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The Opelousas courier., 1892-07-16

Some amusement was created in a dry
goods store in this city the other day, when
a farmer came in to make a purchase. He
bought some calico, and when the clerk placed
inside the cash ball the fiye-dollar bill the
farmer gave him and sent it spinning along
the wires toward the cashiers desk, a funny
sight was witnessed.
Our rural friend evidently thought that
was the last he would see of his bill, unless he
moved lively, which he did, keeping his eyes
fixed on the ball. He collided with an old
lady, fell over one of the seats, regained his
feet, add kept right on until he arrived at
the cashiers desk.
..By gosh! 1 want my money" he gasped.
I've read too mucn about buneo-steerers to,
lose my money, and I'll have my change if
clean out the whole shebang."
He was finally pacifed, and depart ed amid
the broad smiles of the clerks and customers
in the store. As he went out he muttered
IF don't come to the city very often. them
swindlers can't catch me with their saw
dust.n-Birmingham Herald.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-07-16
A nos amis en- general, ct a toutes les
personnes qui %supportent notre jour-

A nos amis en- general, ct a toutes les
personnes qui supportent notre jour-
nal:
Nous appelons ~l'attention de toutes
les personnes qui doiyent faire des
publications legales. particulierement
des ventes par autorit6 de justice, sur
lie d6faut de precautions qu'elles ont de
ne pas bonner les instructions neces-
saires ct positiyes pour que ces publ
cations soient faites par lie journal de
leur choix; celia nous priVe, en- effet
dun patronage qui nous serait accOrde.
LIE sheriff de la paroisse apporte, en-
4fCet, I'm zele qui tient de la %jalousie. d
assurer an journal don't il estnon seule-
ment lie directeur mails IN des princip-
aux actionnaires, toutes les ventes par
autorit6 de justice, ct certaines publ
cations en- cette matiere, ont apparu
dams ce journal, bien q~u'elles dussent
nous appartenir, scion lintention des
parties. elIes- m6meg ST Giles a~vaient
et6 consplt6es; ct d'autres nous ont etc
~enlevees, a la demande pe%rsonnelle du
sheriff on de ses deputies on moment de
la Specification DIES ordres de saisie.
Ceux qui pref6rent soutenir GU patro-
niser tout autre journal de cette parois-
Sc, sont parfaitement iibres, ct nous
anrions fort mauvaise grace a nous
plaindre de semblable preference; mails
nos amis qui desirent nou accorder
leur soutien, sont instrument prizes de
WELLER a CO que les officers soient ex-
pr6ss6ment requis de donner an Cour-
rier, les publications qni peuvent les
%concerner; ct nous les engageons aussi
particuliarement, a ne pas Sc laisser in
Rnencer en- aucune m~aniere, pour les
faire %consentir, au besoin les c%ontrain-
DIRE a donner ces publications a tont
antre journal, qael qa'a soft.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-07-16
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AUX ATTAKAPAs,
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LIE
DES OPELOUSAS.

LsAbOmmeIaemt sera de s.. so par an
payable d'avance, on trois piastres dams lie
courant de Fann6e.
Les Avis Sc paieront c~inquante cents
par carr6 pour La premiere insertion ct vingt-
cling cents par carr6 pour chaque insertion
~subB6auente. HUT iignes gu moins consti.
~tuerOnt nm scarr6.
Les avis qui seront enVoy6s pour atre publ
Els seront inseres en- Francois ct en- Anglais "a
m0ins gull n'en soft autrement ordonn9) ius-
qua &c quo p6diteurjug D propos de les dis
6ontinuer.
Les eandidats aux fayenrs publiquea de
vront payer qninze piastres d'aVanee, sill
v~eulent Sc faire announcer.
Les necrologes, les lettres de remerciment,
les r~6eiames, les communications dun genre
personnel, etc. s0 paieront an taux dies avis.
Les articles dune nature ~psrsonnelle (qnand
toutefois ils seront admissibies1 Sc paieronf
vingt centRla Lyme et daYanee.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-07-16
temperance Column.
UNDER H AUSPICES OF W. C. t. U. OF
OPELOUsAS.

