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The Opelousas courier., 1904-06-11
Miss Hannah E.sstuna.
lingswood, HtN!

IL thought I won So
you that, by followirs,
vice, / feel like a newlC
always thin and delicatrt ,torts to
that I could hardly do as ~y1.~o,r
situation was irregular. ee'1""o
II tried q bottle of you'll 1V"S0S
Compound and began trF\p0-
right away. l continued y red
am now well and strongae as
struate regularly. Ieannot sag enotg4.
for what your medicine did for me-"
$1,000 forfeit # original of abovs letter proving
genui1eness cannot be produced.
Lydia e. PinkhaVn's Vegetable
Compound will cure any woman
in the land who suffers from
womb troubles, inflammation Of
the Oyaries. and kidney troubles.
The Opelousas courier., 1904-06-11

Mrs. Hate Taylor, u graduated !:
nurse Of prominence, gtUes her :
serDerience tcita I'eruna IN an :
eo,eu letter. Her pc 3ition in So :
: cietu and professional standing :
. c,n,bine TO giue special prom :
; ,,encs to her MtterUeceS. =
,,HiCNGO, HI. 427 Monroe ST.
As far as | have observed Peruna
i the finest tonic any man or woman
"an use who is weak from the after effects
of any serious illness.
Il have seen it used in a number of
conyaiescent cases, and have seen several
other tonics used, but | found that
those who used Peruna had the quickest
relief.
..Peruna seems to restore UttatitU,
Increase bodily ptgor and fene,u
health and strength IN a wonderfully
Ahort time, ,'--M rs. KATE TAILOR.
In view of the great multitude of women
suffering from some form Of female dis
ra,s and yet unable to find any cure.
lr Hartman, the renowned specialist on
female catarrhal diseases, has Announced
his willingness to direct the treatment OF
A. many cases as make application to him
dnring the summer months, without
charge. Address The Peruna Medicine Co.,
Columbus. Ohio.
The Opelousas courier., 1904-06-11

Wanted-OGce boy. apply at
this Office.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-30
oID FASHIONED.

Along in the good and hot old summer
 time it is not uncommon to hear happy
 and contented mortals wishing for an
 old-fashioned winter. Such wishes were
 uttered last summer, as usual, and now
 we have the old-fashioned winter, not
 as usual. And, ie you will believe it,
 some of the happy and contented mor-
 tals who wanted it are not so sure now
 that it is just what they wanted. If
 they were not afraid of being called in- consistent they would perhaps openly wish for an old-fashioned summer. They
 have certainly had good measure in this old-fashioned winter. It has snow ed, blowed and froze just as it used to when the old inhabitants were young and had winters that were winters And when it hasn't been showing. blowing and freezing 1t has been hailing, rain- | ing and slushing. This winter will be pleasant to remember next summer, and next summer Is good to remember this winter. Let us persevere. We have only three more old-fashioned winter
 months to undergo before there will be
 a Queen of the May to be walked early. Perhaps we can avoid pneumonia, smallpox. diphtheria and a few other 1 things. and live to welcome the Queen
 after she has been walked and dressed. Anyhow, it is worth trying for
 l The mind-cure will perhaps work well in the cases of those who are really lsick of this ,eld-fashioned winter Such should keep their minds persistently sad bleasantly on the heat, the fieas, the flies and the mosquitoes of next summer. If they will do that they will forget the winter, or at least dull their woe. Whats the use of alphabetically
 and coldly freezing to death when there is time coming when we can get com
 sortably sunstruck?
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-30
NOT TOD STRENUOUS.

The President has not been too stren-
 uous in the matter of the Indianola
 (Mississipp) postoffice. The problem
 has been solved by the appointment of the eolored woman. Minnie Cox as local postmaster. It will be remem-
 bered that over a year ago the white people Of that town, who constitute ninety per cent. of the patrons of the office, expressed their desire to have their postal affairs administered by an official of their own race. Rebuffed in their expression of this desire, they held la meeting at which a request for the colored Dostmistress' resignation was formulated and 1t was promptly ac- lceded to by her, she assuring her fel- low townsneoDle that she had no wish | to occupy her position against their de- tsires. At this point the President in- lterfered, refused to accept her resig- fHatlOn, ana announced that the people Iof Indianola should receive their mail from the negress or go without their lpostoffice. The latter alternative was accepted, with the result that the peo- pie of Indianola have gone without their local postal facilities ever since.
 Now, however, the term for which the colored postmistress was appointed has expired, and the President, on the ad- vice, as he announces, of a postoffice 1 inspector, and lin view of the positive refusal of the postmaster to accept a Ireappointment,' has appointed MT. William B. Martin.
 That settles it, for awhile at least.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-30

