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Evening journal., 1889-07-31
Weather Indications.

The weather promises to be generally fair,
with s.ighuy lower, followed by higher tenn.
negatue.
Evening journal., 1889-07-31
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE.

NOR sALE.-A FEW SIX ROOM BRICK
4 houses, finest location, East Lake Park.
All improvements. Also few lots, County
tax only. Terms to suit Apply and examine
at once. JOSSPH BEsLAh,
Thirty-first and Market streets.
Teleuhone 23b p. o. Box 239.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-06-29
The Tyranny of Dress-makers.

a prominent woman of this city de-
cares that she is ready to organize a
society for the protection OF women
non the tyranny of dress-makers.
Just think OF it," she exclaims, sin
no great majority of cases we can't
nave . dress made as we want it for
soVe Or money. The dress-maker
SOrniniy ignores our desires, and
makes It to suit herself. i won't
make your gown that way said my
~aeess.inaker the other day in answer
Y y suggestion of mine. Tt is not
" style now But I protested, it
4 we most becoming style for me-
~ difference replied the autocrat.
xnow best how it should be made
IVY, y . man should go to his tailor
sao order a suit to be made in the
s~Vnslnental style. it would be made
Y ny matter what the tailor privately
suOaglt OF his customers taste. But
~ ufess-maker treats her customer
enid and ignores her wishes en-
assly. Then, too, a dress maker viii
s''snnly promise to make a costume
Asa certain price, and in three cases
w g hve will calmly charge one
as'ta more. It is high time for wom-
e kick against this tyranny and
nasl aress-makers to do business in a
suslnesslike wav."-N. Y. Tribune.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-06-29
CURRENT suPERsTITIoNs.
Information Obtained from Old Wome
in Countries Near and Far.

Information Obtained from Old Women
In Countries Near and Far.
The funeral procession must not
cross q river.
The lastname a dying person calls is
the next to follow.
A dish-cloth hung on q door-knob is
a sign of death in a family.
The corpse must not pass twice over
any part of the same road.
To dance on the ground indicates
disaster or death within a year.
Whoever works on a sick persons
aress he or she will die within a year.
II a hoe be carried through a house
some one will die before the year is
out.
If thirteen sit at a table the one who
rises first will not live thrcagh the
year.
The person on whom the eyes of a
dying person last rest will be the first
to die.
Whoever counts the carriages at a
passing funeral will die within the
year.
To break a looking-glass is a sign Of
Death in the family before the year
closes.
If three persons look at the same
time into a mirror one will die within
the year.
The clock should be stopped at the
time ofd, 18th, as it's running will bring
i'll luck.
If one dies, and no rigor morris en-
sues, 1t indicates a speedy second death
in the family.
If a hearse is drawn by two white
horses death in the Eeighborhood will
occur in a month.
1t is unlucky in a funeral for those
present to repass the house where death
has occurred.
If rain falls on a new-made grave
there will be another death in the fa-A-
lily within the year.
If the grave is left open over Sunday
another death will occur before the
Sunday following.
. To keep the corpse in the house G:-eo
Sunday will bring death In tie family
before the year is out.
1t is unlucky to pass through a
funeral, either between tie carriages
or the files of mourners on foot.
If rain falls into an open grave an
other burial in the cemetery will occur
within three days.
At a funeral entering a church before
the mourners means death to some of
the entering party.
To put on a bonnet or hat of one in
mourning is the sign that you will wear
n before the year is out.
If any one comes to a funeral after
the procession starts another death will
occur in the same house.
In Switzerland, if a grave is left open
over Sunday, it is said that within four
weeks n of the village will die.
If, during sickness, a pair of shears
be dropped in such a anner that the
point sticks into the floor, it indicates
the death of the sick person.
When a.Woman who has been sew
ing puts her thimble on the table as
us Sits down to eat, it is a sign that
she will be left a widow if she marries.
A common saying in England is:
Happy is the corpse the rain falls
on" This belief exists also in the
United States. Thus it is said that if
rain falls at the time of the funeral it
is a sign that the dead has gone to
HeaYen.-Chicago Mail.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-06-29
Asphalt for Paving Purposes.

