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The Opelousas courier., 1889-10-19
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All ordinary letters containing Postal Notes
Money Orders issued by all Express Compa-
MES or New York Exchange, addressed
NJ. a. DAUPHIN,
The Opelousas courier., 1889-10-19

correspondence courier par courier.
Nous croyons savoir que lie Morgan a
j0r6 d'etre desagreable d tonte Ia pop
ulation.
I'm eminent statiseien d calcule que
les peTtes de vie humane depuis 81
ana ont etc de 2.253,00O. La plus
grande perte a etc dams III guerre ci-
vile amsricaine. GOO, 900 ct la seconde
dams la guerre de Crimee, 100000.
Dana la gaerre Turco.@ easse, les pertea
dc vie ont etc de $50, 900 dans la guer.
re Franco rusianne, 2l5, 900, dams
In guegre dc l'Antriche ct de ia Prusse
5000, ct dams la guerre dc ~lItalie, en-
1859, AZ, 200.
Nous lisoDs dams rUnion dc st. Hya-
cinthe, Canada. dn ii octobre
II eat tomb6 assez de neige dams
QnelQnea campagnes e~nvironnantes DC
Montreal. pour blancllir Ia plaine.
NJ. Joseph Lagergne, a6pnte ID
Drumnond ct Arthabaska aux Com,
mnnes, visite actuellement . comt6
On nous informe que notre ami esI
gecn parlout ayec nne favenr marquee
IA. Lavergne 4 Etc eln par reclamation
anx d~erniarss elections, ct peat comp
ter sun N reelection i l'unanimit6 poul
IL proclaim parchment.
II j q actuellement 1904 langae,
digeress en ueage dams IL monde eneiel
a. IL u d plus dc mile religions FL
auantit6 d'hommea est d pen pres 6qni,
valante q celle des femmes. L'ags
moyen aaquel on menrt est de 33 ans
Un quart d,habitants meurent avan
d'avoir atleint II ans. Sur 1000 per.
sonnea nus a peine atteint l'age de I0t
ana, Ut six celni % 65 ans. nya queli
QUO chose de plaa dc nn milliard d'ha.
bitants d IN terre, don't IS AS ,a90G
MeuFsat annaellsment, 96.4s2 chaQns
JONI. 400 chaqne lieure. s7 chaque
minnfs.
PaE c0ntge, il Went All monde annn.
sllsupent 36. 900; joarnellemeni
LOO. 800; par heure 1900. It par min
ate 10.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-10-19

R6veil de st. Martin Les nonvelles
henres de l'arriv6e des trains sont in.
commodes pour tout lie monde. On
recoit ses j~ournaux 81 tard quill est diff
acile dc les lire le soir. L'heure ma
finale du depart des matieres postales
smpeche les gems d'affaire de faire leur
correspondence courier par courier.
Nous croyons sayoir que 10 Morgan a
jaF6 d'etre d6sagreable d tonte IA pop
ulation.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-10-19
Address registered letters containing currency
New Orleans National Bank,

NeW V~1IedNS Id
Remember that the only genuine Louisiana
State Lottery Tickets issued under the State
Charter, are recognized by the highest courts,
are invariably signed by NJ. A. Daurhin, pres
ident. Endorsed by Generals Beauregard and
Early, Supervisors of the Drawings. aud qua
~ranteed by National Banks of New OEeans,
as to the payment of its Prises. NONE OTH
Frs RI GENUINE.
All so.called supplements, '"Origiual little
Louisiana or other limitations with unlawful
use of the Louisiana State Lottery Company's
name, by persons unknown, under assumed
or fictitious names, are attempts to deceIge1
the public by false pretcnses, offering no qua
raBtee whatsoever.
Remember. that One Dollar
is TIE Price of he smallest part on fraction Of
a ticket issued in any dra1cing. AnHthing ~
or name offered at q less price, is eihher Il
c0atuicyfcii or SlCiH3tc.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-10-19
AGENTS WANTED EVERYWHERE

Va For CLUE RATES OF any further infor
nation desired, write legibly 10 the under
signed. clearly stating your residence, with
state. county. street and number More rapid
return mail delivery will be assured by your
enclnsinn III anHelone bearinn Xnnr fnll address
The Opelousas courier., 1889-10-19

Pour guerir les Scrofules ct les hu-
meurs, essayez la Salsepareille d'Ayer;
ellie nettoie le sang de toutes ses impu.
rot6s
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-08-16
SOME CURIOUS RELICS.


