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Inc losses to farmers in this cou0,r :,
reach many thousand dollars y VIII
N Russian Demand

SOFIA Oct. 23.-Gen. Kaulbars has
manded OF The Bulgarian govsrpmen, w.
postponement of tho meeting ef,bc 81, 'ue
Je. The government have refused to oooS Az
to his demand and have started for T;. sssue
to attend the sessions OF the Sobra,ia .,'
begin next Wednesday. ""'cn
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= cir. John t. Dowe!I, lO2 5. Charles street
baltimore, Md, writes: For lumbago and
nenta'slc affections consider Salvation Oil
an excellent remedy"
ways keep iFon hand. If you have .
cough & or cold use DR.. Bulls Cough syruo.
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Minister COx's Rcsirn,,;o

WASHINGTON, October 23.-The formo,
nation OF MIR; s. S. Cox Minister to Turkey hs
been received at the Department of s,sto y 'as
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TNHOMAS's LIQUID Bile,
IN PAPER BOTTLES
entirely free from a.!s. a.d snareptecd pure. lac
greatest qusntity for the i..-t money OF any pare
goods on the market. Don't fail to try it,
mh5 GEO. McBURNEY & son.
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MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL.

NEW YORK, Oct 23.--The opcun: at the
stock Exchange was comparatively unict this
morning and rather weak, fist price, rcrcr.ly
showing declines of from Is to Is per ccat from
the closing figures oflast evening. The mark, twas
rather fevcrish and weak for the first fifteen min
utes, and declines ranging from y, to 3, per cent;
were established. \ rally then slowly brought
prices up nearly to the opening, but toward il
o'clock the general list again became heavy and
dull and 50 remained. Money quiet at j.
NEW YORK, Oct. 23.-The weekly statement Of
tho associated banks issued today Shows lie fol.
lowing changes:
Reserve increase ......... :~joGaI
HoA.s' oecfease .,H2'6jW
SpeCle, luCreaSe ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. .bN'NV
Legal lenders, dectelse................. 2Ui"o
deposits decrease. 22G!l o0
Circulation, increase . 5n5U0
The banks now hold In excess of the
% pei cent. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. J,l"I.1
BALTIMORE. Oct. 23.-Virginia Is conso'i
dated So; past coupons G5,o: do l0io5
=; do. new 2s 655i,. bid to day.
ALEXANDRIA MARKET, October 23-Four ia
steady, and there is no disposition shown by
either millcrs or dealers to urge sales, except Of
medium and low grades. The Wheat markets
are firm and about ] c per bushel higher. Nth an
improved tone. Corn Is quiet at tho recent Ge.
cline. Rye and Oats are without matcla change.
Owing to the long and terrible drought receipts
OF produce have fallen of and prices generally
ore higher: with an advancing teudcucy
.. Flour steady at unchanged prices. Wheat,
southern sc.iye and f:mer; Western firm ard
higher; Southern red S5aS7 do amber S11ae9;
70 = Western winter red spot S3isaS3ie; Nov
954sa94 Dec 95s.aS57s: Jan S7ass,7's. Corn
Southern dull ard easy Western quiet and
steady Southern white 43 sI5; do yellow i3aio;
western mixed spot Al t,a44a, Nov 4l3ssiit2;
year 44Aa44 Jan 45As45;s.. Oats quiet and
steady Southern 31a36; Western white 3i&3";
90 mixed 32a3t; Ptnns 31a36 Re steady al
ooaoS Hay steady; prime 10 chu,cc W's,cFh
9l5alo. Provisions qnict hut firm WHISPER
steady ct 81 23a1 %. Otter articles unchanged
NEW YOEK, Oct 23-:'otton dull aal easier:
lplands Ga; Orleans GIG; futures steady
flour quiet and firm. Wheat lower. Corn lover.
Pork firm at 50 75a9 S7I2: new ress finn ut
SIG so, Lard firm at So CT'a.
CHICAGO Oct. 23-1t a. m.-Thc Wheat mar
ret opened little easier at Il for December,
'tok OF to 1858. but rallied sgain uader coca
'uying, and is now quoted ut 1Ils Nov Germ
10 Ea35a. May Oats BOZ. Nov PORK , ~
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CHICAGO, Oct. 23-1t a. m-Thc Wheat mar
ket opened a little easier at - for DccemheT'
broke of to 1853. but rallied sGan under coca
buying, and is now quoted at 77is. Nov Germ
SO 1sa35S- May Oats 30&:. Nov PORK ; ~
Jan Lard So 87lo.
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NEW YORK, Oct. 23.-The weekly statement Of
the associated banks issued to-day Shows tie fol.

