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The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-09-08
Negro PrOhibitiOmist
Murdered.

New ORLEANS, September A.
A special from Vicksburg, Missis-
sippi, says: James Lanier, white,
aud magistrate in this county,
yesterday shot and killed Moses
Warner, an old colored man, be-
cause the latter had voted for Pro-
hibition and against Lanier's in,
terests. Lanier had bad reputa-
ton. He had been engaged in
several shooting ARRAYS in this city
and county.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-09-08
The HaddOck Murder.

An indignation meeting should
be held in every school district in
Iowa to express and infame pub
lie condemnation of the murder of
Rev. G. c. Haddock, at Sioux City.
And short work should be made of
the saloons in Sioux City itself.
Every saloon there is a criminal,
and should be suppressed instantly.
". @. Advocate.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-09-08
Prohibition Boom in Mich
OIaS.

ED. FREEMAN:
Please after this send the FREE
MAN to me at Kessler's X Lanes,
for | cannot afford to be without
it. Prohibition is booming in
Nicholas as never before, and your
paper ia liked by all who read it.
Please send me 8 or 10 copies to
use in getting up clubs and l shall
do all in my power to secure you
some subscribers. Send of this
weeks issue, September l.
Yours for Prohibition.
HANsFoRD RIPPEToE.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-09-08
Parkersburg q. B. Conference.

Mr.. L. NJ Cole has kindly
consented to return free over the
B. & O. R. R., all ministers and
delegates who pay full fare to the
next session of the Parkersburg
U. B. Conference which meets at
Pennsboro, Sept. 10Th.
w. M. WEEKLY.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-09-08

On upper Market Street, New
two story House and good Lot for
Sale by Attkisson.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-09-08

Our Western people are liable to be laid
low by malarial fever, when breaking up
new lands. The folks in the East are also
complaining of fevers, chills, and agues,
arising from decaying vegetable matter and
imperfect drainage. For either East or
West the best remedy il Ayers Ague Cure.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-09-08

131 acres of land, (part of the
Dudley estate>, lying on the St,
Mary's Pike, tor sale by Attkisson.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-09-08

Subscribe for Freeman mow, sl.oo.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-09-08

Do you wish to buy Real Estate
of any kind or for any purpose,
call on Atkinson, Parkersburg, W.
Va.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-09-08

Two houses and lots, valued at
$500, to trade for an improved farm
of about 100 acres, within 8 miles
of this city. ATKINSON.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-06-19
Beautiful Dinaples.

IL correspondent says that the one
woman In New York who is favored by
fortune In the respect of beautiful
5imples above all her sisters is Mrs.
Florence Rice-Knox, the singer. Her
isir, round face, when she laughs or
miles, shows a number of deep dimples
about her mouth and in either check
which add greatly to her beauty and
cause much envy among her associates.
Why or how dihples in a woman's face
rsn Be subject to the caprices OF fashion
Il 1 question not easily decided, but GER
tsiait is that they play their party upon
the stage for a generation or two and
then disappear almost entirely for a de-
eade. Fifty years ago dimplcs were one
Of the REQUESTS of perfect beauty, but
they are rarely seen now. Perhaps this
Il well, for, alack! there lies more peril
u one dimple than in twenty swords, and
The world is wicked enough as it is.
There have been efforts at various times
h produce artificial dimples by various
processes, but with little success. There
no charm except about the genuine,
laughing, chang ne, come-and-go dimple
uf ye olden time.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-06-19
A Talk with IL >uryeou.

