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The Opelousas courier., 1885-10-10
A Virginia Beile.

An exchange says that among tbs
many beautiful and fascinating women
who adorned Richmond society at the
beginning of the present century there
were few more remarkable and inter-
esting than Mrs. Mayo, the wife of
Colonel John Mayo, founder of the
bridge at Richmond that bears his
name. Mrs. Mayo's eldest daughter,
Maria, was the most celebrated Vir-
ginia belle of her day She gave
d decided answer TO any of her many
%suitors. and the story goes that one
evening three gentlemen met at her
house, and after a very pleasant visit
they returned to Richmond together.
One Of them asked the others why
they went there, as he was engaged TO
Hiss Mayo and expected shortly 20
marry her. The other gentlemen also
aaid they had hopes of winning the
if lady. The first gentleman deter
nlned To have the matter settled, and
aec0rdingly went to her house the fol-
loWlng day and sought an Interview
WITH Mrs. Mayo. He told her he had
wei daughter consent, and asked hers.
Mrs. Mayo replied that she was sorry
she could not give her consent. and the
Gentleman then understood that the
mother and daughter were n perfect
AeeeFd III the matter of the young
ay' love affairs. I'd this way Miss
Aaas1o kspt Oh hand d regiment of adj
hAaFsEs. who formed i sort Of reserve
esFlSa When John Howard Payne,
Rs SAILOR of ssHome, Sweet Home, !
The Opelousas courier., 1885-10-10
Hardened Liver.

Five years ago l broke down with kidney
and liver complaint and rheumatism.
Since then I nave been unable to be about
at all. My liver became hard like wood; my
limbs were pulled up and filled with water.
All the best physicians agreed that nothing
could cure me. Ircsclved to try Hop Bitters;
| have used seven bottles; the hardness has
all gone from my liver, the swelling from my
limits. and it has uorkcd q miracle in my
case; otherwise | would have been now in my
grave.
j. w. MoREY, Buffalo, Oct, | 1881.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-10-10
He Skopped Cossseetss0.

81 remember said a Detroit boy to
his Sunday-school teacher. syou told
me always to stop and count fifty
when angry"
aYes2 Well, I'm glad TO hear 1t. II
cooled your anger, didn't it,"
"You see, d boy he came into oul
alley and made faces at me and dared
me to fight. ! was going with him.
He was bigger'n me, and I'd have got
pulverized. / remembered what you
said and began to count
"And you didn't fghtg
mo, ma'am. just as I got to forty
two my big brother came along, and
the way he licked that boy would have
made your mouth water. ! was going
to count fifty and then run.'-Detaoit
Free Press.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-10-10

LIVER COMPLAINT is declared by many
old sufferers, after years of medical ex-
pertinent, to be incurable. and yet VINE
GAR Buffers has effected %innumerable
permanent and perfect cures OF chronic
cases. Invalids, do not suffer longer.
hut purchase a bottle of the Bitters and
judge for yourselves.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-10-10
Kindness.

1t is kindness that makes life's capa-
5ilities blossom and paints them with
eheir cheering hnes and endows them
with their invigorating fragrance. Wheth-
er it waits on its superiors, or ministers
to its interiors, or disports itself with its
equals, its work is marked with a prodi-
gality which the strictest discretion can
not blame,
The Opelousas courier., 1885-10-10
Take all in all.
III the Kidneys and Liver

Tale all the Kidneys and Liver
Medicines.
Take all the Blood purifiers,
Take all The Dyspepsia and Indigestion
cures,
fake all The .lgue, Fever, and bilious
specifies.
Take III the Bruin and Nerve force
reriGeS.
lake all the Grrdt health rcStorers.
III snort, take ali the best qualities of all
these and the-besf,
-q"ditfieS of all the best medicines in the
world. and you will find tllat-Hop
-BitterS have the Lest curative Qualities
and powers of all-conrentraicd in them.
And that they will cure when any or al.
of these, singiy or-combined. Fail!?,i
"A thorough trial will give positive proof
of this.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-10-10
LADIES' DEPARTMENT.
,rhe Bend lin Your Shoulders.

