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The Opelousas courier., 1882-09-23

Les Directeurs du College de
Pharmacie de Louisville, Ken,
yiennent de d6cider que d6sor-
mais les jeunes files y seront
admises. C'est Mile Annie
Blades qui, la premiere, Went de
iouir de Get heureux privilege.
Encore I'm progress qui rentre evl-
demment dams les attributions
de la femme, ct qui va bien la
po6tiser, Rest-ce pas
The Opelousas courier., 1882-09-23

L'ObssYVGteus de ST. M0rtsaa-
Uigle, du 16 sept
Tie process de l'Etat .contre
Emile Detiege, accuse de meur-
tire, q dur6 presque toute cette
senlaine. An moment de met
tire sous presse, nous ignorons
encore quel sera le verdict drr
juri.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-09-23
TAXES! TAXES F!

TAXES! !! lAAEo !
Notice is hereby Civ en- to all
Taxpayers in the paris h of st.
Landry, that the Tax rolls for
The year 1882 have been filed in
the office of the Recorder of
Mortgages, and have been de-
livered and are on file in my of
flee, as required by Sec. 40 of
Act 96, of 1882, and that the
taxes for the year 1882 are now
due. They are further notified
that said taxes will become de-
Iinquent on the 31st day of De-
cember, 1882, and will draw three
per cent per month interest from
that date, according to Article
90 of the Constitution of 1879.
Parties owing taxes on per-
sonal property must come for
ward and pay Immediately, as
said taxes will become delin
quent on the LIST day of Septem-
Der, 1882.
Those wishing to avoid costs
of notices and seizure will do
we'll to make prompt payment.
The publication of this notice
once a week for two weeks, and
the posting thereof on the door
of the room in which the Civil
District Court Of the Parish OF
St. Landry is held, is by law
made full and complete notice
to each taxpayer, and to any
person whom it may III any
manner concern.
G. @. DUSON, Sheriff,
aud ex-ofiicio Tax Collector,
st. Landry
Opelousas, July 80, 1882. ct
The Opelousas courier., 1882-09-23
La Revue de Marksville, (pa-

La Revue de Marksville, (pa-
roisse Avoyelles,) du 16 sept:
Les convois du chemin de fer
New Orleans Pacific ont fait leur
premier voyage de la NouVelle
Orleans q Shreveport lundi der
nier.
La r6colte de riz peut etre con-
sid6r6e une des plus bellies de-
puis la guerre. Sill ne survient
pas quelque coup de vent, il y
aura une quantit6 de ce produit.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-09-23

A rentree des classes du Convent aura
d A lieu ie lundi 4 septemhre. Les parents
sont instamment prizes denyoyer leurs entants
dGs lc premier jour. aus@
The Opelousas courier., 1882-09-23

tD'apras une d6p6che particu-
liere de Washington, d la date
du IL sept, le general Hazen,
(chef du bureau des signaux,) q
lardemande de M. Burke, 6diteur
din Times Democrat, adressera,
directement, a NM. Charles Il.
Escudier, Ib6rie Alex. Declon-
ct, st. Martin /; E. r. Perrodin,
ST. Landry A. w. Lafargue,
Ayoyelles; Leon Jastremski,
Baton Rouge M. cGimpsey,
Rapides =. H. Oosgrove, Nat
chitoches toutes les d6p8ches
qui auront trait aux gel6es.
La transmission dies pr6dic-
tionsa ces mess eurs n'interrom-
pera en- rien cells des memes de-
p6ches aux centres 6tablis.
ABeigIg.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-09-23

Un correspondent ecrit au
VjndieGtor, de Natchitoches:
La culture du sorgho a etc es-
say6e cette aimee par M. A. J.
Morgan, sur my propri6t6 de
Oakland. Get essai aurait OBJ
tenu une bonne r6ussite sans les
pluies constantesdu mois d'aoflt.
N6anmoins, .je suis satisfait du
r6sultat tel quill est, Vous de-
yriez conseiller cette culture,
ellie convent a notre climat, a
notre sol ct donne peu de travail.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-09-23

La fievre jaune qui s6vit au
Texas ma pas EN-, cettc aimee,
un caractare bien meurtrier. Ii
r6snlte, du rapport du chirurgien
general, quill Y a Gu, le 10 sep
tembre, 38 cas- nouveaux, d
Brownsville, ct settlement une
mort le II, At cas-, ct 8 morris
10 13, 80 cas-, pas de morris; le
15, 18 cas-, 2 morris ; le 16, % cas-,
pas de morris. Total, 232 cas- ct
6 morris. A Pensacola le feau
s'est montr6 plus terrible; sur
la cas-, il y a en- 10 morris. Les
cas- sont moins nombreux.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-05-03
A Hint TO Pastors.

