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The Opelousas courier., 1889-06-01
PlTH AND POINT.

A woman who enters politics must
remember that chivalry is left outside;
Judgment henceforth rules, not senti-
ment.
Many men spend a dollar to save
ten cents; they wear out a nickle's
worth of shoe leather IN getting a gift
of two cents worth Of grindstone from
a neighbor.
When you get into a tight place,
and every thing goes against you, till
it seems as if you could not hold on a
moment longer, never give up then,
for that is just the place and time that
the tide'll turn.-Harriet Beecher
Stowe.
Hope is a prodigal young heir ana
Experience is his banker; but his drafts
are seldom honored, since there is
often a heavy balance against him, be-
cause he draws largely on a small cap
ital, is not yet in possession, and if he
were, would die.-Colton.
"A man may have a right to stint
himself of comforts, and wen neces-
saries, if he prefers to employ in other
directions the money thus saved, but
he has no right to deny his wife, his
children, his servants, their proper
comforts and luxuries that he m4r buy
old china or rare books.-Once a Week.
Recreation is to the mind what
whetting is to the scythe. He, there
fore, who spends his whole time in
recreation is ever whetting, never
moving; his grass may grow and his
seed ~starve; as, on the contrary, he
who always works and never recreates
is ever moving, never whetting-labor-
ing much to little purpose.
The little dwarfed flower that
springs into life in the crevice of some
rock, shut in from sun and rain, grows
struggling toward the light, and as it
withers gives forth a perfect seed,
which the winds bear to more favor
able aoil. So it is that the influence of
a word may got be felt by the nature
ON which it falls, but its spell may be
borne to more yielding heart, and there
blossom in gladness.
We talk of joyless people, and yet,
though there may be a few of such,
they are not often met with. To near
ly every one. even though he be in the
s~everest situation, there is something
that gives him pleasure. And hidden
beneath exteriors that appear to be
wholly despairing there is frequently
a gladness that amounts to an exhila-
ration. Like the "eye'' of the desert,
they CLEAN even In the starlight
United Presbyterian.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-06-01
THE slDE-TRAcKED MANe
The Individual Who Gets Little Consols
tiOn from His Fellows.

The Individual who Gets Little Consola-
tton from His Fellows.
/ left Detroit on what is locally
called the 'tnoon train" East. This has
always been a favor53e train of mine4
1t was fast, and a person did not have
to get up before daylight to catch il.
When the train came to the first sta.
ton in Canada 1t stopped. When it
came to the next station it stopped.
When 1t came to the third it stopped.
This began to alarm md for heretofore
when / had gone East I'm that train it
had passed all stations on the fly. I
complained to the conductor about it,
but he said he didn't run the road. All
/ wanted him to do was to run that
train. ! explained this to him. We
had quite a controversy about it, until
at last he declined to listen to my grum-
bling any mor Then / attacked the
brakeman. .See here" / said, II
thought this vas a fast train" SIT
used to be- he answered. This train
used TO side-track fur nuthin'; now she
01h5 lOE Ct0fy blllH.
Somehow, this terse sentence stuck
to my mind and kept repeating itself
as the punch, brothers, punch with
care phrase did. This train used to
side-track for nuthin'; now she side
tracks fur every thin" How typical
OF life that is. Every body knows
some man who fused to side-track fur
nuthin';" who carried every thing be-
fore him; who made people stand on
the side-track. while he went booming
by at ever SO many miles an hour.
linen there came a stop and a sudden
wreck. The very speed at which he
was going made the disaster more
complete. He lost courage, and lost
his grip on the world and its
AFFAIRS, and now "he side-tracks fur
every thin" IF / had ten dollars
and my liberty" said a noted convict
in the Ohio penitentiary, II would
make n million dollars before the
year was OUT This man had been 4
great fnancier, and he side-tracked
for nuthin'. Suddenly his train got on
a side-track that led right into the PEN
~itentiary. He was s~ide-tracked for ten
years. Perhaps when he gets out he
will side-track for nuthin', but / doubt
1t. a mar soon gets rusty who remains
long or q side-track.
The conductor stuck up Loyalty for
MS train, although he had to admit
Thai II wa not as fast as ii used to be-.
bussst was evident that the brakeman
who had made the remark I had quot
"a BAD lost all respect for it. He had
aolhlng but contempt for q train that
'sadeStracked fur every thin..a Moral
me man who begins q side-track
se1s little consideration from his fsi.
ows.-Luse Sharp, In Detrois Free
Press.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-06-01
HONEST

