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The Opelousas courier., 1886-06-05
Nine BarriOS.

The name of Mime. Barrios, the wife
of the dead dictator of Central America,
is frequently mentioned in the public
prints of late, writes a New York CORE
spondent. If is said that she gave $780,
900 to promote the recent expedition on
the city IF Mexico. She is a remarkable
woman. Rufno Barrios, strong as he
was in iron will and despotic tendencies,
had a helpmeet in his wife. He had nine
children, four of them by a former
wife. All of them have been left to the
care of Nine. Barrios, and are living
with her here. The eldest son comes
from Vast Point every Friday night,
being a student at the military academy
there. A gentleman who was well ac-
quainted with the affairs hf General Bar
rios told me tonight that the general
left property to the amount of $40, O0o,-
900. About a third of this went to Nine.
Barrios, and she has control over the rest
until the children become of age. She
is a small woman, with black eyes and
raven hair and dark complexion. She
has a commanding manner and speaks
several languages.
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A Sensible Young Wife.

Young Wife-"How do you like my
cooking2 Come, now, give me your
honest opinion. How does it compare
with your mother's2n
Young Husband-"If you want my
honest opinion, I will say your cooking
is fair, but it is not quite equal to moth
er's."
Y. VIZ did not expect it would be
equal to your mothers, but l wish you to
remember that your mother had many
years experience before you were capable
of forming a Judgment of her cooking"
Y. H.-'sBy Jove, you are right. |
never would have thought of that, though
I assure you / would havesnade no COM
ment on your cooking if you had not
asked for my honest opinion. The point
you have made isa good one, but it is en-
tirely overlooked by young married men"
Y. W.-"It is, and unfortunately it is
not thought of by young wives. The idea
of any man saying to a girl just a year or
two out of school: You can't cook as
well as mother, or you don't manage as
well as mother. and never taking into
consideration that mother has had an ex-
p~erience of forty " fifty years! Suppose
the young wife should turn round and re-
tort you're not half as skilful q work
man as my father?'n
Y. H.-"And I wonder she doesn't.
It's a poor rule that won't work both
ways"
And Sc it is, when you come to think
of it.-BostoB Courier.
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How to Punish Children.

"How to punish children" said Pro-
fessor Adler, in a lecture recently, lis one
of the burning questions of the day. Up
on it depends in a greater degree than
people imagine the welfare of the State,
fhe family society. and the ethical deyel-
opment of humanity itself. We should
be the physicians of our enemies; we
should profit by their hostility and lead
them to a better mind by gentleness and
frmness combined, and even chastise
them when their own good and social
advancement require it. How many
parents know how to punish children9
"A child viii grow up, in nine cases out
of ten, the embodiment of the influences
that turround him. Never chastise a
child in anger. Socrates, the great pagan
philosopher, refrained from Furnishing a
slave until his passion had cooled. An
angry father sets q perilous example to
his offspring. He exhibits his weakness
when he should be firm and contained.
The child drinks in the lesson, and hi s
moral nature is lacerated and warped.
ssHow many children are spoiled by
Encouragement Parents grumble and
chide the liye-long day, and never praise.
1t is wrong. Nothing SO effectually
crush a child's ambition to be good and
noble. The sweet appreciation Of a coed
mother is enough to make a young mar
face fire and death in a worthy Cause
One is gentIest when one is strongest
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A Valuable Mocking bird.

Henry Durand Ia a mocking bird that
is known from Jacksonville to Boston.
The bird is probably the finest singer in
the South. He is not only a fine singer
but a valuable adjunct to a restaurant.
The bird seems to know when the dining
room is filled with human tenants, and
upon such occasions he will open his
mouth and initiate a spring chicken.
The imitation is perfect, and unless some
one happe=s to spy the bird and point
him out, everybody win begin to look
about for the coop Of spring chickens,
The bird generally keeps up the imitation
until the cry Of the spring chicken 50
eharpens the appetite Of the tourist that
he orders one. Out of season, a spring
chicken comes high, and when the tour.
ist has paid his bill and gone the bird ia
given a fresh potato.-4Hanto Constitu-
fion.
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The Worlds Biggest Diamond.

