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The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-10
DELINQUENT TAXES.
DELINQUENT REAL ESTATE FOR


In pursuance of IN ordinance OF the city OF
Richmond. have prepared and posted IN the
City Hall II list Of Delinquent TaNcs on Zeal
Estate for lSs1. subject 10 the inspection OF all
concerned.
Further, IN pursuance OF ordinance. notice
ia given in a the daily papers OF this city that
all such Delinquent Heal Estate will be sold
AT auction on the first day Of the May term OF
the Hastings Court being the 'th day Of
May, isSsD. unes. the taxes and penalty there
T., have been previously paid.
] am further required 10y ordinance TO pub
lish In one or more Of the daily papers OF
this CRY, not less than ten days previous to
such sale r list of real estate so delinquent
for the previous year. In conformity there
with notice j. hereby given that such list
will be published I'm the Richmond "Whig" on
WEDNESDAY, APRIL -, ISIS, and on
MONDAY, MAY :, 1855,
shall. totwcen tue bours of - IN. and pm,
proceed To- sell, In front Of the City Hall, on
Broad street. between Ninth and Tenth streets,
the real estate delinquent as afor, said. nclud
Ing penalty. etc. W ii. CAhooLo.
April l. PISS. Collector Dclet Taxes
2api-tmy1
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There is, Of course. the inevitable ALI
Gator You may bay him alive from
six inches TO foot long. and carry him
to the north cnveIoped in cotton wool
and tied up IN a small box, especially
made for that purpose and costing alarm
ingiy When YOU get him there ne Is
sure 10 scare all your relatives and expire
immediately aitcrward, and your fond
plans of taking him out 70 walk O fine
mornings on Commonwealth avenue. 10
,he establishment and horror Of Boston
are rudely uipped in the bud The deal
ers IL this peculiar sort of live stock can
ALWAYS tell if visitor is in Florida for
the first time The tyro believes I'M
piicitly in the biggest alligator yarns. in
vests layishly i'm alligator tooth Jewelry
orange wood canes upon which the alb
gator is carved sptawliugiy and conspic-
uously. alligator skin pocketbooks auc
card cases made IN New SorS( and last,
tut not least, sends at least dozen home
10 his friends in the north by express;
experientia docet. The second year he
lets all these things severely alone, hay
ing incurred the wrath and displeasure
of has relatives and friends, and earned
an everlasting reputation for want Of
good taste, which VIII cling to his bones
when they molder in the grave.-Jack-
son,ille fla Cor Boston Herald.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-10

At the time Gen. Grant was besieging
NIcksburg, | was IN northern Texas,
about. or a little over, 500 miles away
in direct air line. Twas provided with
q Smithsonian institution standard Ia
romctcg. reading 10 The l.0O0th of an
inch. One morning. about O'Clock. |
noticed the column OF mercury was Vi
braiing. 1t continued trembling through
the day, quoting down At night. At the
time of taking observations the next
morning 1t was very quiet. bW began
trembling shortly after, and continued
Us the day before THIS was repeated
several DAYS, and we subsequently learned
that ON those very days there was heavy
caunonading at Vicksburg. No other
Cause could be assigned than the pulsa-
tons iii the air produced by the heavy
discharges. At what distance the actual
sound could be heard. we had no means
then nor since to ascertain. Cor. Albany
Argus.
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Health Of body, freedom from 50 much
as a proclivity TO organic disease, IS a
consideration - important TO one who
anticipates marriage that the wonder
grows in thoughtful minds at the habit
ual disregard Of the question. 1t may
be- chivalric to undertake the charge Of
an ailing woman, and benevolent to
smooth her pathway 10 the tomb, but
the childless widower who has dwelt for
the best years OF his life in the valley Of
the shadow of death, or the frantic father
who sees the development in his offspring
Of the dread malady that cursed their
mother S existence may well depiore the
early madness that has borne such fruit.
4 man has but one life. That spoiled
there IS no redress Without full acqui-
escence in Darwin's dogma that iegisia
ton should step in here to protect the
race. we can hardly state too forcIbly the
Fundamental fact that no diseased man
or woman las a moral right to marry.
Marion Harland.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-10
REPORTING CONGRESSIONAL oolNes
The Graphaph"ne Coming Into Use ~ AN
AID to the stcnographcr-.


