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The Opelousas courier., 1886-05-29
A Rie Stud of Iron Horses.

eff YOU want to see what system rs"
said a railroad man, 'sstep into the office
of u superintendent of motive power
and machinery. In his charge are nearly
700 locomotives, all in use or In repair
shop, and in a moment he can tell you not
only where every locomotive IS, but the
name of the man running it, the amount
and cha acter Of repairs put upon 1t since
its purchase, number of miles run since
it was put into service, cost OF repairs
per mile run, etc. He has a full history
of every locomotive. More than that,
he complies every month a summary of
his report which embraces locomotive
performance ono the whole road
during the previous month and scat
tered over more than 1000 miles of
railway. The report shows the num-
Der Of miles u in the differ
ent branches of service-passenger,
freight, gravel, wood and switch
ing; the cost of fuel, of Oil and
waste, for enginemen and fremen, for
round house service and for repairs. Lit
shows the cost in detail per mile run and
the number of miles run to the ton of
coal. pint of oil and pound of waste. In
all the wide range o railroad reports and
tabulation I know of no system so
thorough and admirable as this in the To-
connective department.
How much does it cost to run a
locomotive? Well, more than you would
think. If locomotive were starting out
on a hundred-mile run and you were
asked what the cost of the run would be
to the company, the chances are that you
would say about $40. Butt it costs a little
mole than 20 cents a mile to run a loco
motive, on an average. Nearly eight cents
of this is FOR fuel, seven and one-quarter
cents for pay of engineer and fireman, a
half cent for oil and waste, and more
than four and one-half cents for repairs.
A ton of coal will run q locomotive
twent, four miles, a pint of oil will run
eleven miles and a pound of waste one
hundred and twenty-three miles. The
LOGON tives of a railway like tbs North
western run half a million of miles a
month. " Chicago Herald.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-05-29
Washington as a Sportsman.

George Washington was always ready
for a fox-hunt. As in his younger days
he had ridden with Lord Fairfax aud the
Fairfaxes of Belvoir, so later, when he
was master of Mount Vernon, he and his
friends were always out in the season. and
when night came, the party would meet
at one house or the other, for a merry
supper, to be off again behind the hounds
early the next day.
In a letter describing Mount Vernon,
Washington speaks of it as con n of
the finest riversin the world a river well
stocked with various kinds of fish, at all
seasons of the year" The borders of the
estate were washed by ten miles of tide
water, and the whole shore was one entire
fishery. In the season of canvas back
ducks, also, Washington was out with
his fowling-piece early and late. The
story is told that he had been much an
noyed by a lawless fellow who came with
out leave to shoot on the estate. He came
over from the Maryland shore, and hid
his boat in one of the creeks. One day
Washington heard the report of a gun,
and guessing it to be that of this man,
who had more than once been warned to
leave, he sprang on his horse and rode in
the direction of the sound. He pushed
his way through the bushes just as the
man, who had seen him approach, was
pushing his boat off. The poacher
raised his gun, and aimed it at Washing
ton, who spurred his horse at once into
the water and seized the boat before the
man knew what he was about. Then
Washington, who had a powerful arm,
seized the fellow and gave him a sound
thrashing, and was nevers troubled by
him again.-St. Nicholas.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-05-29
"A Fraud in Photographs.

The Berlin police tribunal has recently
been engaged in the examination of a
very peculiar fraud. Loyal Germany
buys eagerly all the photographs gettable
of Emperor William. Like most human
beings, William detests to be photo
graphed, and he sat but a very few times.
In spite of this fact Germany has been
flooded with photographs depicting the
emperor in all possible poses. You can
buy photographs of him sitting, stand
ing and riding, in groups and alone-any
way one pleases-in a word. The supply
of pictures has kept up to the demand,
until the emperor discovered a photo
graph of himself with a baby on his
knee, the latter purporting to be one Of
his grandchildren. He was sure that he
did not set for the plate, and he had the
matter Investigated. The police arrested
the e~nterprising artist, who confessed
that he had CONSTRUCTED his majesty"
out of a model with the imperial uniform
and a couple of authentic photographs.
The testimony of the trial goes to show
that not ten per cent. of the pictures of
the royal family sold in Berlin are anthem
tic.-BostoD Transcript.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-05-29
The Rad Lands of Dakota.

