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The Opelousas courier., 1890-11-22
/ Singular Custom in q Saxon village.

a OuSbUIA III " 6uAOW tAAA0SCs
Little Kotzschenbroda. a village near
Dresden, well known to many young
Americans through its excellent private
school, can boast Of a singular old time
custom. During the thirty years war,
he Elector, John George L, spent much
If his time at the famous Electoral vino
fard of Hoaossnitz, he being more fond
If bibbing than pleased his c~onsort, who
however dared not repr0ach him with it.
One day she prevailed upon the pastor
of the Kotzschenbroda church, where the
Electoral couple worshiped, to preach q
sermon on the dire consequences of glut-
tony andintemperance, which sermon the
venerable divine closed with the words:
Our gracious master is also o hard
drinker, but he can afford it, and he
seems to be none the worst for il, Amenls
After the service the pastor was invited
to dinner-an invitation which rather
disturbed the good, old q But it
was not until near the close Of the dinner
that the Elector turned to him, and said:
my worthy pastor, you have been pretty
bold to-day in firing q good round shot
1T my hide Whereupon the divine,
summoning all bis courage, boldly re-
Piled: 81 should be sorry, Your Grace,
fit only hit tho hide-EI wanted it to go
right to the heart fYou are an honest
servant Of the Lord" said the Elector-
"would all the divines in my country
were like you'll Now ask me some favor,
and IL shall be granted This our pas
tor hcsitated to do, but the Elector went
right on and said: From this day for
ward you and your successors IN Office
shall annually be served just fortg-nine
and threc-quarter gallons Of wine from
my cellar, since fifty gallons might be
too much. Anssthis princely promise
is kept to the present day.-Paras 4naefs-
Mn Regfsser.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-11-22
Nen Way to AddEsss Envelopes.

II is said that certa | people who write
letters Of affection pr sentiment have
adopted 4 method Of addressing envelopes
that will be i complete preventive ct the
aTs Of having letters opened by people
who hare no right to read the misslves.
III III To address the envelopes Oh the sealed
ide. Il write across the flap in such way
IS TO prevent the possibility of anyone
steaining open the letter without destroy.
ing the continuity Of the lines in the pen.
manship, and thus making evident the
fact of tue tampering. just how this
win please the postal clerks 4 be
imagined only BY those who know the
p~aroxysras into which they are thrown By
the endeavors Of siIlnpeople to carry out
the postage stamp Irritation. They've
got ID mark the stamp, and any deviation
IN It's position from the ordinary corner
makes them hot, DISSATISFACTION.
%%fN
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SELECT SETTINGS.

The sweet orange was first brought
from China to Europe by the Portuguese
in the year 1547.
Arkansas is the only State in the Union
which Furnishes by death the male partic-
ipant in a forced marriage.
Eight horses and three calves were
killed in one night recently neal Ban
ming, Cal, by mountain lions.
A Kansas City family consists OF six
brothers, whose names are as follows:
Jack Frost, Winter Frost, White Frost,
Cold Frost, Early Frost and Snow Frost.
At Sonora, Cal, there was seen recent
Nv the novel spectacle of a rose bush
loaded down with snow and ice bearing
at the same time a red rose in full bloom.
The feat of lowering a house intact
from an undesirable location on a hill,
fifty feet high, to the street, was accom-
pIished in San Francisco lately, the cost
being $500.
The landlord of a public house at
Birmingham, England, has a canary bird
chat can speak several words distinctly,
having learned them from a parrot with
which it had been brought up.
Poultry ~fanciers will be interested to
learn that a breeding pen of eight white
Langshan fowls arrived at New York re-
gently from London on steamship. The
eggs Of such fowls are scarce at 81
apiece.
Only six men in the country shoot
wells. the work consists in exploding
d cartridge at the bottom of a gas or oil
well to increase its flow. Ten years ago
100 were employed, but they have been
blown to pieces.
A dog belonging to Harvey Skean, of
Pottstown, Penn, pays regular visits, al
most daily, to the graves of the three
little children of his owner, inferred at
Pottstown Cemetery, and scratches upon
the graves. He and the children were
playmates.
White County, Ark, claims the cham
pion big girl. Her name is Nellie Arilda
Malone. She was nine years old the 14th
of last August, and now weighs $50
pounds. Her father is dead, but she has
two sisters and a brother, all younger
than herself.
The last Sultan of Turkey was accus-
toned to shut himself up in a secret
room of his palace and there gloat over
his treasures. Plunging his arms in a
heap of gold dust and letting it slip
through his fingers seemed to give him
more satisfaction than gazing on his pile
of jewels.
A child has been born in Taos, New
Mexico, without ears, and with a per-
fectly shaped leg growing out of its
back, Just below the shoulder blades.
TIE doctors say it may live for years,
and the people in the locality are busy
praying that no evil may come to them
with the appearance of such a prodigy
among them.
In the stomach of a cow which was
butchered at Washington Court House,
Ohio, the following articles were found:
Several nails, two and three inches long;
screws, brass nails, carpet tacks and a
number of small stones. There was fully
d quart of these articles in the animals
stomach. The COW was apparently In
good health before being butchered.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-11-22