Few people away from Washington are
aware Of the fact that every word ut
tered upon the floor of either house or
senate, when addressed to either speaker
or president, * taken down and appears
in The Congressional Record Ii is true
that much time, money, paper and
printer ink is wasted by this, but never
theless 1t is fact. But to do this, Of
course, requires the employment Of the
most rapid and experienced stenosra-
piers. Five Of these are employed upon
the floor of the house simply TO take
down the speeches, debates, etc. The
chief Of the corps receives "a salary Of
$4,000. while the other four are paid
81 600 less. These men simply take
down the words in shorthand, working
for fifteen minutes each in succession.
When each ones fifteen nsnHtes expires
he repairs 10 the official reporters room,
where t.. more stenographers are en-
ploycd two TO each man-to whom are
read the reports taken on the floor. and
who take "a copy in shorthand. They
then translate this into long hand, using
a typewriter 10 prepare the copy for the
printer These men are paid by space,
getting 81 per column in The Record
The same is also gone through with IL
the Senate daily.
The stenographcrs have recently
secured machine to facilitate work
winch has already proven of incstimable
value Ii Is one Of Edison's Inventions
and is called the graphaphone. The
machine very much resembles q lady's
sewing machine and Is worked in the
came manucr-by pedal. The instru-
ment is used in this wise: When one Of
the principal stcnographers concludes his
floor report, hc goes to this machine
reads hi. report into Il fnnnel connecting
with lhe main cylinder which Is gutta
percha coated, and revoives while the
point of the needle connecting with the
tube from the funnel mouthpiece rests
against it. The cylinder envelops a
screw which prevents the needle tracing
a frmer line. When the stenographer
finishes reading has report another opera
tor attaches tubes TO the cylinder, con-
Meeting with ms ears, works The machine,
and the words Of the stenographer are re
pcatcd to him ia the same tone Of voice
u the previous talker The rapidity Of
the talk can bcregulated, and the operator
can thus with ease take down the exact
words by the use Of a typewriter or an
ordinary pen The machine is certainly
wonderful and enables a person with the
assistance OF a typewriter To do the work
of two ordinary stenographers. who first
have TO take the report in shorthand and
then translate it,
These gutia pcrcha cylinders, J neg
lected 70 mention above, can be stored
away. and years after, ii placed upon the
machine, The same words used today will
be- repeated in the exact tone Of the
speaker of today. Thus should any record
become destroyed these cylinders may he
rcsorled 10. Another thing about this
machine IS that a person here can talk
for am hour into one, mail the cylinder TO
Atlanta. where by the use Of 4 machine
the exact words used here will he re
peatod, thus saving the labor Of writing
long communications Atlanta Consti-
futI0u
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-10
NHESAPEAKE AND OHIO ROUTE
SCHEDULE IN EFFECT MARCH isr
1888.


LEAVE RICHMOND:
s45 am For Newport News, Old Point Com
fort and Norfolk. daily. Pullman
Palace Carlo Old Point.
Hos tim Through and Local Mail to al
points West, except Sunday
Sleepers from Clifton Forge tC
Huntington.
$40 pm For Newport's News, Old Point and
Norfolk, except Sunday.
500 pm Charlottesville accommodation
except Sunday.
8:25 pm For Louisville, Cincinnati. Chicsgo,
81. Louis, Memphis, and New Or
leans Fast Express, with thrope h
Pullmans Daily. Only route run
ming PulImsns West from Rich
mond.
ARRIVE RICHMOND.
$50 arm Charlottesville accommodation
except Sunday.
1856 am From Norfolk, Old Point, and
Newport News, except Sunday
Pullman Parlor Car Old Point to
Washington.
$40 pm From Local points and the west,
daily except sunday.
SIC pm From Norfolk. Old Point and New
port News, daily.
500 pm From Louisville and Cincinnati
Fast Express daily.
Depot Seventeenth and Broad streets.
HcAet-0ihces 1909 Main street and depot.
II. W. FULLER,
General Passenger Agent.
WINS. G. WICKHAM.
Receiver &. X q. Railway.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-10
lie Got ven.

