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The Opelousas courier., 1889-05-18
A TRADE.
Select What You Can and What You Have
a Taste For.

Taste For.
First of all make sure of what you
will be best fitted for in the long run
Remember that some kind of work
may be in demand now and in a few
years the demand may die out. Don't
choose a trade of this sort if you can
help it. You may spend years learn
ing to make sonnet. ling by hand, aRS'
as soon as you have learned, a me- .5aine
may be invented that will 9hake it
better, and thus throw yctt'out of en-
ployment, pso}ess you have learned a
great deal pprre3ut IT, whole business
connected v OF your work.
Agrin, tlg cyof where you want to
begin. Dobminsarn a trade that is
overrun wind soorkmen in your own
State, unlessfyou are willing to go to
another STATE to work. In New York
State there is a machinist to every 800
of population; while in Texas, Georgia
and Alabama there is only one ma
chinist to every 1000 people. Iowa
has $4,000 carpenters and joiners;
while Georgia has less than 5000.
Choose what you can and What you
have a Taste for If you are a weak
E.ag, don't try to be n blacksmith;
don't try to be a painter if you are
color blind. If you are fond of read
ing that is a good reason to become a
printer, provided there is no other
| good reason against it. If you have
| a natural mechanical turn and invent
i've genius, you may make a good ma
| chinist. Resolve to make yourself a
thorough master of your trade and all
the machinery used in and about it.
Then don't be afraid of learning too
| much. You will be a better painter
for being able to handle the saw; a
| better joiner for being able to use a
brush; a better machinist by acquiring
| the use of the pencil.
/ Be willing to plod and work hard for
a time, for the sake of learning your
business thoroughly. If you start as q
carpenter have in mind to become
builder; if you start as a machinist
expect to become a manufacturer; i
you begin rs a ~type-setter aim at be
coming a printer and publisher. Or
If you are willing to be always a work
man employed by some n else, mak'
up your mind to become SO very ex
pert in your line as to command
high price.-1nterlor.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-05-18

usually from five to six hours, and dur
Ing this time the lovely Aztec maiden
or matron must soak her head in a big
Jar OF this solution. It is the proper
thing for the women to change these
cones at least once q month. After
that the whitish soil of which it is
composed changes to adult yellow, and
the wearer loses caste. And there is
caste among the poems as much as
there is among any other classes Of
people.
"Ihese native women are fond of
necklaces, and you will often see them
going about with nothing on except a
necklace and a mud crown. Others
again will have very slight raiment.
The men do not wear mud crowns, but
they are often as limited in their attire
as the feminine sex. Their habits are
extremely simple in the main, though
In some other respects they go off on
wild tangents.
During the larger part of the year
you will see, if you journey through
this region, hammocks s1ung from all
the trees at nighttime. Indeed, if YOU
were to be out of a moonlight night,
n it was your first experience, you
would think the palm and pine trees
were bearing singular fruit. The ma
tlves are all in these hammocks. They
are there to escape the tarantulas,
centipedes and Mexican scorpions,
which are out On the rampage. Let
n of these things get into your
blankets and he will never be easy un-
til he gets a nip at the occupant. This
is why the natives will never sleep on
the ground. Besides, it 10 cooler and
more comfortable in the trees.
I 1.-THE peon, when he rises in the
morning, makes a queer obeisance to
the east. He is saluting the morning
sun, and does it by first bowling until
he has his body at right angles to his
legs and horizontal to the earth. In
this position he pauses devoutly for,
perhaps. a quarter of a minute, and
then raising his body to it's proper
position, he abruptly thrusts his right
leg, and then his left, forward. Anoth-
er polite bow to Aurora, delivered by
an inclination of the head alone, and
the business is done.
This s%alutation is supposed to win
him favor with the reigning forces OF
the heavens and make him solid for
the day. The women never GO
through this morning performance.
They leave all such things to the men.
The children OF both sexes quickly
catch up the ways of their elders. and
thus grow up perpetuating all the Gus
toms of the race."-San Francisco Elk.
aminer.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-05-18
Singular Trip Of a Ring.

