LE COURIE_.

/RY SATURDAY.

: LOUISIANA./I

/ightor of New Orleans has

hat the city must support allirm, sick, and disabled paupers

in its limits.

More than one-fourth of the adult

male population of the United Stateebelongs to some secret order.

A subscriber asked "Can electricitybe stolen?" and the Chicago Times-Herald in re pines that it can, andthat it would be a snocking crime.

, Arkansas had eleven Governors un-der French rule, nine under Spanishrule, four while it was a Territory, andtwenty-three since it was admnitted asa State into the Union, besides elevenS cting Governors. From 1803 to 1819it was part of Louisiana, and there isno roster of its Governors.

Dr. Carl Peters, the German cx-plorer of 4Aica, whose cruelty soshocked the •orld when it was revealeda year or n'o ago, has been tried onthose charges and dismissed from theImperial service. It speaks well forthe humanity and integrity of the Ger-man courts that even the iufluentialfriends of this man could not save himfrom just pu ishment.

Foes of Mr. Robert Koch have achance to crow over him. Reportsfrom Cape Town y the local author-ities consider~iat mpt to stay theravages •-e rimter est a completefailurel This doesn' prove much, butit seems to be a fact that of 6000 cattleinoculated by the German professor'sexperts, one-third have died, and thatthe scourge will now be probab'lyallowed to sweep the country, as allrepressive measures are left to localinitiative under Government" super-vision. The outlook for South Africsis described as dismal in the extreme.

J. Vances Lewis (colored), who willbe graduated from the Chicago College

S.La h is year, is a remarkablelinnie P years ago he couldbarely r• S.'Lince then, according to

C•Chicag eco , he has acquired are ing and speaking knowledge ofGerman, French and Spanish, and isalso ccounted a good English scholar.He takes up the study of languages asa divecsion, and proposes to study theHungarian and Russian tongues thisyear in connection with a course in in-ternational law. He also hopes to geta knowledge of several Oriental lan-guages in the next few years.

Turkey's war indemnity, whether itbe $15,000,000 or 825,000,000, or anyother sum which her vaniquishedantagonist is able to pay, will not easeher finances, maintains the New YorkTribune. It is her declaration, and isthe belief of the Powers, that it hascost her as much to whip Greece asshe gets out of Greece for whippingher, and that there is not even a livingprofit in the transaction. Meantimeshe owes the European countries$800,000,000, and, backed up by theprestige of her recent victories, willnow try to owe them some more. Shecan have no surer guarantee of theirsupport and countenance than in owingthem a Lot of money.

It may be news to many, yet it is afact that there are in densely popu-lated Germany vast tracts of uncultf-vated, yet fertile land. This is thecase not alone in the less-civilized andmore thinly peopled eastern provincesof Prussia, but even in weasrn andsouthwestern Germany. ai'any ofthe latter have been lying fialow since

-the thirty years' war of 1616-48, owingto all sorts of reasons, sometimespolitical, sometimes economic. Inview of the unhealthy condition ofGerman agriculture since a generationpast, nobody has felt like purchasing 1or leasing such uncultivated lands andputting them under systematic culture.Now, however, the agricultural so-cieties of Germany are taking hold ofthe matter. The Westphalian Pro-vincial Diet, owing• the agitation on*e. subject, has u ously adoptedresolutions by whi c mmittee hasbeen empow -o {uy up the im- rmense tracts oor and heath in the 1iortrn parts of the province, for the '

purpose of bringing about thorough tcultivation of them. Room fora farm-.ag population of at least 100,000 1w dalbe gaind bythethdrough carry, afag out of this plan. It is estimated rthat there is in the whole of Germanysuitble arable land now uncultivated ato•, the tune of several million acres, osapb•le of giving sustenance to, asmany fuman beings, and with a pos-. ii•ble produe in cereals more thanl so'aghing resenit imports in

St tally fthe agrarianP, P l, attieit; tocheek

mi~u4graition of rural laborers and rc`f f suru, which at present, d

: Ja Sdto ovnteenssled to. much unsound tc

morton 9bIng b

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SUMMER,

And now she alights on the earthTo play with her childrel, the flowers;

She tonuhes the stems, and the buds havebirth,

And gently she trains them in bowers.And the bees and the birds are glad,

* And the wind catches warmth from herbreath,

An:l around her is nothing sadNor any traces of death.

1 See how she lays her downWith roses for her crown,

S With jessamnine and myrtleForming her fragrant kirtle.Conquered by softest slumbers,No more the hours she numbers-t the hours that interveno

M Ere h1:, may wing her flight

Far from this smiling seoneWith all her love and light,

And leave the flowers and the summer bow-

Y To winter in autumn and winter hours.

