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The Opelousas courier., 1886-07-31
Hand Organs.

Hand organs, writes a correspondent
of the Troy Times, are a modern inflic.
ton, and have introduced the monkey,
which is a feature formerly unknown in
mendicant minstrelsy. The monkey, in
deed, is so amusing that one almost for
gets the o~rgan-grinding while watching
his antics. These animals are worth
from $40 to $50, according to their train
ing, and when an Italian owns his organ
and monkey he is really well-to-do in the
world.
The best hand-organs cost from 800
to $3.50, but those which SO commonly
torment the public rarely cost more than
$40 The best are the flute organs, and
they play nearly a dozen tunes, and some
have extra cylinders, which add to then
capacity. The principal factory is liz
Chatham street, this locality being SC
near the Italian quarter Baxter street,
that it is very favorable to trade. There
are some Italians who own a'number Of
organs, which they rent by the season al
a large profit and with but little loss.
The grinder having finished his summer
itinerancy, of course comes back for win
ter quarters, and thus pays his rent.
Both organ-grinders and boy iddiers
have their regular routes, which they re.
peat year after year, and there seems to
be some general arrangement which pre-.
vents interference. It is said that more
than 800 of these peripatetic Ministries
have gone from New York this season,
and yet it will be rare if two men visit
the same village. When cold weather
sets in the grinders return to Baxter
street, where they pack together-some-
times nearly a dozen in a small room,
with neither fire nor lights. The Italian
can sustain life under extreme privations,
and he seems content to sleep ON the
floor and live on what he can pick up.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-07-31
The Cuban Milkman.

In a letter from Havana q Chicago
NeWs correspondent says: The lechero
and his system here are worthy of maya
zine illustration. Milk for the markets
and hotels is brought into the city by
immense ox-carts in cans having the APP,
pearance of diminutive cylindrical page
das, but a large proportion of the inhabi-
tants cling with obstinate conservatism
to the ancient method of supply. AT all
hours of the morning I have met on the
highways away out IN the suburbs sober
droves of a half-dozen COWS accompanied
by a half-dozen muzzled calves as they
were being leisurely driven into the city
by a brown-faced eountryman and two
or three of his barefooted boys. Arrived
in Havana these rustic groups became
the travelling milk supply. Almost with
out guidance the animals seek the be,
ginning of the "milk route" and on
reaching the door of the first Gus.
toner, come to a halt, the cows and
calves taking position with military pre-
%cislon, in single file, along the fag-stone
footways of the narrow street. Our
guajiro or countryman is now the city
lechero or milkman. The urchins run
into the customers house, secures the
order, and the letchero miIks the requir-
ed quantity there and her before the
very eyes of the housemaid, the porter0
or ell senior himself. In this way from
house to house the queer cavalcade
passes, until COW after cow is MIXED
clean, when the muzzle is in turn res
moved from each mothers calf, and the
little ternerillas are free to take undis-
puted possession of the s'strippings.n
The system has obvious advantages, The
milk is assuredly fresh. 1t would be
difficult for the lechero to secrete a wa
ter-butt about his person.
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TIE FAMILY PHYSICIAN.

A physician says that if arnica with
which bruised limbs are bathed is
heated its good effects are perceptible
much sooner than if applied while cold.
A standing antidote for poison by poi
son oak, ivy, etc., is to take a handful OF
quicklime, dissolve in water, let it stand
half an hour, then paint the poisoned
part with it. Three or four applica-
tions, it is said, will cure the most ag-
gravated cases.
A. retired physician living in Ohio, and
suffering with diabetes, claims to find
great relief in a diet consisting wholly
of buckwheat. He states that when he
confines himself to a buckwheat diet ex-
clusively, the disturbance in the stomach
is relieved, as is also the pain in the
eyes, due to the disease from which he
has so long suffered. This remedy is a
very simple one, and well worth trying.
For ordinary nervous system being out
{ order Or by excessive fatigue, a hot
oath will SO soothe the nerves that sleep
will naturally follow, and upon getting
up the patient will feel very much re-
freshed and the toothache gone. For
what is known as Jumping %toothache,
hot, dry flannel applied to the face and
neck is very effective. For common
toothache, which is caused by indiges-
ton, or by strong, sweet acid or any
thing very hot or cold in a decayed tooth,
a little piece of cotton stepped i'll strong
camphor or oil of cloves is a good remedy.
Care in the diet, especially when the
bowels are disordered, is helpfaI to miti'
gate toothache. If the tooth is much de,
cayed, n thing is better than its extrac-
fion
The Opelousas courier., 1886-07-31
Hooking a Broken Submarine Cable.

