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The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-30
70 Destroy Caterpillars.

W. find the following very interest
ing announcement in the Times-Dem-
ocrat, to which the attention of our
readers engaged in cotton raising is
particularly called:
1.-THE plague of cotton planters in the
Mississippi valley since the val has
been the army worm and the only de-
Tense thus far yielding any Measure of
success is paris green. busted upon
the leaves by the clumsy means of a
darkey astride of a mule, shaking the
stuff from a bag at the end of a stick,
the poison saved q considerable portion
of the crop that would otherwise
have been sacrificed to the appetite of
the caterpillar; but the process was
slow and not altogether without risk to
both darkey and mule. Still no better
way Of distributing the poison appear
ed. A Missississippi banker, Jas. P.
Roach, of V~icksburg, has however, just
perfected a machine which seems as
simple as it is effective in dustiDgparis
green over the cotton plants. Consist.
ing of the ordinary framework of cart,
a hopper, q small but powerful blower,
and a forked tube. the poison from the
hopper is blown to the right and left,
Eg
rearward, as the machine traverses the
field. It is stated that this machine
a thoroughly dust $50 acres of cotton
per day, which is sufficiently rapid
work to insure the safety of a crop IN
der any ordinary circumstances. Dur
ing the present season the machine will
be in use On the several plantations OF
Col. David Mayer, and of other large
planters, who have seen it work and
have full faith in its efficacy"
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-30
KEIGLEY, Kan, June 8, 1888.

~
Col. George Norman, President of
State Immigration Association of
Louisiana, New Orleans, La.
Dear Sir-As / read your report to
your immigration meeting held at
Baton Rouge, La, published in the
American, and. the statement you made
in regard to the amount of government
land in your State, and expecting to
become a citizen of your State before ii
New Year comes, | thought l would
like some information for myself and
some of my friends, I am trying to get
to go with ME, intending to drive our
teams through, and coming into the
State at the northwest corner, and
wishing to get homestead land that will
be good farming land.
What parishes would you advise to
go to? and do you have free school,
system? We northern folks look afte I
the education of ouryouth as one of the
best gifts we can give them.
A great many are getting tired OF
this land of PERPETUAL wind, lynch bug
and drought, and they are VoOkiN
southwark for homes.
/ have also some friends in Canada
that 1 am trying to get so come South.
Being raised there I know what that
country is. And 1 have always lived
where ! could get wood until | came
20 this "Sunny Kansas" as it is called;
and there is not any timber to break
the wind from the north for 500 miles,
and the winter wind and scarcity of fuel
makes this country q terror.
I want to be in country that it rains
once in six months anyway
No oats mol wheat for the last three
years. the bugs have been so bad. .
Any information you a give, will
be thankfully received, and hoping
this long letter will not wear your pa
tience and hoping to hear from you
soon Respectfully yours,
P. A. JACKSON.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-30
Interesting Letters.
SPECIMENS OF THE INQUIRIES MADE.

The following letters are specimens
of those almost daily received, and n
highly suggestive on several points:
SPRING HILL, Kan, June 9, 1883.
Col. Geo. Norman, President State
Immigration, New Orleans, La.
Dear Sir-In the american Of Lake
Charles, La, date May 30, is an account
of the meeting of your association TAX
en- from the New Orleans Times-Dem-
ocrat,. in which is given your report
Permit me to say that to many OF us
here who have become interested in
your State, and are now endeavorlng
to shape our affairs so that we a go
there this fall ,cyour statements are very
interesting reading.
Allow me to call your attention to
the following statement by you 1--WE
have yet in Louisiana about 2,3OO,oOo
acres of government land not yet taken
up" Some of our young men propos-
ing to go to the west of Kansas since
have made known your statement have
pressed US to write to you requesting
more information upon this subject.
Will you please send me a statement
naming the parishes and the amount
of government land in each, if you
have such information.
We would like to know if there is
any such lands in st. Landry, Rapides
Calcasieu, and the parishes along Red
River Will you please send me any
pamphlets or descriptions your associa
ton have respecting your State. as We
are very deficient of reliable news o
your favored State
/ hope you will send me the infor,
nation about government land in YOU
State, and / can get you some settlers
Very rel ~bctfully yours,
HENRY YOUNG.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-30
The Eifel Tower at Three Hun
dred Feet.

