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TAKE NoTICE.-We call the attention
of justices of the peace elect of this and
adjoining parishes that we are prepared
furnish them all needed forms in
their line of business on short notice
and at reasonable prices. Write or call
and see for yourselves.
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JUDGMENT.
NINA HEBRkRD. WIFE, VS.. FRANK f.
BAILEY, HUSBAND.
DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF ST. LANDRY
STATE OF LOUISIANA.

In this case the. law and the evidence being
in favor of the plSintiff and against the defend
ant. and the plaintiff having established to the
ton of tn defendant; it is for these reasons
now ordered, ad1udged and dccreed that tho
plaintiff, Nina Hebrard. have Judgment against
dissolving forever the community of acquets
and gains now and heretofore existing between
them, and comforting upon her full power and
authority to adm mister and control her sepa-
rate property which she may hereafter acquire
and the revenues thereof, free from the inter-
ference of her said husband.
And it is further ordered that defendant pay
all costs of this suit TO be taxed
Thus done, read and signed i'll open Court at
Opclousas, La, this 29th December, A. d. 1896
GILBERT l.. DUPRE,
Judge 11th Jud Dist La.
Filed Dec. 30, 1896.
H. L. EsToRGE, Dy. Clerk.
A true copy.
Fl. E. EsToRGE, D'y Clerk.
Jan. 2 1897
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St. Landry Academy of Music,

Professor R. MAYER, Principal.
@Ae>A Branches taught; Piano, Organ,
1S Violin, Violoncello and Vocal Mu-
@S Ssl}sic. A thorough theoretical and
va classical music education guaran-
teed. Session commences September, 1896.
For further information apply to
Prof. r. MAYER, Opelousas, La.
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Get our prices for job work.
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OFFICE g 44<EDRY HoMEsT'D & LOAN Ass'N.,
Opelousas, Sept. lG, 1895.
This Associati6a has opened new Series
IN" The great advantages already rcarea by
the shareholders :Hd the public should induce
MANY TO avail themselves of the present oppor-
tunity TO become members. The laying ASIDE
of an insignificant sum weekly Will secure you
a good home. Shares to he applied for at the
office in Bank Building, up stairs. Wtr,.y pay
ments are only twenty-five cents per share.
Il. D. EST!LETTE,
Sent o. 1895 President.
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Ripans Tabules cure headache.
Ripans Tabules cure dizziness.
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OCTAVE ARDOgN
NOTICE.

LAND OFFICE AT NEW ORLEANS, La.
January IS, 1897
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settl has filed notice OF his intention
to make final proof i'll support OF his claim, and
that said proof will be made befor" Il. Bloom
field, IT, s. Commissioner, at Opelousas a., on
viz
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AEEaHaEE ID AEsDOSN.

who made Homestead Entry No. l7949 for 'he
ST of S -, Sec. 81, Up. g. r west,
He fok Is the following witnesses 20 prove
his ccss s4lous residence upon, ANA cultivation
of, saI klIld, viz:
OctIve IA r1loin Ambrose johnson, Justin
JOhns Sbn, Nari,l3 3'ts lFontenot ali OF Bayou CHI
cot, sA LaG4%S parIh La.
GEO. MCD. BEUM3Y.
Han hot Register.
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1t is clearly evident to the average
reader of the daily papers that the Gu
ban war correspondents who send out
columns Of rot every few hours from
the Florida coast towns, are the most
capable, vigorous and thoroughly ac-
cOmplished gang of lials on earth. Dur
ing the past two months they have
slain Maceo 1900 times and brought him
to life as often. firing OF this brutal
sport, one OF these correspondents, evil
IDENTITY Il postmaster in the art of men
aacity, comes to the front with the an
nouncement that Maceo Is in this cOun-
try recovering from his wounds. Ana
Mas, of Biblical fame, wasn't I'm 1t ="
with the Cuban war coiiespondcnts.-
West Baton Rouge Sugar Planter.
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NOTICE OF ADMHNHsTRA

PROBATE DOCKET, DISTRICT COURT
PARISH OF ST. LANDRY.
ESTATE OF JOSEPH CHACfIkRE.
No. -.
Whereas James O. Chachere. Of ST Landry
parish, has applied by his petition to I've ap-
pointed administrator of the estate OF Joseph
Chachere, late of the parish of St. Landry;
Now therefore notice is hereby gwen TO all
parties interested to make opposition 10 SAID
appointment to file the same in writing i'll my
Office in the town of Opelonsas, i'll ten dnys
from the present notice.
A. PAVY.
January 10, 18ey Clerk.
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Ripans Tabules: for sour stomach.
Ripans Tabules cure indigestion.
Ripans Tabules assist digestion.
Ripans Tabules cure constipation.
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"A, Big Ditfe