RGFs@@ WmG nGEhW III VuE
Look after the bend in your shout
ders just below the nape of the neck.
mesdames, for this proclaims Sarah
Bernhardt's age, according to an as
tute critic who says no stage artilice
can conceal this evidence of forty
years, now perfectly apparent in this
once delectable French artist. Wom-
en- who hate to grow old will be oblig-
ed to do something mere than repair
their faces if this worthy observation
is really true. A wrinkle, u lost tooth,
a gray hair, is mere chiId's play to
''the bend in the shoulders just below
the nape of the neck" Something
must be invented to straighten il out.
Boston Beacon.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-10-10

MENsMAN's PEPToNIzED BEEF TONIC, the only
preparation ofbeef c~ontainingits entire nutri-
tlous properties. 1t contains blood-makin
force generating and DEMONSTRATING properties
invaluable for Indigestion, dyspepsia, nervou:
also, in all enfeebled conditions, whether the
result of exhaustion, nervous prostration, over
work or acute disease. particularly if resulting
from pulmonary complaints. Caswell, Hazard &
c., Proprietors, New York. soldhy~ druggists.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-10-10
Fashion Notes.

Fashion Notes.
Hat brims are very narrow.
Huge garden hats are still worn.
Lace grows in favor as the season
advances.
Round waists and wide sashes grow
in favor.
Long flowing sashes are morv
fashionable than ever.
Tulle bonnets are worn with the
dressiest thin summer frocks.
Lead-colored beads trim some very
dressy black lace frocks.
Madras plaid silks are being used to
trim dark summer silks.
Lace capotes with very high crowns
are much worn at Saratoga.
Rhine stone pins for the hair are
the order of the day at present.
Cream color and pure white cannon
be ta~stefully combined in a costume.
The jersey jacket, now dazzling
with beads, gains more favor than
ever.
White drawn, silk muslin bonnets
are the latest novelty for wearing with
thin summer dresses.
The milkmaid overskirt and the
housemaid frock are rivals in wonlen's
favor at the moment.
Hats are higher than ever, with
towering punches of flowers worn in
| front over the forehead.
Gold and pale pink are introduced
effectively in e~mbroideries on white
satin for full dress purposes.
The newest shade of blue is lapis
lazuli. The favorite green will lie
beryl green which has a blush tint.
Black canvas over orange silk,
striped with tilIeul color, makes a
dressy walking costume for early fall.
Grenadine dresses, black, white and
colored, remain the fashion, notwith-
standing the fancy for lace and canvas
toilet ties
The Catogan braid is the latest style
of couture for girls. The bang must
be quite short, and a be straight or
slightly crimped.
Pearl olored mohair is prettily
made up with a plated vest of white
canvas, and canvas facing on the front
and sides of the lower skirt.
Wide tucks will he used on all
dresses made of wash materials.
Hamburg embroideries are preferred
to laces for trimming these dresses.
Wool canvas dresses are especially
liked for day use, and are made up of
two fabrics, one with stripes of velvet
or MORE woven in, and the other of
the plain fabric.
Handsome umbrella handles have
large balls of lapis lazuli, which are
fastened to the end of the stick with
gilt bands. The prettiest Innings are
of changeable silks.
A deep bright shade of red, known
as aold red" is the favorite shade at
present, and is like the poppy-red
which was 50 long popular. Ecru,
beige, brown and green are the colors
of the seasan.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-10-10
Poverty and Suffering.

81 was dragged down with debt, poverty
and suffering for years, caused by a sick fam
lily and large bills for doctoring.
II was completely discouraged, until one
year ago, by the advice of my pastor, / COM
menced using Hop Bitters, and in one month
we were all well, and none of us have seen a
sick day since, and [ want to say to all poor
men, you can keep your families we'll a year
with Hop bitters for less than one doctors
visit will cost. | know it,"
A W~oRKINGMAN.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-10-10
PeoaeIe WAC F9w.

esee here. sigsby, do you believe
people will ever fy
aIdo.n
"Nl1y do you think so
ave seen EN- do IL"
aWherep'
AT my boarding house.
aWhen y
sEyery time the bell rings.'-cht-
c0go Ledger.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-10-10
Respect.

There is a respect due to age, but there
is also a respect due to youth, the lack of
which accounts for many a failure in the
household and in systems of education.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-10-10

When you visit or leave New York city, save baggage
expressage and SIS carriage hire, and stop at the Grand
Union Hotel, opposite Grand Central Depot
500 elegant rooms, fitted up at o cost OF one nsslIlon
vster. Restaurant supplied With the best. Horse cars.
stages and elevated railroad to all depots. Families
can live better for less money at the Grand Union
Hotel than at any other hrst-ciass hotel in the sitY
The Opelousas courier., 1885-10-10

visited Richmond, he was a frequent
guest at the Mayo mansion. He wrote
a poem, in which he described himself
as falling asleep in a grove and all the
months Of the year appearing to him.
The month of June was the first, and
he finally winds up with May, which
he described in very glowing language,
ending with the line
Sweet May, oh / could love thee ever.
Maria Mayo is said to have refused
more than a hundred suitors before
she accepted General Winfield Scott,
who courted her when he was a men,
Der of the Richmond bar as Mr. Scott.
After entering the army he continued
his addresses, and was successfully re-
fused as Captain Scott and Colonel
Scott, and it was only as General Scott,
the victorious hero of Lundy's Lane,
that he at length won the hand of the
m~uch-admired belle.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-10-10

