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The Opelousas courier., 1888-09-08

A glance at the pedigree of
the presidential and vice-presi-
dental candidates of the great
parties show a most remarkable
state of affairs. Grover Oleve-
land is the son of a Presbyterian
clergyman, while Allen G. Thur
man is the son of a Methodist
clergyman. Levi P. Nor. IN is
the son ola Congregational cler-
gyman. Gen. Harrison breaks
the rule, but he is the son-in-law
of a preacher and is himself an
elder in the church. But this
strange coincidence doesnot stop
with the candidates. Che heads
of the campaigh Committees of
the two parties-Oalvin s. Brice
and Mathew s. Quay-are sons
of clergymen. Col. Brice's ia
Their was a Presbyterian cler-
gyman, as was the father of s g
ator Quay.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-09-08

The confederate monument to
be erected at Staunton, Va, to
the memory of 1000 Confeder-
ate soldiers from eleven States,
whose remains are buried in
Thornrose Cemetery, near that
city, will be unveiled with APP
propriate ceremonies on Sept.
25.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-09-08
The Stingy Young Man.

Chicago News.
I would 60 across a muddy
street of Il very muddy day to
shake hands with the person
who stands at the head of this
paragraph, and when | had
shaken hands | should, perhaps,
humbly beg him for his auto
graph or a lock of his hair. And
wherefore? Because, to be a
"stingy young man" means in
popular parlance a young man
who has the moral courage to
spend his money in his own
way. 1t means that because he
happens to be in a crowd of ad-
dle-pated greenhorns who are
throwing away their earnings in
a manner that does not bring a
return to them or any one else,
he refuses to chip in" It
means that lie doesn't have a
monthly whisky, livery, theater,
florist or confectionery bill in
excess of his monthly earnings.
It means that he doesn't rob his
employers, or, if he is a bank
cashier, his bank, to minister to
his illicit pleasures. 1t means
that his tailor bill is paid
promptly, ditto his board bill;
that if he has a mother Or sister
not too we'll off he can aud does
afford them an occasional, gen
erous gift. 1t means that while
every designing girl of his &C.
quaintance is not a recipient at
his hands of costly flowers and
confectionery, the girl he loves
best has plenty of both and both
are paid for. This term Of re-
proach means also that while his
generous colleague is talking
slush about the extravaganza of
girls and the impossibility of
supporting such creatures, that
he, our "stingy young man."
has a nice little bank account ;
has been accepted by his sweet
heart and is giving her more
comfort than the spendthrift, in
his prodigal selfishness, thinks
anybody but himself is entitled
to. .
The Opelousas courier., 1888-09-08
M Acquire Knowle6 re.
soRr OF STUDY WHICH CIV MEN
Superiority OVER OTHERS

80 n OF STUD1 WhlCh WV SMEN
Superiority OVER OTHERS
. : Times.
II i the study which a man
aoes at his odd minutes rather
man his study at regular hours
Y stndy, which is likely to give
I'm his superiority as a scholar
and this sort of study almost
NV man can find time for, what
s svsr is his ordinary occupation.
Men nowadays talk of eight
hours q day as a full days work;
hOt the man whose daily work
: limited to eight hours has
snare time enough for all need
ri rest and recreation, and for
Efficient study to make him be-
tore long a man of marked at
tsinments in almost any line of
aeanired knowledge. Even if
h;s regular work covers ten or
twelve hours q day, he still has
time enough to make steady
nrogress in various lines of spe-
ciaI study. The men who have
made their mark in the world as
aminent scholars, or as students
sf a~vcenfiOnal proficiency i'm
narticular lines ofresearch, or as
experts in this or that direction
of practical knowledge, have
rareIy been men who had moth
inc else to do but to fit them
selves for the sphere in which
they attained highest distinc-
ton. In most cases they gained
their pre-eminence through a
wise lse of the spare time which
they had above the hours of
their REGULAR daily duties. And
there are but few young men to-
day SO closely occupied by what
thew call their regular work,
that they might not find time to
prepare themselves by special
study at odd minutes for a place
among the proficients in almost
any department of human
knowledge. 1t is true that they
may not feel like working hard
id another direction after hav-
ing worked hard 'sall day" at
that which gives them their dali
" bread, or to the doing of
which they are bound in honor.
But that is a matter of inclina-
ton, rather than a question of
practicability. Nc man is likely
to maketigh attainment in any
sphere unless he is willing to do
more every day than ga regular
days work. and unless he is
Ready.to do extra work when he
does not feel like doing any
thing. This is as true in the
case of one whose regular Worke
il that of systematic study, as
Of one whose study is supple
mental to work of a different
sort. II, indeed, 2 man can have
study as his principal occupa-
ton, he has avfine start in the
pursnitof knowledge but in any
case be must work out of regu-
lar hours as we'll as in them, and
must work whether he likes it
81 not, if he would be a man of
mark in the line of bis life stu
dies and the young man who
IS ready to do this can hope for
high attainment accordingly
even though he is not privileg-
Cd just now to give himself.
wholly to study.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-09-08

