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The Opelousas courier., 1882-06-17
FOR SALE

ON ADVANTAGEOUS TERMS.
TIME splendid property tlate residence Of
T. Valade) situated opposite the Catho-
lie Church, Opelousas, consisting of two lots,
an excellent dwelling house, Kitchen, a car
rage house, barn, stable, vegetable and flow
er garden and orchard-1M in perfect order.
Apply to
Oct. Cd, 1880 W 0%pelousas.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-06-17

An English journal says j:
sCo-operation has been extend
ed to thieving and seems likely
prove a great success. Thieves
now work in gangs instead of
competing with each other, and
acting on the principle that
union is strength they take pos
session. of districts and assert
themselves with a confidence
which completely COWS the VIC
Tins upon whom they prey"
Oh this score the United States
has been many years ahead of
England. Cooperative stealing.
has been most successfully prac-
tieed In this country for many
pears, members of congress and
State legislatures growing i'm
mensely rich by it.-N. O. States.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-06-17
Printing Office For Sale.

a COMPLETE outfit for printing a seven
IN column newspaper. Press, Type, Gases,
Stands, Etc, all in good order, being the ma
terial used for the publication of the Wash
ington Enterprise and Ners. Will be sold
cheap. Apply at this office.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-06-17
FOR SALE.
A CHANCE F0R TIE oHERfzoWEp.

FIELD of 100 arpents, we'll enclosed and
N ditched, suitable tor cotton, corn, or any
other crop, with two comfortable houses and
a pasture-wood for fuel at hand and water
eenvenient-being part of the Greenland plan
tation, adjoining the town of 0pelousas, on
the east, will be rented by the year. or sold,
at a nominal price. Apply to Judge 9. A.
Martel, opelousast or at this office. mh25
The Opelousas courier., 1882-06-17
ST. LANDRY
STEAM planning MILLS.

On Carriere St, East of Railroad,
WASHINGTON, LA.
7FONGUED AND GROOVED FLOORING
IL and Ceiling and Dressed Weatherboards,
furnished to order. Special attention of
builders is called to my facilities for execut-
ing every variety Of
Planning Mill Work,
and all who are accustomed to sending to New
Orleans for work of this class, can save Time
and Money by patronizing a home institution.
Particular attention will be given to making
Door and Window Frames.
We will also make all kinds of Mouldings. plain
or moulded base, Cornices of any design,
Store and Office Fittings, such as
Counters, Sheleings, Drawers, Desks,
Office Screens, and Rails, BalnSters
tplain or moulded), Mantels (plain or fancyl,
Church Pews, Pulpits, etc., etc.
In starting this enterprise, we hope to supply
a want long felt in this part of the State, and
trust by strict attention to business, prompt
ness and fair dealing to merit public patron
age. Terms cash. Address all orders, or for
estimates, VIM. C. CLOYD s. CO,
may.0E Washington, La.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-06-17
SUPERIOR SPRING BEL

AN DED FUEE %.
"A Self Fastening Spring, Superior TO any
Spring Bed noto IN use, Simple and Cheap.
TWIN Steel Springs, noiseless, elastic and
adjustable, will ft any bed, requiring no
special frame; safe and clean. Manufactured
and sold by Bancroft g. Riley, Washington, IA.
JOHN DANSBY. Agent,
26-4m1 ait Baily's Hotel, Opelousas.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-06-17
@ SALE
FOR SALE Or RENT.

a NEW town residence, neat and convent
n. ent, suitable for 9 small family, with two
acres of land, enclosed. Will be sold cheap,
Or rented low to d good tenant.
Apply at this Office.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-03-02
Only a Lark.