And must they wither then ?d Thiir lif: and their pIerfume

Sinkikng s., soon againInto their earthy tomb.

Let us bind her as she i!-sEre the fleeting moment flies,S1an:l and foot anild arn anld bosom,With a chain of but andl blossom ;Twine red roses round her ihan•ds(hound her feet twine myrtle bands.

I lap up flowers, higher. higher-1 Tulips like a glowing fire,Clematis of milky whiteness.Sweet geraniums, varied brightness,

S IIonevsucktle, commeline,t)ses, myvrtles, jossalnine;Heap them higher, bloom on bloom,Bury her as in a tomb.

SBut alas they are withered all.And h:lw can deal flowers bind her?SShe l1eshs awa; lher pall,I Ad silo leaves the deal behind her:

Andl shl flies a'erT ss tlh seas,1 To gladden for a timeln

The blossom all the beesOf some far-distant clime.

-Christina Rossetti.

SOUR BURGLAR ALARMS. Ia My sister Kate and I were verys nearly of an age, but we were not

alike iu any way except that we werel-~th tall and both had freckles! Theseto troubled us, aud man:y were the experi-

:o mieuts we tried to remove from our

ft fn!es the objectionable effects of theopen-air life we led.

e Father was a farmer, and we liveds nine miles from the country town.It Mother was a systematic and careful

, housekeeper, and so engrossed in her

1 kitchen and dairy duties that she sel-dom made calls on her neighbors and1 never went to town unless she wasobliged to.

She was, therefore, a little annoyedwhen father said at breakfast, onemorning, that she must accompanyhim to W- that day. Nevertheless,1 she got ready, after a little demur,and3 took her seat in the dogcart an hour

later with an air of resignation thatmade us all smile.

W1 e hal the beds to make,the break-fast dishes to wash, and the wholehouse to put in order, so we were asbusy as bees until 12 o'clock, and hadno time to think of being lonely.

But we found the afternoon goslowly, and I was beginning to feelthat it would be pleasant to see moth-er's face again, when a newspaper thatI had placed behind the clock on thekitchen mantel caught my eye. Thisturned my thought into a differentchannel.

"Kate," I said, "suppose we makesome of the complexion compound weread about, the other day ? We shallnever get a better opportunity. Mothermay not be away again for weeks.Here it is:

"Ladies who are troubled withfreckles will be glad to learn that afew applications of a mixture ofglycerine, cascarilla powder, tar,lemon juce and olive oil will effectuallyremove them and leave the skin soft,smooth and tinted like an infant's.' "

"I'm willing to try it," said Kate."But we haven't the ingredients."

"Yes, we have," I answered ; for,unknown to her, Ihad one day duringthe previous week, when father hadtaken me to town, obtained them fromthe druggist and grocer.

We were soon at the kitchen stove,diligently mixing and stirring the de-coction, and it was a sorry lookingmess when we at last took it from thestove. We had, however, faith in itsefficacy, and with great satisfactionwe poured it into a large bottle, whichwe hid behind the wardrobe in ourroom to await use at bedtime.

While we were getting supper wewere startled by a terrific peal ofthunder, the forerunner of one of themost violent storms that ever raged inour district. For two hours the rain Cpoured in sheets, flooding the yard afrom the house to the stable,and turn- sing the little brook by the barn into a 1roaring river. a

The clock struck 9. "'Don't you 8think we had better go to bed ?" saidKate, folding up her apron. "I do nnot think there is any use in our sit- rting up."

)n With much latighter we got our bigig bottle of "complexion varnish," asid Kate called it. 'Taking a piece of rag,Swe gave to our faces a thick coating,

which resembled nothing else I hadever seen before or have seen since.

1 "I'm too tired to sit up," said Kate."Why can't we make cloth masks ?

n Where'g•hat old pique cloth you werecd utting up yesterday?"

The masks were soon made. Theyw weresiniply long pieces of white cloth

t- reaching from the tops of our fore-heads to the collars of our night-dresses, with small holes for the eyesand nostrils. We attached strings tothem and tied them on.

We both soon fell asleep. It mustO have been near midnight when I was

awakened by a noise in the dining-room which was directly below the onewe occupied. It sounded as if somer one was moving about saealthir---orI something, rather, for I decided atonce that it was the dog.

"Ka b," I said, "'we must have shutold Tige up in the diningromn, Verylikely he hid in the cupboard when thestorm came on and fell asleep there.SWe must go down and let him out."

