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The Opelousas courier., 1905-04-08

his livelihood, he prefers to be doing
something rather than pass the time
in idleness. He spends a part of the
time in each week cutting cord WOOD
and during the recent holidays ne
made a house-to-house canvass for
Christmas books.
Occasionally ne is called upon to
supply the pulpit of some of the local
churches. On his eighty-seventh
birthday last June he occupied the
pulpit of the Pilgrim Congregational
Church by invitation of the pastor
and preached an "old-fashioned" ser
mon, which consumed As minutes,
and to use his own words, when /
closed l could have continued for an
other hour, l was so interested in my
subject, which was Christian Faith
%fulness,' had it not been for tlrlng
my congregation"
Mr.. Weymouth was born in YER
| shire, VT, in 1917. When he was IL
years old his family moved to New
buryport, where his father died three
years later. Then, a lad OF IA, ne
took his fathers position as a team
ster, which he held for the winter,
and at the age of Is he shipped on a
mackerel schooner and followed the
| sea for two years. On returning from
his second voyage he became an ap'
prentice to the local blacksmith and
moved to West Amesbury, now Mer
rimac, in 1S41.
His first attempts at religious work
were soon after his conversion, hen
he would invite his companions to the
loft of his fathers barn, where ne
would hold prayer meetings, with the
| result that ten of them were convert
ed and became members of the Meth
odist Church.
The pastor of the church at that
time, Rev. John Horton, formed the
boys into a class, and appointed
young Weymouth class leader, and IL
is believed that he has the distinction
of having been the youngest class
leader in the Methodist Church.
Having a desire to preach he be-
came a local preacher at Merrlmac'
port June 10, 1872, but, feeling the
need of a. more liberal education, he
spent the next two years at lnstltu'
tons of learning in Georgia and at
Newblryport, Vt. He then went 10
South Wilbraham, where he supplied
a pulpit for five months, when he re
turned to Merrimac, and since 1o4o
has ade it his nome.
He was ordained eight years later
and fer the following nalf-century oc
! cupied at times nearly all OF the
Protestant pulpits within a radius OF
20 miles, working at his trade OF
blacksmith a. the week and on Satur
day night walking to the place Wnere
ne was to preach on the day follow
ing and returning in time to be in the
shop Monday morning at Z O'CLOCK
This was kept up year in and veal
out. without his taking any acauo
At the age of 70 years he gave W
his work in the shop, but on the grace
Of work that he mad been accustomed
to he could then hold his own witt
any Of the men.-Merrimac CORE
s~nondence of the Boston Herald.
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Paid an Old Debt.

81 have just had my first actual ex
oerienee with conscience money, Sc
to speak," said a prominent bushes,
man.
Seventeen years ago a man con
tracted a debt with me, and as hat
never been able to make collection, hat
to give it up as lost. There was ne
way to collect it by law, and you cal
imagine my surprise when I received
a check to-day for $500. While this
did not cancel the amount, appreciate
it deeply, and a use it to advantage
just now.
ut is not often that a man owing
a debt pays after so many years, es
pecially when the law could not reach
him."
The Opelousas courier., 1905-04-08
WHERE'S THE PANORAMA?
Decay of a Once Popular n Proft'
able Form of Amusement.

