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The Opelousas courier., 1883-10-13
Mr. Julius JackaSs.
london Telegraph.l

A paragraph which has recently ap-
peared in the German official papers IN
forms the subjects Of His Majesty, the
King of Prussia, that the Royal Pro
yinciaI Government at Dusseldorf has
sraciously authorized one Julius jack
ass, resident in Lohdorf, District OF
Solingen, as we'll as his wife and chill
dren, to change the family name he has
hitherto borne, into that of Courage.
Such a urnam as Jaekass can not but
be 9 chronic affection to the'unfortu-
nate persons condemned by the accident
of birth to answer to it, and MI. Cour-
age, formerly Jackass, may be congrat-
ulated upon the result of his appeal to
the merciful consideration of the con-
stituted authorities, who have relieved
him from all but intolerable patronymic.
In Germany, however, such an inhiction
is less ~grievous to its victims than else
where, because quaint names are SO
abundant in every class of society that
the edge Of public apprehension is
blunted as far as their comical or re-
proachful significance is concerned.
Nobody smiles when introduced to Mr..
Bioodsausage, Mrs. Grayhorsepenny, or
Matter sugartart. Nobody is sorry for
the representative of one of the Oldest
noble families in North Germany,
doomed by destiny to bear the omi.
nous nomenclature, "Gatekeeper OF
He'll" When the betrothal of First
Lieutenant Sourherring to Miss Two
year-old-wild-b boar, was published some
time ago in the National Zeitung and
other leading Berlin journals, that ap'
parently fantastic and patonyn,ic an
nouncement excited no popular wonder
ment to speak of. MI. Jackass, how
ever. evidently found his front name
to be more than he could bear with any
degree of comfort, or ven resignation
and it is creditable to the good taste O
the royal officials at Dusseldorf that the.
should, as it were, have paid tribute t.
the vigor OF the resolve inspiring hin
to rid himself forever of a %patronymi
/. that remoreiessly "set him down as al
ass" By bestowing upon him the highl,,
honorable and appropriate surname o
Courage"
The Opelousas courier., 1883-10-13
The splendor Of the Mid-Winter Sky.
New York SUM-

LNS"
The winter evening sky is now at
nearly it's greatest brilliancy. OF the
fifteen first magnitude stars visible in
this latitude twelve can be seen be-
tween 7 and 0o'ciock p. m. The only
ones not visible within those hours are
Arcturus, Antares, and Spica. This
array of the chief leaders of the firma"
ment furnishes a fine opportunity for a
study that receives little attention, and
which yet possesses peculiar interest for
those who delight in the picturesque as
pect of the starry heavens. To learn TO
recognize the leading stars individual
peculiarities by whic9 they can be dis
tinguished from one another, very much
as one distinguishes faces in a crowd, is
perhaps, hardly scientific pursuit, yet
it is by no NEAR an idle intellectual
amusement. No better time than the
present could be chosen for this study
Of what might be called the physiog-
nomv of the stars. Nobody, for in
stance, could mistake Vega, the bright
star that can be seen in the northwest
early in the evening, for any other n
the sky. It's peculiar color and bril-
liancy have been admired by astron-
omers for ages. Over in the east, q
little later, Betelguese and Rigel, the
chief twinklers n morton, may be seen,
with Aldebaran in the Bull shining
high above them. Rigel looks very
much like Vega, yet a careful eye de-
tects a difference of color. Betelguese
and Aldebaran are at once classed to-
gether as red stars, yet there is the most
beautiful contrast of hue between them.
Aldebaran is of a pale rosy color, and
Betelguese, which varies remarkably IN
brightness, is of a reddish orange
Nearly overhead, at about 10 o'clock,
is Capella, which seems to vie in bright
ness with Rigel, yet the two can never
be COMPOUNDED; for while Rigel blazes
and sc~intillates, like a diamond shaken
in the sunlight, Capella shines with a
steady. u~nchanging luster that makes it
one of the most beautiful Of all the
stars. Sirius, which rises shortly after
RigeI, is distinguished by his superior
size, and by the ceaseless flashing OF
prismatic colors, surrounding him with
a sort of halo we'll becoming the CHIEF
of all the stars.
Whoever has once learned to know
these stars, as he knows the faces OF hi:
friends, may wander to every corner OF
the world without losing the feeling
that he is vet at home,
The Opelousas courier., 1883-10-13
The ENDING OF A FEuD.

