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The Opelousas courier., 1883-01-20
Floods in Europe.

naring the past month the
.lrr,ent of Europe has been
~ scene of great devastation,
an a,,spd by inundations. An un-
OOaaaeedented quantity of rain had
ps,Is,,, which caused the rivers
! ire. and great damage to
s,onerty has resulted, as in these
1snsely populated countries val
..bIe houses and barns are erect
II down to the very waters
ssee. Europe suffers from the
Emulation of the country, that
!. the stripping of the noun
z of their forest covering.
n,nfraI Spain, once the most fer
81 region in the world, is in
..sat BART q desert to-day, be-
ssSse ofthe removal of the wood.
mis- has dried, up the springs,
md the clouds are no longer at
s.seted TO the arid hills of lime
snd stone, which have taken the
rlaee ofthe forest covered noun
aims Of yore. We in this coun-
n are destroying our forests at
J fearful rate, and already we
s.,a foundations and drOuglltS.
baeanse of the removal Of the
forests, which would have pre-
Vented the one and saved us
y,n the other. There is, it is
true, i certain amount of tree
nlanting in the several States,
Knit it is done
and twenty sturdy giants of the
forest are cut down where one
young tree is planted. Some day
tha nation will take hold of this
nroblem of tree-planting, and
certain sections will be set apart
for the growth of wood, aud to
ureserve the humidity ofthe soil.
Bit for many generations we
Vill have freshets aud drought
both III Europe and this country
on account of the waste Of our
forest trees.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-01-20

W ys,n have got twins ut
pllf house n said Mrs. Bezulnbo
& little Tommy Samuelson.
man., two of 'em."
wat are yon going TO call
s'laln u Thunsier and Light
sl1a Why, those are
sAsangD names to call children
sls that's what pa called
tAaA ~ s0oli as be heard they
ssEe II the house."
The Opelousas courier., 1883-01-20
sCssoOA EOKs YOuN<anAHsaEs

NEI SCHOOL Tor the education OF Young
I'VE ladies is now open III my. dwelling 1t
OpeIOusas. | intend this InstWntiUn to he
permanent, aud will cndcay"f to Ii Get the
wants of this community, b. ,tiortling facili-
ties for II thorough etlucatinn.
TERMS
Tuition in primary branches. per %raoutil, 50 so
Taition in Academic 3 90
French = so
Music With use of piano, g 90
Drawing, tttaiIy lessons,l j 90
Painting. ttri-wetkly lessons. : 3 90
Vocal Music, gratis.
Beard, ~ 90
Washing. per dozen. IS
~ ,inrs payable t~3n1atI,ly. IN advance.
MRS u. NJ. HAYES.
oi"lansaS. &ng. >, 1879. If
The Opelousas courier., 1883-01-20
EDR SALE

q SMALL residence with about 'tae arrent
IA Of land. situated tn Court street, rear
rbe Catholic Convent. Part cnsli. aiahce On
,iur.. Apply ut this nffifn. oef9
The Opelousas courier., 1883-01-20

Begin the new year by coming
forward and settling with the
COURIER.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-01-20

There are over two thousand
eases of small-poxsin the city of
Baltimore. During last week
there were 10 deaths from this
terrible disease and on Thursday
last 40 new cases were reported.
During the smallpox epidemic
Ii that city IN 1872, there were
1t least fifteen thousand eases,
ard II il believed that during the
time covered by the present cpl
delnie there have been at least
one-third more cases there. One
hundred and seventy-fve physi-
dails are engaged in conducting
The business Of compulsory vac
cilationin that city.-N. o.. Times
Democrat, 18th.
LAlE
The Opelousas courier., 1883-01-20
Printing Office For Sale.

a COMPLETE outfit for printing q seven
IA column newspaper. Press, Type, Cases,
Stands, Etc. all in gop,l order. being the ma
.cri:,l used for the publication of the Wash,
ington Enterprise and Ne,rs. VIII BIZ sold
cheap. Apply nj this office
The Opelousas courier., 1883-01-20

