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The Opelousas courier., 1885-07-11
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"a drht Of sweets, d flash OF roses,
Moonlight over il all d~iscloses
sunnmer the sweet is here.
Summer the fair, with golden hair,
With lilies broken upon the air,
Summer ~ queen Of the year.
A NOISY sweep, with clover growing,
And languid sounds of waters flowing,
Summer the sweet is here.
Summer that holdeth tenderness best.
And careth for young birds in the nest
Summer the queen of the year.
There comes a hum from the dreamy clover.
Songs drop down from birds that float over,
Summer the sweet il hcrc.
She taketh all notlerless things in her arms
And foldeth them out from chill alarms,
Summer the queen OF the year.
Send down thy measure of sweetness
Upon us, in its fullest completeness,
Summer the queen of The year,
Let US chant to the pulse OF the sea,
With song down dropping and hum of bee,
Summer the sweet is here /!
Jennie MarWeU Paine.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-07-11
THE FAMILY PHYSICIAN
Tetanus, or Lockjayv.

~ y"
Scarcely a week passes that there Is
not a report in the newspapers of some
one who has died of tetanus, common
ly called lockjaW, brought on by some
sharp instrument being stuck in the
body; usually a nail in the foot.
Usually such wounds will prove harm"
l'ss if the following liniment be prop
erly applied: 2 OF. alcohol, 2 OF. oil of
origanum, ] OF. tincture of camphor.
/ was once called to see a boy, twenty
four hours after he had stuck a rusty
nail in his foot. He appeared to be in
intense agony, and his foot was cor
siderably swollen. | opened the wound
SO that serum flowed a little from it,
but no more than two or three drops
Of blood. | wet the wound with the
liniment, and then folded a piece Of
soft cotton cloth, eight-ply, and thor
oughly saturated it with the liniment
and bound it on the wound, giving
instructions to renew the application
every two hours til relief BE- giXsln.
'T94f SIX hours l called to see the boy
and he was out in the yard playing
and suffered no more from the wound.
The liniment is good for any fresh
wound on man or beast, and every
family ought to keep a bottle of it. I
do not affirm that in every case it will
prevent lockjaw, but l do believe.
that, il properly used, lockjaw would
seldom occur. In an experience of
many years I have not known of q
case where the liniment was used.
The liniment ought to be used till a
cure is effected.-HealM and Home.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-07-11
EOusehola Hints.

Clean green window-bliuds when
faded by brushing them over with lin
seed oil.
All vegetables should be put in boil
ing water.
Bake custards in cups set in a pan
of cold water.
Beef for roasting should not be
sailed, as it extracts the juices. Simply
sprinkle with flour.
1t is said that camphor gum placed
on shelves or in drawers will effectu.
ally drive away mice.
Nc kitchen should be without scales
to test the integity of things purchased
by weight, and to measure the quanti-
ties Of various recipes.
Miss Peabody says that white tissue
paper or canton flannel is the best ma
terial in which to wrap silver. Wooden
flannel, being bleached with sulphur.
would not be q desirable wrapping.
70 polish brass or steel, there ID
nothing better than the ofl-fashioned
rottenstone or tripoli wet with spirit1
of turpentine. II the steel islnsty
oil with coal oil and lay away for {
day before polishing.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-07-11

Whoever is learned will most prob
ably be liberal. This ii one DC the
great benefits Of science and philoso-
ply. knowledge eleFates the mind,
and . man OF extensive and elevated
views will not pc 8 bigot; nor will he
b ~intolerant. except towards the OBJ
stInatn and Wilful eyil4aoer. Indeed.
he will pity even such, and seek their
reformation.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-07-11

To cure a felon, fill a tumbler with
equal parts Of fine salt and ice: mix
well. Sink the finger in the centre,
allow it to remain until it is nearly
frozen and numb, then withdraw it,
and when sensation is restored renew
the operation four or five times, when
it will be found the disease is destroyed.
This must be done before pus is
formed.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-07-11
MOMENT'O US MATTERS

The average maple sugar crop OF
Vermont is in the neighborhood of
twelve million pounds, but this year
it will exceed that amount. The
Green Mountain state produces about
one-third Of the maple sugar crop of
the country.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-07-11

