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The Opelousas courier., 1882-03-04
Press Association Of louisiana
SECOND ANNUAL SESSION.

SECOND ANNUAL SESStON.
MONROE, La, January 30. 1882.
The Second Annual Session of the
Press Association of Louisiana will be
held at Alexandria on Monday, the Goth
ddrTraf March, next, to which place and
time the Association adjourned at Ba-
ton Rouge in September Of last year.
Appointments for tho approaching
session are announced as follows
ORAToR-Ex-Chief Justice T. G.
Manning, of Rapides /; Alteraate-Geo.
w. Cable, Esq, of New Orleans.
The ANNUAL POEM is assigned to
Mrs. Mollie Moore Davis, of New Or
leans, who was prevented by i'll health
from favoring the association with a.
poem at its September session. s.
The President renews his request to
local historians. who have not forward
ed their manuscripts to iona G.. White
Eco. General Historian. to proceed
without delay to comply with the du-
ties which they have assumed.
The attention of the Executive Com
nittee is called to the necessity for ac-
ton upon the subjects given TO the
committee for deliberation at the meet
ing held In New Orleans, aud upon
which no report has been made. The
Committee is composed of the follow
ing members Il. Jastremski, chair
man. T. j. Mangham, Mrs. M. A.
Fields, K. IA. Burke and Samuel Lam
bert. The business of the Association
will be greatly facilitated and its ad
vancement more speedy attained by a
thorough interchange of views among
members of the Executive Committee,
and the careful preparation of such
measures as may be submitted for final
action.
Officers for the Association are re-
quested to forward, by the first of
March, prox., q synopsis of their re-
ports, TO the President at Monroe.
Al full attendance of the members of
the Association is desired at the ap-
preaching session, at which, it Ia pro-
vided, there will be the annual election
of officers for the twelve months en-
suing, or until their successors are
elected and installed.
Alexandria, besides being centrally
located, Id easy of access either by rail-.
or by river from all parts of the State.
and its citizens, the President is assur-
ed, will extend to the editorial frater-
nifty a cordial and home like welcome.
G. wv. McCRANIE,
Pres. La, Press Association.
HI d. BENTLEY. Secretary.
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Newspaper Laws and Regul-u
lions.

/. Subscribers who do not give express no
tiee to the contrary are considered wishing to
continue their subscriptions.
9. If subscribers order the discontinuance
oftheir periodicals, the publisher may conts
nue. to send them until all arrearages are paid,
8. If subscribers neglect or refuse to take
their periodicals from the Office to which they
are directed, they are held responsible until
they have settled their bills and ordered them
discontinued.
A. If subscribers move to another place
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 AXE 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 a newspaper
and makes use of it, whether he has ordered
it or not, is held in law to be a subscriber.
4. If subscribers pay in advance, they are
bound to give notice to the publisher at the
end 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., 1882-03-04
Small Savings.

The Mercantile Solution has the fol
lowing words of wisdom which every
young man should take to heart:
The man who saves a little every
year is on the road to prosperity. 1t
may not be possible IT, IA much. If
not, save a little. De nos think ii dol
lar or IL dime too little a sum to lay by.
Everybody knows how little expendi
lures get away with large sums. But
few seem to know that the rule works
both ways. If a dime spent here and a
dollar there soon make a hole in a mans
income, SO do dimes and dollars laid
awav soon become a visible and res
pectable accumulation. In this conn
t Y any man can make himself ind
pendent. or keep himself under the
harrow for life, according as he wastes
or spends his small change. How
many things individuals and families
bny that they do not need, or cannot
afford. Think twice before you spend
that small! coin. Do not be stingy or
III, an, but also don't be foolishly self
lnduIgrnt. The self indulgent person
is far more likely to be nngrnerons
than the self denying ne. The money
wasted on JhurtfuI things alone-th"
medicines and drugs We mingIe with
our diet in the form of tea, tobacco,
and the ~like-stand on the very thres-
hold of prosperity, aud bar the way of
thousands 10 IA home in their old age.
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Worth = Dozen Dead sHen.