Fabulous Prices Paid For Genuine or I'M
itation Curios.
In Calvin's day there was enough
wood of the true cross" to load a
ship, and there is scarcely an object
connected with sacred history which
is not multiplied in very embarrass-
ing manner.
The saints are as freely duplicated,
and even Implicated. St. Sebastian's
body is in four places and his head in
two others. St. Philip must have had
three feet, if all the relics associated
with his name are to be accepted as
authentic, while two different monas-
teries exhibited the skull of St. John
the Baptist-one when he was young
man, the other after he was advanced
in years and wisdom. In these days
We are less reverential over memorials
Of the great, though the care with
which Burns and Shakespeare's houses
are preserved is a proof that the hero
worshiping element is not eliminated
from the spirit of the nineteenth CEN
fury. The chairs in which the litera-
ii sat fetched, we are afraid, rather
disappointing prices at Mr.. Godwin's
sale. Yet Antwerp preserves with
piOus care the seat in which Rubens
sat when he painted the immortal
Descent from the Cross" and KAN
merherre Schemekel paid $1,000
forms to become the possessor
of the ivory armchair which
Gustavus Vasa presented to the
city of Lubbock. This was expen-
sive enthusiasm compared with that
evinced when the prayer book of
Charles l., which he had used on the
scaffold, changed hands for no more
than f10O; though, on the other hand,
it was small compared with the SCI, 900
francs which were disbursed for the
coat which Charles XII. wore at the
battle of Pultowa.
A tooth of Sir Isaac Newton sold for
ESQ. to set in a ring; and when the
bodies of Heloise and Abelard were
removed to the Petits Augustins an
I'D AioAiH1H 10 odiu w nave Oll0roU
100, 600 francs for one of Heloise's
teeth. The hat which Napoleon wore
at Eylau sold for 1920 francs. Sterne's
wig brought 200 guineas at auction.
and the pens with which the treaty Of
America were signed cold for E5OO.
1t may, however, be noted that these
prices were sold at a period when the
'curio' rage was more virulent than
now. A few years ago Thorsvaldsen's
hair-brushes went for good deal less
than an ''old song" fetches at Lon
don book sale, though the great
sculptor is almost a demigod among
his countrymen. Blucher's sword
scarcely brought the price of old iron,
and it is painful to remember that the
white kid neither garments of George
~. were disposed of as a LOB lot. -
London Standard.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-08-16
HOW DIMES ARE MADE
no" the Little Coins Are Turned Ont n

now the Little Coins Are Turned Ont nv
the San Francisco Mint.
Inc silver dime is useful little coin.
and just at present they seem to be in
demand; so much 50 that the San Fran
CISCO mint is turning them out at a
great rate.
The process of dime-making is an
Interesting one. The silver bullion is
nrst melted and run into two-pound
bars. These in turn are run through
immense rollers and fattened out to
the thickness of the coin. These sill
YER strips are then passed through a
machine, which cuts them into proper
size for the presses, the strips. first
having been treated with kind of
tallow to prevent their being scratched
In their passage through the cutters.
The silver pieces are then put into
the feeder of the printing presses, and
are fed to the die by automatic ma
chlnery at the rate of 100 per minute,
$1,000 dimes being turned out in a
regular working day of eight hours.
AS the smooth pieces are pressed
between the ponderous printing dies,
they receive the lettered and figured
impression in manner similar to that
OF paper pressed upon a form of
type. AT the same time, the piece is
expanded in a slight degree. and the
small corrugations are cut into its rim.
The machine drops the completed
coin into receiver, and it is ready for
the counters hands. The instrument
used by the counter is not a complicat-
ed machine by any means, as one might
suppose. 1t is simple copper-colored
tray, having raised ridges running
across its surface at distance apart
the exact width of dime.
From the receiver the money is
dumped on the board or tray, and as it
Is shaken rapidly by the counter the
pieces settle down into the spaces be-
tween the ridges. All these spaces be-
ing filled, the surplus coin is brushed
back into the receiver, and the counter
has exactly 1880 dimes, or 1925, on his
tray, which number is required to fill
the spaces. The tray is then emptied
into boxes, and the money is ready for
shipment.
The dime does not pass through the
weigher's hands, as does the coin of q
larger denomination. One and one
half grains is allowed for variation, or
tolerance" in all silver coins from a
dollar down. and the deviation from
the standard in the ten-cent pieces is
SO trifiing that the trouble and expense
OF weighing coins of this denomination
Is dispensed with.-Golden Days.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-08-16

