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The Opelousas courier., 1886-10-09
Treatise ON the Horse
Hlr. Foote's Hand Book,
JURY LIST.
A OF LOUISIANA, !
PARISH OF ST. LANDRY.

DE 1T KNOWN that we, the Jury. Com
ID missioners, did, on the 22d day of Sept,
A. D., 1886, meet at the Clerks office. in
the town Of Opelousas, parish of st. Landry,
for the purpose of drawing a special
venire of Is ~(ffteen) jurors, as pro
vided by Act No. IS of 1880, to attend for
the week beginning Monday, Nov. 18th,
1886, for the trial of criminal cases, as pro-
vided by said Act. One of said members
drew from the general venire box, wherein Il
list of names had been inserted, one at u
time, the names of the following fifteen
persons to compose the special yenire for
the week beginning Monday, Nov. 10Th,
1886, for the trial of criminal cases, as pro-
yided by aforesaid Act No. IS of 1880, a list of
whom was there and then kept by the Clerk
OF said Court, 18th Judicial District of La, in
and for ST. Landry parish, James 0. Cha
eher6 and we, the Clerk and Commissioners,
did then and there place the names drawn as
aforesaid, for the said week beginning as
aforesaid on the 18th day of Nov, 1886,
in an envelope, and sealed and endorsed the
same; which said envelope, containing said
names, was then and there placed in a jury
box provided for the purpose, which was
locked and sealed by US, and placed in the
custody of the Clerk Of the Court, for use at
80. -. - nno1soJ ROOT,
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Nercredi de la semaine derniere, d la
tomb6e de la mutt ct au lever de la pre-
mi6re 6toile, ii commence, d'apres lie
calendrier ~israelite, la 5647e ann6e de
la creation du monde, ct des &c moment
t0us les Establishments tenus par les
Jnifs ont etc ferm6s. LIE 8 octobre
tombe lenr grand jour de jedne ct de
p6nitence qui Sc passe tont enter en-
nriAres.
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Tremblement de Terre.-San Francis
60, 4 oct-Une l6gere o de trem
Element de terre q etc r~essentie lei ce
matin d z heures 81 minutes
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A Great Rnducezmenf.

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We the undersigned Banks and Bankers
will pay all Prizes drawn in the Louisiana
State Lotteries which may be presented at our
counters.
j. III. OGLESBY,
Pres. La. Nat. Bank.
J.. w. KILBRETH,
Pres. State Nat. Bank.
A. BALDWIN.
Pres. N. o Nat Bank.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-10-09
Une once de patience
Deux enees de gazette
Une once de philosophie
Dauy nneas ia dc

Au grand diner pour la fgte de ma
man, qnoiqu'il y ait IN pen de c6remo-
ME, Mile Lii a etc admise q table.
Ellie d promis d'atre bien sage. Mais
ellie q deyant ellie IN gros monsieur
complement clsauve, et ellie me- le
quite pas DIES yeux.
oh! mamaD, s'6crie.t- ellie, vols
done le monsieur; il a Ia tete toate
nue.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-10-09

