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The Opelousas courier., 1882-12-16

One of the hardest of all business en-
terprises is the publishing of a newspa-
per. 1t is not necessarily SO hard, but
is made 10 by the carelessness, to use a
very moderate term, of the subscribers
in settling their accounts. Men who
will promptly pay other bills will neg
lect or refuse to pay for their papers.
The newspaper business is not such a
bonanza that the publishers can afford
to furnish the paper for nothing or wait
years for the hard earned pay. If a
paper ave. misses the subscriber, the
publisher is sure to hear of it, but in
many cases he may wait until his locks
whiten with age before the subscriber
will come around. m~anfully and dis
charge his part of the obligation. We
presume that many who intend to pay
neglect it until the amount runs up so
large that it frightens them. The part
of an honorable man is, if he cannot
pay the whole amount at once to pay
what he can from time to time and thus
reduce the amount until it is all settled.
-Stati0nsr and Printer.
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receipts exceed 5000 a l.cence of sI7,

| w men receipts are less IMAM SlUuU IL
Provided, that no establishment selling OIL
giving away any spiritnous wines or malt Ii
quors in less quantities than one pint, shall
| pay less than $4,000. Provided, that When,
ever any Bind of business provided for in tiis
section, shall be combined with any business
provided for in the previou> sections. botl, IL
cences shalt be charged, as provided for.
Sec. 4. Be it farther ordained, etc, thai
each person or FIRM having che ur more teams
to transport merchandise. aud whose annual
receipts are ever $1,000, shall pay Il lictnce of
$1,000.
See. I. Be it further ordained, etc. that for
every individual or company carrying on the
business or profession Of attorney al law, ply
siriau, editor, dentist, ecuiist, broker, inSur-
alirr agent or other business, drayiug, truck
ing, keeping cabs or carriages, horses for hire,
the licence on said profession or occupation
shall be based on the amount oil the gross re-
ceipts therefroin, as follows, viz:
When receipts exceed $1,000, shall pay $40 90
1000, =" 10 90
" " are $4,000 or less " 5 90
Sec. s. Be it further ordained, etc, that on
all drummers, selling bg sample or otherwise,
aud on hotels or country inns, au annual Ii
cence. of $1,000 shall he levied and I'LL street
~hawkerS, or vendors of jeweiry. stationery,
prize packages, etc, by auction or otherwise,
shall pay a licence OF five dollars per day.
+ Sec. 9. Be it further ordained, etc, that
whenever any person shall apply for u licence
to pursue and follow any OF the trades, pro-
fessions or occupations which are taxed by
this. ordinance, for Il less period than one year,
said licence shall be issued in the following
proportion, viz: for nine months, four-ffths
OF the annual l~ieence.; for six months, three
fifths; three months, two-tifths.
We further recommend that the unpaid Ii.
eences be placed in the hands of the.tewn at.
torney for collection, and that immediate pay
ii'cnt of the same be enforced according to
law.
On motion the Board adjourned.
JAMES RAY. President.
Attest: e. MAYO, Clerk.
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Personal AND LITERARY.

