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TIGER BEND (AvoYellesl. Oct. l6 '82.

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EDITORS OF THE COURIER:
We had a light shower on Friday last
Just enough to lay the dust good,
Cotton picking is progressing to the en-
tire satisfaction of planters. The sugar
mills will be in full blast in a few days
more ; some have already started the
cane is excellent.
Business is on the increase. Capt.
A. M. Haas loaded three cars of cotton
last week in all he has shipped some
thing over 100 bales to New Orleans
from Haas station !; this is not counting
cotton shipped for other parties. Mr..
Charlie Bloch, formerly of Opelousas,
will make Tiger Bend his home for the
future /; he is the Book k for Capt.
| Haas large wholesale and retail store
at the Bend.
twenty negroes were at the station on
Saturday morning, ready to board the
excursion train. just as they went to
step on, they were politely informed
that that was a white mans train-no
negro must 60 N Poor Sambo turned
away, his c~ountenance looking like he
had been run through a threshing ma
chine.
FOUND IN Bayou BGgF. - Steve
Darkins, colored, Mailing from Chicot,
was found the first of last week in the
Bayou, about q mile or two below this
place. On examination it was found
that he had been first shot, then thrown
into the Bayou. One Doc. MaIett, col
ored, was arrested and lodged in Jail as
the murderer. The evidence up to date
will possibly convict him and it maybe
others. The opinion is now that Oar
kins was killed for his money. Malett
will have a preliminary trial next Fri
day at Marksville.
SETTLED.-A. E. Dudley, Supt. of
the Pacific r. r., has ordered the place
or station known as Irion, ON the Paci-
fc r. R., to be changed to Bunkie sta
ton. And by the way I must tell you
that Bunkieville has commenced to put
on city airs. There is a prospect of a
company going to build a narrow guage
road from Bunkieville to Marksville-
at least we had a hint to that effect
provided the Marksvillites would per-
init an enterprise of that sort to build in
that direction.
Among the many late papers received
and before us, we are pleased to note
the Planters, Journal, published at
Vicksburg, Miss. Every farmer should
take the Journal. 1t is full of good and
interesting matter. The Home and
Farm, published at Louisville, is anoth-
er good farmers paper, at all times full
of good, choice reading matter, instruc-
tive and entertaining. There is nothing
like a well conducted newspaper for
that cas- we bring up the subject.
And Messrs. Editors, do you ever take
a peep at O'Donovan Rossa's paper, the
United Laishm0n? Rosa will never
die, as long as England has a hold on
Erin. The Office Of the United freshman
is IL Chambers ST., N. Y. City. For
fear of taking too much space I will
close.
VOtIrc Trvrx,orn
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Alexandria (La.) Express.


This new and important industry
has, within the past ten years, engaged
the attention of many farmers in this
parish, and is the most profitable branch
of farming that has yet been developed
in this State. We shall only cite the
results IN n plantation on which this
business has been conducted on a large
scale, and where the first experiments
were made some ten years ago.
The Experiment plantation owned
by the heirs of Geo., and Emory Clapp,
adjoining this city has 10Y in grasses
about $50 acres, from which two cut
tings are annually obtained, one in June
and one in September.
The average yield at each cutting has
been about n and a half tons to each
aero for the years crop.-This hay is
packed on the plantation in neat bales
of 100 pounds each and is shipped to
various markets, and sells readily for
about SIS per ton in Alexandria.
After the land has been once put in
order the only expense to be incurred
is for labor, and implements to harvest
and prepare the crop for market. This
outlay is comparatively small, and as
the crop is not subject to material dam
age from causes that affect other crops
it may be regarded as a sure one ii any
We have been kindly furnished with
the following estimate of the hay crop
on the Experiment plantation and
expenses of harvesting for the year
1881
$50 acres, 3 tons per acre
1850 tons q $15 per ton ..$l5,75O 90
EXPENSE.
Cutting and baling, say----.- $500 90
Net proceeds. 90
The outlay for machinery is not in
Guided in estimate but is placed at
$3,5OO.OO.
The grasses converted into hay are
principally Bermuda and clover which
grow without cultivation.
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Increasing the Value Of the Cot.
tom Crop.

