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The Opelousas courier., 1903-08-01

For several years 1t has been custom.
airy in Athens to celebrate the anniver.
sary Of certain events in the Greek
war for independence. For more than
twenty-five years no veteran has been
present On the recent anniversary
Of Maniots. q veteran appeared leaning
On q cane. His name Is Colonel Nav.
royeni. He was born in the island OF
Peros January 20. 179S. He was just
terminating his medical studies In
Paris when the war for independence
broke out. He Immediately proceeded
to Greece and took part In several
To-day he Is able to read and
write without ~spectacles, and. aside
from lEfreGuent attacks OF rheuma.
tism. which merely cause him to en-
plcy . cane. he is said to possess the
Of q mar Of twenty. A sister
MayFroyeni died the other day at the
lge of 1i5. he has i 6rm conviction
'hat "A WI uye just q long.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-08-01
MORRIS MAGUlRE:
p T.

S1l11l II4G Il
} bark to the story of Morris Mcguire,
Who fed upon bacon in front of a fire.
| Who sat in the kitchen on purpose to be
Prepared on the spot for his dinner and
tea.
He slept in the parlor, SO people declare.
To save him the trouble of climbing the
stair.
he sat on the ~softest of cushions, it's said,
With one for each elbow and one for his
head,
And where is the creature, I beg to IN
quire,
50 fond of his comfort as Morris Mcguire?
CHAPTER II.
But sorrow will come from a habit like
And Morris grew Stout may even say
fat.
Each night he grew broader, each morning
more round,
Fill truly his figure was one to astound,
And what was his horror to find as he
grew,
The doors were too narrow to let him 60
through.
And so, like a captive, he sat in his room,.
Zoo fat to get out. What a terrible doom!
And did he escape? Well, | never quite
knew.
But what a sad story-supposing it's true!
New York Herald.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-08-01
pogs in the German Army.

New instructions have been issued
to the German army regarding the
employment Of dogs in field service.
Every infantry company must have at
least two thoroughly trained dogs, but
every battalion is not to have more
than twelve. They must be thorough
breds and of the best pedigrees. Hith-
erto Airedale terriers have been used,
but experiments are being continued
with German bird dogs. Provision is
made for the training Of the dogs. to
begin at the earliest age possible in
doors and later in the field, where a
dog must intelligently understand or
ders, like going forward to a vedette
post of returning to headquarters;
must give warning of the approach of
and must keep absolutely
quiet at a whispered command to do
so. The chief service of the dogs Is
up rapid communication be-
tween the vedette posts themselves
and also the posts and headquarters.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-08-01
Household
D :
MATTERS
Soap and Gasoline

The best way to clean a wash silk
waist is to wash it in a suds made Of
benzine or gasoline and a white soap.
After the garment is clean it should
be thoroughly rinsed in fresh benzine.
No pressing will be needed as a result
of the washing, but if the silk is
wrinkled it should be ironed with a
warm 1atiron after it is dry. A hot
datiron must not, Of course, be put on
goods wet with such fluid. The rinsing
liquid may be saved for another occa-
sion, providing it Is allowed to settle
and is then drained from the sedi-
ment. Delicate fabrics may be cleaned
in this way.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-08-01
Desirable Pottery,

Among our most desirable American
lotteries Dedham is noted for its beau.
tiful soft grayish white color, its bold
crackle, and for its decoration In soft,
subdued hue. A rabbit border COM
bined with suggestions of tree stumps
or little bushes is a very striking eff
feet among its latest showings In
plates and cups and saucers for table
use. Among the decorative pieces a
dark green and a dull gray vase are
very interesting, while another Is de.
cidedly brilliant from the strong red
and yellow that mingles with its grays
and browns. This Dedham is the
American Chelsea Of old That changed
Its name when it removed from n
Massachusetts town to the other.
Even the prevailing craze for candle
sticks fashion has a correct mode for
their use. Those Of brass, copper or
bronze are considered the most desira.
bic for the hall. Delft or faience for
the drawing room; in the dining room,
silver or glass; in the boudoir, most
deliberately beautiful affairs of gold,
porcelain or china; for the bedroom
dressing table, tall silver or china
shapes, and on the bedside table, that
holds the carafe of iced water, a low
silver or china candlestick, with It's ex-
tinguisher and silver match safe. Thus
while the ~candlestick has a place In
room of the modern house, its
form and make expresses its use
Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-08-01

It Is said that the Minnesota, the
new monster freight carrier built for
the Pacific trade, draws SO much water
that she cannot enter any of the greater
As1atic ports except Hong Kong. The
extraordinarily deep waters Of Puget
Sound make it easy to load her to her
full capacity at the terminal points of
the Northern Pacific railways, but her
usefulness will be much impaired if
she cannot enter the shallower bays
and estuaries of Japan and China.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-08-01
For a GirI,a Room.