The ends of broken submarine telegraph
cables are picked up with al instrument
called a grapnel iron. It is a stout bar
of iron about two feet long, with five
prongs or hooks about six inches long at
one end and a swivel at the other. A
rope long enough to lower this grapneI
iron to the bottom of the ocean is at,
tached to the swivel, and the iron is
then dragged along on the bottom by q
steamer, which steers directly across the
place where the broken cable lies, and
two or three miles, as near as ma be,
from the broken end. BY means of two
wires, which run down the rope and 9
simple device on the grapnel iron, an
electric circuit is completed whenever
the hook catches on anything and a bell
on board the ship begins to ring, and
continues to do SO until the strain on
the hook is relieved. If the hook should
catch on a rock the strain on a dynam-
ometer attached to the drag-rope sud.
denly increases, and the strain when
the cable is hooked gradually increases.
A ship may have to steam across the
line of a cable many times before success
is attained. When the cable is hooked
the end is brought on board the shir
and a dispatch sent to the Office on shore
to test that part Of the cable. The end
is then buoyed and sent adrift until the
other end is secured. When this is done
a new piece Of cable is spliced in be-
tween the two ends and after a thor
ough testing the whole is lowered over.
board.-New York Sun.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-07-31
The Grizzly Bear.

The grizzly bear is the most formida.
BILE of all the game animals of this coun-
try, and is dreaded by all animals alike,
with, perhaps, the exception of the noun
tain lion. It is the largest, of 1.-The bear
tribe, often attaining the weight of over
800 pounds, and a length Of nine feet.
It's strength is enormous; with a single
blow it can fell a bullock, breaking its
back, and one has been seen walking off
carrying a large buck beneath its arms.
Its chief weapons are its long, sharp,
chisel-edged claws, that are gouge-shaped
also, and terribly effective in tearing or
lacerating a foe. The grizzly is found all
along the range of the Rockies, and, as
we have seen, in the Sierra Madre, and
as far north as latitude 61o. Tn the
north they feed more upon flesh than in
the south; there the deer and bison often
falling victims to its ferocity, and a large
grizzly has been seen to kill a powerful
bison with a single blow of its paw. All
the rest of the bear family flee from man,
but the grizzly attacks the hunter un-
challenged and is a dreaded and respect
ed opponent. Old hunters attribute
many strange customs to the grizzly.
They say it will never touch a dead ami
NAL, or one that has not fallen by it's own
proves; also that it digs pits for its vic
Tins, and covers themup. 1t is said that
wounded hunters often take advantage
of the former habit and feign death, and
so escape, the bear rarely molesting
them if the ruse is successfully carried
out. The grizzly is dangerous game, fol
the reason that it is extremely tenacious
of life. Thus, if the sportsman waits I'm.
til the animal is directly upon him and
fires into the heart, he cannot always de.
pend upon the Immediate death of the
beast. Tt may develop energy enough to
do great damage, and many instances
are on record where the body has been
completely riddled with bullets, yet the
animal has killed several men before it
finally succumbed.-San Francisco Cali.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-07-31

It will hardly be thought that there
are not on the whole globe fifty cities
containing 300, 600 people; but such is
the fact, and anyone may convince HIM
self Of it by consulting q geographical
dictionary. Il would seem at first that
there must be az least 300 cities Of 200,-
900 population, but there is not one
fourth Of the number. OF these, Great
Britain has about 9 France, 5; Italy, 4;
Germany (properl, 8 or @; China, some
0: india, 8 or Q, and the United States,
according TO the latest census, 8 or 10.
1t is somewhat remarkable that a
try only 100 years old should have as
many (f not more) large cities as the
oldest lands; but it is not improbable
that, before another century, we shall
count as large d number Of cities of 200,-
900 inhabitants as there are now in the
whole world. We are inclined to think
that old and famous capitals, like Cordo-
"a, Granada, Cadfz, Florence, Venice,
Padua, Verona, Bologna, Warsaw, era
COW, AntN Client, Rotterdam, Ley
den, Leipsic, must be very large, though
they really have no more than from 10,
600 70 40. 600 Oh $50, 900 people each.
The cities that can lay claim to 100, 600
population and upward are perhaps
about $50, and these include many Of
those which at first thought We should
suppose contained two OF three times the
number. This planet is very little after
aII LIS millions are not so near numer-
d u il would seem that they ought to
BE, and the bulk Of these do not come
within our idea Of civilization, any
more than Ne come within their idea of
~
The Opelousas courier., 1886-07-31
Branding Cattle.

