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Morning journal and courier., 1884-02-26

Absolutely the latest thing in the way of clubs is the ''Stand Aside'' club which has been formed within the past week in this city. This club proposes te surpass ail others, and hence the name. There afe hve charter members and the offices have been divided among them as follows: President, Press Eldridge vioe president. E. Strauss; sec retary, Billy Williams; treasurer, Morris Cohn; corresponding secretary, Isaac Hart enstein. The club intends giving ball on Easter Monday night which shall surpass anything of the kind ever held in this city. Many have already applied for membership in the club.
Morning journal and courier., 1884-02-26

To make children healthy use plenty of air, plenty of nailk. plenty of sleep, and always have bottle of Dr. Bulls Cough Syrup in case of croup.
Morning journal and courier., 1884-02-26
Entertainments.

LECTURES TO MECHANICS.
 The Sheffield Scientific school course of lectures to mechanics will be commenced this evening at North Sheffield Hall. The lecture will be on the subject of "'The Relation of Literature to Life'' and will be delivered by Charles Dudley Warner. The tickets are only $1 for the whole course of twelve lec- tur0S.
Morning journal and courier., 1884-02-26

Amy Child Gan play on the Orchestrone and produce as good music as an experienced organist. Read advertisement. MATHUsHEK WARERooMs, de29tf 257 Chapel Street.
Morning journal and courier., 1884-02-26

Prevent serious sickness by taking occasionally of EmOry's Little Catharttc Pill s, wonder full appetizer, absolute preventive and cure of Biliousness pleasant to tale, sugar-coated. Ask your druggist for them and take Other.-I5 cents
Morning journal and courier., 1884-02-26

tsAmerican Cough Drops"i is far ahead of the ordi- nary remedies for coughs and colda It is liquid preparation put from an old doctors prescription and very eectual in subduing chronic and obstin ate cases goes further and frequently cures sumption, asthma and catarrh in the head. Sold by all druggists at 35 cents bottle.
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Morning journal and courier., 1884-02-26

T. J. Buckner, Morgautown, Ind, writes "I sell great deal of Dr. Wishart's Pine Tree Tar Cordial, and it gives entire satisfac- tion." f25 6d1w
Morning journal and courier., 1884-02-26

Vegetine has never failed to cure the most infiexible case of oanker. f26 sod3t1tw
Morning journal and courier., 1884-02-26

SECOND-OurC Carpet and UE clusively in the interests of our pa only. We purchase our carpets 1n dealer dare attempt. and when ma felt in the inner channel of trade, pet dealer are seldom heard, and W This is tide in the affairs of Carp in life time.
Morning journal and courier., 1884-02-08

that really contributed more than anything else to Gen. Jackson's quarrel with Calhoun and drove the latter into the nulllhcatlon project. The Cabinet was convulsed and broken up under the same pressure. And 1t Is unquestionably true that Mir Van Buren gained the Presidency by siding with Jack son in this matter. Mrs. Eaton does not ap- pear to have been 8 specially remarkable woman in any way. She was passably hand some and intelligent, and her father had been an old friend of Gen. Jackson. When Major Eaton married her she was widow, her first husband, purser in the navy, having com mitted suicide. leaving her with two children and very little fortune. According to the best testimony she was not in fact wanton or bad woman, but only a careless and indis- erect one. She liked admiration and social excitement but was not given, we should say, to intrigue and calculation, and the cir cumstances which made her such 8 promi- nent factor in Washington affairs were princi- pally accidental rather than of her own choosing or causing. It Is none the less true,
 however, that she was the occasion of more contention and more political manouvring and animosity than any other one woman who has ever figured in American history.
 Soon after the close of the Jackson Adminis-
 tration she was again left widow, and rich one at that, and she continued to live iu Washington for many years in elegant styl though she never succeeded in overcoming the old prejudice against her or in winning the measure of social recognition which Gen Jackson stroVe so hard and perseveriugly tC secure for her. Near the close of her life when experience should have saved her from
 such folly, she took third husband ln the person of worthless young Italian dancing master, who squandered her fortune anc | brought her in poverty and sorrow to th' grave at the age of eighty four years.
Morning journal and courier., 1884-02-08
Peggy O'Neal.
The Woman Who Seriously TrOubled
 JRekson's Cabinet.

