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The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-02
what She Is.

Man finds any amount Of fault with
woman, yet works tooth and nailEo get
her. He calls her extrayagant, yet
yearns to pay her bills. She's heart
less, but he devotes months to finding
the spot where that heart should be.
She's tickle, yet he struggles fora place
in her affections. She's timid, but he,
noble creature, has courage for two.
She's a fraud, but a darling. She's a
goose, but a duck. She's simple, but
sweet. In fact, she's a chameleon, in
the very latest style of spots and dots
and feathers and FILINGS. She's little
and graceful and dainty-and dear-and
changeable as the wind. Yet she's a
most desirable article of household fur
nishing, and there are a mighty few
men who want to get along without
her, chameleon though she be.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-02
,ssNO Place."

A great many boys complain that
there are no places. Perhaps it is hard
to get just such places as you like.
But when you get a place - and
there are places; this big country has
need, we arc sure, for every good boy
and girl and man and woman it it
when you get a place, we say, make
yourself useful in it make yourself
necessary to your employers; make
yourself so necessary, by your fidelity
aud good behavior, that they cannot do
without you. Be willing to take q low
price at first, no matter what the work
is, if it be honest work. Do it well, do
it the very best youoan. Begin at the
lowest round of the ladder and climb
up. The great want everywhere is
faithful, capable workess. They are
never a drug in the market. Make
yourself one of these and there will al
ways be a place for you, and a good
one, took.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-02

Yes, my son you are right. It is a
jolly good joke and awfully cunning to
pour liquor into your stomach. To be
sure it stings ones thoat pretty badly,
and the taste of the stuff isn't much to
brag of, and a fellow doesn't feel any
of the best, his head rolling one way
and his stomach another but then
think of the glory that is inseparable
from tipping! How grand n feels as
he walks up to the bar and orders, in a
free and easy manner, some of the old
stuff, Billy y How proud to be observ-
ed of less gifted humanity, that isn't up
to this sort o. thing, you know ; and
what pleasure in rehearsing ones tx
PLOTS to a crowd of admiring and enyi-
Gus friends! Ard then as time passes,
and you become q regular old hand
at the business, keeping your skin full
from early morn to deWy eve, going
home nightly ornamented with torn
clothing and disfgured features, the
measure of your happiness will of
course be augmented many fold, and
happy also will be your wife and chill
dren when they see you coming, and
their hearts will dance for joy because
their husband and father is so able a
drunkard. @ yes, my son, it is a.
very good joke, this whisky drinking;
but you can't begin to enjoy it yet
wait until you see it in full bloom.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-02
Gov. WI cEnery.

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The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-02
The Too Generous Man.

In a world where there is SO much
selfshness it seems u%ngracious to fnd
fault with that uncommon type, the
man who is "too generous by half"
And yet the duty resting upon every
man to be Just before he is generous, is
one that needs to be insisted upon.
The letter to his wife, left by a mar
who took his own life in this city last
week, furnished a case in point in this
language: "T
Life has been II struggle with me. !
am near it's end, You have been a true
and noble woman and have borne with
mo patiently. have been q busy mar
generous to IL fault my heart has
been bigger than my purse; no one has
even been turned away from me in hun
ger, and many of those have been aid,
ed who had no claim on my charity.
leave my dear wife i'll the hands of hcl
good and gracious God"
y 1t is impossible not to admire ;
warm hearted aud generous man whose
fault was merely ii virtue i'll excess
But still the question comes Wha'
right has a husband and father to give
so much to those who have no claim Oh
him us TO leave his wife and children
dependent at his death? In a large
sense it is, perhaps, true that Goo
will provide" for the widow aud father
less. Yet as a cold matter of fact, i!
not the provision commonly made
through keeping boaders, or taking il
sewing, OF some other form of work, by
those who survive the "big hearted
man. who was generous 20 a f"nlt?'
Surely there is Il golden mean be
tween the calculating avarice that for
bids all acts of bcnevOlcnce or charity
in the effort to heap up supcrfiuou
wealth to pcrprtuaIe the poor pride o
pursp, and the careless libcrality tia
spends nr gives away everything ant
leaves wife and children to the care o
Providence Generosity is "A nobl
trait, but it shonld have prudence TO
IL guidr.-N. Y. World.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-02
Newspaper Laws.

