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OF COURT.

I'M accordance with act No. Z OF the Gene
raj Assembly of the State Of Louisiana APP
proved February Doth, 1880, the following
terms Of Court are hereby fixed in and for the
18th Judicial District, Parish of ST. Landry,
for the calendar year, 1884, to-wit
list. A civil term beginning Monday, Jan
uary I4tb, and ending Friday, February 18th,
For this term a special yenire of fifteen Jurors
WILDE ordered to attend for the week be,
ginning Monday, February 18th, for the trial
Of criminal cases as provided by act No. 30 Of
1880.
Cd. a jury term beginning Monday March
the Sd, and ending Saturday April 26tll.
Sd. Aciyil term beginning Monday, May
5th, and ending Saturday, May 3lst.
4th. Ajury term beginning Monday, Sept.
lat. and ending Saturday, Oct. 18th.
9Th. A civil term beginning Monday. Oct.
9th, and ending Saturday, Nov. 29th.
For this term q special yenire of 10 jurors,
as provided by act IS of 1880 will be ordered
to attend for the week beginning Monday
Nov. 24th, for the trial of criminal cases.
9Th. A jury term beginning Monday, De
cember Sth, and ending Saturday, December
23d.
Given in open Court this 10th Dec. 1888.
G.. w. HUDSPETH,
Judge 18th judicial Dist. OF LA.
A true copy.
b. i. MEarNLEY, D~eputy-Clerk
Dec Is, '83. 18th Judicial District OF La.
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La Boisson.

On estime, en- Sc basantsrl des
chiffres positifs, que le montant
des sommes d6pensees en- bois-
sons enivrantes par les ~ouvriers
des Etats- Unis sleeve annuelle-
ment q $500, 100000. 81 cette
somme await chaque aimee etc ca
pitalis6e, pendant les dix der
niares ann6es, ellie aurait permits
a tous les ouvriers ayant un loyer
de s'acheter une maison confor-
table ct aurait augment6 leur
fortune d'enyiron $4,000, 900, 900.
M. Medil, de la Chicago Tribune,
attribute la pauyret6 DIES ~ouvriers
americans a rimpr6voyance ct
d la maniere don't ills depensent
leurs salaries. Un percentage
considerable de rargent gagn6
est d6pens6 en- liqueur, biere,
tabac, etc, ct le reste est perdu
par la mauvaise economic des
menageres americaines.
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PUBLIC

Nv agreement between the heirs OF Jno.
Singleton and Chas. Ii. Singleton,
there will be sold at public auction, by the
undersigned auctioneer, at the Courthouse IN
the town of Opelousas, between tho hours OF
twelve and one o'clock on SATURDAY, Jan
uary ID, 1884, the following described proper
"A body of land containing $50 and 25Il0o
acres, more or less, on Elm Bayou, in the Par
ish of st. Landry on the line of Rapides Par
ish and composed OF the following tracts to
wit u.
The west half of the southeast quarter of
section t~wenty-one.
The west half of the northeast qparter of
section twenty-five.
All those parts of the southwest quarter Of
section t~wenty-one and northwest quarter OF
section TWENTY-FIVE, as are situated to the east
Of a straight line which runs from the bridge
on Elm Bayou on a course north sixteen de-
grees, fifty-two minutes, east eighty-nlne,
sixty-three chains being tue old dividing
line between the lands OF Andrew jackson
Singleton and John r. Singleton. Also that
small part of the west half of the southwest !
OF ~sectisn twenty-five which lies east of said
last described line and north of said Elm
Bayou, all in township one south Of range
two east, and forming said compact body of
land containing 359 and 25Il00 acres, more or
less, as aforesaid, as will more fully appear by
reference to a plat of said land to be seen at
the Office of w. c.. Perrault, notary public
tbefore whom the act of sale will be Rassedl
at Opelousas, Louisiana, and to which refer
ence is hereby made.
This tract OF land is alluyion, above over
flow and ~equalin preductiyeHess to any land
in Red River OF Mississippi River bottoms,
1t is distant abouttwo hundred and twenty
miles by rail frem New Orleans, and from
three to six miless from a depot on the Nor
gan railroad. It is convenient to good winter
and hummer range for cattle, horses, hogs,
etc. It is known as the John II. Singleton Plan
tation, which was owned by him at the time
of his death. There were about sixty acres
under cultivation before the war and about
forty under cultivation since the war.
+ Terms-0ne-third cash, the balance in two
equal installments, payable respectively in
enc and two years from date of sale with
eight per cent yearly interest thereon from
date till paid, to be evidenced By notes of pur-
chaser to his own order and by him endorsed
and secured by special mortgage and vendors
lein upon the land sold. In case of suit to
collect the same, ten per cent attorneys fees
shall be allowed upon the amount sued for,
which shall also be secured by special mort
gage on the property sold.
w. G. PERRAUL9,
Dec. Is, 1883 Anctioneer.
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La marine des Etats- Unis.

