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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-08-21
ONLY ONE Fmn IN A MrNDREp YEARS.

ST. Jon, sDUEG, VI, Aug. 20.-Edwin Ilsf-
ers cooper shop Lyndon Centre. with tho stock and
tools was burned to-day Lyndon Centre village Of
500 inhabitants aud has settled ahOnt hundred
years IN hich this the only nrc the place hns
experienced
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-08-21
p11ssIA Ann ENnLANn pEAcEFrL.

LONDON, Aug. 20.-The Marquis of Salisbury
had a meeting with Baron dc staal. the Russian Am-
bassador previous the formers departure for Deppo
Al ths conference an understanding concerning tho
Znlnkar dispute arranged tho basis of the modi
fed proposals.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-08-21
TIE BODY FOUND IN zHE RA 0KwAY.

TRENTON, N. j., Aug. 20 (SpeciaD. The body
Of tho found In the raceway the State Prison
several days ago identified to-day that Of Ed ward
McKervor farm hand In the employ of Sen aor
Barton Thorn OF Burlington County Tho officials are
Satisfied that the man fell Into the racoway accidentally
and that there had been no foul play.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-08-21
KILLED BIZ WATERMELON THIEF

Ngw-ORLEANs, Aug. 2O.-A dispatch from
Meridian to The Times Democrat says: Near darlands
Vile. Newton Cousty, yesterday. "a negro boy Aham
Horn was stealing waterneons from the patch of Henry
Joues Jones's daughter attempted TO drive him on,
wLereupon he stabbed Ia the breast with knlie
causing death The murderer mas been arrested
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-08-21
NEWS NOTES FROM LONDON.

MINISTER PHELPS ILI--Mr. Phelps, the American
Minister who suffering from cold and slight attack
~ minbaeo is better this morning He will to-day go
10 tho country with his wife aud take short rest from
Official duties.
THE STOCK ExcHAsoE-Tho London Stock Exchange
will be closed next Saturday 30 ~ To permit repairs 10
be made % the building.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-08-21

HOUSE BURNED IN GREENWOOD CEMETERY.
The carelessness Of some painters who were
burning old paint of twostorcd franc house in Green
wood Cemetery. Brooklyn. owned by the Cemetery
Company caused the building TO take fire yesterday ana
Il was destroyed. The loss Is So 600.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-08-21

MR.. RUsKiN IMPROVING IN EEALTH.
LONDON. Aug. 2O.-The condition Of Mr..
John Ruskin continues to improve.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-08-21

LONDON, Aug. 20.-M. Gounod has sent his
eldest son 10 represent him at the Birmingham festival
Tho son GAYS that father broken IN health and that
be feels ncutey his being debared from attending the
ars production OF his and last work through
Mrs Meldon's libel suit
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-08-21

HARTFORD, Conn, Aug. 2O.-Ihc Hartford
Teleqra was sold by auction this morning 10 f. C. H.
Hayden ts tire asurer for S4loo outside Of mortgage
Of 81, ,000
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-08-21

DUBLIN, Aug. 20.-Mr. Parnell has sum-
moned the members of tho Irish Parliamentary party to
meet in this city the 25th inst The object Of the
meeting to consider what plan shall be adopted ad
vance the OF the party In the approaching eec
toral campaign.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-08-21

MR. GLADsTONEs HOARsENEss RETURNS
LoSroN, Aug. 2O.-Dspatches from Bergen.
Norway say that Mr.. Gadstone's hoarscness 10 again
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-08-21
THE IRISH LEADERS TO M

troubling him. He compelled by It to-day to refuse
an Invitation to dinner and he sailed for sogrdord this
afternoon.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-08-21
THROWN FROM WAGONS AND KILLED.

ERIE, Penn, Aug. 80 (SpeciaD.-John Os-
horn and Jerome Auck, two venerable farmers, were
driving In separate vehicles westfed today when
their horses took fright and away. Both men were
thfi,wn from their wagons aud killed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-08-21
POPULATION OF BOSTON.

