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The Opelousas courier., 1884-01-26
Amendment MO q.

ART. I46. .sAll fees and charges
fixed by law for the various Civil
Courts of the parish of Orleans, and
for the Register of Conveyances and
Recorder of Mortgages of said parish,
shall enure to the State, and all sums
realized therefrom shall be set aside
and held as a special fund, ont of
which shall be paid, by preference.
the expenses of the Clerk of the Civil
District Court, the Clerks of the city
Courts, the Register of Conveyances
and Recorder of Mortgages of the par
ish of Orleans , provided that the
State shall never make any yment
to any Sheriff, Clerk, Register Of Com
veyances or Recorder of Mortgages of
the parish of Orleans, or any of their
deputies, for salary or other expenses
Of their respective Offices, except from
the special fund provided for by this
article, and any appropriation made
contrary to this provision shall be null
and void
The Opelousas courier., 1884-01-26

Me1niss dc fsr 6lev6-Les travaux de
3Elsgntsd Railroad commeneeront dams
unU senaine au depot dH chemin dc fer
Nord-Est. useat Asdire 4 III yieille Pres
81 a cotton de ID iev6e, Be district. Les
fondations seront Nn b6son. ct dams ce
ford p~itlrseilx seront enfonces d'enor-
naea piletis satxf6s au creosote,
TellH Reiss III base sial laquelle rep0sc-
rOsat les pilastrsss Ell fer de dix hut gu
aix ns.lf pieds Do hauttsar. destines d
snnporter ID Qnadrnple voie a6iienne
don't Do colnposera II EIeuated.
lies pilastres seront places aQuarante
picds l'intervalle sur tout 10 parcours
entire le depot du North Eastern st
IsAvenue Louisiana, distance, 81 nous
ne nous sFompons, d~'enVirou cling mIl-
lea.
on pense que les traVaux ser0nt ter
nin&s daiei & deus ans. En- outre des
butt rails oeuxant parallslement sur Ia
nlatefarme 6lsv6e d dix hnit pides du
III. ilg aura des v0ies d'6vitement ne
cessaires et eelles Qni descenar0nt dams
I'LL aares as mascliaadises ou depots DE
fret.
DAs Que I Eleuoted sera termine, Ia
lesee eera dabIay6e des rails Qui IL sill
Iennent ekIenc0mbrent en- 80 moment.
les trains al voyageurs IN d. EAaaT-
~ehandises, "a atteignant les b0tds aas
fIenve. eirenleront sux la vols aerienne
On calcuIe que Nimp6f que les coln-
pagnies augont d payer Rour ie transit
ns0xc6Nera gpaFe u Qn'eIles sont d Get
ID ltHnTe phlig&s de dispenser po0r Ten
The Opelousas courier., 1884-01-26
Amendment No. /
STATE DEBT.

ARTICLE /. "Be IL ordained by the
people of the State Of Louisiana, as
provided by law, That the State Debt
Ordinance be amended so as to read as
follows: That the interest to be paid
on the Consolidated Bonds of the State
of Louisiana, be. aud is hereby fixed ut
two per centum per annum for five
years, from the first day of January,
one thousand eight hundred and
eighty, QS80) and four per cent per
annum thereafter, payable semi an
nually and there shall be levied AN
annualta sufficient for the full pay
ment of said interest, not exceeding
three mills, the limit of State Tax for
all purposes being hereby fixed at six
mills, and said bonds and coupons
shall be Only stamped Interest re
duced to two per centum per annum
for FIVE years, from January list, N
thousand eight hundred and eighty,
and four per cent per annum there
AFTER
ART. 2. THAT the holders of the
Consolidated Bonds may, at any time,
in order that the coupons may be
paid, present their bonds to the Treas
urer of the State, or to agents to be
appointed by the Governor, one in
the city of New York, aud the other
in the city of London, England, and
the said Treasurer or agents, as the
case may be, shall indorse or stamp
thereon the words Interest reduced
to two per centum per anfinm for five
years from January lst, ope thousand
eight hundred aud eighty tl880) and
four per centum per annum thereafter
and said Treasurer or agent shall
indorse or stamp on said con-
pons the following. words IN
terest reduced to two per centum
per annum,' DE-, Interest reduced TO
four per centum per annum,' as the
case may be.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-01-26

