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The Opelousas courier., 1883-12-08
Happy and Unhappy Women.

Some few women may enjoy being
knocked about in the world-may even
find relish in serambling, elbow to ell
bow, with men for places in the front
ranks Of workers; but these few stand
in the same relation to their sisters as
does a man Of genius to his ordinary
brother; an unnatural thing, an anom-
MY. The few women who enjoy such
a life as it is known that a woman OF
the working world must live, have, by
their injudicious over-enthusiasm, done
more harm than they dreamed they
were remedying. The independence
Of woman has cast such a light upon
their natural pleasing dependence that
it must be admitted it is now terribly
unprepossessing. Woman's suffering
is very closely allied to woman's suf-
frage; woman's wrongs overlap wo-
mans rights. Fifty women are unhap-
PLY at work where there is one hap
PLY not; and there are just about fifty
women working where n needs to
be, or rather ought ought to be, OF
would be, if women had let women
alone. A woman is not fitted for a
working life. Physically she may be
able to stand it; plentally she may
flash and brighten, at heart the true
woman %quivers, and breads the fist as
well as the tongue of the world. One
of the most unhappy women | know is
a brilliant woman Of semi-Bohemian-
literary society. Enyied, but not en-
viable; admired, but not loved. The
wittiest woman Of her city, her bon
mots are the cleverest at the clubs. A
clever and thinking woman, her work
is as clever and thoughtful. She says:
II would rather be the weakest, the
least talented woman in the world, the
honest wife of an honest man who
would love me, and let me love him,
than the most beautiful, successful wo-
man of the world. / would rather be
| the slave Of a household than a queen
usurping masculine rights"
The Opelousas courier., 1883-12-08

Mr.. CHARLES W. MORRIS, eagle" Office,
Pittsfiel1, Mass, writes, May Is, 1888: "For
several months my wife's mother Mrs. Amy
Boyce) had been in n very precarious condl-
ton with dropsy or Bright's disease of the
kidneys, and having used all methods and
measures for her restoration in the line OF
treatment by our lelding physicians, and
having failed TO tonefit her, her family de-
SPARED of seeing her relieved, and gave her
up to die. Happening TO RIM across the tcs-
timonyof Mrs. Iawley, who had been curod
of similar sickness by using Hunts Remedy,
we at once procured n bottle Of it, and COM
meneed giving it as directed. After using it
three days she was SO far improved that she
could get from her bed to her chair without
assistance "a circumstance that had not hap
pened Tor months). Previous to taking it
she WAS troubled more or less with short
breath, requiring a continuous tanning TO
keep her alive. This gradually improved as
we continued the use of. Hunts Remedy, and
on the fourth bottle she was ablet to set up all
day. She was bloated terribly in both limbs
and body upward to the lungs. The tenth
lay the bioating left her bowels, and now she
ia not swollen above the knees. Her kidneys
were very bad at the time, discharges being
of a bloody character and emitting a sicken-
ing odor. can say that the change in her
case has been wonderful, and Hunts Remedy
has worked a miracle in her."
To cure a sore throat, gargle with Piso's
Cure for consumption. rs cents.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-12-08
Our Public Domain.

a few years ago q statement went the
round of the newspapers showing how
nearly all the really valuable public land
of our continent had been taken up, and
that soon the American pioneer or the
foreign emigrant would find that Uncle
Sam had no longer . farm to be given
away. Such statements are apt to be re-
ceived and accepted asfact without q1es-
ton; vet the short period that has
elapsed since it was made shows that to-
day we know Of more good farming land
vet unoccupied and open for settlement
between the Missouri river and the Pa
cifc than was supposed to be in that en-
tire region at the time that statement was
made.
Some will tell you that all the really
valuable Western lands have long since
been taken u /. and that only rocks and
arid deserts remain; Others, that after
the completion of the Pacific railroads
there will be only q few branch lines LETT
to be built In the far West; Others, that
| tha mines of the Rocky mountains will
aoon be exhausted, and that when they
fail we shall see that region deserted.
| Such Is the language of the croaker, OF
the disappointed man who failed IN the
west. as he would have done anywhere,
of the Eastern man who thinks civiliza-
ton ID bounded BY the Mississippi. But
II You have lived il these regions, or
have visited them, you win believe, with
me, that never al any time in the history
~ our country have her prospects TOT
rapid growth and continued prosperity
been any better than at the present time,
Each year sees new regions moi only
opened up, but others discovered 70 pc
valuable for some purpose, while tne
ever-growing network Of ron bands
binds the whole country IN 9 closer
union. Monopolists may seek 70 con
troll the traffic Of q continent, but the
power Of q free and intelligent people Is
stilI. and must ever remain, supreme IN
our land.-Ha1per's Magasine.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-12-08
Sham E~Iopements.

