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Mower County transcript., 1904-12-21

While you are looking for suitable pres
es1<s*why .not ~select something that is
useful and that will last? What boy
would not be delighted with newPocket
knife or pair Of Skates? What could
be more acceptable in family than
Silver Knives, Forks and Spoons, Bread
Knives, Carving Sets, Nut Picks and
Crackers, Crumb Trays. Nickeled Cop
per ware or Safety Razor? We keep
only the best goods and our large stock
in the above lines are simply elegant and
and at low prices: A large stock of fine.
Skates to fit your :p@c&etbook as well as
your feet. Cali in and look over our line
ofssStoHea anh General Hardware as well
as the above specials. n.
The Opelousas courier., 1904-04-30
MilIionaire's Poor Stomach.

The worn-out stomach of the over
fed millionaire is often paraded in the
public prints as a horrible example of
the evils attendant on the possession of
great wealth. But millinnaires are not
the only ones who are afflicted with bad
stomachs. The proportion is far greater
among the toiiers. Dyspepsia and indi-
gestion are rampant among these peo-
pie, and they suffer far worse t%ortures
than the millionaire unless they avail
themselves of q standard medicine like
Green's August Flower, which has been
a favorite household remedy for all
stomach troubles for over t%hirty-fve
years. August Flower rouses the torpid
liver, thus creating appetite and insur-
ing perfect digestion. 1t tones and vi
talIzas the entire system and makes life
worth living, no matter what your sta
ton. Trial bottles, Csc; regular size,
75c. Sandoz the Druggist.
The Opelousas courier., 1904-04-30
Newspaper law.

4. Subscribers who do not give express no.
tice to the contrary are considered as wishing
to continue their subscriptions.
2. III subscribers order the discontiuance of
their periodicals, the publisher may continue
10 send them until all arrearages are paid.
8. IF subscribers neglect or refuse to take
periodicals from the office to which they arc
directed. they are held responsible until they
have settled the bills and ordered them dis
continued.
4. III subscribers move to another place with
out informing the publishers and the papers
are sent to the former direction, they arc htld
responsible.
s. The courts have decided that "refusing to
take the periodicals from the office or remov-
ing and leaving them uHcalled for is prima
facia evidence OF intentional fraud.
@. Any person who receives a newspaper
and makes use of ii whether he has ordered it
or not he is held in law to be IA subscriber.
=. II subscribers pay in advance they are
bound to give notice to the publisher at the
end of their time III they do not wish to contin
ne taking it; otherwise the publisher is au-
th0rized to continue sending it, and the sub
scriber will be responsible INIT! an express no.
tice, with payment of all arrears, are sent to
the publisher.
The Opelousas courier., 1904-04-30
Wants Information.

BAYOU CHICoT, La, April IS.
Editor COURIER: About two or three
weeks ago the School Board met and
announced that there was enough school
money to run the schools eight months,
which was published in the Times
Democrat and 10 our parish papers.
Last week our teachers received no.
tees to close their respective schools
on Friday, April 9th, which is only
seven months. Now, what is the rea-
son for doing this when there is money
enough to run the schools eight months,
as was announced at the last meeting of
the School Board. Respectfully,
t.INTEREsTED.u
The Opelousas courier., 1904-04-30
T A CoIonist Rates.

The Sc, N,ern Pacific announces thai
from AI:A9i LIST to April Both. inclusive
there vfe<Ilbe on sale daily low coIon1sl
one W. h4ckets from all points in Lo9
isianAlEE Texas te points in CAlifornW
attHfg'y an opportunity 70" nu p ben IT,
CO IT i'll IL very small cost. These Poi
t#Ecnl low rates have proven very pp-
Gar, and it is quite likely that .Iply
lNiil take advantage Of item du:ln8tiIe
Period indicated. The Southern thcific
operates flee reclining chair ca& and
Pullman tourist slerpe;s all tliA way
through, which, with the use Of @nder-
less, oil = burning locomotivts,E make
travel far more comfortable tn II ever
before. Those desiring informal ion can
obtain same by applying to the nearest
agent or writing i. j. Anderson, G. 7.
A, ut Houston, u +. Z. Ratturs, A q.
z. A. at New Orleans.
The Opelousas courier., 1904-04-30

