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On lit dams lie Propagateur Catalogue
de Ia Nouyelle- Orleans du 26 JUN:
Vendredi dernier, So Grandeur Mgr.
Leray eat parti pour Baltimore, atm
d'honorer de So presence la belle cere-
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1'Amaour.

Tens homule d senti, ne fAt-ce an'un
iour. cette 6trange iyresse. III y q Gu
ub yisage don't r6cIas illuminate SEES in
sornnies, des yeux don't II i cherch6 le
regard CONNIE la plante cherche Fair ct
Is eOleil ; upe yoix entire tontes . fait
tressailIir les cordes intimes de son
8nae ; I'll II D cru que CO visage, CO re-
gard. cetke yoix etnieut n6cessaires a sa
vie. Qui n'a pass6 |e soiF sous une fe-
metre snduFmie, avec i'esperance obsti
n4e DIV v0ir settlement glisser une oni-
brp ! Qui MIA gamasse une heur tomb6e
ID iet6e pour Id garder t~onjours1 On
d 6t6 iaIonx, on Il verse des lxrmes don't
0n NJ souvient encore, don't on sayoure
encore lsamertnme ch6re, longtemps
apr6s avoir oubli6 lio9jet de tant de
doul0uFs. Tn lieu d 6t4 sacre y Ia
terre cs r0n sy est rendu ssui, ain de
rnv0ir maerbe foulee aux pas de cette
S8B al ia i~eunesae, qui sembIait ialssef
pnrtOnf des vestiges adoF6s. Quelqne
bat que ion ait vonIu poursuivre q
phHnr8 fadieuse de COS premiers clans
IN ron croft tout 5ltteindre, on s'esG dit
une aenle Anne, IN aenl esprit. III seul
regard me sniy1nnt dams ID carri8re an
eosnr, un seni cCeut. fsrA aes Del ponf
mol, Al r6i0nisa ii Il lriomlhe. sonfrifa
in sueealnbe Et d. toala los REYES
~ gsuasss esa Vie II pies slnnx. Oui,
k0sak haEnf3e ii Haya.lse rAlla Gunlnaise,
kzsat AsaasAtsae Il STE piHa "a .lsOins long
fsazaps sous frnapifp Aarga ipmnae, Qni
solavent ne 1aat pms III. ngDHlu VIyre,
s0s21xFirs ttAxzalakE, aalpatiF ipallr ellie. Il
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Grande Excursion.

La Soci9t6 de "Reminiscences de st.
Martiuyille a couclu des arrangements
ayec le Morgan r. R., etsiaonne une
graude Excursion de Washington a la
Nile. Orleans.
Cette Excursion permettra aux excur-
s~ionnistes d'assister q la grande fete ma
tionale FRANCHISE a la Nile. Orleans le IA
de Juliet, fste qui surpassera en- magni-
fcence ct en- splendeur celles des annees
pr6c6dentes. Jamais occasion plus
belle ne s'est offerte AUX personnes de-
sireuses de 90 r6cr6er agr6ablement.
Tout en- faisant une bonnie @uvre (caI
le bnt de la Soci6t6 est toute de charite)
chacun trouvera ample compensation
pour la somme quill d6boursera. Nous
esp6rons que nos paroiasiens ne negli-
geront pas poccasion qui SO presente,
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La grande !" question de Ia Maison de
Cour" est Reimbursement regl6e. lie
proiet de Ioi, offert par M. Kavanagh,
soumettant la question d nn vote popu-
laire, qui a etc rattle par le senat ven
dredi dernier, a complement echone
deyant la Chambre des R~epr6sentants
le mercredi s%uivant. Mons n'aurons
done pas detection pour d6terminer OH
sera lie siege dc justice, ct la maison de
cour sera rebate SUI l'aneien site.
Nous f6licitons o repr6sentants de
nous ayoir epargn6 cette terrible epren-
We, ct nous felicitons surtont nos pa
roissiens d'avoir 6chappe d une cam
pagne qui, place. sur I'm terrain anssi
brAlaut, re pouvait manquer de susci
ter les troubles les plus graves dams
leur sein.
Tout est bien qui fnit bien.
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AGaires dc France.