sss Before the war q large share of The
cotton seed was a waste product. Aside
from that needed for planting, some lit,
tie was used as manure, but the great
bulk of it Was thrown away. At pres
emit cotton seed sells readily in Louisi
n at $l2 to $15 a ton, and sometimes
higher. Good judges estimate that the
value of the cotton crop has been in
creased about one-third, adding to the
income of the cotton growing States not
far from $1O0,0O0,0O annually. The
production of this vast sum from a here.
t0fore waste product is due to the in.
ventors of machinery. The seed has a
coat of fine lint which the gin does moi
remove. This is now taken off and util-
ICED, and the shell of the seed is left per.
fectly smooth and ready for hulling. The
huller cracks the she'll, liberates the ker-
nels and discharges the hulls. The hulls
or husks are of value as a fertilizer, es-
pecially after they have been used as
bedding for animals. The kernels are
pressed, to extract the oil, the most val
uable product Of the seed. The cake
left in the press after all the oil possible
has been extracted, is still a rich food
for animals, especially cows in milk
this is ground, and as cotton seed
meal,n meets q ready sale-especially
abroad, a large share being exported.
The crude oil from the press is clarified,
and the residuum from this process is
used in making soap. The finished oil
can with difficulty be distinguished from
the best olive oil, and may be used for
the same purposes, including salad
dressing. The oil is coming into use
in Southern families as a substitute for
lard in frying, etc, and the coarser
kinds for burning and making.
That it is much like olive oil is shown
by the fact that the best markets for
cotton seed oil are found in those coun-
tries which produce the most olive oil.
We have been much interested in the
development of this important Southern
industry, and in 1877 described a new
huller which has since contributed much
to it's advancement. We certainly have
a great advantage over those countries
which must grow the olive, rape, bene,
and poppy, expressly to produce oil, as
we have at hand q material from which
to produce it, which, in one sense, costs
nothing, 1t is said that there are now
about 20 mills in Observation-Disclosures
AgvicaEtMYist for October.
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Chairman Executive Committee.

SHE sWAR'D.-.DO yon know the ma
tnre Of an oath 7" asked q Judge of q
cOlored woman.
Eyes, sab I reckon / does.n
Yoa know, then, what it is to
swear ~
" Yes, sab; | reckon | does"
Hold up your hand and swear.n
She held up her hand and ripped out
an oath which almost took tile Judges
breath.
IN send you to Jail for this, o
miserable creature
Fur what, ledge ~
For using profane language in this
eourtr0om.p
doesn't know whit yer means by.
zane language. Yer told me to swar,
an awarad. White folks gittin, 80
high up it gins d niger q crick in de
Iilaik 10 look up at EN-. Ise gwine to-
cave dis town, cas- / want horned in
ArkansaW, nohow .n-ArE. TgGaeler.
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Yours,
What Eminent St. Louis Phvsi.
clans Say:

PREVENTIVE OF MALARIA.-Co!deD's
Liquid Beef Tonic is a very agreeable
article of diet, and particularly useful
when tonics are required, being tolerat-
cd when other forms of animal food are
rejected. IN Diphtheria, Agae, Malaria,
Typhoid EeUers, and every depressing dis
ease, its use viii be attended with great
advantage. We have prescribed it with
excellent success. J. II. Leslie, M. D.;
g. P. Copp, M. D.; S. B. Parsons, M.
d.. L. A. Vaughan, M. D.; Drs. S. L.
and J. G. Niedelet; VIM. Porter, M. D.,
and many others. Take no other.)
Of druggists.
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Mamma Hens Command.

Said the first little chicken,
With a queer little sqnirm
"LylstaY | could find
A fat. little worm"
Said the next little chicken,
With an odd little shrug:
81 wish I could find
A fat little bugm
Said the third little chicken,
With a sharp little squeal:
al wish / could find
Some nice yellow mealw
Said the fourth little chicken,
With q small sigh of grief:
81 wish l could find
A geen little leafm
Said the fifth little chicken,
With q faint little moan
81 wish | could find
A wee gravel stonem
Now, see here" said the mother,
From the green garden patch,
"If y0u want any breakfast
~ just come here and scratch y
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a Call TO the Press Association.