1t is estimated that as many rs 1000
men who are not citizens of the United
States and do not live in this country
are drawing pensions from our govern
ment for services in the war. They are
the remnants of the many thousands
who were hired by the North to help
defeat General Lee. They come from
all parts of the world. and for a few
dollars joined in a war of conquest
against men who had done them no
injury. The sum Of 100000 is paid out
annually to these mercenaries. Of these
mercenaries there are still living more
than half as many as there were soldiers
in Gen. Lees army at Appomattox.-
AbheVille Is. C1 Medium.
The Opelousas courier., 1904-04-30
Low Rates on Southern Pacific-Sun-
set Route.

Morgan's Louisiana & Texas Railroad
and Steamship Co. will sell tickets from
Ope!Ousas, La, to San Francisco, Cal.
March, / to April 80, 1904, at II rate OF
$50, on account of colorIst rates. Stop
overs allowed ut Yuma aud MalIcopa,
Arizona, and intermediate points in
California.
From OpcionSas tn San Francisco,
Cal, and return April 23 to May 1, 1904.
at a rate at $3.50, on account ct GEM
eral Conferences Methodist EpiscopD
Church and National Association n
Retail Glocars of the United STATS.
S~top-over privileges allowed.
From Opelousas to Dallas. Texas, and
return. May II, 18 and 10, 1904, with re-
turn limit May 81, 1904, at a rate OF
$1445, on account OF General Assembly
Presbyterian Church.
For additional information apply to
any agent of the company OF T.. w.
Owen, d. P, A. New Iberia, La.
The Opelousas courier., 1904-04-30
A Great Sensation.

There was a big sensation in Lees
vile, Ind, when w. Ell. Brown, of that
place, who was expected to die, had his
life saved by DR.. Kings New Discovery
for Consumption. He writes: 81 en-
dured insufferable agonies from Asth-
ma, but your New Discovery gave me
immediate relief, and soon thereafter
effected II complete cure" Similar
cures Of Consumption, Pneumonia,
Bronchitis and Grip are numerous.
It's the peerless remedy for all throat
and lung troubles. Price soc and 81.
Guaranteed by Mason, the Druggist.
Trial bottles free.
The Opelousas courier., 1904-04-30
A Texas Wonder,

One small bottle of tho Texas Won
der, Halls Great Discovery, cures all
kidney and bladder troubles, removes
gravel, cures diabetes seminal ennis
sions, weak and lame backs, rllenma
tism, and all irregularities of the kid
neys and bladder in boti, men and wo-
men; regulates bladder troubles in chill
dren. 1t not sold by your druggist it
will be sent by mail on receipt Of $1.0O.
One small bottle is two months treat
ment, and seldom fails to perfect Il cure.
DR.. f. w. Hall, sole manufacturer, z. O..
Box 500, St. Louis, Mo. Send for testi-
monials. Sold by all druggists, and A.
S. Braud g. Co.
The Opelousas courier., 1904-04-30
Taking Desperate Chances.

1t is true that many contract colds
and recover from them without taking
any precaution or treatment, and a
knowledge of this fact leads others to
take their chances instead of giving
their colds the needed attention. 1t
should be borne in mind that every cold
Weakens the lungs, lowers the vitality,
makes the system less able to withstand
each succeeding cold, and paves the
way for more serious diseases. Can you
afford to take such desperate chances
when Chamberlain's Cough Remedy,
famous for its cures of colds, can be had
for q trifle7 For sale by all druggists
and dealers III patent medicine.
The Opelousas courier., 1904-04-30

A donkey stepped into a store and
the proprietor approached the beast and
asked: what are you doing here? You
know this 10 no place for a Donkey Il
aul here" said the donkey, because I
saw your advertisement on the fence
that surrounds my pasture; | know you,
too must be q donkey, or you would
where it would be read by people, not
d0nkeys. Being lonesome today /
thought / would be Heigliborly and
make O fraternal CALI
The Opelousas courier., 1904-04-30
Robbed the Grave.

