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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-05-31

WE HAVE IN STOCK PIPER HEIDsIECE
w Champagne pint; very old Cognac Brandy,
Pure Holland Gin, fine old Sherry, Jamaica Spirits
and Fronchs n. E. Rum.
oct12 W A. JOHNSON & CO
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-05-31

uOLDEN'S BOOK ON BIRDS!-Every one
IL who has bird, should have one of these USE
full books. 1t gives complete instruction for the
care and treatment of birds of all kinds. Price
% cts
apo MCLEAN & UHLER, 76 King st.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-09-23
SelE-Control.

There is no relation capable of afford
ing so much rafe happiness as that OF
welded life, where there is affection
strengthened BY sell. control: Nor is
there a condition ip which life may be
made sd m~iserabte as that of marriage
without affection and s~eff-control. Man
kind are so constituted that each indi-
viduaifife is Incomplete of itself. Each
wants q coniding, ever-reliable and
sympathizing friend and helper--one to
whom the heart a be freely opened,
knowing that the wounded spirit will
have healing sympathy, and that the
Joyous emotion will be increased two
fold by the flow Of delightful feeling
from a joyous and sympathizing soul.
Man and wife should be nj in inter
est and one in devotion to homo happl-
ness. Their lives should be one life,
aiming at the same object through the
same channel. 1t is the mans duty to
provide, and it is the wife's duty to see
that what he provides is made to render
the best possible service. Neither can
safely be inconsiderate of the wants and
interests of the other, for there should
be no such separate wants or interests
The man should want the wife to have
all that is reasonable and consistent
with their best interests, and no good
and true wife will want more, and the
wife should have an equal interest in
gratifying the husbands wants. Hence
how important that intelligent reason
should control. Without it, how liable
man and wife are to become two dis
tinct persons, with conflicting wants
and clashing feelings, leading to what
are called family jars, home miseries,
| aud dia,0rco
The Opelousas courier., 1882-09-23
Business Notices.

For SALE.-A fine buggy mare. barnesa ana
new buggy. Apply at this office. y
Subscribe for this paper and send it to von,
friends. Nothing makes an intelligent mas
sooner than the habit of reading his benz
paper.
BLANKs-For advances Of supplies, for M.
taries, for justices of the peace, &c, always
kept on hand or printed at short notice al M
COURIER office.
a $40 scholarship, good for a full course ii
bookkeeping in Blackman's Commercial Col
lege, New Orleans, can be had at a heayY dis.
count OH application at this office.
The COURIER ought to be in the family az
every intelligent maj in the parish. Singh
subscriptions $3.50 in advance: az. Is each n
clubs OF five, and 800 in clubs of ten.
Patrenize home enterprise, by having youY
job work done at the COURIER Office. Wa
guarantee satisfaction in style of WORK and
prices. A fine lot of cards, &c, just reeaivea
Have your bill heads, letter heads, circulars
cards, ball and wedding tickets, hand biEIs
labels, posters, ETC., printed at the C0uRIEa
office. We are prepared to execute all ORDER
al the very loUest cash prices.
Our subscription price is $3.50 If paid IN I'll
rance. Ii not paid in advance, the prios Ii
$500. Let there be no misunderstanding
about this matter. These nave been our terais
since 1875.
CLUBs.-We will receive subscriptions, ID
clubs of five, at 1926 each in clubs Of tan. as
$500 each-cash in advance.
POS6HM2sters
Are requested to notify us when any of eus
subscribers fail to take their papers from Che
postofice. We believe blanks are furnished
them for that purpose.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-09-23
Laugh and Grow Fat.