There was buzz OF wonderment, says
a Detroit Police Court reporter, as a
fancy-dressed Young fellow of twenty
twirled his little rattan cane in front of
the desk and gave his baby mustache Il
furious twist to rio ht and left.
You know how It's" he began, as
His Honor looked up. . Out on a lark,
you know-tooll a drop too much. you
know"
lis your name Speed?' asked the
Court. in his deepest bass.
s.Yes-Speed, you know--very sorry,
you know"
And you were drunk?'
''Well, ah, you know-out ON bit
of lark
MIR. Speed, what is Il lark? The
laws of Michigan make no reference to
larks.''
"A lark aha-yon know-a bit of
a spree. p
Then you were out on a bit of a
spree?' Dr.
''Just so.n
"And you broke a window, smashed
a mirror and raised great outcry?"
.'But I'll settle all damages, you
knOw?"
And you fought the officer all the
way down, and spent the night shout
ing and Yelling
"A bit excited, you know
Yes, know all about it, and shall
fine you ten dollars, you know"
81 cawn't pay .Hsa
"Then you can slide up the incline
on three months sentence until some
one is foolish enough to square up for
you.''
Bijah came near lending the young
man ten dollars on ssa diamond ring
worth $780, but the thought struck
him to have it valued outside, and the
jeweler handed it back with the re-
mark: Il buy EN- by the bushel at
about cent apiece The young man
you know-therefore went up to eai
mush and molasses-you know; and he
wouldn't even smile when the boot
blacks sang:
''O!hoI
You know,
That's up go-you know"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-03-02

The fee pike question is being
thoroughly discussed in this county,
but what seems to worry the public
mind is. what will be the probable
cost per mile. In conversation
with one who hss:been engaged in the
piking business and knows what it
will cost, says he will take the con-
tract 10 build three miles from this
place, south, and to take twelve feet
of Of the hill south of the EckeHrode
farm and remove it to the bottom,
for nine thousand FIVE hundred dol.
lars, or tor three thousand dollars PEI
mile for making the pike without
grading this hill. 1t is the opinion
of those who profess to know, that q
pike from one end of the county t
the other that the average cost of gra
ding and building it will not exceed
thirty one hundred dollars per mile
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-03-02
The Biemory Of Ants

The general fact that, whenever an
ant finds her way to a store of food or
Larvae, she will return to it again and
again in more or less direct line from
her nest, constitutes ample proof that the
ant remembers her way to the store of
food. 1t is of interest TO note that the
nature of this insect-memory appears
to be identical with that of memory i'll
general. Thus, new fact becomes
Impressed upon ant-memory by repe-
come effaced by lapse of time. Sir
teach the insects, by a repetition of seT-
that way were long or unusual. With
regard to the duration of memory in
ants, it does not appear that any direct
experiments have been made; but the
following observation by Mr.. Belt on
it's apparent duration in the leaf-cutting
ant may be here stated: In June, 1859,
he found his garden invaded by these
ants, and on following up their paths
he found their nest about hundred
yards distant. He poured down their
burrows pint Of diluted carbolic acid.
The maurauding. parties were at
once ufaWn OH from Ino gdrQon
to meet the dangers at home
while in the burrows themselves
the greatest confusion prevailed. Next
day he found the ants busily engaged
in bringing up the ant-food from the
old burrows and carrying it to newly
formed ones a few yards distant. These,
however, turned out to be intended only
as temporary repositories; for in few
days both old and new burrows were
entirely deserted, so that he supposed
all the ants to have died. subsequently,
however, he found that they had mi
grated to n new site, about two hundred
yards from the old one. and there es-
tablished themselves in new nest.
Twelve months later the ants again in
vaded his garden and again he treated
them to strong dose of cqrbolic acid.
! The ants, as'on the previous occasion,
we're at once Withdrawn from his
garden, and two days afterward he
found 'all the survivors at work on
the track that led directly to the old
nest of the year before, where they were
busily employed in making new exca-
vations. 1t was a wholesale
and entire migration" Mr.. Belt adds,
'' / do not doubt that some of the lead
ing minds in this formicarium recol-
lected the nest of the year before, and
directed the migration to it. George
" R0md7lcS, IN R0puiar Science NoRthiV.
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A $2O 90 Biblical Reward.

