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The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1885-04-25

WEATHER NoTEs. After a lapse of
about two weeks the clouds gathered
and the rain descended in torrents on
last Monday evening, followed by occa-
sional showers Oh Tuesday and Wed
needay. From the present outlook We
will probably have frequent showers
for the next few days, which admon-
iahes our planters to be wide awake in
pushing forward their farm work, so as
not to be- overtaken BY ths fast grow
lng grass and weeds. Now ia the criti-
cAa period LII cultivatlng tho crops, and
noI d lnoment should be lost from the
dslds. Old David Dixon, now deceas-
ed The great cotton planter Of Georgia,
Aaid that FARMERS should never cease
working their crops in vet OF dry
aehel." As BE Was always success
aals hIs word is entitled 10 respect and
ssat weight among all tillers of the
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1885-04-25

etc., at the Star Grocery.
Corn, Oats, Bran and Hay at the Star
Grocery.
Linen Collars, Handkorchiefs, Towels,
Napkins, Hose, Half Hose, etc, at 5ne
Star Grocery.
Fine Lamps, Chamber Sets, Feather
Dnsters, Splashers, Egg Beaters, NO
tions, ETC., at Star Grocery
Table and Pocket Cutlery, Flles,
MONKEY Wrcnches, Locks, PadlocKs,
etc., at the Star Grocery
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1885-04-25

District Court, Parish ofsi Landry, No 1898
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1885-04-25
NO. 30.
JUDICIAL NOTICES


DUBLIC SALE.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-10-02
CASTLE 81 COOKE
Ex MENDOZA" and Other Late Arrivals
From New ork an Francis a Large al
M
Country Stores and Families,
IN PART o,


Cloths Rubber
and II
Packing
Molse Furwng Breaking Flows all Culvator
Planters make,
quality Mowers Road
Scales
Shoes, Machine Bolts, all
Taks
o
andG
and
Chandeliers. Gl
Tin and Hollow Ware Medicine
DENNIS 8,9 and1O Oh at tom rates
SALMON, in barrels
BENICIA MILLS Family
andGR SUGAR, in half barrels
POWDER GEI4ATINE POWDER
BOILER, FEED
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-10-02
STEAMER KILAUEA HOU,

(Weisbarth Commander),
VIII leave regularly for Paauhau, KOholalele,
Ookala, KuIxaiau, Honohina, LaupahOehoe, Haka-
lau and Onomea
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-10-02
The secret of Long Life.
Holm Swinton's Paper.l

Men of brains in New York are apt to
enjoy a hale old age if they do not ruin
themselves by bad habits. And the idea
now growing in my head is this: That
thought. hard and ceaseless thought. is
one Of the best means of prolonging life.
But you must not drudge like galley
slave nor drink like helot
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-10-02
STEAMER LIKELIKE.


Leaves Honolulu every Monday At p. NJ, tor
zKGunakal<ai, KahuIui, every week; Huelo, Hama
and KipahuIu Keanae, Mokuau and Nun every
other week. Returning, will stop at the above
ports, arriving back Saturday mornings.
For mails and passengers only.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-10-02
STEAMER LEHUA.
DAWES, Commander
Will leave regularly for same ports as Kilauea
HOu.
STEAMER MOKOLI1.
McGregor, Commanderl,

tMcGregor, Commander1,
Leaves Honolulu each Monday at p. m. for
KaunakalSai, KamalO, PukoO, Lahaina' MoaHui,
Halayya, Wailau, Pele6unu and Kalaupapa. ke-
turning, leaves PukOo Friday6 a. m. for Honolulu
arriving Saturday morning.
R5s- The Company viii not be responsible ior
any freight or packages unless rcceipted for, nor
for personal baggage unless plainly marked. NOT
responsible for money or jewelry unless plAced III
charge of the Purser.
All possible care viii be taken of Live stock, out
the Company will not assume any risk OF accident
SAM'I, q. WILDER, President
:. B. ROSE, Secretary.
CFFICE-Corner Fort and Queen streets.
69-Iy Mar 80
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-10-02
For rheumatism.