The years are moving on
Jefferson Davis and Thomas u.
CIingmar are the only two lIv-
inc men who were among the
United States Senators who
seeded from that body in 1861
The Opelousas courier., 1888-09-08

some fashion journal has said
that athe hustle must co. Yes
il will continue to GO IS long as
there Is 4 woman left that q
able to Wag one.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-09-08

man who has tried it says
wy wooden posts treated as fol-
a.aWs at q cost of two cents
apaeea will last % long that the
eskty adopting it win not live
s. see hls posts decay. Take
ssssea linseed Dill, and stir in1
sslseflzed charcoal to the con-
sasssasy Of paint, and put q coat
oKsg tlle timber.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-09-08

GTA@l%&% N%AN&M IHA#SAAN4
The prevailing idea that two
coats of paint is sufficient is the
worst kind of economy. Nojob
should 90 short of three coats.
A painter cannot make a job
look we'll with only two coats of
paint, al IL will show up In 81
short while to tell the tale; and
again, the house is not. near so
we'll protected from wet and
cold. The first coat should be.
Just thick enough to keep the
oli from running and to mark
me work. The second coat.
should be gentle, heavy, and the
tnlfd coat somewhat lighter, as
tle flrst coats are to penetrate,
ste second to fill the pores and
form tho body, and the third
goat TO protect the whole. act
ing like varnish on d coach or
auggy. How long would a coach
~ buggy last without varnish ?
The Opelousas courier., 1888-09-08
Golden Thoughts.

4 EEK
Politeness to interiors is a
debt due to ourselves.
Mock humility wears a gauze
robe, covering but not conceal
ing its great deformity.
Success III life is often achiey-
ed by making good use of adj
verse circumstances.
Conscience is to the christian
what the lighthouse is to the
sailor. Il guides him in his
course.
Flattery is counterfeit coin
offered to vanity. Vanity is
near sighted and cannot tell the
false from the true metal.
Some of the greatest of crimes
haVetheir beginning in slight
indiscretfons, as the largest fruit
springs from small buds.-Ex.
Colonel George Moorman,
President of the Louisiana I'M
migration Association, an untjr-
ing worker IN the cause of immi-
grafton, proposes a convention
OF residents Of Louisiana who
removed to this State from
other Southern States. He sug-
gests some point iii North
Louisiana on the line of the
Vicksbnrg, Shreveport and Pa
cifc Railroad for the meeting,
which is designed to supplement
the recent convention held in
this city, and composed of resi-
dents who immigrated hither
from Northern States.-N. O,
Pieayune.
The new Chief Justice of The
Supreme Court Of the United
States is the smallest man on
that bench. weighing but 125
pounds. The largest is Associ-
ate Justice Gray, who measures
six feet FIVE inches in height and
weighs about 300 pounds.
The Mills bill only reduces
the tariff nearly five per cent
yet the Republican speaker viii
tell you this is free trade. q
this it is, the Republicans only
lack five per cent of being free
traders themselves. Calhoun
1ll.l Herald. Dem.
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There Is one feature of the
awnings bank business which Mr..
Saline might perhaps explain.
Illinois is 4 great state rich in
arms. III its savings banks Is
$4,000, 900. Massachusetts is
poor ii farms. In its savings
naRks rests S291.O 600, 900. The
farmers of this country create
!ae wealth. BY the beneficent
aw 81 high protection this
wealth drifts to the east and
leaves poor tho man who has
maae II. But ii is possible Mr..
z Blaine does not want to explain
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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1888-04-13

