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The Opelousas courier., 1884-07-19
Bitten by a Cobra.

Among many instances of snake-blte
poisoning L have seen was a strong
young Brahmin of twenty, well known
to m who had been bitten during the
night while watching his maize crop.
Ere 1 knew of it they had brought him
into my compound in front OF the
bungalow. AS yet he walked quite
steadily, only leaning slightly on the
arm of another man. There was that
peculiar drowsy look in his eyes, how
ever, as from a strong narcotic, which
Indicated his having been bitten for
Some time, and left but little room for
hope now. He could still clearly tell
me the particulars. He had been bit
ten, he said, ON putting his foot to the
ground while moving off his charpoy
in the dark, but, thinking the bite was
that of a non-poisonous snake, had
given NO more heed to the matter and
Comet to sleep again, till he was awakened
by his friends coming in search of him.
With some difficulty l was able to find
the bite-very faint, no larger than
the prick from a pin, but still the I'M
mistakable double mark Of the poison
fangs. He felt the poison, he said,
gradually ascending the limb, and
pointed to a part just above the knee.
where he felt it had already reached
the limb below that being, he said, be-
numbed, and painless to the touch, like
the foot when asleep" l gave him
the usual remedies, and kept him walk
ing to and fro, but gradually his limbs
seemed to be losing their power OF
voluntary motion, and his head was
beginning to droop from the overpow-
ering drowsiness that was surely
gathering over him. At intervals he
pointed out the poison line steadily
rising higher, and was still able to
answer questions clearly on being
reused. Atiength it seemed to be of
no use torturing him further by keep
ing him moving about, and he was al
lowed to remain at rest. Shortly after
this, while being supported in a sitting
posture, all at once, without any pre-
monitory sign, he gave n or two long
signs, and life ceased, about IN hour
after he had himself walked into the
compound. There was something
terribly real in this faculty of pointing
out each stage of the ascending poison
Gas the snake-bitten patient always
can that was gradually bringing him
nearer and nearer to death, with the
prospect of only another hour or half
hour remaining to him; and yet the
patient does not seem to realize this
with the keenness that an on-lookeT
does, probably from the poison be
numbing at the same time the powers
of the mind as well a. the body.-AL
the Year Round.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-07-19
PEARLS OF

In the humblest trade there is room
for all the virtues.
Things sweet to the taste prove to
be sour to the digestion.
Expedients are for an hour, but
principles are for the ages.
Some men are like pyramids, very
broad where they touch the ground,
but grow narrower as they touch the
sky.
Education is the best capital with
which we can endow our children, but
it is not wise to confine them SO stead
ily to the task of acquiring it that
their physical welfare is neglected. A
sound mind should dwell in a sound
body.
Mirrors are the accomplishments of
handles. not heroes. The men of his
tory were not perpetually looking in
the glass to make ure of their own
size. Absorbed in their work they did
it. and did it so well that the wonder
ing world saw them to be great, and
labeled them accordingly.
Prosperity tries the human heart
with the deepest probe and draws
forth the hidden character.
True JOY is 4 serene and sober mo
ton; and they are miserably out thai
take laughing and rejoicing.
Hypocrites are wicked: they hide
their defects with so much care that
their hearts are poisoned BY them.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-07-19

wise, OF the rows, by which
the soil is pushed sideways and the
burrows evenly filled. AS soon as tho
plants begin to peep above the surface
the ground is narrowed with a light
sloping tooth harrow, and this is done
agoin when the plants are three inches
high. If any are broken new sprouts
oon appear again. After this a Gull
tivator is used in the rows, which is
quite sufficient, as the potatoes get
ahead of any weeds and these are
smotherel. The cultivation is repeat
ed whenever the soil becor es hard or
dry, and until the plants are in bios
som; when they are no more disturbed.
The driest seasons have not Injured
the crop so managed, and corn is
managed in precisely the same way as
regards cultivation: The potatoes
grow very near the surface, and some
lluLtS Will SUul0 SUI 10 tllC lOloC-LOO 10
fixed to scrape a little soil to the rows
to cover the tubers, but not enough to
raise a ridge. This is done upon light
soil. 1t is a question if, in a wet
season and upon heavy soil, it would
not be a bad plan, and if it would not
ba hotter to haya the %nOt3tOpS well
ridged up OF even put in hills. We are
inclined to think it would, but the
trouble is to know when the season
will be a wet one For several years
past the dry weather has been the
greatest trouble. This, however, is a
point to be decided by the owner of
heavy soil.-NeU York Times.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-07-19
RGESOsDect&Osa.
7Sough the west is all aglow,
Crimson above and gold below
look to the east.