FIRST Glib Man hcatedly)-An / have
70 Say IS that consider you puppy.
second Ditto (coolly-If that were the
case ! could take the first prize at the dog
'-9wi and that's more than you can say.
FIRST Man-uOw soy
second Ditto--You lack the necessary
leo-STes and breeding. "-Harpor's Bazaar.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-10
RAILROADS.
AlssiZ=isrSaEe

RICIMONE, FREDERICKSBURG
IL AND Potomac RAILROAD.-Schedu
commen~.a: SAY 8,h. lSss-eastern standard
time:
71S am. leaves Byrd-streets station daily; stops
only at Ashland Junction, Milford,
and Fredericksburg. Sleeper 70
Washington. Leaves Washington for
New York NJ fi:&0 am.
tia7 am. leaves Byrd street station daily, ex-
eept Sunday. Leaves Washington for
New York at i:i0 pm. Parlor car TO
Washington.
&C. p m. leaves iyrd-street station daily.
sleeper 10 New York.
1898 am. arrives at Byrd-street station daily.
Sleeper from New York.
las pm. arrives AT Byrd-street station daily I;
stops at Fredericksburg. Milford. aud
Junction. Sleeper from Washington.
lO46 pm. arrives at Byrd street citation daily,
except Sunday. Pailor car from
Washington,
ASHLAND TRAINS.
DAILY ENCEFT SUNDAYS.
400 pIa. accommodation. leaves BYRD street
station arrives at Ashland ut pm.
ON pm. leaves klha; arrives nc Ashland u!
6i2 pm.
Il am. accommodation, arrives at Byrd
street station leaves Ashland a, 1;io
am.
$50 pm. arrives at Elaa: leaves Ashland AZ
5:le pm.
c. A. TAYLOR, General Ticket Agent.
4. 4. ID. MYERS. General SUPERINTENDENT.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-10

tAMELIA COThTHOU T. TRAIN.
The company agrees 10 Iun this train be
tween the points named ulOn the sci edule
about the same a. the present Tor three ears
from .Iauusry Isl l-s-
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-10

CONNECTIONS.
Train No. ~ makes connection Al Keysyile
for Chase City Carksyiile, and oxford; ~
GreensbOrO Tor Durham. Raleigh. daily excer'
Sunday. anj all points on North Carolina ID.
vision and y ". y. e. Y. Il.
Train No. b makes connection NJ Greens
boro' for y. W. y. e Il. r.. Raleigh. Colds
boro', and Norohcad City; et Salisbury foi
Asheyiile. Hot Springs. and all points II
Western North Carolina; nj Charlotte with
Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta railroad for
Colum bia. Augusta. Aiken. Charleston, Sval-
nah, Townsville, Ga, Jacksonville and Other
Florida points: also with Carolina Contra
railroad for Wilmington.
Trains trOfu the South arrive At hichnhon6
Bi5a.m. ana 3:4i pm.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-10

