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The Opelousas courier., 1883-09-01
IF and IF.

"f you are suffering from poor health
'or languishipg On a bed of sickness, take
cheer. if you are simply ailing, or if you
feel weak and displrited. without clearly
knowing why. Hop Bitters will surely
cure you."
eff you are a Minister. and have overtaxed yourself
with your pastoral duties. or q Mother, worn out with
care and work, or a man of | usines q or laborer weak.
'ened by the strain Ct your every day dl tics, or a man
of letters, toiling over your midn' get work. Hop
'Bitters will surely strengthen you"
"1f you are suffering from
'over.eating or drinking. any
'indiscretion or dissipation, or
are y,ung and growing too
fast. as is often the case."
"Or if you are in the workshop, on the
farm, at the desk. anywhere, and feel
that your system needs cleansing, ton.
ing or stimulating, without intoxicating;
'if you are old. blood thin and impure,
pulse feeble. nerves unsteady, faculties
waning, Hop Bitters is what you need to
give You Few life, health and vigor."
If you are costive or d~yspeptic, or suf.
fering from any other of the numerous
diseases of the stomach or bowels. it is
your own fault if you remain i'll.
If you ale waiting away with any form
of Kidney disease, stop tempting death
this moment, and turn for a cure to Hop
Bitters.
If you are sick with that ter.
ribLe sickness, Nervousness,
you will find q Balm in
Gi,eld" in Hop Bitters.
II you are a frequenter, or q resident, OF
Q miasmatic district, barricade your sys.
tenn against the scourge of all countries
malaria. epidemic, bilious and inter mt
tent fevers-by the use of Hop Bitters.
If you have rough, pimply or sallow skin, bad breath,
Hop Bitters will give you fair skin. rich blood, the
sweetest breath and health. $500 will lie paid for a
case they will net cure or help.
That poor, bedridden, invalid wife, sister, mott or or
daughter, can be made the picture of health by a few
bot ties of Hop Bitters, costing but a trihe.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-09-01
Wise Minerva.

a child, while walking through an
srt gallery with her mother was at
tracted by a statue of Minerva.
"Who is that?" said she.
my child, that is Minerva, the god
less Of wisdom"
"Why didn't they make her husband
ooP"
"Because she had none, my child
ssThat was because she was wise
wasn't it, mammal was the artless
,eply.-HagpeT,s Basar.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-09-01
A Baggage..Inster,s Praise.

Mr., Fl. BARNY, baggage-master on Eastern Railroad.
Boston, says:
"Ihave used Hunts Remedy, the great kidney and
liver medicine, in my family for months. 1t was recon-
mended by friends in Portsmouth who have been cured
of kidney troubles, and 1 find it just as represented and
worth its weight in gold. My wife is using it for dys-
pepsia, and has improved so rapidly that l cheerfully
indorse it as q family medicine of real merit. and ]
would not be without it,"
April n. 1883. ------
The Opelousas courier., 1883-09-01

The rule forbidding . prince to con-
tract a marriage with a woman Of in
ferior rank is vigorously observed in
Germany. Prince Alexander, of Witt
gensteid, however. has refused to all
low it to stand in his way. He fell in
love with the goyerness Of his chill
dren and renowned his hereditary
title too in order marry her.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-09-01
MATTERS.

The camphor tree has recently been
..odueed into California and promis-
reH. It grows well all along the
..ot and one tree at Sacramento has
.lraady attained a hight Of thirty feet.
!. { easily propagated from seed or
s.ttings. Besides producing the we'll
snoHn drug, the tree is valuable for
lumber,
late British Blue-Book shows
tbat 559,493 persons were employed
i all the mines of the United King
Am during the year 1882. The total
.ar,ber of fatal accidents was 959, re-
.,,ltipe in the death of 1918 persons,
! increase of 165 Is compared with
~ year 1881. Modern methods, more
aver. have not made mining safer in
Great Britain, for in 1882 there
vas one fatal accident for every 582
nersons employed, whereas the aver-
sce for the past nine years was one
fstal accident for every 500 persons
employed,
The Opelousas courier., 1883-09-01

Dr.. R. V. PIERCE, Buffalo, N. vi have
a friend who suffered terribly. I purchased
a bottle of your "Favorite Prescription"
and as a result of its use, she is perfectly
well. J. BAILEY. Burdett, N. Y.
Dr.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery"
ADD pheasant Purgative Pellets" purify the
blood and cure constipation.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-09-01

