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The Opelousas courier., 1886-11-20
Circns Contortionists.

The performers of what are known as
sscontortion acts, !" says the Chicago Inter
Ocean, are ordinarily emaciated, loosely
iointed persons, like ill-made manikins
that have a tendency to tumble down in
heaps, aad their doing of unnatural and
preposterous things seems easy enough
for such creatures, who have no muscle
to get in the way of the bones that they
fling SO carelessly about.
Hence it is rather surprising to see a
person who is a model of physical per-
lection do these same feats, and when
that person happens to be an extraordi-
narily beautiful young woman, graceful
in every movement as a kitten or IN in
FAINT, with the perfect form of an ideal
| Venus and the strength of d young lion
ess, surprise blends most happily with
admiration.
But such performers exist. One is Miss
Julian, who is now performing with her
brother ut Barnum S circus.
This phenomenal female wa taught
her art BY her mother, and was only i've
years old when she received her first les
sons, and wa kept in training for three
years before she made her first appear.
ance in public in Melbourne, where she
was born. Her mother had been o con,
tortionist before her. and her father was
an ath' etc; so both were fully competent
to give her The necessary instruction coY
ering a wide range of performances, OF
which the %contortion acts are only a
part.
Before making her appearance in pub
lie it is necessary to work in the dress
ing-room for ten or fifteen minutes, in
order that she may get thoroughly
warmed or s'limbered up which exer-
else is similar to the public performance
bending in all directions, balancing,
twisting and SO on. Clubs, dumb-bells
and other apparatus are never used, as
they are not necessary, and nothing Is
done in the way of dieting or any Other
exercise except that which is incidental
TO her performance to keep her in train
Ing. She weighs 145 pounds and is five
feet three inches high.
There is no foundation to the popular
notion that contoitionists rub themselves,
or are rubbed, with certain oils to Timber
the joints and make their limbs more
flexible. The only things needed e
make a contortionist are natural aptitud'
for the work and long, patient practice
begun at an early age. The WORK Injuries
no one, and most persons rather like It
The Opelousas courier., 1886-11-20
CLIPPINGS FOR THE CURIOUS.


A Canadian claims to have found a
piece of barbed wire in q hens egg
recently.
After the Norman conquest OF Eng
land the king and the upper classes of
England spoke French for some time.
A sunfower weighing five and one
half pounds aud measuring thirteen
inches across has been grown in Florida
Eighteen bumblebces, twenty-five
wasps or thirty-eight ordinary honey
bees contain enough poison to kill an
adult.
! Some of the Roman orators employed
a piper to assist them in keeping their
voices at a proper pitch. Cicero in
~sinuates that one always accompanied
Gracious when he spoke in public.
The Celts or ancientBritons have given
the English language few of its words.
Baske., cradle, clan are Celtic words,
and SO are many names of places, as
Kent, London and Leeds, and of rivers,
as Avon, Ousc and Derwent.
Sir Henry Thompson holds that arti-
fetal teeth are an evil to those of ad-
vanced years, because they enable such
persons to masticate flesh. When the
teeth fall naturally, it is natures design
that the individual should subsist on
vegetable diet.
An infant loses from three to six ounces
in weight during the first four to six
days; by the seventh day it should have
its birth-weight; from that to
the fifth month it ought to gain about
five ounces per week, or about six
drachms a day; after the fifth month about
four drachms a day, at the fifth month
it ought to have doubled its birth-weight;
and in sixteen months quadrupled it.
The manner of lighting and roofing in
Assyrian palaces is not directly evident
from existing remains, none of the walls
showing traces of any window-like OPEN
ings. Some authorities assume that all
the light of the interior was admitted
through the doors. Other scholars are
of the opinion that light aud air were
procured through horizontal openings in
the ceiling and roof, while Others believe
that openings for light existed just be-
meath the ceiling.
Sauatters are said to make clearings in
the heavily timbered lands of British Co
lumbia by boring n large hole in the
trunk slanting upwards and another from
a point well up the trunk and s~lanting
downwards, both meeting in the heart
of the tree. Then the upper hole will
be filled with any convenient combus-
tible ndignited. The long hole acts as
a chimney, and the fire burns ~furiously till
the tree is destroyed. Any consid cradle
body of timber appears inexhaustible to
the average frontiersman, but it is a pity
that the Dominion Government does not
find SOM way to prevent waste of this
sort of a material that will be sorcly
needed when the vast treeless plains to
the eastward are settled.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-11-20

