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The Opelousas courier., 1886-05-01

For days and days they kept me bound
hand and foot, and cruel squaws and
and children beat me with sticks.
The past became a blurred blot in my
memory. I no longer dwelt upon the
horrible sight presented by memory when
/ thought of my. husband and children.
They at last released me, and | was al
lowed to wander about their camp in the
mountains. / was a slave, and was made
to carry water and wood, and do all
sorts of mental and disgusting work. I
was fed upon scraps, and at night had
only a ragged blanket to protect me from
the cold. How l lived through it /
know not. One day the chief pulled me
into his wigwam, and gave me to under
stand that / was to be his squaw. There
was no help for it; my degradation be-
came complete. As the chiefs squaw
my lot was not so hard, as I was no lon
ger a slave for the tribe. Then, too, not
being compelled to labor and wander
about half-starved and bruised and sore,
as before, my mind became clearer and [
thought once again of my children and
husband. While my Indian husband
was away I would sit and weep as I
thought and lived over again that awful
night near White Water well. The chief,
seeing my red eyes, always beat me and
used hard language. All l prayed for
was death, but it did not come, and l
would not take my own life.
My final escape happened in this way:
The Indians moved from their mountain
camp very suddenly and started through
the hills, which there are called the Or
gans ON account Of their looking like Or
gan-pipes, across what is called tn" bad
lands" From all I understood they
knew that some troops were after them.
Upon hearing of this a strange longing,
for liberty came over me, and | deter.
mined to escape or perish with my child,
for l was now the mother of an Indian
girl. / loved it, though. Taking my
baby in my arms, | one night secured
n Of the camp mustangs and escaped
without being observed, for the Indians
were holding an orgie over some liquor
which they had stolen from a station
house on the stage road. My wander
ings lasted two days, and both baby and
I were well nigh dead from the exposure.
I at last found the stage-road and went
along it. | was so weak / could hardly
hold the baby in my arms and keep my
place on the horse. How overjoyed /
was you can imagine when I heard a wag-
on rolling along the road behind us. It
was the stage. ] was taken in, and, oh,
SO kindly cared for. The good people
in it could not do enough for me and
baby. The passengers made up some
money and gave it to me. At Santa Eel
was also kindly cared for, and from there
I came to San Francisco to live with my
sister. She is all | have to live for now.
Baby died at Santa Fe. 1t eve sur
vived the exposure on the plain. lido
not expect to live long myself. have a
severe cough, which has settled on my
lungs, and the horrors which I have just
passed through have made me a nervous
wreck. ! cannot sleep at night. ! see
before me a terrible picture of the bleach
ing bones Of my husband and children
lying beside the dreary White Water
well. San francisco Gail.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-05-01
i Spot or Great H,srIy-Rurty.

The spot of greatest hurly-burly in
New York, writes a correspondent, is
where the Brooklyn bridge and East Side.
elevated railroad lines have their City
Hall terminus alongside. The station of
the rail. Dad rests ON truss work across
Chatham street, and is reached by a stair
way; and on its level the end of the great
bridge has a terminal for its cable car
transit. Underneath the latter structure
arc the entrances for pedestrians and vehi-
Giles, while beneath the elevated station
run the horse cars and other street traffic.
At 6 O'Clock, when thousands upon thou
sands Of downtown employees emerge
from their work and start in a hurry for
their homes, this place becomes almost
impassably damned. Brooklyn is the.
third city of The United States in size,
and oil classes of families requiring homes
of moderate cost live there. The vast
East Side Of town, with its square miles
VI sUi10 tCAiCiilGH1 1lO1SE popuid1ion5 SCRs
its nightly invasion OF residents largely
through this point. Sidewalks, plat
forms, staircases and passages become
gorged with humanity; the shortest de
lay in transportation solidifes the mass
Of impatient, fatisucd, and hungry peo-
pie. A singular Characteristic Of the
multitude is the celebrity and sHloothness
Of its movement. Nothing else than the
long training Of rapid life in New York
could a 7 it from disastrous blockade.
The quickness with which d line Of ticket
buyers goes past . sellers aperture, Civ
ing coin Or notes and taking tickets and
change, is . sight to make deliberate Wis
itors from the country open their eyes in
wonder. Any lettering ezcites ridicule,
and there seems to be . pride il CELEBRITY
that solves half the problem Of transit.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-05-01
Bears as ~TObOdn01te1,s.