"Dr. r. v. PIERCE, Buffalo, N. Y: Dear SIR
For many months I was a great sufferer.
Physicians could afford me no relief. In my
despair I commenced the use of your
'sFayorite Prescription" Itspeedily effected
my entire and permanent cure. Yours
thankfully,
MRs. PAUL r, BAXTER, Iowa City, la.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-09-01

The Contrast
As the sable is to ermine: as smut 20 hour
as coal to alabaster; as SCOT to driven snow
so is Carboline. the perfection OF all HAIR
Reviewers, to all other preparations.
He who has money has friends---without
money no friends.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-09-01

BUcKHANNoN, ". Va.-Drs. Newton d Biair
report that Browns Iron Bitters are giving
general satisfaction.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-09-01

One vantage in bein' big-footed is dat 70
can cit mo- leather at de shoe sto' dan mos
folks fer de same mount er money.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-09-01
The lady's hand is the index to her heart.

WooDBERRY, Md.-Rev. W. ]. Johnson
saws: st have used Browns Iron Bitters in
my family, and they have proven q splendid
health invigorator."
The Opelousas courier., 1883-09-01

Love hath charms to sooth an aching
heart. Some one says it makes one.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-09-01

As a reliable remedy for Indigestion and .
certain cure for dyspepsia, GAsTRINE Wlenous
doubt stands first. GAsTRINR il ID nQulo
form. Sold by druggists.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-09-01

If de Irish RELY wants ter poster de Eng
iish why don't dey sem 'em some Mexican
book agents?
The Opelousas courier., 1883-09-01

Woman is naturally a timid, shrinking
creature, but it s in the bathing suit that
reveals her shrinking the most.---Detrot Free
Press.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-09-01

Long de sea she folks go in de water VII
dere close on an calls dat bathln'.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-09-01

The greatest friend of truth is tims; her
greatest enemy is prejudice; and her con-
slant companion In humility.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-09-01

Idon't want to 'ploy no man dat q b ter
drive oxen ter 90 fer q doctor when ] gitsick.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-09-01
.. Rourl, on Corn

:" Rough On Corns.o
Ask for Wells sRougho on Corns. '15c. Quick
complete cure. Corns, warts, bunions.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-09-01

Catarrh of the Bladder.
Singing irritation, Inflammation, Kidney,
Urinary complaints, cured hv BuchupaibaSl.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-09-01

Goliath didn't live long enough to accuse
David of an ungenerous fling.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-09-01

An intelligent young Englishman,
q baronet's son, who has been invest
ing largely in lands in Texas, was
asked how it was that SO many of his
countrymen were buying land in this
country just now. Il viii tell you,"
be said. "There is a very general feel
ing that there will be a great change
ii England soon, equal to that made
hi the South by your civil war. Al
though they would laugh at the idea
AZ you suggested it, nine out of ten
men IN England believe that Albert
Edward, Prince of Wales, will be the
last king England will ever have. A
revolution is silently but surely pre-
pairing that viii uproot all the REM
nants of the old feudal system"
The Opelousas courier., 1883-09-01

LADrEs'& children'sboo &shoes cannotrun
over If Lyons Patent Heel Stifners are used.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-09-01
Shingled front air is all the rage.

When wimmen 'dulges in poker-playin' de
men gifts beat.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-09-01

Happiness consists Of two things, truth
and wisdom.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-09-01

No matter what your ailment is, BroWni
iron Bitters will surely benefit you.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-09-01

There are $4,000 acres of water
melons in Burke county, Georgia.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-09-01

The position which the United
States holds among the nations of the
world is clearly shown by the wonder
full fact that one-fifth Of the wealth of
the seventeen principal countries of
the globe is credited to this republic,
which has only just entered upon the
second century Of its existence. The
wealth Of the United States equals the
combined valuation Of Italy, Spain,
Portugal India, South America, Tur-
key, Egypt. Sweden, Norway Canada,
Australia, Denmark and South Africa.
1t exceeds the wealth Of Germany and
Russia combined. It is equal to the
wealth Of Great Britain, Canada and
Australia. Agriculture has been the
main factor in this marvellous increase
Of natural wealth.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-09-01

