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The Opelousas courier., 1883-09-08
Rare Old Books of Great Value.

A New York correspondent of the
Boston Herald writes l heard an
old New York bibliophile say the other
day that he could make a good living
by buying books at one shop and SELL
ing them at another. A man has to
know a good deal to be thoroughly
posted in rare books without turning
to reference catalogues, ETC., which are
not always on hand. A little book
stood on a shelf in a booksellers shop
marked $3.50. One day a clerk, in
tea1ing over an English catalogue,
saw mention of a book that drew his
attention to this volume. He went to
the shelf, blew the dust off of it, and
marked it $25 instead of $3.50. 1t was
the original edition Of the poems of
two brothers, Alfred and Arthur Ten
ayson. He put the book in a con-
spicuous place and it sold at once. No
o was it sold for $25 than some
One came in and offered $3.50 for it.
Now, if the bibliophile, of whom /
spoke, had seen that book he would
have bought it when it was marked
$3.50, but he would have known all
about it at a glance. Just see what a
profit he would have made! One day
q man came into a booksellers in this
city and, carefully untying a parcel he
carried under his arm, displayed an
Elliott Bible in perfect condition. He
wanted the bookseller to sell it for him
N commission, and fixed upon $3.50
as the price. The bookseller examined
it and found 1t inscribed by John
Elliott in his own hand, a presentation
copy to his friend John Shepherd. 1t
had all the three dedications, and was
bound in calf by Radcliffe. A Gus
toner came in and the bookseller
offered him the book at the owners
price. He seemed more or less doubt
full about its authenticity-our Ameri-
can collectors are not always experts,
but when he saw old Elliott's sigma
ture and the signatures of all the diff.
ferent owners down to the present
time. he raid the price AMI carried il
off. 1t was really worth $1,000 Oh
more, for it contained a combination
Of valuable attributes that it takes
eleven Bibles in the Lenox library tt
cover.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-09-08
The Best AdYica.

A lawyer named Strong practiced in
a township " out West and a prisoner
being arraigned for theft who had no
counsel, the court appointed Mr.. Strong
to that service, directing him to confer
with the prisoner, and give him the best
advice he could in the circumstances.
He retired with his client to an ad accent
room for consultation, and, when an
officer was sent to inform them that
the court was waiting, Strong was
found alone and returned with the
officer into the courtroom. where
is your client p demanded the Judge.
aHe has left the place. replied the
lawyer. Left the place. Y cried the
Judge. 9 What do you mean, Mr..
Strong2" why, your honor directed
meto give him the best advice I could
In the circumstances. He told me he
was guilty. and so I opened the window
and advised him to jump out and run.
He took my advice, as IN duty bound,
and by this time he is more than two
miles off,
The Opelousas courier., 1883-09-08
The Wife Of Nine Husbands.

Mrs. Dyer, of Cleveland, Ohio, aged
sixty years, has had nine husbands in
thirty-fve years, being an average of
one in less than every four years.
Her first two were canal boatmen,
and were speedily drowned while on
duty; her third was a cooper, who
made barrels only two months after
the wedding day, and departed; the
fourth, however, lasted nine years,
being quickly followed by the fifth
and then the sixth, who shook with
the ague four years, and dropped off !;
the seventh was the brother of the
second husband the eighth, another
canal man. who shortly after slipped
into a watery grave, leaving her his
canal boat, which she sold, and with
the proceeds had the portraits of all
her husbands painted at one fell swoop
by one artist.
Her ninth, and latest, Dyer, is not
so popular as her previous husbands,
"but," said she, II was gettin' too old
to be particular, and I took him."
"He doesn't appear to be in good
health" remarked a friend who called
on her as a natural curiosity. mo,
George amt overly stout, and | reckon
his picter II soon go along with the
rest of 'em,a replied Mrs. Dyer.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-09-08
An Old Mans Darlings.

1t is a curious spectacle to see
George Francis Train, dark az an In
dian, his curly hair gray and grizzly,
lolling on a bench near the central
flower beds in Madison square, sur
rounded by a group of prattIing chill
dren, sitting by him, climbing ON him,
or playing about him. At first the
little ones are shy of him, as there is
something leonine in his aspect; but
he seems to draw them toward him
irresistibly, and soon establishes an
entente eerdiale which is mutually
enjoyed. He wears a suit of white
linen, with a small-sized bouquet in
his lapel buttonhole, and takes his
seat bareheaded in the morning and
remains throughout the day, until late
in the evening.-NeD York Morning
Journal.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-09-08
How Kid Gloves Are Made.