The feud between the Kentucky
families of Reynolds and Garth had its
origin some time previous to the great
civil war; hut that strife of section
against section, State against State, and
brother against brother, added fuel to
its fre and intensity of its bitterness.
When the war broke out the Reynolds
family ranged themselves on the side of
the Rebels, and the Garths, probably for
no better reason than opposition to their
old enemies, espoused the Union cause.
1t Id mot TO be supposed that either Of
the families cared much, If anything,
for the principals involved in the COM
test, the Reynolds tribe seeing in the
struggle q pretext for devoting them
selves to the destruction of the Garths,
and the Garth tribe finding in the wal
an excuse for the determination Of the
Reynolds. Thus it happened that no
member OF either family was regularly
enrolled Ia any army, but all the Rey-
aolds and all the Garfhs preferred to
ssrve their personal ends BY engaging in
3 style of warfare which wa generally
regarded as illsgitimate. They called
themsefves guerrillas and partisans, but
0thev people gave them the designation
Oa bashWhsckerA
They carried ON the business OF bush-
whaekingto their Mutualexterminatlon,
IL not to their entire satisfaction. 80
thoroughly was the work of the bullet
and the rope done, that there were left
Of the two tribes sc the close OF the war
- M ~ x32zHml1. - Az nsn eide NyH
The Opelousas courier., 1883-10-13
JULIUS CNSAR

Now julius loved a pretty girl,
And when he wished to please her.
He grabbed her up in both hisagms'
And shrieked, "See Julius seize hs,In
-SteubsnVAs Herald,
And when her mother lowered near
And saw how he did squeeze her:
She dried the quickly flowing tears.
And yelled, "Oh, Julius, ease herln
Syracuse Tina,
The OLD man also bent his pride
And beggeu him to release her
"Oh, no." the ardent youth replied:
"She's such q jewel, you see, sirld
-Bgfa@ Sunday 1sms,,
"Your racket stop" the maiden said,
"For me tits just the cheese, sir;
While l it is that's being squeezed,
Never shall Julius cease, sir"
-ks0kuk Cats OH.
And then they entertained again,
And I tell you-honor bright, SIR
So mixed were they, the old man said.
"Why look, n~ow-Julius, he's her!n
-Rokomo Tribune,
The Opelousas courier., 1883-10-13
Reason in q Wasp.
LAND and water,


> The late DR.. Uranus Darwin, in his
aZoonomir," gives from his own per-
sonal observation the following illustra-
ton of the reasoning powers Of a wasp:
One circumstance / shall relate which
fell under my wi eye, and showed the
power Of reasoni in a wasp as itis exercised
among men. A wasp on q gravel walk
had caught a fly nearly as large as him.
self. Kneeling on the ground, ] OBJ
served him separate theatail and head
from the part to which the wings were
attached. He then took the body part
in his paws, and rose about two feet
from the ground with it; but a gentle
breeze waiting the wings of the fly,
turned him around in the air, and he
settled again with his prey upon the
gravel. I then distinctly observed him
cut off with his mouth first one of the
wings and then the other, after which
be flew away with it unmolested by the
wind.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-10-13
American Farmers on the Amazons.

From Smiths Brazil and the Amazons.h
Down the Santarem street come four
brown horses, dragging an immense
American wagon; a tall, coatless indi-
vidual sits astride one of the leaders,
and guides the cavalcade with much
flourish and noise. He draws up in
front.of ST. Caetano's store and salutes
the merchant; then alights and marches
straight up to us, remarking, "Welll
who are your" OF course, we get &C.
quainted at once, and MI. Platt is q man
worth knowing, too. He is n of some
fifty Americans who are established in
the forest zeal by. Platt il himself a
Tennesseean; the others are from Mis-
sissippi, Alabama, and SO on. Farmer
Platt presses us to "come out for o few
days." and we go. The wagon, he in
forms us, was sent from his old home in
Tennessee, and, in spite Of a law which
declares agricultural implements free of
| duty, the duties amounted to as much as
the original cost. Presently we stop
| with a Jerk; one of the wheels is CAUGHT
in a big LLAMA. The farmers wife vel.
comes us cordially, the children are shy,
for they do not often see strangers,
All the Americans are cultivating
sugar cane; the juice is distilled into
rum. which is sold at Santarem. Prob
ably coffee or cacao might pay better,
| but our colonists came without money
and can not wait for slow-growing crops
Ptatt saved a little money and bought
thi4 ground of an Indian woman, and
had to carry provisions six miles on hi'
back. platt had to grind his corn at &
wooden mill until he could get an iron
one, at double the original cost. Ane
SO with all tools and agricultural i'm
pEements. 1.-THE children have NJ
schooling" complains Mrs. Plat; "they
can't even go to a Brazilian master, TO.
NC are too far from town." Sometime
they visit til the other Americans
but the plantations are far apart AM
the reads are rough, and it is not Otter
they can make a holiday, unless it
Sunday.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-10-13
Strange Rnrial.