Paris, 26 JUN. 90 La presse radicale
FRANCHISE, On parlant du manifesto du
comte de Paris. dit u CO manifesto
est une preuve du danger gull y a q
permettre a une telle personne de resi-
der en- France.
Les memes feuilles ajoutent que lie
manifesto a complement d6masqu6 le
caractare dc conspirateur do comte.
Trois conseillers d'Etat ct lie comte
do Portals, troisieme secr6taire de
lambassade ~francaise d Londres, ont
donn6 ienrs d6missions q cause de l'ex-
pulsion des princes.
Paris, 26 jnin.-Les j~ournaux radi-
caux demandent, CONNIE r6ponse an
manifesto dn comte de Paris, pexpul-
sion Immediate de tons les princes
d'Orl6ans ct la saisie de leurs prophecies.
Brnxelles, 26 jnin.-Le prince Victor
Napoleon est allie faire une tournee en-
Ttalie ct en- Suisse. ii sera de retour
dana nne semaine.
Berlin, 26 JUN. Is LIE manifesto du
eomte de Paris a%rencontr6 de rhostilit6
dams ID presse lib6rale.
lie Yissische Zeitnng dit que les pre-
tentions du prince justifient son expul-
sion.
Le North German Gazette appelle
l,attention sur le ton du manifesto, le-
auel, dit-iT, indiqne que le comte est
contiant dams une vietoire.
Les valeurs d la Bourse ont baisse, q
cause des GRANTEES dune prochaine ac-
cession orl6aniste, 6V6nement qui sus-
citerait IN grave danger de guerre.
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lie MELON.

LIE melon est lie fruit social par ex-
~cellence, pnisque, 81 nous en- croy0ns
Bernardin de st. Pierre, Ia nature, en-
10 diVisant par branches separ6es, Ia
6yidemment destin6 d etre mango en-
famille Or, la famille n'est-elle point
la base de la soci6t6?
Quoi quill en- soft, lie melon est I'm
fruit d6licieux. Son odeur est suaYe ct
aromatiQue: sa saveur 6minemment
frafche, sucree ct agreeable. II est
originate de pAsie ct probablement
des Indies Orientales ct etait tres connu
ct ASSET estim6 des civilizations anti
cues. Les Romainsle recommandaient
contr6 rhydropisie, les affections de la
pean ct sartout dams la constipation.
Hermolaus conseille Get aliment CONNIE
IN claimant utile aux femmes qui it's
sent ct qui sont, dit-il, sujettes aux
id6es 6~rotiques. Remarquez que cette
opinion est 6mise douze cents ans
avant la machine q coudre,n Get engin
perfectionn6 de perdition, charge des
mal6dietions de tous les hygienistes.
lie melon p~resente, d'ailleurs, de
tres nombreuses varieties alimentaires.
don't La culture est certainement molns
compliqu6e qn'on ne le croft generate
ment. La vari6t6 la plus estim6e est
le "cantelonp,'' aux c6tes 6paisses ct
Yerruqueuses, a la chair rouge ct fon-
dante. Puts viennent lie ssmelon de
| Malte,s ovalaire ct lisse exterieure-
ment, a chair jaime ct sucree; enfn, le
ssmara9cher,n don't la surface, bordee,
sillonnee de rides, cache une chair
6paisse cit souVent flandreuse.
L'hygiene revendique lie melon com
me I'M agent alimentaire qui ranime les
fonctions digestives ct empeche Iindi-
gestion exageree de BLOSSOMS aqueuses,
81 nuisibles au debut des repas. VOLTA
lie bon cote de la m6daille.
MaIheureusement, lie melon nest pas
touiours dune digestion tres facile.
sRien de meilleur, disait le poetic NAL
| lierbe, que les femmes cit les melons,
Mails aussi, rien de plus dificile q ap-
pr6cier d'apres les apparences rien de
plus mauvais, parfois. On peut dire
du melon ct de la femme CO que le
bossu de Phrygie disait de la langue.
| Auiourd'hui, CONNIE au dernier steele.
il faut encore repeter lie quatrain popu-
laire
Les amis de rheure presente
Ont la qualit6 des melons
II en- fault essayer c~inquante,
Ayant den renco ntrers IN bon!
sQuand meme 90 pnlpe est douce
bien nitric. le melon est IN fruit emol-
lent, humectanf, rafrafchissant, iaxatif.
N'oubIions pas quill appartient . 10 fas
mile des cucurbitac6es, ceIebre par SEES
qualities purgatives. Son usage exag6-
Ir6 cause DIES coliQues venteuses ct. snr
certains tnbea digestifs, des. diarrhGes
chol6riformes. des -dyssenteries parfois
lrebelles.
QUAINT i ii sspasieqae,' don't les
Arabea ct les Espaguols font d~s6nornies
abns. on rappelle "meIon DEAN non
paree aa,il croft dams lieal, mails bien
parce one sa chair est presque liquide.
Ellie rend de grands services dams les
pays clanuds, d l'on Ell nae m~od6r6ment.
Eli effeI, queiqne expose m soleil, Ia
~past8qne conaerve, meme dams les plus
logtes chaleuFs, une frafeheur exanise.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-07-03
Lac Mex.

