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a French Peasants Find.

Not long ago a French peasant
named Maurin, while %pottering about
between Mende and Chateauneuf-s1r
Random. ID the Lezere, made a re-
markable archaeological discovery.
His pick, at one partiou'ar stroke
sank into the soil with an ease that
excited his suspicious. Carefully pro
ceeding he dug down into the rains
Of 4 dwelling that speedily BETRAYED
itself as very ancient. When fauy
uncovered it proved to be the remains
of q Roman villa once 1uxuriously fur
nished. The walls still bear traces
Of rich ~frescoes. And behind the
cuckoo clock on the mantlepiece the
peasant Maurfn ann across the 1T,
tie tin savings bank OF the late In,
FAINT Calus Lucullus, Jr. It contain
ed a large number of valuable coins
bearing enigies of Roman emperors
and such like, and Maurin cam out
OF the adventure naturally In the
humor of little Jack Horner.
Later diggingsr while unproductive
of any more tin savings banks, uncov
cred o fragments of walls, all ap
parentIy belonging to an old Roman
Observation-Disclosures Record.
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An Intelligent Horse.

In the city of Oakland, CAL, lived,
a few years ago, a horse as beautiful,
intelligent and affectionate as ever a
horse could be. prince" was his
name, and well it fitted him.
The readiness with which he under
stood what was said to him was re
markable, says Our Dumb Animals.
prince" his mistress would say, I
would Hike you to visit Mrs. y,
and. as Mrs. y was a particular
friend of his, Prince would rot most
readily and rapidly to her house.
Again, Miss c. would tell him
to go to the bank for money, and
there he would go; or to the stable
where oats, bran and hay were to
he ordered, and he would trot there
at a lively rate.
He was always spoken to exactly
as a person would have been. Once
a lady who was riding with Miss
c. was surprised to have him
take her home and stop before the
house.
"Oh, Prince she said, won't yor
give me a little longer ride?"
He shook a knowing head n rae
ed around the block twice, stopping
then as before, as II to inform hel
that the trip had been of a reasonable
length.
No end OF little incidents OF a lik'
nature might be related of him.
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II Paws to Advertise.

When James Gordon Bennett the
elder was editor Of the Herald, Rob
ert Bonner, publisher of the New York
Ledger, was struggling to build up Its
circulation, and decided to try a little
advertising. He wrote an announce
ment consisting of eight words: Read
Mrs. SoutbWorth's New Story in the
Ledger" and sent it to the Herald
marked for zone line" Mr.. Bonner's
handwriting was so bad that the
words were read In the Herald Office
as zone page" Accordingly the line
was set up and repeated so as to &C.
cupy one entire page. Mr.. Bonner
was thunderstruck the next morning.
He had not to his name money enough
in the bank to pay the bill. He rushed
sxcitedly over to the Herald Office,
but was too late to do any good.
In a short time the results of the
page announcement began to be felt.
Orders for the Ledger poured in until
The entire edition was exhausted and
another one was printed. The sue
cess Of the Ledger was then estab-
lished. Ever after that time Mr.. Bon
ner was an ardent believer in adyer-
Using and a liberal purchaser OF space.
Advertising.
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INFLUENCE OF CIRCUMSTANCES.
An opuIent Citizen Tells How He
Game to Take UP the Livery
Hus;nees