The subject of branding cattle at the
West can but interest all readers. It is
q matter of importance, for il is the only
method of establishing title to four
footed property. Every stock-owner has
his brand, which is regularly recorded
and is we'll known. It is an immense
affair, as large a q frying-pan, and Is
burned into the shoulder of the animal.
When the latter changes owners the sell
Ier's brand is rented, !. e., turned upside
down and burned on the hip, and the
purchaser puts his own brand on the
shoulder. Consequently, if an animal
is so unIucky as to pass through many
hands he begins to look like a newspaper
wal map.
Every frontiersman always notes the
brands upon all the stock that be meets,
If you should ask one Of them if he had
seen a red steer with a width patch on his
right eye, branded with q dot in a
circle and two notches in his left ear, he
would tell yon he sawhim yesterday fore
noon with three other cattle of so-and-
SOS herd, near such and such a place, and
yon would probably find him there.
W. discovered, however, that there are
ways that are dark IN the prairie, as we'll
as in cities. It seems to be generally IN
derstood that q promising steer or horse
that might find its way into the herd of
q ranchman, other than the owner, would
be apt to be found tohaveacquired a new
brand in some mysterious manner. It
was asserted that q hot frying pan, placed
over an old brand, would obliterate it SO
as to render Identification impossible.
Croton oil, we were told, was also some.
times used for the ann purpose By some
catt emen who did not shrink from steals
ing another's property.-Amerieaa Agri-
EultMrast.
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4 fragment
What Il, while I sit here a zone.

w fldG HI While i SIU mere a one,
A voice | have not heard for years
Should gr ct me in the low sweet mi
That once was music to my ears;
And | should start from memory's sway,
And, turning, find you sitting there
Unchanged, as though 'lwere yesterday
Your feet went tripping down the sta +.
Or IL, upon some summer day.
Mid song of birds and hum of bees,
Ishould go down the woodland way
To our old tryst beneath the trees;
And, starti 6 back in glad surprise,
should behold you waiting th re,
The cd light shining in your eyes
The sunlight tangled in your hair.
In vain / shall not see the glow
Of wine-brown eyes or catch the smile
OF ruby lps; but yet | know
That you are near me all the while.
For so loved you in that ran Q
OF sunny years that my poor heart
Would bleed afresh AMI count it strange
To think God held u far apart.
And so, when evening shadows creep
And night falls softly DER the lea
You touch my oyelids and | sleep,
And sleeping, dream of heaven and thee.
And when some summer morn shall break
That finds me chilled by deaths cold dew,
You need but kiss me, ! shall wake,
And waking be in heaven with you.
jean Ingleside.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-07-31

Scarcely NY hing will give one a bet
teridca of he vast extent of u u
try than the variety Of its products. The
raisin industry Of California is proving
to be one Of immense value. The ''pack"
for the present year already has been
contracted for, Of which one house in
Chicago is to receive twelve car loads.
The California man who sets out a raisin
vineyard in locality adapted to its
growth has a pretty sure mortgage upon
the fntl1rA
The Opelousas courier., 1886-07-31
On The Wrong Side.

a temperance missionary in Glasgow
left d few tracts with q young woman
d morning.
Calling at 1.-THE am house the next day,
he was rather disconnected 1t observing
The tracts doing duty as curl papers on
the head Of the girl to whom he had
given them.
aWeel, my lassie,n he remarked, II
see you have used the tracts I left Wye;
but, : he added in time to turn her merri-
naent into confusion, sc have putten
them q the Wrang side o'your held, ma
woman -Indspsadent.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-07-31
Peculiar Suicides.

