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The Opelousas courier., 1891-02-07

La~Dniversaire de la Nuisance du
general Lee O etc c6lebr6 CONNIE les
ann6es precedentes dams les Flats dn
Sad. Dams la Virginie ct dams | IA
George. la f6te a etc tres btillante ct
les affaires 6taient complement sus-
pendues.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-02-07

Rubber Stamps, Stencils, Seals, Mon
ograms, Badges, &c, furnished on short
notice. Apply to Fred Z. Sandoz.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-02-07

For SALE AT A BARGAIN II Buck
eye Reaper and Binder, G AuItman
q Co. Tlresher, ! 9ipch Rotary Pump.
to Jos. Bloch.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-02-07

LIE tresor de la paroisse Avoyelles
content n somme de 1921, qui re-
pr6sente SEES profits de l'ann6e.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-02-07

La vile be Marksville s'apprete a
feter dignement 10 Carnaval. H. AURA
procession de Mosques ct un grand
bal, le soir, on Pop couronnera une
rene de carnaval.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-02-07

A Monroe, une s~crierie etabli6 sur
IN bateau ct venant de Memphis est en-
operation. Voici une enterprise qui
est pleine de bon sens.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-02-07
Baclxlen,s Aruica sasve

The Best Salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises,
Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum. Fever Sores, 1'et-
tiers. Chapped Hands, Cailblaius, Corns ana all
Skin Eruptions, and positively cures Piles, or
no pay required. It is guaranteed TO give
perfect satisfaction. or money refunded. Price
y cents per box. For sale by i. e. Bailey.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-02-07

a fact worth knowing is that blood dis
eases which all other medicines fail to cure
yield slowly but surely to the blood cleansing
properties OFF PIP. lPrickly Ash, Poke Root
and Potassiuml.
Sold by Blake q burke, Washington, La.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-02-07

On dit que 10 misere a Toronto est
plus grande en- &c moment qu'elle ne
Pa jamais etc.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-02-07

Virgins predit lie proclaim grand
tremblement de terre an Canada pour
lie 10 aoht.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-02-07

People wonder when they fluid how rapidly
health is restored BY taking p P. r. tPricklv
Ash, Poke Root and notassiuml. The reason
is simple, as it is d powerful combination nf
the roots and herbs of the home woods.
Sold BY Blake g. burke, Washington. La
The Opelousas courier., 1891-02-07

Baton Rouge Advocate: One of the
great needs of the interior parishes of
Louisiana is the betterment of the
country roads. This includes not only
drainage or leVeling Of the surface and
similar Improvements, but the building
of bridges and the adoption of a COM
prehensive system that will give all the
people the best facilities for travel and
marketing their crops. In this con
nection it may be remarked that the
era of wooden bridges, OF of toll bridges
Of any kind, is past. It is the duty of
the local government to make its high
ways free, as well as substantial, and
in every progressive part of tue United
States tae largest as well as the small
est streams are spanned with iron
bridges over which travel goes un-
impeded by tax or toll. These hints
are thrown out in a general way for
consideration by the police jury and
tue people of our ora parish, but they
apply to other parishes also.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-02-07

LIE secretaire du Tresor William
Window est mort SUPPLEMENT- d New
York jeudi soir, au moment on II ache
wait de r6pondre q un toast.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-02-07

ALI styles Of fancy printing done 81
me- Office on short notice at low prices.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-02-07
I'm ivrogne faisait cette refexion

I'm cru, c'est du win. Une crne..
c'est de l'eau. Done, l'eau est lie femi-
min du vim. Done, quand les debitauts
Inelent Peau au win, ca devrait sap
peler IN marriage ct non pas IN bapt6-
me.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-02-07

Dams lie nord de la Pennsylvania il J
o environ sept pieds de neige.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-02-07

W. print anything from d full sheet
poster to q visiting card, in the latest
artistic style, at moderate prices.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-02-07
Items of Interest.

