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The Opelousas courier., 1884-10-04

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Quick, complete cure, all annoying Kidney,
Bladder and Urinary Diseases. ST. Druggists.
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Camphor Milk cures aches and pains. 2S
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Glovss.

HLM#EEE a@A
Gloves cannot well be longer than
they are now, and crimped, frilled, or
pulled above; ribbon loops or small ro-
settles. too, take the fancyvery much;
of course the toilette must be trimmed
TO match; a few natty specimens are
ornamented with rows OF rich lace.
fullad slightly, and becoming gradually
broaded from about the middle Of the
arm to the hight Of the CANT, a col
ored foundation showing off this trans
parent material; others are again
adorned with rows Of gold or silver
galloon let into the kid at small inter-
walls, and finished on the front of the
arm with glittering buttons. or small
metal clasps of the insect tribe. One
pair, fresh from the hands Of one Of
our most celebrated makers. had rows
of colored lace insertion, headed by
narrow and gold featherfringe, and
eYen tiny insertion stripes.
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CUR Best Families

Phoenix Pectoral cures cold and cough.25e.
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kissing a SenOrita.

"Senorita, I kiss your feet, odios!"
This is the parting salute contained in a
note just finished to a young Mexican
friend. OF course, I do not intend to
kiss her feet, but it is the proper caper
here and | have conformed to it. Why
should I kiss Zeno5ia's feet, even meta
phorically? True, l would, and perhaps,
have, kissed her hands and lips, her fore
head, cheeks, and probably the back of
her neck, but although Zenobia is a
sweet girl, I must be excused from oscula,
tory contact with her pretty foot, dressed
in a high heeled and arched-instepped
eaiter. Like all Mexican girls, she is
father slouchy about her hosiery, and
happened once to have observed that her
white stockings were not Of the very
%cleanest. and hung in folds over the tops
of her CATERS instead of being braced up.
The appearance reminded me OF a col
lapsed concertina, and the dear girl fell
thirty per cent. in my esteem.
B. the way the Senoritas have but q
faint idea of kissing-that art from which
so few possess the capacity of extracting
the most available ecstacy-and one day
| offered to show a dark-eyed, raven-halrcd
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rADTES' DEPARTMENT..

xhs Oldest WoHale In the World.
AT Neutrality-suspicious. may be seen
~ aid woman living in a hut in a
narrow street. who has reached the
sxtraordinary age of one hundred and
twenty-three years. She has no mfr
mitg except slight deafness, being in
mi possession of her mental faculties.
she was a .'cantiniere' under the
first Empire, and had two sons killed
Il fhe battle of Friedland andin Spain.
ghe Is supported entirely on the aims
gwen her by visitors who go from
gfeat distances to see her as an object
ii curiosity, and her neighbors help
hsr to do her household work. She
ives almost exclusively on soup made
VIII bread, to which is added a little
vine, and sometimes a little brandy.
Dr. Bonnie, who practices in the neigh
borhood, states that she is lever i'll.
Her skin is like parchment, but she
sands comparatively straight.-Lon-
doa Boao Bells.
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young lady how loo Amerieanos performed
the act. She l~aughingly agreed-lt IS
unnecessary for me to say that the male
members and duena were out of the way
and / advanced upon her, my left arm
encircled her waste, extending over tbs
right shoulder downward; my right arm
bent at the elbow, afforded my hand an
opportunity of accommodating her dimpled
chin. Gently folding back her head and
throwing a look, or rather a rap'd series
Of looks of uHlttcrablc nothlnGs into my
eyes | gazcd clean through hers for a mo,
mcnt, and with a long breath | tapped
her lips. 1t was a revelation to her; she
quivered visibly, but, instead of return
ing my kiss she broke away from my en-
brace, and ran off to lock herself up,
frightened, pleased, but astounded. !
was satisfied that l had done myself and
country proud, although, to be candid,
| it was merely amechanical operation with
| me. done for the sake Of effect, as | did
| not really care for the girl. | think she
| remained in maiden meditation for two
| lays, but at last l saw her, and she told
me with a deep blush, that she wished
she had been born an American, to be
| Kissed like that ourier-J Journal.
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placed over satin and used as trim
mings Of very dressy nuns yelling
toilets.
Null dresses with drawn-work or
hem~-stitching are made up with belt
ed waist and soft drapery for morn
ing wear. 4
Dotted net wells with a border OF
lace around the edge, like those our
mothers wore twenty years ago, are
fashionable again.
The Moliere coat basque is in high
favor with the tailor-made suits. These
basques are used only for street and
shopping costumes.
The garden hat of Leghorn, trim
med profusely with field flowers, is in
high favor for young girls. They are
very becoming to young faces.
Lace lounces are gathered very full,
and sometimes have forked ends, loops
or very small bows of velvet or satin
ribbon, dropping in their fulness.
The most elegant white dresses for
spring weddings will be made Of white
China Grape, trimmed with fiounces OF
Valenciennes lace and plastrons Of
crystal beaded net, with also draperies
of this net.
Bonnet strings are now never tied
at the back or on the side. This fash
ion is a dowdy one, and was never
followed by women of taste. The
strings are tied directly beneath the
chin in a bow which is larger than
the ends. Ends are never cut but left
straight.
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Camphor Milk cures aches and pains
seyying-NIachine Industry.