Subscribers who do not give express notice
to the contrary are considered wishing to con-
tinue their subscription.
If subscribers order the discontinuance of
their periodicals, the publisher may continue
to send them until all arrearages are paid.
If subscribers neglect or refuse to take
their periodicals from the office to which they
are directed, they are responsible until they
have settled their bills, and ordered them dis
continued.
Ifsubscribers move to other places without
informing the publishers, and the papers are
sent to the former direction, they are held res
ponsible.
The courts have decided that refusing to
1eke periodicals from the office or removing
end leaving them uncalled for, prima facia
evidence of intentional fraud.
If subscribers PAY in advance they are
bound to give notice. 10 the publisher at the
end of their time, ifthey do not wish to con-
tinue taking the paper; otherwise the pub
Usher is authorized to send it on and the
subscribers will be responsible until an eX-
press notice, with payment of all arrears, Is
sent to the publisher.
The latest postal law decision is to the eff
feet that publishers of newspapers can, under
the law, arrest any man for fraud who takes a
paper and refuses to pay for it. Under this
law it is a dangerous trick for a man to allow
his subscription account to run on from six
months or a year unpaid, and then tell the
postmaster to mark it SO refused" or send the
editor a postal card to discontinue the paper.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-02
The Charge Of the Circuit
Judges"

Vivian, a fair, sprightly and talented
contributor to the Baton Rouge Truth,
spent an idle hour with the legislators
at Baton Rouge the other day and this
is what she had to say tou aching the nu-
merous candidates for the circuit
judgeships:
This struggle for the circuit judge:
ships is IA fit subject for an epic. 1t
reminded me of "The Charge of the
Light Brigade" and begging pardon of
Tennyson, | kept repeating:
Judges to the rightEof them
Judges to the left ofthem,
Judges behind them,
All the world wondered
As Onward they came
With deathlike consistency,
Unerring persistency.
Pushed forward the same
Judges, six hundred"
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-02

Farmeryille Gazette: That the adj
ministration of Gov. McEnery, during
the past four years, has been a success,
no one can gainsay. The prosperity
and advancement of the material inter
ests of Louisian& is ample proof Of this
assertion. Her credit is restored-the
interest on her public debt promptly
paid-her system of levees complete
and in splendid condition from the
Arkansas line to the Gulf DC Mexico
her public institutions in q progressive
condition-and withal peace, prosper
ity and happiness reign supreme
within her borders.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-02

Fifteen of the seventy-eight mem
bers Of the graduating class Of the
Sheffield Scientific School at Yale earn
ed their own living while taking the
course of instruction. Some worked
on farms during vacation, some sold
books, some taught school, and some
acted as walters in summer hotels,
while one man drew beer at d summer
resort, receiving a salary of So per
week for his services.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-02

Adolph Sutro, the California million
aire, and Leah, his wife, have agreed
to articles of separation. Mr.. Sntro
agreeing to furnish $500 q month for
the support of the family and give his
wife $4,000 for the expenses of o trip
to Europe, where she is to remain for
three years.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-02

The Magnet gives the following as
IN infallible pr%eservative of eggs:
"Take a tea-cupfnl of salt, and lime
the size Of an egg, and pour boiling
water on them. When cold drain off
the liquor and put it on the eggs. IF
too strong there will DO a crust on top;
if SO, add more water. This is for two
gallons Of liquor. There is no recipe
that beats this, and it can be relied
upon. Eggs put down in August and
used in April are just as fresh and
make just as nice frostings as newly
laid ones.'
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-02

Mr.. j. b. Boswell, one Of the best
known citizens of Brownwood, Texas,
contributes the following item as .his
personal experience; AFTER having anf-
fered from Diarrhoea for some time Ind
having tried different medicines with
no good result, / tried a bottle ofClam
berlain's Collie. Cholera Diarshoea Rem
edy, which relieved me at once and
recommend it TO all who may be sui.
fering fFom this troublesome com
plaint.' Sold by F. E. Bailey.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-02

The break in the Sny levee near
Hannibal, Mo, by the mad waters OF
the mighty Mississippi, has caused
great loss in the drowning of live stock
and destruction of houses, railroad and
farm property. Territory forty-five
miles long and six miles wide is cover
ed by water from ten to twenty feet
deem.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-02

A company is now being formed in
London to bridge the English Channel
from Dover to Calais. The bridge is
to be twenty miles long. $50 feet above
I5Plevel Of the sea, and the span be
tween the piers is to be 1000 feet. 1t
will carry four lines of railway track,
and the cost is estimated at 932,0O0,-
600. 1t is to be constructed entirely of
iron in open work, combining lightness
and strength, and offering the slightest
surface to the sea. Tt will require g.
100000 tons of iron, and can be built
i'm six wears.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-02

Lafourche Star: The largest load Of
Irish potatoes that has ever left our
wharf Mt one time was taken off last
Sunday. The steamer Assumption
started away from Thibodaux. with
1884 sacks of potatoes. This goes to
show that the yield of Irish potatoes
this year has been enormous.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-02

No duty should be left undone. II
you have q smarting skin disease it is
not your duty to scratch and ~ifritate it
but to apply Chamberlain's Ointment
and cure it. Guaranteed and sold by
F. e. Bailey.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-02

