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St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1882-02-25
Injury to the Eyes.

It is difficult to restore perfectly the
eyesight when it is seriously injured, be-
cause of the wonderfully delicate and
complicated mechanism of the eyes;
and because of the difficulty of securing
to them the needed rest. A broken
bone may be put in splints or in plaster,
and the bone is soon as strong as it was
before the injury; but the very light of
heaven frets and irritates a weak or in
famed eye, and it is hard to refrain
from using it.
Those persons. therefore, who have
good eyes cannot be too careful in
guarding them from harm. They need
to be the more on their guard, for the
feeling is apt to be strong that their eyes
can stand anything.
The eyes may be injured by using too
little light, whether that of poor oil, or
of the twilight; by too much light, as
when the sun shines directly on the page
which person is reading. They may
also be injured by Pickering or any
variable light-the eye becoming ex-
hausted in its incessant attempts at &C
commodation.
Sudden changes from light to dark,
and uice uersa-when one who uses a
shaded lamp looks back and forth from
the bright page into the darkened room
are also in furious. By holding the head
down near the book when one is read
ing, or by reading while in reclining
posture, the minute capillaries OF the
eye may become congested and the
sight deadened.
The eyes may also be injured by using
them too continuously without rest; by
holding the eyes habitually too neal
their object, thus giving rise to short
sightedness; by reading in the cars or 8
carriage, the eyes being wearied, frettee
and congested by their effort to folio"
the lines; by too much reading during
the weary hours of convalescence, wher
the eyes share in the weakness OF the
body; and by reading fine print, on poor
paper.
This last source of harm needs to bt
emphasized, in view of the millions O
cheap publications now pouring from
the press. The thinness of the paper
allowing the reading to show through
is even worse than the small size OF tht
tvJ ~.-Youth's Companion.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1882-02-25

Iowa, on the 2lst of December last was seized
with a sudden attack of neuralgia in the chest,
giving me excruciating pain and almost prevent
ing breathing My pulse, usually so, fell to Is;
intense nausea of the stomach succeeded, and a
The attending physician could do nothing to re-
lieve me. After suffering for three hours. I
thought-as had been using ST. JACOBS Oh with
fsatlrated a piece of flannel, large enough to
cover my chest. with the Oil, and appliedit. The
relief was almost instantaneous. In one hour
was entirely free from pain, and would have
in a neighboring town had my friends not dis
suaded me. AS it was took the night train formy
home, in st. Louis, and have not been troubled
since,
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1882-02-25
Could Not Do Justice to the Occasion

As one of the Chestnut street cars
reached the corner of Sixth street,
Yesterday afternoon, Union Line car,
with one inside passenger, dashed IN
front of it. Owing to the grade neither
car could be stopped, and in the col
lision that ensued the tongue of the
Chestnut street car went crashing
through window behind the solitary
traveller in the Sixth street vehicle, tel
lescoping his silk hat against the roof.
Both cars moved on a few yards before
the drivers pulled up to take an account
of stock. The crowd that saw the col
lision expected to see the lucky in
dividual in the Union van publicly re-
turn thanks for his narrow escape from
death or severe injury, but he wasn't
that kind of bird. He just bounced
out on the rear platform. with hre IN Il!
his eyes, and shaking a fist full OF his
dilapiidated tile savagely at the Chestnut
street driver, yelled, You're too
bran new!n-PM!adeLphia Times.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1882-02-25

/ Most youngsters who pay their way
into circus-tent know at sight every
animal that is likely to be found there,
and, as soon as they have nodded recogg-
milton at him, are sure to ask: 2" What
Morning journal and courier., 1882-07-18
E. LABOHIOUS.