- FL E= 49, 49, 20 .E II
The Eifel tower, now three hundred
feet high, is the sensation OF the hour'
in Paris. M. George Price, q Paris re-
porter, gives the following account OF
the work and its builder
M. Eiffel lives in a pretty house in
rue P.rosny, furnished and decorated in
a delightful fashion, which suggests
the artist rather than the engineer.
Eiffel is u man Of from 40 to As years,
rather under the average height; his
hair is gray, his eyes bright, his express
sion quiet and pleasant. One feels at
once that he is persistent rather than
enthusiastic. In his triumphs over
difficulties, thought and mathematical
precision have done the work. NJ.
Eiffel gave me a card which entitled me
to visit the tower.
After o visit l must admit that con-
sidering the strong doubts [ once held,
upon aesthetic grounds, as to the advis-
ability of the Eiffel tower, the impress
sion made upon me by the reality was
altogether unexpected. | cannot say
whether it will be handsome, but l am
certain that it will be superb. 1t is i'm
possible to describe the effects of this
gigantic scaffolding of iron in geometric
design, tie whole forming a tremendous
pyramid. It is majestic, impressive,
and yet so light that from a distance
the effect against the sky is that of q
grand spiders web. walked back and
forth under these great arches, feeling
very small. l looked on with such
amazement that | scarcely noticed a
bolt of iron which fell like a bullet from
the heights above upon some sheet iron
at my feet.
sit was $50 steps up to the first plat
form by an easy staircase. Neverthe-
less | was glad to hold on to q firm
handrail. The first platform is not yet
entirely finished. In parts rough boards
bridge the space from beam to beam
through the cracks you a see the
below. [ walked cautiously along
and was glad to reach a spot where q
solid brick floor held me up. In the
center of the platform is an immense
opening not yet provided with ratings,
Peering over the edge | could see the
workmen below, looking like beetles
Around the outside of the tower a rail
road runs, bringing beams, sheet iror
and other material. Above our heads
100, workmen hammered at hot rivets
and the four giant corner posts stretch
| ed skyward. The view is magnificent
Up | GO again, by q winding staircase
to the top of the highest beam, held il
place merely by chains. The wine
whistles through Ahe scaffolding so tina
we have to hold our hats. But we dis
cover a splendid panorama. Paris lie'
in sunlight at our feet. with shining
domes, the whole yelled in a. mis-
which Geepens on the distant hills
The Seine looks like the motionles'
glass used to initiate water on big relic
maps ; the Arch of Triumph looks lik'
a paper weight, the obelisk like
needle and the Vendome column like it,
case. Yet we are only 300 feet high,
third of the way up that is to be. I go
back to ground strongly impressed. II
those who scott at the Eiffel tower
Ihave now but one am wer: Go and SCI
it,"
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-30

magnolia, etc. Lumber ranges from six to
sixteen dollars per thousand. The latter price
is for the best hard pine flooring.
Time to Immigrate.
October, November, December, January,
February and March, are the best months for
farmers TO move south. This allows time to
make the necessary preparations for spring.
The farmer becomes somewhat acclimated
before the heat of summer.
A good crop of sweet potatoes, COW peas,
millet and vegetables may be made the first
season. Hay can be made in any quantity
and find ready market, netting the farmer
eight dollars per ton upon an average. Cows
can be purchased and milk sold at ten cents
per quart, where PARTIES are located near a
town.
Butter usually brings from :5 to 40 cents
per pound-winter dairying would be a good
business.
Eggs average tifteencents per doz. Simply
because there are not enough small farmers IN
the south.
The winter is Just the time to produce eggs
Car loads should be shipped north i'll Febru-
airy.
Society, Etc.
The people Of Louisiana are kind and hospi-
table, and welcome immigration, especially
from the north. In no country is life and
property safer.
The best element from the north is coming
by the thousands. People must not expect
school houses, churches, fruit orchards and
p~alatial farm houses already for the settler an
government land. The most of the country
is unsettled and one year since was govern
ment land.
Price of Land.
There is very little government land left
In the hands of private owners lands range
from five to ten dollars per acre for farm pur-
poses. More at five than ten. Near towns
| choice locations are worth from ten to forty
dollars per acre Lots in III" towns range
from thirty to one hundred dollars each-lr
Lake Charles from fifty TO three hundred each
Size of lots 663 by 200 feet
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-30
outlived Them All.

