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The Opelousas courier., 1888-01-07

Americans boast Of the excellence of
their pumpkin and other pics, and have
the reputation of being a nation of pie
eaters. When it comes to making good
pies and pies of many varieties undoubt-
eddy the Yankee is ahead of all the
world. The Englishman occasionally
makes a rough, blind, determined rush
for the lead, and then gives it up.
There are accounts extant of certain big
pies baked in the right little, tight little
isle; one in 1883 in joy for the recovery
OF George III. from a ft of sickness,
mental and physical another in 1915, to
glorify Waterloo and peace; another
in 1916 to celebrate the repeal of
tho corn laws. The largest on
record was baked q few months ago
and styled the jubilee pic. 1t is some
thing larger than the regular family
size Washington pie as viii be seen ~
the List Of ingredients, viz: Flour, 500
pounds, Or nearly five barrels beef,
1850 pounds mutton, $50; veal, $50;
beef suet, A; drippings, 40; lamb, 1870;
pork, $50 lard, 100; butter, 90 pounds
The Opelousas courier., 1888-01-07
PEARLS OF U
Conscience is the pulse of reason.

Conscience is the pulse of reason.
You will v have a friend if you
must have one without failings.
No falsehood can endure touch OF ce'
lestial temper but returns of force to its
own likeness.
Blessings are strewed like flowers in
our pathway it rests with US to gather
them up carefully o. pass them by.
Learn to think fast. The human
brain is capable Of lightning-like appli'
cation, and there is no limit to its
rapidity of application when rightly and
directly applied.
Be cheerful, obliging and civil, and
you will find every man ready and
willing to speak q good word for you
Spd help along your skill.
We Cannot stag tn, new song with
the old tongue.
Make children love you if you wish
them to obey you.
History can be formed from permanent
monuments and records; but lives can
only be written from personal knowl-
edge. which is growing every day less,
and in a short time is lost forever.
Coarse kindness is, at least, better than
coarse anger; and in all private quarrels,
the dullcr nature is triumphant by reason
of its dulIness.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-01-07
Old Sa,cs tn Rhyme.

An honest confession is good for the soul;
AS thin as a rail, or as black as a coal.
A hen that is setting will never grow fat;
AS wise as an owl or as blind as a bat.
As the twig first is bent so the tree is in.
clined;
As many opinions as people we find.
Better wear out than rust out; the under
dog kick;
Empty wagons make most noise; Tom,
Harry and Dick.
A lick and a promise; i'll news travels fast
If YOU'RE not rich at forty your chances are
past.
The harder the storm is the sooner its over;
Be just before generous; living in clover.
After storm com s the calm; it takes two to
fight;
Blessings all brighten when taking their
flight.
Between hay and grass; there are tricks in
each trade;
A games never won till the end &C it's
played.
Every mans his W doctor; clothes Dor
rowed don't fit;
Brevity always the soul is of wit.
Birth may be good, but good breeding is
more;
Afraid of his shadow; don't stick in your
oar.
Poverty makes for US bedfellows strange;
Hanging's too good for him; sweet is revenge.
Never swap horses while crossing a stream;
Always by contraries goeth a dream.
By rogues falling out honest men get their
dues;
BY distance enchantment is lent to the view.
Jack of all trades but a master of none;
Conscience makes towards of everyone.
There's nothing so bad it cannot be worse;
To some people money is only a curse.
Unadorned beauty the most is adorned;
Homes where the heart is; forearmed is FORE
warned.
There's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the
lip;
The little leaks often will sink a big ship.
Blood's thicker than water all cry and nc
wool;
A proud heart is made by a stomach that's
full.
Many go out 10 shear and come home again
shorn:
AlTs not gold that glitter's; a mans made to
mourn.
a
Ittakes two a bargain to make; sour grapes,
Taxes and death are what no one escapes.
IA. c. Dodgei in Detroit Free Press.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-01-07
Hermit Grabs.

