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The Opelousas courier., 1885-09-19
Trading ora the Gold Coast.

''Those fellows down on the Gold
Coast" said an old African trader to
a New York Tribune reporter, recent
~ care the trickiest people / ever had
dealings with. Talk about driving a
tr%eacherous trade with simple Afri-
can for ivory and golip Why the
cutest Yankee that ever came out of
New England can't begin with those
same Africans when il comes to a bar
ter. fused to trade down there for
nalm-oil and gold-dust. We bought
some palm-oil once in casks and found
that the guileless natives had nailed
great chunks of wood in the inside of
the casks, which of course, took up
the space that would have been occu-
pied by the oil.
Sailors cannot work with safety in
that climate, SO it is customary to hire
a gang of natives to do the work of
loading the ship. They come out to
a vessel as 0 as she appears
off the coast, in swarms, pad
ding out IN their little boats
through the heavy surf that al
ways rolls in IN the shore. They are
accompanied by their chiefs. who are
called in the pigeon-English spoken in
trade there, their 'daddies.' One day
off the Guinea coast a lot of them
came on board our ship and were en-
gagged to work IN the vessel while she
was off the coast. We made presents
to the 'daddies" and paid them the
money agreed upon for the services
of the men. No sooner were the pres
ents and money fairly in the hands of
the 'daddies' than the whole gang
sprang overheard, and swan to their
boats, and padded away to the shore.
The next lot we got we put below and
clapped the matches on them and kept
them there till We got to another part
of the coast. AS soon as you get them
away from the coast m which they
live there is no fear of their running
away. They always try to cheat you
In making up accounts"
The Opelousas courier., 1885-09-19

alley softly behind the villains. Taker
by surprise, their retreat cut off, they
were easily made prisoners. You I'm
derstand we could not arrest then
unless they actually attacked Edgar
As it is, however, there was a very
pretty little tussle before we came up
Bless me, dear child, don't faint-,he's
all rightl'
"My footP' Dollie murmured, 81
sprained my ankle last night. It was
to stay to rest it that / sat down on
the church wall"
"You didn't come all the way back
with a sprained ankle"
"Yes, sir"
You are a heroineg' cried Miss Will
son. "But,my dear, and here the heiress
drew nearer to Dollie and took her
hand in a close clasp, eve have been
hearing this morning apretty liGtle love
story, of which you also are the hero
inc, and | have come to see if you will
be my guest until Thursday, and then
make poor Edgar there the happiest of
men by assisting at a double wed
ding"
Dollie's eyes, slowly dilating as the
other lady spoke. were open to their
fullest extent as this climax was
reached.
"EdgarF' she said, 81 thought he
was to marry you on Thursday"
"a musical laugh answered her.
calling the gentlemen at the same
time from the window, where they had
sauntered during the little scene, Miss
Wilson looked up at them.
Convince this young lady, Edgar
she said. "that your affection for me
is only that of a dutiful son, and that 1
shall have a motherly affection for her
likewise when I become the wife of
your father, Edgar cambridge,
senior.
And then Edgar took the chair his
step-mother elect vacated, while the
elder lady and gentleman went out
side to arrange a cushion in the car
riage for the sprained ankle.
What Edgar said may be imagined;
but certain it is that Dollie drove
home with Miss Wilson and was that
lady's guest until the following Thurs
day, when her wedding cards, too,
were distributed, and the bridal party
consisted of two bridegrooms and two
fair blushing brides.
The daily papers, in noticing the
wedding, stated that the superb parure
of diamonds worn by Mrs. Edgar
cambridge, junior, was a welding
present from Mrs. Edgar cambridge,
senior.
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PEARLS OF

Among those who labor for future
happiness he is greatest who lives well
in his own household.
The liberal nan who eats and be-
slows is better than the pious man
who fasts and boards.
They who remember the benefits
bestowed by parents are too grateful
to remember their faults.
Nature made us just. that we might
shaI goods with each other. and
supply each others wants.
There, is nothing that goads a spirit
ed woman to madness, as the realization
that any man controls her husband.
The man who enslaves himself to
his money is proclaimed in our very
language to be a miser, or Il miserable
man.
Discretion is more necessary to wo-
men than %eloquence, because they
have less trouble to speak we'll than to
speak little.
That which causes US to think is
dear to us, as everything which gives
an even imperceptible impulse to u
faculties is agreeable.
When you are looking at a picture,
you give it the advantage of a good
light. Be S courteous to your fellow
creatures as you are to a picture.
Nothing is SO great an instance of
ill-manners us flattery. If you latter
all the company, you please none. If
you hatter only one or two, you affront
the rest.
Ceasing to learn is beginning to die.
Schooling is not only needed for girls
and boys, but for men and women
through every phase Of life, if they
would complete their career.
The plain doctrine of integrity is
rarely found purely practised nova
days. 1t is easy to pick out plain
men, geniuses, marty rs; but integrity
is rare. The gods approve the depth,
and not the tumult of the soul.
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CLIPPINGS FOR THE CURIOUS.
The B~abylonians invented the sum

