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The Opelousas courier., 1886-08-14
A Surprised Soldier.

A Baden Baden letter tells this story
about the Empress of Austria: The EN-
press Elizabeth has been in the habit of
taking long walks every day some fifteen
or twenty miles, generally accompanied
by only her maid of honor. A short
time ago they were going to Rastadt, a
little town about twelve miles from here,
containing a royal school and barracks,
when they lost their way. They were
in despair, but were relieved by meeting
two private soldiers, whom they took as
guides, not telling whom they were.
The empress walked with one of the
soldiers, the maid of honor with the
other for the whole afternoon, conversing
very pleasantly. The Empress told her
companion that she was an Austrian, and
would like to see him again, inviting him
to call upon her the next day and giving
him her address. The day arrived-so
did the soldier-he was ushered into a
room, where he met the Colonel of his
regiment, who questioned him about his
behavior the day before. The poor SOL
dier was struck dumb with horror when
he found with whom he had chatted in
such a friendly manner, as her Majesty
dresses very simply when she goes ON
these tramps, and had simply told him
that her name was Elizabeth; he, of
course, had no idea of her exalted rank.
She presented him with twenty marks.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-08-14
His Reason.

A jury composed of eleven business
men and an old fellow from across the
creek retired to the jury room. The
foreman, when selected. remarked that
he thought the prisoner ought to be sent
to the penitentiary for five years.
THAT amt long enough" said the old
fellow. 'Let's put it on him fur ten."
"Oh, nc, that won't do"
"Wall, them" stretching himself out
on a bench, "rm with yer"
"What, you going to hang the jury?"
tsThat's about it,
my dear sir, we are anxious to get
back to our business"
s"Then send him up for ten."
"But that would be a great injustice. !"
"Then squat an make yourselves COM
Portable"
"TIave you any special reason why the
prisoner should go mp for ten years2"
ssThink / have.n
"Will you please name it2"
eyes, fur it won't take me long. He
is my son-in-law an I have been suppor-
tim him ever since he was married.
He went up for ten years.-ArEansav
Ir0geler.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-08-14
Coffee.

1T is a nice task to brown coffee just
right, Z said q New York coffe~e-roaster
the other day. Nearly everybody
browns coffee too much. Il comes out
burned instead Of Drowned, although ii
IS greatly to the interest of the whole
salers not to brown it too much on ac-
count Of the loss Of weight. When the
berry IS roasted until ii becomes red, in
stead Of chestnut colored, as is custom
airy, it preserves its maximum weight and
aroma. One hundred pounds Of berries
roasted properly lose but fifteen pounds
IN weight. AS usually roasted they lose
twenty pounds. If roasted long enough
the berry glazes over and turns dark
brown. 1t loses q fourth Of its weight
IN the process
why does the grocer overcast his
coffee, then ~ was asked.
ssThe trade demands it. The coffee
that is made from overturned berries is
black, and the flavor is rank. The popu-
lar taste is educated TO choose black cof-
fec. and would find the l~ight-colored
liquid made from the REDEEMED berries
rather insipid 1T first, and would refuse
70 buy enough to learh to admire The rich
flavor Of the REDEEMED berries. y
The Opelousas courier., 1886-08-14
Poisonous Scorpions OF Menico.

All d recent meeting of the Academy
Of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, DR..
Leidy read d communication from Dir. ".
Gonzalez, giving an account Of the scor-
piona at Durango, Mexico, and the dead
il elects Of their sting. They are found
everywhere ii the city, and every effort
has been made to exterminate them, but
without effect. a reward Of q cent and
3 haIf for males, and double that amount
FOR females, IS paid BY the authorities,
and the records indicate that some years
over one hundred thousand are captured
and destroyed. The sting. especially in
the ease of children, IL invariably fatal;
tic victim, II under two Or three years
of age, dying Ii d few hours, and sorne-
times III nfew minutes, ii strong general
commissions. Mo antidote for the poison
has yet been discovered, and the assist
anco OF DR. Leidy is asked By the writer
il his endeavor to determine some sue
cessful mode Of treatment. IT was sug-
gested by Messra. Horn, HeiIprin, and
Leidy that the Mexican scorpion must
dilfer from The species found III Florida
and California, IS the sting d the latter
i not usually graver than that Of !
WAsr
The Opelousas courier., 1886-08-14
Festive Scenes in Mecico.