''The magazine has come to be the path
way that leads into literary society," said an
editor of a leading periodical to the writer
yesterday, ''but the pathway is long and
rough one and unless the prodder is amply
provisloned before he begins his journey, he is
likely to be starved out on the route There is
no subsection in which there are more gener-
ally mistaken ideas than ON the remuneration
OF literary work in magazines There is a
popular impression that the well known con-
tributors earn princely incomes by their
articles. People have heard so much about
the $4,000 year which Mr., Howells gets for
his work in Harper's, that they think all the
better known magazine writers receive some
thing like the same amount for their work.
But nothing could be further from the truth
l am quite sure that the contributors, whose
names are seen oftenest in the periodicals, do
not, on an average, earn 81 900 year from
this kind of work. and that much only by
persistent labor.
Il assure you that any man, however
gifted, who would depend for subsistence on
contributions to the magazines, would soon
become a Grub street specimen. Newspaper
work pays far better, and that is why so few
newspaper mems names are seen in the mag
azines. An able journalist could earn a sure
500 on newspaper during the time it would
take him to get up a $50 magazine article,
which might find its way back to him with
Thanks etc. Writing these articles is very
well as an adjunct to al income from other
sources, but to any one who should think of
settling down to gain e. subsistence by them l
would say: You will lead happier and
more comfortable life with the pick and
shovel. '"-NeW York Commercial Adver-
User
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1888-04-13
In the Cape Colony Parliament,

The majority of both houses are Dutch,
and many of them understand English very
imperfectly. They are elected by ballot, ac-
cordlng to the law of the colony, in the vii
lage in which they live, and as they are
chosen according to their popularity as
''good old fellows" very little opposition is
offered. Many of these old fellows come to
Cape Town to sit in parliament after days
and days of travel over the ''veldtn in their
''togt'' wagons, drawn by fourteen oxen In
some cases these wagons are staked out in
the market square of the city, and afford a
dwelling place in which the owners family
lives, and to which he returns nightly to
rest after his days labor in wrestling with
his ancient enemy, the English,
During sitting of parliament many of
these Dutch members become tired and
weary and drop off to sleep; others sit with
their eyes and mouths wide open, trying to
keep track of what is going on. When q
vote is taken, however, all are wide awake,
and all vote the same way. e., ON the
Dutch side of the question. Notwithstand-
ing this clannishness among the Dutch, the
English generally manage to pass such laws
as they wish, and practically control all
government matters. One might think from
this that the opportunity for intense corrup-
ton existed, but such a thing as corruption
in office has never been known. The laws
are we'll framed and perfectly executed
Jury bribing, embezzlement of public
moneys, etc, are unheard of.-Cape Town
Cor. San Francisco Chronicle.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1888-04-13
Adulteration of Olive Oil.

Cottonseed oil enters even more largely
into the adulteration of olive oil than OF
lard, OF which, as now put upon the market,
it constitutes fully 40 per cent, according to
Mr. Fairbanks recent testimony. The refin-
ing of cottonseed oil is now carried to great
perfection, and so clear is the color thus in
sured that in using it for the adulteration of
olive oil there is no longer any reddish tint
to Indicate its presence, which can only be
proved by chemical analysis. The extent of
this admixture is sometimes found to reach
and even exceed rs per cent. One mode of
readily testing for this adulteration is by the
use of nitric protoxide of mercury, the vel
low simple basic salt of this chemical combi-
nation being employed. About one-seventh
to one-sixth of an ounce of this is dissolved
in a cylindrical test glass in about one-sixth
to one-fifth of an ounce of nitric acid.
On this solution the oil to be tested is
poured in such quantity that the test glass is
about two thirds full; the two fluids are then
shaken together for about five seconds, the
changed in color being at once noticed.
Treated in this solution cottonseed oil be-
comes dark brown or almost black, but after
a short time the solution becomes colorless
and clear. Pure olive oil has greenish or
light yellow tinge, while the solution under
the layer of oil assumes dark red or brown
color Mixed with so per cent. of cottonseed
oil the olive oil assumes in this process brick
red to a browish red tinge, and a mixture of
25 per cent makes orange yellow to red yell
low.-Chicago News.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1888-04-13
PRECURSORS OF THE PlANoFoRTE