How'd I come to SO into The livery
businesse Why" said the genial and
opulent livery stable proprietor, as
he rolled the big black cigar to a
slightly different angle between his
teeth, sit was kind O funny.
"You see, I had q large family, all
girls; hice girls, all of them, and nat
urally they all had a good deal OF
company, and used to go out a good
deal; and to a good many places they
went to they had to have carriages;
and my carriage bill N>s something
frightfdl, FOR me.
II was doing a fair sort of a bust
ness, very fair In fact, but I couldn't
by any means afford to keep q car
riage myself, and every month that
carriage bill for my daughters used
to bite a frightful hole into my In
come. And finally that set me to
thinking.
I'm not the only man in the world,
I says to myself, with a bunch OF fine
daughters. The world is full of fine
daughters; | says to myself, belong
Ing to fine families that want 'em to
make as good a show as anybody and
all hiring carriages for 'em.
"Why shouldn't ! make, myself, the
profit On the business that my daugh'
tiers would bring to q stable, a pretty
fair sort of a business in itself, or
at least a sure starter, and do bust
ness for other peoples daughters,
teo7
That's all there was to it. I was
certain Of some business and was
willing to take a chance on the rest.
"And everything went all right
My daughters gave me all their pat,
| ronage, and they used more carriages
now than they ever had before-they
said they wanted to see their father
do we'll, and / got my full share OF
the patronage of other peoples
daughters, and the volume of 1t was
great.
I'm the course CT time my daugh
tiers all married and they all did
we'll, very comfortably, to say the
least. Evey one of them now keeps
a carriage of her own, and Keeps it il
my stable; and SO the girls, nice
girls, every one, that once cost me
50 much, though 1 never b~egrudget
'em a cent Of it, now send me money
every one.
"Their business alone is something
tidy, but they are really only a few
Of many profitable customers, and
have never regretted taking up thu
livery business.
But 1T was sort of funny, now, hoN
l came to go into 1t, wasn't t?'-
New York Sun.
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continue to suffer rather than submit
to examinations which SO many physi-
clans propose in order to intelligently
treat Che disease; and this is the rea-
SOL why so many physicians fail to
core female disease.
This is also the reason why thousands
upon thousands of women are corre-
spending with Mrs. Pinhham, at Lynn,
Mass. To her they can confde every
detail of their illness, and from
her great knowledge, obtained from
years of experience in treating female
Ills, Mrs. pinkhaln can advise womsn
more wisely tan the local physician.
Read how Mrs. Pinkham helped Mes.
T. G. Willadsen, of Manning, 10. She
writes;
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
81 can truly say thst you have sawed my
words. Before ] wrote to you telling you
how 1 felt, had doctored for over two years
steady, and spent lots Of money in ,medfc;oes
besides, but It all failed to do me any good. I
had female trouble and woulddaily have faint
ing spells, backache, b~earing-down pains, and
my monthly periods were very irregular and
finally ceased. Wrote to you for yonr ad-
vice and received O letter full OF instructions
Just what to do, and also commenced 10 take
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound,
and I have been restored to- perfect health.
Had it not been for you | wond have been In
my grave to-day"
Mountains of proof establish the fact
that no meo.dSne in the world equals
Lydia d. RnAham's Vegetable Com-
pound for restoring womanAs health
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FEAR FOR NIAGARA.
VOLUME or WATER bts
VERIFIED FROM FALLS.

comnerciat Enterprises Are Making
Heavy Drains ON This Famous showa
piace-Its Trem endons Electrical Pow
er the Inducements
Niagara Falls. August THE vol
time of water being diverted from the
historic Niagara Falls Is redchtng sucl
proportions that the people of the State
are trying to pass laws which will pre-
vent the possibility Of q practical wip-
ing out Of this sublime natural spec
tacles
Water sufficient to develop nearly
FIVE hundred thousand horsepower
continuously, twenty-four hours per
day; for industrial purposes, is now he
Ing taken from the river above the
| Falls; aud further developments re:
| quiring more water are contemplated:
Probably the largest user Of the cleo
| tricity produced by the waters OF the
| mighty river is the concern which by
the FIVE or six thousand degree heat of
the electric furnace brings lime and
| coke into unwilling union; thereby pro-
| ducing what is known as Calcium Car
bide.
Dry eaicidth carbide Is !ifeless dis so
much broken rock, but III contact with
water it springs into activity and be:
gets abundantly the gas Acetylene.
fhe light resulting from the ignition
of acetylene is the nearest approach to
sunlight known:
These facts, though Of comparatively
recent discovery, were seized by
men with an eye to the commercial
Possibilities and to-day calcium carbide
is being shipped everywhere and used
for dispelling darkness in buildings OF
oil descriptions, from the ordinary barr
Of the farmer to the country villa OF
the wealthy, as we'll as for lighting
the streets of 4 large number Of towns
Acetyiene can be easily ind eheaply
installed, aud the manufacture ind salt
of %acetylene generators has become
business Of recognized standing, Las
ASSUMED large proportions mid is stead
lily growing.
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BAHY's INSTINCT
sha.rs ne knew what Food 70 Stick TO