aPapa, will you please give me hfty cents
for my spring hat? Most all the Academy
girls have theirs
mo, May; I can't spare the money!
The above request Was persuasively made
by q sixteen.Year-old maiden as she was
preparing for school one fine spring morn
ing. The refusal came from the parent in Q
curt, Indifferent tone. The disappointed girl
went to school. The father started for his
place of business. On his way thither he
met a friend, and, being hail fellow well met,
be invited him into Macs for o drink. As
usual. there were others there, and the man
that could not spare his daughter fifty cents
for a hat treated the crowd
When about to leave no laid . half-dollar
on the counter, which just paid for the
drinks.
Just then the saloon keepers daughter
entered, and, going behind the bar, said:
ssPapa, ] want fifty cents for my spring
hat.h
s.AIl right >, said the dealer. And taking
up the half-dollar from the counter, he
banded it over to the girl, who departed
smiling.
MAYS father seemed dazed, walked out
alone. and sRid to himself: Il hadto bring
nv fifty cents here for the rumseller's
daughter to buy q hat with, after refusing it
TO my own daughter. I'll never drink an
other Drop
And he kept his pledge.-Our Young
People.
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The Bill Was Paid.

Dr.. McLane, of the College of Physl-
clans and Surgeons, carries beneath his
professional dignity an inexhautible store
# wit, humor and anecdote. In q par.
lor, one evening this week, the CONVEX
sation CHANGED to fall upon DR.. Willard
Parker, and he told the following story:
"When DR.. Parker was just beginning
his famous career he was sent for by q
rich but avarlcious man, who had dislo-
Gated his jaw. The young surgeon
promptly put the member IN place.
. what is your bill, doctora' asked
the patient.
Fifty dollars, SIR
nsGreat heayensr And the maj
opened his mouth SO wide as to dislocate
Els Jaw a second time. DR.. Parker again
put things to rights.
" tWnat did you say your bill VAST
agaia asked the patient.
g Il said it was fifty dollars; now it Is
one hundred
"rhe man grumbled, but paid it,
len Y0rk Star.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-11-22

Thousands of women owe their fresh,
blooming -countenances to the restorative
effects Of Dr.. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip-
ton. It is a positive cure for the most
complicated and obstinate cases of leucor-
rhea, excessive flowing, painful menstrual
ton, unnatural suppressions, prolapslls, or
falling of the womb, weak back, "female
Weakness anteversion, retroversion, bear
ing-down sensations, chronic congestion, in
fanmation and liberation of the womb,
Inflammation, pain and tenderness In ova-
ries, accompanied with " internal heat"
As a regulator and promoter of func-
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tional action, at that critical period of
change from girlhood to ~womanhood, "Fa-
vorite Prescription is a perfectly safe re-
medal agent, and can produce only good
results. It is equally effcacious and valua-
BILE in its effects when taken for those disor-
ders and arrangements incident to that later
and most critical period, known as 1.-THE
Change of Life.n
For a Book (160 pages) on Woman Her
Diseases and their S~elf-cure, (sent sealed in
plain enyelope,) enclose ten cents, in stamps,
to WORLDS DIsPENSARY MEDICAL AsSo-
CITATION, 663 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-11-22

The King of Siam is about to send FIVE
Siamese boys TO the United States to be
educated at his own expense. The boys
are to be placed in charge Of an Ameri-
can missionary, and win probably be
sent to school In Pennsylvania.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-11-22
A Russian ~sigh-Siberia.
.tEnir rI0Y'

is all that is asked for Dr.. P.erce's Golden
Ma5ical Discovery, when taken Tor catarrn
IN the head. or bronchial or thr, at affections,
or Inog sciofuia commonly known as con-
sumption ii the lungs if taken in time, and
e;ven affair trial, it Will cure or the money
Snaid for it will be refunded. 1t is the only
n,tnrGnteed cure.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-11-22
March April Nav