~
4 system of asphalt paving intro
Ssea so extensively in Paris has
lived, II would seem, admirably
ssspsed for the great driving streets.
81 not 90 well for those subjected to
.sass business traffic, and among the
'aaiages principally attributed to it
4ose of homogeneity of material,
sss.selassness. perfect surface drainage
y me readiness with which the
sag can be repaired; that is, as
ssas pg mat the asphalt material is OF
III quality. instead of the unreliable
sposltions consisting OF crude min
III e or manufactured tar mixed
IA m inverted minerals Of earth. In
ss.aaple asphalt pavements the
-slplm rock is heated to 200 or 212
y compressed while hot, and
sas1ss cooi assumes all the essential
ss. 49, n the original rock. Il
s 49, that so satisfactory has this
y improved pavement proved in
1sss mat already some 100000
al Metres OF roads and streets are
ared with 1t, its frmness Of
Rss veil as all other qualities.
a & Z decided preference.--N. Z.
NNf#H9ENNGHNM EMa&&tJM&E
The Opelousas courier., 1889-06-29
Early Americans.

Simplicity in their mode of living was the
marked characteristic Of the early settlers
of America.
Every thing Nich pertained to them was
plain and transformations.
The food which they ate was frugally
served and of the substantial kind.
Their clothing was home-spun and the
moccasins which covered their feet were a
home product, being made from the hide of
animals and ornamented with beads after
the Indian fashion.
Their homes were simplicity itself, con-
shingles-the whole constituting the old
Log-Cabin home of frontier life.
Yet those were model homes.
The wives and mothers were well versed
in the art of all that pertained to house
wifery.
Conspicuous in the early home was the
striking figure of,the old grandmother.
Not only was sh,A the adviser in social at
fairs but she was the medical adviser and
prescriber for the sick. Often were her
healing potion or : 1Epedy for the relief of
those in ill-health. laplly versed in all the
bountiful supplies attained in the grand
VI ANatOIS, ouC wisely hUO" Ao"
to utilize the curative properties contained
in certain roots and herbs and accordingly
she transformed them into certain remedial
agents, which have made the old Log Cabin
famous for all time to come.
Conscious of the great value of some Of
those old time home cures a successful eff
fort has been made to re-discover the lost
aecret of their preparation, and, coupled
with all the improvement which human in
genuity and progress suggests, they are
now widely known under the name Of War
ner's Log Cabin Remedies, the most promi-
nent being Log Cabin sarsaparilla and Log
Cabin cough and consumption cure.
The suffering public has been quick to
recognize and appreciate their true value
and the manufacturers are daily in receipt
of much praise for the re-discovery and re-
vival of these old time remedies against
sickness and disease.
To the old Log Cabin home, however, is
justly due the praise for all the good which
may, II --eby, be Effected.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-06-29
Keep Cool and Live Long.

A calm, cool temperament is doubt
less an aid to a long life. It is tho
people who are easiest troubled and
o~ftenest excited who wear out first.
Bulwer, in one of his novels, makes
the cynical remark that two things are
essential to the greatest longevity--a
good digestion and a bad heart. This
has been applied often to old men who
we're not sympathetic in their tempera-
ment. 1t does not follow, however, that
because men r impertubable in man.
ners they are heartless-much less
than they have bad hearts. Men may
be actively wicked as well as appar-
emily, Indifferent on the subject of
righteousness. When a man lives to a
great age the presumption is that he
has taken good care Of himself. Some
are more scrupulous to do this than
others, and some find the task much
easier than do the most of their fell
loWs.-Boston Herald.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-06-29
VALUE OF PATIENCE.
A Quality Necessary to Success In Impor-
ta.t Matters.

a Quality Necessary to Success in Impor.
taat Matters.
It is the humility of patience which ex-
orcises all mere obstinacy, and transforms
silent endur&ice from a process of ex-
a power that feels US with new life ard
imnresses on US new character. Where is
there a great national career that has not
been built upon the qualities which are es-
sential to patience? Perhaps the French
have evincel less capac ty for patience
than any other equally great people; but
consider the marvellous root of patience in
the Norm N, the Breton, the A satan ele-
ments of the French characters; and if
Paris has represented a central Impotence,
has not Paris ruined almost as often as
she had delighted France? In all the
other great nations of the world, the raw
materials of patience are the most notabli9
characteristics Of the national character:
For example, among the Jews, the Ro-
mans, the English, the Germans and
Slavs, we say the raw material of patience,
for the higher kind of patience is far too
lofty as well as lowly a virtue to be widely
d:fused through any people. Even among
the Jews, whose character in its moro
ideal form appears to have been specially
intended to illustrate this great virtue,
che raw materials of it far oftener degen-
Grated into mere doggedness than rose into
that transcendent spiritual quality by
which men win their souts.-Londen Spec.
tatOr.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-06-29
WHAT WINS.