One form of public amusement,
ence popular all over the United
States, is now practically extinct. 1t
is the entertainment by panorama to
the accompaniment Of lecture and
musical selections. The panorama
was a series of paintings on canvas
rolled and unrolled by two youchs,
whose arduous labor in this partlcu-
lar was i'll requited.
The measure of. the excellence OF
a panorama, in the preliminary ad-
yertising at least, was the number OF
Yards of canvas. The subject was
chosen with reference to the sensibli-
tiles OF a large class of persons who
were opposed to theatre going, but
who patronized lectures, panoramas,
circus and museum performances.
Travels in Ireland" Scenes in the
HOLY Land "The Heart Of the Afrl'
can Continent" Among the Indians"
and Travels in European Countries"
were some of the subjects.
A literary man" wrote the lecture,
which was recited by an employe, n
there were usually musical features,
furnished by a duet, husband n
wife. so the outfit of the panorama
was made up of the manager, Wno
sold the tickets; the lecturer, the
duetists and the two roller boys, six
in all, The chief investment was the
panorama itself, and once painted II
would last for many years, with oc'
| casional refurbishing.
One of the best known theatres IN
| New York was built from the profits
Of a panorama manager. But by De
grees panoramas nave ceased to be a
recognized form of popular amuse'
ment. The prejudice against theatres
has been effaced, scene painting mas
greatly improved, and the larger
towns are equipped with theatres
The improvement Of railroad connec
tions has made it possible fer the
residents even of the smallest towns
to obtain a fair share OF theatrlcal
novelties, and they are no longer de
pendent upon companies travelling
as panorama companies often did, b5
van from town to town.
There survive a few old panorama
managers who are reminiscent OF the
old days, and some of the older stor
age houses have unclaimed in some
dusty corner the hundreds of yards o.
canvas which have delighted hun
dreds nightly, as. laboriously they
were unrolled to the accompaniment
of the, monotone lecturer.-New Yorl
| Cuu
The Opelousas courier., 1905-04-08

neutrality-suspicious. as they cannot reacatls
diseased portion otthe ear There is only m
way to cure deafness, and that is by consri-
tutional remedies. Deafness is caused by Al
inaamed condition of the mucous lining D.
the Eustachian Tubs. Whentnis tube is il
famed you have a rumblingsound OF impec-
ect hearing, and when it is entirely closed
Deafness is the result, and unless the INDIAN
nation can be taken out and this tube re-
stored to it's normal condition, hearing vii!
be destroyed forever. Nine cases out OF ten
arecansed by c-atarra, which Is nothing butal
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case Of Deafness Caused by catarrh )tha. a
not be euradhy Halls Catarrh Cure. Send foc
circulars free. FL. CHESEY & Co, Toledo, 0.
Sold by Druggists, Toe.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
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Retaliation at a Danee.

She was young. It was her frsl
season, and it pleased her to snub bel
cub cousin most numerically when
cvar he asked for g dance.
No." she protested, one evening
you can't see my program-it's al
full"
But thereli be extras. Can't
have an extra?"
"Ye-es," returned the young WON
an, grudgingly re'inquishing her card
"but don't take tie first one. it's prom
ised."
Later in the evening when She
looked to see which dance her cousin
had appropriated she found that sht
had food for reflection. The youns
man had put his name down for The
four hundred and .ninety-ninth extra
Chicago Record-Herald Sunday Mag
ezine.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-04-08
An Extended Chair.

When President Eliot of Harvard
toured on the Pacific coast some TWEEN,
ty years ago, one of the Western seats
of learning which he visited was the
University of Washington at Seattle.
He became much interested in Prof
O. B. Johnson, a w~ellknown figure on
Puget Sound in those days, who was
ore of the colleges leading lights, and
in the course of a conversation asked
the Western man what chair he held
"Well," said Johnson, Il am pro
lessor of biology, hut also give in
struction in meteorology, botany
physiology, chemistry, entomology ant
a few Others"
81 should say that you occupied
whole settee, not a chair" %rejoinet
Harvard's ehief.-Chicago Record
Herald Sunday Magazine.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-04-08
Horrible Heroism.

One. of the Resolutions gunners
was standing by his gun az the ship
sheered abreast Of De Grasses flag
shin. The gunner was all ready and
lust going to fire when a shot came
in at the port and took his leg off at
the lnee. AS quick as thought the
man pulled off his neckcloth and tied
his log above the stump. The next
instant he seized his shotoff limb
and thrust it into the muzzle Of the
gun, which went off t~woseconds later.
"My soot," shouted the man, exultant.
Is, SIS the first to board the Vile de
Paris!"-Frasier's Famous Fight.
ers."
The Opelousas courier., 1905-04-08
GOOD INDEX TO CHARACTER.
csabits and ldiosyncraeies Betrayed ir
the Lauqh.