These crabs are very quarrelsome and
will fight desperately, especially if two
specimens be elected from their habita-
ton and one of the shells removed. At
last the stronger puts the weaker to
flight, seizss upon the shell, AMI whips
into it as if shot from a spring. The
homeless one tries in vaia to pull him
out, for at each attempt he retreats fur
Their and further into the shell and press
ing his legs firmly against it, and block
ing up tne entrance with his fighting
claw, which is always very much larger
than its fellow. In consequence of this
combative nature the crab is sometimes
called by the name of Soldier" Some
times i have caused much amusement
by removing a hermit crab from its
habitation and supplying it with a
shell about two sizes too small for the
accommodation of its body. No
other protection being ~obtainable, the
crab picks up the shell, twists it round
and round with marvellous dexterity and
quickness, measures its capacity with its
legs, and at last makes the best of a bad
business by forcing the tip of its body
into it as far as can be done, and then
walks about dise~onsolately, knowing
that the greater part of its soft person is
unprotected. When it has had time to
become thoroughly uncomfortable, a
large she'll should be placed in the vessel.
In q moment the crab pounces on it,
twists it about and, with a movement
almost too quick for the eye to follow,
drops tho little shell and jerks itself
into the large one, where it rests with
an air of absolute content which is in
| tensely ludicrous.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-01-07

rabbits in number, Ga; hares, 5; fowls,
AZ; pigeons, 40; grouse, 1s; ducks, 81;
plovers. 4; turkey, 1; geese, b; small
birds, 1o0-quite too much of a m1Xturo
in the way of meats one
would think. In addition there were
eggs, 80; potatoes, $50 pounds; pepper,
s; allspice, 4; salt, 6 pounds, and
brandy, 2 gallons. The weight of the
whole pie was to and a quarter tons; it
was eight feet in diameter, and nearly
two feet high. This big, D'skillful
compound of pastry was thoroughly
baked in two hours, and devDured by
the population of two or three villages
in a great deal less time. The weather
was cool and pleasant, which may ac-
count for the fact that no unusual degree
of sickness in the neighborhood followed
the consumption of the pie Detroit
Free Press.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-01-07
LOngevitu or Animals.

The elephant lives 100 years and up
ward ~rhinoceros, 30; camel, 100; lion,
% to 90; tiger, leopard, jaguar and
hycna Gn confinement, about -; beaver,
so; deer, 90; wolf, 90; fox, IA to is;
llama, Is; channels, s5; monkey and
balloon, 10 to IS; hare, s; squirrel, :;
rabbit, Z, swine, %; stag, under so;
horse, 80; ass, 30; sheep under 10; cow,
20; OK, 30; swan, parrot and raven,
200; eagle, 100; goose, 80; hen and
pigeon, 10 to 10; hawk 80 to 40: crane,
%; blackbird, 10 to 1s; peacock, 20;
pelican, 40 toPo; thrush, 8 to 10; wren,
2 to 3; nightingale, Is; blackcap, IS;
innet, y to 90; goldfnch, 90 to "a red
breast, 10 to IL; skvlark, 10 to 30; tit
lark, 3 to O; clafinch, 90 to "a; star
ling, 10 to 1s; carp, 70 to 100; pike, 30
10 40; salmon, 10; Goldfish, IA to II; eel,
10; crocodile, 100; tortoise, 100 to 200;
whale, estimated 1000; queen bees live
4 years; drones, 4 months; worker bees,
Q months.-Our Society Journal.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-01-07
a Deer conqaers q Rear.

