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The Opelousas courier., 1889-04-13
B. BLOOMFIELD,
United States Comm issiOneTs
OFFICE WITH
Hon. Jno. n. Ogden, Opelousas, Louisiana
TOWN PROPERTY FOR SALE.

A CENTRALLY located and desirable
"A business stand on Main street, Opslou-
sas, consisting of building suitable for resi-
dence and small store, being the property
next to the postofice. This property will be
sold very cheap for cash, or half cash and
balance on terms to suit purchaser Apply
TO Mrs Edmond G. Dupre. Meh IS eS
The Opelousas courier., 1889-04-13

No doubt tempted by the brilliant
achievements of England in her policy
of colonizing. Germany and France
have in recent years been following her
example The demonstration made in
Samoa by Germany is clearly in line
with this policy. Her settlements on the
African coast have reached the extent of
exciting the alarm of England, who con-
siders herself entitled to monopoly
there. The natives have been partly
hired and partly frightened into selling
NIL their produce to the agents of Bis
marck, and have been induced to give
German colonists friendly reception,
at the same time placing all possible
obstacles in the way of their English
rivals. - We
1t, hess been suggested as probable
..fhat the next European war will be
caused by o collision of the powers in
their colonization attempts. 1t may be
doubted if any government will be as
shrewd in its policy and as successful
as England. Some one has said that
the Spaniard when he wishes to found
a colony, erects church the German
constructs a fort; the Frenchman
builds theatre, bnt the Englishmop
establishes bank The others tumblt
down from lack of use, but the bank is
patronized by observation-disclosures
Times.
STATEMENT
orr. s. fHntenot, Sheriff and ex-offcio Tax
Collector, for collection of Parish and Cor
pnratiou criminal taxes and licenses collect
] ed during the month of January, lS89-the
taxes being for the years 1887 and 1885 and
the licenses for the year 1889, as follows:
Parish taxes of 1887 7-.-.....--.-.....$ 5 SO
" 1888. 1888 46
Total. .$73ss &c
Less commission olo..-.--. 369 A
Net for the parish. -:s--..:-:.s7ols 81
Corp erlm. tag Of 1897. 1897 ....'..s 0,- IS Is
Total sS36 40
Less eommiss. 5olo-- l6 81
Net tes the parish .sssg s. sss 5:
Licenses for 1885, $235 90
Less commiss. 5oIo.. IL rs
Net for the parish. 1923 25 223 9
Net aggregate for the parish. .ssl32 8
Opelousas, La, Feb. 7th, 1889;
Sheriff and ex -oficlo Tax Collecto
for St. Landry parish.
THE above statement should have appear
ed in last mt nths proceedings Of the Polio
Jury, but was only handed in this week.-Mrs.
CoURIER.l
The Opelousas courier., 1889-04-13
Personal.

Mr.. Frank Dietlein, who has been in
New Iberia for some months, came
home Monday for short visit.
Miss Fannie Firnberg has returned
from prolonged stay among friends i'll
New Orleans.
Messrs. Willie Lastrapes and Walter
Duson, two of St. Landry's medical
students at Tulane, are ut home to
spend their vacation.
Mr. j. S. Martel retnrned Monday
evening from a business trip to ST..
Mary parish.
Mr.. Joseph Lazaro, of Vile Plate
was in town this week.
Messrs. Paul Stagg aud Ferdinand
Derbes and Miss Louise Dupr6, of
Washington, were among the visitors
to our town on Monday last.
Miss Leila Simon, who has been
spending some time in Grand Coteau,
returned home on Monday last, accom-
panied by her cousin, Miss Lise Deiean,
who will spend some time with friends
in town.
Miss Hattie Haas, of Bayou Chicot, is
on visit to friends in town.
Mr. Julien Claude, prominent mer-
chant of Washington, dropped in to see
lis last Thursday.
Mr. Rice, of the well known hardware
firm of Rice, Born s. Co., New Orleans
favored Us with call on Monday.
Mr.. Edward Estorge of Roy willie spent
few days with friends aud relatives
in town this week.
!. DR.. A. J. Bercler left Oh Thursday
morning to attend meeting of the
State Dental Association which met
yesterday in New Orleans.
Lake Charles Commercial r. P.
O'Bryan, one of Abbeyille's prominent
attorneys, has removed with .lis family
TO our city.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-04-13

What Mars q Woman.