Statistics show that the Christian re-
ligion includes less than one-third of
the population of the globe among its
adherents. The present estimate by
the best German statisticians puts the
total at 1,5OO, 600, 900, of whom $780,
100000 are Buddhists, 235,0Ot0,000
Mohammedan, 247,0O0,000 heather,
225,000,000 Roman Catholics, 10000
600 Protestants, no. 900, 900 Brahmins,
100000 Eastern (Catho!icl and
100000 Jews.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-09-01

That Husband Of Mine
Is three times the man he was before using
Wells Health Remover. ST. Druggists.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-09-01

1t is seldom that the outside world
gets a glimpse of the real opinions of
the great middle classes of England,
but it is now asserted by different OBJ
servers that this mass of people are be-
ginning to assert themselves in poll
tics. NJ parliamentary leader can
safely ignore their presence. 1t is
scarcely a dozen years since London
took to educating her children, and in
that time the growth of a general suf-
frage sentiment is one of the features
Of history. Nothing exasperates an
Englishman more than the idea of a
republic" says one writer, "Lut he
does expect to get that which is the
making Of a republie-the ballot for
every man of age"
The Opelousas courier., 1883-09-01

De credit system III make n business
for a while.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-09-01

PUREsr AND BEST eoD-1IvER OIL from selected
ivers, on the seashore, by Caswell, Hazard &
Co., Ny. Absolutely pure and sweet. Patients
who have once taken it prefer it to all others.
Physicians declare it superior to all other oils.
CHAPpED HANDS, face, pimpIes and rough
skin cured by using Juniper Tar Soap, made BY
Caswell, Hazard 3 Co., New York.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-09-01

ySoiS Ills night mas increased one
twentieth of an inch.
An old man ninety-three years of
age, a native of Spain, recently re-
turned from the United States, where
he has been living many years, to his
native land. There is nothing re-
markable about this, but the prodig-
lous family which accompanied him
back was certainly remarkable. 1t
consisted of sixteen daughters, twenty
three sons, thirty-four granddaughter,
forty-seven grandsons, forty-five great
granddaughter, thirty-nine great
grandsons, three great-great-grand-
daughters, and seventy-two sons-in
law and daughters-in-law, making in
all two hundred and seventy-nine per-
o The old man had been three
times married, and his Oldest son is
now seventy years of age. The ship
upon which he and his astonishing
family colony went to Europe belongs
to him, and is commanded by one of
his numerous grandsons. Notwith-
standing his age the old gentleman
enjoys excellent health. Every day he
takes two hours gymnastic exercise,
walks for two hours, and directs the
education of his REORGANIZATION.
He has meyer used spirituous liquors
in any form, and does not smoke.
He will shortly be presented at the
court of Madrid.
The Louisville KY, Courier Jour-
nal resenting the ~lecturing of the press
in other states, asserts lynch law is
confined to 40 section of the country,
but, as human nature is pretty much
the same everywhere, finds its advo-
Gates wherever and whenever the pas
sions of men are excited by crimes Of
particular magnitude or atrocity
That journal laments the fact, but
AYERS that the apparent necessity for
people taking the execution of the
law into their own hands has grown
to a grievous extent all over the Uni
on. 1t says the laws delays, cou-
pied with the uncertainty of its pun
ishment of crime, have exasperated
otherwise law-abiding citizens and
led them to a violation of the very
laws they are themselves demanding
shall be enforced. "But this is not
sectional. it continues" "Crime is
general, recognizing state boundaries
as little as it does the rights of pro-
perry or the sanctity of human life,
and in the North as in the South
there is too much of it going unpun-
ished. Atrocious villains, seeing this
are led to despise the methods of the
courts, and commit depredations other
wise unthought of. The better classes,
recognizing the same faults in the adj
ministration of the law, goaded to
madness by the sight of UNPUBLISHED
crime, take the matter into their own
hands, and by the commission OF a
crime themselves punish a still greater
offense. That is all there is of it, and
it is done in Michigan and South Car
DINA; in Illinois and Tennessee; in
Iowa and Kentucky. The man who
attempts to sectionalize these offenses
and impute them to people alone
is blind to the facts or a willful per-
verter of the truth.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-09-01

Partially paralyzed, apparently, is
the old man who hobbies into Phila
aephia iewelry store OF crutches-
He asks tosee diamonds; but his hands
hang powerless, and therefore he cam
not touch the jewels. He can only
gaze into the tray, and that at close
range for he is almost blind. Then
d remarkably handsome girl enters,
asks a question about something in
The window, and the instant that the
clerk turns his eyes from the dia-
m0nds the old man transfers one of
them to his mouth by thrusting out
Ills tongue. He is a thief in disguise.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-09-01
TOPICS OF THE DAY.