Alexander H. Stephens has com.
pleted his history of the United States.
1t is a complete history of this country
down to the time of Senator HIPS
death.
Morrison Heady, a Kentucky blind
man, is fond of chess. He has chess.
men with projecting points, so that he
may distinguish by the touch between
them. He is hard to beatty. \. San.
Mrs. Z. ". Guilford; widow OF
Nathan Guilford, who founded The com
mon schools of Ohio, celebrated hel
eighty-first birthday %anniyersarf in Gin
cinnati recently. About 200 Ohio pio'
neers were among the callers.
The Washington Star says: MRS.
Sara A. Spencer has returned to Wash
ington with her two sons, from a tour
Of the Northern lakes. They spent two
days at Mentor with Mrs. Garfield and
her family, whom they found in a cheer,
full, healthful, happy spirit, full of ten
der reminiscences Of old days, but rich
in memory and hope"
The oldest printer in the country
who is at present engaged in the active
practice Of his profession is probably
"Grandpa" Prescott, in the compost
ton room of the Corning (Ia.) 005ede,
WHO. at the age of ninety years, and
with sixty-three consecutive years al
the cease" behind him, sticks type
every working day in the year. In
dianGpolis Journal.
According to the London IFortd.
Victor Hugo is rapidly declining ply
sically and mentally. His journey to
Guernsey in company with the two la
dies who have devoted their lives to
him was undertaken for the sake of
what is almost 'tnative air. to him.
Tuere is now a constant struggle be-
tween the sight-seers who would push
the old man to write anything, and the
family circle which endeayors to restrain
his lyric overflow.
The Rev. DR.. Henry j. Morgan,
who for fifty-two years has been rector
Of st. james Episcopal Church. Phila-
delphia, is, with the exception of the
Rev. Dr.. Shelton, OF st. Paul's Church,
Eu 'alo, the only clergyman OF that
church in this country who has had so
long a continuous service in one par
ISL. He succeeded Bishop White upon
the election of the latter to the epis-
coi,ate, and the church has had only the
two fectors in eighty-two years.-N, Y.
Lndependent.
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A Beautiful HAIR Dresser.

By far the most beautiful grl in all
Newport at present is a Boston lair
dresser. About all the male admiration
in the entire tasino yestepIaT a ;efitoon
was bestowed upon her, and she re-
ceis ed it with the unconscious grace and
dignity of an ideal Duchess. He father
was a bricklayer, I am told, her mother
was Il washerwoman, and she herself
ended her schooldays at the age of t.1ir-
teen to earn her own living. And here
she is, a bright-skinned brunette, with
big. melting black eyes, abundant,
jetty hair, regular features, a tall,
sEapely, wellcarried figure and per-
fecfiy lady-like manners. She works
busily and quite profitably at home, but
is new out for a holiday, and when a
oma loftily sent for her to come and
dress her hair, meaning an insult, she
wrote back: Il regret to say that it is
impossible. I did not leave my shop as
long ago as you did your slaughter
house, but / am for the time being quite
as far away from it." The fact was
that the oma had more than twenty
years ago been apraetical worker in the
Boston pork-packing house in which her
HuSuduQ lOuult0u HIS lOFGune.
While speaking of this beautiful hair
dresser let me describe her toilet of
yesterday. because it illustrates a pre-
yailing elaborate style of afternoon
costuming at Newport. The material
was ivory-white surah, shirred for a
quarter of o yard from the waist down
ward in close quarters. so that it
showed every action of the hips The
fullness from the gathers was arranged
in plaits, which extended to the edge
Of the skirt, where they were met by q
fall of white lace put on in coquilfes.
The bodice and paniers were white
nuns yelling, trimmed with Lace A
small cape, made OF row upon row
of Oriental lace, reached just below
the shoulders. Her hat was completely
covered with the same lace garniture,
to the exclusion of any other trimming,
and her white satin parasol had several
lace ruffles as a bordering. Not a touch
of color was seen, and the effect was
that of just such simple elegance as
most of the fashionable Newport girls
strive after. Newport Cor. Cincinnati
Enquirer.
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A W THE CROss.BOW.

