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The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1898-12-03

Judge w. G. Perrault has been
on the sick list this week, but we
are pleased to learn is on the
mend.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1898-12-03

W. w. Duson, Esq, one of the
most enterprising men of that
enterprising little city, Crowley,
was here Monday.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1898-12-03

In an editorial headed "Sugar to
the Rescue, the Florida Parishes,
OF Amlte City urges the cotton
growers to go into cane culture.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1898-12-03

Town Lots For Sale at very
reaseaable prices. Apply or adj
dress: "Town Lots care Cour-
Hier Office, .Opelousas, La.
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$500 PER ANNUM
NO. IL
JUDICIAL ADVDRTTsEM MENTs.
DAKTxTRON sALE.
EDWARD N. BOAGNI EFT AIS vs. MRS
PEARL BOAGNI. WIFE, EFT AL.
No. t83Als.
DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF ST. LANDRY
STATE OF LOUISIANA

BE 1t known that by virtue OF Il Judgment
rendered on the fourth day of November, 1893
by the Hon. e. l.. Dupra, Judge of the IItil
the above entitled and numbered suit and hy
yirture of commission issued nut nf said
Court and directed to the underaigne,i we
Thc6philus +. Tnrlton and Robert NJ. Ilttrll
Testimcntary Executors of tho last vii aud
testament of the late Mrs. h. A. Littel, widow
OF DR.. +. A. Millari will aeil at public auction
to the laat and highest bidder, for cash. at the
hour Of III a M. at the conrt House in the
town of Opelousas on
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4. 1890,
the following described property belonging to
the succession OF the SAID Airs. T.. A. i.itteii.
widow aforesaid:
deceased. situated i'll the town of Grand 90
trau, i'll the parish of st. Landry, together with
the out buildings attached thereto and the lot
OF ground upon which they arc situated op-
posItc to the old Catholic Church, bounded nn
the north by property OF Mrs. - Smith, on the
south by = street, the east by Church
street andnn the west by Market street
2nil. lot of ground, also i'll the town OF
Grand Eoteau, III said pnrsh, known ia the
Collins lot. bounded ON the north by land OF
Robert Barry, on the east by Church street
on the south by lot OF MrA. Miliard Dunbar and
on the west by a back street or by hand of
Robert Barry.
Terma-Ctah
4 r. TARITON
H. NJ. LIrTEIl.,
TestHMcHtary Executors,
Dee Z
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1 Mr.. Hllaire d. Ogden of New
0rleans, is visiting the family of
lis uncle. Hon John N. Ogden
f this Town.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1898-12-03

Hon. C. C. Duson was in town
Monday looking the picture of
good health.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1898-12-03

Sample Room for Drummers
for rent in the Opera House
Building. Apply at this office or
TO Adolphe Jacobs.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1898-12-03

We don't make much noise but
We sell goods, and sell them on a
close profit. +. l.. SANDOz.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1898-12-03

The morning train from Alex
kndria, now passes here at 10:42
Il. m This change went into eff
feet last Thursday morning.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1898-12-03

About thirty vessels were wreck
ed along the Cape Cod shore dur
ing the recent storm, and at least
200 hives are known to have been
lost.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1898-12-03

Prof A. j. Dupuy, of Vile
Plate, was in town last Saturday,
and gave the COURIER a pleasant
EealI.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1898-12-03

j Don't fail to attend the meet
ing at the Courthouse next Mon
lay night if you want your taxes
&nd licenses reduced.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1898-12-03

LosT-You have lost money by
not buying your handmade shoes
and latest style hats at f. l.. San
EdDz. Prices right.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1898-12-03

| want your cash trade and will
make the prices to get it. Cheap
cotton necessarily means close
prices an goods-and that is my
matto.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1898-12-03

Major Mouton was shaking
hands with his many friends in
town this week.
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Family residence i'll Opelousas
for rent at SO per month. Appl,
at this office.
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TO WHOM 1T NAY CONCERN

NOTICE. IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT +. M.
BOAGNI Is EMPOWERED TO COLLECT
ANY AMOUNTS DUE THE LATE DIR. Vim
CENT BOAGNI.
(sIGsEDl HEIRS OF DIR. " BoAGNI.
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NOTICE.
TO TOWN TAX PAYERS.

