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, 1889-09-21
. Georgia Postum. Orchard,

@ 81 80 : - 49,: -" NJ
A few miles west III: T. ifiH in the home
Of William, iThfock nLOflOn. Mr.. .Throck'
MOI ton ;is:the proprietor .Ut tie most unique
and rtmunerative fHrni tic Georgia. 1t ID
the slime Greek POSanm Farm" On the
very crest, of ~ well wooded hills - com.
Portable cottage surrounded by beautiful
shade les. Al the foot Of the hill in o
pretty branch running through the very
centre OfIa tep acre .perslm mon grove i'm
closed within q high board fence. The
perSimmOn trees are in~terspersed with, q
quantity OF old hollow trees and hollow
logs plantedsin the ground. 1t was in the
early afternoon when we arrived, and to
the nninitiated the farm appeared to be an
immense fruit orchard bearing an Oblopg
,whitish sort Of fruit hanging from the dead
.t limbs of ithel trees by . long black STEM
But appearances were deceptive. It was
not mutt, hut between seven and eight
hundred pOReums. taking their afternoon
siesta. The pOSsum. when desiring to
take q nap, simply climbs the most n
GIient' tree, walkA out on q limb, wraps mis-
tail one and . half times around, amd
swings his body out into spaca His
legs and feet are drawn clOH% in to his body
and his head drawn mp between his
shoulders until it forms IN almost per.
feet ball, aud appears to he u great pear
covered with WINE TUT. Inc sun was
slowly setting below the distant pine
mountains and we were Still gazing at the
queer objects in amused wonder when q
half dozen little posSNms emerged from
the pocket OF their mother, ran up her tail
and commenced playing on the limb above.
In a few minutes thir marSupiai stretched
her head and ben htr tUi eject ont. She
swung herself once "E ~ ice, grabbed
her tail with her lOrppAWs and climbed up
it to the limb, which she caught with her
claws, nntEiHsed her tail aud pulled it up.
Hardly had she balanced h.TSelt when the
half dozen Young ones climbed into her.
pocket and were hiA from, view. She then
elm bed down the tree. While this Was
gOingOn, more than 200 others had awaken.
ed and were coming down from the trees.
Reaching the ground, each one made
for the Greek, drank and then ran
up the hill to y pen in which they
? were tn las fed. They were all sizes. Some
would barely weigh n halt, pound. while
others wOuld tip the scales at thirty. The
pOSsnm, when hungry. utterS \ sound
which is II cross between "a new and -
moan, over TOO pOAaumS were together no
thick that the ground could not be'seem
between them, and the small ONES. had
been forced upon the backs of the larger.
All were utteTing this peculiar sound
AtGldMtG Constitution
, 1889-09-21

From the Dagblad We learn that the
former governor of these islands. Chamber
lain j. A. Garde, has been appointed Of
the government to represent Denmas l'
the International Marine Conference which
is to be held in Washington OH the 10TH
October this year. The other delegate 10
the chief of the Registration Bureau in
Copenhage MI. a. w. Schneider.-lbSd.
, 1889-09-21
CHRTSTIANsTED
cemeteries.

September 18th-Per sloop George for
TortOla-Mr. George Gorden.
September 19th.-Per schr Vtgitdnt from
ST.. ThomaS-Mr. Mac Donald, Mr.. A
Andersen. b -
Septembe or 2Oth.-Per schr Vigilcnt for
st. Thomas-Hjss 3. Cruise, Brother Gle
ment, A gust Christensen, A. J.: Kdntz. &
The public examinations of the Country
Schools took place on the days advertised,
with, the exception iOf that Of4a PFiDcesse
School, which was fixed to take place on,
he 4th inst, but had~tO be4pOstp0ned on
ccount of the rough state OF the weather,
nd was held on the 18th. All the exami.
litioBs she we'd that fair progress was be-
INF made. DISCRIMINATION in arithmetic
shwed as usual, want of power to make
use If the rules taught, q serious defect,
which it appears to be very difficult to re-
med rs a ~ =
TIN parents of the children attended in
considerable numbers; but other visitors
were INV. His Excellency the Governor
was present, at two of the examinations
and his Honor the Chief Justice at one.
A few Of the clergy and Of the teachers
were also hrsS6lt at soms\of the eSaMina:'2
tiOnS.!N st.EH -. "
We haResbeen favoured with the follow.
.1iRgin regard to Miss HopE'S concert ON
i Wednesday evening
Miss DAISY HoPE's. concert lcame off,
ca advertised. last evening to the gratiAca-
ton, of her friends and lovers Of music.
Miss: Hope. was ably > assisted BY DR..
KALMER in Instrumental musiG which.
coupled with some singing, caused"the eve
ming 10 pass BY very pleasantly.
, 1889-09-21
SIC 10