Jefferson Davis, who is go years old
to-day, and who was i'll at latest advi-
ces from his homestead, has outliyed
nearly all the Confederate commanders
who served under him, as well az the
Union commanders who fought against
him. He has outlived his antagonist,
Abraham Lincoln, by twenty three
years. He has outlived both Gen. Lee
and Grant, both Admiral Porter and
Admiral Semmes, and, in the diploma
tic field, both Charles f.. Adams and
John Slidell. He ehas outlived the
greater part Of both the contending
armies, though he was d far older man
in 1861 than most of these who enlisted
in them. He was o prominent politi-
clan and leader in the United States
Senate wien Abraham Lincoln was an
obscure lawyer in Illinois. In the Mex
lean war he was severely wounded at
Buena Vista Al years ago, and wears
the scars that yet remind him of that
action.-New York Tribune.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-30
Proclamation
In Relation TO the State Fair 10 be Held al
Baton Rouge in October. 1888.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
State of LOuislnna

Whereas. The Louisiana State Agricultural
Society has provided for The holding of a
State Fair on the grounds of the Louisiana
State University and Agricultural ard Me
chanicaI College, at Baton Rouge. during the
first week OF October, 1853, and has appointed
an Executive composed OF repre-
. NATIVE, energetic and capable citizens to d.
rect and manage the same; and whereas, said
Fair will undoubtedly be of great utility to
this State in making known her resources and
attractions and in atfording her citizens excel
lent opportunity for observing the merits of the
different farm products and the improved
means and methods employed in the mechan-
zeal and agricultural industries;
Therefore, |, Francis I. Nichols, Governor
of the State of Louisiana, have thought proper
to issue this my proclamation, soliciting on be-
half of this commendable enterprise the favor
and the liberal patronage of all friends of pros
perity, development and progress, and partic-
ularly of all associations and citizens of this
State. and urging them to contributs.in every
possible manner to the success of said Fair;
and especially do | urge upon them to procure
for it such articles as will illustrate the physi-
cal geography of this State, her resources, her
minerals, her products, her climate and her
soil ; and also such other articles as will exhi-
bit her progress in the various arts and sci
ences.
l furthermore request producers and manu-
f~acturers of other States to send their produce
and wares for exhibition at this fair, promising
them an inviting field for advertisement and
patronage.
Furthermore. | earnestly invite the citizens
of other States to visit the Fair and inspect our
resources, assuring them OF a cordial welcome
on the part of our citizens, and urge upon all
lines of Railroads and Steamboats, to afford to
the people of this and other States every posi-
BILE encouragement and facility. y
In testimony whereof / have hereunto sign
ed this proclamation and caused the seal of
the State to be hereunto affixed at the city of
Baton Rouge this seventh day of June A. d.,
1888. FRANCIS 7. NICHOLAS,
Governor of Louisiana.
| By the Governor
L. +. MASON,
Secretary of State
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-30

Farmers may save Il trip to town in
their busiest season by 6eeping a bot
tie of Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy in the house. AL
most every one viii acknowledge. that
they should have some such prepare
ton at hand for use in case of an attack
of bowel complaint and any who have
used this midecine will tell you it is the
promptest, most reliable and most
pleasant medicine in use for the pur-
pose. Many lives and much SUITE ring
are saved by people keeping it at hand
ready for immediate use whenever
needed. For sale by F. E. Bailey.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-30
FAVORlTE ROUTE to the PACIFIC COAy
particularly in summer; that it ia
The Only Line Running a Eo..
Train to San Francisco "'
ti aud this train.
THE OVERLAND FFVUn.
Saves One Day in Time