the teacher in charge and the staff Of the school do not stand in sufficiently close relations with their pupils to be able to preserve them from the infec- ton of criminal ideas and from dan gerous extramural influences. He then proceeds to warn the teacher more spe- officially about the dangers of these ex- tramural influences. and to exhort him to keep more careful watch over his pupils out of school hours, and espe- cially to investigate the private life of such scholars as live in lodgings out of the control of parents or other rela- tives.
 Boys will be boys. and the Russian bosses will find it hard to keep them from feeling and talking revolution if they want to.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-30

The German income tax returns for the year 1903 show that the highest in- come returned by a single individual resident of Berlin amounted to over 2.ssO.OoO marks (s74OOOOl. The next highest income was over 2,615.OOO marks (ss53,75O). The taxes paid on these incomes amounted, respectively, to 11s, 400 marks Cs2s, ,sOO) and 1O4,soO
 marks s2s.15O). In Berlin the munich pal taxes, which throughout Prussia are assessed on income in accordance with local necessities, amount to ex- actly 100 per cent. of the income tax. The two high incomes which have al-
 ready been given are the only incomes | in Berlin exceeding 100000 marks (s500, ,O00) year, but there were thir- teen taxpayers who returned incomes
 ranging between 100000 and 100000 marks. There were thirty-three whose incomes ranged between 500,OoO and l.
 OOO, ,O0O marks, and 621 who had incomes
 between 100000 and 5O0OOO marks. The number of persons taxed upon incomes above 5000 marks was 5S,S99, and 37S,-
 ASA taxpayers had incomes below 5000 lmarks.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-30
QUEER WORK.

There have been, it now appears. some curious mistakes and oversights in dealing with land in Indian Terri tory by the government. There are S,63O acres of land in the Seminole na- tion and 100000 acres in the Creek na- ton. which, as the Dawes commission at this late date has just discovered. have been overlooked. In the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations the segregation from allotment of valuable timber lands was overlooked. A new scheme must be devised for the sale of these lands, and also for tue sale of hundreds of thousands of acres in the coal and asphalt fields. Throughout the terri tory railroads have been allowed to run at random without filing or publishing the plats of their lines, and, moreover, there is not the least requirement nor facility for anybody to record convey ances, deeds and contracts affecting real estate.
 There is great complaint against the manner in which allotments have been made by the Dawes commission. Its last report confesses that "the allot- ment contest work in the Choctaw, Chickasaw and Cherokee nations has orex,,,,o,J 4 n txJr ,ro-,nrt;o,,e,s II, the Cherokee nation there are 5000 or more such contest cases. The total number in the five tribes is not confess
 ed, but it is large enough to disturb titles and cause complicated litigation for many years. Moreover, the enroll ment of citizens and allotment of lands have not been completed yet in any na- ton. Among the Creeks 797 claimants are still to be attended to, and 642,542
 acres of land still to be allotted. Of 46 154 Cherokee claimants but a few
 have had their rights successfully
 granted, and S,T00,O00 acres out of to- tai of 4,42O,070 acres still remain to be allotted. Of 50,740 Choctaw claimants only 1928 persons have been given cit izenship tickets, while no more than
 S00,41S acres of land out of a total of 6,950.043 acres have so far been set aside to alIottees. Of the 1S,176 Chick asaw claimants only 1887 have secured citizenship certificates. embracing but
 SS0000 acres of land out of total area of 4,705,10s acres. Even the work in the little Seminole nation is unfinished, while the claims of the Delawares and the Mississippi Choctaws, including
 thousands of persons and involving
 thousands of acres of land, are still pending.
 This is not as 1t should be. It seems
 to be hard, if not impossible, to get
 any work that has Indian in it done
 right.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-30

