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The National tribune., 1889-09-26
A Mean Advantage.
TBoston Coprier.I
"why are you SO bItler towards her, Carrie

"Why are you so bitter towards her, Carrie }"
"WelI, you see, She heard that Harry was
going to propose TO me, and she spoke to me
do So"
"Yes"
~ wanted TO make her think that didn't
care anything about proposal, SO l said that il
he did propose he would find himself in the
soup"
"Yes.n
"she went and told him what said, and he
proposed to her and she accepted him on the
spot"
So it's you that's In the soup, then2"
II guess 3d."
The National tribune., 1889-09-26

G4AAlitNA ~ " - &NahAtNi
in the United States
Army, and called him
self Col. Austin. The
other gave his name as
Mai. Dunlap. They rep.
resented that they Were
out on inspection duty
inspecting the outpost'
and defenses, and had
papers from the Wal
Department aud from
Gen. Rosecrans confirms
ing their rank ans
business They wen
through the fort, tool
note Of all that seemed
necessary for them Il
know, borrowed $50 Of
Col. Baird under 8
r,lousibla urefeTf AM
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For the Eye Of the Bovine Family.

The fact that Miss salle l.. Bull. OF Alaska
has been made copyist ia the Interior Depart.
ment at Washington may encourage Sitting
Bull. Of Dakota, 10 try the Ciyil-Seryice exam
inatiOn.
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Hearing Perfectly Restore,

BY Pecir's Pat. Invisible Tubular Ear Cushions Ill
book free. Call write 4. Hiscox 1853 B'way, NJ Y
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Ayers Ague Cure is warranted 10 cure all
cases of malaria. Sold by druggists Price, 81.
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IMPORTANT.

Address Registered Letters containing
Currency to
New Orleans, L.
"REMEMBER, that the payment % Prizes q
GUARANTEED BY FOUR NATIONAL
BANKS Of New Orleans and the Tickets signed
by the President % Institution whose chartered
rights recognized in the highest Courts therefore,
beware OF all limitations or anonymous schemes"
ONE DOLLAR is the price % the smallest part OF
fraction OF ticket ESS l. ED Is u in any Drawing.
Anything in offered for less than DOllaE Is
swIndle-
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AGENTS WANTED.

So FOg CLUH RATES or any further Information d.
sired write iegibly 70 the undersigned clearly stating
your residence, with state, County Street and Number
More rapid return mail delivery will be assured By your
tnciosing an Envelope bearing your full addrssz
IMPORTANT,
Address VI. A. DAUPHTE
New Orleans, In.
By ordinary letter. containing Money Order fSslsi
BY all Express Companies New YORK Exchange Drafs
or Postal Note.
The National tribune., 1889-09-26
Random Shots,

w. Fl. Starks, 10th KY. Cav, Fearis, Ky,
having seen an article on Libby Prison by Capt.
Chamberlin, of the 123d Ohio, says that four
months since a wreck occurred on the Chesa-
peake & Ohio Railroad near Springdale, KY.
There were three cars the wreck ed train
which were freighted with portions of the ia
nous Libby Prison, all of which were piled up
along the road-bricks, doors, windows, etc. The
writer succeeded in getting one of the bricks
from the inner WALL on the whitewash of which
are several letters that cannot be made out
There are several bricks in the vicinity, aud il
any comrade of the II. wants q memento
of Hotel Libby he will forward Them if ex-
penses are paid, accompanied by an affidavit as
to their genuineness,
]. K. Caskey, Co. L, 56th H.. Nilwood. ILL.,.
wants to know who will claim the honor of
capturing the quais on the morning of Nov
"a, 1868, as the Fifteenth Corps reached Mission
Ridge. He saw them come to the ground among
the boys but does not know what division it
was in which they were captured.
Thomas J. Gilday, Co. G., 18th Pa. Cav, 1886
N. saith street, Philadelphia, would be pleased
Ii some of his comrades would write an account
of the action of the regiment under fire for the
first time at or near Oecoquan River, Va; also
of their scouting and first nights picketing,
aud their general fight at Beyerly's Ford.
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FAMED FOR TWENTY YEARS,
For Integrity of it's Drawings, and
Prompt Payment of Prizes,