Thst peacefully disposed young bear
which Thomas Strong presented 10 the
city i kept chained in the deer paddock
at tho city park. The other day it
broke its chain and started in to have q
yenison dinner. II ran after the deer
till the young buck turned Oh it and
oombed its fur with bis horns and
kicked It d the snout and made tho
blood run, and finally the bear initiated
zaecheus and climbed i tree, while the
tuck stood guard at the bottom with
fre T. bis eyes and frothing At the mouth
with Sage. The brief association Of
hat bear with ths colony Ill Metlakahfla
Y seems 0ld not eradicate oil tho savage
nature Of The brute. Bnt ii viii prob
ablT Nais till Y y bigger befo ] II tries
q sat thak buck again. Portland ore
goAiap,
The Opelousas courier., 1888-01-07


Wild geese hunters are having fine
sport on Dakota p~rairies. A sportsman
writes from Newark, Dakota, that he
frequently sees 1ocks of geese extending
over acres, giving the ground an ap-
p~earance of being covered by an immense
snow bank. A good way to approach
them is by a horse and wagon; as the
birds cannot see a man in q wagon they
will not rise until the horse is very
near. BY urging the horse into a hard
run, the hunter is carried directly under
the birds by the time they are fairly up
In the air. He then bangs away with
telling results.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-01-07

Notwithstanding the wonderful adj
anc in material civilization during
the last hundred years, there is yet, ac-
cording to the American Cultivator, a
general expectation that fully as great
changes are in store for the world as any
yet witnessed. W. have apparently
measured the possibilities of steam as a
motive power, but no one dares to think
that the capabilities of electricity have
been fathomed. When the electric tele-
graph was invented, many thought that
the end was reached by n bound It
is easy to see now that stranger things
he behind the subtle agent than the
transmission, almost simultaneously, of
dumb signs. We have for years talked
for long distances By its aid. Cities Ore
lighted by it, and it has already been
harnessed and used as a motive pcaer
I'll competition with steam. It is not
unlikely that the next discoveries in
electricity will be in oconnection with
agriculture. There is 4gurely more in
telIigence applied to this business than
ever before in the worlds history. This
cannot fail in time to produce results
equally strange as those which invention
and discovery have made in other fields
of labor.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-01-07

The possibility of visiting unknown
races of rnen' seems to be not eve yet an
impossibility. J. B. Vincent, the sole
survivor of the crew Of the whaling bark
Napoleon, who was recently brought
home from Cape Navarin by the revenue
cutter Bear, tells a remarkable story of
three visits to the Tehuktchi of north
eastern Russia, tall, well-built fellows
who live in a valley surrounded by snow
topped hills, 165 miles from the coast.
He fell in with some of them when they
came down to the coast with their rein
deer to lay in a supply of fish for tie
winter. Vincent spent four months
with them and had Tery good time.
The greater part Of two years was passed
by the shipwrecked mariner alternating
between the deermen in the valley and
the yellow men over the mountains on
the coast, by both of whom he was vel
treated.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-01-07

Gruyere cheese, which has been made
by the farmers of Jura, Switzerland,
under a system by which each in turn
made a cheese of the milk of the whole
community given to him every day, is
now made in o factory to which all the
farmers take their milk, aad the pro-
duct of which is common property in-
stead of each cheese being the individ-
ual property Of the man who made it.
This makes the cheese more uniform
and of better quality, and increases the
farmers profits.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-01-07
THE CAPTAINS WIFE.

