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The Opelousas courier., 1889-04-27

The Texas Farm and Ranch, splendid
agricultural semi-monthl, paper, published
at Dallas at 81 per annnm, dubbed with the
COURIER at s3 for the two papers. Call and
get sample copy.
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. couple Of lady friends, members of
.ne committee who are charged with the
sask Of raising funds for the erection of
Z public school building in 0pelousas,
aaVe !, requested Us to announce that at
sae oall On Wednesday night a bisque-
Y toosilsanse, delicious crawfsh bisque
Will De served for 2S cents, and an
slsganf supper for so cents, the pro-
.seeds 20 be turned into the committees
aIeaanry. Agis auE Qournaetg.
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Good showers of rain fell in some To-
eslities of the parish Oh last Tuesday
evening.
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Do not suffer ignorance IN your family,
when you eau subscribe to that Great Educa.
a,latioa,
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No family in the South however poor can
afford to be without that modern necessity,
newspaper. Subscribe for the Times. Demo
crat--Daily aud Weekly. II has the largest
circulation.
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Eastern and Narfhern Stock Of Plant
inc Potatoes, SUCH as Early Rose, Peer
less. Russets and Burhanks, at Bottom
Figures, nc C. Dietlein's, Union street.
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a watch for only two dollars and iifty
cents, warranted DO keep good time, as
r. Mornhinveg's jeWelry store
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EAparpvr1YR. IL Nav

FARMERvTLLE, La, May, 1887.
Having severe attack of Flux some tive
years ago, applied to DR.. Tichenor, of Baton
Rouge, for treatment. He gave me his cele-
brated Antiseptic, and in few days ! was re-
lieved and cured. JAMES RABUE.
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REDwINE, jackson parish, La,
naaatn hars 1895

Tichenor's Antiseptic that it is q sure cure for
fistusu ON horses and mules. have tested it
on bad case, and effected a cure in a re-
markably short time,
Resp'y., q. II. SPENCER.
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The residence of Victor Frug6, in
Fsouetaique, was destroyed by fire on
.bs ! q night of the 18th. Loss about $500.
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As the mo atbs go by under the new
administrative, the situation becomes
apparently more hopeless for the Waulds
be negro Office holders of the South TO
the large delegation Of Alabama negroes
who called upon him on Saturday and
endeayored to read him long address
ON their grievances. President Harrison,
after cutting the address short, explain
cd that it was his plan 10 whiteu into
respectability the Republican party IN
the South Some af the slirewdest Ne
groes in the South suspect that. the
President is trying to place his party
ON the vantage gronrd now held by the
Democratic party Of being the
white mans parts in the country. They
think ifthe leopalA can change itsspots.
nhe Ethiopian his skin, or = man add q
cublt TO his stature, the President can
do this, bnt not otherwise. Some OF
these eolored leaders are already hint-
ing at a great political exodus OF their
race, which may signify but q threat TO
bolt unless they themselves are FED on
government patronage for the nexf four
wears. IN. @. Times Democrat
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light shower of rain fell on Tuesday
.vaninr-iust enough to lay the dust.
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From a list of pardons just granted
and published in the Baton Rouge Ad-
vocate of the 2lst, We take the follow
ing:
On the recommendation of the Par
doning Board, Governor Nichols grant
ed pardon to Ozeme Jules Fontenot,
Homere Veillon, and Ozeme jacques
Fontenot, convicted in St. Landry in
January last of malicious mischief, and
sentenced to three months i'll the parish
Jail, and to pay fine of $50 each, in
default of which they were to serve
three more. The trial Judge and the
Attorney General recommended the
PARDON.
The sentence of Borie Peterson. con
victed and sentenced to hang in st.
Landry parish, was commuted to I'M
prisonment for life, Oh the recommen-
dation of the trial Judge and the Attor-
ney General.
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II stands ut the head of all Southern news
papers The Great Times-Democrat Of New
Orleans, La.--DaiIy and Weekly. IL has The
urgest eircu Iatio7s.
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EsssR SALE.