~ None genuine without a bunch of green
Hops on the white label. Shun all the vile.
poisonous stuff with Hop or Chops" in
their name.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-10-10

Oil thrown into ponds and standing
water win prevent mosquitoes from
Matching.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-10-10

1t is not so much trouble for a man te
get rich as it is for him to tell when he's
got rich.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-10-10

The root Of evil is a hog in a flower
garden.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-10-10
GlepNf.knns.

If afflicted with sore eyes use Dr. Isaac
Thompson's Eye Water Druggists sell it 25c.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-10-10
RELIEF!

ture. the moment 1t is applied. and is a household
remedy wherever known for Rheumatism, Neural seenFreal
Sprains and Bruises, Diarrhoea Dysentery, Sore
Throat, Ulcers, Fresh Wounds. etc. Burns win not
blister If applied, and Bruises will heal In q day that
would require q week by any other method. The
remedy is furnished in powder, with labels, etc, and
and IS packages. The ac. or trial package. when
reduced to liquid form, will fill "a 2oz. bottles, which
are worth at retail, s.. Agents can coin money sell
ing 1t. 1t is worth ten times its cost for burns alone.
Send postal notes Or two cent stamps. Address
E.R RICHARDS, Sole Proprietor, Toledo, Ohio.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-10-10

Removing Hair and Moles From this
Face
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-11-02
CASTLE 81 COOKIE
Ex "MENDOTA,' and Other Late Arrivals
| FN Fh
!
Plantations, Country Stores and Families,


Electric
Oils Oil Cylinder OIL Albany Compound
Nails, Galvanized
Plain Perforated Sheet Zinc,
and Steam Packing round, aud fat, all
Breaking
all
Hoes,G 4
Movers Road
Fairbanks
Machine all
superior
andG
Rubber Vashe,
Hollow Ware Medicine
BLUE DENNIS 10 bottom
SALMON, in barrels
BENICIA MILLS Family
CRUSHED andGR SUGAR, in
POWDER GEIATINE POWDER, very effective.
Expec1 pers teams
BOILER, FEED
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-11-02
The Most Popular Meal.
IEarnAr,s Razarl

Perhaps there is more popular daily
repast than the dinner, whether it be
the day-laborer's simple stew or corned
beef and vegetables, or the millionaire S
elaborate rejection of interminable
courses and wines, to which every zone
has contributed, whether served in deli
and pewter or in blue china" and We
netian glass.
So true is it that dinner no less than
music ''hath power to Soothe the savage
breast, " it is undeniable that there are
people of whom it is not safe to ask a
favor till after that halcyon hour, which
has a magic potency to change the
whole disposition of many, for the time,
to impart generous impulses and glow
of infinite good nature, partly, no
doubt, because it increases the circula-
tion. One can make shift to omit
breakfast, and consider supper super
fluffy on pinch; but dinner seems to
be the natural and reasonable expecta-
ton and demand of the human heart as
well as of the human stomach.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-11-02
STEAMER KILAUEA HoU,

(Weisbarth, Commanderl,
Will leave regularly for Paauhau, KOhoalele,
OOkala, Kukaiau, HOnOhina, Laupahoehoe, Haka-
lau and Onomea
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-11-02
A Mineral Lung.
rrf 4

By remarkable process, now being
exhibited in London, the Brin brothers,
French, chemists, claim to be able to
cheaply obtain oxygen from the
atmosphere in unlimited quanti-
ties. The air is first freed
from its moisture and carbonic
acid by quicklime, reducing it to mix
ture of oxygen and nitrogen. These
gases are then passed through an arti-
fetal lung of anhydrous oxide of bar
ium, which at temperature of 500 de-
grees absorbs the oxygen, while the nj
tr0gen Is drawn off. 70 gasometer for
conversion into ammonia, etc. This
use of baryta is not new, but the salt
is for the first time made indestructible
and capable of performing its work for
an indefinite period. 1t is claimed that
this cheapened method of obtaining
oxygen, and the secondary heterogeneous
products, must effect an absolute revo-
luton in chemistry.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-11-02
CrIel Singing Contests.
IChicaRo Herald

