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The Opelousas courier., 1893-02-25
Worse than IoO Mad Dogs.

The Catholic Review, of New York, pub
isles u most earnest and impressive temper
ance address delivered in st. Patrick's
church, Montreal, during a recent mission,
quote the following
OF all the evils that has cursed mankind,
crushed wotuan's heart, sent youth 10 des,
t%ruction, driven yirtue to the resort of shame,
and sm0othed the pathway of hell, none can
compare with the evil of intoxicating drink
Astonishing it is that more of our upright
Catholic citizens do not attempt to wipe ont
this plague. 1t is pleasant to address the
young and intelligent men of this vast city,
the men who are to be the formers of public
opinion fer the next generation and to lay
before them the fearful havoc of this terrible
enemy.
If disease, smallpox or fever. broke out
SO that n hundred would he laid low how
medical aid would be called in how every
expedient would be tried how the cases
would be isolated Yet this disease is des-
troying thousands daily. and where are the
citizens that seek the remedies Were q
mad dog abroad, you would raise hue and
cry, seize any weapon to stop him in his muir
derous career; yet worse than u hundred
rabid dogs is the demon of drink, and you are
not up in arms against the monster.
A dispatch from Baltimore, Md, to the
N. O. Item says:
Gov. Brown is after the beneficial societies
doing business in this State with a double-edg-
ed ak. Not long ago the charter of the Inter
nation al Fraternal Alliance was ~annulled by
Judge Wicks of the Superior Court upon APP
plication of Attorney General Poe. Here is
a list of a few other fratarnal societies that
will fall more or less under the ban of the
law Royal Arcanum, Fraternal Legion, Or
der of Heptasophus, Shield of Honor, Elks,
Junior O. u. A. M, knights of the Golden
Eagle, Galilean Fisherman, Catholic Benevo-
lent Legion, United States Benevolent Fra
t~ernity, Hebrew Benevolent Society, 1. o. NJ !,
Legion of Honor. Kosher Shell Barrel, Knights
of Honor and others.
If the decision of Judge Weeks is sustained
by the Court of Appeals, and able lawyers
claim it will be, it means a death blow to the
workings of these fraternal orders in this
State and years Of litigation,
The Opelousas courier., 1893-02-25
L
COURIER DIES O~PELOUSAs,

-
Announcement sera de $3.50 par an
payable d'avance, III trois piastres dans le
courant do 1ann6e.
hes Avis so paieront ~cinquante cents
par carr6 pour la premiere insertion cit vingt-
cling cents par carr6 pour chaque insertion
~subs9quente. HUT lignes on moins consti-
tuer0nt nnscarr6.
Les avis qui seront enyoy6s pour etre publ
es seront ins6r6s on Francois ct en- Anglais Ca
moins qu'il men soft autrement ordonn6l jus
qua ce que fediteurjuge d propos de les dis
e~ontEnner.
Les candiaats aux faveurs publiques de
vront payer quinze piastres d'avance, sill
~veulent Sc faire announcer.
Les n6croIoges, les lettres de remerciment,
les r6clames, les communications dun genre
personnel, etc, se paieront an faux des avis.
Lea articles dime nature p~ersonnelle (qnand
tontef0Is lis ser0nt admissibles1 dc paieront
yingt cents IA ligue ct dsaYance.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-02-25
B. BLOOMFIELD.

Commissaire de la Cour de Circuit des
Etats- Unis, pour lie District Sud Quest de la
Louisiana.
des Etats-Unis.
Notaire Public dams ct pour Ia paroisse St.
Landry.
Son attention toute particuliere sera dom
nee aux entrees de terres ct aux preuves fl
males. S'oceupera de collector promptement
dams les paroisses st. Landry ct Acadie.
Office ayec THon Jno. N. Ogden, Opelousas.
Is Juliet, 1891.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-02-25
ARE THESE NAMES GOOD ENOUGH?

