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The Opelousas courier., 1885-01-03

C~atherwood's Old Stock and other
Whistles, Peach Brandy, Jamaica
Rum, Cherry Cordial, Peach and Honey,
Port, Sherry, White and Glaret Wines,
Porter, Beer, etc, at The Star Grocery.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-01-03
A RARE CHANCE!
Land at a Bargain.

Asa1hU az a HaFBahAKae
a SPLENDID tract of 500 acres of land
"A part wood and part cleared, about thrss
miles east of Opelousas, on Bayou Teche, will
be sold very cheap for cash. This is % bargain
such as is seldom offered, and to a party haYi
ing the cash will prove a most profitable ID
yestment. For particulars apply at this Of
fee or to C. Donate, Opelousas. dISf
The Opelousas courier., 1885-01-03

Tue Postofice Savings Bank, DC Ca
nada. now holds $I8, 1856 ,I34 Of depo-
sits, all increase Of more than i million
and 8 half since last year.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-01-03

To Car Agricultural Headers.
Tho American Agriculturist is one Of our
most valued exchanges. 1t has Just en-
tered upon the 43d year Gifts existence, with
varied improvements, and more reading
matter and ~engravings. It is invaluable to
those engaged In farming pursuits. We will
send the american Agricnlturist and the
COURIER for one year to any address, on re-
receipt of three dollars and seventy-fve
cents.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-01-03

Every horse owner should have a copy
of that admirable work, GA Treatise on
the Horse and His Diseases" by Dr.Ken-
dali. A few copies-English or German
for sale at this office atS25c. per copy.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-01-03

Table and Pocket Cutlery, Files,
Monkey Wrenches, Locks, Padlocks,
etc, at the Star Grocery.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-01-03

Linen Collars, Handkerchief Towels.
Napkins, Hose, Half Hose, ETC., at Tie
Star Grocery.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-01-03

a curious fact is observed that one
day last week the temperature differed
100 degrees in this country. At Flo
rida Keys the Thermometer registered
70degreas above and At Duluth 30 de-
grees below zero.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-01-03

EVILS BRO.-Attorneys and Ccallses'
- at Law. Office on Landry st, besse
and Market streets.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-01-03

Docs, DAVID-Dry Goods, Ciothing !
10 Boots, Shoes, Groceries, HardweS'
Corner Main and Bellevue streets.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-01-03
n prt IS.

Get your cisterns at hone-Cox can
furn sh them at lowest prices.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-01-03

HsHE OPELOUSAS COURIER.-H
ed 1852. Published weekly, En-
French; terms, $3.50 in advance. y
The Opelousas courier., 1885-01-03

ARTIN, BERNARD-Staple and lss3
1sA groceries, liquors, cigars, confcstlesss
etc; Market street, in rear of Court LOU
The Opelousas courier., 1885-01-03
S. L. ELAN,
Attorney 81 Counsellor. at Law,
~OPELOUSAS, IA.

Practices in the Federal and State Courts.
Special AMeation Paid to Collections.
References aev. To. Ho1gh, opelousas
leans, La. Dec. q ,-3m
The Opelousas courier., 1885-01-03

SKINNER, L-Gunsmith. Arms asa /
~ ehinery Of all kinds repaired az
s~harpened. Landry street, near the 20
The Opelousas courier., 1885-01-03

ogden. JOHN N.-Attorney and VI
- selor at Law. Office on Landry ss w
same lately occupied by II. L. Garland
The Opelousas courier., 1885-01-03

ESASSIER, F.-Staple and fancy g.s
~ les, liquors, cigars, confectionery, q
ware, &C., cheap for cash Court street.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-01-03
Town Property for Sale,

MY RESIDENCES in Opelousas, two,stories
W. with five rooms and hall, brick kitchen
and pantry attached, servants house, cistern,
well, stable, crib, ETC., and half square Of
yard, garden and lots-buildings all new, and
of cypress. Price, $5SOO-Sl500 cash,
balance ON terms to suit purchasers.
May 10. C. C.DUS0N
The Opelousas courier., 1885-01-03
FOR SALE

ON I'D VANTAGE0US TERMS.
EsHE splendid property tlate residence II
Il I. Valadel situated opposite the Catha
lie Church, 0pelousas, consisting of two lott,
an excellent dwelling house. Kitchen, a car
riage house, barn, stable, vegetable and flow
er garden and orchard-all in perfect order
Apply to
JULES PEIeRODIN,
Oct. I'd, 1880 " 0pelousas.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1885-07-19
Sunday, July I9, 1885.