BALTIMORE, Oct. 23.-Yirpiuia Is consoli.
dated 5S; past,due coupons G5L,; do lo4os
=; do. new 2s 65a, bid to day.
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NEW York, Oct o3.-;'otton dull aal easier:
uplands 9l4 Orleans GIG; futures steady
Flour quiet and firm Wheat lower Corn lover.
Pork firm at 50 75a9 S7I5: new rscss finn Ut
$40 so, Lard firm at So or,
The Opelousas courier., 1886-05-22
The Terrible Ohio Flood.

The Ohio flood range is the most terri
BILE IN the earth's surface, writes William
Hosea Ballou in the american Naturalist.
The water raves generated by it surpass
in height, size and power the greatest
tidal waves of the ocean. All atmospher-
ie destruction by tornado, simeon, whirl-
wind and waterspout, and all the dam
age done through su%bterranean upheavals
by volcano and earthquake do not com
pare with the ravages of the floods of this
river. Here is a stream lying nearly par
allel with the equator, every portion of
which is simultaneously affected by the
SUMS heat. When the temperate one is
turned toward the sun in the spring, the
Ohio's ice, its entire drainage area and
all its sources are let loose at once, and a
sudden and awful destruction follows.
At this time the Ohio is not a tributary
of the Mississippi; the latter is its conf1u-
ent. It's gigantic projectile of water, Of
ten 100 feet high, 600 feet broad and 300
miles long, is hurled on its mission of OBJ
~litaration, sweeping before it cities,
towns, forests, farms, %levees, live stock,
shipping and humanity. When it reaches
Cairo it is reinforced by the gradually
forming floods of the Mississippi and Mis-
souri,, and there begins its unlocking of
gigantic Ice gorges which greatly in
crease it's destructiyeness. To protect the
riparian country from these floods and re-
pair their damages, the United States has
expended $500, 000, 900. The individual
losses sustained probably amount to twice
that sum.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-05-22
The Desks Of Senatorial Solons.

The mahogany desks used by the mem
bers CT the United States Senate are,
with few exceptions, seventy-five years
old. They were built away back in 1910
1a. Like old wine they have improved
with age and are apparently as strong
and durable as when first placed in posi-
ton. Captain Bassett, who has been a
sort Of factotum about the Senate for half
d century, is the only person living who
can point out the desks used by the
great men of the past, and he, it is I'M
necessary to say, guards his secret well.
If he did not the relic-hunters would
chop them to pieces within 8 month.
When Mr.. Tabor, of Colorado, was q
member of the Senate he endeavored to
learn the history of his desk, but Captain
Basseft declined to crafty his curiosity.
Tabor ii said to have replied: Never
mind I'll at least leave my mark upon It,
no that posterity may remember me by
that, if nothing else.o He wore at that
time d pair Of gold sleeve-buttong with g
large solitaire diamond setting In the
centre. With these he gradually made
two intentions IN each corner of the desk,
and doubtless fattered himself that he
had outWitted the captain. But the lat
ter, as o as Mr.. Tabor retired from the
Senate, plugged up the holes 50 deity
that nc trace OF their existence remains.
-Chicago Neaos.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-05-22
Lanland Customs.

About 6 P. NJ. ION New Years Eve), a
large dish or bucket is filled with cold
water and placed by the fire. Then the
master of the house takes a piece of lead
or tin, which is cut into pieces and
placed in a little iron pot to melt. Some
of the men are then chosen to watch the
metal, and when it is melted the master
of the ceremony pours it suddenly into
the water while he mentions the masters
name. The metal is then carefully taken
out of the water and placed On a table or
bench. The forms and marks of the
metal are then supposed to foretell the
fortune or misfortune that awaits the
master in the new year. Dark spots mean
sorrow and bright spots joy. Then then
mistress fate is foretold, and so on
through the whole household, aid, as is
to be expected, the last melts are the
darkest; and so the last one has, to say
the least of it, a poor chance Of much
good luck coming out of the pot. Some
times the last melting is for the house as
a whole, aud the metal is often kept by
the mistress until next New Years Eve,
when it is mixed with the new metal in
the first melting. This being over,
supper, something the same as that
on Christmas Eve, is laid and
that being over the old folks
retire, butsthe young ones have plenty to
do. Every girl now wants to see what
sort of alover she is to have, and In order
to do so sets off to a neighbours wood
store. Tor, il that it too far, it will do to
go to the wood stack nearthe house, only
It is not SO good, and when she gets there
Sae must stand with her back to the wood
and take a piece over her left shoulder,
which she must not look at till she gets
into the house. If the piece Of wood is
a seemly log, why then her lover will be
q handsome fellow, and vice versa. Some
times the lads try to read their future In
like manner. During these solemn mys-
teries there must be no talking or laugh
ing; nay, not even d smile. There is
another way, but it does not appear to
be much practiced, as it is regarded as
wicked. 10 is as follows: In q vacant
room, such as the bath house, . table is
placed in the middle of the floor, and on
It are placed two glasses, one containing
water, and the other corn brandy. The
girl who wishes to know her fate takes o
broom and sweeps the Don carefully
three times againtt the sun, and before
she has finished her third round her
lovers apparition will appear, and accord
ing. to the glass he drinks out of, so will
he be d sober or drunken d Before
going to bed some folks pull of their
shoes and throw them over the left
shoulder toward the door. IF the shoes
point to the door then the throWer will
either die or remove during the new year,
and vice versa. Notes and Queries.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-05-22
A Case of PROLONGED WakefuIness.

