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The Opelousas courier., 1888-11-10
On TOP of the Great Pyramid.

The views from the Great pyramid,
though at all times sublime, vary with
the courses of the sun and o The
first look is for Cairo. 1t is plainly
visible, with its tall minarets and broad
domes of glittcring metal and color, and
beyond it the dark Mokkatam hills are
seen. A forest of immense palms, far
away upon the border of the Nile, marks
the sitO of ancient Memphis; still fur
ther south are sthe pyramids of SAX
karah, the great "step' pyramid, 'the
father of pyramids" among them.
Father on Is the desert; all around is a
vast plain, now golden, now red, now
in part black, now grey, now changing
as the sun changes, as the great shad-
W of the pyramids are projected upon
it, or as tho moon comes with its pale
light and tones down the grand chro-
matte display. The only variation in the
wondrous expanse m from the molds
of sand hereand there. These last change
agreeably to the whims of the wind.
Like draft animals, at one moment they
seem to be restless and waiting for their
call to labor. Then the airy messenger
gives the word. At once the sand be-
gins to rise il slender spirals. Body and
strength are gathered as it continues
whiriing and ascending, until it towers
aloft like a great black column. Now
it is joined by a wild company impelled
by the wind, and all hasten across the
plain, all rising higher and higher, all
wavering, spinning WITH awful Velocity
until, their destination reached, they
fare at the top like waterspouts, break
and burst high in air, and are difused,
a terrible storm, upon the plain below.
Woe be to man or camel on whom de-
seen ds the awful weight.
As far as the eye can see southwark
lies Egypt, the silvery Nile creeping
along between the bands of emerald.
Within view are over forty pyramids.
The pyramid of Chsphren, or the ''sec-
ond pyramid" being about three hun
dred feet away, affords one an excellent
opportunity, while seated on the edge
of the Great pyramid, of studying
pyramidal architecture from above.
There seems to be a great abyss between.
The distance is remarkably deceiviug.
It is almost impossible to cast a stone so
that it will fall clear of the base. 1t will
only drop on the side and bound and re-
bound, perhaps to the ground. -[scrib-
ner's Magazine.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-11-10

According to the Boston Courier 1--WE
really know very little about gambling
and betting in this country, when COM
pared with other countries. The popu-
lation Of Australasia, for instance, is a
little over ., 500, 900, and according to
the computation Of a gentleman who oc-
cupies the proud pre-emiaence of 'levi-
athan bookmakers of the Colonies, no
smaller a sum than twenty millions
sterling exchanges hands annually in
horse-racing transactions in Australasia.
A hundred million dollars annually to
8, soc, 900 people is a proportion to as
found even the gambling passengers Of
ans-Atlantic steamers who have been
held up as examples Of an e~xtravaganco
almost beyond parallel, But then the
class Of people sent as Involuntary set
Tiers to Australia may have something
TO do with this account
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Uniaue EoruE Desfqns.

At a Supreme Court dinner the florist
once built q Temple of Justice out of
flowers, and at another q book of law
lay in the centre Of it, which took
1000 flowers to make. A thousand
roses are often used at Washington
state dinners and about the same num-
Der Of ~carnation pinks. During .
single season tho state dinners have
consumed 6, 900 sprays Of lilies Of the
valley, 400 strings Of smilax and
thousands Of other flowers, such as
camelliss and cal,a-lilies. At times
canoes are made, and ships Of flowers
III full sill are seated upon tho fable.
Ait others thsre may BE- bridges and
castles, ard once there was i design
which represented Tho Hanging Gardens
Of smlranai Washington Letter.
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A Curious Case.

The "Chrouique Industrielle' reports
the following curious case: The daugh-
ter of a MIR. Preece accidentally stuck 8
small steel needle into her hand, which
broke into three parts. Two of these
parts were easily found and extracted,
but the third could not be located. The
Hughes's induction balance plainly indi-
Gated that the piece of needle was there,
but not its position. Dir. Preece highly
magnetized d fine needle and suspended
it by a single fibre of silk. The devil
ations of the suspended needle always
plainly indicated one particular spot
when the sore hand approached it.
After q number Of trials, with the same
result, this point was marked, an in
cision made and The third piece Of the
broken needle four miIlimetres long
was found md easily extracted.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-11-10

