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The Opelousas courier., 1888-04-28
Bill Nve's Cow for Sale.

Owing to i'll health, says Bill Nye,
the humorist, I will sell at my residence
in town lot 90, range Is, west, accord
ing to government survey, n plush
ed-raspberry colored COW, aged 8years.
She is q good milkster and not afraid
of cars-or anything else. She is a COW
of undaunted courage and gives milk
frequently. To a man who docs not fear
death in any form she would he a great
boon. She is very much attached 10
her home at present, by means of a
trace chain, but she, will be sold to any
one who will agree 10 tre2s1 her well.
She is one. fourth shorthIfn and three
fourths hyena. I will also throw in a
double barrelled shot gun which goes
with her. In May she generally goes
away somewhere for a week or two, and
returns with a tall, red calf, with long
&abby legs. Her name is Rose, and |
prefer to sell her to a nonresident.
There is a floor walker in one of
the large dry goods stores in this
city whose great toes point toward
each other in the most friendly
manner.
"What will you have, madam"
said he to an Irish woman who
was looking helplessly around.
Calico"
walk this way"
"Walk that way, is it! Sure I'd
have We to know, sir, that my legs
is not built like that, and I couldn't
walk that way if you'd give me
the whole sture."
The Opelousas courier., 1888-04-28

The best thing about a girl is
cheerfulness. We don't care
how rudy her cheeks may be,
or how velvety her lips-if she
wears a seowl, even her friends
will consider her Unlocking ;
while the young LADY who illu-
inmates her countenance wen
smiles will be regarded as hand
some, though her complexion
be coarse. As perfuale is to
the rose, SO is good nature to the
lovely.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-04-28

Lemonade is said to be one of
the best and safest drinks for any
person, whether in health or not,
being suitable for all stomachic
disorders, and excellent in sick
ness. Lemon juice is the best
antiscorbutie remedy known. If
the gums are daily rubbed with
lemon juice they will be kept in
health. Blythe daily use of 1emon
instead Of soap, chilblains will be
prevented, and the hands kept
white, soft and supple. It is also
said that neuralgia may be cured
by rubbing the part affected with
a cut lemon It is valuable in cur
warts and removing dandruff on
the head by rubbing the roots Of
the hair with it. -[Medical Herald.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-04-28

Blank forms for use OF merchants,
notaries, Justices of the Peace, etc, for
sale in any quantities at this Office,
The Opelousas courier., 1888-04-28

Whooping Cough may be kept under
complete control and all danger avoid
ed by frequent doses of Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy. No better treatment
can be prescribed for it. Sold by f..
f. Bailey.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-04-28
Ea.sEge.

who made Homestead Entry No. 65I6 for The
w ] ofN W !, and N W ! OF $ W / of Sec %,
and N E of S L / of See 26 Up IS II | West
Louisiana Meridian.
He names the follow ing witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon, and %tnltlva-
ton of, said land, viz: Rodolph Savoie, Fran
co.'s johnson, Joseph f. Richard Theodore Sa-
vote, all of st. Landry Pa, Ii.
THOMAS j. BUTLER,
March "a, 'SS, ct. Register.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-04-28

mAnENrC Procured. VIM. G.. Hen
l1lN Io derson, 925 F St., Wash
ington, D.. G. Formerly of Examining
.CorpsU. S. Patent Office. IL years experience.
Send sketch or model for report as TO pateatabil-
ity. Correspondence solicited. T
The Opelousas courier., 1888-04-28
RoIoInla

who made Homestead Entry No. 6674 for the
S w ] of S w ! Sec y and w of S L ! and
s offs f ! See 2G. TpGSRlW Louisiana
Meridian.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon, and %cuItiva-
ton OF, said land, viz: Ortere Fruge, Fran.
co.'s johnson. Joseph F.. Richard, Thee lore
Savoie, all of st. Landry parish, La.
THOMAS J. BUTLK2,
March "A, 50 st Register.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-04-28

IN La, March Is, ISSS.-Notice is hereby
given that the following name settler has
filed notice of his intention to make final proof
in support Of his claim, and that said proof
will be made before the Judge, or in his alb
sence, the Clerk of the District Court, at0pel-
ousas, La. on Tuesday, May II, 1888, viz:
The Opelousas courier., 1888-04-28
2. z. UUoUNi
March 81, 1888. SHERIFF.