FROM inc III tftItttt i trt'S-ctUr,
Talking a few days ago with one of our most
distinguished surgeons, one of our writers said
to him:
nowadays. 1t seems to me that halt the peo-
pie l meet have their iivers out of order"
Your estimate is a very light one" said the
doctor. Probably 10 per cent. OF the people
have liverS which are not doing their Wors
fully and properly. You can see it, for your
self on various degrees of signs on the skin OF
in the eyes. Notice it, all the way from the
oughly jaundiced victim of liver complaint to
the slightly-pimpled face of the young lady
whose waist is too tightly laced, and who is
crowding her liver into such narrow quarters
that it has not half a chance to work."
WHAT is the most general cause of what we
call liver complaint"
1.-The causes" responded our eminent medi-
cal friend, are as many as the Universities of
the disorder. Prominent among them youmay
mention greasy food, Jack of proper exercise
and ventilation, and irregularity in eating.
its work in the dark. No process of surgery
can reach it while in the living body. Ali the
clcansed of impurities. There are great tubes
and small ones in the iiver-some so exceed
ingly small that they cannot be seen except
with the microscope. If any OF these become
clOgged, there are at once some 1mperfectionS
in the grand system of filtration. When the
liver is out of order, the bile goes astray and
wanders into the circulation, and tells its tale
of mischief in the yellow tingc it gives the
skin. The healthy skin is rosy and life-like.
The skin which has lost its rosy hue, and looks
as if it had been tanned or was going to be,
tells its story of disordered liver and corrupted
blood"
But, doctor, you say that no surgical opera
ton can reach the liver. What is to be done
with the IS livers out of leo which you say arc
disordered?'
MY dear sir, happily we do not need sur
gerry for this organ. There is a better and
easier way. of reaching the difficulty. You
want to enrich the enfeebled and corrupted
blood, and for that you need iron. You want
to administer a tonic TO the system and invig-
crate the liver, SO to renew its diligence in the
work of sitting the impurities out of the blood.
OF course, you know that there are all sorts of
preparations which claim to do this work.
But be careful what you use. There is a capi-
tai iron preparation which is made in Balti-
more, and is the best | know of, for it does its
work without producing constipation or head
ache. The trouble with most of the iron pre-
parations is that they do mischief in these di-
r%ections. My position as q professional man
makes me careful in speaking of any proprie-
tary article. But l may mention that this ar
ticle is Browns Irol Bitters.'n
why. that's the great popular tonic that
the people are all talking about"
And well may they talk about it, for it is a
good thing said the doctor.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-06-19
indian JngglerS.

The jugglcrs of India are unsurpassed
in natural magic. A juggler took an
earthenWare pot, filled it with earth
moistened with a little water, and placed
among the earth a mango seed which
had been examined beforehand. This
done he threw a sheet over the pot and
almost Immediately removed it again,
when it appeared that the seed had, IN
the space of half q minute, become a
young mango three. Again the sheet was
thrown over the pot, and, on being
a second time removed, the mango tree
had doubled in size. The same process
was repeated a third time, and now the
tree was covered with small, unripe man.
COS. This time the juggler plucked the
tree up out of the ealth, displaying the
roots and the remains of the original
mango stone from which the tree was sup
posed to have sprung.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-06-19
A King ecih an .Appetite.

VIZ -8P1StttNs -
Victor Emmanuel, among his 9th.
peculiaritlcs, was a tremendous eater,
ard preferred to take his meals in the
s~trictest privacy and with the most entire
freedom from restraint. Often, when he
was only King Of Piedmont, he would
have all the dishes put on the table at
once, and then send away all the ser
wants. AT such times, writes a Rome
correspondent of the Providence Journal,
slle would eat with his elbows on the ia
BILE, upsetting the salt on the cloth, that
he might the more easily dip into it the
little raw onions which he was so fond
OF, and which he used to nibble all
through the dinner.
The quantity that he could eat was
amazing. On one of his hunting trips he
and his companions stopped at the house
OF a eountryman for the night. At sup
per they had veal outlets. After the
meal was over the king turned to the Officer
next him and asked him how many he
supposed he (the King had eaten. AS
his plate was bare, for he had been throw
ing the bones to his dog, the officer, who
had been watching the disappearance OF
the outlets with awe, thought hat he
might venture On a bit Of politeness, and
! replied 'eTwo or three" The King re.
pcated the question to the others in turn,
and they all, out of respect, similarly un-
derestimated his exploits, until he came
to Sayoyard, who had no regard for any
thing but the truth, and replied prompt
ly, "Your Majesty has eaten nine" The
King laughingly admitted that he was
right.
1t was about the same time that auoth
er characteristic incident occurred. The
King and n of his friends, Signor J.,
had taken shelter for the night in the hut
of a countrym.n, who had not the re-
hottest idea of the identity Of his illustri.
u guest. The King noticed that SIG.
nor j., who was sitting near the fire next
the host, kept turning away his head.
"What is the matter with you?" asked
the King, IN French, which, by the way,
he spoke like a Partisan. II can't stand
the smell of this man." said j., The
smells like a wild beast" "Baht' said
the King, tsany Of US would smell like
that five went for a week without wash
ing" soh, never" Eyes we would,
I'll try it MYSELF So the King went to
work conscicntiously and never washed
himself the least little bit in the world.
At the end of five days ]. came up to
him and touching him respectfully on the
eli ow said: ssYour Majesty has won
your bet; and not at the end of a week,
BIT of Eve days" The king shouted
with laughter, and was highly delighted
with the whole adventure.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-06-19
A Handy Son.