The Babylonians invented the sun
dial.
The Chinese regard it as a happy
omen if the lily blossoms on their
New Years day.
A Worcester fiddler named Riedl
took his old instrument to be repair
ed when the repaifer found it to be
an AWAITS of 1910, worth $4,000.
In Madagascar, On the death of the
late Queen, the people were forbidden
for two months to wear hats, carry
umbrellas or plat the hair, to say
nothing Of an interdict on building
and weaving.
Blindness has steadily decreased in
England for the last thirty years,
owing, it is thought, to the improve
ment of the opticians and the almost
complete extinction Of the smallpox
diioilS CIllIulSll.
In 1897 a Greek named Canopius
added coffee to the drinks of England.
Seventy years afterwards the first
coffee-house was started in London.
The seventeenth century introduced
tea; it was very expensive, and in
1867 sold at fifty shillings a pound.
In ancient times peacocks' crests
were among the ornaments of the
kings of England. Ernald de Accent
(Acland) paid a fine to King John in
40 palfries, with sackbuts, gilt spurs
and peacoeks' crests, such as would
he for his credit"
The national nickname of "John
Bulr' for an Englishmcn is from a
satire by DR.. Arbuthnot, representing
the Englishmen under that name as d
bluff, kind-hearted, bull-headed farmer.
The satire represents the Frenchman
as Lewis Baboon, the Dutchman as
Nicholas Frog, etc.
An Arab woman, when left a wild
oW, mourns her husband much, but
often marries again. The night before
her second marriage she pays a visit to
her first husbands grave. There she
kneels and prays him not to be offended.
AS, however, she feels he may be, she
brings with her q donkey laden with
two goat skins filled with water. The
prayer ended, she pours the water on
the grave to keep him cool under the
circumstances about to take place,
and, having well saturated him,
departs.
An old woman named Robinson,
well known as the Queen of coster-
mongers all oyer London was buried
there recently. She had been for years
a vendor of cats meat, and made a
fortune in small usury. By9direction
sfa'ft. viii, her remains were borne
by four men weaEGiag smocks, followed
by t~wenty-four young women wearing
violet dresses, Paisley shawls, hats
with white feathers, and white aprons.
The corpse was shrouded in white
satin, with a handsome wreath round
the head. Free drinks and pipes were
served at public houses named. There
was an immense attendance, including
numbers of pony carts and donkey
barrows crowded with costermongers
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Mr.. st. Johnston Tin Camping
Among Cannibals" furnishes evidence
that cannibalism is on tho wane, eye1A
in the wild interior of Fiji. On his
way back othe capital he spent night
in the hut Of an adventurous country
man who kept a store IN the bank of
the Wainamala-the first EnglishmahS,
who had penetrated thus far
This man gave him a gruesome picture
of the state of things when he first
came to live in the sequestered and
then turbulent locality. Every mans
hand was raised against his neighbor
for the simple reason that he was his
neighbor. Often past his little house
he has seen the canoes go down the
river bearing gifts from 4 chief to
another of dead men for the oven, and
sometimes bloody joints, or limbs
just torn from the victim, wrapped in
fresh leaves for the crown of a feast"
There is nc question. MI. st. Johnston
asserts, that the Fijian cannibal loved
human flesh for it's own sake, land did
not merely eat the slain enemy out Of
revenge. A chief would order to be
dubbed some one he considered would
be good for cooking, his plea being that
his ''blsck tooth ached," and that only
human flesh could cure it. The subject
is a~repulsive one, and MI. st. Johnston
deals for the most part with far more
cheerful topics. whittier we will fol-
low him after one final grim quotation:
"The expression long pig is not a
joke, nor u phrase invented by
Europeans, but one frequently used by
the Fijians, who looked upon a corpse
as ordinary butcher meat, and called a
human body puaka bazaUa,- long pig
in contradistinction to pudkG dina, or
real pig The flesh was never eaten
raw but was either baked whole in the
ovens or cut up and stewed in large
earthern pots that they use for cook
ing. Certain herbs were nearly always
cooked with the flesh, either to prevent
indigestion, or as a sort of savory stuff
ing. IL a man was to be cooked whole,
they would paint and decorate his face
as though he were alive, and n Of the
chief persons of the place would stand
by the corpse, which was placed in a
sitsing position, and talk in a hooking
strain to it for some time, when it
was handed over to the cooks, who
prepared it and placed it in the oven,
filing the inside Of the body with hot
stones, so that he would be well cooked
all through"
Nearly all tho aIn0hol nraducnd IN
The Opelousas courier., 1885-09-19
Locking the Tower.