The New Orleans Pieayune completed its
ffCy-fourth year.
The distress from cold is so great in Raw
Inns county, Kan, that settlers are said to be
burning their furniture.
Lent will quite early this year.
Ash Wednesday occurs on Feb. 18th, and
Easter Sunday comes on March 29th.
A mule would rather hear himself bray
than to listen to anybody else's music. A
good many people are built like him.-In-
dianapolis Rams Horn.
Lafaurche Comet: Sunday before last there
were ten marriages announced in st. Joseph's
Church, five weddings took place last week,
and still last Sunday there were ten bans
announced from the pulpit. Is this not bust
nessE Sugar grinding is over.
New Iberia Democrat: Nearly all tie
machinery for the new ice factory has been
received this week and is on the ground. A
large force of woFkmen are kept constantly
at work, and the proprietor hopes to get the
factory in full operation by the first of April
Genuine ballot reform if adopted in the
South, will provide an educational test which
VIII be o bar to Ignorance and responsibility
quite as e%tectual as moral suasion. The
Democrats of the South have nothing to fear
from the new-fangled idea from Australia
st. Louis Post-Dispatch, Dem
About two years ago something was said,
now and then, about a disouieting surplus in
the federal treasury. Surpiuses never grow
big enough to stand up before a republican
administration. which fact probably explains
the present silence upon Che once fruitful
tneme.-Ex.
T~HIBoDAUx, La, December 22l, 1889.
l cannot but cheerfully recommend the use
OF Gouaux's Asthmatie Remedies, having had
many opportunities of witnessing their salu-
tary effects. Ell. D%ANsEREAu, nj. D.
ARNAUDv1LLE, La, June 18th, 1890.
Mr.. +. Gouaux, Houma, La.
Dear Sir: For MANY years NV wife is suffer
ing from that dreadful disease, Asthma, and
although have called on many doctors none
proved TO relieve her. / tried your remedy,
and the first dose she took she rested ali
night. She could not live without this pre-
cious powder and mixture. This is the best
certificate that yon can wish.
Yours truly, J.B. R~ERGERoN.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-02-07

Les Loaps an Mamtoba.-Un mis-
sionnaire qui Sc trouve parmi les tribus
~indiennes, aux environs des laos VIM
nepeg ct Manitoba, ecrit qu'un camp
de chasse indien, sur le cote oriental
du lac Winnepeg, d une petite distance
de la riviere Blood, pres de Doghead,
a etc yisit6 par une bande de loups.
Ills etaient au nombre de cent environ.
Ills ont attaqu6 le camp, tue plusieurs
Indiens qn'ils ont d6vores. Tn Indien
s'est embusque cit a tue vingt loups /;
an autre est monte sur un arbre avec
SOL fnsil ct en- a abattu vingt aussi.
I'm troisieme Indien est monte sur d
p~lateforme IN pen basse; la, les Ioups
FONT attrap6 ct deyore.
Une grande paniqne existe parmi les
Indiens aux alentours. Ceux-ci dissent
quill ny q pas de chevreuils de CO cote,
consequemment, les loups SON affanles
ct feroces.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-02-07

On 10 visite de Parnell en-
Amerique pour lie printemps proclaim
The Opelousas courier., 1891-02-07

When Baby was sick, we gave her castoria.
When she was q Child, she cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria.
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria
The Opelousas courier., 1891-02-07

On signale CONNIE un fait curienx la
~decouverte dun tr6sorier d'etat honDete
dams I'M 6tat dn Sud. Ce a n axis est
p%hcnorable F. r. lubbock qui Went de
e4der d IN suceesseur la caisse du Tex
as. Pendant les douze ans quill d 6t6
tr6sorier 800, 5000 ont pass6 par ses
mains sans gull en- ait gard6 un son.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-02-07

Abont $1,000 bales OF cotton were
compressed at Monroe this season.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-02-07

lie bill des elections d recu lnndi der
I1ier an coup qui lui sera c%ertainement
fatal par ii m~ajorit6 dun vote. dd
an de sept senatenrs republic
Gains, u q ere decide do laisser Ia le "a
i1enx projat de hi reyalutionnaire poar5
~a'occ0prr d'affaires importantes. Non
senlement cptte derisioit ne l~aissara
plas II temps de valer lInfame loi
niais y. vspte qni III aefermiuee indiuue
que les lepnhileains ne peuvent compt-
eF sur nne majplit6 lnoslr Ia passer.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-02-07

NJ. Toto Rapineau, le fills de l'6pieier
bien comm, court au devant de son
pere.
Papa, un monster Went de me DON
ner un franc de trop /: le voici.
-Garde-le. mon fills ; je ten fails ca
dean pour t'encourager dams l,honnate-
t6 ct la franchise!
The Opelousas courier., 1891-02-07

