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The Opelousas courier., 1895-09-21
AROUND THE EMPIRE PARISH.
Bellevue.


Sept. Il, 1895.
The weather is still warm for this time
of the year.
Cotton picking is the order Of the day,
and you can hear the steam whistles in
almost every direction.
The price of cotton is declining and
rice is selling for almost nothing, and
cotton seed is worth nothing. | don't
know what will become of the Door far
mer.
Alex. Burleigh, Frank Dimmick, l..
Suddeth, aud several others went up on
the Courtableau deer hunting last week.
They report il good time. They killed
their deer.
Miss Matllilde Miller of Coulre t,oche,
spent last week visiting Miss Julia Bur
leigh.
Miss Stella Truman and her sister Et-
ia Pearl were visiting Mrs. DR.. DAILY the
latter part Of last week.
Miss Hattie kinnebrew, of New Or
leans, is visiting Mrs. Pointer.
Miss Louise Gui,ily, of Couice Ciori.c,
is the guest Of Miss Julia BupltiglI this
Geek.
Quite Il number of The Bellevue boys
and girls attended the races at Opclon-
sas last Saturday.
Capt. y. T.. Snllth Sthitth MS 21il on
last Monday and is tuning ont several
bales of the feecy stuff each day.
The protractcd meeting closed on last
Thursday night.
The Rev. Mr.. Critics held services at
the church on last Sunday evening.
Wonder how Il certain young MAJ
came cut with lis best girl about kill
ing the deer on Sunday. Can't you tell
US. L. DE-
We are having a few showers of rain
just enough t" "sorter" keep down
the dust. BELLE.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-09-21
Les Garcons JUICES par Une Petite
File.

Une revue anglaise public dams sa
derDiere liyraison I'm extrait dun essai
sur les ga,Gons par n petite file.
Voici comment s'exprime la jeune file:
Lies ga,cons sont DIES hommes qui
ne sont pas encore aussi grands que
Ieurs papas, ct les files sont DIES femmes
qui plus tard deviendront des danes.
L'homme a etc cree await la femme.
Lorsque Dieu cut reSarde Adam, il Sc
dit a lui-meme: Eli hien, je ciois que
je puts faire mieux que celia S! je recon-
meuce. Eft il crea Eve. Les gaIcOns
sont une source d'ennuis. lis usent
tout-excepte lie saVon. ST ma v%olopt6
pouvait faire loi, tout ie monde coDsis
terait EN- petites files, ct le reste en-
poup6es. Mon papa est 81 gentii que
je crois il doit avoir etc une petite file
%lorsqu'il etait petit gaicon. L'homme
fut cree, ct le septieme jour il Sc repo
sa. La femme fuG creee ensuite, ct
ellie ne s'est jamais reposee %depnis."
VOLTA n jeune file qni paraIt avoir
des idees tres arretees sur Ia superiorite
de sou sexe. II est probable qu'elle
en- p6netrera I'm jour son mari, 81 toute-
fois ellie daigne Ell prendre un.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-09-21
AUX AMIs DU COURIER.

A nos amis en- general, ct a toutes les per
sonnes uui suppOrtent nOtre journal
Nous appelOns PattentiOn de t0utes les per
sonnss qui doivent faire DIES publications le-
gales, acknowledgements des ventes par autorlte
de Justice, sur lie Gefaut de precautions quelles
ont dc ne pas bonner les instructions neces-
saires ct positives pour que ces publications
soient faltes par le journal de leur choix; celia
nous prlve, en- etfet dun patronage q!ul nous
serait accorde. LIE sheriff de la parOlsse ap-
porte, en- effet, un zele qui tient de laJalousle, a
assurer au journal don't IL est non seulement ie
directeur mas I'm des principaux actlonnalres,
toutes les ventes par autOrite de justice, ct Ger,
taines publications en- cette matiere ont apparu
dams ce journal, bien qu'elles dussent nous ap'
partenir, scion pintentiOn DIES parties elles-
iutmes, 81 elles n'avaient etc enleVees, a Ia De
mande personnelle du sheriff GU de SOS deputies
au moment de la Specification DIES ordres dc
saisie.
Ceux qui preferent %soutenir OIL patronise1
tout autre journal dc cette p~aroisse, sont par
ta,tement libres, ct nous auriOns fort mauValse
grace a nous plaindre de semblable preference
inais nos ainis qui deslrent nous accordef leul
soutien, sont prizes dc WELLER a &C
que les officers sOient expressement requls de
bonner au Courier les publications qul peu'
vent les concerner; ct nous les engageons anss'
Acknowledgement, d ne pas sc lalsser lnflucnce1
en- aucnne maniere, pour les faire consent,r, AT
besoin les cOntraindre, q bonner ces puplica
lions a tout autre journal, quel quill SOIL
The Opelousas courier., 1895-09-21
LE CoURR1ER DIES oPELoUsAs