RICHMOND, VA, May 90. 1881.
My physician. after exhausting me inan-
cially, eoolly informed me that my case was
hopeless, that no remedy would reach my case.
and u was entirely useless for me to continue
taking medicine. Twas told that one lung was
B0he. and ehat my bowels and kidneys were
All decayed. I suffered excrnciatinriy fram
tne horrorsof dyspepsia and painful urinatfon
aha Ply 0reafh came short and quick, while
Iny neArt at times ceased to. beat entirely.
Whlae again u would thump most yehemently.
a sister of mine, . Mrs. Rhorer, 10 Baltimore,
wrote ~ father advising him To get me
lsroWne lron batteFs. From the very first
Iose ! teis ? ehange; nov all pain is gone. nv
digsstion II COED, my urine Id free from ssdf.
nlent, and my sllsnber nnbroken and dream
less. ! nov feel perfectly restored and 20
nsout ana ~ 40 mnch work as aperI did. and
40 not feel the least fatigned.
DANIEL r. MCKENZIE.
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Don't Take i'd to Heart.
There's many a trouble.
Weuld burst like a bubble,

Weuld burst like a bubble,
And into the waters of Lethe depart,
Did we not rehearse it
And tendef4y nurse it,
And give it a permanent place in our heart.
There's many sorrow
Would vanish tomorrow
Were we but willing to furnish the wings.
So sadly intruding
a. And quietly breeding,
h matches out all sorts of horrible things.
How welcome the seeming
OF looks that are beamiug,
Whether one's wealthy or whether ones poor
Eyes bright as a berry,
Cheeks red as a cherry,
The groan and the curse and the heartache
can cure.
Resolve to be merry,
All worry to ferry
Across the famed waters that bid MS forget,
And no longer fearful
But happy and cheerful,
We feel life has much that's worth living for
vet,
The Opelousas courier., 1882-03-04

Jane Grey Swisshelm, writing to the
Chicago Tribune about Gen. Grant,
says with two hundred thousand
thoroughly equipped lighting men he
confronted Lee aud his forty thousand
half starved. half clothed troops, and
compelled the plucky rebel to consent
to "A draw game-the mutual surrender
of Appomattox.'
The Opelousas courier., 1882-03-04

A Galveston school teacher asked a
new boy: If a carpenter wants to
cover IA roof Is feet wide by 80 feet
bread with shingles five feet broad by
IL feet long, how many shingles will
be needtdl The boy took up his hat
aud slid FOR the door, Where are you
going - asked the teacher. TO find
a carpenter. He ought to know that
better than any of we fellers.n
The Opelousas courier., 1882-03-04
Nervous Sufferers.

Nervousness Is often attended by many an
noyiag symptoms, such as black spots fitting
before the eyes. ringing or huzzing in the ears,
flashes of visionary light i'd sarkness, inability
70 Ieok up or about suddenly without growing
faint on dizzy, wakefu1ness, vivid dreaming,
etc. all pf which Is permanently cured by
using Browns Ifsn Bitters.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-03-04
THE DEMOCRATS
Illustrated Almanac
FOR 1sS2, AND

Hand Book Of General Information.
An elegant work Of l2O pages, S!x65 inches
III size, printed on finely tinted book paper, il
Illustrated throughout with most beautiful en-
cravings; aud containing. besides all the in
formation pertaining to the calendar. s~tatisti-
cal and general information ON varinus sub
jects, and especially upon the political and
civil divisions, population, names of officials,
Stateand municipal; records of past elections,
productions, railroads, geological formations,
etc, of the States of Louisiana. Texas, Arkan-
sas, Tennessee, Mississippi. Alabama and Flo
rida, will be mailed free, postage prepaid, to
every subscriber of the Daily or Weekly
TIMES-DEMOCRAT.
Send remittances in registered letter. postal
order or draft, at our risk. Address all com
munications and letters to
THE TINES DEMOCRAT,
NeW Orleans, La.
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NEW =
CEHAS. -FUZEALEER,

TIME well known teacher, informs the pub
IL lie that he will teach school, at his resi-
dence, every evening from 5 to Z O'Clock. The
following branches will be Taught mathemat-
'cs. physics, mechanics, chemistry. book-keep-
ing, and French and American law. Terms
81 per nonthin advance. E Wanted-a sit
nation as book keeper. Good references will
be g ven. Opelousas, Jan %. 1882. 3m
The Opelousas courier., 1882-03-04

On motion of Representative King.
Of Louisiana, the Senate jeint resolu-
ton approprIating 100000. to enable
the Secretary Of War TO issue rations
for the relief Of destitute persons in
district overiowed by the Mississippi
River and its tributaries, was passed
by the House the same day.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-03-04

The Senate passed the Grant retire
ment bill, which places U, S Grant
upon the retired list, with the rank and
pay of a General of the United States
army. The House has not yet passed
this Infamous bill, but it is more than
likely it will.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-03-04