A correspondent of the New York
Commercial says in a letter from the City
of Mexico: A nice afternoon trip is out
to the Paseo de la Viga. The journey is
made by street car, and after a ride of
from fifteen to thirty minutes, according
to the way the mules feel Cor no one ever
hurries in Mexico but Americans, and the
mules are in accord with national GUS
toms), you reach the canal; it is about
thirty yards wide, and goes out toward
the lakes in irregular tangent reaches,
with a curve here and there. When the
day is one celebrated by custom at this
place, the scene is lively. There are nu-
merous little tables, where old peasant
women are selling pink lemonade, CHA,
an infusion of tart, pulpy and with little
brown seed, and orchata, a yellow bever-
age made of muskmelon seeds ground to
-four. The tables are decorated with
crimson peoples, parti-colored sweet
peas, and long gray Spanish moss.
Children are running about with punches
of flowers, and old folks talking gossip.
The beggars are doing a good business.
Everything is MICE and democratic. Gay
parties are riding up and down the canal
in the little faf-bottomed square-nosed
scows, poled along by an athlete barge
man in the stern. Four or five peasants
are rolling along the bank, full of pulque.
and tipsily polite, saluting everybody,
and occasionally embracing each other.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-08-14
Pbotoega,hu IL, OphthaIrmoroo,,

Messrs. w. T. jackson and J. D. Web
ster have lately succeeded in obtaining
good photographs Of the retina of the liv-
ing human eye, illustrations of which are
given IN the English photographic Nevs.
They were able to bring the time
Of exposure for the negative to within
two minutes and half, and it is very
probable that technical skill will further
reduce the time and difficulties. The
chief obstacles to shortening the time Of
exposure, SO far encountered, are the
color of the retinal reflection and the fact
that the lens of the eye has the property
of absorbingt the ultraviolet rays. Il seems
highly probable that the photograph will
here become q valuable adjunct to the
psychologist, opthalmologist, or ever the
general physician, as the.eye affords the
diagnostic aid in not 4 few diseases.
Science.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-08-14
Maktng KaGetdoscopes.

aHow do we make kaleidoscopes2
Come this way and I viii show you"
The speaker was a thin-faced German
manufacturer of Kaleidoscope, who was
leading the way into a small shop. At a
long work bench extending the entire
length of the shop five girls sat at work.
They were making Kaleidoscope that
sell SO readily at holiday time.
1.-THE first young woman" said the
manufacturer, wraps the black paper
about the systemic 0 glass refectors which
produce the optical illusion. These strips
Of glass, when thus arranged and fast
ened together, form the body Of the kale.
idoscope. The next girl simply inserts the
united refiectors into the pasteboard
cover and then passes the oetagonal
pasteboard tube to her neighbor. Mum.
Der three adjusts the brass ring which Sc.
cures the glass disks in the end. Be.
tween the disks, Of plates, are placed the
scraps Of coIored glass, the beads and
various trinkets which tumble about al
the kaleidoscope is revolyed, and wher
rejected by the mirrors form themselves
into ever-shifting, fantastic forms. Thu
other young women are armed witt
hammers to break the colored glass into
fragments. We obtain the colored glass
from the waste scraps, purchased verl
cheaply At stained glass manufactures
The Kaleidoscope retail ut 70 cents each
We can make six gross d day Of the kind
and about twenty gross Of the fve-cent
kind; these finest kaleidoscopes an
made ID Providence, r. &, and sell q
% each. Carpet designers use them /
great deal.-Neo York Nal and BE-
press.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-08-14
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.