' Rocks, varying and changing in eolor
giving red. gray and black, and oil ths
myriad colors of the kaleidoscope fitting
before your eyes. Here a mountain
there a hole; here a precipice upon whicf
grazes the mountain goat, and there q
cavern which may have been the denlze1
of wolves, and there a bluff from which
the red man may have wa1fhed his
equally wary foe. =
These are called bad lands from the
words mauvasis terres pour, traverser,
meaning difficult to pass over or journey
through, and we'll the appellation is ap-
Piled It would seem that neither foot
of human. or hoof of beast, could climb
their sleeps or descend their sharp de-
clines. No tree except the sage bush
and occasionally q cedar cling to some
rock for life. The dark lines trac;able
in all the buttes and sides indicate de-
posits of Ignite coal, the rocks and cay
having been burned by intern heat and
thrown to the surface, resembling. pot
tery, standing out like giant sentlnels,
~red-capped, to watch over the lmps ana
midnight fairies the red man supposes
infest these dens. Huge petrltlcatlons~
some PROSTATE, some standing erect,
scattered over portions of al these
grounds, disclosing unmistakable eVl.
dence of trunk, branches and roots OF
trees that were either washed or grew
here centuries ago.
These bad lands must ever form a
barrier between these two sections OF the
West and Northwest, Dakota and Mon
tana. Well can | understand how the
red men on one side knew so little OF
tribes either eat or west of them, calling
this barrier the evil spirits ground; a
men and horse might pass, out a vehicle
never. unless some pass exists L know
not of. 1t has been claimed these are
good grazing lands, but there are portions
that will only feed the mountain sheep
and buffalo. forming the Distinguishing
barrier of civilization. The wind, sun
shine and shower cannot be the same as
float over other lands, being imbued with
that which generates the savage, and
makes of man, bird and beast things OF
prey, unknown to the pure ar that De-
gets humanity in its noblest form. The
great bowels of the earth by upheavals
have thrown to the surface things laid
b,ried since the flood; objects of all
kinds and conceivable shapes, trees, roots
and stumps of petrifaction, great cilnkers
of melted stones, heads and trunks OF
animals long extinct lie in one mingled
mass to amaze the beholder and pass to
the nomenclature of the scientist. Sag
indU Courier.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-05-29
Father and Son.

"A few days ago a fine old British
soldier, residing in Canada, but widely
known and respected in two hemispheres,
entered the prisoners dock in a court
room and stood beside shandsome young
man charged with forgery. Colonel
said the public prosecutor, ''do you
know the prisoner" Il do; he is my
only son. was the reply; then the stall
wart figure and dauntless heart that had
survived more than half a century Of
campaigning gave way, and the old
colonel fell dead-killed by a degenerate
son. The denouement was more sudden
than is common, but only in this respect
did the tragedy differ from hundreds
that have been enacted in New York,
and more t lat are now having their dis
NAL course.-Nep York Hour.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-05-29
Swiss AcQuisitiyeness.