President McCranle having referred
the question of calling a meeting of the
Press Association to the Executive Com
mittee, | hereby notify the members
and all applicants for membership, that
In accordance with the desire of the said
Committee, n meeting of the Press AS
ISOLATION of the State of Louisiana will
be held ct New Orleans, on Monday,
November Goth, 1882, when it is hoped
that every member will be in attend
ance, 20 assist in placing the Associa-
ton on q firm and lasting basis.
Journalists in good standing, who are
not on the list of membership, are res
p~ectfnlly invited to present their appli-
cations on the occasion above mention
ed. LEON JAsTREMsKI.
Chairman Executive Committee.
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SUBSCRIBE TO
THE OPELOUSAS COURIER.
ONLY $3.50 A YEAR

unpaid balance on shares due by him to the
Association nor shall any informalities in the
organization and construction Of this Associ-
alton have the effect Of annulling this charter,
or of exposing a stakeholder to any liability
beyond the amount of his stock or shares un-
paid.
Sec. 6.-The Stock Books shall be kept at
the office of the Association, whence certiti-
Gates of stock shall be issued to subscribers
and no transfer of stock shall he binding OH
the Association until entered on its stock
book.
SEC. Tile Treasurer of the Association
shall keep d separate fund to be known as the
sinking fund, and he shall place in said sink
ing fund al! balances remaining in the Treas
ury as per scmi-annual reports of the Board
of Directors. after paying all interest and cur
rent expenses said sinking fund shall be for
the purpose of redeeming the shares Of stock
in such manner as may be hereafter adopted
by the Board of Directors.
Sec. 8.-The Treasurer of this Association
shall give bond and security in the sum of two
thousand dollars, and the Secretary in the sum
of five hundred dollars, for tho faithful per
Torrance of their duties and the Board Of
Directors shall nave the power of increasing
said bonds, ii deemed by them. necessary.
Sec. 9.-The Directors of this Association
shall be composed Of one Vice-President and
four Directors selected or elected from each
fire company composing this Association and
the President, both of the Association and of
the Board of Directors, to be elected by the
members of the Association in manner and
form provided for in sections four and five of
Article /.
See. l0.-Amendments or alterations OF this
charter can be made by a vote of two-thirds
of the whole membership of this Association
and twO-thirds of the whole stock owned by
the members, after thirty days notice given
in open meeting of such intention to amend
nr alter
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How It Was Done.

Chow do you manage" said a lady
to her friend, to appear so happy and
good natured all the time?" ~ always
have Parker's Ginger Tonic handy"
was the reply, land thus easily keep
myself and family in good health. When
I am we'll 1 always feel good natured."
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Lake Charles Commercial, IA: We
learn that an alteration arose at Capt.
Locks mill, last Tuesday night, be-
tween Charles CampbeH'a q carpen-
ter by the name of Fitzgerald. Camp
bell shot twice at Fitzgerald, missing
him, but wounding las usual in such
cases) two other men who were acting
rs naace-makers.
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Alarming 2

Colds that settle on the lungs soon
become very dangerous if not promptly
treated with HaIe's Honey Of Horekouad
and Tar. Sold by druggists.
Pixies Toothache Drops cure in one
minute.
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AN Irapossibilitv.

Deserving articles are always appre-
ciated. The exceptional cleanliness of
Parker's Hair Balsam makes it popu-
lar. Gray hairs are impossible with its
occasional use.
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y. d. N. ON 4ENOI,
Deputy Clerk, &c, &c.

I certify the above and foregoing to be a
true and correct copy of the original on file
and of record in my office.
Given under M hand and seal of office, at
Opelousas, the 5th day of October, sA.D: 1882.
j. B. A. FONTENOT,
Deputy Clerk and Deputy Recorder.
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ARTICLE VI.
LIQUIDATION.

This Association may be disso] we'd at q gen.
eral meeting convened for that purpose, with
the assent of three fourths of the stock and
!! members of the Association; and in case OF
such dissolution, the liquidation shall be con
Quoted by trhee commissioners elected by bal.
lot, a majority. governing at such meeting.
Sec. AT the termination OF this charter
the liquidation shall be conducted by three
commissioners to be elected as above set forth
at a general meeting convened for that pur,
pose.
Thus done, passed and signed, at my Office
in the town of Opelousas, in presence of the
Hon. Geo. w. Hudspeth and the Hon. b. Anne
said deputy Clerk and ex-efficio deputy Re
corder, on the day, month and year first here
in written. after reading of the whole.
LEONCE SANDOZ,
C. MAYO,
w. C. PERRAULT,
W. A. SANDOZ,
JAMES o. CHACHERE,
Ell. e. ESTORGE,
r. MORNH1NVEG,
M. VILASECA,
f. M. BOAGNI,
ALPHONSE LEVY.
SOLOMON BLOCH,
ARTHUR DEJEAN,
L. A. SANDOZ,
BERNARD MARTIN,
THEO. HOLLIER,
r. M. LITTELL,1
b T. MCKINLEY.
Witnesses:
GEO. w. HUDsPETH,
B. A. MARTEL.
J. B. A. FoNTENoT,
Deputy Clerk and Deputy Recorder.
st. Landry parish, La.
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OPELoUsAs, La, Oct. 5th, 1882.
Having carefully examined all the provis-
ions contained in the foregoing Act of Incor-
poration, and finding none of them contrary
to nor conflicting with the existing laws, /
hereby approve the same.
T. FERREOL PERRODIN,
District Attorney, 18th Judicial Dist.
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IFTELL, r. M Druggist, Apothecary
1A,and Pharmaceutist. Main street, next to
the Postoffice. Prescriptions accurately filled.
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ALDEN, LOUIS Physician aud Sur
IL geon. Office at residence. southern Ok
tremity Of Union street.
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STATE OF LOUISIANA,