Many were disappointed that the
Lawn Party was necessarily postponed.
We hope to have it next week, proba-
bly, Tuesday or Wednesday.
Miss Ella L. Knowles, the Peoples
party nominee for Attorney General in
Montana, is a New Hampshire girl, who
graduated at q Maine college in 1884,
and is now sne of the most successful
and prosperous lawyers in Helena.
We are gFieyed to hear of the serious
illness of one of our band, Mrs. c. c.
Duson. We hope soon to hear of her
improved health.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-07-16

administration des postes anglaisee
est tres embarrass6e ellie ne salt one
faire de plusieuTs caisses qui mont paa
6t6 r6clam6es OF qui confinement dea
pstiEs cr0codiles.
Un journal medical anglais ayant
agIte, II y q qnelque temps, Ia ques-
ton de aay0ir sill NY aurait pas lieu de
peupler Ia Tamise de quelQues croco-
dies pour Ia d6barrasser de SEES impu-
ret6s, II est probable que c'est en- pr6-
vision dc Ia realisation dun pareil pro-
ject qEsnn Anglais r6siaant On Egypte
a.onv0y6 be TOO de crocodiles Qui em.
bsrraase NJ fort ADMINISTRATION dss
The Opelousas courier., 1892-07-16
B.

Commissaire de la Cour de Circuit dea
Etats- Unis, pour le District Sud-Ouest de La
Louisiana.
Commissaire de la Cour des r9clamations
des Etats-Unis.
Notaire Public dams ct pour la paroisse st.
Landry.
Son attention teute particuliere sera dom
nee aux entrees de terres ct aux preuyes e.
males. S'occupera de collector pronptement
dams les paroisses st, Landry ct Acadie.
Soccupera des pensions, des patentes, etc.
Office avec Zion. Jno. NJ. Ogden, Opelousas.
10 Juliet, 1891.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-07-16

PRINTERs' INK is the title of a little journa
issued by Geo. P. RowelI& Co., of New York
in the interests of advertisers. Millions OF
dollars are annually spent in advertising, and
much of the money fails of achieving the end
for which it is expended. printers link
gives all sorts of useful and ineligible in
structions as to make every dollar spent in
advertising tell. All business men should
subscribe. Its subscription price is 80 a year
The Opelousas courier., 1892-07-16
The Worlds Fair.

The Sonth may claim. without prejudice
to have more than it's share of the worlds
far. The acknowledged beauty of the ladies
of the South is duein a great degree to the
use of Creole Female Tonic, the ladies friend
and favorite, and sure cure for all female
sickness. It cures prolapsus uteri and all or
ganic diseases.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-07-16

lie parti du Peuple, r6uni en- con.
venti0n cette semaines a Omaha, pour
former nm ticket presidential, a de-
sign6 pour son candidat b la presi-
dsnce 3. B. Weaver ct pour la vice
~pr6aidence IL general C. j. Field.
II aurait bien YouIn avoir 10 JUICE
Gresham pour son principal candidab,
mails celni-ci assure de Ia DEBATE, ma
pas vonlu c~onsentir 3 laisser faire
usage de son nom.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-07-16

L'Am6rique du Sud ct celle du
eeetre peuvent diffcilement sc passeI
de revolution ct pour le moment Giles en-
ont quatre sur les bras deux qui oni
commence reinforcement an Bresil, une
qui agonise au Venezuela, ct nne autre
qui Went de debuter au Honduras. &c
nest pas trop pour des gems 81 remu-
ants. Cette revolution du Honduras a
commence par IN malentendn-sea tfe
les coloneis NuIla ct Pizatti, qui Sc g6-
naient r6ciproQuement, ct uniprononcia-
mento dams lequel ~l'agresseur r6citait
ses griefs. C'est ainsi que celia Sc
passe Ia bas d'ordinaire quand quel-
qn'un est mecontent il lie fait savoir
par un prononciamento qui Sc termine
par un appel u armes ct toutes les
tetes chaudes courent a Son service.
Ceiba, vile situee au bord de la mer, a
etc lie berceau de cette derniere rev.
olution, don't I'm des premiers actes a
etc la saisie du steamship Joseph Ote-
ri, j., portant le pavilion des Etats-
Unis ct yoyageant entire la Nouvelle-
Orleans ct les ports de cette contree.
lis etc rendu trois jours plus ia I'd.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-07-16

