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The Opelousas courier., 1885-06-06
: wonderful stream of water.

q There is no mar on earth," says
Peck, g that can describe Silver Springs
SO readers can form any idea of them.
The springs cover two or three acres,
and the water is from ten to fifty feet
deep. The bottom is the most beauti-
full white sand, and the water is the
clearest water in the world. II is 30
clear that any object on the bottom
can be e as plainly as though one
was only looking through a sheet OF
the finest plate glass. You a neve
realize it until you see it. Fifty feet
down you can see fish as plainly as
though in an aquarium, and actually
distinguish the separate scales on the
fish. The sun shining through this
water makes the most beautiful colors,
like diamonds. All the colors of the
rainbow can be seen, and where there
is grass on the bottom, as there is In
some places, it is of the purest green,
and the green blends with the rainbow
colors until the beholder is perfectly
awe-struck, and cannot speak for fear
of breaking the spell. It is hard to
break away from the scene, and one
wishes he could stay for weeks. There
are huge catfish swimming around,
looking on as though they might be a
yard away, they are SO plain, but they
NAV be twenty feet down. The springs
form a river which flows for eight
miles before it reaches the Oklawaha,
and all of that distance people stand on
the decks of the boat and gaze into
that beautiful water, and see the fish
swimming around. Here will be- a
school of catfish, black and saucy,
some weighing fifty pounds, there a
school of o hundred garfsh with their
long bills, playing about, paying no
attention to the steamer, but.acting as
though they were on exhibition. That
eight miles is the most fascinating ride
in the world. Those who visit Florida
and fail to take the Oklawaha trip
make the greatest mistake in the
world"
The Opelousas courier., 1885-06-06
Down East lin Maine.

A resident of Natchez, now travel
ing in New England, writes occasion.
al letters to the Democrat of that city.
He is an o%bservant, racy writer. From
his latest letter we make the extract
annexed. The correspondent writes
from Bangor.
STATUS OF THE NEGRO IN MAINE.
Theoretically these people lore the
colored man, the poor, oppressed, down.
trodden, uncared for white man in q
colored skin, who is, boo boo not al
lowed his constitutional rights. In
practice they saw a negro, and
I'll just tell the reading portion of the
race that the whole business ends when
the theoretical part gives out. The
most abused colored man I ever saw
was a servant in a Northern family of
excellent standing, where he could not
even eat in the house. 1t may be hard
enough at times in the South, but the
best friends the freedman ever had or
has, in practice-not in talk, but in
praetice--are the very white people
who live about than. The servant
above named had it rubbed into him
fifty times a day by every village loaf
er, that he was "only a niger" |
would like to be around the edges
when Minervy :" started home nights
from a Northern home. Juggling the
conventional basket Of daily plumber
to feed her lazy masculine. barnacle
who had been summing himself along
the river all day. The band would
begin to play, and the elephant would
walk around the ring when the New
England Hannah Jane caught her
.blackhanded in the act. There would
be a circus with two rings and the
usual sideshows. No, my colored
friends, don't you come up here, they
love you too well.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-06-06

Jim Webster war brought up before
an Anstin justice of the peace. 1T was
The same old charge that used to both
cr hin Id Galveston. After the evil
dencs yRas all In. the Judge with d per-
picked lock, said: But / do not
comprehend, Webster how it was pos.
sibls for you to steal those chickens
when they roasted right under their
owners window and there were two
vicious dogs In the yard Hit
Wonlan't Dr. yer q Bit of good, Jedge,
for me TO 'splain how i cotch dem
chlekans, for yon couldn't do bit YER
aelf ef yer tried it forty times, and YER
might gle yer hide full OBJ buckshot de
berry fust time ser put yer leg ober de
tance. ne bee Way fer yer ter do,
Jedge, 70 fer yer ter buy chickens Ii
de market, and when You wants to com.
INIT any ~raScality do liit on de bench.
whar you am at home.h-Texas Sift.
ings.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-06-06

COMMON SENSE FARMING.-Take the
man who farms for the purpose of grow
ing his family supplies, without having
to buy. He raises nearly everything
that his family. consumes. Having a
variety of small crops, his risk of total
failure is almost nothing. He labors for
himself, and not for the other fellow.
Panics do not affect him, for his crops
are not under mortgage and he has no
debts. His food, and much of his raj.
ment is as sure as the return of the
seasons. He farms for a living, and he
makes it-that is, if common sense and
ordinary industry are inYoked.-Tndex-
Appeal.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-06-06