In regafs> to y2eect.ic plant for
this city, anifss-+tr1he opinion that it
would pay thetdyy to OWL it, instead of
paying an outtide cogbMation for the
lighting of theestreeGb' said a gentle
man yesterday. Ss&.sst8w. take, the cases
of Alexandria and @donroe of this state.
Alexandria owns ia own electric plant,
while that at holtS,e is owned 10y pri-
vate company. IL + result is that Mon
for tie lighting OF Directs. Dona ldson-
vile Owls its Own water works and it
ought to own its electric plant Don
aldsnnvlle Times.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-01-30

The Independent Lumber Yard.
Inever combine to raise prices. See
me before buying. | meet all prices.
A. G.. SKILEs.
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NO. 20.
JUDICIAL. ADVERTISE EHEN,EA.

FANNIE G. CAIN VS.. SAINNIILE JOHNSON
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TW0 DOLLARS A YEAR IN ADVANCE.
S1.OO for Six Months.
NoTICE

Tho firm of Leonce & l.. A. SandoZ is dssoly
a ttis day by mutual consent L. a. Sandoz
sa .otres from the OPELOUsAs COURIER, and the
rnrinting and Publishing business of the paper
Ip,iil he continued by LeOnce SandoZ for his own
soronnt. All bills against the late concern Will
Se settled on presentation at the COURIER Of
Ace, and all parties indebted to same are re-
anested to call and settle without delay.
LEONCE SAEDOZ.
l.. A. SANDOZ.
Opelousas, May ?, 1896.
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VOL. Xiv.
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Opt|ousas & ,ourier.

PUBLISHED on SATURDAY BY
mo NOE = A N DOZ.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-12-09

REPORTS from Seattle, Wash,
would indicate that all the snide
fakirs, bunko men and business
schemers are headed that way to
make preparations for the spring
onslaught upon people coming
from and going to the Klondike
gold fields. One professional
genius, who claims to be an ex-
preacher, has the most audacious
scheme of any, and he is working
arduously at his task now that he
may be able to take the first boat
for Alaska in the spring. He pro-
poses to make fortune for him.
self by collecting two hundred
respectable CD women to be taken
to Dawson City and auctioned.off
as wives to the highest bidders.
He says it will cost the women
nothing to go, he paying all Of the
expenses; but they shall have no
choice in the selection of a hus-
band-the bidders will choose &C
cording to the amount Of gold
dust they are willing to put up.
He also has the nerve to add that
the "enterprise'' will yield him a
fortune as "women will be worth
their weight in gold'' to the sue
cessful miners. The authorities
in Seattle should not require a mi
croscope to see through such a
rotten scheme of barefaced robbery
and prostitution.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-12-09

The inmates of the Huntsville.
Texas, penitentiary have just
ushered into existence the initial
copy Of the Prison Bulletin, a small
publication to be issued by them
semi-monthly. The boys had a
severe struggle in getting out the
first issue, due principally to a
limited capital but they succeeded
in getting out very presentable
paper which we hope will continue
in the good work. It has paid
The MIRROR singular compli-
ment in adopting the motto: 1T
is never too late to mend"
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-12-09

THERE is a maid of 1O4 summers
living in st. Louis, who is proud
of the record of never having been
kissed. She speaks Of having been
engaged to tailor ninety years
ago when at the kittenish age of
fourteen she foolishly plighted her
love, but appears now to relish the
recollection that her affianced was
killed shortly after the engage
ment. A parrot that talked and a
tobacco-chewing monkey have been
her solace through life. She is
still hale and hearty, with a strong
aversion to possible suitors for her
petrified affections.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-12-09

gossip about most printers being
drunkards had it's origin in the
notable sociability and general
good-fellowship of the printer
when ''out with the boys" Nat
urally intelligent, with the latest
news and pithy repartee at his
disposal the comp. made himself a
man to be inquired about in any
company, with the result that all
printers were welcomed as desir-
able company where jollity pre-
vailed. With this wide advertis-
ing, degenerate history connected
the excuses of few as the dom
inant vice Of the many.
We have purposely looked up
the prison statistics Of the country
to discover to what extremes vice
had led the printer, and were graf
flied to note that as felons they
are far below the percentage of
nearly all other callings; and, bet
ter still, they are considerably
scarcer within the walls than some
professions, the worldly care Of
whose disciples is to keep others
out of prison.
In this connection we may say
that the compliment paid to the
uprightness and honesty Of work
ing printers is accumulated by the
known fact that every kid who
at any time swept out composing
room will in after life call himself
a printer when in place where a
card is not called for.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-12-09