"Half the Opponents we hear about
nowadays are shams," said III mar of
the wosld, with his air Of portentious
wisdom. "Now that runaway match
in our own town, for instance. The
girls father is a sharp man, but this is
one of the sharpest tricks he has ever
played since / knew him. That elope-
ment was all a sham. It's as simple as
can be, The girls father is one of the
best known men in this section of the
town and is a politician beside. He
has, necessarily, a large acquaintance
with the element who are always ex-
pecting him to stand treat upon the
slightest pretext, and, what with this
and the wedding festivities, supper and
other etceteras, his daughters mar
IMAGE, if solemnized in the ordinary
manner, would have cost him a great
deal of money. An elopement saved
all this, so he opposed his daughters
wishes strongly enough to give a pre-.
text for the two to run over to the next
town, where the expenses of the wed.
ding, all told, didn't amount to more
than five or ten dollars. There were
no fine dresses, flowers, gifts or any.
thing of that sort, and when they re-
turned home they had a chance to &C
to housekeeping quietly and unosten'
tatiousIy. It was a shrewd plan and
sensible one for all parties concerned
/ have known a number of runaway
matches which had no other reason
than economy. Parents, relatives an6
allNTere willing for the young peopl,
to commit matrimony, but the expense
was a serious consideration, and a littl,
timely opposition which caused an
elopement smoothed out the crooked
channel in which the course of tru,
love was running. The cost of thu
wedding was saved for housekeeping
che young couple were forgiven, ant
all went as merrily as If there hat
been any amount of marriage bell
ringing"
The Opelousas courier., 1883-12-08
FACTS FOR THE CURIOUS.
A Newtown q. II cat eats potatoe

A Newtown e.. J. cat eats potatoes.
Venezuela took its name from the huts
built on piles which the Spaniards found
there when they landed in 1899.
w. Ell. Vanderbilt is worth 1000 times
his own weight in gold, or about so, 900
times his own weight in silver.
A rock at the entrance of the harbor of
Bastia, Corsica, resembles a lion exactly,
even to having a nance of creeping plants.
Mithridates of Pontus, having cap
tured Aquilius, made him ride on an ass
through a large part of Asia, crying out,
~ am Aquilius, consul of the Romans.
The kola nut, a product of tropical
Africa, where it is largely used for
making an invigorating beverage, is be-
coming an important article of commerce
in London as a substitute for coffee.
Mrs. J.. Fl. Dougherty, of Union City,
Penn, took q stone that fell in a hail
storm in her dooryard, to an Erie jeweler,
and he said it was worth $500. 1t IS
dark colored, brilliantly white, and
weighs four ounces.
Early marriages are the rule i'll China.
Parents deem it a religious duty to pro-
vide matches for their children as soon
as they are of manageable years, and
the young people 60 to the altar in much
the same way as they 60 to schoolin other
lands. This accounts for the dense popu-
lation of the empire.
Titian's model for his most famous
Magdalene was q young girl, who, be-
coming fatigued with long sitting, al
lowed the tears to run down her face,
and thus gave the artist an unexpected
opportunity to paint from nature, models
not usually being like the lovely Miss
sophy Street, who could cry at will.
The Omaha Indians have a curious
custom. When the father dies the
mother loses all rights in the children.
Every child, unless of very tender age, is
separted from the mother and will go
into the family of some one of the
fathers relatives, and may be claimed as
his own by the head of the family. The
separation of the mother and offspring is
permanent.
The act of putting a lead pencil to the
tongue to wet it just before writing,
| which is habitual with many people, is
one of the oddities for which it is haro
to give any Ieason-unless it began in
the DAYS when pencils were poorer than
now, and was continued by example to
the next geAeration. A lead pencil
should never be wet. It hardens the
! lead and ruins the pencil. This fact is
known to newspaper men and stenogra-
The Opelousas courier., 1883-12-08

No trait of character is more valua-
BILE to a female than the possession of a
sweet temper. Home can never be
made happy without it. It is like the
flowers that spring up in our pathway,
reviving and cheering us. Let a man
go home at night, Wearied and worn by
the tolls of the day, and how soothing
is a word dictated by a good disposi-
tion It is sunshine falling ON his
heart. He is happy, and the cares OF
life are forgotten.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-12-08
The Rage for Old Rubber Shoes.