Rough on Rats" Clears out rats,
mice, flies, ants, bedbugs.
Heart Pains. PalpitatioD, Dropsical
SWellings, Dizziness, Indigestion,
Headaches, Sieeplessness cured by
/" Wells Health ReneWer.''
Rough on Corns.n Ask for Wells
" Rough on Corns." 15c. Quick com.
plete cure. Hard or soft corns, warts,
bunions.
{ Bachu-P aiba.n Quick, complete
cure, all Kidney, Bladder and Urinary
Diseases, Scalding Irritation, Stone,
Gravel, Catarrh Of the Bladder. 81,
Druggists.
Bed Bugs, Flies. Flies, reaches,
ants, bed bugs, rats mice, gophers,
chipmunks, cleared out by Rough on
Rats I5c.
Thin People. Wells Health Re.
newer restores health and vigor,
cures Dyspepsia, Impotence, Sexual
Debility. 81
" Rough on Pain Cures cholera,
collie, cramps, diarrhaa, aches, pains,
sprains, headaches, neuralgia, rheuma-
tism. 2Oc. Rough on Pain Plasters, I5c.
Mothers. IF you are failing. broken,
worn out and nervous, use Wells
Health Remover $I. Druggists.
Life PreserUer. IF yon are losing
your grip on life, try Wells Health
Remover" Goes direct to weak spots.
6 Rough on Piles Cures Piles or
Hemorrhoids, Itching, Protruding,
Bleeding, Internal or other. Internal
and External Remedy in each package.
Sure cure, soc. Druggists.
Pretty Women. Ladies who would
retain freshness and vivacity, don't
fail to yrYa' Wells Health Renewer,n
g Rough on Itch cures humors.
eruptions, ringWorm, letter, salt rheum,
frosted feet, chilhlains.
6 Rough on Cataryh.n Corrects Of
fensive doors at once. Complete cure
DIT worst chronic cases, also unequaled
as gargle for Diptheria, Sore Throat,
Foul Breath. Soc.
The Hope of the Nation. Children,
slow in development, puny, scrawny
and delicate, use & Wells Health Re-
newer
Gaarrh of the Bladder. Singing,
irritation, inflammation, all Kidney
and Urinary complaints, cured Nv
8 Buchu-Paiba.n 81.
6 Water Bugs, RoacHes.n Rough
Oh Rats clears them out, also Beet
les, Ants.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-06-06
8uckIen's Arnica salye.

The Best Salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises. Sores. Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fee
yer Sores, letter, Chapped hands, Chill.
blains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions,
and positively cures Piles or no pay re-
qnired. 1t is guaranteed to give per-
feet satisfaction, OF. money refunded.
Price rs cents per box. For sale by Nj.
P. Young e. Co.
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a Remarkable Recovery.

Mr.. Geo. V. Willing, of Manchester,
Mich, writes: my wife has been al
most helpless for five years, SO helpless
that she could not urn over in bed
alone. She used two bottles of Electric
Bitters and is so much. improved, that
she is able now to do her own work"
Electric Bitters will do all that is
claimed for them. Hundreds of testi-
monials attest their great curative pow
ers. Only fifty cents a bottle at M. p.
Young 81 Co.'S. :
The Opelousas courier., 1885-06-06

We do not recon- nd bile Beans
to cure all the ills human flesh is heir to,
but we know they are superior, rs a
cathaltic and %corrector of the liver, to
pills aud liquid liver regulators. One
''bean'' is a dose. They do not grippe,
sicken the stomach or weaken the sys-
tenn. Try them once and you will new
er be without them. Sold by druggists
and medicine dealers at 25 cents per
bottle.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-06-06
ILLTNE R

Millinery Goods and Novelties, comprising
oriental Laces, new style Ribbons, Feathers,
Flowers, Bonnets, Gloves, &c, which she of.
fers, In view Of the great scarcity Of money,
at very reasonable prices.
Also Boys hatsast from IS cents up.
fnmery, Albums, Satehels, Corsets, Buttons.
Ruchings, &c, &c.
Mrs. LAS solicits an early call, and is con-
yinced Of her ability to please all, both in
goods and prices.
She is the local agent for the new American
Sewing Machine, one of the best made, and
chimes. mehf4tf
The Opelousas courier., 1885-06-06
Circus VS.. Salvation.