Two human vertebrae found at Sara
sofa bay are regarded by Prof. Heilprin
as conc1usively proving the existence of
| prehistoric man in Florida at a very re-
period.
An ingenious astronomical theory is
! that of Mr.. Monck of Dublin, who sug.
/ gests that as shooting stars are known to
be dark bodies rendered luminous for a
short time by rushing through Dull at
mosphere, new stars are dark or family
luminous bodies which acquire a short
lived brillian9y by rushing through
some of the gaseous masses.
An insect "never before seen by orange
growers has appeared in Florida. The
newcomer is very small, and is found
under the leaf, which it saps SO quickly
that it (the leaf turns yellow in a few
days and within a week falls. Some of
the groves are badly infested with them,
but it is believed that they will not stay
long and the damage done will be small.
A ~lioness' brain was recently dissected
and studied by Herr Familiant at the
Anatomical Institute of the Berne Vete-
rinary School. Among other results he
finds Mittheilungen of Berne Natural
lists Society, 1880, that in form it is in
mary respects intermediate between the
dogs and the cats brains; from both it
is distinguished by a relatively small
projection of the cerebellum and narrow
ness of the .lobus pyriformis.
Fish lizards have been found in large
numbers in the vicinity of Rock Lake,
Manitoba. The lizard is about eight to
ten inches long, has a smooth, scaleless
skin like an eel, a mouth and a head like
a catfish, gills like a fish, but the cover
ing furnished with extensions at each
side fully an inch and a half long, four
weak legs like a lizard, with webbed
feet and along tail like that of a tadpole.
The head is large in proportion to the
body.
Capt. FL. Toynbee, of the London
Meteorological Society, has arrived at the
conclusion that clouds of less than 1000
feet in thickness are seldom accompanied
by rain, and if they are it is very gentle,
consisting of minute drops. With a
thickness of between 1000 and 1000 feet
the size of the drops is moderate. When
increasing thickness comes increasing
size of the drops, and at the same time
their temperature becomes lower, until,
when the thickness is greater than 5000
feet, hail is produced.
The best opinion now is hat the
flying fish" do not fly. The average
weight of the muscles doing this work in
birds is one-sixth that Of the whole
body, and that of bats one-thirteenth,
while that of flying fishes is only one
thirty-second. The impulse to the pro-
pulsion of the flying fish is probably de-
livered while they are still in the water
by the powerful masses of muscles on
bothHsides of their body, which are of
much greateehgeadth than in the case
of the herring or any otherfsbaf their
own size. The visible Pickering of the
fins is, therefore, only a vibration akin
to the Tapping of a sail.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-08-14


The Judges Of the United States SUI
pre1ne Court are thought to be among
the sleekest, most contented, most ur-
bane and most esteemed citizens of
Washington. Their glaees are for life,
and they receive SO, 900, having the
privilege Of retiring at 20 with q c%ontinu-
alton Of the same salary. This freedom
from an uncertainty about the future and
removal from any temptation to dabble
IN politics doubtless have much to do
with their amiableness and serenity.
Judge Bradley IS Is; Judge Miller is 10;
Chief Justice Waite and Judge Field will
be 10 iii November, 50 that President
Cleveland will have it in his power to
appoint their successors, provided they
retire. This fact causes the Supreme
Court To be Il source of unusual interest
just now to many lawyers all over the
land. The judges enjoy excellent health
they average 200 pounds each, Bradley
being the only thin man among them
and have, rs . whole, been remarkable
for longevity. There have been but
forty-three occupants In all of the SUI
preme Bench, and but seven Supreme
Justices. The government has already
paid them more than 1000, 900 in sal
aries, one-third of the entire number hay-
ing served beyond thirty years. For
ease, comfort and dignity, no political
position il the republic equals that Of q
Judge Of the Supreme Court.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-08-14
UlasocfnhLe.