La b~iiouterie est une industrie tres
d~6yeloppeea Providence, Rhode Island.
On y compile 1874 manufactures, en-
ployant $500 ouvriers, qui fabfiquent
pour S5,775,9 75 de marchandises par
an. La vile fabrique 81 pour cent de
toutes les Wis don't on fai6 usage aux
Etata Unis, ct 2,340, 900 pieces impri-
mees, pendant l'annee.
En- tout, il y a, a Providence, 1888
Establishments, avec un capital de $685.
957. $50, 26,278 o~uvriers, ct don't les
produits ont une valear de $43, l2l ,O33
La onincaillerie, les machines d coudre,
les fabriques de Wis ont un capital de
So, 800, 600; celles de BIZ outerie, 49,,
90, 500; les produits chimiques, 3d.
600, 900; les machines a vaneur, 81
500, 600 celles de la laine, ainsi que
l'orf6Yrerie, 81, 100000.
I'm journal qui Sc pique de royals
me ct de bon sens disait reinforcement,
q propos de la Valachie lies pay
sans Y sont excellents, mails astucieux,
fourbes, paresseux. nous ct superstl-
tieux."
VOLTA des gems qui sont excellents a
peu de fraisi
The Opelousas courier., 1884-01-26
ACT NO. Il3

OF the Regular Session of 1882
amendment to Article I46o Of the Con
stitutiion Of the State Relative to Fees
and Charges to be Paid By Stamps IN
. the Parish of Orleans.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-01-26

I'm train du chemin de fer Texas-Pa-
clio portant 10000 gallons d'huile q
subi. Im semaine dcEniere, IN accident au
moment OF II ~trayersait I'm petit conrs
dssau dams Ia vall6e de ID riyiere Rouge,
orAs de Lodi, ct GshuiIe d coul4 sur l'eau
at s,est r6pandue sur une lengne dis
lance. Tn farceur v d mis- 10 feH OF
toute la cirque s'est mise \ hanber
corame IN pot dc goudron. Ia popu-
iation dc couleur, ASSET drue dams le
ysisinage eli natnrellemsnt snpersti
ciense, q cru que c'6tait le jour du JUICE
ment dernier qui 6tait arrive Ell fnyait
dc t0us c6t6s 80 i~mplorast 70 pardon
10 ciel.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-01-26

n u j. dams ltAlabama, vingt flatnrBs
de cotton Qni donnant. en- moyenne, nm
diFidende annuel ds u poaf cent
The Opelousas courier., 1884-01-26
ACT NO. Is

Of tie Regular Session Of 1882
amendment 10 the articles Of the
State Debt Ordinance Of the Constttu-
ton Of 1879.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-01-26
G z DEMOCRATIQUE.

f#
Pour Gouverneur:
SAMUEL D. McENERY, d'Ouachita.
Pour Lieutenant. Geuverneur:
CLAY KNOBLOCH, de Lafourche.
Pour Tr6sorier:
E.A. BURKE, d'Orleaps.
Pour Auditeur:
o. B. STEELE, d'Union.
Pour Avocat-G General
M. j. CUNNINGHAM, de Natchitoches'
Pour Secretaire d'Etat
OSCAR ARROYO, de Plaquemines.
Pour S%urintendant de pEducation Pu-
blique:
WARREN EASTIN, d'Orleans.
PARoISSE ST. LANDRY.
Pour Ie Senat de PEtat:
r. S. FONTENOT,
M. D. 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 de District
JOHN N. OGDEN.
Pour Sheriff:
C. C. DUSON.
Pour Grefier de la Cour:
JAMES o. GHACHERE.
Pour Coroner:
WILLIAM M. THOMPSON.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-01-26