The salvation Army at Orillia,
Ny. has come to grief. A circus gave O
performance in the town one evening
last week, and the leaders Of the sal.
vationists concluded that ~circuses were
sinful and that they would march or
the enemy. They did march on the
enemy. They marched up close to the
door ofthe circus tent and began to
sing and exhort. The ticket seller at
a circus has usually good leather lungs,
but his voice vas drowned by the roar
-of the deep-chested exhorters. The
clowns jokes inside were lost in the
din, the sadience was annoyed and
there was trouble. The circus men
could not drive away the exh~orters, for
the latter exceeded them in numbers
and were burly and ready to resort to
the arm of the flesh. It was a bad
case.
Then a bright idea struck one of the
circus men and he disappeared within
the tent. He came out again in a mo-
ment and in remarkably good style.
He was swinging a club and he was
riding an elephant. The elephant SEEM
ed to enter into the spirit of the pro-
ceedings. He went for that Salvation
Army. The big red faced leaders of
the force, who We're singing songs,
telling how they would lay down ali
for their cause, didn't lay down any
thing. They only entered at once into
the instantaneously improvised Free
for-ail sprint racesdown the main street.
and round the corner: For a big nm
wieldy beast the elephant made pretty
good time but he was no match for the
people who had been wanting to die
for the cause. The circus went on and
the powers of darkness had a great
triumph.-Chieago Tribune.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-06-06

i. We hear some II almost daily re-,
commend "Bile Beans" to his friend
who makes some complaint of feeling
badly or bilious, or ont of sorts. Il
is good indication that a great many
people are using these goods. They
certainly are an excellent remedy.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-06-06

Pure Fruit Syrups, fresh Jellies and
choice Confectionery att the Star Gro
Gerry.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-06-06

C~atherwood's Old Stock and other
Whistles, Peach Brandy, Jamaica
Rum, Cherry Cordial, Peach and Honey,
Port, Sherry, White and Claret Wines,
Porter, Beer, ETC., at the Star Grocery.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-06-06
EDUCATIONAL.
oPELoUsAs FEMALE rwe.n.~~


oPELousAs FEMALE 1NsTrpr..
o~peto"sas, 81. Landry Parish
VNHls Institution will resume a..
u. day, September lst, 1884, un n1a.es N0a
mediate supervision of Mrs. M, NJ JnG y the d,
Mrs. NJ. A. DAVIS, with competant nAYEs and
Inc scholastic year consists Of for-t tSlsLant
TERMS OF TUITION: 1ssks
Preparatory Department, per month. =.
Music, with use of Piano, az 3@
Boardin, including. Wash d
ing, Lights and Fuel, 80
Embroidery Wax Flowers, Paint,.. IS @
Drawing, each, extra,
Incidental Fee, 10 al
DISCIPLINE: a@I
The government of this ScbooI ;.
parental; no hard tasks or restriet;sssefi et hut
posed, but every student must cosns, are In.
the rules, and must prepare. I'm w o. ! viii
ure of her ability, the lessons assirn w naeas.
Our course of study and mode of;usu.
are designed to train tho mind to ~bS s
correct thinking and thorough invaaa.a.plta. 81
Nostudent will be allowed to testlgaiua
classes without thorough preparat;a. algha
rents and guardians may rest asssa.ol:
the manners, health and morals If rfSsa l thg
dren and wards shall receive dne ss saslf ri
No deduction for absence, unIass 5 Is
protraeted illness. The location Of M; sase
is healthful and easy of access. Tbs ~ ~ tgn
department is under the immedisfs sIpg
OF Mrs. hayes. Boarders will proviSs ESQ
selves with blankets and towels. sasR
For particulars, address
,n,u 90 o,uo.o. ~ Mrs. NJ. NJ. HAYES
PRINCIPAL /
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The Rev. Geo. A. Thayer, of Bourbon.
Ind, says; Both myself and wife owe
our lives'to Shiloh's consumption cure.'
Sold by NJ. P. Young & Co.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-06-06

TO relieve ordinary toothashe ii is
recommended 10 take q very hot bath,
which Is cal culated to quiet the
nerves and be soon followed By restful
sleep. Hot, dry hannels applied to
the face and neck often relieve the
e jumping to0thache.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-06-06

Why will you cough when shiloh' s
cure will give you immediate relief.
Price I0c, soc. and 81, Sold by NJ. p.
Young & Co.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-06-06