The Temptation Placed In the way Of
Workmen I'm jewelers. Shops.
In the largest jewelers. shops in New
York there is no attempt made to
guard against theft by measuring out
the gold used by the workmen. The
rule is for the gold to be melted and
the s'stock" prepared, and for each
workman to help himself. There are
shops where as much as s 1000 worth
gold is used every day and made up
into jewelry, and there is nothing to
prevent stealing but the honesty of the
workmen.
1t would seem to be a E,nple thing
to weigh out so much gold to a work.
maj and hold him to account to return
the same weight with due allowance
for want of working. But in practice
this takes so much time and book
keeping and causes SO much delay
that the biggest shops long since
decided to abandon it and to rely
upon the honesty of their workmen.
It is curious that in these very shops
where gold lies around by the pound
every man wplock up his tobacco,
and not a few wifi think it q good joke
to fitch an ear of corn or a potato from
the corner grocery and cook it in a
melting pot.
Men long used to them become care
less ever with diamonds. 1t is a COM
mon thing for the diamondusetter to
have a handful of uncounted jewels on
his bench, with no attempt on the part
of the boss to keep track of the mum
Der or value of stones given out. An
illustration of loose habits in this re-
spect occurred in a New York shop
notlong ago. The boss was setting a
valuable diamond. He had occasion to
force the jewel into the setting, which
was a very tight fit, so tight that sud-
denly the gem popped out and flew to
some unknown corner of the shop.
All hands turned in to look for it.
They looked in the corners of benches,
they explored all the open drawers,
the delved in the dirt of the floor,
they held matches to cracks, they
swept the @sole shop over and oyer
again; all was of no avail. Tire
was a barrel Of shop ~sweepings aYSE Pit
ing the coming of the assayer. Itstood
in remote part of the shop, and some
one suggested that it would be well to
sift the barrel of sweepings. The lost
gem was worth looking after, aud the
boss finally concluded to set two hands
carefully to work sitting the dirt in the
barrel. They did not find the dia-
mopd, but they found eleven other dia-
monds which somehow had got into
the sweepings and had not been misseda
They were small diamonds, it is true,
but yet they were diamonds.
Once in awhile a boss does try to
establish a check system. A story is
told of one boss who suspected his
meter, and stood by to see the coins
put into the melting pot. Tt turned
out that the melter cheated while
the boss was looking at him by the
simple process of stirring the melting
coins with q brass rod. OF course
some of the brass melted off, and at
his leisure the meter clipped enough
of the motion gold to make the weight
come out right, and pocketed the diff
ference between the value of the brass
and the gold. But these instances are
rare. The iourneymen jewelers. are
generally honest, and it is seldom any
considerable sum is missed out of the
shop. though the wages of jewelers.
are by no means large.-N. Y. Sum.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-06-01

"A farmer who liz IS near Americas,
Ga, has a three-gallon cow that sud-
denly ceased to give milk. He fed her
and cared for7her in every way, but
the mystery was not solved until he
found mt day that an old SOW had
been stripping the cow. The porker,
which, it is needless to say, was in fine
condition, Immediately went to the
butchers.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-06-01
PLANTING,

Planting, In pain and weakness,
Good seed in the ground SO bare,
The sad tears, falling, number
The grain that is planted there;
There, in the ground SO fallow,
With never the SUI to warm,
Under the SHOWS deep cover,
Beat on by sleet and storm,
Till the falling limbs grow numbed
Yet YEARLY plodding on,
Scattering still the seedlings,
Patiently, n by one.
Lifting eyes to the leaden.
Cherries, gray-hued skies,
Rifting MT renting its dizziness,
A transcept vision lies;
Away and away over hillsides,
Waving fields OF grain,
Is the harvest planted in sadness,
In weakness and in pain;
And seeing with sight immortal,
The rains of Heaven which fell,
terminating the seedlings,
Were the tears I could not quell.
ANA Miller Sheldrake, in Good H~ousekeer
ing.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-06-01
PROPERTY FOR SALE.

A CENTRALLY located and desirable p non.
N ness stand on Main street, Opelonsas,s IN
small store, being the property next u yery
postoGice. This property will be sou nncs On
cheap for cash. or half cash and na1aa rs nd
terms to suit purchaser. Apply 10 ~
mond &, Dupre, mIus1zsJ
The Opelousas courier., 1889-06-01
A. >. Mcneil.