Another singular object of interest
among the lovers of the old, simply be-
cause of age and rarity, is old gum
shoes; not the gum shoe as known to
the present generation, but the gum shoe
as first introduced and worn by our
fathers and mothers. Perhaps nine
tenths Of the living of to-day in the Uni
ted States never saw one of them. They
were imported from South America, prin-
cipslly from Brazil, and were made by
the Indians, casting the fluid india-rub-
Der in clay molds shaped something like
a foot. The outside was then scored in
some way with all sorts of fantastic de-
signs, the shoe smoked till it was black,
and it vas then fit for expectation. These
shoes were doubly, OF more, thicker than
those of to-day, and it was a labor to get
them on and a worse labor to get them
oil. They were much admired, however,
by the boys, who found that they cut
nicely into thin strips, which, when
wound into balls and rolled and boiled,
made abouncers'' that far exceeded the
primitive surgeons nose with yarn wrap
pings. These old-fashioned in~dia-rubber
Sn0cS are now nearly DIS sCaicc dS 9li0
tabled hens teeth, but are yet to be
found al rare intervals, slowed away in
lofts or forgotten rubbish holes in houses
in the seaboard cities. A pair found re-
Gently In the wine vault of an old man
sion on Front street, above Lombard,
| after passing through the hands of sew.
eral persons ignorant of their CONNER
cial value, were finally picked up at 9
trifie by a dealer in bric-a-brac, who SOLD
| them for $50 to q wellknown banker
and they now aid to decorate the draw.
| ing-room of one of the costliest ant
most richly furnished mansials in West
Observation-Disclosures Cal.
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Ra0eSiN.

Mr.. C.S. Hollis, Veterinary Surgeon;
Boston, Mass, certifes that he has
made the great p~ain-cure, st. Jacobs
Oil, the sole remedy in his practice for
horse ailments, and considers it supe-
rior to any cure he has known in forty
years. He tried the same great pain
banisher on himself for rheumatism
and by which he was completely cured.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-12-08
Gnffnn Iii California.

The first cotton factory ii California Is
To be erected III Alameda county. The
companyss capital il $500, 900. Most Of
die cotton Is to be transported from
Texas. but ultimately Southern Cali
fornia win, il Is expected, sup
nv All the cotton needed. The
widow Of Colonel Strong, the first cotton
raiser in California, has grown 100 bales
on hnx ranch this year
The Opelousas courier., 1883-12-08

Being entirely vegetable, no particular care
Is required while using DR.. Pierce's pleas
ant Purgative Pellets" They operate with
out disturbance to the constitution, diet, OF
occupation. For sick headache, constipa-
ton, impure blood, dizziness, sour eructa-
tions from the stomach, bad taste in mouth,
bilious attacks, pain in region of kidneys,
internal fever, bloated feeling about stomach,
rush Of blood to head, take Dr.. Pierce'r
sspellets.n By druggists.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-12-08
arrsan,n,ap RproarzEnp EEr TONIC. tha only

MEgsMAN's P~EPToNIzED BEEF TONIC, the only
preparation of beef containing its entire nutrS-
tious properties. 1t contains blood-making,
force generating and DEMONSTRATING properties;
invaluable for indigestion, dyspepsia, nervous
prostration, and all forms of general debility;
also, in all enfeebled conditions, whether the
result of exhaustion, nervous prostration, over
work or acute disease, particularly if resulting
from pulmonary complaints. Caswell, Hazard&
Co., Preprie!ors, New York. Sold by druggists.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-12-08
The Eraxe~axva Greasa.

Is the best in the market. 1t ia the most
economical and cheapest, one box lasting as
long as two of any other. One greasing will
last two weeks. 1t received first premium at
the Centennial and Paris Expositions, and
medals at various State Fairs. Buyn o other.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-12-08

Nature is the great teacher, she clothes the
fowls and animals with warmer clothing for
winter; helps them to cast it off IN summer
makes the best Hair Oil, Carboline. which is
Petroleum perfumed, and sold at 81 a bottle,
The Opelousas courier., 1883-12-08

G, Farley, city marshal, 243 Broadway, N.
Y, saws; 81 had rheumatic govt 20 years;
tried everything; now take DR.; Elpore's
RIG. It has cured my crippled feet, and
ats all other medicines and treatments IN
the world.'
The Opelousas courier., 1883-12-08

The button holes Of Chrolithion collars
and cuffs are made SO they will no tear gu
like other kinds.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-12-08
ON THIRTY A TRTAI,.