Inc right wing OF oherlnans army
was only a few miles from Blue Rock, a
mountain village in Georgia.
The simple villagers felt little alarm.
Blue Rock was the point Of no strategic
Importance to either the Federals or the
Confederates.
One fine aorning in the early spring
John Dickson started out from the little
hamlet to visit his farm, only a mile or
two distant. Dickson was ayoung man,
but a chronic lameness hal secured his
exemption from military service, and as
he had a wife and two children entirely
dependent upo1 him, he regarded his
disability as q blessing.
Still, he was astrong Confederate, and
on this particular morning, while he was
limping slowly along the rough country
road, he paused more than once to listen
with a frownipgeface to the sullst oboom
of Sherman's le sss, several ng away.
II am not able to do much'ps sting, "
he muttered, ''but if they comaassa Blue
Rock and cut up any I'll kill some Of
them if | have to die for itr'
He meant what he said. This qG'et
young farmer had plenty of grit wh'p
he was put to the test.
The walk tired him, and lie left the
road and stretched himself in a grassF
place under the shade OF a sturdy old
oak. 4
He threw himself on his back and
closed his eyes for a moment. Then he
looked up into the green foliage above
him.
A queer expression fittel over his
face, but his gaze remained fixed upon
n point. .
In a careless way he raised his
hand to his face, and stroked his
mousfache. Then the hand wandered
down orer his vest toying with each
button. At last it slipped downward to
a hip pocket, and reappeared as quick
rs a flash of lightning, this time with a
pistol aimed upward.
Nov, you come down." said Dick
son grufiy.
'sHa! hap laughed some one up in the
tree. aYou have found me, have you?"
The laugh surprised and irritated
Dickson. His keen eyes had discovered
a fellow with q blue uniform sitting on
one of the topmost limbs of the tree. Tt
had flashed into his head that it would
be an easy matter to capture him, and
march him into Blue Rock. And now
the rascal was laughing at him!
aYon'lI grin on the wrong side of
your mouth pretty SOON said Dickson,
~ mean business. Don't you know
that you are my ~prisoner3'
s.Well, no, = was the cool reply, Il
hadn't thought Of it ia that light. In
fact, / was under the impression that
yen were my prisoner, and was won
dering how to dispose Of you.'
"Confound your roared the young
farmer. aIf you don't coma down at
once I'll shooti''
.See here, my friend,n answered the
soldier, you don't understand the
situation
80, Idontr' shouted Dickson.
INC, where are your eyes? Take q
good look, but don't move"
Thus appealed to, Dickson allowed
his eyes to y over tho soldiers entire
figure. He gave s start Of surprise. The
Federal mld II his right hand d revolver
aimed 1t The man on the ground.
st have had you covered ever since
you came here, = said The man in the tree.
and what do you think 81 doing2M
asked Dickson III 1 tantalizing way.
M gaina I'd shoot If you tEy to ges
The Opelousas courier., 1888-01-07

More or less labor is constantly flock.
ing Southwark, but the demand there
is for special kinds of skill, such as
founders, machinists, workers in wood,
makers of railroad appliances, stove
makers and the like. There are also d
good many lumber workers finding
employment in the yellow pine and
cypress regions of the S6dth.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-01-07
A Superior Charger.

MIR. Bumbus--I saw you taking a horse
back ride this morning. Your own
horse2
Mr.. Wumpus No; only a livery hack.
ssHe looked like q very fine charger"
$50 I thought until / paid the bill.
Then the owner of the stable cast him
i'll in the shade. n-[Harper's Bazaar.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-01-07
TOWN PROPERTY FOR SALE.

A centrr " located and desirable buinI
stan1 on NJ in street, Opelousa', co1sh
of building u table for residence AMI sd
store, and adjoining a bakery, being
nrope, ty next to the po %t-office. This pr
ertv will be sold very cheap for cash, orb
ca-h and balance on terms to SUI pu lag
Arp'yaat this Office or to N S, Elmori
D,ppr9en March 9fg
The Opelousas courier., 1888-01-07
Il Mean Man.

He-sfMy dear wife, | love thee so
fondly that when am neal thee I feel
not the cold blast Of winter
she-sMe, too
aGlad too hear II. Then you don't
need any sealskin sacque this season.
[Siftings.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-01-07
ST, R ACADEMY,
iOPELOUSAS, La.

LIN
The course Of instruction in this Institution afaari
EngIish1 French, Latin, Greek, Arithmetic, Arg
t3sometry Bookkeeping, Natural Sciences, Hsas
Geography, Psnmanship, and great care Is es1e1
on Christian Instruction. al.
TERMs:-Board and tuition per month 3D.
Scholars per month, 90. SS or 81, aceordinE aoss
Glasses are resumed on "Wednesday, September !
SSSs 90" REV, G.. RAYMOND, D. D.,
iooo3 REV. f. j. RAYMOND.
HENRY q. LEWIS
Aug. 90. 1885. nj. FIRE hstL
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OPEL0USAS FEMALE lusr,,