Prcftant do fait que les chevres ne
sont pas sujettes a la phthisie, les doc
tenrs Berlin ct Pich6, de Nantes, ont
fat dint6ressantes experiences. Apres
avoir fat des essais sur des lapins. on
injecta 10 sang chaud ct !vermeil dune
chevre dams les veines de deux tuber-
culenx, IN jeune homme de IL ans ct
q femme ag6e de Az ans. III parait
que les deux patients sont b~eaueoup
lnieux.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-02-07

Les greVes sont q l'ordre du Jour en-
Angleterre. Il y en- a sur les chemins
&c fer, dams les mines, dams les ducks
ct dams plusienrs grandes manufac.
lures. Files sont Gu general m~otiyees
par ~ Fefns d'angmentation de cages.
La lutte est seriense car les travailleurs
soat bien organises, possedent des So
ciet6s riches, puissantes, qui ne craig
nent pas de relever ID t8te devant f.
capital.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-02-07

L'eTtsaction du p6troIe.-Le journal
des applications 6~lectriques signale ce
fat que 10 lait r6fAndn sur le p6trole
enfiamm6 aurait la propfi6te de l'9tien
ore. Uno jeune file, dit-il ayant rem
verso par nnfgarde une lampe d p6trole
ne pouvait arriyer a 9telndre Ia famine
iorsQue eperdne ellie jeta CO qui de trou
wait sous ga main; c'6tait du lait Ell le
fen s'eteignit aussit6t.
On q parait-il experiments depuis
plnsieurs fois &c proc6d6 ayec success.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-12-24
The Religions of China.

The three great religions of China are
Confucianism, Buddhism and Taouism.
The bulk of the people are Buddhists
rather than Confucianists, and there are
millions of infdels The tomb of Con-
fucius is at Mecca, for many of the Chi
nese, and they make pilgrimages to it.
Confucianism is more philosophy than
religion. 1t contains many of the beau
ties which we suppose to be exclusively
the properties of Christianity. The
golden rule in negative form was an
nunciated by Confucius, and as system
of morality it is beautiful. The Taou.sts
have more superstitions than the Con
fucianists. They began about the same
time as Confucius, their preacher being
one Laou-Tsze.
The state religion, in connection With
which all these religions come in, is the
worship of the emperor, who is the son
of heaven and the prophet, priest and
king of the people. He worships for
them in the temples at Pekin. When
the great Temple of Heaven was burned
down shudder ran down the SOC, 900, ,00r
spines of the great Chinese nation. Itwas
thought that this was warning from
heaven that the emperor should be de-
posed.-Frank G. Carpenter in National
Tribune
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-12-24
Where He Belonged.

A clergyman not long since observed
horse jockey trying to take in simple
gentleman By imposing upon him
broken winded horse for sound one.
The parson, taking the gentleman aside,
told him to he cautious of the person lie
was dealing with. Tie gentleman de-
clined the purchase, and thc jockey,
quite nettled, observed, "Parson, ! had
much rather hear you preach than to see
you privately interfere in bargains be-
tween man and man in this way"
''Well," replied the parson, IF you had
been where you ought to have been
last Sunday you might have heard me
preach" "Where was thatF inquired
the jockey. I'm the state prison." re-
turned the clergyman.-Sa Francisco
Argonlut.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-12-24
Curiosities in Eggs.

We met our old friend, Mr.. Jesse
Eaton, on the street the other day, and
he told us of wonderful egg his daugh-
ter came across short time ago. On
breaking it she discovered another per-
fectly formed egg with shell inside of
it. 1t was about the size of a partridge
egg. Another gentleman standing by
told CT a curiosity in the shape of a
double chick~n that had been hatched
on his place. The backs of the twins
were united, and while one would be
standing on his feet the feet of the other
would be pointing upward. When
growing tired of this position it or they
would flop over and stand on the other
feet, the positions being reversed. He
said the chickens lived several days
Pennington (Mo.) Times.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-12-24
Montana Sapphires-

The only locality in Montana which
has been at all prolific of sapphires is the
six or seven miles of placer ground be-
tween Ruby and Eldorado bars on the
Missouri river. sixteen miles east of He
lena. Here sapphires are found in gla-
cial auriferous gravels while sluicing for
gold, and until now have been consid
cred only a by product. Up to the pres
ent time they have never been systemat-
ically mined In 1889 one company took
the option on 1900 acres of the river
banks, and several smaller companies
have since been formed with Il view of
mining for these gems alone or in con-
nection with gold.
The colors of the gems obtained, al
though beautiful and interesting, are not
the standard blue or red shades generally
demanded by the public. The stones
embrace great variety of the lighter
shades of red, yellow, blue and green.
The latter color is found quite pro-
nounced. being rather blue green than
an emerald green. Nearly all the stones,
when finely cut, have an apparent metal
lie luster which is strikingly peculiar to
those from this locality. Neither req
rubies nor true blue sapphires have yet
been found-Omaha Bee.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-12-24
A Paris Candle Story.