We did not stop to put on our shoesor light a candle, but stole down justas we were and entered the sitting-room, which vommunicated with the

odiningoom by a folding door.SWhat was our surprise and, horror

tc see the back of one man in the cup-board directly opposite us, and anotherbusily engaged by the light of a lan-tern in preparing to take .the silver

-and linen from o•he diiug, table, inwhat seeeimed to'' be~ a1 s tca vas bag.

Ti.hs' 3OWd.:itys the opening ofth~4iw. $ku~aac.ib.!~to tabl~e

to look up. For one instant he gazedat us, with dropped jaw and eyesalmost starting from their sockets,then, with a yell which might havebeen heard half a mile off he let fallthe silver he was holding and withone bound was out of the open win-dow.His companion, startled by his out-

cry, rushed out of the cupboard inalarm. Pen could not describe hisabject terror as his eyes fell on us,and his yell as he sprang toward thewindow was even louder than thatwhich had been given by his compan-ion.

For a moment I was at a loss to ac-count for their strange terror; but aglance at Kate made it clear.

In our long, white nighitdresses andwhite masks we certainly looked likeveritable ghosts.

We spent the rest of the night in astate of nervous terror, which made usheartly glad when, at 8 o'clock weheard the sound of wheels and sawour parents drive up to the door.

Owing to the n: a.;hing away of abridge they hal been unalle to gethome the previt, s night and had ac-cepted the hospitality of a farmer nearW-w-ho hadl providc< them withsupper and a ibed.

IThen, with shmudering and tears, wetold our story, and were alternatelykissed and cried over by mother, whodeclared that never, never would sheleave us alone a'main.

As to that "complexion varnish,"one application showed no fLavorableresults, and we never felt like tryingit again.--London News.

LABOR FOR ROAD-BUILDING.

A Plea for Convict WVork to ImprovePublic Highways.

The ahlormal floods along the Mis-sissippi, river have provoked much dis-cussion of ways and mean:s for pre-venting their fature re •lrrence or forrestraining the swollen tream withinsafe limits. Some urge a strongerand hi.ghller system of levees ; othersthe opening of new, or reopiening ofold, channels, through which the rivermay be partly or wholly diverted fromits present course; and others yetother projects, all, of course, involv-ing the doing of much w(ork and thespending of much money. The fur-ther suggestion is male, as applicablefor the execution of any of theseschemes, that the manual lab.or re-quired on the vast job shall b:e done 1by the able-bodied inmates of the pris-ons of the various interested states.This suggestion is an eminently prac-tical one, and it leads to the furthersuggestion that just such jobs affordthe best possible field for the employ-meat of convict labor.

Country and suburhan roads, for ex-ample,which in all parts of the Unionare in need of improvement. Thespring season is the best of all timesfor roadl-building. It is the verytime when farmers and villagers aremost busy with other matters and canleast well devote atiention to theroads. And it is the time when thehoused-up prisoners are most in needlof wholesome occupation in the openair. There are three elements of theproblem which unerringly point to itsright solution. If to do work when itcan best be done, with the least possi-ble disturbance of other industriesand at the lowest cost to the proprie-tor and to the greatest benefit to theworkmen, and,indeed to all concerned-if that be business wisdom, the in-mates of our state prisons should beset at road-making forthwith.

In that way they will get the exer-cise they need, the public will get themuch-needed good roads, and therewill be no competition between convictand free labor. How much the con-victs need such work is demonstratedin the Kings County penitentiary,where the inmates are reported to bein danger of going mad, some of themactually doing so, through enforcedidleness. How much improved roadsare needed almost any suburban orrural village will testify.-New YorkTribune.

Iortabjle Houses.

Among the luxuries of these daysare portable houses. If you want tocarry a comfortable dwelling with youwhen you are going to the mountains,r you can get one that will fold up likean umbrella; it is made of wood andwire net. For a summer home at theseashore you can irocure a ready-made house in sections, all ready tobe put together. Really handsomecottages can 1,e purchasd in this way,and the railroad will deliver thestructure complete in pieces, on thelot where it is to be put up. .Withina few hours you can move in and be-gin housekeeping, realizing in actualfact the story of Aladdin and his fa-mous palace that grew like a mush-room in one night.

Walking Upstairs.

In walking upstairs your feetshouldbe placed squarely down on the step,heel and all, and then the work shouldbe performed slowly and deliberately.In this way there is no strain on anyperAi~' muscle,but each is doing itstity in A' tural manner. Do not

'bend over. " exertion of this kind,when the hest is naturally excited tomore rapid a tion, it is desirable thatthe lungs shi-ld have full play. Butthe crouching position interferes withtheir action, the blood is imperfeetlyaerated and there is trouble rightaway. Give the lungi a chance to dotheir work everywhere and at alltimes.