Am6lie Riyes, Hamlin Garland,
F. Marion Crawford, Paul Lindau,
jerome Catulie Mendes,
Edgar Faweett, Francois Coppee,
Julien Hawthorne, AnatoIe France, etc.
Ambrose Bierce,
Mary j. Hawker t'Lance Faleonernl.
Well, they are a few from a long list of dis
tiDguished writer's of fiction who are under
agreement to write for Iorn Topics weekly
and 'Tales from Tow Topics" tQuarterIy).
Each weeks issue of Torn Topics will con.
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Of a novel from one of these great authors,
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that this improvement-the introduction of
the highest class of stories-can be made
without curtailing the many other features of
the journal, which have made it the greatest
weekly for the entertainment of men and wo-
~men-peOple of culture-ever published.
Tates from To,Cn Topics, the now world
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each number, in addition to the many excel
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U9 Send 10 cents for sample copy 1o,nn
Topics. Feb. 25, 1893, At.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-02-25
Rice Exhibit.
WORK OF THE COMMITTEE Or THE
BOARD OF TRADE.

The following circular has been sent
by the committee of the Board of
Trade, John A. Hubbard chairman, Hy
III. Smith, Secretary, to S. Joseph Will
SOD, Esq, one of the members of the
committee for this parish together with
the accompanying letter which ex-
plains itself:
New ORLNANs, Feb. 16, 1893.
Mr.. s. JOSEPH WILSON,
O~pelousas, La:
Dear Siy-We had the pleasure on the 18th
instant Of advising you of your appointment
on this Boards committees who are endeav-
ing to make a superior display at the Worlds
Fair of our rice industry, and stated at the
same time that Mr.. A. Levy had also been
appointed on the same committees.
We are to-day in receipt Of a letter from
Mr.. Levy stating that his expected absence
from Opelousas will prevent his serving, but
assuring us of his warm sympathy and sup
port.
Mr.. Joseph Bloch, has, therefore, been ap-
pointed to serve with you and our Board
hopes that you will be enabled to make an
early report upon the success of your under
taking. Very respectfully,
HY II. SMITH,
Secretary.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-02-25

Cleveland, Ohio, 10 fevrier.-M. GA
tes, I'm habitant de Cleveland, Went
d'inventer un moyen de loco
motion qui, sill est r6ellement pra-
tique, est destin6 a faire nne v6ritable
revolution dams lea moyens de trans
port d6ja en- usage ct pourtant 81 va
ri6s. s'agit dun char qui sera sus-
pendu par see roues sur une vote
6lev6e, q une hauteur de 90 pieds du
sol. II sera ma par ~r6lectricite ct
construct en- forme de feche atm dan
muller t0ute resistance.
MI. Gates d ~l'intention de proposer
i des capitalists Ia construction d'a-
pres &c modele, dune ligne reliant
New York a Philadelphia. II pretend
que le trajet pourait 8tre rebuilt a une
demi heure. ii fait en- CO moment avec
son modele des essais tres satisfaisants.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-02-25

On la mort, d'Algernon
Charles Sartoris, repoux de la file du
general Grant. On Sc rappelle peut-
etre encore l'6clat du marriage de Mile
Nellie Grant avec celui qu'elle await
cloisi pour son 6poux contre lie desir de
son pere. Ce Sartoris 6tait an homme
dissip6, grossier ct il ne tarda pas a
rendre sd femme tres malheureuse, ct
depuis des annees les 6ponx vivaient
s6par6s.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-02-25

On a vendu, r6cemment, d Crowley
une des plus grandes ~propriet6s fon.
cieres de lEtat. La "Lowell Farm
Association a vendu a M. Elloy, A
Welman la ferme de Lowell, qui con
tient SO acres ct situ6e sur lie pont Du-
son, Ia somme de $26,265. Les ven.
deurs ayaient achete cette propri6te, en-
avril 1891, $4,000 Une jolie hausse
qua subie, cette ferme en- 81 mois-de
$4,000 500, 900.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-02-25

The people of Kansas must be very proud of
the motley crowd DOW at war in Topeka by
virtue of the intelligent suffrage of said
people of Kansas. Millions of dollars and
thousands of settlers will be turned from
Kansas to other States, less abundantly bless
ed in soil and climate, but more generously
endowed with popular common sense.-Min-
Minneapolis Tribune, Rep.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-02-25

The telephone may in the course Of time
take the place of the telegraph SO far as the
land and lines are concerned. because a few
days ago a line was completed between Chi.
cago and Boston, and Gov, Russell, of Mas
sachusetts, on the eastern end of the wire
held a conversation with Mayor Washburn,
of Chicago, and every word uttered was
heard distinctly, Boston also serenaded the
Windy City with the cornet and there was a
general interchange of eonrtesies which pleas
ed the officials who participated in the cere-
monies.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-02-25