.FAese remarkable items pour into our Office
daily. Mr.. q. s. FULLER, with the New Home
Machine Company, of Orange, Mass. writes,
MAY %, 1883: al have used Hunts Remedy
in my family for over ten years. My wife
was troubled with catarrh Of The bladder,
suffered intense pain in the kidneys and
Joins, and urination was accomplished with
the greatest of agony. My friends thought
that she could not recover. We tried doctors
and medicines, and although better at times
she would grow worse again. She was obi1gec
to use the urinal as many as fifteen times IN
q night, and was growing worse daily. AZ
this time my attention was allied TO hunts
Remedy, and / concluded to try il; and after
using one bottle she was a good deal better,
the inflammation was reduced, and the water
more natural. She began to gain in appetite
and felt no pain in the back and Kidneys.
She could attend to her household work
without pain, and this had been a great
burden to do, even the lightest kind OF work.
After using six bottles she was completely
cured. Since then i have had occasion to
use Hunts Remedy for kidney and liver com-
plants, and found it to be inst az represented,
and I consider il q most wonderful medicine.
I would not be without Hunts Remedy IN
nv family; and / have recommended it to
my friends here in Orange with equally good
| results.W
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Not False.

Old Nelse Patmore was justice of the
peace. He could neither read nor write,
but his friends assured him that such &C
complishments were merely side issues.
One day Jack Maine sued the Common
wealth for false imprisonment. He en-
ployed excellent legal counsel and every
one thought he would surely gain the
case. When the cause came up for trial
the Judge said:
Young man, de 'dictment says dat yer
wants damages fur false 'prisonment3"
"That is exactly what Wa want, your
honor, said Names lawyer.
"Uh, huh"
And we think, your honor, that we are
entitled to five thousand dollars dam
ages"
o"Uh, huh" handling his papers.
eve claim that Mr.. Names imprison-
ment was false"
"Uh, huh"
Gan we can prove it."
tUh, huh. Ganermen, yer say dat de
mans 'prisonment was false"
eyes, your honor"
"Uh, huh. He went ter Jail, dldn' he?'
On, yes" -,
"Uh, huh. What am de meanin' o
false2 Suthin what doan 'zist, aim it!'
eyes, sir"
"Wall, dis man went ter Jail. OATS q
tack aim it9"
eyes your honor"
"Dat 'zisted, didn' it,"
"Oh yes"
"Dat want false, den. De 'cision o
dis cou't am dis. De generman claimed
ter hab been 'prisoned falsely. De proofs
shows dat de State didn' perten' ter put
him in Jail, but did put him dar. d.
eou't h,l's dat dar want nuthin' fals'
bout dat. Now eff de State had per
tended ter put him in Jail and hadn' done
it, dat woulder ben false ~'prisonment. III
jis' SEN de generman back ter Jail an
ding de lawyers in de cost.
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When Sugar Was Invented.

