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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-06-17
Sharn Panos AthWart the Forehead.

And in the muscles of the neck and shoulder,
usually most violent after nightfali, are among
the cheerful manifestations of neuralgia It is
an affection of the nerve intensified by cold.
Repose, bringing with it a cessation OF pain, is
induced by Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. which is
a fine nerve tonic and tranquilizer. It IS also a
reliable means of checking rheumatism and
govt These maladies have always more or less
to do with the kidneys that, when inactive fail to
throw off the impurities which engender them.
The Bitters can be relied upon TO renew healthy
and purifying action Of the renal organs. Be
sides this, it gives tone TO the stomach, liver and
bowels, and enriches the circulation. Appetite
and sleep both profit by it. and it is well -accred-
tied means OF terrifying the system against ma
lara. 1t haSUenS the recovery OF strength by con
valescents. mitigates the infirmitieS of age, and
helps the constitutionaly feeble.
Bears are unusually plentiful in North
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-06-17

A mammoth gum tree in the woods near
Cambridge, Md, has for years been used
by an eagle for the rearing of her young.
The tree has been cut down after great
labor The nest at the top was found as
large as a cart-body, and contained two
young eagles nearly full fedged. The
birds survived the shock, and have been
cared for as pets. The old bird was out
on foraging excursion at the time.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-06-17

The paid-banisher is a name applied to
st. Jacobs Oil, by the millions WHO have
been cured of rheumatism and neuralgia
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-06-17

philanthropic Detroit naturalist says
that'he has got the greatest Matchmaking
scheme ever known. 1t is to graft the
marine plants of the Gulf of Mexico up
on the marine vegetation of the great
lakes. This would, he thinks, give to the
hardy Northern growths the rank and
quick-growing characteristics of the tro-
pical growths, and he would get plant
which, introduced into Northern swamps
and bayou lands, would form a founda-
ton that would ultimately result in good
land. That his scheme would require a
century or two to develop does not lessen
the enthusiasm of the Michigander.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-06-17

An entire family of negroes were found
dead in their cabin near Yorktown the
other day. Without doubt they were Killed
by lightning during heavy thunder storm
that pas sed over two days before.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-06-17

DURING the eighteen years from 1867 to
1885 the population of Russia increased
by17.S7 per cent, which gives an average
annual increase of OBS per cent. The
annual rate of increase in Austro Hungary
during the eleven years from 1869 to 1880
no later figures are available was only 0.
40. In Italy the annual increase for the
decade 1S71-S1 was O.6l percent. In
France emitting Algiers and the colonie-
the annual rate of increase for the fifteen
years from 1866 to 1881 was OILS per cent
In Great Britain and Ireland for the de-
cade from 1871 to 81 the annual increase
was 1.01 percent. In Europe Russia
including Finland and the Don Copacks
the thirteen years from 1867 to 1880
the annual increase was 1.5S per cent.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-06-17

Typewriters are now made for French,
German, Spanish, Bohemian, Russlan,
Danish, Swedish, Portuguese and Italian
languages. The Chinese with Its ob,Oo0
characters has not yet been tackled
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-06-17

been cured OF rheumat1sm and neuralgia
by its use.
The experiment of preventing malaria
by plantations of Eucalyptus trees near
Rome has failed and DR.. Crudelli recon-
mends arsenic eating or what practically
amounts to that as the most efficacious
protective against malaria. When one
must take mineral poison to fight down
an organic poison it is better not to
ROam.-Frona DR.. Foote's Health Monthly.
The proprietor of the Great Western
Poultry Yard, Mr.. James Z. Gcodkey, st.
Louis, Mo-. is enthusiastic in his praise of
Red Star Cough Cure, which cured him
after all other remedies failed. He says
1t neither constipates the bowels, nor
causes sick headache
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-06-17

Bears are unusually plentiful in North
ern New Hampshire this spring.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-06-17
FOREIGN.