M. Louis st. Martin, qui fut treis
fois membre de la chambre des repre-
sentants d Washington ct qui occupa
diverses fonctions pnbliques impor-
tantes, est mott la Nouvelle- Orleans
la semaine derniere, age de 70 ms
The Opelousas courier., 1893-02-25

II est question d6tablir une banque,
4 st. Martinville, paroisse st. Martin /;
plnsieurs capitalistes sont lanc6s dams
l~'affaire. A Anse-la-But pres de
Pont- Breaux, il y a un petit ruisseau
d'eau inflammable il est probable
quill existe dams lie voisinage IN puts
d'huile ct que peau de G rousseau en-
est ~impr6gn6e.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-02-25

One of the Checklist things in modern
tlnlss Is e. have one refuse your paper in one
mail and have him come at you Id the next
with a long, long letter magnifying the ad-
yantages of his town, and appealing for your
aid in the erection of some large industry, in
whose folds he wants to lap his own selfish
body.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-02-25

Une vache devint enrag6e ct mourut
dams le voisinage de Glendale, Ont, il
y a quelque temps ; les chiens des en-
virons d6vorarent la carcasse ct de-
~vinrent tous enrag6s d leur tour ct
mordirent tous les chevaux, les betes d
cornes, les cochons, ETC., 81 bien que
toua les animaux dams la localit6 sont
actuellemsnt en- proie q Ia rage eft
meurent.-Meschaceb6.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-02-25

In retiring from the firm of Clements &
Wilson, / take pleasure in recommending my
partner, s. JOS. Wilson, TO the public, and So
icit for him a continuation of the generous
patronage bestowed ON the firm of Clements
& Wilson. e. j.. CLEMENTS.
Opelousas, Feb'y, a, IS93-1m
The Opelousas courier., 1893-02-25

L'Echo, de Lac st. Charles, paroisse
Calcasien, dit que les s~cieries des en-
virOns de cette vile ont expedite pres
de 500 cars de bois, pendant le mois de
janvier, sans compter les enyois de
bardeaux qui ont et6 fats. Celia dome
une id6e de importance de cette in
dustrie. d Lac Charles.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-02-25

LIE go~uverneur de l'6tat de Durango,
dams le Mexique, IN nomm6 Juan Ma
nuel Flores, pretend avoir d6couvert
10 montague dor don't il est fat
mention dams les traditions azteques.
III s'y trouve, dit-il, plus dor que
toute l'argent qui circule sur la face de
la-terre.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-02-25

Dams la paroisse Ouachita, fEvening
News annonce l'6rection dun grand
hotel, d Monroe. Ce sont des capital
istes de pendroit qni sont a la tete de
l'entreprise.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-02-25

Les domestiques !:
"Vous vonlez me quitter, Justine /?
Pourquoi ? Quel est lie mobile qui
vous pousse a celia 7"
Madame, ce nest pas urF mobile,
e'est un cuirassier."
The Opelousas courier., 1893-02-25
NEW GROCERY.

Having opened a grocery store on Landry
street, near the bridge, in the Generes stand,
stocked with q choice assortment of fresh
goods which l sell at the lowest prices,
respectfully solicit a share of public patron
age. CLEMENT HEBERT.
Aug. 29-tf.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-02-25
Presfon's He'd AXE

Is a certain cure for headache. 1t will cure
only, and is guaranteed to do that.
t won't cure anything else. 1t never fails.
snifer when you can get relief in IS
minutes.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-02-25
FOE SALE.

One of the oldest and best known business
stands, on Main street. Will be sold cheap
for cash, or on time to suit purchasers. APP
ply at this office or TO
JULIEN CLAUDE,
Feb. 4. Washington.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-02-25

Dams la paroisse Natchitoches, lie
premier train de passengers, sur la ligne
conduisant a Grand Encore, Il Ell lieu,
Ia semaine derni6re.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-02-25
Mary's lam Again

Mary had a little lam,
She got it from her mother,
For stealing cookie09cake and jam
She doesn't want another.
New York Herald.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-02-25

Ne perdez pas de vue que lie Cour-
rier Sc charge de tous genres d'impres-
sions, ct dams les conditions les plus
raisonables.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-02-25
Re Corasfderafe.

Don't worry about your friends and family
with that worn apa faded appearance. It
will cure your diseased organs and change
your paliid cheeks to the rosy hue Of health.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-02-25

Inserrez vos annonce dams les colon
mes du Courier 81 vous voulez aug
menter vos affaires.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-02-25
Notice ofDfssoIutfon.