Uncle" said the high school young man, lis 'oplitics' singular or plural?'
 Sonny was the reply, "in de pant ob de country whah come fun dey's singlar, mighty sing'lar. Washington Star. The Maid-Jpst think. Norah, it took the hairdresser an hour and a half to put my hair in this style. The Cook-'Indade An did yez call for it or did he sind it home?-Puck. MT. D. Speptic-My dear, wish you'd prepare something occasionally to tempt my appetite.
 Mrs. D. Speptic-The idea! Why you haven't any appetite to tempt. Phila- delphia Public Ledger. You look run down?'' T am run down: I haven't slept a wink Cor two nights. I've been suffer- ling from a carbuncle"
 "Er-may T ask where it is?''
 "On my husbands neck. Houston Post.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-30
A COSTLY SOLDIERS HOME.


 The United States government is the only one which builds and maintains homes for it's disabled volunteer sol- diers, respectively at Togus. Me, Hampton, Va, Dayton, O., Marion, Ind, Milwaukee. Wis, Leavenworth, Kan, Sawtelle, Cal, and Danville, III. Tines homes have a capacity of 25,000 inmates, which is several thousand less than the number who are entitled to admission under the laws governing the homes for disabled volunteer sol- diers. Col. Walter Preston Brownlow representing the 1st congressional dis trict of Tennessee (which, although situated in the heart of the old confed- eracy, furnished nearly S0000 soldiers to the federal arnly), seeing the great necessity for more accommodations, introduced and had passed in the 18th Congress a bill appropriating $1,S00,Ooo for the building of a home, to be known as the Mountain Branch soldiers home,' and located at Johnson City, Tenn. With Col. Brownlow at the head of this movement, 450 acres of land were purchased, at a cost of $27,- GOO, the plans of F. H. Freelander, a New York architect, were adopted, and work began.
 For IS months 1000 men, under the skilful management of $. J. Parduo, general superintendent for John G.. Unkerfer of Minevah, O., whose con-
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-30

ly, move in the direction of it. If the piping ceases. stand perfectly still until it begins again. and then advance as be- fore. At last you will see. upon some reed or close to surface of the water perhaps in a tangle of dead grass, a small object which pulsates at more or less regular intervals. At each pulsa- tion you will hear a shrill peep" and you will know that you have found what you sought. Slowly and carefully put out your hand. and with a last sud- den movement put it over the little peeper. You will see that your captive is about an inch long. with yellowish brown back on which you may trace a cross of a darker shade. If you take him home and place him in a glass yes sel, with little water for him to stand in, you may at dusk see his white throat swell out into glistening around bub- ble as he tunes his pipe and sends forth his shrill peep, peep, peep" which means as plainly as anything does, Spring, spring. spring."
 ERNEST HAROLD BAYNES.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-30

tract amounted to over sl.200. 900, have been at work. The accommodations of the new home when completed will be for 3500 inmates. A limited number have been admitted since October 15. 1903, owing to the extreme demand, and as the work advances more will be cared for. The total cost of the home complete will be $S,OOO 900. and it will comprise many buildings. among which are; Eight barracks, mess hall. hospi- tai group of four ward buildings and surgeons quarters, administration building, power-house, laundry, store, five buildings for officers and nurses quarters( national board hall, chapel, three lodges. several stables, consera- tory and opera house, band stand, and morgue. Mir Carnegie has presented the home with s25,OoO for a library. This is the only donation of the kind he has ever made free from restrictions.-- From Leslie's Weekly.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-30
sEvoLuriosAnY RUss1As BoY,

REVOL UTf0NARY USSIAN BOYS.
 A circular issued by the director of public schools in the district of Sara toff indicates the disaffection that is among Russian school boys and the anxiety of the authorities on the subject The director complains that in one of the schools certain of the pupils have written on the school fence and buildings such Inscriptions as Down with the autocracy." "Hurrah for political freedom" etc, together with insulting references to the en- peror; that they have indulged in the reading of clandestine literature, which they had obtained from persons living ill the town under police supervision; and that occasionally, without the knowledge of their instructors, they have prepared themselves for examina- ton under the direction of suspected persons, with the object Of gaining ad- mission into other educational estab- lishments or securing situations as public school teachers. Such a condi- ton of affairs, he argues, proves that
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-30
USEFUL.