Some tIne Old instruments winch LeaU
Up to the History of Piano Playing.
Bernardus Boekelman, a well known
teacher of the pianoforte in this city, has re-
Gently become the possessor of two exceed
ingly interesting and curious instruments,
both over $50 years old. They are clari-
chord and a spinet, or, as the instrument was
commonly called in England, virginia..
Historically the former is the more interest
ing of the two, and it was only by a lucky
chance that Mr. Boekelman managed to buy
it last summer from the museum of the Brus-
sells Conservatory of Music. 1t is an oblong
box, about four feet long, sixteen or eighteen
inches wide, and not more than five inches
high, without legs or support of any kind. 1t
has forty-four keys and only twenty-five
double strings, some of the strings being de-
pended on for three notes, some for two and
some for only one.
The action consists of a simple lever, the
key, one end extending forward of the strings
to receive the pressure of the players fingers,
the other reaching under the strings. This
end is armed with bit of brass, called a
tangent which is forced up against the
string by the finger blow, simultaneously
setting The string to vibrating and dividing
off the portion which it was necessary should
sound to produce the desired note. All the
lower strings are called on for three notes,
which proves that the Instrument was made
before the interval of second was admitted
in harmony. The clarichord, though the
most simple form ofkeyed string instrument,
enjoyed the great favor of musicians down
to the early part of the present century Bach
and his sons preferred it over the harpischord
and even the pianoforte, which in their day
was, of course, crude instrument
The virginia. owned by Mr.. Boekelman was
made by Jean Fuckers, in Antwerp, in 1922
Fuckers was one of family of spinet and
harpischord makers famous for their skill.
In this instrument the strings are plucked by
tiny bits of stiff sole leather, placed in instru-
ments that rested on the keys, and were
forced upward by the pressure of the fingers.
They were called "jacks," and Shakespeare
in one of his sonnets speaks of them with envy
at being privileged to kiss the ''tender in
ward" of the lady's hand, concluding with
the reasonable advice:
Since saucy Jacks so happy are in this,
Give them thy fingers, me thy lips to kiss.
New York Tribune.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1888-04-13
WHAT HON. W. O. ELAN THINKS ABOUT
HON. JOHN S. WISE.

WHAT HON. W. @. ELAN THINKS ABOUT
HON. JOHN S. WISE.
.[From the fredericksburg Free Lance
TREv1L1AN's, Va, Ma rich 26, 1888.
Co., John W. Wolts. Editor Free Lance:
Dear Colonel Il have just returned
earliest opportunity to reply to your re-
quest, that will give you my opinion of
the Wise address, whether it means a real
fight or not, &c.
1 haven't the remotest idea that either
Capt Wise or Gea. Malone would lend
himself to the sham which the Free Lance
has suggested as the true key to the course
the former has taken. Capt. Wise is gen.
orally too much in earnest in all he does,
and there is no reasonable doubt that he is
now as Jealous and enthusiastic in kicking
out of the traces as he ever was in working
in them, especially as he is known to have
a natural aversion to harness. His address
means all it says, and implies much more.
1t is break with the chairman, the Or
ganization and the present managerial pol
icy of the party, made upon sudden i'm
pulse, which has taken all of Captain
Wise's friends, personal and political, by
surprise, although there is reason to
believe that his former enemies Demo
Gratis and their allies) had at least some
notice of what he was about to do. He is
not accustomed to deliberation and reti-
cence, and he could not have long medita-
ted what he done else he either would
have abandoned it altogether, or widely
advertised his intention. He has acted
under sudden heat, without malice rfore-
thought, although his deed is irrevocable,
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1888-04-13
REAL ESTATE SALES.