Architect aad Builder.
O~PELOUSAs, LOUISIANA.
DLANS. Specifications and EatimGtsss fun
Il nished for all manner of buildings s1 tba
most reasonab e terms. Contracts taken for
oil kinds of work. in brick: iron. stone and
wood. Material furnished for repairs and
CONSTITUTION if desired. Plantation and coun.
try work attended to with dispatch. All work
tirst-c!as1 n satisfaction guaranteed. Orders
directed to Z. .. Box 81 will receive prompt
attention. .ta5tf
The Opelousas courier., 1889-06-01
@. D. STEWART.

Contractor, Carpenter and Builder.
WILL contract for the erection of buildings
w of all kinds. furnishing all material II
desired. Work done promptly and al reason.
able rates. Orders through the postosce
given prompt attention. Estimates and plans
furnished. Having special facilities for OBJ.
tanning LUMBER AT REDUCED RATES, will
give my patrons the benefit of the same.
sepSST
The Opelousas courier., 1889-06-01

Nothing is more despicable than
to reach fame by crawling; position By
cringing.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-12-13
A FRIEND OF FRANCE.

General Grans.s Regard for the French Re-
pubIie-aisrepre~entations Corrected.
Theodore Stanton has just published i'm
the CDrneH University M1Jizine an article
on "Gcneral Grant and the French"
which comprises the following interesting
letter., now printed for the first time.
General William L. Sherman, who WAS
general Of the army in 1870, with head
quarters mt Washington, says: Genera
Grant, in common with all Americans, en-
tertained great love and affection for the
French nation because of the material aid
extended IN us during the revolutionary
war. and especially for the gallant youth,
of whom Lafayette was the type who
shared the danger OF that war near the
the father Of his country, Genera WASH
ington.
s.During oar civil war. when VIC were
c~ontending for liberty 0s against slavery,
the French government was chiefly i'm
strumenGsl i'm establishing an empire i'm
Mexico, with nm Austrian prince mt its
head, backed Ivy N strong army of French
troops, commanded 10y Marshal Baxaine.
This General Grant construed as al act of
u~nfricndly interference, IL not positive
hostility to us, and I have heard him say
that oar civil war was not over till the
French were compelled to leave Mexico.
to have turned our victorious armies
against Baxaine had not the same end
been accomplished 10y diplomacy. The
history of all this IL well known ia France.
General Grant never attributed this act to
the French people. hut To Louis Napoleon.
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rss cirsaissl:S's sassys eo"d-
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ny s 1ss Se c 20 % sSSid spsaS. .
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msGhsr q oar family for
so%s ss a., s,s e., , asS ss through .hic. an thin.
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Ar nksS Z. "r ms %pin,"SS Sb IN
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some. nssssS.ss there. .Said D laah.
IL our old ciock could sreaki
IT'S xsoci sro,n' At every meal
Mid clash ol,laie an. CUP;
An, si,s ' nsr n s.slr Sirs sni ,"o.
An scenes - symIathize.
Asguintin. .oftiy.a ~ us through
It's umpire.i many. y lively game
~ sss.ial hide AN seek:
'Twould score n nI@nsr . 'hc sA'"e'
How our folks drove to town one day.
with self protrstin' things 7" play.
s.But let the al clnck be-"
Hadn't Thought ~ that before.
We now couldn't let u lone, until
II crashed down on the foOr'
We trsmblin' set IL up again.
Half rinnln'. with - squeak;
Twas lucky for our Jackets then
The rritter couldn't s,,eak!
How oil folks went Ia church, one nigh,
An left us ali-sly elevcs-
n we'd conduct there gosd an right
A meetin' Ivy ourselves.
But neiyhtor gals an tsbys in teens
Walked in an first We knew.
We fell to playin' Goats peas beAns,.
.'Snsp up an catch 'em, too;
We sc.aiterssi, when. Ivy gobt e;Ar-iuc6
The oil ciork frUwnel an licked an saricA.
Hut couldn' make out Ia speak!
All me. the facts 1woulh just let ny
suppose 10 had the powert
of totirtin' chaps, when on the sly,
They turned IL bsrk AN hour:
OF weddin's-hoidin' tender yet,
The brides last virgin grace;
Of fun rails where IL Iceprd To gS
A good Look nj The Face;
II knows the inside-Out ~ folks
An natures every freak:
I'd write - book IL ] could COAX
That wise al clock Ia speak!
still straight AS ANY gun IL stan's
Ag'in the kitchen wall;
An slowly waves its solemn hans
OutlivingO f MS ALI.
I yenersie some clocks I've seen,
As cen Almost sublilne;
r hey form revolving links between
when You samc to take the pains
To strike . dreamy streak,
The figurative fact remains
That ALL the clocks can speak.
-WM Carleton in Home Jassrr1Ii.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-12-13
MONZANA'S
Popular Price House.

