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The Opelousas courier., 1905-09-16
Moekjna Bird Attends Church.

An English mocking bird wandered
into Hagerstown, Md. and had quite
i time. It attacked first an apple in
the street in front of a fruit store on
West Franklin street, and when some
sparrows interfered knocked them
right and left. They formed a chat
tering ring and specialized on the new
champion. The bird then few of and
entered Christ Reformed church by
the bay window. Rev. Charles shaffer
of Thurmont was reading his text,
when the bird lit on the edge OF the
bible. He gently waved it of and 1t
few down to the edge Of the pulpit
and came back and stood on the text.
The reverend gentleman read, though.
and the bird few to the top OF the
organ and sat awhile, and then came
back and perched right over the
preacher until he was through his ser
mon. 1t seemed very attentive. When
the organ opened 1t few to that and
enjoyed the music and, finally, after
a comprehensive fight over the con
gregation; turned to the chandelier
There 1t was when the congregation
went out. Mr.. 6pielmar went to the
church this morning and easily cap
tured II
The Opelousas courier., 1905-09-16
EIotsan1 Of War.

Il curious echo of the war in the
Far East has just made itself heard
1T the quiet country village OF Brie-
len. III Flanders, where q Japanese,
named Dale okof, q fully graduated
doctor Of mediciae, has Just been ar
rested as q vagabond. The account
"a giyes of himself is that at the out
break Of war he was a surgeon with
the army OF Gen. KuroH, and per
hitting himself to criticIse IN 9 Japa-
nese journal certain ambulance meth
dds after the battle Of Liao-yang. ne
had to ice to Europe to ESCAPE 2
court martial. Starting with Esq
il his pocket, he reached Marseilles,
but being unable to speak mere tnan
] few words OF French he could on
tai, no professional work, despite ne
diulonas. which are good, and tramp
Al from place to place, living on MS
Iittle capital until, when arrested @
Rrie1en. his resources amounted e
exactly three. halfpSree. But y the
Iananase care for books Of travel
mere should be ii such an ODYSSEY
abundant material for sraisans tne
wlnd.-London Globe.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-09-16
A Chocolate Party.

A chocolate party is a new idea for
a Sunday school class or a church So
cial. The helpers serve hot chocolate
and cocoa with whipped cream, ehoc-
olate cake and chocolate ice cream.
Sell chocolate candies of different va
.ieties. It would be nice if they could
make them at home. A very pretty
ouch could be siven il the girls who
wait on the tables would dress in the
costume Of the chocolate girl who an
PEARS on the tins Of chocolate in the
stores. The dress is simpIe-a full
skirt, a white kerchfef folded over the
shoulders, a full apron and a white
zap. The costumes need. not be made
or the occasion, but may be devised
rom the clothes on hand, or, IL O
prefer to make it, cheap material NAV
be used, and the cut is SO simple that
it will be little trouble to make.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-09-16
Queer Proofs CT Love,

Nine. Myriam Harry. the Partisan
novelist who has Travelled about the
world a good deal, tells what evil
dences of affection are priced by men
and women In different countries. In
Jerusalem she once met q young Arab
woman who had not a tooth left in
her head. Nine. Harry's native SER
want said: Lucky woman; her hus-
band knocked all her teeth out. He
does love her." In Cochin China
Nine. Harry was told that there a
husband was not believed to love his
wife properly until he had made a
present to her of a coffin. In Galicia,
among the sect of masoehists, a mar
values his wife's affection by the de-
grees OF suffering which she causes
him to endure. Mime. Harry there
r c heard a betrothed youth say to
his affianced bride: "If you really
loved me you would consent to bind
me and fog me with this whip" At
Stockholm one Of Nine. Harry's
friends is now suing her husband for
divorce on the ground that he does
not love her soIlIfu1ly."
The Opelousas courier., 1905-09-16
RICE HULLs IN MIXED FEED.