In furnishing her room a girl should
bear in mind that quality, not quantity,
Is the keynote to beauty. She should
decide on a color scheme and stick to
it, or If she departs slightly from it,
let her go in the right direction and
choose a color which corresponds well
with the main color scheme. In the
first place she should avoid too many
personal photographs, half a dozen OF
her dearest friends photos, and no
more. Her room should contain at
least n picture beautiful enough to
raise her to a higher plane whenever
her eyes fall upon it. She should he
cautious in dealing with posters, bric-a-
brac and gewgaws. Simplicity of hue
and outline should be her main idea,
striving rather to have a few good
things than a great many inferior ones.
New York Journal.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-08-01

The writer of the famous poem, "Lit.
tie Things" beginning, "Iittle drops OF
water, little grains of sand" Mrs. Julia
A. Fletcher Carney, celebrated her
sightieth birthday at her home in
Galesburg, Ill, the other day. She
wrote the poem in 1916, when she was
a teacher in a school in Boston, and her
purpose was to persuade her scholers
Of the value of little things.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-08-01
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"The idea of his accusing me of max
ing q lie out of the whole doth!'
Ridiculous! You're too economical,
for that."-Washington Star.
81 Am told that her iance is wealthy
quite n of the landed gentry in
fact" Eyes. 1t was her mother who
landed him."-Brooklyn Life.
The cynic hates the world, and so
Declares with all his vim.
He really could not hate it; though,
As much as it hates him.
Philadelphia Press.
Clara-"Don't you love to hear me
sing, Clarence!" Clarence-"Honestly
Clara, I'd rather hear cook sing; for
then / know she is in a good humor."-
Detroit Free Press.
C1aude-"Miss Thirtyodd seems to
hold her age we'll" Maude-"Hold her
age! Why, she hasn't let go of a sim
gle year since she's been twenty-five"
Baltimore Herald.
A chap who'd lived just as he should,
Was running one day through a would,
When his head struck a tree,
He fell dead as could be
How nice that he'd always been gould!
Baltimore American.
Mr.. Byrnne Coyne-"Ah, sweetest
one, may I be your captain and guide
your bark down the sea of life?" Mrs.
Barrymore "a widow)-"No; but you
can be my second mate. "-Detroit Free
Press.
Pedro-"What think you of the pro.
posed law?" Miguel-"What is it,"
Pedro-"It is to the effect that after a
mar has taken part in ten Instructions
he shall be exempt from further mill
tary seryice."-Puck.
Sunday-school Teacher-"Yes, the
whole earth was flooded, and even the
bushes and trees were under a great
sheet Of water. What is it, johnny"
john y-"Please, ma'am, where did the
kids put their clothes when they went
in swimmin' ?'-Philadelphia Tele-
graph.
Margaret-"No, you cannot stay. love.
Your mother says it is absolutely nece
essary for you to come home" Eliza
beth-"Oh, dear! I sometimes think
that mother is the inventor of neces-
sity, instead Of necessity being the
mother Of invention kansas City
Journal.
Proprietor-"Yes, we could find a
place for your friend, If he is all right.
What do you know about him?" Friend
of Applicant-sHe has served three
terms in the Common Council and two
in the Legislature" Proprietor-I
mean what do you know about him to
redit."-Boston Transcript.
Lawyer-"It was / who drew up your
late husbands viii, and in It he par.
ticularly requested that you should
not marry again. but +" Widow
'Oh, dear Mr.. Saunders, your kind offer
has quite overcome me, but wouldn't
It be more seemly to wait until the
period of mourning has expired before
announce the engagement?"-Phil.
Telegraph.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-08-01
opRLoUeAs. LOUISIANA.
Fire Signals.

