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F0lLlEs AND FASHIONS.
Old.Age.
How it Should and How it Should
not be Dressed. :.
The Long Hair that is not a
oGiory."
What Came OF a ChiRnon.
Hints.

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ND r. vrtnt,ca m fhe enefr,, ann rT,v hatTs m
m. ne,t ara somethtou tn IN ,abaroe6 of va
hs1s ~ RAILS and o,d s,rls .nd a,da,r ,ad,as
hn, NM rer, few NJ fhc aear n1a mo.hariv
.nnuea nv 40. sra ,.na vtts
xehep' "no Ato msn4 "'1s
experiences anu e.>noops uenulvas5 Us. "a VA.
poundal3 fnefe tae eo'oeo aonnsat 81 tne past
u met ns me SOIL looB nsot o. tne iusute-tne
forecast ot tnlnFa nopea LOT; women VINO oass
been braFe 10 90 anu 10 auner, bnt never taoa8nl
# worth teu!ug OF; women Who never ssaua
A'one IN the foreground OF memory, bat are SUI
rounded BY al the best Influences Of Life, aud
dtnw constantly Msfnln thelf charned circle the
GOOD, tee tue, and tne neaatnos; hone'y "osner,
with 40 IadlaIcc oi feature, or oeaatE OF FORM,
but lit up and rsns6guret By the sonl within.
TorklEg cut all the smau needs Of life, carrying
with ACCOMPANYING grace lta many wooden
ctossee, aId making nl thelt world better because
they nte IN ts.
Now thiuk the best and tEuest way to meet
old ace IL to welcome him, You may darkep him
with hair dye, and smooth him With powder, aud
smother hin ID roses: but you only make potch
OF it. She old age Of Ea1ule Is beautiful; the Ole
noa ~ a ~ 4. ranotefro
The Planters' banner. [volume] (Franklin, Attakapas Co., Lou.) 1849-1872, 1870-01-19

The CONQUEST oE AFRICA.-The expedi-
tion under the command of Sir Samuel Baker.
and desprtched by and at the expense of the
Khedive Of Egypt. TO conquer and take
possession Of that immense and fertile reg
ion vaguely known as the Basin of the Nile.
has set forth under the most favorable cir
cumstonces. The expedition consists of
slxty-five vessels, steam and sailing, and of
about two thousand persons. On the YES
sells are i've steal steamboats,, ready to be
put together, built in London, which, are TO
navigate the Albert Nyanza. and the other
great lakes bat may be found, and boat
builders are taken along to construct such
wooden vessels as may be needed for the
navigation of the rivers and lakes of Eaua-
torial Africa. The expedition is furnished
with ample store Of provision and supplies
OF every character; the Khedive has not
shrunk from the great expense incurred,
being well persuaded that the accessions
which he is about to make to his territories
will be OF immense value; and, as Sir Samuel
will keep bis communications open and send
a monthly mail to Cairo and Alexandria, the
world will be kept informed of the progress
OF this remarkable conquest of a country
hitherto unknown, save by the stories of Speke,
Burton, Grant, Livingstone. and Sir Samuel
Baker, World.
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A SAD There are fifty-fiye
steamers belonging to the port of New York,
of which twenty-five are now rotting at the
full rugged ships are also claimed to belong
to New York, of which thirty are now lying
at the port idle. 1t is further stated that out
of twenty american barks and twenty-four
brigsa owned in the same port, but three of
the former and six of the latter are in active
employment. This is truly a sorrowful pic
t,nre, and one American Statesmen should
III squarely in the face. If they are not ca
p~ t,r"re afording remedy-and these facts
o those Who are not-they should give place TO
,n;eture , It an. As finishing touch to this
H,use repets further shown by the custom
American nlucalt for the last seven years
2.OOOOOO of tens. tonnage has declined
Now II is estimated asa62 it was 5000, 900.
Great Britain on tue othe.a0.OOO. That of
from 5000, 600 in 1s6a-when :, has risen
even with her-to 100000 in lo6e.~e about
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A DESPERATE COMBAr.-One dav last
week large mad dog was killed at Pointe-
aux-LOups, in this Parish, but only after he
had severely bitten two children. It appears
that he had attacked little girl six or seven
years of age, and had already bitten ber on
the arm and side, when boy of about
fifteen rushed to her rescue. The dog i'm
mediate!y attacked the boy with fury, when
began terrible hand to tooth conflict, Ne
might say. for the boy was unarrned. The
dog first seized his arm, and then his side. "A
in the first instance; but the boy caught the
dogs jaws with both hands, and, twisting his
neck. succeeded in throwing him down. Not
being able to keep him there, however, the
boy was compelled to relinquish his hold:
when the dog seized him by the shoulder.