In testimony Whereof we have hefeuntO
signed, this 22d day of Sept, 1886.
DIOMEL DURIO,
SES W. G. BELL, cam
aEAh j. j. THOMPSON, (oon'
S ROB. CHACHERE,1
JAMES o. CHAcHERE, Clerk.
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
Parish of st. Landry.5
1 hereby certify that the foregoing was
this day duly recorded in Record of Jurors
No. /, at pages SO & "a, 22d Sept, 1886.
B.. MARTEL,
Deputy Clerk.
A true copy:
B. MARTEL, D'y Cfk.
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QMg declaration d,amour a la ieune
qn'II adorait dams nnr Iettre 6crite
fa machine ct IL a rscn I'm capot en-
Hapf, Ia demeiselle s'etant fach6e de
cs nouyeau proced6 de communication,
nj bien au courant dn progress du steele
pourtant.
En- pratiquant des fouilles a Kaukau-
ma, Wis, il y a hnit jours, les ouvriers
ont 16couyert d hut pieds de profon-
deur les ruines dun batiment en- pierre,
&videmment construct depnis des sic
cles ct par nne race civiIis6e. Cette
d6couyerte donne lieu q toutes les the
orisa possibles.
M. Louis Lille, don't bon nombre dc
nOe vienx citoyens BE souviendront, ct
que nous p0uVons recomm ander CONNIE
homme h0nn4te et intagre, Went de SIC
tablir d Main, pres Ia grocerie de M.
JagOu, Cd il q expose mn joli assortment
d'Hrticles dc m6nage, tells que pendnles,
mireira. ggavures, etc. ii 30 propose de
dik9oss vie Ia plupart de ces articles
sur IL %linstallment plan,n on Placement
D terme-tant par semaine on par mois
Une temp6te accompanies dune
plnie f0rrentielle s'est abattue la Sc
maine derniere sur Ia region de lem
bouchuFe d1 Rio Grande. Matamoros
et Brownsville ont etc s6rieusement
6pTOuv6es, eft dams cette derni6re vile
plus do deux cents maisons ont 6te de-.
moIiee, trois cents families Sc sont trou-
v6ss sans asiIe ct IN grand nombre de
personass ont etc bless6es.- Mescha,
c6b8, 2 oct.
On annonce la mort d Saint-Gingolph
fHautesSavoiel de Nine Richard, nee
Dietrich, nee a Bale en- 1850. Ellie
6tait done Agee de cent vingt-six ans.
Mariee en- 1852. ellie 6pousa en- troisie-
mes noces Nj. Richard, Qui fut tue en-
l796 au combat de GrenhoItz, pres de
Besne. Jusqusa Page de cent neuf ans,
la d6funts lisai6 sans lunettes ; pendant
les dix dernieres annees de sa Tongue
vie, ellie nest pas sortie dun etat de
sohlnolence caract6rise.
La convention d6mocratique du pre-
Mier district congressional de la Loui- !
einne s'est f6nnie lundi b Iii Nouvelle- |
Orleans pour ehoisir IN candidat an
cODgree. .Mercredi soir. apres ESQ.,
scrntips do ballottags elle n,6tait ar
fiv6e i ancun r6sultat, mn Wilkinson
Dbsenant DO votes, Nj. Rogef# 20, M. St.
Martin I2 ct nj Connors 4. Le lende.
main, bid 246e tour ae ~srrutin, les adj
h6fents DE- III. Rogers ont donn6 leur
vote d M. Wilkinson don't lii nomina-
ti0n I 6te l6cIar6e unanime-Mescha-
eebx, 2 OBI.
Le ~ aoAt q Canton, en- Chine, une
ChinDise, ager settlement Dr. rs ans, a
snbi rex6eutlon ling chez laquelle
CoUsiate 4 preiItlre III pessDnne vivante
vt y Hui enlevssF Iii chair, lamtseau par
lambeau, iusqnh ce Quson soft arrive
a en aFracher excitement mile. Les
vicfimes meutelrt de III psrte de sang
avaps QusoI soft arrive d Ia fin de cstte
iaoTrible torture. Id ~malhenrense
ieusle femme 6taie accnses d'avoir EN-
poisonnA son mari Ut trois parents.
Qu0Ians ~rexanaen de cette affnaire nit
6tabli son innncence. Ii pr6fet da dis
d insist6 sar son execution et IL
sicesr0i i ~6nalement dome pordre 4
set efeeE
The Opelousas courier., 1886-10-09

Ua jeune gareon do rIllinois ii fat
gN declaration d'amour a la jeune
qn'll adorait dams nne Ie,tre 6crite
NJ machine ct il a reen I'M capot en-
Yepf, Ia demeiselle s'etant fach6e de
ce nouyean proced6 de communication,
hi bien au courant dn progress du steele
p~ourtant.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-10-09
Une Panacee sublime.

Nous recommand0nS fOrtement I9a-
sage dun m~erveillenx remade sous lin
fuence duquel tons les maux qui af1l-
gentl'humanite Observation-Disclosures
ment. ii gu6rit la tristesse, Ia nissan
thropie, la n6vrose, La melancolie, Fhy-
pocondrie, Ia morosite, toutes les ma
ladies du ceur ct du eerYeau sans ex-
meme les maladies imaginai-
res.
AValez tous les mathis q ieun, cit
pendant toute pannee, dams une taase
de cafe pur 0 sucre, les ingrediens
suivants:
Une once de patience
Deux ences de gazette
Une once de philosophie
Deux onces de courage
Et b once de perseverance,.
Saupondrez Iegerement avec deux
grains d'insouciance, delayez bien lie
tout ct bayez chaud.
Les danes ordinairement plus deli
Gates que les hommes, pourront sucfser
70 melange.ci-dessus avec une once de
douceur.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-10-09

En- pratiquant DIES fouilles a Kaukau-
ms, Wis, il y a huit jours, les ouyriers
ont Q6couyert d huit pieds de profon-
deur les rnines dun batiment en- pierre,
&videmment construct depuis des sic
cles ct par nne race civilis6e. Cette
d~6converte denne lieu q toutes les the
oriea possibles.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-10-09
de chambree :

Propos de chambrGe.
Sargent, sans voRs commander,
pourreriez,vous me dire &c que c'est
que les lies MarQnisesf
-Certainement, fasiiier. iii est
connn que c'est d lieu de deportation
ponr les personnes de la noblesee..
The Opelousas courier., 1886-10-09
LIST OF PRIZES.