NOTICE-U. s. Land Office, New Orleans,
Nv La, March Is, lSSS.-Notice is hereby
that the f~ollowiug-named settler has
filed notice of his intention to mrbe final proof
in support of his claim and that said proof
will DC made before the Judge or in his alb
seuce the Clerk of the District Court at Opel
ousas, La, on Tuesday, May 18th, 1883, viz:
The Opelousas courier., 1888-04-28

To make an ink for hand
stamps that will not injure the
rubber : Mix oand dissolve
two to four drachms aniline CO.
lor, fifteen ounces alcohol, fifteen
ounces %glycerine. The solution
is poured on the cushion and
rubbed in with a brush.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-04-28

On the 10th of March the ma
tional House Of Representatives
passed q bill providing for the
issuance of fractional silver GER
tificates, the vote standing 17S
yeas to 81 nays. No serious OPP
position to the measure is anti
cipated in the Senate and it will
in all probability become a law
during the present session of
Congress. There is a general
public demand for the restora-
ton of fractional currency,
mainly based Oh the ground Of
its convenience for transmission
through the mails from postof-
fees where money orders are not
prOcurable.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-04-28

Epicnras says, gratitude is d.
virtue that has commonly profit
! annexed to ib.v And where il
virtue, say +, that has not? But.
still the virtue IS to be valued
Tor ITSELF, aud not for tile profit.
that attaches to it.-Seneca.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-04-28

Self-control lies d 1.-THE founda-
ton of character. He that does
not control himself must be con-
trolled by others.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-03-31
CHAPTER TX.


fingered, dare say, above twenty min
utes contemplating this singular crystal fos-
sill of a ship, and considering whether should
go down to her and ransack her for whatever
might answer my turn. But she looked so
darkly secret under her white garb, and there
was something SO terrible in the aspect of the
motionless, snow clad sentinel who leaned
upon the rail, that my heart failed me, and
concluding to have nothing to do with the
ghostly sparkling fabric, fell again to my
downward march and looked toward my boat !;
that is to say, 1 looked toward the part Of
the ice where the little haven in which she
lay had been, and l found both boat and
haven goue
rubbed my eyes and stared again. Tush,
thought /, l am deceived by the ice.
glanced at the slope behind to keep me to my
bearings, and once more sought the haven:
but the rock that had formed it was gone the
blue swell rolled trimming past the line of
shore there, and my eye following the swing
Of fold saw the boat about three, cables,
length distant out upon the water. swimming
steadily away into the south, and showing
and disappearing with the heave.
/ uttered a cry of anguish; clasped nv
hands and lifted them to God, and looked up
to him. l was for kicking of my boots and
plunging into the water-but, mad as was,
was not so nnd as that; and mad should
have been to attempt it, for could not swim
twenty strokes; and had been the stoutest
swimmer that ever breasted the salt spray,
the cold must speedily put an end to my mis-
cry.
The horror that this white and frightful
scene of desolation had ut the beginning filed
me with, was renewed with such violence
when saw that my boat was lost, and was
to be prisoner on the death haunted waste,
that fell down in a sort of swoon, like one
partly stunned; and had any person come
along and seen me he would have thought
me as dead as the body on the hill, or the
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-03-31
Facing each other, ,eere two men.

racing euch other, Uere Lno men.
comparably more life like than the frozen
figures. The one whose back was upon the
hatchway ladder, being the man whose face
l had stroked, sat upright in the posture of a
person about to start up, both hands upon
the rim of the table and his countenance
raised rs if, in a sudden terror and agony of
death, he had dartel look TO God SO in
ilaitably expressive of life was his attitude
that, though l knew him to be a frozen body,
as persisted Gs if he had died with Adam or
Noah, was sensible of a brcathless wonder
in me that the affrighted start with which he
seemed to be rising from the table was not
csntinued-that, in short, he did not spring
to his feet with the cry that you seemed to
hear in his posture
The other figure lay over the table with his
face buried in his arms. He wore no cover
ing to his head, which was bald, yet his hair
on either side was plentiful and lay upon his
arms, and his beard fluffing up about his
buried face gave him an uncommon, shaggy
appearance. The other had on a round fur
cap, with lappets for the ears. His body was
muffied in a thick ash colored coat: his hair
was also abundant, curling long and black
down his back; his cheeks were smooth,
manifestly through nature rather than the
razor, and the ends of q small black mustache
were twisted up to mis- eyes. These were the
only occupants of the cabin, which their
presence rendered terribly CHASTITY and
strange.
The interior was extremely plain; the bulk
heads of a mahogany color, the decks bare,
and nothing in the form of an ornament saw
ing a silver cruciflx hanging by nail to the
trunk OF the mainmast, and a cage, with a
frozen bird of gorgeous plumage, suspended
to the bulkhead near the hatch A small
lantern of an old pattern dangled over the
table, and noticed that it contained two or
three inches of candle. Abaft the hatchway
was a door on the starboard side, which 1
opened, and found a narrow, dark passage.
could not pierce it with my eye beyond a few
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-03-31
CHAPTER Y.
ANOTHER STARTLING DISCOVERY.

