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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-04-11
The Healing Scheikh.
A Discovery that Astonished Even the
Egyptians.
IAN the Year ROuad.l


A great scandal occurs to my mind as hap
pening at Cairo in 1880. Schoikh Hamuda
Berda lived in quarter of the town less fash
ionable than is generally affected by wealthy
saints who have gained public recognition.
With modest assurance he declared Allah had
personally granted him authority to cure all
diseases. BY the hand of Mahomet himself,
the Merciful Oae contided to him drugs and 10
tions which restored the sight, repls 90 an am
putated limb, and so on. As for mere pains
and aches he removed them at word. Dur
ing many years residence at Cairo vast num-
ber of persons psofted by his supernatural
skill, but he specially laid himself out for fs-
male patients. In later times the good man
found his practice so large that he could not
attend poor people. From every part OF Egypt,
Arabia and Syria, wealthy ladies' camelto con-
suit the Scheikh, and of course they brought
One day. toward the middle of last year, the
Young wife Of Izzet Bey, colonel in the Egyp-
tian service, proposed to visit him for an affec-
tion of the eyes. The colonel sent her with 9
proper retinue of attendants, who returned,
know not why, after dePositing their mistress
at the door of Hamuda Berda. She entered
with favorite slave but never came out again
For days her husband was not alarmed, since
surgical operations demand certain time.
Anxious at length, he called upon the Scheikh
whose manner was not reassuring. He pro-
tested that the young woman had left on the
evening of her arrival, cured. The colonel was
not satisfied. He appealed to the police, and
they searched the dwelling minutely; 1 pre-
sumo that Izzet Bay is a man Of influence.
Nothing was found in the sanity house, but
very foul and malodorous well in the garden
drew their notice. Removing the cover they
found the corpses of the young woman and her
slave among such mass of purified bones that
showed that wholesale murder had been going
on for years. Brought before the Cadi, the
saint confessed his habit of strangling every
woman who came to consult him, II her jewell
nv seemed worth the trouble. Such hideous
stories now and then shock the grave, dumb
population of the east,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-04-11

BHBdl0.
was astonished at the wonderful potency of cum
ulative exercise in reaching and relieving chronic
infirmities OF long standing 1t has been new
elation to me and other medical friends
G. Peckham Fitch, M. d.,
Nesc York.
1t is almost indispensable for the maintenance of
health: it develops the entire muscular structure,
and impnrts tone and vitality to the whole organism
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-04-11

SAYS the independent Philadelphia Times:
General cussedness seems to have struck the
Republicans in the unimportant local eiec-
tions in Ohio and Michigan. The beer ques-
ton toppled Cincinnati over against them
because of the new license law, and Cleve-
land Topped with Cincinnati. These are the
sort of elections the Democrats win nov and
then, much to the profit of the Republicans,
for they expend their cussedness in of
years, initiate the bourbon Democrats with
hopes of success, and then brain-clout them
when important elections come around.
The license bill that has defeated the Re-
publicans in Ohio may be defective in de-
tails, but it is creditable step in favor OF
social order and coed government, and it is
likely to react in favor of the party that en-
acted it, unless the cowardice OF its own
leaders defeats them and their cause.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-04-11
AN INTERESTING ACCOUNT !!
stone in the Bladder Expelled by UsinS
Or. Kcnneay's Favorite Remedy"

stone in the Bladder Expelled by UsinS
Or Kennedy's Favorite Remedy"
Mr.. S. w. Hicks, of Pleasant Valley, Dutchess
Co. N. ", the son of Mr.. E. S. Hicks, whose name
NAV have appeared in this journal IN connection
with an article similar to this was, like bis rather
afflicted with Stone in the Bladder, only that MS
case was more serious than his fathers On the
appearance of the disease the father advised the
son to write TO DR.. David Kennedy, OF RondorF,
Y. no. he said, would tell him what to do. DIR.
Kennedy replied, suggesting tae use OF * ennedys
Fayorite Remedy" which had worked SO success
fully in the fathers case. Mr.. Hicks, who had been
assured by the local physicians that they could do
nothiog more for him. triei "Favorite Remedy at
a venture After two weeks use of 1t he passed
stone 81 of an inch long and Of the thickness OF
pne-stem Since then he has hAd no symptoms OF
tbe return of the trouble. Here is sick man
healed. What better results could have been ex-
pected? What greater benefit could medical science
copfer9 The end was gained; thatis surely enough.
DIR. Kennedy assures the public. by reputation
which he cannot afford to forfeit or imperl, that
the "Favorte Remedy does invigorate the Blood,
cures Liver Kidney and Bladder complaints, as
we'll as all those diseases and weaknesses peculiar
to females. cdr Kennedy's Favorite Remedy" for
sale by all druggists. srr,s,u
mch26~ .rf 4oIIucWlH
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-04-11