The funeral Of Mr.. Basil N. Yates, at
Chatham, N. C., the other day, was
very peculiar, and his own directions
were observed very infinitely. The cof-
lin was seven feet long, three feet wide
and eighteen inches deep. In it were
placed q feather bed and pillow, on
which the corpse was laid, dressed in q
neat suit Of homemade jeans, with his
boots placed at mot on his feet, and his
hat resting on his hands, which were
crossed on his breast holding . pair Of
gloves. An inn sense crowd attended
his burial, and q grand dinner was
served to all attendants.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-10-13

The decision of IEAass: Rel, at Zanes-
vile, covers geound OF Importance to
trades ueions and employees effected by
theEa. The Judge holds that such q
union as the Glassblowerg Association,
which undertakes to say who shall and
who shall not work in a given shop or
factory, is in conflict with the laws of
the State and of the United States, and
enjoins its members from interfering in
any way with non-members, or even en-
tfring the premises where they are ut
80. (.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-10-13

THE Binghamton Rspubsican says:
aAmong the ~curiosities at the Parish
Aid Loan Exhibition is the pipe smoked
by the Six Nations at their last council
ire in Oneida Castle" A pipe hat has
been smoked by six nations must be
nice and strong.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-10-13

A YOUNG lady of New York, who is
partially deaf, Is in the habit of answer
ing e YES to everything, when gentle
maj Is talking to her, for fear he might
propose TO her and she not hear it,
The Opelousas courier., 1883-10-13
rzEE NEON CARS


fReaa by d.. Oliver Wendell Holmes as a response
n the Breakfast extended MIN in Boston by an array
q literary celebrities on the event of his 10th birth
6Ry.1
The Opelousas courier., 1883-10-13

baHA 4Mbu aH ApPdlcntiy nopOr
less decline.
Ben Sellew attended him with the
utmost faithfulness, preparing all his
food and giving him all his medicine,
and he showed the deepest concern when
a medical consultation had decided that
there was no hope for Phil Reynolds.
Ben was charged with the duty of break
ing this sad news TO the sick man, and
he did it tenderly.
Eff there is anything on your mind"
said the boy, perhaps you had better
clear itoG0
az have been q hard case" replied
REYNOLDS, sbut there is only n thing
that really bothers me. ] killed John
Garth when his darter was Begin for
his Iife.n
you might have showed Q little mercy
there.w
"Didhe show any mercy when be shot
my brother r asked Reynolds,
did you allow any mercy when you
hanged his son r answered Ben Eellew.
We'll, it's all done and gone. That
Gal OF Garth's sWore that ahe would kill
me, and 1 know she meant il. I've bean
leokin' for her ever since. but / reckon
she will miss her chaRca.h
Don't be too sure of that said the
boy, as be left The room.
Ben Gellew went ont to find the D
mantle only person then d the place
besides himself and Reynolds-to send
him 10 the nearest town for some wina
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1883-03-23

There seems to be disposition on the
pnrilof the Sentinel, for political capital
only, to smirch the character of Mr.. jacob
Mayer, Treasurer of Troy township.
There is not doubt but the editor of the
Sentinel is fully aware of the fact that Mr..
Mayer lost the $500, which lie is now seek
ing to have restored to his township
through a special act Of the Legislature,
through the old Exchange Bank of this
place, which was owned and operated by
Republicans and Republican Office holders.
We have known Mr.. Mayer for the past
fifteen years and have always believed him
to be an honest, upright citizen, and be-
lievc so now. The petition for the special
act lately passed by the Legislature, we
are told, Is signed by Republicans as well
as Democrats of Troy township, and 1t
only enables the people of that township
TO reimburse Mr.. Mayer by Two thirds
vote, and the township is to receive his
paper against the bank, which in time
will most likely realize more than half oi
the amount. Mr., Mayer did no more
than many Democratic and Republican
Township Treasurerers have done and are
doing by placing the money in the bank
when they have no safe or vault to safel!
keep it.
AS TO school funds of that township WI
are not sufficiently advised to speak Of th'
merits or demerts.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1883-03-23
LET THE OFFICE SEEK THE MAN.