A middle-aged, enterprising looking
passenger said he was a lawyer in a Wis
consin town, and the handsome, dashing
young man, who was flirting with a pretty
girl in the front end of the car, was his
son.
us your son a lawyer, too?"
"No, he never comes near the office.
Does not know anything about law. But
he is a great help to me, though"
"AssiAts you in court, then, or in hunt
ing up your witnesses, or taking deposit
tons, does he?"
"Fo, he doesn't. The fact is, he won't
do anything. He is a gentleman Of leis-
ure, he is, and docs nothing but wear
fine clothes, and have q fine time. Don't
know how could get along without that
boy, though"
'.Ah!"
"Gucss you don't understand me. That
boy is always flirting with women, and
seems to prefer the married ones. He's a
rakish lad, you know, and has been the
cause of several divorce suits in the last
year. Six of them are in my hands, on
one side or the other. If the boy does as
we'll this year, I've promised to take him
into partnership"
The Opelousas courier., 1886-06-19
A Chinese Orchestra.

For discordarey the music of a Chinese
orchestra puts Wagner quite in the shade.
First one hears wild shricks, then the
trimmings and throbbings as of a thous-
and negro Ministries, changing to ar army
of bagpipes, the squcaling of maltreated
babies, the whistling of locomotives, the
fog horns of a steamer, the clashing of
cymbals, the beating of drums. There
is a vast assortment of Chinese musical
Instruments, from the two-stringed fiddle
to the great horn. There are three sorts
of guitars-the hepa-balloon shaped, three
feet liz length and much used for festal
rites of a religious character; then comes
the sanheen or three-stringed guitar, and
the full moon guitar, que kich. There are
drums, cymbols, etc., and the organ, the
embryo of our own, with several tubes of
varying length inserted in its bowl.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-06-19
PEARLS OF

Remember this: However small YOU
! consider your possessions, there is soma
one who envies you them.
Let us begin u heaven on earth, and
Delng ourselves tempted, 1T us be pitiful
and ~conslderate and generous judging
Others. 8
There is no luck, but there is SUI ii a
thing as hard work and the knowing
now to make it answer for what Others
call '9uck."
Inc only talent that man under all cir
cumstanceS has succeeded in handinn
down to his son is the ability to iudne
prime whisky.
Look not m%ournfulIy into the p%ast--it
comes not back again; wisely improve
the prcsent-it is thine; go forth to meet
the future without fear and with a manly
heart.
When the man listening to his 0 n
science wills and docs the right, irrespec-
tive of inclination as of consequence,
then is the man free, the universe open
before him. He is born from above.
We pass through this world but once.
ANY good thing, therefore, that VIC can
do, or any kindness we can show to any
human being, let us do it now. Let us
not defer or neglect it, for We shall not
pass this way again.
sub are the vicissitudes of the
world, through all its parts, that day
and night, labor and rest, hurry and re-
tlrement, cndear each other. Such arc
the changes that keep the mindin acti n,
we desire, we pursue, we obtain, we arc
satisfied; we desire something else, and
begin a new pursuit.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-06-19
LADIES, DEPARIMENT.
a. industrious IreIpnaeet.

one 81 those heroines Of whom the
ssvld hears but little lives near Lexing-
J, ia. Her nameis Sallle Hansford.
4sr husband has been bedriddtn with
.hs,snatism for nine years, and she has
MI / family Of four children, two boys
IA two girls, to supp TT. Last year she
h5nght 107 acres of land, much of it
@atigiual forest, and with the aid of her
10 boys, fourteen and fifteen years old,
.lesred five acres. She cut down the
t,ees, rolled the logs together, split the
ra;ls, built the fence and burnt the brush
NTH their help, and made last year nine
NILES Of cotton, also corn and peas
enough for her W use, paid 500 pounds
til rent last year, paid her store account
aad paid $40 on her land. She has
bought her meat for this year, and paid
m Ii. In addition to this she has done
the cooking and gone to market with
eaos and chickens.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-06-19
Crime in Rnssia.