In published protest against expul-
sion from France Prince Jerome Napol-
con predict that the chamber of deputi es
will drive the republic into civil war.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-10-23
Didn't Believe It.

Gentlemen of the jury charg-
ing a jury is a new business to
me, as this is my first case.
You have heard all the evidence,
as we'll as myself; you have
also heard what the learned
counsel have said. If You be-
lieve what the counsel for the
plaintiff has told you, your ver-
dict will be for the plaintiff; but
if on the other hand you believe
what the defendants counsel
has told you then you will give
a verdict for the defendant.
But it you are like me and don't
believe what either of them has
said then Til be darned if I know
what you will do! Constable
take charge of the jury.-San
Francisco News Letter.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-10-23
The Blind Pool.
SOME STATEMENTS ABOUT THE
COTTON INDUSTRY.

The proposition of the Gamer
lean Cotton Oil Trust" to scoop
in all the cotton seed of the
country at the miserably made
quate price of five dollars per
ton, has naturally created a
good deal of hard feeling among
their proposed victims the
planters as is shown by the ru-
raj press. e
That the Trust scheme might
prove o second Standard Oil
bonanza could a monopoly be
created which should dictate
both the price of the raw mate
rial and it's various products
cannot be doubted but the field
seems too open to readily admit
of such a "close combination
A veteran in the oil business
called at The Item Office this
morning and rendered the fol-
lowing statement on this inter-
esting subject:
COMPETITION MUST PAY. =
The product from a ton of cot
ton seed is 35 gallons of oil at
30 cents per gallon. There is
also $50 pounds of cake to the
ton sold at SIS to $40 per ton
and also % pounds of lint cot
ton at 5 cents per pound. Also
the hulls from a ton ofseed would
be about 1900 pounds at fifty
cents a hundred weight.
Now observe the profit. We
have six mills here which are
controlled by the American
Trust Company and only three
of them will be operated thus
throwing six hundred men out
of employment. Hence it is
that there is a big opening here
for capitalists to establish mills
if for nothing else than to sell
them to the American Trust
Company and make money.
New Orleans is the best loca-
ton for all this industry because
its superior advantages in
freight rates which amount to
per ton. In Memphis
there are eleven mills while
twenty could be made to pay in
New Orleans.-N. O. City Item.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-10-23
Lands! Lands! Lands !
Title Guaranteed
For Sale,
On Terms to Suit Purchasers
NEAR VILE PLATE.

Description. Acres
Lot Z, section 4, townsh a $ rye 2 east 10
COULEE CROCHE,
Near DIXON Grove.
E ! of 8 W sec q, t Z s range 8 east 0 .56
w of 8 W / sec %, t Z s range 8 east 80.56
n 9 sec and n 9 ! of s e | of sec 49,
N 9 sec and n / of n W sec 81. It's
T. 3 east, containing-.------------- 442. %
Lots | and 2 Of sec q, 8 $ rye 8 east so
w ] of n 9 of sec %, t 8 r 5 e--.-.. 80
BELLEVUE.
5 e of s 9 / of sec 8; 8 W ] of S W
and lots 4 and z of sec 2 t7sr3e,
west of the Montgomery plantation
Sc / of 8 e / OF sec 8; 8 W of s W
of sec 8 !; 9 ! of 5 W / of sec 10-all
in z + 3 east, containiDg.-...--- 29S.S "a
NEAR POINT LYONS.
Lot No 3 and n e of 8 Q / Of sec 80.
8s r 3 east, containiDg---. 5000
AND EAST OF CIR. CoTEAU
Lot No ! of sec s 5 east--.-.- 13.4S
PRAIRIE HAYES.
n W ! OF s W ! of sec 25 e of $ g
of $ e !, and s g of n 9 44of sec 26, t
Ssrl Q, containing...-.. l6O.39
Lots 8 and 4 of section IS; lots 1. 2
and 3 Of sec IS; and lots / and 3 Of
sec 36, / 8 8 r l east, containing. i62 I6
Lots 2, 3 and a n W of s e !, and n !.
g / of 8 W ! of sec 26, tSsrl east. 1862
n W ! Of sw of sec 25; Q / offs q Of
of sec &c, t8srl east.... 100 40
For further information, apply to
E. D. ESTILETTE,
At the Office of Estilette & Dunr9.
Jal4 Attys at Law. Opelousas, La.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-10-23
Correct--Go Ahead.