AS Asiatic rulers 60. the Ameer o.
Afghanistan cannot be pronounced q
bad sort of a man. though he has
many enemies who do all they car
to paint him in very black eolors. VIZ
are told by a French traveller that al
dinner the Amer drinks an inordinate
quantity of tea. He takes neither
sugar nor milk with it, but a little
lime. He is not given much to physical
exertion, and, indeed, he leads a some
what sedentary life, devoting many
hours each day listening to the stories
of his many spies. He is very fond OF
describing his own adventures, and at
other times he will prefer to play chess,
or, as he considers himself a good mu-
stefan, win perform some of the
national ballads on the ratab or Afghan
guitar. A light repast of sweets,
fruit and tea is then served and at 10
o'clock the guests leave. Wine and
spirits he never touches, but he smokes
a good deal and even in public. In
one way or another he has removed all
the men of note who were supposed
under the old regime to possess a
hardly less potent voice than the
Ameer in deciding important matters
in Afghan policy. His object has been
to get rid Of every al of wealth,
influence or position within his terri
tories, in the belief that they both
detraet from his dignity and serve as
the mean Of intrigue against hsi
power. In short, he is a believer in
the Oriental fashion of decapitating
all the ta1lest of the poppies. He is
well aware of the peculiar position. he
occupies as a buffer between the two
great powers of Great Britain and
Russia. At the same time it is ad-
mitted that the Ameer is a man who
thinks a great deal of his own personal
interests and his own personol com
fort, and that his style of living sug-
gests the idea thatit would be q serious
shock for him to have to return to the
penurious life OF an exile and pen
Bioner on the bounty Of Russia.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-07-11
Evy.s, me aeGs eoysg,sasssIsssea

Dude Doctor, ! wish you would
do something Tor me I've such q hor-
rid pain IN my head.
Doctor-I congratulate you.
Dude-Congratulate me-Whyf
Doctor That ehere il something
III pGn
The Opelousas courier., 1885-07-11

Professor Tyndall thus endeavors to
explain the immunity obtained against
a second attack of a contagious dis
ease. "One of the most extraordinary
and unaccountable experiences in
medicine was the immunity secured
by a single attack of a communicable
disease against future attacks of the
same malady. Smallpox, typhoid or
%scarlatina, for example. was found, as
a general rule, to occur only nee in d
lifetime of the individual, the success
full passage through the disorder APP
parently rendering the body inyulnera-
BILE. Reasoning from analogy, [ have
ventured to express the opinion that
the rarity of second attacks of CON-
municable disease was dye to the
removal from the system, by the first
parasite crop Of some ingredient
necessary to the growth and propaga-
ton of the parasite"
The Opelousas courier., 1885-07-11

The Russians of the Baltic provinces
have not been slow in following the
example Of Americans and Australians
who are supplying the English
market with frozen meat. According
to the Moscow Gazette a large COM
pany has been formed at Libau for
the expectation Of meat. AT one time
it had to suspend operations because
of American competition. At present,
however, business appears to flourish.
The scale on which the company is
carried on may be inferred by the fact
that unless | 100000 is realized per
annum the company will not be able
to declare a dividend. The slaughter
house at Libau is so constructed as to
enable the company to kill ninety
thousand head of cattle annually.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-07-11

Nebraska is an Indian name and
means water Shallow
RiYer..
The Opelousas courier., 1885-07-11

III We Ct cured the services Of M Walotsa
A Sandoz, a competent an experienced
| druggist, md will be prepare to Till all pre-.
scriptions at any time, and give p ompf al.
tention to all matters in milne of business,
I respectfully solicit a share of the public
patronage
r. NJ. LITTELL.
Proprietor.
Opelousas, Sept. 6, 1888
The Opelousas courier., 1885-07-11

DR.. Riley, United States Entomolo-
gist, has published a remedy for cab
bage worms accidentally discovered by
MIR. Charles H. Erwin of New York.
The remedy is very cold water sprin-
killed. upon the worms during the heat
Of the day. It was found that such an
application in the hot sun caused them
to quickly let go their hold upon the
leaves, curl up, roll to the ground and
die, while the cabbages looked all the
fresher for the application.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-07-15

