davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Opelousas courier., 1902-09-27
Don'ts for Summer Boarders.

Don't ask for ice water. The we'll
water is as cold as any self-respecting
stomach will ask for. Don't expect half
a pint Of cream on 20 strawberries.
Cont ask for a glass of milk at every
meal. 1t is not good for you. One
i.ome-spun cow equals eight quarts of
milk, equals one quart of cream an,
three meals a day for eight people,
And where does the baby come in?
Cont ask for ice cream nine times in
seven days. The icehouse is four miles
away. Don't too many starched
things. Steam 1aundries are not found
on every farm. Don't think any old
thing will do to wear on the farm, but
don't dress" too much. Both ex-
Jremes are in bad taste. Don't imag-
inc that because country fare and
ways are different they r not so
good as city things you don't see or for
things out of season. It's two miles
to the store. Don't try to be a supe-
rior person. It may lead to mistakes.
Don't indulge in improving converse
tion-unless you need it. Don't sit
nm late or be late to meals. Both are
unsanitary. Don't complain because
there are no links; life is more than
golf. Don't ask for sterilized milk for
the baby-unless you bring your own
sterilizer. There are other "don'ts,'
but they can all be condensed into the
Golden Rule.-The Prophets Chamber
The Opelousas courier., 1902-09-27

! The marbleized American MOTEL, The
New Orleans Times-D Democrat says, is
not q delight under the most favorable
circumstances, and its plate mirrors
and barber shop furniture become IN
absolute horror when enc has liz con.
template the prices he is to lie charged
for the tawdry entertainment that is
furnished him. Why should caa saye
money throughout the year 70 spend it
In such miserable fashion? The mod
ern hotel proprietor is not above rob
ing his guest on such a petty detail rs
the laundry bill. 1t seems to be the
intention Of these people to make it
plain to the stranger that cleanliness
Is next to godliness' by making il more
expensive. Why should these hotel
rates have taken such IN advancet
The cost of living has advanced, It is
true, but there should still be hotels
at which persons not miIiionaires
should be permitted to stop.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-09-27
Big Truck; Little Load.

An auto truck capable of carrying
at least so tons rumbled out of
Broadway and into Spring street, and
all there was in it was a single sew
ing machine movement without its
table. Among those who observer its
burden and smiled was an old citizen,
who commented upon the e~xtravagant
waste Of energy.
There is power enough there to
run 5000 sewing machines, and a boy
could easily carry that one. 1t re-
minds me of the old story about A.
T. Stewart sending two men with a
two-truck to- deliver one little spool OF
cotton as a fine IMPLIED rebuke to a
wealthy customer who asked to have
the spool sent home and charged to
her account. New York Sun.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-09-27
S..
Winged Loiterers That Court Sunshine
The Monarch, Viceroy and Fritillary.

Winged Loiterers That Court Sunshine
The Monarch, Viceroy and Fritillary.
Of all the children of the air" that
gladden. the day, the monarch butter
fly is one of the most noticeable. Its
wings simmer like gold alleged with
copper, as it pursues its lazy flight in
the sunshine. The made monarch is
a true dandy and carries on each hind
wing a black sachet bag containing a
strong perfume, most attractive to the
other sex. The monarch is immune
from bird enemies; the callow bird
ling that takes a bite from it wipes
his beak in disgust, and forever al
ter connects the noisome taste with
orange wings-a too hasty conclusion
which the viceroy butterfly takes ad-
vantage, and, by donning the mon
arch's uniform, escapes scathless, al
though any bird might find it a beak-
some morsel.
Outlines the summer wayfarer notes
ahead of him in the country highway
a spot which seems a blotch of vivid
sunshine. AS he approaches it sud-
denly resolves itself into many CLINT
ing, yellow butterflies. These road
side butterflies are the most familiar of
all their kind, and are therefore the
widest known; however, few people
ever see them when they are green
caterpillars securely hidden among
the leaves of clover in the fields that
border the road. Perhaps it is the
utter retirement of the larval life that
makes the adults take to the road and
become such incorrigible tramps.
"The sign of the thistle" is a favor,
tie 1ounging place for many winged
1oiterers. Among these may be seer
a large, tawny butterfly with a wealth
of silver currency of dierent denom'
nations scattered over the lower sur
surface of his hind wings. The name
of this free coiner is the great span
gled fritillary. In all his arrogance
does he perchance remember when h
was a caterpillar feeding by night OF
the leaves of the modest violet, ant
hiding himself from sight during tn,
day? 1t were almost worth while tt
be a butterfly if thereby he might re
member all the experience stored VI
in two previous incarnations.-Coun
try Life in America.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-09-27
MODERN EGG COLLECTIONS.
Tremendous Cost Of Representative DIS"
plays To-day.