The sssilipg boat beraigihe to Mr.
Colbeeig, which. was thought to Have been
lost during our recent storm, had to run
into one Of the bays at CuIebrs for safety:
She has been bilged. The crew arrived
here q couple of days agO.-Hghtbo"T"s
Mail Notes.
, 1889-09-21
DEATHS. =. !:
registered Of persons
buried. i'm the public

Registered of persons
buried i'm the public ~,
cemeteries. ~
August CHRlsTIANsTED.
5--Invalid, Rebecca LaVeare, Of this
town, aged 46 years.
1O-Richard Adolph Benjamin, Of this
town, aged l year and 10 months.
.11-Mrs. Mary Eliza Oversen, born Hope,
aged SO years. .
14-Afrs. Elizabeth Gilbert, born Williams,
of this town, aged IS years:
1G-Pauper. Miss Sarah OBryan, of this
town, aged 70 years.
"-Wheelwright, i-Andreas Williams, of
this town, aged: So. years.
"-Saddler, Isaac Thomas, of this, town,
aged 40 years. -. =. f.: ".:Y -.
I7-lnyalid, Alfred Joseph, OF. the Sick
q InstitHtionQ&t Richmond, aged 80 years.
:. Invalid, EHO6k Edward. ofHlGe lima
~ tic Asylum tat acknowledged Ga years.
Sarah MoOrhead, Il o this TOWN. aged
r-v'"8 days. fE"." s,.E =" $500, 80
18-Jamea Tut, of this Town, aged.l day.
19--Pauper, Ann Elixa>JacOb, of this town
= aged 81 years @
20-Pauper, Judith Smith, of this Town,
aged So years. . :
22-No. 14O, Frederik Ferdinand Sundby
Private of the 1st. Company Infantry,
aged 81 years.
"Invalid, Henry HendeEiksen, of Peters
Farm Hospital, aged go years.
24-Pauper, Ann Martha PouliS, of this
~ Town, aged 20 years. g
73l-Tnvalid, Peter james, of the Lunatic
Asylum TAT RichmOndl aged % years.
August. .FREDEREKsTED
1-Child, James Henry, of Est. Hope
aged 8 months.
3-Ohild, Hubert FRANKLIN, of this. town
aged u year.
Clerk of the Lutheran Church etc,
aged 80 years. A m.
8-Invalid, Sylisia BROKER of Christian.
tiansted, aged 50 years.
9-JOhn William, of Friedensberg, aged
1O-Child, Alexander E. PQwlis, of this
town, aged 6 months.
12-Revd. p. Dolan, of Ireland, Minister
J ""' of the Roman Catholic Church st.
Patricks, aged 81 years. ...so <a.
T3-Invalid, Sarah Buntain, of this Town,
aged 80 wears. ~
16-Ohild, James Lucas, of Est. Annually,
aged 8 years. ~ i.
2l-C6ild, Reginald Creagh, of this Town,
aged 8 years and 8 months.
Invalid, Henry Petersen of Est.
Good Hope, aged 70 years. .E,ax
22-Child, Herbert Thomas, of this TOwr,
aged II year. ~.
T-Lewis Emanuel Ludvig, oe,this Town,
-. aged Is years. 80 " ....| So:
a9-CAild, Lawrence Samuel Of this Town,
? ; aged ~ days. 80 Il. .stse&
Invalid, Thomas Henry, of this Town..
aged 20 years. gH>t Nff% .
William Brown, of Est. Negro Bay
20. aged 80 years. ~
The Opelousas courier., 1889-02-23
their purchasing in the various stores.