The fetid breath of the infuriated monster
was choking the boy, and he would have
sunk to the ground had he not stretched
forth his hand and supported himself against
afence near by. Fortunately, the dog then
perceived others of his species on the pre-
misses and attacked them furiously, leavine
his bleeding and exhausted victim scarcely
able to move from the spot.
The ooy', wounds, ahout thirty in number.
are very dangerous. They have been
burned with hot iron by DR.. Espartillas,
who practices in thai quarter, and who has
some hopes ofsaving the lives of his two
yonng patients.
We await the sequel with anxious interest.
lOpelousas Courier.
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ATRACT OF LAND ON THE PUBLIC ROAD
"A from Opelousas to Grand Coteau, miles from Ope
ousas on the line of the proposed New Orleans. Ope
Iousas and Great Western Railroad 43O arpents, !5S
In cotton s5 corn 40 under fencing for pasturage i1o
verI wooded and LOCO sores near, from which the
cS..r Of the above have the privilege of obtaining
wood. dwelling house 1876 feet square, Kitchen ser
vants roo double and single cabins, smoke house
corn house stabes and gin house and cotton gn corn
mill nav be purchased with the place: work horses
woke Of 50 head of gentle CATTLE and hall OF the
growing crop A valuable place, good SOIL and cheap;
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A BOUT FOUR HUNDRED ACRES OF LAND;
n go acres cleared and 800 cores under lncs. over
2 bushels old and 100 bundles fodder; Is ssres
IN and p In corn machinery and material
for sugar house {the sugar house was blown DOWN.
Situated ON bayou Cstawbta, between Washington and
Barrys Landing. On the place is an extie 1ne new
dwelling wsh Is nished IL II 10 50 feet square
with fire pacca The dwelling built In leR and
has 600 and IS 600 feet lumber In There 10
corresponding amount of other improvements on the
pIace. o1
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New REMEDY, FOR INSECT RAvAGEs,-
Mr. Ed. K. Wythe, of Vigo county, Ind, saws
a most useful and simple method of prevent
ing the ravages of insects upon plants and
trees has come under his observation. It
seems that most insects that infest plants
have horror of vinegar, and this is the sub
stance to be employed. The mixture to be
used consists of one part of French vinegar
to nine parts of water. He has used god
apple vinegar, and finds it effcctual to insects
Oh flowers which were badly affected. n ia
to be applied by means of garden syringe or
watering pot with fine nose. The same
article says that the result of last years ex-
periments were that fruit trees sprinkled
with the vinegar solution bore fruit abun-
dainty, while tlIooo ne n treated protluced
scarcely any.
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ALARM ON THE UPPER TECHE, JUST BELOW
n Breaux Bridge parish of St Martin, LA arpents,
fronting the bayou This includes ten of fine
cypress timber land. dwelling comfortable and
strongly built all necessary outhouses kitchen, pantry
barns all in perfect order. This land is above all
hows and easy of cultivation That next to the town
may be sold in lots. The town is prosperous and will
doubtless soon become the seat of Justice 35
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Edwin NJ. Stanton has been appointed Jus
tice of the United States Supreme Court
vice Grier. resigned. Almost Immediately
following the ammo uncement of the confirma.
ton of this appointment by the Senate
came the news of Mr.. Stanton's death by
heart disease.
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A PLANTATION IN ISLE PIQUANT, FIVE MILES
n from Hubertvie, and Bayou Teche, ten miles from
New IBERIA three thousand five hundred acres thou
sand heavily tmbered cypress swamp one thou
sand hundred arabic land thousand three
hundred pasture and 1t is fine land for
rice potatoes and other crops AMI rare place for
raising cattle horses, mules, hogs. dwelling house.
double cabins and small sugar house on the place The
place purchased liberal terms, part cash. and
liberal credit. 10
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3LEANS CARDS.
Al ITEMS.

Agassiz ! ss's.l press another book on
Brazil.
The Eut JESS of Russia is afflicted with
paralysis.
Georgia wanted roast Bullock for Christ.
mas dinner.
Mr.. Peabody spent six hundred pounds a
year only on himself.
a taby is called the family organ by that
incorrigible Boston Post.