An Engllshman told a story the other
say aeput an odd trip that his diamond
aaag once took In London. He had
ssapped hurriedly out of an UNDER
ground railroad train. and his ring fell
ssoaa his finger as his foot touched the
hasalorms HE felt the ring slip off and
sssaea around quickly to sec where it
ST elt not quite quickly enough. He
ssaelndea that it must have rolled un-
sss wv train. and as soon as the cars
a1sa moved out of the station he began
g search along the track. The ring
~ aot To he found, and he reluctantly
ssasaalahed the search, telling a rail-
49, employe however, what he had
~ he finished his business sooner
1.asa ie had expected, and strolled
ssHa go The station to see whether the
s'.lg had been found. He had only
I'LL hopes That it had been found, but
A1Aaea Up the railway employee. The
Asa talked about the ring while
saaa9 on the spot where the Eng
ssse'aaaa hHd stepped from the train. AS
were chatting a train came into
ssasaon The Englishman saw
aa1g glistening in front Of him on
s'otooard of the train. 1t was the
gaa RING. It had fallen upon the
spsra: the train had made q COM
sss e'ssnit cf tho city. and stopped IN
ssSzs sfle place it bad stopped when
asamaplest It aud tbs rug
The Opelousas courier., 1889-05-18
CRIME IN FRANCE.
Two-Thirds ofthe Criminals Under INVENT!
One Years of Age.

One Years of Age.
OF 26, 600 criminals arrested in Paris
in the course of last year-the figure
itself seems incredibly large-16,@
had not attained the age OF twenty.
There is Just now an epidemic OF crime
of violence perpetrated by young men
and if the thieves and assassins at
present confined in French prisons
were sorted according to their age, it
would be found that the very large
majority were made up of youths be-
tween ~sixt4een and twenty. .
These statistics were supplied by the
prosecuting counsel in the last judicial
sensation that has come before the
Paris courts, and the course of the trial
supplied the explanation of the fact.
It was a murder case of extraordinary
brutality. The victims were an old
of seventy-eight and her lodg-
err, the organist of the church, an old
man of seventy. The criminal was the
son of the parish beadle, and the
motive for the murder was mere theft.
The house was broken into at night,
the old man struck down and left for
dead on the staircase, and then the old
woman was brutally murdered. The
hoardings of both-a few hundred
francs-were carried off, and the thief
was arrested in bed the same day with
the money in his possessioE and his
clothes stained with blood.
At the trial it was proved that a long
career of crime eliminated in this hor-
rible and mercenary outrage-the evil
dence was convincing and the jury
found the murderer Guilty with ex-
tenuating circumstances" To English
readers the verdict seems inconcelVa~
Bile. Even for French readers it has to
be explained, and the explanation adds
to the difficulty. The prisoner was
only eighteen. He had long, fair hair
blue ewes and the face Of a young girl
No wonder the French prisons are full
of young prisoners. -London Daily
Nows.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-05-18
IN MAINE.
Natural Wonders That Are Well WORTHY
of q Visit.

Natural Wonders That Are Well Worthy
of q Visit.
Being a rocky State, Maine abounds
in caves, of which the outside world
knows very little. It is true there are
no caverns like the Mammoth cave in
Kentucky or the Luray caverns in Vir-
ginia, but some of then are very plot
uresque and awe-inspirfssg. The Green
wood ice-caves are sufficiently inter-
esting to be bettanEnAI1mA than they
owe 5DdcherE
Thes~ natdral curiosfties are about
azdozen in number, Valleys cave
being the largest. 1t is a double-stori-
ed cavern, the lower chambers being
some four hundred or five hundred feet
in length and about twelve feet in
width. The exit is at the top OF the
mountain. The upper chamber is very
much smaller, and is connected WITH,
the first by a nafurXg Daarge enough for
hal Sagtlean 80 pass abreast.
One of the caves is shaped like a
we'll. and is from twenty to thirty feet
in depth. There are regular steps,
which wind around the sides to the
bottom. Here are Two chambers run
ming in opposite directions. n Of
which leads nearly to Observation
rock. 1t is called Snake passage. and
to pass through it one is obliged to
crawl on hands and knees
The other chamber leads into cav
ern which is large and somewhat TRAN
/ gular, having several chambers, n
| of which connects with Well cave.
| The walls of this chamber rise upward
| seventy-five feet no more.
In some of the caves ice may be seen
| all the year round. and torch-light
| produces a. beautiful effect upon the
| CLASSY ice and the cavern walls.
There are two great riffs in the
mountain, one running northerly and
the other in the opposite direction.
These are great curiosities and attract
the attention of all who visit the caves
Amphitheater cave is really a great
depression in the mountain. overlooked
by Table rock, the highest OF a
series of rocks or lodges that convey
the impression of row OF benches. a.;
together the caves are well worthy Of
a visit.-Golden Days.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-05-18
Dangerous Food Preservatives.