The collection of eggs as a fad as
old as the hills, and is as popular to-
dav as ever. In fact, of late years
the encroachments of Science upon
daily life have given a new zest to the
pursuit, and raised prices accordingly.
At one time a collection which in
Guided the common birds OF the State
or a division of the country was con-
sidered mon the first rank. To-day
such a collection would be laughed
at as a boyish plaything. The regular
collectors desire to represent every
leading member of the bird Kingdom
while several hundred purchase the
eggs of extinct and ever prehistoric
birds. The egg OF the great Northern
aux, which died out more than a NAH
century ago, is now worth anywhere
from $500 to $4,000. The egg of the
dodo. which lived formerly in NADIA
gascar. is worth several hundred do.-
lars. That of the dinoris, a giant
f~eathered creature of New Zealand, is
worth even more.
From these large figures the prices
run down very rapidly Those of the
eagle family are as a class the most
valuable. The golden eagles egg
brings $40, the bald eagles IT, the
great Swiss eagle So, the snow eagle
IS, the Greenland falcon So, the Louis
lana kite $40, the Filipino fish eagle
| $40. and the fish hawk 81. In fact, 1t
may be said that eagles eggs average
| ST. falcons eggs 81, hawks eggs s.,
owls eggs Sc, and kites eggs So. The
eggs of the grouse and partridge fam
ily are very pretty in their markings
and command good terms. They range
all the way from 6 cents for the egg
of a common rufled grouse up to that
of the Canadian grouse at 10 cents
There are 1870 humming birds whose
eggs are in the market, and although
the latter are scarcely larger h a
beans. they bring exceedingly gooC
prices, varying from % cents up to $40
The eggs of the duck and goose family
are not very high priced. The cheap
est is worth a single cent, while ont
species of the wild duck costs 30
There are said to be 100000 collector
in the United States, and the collec
tions-r from 1000 to 10000 eggs. L
a collection has less than a THOUSAND
eggs it is hardly worthy of the name
The smallest egg is that of the Contra
American humming bird, the size Of
pea. and the largest is that of an os
trich. The centre of the trade wa
formerly in New York, but it is so n
longer. The merchants say that tn
business has been broken up among
ffty cities.-New York Post.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-09-27
IT'S All in the Point of View.

It is interesting how ones w IN
terests govern ones view.
| was sitting behind a group of,
women on the train who were going
out to different suburban homes along
the line. During the forty or fifty
minutes on the train these women
discussed servants, their wages, their
habits, their virtues, their failings.
They told of their troubles; they dis
cussed the pantry at length; what
things were cheapest in the market,
what fuel was best to burn. Two or
three of them told complaining stories
of how hard life was when one couldn't
manage this or that in a house, and
all the rest Of it that goes with house
keeping.
Then a very well-dressed woman got
on the train and sat down. She laugh
ingly said to n of these women that
she had been at the dressmaker's for
two hours having different frocks
fitted.
When she left the train these women
said, with fine scorn: "She thinks of
nothing but dress. I wonder how any
one can waste so much time on such
a s~ubject?"
And the friend who sat with me
sighed as they all got out Of the train.
and said: mo wonder men get tired
of their wives if they talk to them
about nothing but cookery. Do they
never play golf or read a book?"
It's all in the point Of view!
You may be superior in one thing tc
your neighbor but make up your mine
that you've got something that youl
Eeighbor considers is inferior to her
Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-09-27
full aovers and precious plate. This 10