Morehouse Clarion.
The Bienville New Era of last
week contains a sound and SEN
sible editorial ON estate Politics."
wherein the editor deplores the
factional fight which has pre-
vailed in Louisiana ever since
the accession of the Democratic
party to power in this State. He
objects to the savage warfare
made by the "outs'' on the Gins"
and in the course of his argu-
ments lays down these wise pro-
positions: eff there is corrup-
ton in the party, it should be
eliminated if malfeasance in
Office, it should be punished. But
charges should be specifically
made and proven, if the people
are expected to believe and act
upon them. Sweeping general
tiles will not do.
These sweeping, indefinite,
vindictive charges against Nc
Emery did more to make him
governor than anything else two
years ago. The reiteration of
them and the failure to prove
them keep him popular and
strong and the cry of ring"
like that of "wolf," has ceased
to find Il hearing among the peo-
pie, and McEnery is to-day the
strongest man in Louisiana for
Governor. Let the howlers growl
and shake their shaggy locks
the people know they have an
honest, faithful, capable COVER
nor.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-10-23
TULANE
LAW DEPARTMENT.
OF LOUISIANA.

YyHE next session of this Department will
IL begin Monday, Nov. 18th, 1886.
This Law School is not limited to ~instruc-
ton in the Civil Law of Louisiana. Its Lee.
tnros and Course of Studies are designed to
prepare the student for admission to the Bar,
not only in this State, but also in any of ths
Common Law States of the Union. Il invita-
to it's classes all who wish to fit themselves
for the pactice of the law. Its Professors are
~well-knowu Lawyers of long standing at the
Bar, ripe in experience and still actively en-
gagged in the practice of the profession.
FACULTY.
RANDALL HUNT, LII. d., Emeritus Rae,
tor, Professor of Constitutional Law, Com.
mercial Law and the Law of Evidence.
WIN. FRANCIS MELLEN, LII. D.. Dean
Professor of Common Law and Equity. Juris,,
prudence and Lectures of Criminal Law and
the Law of Pleading.
HENRY CARLETON MILLER, Professor
of Admiralty and international Law.
HENRY DENIS, Professor of Civil Law
and Lecturer on the Land Law of the United
States.
All communications should be addressed to
VIM. F. MELLEN, Dean of the Faculty of
Law, 10 Carondelet ST., New Orleans, La.
Aug. 4-2m
The Opelousas courier., 1886-10-23
The Salt Mountain of Pales-
tine.
By Selah Merrill, LID, U. S. CONSUL. Jer
salem.

