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The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-08
The Mails snd the Express Compa-
MES

When the bill providing for a national
parcels post system is presented to
Congress the spokesman Of the present
monopolist!c express companies will
ring the charges upon the time-worn
argument that private enterprise is I'M
~measurably superior to Government.
We shall be asked to contemplate the
Observation-Disclosures of having express
messengers and clerks subjected to tho
spoils sy~stem-tllough the fact that
service reform is practically complete I'D
the Post Office Department will be
ignored. In glowing terms tho safety,
speed and certainty OF express service
under private ownership will he ex-
tolled. and the delays and errors OF the
post Office will be unsparingly cnEmera-
ted.
But most people know that in fact
the express companies give II less
speedy and safe service than the post
office. Professor Richard L. Ely, tho
distinguished economist, contrasts be
two in a recent book thus:
The post office renders better service
on the whole for far less money, and it
takes much more trouble to accommo-
date the general public. The effort and
the success Of the post Office in tracing
addresses and in delivering letters and
parcels to the one to whome they are
sent are little short OF marvellous. The
author, when living in Baltimore, has
frequently received mail packages sent
by mistake to Boston, and when pack
ages and letters have been sent to Bal
timore it seemed to make no difference
whatever how they arc addressed, as
they always reach him swiftly and
safely. n < Every one WHO has
had experience with the express COM
panies knows that they make little
effort to find one, and if they do not at
once find the address of the person to
whome apackage ia sent they frequently
drop a postal card into the post office
with the same address az was given on
the package and the post Office has no
difficulty in finding the person not dis
covered by the express company. = y
Some time since the author had occasion
to send q parcel from Madison to
Washington, but the parcel was misdi-
rected to a wrong number on the street.
The express company sent a postal say
ing that there was no such number and
that the parcel could not be delivered.
The person to whome the parcel had
been sent was notified 10y a postal card,
misdirected just as the parcel had been,
that the parcel was awaiting him at the
express Office, and the postal was deliv-
cred promptly.
The argument based on the compare
tive inef1iciency of the post office service
won't do" as the redoubtable Colonel
%Ingersoll would say, with q wag of bis
head. There will be men enough in
Congress prepared to demolish it with
citations Of fact. The Congressional
spokesman of monopoly will have to
find some other line Of attack on the
parcels post.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-08
To Those Who Suffer From Cancer.

Iwish to say to the public that for
29 years I have suffered from Cancerous
trouble, located in the eye followed by
one on tho neck. After using evefy
suggested remedy and having passed
through the hands of a number of pysi-
clans without benefit | placed myself
under the treatment of DIR. j. B. Wal
ters Of Bayou Chicot, La, under whose
skill | have been completely restored to
health; boil, cancers were removed and
l am enjoying better health than for
many years. I deem it due to my
benefactor, DIR. Walters, as we'll as to
sufferers like | have been. to call their
attention to the benefit [ have received
that they may find relief as | have
done. Respectfully Yours,
E. 2. CARSON.
Aug. 27-3 N.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-08
The New York World-Thrice-a-Week
Edition.

The TWicc-a-wcck Edition of the New
York World has been converted into
the TuRICE-A-WEEK. 1t furnishes three
papers OF six pages apiece, on eighteen
pages every week, at the old price OF
ONE DOLLAR Il year. This gives 1855 pa
pers Il year for One Dollar ana every pa
per has SPACES eight columns wide or 4S
columns III nil. The THRICE-A-WEEK
WORLD is not only much large: tina.
any weekly or sulni-wecEiy newspaper,
but it furnishes the news with much
greater frequency and pTomptness. In
fact, it combines all the crisp, fresh
qualities of Il daily with the attractive
special features OF Il weekly.
To all WHO ''ay %2.75 cash in advance
the OrEL0uSAs COURIER and n Y.
Week World will be senf post
paid for one wear.
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Articles intended for publication in
the COURIER should I've sent in before
Thursday morning if possible to insure
their appearance in the next issue.
Matter sent in Thursday evening OF
later ia apt to be excluded for lack OF
time. or space, unless it is nf sufficient
Importance to Justify the delay and in
convenience.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-08
Texas Health Resort.