There is one feature Of the feed
business, especially crushed and mix
id feeds. which II affecting the sale
of ali feeds very materially, and will
affect them more Ia the future. and
that ii the a1ss u rice hulIs by I'M
scrupulosls millers ii the manufactur-
Ing and mixing of feeds.
When rice huIls / ground fine
and mixed with feed II Is y very din
cult matter I'd detect their presence
All they are so much cheaper than
anything OF that nature now On the
market it IS 4 great indncement to
naiIlers who have not much regard
for the welfare of their customers e
use them. we have been making 9
dgnt oa Them. doing everything q
il power 10 stop the practice, as we
realize that ii will injure tho crushed
The Opelousas courier., 1905-09-16
CLEMENTINA GONZALES,
OF CENTRAL AMERICA,
RESTORED TO HEALTH.
PE-RU-NA THE REMEDY

Miss C~lementina Gonzales, Hotel Pro-
cincia. Guatemala, C. A, in a recent letter
from PAT Cleveland Ave, Chicago, ILL.,,
writes:
"I took PerunG fora ecora,-oHt cof-
dittou. L ras SO run dotca1 that 4
could not sleep Gt night, had no ap-
petite and felt tired in the morning.
~ tried many t~0faics, bat PerunG
uns the only thing trhtch helped me
fm tic least. After 1 had taken bat
a. hair bottle I felt much better. !
continued its use forthree nreeksdnd
I Uas completely restored to health,
ana a able to take np ny studies
uhtct i had been forced 10 drop.
Tnere Is nothing better than Pernh1
to buiId up the system. ~ Ctemen-
tina Gonzales.
Address The Peruna Medicine Co, of
Columbus, Ohio, for instructive free lltera-
tura nm catarrh.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-09-16
Relic or 1onn w csIey.

A relic of John Wesley was found
on the beach at ~Sheephead Bay. N. Y,
recently in the form Of an open faced
oval Iocket, containing what is sup
posed to be a lock of the reformer's
hair.
The copper plate forming the face
Of the locket was originally COVERED
by hair. It is badly corroded aid only
traces of the hair are visible. The
other side. which Is formed Of a gold
plate with a medallion in the center
containing hair, is in a good state OF
preservation. It bears the following
distinct inscription: "Rev'd Jno Yves
lev A M obt 2 March 1871 N' So"
The Opelousas courier., 1905-09-16
THE STRAW,

In answer to a Reader" as to the
best way to save straw On the farm
] would say that In my experience
the baler has solved the problem In
q very satisfactory way. There have
been multiplied thousand of dollars
lost in u state by not properly ham
ding the straw. There is great feed
value in it. equal to from one-half
to one-third that of timothy hay and
then, If handled as it may be- What
is not used as feed may be made
equally valuable as bedding and alb.
sorbent in the stable. By balins, the
bulk Is so much reduced that on
many farms there will be found shed
room for it, II not, the farmer can
afford to put up a shed, though 1t be
a cheap one, which when emptied In
part Or whole may become shelter
from storms and sunshine. Where
one farmer does not feel justified in
buying a baler he should combine
with one or more OF his ne:ghhers
In it's purchase, Then they viii have
sufficient help to solve this problem
of the present day farmer. The Soon
or after threshing the hallng can be
done the better. And on most farms
there is rather a leisure time and
often all the straw can be baled, and
the stacks of hay, IL any on the farm,
without scarcely missing the time.
We always feel straw ia connection
with hay of whatever variety we are
feeding. We place the straw In man
ger first. In gathering the shattar
ings stock will get more OF less OF
tie straw and thus soon form the
habit of eating it.. Then most far
mers feed too much hay to horses.
and Ii they have a part straw ration
the horse does not become gorged.
Then there seems to be solaethins
in the variety for the horse, 30 we
think that he keeps In better condi-
ton with much less expense In iced.
The baled straw solves the keeping
OF the extra team force for the few
months of cropping time. We be-
Iieye as many feed horses on the
farm that $50 per year will not pay
their feed bill, aside from the work
OF caring for them.-Subscribar In
Indiana Farmer.
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HOW she CHARMED HIM.
sirl Whese E~xfravasancs Won ksr .
- Wsait1Y Husband.