TO the EdH0r OF the DFpdSch:
II is gratifying to see tat the news
papers are awake as to one Of the great
dangers threatening the Democratic
party in the election of members OF the
Legislature next fall. c., the fight
now going on between rival aspirants
for the United States Senate. There Is
no Disgusting the fact that this is real
danger which seriously threatens Dem
ocratic supremacy in the next Legisla-
ture. As you have truly said, there
are so many counties close and doubt
full that little lukewarmness may turn
the scale and give the Legislature to the
Republicans. 1t is a sad fact,
now well known, that some Of
the leaders, forgetting the great
honors showered upon them by the
party, forgetting the great peril Of the
State, have inaugurated an active can
vass for the Senate, and subordinated
the great issue as to whether Malone
shall be beaten to the lesser one as to
whether he shall be succeeded by A,
b, or G. If this thing goes on, the re-
suit will be that in a close county a
known friend Of A gets the nomination
for the Legislature if elected, he will
vote in caucus for A. and it is asking
too much Of political human nature to
expect b and @ and their partisans to
give him a hearty support. You gen.
tlemen Of the press are wasting your
sweetness on the desert air in
appealing to the patriotism Of these
senatorial aspirants to sink their am
bition and save the State from the curse
Of an incompetent judiciary and the.
thousands Of untold evils to result from
a Malone mob having control Of the
Legislature. The Democratic State
Convention, however, will have it in its
power to avert this danger, and at the
same time to do an act Of simple justice
and fairness to the Democrats of the
counties having Republican majorities.
Let the Convention unanimously pass
the resolutions, which will be intro
duced, declaring that the legislative par
ty caucus shall be composed Of all
rogularly-nominated candidates for the
Legislature. Then. whenthe Democrats
of a county shall nominate a candidate,
all Democrats, including the senatorial
aspirants, will have the same interest
in his election and none in allowing him
to be defeated. In this way, and this
alone, can this danger be averted. Let
this simple act Of justice be done. Let
every Democrat in the State feel that
he is to have representative voice IN
nominating candidates for senator,
basement officers, judges, &C., whe-
Their he lives in Democratic or
Republican county; that he is to be
treated as an equal in his party, and
the writer honestly believes it will add
thousands of votes to the ticket this
fall, and at the same time put it out Of
the power of che senatorial aspirants to
do harm.
Let the Convention fail to do this act
Of Justice; let it refuse to apply the
golden rule, and the rule of wisdom as
we'll; let selfshness and injustice rule
the hour, and should the party be beaten,
who can say it will not be retributive
JUSTICE
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-07-15

Lightning does its work before the
victim knows anything. Two men were
struck while taking refuge under tree.
Both were carried into the house and
laid out for dead. One Of the men re-
vived, and after weeks of terrific suffering
and infirmity, he got out again and is still
living. He said that he knew no more
about having been struck by Lightning
than he was conscious Of having lived
before the food. 1t was all news to him
when he was told Of the fact.-Chicago
Current.
In Taylor county, W. Va, some years
ago the courthouse was struck by light
ming whilst full of people. One man
was killed and a number of men rem
dered insensible. Not one of these
knew until told by what he had been
hurt.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-07-15
Mr.. Gladstone

The following is rerbdtim extract
from Mr.. GLADsToNE's letter read at
the meeting Of the Midlothian Liberal
Association
II have never anticipated in or since
1880 that I should solicit at your hands,
when the existing Parliament had done
its work, the renewal of the commits
sion that Midlothian generously gave
me much less, | need hardly add,
have I thought Of asking like honor
elsewhere, but am not at this moment
released from my duties to the party
which trusted me, and the first Of these
duties is to use my strongest and most
sedulous efforts to prevent anything
that can mar the unity and efficiency of
that great instrument which under
Providence has chiefly and almost
wholly made our country for the last
half century"
That settles it, we think, that the
Tories who laid the flattering JUNCTION
to their souls that Mr.. GLADSTONE
would retire from active politics at the
end Of the present Parliament were q
little too quick.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-07-15
The Hard Times.

In their platform Of this year the
Virginia Republicans ought to set forth
their creed ss 70 monometallism and
biretallism. The Republican party as
. party Is made up Of monometallists.
Kipe tsnths Of its congressman are mo-
nome, lists. Many political econo-
mists held that the present hard times
are due 70 the fact that gold is con-
SANITY increasing in purchasing power,
thus crushing the life out Of all enter
prise the world over. Certainly the
.cssse Of the hard times is . cause
which is in operation in Europe ~ well
- 10 Ansriss. II is absurd to charge
the hard times TO the Democratic party
Of this country. These hard times are,
Ne sspest, almost universal. The Phil
sdelpais Telegraph says;
The existing mercantile depression
Is confined 10 no country on the face Of
the earth, and 10 no particular tzsds or
l,usinsss. ycr the time being II 10 a.
rsnsral - bns:rsss Itself; 1t is Is
financial dslsgs, ss widespread and all
embracing, l. not Is dsstrussive, - that
wAlch swcpt svm ths sASth IN tho days
o. NsaA !; end the worst Of IL b that
jas no eisSs d men n trade 3 thsss
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-07-15