asough the west is all aglow,
Crimson above and gold below
Hook to the east.
Downward sinks the blessed sun,
kissing the west, his days work done
look to the east.
Every face and every eye
Shining reflects the evening gb.
] look TO the east.
Jewels fash in rays of fire,
Burning in ruby and sapph'
Hook to the east.
My e-es will not turn away
From the skies where dawned the day,
/ look to the east
Shining skies for other eyes,
Other suns for them shall risa
Ilook to the east.
Memories of the morning Thrill
AS the evening never will,
l1-Ok 10 Jl6 east.
In the present, sorrow stands,
Holds me fast with both her hand.
/ look to the east.
In the future Heaven lies
Dim-uncertain to our eyes
/ look to The east.
Nothing can the past impair,
Strong in outline, fresh and fair
/ look to the east.
Backward through the vale of years,
Not with smiles, and not with tears,
I look to the east.
Not with signing and regret,
Courage still remains-oh, yet
l look to the east!
-ada C. Sweet, IN Chicago Current
The Opelousas courier., 1884-07-19

A gunsmith, of Charlotte, N. c.. has
made a novel gun for a nan who is
blind in his right eye, and who cannot
boot from his left shoulder. The
stock Of the gun is curved SO that
when the butt is placed against his
right shoulder the gun-barrel falls in a
straight line with his left eye.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-07-19

In Mexico they pick strawberri
and peoples pockets every month IN
the year.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-07-19

The government of this school is strict but
parental; no hard tasks or restrictions are
imposed, but every student must comply with
the rules, and must prepare up to the meas,
'ure of her ability, the lessons assigned.
Our course of study and mode of instruc.
ton are to train the mind to habits of correct
thinking and thorough investigation. No
student will be allowed to enter higher class.
es wi thout thorough preparation. Parents
and guardians may rest assured that the
manners, health and morals of their eeiidren
and wards shall receive due attention.
No deduction for absence, unless In case
of protracted illness. The location of the
town is healthful and easy of access. The
boarding department is under tlo immedi
ate charge of Mrs. Hayes. Roarders Willpro-
vide themselves with blankets and towels.
For particulars address
MRS. M. M. HAYES,
july 2S'33-nov 27'79 Principal.
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R OF TUITIoNb

Preparatory Department. per month So
Academic 800
Music. with use OF piano, 500
neardino. including washing. lights and
fuel, 1906
Embroidery, wax flowers, painting.
drawing. each, extra, 1906
Incidental fee, 10i
The Opelousas courier., 1884-07-19
Opelousas, Sept. 6, 1881.
opELOUsAs FEMALE INSTITUTE.
Opelousas. St. Landry Parish, La.

UVBt0HSGS' ~ LUHUT q 7 WTSJ, III.
THIS Institution will resume duties Nor.
L day, Sep ember Sd, 1883, under the i'm
mediate supervision of Mrs. M. M. HAYES
and Mrs. M. A. Davis, with competent as
sistants. The scholastic year consists of
FORTY weeks.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-07-19

jUDE'S LIGHT.