The exact date of the invention of
sugar is lost in the midst of fable. How
ever, sugar is said to have been known to
the Chinese three thousand years ago,
and there is not much doubt but that the
manufacture of the article was carried on
under the Tsin dynasty two hundred
years before Christ. A strong claim for
priority has been made for India. Prob
ably the Hindoo learned the art from the
Chinese, and from China the knowledge
was carried further west. Three hun
bred and twenty-five years before Christ,
Alexander sent Nearchus with a large
feet down the Indus to explore the ad-
iacent countries. When that officer
returned from his expedition he brought
to Greece an account of honey Sugar
which the Asiatics made from cane, with
out n assistance from bees. This was
the earliest idea the western nations had
of sugar, the Jews, Egyptians, Babylo.
mans and Greeks, knowing nothing OF
its use. AS late as A. d. 100 sugar was
prescribed by Galen, the famous physl-
clan. as a medicine. Before the discov-
cry of America sugar was a costly luxury,
used only on rare occasions. During the
wars of the roses, about 1855, Margaret
PASTOR, wife of a very wealthy country
gentleman of Norfolk, wrote to her hus-
band begging that he would ''v%ouchsafe'
to send her a pound of sugar. As late
as 17O0.all England consumed only twenty
million pounds in the of the year,
but since the consumption has greatly in
creased, twenty million hundredweigght
now being used by the English people.
The process of refining sugar was not
known in England previous to 1863.
That was probably an invention of the
| Arabs. A venetian merchant learned the
secret from the Saracens of Sicily, anc
sold the art for one hundred thousand
crowns.
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The employees made great eyd8 at frst.
for the like was unheard Of. But Miss
Dash went on quietly, kept her Ewes
and ears open, and meddle@ with no.
body. Long before daylight of the
dark, cold winter morning she was
obliged to leave home toI q at her
post by z. But presently here came
an opportunity for her to isarn what
tne clicking of the wires said. She
mad her mind set on that, and, as al
ways, kept her eyes and ears open.
her duties were not pleasant, for bSys
are not angels; no more are men. But
MISS Dash devoted herself purely to
business and ignored what was not
pleasant. 1t could do her no harm,
because she paid no heed to it. In
u course Of time she had learned her
trade. Then matters became easier.
a place vas found for her without
trouble in a prominent business house.
Here, as everywhere, she was faithful
TO every charge, and worked with en-
musiastic industry. In time wages
were raised. By and by, too, she
was given other work along with her
telegraphing, which increased her pay
to almost a princely sum compared
with the pitifully low wages most
women get. Indeed the young woman
IS now in a position where she could
support a husband if she had one. She
really does help support her mother
and family, however, like the good
daughter she is. If the truth was
known, more than half the girls and
women who work for pay have others
than themselves to feed and clothe
When she had left the shop in which
she had been, many of the girls there
nudged one another's elbows, vowed
she was disgracing herself, and in
formed n another that Martha Dast
never was like the other girls, which
was true, and a compliment to her
although they did not intend it il
that way. Most of these friends wht
did not approve her conduct are sales
women at three dollars a week still
Her present position looks like al
earthly paradise to them. But Mis-
Dash is not yet satisfied. She work
as hard as ever. Now she is studyin:
stenography and type-writing. Sh
says she intends to continue learning
aud becoming more capable in bust
ness till she can command $500
year. She viii do it too. That is no
a fabulous fortune, but it is a goo
round sum for a woman to earn. A
it is. though, she is quite comfortable
She says sometimes to other girls
Keep pushing on till you can do wor
that is worth something. Keep you
courage up. Don't stay where you ar
put, fretting and waiting for some
thing toturn up to improve your p
sition. Nothing will happen untilyo
make it happen. Particularly don
sit down and wait till che" come
along. Maybe he won't come.--Ne'
York World.
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--The woman who seeks relief from
main by the free use of alcoholic stimulants
and nafcotic drugs finds what she seeks only
80 far as sensibility is destroyed r tempo,
rarily suspended. No cure was ever wrought
BY such means, and the longer they are en-
ployed the more hopeless tho case ecomes.
Leave chloral, morphia and b~eliadonna
alone, and use Mrs. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
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Yery weII pnf.

Why do we defer till tomorrow what we
should do to-day Why do we neglect a
cough till it throws us into consumption, and
consumption brings us to the grave DR..
VIM. Halls Balsam is sure to cure if taken in
season. tt has never been known 10 fail.
Use it thoroughly, according to directions.
Persevere till the disease is conquered, as it is
certain to be, even il it should require q
dozen bottles. There is no better medicine
Tor pulmonary disorders.
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MENsMAN's PERFORMED BEEF TONIC, the only
preparation of beef containing its entire nut'i-
itous properties. 1t contains blood-making,
force generating and DEMONSTRATING properties;
invaluable for Indigestion, dyspepsia, nervous
ALSO, in all enfeebled conditions, whether the
result Of exhaustion, nervous prostration, over
work or acute disease, particularly If resulting
from pulmonary complaints. Csswel, Hazard Il
Co., Proprietors. New York. Soidby druggists.
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TsiRan, ssiiess piles,