lie nez est geographiquement situ6 au
milieu de la figure, entire ct au-dessous
des yeux, ct So base est de niveassl avee,
le bout de l'oreille. C'est un krgane
indispensable. Chacun y fait bien at
%tention parce quill est dificile a plaire.
Des milliers d'hommes sont employees
pour fabriquer DIES parfums qui puis-
Sent lie satisfaire.
II ny a pas deux nez qui Sc ressem'
blent. Toujours il existe quelque mar
que on modification de forme qui les
font differer. Dependant les %naturalis-
ties ont etabli quatre grandes classes lie
neg ROMAN, le,nez gree, le nee aquilin
ct lie nez retrousse. Tn nee qui a I'm
pouce de long est c~onvenable, ct dome
une grande dignite dispersion a celui
qui le porte Pom pretend meme gull
|indique de bonnes qualities chez son
propri6taire. Quelle que soft la forme
du nez, chacun est oblig6 de le porter.
Ce nest pas CONNIE un chapeau, qui,
sill ne va pas bien, peut etre change.
Victor Gerardin ~ peut vous certitier
la chose. lie nez est volontaire eft vent
roster Il Ia place OH il Sc trouve.
LIE neg gree est l'ideal, avec des ma
rines bien coupees, droites, CONNIE par
un scnlpteur, ct indique elegance ct in
telligenee. Lon trouve ce nez chez
Apollon, VEINS, Mercure ct antres per-
sonnagea mythologiques. Alexandra lie
Grand 6tait un Gree ct portrait IN nee
gree avec un peu de ROMAN.
LIE nee romain nest pas 81 bien forme
an bout ct indique que son propri6taire
Anne a SAVIOR, pas pour lui, m9me, mais
pour s'assurer une certaine autorite
Les sentiments de defense ct d'attaque
sont bien marques. Tel etait lie nee dc
Jules Cesar, ct Cesar etait un ambi'
tieux.
Un nez large a la romano indiqus
aussi de l'audace ct de rentreprise. Vo
yez, par exemple, les hommes qui Ell
portaient de parcels Washington, Ma
poleon ct Lincoln. La bataille de Wa
terloo etait une bataille de nee le ne
ROMAN de Napoleon contre celui d.
Wellington, qui indiquait la perseve
rance. LIE neg de Napoleon aurait p'
.-.A.s L. knprsH1n a1nn do ncffn fu
mouse batailIe, 81 lie nez synthetique d
Wellington n'ayait pas senti de loin j
v%ictoire, ct tenu %jusqu'a parrivee d.
Butcher, qui nous a fait perdre cett
iournee. Ainsi yous voyez que lie nez
son Importance dams ce monde. Nou
pourrions nous 6tendre plus longtemp
sur ce sujet, mails chacun salt que lie ne
est rappendice qui denote les qualite
on les defaults dun homme on dun
femme. Chez cette d%erniere, IN peti
neg bien proportionne, legerement re
trousse, est agreeable a voir, ct sa pro
pri6taire le salt bien. Lon dit mem
que Cleopatra, qui, dams son temps
passait pour une beaut6, await 10 ne
fin, mails retrousse.
Enfin, pour terminer, le proverbe di
que pour r6ussir dams une ~affaire, 81
faut avoir du nez."
lCelni qui a dit que Duson men avail
pas s'est tromp6, VOLTA tout.]
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lie
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Les Avis SO paieront cinquante cents
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cling cents par carr6 pour chaque insertion
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Les avis qui seront enyoyes pour etre publ
Is seront inser6s en- Francois ct en- Anglais Ia
moins quill men soft autrement ordonn6) JUS
qua ce que F6diteur JUICE q propos de les dis
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Les eandidats aux faVeurs publiques de-
vront payer quinzes piastres d'avance, afla
veulent Sc faire annoneer.
Les nGcrologes, les lettres de remercilnent,
les reclames, les communications dun genre
personnel, etc, SO paieront an tamx dea avis.
Les articles dune nature personneIio iquana
soutefeis lis seront admissibles1 se Itaiarolt
yingt cents Ia iigne 90 d'avaiicb.
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WANTED TO EXCHANGE,