1.-TWO fine female pigs months old, halt
4 Berkshire and half Yorkshire, at $500
each. appiy at this Office.
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Genuine Texas Red Rust Proof Oats
Dit New Orleans prices, and best Wheat
bran, at G. Dietlein's.
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You cannot afford to live without a news
paper; get the best, The Times.Democrat of
New Orleans-Daily aud Weekly. 1t has the
largest circulation.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-04-27

Buisfs Selected Stock of Planting Po,
tatoes and Vegetable Seeds ut Dietlein's
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Dntham's hand made Cisterns are the
best. Sold by E.. Fl. Vordenbaumen.
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A note from the Town Tax Collector,
IN another column, explains itself. Mr..
Thompson thinks that our statement,
concerning the Board of Police, that
they seem to not have required any
reports from their own officers
charged with the collection and dis
bursement of the towns revenues"
might possibly be construed as a reaec-
tlon upon him, and we cheerfully ac.
cord him the space to set himself right
Our animadversions were lereled at the
Board, whose peculiar system of admin
istering our manicipal affairs does not
even contemplate the rendering of re-
ports at stated times by It's officers on
the collection and disbursement of the
funds of the corporation, and who have
never yet caused any satisfactory fnau.
cial exhibit to b. publisIled-not at its
officers, who would doubtless furnish
the reports if they were wanted. And
Mr.. Thompson's note emphasizes the
fact that We have located the blame
where it properly belongs.
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Baton Rouge is the prettiest city in
Louisiana; if any one doubts, seeing is
believing. We have more pretty wo.
men, sweet flowers, beautiful scenery
and good health than any other town
of its inches in America. Baton Rouge
Advocate.th
Evidently the writer of this paragraph
has never been in 0peluasas. Come
and see US, friend and il. after your
visit, you are not willing to cheerfully
divide honors with US, We can only say,
as was remarked of the venerable fe-
male when she performed the famed os-
culation of the antiquated manmifer of
tlee bovine gems, there is no accounts
ing for tastes
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i, q celebration of the centennial of
ii. asnahgton 4 inauguration, which will
ssAe place next Tuesday, April 30th, in
hsW xork City, will be the grandest
,sssmssonstFation ,s:ss 10 theeMay Of civil and
ls.atafy parade that Was ever witnessed
aae United States. Ie is estimated
~. sses ,ass 900 persons will be in the
aA'nofh procession that will parade
principal streets on that day.
liable stands for viewing the pro-
ssloa have been sold for fabulous
a sEs'Ges, sas, leachiDg way up into hundreds
ssaaaFs The hotels ana boarding
$3.50 Will be taxed to their utmost
sseaeaky 20 take care of 60. great a
on The a0th, and Ist and Cd Of
s's' |s|sss nut they and the merchants will
ss .saasss reap rich harvest in money
''s@ the sight-seers.
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Chocolate Ice Cream at the Star ~Sa.
loon. next to Posey's, Tomorrow at Il.
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Waiter has removed his furniture re-
pair shop to Landry street, second block
from the railroad. Give him call.
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april has been slow in starting her
showers, and 90 far has been as dry a
nonul as July or August in a midsum
~ droath. Crops are not growing as
slsy should, the grass looks parched,
ahQ un broken land is almost as hard as
= ever gets TO be. Cotton recently
plahted shows no sign Of terminating,
aaa & good, soaking rain Is needed for
sseES thing Meteorologists predict n
assSy rainfall the last of the mouth
US sl'e fitst week iD May. Old Mother
81 AaEsh e pretty thirsty, just now, and
s ~ stand = heavy sprinkling without
uasalage TO her health.
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The new drop curtain. ordered by
the Opelousas Social Club some time
sincethas been received tits beauty.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-04-27

Reeds Itch Ointment the best.
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PUBLISHED ON SATURDAY BIZ
rE0NCE g. l.. A. SANOOZ
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REPAIRS OF B RIDGE AT
TAYLOR's FERRY.

ywyHE contract for making necessary repairs
to the bridge over the Courtableau at
Taylor's Ferry will be sold to the lowest 9id'
der, at the bridge, on Wednesday May lSt'
1899, at / O'Clock a. u. e.,zAN
j. w. BAIL'T,
PRESTON-EING,
A,,rue7.1t Committee.
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Reeds Itch Ointment never fails.
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OPELOUSAS:

SATURDAY, -: ;: =: APRIL "a, 1888
The Opelousas courier., 1889-04-27
0gslo''s's Courier .

osieIaI Journal Of the Parish Of St. Landry,
The Opelousas courier., 1889-04-27
MEETING OF CREDITORS.