The locking up of the Tower of Lon
don at night is of the cumbersome
old ceremonies still in use. A few
minutes before the clock strikes eleven,
the porter with an attendant, appears
before the main guard-house, carrying
a lantern, and calls out, escort Keys
The guard, supplied always from the
Queens household troops, then turns
out and escorts Keys" to the outer
gate, called the Spur" each sentry
challenging as they pass his post.
"Who goes there?" Keys" After
the gates are securely locked and
barred the procession returns, the sem
tries exaeting the same explanation as
before! When they come in front of
the main guard-house, the sentry sta
toned there gives a loud stamp on the
ground with his foot and demands,
"Who goes thereg" Keys" "Whose
keys?" Queen Victoria's keys, and
ais we'll" The porter then calls out
"God bless Queen Victoriar' to which
the main guard responds, "Amen."
The guard then present arms, the
officer kisses the hilt of his sword, and
the keys are deposited in the Lieuten,
ants lodgings. After this, all ingress
Dr. egress is impossible. It sometimes
happens that strangers visiting the
pile do not get ont before the time
comes for locking up. In that event
they may have to sleeper keep awake
on benches in the guard room.
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A Mormon Mers-v-Making,

aoo ohS osO pAC0cuAO VI oGICuuAIS
a genuine dancing-party of the Nor
mons, writes a SILT Ls-crGity CORE
spondent. I was-Shere in good time,
ready to find interest in all I saw and
heard. What first attracted my atten
ton On entering, was that the ladies
and gentlemen sat separately-the men
OF the right and the ladies on the left.
At the end of the hall was a raised
platform, upon which sat the orchestra,
which consisted of a first and second
violin and organ. The nationality of
those present was very distinct, and
easily detected. The Scandinavian
element predominated, but there was a
sprinkling of English, Scotch, Irish,
Welsh, and Swiss, while the Ohio
twang and the Missourian's adee could
also be heard. There was no attempt
at formality, all seeming to feel entire
ly at ease. When / arrived the dane
ing had not commenced, and there was
quite a buzz of conversation. Present.
ly the floor manager called out, "Please
to come to order! Brother Brown, will
you openF" Immediately all was
silence, and every head bowed in rev.
creme Brother Brown responded by
walking to the platform and Offering a
brief but earnest extemporaneous
prayer, in which he asked the Lord to
be with them during the time of their
amusement and to keep all harm and
Wrongdoing from those present. The
floor manager then gave a number to
each mar who wished to dance. and
when all had numbers given them he
called out Numbers one to eight, take
your partners for a cotillionl' There
was only space for two sets. Up start
ed the eight numbers and rushed across
the room and secured partners. There
was no waiting for introductions, and
now they stood in readiness on the
floor, falling into conversation with
their ladies. The music struck up, the
caller shouted the figure, and the dane
ers started off as If their very life was
at stake. Some'of the girls were quite
pretty, but all dressed with remarkable
plainness. Many of the men did not
appear to have made any special even
ng toilet, W 18th the exception of a lib
eral use of soap and water. Others,
again, were dressed in well-made, SER
viceable broadcloth of home manufact-
ure. When the first dance was con-
cluded the gentlemen escorted their
partners to their seats, and then retired
to their WI Then another batch of
eight was Immediately called for, and
the fun was repeated. The polka or
waltz, round dancing as it is called. is
not, by strict rules, allowed, although
few on this occasion were permitted
the evening. After several
dances bad been gone through. some
young Scandinavian sisters sang a
charming song. This was followed by
E%nglishman singing a comic song
and an American reciting from
Shakespeare. Then more dancing.
with occasional singing, till twelve
when sGome to order was
and the assembly was dismissed
with prayer.
The banana Yields three and some
The Opelousas courier., 1885-09-19

Pills are made by machinery at
Dion, France, and, being coated with
sWeetened gelatine, are rather agreea-
bic than otherwise, SO that French
children rather enjoy taking them.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-09-19

A Sandoz, a competent and EXPERIENCE
druggist, and will be prepared to fill all pre.
scriptions at any time, and give prompt
attention to all matters in my line OF busi.
ness. respectfully solicit a share of the
public patronage.
z. ". LIFTELL,
Proprietor.
Opalousas, Sept. 6, 1881.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-09-19

The banana yields three and some
times four crops a year.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-09-19

Nearly all the alcohol produced in
Germany i made from potatoes.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-09-19
uPELoUsAs FEMALE INSTITUTE,
O~pelor&as. St. Landry Parish, In.