MT. Ireland-"This book on swimming is very useful in sudden emergencies p
 Mrs. Ireland-''Is it?''
 MT. IreIand-"I should say so. If you are drowning. turn to pay 1OS and there you'll see how to save yourself f"-Glas- gow Evening Times.
 Aunt Helen. I saw that young man kiss you last evening"
 Helen-'I don't think you need to complain. auntie; l don't think he would have given the kiss to you if you had been there instead of me. A-Boston Transcript.
 Holiday Sportsman (to Whip. who has been hollering) Where's the fox?"
 Whip-"Gone away, of course.'
 Holiday! Sportsman -s'Gone away Voucher nalSin' all that noise for, then !? thought you'd caught 'im."-Punch.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-30

The cheapest postal service in the world is that os Japan, where letters are carried all over the empire for two sen-about seven-tenths of penny. This is the more wonderful considering the difficulties of transport over noun tainous and irregular country which has less than one hundred miles of railroad, while wagons can only pass over few of the chief roads and the steamers con- nect but a small number of coast sta tions.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-30
The Norsk Nightingale on the Charge
 of the Light Brigade.

 Yoyfully, yoyfully, Yoyfully onward, In dis har valley of death Rode the sax hundredi It ban cinch. Ay tenk, Some geezer blundered, Hustle! Yu Light Brigade! YumDr Maester Olson said: Den in the valley of death Go the sax hundredl Cannon on right of dem, Cannon on left of dem, Cannon on top of dem. Wolleyed and t'undered: Smashed with dis shot and shai, Dey ant do very val; Most of dem ketcbing halt Nearly sax hundredl Yes, all dem sabres bare Flash purity gude in air; Each faller feel his hair Standing no wonder! Nudes! It ant ban yob For any coward siob, Fighting dis Russian mob-- Ay tenQ ay vudn't stand Yenerafs blunder. Cannon on right of dem. Cannon on top of dem, Cannon behind dem. tu. Wolleyed and t'undered. Finally say Captain Grenk, We got enuff, Ay tenk! Let's go and getting drenk." Bout tventy-sax com back Out of SIX hundred! Ven skol deir glory fade? It ban gude charge dey made-- ], Every von wondered. Every von feeling blue Cause hey ban brave old crew. Yolly gude fallers. tu,
 Dis har sax hundred,
 Milwaukee Sentinel.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-30

A woman of the official circle in Washington says she has made dis covery as to the origin of one of the Presidents best known traits. It is the habit of keeping smile on his face on all occasions. ''If you ever saw the President when he was forced to ban ish his snlile,' this lady confided to a friend the other day, you would un- derstand why it is he has acquired the habit of wearing it on all possible oc- casions. I never saw him without it until the other day at Mrs. Hoar's fu- neral, and I give you my word I don't want to see him without it again. No one would call his face handsome or at tractive, even when he looks his best and smiles his genialest. But when his face is in absolute repose and not only serious, but solemn--well, it's enough to startle a timid person It's the most solemn human countenance you ever saw. He probably found that out long ago, and that's why he wears the smile that doesn't come off. He is entitled to wear it.'
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-30

An electric railroad which will pass through the Pyrenees region will form another connecting link between the French and Spanish railroad systems. and shorten the distance from Paris to Madrid. An agreement has been late 1y arrived at by the two governments as to the construction of a line of standard gauge electric road. The pro- posed line is to run between Ax-les- Thernes in France and Puycerda on the other side of the frontier, connect ing at this point with the Spanish rail- road system.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-30
Professor Pictel. os Berlin, has beer

Professor Pictel. of Berlin, has been experimenting with the effects of ex- treme cold on fish life. He has found that many fishes remain alive in tenn perature of forty-five degrees below freezing point, but they then become so hard and brittle that they splinter like piece os ice when struck against a hard substance.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-30
zHE WEEKLY JOURNAL. iss..e Th-rsd.ys. One Dollar . Vssl
ADVERTISING RATES.