The pubIi-her- OF RutIedge's MONTH
in the prize puzzle department Of their
Monthly for March offer the following ea-
~ way for -ome one to make $50.
To the person telling ns which is the
longest verse in the new testamen, Scrip
tnr~s tnot the New Rpvision) by March
10th. 1882. we will rive $4,000 in gold NJ
q prize. Should two or more corrcc, an
swers he received the price will be divi-
dsd. The money will he forwarded to the
winner March 10Th, 1892. Those who tr,
for the prize must send twenty cents ia
silver (no postage stamps takenl with
their answer. for which they will receive
the April number OF the Monthly, il
which will be published the name an'
address Of the winner Of the prize, with
the correct answer thereto. Gu. this out
il may be worth $1,000. Addre-r, Rut
ledge Publishing Company, Easton. Pa.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-03-02
pretty little plant is frequent on New


Tsort Island, where | have found 1t, es-
pecially on the cliffs beyond the first
beach. 1t is adventitious from Europe.
Tennyson. who is an acute observer,
says of it: . The pimpernel dozed on
the lea" The well-known Marvel of
Peru is also called -Four o. clock"
from its habit of opening about that
hour. If we watch any plant we shall
find that it has a pretty definite time
OF expanding or closing its petals, as
well as particular way of doing it.
Botanists, then, speak of the wasting
and sleeping conditions of the plant and
much research has been bestowed upon
the subject in order TO find out the phys
ical action and cause of the = enomena-
In his recent Volume on Movement in
Plants Mr.. Darwin gives the results OF
his painstaking Investigations OF this
and kindred subjects. As generally
happens in his WORK, while he is stead
lily aiming at some particular point. he
dispOses of any quantity Of obscuri,ies.
as side issues, on the way.
Linneus, noting the precise times OF
opening and closing of flowers. con
structed a floral CLOCK in h gardens at
Upsat, where the hours were Indicated
by the conditions of different plants.
Afterward DeCandolle did the same for
the latitude of Paris. The clock of
Linn9us in Sweden runs slower than
that of DeCandolle in France. Climate
as well as latitude, and particular sea
sons also, would influence this sensitive
horolog. Those interested will find
DeCandolle's list given in Figuier's Veg
etable World, American edition. page
| 1874.
Of few familiar plants the hours Of
| opening are about as follows: Morning
glory, ) to t a. m.: pimpernel, TO l0
a. m.; marvel of Peru, to p. m. {;
evening primrose, to Z p. m; night
blooming cereus. to s p. M
THUS in each flower and simple bell,
That in path betrodden lie,
Are sweet reInembrancerS VINO tell
How fast the winged moments Hy.
| The hours of closing are as definite as
! those of opening, and thus we may al
range quite q dial, the hours being in
dicated by particular plants. The plants
may be confused by means of artificial
light, but upon withdrawal of the un-
natural conditions. will sooner or later,
resume their normal record.
| 1t is curious to watch the different
attitudes flowers assume in repose. In
the botanic garden in Cambridge the
writer used to go ont toward evening to
watch the changes The movements
are sometimes very quick, especially
those of the foliage, which also has its
time OF sleep. Thus in the little Mar
silia, a water-plant, with four obcor-
date leaflets these turn in upon each
other from the expanded condition, so
as to meet face to face. There is quite
a perceptible little ''click = when the
movement occurs. The petals OF some
plants droop in slumber, others fold
crossways; still others curl up length
wise. So with the rayflorets OF the
Composite. The whole aspect OF a gar
den is, hence, quite changed i'll the
evening. In fact. it does not do to al
low our Investigations to cease with the
daylight. Providence fR.rL Star.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-03-02
The re districting of this State is oc