ANOTHER STARTLING DISCOVERY.
This hatch formed the entrance to the
cabin, and there was no other road to it that
could see If | wanted to use it must first
scrape away the snow; but unhappily l had
left my knife in the boat, and was without
any instrument that would serve me to scrape
with. 1 thought of breaking the beer bottle
that was in my pocket and scratching with q
piece of the glass; but before doing this it
occurred to me to search the body on the
starboard side
I approached him as if he were alive and
murderously fierce, and l own did not like
to touch him. He resembled the figure of a
giant nodded in SNOW In life he must hav-
been six feet and half tall. The snow Rad
Gloated him, and though he leaned he stood as
high as |, who was of a tolerable stature. The
snow was on his beard and mustache and on
his hair; but these features We're merged an
compacted into the snow on his coat, and as
his cap came low and was covered with snow
too, he with the little fragment of counte-
nance that remained-the flesh whereof mad
the color and toughness of the skin of a drum
that has been well beaten-submitted as ter
rible an object as mortal sight ever rested
on. say / did not like to touch him. and
one reason was l feared he would tumble.
and though l know not why l should have
dreaded this, yet the apprehension of it so
worked in me that for some time it held me
idly staring at him.
But could not enter the cabin without
first scraping the snow from the companion
door; and the cold, after had stood a few
moments inactive, was SO bitter rs to set me
craving for shelter. So l put my hand upon
the body, and discovered it, as l might have
foreseen, frozen TO the hardness of steel His
coat-if may call that coat which resem-
bled robe of snow-fell to within few
inches of the deck Steadying the body with
one hand heartily tweaked the coat with
the other hoping thus TO rupture the ice upon
lt-ln doing which 1 slipped and fell on nv
back, and in falling gave a convulsive kick,
which, striking the feet of the figure, dis
lodged them from heir frozen hold of the
deck, and down it fell with mighty hang
alongside of me, and with r. loud cracking
noise like the rending of sheet of silk
was not hurt, and sprang to my feet with
the alacrity of fright, end looking at the body
saw that it had managed by its fall much
better than my hnndB could have compaSsed;
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-03-31

1; is fancied by grateful patron tina,
the next comet will appear in the form OF
huge bottle, having Golden Medical
Discovery" inscribed upon it in bold
characters Whether this conceit and
high compliment will be verified remains
to be seen, but DR.. Pierce will continue
to send forth that wonderful vegetable
compound, and potent eradicator of dis
ease. 1t has no equal in medicinal and
health giving properties, for Impar!ing
vigor and tone to the liver and kidneys,
in purifying the blood, and through it
cleansing and renewing the whole sys-
tenn. For scrofulous humors and cons
sumption or lung scrofula, in its early
stages, it is a positive specific Drug,
gists.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-03-31

Nearly all diseases originate from in
action of the liver and this is especially
the case with chills and fever, intermit.
tent fevers and malarial diseases. To
save doctors bills and ward disease. take
Simmons Liver regulator, medicine
that increases in popularity each year,
and has become the most popular and
best endorsed medicine in the market for
the cure of liver or bowel diseases
TELEGRAPH, Dubuque, Iowa.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-03-31

