
Many women clerks, including
Miss Bruton tainted and for time
there was much excitement.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1902-11-12
HAZEL GREEN ITEMS

Oscar McNabb bought of Burns
Kash his farm, one mile north of
Hazel Green, for $4,000 cash.
Taylor johnson, who left here
two months ago for Kansas, is now
en- route for "My Old Kentucky
Home"
Mr.. Rittenhouse, of the Ritten-
house Camel Coal Co., bought of
Uncle Harry SwangO his celebrated
mineral springs and thirty acres of
unimproved land, and will at once
begin the erection of flrst-class
modern hotel, cottages, ETC., and
lay off the grounds with view of
making the place summer resort.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1902-11-12
One of Bryan's Intentions.

William j. Bryan, puts forth a
somewhat novel proposition edito-
rally in the Commoner, for speak
ing as newspaper editor, he de-
mands that newspapers throughout
the county be prohibited by law
from guessing at the returns of
elections, before election day. He
demands that this species of public
forecast violates the lottery laws.
He says that it is incumbent upon
the post Office department to stop
the practice and delares that if the
department will not act, he will
appeal to the nexfCongress.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1902-11-12
To the Public.

The readers of the MT. STERLING
ADVOCATE in Montgomery, Bath,
Clarke, Bourbon, Powell, Wolfe,
Morgan, Breathitt and all the
world are asked by us to stop at
the Leland Hotel when in Lexing-
ton. Tell the proprietor you saw
this ad in our paper.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1902-11-12
Wins Democratic Nomination fol
Circuit Clerk.

At Democratic precinct con-
ventien at Frenchburg, Menefee
county, Mat Hackney defeated
doc" Hicks for the nomination
Circuit Court Clerk.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1902-11-12

You may never get hurt; hope
you won't; but, wouldn't you feel
Va great deal better to have an ac-
cident policy paying from $5 to $25
week if you were so unfortunateI
Rates cheerfully given by
II. G. HOFFMAN,
49-tf Mt Sterling, KY.