A Milwaukee wedding terminated in a row and somebody thrashed the bridegroom. Up there little preliminary fighting is always considered good thing for bridegroom Cou7ie'-.JO1t,7ad5.
 Among those present at Rossinis funeral was Aubsr. On returning after the ceremo- ny, the witty composer, who was eighty-four observed to his 1s;end Gounod II fancy this is the last time I shall attend funeral sn amateur ''-Mxsicaz World
 When you find a newspaper announcing that Miss Arabella Dash, the plain looking, commonly educated and passably- tempered daughter of Colonel Dash, is about to wed, :" etc., you will find au honest journalist-who will get the bounce within twenty four hours. -Det1oit Free Press.
 ''Yes" said ths landlord at the beach, ''I'll clear the piazza of those men without asking them to leave it." and he went out and gazed marked 1T do believe Miss Dashington is | in trouble. I think her bathing dress has got away from her." Rush for the beach, | Boston Post.
 l A husband having in answer to his wife's repeated requests cut off his whiskers and | gone homo to surprise her was met by her in the hall and overwhelmed with hugs and kisses. After letting him go she took 8 long look at him and exclaimed: "Oh, horrors is it you?" Proceedings for divorce have been begun.-Detroit Free Press.
 Now, my son." said West Side cabinet maker to his little boy, ''ysu must remember that sins are like nails driven into post Repentance is merely pulling the nails out 1 but the scars-the holes remain" But, say," interrupted the youth, 'can't we kinder putty lem up, as you do the worm holes il 1 the rotten basswood that you use to make real English oak bedroom sets ?"-Chicogc
Morning journal and courier., 1882-07-18
Price Four Cents.

soctated with stateliness and beauty, and your little tootsy- wootsy might grow up bow. leg ged and pug nosed. And besides, Beatrice Perkins wouldn't sound just right. You might call it-''
 "Hsr, if you please" said the lady severe
 'We always call 'em it in this ofice-it saves time and prevents our getting rattled. As I was saying you might call it Perkins, Maid. or Belle of Perkinsville, or something like that. l knew man ia Kentucky who had chestnut gelding-'
 'I can hardly see what that has to do with the matter under consideration said the lady in severe tone of voice.
 You are right. madame; did swerve a little that time. Now, Sweetheart is 6 good name. Out in California they think Sweet heart can take the pole from anything that looks through a bridle Now, if you had twins, you might call one Sweetheart and the other one Darling" put the tallest one on the off side, and by checking the near one up little higher, nobody could teii the diff ference between them. Of course, if they were not gaited alike. or you had to put a kicking strap on one of lem, it might be that"
 Let me tell you again, sir, " said the lady, "that am not naming a horse. Perhaps this gentleman" turning to the literary editor, "could give me the information desire. Certainly, madame, replied that person. 1oo 0hobA4 AaIuS your uCtl6 treasure Cec1I the name has such sweet, dreamy, aris- tocratic sound.' "Of course I should said the modified par ent land am exceedingly obliged for your suggestion, and she departed
 You seem to lose your savoir vivre," said the literary editor to the horse reporter "Yes," replied the young man, ..she carri- ca me to double break at the turn, but I should have settled pretty quick and come down the homestretch very fast. If she hadn't hurried me so much in scoring, I'd have pick ed out daisy name for that lilly of hers"
Morning journal and courier., 1882-07-18
REGENT PUBLICATIONS.

Celebrated American Caverns, especially Mammoth, Wyandot and Luray together with Historical, Scientific and Descriptive Notices of Caves and Grottoes in Other Lands, by Horace c. Hovey, of New Ha- ven, is the title of very attractive and in- teresting book. A large amount of the ma- tsrial is the result of the authors personal explorations for which he was well qualified by his thorough familiarity with geology and other branches of natural science. Mr. Hovey has already published numerous articles on single caverns in the American Journal of Science and Arts, in iScr56ne,'s Xagasi,ae, and other periodicals, and has forthcoming articles of the same nature in the Encyclo- pedia Britannica. But the contents of the present volume largely new, and the maps and diagrams are from surveys made mostly during the past year. These add greatly to the interest of the work, enabling the reader to trace the various routes de- scribed and to locate all important places mentioned. The illustrations of which there are moro than forty, from sketches made recently by Barton, Pencil, Lee and other artists of note and reputation. While the | largest space is reserved for the three famous caverns named in the title page, full notices are given of Weyer's, Howe's, Pickett's Caves, tho Gave of Cacahuamilpa, the Canadian Cav srns and the Cliff Dwellers of New Spain The preliminary chapters, concerning the | structure, varieties, mineral contents, and archaeology of caverns, will be found very | clear and instructive.
 l The work is well indexed, and an appendi, gives complete list of all known subterran can fauna, including an account of the won derful eyeless fishes and other singular forms of life. Published by Robert Clarke tS Go. Cincinnati. and for sale in this city at all tn. | bookstores.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-07-18
Naming a Baby.
An Anxious Mother Discusses the situa-
 taon With a Horse Reporter.
From the Chicago Tribune.1