Forwarding d photo of q splendidly
handsome and healthy young boy. q
happy mother writes from an ONO
town:
sThe enclosed picture shows my e
year-old Grape-Nuts boy.
aSince he was 2 years old be has ear
en- nothing but Grape-Nuts. He De
mands and gets this food three times g
day. This may seem rather unusual,
but he does not care for anything else
after lie has eaten his Grape-Suts.
which he uses with milk or cream, 2
then he is through with his meal. Even
on Thanksgiving Day ne refusedzfur-
key ana all the good things that mike
up that great dinner, and ate bis alsn
sc Grape-yuts and cream With the best
results and none Of the evils that file
other foolish members Of The fanalis
experienced.
He is meyer sick, has q beaaflfrI
complexion. ana ii considered q yery
handsome boy May the Postum caii-
pany prosper and long c~ontinue-to Iur1
nIsh their wholesome food. Name
given b. Postum Co. Battle ereeks
Mich.
There's ! reason. Read the little
book. .Tne Road ~ WcllyAle' ~
every pkg
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Justice Tempered With Mercy.


A Virginia justice of the peace I'M
dertook to temper justiee with mercy
n the case Of a boy charged with
petty larceny" The evidence against
him was Conclusive; but he was very
young; it was his first ~offense, and
there was some extenuating circum'
stances. The cid farmer justice de-
cided to give the boy a stern lecture,
He looked at the culprlt severely
through his spectacles and began his
stern lecture. Young man." said he
this is awful, this is right down aw
full, and / want to warn you'll want tc
say Here the old mans sense Of
Justice suddenly conaicted with the
pity awakened by the sight of the lad
who stood trembling before him. He
cleared his throat twice, aid then. hall
la mercy and half in Indignation at his
own weakness, he cried, CLEAR out o
my sight, you onery scamp!" and sal
down to mop his forehead amid the
merriment of the courtroom.-N. Y
Tribune,
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Whale FLESH or Beef?

Whale meat at from three to six
cents a pound is to be the solution OF
the meat trust question, according to
some Newfoundland SPECTATORS who
are seeking to make a market Tor
whale meat.
1t is declared that the flesh IS finer
favored than beef, o nearly sug-
costing venison, and is capable Of be-
ing prepared in q variety OF ways.
Whales are not to be found In this
part Of the globe In sufficient NUM-
bers to make a serious inroad into
the sale of beef, but it is declared By
the promoters that they have already
built up a successful trade In whale
meat with the West Indies. and that
they shortly intend placing It upon the
London market.
II III to be shipped In special steam
ers. and even at a price Of six cents q
pound will return q handsome profit,
while the cheaper cuts may be re-
tailed for half that sum.
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Tna Best OF life.

Not till life's heat is cooled,
The headlong rush slowed to O quiet
And every purblind passion that has
Our noisier years, at las.
Spurs us in vain, and, weary OF the
we care no more who loses or who wins
All, not till all the best Of life seems
The best Of life begins.
To tell for only fame,
Handicappings, and the tickle gusts Of
praise,
For place or power or gold to gid a
Above the grave whereto
All paths will bring us, were to lose our
We, en- whose. ears youths passing bell
has tolled
In blowing bubbles, ever as children do,
Forgetting we grow old.
But the world widens when
Such hope of trivial gain that ruled us
lies
Broken among our childhood's toys. for
then
We win to self control!
And mail ourselves in manhood. and
there rise
Upon US from the vast n MINDLESS
Those Cleaner thoughts that are unto
the soul
What stars are to the night.
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by Years.