A FINE Family Sewing Machine, new, for
n. a good creole pony, must be good saddle
and harness animal; or will sell machine very
low for cash. Apply at this office.
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I'm 9diteur dams le Nouveau-M exique,
s'attendant a atre lynch6 une des NUTS
dernieres, q mis- IN ours girls dams son
lit ct s'est retire an grenier. Quand les
citoyens sont arrives pour Sc saisir de
|l'homme, ills mont pas pris In peine
d'allumer une bougie ct SO sont alta
qu6s d pours trois d'entr'eux ont per-
du chacnn an cell, deux ont Gu lie pouce
enlev6 ct six autres ont laiss6 une par
tie de leur peau. La reputation de
rediteur CONNIE lutteur est aujourd'hui
immense.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-07-03

Boireau "a fat a son tailleur trois bill
let's a ordre qui. naturellement, ont etc
Requirement impayes.
lie tailleur les lni ~represente hier,
ddment protestes, mails jaunis, macules
ct an peu d6chires par la circulation:
-Dieu! dit Boireau, quils sont
asles.... ct uses T.. lis sont abfm6s
aussi vite que les vehement qu'ils repre-
sentent.
Puts, pris dun movement:
Eli bien tenez, rendez-moi mes
effets ct reprenez les y6tres!
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a la questionable
LIE president au temoin.-Alors, vous
ayez 6t6 t6moin oculaire de cette ba-
taille!
LIE t6moin Tres oculaire, m,sieu, d
preuve le pochon que TAI sur foil gan-
che
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lie Ia Juliet.

Nous lisons dams rAbeille de la Nou-
velle- Orleans du 81 JUN:
Nous publions aujourd'hni lie pro-
gramme de la fate du IA %jnillet !; il est
plus brilliant que jamais, ct nous croy-
ons que cette celebration surpassera en-
splendeur toutes celles qui lont pre-
c6dGe.
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ACME O

ACME STORE.
Corner of Landry d Liberty Streets, 0pelo~sas.
.HAVING removed into our new store, and
IL thereby reduced expenses, we are ena-
bled to give our patrons the benefit of a
Reduction i'm PriceeA6 Goods.
and are Offering our stock of Groceries which
is fresh and of the best quality-at Rock Bot
tom Prices, which defies competition. My
goods are bought for cash and will be sold for
cash only. No accounts opened, no books kept,
all goods must be paid for on delivery.
Look at some of our prices:
Best Zinfandel Claret----.-- 80 c. gal
T" Rio Coffee .-.------- 10 c. Id
" C. lib
=" Sugar cured Hams...--- &C. Id
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Pixies Magnolia Whiskey.-. lao gal
| Csc. Id
| Kelley's choice fine cut tobacco. so C. lib
| Best Rice. sc. lib
| tomatoes samuel Norrisl.-... 100. can
Also-Buckwheat, Ny. Cream Cheese, Ba-
Tataria Shrimp, French Sardines, Dried
Peaches, Apples and Prunes, Etc, Etc.
~ Goods delivered at any part of town.
Our stock renewed monthly.
A. JUICE.
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f'URklGN.
A Military weediag