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By selah Merrill, LID, US. CONSUL. Jeru-
salem.
Palestine possesses a remark
able salt mountain situated at
the south end of the Dead Sea.
The length of this ridge is six
miles, with an average width of
three-quarters of a mile, and the
height is not far from 600 feet.
There are places where the over
lying earthly deposits are many
feet in thickness, but the mass
OF the mountain is composed of
solid rock salt, some of which is
as clear as crystal. How far
this deposit of salt extends be-
low the surface of the ground,
no one at present knows. At
some points, this ridge, which is
on the shore of the Dead Sea,
approaches very close to the wa
ter, and at others it recedes un-
til it is fifty or more yards from
it, Just here the water of the
Dead Sea is much more salt
than it is at the north end,
where the Jordan enters the
lake.
This salt is a government mo-
nopoly. The same is true of
the salt that is contained in So
luton in the Dead Sea itself.
If Arabs or the natives of the
country were found getting salt
from the shores of the Dead Sea
or from this salt mountain, they
would be arrested at once. Most
of the salt used in Hebron, Je-
rusalem, and elsewhere in this
part of Palestine, comes from
these sources, but it is gathered
under the direction of govern
ment officers, and the revenue
is supposed to go to the govern
ment.
In this salt mountain, to say
nothing of the salt of the Dead
Sea, there is a mine of wealth !;
capitalists were allowed to
come in and work it, the pros
ofthis part ofthe country
would thereby be greatly in
creased.
[ have examined personally
this salt mountain, and talked
with the Pasha of Jerusalem,
who is also the Governor of Pal
estine, as to the desirability of
companies being formed which
should prepare this salt for use
and ship it to $he markets of
the world; but at present the
government is hostile
to any such project.
Specimens of salt from this
salt mountain were sent by me
to the care of the Department
of State, designed for the expo
at New Orleans In 1856.
Jerusalem. August 9, 1886.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-10-23
Why Village Papers are Dry.
Danville, IN. III Breeze.

Danvilie, IN. ~ Breeze.
So you are kicking about your
village paper being so dry are
youg Well, who's to blame for
it, Can you think of anything
that has happened within a
week that was not in the paper?
N-n-no, you don't know as you
can, but then it is not your bus
mess to watch out for locals.
That's the editors business, he
gets paid for it. Ha, ha, ha !!
That's a good one, isn't it?
You got away the best OF the
editor that time, didn't you?
Ha, ha Can't get over it, can
you9 Good joke on the editor.
Guess he'll be careful how he
gets into an argument with you
in the future. But say, friend,
did you ever stop to think that
the village paper is just as lively
and interesting as you will let
it BET You buy a new lot and
put up a house and see how
quickly the paper will say you
are the stuff, and you know how
to fix up things around you in
good shape. Buy a lot on Main
street and put up a three story
brick block with some nice
stores. and plate glass fronts on
the ground floor, and Offices,
ETC., on the second aud third.
Before you get the rubbish
cleared off, the paper will tell
the world what an enterprising
man you are, and how far seeing
you are, to place your money
where it will not only bring you
big interest but prove a grand
ornament to the town. Build a
factory that will employ 800
men and see if the paper don't
call you q public spirited philan-
thropist, who not only has
money, but puts it where it will
do his fellow men some good.
Oh, you haven't got any capital,
Ell? Well then, use the means
you have. Take a shotgun,
start out some morning and
shoot the first son of a gun who
beat you in a horse trade yes
terday. There is a stinker
across the way who owes you
thirteen dollars, go over and
lug him twice on the snoot,
md tell him if he puts the law
0meyou you'll kill him next time.
That old skinfint next door
poisoned your favorite pointer
last week; you know he did,
for he said he would the next
time he hoWled so in the night.
just 60 and fire his barn or
hamstring his horses, or shoot
his chickens, or Paris green his
cattle and see if the village pa
per don't fairly bristIe with in
terest. The newsy items stick
out all over it like quilts on the
fretful porcupine. Ely around
and do something yourself.
That will cause your neighbors
tQ do something. Remember,
lEieKl rs, that it is the duty Of an
merely to chronicle
events, not to make them.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-10-23

Mary person Is starving with d full
table before them. Appetite gnDel AM
bition g0nei Iifoa blrdonff Whafi Il
The T1attHrf The Liver has cease1 III
DO its proper work. The life chaunels
are eiogged. Poisonous fluids Gre
ChT0Wn back into the blood. which
E10ula Pc thrown cut. EMITHHBnE
hEANb viii surely stimulate The liver
~ 40 1ts work wei, and headache. sa7-
!0Wness and bad breath viii Zee aWav.
Erace, Q cents per pottle. a dgggois
The Opelousas courier., 1886-10-23
Land at a Bargain.