In THE last issue of the st. Peter
journal, Miss Perry, the owner and
editress, in turning over the paper
to the new management to whom
she sold it, gives mastery fare
we'll to her friends and readers that
will ever assure her memory a
warm spot in their hearts. In
straightforwardness and earnest
feeling it is the best Of it's kind we
have ever read.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-12-09
RETRIEVING CHARACTER.

You can make people respect
you whether or no they wish to,
but you can not do it with counter
felt material And this applies
to you as an eX-convict whether
your talent is but that Of a CON-
mon laborer or the genius Of an
accomplished diplomatist.
"A very strong statement,' you
say. Yes: and it is as true to real
life as it is emphatic. Human ma
ture is and has been ever suscep-
tible to the same emotions and a
like degree of enthusiasm for the
energetic when their energy is APP
piled to actions that appeal to
mankind's better nature. Show
the stamp Of genuine manhood to
a MAN and he will Judge you by
what you are now-not by what
you may have been. He may
have some doubt of your past, but
if you have the necessary sticktO-
itiveness and continue to show
him a good grade of manliness he
will be cOnvinced-not against
his WILL" as a misquotation would
have it. but with increased admir-
alton. This is on the same prin-
ciph that moves the enterprising
business man to keep continually
advertising the merits Of his goods.
A grandstand play once week or
month will do him no lasting
good: but, as you personally know,
if the good quality of an article is
continuously forced upon you in a
polite manner, you will agree with
the advertiser and you will patron
ize him. 1t is just SO with re-
building character. An occa-
sional spectacular exposition of
moral enthusiasm will avail
naught. But if the exhibit is of
the right kind and you modestly
continue to improve upon it you
will draw from the masses friends
worth having, just as Edison's
famous magnet is attracting the
valuable ore from New Jerseys
desolate mountain sides.
People love to find a pearl where
such was unexpected. And,
strange though it be, they appre-
ciate the one picked from the mire
far more than the one snugly
couched in the besilked and sat-
ined case on Tiffany's shelf.
That's curious, isn't it? Yes, and
the more you see Of it the more
curious this good old world be-
comes, until, from sweet and bit
ter experience, you realize that
this phase of life is the corner
stone of progress, rather than
mere whim of the people.
The world admires fighter; the
admiration is doubled when he is
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-12-09

on the popular side of the strife, and
it is boundless when he achieves
success in the cause Of right. Nor
do people question who or what
the fighter WAS. You might take
Martin Thorn out of the shadow
of the death chair in New York,
and if he invented successful
airship the world would be at his
feet; yes, people would not be-
ieve his own confession to being
the cold-blooded demon that he
says he is. Why? Unerring hu-
man natures belief that only
man good at heart can accomplish
good. We admit that the met
aphor is odious: we make it be-
cause, taking the man to be what
he says he is we are aware that he
could not be the cool, designing
fiend, and the enthusiastic student
of research. The one clearly dis
proves the other. If he were
capable of the deliberate fendish-
ness Of the one be could not be
the calm thinker to accomplish
the other. That is the reason why
human nature, as we call it, is
willing to let virtue cover a fault.
If a man at any time in his life
can show the world that he pos
sesses genuine material in his
makeup, it will be taken as the
most positive proof that there
were strong extenuating circum-
stances in the misdeeds Of his
past life. They know that good
material was always in him; though
shrouded and undeveloped; they
know that the word reform" is
but a synonym for develop
that no man can be reformed"
unless the good is already in him
in an undeveloped form; they
know that natural fiend will al
ways remain such whether nursed
in a palace, a hovel or moral san
itarium.
For these reasons it is but a
commonplace truism to repeat
that you can make people respect
you whether or no they wish to.
You CAN retrieve your character
with comparative ease if you go
about the matter with thorough
earnestness. But you will never
succeed if you lose courage
through disappointment, like the
California ex-convict spoken of in
our last issue. If you are hon.
estly anxious to succeed, you need
never become SO lackadaisical as to
express the desire ''to die in pris-
on" When it comes to such
clear showdown if you are not too
effeminate you will readily dis
cover, as the old women say, that
"there are lots O ways of KILN a
cat without chokin' it with butter"
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-12-09
A TRIBUTE TO INTELLIGENCE.