In August, 1884, the arrival of the cell
brated 457-carat-fne white diamond
from South Africa and its subsequent
purchase by a syndicate Of London and
Paris diamond merchants were an
nounced. The gem was intrusted to the
care Of one the most skilful cutters, who
has been engaged on the stone during
the past eight months, and expects to
complete the work in April. AS antici-
pated, the stone will turn out the most
wonderful e~sbrilliant-cut' diamond on
record, surprising in weight, as also, it
is believed, in color, purity and lustre,
all the crown and historical brilliants of
the world. The stone in its almost fin
ished state weighs still $50 carats, but
in order to give it the best possible shape
and lustre it is intended to reduce its
weight to something under $50 carats
The Koh-i-noor weighs only 106 carats,
the Regent of France 1856 ga, carats,
Star Of the South 125 carats, and the
Piggott 80 Ia carats. The Great Mogul
weighs 279 carats. It is, however,
d lumpy stone, only rose-cut and if cut
to d proper-shaped brilliant it would
probably not weigh more than 40 car
ats.-L0nd0D Times.
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Doctor sPelI lifted the arm which had

Doctor sPelI lifted the arm which had
lain underihim. Everybody shuddered;
some Of the girls grew faint; for it bent,
midway between the wrist and elbow.
Broken" said the doctor, briefly.
stGet your hat, young man. My buggy's
at the door, I'll give you a lift home"
Perhaps it was only that Josie was
nearest at hand-perhaps it was for rea-
sons of his own-that the young man
seized her arm for support, and walked
to the door leaning heavily upon it, the
lockers on Immediately clearing a path
for them. :.
"Well," he observed, with a smile and
a twinge of pain mlngling queerly in his
white face, II wasn't sure you'd speak
to mel"
"Oh, Dolph!" said Josie, tearfully.
GAS for Miss Lavine," said Dolph,
simply, s'she's a jolly girl; but, for me,
I greatly prefer somebody else" said
Dolph, looking steadily into his compan-
ions face, which had grown rather red.
When Josie turned back presently
the doctors buggy having ratified away
the look of distress in her eyes had
given away to n of perfect content
ment.
81 don't know, after ALL" Nellie
| Storey remarked later in the evening,
ssas Miss Lavine is so-bad."
Charley Ransom had engaged Nellie's
sshome."
"She's just as nice as she can. be and
live!" said Josie warmly. "-Emmaa 4
Opper.
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YESTERDAY.

What makes the king unhappy.
His queen is young and fair,
His children climb around him,
With waving yellow hair.
His realm is broad and peaceful,
He fears no foreign foe;
And health to his veins come leaping
In all the winds that blow.
What makes the king unhappy
Alas! a little thing,
That money cannot purchase,
Or fleets and armies bring.
And yesterday he had it,
With yesterday it went,
And yesterday it persisted,
With all the kings content.
For this he sits lamenting,
And sighs, "Alackl alack!
I'd give one half my kingdom,
Could yesterday come back!"
-Teaas Siftings.
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a Preachers Intelligent Horse.

a Methodist preacher in North Louis
lana has q horse which possesses strong
reasoning powers or remarkable memory.
On the first and third Sundays in the
month Mr.. Cabin holds service in a town
which is reached by taking the left fork
Of the road, while on the second and
fourth Sundays the town in which he
breaches is at the termination of the right
fork of the road. The horse without a
word or 4 touch Of the bride never fails
On the first and third Sundays to take
the road to the left, aud on the second
and fourth Sundays that on the right
Nen 0rle0ns Picagu1se.
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WOMAN'S WORLD.
PLEASANT READING FOR FEM.
mime READERS.
Motherhood.