AN act for giving everybody every
thing which was brought up in the
British Parliament some years ago, was
the direct ancestor Of our beautiful and
comprehensive pension fraud legisla-
tion.-St. Louis Post Dispatch, Dem.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-03-04
NOTICE
TO Tag PAYERS of 81. T,

TO Tax Payers Of st. Landry.
z WILL proceed from this date to the as
u sessment of taxable property in the Parish
of st. Landry. and would earnestly request
taxpayers to come forward at their earliest
convenience and give in their assessments, at
my office in the Court House.
OCTAVE FONTENOT,
Opelonsas, Jan'y. %, 1882 Assessor.
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Poison for the People.
WHAT rs DONE WITH II w MILLIoS
POUNDS OF ARSENIC ANNUALLY
IMPORTED.
food and HEALTH

Food and HEALTH
Committees of experts tell OF adnite
ration in food that is simply appalling
Were the ingredients which are mixed
with food innocuous it weuld still be
a very great hardship but when it is
known that the most violent poisOns
are empIoyed it is a marvel that the
whole county does not rise mp and put
a stop to snch practices and p'a.ish all
dealers who sell poisonous articles OF
food. If confirmation of these start
ling statements were needed one has
only to read the facts recently brought
to light in Chicago, where it is imp"s
sihle to find pnre sugar and where not
| 10 per cent. of the milk is good. LII
that CITY the bread, without exception,
is poisonous the teas were never IN
ported, but are made of leaves faced
with Prussian blue aud clromate OF
lead. Sev~enty-tive per cent. of the
cream of tartar is white earth, and the
coffee is coated with lamp black. But
| Chicago is no worse than other cities.
Baking powders are largely composed
of alum. Picking fluid is diluted with
sulphuric acid, alum and verdigris to
give it a peculiar favor.
The manufacture of "A great deal of
our confectionery shnnld be punished
as a crime, for much of the candy sold
to children is simply a lump of white
earth, made attractive to the eye with
arsenical paint and sweetened with
glucose. Costly spices are counterfeit
ed in a terribly grotesqne manner. the
favoring being given by the rankest
poisons. In these and other adultera
tions arsenic plays the largest part.
We import annually 100000 pounds
Of this deadly poison-one cents worth
of which would kill $500 people-and
the bulk Of this import is used in the
preparation of food and clothing
The Opelousas courier., 1882-03-04

According TO Herr Richard Andree
there are 6 $4,000 Jews in the world.
Five sixths live in Europe. Asia has
lo2,o47. The greatest proportion is
IN Roumania, or twice as high as Rus
STA. Norway, he says, contains only
"A
The Opelousas courier., 1882-03-04

Que steamer recently took out only
~ missionaries to Japan.-Er. Out
in Japan, a clergyman can go fishing
on Sunday without exciting any re
mark whatever. There is fine fishing
in Japan, and by the way, there are
50 Sundays in the year. Thus the
clergymen will have plenty of fun if
the bats don't give out.--Teras Stt
iRgs.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-03-04
SCHOOL FOR YOUNG LADIES
NOTICE.

Posr OFFICE, opelousas, Dec l. lo'V'
Am and after this date, the Post Office ~
W this place will open at 8 a. m. ana VIZ X
close at 7 p. NJ every day. On SUNDAY !"
will be closed all day. .....d
Money orders issued, and letters regisso os,
from 10 a. m. till 4 p. m. Positively, no o, sos
issued, nor letters registered, except t'tias" -"
hours.
ARRIVALS OF MAIL. ,.Jg
New Orleans and way mail at 6:U p ID w.
Alexandria " 5:5O d. ~. Il
All mail matter must be deposited u ! il
office before s p. N. every day, othef@i''
will lay over one day. q ii.
d4 LOUIS DESMARAiS'
The Opelousas courier., 1882-03-04

The sp~ectacular play of the Thous-
and and One Nights at the Chatelet
Theatre, in Paris. has 400 people on
the stage. There are $500 costumes,
no two of which are alike, 81 tableanx,
and 300, 900 have been spent on the
scenery alone.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-03-04

Thsee fourths of the Utah LegisIa-
tare is composed of men who are living
in open poiygamy and deliberately
nullifying the laws of the United States.
Yet the Republican Congress has only
ventured to pass one measure directed
against the Mormons, and one which
does not touch the Utah enormity i'll
any vital spot.--LouisviHe Courier Jour
nal.
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NOTICE.