CoRREuT your habits of crooked walkingb By
using Lyons Patent Metallic Heel Stifeners.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-12-08
m. Pierco,s ssFavorffe PresCripti

Strict honesty Is the crown Of ones early
day.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-12-08

For burns, scalds, bruises, chapped hands,
cores or piles, use st. Patrick's Salys.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-12-08

Charity is one of the nobiest virtues thai
links earth with perfection.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-12-08

If you deal with a vulgar mind, life is re-
duced to beggary.
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AFORTUNE

Good will, Like g good name, is got by
many actions, and lost by one.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-12-08

The net that is most popular with
blonde youth-brunette.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-12-08

XMANTED-LADIES no TAKE OUR NEW
wv Fancy work at their homes, in city or country,
and earn SO to $1S per week, making goods for our
narfienIara. Hndson Mfg. Co. 81 Sixfh Ave-. u.
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Nor York.

This is to certify that am we'll acquainted with
a man 50 years of age, for years resident Of
this city, who has been at times extremely H. but
could not tell from what cause, unless it worms
He told his attending physician his suspicious but
the physician at ridiculed The idea, and re-
fused to attend him any longer His son then men
toned Dr. G. McLane's Vermifuge, and asked him if
he would take it {; his reply was-I must take some
thing to get relief, or die
They at once procured bottle Of Dr.. c. Nc
Lanes FernjfUgc, and he took dose The re
suit was, he passed upwards OF three quarts Of
,coTns, cut up In every form. lie got well imme-
diatey and is now enjoying excellent health and,
like the good Samaritan Of old, is endgavorlng to
relieve his unfortunate neighsors He makes it his
business to hunt up and select al cases similar to
his own, that may &c given by regular physi>
clans, and induces them to tsy DR. G. McLanes YER
mifuge. So fan he has induced more than twenty
persons to take the Yerm;fuge. and in every case
with the most happy results He is well satisfied
that Dr. G. McLanes Vermituge prepared by Elem.
ing Bros Pittsburgh Pa is far superior to any other
known remedy, and if more generally known would
not fail TO save many valuable lives. For further
particulars inquire OF Mrs Hardie, l14l Cannen
street, New York City.
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Cossy Island has never before known such
busy times as il has seen ths last three days
Last Friday ec!ipsed all previous Fridays of
the station in the number of people who Wis
tied the island, and then Saturday
eclipsed Friday, and was hoaorsd With the
title Of the busiest week day of the season.
This appears to have put Sunday on It's met
tIe. Saturdays laurels would not let it stop,
$50 with s supreme effort it succssded in col
Letting the biggest crowds OF any day in this
or sny other season.
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ELECTRIC FLASHES.

Coney Island Booming-IrrivaI of Emnii-
graEts-HanIan Loses Sc. Ge9--The Anti
Jewish Riots in Eussfa-Semarkable
Escape OF Child al sYatteFsOn
and TIden-Ebe German Admiralty
and American POrk-Death of AdoIph
sufro's slOGher-Etc.
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Society Dimness OF Vision, Eoises IN the Head; the
vital fluid passing uuobserved in the Urine, and
many other diseases that lead 10 insanity and DEATH
DIR. MsETEEs who is a regular physician grad
uate OF the University Of Pennsylvania. will agree
70 forfeit Fave Hundred Dollars for case OF
this kind the VITAL flEsTcaATIEE (under bis
special advice and treatment) will not cure, or for
anything impure or injurious found in it. ng.
mESTEE treats all Private Diseases successfully
without mercury. Consultation free. Thor
ough examination and advice, including analysis Of
urine, S. Price OF Vital Restorative, So r
bottle, or four times the qusntity, $ia; sent to
Any address upon recspt Of price, or Q. Q. D., Sc
cured from observation, and in private name II
desired, by A. z. azsSfEE, ". D.. NO. II
HeErny street, san FranctscO. Cal,
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rTREn an HNHiK.
The Great English Remedy

Is a never.f failing cure
for Nervous Debility, Ex-
hausted Vitality, SEM
inal Weakness, Sper-
matorrhea, lost Man.
hood, Impoten cy,
Paralysis, and all the ter
rible effects of self. abuse,
youthful follies and eX-
cesses in mature years
such as Loss Of Memory,
Lassiiude, Noe turnal
Euiss ous. Aversion to
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NERVOUS DEBILITY.
A csRE GUARANTEED.


