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The Opelousas courier., 1886-10-23

The Cotton Seed Oil Mil ii
now working day and night and
employs q large number 8f
hallls MartinsviIle Mes
senger.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-10-23

Ernest Miel, the hero of the
Bayou Boutte war, who was III
our parish jail for several weeks.
under the charge of murder, was
set At liberty last week, the
grand jury finding no true bill
against him. The grand jury
after weighing all the evidences
IN the case, came to the conclu-
sion that Mel had defended his
life. And il an heroic manner
too.-st. MartinsvilIe Messen-
ger.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-10-23
FOR r II e.

FEsHE eligible business stand, corner Court
a and Landry streets, near the Courthouse.
Possession given Immediately.
Sept !, '86tf. P.J. LEFEBYRE.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-10-23
BRICKLAYING & BUILDING,

IA work and plastering. Brick laid in walls.
chinlneys and stacks. Brick making and set.
ting in kiln and burning a specially. Salts
factien guaranteed. Correspondence solicited.
Give us a trial. Address
WRIGHT, Brick Layer,
Haasville P. O., AvoyelIes Par, La.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-10-23
A CARD.

JUST RECEIVED.
A N assortment Of CoFFINS Of various
styles, sizes and prices. Will be sold at
small profit. Call and examine before pur-
chasing elsewhere. L.. b. SANDOZ.
Court .treet, Opelousas, La.
Sept. 4. 1886. If
The Opelousas courier., 1886-10-23

olss papers for sale at this
The Opelousas courier., 1886-10-23
Fo1, Sale.

For Sale.
a FINE RESIDENCE, with ali necessary
~ ~outbuiidings and improvements, and suf-
icieBt land for q small farm, adjoining the
corporate limits of 0~pelousas, will be sold
cheap. Apply at this Office. di3tf.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-10-23

DIR. ROBERT M. LITTELL.
Physician and Surgeon.
Office at the Drug Store, sign Of the Big Nor
tar Main street, Opeiousas. as
The Opelousas courier., 1886-10-23

The cotton-seed mills in the
South having been brought I'M
der a single control BY Wall
street manipulation for the pur-
pose of fixing the price for cot
ton-seed and afterWard controll-
ing the sale Of cotton-seed oil
cutting down the price of the
raw material and putting up the
price OF the manufactured pro-
duct-the cotton planters have
started q counter organization.
They will hold their seed for q
year, hoping thereby to break
down the impudent and oppres-
siye monopoly which has been
organized to cheat them and the
consumers Of oil. We wish the
farmers abundant success in
their undertaking.-N. @. States.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-10-23
Printing Office For Sale.

A COMPLETE outfit for printing Il seven
~ column newspaper. Press, Type, Gases,
Stands, Etc, all in good order, being the ma
teriai used for the publication of the Wash
ington Enterprise and Meas. Will be sold
cheap. Apply at this office.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-10-23

The preparations for the dedi-
cation of the Bartholdi statue
are progressing with much sue
cess. Lieut.. Mills, of the Engi-
neer Corps, is preparing the
necessary steam power, and the
American Electric Manufacture
ing Company the apparatus for
the electric light. It. is probable
that the first Illumination will
be at the moment of the grand
salute, which is to be fred at the
conclusion Of the Inauguration
ceremonies. 1t will be sunset
when these ceremonies are con-
Guided, and the effect of the
lighting of the immense torch of
10000 candle power, the many
lamps Of 5000 candle power each,
and the numerous incandescent
lamps in the diadem of the sta
tue, will doubtless be magnif-
cent as well as novel. The total
electric lighting in and on the
figure will amount to about 49,
900 candle power, and the plant
must be extensive. AT each cor
ner of the balcony, at the sum
NIT OF the pedestal, there will be
electric lights, so ar
ranged as to throw their light
upward, instead Of downward.
and thus illuminate the statue.
Then the stairWays must be
lighted, and, to properly
supply the torch, will have sew
eral enormous lights bunehedl
there. The crown which adorns
the Goddess's head will contain
Ia small electric lights, so placed
as to send their rays through the
apertures id the crown,
and thus give it the appearance
Of being studded with jewels.
II
The Opelousas courier., 1886-10-23

ATREYTE, ETIENNE-Dry goods, hard
ware, crockeryware, staple and fancy
Main street, opposite Littells.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-10-23
PERSONA.