At a recent meeting of the Egyptian
exploration fund in London, one of the
members stated that it was his duty to
read a great many American papers, and
he found greater prominence given in
them to historical and archaeological
subjects than the English papers ex-
tended to like matters. The announce
ment by another member that one-half
the funds of the society had been con-
tributed from this side of the Atlantic
ocean was greeted with cheers.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-11-10

The New York Tribune expresses
wonder at the rapid spssad of type
writing and stenographic offices over the
city. Every hotel now Kas such an
office. There are one or more such
offices III all the large Office buildings
down town. The fact is, that few of
the stcnographers pay rent. They pay
for Office room with d small portion Of
their services, and because it is SO
handy to have them near BY in case of
emergency. The many schools Of stenog-
taphy and type-writing are turning
put so-called stenographers and type
writers at q rapid rate. An old and ex-
pert operator says that no less than
seventy-fve to 100 young girls and
young men are weekly graduated aud
start out to essay the earning Of q living
In this branch. Few Of these are really
competent. Their services can be Sc
cured al from 81 to SIS per week.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-11-10


1t is estimated that between 5000, 600
and 500, 600 are paid annually to the
members of church choirs in New York
City for their assistance in the musical
portions of the services of the Sabbath
day. In many of the churches where
the largest amounts are appropriated
for the music the results are the least
satisfactory, and often where but very
small salaries are paid the music is Of a
more devotional nature and is rendered
in q superior 1t IS not so
much the size Of the church's pocket
book as it is the discretion shown ia
choosing the music and the musicians,
that makes church music what it should
H.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-11-10

Colonel Ward of Little Rock, Ark,
thinks that he was tho last man to pay
for a negro slave in this co6atry. A
negro woman who had been in his pos
session for several years, while a suit re-
garding her ownership was pending,
afterward brought suit against him for
services and gained a verdict. When
Col. Ward made out a check he worded
1t: ITO pay for the last negro that will
eyer be paid for in this country"
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was simply amazed at their absolute
s~aanencss of feeling and expression.

was simply amazed at their absolute
sasnenoss of feeling and expression.
The other story relates to q fact
which happened, not to twins, but to
two successive brothers extremely like
one another in build and features, and
evidently modelled in mind and char
acter on the self same mold. 1t is only
o small incident, but as I caa vouch for
the correctness of the minute details, it
has certain psychological interest OF its
own. They met a lady dressed in
blue whom they had never seen before,
at a military dance. Each of them
asked at once to be introduced to her
at first sight; each asked the same
officer for an introduction Though they
had several friends in common present.;
each described her in the same way, not
as 'the lady in blue" (the most obvious
point of appearance about herr, but as
''the lady with the beautiful ears"
each fell desperately in love with her
otf-hand, and each asked her for a par
ticular flower out of a bouquet contain
ing four or five more conspicuous bios
sons. Finally each came up at the-end
of the evening to confde in the Same
married lady of their acquaintance
their desire to see more OF the beautiful
stranger.--Bosto Globe.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-11-10

Tho Unity Club, Of Denver, recently
addressed letters to the leading minis
tiers, lawyers, politicians and literary
men Of the State asking each to furnish
q list of the ten novels he considered the
greatest. The results showed the
favorite novels to be, in the order
named, "Lcs Miserablcs," "David Cop
perield, +" "Scarlet Letter." "Ivanhoe,"
"vanity Fair" "Romola,' "Jane
Eyre Adam Bede," "Ben HUI" and
"Uncle Toms CABIN
The Opelousas courier., 1888-11-10

Manager Coffee Of Wells, Fargo 81 Co.
recently said to q San Francisco re-
porter: You would be surprised to see
what stacks of gold coin and gold dust
remain here uncalled for. When we
have kept II long enough we send the
dust To the mint and get ii coinel, and
then credit it to the unknown. Years
ago an old fellow living up On the John
Dag River, In Oregon, sent us 4 big bag
Of gold. We slowed it away until the
bag looked like d relic Of the middle
ages, and would scarcely hold together.
Then we sent tho bag oil dust and nur
gets . to The mint and
GOT il transformed into $s, Eight
years afterward an old bedraggled-
looking fellow walked ID, and said III
guessed he had some money here. We
asked him his name and when he gave
1t we told him YES, he bad, and asked
him why hehadn't called long ago. Well,
hssaid he had sent it down ii adj
vance of ali coming himself, ami when
hs set here he didn't need il, and he
wsntoa % Australia and finally around
the world and BAD only just nov eot
back. We asked him why he hadn,i
taken y 70 TIE bank saying thst he
could have got d cool nsanv thonsana
dollars interest "a Il BY this time, Yes.
he aid he knew that, but Tie blamed
banks might break. and he thought ID
The Opelousas courier., 1888-11-10
The Advantages of Rest.