There seems to be trustworthy evidence
to the fact that boiled celery-nOt the raw
stems-is a preventive of rheumatism
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-10-02

The grasses of the United States, &C
cording to Dr. Vasey, number 100 genera.
embracing 675 species.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-10-02
W. G.. Irwin & Co.,

Agents or the Hawaiian Islands.
s5tf
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-10-02
(King, Commander)

Leaves Honolulu as per following schedule,
touching at Lahaina, Maalaea, Makena, Manu-
kona Kawalhae Iaupahoehoe. Hilo and keauhOu:
Commencing on MONDAY, october Eth, and
thence on the first Monday following the arrival
of the sEAlameda" and "Manposa. on the otn
and 22d of each month:
The steamer Kinau will make the VOLCANO
TRIP, reaching Keauhon on wednesday morn
ing giving tourists two days and two nights at
the VOLCANO HOUSE.
When the sth and 22d of the month fall on
Monday the Kinau viii leave that day.
TICKETS FOR THE ROUND TRIP TO THE
VOLCANO, FIFTY DOLLARS, WHICH PA Us
ALL CHARGES.
The Kinau will arrive in Honolulu Sunday
mornings on Volcano trips. On Hilo trips, viii
leave Honolulu on Tuesdays, and return Saturday
morning.
PASSENGER TRAINS will connect with the
Kinau at Mahukona.
The Kinau WILL TOUCH at HOnOkaia and
Paauhau on down trips from Hio for Passengers
If a signal is made from the shore.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-10-02

Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph: The
contemptuous way of treating men is fast
going out of date
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-12-25

wishes to run beforeit trims the yard so It
/ will lie straight across his shoulder, and
strikes out. If the wind is strong he soon
finds himself going over the ice at railroad
speed The art OF balancing when run
ming before it, is very small. Should fall
occur it is generally backward. and not at
ell dangerous.
When the wind blows very hard, caus-
ing the skater to lean far back to retain his
balance, and making him very liable to fall
down i'll the gusts and flaws" of wind, he
cantake single reef in his sail by lower
ing the topsail, and running with mainsail
alone. Even this is enough to propel the
skater very rapidly, especially in the usual
windy weather of our Northern winters.
Going off before the wind is very easy,
but working to windward is far harder
task. The sail kept the wind off from face
and ears and made things very comfortable
on the first journey; but now the venture
some seeker after sport must face the keen
gale and get back to the starting point as
best he can.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-12-25
THE Beard.
shaving a violation Of nlelleal and physf

Shaving a Violation of biblical and Physf
That ancient and pious father of the
church, Tertullian, designated shaving
as blasphemy against the church. It
may surprise not q few when say that
there can no longer be q doubt that
the bronchitic affections under which
ministers Of the gospel so frequently
labor are often due to the violation of
a hygienic law. The fact that the
Creator planted a beard on the face Of
q human male, thus making it law
of his physical being, indicates in a
language not to be misunderstood that
the distinctive appendage was be-
slowed for the purpose of being worn.
Besides, the Levitical law is lust as OK
plicit in forbidding the shaving OF the
head, except in cases of disease, as in
the requirement.. Remember the Sab
bath day to keep it holy Moreover,
physically considered, these views are
corroborated by experience !; for dis
eases of the throat have in numerous
instances been traced directly to the
shaving of the beard, the liability dis
appearing with its growth, and vice
versa. Let all our ministers, then. dis
regarding fashion, wear boards for
the Bible and Nature ere in favor of
it.-Dr. William Nae Donald, Associate
Editor LOn10B Lancet.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-12-25
LIGHTHOUSE TESTS.
rs Oil or Electricity the Best for IIIunfna