ITTELL, r. M Druggist, Apothecary
II and Pharmaeeutist. Main street, near
Bellevue. Prescriptions accurately filled.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-10-23

ogden, JOHN N.-Attorney and Couu.
selor at Law. Office on Landry street
lately occupied by ii. L. Garland, Esq.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-10-23

COURIER JOB OFFICE.-EVery deserip
the largest Poster, at NJ, o. prices. Main ST.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-10-23

P00s, DAVID-Dry Goods, Clothing, Hats.
- Boots. Shoes. Groceries, Hardware, &c.
Corner Main and Bellevue streets.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-10-23

GKINNER, L-Gunsmith. Arms and me
- ehinery of all kinds repaired and tools
s~harpened. Landry street, near the bridge.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-08-03
BALLOONS IN WAR.
Importance OF Nnvigabio AIr-ships In tho
Strategic Service.

Importance OF Nnvigable AIr-ships In tho
Strategic Service.
1t is probable as an engine Of war
that navigablc balloon will frs. assert
IFS Importance, and in that respect i is
hard 10 sec how its value can be over
estimated. Reviewing very shortly the
valuable use that has BON already made
of captive Il. c. attached by rope 10
the earth and of free balloons r.. c.,
balloons floating at the mercy of such
currents as, at different strata of the
atmosphere, they may happen 10 tn
counter, we can scarcely fail to be i'm
pressed by the infinite value of y navi-
gable balloon, IL only as n means of re-
connoissancc. The trsc OF the captive
balloons for this purpose is by no means
of recent date. In Marshal Jordan's
campaign in 1894, at Flrurus, notwitb.
standing a high wind, two most useful
observations of from three TO four hours
duration were mads. The French
admit that these had great
moral effect in encouraging their
own mon and dispiriting the
enemy, who felt that their posi-
tions and the movements of their troops
could not b. concealed. Again, in tho
Italian campaign of 1889 the French
made use Of ballons. The eronaut God
dard was employed, and rcconno;tercd
most usefully from Montgolficr the
day before Solicrno Gonoral McClel-
Ian, in the ciyil war in America, found
the intelligence given to him on the 18th
of Octob II. 1861, by the @ronnut La
Mountain. Of the utmost importance. "
On ascending from the camp he had
boldly cut tho retaining rope. rose TO a
height Of one and half miles and float
ed over tho enemy's lines. being "ena-
bled to make perfect observation Of
their pos ton and their movements"
BY changing his altitude he got back
with u favorable current and made his
highly valued report During the whole
of the bate Of Chckahominy the Gen.
eral held successful tclcgraphic commu.
nicat on with Prof. Lowo's balloon,
which safely hovcrcd over the enemy's
lines at an altitude of two thousand feet.
--BlQcfr00ds MdGdzif,e.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-08-03
"a LITTLE NONSENSE"

Most Likely.-Did Jack Frost mar
ry an ice girlP-Judy.
Wherein manufactures differ from
clocks; 1t is the hands which strike in
the former. LOCM Courier.
IL made a dollar slick to-day"
said Jones. 'How did you do ite" in.
quired Smith eagerly. "Greased it."
retorted Jones.-N. ]. No,gs,
At is said that tho very center OF
the earth is the only spot where one
can By merry all the time, and the rea-
sou h that, as science tells us, every
thing there loses its gravity.
Literary Bohemian-Ibe beg your par.
don, but have been out of situation
for the last two months and venture to
ask you for little relief; | should also
be very thankful if you could give me
some employment. Editor-Can you
read and writep L. B.-SirP Editor
Well, it stands plainly written outside
the door: mo begging allowed on
these prcmises" FEegeudc Batter.
The small boy who furnishes the
historian with good deal of data
watches his baby sister with constant
curiosity. ''She doesn't know any
thing" he said. "She can't talk; she
can't think; she can't read" lie
looked al her q moment. meditating on
his own superiority, and then said,
pityingly; hPoOr little thing; she's
oeVer been to n circus!" Toledo Blade.
"A Conscientious Housewife When
old Mrs Van Karc read that Christie
pher Vert had been appointed Boiler
Inspector in Philadelphia, she secured
up her big wash boiler and took it
around to the new official for his in
spection. She said that she thought II
was safe enough, but she wished to
comply with the law, and an expert In
spoctor might discover weak spot in
it that she couldn't -NoyrSStown
Herald
"A well-known BostOnian was try
ing horse one day in company with
the owner, a professional Jockey, Hav-
ing driven him q mile or two, the gen.
tleman. who noticed that he pulled
pretty hard, requiring constant watch
ing and steady rein, said; "Do you
think that is just the horse for a lady to
driver" "Well, SIR answered the
| Jockey. al must say | shouldn't want
to marry tho woman that could drive
that horse. IN Y'Ledgcr.
1--we been digging over my gar
den," said Brown, "and I'm all worn
out" "AhI' remarked Fogg, "a new
variety Of earthen wear, ehP'' Fender
son. who was present, thought it was a
mighty good joke, and seeing Smith a
short time afterward, of course he had
to tell it. 81 say, Smith," said he,
"Pogg just got OF neat thing.
Brown was saying that he was all worn
out digging in his garden, and Fogg
asked him II that wasn't new kind OF
crockcry ware, What do you think of
thatP" ~ don't see the point. :"
:Darncd IL ! do either, now; but
thought l did when Fogg told it,
Boston Transcript.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-08-03
PERSONAL AND IMPERsoNAL.