corner OF Water etreet a u mar in
glasses rushed up to him, seized him nv
the arm aud exclaimed:
aAh, my dear Mr.. Pumpkins. What
an unexpected meetingp
Very unexpected, very said the old
man, wearily. "But my name is sagsby.
9onn 4. sagsby, Of Bucyrus, Ohio.h
"A thousand pardons," said the
stranger, very much mortified. "You
are the very picture of him. What a
misfortune to be SO near-sightedp
Don't mention it, replied the old.
man, adding to himself as the specialized
gentleman disappeared around the corner,
Same Old game. 7"
At the corner of Water and Superior
streets o clerical looking gentleman, with
side whiskers, grasped his hand warmly
and exclaimed:
sIsit possible? My old friend sagsby
OF Bucyrus. It must be-
"The very same replied the old man,
and you-why, you are Sam Jimson,
sure as guns, !" and the old man, sitting
down his satchel, slapped him on the
back with a cordially which loosened
his back teeth.
'I-I-that is-yes, of course y stam-
mered the slde-whiskered gentleman.
"And how is dear old Bucyrus getting
on?',
bully" replied the old man, taking
the others arm with a grip that made
him vince. And just think that you
are Sam Jimson that used to come and
see my sister Maria years and years
ago."
"And Maria, how is she doing2" asked
the stranger eagerly. ssTell me of the
companion OF my boyhood days"
dead, . replied the old man in a
choking voice. dead and gone"
s'Dead2n cried the other, taking out his
handkerchief and ~swabbing his eyes.
"No, no. It cannot be. Maria dead
How inexpressibly sad. Cut down in
her blooming ~womanhood like q tender
flower. Pardon my excess Of grief.
When did the sad event take placed"
sLet me see" said the old man, tight
ening his grip on the other'sarm THAT
was in the spring of '62. She was just
two years and three months old the day
she did. Cholera infantum was what
did It. Cut down, as you remarked, in
her blooming ~womanhood like a tender
fl
ell guess I'll have to leave you
now, 2 said the gentleman of the side
whiskers, struggling to get away. 81
have al appointment across the river
$50 have ], said the old man, tsan6
on the way we'll talk about that $25
loaned you when you came up to Cleve
land. Haven't got it with you2 Well
perhaps that policeman across the street
yonder will lend it to you. Suppose
WE
But just at this point the clerical
looking gentleman slipped out of hi
coat, galloped off down Superior street
turned under the Viaduct end disap
peared.
Gurus muttered the old man, going
through the coat to see If there was an.
change in the pockets. This is tn
third time, and they always leave m,
just when the o ersation is at the mos
interesting point. Guess they'll leav'
me alone after this. Hello! Where
my satchel2 Where's my"
But it was gone. The young man in
spectacles had not been idle Ie0etaat
SeafS6el
The Opelousas courier., 1886-11-20
WORDS OF WISDOM.
. danger foreseen is half avoided.

Al danger foreseen is half avoided.
Time is the rider that breaks youth.
Willows are weak, yet they bind other
wood.
A fault once denied is thrice COM
mitted.
The greatest wealth is contentment
with a little.
There is nothing that needs to be said
in an unkind manner.
Wit that finds recreation in a friends
discontinue is an insult.
No man is born into the world whose
work is not born with him.
Wisdom listens in confidence, but is
seldom confidential in return.
Reflection is the satisfaction of the
upright, the enemy of rogues.
1t is the struggle and not the attain
ment that measures character.
The growth Of the personal character
is largely nodded by the gradual recog-
milton Of moral laws. by the sense of the
mystery evolved in the inevitable strug-
gle between duty and pleasure.
Don't waste life in doubts and fears;
spend yourself on the work before you,
we'll assured the right performance of
this hours duties will be the best prepa-
ration for the hours or ages that follow
The Opelousas courier., 1886-11-20
BUDGET OF FUN.
HUMOROUS SKETCHES FROM
VARIOUS SOURCES.
Kiss Me, Too-Where He Had Seen
Them-A Remarkable Youth
Jones's Nest-A Fair Elk.
change, Etc.

But, if there was diplomacy and pres
ence Of mind shown in this answer, how
much more was there in the case Of the
young lady who sat in an aicove at an
syening party with a bright, young mil
itary man, her little niece on her knee to
play propriety. Suddenly the company
is electrified by the exc amation of the
child:
ssKiss me too, Aunt Alicep
But the sudden shock is succeeded by
q feeling of relief as Auzt Alice calmly
replies:
ssYou should not say, Kiss me two,
dear; you should say, Kiss me twice, ~
-Pattsturg Dispatch.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-11-20
The Famous Eureka Springs.