There is no better preventive of ner-
vous exhaustion than regular, unhur-
ried, muscular exercise. If we could
moderate our hurry, lessen our worry
and increase our open air exercise, a
large proportion of diseases
would be abolished. Tor those who
cannot get q sufficient holiday the best
substitute is an occasional day in bed.
Many whose nerves are constantly
strained in their daily aVocation have
discovered this for themselves. A
| Spanish merchant in Barcelona told his
medical man that he always went to
bed for two or three days whenever he
could be spared from his business, and
he laughed at those who spent their
holidays on toilsome mountains. One
of the hardest worked women in Eng
land, who has for many years conducted
a large wholesale business, retains ex-
ceIlent nerves at an advanced age, ow-
ing, it is believed, to her habit of taking
one day a week in bed. If we cannot
avoid frequent agitation we ought, if
possible, to give the nervous system
time to recover itself between the
shocks. Even an hours s~eclusion after
q good lunch will deprive a hurried,
anxious day Of much Of its injury,s The
nerves can often be overcome bylstrata-
gem when they refuse to be controlled
by strength of wilI.-LNineteenth Gem
fury.
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Some Queer Tnfms.

E
Mr.. Cation has shown that many
twins do actually behave under similar
circumstances in almost identical man
ners; that their characters often come as
close to one another as it is possible for
the characters of two human beings to
come and that even where the conditions
E3later life have been extremely differ
snt the original likeness of type often
persists to the very end in spite of SUI
p~ericial variations in style or habit of
living. Soma of his stories, carefully
verified are very funny.
] will supplement them by two of my
own. In n case a couple of twins
(men) had a quarrel over a perfectly UNI
Important matter. They came to very
nigh words, and parted from one
another in bad blood. On returning to
their rooms--thcy lived apart---each of
Them suffered from a fit OF remorse, and
sat down TO write a letter Of contrition
10 the other, to be delivered by the
morning post. After writing it one
brother reads his letter over, aad, re-
calling the cause Of tho quarrel, added
1t Once. long postscript j~ustifying him
self ma reopening the whole question
It issue. The other brother posted his
tote atonce, but, thinking the matter over
quietly, aftsrWarl regretted his action
again, and supplemented If by asecond
p~alinodia almost uasayiag what he had
aid u the FIRST one. / saw all three
ctters myself tbs 6ext morning, and
The Opelousas courier., 1888-11-10
At Last.

What though upon a wintry sea our life BARI
sails,
What though we tremble meath its crue
gales,
Its icy blast;
We see a happy port lie far before,
We see its shining waves, its sunny shore,
Where we shall wender, and forget the trou.
bled past,
AT last.
No storms approach that quiet shore, nc
night
Falls on its silver streams, and valleys
bright, r.
And gardens vast;
Within that pleasant land OF perfect peace
Our toil-worn feet shall stay, our wander
ings cease;
There shall we, resting, all forget the past,
At last.
The sorrows we rave hid in silent WEAKNESS,
AS birds above a wounded, bleeding breast,
Their bright plumes cast;
The griefs like mourners in a dark array,
That haunt our footsteps here, will flee
away,
And leave us to forget the sorrowful past,
At last.
Voices we loved sound from those far-off
lands.
And thrill our hearts; life's golden sands
Are dropping fast;
Sno,, -cLo1i va ,,,ant hr tho riyaYs of raaao
and say,
As the night fees before the eye of day,
50 fades from our eyes the mournful past,
At last.
Marietta Holly.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-11-10
MackereL PoisOninn.