There is not the remotest corner or
little inlet of the minute blood vessels
of the human body that does not feet
some wavelet from the convulsion oc-
casioned by good hearty laughter.
The life principle, or the central man,
is shaken to the innermost depth,
sending new tides of life and strength
to the surface, thus materially tending
to insure good health to the persons
who indulge therein. The blood
moves more rapidly and conveys q diff
ferent impression to oil the organs OF
the body as it visits them OIL that par
%ticular mystic journey when the man
is laughing from what it does at other
times. For this eas every good,
hearty laugh in which a person in
dulges prolongs his life, conveying as
it does new life and distinct stimulus
to tho vital forces. Doubtless the time
will come when physicians, %concedine
more Importance than they now do tc
| the influence of the mind upon The
| vital forces of the body, will make M
their prescriptions more with reference
to the mind and less to drugs for them
and will, in so Doing, find the best ant
most effective method of producing the
required effect upon the patient.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-09-23
a, Government Skillet.

Look heah, Jedge,' said a colsred
man, entering the private Office of the
United State Judge; 81 wants q pen
sion.ne
Al have nothing to do with pen
sions."
but you can gin me q little advice.
All the soldiers what was wounded in
de a eff I understand it, is titled
ter q pension"
"Well 7" said the Judge.
II was in de war an was mighty
badly hurt, let me tell yer. | was
waitin' on my young marster IN did
net do ter suit him an he broke my
arm wild q skillet"
Waiting on your young master,
you say 2"
Yes, sah."
Which army were you in
DE rebel army, sah."
why, dent you know that the
United States don't grant pensions to
men wounded in the rebel army"
"Yes, I know dat is the rule but dis
is a 'ceptional case"
"Why
Case de skillet what my young
marster broke my arm wild belonged
ter de Newnited States guberment.
Can't git no money, yer say can't ]
Den dar's no wonder de country is fill
ed wild calamities. Good day, sah."
The Opelousas courier., 1882-09-23
The Price of Cotton Seed.

The following, from the Ouachita TEL
eqraph, is of interest to our planters:
Editor Telegraph: The New Orleans
papers report cotton seed as averaging
$40 per ton for last season. Now, the
planters of the Ouachita and its tributa-
ries received only IS per ton for seed at
the shipping point. Allowing 81 per
ton for freight, (Which is q large freight
these seed ought to have averaged the
planters SIS per ton. Now, if the plant
ers will organize, and fix a price for
their seed, of not less than $l2 per ton,
they will get it before the lst of March.
The demand for cotton seed is incrcas-
ing every year, and the price for years
has only been kept down by a combina-
ton of the seed buyers. Put your seed
up in good order in a dry house, don't
let them heat, fix your price, stand by
it, and you will be sure to get it.
To keep up the fertility of the soil,
SOW on all cultivated land, oats, barley,
or rye, to be turned under as green ma
nure when you pillow to plant in the
spring. TRENTON
September IL, 1882.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-09-23

RAILROAD NoTEs.-After date sleep
ing cars will be put on the Texas and
Pacific Railroad from the other side OF
the Atchafalaya river through to Mar
shall, Texas, and San Francisco
Regular freight trains will commence
running over this road as soops as tho
inclines on the Atchafalaya river have
been placed in thorough working order.
The New Orleans and Mississippi Val
lev road will very probably be complet-
ed from hero to Baton Rouge by Janu-
airy l, next. The company is now con-
tracing for 300 cars and the necessary
locomotives, to be delivered as soon as
practicable. A large number of men
are now engaged in building the road
southwark from Memphis. Capt. Grant,
the chief engineer and vice-president,
stated that the railroad company was
! DESTROYS of closing the Bonnet Care
! creyasse, and would do SO if the neces-
| a sum of money was subscribed. The
; crevasse could be effectually closed, and
the work would not cost more than
$50 900. By closing the creyasse "A
large amount of land would be reclaim
ed and once more placed in cultivation.
He stated that between this city ana
Baton Rouge the only difficult portion
of the road to build would be that which
crossed the Bonnet Care crevasse. Capt
Grant is working industriously, and
there is every reason to believe that suf.
fcient money will be subscribed to clos'
| the Bonnet Care crevasse.-N. Orfe0n1
Times Democrat, Sept. 18th.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-09-23
Newspaper Laws and AkeSaaAs.
GiOmSe