The larlous story thai Comes from .
Little Hamlet Ina Georgia.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-10-20
Vital QuestionsIll

Ash The most eminent physician
OF any school what Is the best thing In
the world for quoting and allayinR all
Irritation of the nerves. and curing nil
forms of nervous complaints, giving nat
ural childlike, refreshing always sleep?
And they will tell you unhcsitatingly
"lSomeJorm Of Hops ~"
CHAPTER l.
Ask any or all Of the most eminent
physicians;
What is the best and only remedy that
can be relied ON TO cure all diseases of the
kidneys aud urinary organs; such a.
Brights disease. diabetes. rAention or
inability 90 retain urine, and all the dis
eases and ailments peculiar to Women
And they will toll you explicitly and
emphatica'ly "Buchu mr.
Ask the same physicians
What is the most reliable and surcst
cure for all liver diseases or dyspepsia;
constipation, indigestion, hlliousness, ma
laria, fever, ngue, &c." aud they will tell
you:
Mdndratcl or Ddndclionyii"
Hence, when these remedies are combined
with others equally valuable,
And compounded into Hop Bitters such
wonderful aud mysterious curative power IL
developed, which Is so varied in its operations
that noe disease or III health can possibly exist
/ or resist It's power, and yet Il Is
Harmless for the most frail woman, weakest
! invalid or smallest child TO use.
CHAPTER II.
| Patients
Almost dead or nearly dying
For years, and given up by physicians
Of Brights and other kidney diseases
| liver complaints, severe coughs, called
consumption, have been cured,
Women gone nearly crdsy mn
From agony Of neuralgia, nervousness,
wakefulness, and various diseases pecu-
liar to women.
People drawn out Of shape from excrucat-
ing pangs Of rheumatism, inGammatory and
chronic, or suffering from scrofula
Eryspelns
"Saltrhcum, blood poisoning, dyspepsia, In.
Digestion and, in fact almost all diseases
iratl"
Nature Is heir to
Have been cured by Hop Bttcrs, proof Of
which eau DO found In every neighborhood in
the known world
RD-None genuine without bunch Of green
Hops on the white label. shun all vile, poi.
sonous stun with Hop or Hops in their
| name.
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mand western quiet. southern white. 660G0c;
DO. yellow Moose: western mixed year, ~
@ioci January, isc asked, Oats quiet ana
steady southern, 3l03jc: western white $50
BIC, do. mixed, 8OO3lc Pennsylvania, 3l63c
Ryo steady ut 62CG6ic. Hay firm; primo to
choice Pennsylvania and Maryland, slb.00e
1000. Provisions steady with fair Inquiry, mess
pork, sll.50 bulk meats shoulders aud clear rib
sides, packed, P4dl014 ;bacOn--shoulders, $40;
clear rib sides, llt4c hams, lblSalG19c; lard
refined, go. Butter firm for choice; western
choice to fancy, 20G22c; creamery 2202sc.
Eggs steady and quiet ig92Oc; western, 21Gr2lc
near by. Petroleum dull; refined. 73SgTl4c
Coffee dull and easy; Rio cargoes, ordinary
to fair, pCDl0c. sugar quiet, sof. &C
Copper-Renncd quiet at i2i.di2lSc. whisky
steady at 81 .isDi19. Frcights TO Liverpool per
steamer dull cotton, 3.idd; -four, Isl grain
I'd. Receipts-Flour LOO barrels. wheat, 1900
bushels. corn. 500 bushels; oats 900 bushels;
rye, 300 bushels. hipmcnts-Wheat, $1,000
bushels: corn, 5000 bushels. sales-Wheat
$4,000 bushels; corn, 1900 bushels.
BALTIMORE STOCK Market
BALTIMORE, oct. 1S.--No bid for anything
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ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.