AS pm.-MAlL daily (cxcept sunday.
$50 ACCOMMODATION daily lsIcepf
Sunday.
$50 am.--NIGHT EXPRESS daily except
Monday.
CONNECTIONS.
Al clifton Forge with Chesapeake and Ohio
railway for the South, West. and Northwest
Al Ly,chDurg with Norfolk and Western
railroad Tor all points South. Southeast, anu
Southwest. and Virginia Midland railway for
all points North and south.
At Richmond with Associated Railways for
all points in the South. and Richmond. Frede-
icAsburg and Potomac railroad tor the North.
At Lexington with Baltimore aud ONO rau-
road, making close connections at Harpefs
Ferry 20 and from PlitsbHrg aud the West
also 10 points North and East.
Sleeping-car attached 10 NIGHT EXPIRES
for Lynchburg.
SLEEPING-CAR LYNCHBURG 10 MEN
PHIS, NEW ORLEANS. and LITTLE ROCK.
Trans marked daily except sunday.
Tickets sold 10 all points. Oihccs: pls
81 Mai treet, 1906 Main, street, aud at
Richmond an Allegheny depot, Eighth and
Canal streets.
JOHN Il. MACMUR DO,
3lej Gen'l Passenger Agent.
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cruS ND JEWELS RARE.
.o>Ds STILL KEEP TIE LEAD
mo-. VALUABLE STONES.

Chicago Jewellers Clerk
t.. aud Ruhics Getting Scarce.
.....Nu Uncommon ston"-Gems
4 p'a'
.,,+.,.lf American.
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Ask for descriptive circular.
Price for ONE-CELL BATTERY. $50
Price for TWO-CELL BATTERY. s10.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-08-04
READ This.

1t is with pleasure that we announce to
our many patrons that we have again made
arrangements with that wide.awake, illus
trated farm magazine, the AMERICAN FARM
Err, published at Fort Wayne, Ind, and read
by nearly 200 900 farmers, by which that
great publication will be mailed direct FREE,
to the address Of any of our subscribers who
il come in and pay up all arrearages on
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date, and to any new subscriber who will pay
one year in advance. This is a grand op-
portunity to obtain a tirst-class farm journal
free. The AMERICAN FARMER is a large 16-
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ranks pmong the leading agricultural papers.
1t treats the question of economy in agricul-
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7 -pfsherity. Its highest purpose is the
anuonnobling of agriculture, through
the higher and yoader education of the men
and women eng red in its pursuits. The
regular subscription a.-ice of the AMERICAN
FARMER is 81 90 pelin X 1T COSTS YOU
NOTHING. From anpnda number ideas
can be obtained that will be;sh III thrice the
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see sample copy. 4h4
The Opelousas courier., 1888-08-04
Cheap WhiDky.

Plenty ofcheap whisky and the
tariff on clothing and fold and
coal to remain! All that makes
the man a better and nobler CT
tizen is taxed, and the article
that drags him down to misery
and poverty and brings humilia-
ton and disgrace upon his wife
and children is to go untaxed so
that it can be had more readily
by the masses for consumption.
This is about the size of the free
whisky platform plank of the
Republican party. There is not
much temperance in this, to be
sure, but all the same the plat
form is for temperance and free
whisky, with the common neces-
sites of life taxed up to the
highest notch to protect the
poor millionaire manufacturer.
Philadelphia Sentinel.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-08-04
The Work of a Minute.
HOW MANY THINGS CAN HAPPEN
IN SIXTY SECONDS.

A ray of light travels 11,16O,'
900 miles in q minute.
In a minute the lowest sound
your ear can catch has been
made by 900 vibrations, while
the highest tone reaches you
after making 100000 vibra.
tions.
In each minute in the United
States, night and day, all the
year round, "a barrels of beer
have to 60 down 1906 threats.
and 1880 bushels of grain have
come to bin.
In a minute an express train
goes a mile, and a Pittsburg
street car thirty-tWo rods the
fastest trotting horse, lat 9-la
rods ; and an average pedestrian
of the genus homo has got over
sixteen rods.
OF tobacco, 625 pounds is rails
ed, and part Of it has been used
in making G673 cigars, and some
more of it has gone up in the
smoke of 1892 cigarettes, in the
United States, in one minute.
In a minute we are Whirled
around on the outside of the
earth by it's dirunal motion a dis
lance of thirteen miles, and at
the same time go along with the
earth on its journey around the
sun 1880 miles.
Every minute 600 pounds OF
wool grow in this country, and
we have to dig sixty-one tons OF
anthracite and 200 tons of btu
minous coal, while pig iron we
turn out twelve tons and steel
rails three tons.
In sixty seconds our country
makes twelve kegs of nails, IL
bales of cotton come from she
fields, and thirty-six bushels OF
grain go into 149 gallons of spi-
rfts, while $66 in gold is dug
ont of the earth.
In the same time the United
States mint turn out gold aud
silver coin to the value of $121,
and forty-two acres of the pub.
lie domain have been sold OF
given away. Pittsburg Dis,
patch.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-08-04
SWindlers.