1t is to be hoped that no resistance will be
offered to the power of the State. But one
rightfuI course now remains to the body OF
men at Homestead, and that is TO bow to the
supremacy of the law and yield to the au.
thority of the goyernment,-NeW York Her
aid, Ind.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-07-16

Lie montant total de de la prime
pay6e u lie sucre pendant Fan
nee fiscale finissant lie 30 JUN est de ST.
3330, 046. De ce montant il a etc pave
81, 065, 28E pour lie sucre de cannes,
don't $6,8y0,506 aux planteurs de la
Louisiane.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-07-16

II existe a Pilnitz, en- SAKE, un came
liza g6ant age de cent cinquante ans.
Get arbre, o~riginaire du Japon, donne
plus de 10000 1eurs par an il atteint
une hanteur de is metres.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-07-16

In refine Victoria a bien voulu mon
trer qn'elle prenait int6ret a l'exposi,
ton de Chicago ct y v DIES
ouvrages de fantastic fats de sa main,
Liimp6ratrice de Rnssie a 6galement
nomm6 IN comit6 de femmes distin
gu6es qui sont charg6es de pr6parer
an envoi d~'articles de tout genre pour
Proposition. Plusieurs autres reines,
princesses, dnchesses en- feront autant.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-07-16

1t has been charged that Grover Cleveland
hired q substitute during the war. Well,
there Is nc record that WhiteIaW Reid did
|eDsn that much. The only hiring recorded
against Whitelaw is the hiring Of srats.n-
Plain Dealer, Dem.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-07-16

LIE docteur Charles Testut, un des
plus vieux m6decins de la Louisiana eft
poete renomm6, est mort a r'H6pital
de Charlie vendredi. II 6tait ne en-
France ct age de plus de 80 ans.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-07-16

Une emeute du travail q 6clat6 pres
de Pittsburg la semaine derniere. Les
employees de la fabrique de Carnegie Sc
sont rendu maftres de la fabrique ct la
police de Pinkerton ayant vonlu les
chaser il en- a r6suit6 IN combat achar-
ne don't les avantages sont rest6s aux
gr6vistes en effet, Ia police, sc voyant
trop fable, s'est rendne q eur, apras
que plusieurs des leurs eussent etc
tues.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-07-16

Perhaps Capt. Bob Pinkert6n could be
persuaded to accept the vacant Craftsmanship
of the Republican National Committee. The
captain has the necessary .'maiIed hand.n-
Albany Argus, Dem.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-07-16
Headache.

Preaton's He'd AXE is a sure cure for any
kind Of headache, bilious, neuralgia, acute
fail. Perfectly harmless. It won't cure any
thing else.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-07-16

Les personnes en- retard pour lie
pavement de leurs subscriptions an
Courier, sont instrument prices de reg
Ter Farri6Ie.
II faut que tout lie monde vive.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-07-16

lie ticket d6mocratique, Cleveland
OF Stevenson, triomphera aussi bien par
New-York que par p0nest.
Tammany, avec Hill. est bien trop
habile pour faire de la division ct de
popposition. Ce serait la fin ct la mort
de Hill.
QUAINT a Stevenson, il assure plu-
sieurs Etats de rOnest au ticket de la
Convention de Chicago.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-07-16

Les rapports o~fficiels des r6coltes en-
Russie on sevit la famine, constatent
que la perspective est plus d6coura-
geante encor QUEEN 1891, a Ia meme
AnOnne.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-07-16
B. BLOOMFIELD.