The Tax Roll for 1898 of The Town of Opelou-
sas is complete. and the taxes for said year are
now due, aud will become delinquent on Janu-
airy LIST. Office hours . to II q. IN. and TO &
p. IN.
HART Fl. SANDOZ,
Collector
0netalIsax Nov cs 1909
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1898-12-03

Now is the time to get your over
coats, nice line at cost at T. L.
Sandoz.
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FOR SALE

In Opei0usas La, one lot 162X246 feet good
frame residence, rooms, u corner store and
other ontbnidings, "A large variety of fruit
trees. Terms and prices reasonable
Apply to +. LESASSIER.
OpeIousas, Dec. }, 1898 I'm.
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Very Desirable Home For Sale.

One block from Catholic Church at Grand
Goteau, Louisiana. Fine house, "ut-effiees and
grounds, well watered and fenced Apply by
letter to J. -Bagnal, Lafayette. La, or to Mayor
C, j. Thompson. Opel0usas, La.
October 8, 1898.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1898-12-03

Winter clothing and overcoat.
at cost at f. L. Sandoz.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1898-12-03

gentle family horse and good phaeton for
sale cheap Apply to Mrs. Fritz L. SandOz,
OpelOusas
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1898-12-03

Read "Notice to Town Tax
PAYERS In another column.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1898-12-03

When in need of q nice Stylish
Hat or Shoes call on f. L. Sandoz.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1898-12-03
OP!;IItbtiSAS:

The Police jury meets next
Monday.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1898-12-03

See F. l.. Sandoz before buying
your winter suit or overcoat, he
can save you money.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1898-12-03
Lecture.

A rare literary treat is in store
for our people on the occasion of
the appearance here of Charles J
Bayne. the noted lecturer, in his
famous lecture ''The Things We
Might Have Said,' which will be
delivered at the Courthouse in
Opelousas. on Monday evening,
Dec. 18th, at 8 O'Clock. Mr..
Bayne is most interesting speak
er, as the following article from
the Augusta, Ga. Chronicle dem
+Onstrates
g He caught his audience from
the very first and held them while
his beautiful and well rounded
sentences rolled ripplingly along.
The lecture was full of rare
thoughts which were carried out
as only Mr.. Bayne can do, in Ian
guage most poetic. There was
humor, pathos, prose, poetry and
wit, altogether in literary mosa-
lc the beauty of which could
scarcely he surpassed. Words,
however. were nH sufficient to ex-
press appreciation and there were
no few tears of joy wept ever him. "
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- LOOK
Y BEFORE YOU LEAP |
%> h., I,,,, - G

- Owing to the low prices of
commodities and the scarcity of
Cash, it becomes necessary to
make your dollar reach as far as
it can, and to accomplish this
don't fail to see the Bargains |
am offering in Dry Goods, Shoes,
Clothing. Hats, Notions, Grocer
les. Etc. including Il nice lot of
Holiday Goods, Wines, Liquors,
Cigars; also Toys, Fireworks, &c.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1898-12-03

le Board of Direct{rs of the
elousas Progressive League
l'.ea to meet last Tuesddg. owing
u s absence Of severM Of the
embers. All the lembers
W tne country were promptly
aand but no quorum being
enf the Board adjourned to
next Tuesday night when it
oped the members will be a
= more punctual.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1898-12-03

Old papers 20 cents per 100 at
this oMce.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1898-12-03

Mrs. A. G. Burgess, the talented
Editor of the Bunkie Blade has
Sold out that paper to Mr.. A. D.
Lafargue. We hope that Mrs.
Burgess retirement from journal
ism is only temporary as she has
succeeded in making the Blade
one of the most readable country
papers in the State. We wish the
Blade under its new management
full success, and its retiring editor
has the best wishes of the COURIER
in whatevernew field Of operations
she may embark in.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1898-12-03
NOTICE or ADMINISTRATION.
ESTATE OF ROSA RICHARDSON,
Deceased wife of Chas Sett0on.
PROBATE DOCKET, DISTRICT COURT
PARISH OF ST. LANDRY.