OpetOr&dS. ii. LGhGFH IfulSit, In.
THIS Institution will resume duties Mon.
i day, September Sd, 1888. under the i'm.
mediate supervision of Mrs. II. II. Have,
and Mrs. II. A.. Davis, with competent as.
slstants. The scholastic year consists Of
forty weeks.
TERMS OF TUITION:
Preparatory Department, per month $3.50
Academic 800
Masic. with use of piano. eco
Boarding, including washing, lightS and
fuel. 1901
Embroidery, wax flowers, painting.
drawing. each, extra, 1901
Incidental fee, 10l
DISCIPLINE:
Tne govern uent Of this school Is strict but
parental: TO hard tasks or restrictions ale
inn osed, but every student must comply with
the rules, and must prepare up to the meas
u e of her ability, the lessons assigned.
Our course of study and mode of ~ipstruc-
ton are to train the mind TO habits CT correct
thinking ard thorough investigation. No
student will be allowed to enter higher class.
es without thorough preparation. Parents
and guardians may rest assured that the
manners, health an | morals of their cail3rea
and wards stall receive due Alteration.
No deduction for absence, un'ess IN case
of protractea illness. lie location OF The
town is healthfnl and easy of access. 1lis
boarding department is under the imunedi-
ate charge of Mrs. Hayes. Borders will pro-
vide themselves with blankets and towels.
For particulars address
MRS. NJ. NJ. HAYES.
July 29 t555-ruv y 10 Principal.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1885-04-23
Books glTen away.

Ladies Guide to Fancy WorE.-C0fi-
tains over 200 handsome illustrations,
"a large 3 column pages, nicely bound.
II is the only practical Instructor In
Fancy work. With 1t, as Y guide, you
can make hundreds Of beautiful things
for adOrning your home, or presents
for your friends at u trifiing expense.
Every lady is delighted with 1t, as
there is no fancy work but that she
can accomplish by Its aid.
Ladies' HrtUdte Compuni0n.-A COM
plete work OH wOmHnLOtd. 1t touches
upon every subject Of interest to wife,
neither, or daughter. Gives the adj
vice and information 50 many times
desired by ladies, but which fi1Odesty
prevents her asking u physician of the
opposite rex. Worth its sUeight in goid
to every one suffering from any Of
those weakness of the sex. Illustrated
and in cloth. Regular price $l.O0.)
Fun and Cuady.-A handsome 48
page hook, telling how to make over
100 kinds of candies and other sweet
things at home. Should be I'm every
American Household. Irregular price
50c.)
The Housewife. AN illustrated do
nestle Journal, devoted to "What to
Wear" "HOw to Cook" "Fancy
Work" "Household Matters" and
every subject of interest to an Ameri-
can lady. Irregular price, $1.00.)
Send Scots, and receive The House
wife on trial for six months, and any
one of above books free, or $1.O0 and
receive 1t for one entire year, and all
of above books free. This if for neto
subscribers only, who send notO. Ad-
dress, The HOUSEWIFE, Nunda, N. Y
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1885-04-23
fhe Fountain if Youth.

Dyspepsia Is the prevailing malady
of civilized life. A weak dyspeptic
stomach acts very slowly or not all OH
many kinds 0f food, ghses are extri-
Gated, acids are formed and become
source of pain and disease un-
til discharged. To be dyspeptic
Is TO be miserablei hopeless, de-
pressed; cofifdsed In mind, fOfgetftl, if,
resol6te, Arowsy, weak, lahguid ana
useless. 1t destroys the Teeth, Com
plexiOn, Strength, Peace of Mind and
Bodily ease. It produces Headache,
Pain In Shoulders; Coughs, ,Tightness
of Chest, Dizziness; Souf .Ef0ctatf0hs
of Stomach, Bad Taste in Mouth, Bifi.
Gus Attacks, Palpitation Of Heart, In.
flamatiOn of Lungs, Pain in the regfOfi
of the Kidneys, aud 4 hundred. other
painful symptoms. Dyspepsia fnvarf-
ably yields to the vegetable remedies
In GOLDEN SEAL BITTERS, the
great purifier Of the blood and restOref
Of health. In these complaints It has
no equal, and one hottie will prove
better guarantee Of it's merits than
lengthy advertisement. We warrant
GOLDEN SEAL BITTERS. Take no
others. Sold by
COON, RUSSELL q Co.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1885-04-23