Between Council Bluffs and the Pacific g.,
1t also gives to School Teachers so,o..:-
this line the privilege Of Il detour w;;thnIs
extra expense to Idaho Springs, Colo rn
also to Garfield Beach on the Great Sail + rSIO'
The Dead Sea- of America near Salt ITaa1Ies'
City, Utah, the headquarters of the Mo, .aAe
church, where the finest bathing in tho m"Nn
can he enjoyed. This is the only real " oanS
beach on Salt Lake. An excursion ticket 1" y
the Union Pacific Railway will carry The tr'"
eler through more attractive ~territorr ,nS
greater number of large cities than a a ticIos
over any other line to the Pacific Coast
Teachers deslr"lS of returning via pnr,,,.,
can go from San Francisco to Portland a;tLal
via boat 20. X. & N, Coz or overland, vs
the Mount Shasta Route going from pO,.
land east via the o. X. & N. Co. and rOraOoa
Short Line with choice of rail Or boat r;Sa
on Columbia River between Portland and gSe
Dallas. Thence through Oregon. Wasbinat0"
Territory and Idaho, passing near the Gssat
Shoshone Falls of the Snake River lfortv.STs
feet his her than Niagara), and Soda Snrinns
"the Sanitaiium of the West" They can ala,
| pass through and visit Denver, the .tC.1ean
City" of the mountains and the CAPITAL Of "a.
dorado, the Centennial State.
For information regarding rates, roptes
daily excursions, etc, apply to :
IlOS. /. NMBALL, E. |. | OMAX, J. S. TEBBErs.
Act'g Gen'I Mgr. AZ .P&LA. G.G,&Ii
OMAHA, NEBRASKA
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-30
; 159 Common St., New Orleans, Apr. %, 'se
To the Citizens OF Louisiana.

, 159 Common ST., New Orleans, Apr. %, '58,
To the Citizens Of Louisiana.
The State Immigration Association of Lou.
isiana offers its services gratuitousIy to the
citizens of the State in assisting them to sell
their lands, inducing immigrants, homeseek.
ers, and c~olonists to come and settle here. and
invite capital.
Hundreds of Northern inventors apply at
the Office of the Association No. 159 Common
street, and desire to see lists of lands. prices,
etc.
In order to facilitate the movement, and to
give them ample opportunity to select from
every parish in the State, we earnestly request
erery land holder an the State to at once for
ward to this Office a description of the land
they have for sale, with its price per acre, its
character of soil, how many cleared acres the
land contains, and how much and what kind
of timber is on it, the kind of agricultural pro-
ductions that flourish there, or if it is better
suited to stock raising, and how ii is watered,
whether it is high and dry, or subject to over,
floW and what kind of improvements on it,
We also wish to know if there are schools
and churches on or near the land, and if it lies
at or near a town, railroad, a projected railroad
or river, with the name of said railroad. town
OF river; also if the land is fenced and built
up, and the assessment on it, with maps and
plans of the land, and other items of informa.
ton the parties are willing TO furnish.
We would suggest that a certain price be
fixed on such a number of acres as landowners
have in excess and are willing to dispose of
aohere 1t as possible please furnish this list and
information in print or haze 1t made out on a
type prier.
No charge will be made by the Association
or its officers for any service rendered in this
matter to the public.
These lists of land WILDE kept on file in the
office of the As sociatien for homeseekers, in.
vestors, and immigrants to examine and select
from and the Bureau will give all the add.
tional details necessary, as to locality, mode
of reaching it, transportation, etc, to aid both
the seller and buyer.
Very respectfully,
GEO. NORMAN, President.
VIM. B. SCHMIDT, Vice President
ISIDORE NEWMAN, ,Sr., Treasurer.
Fl. Il, BAKER, Secretary.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-30

On the East Tennessee, Virginia and
Georgia Railroad, recently, sae special
train carrying Jay Gould Ind party
made the run from Chattanooga to
Knoxville, a distance of liz miles, in
the actual running time of two hours
and seven minutes. This is reported
to be the fastest long distance time on
record in the South.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-30

Ruston Caligraph : Never was there
as much interest taken in stock raising,
especially the raising Of horses. and
mules, as is nov being taken through
out this hill country. Good brood
mares bring d good price ; iii fact there
are but Few, if any for sale.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-30

An exchange touches a good deal of
truth in q few words in the following:
There are several classes of men
who cannot build q city. First, the
fellows who squeeze the eagle on a dol
lar until 1t squawks. Second, the
winners who will do nothing them
selves, and complain because some 9TH
er fellow, by his energy, is trying to
push along the city in all that tends to
les material advancement. Third,
the men who have accumulated for
tunes through the energy Of others, and
who refuseato give up q dollar for a
manufacturing establishment or other
enterprises that win bring wealth to
the city. The classes named and 9th
ers stand as an adamantine wall against
ne prosperity Of many cities and
towns. They are everywhere to be
found. n some places they are the
ruling spirits. II others there are
enough 81 them to stab every move
ment that 10 calculated to build q great
and prosperous city,
&N#&1
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-30
a Cure For Sore Nipples.