IT is almost relief to learn from the
Meridian Mercury that crime of any sort
has been committed by a white man in Miss
issippi. 1t is only cow-stealing, to be sure,
but that paper, which has never before
been known to admit that anything has
been done wrong in that State except by a
negro, actually says that ''from all accounts
white people up there have been stealing
cows worse than negroes" There is some-
thing wrong when the Mercury talks in that
way. Perhaps it is getting ready to join the
Independents.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-04-11

WILLIAM E. CHANDLER, who has been
nominated Secretary of the Navy, was born
at Concord, N. H., in 1885, and is lawyer
by profession. President Garfield nominated
him for solicitor general of the department
of justice last year, but the Senate, which
was then Democratic, refused to confirm him
because he was SO strong Republican.
Senator Teller, the new Secretary of the In
terror, was born in Allegheny county, N. Y,
in 1880, removed to Colorado in 1851, andhas
heen in the Senate since 1876.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-04-11

THE Albany Evening Journal contributes
two bits of political information; one is thai
sswhat was very doubtful three months ago
is reasonably certain now, namely, that Sam
uel ]. Tilden will be the next Democratic
candidate for governor" and the other is
that if the salvation of the Republican party
in New York should require the candidacy
of Judge Folger in opposition to Tilden, he
would probably yield to the demands of the
occasion and relinquish his seat in the treas
ury for the stump in gubernatorial can
Vase
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-04-11

THE wealth of Pendleton having been
lately spoken of as of special value to him
and consequently to the Democracy in case
they make him candidate two years hence, a
discussion as to the size of his pile and the
means by which it grew, has sprung up in
the papers. We shall see some day what
comes of the discussion.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-04-11

ONE singular fact in connection with the
spring elections in Ohio is the gains the Re-
publicans made outside the large cities.
This proves that the Democratic victories
were due to the enmity of the lawless classes
in the cities who voted solidly with the De-
vnocracv
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-04-11

THE bill for compulsory retirement from
the army at the age of 81, which has been
passed by the House, will compel the early
retirement of Gen. Sherman, Maj. Gems.
Mcdowell and Hancock, Brig. Gems.
Wright, Pope and Augur, Surgeon General
Barnes, Quartermaster General ingalls, and
Col F. r. Dent.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-04-11

Rev. DIR. Bevan of New York and London
satisfaction with his experience of Ameri-
can ministerial life which the New York
newspaper reporter imputed to him exists
only in that "vile fellows prurient imagin-
atiou,o
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-04-11
THE PRESS.
TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL IL.
STATE OF MAINE.
BY THE GOVERNOR.
APPROXIMATION.

In accordance with a pious and time-honored
custom, come down to us from the Pilgrim Fathers,
and found suitable to our love and yeneration,
Harris NJ. Plaisted, Governor, by and with the nd
vice and consent of the Council, do hereby appoint
and set apart Thursday the thirteenth day OF April
next, as day of humiliation, f.sting and prayer
And do recommend to the Christian people OF our
State to keep this their annual fast; refrain from
labor, business, amusements, and in their homes
before Him whose mercy endureth forever; sup
plicatng His favor upon themselves, the State and
nation; confessing their sins and seeking forgive
fess our si s. He is faithful and just to forgive US
our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteous-
ness"
Given at the Council Chamber at Augusta
this thirty-frst day Of Msrch, in the year Of
our lord one Thousand eight hundred and
eiphty-two, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the one hundred
and sixth.
HARRIS NJ. PLAIsTED.
JOSEPH o. SMITH, Secretary of State.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-04-11

EX-GOVERNOR Bishop OF Ohio says the
great difficulty of the Democracy is in get
ting good men for offices. Another difficult
ty might occur to the governor if he gave it
a moments thought, and that is, in getting
good offices for Democrats.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-04-11

SENATOR Bayard, says the New York
Tribune, has gained the distinction of being
the first man thrown overheard from the
new Free Trade Democratic ship, under the
command of Henry Watterson.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-09-23
Virginia Military Institute,
LEXINGTON VIRGINIA.