You are feeling depressed, your apes
tite is poor, you are bothered with head
ache, you are fidgety, nervous, and gen,
orally out of sorts, and want to brace up.
Brace up, but not with stimulants, spring
medicines. or bitters, which have for
their basis very cheap, bad whisky, and
which stimulate you for an hour, and
then leave you in worse condition than
before. What you want is an Alternative
that will purify your blood, start healthy
action of liver and kidneys, restore your
vitality and give renewed health and
strength Such medicine you will
find in Electric Bitters, and only 50 cents
bottle at Hartz & Bahnsen's drug store.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-03-31

Probably no one thing has caused such
general revival of trade at Hartz u
Bahnsen's drug store as their giving away
to their customers of so many free trial
bottles of DR.. Kings New Discovery for
consumption. Their trade is simply
enormous in this very valuable article
from the fact that it always cures and
never disappolnts. Coughs, Colds Asth-
ma, Bronchitis, Group, and all throat and
lung diseases quickly cured. You can
test 1t before buying by getting trial
bottle free, large size 81. Every bottle
warranted
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-03-31

Time tried and true Is DR.. Bigelow's
cure, which combines the good qualities
of all the best cough remedies, without
the defects of any of them. 1t cures
promptly and permanently coughs, colds,
Group, whopping cough influenza. broni,
chitis, hoarseness, incipient consumption,
and all throat and lung diseases, healing
the lungs. Safe and pleasant for childS
rem, Price, 80 cents and 81. of drug
gists.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-03-31
BuCKLEN's ARNICA sALvE.

The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, letter, chapped hands, chilblains.
cOrns and all skin eruptions, and posi-,
lively cures piles. or no pay required. 1t
is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction
or money refunded. Price % cents per
box. For sale by Hartz & Bahnsen.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-03-31

II. D. Reipe, a hotel keeper at Ruther,
ford, N. j., has been notified by firm
Of Buffalo lawyers that he has fallen heir
TO 81 900 NNl
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-03-31

ST. LUKE'S COTTAGE HOSPITAL,
IN THIRD AVENUE, between Tenth aud
UEleS enth streets. feb i4-tf
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-03-31
&c BOUND
By ". CLARK RUSSELL,

author Of "The WI'ecIs Of The Grosreaor,"
"Jgck fe % i, n lig,i Ma tfa Be-
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-03-31
CABLE BRANCH.

Accommodation trains leave Rock Island 1900
a. m. and 730 p. m; arrive ata:O5 a. m. a nd 3:2C
p.m
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-03-31
Depot, Moline Avenue.
J. r. COOK, Agent. Rock Island.
M. j. YOUNG. Agent.

CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE s. ST. PAUL.
RACINE AND s. W, DIVISION
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-06-28
Evening Capital,
pDausreS DAILY rxcgps ~ r.
THURSDAY. June %, 1883.
cres of The cIvll war.

The extent Of these losses win be bet
ter understood II compared with some Of
tho extraordinary cases cited In the his
tories Of other wars Take. for instance,
the charge Of the Light Brigade ct Balalk-
Iava--the charge Of the Six Hundred.
Lord Cardigan took 073 officers and men
into that action; they lost 113 killed and
1874 wounded; total, 247, or 80. z per cent.
Tho heaviest loss In the late Franco
prussian war occurred ct Marsha Tour,
ia the Sixteenth German infantry Third
Westphalian) which lost 40 per cent. But
tho One Hundred and Forty first Penn
eylvanla lost 20 per cent. at Gettysburg,
while regimental losses Of 60 per cent
were frequent occurrences In both Union
and Confederate armies. In the war for
tho Union there were scores Of regiments,
unknown or forgotten In history, whose
percentage Of killed and wounded In GER
tain actions would far exceed that Of the
much praised Light Brigade; and nobody
blundered either.--Col. w. F. Fox In The
Century.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-06-28

B. 3 0. RAILROAD


For ANNAPOLIS. TO. 600 A. NJ. la.I5 and
40 and $50 p. NJ. On Sunday, COS q, N. and
500 p. m.
washington, $40. $50 and eos 3. m, l2.1h. 900.
500 ESQ and LOO p. m. On Sunday. $50 and
eos O. M. 1.85. 500. $50 and Il.00p m.
$50 $40. $50 $50. ESQ q. M, 12.l0. 2.3s. ais.
a30 A30 40 h80 565. SIS, 7.30, $685. III so p. N
Sunday. $50 $50 $50 ESQ q. N. L30 rs $50
A40 $50 SIS 9. IS SIS 1l.30 D. M.
From Annapolis, $40 8.37 l2.05 a, NJ, $50 Go
D. m. Sunday. at $50 q. m. and 40 y. m.
Baggage called for and checked at hotels
N. W. Cor. Calvert and baltimore Streets. new
No 30 s. Broadway. new No. 1432 West Balti-
more Street and Camden Station.
W.M. CLEMENTS. OK. LORD.
Manager. Gen. Pass. Agent
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-06-28
a WARNING.