GALE OF VALUABLE REAL EsTATE-Purc
y suant to a decree of the Circuit Court of
Augusta county rendered on the 9th day OF NO
yember, 1856, in the cause of the National Valley
Bank of Staunton. VS.. William D. Anderson Trns-
fee & ais, will sell at public auction in front OF
the Courthouse in Staunton, Va. on
Monday, the 23rd day Of April, 1883,
that valuable property and residence situated
about mile and a quarter Northeast from the
city of Staunton on the Valley Turnpike, contain
ing thirty acres of land, and known as the SANDY
Hollow" property. Said lana is in two adjoining
tracts and is briefly described as follows:
acres, situated North of the Valley FEsSsa.s ~ -
Turnpike and East of the Mt Scion sgsssssSsss
road, being palt OF the TX acre psJ$gsy @S@%S
tract formerly known as the SANDY GGSasssssezy
Hollow tract, and the same which was convey ed
by NJ G Hartman and wife, Geo. M Cochran, trus-
tee, and B. Donaghe TO James BumeardIer, Jr.,
by deed dated December 3rd, 1875, and Of record
in the Clerks office OF the county court OF Augusta
county, in Deed Book No so, page 256.
End. A tract containing ten Q0) acres, being the
same which was conveyed by M. & Hartman and
wife to James Bumgardner. Jr, by deed dated
February lst 1876 and recorded In the ClerkS
Deed Book No so. page 382
he property mentioned was sold by James
Bumgardner, Jr and wife to William d. Ander-
son Trustee of Mary Anderson, by deed dared
September LIST. 1888, ana of record in the Clerks
office of the county court OF Augusta county in
Deed BOOK No 100 page 154; sale of which is now
made to enforce the vendors lien for the deferred
This is most desirable property, there being q
nice dwelling house on it, good out houses and
other improvements. and one of the best orchards
10 Augusta county, which produces apples, pears,
peaches, and the smaller fruits. The property in
question was the former residence of Capt. James
Bumgardner. Jr and is known to most people II
A guSta county.
TERMo.-Cash in hand to pay the cost of suit
and expenses OF sale. ano the residue. on a credit
of six, twelve, eighteen and twenty four months
from day of sale, payable in equal instruments the
purchaser purchasers giving bonds for the de-
ferred payments bearing interest from date OF
sale, and waving the homestead, with approved
personal security, and the title retained as It'll
mate security ~
EDWARD ECHOLS,
Commission er.
I, j. N. Ryan, Clerk or The Circuit Court of ALL
gusta county do hereby certify that Edward
Echols the Commissioner Of sale appointed in the
fores ding cause has duly executed the bond re.
CURED according to lew. Given under my hand
this 2Sth d. OF September, 1887.
j. n. RYAN
marie st Clerk.
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1t Was All Right.

SIS the plumbing in your osice all rights"
he asked of a Griswold street lawyer.
''Why, yes, | think sou
II was thinking you sent in a complaint
about it,"
''Not as I remember Of"
sLet's see. What was it? Oh, remember.
You let the water flood the office below and
had to pay $75 damages"
"Yes, that was it, and it proves the plumb
ing was all right, or you could not have got
SO much water detroit Free Press,
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1888-04-13

Gilbert received only 81 for the immortal
"Rhyme of the Nancy Bell" and that only
from u second class and now defunct sheet,
after II had been refused by Punch He
throws its success in Punch's teeth yet The
best paying book in the world has been
"Grants Memoirs" which have Melted his
widow about So u limo Mr. Gladstone re-
ceived for n recent article in The Nineteenth
Century about 81 a line, which was not con-
aldered by the publishers here a muni6cent
payment by any means But then Mr. Glad
stone likes to express himself occasionally
for his own sake. Tho Youths Companion
paid Huxley that much last summer for an
article on architecture New York Graphic,