No. 5819.
whereas, Charles Settoon, ef the parish
OF st. Landry, has applied by his petition to Ia,
appointeI administrator of the estate of
Rosa Richardson, his deceased wife;
Therefore, any person intending to make OPP
position to said appointment will file the same
in writing, i'll my office, i'll the town of 0pefoH
sas within ten days from the present notice.
ALFRED PAVY,
Dec. 8, 1898. Clerk.
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L r TARi.TON,
IL. NJ. i.lTTELi.,
TesihmeHtary Executors.
SHEREFFsn sAaE
JOHN A. HAAS VS.. VALERIEN VEiLIDN

JOHN A. HAAS vs. VALERIEN VEILLON
No. 1890.
DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF ST LANDRY
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
l'y virtue OF Il writ OF fteri rlciaa isaled
out of the Hon. the Eleventh Judicial District
Court of the State of Louisiana, In and for the
parish of st. Landry, in the above entitled and
numbered suit. and to me- directed. have seIs-
Ell and Will proceed to sell at public auction tn
the last and highest bidder, at the principal
front door of the Courthouse, in the town oe
Opelousaa, in the parish OF st. Landry, on
Saturday, December 3, 1898,
at II o'clock a. m, the following described pro
perty, t0-wit:
certain tract of land 18th all the buildings
and improvements thereon. situated In Prairie
MamOu, parish of ST. Landry, containing one
hundred and sHty-threo acres and ~ hun
dredths, and being north half OF northeast
quarter and north huff OF north west half OF scc
ton twenty two, township five, south range
one west, Louisiana Meridian. being same pro
perty acquired by Valerien VeilOn from I'D
m0nd PerrOnon Feb'y, s. 1892, recorded In con
veyance book b No. 3, pages 1856 and nj.
Seized in the above entitled suit
Terms-Cash.
W. s. FRAZEE.
Oct. 40, 1893. Sheriff
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1898-12-03

Inc Christmas and New Year
phdays will soon be here, and
lailce at r. DelBuono's adver-
ement in another column will
WI you in making your selec-
a1ls Tor the occasion. He has a
ee stock to select from and can
ply your wants in that line at
moment 8 notice and at a rea-
'naoie figure. Give him a call.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1898-12-03

We wish to say, and it isn't u
ease of ''sour grapes either, that
the Democrats will stand q better
show to elect Il President in 1900
than they would have stood had
the next house been Democratic.
Lake Charles Press.
Right you are. The saying of
Gen. Grant that the best way to
get a bad law repealed is to en-
force it, will apply to political
parties as well. The Republicans
will have full swing, and the
country will hold them accounta-
BILE for the many sins of omis-
sion and commission that they
will not fail to mmit.-Shreve-
port Outlook.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1898-12-03
NOTICE OF ADMIHAbT RATION
ESTATE OF LEILA LEDOUK, DECEASED.
PROBATE DOCKET, DIYTRICT COURT
PARRISH OF ST. LANDRY.
No. 55I7.

Whereas, Richari Tayler Marshall of st lan-
dry parish, has applied by his petition to he ap
pointed administrator Of the estatet OF Leila
Ledonx, late OF the parish Of ST. Landry:
Now therefore notice ia hereby gwen to all
parties interested to make opposition te said
appointment, to file the same In writing In nv
office in the town of Opeloasas, in ten days
from the present notice.
A. PAVY,
Nov. 49, 1893. Clerk
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The disgraceful and fatal riot
of colored soldiers of immune
regiments at San Luis, Cuba, will
tend to strengthen the belief that
it IS not wise to invest the negro
with power, either civil or militia
ry, until he appreciates better
than at present the responsible
ties that attach to it. His record
in political affairs has shown that
he has not yet advanced beyond
the primary instincts of barbarism
with regard to the administration
Of government. The negro has
his place in the scheme of civili-
zation, but it is not yet at the top.
There would to-day be no race
prejudice and no talk of race con-
fiict but for the ill-advised policy
which has ignored all the lessons
of history and all the suggestions
OF common sense.-BaltlmOre
Sun.
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#5xsH #8x .:5.E
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L. L. SANDoz.
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ESTRAYS.