Edward Irving succeeded in getting the
sympathy and respect of an infidel shoe
maker by using the knowledge of leather
he, as tanners son, had acquired. He dis
coursed 80 skillfully on the shoemaker's
fabric, that he charmed him into laying
down his hammer and lapstone, and enter
ing into conversation with him. Next he
was won to church and to the minister, ex.
cusing himself to his infidel friends by the
exclamation "He's sensible man. He
kens ABBOTT leather !" At one Of Mr.. Moody's
meetings, a minister related the following
incident: al was holding mission in a
colliery district, and in the course of the
morning. when ] was inviting paopla to the
mooting, | knocked at a door and found a
woman at the washing-tub. | said to her
called TO tell you | am holding mission
services at such and such chapel will
you and your family join US 2 chapel,
she said; | am up to my eyes in washing
| have three black men coming in, and
there's that wringing machine, gave fifty
shillings for it, and it's broken the first
round" She was in towering passion, and
| thought would not say any more to her
so / took look at the machine and found il
was not broken, but had only slipped out OF
its gear; set it right and then said; Now
you have been hindered, so I'll Just take a
turn at the wringing.' So went to work,
turn, turn, turn. At last she looked up
and said, Where did you say the chapel
was I? told her. She said, IN tell my
husband tonight, and we'll come That
woman was saved, aud her husband and all
the family, and she became the best worker
ia the village, and there was blessed
awakening in that place. She went from
house to house saying, Come and hear the
minister; it's he as mended the machine
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-05-03
The First Prayer In Congress.

Some time ago we promised TO give the
old folks copy of the first prayer ever Of
fered in congress. We have found it in a
copy Of Thatcher's Military journal. The
paper from which we take it is printed un-
der date Of December, seventeen hundred and
seuenty-seUenl The prayer was made by
Rev. Jacob Duche, as follows 80 Lord,
our heavenly Father, high and mighty King
of kings and Lord of lords, who dost from
thy throne behold all the dwelers Of the
earth and reignest with power supreme and
uncontrolled over all the kingdoms, empires
and governments, look down in mercy, we
beseech thee, on the American states, who
have fled TO thee from the rod of the OPP
pressor, and thrown themselves on thy gen.
erous protection, desiring to be henceforth
dependent only on thee. To thee they have
appealed for the righteousness of their
cause; to thee they now look up for the
countenance and support which thou alone
can give. Take them, therefore, heavenly
Father, unto thy nurturing care. Give
them wisdom in council and valor in the
field. Defeat the malicious designs of our
adversaries convince them of the upright
eousness Of their course, and if they still
persist in sanguinary purposes, oh let the
voice Of thine own unerring justice sound
ing in their hearts, constrain them to drop
the weapons of war from their unnerved
hands in the day of battle. Be thou pres
emit, o God of wisdom, and direct the couu-
ellis of this honorable assembly. Enable
them to settle things on the best and surest
| foundations, that the scenes of blood may
be speedily closed, and harmony and peace
may be effectuslly restored, and truth and
justice, religion and piety, prevail and -four
ish among thy people. Preserve the health
of their bodies and the vigor of their minds
shower down upon them and the millions
they here represent such temporal blessings
as thou seest expedient for them in this
world, and crown them with everlasting
glory in the world to come. All this we ask
In the name and through the merits of Jesus
Christ, thy Son, our Saviour. Amen"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-05-03
The Citizens League OF Chicago.