Everywhere throughout Switzerland
the traveller finds people who wish to sell
him something, or who continually vol
unteer to do something for which they
wish MIN to pay. As he drives along
TIE country roads, little girls throw
lunches of wild flowers into his carriage
and then run by its side expecting some
money in return. By the roadside, IN
the most lonely places, he will find
women aud girls sitting behind little
tables on which they are making lace,
which, with a tiny collection OF Swiss
chalets, and articles Of carved wood,
they are very eager to sell. When the
road passes near a precipitous mountain
side. he will find a man with a long
Air zine horn, who awakens the echoes
and expects some pennies. At another
I,lace a fenced pathway leads into a little
wood ard a notice informs him thai he
may enter and get a view OF the Black
| Falls for four cents.
When l was at Grindelwald, a little
village among the Higher Alps, ] went
| part way up a mountain, to visit a glacier.
In the one which | visited, a long tunnel
had been cut, and this led to
a fairly large room hewn in the veryheart
of the glacier, and called the ice grotto.
There were lamps placed about, by which
this frigid passage was dimly lighted.
| The walls and roof of the tunnel were
| transparent for a considerable distance,
and l could look into the very substance
| of the clear blue ice around me. | fol-
lowed my guide to the end of the tunnel,
| and into the grotto, which was lighted
by a single lamp. The m"ment l set foot
inside this wonderful chamber, with
walls, roof and floor of purest ice, | heard
a queer tinkling and humping in one
corner, and looking thereI saw two old
women, each playing on a doIeful little
either. They looked like two horrible
old witches of the ice. Of course knew
that they were playing for my benefit;
and / wondered if they always sat there
in that o. refrigerator waiting for
the visitors who might enter and give
them a few confines in return for their
mournful stunning. But when l went
| out, | found that the old women soo fol-
lowed, aud I suppose they go into the
glacier and esconce themselves in their
freezing retreat whenever they see a tour
list coming up the mountain-side.-a
| Nicholas.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-05-29
Emhalming.

A st. Louis undertaken tells a Globe
Democrat reporter that there are prob
ably eight or ten undertakers in that city
who are competent to properly embalm
bodies after death, although all under
takers attempt it, and only one is OPP
posed to it. The exception is a very
prominent undertaken, and he thinks m
balming is wrong and icing is the only
true and successful way of preserving
remains. The cost of embalming is $40
for a mere injection, and $25 when the
work went SO far as to remove super
abundant gases. The cost of putting on
ice $40. Only about n person in every
ten who die is embalmed. The method
employed most generally is to open a
brachial artery and pump in the preserv-
ing fluid.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-05-29
Graves of the Presidents.

The deceased Presidents of the United
States sleer widely apart. Virginia holds
five of acknowledgment, Jefferson,
Madison, Monroe and Tyler-making her
soil indeed sacred; Tennessee three
Jackson, Polk and johnson; Massachu-
sets two-John Adams and John Quincy
Adams, father and son; New York three
Van Buren,, Fillmore and Grant: Ohio
two-Harrison and Garfield; New Hamp-
shire one-Pierce; Pennsylvania one
Buchanan; Illinois one-Lincoln; Ken
lucky one-Taylor. All of them, with
che exception of Taylor and Grant, were
buried in the States in which they resided
at the time of their election.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-05-29
Six Governors i'm One Year.

It Is a remarkable fact that in less THAI.
n year ~(1843-44) Maine had six govern
ors, which lumber has probably never
been equaled in any State in the Union
within a similar period of time, as fol-
lows: Governor Fairfield for the year
1S43, resigned; Governor Cavanaugh,
president of the senate, 1843, died, sue
ceeded by Governor Pants, president of
the senate, 1913; Governor Dunn, speak
er of the house, f843, superseded by Gov
ernor Dana, president of the senate, 1874;
Governor Anderson, elected for the year
1844.-Boston Globe.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-05-29
M Titles az N0hiIifY.

Ii may strike the superficial observer
OF Oriental usages as peculiar that in the
Ottoman dominion there are no titles of
nobility. no a~ristocracy or inherited titles.
The sultan himself is no more, in the
Iight Of the Koran, than his meanest
seryitor. The lowest slave to-day may
become grand yizier tomorrow. In fact,
many Of the present ministers have arisen
rrorn The humblest walks and avocatioIls
To- their exalted positions. ss0ur poets
of the East, says Saladin, to the lion
hearted King Richard, sssay that q val
liant IN Bl.driver Is worthy 20 kiss the
lips 81 4 fair queen, when d cowardly
prince Is not worthy to salute the hem Of
her garment.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-05-29
How Prairie Dogs ale Trapped.