0peieusas, Nov. lS. 1893.
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Dee. ). 1898.
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Nov. 26, 1893.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-01-14
CupOlas Made of Paper.

Paper cupolas for building are re,
markable for their lighIness. A cupola
of tat kind consists Of from twenty
four to thirty separate pieces, and is
produced over a wooden model by past
ing huge rolls of suitable paper one
over the other. Every separate piece
runs from the base to the top of the
hemispherical roof of the cupola, and
thus forms a vault-like strip which is
broad at the bottom and narrow at the
top.
For the production of these separate
parts of the cupola roll paper of very
good quality is used, which is first cut
into the requisite length and breadth,
then moistened and stretched over the
wooden model. Upon the first strip is
pasted another. also moistened, over
this third, and so Oh until the neces-
sary strips of paper adhere firmly to
each other and retain their concave
shape, and after being dried constitute
hard, resisting pieces, which are made
| weatherproof by oiling, polishing with
hot irons, asphalting and vanishing
and are then put together in the shape
! of round ola.-Philadelphia Rec
ord
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-01-14
Rankiue Earth Around Trees.

AS it is often done, the banking of
soil around trees in fall to prevent mice
from barking them does more harm
than good. If any sod, weeds or other
rubbish are included in banking up the
tree, the object is not only defeated,
but the liability to injury is increased.
The purpose should be to oblige the
mice to climb up above the snow line
and expose themselves to their enemies
while gnawing the tree. This they will
rarely do, for much of this work is done
at night when their natural enemy, the
owl, is most watchful. But if the mice
find vacant spaces around the tree, as
they surely can if sod or rubbish are
used, they can work under this pro-
lection with greater safety than if the
tree were not banked at all. Still it is
better to bank young apple trees, at
least as high as the snow line usually
comes. The warmth from the tree
makes a vacant space in the snow all
around it, and it is under this protection
that most of the destructive work is
done.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-01-14
Raru Ventilation q

An ingenious way of securing ven
tilation on a long barn with two cupo-
las was as follows: There were large
windows in the cupola, and stick ran
across from one window to the other
that was six inches longer than the
cupola was wide. This stick fastened
on to these windows. Now, when the
south wind was blowing hard it shut
the south window and fastened out
the one on the north side, and when
the north wind was blowing hard 1t
shut the north window and pushed
open the window on the south side six
inches, and in that way formed GER
tain amount of ventilation in the top
of the barn. From the stables there
ran ventilating fues that opened out
near the roof. 1t was very ingenious
way of securing automatic action by
the wind.-Hoard's Dairyman.
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nisCellany.
THE GARRETT CHATTER.

I don't hear the young folks patteE
Like they used to long ago
Up the stairs to raise a clatter
Underneath the rafters low.
What's the reason things is stilier
Since the young folks went away
John an Joe an sweet Permiller!
Looks as if they'd gone to stay.
Wife, there hain't no sunshine gushlR'
In the way it used to come;
TT only seems as if the pushlp'
Shaders was a-comin' hum.
Sorter quietlihe an dreary,
Only US two here alone;
,Jist the days seem draggin' weary -
Like long an dismal moan.
In the garret things is quiet;
Mice an spiders has their way -
Where the youngsters used to riot
In their childish pranks an play. =
Sweet Permiller used to tag 'em,
Joe an John in corners dark,
An the maiden used to fag 'em, -
Tire EN- out an raise lark.
When the bumblebees was droonl1
An the flowers was in bloom,
An the lilac bush was groanin'
With the scent of its perfume,
Then the young folks used to patter
Up the stairs a-long ago
Up the stairs to raise a clatter
Underneath the rafters low.
Seems to me I'm sometimes dreamin'
Of the things that used to be,
Till the old life comes a-streamin'
Back ag'in to you an ME.
Then hear the young folks patter
Up the stairs they used to gor
There to raise a garret clatter
Underneath the rafters low.
-Waverley Magazine.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-01-14
SDontaueousC Com