In Normandy the cruel practice of
singing contests arranged by the bird
dealers between the chaffinches are still
kept up in which the birds are FIRE
quently, compelled to sing alternativel,
as many as 500 times Ere uently thel
are deprived of their sight, as blind
birds are often the best sonssters.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-11-02
WILDER'S STEAMSHIP Co.,
Limited.
STEAMER KINAU,
(King, Commanuer),

Leaves Honolulu per following schedule,
touching at Iahaina, Maalaea, Maizena,, Mahu-
kOna awaIhae LaupahOehOe. HilO and keauhOu
Commencing on MONDAY, October 18th, and
thence on the first Monday following the arrival
of the "Alameda" and ''1IaTipOsa,' on the sth
and 22d of each month:
The steamer Kfnau will make the VOLCANO
TRIP. reaching KeauhOu 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 will leave that day.
TICKETS FOR THE ROUND TRIP TO THE
VOLCANO, FIFTY DOLLARS, WHICH PAYS
ALL CHARGES. -a....s-s4.-.- -..ss.a1
The Kinau will arrive in Honolulu Sunday
mornings on Volcano trips. On HIlo trips, will
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 Hilo for Passengers
II signal is made from the shore.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-11-02
The sonate's stenosrapher.

The official stenographer of the
United States senate is Dennis
F. Murphy. 1t is sometimes very
amusing to watch Mr.. Murphy at
work when a storm is raging
in the senate. He does not appear
to look at the paper before him at all.
His eyes flash as they dart from one
speaker to another, while his pen seems
to run along on its own hook. When
half dozen senators are shouting at
the president and at each other and
all is confusion, Mr.. Murphy seems
to snap at them furiously. In
such crisis he really looks like a
terrier in pit killing rats on time; and
he catches them all not single one es-
eapes. The fact is he enters into the
very spirit of debate and is carried
along with it's current. When it be-
comes heated and fiery he catches the
flame, and his pen runs like q mad
thing across the paper. When the ex-
citement cools down he cools down with
it, and when the debate is dull he be-
comes decidedly lazy looking reporter.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-11-02
STEAMER LIKELIKE,

tLorenzen, COmmander},
Leaves Honolulu every Monday at p. NJ. tor
TK&Unakakai, KahHlui, every week; HueIO, Hama
and Kipahulu. Keanae, MOkulau 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, 1885-11-02
STEAMER MOKOLII,
tMcGregor, Commander,
davies, Commando

tMcGregor, Commander,
Leaves Honolulu each Monday at p. IN. for
KaunaxalIai, Kamalo, Pukoo, Lahaina. MOanui,
.HalRwa Waiau Pelekunu and Kalaupapa. Re-
turning leaves Pulzoo Friday a. m. for Honolulu,
arriving Saturday morning.
RE- The Company will not be responsible for
any freight or packages unless rCceipted for, nor
for personal baggage unless plainly marked. Not
responsible for money or Jewelry unless placed in
charge OF the Purser.
All possible care will be taken of Live Stock, but
the Company will not assume any risk of accident.
SAdL. q. WILDER, President.
S. B. ROSE, Secretary.
OFFICE-Corner Fort and Queen streets.
69-1y Mar 80
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-07-03
POSTMArERS WAGES.
What Is Being Paid In Presidential
Offices IN Ohio.

WASHINGTON, June 26.-The annual
statement OF the postofice department of
the adjustment OF salaries OF the president
ial poslmasters has been completed. This
ia the first statement made since the two
cent postage has been In operation, for The
four quarters OF the fiscal year. The last
report covered six months under the old
three.cent law and six undsr the two cent
law, and consequently did not offer fair
basis OF calculation with reference to the
results of the change.
This year, however, is fair test of the
decrease under the two.cent law, and the
falling off ia not 80 radical or extended as
was year or two ago anticipated. There
gre 134 presidential Offices relegaed to the
fourth class out Of 1888 posoffices. OF
the latter number seventy zone are first t-class
Offices, 1888 second class, 1,766 third class.
New presidential offices (all third cluss)
are twelve, and the total number of presi-
Dental Offices TO begin the new year l.
2,23l. The aggregate salaries for these
will be S3,672, 600. In Ohio the changes are
given below. The offices where the salar-
les remain the same are not given. II will
he seen at n glance where the falling of
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-07-03
A Baking Powder Trick.