One Of the evils inseparabIe from The
modern general diffusion Of oil sorts Of
news Is the encouragement Of crimina
imitation. Il was long ago noticed that
peculiar crimes are apt to be copied, and
that this il especially the case in regard
to suicide. Most readers probably re.
member the story Of The grove of tress
which Napoleon caused to be burned be-
cause IT was found impossible to prevent
the soldiers from hanging themselves in
It. Al similar story is told of q military
sentry-box. II was found necessary to
build d cage owe the gallery at the Top.
OF the London monument, because It had
become y favorite place for suicidal
plnnges. a similar reputation attached
for many years 70 Waterloo Bridge il
London. In France, some years ago, d
foolish young couple, saturated with
Rousseanism, fastened themselves with
gsy-colored ribbons, and threw them
selves into the Seine. The idea took,
end for 4 time this mode Of uicide was
quite tile fashion. Statistics show that
the average number Of suicides remains
tolerabIy constant ii proportion 10 popu-
Iation, though e no doubt rises when
some widespread ~convulsion discrepancies
society. Bur the Wags Of committing
suicide cllange, and people not only *
eFcise ehoice II tn maEter, but rein
Aaanead il selecting the mode 81 Che -
es..f occurrences Of aag striking avents Of
Eh8 kindNeg Krk zi5usss.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-07-31

the money, and the old lady went her
way. But this was not the only sequel
to this speculation. Three or four days
ago a dapper little fellow with a face
weakened around a pair of twinkling adj
der eyes thrust himself into this same
brokerage Office. He sought the a
ger and said he wanted to buy some stock
on a margin. He had brought a one
thousand dollar note along to put up as the
necessary deposit. He was just ready to
hand over his money when of a sudden
he looked into the brokers' face and eiac-
ulated, you've got a bright eye; ma I
draw this bank note across them just for
a second?n The broker was astonished,
but to humor a customer, whom he sup
posed to be only in a jovial mood, he
consented, and the bill blindfolded him
m~omentarily. The customer closed his
own eyes, withdrew the bill, and ejacu-
lated as if to himself alone, Correct;
perfectly correct!" He deposited his
money, and was about to leave when sud-
denly the broker, urged by a strange sus-
picion, called him and said: "Wili you
tell me why you went through that per-
Torrance of putting that bill over my
eyesa" Certainly, certainly" ~ejaculat-
ed the sallow fellow. Certainly; I was
testing the information / had. am an
astrologer, and"
"Are you the man that sent Mrs. x
here to buy stocka"
Eyes, oh yesl" and the adder-eyed
customer rubbed his hands ccstatically.
eyes. oh yes! told her to come here"
sYou swindled her, you seoundrel. "
The brokers' voice wasn't sweet to
listen to, and the astrologer looked more
than a little scared.
"Why, | believe in the powers myself"
he whined, tEor, of course, / wouldn't be
putting up my own money" 1t was
only because there is a Police Court in
this town that the fellow was not sum-
mariIy kicked into the street. AS it was
the broker contented himself with saying:
"Your account will be closed in this
office tonight. If there is anything due
you you can have it at 8 o'clock. Get
out Of here now, quick" At 8 o'clock
when the gentleman called he found that
-.
something had run afoul of the market
during the day and his 900 shares of
stock had fallen enough in a couple of
hours to wipe out every cent Of his 81, 900
margin. And I betray only a little bit
Of confidence in saying that the fellow
wouldn't have been far wrong if he had
suspected that his own broker was re-
sponsible himself for the sudden decline,
having hammered the market and paci-
fed his conscience somewhat in remem-
brance Of the dupcd old lady whose
fortune had gone at the idle dictation Of
the arrant humbug who now to some ex-
tent was doing penance for her sorrow.-
New York Times.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-07-31
The Kansas Citv Journal remarks tina

The Kansas City Journal remarks that
the suggestion that the ~penitentiary
should be u ideal home for Socialists
has q great deal Of truth in It as well as
grim humor II the penitentiary no
man can acquire property, no man can
dress better or eat better food than
another. There is to be found the most
complete application of the leyeling doc
trine. The former capitalist works side
BY side with the railroad NAVY, eats
with him, sleeps in his cell, perhaps is
chained to him, Let Parsons, Spies aad
company try the penitentiary at Joliet.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-07-31

In his article on Mexico in the Pepu-
lar Science Monthly, Mr.. David A. Wells
says that the present loss to the Mexican
government from smuggling along the
northern frontier is estimated at 81, 500,
600 a year. Five hundred miles south
of the frontier American products are al
most entirely replaced by English and
French commodities.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-07-31

John Deere, the great plough manufac-
turer of Moline, Illinois, is dead, at the
ripe age of 80. He had been making
ploughs for City years, beginning with
three in 1887, and turning out a many as
70, 900 in recent years. He leaves a for
tune estimated at a million and a
hrlf
The Opelousas courier., 1886-07-31
Room % Rent.