The French Committee on Hygiene
has lately brought the dangerous ma
ture of some food pr~eservatives into
prominence. It has been well estab-
lished that digestion is only a form Of
decomposition produced by certain
minute organisms which also produce
the other form OF decomposition which
we call decay. 1t must be therefore
evident that any substance which has
the power of arresting decay may
seriously interfere with the normal
process of digestion. Hence, it is i'm
portant that in Investigating the char
acter of a food p~reservative we should
look further than as to its absolute
freedom from what we call poisonous
properties. On these principles the
use of benzoic acid has been prohibited
in France. For the same reasons sail
cylic and boric acids and the new anti
septic hydronapbtol have been prohib-
tied. The greatest caution should be
exercised in the employment Of food
preservatives, and until absolute safe
ty can be guaranteed it would be as
we'll to stick to the old process of
Pasteurizing, which consists simply in
exposing food to such a temperature
as will destroy germs. st. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-05-18
sELF.MuRpER BY DRUGS.
A Crime Of Which Many Otherwise SOnsa~
BILE Persons Are Guilty.

Die Persons Are Guilty
Whom it was stated, a couple Of
years ago, that the cocaine habit
would prove worse, if possible, than
the morphine habit, the statement was
made after consulting a distinguished
physician. 1t vas taken up and rid
iculed by some medical writer's, but
the number of victims is increasing.
Many of them are physicians. Amy
drug that does what these drugs do,
any thing. in fact, that gives seem-
ing strength or sleep to the sys-
TEN, or deadens the sense of pain,
without removing it's cause (unless the
strength is derived from digested food
and the influence of natural forces,
and the sleep from natural fatigue),
must have the power to produce q
habit, and the habit overthrows natural
nutrition.
Meantime, the statement has been
made that nerve foods" have been
discovered whose use is not attended
by reaction or injurious effects OF any,
kind. Medicines are advertised as pro-
ducing no tendency to a habit; that
their use can be discontinued with
out the slightest inconvenience. All
these statements, one after another.
prove lies. To take no medicine, NO
stimulant, no opiate, except when I'M
mistakably and absolutely necessary
her the least possible quantity to &C
complish the result, and cessation at
the earliest possible point-constitute
the only safe rules. The best physi-
clans of all schools know this, practice
it themselves, and, so far as possible,
lead their families to do so. The peo-
pie at large are too ignorant. too much
afraid of pain, too unwilling to deny
transient enjoyments or to be gov
erned by hygiene; to pay physiei:4ar
for wisdom, if they tell them they
need nothing but cleanliness, exercise
and moderation. They turn to the
quack, the patent medicine bottle. the
paregoric, Jamaica ginger (another
name for spiced rum), patent gas, or
any one of the thousand ways of try
ing to escape the penalty of continuing
to act as though natures laws were q
fraud.-Christian Advocate.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-05-18

The queerest Sunday service held
in Maine, or perhaps in the country, is
that of the Liberal fraternity which
meets every Sabbath afternoon in o
hall in Portland, Me. Here infidels,
agnostics, Spiritualists, Buddhists. ard
thinkers of various shades of hetero-
doxy come together and do battle.
The service generally consists of free
discussion, in which every man is In
vited to expatiate upon his creed; but
occasionally some clergyman or speak
er of reputation is invited to address
the assembly. The strangest of no.
tions get an airing here. and some
times provoke q aeatsd,controYsrsY
The Opelousas courier., 1889-05-18
MlMIcRY IN NATURE.
variation One OF the Results of h I'm
versal Struggle for Existence.

Variation One Of the Results of the Uni
versaI Struggle for Existence.
Go to the sea-shore and observe the
grasshoppers among the beach grass.
They fly up at your approach, whiz of
a rod or so, and alight. Can you see
them? They r colored SO nearly like
the sands they live upon that deteo-
ton CT one at rest is almost impossi-
BILE. On yonder grassy bluff, astone's-
throw away. you will find one of
them, but other kinds equally, or al
most equally, lost to sight by their
harmony with their surroundings.
What chance of life for either
il they suddenly changed placese
They would be so conspicu-
Gus that every passing bird or
other insectivorous creature would
sight them. OF course these pro-
tective colors have been gained by
slow steps. Every grasshopper that
found It's preferred t0od among the
The Opelousas courier., 1889-05-18
JEWELRY FOR DOGS.
Silver and Gold None Too Good for silly
Women's Ugly Pets.

