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The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-09-05
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Dailp ARGUS.
A GRECIAN MOTHER.

Danae was BY her merciless father inclos
ed in chest with her child and thrown into
the sea. When the raging winds begun to
roar and the waves to beat so violently
against the chest as to threaten its submer
sion, she is represented by the Greek poet
Sim as fondly throwing her arms
around Porseus and saying:
"Tby sleep is soft, my darling child,
As il upon my breast,
Though tossed upon the ocean wild
Too wild for such guest.
Though cold and dark the moonless night
Iu which l wake and weep,
Thy smile tei,e me of visions bright
That visit thee in sleep.
Thou dost not hear the waves that dash
Around thy mantled form.
Nor does thou see the vivid flash
Of lightning mid the storm.
Oh, beautious babe, couldst thou but feel
Calamity, like NE,
should not then IN vain appeal
For sympathy to thee
Sleep on, sweet babe, thy dreams caress,
As if still at my breast,
Thus may the waves and my distress
Subside ard DO at rest.
All, will it ever, ever come,
The welcome hour to me,
Whsn I, within the peaceful tomb,
Shall sweetly sleep, like thee ~
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Read What The People Say.

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and they will chserfully answer you We give
you name and residence, together with disefse
cured. 90 and see them and be convinced that
a Medicine can be offered without being proved
to he a humlug.
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THE LATEST DISCOVERY
NEDECATEo -

The great difficulty which physicians have
bean Iaboring for centuries to overcome, his al
length been obyia,ed. Vegetable Crthar'ie
and Alternative more Efficient than any mineral
pre- J1ration of the same elias, and az agreeable
a. he taste ordinary candy, II now offered TO
the ,,ek in the form Of L0genge.
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The only great curative agent upon general
principles of a comp ound oil sold in the Uni
ted States, or in the world. There are many
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Macedonian compound il an Oil, and It has dem
onstrated itself to be the greatest wonder OF the
18th Century. No one hundred remedies COM
bined have one half the curative properties pos
.es.ed by the Macedonian, even if advertised for
the same pur pose.
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T.TOS.PA.

Joseph Dodi-DeAfness, eighteen years cured
with three appiiesiioBs
Mr.. Henry sbanberger, frequently afflicted
with SICK eadaeh he extrme case cured in
one day
John Waters daughter. severe attack acute
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Mrs. John Ruth. (icedeaier). torturing pains II
side ard bsck-cured by taking remedy ttr's!
times internally, and making four external al pr
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Charles Wallace, Iheumatism in arm and
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Hon orrhoids. Pulmonary dis riders
Contracted Limbs and Oropstcal
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The Opelousas courier., 1870-12-31

a BEAUTIFUL SENTIMENT. In Angus
tine Daly's great play, Under the Gas
light" Laura Cortland utters these beau
tiful sentiments:
Let the woman vo1 look upon be wise
or vain, beautiful or homely, rich or poor,
she has bnt one thing she can really give
or refuse-her heart. Her beauty, her
wit, her accomplishments she may sell
to YOU, but her love is the treasure with
ont money and without price. She can
only ask in return that when You look
upon her, your eyes shall speak mute
devotion; that when you address her,
your voice shall be gentle, loving and
kind. That You shall not despise her
because she cannot understand, all at
once, your vigorous thoughts and ambi-
tious plans, for, when misfortune and
evil have defeated your greatest purpose
her love remains to console you. Yon
look upon the tree for strength and grand
enr; do not despise the flowers because
their fragrance is all they have to give.
Remember, love is all that woman can
give-but it is the only earthly thing
which God permits us to carry beyond
the grave. :.
The Opelousas courier., 1870-12-31
"zow Mother Did IT,
A HUSBANDS REuIS1scEscEs-