is Oil or Electricity the Best for IIIumina
M tion Purposes. M
The long series of experiments mads
during summer and autumn at the
South Foreland to test the respective
merits of oil, gas and electricity TO.
lighthouse illumination have been
brought to close, and the report will
be drafted and published. Pendina
their appearance-which will necessi
tate some delay, owing to the volumi
nous character of the observations
we may mention that the evidence ID
in favor of the electric light on tbs
whole, because of its far penetrative
power. While the rays of oil and gas.
light were lost sight of at a distance
Of eight miles, the electric light could
be seen for fourteen miles; and with
gas or oil at its maximum power, and
visible for ten miles, the electric light
could be seen for fourteen and hall
miles. Although the arc is very much
reduced in fogs it still appears to be
visible further than gas or oil. By di.
{ rect testimony of Observers the cleo
trio light became visible in dense fogs
at q distance of nineteen hundred to
fifteen hundred feet, whereas gas and
oil were only discerned at distances
of from fifteen hundred to twelve hum
dred and sixty feet. This is an i'm.
portant point, because it was thought
that gas and oil might have the adyan-
tage over electricity in dense fogs
There is no doubt that fog does gu eneh
the direct rays of the arc light in a re-
markable manner; but how much this
would diminish its efficacy in a prac-
teal sense was not well known hithera
to. Probably the white haze surround-
ing the lamp is detected forsa consider
able distance, although the arc itself
| in q fog has lost its brilliance. So
long as this haze is seen, mariners will
learn to distinguish it as the light
house. The heating due to the use of
gas was found to be very considerable.
With the original eighty-eight jet burn
ers, the temperature rose to two hum
dred degrees f.; but the subsequent
use of one hundred and eight Jet burn
ers brought it to three hundred de-
grees and three hundred and twenty
degrees +. These burners gave an IL
Illuminating power of twenty-four hum
dred candles. The electric arc lamps
used gave light of twelve thousand
candles each. -Four Of the gas burn
ers We're superposed in "a quadriform
arrangement, and three arc lights were
sometimes used. For the oil lights,
the Trinity House six-wick. burners
We're employed, each giving a light Of
eight hundred candles. We may add
that although the experimental trials
are for the present over, the photo
metric observatory and testing towers
will be allowed 10 remain for further
use and testing purposes. This is a
sensible decision, since, whatever the
result of the trials at present, they can
not be regarded as Conclusive while
the subject Of illumination is engaging
SO much attention. -Ehgiaeerillg.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-12-25
MULCHINe. FOR PLANTS.
Winter Protection. which Should No

A Winter Protection Which Should Not
Il - BE Neglected. a
There are many plants and trees that
reed some protection to carry them
safely through the winter. It is not the
river cold that, as a rule, does the mis-
chief, but rather the frequent sudden
changes, freezing one day and shaw
ing the next; small plants especially
arc injured in lis way; and often en-
tirely killed, Unless afforded some pro-
lection by mulching. The strawberry
in exposed positions is very often I'M
jured il left uncovered; but the straw
berry is plant that requires much
more care i'll covering than most of
garden plants, because, being partial
evergreen, it is not safe to cover if to
any great depth, OF to cover it with
any material which will settle down so
close as to shut out the air; coarse hay
is really one of the best coverings that
can be given the strawberry; but corn
stalks, or even evergreen boughs,
make very good covering. Raspberry
plants may be laid down and covered
with earth, because there are no leaves
to preserve. 1gl M q E S
Young, and even old, trees are very
much improved by heavy mulching;
but if anything is used to mulch with
that Willimake q good shelter for mice
care must be taken to protect each tree
with a mound of earth to reach above
the mulching The material to be
used for mulclijng the orchard must be
governed by the condition Of Che soil;
II the soil be moist, heavy sod few
inches in depth of sand makes an ex-
cellent mulch, and will very lNhch inn
prove the orchard if it be spread over
the whole land; but if the soil BIZ some
what light and dry the soil from an old
swamp is an excellent material, and a
covering of two or three inches over the
whole surface will make a lasting inn
provement. The practice of spreading
on such material for a mulch, and COW
ering only a small space around each
tree, is a very poor one. Before APP
plying sand or leaf mulch to an orchard,
the land should receive a good dressing
of.manure. An orchard that has been
III s c9o q low yCdiO WILL .U6 EIGdtl1
benefited if covered late in the sutumn
with a mulching of l6af-mould deep
enough to smother the grass to de-
gree sufficient to kill OUT portion of
the roots. This benefits an orchard
more than it does to pillow it, and if the
material is near. it costs but little. if
any more. 3sGH
Plants, the tops of which die out
every year and send up new shoots
every spring, and are only half hardy,
can easily be protected by covering
with some material that will settle
down close and shut out the. air. One
of the best materials for this purpose is
moist leaves; but, to keep them in place
after they have been packed down
closely, they must be covere4 with
boards or slight covering Of earth
Currant bushes always do better
when we'll mulched; the best material
for this purpose is good stable manure,
the more. the better, if not deep enough
to heat. There are few plants that
grow which take. so kindly to stable
manure as the .currant, and few that it
will pay to feed so literally MosSG-
cllzkSettS PIGd0l59nnn
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-12-25
Natures AgricuItur,stss