A startling incident is narrated by
John Oliver of Philadelphia, as follows:
81 was in an awful condition. My skin
was almost yellow, eyes eunken, tongue
coated, pain continually in back and
sides, no appetite, growing weaker day
by day. Three physicians had given me
up. Then [ was advised to use Electric
Bitters. To my great Joy, the first bottle
made u decided Improvement. con-
tinued their use for tilree weeks and am
now a we'll mar. | know they robbed
the grave OF another victim" No one
should fed to try them. Only so cents,
guaranteed at Mason's drug store.
The Opelousas courier., 1904-04-30
The Advertising World.

Do y0u do any sort OF advertising by
newspapers, booklets, circulars, er BY
any other metllodq III SO, You should
know about onr monthly containing
information, plans. suggestions and
ideas for advertisers. 9Th year; "a to 80
pages. Send today for free sample, or
10 cents for four months trial. Ad-
dress. The Advertising World, Column
hsas. Ohio.
The Opelousas courier., 1904-04-30
sniatie rheumatism Cured.

II have been subject to sciatic fheu-
matism for years." says E. I'll. Waldron,
of Wilton junction, Iowa. "My joints
were stiff and gave me much pain and
discomfort. My Joints would crack
when / Strengthened up. used Cham
berlain's Pain Balm aud have been
thoroughly cured. Have not had a pain
or ache from the old trouble for many
months. 1t is certainly "a most wonder
full liniment." For sale by all druggists
and dealers in patent medicines.
The Opelousas courier., 1904-04-30
May Number youths Companion.

A good deal Of human nature is laid
bare in L. E. G. Robbins story. "Candi-
dating" published in the Special May
Number of Tho Youths Companion
april 28th). There is a story for Sell
sitiye girls by Winifred M. Kirkland, a
creepy" account of "a Botanist's Adj
venture" by Albert w. Tolman, and
the conclusion Of Arthur Stanwood
Piers story of "The Last Night" at st.
Timothy's School. How to make a safe
sail attachment to an ordinary canoe is
described by John A. Macy. In addi-
ton to these there ID m article entitled
''The Snakes Curse" by Sir Harry H.
Johnston, *. G. b., recently Comman-
der-in-Chief and Consul General for
the Uganda Protectorate, formerly
Vice Consul III the Kamerun, at which
time occurred the experience described
in this contribution. The issue is rich
in ~gleanings from biography, diverting
anecdotes and miscellaneous sketches.
The Opelousas courier., 1904-04-30
IA T~houghtful Man.

"A. NJ. Austin, of Winchester, Ind,
new what t0 do in the hour De need.
Ills wife had such nm unusual case OF
stomach and liver trouble, physicians
could not help her. He thought DC md
tried Dr. Kings New Life Pills and
ahe got relief DC once and was finally
cured. Only 25c. Sold by Mason, the
dEuRgiss.
The Opelousas courier., 1904-04-30

N enterprising spirit was shown by
GU people DIT .Colfax when they raised
$1,000 To purchase lnna for q mill site
and donated II 10 a company, which is
% engaged IN building n large plant
there. That Id the way to 70 after such
enterprises, and IL is the only sure way
81 Building a t0wn.-Winnfiela South
egn Sentinel.
The Opelousas courier., 1904-04-30