UIOOOII0S,
Qaiaea;llerie, Faience, Verrefie, Ferbtan-
teriie, Ustensiles dts !" Granite
ware.n Fruits, Etc.
Huiles, Couleurs, Vernis,
Posles de Salon, ct les celebres Posles de Cui
sine Charter Oak" ct autres.
BUVETTE joignant le magasin, on ion
~trouyera les meilleures BLOSSOMS aussi,
Um salon dsHuitres-on reeoit jour
nellement des huftres fraiches, eft on les sert
dams tous les gonts.
Les plus hauts prix du marche seront payes
pour ID mousse, laine, peaux, ct toute espece
de produits du pays.
eliza
The Opelousas courier., 1884-01-26

except in cases hereinafter prov;a.,
shall have appellate Jurisdiction an10
which jurisdiction shall extend il n,
cases, civil or probate, when the "
ter in dispute or the funds to he I =.
tributed shall exceed one bp.1 us
dollars, exclusive of interest es
shall not exceed two thousand dolla ~
exclusive Of interest,""
AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE IA
OF the Constitution of the State IA.
TIE to Trial Of Gases in C0uy sse'a, !.
Appeal when Judges "disaoree ], q
The Opelousas courier., 1884-01-26
ACT NO. 1875

OF The Regular Session Of 1882
amendment TO Article 81 Of the Con
sfitution of the State, Relative to the
jurisdiction Of the Supreme Court.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-01-26
MARRTAGE GUIDE

eas.syagst,a riverside. Cal. TEa dry climate cures.
ltl.aa. Th-e Il. Luna, fu1Iilsl.a IS p, route, cost, fleo-
The Osceola times., 1884-09-20
The Grasshoppar.

The grasshopper is, perhaps, one ofthe
most profitable objects of study; he is al
SO good to feed turkeys. He has full
assortment of legs, couple of which are
somewhat peculiar. One of these ex-
tends above his back on either side in
the form cf an elbow, giving him the ap-
pearance f station agents truck cart.
His personal appearance is remarkably
fine, considering that his knees are situ-
ated about seven times higher than his
head. He is carnivorous, herbivor-
ous and fencepostiferoug. He must have
a very rugged constitution, as musty hay
does not give him the heaves muscled and
nor roasting-ears the colo. He is well
makes a splendid roadster. II has been
estimated that if a common man jumped
as high, in proportion to his siz !, as the
erasshopper, he would jump as high as
a telegraph pole. David Davis would, of
course, jump considerably higher; per-
haps over Westinghouse.
The hired hand sayeth, I'M bis haste,
IL will leave my shoes in the field until
| return from dinner" The gra shopper
issuelh from his fastness IN the
wheat shocks and advanceth upon them;
not preclpitately, but with the measured
tread of conscious power, with Tarquin's
ravishng stride he moves toward his de-
sign like a ghost" The hired hand
taketh up the fragments that are left,
several eyelets and couple of iron pegs.
The grasshopper seems TO be a nihilist
and to advocate the "spoils system" He
has never been known to- starve TO death
He bas been found dead, however, in a
lot inclosed by wire fence, with iron
posts, and which contained nothing but
log-chain end a red elm handspike. 1t
was thought that he had died of grief,
like Alexander, because there was no
more to conquer.
The Osceola times., 1884-09-20
The Model Husband at Work
Burlington Hawkeye.

The Doodiebugs are going out of town.
They are fastening for the train. Mr..
Doodlebug is gettiny them off. He is full
of business, as becomes the head of the
family.
Here, Emeline, take this little valise
and the baby and go on. I'll catch up
with you before you get to the station.
Hold on I'll just hook this hat.box on
your fingers There, now, thafl carry
nicely. Got the baby all right? Tommy,
you and Billy and little sister run along
with mother Great heavens Emeline,
don't let that child run across the street
alone; take hold of his hand, can't you?
Tommy, come back and get this bag Of
lemons. Emeline Emeline you've for
gotten the lunch basket. Billy, run
here quick and take this lunch basket to
your mother Now, Emeline, do hurry
or You'll miss the tram. Never mind the
rest OF the tn ngs; I'll carry them"
Four minutes after Mrs. Emelne
reach, the station, having wrestled all
the way with baby, three children and
four packages, Mr.. Doodisbug arrives
carrying rattan cane weigh ny four
ounces. He is SO tired that he has to O.
into the smoklngcar and sleep all the
the way 10 the station
The Osceola times., 1884-09-20
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
Foote's Health Monthly.