There is a representative In Con
gress from the West whose special
pride it is to recount the quaint OBJ
serFations of his 9-year-old daughter.
Not long ago, according to the proud
father, little Ethel came to him n af-
ternoon and informed him that she
had just seen the Presidents wife
walking with one of the ladies of the
cabinet circle. And, papa" said
Ethel, she isn't anything like as old
as grandma"
"Why my dear!" exclaimed the con-
gresham, "of curse she isn't! Mrs.
Roosevelt is a young woman! How IN
the world did you get any other idea?"
well, papa replied the youngster,
"you yourself once told me that she
was the first lady in the land!"-New
York Times.
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Strange Sport That Is Enjoyed by Ma

tlVes OF Siberia.
A Siberian correspondent Of Lon
lon Sphere sends some photographs
relating to a form of fox hunting
which Is probably Unique. The hunt
ing of foxes with eagles takes place
among the Kirghese, in the southwest
district Of Siberia, known as the gen
eral government Of the steppes' 1t is
! favorite sport with the Kirghese Il
takes place in the autumn and early
winter, when the foxes coats are rud-
ly and perfect, though hunting Is rot
always confined to this period: The
eagles selected for the purpose are
powerful birds, of such weight that a
small wooden support Is carried by
he eagle bearer. A wei, grown bird
Of more than usually fierce tenipera-
nent will occasionally kill a wolf. Di-
rectly any game is seen the birds
make their flight and swoop down
with great precision. zone of these
birds has, to my knowledge" writes
our correspondent, killed seventeen
foxes in the last six weeks. can
vouch for this killing of foEes by
eagles, for / personally took all these
photographs and saw the whole sport
from beginning TO end. Years ago
wrote a letter to the Field, telling how
foxes swarm up small pine trees in
Florida when a kill appears immi-
nent. | have frequently seen them Go
so, but / was politely told what an
Ananias / must be. So 1 fear that pos
sibly you may desire to tell me the
same thing. | can only assure you
that it is a fact, which nc
establishment out here"
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Only Once,

Did / understand you to say you
nad played poker out west?" was ask
ed OF the man who had been telling
about prairies and mountains.
Eyes, I played once for about an
hour" was the reply.
"Was the game Interrupted by a
landslide or something?"
ooh, no! We had a pot Of about $50
on the table when | got four aces In
NV hand. We bet and raised until
there was 500 before us and then ]
called"
"And raked In the money!"
"Well, no. l was going to, but the
other followed showed me that he
held five aces, and SO l wouldn't play
any more. 1t was evident that the
western wav was not NV way"
The Opelousas courier., 1905-10-07

whirling headaches, dizziness and ter
rible urinary disorders ran me down
from 1853 to 100 pounds. Doctors told
me I had diabetes and could not live.
l was wretched and hopeless when l
began using Doan's Kidney Pills, but
they cured me eight years ago and
I've been well ever since"
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, n. Y.
For sale by all dealers. Price, SO
cents per box.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-10-07
Senator Depew had u asny hiiA

Senator DepeW a ~ dsa' nnA
self the pleasure Of being present al a
recent dinner where he was an In
vtted guest, and so be missed q joke
at his expense, which he enjoyed az
much as any one. however, when 1t
was told to him several days later:
Bishop Potter was the perpetrator.
Senator Depew's regrets had Just been
read.
81 need not tell you aaid the Bish-
On "tow we will miss the senator, he
who has for SO many years charmed
us with the humor OF his e~lo4uence
and the lagir Of his anecdotes"
The Opelousas courier., 1905-10-07
Apcited Science.