Prof. Henry Drummond remarks that
there can be no succession of crops
without the most thorough agriculture,
and that where man is not doing this
work nature employs other agents.
Darwin has shown how the soil of
England is titled by earth worms to
an extent of having ten tons of dry
earth per acre annually transferred
from below to the surface, by passing
through, their bodies and being depos-
tied as their casts. But in the hard
baked soil of tropical climates the
worms are unable to operate, and
other agencies are demanded, an eff
-fectiye one being, Prof. Drummond
finds, the termite, or sswhite anti
This creature lives upon dead vegeta.
Bile matter. and its tunnelings, like the
action of the earth worms, constantly
bring fresh layers of soil to the surface.
Unlike the earth worms, however, it is
very destructive to mans works, and
in spite of its subsoil blowing is rather
dreaded foe than 9 valued irisnd.--
ArkqnsGs 9Taveler.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-12-25

trials a novice can learn how to handle
himself on the ice, and will come into stays
on the starboard and port tacks with the
precision of an old salt. AT first, care
should be taken in jibing, or the living ves-
sci will top over by the sudden and unex-
dected filling of the sail on the opposite
side. A little practice will remedy this,
however, and then the course up and down
the pond can be laid out with MATHEMATICAL
accuracy.
OF course larger pond is the best suited
to the sport, but small streams can also be
navigated by skaters with sailing attach
ments. They can run down before the
wind without any exertion; and in coming
back they can furl their sails and return in
the eye of the wind, like ordinary skaters.
Such a method as this would be saving of
one-half of the efforts now required, and
would have fewer objections than the al
ways popular sport of coasting, where the
parties climb up hill for the sake of sliding
down.
When it is remembered that the new
sport is safe and inexpensive, that only
few hours are required to learn it, and thas
girls as well as boys can take to themselves
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-12-25
TEMPERANCE ITEMS.

The liquor seller fattens on the ruin
Golden Rule.
SENATOR FRYE, of Maine, whose tee-Y
total principles are well known, has, it
is said, exercised his authority as Chair Z
man of the Committee on Rules of the
United States Senate, and changed the
management of the Senate restaurant.
TITS understood that the new restau-
rant-keeper win not keep or dispense
any kind of Intoxicating liquor.
The Chicago Lever says: sThere is a
parish in Louisiana where prohibition
is enforced, and they use the Jail for
storing corn. Better store the corn in
the jail and let men be free than con-
vert it into whisky and store the whisky
in the men, and the men with the
whisky in the jail. 1t is much more
economical to store only the one article.
in the jail at a time.
The philadelphia Press recently took.
vote among its subscribers upon
number of timely questions. One of
them was "Would the substitution Of
light wines and malt liquors for strong
alcoholic drinks remove the evils of iiis
temperance to such an extent as to
make further proLibltoFy legislation
Unnecessary The vote wse remarks
able, Il stood aYes. 1885, nays, ssl,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-12-25