Abeille de la Nonvelle-Orleans, IL dec.
aTrois nouveaux payires de
guerre en- acier ct IN aviso a va
peur-aucun d'eux blind6s-le
Chicago lie plus grand ct lie
meilleur croiseur connu lie sBos-
ton Ell l,AtIanta,' remarquables
pour leur rapidit6, leur solidit6,
leur armement OF leurs qualities
dc navires dc combat; le Dol
phin,' tres-agile, pouVant courir
sus aux batiments marchands,
en- temps de guerre, ct 6tre utile
an pays, en- temps de paix."
0sest ainsi que d6bute le rap
port du s6cr6taire de la marine
des Etats-Unis.
La construction de ces navires
d coAt6 s2,440,OO0.
Quatre autres monitenrs d t0u-
relies ont 6t6 aussi lanc6s: le
Puritan, " Ia e Terreur, le Mo-
nadnock' Ills ont coft6 $685.
$50 SO.
lie Bureau consultatif de la
marine q r~ecommand6 la con-
strnctien de sept nouVeaux croi-
ssurs d'acier, non bIind6s, don't
trois, sur Ie modele du Chica-
gosv du Boston din IDOL
phin,n ct les uuatre aHtres de la
grandeur du darnier navire, mails
d,apras nm plan different. Ces
batiments devront avoir une ca
pacific totale de 10, 800 tonneaux
et conteront ga, 900.
lie Bureau coIssultatif ma pas
vogllu, dams Poeuvre dc resurec-
ton De LII marine de guerre, de-
butter par Ia construction de plus
grands. DE plus rapides navires.
Les noodles adopt6s lui sem
blent r6pondre aux besoins du
moment. Les Etats- Unis, dit
il, mont nuIlement intention de
rivaliser avec los grandes puis-
sancos maritimes de rEurope;
leur situation Iointaine, pabsen-
CO de tout voisinage inaui6tant,
lenr permettent de s'6pargner
tant d'afIorts ct tant de d6pen-
ses. On q commits une lourde
fante en- laissant d6p6rir la ma
rine rationale, mails il ne fault
pas III recollstruire en- vue de
luttes prochaines, que rien he
fait pr6yoir. Le devoir du paws
est dentreEenir, chez Hui, III CON
n~aissance de Ii guerre, d'y main
tenir me sorte de marine-6cole,
tonjours au niveau dies perfec
sionneraents de lii science et des
constructions les plus modernes.
Ore Ii nation ne soft plus I'M.
obie6 de ridicule aid dehors !:
au,au besoIn, ellie soft Ell 6tat de
&c fairs Fespecter sur les mers.
VOLTA Ie but Qn'elle dot pour
suivre.
Ellie serast indd6le aux tradi-
lions paeillques On pass6, b la
pens6s ai & dirig6 les p6res de
d Republiques ST ellie alIait au-
della. GO but, il lui est possible
3~e4xxx
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Entire iennes maries

LlULO JCulACS uItcAlCC
Madame est tres po6tique ellie
a fait promettre d monsieur de
ne iamais lui donner que DIES
MONS d'oiseaux
Pendant les quinze premlers
iours de la lune de miel, tout a
bien marche ; les colombes azu-
rees, les tourterelles amoureuses
ont fait lie bonheur de madame.
Depuis une semaine, lie zele de
monsieur s'est un peu ralenti, ct
hier, enfn, apres une discussion
aigre-douce avec sa femme, il
s'est ecrie
F...iche moi la paix, vieille
autruche y
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BOULANGERIE.