% world has full MANY a hero.
ao read what those heroes have
bafsn IL ma that though oft they ver,
Thew nneS Kept up their courage, and won.
Gjy yer lost courage in failure,
0at said We will try and keen irvine irwin
ANU conquer all obstacles still"
Th sans .ney have done, the world over.
q Iaeif tasks were accomplished at last
T ptsen-repeated endeavor.
me young oak may bend to the blast
0u. ! springs to its place when it nasses
ana grows to new strength eyery dsv
AIu III time 1t stands firm in the temnes,
whose wrath whirls the tail pine away.
D1.eaI makes a man more persistent
II the right kind of courage il his.
ne determines to conquer, and does it
ana this is what heroism is,
strive on with a patient endeavor.
me steadfast of purpose will win.
Deteat comes to-day, but tomorrow
Nn"s usher the grand triumph in.
-Eben E. Rexford, in Wide.Avaka
The Opelousas courier., 1889-06-29
They Would Be So Nice.

AZ The ladies of - Church were pack
ing a box of clothing to send to the
affe of a Western missionary.
llMrs. Any dear Mrs B, what can
yeu be thinking of to send off those
10; ely stockings Of yourse The very
neTest color, tool
Sdrs. Bit does break my heart to
pappt with them, and / shouldn't think
of Elf / hadn't just read something
about the dye stuff they used to get
this particular shade, being liable to
poison one frightfully.
Mrs. A-Oh, horrors! Let's ge6then
out OF our hands quicki Here. there's
room for them right down in this cor
ner.-Munsey's Weekly.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-06-29
MAKING FRENCH WINES.
Amusing Story of the Alleged Falsifc;
ton of Clarets in France.

Amusing Story of the Alleged Falsifca-
ton of Clarets in France.
The Justification Of wines is once
more becoming a burning subject in
France. It is notorious that millions
of bottles of the vim rouge which is
consumed at home and sent abroad are
guiltless of n drop of the juice of
the grape. Concerning this wholesale
classification" of Bordeaux wines. ]
was told an amusing story this winter
by a French gentleman who was my
travelling companion from Marseilles
to Paris.
Here is the story: A farmer in Nor
mandy, seeing a wine advertised by a
firm in Bordeaux, wrote for a couple
of caaAs of it, and forwarded the
moneS. A fortnight afterward it ar
rived at the station, and he sent his
carter to bring it home. The carter
brought two casks. but, to the farm
er's establishment, only one cask was
full; the other was empty. An
examination Of the cask showed
that it had not been tempered with,
and there was no trace of leakage.
Evidently an empty cask had been sent
by mistake. The farmer at once wrote
to the Bordeaux wine merchant to
complain of the -carelessness. In due
course a reply was received. which
was as follows: Dear SRI am sorry
TOR the mistake made by my man, but
you a easily rectify it. If you will
fill the empty cask with water and
leave it for a fortnight you will find
the wine all right. The ingredients
are at the bottom of the cask, but my
man foolishly admitted to add the
water. Waiting your further orders,
| am, sir, yours, ETC."
My French fsiend assured me that
this was a fact. The story became
public through the Norman farmer de-
manding the return of his money, and,
the wine merchant objecting, the case
came before the law courts. After
this, what price for ''vin ordinaire?"
If that's what they give political pris-
oners, no wonder Boulanger ran away.
George r. Sims, in London Referee.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-06-29
Mercurial Poison.

Mercury is frequently injudiciously USED
by quack doctors IN cases of malaria anC
blood poison. It's after effect is worse thar
the original disease. B. b. b.. Botanic
Blood Balm contains no mercury, but viii
eliminate mercurial poison from the system
Write to Blood Balm Co, Atlanta, Ga, fol
book of convincing pr of of its curative viz
tue.
A. F. Britton, Jackson, Tenn, writes: 81
caught malaria in Louise ma, and when the
fever at last broke, my system was satu
rated with poison, and l had sores in my
mouth and knots in my tongue. l got two
bottles B. B.. B., which healed my tongue
and mouth and made a new man of me-"
VIM. Richmond, Atlanta, Ca, writes
my wife could hardly see. Doctors called
it syphilltic iritis. Her eyes were in 6
dreadful condition. Her appetite failed.
She had pain in her joints and bones. He1
kidneys were deranged also, and no one
thought she could be cured. DR.. Gillian rec
commended B. B. B., which shesused until
her health was entirely restored"
z. P. B. Jones, Atlanta, Ga, writes: 81
was troubled with copper colored eruptlons,
loss of appetite. pain in back, aching joints,
debility, emaciation, loss of hair, sore
throat and great nervousness. B. B. p
put my system in fine condition"
HARD water is wasteful of soap, because 1t
contains lime salts, which form an insoluble
compound with the soap, thus rendering a
part of it useless.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-06-29
A sure Deuyerance.