The Eureka Spring are hidden
among the Ozark mountains, in the
northwestern corner of Arkansas. A
writer for the Boston TTageler says: At
Eureka it was my good fortune to meet
Col. Boudinot, whose father was an
Indian chief of the Cherokees, and in
conversation with him he related the in
cse5Tp1sst led to the discovery of the
springs. ToAAen divided Gbeir. virtues
had been knowEy and Jnstleaaof thut
they kept the Idy@ledysls4 profound
secret. Itsds left for the Yankee
mind tqnsscover and appropriate their
comE5efcial value. An Eastern man
aRcted with sore eyes visited the land
Of the Cherokees, and one day CHANGED
to battle his eyes in the cooling water of
a spring. It seemed to give him relief,
and for several days the process was re-
peated. He found after a few weeks of
the Treatment that his eyes were COM
pletely cured. Then followed the YAM
kee acuteness. He bottled up the spring
water and sold it 10 the whites for miles
around. His eye-water became famous,
and he realized quite a sum from its dis.
posal. But finally his secret wa. dis
covered, and the springs became COM
mon property. The afflicted Of all kinds
focked there, and since that time there
has been a continuous influx of health
seekers.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-11-20
KeeDing Down the Ghost.

The Tschuwasche q tribe i'll Finland,
pile heavy stones on the graves of Their
dead to keep down the ghost. This is
the origin of funeral cairns and tomb.
stones. AS the ghosts of murderers and
their victims are especially restless, every
one who passes their graves IN Arabia,
in Germany and in Spain, is bound to
add a stone to the pile. In Oldenb urg
land no doubt elseWhere1, if the gravs
is shallow, the ghost will certainly walk.
One of the most striking ways of keep
ing down the dead man is to divert thu
course of o river, bury him in its bed
and then allow the river TO resume it
course.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-11-20
Where he Had seen Them.

"Look at the Indians p exclaimed q
young woman tourist to her companion
tourist, q young man, as the two walked
along Third street, and spied a bevy of
red men and squaws on lower jackson
street.
"Let us 60 and talk to them,n said he.
"Oh, I'm afraid said she. Don't
you think it is dangerous2n
They sauntered down the street to
where the Indians were seated on the
curbstone, awaiting the departure oftheir
train.
Great chief" calculated the male
tourist, addressing one of the bucks, and
handing him a cigar.
The buck took the cigar and was
silent.
"Has the great chief killed many buff
falo, bears and tigers9" asked the tour
ist.
The blu k shook his head and busted
himself in igniting the donated cigar.
THE great chief has seen the buffalo,
bears and tigers, hash he27
He signifed that mis- eyes had flashed
on such animals by nodding his head.
Where did the great chief see them2''
Sin Barnum's circus, 7 replied the
buck.-Sh Paul Globe.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-11-20
ln,nartant % Merehant Tallers.

M. Won Keller IL Co, successors to Keller q
EullI. at the old Cloth House, corner Ann ana
William SITS, New YORK citg, are doing ~ sx-
teTsive business by means Of furnishing 70 the
Merchant Tailoring tradet throughout the Unts
ted States, complete sample collections OF
Their Wu0fens In season, and Tecelvlng ana
executing orders received through the. SAM
fhey notify their customers to that effect, 50
that the parties holding their samples nre al-
wars properly informed as to which styles
they canon to kheir patrons. The Merchant
Tailor ID Shug placed in9a position to show q
large variety of styles without ezcu mDeEtngg
himself with d large stock. We understand
that any MeFchantTailur desiring sucn colIecs
ZION 81 SAMPLES can have saEaa8 aeIaG 1F9e 0E
chayga Address NessEs NJ ron Ksllay y ~
The Opelousas courier., 1886-11-20

Mr.. D. H. Barnaby. of Owego, n. Y, says
that his daughter was AIKEN with a violentcold
which terminated with Pneumonia, and All
the best physicians gave the case up and said
she could live but a few hours at most. She
was in this condition when a friend recon-
mended DIR. WIN. HALLS BALsAM FOR THE
LUNGS, and advised her to try it. She accept
ed it as a last resort, and was surprised to find
that it produced a marked change for the bet
ter, and by persevering in its use a cure was
oVonfoa
The Opelousas courier., 1886-11-20
A Tried Remedv for Biliou.ne..