BsNAAAs
fHE east half of section l township 3 south
a of range3 east, containing 800 and 20tl0O
acres, situated on Bayou Bmnf, st. Landry,
ID miles from the L. & P. Railroad.
Lots Nos /. {, 3, a, 5 and 6. and south half
the north west quarter, and the northwest
quarter of the northwest quarter of section SO,
Township 3 Range 5 east, situated ia the par
OF Avoyelles, near McCoy's ferry.
Will be sold cheap for cash, or one-third
cash and balance in one and two years.
A. J. PERRAULT.
Opelousas, July %. Agent.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-10-23
NEW GROCERY
Main Street, opposite ]. Perrodin's,

Ope10msas.
HAVING just opened u new store with a
IL fresh stock of goods, / take pleasure in
informing the citizens of Opelousas and vicin-
ity that | can offer them such favorable induce
ments as to make it to their interest to deal
with me. Ny stock is fresh and select, COM
prises staple Sc Fancy Groceries,
choice Liquors, Fruits, can goods, ETC., etc,
and viii be sold at such Low Prices as to
insure rapid sales and quick renewals. Call
and examine any stock aud ascertain prices
and Judge for yourselves.
j. KOSSUTH SANDOZ.
Opeiousas, April 10, 1886. 6m
The Opelousas courier., 1886-10-23
EV HEDGES!

Millions of Arbor Vitae, the best eyerereen
hedge plant known. One thousand plants by
mail, post paid, 3 to 4 inches, $1.O0; 4 to 8 in
ches, $3.50; 8to Is inches, $500. Twenty-Five
other varieties of Evergreens. all sizes,
and all of the most desirable varieties of
Timber Trees. Seedlings and larger
trees, at very Low Prices.
TREE SEEDS.
OF forty varieties of Evergreens and Timber
Trees, all fresh gathered expressly for nv
trade, and sold at lowest living rates.
FLOWERING SHRUBS AND PLANTS
In good assort ment aud ut low rates. Espe-
clally favorable rates given on fall orders.
Gull catalogue free. Address
GEO. PINNEY,
Evergreen Nurseries,, Door Co, Wis.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-10-23
lvgieawaue

This mammoth sixteen page paper
is the best and cheapest weekly
paper published in the South. In q con-
densed form it contains all the news of
the week. the cream of all literary mat
ter and the best special features of the
Sunday issue, with an important AGRI-
CULTURAL DEPARTMENT, conducted by
DANIEL BENNETT, and the LATEsr MAR
KET REPORTS. The Weekly is published
EVERY THURSDAY MORNING, and
reaches all subscribers for Sunday
reading.
$4,000 worth of useful and
ornamental articles for ladies
and gentlemen, girls and
boys, are offered 60 ALL who
win get subscribers for the
Weekly Pfcayume. Lists of
these valuable presents villa
be sent TO amy address.
rnryrrFr D-
The Opelousas courier., 1886-10-23
ENR SALE.

THREE FINE JERSEY BULLS: one sew.
i eral years old. registered . and accli-
mated. The other two y years old, raised by
gives daily fonr gallons of milk.
Apply to JAMES I'll. HOUSTON.
Opelonsas, Oct. 2, 1886. I'm
The Opelousas courier., 1886-10-23

We have made arrangements to send
the Weekly Picaynne with the COURIER
at 8 :. SO per year, or the Daily Picayune
and our paper, n year, $l2.50-six
months, 1925. Note the saving,
The Opelousas courier., 1886-10-23

Horace Greeley used to write
a miserable scrawl. One day
he sent the following to the
Iowa Press Association 1T
have waited, till longer waiting
would seem discourteous, and
now decide that / cannot attend
your press meeting next June,
as / would do. I find SO MANY
cares and duties pressing on me,
that, with the weight Of years,
/ feel obliged to decline any in
vitation that takes me over a
days journey from home.n Out
OF this, the recipients, in con-
s~ultation assembled, made: "I
have wondered all along wheth-
er any squirt had denied the
scandal about the President
Jane in the woods on
Saturday. I have hominy, car
rots, and r. r. ties more than I
could move with eight steer.
Il cells are blighted dig them
Any insinuation that
brick ovens are dangerous to
hams, gives me the horrors
The Opelousas courier., 1886-10-23