April q, 1889.
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Chairman 9th Cong. Dist. Committee.
Plaisance, April Is, 1889.
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Personal.

Senator Duson was III town on We'd
nesday.
Mr.. f, V. Barry of Grand Coteau was
in town on THURSDAY.
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NO. 81.
JUDICIAL NOTICES,
Dissric' Court, Perish of ST. Landry No. 1880


S1HFRTTF'S SALE
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-06-12
A Battle With Bright's Disease.

The fact that General Schenck is able
to get about again in fair health is an
attestion of his wonderful will power.
Some years ago he was so wasted by
Bright's disease, with which he was af-
ficted, that none of his friends expected
he would live more than q few days
longer. His physicians told him there
was just one chance of prolonging his life.
life. If he would absolutely refrain from
nourishment of every kind except
skinned milk the progress of the disease
might be checked. Like poor Garfield,
only with better success, he said: ''Tll
take the chance" For one whole year
he permitted no food of any kind to pass
his lips but the SKINNED milk prescribed
by his physicians. He began to gain
strength, and is now able to drive about
with his daughter, and occasionally to
attend to little business. He lives COM
fortably in a handsome, old-fashioncd
house on Thomas Circle, near the resi-
dence just bought by Chief Justice Fuller,
in Washington, and draws q pension from
the Government for disabilities con-
tracted in his army service.-Comn'ercaaI
Gazette.
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Horsemanship Of Indian Riders.

Fifty looking young men, mounted
upon ponies, drew up before the tents.
At signal from the chief they began
their evolutions with loud yell. In a
moment they disappeared over a neigh
boring hill. Then there suddenly rose a
mighty trampling of horses feet, and
they swept past again, so compact that 1
only saw ball made of horses and men,
Splitting in two, one body swept to the
right and another to the left, and again
they disappeared. Presently they
charged each other in solid lines, and
while the spectators waited breathlessly
for the shock of collision the files skill
fully opened to the right and left and the
lines passed through the intervals with
out touching.
Now came the moment for displaying
individual horsemanship. Some of the
riders approached, each lying so close to
his pony's back that nothing but the
horse could be seen. Others stood erect
upon their animals's backs. Some hung
to the horse by one foot and one hand, so
that their bodies were completely pro-
tected by those of the ponies. These
young warriors also threw objects upon
the ground, and picked them up at full
gallop, and drew bows and shot arrows
from beneath the horses neck. Some Of
the men exchanged horses while riding.
Again man would fall from his horse,
as if wounded, and two others, riding up
behind him, would take him by an arm
and a leg, swing him between their
horses and carry him off: This exhibit
ton lasted nearly two hours, and at its
close men and horses were completely
exhausted. All that evening the human
performers lay in their lodges, while the
Indian women brought them food and
bathed them.-Horse and Stable.
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Handling an Ocean Leviathan.

Although everybody knows that the
transatlantic steamships are immense
structures, one must see ship from abroad
brought alongside her pier in order to ap-
preciate adequately her size. Either there
is something the matter with the mechan-
ism by which such ships as the Servia,
the Umbria, the City of Rome, or the
City of Paris is moored, or else there is
not -oom enough around the pier fronts,
for almost invariably it takes from half
an hour to something more than an hour
to bring a large ship into place and have
everything ready for the passengers to
disembark. The other day when the
Servia came in there was group of men
and women waiting on the wharf to re-
ceive their friends from abroad. The
great steamer was in sight at III, a few
boat lengths down the stream. She came
slowly along like wounded monster. 1t
was little before II when she touched
the edge of the dock. All that then re-
mained to do was to swing her around
into the slip. This operation took an
hour, and five tugs and large number OF
men pulling and hauling upon ropes were
engaged in it.-Mao York Sun.
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disappeared. 1 did not give up until ]
had searched every possible place where
they could have hidden away, and then ]
I sat down and let superstition and terror
take such hold of me for half day that
I liked to have gone crazy. Is was only
by calling up all my will power that I
could prevent myself from leaping over
the rail. After several hours, however,
this feeling wore off, and could view
the situation with common sense. I was
alone, but it was fiat calm, and turned
into the cabin and slept for six hours be-
fore opened my eyes. Then it was to
find that evening had come, and that the
brig had been boarded by boat from
one of the mail steamers plying between
the big island and New Zealand. My
explanations astonished and astounded
the men, and after had been taken off
to the steamer, and given all the details
to the Captain, he took the brig in tow
aud continued his course for Sidney.
There the story was told and retold,
but with very little satisfaction to any
one. A craft was sent out in search OF
the lost yawl and the hulk. but neither
could be found. The general idea at
Sidney was that the Captain and sailor
both got drunk that night, and somehow
got overheard, but no one could even
guess the calamity which befell the
yawl.rNeU York Sun.
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The White H0use.