Henry Irving's receipts since 1873
are said to havr been nearly two mil
lion, five hundred thousand dollars,
including the proceeds of his American
tour.
Senator Sabin and wife have per-
inancntly taken into their family the
two little orphan girls of the late Dele
gate Raymond, of Dakota Chicago
Journal.
"A resident of SaN Bernardino, CAL,
IN staggering through life under the
weight OF the cxpressivename of Bogus,
given him by his not too discriminating
parents.
There is a man in Dakota who is
known 10 fame as Mr.. Ann Eliza Wick
erbee. His neighbors call him and his
wife mo. TO-" because sho is one and
he is nothing.
w. T. Carroll, an ex-Confederate
officer at East Carroll, Miss, has been
continual sufferer ever since the war
from a wound he received at Chicka-
mauga. Recently a surgeon abstracted
several pieces Of bone from the wounded
part, and now he claims to feel as well
as the most able-bodied man. Chtcago
Times.
Pretty Nellie Dusey, Of Grand
Rapids, fell in love with gambler
named Hickock, and as she had eight
thousand dollars he married her
After spending her money he de-
serted her. She followed him, and
the other day met him on the street IN
St.Paul. He roughly rcpulsed her, and
she fell dead at his feet.-Detroit aFt-
bItne.
Among the smart small boys in
Maine, Master Willie Smart, aged
twelve years, OF the Portland Boys
Legion Of Honor, has received a prize
for saving ANOTHER small boy from
drowning; and Walter Berry, of Au-
gusta, aged ten years. has captured in
a hennobeo pond trout thirty inches
long and weighing nine and one-half
pounds.-BoSton Journal.
The cantatrice, Emma Thursby,
had rich omelet at breakfast not long
since. A concert had been given for
her benefit, and the breakfast was given
by the ladies who managed the eoaoert.
Miss Thursby was asked 10 serve an
omelet, and on cutting 1t she came to
pile OF twenty dollar gold pieces. The
dish contained two thousand, three
hundred dollars,--M J. Mail.
Mr.. Ira d, sankey, Moody's help
mate, has given the Young Mems
Christian Association at Newcastle,
Pa, fine building costing forty-tive
thousand dollars. Subsequently, he,
with George Greer, Of Newcastle, pre-
sented the building with n nine hun
dred dollar piano, and in return the
citizens placed handsome lifc-sized
orayon Of Mr.. Sankey in the parlor,-
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The millionaire Francis w. Tracy,
husband of the famous actress, Agnes
Ethel, who died in Buffalo, N. Y, re q.
Gently, made the following bequests
Buffalo Orphan Asylum, $4,000; Duf.
falo General Hospital 10000; Church
Charity Foundation, $4,000; Buffalo
Historical Society, $4,000; Young
Mems Association. $4,000; Fine Arts
Academy, $20,OO0; Home for the
Friendlcss, $4,000; Buffalo Catholic
Institute, $l0,000-an aggregate Of
800, 0.-BttDaio Express
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-08-03
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SNAG-BOAT NO. SIX.
The Largest Graft Of Its Kind Anoat In
American Waters.