Eirl Whose ExfFavag2nes Won hsr .
Wealthy Husband.
@If / knew how to write stories,
says q pension ONCE woman, to tbs
Washington Post, It'd write one about
my cousin Matte. We're about the
same age, and for the last fifteen
years we've been earning cur OWE
livings. Mattis has been q school
teacher, and I've been in office. Every
time we met we used to talk about
what We meant to do with the money
/ bachelor uncle of ouTs was to leave
US some day. Matte always said she
intended to spend every cent OF her
share having a good time that she
could remember all the rest CT her
life.
"Tf I invest IT, she used to say, !
may lose. If I buy a splendid good
time with it, nobody can ever ron ms
of the memory Of it.
Two years aso our uncle died Il
left each Of Us about $4,000. was
too sensible to focl mine away. / pu
it into suburban lots that l couldn't
sell now for mere than half hat
gave for them. Matte took fou!
months leave of absence. bought her
self q lovely wardrobe, and went lC
California for the winter. She sa1t
she meant to spend every cent h hat
in just four months, and she dla
When her leave of absence was VI
she hadn't q penny left. IeachinA
now? No, stree. She met a very iich
man in California and married him
Aad what charmed the man Tas the
frank way in which she told MIN
about her money and how she wa
spending it. He said he'd been looE,
ing all his life for a woman with scoC
ommon sense, and Matte w2s the
onIy one he'd ever found"
The Opelousas courier., 1905-09-16
TIMOTHY D. SULLIVAN.
The Critic and the Lady.

Talleyrand, the noted Frenchman,
possessed wit of SO high an order that
it has stood well the test Of time, and
his jokes are still good. The author
Of Juniper Hall" gives two Of bis
sayings to Madame de Stael.
He was a great admfrer of Madame
Recamier and Madame de Stael. the
one for her beauty, the other for her
wit. Madame de Stael asked him n
day If he found himself with both OF
them In the sea on a plank, and could
only save one, which it would be, to
which he replied:
"Ah! Madame de Stael knows SO
many things, doubtless she knows
how to SWIM"
When "De1phine' appeared, 1t was
said that Madame de Stael had de-
scribed herself as Delphine, and that
Talleyrand was the original of Ma
dame de Vernon.
Meeting the authoress soon after
ward, Talleyrand remarked, In his
most gentle tone Of voice:
II hear that both you and I appear
In your new book, but disguised as
uyoman .-Mo-treaI FSra1f.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-09-16
TUBERCULOSIS m CATTLE.

Thu dispute which has been going
On foT some years with regard to the
nature Of tuberculosis in cows and
human beings has taken o. a new
phase during the last few months.
It is now claimed by some authori-
ties that the disease In cattle and
human beings, while of a distinct va
riety, Ia nevertheless liable to be
communicated from one to the other
and that man is susceptible to both
varisties of the disease. But there
are eminent scientists who assert
that the disease cannot be commune
Gated from cattle to man in any form.
or course, the practical conclusion is
that considerable care is advisable in
the management of tuberculosis cat
tie ard their milk product until this
very important point is settled.-MaS-
sachusettS Ploughman.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-09-16
CROP-BoUND.

There are usually Tor cases OF
crop-bound fowls during the winter
than In the summer, due to the de-
sirs Of the hens to eat bulky food,
which induces them to swallow long
dry grass, Irvine, rags and other SUBJ
stances which they should not touch,
and which clog the passage between
tho crop and the gizzard. II the
fowls are confined in yards it Is best
clean out all rubbish, and no cases
OF crop-bound will appear. If the
hens are also fed cut clover and cab
bage they will have less inclination
for the coarse substance which they
nick up when running at large.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-09-16
SALT E ON HANDS
Suffered Agony and Had to Wear Bandasea

Suffered Agony and Had to Wear Bandases
All the Tilne-Another Cure by Cuttcura.
Another cure by Cuticura is told Of by
Mrs. Caroline Cable, OF Waupoea, Wis, in
the following grateful letter: My husband
suffered agony with salt rheum on his
hands, and | had to keep them bandaged
all the time. We tried everything we
could get, bnt nothing helped him until he
used Cuticura. One set Of C~uticura Soap,
Ointment and Pills cured him entirely,
and his hands have been as smooth as pos
siLle ever since. | hope this letter will be
the means of helping other sufferers"
The Opelousas courier., 1905-09-16
A Lesson at the Primaries.

Mrs. Dobbs waited until dinner was
over and her husband lighted his pipe
before she handed over the note WI
lie brought from the teacher.
my boy" said Dobbs, when he had
read it. Il understand from this that
you are excused from school until the
Board of Education has an opportunity
to consider your case"
Eyes, sir" answered Willie, who
had begun to whimper.
do you know what the Board oil
Education fs, my SOM"
"Ne, sir"
Dobbs went into the kitchen and so,
a good stout piece of board. Then he
summoned his son, and for several
minutes he was busy with Willie.
"That, my son." he said, as he fin
lshed, sis the only board OF education
we knew Of when I was a lad"
The Opelousas courier., 1905-09-16

In twelve hours zz,lls people cross
Westminster bridge on foot and 1851
passengers go over BY omnibus: At
Blackfriers bridge 31.as5 pedestrians
cross in twelve hours and $500 pas
sengers in omnibuses. Every day
1850 electric. trans are run to and
from Westminster bridgss and last
year 4 total of 100000 passengers
were carried. To Blackfriars bridge
there are 56e cars q day, and the
number of passengers last year was
az 0O0. 900.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-09-16

The male singer who creates a rum
pua about his family affairs in the
divorce courts finds little sympathy.
operate advertisement of this kind
is distinctly a feminine prerogativs,
concludes the Washington Star.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-09-16
UNIVERSITY of la.
NEW ORLEANS.