Of the millions of persons who wear
gloves, how few ever give the subject
oftheir manufacture a passing thought.
The lest skins generally come from
Middle and Southeastern France. Fine
seasons improve the quality of the
skins greatly, as the animals are kept
in the open air. 1t wet weather it is
necessary to keep the kids housed.
The confinement, il l3ngthy, causes
heating, and prolu ees fever spots on
the skins. The animals on the Tyrol
mountains furnish good leather for
mems wear. South American kids,
b eng more or less wild, their coats
become scratched and torn by contact
with bushes, briers, et,., are not de-
sirable.
The pelt as taken from the animal is
dried then, through a series of baths,
the hair and grease are removed and
the skin eli ansel thoroughly. A most
difficult stage Of the business is tan
ming and dyeingthe feathers so much
skill being requisite to obtain the de-
sired shades and colors. This is ac-
complished with thu best success in
France, as the French possess the art
of leather dyeing to adegree not yet
attained by other nations. In order
afterWard to make the skin soft, full
and flexible, it is fed INTELLECTUALLY
absorbing quite a quantity ola pre-
p~aration of wheat, flour and egg yolks.
subsequently the parts around the neck
and shoulders where the skin is thick
est are shaved with a sharp knife to
render it uniformin thickness through
out. q
The leather fully prepared is care
fully examined for imperfections; per-
feet skins are retained, imperfect ones
laid aside. The cutting of material
for kid gloves can only be done by
hand, each piece being carefully
measured, in order to allow the proper
stretching space. The stamping,
which comprises cutting out the form
of the glove, is done by machinery
rapidly, as three pair are usually
stamped at one time. From the
cutter they pass to the embroiderer,
theme to the sewer, then to the but
tonhole maker, afterWard to the fin
Usher, who binds the wrist, and finally
to the person whose business it is to
pair and press them. The long NOUS
quetaire gloves generally consume the
entire skin of n kid. These are Or
binary gloves, ten different sizes for
ladies-51 to 8; thirteen different
sizes for men-64 to 9; for misses the
sizes are from Il to 81, and for boys
the cadet sizes range from 81 to Y.
The great manufacturing center for
gloves is Grenoble, in the south of
France. where several thousand per-
sons are engagedin the factories. This
firm recently made a single purchase
of 1900 dozen skins, to be dyed and
prepared as wanted. Pig and dog
skins exist only in imagination. What
is called dogskin is really lambskin,
and the advertised dogskin gloves are
made of skins that no respectable dog
would ever recognize as having be-
longed to any inhabitants of the dog
world. s
The Opelousas courier., 1883-09-08
Asleep ON an Engine.

English papers relate how the signal
man at Llandudno saved the Irish mail
passengers from what might have
proved a terrible fate. The signal man
at the junction received a message from
the signal man at Conway, the next
station toward Holyhead, that a light
engine was coming. The junction sig
nal man, knowing that the Irish mail
was due, decided to run the engine
into a siding In order to permit the ex-
press to pass. He accordingly put up
all the signals against the light engine,
but to his extreme establishment the
engine came straight into the junction
at full speed, swept round the corner,
dashing past all the danger signals and
disappeared from view down the line
toward Chester. moments refiec-
ton convinced the signal man that
both driver and stoker must be asleep.
He accordingly wired to the ColWyn
Bay station signal man: Engine
coming: driver asleepspu fog signals
on line" The man at ColWyn Bay was
equally prompt, for. running out of his
box, he had hardly time to lay a NUM-
Der Of signals when the engine came
laundering along and an explosion
followed which effectually aWoke the
men. The engine vas stopped and
run back into a siding, when 1t was
discovered that the fire had gone out,
that the water had disappeared from
the boiler and that the men had been
asleep some time. Inquiry resulted in
their immediate discharge. They had
been fifteen hours on duty.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-09-08
How Ideas Come.