1867 Prizes, amounting .s265 500
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-04-30
ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS.
Wonderful Reproduction of Natures Mo
beautiful q fits to Man.

Wonderful Reproduction of Natures Most
beautiful q fits to Man.
Artificial flowers have not for years
been wholly out of fashion. During the
cold season artificial flowers are in great
demand. For several years the flower
manufacturers have been experimenting
in these productions in order to more
perfectly initiate nature. Until recently
the result has been satisfactory only
here and there. Now. however, really
wonderful copies are made in the man.
ufacturc of artificial flowers. The rich
est and finest materials are employed
soft lightweight pushes and velvets,
delicate silks and pellucid-like tissues of
the dainticst construction. Chrysan-
thcmums are made of shaded velvet of
an intensely brilliant crimson, deepen
ing at the base to Il blood red; the TO-
liage is of green shaded plush. Prim-
roses made of white satin are of exquisite
form. The light green velvet leaves are
deeply indented. The primroses, of a
rich crimson hue. have the eye of a
bright yellow. The flower is very
beautiful and has been perfectly copied,
and looks very handsome in lunches on
the large capotcs. The silk hollyhocks
are magnificent. There are The
pure white, scarlet. black and
yellow. These flowers, spike-like
in form, trim very effectively
the large flats, and are also used to
excellent advantage in decorating eve
ming dresses. Yellow and pink satin
primroses, punched with star-shaped
forget-me-nots, are made of rich velvet.
The deliciously fragrant heliotrope, of a
golden yellow tint, are made of fine
silk, and look so natural that the eye is
often deceived. Golden orchids are
massed with the spikc-shaped Lupin
plant of the blue and red tints. The
beautifully shaded sweet peas. purple,
scarlet, striped and white. are all made
OF soft silk. The heartsease. or pansy. is
beautifully initiated in shaded velvet;
tire face-liIe centers give pretty effect,
combined with the dark foliage of the
scarlet poppy. Begonia leaves of velvet
and satin show exquisite blending of
tints. Bdttercups of golden satin are
massed with morning glories of shaded
plush. The limitations in grasses are
very true. The field daisies and glow
ing carnations of crimpsd silk are exact
copies. Fern leaves of rich satin and
velvet jonguils are charming contrasts
in millinery trimming. Sheaves of
wheat are perfectly represented, and
many of the fancy grasses are admira-
BILE copies.-N. Y. Telegram.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-04-30

1t is now claimed that the chloro-
phil, or green coloring substance Of
leaves, is most liable TO pick up metallic
matter absorbed by the roots Of plants.
When vines have been treated with sui.
phate of copper, most of the metal is
deposited on the leaves, hardly a trace
appearing in the juice of the grapes.
The leaves contain much iron, and this
is due doubtless to the nature q SOIL
n. J.. ISmea.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-04-30
FRO BE Continued

"A Justice of the Peace in Groton,
Conn. was obliged, not long ago, to
content himself with kiss from the
bride in lieu Of marriage fee. He has
BOW put up plaeard "Terms cash.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-04-30
Shadows on the Snow.
PART I.-CONTrNuKD.