THE prompt concentration Of large
number of troops in the vicinity Of the
Cheyenne reservation in the Indian
Territory shows that the government
means business. IL is not only the
intention to completely corral the
Cheyennes, but In all probability to
disarm them also. That they should
be disarmed there is no question.
They are supplied with the best Win
chester rifles and have an abundance
Of ammunition. These arms and am
munition they have not secured from
the government, but have purchased
them from time TO time from the trad
ers and merchants in the frontier
towns. After the Cheyennes are dis
armed, every other Indian tribe ought
t. be treated In the same way, and at
the next session of Congress law
ought TO be passed making it d peni.
tertiary offense to sell arms and am-
munition to the Indians. They have
no more use for rifles and guns than
the people of a civilized community.
The game is all gone, and therefore
there is no hunting for them, and in
fact no necessity for it as they depend
for their subsistence upon government
rations. In place Of their rifles the
government should give them agricul-
tural implements, and in place of am
munition they should be given seed Of
various kinds, and taught how to till
the soil. This plan will put an end to
Indian outbreaks, because without
arms they can do no harm. The
sooner this plan is put into general
operation the better it will be.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1885-07-19

GROVER CLEVELAND is the first
President, since Lincoln, who has ex-
ercisei his prerogative as commander
in-cbief Of the armies and navies Of
the United States so far as to order
the general of the army away from
Washington and into the field. Even
Grant, when President. never ordered
General Sherman to take the field in
person against a.band Of Indians. IL
strikes US that there are several major
generals and brigadiers of the regular
army lying around loose who ought to
be competent to suppress the Chey-
ennes or any other troublesome red
skins. 1t is creditable to General
Sheridan, however, that he promptly
obeyed marching orders, just the same
as il he were only lieutenant acting
under orders from his superior officer.
Sheridan has been in the field and the
saddle before. President Cleveland
evidently proposes to 90 down in his
tory as military service reformer ~
well As a reformer of the civil service.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1885-07-19

IT - about time for the United
States TO put up the sign, "No more
territory wanted" No sooner is one
annexation scheme disposed Of than
another one is proposed. Not long
ago II was stated that Cuba was in the
market, and that Spain wanted to sell
it to this country. Spain finally de-
MED that Cuba was Cpr sale. Next 1t
was announced that King Kalakaua
had sent special agent to the United
States TO offer the Sandwich islands at
a bargain. And.now comes the rumor
that Mexico desires to unload six Of
her northern states upon this country,
rs she is hard up and wants some hard
cash. There is some sense in such a
proposition, but We question whether
II would be seriously entertained even
II II were made. Our government has
all the territory In can conveniently
handle.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1885-07-19
Experience I'm Panama

lChicago Tribune Around Town.
Five years ago met q young Greek In
the Palmer house rotunda | was i'm
pressed with his fine manners anu clean.
cut features The other day at the club
a card was handed me which / recognized
as his Presently he came in-sallow,
emaciated. lVOiing like fragment of the
flag end Of misfortune.
Swell, where in the world do you hail
from" said !.
panama, said he.
"What-the isthmus of Panama."
ayes After leaving Chicago five years
ago ] went back to Greece and acted as
secretary in a ship company's office. Then
| got the fever TO travel again. get it
every now end then; | can't help IT, So
set out for Algiers, and from there went
by caravan down into the western part of
the desert Of Sahara DO you know there's
a fascination about desert travel that l
never can resistg Ii is slow and lazy, but
hard, and has smack of danger and.
after you've got use 10 riding on camel.
| tell YOU there's nothing like it.
But Il takes about three weeks TO get
toughuncd to il, though. 1t breaks your
back and stitfens your joints and makes
you more miserable than wife Every
man ought to take a ride across the desert
Just for the sake of learning the value Of
a drink of water
But what about Fanama2 How did
you get down there"
We'll, just six months ago got to-
gether company of $50 men and took
them from Greece over TO Panama TO work
ON the ship canal
where are they now"
Dead Every single one Of them died
of the typhoid fever I'm the only one
left, and came near going myself. /
tell you that's the worst hole l ever got
into in my life, Now I'm going back
home 10 sec if can settle down.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1885-07-19
Church stesples AS Homes.