L,Abonnernent sera de $500 par an pay
able d'avance, gu s.. & dams lie courant de Fan
nee.
Les Avis Sc paieront cinquante cents par
carre pour la premiere insertion ct vingt cinq
cents par carre pour chaqte insertion subse-
quente. Dix lignes Oh moins constitueront un
Care.
Les avis qui seront envoyes pour etre publies
seront ins6res en- Francals ct en- Anglais. Ia
moins quill men soft autrement ordonne) ms
QUA ce que Pediteur JUICE a propos dc les dls-
cOntinuer.
Les candidats aux faveurs pnbliques devront
payer guinze piastres d'avance, sill veulent Sc
faire ann0ncer.
Les n6crologes. les lettres de remerciment,
les rGclames, les communications dun genre
personnel, ETC., Sc paierOnt au taux des avis.
Les articles dune nature ~persOnnelle tGuand
toutefois lis seront admissibies) Sc paleront
vingt cents la ligne ct d'avance.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-09-21

Washington, 9 septembre. - L'Uni-
versite Catholique a decide d'admettre
les femmes CONNIE etudiants pour les
hautes 6tudes, y compris les sciences,
10 philosophie ct les arts. Jusqu'au-
jonrd'hui, rUniversit6 n'etait onyerte
qn'aux pretres.
A pO1verture, en- octobre proclaim,
les femmes seront admises aux cours ct
Q 6tudes r6gnliers ct sp6ciaux; tou.
tefois, Giles ne ponrront se faire inscrire
pour obtenir des dipl6mes.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-09-21

Tn avantage en- prenant la Salsepa-
raille d'Ayer pour purifier le sang c'est
quill nest pas necessaire de retrancher
sur vos heures d'activit6 nj de vous pri-
yer d'aliments qui vous CONVENIENT.
En- un mot, vous n'6tes pas force de
flaner ni de roster affam6 pendant que
vous prenez cette medicine. Ces avan-
tages sont dune grande valeur.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-09-21

Qu'est-ce qu'une coquette Une
femme qui fait souffrir no on p!usieurs
hommes en- Sc moquant d'eux. Quest
CO qu'un homme qu'une femme peut
faire souffrir sans quill receive rien
dele? C'est IN niais. Eli bien, pour
quot m6dire des coquettes, ct quel NAL
voyez-vous . CO qn'une femme sans
c@ur s'amuse dun homme sans teteP
The Opelousas courier., 1895-09-21
Bayou Chicot.

Sept. II, 1879.
ii. l.. Erich went to Opelonsas on
Monday.
Capt. S. Haas left for New Orleans on
Sunday.
1t has been rather quiet ana! duh the
past wcek-nO new candidates have an
nounced themselves.
Two dentists and IL nurserynuan have
been in town during the week.
Miss Myra Thompson. Winds Tatman,
Miss Redwine, Miss Minnie Lee aud
Misses Rosa and Maggie Tatman went
to Opelonsas Monday to appear before
the board Of public schnol examiners.
What's the matter with Il country doc
tor for Coroner? Here's to DR.. Willie
H. Ray, of Chataignier! Who will sec
ond the motion9
Blakemore, belonging to Dir. John A.
Haas, of Vile Plate, 0 the halt-mile
running race against Nellie BLY, at Opel
fouled the doctors horse, yet he won
easily, being pulled hard by his rider
in the home stretch.
Leon S. and A. NJ. Haas, Jr., leave
Sunday for college at Port Gibson, Miss.
Judge Eli CLARK, who is residing with
his Sol William, was in town On Tues
day and announced himself as IL c..ndi-
date for ward magistrate.
There is q probability Of the c. N. L.
Hustlers playing ii match game OF base
ball with the feMpus Lecompte nine Of
Rapides at Washington on sept. Goth,
for one hundred dollars. Should the
game take place we tlnst Il large crowd
will attend and give the boys Il good
sond-off. More in regard to same next
week. CHiCOT.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-09-21

This College has been in operation seventy
years. 1t is as efficient now as ever. It has a
corps of earnest and capable teachers. The To-
cation is beautiful. The buildings are ample.
The town is noted for its morality and refine
ment. The expenses are quite moderate. 1T is
a good place for a boy who wants an education.
Send for a catalogue and get all the particu-
lars. Address REV. G. w. CARTER,
je222m President, jackson, La
The Opelousas courier., 1895-09-21