The Largest Graft Of Its Kind Aloat In
American Waters.
Down on the Allegheny wharf, to-
ward the point, there lies n veritable
monster in the way of steel-hulled YES
sci. For months a great corps of work
men have been engaged in putting this
monarch of the interior waters into
shape, and in a few days she will be
launched and taken to St. Louis to com.
plcte her rigging. The vessel in ques-
ton is the new steel-hulled snag-boat,
which has been built by Pittsburgh
firm for the United States Government.
The vessel will be the largest snag-boat
anoat in American waters. 1t was built
under the direction of Major A. M, Mil
ler, of the United States corps of engin-
GERS, and the work was superintendod
by Captain z, r. White Il has cost
$57, 900 to build, and weighs about four
hundred tons. BY means of the appar-
atus with which the vessel is to be pro-
vidcd, she can readily lift an obstruc-
ton of one hundred tons weight from
the bottom of the river The boat is
called the Charles r. Sutor, snag-boat
No. 6, and will ply along the Lower
Ohio, Mississippi and Missouri rivers,
her crew consisting Of forty-three men.
The vessel is Of the pattern known as
the twin-bow snag-boat She is 1877
feet long from stem to transom, 50 feet
beam, exclusive of guard, and rs feet
over the guards. The hold is Z feet
deep amidships, and the stems, OF two
bows, 80 feet apart, at q distance of 65
feet from the boarding line Of the stem,
Measured directly aft, shc ia s feet II
inches apart, and the top side Is united
by a transom 16 inches deep. Aft Of
where the forward transom ends in q
single hull she is AZ feet 10 inches
wide. Her rudders are hung on YER
tical skeg on the outward side OF each
transom. The after-rake end is II feet
6 inches forward of the transom. Be-
tween the double bows there is built o
wooden beam plated with iron S-4 Of an
inch thick. There are three longi.
tudinal bulkheads-one in limo Of each
stem and one midway between them.
There is u cross-bulkhead aft of the
stern, and three bulkheads entirely
across the boat. In addition thess Is o
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-08-03
A NOBLE QUALITY.
self-COntrol the Source of All Real Pow.I
and True Happiness.

Self Control the Source Of All Real Power
and True Happiness.
II there is one habit. which, above all
others, is deserving of culture, it is that
of self-control. In fact, 1t includes so
much that is Of value and importance in
life, that it may almost be said that, in
proportion to its power, does the man
obtain his manhood and the woman her
womanhood. The ability to identify
self with the highest parts of nature, and
to bring all the lower parts into subjco-
ton, or rather TO draw them all upward
into harmony with tho best that we
know, is the one central power which
supplies vitality to all the rest. How ia
develop this in the child may we'll absorb
the energy Of every parent; how to cul.
tivate it in himself may well employ the
wisdom and enthusiasm of every youth.
Yet it is no mysterious or compli-
Gated path that leads to this goal
The habit Of self-control Is but the
accumulation Of continued acts OF self
denial for worthy object it is but the
repeated authority of the reason over tho
impulse, of the judgment over the in.
clinations, OF tho sense of duty over tho
desires. He who has acquired this habit,
who can govern himself intelligently,
without painful efforts. and without any
fear Of revolt from his appet!tes and
passions, has within him tho source OF
all real power and of all truo happl.
moss, The force and energy which he
has put forth day by day and hour by
hour is not exhausted, nor even dimin-
ished; on tho contrary, it has increased
byusc and become stronger and kecner
by exercise; aud although it has already
completed its work in the past, it is still
wcll-tricd, true and powerful weapon
for future conflicts in higher regions
Farm and FireSide.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-08-03
THE sAsY's THINGS.


Just as bo left-softly pressed
Wen put the little crib Hwny;
The pillow neoda no smoothing now
The baby went from home to-day.
We may not watch his sleep t0.night;
Oh, loving angels guard his bed;
And stars, look down with kindly eyes,
whore rests the downy baby head!
Take, tender hands, and fold from sight
Tho little garments love has wrought
And fashioned with such dainty care
And skill, the baby's coming brought
VIII wear them now, uh, never morel
Death clothed him IN such pure array,
We cast aside the Rnrb of earth,
When he went forth from home to-day.
Ills carriagol II Ia useless TOO,
He needs It not where he has gone,
For Gods own hand will lead him safe,
And angel pinlOns bear him on;
And yet, because II held him once,
And soothed him In his earthly stay,
We'll keep II, for the baby's Ike,
Whose going broke our hearts to-day.
The scattered play.thiuRs gather up
The little rattle where II fell
From out his hand; the headloss horse;
Tho woolly dog he loved 30 we'll.
Tho baby'a thinRs-such triilcs onceI
All could ! soc, asleep, at play,
Tho little one: how FUR would seem
The drenry home he left today!
-Adeldtie Preston, IN Good housekeeping
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-08-03
GROWING PIGS.
Precautions to BE Taken In the Feeding
of Hogs on Farms.