As a health resort, Fl. Davis (Marfa),
on the line OF the Southern Pacific
Sunset Route, is rapidly coming into
prominence. The climate is u~nexcelled
for those ailments where pure and
wholesome air is prescribed.
In order TO present an opportunity to
those wishing to visit the delightful
spot, the Sunset Route has announced a
rate of one and one-third fare for the
round trip, good to return until Oct 81:
Call on any local agent of the Company,
or address L. j. Parks, A. G. ?. & I. A.,
Sou. Pac.-Snnset Route, Houston, Tex.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-08
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We can give you the best at the Lowest
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Don't neglect to furnish the COURIER
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Notices of deaths, marriages, the pre-
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Printers in need Of a good newspaper
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The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-08

Theodore Roosevelt qui, CONNIE lieu
tenant des Rough Riders, acquit tant
de gloire q 10 bataille de Santiago; a
6t6 d6sign6 par Ia convention r6publi-
caine CONNIE candidat Il fonctions do
gouverneur de l'Etat de New York.
N. Van Wyck, MARIE de 10 Vile de New
York, a 6t6 d6sign6 candidat q ces fonc-
tons par la convention d6mocratique.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-08

D. X. Breazeale, the we'll known mill
wright, will make Opelousas his head
quarters for some time to come. and is
prepared to undertake n work in his
line. Orders through the postoffice will
have prompt attention.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-08

The Scientific American is the best
educator You can place in the hands Of
your boy. Only So per anDum. We
will forward subscriptions without ex
ira charge. Call and see sample copy
The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-08

Did you stop to think that you ought
to do some Advertising Did you stop
to think that when a man keeps his
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The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-08

The st. Landry Homestead and Loan
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in the good work.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-08

Une vieiIle file dit qua ladage
''PhomnIe propose ct Dieu dispose
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me ne fat pas sa part.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-08

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The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-08

Aiic st. Landry Homestead and Lonn
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The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-08

Les p%ersonnes ayant a voyager dune
paroisse a l'antre, feront sagsment de
&c procurer des cortificata, dit le DR..
Souchon, president du Bureau de San
te, d6montrant qa'eiles he sont pms
all6es dams des Localities frapp6es par
la fi6yre. Files devront faire frapper
ces certificate aux difi6rents bureanx de
pOste sur leur route.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-08

Gray's Legal Blanks are copyrighted.
We order them ON commission and de-
liver at catalogue prices.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-08
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~
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II. SOPHIE NEWcnME MEMORIAL COL
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Fail Term of the above begins October I'D.
LAW DEPA RTMEET opens November l4th.
ID DEPARTMENT. opens October 18th.
For catalogues address the Secretary OF the
University.
VIM. FRICTION JOHNSTON,
WIN. .. ROGERS President.
Secretary. July 9--3m.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-08

a nice lot OF fresh dry goods, dress
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The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-08

Fresh eggs, chickens and all country
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The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-08

A Minnesota widow wants $1,000 from
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made very unsatisfactory job Of it.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-08

According to The census Of the United
States ti,nre Hfe 10000 lawyers in this
country.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-08

We want all the printing you can give
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LIE COURIER DIES oPELoUsAs

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les r6clames, les communications dun genre
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Les articles dune nature personnelle (quand
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The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-08

LIE colonel Gus. A. Breaux qui await
6t6 choisi CONNIE 10 candidate All con-
gres des Etats Unis, par Ia convention
r6publicaine qui s'est reunie, il y a
quelques jours d Morgan city, ayant
refuse Ia nomination a canse de 60
mauvaise sant6, lie comit6 ex6cutif do
parti republican, s'est assemble ct q
choisi Mr.. Oh. Fontelieu, 10 present
Mar6chal sdes Etats- Unis, ponr en-
placer Mr.. Gus. A. Breaux.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-08

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do COURIER d un prix tres reasonable
ct l'oavrage Gus donnera pleine salts
faction.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-08

lie d6partement general de la poste
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grand avantage pour toute les person
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mandats postes ct le faire ave- toute
s6curit6.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-08

Mr.. Thos. F. Bayard, secretaire DE
tat sous Ia premiere administration
Cleveland ct snbs6quemment ambas-
sadeur gu Angleterre cat mort le %
seDtembre.
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j. B. Sandoz sells the celebrated Nc
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Get our prices fol job work.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-07-14