.Jeemsi" baWled Farmer GeehaA
N he day after his son returned from
college.
Eyes, governor"
"What's this newfangled business
called that / hear you braggin' SC
much about?"
, "Jiu jitsu."
"Ju jttsu, Ell? Pretty busy thing
is it?"
That's what 1t is"
well, Jeems."
what Is 1t, governor"
"s'pose sc jest hustle out an Sc
what iu jitsu'll do fer that air wco
ollie yander."-Pittsbure Post.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-10-07

I've reached sew
enty and hope to
live many years
longer. But twenty
years ago I had
kidney trouble SO
bad l could not
work. Backache
was persistent and
it was agony to lift
anything. Gravel,
The Opelousas courier., 1905-10-07
Cnl,,cyo in new YORK.

There were 6,oSo Chinese lhhab1-
tarts OF New York, according to the
last census, but the popular estimate
is that the actual number Of China
lnen is twice as large. Though there
is g rigid federal exclusion law and
sov births occur in the Chinese quar-
.ers. the Chinese population seems to
The Opelousas courier., 1905-10-07
For instant relief and spsedy Cure o. Lh"
and scaly Ianrnor. Itching DaSsaaa
N,~,.-SufTered For III on:hs.

"t wish YOU would publish th;s .ett'F 80
.tat others suffering as L have may W
helped. For months awfns sores co'etea
nv face and neck, scabs forming, 'Sehins
terribly day and night, breaking open, an'i
running blood and matter. haa tf'sa
many remedies. but vas growing worse,
| when l started with Cuticura. Inc hfSs
application gave me instaatre;sef. Il Whesi
I had used tvs cakes Of Cuticura Soap
| and three boxes CT Cutieura Ointment, l
WAS completely cured. (signed) Miss Nei-
| lie Wander Vice, Lakeside, N. Z"
The Opelousas courier., 1905-10-07

tITsperrnanently curel. No fits or nervous.
ness after first days use ofDr. Hines Great
NeryeRestorer .~s9trial bottloand treatisefT7
Dr. H. KLINE, Ltd. ,93l Arch ST., Ih1la', fG.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-10-07

Eieo's Cure l., the best medicine We oVes uss
1or ali a. fectIons OF throat and lunss.-NA.
o. ESDsLEy, Vanbn1eo. ind, FEB. ~, 1S51.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-10-07

The State Forester Of MsssachaGett:
aroes the study Of forestry.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-10-07

caruso, the celebrated lts..an tenor. Is
SOL Of o Naples engineer.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-10-07

Mrs. MISUNDERSTANDING Syrup Tor Chiiasea
teethine, soften tbs ulnS seuuee 81 u ha+tI.
ton ,allays pain ,curesSiha conc 1oc'" ~
The Opelousas courier., 1905-10-07
GRATEFUL TO CUTlCURA

A brochure is a small book, Stitched MOI
hound.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-10-07
TULANE UNIVERSITY Of La,
NEW ORLEANS.

Full courses in Languages, Sciences, En-
gines r'nt. Law, Medicine. Splendid de-
p~altlen' for women In Neweomb College.
Tulane mrakes leaders in all vocetions. Its
facilities for instruction Ia Engineering ara
uneurpassed. Unexcel]ed opportunities for
the stuay of Sugar Chs mistry. Many schol-
arshii 8 In the academic department Ex-
pepses low. Board aud accommodations il
dor mitories q. low rat -. Next session
begins October LIST. send for catalogue.
Address,
THE REGISTRAR. Gibson Hall.
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TWENTY A OF 1T.

Emaciated by Diabetes; Tortured With
Gravel and Kidney Pains.
Henry Soule, cobbler, Of Hamnonds-
port, N. Y, says: Since Doan's Kid
new Pills cured me eight years ago.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-04-08
wICKLIFFE, KY.
April 7, 1905.