the Laugh.
Anthropologists say that the ability
70 laugh comes to the child as II
served when the child is about forty
to sixty days old, but it does not be-
gin to laugh until some time after
that.
Children and women laugh mora
than men. not because the cares 81
life lie less heavily upon them, buI
because the the former are more eX
citabie, and because the moderatina
less in them than among men gen
orally.
Profound study makes men serious
and so foolish people are sometime,
noted for laughing immoderately
Yet laughter is not SO much an indel
to intelligence as it is to the condi
ton Of health. Healthy, vigorous PEG
pie are proverbially of good-humored
joyous, laughing natures, while the
"sallow, gloomy-eyed Gyspeptic' is 8
description scientifically accurate.
The envious, wicked and malevolent
rarely laugh, because, phrenologists
say, they are impregnated with bile
and are. therefore, morose. The
naughty, tLe vain and the awkward
also laugh very little, for fear of los
ing their di unity. The Spanish people
~proverbially grave, are a good eS
ample.
People who hive lines extending
downward from the angle at the
mouth toward he chin we'll marked
rarely laugh, shd, moreover, show 4
tendency to pc %lsiveness in youth ans
melancholy ir after life.
Those who have lines raging out
ward from the eyes are, on the con
trary, people who laugh a good deal
especially when the upper lip L
framed by two deep burrows runnins
down in the mouth.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-04-08

a. t>SA
pounds of weight from the ground, the
pain was so severe. This was my con-
dition when I began using Doan's Kid
ney Pills. They quickly relieved me,
and now / am Eve troubled as | was.
My back is strong and | "a walk Or
ride a long distance and feel just as
strong as I did twenty-five years ago,
I think so much of Doan's Kidney
Pills that I have given a supply Of the
remedy to some of my neighbors, and
they have also found good results. 1t
you can sift anything from this ramb-
ling note that will be of any service to
you, or to any one suffering from kid
ney trouble you are at liberty to do So,
A TRIAL FREE Address Foster
AMilburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y For sale
by all dealers. Price 80 cents.
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Atkinson says, after five years experience
with IgluAa:
II uiii erer continue to speak q
good rsI Jor PerunG. 4 am sttt'
cut ca ~ e nturrh. '--JohH o. 1t6th-
son. Independence, Mo-, Doc 2sS.
Ms VA S~chwaudt, Sanborn, Mimi,
writes:
'.Iha 70 jGenfrcubted ,tith rhe1tmd"
lisa, CIT catdIrh for Twenty-Five
| year.. C+puLd not sleep dag or night.
after hrr.ngu used PerMHd lean stecp
0tiu Hnthing bOfheFS me n"1r. m
crer nm affected triM any kind or
sich!ac+S. Feluna ,ciH be the medf..
ciue / >haU use. My son acas c"feN
OF cHlui1h ojthe lGtgnC by F'eFhna.'
Mrs. Ala Schlcandf.
When old age ones catarrhal diseases
come $50. Systemic catarrh is almost uni
versa, in old people.
Address DR.. S. B.. Hartman. President
of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus,
Ohio. WHO will be pleased to give you tie
benefit Of his medical advice gratis.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-04-08
Rejected InS;nuation.

A young lawyer was sent from Edin
burgt. to a country north Of the Fortl
to act as Junior counsel in a licensing
club case. He had to cross-eXamint
the certifying Justice, who was very
diffuse and rather evasive in his an
swers.
Speak a little more simply and tt
the point, please" said the counsel
mildly, you are a little ambiguous
you know"
81 am not, sir" replied the witness
Indignantly. Il have been strictly tee
total for a year.'-Ram's Horn.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-04-08

this Offer which is made to get you to
test Salzer,s Warranted Vegetable Seeds.
They will send YOU their big plant and
seed cataiog, together with enough seed
1000 fine, solid Cabbages,
1000 rich, juicy Turnips,
1000 blanchine, nifty Celery,
1000 rich, battery Lettuce,
Loco splendid Onions,
1000 rare, luscious Radishes,
1000 gloriously brilliant Flowers,
ALL FoE BUT 1CC POSTAGE,
providing you will return this notice. and
if you will send them 2Oc in postage. thew
will add to the above a package of IA.
nous Berliner Cauli1ower. Ia. G. IL
The Opelousas courier., 1905-04-08
Chance For a Eerorincr.