Precautions to BE Taken In the Feeding
OF Hogs on Farms.
The hog has usually been fed as if ho
were capable of digceting all that could
be crammcd into his stomach, and he
has been treated as if he were as hardy
as Q wild boar, and could endure ex-
trenes of heat, cold, filth and neglect.
Now, the hog can only digest certain
amount of food within a given time,
and when he has eaten loo much he suf-
fprs in consequence. and especially il
the food is of a kind not adapted to his
requirement. His digestive organs can
te disarranged us easily Us can those OF
the horse, and filth taken into the sys-
TEN will cause him TO bScomc diseased,
the same as Is peculiar 10 humans. Tho
accepted theory regarding cholera now
is that it Is u form Of typhoid fcvcr, and
il this Is true there Is but one conclusion
to arrive at. which is that filth is at the
bottom Of the difficulty. The eating of
filth is bad enough, but the drinking of
filthy wator is wOrsG, as the animal is
then thirsty, and hc filth, being in y
soluble condition. is ut once carried to
every portion OF the body. The sup
position that tho kidneys cause the i'm
purit,cs to bc e'iminaol is true only
when HE animal is in healthy cond'-
ton. II the surroundings are filthy, tho
pores of the b; dy will be closol.
If, in 70 ding hogs, the farmer will
abandon the practice OF attempting to
kep them in an exc sS;vely fat conli-
ton while they are growing. he VIII
find that they will cnial lcss labor Of
management and be more thrifty. while
the excellent health in which he will
find thom when reNly for being fat
tened will enable them to take on
more fat, and ut less cost, than to
keep them fat the whole year. All that
's required with growing pigs is to af-
ford thcm a variety of food and keep
their quarters clean. Above all, give
them as much fresh water as they can
drink. II slop is fed place it in a
trough where it will be eaten up clean
instead Of being scattered about to fer
ment. Slop. is not really filthy food.
Il is only when 1t is in state OF dccom-
position, and filled with diseased germs
that it becomes injurious, but to compel
pigs to cat whcro they have deposited
manure, or to drink water that has been
impregnatcd with the same, will canse
disease 10 break out in any herd.
Farm, Field and Stockmaa.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-08-03
THE LETTER or"
II Divides the United States In Three Dis.
tlnct aud WcIl-Deflned Sections.

II Divides the United States In Three Dis.
tinot aud wcll-Dcfned Sections.
Tho use or misuse of the letter ''h" in
England determines q mans social DO
sition. He may drive in carriage
with outriders in livery, and his wife
rustic in satin and glitter with jewels,
yet II they say "orsc" for horse and
....heye" for eye, their cxcommunicatiop
from so-called polite society may be
taken for granted, OF course no one
will deny that many excellent English
men and women have led useful lives,
died and have gone to Heaven, who
never once put the "h" where 1t prop
crly belonged, and were in every way
superior to those who could pronounce
1t as Hamlet enjoins, "trippingly on the
tongue"
In the United States it Is ''r" that un-
mlstakably proves a mans origin. il
not his social standing and his moral
character. In New England and the
Middle States the natives have a pc
culiar way of dislocating the potent
liquid. They detach 1t from words
like near" and dear" making them
inca" and 'dca," and tack It on to
others like Judea and Isaiah and EN-
ma, making them, respectively, .aJu-
dear" ".Isaiahern and t!Emmer. VI
This, it has been argued, Is a fault
peculiar only to the unoducated classes.
But unprecedented and truthful OBJ
servers declare that they have heard 1t
from persons OF unquestionabie culture,
from lecturers, authors and clergymen,
oven in the inmost sanctuaries OF Bos-
ton itself. In the West the Eastern
tourist is impressed by the manner in
which the n" is rolled. 1t seems the
most prominent letter In the Western
alphabet; while in the South 1t is heard
very rarely. The people, however, do
not initiate their Eastern fellow-coun-
trymcn by adjusting the balance, and
making the letter suilix where it is
wholly superfluous And their soft,
musical tones mako the fault rather
pleasing toeaw accustomed to catarrhal
gutterals and high nasal tones sharpen
cd by east winds, The side-show man,
the vender of patent medicines who
varies the monotony of selling his nos
trums by strummidg upon a battered
guitar, or saving an asthmatic fiddle;
the leading man of the travelling theat-
rical company, the ringmaster OF the
perennial circus, the negro minstrel-all
these drop tho final ''rn as an allecta-
tion of extreme gentility. We can
never hope to bo really united people
until representatives from all sections
of the country meet in convention and
agree upon National pronunciation
OF the letter ''r. r.n--Interior.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-08-03
Lizards as Weather Prophets.

One Of the greatest attractions to the
walker in Southern California, pre-
suming that he or she is interested in
nature, is the abundance and variety Of
lizards. Some are unattractive, while
others are bedecked with gorgeous
hues. They are veritahle barometers,
as upon the slightest cold breeze they
go down into deep holes and he dor
mant until there is a change. Yester-
day, when cool wind swept down
from the snow-clad peaks, not lizard
could be found; but to-day, when the
sun has returned and every thing is
bright and CHEEKY, these reptilian
weather prophets are out in full force,
darting about at every step OF the
walker. --San Francisco Gall