 'sIs Beatrice good name for baby ?"
 young woman of prepossesslng appear ance stood in tho door of the editorial room and addressed her interrogatory in seem- ingly general manner to the gifted gentlemen who were occupying the several corners of the apartment.
 For a moment nobody seemed to regard the question as directed particularly at him, but finally the trotting horse reporter remov- ed his generously proportioned feet from the desk on which they had been resting, and al- lowed a witching smile to play over his quar- | ter stretch features.
 Have you baby ?" he asked, "Why, certainly" replied the young wo- man, the tone of her voice indicating surprise slightly tinged with anger. | 'Well," said the personal friend of Rarus, ''you mustn't get angry, because one soft, sensuous day in summer when the birds were | twittering their sweetest twits a woman came l up here on the same errand that brings you, | and after we had picked out pretty smooth | title for her infant-I forget whether It was 1 Miriam or Carita we settled on-she went | away happy, and along in the fall-the gold en- tinted fal1-just as the leaves were turning | brown and all nature seemed hushed in sweet repose waiting for the base ball champion | ship to be decided, she came back again with | a wistfui weary look in her soft brown eyes, | and said she had been mistaken-it was a l boy. Woman's nature; you know, IS so ! buoyantly hopetul so sWee1y proVious' 'na' she will frequently mistake four flush for the real article. It is the painful memory of a blackened past that makes us cautious about furnishing names for babies until we know that the little cherubs are here Do you catch on?"
 The lady nodded.
 | "Well," resumed the admirer of Maud B.: 'there are lots of things to be considered in naming baby. Your husbands name is-?"
 "Perkins, " replied the lady.
 ''That isn't bad name, although it woult be difficult to enshroud it with the mystic glamour of romance. But I hardly thinl Beatrice would look well in front of it. Tn name of Beatrice you know, is always as
Morning journal and courier., 1882-07-18

members of the Diet, is to be attached to the Stadtholder's E office in each province. All new theatres are to be detached from other build ings, and are to contain no store painting rooms. Every infammable substance used in the performances is to be impregnated with fre-resisting fluids and the most mi mute precautions are to be taken for insuring proper inspection. It will also be provided that there shall be an open gangway between every six rows of seats, that shaft for the escape of smoke shall be erected, and that the number of the audience shall be strictly limited to the capacity of the theatre.
 The sale of livings in the Church of Eng land is not looked upon in that country with the same degree of favor that it was once. At an auction mart an attempt was made re- gently to dispose of "a highly valuable ad- vowson. or perpetual right of presentation to the rectory of Debden." The gross annual value of the property is e1 100. At the sale the secretary of the Curates' Alliance and another clergyman, a member of the national committee for the abolition of purchase in
 the Church of England were present to pro- test against the auction. Ono of the clergy
 men called on the auctioneer to withdraw the advowson from sale, but the auctionser said he regretted to see clergymen obstructing a 1 legal sale, and added that if the clergyman
 were not quiet he would have to go out "as | sure as he was living man" The clergy l man protested that 1t was 8 public auction. 1 The auctioneer declared that the clergymen
 did not know the injury they were doing
 their cause by these proceedings on their | part. The clergyman responded, Ut is an awful thing to sell souls in this way" ''Hold your tongue, ;" cried the auotionser. Ninety-four thousand pounds being bid for the property, another clergyman asked, ''How many souls do you give for that money ?'
 The auctioneer again threatened to expel the ministers, who declared that the only effect ual way to protest was to take the course they had adopted. The sale was not con- pleted at that time.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-07-18
COMMUNICATIONS.
The Trouble in Egypt.