Although very rarely indeed met with
in old English churches themselves, an
cient fireplaces are by no means uncom-
mon in steepleS. They are usually on
the first floor, and have flues going to
the top in the thickness of the wall
Some have supposed that such towers
as have them must at some time or
5ther have been watch-towers; but in
remote inland districts it seems more
reasonable to suppose that recluses
dwelt in such places. With bare holes
and narrow loopholes, they must have
been at all times wretched habitations;
but picture, if you can, such an abode
on wintry night. The gloomy sur
roundings the howl of the blast, the
perpetual whistling of the turret stair
case, the cracking of tine tree-tops, a
sense of loneliness in all this uproar.
Can any situation be more conductive
TO madness!
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1885-07-19
IngersoII On Blasphemy.

In recent lecture Col. Ingersoll gave
this as his idea of real blasphemy: ITO
live on the ill.paid labor Of others; TO de.
stroy the liberty of man; 10 prevent the
growth OF the human mind 10 pollute
children's minds with >se dogma Of
eternal punishment 10 de end slavery
and polygamy; TO wage wars Of extermi
nation; to appeal TO brute force; TO excite
the prejudice of ignorance and supersti
ton; 10 SANDER a fellow man; TO abuse
wife and children: to add in any way TO
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1885-07-19

Ruskin Every duty We omit OBJ
scures some truth we should have known
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1885-07-19
Gradually Going Down.


1t is known that the Atlantic coast be.
tween Cape Hatteras and Cape Tod has
been sinking steadily for centuries, and it
is within the bounds Of probability that be.
fore 1000 years has elapsed the cities of
New York aud Brooklyn may be under
water. When the Dutch colonized Man.
haitian island 100 years ago, the Indians
told them that in the time of their great.
grandfathers II was possible to cross Hell
gate dry shod from one bank TO the other.
Professor Guyot estimated that the lower.
ing Of the Atlantic coast was twenty-five
and one.half inches every century. Al
the same tine il is certain that the greater
portion Of the American continent Is ris.
ing. while the continent of Australia ID
certainly sinking
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1885-07-19

THE June report Of the agricultural
department estimates the wheat yield
OF 1885 at 1858 100000 bushels. This
will give every man. woman and child
in the United States about seven
bushels apiece to carry them through
for the next year.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1885-07-19
4 Noted Bapyan Tree.

On the banks of the Norbudda, in In
dia, stands a celebrated banyan tree,
which is supposed TO be that described
by Nearchus, the admiral Of Alexander
the Great This tree once covered an
area so immense that IL has been known
TO shelter no fewer than 1000 men.
Though not much reduced in size by
the destructive power Of floods, the re-
mainder is still nearly 1000 feet in cir.
cumference, and the trunks, large and
small, exceed 5000 in number.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1885-07-19

GOVERNOR BUM, Of Idaho, has
made room for Democrat by resign
ing. His career In Idaho has been
brief and not very brilliant. About
the only thing sint he has done by
going from Philadelphia to Idaho is
30 acquire the title Of governor.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1885-07-19
Tw PnnnInr NnyeI,.

Dickens David Copperfeld," illus
trated and sold in penny numbers,
and Eugene Sues Mysteries of Paris
are at present the two most popular
books in france
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1885-07-19

PRESIDENT CLEVELAND proposes to
take 10 the woods for few weeks, but
be will find Office seekers there all the
some. The wooks are full OF 'em.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1885-07-19

fyou wish the best 8, 10 and ~
year old WHISTLES call on Professor
Bach at his new brick building where
lac keeps the best goods In the city.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1885-07-19
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ontrsesd BY any Of the employees OF said paper or,
-, will be recognized unless accompanied BY n
On order signed bv the publisher OF business
aanager.
The editor Of TIE YELLOWSTONE JOURNAL Is not
responsible for any Of the opinions or utteranees OF
it, correspondents.
All letters and communications containing mat.
ter intended for publication In this paper, should
b addressed TO THE YELLOWSTONE JOURNAL"
aud the OF the writer must be given TO insure
attention.
Notice is Hereby given to all concerned that 7 HE
YELLOWSTONE JOURNAL holds the contract from
the governor Of Montana, TO do all printing and
advertising, Of whatever nature ehargeable to Gus.
ter county and Is also the designated and only
Dsper In Custer county in which services by pub
location can be legally made. Legal notices pub,
.ished In other papers Of Custer county, are roid
and worthless, has been decided by the courts OF
Montana
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-10-29

BY BACHELOR BKN.