'Every traveller who stops at Paris
lodging house." laughed a woman tn
other day, ''has candle story, and here
is mine: We were served with two
candles every morning, which we never
half used up; these would be taken out,
however, and fresh ones appear in their
places. Knowing that we were being
charged for every candle we determined
at least to enjoy added illumination, and
my husband looked around for place to
hide them during the daily doing up of
the apartment. On the top shelf of a
cabinet arrangement in a corner stood a
large Japanese vase, wide and deep. Up
to this Mr.. - climbed, to discover tina.
we had been forestalled, for in its capa-
cious hollow we found seventeen can
dies, every one burned down perhaps an
inch.
,''Some former lodger had resented
the candle swindle like ourselves, and
had put his daily allowance where it
would do the proprietor no good. That
night brilliant illumination of nineteen
candles, each set in its own grease on
the marble top table, gave MS something
like light. During our stay we hid an'
accumulated candles, so that we had
always enough to read by, and when we
left we deposited our overstock in the
vase for the benefit of some searching
successor. New York Times.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-12-24
PARIS SATHCARTS.
Queer Way in Which the Average French
man Makes His Additions.

Queer Way in Which the Average French
man Makes His Additions.
An American familiar with the fact
that every house or apartment, renting
as low as $500 per year in the United
States, has its own bathtub, with hot
and cold water supply and waste to re-
hove the contents of the tub, is amused,
if not amazed, when on a visit to Paris
he gets an idea of the custom still pre-
vailing in that metropolis of luxury and
elegant buildings.
The large hotels, some very costly pri-
vate mansions and apartments, and the
public lighthouses have their bathrooms,
as is the custom in the United States,
though the French bathroom is really
much larger, and is elegantly furnished
with rugs, lounges, dressing tables, ETC.,
the idea being that if one takes bath
one must lie down and take nap afterit.
People living in apartments costing as
high as 81 900 a year, and in the new
quarter of Paris in the neighborhood of
the Champs Elysees, when they wish to
bathe, other than take a sponge bath in
a small portable tub, either go to the
public bathing establishments or send
to them to have bath brought to their
apartments. Sunday morning one sees
a strange looking two wheeled cart like
a very high dog cart, on which there is
a framework built over the wheels.
This framework can hold three bath
tubs. They are made entirely of copper
and are about feet long, 90 inches deep
at the end and IS inches on the side.
The driver of this vehicle is perched
up high on small seat in front, is bare
headed and wears blouse. On each
side of him an iron ring encircles cop
per colored vessel, holding about three
gallons Of hot water, which rests on a
little shelf Ee also carries supply of
dry towels and Sheets The bathing es-
tablishments have these carts, and when
a patron sends word that he wants hot
bath at a certain hour the bath is put on
the cart, the kettle filled with hot water,
and the cart with its strange load is
rapidly driven to the building in which
the apartment is.
The driver carries the bathtub, as an
Adirondack guide carries canoe, on
his head and shoulders, from the first to
the fifth floor, as the case may be, and
after spreading sheet to protect the
carpet, he spreads also clean sheet in
side of the tub, so that the bather does
not touch the metal. Then he carries
mp the kettle of hot water which he has
brought from the main establishment.
The necessary cold water he gets on the
premises, either on the same floor with
the apartment, or in the courtyard.
When the bather has had his bath, the
attendant removes the soiled water by
dipping it out, wipes out the tub and
carries it with his kettles and soiled
towels down stairs to his cart. The
charge for all this is about sixty cents,
with the usual additional tip to the man.
Engineering Record.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-12-24

The pawnbrokers' sales shops have held
me before their windows many and many
an hour since childhood, and today when
pause before one feel keener touch
of the impulses of youth than anything
else can bring back to me. There is much
humbug in the Bowery, but there is no
humbug in what these stores display. Pa
thos and tragedy are constantly exhibited
and enacted on every block of that throb-
bing avenue, but it all seems to NE as
nothing beside the tragic and pathetic
tales that are told by the goods in these
store fronts. The vanity Of man is felt
by every poor stranger who is knocked
about and jostled by the crowds that
throng the pavement, but for sermon
upon vanity know no text in all New
York like the contents of one of these
windows. Ralph in Century.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-12-24
Begging Letters from London.