! 1t is nothing new in Russia to-see a
band of convicts in their coarse gray uni.
form, with u large orange-colored cross
covering the back. trudge YEARLY along
on their way to Siberia. But these mis-
erable-caravans are formed of men only,
female convicts being generally conveyed
by rail or steamer. Some eighty-four of
these latter left Odessa the other day by
steamer for the island of Sakalhin, on the
coast of Eastern Siberia. According to
the "Novoe Vremya," thirty-six of the
women were transported for murder or
attempted murder of their husbands,
twenty-five of the thirty-six being under
the age of twenty. One bride of sixteen
had killed her husband within the first
week after marriage; another of sweet
seventeen lived with him for six months
before she did the deed; and a third, of
eighteen, was convicted of killing her
husband during the night by blows with
q heavy hammer. Which facts demon
strates that, however beneficial early mar
riage may be in other countries, in Russia,
at least, no woman should be allowed to
marry before she is twenty.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-06-19
The Kind Doctor.

Amerchant who had repeatedly dunned
q man, sent him a bill for the amount due.
In addition to the necessary rule and
figure work, the merchant added the fol.
lowing: 81 am becoming tired of the in
difference with which you treat this mat.
ter, and I desire to hear from this bill al
once" Several days afterward the mer-
chant received the following written on
a POSTAL card: "Aecept my thanks for the
bill which you were kind enough to send.
Ihave never troubled you about the mat.
ter. When / owe a mar it is my DISPOSE
ton to treat him kindly, but firmly. ]
never hang around him. Well, whenever
You haven't anything better to do, you
can send me another BILL"
The Opelousas courier., 1886-06-19
Washington Money-Lenders

tfuStIH0tOn
When a government clerk gets deepl,
Sin a hole,n or suffers the agonizing dis.
comfort Of being on s'his last legs !.
generally appeals for a lift % n who, il
Washington p~arlance, is known as a 10
rercenter. This is a specimen of human.
ity that loans money for sums not ex,
ceeding half the borrowers salary, at the
rate of 10 per cent. per month; that is, j
your salary is 500 q month, he win loar
you $45 in cash and take your note TO.
$50, payable in thirty days. These mon
ey-lenders claim this exorbitant interest
on the ground that the insufficient secu.
rity subjects them to frequent losses.
But I do not see how they can lose; 0
clerk is com lctely in their power. They
never accept q note without the name q.
a second clerk in cook stasding as an en-.
dorser. If either clerk refuses to pay,
his position in the department a be
placed III jeopardy By the 10-pcrcentel
fling a report OF disregard of obligation
against him. The lenders only danger
Of loss depends upon the rare contingency
Of death, resignation, or discharge sever.
ing both the principals anu tas endors
er's connection with the department be.
fore the note falls due. This money-lend-
ing business is q lucrative one, and the
foundation Of many a handsome fortune
ii Washington has been thus laid.-It
Nakz Constitution.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-06-19
Fashion Notes.