As the old tricks for managing mass
conventions have become too transparent
to work successfully, n move is being made
in this county for chunge to the dele
gate or some other system, which will re-
quire some time for the mass TO familiar
ize themselves with, while those who make
n business of manipulating conventions
will study out the loop holes and be ready
adopted. Ii the taxpayer desires 10 see
fair dealing and economy practiced let
him take an interest in the convention,
and for the nominees 60 outside altogether
OF those who work up their claims for an
Office. This will save much time and ex.
pense to large number oil men who travel
over the county every year, under the
present system, seeking the pledges of the
electors in advance of the convention. II
will also save much annoyance to the
electors OF being importuned every time
they turn around for their vote and inf1u-
ence in the convention. The candidates
are not more TO blame than the electors
generally ior allowing such pernicous
system to grow to such giant proportions.
1t ia generally understood that 1t is the only
way TO get nm office, and it being n free
country every one is entitled to make the
race If he sees proper. Seeing men get
comparatively we'll fixed when IN office
five or six years, at salary of $1,000 to
So. 900 year, isa strong Inlucement TO
make the effort to get there, whatever the
effort may cost, and with the hope that
ways and means may be provided il sue.
ces,ful to lie fully reimbursed for all the
money voluntary spent in the campaign.
Those pnt forword by manipnlators are, as
n general rule, successful, and when once
installed into power the interest of the
manipmlator is consulted at the expense of
the taxpayer. "Who are you indebted TO
for your office? ?" "WIy the manipulaiors
OF conrse.' "Then yon must consult their
interests" This is the why's and where.
fores In nut shell.
The remedy Is simple and easy. Send
the Office in search of the man, instead of
allowing the man 10 search for the Office
Was not this the good old way of doing
IT? IL il not Ia vast improvement upon
the present system? The whole system
can be changed at the frat convention
held, and for all time, if The electors -
will that it should be so, by simply going
outside of all candidates for the nominees
after the convention assemblies, and lei il
lie understood that this is 10 be The plan
in the future.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1883-03-23
W0MAN'S TRIUMPH.
A severe Surgical Operation. utIs
Endured without taking Ether.
subject, mrs. Edward Meyers,
of kondout, N. W.

from tho Correspondent OF the Kingston, n, Y,
Frecmnn)
The case Of Mrs. Edward Myers, Of Rondout,
New York, furnishes an apt illu stration of wo
mans power Of endurance. The lady had been
treated for months in the usual way for Erysip-
elias Of the hand, without benefit. Not until her
hand had become mass Of purified flesh did
she turn to DR.. Kennedy. proprietor Of the "Fa.
vorite Remedy" for help.
He al once informed her that Il was impossi-
BILE to save the hand-it must be ampntated.
She received this terrible intelligence quietly,
declined to take ether. stipulating merely to
hold her husbands hand during the operation
and underwent the painful process without
moving muscle or uttcring a groan. DR..
Kennedy then gave "Favorito Kennedy freely
to cleanse the blood and prevent the return Of
the disease, and Mrs. Myers now lives and re-
joices 10 her great deliverance.
"Favorite Remedy" is las, becomiaga trusted
household friend in all cases Of Female Weak
ness aud diseases Of the blood. One dollar a
bottle. Your druggist has Ii.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1883-03-23
A Boy Again.

Pain and sickness bring on old age with fear
ful rapidity. They make an incessan ut drain on
the vital forces, andtbe weary steps and faded
cheeks sf age often comes when he enjoy ment
Of life should be at Its highest. DR.. David
Kennedy's "Favorite Remedy" turns this kind
Of old age into youth again. Headache, pains
Kidneys vanish before It, and feeble ben and
women become like rolloking school boys and
girls once more. One Dollar bottle, either a,
your Druggists or from the Doctor, al Ropdout
N, Y.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1883-03-23

The Fort Wayne Journal says "there Is
perhaps no class of employees, either in
public or private employment, who are
worked harder or have TO stand more ex.
actions than the teachers in our public
schools" To this the Toledo Telegram
takes very proper exceptions, calling at
tention to the fact that they are ''in the
school room but six hours per day for five
days in the week, or thirty hours per week,
not one.half the time that clerks, hotel
keepers and skilled workuen are employed,
and then they have spring vacations OF
one week and summer vacations OF ten
weeks" that "no class of employees have
more time which can be called their own
than teachers, and none have greater op.
Portunities for mental Improvement" II
concludes IRON this line OF reasoning that
there is no occasion for singing out the
teacher Tor waste Of sympathy.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1883-03-23
Hoist The Banner.