Sure cure for Blind, Bleeding and Itching
Piles. One box has cured worst cases of 20
years standing. No one need suffer five
minutes alter using Williams Pile
Liniment. Il absorbs tumors, aliays
itching, acts as poultice, gives instant relief.
Prepared only for Piles, Itching of private
parts. Mailed for 81. Frazier Med. Co.,
Cleveland O.
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Fashion Notes.

Notes.
Plain cuffs are fashionable.
Black stockings are used with any
dress.
The long suede gloves are very pop
ular.
Wells are not as much worn as for
merly.
Butterflies are used in clusters on
bonnets.
Tailor-made costumes are still very
fashionable.
Agreat deal Of ribbon velvet is used
on costumes.
The Byron collar isalways put on
the tailor-made suits.
Colored straws, matched to the
dress, are fashionable.
Bonnet strings are made very short
and arranged in q cravat-boW.
The position basque much useu
for bingham and white suits.
The Venetian copper is another new
! shade for bonnets and costumes.
Basaues do not change their shape
much from those worn all winter.
Embroidered Hounces are very scam
tily gathered, and are made to lap.
Porcelain blue is q color much used
On hornets, with ecru lace or net.
4 great deal Of jet is used on bon
nets. but we find few colored beads.
stockings comet in all the mushroom.
brown and blue shades in plain colors.
Black stockings have gone out OF fash
ion.
silver bangles are coming in fashion
again. They are connected By tiny
gold chains.
They are still making dresses with
he back breadths massed in . clustel
OF pleats.
The velvet ribbon dog collar Is still
worn where the dress is made TO show
the throat or neck.
The high aigrette Is still seen spring
ing from the side Of q bonnet wner'
tEg =Z#@&aMa
roses are massed.
white satins are largely imported
this season and are much lighter II
weight than those Of last year.
English turbans areseen again witt
brims rolling high ii front and sIopinl
entirely away II the back.
Moliere vests Of poppy red or ply
satin, with velvet rosettes Or cocKaa
bows to match, ! popular.
FOR travelling dresses the gray an
brown Ottoman cloth i selected
Marrow velvet i used on these suits.
Durable India pongeos are agar
nsed. either quite plain Or else en-
broidersd ID sprigs,~ cresesnts q ars
besanes
Tho white embrolderies on nets =
N$
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Never hold any one by the button, or
by the hand, in order to De heard OUT
for if people are unwilling to hear you,
you had better hold your tongue than
them.
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Phoenix Pectoral cures cold and cough. 20


As the sable is ito ermine; as smut to flower;
rs ceal to alabaster; as SCOT to driven snow,
20 is Carboline, the perfection Of all hair re-
uewers. to all other organizations.
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ssBalmy Sleep is denied to nervous sufier-
srs, unless they use Samaritan Neruaae.
I suffered with paralysis for 8 years, Sdhau17 :
tanNeruine cured med. Yates, Patterson,N.0
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The small boy who hangs around the par
Ior and makes faces at his sisters beaux
should be punished fer contempt of court.
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-Tha woman who seeks relief

It has been asserted that Coke is the bes
legal authority on cremation.
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he who makes the best OF his life loses
the worst OF death.
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Piso's Cure for Consumption does not dry
no a cough; it removes the cause.
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The e Dress.