The cross-bow was undoubtedly the
most deadly of all the missile weapons
basOxe the perfecting OF firearms. The
Spaniagds brought It to the greatest de-
aEee Of efficiency, but the French and
AnRlish also made very fine cross-bows.
EhA stocks of some cross-boWs are
straight, others are crooked, somewhat
alter the shape of the stock of q gun.
j. great many OF these weapons had
wooden bows which were made of yew-
wood, but more had steel lathes. The
arrows Of the cross-bow were called
dnarFels, or bolts. They were shorter,
6leker and heavier than the arrows OF
Ae English long-bow. The place in
to cr0ss-bow where the string is fast
S9ad when It is pulled back, ready to
sNSApt, Is called the nut. From the nut
50 the fore end of the stock the wood is
followed out. 80 that, when a quarrel is
9lsced In position for firing. it does not
ouch the stock, except ct the tip of its
a0bch and the point where it lies on the
TIE end. The trigger works easily on
4 pivot causing the nut to free the
ng, whereupon the bow discharges
quarrel.
The history OF the cross-bow is very
~ipt6resting. You will lind that Richard
The Mon-hearted was d great cross-bow-
raan, He used to carry q very strong
Sae@ligS (the old name Tor cross-bow1
~zaA him wherever he went. Even on
Nse long expedition to Palestine against
e Saracens his favorite weapon was
hn constant companion.
As the siege of Ascalon, he is said to
haVe aimed his quarrels so skillfuIly
faat many an armed warrior on the
Ugh walls avas pierced through and
klSongh.
The steel bolts fired from the strong
est cross-bows would crash through any
but the very finest armor. There are
6reast-plAtes and helmets Of steel, pre-.
served among the British antiquities,
which have been pierced by quarreis.
have read I'M old books, written In
French and Spanish, all about how
ehsae terrible weapons were made and
nsqd.
Richard was killed By a quarrel from
q french crpss-bow.
y plcwmaa III the province Of Com
plsgne unearthed q gold statuette Of
MlnHFvas d most valuable thing. This
be divided. sending one half to Richard,
asld keeping the other half himself. But,
you know Ii those days q King wanted
everything Richards lion heartepuld
not brook ~ divide d treasure with one
0f his vassals. So he peremptorilv de.
nnandad the other half of the treasure.
watch being refused. he called together
ii small army and went tn law asnnn -
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The Mexican women are wonder
fully graceful This is partly due to
their manner of carrying baskets and
bundles, begun in early childhood. l
watched a Mexican girl carry an inn
mense basket OF clothes home to be
Iaundried. First she selected from the
basket a towel, and twisting it tightly.
wound it round and round until the Cir
cumference was the size of her head, on
which she placed it; then, helped by a
companion, she lifted the basket
weighing at least thirty pounds. on top
of the roll. She balanced it by touch
ing it lightly, first with hand and
then the other. After she had gone a
short distance she folded her hands in
her shawl, walk ng with the greatest
ease and Inconsistencies - Philadelphia
Times.
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Give the children plenty of sleep.
It is a mistaken notion that some moth
ers have OF compelling their children
to get up in the morning before they
have finished their natural sleep for the
sole purpose Of eating their breakfast
with the rest Of the family. Better
set their breakfast aside and serve it to
them later. No healthy child will take
more sleep than he needs, and it will be
better for him and the mother when he
does get up if he has a thoroughly re-
freshing sleep and plenty of little
Household.
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Proceedings Of the Board of Police of
the Town of Opelousas,
OpELoUsAs, Nov 10. 1888:

oPELoosAs' NOV w. '"~
AT a meeting OF the Board Of Police OF the
Town Of OpeIousas this day hold, were pres
ent James ray ffesideht; D.; m"fsih, a. D;
Chaehefe, l.. bifotle, Emile feiefhofh "hi
Felix Lesassief'
oh motion OF Mr; M Il ! he So W p .,i;'a a.
tha tow, of 0nelousas. he and ia hereby au-
thorized to appear before Il Notary Public of
the town OF opeio'1sas' an" 70 sign an aet u
r. - Police Of Tho town af Onelonsa.. nv
and according to which he will cede and trans
fer to john n. Ogden the street known as the
~ ~ Watbaws street and the nrescut street
Lnnyu "a 81 Mathews street. with their width
and hanonette: ana that he is also authorized
tn hind Inc said board not to aftemnt to omen
= street tn the north of Ogden's fence running
aast aud west . and The sid John N. OGDEN,
fer III. consideration is 10 convey 10 DR.. JAS.
RAY ms the President Of said Board. fft y-four
feet Of Land. on the western portion of his land,
running from Cherry street to the hack line of
Ogden's fence, which will be through the en-
tire depth of Ogden's property, GA the western
side, next to the railroad, it being understood
that the fifty.four feet transferred by ogden
to the town viii! be no Infringement upon the
atnnnnt of land dedicated to the Morgan Rail
road.
The following claims were approved:
n. las Raw .Justite Pence fees... $f4 40
Giron. Constable Ia 80
C. Pnlford. sundrios. 9 rs
w,. D.a poau .ho4
On W" % $500 - nsdinanca for tbe rear
1889. he and the same is hereby adopted:
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AN Awful Responsibility.