Full courses In Languages, Sciences, En-
cheering, Law, Medicine. Splendid de-
partment for women in Newcomb College.
Tulane makes leaders in all vacations. Its
facilities for instruction In Engineering are
unsurpassed. Unexcelled opportunities for
the study OF Sugar Chemistry. Many schol-
arships In the az academic department Ex-
penses low. Board aud accommodations In
dolmitories at low rat IS. Next session
begins October LIST. send Tor catalogue.
ADDRESS.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-09-16

The great American pie is now
made by machinery, and the next
step will be to have it eaten by ma
chinery, prophesies the New York
American.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-09-16

Philadelphia Is trying to rid itself
OF the Overhead trolley, says the New
FORK Tribune. Meantime, a searching
Investigation is going on as the under
ground ways that lead to its City
Hall.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-09-16

The mighty have surely fallen when
such d power as Russia has been can
be defied for days by a handful Of
men aboard a single battleship, do
elares the Manchester IN. HI Union.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-09-16

A man who is in good condition In
all respects is almost germ proof by
nature. But many a man who thinks
himself in good condition is far from
being SO.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-09-16

Use the great antiseptic preventative,
Sloan's Liniment. Six drops Of sloan's
Liniment on a t%easpoonful of sugar will
kill yellow fever and malaria germs.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-09-16

FTTSpernanently cured. No fits or nervous-
ness after first days use ofDr. Klins's Great
NerveRastorer, satrtal bottleand treatise free
DR.. r. Fl. KLINE, Ltd. ,931 Arch St., Phila., Pa
The Opelousas courier., 1905-09-16

The mar with a gun who shoots On
sight at anything living, in hopes Oh
killing a deer, Is again abroad and
unfortunately, this is the season wheel
the fooikiileF Is taking his vacation.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-09-16
NOTES AND COMMENTS.

King Oscar should at least reflect
that half a throne is better than no
throne, thinks the Atlanta Journal.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-09-16

the DelnOcfahc
leaders Of New
York S a t e,
strongly recon-
mends Doan's
Kidney Pills.
Senator Sulli-
van writes:
1t is q pleas
ure to endorse a
r e N e dy lik e
Doan's Kidney
Pills, having
The Opelousas courier., 1905-09-16

4Grafta still shows its hateful Tea
t.,ras ii many branches Of the public
service. hui grafterss ers On tho
rim.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-09-16

The London World declares that sic
Is a masculine delusion that women
are ready or ever will be ready to sur
render their liberty and indulge IN
the vulgar chase for husbands as did
their forbears."
The Opelousas courier., 1905-09-16

Japan's rice crop for the year Of 1904 was
2e3, 692 1855 bushels.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-09-16

Tam sure Piso's Cure for Consumption saved
my life three years ago.-Mrs. THOMAS Rob-
KRrs, Maple st., Norwich, MY, Feb. II, 1900
The Opelousas courier., 1905-09-16
FALIrMADE SYRUP