We ne undermined Banks Br1Esrs ry mn, MI E-ss
dratg1 IN ne LO15iaHG State Lotteries which nan b .t
cd at colgttsTs.
n. Va: W y LhSLEf, Pres. Louisiana Yae. Rl<
PIERRE LANAUX Pres sf1fe No,,i 49, 80
"A. BALDWIN, Pres. New Orleans Nat,I ISaaIE.
CARL hOHN, Pres. Union National Bank,
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MONTHLY DRAWING

Atthe Academy OF Music. View Orleans,
Tuesday. October Is, 1850.
CAPITAL PRIZE, 100000,
100000 Tickets ut $40 each. HaIve. $40.
Quarters 50 ; Tenths 81; TwenIieths 81.
LIST OF PRIZEz
The Opelousas courier., 1889-05-25

"Bodiculture'' is the new word coined
by DR.. THAN Davidson. and we thank him
for it. Muscular Christianity has no more
sturdy defender than the genial doctor.
s.Too long" he says, s'was religion asso-
ciated with pale, lanky dyspe ,ctics, af-
ficted with every formSf invaTPSeJm, so
that even Pascal observed that disease is
the natural state of Christians. Thank Gad
that hateful fal1acys is exploded. TIE
Church of Christ today wants strong,
erect, full. chested, broad. shouldered men,
men OF vigorous constitution, high animal
spirits, and dauntless courage" DR.. Tai
mage tells US that he attributes his per-
feet health during twenty nine years to
the gymnasium. SIT used" he says, ste
be considered q wicked place for pugilists
to get up muscle; but now you see mil
lionaires turning summersaults lawyers
upside down, hanging by one foot doc
tors of divinity, with coats OF, punching
q bag. sending blows as if in acontroversy,
and the bag an opposing bishop" We
agree with Professor Huxley when he say s
that a young man should so train himself
ssthat his body is the ready servant of his
will, and does with ease and pleasure all
the work that, as o mechanism, it Is
capable Of and his intellect d clear logic
machine, with all its parts of equal
strength. and in smooth working order,
ready, like q steam engine, to be turned
to any kind of work, whether to spin q
gossanaer, or 70 forge an anchor"
The Opelousas courier., 1889-05-25
Educated Farmer Boys.

TIE, following may not hold true In some
casess but as a rule it is GOSPEL truth. II
was written by J. :. Ord. for the NEBRASKA
Farmer, and ought to be stored away In
every boys scrap book OF memory, Where
h will be easy of access: An educated
bow win pillow q straighter furrow, do more
work with d team without hurting them,
win not water them when they are toe
warm. will feed them regularly, and
change the kind of feed occasionally. nc
will put his implements in q shed when ne
Gets through using them; he will rotate
bis crops on his land he will keesstn
best grades OF stock; he will be klndei
and lake more interest in his stock, and
know what kind is the most profitable 70
bandle he will mot always feed his hogs
on corn alone, and keep them in q yard
where there is q rotton straw STACK Iol
Them 10 lie ia he will get his implements
for his spring work ready for use IN tne
winter. and not wait till the fine day comes
when he needs to use them he viii maKe
4 live man, q happy man ne VIII ieel
real interest in the plants around MN ns
will have an assortment OF apples IN hls
orchard he will be q better nelgnDor, ano
having some experience and o~bservasion
N his youth of other than farm surround
ings, he will be able to appreciate freedom
"a his comforts, and knowing that ne Is
ws1I If when he is so, he will be . more
eontsnted man. - Southern Laoe Stoe6
Journal.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-05-25
The Representative of a Noble Cause.