The good people of the United States
have long since grown weary and sick of
seeing, year after year, 100000, 900 spent on
government, education and religion, COM
bined, and 81 200, 100000 spent on whiskey,
in this country. They could almost afford
to spend another Sl,2O0,000,000 year Just
to prevent the pauperism, disease, insanity
and crime produced by the first 81 ,200,OOO,-
600. And various are the cures proposed
for this enormous curse. Some rely on 80.
cial influence, some on moral suasion, some
on medical science, and some on Sunday
preaching OF the gospel Of Christ. And
while all OF these remedies are good, as far
as they 60, and none of them to be aban
doned, neither any nor all of them have yet
removed the evil. AS to social, moral and
medical means, they are VIGOROUSLY made.
quate to overcome the terrible power of the
alcoholic habit. And as to the gospel, God
can hardly be expected TO aid a city in put
ting out great conhagration which ha:
been brought on by the most wilful and per
sistent negligence, nor to aid community
in delivering itself from the curse of rum
which deliberately and systematically teaches
its youth to be drunkards in their child
hood. 1t is clear case that God will MOI
bare his arm to deliver this nation from the
curse of alcohol until the nation bares it
own arm TO prevent the slaughter of the in
nocents.-ALcy0ne.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-05-03
Struggling Against Strong Drink.

allow can / resist and overpower the in
Huence of strong drink, which humans me
and leaves me no less than drunkard In
the eyes of those who have heretofore re-
spected and honored me2 This in itself is
sufficient deter many from ever again using
the accursed stuff, or leaving themselves
liable to its temptations and the misery
arising therefrom. Knowing its effects, be-
ing cognizant of its consequences during the
intervals of periodical sprees, endeavor to
fortify myself with all the strength the AL
mighty has given me, in order to be able,
if possible, to resist and gain control over
this terrible influence. But it is of no avail,
and in modification / must admit that, un-
less some one introduces method by which
| can abstain at all times, | shall never more
be able to call myself man or be recog-
nized as such. This in my sobriety is a
horrible contemplation. am connected
through marriage with a family whose char
acter has always been irreproachable. l not
only disgrace myself but wife and family
to whom | am devotedly attached. 1t is
certain am aware of all this. Neverthe-
less, there appears to be no reformation. l
struggle on from day to day as a lunatic
having no knowledge that l am one of Gods
creatures since life to me appears so miser-
able that ] consider the dumb animal my
superior. If anybody will give me the de-
sired information, promise to act accord
ing to the advice, and not deviate one single
point, of possible. Should such sugges-
ton prove effectual, | will forever feel CRATE.
full T. j. u.
Remember that good resolutions generally
fail, like other human endeavors, through
lack of attention to details Don't trust to
raoolutiAp xuhirh ma haVa lpat
its force by lapse of time, but at the very
moment that the temptation overtakes you
make up your mind to resist it, Just as il
the thought of resistance had never occurred
to you before. Resolutions directed against
that creature of the imagination called the
demon of strong drink are worthless. 1t is o
mere striking OF the air, fatiguing the will
without definite purpose. Recollect that
the whole struggle hinges on this one point
That you put away each temptation to take
drink as it arises. Concentrate the whole
strength of your will each time upon that
act, remembering that as long as you hold
that pass the enemy cannot advance. You
will increase your chances of success hun
bred fold if you take special pains to keep
away from places where any kind of liquor
is sold. There is a little book that may
help you in training your will. John Eos
ter's Essay on Decision of Character
But, after all, the taste for strong drink be
comes in the end sort of disease, and a
treatment has been devised for it, the prin
cipal feature of which is the isolation Of the
patient from the cause Of his misery. Walls
and guardians are made to take the place o.
the broken-down will. If you cannot regain
the mastery by your own efforts, have your
self committed to an asylum for drunkards
--Netc York Sun.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-05-03

Judge. Wen, Mr.. Attorney,
your prescription is working
well. I have been taking
Hoods Sarsaparilla ten
days. II is a pleasant sur.
prise TO find | can cat and not
suffer, and can go TO bed and
sleep. 1t is actually making
me young and fat again.
attorney General. II is do.
ing for you just what it did for
me. The next friend you meet
who is suffering from these in.
flrmities so common to rich
and poor, insist upon his try.
ing n bottle Of Hoods sarsa.
parilla, and you will expert.
cncc the same pleasure in meet.
ing him which l now feel.
Hoods Sarsaparilla cures
dyspepsia, biliousness, spring
debility, indigestion, creates
an appetite, makes the weak
strong, eradicates scrofula and
salt rheum, and works upon
the kidneys, the liver, and the
bowels through the blood.
Sold by druggists. Price, one
dollar, six for five. Made by
C.LIIood & Co., Apothecaries,
Lowell. Mass.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-05-03
@oral and Reliainns.
THE PLACE.