BosroN, Aug. 20 (SpeciaD.-Although the
oesl neurss are not ready IL " stated that the pepuia
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-08-21
THE pREyrIss MAssLA UaHrBR CASE

GREENFIELD, Mass, Aug. 20.-The Prentiss
manslaughter case, In which o IA on trial for killing
hrs drunken father at Orange while trying TO shoot
lin cup from his head was given 10 the jury today
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-08-21
NEW-YORK, FRIDAY, AUGUST 81, 1885
LABOR AND BUSINESS TRO OUBLES.

ton of Boston will be found 10 be under 100000 an
increase of about 20 per cent In i've years.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-12-19
The Safest Palace.

Four men were discussing which part
If q a was the safest to ride in, They
inally agreed to leave it to the conduc
or. middle of middle car, right
land SIDE" said the parsonage when
lsked, The rapidity with which no
poke and the mechanical manner in
which he made the replyled one of them
70 halt him as he was passing on and ask.
I'd him to explain himself. why" said
lie, everybody asks me that question,
md ] am SO used to answering il
hat I've got it down to the fewest words
possible. | shouldn't wonder if you were
% ask me when | am asleep if | would
mswe it without waking up, The mid
He car of the train is the safest, because
t is the furtherest removed from a coils
ion either in front or behind. Even if
he engine plunged into an open draw
bridge, it might not take more than a car
or two with it. Couplings would be
likely to break, you know. Always sit
in the middle car, because when cars tele-
scope they are apt not to telescope many
seet. As you cannot tell which end will
telescope, take to the middle. Whatever
Ear you go in, sit on the right hand side
If the car, which is to say the side
farthest from the other track, because il
sometimes happens that a freight projects
% far beyond a fat car and has been
known to rip the windows out of passing
srains.n
The Opelousas courier., 1885-12-19
Zig sche,nes that Enfzed.

Millions upon millions have been
buried in New York as permanently
as Capt. Kidd's treasure, and yet easy
to locate, says a letter to the Albany
Journal. Running under the Hudson
river from each side is q section of tun-
mel costing already half u million, and
now abandoned. Beneath the pave
ment of the busiest part of Broadway.
is a completed arch with all the appar-
atus for running cars by a pneumatic
device. Ibis was built and given up
Is years ago. Along Greenwich street
for miles stand this remnants of the
first elevated railroad built in this
city. It cost millions, but had to be
finally sold for its worth as old iron to
the present companies. because its
system of cable propulsion failed. and
it was too light to bear a steam tra1c>
The largest hotel in the wide WAGld
has stood on the beach at Rocka9 ay
five years unopened. The scheme, lost
everything that the stockholders put
into it, and yet they included such
financiers as the Astors, Jay Gould
and Vanderbilt. The biggest market
aver erected is a ruin. 1t had for
owners men famous for monetary sue
cess, but it proved an utter ~lniscalcu-
lation, and when 1t burned down the
insurance policies provided the only
returns thai could possibly be got
from it. On every hand can be found
evidences Of the fact that millionaires
are apt to blunder in,tlleir enterprises;
that they are no more infallible in
perceptions than the rest of us.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-12-19

Alady writes to the Philadelphia
bid that she has secured immunity
iron the rayages of the buffalo moth
|of CARPET worm, or moth of any de-
|efiptlon. in a period of twenty years
housekeeping, by the use of turpen-
LIN In the following manner: "After
sk Of my carpets is well swept it is
"a once gone over with the following
mixture; To three quarts of pure.
it'd water add three tabIespoonfuls of
arpentine. In this thoroughly satu-
sts a sponge, squeeze about two
birds dry and go over each breadth
eparately and in all corners. AS often
4 DE water becomes soiled tako a
hssh supply. You will be surprised
p see how beautifully it will cleanse
pur carpets, beside being one of the
Iwt disinfeetants. My father, an emf
ssnt physician, had this always prac-
Heed in his family, and we were never
Nauhled with feyers any more than
moths. told this to a carpet firm last
Issr whose carpets were being ruined
b. the buffalo moths. Within ten
they were entirely gone, and none
been seen there siace."
The Opelousas courier., 1885-12-19
ssCroasest Man in Alabama,,