A Canadian hunter relates the follow
ing "o'er true tale" regarding the dexter
ity of bears as tobogganers: Zone day /
was toiling up the steep side of Slide
Mountain, having seen a bear trail. All
at once my dog came scurrying back
with its hair pointing towards its head
and its tail bristling all over. The can
inc was very much excited, and | thought
it must have struck a wildcat. | cooked
my gun and moved cautiously along to a
clump of bushes, and all at once an OBJ
ject shot by me over the crust and fairly
made me jump. l could not imagine
what it was. Just then another went by.
I didn't think it was a stone or a log of
wood, because it made so little noise. It
Missed as it slipped past. Cautiously I
worked my way close to the place, and
there was a sort of slide that looked like
a long, shallow trough, worn in the crust
and ice. 1t must have been 800 feet
long. thought first some one had been
sliding down the side of the mountain,
as you know they have slides, or runs,
sometimes. but when I came to think /
knew it wasn't wide enough for that.
Just then I saw an object coming down
like a streak of lightning. could have
shot it, / suppose, if I had shot up the
slide, but / did not know what it was.
It went by me so quick that the wind
fairly brushed my hat off. Then I saw
hair on the edge of the slide, and it came
to me all at once that it was q bear. !
waited for another, and I would have
given it a dose of buckshot if it had
come; but it didn't come. Now, do you
know, that after investigating that thing
| came to the conclusion that the bears
had made that slide to have fun riding
down hill. | went to the foot of the
slide, and the snow was %trampled, and
the bark torn off the trees, and pieces
strewn around as though the bears had
had a regular 'kinterkoy,' as the Dutch
men say. They had actually used pieces
of bark to ride down on! They had rid
den down that slide till they found it
was necessarily wearing out their hides,
and then they ripped off pieces of bark
and sat on them-you know a piece of
bark makes a splendid sleigh, almost as
good as staves-and shot down that al
most perpendicular icy trough in the
crust, hundreds of feet, kissing as they
went. That is a bears way of laughing.
They must have done that a great many
times, by the looks of the sside.n-Tuu,
Field and Farm.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-05-01
ut First Sight.


1t was not a word,
It was only a look
From your eyes, true and clear
As the wild mountain brooki
A look of such love,
Of such ownership, too,
] forgot there was any one living but you.
None saw it but me,
But it beamed from your eyes,
Swift, sweet into mine,
Like an Alpine sunrise.
With strange, trembling joy
Was my heart thrilled all through,
AS it struggled in vain 'gainst the rapture SO
new.
1t was not a word,
1t was only a look!
But easy to read
As a printed book;
So tender, SO mastering,
Without touch or tone,
1t caught me, it held me, and made me your
own.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-05-01
THE FAMILY PHYSICIAN.
A Cure for FeIons

As soon as discovered take some spirits
Of turpentine in a cup, dip the finger in
it and then hold the hand near a hot fire
till dry; then dip In it again and repeat
for fifteen minutes, or until the pain
ceases.
The next day pare off the thick skin
with a sharp knife and you will find
something like a h%oneycomb filed with
clear water, open the cells and the felon
is gone, This remedy must be used at
once when the felon is discovered, or it
will not avail.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-05-01
Superstition og Ss.eest,sg.

The custom of saying God bless ynu''
To d who sneezes IS supposed to have
originated about The year 75O. There ia
4 tradition that in the time Of st. Gregg
~ the Great the air was filed with q PEI
cnliar influence, and whoever happened
% sneeze Immediately died. The Pontif
promulgated 4 form of prayer, aud q wish
10 be said BIZ those who felt compelled to
sneeze, and which was expected would
avert the fatal effects.
According to mythology tbs first sign
pf life made by Promethcus' artificial man
vas i sneeze. The. rabbis give the Gus
tom i very ancient date, and, according
30 their tradition, soon after the creation
God decreed that every living man should
snrezc once only, and ii that instant bis
soul should depart from his body. jacob,
however, did not like such j way Of loav-
Ind tho world, and asked God to make
eli exception il his favor.
This was granted, and Jacob .sneezed
without dying. When the princess Of
Tile temporal powers of the world heard
Of this they ordered their subjects when
snceaine to accompany il with 4 thanks
giving for the preservation Of life and
prayers Ior its continuance. According
II Aristotle the men who believed that
tha seat of sae soul war IN the head or
brain regarded ancezing IS one Of Tie
mcss sensible and manifest operations Of.
The head. The ancient apostle Of learn
ing gives - account Of The origin u the
operation.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-05-01
4 Case of Gonscfence.