In hot weather there is no question
as to the influence alcoholism HIS in
the production of sanstroke. More
than three-fourths of the patients ad-
mitted to the Bellevue hospital, New
York, are under the influence of liquor,
The success of the first fair held by
the Women's Silk Culture association
in Philadelphia in 1882 has led to the
announcement of a second to be held
in that city next May. The associa-
ton has greatly raised the apprecia-
ton of American silks, and proposes,
in the coming fair, oshoW all branches
of tn work.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-09-01
Din Ely WOE

''Tell my brother soldiers, u writes j. c.. Power, Oh
Trenton, ILL.,, and all others, too. that Kidney. Wort
cured my 20 years irer disorders. Publish 1t, please.
in st. Louis Globe Democrat"
The Opelousas courier., 1883-09-01

south America is the land of cheap
beef, after all. In that country cattle
have increased so rapidly the last few
wears that fat bullocks have declined
from $40 per head to a few cents over
s6 per head. 1t is estimated that in
two years from now the number of
cattle in the Argentine Confederation
will number 2S,O00,000, against 49,
100000 in 1877, 100000 of which
arsin the state Of Buenos Ayres. The
Confederation also claims $4,000 900
sheep, 10000 goats, 100000 horses,
and $4,000 ostriches. The population
i only about two to the square mile.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-09-01

psslng q recent lecture in London
sg'sse az assembly of army officers,
As2aeots Of small arms and other ex-
ks.s eolOnel Fosbery astonished his
'saee 81 suddenly drawing from
SAssk the table q weapon which he
1aa iast brought from Liege and
s'lea lAe called i I baby electric gum
4 H0aAa not he discharged until brought
"a sRAnaction with the source Of cleo
sQEce but that done, it could DO
with amazing rapidity, its I'M
~. Pieper, Of Liege. having a
Rays before fired 104 rounds in
EN- minutes Colonel Fosbery exhi-
'ssa ~ mode Of operation by means
Il mai electric accumulation secret
a''aeE bis vest, and minute car
s0ntaining only powder and a
Narious speakers afterward ex-
me opinion that electricity
The Opelousas courier., 1883-09-01
TeRRTRI,R s1rRFERNcs.

A gas well in De Witt, Michigan, has 6
peculiar gurgle just before storms.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-09-01
d N U SO
NNIlIH3 VySIsS

ssMr. Ethan Lawrence. my townsman,n says DR.;
Phillip @. Ballou, of Monkton, VT was bloated
from kidney disease. The skin Of his legs shone like
glass Kidney Wort cured him. Apr. 9S2.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-09-01

Mothers who wonder how their lit
tie ones could have contract ed scarlet
fever, may see a reason for it in some
cases, in the late decision CT the ply
sicians that diphtheria and scarlet fe-
yer are so closely come cted that a
child who has. been exposed to the n
disease may, from that infection, con
tract the other. 1t appears also that
diphtheria may, in the anne patient,
be followed by scarlatina without any
new exposure at all.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-09-01

OF all women in the world, the
ladies' of China are probably kept in
the closest bondage; for while they
are compelled to render to their
parents an obedience more absolute
shan y practiced in any other country,
with The acquisition of husbands they
fnd themselves committed not only
- 4 complete acquiescence in the wills
" their lords, but also to a veritable
bondage to their fathers and mothers
sa-law. This last consideration, coup
LED With the inevitable doubt wheth-
theF each will be the only star to shine
y her new sphere, depriyes matri-
meny Of that charm which generally
surrounds it in the eyes of maidens.
such 3 reversal of the common order
0t things could only exist in a coun-
ny where the needle points to the
seush and where men wear petticoats.
A spurious Napoleon W. says
lhe Landon Graphic, has lately de-
sslFaa . good many people at Turin.
he was q young Italian weaver of
8sry good address and decidedly hand
s0Ale and for some time succeeded in
kseplng up his pretended position as
w 1ase prince imperial, who he de-
9afea bad not been killedin Zululand.
By money having come to an end, the
pfsfslder took to highway robbery,
sad when caught, so loudly declared
as Napoleonic pretensions that he was
HReasad n d mailman and sent to an
asylum, from which he escaped and
l7as'ieea hts old tricks. Being caught
ssa.a The jury was less lenient, and
nv aalse Napoleon has been sent to
VS. Ballesys for t~Wenty-one years
The Opelousas courier., 1883-09-01