The Powhatan, Capt, Lester A. Boardslon
arrived nj Bostonon Saturday from Portsmouth,
The Mohican, which Is under repair at the
Mare Island navy yard, will be ready to be nut
in commission about the middle Of November
Col. II. Clay Wood, U. $. A., has reported to
Gen Nelson A. Miles At Fort Vancouver,
Washington Territory, rs adjutant general of
the department of Columbia.
Assistant Engineer Richard T. Isbcster, o.
$, NJ who was invalldcd home from the
lackawann0, Pacific squadron, was placed in
the Insane asylum hero ON saturday,
The President on Saturday designated Lieut..
Gen Sheridan to act MS secretary Of war during
the absence Of Secretary Lincoln, aud also
designated Rear Admiral Edwari r. Hiohoisto
act rs secretary OF the navy during the absence
OF Secretary Chandler.
Mai Gen. W. $. Hancock Col Chas. suthcr-
land, surgeon; COL Alexander j. Perry, assist
ant quartcrmastcr general; Lieut., Col. VIM. u.
Whipplc, assistant adlutAnt general, and Mai.
John II, JanewRy, surgeon compose retiring
board which was ordered on saturday by the
President to convene ut Governors island nj
the call of ten. Hancock
The secretary of war Saturday ordered n
board of officers, consisting of Capt William s.
WORTH Sth infantry; Capt BENJAMIN n. Pope,
assistant SURGEON, aud First Lieut.. Thumns a.
Davenport, 9th cavalry, tn assemble at the WAL
department tomorrow to examine INTO and
report upon the qualification of candidates foT
appointment rs sNporlnlendents Of national
cemeteries.
The following orders were issued from the
navy deparlmenE saturday Assistant En-,
giuCrr a, T.. Smith, TO duty in the bureau oil
steam ongneerlngi navy department Pay
master W. W. Woodruff, as Inspector of pro.
Visions aud clothing, navy yard, League
Island, Pa, 3si instant; Paymaster 4, ID.
BNcho, detached from duty as inspector OF
| provisions aud clothing, navy yard League
Island, 3lsI instant, to settle accounts and wait
orders.
The following army orders wcro issued sat
! urlay' Leave OF absence OF Second Lieut.
| Frederick 5, Calhoun, lIlh Infantry, rNtunlod
| two months leave granted Second Lieut. John
| y, Glass, 9th cavalry, for three months thr
sick leave granted First Lieut. George X
! Spencer 10Th Infantry, Is extended Six
! months the leave granted Capt Thomas
| IroNol lith Infantry extended two months
! Assistant surgeon John l.. Phillips, detached
from duty in the department Of Tie east and
ordered tn report TO tho commanding general
of the department of Dakota for duty; Capt
| George shorkley, 10Th infantry, ordered u fo
! port before retiring board Of which Mai. Con
! Hancock Is president leave granted 10 col
John r. Brooke, sd infantry, Is extended Il
| Nov, Ia.
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DIED.

WORMLEY.-T funeral of JAMES woRM-
Li.S will take place from MS lao residence, cor.
Flfteenth aud II streets northwest, on Tuesday
next, the 2lst instant, NJ p'clOcS p. m. Thr
relatives and friends Of the hpiiy are Invited To
attend. 80
LuNDY.-On saturday. oct. IL, 1854. at
1880 D. M. MARY H. w.lo VI Emmor X. Llndy,
god 40 years.
Funeral nj u IN Tuesday, Oct. II, from her
late residence, 1874 NJ street north vest Inter
ment at Congressional Ce.nst ry.
ROGUE IN sunday, Oct. Ia. 1854, at IL o.
of her age, MARGARET FLJRN. briuved ilaughte.
Ut George W aud tp late la 'lds :. IONlc.
Funeral from nor nith RS residence, Dl3 I.
l. ttreGt northwest AT 800 T.. M. MDniaE, Oct,
40. Relatives and lends ara requested 10 ~
tend.
MATTINGLY.-Oct IL, at ll;l5 y. M,
ELEANOR, wife of Francis Mntlingly.
Fun, raj from her iHlr rcsiirure, ut Mount
p. IN. No nOwrrs Friends u the Amily up ir.
Ing to attend will lind clrrRyr waiting 80 W. a.
Spearc's CindertakerJ, No OiO trrel, until :
O'Clock.
LYME on the morning Of the 10Th instant.
nj his late residence No, iil2 Indiana avenue
northwest, in this city, 4. u. IlNE, Of Missouri.
The remains Of the deceased VIII be- sent -
his home for intermonI.
WALKER,-Sunday. October IN, 1854, nj
D:46 4. M, of brain Ner. AMY GEhrRvpE, be-
Loved and only child af Joseph and Julia QUAR-
trllle Walker, aged year II months nndS days.
Notice Of funeral IN afternoon papers.
philadelphia papers please copy.
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HOTEL PERSONALS.