Jackson's Cabinet.
 From Review of Partsn's Noted Wonen.J
 Another woman of different kind, Peg O'Neal, better known as Mrs. Eaton, is re- called by MT. Parton in 8 very readable chapter. She was the pretty and vivaclous but not over-prudent tavern keepers daught- CT in Washington, you know, who became the wife of Gen. Jacksons Secretary Of War, and in whose social behalf the whole power of the Jackson Administration was brought to bear with so much determination ana with such unusual consequences. The ladies or Washington made up their minds with one accord that Mrs Eaton was an improper and unworthy woman, and that they would not call upon her nor recognize her Tn any way as the wife of Cabinet minister Gen. Jackson took her part, and became her per- sonal champion, using every means at his command to compel attention and considers tion for her. s.I have had in my hands, says Mir Parton. Hundreds of pages of manu- script in Gen. Jackson's writing, all relating to this affair."" He summoned the propaga- tors of the scandals concerning her; he made her case a topic of Cabinet discussion; he threatened representatives of foreign govern ments with dismissal on her account; he sent his own niece away from the White House because she refused to second his efforts in the tabooea woman's favor. But it was all futile "Gen. Jacksons will was strong, '' MT Parton observes, but he discovered on this occasion that womans won't was strong er" In spite of all his faming and storming, the ladies resolutely refused to have anything to do with Mrs. Eaton. When she appeared in cotillon at a fashionable ball, they would immediately retire from it; when seated next to her at supper, they would quit the table; when brought tete-a-tete with her in conver- sation, they would turn their backs upon her and otherwise manifest their utter dissp- proval of her presence.
 It was this controversy over Mrs. Eaton
Morning journal and courier., 1884-02-08
SINGLE COPIES TWO CENTS.
Friday, FebruarY 8. 1884.
STUDY AT HOME.


 The board of education of Milwaukee has recently made an investigation whose results will interest parents all over the country. This investigation was undertaken for the purpose of finding out how much studying at home is done by the public school children of Milwaukee. It was found that the prac- tice of assigning nome work'' is common to all the schools of the city. It begins with pupils In the lowest grades, and the time required for such work increases with the chlld's progress. In the intermediate grades cases are not rare in which pupils nine or ten years of age are given tasks which, by the teachers estimate, will require from an hour to an hour and half, and the investi gator is of the opinion that teachers esti mates ought ao be increased by more than one-half. As the pupil goes on from nine or ten to twelve or fifteen years of age, the requirements of home study more than keep pace with his growth in years. An inter esting feature of the investigation was the discovery that the system is regarded with wholesome disfavor by the teachers On this point the investigator says: "The de- scr1ption given by one of our best teachers of the work she and her pupils are endeavor- ing to perform and the poignant solicitude for the result of examination is simply pitt full. It is cry of distress"
 The investigator reached two conclusions: First, that the practice of studying at home operates to the positive injury of the pupil, both mentally and physically; second, that it is unnecessary, save in exceptional cases, as xub jda fuau ;o of discipline. The proof that it is unneces- sary is furnished by the fact that in two or three schools the assignment of home lessons, except to the highest classes, is not practiced, and that these schools are well known to hold position equal to that of any graded schools h the city or State. The chief cause Tor the imposition of these outside tssks is the ''cramming'' required for examinations, and the investigator very properly says of these examinations that they ''have supplanted in the minds of many pupils, parents and teachers all true conceptions of what mental growth consists"
 The first remedy for the evil of too much study at home is, the Milwaukee investigator thinks, reform in the examination system. He would have examinations held much less frequently than now, and eliminate, so far as possible, the ''erammiDg' basis on which they are now conducted. He would have the examination test the pupils knowledge of his studies, rather than his capacity for stuffing his memory with lot of formulas and figures. With this change, he thinks, the only excuse for the requirement. of outside duty would vanish, as the six hours of the regular sessions furnish time enough for such tsRks as should be assigned.
 There is good deal of truth in all this, though VIC do not imagine that very many children do themselves irreparable damage by studying too much at home, or anywhere else. But some do, and the stcramming'' system is all wrong.
Morning journal and courier., 1884-02-08
OUR FEBRUARY
 SALE.

