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FOR SALE-T0 LET.

TOR SALE-LODGING-H HOUSE OF TWENTY
L five rooms; house always fun of dodgers;
the party goes East soon. and the property will
be sold at a sacrifice. Apply 10 y2s northwest
corner Third and J streets. OSlwf
nor SALE-A RARE CHANCE-THE WELL
L established GROCERY STORE, with FULL
Lot, corner Fourteenth and 7 streets. Occupied
by the present tenant for the last fourteen years.
For further particulars, inquire of MRS. +. Il.
PRESTON, Southeast Corner Fourteenth and O
streets. oi-lw
NOR SALE--A PLEASANTON CART WITH
Il top: has been used but short time: win be
sold ut bargain. Inquire of ]. F. DAVIS &
SON, 205 and 207 street. OF wv
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A y ALFALFA RANGE To RENT: ALSO. 5
a men 20 work ON ranches. s2i 10 $50, n
mixer 80: two Walters, 80: man cook, sSS;
n Hhh 70 team ana Svrlpc, Tt; a man anu WHO
for ranch $40 10 so; Il mule teamStCr, SO
Female--l2 girls Tor hous,worl for both city
and country, wages SIS TO So: also waiter girls
and girls for various other work. Apply 20
HOUSTON IL Co. Employment Office corner
Fourth and streets, Sacramento. jelS-lptf
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LIFE INSURANCE SOLICITOR
WANTED

Apply to CaAs. r. PARSONS. Agent for
Mutual Lie Insurance Cumla of New York.
Third aud streets o2St
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, THE ONLY GENUINE
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Little Carl, his father, mother and little
sister, lived in the far West, where there
were very few people or houses
Near their house was q thick wood. One
day Carl, though his mamma had often
told him not to do so, thought he would
take Allie into the woods to see if he could
not find a hobby-horse He knew hob
by-horse was made of wood, though he
had never seen one. In childlike way he
reasoned if they were made of wood, he
could perhaps find one in the woods His
papa had promised to buy him one when
he went to the village but Carl felt that he
could not wait.
They wandered hand-in-hand into the
woods. They saw so many pretty flowers,
and found such sweet berries, that they
almost forgot the hobby-horse Suddenly
Carl shouted, Here, Alliel Here is our
hobby-horse at last, and real live one
too Isn't he cunning? Come quick, and
hold him till can get on.
OF course it was not hobby-horse It
really was a good-natured little tame bear
He had wandered away from his home,
like the children, and was as fond of roam
ing about. Allie tried to hold him by the
ears till Carl could climb on his back, but
the bears hair was so soft and glossy that
her little fat fingers slipped off. The bear
smelling some berries which Allie had in
her hand, began licking them out with his
tongue. In this way he remained quiet
long enough for Carl to scramble on his
back, He got seated, and was thinking
what a nice ride he would have Just then
a loud scream from his mother, who had
come in sight, caused the bear to scamper
off in fright. He went so fast that poor
little Carl was tumbled upon the ground
[Our Little Ones
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