/, Subscribers who do not give express no.
t,ee TO tho contrary are considered wishing 10
continue their subscriptions.
3. IL subscribers order the di~scontinuance
of their periodicals, the publisher may CONT
nue to send them until all arrearages are PAID.
3, If subscribers neglect or refuse to q
their periodicals from the office to which they
are directed, they are held responsible until
thew have settled their bills and ordered them
discontinued.
without informing the publishers and the pa
pers are sent to the former direction. they are
held responsible.
S. The courts have decided that refusing
to take the periodicals from the office, or re-
moving and leaving them uncalled for, IS pri-
ma facie evidence OF intentional fraud"
6. ANY person who receives q newspaper
aud makes use of it, whether he has ordered
il or not. is held in law to be a subscriber.
z. Ii subscribers pay in advance, they are
bound to give notice to the publisher at the
and Of their time, if they do not wish to con-
tinue taking it otherwise the publisher is
authorized to continue sending it on, and the
subscribers will be responsible until an ex-
press notice, with payment of all arrears, is
sent to the publisher.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-09-23

Justice Poch6 has just rendered an
exhaustive opinion of the Supreme
Court, relative to the authority of the
Police Juries to enact read laws and to
practically enforce the Same. We read
this decision with deep. interest, and
would advise all owners of property
fronting public highways to read it.
and learn thereby the exact terms OF
tho law. This decision leads to the
conclusion that lie roads must be kept
iii repair, and ii is optional with the
| Police JMries to either draft citizens to
do road labor, as provided in this par
ISL, or by notifying the property hold
al of The condition Of his road, which,
in rase of refusal or neglect to repair
| III due time. the roaamaster proceeds
to repair, and upon his refusal to pay
costs his property or 80 much thereof
ii seized aud sold ut public auction to
coss.r al expenses incnrrna st. Ber-
nard Eagle.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-09-23
what Becomes of Editors.

What becomes of the editors
That's what we'd like to know,
They do a heap of good on earth,
n AnaIbo heaven ought 60 ge
W .#
/ But sOnasthing seems to tell MS /
They are o peculiar set,
And in the great hereafter,
Will be F" left out in the wet" ID
We've been thinking the question over
And it troubles us a heap,
1t comes to us in tho daytime.
And with dreams disturbs our sleep
And the moro we con the question.
The deeper it seems to get,
And brings the conclusion,
THEY'LL be " left out in the wet
: Now reason to yourself a ,Aoment,
Would lido to let them in2
Wouldn't they go to interviewing
And discussing everything
Wouldn't they have tive parties,
And a hobby, too, to pet?
That thing will never do up there
They'll be left out in the wet"
It's very well TO smile, sir,
And say your head amt level,
But did you ever see an editor
That didn't keep q devil
You don't suppose for a moment
That he in there could get.
And be always yelling "copy?"-
They'll be left out in the wet"
There's one more point we'll mention
We hope you won't get offended
But it's currently reported
That the free list is suspended.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-09-23
% RnucIa an chMls.''

Cures 3 casesfOT2 20 CTS. ID q OF BIaLhps
Mailed by John Parham, Atlanta, Ga.
DIR. J. w. GIBBoN, of Ark, writes
"For many years my wife was asufferer
from O terrible female complaint habitat
fed the skill o fall physicians around me.
She used DR.. Dromgoole's English
Female Bstters, they cured her sound
and well, and I do not hesitate to say,
they saved her life.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-09-23

Al beautiful girl lp.sk.d out Of her
window one day and saw her rude
brother Oh the sidewalk. walking about
On his hands, with his feet dangling il
the air. "tTom. = she said re~provingiy,
j. indeed | wenldn,t do that, Tom in
deed wonldn'tn Wouldn'tan re-
pliod tho rude hey, looking up and
speaking with marked and malicious
emphasis. . Wouldn't? by Jocks, you
couldn't z
The Opelousas courier., 1882-09-23
Gathered Gems.