Commissioner u. S. Circuit Conrt iaF
Western District of Louisiana.
Commissioner e. s. Court If Gil
throughout the United States.
Notary Public in and for the Parish Of
Landry.
Office, with Hon. John N. Ogden, 0pelaa
/, Particular attention given to Land 1
and to final proofs.
Collections in the Parishes Of 81. Laa
and Acadia promptly attended to.
Pensions secured Patents, Caveats, q
Marks, etc, procured without delay.
july rs, 1891.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-07-16
FOR

a eommodious Hotel known al. the TRIAL
NOR HOUSE, Washington, La, situated in
the most conspicuous part of town. Ftsllv
furnished. For further particulars apply to
Mrs. Al. r. DEMARET, Agt..
June Ietf Washington, La.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-07-16
BE Eonsiderafe.

Don't worry about your friends and family
with that worn and faded appearance. It
will cure your diseased organs and change
your paliid cheeks to the rosy hue of health.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-07-16

Ne perdez pas de vue que lie Courier
Sc charge de tous genres impressions,
Eet dams les conditions les plus raison-
ables.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-07-16

La commission DIES supervisors de
pUniyersit6 d'Etat a Baton Rouge a
decide que les jeunes files depths Page
dc Is ana seraient admises u priv
leges de Mnstitution, exception etant
faite en- lenr favour des devoirs mill
taires.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-07-16

Rue du Maine ct audessous du Cour-
rier DIES Opelousas, waste local a loue1
pr~6sentement, propre a tout genre de
commerce. Pour les conditions, s'adres-
ser d l'ofice du Courier
The Opelousas courier., 1892-07-16
FOR SALE.

A Pratt Cotton Gin, eighty save, with CON
denser and feeder. Will be- sold cheap for
cash. For particulars, apply to
PIERRE MISTRIC,
July 9f1S92-lm. Leonvills, La
The Opelousas courier., 1892-07-16

It was Daniel Webster who said .sLiber.
tn cannot long endure in any country where
the tendency of legislation is TO concentrate
wealth in the hands of q few
The Opelousas courier., 1892-07-16

Les tableaux pour l'assessement
de 1892 sont ouverts pour tous ceux
qui ont DIES corrections d faire.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-07-16

3Early to bed and early to rise, mind your
own business and tell no lies, don't get drunk
and spoil your eyes. pay your debts and
The Opelousas courier., 1892-07-16

La legislature de la Louisiana s'esi
aiourn6e avant- hier soir par limitation.
Et CO nest pas trop tot, car ST cette as
sembl6e nest pas capable de faire du
bien q l'6tat, ellie est susceptible de
lui canser beaucoup de NAL par ses ac-
tions, ct IL fant SO f6liciter de la voir
se dispenser au plus t6t.-Meschac6be.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-07-16
Presfo1a,s He'd Axe

Is certain cure for headache. II will cure
headache only, and is guaranteed to do that.
&c Won't cure anything else. 1t never fails.
Don't suffer when you can get relief in Is
minutes.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-07-16
L'ex-Tresorier Burke.
Mesehac6be.