The union printers Of this
country-and of the world, we
might add-have just cause to re-
joice over the high standard of
their craft. both as to moral worth
and model workmanship. Long
ago the organization was fittingly
dignified as the ''most intelligent
body of working men in America. -
And with all the tribulations and
''festers" that have beset the craft
in the past half decade they have
managed to hold their rank and
prove deserving Of the apothegm
of praise gained before the advent
Of the machines that displaced
about five out of every seven
comps.
But it remained for man
prominently known by his con-
nection with high grade publica-
tons to pay the higher compli-
ment to the honesty of the typo.
Manly M. Gillian is the man and
the following are his words as
published in Printers Ink:
BY the way, in twenty-five years or
more that l have been familiar with
newspapers and magazines, | have
never known any important thing to
leak from the composing room. 1t has
often struck me as notable thing that
cOmpOsitors, who we'll know the value
of news, and who are aware that they
are setting up very important matter
matter for which rival journals would
often pay a big price-have never
proved false.
The goody-goodies who are eter.
nally making the words printer
and drunkard synonymous may
virtually, ''put that in their pipe
and smoke it." And when the
fumes Of gossipy guesswork have
been cleared from their brain
cells they may sooth their ranked
hearts with a disquisition or
the connection of drunkenness
and honesty, which two, they
have rightly claimed, are incom
patible.
Many printers, like other skilled
artisans, take their mug occasion
ally. The main cause of the idle
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-12-09

A DETROIT, Mich, woman is
now the owner of mechanical
device to prevent snoring. In a
very short time you will see this
ingenious continuance advertised
in your favorite periodicals. The
lady should make a fortune out of
this property.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-12-09

In THE state of Wisconsin it is
much safer to carry an arsenal on
your person and burglarize a home
than to enter the sacred precincts
of a chicken coop or snare the
biped in the barnyard. At Stevens
Point, Wis, the past week, two
men were given three years each
for stealing four chickens which,
the Gazette of that place says:
"were not thoroughbred fowls at
that. At the same term of court,
and on the same day another
offender was let off with one year
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-12-09
N 0 TIC E.

THOSE receiving copies of The MIR
ROR who are not subscribers will
please consider them as sample cop
les. If, after reading them, you should
conclude that THE MIRROR is
worthy of your patronage, send one
dollar to this office and we will enter
your name on our books for a
years subscription.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-12-09
THE MIRROR is a weekly paper published

THE MIRROR is weekly paper published
In the Minnesota State Prison. 1t was founded
in 1887 by the prisoners and is edited and man
aged by them. Its objects are to be home
newspaper; to encourage moral and intellectual
improvement among the prisoners to acquaint
the public with the true STATUS of the prisoner;
to disseminate pathological information and to aid
in dspelling that prejudice which has ever been
the bar sinister to fallen mans self-redemptOn
The paper is entirely dependent on the public for
its financial support If at any time there should
accrue a surplus of funds, the money would be
expended in the interests of the prison library
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-12-09

for burglary. Verify the lay of
the barnyard fowl hath a warm
place in the hearts of the Badger
ties. It is too bad yer rights
are not recognized in other states,
Madam La Hen.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-12-09
A.
E2&9o

An article in Donahoe's Maya
zine for December, entitled: 'Shall
Man be Supplanted by Machin-
ery?' is question worthy Of the
treatment it receives from the
author, William M. Ramsdell,
Mayor of Lynn, Mass, in an able
demonstration of the industrial
problem of equipping the labor
world with machinery at the ex-
pense of men.
Mr.. Ernest Knaufft. editor of
the Art Student, contributes to the
December number of the American
Monthly Review of Reviews a crit
ical study Of "John Gilbert and
Illustration in the Victorian Era.
Mr.. Knaufft's article is illustrated
with many interesting reproduce
tons Of the drawings of Sir John
Gilbert and his contemporaries.
The first edition of the Christ
mas number of McClure's Maya
zine will be a third of a million
copies. It has a special Christ
mas cover, designed by Charles l..
Hinton, and contains pictures by
F. S. Church, Charles Dana Glib
son, Ernest G. Peixotto, Corwin
Knapp Linson, and other of the
best known artists, as we'll as re-
productions of some famous paint
ings appropriate to the season.
Rudyard Kipling, Anthony Hope,
Charles A. Dana, Robert Barr,
Ella Higgins, Bliss Perry, W. L.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-12-09