There never yet was woman so
gifted, wealthy, 1e.eSegtiful or high in
social position that shg'was not marred
by cold, distant and supercilious
bearing There are so many sorrowful
things iu life, there are go many hurts
and wounds for all of US, it seems to
me that every woman ought to cultivate
sweet manner and kindly glance for
the stranger or the acquaintance. 1t
costs nothing, and, like ray of sun
shine, 1t warns and strengthens many
frost bitten life whereon it falls. |
think some women and girls have the
idea that naughty and proud bearing
impresses stranger with sense OF
their Importance. This is a mistake.
The truly great are never arrogant or
cold but modest and kind in demeanor,
while the unworthy and presumptuous
often assume an air of supercilious dis
dain with strangers to hide their natu-
raj deficiencies Wheeler Wilcox.
Through the sagacity, foresight and
determination of ex-Gov. McEnery
Louisiana will shortly come into pos
session of $l4,239 60, money due the
State under the acts of Feb. 90, 1911,
and Sept. %, 1850, said amount being
) per cent of the net proceeds of the
sale 81 public swamp and overfowed
lands situated 10 this State. This sum
ofImoney would in all probability never
have reached the State but for Gov.
McEnery. During his incumbency of the
office of Chief Magistrate of Louisiana
his enemies made him the target for
abuse. vituperative slander and ridi:
cule such as was never before heaped
upon the Governor of this or any other
State. The heat and bitterness aud
heartburnings Of the late faction fight
have in great measure passed away.
Now that he is no longer in the way of
his enemies; now that passion, envy
and malice have given way to reason
and the sober, second thought, his ci-
deyant enemies are among the loudest
in their laudations of his administration
and in ascribing to him all the qualities
of head and heaEt that go to make up
an honest, courageous and efficient
Chief Magistrate. -Ex.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-04-13

DIR. Ticheuor's Antiseptic relieves Sick
Headache. Sold by Theo. Posey, Opelouaas.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-04-13
NOTICE,

all persons having claims against OpelOu'
sas Fire Co. No. | are hereby notified to pre-
sent the same before the next annual meeting
TUESDAY, May Z, 1885, E. LATREYFE'
The Opelousas courier., 1889-04-13
Taken Up ns am Estray.

DY the undersigned, at Bellevue, a bay
ID Horse branded AS on left hip, brand in,
distinct. This animal has been ranging in
the vicinity for about two years. The owner
ia reouessed to prove property, pay charges
and take him away. L. s. CLEMENTS,
Marnh 20.st Pine Grove Plantation.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-04-13

o.aeiaI journal Of the Parish OF ST. Landry.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-09-28
Fun for the Conductors.

The gathering of the G. A. r. in
Milwaukee has thrown many ssrang-
ers in the city during the last few
DAYS. To the inland visitor there is
nothing in Chicago as interesting as
tho cable ears. They board one Of the
trains and so to the end Of the line and
return.
They talk to us freely" said one Of
the conductors on Mr.. Holmes Wa
bash aud Cottage Grove line. I'VE
are instructed TO always answer the
questions of strangers, no matter what
they are-that is, as near as we can.
But there was an old soldier who went
down to Oakwoods with me this morn
ing who read that temperance card up
there a little different from what the
good folks who put it up would like
to have it read, l expect. He had
been looking at it for some time and
finally he says to me, DO you reckon
them figgers is r~ight-that $26, 800. 900
wac spent last year for beer in Chi
cagor told him / expected the fig
ures were about right; hat the peo-
pie who put them up We're people who
didn't generally lie. He looked at
them again for n minute and then he
says, When l 60 back to Kansas I'm
going to sell everything l have and
come and start a brewery. That's the
best paying business I've hear'n OF
vel. "-Chicaqo Tribune.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-09-28
for, this cold dav?n con- sbs ren,,oa