SuI MOWERS anQ precious pldLei A04s ~
the rule, whether the company be
small or large. Supper is served at 3,
when there are more guests: The IN
terval between the two evening meals
Is often spent by the kaiser with the
empress and their children, and to
Judge by the hilarious shouts which
are often heard from the apartments
where these little reunions are held
they must represent the simplest and
happiest mcpents, when this tremef-
dous worker allows himself.
1t is at dinner and supper that the
varied play of a many sided mind
stintillates from every faucet; The
emperor is distinguished among Ger
mans by his quickness of repartee, but
his conversational powers are in every
sense striking. Out of the fullness Of
his thought and knowledge he dis
courses with unhesitating and vivid
fiuency. But in the desire of his end
lessly receptive and assimilative mind
for fresh information he questions like
Napoleon. Human he is, in the old
phrase, and nothing human can be for
eign 10 him. When the cigars and
Munich beer are handed around, or
when he takes an exceptionally inter-
esting visitor aside, he reveals the life
of his imagination without restraint,
hover falling to learn something new
from any n who has a genuine idea
or a fresh fact to impart, but always
exchanging full value from his own
mental fund.
When the long day is over the cleo.
trio lamps rTon the kaiser's writing
table burn far into The night He
reads often by z shaded light till slum-
Der comes, and if he wakes with a
valuable thought, it is fixed there and
then, for paper and pencil are always
at his bedside.-His Quickness of
llepartee.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-09-27
Fire Signals.

Al o meeting Of Hope Hook and
Ladder Co No. !, held IN July 0,
1901. the town was divided into Fire
Districts and q Code of Signals was
adopted In order to facilitate the loo"-
ton Of fires in the future. The town
was divided as follows:
District No. ALI that portion OF
Aewn bounded north by Bellevue
street, west by Union street, south
and east by corporation line.
District No. ALI 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-The portion of town
living west of Union street, and south
Of Bellevue street, with the corpora
ton line as the south and west boun'
Diary.
District No. A-The portion of town
bounded on the south by Bellevue,
east by Union, north and west by oor'
poration line.
The Signals adopted were short taps
TO indicate the district III which the
fire is located, followed by a rapic
alarm, same to be repeated until gen
eral alarm is given.
To illustrate, should an alarm b.
sounded for District No. B, first three
taps, one, two, three, followed by rap
- ~ z,2 .on1of
The Opelousas courier., 1902-09-27

In France, more than anyM here else,
the science of economy is carried al
most to a fine art. The common sewer
rats of Paris are raised to clean the
flesh from bones that are to be used
In manufactures, but that must not be
boiled to clean them. When full-grown
rats are killed their furs are used for
fur trimmings. their skins for gloves,
their thigh bones for the highest grade
Of ivory toothpicks; their tendons
and bones are cooked down to make
those beautiful gelatine capsules which
our physicians often give us medicine
In, and their teeth are used for tipping
fine burnishers for bookbinders' use.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-09-27
saall-Ea.tng in England.

The statement at a meeting of b
British branch of the Church pastoral
aid society that poverty drives girls
TO collect and eat snails as food Is
based on a misunderstanding. Among
the poorer classes of the west coun,
try, writes q correspondent, snails are
esteemed as dainty and nourishing
eating. They are euphemistically
known as wall fish,
During the autumn and winter men
no from garden to garden collecting
enails for sale and food. The usual
mode is to boil the snails, and, crack.
ing the shells, TO eat them, spiced
with pepper and salt, with bread.
Their flavor Is very delicate. BY ath-
letes and ~footballers inheriting an.
Client ideas Of training they are speci.
ally favored as Strengthening the
.swind'' and stamina.
Indeed, the medicinal value oil
enailg In respiratory affections rests
on centuries Of belief. DR.. Bulleyn
court physician to Henry VIII, wrote
that "Snayles broken from theil
shells and sodden in whyte wine with
oyle and sugar are very wholesome
for straightnesse of the lungs and COLI
coslxh."-London Chronicle.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-09-27

Here is a Ease Of suicide or attempt
ed suicide on account OF a ludicrously
insufficient motive. The wife Of a
railroad fireman in a Pennsylvania
town was one of the candidates for a
rocking chair in a voting contest at a
ireman's fair. He began to think that
her chances of winning We're not
bright. So he shot himself. Asked why
he had done so, he answered: THAT
contest So trivial a matter had
added his brains.4 His case is II of
many, comments the New York Sun.
People rush out of life for anything
and nothing; drown, shoot. poison
themselves as easily for a war; as for
q cancer.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-09-27

Commercial relations between the
United States and 'esBBs>Aazs nq1pa PC
resumed with greater activity : bt
ever before. and apparently with gredS
er cordiality, During the year 1901,
Dur imports from Spain amounted to
$7,040, 75S, and our exports to that
country amounted to SIG, 7S5, I'll. With
a single exception the imports and *
ports were greater than in any pre-
ceding year.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-09-27
The kard's Request.