opeto"sas st. Landry Parisb
EHNHlS Institution will resume dptis. ~,
Il TENDER 10, 1897, uudar the ,nmnS. MOnds, l
of Mrs. NJ. M. hayes and Mrs. NJ .ate b.
competent assistants. The schoIasiA. Tsays s
forty weeks. "'ee Year tou S
TERMS OF TUITION.
Preparatory Department, per month
Academic n' . /.
Music, with use of piano " "-"...
boarding, including washing. light ,nI:"...,
Embroidery. wax flowers, painti9g dJnl Iuel Il
eacn,
DISCIPLINE,
The government of this school ia stru
no hard tasks or restrictions are innn.o'ut panse
student must comply with the rules pSSael, bus
up to he measure of her ability tbs Iian N. b@s
Our course of study and mode of in J $50 asars
train the mind to habits of correct tbi;saLtasssion d
Ough Investigation. No student will haa 4 tug aatfI
ter higher classes without thorough o eao5s4t
rents and guardians may rest assured t,b III =
he alth and morals of the children AZ = thsr Nara
ceive due attention. "arCs sh5
No deduction for absence, unless in c.a
ed illness. The location of tbs town = y VI pfoh,
easy of access. The boarding dera ina 10 naic.afthfdI
immediate charge of Mrs. Have. B nsnss Is andaI
vide themselves with blankets and tny Ssp viii
~ticulars address "'S' ff
July 28'333-nov 27'79. h1nfES,
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There is no other country in h
world where the business of farming is
so profitable, according to skill and cap.
ital invested, as the United States.

advertising is to business" says
Macaulay, s'what steam is to machinery,
the grand propelling power" And the
way to advertise is to get your an
nouncement printed in your home
The Opelousas courier., 1888-01-07
~
TULANE UNIVERSE
OF LOUISIANA.
VIM. Preston Johnston, LID. PA,

"IGH School with Manual Training cs
Nh with six courses of instruction IN 1aa
courses in Science and Latters. Sess;o ra,ets
October 3D.. II. SOPHIE Newcomb. N.m~,sH
legs for Women begins October 18th n
Department begins October 18th. Law Dsn.aasl
begins November 2lst. P~As
u Catalogues containing announc man, !.
j departments may be had by application y
Secretary of the University. Tulane Hill
Orleans, La. aus a
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O al {.

A Fine Res dence, with al necessary /
buildings an improvements, n sunl1]
land for asman farm, adjoining the % paa
limits sf Ope ou,as, wilt be soil ea1
AnnlY at this Gttice. "
The Opelousas courier., 1888-01-07

Fishermen, in order To handle eels
securely. first Y them with dirt. ID
Ike manner does detraction strive III
grasp excellence.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-01-07
C.. ..

Carpenter, Contractor g. Bulds|
WILL, contract f l. the ere ction oftd
w iHgs of Il kinds, furnishing al MI
rails if DIES red. Work done promptly anil
reasonable rates. Orders lie at R. Chachs|
@. : given 'rompt attention. Estnal
and plans furni she'd. piss
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1888-08-17

France to be used before the commission
Egan also promises to attend the commits
sion sitting whenever summoned and sub.
NIT TO the fullest examination.
The reply OF NJ Goblet, French minister
OF foreign affairs, to the Italian note an
nouncjng the occupation Of Massowah 10y
Italy, protests against the abolition
OF CapituIatiOns without negotiation or
agreement with the powers, and hints that
France will pursue the same tactics in fu,
ture, il it suits her interests to DO so.
Revolutionary proclamations have been
seized at the house Of Soudry the anarch.
ist leader. in Paris. France, who was ar.
rested during the riots on the occasion oil
the funeral OF Gen. Fudes. 1t is rumored
that the anarchists had Becreted 1000 re.
vOlyers in the labor exchange, and that
the government only prevented d rising by
the seizure Of the exchange.
The declarations OF Prince Bismarck in
the National Ieitung and OF Lord SaIisbu.
ry at the Mansion house dinner recently,
respecting the peace OF Europe, have Great
ed some uneasiness in the minds OF Vienna
politicians as to the disposition of Bulgaria
and caused renewed discussion at the vari.
Gus capitals OF the perennial question OF
the importance OF ConstantinopIe.
The amount of damages Mr.. Parnell
asks for against the Times is 800, 600. He
bases his action on letters which the Times
published in 1887, and on letters and
statements introduced by the defense in
the trial OF ODonncll's case against the
Times. The trial will take place before
Lord kinnear, OF the court OF sessions in
Edinburg. The st. James Gazette surmises
that Mr.. Parnell, when asked to testify be
fore the commission OF inquiry, will refuse
on the gro nd that if he gave evidence be
fore the commission he would prejudice his
suit against the Times by disclosing his
case.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1888-08-17