Not simultaneously, it Is true, but in a
short space of time, persons of a bilious
habit are saved from the fortunes which q
dlsordered liveri is capable of infficting, by
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. an anti-bllious
medicine and aperient of the first rank.
The pains in the right side and through the
right shoulder blade, the sick headache,
nausea, conGtipation and saffron hue of the
skin, are entirelyremoved by this estimable
restorative of tone to the organs of secre-
ton and digestion,
The Opelousas courier., 1889-06-29

PHYSICIANS are justified in denounciEp
proprietary medicines which claim to cure
every thing. A medicine, for instance, that
wilIcure rheumatism in one person, will
not necessarily cure it in another, for the
gers Antidote will destroy it in the system
in every case. If you are sufe rin .I from
Malaria you aUiu knoto it, and this medicine
will certainly cure you. Sold by Druggists.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-06-29

"THE days of miracles are past.o That
may be, and yet some of the most wonderful
things ever witnessed by the human family
have occurred within the last decade. Not
the least of those wonders is the success
which the agents of B. T. Johnson & Co.,
Richmond, Va, are meeting. Write them
for particulars. They will show you how to
work wonders.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-06-29
Ia 1t any Wonder

that DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
outsells all other blood and liver medicines,
since it possesses such superior curative
properties as to warrant its manufacturers
IN supplying it to the people (as they are
doing, through druggists under cq-g,,itions
such as AZ other, medicine is under
viz: that it must'either beneft6r cure the
promptly re- drned. It cures all diseases
arising fcouyderanged liver, or from impure
blood, as blliousness, silver complaint" al
skin add scalp diseases, salt-rheum, letter,
scrofulous sores and swellings, fever-sores
hip-joint disease and kindred ailments.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-06-29

A WOMAN in Baltimore blcd to death from
cut on the leg, caused by the breaking of
a whisky-bottle that she habituaIIy carried
in her stocking.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-06-29

If afflicted with Sore Eyes use DR.. Isaac
Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell it, 25c
The Opelousas courier., 1889-06-29

DAVID DUDLEY F1ELD'shobby is his love
of pedestrianism and he is proud Of his feats
in this direction.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-06-29

For twenty-five cents,you can get Carter's
Little Liver Pills-the best liver regulatorin
the world. Don't forget this. One pill a dose.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-06-29

If disease has entered tie system the
only way to drive it out is to purify and
enrich the blood. To this end, as is &C
knowladged by all medical men, nothing is
better adapted than iron. The fault hitler
to has been that iron could not be so pre-
pared as to be absolutely harmless to the
by the Brown Chemical Company of BaItl
more, Md, who offer their Browns Iron
Bitters as a faultleSs iron preparation. a
positive cure for dyspepsia, indigestion,
kidney troubles, etc.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-06-29

THERE are many blessings attached It
poverty. But they are fearfully disguised
The Opelousas courier., 1889-06-29

"PRIsoNER, the evidence shows that you
b~rutally assaulted the complainant. Have
you any thing to offer in e~xtenuation?"
Prlsoner-"No, sir; Ey lawyer took all the
money | had.n
The Opelousas courier., 1889-06-29

ALWAYS avoid harsh purgative pills. They
FIRST make you sick and then leave you con-
stipated. Carter's Little Liver Pills regulate
the bowels and make you well. Dose, one pill.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-06-29

LADIES can permanently beautify their
complexion with Glenn's Sulphur Soap.
Hills Hair and Whisker Dye, so cents.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-06-29
Oregon, tho Paradise of Farmers.

Mild, equable climate. certain aud abundant
crops. Bestfruit, grain, grass, stock country
in the world. FulIinformation free. Address
Oregon immigration Board, Portland, Oregon
The Opelousas courier., 1889-06-29

THE young who boldly states that
she likes to be Rugged should be immeGl
ately~ repEessed.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-06-29

THERE is a secret satisfaction about be-
ing anonymous that is far sWeeter than
fame to the writer of scandals.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-06-29

$500 Reward for an incurable case OF
chronic Nasal Catarrh offered by the manu-
facturers of DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy
so cents, by druggists.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-06-29

Iowa farmers last year raised enough
corn to pay off all the farm mortgages in
the State and leave a balance of loo. 00O, 900
bushels.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-06-29

-huA
Til. ga. '.iest onions grow from sets; thu
longess keeping onions grow from seed.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-06-29

PEOPLE who have to listen to violin prac-
ticing nearly always bring up in the
asylum.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-06-29

C. TO So A DAY. Samples worth So. Is
RASB REE Lines not under horses feet. Write
T~ BREWSTER SAFETY REIN HOLDER o., Holly, Mich,
aS-E.AaE THIS PAPER every time you write.
A N. z f. 1871.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-03-24

BuY Lmo. Cement and Fire Brick Of
I. J. GaAHAN, No. $40 Front 81.
Telephone b0i.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-03-24
Chancery Sale
ESTATE.