WANTED CORDS OF STOvEwOOD.
w Inquire of.or address WIN. Mitigate,
William Tell House corner Ninth and streets.
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distinguished representative of the
British Government once visited Pekin,
several servants brought him huge roll,
which, when spread out over the large floor,
proved to be the visiting-card of the Chi
nese Empero-.-[Chas. T.. Bolton.
ONLY LITTLE WHILE AGO
Our youthful readers can scarcely form
an idea OF the world as their grandfathers
saw ii, i'll the days when John Quincy
Adams was President.
Boys who went to b0arding-school thirty
miles from home had a stage ride of five
or six hours TO endure OF enjoy, according
to the weather-fOr boys were apt to perch
on the outside seats. In muddy seasons
the five or six hours would stretch out 10
ten, with the possible alienation of dir
ner al the halfway house.
If they were homeSick, or wanted box
of good things for solace, they paused be-
fore writing letter to reflect that their
" honored parents " would have to pay p
cents postage on the epistic Now, hon0reu
parents who paid so much for letter eX-
pected it to contain good deal OF matter,
correctly spelled, on large and clean sheet
of paper.
Envelopes were not then used. because
they would have made the letters {" double"
which doubled the postage. Each and
every Enclosure was charged orc rate.
Thus letter III an envelope inclusing 81
bill would have cost IS cents postage.
Hence very large sheets of letter paper
were used, especially by afiecGouate
mothers when writing to their SONS at
school. Often when the tender soul had
filed four immense pages with family
news and good advice 10 my dearest boy
she would still have something more to
say, and then she would cross her writing
to save postage. The crossing was u sore
trial to the impatient youth, who did not
in those days read any writing with per-
feet facility
Il was high art 10 fold a letter nicely.
Years elapsed before boy could tuck in
the outside lap without any bulge at the
ends, and make neat, compact, we'll
shaped packet. Some clumsy-Gngcrcd fell
lows never could get the knack OF it. To
all such the envelope was indeed a precious
boon. 1t was considered a frightful vulgar
ity sixty years ago to seal a letter with any
thing but Seaiing-wax. This was 4 very
dian mailbag, as the heat melt and stuck
! the letters together. 1t was only the envel
ope that ended the wax nuisance. Every
thing was more difficult than now. In 1924
the daily stage for the city of Washington
left New York at 3 in the morning, and q
man went round the town at . to call up
the passengers, so that when the stage came
for them il might not be kept very long
waiting. II all went WELL passengers
reached Washington the next morning
soon after sunrise. At that remote period
before the Erie canal was finished. what
was the largest inland town of the United
States? 1t was Lancaster in PennsylNa-
mia, with population of something less
than 1000 youths Companion.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-02-09
Floating Gardens.

Arong the most remarkable illustra-
tions Of human energy are certainly the
floating gardens of Kashmir in Eastern
Asia, the more SO that they are the work
of an essentially indolent population.
For their creation an expanse OF wafer
about nine miles in circumference hae
been utilized, on which masses Of weeds,
grasses and aquatic plants grow and be-
come intertwined and ~entangied. These
form the soil, as it were, on which culti-
yation issearried on. Divisions are made
in them, they are cut leyel with the sur
fire Of the water and then banked over
with river mud. Properly prepared for
the purpose this soil is sown with melons
and cucumber plants, and a crop Is raised
which IL unequaled In any country in
quantity and quality. These melons and
cucumbers are sold in Q good season at
the rate Of ten or twenty for two cents;
IA dear seasons they bring two cents
apiece. Floating gardens in Mexico are
upon much the same plan, but are usually
devoted to the culture of flowers.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-02-09
A Deserted Village.

In the very heart Of the Adirondack
wilderness is located what is known as
g the deserted village Fifty years ago
80, 900 acres Of land were purchased by
a man named Henderson, and other cap
~italists, d ST. Francis Indian having dis
closed to the party that the region was
rich in ore. A blast-furnace, a forge, a
sawinill, tenement houses, a store, a
sc~hool-house and q bank were erected,
and hundreds Of thousands of dollars
expended in cutting roads and ether
improvements. Operations were carried
on t7enty-four years. In 1916 Hender-
son was accidentally shot dead, and five
wears later business was suddenly sus-
pended. The ponderous Water-Wheel
and the machfnerv ARE just where they
stopped thirty-three years ago. Wheel
barrows and tools lie around as though
opesation had been discontinued only
Yesterday. The village S NOW aie head
auarters 81 Anew York sporting club,
ala lie greater part Of the year Myron
BgtfI, agent Df the club and hia fam
is are he only nlhabitants q This ones
busy spas.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-02-09
Boomerang Throwing.