PARISH OF ST. LANDRY. ;
Clerk and Recorders Office. }
hereby certify the above and foregoing was
duly recorded in Miscellaneous Book No. 7, at
| pages 555 ct seq. on the 5th day of October,
A. d. 1882.
j B. A. FONTENOT,
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MCDANIEL, ELI-Little Bjou Saloon
W. Finest wines, liquors and cigars Belle,
vue street, near corner of Ma H. f<-'1 As
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EsASSIER, F.-Staple and fancy grocer
IL les, liquors, cigars, confectionery, hard
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Attorneys at Law.
Mfsce1laMeOus

MAILER, c N-Watchmaker and jeweler /;
"a established i845. Personal attention to
repairing !; corner Main and Landry ste.
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rVVHE OPELOUSAS COURIER.-Establish-
Il ed 1852. Published weekly, English and
French; terms, $2.5 in advance. Main st.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-08-18

M & & @ lDlS0aS0SsF0 F0V6F ana
 H EB A Ague, Rheumatism
 Fl Eh MuN NDrOpsy, Heart Dis EHE| vease, Biliousness, U@ N@AkyNervous Debility, The Best Remedy Known to Man. 12,OOO,OOO BOTTLES SOLD SINCE 1870. This Syrup Possesses Varied Properties. 1t stim ulates the Ptynline in the Saliva, which Converts the Starch and Sugar of
 as .nse of s Food in the S1OmacIls If the Medic inc fs samen smentatiom ea Foed IS prerented. ns It acts upon the Liver. Itregu1ates the Bowels. 1t puriafes the Blood. It quiets the Eervous System. 1t Nourtshes, Strengthens and Invtgor- ates.
 It carries off the Old Blood nnd makes ItOpens the pores Of the skin and 1ndu-
 COS a'"''y ftas1Sn Raterfora Conn.,, July 30, 1sso have suaered very much in the last three years sos OF S % some s of the Indian I s1ooa syrup, and am Con. % m ss Pastor of First Baptist Church.
 blood which generates sorofus, erysipelas, and all 1 manner Of skin diseases and internal humors.
 
 and 1t be taken by the most delicate babe by
 the aged and feeble, only being required in at tention to directions.
 New London, Conn. ! Hearing of some of the remarkable cures effected by Dr. Clark Johnson's Indian Blood Syrup, called
 on an Agent and procured 8 bottle, and it has done good dizziness than any other medicine that have ever used. would recommend all af1ict- ! ed to give 1t trial and be convinced JOHN MOON. Lakesvile, Ltchheld Co.,, Conn. ! I have used Dr. Clark Johnsons Indian Blood syr- up for sick headache and 1t eectually relieved l Ireconnend 1t highly. MRS. J. WATERMAN. Bristol, Hartford Co.,, Conn. l l have nsed Dr. Clark Johnsons Indian Blood Syr-
 up for neuralgia In the face which greatly troubled me, and a short trial gave me immediate relief. MRS. VIM. BRADSHAW. ! Norwich Conn. Dr. Clark Johnson's Indian Blood Syrup has cured
 me Of dyspepsia and indigestion, and therefore
 recommend it with confidence to those afflicted with | like diseases. MRS. THOMAS ROBINSON. Agents wanted for the sale of the Indian Blood -yrup in every town village in which have no l agents Particulars given on application 1 DRUGGISTS SELL TIT. ] Laboratory 77 w. 3rd Street, N. Y. City, ]
Morning journal and courier., 1882-08-18
MELTING.