do you know Mr.. Fanglea asked a
lady caller Of Mrs. snaggs.
"Oh, yes; I know him and his wife
very well.p
i heard he was a socialist. Is that
SOP
mo, indeed, he isn't. He is one Of
the most unsociable men ! ever knew.
Poor, dear Mrs. Fangle can't get him to
stay in the house one night d ,aek."-
Piittsbura Chronicle.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-08-14
Thus Would T Lead.
Come. little love. let us go

Come, little love, let us go
Where the full throat of the wool MARBLES
on in its devious singing,
Where the soft chime of the brook on the
bells of the pebbles is ringing,
Where the faint hum of the bee on the breeze
of a perfume is swinging,
Higher and low.
Come, little sweet, let us roam
Far to the shade of the oak that beckons
with bows that are nodding,
Where the fat, r~ollicking bee with the weight
of his plumber is plodding,
Where the woodpecker, so fierce with the
drumming delight of his prodding,
Taps his brown home.
Under the boughs of the green
Sweet with the fragrance of woods and the
mur1mur and rustic Of. flowers,
Cool with zephyrs that played through the
ancient Acadian bowers
There are the minutes found that are only the
hearts of the hours,
Throbbing unseen.
Come, dainty one, at my need,
Fain would | show you the way where the
~fern-leaf in shadow reposes,
Where the bland buzz Of the bee is hushed in
the pause of his dozes,
Where you can see the half-shy, half-petu-
liant face of wild roses
There / would lead.
Thus would I take you through life;
Giving you only, my love, the honey and
roses and singing,
Only the smoothest Of paths where the scent
of wild flowers is clinging,
Nearer and nearer to peace, and ever your
innocent bringing
Further from strife.
d. M. Smith in Chicago News.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-08-14

In the year 1900 the worlds output of
pig iron was 785, 900 tons. Last year
the yield was 30, 600, 900 tons. This
huge increase in iron production tells
q marvellous story Of the growth of manu-
features. British statistics gathered by
the Ir0a Trade Reeieo show that in 1900
Great Britain produced "a per cent. OF
the pig iron of the world; in 1850 the
production was about doubled in its
relative proportion it attained its maxi
mum proportion in 1878, when that coun-
try yielded a little yer SO per cent. of
the total; and while it has fuctuated
since, it was in 1884 about 3S per cent.
The United States has been pushing
toward the front as an iron producer, the
yield in 1885 reaching21 per cent. of
the total,
The Opelousas courier., 1886-08-14
Care of the Hands.

There are not nearly as many secrets IN
hand treatment as people imagine. A
little ammonia or borax in the water you
wash your hands with, and that water
just lukewarm, will keep tn skin clean
and soft. A little oatmeal mixed with
the water will whiten the hands. Many
people use glycerine on their hands when
they go to bed, wearing gloves to keep
the bedding clean; but glycerine does
not agree with every one. 1t makes
some skins harsh and red. These peo-
pie should rub their hands with dry oat-
meal and wear gloves in bed. The best
preparation for the hands at night is
white of egg with a grain of alum dis
solved in it. Quacks have a fancy
name for it; but all can make it and
spread it over their hands, and the job
is done. They also make the Roman
toilet paste. 1t is merely white Of egggg,
barley flour, and honey. They say it
was used by the Romans in olden time.
Anyway, it is a first-rate thing; but it is
a sticky sort of stuff to use, and does
not do the work any better than oat-
meal. The toughest and hardest hands
can be made soft and white in a months
time by doctoring them a little at bed
time, and all the tools you need are a
nail brush, a bottle of ammonia, a box
of powdered borax, and a little fine
white sand to rub the stains off, or a
cut of lemon, which will do even better,
for the acid of the lemon will clean any,
fhinU
The Opelousas courier., 1886-08-14