For dyspepsia and liver complaint,
you have a printed guarantee oneyery
bottle of Shiloh's Vitalizer. Il never
fails to cure. AT M. p. Young & Co.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-06-06

Flour Ii very sensitive to atmos.
pheric Influences, and should never be
stored where there are sonr liquids, or
with 6Bh or onions. Any smell will be
absorbed By -four.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-06-06

Every horse owner should have a copy
of that admirable work, "A Treatise on
the Horse and His Diseases by Dr. Ken
dali. A few copies-English or German
for sale at this Office at 25e. per copy.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-06-06

Linen Collars, Handkerchief, Towels.
Napkins, Hose, Half Hose, etc, at the
Star Grocery.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-06-06

French claret at 30 cts. per bottle and
California claret at Is cts. per bottle, at
the Star Grocery. Try some.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-06-06

t'Hackmetackn a lasting and fragrant
perfume. Price 25 aud SO cents. Sold
By NJ. P. Young g. Co.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-06-06
For sale, OF. for Remt.

III PIECE Of property IN Opelousaa, near
- Morgan r. r., consisting of several "a.
lots very eligible for building purposes,
and of q Tot Of ground with q large dwelling
house, near Or. ". B0agni.
Sold or rented separately. Terms easy.
Dos. 7, 5m. q. Z. GARLAND, Agt.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-06-06

Pens, Pencils, Ink, Stationery, Seal
ing Wax, Paper Fasteners, Ink and
Pencil Erasers, States, School Books,
School Bags, ETC., at the Star Grocery.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-06-06
the Star Grocery :

At the Star Grocery
Mackerel, 4 for a dime
Salt Meat, 6 cts per pound
Best Hams, IA i"
Coffee, 10, l21 and Is per pound;
Clarified Sugar, n cts "
Cut Loaf and Pulverized Sugar, 10 cts.
Dates, dried apples, prunes, chow-chow
in bucket, &C., cheap for cash.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-06-06

The cheapest razors and pocket knives
in town are for sale at the Star Gro
Gerry.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-06-06

Are you Hsae miserable by indiges.
ton, consumption, dizziness, loss of APP
petite, yellow skin? Shiloh's Vitalizer
is a positive cure. Sold by NJ. P. Young
g. Co.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-06-06

Any q wishing to buy a breech
loading shot gun can hear of a bargain
by applying at this Office.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-06-06

gHEAP MEAT-Mr. G. IT. Comeau il
selling choice beef at his stali in our
market at Oh cents per pound, and will
deliver same at domicil at same price,
The Opelousas courier., 1885-06-06

Country merchants are reminded that
they can get their paper bags, wrap
ing paper and Irvine at N. @. prices at
the Star Grocery.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-06-06

Table and Pocket Cutlery, Files
Monkey renches, Locks, Padlocks'
etc, at the Star Grocery.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-06-06

|V100 am IL presents gsusn a,oay. Send
We UUsUUU us 5 cents postage, and by mail
Jon will getfyse q package Of goods Of large val
ne, that will start you in work that will at once
bring you in money faster than anything else in
America. All about the 100000 III presents
With each box Agents wanted everywhere, of
either sex, Of all ages, for ali the time, or spare
time only, 10 work for us at their u homes.
Fortunes for all workers absolutely assured.
Don't delay. H. ALLETT q Co, Portland, Me
The Opelousas courier., 1885-06-06

Central Fire Shells, Powder. Shot
and Caps, at tile Star Grocery.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-06-06
Fresh 4rriuals at the Star Grocery:

ETesE AfTtC016 az W6 BEQF NfOcefy:
A full line of Choice Confectionery ;
School Books, School supplies ;
Fresh cakes and crackers
Blank Books, Memo. Books;
Fine Wines and Liquors;
Crockery, Cutlery, Tinware ;
Best ~dour-cheap ;
Fine Hose-best halt hose ;
All cheap for cash.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-06-06

Shiloh's Cure will immediately re.
lieve Group, Whooping coughand bron-
%clitis. Sold by M. P. Young &Co.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-06-06

Fresh oatmeal, nutritious and cheap,
at the Star Grocery.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-06-06

FoR RENT.-A small town residence;
will be rented low to a good tenant, II
applied for Apply at-this office.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-06-06

Shiloh's Catarrh Remedy positive
cure for catarrh, dyptheria, and canker
mouth. Sold by NJ. 2. Young & Co.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-06-06