Are the ecst months in which TO purify your blood.
for at no other season does the system SO much need
The aid Of d reliable medicine like Hoods Sarsa-
pariila, as now. Curing the long, eold winter, the
blood becomes thin and impure, the body becomes
weak and tired, the appetite may % lost. HOODS
sarsaparilla is peculiarly adapted to purify ana en-
rich tle blood. to create a good appetite and to over
no,.a fhaf fsyad fpaTfrg
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The man who iy RIGHTS seldom left.

Cleanse the liver, stomach, bowels and
whole system by usins DR.. Plerces Pellets.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-11-22

According TO a receL5 calculation,
there are 5000 Government employees
in the United States.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-11-22

They have stood the test of time-'Tan.
siil's Punch" Americas finest SC. Cigar.
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T take or not to tax il, is the question
Whether is behr to end tse earthly career
A spmter- Drawing thes miles of those who would fnAsr
That lack of lovers caused my loney State
Or tke the remedies my sisters take,
And see m eyes grow bright as tho' L pahed
In the immortal fount De Leon sought
In vain in F1ordas peaceful shades
/ 1T have heard my marmd sister say
Thatg good I'D Dr. Pnrces Favorte Prescription
Would bng back cort to a fadedc cheek
Restore the health of one who fn would die
To rid herself If Ill the pain she feels"
The aforesaid spiter took the remedy and forthwith took a husband also,
regained her health and blooming beauty +
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"A storm moves So miles per hour

A. man Likes to have goed neighkors whe
he must love his neighbor as himself.
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DR.. Pierces Pellets regulate and cleanse the liver,
stomach and bowels. One a dose. Sold by druggists.

.~ssagsNs~. n prescribe and fuliy a.,
%%SIS%SAAA dorsa Big q as the only
aksaS5~ Gu?est Ia %SAA specific for The certain cnIs
1922 TO ) DAVE. q Of this disease.
GIsESrasansasd 40. To "a 6. H.INGRAHAM, N. In
3Ssg 4sasa asIic.asa. Amsterdam, II. +.
ssA yrs Gu, 81 tie We have sold Big q tel
IN sx.s >. many years, ana H. hAs
GG4sSEFssk eoeIA@~ y. given the best OF sEtl5
AA GeacisnaS,R s3 faction.
SG4A SYsi.. lA D.. DYCHT& {.
Ss%sa ~ Chict.go, Ill
s-.as ssSgysssSsS a.ra Y St.oG. Sold By Druggists
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s;rpert# as oickins tocks-wig makers.
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Watch for "Murray" Buggy adv. mex week.
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his lingering. My brother, you give nine
tenths Of your life TO sin and Satan and then
get converted and then rest awhile In sancti-
fed laziness and then go up to get your heav-
enly reward. ana I warrant it will not take
the cashier of the royal banking house
q great while to count u to you all
your dues. He will not ask you whether you
win have it in bills of large denomination or
small. I would like to put n sentence Of
my sermon in italics, inc have It under
scored, and three exclamation points at the
end OF the sentence, and that sentences is
This. AS we cannot live our lives over again,
the nearest we can come to atone for the past
Is by rsdoubled holiness and Industry in the
IL this ran train OF life has been detained
and switched off and is far behind the time
table. the engineer for the rest OF the way
must nut on more pressure of steam nj go
q mile a minute in order to arrive at the
right time and place under the approval OF
conductor and directors.
AS supposed it would be, there are multi
tudes Of young people listening to this sermon
on whom this subject has acted with the
force OF q g~alvanic battery. without my
sayinga word to them, they have soliloquized,
saving: ssAs one cannot live his life over
again, and I can make only one trip, / must
look out and make no mistakes; ! have bu
one chance and / must make the most OF it. 2
NV young friends / am glad you
made this application OF Ghs ser
mon yourself. When g MN
lister toward the close OF his sermon says;
IuNow 8 few words by way of application. =
people begin to look around for their hats
and get their arm through one sleeve OF their
overcoats, and the serrnonic application Is g
failure. am glad you have made yolT own
application and that you are resolved. ike 9
Quaker of whom / read years ago who, u
sifbstance. said: 81 shall be along
This nath az life but once and so ] must dc
ali the kindness I can and all the good ] can
Nv hearers. the mistakes Of youth can never
be corrected. Tins gone is zone forever,
An opportunity passed the t~hcusandth parl
of d second las by leap reached tne
| other eide Of d great eternity. In the
autumn when the birds migrate you look uE
| and sec the sky black with wings and ths
, fiocks stretching ont into many Leagues n
air. and 30 to-day ! lock up and seA tWk
laras wines in full swesD. They ar.
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A TRUE STORY.