ssHad d terrible shock this mawnin'.
Awthaw. Met i low fellow who asked
me II I had rooms to rent; actually took
me for q beggarly landlord
ooh, no, Percy. / daresay he only
meant 70 i~1sinuate that you had an
empty head
DO you think soa Quite i relief, / as
suah You. So awful 70 suspect that +
looked like ! Low landioard -CaU.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-07-31

HsShroudsl5 exclaimed a. old lady
who was listening 70 q old aea-captain's
story What do you have them at sea
forSs 80 bury dead Gains i.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-07-31
ST. r ACADEMY,

OPELOUSAS, LA.
The course Of instruction in this Institution embraces
English. French, Latin, Greek, Arithmetic, Algebra
Geometry. Bookkeeping, Natural Sciences, History.
Geography, Penmanship, and great care is bestowed
Oh Christian Instruction.
TERMs:-Board and tuition per month Sl5; Day
Scholars per month, 50, So or 81, according to class,
Glasses are resumed on Tuesday, September 18TH. 1856.
REV. g. RAYMOND, d. D.,
Rev. f.. j. RAYMOND.
HENRY q. LEWIS.
Aug. %, 1885. A. BLANC DUoUEsNAY.
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OPELoUsAs FEMALE INSTITUTE

NJ ASVUVN0
OpeJoMsas 81. Landry Parish, La.
YVNHIS Institution will resn,ue duties Monday, Sep
TENDER 7th, 1895, under the immediate supervision
Of Mrs. M. nj. Hayes and Mrs. M. A.. Davis, with
competent assistants. The scholastic year consists os
forty weeks.
TERMS OF TUITION:
Preparatory Department. per month. ....."""..s2.5
Academic ........... 300
Music, with use of piano ........-.. 500
Boarding, including washing, light and fuel ..,,.. t6.g 90
Embroidery. wax flowers. painting, drawing,
lnceach, extra .....lu.U
dental fee. 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, and must prepare
up to t 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.
ough inyesti cation. No student will be- allowed to en-
ter higher classes without thorough preDaratioI. Pa
rents and guardians may rest assured that the manners,
h. all h and morals of the children and wards shall re-
ceive due attention.
No deduction for absence. unless in case of protraot-,
ed illness. The location of the town is heaithfuI and
easy OF access. The boarding department Is under the
immediate charge of Mrs. Hayes. Boarders will pro-
vide themselves with blankets and towels. For par.
ticuiars address
r NJ. NJ. HAYES,
July 1898 nov 27'79. Principal.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-10-20
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On the 2Sth Of February, 1850, an act
was passed by the provisional govern
ment of the State of DeSeret, incor-
porating the University of the State O.
Deseret, and this action was approved
by the legislative Assembly Of the
Territory Of utah on October 4.
1851.
This act provided for the location Of
the University at SStt Lake City, and
vested its power in & chancellor and
twelve regents, TO be elected by the
had but 8 nominal existence until
March, 1853, at which time it was more
thoroughly Orgazized2s an institution
for scientific, ReEmal and classical in
strEction.
TIE Legislative Assembly at the ses-
sionsof 1876 provided for an annual ap-
preparation TO the University OF s., 600,
in return for which forty pupils Selec-
ted from the different counties of the
Terrikary were 70 be-edUe2ted tree Of
charge in the normal department. In
1850 an.additionsl appropriation Of $40,
600 was made TO the University TO aid
IN the direction Of building suitable
to its wants. At the tine of commeRc-
ing work upon the bEilding, the total
cost was estimated 81 ESQ. After
the amouEt appropriated by the Legs
lature lad been exhausted AID was
secured from other sources as fol-
lows:
Subscription Iaan made in 1885. -, 81
Subscription lean made IN 1885. -. ii $50
Borr0weG from Education Fund. S,276.l7
Which amount, with the Legislative
appropriation, make total of sal, 705
81 expended upon the building, and
which has been disbursed as fol-
lows:
2ssI
Iooo..-....s-.-s-.....-. -Si4to-5s
Total oI.s-..---....--.-..... .$St, dOO'0'
The present liabilities are 81, 6773 43,
and it is estimated that S23, 1861 will
be required TO complete the building.
The Legislative Assembly Of 1856