A Marquis' Repartee.

The Duke of Leeds, who, it is said,will subceed Lord Aberdeen as gov-ernor-general of Canada, when he wasin parliament as the Marquis of Car-marthen was the youngest member inthe Commons, and the youngest-look-ing until he grew a beard. It is toldof him that on the day of his electionsome one asked him: "Say, boy, doesyour mother know your out?" "Yes,"promptly replied the youthful politi-cian, "and when the votes are countedtonight she will know I am in."

An Incentive to Bravery.Two armies stood facing each other

oh the field of battle. Ond'of thecommanding officers spoke:

"Men," he said, "this is a trying'moment. It is time for brave deedsand fearless acts. For, men, theeyes of 40 future generations willlook iback upon you. Forty kineto-scopes are now in position, Chargel"--New York Journal,

ad FIGHTING FISH OF SIAM.

es Queer Piscatorlal Contests on Whloh the:S, Natives Gamble.

ve Next to the far-famed tree-climbingtl fish peculiar to portions of South Amer-

t ica, I have failed to discover that then- habitable waters hold any denizen much

more remarkable than the lighting fisht of Siam. The Siamese are notorious

gn gamblers. It their innocent, prattl-a ing, "fond," simple way, they will

s, stake their lit.tle all upon their favoritewe wrestler, their favorite juggler, their

at most admired cock, and even upon1- their choicest champion of the finny

tribe. For these "tighting fish" are,C_ no myth, and I am writing of some-a thing that I have seen with mily own

eyes.Walking quietly on the streets of

io Bangkok one afternoon, when the

tropic sun was beginning to wan'e,a and the shorn priests were beginning

is their weird invocations to Buddha ino the wats of that extraordinary and

` malodorous city, I was aware of 1agreat commnotion in the near distance.

a Natives were running about, shoutingexcitedly in the Siamuese lingo, andgenerally conveying the impressiolltr that something out of the ordinary

h was in process of being."What's the matter ?" I inquired.

S "The flighting fish I The fightingy fish I" replied several excited voices.0 As incredulous as might et', I tookthe directioll indicated and forced illy, way throiugh a small throng of native::,

all talking and gesticulating their fast-e est, but still religiously chewing (anti

when are they not ?) the inevitableand unpleasant ietel-nut. What ascene it was, to ibe sure ! As soonl asI could get near enough to, see any-

e thing "delinite," I perceived that thecentre of attraction was a Ihuge bowlthree parts full of water, the surface

- of which was at that mlloment churnediuto a veritalie foanm streaked with

r blood. In aildition to the water, theI iowl contained several fish, about the

r size of ordinary Englisll river-fish,s and of much the samte appearance,f save as regards the gills, which lookedparticularly ferocious and warlike. In1 all save this the co,)mbatants might at

t first sight have been mlistaken for the- erch, roach,or small pike of our ownrivers, or so it appeared to me. They

-were "fighting" in every different wayknown to the smaller fish-savagelybiting, lashing albout thlem with tlheirtails, and losing no opportunity ofusing their sharp, knife-like fins.-Anon a fish would turn over and over,the curdled water woult take a stillruddier tinge, and the eanten enemywould roll over on his back or side-dead.The excited onlookers never paused

one moment either as regarded thebabel of their raised voices, the pan-tomime of their gesticulation, or thequantities of atta-as the copper coin-age of the country is called-whichthey were staking upon the fishes oftheir fancy, Such as had not theactual coin employed owrie shells,which, being the origi I currency of rSia still find favor w e masses,and are 'cognized as legal tender.What a ra . of gamblers his people is!I believe ta atAvounll I with their 4soulless souls - 'ar of the Bud-dha) for the chailce of "a quiet ganm-b!le" upon something or somebody. Itis a species of mania which we in theWest cannot approach.

I never waited for the final result ofthe fish fight,but walked away, thoughthe hoarse shouts and cries of thegambllers lingered in my ears for manyShlulndred yards. It woult be interest-ing to know whether the explanationis a "race enmity'.' between the fishthemselves ; but if it is not, what canhe the explanation ? In any case, itis a curious spectacle to European ieyes, and one not without a sem11i-savage interest of its own. Look forit beyond the bordtlers of the Laud ofthe White Elephant and you will findit not. These fighting tish mlake ex-cellent eating.-St. Paul's Magazine.

UNew Odors for Flowers.