April z, 1905.
Mrs c. p. Howle and little son, Par
ris, are both on the mend from their
cases of pneumonia.
The foot of a ladder slipped from
under Brit Elliott this morning and he
fell to n shed and thence 10 the pave
ment about ten feet below. cutting a
very ugly gach in his chin and other
wise disfiguring and bruising him. Mr.
Elliott was painting the front of the
0verstreet property on Court street
Geo. B. Wilds Jr, who has pnelt,
monia. is reported not quite so well
this morning
WOrkmen are wiring the Methodist
church edifice for electric lights.
1t showed here yesterday, April G.
ammo Domini 1905. and there was ap-
prehension that the fruit might be
killed
7. G.. Blankenship and family. in
Guiding Roy Webster. went to Cairo
today to take dinner with Mesdames
Bla ne and Brady in honor of Mr.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-04-08
Golden.
April z, 1850.


Mr. Lowry and Miss Iva Reese Wis.
tied relatives in Dongola this week,
Henry Miller is confined to his bed
this week.
The young folks had quite an en-.
joyable time at the lone Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Chas. Hallady's Monday evening.
Mr.. Rolla Castleberry died at his
homo Tuesday, aged % years.
j. c. Jean Of Lick Creek, Union
county's leading veterinary surgeon.
has been kept busy around Golden
this week.
Miss Alice Finley left Thursday
morning for Brookport.
Mr. Leo VIII of Murphysboro, Wis.
tied with Geo. Dubois Saturday night
and Sunday.
Bert Lamer, one OF the Golden boys
who has been working in Chicago for
some time, Is now employed in the
First National bank
Mr. James Green and Miss Nellie
Herin were married at the home OF
the bride Wednesday evening. Rev.
stonecipher officiating.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-04-08

NEWS FROM OUR NEIGHBORS F.:

Nc will be married in Marble Hill,
Mo- Wednesday, April 18th Miss
Wood Weane. of Birds Point Is one
Of the bridesmaids Miss Revelle is
well known here. She having taught
in our public school last fall.
Mrs. T. II. Stov9ll, of Tyler, Tex.
who has been visiting here the past
week, returned home Wednesday.
Katie, the S-year-old daughter of
Mrs. Kate Sanders, of Cairo, who is
visiting Mrs. L. NJ Rooney, got too
near ~ s)ove "Wednesday, her
clothing caught fire. With a scream
the little girl darted out the door,
her dress ablaze Her mother, who
was n the yard at the time caught
her and extinguished the Ere Be
yond bad fright the child was not
injured
J. f. Laffler and c. A. Royner were
adopted into the camp of Modern
Woodmen Wednesday night
R. D. Griggs, of Strykersville, New
York, is visiting his cousins. Mr. and
Mrs. ]. d. Griggs. this week.
Mr. and Mrs. w. F. Hall departed
for Fort Worth, Texas, yesterday Mr..
Hall resigne1 his pcsit on in the Coz
ton Belt office here a few days ago.
While with JUS they made many
friends who wish them success in
their new home
Mrs. Anna Laffler. who has been
visiting n Webb City. is home again.
Charleston visitors yesterday were
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. C. Potts. Mr.. and
Mrs. J. 3, Sullivan; Messrs J. D.
Byrne. F. Myers, l.. Ragsdale, J. W.
Wilson. II. L. Frayser, G. n. Nance
and T. NJ Austin.
We think it it would be a good
idea for the Iron Mountain agent at
Charleston 10 smoke up a little and
see That thu waiting room in the de
pot is put in comfortable condit on.
Tuesday night fifty or sixty passen-
gers were compelled 10 wait till about
midnight for the Cairo local There
was no fire and few lights in the
room. The Ladies' and children com
pain NJ about the cold: the gentle
men hustled kindling and coal and
maae 8 fire. am reliably informed
tina. such tie usual condition of
lie waiting room there.
Tuesday ]. H. Deaion's house was
entered by unknown parties ami a
number Of articles taken. Among
which. a ladies watch and fob. Initial