To the Editor of the JOURNAL AND COURIER:
 s'NEw YORK, July 14.-Lieutenant-C Com mander Gorringe, who spent over eight months in and around Alexandria in making the necessary preparation for the removal of the obelisk which now adorns Central Park, said this evening The bombardment of Alexandria by the British fleet was step for which there cannot be found shadow of justification in the circumstances which are supposed to have led to it. It Is to my mind smphatically one of the most brutal and un- iustifable acts of which the British govern ment and people have been guilty. The whole civilized world ought to frown upon it as being wholly unwarranted and cruelty brutal There Is no parallel in history for such monstrous destruction of life and property. In the worst days of the pirate era such inexcusabls cruelty was never com mitted.
 If an English fleet can go around the world
 bombarding cities on IS little provocation as Admiral Seymours fleet had for firing on Alexandria, no city Is safe.' "- Chicago Ir5-
 5une.
 The above represents the general feeling | throughout our whole country; and this gen | eration may live to see 'The Curse Of Nil l nerva" verified. F. A. B. l But know lesson you may yet he taught. With death alone are aurels oheapy bought. Not in the conflict ha seeks delight. His day of mercy is the day of fight; But when the field is fought, the battle won, Though drench'd in gore. his woes are but begun | His deeper deeds a yet ye know by name; The slaugh herd peasant and the ravish dams, l Tho rined mansion, and the foe-reap'd field | III suit with souls at home untaught to yield Say, with what eye al 'ng the distant down 1 Would flying burghers mark the blazing town? | How view tn column of ascending nannes.
 Shake Il s red shadow OCT the startled Thames? l Nay, frown not Albion, for the torch was thine, That lit such D, res from Tagus to the Rhine; 1 Now should they burst on thy devoted coast, | The law of heaven and earth is life for life, And she who rsis'd in vain regrets the strife"
Morning journal and courier., 1882-07-18
Hand-ShakiDg and Hand- $ h n kers.

am not unsociable. but I had rather not
 shake hands with every body and am quite sure good many people would rather not shake hands with me. Then why do we do it? It is just one of those unwritten laws which might with advantage often be more honored in the breach than in the observance;
 just a matter in which people trust their in stincts, and in which their instincts are really not to be trusted. I am dead against the cur rent frequency of hand-shaking in society.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-07-18

It is decided by the United States Circuit
 court for Iowa that a delivery of goods to a common carrier, though not designated by
 the purchaser, is good and perfect delivery to the latter. The carrier is for that occa-
 sion the purchasers agent. The possession after such delivery is in sthe purchaser, and the goods are at his risk. The lien of the vendor for the price is, upon the delivery to
 the carrier, lost by reason of the fact that the possession has been transferred from him to 1 the purchaser.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-07-18
WlLSONIA GARMENTS

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 NEW HAVEN, June 1, 1882
 Some months since gave you my experience as to what the Wisonia Garments had then done for me, I wish now to renew and emphasize what then said A longer use has confirmed me in the opinion then expressed of the value of these gar Chronic Rheumatism, Dyspepsia, Constipation it's attend ant consequences They come in when medical treat ment has failed. and bring relief and many times permanent cure.
 It IS in behalf of those suffering from chronic es am moved to add this further the great relief and benet have derived from the long and patient use of the Magnetic Garments I only wish that those suferr from chronic and thus uncured diseases could be psrsuades to make fair trial of their virtues at least would to you for information on the subtect, which yon able and willing to give. Truly yours, s. R. DENNEN The above case is not exception. There arc thousands of Chronic Ca ses that might share the same blessing by infusing Into the system Sirong Currents of Magnetism. Send for circular and you will know it a1l Julius Ives, je13 d4w No. Elnfseszus.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-07-18
EDITORIAL NOTES.