Everybody has something tosay about
consumption. We all deplore its terri
BILE ravages, but only a few of us seem
to have enough common sense to take
the proper means of preventing it. 1t is
as simple as "two and two are FOUR
that Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tai.
taken as a remedy for coughs, colds, dj-
.fcuH breathing, hoarseness, or any of the
symptoms which pave the way for that
terrible destroyer, will effect a radical
and rapid cure of the ailment, and avert
all danger. Whoever, under these cir
cumstances, neglects to resort to the
true specific, assumes a fearful response
bilityAOf druggists.
Pixies Toothdche Drops cure in one
minute.
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To Color Brown: For five pounds of
cloth, boil n and one-half pounds of
eatechu in as much water as will Gov
er the cloth until dissolved, then add
two ounces of blue vitriol, stir well and
put in your cloth. let it lie over night,
wiring it out in the morning, put two
ounces of b~i-chronate of potash in a
kettle of boiling water, let the cloth
stand in this till of the right color, and
wash when dry. Color in iron. Form
and ESreside.
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FOR RENT.

Title Overten dwelling, at Opeleusas, TO,
the year 1883, possession tn be given ON the
LIST OF January.
2-SinaIl place for cultivation at Bellevue,
lying between the plantations of Mr.. Mont
goinery and the estate of Pratt, possession
given Ist OF January 1883.
3-Fhe afice of 81. M. Moore, at Opelousas,
ei,utainiig two rooms, possession given imme.
*AppiE To q. M. MOORE,
Nov iS, 1882 Opelousaa.
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Does it Pay?