sny nrk Of refuge snd no heights which
The trorhled waters do rot overflow
The Democrats have now control OF
but ore house Of Congress-. consc-
quentiy they have had no opportunity
to perfect any measures Of relief for
the people. The present hard times
have come upon tho country after twon-
ty-four years Of Republican ralc.
Twelve years sgo--in 1873 wave Of
depression passed over the whole coun-
try and paralyscd business TO such an
oxtcnt as that the early reappearsnce
Of commercial activity was hardly to
be hoped for. Tho same Republican
party was in power In 1873. Neverthc-
less, the country gradually grew out OF
that condition Of prostration OF busi-
ness. Now Ii has come upon us again.
Right or wrong, the people held the
Republican party responsible for the
hard times Of 1873, and elected a De-
mosratic House of Representatives in
1874. The people are as intelligent in
1885 as they were ~ 1873, and will
know what party, if any in this coun-
try, is to be called 70 account for the
hard times of this year. At any rate,
it is useless to try tc lay the hard times
upon Democratic measures or Demo-
cratic men. Let ths people do in 1885
as they did in Is74-vote down the
Republican psrty,--and better times
may result next year as better times
resulted in 1875. Let us try the ex-
pertinent anyhow.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-07-15
Let the Platform Answer.

To-day General MALONE will, we
suppose, lay down his platform Of 1885.
There is one point which it behooves
hrm TO make clear. In his letter to
Senator MILLER, Of New York, he
used the following lsnguage-remarka-
bic ss coming from him. He said;
"By acts approved August 81 and
November 90, 1884, all recognition Of
tsx-receivAble coupons or other interest
accruing upon any Of the previously
issued Obligations representing the debt
Of the original State Of Virgins ex-
cepting upcn the bonds issued in pur-
suance Of the Riddleberger settlement
Is forbidden after January /, 1885. If
this Is not omen, defiant, and violent
reputation, will seine debt-paying
Democrat tell us what constitutes re-
nadia.icn."
In the pamphlet which he recently
published, the Second Auditor Colonel
Y. G. RurrIN) distinctly charges that
the language just quoted "shows that
Judge HUoHEe is now backed by
General MALONE, who thus distinctly
commits himself to an increase OF
100000, 900 Of public debt, for which
he pretcnds TO find warrant in the ex.
ploded construction of the RIDDLE.
BERaER BILL"
The platform OF to-day should ex.
plain what General MAHoNE meant
by the language quoted above from hi'
letter to Senator MILLER. In tina,
letter he distinctly charges the Demo.
cratic Legislature with "repudiation :
Seearse, As il following up a sugges
ton Of Judge HueHEs's, that bod,
passed tho acts Of August 81 an,
November 90, 1884. Does Geners
MAaoNs intend TO repeal those tw
laws IL he secures . majority in tn
next Legislature If not, what doe
he mean by charging the Democrat
with Reputation because they on
n acted those laws?
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-07-15
CHARLOTTESVILLE.
News Around she Old Town.

News Around she Old Town.
Correspondence the Richmond Dispa tch.l
July IA, 1885.
The summer law class and other sum-
mer classes at the University of Vir-
ginia are well attended this year.
The work Of laying the water-pipes
in the town is about done, and the un-
usual spectacle is presented Of Ragged
Mountain water "on tap" in most Of
our streets. Mr.. Ellis F. Harris has
been elected superintendent of the
works.
Scarlet-fever has appeared here, but
there are very few cases, and those iso-
lated. Owing to the care bestowed
upon the matter there is no fear that
other cases will appear.
Thomas Scruggs died at an early hour
yesterday morning, after an illness Of
. few hours. DR.. Starr preached the
funeral sermon.
DR.. Cabell is summering at Millboro'
and Jadge Watson is spending few
weeks at Bulltown, W. Va. QUIP.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-07-15
New Rea6eFy.

Messrs. JOHN MURPHY 4 Co., Of
Baltimore, have just published the
Peabody Series Of Illustrated Reading
Books, arranged and graded for the
use OF schools. Their titles are
Primer, Infant Reader, First Reader,
Second Reader, Third Reader, Fourth
Reader, Fifth Reader, Sixth Reader,
and their prices vary from 10 TO 70
cents. The Ssx, american, Erening
Meas, and Sunday Times, all Of Balti-
more, where the Messrs. MURPHY
live, spesk Of these books in terms o.
high praise.
For sale by the publishers, and also,
we suppose, by booksellers.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-07-15
wEDYEsDAY..........JULY Is, 1885.
The Life Of the State.