AUTHOR OF "BLADE-o-GRAss;" "GOLDRN
GRAIN" Joshua MARVEL" ETC, ETC
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men. A fraudulent man there saws: 81
mean to have my million" He goes ia
work, reckless Of honesty, and he gets his
first one hundred thousand dollars. He
gets after awhile his two hundred thou
sand dollars. After awhile he gets his
five hundred thousand dollars. "Now,"
he says, 81 have only ono more move ia
make and / shah have my million" He
gathers up ali his resources; he makes
that one last grand move; he fails and
loses all, and he has not enough money
left to pay the cost Of the ear to his home.
People can not understand this spasmOdic
revulsion. Some said It was q sudden
turn in Erie Railway stock, or in Western
Union, or in Illinois Central; some said it
was Jay Gould; some said it was one spec
ulator, some said Il was another. They
all guessed wrong. will tell you what Il
was: HE that sitteth in the heavens''
laughed.
A man in New York said he would bs
the richest man in the city. He left his
honest work Of chairmaking and got into
the city councils some way, and in ten
years stole fifteen million dollars from the
city government. Fifteen million dollars.
He held the Legislature Of the State Of
New York in tho grip Of his right hand.
Suspicious were aroused. The grand jury
presented indictments. The whole land
stood aghast. The man who expected to
put half the city il his vest pocket
goes to Blackwelps Island, goes to Ludlow
street Jail, breaks prison and goes across
the sea, 10 reaxrested and brought hack
and A0ain remanded to jail and died
there. Why. ''He that stitch in the
heavens" laughed.
Rome was great empire; she had Hor.
aes and Virgil among her poets; she had
Augustus and Constantine among her en-
perors. But what mean the defaced Pan.
theon and the Forvaa t1rned into . cattle
market and the brokea-Waded Coliseum
and the architectural skeleton Of her great
sQnedsst3 Whee vss ~ thaadss3 s0h."
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Snaii Hakc ncr happy WHO, sings 10
her heart, to the rythm of the bells:
'.Dear love, dear love. the Christmas
bells are ringing!" The rich man
smiles, the poor man rejoices. Ring
on, sweet Christmas bells! The sir is
filled with your music, which travels
far across the snow-white land. Over
forests of trees whose branches CLEAN
with beauty, on to the furious sea,
where the sailor, battling for dear life
with the raging storm, thinks of what
is dearer to him than life, and cries to
his mate in the midst of the darkness:
Eat home, old boy, the Christmas bells
are ringing!"
They rang in William Fairiield's
ears, and bewildered him. He was
deaf to their tender whisperings; they
Jared upon his soul, and he strove,
with a wild motion of his arms, to cast
them aside, so that he might reflect I'M
disturbed upon the treachery of the girl
to whom he had given his heart.
This was his Christmas Evei Next
Christmas they were to have merry
party at their own house; it had been
arranged that night. If he proved
Stephens tale to be true wher. would
his next Christmas be spent? He laughed
in helpless derision. His future was
blasted. What rocked he now where
or how his life was passed?
Some short distance from Marley
combe Lodge, but within sight of it,
stood an old gnarled tree, prolific in
queeriy knotted excrescences and twist
ed, Limbs and branches. 1t was SO old,
tl.ae there had rotted away at it's base.
space sufficiently large to allow
q man to seat himself easily. Here
William mechanically rested; and, with
a weary. body but active mind, set him
self to the task of wstehing Reuben
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-04-30

him Gagged and chained and We forever
free from his clutches! Yes, it will be .
laugh Of royal greeting. You know how
the Frsnchmen cheered when Napoleon
came back from Elba; you know how the
English cheered when Wellington came
back from Waterloo; you know how Amer.
leans cheered when Kossuth arrived from
Hungary; you remember how Rome
cheered when Pompey came back victor
over nine hundred cities. Every cheer WAS
. laugh. But oh, the mightier greeting.
the gladder greeting, when the snow white
cavalry troop Of Heaven shall go through
the streets and, according to the book Of
Revelation, Christ, in the red coat, in the
crimson coat, on . white horse and in all
the armies Of Heaven following on white
horses! Oh, when we sec and hear that
eavalcade we shall cheer, we shall laugh.
Does not your heart beat quickly this
morning at the thought Of the great jubilee
upon which we are soon to enter: / pray
God that when we get through with this
world and are going out of it we may have
some such vision as the dying Christian
lad when he saw written all over the
clouds in the sky the letter "W;" and they
asked him, standing by his side, what ne
thought that letter "W" meant. "Oh," he
said. shat stands for welcome" And
30 may it be when we quit this world.
Nv" on the gate, "W" on the door Of the
mansion. Nv" on the throne. Welcomed
Welcome! Welcome!
Ihave preached this sermon this morn
ing with five prayerful wishes: That you
might see what a mean thing is the laugh
Of skepticism;, what q bright thing IL tho
laugh Of spiritual exultation; what a hole
low thing is tie laugh Of sinful merri.
ment; what an awful thing is tho laugh Of
what . radiant, rubicund
thing is the Isagh Of eternal Triumph
Avoid the i'll; choose the right. Be COM
fortsd. Be confortsd. "Blessed are We
that weeo Eow-ys shaA laugh" Xe shall
laag1,
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-04-30