The police court OF Washington, DC,
has decided that swearing In the dis
tTict IL not In violation of the law un-
less ii is in the English language. This
leaves the Russian and japanese min
listers perfectly free TO express them
selves when they meet, and some of
the congressman involved in the post
Office scandal are learning d few words
OF Chinese, so that they can relieve
their minds.
The Opelousas courier., 1904-04-30

Articles intended for publication in
the COURIER should be sent in before
Thursday morning il possible to insure
their appearance in the next issue.
Matter sent in Thursday evening or
later il apt to be excluded for lack OF
time or space, unless it is of sufficient
Importance to justify the delay and in
convenience.
The Opelousas courier., 1904-04-30

The New York Sun has the correct
idea of the negro problem: 1T will solve
itself in the natural and inevitable de-
velopment of the South" There would
be no negro problem il rampant
Northern editors and orators would let
the South alone.
The Opelousas courier., 1904-04-30
One Lady's Recommendation Sold
Fifty Boxes Of Chamberlain's
Stonnach and Liver Tablets.

have, / believe, sold fifty boxes of
C~hamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tab
let's ON the recommendation of one lady
here, who first bought a box of them
about a year ago. She never tires of
telling her neighbors and friends about
the good qualities of these Tablets.-P.
n. Shore, Druggist, Rochester, Ind.
The pleasant pnrgative effect OF these
Tablets makes them q fayorite with the
ladies everywhere. For sale by all drug
giats and dealers in patent medicine.
The Opelousas courier., 1904-04-30

Plans are under way for a series of
excursions from Chicago to St. Louis
over the Illinois and Michigan canals
during the Worlds FAIR. A company
has undertaken to charter IL sufficient
gram Of entertainment for the voyage.
The Opelousas courier., 1904-04-30
Best Cough Medicine for Children.

When You buy a cough medicine for
small children You want n in which
You can place implicit confidence. You
want n that not only relieves bnt
cures. You want one that is unques-
tionably harmless. You want one that
is pleasant to take. Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy meets all of these con
ditious. There is nothing SO good for
the coughs and colds incident to child
hood. 1t is also a certain preventive
and cure for Group, and there is no dam
ger whatever from whooping cough
when il is given. 1t has been used in
many epidemics of that disease with
perfect success. For sale by all drug
gists and dealers in patent medicine.
The Opelousas courier., 1904-04-30

Don't neglect to furnish the COURIER
with news items Ut general interest.
Notices of deaths, marriages, the pre-
sence of visitors in your neigllborliood,
etc, ought to appear in the columns of
your local newspaper and will be pub
lished ii same are duly and timely re-
ported. Phone 80.
The Opelousas courier., 1904-04-30
Read This.

Crowley, La, Aug. 3. 1903-Dr. E. W.
Hall, st. Louis, Mo. Dear Sir-i have
been cared of kidney and rheumatic
tronbles by the use of your Texas Won
der, Halls Great Discovery, and | car
fully recommend it to others suffering
in the same banner. A. L. LEE.
The Opelousas courier., 1904-04-30
Makes a Clean Sweep.

There's nothing like doing Il thing
thoroughly. OF all the Salves you ever
heard OF, Bucklen's Arnica Satve is the
best. It sweeps away and cures Burns,
Sores. Bruises, Cuts, Boils, Ulcers, Skin
Eruptions and Piles. It's only Zoe, and
guaranteed TO give satisfaction by Ma
son, the druggist.
The Opelousas courier., 1904-04-30

The greatest railroad mileage of any
single road in the Stag Of Louisiana
is that of the Texas and Pacific, which,
with IFS main line and spurs, has 541.1 II
miles. Morgan's Louisiana and Texas
comes next with BOOTY miles, and the
Kansas City Southern is third with
OAE 91
The Opelousas courier., 1904-04-30

If you need job work of any kind and
have not the time to call. ring mp phone
90, and we will do the rest. All of our
work guaranteed To give satisfaction.
The Opelousas courier., 1904-04-30