Corrugated Haxall Flour is knocking
for admission at every door in the land,
aud the mistress Of each household il cry
ing ont" "Enrekal Enrekap AZ The puinta-
bile lonves together with few small
lishes,) come smoking from the oven.
Pshaw! Swayne's Ointment beats every
thing for the cure Of Piles and all Skin
Diseases. Millions OF people are being
made glad through its use. No "qnnck'
there; II does all that S claimed for II.
Try il, ye who snfier. All the leading
druggists keep it.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1883-03-23

The temperance constitutional amend.
ment lately adopted by the Ohio House
was lost in the Senate on Wednesday Of
last week-that body refusing to concur by
vote OF "a 10 2. The House then asked
for "a committee If conference. Great
minds sometimes differ, and then again
they agree. Early in the winter we re-
fused to sign petition, urging the Legis-
lsture TO add the Prohibition amendment
10 the proposed amendment to the Consii.
tation. being fully convinced that the one
would completely swamp the other at the
election aud we would he left just where
We are on the temperance qnestion--free
whisky and no Sunday-and probably
$4,000 or 100000 added to the State
debt a. result Of our stupidity. We have
seen none Of the arguments, pro or con ia
he Senate, which resulted in an almost
unanimous vote sgainst the Prohibition
amendment, but sone Of ils members nnsl
know that constitutional amendments arr
800 expensive luxury TO be triied with
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1883-03-23

Judge Cook, of Des Moines, Iowa, left
for home on Wednesday. He came here
from Washington, d. C, where he had
been contesing his right to seat in Con-
gress. The contest had lasted two years,
nearly. He succeeded and drew two years
salary, and $4,000 for expenses. He is n
son OF The late Adam Cook and, ms admin
istraior, has been settling the estate YES
ton Herald.
OF course the man who served during
the term secured his 100000 also. When
will this swinde upon the Government be
stopped? Every Congressman who votes
for such swindle as this should never be
ntrustcd with any Office in the future.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1883-03-23

The jury OF twelve men who acquit-
ted Dukes, the murderer of Captain Mutt,
in Pennsylvania, a,o not to be envied
They are faring badly at the hands Of
their fellow countrymcn. Those wto
were employees have been discharged, one
was driven out from the place he lived in
and mobed at the next place he went,
while all the twelve and the murderer
have been hung in .ffegy by the indig-
nant people of the community. This is
one OF the results Of the system Of securing
the most ignorant men to he found TO serve
on the jury in murder trials.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1883-03-23

Ex-senator David Davis, of Illinois
was really married on Wednesday of !, 81
week. at Froyettevill, N. C., TO Miss Adiie
Burr. Groom 6S-bride 3S-and it is .'e-
ported that the bnsliful young things were
really annoyed and perplexed by the cur
iosity of the North Carolinians TO get a
airht of them.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1883-03-23

The Scientific american thinks the popu-
Tar idea with stove makers seems 10 be to
make stove n work et art instead Of an
article to warm up the house. The next
stove is to be all nickle and isinglass, with
lamp set inside as a reflector. This will
mt least be an improvement on Raymond's
stove, with "millions in it,"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1883-03-23

The London Times il authority for the
stat, ment that mncl OF the autumn sowing
OF wheat in England is rotten. 1t also says
that all Europe is in similar condition,
and that the wheat crop must be failure.
What is an i'll omen for Europe portends
70 the welfare OF America in this respect.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1883-03-23

Ny husband had drunken habits he could mt
overcome until Parker's Ginger Tonic took
away bis thirst for s,imulan restored his en-.
ergy o. mind and gave him strength to attend
to business. Cincinnati Lady.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1883-03-23
rennIe,s rnMnshlr CamrMs,

The qnaiifrt electors Of Perrysburg
Township, irrespective Of party, are ie
ene.,ed to meet In caucus at the Town Hall,
on Thursday, March Goth, at2 o'clock P
NJ, to put In nomination full township
ticket to be supported at the election on
the first Monday in April.
The Peoples Corporation caucus will be
held at the same place and on the same
day Mt T:30 p. NJ.