ITS EXTENT-Our entire stock if the people will.
 ITS TIME LIMIT-Till the 22d o1 r February.
 ITS METHOD-TO mark down our regular first class stock of goods putting the new prices bes1de tne old in plain figures. To give gen. utne bargains in good goOdss and not to introduce job lots of rub bish for the sake of a cheap effect. Remnants to be taken out of reg ular stock and put on special counters, marked by the piece. ITS PURPOSE To clear our Shelves and fOrtify our excheQ- uer in anticipation of Spring Goods now coming forward and soon to be paid for.
 ITS PRINCIPLES-TO take what we can get for the balance OfOur Winter Stock. The profits of the season have been made, and the only question now is to get rid Ofthe remainder Of stock. There fore in putting on the new prices we do not think of what the arti- cIes cost, or what it is worth, but what price will be CERTAIN to sell it NOW, right off.
 SOME EXAMPLES-CI that were the last time you looked at them $75, to-day you will find marked $59; some that were $46 you may now get for $25-that is S<al there are not many. A lot of very desirable mantles that you saw last week marked $14 you will now find ticketed $1O. Seal Plush cIOaking that was SIS yard you can now have for SIS. Children's WOOlen Stock ings, fine French Goods that were all the way from soc to $1 @ pair, you can now get for just HALF THE OLD PRICES. All our remnants of Silks and Dress Goods have been bundled up and laid on counter near our east door, with prices marked on each piece that range from a fourth to three-f0urths of the former price, mostly about a half Blankets for BE a pair, the selling of which at $2.5O a pair made our competitors feel bad. These are but a very few exam ples of what we are doing. You must come every day if you mean to get the benefit of our present operations, for we shall be every day making lower prices as we see occasion.
 NOTICE ESPECIALLY Tho ex- tremeIy low prices at which you can buy Bleached and Brown Cotton SheetiDgs and PillOw-cas- ings, CaIicOes, Ginghams Seor- suckers and Shirtings.
 J.N. &Co.
Morning journal and courier., 1884-02-08

Jersey justice deals with small matters as
 severely as with large. boy twelve years old was tried and convicted at Jersey City for breaking into a house and robbing 8 childs bank of one cent.
Morning journal and courier., 1884-02-08

It is suggested that ex-Govsrnor Butler be made governor of Utah. This is not a bad idea. He would help make things warm for the Mormons, and he can easily be spared by Massachusetts.
Morning journal and courier., 1884-02-08

A good idea in politics has cropped out in Brooklyn. Several hundred gentlemen of that city have received a circular signed by twenty or thirty men who do not belong to the Republican machine" This circular contains the following: ''It has been sug- gested that the next anniversary of Washing tons Birthday might be appropriately cele- brated by a social gathering of members of the Republican patty who believe that the success of that party at the next Presidential election can be assured only by the adoption of measures and the nomination of men fitted to command the hearty approval and support of the independent thoughtful and discrimi- hating voters of the United States. For the purpose of carrying out this suggestion the undersigned have been appointed commit tee to arrange for public dinner in the As sembly Rooms of the Brooklyn Academy of Music, on February 22, at o'clock D. m. " This will probably be very interesting and influential meeting.
Morning journal and courier., 1884-02-08

to cease. In the midst of the desultory firing there came strong Hibernian voice from out of the bushes, 'Howld up, yez scoundrels. We have surrindered, and yer dllin' Dimocrats ''
Morning journal and courier., 1884-02-08

United States senators are receiving a pos tai card bearing the names of tine people in their State who own Western Union stock, together with the warning that the passage of the postal telegraph bill would be an inju- " to their constituents.
Morning journal and courier., 1884-02-08
EDITORIAL SUTk $,

The Hartford Herald has died. A news, paper cannot live upon faith.
Morning journal and courier., 1884-02-08