Company OF Mason, Wis, waived examin-
alton and was bound over to the circuit
court. Bail was fixed at $4,000.
In a bawdy house at Brainerd, Mimi,
recently, n notorious woman going by the
name OF Younger, said by some to be Il
sister OF the Younger brothers Ia Saltwater
penitentiary, made a vigorous attempt at
suicide by taking morphine.
At Winnipeg, recently, an alteration
arose between II man named GilbOy and
on engine driver by the name Of Jorcas.
Hard words were used on both sides, and
GilbOy attacked JOrCas with "A knife, stab
bing him seriously and probably fatally.
GilbOy was arrested soon after.
A warrant has been sworn out against
one Lindow near Black River Falls, Wis,
for inhuman treatment Of his family. The
evidence before Justice Bracket showed
that he punished his wife by tying her
hands, then sticking pins in her arms from
the shoulder to the elbow until it was raw,
and whipped her while she was sick aOed.
He will live with the sheriff thirty days.
James II. Moore, who says that his
father is a merchant in Detroit, was W.
rested recently for trying to pass a check
iOI pOv, ~ Wllltu IIb blGIdLuTb OF the Jew
EFT Il Sherman Co. had been forged. He il
from Ashland and has been d]issIpating in
the company OF W. Fl. Graham, IA cowboy
from Montana, who has been paying all
the expenses, Moore being without fundR.
Moore, when arrested, tried to make it ap-
pear that Graham was responsible for the
forged check.
A Denver swindler named Joel T. Smith
has been arrested at New York for an at.
tempt to swindle or blackmuil postmas.
tiers out OF five dollars. Smith had sent
his circulars 10 pOstmasters in various
parts of the country, stating that the
'National Badge ~Compauy' was prepared
to furnish handsome Cleveland campaign
badges at 81 each. The circular also gave
the ~pOstmasters to understand that this
was authorized by the Democratic nation.
al committee, and some Of them thought
it was another way OF avoiding the civil
service law. Postmaster George T. Mills
OF Mason, IL, wrote to the Democratic
national committee about the matter,
and Chairman Barnum put the police on
the track OF Smith. He was caught and
sent to Jail.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1888-08-17
PERSONAL NEWS ITEMS.


Morton 5. Wilkinson has been nominat-
ed Tor candidate for Congress BY the DEM
oerats 81 the second congressional dis
trict 81 Minnosota.
Gen. schoneld, the ranking major-gener.
al speaking 81 the succession to Gen. sher-
idan, says: Rank commander aud com.
nander are two entirely dinerezS things.
edt l4ople generally cutsideiof MILITARY
~clrelea, do not seem to think SO, Han ON.
Ger - a brigadier-gBneral, that Ii his rank.
y has been conferred on him BY and with
the advice Of the senate, but il doesn't de-
eide anything about the assignment Of
command which may be gigan him. THe
PRESIDENT may put him IN command 81 q
department., or evon q division. Indeed,
he may, II be choose. detail him TO com.
mand the. array, The President could or.
sL nGfthese changes # he so desired. As d
ipat 81 fact. the President Is command.
aIsAn-eNIes 81 the army. Up r. tho rank IL
Solonel officers OF the army are promoted
9~oniority, but when you got above The
rank 81 colonel. ranks and commands exe
aiEeoulerrsd BY the President AZ hia pleas
ures2