The number of imbeciles and idiots
faster than the general population.
Mr.. Alexander Johnson, superintend
ent of the Home for the Feeble-mind
ed at Fort Wayne, Ind. who has made
a lifelong study of such matters, says
that seyenty-five per cent. of these I'M
fortunates owe their defects to drunk
en- parents.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-09-27

In Amberg, Prussia, the mayor and
the overseer of the poor have been
sentenced to. three months imprison-
ment, with one fast day a week, for
allowing the sole inmate of the local
p%oorhouse to starve to death. They
plead that they did their duty under
the law, which only provided that the
unfortunate should be given lodging.
Sometimes it's best not to construe the
law literally.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-09-27
ACADEMY
OF 7EE- u.
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION,

OFELOUSAs, La.
Unasr the Direction OF the Sisters MszsaxIsas
Of Holy Gross.
oaers to young ladies every facility
for acquiring q thorough christian ed.
aeaflon. Constant attention is paid 20
nome and social culture. Lessons ara
given in music, painting and other
useful arts. The sisters also Asve
casrge OF the boys school. The course
O. instruction is two-fold-PSeparatorY
sno commercial. French Is taught In
sns Two ooHrsss. For particulars. I'd.
afess SISTER SUPERIOR
The Opelousas courier., 1902-09-27

Unquestionably an essential element
In business is a I,ell-lighted store or
Office. A gloomy roo is not a good
place in which to conduct commercial
transactions. Cheerfulness belongs to
business. There should be plenty OF
windows to admit the sunlight. ad-
vises Profitable Advertising, and for
the night there should be the best
appliances for the production Of arti.
Eicial illumination.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-09-27

| That cats can spread both scarlet
fever and diphtheria among humans
has been a well settled fact for some
time, and now it Is thought that chick
ems are often responsible for the pres
ence of diphtheria. In North Wales it
has been observed that several out
breaks of that disease Immediately fol
lowed an epidemic of "roup," which is
q fatal chicken disease.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-09-27
Queer Cause of Fright.

While Mrs. Luther Ahalt was on the
wagon assisting her husband to load
hay, She was so badly frightened by a
grounding which ner husband tossed
up on the wagon in q fork full of hay
that she fell off the wagon backwards.
She escaped injury.-Middletown (Md.}
Valley Register.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-09-27
Not So Tactless as That.

She-Mrs. Boreton called today and
I thought she would never go.
He-But you are so amisble, | sup
poee you never gave her the slightest
hint that you wanted her to go.
She-Indeed, | did not. If l had,
she'd be here noW.-Brocklyn Life.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-09-27
Town Residenca Sale

In q desirable neighHn Ope-
lousas, with an entirpf land
we'll shaded with livegnolias,
cedars, pecans, etc., squares
from the Courthousees from
High School, 2 squsi1atnoiio
Church and convent ID two
story, brick basemef ns, four
freplaces, out-buildl all up.-
der good fence. Wphsap for
cash, or part cash as on time
10 suit. Apply ct Il tt
The Opelousas courier., 1902-09-27
FOR SALE.

A house and lot in the town OF
Washington, La, in the square bound
ed by Carriore, Wilkins, Ewes and
Dupre. Frame building made OF
choice cypress, ceiled inside, weather
boarded outside, 2Oz30 feet. Will be
sold cheap for cash, or part cash and
balance on time to suit. For particu'
lars apply at the Courier Office, Ope-
Iousas, La. tt
The Opelousas courier., 1902-09-27

rt In often difficult to distinguish BE-
tween d peacemaker and . busybcdy.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1902-03-19
A CRITICISM OF PROF. MALLY.