$780,
Surahs are to continue in favor.
Black hosiery is elected for another
season.
Pale bronze is a popular colcr in spring
goods.
Gainsboroughs are coming in all th,ir
glory.
Lilac in all shades is popular for
dresses.
Norfolk jackets have one wide plait at
the back and one in front.
Broad Chantilly and guipure lace are
used for trimming mantlcs.
Shirts Of silk and wool brocade have
draperies of silk or soft cloth.
Silk or mohair braid is used for finish
ing the edges Of tailor-made suits.
Plush bands three inches in width are
used for trimming wooden dresses.
Plain cloth, diagonal and serge for
tailor-madc dresses arc of light weight.
It is said that there are to be more rich
f.brics worn this summer than ever be-
fore.
Every material has embroidery, even
cotton, and almost all these have box
robes.
Though large bouquets are fashionable,
they are in no particular graceful OF
pretty.
Chenille fringes for mantles have
wooden spindles tipped with beads on
the strands.
The newest neckbands or dog collars
are so high that they threaten to cut off
a lady's ears.
Feather stitching in silk of contrasting
color is employed for trimming costumes
for carly spring.
Mousseline de sole for drapery has
pompadour stripes in delicate colors all
t~ernating with white.
Bridal slippers have d couple Of white
ostrich tips we'll curled where formerly
was a spray Of orange blossoms.
Patent-leather foxed boots are shown
in fashions for spring wear. Those with
brown or gray uppers are to be worn with
costums to match.
A pretty French model for summer
gowns is in a somewhat novel fabric. It
is an all-over embroidery of fine nainsook
in a delicate shade of blue made over a
lining Of shell-pink silk.
Entire ovcrdresses of wool guipure,
made up without lining, will be worn
over silk slips for semi-dress occasions,
and fine grade Of wool guipure net will
be conspicuous in dresses prepared for
summer resorts.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-06-19
Dfcken,s Genius. for Dislsaence.


A.friend of the great novelist, a man
who had given promise of a noble career
as an author, but who through indolence
had failed in doing any permanent work,
called upon him one morning and after
bewailing his i'll success, ended by sigh
ing: ssAh, if only 7 were gifted with gen
ius!" Dickens, who had listened patient
II to the compliant, exclaimed at once in
answer: stGenius, sirl ! do not know
what you mean. T had no genius save
tho genius for hard workI' However
his enthusiastic admirers may dispute
this, certain it is that Dickens trusted to
no such uncertain light as the fire of gen
ius. Day il and day out, By hard work,
he elaborated the plot, character and dia-
logue Of his imperishable stories. Whole
days lie would spend TO discover suitable
localities. and then be able to give vivid
ness to his description Of them, while,
sentence by sentence his work, after APP
parent completion, was re-touched and
revised. The great law Of labor makes
no exception of the gifted or ignorant.
Whatever the work may be, there can be
no success III II without diIigent, unceas-
ing, -perseyering labor.-Bapsist W Eg.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-06-19

never go out except when att;red g.
S'.'hs' snoplng, or something of that
KIND. 1t is also a relief to the bo,,sa
keeper who has been on her feet al a.
TO SIT down in the evening With her slim
pers on. T
But the practice of wearing SINNERS :,
the morning, when one is liable = ~
called on to step out doors at anv mo
hlent Whllc the grass is wet with dew ia
productive of wet feet, which in IFS re-
turn Is one OF the most fruitful causes Of
colds and all the evils tina follow in tbeir
tram. In the fall and winter months
100 the hoors are cold in the morn;noe
ana a good thick-soled shoe is much
more comfortable than a low-cut slipper.
even though the latter may appear a
ilttte more like house dress. The fact
tnat they can be SO much more easily
anu quickly put on than a shoe may per
maps De one reason for preferriug, them.
Dut that should not be considered as
a reason.
We are not speaking of the wear o,
slippers during the hot and sultry months
OF summer, but the common practice
among women of weaving them exclu-
slveiy around the house. Men are fond
OF donning the dressing gown and slip
pers in the evening after the chores are
done, but they do not wear them around
their work. Although they may be a rest
and change then, something that will
support the ankles is very useful and es-
sentlai. 1t is a great Inconvenience, too.
to be obliged to change ones shoes to
go out on an c rand or to step out doors.
Women would often be more willing TO
take walks wcfe it not for the trouble of
getting ready. Not to dispense with
slippers altogether, for, as we have said,
they are often useful, we think the gen
eral health of women would be improved
by wearing high shoes more and slippers
less Toronto NAL.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-06-19
A New Wine.

The following is a translation of an ad.
vertisement which appeared in a French
paper, ornamented with a Wood-cut OF
Noah's Ark
"'Noab's Wine' is to be traced, accord.
ing to tradition, to the fruit which the
good Father Noah planted when he came
out of the ark. In orderto make it known
at the soirecs which are now commencing,
it will be sold at present at four francs a
bottle, but afterward it will be raised to
six francs. Nectar-ambrosia are moth
ing compared to this wine. It made the
good Father Noah tipsy, which is saying
everything. The patriarch was not a man
to get tipsy on bad wine"