/ Tile question, "How long is
i necessary to keep children
away from school after an infec-
tious disease" is important for
tie schools and for the parents
Of the scholars to consider. The
Academy of medicine ofParis has
recently given q definite answer.
With scarlet fever, diphtheria,
measles and smallpox, isolation
II ID be maintained for 40 days.
Micken-pox aud humps lose
their contagious power after %
dass.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-01-20

Every farmer In the parish
shonla, and hit the beginning Of
ans present year, make his ar
sangelnents to plant less cotton
mn heretofore and more corn,
potatoes, and other things to
slVs apon. There is no money
~ farming unless the farmer
l'yss " home. sIt will not pay
y ralse cotton to bny corn and
lae.l and other articles of snb-
slstence Claiborne Guardian.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-01-20

Three hundred persons perish
81 Il \ lnrning building in which
= Circus performance was being
given on Saturday last, in the
town ut Berditshov, Russian POI
laua. This place is situated in
Che District of Kiev, about 100
miles west of the Dnieper river,
aad contains about so, 900 souls,
uosGly Israrlites. It is Il place
q sonle considerable commerce.,
and Is noted for its fairs.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1883-04-28

THE Journal publishes letter
from US TO the members of the Leg
islature from this county laot winter,
sud in long and labored article
seeks to chow that our views then
were inconsistent with our rres ant
position on the proposed County
Court question. Waving the i'm
propriety OF publishing letters clearly
not intended for publication, we
have only time and space to say
here that We are content to allow
the intelligent people Of Preston
county to pass upon our good faith
and consistency i'll this matter, as in
all others, with out any apology or
recantstion. i
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1883-04-28

TEE people oil Illinois are go well
satisfied with their trial Of biennial
sessions Of the Legislature that they
are beginning to talk about trien-
NAL sessions. The present session is
pointed To as an illustration OF how
little real work there is for the Leg.
islsture to do. The time has been
spent in wrangling and in disgrace
iul exhibitions Of partisan strife, and
the body will probably adjourn with
out ha7ing passed law of any i'm
portancs to the people. But when
, 80 great State as Illinois think, it
can get along with legislative ses-
sion once in three years, it Is time
for West Virginia and other small
States to consider WHISTLER a eession
once 10 four or Eve years is not
enough
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ANOTHER fearful calamity is added
to the years heavy list OF great dis
ssters. On Sunday evening oy clone
struck the towns OF Wesson and
Beauregard, in Southern Mississippi,
creating widespread devastation
and killing and wounding about two
hundred persons, the death list num-
bering about fifty. 1t is scarcely
possible to imagine anything more
terrible than such a visitation. 10
the presence Of cyclone, men are as
impotent as the minutest insect. No
human power eau stay It's progress
or change it's course. 1t ia more
frightiul than an earthquake or q
volcanic eruption.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1883-04-28