NHERIFFS SALE.-By virtue of q
writ Of of e. fa TO me directed, issued
ont of the Court OF Chencsry OF the State Of New
Jersey will be exposed to sale at public vendue,
On MONDAY the EIGHTEENTH DAY OF JULY,
1893 between the hours of II O'Clock and O'Clock
TAT oelockl in the afternoon OF said day. at tn
Court Honse at Freehold, in the township OF Free
hold county OF Monmouth, New Jersey. all those
two certain lots, tracts or parcels Of land and
premises hereinafter particularly described sifu-
ate lying and being in the town and township OF
Freehold in the county of Monmouth. and State
Of New Jersey. Being Lots numbered twenty
fve f25I and twenty-six f26l on a map of lands Of
sarah q Smock made by Ezra A. Osborn, Survey
or d. 1870 beginning at stake in the west
corner OF lot number twenty-six, where il corners
in Couover and Marcy streetss thence running %
along tho edge Of Conover street a southeasterly
direction one hundred sDd forty feet to stake;
with the frst line eighty feet to the southeriF
corner Of lot number twenty-fours thence 90
north-westerly course along the line Of lot num-
her twenty-four and parallel with the hrst line.
one a ndred and forty feet 10 stake In the edge
Of Marcy street; thence t4 along the edge OIL Mar
ev street eighty feet to the place Of heginEine,
within which said boundaries are incladso Lots
numbers twenty-five and twenty-six aforesaid.
ReinE the same lots and premises which was con
w voorhees, and wife by deed dated April 5tn,
1855, recorded in the Monmouth County Clerk 9
once. at Freehold, n. J in Book 40 OF Deeds,
page 355, &c.
Seized as the property OF John s. voorhees, ct
ais. taken in execution ut the suit Of Grace Bel,
ana = '' ss''' HOUSTON FIELDS, Sheriff.
s S..ss :: p9masl: Sans Is, snsss'''' isss. 10
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-07-14
CHERIFFs sALE.-Rr xirtna d :

GHERIFF'S SALE. BY virtue of
~ writ Of d. ia TO directed issued ont Of the
Court Of Chancery Of the state OF New Jersey viii
De exposed 70 safe ~ public veudus On TUESDAY,.
THE SECOND DAY OF AUGUST 1898, between the
hours Of ~ O'Clock and O'Clock taf o'cfock) In
the afternoon OF said day, st the Columbus Hotel
at Atlantic Highishds in the township Of Middle.
towD, county OF Monmouth, New Jersey. Ali the
following tract parcel Of land and premises here
matter particularly described situate lying and
being In ths Township Of fNiddetown In the Ceun-
" Of Monmouth and State OF New Jersey, ut Aslar-
tic Highlands, and being those two certain lots
numbered, distinguished, and designated as thir-
teen hundred and sixteen and thirteen hundred
and seventeen lNos. 1876 1917 on map of prop
erty known asssThe Rogers mud Oliver Property
tn said two lets taken t0Rether being by reference
TO the said map, more particularly bounded and
decfibed as follows, to-wit Beginning at stake
standing In the sontherly line OF Ldneoln Avenue
at point therein distant two hundred feet cast
erly from the eastBriE line 0fSeTenth Avsnue said
stake being also the easterly line Of lot number
ed thirteen hundred and eighteen and from thence
running ID Boufherty along the ezsterly line OF
said lot numbered tAirteen nnndred aud eighteen
one hundred and thirts-fVe feet to the north
eriy line Of lot numbered i've hundred and seven
ty-two thence e. easterly along the northerly
li1e OF lot numbered five hundred snd seventy
two and i've hundred and seventg.thres one hun-
dred feet to the westerly line of lot numbered
thirteen hundred and fifteen, thencef3j uorther-
~ along the westerly line of lot numbered thir-
teen hundred and fifteen one hundred and
thirtJ-ave feet to the southerly line Of said
Lincoln Avenues thence f4) westerly along the
southerly line of said Lincoln Avenne one
hundred feet TO the point or place OF be-
ginning and being or intended to be al OF
said lots numbered thirteen hundred and sixteen
and thirteen hundred and seventeen on the map
Of the property aforesaid.
Sezsd as the property Of Caroline Z. Stout ct ais
taken In execution at the suit Of Lavinia @. Park
JOHN E. Foster, sol'r
Dated June 2ssh. isss $500
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-07-14
MASTERS sALE.-By virtue Of 3
JOHN E. Foster, sof'r.
Dated June 25sh, 1895.