MOCUGEIIUUU.
Only q look from the eyes of a babe,
AS it lay upon my knee,
Yet [ shall know that wcndrous gaze
When we meet in eternity.
Angel of Death! ye cannot then
My heartstrings rend apart;
shall hold my boy forever and aye
Close to my yearning heart.
Motherhood! how dearly bought.
We little know the cost.
Until we suffer birth and death,
Until we've loved and lost.
-MarthG E.. Pratt, in Good Housekeeping
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Pretty Miss Chamberlain.

There appears to be more magic IN a
pretty face and form than in a level head,
says a New York correspondent in the
Philadelphia Times. / don't mean by
this suggestion that Miss Chamberlain,
the American beauty, is not an intelli-
gent girl. I believe she is. But it is
not her brains that has given her a world
wide reputation. It is her comely face
and winning name I saw this young
lady, made famous by the gossips, and
had an opportunity of studying her
features and the play of her mind. /
said to myself as | looked at this young
woman, why, she is not SO beautiful
as my fancy had pictured her." She is
seated in the midst of luxurious sur
roundings at the Victoria hotel. Her
father, mother and herself have a suite
of FIVE or six of the finest rooms in the
house. At the first look the girls easy
manners strike you more forcibly than
her face. But when the deep, mellow
tones of her voice call you back from
the recollection of what you have read of
her beauty, you will find the charm of
her features growing upon you. She was
CGtOSeihS l1CpNIslu doS S1V0A lcI ny JIG
Princess of Wales, herself a lovely
woman. This titled lady took a great
interest in Miss Chamberlain, showed
her marked attention, and introduced
her into the swell society of all England.
Yet these distinguished attentions do not
seem to have turned the head of this
American girl.
But let us look her in the face. 1t is
a long, yet oval, and chisseled in a very
delicate mold. The profile is regular,
except the nose, whichis a trife large.
Theamouth is rather delicately cut, and
oftentimes decidedly expressive. The
eyes mildly blue. Their effect on the
countenanee is strengthened by the re-
markedly heavy arehed eyebrows. Her
hair is light brown, and just heavy
enough to lend O charm to an almost
perfectly nodded head. She seems
rather tall, 1.-THE, and Willowy. The first
impression she makes upon you is that
here is beautiful girl just out of her
school-house, instead of a woman of
tWenty-three. Her manners are grace
ITSELF, and add very much TO the
impression her face makes on every one.
I can imagine that under the inspiration Of
high social life she would become a bril-
liant figure of any company. In her
present surroundings there are many evil
dences of her FIVE years residences abroad.
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She loves Europe. She is here with her
parents only for a short stay, and then
will return to the land where she has
made so many conquests.
It is said that this girl comes rightly by
her good looks and polish. Her ances-
tors for five generations have been ladies
and gentlemen of meas and intelligence.
There is no affecation about her, and
her dress is in such perfect taste-rich
and plain-that it defies description.
While she is interested in England, she
seems still to be in love with her native
land. Taking it all in all, there is moth
ing especially wonderful in this young
lady, except her good sense and self-pos
session. She has been fattered enough to
b." spoiled, but seems to have escaped
this misery. OF course, her face is her
fortune, in addition to the money she
possesses. In life she would attract
no more attention than hundreds of
other girls over whom we do not rave.
But for the wide publicity that has been
given to the shape of her form and face,
She would be lost among the crowd of al
most as pretty women you can see every
day along our thoroughfare.
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The ear Of Weber, the composer, wal
said 10 Be 3D. sensitive that he could tell
the difference Of q thousandth part, OF
one vibration, more or less, IN the thou.
sand.
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ST. MARY's

0PELOUSAs, LA.
The course of instruction in this Institution embraces
English. French, Latin, Greek, Atithmet c, AIGebTs,
Geometry, Bookkeeping, Natural Sciences, History,
Geography, Penmanship, and great care is bestowed
o Christian Instruction.
TERMs:-Board and tuition per month ALI. Dov
Scholars per month, SO. SO or 81, according to class
CLASSES are resumed on Tuesday. Septe nber 18TH I8s5
RLv. u. RAYMOND, D.. D.,
REV. +. j. RAYMOND.
HENRY &. LEWIS,
Aug. %, 1885. A. BLANC DUQUEsEAY.
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oPELoUsAs FEMALE INSTITUTE.