fFyHE public is hereby notified that / have
III appointed DIR. Z. S. BARRY, of Grant
Coteau, as my deputy for Grand Coteau and
surrounding country,
WIN. III. THOMPSON, i.
Jan. Ia, 1882 Coroner.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-03-04

The state of affairs in Ireland is IN
changed The only way for the poor
people of this unfortunate island to es-
cape from their troubles is to emigrate
tn nanrina
The Opelousas courier., 1882-03-04

RemoUed to Bellevue Street, between Hrs. Lat
and Geo. ". Moriarty's Shops.
SHAVING, Hair-Cutting, Dyeing, Shan
~ pooling, &C., done in the latest STYLES.
Prices moderate satisfaction guaranteed.
H HaircuttiBg by machinery.
E. A BODEMULLER.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-03-04
Living

The hundreds OF hearty, aud healthy look,
ing men, women and children, that have been
rescued / ON beds of pain, sickness aud we'll
nigh death by Parkeris Gnger Tonic, are the
best evidences iii the world OF its sterling
merit and worth. You will find such i'll
almost every community.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-03-04

Yon can't eat enough in n week to
last q year, and you can't advertise on
that plan either.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-03-04

A man with ID silver plated, double
back action coin. holder came intu the
sanctum the other day. and
ed explaining the beauties of the arti-
Gle for holding silver halves, etc, and
he had got half through before he
found he was in IA printing office. When
he saw his mistake he went to the
door, sadly opened it, aud kicked him
self clear down stairs EuGnsuile
4 q
The Opelousas courier., 1882-03-04

There 10 a double tax on periqne to
baceo. Senator Jonas Is trying to have
that tax reduced one halt.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-03-04

Several novel features in building
have just been introduced in an eight
story business house being erected in
New York by Mr.. Vernon K. Steven
son. The tide Of opinion in the fire
department and among insurance con
panies having lately turned against
iron beams, the owner has placed Old
his floors thick wooden beams one foot
from centre and filled the interstices
with cement, forming q solid floor
two feet in thickness, which he claims
will resist tile penetration of fire for
several days, whereas, be says, the
iron beams would bend with the heat
and fall ont and the building cave
in.'' The stairs are of slate the walls
three feet in thickness. The whole
Of the building is finished in cherry and
California redwood, which has very
much the appearance of mahogany.
This attempt to utilize native instead
of foreign wood seems to have succeed
ed very well.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-03-04
Avoided.

Gray hairs are honorable, but their prema-
ture appearances ID annoying. Parker's Hair
Balsarn prevents the annoyance by promptly
restoring the youthful color.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-03-04

On Monday Seniors Morelo and Sew
critic, editors of rival newspapers in
Guadaljara, Mexico, fought a duel bas-
cd upon personal publications IN their
journals The men both fred at the
same moment and both fell dead, pier
ced with each Others bullets.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-03-04
I'll MATHUSHEK
UPRIGHT PIANOS.

In this particular, are made with ia thick iron
plate drilled to receive wooden bushings nj
which the tuning pins are placed; thus the
iron pins are held directly in the tuning plate
aud cannot move by any change IN the wood
work y
From the tuning pin the string passes
through a strong brass agraffe screwed into
the iron plate, thence across the sounding
board bridge. and is fastened to IA pin at the
other end OF the iron plate, thus producing the
MOST SOLID and STRONGEST PIANO
EVER MADE.
In tone, touch, workmanship and general
finish, the Mathushek Upright cannot be ex-
celled, and is now rapidly coming into use,
and its popularity constantly increases. We
will be very much obliged if you will call and
examine these pianos. We also take old pianos
in exchange at fair value.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-03-04

Indian corn will not iipen iI0 Great
Britain, but it is proposed to raise the
cIop for the purpose of stock fodder
from seed brought from this country.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-03-04
THE oPELOUsAs COURIER
RAILROAD HOTEL

EMILE LAYSSARD, PROPRIETOR.
ElHTS new hostelry is now fitted up in every
Il department for the comfort of boarders
and the travelling public, aud the cuisine will
embrace all the substantial eatables that the
market affords. Charges moderate. ja14*
The Opelousas courier., 1882-03-04
THE
Mathushek Upright.
The 5nly Upright Piano which will remain
80 permanently in tune.
HI

During the past five years makers of Piano
Fortes have been making great efforts to pro-
duce an Upright which will stand our severe
climate. They have used several devices, and
have even tried tbuf have given it upl double
iron plates, They have madeo' their cases
strong with immense bookings of wood, and
still most Of the Upright Pianos have not
proved satisfactory for this reason: That the
IouTing Pins in all of them are placed into a
wooden plank which is wedged up to the iron
plate, and which, at every change of weather.
will shrink or swell, thus causing the piano to
get out Of order and out of tune. 8 9
The Opelousas courier., 1882-03-04
The Statesman, the Jurist, the
Politician, the Partisan
and the Demagogue. q
American Register.