Mr.. Edward Sothcrn, the actor, and several
members of his company, arrived at Willards
hotel last night
Charles +. Brown, Of San Francisco, arrived
Mt the Ebbitt house last night to attend the
meeting Of the Supreme Council S5' Scottish
Rite.
II. A. Robinson and II. w Doollttlc, New
York; Col. Egcrton Allen, Tcnby, England;
G.. NJ Johnston, Louisville; G. II. Waite
Watertown, n. Y, registered ut Wizards yes
terday.
Mr.. and Mrs, T.. T.. Chamberlin, John r.,
Bradlee,. }. y. Hill, and q. y, Lewis, OF Bos'
ton; 4. e. Dodsworth and wife, Newport, Ky;
and Il. $. White and wife, Brooklyn, arrived
at the Riggs house yesterday.
Gen. VIM. W. Beknap, Iowa; J. l.. Dutais,
W. :. Smith, and Henry A.. Robinson, New
York; Theodore J. Fischer, New Orleans, and
Stevenson Burke and wife and W. Is. Sanders
Cleveland, are ut the Arlington.
+. NJ. Foote and W. A. Foote, South Beud
Ind. John j. Mcneil, IT,, Omaha. Neb. Il, D
Clarke, Maryland; l.. T. Curr, Kansas: j. o
Howell, North Carolina: W. a. Mutzer, U. ;
n. G. A. Brockiord Columbus, Ohio; ). II
Parmello, Connecticut, are at the st, James
n. A. willard, II. McGraham, aud Miss Grace
| McGraham, New York; Chaplain Richnrt
| Hayward, U. S. n: II. l.. Doolittlc, New Yorf;
| John G. Speaks, Winchester Ohio; W. l.. Var
mum and !. w. Wooster, U. $. N; Il, Benjamin
Wall and servant and Alfred Clagctt New
| York; Charles f. Brown, supreme council 10
Scottish Rite San Francisco Cal, are at tn
Ebbitt.
Stephen A. Ryan, Atlanta. Ca; Mrs. b. q
Smith, Washington; c Il. Chamberlain, Cal
weston, Texas q, =. Rogers, Binghamton; !
W. Rath and wife, Philadelphia (; ]. W. Leach
city; j. W. Oliver and wife, Chattanooga; J. :
Bassctt and wife, Lccsburg Va; l.. Abbott
Rochester, n. y. Charles Blackwell, Ney
York; Hon, Clement Dowd and Miss ~
powd, Charlotte, n. c.; G, +. Cooper and wife
| MOuut Vernon. Ohio. Henry Saunders AM
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Reception to Miss Freoberthyser,