Little boy-tMa, hain't I been real
good since ! begun goin' to Sunday
school2s
"Yes, my lamb answered the mother,
fondly.
And you trust me now, don't you,
mar
aYes, darling.
'sThen, what makes you keep the cook
les locked up in the pantry the same as
eyer2n-Cape Ann Adpsytiser.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-05-01

Naturalists now count no less than
1870 different kinds of fishes in North
American waters, of which 500 live in
The rivers and lakes, and $50 kinds be-
long to the Pacific. OF the remainder,
105 dwell only in the deep waters of the
Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico, APP
preaching the shore or the surface.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-05-01

Some years ago Canadian farmers used
to fence their farrns with black walnut
rails. Now they can sell such Of these
rails as are seasoned for as much, in some
cases, as the land enclosed BY them is
The Opelousas courier., 1886-05-01

Penny vegetarian dinners for poor
children in London have the following
daily menu: First course, vegetable soup
and bread; second course Sweets, a
slice of bread and molasses. The aver
age attendance each day has been 100,
and the children seem to find the food
naIatahle
The Opelousas courier., 1886-05-01
Wnssted to near Hfne Talk.
Enfant Terrible Dumping into visitors

EnIahI IefI1nFe jumping HIbU VIsIsuIs
Iar0 You're Mr.. NoodIeby, amt your
Noodlebys Yes, dear. that's my name.
/. 4 Well, I want 10 hear you
talk.
Noodlehy And Why, nv pretty dear9
Cause pa says youtalk like 4
iaekass, and i never heard ona.-Raa6-
"
The Opelousas courier., 1886-05-01
ST. MARY'S' ACADEMY.

OPELOUSAS, La.
The course of instruct, n in this Institution embraces
English. French. Latin, Greek, Atithmat c, AIeebys,
Bookkeeping, Natural Sciences, Hittorv.
Geography, Penmanship, and great care is bestowed
o Christian Instruction..
Transitional ana tuition PR month Sl5. D,o
Scholars per month, 81, So or ST, according TO class
Glasses are resumed on Tuesday, Septe nber 18th. isS
REV, q. RAYMOND, D. D.,
Rev. Z. j. RAYMOND
HENRY q. LEWIS.
Aug. 20, 1885. A. BLANC DUQuEsNAy.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1886-11-08
The Storage OF water.

Throughout Nevada, says the Sage.
brush Stockman, can be found valleys
wide in extent and beautiful in appear.
ance that only need the life. giving prop
critics Of water to cause them to give
forth in abundance the fruits of the earth.
Wherever water has been secured thrifty
habitatous have sprung up, and prosper
ity attended the efforts OF the settler.
In no portion of our common heritage is
there better field for the home-seeker
and the tiller OF the soil, than in Nevada,
il water could be 30 diverted as to be-
come Of practical benefit. Especially ia
this so to the country lying on the east
ern slope of the Sierras. Iunumerable
streams that have their birth in the snow
clad range skirting our western border,
furnish more than sufficient water, which
could be stored at an expense that would
be small when compared to the great re-
suits that would follow. Our Legisla-
ture should consider this important ques-
tion at its next session, and q resolution
should be passed calling on Congress to
make an appropriation for the establish
ment of reservoirs at suitable points in
the various mountain ranges. Nevsda
has received but little 10 the way of ap-
propriations. and such request, properly
worded, could not fail to have success.
full result
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1886-11-08

The Carson Mint and Public Building.
The Carson Union says; Superintend-
ent Garrard expects to open the Mint on
Monday to-day. As stated by us here
tofore gold deposits will be paid for at
the Mint in gold coin. Silver bullion
will be received, melted and assayed
when desired. Silver bullion containing
gold will be received, the gold paid for
here in coin, and the silver will be paid
for in fine, commercial bars. Ii the bull
lion iastifies it the coming department
will probably soon be started up. 1t is
therefore to be hoped that our bullion
producers will bring all their product to
the Mint.
The work on the public building will
proceed as rapidly as orders are received
from the Department at Washington.
Mr.. Ryland, the superintendent of con-
struction, is in town every day, and has
organized his office for business in good
shape. Quite force Of laborers will
soon be at work if the orders come on
from Washington rapidly enough. The
laborers employed will be of the right
stamp to stand up for their rights when
called for.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1886-11-08
$500 REWARD +!