A Worlds Fair feature of general in
tereSt is the Japanese exhibit ut dimln-
utive trees, only two or three feet high,
although several hundred years Did.
This forest of little trees is u part OF
the attractive display OF many interest
ing exhibits which Japan shows at the
Hair
The Opelousas courier., 1904-04-30

Lawyers who have briefs to print are
respectfully reminded that the COURIER
Printing office is thoroughly equipped
for the prompt execution of that kind
of work, and guarantees satisfaction
both as to quality and price.
The Opelousas courier., 1904-04-30

Strawberry jam, says an exchange, is
% made chiefly from pumpkins, col
Orea with coal tar dies. preserved with
benzoin, and seeded with grass seeds.
The Opelousas courier., 1904-04-30

We make a great ado abontour hard
ships, hut how little We talk of our
hlessingsi
The Opelousas courier., 1904-04-30

DR.. kendall's treatise on the horse
can be had at this office for 25 cents.
The Opelousas courier., 1904-04-30

We want your advertisement, and
will be glad ID dc your job printing.
The Opelousas courier., 1904-04-30

See a. G. SkiIes Tor Lumber, Shingles
Bricks, Lime. Sand and Cement.
The Opelousas courier., 1904-04-30

Advertise your business and increase
your sales.
The Opelousas courier., 1904-04-30

Are you Il subscriber to the COURIER
If not, why not?
The Opelousas courier., 1904-04-30

Place yourvaluable papers In asafety
deposit box in the ST. Laadry State
Rank.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-13

JAYHAWKER JOTG.

If you have any enemies remember
that Sunday is Valentine day.
One farmily of seven are in the
grasp of the measles trust at Alta
Vista.
A gas enterprise is going up in Strong
City. in most other places they are go
ing down.
A Westmoreland man has a pet
ground hog which really did come out
on that day.
one mans meat is another's poison
A Clyde physician is growing rich from
sore throat patients.
A Sumner, county truancy officer has
resigned. The hockey kids set too
swift a gait for him.
Wyandotte county didn't seem to
hold the flood situation" very serious
ly against Governor Bailey.
Phillipsburg papers claim that one
night was a sufficiency of the Ten
Nights in a Barroom' company
An enterDrising Beloit hen marched
up to her owners back door this week
with a downy brood of %.
Speaking of a dry town, it might be
mentioned that it is four months to
day since rain fell at Preston.
Meadow larks are courageous enough
to burst forth in song these winter
mornings on the prairies of Phillips
county.
Two Norman elders are scattering
their doctrines broadcast over Pratt
county. It appears to offset the leap
year mania.
A Randolph hunter slipped up on
monster eagle taking it's MONDAY
siesta and captured the bird after
lively tussel.
While tearing down the partition of
his house a Waterville man found an
edition of Paradise Lost" 1t had
been lost since 1880.
Some bamboo poles SO feet long and
slender tarried at the Manhattan depot
en- route to the worlds fair. A school
lad Of truant nature noticed them
and exclaimed: I'm glad 1 don't live
in Tanap
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-13
RECENT WAR LESSONS.