The Paris ragpickers held public meeting recently, at which resolution was passed protesting against the order of the profect of the Seine to depositinR rubbish in boxes The master rag-gatherer, who presided, said there were 50, 900 persons in Paris who lived by rag gathering and that the prefect of the Seine, in choosing . time of commercial crisis for his measure had chosen a time when such measure fell hardest on them. It was also shown that manufacturers of cheap fabrics would suffer.
Morning journal and courier., 1884-02-08

It is thought that the bill now before the Massachusetts legislature providing for elementary instruction in the public schools in the use of hand tools will become 8 law. The arguments in favor of the bill were to the effect that the State must cultivate the in dustrial skill of its youth if it would maintain it's supremacy, and that the public schools of today do not do enough to fit children to earn their living, and that this measure is intended to remedy this deficiency.
Morning journal and courier., 1884-02-08

Some of the Democratic papers in this
 State appear to be heartily opposed to the
 biennial sessions idea, but the Boston Post, the chief Democratic daily in Massachusetts, does not take the same view of this matter that some of it's esteemed Democratic COZ temporaries in this State do. A proposed constitutional amendment providing for bi- ennial elections ard sessions is before the
 Massachusetts legislature and the Post says: ! There has been mo- question be-
 fore the legislature in some time
 that has seemed to us of greater i'm portapce than this-none which afforded us
 better opportunity to diminish our surplus { of politics simply for the sake of politics.
 There can be no doubt that majority of the people, not only of Massachusetts but of the l country. would regard the success of ttis
 proposition as measure of progress, tending ! to increase the intelligence of our legislation ! and strengthen our institutions
Morning journal and courier., 1884-02-08

The following 'tgood one" is going the rounds, credited to Colonel Dart, of Georgia, a confederate during the war; 'sI have al- ways had" said he, "a great respect for the valor of the Massachusetts troops, and there was one regiment particularly, the Ninth, which fought us like tigers. It SO happened that during several engagements we were pittsd against each other, and there was much desperate work, can assure you. During one of our encounters, we were fcrtu- nate enough to surround one of their con- panies, and as we were shooting away tney'
 seeing that unless they surrendered they were in danger of annihilation, showed the white hag. Unfortunately, this was nos seen by my entire command. and several shots were fired after had given the order
Morning journal and courier., 1884-02-08

The French war transport ship Poitou has just left Tonlon for China, having on board complete military balloon equipment, which was despatched from the arsenal at Meudon and filled nine railroad wagons. The corps consists of one hundred men, including . colonel and two captains, is intended to act specially ia ambuscades, and is attached to the artillery. The balloons are manufac- tured of the finest silk, and will be inflated with vitriol acid gas. A complete photo graphic apparatus is attached to each car, which can turn out one hundred impressions second and printed instantaneously, be- sides prismstio compasses, aneroids,. ther. mometers, and other scientific instruments of recent invention. including the new electro magnetic balancing bar, which prevents the balloon from gyrating, and, it is expected, will be the means of eventually dispensing with ballast. -
Morning journal and courier., 1884-02-08
REV. VIM. T. WORTH
Neuralgia, Kidney Complaints, and Rheumatism Yield
 to Vegetine.

BowERY BEACH, Me, Nov 5, lS79- Ms H. R. STEvENs-Dear Sir: For 20 years my wife was great sufferer from NeAro0ia, and with in that time, has tried great many kinds of med1cneg but received benefit until she took the Re0tIe and since taking it. has received much benefit, she takes great pleasure in recommending it to all suffering from NeurdEgiG Kidney complaint
 For many years have been great sufferer from Rheumatism, and have never found anything that gave me the relief that Ve0ine has, Therefore, take pleasure in recommending it to one suffering rom RaeMnatls1n, as being of the best blood purifiers DOW in use. KEY A. COQk,
Morning journal and courier., 1884-02-08
Vegetfne is Sold by all Druggists.
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Tell the children to cut out and save the comic silhouette pictures they appear from issue to issue They will be pleased with the collection.
Morning journal and courier., 1884-02-08