San Francisco, 10 septembre - LIE
gouvernement d'Hawaii fait remise dc
Ia peinea laquelle ellie a etc condamn6e
d l~'ex-reine Liliuokalani.
Une amnistie generate est accordee,
ct tous les exiles peuvent revenir dams
les iles, a Perception des freres Ash
ford.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-09-21

Jas. Fl. Houston, Jr., a un assortment
complet de- indictments, medicines pa
tentees, articles de toilette, etc, ct tou-
tes prescriptions sont prepares par un
droguiste experimeDte, NJ. T. B. Hop
kins.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-09-21

Que les femmes graven9 ceci dams
leur memoire: Celui Ia seul est digne
de leur amour Qui les a jugees dignes
de son respect.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-09-21

La medisance ct la calomnie %seraient
a q effet. sill ny await pas des imbe-
Giles pour leur faire faire leur chemin.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-09-21

Les p%ersonnes en retard pour lie pale
ment de leurs subscriptions au CoUR-
RtER, sont Instrument prizes de regler
l,arri6ra.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-09-21

ST vous vouiez faire entrer n terIe,
a~dressez-vous d M. Ben Bloomfield,
commissaire DIES Etats- Unis a Opelou-
saS.
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Pour informations lisez le COURIER.

81 vous d6sirez vendre on achete
quelque chose annoncez dams le CoUR
RIER.
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Inserez vos annOnces dams les colon
mes du COURIER 81 vOus voulez aug
menter vOs affaires.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-09-21

Latest designs in fancy ca,ds, cnvel-
opes, etc, just received at this office.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-09-21

For Sale.-A secondhand buggy will
out top. Apply at this Office.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-09-21

A fine assortment of fishing hooks
and lines. cheap, at Fred. l.. Sandoz's,
Bridgeville.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-09-21

Read your home newspaper and-pa,
for it.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-09-21

The undersigned call the
attention of planters and
factors to the above mill
which lis among the largest
and best equipped Of its
kind in the United States (;
soliciting for it a share of
patronage.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-09-21
Visite de deuil.

VIEILF UB uCuH.
On parle du mari defunt:
-Helas IL pauvre cher homme,
sonpire sa veuve Ell pleurant. II me
disait tonjours: ''Va-t'en au diable !"
Mails il y eat bien allie le premier!
The Opelousas courier., 1895-09-21

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The Somerset reporter., 1895-08-01

In every household the daughter has
her appointed work. In all but the rich
er merchants houses the daughter S
duty is to bring the water from the we'll
evening and morning 1t is the gossip
ing place Of the village, this we'll, and
as the sun sets there come running down
all the girls of the village. AS they fill
their jars they lean over the curb and
talk, and it is here that are told the lat
est news, the latest Irritation, the latest
marriage, the little scandal of the place
Very few men come. Water carrying is
not their duty, and there is proper time
and place for Irritation So the girls
have the we'll almost to themselves
Almost every girl will weave. In ev-
cry house there will be a loom, where
the girls weave their dresses and those
Of their parents. And very many girls
will have stalls in the bazaar; but Of
this l will speak later. Other duties
are the husking of the rice and the max
ing Of cheroots OF course in the richer
households there will be servants to do
all this, but even in them the daughter
will frequently weave, either for her
self or for her parents. Almost every
girl will do something, if it be only t.
pass the time. -Blackwood's Magazine.
The Somerset reporter., 1895-08-01
THE EARTHQUAKE.

Surely no building of its size ever
contained more food for the Imagination
that my friend Norman riverside bun
galow. 1t was fairly crammed with Gu
riosities from many lands.
Jack Norman had not only "been ev-
erywhere and seen everything, as the
saying is-he had brought home a ship
load of mute but convincing witnesses.
Capital yarns be would spin about his
treasures too, but of one object neither
he nor his pretty Spanish American
wife could be induced II speak, except
casually.
Tho Liberator is sacred, " he would
say when asked where he got it, or 1.-The
Liberator has been i'll an earthquake, y
when its battered appearance was com
mented upon.
1t was the figure of satyr in bronze,
about 3 feet high, with the legs and
hoofs of goat, short, blunted horns,
huge pointed ears, grinning, lopsided
mouth and broken nose. Its left eye
had also been in the wars-the metal
was dented as if by heavy blow, which
had changed the figure S original roguish
expression into a hideous leer.
Often have l seen Jack put his arm
round its wry neck and talk to it with
all the affection that a parent bestows
on his offspring But it was Mrs, Nor
man who gave me the clew to the secret
Jack had been seriously lila return
of jungle fever His wife came to me in
the drawing room.
oh, he is so much better, she said,
with her dark eyes swimming. HE
lSoon will be we'll All, me What would
| do without my brave, true husband
think no wife has ever been SO happy
as |. And turning to the hideous
satyr-"you gave him to me, you dear
old thing i"
She flung her arms round the twisted
neck and kissed the grinning mouth. A
dozen times she pressed her warm lips
to the cold bronze.
could not help smiling.
you laugh" she said, "but it is
true Some day Jack shall tell you, per-
haps. We do not like to speak of it.
There is a grave beyond the sea A
mother tends it who would grieve if the
truth We're known.
Soon afterward l had the good luck
to do Norman u service
Il must make You present" he
said. Look round and tell me what
you would like. bar the Iiberator, OF
course
4 won't take anything, answered.
eff you'll tell me why you set such
store by that old bronze we shall be
quits. -
The Somerset reporter., 1895-08-01