4 singular case has lately come to our
notice. It is that of q young man Who
practically does without sleep. 'G'ne name
is Henry johnson, and he has worked for
the past two wears with different farmers
near Cottonwood Creek, among whom are
N. Wick and J.. W. Patterson. Johnson
is a stout, robust young fellow Of twentyor
twenty-one, and Gcert being of a. FESTIVE
or nervous dispo 9tiop, there is nothing
unusual about him. Some four years ago
the young man found that he was able to
do with much less sleep than other young
men of his acqua ntance. He could stay
up all night at o. dance and net feel the
loss of sleep the next day, or he could
read till a late hour and not feel sleepy
the next morning. His need for sleepde,
creased SO much that he began to numbcl
his hours of actual waketulness during
each week. For the last three monthsof
1883 he was awake nineteen hours a day,
while by April, 1888. he was sleeping less
than four hours each night. His health
was good, and so he thought little about
not sleeping as much as formerly.
During the summer and fall of the
year he slept less than three hour
each night, but one day his attention
was caught by an article in the Sacrament
to Bee, where it stated that loss Of sleep
would cause insanity. He then began to
eat heartily, and would drink half a glass
of porter before going to bed. This
made no difference about his sleeping, so
he concluded that he was an exception to
the rule, and paid no further attention to
the wakefulness until the summer of the
past year, when he found he was only
sleeping four or five hours in the whole
week. He came to Orovale one day and
had a talk with Dr. T. W, Service about
himself. The doctor saw that he was in
good health, and deemed that it would
be inadvisable, to induce sleep by the use
of narcotics. He had, however, kept
close watch of the case, and taken q va
riety of notes to lay before the State
Medical board at its meeting. Young
johnson is now able TO go without sleep
for ten days at . tine, and gets along
well with only four hours sleep In a
week, He says it. is no particular teneft
to him, as he got tired the same as other
men, and has to rest the same number of
hours that they sleep. He generally sits
by a fire in a comfortable armchair dur
ing the night, and often reads the greater
part of the whole night. The case is a
singular one, to say the least, and de-
serves the attention of scientific men,
OToeiM (Cal. J Register.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-05-22
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FACTS FOR THE CURIOUS.

Seventeen bushels of wheas is the pro.
duct from one grain of seed in three
years on a Dakota farm.
The latest discovery of the medical
writers it that water is fattening, or at
least favors fullness and roundness of ths
body.
In Lincoln county, N. NJ, near the
Pattos mountain, can be traced what we're
once the walls of a large city. Inside the
walls are growing monster cedar trees,
said to be thousands of years old.
Ninety cigars in two hours was the
test of a record by which an Orlando,
Cal, man endeavored to smoke himself
into fame and some cash. He lost only
on the ninetieth cigar, which sickened
him.
In heather times, in the Highlands III
Scotland, a large chlystal of a figure
somewhat oval was kept by the priests to
work charms by; water poured upon ii
at this day is given to cattle to guard
against diseases; these stones are now
preserved by the oldest and most super
stitious in the country; they were once
common in Ireland.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-05-22
Wages I'm Europe.