Happy the fortunate ones who have
preserved relics of antiquity in combs
of pale amber tortoise-sheil. The odd
Spanish comb of extreme size, either
plain, richly-clouded shell, or exquisite.
II carved, generally accompanied with
side combs, are now worn with the
high couture. An immense comb Of
shell carved in lilies, wheat sheaves,
and delicate foliage and stars, is disin-
tered from % chest where it has lain
Tor two or three generations. An
0thsr of silver gilt in eoronst shape is
oct with ten large sapphires. Side
combs corresponding with the large
combs are set with Rhine pebbles,
cairngorm, false topaz, aquamarine, or
large gems. The Empress Josephine
coifure is revived, consisting of a long
graceful ostrich plume, laid about the
high knot.
For classical faces there are Greek
bandeanx of carved, filigree or plain
gold. set with pearls or precious
stones. lowering on long gold pins
are birds or butterflies. such al a but
terfly Of sapphires, rubies and dia-
monds, and dropped with sTots of bur
nished gold q humming-bird of ra-
aiant diamonds, emeralds and rubies,
with emerald head and garnet eyes, the
widespread transparent wings stud
ded with shifting lights Of silyer green,
rosy cream and blue opals.
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with emerald head and garnet eyes, the
widespread transparent wings stud
ded with shifting lights Of silver green,
rosy cream and blue opals.
Wonaen More Daring Than Mem.
Women are always more daring than
men, exclaims the San Francisco
Chronicle. When they want to do q
thing they will endure as no mar will
to accomplish their ends. A woman
has a very clear idea Of what she is en-
titled to and what she may with safety
alain. She cannot go to a dog-iight
Or d wrestling-match, or a smuggling
encounter, although she would like to.
But she can bully a man if he does not
DO what she is entitled to. She can
make a car-conductor's hair turn gray
In the distance of a block. She can,
and she enjoys doing il, drive the most
patient housekeeper to the verge OF in
sanity. She is capable of going down
town sixteen times to change a paper
Of pins. Those things everybody
knows. But If one wants to see the
woman in the highest state of indepen-
dence and aggression against man, let
him go and quietly look on at a matt
nee at the theater. When q woman
takes her seat there is no power on
earth that will induce her to bulge.
Re one comes late and has to pass q
dozen others to get to her seat she
knows what he has to expect. She
does not attempt to apologize orto i'm
plere-she simply walks over them
and they make her il she doesn't want
ID. It il quite possible the seat does
not belong to her. She never come'
ont until the performance is over, even
e the owner has to sit in the aisle
She will go and take q vacant seat u
the front row II she sees II. and When
lhe usher asks for her check she vii
calmly inform him that she will keeI
che seat till the owner comes. WneI
tie owner does come, possession is ter
points Of the law, and the usher willis
zow one Woman Learned T~eIegraDhi
It was several years ago. Telegraph
schools were not as common as the
aas now. Neither Il female tele
graphers. This maiden was mucl
Ike other nice girls that have thel
ewn living to make, except that 81
had i win which would have carries
Der around the world IL she had mad
ap her mind to so. She was sales
woman I'll . shop, and got. perhaps
thrsa dollars q week. Many gill
remain aaleswomen AZ three dollars
geek for half i dozen years or mors
BiRhina for change, but only signing
This one resolved and worked. 81
determined TO learn telegraphy. q
way seemed open. The Offices n %
civ whore she was did not take 81
prsntioss, and Ii they had done 70 the
would not haye seen their way clear !
fakinQ female apprentices. But Mis
a. &S UfA
The daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1884, 1884-06-04
THE GREAT CONTEST.

The EAGLES bulletin board was
surrounded by large crowd of eX-
pectant. not to say anxious citizens
yesterday afternoon. patiently await
ing the latest bulletins from the con-
vention hall at Chicago. Not single
word was received until three o'clock,
and that indefinite. But little after
four the result of the temporary or
ganization was received. For an hour
the figures, the name and the possible
results to which the action pointed
were earnestly canvassed. The ma
jority of these citizens seemed for
Blaine, and emphatically so, many de-
claring that should any other be nom
mated they would not care for the re-
suit next November. There were
Others hoped it meant Arthur. Here
and there and now and then an old
soldier would express the hope that
the convention would eschew all poll
ticians, and finally nominate old Tc-
cumseh Sherman.
The last prayer we responded 10
with a hearty amen.
The daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1884, 1884-06-04
CHEM EN-.

According to the trustees returns
for the two years named, on March l.,
1888, Morton township had popula-
ton of 2s9, and at the same time in
1881 the population was 544, showing
an increase of 255, the largest gain
with but one exception-Wichita town.
ship-in the county. Grand Rivers
report shows 1902 in 1883 and 274 in
1884, loss of %. probabably ON ac-
count of the removal Of Marshall
Garden Plains population is. 602, a
gain Of 1856. Erie in 1883 had 184, but
in 1884 is not mentioned in the data.
Alton has 1876, gain of IS. Cheney
did not begin to grow until about
March /. Making allowance for the
increase since that time, and for the
population Of the township outside OF
the city, the number of inhabitants
on this mile square may be safely
said to be 5OO.-J0urndl.