We have heard of a very severe case
mackerel of poisoning which occurred in
Keusington. A man, aged 40, ate a
piece of mackerel about four weeks ago.
Severe diarrhna followed in a few
hours, and then castro enteritis and
general peritonitis, with the worst
symptoms of acute obstruction. During
the course of the third week an abscess
formed aud burst into the intestine;
since then the patient has steadily i'm
proved. The young gentleman to whose
case we referred last week appears to be
slowly approaching con~val2scence. The
c%ervical glands enlarged last week, but
the swelling has subsidized. The tenn
p~erature has never exceeded 100. de-
grees Fahr., the symptoms of intestinal
obstruction have entirely disappeared.
Enaciation and debility are strongly
marked. The dagger of eating mack
erel out of season has long been ad-
mitted; it is unfortunate that it is not
more generally known; nor can youths
and men who have no experience IN
housekeeping be expected to keep a
calendar of seasonable articles of diet
stored in their memory. Most of the
Scomberide or mackerel tribe are more
OF less poisonous at certain seasons Of
the year; this, phenomenon is particu-
larry the case With the gigantic oceanic
mackerel, the albacore and bonito. In
both cases the patients were on several
occasions violently delirious at night
The Opelousas courier., 1888-11-10
Eaa Lautna Extraordinary.


The turtle had assembled the beach to
a point above high tide, had stirred up
the sand, leaving a great heap over her
eggs, and returned to the water but a
short time before we landed. This was
shown by the ebbing tide, which had
retreated only a short distance from her
last tracks. The eggs we're laid in a
bunch, and covered with sand a foot
and a half deep. There were just 1879
Of them. They resemble a white rub
Der ball, an inch and a half in diapeter.
The sea turtles. eggs have a peculiar
flavor, but are very palatable. The
CLAIR becomes tough and leathery by
boiling, and is always thrown away.
The breeding season of the loggerhead
lasts from May. well into August, &C
cordiug to the statement of our guide.
who also said that they deposited eggs
several times in this period, producing
as many as one hundred and eighty at
the first laying. and perhaps no more
than two or three at the last. The ma
tives make a business-like search for
these eggs each year, and sometimes
surprise the female turtle on the beach.
When she has one begun the egg-lay-
ing process, it has to be finished, even
If she is turned on her back and made n
prisoner Immediately after. The ex-
traordinary egg producing power of
these animals il all that preserves them
from immediate extinction.-[Popular
Science Monthly.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-11-10

Whom Mr.. Hull arrived he was shown
into q darkened rarlor by a Sinking
maid.
'Havc you a card, sir9" she asked
pertly.
81 don't play keerds," said the old
man re%provingly, "you jest tell Hannah
there's a gentleman here to see her."
beg pardon, SIR"
"You needn't. You hain't done
nothin'. Jest go an tell Mrs. Hull
there's a gentleman kim to see her."
The girl went, and the old man
chucklcd to himself. He wore his store
clothes and ha | a baggy carpct-satchel
in his hand. His gray locks hung
about his rugged face and made it pic
turesque. -
The door opened and a strange lady
entered with a very nk-and-white
complexion. She wore a volumlnous
blue silk dress, and walked on shoes
that were mounted on French heelsa
Her hair was a wicked yellow.
"Hanrah didn't say anyth'n' about
emmy other woman a-visitin' here. Who
kin she bc?" said he to himself.
As the strange lady advanced at a
queer, hiprity-hoppity gait, something
in her presence grew familiar.
The old man got to his feet and
levelcd one hand over his eyes.
Good mornin', ma'am," he said, hes
itatingly. Il was expectin' to see my
wife-Hannah. I kinder thought you
might be her sister. I amt seen her in
a good many years, but she amt ez
young ez you be-"
A shrill, affected laugh that died in
a falsetto shrek greeted him..
"He don't know me! Juliette, come
here. Dln'l don't know his own wife"
The old man looked at her a%ttentively.
''Yaller hair on a woman of 50?. V2ed
roses in her cheeks like a gal of 16?
Where's the old woman that was my
wife, Hannah, down in Injianny9 I don't
want no ballet dancer in her place"
give tried to be fashua' ble," moaned
Hannah, sinking into a heap on the
floor.
I've spent hundreds of dollars on
her." exclaimed her sister, as she looked
on, ''and this is your gratitude"
you've. made a chromeo of her."
persisted Dla'l; '1ook at that ha'ar."
cts a pompadour," sobbed Hannah.
SIT looks wuss than a barn door; an
look at her cheeksp's
'Bloom of youth-one dollar a bot
tle," grumblcd Juliette; stshe's made
over"
klamath exclaimed her husband
severely, Il IN ashamed of you'll
50 be l." sobbed his wife, Shut if
you live in the city you must do as city
folkes does.n
"Whar's your new alpaecy tibet you
thought good enough for the Presydint's
wife?"
SIN the cluset upstairs"
sect inter 1T, and wash the yaller
outer yer gray ha'ar, aud the red often
your cheeks. an kin home! @, Laud,
kin you ever show yer face at conference
meetin' aging % q
.4Dan'rs a crank" said jAlistte to
her weeping sister upstairs as she tried
to soothe her.
e.No, he amt! an0 I wus a fool to
think I could be made overl Sakes
alive! how glad I am to get inter my
own shoes again"
When Hannah entered the parlor
she was clothed and in her right
mind. Her husband beamed upon her.
.'Gol!n he exclaimed, eve got her
back! It's the old gal herself this time,
as nat'ral as life an es purity es a pic
tur'! It's the children's mother. Hurry
up now, an doan git left. Ishan't take
a spec Of comfort till I get yousafe down
hum agin on the old farm in Injiannyp
1YDetroit Free Press.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-11-10