The iceman is happy indi-
vidual. You can't have it too hot
in summer OF too cold in winter to
suit him.-Up-To-Date.
Anyone who has ever smelled
the river that flows into Lake
Michigan at that point knows what
it is that makes Chicago I'LL. A.
w. Bulletin.
A girl who thinks a great deal
Of her young man is more effective
as a gas saver than any of the
patented affairs designed for that
purpose.-Denver Post.
In the bright lexicon of youth
there is no such word as fail
There used to be, but the world do
move and it's a self-stacking
thresher now.-Bede's Budget.
The eastern critic who asserts
that the modern course ''does not
fit young men to enter the active
battle of life must have missed
seeing this years football games.
Chicago Record.
Chicago has street Car fender
that puts people out of their
misery at once" There is no
question that humanity is gradu-
ally gaining ground in the Windy
City.-St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Cuba is evidently resolved that
it shall not be her fault if Con
gress is not enabled to point to
quite a considerable racket in JUS
tifcation of a recognition of her
belligerency.-St. Louis Republic
This would not be such Woe
fully weepful world as it is. if We
were as deeply impressed and
highly entertained in seeing a bad
man go right as we are in seeing 8
good man 90 wrong-St. Louis
HumOrist
In Boston they don't say ''There'll
be hot time in the old town to-
night" but the aesthetic blonde
murmurs ''There will be an inter
val of time remarkable for abnor-
NAL temperature within the cor
porate limits Of the ancient NUM-
cipality as night draws her sable
curtainsaround." Saltwater Daily
Gazette.
At the recent election in Salt
Lake City, Utah, where women
have the same rights of suffrage as
men, all the women candidates for
office were defeated, and defeated
badly. They were slaughtered by
the votes Of their own sex, who, it
seems, were unwilling to lift any
of their number to official pre-
eminence. The male citizens of
the Mormon capital have very
soft snap in the game of politics.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
A paper comes from Bluffs, Ill.
marked personal, this week, but we
fail to see any familiar name in its
columns. The only interesting
item we found was the market
report which quotes "old hens at
SC per h., old roosters at % cents.
We know of a lot of old hens and
roosters, running around that %
cents would be fair price for
car load. Some of them roost in
church, some of them on the street
corners and various other places
St. Peter journal.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-12-09

IT IS better to be an ex-convict,
than an expectant for pathological
coaching; but an exception is pre-
ferable to either.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-12-09

The motto of the lachrymose
hypocrite is: If at first you don't
succeed, cry, cry, again.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-12-09

Stead and the distinguished Asian
explorer, DIR. Sven Hedin, will be
among the contributors to the
number.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-12-09

The Christians Ladies' Home
Journal tells how the German
Emperor, with the Empress and
the royal family, spend Christmas
Day with their children. The
article is written by Mr.. Nagel Won
Brave, an attache Of the court,
who was permitted to be present
at the celebration last Christmas
in order to write this article. The
pictures were made ION the spot.
and approved by the Emperor.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-12-09

The Christmas number of the
Home Magazine, comes to us in
an unusually bright and cheerful
appearance that easily calls to
mind the genial sociability of the
Knights of the Grip, in whose in
terest it is published. From a.
literary standpoint its contents are
Of decidedly holiday interest that
will strike a responsive chord i'll
the hearts of all lovers of good
reading.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-12-09
500 XeX93SESss

The football season has gone at last.
And into our waiting ears
Is borne on the breast of the wintry blast-
The snip of the BARRIERS shears.
Denver Post.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-12-09

This paper will be forwarded to subscribers
until ordered discontinued and all arrears are
paid.
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Should THE MIRROR fail to reach subscriber
each week, notice should be sent to this office,
and the matter will be attended to at once.
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Contributions solicited from any and all sour
ces Rejected manuscript will not be returned.
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Entered at the POst-Office at saltwater. Minn.,
as second. class mail matter.