! Ii we were to suggest one thing which,
aooVe all other things combined, would
most contribute to the happiness of the
young housckeerer, it would be to learn
how to cook as a husbands mother cook
ed. "Mother used to make coffee 80 and
! so; Mother used to have such wa files -
"Mother knew just how thick or how
tt'1n to make squash pie - and 'Oh, if
l could only taste of mothers biscuit ~
ouch are the comments OF the husband
at too many meal tables. 1t would be
only little more cruel for the husband
to throw his fork across the table. or to
dash the contents Of his tea.cup in his
wlfe's face. The experience of IL contrite
husband is good reading for those men
whose daily sauce is chow mother did
it, He says:
II found fault some time ago with Ma
ria AIMS custard pie, and tried to tell
her how ny mother used to make Gus
tard pie. Maria made the pie after my
recipe. 1t lasted longer than any other
pie We ever had. Maria set it on the
table every day for dinner, and YOU see
| couldn't eat it because I forgot to tell
her to put IN any eggs or shortening. 1t
''tio NN"AoiDiS a. Dut Ill Il III VI HcliCIOSItf
| stole it from the pantry aud gave it to
a poor little boy in the negllborhood.
The boys funeral was largely attended
by his former playmates. didn't 60
myself.
Then there were the buckvheat cakes.
told Maria Ann any fool could beat her
MAJ. ing those cakes, and she said had
better tr,- it. SO did. clnptied the
batter all out Of the pitcher one evening
and set the cakes myself. l got the flour
and the salt, and the wafer, and, warned
by the past, put in IL liberal Quantity OF
eggs and shortening. shortened with
tailow from roast beef, because I could
not find any lard. The batter didn't
look right, and SO lit my pipe and pom
dered. least-yeast, to be sure. had
forgotten the Yeast. went and woke
up the baker and got six cents worth of
yeast. SGT the pitcher behind the sit
ting room stove and went to bed. In the
morning l got-up early and prepared to
enjoy nay triumph; but didn't. That
Yeast was strong enough to raise the
dead, and the batter was running all
over the carpet. Iscraped it up and put
it into another dish. Then l got fire
in the kitchen and put on the gridIle.
The first lot Of cakes stuck to tue grid
die. The second dittocd, only more.
Maria came down and asked what was
burning. She advised me to grease tie
griddle. l did it. One end OF the grid
die got too hot. dropped the thing on
my teHderest corn while trying to turn
it around. Finally the cakes were ready
for breakfast, and Maria got the other
things ready. We sat down. My cakes
didn't have exactly the right flavor. Il
took one mouthful and it satisfied me.
l lost nay appetite at once. Maria would
not let me put one on her plate. think
those cakes may be reckoued dead loss.
The cat would not eat them. The dog
ran off and stayed away three days after
one was offered him. The hens wouldn't
go within ten feet Of them. I threw
them into the back yard, and there has
not been pig Oh the premises since.
eat What is put before me now, and do
not alIude to my mothers system Of
cook inr'
The Opelousas courier., 1870-12-31

It is difficult to impress on the young
the Importance of things they know
nothing of by experience; but if the
power Of habits can be taught them by
an internainable ding dong, the lesson
ought to be rung into their ears every
day of their young lives. There is moth
ing so indomitable as habit, W neither
it: be good or bad, and particularly if it
be bad. Good habits sometimes drop
away from us like an old garment that
we have become tired of; but a bad one
is apt to cling to US like cocklebur on
the back Of . sheep. The reason may
be that bad habits come naturally to our
fallen nature, while good ones are con-
tracted and maintained only by con-
stant effort: and when the effort ceases,
the habit ceases with it. If young peo-
pie would save themselves world OF
trouble and sorrow, let them look to their
manners, of body, mind and morals. 1t
is not very difficult to contract good
habits in diet, in behavior, in business,
in reading, in the methods Of reflection
and study, and in those qualifications
that involve NJ orals, in the time of youth,
when the plastic nature easily takes the
impress Of influences around it and
then is the time when the youth, by his
own exertions, aud reinforced by all the
aid that friends can lend him, should
strive to fall into wholesome practices !:
and then il the time above all, when he
sionkl strive with all his might and main
to avoid bad ones. One or two evil
habits contracted then will adhere to
him ell through life, if not severed with
blood aud tears. by q desperate effort, at
a later period of life. A wrestle with
one of these bad habits in the prime of
life is a terrible affair; only the strong
aud resolute come out victors from these
tile weak and irresolute may
gain a Temporary advantage with the foe,
but theioe will, is nine timesout OF ten,
vanquish them in the end, and hold them
slaves for life. At Is a mans habits are
generally contracted; at 80, they are
hardened; at 40, they are part Of him
seelf-bene nf his bone, and flesh of his
flesh i; aud 10 get rid Of them is like get
ting rid Of o part Of his ewn nature
Exchange. -
The Opelousas courier., 1870-12-31