The press of New Orleans has recently
given prominence to a great patriotic OBJ
ject, which touches the chord responsive
to heroic deeds in every chivalric breast
the grand monument to the fallen braves
of the Alan>.
As an appeal has been made to Louisi.
anians, with those of other States, to as
sist in this deserved tribute to the brave
men who shed lustre on American arms, it
Is proper to give a brief sketch of the gen.
tleman who has come among US to present
the high merits of the project:
Capt. Edgar Schramm landed in Texas
in 1852 with his parents, who settled near
the city of New Braunfels, a colony created
by German noblemen in 1S45, being at
that time II years of age. Reaching his
18th year he moved nearer the frontier
and took part in the protection of the same
occasionally. In 1851 he Joined a regiment
raised by the State of Texas to protect the
frontier of Texas against the Indians, and
this same reg ment was a few weeks later
sworn into tite Confederate States service
under the n4me of First Regiment of
Texas Mounted Rifles, and being the first
regiment of cavalry mustered into the
Confederate s5rees' service.
In 1862 he commissioned to a lieu
tenancy in theI rs. irty-second Regiment of
Texas Cavalry I'd as such served along
the Texas coasaEaend Rio Grande, and in
1863 took part inEhe Louisiana campaign
known as the Banks invasion, which he
assisted in driving back from Mansfield to
Yellow Bayou, Which latter mentioned
fight took place in the end of May, 1863.
AS he was the only officer in command of
the company during this whole campaign.
he was promoted to the ~captaincy of his
excellently drilled company, consisting
partly of old drilled German soldiers, the
balance being noblemen and the sons of the
early settlers of the New Braunfels colony.
At the close of the war, and when a re-
action in favor of the Republican party
took place in the Lone Star State, he
struggled to retain the German element
in the Democratic party, to which they
had belonged before the war, and after
great work in the rostrum and with his
pen, helped to establish a permanent Dem
ocratic majority in Comal county, settled
al esther by Germans. He has taken
part in all the political conventions, State
and other meetings and gatherings that he
could, without coming in direct conflict
with his business; he has never asked nor
consented to 1un for any Office, and only
recently accepted honorary offices, as chair
man of the anti Prohibition compaign in
his congressional district in 1887, where
he polled a majority of about $4,000 votes
against Prohibition and later, in 1883,
had the honor of representing his congress,
sional district in the National Convention
at St. Louis, which nominated Cleveland
and Thurman as their candidates. He is
engaged in mercantile pursuits for a liv-
ing, and has only studied law and other
branches of knowledge for recreation and
pastime.
The object of his visit is a most Eorthy
one, and one in which it is trustedige will
be highly successful. IN
81
The Opelousas courier., 1889-05-25
Stranger Than Fiction.

Charles s. Kingsley, a veteran of the
late war, returned to his home in Mans
field, Mass, a few days ago, for the first
time since he enlisted, having been for
twenty years confined in az insane asylum
in Washington. According to the Wells
boro Gdsette, he was wounded twenty
three times in battle, and has the use of
but one leg and one arm. He was shot
once in the mouth. the ball coming out at
the corner Of the left eye. The wound he
received in the head necessitated its being
held together by three silver plates. It
was soon after this operation that he be-
came insane. A short time ago it was dis
covered that the cause of his insanity was
one of the plates pressing On his brain.
The defect was remedied, and he gradually
recovered his reason, and came out of a
living death of twenty years. All that
has happened in that long interval is a
blank to him, the war memories being to
him as yesterday. His papers will entitle
him to a pension of seventy-fve dollars a
month and back pension money of nearly
twenty thousand collars. He found his
family in Mansfield in destitute circum-
stances.
Where were the intelligent surgeons
during these t vsnty years? Perhaps they
got a job shoeiDg horses. Poor horsesl-
Treasure Ilf0ge.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-05-25
Houses VS.. Homes.