Do good at all times.
He that falls to day may be np again
to morrow. C
He that grasps at too much holds
nothing fast.
blessings are often not valued until
they are gone.
He that gives his heart will not deny
his money.
It is a base thing to tread upon o
man that is down.
Sweet and innocent compliance is
the cement of love.
Aims are the golden key that opens
the gate Of heaven.
A man in passion rides a horse that
runs away with him.
He's my friend that speaks well of
ms behind my back.
Industry lie fortunes right hand, and
frugality her left.
A wise ma will make more Oppcrtu-
mites than he finds
Forget other peoples faults by re,
Numbering your own.
It often costs more to revenge inju-
ries than to bear them.
He that after SHINING mends, reeem
mends himself to God.
" He that is master of himself will soon
-
be master of others.
Emulation is lovely and generous,
envy base and malicious.
He hath d good Judgment that relieth
not wholly on his own,
IF you have no enemies it is a sign
that fortune has forgot you.
He that shows i passion tells his
enemy where he may hit him.
Concrit may puff d man mp. hntweVer
prop him up. Ruskia.
BcttDr that life be Il short self sacri-
Zee than a long self seeking.
The smooth speeches of the wicked
are fill uf treacIery PhGdias.
Az every thread Of gold is valuable.
SO is every minute Of time Mason.
To pity distress is but human ; to re
lieye ii Is gaalike. Horace Masn.
Dasnn es..r look nj Yourself wlei
you abuse a%unttnf person Plaatns
He That can read aud mediate meet
not lhihk the evenings long 81 life te
sliols
vice stlns- n~ even in nj pleasures
but virtue ro.ls.les ns even u our pains
Recamisei,se injn,a with justice. an'
reconape,rs. %miktndne.ss With kindness
Oonfacias- n
IL is The nalu.e # Nc human dispo
sition 10 hats him sni have injured.
TacitHs.
He who ran takt advice, is some
times superiat q lid who can give it,
Von KncbeI.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-09-23

CONSTIPATION is q disease.maker and
leadsto indigestion, acid stomach, heart
burn. feYers, bil%iousness, sick headache,
torpidityof the liver, collie, infammatory
diseases, nervousness, loss of appetite,
etc. These can all be removed by the
use Of BGiIey'S Saline ApeTieTt.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-09-23
THE MATHUSHEK
PIANOS,

In his particular. arc made with n thick iron
plate drilled to receive we"slen bnshings in
which the tuning pins are placed thus the
iron pine are held directly in the timing plate
and cau,iot move by any change in the wood
work.
From the timing pin the string passes
through II strong brass agratte screwd into
the iron plate. thence across the sounding
board bridge. aud is fastened to II pin at the
other end OF tl,r iron plate, thus producing the
MOST SOLID and STRONGEST PIANO
EVER MADE. :,
In tone. touch. workmanship and general
finish, tue Mathushek Upright cannot he ex-
celIod, aud is now rapidly canning int" nae,
aud its popularity constantly increases. we
will he very mnel, obliged il you will cal! and
examine these planes. We also take old pianos
in exchange mt fair value.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-09-23

MILLINERY { DRESS MAXIM
On Terms to Suit. Purchasers.

vuyHE undersigned respectfully .na aaaoass
n friends for past favors' ana NH, ssrea..
that they have opened a shop on parss,dIn asl
between the stores of Messrs. y j I s;asso Ii
l.. puclren, where they will do al A,ss SsSn
SEWING AND DRESS MAINE. 4.
for Indies and children, in the best ss5srasn
~. a"' mndar,fe n,;cns. Sewing also donsI Z
tlamem. MIME. la,rIs nIIIDk1
mills MILE
The Opelousas courier., 1882-09-23
THE
Mathushek Upright.
The only Upright Piano which will remain
permanently in tune,