their purchasing in the various stores.
Neither do the cigar-makers inter-
mingle with the sailors, except under
similar circumstances. They each
seem to have their W particular
pride for their own profession.
But there is only n place of union
among them all, and that is concerning
their spiritual welfare. The China
men have no national beliefs or re-
ligion in the sense of Christianity ex.
cept their form of worshiping, the
burning of the incense, joss-sticks and
paper-prayers, etc. They have a
temple wherein are the images OF
some ancient noble characters to whom
they bow their heads and say their
prayers and ask that their petitions be
handed as quickly as possible over to
the n Great Being, 'Shing," living
somewhere in the great blue ethereal
sky. For this 'tJoss,n Or the images,
they get up roasted pigs, chickens and
sweet-meats as his commission; but
Joss, like all distinguished men OF
Asia, simply acknowledges these tender
tokens of gratitude by an expression
less silence; then the attendants and
devotees in turn swallow the liberal
sacriices.-Wong Chin Fo, in Chau-
tauquan.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-02-23
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AN AID TO MEMORY.
Prof. Lamoroux and the Rulers of England
I'm RHYME @

Prof. Lamoroux and the Rulers of England
i'm Rhyme
Prof. Wendell Lamoroux, of Union
College, son of the late Judge Lamo-
roux, of Albany, is constantly doing
kindly things which have the merit
of usefulness. Several years ago he
-rearranged the well-known lines that
give the rulersyof England, from Will
lam the Conqueror down to Victoria
The arrangement is simple, the.lines
being easily committedsto memory by
observing that each century Except
the seventeenth, which has two hnes),
Is represented by a line, and hat an
upright dash in the line indicates the
middle of the century as nearly as may
be. For the benefit OF u readers, es-
pecially our younger mes, who are
studying English history, we reprint
Prof. Lamoroux's arrangement, with
his explanatory notes. Prot. Lamo-
roux deserves the thanks OF all stu
dents for thus making English history
easy:
11th. First, William the Norman and William
his son,
18th. Henry, stephen and Henry. with Rich
ard, come on.
18Th. John and Henry the 80 ana ISL Eo"aro
,4tb. ID Ia Ed ward, I'd Edward an Richard
again; 49,
18Th. Then 8 Hen rvs, 2 Edwards, Dick, Henry
guess,
| 10th. sth Henry, 6th Edward, Qaeen MARY
NEXT do Jamie, Charles, Cromwell
nth. James The The ID; good William and Mary
,e.n r4,t,, Anne ana 3 Georg es retired from
the scene, - az.
10th. with 9Th George and 4th Wiiiiam' VIC
10 riass Queen
Each line presents exclusively the
record of the century whose mum Der Is
before tia couplet, however, being
given to the 18th.
The upright dash In the ilne nlarns
the middle Of the century. When Oh,
v;din0 one name, it shows the King OF
Kings Of that name to have reigneo ID
both halves of the century.
n the fifth line Richard Ill. tne
,snrper and murderer, is nlck-nameo
thns. not more for rhyme than reason
Tn the seventh line, James LIST Il
aallaa thus, to indicate his Scotch DE
scent M.r,
ara mentioned .as one" because DoSf
were called to reign jointiy.-Ai0ah'
Ta,ruaI
The Opelousas courier., 1889-02-23
EARLY ENGLISH MELODY.
The Kind Of Songs Sung in the HalcyoE
Days of Minstrelsy.