ISL E@1" &Ao
me credit for discovering a new meth
Cd for making maple syrup in the
fall Of the year and that I obtain the
flow OF soap By reboring old bors, ETC.,
submit the following outline of the
result OF my experiment:
I have discovered that the flow of
sap In the fall is less than half, and
not so sweet as it Is in the spring
tndel. Similar climatic conditions.
It also lacks In flavor, although the
maple flavor Is quite prominent-in
fact, more delicate than the average
sugar-maker gets In the springtime.
Indeed, the color OF three samples I
obtained November 90, "a and 26,
will core the finest grades of syrup
that were made last spring. From
one of these samples of syrup a cake
Of sugar vas made, its quality being
much above the average.
1t would not be profitable to tap q
maple bush In the fall, notwithstand-
Ing the quality being good, and even
II the sap runs occurred at close in
teryals, as above referred to. Being
convinced of this fact at the early
stage of my connection with the ma
pie sugar industry, my experiments
In the past twenty-five years were for
the sole purpose of increasing the
quality and the quantity of maple
sweets with the least injury to the
trees and at least expense. Notwith-
standing the expense and annoyance
which were incurred by these expert
ments, I have been well repaid, 81
| can fully demonstrate, and will do
so In a future article in this paper,
thal the maple sugar crop has been
only t%wo-thirds what 1t should have
been.-G. IA. Grimm, In Massachu-
setts Ploughman.
GOOD CORN GROUND MARKER.
Take three pieces for runner INK
4 inches III feet long; have runners
3h feet from center to center, using
one inch boards for top Take two
piece 2x4 ~ feet long for a roller for
tongue. Mortise for tongue In cen
ter two inch round tenents on each
end; take two pieces 2x4 III feet
long, bore 2 inch holes In front ends.
slope back end d little, put roller IN
and bolt on top: let tongue reach
through about 2 inches so as to catch
II middle runner; cut top Of runner
off a little; this Is necessary In order
I'd lift marker around when turning.
Take two pieces 2x3 Is inches long
TOR gauge roller post, bore two holes
In middle runner III inch holes 5
inches deep Ia inches apart; now
make d little roller to nc post. max
ing b mortise Iii center tor gaugs
pole; take d pole 10h fest long. use
1x12 inch is inches long for making
gauge mark: sharpen both front
sides. This pole should be just 10h
feet from center Of roller to center
DIT gauge mark. Take four laths q
feet long, trent lath straight up for
gauge pole to work against when go
ing back, Iath sIoped SO as to make q
fork for gauge pole to lay In when
turning around--C. =. Jackson In the
Epitomist.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-09-16

Mrs. Winslow Soothing Syrup fer Children
seething, soften the gums, reduces intiamma-
ton .allays pain, cureswind colo, 25c. a bottle.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-09-16

found them OF the greatest value In
eliminating the distress caused by sick
kidneys, and in restoring those organs
to a condition of health. My experi-
ence with your valuable remedy was
equally as gratifying as that Of several
Of my friends. Yours truly,
(Signed)
- TIMOTHY D. SULLIVAN.
Foster-Milburn Co, Buffalo, N. Y.
For sale by all druggists. Price, so
cents per boz.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-09-16
Avoid Yeilew Fever

Priceless art treasures were destroyed BY
fire at the Castle OF L~ichtenwalde.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-09-16
INFLUENCE OF MILKING.

only causes a diminished Yield of
milk, but alse causes the milk which
Is obtained to be of poorer quality
as shown by the per cent al fat. The
variations in quality are usually much
greater than those in the yield. Ex-
perianents in which one teet at a
time was MIXED caused a falling off
from one to two per cent of fat In the
mhR obtained. Slow nai1king gave.
on the average OIL per cent less than
a per cent. The difference in yield
or rat from nine cows experimental
upon was more than enough to make
one pound OF butter per day. A
change or mixers also had a marked
erect, but in this case the individual.
lty of the mixer seemed to be the
chief factor, as certain mixers al.
ways obtained better milk than oths
era, and this was the ease when both
OF the mixers We're thought to be
expert. The cows we're clean milk
ed In every case. In a test with four
cows, which was continued over pc
RODS Of one week with each mixer,
tho milk obtained by one of these
mixers contained nearly one-half per
cent Of fat more than the other.
This was repeated in every case In
favor OF the same mixer. The most
marked effect al found when cows
were MIXED with milking tubes, the
quality OF milk being Invariably poor
or when the tubes were used than
when the cows were milked by hand
Massachusetts, Ploughnan.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-09-16

Plans to build electric street car lines in
Pekin aroused protest.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-09-16

Whistler is said to have had a hundred
sittings for one portrait
The Opelousas courier., 1905-09-16
SENATOR SULLIVAN

Says He Has Found Doan's Kidney Pills
Invaluable in Treating Sick Kidneys.
Hon. Timothy D. Sullivan, Of New
York, Member of Congress from the
Eighth New York District ind n OF
The Opelousas courier., 1905-09-16

A, very trite saying, remarks the
San francisco Argonaut, is that the
honor of public men should be as SEN
sitive as that of a woman, and there
is a great deal in 1t, since they in.
volve not only themselves but the
country for which they appear befors
the world as representatives.