Mandesley says: "Some 20 criminal
as others go insane, because they cannot
help it,"
A travelling agent of the U. S. National
Museum saw in Nicaragua kind OF
bird that INDUCES in song and dance
act-apparently just for the fun of it.
For the relief of earache-put five
drops of chloroform in little cotton or
wool in the bowl of clay pipe, and blow
the vapor through the stem into the
aching ear.
Bacteria, considering they are such
small affairs, are attracting great deal
of attention. In Munich laboratory
has been established to study their
forms and habits, and book which was
issued in 1880 has lately been revised
because il was behind the tine. Every
medical journal is pretty sure to have
some item of news about the bacteria.
Cremation of the dead every now and
then takes start toward favor in the
eyes of the general public, and recently
we have read of the formation of new
societies and of the establishment of Gre
matories. Prof. Samuel d. Gross, the
eminent physician, lecturer and author
left special directions that his body
should be cremated, and these were car
ried out.
Lieut.. Roy, in command of the Arctic
Colony on Point Barrow, Alaska. tells of
two strange tribes who have no chiefs or
rulers, no congress or legislature, no
fighting or quarreling, and their child
-ka1 oil nd han nast
without knowing what it is to be pun
ished. Neither tribe has any marriage
cermony, but if the man is willing and
the woman also, there is no legal imped-
iment and the twain are as one.
The London Lancet quotes the exper
iments and conclusions OF a French ply
sician, who has been examining the
sputa cast upon the ground by consump
tive patients. He finds that it is not an
inoffensive substance, but that, on the
contrary, the germs of disease thus cast
off by consumptivcs may, through the
process of drying, be taken up into the
atmosphere, and thus be a cause of in
lection TO those who are susceptible to
the diseases.
DIR. Oomings in The Quarterly Jour
nal of Inebriety, says: "When it is evi-
dent that man drinks because the specif-
ic effects of alcohol are specially agreea
BILE to him he must become total alb
stainer or it will only be question of
time when he will become confirmed in
ebriate Men, who have had alcoholism
or delirium tremens and have reformed
to such an extent as to become total alb
staine~s for any considerable period, go
down very rapidly ifthey return to their
old habits
The Chicago Liberal League has
been talking about IIeredity, and Mr..
Hinckley gave a lecture on the subject
The lecture was full of good suggestions.
and among other things, 1t said that, "No
education can bring Wendell Phillips or
an Emerson out of an Esquimaux baby.
To produce great qualities we must breed
from the best we have. II is vastly bet
ter that many of US should die without
issue than to perpetuate cur miserable
selves. No children are better than dis
,,.nI ,h;lJra,
The Osceola times., 1884-09-20
Mr.. Hurley Was surprised
Hartford COurant.

Jeremiah Hurley of Springfield went
out into his garden early Saturday morn
ing 20 "shoo' away COW that was eat
ing his potatoes and cabbage plants.
But when he reached the spot he found
not one COW, but herd, and somehow
they had an unfamiliar look. But he
didn't stop to reconnoitre; he piched in
tn save his domestic vegetables for his
own use. As he bore down on the
herd, all but one struck into mad gal
lop and left the enclosure, but this one
failed to "shoo" worth cent. He met
Mr.. Hurley considerably more than half
way, and politely assisted him in keep
ing his feet dry by lifting them well out
OF the dew In short, Mr.. Hurley soon
found that he had encountered one of
Buffalo Bills "fery untaimed" buffalo,
and retired to the house To nurse a bad
ly gored arm and leg. Mr.. Cody was
summoned, and the mystery Of the plains
was soon cleared up. A milkmanleit the
parks north gate open, so that the herd
of buffalo silently slid out and proceeded
to advertise the excellence of Mr.Hur-
leys crops by peacefully grazing thereon.
Buffalo Bill arr nged to pay the doctors
bills arising from Mr.. Hurley's mistake,
and compensated him for loss of work
and the nervous shock. This little tilt
cost the Wild West show $500.
The Osceola times., 1884-09-20
A WOMAN or NERVE.
Caring For = Farm For over Tewn,y