The above reward will be paid 70 the arrest
and con, lotion OF any party or parties found
guilty Of stealing, killing. or running OF, alter
ing brands or MARKS, of any live stock, belong
ng to any member Of the Nevada Live STOCK
E.w. CRUUHER, President;
f. w. LEWIS, Secretary.
: Winnernusca. April 10 1854.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1886-11-08
10 VEHICLES FOR SALE.

(. The undersigned has FORTY VEHICLES
ranging in sizs and style from . IL, 900 Freight
Wagon to single-seat Buggy, which he vii
sell for cash or exchange for horses or barley.
Farmers and others. desiring Spring Wagons
OF almost any style, can be accommodated By
calling on me at the Fashion Livery Stablssl
ALEX. WISE.
winnsmuccs, August 7, 1856.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1886-11-08

fy REPAIRING, In tho Saddle, Harness and
Boot Departments, promptly attended to, al
prices TO suit the times.
d9u N. b. STAUNION.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-01-02
CROSS CHEROKEEs.

They object TO tho Severalty scheme aud
Deny the Governments Power tn DO So.
NEW ORIFsNs, La, Jan LA special
from tina Indian Territory says the Chero-
kee Indians are greatly excited over meas
ures introduced into congress looking TO
the opening of the Indian country TO
white settlers and the allotment of lands
in severalty among the Indians,
Public sentiment is opposed to
congressional Intervention generally,
although there are many Cherokees
who believe it Is best TO accept
the situation, rather than struggle against
the inevitable. just before the adjourn
ment of the Cherokee national council,
they adopted q resolution express
sive OF public opinion on the sub
iect. These resolutions declare
that the Cherokees hold possession OF
their lands by fee-simple title, and cannot
be deprived OF the same except
by voluntary consent of the law
making authority, They further declare
that all that portion of the Cherokee
lands lying west Of the sixty-eighth
meridian, and which had not been con-
veyed by patents from the Cherokees, are
still the property Of the Nation. The United
States has not now, and never had any
right to appraise, take or purchase any
unoccupied portion of these lands save
with the consent Of the Cherokee people.
The final resolution says the Cherokee ma
ton does not authorize the sale ofany OF It's
land for the purposes Of white settlement
or for any other purposes. The con-
gresslonal action also affects the
Creeks and Seminoles, but IL is
claimed, however, that the latter tribes
are willing TO sell portion OF their lands
for white settlement and allow the coun-
try to be opened up. The hostility OF the
Cherokees will likely unite all three tribes
In active opposition.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-01-02
wh,tewrleht cnllInes.

Correspondence Of the Gazette.
WHITEwRIGnT, TEX, Dec. 3l.-Our
vicinity was visited with splendid rain this
week.
Miss Corinua Cook, who has been teach
Ing music at Pilot Grove, il az home with
her parents spending the holidays,
Miss Rosa Marshall is at home during
the holiday vacation Of the sherman high
school, of which she Is student.
Mr. Oscar Womack OF this place left
for Mississippi, where he VIII locate.
Mr.. A. l.. McCampbell is building an
addition to his store-house, In which he
viii start newspaper. The material has
been ordered and the first issue will APP
pear about January Z, 's6. We are in
formed that it will be in the interest OF
the Farmers alliance, which organization
consists Of the greater portion Of the bet
ter farmers Of North Texas.
Baptist Evangelist Daugherty Is hold
ing protracted meeting ut the Presbyte-
rian church. Small attendance, and very
poor success generally.
Whitewright boasts of one Of the very
best high schools In Texas.
There is talk of a narrow-gauge rail
road being built from Sherman to this
place. Let her come. We are alway'
ready to help all enterprises, and will do
nate literally to its construction.
Our people say the Fort Worth GAZETTE
is the best paper in the state.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-01-02
CLEBURNE.
There is Prejudice Against Build
ing Used for Questionable
Purposes.
lie VIII Teach the Rod Man How to Farm
Fort Worth Benentod by Change
of Schedule.