Az d meeting Of Hope. Hook and
Ladder Go. No. /, held ON July 0,
1901, the town was divided into Fire
Districts and @ Code of Signals was
adopted I'm order to facilitate the loca-
tion of fires In the future. The town
was divided as follows:
District No. ALI that portion of
Awn bounded north by Bellevue
street. west by Union street, south
and east by eorprTAap~~tse.
District No. 2-All that portion Of
town bounded by Bellevue Street on
the south, Union street on the wesp
and corporation line ON the north and
east. -
DISTRICT No. 3-Theportion o. town
lying west of Union street, and south
of Bellevue street, with the corpora
zion line az the south and west boun.
dairy.
District No. &-The portion of town
bounded on the south by Bellevue,
east by Union, north and west by cor.
poration line.
The Signals adopted were short taps
to indicate the district in which the
FIRE il located, followed by e rapid
alarm, same to be repeated until gem
eral alarm is given.
To illustrate, should an alarm be
sounded for District No. 8, first three
taps, one, two, three, followed BY rap
Id alarm. and repeat.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-08-01

The British ~postofice telegraphic de.
partment has been experimenting for
some time between Glasgow and Lon
don with a typewriter, an electrical in
strument which, attached at the re.
ceiving end of the wire, delivers mes.
sages transmitted by the Wheatstone
system at a rate Of upward of 100
words per minute. typewriter in ordi.
nary fashion on folio sheets. The an.
periments + said to have been attend.
ID By complete auccesss-NtiRits
The Opelousas courier., 1903-08-01

There r said to be more than 10000
French Canadians in Lowell, Mass,
and sixty per cent. of them are en-
ployed in the mills. Thirty French
Canadians are physicians and six are
lawyers. The leading shop keeper of
the town is a French Canadian. He
employs $50 people.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-08-01

For the first time in the history Of
the United States the imports for
twelve months have exceeded $780,.
10000. The imports into the country
for the twelve months ended March 81
amounted to $1,0O1, 500, 6S3.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-08-01
Paint az Via,u.

Aunt Jane Ito Bobby, who has had
d falD-Oh, | wouldn't CRY, Bobby.
Bohby-0f course you wouldn't:
and ! wouldn't cry If you fell down.
But what's that to do with the cues
tion?-Roston transcript.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-08-01

Miss e. r. SEtdmor@ has convinced
the United States Board o6sGeograph-
les that "Pekin'' is wrong, and that the
form in English of the name
Of China's northern capital is Peking.
We always knew it was wrong to drop
our final "g's."
The Opelousas courier., 1903-08-01

The Norwegian Government is sad
because Of the departure Of from 10000
to 10000 sturdy, industrious people
every year. They all come to the
United States.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-08-01
Town Residences FOr Sale

II j desirable neighborhDod in Ops
IousAs. With . entire square 81 land.
well shaded With live oaks, magnoliaa.
cedars, psoana. stc.s shout . squares
fron the Courthouse. 5 squares from
High sohool, 2 squares hon Catholic
Church aad eonvsnk House ID Two
saasy brick basement, q rooms, four
azepaaasa oat.bniIdings. Ell. i'll ~.
~ s0oa lsnse. viii hs sold ohsap for
g pat aAah 30 balaass 61 hms
tep1~ a - ese.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-08-01

The town of Mars Hill, Me-, which
is made famous by five families con-
tanning sixty-nine children, might more
fairly be named Mas and Pas Hill.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-08-01
FOR SALE.

A house and lot in the town Oh
Washington, La, in the square bound.
cd by Carriere, Wilkins, Ewes and
Dupre. Frame building made Of
ohoice cyprens, ceiled inside, weather.
boarded outside. 20x30 feet. win be
sold cheap for cash, CT part cash and
balance on time to suit. For particu.
lars apply at the Courier Office, Ope-
lousas, La. Il
The Opelousas courier., 1903-08-01

La
Vaasf tas Direction Of The Sisters MagaaHgaa
Of Holy Cress.
oners 70 yeung ladies every tasili1y
1or aequiring . thorough chrislan %
ucation. Constant attention IL paid q
nome ana social culture. Lessons are
gwen in music, painting and othss
useful aEta. The sistsrs also hava
onargs OF the boys school The oousss
q instruction 10 two-foid-Prspassa0E!
aad Commercial. French is taught 4
shs two eoagsss. HeR nersieuisra 81
asesa agagzn bURMnSo
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-10-23
ORGANIZE A "BACH" CLUB.
NicoIIet Young Men Will Frown On
the Fair Sex.