Though one needs h house within which
to create a home, yet a commodiop< t1ouse,
even richly furnished and weE<6ept, does
not always include even . .lhgle element
of true h~omsSpez.> 1t is Of the spirit that
permeates I'D lthesA material points that
makes it ~ IL a home, or destroys the
possibility y being one, and makes it a
mere shelf pm the elements of nature,
a sort Of pri hotel or caravansary run
at ones ownA use.
House, flu. dtor\, paintings, rare statu-
airy, with lTic-a,l'-ac, handsome, we'll
dressed people, welri,red persons, all form
the component parts'of what may make a
home, and yet all these may be present,
and still there is no home, even though all
of these may occupy q fine corner lot"
Orators have loudly grated of the joys Of
home, poets who have described q home
nave loudly sung sweetest songs in it's
praise, and yet the full sweetness of the
dream oHbliss hight and should be is as
- as unspoken, unsung.
A true home is added to by wealth, but
may easily exist with but narrow means.
IL is the spirit of mutual love, mutual
content of each member of the family,
with themselves and with each other; the
spirit of mutual helpfulness and forbear.
ance, the spirit of true altruism, of mutual
concession and self-erasion each for the
greater comfort and joy of their compan,
ions, that makes, even with small income,
the home life to which the heart is ever
true. Where such a home exists, the man
of business ~rejoiees when his hours of ex.
lie permit his quick return. When bust
ness compels a weeks absence, the wife
or husband feels that they can sympathize
with one condemned to part for life A
week! Why, it is an eternity to fond
loving hearts, bound up in each other, anG
a home worthy of its namel
The vocation of home-maker belong;
not alone to either man or4,wonaln; boil
must work together, or there can be none
of that pure, sweet, whole some life in the
house that embodies all the real Joy o
human life, and typiies the blessings il
store in the home of the future-acrosi
the river.
He who has the best and dearest hom'
is also he who has the noblest, grandes
feelings of patriotism, of love of his coun
and the natior1 are but another name TO
assaulted he springs first to arms.
"'Tis home wherein the heart is" an,
the heart will not cen er in the family o.
house simply because both are ours b.
right. Then, right makes but letters o
what should be but chains of roses, s.
sweet and dear that loving hands shoul'
ever be twining them closer, not striving
to break q weak link, that even temporal
escape may be made possible.
Have we houses or homes? Let eacl
one seek an answer and if not homes, i
it too late to create them2 1t is well WORT
questioning.-KesiaA Shelton, in ChrtstiGI
at Work.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-05-25
The Ninth Commandment.

"What is the Ninth Commandment p
said a teacher to a boy in a Sunday
school.
"sThou shalt not bear false witness
against thy neighbour"
"What is bearing false witness against
your neighbor p"
SIT is telling fa~lsehoods."
That is partly true and yet it Is not
exactly the right answer-because you
may tell q falsehood about yourself"
A very good little girl then said
stIt is when nobody did anything, and
somebody, went and told it"
'That will do" said the teacher, with q
smile.
The little girl had given q curious an
swer but underneath her odd language
there was a pretty clear perception of the
true meaning.-1He Christian.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-05-25
ssIn A Minute -

If You asked Dora D. to do anything,
she would reply, 'In a minute" 1t was a
bad habit she had. Dora, please bring
me q drink Of water" s'In a minute" "
.'Dora, go up stairs, Nnd bring me down
my comb" Yes, mother, in a minute. "
.Dora, come down to your dinner" 'In
a minute"
q One day Dora's bird was hopping about
on the floor. Somebody went out, leaving
the door open, just rs ''somee7dy" is al
ways doing. Dora's mother salt, ..Dora,
shut the door, or the cat will be after
your. bird" -
aYes mother, in a minute" said Dora.
sI Just want to finish this line in my
drawing But the cat did not wait. 10
he came, and with one dart had the bire
In his mouth.
Down went the slate on the floor, and
away went cat, bird and Dora. There was
a wild chase on the lawn. sin a4minnte,
Dora came back weeping. with the dead
bird in her hand. u.
Dora cried-mamma was sad, "a
great many things may happen in Q
minute"
Dora has never forgotten hat LESSOR
and never will.-Seleeted.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-05-25
A monkey Raid on . cornfeId.