The re districting ofthis State is oc-
cupying the minds of the members of
the Legislature. There is general
desire among the politicians of Perry
county to get ont of this district as il
now stands. Hon. FL. G. Greiner is
one of the Committee on re-districting
and will no doubt do all he can to
withdraw us from the old "Bloody
Twelfth" and should he succeed our
chances of getting in district with
Muskingun, Hooking, Athens, and
Meigs is good.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-03-02
"The DomesticTyrant,"

"The average man" ,"quoth Mis-. Parting
ton, "is weak and irritable domestic ty =
rant" and Mrs. p. 10 correct. Tyrannicai
to fault the average man will enter the
blissful Paradise Of a happy home, scratch
himselfi in 6endish glee, send the baby in
to convulsions, and for what7 Why, be-
cause he has the Itching Piles" and is to,
mean 10 buy swayne's Ointment, which j.
an infalliable cure for the worst cases o
that annoying complaint
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-03-02

Even the most casual observer of ma
ture must have noticed the closing of
certain flowers upon the partial N en-
tire withdrawal OF light Thus the
chickwced is sensitive to cloudy wealth
er and acts almost rs IL barometer, and
every one knows the action of the
"pimpernel,'' or "poor mans weather
glass" (ARagaliiS arrerSis, L.) This
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-03-02

And my bark II on Zoe Pea, -
Rhymrs the poet, but the "bark" thar
comes up from the trundle 1ed is one OF
far more importance TO pareats.. Brown r
Expectorsnt will cure thsi bark, and VIII, n
there ia 30 prompt aud etflcacious remed /,
TO be had, there is no need for the lirtl,
ones, or the older ones either, to sufier
with coughs, colds. horseness. difficulty il
breathing. or the dozen other ailments H.
cidental to the changes OF temperature.
For sale nv C II Hope. Call for Tar
sxine memorandum booka.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-03-02
Living Witnesses.

The hundred of hearty, AMI healty look
ing men. women and children, that have
been rescued from beds Of pain, sickness
and well nigh death by Parker's Ginger
Tonic are the best evidence in the world
Of it's sterling merit and worth. You will
find such In slmost every community.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-03-02
4 SOmnambulist's Fatal Walk.
80! hoi
You know
That's up

A terrible accident befell r. II.
Rawles at about ten o'clock last night.
Rawles and wife occupied rooms in the
third story of the Allen Block, Church
Street. Within a short time past he
has been addicted to walking in his
sleep. On Wednesday night he walked
all over the house in this condition.
When questioned as to what he was do
ing he responded intelligibly, but when
q light was struck he was found with
his eyes wide open. apparently staring
at space. He had been in the habit of
occasionally sleeping out on small
balcony fronting Church Street, on ac-
count of the extreme hot weather. His
wife had raised objections to his doing
SO, and had informed him of his SOM.
nambulistic performances. Rawles him.
self seemed to shudder at the thought
of falling down the stairwayS, or out OF
u window, while he might be in this
condition. AT half-past nine o clock
last night he complained of the intense
heat and insisted on taking quilt out
out on the balcony floor. He had walked
a great deal during the day on his col
lecting tour and felt very tired. His
wife begged him not to go lest he might
in his sleep go over the balcony. Kissing
his wife he assured her that he would
not go to sleep, but he would take .
quilt with him, go out, cool oil, not &C
to sleep, but soon return. Half an hour
later it is supposed that he intended to
return to his wife's room, but instead
fell over the banisters of the balcony to
the stone sidewalk below, q distance OF
forty or fifty feet breaking his neck,
crushing in his skull. shattering his
right shoulder into fragments and his
right arm between the wrist and the
elbow. lie was Immediately carried
up stairs and expired before those car
rying him reached the head of the first
flight of stairs. - NashciHc Afaertcan
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-03-02
Competition Among Farmers.