This well known State lnstitution has been
in successful operation since 1889, and having
been reorganized by the act of March 3, 1882,
with a new Board of Visitors, and the re-elec-
tion of the old Faculty, Is now prepared to
supply, upon the best terms, the distinctive
advantages of a general Scientific and Military
School, upon the basis of the U. 5. Military
| Academy at West Point, and upon the same
system so successfully pursued before the war.
The Faculty which once included Gen. Stone
| ,paH Jackson, GEN. r.. e. R0des, and Com. III.
n: Maury, now consists of the following Super
| intendent and Professors:
/ Gen. Francis III. Smith, LID, Superintend-
ent and Professor Math. and Moral Philo-
sophy. g.,
| Gen. Il. II. Williamson, Professor Practical
Col. &. Ship, Com. Cadets and Prof. Tactics.
Col. y. nj. Brooke, Prof. Physics.
Col. MI. b. Hardin, Prof. General and APP
piled Chemistry, etc.
Col. T. M. Semmes, Prof. Modern Langna-
ges, etc.
Col. j. w. Lyell, Prof. Math. and Logic.
Col. J.. III. Morrison, Adjunct Prof. Chem
istry, etc.
Col. Il. w. Nichols, Prof. Civil and Military
Engineering and Astronomy.
Under the direction of an efficient Finance
Committee of the Board Of Visitors, and Will
na enlarged annuity from the State, expenses
Of cadets are recuced to the lowest rates. SEES
sion opens September l.. For information or ap
pointment, address
GEN. +. III. SMITH,
Aug 1851 Superintendent.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-09-23
Eaect Of Odors on Milk.

Upor this question Prof. Ar
.soId. III the work American
naIrying,n says: The London
hin Journal cites instances
where milk that has stood a short
ime ID the presence of persons
5sick with typhoid fever, or been
handled by parties before fully
recovered from the smallpox,
hss spread these diseases as eff
actually as if the persons them
solves had been present. Scar
latina, measles and other conta-
lions diseases have been spread
H the same way, The peculiar
snell of a cellar is indelibly i'm
pressed upon all the butter made
Rom milk standing in it. A few
puffs from a pipe or a cigar will
scent all the milk in the room,
and a smoking lamp will soon
do the same. A pail of milk
standing 10 minutes where it
will take tile scent of a strong
smelling stable, or any other of
fensive odor, will imbibe a faint
that will never leave it.
al maker of gilt-edge butter
objects to cooling warm milk in
the room where his milk stands
for the cream to rise, because he
says the odor escaping from the
new milk while cooling is taker
in by the other milk and retain
cd to the injury of his butter
This may seem like descending
to little things, but it must bt
remembered that it is the sun
of such little things that deter
mines whether the products o,
the dairy are to be sold at cos
or below, or as a high-priced lux
ury. If milk is to be convert
ed into an article of the last class
il must be handled and kept il
clean and sweet vessels, ant
must stand in pure fresh air, sucl
Al would be desirable ant
healthy for people to breathe
The Opelousas courier., 1882-09-23


The receipts of produce into
this city from the interior show
marked gains over the same for
last year in nearly every article.
Cotton and corn have not yet
begun to come forward i'm any
great quantity, but the crops of
both exceed last years produc-
ton. Rice is largely ahead,
though the weather has been I'M
favorable for it. These
are unmistakable signs of busy
season, and we hope it will be a
profitable one for all classes of
business, including the newspa-
pers.-N. O.. City Item.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-09-23
EDUCATIONAL
EDUCATIONAL
Louisiana State University
And Agricultural { Mechanical College.
October 4th, 1882,
and closes July Ath. 1888

NULL instruction by an able and expert
IL encea faculty in the usual collegiate stu
dies. Cadets will have choice of four courses
Classical, Scientific, Agricultural and Me
chanical. No tuition fee is charged. There is
an annual fec of $40. Total charges for Board,
etc, in the University, $40 per month.
Cadets, upon entering the University, be-
fore being assigned to quarters or classed, and
every three months thereafter, shall present
to the President the Treasurer's receipt for 3
months fees in advance. Cadets shall be re-
quired to purchase their own text books, and
must provide themselves with uniform and
under-clOthing. For further information, ad-
dress, WIN. PRESTON JOHNSTON, President.
Baton Rouge, La, August 1st, 1882. lam
The Opelousas courier., 1882-09-23

The Star Route trial resulted
in a signal defeatfor the Govern
ment, only two of the accused,
who are minor offenders, having
been convicted. Brady and the
Dorseys escaped conviction by
a mistrial. The Government is
now to be investigated on a
charge of attempting to bride
members of the jury through
two of its special agents.-Oua-
ch6tG Telegraph.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-09-23
A Travellers Story.