LIE soussign6 annonce q ses amis ct au pub
lie que ron trouyera tous les jours chez lui du
pain frais eft les gateaux aux prix les Plus
moderes. Les marchands de la eampagne
trouveront leur profit o lie volr ayant oaller
ail1anrs. Aussi. CFaaTnbres Garm1es,
&c lit dc premiere qualit6. z. TITARD,
Eneeignure des rues Nord ct de la Cour.
Opelousas, 8 dee, I'm.
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NOUVEAU MAGASIN.
LIE New Orleans Cheap Store

Rae M0iia, Uls-a-Vas V Bts7eaU de FoSVe,
0PELODSAS.
VI Il yiens de recevoir un assortment com
Cd plet de nouyelles~ marchandises, telles que
Marchandises Seches, Habilteneats Con
fectionnes, OhaHssmres, Groceries,
PINS, Liguears, Etc, ETC.,
Que I'offre aux prix de la Nlle-Orleans, pour
du compliant. TOUS sont invites a venir ex-
aminer mes marchandises ct Sc renseigner sur
mes prix ayant de faire leurs achats ailleurs;
celia ne leur codtera rien, ct Ills pourront epar-
gner de T'argent en- ce faisant.
rP Les plus hauts prix da marchs seront
nay9s pour la Mousse, la Lame ct les Pcaux,
ct teute espece de produits du pays.
ETIENNE LATREYTE.
Opelousas, Is Nov. 1880. 6m
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Pour ComafnbEe-I2e Ward.

Nous sommes autorises d announcer THOS.
d. FOETENOT CONNIE candidat a Ia. place de
Constable ponr le I2e ward, paroisse st. Lam
dry, B rSleetion qui aura lieu en- Avril, 1884.
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poser le respect au dehors Vol
ci les chiffres tells que nous les
trouvons dams le rapport
lie Bureau recom N etrente-
huit nouveaux navires-ce qlli
p~ortera la hotte an nombre de
quarante-trois batiments, dequa-
ire types d~ifferents.
QUAINT au personnel DIES Off
ciers, il est regle, tout natureile-
ment, d'apres la force Gle la Hotte.
Or, etant donnes, les quarante-
trois nayires, don't nous venons
de parler, lis exigent Ia presence
constants, en- mer, on en- service
reel de bord, de 200 officers, %
docteurs, 43 officers d'adminis-
tration, ct 157 officers inge-
nieurs. Tout ce personnel Sc d.
wise ainsi: contre-amiraux, COM
modores, c~apitaines, devant pas
ser, an moins, le tiers du temps
en- mer; commandments, lieute-
ct lieute-
nants, la Motto du temps en- ser
vice reel de bord enffn, les lieu
tenants en- second OF les ensei-
gnes, tout le temps. Dams cette
division, sont compris des doc
teurs ct DIES Ingenious, suiyant
leurs differents grades. La pre-
sence constante, d bord, du nom
bre voulu d'officiers, sera assuree
par le maintien an service actif
de 315 officers, de SO docteurs,
de AT officers administration ct
de 100 ing6nieurs.
Mails lie personnel aetuel des
officers de marine d6passe de
beaucoup lie nombre que n6ces-
site, non settlement la fotte ac-
lucille par trop maigre, mails
aussi celle de quarante-trois ma
wires, que administration veut
achever dams Pespace dune di-
zaine dances. I'll fault done
op6rer dc nombreux retranche-
ments . mails comment La loi
qui r6git le service de la marine,
veut que Pom ne soft force 4 prem
Dire sa retraite que, quand on a
atteint le grade de commandant.
lie Bureau Consulate demande
que tout officer, sans exception,
soft place sarla Iiste de retraite,
a Page de soixante-deux ans. II
en- sera ainsi pour les contre-
amiraux, les commodores, q plus
forte raison pour les officers
dun grade inferienr.
En- attendant, lie rapport pro-.
pose la formation dune commits
sion de neuf officers ~superieurs,
pris dams lie role dactivite on
dams celle de retraite. Ces Off
ciers examineront scrupuleuse-
ment les titres, la valeur des
nombreux officers qui encom-
brent, actuellement, les cadres
de la marine !; lis choisiront ceux
jugeront le plus convena-
BILE de maintenir en- service &C
tiff Ills conserVeront, en- outre,
nombre egal d'ofnciers choi-
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Fo1, Sale.
0@&Nsam masters