De crossest man in Alabama lives dar,n
SUD the driver as we approached a wayside
noms, near Selma, Ala, to ask accommoda-
Il ms for the night. AT supper, and after it,
mine host" scowled at every one, found
fautt with everything earthly, and I was
wondering il he would not growl if the heav-
ealy halo didn't fit him, when incidental men
ton being made of the comet Of 1882, he said /:
II didn't like its form; its tail should have
been fan-shapsd"
But, next morning, he appeared half
offended at our Offering pay for his hospital
1ty! My companion, however, made him ac-
cept as a present q sample from his case of
goods.
Six weeks later I drew up at the same
house. Tbs planter stepped lithely from the
porch, and greeted ny cordially. I could
scarcely believe that this clear-complexionsd,
bri ghteyei, animated fellow, and the morose
being OF a few weeks back, were the same.
he inquired after my companion of the
former visit and regretted he was not with
M. Yes" sail his wife, 1--WE are both much
in lebted to him.
How" | asked, in surprise.
For this wonderful change in my husband.
Your friend when leaving, handed him a bot,
tie of Warmers safe cure. He took it, and
two other bottles, and now - 'sAnd
now he broke in. "from an ill-feeling,
growing old boar. | nm healthy and so cheer
full my wife declares she has fallen in love
with me again!"
It has made over again a thousand love
matches, and keeps sweet the teulpsrs of the
family circle everywhere. - Copyrighted.
Used by permission of American Rsrat
The Opelousas courier., 1885-12-19
crue,ttes Pracsieea ii. NAPLES.

"WII you allow me to speak of
other beautiful works of nature That
are martyred in Naples with that hid
eous barbarity common to the city. but
which your correspondent never men
lions or alludes to, being unwilling, L
suppose, to spoil the rose light ofsthe
pictures which he sends you? Irrefer
to the frightful facts that all auimals
whose skins are worth a centiule are
skinned alive in this fair city of ,hhe sea
Old horses, young kids and lam .bs, all
dogs. cats, and rats, are skinned alive,
because the skin when removed from
the living creature is consider ed more
supple and sells for Il somewhat higher
price. Dogs are seized by 1egalized
municipal dog-stealers twice a. day; are
thrust Lell-mellinto a court; kept two
days without food. and then half
stunned with a stick, and while living
fiayed from head to tail. Horses In
Inc knacKerS yards there areF3llOWed to
drop from hunger as being less trouble
than killing them, and when utterly
exhausted ire nailed on planks and
fayed. The Camorra is SO strong
which protects all the these wretches
that no one dares to move against
them; while in the matter of the dog
the municipal authorities are the first
offenders and when wholly without
excuse. At a moment when Italy is.
invited into Africa as a scivilizing
power I think these facts may as
well be known. Meanwhile I hope
your correspondent will sometimes re-
member that there are other things in
Naples besides flowers, song and SUM-
shine.-"Ouida" in London Times.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-12-19
Lime Water.

The h~ousekeeper should never be with
'ut a bottle of lime water. To have it
'lways ready and in good order, with lit
lie expense, place in a tall quart bottle
# any kind u gill or so of good lime just
lacked with water. Then fill the bottle
sith rain or other pure water, and allow
t to stand quietly, well eorked. The
lme will settle, leaving clear lime water
t the top. Pour this off gently, as want
d, adding more water as needed. Lime
water, even when closely corked, often
~leteriorates: the carbonic acid i'm the air
mites with the lime and settles as an in
olublc carbonate on the sides of the bot
le, which is nearly impossible to remove
This will spoil the bottle for any other
He. Therefore select one from the store
Dom which is not valued, but which has
good tight cover. A wide mouth-bot-
lie is preferable. The lime should lie re-
ooved and fresh put in once a year or so,
%'nlcss kept very tightly corked. A pint
If cold water dissolves less than ten
;rains of lime, and warm water still less.
The uses lime water may be putt to are in
Vulnerable. If good milk disagrees with
, CliiIu VI SioWH person, LHree OF IOuf
abless1bnfuls of lime water added to a
lint of it will usually help digestion and
prevent flatulencc; it also counteracts
lain from wind in the stomach caused by
'ating acid faults. Over-eating of can
lies and other sweets will sometimes
ausc acidity, for which this is a sover-
ign remedy. A tablespoonful for a child
# two years old to a gil. or more for an
tdult is an ordinary dose, while consid-
rable will have no bad results; in fact,
t is a simple anti acid and slightly tonic.
\ small quantity put into the tooth-mug
With the water for cleaning the teeth will
harden the gums and prevent soft decay,
which is a serious evil which many desire
o avert. For burns and scalds, to two
parts of linseed oil add one part of lime
water, and apply with soft linen.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-12-19
Ass Opfscas Experiment.