Nous avons des ~nouvelles de Pex-
tresorier Burke. La fortune ne lui a
pas souri, M Honduras, a CO quill par
ait, ct il est 4 peu pres au bout de
ses resources, que l'on disait 81 fe-
condos. On raconte la-bas, d'apres ce
que rapporte un monsieur qui revlent
du Honduras, que Burke aurait englou-
ii 100000 dams DIES enterprises min
ieres malheureuses, bien que les con-
cessions qui lui q faites lie gouverne-
ment Barrios soient des plus riches !;
Giles consistent de 100 miles cares a
trayers une partie desquels coule la
riviere Yappa, don't lie lit pied carr6, d
cause de For qui s'y trouVa melange au
sable. LIE major Burke ~ Repens6 une
fortune pour permettre al mineurs de
reeueillir Get or, mais Dig lue lie prin-
temps est venu avec So les lie cour-
ant a tout emporteeS
Ne pouvant ayssY }or, Burke a
vonH essayer Les d'argent ct la
encore il a d6zGI cement 500, 900.
L%'oecasion s. abrown,esentee d'ache.
ter un inters5rE mines tres riches
du MontS{aT "a Jhd, sen a prolific, mails
Fargent quail ilbank Sac6 ma pas pros
pere suffisarr-.snada,lr lui permettre de
payer, les n1lntl|ur DIES h%ypotheques
don't les mineAWU ent grevees ct les
creaueier lui on iLhlev6 les mines ct
les exploitent ar profit en- attendant
que lie major OsEsse leur compte $780,
600 II est hEs yours 4 Tegucigalpa,
tirant des Prs ct meditant sur la
f.o orsIsfS ,aon -, On, w..
Dams EtheBret de nos NOM
breux ley theirs, fermiers, agricul-
teurs, id whiers on pe~pini6ristes,
nous e.g ely de notre devoir de publier
lie pLesY Va suivant qui Went de nous
sginnat PAR'oIpIUM,
on soufa, thir, br6vet6, rinsecticide le
plus pu7 went pour la destruction de
tous les ~anSects ravageant nos champs,
nos jarT hs ct nos vergers Directement
Importt le France, par f. G. Boucher
81 Ciea8 st. Paul, Minnesota.
LIE mar'oidium" on SQUIRE brevete,
est enGa .Isoye en- Europe, avec la plus
grande efficacit6 pour combattre les
differences maladies de la vigne. de
tous les arbres fruitiers ct des produits
du jardinage.
II gu6rit rapidement ct sdrement
s1'oidium," 10 ''mildew,'' la chlorose,"
''lanthracnose,n lie "peronospora," etc,
ETC.: e'est en- meme temps un puissant
insecticid6 a employer contre stpaltise"
ct sa larye (chenille,) les YER blancs.
p%ucerons, poux blanc DIES rosters ct DIES
orangers, etc, ETC.; contre les mala-
dies de la tomato, des pommes de
terre, (doryphora,) des betteraves,
chonx, frasiers, etc., etc; en- un mot
contre tous les insectes nnisibles a la
vegetation.
En- outre il est g6neralement en-
ploy6 par les ornithologistes pour
la conservation des peux prepares.
II est vendn meilleur M archie, quoiqae
de beauconp SUPERIOR au verte de
Paris (sulfate de cuivre.) Son emplof
n'offre ancnn danger, soft pour les
hommes, seit pour les animaux, ga COM
position lie PENDANT dune inncuite
complete les elements fertilisants qui
lie composent augmentent la recolte
dams une5arge proportion.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-07-16

Les parts sont a pen pres 6galement
diVis6s aux Etats- Unis. Ainsi Cleyeg
land ma battu Blaine que par 62,683
vOix, tandis que nj. Harrison ne pavait
emport6 sur Cleveland que par 97.883
voix. Chacun des deux candidats dams
Ia derniere lutte await reeu environ
cinq millions ct demi de votes.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-07-16

Attention docteur
Souscrivez au Journal Medico- Chirur-
gical de la Nouvelle Orleans.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-07-16

IN 5outhWestefn Louisiana,
Paid up Capital Stock $250,aS
Authorized InstalImsnt Stock S50y0Oo,0A
Money loaned on the Installment Plan
6 per cent, to enable persons to build homd
improve property, or for any other purpoI
they may wish. and to pay back the loan
easy monthly installments. Will alse gil
personal attention to the purchase aud sd
of Real Estate. the placing of Leases and Il
Collection of Rents, the payment o ftayes &
non-residents and the making of abstracts
titles on short notice. He proposes To. estaa
fish a frst-elass real estate Office, and il I
meets with th G proper encouragement, VI
boom your country, encourage the inlux D
good class OF immigrants, and induce The
vestment of capital among you. faaf pat
mage is earnestly solicited.
Opelousas, La, April =, SIN. -ks
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1892-08-06
NAVAL CONSTRUCTION.
Changes Proposed by an Officer
of Uncle Sans Navy.
Novel Method of Building a Metal Vessel
Ships That Would Virtually Be
without Frames-Changed
Deck Construction.