An open proposition to those
that bought goods of US within
the last
SIXTY DAYS.
Now that you as buyers have
a opportunity of comparing
styles. qualities and prices we de-
sire that a comparison be made at
once. If we have in a single in
stance charged more for any arti-
Gle than you a now buy the
same elsewhere. We hereby guar
antee to refund the difference.
whatever it may be. We also
agree to take back and return
money for any and all purchases
that have been made of us that
have not proven as represented
that have not come up to your ex-
pectations.
Nothing can be more fair than
this and it is for every buyer to
test US and look into this matter
for themselves.
We know it to be a matter of
fact that we are selling goods for
less profit than any house in the
city.
1t is for buyers to find out for
themselves.
We have turned our entire stock
of goods within the last
NINETY DAYS.
Have sold over $4,000 worth
of goods.
We have an entire new stock
bought since the late fire and will
press up all the advantages we
have obtained by reason of such
a large increase of business.
If you want a cloak or dress
pattern all we ask is for you as
buyers to compare our styles.
qualities and pricc-get samples
from other houses-get ours-take
them home with you.
We don't ask you to bring SAM
piles from other houses; we want to
be fair. want you to use your own
judgment.
Have our wraps sent to your
homes for comparison; we want
every buyer to see what we are
doing and what our competitors
are doing.
This is the only intelligent way
of getting at facts.
With an immense stock of dry
goods, carpets. wall paper and
clothing we feel confident of being
able m Snrx,e n,,r ruStn~erS With
advantage such as cannot be over
come.
Our stock of holiday goods is
moving rapidly. We have but a
short time to sell these goods in.
hence we miss no sales.
Respectfully.
J. r. Boyce. Jr., g. Co.
Corner Main and Broadway, Butte, Mont.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-12-13

French writer's and leaders u opinion are,
consequently, In duty boSnd 90 revise
their hasty Judgments formed In tbs
mid.t Of the smoke and intense oxcite-
mens Of 1870 and 1871 and perulssed i'm
over since. To correct more than ono
grOas miastatement and thus IN remove
from a whole nations mind q ~groMndIess,
ar At least an exaggerated, ~prejudice
against . greet citisen Of . friendly peo-
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-12-13
FRASER & CHALMERS
-CHICHCO-
MINING MACHINERY

And Machinery for ID Systematic Reduction Of Ores b. Amalgaua6oa,
Concentration, Smelling and Leachhns. Builders Of the Homestaks. GraA
he Mountain. Drum Lnnmon. Anaconda. Blue Bird, Lexington and H
Metallic Companies' Reduction Worka
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1889-06-29

A PLANTATION 8 miles below Monroe
II on east bank OF river; splendid improve
ments, new cabins. dwelling, good gfn,
wire and plank fence, well ditchel ana IN |
high state of CIVILIZATIONS; land OF fine quail, |
ity and above any water: 6s5 acres, 2oo
open; possession January S !, J iss s99;r.1oosA
~ s ApCREs VEST YES OF oUAcH1TA
lou river adjoining the Morley place;
- 10 miles north of Homer in Claiborne
parish, miles east of Gibbs and Homer
Railroad $40 acres. 500 cleared aud in cul,
tivation, the remainder very 1eraiie I hs
| tween red chocolate and grey sandy
| loaln the red lands are we'll adapted t"
grain of all kinds and red clover grows 10
| Eerfection. splendid dwelling and good
| improvements for tenants; can be easily
divided into tracts, each of which would
| make desirable farm. 1t is we'll supplied
with water there being on place Is wells OF
free stone water and 9 creeks run through
lthe plantation. Finest place in the state
( for a stock farm. Price reasonable and
terms easy. Price on arpi'ca''o" al o"f
/ 600 ACRES with fac story residence
Il OUO and out buildings part cleared,
balance woodlands: thoroughly set with
Japan clover; upland, we'll Watered at ali
. seasons OF the year; Caldwell parish. miles
west of Ouachita river. The best place in
ranch. $1,000 one-third cash; balance
and years with 8 per cent interest.
. LARGE CYPRESS BRAKES.
. Cheap.
Farm, III acres, on Bayou Des lar, Eo 6.
, good dwelling and Improvements, store
/. building on place; good orchard: Cheap.
Q3G ACRES, 4 miles west OF city on ", 5
. Up. Railroad, $50 acres cleared, bai!anc
timber. Cheap and on easy terms.
a 16O ACRES adjoining Government Exper
: / iment Farm at Calhoun, go acres cleared
= good dwelling and improvements; lon
\ time.
n rs ACRES, Q miles below Delhi on Bayo
- MACON; ridge and bottom lands; $50 par
s TALLY cleared; fine growth OF pecan trees; =
If acres of Bermuda.
>, 1SO Acres miles south Of Bastrop on Nor
Il roe road; 80 acres open; comfortabl
n dwelling and cabins; good Fl. P. gin an
!; glist mill; ridge and creek bottom laha
r $500; long time.
SrS ACRES good hill land, miles we:
IS 4 10 of Monroe on V. s. Il z. X. r., ~ pc
acre long time.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1889-06-29
Taking Life Easy.