The party of native Australians now in
America gave, at Philadelphia, an ex-
hibition Of their skill with that peculiar
weapon, the boomerang. We quote from
the Times account Of the performance
Their physiognomies were correct
copies of the pictures of Polynesian hor-
rors seen in old biographies. Their noses
were fiat. Their eyes were deep set.
There were cannibalistic suggestions in
the shine of their huge white teeth, and
the hair of each would have supplied a
drove of Shetlands with names. Through
the nose of each was thrust a long bone
skewer. Each was said to be a portion
of the femor of IN enemy vanquished,
slaughtered, deyiled and devoured. The
boomerangs, which they held in their
hands, looked like crescent-shaped paper
knives about a foot and a half in length.
They were made of a. hard Australian
wood resembling oak, and correspond
with the breech-loading shotgun of the
American Nimrod in being strictly sport
inc implements. The war boolnerangs
are heavier and sharper. The "black-
trackers,n SO called from their use by
Australian police in tracing criminals.
advanced cautiously to the center of the
lot, which is two squares in length.
Deu-dah-ra, the only man in the party
who wears a shirt or speaks more English
than "Give me a match,n took his stand
with his right arm full Of b~oomerangs.
Then he seized one in his left, raised his
arm and, with a quick turn of the wrist,
sent it spinning northward. The thing
took a rising course-at its highest about
a hundred feet from the ground-unhl it
nearly reached the end of the long lot,
then turned swiftly in mid-air and took a
straight line back. Losing its momen-
tum. it whirled undoubtedly above the
point of its departure, striking terror
into the hearts of the assembled small
boys and guests. Then it came down
with a swift buzz, and, cutting q sWathe
of circus-lot weeds for a yard or SO,
finally auivered and lay still. Keeper
Cunningham explained that the high
wind had caused the delay in dropping
on the part of the boomerang, and that
| on the previous trials in a calm it returned
| directly to within three feet of the spot
whence it was thrown. The entire
boomerang battery Immediately unlim-
bered. Tin-in-dal and Cotugandal, with
inarticulate expressions of delight, began
to open fire at the row of urchins on the
Fifteenth street fence. The boomerangs
threatened in each case to decapitate q
youngster and then, changing theirminds
returned with inf1exible accuracy to the
savage marksmen. Oringm-le1 kept the
guests in a state of trepidation on the
Broad street side, while the rest of the
tribe slaughtered herds of imaginary
kangaroos. The performance was fol.
lowed by a war dance.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-02-09
How the Mint is Guarded.

sTt would not be healthy for burglar
to attempt any of his tricks about the
mint said Colonel "A. Loudin SnoWden.
About a year ago I caused all the mus
kets to be changed for repeating rifles
and seven-shot carbines that are darlings.
our outside watchmen who patrol the
streets about the place are well supplied
with firearms. In fact, they are walking
a~rsenals. We can readily arm every
person Ii the building who can handle .
pistol or gun. There is no trouble
aDprehended that I know Of and
I cannot divine why the secretary OF the
treasury has ordered Gatling guns and
carbines for the minis. I have not re-
anegted any, because we are sufficiently
armed. At this time there are being
turned out over q million OF standard
dollars each month ana we frequently
have s15, 900, 600 in silver IN the vaults.
But il would take d little army with
to set at it.n-Phaadelphsa
Ronard
The Opelousas courier., 1884-02-09
l know you never will. Think better of
me. Railways loved John the best"
How CIothes.Pins are Made.

MGSNS
Clothes-pins now come principally from
Maine, where the requisite lumber is abun-
dant. A Bangor paper describes the way
they are made in one Of the larg er factor
les, at Vanceboro.
The wood used is mainly white birch
and beech. The logs are cut and hauled
to the shores of the lake or the streams
emptying into it, whence they are foated
down to the mill. AS fast as required,
they are hauled into the mill by a wind
lass and chain worked by steam power,
and sawed into lengths of sixteen OF
twenty-twoincl.es the former to be made
into pins, and the latter into boards for
the boxes required in packing. The six
teen-inch lengths are next sawed into
boards of the requisite thickness by a
single machine, then into strips of the
proper size by a gang of twelve circular
saws, and finally into fve-inch lengths by
a gang of three saws.
The logs have now been cut up into
blocks about five inches long and three
fourths of an inch square. Falling, as
they leave the saws, 0 n an elevator belt,
they are carried into an upper story, and,
returning to the first floor, are deposited
/ troughs, whence they are fed to the
turning lathes, of which there are several,
each being capable of turning eighty pins
a minute. They are then passed to the
slotting machines, in which a peculiar
arrangement of knives inserted in a cir
cular saw gives the slot the proper tlange,
after which they are automatically
o,r,sod Inv oIaro+op boI+r m tho 6rUfnU
bins on the second floor, where they are
subjected to a high temperature,
generated by steampipes, until thorough
" seasoned. There are several of these
bins, the largest of which has a capacity
of one hundred boxes, or seventy-two
thousand pins, and the smaller ones fifty
boxes.
The pins are now ready for polishing
and packing. The polishing is accom-
plished by means of perforated cylinders
or drums, each capable of holding forty
bushels, in which the pins are placed,
and kept constantly revolving until they
become as smooth as if polished by hand
with the finest sandpaper. A few minutes
before this process is completed a small
amount of tallow is thrown in the drums
with the pins, after which a few more
revolutions give them a beautiful, glossy
appearance. These polishing drums are
suspended directly over the packing
counter on the first floor of the mill, and
being thus Immediately beneath the cell,
ing of the floor above are readily filled
through scuttles from the drying pins on
the second floor, and as easily emptied
on the counter below, where the pins are
sorted into first and second grades, and
packed in boxes of five gross each. The
sorting and packing are done by girls;
Two hundred and fifty boxes are packed
in a day.
The market for clothes-pin is not con.
fined to any special locality, but is found
nearly all over the world. Ten thousand
boxes have been shipped to Melbourne,
Australia, within four months. Ten firms
in Lonloa carry q stock of 10, 900 boxes
each, and two firms in Boston carry alike
amount.-Mastery.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-02-09
Female poct ers In Indie.