Contrary to The general showing dur
ing presidential years, immigration
shows an increase over 1887, the com
parative figures being for ten months
ended May | last year and this, 334 ,06s
in 1887, and 1862, 900 in 1888.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-02

Every horse owner should have a copy
of that admirable work, "a Treatise on
the Horse and His Diseases, by DR. .Ken-
dali. A few copies-English or German
for sale at this Office at 25c. per copy.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-02

Lafayette Advertiser: One of the
most prominent and familiar features
in the recent saeeting of the Press
Sang was Bro. Mclprmick's blonde
hat. He thinks he looks pretty in that
hat, and nothing on earth could induce
him to part with it. But unfortunately
the day of the Washington picnic he
set it down to take a drink of water at
the splendid spring, and became busily
engaged in conversation with some of
the (Sfair ladies present. One of the
'dJbys' came along, and taking it for a
butter tub sat down on it and sqtfelch-
ed il then tenderly they took it up
and buried it beneath a willow. Q
sFair, fair. with golden hair,
Sang Bro. Mccormick while weeping,
Fair, fair, with golden hair,
Under the willow she's sleeping"
The citizens of Washington imme-
diately made him a present of a new
hat, but nothing could console him for
the loss Of that old hat. We should
not be at all surprised ifhe did't resur-
rect it and it may again serve as an
orifamme in the next Convention. Be-
sides, the boys on the Commercial have
put in a lament. They claim that for
years that cid hat has done service in
the office as a w~aste-paper basket, and
was never allowed to go out or dress
parade, except to Church and the Press
Convention.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-02

We have made arrangements to send
the Weekly Picayune with the COURIER
at So. so per year, or the Daily Picayune
Ind our paper, n year, $12.50-six
months, 1925. Note the saving!
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-02

The late Col. j.. R. Anderson, Prohi-
bition candidate for Governor Of Ken
tucky, eve knew the taste ofbrandy
or whisky, and eve tasted wine ex-
cept at the communion table. He never
used tobacco in any form, 1t is also
said that he never was confined to his
bed by sickness for y day during his
whole life of nearly seventy years.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-02

Only IL sudden and hopeless decline
OF Blaine s physicaRigor al pre-
vent his nomination to renew the strug
gle with his successful competitor o
lSSl.-Philadelphia Times, Ind.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-02

Farmerville Gazette; The question
OF erecting a cotton factory is being
agltatcd by some leading citizens of
Monroe, who proposes to organize a
stock company with II capital stock OF
300, 900.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-02

Ihere are twenty two crematories
in Europe, of which ten have been
built within the past year. There have
been 600 incinerations in Germany and
800 in italy, There are seven crema
tories in the United States and six in
process Of construction.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-02

Whooping Cough may be kent under
complete control and all danger avoid.
ed by frequent doses Of Chambsrlain,s
Cough Remedy. No better treatment
y be prescribed for it. Sold by +.
2. Bailey.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-02

Farmerville Gazette: In tho State of
Louisiana there are about 5000, 600
acres of public lands, 5000, 900 of which
belong to the State and thesremainder
to the United States. The Lake
Charles Echo very wisely suggests that
liberal appropriations out Of these
lands be made for educational pur-
poses.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-02

BY paying five cents daily for the
Times-D Democrat, it will cost $lS.25 a
year. W. have made arrangements to
give the Daily Times Democrat with
the COURIER for $1,000 a year.. Just
note the saving.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-02

Preparations are being amade by
some enterprising citizens Of Homer,
La, to organize a life insuElnce com
pany on the mutual assessment plan.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-02

A railroad commission bill and a bill
to prohibit the manufacture of alcohol
ic liquors has been introduced in the
Legislature.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-02
Land al "a Bargain.

Land al IL Bargain.
TIME east half of section ] township ,SIn,
l. of range 3 east, containing 552o anu Wv "
acres, situated on Bayou B@ut, 81 hap"
% miles from the I. & P. Railroad. haf
Lots Nos l,2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, and soath . e
of the north west quarter, and the noftn.sssss I.
quarter of the northwest quarter Of section n.r.
Township 3 Range , east, situated IN ths r
ish of Avoyelles, near McCoy's ferry. ,b,a
Will be sold cheap for cash, or one
cash and balance in one and two years.
A. j. PERRAULT;
Opelousas, July rs. Agen"
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-02

A Chicago newspaper makes the
staten emit that o railroad train arrives
or departs from that city every minute
of the day.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-02

FoR SALE-A new Remington double
barrel breech-loading shot gun can be
had at o bargain on application at this
Office.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-02

The Illinois Dental Society has con
demned cocaine as "a dangerous an.
aesthetic.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-02

For RENT.-A small comfortable res,
idence with two acres of land inclosed,
in Opelousas, will be rented very low il
applied for soon. Apply at this Office,
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-02

For RENT-A good business stand,
old established and centrally located, on
Main street, in O~pelousas. Apply at
this office.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-02