M ASTERsS SALE--By virtue of q
1NA Decree Of the Court Of Ohzneery OF the
state OF M Jersey made on ths thirty-first day
of May in the year Of Our Lord, One Thousand
EiPht Hundred and Sinety-eight In q certain
cause therein pending wherein Johh Fl. OnnoTer
znd vile are comp lainants and Phebe StiIlBeil is
defendant. viii expose TO sale by public veudne
on the premises hereinafter described in Keyport,
New Jersey, ON TUESDAY, THE NINETEENTH
DAY OF JULY, 1898, between the hours OF twelve
O'Clock and O'clock 1T three o'clock in the after
noon Of said day: Ali the following described lot
or parcel OF land, situ1te, lying and being in the
town Of Keyport, Township OF Rarftan County Of
Monmouth. and State of New Jersey more partfc-
ularly described as follows: Bounded on the east
by the west side of Broad street. distance of one
hundred snd sixteen feet more or less; on the
south by the lands formerly owned by Mary Hill
and others distance of hundred and thirty
ieet more or less; on the west by lands OF Beuia-
min Decker and on the north by the lot formerly
owned By l. B. Snow, distance Of enc hundred
and thirty feet, more or less, being and inelud-
ing the entire lot owned in common by the par
ties hereto. Including the inchozte right Of dow
er Of the complainant, Annie N. Conovsr, wife Of
the complainant. John Il. Conover, together
vita III and singular the hereditaments and xp-
purtensnces to said premis ses belonging or in any
wise appertainng The said property will be sold
whole or in parcels as to me may seem m ost
for the interests 81 the parties.
BENJAMIN B. OGDEN,
FRANK P. NcDEKMoTT. Master.
Solicitor. $7.2O
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-07-14
Temporary Remedies.

Insecticides are but temporary and To-
sal remedies, but the natural enemlcs OF
insects may be able to hold general
and perennial balance of power. In our
Investigations of the food Of vetebrates
at Cornell University during the past
year, we have found examples of each
of the five great classes of vertebrates
feeding upon insects. These are the
fishes, reptiles. batrachians particular
y toads). reptiles Especially snakes
and land turtlesl, birds (nearly all
kindsl, and mammals, tnotahly
skunks), These animals of which I
make snecial mention are worthy OF our
kindest esand encouragement II We
wish the destruction Of insects on the
premises, but birds are by far our chief
Aids In destroying these nests.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-07-14
RETURNING TRAINS.
q HERIFF's SALE BY virtue Of

& aERIFFS SALE BY virtue OF q
10 writ OF g. ia. to me directed, issued out OF
Court OF Chaneery Of the State of New Jer-
Soy will be EXPOSED to sale at public vendue.
on MONDAY, THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF JULY,
1898, between the hours OF u O'Clock and s
O'Clock lat oclock) in the afternoon OF said day,
at the Court House at Freehold 10 the township
Of Freehold, county OF Monmouth, New Jersey,
I'll that certain tract parcel of land situate ly
ing and being In the township OF Upper Free
hold In the comfy of Monmouth, and State of
New Jersey, being lot No. In division ofthe
woodland OF Peter Inlay, deceased. Beginning at
chestnut sprouts growing from q stump sup
posed to stand in line of the Stout farm; and
from thence running ~ north, sixty-six degrees
and seventeen minutes east, fifty links to corner
OF LIT number four; thence (2l along the same
north, eighteen degrees and fifteen minutes west,
eleven chains and forty links to line of lot num-
Der three; thence three south, sixty-seven de-
grees aud thirty minutes west eight chains and
sixty links along the line of number three and on
the line of said Stout's farm: thence ~ south,
ffty.four degrees and ffty-seyen minutes east,
thirteen chains and fftytwo links to the place of
beginning, containing five acres and twelve hum
dredths OF an acre, be the same more or less.
Seized as the property of Alice johnson & al I,
taken IN execution at the suit of Hannah S.
Woodward, executrix OF Robert Tsntum, deeeas,
ed, and to be sold by
HOUSTON FIELDS, Sheriff
JOSEPH MoDEBMoTT, Solicitor.
Dated June 14th, 1895.