Those who suffer from disorder OF inaction
of the liver will never get the upper hand Of
the unruly organ so long as they use such ira
dophyllin. But from the tried and popular
medicine, Hostetter's stomach Bitters, they
may expect relief with a certainty of obtain
great hillary gland is direct, powerful and
speedily felt. The relief afforded is not spas
modic, but complete and permanent. Tho
sallowneSs of the skin, furred appearance of
tie tongue, indigestion, costiveness, headache,
nausea, pains through the right side and
shoulder, in fact every accompaniment of tho
obstinate complaint are entirely and promptly
removed by a course of this inestimable med
icine, in behalf Of which testimony is con-
stantly emanating from every quarter, and
from all classes of society.
Evening gloves are long and bracelets are
worn over them
The Opelousas courier., 1886-11-20
Al Fair Exchange.

Away down in Maine, in a region
where the usages remain as primitive as
they are anywhere in the United States,
there is an aged parson who performs
not only the ordinary clerical duties,
preaching to the people Of the district,
marrying and burying them, but also
turns an honest penny by cutting their
hair ON occasions. The old parson isn't
exactly an artist in this line, and is dis
tire singiy absent minded, but there is 10
barber anywhere in the neighborhood,
aud nobody sfere cares much about q
Parker House cut, any way.
One day 'Lige Jones, an old codger
and jack at all trades of the neighbor-
hood, came to the parson to get his hair
cut; and the parson. who was evidently
mediiating too deeply his next Sundays
sermon to note what he was doing, cut
the hair in most phenonenally ragged
style. In some places he had shorn the
hair down to the scalp. and 10 others left
it almost unit 1uched; SO that when he
had finished his absent-minded task his
subjects head had a weiri and unkempt
look that was wonderful to behold.
What shall I pay ye, parsonan ne
asked.
sfOh, come and NOV the hazel brush
out back of the house, tomorrow said
the parson.
When 'Lige got home his wife ex-
claimed:
aMercy On mel what you been =
do;n'a2
aGittin' my hair cut, !, said Lige.
Laws a me, if the parson didn't do o
purity job this time" said she, then
there amt no truth IN revelation
Next day the parson had q funeral to
attend to, and when he got home me
found the man whose hair he had cut
the day before just leaving the place.
He had moved the hazel bush so that in
one spot the tops had just been moved
off. III another itwas cut half way down,
III another moved to the ground, and IL
another torn up BIZ the roots. u was
the sorriest locking field that anybody
ever saw.
sWhy, i dec arels' said the parson.
HWhat have you been doing
aMoWin' the hazel, 4 said 'Lige.
nAfowin' IL You've been nlanglin
ii said The parson.
Iige simply took of his hat, and pre-
scented his chaotic crown to the parsons
gaze.
aWell, vel, I said be- did + do that
Well come into the house. and I'll cut i
for yOn.sa
Tie parsGn did the best work that ht
could this time, considering the hayot
he Ind made the day before, and when
he lad finished Lige Jonfs took mp hi
bush scEthe again and-Went home
BostoH Recogds
How che old Man Lost his satcHael.
An old man carrying ii coE1,uieni
satchel ~disemharked fro1a the steamer
City Of Clrgeland one morning this week
md started OBJ hi way nqto~R AB ths
The Opelousas courier., 1886-11-20

Don't.

Don't get up on each occasion believing like
the bulls OF Bashana, and like q loud
calliope crack the canopy with sound.
Don't be oil d mouth the owner like The
whales that swallowed Jonah, and with
word-Niasara ~eataraets deluge all the
country round.
Don't so of st every motion IN q dynamite
explosion, without an introductory, an
tecedent. hem GU cough
Donit on every single topic, grow praasuld
and T~hilosophie, y yoar mouth So
1s Foss, M IEdsRass
The Opelousas courier., 1886-11-20

In every community there are a number of
men whose whole tins is not occupied, such
as teachers, ministers, farmers sons and 9TH
ers. To these classes especially we would say,
If you wish to make several hundred dollars
during the next few months, write at once to
b. f. JohDsaa e Co., of Ric1f1nond, Va, and
- y Chow YOU how to do it.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-11-20

For DYSPEPSIA. INDIGESTION, depression of
spirits, general debility in their var. Gus forms,
also as a preventive against fever and que and
other intermittent fevers, the"Ferro-P hosphor-
ated Elixir of Calisaya, made by Caswell, Haz-
ard & Co, New York, and so d by all Druggists,
is the best tonic; and for patients recovering
from fever or other sickness it has no equal.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-11-20

LYONS Patent Metallic Heel Stiffeners keel
n w boots and shoes from running over. Sold
by shoe and hardware dealers.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-11-20

huge d~errick-po.e fell and severely injured
the foot of Mechanical Engineer E. H. Hoyt
at the New Orleans Exposition, and after
only three applications OF St. Jacobs oil, al
the uain and swelling disappeared.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-11-20