The Kind of Songs Sung in the Halcyon
Days OF Minstrelsy.
The earliest specimens Of English
National melody we believe to be found
Ii, the now well-known madrigal
:, INNER is a coming ill.," which dates
al tut 1850. One of its earliest ar
ra.e, gements was as a six-part song for
me-, but it is now generally accepted
tina this was formed on an origina2
natl nal song, selected according to
the custom of the time as a basis for
harms n.y." Its character is purely
past4esdI suggestive of shepherds
pipe IS Il birds notes, that there is a
verys whglish ring about the music
must bs' allowed; as melc1y, however.
which is1eed ispnly to be expected, it
bears ess comparison with those of
more lna ut date, and is principally
INTEREST," $ being the earliest specl-
men alta gable of English Ma
tional musi>s It is not within our
province to deal with the harpers and
MINISTRIES who preceded and followed
the time of "Ssstpmer is a coming in"
Their songs, pn1oubt, held a national
position, intefhieing the people and
being sung by them; but little of their
art has come down to us, and the es-
Enlistment of printing in England
was the signal for their decadence.
People ceased to care to listen to their
long yarns when they could buy the
little printed collections of songs called
''Garlands" for themselves. Suffice it
to say that in those early days the posi-
ton of minstrel was a very prominent
and important one; no treat house was
without its minstrel ba d, whose pay
ment was far in advanceo that of the
ordinary clergy. In we fourteenth
? century music seems to 1ave been al
most as general as it is a present; the
instruments used wereRthe sharp,
psaltery, rebec, fdd;,tI bagpipe,
fdAte, trumpet. r%ote,HsF and git
tern" Abundant passages can be
found in the works of Chaucer (from
which both Burney and Chappell have
largely drawn), showing that all his
most important characters were cred
tied with some skill in music, and thus
testifying to the fashion of the day.
The minstrel's dress, we are told in a
later account, was a long gown of
Kendall green; latter three lowly
courtesies he cleared his voice with a
hem-wiped his lips With the hollow of
his hand, tempered a string or two
with his wrist, and. after a little
warbling on his harp for prelude, came
forth with a solemn song" We also
know that the minstrels ''hourished ex-
4 ceedingly.n indeed. too much SO; for
to ward the end of E~lizabeth's reign,
when their decline was already far ad-
vanced, SO many dishonest persons had
adopted the calling that an act OF Par
lament was obliged to be passed de-
Gliding that minstrels wandering abroad
.'were rogues, v~agabonds and sturdy
beggars, to be punished IS such."-
Murray's Magazine.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-02-23
JOHN I'M AMERICA.

interesting Facts About the Chinese Fur
nished by a Chinaman.
Of these hundred and sixty thousand
Chinese there are probably ten thou
sand of them merchants, principally
dealing in Chinese produce, as the
Chinese civilization and peculiarities
are just the opposite from that OF the
Caucasian, so is the manner OF their
food-making. Instead of enjoying the
sayory-fattened young ducks OF Chris
tendon, they will import into this
country dried ducks feet stuffed with
chicken liver, wrapped with their pre-
pared entrails; oysters dried hard as
stone; shad in oil; pork in sugar; old
eggs of ducks, born almost at the time
of Confucius; dried cabbage; sailed
turnips, and hundreds of other things
which are almost unheard OF by the
enterprising American gastronomer.
These imported articles, on aceleant OF
the enormous3 duties and freight
charges for such q long distance, are
sold here at ten times tftir usual home
prices; and yet the heathens are never
happy without them upon their bill OF
fare.
Ouite a number of the thousand or
more Chinese firms of San Francisco
as well as New York export from the
limited States petroleum, cotton sheet
| ings, tweeds, flannel, ginseng root, and
MANY other marketble goods to China:
and six of these firms in San francisco
are reputed several times millionaires'
and two. Messrs. We Kee and Mai Lee
| Wah, of New York, r reported to be
worth nearly a qaarter OF a million
| each, and they started in business here
less than eight years ago.
The only manufacturing so far tina
has been engaged in by Chinese witt
Chinese capital has been shoes ant
| cigars; the former article only in Sar
Francisco, generally upon o small
seale, while cigar manufacturing EN-
pleys larger capital. The cigar-maker'
among the Chinese r estimated to b
aiehr thousand. Most of them are il
San Francisco; there are nearly on
hundred III New York actively employ
al under Chinese capital; and almos
one hundred more in New Orleans. O
/ chinese sailors and cooks there ar
nearly three hundred and fifty In Me-
York. one hundred In Boston, and
de,zen or 40 sail from other ports
Although the Chinese are very clan
aaish and try to ~congregate as much to
gether as they possibly can, those 9
different vocations live apart. In
sailors and cooks form a distinct OF
c-anization and seldom interminRl
With the laundrymen. except durin
The Opelousas courier., 1889-02-23
B. r. R.-Convincing ProofA-B. B. b.