Situations. Wants. Rents. and other small advertisements, One Cent a Word each in- sertion: Five Cents Word for full week.
 Display advertisements, per inch. one ID, ssrtEon, S1.20; each subsequent Insertion, 4O cents: one week, $S. 20; one month, SlO; one
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-30

Private" John Allen tells of a con vsrsation between two old colored wo- men that he overheard on a Washing ton street car. Said the first old wo- man. Has yo' heard bout de death of dat young Mistah Jenkins ?' 'No-o!" responded the other old colored woman. rolling her eyes till little save the whites thereof were visible. "Yo' don't mean to tell me dat young mans dead! How'd e die. honey?" '.He died sud- denly-dey say it was heart failure; anyhow, he died sudden ssSho' yo don't tell mel" continued the other old colored woman. Then, after a pause, she added: well, dat's jest like him; he was the most impulsive young nig- ger eber seen!,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-30

Paris is to have an annual fair on a gigantic scale. It is to be patterned af- ter those Of Leipsic and Nijnii Novgo- rod, and will be held in the doomed Temple market, where women used to deal in secondhand clothes and other worthless stuff picked up by the chif- fonieres of Paris. The coming fair is to be a huge bazaar of heterogeneous wares, special prominence being given to tops and the endless variety of knick- hacks known as articles de Paris" in which the Parisian art of making some thing pretty out of nothing and marvels of ingenuity out of purely shoddy ele- ments is carried to perfection.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-30

A story is told about Princess Ma thilde and the great painter Gerome, both recently dead. The princess and the painter had both been invited to a summer party. The princess arrived Dunctually; the painter tarried urtii long after the dinner hour was past. The guests concealed their irnrdtience as best they could until at last the prin- cess suddenly said: ..Why, I nearly for- got. Only this morning I received tel egran from Gerome. who is in Spain. He is unable to come tonight" "But why dad you not tell us before, prin- cess!'' cried all the guests together. Because was not yet hungry
The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-05-29
ROOSEVELT CLUB IN GEAR.
Election of Officers Took Place and
Other Business Transacted.

Guthrie, O. T.. May 2S.-The Erick
Greer County Republican states that the
Republicans OF Delhi township met at
the Delhi school house May 81, at J
oclock, p. m W. II. Matheriy was elect
ed chairman. and made most interest
ing talk in behalf of the Roosevelt club
and gave Instructions as TO club work.
Election of officers was next thing in
order and the following officers were
elected:
II. Campbell president; James F. Nc
Grath, vice president: w /. Hood. secre-
tary; w NJ. Sheets, treasurer.
The following were appointed as COM
mittee TO work the township and secure
names of all parties wishing 10 become
members of this club, to-wit:
A. P. McCubbins. ~ ]. Hood. Jas. F.
McGrath. DR. j. S. Powers. p A Maloy.
on motion the club voted to- meet every
two weeks until the county convention
TO be held al Mangum.
Speeches were made by w II. Mather-
ly. j. S Powers and DIR. r H. Moss.
after which r A. Maloy made an enthus-
iastic talk, advocating the Republican
party as the poor mans friend. the
friend of labor. etc. etc
On motion the club adjourned until
the next regular meeting. which WIZ he
on Saturday. June 4th. at 3 O'Clock p. m.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-05-29
FOR CHAUTAUQUA PLANS.
Kinehsher Is Ready for Its Annual
Event

Kingfsher. O. T. May 2s.-The program
for the Kingfsher Clautauqua is com
pleted and is believed by the manage
ment to be the most extensive ever ar
ranged for a similar meeting in Okla
homa The C. l. 6. c. round table viii
he conducted by Prof G. W. E. HIN. Of
saltwater. Mimi. who is a noted traveller
and popular lecturer. Prof. y. Y. Baker.
leader Of the Quaker auartette. will have
charge of the music including the daily
choral class and the grand chorus con-
cert at the close of the assembly
Among the noted speakers from other
states who Will lecture during the meet
ing are: Henry wstterson. Rev. Thomas
McClary. Rev. John o. Cannon Of Den
yer. Father J. NJ. CIsry Of Minneapolis
MINI; Golden Rule Jones of Toledo.
Ohio: Chancellor Andrews Of Nebraska
university. and Senator Chester ]. Long
speakers who v!il lecture.
Frank Greer, Ex-Governor Barnes. Con-
gresham p. s. Mcclure and Governor
Ferguson viii be few of the oklshorna
Of Kansas