aEPapa, will you please give me afty cents
for my spring hat? Most all the Academy
girls have theirs
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1890-05-23
HE DESERVES IT.

e. w. Webb Is a candidate on the demo-
cratic ticket for reelection to the Office Of
state treasurer. He Is pioueer; an old
resident of Eastern Oregon, and citizen of
Umatilla county, where he has many
friends and admirers. "Uncle George" as
he is known the country over, is as faith
full In Office as he is out of Il, and has ad-
ninIstered state treasury affairs with the
same devotion TO public duty that he dts
played when he was treasurer OF Umatilla
county. lie Is as big and honest In small
things as in large affairs.
II has been suggested by some of his
friends in this county that he deserves a
complimentary vote a: their hands and a
number Of republicans have signilied their
willingness to add their voice and strength
to show their appreciation OF good citizen
and an efficient public servant. 1t Is hoped
that his friedds all over the country will
lend their efforts In the same direction. and
II his majority In the county reaches 1000
Il will not be vote more than he deserves.
The citizens OF Umatila county, regard
less of party, should feel that they were
showing oaly patriotic feeling In voting
for citizen of their county when he Is, at
least, the equal of his oPponent.-Eas;
OreP0HtdH
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1890-05-23
ONE OF HIS TRICKS.

The Portland Examiner, in speaking Of
DaSe Th$mpssn's schemes Of dodging his taxes
relates the following:
All old settlers remember the incident.
lie resided in Oregon City then. lie had
a wallet full Of bonds and taxable paper.
The time for the assessors annual visit came
around.
A great hue and cy was made that Thomp-
sons home had been burglarized and ti.ese
papers had been stolen.
The assessor came and poor Thompson had
no bonds to tax.
Not knowing the address Of the "burglar,"
the assessor took no cognizance ofthese collat.
erals.
lie performed his duty and went his way,
and, singular and unprecedented as it may ap
pear to the readers Of this paper, in few days
the "burglar" repented Of his sin. and one
dark, gloomy evening, after the robins had
ceased to sing and the charming notes Of the
whipporwill rang out upon the 1ir, the posIes-
sor Of the stolen treasures slipped up slyly to
Thompson's home and tossed the package in
through an open window, and there was great
rejoicing in the house OF David.
But the bonds and the notes and the mortg-
ages escaped taxation that year, thanks TO the
unconscionable and wicked ''burglar."
As stated, all old settlers remember this oc-
currence, and these lines are written simply to
direct the attention Of later day citizens to one
Of the most remarkable incidents in the history
Of the West
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1890-05-23
nPrnoMpsoN ysJ JmRArnBuN.