With growth of the demand there
has come vast increase of competition
to the American farmer. The wonder
full development of transportation facil-
tiles has thrown each grain OF stock
grower into direct competition with
those engaged in the same business all
over this country, and in Europe and
Asia as well. The prices of the crops
grown by Western farmers are much
more Influenced by the good or bad
harvest in Great Britain than by the
good or bad harvest in dozen neigh
boring counties. Over much of our
,ountry a marked change in condition
is in rapid progress. In u quarter of
century several of the Western States
have passed from the pioneer stage to
that of well settled regions, sending
out large numbers of people to fill up
still newer regions. As this change
goes on, the price of land advances,
until the rate of increase in pr1ce be-
comes slow. Competition increases
greatly, and it ceases to be the rule
chat almost any one can fairly succeed
as a farmer. Excepting someperiOds of
final depression, it is doubtful if any
country ever offered better opportuni-
ties for reasonable success in farming
than has our own. As the country
grows older, and the population be-
comes greater, with consequent in
crease of competition, and of price of
land, the condition of affairs will begin
to resemble that in most older coun-
tries. Success in money making will
not be the general rule. 1t will be won
only by intelligent and persistent eff
fort. There will be an abundant sup
ply of men who can produce the COM
mon qualities of farm products in the
usual ways. Only those who can pro-
duce articles above the average cost of
production will have satisfactory profits
Better preparations for and intelligence
in the work of farming are clearly de-
manded, if success is to be secured in
the comparatively near future. Ma
tiOnai Lire Stock Journal.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-03-02

The hangman is doing good execu-
ton. Four murderers were made
pay the penalty of their crimes last
week and q number are booked to
meet similar fate.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-03-02

The States of New York, Indiana.
and Michigan held Greenback con-
yentions last week and all we're large
ly attended. Resolutions were passed
endorsing the call issued by Col, Jesse
Harper.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-03-02

A bill has passed the Senate put
ting General Grant on the retired
list. The salary will he about teI
thousand dollars per year.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-03-02
A Burglar FOiled.

One cf the most noted burglars who il
still at large idisease,) and who has -ob-
bed some Of our citizens Of their greatest
wealth (health,) has been foiled by the use
Of Warmers Safe Cure. For further par
ticulars call on G. A. Roberts,
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-03-02

1t was the intention Of the Legisla
ture to adjourn by the middle G.
March, but the prospect for it contln
uing in session until April are good
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-03-02

Petitions are being sent from al
most every county in the State favor
ing the passage of Bingham's bill.
against the discrimination of freights.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-03-02

"A tough beefsteak may be made
eatable by mincing it pretty fine with
ohopping-knife and cooking quickly in
pot with close cover. to prevent thv
ateam from escaping.
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the DAILY TlMES-STAR,

MQM pages, .forty-etoht sohsmas. Only stu
dollars year, % f9F nax months, eA.So
ton a. any paper In Cincinnati. is the best
advertising medium and the best paper fur
readers who would know OF the worlds
doinfs a. promptly as the news can be Inn
parted. Address Times-Staf, Cincinnati, .,
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-03-02
Aunoyanee Avoided.

Gray hairs are honorable but their pre-
mature appearance is annoying Parker
Hair Balssm prevents the annoyance By
promptly restoring the youthful color.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-03-02

A curious freak of nature is re-
corded by the Round Brook On. j.
Chronicle: :" Mr.. John King, our whole
sale teamster, had pair of black no ses,
During one of those very hot days last
week one OF the horses was prostrated
by sinstroke, and now the horse is Il
light dun color and presents quite a
striking contrast to his black mate, that
so well matched him. before his misfor-
tune. We bave-no recollection of ever
hearing~n parallel case
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-03-02
The widow of Daniel Webster died
New York last Sunday night.

The latest advices from Washing-
ton are to the effect that Conkling
will accept the usticeship.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-03-02

Iftimes are good and money plen
ty why is it that the number of fai
ures is on the increase.
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"A flight of white butterflies that
filed the air like snowllakes was seen
recently in South Florida
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1882.
Harper's Magazine.
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Congress has done nothing of i'm
portance this winter.
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The strengthening of the cold comes
a little late to catch on to the lengthen-
ing of the days this winter