Some day a great reformer, in whose
aspirations sense is duly blended with
enthusiasm, will make and win 4 great
fight FOR pockets in. women's street
clothes. Why woman does not have
more and better pockets in her clothes
is n of the mysteries Of civilization -
Harper's Weekly.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-04-08

J. 3. Ccrton.
farmer and luin-
herman, OF Dep
pc, n. c., says:
Il suffered for
years with my
back. 1t was so
bad that could
not walk any dis
lance nor even
ride in easy bug
gies. do not be.
lieve | could
The Opelousas courier., 1905-04-08
Remarkable Cur:as
Etfect?d
PJ-ru-na.

Under date of january 10. 1897, Dr..
Hartman received the following .etter;
My wife has been a sufferer from a
complication Of diseases for the past tween
.v-five years. Her case has baIiltd the
skill OF some OF the most noted physicians.
One of her worst troubles was chrohlc
constipation Of several years Standing.
;le vas also passing through that most
.~ritical period ia the life OF a Woman-
haEgc OF EIe.
IN June, 1895. | wrote to yo2 about
her case. You advised a course OF Icruna
and Mana,in. which we at once com
menced, and have 10 sd: It completely
Dured her.
About the same time ! wrote You
about my own case OF c%aiaIrI', when
had been Of twenty-five years standing
At times | was almost past gong.
Jcom uenced to ,iSe perunn nrcord-
IN 10 toatl' instructions dhd can
Hnued its usc for ub0ut a HeH1', Gni
% II COM pietcIy cured mr.'--J'hh
q. atkinson.
=, a letter dated January |, 1869. Mr..
The Opelousas courier., 1905-04-08
ALT RHEUM on HANDS

sufEered Agony and Had to Wear Ba:,dac ,
All the Time-Ano.her Cure by cuticurs.
Another cure by Cuticura is tod Of by
AIRS, Caroline Cable, Of Waupoea. WIS,
iuethe following grateful letter: MY hus-
band suffered agony with salt rheum On
bis hands, and / had to keep them band
AGED all the time. We tried everything we
could get, but nothing helped him until ne
nsed Cuticura. One set OF Cuticura Soap,
Ointment and Pills cured him entirely,
and his hands have been as smooth as pos.
sible ever since. I hope this letter viii be
the means of helping other sufferers"
The Opelousas courier., 1905-04-08
Millions of Vegetables

When the Editor read 10000 plants for
second reading finds that the John A.
SAFER Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis, than
Whona .here are no more reliable and ey.
senslYe seed growers in the world makes
The Opelousas courier., 1905-04-08

~Cleveland's three electric suburban
lines carried 100000 passengers in
1902, as against 13o,co64 carried by the
competing steam roads.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-04-08
BLACKSMITH AND PREACHER.
AZ 81 He Cuts Cord Wood and Works
For His Living.

a clergyman who preached contin-
no,,sly for 40 years, yet never had any
attled pastorate, and who at the
.ame time worked at blacksmithing,
is a novelty, yet Merrimac is the
nome OF sucha man in the person of
Rev. Warren Weymouth. better
known as "Elder Weymouth" and at
he advanced age of 81 years he is
"a vigorous as many men q score OF
Years younger.
Although not obliged to work for
The Opelousas courier., 1905-04-08

Berlin's population by the new cen.
sus lacks T13 of reaching a round q
10000.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-04-08

TayIor's Cherokee Remedy OF Sweet Gcm
and Mullen is Natures great r~emedy-Cures
Coughs, Colds, Group and Consumption, ana
all throat and lung troubles. At druggists.
BIC SOC. and S1.0O per bottle.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-04-08