A certain lawyer justifies his pet
hobby, which is carpenter work, not
merely by the healthy relaxation of
nervous tensions and exercise of
muscle it brings him. but chiefly be-
cause he works out his legal problems,
plane in hand. Old law reading comes
back to him then, out Of the way preee-
dents recur to mind, the very text of
the law book is never SO clearly before
him as then. He has a glimpse of the
volume and the page, and the very
part OF the page on which is some
needed citation which he would other
wise have long to seek.
MOI is it only memory which works
when he is half engrossed with the af-
fairs of his handicraft. Original
thoughts arise and ingenious devices;
clever combinations take shape of
themselves. The case works itself
out, and mental labor is only pleasur-
able exertion, just IS his amateur
handiWork is. Hawthorne composed
walking. Musicians are seized with
ideas, and modern playwrights seize
upon others ideas, at the most unex-
pected moment. Business men have
been known to depend upon their
meditation at dead Of night for sound
review of the present, and forecast on
which they asetheir plans. When we
are hurried, we long for rest, to think
v e things" and decide nationally;
but, relieved from pressure, we "think
of nothing at ALL" Comes the moment
for action, we settle in three seconds
the confusion of days, and, for good or
ill results, our plans are at last clear.
What is needed is not time nor viii,
but rather the favorable moment when
there is harmony. Then, like the cleo
trio message. thought is swift and
sure. The idea which we have long
waited for arrives, not as the certain
result of earnest thought, but as the
reward of thought. just as honorable
fame is the reward of noble deeds, but
not the certain result of them.-Bostof
ro7fg;op
The Opelousas courier., 1883-09-08
A Story for The Marines.

"a warm day like this" said the
nautical "cop' at Eighth and Chest
nut streets, as he shook the bea1s of
p~erspirat:on from his walking cane,
reminds me of a pretty warm place l
once got into on a freezing cold day.
Don't know what a cease whale is, do
you? Well, it's a whale th,t has a
cavity in its head which holds just
one-third of all the Oil that the whale
produces. The body of as~eventy-five-
barrel case whale yields fifty barrels
and the head twenty-five barrels. The
incident l speak of happened while I
vas OF board the whaling ship Eliza
F. Mason.
"We had captured a hundred-barrel
whale, and after the head was split
open I was detailed to dip out the oil.
It's just like going into a big bath tub,
and a man stands up to his armpits in
oil. I was walking about in the mon
ster's head when 1 was suddenly start
led by seeing the surface of the Oil
burst into a blaze, caused, as l after
ward learned, by n of the crew acct
dentally dropping a box of burning
matches. The only thing to do was to
dive under the oil, and / did it, with
my sheath-knife in my teeth. turned
my head after / got underneath, and
could plainly see the flames jumping
about three feet. After could breathe
no longer l attempted to come to the
surface, but the heat was SO intense
that I had to dive back again, and
made a desperate effort to dig my way
out with the knife. | managed to dig
a hole large enough for to thrust my
head through, and then, by a mighty
effort, escaped into the sea. 1t was a
pretty tight squeeze, / can tell you, and
my body was so warm that it made
the water hiss all around me. The cap
tain of the vessel thought I hal been
burned to death, and when | swan to
the side of the vessel he was so fright
enel that he told me there was only
one thing that prevented him from
turning gray in a night
"What was that's" asked the list
ener.
"He was bald-headed."-Philadez-
phiG Press.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-09-08
The Postmaster's "Crank" File.