Are red aested TO notify us when any of our
aubscril sers fail to take their papers from the
postofic 3. We believe blanks are furnished
them fer that pnEpoee.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-12-22
TICKET DEMOCRATIQUE.


Peur Gouverneur:
SAMUEL D. McENERY, d'Onachita.
Pour Lieutsnant- Convenient:
CLAY KN0BL0CH, de Lafsurche.-
Pour Tr6sorier:
E. A. BURKE, d'0rl6ans.
Pour Auditor:
O.. B. STEELE, dc Tensas.
Pour Avocat- General:
NJ. j. CUNNINGHAM, de Natebitoches-
Pour Secr6taire d'Etat
OSCAR ARROYO. d'Orl6ans.
Pour S~uriRtendant de lEducation Pm
blique:
WARREN EASTIN, do Lafayette.
PARoIssE II. LANDRY.
Pour le Senat de rEtat:
T. S. FONTENOT,
Nj. ID. KAVANAGH.
Pour la Chambre des Representants :
PLACIDE ROBIN,
j. CRAWFORD LYONS,
ALBERT GUIDRY,
F. w. WHARTON.
Pour Juge de District
GEO. w. HUDSPETH.
Pour Avocat do District
JOHN N. OGDEN.
Pour Sheriff:
c. C. DUSON.
Pour Grefier de la Gear:
JAMES o. CHACHERE
Ponr Coroner 9
WILLIAM M. THOMPSON.
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ISACKS & CO.,
FAMILY

FAMILY GROCERS,
Corner Railroad Avenue and Landry streets,
Are always fullhanded from continued re-
ceipts of select and fresh lots of
MEAT, HAMS, FLOUR. COFFEE, SUGAR,
RICE, PEARL GRITS, LARD, SYRUP,
SOAP, STARCH, CANNED GOODS,
COAL OIL, ETC,
Al Of which they will dispose of ''for u song.
They also have the finest brands of Liquors,
Rye Whiskey, Bourbon, Pixies Magnolia,
Brandy, Gin, Auisette, Sweet Catawba,
Cherries, Aprieots, etc, that man ever
smacked lips on.
Also as fine Frcsl, Candies, Apples, Cakes,
Pecans, Nuts and Sotions-fr0m IL well buck
ct to q mantelo rnanent-as anywhere i'll town.
At their warehouse, cotten-seed, hides,
bones, old iron, moss or anything, from a coon
TO an alligator kin is bought at the highest
price known to the trade. Z
Rates of Weighing.
We beg leave to inform the public generally
that orr new Fairbanks Scales are up and
ready for use-capacity 5000 pounds. For
weighing VIZ charge the following prices:
! load OF unything. 0.25
FOR LOTS LESS THAN A
| COS
| sack 0.O2
0.02
Horse per read. 0.05
Cattle . 0.05
Hogs 4" " 0.03
Sheer " 8 6.63
| Boxes, packages per 100 pounds.---..- 0.02
EMPTY vehicles eacb--------- 1880 V.lo
Those dealing with Ms have none Of the
above charges to pay. Yours, truly,
Tom IsACKs & Co.
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Read Proof of Wonderful Cu,,