Bismcrcks eldest son has been sabered in
duel and is in YIly way.
F. de Lesseps is worth over 100000
francs.
Gov. Fairchild. of Wisconsin, favors COM
pulsory education.
| John Henry Cariff, the gypsum man i.
short for the Cardiff giant.
Marx Twain figures in the London Court
Journal as Mark Turner.
Eugenie pays Able Bauer, her pei
preacher $4,000 yearly out of her private
purse.
Bridgc mechanic has invented q
toy velocipede that goes four minutes with
one winding.
a Stratford. Conn. chap recently gave a
prize chowder, the prize being a.gold dollar
hid in a hot potato.
A spunkcy bride in Po,t Hope. Canada
married the groomsman because the BRIDE
groom was too drunk to stand up.
ID. IL. Hill. is starting a paper at Char
lotte, n. c., to. be called the Conservative.
A daughter of Barnum is procuring q
divorce in Indianr,
The latest about Anna E. Dickinson Is
that she is TO edit the New York Eevolution.
Mrs. Livermore has town ia Colorado
named after her.
Mrs. Gaines has offered her New Orleans
contestants Il last chance for compromise.
The daughter Of Louisa Muhlbach. Miss
Theodora Mundt, has been engaged for the
LEIPZIG stage.
Miss Swisshelm is lying very sick at her
home. III Indiana county, Pa.
Several young ladies in Mount Pleasant,
Iowa, are preparing for the bar-legal, not
liquor.
Brevet Major General C. H. Smith, ap-
pointed to succeed the late General Mower,
has assumed command of of this department.
A discarded lover in Louisville wreaked
his vengeance by stealing the trousseau of
the young woman the day before she was to
marry his rival.
Queen Isabella denies the theft of crown
jewels.
Daniel Mcfarland has been indicted BY
the Grand Jury for the murder Of A. D.
Richardson.
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FARM IN THE PARISH OF ST. MARTIN EAST
IA side of bayou Teche, 6 miles from New Iberia, and
four miles from St. Martinvie ls0 arpents very rich
SOIL l4O acres enclosed Large dwelling with rooms
servants house. stable crib, etc. large bearing
pecans trees Property to be sold for division Of estate
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The Vermont State Temperance Society
has voted that although the use of unfermen-
ted cider as beverage may be harmless in
itself, yet. it is of a dangerous tendency,
as it is liable to lead to the use Of fermented
cider. and the formation Of an appetite for
for other alcoholic drinks.
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portion of coal mine fell i'm recently at
Stockton. Pa, engulbing four dwellings and
causing the death Of ten persons. The bill
introduced in Congress the other day for
placing mines under better regulations than
at present cannot be passed too soan.
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An officer in the English army who wrote
to this country recently. making inquiries
concerning the estate of his deceased
brother. said he dii not know where the
the property was situated. but it was ..near
the seat of war;
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A PLANTATION IN ST. LANDRY PARISH, FOUR
n miles northwest of Opeousas, 1000 arpents, 40
pepts well wooded excellent lot of standing timber,
the prairie land of the finest quality 1t has on it fine
dwelling for the country. piazza 100 feet long,
rooms with IRE places, and two rooms besides out
houses stables, barns cisterns wells, all in excellent
order. Cheap place, fine for cotton, cane and corn.
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PLANTATION ADJOINING THE TOWN OF
"A Breaux Bridge. A desirable plantation; said Land
is improved follows ro-wit: One two-story dwelling
bous containing four large rooms and galleries on the
rst story small gallery the rear and two closets;
four large rooms and gallery the second story -Four
c,ru cribs sugar house. stables, kitchen, eoachhouse
and four sma buildings About sevehty acres of land
fenced in and under cultivation This tract OF land has
800 arpents of arabic land not subject to overflow and
the balance say hundred arpents OF timbered and
Possession 10 oe gwen on '"' A''' VI wv g.
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The CHATTANOOGA RAILROAD The
GalveStnn News nf Innnarx fth saua.

IHE CHATTANOOGA The
Galveston News of January 9Th, says:
Col. Bailey. chief engineer of the Chatta-
nocga Railroad Company. with a corps of
assistants, arrived from New Orleans yes
terday, and proceeded at once to Houston,
for the purpose of commencing a reconnois-
sance or examination of tho Texas and New
Orleans Railroad, between Houson and Or
onge, distance of one hundred and eighty
miles. This examination is to be made, We
presume, with viewto pending negotiations.