During tie past five years makers of Piano
Fortss have been making great efforts to pro-
auce an Upright which will stand our severe
climate. They have used several devices, and
have oven tried thut have given it upl double
iron plates. They have made their cases
strans with immense bIuckings OF wood, and
still most nf the Upright Pianos have not
proved satisfactory Tor tilis reason That tho
Tuning Pins ill all oil them are placed into Il
wooden plank which is wedged up to the iron
plate, and which, nj every change of weather,
will shrink or swell. thus causing the piano to
get Out OF order and out of tune.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-09-23
opEI.ousAs TIN sHol

NKTM. LIGHTLEY announces y = t~lpeloal
to W st.y aF" Shop sns' next ss .a door ss t. ys,s TsIs !
"' lie IS prepared to DO al job s soa il ss ! 81
and repairing at short notice cat ate
manlike manner, Prices modefas0s
Opelousas, Feb, %, 1852.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-09-23

An eye opener: When the girl
who las encouraged i yonng man for
several years suddenly tells him that
she can never III. more than a sister TO
him, he can for The first time see the
freekIes niI her hose
The Opelousas courier., 1882-09-23

Labor is Il mans great function He
III nething, he be nothing, he can
fulfill nothing without labor.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-09-23

Action may not always bring happI-
ness ; but there is no happiness with
out actien.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-09-23

LII chronic disorers resulting from fixed bad
habits of min.l and body. the removal OF the
evil to be parn4inaft, must necessarily be
Gradual Although in some instances il is
SLOW, Browns irpn Bitters are always snre and
never fail 10 restore perfect health to the ply
steal organization 1t is Il complete strength
nnnr.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-09-23
a. Popular Prices.
to the E 8
EOR SALE.

u will sell my two plantations, situated on
Plaquemine Ridge, containing two hun
bred aud fifty arponts, one hundred arpents
thereof enclosed, with two large dwelling
houses and necessary outhouses; also, twenty
five arpents of woodland situated on Bayou
Mallet. For further particulars, apply to Au-
guste Perrodin, Opelousas, III. ID. Mcbride.
Church Point, or to the undersigned at Rayne,
st. Landry, La. CHAS. A. PERRODIN.
sept l62m
The Opelousas courier., 1882-09-23
.sraAxuN6s SALOON

Remorcd to Bellevue STREE, ots y SIa,s.
and Geo. w. Mortdftys ~
SHAVING, Hart Cutting, p W sss
= pooling, Sc, done in the a,tsrsa
Prices moderate : s~atlsiae!Ion
20 Hnireutting by macnlnnn9EEMULdhk
The Opelousas courier., 1882-09-23

SMr. ~IsarHras ssylsaFfai. i rich Wall street
BROKER living III Haitakes. N. j. opposite Rev
York lily Wrises sAe exeeAsiye strain 0I
nervous exelte3peIfI resulting from stock Eper
eulaifnn and suu hieil living made qaike az;
fnFaliH IN ma Browsf,H Iron BitleEe restored
MT II perfect health and strength
The Opelousas courier., 1882-09-23
CELEBRATED
Cancer Remedy and Treatment
Both sample d c0ieacio"s, as discovers" By
MIR. G. A.

Native of Rapidcs Parish, La, endorsed by
DIR. John Casson. of Alexandria, La.
Refers to the following persons who have
been cured by the Treatment and Remedy in
this Parish Elastic Dupre, A. H.. Andrus, w.
Love. Onoz. MGchc, Opelousas; Fred. Andrus,
Mrs. Gradenigo, Washington.
Persons desirouse EFF being treated can obtain
all necessary information from the undersign-
ed gentlemen, who have made arrangements
for tho establishing of offices at the following
places &C A. Hooper, Alexandra, La; A. e..
Kennedy, Opclousas, La; w, O. Posey, Eure'
ka Springs, Ark, Ito jan !
The Opelousas courier., 1882-09-23