The most astonishingly beneficial result
have ollowea tho use OF Red Star Cough Curs
by those affected with throat and lunl
troubles. Price, twenty-five cents.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-11-20

A SOW near Claysville, w. Va. recently
gave birth to SIX pigs. Noticing that tht
little fellows did not suck, the owner exam
ined their mouths and extracted from eaef
b eight black teeth, which measured al
inch IN length.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-11-20

sBy Jovein exclaimed Harry. LOOK a
that girli She's the picture of health 7
Said Dick, who had learned to discriminate
between nature and art. - picture o.
health! A painting you mean Iesd'
The Opelousas courier., 1886-11-20

No lady should live in perpetual fear, and
suffer from the more serious troubles that Sc
often appear, when DIR. Kilmer's COMPLETE
FEMALE REMEDY is certain to prevent and cure
Tu1nor and Cancer there.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-11-20
The Brown Cotton Tin is "a No, L."

at is simply perfect" Has all the latest inn
provements and is delivered free OF all charges
New London. Ct, for catalogue or ask your
merchant to order one TO: you.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-11-20
Jones's Nest.

'tSay, said little Tommy to young
Jones, who was pasing his attentions to
Tommy S sister-attentions not very well
received by the parents because the yonna
man was poor and the daughter a pros
pective heiress-Say, Mister Jones,
have you got a nessa"
Jones-sWhat an idea that is, Tom
my birds alone have nests
Tommy You amt bird, I know,
cause yer amt got no wings. But you
must have a nest somewhere, all the
same
Jones-.tWell, suppose I have q nest,
what them
To nmy-tsAre you oil out of feathersa'
Jones-sTommy, you are the queerest
boy | ever saw and ask the most prepos-
ferrous questions. What put all Of this
stuff in your head2s
Tommy-ssNothin' much, only | heard
father ask mother why that fool Jones
came to see sis so muca, and mother said
you probably hoped to feather your nest
by marrying her, but you would slip uI
on it. f,-IeEas Siiftings.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-11-20

Four men took cut in one month 100000
from a Montana silver mine.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-11-20
A Remarkable Youth.

"Have you any ofspring2n inquired
the severe, long-haired passenger, of a
stranger at his side.
"oh, yes, sir" was the polite reply, "a
SON.
stAh, indecil Does he use tobacco2"
"Never touches it in amy form"
tim glad to hear that. Tobacco is
m~onstrously sinful. Does he indulge in
spirituous liquors.
Never tasted a drop in his life."
Excellent. Stay out nights3''
mo, sir. Never thinks Of going out
after supper"
Tim very much pleased TO know this,
sir. Your sen is q remarkable young
num-
ooh, he's not a young man. He's a
two months old baby."-L1e.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-11-20

Relief is immediate. and a cure sure. Piso's
for Catarrh.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-11-20

The Order Of the Day-"Get up; breakfast
ready"
The Opelousas courier., 1886-11-20

Evening gloves are long and bracelets are
worn over them.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1886-01-26
GALVESTON .iIA>INGs.


.UDt.N l' 'hr lAHulHUr
GAlyrsrY>. Janmr, 20 An CLIQUE
ucut occurred here saturday even
lu2, but was not gonrrally known un-
90, today The parties were Sidney
John nu. young man about 22 wears
Uid nud employed IN the store of the
lrNas Lamp and Oil company, and
Miss Agnes Campbell, the comrly
daughter of cN.liccordcr Campbell
II seems Miss Campbell LETT homo
saturday evening with Young man
uumcd Mason, that she met johnson,
uud together they proceeded To the
residence Of Charles krcuan and
were married by y Justice of
the peace, i. -. lIrnmnn Another ac-
count rays they were unable to pro-
clr "a license here md took the train
for llountOn whore they wore duly
accommodated aud mArricd. Judge
Campbell i- reported ~ greatly cha
grlucd at h. daughters conduct in
,hc matter, aud johnson IL ccnsurcd
hV friends Of the Young Hdy's family
tor per-udiug her To the marriage,
100 strong opposition to her parents
wishes
The ladic, Of ~. Mary's church be-
gan their two-wcck's annual fair this
evening ia Bells ncw sturc.rooms on
/ Market street.
several mcmbcrs'of the Gulf, Colo
RADIO ~ Santa l'c directory held mn
I informal meeting thi, evening and
/ discussed the extension matter. II il
not believed any conclusions were
icarhod, NJ the meeting was not in.
tended tn be fnal upon any question.
lot Importance.