Opelousas st. Landry Parish, La.
THNHIS Institution will resnme duties Monday, Sen.
H. tember 7th, 1885, under the immediate superyiHior
of Mrs. M. M. Hayes and Mrs. M. A. DAVIS, with
competent assistants. The scholastic year consists a.
forty weeks.
TERMS OF TUITION:
Preparatory Department, per month. 81. 50
u .''"."...-. 800
Boarding, including washing, light and fuel ia m
Embroidery. wax flowers. painting, drawing,
loentai Leo
DISCIPLINE:
The government of this school is strict but parental.
no hard tasks or restrictions are imposed, but eyarv
student must com ply with the rules, and must prepars
up to he measure of her ability, the lessons assigned
Our course OF study and mode of instruction are to
train the mind to h lbit5 of correct thinking and thor.
ough investi CATION. No student will be allowed I'd an
ter higher classes without thorough preparation, Pa
rents and guardians may rest assured that the manners
he alth and morals of the children and wards shall re.
ceive due attention.
No deduction for absence. unless in case of pr0traet-
ed illness. The legation OF the town is heaithful and
easy of access. The boarding department is under ina
immediate charge OF Mrs. Hayes. Roarders viii pro.
vide themselves with blankets and towels. For mar.
ticulars address
MRS. M. NJ. HAYES
July % 33-noT 2TI9. PRINCIPAL
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One is gentlest when M is strongest
in q resolution
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manded.
The s~tep-ladder was found, somewhere
behind the screen: hammer and tacks
were resurrected from a corner and
Dolph went to work.
And then somebody ioggled the step
ladder, which was shaky; there were two
or three frightened cries from those
who saw it, and q crash.
Josie dropped Doctor Pell's straw
berries into his lap, pressed q trembling
hand against her humping heart, and
rushed across the room, followed by the
doctor himself, in happy unconscious
ness Of the strawberry stain on bis shirt
front.
There, in the midst Of q disnlayed
gathering, lay Dolph, quite unconscious.
One hand still clutching the hammer ;
the other was cruelty bent under him.
A confused period followed.
Everybody crowded around and utter
ed startled explanations.
Several people, each unaware that any
body else had thought Of it. rushed for
water, and doused the quiet face with it.
Doctor Pell stamped about angriIy, in
Intellectual attempts to dispense the gath
ering for increase of ali, and to stop the
food of water.
Poor Josie leaned against the post,
white and motionless, as utterly wretched
i little being, probably, Is at that mo
mcnt existed.
sgTherel i've fetched himlp cried Char
ley Ransom, triumphantly finging the
last drop Dc water from the icecrean dip
IL
Josie gaye d little screazn of JOY fol-
Dolph had opened Ills eyes, painfully,
and WAS trying osit mp was trying,
weakly, 10 wipe the water from his face
w actually on his feet
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-07-31