Mime De Cornuel went to Versailles
to see the French court, when NJ De
Torcy and NJ. De Seignelay, both very
young, had just been appointed minis
tiers. She saw them as we'll rs Mime. De
Maintenon, who had then grown old
When she returned to Paris, some one
asked her what remarkable things she
had seen. 4 have seen, she said,
what | never expected toSee there.
have seen love III its tomb and the min
istrv IN its cradle
The Somerset reporter., 1895-08-01

Il canldIrt re lie II ii week ago
for Il certain re.,sm. En- the person
concerned H. desa had noticed that
Mrs Norman WIS III deep mourning
He took = nude, salrtess sword from
the wall DO You knox what this Isl
he asked
Some sort Of sword replied
1T is a Niearaguan maehete, carried
by all the men and many Of the women
III that unquiet country. Look along
the edge
did - and perceived a duh stain
near the square point jack drew his
finger down a long white scar on his
bronzed check
THAT stain Is blood It came freJn
here-some Of il got worse cut on
the head Now III tell yoG the story.
He lit cigar, flung himself into an
easy chair and began
Some years ago I had an interest in
Segoyian gold mine Seg3yia, | should
say is in Nicaragua, between the Great
lake and Honduras. firing of the wild
] L
night l passed in the hotel, and that
was too long for l WAS eaten alive
Next day | sought out a vacant house,
found the owner and struck bargain
THE house | rented was an immense
building, erected on three sides Of a
courtyard paved with marble There
was not Il pane Of glass in it, hut plenty
] e H.. l.
ken fountain in hecenter, watcrless. Of
course, and half hidden by rubbish and
| shrubs, run wild long since
The time hung pretty heavily upon
my hands, so one morning | set to work
to clear away the rubbish that choked
/ the basin of the fountain At the very
bottom of the heap found the Liber
ator
II cleaned the statue myself Pepe
dared not touch it at first. He said it
was Garib god. 1t WASH t in its pres
ent battered condition then, and | con
sidered it great find. We set it up on
shelf above my bed and i'll IS hours |
| had forgotten all about it.
"Of course visited the cafes, where
you may drink bad chocolate and gam
BILE to your heart content Everybody
does both there, and when one is in
Rome '-you know the adage:
AT a gambling house | met Don
! Manuel Arguello. BY way of return for
the money he had won Of me he took
me home and introduced me to his moth
or and cousin. After that | called every
/ 7 81 ~, i.
Sonora Isabel
"The passion of my life was returned.
But | was unaware that Don Manuel
also loved her. did not learn until too
late that he had long looked forward to
repairing his broken fortunes by mar
riage with his cousin. He enlightened
mel need not describe the scene-and
refused to stand aside. Then he threat
ened to take my life.
CAS- you know, my wife is a capital
horsewoman, and it was our custom to
ride daily on the Los Cocos road. One
morning my darling failed To meet me
at tne trysting place | dismounted to
wait, leaving my horse with Pepe. Pres
emily he called me, and | found him
examining the tracks.
Senior, said he in his grave fash
Ion, here is the trail of the sonora 5
mare. 1t is fresh. 1t Was made this
morning. He moved on bent double.
"Other horses have halted here, have
plunged about and have gone. The So
nora's mare went with them. Again he
moved on
All = he exclaimed presently, there
| Is the print of "a lassO ring which has
The Somerset reporter., 1895-08-01