DYING RICH.-The ship Blittania was
wrecked off the coast of Brazil, and had
on board Il large consignment OF Spanish
dollarst In the hope Of saving some of
them. a number of barrels were brought
on deck, but the vessel went to pieces so
fast that the only hope for life was by
taking at once to the boats.
The last boat was about to push off,
when a young midshipnan went back to
see if any one was still on board. ToAis
surprise, there sat man on deck a
hatchct in his hand, with which he had
broken several OF the casks, the contents
of WHICH he was now .heaping up about
him.
What are you doing thele?" shouted
the youth. "Don't You know that the
ship is fast going to pieces"
The ship may CO." said the man; II
have lived 4 poor wretch all my life, but
| am determined to die rich''
The officers remonstrances were ans,
wered by another flourish of the hatchct,
and the man was left to his fate.
We should count such person a mad
man, but he has too many imitators. Men
seem determined to die rich ut all haz-
ards. Least of all risks do they count
the chance Of losing the soul in the
struggle at any moment whatever.
The Opelousas courier., 1870-12-31

. EFFECT OF FRIGHT UPON ANNALS
Few people are aware of the singular
power Of sudden fright upon brute ami
mails. We knew Of horse which fell
dead at the sight of locomotive. We
have an incident to record still more
wonderful. A countryman. discovered
in his yard three dogs at play. Having
a great horror of dogs, especially when
they cncroachcd upon his premises, he
approached them stealthilv and shouted
at the top o: his voice. Two of the ami
mails lea ped as if they had received a
shock of electricity, and vanished: the
third dropped dead. This anecdote is
literally true-Ex.
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STOLEN.

STOLEN-Im the Parish of St. Landry. from
~ the undersigned, two Prom,ssory NOTES,
made and in.!orsed by George Mcrtz, Of New
Orleans, dated April .. 1870, ono for 23sn, and
the other for sl2)o. both payable two years after
date, with six per cent interest from date, and
eight per cent from maturity. The public is
notified that payment has been stopp.d:
Eovl9-4t1 JOHN STEIB.
The Opelousas courier., 1870-12-31

Some idea OF the railway travel in
to and about London may be had from
the fact that the total number of trains
entering and leaving the city is fifty-four
per hour, or nearly one per minute dur
ing the whole of the twenty-four hours
OF the day; and this immense business
is conducted with a freedom from acci-
dent that is almost exemption.-Ex.
The Opelousas courier., 1870-12-31

The Alexandria Democrat says: VIM.
A. Seay, Esq, of this Parish, has been
elected member of the American Phil
ologicnl Association. 1t is rather heavy,
however, on our pathological friend, that
he has just been beaten for the Legisla-
tuie Of louisiana by a Radical niggcr,
who can neither read, write nor speak
English, American or Guinea to any
alarming extent.
The Opelousas courier., 1870-12-31
TME RIDERLESS STEEDk.
BIZ MRS. II. q. BARTLETT.

ia Newspaper correspondent relates that, O,
,,e u,orI.iuS after the terrible battle of Sen IN
/, 1870, six hundred cavalry horses
r;,nout riders, galloped up at the sound OF til
burles, and took their accustomed places III tn
French Ranks.
Morning dawns on the bights Of Sedan,
And the golden sunlight tails
u:er the woods and rocky sleeps,
Orer the castle walls,
Over the valley Of the Meuse.
Over the tented ground,
Where the scattered hosts are rallyfLg
At the shriH bugies sound
But yesterday, and the sun iooked down
On IA dark and fearful sight,
When hossile foe met hostile foe
La stern, unyielding fight;
And galleping to the rendezvous,
ON the bright September morn,
Six hundred ridesaess etceas rush Oh,
At sound of the bugle-horn.
Morning dswns On the battlefield,
And under the calm blue sky,
tlesping the still, cold sdeep Of death,
Six hundred horsemeu lie.
No sound of the bugle stirs their souls
To the etraggle and the strife
n. sound but the augel-trump shall cal
The fallar again to life
"a broken ranks of the cuirassiers,
The warriors stout aa1 bold,
Are gathering in at the martial CALI
And the saddened tale is told;
While galloping to the red-s7ous,
On the bright September morn,
Six hundred riderless steeds rush on
At the sound Of the bugle-horn.
Another version of the above:
When the bugle sounded the recall for the
egia,ent ,sf dragoon guards tPruseian} on the
vening following the battle Of Metz, CO.. rider
ess horses answered the familiar signal of their
~ accord. Ssme Of them came dashing gaily
-: Dt!sers again came up at a weary walk: and
Ct n,',r.s pressed forward, halting painfully on
uree feet, or covered with blood and wounds.
'ut they all took their wonted places i'll the
anks OF she regiment, and, as they ranged
themselves iuto line, the empty saddles upon
heir backs were sad reminders Of the probable
ate Ut their absent masters
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STEAM TOBACCO MANUFACTORl
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Nos, 81 and 90.