Although there are very few people
who know anything about 1t, everyone
is discussing the Observation-Disclosures war.
The remarkable point of the war in the
far east, as it is being fought in To-
peka, Kansas, is that it is SO one
sided. 1t is said that there is only one
Russian sympathizer in town. This is
probably due to the fact that the Japa-
nese are regarded as the underdog and
there is always a good deal of SYM
pathy for the uaderdog.
In the British-Boer war, however, al
though the sympathy of the majority
of Americans was doubtless with the
Beers, there were always enough pro-
British in every company to give inter
est to an argument. But in the present
conflict American sympathy seems to
be almost entirely with the Japanese.
although Russia has been one of the
best friends of the United States
throughout its history.
But speaking of war, why is 1t so
popular? Why is there SO much and
such general interest in this trouble
between two remote countries over
question in which we feel no vital COLI
Germ, and so little in matters of higher
Importance at home? War is always
cruel, wasteful, harmful and usually
unwise.
But the people seem to enjoy it. We
boast a lot about our civilization but
the big majority of people are still
spelling" for fight-especially if some
one else fights. A pacific settlement of
most of the questions which have caused
wars would have been possible if the
public had not demanded a fight and
rushed the leaders and soldiers into it.
The people are hot-headed, sometimes
foolish and like children longing for ex-
element When a war cloud rises on
the horizon they get all wrought up over
it, have lot to say about national
honor and the land of their fathers
and finally persuade the leaders that war
is political necessity, not for the
preservation of national integrity so
much as for the satisfaction of the
voters who have made up their minds
to have war and whom they dare not
disappoint. The anti-war party in any
country is always the unpopular mi
nority. Such a policy will ruin the
strength of any political party and has
finally to be abandoned by its leaders in
spite Of considerations of justice and
morality.
OF course the Russian-Japanese war
will affect the markets and raise the
prices of American products but that
is not the reason the people of this
country are sd excited about it, for
most of US will not be materially affect
ed by it. The real explanation is that
the people are only half redeemed from
savagery and love a fight for It's own
sake. You couldn't get them to admit it
but lots of people enjoy a fire or a flu
neral-as long as they are not their
own.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-13

TIA. 1925 bushels in 1902, and 161. 1893. 479
bushels in 1901. Most marked gains
were made at Kansas City, where IT,
1916 bushels arrived in the last six
months of 1908, in contrast with 1864
300 bushels in 1902. and 1856, 954 bush
els in 1901, indicating how rapidly
southwestern wheat-growing areas
have expanded. During the year Min
neapolis milling drew heavily on this
areas output, giving anorth-and-south
current to the domestic wheat trade
and competing with the gulf and lake
ports for control of traffic.
Trunk lines to the seaboard carried
S2,o2s,0O0 bushels of grain from Chicago
and Chicago points alone in 1908, aver
aging 1,54S.000 bushels per week, against
75,945,00o bushels, avera ging 1,433,000
bushels per week in 1902. and LOG, $50, 900
bushels, or 2,016.0o0 bushels per week
in 1901. Flour shipments showed ten
dency to diminishing volume, 4,675, 268
barrels, S8,213 per week, having been
sent in 1903. compared with 4,S9S, 5s9
barrels, 2,426 weekly, in 1902. and 7,140,
230 barrels, 1874 721 weekly, in 1901. While
the grain movement is most variable,
and flour shipments have decreased,
provision tonnage made gradual gains.
The average weekly shipment of pro-
visions was 27,106 tons in 1903, 26,110
tons in 1902, and %, 594 tons in 1901, or a
total of 1,436,631 tons, 1, 1888. S51 tons, and
1,356, SOB tons for the respective years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-13
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.
[From the Philadelphia Record


Valentines are on view.
It's a ticklish job to live on tick
Dan Cupid is beginning to get busy
The bargain hunter generally looks
shopworn.
A doctors bill is apt to make q man
feel bilious.
The fellow with a hair lip shouldn't
have to carry a rabbits foot.
The man who keeps his troubles to
himself also keeps his friends.
Only an amateur would tell a girl she
is the only one he ever loved.
If an assertion can't be backed up
the assertor should back down.
Free speech may be all right, but the
telephone companies don't believe in it.
The young girl with a new fad isn't
a marker to the old one with q new
wrinkle.
Poets don't all wear their hair long.
Some of them get bald, and some get
married.
The man who manipulates the bass
drum is not the only one who beats his
way through life.
They say that Guzzler is bird.
When he is full of ale.
At any rate I've often heard
His wife can make him quail.
1t beggared description, the people say,
Who speak of the wedding of Maudie
Gay.
And what is more to the point, I'm
rather
Inclined to believe that II beggared
her fatherI