missed the TX. There the sonora Il
mare halted suddenly. like the wise ami
NAL she Is That lassD did not miss.
and she has had fall before maybe
What Oh earth are you driving att
| cried
The sonora turned there and -Inrt
ed the mare, be said The other horses
followed in a great hurry senaf Size
did not gallop far, as We have seen
Afterward she went quietly
- For the love Of heaven tell me
what YOU have learned = cried
A mile farther Oh, senior, answer.
ed the Indian stolidly. there j, path
which leads to Don Manuel's hacienda.
If the sonora mare turns there, that IL
whera the Sonora Isabel viii have gone
not willingly, senior
W. galloped hard TO the bywav
spoken Of sure enough, all the tracks
left the road there The obseryant In
dian was right
I had my pistols, he his machete
We pursued the abductOrs and caught
them before they reached the hacienda
Its ugly a quartet n | ever set eyes
on The prudent Don Manuel had di-
reeted the business from a safe distance
His fellows showed fight, Of course,
bat | managed to wing one at the first
fire when they all turned tail | took
ny darling back II her aunt, with
whom She Was quite safe. Don Manuel
did not show up. He knew better.
Mrs. Norman came IN just then, and
Jack abruptly changed the subject Half
an hour later Jack resumed.
Ny darling was very fond Of her
aunt and unwilling to hurt her, so we
said nothing Of her son : Villany But
when Pope and got back To our ruin
ons palace he advised me In baIricade
the d5orof ny room. However, l didn't
think it worth while, but at nightfall
stretched mvsrlf on the hide bed and
fell asleep with revolver close to ny
| hand
About midnight | was awakened by
a cut m the head, which, luckily, did
not stun me, ~ l shouldn't be spinning
this yarn nv l started up with the
blood streaming down my face
Don Manuel stood over me with my
revolver in oae hand and an uplifted
machetc in the other There's the ma
| chete.
Now you sAall die, rohber" he
Missed and aimed another blow at me,
which l avoided. Shouting loudly for
Pepe, grarpied VIII hlm and got hold
of his wrists. W., thr stronger, but
loss Of blood had weakened me. He
The Somerset reporter., 1895-08-01
A SWEET YOUNG FACE.
Along the noisy city ways

Along the noisy city ways
And i'll this rafting city car,
On this the drearic~t Of days,
Perplexed with business fret and Jar
When suddenly a young, sweet face
Looked on my pctulance and pain
And lent It something of its grace
And charmed 1t into peace again.
The day was just as bleak without,
My neighbors just rs cold within,
And truth was just as full of doubt,
The world was just as full of sin.
But in the light Of that young smile
The world grew pure, the heart grew
warm,
And sunshine cleaned little while
Across the darkness of the storm.
did not care to seek her name,
l only said, God bless thy life,
Thy sweet young grace be still the same,
Or happy maid or happy wife
1855 Phillips Brooks.
The Somerset reporter., 1895-08-01
THEN PUT THE PROFITS IN YOUR
OWN POCKET.

DIRECTORS:
HENRY G. STAPLES. CHARLES f. NASH,
JAS. f. FULLER, ALGESoS 5. BANGS,
FRANK L. WEBER, CHAs. ". JONES,
CHAs. II. BLafsDELI.
The Somerset reporter., 1895-08-01
PATTEN'S DRUG STORE.
BEAUTIFUL DOLLS.

To any person in Maine or New Hampshire
sending u ? cent stamp, We Will forward
set OF six dolls, beautifully Autographed
in colors on fine cardboard Address
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Agents Washburn Crosby Co.. ouperiatige
Flour. IT
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-09-07
RMUSEME MTS.
A. Y. Pearson's Stock Company.

Commencing Monday, Sept. Q, A. Y.
Pearson $, Big Stock Company, will open
for week at the Opera house. or "The
White Squadron, which will be presented
by this company, nothing new can be said
as 1t is we'll known to the Augusta
public.
A new play to Augusta and one that is
said TO be big success In the cast, is
Edwin Barbour's thrilling melodrama,
Land Of the Midnight Sun" The
effects attained in this play are highly
realistic. The strongest of these is the
eruption of Mount Heckla and the cxplo-
sion of the sulphur mines two scenes that
admit of a grand pyrotechnic display the
story is one of strong emotion dealing
with the lives of two brothers who are
unknown to each other, one seeking ven
geance upon the other for q wrong
wrought by their own father.
Another successful mclodrama IN this
repertoire is Midnight Alarm" 1t is a
drama illustrating real life in great city
and exciting incidents in the life of a
fireman; the play has melodrama, comedy,
and speciality features. The other well
known plays are Police Patrol, - and
Derby Mascot" Both of these plays
have scored success after success At The
Saturday matinee the prices to all parts
of the house will be twenty Ave cents.