The press reporters intend having resolution
introduced in the Assembly Monday, asking fol
q reorganization of the clerks at the desk. The
shabby treatment the reporters have received at
their hands has become altogether unbearable,
and the q" knights of the quill are going to ask
for a new deal" 1t is thought that their
places can be filed with gentlemen who are
willing to serve the State for SIS per day, and at
the same time be accommodating to and at least
treat with ciyility the members of the press.
If the Speaker should appoint a committee OF
Investigation from among the reporters with
power TO act, there would be at least two chairs
made vacant in short order.
Win Davis, member of the Assembly from
Sacramento, yesterday said on the floor of the
House that he hoped this investigation for i'm
becility would stop at the Supreme Court. If it
extended to the State officers and members of
left without quorum, and the wheels of gov
ernment stopped, or at least materially retarded,
on account Of vacancies in high positions.
The hardest worked individuals at this extra
session are the newspaper reporters. From
early morn till late at night these public serv-
ants are kept busily at work ferreting out and
trying to unravel all the mysteries surrounding
this most remarkable body. The statesmen who
look wise, do nothing and say less, are
tackled on every street corner, on the floors OF
the house, in the corridors of the hotels in
places of public amusement, and their every
word jotted down. and the putting together OF
these briefs scraps is what furnishes the bulk of
information that is daily furnished the reading
public. The members of the third house are
ever present at these interviews, and while
they Studiously avoid coming in contact with
the pencil pushers,' they are closely watched
by the latter. After a few days they are spot
ted,' their mysterious ways ferreted out. and,
although in all instances not made public, are
dotted down for future use. The member of the
third house has no use for the reporters.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-07-31
English Races.
LONDON, July 30th.-The race for Il
ssau stakes, at GoodWood, to-day, wi
Large Death Rate Among Negroes,

The last mortuary report of the Health
Officers of Savannah shows a death rate
per /, 900 of the population of 1919 for the
whites and 1924 for the colored people
This is bad enough, but the mortality oi
the colored children is even worse, being al
the rate of 60193 per 1000. Should such
mortality continue it will sweep away all
the piekanninies of the Georgia city. AT
this rate of mortality the average duration
of life among the negroes of Savannah is
but little over eight years and this when
the city is free from any epidemic disease
Measles prevails to a small extent; but
while it is of mild type among the white
children it has proved very fatal with the
negroes. 1t is not to measles or. to any dis
ease that this mortality is traceable 1t
is caused by imprudence, by lack Of the
proper care and attention. The negro
children are neglected, receive no nursing,
fail to get the medical attendance, the
medicine, or food they require. They live.
even when in good health. in the most
unsanitary condition, and defy all the laws
of hygiene. Every Southern city is suffer-
ing from this same trouble. It's death list
is swollen by the thousands of ignorant
negroes who fall victims TO their careless
mess and imprudence. Diseases are nursed
in its negro quarters-sniall-po measles
and scarlet fever linger there, when they
have been driven out from all the white
districts. The evil is growing worse from
day to day. There has been no sanitary
improvement among the Southern negroes,
no decrease in mortality. Each year shows
a worse condition of affairs.-NetU Orleans
Times Democrat.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-07-31
Land Patents Ready for pelivery

There remain in the United States Land
Office in this city, Ed Z. Taylor Register,
the following patents to placer and quartz
mining claims, ready for delivery to the
parties owning the same:
No. 120-For the "Round Out" placer
entered by James s. Kennedy.
No. 292-"Starr,n placer, entered by Ed
ward Williams
No. Crescent quartz, entered by
the Crescent Gold Mining Co.
No. 44S-"Bean Hill, !" placer, entered by
Adolph Wenzel ct al.
No 462-"Meyers," placer, entered by
Thomas Anderson ct al.
No 495-"Rock Tunnel, placer. entered
by Caleb Reed
No 667-"Table Rock, placer, entered
by Charles Town.
No. 6GS-"McCoy & Co." and Italian
Co.. placer, entered by Chas. Mclaughlin.
40. 705-"El Dorado Deep Gravel"
placer, entered by the El Dorado Gravel
Mining Co.
No. SO2-'Old Oaxen Quartz, entered by
Albert Sutherland.
No. S20-"Kenton Quartz" entered by
the Keuton Mining Co.
No. S52-"Pennsylvania Flat placer,
entered by John Blair ct al.
No. 9O2-"B Booth Quartz, mining, entered
by the Booth Gold Mining Co.
No. 91s-"Squires," placer, entered by
Alexander Squires.
No. 932-'Blue Wing Con-" placer, en-
tered by heirs of G. Mitehler, deceased.
Nos. 946 and 947-"Columbus7 and
Rochester" quartz, entered by Jules
Fricot.
No. 952-"Dolores, quartz, entered by
Aug. Schnabel.