Whey they get ready to start on their
expedition an old monkey, the leader of a
tribe, With staff in his hand so as to stand
upright more easily, marches ahead on
two legs, thus being more elevated than
the others, so as to see signs of danger
more readily. The rest follow him on all
fours. The leader advances slowly and
cautiously, csrafully accommodating in ell
directions, till the party arrives at the
cornfield. He then assigns the s~entinels
to their respective posts. All being now
in readiness the rest of the tribe ravsge
and eat to their hearts content.
When they retire, each one carries tyo
or three ears of corn along, and from this
provision the sentinels are RECALLED on their
arrival at their lair. Here We see ability
to rule and a willingness to SUBMIT rule;
a thoughtful preparation of means to the
end in view and q recognition of the rights
Of the ~sentinels TO be suitable rewarded al
the close of the expedition. Wherein doe:
this differ from q similar foray Of a tribsoi
savage men2 The only difference that
really exists IS q degree, otherwise il is
muchthe same.-P0puiaT Science Monthly.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-05-25
Tad Lincoln.
HOW he RAN THE WHITE HOUSE KITCHEN
IN THE YEAR 1862.

hON ah AL IL
IN THE YEAR 1862.
Both the steward and the cook had re-
monstrated with ''Master Tad upon bring
ing into the kitchen of the White House,
''such squads of poor, dirty, hungry street
,'rchins to be fed ;" and at last Peter said
that Mrs. Lincoln must be told, writes M.
s. in the May Vide Aaoqke.
Tad flew into a rage, ran upstairs to see
his mother himself, and on finding her out
searched the place for his busy father.
Meanwhile the small objects of his char
ity waited at the lower door-for Peter
had absolutely refused to let them ''step
inside"
The indignant boy spied his father just
crossing the yard, with head bowed, eyes
to the ground, taking earnestly TO Mr..
Seward as they walked to the Department
of State together. He cried out 10 him at
once Father !! fNtherl can't l bring
those poor, cold, hungry boys home with
me whenever I want tot Isn't it our
kitchen y
By this time Tad had his father by the
hand. who stopped short to listen to the
frantic appeal.
Cant l give them a good warn dinner
to- day, say? They're just as hungry as
bears, and two of them are the boys of a
soldier, too!-and, father, I'm going to
discharge Peter this minute, if he don't
get out the meat and chicken and pies and
all the things we had left yesterday. Say,
mayn'tl L? Isn't it our kitchen, father"
Secretary Seward was shaking with
laughter. Mr.. Lincoln turned to him with
a twinkle: Steward. advise with me.
This case requires diplomacy"
Mr. Seward patted Tad on the back and
said he must be careful not to run the
government in debt, and the President
took Tad's little brown hands in his own
big one, and with a very droll smile bic
him to run along home and feed the
boys" and added, ''Tell Peter that you
are really required to obey the Bible by
getting in the manned and the blind, ans
that he must be a better Christie than k
is !" .
In less than an hour MI. Seward sale
they passIg through the yard on theil
way to a ,hbinet meeting, and no less thar
ten small boys were sitting with Tad OF
thclower steps, cracking nuts and having
q estate dinner"
Mr.. Lincoln remarked that the "kitcher
was ours"
The Opelousas courier., 1889-05-25
SCHOOL LIFE.
These lin<are respectfully dedicated to "Blue
Despair ~


Running, jumping.
Heads a-thumpipg,
Careless, needless, unconcerned;
Ranting, tearing,
Little caring
If their lessons are not learned.
Every moment mischief Matching;
Every motion meant for fun;
This n scufing, that one scratching,
Happy. lazy,
Mischief crazy
Needless rompers every one.
Rapping, tapping,
Sometimes mapping,
Faces dusk with healthy tan
Never working,
Always Sinking
Every lesson that they can.
Leaving seats at noon like horses.
Creeping back t } them like snails,
Those who chance to know their lessons
Laughing at the one who fails.
Moving ever,
Silent never
Never satisfied with play;
Lessons new r quite in season;
Asking questions without reason,
Just to PASS the tims away.
Pulling. hauling,
Laughing, squalling,
At their play like furies bawling.
Almost voiceless when they read,
Always playing some fresh caper
And then laughing at the deed.
Thus my task is set before me
And my time it full employs,
To amuse, control, instruc5 them
Laughing girls and careless boys.
-IphQT,
The Opelousas courier., 1889-05-25
A NAME FOR THE BABY,
From this list of names you. maybe,
Can get one to please the baby.