In this case We see a further exempllicaton
Of the itching, grasping, predominaiing desire
of d Z Thompson to get money. This avarici.
BUSINESS crops out in nearly everything that
Thompson does. It Is oil right and horest 10
strive TO make money, but honest people draw
the line when questionable methods are lesoft
ell to, to secure that object, From appellants
brief in this case we CLEAN the 70 lowing facts
concerning this case, On February 3rd 1888
Rulhbun executed his note FOR ssooo with the
paycc lelt blank, The note was assigned TO
Thompson who sued TO collect the same.
When sued on the name Of the payee had not
been inserted. The defendant set up special
plea Of payment and discharge, alleging that
prior to March aSlh 1884 he was the owner Of
700 acres OF land and that on that date he con
yeyed the land to Dave Thompson hy deed
absolute on It's face, but which decd was, In
Thompson from defendant Of sIa,3oS.Is at
that Time loaned by Thompson TO defendant.
That on Feb J 1883 defendan. borrowed the
5000 Of thompson aud executed the above
note in blank. This sum by agreement was
added To the Sis, 5oS,aS making in all, with
interest SI7,SSo, the agreement being that the
land decided should stand as security for this
latter sum That on July 10 1883 the amount
due TO Thompson by reason Of adYaneea and
accumulated interest was about sso, 500. Il
was then agreed between Thompson and
Ra,hhun, tina, Thompson should make lease
Of the land to the Claine Land and Improve.
ucn, Company tor three years at monthly
rental o; SJss per month the lease 10 contain
an option Of purchase bv the lessee q, any time
duIing the three yeRts for 'he sum Of S77, sec
the sum due 10 lhompsoA 10y kathbun inelud'
ing the 5000, and $4,000 added ms a bonus fol
making the lease. and that upon such least
/ being made and surrender to said Lane
( Company by defendant Of possession Of sait
land. Thompson would release Ra,hbun f,oH
all Indebtedness lom him. The lease wal
made aud possession given. The appellant
claims ,ha, abou, the first Of July iSSS he sur
| rendered his righ, 10 redeem aud tha, then III,
land became absolutely the property Of rhomp
son which neeessarily liq'idated the indebted
ness in full. SO Mr. Thompson 60, the Ian,
and in iha, was the 5000 hsreia sued on
The whole question was whether Thompson
would be allowed TO collect this 5000 twice
The supreme court decided the case again'
rompson, on the ground that the note was al
instrument which could no, be sued upon. III
blank in the note not having been filed !
with ;he name Of the payee. The whole cas-
is in accord with the case Of Thompson vs. ii
willamette NJ l. & Mig Co heretofore pub
lished in these columns whsrein Thompson al
tempted 10 &c, double pay for single servie,
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1890-05-23
The Enunesasors
NOT IsoLATED CASES.

Toshow that the cures made by Joys vcge
table safuapsflila are not only. not exceptional
cases. bat that Il helps everybody. We cite few
Instances where two In the same family took Il
aud were both cured.
Thomas stephens. of ias Sixth ST.. q. r., took
It for weak stomach aud dyspepsia. Il entirely
cared him. lie then gave tito his wife for her
alex headaches. since which time she has had
no return. II cured them both.
Mn II. l.. whss.oa. of 7oa Pos, ST.. 8. p. We,
. sufferer from stomach aud liver troubles aud
blilouSness. Finding thai IL relieved her. sha
gave 1t TO little girl living with her whoss at.
aieiion WAS large open sore which nothing
seemed tn heal II also cured the child.
II. g. wlnn. OF 6ssry cesrt. oeary ST., 4. r..
prominent IN the Order OF Red Men. was Veyy
feeble aud greatly reduced. Joys Vegetable
sassapsrilla restored his health and accustomed
vigot lie thsfeupon gave IL TO his wife who
was similarly afflicted aud had nervous pFo.,sa.
iion. II had the same happy effect upoa her II
hal upon hisn. Scores Of similar case. could be
eiisd but VIC have aa roam for them here.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1890-05-23
Sherifs Sale.

In the CireHH Court Of Oregoa fer Mutt
Hom0k County.
= Richot and T RIenet, partners under
tho firm name Of r Richei Il Go, Plant. .iFa
VS.
George T. Singleton, Defendant.
Notice IN hereby given that by virtue
OF an execution duty issued cut of the
above named coutt In tho above entitled
action TO the directed and ds.iYoTcd.I did
in Linn county, Oregon. on the 3rd day
Of May. 1890, duly levy upon ali the right,
title and interest Of George l. singleton,
the above named defendant. in and ~ the
real property hereinafter described, and
will on
saturday. the :ih day Of Jnne.A. D.. 1880.
at the Court House door ia the ei.y Of
Albany, Linn county ,oregon,at tho hour
of one o'cioek p IN OF Eaid day, s6li al
public auction for cash i'm hand 10 the
highest bidder all OF ths right, tito and
interest of the said defendant, George +.
Singleton, In and TO the following de.
,cIibcd premises as fo liowA to.wit: Lot
No Z, 10 block 80 Is. ~ the city Of Al.
bany, Linn county, giato OF Oregon. The
proceeds arising from such sale TO be , p.
piled, first, u the ay ment OF The costs oi
and upon said execution and the orig inai
costs Of said suit taxed at sia d. 100.
Second, To tho pay ment OF plaintiffs claim
amounting To ths sum nf sst with inter
est thereon at the ratio oi 5 per cent per
an nutn from the i0,h day al April, 1890
the same being the date Of the rtcovcrv
of judgment Ia favor OF the above ua med
plsiatiffs aud againstt he above name
defendant
JoHS SMALLNos,
Sh'ff of Linn CO., or,
by ID ) smith, deputy