81 20 10 prepare a place for Vou'
o holy Place. we know not where thou artl
Though one by one our well beloved dead
From our close caspings to thy bliss have fed
They send no word back to the breaking heart;
And H. perchance their angels fly athwart
The silent reaches OF the abyss widespread,
The swift white wings we zee not but instead
Only the dark void keeping US apart.
Where did he set thee thou Holy Placer
Made he new world In the heavens high hung,
so far from this poor earth that even yet
Its nrst glad rays have traversed not the space
That lies between us, nor thy glory flung
on the old home Ia can ne'er forget2
But what II on some fair, ausplclous night,
Like that on which the shepherds watched Of old,
Down from far skies, in burning splendor rolled,
Shall stream the radiance Of a star more bright
Than yet hath shoue mortal sight
Swift shafts Of light like Iavelins Of gold,
Wave after wave Of glory manifold,
From zone TO zenith flooding all the heght2
And what II, moved by some strange inner sense,
Some instinct than pure wiser far,
Some swift clarvoyance that annulleth space,
All men shall cry with sudden JOY intense,
Behold, behold this new Respondent star
ourheaven atlast revealed l-the Place the Placel'
Then shall the heavenly host with one accord
Ven their bright faces in ohelsance meet.
While swift they haste the Glorious One TO greet
Then shall orion own al last his lord
And from his belt unloose the blazing sword.
While pale proud Ashiaroth with footsteps feet
Her leweled crown drops humby at his feet,
And Lyra strikes her harps most rapturous chord.
o Earth, bid all your lonely isles rejoice
Break into singing all ye silent hills;
And ye, tumultuous seas, make quick reply
Let the remotest desert find voice
The whole creation to its center thrills,
For the new light Of heaven Ia in the sky
Julia G. r. Dorr, in Hdrper's Magazine for April
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-05-03
A Good SDeecIl.

Mr.. Barnum spoke on temperance for
three.quarters of an hour in an easy, uncon-
strained fashion, and held the attention of
vast audience until the end. His remarks
were illustrated by many well-told stories of
personal experiences that elected much
merriment and applause. "Those who
have not suffered from the use of liquor di-
rectly or indirectly" began the great show
man, stepping to the footlights, hold up
your right hands. Very WE'LL" he continued
after the laughter which followed this open
ing. Since thoro aro no hands ~p, iu'n-
clude that everybody has an interest in this
subject. / am qualified to speak about in
temperance because | have been on both
sides of the fence. 1t is the better part of
mankind which becomes drunkards. Misers
are in no danger. 1t is the whole-souled,
big-hearted fellows who make up the army
of 10000 that annually march TO drunkards
graves. Six hundred million dollars are
spent here in liquor every year. If that
amount was invested in real and personal
property in twenty-five years it would buy
up the entire Union. About this reporter
whom | mentioned last Sunday. He came
to interview me at Erie, Pennsylvania.
like that sort of thing. | would rather be
kicked than not noticed at all. 1t has
been said that would not give his name
He need not be ashamed of it. lie gave up
rum and tobacco like man. His name is
Albert Smith Steiger, and he is now an ed
itor in Bradford, Pennsylvania. There is
no such thing as moderate drinking any
more than there is moderate murder or mod
crate forgery. Smoking is just as bad as
drinking. Boys are now employed to collect
old cigar stumps which are boiled down and
the nicotine secured. This is sold to farm
ers up my way in Connecticut who treat
cabbage leaves with it, and these are manu-
featured into fifteen cent cigars. Drinking
is habit that grows. Last winter two Of
my elephants began shaking with chills one
morning The keepers ran down to the vii
lage and got six gallons of whiskey. Hastily
returning, three gallons were given to each
elephant. Fortunately it cured them. They
liked the artificial warmth it superinduced.
Next morning when the keeper came to
them he found both elephants shaking with
might and main. "'No, you DON'T he
shouted, you are well enough today and
they stopped shaking"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-05-03
How Character Grows.