CAoA ILLS AlSt OI names you. maybe,
Can get n to please the baby.
Agnes, Celia, Adelaide, Anna,
Blanche. Agatha, Constance, Hanna;
Claudine, Claudia, Barbara, Phoebe,
Elizabeth, Mabel, Frances, Hebe;
Caroline, Catherine, Eva, Cora,
Corienne, Beatrice, Lilly, Flora;
Augusta, Dorothy, Doris, Helen,
Grace, Louise, Lettuce, Ellen;
Georgia, Gertrude, Ruth, Estella.
Julia, Rosalie, Arabella;
Lucy, Winnifred, Portia, Laura,
Eloise, Prudence, Patience, Clara;
Myra, Myrtle, May, MalVina,
Amanda, Enid, Rose, Sabira;
Antoinette, Rosalind, Ann, Cornelia,
Rosamond, Nanet. Joan, Cordelia:
Mary, Margaret, Edith, Ida,
Penelope, Emma, Aleen, Ada;
Johanna, OpheliA, olivia, Jane,
Regina, Sarah, Sophia, Elaine;
Harriet, Louisa, Kate, Eivira,
Pauline, Pauliua, Lucinda, Aimira
IIyI alta, EuLice, Henrietta,
Euphemia, Sybil, Alfredetta;
Charlotte, Milincent, Maud, Matilda,
Theresa, Adelaide, Pearl, Clotilda;
Marion, Marian, Josephine,
Victoria, Florence, Imogene;
Virginia, Magdaline, Is4hal.a
Eliza, Isabel, Cinderella;
Felicia, Alice, Gladys, Bertha,
: Eleanor, Ursula, Clarissa, Martha;
A Juliet. Adelina, Venus, Amelia,
, Georgianua, Rosamoud, Violet, Adelia;
Daisy, Ethel. Bridget, Annie,
aEye, Eliza, Clothilde, Fanny;
Angelica, Mercy. Angelina,
Nancy, Gwendolyn, Christina.
Arnold, Anthony, Peter, Paul,
Christopher, Isaac, Hobart, Saul;
Clement, Conrad, David, Silas,
Dennis, Richard, Francis, Cyrus;
Edmund, Edward, George, Adolphus,
Edgar, Edwin, Luke, Augustus;
Ferdinand, Henry, Harry. Rudolph.
Julian, Julius, Gerald, Adolph;
Hiram, Elmer, Kenneth, Giles,
Nathan. Reuben, Perez, Miles;
Frederick. Eyerard, Felix, Justin,
Eustace, Ernest. Evan. Austin;
Peleg, Owen. Grover, Victor,
Gregory, Hilary, Jacob, Hector;
Francis, Elijah, Benjamin, Thomas,
AIphonso, Alexander, William, Morris;
Augustus, Samuel, Abraham, AbFam,
Arthur, Alfred, Albert. Adam;
Matthew, Mark, Matthias, John,
Columbus, Cyril, Jonathan;
Basil. Robert, Thaddeus. Horace,
Raphael, Simon, Asa, Maurice;
Tirothy, Solomon, Esau, Lewis,
Gusavus. Goddard, Harold, Lucas;
Jasper, Joseph, Allan, Elias,
Jonah, Titus, Hugh, Tobias;
Roder.ck, Charles, Theobald, Herman,
Roger, Roland, Rodney, Aaron;
Sebastian, Stephen, Guy, Cornelius,
Theodore, Tracy, Ralph, Theophilus;
Jacob, James. Jerome, Job, Godfrey,
Reginald, Philip, Raymond, Humphrey;
Walter, Reynold, Randall, Joshua,
Randolph, Richard, Michael, Esau;
Patrick, Philebert, Lucian, Andrew,
Leonard, Orville, Frank, Bartholomew;
Nicholas, Oliver, Martin, Godfrey,
Manuel, Daniel, Eben, Jafrey;
Eugene, Ebenezer, Aaron, Ethelbert,
Simon, Gilbert, Hubert, Herbert.
N. G. Dodge, in Detroit Free Pres