CHARLESTON, S. c., July % i'm
DR.. B. j. KENDALL Co.-Dear III. n.
chased at Louisville, KY, a very ne mi H
and in shipping he got his hook badly Iu,t !
the outside of the joint, which ca1sed M
swell three or four times the natural II
which made him very. lame. I tried 4 s,.s
many liniments which failed to bene6ttHsa 4
jured part. At last, when disguised ana MI
to give up the colt as ruined, | happspS
see your advertisement of sKendaifs HEas
and SPAWN Cure" and thought | would ~
it a trial. | first applied the Blister n
hook, which by this time had become Calls
ed, and to my surprise found it worked ma
charm. In tw~epty-four hours the bart ~
was hard became soft and the 1ameness bers
to leave. | then got some Of g KendaIls Osg
in Cure and applied it according 10 dkNs
tons, which has made a perfect cure, anal
colt is now as sound as any horae slin
merely write this letter to you, as | tbistai
duty | owe to you, and also for the good tfetl
public at large. The foregoing statemat /
will make affidavit to, and can also have N
same verified by the best horseTnsn ii s|
city who saw the colt before and after trsa
ment. Very resp'y-, JOHN R.. Arson
SPAWN CUR1 :
Price 81 per bottle, or 6 bottles for s5 a
druggists have it or can get it for you, Il
will be sent to any address on receipt ofprAs
by the proprietors. DIR. B. j KENDALL &cNH
Enosburgh Falls, Vt.
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGEsTR
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LAheiIle ds III observation-disclosures
ynIHIOM quotsaienne, $I2 par al, payable
49, dsavance ~hebdonadairo, 81 par an.
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SKINNER, L.-GunsInith. MI sa 4
y chinery of all kinds Eep par III bslA
sharpened. Landry strest, Ae'ss
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PENSION RR1vaH,

No. les Rue de Charities. Nlle-orleans
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ST.. LANDRY.
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WNALER, C. N.-WatchnakeF III, ssstsatas
- established 1845. Personal 5rg II.
repairing corner Main and La l1-s {
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HADDEN, LOUIS. XIV go saouthaas
IL geon. Office at residence
tremity of Union street. - n
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1883-03-17

las the rybooks say, and that she
never had reason to repent the hour
when her tears were even more power
full than the stern sense of duty and
discipline over the heart of British
soldier.
The third illustration of "Let No
body Pass" occurred during a certain
cold season in India, when a consider
able force was collected at one of our
large stations for camp of exercise.
The camp was pitched just outside
the cantonments, from which it was
separated by a road, and surrounded
by a ditch, communication being
afforded by temporary bridges which
were guarded at either end by a
sentry.
One evening the colonel command
ing one n re9M7nts (who was
better known for his kindly disposi-
ton than for any special military
qualities) had been dining with a
friend in the station, and returning
rather late, he made his way to the
bridge which was nearest to his tent.
Unfortunately. he did not know
either the parole or "countersign,"
but he trusted to the sentries know
ing him (although theS were not his
own men) and allowing him to pass.
He was so far right that the first man,
having recognized him, was satisfied
with the answer Friend to his
challenge, and let him get on the
bridge; but the second sentry was
more particular, and demanded the
countersign. OF course the colonel
could not give it, and although he
explained the situation and stated
who he was, the sentry stood firm.
Seeing no other alternative, the crest
fallen field officer determined to beat
a retreat and return to cantonments
for the night.
But here a fresh difficulty arose,
for the first sentry, who had pre-
viously allowed him to pass, had by
this time awakened to a sense of his
position, and-thinking, no doubt,
of his companion at the other end of
the bridge, that this opportunity of
keeping guard over a superior officer
was too good to be lost, and chance
that might never occur to him again
refused to let him return without
his giving the parole"
The position was q dreadful one
Imagine an elderly feld-officer of
irreproachable character, and in com
mand of regiment, being thus kept
under guard of twolsentries at an
hour of the night when all respect
able people should be in bed! But
there was no help for it, and for some
little time the gallant colonel had to
submit to his fate And he might
have remained there until the small
hours of the morning had he not been
rescued by the fortunate arrival of
friend, who was also returning to the
camp from environments. and who,
giving him the information he re.
quired, freed him from arrest.
Moral-A word in the mouth is
worth two in the order book.
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1883-03-17
A W0MAN'S WHIMS.