The firm of Clements e. Wilson having dis
solved, s.. Joseph Wilson is entitled to collect
all debts due said firm, and is responsible for
all debts.
Signed 4. j. CLEMENTS,
q Hos WILSON
The Opelousas courier., 1893-02-25
Ii Cures

Preston's He'd Aka is a certain and speedy
cure for headache. 1t is guaranteed to cure
any kind of headache. 1t will do it in /;
minutes, and it won't cure anything else.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-02-25

If Hawaii will annex Kanas, no questions
asked, we will :" throw in Two Strikes and
Col. Elliott F. Shephard.-Louisville Courier
Journal.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-02-25
Remarkable Literary Am
mOuncememt.

Doubtless the most surprising, and perhaps
the most important, literary announcement
ever made to American book buyers is AL
denis edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica,
for $4,000. 1t is the genuine, unabridged,
cloth-bound work, in large type, including
trations, and 200 maps. The full set is now
ready for delivery. And even this is not all:
If you SAINT spare $4,000 at one time, by pay
ing only $l.00 extra you may. through the
Encyclopedia Britannica Cooperative Club,
get the work on instruments of only five cents
a day. Surely, these most extraordinary
terms ought to place this greatest of Encyelo-
pedias a library in itself means something
whe3 applied to it in every home. 1ou can
get specimen pages, with full particulars, free
or a 12S-page Catalogue of choice books i'll
every department of literature. besides, for II
2,cent stamp, by addressing John b. Alden,
Publisher, 81 Rose ST.. New York.
The Anti Crinolint League, of Lon,ion, has
a membership of ii 900, and, although roy
atty still holds aloof, one Duchess, Her Grace
of Montrose, and two or three countesses
nave Joined. 1.-THE Duchess says the cor
respondent of the New York Sum- O. is young,
bnt most of the titled members, and it is
whispered u great majority OF the leagues
rank and file, are of mature age. 1t is very
sad, but the melancholy fact cannot be blink
ed at, that the majority of young and hand
some society ladies are engaged iii the IN.
adylike occupation of sitting Gu the fence.
They tire not particularly anxious to wear
crinoliues, but they will don it without demur
if it should be decreed fashionable. The
league leaders apparently are not altogether
sure of the constancy of their followers, and
it has therefore been decided to label them.
Every member is to wear S white metal badge
with monogram, which may be had either as
brooch or badge on ribbon"
The Opelousas courier., 1893-02-25
GOOD SER VICE.
PROMPT RETURNS.
Columbia Rice Mill.
NEW YORK.

The undersigned beg to call the attention
OF planters and factors to the above mill
which, is among the largest in the United
States. 1t is thoroughly equipped with the
latest aud best machinery for the milling OF
rice and secures pnt-turns equalled by few
and excellel by none. ,
Sales guaranteed accounts and remittance
made immediately on disposition OF goods.
If desired, will remit nominal value OF
goods Immediately on receipt, charging for
such advance interest ut rate OF b nln per an
nun.
Relatively higher prices are obtained on
rice at the North. Toil SAME Is regular in
New Orleans.
Rice should be packed in strong bags.
Mark bags plainly, :" shipment can be itten-
tilted. Bags returned or accounted for.
{'onsiguments aud correspondence solicited.
DAN TALMAGE'S SONS
il5 Wall St,
New York.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-02-25
Arfhar's Home Magazine.

elk each month, and articles on Fashion,
hort and all matters of interest to the Home
STORIES Finely Illustrated, $l.50 a year
ample copy for 2-cts stamps. Philadelphia
The Opelousas courier., 1893-02-25

GrTnpx
The Opelousas courier., 1893-02-25

Get our prices for. job vsork.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1893-02-01
What to Save,

And how to save it, are subjects
which interest all prudent house
wives. This information is given in
layers Home Economies, containing
One Hundred Recipes for using odds
and ends from table and market. Il
is a book especially valuable to young
housekeepers, and will afford many
new and useful hints even to those
more experienced. "Ayer's Home
Economies" mailed to any address
on receipt of 2 cent stamp, byDr. j.
G. Aver & Co., Lowell, Mass or call
at the Bazaar for one.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1893-02-01
SECOND HAND SCHOOL BOOKS.