These varions and distinctive charac.
tiers figure extensively under a Repub
Iican form of governments; and the
people should study and understand
them, and be able to distinguish them
correctly, and to estimate each truly
according to his deserts.
The statesman is a man of eminent
ability and integrity, versed in the
science of government, and the art OF
governing. A truly great statesman is
guided by elevated and enlarged views,
and devoted to the interest and welfare
of his country, regardless of selfish
sectional and partisan considerations,
The jnriSt is IA man of eminent abili-
ty, learning and integrity, who is
versed in the science Of the law, espe-
cially the civil and municipal law and
the law of the nations. O
The politician is one devoted to po,
litical affairs. and who dabbles in poll
tics for a living.
The partisan is the adherent of a par
t. or faction, who devotes his time ia
its advancement, and serves his party
Instead of his country.
The demagogup is one who employs
specions and deceitful arts to deceive
and control the people, panders to pop
ular prejudices, and engages in meta
rious and corrupt practices to gull and
mislead the multitude.
No honest hearted youth ever reads
the history of the ancient republics
5withont burning with Indignation over
the recital of the specious and deceitful
attifices Of the demagogue. who, by
misleading the people, brought about
the final overthrow of their liberties.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-03-04

The Grand Jury Of the District Of
Columbia have found true bills against
the star route thieves.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-03-04
n-us sHop.
CITIZENS

HAVING claims again t the United States,
N arising cut of acts committed against
their persons or their property by the civil or
military authorities of the United States. will
find il to their interest to consult Messrs. Il.
T. PoSev & E.. l.. Posey, No. 60 Canal Street.
New Orleans. attorneys, and members of the
agency for the collection of French Claims in
the United States. Information. blank proofs,
&c, furnished without cost to claimants.
Mr., +. Lloyd Posey is now in Opelousas.
and can be found at w. O. Pnosey,S Drug
Store. - Sept. 4, iSS0-2tf.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-03-04

The town Of Haverhill, Mass, was
almost consumed by fire ON the 18th
uit. Three banks were destroyed and
ten acres of very thickly built proper
ty, containing some large and costly
structures. /. The loss is estimated at
nearly three millions of dollars. There
was some loss of life also. Haverhill
was a noted manufacturing town. pro-
ducing annually ten million dollars
worth of fine boots, shoes, wooden
goods and other articles. At the last
census it contained over $4,000 people,
had Az public schools. II churches, /
public library, ! daily, | tti-weeekly
and 3 weekly newspapers and many
fine buildings. The losses are $2,250,-
900, and the insurance $4,000, 900.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-03-04

j. M. Brown, of Galveston, Texas,
telegraphed February Goth to the May
or of Philadelphia. as follows:
!" am informed that a vessel with
fifty Jewish families on board, who
left Russia on account of persecution,
is expected to arrive in Philadelphia.
Through you, / offer one hundred acres
of land in Motley county Texas, to
each family that will settle on the
same.n
The Opelousas courier., 1882-03-04

The owner Of the bulldog tried to
expostulate with the man, who was
sore in the region whore the piece was
yanked out of his trousers, aud who
was evidently somewhat annoyed by
the proceeding. You don't want to
kill that dog, do you, when | tell you
that he's full blooded? can trace his
pedigree back twenty eve years ~
And the injured mar snarled out:
.Dnrn his pedigree! Snpposing you
could trace it back for forty years,
would that make it any easier for me
to sit down during the next week r,
Some men won't listen to argument.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1882-07-19

An Austin man started in the livery
stable business last week, and the
first thing he did was to have big
sign painted, representing himself
holding mule by the bride. "Is
that good likeness of me - he ask
ed of an admiring friend. "Yes, it
is perfect picture of you; but who
is that fellow holding you by the
bride Y-Texas Siftings.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1882-07-19

1t is customary in some localities to
teach children to think of text as
they drop their money into the con-
tribution box. A certain little girl
at Sunday school, recently, saw the
box approaching, and began to search
her memory for text. She hesitated
for few moments, dropped the dime
in the box, and exclaimed trium-
phantly: ga fool and his money are
soon parted" Bath Times.