JUDGE GREsHAMs act declining
the offer of a special car to take him
to Washington is widely comment ed
on as greatly in his favor. 1t seems
to have occurred to the new Post
master-Genersl on the threshold OF
his official cares that he could not
properly accept such fsvors. So
contrary was his action to the custom
which has grown into the Govern
mont that even so simple matter
has attracted universal attention.
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PRESIDENT ARrHUs has returned
from his angling excursion to Florida,
having reached home last Sunday
evening. He looks quite swarthy
from the effects of the southern cli-
Glate. and traces are yet visible OF
'his recent ilIness IN Savannah. next
time, it may be inferred, be will knew
better than to lunch heartily on soft
shell crabs aad champagne after a
day Of prostratiDg sea sickness, ex-
hsustion by exposure to the hot sun,
and attendance at tedious receipt
on. This was too violent even for a
Presidents constitution, and in
digestion, that conscience OF every
bad stomach punished him with a
collie.
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DURING the sitting Of the last Con
gress, says the Philadelphia Times
Senator HILL, Of Colorado, With =
number Of friends. called on bis co
ie'sue, Senator CHILC5TT, and found
him busy tracking TO his constit-
uents lot Of seeds jus: received
frog the Agricultural Bureau Sen
stor HILL at once Expressed his die
gust at Statesman hsyibg such
work put upon him, and declared
That be bad gwen il up AZ a nuisau CO.
Why, said CHILCorT, my PEOPLE
like TO get tbom. Shall ! sign ny
name on this Tag and send the whole
bag, or must ] frank each package
separately lie wac informed ths,
the former would answer, and then
HILL broke ont again with We'll.
GLoRek, I don't propose to do any
Of that work, Why, the Department /
sent me about a ton Of GATE, and ]
net turned them over TO ny stable
keeper, and be gave them 10 my
horses.
Truly, The Agricultural Bureau
is Of great advantage and benefit 10
the country, end ought 10 be mad q
Department Eith Cabinet ofoss a.
iis heed.
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AnnouneeneDt

We are authorized to submit 10 The
qualified voters Of Preston county the
name Of Aaron w. Frederick az an an
plicant for the position Of County guosr-
ntcndent Of Prse Bchoolg
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THs New York Tribune prints
about two full pages of crop news
FROM all parts Of the wheat-growing
country. The general tenor OF its
reports promises yield, which il
not equal to tbs' OF last year. will be
at least up TO the average OF crops
for several years past.
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Farms for Rent and
Lands for Sac.