Caring For = Farm For over Tswn,y
| Years.
| Boston Globe.
"Yes, my husband has been dead fif
teen years." said an old lady to your cor
respondent yesterday, "apd have rur
the farm ever since myself, and, in fact
l have had the whole care of it for TWEEN
ty-one years, for within year of oui
marriage my husband had a stroke o
paralysis that left one side entirely use
less, and it is over score of years since
we moved here"
1t was an old lady of Kennebec coun
ty, Me-, who made the above statement
to Globe correspondent, and SIZE seem
ed to see nothing remarkable about tn,
fact that she, entirely unaided, should
be running farm Of sixty acres, in spit,
of her three score years and ten.
"Do you do the whole work yourself9'
"Yes, almost all, she replied. 81 new
er hire by the month, but in the busiest
season / hire a man to help me hy the
day in haying and such work"
"Do you take care of your stock your
self"
"Oh, yes; but | have not as much stock
as had formerly, having sold many, in.
cluding as fine a stock bull as they had
in the county"
"Do you take the daily papers?"
"No, | can find all the lies | want to
in the ordinary story and religious pa
pers, without pestering my head with
fresh ones made up every day"
"Are you not lonely in the Winter?''
asked the reporter. 81 noticed your
house is off the main road, and you must
find it hard getting down to the village"
"Yes, you are right there" responded
the old but energetic lady. Sometimes
| can't get out for five or six weeks un-
less my neighbors take the trouble to
come and shovel me out; but | don't
mind much, and manage to get through
all right. Howsomever, don't see any,
thing much about this; but there is a fun
ny idea about you newspaper tellers, and
HCpIIt SttIii W tAht All tillilg tIey ste III
print for gospel. For instance, | knew
two neighbors who was always fighting
about the way TO cultivate field, and
they both declared the other was a fool.
Finally one got his notions printed in a
farming paper, and the other feller saw
the piece, and not knowing whose ideas
they was he thought he had learned some
thing, and went home and followed the
advice of the man he had called fool,
just because he saw il in print. Don't
you want to see the farm? 1t don't
amount to anything, though" she added.
The writer walked out to the door, and
the first thing that attracted his attention
was tombstone in front of the piazza.
He was about to ask if it was erected in
this certainly unusual spot at the partic-
ular request of some near and dear rela-
tive, when he noticed that a ring was
passed through the top of the marble
stone, and that it served the purpose of
an ordinary hitching post Therefore
he forbore lest he should touch on for
hidden topic, and even the broadest
hints did not elicit any information on
the subject of the sepulchral horse-fasten-
er. Everything about the farm, to use
localism, was in apple-pie order, just as
one might find the farm of an old farmer
with able.bodied sons to help him.
The Osceola times., 1884-09-20
symptoms of Insanity

The investigation of the mental con-
dition of Mr.. Rhinelander, who shot
Lawyer Drake, pr 'mises to be of use to
science. II now appears from the evil
dence of successive witnesses that man
is crazy
If he shoots another man through
jealousy;
If he refuses to allow his wife to go 10
see particular physician;
If he sticks his tongue out of his mouth
to one side, instead of directly forward. Z
If he knocks down man who is car.
rying ladder;
If he expresses determination in the
heat of argument to kill his own mother
should she interfere IN his domestic sf
fairs; or,
If he dancers in his grandmother's
parlor with false wbiskers glued TO his
face.
The bearing is not yet ended.
The Osceola times., 1884-09-20
AUGUST.
HELM NJ. WINsLOW


The yellow golden-rod is dressed
In gala-day attire;
The glowing red-weed by the fence
shines like crimson fire;
And from the hot fields farthest edge
The crickets soft refrain
with mellow accents tells the tale
That August's here again
In shining blue, the aster wild
Unfolds her petals fair;
The clematis upreaching, seeks
To clasp and kiss the air;
The brilliant poppy fiaunts her head
Mid fields OF ripening grain,
And adds her voice to swell the song
That August's here again.
The dusty thistle by the road
Scatters his sivery spray;
The sun pours down his scorching beams
Upon the fainting day;
The blackberry vine bends 'neath its weight
OF fruit down In the lane,
And adds its testimony, too,
That August's here again.
The wild hop, from the young elm's bough
sways In the languid breeze;
And here and there the autumn tints
CLEAN family 'nong the trees:
All nature helps to tell the tale,
Or chant the same refrain,
July and June have slipped away
And August's here again.
Boston Transcript.
The Osceola times., 1884-09-20