Mr.. j. A. ID. Robinson asks the
Eagle to print the following article
which he recently wrote for Texas
Farm and Ranch, and which was
published in Farm and Ranch last
week. Mr.. Robinson says his only
desire in the matter is TO correct
ERRONEOUS impressions:
Editor Farm and Ranch:-I clip
the following from a recent issue Of
Farm and Ranch, concerning Prof.
Mally's lecture on the boil worm,
as reported in the Paris News:
"He touched upon the ruthless
killing Of birds, and urged the
passage Of laws prohibiting their
destruction. He was asked if quails
were destructive TO insects and AN.
swered in the affirmative. They
are more destructive than any other
Of the feathered tribe"
Now / would like TO take issue
with Prof. Mally on this statement
regarding quail being destructive
TO insects. am a farmer and have
been a personal observer Of quail
and their habits for the past thirty
years. During that time | have
melted and shot, cleaned and
dressed ten thousand Of these birds.
From this experience / ought TO
have learned something about what
the quail feeds on, and | have
done so. l am prepared TO state,
therefore, from personal knowledge
that the quail is not a bug-eater, or
q worm eater. II feeds upon pure
vegetable food-seeds, grass and
grain. / will give 81 for every
partridge Mr.. Mally will bring or
sond me with a bug or worm in its
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1902-03-19

wass ~ Lea. y G.. March lS-pr
{ rsycc. one % the state board %
ueltcal examiners, and his entire Am.
ia vrrc Ia. So7ei here from coffee and
bash costa .n.ng arsenic put there oy q
ucgro 1riter. who bad olten threatened
q rH Ire nes0o nurse. Quick Aa
save. DE ~ soned family. al oi shom
we7e seriously il The negro Is IN
al and coafesset tAat ae put the pOi-
-, 10 tae codee and hash. bat only
o. Ri re oii nurse Nh0 had con
5lrrl" Rim
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1902-03-19

South McAlester, |. T.. March Is
Two men were bound over here In
$1,000 on n charge OF burglarazlng the
postofce NJ Hollcman the 10th instant.
II tranfplred tAai the two men were
dccoyed into the robbery by the United
States ollcer through a confederate.
The oticer had hauled a safe to Hole
man, pat United States mail in Il 10
make the ocense aggravated and the
0llcderatc hirVd the team and stood
quart tor the dupcs as they walked
.nto lec trap set Cor them.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1902-03-19
KIiIsd By = shock.

Crockett Tex. March ls.-About
ten miles north Of here Jim Barrow
was shot and Instantly killed by John
Hearn. Mrs. Hearn was so shocked
by the tragedy that she dropped dead
almost as soon as Barrow was shot.
The cause OF the killing was that
Hearn objected to Barrow's attentions
TO his young daughter.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1902-03-19

"a. sAls 81 s.sa,a severely ssssis'ss
us Aakis

seea,a. Tex. March iS-0enera'
John n Gordon had the misfortune
OF falling In front OF the Grand Cen
tral hotel In this city Monday, severely
and painfully sprlning his ankle lie
filled his engagement. however. n,
night In his lecture on The Last Days
OF the Confederaey.
Hundreds attended the reception
rendered him by Senator Dibrell and
wife Owing to the accident he was
compelled TO sit during the greater
part OF the reception.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1902-03-19

81 Paul Marea t>-rhe great blis.
tard Nhlch has rsSed over the pakotas
and Manitoba since last FRIDAY has
subsidized but intensely cold. the Their,
womster ranging from 10 70 10 below
gsra Win the subsidSncc * the
s,erm the railroads are bsndiak their
t.erg.ss % again open their lines Tor
Jrsfc and immense rotary sno~ ple~s
sr1 sasSs 1f meR sith pick sad shovel
sre stt8ckns the mountainous lrftS
tNst e.c>k enc tracks.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1902-03-19

Beaumont. Tex March ls-Mrs.
Daniel McGary. aged 20 years. wife Of
Uncle Daniel" McGary. the Oldest
and best known newspaper man Ia
Texas. died a. the family residence In
North Beaumont Monday night from
pneumonia She vas the mother Of
Samuel II McGary editor % the Jour
nAl and leaves several other grown
children in the state.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1902-03-19
s.. lou. No, R..pan.lsl..

81 Louis. March lS-Circult Judge
Fisher has decided that the city Is not
responsible for damages In the deaths
OF the thirteen children who died some
time ago from tetanus. caused by the
administration o. anti-toIlne procured
from the board OF health. Judge Fisher
holds that the city acted FOR the state
OF Missouri. which cannot be held LA
BILE