The Rev. Archibald Forder, the only
CHRISTIAN missionary in Arabia, has
been on a Leave Of absence IN the
United States.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-04-08

- permanently cured. No fits or nervous.
Eess a1ser firss days use OF Dr.. Hines Graz
aeryeKestorer S2trial bottleand treatise frea
of.h KLINE. Ltd, 93lAscaSt., Paila. pa.
A New York fruit raiser has evolved a
'oreless apple.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-04-08

A British regiment recently landed
IN southampton after twenty years
service in India. Only six men OF the
regiment that sailed from England re-
turned with it.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-04-08

London says a wife ceases to be a bride
six weeks after marriage.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-04-08

Nea.-y every great achievement Of hu-
has eFo.ved from a crank's theory.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-04-08

Munich has a pace where sterisized milk
is provided at cost to poor families.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-04-08

To Cure a Cold in One Day
Take Laxative Bromo QuIntne Tablets. All
druggists refund money if it fails to cure.
C. W. Groves signature is on boz. &c.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-04-08

A Guaranteed Curs Far Piles.
Itching, Bind, Bleeding or i'ro;rudins
Piles. Druggists will refund money i! l'szo
Uintment.f fails to cure in 6 to II days. Sue
The Opelousas courier., 1905-04-08

lido not believe Piso'5 Cure fos Con5u+ao-
tionhas unequal for coughs and colds.--JoHN
Z. BoYER, Trinity Springs, Ind, Feb. Is, 1909.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-04-08

Itch cured in 80 minutes by Woolford's
Sanitary Lotion. Never Fails. Sold by al
druggists, ST. Mail orders promptly filed
BY Dr. e. Detchon, Charlottesville, Ind.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-04-08

Z Mrs. Winsiow'sS Soothing Syrup forcaiid-ol
teething, softenthe gums, raduees iniangnl-
ton, allays pain, cures wind coi., 25c.a bostl,
The Opelousas courier., 1905-04-08
COULDN'T LIFT TEN POUNDS.

Kidney Pills Brought Strength
and Health to tho Suferer,. Making
Him Feel Twenty-Five Years Younger
The Opelousas courier., 1905-04-08

Queen Alexandra confesses to being sixty
years old.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-04-08

New York is to have a bank that will
keep open day and night.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-04-08

Physicians live longer than ether profes-
sional men.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-09-29
GARDNER MAY Be
NEXT FOR NELSON
rafting Says He Will Fight Any
One WhS Can Make the
Weight.
LOWELL MAN SAYS He CAN
c. Il ia Doubtful if He Can Reduce
IN a, Pounds aud be Strong
Enough for the Dane

....... tr. coast the Fight fans are tdlk-
.t.u, another Hght for Battling Nell
1ra man selected to meet the Dane
r,,nr Gardner, who fought Jack O.
,.',"',t tbo salt Palace some time ago
-. .,,.tt,rs regard Jimmy as being the
,,.,I candidate for championship non
.i,raIph most Of his lights have been
..,,od fbs wcltcrwcght limit.
rs, .naruug editor " the "Nows' ask
-, y,lsor what he thought about The pro-
,,o.sd match Ills reply was:
.r,, i'm the business for the money
' W I..u sec the coin that's where
y ,G co. Jimmy Gardner Yes ! VIII
} H"bG, nr any man iu INC world VINO
ltr mako tho weight They VIII nave To
"r"s,ross with my manager blly NO
.r I'm, Says hght ! VIII igh' ! uaIu-
.,- cam make l3 pounds ! am WILING To
lD ., chance provided, however
tr .,a money in the match 1tr9NoI
,".ys h. .m make the weight lerhaps
.an but have M! doubts.
bay. been asked DC | Will give brlll q
-1r'rn match certainly ! WIZ n ihcl' lN
r,y ia D.. made by so doing Bul mere
in'o..s rbirp limit is certain ! am not
..urfa ba dictated To- by everybody /
Eln.a Iutlp Of that myself
..fI Gardiner mako 1888 pounds az " %
.r.g and boz strong enough for inc uahe'
~. IWut'Yl Ho made tho sltl'rnen
himself u sam Francisco JUST aii'f NelI
n. victory over Britl mat h." could
81, ,,,gr that weight His brother. Geo.
rsrlrer declares that ne can. II he can
.lr,Ire. Jimmy the latter viii b. given
.faupr at fnc Dane \ ilght hetWeCn
yts rg- would draw e big house, both
l5u arc we'll Thought oi ON me o1dsl.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-09-29
()I. EI;Y'SS
KI[)NIEEI:; "
CUR :
Cures Kidney and 3lad-
der diseases I'm Every
Form Many People
Have Kidney Trouble
and DO Not RROW Ii.
ANsTEEBRICE DRUG CO.
NOW TO FIND OUT.