Mrs. MARY L LUDLOW, of Manning.
Pratt Co, Kansas, says: Six years
ago we lived at Columbus junction,
Iowa, and | had II young baby and IA
very sore breast. For three months
tried every thing until ut last got Il
box of Chamberlain's Eye and Skin
Ointment and it cured them Sold by
F. E. Bailey.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-30

Thibodaux Sentinel: The visitors to
the Guion Acadamy will be struck
with the great improv ement in the
building from the limited amount in
the school house fund of this district.
Blinds have been placed on all the
windows of the lower floor and the
inside walls have all been plastered
where it was needed.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-30

Lafayette Advertiser: There has
been too much rain this week for the
good of the crops, and in some sections
they have been damaged everywhere
the grass is fast gaining ground. How
ever. a few days of bright weather
win suffice to bring everything into
good shape again.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-30

In almost every community there is
some person whose life has been saved
by ChambeIain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy or who has been
cured of chronic diarrhoea by it after
years of suffering. Such persons seldom
lose an opportunity to recommend
the remedy TO which they owe their
very exisetnce and it is them, hal have
made the remedy the most popular of
any in use for bowel complaints. 25
cent, so cen and $I.O0 bottles, are sold
LIT. E. Bailey.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-30

A dispatch from Jasper, Ind, says /:
"Myriads of grasshoppers have appear
ed in many parts of southern Indiana
and are devouring all vegetation as
they go. They destroy meadows first,
then the foliage of trees, and next corn,
oats and garden vegetables. Thous-
ands Of acres of meadow have been
desolated by them.n
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-30

By paying five cents daily for the
Times Democrat, it will cost $18.25 a
year. We have made arrangements to
give the Daily Times Democrat with
the COURIER for $1,000 a year. Just
note the saving.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-30

Those who gave orders for photo
graphs of the Louisiana Press Assocla-
ton at Woodworth's Springs on tlle 3D.
inst, can now get their copies at this
office.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-30

An exchange says: "Many a man
who won't support his home paper
wants the paper TO support him-when
an Office is in sight"
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-30

1t is said that the lightning rod is a
relic of superstition, and will soon be
regarded in the same light as a horse
shoe over a door.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-30

Thibodaux Sentinel: The gallery of
the corporation school has been entire
" rebuilt, and it is an improvement
that was much needed. The cost of
the repairs was betrayed exclusively
from the funds derived from the recent
entertainment given by the teachers
of the school. There are sufficient
funds on hand to give q good coat of
paint to the building.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-30

Lafayette Advertiser The Lafayette
Building and Loan Association, at
their meeting last Wednesday night,
disposed Of two loans, one on four
shares to John Thompson, and n on
three and a half shares to Henry Kai-
ssr, both at IS per. cent. premium.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-30

Blank forms for use of merchants,
notaries, Justices of the Peace, etc, for
sale at this office.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-30

Little Rhode Island appears to be
much indebted to Thurman's bandana.
IL is said the Clyde Print Works have
received orders for {, o0O, 900 bandanas,
calling for the employment Of several
hundred extra hands.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-30

Judge Thurman is a much Weather
man than people generally suppose,
having a fortune of $500. DOC.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-30
State immigration Association of
Louisiana.
The Outcome of the Greatest and most Sue
cessful Popular Movement Ever
Known in Louisiana.

Cordial Initiation 10 Home Seekers, Immi
grants and Capitalists to Settle in the
State.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-30
Land mia RargaiEa.

RUBBER STAMP T IN Fancy ys5f 9 Is 4
25 Visiting Cards, and India Ink to ANA Mal stylss
en-, only IS cts. (stamps.l Book OF aOJ p;e Pas.
free with each order. Agents wanted; = 1s
THALMAN MFG CO., Baltimore, me'
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NOTICE..

HNIlE Subscribers of the Stock of the St..
Landry Homestead and Loan Association
are notified to call at the Office 80 the Secre
tary g the Association, and pay their Install
ments, on each and every Saturday from aud
after this day, from . p. m. to Z O'Clock ?. m
W. G. PERRAULT,
Opelousas, April Z, Ss.-tf See'y.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-30

A great number of the programmes
used at the commencement exercises
of numerous high schools in Louisiana
and Mississippi towns are printed in
Philadelphia, when cards that Wonld
do quite as well might be printed at
home. You can bet your life, however,
that every home paper receives one of
these cards, with the request hat the
editor will write a nice puff for the
school. If lie does he is. a clam. A
school that sends abroad for it's job
printing has 40 claim on the robbed
editor for home support.-Picayune.