Tbeanonymous communications and
those esking foolish or impudent ques-
lions received by Postmaster Pearson
are filed together, and form an inter-
esting record of the peculiarit1es OF
correspondents. One of the most COM
mon forms of idiocy appearing in these
communications is that which leads
many persons to send requests thai
their letters be forwarded to their ne"
addresses and to append no signatures
by which they can be identified. In
this file also is found the well-knoWn
letter in which Mrs. Lydia +. Plnkhaln
offers the postmaster $4,000 a month
for the privilege of having her name
and that of her patent medicine APP
pended to the canceling stamps used
in the postoffice. I~mpecunious persons
apply to the postmaster with requests
that he will assist them in their need.
A DISTRESSED S~outherner' sent a let
ter by a messenger ASKING for assist
ance on tie ground that when he was
a Journalist IN North Carolina he wrote
kind articles about the New York post
office. The author of ga Voyage 10
and From the World Jupiter am a
Travel Through 1t" desired to have
the postmaster send him a list
of wealthy persons to whom
he could apply for subscriptions.
Lunatics, one of them apparently con-
fined in a hospital, have written rellg-
ious CT philosophical. nonsense filling
sheet after sheet of fine writing. A
modest correspondent wrote: "Please
send me the price of game, if you will,
and obliga." A more sensible note in
a coarse hand on a very poor postal
card was: "Please suggest to the de-
partment that they do not have their
postals made any longer of blotting
paper"
Anonymous complaints from or
about clerks and carriers also OCCASION
ally find their place on the "crank y
file. A candidate for President-from
Ohio, of course -sent a letter to the
postmaster inclosing a number of bal
lots with the correspondents name
printed on them, "for President of the
United States" The postmaster was
requested to distribute them. A city
correspondent, who did not sign his
name or give any definite clew to the
object of his inquiry, wrote: "A
packet of newspapers did not seem to
go down properly when deposited by
me in the lamp-post box. Please see
that you get it." Many letters have
been received from young imbeciles of
both requesting that they be
given the names of persons with
whom they can correspond. A CORE
spondent who gave his address as that
of a physician said: "Will you oblige
me.To hand this to some young lady
who wants Correspondence with a
young man with highly intellectual
and moral accomplishments" A young
lady whose Accomplishments" were
not as great wrote from Nebraska:
"Dir Sir i write to you to find out if i
could have a yong jentelman CORE
spondence, a good looking young man."
Poets with unreliable stanzas,
i" cranks" who want to convert the
world, authors. whe want to sell their
books, and beggars with p.tiful sto-
ries fill out the records of the peculiar
correspondence of the postmaster
NeW York Tribune.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-09-08
Life In Salvador.

A young engineer from Pliladel-
phia, now. engaged in railroad survey
ing in Salvador, Central America, in a
letter to a friend, gives some inter-
esting information about the country.
It is a republic, he says, in name only,
an absolute monarchy in fact, mas
much as the president has power to
set aside the acts of congress, can pass
laws without its sanction and can post
pone the elections indefinitely. How
ever, under the present occupant the
country has been well-governed, and
the laws, which are excellent for law
abiding people, well carried out. The
prisoners are chained in pairs, and
have to hunt work and earn their food,
Murderers r fiogged to death. There
is no need to carry arms at all, and
even in the cities they merely tie the
front door with a string.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-09-08
Sad Scenes in Crowded New York.

Sad Scenes in Crowded New York.
In the alleyway Of a tenement in
New York a baby nestled in the arms
of a young girl. Its face was covered
with red spots which the doctor said
were due to deficient nutrition. In
the top of NJ. - a child was sprawled
out on a bed too weak to brush away
the flies which assailed it. A climb
V e the roof took the doctor into No.
-. A baby was convulsed with a
cough. The doctor put his ear to its
heart and after a critical examination
said it had a touch of bronchitis. Like
a dead child a little one lay among the
bedclothing in the front room on the
same floor. It's hands were thrown
over it's head and it moved uneas ly.
On the top floor of the same tenement
a child had been sick for eight days
and no doctor had been called to see it.
Sewing-machines rattle from morn
ing until night in the towering tene-
ment at No. - Essex street. Hun
dreds of Poles live in the building and
earn a living by making clothing.
They work, cook, eat and sleep in the
same rooms, which are often far from
clearly. The children pant in the con-
fined rooms and pine for want of at
tention. In one room four men bent
over the work on their machines, two
women took irons from the fire and
pressed the finished clothing, while
children cried on the floor. The men,
women and children were sallow, and
heat from the stove made the atmos-
phere sickening. The people toiled
increasingly for the pittance which
they earned to keep body and soul to-
gether, and had no time to find out the
business of the intruders. Nor did
they look up when accosted. On an
upper floor a wrinkled bag crooned
over a crying child. A woman sat on
the ledge on the roof of No. - rock
ing a child in her arms. A little wind
was stirring there and it was grateful
to the little one. Below was a stone
paved court, upon which stagnant
water stood in pools. A boy who had
lost his feet drew himself over the
1, of in boxes fitted to his legs below
the knees. "The Chinese have got a
bad smell in their place down below"
said he, "but this house is all right
-NeW YORK. Times.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-09-08
Corn Crops.