A complimentary reception was given to
Miss Mamie Freeherthysof, OF Albany ~ Y,
daughter of Prof Frccbcrthyser, under the
tNn hail T sveninr ThS nv gS6E inr
several choruses, followed by MIR. Schlutcr
with solo entitled hThG Bravo" The star of
the evening was Miss fTeeberthyser, who sang
with great effect. At the conclusion Mr..
Iiurkhart thanked the audience in neat
gDpplh.
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~ ST., west side, bet, Il and SITS, 4, W., lot 50,
Mattingly ct al. sub. of So 1915, James s. Ed.
wards, trustee, to Andrew OchmHnn, $3.50.
n. H. ave, west side at the $. W. cor. Of l. st.
II. w., lot I, Wilmer ct nj. sub. of 50. 90,
George j. johnson ct al. to Addie Barnes
Benedict, SlS0D.
ST., north side, bet 22d and 23d SITS. n, W.,
lots ? and t. So. 81, the heirs OF Marsham
Warning, deceased, to =. Norris Thorne, 50, 100.
@ st., south side, bet. 18th and 18th SITS. II. W.,
part lots n, -. and %, of Kingman's sub OF
50. oil, John A. J. Creswell, trustee, for the
Citizens National bank, TO Theodore \.
Harding, $3.50.
Sampson st., south side, bet 1ith and 18th SITS.
II, W., the east half of lot 40, Drury's sub. OF
sd. 300, EbeneZer Morrison to the trustees OF
the Second White Onk Baptist church, s37,
18th st., east side bet. Mass. ave. and y st. II,
W., pit. lot 10, 50. los, Matilda II. lornblowel
to Fanny Benll, S3,iSS.S7
10th ST., east side, bet. q and SITS. H. W. lot q
Chapmnn's sub. of 50. B6l, Edwin S. Cola
mer to BENJAMIN X Plain. $500
III st., north side, bet. 9Th and Sth sts s. W., pit
lot 4, So 43S, John IL. Dowell to Joseph A
BOWLER $3.50.
l. St. south side, bet. 10Th and 2lst sts n. W.. 10
y, 50. 20, Susan G. Choate to william L. Alb
bott, dl50O.
Lawrence st., south side, bet. 18th and 10Th SITS
| II. W., lots 20, u, Is, and 10 of Mayhew's sui
Of So. l23, Hugh 7. Taggart, trustee, to Ellel
Carey, s2,92j
COUNTY.
Ivy City. lot |, sec 3, Mary J. snowden to Lu
ellie O. Miller ST5
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THH BLOOD WOULD RuN.-for five years !
was great sufferer from catnrrh. My nOstrils
were so sensitive could not bear the lgnst bit
Of dust; at times so bad the blood would run,
and ut night could hardly breathe. AUer
trying many things without benefit used Elys
Cream Balm. am living witness Of Its Ell
cacy. PETER BRucE, farmer Ithaca, n. y.
Easy to use: price 80 cents
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BY GEN. q. t. BEAUREGAnD.

NEW DooKs'
A Naturallsrs Rambles About Home. Abbott.
Thomas Bewlch and Ills Pupils. Dobson.
DIR. Sevler. q. w. Cable.
Leisure Hours Among tho Gems Hamlin.
Love and Mirage.
In Partnership. Branner Mathews and IL. G.
RunnCr.
Judith Shakespeare WIN Black
Country Cousins. InTersoll.
The Amazons Carl vasmner.
History of Presidential Elections. stanwood.
Sea Change. Flora H. Shaw.
The Story of Country Town. Flora l. Shaw.
Jack Archers. g. 4. Henty
suwance River Tales Sherwood Bonner
Speeches and Arguments of David Dudley Field
WIN. II. MORRISON.
d75 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE
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Washlnlton Sioux Exchange Quotations.


BlTrMORE. oct lS.--CottOn dull; mid.
ding, glic. Flour steady; fair demand. Howard
street and western superiine, s2,2)9275; do.
extra, s49OG375 do family s3,7jQfi,75; city
mills superhne 50 21G2.75 do. extra, sS.0OGo
315; do. Rio brands, Si.G2lJiV patapsco
family, $3.50 do, suporlntiyt patent, 5000
Manifestation steady; western lower and
inactive, southern rod S2aS7c; do amber 900
p(c; No, | Maryland, Sii5i1SSc; No. western
Winter red spot sli1Dsilsc frcsh; November,
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TO all who arc suffering from the errors and
early decay, loss Of manhpol, 80, will SEMI
pro0ipH that VIII euro YOU irrl Of eharga
ThisgreaI remedy Was discovered byd mis-
sionary Ia south AmoriCa iend q salEl |.
dressedgnyelopet 20 the ROY, Joseph I, lngnSn.
Station D., New NoIk City