for, this cold day?" "Oh," she replied,
II am waiting-I am waiting for some.
body to coma and take care of me-.
why" said the man, "what makes
you think anybody will como and take
care of you?" ooh" she said, ''my
mother died last week and / was CRYING
very much, and she said don't cry, my
dear; though am gone and your father
is gone, the Lord will send somebody 10
take a r OF you My mother never
told n lie; sho said some one would
come and take care of me, and / am
waiting for them to come" o yes, they
are waiting for you. Men Of great
hearts, gather them in, gather them in.
II is not the will Of your Heavenly
father that n Of these little ones
should perish
Lastly, the street impresses me with
the fact that all the people are looking
forward. l see expectancy written on
almost every face / meet between here
and Brooklyn bridge, or walking the
whole length Of Broadway. Where you
lind a thousand people walking straight
on, you only find one man stopping and
looking back. The fact Is, God made US
all to look ahead because we are immor-
tai. In this tramp of the multitude on
the streets, l hear tho tramp OF the
great host, marching and marching for
eternity. Beyond the Office, the store,
the shop, the street, there is a world,
populous and tremendous. Through
Gods grace, may you reach that blessed
place. A great throng fills those boule-
wards and the streets are a-rush with
the chariots of conquerors. The in
go up and down, butthey never
weep and they never toll. A river flows
a 1en0 %f1n s sRes sit5i EYFts.l h ys' bend their
branches to dip the crystal. No plumed
hearse rattles over the pavement, for
health glowing in every vein they know
not how to die. Those lowers OF strength,
those palaces of beauty, CLEAN In the
of a sun that never sets. Oh,
heaven, beautiful heavenl Heaven
our friends are. They take no
census in that city, for it is inhabited
by "a multitude which no man can num-
Rank above rank. Host above
host. Gallery above gallery, sweeping
all around the heavens. Thousands or
Millions Of millions. Blessed
are they who enter in through the gate
into that city. Obi start for it today.
Through the blood of the great sacrifice
of the Son OF God, take upyour march to
heaven. 1.-THE Spirit and the Bride say
come, and whatsoever will, let him come
and take of the water of life freely"
Join this great throng marching heaven
ward. All the doors of invitation are
open. ''And I saw twelve gates, and
there were twelve pearls"
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-09-28

The Time Coming When No More Ore VIII
BE Needed.

"1ron has eternal life," said jaime,
NJ. Swank, general of the
American Iron and Steel association.
TO a Philadelphia Record man. when
the king of metals is taken from the
ground it is not used up and cast into
the waste heap. Once worn out it i.
manufactured, passes into a new shape,
n is really never altogether corsum.
ed. Old stoves are burned cat. but
they are melted down again and reassi
Wear out, engine boilers and all the
iron 2nd stesl parts Of the locomotive
fall sooner Of later, greet tracks give
way after a certain mount of traffic
has passed over them, but all the worn
out metal goes back to the furnace and
the rolling-mill, and is soon seeing q
new existence, strong and serviceable
as ever"
The truth which Mr.. Swank thus
gave expression TO is one of foremost
interest to manufacturers of iron
and steel. 1t means that iron
once taken from the ground is forever
in the market. At all the great trade
centers are regular quotations of cid
rails, both iron and steel, and scrap
iron. Sometimes the current prices of
old and new steel rails approach close
", and at such n time there is a ten
dency among the railroads to replace
their railway with new and heavy
steel.
In every quarter Of the United States
the "old-iron' man is found holding
forth in o junk-shop or on a more pre-
tentious scale. All the manufactured
forms of iron and steel that have pass
ed their prime are gathered in. The
railroads are very large sellers of iron,
but from a dozen other quarters the
supply comes. Not the shrewdest man
in the iron business a pretend to es-
innate how much of the yearly output
Of iron manufactures and steel is made
from remelted old materials and how
much from new ores fresh taken from
the earth.
The proportion of the former, how
ever, is certainly immense, and sure
to incre ase with n powerful momentus
rs the development of the country
goes on and the generations of iron
multiply.
80 heavy is the supply of old iron
and steel Offering" remarked General
Manager Swank, that some manufac-
turers are almost ready to believe that
as the time goes osno more iron ore
need be taken from the earth. The ex-
isting supplies will be self-replenishing,
and iron and steel workers will only
have to remold, remake, remanufac-
ture. As long as there is in any coun-
try a large growth in population and
the uses of iron and steel this era will
be delayed, but should these factors
become stationary the mines of iron
ore may remain buried in the bowels
of the earth The many millions OF
tons of metal above ground will serve
to satisfy needs"
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-09-28
Nell Gwyn.

Sweet heart. that no faint Of the throne or
the stage
C0uld touch with unclean transformation
or alter
To the likeness OF courtiors whose con.
sclcrces falter
And the smile or the frown, at the mirth or
the rage,
or a master whom chance could inhamc or
Gssnage:
Our Lady OF Laughter, invoked in no psal-
ter,
Adored of no faithful that cringe and that
palter,
Praise be with thee yet from a hag.ridden
age.
Our Lady of Pity thou vast, and TO thee
All England. whose sons are the sons of the
sea,
Gives thanks, and will hear not IL history
snarls
When the name OF the friend Of her sailors
Is spoken:
And thy lover she cannot but lovely the
token
That thy name was the last on the lips of
King Charles.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-09-28
A SoBRIQuET.
why the Hon. 8. 5. Cox Was Called
"Sunset."