From Mondays DAILY.
We hardly know whether to congratu-
late the boys, or the girls, and all on ac-
count of the agitation in regard to So
called Bachelors club, that there is
talk of forming here in Nicollet. We
have often thought that marriages were
being consumated quite rapidly around
the country, and the Nicollet young peo-
pie were in the swim with the rest of the
world, but here is the scheme. Quite a
number of the young men, who find it
impossible to either find a girl, or to
steal the other fellows girl, have become
discouraged, and in view of the fact, that
they individually and collectively are get
ting bald headed and rusty, have combin-
ed forces, and have taken a mighty oath
to foreswear the she-male sex entirely,
and bind themselves under the name of
Bachelors club, also pledging them
selves to pay a fine of S. into the treas
ury if they ever get deluded enough to
marry inside of five years. The idea
seems to take with many of the young
men, and meeting for organization will
be held shortly, a set of gymnastic para
phernalia will be put in, and general
good time looked for. We wish success
to the formation of the club.-Nicollet
Leader.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-10-23
WINDS UP The MEETING
Women's Federation Concludes Its
Ninth Session Last Night.
The Standing Committees for the
Year Are Named.
Delegates to National Meeting at st.
Louis Are Chosen.
Splendid Lecture Delivered by Rev.
Splendid Lecture Delivered by Rev.
lenkin Lloyd Jones.
From Fridays Daily.

From Fridays Daily.
The afternoon meeting of the Fedora
ton of Women's clubs yesterday was
taken up principally with discussion
on ''The Simple Life" Mrs. G. o. Welch
of Fergus Falls had charge of the meet
ing, and opened it with very interest
ing paper on the subject. Mrs. G. l..
Atwood of st. Cloud spoke on 'The Edu-
cation for Simplicity" Mrs. j. w. An
drews read highly interesting and able
paper ON "The Clubwoman's Response
bility for the Simple Life" Mrs. Robert
Seymour, of West Superior, spoke on
cart and the Simple Life" and general
discussion followed.
The, result of the election was an
nounced late in the afternoon, as an
nounced in The Free Press last night, ex-
cept that Mrs. j. w. Andrews of this
city was elected auditor, instead of
Mrs. Frank A. Day of Fairmont, as was
stated. The standing committees were
announced as follows:
I Legislative-Mrs. Bramhall, Mrs.
Condo Hamlin, Mrs. C. G. Higbee, st.
Paul.
Art-Miss Martha Scott Anderson,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-10-23
A. A. Buck of Mapleto Behind $780,
600 in His Accounts.
He Takes $1,000 of the Napoleon
State Banks Money.
Left a Week Ago for Parts Unknown,
After Informing His Wife.
The Bank Closed Temporarily, but
Depositors Will Lose Nothing.

From Mondays Daily.
The Mapleton State bank is closed,
pending the result of an investigation of
the books. which Frank j. Leonard of
this city commenced Saturday night and
is still at work upon. There is serious
shortage in the accounts of Alfred A.
Buck, the assistant cashier, who has
disappeared, and whose whereabouts are
unknown.
The fact of the shortage did not be-
come known until Saturday morning,
when Judge Daniel Buck, president of
the bank, first learned of it from the lips
of his daughter, Mrs. Laura Abbott,
who had learned it the night before from
her Sister law, Mrs. A. A. Buck.
Confessed Defaulter.
Mr.. Buck is a self-confessed defaulter
to the extent of $lS,7O0 of the banks
money, besides from $1,000 to 5000 of
the private funds of his father, placed in
his hands for the purpose of loaning to
the farmers around Mapleton on real
estate. Before leaving, he informed his
wife of the condition of his finances, and
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-10-23
NINE FAST ONES.
Mankato Drivers to Compete for Gate
Money at St. James.
From Tuesdays Daily.

From Tuesdays Daily.
Nine horses will be shipped at one
o'clock tomorrow morning by members
of the driving club to st. James, to par
ticipate in the races there tomorrow and
the next day. The animals to be ship
ped are Tetonka and o. K, owned by
G. G.. Phillips, DIR. R. M. Dodds' Expo
sition and Pacing Billy, Chas. Seeley's
Lou Combat, Mr.. Spornitz' Articulate,
Ed. Viewers Tat, P. S. Thomas APP
poles, and VIM. Duffy's Brown Bill.
The races are to be feature of the
buttermakers' convention, and the driv-
ing club is to receive two-thirds of the
gate receipts, to be divided among the
winners, and the races will be for blood.
Eight or nine st. James horses will also
be entered. Some fast time is expected.
The Omaha road has made a rate of a
fare and a third for the round trip, and
doubtless many Mankato people will go.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-10-23