The Chattanooga Company is exhibiting
commendable zeal in pushing forward their
surveys and examinations. and this last
movement is particularly interesting to
Texas.
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ASUGAR PLANTATION SITUATED IN FAUSSk
n Poinse, 10 miles from New Iberia, miles nom
Bayou Teche, 500 arpents 2l6 open land 40 enclosed
an cultivation l50 Of good wood l3e aeres OF
cypress land. dwelling 20 BY 81 feet. with three
rooms and gallery double kitchen, fowl house. pantry
carriage house, double cabins, corn crib, corn mi
stables etc May be purchased with the place mules
mare a horse ave oxen farming utenslls. half the
growing crop Of corn and cotton arpen Of seed
cane. -
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A Wealthy citizen of Lockport who had a
preseh'iment tht his first railroad journey
would cause his cath, chartered hack last
week to take him his wife, and his child to
Syracuse, and dting severe snow storm
the vehicle was overturned while entering
Auburn by consct with the embankment
of the Southern :entral Railroad, tumbling
the passengers il b the snow. and apparently
giving con6rmabn to his railroad theory.
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ALARM FIVE MILES FROM ST. MARTINvILLE.
"A parish of ST. Martin. about Q mile and half from
IA 5u Teche about 500 Of land good for cultiva
on 10 to so arpents suitable only for pastnrage Also
so to 100 arpents of good woodland mile and half
from the main tract good cabins corn house. stable
60 feet SQUARE thousand pieux and 95 thousand brcks
This land has been worked and b well drained IL
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A Florida paper reports that steamer
with an exploringparty has scended the St
Johns river three hundred and seventy five
miles, one hundDd and fifty niles further
than before accomplished. The lakes through
which they passei are said to be indescrib-
ably beautiful. an the country more diversi-
fled than lower OWN the river.
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We assert that j. Wainwright Flanagan,
considered IN! !rely as a scoundrel, has the
most uneGuivacal record of any man in the
State. We assert that he stole from the citi-
zens of Breckenridge county, Kentucky.
not less than fifty thousand. and not more
than one hundred thousand dollars. We
assert tha: he perpetrated his rascality in
the name of piety aud godliness. That he
swind!ed his brethren and sisters in the
Lord-that he pilfered from those who asked
his prayers, and that he robbed those with
whom he Professed to be travelling the high
road of holiness Houston Times.
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Our 1)oet's Corner --- Selected.
ONLY A BOY,


Only boy. with his noise and fun,
The veriest mystery under the sun;
AS brimful of mischief, and wit and glee,
Asever a human frame can be,
And as hard to manage as-what! oh me!
'Tis hard to tell
Yet we love him well.
Only boy, with his fearful tread,
Who cannot be driven, but must be led;
Who troubles the neighbors dogs and cats,
and tears more clothes. and spoils more hats,
Loses more tops, and kites, and bats.
Than would stock q store
For year or more.
Only boy, with his wild strange ways,
With his idle hours on his busy days;
With his queer remarks, and his odd replies
Sometimes foolish sometimes wise
Often brilliant for one of his size
As o meteor hurled
From the planet world
Only boy, who will be a man,
If Nature goes on with her first great plan
If water, or fire, or some fatal snare,
bPP not to r99o 99osbie, our rest our care
Our torment, joy!
"Only a boy"
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waIllcHE d. " HOLLINGsWORTH
1oT10E TO SUGAR PLANTERS.
THE CRESCENT CITY MOLASSES BAR
REL MANUFACTORY.
Mes. 50, u, -, % and % 81 Joseph 81
New Orleans.

Having purchased fa set Of the latest improved ma
chincry Tor making barrels are prepared to turn out
Hs,,s All berrcls kegs and sugar hogshcads day
ade much stronger and better than the best male BY
hand and 1t greatly reduced prices Barrels made with
irsn heous or wooden, suit purchasers We regaesl
m In cs and examine our stock and facilities
Tor Danuacturing before giving out their orders Al
oreFs Ic a the Carriage Warehouse Of X Msrsf e.
mn 4 Co. eeener of CsrOndelet aud Gravier rs
vi" s"siSSm Eff WALLICHE co.
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WIT AND HUMOR.
.fsfNE

Brogue AIMS come from Ireland.
1 Can little girl weeping be called crisisl
What fairs should young men shun most
Fair daceivers.
Old men are moved down, but babies are
graded.