Ex-Attorney General Garland, al-
though q sworn enemy to full dress
and social trimmings, has yielded 10
the opportunities of the portrait pain.
ter. end allowed a well-known artist
to hand him down to history in oil.
The likeness is perfect, and now adorns
the wall in the Department Of Justice.
The Attorney General is taking life
easy and has comfortable
law practice. He says he does
not see many of his old associates since
he left the Department of Justice, and
even the newspaper men fail to come
around and give him a chance to get
off some Of his newest stories. When
he was Attorney General, Democratic
Senators used to say, when speaking O
the difficulties in reaching Cabine
officers eve can't get at Manning
or Villas, and 1t is only waste OF tim
to see Garland, for he has nothing u
give us but story"
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1889-06-29
We are gratified to note that there i,

We are gratified to note that there is
a spirit OF enterprise at last being
awakened in Vidalta, and we may
soon pull out of the old 'srut" and be-
come thriving Industrial centre. "A
number of our feilow-citizens have
formed syndicate for the establish
ment of an extensive canning factory,
and they will no doubt carry their
plans into execution next year. The
establishment of such an enterprise
would give quickening Impulse to truck
farming hereabouts and would we are
sure be also profitable TO its projectors.
In view of this determination we
suggest to our farmer friends that they
increase the s.ze of their garden patches
aud their orchards, as they will have
the opportunity of disposing of all
their products at remunerative prices.
This enterprise, we hope, will be only
the entering W. dye, and that other in'
dustriss will speedily follow. Vidalis
offers an excellent site for cotton seeG
oil mill; saw mill would do wei
here, aud we are sure cotton factory
would also pay. All these may come
In ,ima.- PIdalia Sentinel.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1889-06-29
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
HOMESTEAD ENTRY.
LAND OFF.CE AT NEW ORLEANS, LA,

LAND OFF Cn AT NEW ORLEANS la,
June 10th, 1889.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT
IN the foilowing-named settler has filed
notice of his intention to make hnal proof
in support of his claim, and that said proof
will DO made before the judge or, in his alb
sence, the clerk of the District Court, at
Monroe, La, on Saturday, August 5. 1889,
viz: Bailey Robinson: who made Home
Entry No. S2S for tho ei& of nwiI Sec. 30, II
II, mr. G, Louisiana Meridian. II g names
tho following witnesses t" prove his contin-
ous residence upon and cultivation OF said
land, viz: Mack Neigler. Jack King, Isaac
Augustus, N. l.. Ieigler, all of Ouachita
parish, Louisiana.
ANY person who desires to rr"tes! against
the allowance of such proof, or who knows
of any substantial rea- on. under the law
and the regulations of the interior Depart
mcnt.why such proof should not be allow
cd, will be given IN opportunity at me
above mentioned time aud place 1" cross
examine the witness of said claimant ana
offer evidence in rehuital of that submitted
| by claimant
THOMAS. J. EtJTt.EH, Register.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1889-06-29
First-Class Farm Tools.
TROY IN. W rimes.l

TROY IN. W Times.]
Good tools are essential to good farm
Ing, saving in time and cost OF labor.
With the many different and improved
Implements OF culture, there is no ex-
cuse for any farmer to continue the
use of poor and imperfect tools, the, use
of which is q severe tax upon bodily
energy. Even though attended with
some cost, 1t is better that new toois
should be purchased, because by the
better work that can be performed
there will be an increased crop with no
increase Of labor. Farming offers no
exception to the benefits and advant.
ages resulting from the use OF improved
machines.