Aprairls Cog y ingenious. Place a
headless barrel over the prairie dogs
hole, and half fill it with fine sand. The
little turnover will soon scratch his way
to the top of the sahle. But the fin
sand falls into the hole and fills it up,
and it cannot dig through the half-fuid
particles, neither can he climb up the
sides of the barrel. All he can do is to
reverse the familiar lines of Virgil and
exclaim: s'The ascent to the upper air is
easy, but to recall ones steps and re-
enter Avernus how hopeless the at
temptp This is without doubt the way in
which the prairie dogs in Central park
were captured.-Jaaaestopn KansGn.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-05-29
Trite and Timely Adyice.

It's safe to bet d merchant
Is going to the bad,
If in the local paper
You fail to find his ad.
-Nortbsoood Headlight.
But If he's always telling
What he keeps to sell,
You'll find instead of failing,
He's always doing vel.
-Gorham Mountaineer.
Go to the head, you've guessed it
The nails hit on the head;
a. fellows wise who'll advertise,
And one who don't is dead.
Decatur Reuiea0.
And when our columns O peruse-
Take the word of a friendly adviser
You'll miss much of the mest important
news,
M You skip the tale Of an advertiser.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-05-29
CONE HOME, CHILDREN.

~ wonder why I should think tonight
Of Galveston beach with its bare white
sands2n
And the old man feebly stirred the logs,
And warmed in the blaze his thin cold
hands.
81 used to play on the white beach sands,
And paddle with bare brown feet in the
foam.
] used to live near the Mexican Gulf,
And never a boy had a fairer home.
aWe were six children, merry and bold,
Sailors and fishers bound to be.
We built our boats and we cast our nets
All day long by the sounding sea-
All day long till the sea grew dim,
And the waves were white with breaking
foam,
Till mother, waving her hand, would CALI
Come home, ehildrenl come home! come
homer
atCome home, children; your father is here;
The meal is ready, the fire is bright
Then gladly enough We left our play,
For sweet was the love and rest and light.
I think I can see the bare white sands;
I think / can see the breaking foam,
Oh! would I could hear my mother call
Willy, don't linger; come home; come
home!'
"For was always the last to hear,
Always the last her smile to meet;
whom the rest OF the hearth-stone stood,
Still she was watching my tardy feet.
Docs she watch them vet from the hills of
Gods
Does she see how sadly now they roam2
In a little while shall I hear the call
Willy, don't linger; come home; come
homeg'
For / am weary, and sad, and old;
My feet are touching the great dim sea;
The others are safe with her long ago;
But she Is waiting, watching for me.r
He talked all night of the bare white sands,
OF his mothers voice and the breaking
foam;
But just as the dawning touched the east,
We knew he had found his mother and
home.
Mothers who know that your toil is great,
Mothers who fear that your love is vain,
Sons may wander and seem to forget;
Some day they will remember again.
They may grow famous, or rich, or old;
Far away from your side they may roam;
The gray5headed man is only a boy
When be whispers "Motherln and thinks
of home.
Mary "A. Burr, IN Hdrper's Weekly.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-05-29
An Explanation.

When you see the baby walk
Step by step, and stumble,
just remember, now he's here,
Both his wings are gone--Oh dear.
Catch him, OF he'll tumble!
When you hear the baby talk
Bit by bit, all broken;
Only think how he forgets
ALI his angel words, and let's
Wonders go unspokeni
-a. Nicholas.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-05-29
ST. MARY'S ACADEMY,

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
OIL Christian Instruction.
Scholars per month, SO, SO or 81, according to class.
CLASSES are resumed on Tuesday. Septe nber 18th, 1885.
REV. &. RAYMOND, d. D.,
Rev. f.. }. raymond
HENRY g. LEWIS,
Aug. %, 1895. A. BLANC DUQUEsNAY.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-05-29
OPEL0USAS r.
Opetousas st. I