Outside OF the thousands OF
churches in London, there. ARE five
hundred missionary workers. Each
missionary calls on five hundred fami-
lies every month. They visit the
slums and rum-holcs, and are sub
iected to many dangers. During the
warm season open-air meetings are
held every day and night on the
streets and in the parks. The class
of people who attend these meetings
are people who never have seen the
inside of church.
Spend less nervous energy each day than
you make
Don't hurry. TOO swift arrives as tardy
as too slow"
Sleep and rest abundantly. Sleep Is ma
lures benediction.
Avoid passion and excitement A mo-
mentas anger may be fatal
Associate with healthy people Health fs
contagious as well as disease
Court the fresh air day and night "Oh.
it you knew what was In the ARR
Don't overeat Don't starve. "Let your
moderation be known to all men"
Think only healthful thoughts "As q
man thinketh In his heart % l. be.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-08-16
THE TAME-CAT GIRL.
A Sensible Talk About English and Anne
lean Young Women.

A Sensible Talk About English and Amer
lean Young Women.
The reproach aimed by Americans
at the English girl, viz, that she is of
the ''tame cat'' order, and that her
husband will trust her with his bills
or the darning of his socks but not
with his ideas, is as great miscon-
ception, in many respects, as the En-
glish estimate of American women,
but from the American point of view
it has some foundation in fact. We
need only look at the life of the Or
binary Englishman to discover the
foundation upon which this exagger-
ated inference is based. He always
retains tenderness for his club,
where he can ventilate among his fell
low-men his ideas political, moral and
social, to which, it is quite true, he
does not, as a rule. treat his wife. If
he has a male friend he can pass hours
upon hours in his company without
being bored, which, unfortunately.
does not always happen in the case
of his wife, and the very fact that
women are the first to declare
that no wife wants her husband
always with her is a proof. more
or less, of a certain incompatability of
temperament and thought. Probably
it is on these and kindred grounds that
the American forms her opinion of the
average English girl, and. until she
gains more experience of English
habits, imagines herself strictly cor
rect. On the other hand, for fair
and impartial opinion of the American
girl, one must apply rather to an En-
glish man than to an English woman,
for he is more on a level with her in
thought and more in touch with her in
idea. 1t no secret that the unpreju-
diced. educated Englishman is gen.
eral favorite with American women.
Ii he has a particle of discernment he
very soon discovers that American
freedom is by no means synonym for
license, and when he has fully assimi-
lated that idea he finds his relations
with the mice" American girl most
charming and cordial and fascinating.
But in the matter of propriety of be-
havior he discovers that she is mex
orable, and that, SO far from being
permitted more license of speech or
action. he in reality enjoys less.-Na-
tiOnal Review.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-08-16
FOR HoMELY WOMEN
Mirrors That VIII Mako Their Faces Loo
Handsome.

Mirrors That VIII Mako Their Faces Look
Handsome.
1T is true" said q dealer In mir.
rors, that none of us know exactly
what manner of men we are. The
mirror does not enable us to see our
outer selves as others see us. Only
the finest mirrors approach perfection
of surface. The best are MADE CT
plate glass. but if you happen to look
into a large mirror you discover that
the straight lines and right angles of a
room appear all awry. The reflection
most nearly true to the object reflected
is obtained perhaps from hand mir
ror made of plate glass or from a me-
taic mirror of moderate size.
Great pains are taken to insure a
true surface in plate glass, but few
mirrors long in use have surface in a
single plane. A slight defect distorts
the image. l have seen homely wom-
en- look almost handsome in a mirror
by reason of defect in the surface
that remedied bad feature 1t is not
difficult to sell such mirrors to ladies
who need aatterer near at hand.
Here is mirror that illustrates
what have said," continued the deal
er, taking down a circular glass in
closed in a stout frame, which was pro-
vided with a handle. The listener,
looking in. beheld an odd distortion of
his own features. One eye appeared
higher than the other, one cheek
bulged as if swollen with toothache
and the whole countenance was carica-
tured.
Look steadily for a minute" said
the dealer, and he began to turn the
mirror slowly. AS he did so the feat
ures reflected engaged in a sort of
Kaleidoscope dance. For no two Sec
onds was the face the same. While
this was going on the eyes of the gazer
felt as if they were being twisted out
Of their sockets. and before the mirror
had made full revolution the per.
Torrance had become very painful.
Feels odd, doesn't it?" said the
dealer Now, that mirror is a scien-
tiiic toy. Its surface is cast purposely
in several planes. One eye is reflected
in one plane, the other in a different
one, and the bullying cheek in still an
other. The pain to the eye was caused
by the effort to adjust the vision to the
constant change of plane presented by
the revolution of the mirror. IN. Y.
Graphic.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-08-16
FORTY MINUTES READING.
The Variety and Extent Of InformatioD
That May Bo Easily Gained.