An order which d little girl present
ed to q druggist read g Mister Drug
gist--Please send ipecac enough e.
throw up q 4,year. old girls
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-02

A bill has been introduced in the
State Legislature, making it peniten-
tiary offense to carry dangerous wea-
pOns concealed.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-02

Mr.. C. w. Battell, a travelling man
representing Messrs S. Collins Son s.
CO., printing inks, after suffering in
tensely for two or three days with
lameness of the shoulders and back,
completely cured it with two applica-
tions of Chamberlain's Pain Balm. 1t
cures lameness and rheumatism when
all other treatment fails. Guaranteed
and sold by F. E. Bailey.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-02

For RENT.-A business stand and
residence near the railroad depo@. APP
ply at this Office.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-02

The U. S Senate has passed the bill
FORGETTING all unearned railroad land
grants.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-02

Representative Dogs, of Morehouse
parish has given notice that he will
Introduce d bill to reduce the number
81 district courts to fifteen.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-02

The Louisville Courier-Journal is
enthusiastic in it's claims. 1t says:
"On the policy of the Presidentawe
shall carry three New England States,
six Western States, three Pacific Coast
States, and sweep New York by Il hum
dred thousand. No matter whom the
Republicans put up, the re election of
Cleveland is already assured by at
least two thirds majority I'd the electo-
raj college and a popular majority ex-
ceeding Il million of votes" :
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-02
a Step in the Right Direction.
F~armervilIe Gazette.

Farmerville Gazette.
The police jury of East Carroll par
ish has appropriated $50 to aid the
immigration movement in this State,
and has alsoengaged the use of three
columns peNWeek in their local paper
for the purpose of advertising THEN
parish and its resources, for which tllcy
pay a fair price. This Is exactly what
every police jury should do. 1t is not
just that the press of q town or parish
should be expected to "boom up 'heil
localities free, but should receive a fan
remuneration for its labors, and the
course pursued by the police jury OF
East Carroll is one worthy of example
We suggest that our police jury follow
suit.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-02

Farmerville Gazette: The North
Louisiana Lane and Improvement
Company will soon issue three thou
sand pamphlets, setting forth the many
natural advantages and wonderful re-
sources offered to the capitalists and
home seekers in Union parish. The
pamphlet will make about 25 pages 6x9
inches and will cost considerable
money, r
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1888-04-27

He passed his sensitive fingers over the
impression.
"Tf,e two end blocks are the additions
yea speak of, the space between them,
TIE old part. understand. Go on" he
said.
1.-THE great door is in the centre of tho
old part, the dining-room is on one side,
The library on the other. The floor above
Is occupied by the picture-gallery. It
has n gable roof, and the belfry rises
from the middle. The block on the
right ard that on the left are alike. The
ground floor is dividedin drawing-rccms,
sitting-rooms, kitchens, ETC."
Where is the dairy, and the door that
is left open at night for the kidd"
"At the back Of the house; it cannot
be see from here"
is that in the right block or the left1"
''In the right; the kitchen is in the
left. On the first floor are the principal
bedrooms; the servants are above. Our
rooms are in the right block, Sir Ed
mund's and Miss Lascelles' are in the
left"
What means Of communication are
fhsss! For instance. how could Sir Ed
snT.nd get to your room"
by simply passing through the pic
~ture-gallery."
Il understand; go on"
There Sre two oriel windows and q
bay i'll tho end of the left block facing us
Is we stand here"
drew another diagram to explain the
wipIows to Van Hoeck. Here it is
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1888-04-27
1900 kcWArd.

If you suffer from dull, heavy headache,
obstruction OF the nasal passages, discharges
falling from the head iuto the throat, some
times profuse. watery, and acrid, at others,
thick, tenacious, mucous, purlent, bloody and
putrih: If the eyes are weak, waterv, a-d in
fa,:cd aud tt,2re is ringing in the ears, deaf
ness, hacking or coughing to clear the
throat eXortation OF offensive matter, to-
gethor With scabs from ulcers; the voice be-
ing changed and having q nasal twang; the
breath offensive: smell and taste impaired
experience n sensation of dizziness, with men
tai depression, q hacking cough, and general
debility, then you are suffering from chronic
nasel c%atarrl. Only a few of the above
named symptoms are likely to be pres
cnt in any one case at one time, or
ia one stage of the disease. Thousands
of cases annually, without manifest
ing half of the above symptoms, result in con.
sumption, and end in the grave, No disease
is so common, more deceptive and dangerous,
lcas understood or more unsuccessfully treat.
cd by PHYSICIANS. The manufacturers OF Or
Ssge's Catarrh Remedy offer, in good faith
$500 reward for Il cnse of catarrh which the,
cannot cure. The Remedy is sold by druggist
at only 50 cents.