ANa
Opetousas 81. L
T1HIS Institution will reA the immediate supervision
temb~r7 th, 1855, under irs. Nj. A. DAVIS. win
Of Mrs. NJ. M. Hayes and h ;holastic year consists Of
competent assistants. Thes
forty weeks. TIoN:
OF u nth
Preparatory Department. per mo. ..."...... 800
Academic ..:....... Gen
Music, with use of piano nd fuel TS m
Boarding.. including washing. llShtt awing.
Embroidery, wax flowers. painting. Oh -. ... 10. O
Inceach, extra .... 90
idental fee
It parental;
Tho government of this school is strict b, but every
no hard tasks or restrictions are imposed, prepare
student must comply with the rules, and fnnA ssigned.
up to he measure of her ability, the lesaonsa are to
Our course of study and mode of instruction 4 thor.
train the mInd to II tbits of correct thinking an % en-.
ous investi CATION. No student will bo allowed Pa.
ter higher classes without thor lugh pr"p lratiou. srs-
rents and guardians nsy rest assured that the mann re-.
healt h and morals of the cntldren and wards shall
ceive due attention. .
No deduction for absence. unless in caae OF protrac,
ed illness. The location of the town IS heaithful ano
easy of access. The boarding department i5 under the
Immediate charge of Mrs. Hayes. Boarders will pro-
vide themselves with blankets and towels. For par
ticulars address
MRS. III. Nj. HAYES,
july 1888 nov E7'73. Principal
The Opelousas courier., 1886-05-29

III i man can keep his teeth until
after middle age says the London
Eaacst sahe may generally count on keep
ing them 10 the end Of his Life. z
The Opelousas courier., 1886-05-29
FINALE INSTITUTE,

1ndry Parish, La.
mule duties Monday, Sen
the immediate supervision
irs. NJ. A. DAVIS, with
h cholastic year consists Of
New-York tribune., 1886-06-07
ADIRONDACK MOUNTAINS.
THE WINDSOR,

- FLIIA ABFTITOWN. EeSEN COUNTY, y. Y
This wei known hotel at reduced and popular
prices Tor the summer Of 1856 Circulars with diagrams
applcaionto
ORLANDO KELLOGG. PropriotOr.
New-York tribune., 1886-06-07
MANSION HOUSE.
pvIsrnx.-N NFw.IERSEY

NEW MANAGEMENT.
Modern Hotel with all cOnvcBiences Appointments ana
tCla all tld summer and
and travelling pubhc Rooms suite or single
a reasonable Tor particulars address
W. Al. BAKER ~ co. Proprs.
New-York tribune., 1886-06-07
REAL ESTATE.
AT TIE EXCHANGE.

BUSINESS AT TIE ENCHANGb.
The condition of the real estate market is
hast by OF the public ana private
s for the mast week The auction sales have dropped
n an third Of those Of the preceding week. as ap
oars bv the following statement:
Week ending Week ending Corresponding
WV" IN ne - My 20. week last year
,-vor. sy2'3G0 Sd.66a9 81, l092 265
New torA------s a,'I1z 4l'3S2 2964i0
BroOslgn------ ". lA' ''''S-
tn, brokers have been exceedingly busy untlng tue
los. ve, their sales reaching nearly the hiSncsl Poh
~ any week this for the week enlhs Juhs .o
sacs aggregate Si.37625O a-ain-t Si -Z'Svu oI % a..
week Among the chief paicels SOFA were na
a. IN. nortbwest corner OF ST. Nicholas place anu one
hundred nd -nftie hst 81 ieet ana uoncs y! Io.
fcef for $50 O0O three lots on the southeast corner OF
Tdrecnm,-.vc and ~. Nicholas place for S2l,uoo:
four.s,ory dwelling. No. East torty-'hlrd-sc' LOT
eli 900: four-siory hrownstone house. NO 40 Eas
sxsnty xtl-st for $4,000; a hve-st"ry Improved
,oremen, No d3S West Ihrty-siX hist. Tor SZSVoo !;
m. Galaxy flats northwest corner o Egh'ysiAVh
a, nd gtonave., for S23O.OOO; two 'nIrcstory
bricl dwellings Seventyiourthst, sct ~een Nest i.h-
ave and inc Boulevard. for SldoOo; athfees'oty
brou up-tonc house No go West tOrty-elehtn-s' loi
81 600 two hvesiory apartmsn nt houses Nos 81 anu
BIG West Forty mini ISL lOi @oV'VVV' "'" -0' " ~
Tnrty-.iXth~t fnr S3o.o'u - co.,rs.r
The ,,,cudapce at the brokers' meeting ON saturuV
Vras small and no property called for while onLy
fhree reels offered. including w" lots on ,no
west sidr End.a 23 feet south OF seven TN
St 30 by 100 two Ols on the north sloe oI ono
hundred. and forty second-s, adj ,lnlnC the w
River Railroad, Tor 50 O00 ans fourst"ry anu p.su
ment brick bdlldIng Waynest, jersey Wy io'
$1,000
New-York tribune., 1886-06-07
xVALTER,s PARK sANITARIUM, wer