The residence Of the President of the.
United States, says Youths Companion,
is officially known as the Executive Man,
sion, which means that it is the residences
of the head of the Executive branch of the
Government; but it is seldom called, in
ordinary talk, either by those who live in
it, or by the American people in general.
anything but the White House. This 4
very unpretentious title, and it is inters
esting to note how the residence Of tha
President, in a country which is full Of
white houses, came to bear this simple
name as its special property.
The explanation is easily found. Tha
first Executive Mansion at Washington
was occupied in 1900. It was built ot
freestone, and was unpainted; but in.
1914 the British army occupied Washing.
ton, and burned, with other public buildl
ings, the Presidents house, leaving It Z
blackened ruin. -
The house was rebuilt on the same site.
and the same walls were used in its COM
struction; but they we're so discolored By
smoke that, on the suggestion of General
Jackson, they were painted white, moi
only to improve their appearance, but il
token of the successful defiance of British
fire by the American Republic. Z
The mansion soon became the s'Whita
House" in the mouths of the people on
account of its dazzling color, and from
that day to this it has been repainted
white every ten years. Its name com,
memorates a patriotic feeling, therefore,
as well as serves to describe the appear
ance of the mansion, for the original coat
of white paint was sort of Protest against
the vandalism of the British, and every
subsequent coat has served to perpetuaA
the protest.
The house has not been altogether com.
Portable as place of residence, and has
required almost constant repairs and ali
terations. It is said to be damp, and
while it may not be positively unhealthy,
it has become customary for the Presii
dents family to take quarters elsewhera
for the summer.
The White House is the Presidents of
fee as we'll as his residence. On the first
floor are several large apartments, includ..
ing the East Room, which is forty by
eighty feet in size and twenty-five feet
high, the Blue Room, the Red Room and
the Green Room.
On the second floor are tie Presidenta
office-a large room looking to the Poto1
mac and the Long Bridge-the rooms OF
the Presidents secretaries, and the pri7
vate apartments for the Presidents
family.
It has occasionally, been suggested that
a new and more magnificent residence ba
erected for the President, and that the
White House be reserved as an Office fol-
the Executive Department, but Congress
has thus far. been disinclined, or too
busy, to adopt the suggestion. s
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READY-MADE DRESSES.

Dressmakers can thrive no more in St.
Louis. Their business is rapidly dwin-
ding, and except in the case of those who
cater to the rich, whose prejudices COM
pei them to cling to long established Gus
toms, the modistes are generally retiring
from business. This is due to the gen.
eral adoption of ready-made dresses by
the ladies of the city; hand-me-downs
they are called by sarcastic dressmakers.
Before the introduction of ready-made
dresses, ladies were in the habit of ex-
pending large amount of money for the
material, and then paying from SIS to s25
in having it made up. Now, a dress SIM
liar in every detail to one of those made
up by fashionable modiste can be Sc
cured at the dry goods stores for S25, ,and
they are made to fit perfectly before they
are allowed to leave the store. A lady
purchased a. black silk dress, recently,
exquisitely made and of handsome mate
rial. It was procured for S25, and
was pronounced by all who saw it to
be the best fitting dress the lady had
ever worn. Made up at dressmaker's,
the dress would have cost $40, counting
the material, thread, buttons, trimming
and the ike.-Star-SayingS.
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An Irresistible Bait for Rats.