The following from the Shire
veport Times is a timely warn
ing, and our citizens should be
on the lookout for such beats
and treat them with dose of
sole leather whenever they put
in an appearance
There is a set of bunco swind-
Iers travelling in the South IN
der the name of the "Transcon-
tinental Tea Company of San
Francisco" who propose to give
away .jeWelry, watches and gold
pieces with the can of tea and
coffee they sell. Theafarticle is
the sweepings of the tea and
coffee stores of Chicago. The
raseals are making big money
by the fraud; and there will al
ways be gndgeol,s to be caught
by such bait, despite the warn
ings of the press.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-08-04
Colored Catholics.

Washington, July 2S.--[Spe-
cial]-The growth of the Cath
Ole religion among the colored
people is becoming very notice
able and many Young men are
studying for the priesthood.
The church authorities are en-
!couraging this movement, and
recently an old hotel~has been
purchased for the purpose of fit
ting it up as an institution for
educating colored men for the
priesthood. The institution will
be known as st. Joseph's Semi
nary, and will be opened in the
fall in all probability. A color
ed catholic organ in Cincinnati,
which claims a circulation of
1000, estimates the colored
Catholic population of this coun-
try at 10000. Out of this large
number of adherents to the
church, there is only one color
ed priest in this country, the
Rev. A. Tolton, pastor St. JOS
eph's church, Quincy, Ills. He
was a slave before the war and
is a full blooded African. In
Rome and in other parts of Eu-
rope, colored priests have charge
of colored parishes. c
The Opelousas courier., 1888-08-04

Little Chicago Boy-Kin We
help q poor harmless, helpless
boy?
Kind Citizen-I reckon so.
Are you an orphan, sonny? j
Boy-I'm wuss nor an orphan.
Me fadder an mudder is both
divorced i'm married agin, an
I don't klow whose boy l am,
an am slowly fergittin' me own
name.--ir,he Epoch.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-08-04

Queen Victoria has now reign
ed over England longer than
any monarch but tWo-Henry
III. and George III. She over
took Queen Elizabeth six years
ago and has outdone Edward
Ill, who only reigned one hun
dred and ~fortyeeight days over
half a century. If she lives a
few years longer Victoria will
have reigned longer than any
royal parsonage of history
Philadelphia Times.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-08-04

The Providence Journal sug-
gests that, if the Louisiana cleo
ton is investigated, the last
Rhode Island election be inclu-
ded, concerning which some
definite charges of bribery and
corruption have been made,
which have noty yet been brought
to the attention of the courts
by the parties accused"
The Opelousas courier., 1888-08-04

When you reflect that at pic
MICS one hundred years age it
was the custom for the girls to
stand up in o row and st the
men kiss them good-by, all the
enthusiasm about national pro-
gress seem to be a grave mis-
take.---Scranton Truth.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-08-04

The Bienville New Era: 1t
is gratifying to note the fact
that our farmers are beginning
to realize that it is more
profitable and more de-
sirable@ every respect to
produce forty bushels of corn or
one bale of cotton on one acre
of ground than to cultivate from
five to ten acres to obtain the
same results. They will learn
after a while that it is better to
get one hundred bushels of corn
or two bales of cotton off one
acre than ten or fifteen.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-08-04

Judge Frank T. Reid, the Re-
publican candidate for Cover
nor of Tennessee in 1884,
when the G. O. P. re-
ceived its largest vote in that
State, will take the stump for
Cleveland and tariff reform.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-08-04