The Variety and Extent of InformatioD
That May he Easily Gained.
The question of what and when to
read, and moro than all, how to read.
is most important to every one. There
are no exceptions to this among those
who are old enough to read any thing;
they must all read something if they
want to keep above ground with live
people; the question is one of choice.
The habit of reading is worth a great
deal; that of thoughtful reading is worth
more. By it one gains information.
discipline, power; and it is power we
are all struggling for. There are thou
sands of young men and women aim
lessly frittering away golden opportu-
mites. Some are doing it unconscious
ly, never realizing seriously the i'm
portance of thoughtful course of read
ing, and so their earlier years wasted,
they will find their later years poverty
stricken in mind and morals. Ones
earlier years are seedtime for harvests
of rich and precious enjoyment in the
autumn of life.
A writer in the Troy Times makes
a strong appeal to the thousands
of young men and women to take
up some judicious course of read
ing, and thus enlarge their sphere
of life, and the power and enjoyment
of living. He recommends the Chau-
tauqua course of reading as having been
tested over eight years. and says: TO
day there are over one hundred thou
sand persons scattered all over the
world pursuing this with profit and de-
light The school at Chautaudua Lake
is college in ones own house. 1t is
for busy people who left school years
ago. and who yet desire to pursue some
systematic course of instruction to keep
abreast of the rapid progress in all de-
partments of knowledge. It's for high
school and college graduates and for
people who never entered either; for
merchants, mechanics, appren-
tees, clerks farmer boys, shop
girls, mothers. busy house-keepers, for
people of leisure and wealth, who do
not know what to do with their time;
for poor people who struggle hard to
make ends meet; for everybody who
may have hunger of heart and mind for
something better than they now have.
The Chautauqua enterprise is a pro-
test against the idea that scholarship is
the monopoly of the professional
classes. Education is for every body
who hungers and has pluck. Chautau-
qua protests against the idea that youth
is TIE only time that al education can
be acquired. The lnan and woman Of
forty can get an education"
Nearly every one can so economic
time as to give forty minutes day on
an average to a systematic course of
reading Many one who pretends to
be busy person wastes more than that
amount daily. And many read that
much time and more, whose reading
does not count much because it is at
random without aim or direction. 1t
is not wise to spend time and strength
this way, it week.-mrs. rather than builds
up. Life is too important and serious
to fritter it away in aimless and in
different reading We need the help OF
the best minds and thoughts in all de-
partments of life and labor. Treasure
Trove.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-08-16
MOROCCO'S TREASURY,
1t Is Filled by Means of Exactions and
Authorized Theft.