B. Il. B.-Convincing ProofA-B. B. b.
In many instances it has been proven that
B. B. B. BOTANIC Blood Balm), made by
Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, Ga, will cure
blood poison in its worse phases, even when
all other treatment fails.
A. P. Brunson, Atlanta, Ga, writes: 81
had a running ulcers on one leg and 9 on
tie other, and felt greatly prostrated: be
live / actually swallowed a barrel OF medl-
cine, in vain efforts to cure. the disease.
With little hope I finally acted on the urgent
advice of a friend, and got a bottle of B. B.
B. Experienced a change. and my despond-
n was somewhat dispelled. kept using
it until 1 had taken sixteen bottles, and all
the ulcers, rheumatism and all other horrors
of blood poison nave disappeared, and at last
1 am sound and well again, after an expert
ence of twenty years of torture. 'at
ROY Ward, Maxey, Ca, wrieS: "My
diseai e. Vas pronounced a tertiarJ.form OF
blood Sn.eSon. My face, head and shoulders
were atteSss Of corruption, and fn,2lly the
diseasety ,gan eating my skull bones. My
bones acsrRd; my kidneys were deranged, J
lost flesEiAnd strength, and life BECAME q
burden. beEl said I must surely, die, but
neyerth. b. when l had used tee bottles OF
Of scars { now be seen on me. aveno
been welIHtnTTer twelve months"
The Opelousas courier., 1889-02-23

Asphalt paving in the United
States has been condemned mainly on
account of imperfect construction. 1t
is the best pavement known, when
laid with a proper foundation, and one
OF the worst pavements when laid on a
faulty underpinning. For a street on
which there is a heavy traffic there
should be a bed of broken stone and
concrete of a depth Of twelve inches,
properly compacted, on which the
asphalt surface is spread. Such a
road IL almost indestructible. -Phila-
delphia Record.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-02-23

plies ones experience in human live
ne meets at distant intervals a tenn
permanent so lovely in the warmth of
its sunshine, the brightness of its beau
~, the sweetness of its inhalations, the
purity OF its labyrinths, and the tan
~saiization OF its mysteries, that to yield
Is as natural as for. the plummet to seek
me bottom of the sea Who shall define
tne magic OF q touch, the secret of a
tone, the enchantment of a look. the
mesmerism of a caress? Nay, who shall
explain the sorcery of a presence, the
Wltchel- of an influence? Shakespeare
says
40 keep an adjunct to remember thee
Were to import forgetfulness in me
a beautiful exaggeration which only q
poets heart could invent. Yet who
that b ever loved does not keep an
adjunct" does not cherish a portrait,
a handkerchief, a tress, a flower. any
thing In which is blent the aroma of a
personality passionately loved, ire
vocably vanished?
There is a good deal of unvoiced suf-
fering in life-the suffering that is due
simply to dispeled ideas. It is shallow
TO hold that such suffering is morbid
and easily remedied. Sorrow of this
KIND is morbid only when it is so self
encouraged as to paralyze action.
Whatever remedy exists Is found
In the line of constant effort
in healthy directions. Unfort-
innate are they who, Unable to make
effort themselves, have NO one to
arouse them. Sympathy acts merely
as a sedative If given in too large a
dose. There comes a time when change
of medicine is necessary. Tie platitu-
dinous author of s.Proverbial Philoso-
ply" never said any thing falser in its
meaning than ''If the love of the heart
be blighted it bloometh not again"
The same love, of course, does not
bloom again, any than the flower
reblooms that is trampled in the mud.
But a fairer flower may burst its petals
and a sweeteg love evolve to speech
through passionate silences.
1t seems cold and hard to turn from
precious possibilities like this and
maintain that ambition, to say nothing
of the russet-gowned virtue, duty, may
occupy the energies which for
merly thrilled to more palpi-
tant vibrations. Yet ambition is
practically a good substitute
for love, when faithlessness of lover OF
sweetheart has left the feelings arid
but y%earning. Duty is a better substi'
tute still; but ali! one must fall in love
with duty in order to do ones duty
with content. Such love is passion,
less. Duty is kissless and caressless
Our hands, our lips, our hearts do moi
thrill beneath her touch, unless, in.
deed, she holds a martyrs crown be
fore us and we reach to it through
fame. Still, let us take kindly to thi:
sad-suited duty, who generally wears
no garb but holden gray. If we Cal
take toher kindly and make of her
lifelong frien1l. she will reassure the
heart which feels that it is breaking
and give it a foretaste of happiness
perhaps when it shall really break Q
Iaef -Homa .Journal.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-02-23
Refurnishing a Small Parlor.