It has occurred to US the teachers
of our county might easily create and
sustain a depository of second hand
school books. There are numerous
books in the hands of pupils unused
for which there is no sale. II these
could be collected and advertised to
the schools, they might be in demand
and prove economical to the pur
chaser. One or two repositories in
the county would probably be better.
We are willing to make the expert.
ment and unite with other teachers
in collecting and advertising these
books so as to facilitate their sale or
exchange. What do the teachers of
the county say to this? Let US col
lect the second hand books and sell
them or return to the owners after
they have been advertised for a time.
Those upon whom the buying Of
new books falls as a burden will ap,
preciate this effort. We can use the
Educational Column to advertise this
in the beginning and there is nc e
son why We may not make it a sue
cess at once, Look out next week
for a listof second hand books in this
column. Gather up the old books
and let Us hear from you. Several
pamphlets are lying Idle N the School
Commissioners Office that the teach
erg would do well to get and read.
they ought to be eagerly sought for
as they contain much valuable in
The II on rural school
architecture is especially valuable.
Ask for it and read it.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1893-02-01
Kissing Mother.

A father, talking to his careless
daughter, said:
I want to speak to you of your
mother. It may be that you have
noticed a careworn look upon her
face lately, OF course it has not
been brought there by an act Of
yours, still it is your duty to chase it
away. I want you to get up tomor-
row morning and get breakfast; and
when your mother comes and begins
to express her surprise, 60 right up
to her and kiss her on the mouth.
You can't imagine how it will
brighten her dear face.
Besides you owe her a kiss or two.
Away back, when you were a little
girl, she kissed you when no one else
vas tempted by your fever tainted
breath and swollen face. You were
not as attractive then as you are
now. And through those days she
a always ready to cure, by the
magic Of a mothers kiss. the little
dirty, chubby hands whenever they
were injured in those skirmishes with
the rough old world.
And then the midnight kisses with
which she routed so many bad dreams
as she leaned above your pillow,
have all been on interest these long,
long years.
Of course she is not so pretty and
kissable as you are; but if you had
done your share of work during the
past ten years the contrast would
not be so marked.
Her face has more wrinkles than
yours, and yet if you were sick that
face would appear far more beautiful
than an angels as it lowered over
you watching every opportunity to
minister to your comfort, and every
one of those wrinkles would seem to
be bright wavelets of sunshine chas-
ing each over the dear old face.
She will leave you one of these
days. These burdens, if not lifted
from her shoulders, will break her
down. Those rough nard hands,
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1893-02-01

this year, and until hog k'lhngzaex
year," he said, and enough hogs t.
kill then, and enough pigs to kill the
next year, but what I will do afte,
that the Lord only knows"
Then he left the old fellow starry.
ing on three years rations.
A dude is a kind of wart on the
devils nose.
You may SOW corr and reap corn,
but sow dudes and dudiness and you
will reap oue=half a thimble full Of
calf-foot jelly.
Maj. Black says, "money per CAPT,
ta," but its "per pockets"
am afraid that we preachers are
affected by money. Of course we
don't work for money, but you stop
our salaries, and we will quit. All,
ali!
I believe in decision. You see
these fellows who think they will
and think they won't, but rather
think they won't-l0 cents a dozen
like eggs in warm weather, and for
the same reason.
There was a darkey who had a
mule, and he said he had to hitch
him by tying him to a tree by his
tail to keep him from going through
his collar.
You get after a great many people
and they lay it all on Adam. Poor
old Adam!
Adam is too far off. You put two
drops of water in the Atlantic ocean,
and the poison gets mighty thin
when it gets to the other side, Adam
is too far. It is our own devilment
that is kicking up thunder.
When the devil got Jobs wife on
his side he got a trump card,
A mule kicked a negro on the
head, and couldn't put his foot down.
have got a government job keep
ing Sam Jones straight.
There r a lot of people who
like to say other people are soft
headed when they I doing right.
They got the impression from their
own heads.
I go into some churches where the
preacher looks like some big monu-
ment and the people look like head
stones and / go down among them
and I say 'Sam Jones, you are among
the dead"
Men and money are two autagonis-
tic forces in this country.
Men and money are each striving
for the mastery with the odds largely
in favor Of money.
There is nothing sublimer than
man. There is nothing more hurt
full, more dwindling to manhood than
the misuse of money.
David said to Solomon his son,
BE thou strong and acquit thyself
q man"
Nine-tcnths Of the people of the
country are after money, and the
other tenth are after a good time.
would not give one grand man
for all the cotton that was ever raised
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1893-02-01
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