We do with themI "Oh," says some man
In the audience, 81 don't believe . word
in the Bible from one end to the other"
Well, it is all gone. Now you have put
out the last light for the nations. Now
It is the pitch darkness of eternal midnight.
How do You like it! But think, my
friends, we had better keep the Bible e
little longer intact. II has done pretty
well for a good many years. Then there
are old people who find it . comfort to
the stories in it. Let Us keep it for q euri-
osity anyhow. If the Bible is TO be thrown
cut of the school aud out Of the court
room, 20 that men NO more swear by
it, and It is to be put in . dark
corner Of the city library, the Koran
ON one side and the writin 90 Of Con-
fucius on the other, then let Us each
one keep . copy for himself, for we might
have trouble and We would want to be IN
der the delusion Of its consultations; and
We might die, and we would want the de-
fusion Of the exalted residence ut Gods
right hand which it mentions.
Oh, what an awful thing it is to laugh in
Gods face and hurl his revelation back at
him! After awhile the day will come
when they will say they did not laugh.
Then all the hypercriticisms. all the Carl
catures and all the learned sneers in the
quarterly reviews win Be brought to judg-
ment; and amid the rocking Of everything
beneath and amid the flaming Of every.
thing above, God will thunder: 'Sut thoa
didst laugh" think tho most fascinating
laughter at Christianity ever remember
was T-eo6ors Parksr's. Henade the word
q God seem ridiculous, and he laughed on
st or holy religion uatA - came 10 die,
and then be- ssids- my. life. has been a
cailwo-o 5ailuss do0gs1ieaNvs : AoVe no
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1886-05-07
HuNTINGA CURE FOR MALARIA.
And What the Inquiries and Invest.
cations Developed.

Cursed with that vague and in
definite ometing, called malaria,
and lis gin Lancaster, Pa, the
birth pI,ce of Mishler's Herb Bit
ters, ME. Walter Kieffer, OF the
Daily New Era, resolved to inyes-
tigate its curative powers, of which
he had heard so much. He writes
as follows: Calling ON James H.
Marshall, Esq, at present and for
II years past, postmaster of the
city, l asked, What do you know
about Mishler's Herb Bitters?' 4
know, was the answer, that it is
the most palatable bitters L have
ever taken, and as a tonic it has
no equal"
That was encouraging, and the
next person | met was VIM. A..
Morton, Esq, of the Lancaster In
telligencer. l addressed the same
inquiry to him, quick as flash
came the answer, 81 have used
Mishlers Herb Bitters, off and on,
for ten years, and have found it Of
great benefit. On one occasion,
suffering from severe prostration,
it was the only thing to give me re-
lief.
Stepping into the office of Hon.
d. P. Rosenmiller, Mayor of Lam
caster, | repeated my query. "Itis
the best tonic | have ever known.
and | regard it as an infallible
cure for malaria" smilingly an
swered his Honor.
"Mr. Steinheifer, what do YOU
know of Mishler's Herb Bitters ?"
| asked, addressing Mr.. J. o.
Steinheifer, now United States
Mail Agent, and for eight years
Superintendent of the Lancaster
County Hospital and Insane Asv-
lum. "Never had medicine in
the Hospital that acted SO charm
ingly, and for chronic diseases it
never fails to give relief"
"Mr. Long" addressing mem
Der of the firm of John T. Longs
Sons drug house, the oldest drug
house in the State, if not in Ameri-
ca, "What has been your expert
ence with Mishler's Herb Bitters?
We handle a great deal of itand
the demand is constantly on the
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Grain is always less injured by
dry weather than is at first sup
posed If the plant is somewhat
pinched up, nature concentrates
her efforts on perfecting the seed,
thus insuring reproduction. The
straw may be short, but the berry
will often be plumper than when
much moister, causing excessive
growth of straw, also including
mildew, rust and other fungus at
tacks which feed on the juices of
the straw that should go to perfect
the grain.
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Ponds are not good for young
ducks. Wet grass, dampness and
cold sleeping places will kill young
ducks as quickly as such infu-
ences will destroy young chicks.
Feed the ducks on bulky food.
Cooked turnips or potatoes, thick
ened with oat meal makes a good
and cheap food for them. Give
them plenty of water to drink, but
not to battle in until the down is
off and the feathers cover the body.
Then you may let them enjoy
themselves in the water as lluch
as they desire.