it was invented by the Danes and lap
landers Oh the shores of the Baltic, while
others claim the copyright for the Dutch,
who skate on the canals of Holland No
matter who the inventor was, the practice
is something new, and therefore doubly in
teresting.
In order to get the benefit of the wind a
sail is of course necessary. This can be
made Of cotton, linen, silk or any kind of
cloth that is not too heavy, and it is fast
ened to a stick running across the Shout
ders, and extending foot or more beyond
the body on either side. This sail is large
enough to reach nearly to the feet, and has
at each lower corner a stick attached, like
a spirit (''spreet), which is to be held in
the hands of the skater and ''hauled close''
or "let OFF, to suit the varying winds. All
Of this is attached loosely to the body,
which is the mast CT the winter sloop.
Some have topsail that reaches above the
yard on the shoulders, and is he'd in
place by a smaller stick or yard.
F Thus equipped the skater puts on his
steel runners, spreads his sail, and, if he
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-12-25
Improving on solomon.

IF Ihad been Solomon said curb-stone
philosopher, II don't think would have
sent the lazy man to the ant" 1g
"Where would you have sent him%' in
qured a man with dropping nose, whe
needed shaving badly.
81 would have sent him to the hornetv
"AAd what good would that nave done?p
"a great deal, my friend One hornet
would have told him more about enterprise
in five minutes than he could have learned
from whole colony of ants in three weeks
by the closest kind of observation. If you
want to Timber mans joints in hurry,
send him to the hornet every time. and vow
won't miss it. The hornet means business
from the very start, and don't you forget
it, Chicago Ledger.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-12-25

+ e
The wide and long-continued popularity
of this amusement is due to the fact that
every one can enjoy it at a very small ex-
pense All that is wanted is a good pond
OF stream well frozen.a and pair of skates
costing from 81 to IS, according to the style
Of finish. Armed with these the YOUTH and
even the middle-aged residents of the Nor
them New England States hail the approach
OF winter, for they know that with the ice
and snow and biting cold weather comes
the most joyous season Of the whole year,
when the dull, humdrum methods of sum,
mer travelsc can be given up as too slow. and
everybody with two legs can go skim
ming from place to place, emulating the
birds in rapidity OF flight
Skaters have long been in the habit of
getting did from the wind in going long
Journeys over ice, but until within a few
years the breezes were not used except in
'scuddng' before the blast. The idea of
skating ION" and 'by'' the wind came in
after ice-hoats were constructed. Some say
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-12-25
NEW YEARS GREETING.

The dying year is overpast;
Wrapped in winter shroud it lies;
hear its requiem in the blast
That bears its spirit to the skiesl
Once again the muse awakens
To the rhythmic march of time;
The future, rich in expectations,
Crystallizes into rhymel
The New Year lies hefore thee,
Free from care;
All it's days are pages
White and fair.
Write thou then with steady hana
Thy record, for it aye shall stand
When heaying seas and solid land
Shall chafe no morel
The New Year opens up vista.
Vast and long,
Peopled with hopes and fears,
Many and strong.
Walk thou onward by Faiths sight;
Ask not, crave not, for light,
Trusting Him who knows no night,
Till time is oerl ~
The New Year is a stream that flows,
Swift and deep,
Between the future and the past,
Swallowed and steep.
Plant sweet flowers by its side,
Gather gold from its ebDing tide,
Drink as its waters peaceful glide,
Along thy wayl
The New Year Is another chamber,
Empty, free,
In the storied home Of life,
Awaiting theel
AdOrn its walls with pictures rare,
Furnish 1t with greatest care, M
HalioW it with-incense- prayer
From day to day
Fill it's hours with earnest toiling,
May IT'S days be full of cheer, XaEftt
Every month q harvest ripeDing,
Rich ard bright the whole New Yeart
AS | close this kindly greeting, -
Wishes voice themselves in prayer:
Thou who hast Of life the melting,
Grant to each q glad New Yearl
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