In describing a bathing costume the othe,
 day, Clara Bell said that the skirt was toe
 short to sit on. If there isn't dress reform
 at the seaside pretty soon, ladies' skirts will
 soon be so brief after awhile that their sus
 penders will show.-Bad BiX Nye.
 One of the regular exercises at Normal
 school is writing words from dictation and given out was hazardous" which the young lady pupil spelled ''hazardess," and defined
 "a female hazard. ."-Bost01a Jou,naL Mir. and Mrs. Shabby Genteel are glad ths summer season is almost over. Mrs. s. G. is tired of living in the back kitchen, and MT. s. G. finds that the wig and whisksrs he bought in order to disguise himself as the private watchman of his own house are near. ly worn out. .-PhilGdeLaohta Neaos. For little lady of two and half years this will do: She had picked up cane ir the corner of the room and was playing with it-a plain stick bent at the end. Papa asked What are you doing with the cane?" ''Il isn't cane" What is it then ?" ''It's an umbrella without any clothes on it." beautiful floral offering at the recent funeral of a Harvard student, sent by the classmates of the deceased, bore the letters 5. Y. l.. No one understood thelr signif. canoe, but naturally they were supposed tc indicate some noble sentiment in classic or modern phrase. A friend whose curios lty was great hnaIly aske& their meaning of one of the students. "Why, See You Later,' of course," was the answer. Our patent bed spring has been remod elled. The one for two in bed is so ar ranged that the part the wife lies on can be set by the husband unknown to the former and it springs her out of bed and stands he, up on the floor at any hour for which it is set. It then remains turned up on the edge 50 she can't get back again, at least on hel side of the bed and she won't come bach on his side, for she's too alfred mad to come near him. So the result is she is compelled to dress and go down stairs and see to break fast, and the old man will get 8 rest. Oh is's daisy !-Kentetcky State Journal. He was the rride of the family,
 The JoLesss' enly son,
 And of course, to please the darling boy, They bought him 8 toy gun,
 Which he took out in the aueyway And aimed square at his eye
 The Jones es now are minus & son He whtzzed himself on high
Morning journal and courier., 1882-08-18

attendance of village schoolmasters, who will thus be able in turn to instruct their own neighlsorhoods. The government has also paid for nearly 30, GOO mulberry trees, and is considering the advantage of setting out others along the public roads and the open spaces owned by municipalities and com munes
 Two reports have been made by directors of the Boston public library the duty of for young persons. The majority report maintains that sufficient care is now exercised in this respect. The minority contend that among the books in general circulation and given out to young people without restric- tion are some of doubtful moral quality, and others, which, though not perhaps immoral, are of more or less unwholesome tendency, and that means should be employed to exam inc more carefully the books designed for circulation among boys and girls, and ex- clude those which in the judgment of con- potent and trustworthy critics may be perni- cious. The majority think that such pre- cautions, in addition to those now employed, are unnecessary, that stricter censorship designed to withhold books not positively immoral from any portion of the public which desires them, is scarcely within the scope of the authority of the directors of public library, and that directors cannot properly relieve pare Its of the responsibility of experimenting the reading of their chil- dren.
 Evangelist Barnes, of Kentucky, is describ- ed in the Independent as ''about 50 years old, tall, slender, with a clear and cultivated voice. and talking with great simplicity and directness, but with great intensity, of the Gospel in which he has the most vital and solemn faith" He believes in homely lan- guage and coarse Illustrations to make his meaning clear to humble auditors. His the oiogy is thus described by the I7sdependent :. "It is ultra Calvinistic. The whole race, he teaches, was justly doomed to hell by the sin of Adam and even God could not forgive them except by compact with Christ, which should give, as his atonement did, pang for pang, blood for blood, the saved being thus literally redeemed by the equivalent punishment of Christ. Christ having thus paid our debt in full, nothing either great or small remains for to do but to accept of this substitute and be everlastingly saved be- yond danger of falling away. He is sure that those who accept and confess Christ will be saved, and he is willing to be damned himself if that is not so. All who thus be lieve and confess will be saved but only those who follow up their faith by earnest religious lives will have the crown of life above; and such, he teaches, are in the 'higher life here" The Independent finds "a wholesome breeze even in Mr. Barnes' abuse" and thinks he does good and should not be opposed.