aThis rain is fine for my corn CROP.
said Farmer PloWshare to his grocer
taking off his soft hat and wringing
the water out Of it into the c~oal-scut-
tie.
II suppose it u.s. replied the grocer,
looking as sour Is a cranberry tart;
but what is one mans meat is an
other mans poison. Itmakes my corn
crop feel mighty uncomfortable
And then he limped over and took an-
other corn plaster out of the showcase.
Statesman.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-09-08

A printers wrath should be meas
ured by a quad-rant.--Georgia Major.
And his love by an em-brace.-Druna-
aner. And his fighting power by his
slugs.-SUndag Mornlng Optic. And
his appetite by the amount Of pi he
makes ilziamsport Grit. And his
wealth by the 1000.-CGrz Pretzel.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-09-08

During the Egyptian war a column
of loaded telegraphic dispatches cost
the London newspapers from $1,000
to $1,2s0. Seven shill:ngs and two
pence was the rate charged.
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SCOVILL'S
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ST. MARY'S ACADEMY
SALT LAKE CITY.
CONDUCTED BY THE
Sisters of the Holy Cross.

THE COURSE OF STUDY IS
L thorough, embracing ell the
branches of q solid and refined edueA.
ton, fitting the pupils to be intelligent,
useful and accomplished members OF
French. German. Latin, Drawing,
Special Culture in Vocal Music and Or
nemental Needle Work, 5eing Included
in the English Course, form 10 extra
charge.
The Musical and Art Departments,
conducted on the basis of the best Euro
mean Conseryat cries and Art Schools.
No Interference with the religious be-
lief OF non Catholic pupils.
Terms for board and tuition moderate
% Small boys received in separate
Glasses to be resumed Monday, Sep
tember 5, 1888.
For Catalogues address 90 above.
Hslf.fare Tickets can be procured By
the Academy for pupils.
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ON AND AFTER
AUGUST 8. 1883.

Four Express Trains leave Salt
Lake for Ogden daily as follows:
Pacific Express at $40 a. m.
Atlantic Express at IT'S a. M,
Park City Express, pm. Special
Express at 6.25 p M.
Arrive in Ogden at a. M; $40
a, NJ; $50 p. m. and 7.55 p. m,
Express Trains leave Ogden at
$50 a. M. $50 a. NJ; 1870 a. N. and
60 p m. Arrive at Salt Lake at
ITO a. M; 1920 a. M; II noon and
7.40 p. m.
Express leaves Salt Lake daily at
am. for Juab and intermediate
stations connects with Sanpete
Valley Railway for Sanpete.
Through Express leaves Salt Lake
at 3.05 p. M, connecting with Salt
Lake and Western Railway for
Tintic, and Stage Lines at Milford
and Frisco for Southern Utah, Ne
Vada and Arizona.
A Freight Train leaves Salt Lake
daily at 6.45 a. N. Sundays ex-
cepted), carrying passengers to
SHELTERS at Cottonwood.
Express Train from Jusb and
intermediate points arrives at Salt
Lake at 6p. M.
Through Express from Frisco
and Milford arrives at Salt Lake at
9.12 a. M.
JAS. SHARP, F. COPE,
Asst, Gen. Supt. J Gen. F. d P. a ct
JOHN SHARP,
General SuD't.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-08-18
CAR O..

The undersigned, having purchased and
succeeded to the business of the Salt LSke
City Brewery, propose to continue the
ssne e; and by due consideration Of the
wants Of the public, and strict attention
to the industry in which we are engaged,
will not only maintain TIE excellent pop
ular reputation of the Salt Lake Beer,
but add to and improve the same. The
management Of the business will remain
under the immediate supervision of Mr..
Moritz, who has brought the beer up to
its present popularity. We expect not
only to retain all Of the old patrons Of the
Salt Lake City Brewery, but to gain
many new ones, and to enlarge end ex-
terd our facilities to meet the increasing
demand.
July %, 1883. NORTH q CULLEN