1t Is Filled by Means of Exactions and
Authorized Theft.
The Moroccan soldier is not so much
man of war as collector of taxes.
and from time to time his master sends
him, without law or rule, to visit those
whom he finds either too rich, or rich
enough for him, the Sultan, to claim
his share of the prize. Rapine is the
only resource of the treasury. Each
Pasha levies his share on all the bar
gains concluded on his territory. This
state of affairs has, however, been i'm
proved since the Intervention of Eu-
ropeans in Morocco. But not so many
years ago, and in the second half OF
this century, the most horrible tortures
were inflicted both upon Mussulmen
and Jewish merchants in order to force
them to avow their fatal riches. Mr..
j. Drummond Hay, in the narrative of
his journey on the banks of the Leucos,
relates dreadful details: men shut up
in ovens. wedges driven in under their
nails, children smothered slowly before
the eyes of their parents, man shut
up in the cage of a chained lion whose
chain was long enough to enable him
to come within an inch of the victim.
who could not make the slightest move.
ment without being rent by the talons
OF the beast Doubtless the stories of Mr..
Drummond Hay are exaggerated
at the present day. and
perhaps they were when he
wrote. But this fact remains, in essen
tial points at least; the treasury is filled
by means of exactions and authorized
thefts; and every official conscience
may be bought. This is true from one
end of the social scale to the other.
When the merchant has tortured the
slave. and when the Pasha has rifled
the merchant, the Sultan employs SINH
lar means to relieve the Pasha of his
booty. Many a Pasha, after finally
getting rich. is betrayed by one of
those around him and denounced to the
Emperor as great capitalist. There
upon he is sent for to court, and the
good sovereign spoils him of every
thing. even to the last piece of money
that seeps in his Golfers or in his pock-
cts, even to the last fon, to the last
rhans. to the last terra-cotta vase which
is sold in the market-place. Then, a
second Job, the Pasha is sent back to
his subjects so that he may begin an
other period of oppression. If, how
ever. the Master has reason to suspect
that any portion of tie treasure has
been kept back or hidden, he has the
Pasha beaten, and then sends him to
'pend the rest of his days in the con-
templative shades of prison. -Benia,
min Constant in Harper's Magazine
-Parson.'Ncw. my little girl, can
you tell me what beautiful verse YOU
have learned to speak at the SUNDAY
school concerto" Little Elsie (who is
undergoing course of spring medi-
cine. reciting)-''And Jesus said:
Sulphur is good for little childrenr"
Lowell Citizen.
-Customer-"Here, waiter. I
ordered a bowl of half and half. This
isn't it." Waiter-'.Yes, sa1, dat's de
very ahticle" Customer-.What!
Gu you mean to tell me that is half
NIL: and half creamr' Waiter-"Oh,
no, sab; mcen half milk an half
watah. sab. "-A.,erics.- s
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-08-16

"A firm who recently sent out ire
miaders" of unpaid bills to certain OF
it's customers received in response to
one of them, to whom plenty of time''
had been granted. this touching APP
peal: you have been very good to
me. Please continue to be good, and I
will pay you SOON" So persuasive an
application for an extension of time
had its effect. and the members of the
firm voted. in executive session, to be
''good" a little while longer.-Sk
Adams Messen0aA
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-08-16
New Method for Melting Iron.

A German inventor proposes new
method of melting iron, the advan-
tages claimed for which are economy of
fuel, greater facility for making sharp,
strong castings, and purer descrip-
ton of metal. The cupola is supplied
with blast through two tuyeres, one
above the other, there being eighteen
in each set-the tuyeres being ports.
with the form of vertical slab, and
directly connected with a tuyere ring.
The special feature of the cupola is
that the bottom is slightly inverted
arch. pierced by two openings.
through which both blasts, or rather
imperfectly consumed gases of COM
bustion and the fluid, can flow. Be-
low is small chamber in which the
iron collects. 1t is heated by the
gases forced downward from the
cupola above, these being supplied
with the necessary air for combustion
by special tuyere leading to the
main pipe, the chamber at the same
time serving to preheat scrap, ETC.,
which need only TO be pushed into the
bath for dissolving tn. Y. Sun.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-08-16

What you leave at your death. let
1t be without controversy, else the,
lawyers will Se your heira-F. Os
DoPn
AT the New York water us exhibition
the picture of q red headed girl, by Mi8
NOVEL;, hangs on the wall, and near It ono
OF zogbaums cavalrymen on q white horsa
The lumber export from Ottawa, Canada,
70 the United States during January, Feb
tuary and March was valued at $306, 909, an
increase of q per cent. over thesame months
of 1887
The managers Of the Cincinnati expedition
nave obtained number Of gondolas from
venice, and propose to have them on exhibit
uon on small lake attached to the fair
grounds
woman's invention Is baby wagon for
.ne house, thoroughly padded, IN which the
uaoy cannot be hurt, even II It tips over. The
,"aeon can be turned into . cradle and u1ado
INTO swing
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-08-16
An Elegant Sufficiency.

Mrs. Slimdiet-Have some more of
the mackerel, Mr.. Boarderp
Mr.. Boarder-No, thank you; but
I'll take a bucket of water, If you
ploase.-N Y. Weekly.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-08-16

Many arts and sciences are more
easily acquired late in life than a good
manner. If people are to behave well.
they must be taught early SO to be.
have-a practice that demands unceas-
Ing sacrifice of minute personal Xix.
ing to the general pleasure and con.
venience. Once a Week.