My first, my very first, his name was Will
handsome fellow: fair. with curing hair.
And lovely eyes. have his lock { still
He went TO Galveston and settled there.
At loset heard 40. All. dear me-dear mel
How terribly In love he used to bel
The second. Robert Hill. he told his love
The first night that w met Twas at a ball
A foolish boy. lie carried of my glove.
We sat out half the dances I'm the hall.
And II rted in the most outrageous way.
All. mel how mother scolded all next day
The third woke mp my heart. From night till
morn.
From morn till night dreamed Of him;
I treasured mp a rosebud he had worn;
My tears and kisses made his picture dim
Strange that cannot feel the old, cid flame,
When remember Paul-that was his name.
The fourth and fifth were brothers-twins at
that:
Good fellows, kind. devoted. clever. too.
Twas rather shabby TO refuse them rat
Both in on day, but what else could do?
M heart was Il II with Paul, and he had gone
Yacht sailing with the Misses Garretsonl
He never cared for mel found that out
Despite the foolish clingings OF my hope;
A few months proved IL clear beyond doubt
steeled my heart: would not pine or NOPE,
But masked myself in gayety and went
To grace his wedding when the cards were sent.
So those were all my lovcs My husband2 Oh,
met HIM down in Florida one fall
Rich. middle aged. and prosy. as you know;
He asked me, accepted: that Is all.
A kind, good soul: he worships me: but then
never count him In with other men.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-10-29
Curious Features Of Glaciers.

The periodical growth and decline of
the frozen rivers Of the Alps are the
most remarkable and least understood
of glacial phenomena. For nearly
thirty years most of the Alpine glaciers
have been reduced in length by hun
dreds and even thousands of feet, and
have decreased in volume by millions
of cubic feet. Between 1871 and 1875
every known glacier was decreasing in
size. Then began the period of enlarge
ment. The Blossoms glacier of Mont
Blanc commenced to creep down the
valley again. Within the next four
years three more glaciers began to
grow. In the past two years fifty gla-
ciers have begun their season of ad-
vancement. The period of diminution
has entirely ceased in the western and
central Alps, but the glaciers of the
Austrian Alps and q few others are still
decreasing.
These phenomena are not merely of
scientific interest. To the inhabitants
of many an Alpine valley the periedi-
cal growth of the glaciers is a season
of dread and solicitude. Twelve great
disasters that within the past two CEN
turtles swept many hamlets out of ex-
istence were all due to glacial growth.
The great ice streams in their resistless
progress tumble vast rocks down the
mountains, uproot trees, shove the turf
before them, and tear dwellings into
splinters. Thrice has the valley of the
Sass been desolated by q glacier that
completely damned the river, and thus
flooded the country. Villages have
been overwhelmed by great masses of
ice that have tumbled from the ad-
vancing glaciers. While the period of
glacial recession is one of comparative
security, the season of growth brings
almost constant anxiety and inquietude
to the inhabitants.
The Swiss Alpine Club has been en-
gagged for some years in efforts to dis
cover the laws that govern these phe-
nomena. Its President, Prof. Forel,
in q recent report, says that some indi-
cations OF the nature of these laws have
been obtained, but they cannot be sat-
isfactorily Investigated until much more
data have been secured. The society
is accommodating great number of OBJ
servations, and Prof. Forel invites the
cooperation of all scientific mountain
GERS and Alpine travellers in these IN
terestin0 and important researches.
Anon.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-10-29
A Practical Suggestion.

A Texas Judge showed considerable
unwillingness to grant a man a divorce.
The Judge said to the applicant:
@Refect for moment that your wife
with all her faults has her good quail
ties, and that by mutual concession you
may be able to get along very well to-
gether."
The applicant for divorce seemed to
be very much moved by what the Judge
said, and the latter began to fatter
himself that he had carried his point.
At last the man said:
"Your honor is not married, I be-
lever"
mo, am a widower."
"Well, then, Judge, suppose you
grant me divorce from this woman,
and then marry her yourself, and see
il you can stand her devilish temper"
The Judge begged leave respect
fully to decline.
"Yes," responded the applicant,
scornfully, "you are mighty kind pre-
scribing medicine for other people, bat
you don't care to try dose of il your
self. "-Teras SJtings.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-10-29
A Lucky Invalid.