It is a fad in Paris to perfume flow-ers artificially. Experiment hasproved that it is possible not only totake away the natural odor of a flower,but also to make it yield a perfumederived from some' other vegetableproduct. Some violets, for examplle,are perfect in form and coloring, butwithout fragrance, while others, veryinsignificant to look at, emit a deli-cious fragrance. The transfer of theodor from one species to another hasbeen accomplished. Those who havebeen most successful in this branchof horticulture refuse to tell their se-cret. It is said that the African mari-gold has been robbed of its disagree-able odor and endowed with a perfumethat makes it much sought. The fadhas been carried' to the extreme ofgiving to the sunflower the odor of therose and to the chrysanthemum that ofthe violetr--New York Sun.

Corn Bread.

The corn breads throughout theSouth are delicious,no matter whetherthey are made with eggs, milk and bak-ing powder or are the plain mixture ofmeal, water and salt which form thehoe cake and corn dodgers. They area revelation to the Northerner. Firstof all, the Southerners never use theyellow corn meal which is always usedin the North. They use the whitecorn meal made from the southerncorn. It is ground by a different proc-ess from the meal of the North and isfar better. Then again no southernerever puts molasses or sugar in corn,bread. The further South you go theless milk, eggs and baking powder areused in corn bread. Corn dodgers aremade into little pats and baked eitherin the hot ashes or on a board in frontof a hot fire.-New York Journal.

A Widow's Double Grief.A clergyman who recently called

upon a young widow to condole withher upon the loss of her husbandplaced considerable emphasis upon theproposition that the separation wasmerely temporal and painted in vividcolors the happiness of friends re-united after death. When he stoppedfor breath, the sorrowing one heaved adeep sigh and quietly remarkel : ,Vel ,I suppose his first wife hAs got hiiuagain, then. "-Chicago-Times Herald.

A Decided Advantage.Charley Addlepate (in Cable Power

Building)-Ah--th' wattle' of the ma-chines drowns one's conversation! -

May Cutting (who is bored)-Yes;tsa't it grandl--Puck.

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OPELOU3AS, Sept. 19th, 1895.The undersigned is authorized by the

Board of Directors of the St. LandryHomestead and Loan Association to

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"The St. Landry Democrat"was consolidated on the 3d ofMars'h, 1894, with" The Opelou.sas Courier." The advertisingrates have not been increasedwhile the price of subscriptionhas been reduced to $2 a year.

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WPiS JOEL SANDOZ,Attorney-at-Law id Notary Public,

OPEILOU.AS, LA.

Will practice in all Courts, Staand Federal, and before the Patent anPension Oflices at Washington, D. 0.Shorthand and Typewriting promptlyand carefully done. Office over StLandiy State Bank, MJain Street.

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DR. F. J. PULFORD,-For First-Class--

DENTAL WORK.-Office on Landry St.,-

First Door Et-st of E:Ter's Jewelryttore, Opeousas, La.

H. E. ESTORCE.NOTl• RY PUBLIC,

Ofice . District Clerk'sOffice, Owrlousas, La.

All Notarial Work executed promptlyand accurately. An experienceof manyyears as chief deputy clerk of the Di.Court affords special qualilications futhe correct execution of all notarislwork. jy25-96

John H. Harmonson,Abstractor,Roal Estate Amtlt

anl Notalr PoParish of St. Landry,

OPELOUSAS, - LOUISIAN -

8&r"All business entrusted to 11will receive prompt attention.

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ESTILETTE & DUPIP•Attorneys-at-Law, . .

Omfie, or. Market and Landry 8" :'iOPELOUSAS, LA. _

E NORTH CULLOMIL.Attorney-at-Law,

Will pactlee in all the Courts, itai•oral, 1.d in Opelotsas ant Crowley. Alm

f1.sioner of U. I. Circuit Court ina a53 tWestern Distrlet of Loutsinna. As soattend to anybusin s onntemoplste4dby tea

Omce on Lautdr essrt s, bdstwa 5ll1dea and Lews.

W. S. FRAZE ,tteraney and Counselor at Law tRI

Notary Publio,OrsPovsAs, Sr. LAnDRY PABasE.b

Will practleb In the Federal and Statea~yt prompt attention given to all bsain•.ooe on Landry street opposite Co•ti $t

W..W. BAILEY,

Aterney, at Law and Notary Publl -OPELOUSAS, LA.

05os with Kenneth Balillo, Esq,

CHAS. F. GARLAND.

Attorney at Law and NotarylPb1

OPELOUSAS, LA.

05l on Bellevue street, near Ca

J. P. SAIZAN,Physician and Surgeo. 4

OPILQOUsA, LA.a. on taa strees, nest to rPoses's

ALFRED PAVY, :.Wotary Publie srid Anetl.W 1i•

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