The Columbus, Ca, Enquirer
Sun, after commenting on the
Waters-B Baker homicide, and
hoping that the New Orleans
courts will not stuItify therp.
selves by convicting Waters,
says that the killing of Baker
adds another illustration to a
fact that has been marked by
many il and out Of the profess
sion Of journalism. We refer to
the fact that when the chances
are even ON both sides, or, as in
this case, the odds are against
the journalist, that nine men
out of ten who attempt to kill a.
newspaper man get killed Them
selves. The good angels seem
TO camp round about them.
Editors are not accustomed to-
use firearms as d rule, but the
statistics of fatal encounters
show that they have a way of
getting ii their work. that is as
tonishing to amateuI Nor is
this SO strange after all. II all
the men ii the world are on the
wrong side, and there shut onel
man to stand MP for the right,
that lone man is iii the majority.
For with him are leagued the
eternal powers.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-10-23
WaDted-4 CreoIe Horse.

TN USF be gentle to harness and saddle, III
~ exchange for d fine silver plated, breech
loading carbine with leather case or earbine
this office.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-10-23
REG1sTRAT1oN NOTICE.

TIME registration books will be opened In
my office at Opelousas, from the 18th to
30th of October, inclusive, to revise and corr
rect registration and to register those entitled
to register.
AID. L~ASTRAPES,
Oct. :, 1856. Registrar.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-10-23
For Sale or Rent.

me of the most desirable residences in
" Opelousas; ample g~rounds-yard, lot,
orchard, garden and small feld-comprising,
together, about Ia acres of land, all under
fence. Improvements consist of two-story
dwelling, brick basement, containing nine
rooms outbuildings, kitchen, servants rooms
Q to-, in good order. This property will be sold
y cry low for cash, or on favorable terms. For
urther particulars apply at this office.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-10-23

N0TICE-Tfespassing positively forbidden
within the enclosnreso f my premises near
0pel0uaass under penalty of the law.
LE0NCE GANDOz.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-10-23

Il IS recalled BIZ q corresponds
emit Of the New York Post that
when Boston Was.in great dis
tress through the closing Of her
port Just previous to the Revo-
lutionary War, The first food
thai reached the city was I50
barrels of flour from Charleston,
81 D
The Opelousas courier., 1886-10-23
3. SUMTER
Notary Public and Auctioneer.
Office withJohn N. Ogden, Dist. Atty,
O~PELoUSAS, LA.
May II, 1884.
WANTED TO EXCHANGE,

a FIN Family Sewing Machine, new, for
IN a good creole pony, must be good saddle
and harness animal or will sell machine very
low for cash. Apply at this office.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-10-23

The Chicago Times Of Oct.
4th, contains 4 column editorial
IN which II classes the people 81
Texas ais q set of harbarians and
mErderers. The Galveston News
and other papers of the Lone
Star State should republish the
article for the information Of
The Texas merchants who have
been trading with Chicago. IT
ID high time for tho Southern
people 10 resent these gratnitous
insults, ii 3 way Tint they will
Up felf, and that is to Bit the
Chicagoans iii their pockets.
Their feelings cannot be wound
odd. States.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-10-23

Bienville New Era: When d
convict is pardoned ii is announ-
ced as the work of GOV. McEn-
cry, If it is considered an iniu-
dicious act of clemency, and the
Governor is denounced all over
the State for this act, because
many people do not knew that
il is not really the act of the
Governor, and their ignorance
of this fact is taken advantage
of BY those who know better.
There Is d pardoning board III
this State who investigate all
applications for pardon, who are
familiar with the cases. They
recommend the pardon, and
II Is always expected that the
Governor will sign the pardon,
as chief executive, On their re-
eDinmendation.
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