Many people seem to forget that charac-
ter grows that it is not something to put
on ready-made with womanhood or man
hood; but day by day, here little and there
little, grows with the growth, and strength
ems with the strength, until, good or bad, it
becomes almost coat of mail. Look at a
man of business--prompt, reliable, conscien-
tious, yet clear-headed and energetic. When
do you suppose he developed all these ad-
mirable qualities When he was a boy
Let us see how boy of ten years gets up
in the morning. works, plays, studies, and
We will tell you just what kind of man he
will make. The boy that is too late at
breakfast, late at school, stands poor
chance to be prompt man. The boy who
neglects his duties, be they ever so small,
and then excuses himself by saying, al for
got didn't think |" will never be reli-
able man and the boy who finds pleasure
in the suffering of weaker things will never
be noble, generous, kind mana gentle
man.-Christidn Helper.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-05-03

At no other season is the system so suscepti-
Bile to the beneficial effects Of medicine hence
this is the time to take Hoods sarsaparilla to
purify your blood and foltify your system
against the facilitating effects OF spring weather
"My wife has been troubled with indigestion
and general debility; has taken eight bottles Of
Hoods Sarsaparilla, and has derived an i'm
mense amount OF benefit. We pronounce it a
very excellent article" A. II. Holmes, Bruins
wick, Maine.
Hoods Sarsaparilla cured me Of dyspepsia,
indigestion and debility. / can eat anything
without that awful distress, have tremendous
appetite, and cannot praise Hoods Sarsaparilla
too highly" Park Patten, Gardiner, Maine.
81 have suffered from kidney complaint and
biliousness fifteen years. Hoods Sarsaparila
cured me-" Jonathan ]. Coburn, Dracut, Mass
A little common sense is worth hundreds oil
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-05-03
sWeW eIdperfisentenfS.
INTERIOR OF DRUG STORE.

INTERIOR OF DRUG STORE.
Judge. Have you Hoods
SarsaparillnS
Apothecdry. Yes, sir; and
sell more of IT than of any
similar medicine.
Judge. DO you know the
firm who make 1t?
4poihecdty. Yes. They arc
men of undoubted integrity,
and are among the best phar-
macists In Massachusetts,; the
senior member served n five
years apprenticeship under
one of the most careful drug
gists Massachusetts, ever had,
Samuel Kiddcr. lIc then spent
over four years with the largest
and best retail house in New
England, Theodore Metcalf Il
Co., Boston proprietors of
Mellin's Food, since which
time he has done a successful
apothecary business in Lowell.
Judge. lam pleased to know
this, as | feared 1t might be
made by some vonturesome
person, who had no knowledge
Of medicines. The neat APP
pearance of thearticle impress
IS nc mvorably. ! will try a
bottle,
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-05-03

attorney GenI. How are
you this morning, Judge9
Judge. Not at all well; ]
can neither sleep nor cat, and
the truth is, | am growing so
nervous, tired, and weak, that
1 cannot discharge my duties
TO my satisfaction.
Attorney Gent. You must
take Hoods sarsaparilla; It is
an excellent medicine for dys-
pepsia.
Judge. Hoods sarsaparilla?
My wife has been trying to
persuade me to buy a bottle.
DO you know the articlcS
attorney GrnT. Yes, and
cannotsay enough In its praise.
| had this same worn-out dys-
pcptic trouble last spring, and
Sec. Il. insisted on my taking
Hoods sarsaparilla," which
entirely cured him the previous
year. 1t cured me, and now
you must try it. Remember,
Hoods is the kind.
Judge. will go and get a
bottle now. "IIoOd's Sarsa-
parilla" is the kind | wantl ]
will make n note of IT, so as To
make no mistake.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-05-03
Spring Medicine!

dollars in the selection Of medicine For in
stance, II your appetite is poor you wouldn't
think Of trying to excite it by eating piece Of
candy. A simple bitter will quicken the appe-
lite, while sweet syrup will kill It,
This bitter principle, combined with aromatics
which disguise the unpleasant taste without
sacrificing the appetzing principle, is one Of the
grand secrets Of Hoods Sarsaparills, which 9th
ers have tried in vain to discover, and is one
reason Of its unparalleled success in curing
dyspepsia and creating an appetite when other
means had failed.
81 consider Hoods Sarsaparilla one Of the
best medicines for spring. when the blood is in
low condition and needs cleansing l have
been benefited by its use and have recon-
mended it to my friends" w. H. Curtis, Ticket
Agent, Boston and Maine Railroad, Haverhill
Massachusetts.