Does it pay to do a kind act in this
life? Doesn't a deed prompted by a
desire to benefit your fellow-man come
back on you. like a boomerang and make
you curse the hour of your nativity?
These questions are prompted by the
adventure Of a tall gentleman on a
train coming in overt the Fitchburg Road
the other day. He observed a lady sit
ting in the seat in front of him, and by
her stood Il very handsome umbrella
that could not have cost less than five
dollars. The train stopped at q station
and the lady rose and got out. AS she
was disappearing through the door the
tall gentleman observed that she had
left her umbrella, and grabbing. it,
rushed after her. The train was Just
starting as he reached the platform, but
he managed to cry to her: "Ma'am,
here's your umbrella that you left
And he tossed it to her and turned back
into the car, as the train sped along.
Now, as he had started for the door, a
stout gentleman: with an irascible look,
started after him, but being lame, could
not overtake him. They met as the tall
man re-entered the ear "What did
you do with that umbrella" asked the
stout gentleman. Gave it to the lady!'
replied the long man. ''What did you
do that for?' roared the stout man.
''Why it belonged to her and | diqn't
want her to lose it," Belonged to
her!" howled the fat man. '.Drat your
malodorous' pelt, it was mine!" The
fat man wanted the long man to pay for
II and the latter objected, and the NiO-
lent wrangle they iNlulged in was a de-
licious treat to the uninterested observ-
ers. Finally the long man was com
PEELED to give up five dollars, and the fat
man was partly reconciled to the trans
action. But the thin man wasn't. He
sat in a corner and looked sulky, and the
disposition people showed to smoker
when they looked his way didn't seem
to improve his temper n bit.-Bosfon
Post
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Provided that il any distilled, spirituous,
vinous, malt or other kind of mixed liquors, be
sold in connection with the business of retail
merchant or grocer. in quantities of not less
business, shall be double the foregoing if any
of the above mentioned liquors are sold in less
quantities than one pint.in connection with
the business of retail merchant or grocer, the
lieence shall be four times the above amount
of said combined business, piouided, no lieence
shall issue to sell liquor in less quantity than
u pint without paying y licences not less than
$50.
Sec. 4. BE it further ordained, etc, that for
each and every circus. menagerie. or other
travelling slow, exhibition or performance, the
iicence shall be based ON the number Of attn
ehes, whether proprietors, performers or en-
ployees, as follows. viz;
When the number of said persons is over SO
an annual lieenee of $3.50 shall be charged.
When number il over 80 n lieence of $50
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aE4aE-r ~-
49, AEaa sgsssgm ERE q q 42w degree,
s s. a fTiSe g f hiisa' Y e.. ne;
AKAthab tha youth had served her long,
&k& No. az pyramids, skilled In song,
&EW1Sh him She thought no wrong.
AID 20 1t CHANGED. one summer day,
sNna&s, 20 while tue time away,
a4@9 page and Princess SAT- at play.
Ahlangsb she said: "To play for naught
MM6SN 4port to labor brought,
@BTSeR wager glerdon thought"
diamond necklace" then she cried,
N haetcn. against thy greatest pride,
XAB brand held pendant at thy side"
= 1sMt, though my fathers ghost be wroth,
&Ak84s& the weapon, nothing 10th,
Against thy love and virgin troth."
"pahy words, bold youth, shall work. the ILL;
81 caps dt not win against my skill,
LIT ] can punish at my will"
y sasgtn sHs game; that hilt 90 fine
NUG thou again be page Of mine"
EEam square to square the Bishops crept,
4S9 AGILE Knights eccentric leapt,
INC Castles onward stately swept.
EAWps fell In combat, one by one;
#HAGnts. Rocks q Bishops could not shuT
1Aeir fate before that game was done.
4 GhecsJ,'' cried the Princess, all elate.
' Eg2eekg' cried the page, and sealed the fate
OF heT b~eleagured King with mattel
Xske Princess smiled, and said: "IIose,
NQf pan I well to pay refuse
Bton my possessions pick and choose;
= On diamonds bright, or chests of gold,
ntEings OF pearls of worth untold.
These may be thine to have and hold;
sAuy or all Of such be thine;
5*Ek& SAFE he springs from royal line,
NW Husband ever can be mine"
= nor jewels rich, NOR lands in fee,
Ey00das robes, nor castles pleasure me;
Thy love and troth be mine." said he.
1NoR shalt thou lack of slate and pride,
When seated crowned thy lord beside,
~ KEut, the King of Denmark's bridei"
8sng marriage bells from san to sun,
Au4 tell the gossips, as they III
A9# SHedenfG Princess has been Won.
-ThOuIda Dunn E11lisfs
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The annual report Of the English
post-ofice mentions an extraordinary
exhibition of confidence in the honesty
Of the service, which astonished even
the employees of the department. A f5
Bank Of England note, without any
cover whatever, was folded, addressed
and stamped, and posted at Leeds. On
being discovered in the mail, it was in
closed in a registered-letter envelope
and forwarded to It's destination.
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Lands Lands Lands
Title Guaranteed
For Sale,
On Terms to Suit Purchasers
NEAR VILE PLATE.

NEAR WILLIE PLATE.
Description. Acres.
Lot I, section 4, townsh 4 3 rye 2 east no
CoULEE CRoCHE,
Near Diron Groee.
L ] of $ W sec %, t Z $ range 3 east S0.56
w asof S W sec %. t S range 8 east S0.56
n g sec and n e / of 3 G / of sec 2S.-
N Q / sec and n of n W ! sec 81, rs
r3 east, containing..-------.--- 1924
Lots ] and 2 of sec "a, s 5 rye 3 east so
w of n Q of sec "a. t s 3 e..--.. so
BELLEVUE.
= c of $ G ! of sec 3; S W ! OF S W ],
and lots 4 and 7 of sec 2 t 7sr3e e,
west of the Montgomery plantation
IS 9 of s 6 / of see &; s W of $ W
OF sec 8; g Of $ W OF sec l0-ali
int7sr3 east, eontaining----.-.- 1884
NEAR POINT LYONS.
Lot No } aud II e / of $ G ! of sec 80, t
81 + ) east, eontaining..--...-.- 80.03
AND EAST OF CIR. COTEAU
Lot No | of see s s 5 asst. 1898
PRAIRIE HAYES.
n W of $ w OF sec IS; o of $ q
of G !, and $ e ! of II e ! of sec %, t
IS r ] c. containing.-....---.--- l60. 80
lots 3 and 4 of section 25; lots i, 2
aud 3 of sec So and lots / and 9 of
sec 36, { s = i ! east, containing - 1926
Lots 2, 5 and 4 ii " of s & !, and ii
g of 8 W OF sec &c, I 5 S L | east. 1872
N W of sw ! Of sec %; c Of of
ne / of sec Pot sr | east.--.--. l60.39
For further information, apply to
f. d. EsTILETTE,
At the Office of Estilette s. Dupre,
jal4 Aft'ys at Law, Opelonsas, La.
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knowledge is that which. next TO viz
tue, truly and essentially raises one man
above another.
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A Frenchman has initiated OF