The New York doctors charge a
great deal more than do the Texas doc
tors. Col. Sumpter Mcbride Sumpter,
of Austin, who was quite i'll during
his recent visit to New York, is our
authority for the assertion.
He was in bed three or four days at
his hotel, and when the bill was pre-
sented he took piece of paper and q
pencil and figured out how much more
he had to pay in New York than he
would have had to pay in Texas for the
same amount of indispositon. Having
got through his calculation, he folded
his hands resignedly and said:
Il am lucky in being sick here in
New York instead of being laid up in
Texas"
@Ahl" said the doctor.
"Yes," responded Sumpter, @for all
this money Ill have to pay you I'd
had to be sick in Texas for more than
two months. '-Terds Siftings.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-10-29

Gentleman-I understand you're go-
ing to marry an heiress, 'Rastus.
'Rastus-Yes, sab. Miss Johnsing
am repo'ted to have fo'ty-seben dollahs
in de bank, sab.
Gentleman-Is il love match on
her part, 'RastusP
'Rastus-T dpan 'spects hits, sab. 1t
am well Established fac dad my gram
mudder wah muse TO Geo'ge Wash
;ngton, sab. SO 1marries Miss Johnsing
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-10-29

In Aberdeen, Scotland, many per-
sons are down on dancing, of which
they speak as ~close-bosomed whirl-
ings.'
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-10-29

@MorHER HUBBARDvILLE" is the
name of q Georgia railway station.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-10-29


frame told him that Lorraine was COM
ing. The mans very hands trembled.
Halfway across the room she stop
ped. He rose; and they stood and
looked at each other.
She held out her hand. Rex bent
low over it, and touched it reverently
with his lips.
For little they talked of old times,
and of old friends whom they both had
known. Then Rex said:
Lorraine, / have come with the
hope that it is not yet too late for us to
live the old days over again." She
read his meaning in his eyes. "Lor-
raine, we used to be happy together
let use be happy again. You think
have been long in coming; but tell me
it is not too late. Let me claim what
is mine-mine by the right of love-"
He stopped nervously. She looked
so pale, so cold, as she sat there. But
she did not speak.
Lorraine he continued, gathering
courage from her silence, you love
your work, but it does not satisfy you.
You are contented, but you are not
happy. Your face tells me that. Do
not refuse my love; be my wife; my
life shall be spent in the care of yours.
For the sake of our old friendship give
me what / ask, Lorraine"
The words were warmly, passionately
spoken, but they made no impression
upon Lorraine's marble calm.
Il am sorry you spoke of this, Rex,
she said; II have chosen my path in
life, and chosen it deliberately; it il
too late to change il now"
do you fear that / should not give
you sympathy in your work? Lorraine
my greatest, my most constant sym
pathy shall be always with you in THU
thing. as in all others. All, Lorraine
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-08-13
THE TEMPORARY VAULT.

The above is a verv excellent picture of
the temporary vault which was constructed
in less than a week, and is quite building
feat, considering the time that is necessary
for mortar and brick to set. The founda
ton is of concrete Portland cement, cover
ing the whole area of sixteen feet. The sur
face to the level of the ground is built of
common brick. The sides above the ground
for three feet are laid up on the face with
Philade phia and black brick, set in black
mortar. There will be, first, two courses
of black brick, then Philadelphia pressed
brick, then black brick again, then Phila-
delphia pressed brick, then black brick,
then four courses of Philadelphia pressed
bricks then black brick, then a blue stone
facing four inches thick, then red brick of
four courses and then black brick.
The arch or top of the vault is also made
of common brick and covered with asphalt,
the inside of the vault being lined with
white enameled brick. The whole of the
brick is set in Portland cement. The vault
will be surmounted by granite keystone
and block and metal cross. On the outside
the vault is seventeen feet long and thirteen
feet wide. The buttresses are twelve
inches square outside. The total height
above ground is nine feet four inches, and
below ground four feet. The structure
| will be thirteen feet by nine feet in the
| clear. The walls are one foot four inches
thick. The iron door opening into the
| vault will be four feet wide by six feet
| high, the concrete being twelve inches
deep and the facilities for drainage excel
| lent.