The plan for employing female doctors
ii india, n Of the few thoroughly SEN
sble plans recently started BY philanthro-
ss. seems likely to be asueeess. Asum
Fl g4. 900 has been raised in Bombay to
eaaranfee salaries for two or three years
q English ladies, and $40, 900 to start d
miige hospital for women while in Mad
1s, four ladies' have been admitted to
pEactice by the local medical college.
0ne Of these is that remarkable woman,
Ars. scharlieb who went to England to
arfect her medical education, and dis
asred all competitors at the London uni
saity. Lastly, Mr.. Rivers Thompson,
Niantenant- Governor of Bengal, in 8
minute full Of clear sense and sympathy
ii native suffering, has oyer-ridden the
8pp0sition of the council of the medical
1dAege, and ordered the admission of fe.
ala students, if qualified by general ed.
sation. The number of entrances is Ger.
anto be large and in a few years eacI
u The three presidencies will have d staff
Il female doctors thoroughly familiar
th the language and injured to the eli
nAte. They viii reduce the sum of human
asery far more than d dozen orders ad.
hitting ladies with an English veneer or
hem TO positions for whichthey are hope
EeSly disqualified.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-02-09
The Wide, Wide World.

LIMA, REPUBLIC oF PERU.-Senor
A. de La E. Delgado, l.. l.. D. and
Counsellor, Tribunal Of Justice, Lima,
Republic of Peru, says: One single ap-
plication Of st. Jacobs Oil, cured me
completely efs rheumatic pains in my
left arm. l recommended 1t to two OF
my friends, the Mrs. Dona Juana Gar
cia, widow, and Mr.. d. Herman Decker,
a German gentleman. Madam Garcia
was relieved entirely by the pain-cure
from terrible neuralgia pains OF ten
months standing. MI. Decker was
cured of inexplicable pains by a single
application OF the cure. My brother
used the great remedy for a species of
paralysis of the arm. He was entirely
relieved from his ailment by one or
two applications, after having tried
numberless other remedies without
fleet.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-02-09


Ihave been troubled for over six years with
a severe kidney complaint, also a weakness
of the urinary organs, with its attendant
troubles. My water needed constant atten-
tion. some days as many as twenty times,
with severe pains in the bladder, as well as
in the back and loins. At times ] passed q
limited quantityo of urine, highly coiored with
unnatural heat and sediment; frequently
excavations would be very painful. ! con-
Guided that / must do something for it, fear
ing that more serious trouble would follow.
Iwent to the druggist and was recommended
to use Hunts Remedy. as it had been used
with wonderful success IN several severe cases
of dropsy and kidney and bladder affections
here in Bangor. / concluded to try it, and
before I had used one bottle found it was
helping me beyond my expectations. My
water became more natural, less color and
sediment, the pains in back and that heavy
feeling gone, with a general toning mp OF The
system; and Icontinued to use it until ] used
six bottles, and it has completely cured me.
Others of my family have used Hunts
Remedy with equally as good success, and
we do not hesitate to recommend it far and
near, believing it a duty as well as q pleasure
to recommend SO good a medicine as liunt's
Remedy. You are at liberty to give my
testimony to the public. i. L. HoDaDEN.
Osslngton, Me-, May Is, 1883.
Endorse The above statement.
A. M. ROBINSON, JR.,
Apothecary, Bangor, Me.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-02-09
A Noted Driver on Driving.