A Frenchman has initiated our
Franklin by going into the heavens for
a meteor power. He has chained the
snnbeanls and set them to work, just as
Franklin chained lightning. He claims
To have utilized it to all purposes where
motion 10 required. 1t will be another
Kecly motor, perhaps.
By Hylng.a piece of charcoal 0n "a
burn it subsidies Immediately. BY
lea wing charcoal on one hour the wound
is healed, ais has been demonstrated on
several occasions. TFA remedy is cheap
and simple and certainly deserves Il
trial.
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The true test of civilization is not cen
sus, nor the size of cities, NOT the crops
no, but the kind of man the conntr..
turns out.
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SEEFU nEU FEEEEsGSE EEgy st E5 s6
Mdhra and daughhrg go down tdhA. A lovely rsden caps mtoe eternity Wives and Husbands
eosa and daughters are wrecked and lost. many sad hA5 are lei to mourn the Os a huSandi lost
Snw iem and aWhtera yMngm al lost his beMHhed.
Ntempli ohese horrible "wrcks"w work wonderfully upon then Ihet bo1ghtm makes
%Wmu@ Wrought Upon mentally hatsne became Iowsprhd Sndh Lost her appdes refused food be"
cme heh md smscaedn eruusm and ehl Herr friends ms.G that shes should mott think oft se
HWrecks" 1901 much but she insisted that was sick in reality, ltmkM he ht, she soon had ces
and AIMS land worked hefM into etwok of female troubles which eventually md IN chrome
Nmie weaknesses and excuses d dehh.
Another case point was tht Of a yung lady Sheh o los. friend econ became melancholy
and nMoas could not sleep somlyh sr m@ @gA s "gnonn ms 9 oil Mfs comm ad 5mei ia a dsms% f teadehs, md
These cases are Of every day cMInsns,a and fg "wIsdsmu upon email sod dey yn n eh f55fL They
ubsi IsMnHes Ins aIi these" WIE" Send YOU name to p domgodea and co. Oubvlaky Ky.
and gdon e1fee.
Ivy BAnEYg sAITNE APRRENT % headaches nd eOnaipaHon- pleasant M e6@uaL
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It pays an ex-Union sailor and sol
dier to have the rheumatism wien he
can limp himself on to the pension roll
by it.
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OPINION OF DIR. VIM. II. STOKES, Ply
stefan, Mt. Hope Retreat, Baltimore: 81
have great pleasure in adding my testi-
mony to the virtues of Cotdea's Liquid
Beef Tonic as the very best preparation
used for depression, readiness and indi-
gestion, and I therefore confidently re-
commend it to the medical profession"
(Remember the name, CoLDEN's-take
no other.) Of druggists generally.
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Yes" he said, sTn have the
plumber come to the house to-day. Not
that there's any trouble with the drain
age, but our cook is sort of discontinued
and we don't want her to leave, and
maybe being courted for four hours
will make her less restless. Boston
Post.
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To ~persevere in ones duty and to he
silent is the first answer tn calumny.
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How &weslen's Princess Was
WON.
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e.. So. hsaJ asOY.

.<LTHl3s.% EH AT LAW.
OPELOESAS. LA.
O.hce 1T he OIL Bank Building, on Lendrg
acit street. S2tf