Silver and Gold None Too Good for eiiHy
Women's Ugly Pets.
A Acknowledgment lady with a
dog whip clasped in her bejeweled
ttght hand and a black French poodle
following languidly in her wake, can
often be seen on Brooklyn thorough
fares when the day is bright. The dog
has been clipped in the most approved
style, the hair being removed from his
body until there remains but a few
tufts to show that nature intended him
to be a canine Jo-Jo. just above the
circles of wool still clinging to the
poodle's legs there r little silver
bangles. and around his neck a broad
band of silver glistens. A reporters
curiosity was exciDn by this canine
phenomenon's appearance, and he was
thus led to ask a fashionable jeweler
about costly ornaments for dogs.
ut costs a lot of money to keep a
fashionable dog nowadays" said the
jeweler, ''for society ladies are follow
ing very closely the e~laborateness of
their wardrobes in the outfits of their
pets. Up to a comparatively recent
period women were satisfied with
| adjoining their canine friends with more
or less costly collars. All kinds were
used, from plain leather studded with
nails to more or less expensively-
worked metal bands of brass Or Ger
man silver. Then the fad of using solid
silver and even gold collars began to
gain popularity, and often family crests
or monograms were thereon engraved.
About the time that bangles were in
the height of their popularity, a few
dog collars were made of silver or gold
pieces joined together. Russia ,nather
and alligator skin bound with
gold were also used for canine neck
e~ncirelers. 9aThe dog shows of late
years, hoIever, fully started the craze
amc7g women for all sorts of orna-
ments for dogs. You see, one woman
would have a sore-eyed poodle or a
cocker spaniel on exhibition in a vel
vet dog house draped with silk and
every other woman who saw it wanted
the same thing for her darling pet.
Some one else would have a jeweled
collar on her pet and all women wanted
jeweled collars right away. The fash.
ion of dressing dogs in elaborately-em.
broidered blankets spread like q
prairie fire, and you a remembehthe
time, not long since, when nearly
every dog on the streets had coverings
of this sort. The dog bracelet was
the latest lad, and those are what you
saw encireling the legs of that French
poodle. These bracelets are made OF
gold and silver, and are often set with
precious stones. / have sold some SCI
with quite valuable diamonds. TheJ
are fastened with little padlocks. ant
are usually about the size of fnge1
rings, IS the larger dogs scorn sucl
frivolities. What the dear creature
will take up next in the way of dol
characterization I can not tell. This
a dog age, you know, and chilssccen ar
nowhere" and the Jewsler sighd a
he picked a small hair from the work
of a watch left for repairs, rubbed tn
case q moment with a bit of chamoi
skin, and hung up as done, with
ticket which read: For repairs. $3.50.
3 -Brooklyn Eagle.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-05-18

Large. prominent, and luminous eyes
indicate language, power, and verbal
memory. No one ever saw q reserved,
saturnine person with . pop-eye. or
! pupil possessing them on the Ounce
block. This il tho eye o. the oratcs
The Opelousas courier., 1889-05-18

IL have no time to write a reply"
said the naughty Boston maiden. Tell
Mr.. Cahokia | am prevented from ac-
cepting his invitation for this evening
by obstacles that are in~superable."
Miss Howjames says" reported the
messenger boy to the young man some
hours later, "that she can't.go wild ye
this evenin', and she says We needn't
git obstropaleus, fur ye're In dc soup"
-Chicago Tribune,
The Opelousas courier., 1889-05-18
rreeoNpENTs.

isaanioas,ons, for sG af 1i 3 au s ! n o
lNesssaniedo y .rnIication, but a. al evidences
y~cssSssssrrTly taE M part OF the writer. Write
gsesSsf ~ III AZ 81 he paper te particu arly'
We su one a,aS names and dates TO nave nj
.sstSn u s asuTss plain and distinct
The Opelousas courier., 1889-05-18

-Courtship is delightful. but when
marriage eones-Ah ~ se's tie bitch
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-06-04
SAN DIEGO'S STEAMERS
John D. Spreckels Thinks
they will Run,
WHILE w. Ii. DIMOND THINKS NOT,
Because Since the Exclusion Act the
Trade will not Warrant
Another Line.
WHILE W. II. DIMOND THINKS NOT,
Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD.

Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD.
+ SAN Francisco, June 3.-John d.
Spreckels, who has just returned from a
trip to San Diego, was interviewed in re-
gard to the story that the Peninsular and
Oriental Steamship Company proposed
to soon establish line of steamers be-
tween San Diego and the Orient. "Oi
course" said he. "The fact that our
firm at San Diego is agent for the Santa
Fe road, will probably give us the
agency Of the steamship line."
"Then you have reason to believe that
the line will be established ?" was asked.
eyes. Although I have not received
direct information to that effect, yet the
circumstances surrounding our connec.
ton with the Santa Fe people have
caused nue. to believe the story to be true
At any rate, San Diego has received the
full benefit of the rumor, should it prove
untrue. The recent boom, which was
forced on San Diego and its vicinity, has
collapsed, and now the town has settled
down to steady business, and a real
boom has started in. New buildings are
going up in all directions, and new en-.
terprises are daily incorporating. Every
thing is advancing and fourishing."
In an interview with William II.
Dimond, agent OF the Pacific Mail Steam.
ship Company, he stated that he was not
at present ready to talk about the pro.
posed new route. "We have not as yet
arrived at a positive information" said
he, "that the new line is to be estab-
lished, and 1 do not believe it will.
Since the Exclusion act went into force,
the business of our company has fallen
off considerably. The present trade does
not warrant another line."
The Post this evening says:
"The three steamers of the company
which have been named to run on the
San Diego line are the Oceanic, Victoria
and Britannia, all of which are high
speed vessels and of 5000 tons burden"
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-06-04
-. M.
HALE & 90.
7 AND 9 NORTH SPRING ST.
AN EVERYDAY STORE,

you purchase sasonable goods any time in the
without running the risk of getting shopwon stock and
where you purchase incompatible values at minimum
prices The secret of well buying lies in the art of knowing
what buy where buy and where not to buy Just
we forcing Summer Dress Goods the fronSateens
Embroidered Flouncngs Abatross Chai Deane Carmeine
and Tamise Sutngs We also making it interesting for
the white goods buyer We have assortment of Lawns,
Piques Nansooks Jacone Cambrcs Linens, which
be surpassed in quality compared when value is thought
Of We selling quantities of Parasos plain,
lace trimmed long handles short handles anything you
possibly ask for If you have not much to buy Monday
Tuesday, don't fail to make shopping excursion Wednesday,
June 5th and make note of the bargains propose offer
you that date.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-06-04
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5TH.
Ladies' Muslin Underwear.

Twenty-Five dozen-3oo garments-Ladies extra quality
Night Dresses in neck sizes 81 a. IS, 49, at 75c piece
There would be nothing remarkable about this price, if
not for the quality and general STYLE This entire line
made out of excellent quality muslin, good Ions
ton Kings rue round sleeves and neck Double back with
style yoke which be purchased elsewhere under
$I.2 We will place entire line in show window giving you
opportunity to examine carefully You will forty per
cent. in this line
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-06-04
REMNANTS!
REMNANTS !

The accumulation of and short ends in dozen
different departments has filled Remnant Counter full
This makes compulsory part to get rid of the entire
lot at short notice The prices thirds value,
and top of this will add general reduction of twenty
per cent This makes the value of dollar you but fifty
cents. Remnants in White Goods, Ginghams Calicoes,
Wooden Goods Fannes etc.
This is the time to buy Remnants
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-06-04

AsNaVa1 Cadet.
VENTURA, CAL, June 3.-David N
Berry, aged II, has been appointed t
the Annapolis Naval Academy from tn
Sixth District.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-06-04

lcosnNuED ON EIourH PAGE
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-06-04

1t is TACT, although disagreeable
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-08-14
Three Victims of False Prophet.

The most remarkable religious craze has
seized the negroes near Bessemer and the
country intermediate between that place
and Birmingham, Ala. For some time
past Tobias Jackson, an old negro, has
been proclaiming himself as Daniel the
Prophet" and doing all kinds of wild and
queer things.
On Saturday last he persuaded three
young negro men that they were represen-
tatives of Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-
nego. He claimed that a furnace where
iron is melted and east into all kinds of
forms was the furnace of Nebuchadnezzar,
and that they should enter it and pass
through without the smell of fire.
The three negroes, under the influence of
their new prophet, deliberately entered the
gate of the cupola of the furnace and
rushed hcadlong into the white heat of the
melting iron. When they failed to come
out, Jackson. the prophet, proclaimed that
he saw them rising in the air with the
smoke of the furnace, attended by angels,
and said that they would revisit the earth
next Sunday The negroes propose to
meet at church next Sunday and pray
while awaiting the descent of the three
children of Israel.
The mother of one of them said that she
felt sure her boy was in heaven.