Consul Dithmar, at Breslau, GERMANY.
mas maze a report to the United States
department OF state relative to agricul-
tural labor. He states that the iaborer
usuailyIlves upon the estate and is en-
pioyed upon it the year round. The
working hours in summer are from 6 4.
NJ 10 p. NJ, and in winter from sunrise
70 sunset. He is given free lodging and
auel: ana 1t Is customary also to allow his
family TO the use of 100. square rods of
iand for raising vegetables. AS direct
M W. ne receives per annum, $19 to
Ss5.eo In cash and twenty-four bushels
OF rye, three bushels of peas and II and
one-half bushels of wheat. The laborer's
wife is bound to. work in the field
whenever required, and receives for
q days work in summer twelve
o fourteen cents and in winter ten to
twelve cents. OF tea, meat, tobacco and
scnnapps the farm laborer gets but little.
Ii he smokes a pipe it is but seldom, and
ms tobacco is manufactured leaf. In
harvest time he is treated to schnapps to
encourage him in his work. The
government tax is no longer paid by
farm laborers, but the commercial in
come tax amounts to fifty or seventy-five
cents a year. A writer on economic
subjects figures that a laborer's family,
consisting of himself, wife and five chill
dren, under twelve years of age, can sub
slst on $1.09 1-2 a week or SIS a wear.
Consul Dithmar also gives a tabular
statement OF the wages paid to miners
and mine laborers, showing that they re-
ceive daily from SO 1-2 cents (Which is
paid to foremen, engineers and carpen-
ters), to Is 1-2 and fifteen cents paid to
women and minors. The average cost of
the subsistence of a miners family, in
Guiding rent, clothing and taxes, amounts
to $122.S0 per annum. The rents paid
by miners range from thirty-six cents to
$1.19 per month.
The consul at Brunswick, Germany,
Mr.. Fox, transmits a report on agricul-
tural labor In the. Duchy of Brunswick.
The rate of wages paid to agricultural
labor depends upon the locality where
such labor is employed, being considera-
bly, higher in the level than in the noun
famous districts. In the former the
wages of a man and wife aggregate
$194.26 per annum, while In the noun
famous districts a man and his wife, as
sisted by a child, earns but 1884. 90. In
the district of W~olfenbuttel the laborers
receive a cash wage of IS cents per day,
summer and withdrawing time, five
to eleven A. NJ. and one to six p. NJ.
Women are paid nineteen cents for the
same time. A man will earn SO 1-2 to sew
enty-one cents per diem moving, and q
woman from twenty-nine to thirty-fye
cents for. gathering behind the scythe.
Men and women both earn from thirty
five to forty-seven cents hoeing, and from
forty-seven to ffty-nine cents gather
ing beets. In this latter work chill
dren are also employed to cut off the
leaves, and a child from ten to twelve
years old will earn in a period of three to
four weeks tWenty-four cents daily.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-05-22
An Important Discovery.

AZ Boston chemist has made q discov-
cry that supplies a long felt want. He
has invented D process by which he ex-
tracts the essential oil out of the tear
compelling onion.
For instance, a young lawyer has
brought suit before a justice OF the ,q9eace
on q note of hand for seven dollars End q
half. He can make the welkin TingsWith
his eloquence and yet the court and jury
win not feel for the young ~laETer's
client, but, If By smelling q vial of this
extract de onion, he can a a feWsgen-
uine tears to trickle down hisWcheek, or
dropping from the end of his nk,se, splash
upon the floor, who could resist such an
appeal.
Again, if some moderR Juliet, into
whose ear Romeo had Just zen whisper
ing 4 few vows, could, at Precisely the
right moment, shed d sma shower of
genuine homemade tears, hoeSy handy they
would come In, Would nd Romeo be
perfectly satisfied III his own mind,
thanks to that artificial moisture, that no
was the first and only Romeo who had
ever told her that he loved hcr, whereas
iii reality be had numerous fSredecessors2
How q few drops, just at the proper
crisis. would cause the fond husband to-
clsne down with new hats. a few1drops
Of onion Juice snuifcd up the aud
tie proud lord of creation Is as helpless
az 8 child.-6fhnss.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-05-22
Fierce Battle With a Buck.

Deer have not been so numerous for
years in the Capon mountains as they are
this season, says a letter from Romney,
w. Va, to the New York Tribune. The
most noted hunter in the State west oil
Moorefeld is Gabriel Cooper, whose deeds
have caused him to be known by his
neighbors as DaRl Boone. Dan'l keeps
two dogs and a brown mare, and he
knows every hog path and deer trail in
West Virginia. With his trusty Win
chester rifle he has brought down twenty
eight deer this season. One day about a
month ago Danl was visiting his traps
on Lost river. A mile above where this
river disappears in the earth is a bend
where the stream is broad and deep.
Dan1 keeps a littlefnatherweight skif in
the bend for his private use. While
sloshing up and down the bank of the
river he startled a big buck with six
prongs. The animal sprang from eorer
into the water and headed for the oppo-
site side. Dan1 leaIed into his skiff, and
a few powerful STROKES brougEthim near,
ly alongside of the buck. His purpose
was to secure him alive, but when within
ten feet of him the buck turned about
and swan stroight at the boat.
The hunter, recognizing his peril,
drew his sheath-knife and caught the
creature by the horn as he made a vicious
lunge at the boat. Dan'1 held on to the
horn and the buck lunged and buttod
furiously. The hunter tried to get at its
throat and in the effort the skif upset
and Dan'1 and deer were left to fight
their battle out in the water twelve feet
deep. To escape from the maddened
buck was impossible, and instead o.
swimming from it the experienced woods
man dived under the water and coming
up by the bucks side stabbed it in the
belly again and again until he was forced
to come to the surface himself for air.
The wild plunges made by the veundeo
beast was terrific. The river was dyed
red with blood for twenty feet around
where the combat ragged. As the hunter
poked his nose above tho surface to get
air, the animal cut with its horn a long
furrow in his side. It was the bucks
last expiring effort. With o gasp and a
shivering moan it sank out of sight and
the battle was ended.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-05-22
- .--
Penny Groceries In New York.