The people Of Virginia intend to man
age their own internal affairs in their
own way. They do not purpose to
allow themselves TO be coerced by any
ROVER on earth. They know that
Jsarc BOND, Judge HUGHES, Justice
MATHEWS. and oil other Federal
Judges who entertain suits in their
courts against the sovereign state
of Virginia are chsrgesble with ju'
dicisl usurpstion. One OF the
delegates to the Republican National
Convention Of 1880 distinguished him
self BIZ saying in that body that he
,.e.rried his sovereignty under his own
hat" This is what Virgins. says to
all who endeavos to compel her to re-
ceiys coupons for taxes in violation Of
law. She carries her sovereignty under
her own hat, and is protected in 1T by
the State Constitution and the Consti-
tuition of the United States. This she
expects to do, and be protected in do
ing, as long rs the latter Constitution
stands between her and the machina-
tons Of the bondholders.
There are threats made that Virginia
Is 10 be crushed. Whenever, if ever,
Virginia is crushed under the heel of
Federal power, all the States will be
crashed with her. As soon as the
northern people get over their prejudices
against REBELS" and learn that Viz
ginia is now fighting single-handed the
battle Of 4" State sovereignty; or, as
that phrase has become Objectionable,
let us say the battle for each States
right not TO be sued in the Federal
eourts--all the States, north and south,
may be expected to stand for the right.
Ii does the State no harm for her
enemies to speak Of her attempts to
protect herself as Reputation" She
can afford to submit to being libelled
so long ss she is cagaged in a Just cause.
Call her acts what you will, you must
own that she is seeking to give effect
to that clause Of the Federal Constitu-
ton which provides that no Federal
court shall entertain suit against any
State such as BOND, MATTHEWS 4
Co. have entertained against her.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-07-15
STANTON.
Ire Normal lnssitutt-Dr. Diekinssn Clear.
Ing the Wsy-fire.

Ire Normal Inssituts-Dr. Diekinssn Clear.
Ing the Way-Fire.
Correspondence Of the Richmond Dispatch. !
July IA, 1885.
About three hundred arrivals have
been registered Ut the headquarters Of
the Normal Institute, which opens to-
day. As soon as the registering is over
the teachers are escorted TO their homes
for the session. Mr.. Bowles, our city,
and Mr.. Roller, the county superin-
tendent, aided by Mr.. Stefey, an old
and experienced teacher, are in charge
Of the arrangements, which are working
very smoothly and pleasantly. Pro-
fessors Winston and Fox, of Richmond,
and Psynter, Of Roanoke College, will
respond. Over fsur hundred teachers
have sigpifed their purpose to be pres
emit during the session.
DR.. Dickinson, of the Religious Her.
aid, came up on Saturday from Rich
mond and gave the Baptists an illustra-
ton of his manner Of work. He gen.
orally clears the way IS he moves
Along. Rev. DR.. Nelson, the new pas
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-07-15

The ghost Of JOHN PHGNIX has
been loa6ng around the Office Of the
San Miguel Journal. That paper says !:
:. Last week the editor Of this paper
was absent, and he is in no way re-
sponsible for the editorial which APP
peared on the Indian question. We
have no sympathy for the red-skinned
murderers whatever. In our opinion
the killer Of an Indian, under any cir
cumstancss, is a public bensfactor and
not q murderer by any means"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-07-15
Mr.. Harbour Declines.

ALEXANDRIA, July II, 1885.
Ny Dear Sir,-I duly received your
very kind favor some time ago in refer
ence to the gubernatorial nomination
by the Democratic Convention at Rich
mond on the Doth instant, and should
have answered it more promptly but for
the incessant demand upon my time and
the pressure Of public engagements.
| highly appreciate the compliment,
and am very grateful to my friends for
the request to allow my name to go
before the Convention as above, but
would be compelled by circumstances
TO decline the nomination il rendered.
The reasons which impel me to take
this course are conclusive to my mind,
and, hope, will be satisfactory to my
friends.
| am, in haste, yours very truly,
JOHN S. BARBOUR.
MAJOR r. +. Mason, Charlottesville,
Va.