After spending months at watering places
and consulting the best physicians without
benefit, | returned nome disheartened and ex,
pected to die. A friend urged a trial of Par:
kers Ginger Tonic. Three bottles and careful
diet have brought mo excellent health and
spirits, and hope my experience may benefit
similar sufferers.-Cincinnati lady.
See other column.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-09-23
FOR SALE.

VHHE desirable property situated corner OF
Main and Grol6e streets, consisting OF q
building suitable for store and dwelling, with
necessary outhouses, and about one lot OF
ground. For particulars apply at this office,
or to nj. Lavergne, agent, Opelousas.
Onalouaas Nov s 1881. tt
The Opelousas courier., 1882-09-23
FOR SALE

a SMALL residence with about one arpent
N of land, situated on Court street, near
the Catholic Convent. Part cash. balance on
time. Apply of this office. 0et9
The Opelousas courier., 1882-09-23
FOR SALE

ON I'D VANTAGEOUS TERMS.
GEyHE splendid property Gate residence OF
Il T. Valade) situated opposite the Catno'
an excellent dwelling house. Kitchen, a car,
riage house, barn, stable, vegetable and flow
err garden and orchard-all in perfect order
Apply to
Oct. Cd, 1880 " O%pelousas.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-09-23
A Human Beanstalk.
Pail Mall Gazette.

Condoist has been
brought to Paris as a medical
curiosity from the Haute Saone.
According to q medical contri-
butter to q Partisan c0ntempora-
N, this youth, aged 10, took a
start on the 18th of May, 1881,
being then six feet three inches
high, and found one morning
that he had grown an inch. Ev-
ery week since then he has reg
istered himself, and on the 14th
of September this human bean
stalk had gained nearly five in
ches; he grew five inches more
before the Goth of January, 1882,
and seven more before March 10,
and lie now is z feet 10 inches.
All this has been accompanied
by great pains III the back, and
he stoops considerably but
since last June it is his legs only
that have grown, and his feet
are already twenty-fonr inches
long.
III ever d people were justified
Id resisting oppression, it was the
people of Egypt. There are only
6O09,OO0 Of them, and they were
FAXED S50,0OO,O 900 per annum,
that is, ten dollars a head, which
III ton times the tax levied upon
the Hind0os, and was O griev-
Gus burden to the native fellahs.
The debt saddled upon them
was about six hundred million
dollars, and the British and
French bondholders were put IN
control of the country, SO that
the interest upon this vast sum
could be collected. Once in pow
eli, the bondholders, like the car
pet-baggersS onth, plundered the
country. Europeans were pul
into all the offices at extraya
rant salaries, foreigners were OK
elnpt from taxation, and no 50
trap or pasha equaled the vii
Iainous exactions of the Jew
bankers, who devoured Egyp
Ike d swarm of locusts. Henc'
the outbreak led by Arab
aslta. - em0yesf's MOnthM TO,
OCt0bey.
a good deal of Northern capl
laI has been invested during tn
last few months in Sonther1
timber lands, and the humble
xiii PERSONS seeking investment ]
Fapidly increasing. AT the pres
INIT time prices are low, compal
aEiyely-even along lines OF PR
iected railroads. The future {
lhe South promises well, as I'll
grand army of lnmberm9l ma
eIles South, bearing with II ea
Nest laborers, wisdom, worth an
goodwill. The favored sum
laid will verify be d rich, bloom
ing garden. Chicago Lanebo
man.
III ii said that Thomas "A. y
liam has had issued to him
ever than 396patents, includii
III Of last week.
The Republicans have carrie
Maine, over the fusion, gree
back and temperance voters.
Happy Mother! Happy Chill
drefa!
Naysing mothers should keep their infa
aaies wliile keething Both mother and Oh
should essieg sweet reppse. Tho host thing
Assist na9lra III bringing about this haI
state of health. is Browns iron Bitters. ]
very ~saotllilsg md refreshing hi Its effect
HFlaS proves El5s t0 be true Mother md ci
The Opelousas courier., 1882-09-23
EnR RENT.