Why the Hon. s. ). Cox Was Called
"Sunset."
The production which won for Mr..
Cox the sobriquet Of Sunset" was a
piece Of descriptive writing which APP
peared in the Ohio Statesman May 10,
1853, and was entitled "A Great Old
Sunset He was IL the composing
room Of the Statesman the evening be-
fore and witnessed a peculiarly beauti-
full sunset. AS the inspiration seized
him he picked up his pencil and using
a composing stone for a desk hurriedly
wrote the following:
"What a peculiar sunset was that at
last night How glorious the storm
and how splendid the setting Of the
sun! We do not remember aver to have
seen the like on our round globe. The
scene opened in the west, with a whole
horizon full OF golden inter-penetrating
luster which colored the foliage and
frightened every object into its own
rich dyes. The colors deeper and
richer, until the golden luster was trans
fused into a storm cloud, full Of
finest lightning, which leaped in
dazzling zigzags all around and over
the city. The wind arose with fury,
the slender shrubs and giant trees made
obesience to it's majesty. Some even
snapped before its force. The straw
berry beds and grass plats turned up
their whites to Zephy as march by As
the rain came and the pools and cutters
hurried away thunder roared grandly
and the fire bells caught the excitement
and rang with hearty chorus. The south
and the east received the copious
showers, and the west all at nee bright
ened up in q long polished belt OF azure,
worthy Of o Sicilian sky.
Presently a cloud appeared in the
azure belt In the form of a castellated
city. 1t became more vivid, revealing
strange forms of peerless fsnes and ala.
baster temples, and glories rare and
grand in this mundane sphere. 1t re-
minds us of Wordsworth's splendid
verse in his Excursion:
s'The appearance instantaneously disclosed
Was of a mighty city, boldly say
A Wilderness of buildings, sinking far
And self-withdrawn into a wondrous depth,
Far sinking into splendor without end.
"But the city vanished only to give
place to another isle. where the mos,
beautiful forms Of foliage appeared, i'm
aging paradise in the distant and puri
| fed air.
1.-THE sum- earied Of the elemental
commotion, sank behind the green
plains of the west The great eye in
heaven however, went not down with
out q dark brow hanging over its depart
ing light. The rich flush of unearthly
light had passed and the rain had ceased
when the solemn church bells pealed
the laughter of children out and joyouI
after the storm Is heard with the caro-
Of birds, while the forked and purple
weapon of the skies still darted illumi
nation around the Startling college, try
ing to rival its angles and leap into 1T
dark windows"
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-09-28

Electricity plays perhaps the most
wonderful part in all these huge works.
Not far from the main fort, there
would be built a little round building.
This would be the place for the slower
of observation" Of the commanding
officer. From here he could see all
over the harbor and away out to sea.
The tower would be strong. and inside
would be the wonderful key-boards Of
the electric system. BY mean OF these,
the commander could telephone to the
captain of any battery to load his
guns, and aim them at such and such
an angle and direction. The captain
of the battery would do SO and tele.
phone back the moment he was ready.
The commander could tell the captain
to fire, or he could, il he chose. press
a little key and himself fire each gun
singly or all the guns ut once. He
could do the same with all the batter.
les and forts. aud he could. from hif
little tower miles away, by a light
touch of his fingers explode every gun
in the harbor. and send tons and toni
of metal flying with crushing force a.
any vessel he pleased. He could dc
even more. He could explode any. OF
all, of the mines and torpedoes at once.
or he could have one grand simultane'
U explosion of all the guns. torpe.
does, and mines. At each fort and
battery would DO stationed officers
who by means of instruments would
find exactly the course of the enemy.
ships. This would be telegraphed u
the commander, who would thus know
at every instant just where any vesse
| is, and how fast she is sailing. S,
he could predict that a ship will pass
| certain spot at q certain time, and. j
| she did not change her course. coul(
press the key, and blow up the vessel
| or send at her a huge bolt of iron OF
steel. IL the enemy had landed q force
| on the mainland down the coast, and
it was marching on the fort TO take il
in the rear, the commander could waii
till he saw the force on q road ap'
preaching Q fort. when. pressing
another key, several iron doors of the
fort would open and automatic ma
chinc-guns pop out and commences
firing at tho rate Of six hundred shots
per minute apiece. and keep It up till
the KEY was pressed again, when they
would withdraw and the shields close.
It can be seen that the commander
should know absolutely all that is 60
ing on. a. otherwise he might ire into
his " forts, or on his w patrol
boata--W. r. Hamilton, y. s. A., q
81 Nicholas.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-09-28
Kansas ProductIvencss.