No eta2 Rim tho chanccry court. Of Shelby
County.-W. A. faircs, guardian, VI. Halle Faircs
eta.
tered IN the above cause on the l,h day OF March.
lsss, n. n q. page t2, I will seli at public auc-
tioa, TO the highest bidder Ia front Of the Clerk
the Courthouse OF shelby county. Memphis. Ten.
nrscc, on
saturday. 9th Day Of April. 1889.
within legal houn. the following described prop
cry. situated IN Shelby county, Tenn. towit
heginning ~ the intefscs ton Of Ccntml avenue
with the south ,ide Of the Nemphi, a Charleston
Railroad; running thence westwsrily With s1uth
lite OF "a d railroad twelve uD chains aud uiiry-
I'VE W. nnks 70 a stake; thence southwerdly with
the east line q ouinicheti lot fourteen 90 chains
aud ninety-hvc lrol links 10 the north side ~ Carry
syenue. thence sastwsrily on Haid north line Of
gerey avenue twelve w elsina and forty one an
links 70 ~ Intersection with Central avenue thence
norhwardly with the west line OF Central avenue
hitecn u5l chains 10 tho place OF beginning. con
taining ~ bl.lv1 acres, more or lefs, and being
known a. lot sS % aud soycn "a Of the whitnoro
Ais the following lot or parcel Of land begin.
nins Al a point on The west side Of Wartield sv-
enue eight " chains south Of the south line Of The
hemphlt n Charleston Railroad thence westwn rdly
parallel with kald Memphis a Charleston railroad
Twelve u2l chalus aud ffty. FIVE f5) links TO q
stake, thence southwardiy fifteen u5l chains and
parallel with the said line Of said railroad twelve
u2l chains and nfy.nye t3l links 20 n point on the
west aide Of WarhCld avenue. and thence north.
wardly along thr said west line OF warneld avsnus
nficen ubl chains and twenty-eieht t2si LINKS 40
the place Of beginning. being what are known as
lots hhtccn ttl and seventeen ~ la the Whit
mors tubdiylson. aud containing nineteen us)
Terms Of sale -onei hird 90 cash. balance on q
crcdit OF one aud two ycara note bearing interest
With security required, lien retained.
This VIII day 81 March, isa.
y n MCitENRY, CLERK and Master.
CAN'T 4 Patterson, ". W. Mcdowell. Solicitors
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-03-24
Inc stevenson Land 4 Improvement Co.
CAPITAL, $5,ooo,ooo.
HAfoLEoN Hill. Prest r DUDLEY FRAYsER, West r. j. BLACK, TT
JOHN j FREEMAN 6ecva d Geneml Manager

SAfoLEoN Hill Pr't R DgDLEy FRAYsER v;Pcst r. BLACK. IT,
JOHN j. FREEMAN, Scy and General Manager
nREcroRs-John @ Latham Of Latham. Alexander n Co, New York w J. Crawford
w IT"moIyO raword& &c W. IL owe late of Goodbar Love q Co.; W. r. Taylor OF
Geo A rns1r % n n + Ell howensein. q B Icwensein 4 Bros Geo, Arnold president Of
cunV Bank John i. Vaught attorney ath law, Stevenson.
at,du ms nus ompan lately organized, has purchased several thousand acres Of land immc
o unay uounuln the Depot at Stevenson, Ala. me Of thu most calhfh and pctur
@4uo ALTO In North Alabama AT the function of two Of the most important rail.
reos OF TN south, the Memphie Il Charleston and N. q g. St. Ious with two other
nMs Pnoycteda nu 70 be built in the near future it has nnvaled facilities DO h for pro-
curing ne hT material hnSsas M TO- distribution Of the manufactured product
ewn1 mln Ignahn3l ana las an abundance OF iron oe within easy reach With h sur.
water here would seem to be nothing lacking to insure tho building up at this favored
point q large, manufacturing city and to aid in doing this the Company will donate
ground Inc render other substantial aid.
The property is Nv being laid OF into town lots which will soon be placed upon
the market
II The meantime the Company proposes at az early day to offer for sale alimitcl
amount oil Is Treasury stock at price and upon term that will be attractive, due an
nouneenent Of which will appea in these Mumns