Georgia has silver throated mulc.
q case OF veterinary tracheotomy.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-06-28

The modes Of deaths approach are
various, and statistics show conclusively
that more persons die from diseases Of
the Throat and Lungs than any other
It Is probable that everyone, without ex-
cepti0n, receives vast numbers Of Tuber-
Gle Germs into the system and where
these germs fall upon suitable soil they
start into life and develop, at first slowly
as is shown by a slight tickling sensa
ton In the throat and If allowed TO con-
tinue their ravages they extend to the
lungs producing Consumption and to the
head, causing Catarrh. Now all this Is
dangerous and II allowed TO proceed will
Ii time cause death. AT the onset you
must act with promptness; allowing cold
to 20 without attention Is dangerous and
may lose you your life. As soon as You
feel that something is wrong with your
Throat, Lungs or Nostrils, obtain q. bot
tie of Boschees German Syrup. 1t will
tive You f9medIate relief.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-06-28
1FE GUARANpEE sTx RoxEs

70 cure auy case. with each order received
BY as Cor SIX boxes, accompanied with $500.
We viii send the purchaser our written guar
entoo 10 refund The money II the treatment
docs mol offe1t cure. Guarantees issued only
nE y. w. HODGES 8 Co. Druggists, Sole
Agents, IS Main Street. Annapolis Nd. b4y
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-06-28

When house has once been well vital
lied by baby, or a succession Of them, 1t
is like q Faure's battery, charged with
electricity; 1t does not give 1t off but very
slowly. It Is never an empty homo after
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-06-28

Husband (all ready for the theatrel- II
declare. dear, it's raining hard.
Fife (buttoning her giovesl-Well,
whMss q little rain1 One would think
from your tonc OF voice that we were
about starting for church. -Harpers
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-06-28

Norfolk, Va, claims the distinction of
being the worlds greatest peanut market.
Il disposcs every year Of 2, 900, 900 bushels
Of peanuts, most of which are grown In
Virginia.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-06-28

No men are perfect. Some men think
they arc and enjoy their belief all by
themselves.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-06-28

urConrse want-whas.Don't want ?
u want 10 rent house.
N want situation.
III want servant.
III want TO sell something,
u want to buy a horse.
III want to and something lost.
II want 20 rent room.
want q housekeeper.
want a bockkeeper.
want the people 10 know you have the
cheapest goods in town.
want 70 know how to have your want
Vratined. and wen tell YOU
Advertise In THE CAPITAL want column and
you win see how soon your wants viii be
supplied
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-06-28
HEALTH IS WEALTH ]!

DR. =. g. Vests Nerve ANA Brain Treat
mcnt, guaranteed specific for Hysteria.
Dizziness Commissions. Fits. Nervous Neural
0fn. Headache. Nervous prostration caused by
the use of alcohol or tobacco. Wakefulness,
Mental Depression. SoftneSs or the Brain re-
Nulting In insanity and leading to misery. de-
cay and death. Premature Old age. Barren
ness. Loss Of nower in either sex. Involuntary
Losses and Spermntorrhoea caused By over
cxertion Of the brafns self-abuse or over in
diligence Each box contains one months
statement. &1.08 box or SIR boxes for $500
rent y mail prepafd o. receipt Of price.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-06-28

GINGLE, Double Teams and Saddle
- Horses to Hire. By the Hour, Day or
Week. Open and Close Carriages. Single
and Double Ph@tons, Jaggers, Top and
No-Top Buggies, all at reasonable rates |;
Fine Carriages for visiting and pleasure.
Drivers 10 livery IL desired Pony Phe-
tons, with quiet and gentle Horses suitable
for ladies and children. Special rates
made with families Particular atten
ton to Horses on Livery. Baggage called
for and delivered to all parts of the city
at reasonable rates
- Funerals attended to at short notice.
All orders promptly attended to.
JAS. II. VANSANT, Proprietor