The Empress Josephine had six
hundred thousand francs for her
personal expenses, but this sum was
not sufficient, and her debts increased
to an appalling degree. Nothwith-
standing the riches of her husband,
she could never submit to either or
der or etiquette in her private life.
She rose at nine o'clock. Her toi-
let consumed much time, and she
lavished unwearied efforts on the
preservation and establishment OF
her person. She changed her linen
three times a day, and never wore
any stockings that were not new.
Huge baskets were brought to her
containing different dresses, shawls
and hats. From these she selected
her costume for the day. She pos
sessed between three and four hun
dred shawls, and always wore one in
the morning, which she draped about
her shoulders with unequalled grace.
She purchased all that were brought
to her, no matter at what price.
The evening toilet was as careful
as that of the morning-then she ap-
peared with flowers, pearls, or
precious stones in her hair. The
smallest assembly was always an oc
casion for her to order q new costume
in spite of the boards of dresses in
the various palaces. Bonaparte was
irritated by these expenditures; he
would fly into passion and his wife
would weep and promise to be more
prudent; after which she would go on
in the same way.
1t is almost incredible that this
passion for dress should never have
exhausted itself. After the divorce
she arrayed herself with the same
care, even when she saw no one.
She died covered with ribbons and
pale ose-colored satin.
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1883-03-17

HOW AN AFRICAN EXPLORER LOST
HIS BRIDE.

A certain famous AFRICAN explorer
was once the victim of one of those
extremely distressing bitches which
amount to the complete and final
separation of those who would other
wise have been united for better, for
worse. He had fallen deeply in love
with a young Greek maiden whom he
met in Crete. He afterward declared
that never before or since, had he be-
held so sweet and beautiful Great
ure. Having sought out the Ameri-
can consul, he revealed to him the
state of his heart. The consul, who
had himself married a Greek lady,
bade him not despair, took him forth
with to the house of his inamordtd
and presented him to her mother,
wEo was widow. The negotiations
were conducted successfully; at the
end of a week he was an accepted
lover; and in fortnight the day for
the wedding had arrived. All this
while he had seen the young lady
once day, always in the presence of
her mother; and on the day before
the intended marriage he had been
permitted for the first time to take
her hand and to imprint upon it a
chaste salute. The hour appointed
for the wedding found the bridegroom
dressed for the ceremony and await
ing the happy moment. There en-
ter to him at this juncture three
Greeks, whom he has never seen be-
fore, and an interpreter, who intro
duces them as brothers of the bride
elect They produce parchment,
which the interpreter explains. 1t is
a deed of settlement, which binds the
bridegroom to pay so much year to
the mother and to each brother, and
SO much to his wife, and to disburse
the first installments on the spot. In
vain the unlucky traveller explains
that he is worth nothing and cannot
pay. The brothers look daggers,
the interpreter frowns; and the scene
closes with the arrival of the consul,
who with difficulty gets his protege
out of the clutches of his importunate
would-be relations, and ships him off
to Athens. He never saw his beauti
full Grecian maiden again.
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1883-03-17

The Legislature of Vermont re.
Gently passed a law providing that
INSTRUCTION be impaired in public
schools in elementary physiology
and hygiene, which shall give special
prominence to the effect of stimu
fants and narcotics upon the human
system" Under this law number
of scientific temperance-books have
been placed in the three normal
schools of the State, and prizes have
been offered for the best essays upon
the subject of narcotics and stimu-
lants. It is believed by many that
the instruction of the youth of the
State on the subjects in question,
and the diffusion of positive knowl-
edge as to the injurious effects of al
coholic drinks, will be more effective
in preventing the formation of drink.
ing habits and averting the evils OF
intemperance than mere prohibitory
Legislation. The experiment is GER
tainly worth the trial, especially as
prohibition has so far failed to &C
complish the large results expected
of it.