The reports of death by lockjaw caused by the toy pistol continue to come in. Parents will do we'll to pay some attention to them.
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 The Doctor has visited New Haven regularly every month fer over six years, and is highly recommended by the people and the press, the great Healer and Physician you are sick need valuable advice do not fail to consult him. Dr Fiske has had 3I years experience in the practice medicine has made thousands of the most astonishing all ,hron- 10 and long standing diseases of whatever or n tnrs The Doctor has the gift to describe oxery pain and secret disease at sight.
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 The Doctor also gives valuable advice on businesa matters, and all the affairs of life, both social and financial including journeys, lawsuits gains losses absent friends and great success in selecting lucky Sitt1nge for business affairs examination of the s1ck, Fl. Communications by letter ppon business or health must contain 8, age, sex, a lock of hair and stamp. Address Lock Box 1253 Norwich Oi For further particulars send stamp get crcu- lar Use Dr. s. ". Fiske's Eminent for Rheumatism E0r ala tv all Tlr.,r
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5outnal arrb Gourier.
EDITED AND PUBLISHED BY HARRINGTON s& CO.,.
Tuesday Morning, July IS, 1882.

No. 100 State Street, Courier Building
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A Druggist Cured,

Boonsboro, Md, Oct. 12, 1880. Gentlemen: Browns Iron Bit ters cured nae of bad attack of Indigestion and fullness in the stom- ach. Having tested it, take pleas @ ure in recommending it to my GUS entire satisfaction to all
 GEO. W. HOFFMAN, Druggist
Morning journal and courier., 1882-07-18

Ask your Druggist for BROWNS IRON BI1TERs, and take no other. One trial will convince you that it is just what you need.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-07-22

The New York Herald interview with
Mr.. Walsh in regard to the star route
frauds convicts Senator Kellogg beyond
doubt. Still, the grand jury found no
indictment. 1t has Oetn stated positively
that Mr. Arthur has said that there mist
not be an indictment if there is any
doubt. The Herald says:
cit has been limited that the failure at
this point is not in the evidence, but in
the grand Jury. On that head there may
he INQUIRIES to be made. But there is
another theory. Would it do 10 touch SO
grave a body as the Senate with this
scandal7 And if a Senator should be
disqualified from holding his seat in the
course Of such proceedings, and le-
publican Senator, would not the tfepub-
iican party thereby lose its majority IN
the Senate? Would it do to imperil the
ascendancV of the grand old party just
to punish few robbers, when every
other politician knows nov 1t IS NM
self? People Who propose to vote IN
future elections will do well to consider
whether they can continue to support
marty whose ascendancy could at any
moment De sha,ren by an indictment or
two"
This is an off year, however, and the
R6rGlE is in a virtuous mood. But about
October, 1894, it nay be relied upon to
train its guns upon the Democracy and
90 in lively for the cold flag"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-07-22

One Of the members of the Senate kas
eecnref an estimate of the cost of com
Melting The monitors for which work
Robeson las incorporated a heavy ap-
propriation in the naval bill. The esti-
mate which the Senator has shows that
the cosrof steel armor an! other items
for one monitor would be S19S,S45 -,
and for iron armOr $3.50. 400 Sc. Com
menting on these figures the Bridgeport
Farmer says: There are responsible
firms ready to contract to furnish the
armor on these figures and to give bonds
for the faithful performance of the con-
tract Now Robeson's contracts allow
s3e8 600 for each vessel if steel is used,
and s34S. 600 if iron is Gsed. Therefore
sbe saving on three monitors. if Robe
sou's contracts were rejected ana the
construction given TO any of those who
are willing to do the work for the esti-
mate above given, would be on steel
s5e7 4e4 o.. and on iron $500, 710 Y.
In other words, these are the sums the
government would put into the pockets
Of Robeson's favored contractors if his
contracts are allowed"