A novel and interesting departure in
ship construction has just been made
by Mr.. e. B. GrifIiths, warrant officer
at the navy yard, New York. The
scheme, according to the New York
Herald, is radical innovation upon
conventional lines, the object in view
being an increase in the capacity of the
ship, reduction of weight and of cost
and improved buoyancy and strength.
Looked at broadly, the ship has no
transverse frames, but is built of plates
of iron, steel or other material, rolled
with bulb, rib and rabbit on one edge;
the bulb, rib and rabbit receive the
plane edge Of the adjoining plate, and
thus continuous surface is formed for
tho outside of the vessel.
AS the bulb edge of the plate is on
the inside q back bone or longitudinal
support is given on the edge of every
stralle Of plating. This is illustrated
by the following sketch.
This dispcnses with one-half the num-
Der of rivets in a longitudinal direction
and onc-half the expenses of the rivet-
ing labor. 1t is claimed that the bulb
edges of the plates give sufficient
strength to dispense with frames, and
from comparison with the weights of
vessels already built this effects saw
ing of not less than twenty per cent.
The increase of thickness of the plate
edges and the rivet reduction add mate
rally to the strengthening qualities of
the structure. The increased narrow
ness of the plates at the stem and stern
gives greatest strength where it is
needed, and the edge of each sheet
forms longitudinal girder in the di-
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1892-08-06
BEAM INTERSECTION.

rection of greatest strain both of sea
and of vessel The horizontal section
with plates vertical appears as follows.
AS the plates are not punched to hold
frames the full strength of the outer
plate is secured excepting where the
decks are fastened to the sides of the
hull. The rolling of these plates is
easily accomplished, and the vessel can
be laid down and templets made which
will enable the rolling mill to supply
the plates just as required, both at
edges and ends. What is more, the YES
sci could be readily laid down near the
rolling mill, thereby saving the trans
portation of moulds and templcts and
insuring perfect shape.
For small or medium size vessels the
plates can be placed in a vertical direc-
ton, and with the intcrcostal keelsons
will produce q very strong structure, as
the cord or bulb at the edge of
plate gives a vertical strength, which
more than equals the angle or bar
frames used at the present time. The
deck frames are not at right angles with
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1892-08-06
SOMETHING UNIQUE.
An Entirely New and Startling
System Of Enumeration.
How Numbers May Be Expressed by the
Attitudes of the Human Body
Nine Puppets Representing
the Nine DiSits.

The world has become generally used
to the Arabic system Of Enumeration.
Occasionally one reflects that it is
great Improvement on the Roman sys-
tenn, which would make it extremely
inconvenient to express million or to
do any kind of arithmetic But no one
has set himself seriously to work to i'm
prove on the Arabic.
The Scientific American sets forth
what it thinks may be an Improvement
in some respects. 1t is a system of
homogenetic enumeration, that is,
system Of expressing the numbers by
attitudes of the human body. Any
number in this way can be expressed
by a single human body. 1t is obvious
that this would be great saving of
space, but as far as doing sums in arith
metic is concerned, the Arabic system
appears to retain considerable advan-
tages over the homogenctic.
Nine puppets are made to represent
the nine digits by extending the left
arm in different positions, first at
right angle to the body, then at an
acute and then at an obtuse angle. The
elbow bent, while the left arm extends
at right angle to the body, gives
succession Of the same angles, and at
an acute angle another succession, MAX
ing nine in all. The right arm extend
ed in the same manner as the left gives
a second period, that of tens. The left
leg reversing the angles of the left arm
represents hundreds, and the right leg
reversing those of the right arm thou
sands.
This series may be carried as much
further as is DESIRED by very simple de-
vices, such as standing them upon their
heads and making this equivalent to
adding requisite 10000 to their value;
adding hats of different patterns, which
will give additional values; or by sim
ply placing above or below the figures
a horizontal, obliquc or vertical stroke;
right, acute or obtuse angle; or in any
way ditferentiating them from the first
series here given. In order to represent
any given number by means of these
figures, it is first necessary to divide it
into units, tens, hundreds and thou.