tits the function Of the hdneys to filter
and purify the blood which Is constantly
passing through them.
When the kidneys are out Of order the
other organs are affected Immediately
and you may have symptoms of heart
trouble, stomach and liver trouble, and
other ailments, which are all owing to the
kidneys being weak and out of order
If you are sick FOIey's Kidney
Cure will strengthen and build up the
worn out tissues Of the kidneys so they
will act properly and the symptoms Of
weakness, heart, stomach and liver
trouble will disappear and you will DO
restored 10 perfect health.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-09-29
Preliminary Boxers.

James Corhett I'm writing about the
amount of money demanded even by the
nur,awtor iu prelimInarios AZ this
time. tells of how "a few years ago Fight
ems who thought themselves corners were
ready 10 goo lu at any figure In order 10
E't i.glt Ne says. PEARSON Davies paid
over to Young Corbott 80 10 box Jimmy
Barry o. worlds champion Young Peter
jackson received 81 once for lighting
Parker Abe Attell fought two men on the
zane evening eight rounds each, for sl0
IN. Nm. and money they lost then was
L.uo. u'nN 90 later years when they
RAPED hHrvests that the preliminary
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-09-29
WILL PLAY BALL HERE.
stars OF American and National Leagues
To Meet in November,

The crack team of tho two big ball
leagues. the American ana National are
now on their way 10 the coast Go play
bah thorc Tho announcement ia made
10y II. O. shepard that arrangements have
been made for the stars to stop nj In salt
Lake for "a couple Of days ana play two
games here. The contests will take place
calv in November
Just who viii be n the teams Is not
known here but II Is said that Lajoic.
Wagner "Rubc" Waddoll While Keelor
and the famous Cy Young will be IN tn"
marty
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-09-29
Chicken for Maddock's Men.

This afternoon the University Of Utah
football squad viii journey out TO tho
Bounlon farm I'm Taylorsville and help
Fred enjoy the feeling Of being q AMI
ullbacS of a great western team. full
hack Bcnuien grew his splendid physique
operating the pillow Of his forofsthors on
the Tayorsyllc ranch and last summer
he developed a new kind Of drop Kick that
IS 10 dispiace his old method while walk
ing after the family cows A. night Two
footballs were worn ont I'm the practise
lint IL will an count II Utah Is ever hard
pressed by an opponent this year
Tho SQUAD this afternoon carries with II
hy invitation an apcptito fCr chicken din
urr and by orders Of Coach Maddox a
fun equipment Of football toys II IS
planned to make the chicken dinner count
for full value by working mp q husky ap-
petite first, and a long distance run with
kicking and light scrimmagc work At the
end OF IT is on the program.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-09-29
JIMMY BRITT'S EARNINGS.
New York Writer says James Edward
Has Made over 100000,

Jimmy Britt is estimated to have made
more than $1,000 10 date. The New York
American makes the computation II
SAYS.
A close scrutiny Of Bntts record as a
professional and the money he has made
sr.a De tossed an the role OF an ANA
tur D. great incentive for the clever
boxer with @ good head His success Is,
% say the least phenomenal The follow
l7g l.,' of battles 10 decisions and the
amount of money he has earned is In
t,ra.ling