The undersigned has several farms for
r. Mt. lie also offers to sell his unim /.
,PToyeQtandh I'm lots TO suit purchasers
at low figures an | on liberal credit
'de9tf WM. e.. Brown
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IHE New York Times having ex-
pressed the opinion that the sum
which will be required annually to
carry on the Government of the
United States is stated by the figures
Of last years expenditures, the Sun
says:
The national expenditures for 1882
amounted to 1857 .9s2,4Ss. The
Times allows $94 900 900 Tor arrears
of pensions and it leaps to the con-
clusion that because about 1924 .O0O,.
900 were spent last year for other
purposes Of Government. 1924 ,0OO,-
600 is the least sum that will meet
these othsr' expenses in the years
To come.
But the Illness 1924 ,0OoO 600 re-
presents, not the necessary outlay
for honest and economical admin
stration Of public affairs, but the
climax OF Republican extravaganza
and the top notch Of Republican
corruption.
The Tmes's 1924. 0Oo.O 900 includes
an expenditure ol$49, $40 494 on &C.
count OF the War Department alone.
In a single year of profound place
the Republican party spent for and
through it's military establishment
$3,500,000 more than it cost the
nation to carry on the war With
Great Britain during the two years
1913 and 1914.
The IImes's 1924 100000 also in
cludes an expenditure OF SIS ,032,048
on account Of the phantom navy. In
ayesr 10 which the sole naval achieve
msnt was the laundering OF rotten
chip, the Republican party under the
lead oil the jobber ROBSON, squsn-
deTsd and stole more than it cost
during the two years 1913 aud 1914
10 support 4 navy that won everlast-
Jog glory on the seas.
The 7inles's 1924 900, 900 inolud go
an expenditure OF SO .736,747 on ac-
count Of the Indian Bureau. This
amounts 10 about $3.50 apiece for
every msp, woman, and child Of the
5000 civilized Indians enumerated
by the last census.
Our neighbor's estimate alec in
cludss the wages Of great army OF
tax esters, organized by the Repub-
licsn parry for the perpetustiou Of
ito own corrupi rnisrule.
Yet the Tunes commits itself to
the opinion shat 1924 100000 il the
Iesst som which the new revenue
plan will be required TO get from
the tariff alone
IL may be said, sdds our esteem
ed contemporary, that the ezpend-
ltures can be eeonomizsd. That il
true, but IL 10 not very likely that
they will ba
This ~ remarkable sdmlssion for
the leading Republican newspaper
TO make. There is no prospect Of
honest and economical government
while the Republican party remains
ia poWer
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Rochester, n. Y.
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The President. writes our Wash
ingtou correspondent. missed seeing
MIS-, LAHGrRY, who. 10 his sbaence,
might be called the naost interesting
parsonage in Washington during the
past week. At any rate she wss
talked about and looked at more than
any one else. Indeed, the people
expressed much greater desire to
see than to hear her. and. although
your correspondent has no desire for
either after one experience, verdicts
pronounced upon her abilities and
personal attractions are too conflict
ing for any one person to assume the
role Of umpire. American patrons
Of the stage GOULD not have expected
to find in the Jersey Lily the FIRE Of
dramatic genius. She was not her
aided as a great actress. But men
and women with established reputs
tiops for good looks almost invaria-
bly, fulfill their clsims 10 the same
when II is a question Of good looks
alone. Intrinsic beauty cannot be
mistaken for any thing else. Mental
qualities may diOappoiDt, grace of
manner may be wanting. shsllown ess
Of mind or coarseness of nature may
develop, but the moment you catch
sight OF phenomenally beautiful
woman you know it; you recognize
it instantly, and prejudice melts
away. LAEaTRY ia not beautiful ac-
cording to the acknowledged stand-
ards Of taste. If the genius that pro-
duced the Venus Of Milo, the Venus
de Medici, OF THoRwALDsoN, or Ca
NOVA. were not all wrong, LANaTRy
ia not beautiful. They would not
have chosen her as model, or
thought OF immortalizing her 10 mar
BILE. She has neither the face nor
the form that painters or sculptors
love to copy. Even her catering
photographs are not beautiful ,as any
one can see. You search in vain Tor
lines OF beauty in her angular face
and form. Her face is not oval.is not
fine or refined. Her shoulders are
too broad. her waist positively wasp.
ish. She is beautiful only in the vuI
gar repetition and hearsay of those
who have never studied beauty with
intelligence or in the works OF the
great masters.
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IN THE STATE
Three able resident insciructor. in Tho
Conservatory. Students can enter at sr,
time. Tuition foes and all collegiate or.
penses reduced 10 the minimum.
The entire expense for one wear ne,.d
not oAeeed $3.50. and may be made muci,
le5g. Ehe expenses arc lpwer than at
any other institution In The State.
For fun Information Oh ali these noipts
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Ptesidcnt 81 tho College
bennington, W. Va
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W.VA.COLLEGE,

The Collegiate year of this institution
opens on the 4th Of September. Tic
faculty Is composed of progressive. ok.
perienced and thorough teachers. Two
new professorships have been establish
ed-One of Ancient Languages. which
will be filled by the best Latin and
Greek scholar in the State, and another
lothe Modern Languages, which will be
tillod by lady Of many years exped-
ence as teacher, and who conyerses
1uentlY In both Che French and the
German.
Good * neral reference and Depart
mental Libraries.
Good apparatus and appliances I'm
every department.
The institution is Unsoctarian and
Undenom national, but thoroughly
christian,
The location Us the most beautiful.
healthfid, central and accessible. A
moral and industrious community.
Preparatory Department
Cts students for each Of the college
COURSES.
NORMAL DEPARTMENT
IL the best school for teachers i'm the
State.
No other institution does 30 much and
- thorough work I'm Ancient Languages
Modern Languages, Higher Mathemat.
les and The study Of tho English Lam
guage ana Literature i'm the Same time
The college in all ia departments Is
open 10 BOTH SEXES.
Special attention is gwen 10 the
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NORMAL DEPARTMENT
LDIES' DEPARTMENT,

which is under the supervision Of an ex-
porienced lady principal. supeftor in
slruction IL give Nv both the useful and
ornamental branches 10 any ladies' sem
mary.
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