w nersvlle Berks County, Fem on the mountain SIDE
900 feet mosquitoes malaria two
hcrrs from Phsdophia eight pass, trans each way
Baths edsh movements massage electricity Orcharhs
whey ard. dairy livery send for circular Address
ROBERT WALL ER. NJ. u.
New-York tribune., 1886-06-07
GEORGE H0TEL.

AND ITS COTTAGES.
BLACK ROCK BEACH. cow.
and half hOnrs from NewYork. opens June 10 Locl
zceled Long Island sound Bahing and fshiny
drives mosquitoes msaria Attractive rates.
Illustrated circulars ana fun Information a. W. A POND
, n d MI unn II SiRsrs 1ss nSe ore o or aGas
GEO 4. WELLS. Prop, Post Once, Bridgeport. Conn.
New-York tribune., 1886-06-07
Giinations iDantro-- females.
A Il MRS. BRICKS,

4 i MkS. B1RtN NN,
!. CHAMBERMAID . WAIT REs-.-Neat Young. CON-
potent German girl speaks good English summer hotel
=. CuAMBERMAID and SEAM : rR ESs Thoroughly
competent neat German excellent seansres ~
hand and maohne hrscass references city or country
3. CHAMBERMAID WAITING. &c.-Respectable
strong nol girl: Wiling TO assist with the
4 COOK2 experienced. neat nrst-class cook in
taOe and pastry cook good carver highest tesunolas
3. COOK-Neat. competent German girl excellent
family uDdors a1ds her business thoroughly lo
months CITY Objt elton to IN the coun
{. CoOK-Thoroughly competent, neat swedish girl as
rstcass cook III pryote family only understands ner ousi
branches highest references where lady can
be objection to gO IA tie country. a. 1900
:. COOK &c.-NeTy nest yoIns. rfspectaDle Germ IN
gr 9OOl cook in private family and willing TO assist IA
washing and ironing hrst-cass city references ~ 49, li %
:. GOVERN tSS-NeIv educated neat. young German
qua Irstcass certiu from Europe
and TINS country city on country. Is D. ,, -, b.,
housework and washing AMI ironing best clty references
wni in The country for The summer only q 81 81 a.. &
10 LAUNDKES- lOung strong. GERMAN glri as nrsl
class aunress summer hotel or summer boarding mousse
good city references. p: is. - u .,.,,,,.- ,,.
North German girl as Ia lys maid excellent
mistress by hand and machine all fine neeiework and
teaches German and hand~ork 1rstcass city references
w,ng 70 iFayel ord susrREssveat. experienced
NOrth German girl rs nurse to growing cGreh or
infant; bne leworker and WI
ences where lady city or country. k r. of
IL y Ilrt. &C competent. noa'. young. North Ger
man nurse to growing ch dren sewing ava %
also able TO teach auoi arsc' IS cry cferrncc wheIe
lady can be objection 20 short distance III 'ne eou'
H. VA TRFss or CHAMBERMAID.-Ne young.
competent North German girl AS drstcas. watre.s or
chambermaid in sumner hotel or summer boarding house
references. =. Ii.
New-York tribune., 1886-06-07
NIw-YonK. saturday. june 8. lsso.

Ncruhnc auctions Of were held at the
erd Auction ROon to-day. -, y~.na,oe and Auction
Room nom pubic auctloh rs'o Iuna !, WAS S45y,9i5.
~ IIsT of AUCTIONS.