Ypil can GIT the respsct Of the non
est mon III tile world ID d way only
that III bs deserving II.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-09-23

FlipT.r, The snlered lieutenant who
was diafniss.,i isoin HE United States
army has been appointed . captain 10
the Mexican army Flippsr's father is
d shoemaker iii sAfiapta,s. Gu
The Opelousas courier., 1882-09-23

Qnn a week IN Your , own s1 \. qaisilstiI
XDb outfit free Address portland
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-09-22

AS will be seen by the military news
published elsewhere the order has been
issued transferring the headquarters of
thu 9th infantry from Fort Niobrara TO
Fort Russell.
Major DeRussy, of the 4th., who has
been in command will be relieved by
Lieutenant Col, Anderson now station
ed at Fort Mckinney and who recently
arrived in this city en- route to that
post. Major De Russy has been ordered
to Fort Omaha, but will remain at
Russell until Lieutenant Col. Anderson
return.
The change brings q band which has
become an important item with our
towns people who have missed sadly
the excuse for evening drives-or the
incentive rather-which were won't to
be so frequent and pleasant.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-09-22

Gen. Howard commanding the de-
partment of the Platte, accompanied
by Lieut.. Wood Of his staff, passed
through this city yesterday on his tour
of the posts of his department, having
left Omaha Wednesday.
Gen, Howard was met at the depot
by quite a delegation of officers from
of Fit. Russell, ana a very pleasant chat
ensued. The General was not at all ad-
verse to communicating many of his
plans concerning the department and
the best. of good nature prevail
ed.
Gen. Howard was en- route to Fort
Bridger from this point, and thence
will go to Fort Thornburgh, to exam
inc the road constructed by Capts.
Quinn and Keefe.
The two companies which have been
engaged in this work will be ordered
back to Fort Russell Immediate
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-09-22

The magnificent team of bays puC-
chased by the employees of the Union
Pacific from a fund raised last spring
for j. T. Clark, ~ex-general su~perinten-
dent and now general superintendent
of the Milwaukee and Omaha road,
was forwarded to that gentleman last
Friday. The team was stabbed in
Omaha for several days having pre-
yiously been purchased in Kentucky
by Major Chambers. They were driven
to the state fair grounds for several
days, and attracted general attention
and admiration. 1t is what is known
as the Garfield team, and was pur-
chased in June of last year by several
friends of the late President Garfield
and sem to him at Washington. On
the eyentful End of July the horses
were on the road to Washington, and
consequently the president never saw
them. After his death Mrs. Garfield
declined to accept them. They were
purchased of the other donors by n
of their number. Eek.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-09-22

Wyoming zephyrs are very rude some
times and their greatest pleasure seems
TO be hurting the hats of the unwary
into the dusty distance-that bourne
from which hats seldom return. If
the victim of this mischief be a lady,
streaming locks of d%isheveled hair offer
u new field for the eccentricities of the
long winded roisterers. The angelic
smiles which light up the countenances
Of the hatless lady or gent as we'll as
the ~bystanders, proclaim plainly that
1t is as much fun for the victim as it is
for the breeze and rest of the crowd
in your eye.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-09-22
COLORADO

Denver's show is to close Sept. 80.
John Miller, a colored Denverite,
fired three shots at his wife, whom he
suspected of %in6delity. She used her
uplifted left hand as a shield, receiving
three bullets in it, and was otherwise
unhurt.
VIII Visscher, the well-known and
able journalist, at present with the
Tribune, has been appointed inspector
general on the staff of Major-G eneral
Vanderpool, commander-in-chief of the
Grand Army of the Republic, with the
rank of colonel.-News.
E. F. Davenport, "a prepossessing
young man, from Gunnison," courted
two girls in Denver, and engaged to
marry both Of them on Sept. 26th.
One of then found out his baseness and
had him arrested, not for attempted
bigamy, but for stealing railroad ties,
a fact in his history that she knew to be
true.