The Louisiana cotton-boll. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], Attakapas, La.) 1872-1883, 1875-08-25
A Cheap Fashion.

/ observe, says q Paris correspond
ent, that white, and if not white the
nearest approach towhite, is everywhere
the rage. White wells, white bonnets,
white dresses, white flowers, white rib
bons, white fans-all must be white,
Fashion has not been SO lightly in
,clined for many years past. The black
that was so universally patronized last
year and the year before last is entirely
discaHded now-black barege, blach
gfepadine is no longer seen, unlessx of
COURSE, in cases of mourning and She'
Fighter the hue of your dress the hetsens
All sorts Of cheap cotton materials,
cheap in theemselves, but exS9sSiVe1y
dear'ff made up by the fashionable
dtessmakers, are enormously, worn.
There, is, o particular style OF coarse
liheh Known in Paris as Oxford, Which
is ablatthe &t five sous o yard, ,sRnd
this is the stuff. which oil Paris is trying
its hardest 10 buy in great quanAt7es,'
ahdb1dAke up into most elahotatFsB'
tEinapad seasidei dresses. One 0f the
most elegant women in Paris Appeared
at q garden party tho other ldayin q
bbwildering costume of Oxford, and
she was tellipgeyery one whP gathered
about her to admire it's multitudi4ous
deyeidpjmeriis df frffl .aed dohnSS' that
ID cost, her eeveEY francs and a'tnlf only i
She had bought the stuff Mt fge, sous q
yard, and her lady s-maid had made it.
iIssGad ofiithe 'dresBmaker. II H., u
eKnEbFxpER NovH1rgAA' Pdri5
cbrresbondeub writes !: Thss NgarO hat
Introduced an inqoyation the first c2l.;s
rldnp on the 'flrst page is daily niemento
OF The cfipiI8ikhUB and ev3tibB of the
city that hardly ever find their way inta
any journal either by advertis sement or,
speeeiaI telegraph. Thus, stieh d restaHr
rbns has, isnecial plat. (aish5 tp-daTii
sucb qshqp q famous picture tbe oeR9a
ttal markets display such luznries; II
a syebtacld be on TIE tafJas ts0hI arss'ifbl
fbrIped the best moment tg,attend In
observe the fashionable crowd and the
prdbgr time tb retire; whdt meedngb
are 10 be held what ,tReTTiaGae calss
ljrated what sumptuoug .fuperals t9,
donliiss " oil. It is kind of Notebook
conpiled,tby s'' men sboUB town. wtsEs
have Argus leyes aud adpaiaeion, eY9EZ;
where. The cost of preparing that col
1inn of rehfly valuable rnBnts il said1t6
be equal to the fourth Of the expense OF
he writing hbr the entire jahrngktdiH
ATURKrsH PoEr OEDib d6tfhB KHSl
pryE.-Ghe Ottoman goyaTpmgntsell
ways considered the pqtt, zeliah as
| forming part of the distrftb Of hfjdeis
dah in the province of YEMEN, .shAsslMglls
situated on the African coast Of Pie
Red sea. The revenues of the to*h ohfy
amounted to about G8O0 per annutOl
and in an autograph letter cent by
the sultan to the khedive by
his aid-de-camp, Khalil Pasha. his
majesty allows the khedive to take pos
session of the place on condition OF in
creasing the Egyptian tribute by gl5,-
600. The boUg3urouii0u on the subject
has been issued by the porte. One OF
the conditions of the document is that
the sums already received by the minis.
ter of finance from the port in question
shall be placed to the credit of the
| Egyptian government.
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To be a doctor among the Indians in
wolves no little risk. at Inyo, Calilor-
MIA, short time ago, medicine man
was stabbed and shot by one Of the tribe
because of his failure to cure his third
patient; this fact, according TO an old
| Indian tradition, authorizing the near
est relative of the dead man to kill the
physician at sight.
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