The following are samples Of the ep-
itheis commonly bestowed upon the
STAR, now-a-tlays, In Bro Lusk's de-
lectable(f) sheet: Nuisance" }" "scur-
rillOus Sheet" ''snappiDg cur" "worth-
less sheet" " slandering our teacher" I"
ETC., etc. And 80 the crazy dance goes
ON; till the day Is cold one when
widder" John, don't use swear words
and weep and bemoan the sad fate
that's befallen him, while friehdless
and alone. But our Priscillan and
"Shake" seem unaware that they've
"stooped )" In short, have got right
down on their knees ami scoOped, this
mud, by the hat-full. And yet that
I" little STAR" still +" twinkles.n
The Board Of School Inspectors for
Pleasant Plains township met In the
STAR office, last Monday evening, and
appointed Geo. s. Wood, librarian; and
the library will be located ut his resi-
dence for the coming year. There il
some money now on hand I'm the libra
ry fund, which will be used In the pur-
chase of additional books as soon AS
practicable. Chas. X. Radcliffe will he
chairman Of the Board of Inspectors
this year.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1885-04-23

Drehmef, the well known travelling
agent for K. M. Parmelee, Dansville,
N. ", was In town last evening, OH
business.
The american Ayriculturist for May
is ut handful of fseasOnable hints and
illustrations of value to the farmer.
The number of scholars Ia the higher
room of Baldwin schools has dwindled
down to between 40 and so.
The money order system of the Ex-
press Company is growing In favor
with the public daily.
r. Cooper, Of Reed City, has been
appointed u. 8. Commissioners, says
the Evening Net0s.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1885-04-23
CHOICE JELLIES & JAMS!
Raspberry, Currant and Grape by the
Pound
AT FRED ROBERTS BAKERY.
Very Nice. Very Cheap. Try them.

Every week, regularly, the Baldwin
Long Eared Band goes.down to Chase
and spends an hour or so, with
Bro. Lusk, practicing on "Twin-
kle, twinkle, burning STAR: how we
wish you'd stop lifting our "ha'r"
John is terribly bored; but endures it
for the sake of the patronage. It's all
right, make all you can out of them !
We can stand II II they can
Foster, Blackman 4 Co. are getting
material ready for the enlargement Of
their business Offices In Baldwin; =
matter made necessary by the remvv.
al Of the headquarters Of the company
to this point. We understand that re-
Gently they have purchased additional
tracts ofpine, the manufacture Of which
will consume several years.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1885-04-23
Students SOngS.

There is no more pleasing music
Il, an these jolly songs as sung by stu.
depts: and any one who has ever had
Tie opportunity Of hearing these songs
i,v College sSv.sties, glee clubs, or by
groups or of students will not be 50. :.
pprised to learn that new ec,s,on t,,ss a..m .,
issued. over $1,000 copies have ai'
ready been sold. This renarksbls ssIs
4 nrobabIy owing to the fact that near
~ all these songs are to he found y no
other collection. They are all fresh
and copyrighted, and are the songs &c.
tusiiy si,ng vt al the colleges 1t the
present time. There are sixty songs,
with full music. The book V hand,
somely printed, sheet-music size, ana
h sold Tor nfty cents. The editor =
Wm. n. Hills, . recent graduate OF
Harvard; and the. publisher y Moses
King, Of Cambridge, Mass, widely
known as editor of "Klng's Handbook
Of Boston, "aarvard and its BUR
roundings," etc, 1,
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1885-04-23

Call at &. w. Thompson,s urocery
for Sibley's Pride Of the North Seed
Corn. This corn WIS grown "a miles
southwest Of Baldwin /; and Is the ear
Hest variety and best yielder of Dent
Corn known; Is now thoroughly accli.
mated. Owing to the cold weather,
the fore part of last season this corn
had not put out tassel up to July Sth;
but on Aug. 18th gathered u risk of
ripe corn and laid OH my counter for
inspection. This shows u very rapid
development, in ordinary seasons.
The seed Is of very fine quality, being
thoroughly ripe and dry long before
frost came. 1t yields over busl,el of
shelled corn to bnshel of ears, and
yielded 100 bushels of ears per acre on
natural soil. II was awarded lst pre-
MUM ut Lake county fair. Come ear
ly, rs / have not Il very large amount
to spare. &. w. THOMPSON.