There is a 1ourishing escort supply
agency in London, the object of which
is to supply escorts to ladies who visit
London or who reside in London but
have no male friends upon whose time
and courtesy they al make sufficient
claim. Prices are according to the
quality Of the escort supplied. 'fhe
younger sons Of peers come as high as
s25 a day or S. al hour, while m
or articles can be had at much lower
figures. The escorts are dressed by a
fashionable tailor, and are guaranteed to
be very Ghestcrfelds in manners Here
is al answer to the well-worn question Of
the London press. What shall we do
with our hoys?
The Opelousas courier., 1886-08-14

In the city Of Pesth, Hungary, practi-
cal scientists are engaged IN al expert
ment which should be regarded with the
utmost interest in this country. It is to
supply the city with warm water derived
from subterranean sources. An artesian
well, the deepest in the world, has been
bored to adepth of about n thousand
yards. The work was undertaken by
two Hungarians, the city Of Pesth con-
tributing $500, 900 toward expenses. AL
ready there is a supply Of 175, 900 gall
Ions a day at a temperature of 161 de-
grees rising to a height Of thirty-fve
feet above the surface, and the work is
to be continued until the temperature,
which progresses regularly rs the borings
descend, rises to 178 degrees, and then
no doubt is felt that there will be a bub-
bling perennial stream sufficient to meet
all the wants of the city and to convert
the surrounding region into tropical
parden.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-08-14
ST. MARY'S ACADEMY.

OPELOUSAS, LA.
The course OF instruction in this Institution embraces
English, French. Latin, Crock, Arithmetic, Algebra
Geometry. Bookkeeping, Natural Sciences, History''
Geography, Penmanship, and great care is bestowed
on Christian Instruction.
TERMS:-Board and tuition per mouth SIS: Dav
Scholars per month, -. So or 81, according to cIass'
Glasses are resumed on Tuesday, September 18th. 1876.
REV. q. RAYMOND, ID. D.,
Rev. +. j. RAYMOND.
HENRY G.. LEWIs,
Aug. 90, 1885. A. BLANC DUQUEsNAY.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-08-14
OPELOusAS NJ INSTITUTE.

Opetousas st. landry Parish, La.
EHHiS Institution will resume duties Monday, Sep
l. TENDER 18th, 1855, under the Immediate supervision
of Mrs. NJ. M. Hayes and Mrs. NJ. A. Davis, with
competent assistants. The scholastic year consists of
forty weeks.
TERMS OF TUITION:
Academic RIA
Music, with uss of piano ' 6.m
Boarding, including washing, light and fuel. ...,. Is 60
Embroidery, wax flowers. painting, drawing,
ldental LOO
DISCIPLINE:
The government of this school is strict but parental;
no hard tasks or restrictions are imposed, but every
student must comply with the rules, ard must prepare
up TIT he measure of her ability, the lessons assigned,
Our course of study and mode of instruction are to
train the mind to habits of correct thinking and thor.
oush investi cation. No student will be allowed to en-.
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 protract.
ed illness. The location of the town is heaiihfuI and
easy of access. Tho boarding department is under the
immediate charge of Mrs. Hayes. B )ardcrs win pro.
vide themselves with blankets and towels. For bar.
ticulars address
r NJ. NJ. HAYES,
July 20 o5-nov 2Tf9. Principal.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-08-14
Reward of $5O.-Fifiy Dollars

rs by tho Central St. Landry Protective
1--we Stock Association. for eyideace that will lead
70 the apprehension aud conviction of any persons
guilty OF stealing horses or cattle belonging to any
member OF said Association. A record of the brands
or me mbers Of the Association may be seen st tbs
house OF the Secretary. Jno. Nj. Ware, in Bellevue, or
at the Clerks Office in 0pelousas.
j. E. sHUFE. JNO. nj. WARE ec'y.
prps3t q IIx
The Opelousas courier., 1886-08-14
B. MARTEL, by. Clerk & Notary Publ,