Fine Crockery. and Table and Pock.
ct Cutlery at the Star Grocery.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-06-06

stereoscopes, Views and other fancy
goods Of tho Star Grocery.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-06-06

Umbrellas, Whips, Spurs, Canes.
etc, at the Star Grocery.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-06-06

The best Tea ii town at The stal
Grocery.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-06-06

School Books, at tie Star Grocery.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-06-06

Corn Oats, Bran and Hay 1t the Star
The Opelousas courier., 1885-06-06

nGDEN, JOHN N.-Attorney end ~ 49,
y selor at Law. Office on Landry En- Eso
same lately occupied by II. L. Gariau0'
The Opelousas courier., 1885-06-06

pOOS, DAVID-Dry Goods, Clothlass f
10 Bootss Shoes, Groceries, HsraWess
Corner Main and Bellevue streefas
The Opelousas courier., 1885-06-06

Oatmeal at five cents per pound at
the Star Grocery,
The Opelousas courier., 1885-06-06

U EWIS & BRO.-Attorneys and coanssss
IL at Law. Office on Landry Str Dew
Court and Market streets.
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SKINNER, L.-Gunsmith. Arms ssa sso
~ chinery of all kinds repaired ~
~sharpened. Landry street, near sae 49,
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ANasal Injector free with each bottle
of Shiloh's Catarrh Remedy. Price SO
cents. Sold by NJ. P. Young & Co.
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NyHE OPELOUSAS COURIER.-Ess,s;sssS n
u ed 1852. Published weekly, hSssasI a
French terms, $3.50 10 advance, $50
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-02-01
Prizes to PaddIers.

The Mahoaing Valley Iroa Co. a year
ago offered prizes to p1ddlers who during
the year would use the least amount Of fix
to the ton Of muck iron produced. The
prizes have been awarded as follows: First
prize $40. to Ed. Resrdon, Dennis Sullivan,
John Hyland and Thomas McGahagan, Of
furnace No. Is; second prize SIG, to Mike
Hyland, John Martin, Charles McMillen,
and David Lloyd, Of furnace No. 8; third
prize $40, to John TreheCne, William Ed
wards, Thos, Roberts and Thos Perry, Of
furnsse No. 10. Exact record of the
weight Of ore used was kept and the award
made on The actual 6gureS-Youngstown,
o., News-Register.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-02-01

EsSland and Wales Il lOs. employing over
5000 nen. Other very Interesting data
were given BY Mr. Jarret-LAbos TIL
bune.
The trouble in the 1int chimney houses
has been arranged by the adoption Of q nsw
scale o Wages. For many years the scheduie
was: Blowers, 81; gatherers, 81; one boy
so cents and one boy 40 cents q move The
manufacturers at the inception Of the re-
spond with those paid at the lime houses,
but the workers would not accept. Accord
ing to the new rule, blowers get from $2.O4
to $50; gatherers, $l.05 all around, and
one boy so cents, the other boy being dis
carded, as has been the case in the lime
houses. The wages of blowers range &C
eording to the kind Of chimneys they make.
These are the highest wages ever paid to
gatherers here. Blowers can now make
from $4.25 to S. Q day, working about seven
hours,-Pottery and Glass Reporter.
The French window glass company Of
Missouri are running an 8.pot furnace and
turning out about $40 boxes Of single and
double strength glass (Gity feet to q box)
weekly. Small orders are q little more
numerous.-Age of Steel
The Salem Sunbeam il authority for the
statement that the new window glass works
at Elmer, N. j.. have been purchased by a
syndicate of blowers and cutters who will
not commence to operate them until Sep
TENDER.
The glass factories in this vicinity with
the exception of the flint works, which are
on e strike) are running steAdily.-Labor
Tribune.
King, Son 4 Co., of the Southside, Pitts
burg, win have both Of their furnaces run
ming early in February.
After an idleness of several weeks, work
has been resumed on full time at Bodines
glass works, at Tansboro, n. j.
The factory Of ChalEinor, Taylor 4 Co., at
Tarentum, Pa, is running steadily with
good prospects.
The Great Western Glass factory at st.
Louis, Mo-, viii be ready to start up IN a
few days.
The bottle works of FISHER K Morgan, at
Clayton, N. j., have shut down.
The flint glass works at Ottawa, Ill, will
shut down on January 81.
The Riverside glass works, WelIsburg, ".
Va, are on full time.