a contributor to Cosmos suggests a
curious optical experiment which may
serve to show the principle Of the ster-
eoscope. III we cut out Of black two
similar Hgures-tWo crosses. for exam
pIe-and place them. their extremeties
almost touching, at about three inches
from tho eyer, before q sheet Of white
paper, WE shall see three crosses, the
middle d being dark and completely
separate. This phenomenon Is ex.
planned by the simultaneous vision Of
the two eyes. md II Is easy to show
this BY looking 1t the objects success
sively with one eye. The experiment
becomes still moro interesting when,
instead Of black figures. we employ
Complementary eolors-rsd and green'
tor axample. IN this case we must
ne i aark background, and there Will
aBeeax i white cross iii Tile mIddle
E& #FA&e
The Opelousas courier., 1885-12-19
Distress and DamnatiOn.

A young country dentist was recently
favored with a commission to make and
fit a complete set of teeth for the Angli-
aan bishop of the diocese in which he
nssided. The dentist was very anxious
about the result of his labor, and watched
hissllordship examining himself and his
neW,teeth in the pier glass. His chagrin
may .fe imagined when we heard the
bishop Give expression to language end
ing with that fearful word ''damnation."
He vent lred to suggest that his lordship
might feel them rather uncomfortable at
first, but in a little time he would get
used to them. Without appearing to
notice the dentist, his lordship exclaim-
ed, with vehemence,-
without doubt he shall perish ever
t~astingly."
"But, indeed, my lord, if you viii but
have patience" pleaded the dentist. I'm
L weeks time or So"
"What do you mean?" inquired the
~prelate, turning round with an apostolic
mile. "Why should | have patience?
The teeth fit me beautifully; it is the
irst time I have found myself able to
pronounce the Athanasian creed with dis
lnctness for these twenty years."
The Opelousas courier., 1885-12-19
BreakSsig liz car. HOrses.

"Wbat do car horses cost?D Super
intendent Newell of the new Broad
way Railroad said in answer to the
reporters questions. 'sThat requires
some explanation. The average
cost of the horses. when they are got
in good condition to work in front of
the cars, is close to 1926. Say that I
buy a lot Of horses at $500 each, the
chances are that not one of them will
be able to do q full days work. for a
month or two. You see they are
green, and pulling a cal load of people
isn't al easy as drawing a light road
wagon. Put a new horse to a car,
and ait the end of 4 full trip he viii be
sick. They have to be broken in
slowly, and have to be rs careful with
them as if they were children. There
are q lot of them In what call u
hospital, and when some go out there
are always others to take their places.
Sometimes We get n horse, which
seems at first wholly unable to do car
work. One little black fellow, a year
or SO ago. got sick every time he was
put before a car. / didn't know what
to do with him. I drove him for q
while to q light buggy. and afterward
put him to his work gradually. To
day he is about the toughest little
horse that we have goton the road"
.sHow many horses for each carp?
ssTen. We make W. trips q day,
and each team makes two trips one
day and one the next, and SO on.
This gives them q rest. For one 100
cars at least LOO horses are necessa-
~, because 20 per cent, are apt to pc
sick"
"How many sets Of harness are
needed in running 100 carsy'
Two thousand. and two sets Of
harness for each horse. -NeD York
Sun.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-12-19
A Letter of Thinks

Mrs. Lydia E. P~inkham-Very dear Mad,
am: My wife, Arie A. Green, has suffered
with a displacement which caused her I'M
known pains till I had almost given up all
hopes of finding any relief for her. But the
Guiding Spirit referred me to your Vegetable
Compound. went twelve miles to purchase
a bottle, and the first tUo doses gaze her i'm
mediate rettef, and after the use of the first
bottle she declared herself a new person:
two bottles entirely cured her. Your medi-
zine is invaluable to me-. It was, indeed, a
messenger of peace in my house, it cured my
wife, and God knows l am the happiest maa
alive to-day. Words cannot express our
feelings towards you.
GEO. w. GREEN. Camnti- La
The Opelousas courier., 1885-12-19
Her 81 nding Money.