The Salvation Army consists of 1869
corps with 1884 officers. During the
last year, 1, $40, $50 meetings have been
held, 2, III, $50 houses visited, and 49,
905 persons were converted in Great
Britain alone.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-11-10

Mayor Hewitt claims that the national
government owes the city of New York
over $500, 900 on an old war claim, and
he suggests that the amount ought to be
paid out of the surplus.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-11-10
TOWN PROPERLY FOR SALE.

A centra II located AMI desirable business
stani on NJ in street, Opelousa, consis ing
of building su table for residence ami small
store, and adjoining a bakery, being the
prope. ty next to the pc t-ottice This prop
trtv will be sold very cheap for cash, or half
ca h and balance on terms to su t pu claser.
mr. March 1851
The Opelousas courier., 1888-11-10
ST, MARY's ACADEMY,

OPEr .OUSAS. LA,
The course of instruction in this Institution enoracss
English, French, Latin, Greek, Arithmetic, Algeoss,
GeSmetry. Bookkeeping, Natural Sciences, tistOli,
Geography, PenmansiIip, and great care 10 pesso*s4
ON Christian Instruction. :. n,
TFRMs:-Board and tuition per month Up; Dsf
Scholars per month, So, So or 81, according 20 e III
1Sae a REV. g.. RAYMOND, d. d..
Ao"' REV. +. j. RAYMOND.
HENRY G. LEWIS
Aug 90 1ss5. NJ. ALFRED BRILLET.
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FOR SALE.

A Fine Res dence, WITH all necessary Out
buildings an improvements, ana snIlcens
land for asm IL farm, adjoining theeo Porals
limits Of Ope ousas, will be SOL goeaR
Apply at this Cffice. al'd
The Opelousas courier., 1888-11-10

The rabbit plague in Australia Is
about to be supplantcd by something far
worse. The roller skating mania has
just reached that unhappy country.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-11-10

The sonnet was invented by Guido
dArezzo, about 1924.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-11-10
TULANE UNIVERSITY
OF LOUISIANA.
VIM. Preston Johnston, IL. D. PresY

"IGH School with Manual Training. CoIo..
with six courses of instruction. TJnirarsss
courses in Science and Letters. Session bansNI
October sd. H.. Sophie Newcumb. Memorial IN as
lege for Women begibs October 18TH. Medie.i
Depa rtment begins October Eth. Law Depertmess
begins November 2lst.
EE- Catalogues containin. announcement Of an
depar nents may be had by application to t6aa
Secretary of the University. Tulane Hall, New
Orleans, La. aug, Gan
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1888-03-31
A full assortment fishing lines and
huoks, at E. II. RILIs'.
A Daring Robbery.

Last Tuesday night while fhe John
Howard was at the elevator djscharsing
freight negro wharf thief name Henry
Williams and several coufederates stole
a box Of bacon and a keg of syrup from
the elevator platform. The box OF
bacon was rolled off the platform un-
der the river bank and bursted open
when it struck the ground. The meat
and key of syrup was then placed in a
dugout and carried across the, river the
loss not being discovered until next
morning. Mr.. G. V. Cellos assisted by
the Waterman of the warfboat, Mr..
John Hol!aWay, at once went to work
on the case and were successful in trac-
ing the stolen goods to the house OF
Henry Williams about four miles back
of Trenton. The thief, however, got
warning of their approach and made
his escape, but warrants ara out for
him and others suspected Of being i'm
plicated with him and they will nc
doubt ba apprehended. Mr.. Cellos in
forms us that Il gang of thieves infest
the woods around Williams house and
thu TELEGRAPH suggests to the au-
thorities the advisahility OF breaking
up the gang.