The latest story of Kansas produc.
tivencss comes from Ford county.
where a Mr. Sternberg planted twenty
acres to melons aud sold the seeds 10
an eastern seed-house for $500. From
the melons he manufactured 1.00r
barrels Of vinegar, which be values al
SO per barrel. This melon vinegar lac
claims to be fully equal to II not better
than tho cider vinegar. just think Of
IL! $40. 400 for tho product Of twenty
acres Of land.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-09-28
No kissing There.

Young girls are as nature made
them. and very sweet they are. too
in their quaint dresses, showing
the plump chest and rounded arms
Pages could be written about theil
charms. What dear, dainty little
dolls they are! Such white teeth, rosy
lips and coy smiles. Who shall de-
scribe them? and what next? A Kiss.
perhaps? Not over here. Oh, neyerI
They never do. They don't know
how, actually, don't know how. and
wen peasant girls are closely guard
cd.
Fancy a young man in cotton kimo-
no and wooden clogs stealing a chance
TO walk with his best girl under the
blooming cherry trees. explaining the
consultations and quoting sentimental
poetry; telling her that he chung up
on her eyelids." that "her voice was
like a temple gong;" in fact, that he
loved but her alone, and then making
her several bows at the door of her ia
theirs straw : matched hut rs they
parted in the moonlight. Can any
American lover stretch his imagina-
ton enough to believe in a sweet
heart not kissing those pretty lips,
paint and all, by a sort Of natural Sc
lectionp'
'Tis q melancholy fact, but a Japan
csc has no such impulses. No lover
courts his mistress with sweetest per-
suasiye kisses" No mother kisses her
baby rs she cuddles it against his
forehead to the mats in sad farewell.
Our situations run through the
crescendo Of bow, hand-shake, kiss
aud kiss. l can't explain the differ
ence in grade between the last two,
but everybody knows. But in Japan
the expression of regard is regulated
by the number and length of the
salaams.
A friend who constantly travels
about the country told me of a little
illustration in point. He had been on
the road for six weeks having with
him a native merchant who was inter-
terested in his business. On their re-
turn 10 Toxic ne accompanied the
broker to his home, a permit for the
nights visit having been obtained
from the local inspector OF police.
The wife met her husband and his
friend at the door and ushered them
in. Together they assisted their guesr
TO remove his coat. The wife mex
took from her lord his wadded kimono
and other wraps and folded them
away.
Then, and not until then, did they
kneel upon the mats and bow long
and low Il each other. "You have
been many weeks away from u.s."
said the wife in q sweet, atfectionate
voice. 1--WE have waited for you with
impatience. l hope that you are well,
dear lanoskesan." And he thanked
her and said he was.
My friend had been curious TO know
whether these formalities which he
had always witnessed between &C,
quaintances would be repeated be-
tween the devoted couple, who would
not feel restrained before an old friend.
/ retold the tale to a select audience,
and added my opinion that the mis-
sionaries might give the belated Japs
some pointers on earthly bliss when
instruction on the heavenly joys of
another life had vacation. Why not
get up classes to teach the art of kiss
ing. with some good old g~ray-headed
elders for instructors? That would be
quite harmless and proper. The girls
could learn if they began quite small.
TOXIC Specialize San Francisco Chron'
snIo
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-09-28

Husband-what a pity that Emma
had to 60 and throw Mr.. Coldsnap over.
board, for / bought our coal from him
last winter. Now, next winter I'll have
to pay the full price.
Wife-Calm yourself, husband; she Is
going to renew tho engagement In the
fall. You see, she broke 1t In order n
become engaged to Mr.. Cooler, the ma,
va buy our ice from.
"May heavcn's richest blessing res
upon that daughter"
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-09-28

According to recent statistics 65S
people have been killed in France from
iS52 70 1882 by lightning. OF these
l87 were men and l66 women. The
large majority Of deaths occurred In
the open fields. and not In mountain
Gus regions a. might be supposed.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-09-28

Chicago Herald.
A New York policeman has been ar
rsstsd for Assaulting . reporter. Thb
was injudicious. Tho police Shout
always oultivate the good will OF the 70
porters, because there u no telling whei
the department. may want 70 knows pa
thing shout : murder or robbery.