Mr. s. s. Cox, who has pilot
ed the eleventh census bill sue
cessfnlly through the oHouse,
thinks that the population in
1890 will reach 100000. The
cost of taking the census will
be about 100000.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-08-04

"The color-bearer of the Lou
isiana Tigers spent three years
in Virginia when the air was full
of shot and she'll, planted his flag
in Ricketts, battery on Cemetery
Heights at Gettysburg and sur
viyed. He visited Virginia for
the first time since a few days
ago, when peace smiled over
the land, and was killed in a
railroad accident" - M a c o N
News.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-08-04

The Bienyille New Era !:
After all the pathetic appeals of
the press and people, the Legis-
lature declined to provide cloth
ing for the disabled Confederate
soldiers of Louisiana.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-08-04

A Providence Or. IL inventor
is now testing an organ with
glass tubes, which, it is claimed,
will be much superior to metal,
both in purity and volume of
tone, and cheaper into the bar
gain.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-08-04

A Trlscola County, Mich, man
has, curing the past eleven
years. been tapped 134 times
for dropsy and $500 pounds of
water taken from his body.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-08-04

The death OF the ex-lEmpress
Oarlotta, of Mexico, may occur
at any moment in Belgium. She
IS rapidly sinking and has be-
come entirely helpless.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-08-04

Venus, the morning star, is
brighter than it ever appeared
to any man now living, and
nearer the earth than it will be
again for $40 years.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-08-04
Don't

Suffer any longer with that painful
wound. DR.. Tichenor's Antiseptic will
relieve from pain and heal the wounds.
Price so cts.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-08-04

Two ragged Italian children,
who were arrested at Chicago
while gathering cigar stumps
Oh the streets, explained that
they sold the discarded weeds
to 4 fellow-conntrylnan for fit
teen cents a pound, and that
they were nmade into cigar
ettes.n
The Opelousas courier., 1888-08-04

MoTICE.-U. s. Land Office, New Orleans
In La, June 10, 1S88.-Notice ia hereby
given that the following named settler has nj
ed notice of his intention to make final proof
In upport of his claim and that said proof VIII
be made before the Judge or in his absence, the
Clerk of the District Court, at Opelousas, La,
ON Wednesday, August 18th, 1888, viz:
Ednaomd I'D. Esaflettes
who made adjoining farm Homestead EntrE
No. 4f72 for los No. 1, Sec. %, Up 6S d az
Louisiana Meridian.
He names the felloWAsg Witnesses TO prove
his continuous residence upon. and cuitiyaeion
Of. said land, viz: Jules G. Sittig, Camille v.
| Richard, Hypolise Wright, Louis johnson.
| all of st. Landry parish, Louisiana.
THOMAS j.. BUTLER,
June %, 1856. Register.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-08-04

None of the books of etiquette
prescribes just the proper thing
for q fellow to say when he tries
to carve the turkey at the din
ner table and slides the whole
bird off into an ungrateful ladyss
lap.-Somerville Journal.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-08-04
An East Wareham fisherman

An East Wareham fisherman
recently caught at the AgaWam
river weir, between sunrise and
sunset, with a dip net, 10000
behring's, Or 200 barrels, worth
ala barrel il the Boston market
II Init for deep sea fishing.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-08-04
NOTICE.
The Famous BeNEChsney Springs

WILL be open to the public on June let,
w 1888, under the management of that
Prince of Good Fellows, F. Herbert, Sr.-un-
Gle Bug-who has given the Springs . Their
ough oyerhauling and put everything in first
class order. " Uncle Bug has 9 pack OF hne
and has also a Race Track made for testing
the speed oEthe festive creole pony - we'll as
that Of the artstocratio race horse. In fact,
those seeking d nee. quiet, health-restoring
resort will find it at BeIl-Chency and plenty
to eat for both man and beast.
For further particulars address HENRY u.
ERLICH, Bayou Chicot, La.
N. B.-TerTns moderate. je23-2m