A NEW, comfortable, roomy and conye
n niently arranged dwelling, with 4 arpents
of ground, situated in the eastern limits Of
Opelousas. Apply to JAS II. HOUSTON,
.InIv 1882. agent.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-09-23
81. LANDRY
E PLANNING MILLS,

On Carriere St., East Of Railroad,
WASHINGTON, LA.
UONGUED AND GROOVED FLOORING
and Ceiling and Dressed Weatherhoards,
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
and Money by patronizing a home institution.
Particular attention will be given to making
Door and Window Frames.
We will also mako all kinds of Mouldings plain
or moulded base, Cornices of any design,
Store and Office Fittings, such as
Counters, Sheluings, Drawers, Desks,
Office Screens, Hand Rails, Ba!"sters
(plain or moulded), Mantels' (plain or fancy,
Church Pews, Pulpits, etc, etc.
In starting this enterprise, we hope to supply
O 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 fol
estimates, WIN. G. CLOYD & CO.,
may20t Washington, l.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-09-23
FOR SALE.

1.-TWO Hundred Acres of Woodland in Bayou
Il Mallet Woods. Also, o fine Residence in
the town of Opelousas, situated near the rail
road; and q small residence on Court street.
For terms. &c. apply to C. MAYO,
at the Post Office.
Opelousas, Dec. A, lS8O-tf
The Opelousas courier., 1882-09-23
Printing Office For Sale.

A COMPLETE outfit for printing q seven
IN column newspaper. Press, Type, Cases,
Stands, Etc, all in good order, being the ma
terial used for the publication OF the wash,
ington Enterprise and Nceos. Will be old
cheap. Apply at this office.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-09-23
FOR SALE.

A SMALL tract Of land with the buildings
IA thereon, consisting of residence, store
house, etc, near the southern INIT of the cor
p~oration Of Opeieusas. For terms and condi-
tions. apply at this office, or to
+. +. PERRODlN,
OneIousas. April g., 1882. Agent.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-09-23
FOR SALE.

1on ACRES OF LAND-50 acres enclosed
lou and in cultivation, balance woodland
with dwelling, two corn cribs, kitchen,
smoke-house, etc, situated twenty miles from
O~pelousas, and five miles from prudrhomme
civ. on west side of Bayou Mallet. Terms
part cash, balance on time. For particulars.
amply at the COURIER office. apiotf
NNOR SALE-3333 acres OF land, wootOaSt
prairie, near tho line of the La. Wester"
r.. r.. in the south western portion oil TINS
parish. Will he sold in lots t" suit purchaser
cheap for cash.
Opelousas, July "a, 1880. u
The Opelousas courier., 1882-09-23
S1.He,nu. pse,x II YOUNG LADIES

ESTEE HVUINW
WHY SCHOOL for the education of young
lVM ladies is now open in my dwelling at
Opelousas. ! intend this Institution 10 DC
nermanent, and will endeayor to meet the
wants of this community, by affording faciii-
ties for a thorough education.
TERMS:
Tuition in primary branches, pei month, o. So
Tuition in Academic . 00
French oC
Music with use of piano, Q w
Drawing. tdaily l%essons,l 3 w w
Painting, ttri-weekly iessons,l" o w
Vocal Music, gratis. "a a.
Board, - w
Washing, per dozen, 20
All dues payable monthly, in advance:
MRS. nj. nj. HAYES.
Opeiousas, New. 25, 1879. tt
The Opelousas courier., 1882-09-23
SCHOOL
Er1hHg BOYS ANED YOUNG MEN,

&4% M
Wsdsug EgSeYs ANHD YOUNG MEN.
At Franklin College buildings.
1852 and 1853.
gNyHE Third Session of Capt. John M. lay,
lor's School for Boys and Young Men VIII
omen al tho Franklin College Buildings. on
Monday, tho 4th of September, and continue
for q period of ten montlls.
Primary Grade, per month.--.ss o ~
Grammar M
Academic /" ..--- " "
Tuition payable invariably ut the END OF
each month. No deduction for lost time, ex'
cent in eases of protracted illness. jy2s
The Opelousas courier., 1882-09-23

TT has been analysed by Joseph Albreoht, M.
Il D., Chemist, and obtained the First Prensi-
ssa at the Gulf States Exposition, Feb. IL, 1879.
The Circular for this valuable food, manu-
featured in New Orleans, contains numerous
testimonials from the owners of leading sta
bles, diaries, and boss draymen, testifying to
it's fully possessing all the desirable qualities
claimed for it by the manufacturers, which are:
That it will jatten and keep Horses an. Males
in good condition, and save them from the
liability to disease; and that it is the best food
for Carriage and RaceBHorses;
That it will keep Cows in good health and
condition and increase the flow Of milk;
That it will increase the number Of eggs laid
by Hens and prevent gapes and other diseases;
That it will fatten Hogs more readily and at
O fraction Of the cost of any other food.
E Send for Circular. f8tf