L. Bramhall, st. Paul; Mrs. M. E. Math-
ews, Marshall; Mrs. Burdette Thayer,
Spring Valley; Mrs. c. Ell. Marshall, Du-
luth; Mrs E. J. Lewis, Sank Center;
Mrs. w. L. Comstock, Mankato; Mrs.
Charles Wilkinson, Crookston; Mrs. II.
n. McKusick, Saltwater. Alternates,
Mrs. L. A. Steel, Tracy; Mrs. William
Hengstler, Mankato Mrs. C. E. Conant,
Wells; Miss Alice Mott, Faribault; Mrs
c. L. Atwood, st. Cloud; Mrs. f. j.
Evans, Fergus Falls; Mrs. R. R. Darr, st.
Paul; Mrs. Martha Anderson, Minneap-
oils; Mrs. Charles Mickino, Moorhead !;
Mrs. Douglass Greeley, Pine City; Mrs.
G. S. Merrill, ,Owatonna.
Evening Session.
The program last evening opened with
number of musical selections, and
then the speaker of the evening, Rev.
Jenkin Lloyd Jones, of All Souls Church,
Chicago, was introduced. Rev. Jones is
fiery and vigorous Welshman, and be-
lieves in hitting straight from the Shout
der He held the undivided attention of
his large audience from start to finish.
woman as Home maker" was his
topic, but he did not confne himself to
woman. His talk was piece of thorough
and sound advice to the young man and
the young woman on the duties and re-
sponsibilities of entering married life,
and on building up the home after its
commencement. He enlarged upon the
beauty and sacred character of the
home, and the influence of proper sur
roundings in the rearing of children.
Speaking of the club movement, he
told the women to Soak the men along
and not keep the woman in one intellec-
tual sphere and her husband in another.
The introduction of the new officers,
reading of the minutes and a council
meeting of the new officers, completed the
business of the session, and the ninth
convention of the Minnesota Federation
of Women's clubs is now thing of
the past.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-10-23

told her that he was going away but
she did not inform any of the family un-
til Friday evening, when she told Mrs.
Abbott that she might communicate the
fact to her father.
Mr.. Buck went to Walker week ago
yesterday, accompanied as far as Mime
apolis by his wife, and it was either Sat
urday night or Sunday that he communi-
Gated the fact of his disgrace to his wife.
The books of the new bank at Walker
were checked up and found to be all
right, and ON Tuesday Mr.. Buck left
Walker for Duluth. He was accompanied
as far as Brainerd by Fred A. Kneeland,
to. whom he said that he was going to
Duluth to visit friends, whom he had
promised to visit on the first opportunity.
He said that he would return to Walker
the latter part of the week and arrang-
ed hunting trip out of there with E. l.
p. Staede. He said that he would not re-
turn to Mankato until tonight or tomor-
row night. Mr.. Kneeland's train left
Brainerd first, and Mr.. Buck stood upon
the platform when Mr.. Kneeland boarded
his train. This is the last that has been
seen of Mr.. Buck by any Mankato man,
so far as is known. Whether he went on
to Duluth is a matter for conjecture, but
it is believed that he has gone to some
other part of the country by this time.
Mr.. Buck told his wife that he had left
a letter in his desk at the Mapleton
State bank. This has been found, and
was addressed to the cashier, Charles Jen-
sen. 1t told of the amount taken, Civ
ing items in detail, and showing how the
books could be Strengthened out. It ap-
pears that Mr. Bucks populations from
the bank began four years ago, and have
been kept up ever since. Sometimes he
would replace some of the money taken,
but the total amount that he was short
is $4,000.
Buck Was Ingenious.
How the young man could have taken
so much and have been undetected by the
cashier or by the bank examiner is al
most inconceivable. The president, Judge
Buck, did not give the office his private
attention. The plan followed by the
young man was to falsify the deposit led
ger, so that the total of deposits appear
TODAY as the amount of his defalcation
less than it ought to be. The plan was
carried out ingeniously.
The young mans bond as assistant
cashier was $1,000 and was furnished by
a surety company, which will undoubted-
ly be out the amount, as it is hardly like
" that his. father will make the loss
good. The bank association viii also be
interested, and the detectives of both this