The fact that fire sometimes arises
from the heat generated by fermenta-
ton was illustrated in big malt house
in Syracuse, N. Y, lately. The ware
house held 1900 bushels of barley
ready for mailing. 1t was unfortunate
ly damp enough to begin fermentation.
In so large a mass, this soon started
smoke from the windows of the ware
house. The fire department was called
out, but as no flame was visible it did
not know where to apply water without
danger of causing the flames to burst
forth and destroy the woodwork. The
building was very old and infiammable.
At last the grain was let out of the
room in which it was piled, and by be-
ing shoveled around so that it could
not set fire to anything, all further dam
ger was avoided. There are often
cases where hay is blackened by being
fermented too much. Glover hay is
most apt to suffer in this way because
it has so much nitrogen that it heats
very rapidly. Usually, however, there
is so much carbonic acid gas evolved
by fermentation that it suppresses
flame and the pile of fermenting mate
rial merely shoulders.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-01-14

Miss Anna l.. Bicknell writes an ar
ticle on French Wives and Mothers"
for the January Century. She says:
In the families where the father con-
ducts any business the wife becomes
his best clerk and usually his cashier.
The wives are exceedingly intelligent
and acute, extremely sharp at driving
bargains, and accurate in keeping ac-
counts. They are their husbands part
ners in every sense of the word, and it
is wonderful to see how they acquit
themselves of such multiplicity of
duties. Self is completely annihilated;
and if weak health is mentioned, it is
never an impediment to what they have
to do for their children or their 'hus-
bands, but is mentioned only as a dis
agreeable accompaniment to a necessary
fatigue, without an idea of using it as
an excuse for shortcomings.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-01-14
A Cure Tor Consumption, C0IQTTh QDd
Lung Troubles ThQt Cures.
Remarkable Discovery Of an
American Medico-
Chemist.
ITS GREAT VALUE TO
HUMANITY.
How Every Reader of This
Paper May Obtain the New
and Free Scientific Sys-
tenn of Medicine =
CORRESP0NDENCE-ADEICE ABB
SOLUTELY FREE AND PROFESS
.SI0NALLY CONFIDENTIAL.

Workers in the wide, unexplored field of
modern chemistE are daily astounding the
world with new wonders. Professor and
layman vie with each other in their conf
mendable efforts to lessen the ills of human
ity. Yesterday it was Pasteur and Kock
and today it is Slocum, with a new discov-
cry which is the result of years of careful
study and research.
Foremost among the worlds greatest
chemists stands T. A. Slocum, of New York
City. His researches and experiments,
patiently carried on for years, have finally
eliminated in results which are proving as
beneHcial to humanity as the discoveries of
any chemist, ancient or modern. His efforts
which for years had been directed toward
the discovery of a positive cure for con-
sumption, were finally successful, and al
ready his ''new scientific system of medi-
cine" has, by its timely use, permanently
cured thousa ids of apparently hopeless
cases, and it seems necessary and humane
duty to bring such facts to the attention of
all invalids.
The medical profession throughout
America and Europe are almost UNANIMOUS
i'll the opinion that nearly all physical all
ments naturally tend to the generation of
consumption. The afflicted die in the
short, cold days of winter much faster than
in the long, hot days of summer.
The Doctor has proved the dreaded dis
ease to be durable beyond a doubt, in any
climate, and has on tlle in his American
and European laboratories thousands OF
letters of heartfelt gratitude from those
benented or cured in all parts of the world.
No one having, or threatened with, any
disease, should hesitate day, but should
write at once. Facts prove that the Doctor
has discovered reliable and absolute cure
for Consumption (Tuberculosis) and all
bronchial, throat, lung and chest troubles,
stubborn coughs, catarrhal affections, scrof-
ula, general decline and weakness, loss of
Ilesh, and all wasting conditions, and to
demonstrate it's wonderful merits, he will
send Three Free Bottles (all differently of
his New Discoveries, with full instructions,
to any reader of this paper.
Simply write to T. A. Slocum, M. c., SO
Pine street, New York giving full address.
There is no charge for correspondence
advice-strictly professional and contiden-
tial.
Knowing, as we do, of the undoubted
efficacy of The Slocum System of Medicine,
we urge every sufferer to take advantage of
this most liberal proposition
A system of medical treatment that will
cure catarrh, lung troubles and consump-
ton is certainly good for-and will cure
any wasting disease that humanity is heir
to.
Please tell the Doctor, when writing, that
you read his generous offer in our paper.