John splan, who began his careef on
the turf seventeen years ago, when he
W~asseventeen years old, and has handled
many OF the best horses in the country,
including the famous Rarus, is as ready
and slick a talker as he is a driver.
Eyes, sir, a good driver isas essential as
a good horse. / don't know as a good
man could do much with a stick of a
horse, but I've seen many a horse de-
feated that would have won if its driver
had known his business. Just what
makes a good driver you can't tell.
"You see, driver has got to do more
than sit behind a horse. He must look
out for the shoeing, must get the horses
head just right, must study his horse,
know how he ought to be fed. harnessed
and all that. There are a hundred things
beside the mere driving that he mus
have his eye on and be studying. Horses
are just as different as people. Some are
nervous, fretting and stewing all the
time, and others are so cool that a cy-
clone wouldn't make them jump. Now,
you see If a man that was used to driving
one of the nervous kind took hold of a
lazy horse he'd like as not break him all
up.
There's one thing a driver must
have, and that's a cool head. He must
not be all down when he doesn't win, or
way up when he does, but just take it as
it comes and go it. I've seen men ON the
track with money up on their horses who
were as worked up about it as an old
lady that had got to have her tooth
pulled out. That won't do. I don't
take any stock in cordials to give a man
the necessary courage. A good nights
sleep is the best thing that any man can
take before q race. Of course, we bet
on the races. That's what we are in
tereated in; it's part of our business. |
don't think horsemen gamble much out
side. They put in their money on q
horse just as a man buys a barrel of -four
and expects to get more than he gave for
it. The public think there's a good deal
mare crooked work than there really Is.
I don't know a driver, and I've slept
with most of lem, who would pull his
employers horse to win money himself.
1t wouldn't pay. Driving is q profession
now, and a mai who has paid SIS, 900 OF
so, 900 for a piece Of property hunts
till he finds a good man TO take care o.
it, and then pays him handsomely. Most
owners have all the money they want and
are anxious only that their horses win.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-02-09
Little Family Foxes.

one 81 the most malignant Of the fam
Nv foxes IS discourtesy, and he creeps
info households where one would nc
s,,nl,ose fol- him to find even momentaTy
hosritality. People who are ordinarily
nolites Wefl-bred and genial, are some-
hines uniltv of mndenesa in manner, and
s.,eech ana action at home, Of which
thew would be ashamed IN society
parents ARE often hasty d fretful u then
nav 81 addressing 81 reproving children,
and ehildren forget the respect and honor
d.,e to Parents. al crest deal of unhap-
n;ness oyerclonds homes which might pc
hripbt III the morning but for this habit
The Opelousas courier., 1884-02-09
ture for these is velvet bands and

feathers.
The extreme fashion in handkerchief
Is represented by sheer linen ones beaJ,ti.
1uiiy embroidered by hand and all white
a novelty is a combination of embroidery
and lace and cambria.
A tasteful idea in scarfs for chairs
tete-a-tetes and odd stands isto work tbe
monogram in the center with gold or
silver thread, and finish with a Greeian
taste. -
Evening dresses for Young girls com.
] very dark and very bright colors.
such as seal brown and blue. or dark
purple and soft yellow. The light color
ls usually represented in silk, the darb
in velvet.
WOODEN bonnets in various shapes are
much worn this season. One form IL
made Of braid in color to match suits;
another is of embroidery worsted arranged
ln.strlpes or checks, after the fashion OF
a lamp-mat. Cloth bonnets are worn to
match ~tailorsuits..
A new ~featurein lace collars consists of
Q riff1e of lace applied to the collar SO as
20 stand up in the neck. This arrange
ment is becoming, and the fact that the
standing lace can be readily taken of
and replaced when soiled renders the new
collars exceedingly popular.