ssarcher for truth writes from Portland, Oregon, that the great Northwest is not the place tor men without some money. He adds that if men who are down a t the hee and played out everywhere else continue to push forward into Oregon that great State will be fools paradise by another year, with more tramps than there were in New England just after the collapse in 1873. Clerks. and mechanics may as well stay where they are, and, indeed, the farmer who has from $500 to $500 will do better to stay at home than to spend it all in travelling to an une1plored country.
 The Bhinese must go, say tho inn abitants of British Columbia. They have been pour ing into the pro vince of late years until their number is now estimated at IS 1000, and all the complaints which California has made so familiar are urged sgainst them. The pro- vincial government contsmplases vigorous measures. A bill has been introduced which provides that every Chinese person above If years of age shall pay into the treasury $1oo per annum, for which 8 license will be grant, cd, and any Chinaman found without H. cense must pay fine of $40. This is a queer and severe measure.
Morning journal and courier., 1884-02-08

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Morning journal and courier., 1884-02-08

This space is owned by BLACKWELL'S BULL.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1884-10-04
The Congressional nlectio. Law.

1t will be seen by reference 10 sec
tion 3, Act I0l of 1882, which pub.
lish below, that the Cemmissiters OF
election will have to be provieo9@
two boxes in one box the yms for
members of Congress shall be Ppos-
tied, in the other the votes for !. ctors.
Here 10 the law: "a
That all General Elections fossepre-
sentatives in Congress, shall sn held
on the first Tuesday next Fl owing
the first Monday in Novemherf 1882,
and every two years thereaf Il; and
shall be conducted in the sams1 banner
as elections for Representative9ho the
General Assembly, except thAt the
names of persons voted for as Represen
tatives to Congress shall be printed Oh
a separate ballot and be deposited IN
separate box.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1884-10-04
Grand Ratification Meeting at
OpelOusas. Oct. no, Is8A.


The committee appointed to make arrange
nents for tho Democratic Mass Meeting to be
held at Opelousas on Oct. 10th 1884, met, at
the Courthouse, pursuant to call OF chairman
Were present: E. D. Estilette, chairman, Or.
w. Al. Robertson, G. w. DuROy, Il. Q. Cha
cher6, j. NJ. Martin, Placide Robin, j. .. Ly-
ons.
On motion of DIR. Robertson, it was unani.
rnOusIy ResolUed that the committee proceed
to make the proper arrangements for the
Democratic Mass Meeting to be held Oct.
10th at Opeleusas, by naming the President
and Vice Presidents of said Mass Meeting and
the proper committees.
Whereupon the following selections were
made
President DR. r H. Littell, Vice Presidents,
+. 3, Perrodin, Fl. M. Dunbar, A. purio, a.
a, Richard, L. u. Prescott, g. Dossman,
DR.. q. T. Young, H. Barousse, NJ. Arenas,
John N. Ogden, P. ID. Richard, j. Quebedeaux.
T. Al, Hicks, o. Fontenot, A. G. Morris, Z,
8. Eontenot, ". Sayoie, Edmund Harmon
Reception Committee Z. II. Lewis, Z. Mis-
trio, Paul Stagg Louis Young, G. %. Thomp-
son. H. Mache, j. NJ Martin, j. j. Thompson,
=. E. McGee, Joseph Roy.
Finance Committee g. Gomeau, q. Deia-
houssaye, E. G. Roger, 5. j. q. Gerdon,
AoiiiIIe Dupr6 DIR. Louis DeBaill0n, Francois
Savoia, Laurent Dossman, Orsamus Hays.
DR.. Robertson moved that these proce eedings
be published HI all the parish papers 81, I,arriea.
6. w. DURay Chairman.
Secretary
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1884-10-04
The Cholera.

Rome, Sept. %. In the Kingdom OF
Italy in the past twenty-fouF hours
there has been reported 405 NEW cases
and 222 deaths, including 1i6 esases and
"a deaths at Nanles. and SO CASE, and "a
deaths at Genoa.
Since the outbreak of the dise..a~A,-i il
Italy 1920 persons have.been attacked
and 9460 have died.
Madrid, Sept. 28.-During the past
twenty -four hours throughout the chol-
era a-infected district there were 8 new
cases and deaths.
Paris, Sept. 26.-There were 3 deaths
from cholera in South France to-day.
Oran, Sept. 28.-Six suspected cases
are reported here five proved fatal.