Corner Chnrtr"s and C"nH Streets, and
IS PoHdras St., Corner Tchou-
pitouius. .Nr,r Orleans.
Importer Of Pipe. nnsl Smokers'
Articles.
FENHE undersigned offer, to country merchants
IL tnr most complete a,sortnc ut in his lilic to
i,c found III New %>rlrHns, >li I, tn
M"cr>rnaum Pipes, Mrir~'haum Cigar Hold
llnitat. Mrers. Pipes. ers and Match Holders,
Bruytrt Root - Tnhac"o Bags,
taoutchouc '' Pipe Stems of Cherry
Charcoal '' Amber aud Cauul .hnuc
Rose wood - Matches
In fact. all kinds Flint and Steel.
SMOKING TOBACCO:
Maryland, Reliance, Rough and Ready.
Virginia, (ianhriuus, Grand Turk.
Ptriqnc. Industry, Club. killickinick
and the Maryland Right Bower" which must
not hr c"l'iou"lc.i with the fright Bower" of
Gail Il Az, ST Baltimore.
SNlFF:
Virgins, haf-coarse. Maconra, Rose rfrque
and Natchit""hrS. Also. a large stock Of
CHEWING rORAttD:
in plugs. and fine cut in tin foil. and natural
tint. CAT IN arrrl> nj 10. % ,1 and 6a pounds.
Ard not r>s than one uillion cigars Of every
quality constantly on hand.
Jan. ], lS6".J J. p. SAKRAZ1N.
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Personsl cards, when admissible to be chare-
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The Opelousas courier., 1870-12-31

. CURE FOR WARrs.-Take small piece
of raw beef, steep it all night in vinegar,
cut as much from it as will cover the
wart. and tie it on, or, if the excrescence
is on the forehead, fasten it on with strips
of sticking plaster; 1t may be removed
in the day and put on every night. In
one fortnight the wart will die and peel
off: The same prescription will cure
The Opelousas courier., 1870-12-31

q A Pennsylvania editor having stat
ed in paragraph that there was man
in that place who had been drunk for
thirty five years, was called upon by ten
different persons, who demanded a re-
traction, each insisting that the item
was q personal attack.
The Opelousas courier., 1870-12-31

WrGen. Maltke; acctrding to the Ber-
lincorrespofident Of the Cologne. Gazette,
has sent directions for his house to be
put in readiness, .as he expects to be at
home in four weeks at the latest. Other
high ailissry officials have sent similar
messages. g al. .s44 s...-.4:
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HAY ES' HOTEL.

MFRS. JAS. G.. HAYES respectfully informs
W her ar'lnaintanrcs. and til" i'nhIic gcueT-
ALL. that she will continue to keep the Hotel
established by Ecr late husband, near the Court
House. OI"l"usa> Mrs. Hayes hopes. hy irr
nnrcmitting att"nt"u tn merit the continuation
of the patronage heretofore pr"ti,rt'l.
:S Attached to the Hotel. there is spacious
and cninlnnliuus STABLE Wilrrc horses will be
fed and well cared for-.iN ct -NodeJatc Prices,
10 Suii tie times.
Opelousis. Nov. 9TH, 1870. (s-tf.
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UT The first ingredient in conversa-
tion is truth, the next good sense, the
third good humor, and the fourth wit
Sir William Temple.
The Opelousas courier., 1870-12-31

TROWS by David Laiilret.i & Son. The at
~ tc't;nn OF Merchants, Planters and Gar
.t"ners l. asked IT, ,lre nf hcilurCrst and most
r"snilrte as>oltitc.,ts q: lr,- al =, liable
seeds ever offered in the >uuth crI for sale in
.!uantiti"s to suit purchasers Garden Almanac
aud Catalogue mailed free. Oh application.
L. +. VIRGIN. Dealer in Seeds,
26-1vl !.> Gravcr ST., New Orleans
The Opelousas courier., 1870-12-31

TEAcHER.-Why was Joseph put into
the pit Thomas (who goes to the
theatre on week days)-Because there
was no room for him in the family circle.
The Opelousas courier., 1870-12-31

IFYoU can't coax fsh to bite, try
your persuasive powers on a cross dog,
and you will be sure to sucesed.