Within the last six months a number
Of Italians and Germans have started
penny groceries II the parts of New York
all populated by the poor, and these places
seem to be prosperouSaL1 thriving. Ten
cents is thought by these<grccers to be a
big bill, and the investor of a quarter is
inevitably regarded as a millionaire. In
conversation with a Hail and Express r.
porter a leading retail grocer said:
There is no doubt these penny gro
ceries are on the increase. They are an
evil, and the penny grocer is really the
poor mans enemy instead of his friend.
In the penny grocery the poor man pays
twice as much for his provisions in the
long run and dosen't get as good quality
as if he bought them in moderate quanti-
ties from larger stores. The penny gro
ceries are stocked with what the poor
man Is likely to buy. The quality of the
provisions is not good; the coffee and tea
are especially poor, and the vegetables in
variably stale. Many of the penny gro
ceries sell bad whisky to their customers,
but few allow it to be drank on their
premises"
An Italian who keeps a penny grocery
In South Fifth avenue, near Blocker
street, gives the following list as an illus
tration of what can be done in a penny
grocery with q silver quarter:
The Opelousas courier., 1886-05-22
Total.
small family a live for a daz Z

A small family can live for, a day rn
these purchases. The coffee will be s1.f-
icient for a big potful, and the tea is
enough for two drawings. The rice nd
raisins make a small pudding. The S ale
bread will serve for a meal, and there is
enough sugar to sweeten the tea and cof-
fee. The onions, potatoes and ba fley,
with the addition of a beef bone or piece
of meat and a penny bunch of potherbs,
will make a stew or soup. There is
enough soap to wash the dishes and scrub
the children's faces, enough oil and wick
to last all night, a scuttle Of coal and
wood to kindle the fire in the morning.
Then there are lard, molasses, and the
next thing to butter, ol~eomargarine, and
the two good-sized pickles for q relish.
The penny grocers buy small stale loaves
for a half cent each and retail them at a
cent. Medium-sized stale leaves cost
them one and a half cents and sell attwo
cents, and large stale loaves they retail
at three cents. The coal they sell is coal
yard sweepings screened, and contains o
good deal of slate.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-05-22
Signs nf Zndian.

A most interesting and original introduction
to a book comes in a little work in the shape OF
a humorous article, entitled "The Twelve
Signs of the Zodiac" illustrated by Thomas
Worth, the ~well-known New York artist. Tie
old and familiar signs with which we are well
acquainted through almanacs and otherwise.
are given a new and every day meaning. and
we defy any one to look at them orr to read thu
text without indulging in a hearty laugh.
Bill Nye's'' thrilling experience with a cy-
clone is also wittily treated by that humoris'
and "WadeW hipple,'' m Quad" and others
of those writers Of to-day, who 'shoot folly rs
it fiies,' are among the contributors, while
artists such as Opper, Cox and Coffin, have
furnished apt illustrations. The book, which
is the ST. Jacobs Oh Family Calendar dnt
Book of Hec;th and Hunor for the Million fbr
1886, is published by the Charles A. Fogeler
company, of Baltimore, Md, and it is only
another proof of the well-earned reputation
of the remedies manufactured by that house.
that such literary lights should be ready 10 as
sist in spreading the story of the full
cures wrought by st, Jacobs OIL. Another
speciality now being manufactured by this
house,-Red Star Cough Cure. which costs
only TWENTY-FIVE cents, is shown by analysis to
be free from op:ates, and is of remarkable eff
ficacy. A whole regiment of carriers is now
distributing the book in large cities, While in
towns and villages it can be had through drug
gists, and il it cannot be obtained in any Of
be forwarded to any address by the publishers,
1t was said of the eloquent prosecuting attor-