ever since l was abroad" said well
known New Yorker, 81 have been pes
tered with all sorts of begging letters.
They are mostly from the managers Of
English charitable institutions of vari-
Gus descriptions, Though some are from
private individuals. The former inclose
a variety of printed matter illustrating
the purposes and work of the institution.
The latter are abject appeals of appar
emily professional begging letter writers,
with which London abounds. l was
talking with friend about it and he
said he had the same experience for
about two years after he had built fine
house here, description of which and
his wealth got into the local papers. He
was deluged with begging letters from
almost every capital i'll Europe and es-
pecially from London.
"Those people are the worst and most
persistent be ygars in the world. Fancy
an American mailing begging letters to
Londoners! 1 suppose there must be
money in it or they wouldn't do it.
New York Herald.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-12-24
A rrpieal New York Miser.

A sunken eyed old man whom meet
every night that stroll up Fifth avenue
somewhere between Washington square
and Twenty-third street l must have
known good fifteen years. He lives in
a garret within a stones throw of the
square, and is the owner of much val
liable property. In the early days of
our acquaintanceship fused to encounter
him strolling in the park munching a
French roll, crumb by crumb. This was
his breakfast If he eats another meal
it is probably of the same order. His
dress is that of a vagrant, but his con-
versation is that of an educated man.
He is especially happy in recounting
"reminiscences of the New York Of two
generations ago. and has Travelled a
couple of miles at time with me TO
point ont vanished landmarks in which
happened to be interested. Iwon his
regard early by giving him car fare
after each of these jaunts. He pouched
the money and walked back. This man
is true miser, but not a beggar, though
he does not scruple to misappropriate
my car far.--New York Cor. Pittsburg
Bulletin.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-12-24
Mime. Bartholdi.

The late Nine Bartholdi was no ordi-
nary person. and on her ninetieth birth
day she looked so full of life and beamed
so with mental vigor and heartiness that
/ wonder she did not live to a hundred.
She was left widow early, and devoted
herself to the education of her sons and
the stewardship of their paternal prop
critics, which under her management
were increased to fortunes. Though so
well endowed with the money making
faculty, she was person of generous
disposition and given TO hospitality.
In youth she was reputed the hand
soonest girl in Alsace. As an old woman
she was more than handsome. The pure
outlines remained, and the fire of the
kindest, quickest and most lambent pair
of eyes imaginable was never quenched
so long as life remained. The son must
have had her in his head, as he remem-
bered her in her younger days, when he
was sketching the design of the statue
of Liberty Enlightening the World.
1t was her idea that Liberty should not
be en- pate de guimauve, but of a grave
and severe aspect. Liberty was the best
of all conditions, she used to say, for
those who were severe upon themselves,
and the worst for the self indulgent.
One never saw trace of self righteous
harshness in the old lady. She was very
indulgent toward the erring; but that
grace, she said, came with the wide ex-
perience of old age. 1t was a source of
enjoyment to her to drive to the Isle of
Swans, in the Seine. and look at the re-
duced copy which was set up there few
years ago of the famous statue which
now stands at the entrance of New York
harbor One of her sayings was, ''Do
not repress badness; crowd it out with
good ideas. London Truth.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-12-24
IHE GOLDEN ROD.

There's gold in the miser's chest
Fast locked with a golden key;
And gold most rare in wonan's hair
And a go in the sands nj sea;
There's tawny gold on the wheat's 1.-the
length
Where its breeze tossed billows nod.
But never gold so full and free,
All. me
None, none like the goldenrod.
There's gold on the naples branch
That CLEANS on an autumn lea,
And a golden crown when the sun dies
down
While the shadows turn and fee;
There's a wealth of gold in the pointed
leaves
Where the willow strews the sod,
But no such feathery filagree,
All, me
None, none like the goldenrod-
There's gold in the dawn's faint streaks
That CLINT on the poplar tree,
There's gold in the mine, and in lees of wine,
And gold on the humble bee
But by the plumes of ITS knightly crest,
Where the wild wind rides roughshod,
There is never gold so fair TO see,
All, me-
None, no7e like the goldenrod.
Ernest McGaffey in Arkansaw Traveller.