Loxpox, Jan. l9.-The Earl Of Airiis
vas DarrBd today 20 Lady Nab Gore
at 81. G@oYge's Church The ehrrch
xss srosded sith peopa@, and members
Of the Tenth H14s-rs, OF uhian rsQ1-
men. TIE Earl IL a Lieutenant. dressed
10 their brillisnt aniforws. lined the
aisgss Ike Esri If Arr4n gave the bride
aw,y and toe Prince Of Wales signed
tn- re0iger. The bride wore q white
satin dress covered vi old Laos, With
q sscsds NJ lace and orange blossoms
falling 10 the center. There we're eigst
bridesmaids They wore corded waite
.'IE dresses and zoasve soksts, trimmed
y tn gold lace.
The Pepe's Good Wishes.
MapzID. Jan. 10 AT a meeting Of the
Cabiu.I senor s7gasta. Prime Minister,
read q letter from the Pope consoline
nth tbs Q7eep and her daughters in
their loss oy the death Of the King, and
sending them his blessing. His Hoii-
ness also offers 70 Assist in strengthen
ing the position OF Spain % far a. be
can possibly do 40 within the limits Of
his spiritual mission.
AIarm In Dahiia.
LONDON, Jan. Is The Telegraph says
that condition Of great alarm exists
in Dublin commercial cire.es owing to
reasonable fears regarding an extensive
boyesttIng system, which, IL is thooshf.
will soon be inaugurstsd-
sthiitsts Arrested.
ST. PETERSBURG. Jan. ia Sihilist
resor, has been dis covered 10 this city.
The police made a descent on the place
and arrested several psrsons Who we're
found in the house. They seizsd a
number OF bombs and other explosives,
printing press and quantity Of trea-
sonebie documents-
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pea.-d. II the proper onsial cannot do
tbs york properly. il should be given to
some one uho ssr.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-01-20
COERCION.

The report that the Qlssu's speech
on opening Parliament this week
will denounss the National Lsaeus
- an illegal organization, aud ask II
le9islation for Its suppression or reeu
lation. although Il is net confirmed and
no reason for believing II Is apparent.
Is disQuiesine 10 sill friends Of the Irish
eause. The QueeH's speech, Of course.
will indicate the line Of policy 10 be
pursued by the Salisbury Government
In regard 10 Ireland. and il ths report
In question be true. that policy will be q
policy Of coercion. That any British
Cabinet would outline such psIicy. or
that any British Parliament would in.
derss 10, 10 scarcely within the boands
Of srsdibility. Tia. nsn OF ability aud
foresight. shrexd men, statesmen,
should choose TO psrsue policy OF 90
ssoion after -four centuries of utter fail
ure, seems too unnatural to be tras.
The past affords an unbroksn record Of
misery and crime 10 Ireland. The PEG
pie have never been satisfied; the Gov.
srnment has ever been Q cure 30 the
people and soarce OF weakness 10 the
British Empire; the people VITO would
otherwise have been the msss loyal and
uns 81 eli the Qusen's subject, have
been made the bitter .es Of the EN-
pire. Starved, crushed. With everything
torn from them hos tneir grand, proad
spirit they linssr, bowed dosn Ia de.
epair, In The depths OF their beautiful
valisys OF oy the shores OF their sp,rk
ling lakes. or Tar from thsir island
homo, scattered over the face Of the
earth they wander 10 bitterness Of
spiri, by the banks OF strange rivera"
Coercion has ruined q people whose
capabilities. whose history, whose spirit,
cattle them 10 stand among the great
est peoples az earth. IL has crushed
nation Which ones gave psomiss Of =
most lsxarisnt growth OF national and
intellectual greatness. IL has made an
island. amsns the moss beautiful on
sartn. black blot amid the waters IL
has written . PAGE OF English history
upsn which no Enslishman eau lsok
without blush % shame. The sm>ks
Of barnius Wsxford and Droshs da b -
rolled Ia volamss down the eensuries,
rendering dim aud obscure deeds tia,
should have made the English naue
glorious tor all time Coercion means
strife. ruin. desisnctssn- Cen,ary after
century 10 has eeea tired. and u IL To-
day an acknowledged failsrs. TIE
irish people are SIAN miserable, bot
they are ssill proad. Their nationsl
spirit stili remains though national
happiness. national greatness, q ns-
zion Il literature or national life thew
hsss never known. TIE harp still
hangs - sase % rafa's walls" a. il
hoae when the moassroas policy Of 90.
srcicn vas ARA conceived.
With the past and It's lesson behind
them and the fa,ase And lis possibsllt q.
before. 70 wili hot. cannot, be selaeves
thai she English people oil nos n lee.
the oppsrsanity afforded them to s,sne
In part fer their centuries OF uaisd~sds