A colored gentleman in Texas, with his
coat tail pocket full Of powder, recently
visited a blacksmith shop. He went in
through the door and came out through the
roof.
An Arizona ranger, who has Just scalped
his fifteenth Indian, writes to his folks in the
settlements. who inquired about the weather
that thar's good staying out thar.
Punch reports the following conversation:
First ColIier-My gal weighs fifteen stun
and 'arf.
Second Collier (superlatively exutant)-
Lor bless you. you ought to hear my gal
swear!
An Albany man who had his new bat ex-
changed for an old one in a barber shop, ad-
vertises that unless it is returned, he will
forward to the wife of the person who took
it the letter found concealed in the lining of
the old one.
An Irish glazier was putting pane of
glass into q window. when groom who was
standing by began joking him. telling him to
mind and put in plenty of putty. The Irish
man bore the banter for some time, but at
last silenced his tormentor by ''Arrah. bow,
be off, wild ye. or else I'll put pain in yer
head widout any putty"
The maddest man in Indiana lives at Pa
toka. He told his wife tha. he was coipo-
down in the cellar to commit suicide, and did
60 down stairs and fired broadside into tho
pork barrel. His wife kept right on knitting
and after awhile the man came up stairs
swearing the woman hadn't got any feeling.
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PARTY G0ING& When one has been doing
the agreeable an vening long to room full
of well-dressed pole, not one of whom would
shed tear or pae half hour in life's busy
round II ne werdo die tomorrow, one is
very apt to 60 hon with sort of does-it- pay
sensation. The lndsome toilet has been
made for these cncal, unloving eyes. For
them flowers andlmiles were donned. and
the better things olome sacrificed, perhaps.
And all for what pass three hours among
splendid costumeAand bright lights, and
fragrant exotics. q men and women hand
some as having Civ their whole mind to it
could make them; be regarded with envy.
or commiseratio1ust touched with scorn,
according to wherf ones appearance was
or was not succel never to talk five min
utes with an ogreble PRISON before your
hostess wants himb do duv elsewhere. and
breaks in upon yd to eat insgestible slads.
and thoroughly dcontented eth all that
one has and is. low if one exl,uded half
the pains on an eeening at home .sut ona
self into ones bej dress and ones beA mood
for the sake Of tpse % whom one is hsly
dear! Would th1be the wasting ones swet.
ness on the detrt air which it seems genef
ally to be conidered! What mistake W
make # those Sarest aud dearest to US neye
see US at our b,st-if ws keep our smiles fa
other mems wses, our patience for otht
peoples childrA, our best Jokes for banque'
at which we art one among many, insteaa
the one out of al the world.
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RI-ANTA TIaE TWO AN ONE HALE NILES
n from W Washington, parish of St Landry, ON Bayou
Crocodile near its junction with Bayou BGuf one thou
sand acres four hundred and fifty open and under
rood fence all but one hundred and fifty above
overflow large dwelling in good repair, stables, out
houses ETC. Cotton sugar. rice tobacco and other
crops do well on this place would make superior
stock farm It is fine hog range. convenient to ship
ming point and healthy Plenty of seed and corn
ON the place, IL
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FINE SUGAR PLANTATION FIFTEEN MILES
IA from Opelousas, 10 miles from Washington, and
miles from good steamboat navigation-95O acres 3oo
cleared well drtched and fenced good timber good hog
range and fine pasurage the year round GOOD dwell
ing house, and outhouses and cisterns; mules, oxen
sheep hogs ETC. and half of the crop may be pur
.hs.ea -aeh ,le rl.ce 20
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A TRACT IN ST. LANDRY, FIVE MILES FROM
"A Opelousas, 100 acres 40 wood and sixty
excellent prairie Large number of pecan the
place. Can be purchased cheap. "a
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SAVE THE AS Es.-Now that the cold
weather is approaching we hope every far
mer will take carto save all the wood ashes
that come fromlhe fires of the house. If
there are any moi a. hand, put them around
the fruit trees q upon the garden. They
will serve gool purpose in either place.
Even coal asheslfe worth saving. They
are good around lpple trees and upon the
garden walks Ploughman.
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Seventy five Norwegian emigrants we're
brought down from Chicago by the mana
gers of the jackson Railroad Company, on
Sunday, for the purpose of improving the
line of the New Orleans, jackson and Great
Northern Railway. by working as laborers.
They are stalwart set, and are an honor to
any country where they may reside. as they
are not only intelligent, but industrious; lust
the sort ofpeople desired South.-I Picay1ue.