DRE.C. VESTS NERVE AND BRAIN TREAT.
I y ment, guaranteed specific for Hysteris, Dig
ziness Commissions, Fits, Nervous Neuralgia, Head.
ache, Nervous Prostitution caused by the use Of
alchohol or tobacco, Wakefulness, Mental Depres-
sion, Softening of the Brsin resulting in insanity
and leading to misery, decay and death Premature
Old Age, Barrenness, Loss of Power in Either Sex,
Involuntary Losses and Spermatorrhoea, caused by
over-exertion of the brain, self abuse or oTer'
Indulgence. Each box contains one months treat.
ment; 81 box, or six boxes for IS, sent by mai
prepaid receipt of price We guarantee six boxes
to cure any case with each order received by US
for six boxes, accompanied with So. we will send the
purchaser our written guarantee to refund the
money II the treatment does not effect cure
Druggists, Sacramento, Cal. Orders by mail.
regular price fe2S.1Y&wly
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saMpLE EoTT.E FREEI

VIII be sent to any one applying by letter, stating
symptoms, sex and age Strict secrecy in regard to
ali business transactions.
DR. @EsTiE's Kidney REMEDY. NE
PtESEREGsM. cures all kinds Of Kidney and
Bladder Complaints, Gonorrhea, elect, Leueorrhga-
For sale by all Druggists; 81 bottle; SIX bottles
for s..
DIR. HrYTIE's DAN8EEI0N Pills are the
best and cheapest DFAPEPszA and BILIOUS
cure in the market. For sale by all Druggtsts
KIRK, GEARY & Co Sacramento, Wholesale
Agents. mo 4p1s 6o9w1y
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san Francisco stock safes
SAN Francisco, August Ct

A hard. headed darkey named Green,
Who fooled with kicking machine,
TIE muis's leg was peeled,
Which St. Jacobs Oil healed,
But the darksy-hs never was seen.
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A PARTIAL LIST OF DESIRABLE GOODS
AS FOUND IN OUR
Boot and Shoe Department :;
BOYS BOOTS AND SHOES.

Boys Fine French Cali Boot, 50 so.
Boys Full stock, Red House Boot, 81 so.
Boys Fine French Calf, English Walking Shoe, So
Boys Calf English Walking Shoe, -.
Boys Strap Tie, French or London toe, 81 so.
Boys Brogans, Full.stock, 81.
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DON'T BE sKEPTICAL REASON TEACHES
AND INFERENCE CoSFIRMS THAT TAR
Rants sELTZER APEREEsT IS AN IN
VALUABLE REMEDY FOR ANY AND ALL DIS
ORDERS OF THE STOMACH. LIVER AND
BOWELS. A TIE SPOONFUL IN a GLASS OF
WATER EVERY MORNING, BEFORE EATING,
Is NOT ONLY EXTREMELY BENEFICIAL, BUT
A PROTECTION AGAINST DISEASE WHICH NO
ONE CAN AFFORD TO DISREGARD. FOR SALE
BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
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WHY BE WEAK?-Why not be healthy, ro-
bust and STRONG, by using Browns Iron Bit
ters?
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ml5-lyTuThS

Thousands Of testimonials to prove the above
assertions. We give sample:
20 Had Neuralgia and Sick Headache for gears
CRloral or other medicines ,oould not cure, bat
your Celery Pills dds C. HarSurg, cass-
town, O. rslyTuThs&w1y
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TRiat. R1TTLE EaEE

Sufficient to show its merit. viii be sent to anyone
applying by letter. stating his symptoms and age.
Communications strictly confidential
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Mems Fine French Calf Boots (sewsd), Morocco leg,
50 50.
Mems Fine French Calf Boots (sewed) low, broad
heel, in single or double sole, s..
Mems Veal Calf Boots, fullstock &c. H. C }, every
Fair warranted, s. so.
Mems Calf Morocco Leg Boot "a very good boot,
SO IS.
Mems Kip Boot, fulstock (Red House Brandt
double or tap soles, fully warranted, 50 60.
Men'siB Calf Boots, 81 so, 81 Is and IS.
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&c. Q. .. EALEEELo.
20 heaFHy Stictts
eAN ANCISC Go. CA J..

Consultation strictly confidential, By letter or at
Office FREE. For TIE con, snienee OF patients, aud
in order 10 insure perfect secrecy, have adopted
private address, uSder which all packages are for
VARIED