Stain your floor a dark walnut and
get a rug of mixed coIors OF whatever
material you can afford. Those OF
American make initiating Persian rugs
are good. and will not cost more than,
If as much as, a Brussels carpet. Paper
the walls with a medium shade of olive
green, with small pattern OF a darker
shade of the same color. This will
harmonic with the woodwork. Your
walls are too low for a frieze, but you
might have a simple border of alighter
color than the field. In your windows
have sash curtains of India or Persian
silk of O soft shade of yellow and long
curtains of Madras muslin with a very
light o-live-greenish tone. Your r
shelf may be ebonized as you suggest,
with the addition of a curtain OF Per-
sian silk running on a narrow brass
rod, cmatching the sash curtains. A
Turcoman striped portiere would do
very well If ~iudiciously selected. Try
and get n with olive ground and
stripes of deep blue, red. old gold and
white, with perhaps a thread of gold
running through. Throw an afghan
OF harmonizing colors over your un-
slightly sofa. if you can not make up
YOUR mind to remove it from the room.
| Cover the rush-bottomed armchair
with the rich dark stuff resembling Old
tapestry which in quaint de-
! signs; this is better than the spun silk
you suggested. Cover the small chair
with 'told gold' plush and ebonize the
frame. Do not think of such q thing
as painting your ''ginger-iar.n Leave
it as it is. Put a few peacock feathers
in 1t, and stand it on your corner-shelf.
Art Amateur.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-02-23
Talent Promptly Recognized

R&.@.A - 90
..Mr. Hosslekus, " said the editor-ln.
chief. II was d good deal amused q
vour reference this morning 70 ~,
beastly contemporary as an edisoriai
chimpanzee.'" 81 .sred
rs that the way II appearedgp asKeo
-. auhordinate, chagrined Swrose
= editorial charlatan.' Some 100
composition has taken Liberties WIN m'
copy" -. aa;tor-in.
,..s . faw hours later, TO the Tnanag
;nc editor, .syou may tell slug : 9
80 awsroo 10 occupy the edltoraa
Sesk Of Mr.. Hosslekus hereafter. Mr
Hosslskus win go back 70 the news
~oo,n n--Chicago Tribune
The Opelousas courier., 1889-02-23
SUN SHADOWS.

r,.eu,ily fall the shadows,
eI,srEly the clouds come down;
e.srhanring all, like o somber PAIL
80 valley, bridge and town.
n.,y 4 moment it fingers,
Eagsd with 9 living light,
rSsn floating away to the mountains gray,
= Ioses itself from sight.
a. Il IA are our sorrows,
u 10 us Is our pain;
.sosnsuts of care laden the air
ard tear-drops fall as rain.
g hangs the cloud OF trouble
ynw signs the weary heart;
nj soon glad CLEANS Of sun-bright beams
rhov where the storm-clouds part!
:. seems so hard to remember,
Wban rain-clouds drearily lower,
~ shere's always shining a golden lining
as brightly as ever beforel
and when our grief is saddest
INA anguish darkens the air,
wra oniy would know that no shadow OF wot
nsald be save the light were there!
Eva Best, in Detroit Free Press.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-02-23

WHEN you feel yourself gradually break
ing down don't wait until you have taken to
your bed. While you are still able to be up
Isd about fight the grim monster disease by
TIE use of proper restoratives. The best
remedy for malaria, indigestion, weak kid
e constant fatigue, fits of dizziness, short
breath and other complications of a disor-
dered system is Browns Iron Bitters. Its
magic influence in conquering diseases Of
an exhaustive nature is most astonishing.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-02-23

~lnfndora's Box of Evils
Never contgor,n ned a worse one than malaria.
Extirpate ieaESvhen it first shows its hydra
head. If yea don't, it will wind it's sinuous
length abou:kyou, and, perhaps, in the end
crush you. ~[ostetter's Stomach Bitters an
initiates antsprevents it. So 1t does dyspep-
sia,s eonstipanhn, liver complaint, kidney all
cannot selecllt tompter tonic and Alternative.