Special TO the Gazette.
CLEBURNE, Tex, Jan. The building
which Is to be used for the public school
the balance OF the session has been thor
oughly renovated and will be ready for
use Monday. The house in question was
once used as variety theater and, for
this reason, when Col. Chambers made
the proposition TO rent II to the city for
school purposes, stout resistance was
made to the acceptance Of the
offer by some Of the school
board. However, as II was
the only building In the city that could be
had, the proposition was accepted Much
Of the prejudice has been overcome and
the school will probably have large at
tendance.
The prisoners in the county jail have
caused 10 be published In the Chronicle a
card Of thanks TO many kind people who
remembered them Christmas. Mr.. J NJ,
English, county attorney, and City Mar
shall jim Keith each gave turkey and
Sheriff Boyd and family furnished them
with an excellent Christmas dinner.
The case OF the State VS.. Herrin,
charged with the numbering Of DR.. Bar.
radall in Fort Worth a year ago, is set for
Monday.
Hon. Henry Fnrman OF Fort Worth
will deliver temperance lecture at the
courthouse Sunday afternoon.
Several changes In business houses have
occurred In the last few days. j. H.
Hatcher has associated with himself
Messrs. Nix and Baird, both lately en-
ployes OF j. s. Taylor. The firm will be
known as Hatcher, Nix 4 Baird. Mrs. G.
NJ. Brown OF Fort Worth has purchased
the management OF the Clebnrne house,
and will assume active control.
Prof. Paulus, superintendent OF the
public schools, Prof. Terrell, principal,
and Miss Fannie Ships, one of the instruc-
tors, have returned and are ready TO as
sumo their respective duties when the
SCHOOLS are opeIed.
Frank Adams and Tom Warren went 70
Fort Worth to-day to hear Emma Abbott.
". q. isenter was In the city to-day in
tho interest Of THE GAZETTE, as well as
20 shake hands with his numerous friends,
Mrs. NJ j Stoyall OF Gainesville Is
visiting her sons. Robert and Richard
Stoyall.
The hop Mt the Ci.y hotel last evening
was quite pleasant affair.
When the new schedule takes eject on
the Santa Re the Fort may look for large
Increase IN Cleburne trade, A train VIII
leave here az a. m. for Fort Worth, and
return at 8.45 p. M, making IL very con
yenient for Cleburne merchants 10 run up
and return the same day.
The rafile for the piano at y. l.. Dur
hams to-day resulted in its being won by
ticket 280, held by 4. A. Martin Of Glen
Rose.
G. l.. Elliott, conductor on the Dallas
branch, who has been North during the
holidays, IS again pulling the bell-cord on
his run.
Tom Cox has received an appointment
from an Indian agent In Montana and
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-01-02

OF the season was given last night at the
Palace hotel. The music WIS furnished
by the clever gents OF the Wizard OIL
Concert compeny. which added no little
TO the pleasure Of those present. The as
sembly OF beautiful voting ladies and
gallant heaux left wishing the kind host
and hostess, Mr., and Mrs. ID. w. Cowcn,
happy New Year, and were as pleasant
as u they had just read copy of The CA
zRTTE.
Last hight about ~ O'Clock as the east
bound passenger train stopped on the
bridge ncar the tank 20 take water, Mr..
G. II. Worth OF New York stepped off of
the cars into the dark space of about
twenty feet and received a very painful
cut near the knee-joint, DR.. Fields
dressed the wound and he is resting very
well.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-01-02
GALVESTON,
How the Custom of Keeping Open House
is Dying Out.

How the Custom of Keeping Open House
is Dying Out.
Special to the Gazette.
GALVESTON, TEX, Jan. New Years
day was generally observed in the
city by the suspension of business. The
time-honored custom Of recely-
ing promiscuous callers was but
indiferently observed, the open houses
being few and callers likewise.
For many years the morning paper has
contained nearly a column list Of
ladies' and families who would receive
during the day, but this
mornings paper ennmerates only
eleven places OF reception. This shows
how the oldfashiened method Of OBJ
serving the day is dying ont in Calves
ton.
Whisky shops did thriving business.
The day was pleasant and warm, and
about A O'Clock heavy rain fell.
The attendance at the matinee TO wit
ness the presentation OF "Monte Cristo"
was the largest assembly gathered IN
the opera-bouse in many years,
Tonight bon-ton young society rs at
tending the germans, for there are two,
one given by Mrs. J. y. Wallis,
the other by Mrs. w. II. Willis, and
some heartburning results, from the TACT
they were both given on the same night,
whereas there are only dancers enough
among the upper ten" TO I'll one ger
man.