WILL give special attention to the purchase ana
w sale of lands in the parish of st. Landry, Gales
sieu. Cameron and Lafayette tAttakrpasl, to the entry
of homesteads and procuring patents for same, end 70
all matters concerning lanIl.
References-Hon. Geo. w, Hudspath. HI. Gar
land. Atty. j.. I. Tanssy. Atty. b ID. E~stiatte.
Hon. Is. A.. Martel and j o.. Chachere. clerk of court.
The Daily Tombstone., 1886-07-27

TIE testimony in the Crawford di- vorce case establishes the fact very clearly that Sir Charles Dike 10 quote a well-known phrase of Mir. Froude's "seens to have been under g fatal necessity of mist&ke in his relations with women" It shows also and quite as clearly a fact that has fre- quently been established before to wit: that no man is big enough and discreet enough to pursue a course of criminal intrigue against tho rules and obligations of sexual morality and social rectitude without ultimately be- ing found out and forced to pay the penalty. The idea that fate is res- pecter of persons in such matters Is q decided mistake as Sir Charles being more than commonly intelligent, should have known and ordered his behavior accordingly.-Globe Demo- crat.
The Daily Tombstone., 1886-07-27
ESTssOlGtion Notice.

The partnership heretofore existing under the firm name oi Dyar & Baldwin, in the general merchandise busine S, in Tombstone ald Benson. has been this day dissolved by mutual consent. MT. Dyar retiring. All bills owed the firm must be paid to W. w. Baldwin, and all bills against the firm will be raid by him.
 W. W. BALDWIN,
 r. NJ. DYAR. mbstoa e, July 12 18e6
The Daily Tombstone., 1886-07-27
NOIiCc G4- Forfeiture.
TO PETER BoNpE AND BENJ. J MAI
m3stoa c, July P 1856.

TO PETER BOEDE AND BENJ. J MARKS
 You are hereby notified that have ex- pended the sum Of (51, cos one thousand dollars currency Of the CmiieG Stat-s, in labor and imp"Cvc ments upon the Nellie James and Salinas lp0cs or mining claims situated in MillCr's Canyon, Huachuca nuun- tairs, Cuchisc county. Territory of Arlzoua. ia order le hold tlte said loGes or uiinirg claims for the years ending December 3lst, 1851; iSS2; 1888; 1884 and 1885, under the provisions Of section 2324. Revised Statutes of the United States to wit: For labor and improvements upon tl;e sad claims for the year ending December 2Ist, 1881, one hun dred dcllars each; fer 'he ycer ending De- cLilber Si, IES2, oHe hundred dollars each i; for the year ending December 3l, ls83. one hundred cOl!arS each for the year e iding December 3l, 1881, one hundred dollars each, for the year ending Dr"emhcl SI. lSS5, one hundred dollars each Total for the five years, the sum of (5I ,000} cne thou sand dollars
 The ocat.cn notices of the eaiG claims being recorded aS follows:
 Nellie James min ng oiaiEn, in beck f, pages 2i2 and 2lj
 Salinas mining claim, ia book :, pages 2l3 and 2i4
 In the records cf Cockisc ccunty, Terri tory Of Arizona, transcribed frcIu the Pima county records.
 And if within (92} ninety days after this notice by pubIcaLinn. y Ju fail or refuse to contribute, each Of y0a, yOur proportion nl such sZptr allure, as Co-ownerS, your interest in the said ludes CT mining claims. NiU be come the property of lhe undersigned un- der said section 2324
 H. II. H0LLENSTiEN, C %erlea>on, CooLise CcunIy, A. r., July
The Daily Tombstone., 1886-07-27

FOR SALE--GREAT BARGAN-h fur nished house of five rooms and two good lots, 6Ox120 feet, Three rooms of the house are rented all the time at $20 per month. Will sell the same for $2n0. Also one of the finest sew ing machines in the country for BIO. Call soon at 914 Fremont street. St