Isn't that Mrs. Holmes? | thought
the doctors gave her up. She looks well
now"
"She is well. After the doctors gave
up her Gaze she trie DIR. Fierce's
'Favorite Prescription and began
to get better right away. heard
her say not long ago, that she hadn't
felt so well for twenty years. She does
her own work and saws that life seems
worth living, at last. why said she, Il
feel as i'll had been raised from the
dead, almost" Thus DO othousands,attest
the marvellous efficacy of this God given
remedy for female weakness, prolapsus,
liberation, leucorrhea, morning sickness
weakness of stomach, tendency to can
cerous disease, nervous prostration, gen.
eral debility and kindred affections.
The Osceola times., 1884-09-20
Will lie n POlitica n.
Arkansaw Traveller.

A little boy and girl playing in yard.
The girl finds an apple under tree, and
with an exclamation ofdelight, begins to
bite it.
"Hold on" said the boy. Throw it
away. The colwy is comm, and if you
eat that apple you will be took sick an
you can't talk, an doctor will come an
give you some bad medicine an then YOU
will die"
The girl throws the apple down, and
the boy, snatching it up, begins t, eat
it.
Don't" the girl cries. won't it kill
90, too?'
"No,' said the boy, munchingt the fruit
at wont kill boys. It's only after little
girls. Boys don't have colwy."
Tha youngster will be great politi
clan.
The Osceola times., 1884-09-20
The Same Coal Resort.
Kentucky State journal.

"How many kinds of natures are there
mother"
"Only one, Johnny-that which comes
from God"
"rll bet you there's another.
"And what is it?'
"Why, human nature"
"Oh, yes, of course; that class of ma
tures."
"Well, what"
"That'll do now. Hurry out after that
bucket Of coal. Whenever ask you ia
go for bucket of coal you begin to ask
me questions
Eyes, aud when | begin TO ask ypu
questions you always say, Go along
out and bring me bucket Of coal."'
The Osceola times., 1884-09-20

Those persons who d. not need Iron
but who are troubled with Nervousness.
and Dyspepsia. win ind in Carter's Lit
lie Nerve Pills d most desirable article
They aic mostly used in combination
With Cartcrs Little Liver Pills, and in
ilis way often exert most magical cf.
ect. Take just one pill of each kind
Immediately after eating and You will
be free from Indigestion and Dyspepsia
In vias at % cents. Sold by all Drug
gists.
The Osceola times., 1884-09-20

Composed of genuine French Grape
Brandy, Extract Of Smart Weed and
Jamaica Ginger, with Camphor Water
DR.. Pierce's Compound Extract of Smart
Weed excels as remedy for collie,
cholera morbus, diarrhea, dysentery or
bloodyhux, OF to break up colds, fevers
or inflammatory attacks.
The Osceola times., 1884-09-20

When called TO the bedside of the little one
suffering from that night-fend to children and
horror to parents-CROUP-thc old grandma
ther used to send for mullen and make a tea
and at once relieve it; made into "a tea now,
and combined with sweet gum, II presents in
Taylor's Cherokee Remedy OF Sweet Gum and
Mullen a pleasant and effective cure for
Group, whooping- Cough, Colds and Consump-
tion.
The Osceola times., 1884-09-20

when the pangs ofhunger and the weak
ened, disordered condition of their ana.
mic brains precluded refreshing sleep; in
the case of some Of them the horrors of
scurvy made their state more deplorable
still
The Osceola times., 1884-09-20
The fortune left by the Duke of ALBANY
is estimated at forty-six thousand pounds
II all goes to his young wife.

When you visit or ir q New York City, VII
Central depot, save .ggagc Exprcssage an,
- Carriage Hire a stop at the Grand Unioi
Hotel, opposite ..,d depot. Six hundred ee
giant reoms Z ed up at "a cost of one milliol
dollars; and upwards per day. European
plan. A.evator. Restaurant supplied witt
tho t5st Horse cars. stages and elevate,
ra.-, ,oad to depots. Families can live bette
or less money at the Grand Union Hotel thai
at any other first-class hotel In the city.