Mr.. Howell of Toledo says that ff-
teen years ago the fishermen on the
lakes would ask: "How many fish can
you useY" but to-day the. dealer says
to the fishermen: "Send me all you
can get p The only way, he says, to
increase the supply is by the restric-
ton of fishing at certain seasons and
by the hatcheries. Otherwise he and
others assert that the time is a short
one when the supply of lake fish will
be exhausted. Inasmuch AL beef and
mutton are advancing in price, it is
all the more important that this valu-
able and economic source of food sup
ply should be protected and developed.
After condensed milk and canned
meats and dessicated vegetables, kero-
sene is now to be solidifed for greater
ease of transportation. The inventor
is M. Ditmar, a Russian, and his pro-
cess is described as simplicity itself.
The kerosene is boiled in huge caul-
drons together with a certain quantity
of soap until as much as possible Of
the liquid portion has e%vaporated. The
residium is then poured into iron tanks
to cool down, and when solid is easily
cut in pieces of any desired size. Thus
prepared, it can be packed into boxes
or sewed up in sacks and transported
without fear of leakage or explosion.
1t is easily liquified by heat when re-
quired for use.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-09-01

Tlae Contrast.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-02-04
SUBURBAN KICK.

oar Country Cousins DON'T liant to Come
Into the City-T7tey Hold Meeting i1 tie
minneapolis TO3cn Hal and Protest Vfg-
OrOusIy-Gice Us Liberty or Gice Us
Death, SO to Speak.
Yesterday morning the meeting called
for the purpose of discussing the annexa-
ton of the greater portion of Minneapolis
township to the city of Minneapolis, in
duced large attendance at the Minneapo-
lis town hall.
n H. Roberts wished to be placed on
record as opposed to annexation and
favored fighting the scheme step by step.
II. A. Partridge read an American eagle
memorial to the legislature protesting
against annexation for the reason that one
tenth of the taxpayers in the territory
proposed to be annexed are opposed; that
we claim to hold that doctrine that levying
of tax on those not allowed representation
is contrary to the principles of our govern
ment; that the city of Minneapolis is
largely in debt and proposes to issue more
bonds and the interest of all her debt we
shall be obliged to help pay, though re-
ceiving no benefit from the school, water
or other debts; that the extension of the
present water, police, fire and sewer sys-
tens will still further increase our burdens.
If the scheme must carry then Mr.. Part
ridge would scrimp the ravished territory
to the smallest limit.
DR.. H. n. Avery said that the legislative
committee having the thing in charge are
not disposed to give any representative at
ALL The wards are to be run out here but
they gives US no advantages.
J. F. Gross thought the city was strong
enough to take US in during the present
session. The only question was what
terms can be obtained. He would favor
the purchase of enough land in connection
with putting through the annexation
scheme, for parks about the lakes before
the territory was built upon. Provisions
should also be made for at least two fire
engines, and also street railroads connect
ing direct with the proposed park region.
The territory to be annexed, too, should at
least be conceded two wards. Two wards.
must be insisted upon.
F. G. Griswold was more conservative.
II. n. Avery moved that committee of
seven be appointed to consider the ques-
ton of annexation in all its bearings and
to make the best terms possible through
the Hennep1n delegation.
A discussion followed on the suggestion
that the committee be instructed not to
fight annexation but to struggle for the
best terms, some spelling for fight
against the whole scheme, while others re-
garded the war question as i'll advised.
The motion was carried and the following
committee appointed: A. T. Ankeny, DR..
H. N. Avery, P. Swanson, F. G. Griswold,
G. L. Larpenteur, A. D. Libby, N. H. Rob
erts and j. L. Cross.
Mr.. Roberts remarked that he was a
good fighter"
1t was agreed that the committee meet
at o'clock this afternoon at Mr..
Cross Office in the Dolly Warden block.
A motion was carried that there be ap
from the town treasury a sum
not to exceed 5000, to defray the expenses
of the committee, after which the meeting
adjourned.