a young grill bTce complained to he,
aun that her TAI did not give her any
Pocket-money. he aunt was a kind,
hearted woman, ar thinking to make hel
niece happy, she Pill ented her with a ten.
dollar bill, The yo5g lady was delight.
ed, OF course, and ofuse in her thanks,
Shortly after she rent on a walk, and
upon her return prowaly exhibited to her
aunt ahandsome purE and gold mount
ed drawing pencil. he did not actually
need either OF these Tticles, but they
were pretty and too-her fancy. The
cost of them were s. n dollars. The
pencil was lost before my DAYS. and as
the remaining three donz4s were frittcred
away, there was little for the purse.
The good aunt was at aness to see why
the father withheld pocK7 -monev from
his daughter, and thereaflps she herself
found some other use for delten-dolIar
bills. 1t should be added tpynr,is young
lady called herself an eco .ical girl.
When she had no spending 2dpney she
could get along bravcly withtlat many
things which her soul craved. WET our
readers can judge for themselveS from
the incident above related, whetthr she
had the true idea of economy pr'pot.
Thrift and economy arc greatly gre o2a-
ted as desirable virtues. But t. Geoqo
not mean simply going without ' apiis
needed. Economy is to get the Itbst
possible out of a dollar; not to viasttki ii
and then be drivento practice self aenilA
There is a great difference even 'amoi \
very young people in this regard. GiSia
two girls or boys a dollar, and often y0
will discover when the cash is spent thats
one girl has an equivalent to show for it.
She has her full moneys worth of some
hing desirable. This is economy. The
other can hardly tell where the money is
gone. 1t has been so foolishly expended
hat she might almost as well have light
I'd the fire with it. 1t is not difficult to
,cquire habits of true economy, but the
practice of it should begin with small
ums-the dimes and quarters-and child
lood is the time to take the first-lesson.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-12-19
. shaEspearea,. E.ssl.ssiass.

Harry Howard Furless. the enthusi-
asst OF Philadelphia, has an alcove in
his library that is almost a shrine.
From it looks down i mask of Shaks-
peare's face. taken secretly from the
bust in the church at stratford-upon-
Avon. In d glass case is q pair Of
buckskin gauntlets, embroidered with
gold thread. They were worn by
S~hakspere during his connection with
the Globe Theatre, and are all well
authenticated. On q shelf rests q skull.
on whose dingsy surface are written
the names Of Kean, Macready, KEN
bic, Forrest, Davenport. Booth. and
Irving. all of whom have used it in
sIIanlet'' as the skull Of Yorick.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-12-19
FsaNSUta Ee,mie.

"The Indians" said the teacher to
the Spectator, possess a logical mind.
For instance. one of my Indian boys
the other day asked me the meaning
of miss. TO miss I told him, is the
same as to fail. You shoot at a bird
or at a mark. and you do not hit it;
you miss 1T. You go TO a tailor's for a
coat, and your coat fits badly; it is a
miss-ft. You hope TO enter the mid
die class next year but.you cannot pass
the examinations. aid 81 You miss the
promotion Ills face wore a puzzled
air, and he shook his head. Then,
said ], there is an other meaning of
miss. We call a marred lady madam;
hut an unmarried lady miss His
face frightened: he smiled and nodded.
.Ah I see,' said he. She has missed
her man.-Christaip Union.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-12-19
sad Death.

In Philadelphia recently at q %coroner'a
inquest over the body Of a child, the jury
returned a verdict that death was caused
by the administration Of a patent cough
syrup, containing morphia. Dir. sam'l K.
Cox, of Washington, states that not ono
cough medicine in ten is free from this
objection. After careful analyses and
practical tests he endorses Red Star Cough
Cure as being purely vegetable, absolutely
free from opiates, poisons and narcotics.
He regards It as q most happy and valua-
BILE discovery.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-12-19
LADIES D-EPARTMENA
unique Travelling press.

N n GNk4uO ~5 8
h What To do with wealth after ones
I'LL? That is a serious question. /
81 q young woman who was about
tart for a tour in Texas and Mexi.
She wished to take plenty of
uSpey along to those ssagions of high
sgnien and in a way which would
be them. So she had a travelling
81 trimmed lavishly with buttons
ting five to a hundred dollars each.
cheaper ones contained gold pieces
&aly laid between the wooden molds,
Bch were covered with cloth in the
al fashion. Tie costlier buttons
Ire similarly stuffed with United
stes notes. AS fast a. she requires
ia she will clip off these adornments,
4mlacing them with ordinary ones Of
ID same outward pattern.-Brooklyn
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