All hihos Vi schemes anu 'riShS are re-
sorted to by unprincipled persons to OBJ
tain unfair advantages over their NEIGH.
b,rs The la,est and most d;shonest Of
A., A.,
'hese 'h"' nus COME " our "o''ce IS o'e ny
which certain manufacturers OF baking
powder have sought to prejudice consul
mers against other brands that have an
established reputation as the hest and
purest In the market, for the purpose of
Introducing their own. Their method, we
are / formed, is to heat can of baking
powder of well known brand over a lamp
or stove, when, il there ia gus given off
having the oder amonia, the powder IL
condemned a. beng made of nmonia and
unfit for use. The prejudices of the un-
suspecling are thus excited against the
baking powder submitted To the 40 called
test, and the grocer WHO has quantity OF
il on hand suffers a loss in conses uence.
II the intelligent consumer will stop a
mon,ent TO think, sl,e will readily perceive
that this "test," If successful, proves moth.
ing but the superiority of the baking pow-
der tested. 1he aim Of all baking powder
makers il to produce an article that shall
most readily. under use. give off i,s leayen.
ing gas. The powder that does this with
a moderate heat. at the same time eyoIy.
Ing The largest quantity, il scientificall "
the best.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-07-03

According to the tables prepared by
Supt. Esch, S3n,425 was expended last year
IN teaching German In the primary schools,
to 5,14S pupils. At least one half OF these
pupils are children Of English speaking
parents, and one-half Of the cost, over
SIS 900, is schargenble, therefore, to German
instruction for pupils who have no nssis.
tance at home in learning the language.
Twenty-four teachers are employed in
teaching the English. German classes in
the grammar grades at an annual cost OF
sl4,744. The cost Of supervision, and
teachers OF German in the higi, schools, is
about $40, 600 year, one.haif of which,
at least, is ehargeable 10 inst r,,ction in
German to American pupils. Here we
have an aggregate of over 1856 900 year
paid ont for teaching German 10 the child
rem OF English speaking parents. And
now as result Of all this expenditure Of
time and money, can Snpt. Esch produce
one pupil Of other than German parantage
who has learned TO speak and write tho
German language will, even y fair degree
OF 1uency aud correctness? We dout il.
We challenge him to produce that pupil.
il there is one. 1t there were thousand
of them turned out yearly it would not be
worth tile time aud money expended.
Whatever may be the case with the child
ren of German parents, the cost of German
instruction for children of English speak
ing parents IS n wicked waste-a perver.
sion of the common school system. 1t has
been expanded in this city beyond any
thing ever heard or dreamed of elsewhere,
and has grown to be burden that chal-
lenges the attention of taxpayers.-Clepc.
land Penny Press.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-07-03
A "BAR, FIGHT.
VIM. Sc0tt's Desperate Encounter
with n Bear Ctb Near Miami.

with q Bear Crb Near Miami.
As VIM. Scott, jr., was driving from
Perrysburg to Toledo this morning, ac-
.mpaned by his wife, he saw a small
black bear cub, weighing about rs pounds
run across the road into tue woods, about
a mile this side OF Miami. Leaving his
wife TO care for the horse, he sprang from
the buggy and gave chase. grasping de
cayed branch AZ a weapon. The animal
climbed small hickory tree, which
proved too small for him, and, bending
low with his weight, let him fall to the
ground.
Scott sprang forward and struck him in
the head with his club, which troke in the
middle and had apparently little effect
upou the animal, only TO arouse his rage to
the highest pitch. The savage little beast
sprang upon Scott, who WAS obliged to de-
lend himself with the light pieces of his
club Zone of which he held IN either hand
and with his boot heels. The cub finally
dodgad behind large tree, which IL kept
between him and his assailant, and the lat
ter was inclined TO beat retreat, but he
was not allowed to do so whenever he
started backetoward the road the ANNA
would make a savage spring at his feet.
In response to SCOTS call for help, 6
passing peddler finally came mp, and the
two kept tho cub at bay until they rearhet
the rond, when the latter turned and rar
back into the woods. Win Rynolds, o.
the Halfway House, was notified, ant
started off in search of the fugitive will
his gun. Where he came from is mys-
terry, but it is supposed that he wandered
from Forepaugl's menagerie, or some othe
animal show, and if lie is not soon killet
or captured he may do serious mischief
Scott exhibited several gasl,es upon hi
hands and deep scratches upon his boots
as evidence of his desperate encounter.
Bee Of Tuesday.