According to a Washington CORE
spondcnt of the Cincinnati Commercial,
an interesting not to say valuable discov-
cry has been made by Captain Weedin,
in charge of the animals at the Zoo. The
building is infested by rats, and how to
get rid of them has long been perplex-
ing question. Traps were used, but moth
ing would tempt the rodents to enter. In
store room drawer was placed guam
tity of sunfower seeds, used as food for
some of the birds. Into this drawer the
rats gnawed their way, fact which led
the Captain to experiment with them for
bait in the traps. The result was that
the rats can't be kept out. A trap which
appears crowded with six or eight rats is
found some mornings to hold fifteen.
They are turned into the cages containing.
weasels and minks. The latter will kill a.
rat absolutely almost before one can see
it, so rapid are its movements. The wea-
sells are trifle slower, but none of the rats
escape them.
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COSTUMES OF THE EMPIRE PERIOD.

The Empress Josephine and her ladies
always wore light colors-clear yellows,
pinks, lilacs, etc. A real Directoire or
Empire gown touches the ground, and is
painfully scanty, so were it to be made
into a short walking dress the effect would
be indescribably ludicrous and un-
becoming. The French women of that
period lay at home on sofas whilst their
husbands went to the wars. They were
nearly always painted, reclining on
couches or standing up-never sitting.
Their stockings were invariably white,
and when possible ces danes showed the
tips of their pretty feet encased in Greek
sandals. Any attempt at tight lacing had
to be abandoned, for the great art of
dress in those days was to appear loosely
and simply robed, recalling in every
possible way the beautiful Athcnian
women, even to the wearing of fillets and
bands across the hair. In the midst of all
this simplicity French feeling asserted it.
self, and hats were accordingly produced,
which any belle Athenienne would have
rejected with scorn. Another important
and expensive item of that day was the
mittens. No Empire gown was complete
WITHOUT these quaint adjuncts, which are
found now with great dificulty.-NeaO
Orleans Picayaeae. .,;.;--g.-..
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WORDS OF WISDOM.

A whisperer separates chief friends.
The heart of the wise teacheth biz
mouth.
Of two evils, the less is always to blg
chosen. -
Early and provident fear is the mother
f., of safety.
Truth is the highest thing that man
: may keep.
! One good mother is worth hundred
schoolmasters.
, Grief counts the seconds; happiness
! forgets the hours. 4:
: Silence is worth its weight in gold ii
! many crises of human experience. II
! Nothing is so strong as gentlenesa,
nothing so gentle as real strength. 1
: They are as sick that surfeit with too
much as they that starve with nothing.
, Some persons, instead of ssputting of
the old man." dress him up in new
shape.
; One may be better than his reputation
4, or bus conduct, but never better than hid
principles. ...
(; Toll, feel, hope. A man is sure to
dream enough before he dies, without
making arrangements for the purpose.
Gayety is to good-humor as perfumea
Ito vegetable fragrance; the one over
!powers weak spirits, the other recreates
land revives them.
: Private credit is wealth, public honoI
lis security; the feather that adorns thu.
royal bird supports its fight; strip him
of his plumage, and you fix him to tho
earth.
sloth makes all things difficult, bui
industry all easy; and he that riseth Late
must trot all day, and scarce overtakes
his business at night; while Laziness
travels so slowly that Poverty soon over
takes him r.. W
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The First Greenback.

Gaddis, a Cincinnati hack-driver;
treasures a dollar bill of the first green1
back issue. The Enquirer of that city.
tells that Salmon P. Chase, while SecreI
tary of the Treasury, visited Cincinnati.i
"Shine, sir!" shouted Gaddis, then boot1
black, to stranger in the Burnet House.
lobby. "Do your prettiest, said the
gentleman, with smile, "and III give
you my photograph" The boy did not
fall in very heartily with the proposition,
as he had no particular use for photo,
graphs of his customers, but after a little
bantering he took the job. At the hnish,
the gentleman handed the boy brand4
new one-dollar bill "That's my photos
graph" said he, walking away. The boy
glanced from his customer to the bill in
momentary perplexity. Then the strong
resemblance which his customer bore to
the vignette in one corner of the greene
back caught his eye, and he knew that tho
Secretary of the Treasury had been hav-
ing a little fun with him at his own ex,
penSc. !: