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The Opelousas courier., 1885-08-01
Goscbop'a With.

"The hilarious cowboy has tastes
which we are constantly, endeavoring
to cultivate and satisfy. Here is the
latest effort in that line," said a Cham
bers street dealer in horse jeWelry. He
held Ia his hand q peculiar whip.
There was a metal stock seven inches
long, In the butt Of which was a heavy
whistle. Pulling out the whistle, he
he revealed a capacious match safe,
and when he let go of the whistle a
spring popped it back in place, where
it closed the match safe. Around the
stock was a short thong Of lacing
leather which made a loop just large
enough to hold two fingers of the cow
boys hand. The other end of the
stock terminated in atapering rubber
half an inch in diameter at the thick
end and a quarter Of an inch a foot
away, where there was a little loop.
A steel spring wire ran through the
rubber to give it strength. Two feet
of heavy leather about the size Of a
sewing machine band was drawn half
through the loop. thus forming a
double lash.
sPeople here do not know how TO
whin a horsao the dealer continued
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rissesea cssssstsa,s Nan.es.

Frank is a very pretty, pleasant
sounding name writes Oliver Wendell
Holmes in the Atlantic, and it is not
strange that many persons use it in
common conversation all their days
when speaking offs friend. Were they
really christened by that name, any Of
these numerous Franks? Perhaps they
were, and If so there is nothing to be
said. But if not, was the baptisnlal
name Francis or Franklin? The mind
is apt to fasten in a very peryerse and
unpleasant way upon this question,
which too often there is no possible
way of sitting. One might hope, if he
outlived the bearer Of the appellation,
to get at the fact; but since even grave
stones have learned to use the names
belonging 60 childhood and infancy in
their solemn record. the generation
which docks it's Christian anne In
sucn an un-Christian way will be-
qHeath whole churchyards full Of
riddles to posterity. How 1t win puz
zle and distress the historians and an
tiquarians Of q coming generation to
settle what was the real name Of Dan
and Bert and Billy which last is
legible on q white marble slab, raised
in memory Of q grown person. in q
certain battle-ground in town in
Essex County!
The Opelousas courier., 1885-08-01
Ladies' I'm Mexino.

In Mexico ladies of the better class
are never seen upon the streets alone,
aud are seldom permitted to even go
to church unattended. Their neigh
borly visits, which are incessaEt, for
their narrow lives are by no means free
from the female propensity to gossip,
are invariably made in bevies or cou-
Piles, or in the care of trusted servants.
Even their shopping is mostly done by
proxy (poor thingsl), for few Of them
have ever seen the inside of a store in
their lives. In the city of Mexico and
Dne or two other of the more cosmo-
politan places it is the fashion for la
dies to sit in their closed carriages at
the shop doors, while obsequious clerks
bring out their stock, piece by piece,
for inspection; but in most portions of
the republic merchants send goods to
the houses for selection, or servants
run to and fro until the fair customer
- suited or meekly gives up the point
and takes what she can get.
Among the established institutions
Of Mexico are the itinerant merchants,
who continually perambulate the
streets. for if the mountain can't come
70 Mahomet. 1t naturally follows that
Mahomet goes to the mountain. Be-
sides bis little tray of goods. and the
ribbons, laces. scarfs, and embroider-
les hung oYer his arms and shoulders
the petldler carries q camp table,
which he spreads upon the pavement,
and deposits his tray thereon while
conducting business between the bars.
Of the windows. for, being "a horrid
msa,'' of course he must not 90 In
side
The Opelousas courier., 1885-08-01
Women,s Noses and Hair.

Before deciding as to the arrange
ment Of the hair, the nose should be
carefully Intercepted. If that feature
be Roman, or what a learned author
describes as as "cogitative"-i. g., long
and curved inward toward the point
the hair should be somewhat pro-
nounced in its arrangement. 1t should
be rather massive, OF else the large
nose will, by force of contrast, make
the head look meager. If the nose be
Greek, an approach, carefully guarded
from being too realistic, to the classic
knot may be ventured upon. The va
rieties of the Anglo-Saxon nose, some
of them quite childish in their want of
decision and firmness of outline, are too
numerous to be specially commented
upon, but should be treated variously,
according as they approach the acqui-
line, the Greek or the snub varieties.
This last requires a rather coquettish
arrangement Of the hair. Madonna
bands assert badly with a snub nose.
SO does the Venetian couture, which
has been such a favorlte among the
aesthetic phalanx for some years. A
little head summing over with curls''
best suits the snub sstip-tilted like a
fower;" and sensible women who per-
force wear turned-up noses will care
fully abstain from following the highth
and depth of fashionable coiffures, but
faithful to the quasi simplicity
chat goes so we'll with the infantile
formation of their noses.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-08-01
FOR THE FARM AND HOME.
To Revive Dry Trees.

Small fruit trees which have been
out of the earth q long time aud have
become very dry can often be made to
live when one least expects it. |. I'll.
Bailey, the veteran apple-grower OF
Michigan, says that he once received a
lot of trees which had been delayed
for two months from the nursery, and
which were apparently dead. The
country was then new, and as no more
trees were soon to be had, he resolved
to set his dead trees. He first threw
them into a pond of water and let
them lay a couple of days. He then
set them, and nearly all lived. That
orchard for several years has taken
the first premium of the State lIortl-
cultural Society.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-08-01

Stored Celeyy.-Blanch your celery,
boil in stock, and simmer in brown
gravy. Slices of truffles add immense.
ly to the flavor.
Rice PuIding.-Two quarts milk,
IL teacup rice, l teacup sugar, l tea
cup raisins, butter size of an egg, nut
meg. Bake 2 hours.
Suet Petdding.-One cup chopped
suet, | cup ~raisins, l cup mollasses, 1
cup milk, 8 cups flour, / teaspoonful
baking powder, l teaspoonful salt. Boil
three hours.
Brussels Sprouts Wtth Butter.-Clean
your sprouts carefully and boil in
boiling water and salt, drain them
thoroughly, and put them in a frying
pan with some fresh butter; when the
butter is melted, place them on a dish
and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
Potato Pu6s.-Two cups cold mash
ed potatoes. n cup milk or cream
two tablespoons melted butter, two
eggs beaten very light. Stir in butter
first, then the eggs; when smooth add
cream and a little salt; beat thorough
ly; pour into a buttered dish and bake
in a quick oven unit ! a nice brown.
Bacon and Eggs.-A very nice break
fast dish is made from this recipe :
Cut some bacon into small. thin squares,
put them into a saucepan and set over
a gentle fire that they may lose some
of the fat. Place the dice on a warm
dish and put a ladle of melted bacon fat
into the saucepan. Set it ON the stove
and put in a dozen of the squares Of
bacon. Tilt the saucepan to one side
and break an egg in it; manage this
very carefully and the egg win soon
be cooked. It should be very round
and the little pieces OF bacon will stick
to it. Keep the egg on a hot plate
while you cook as many more as are
required.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-08-01
Fan.ons jersey co,gs.


Some of the most successful breed
ing, judged by modern standards, has
been accomplished by men who are
prominent in other fields. Colonel
Richard M. Hoe, whose inventions and
improvements in printing-presses
have revolutionized the business of
printing, and rendered his name IA
miliar throughout the world, is almost
as widely known as the breeder of the
famous cows Alphea, III, and Euro
tas, 2454. Even the excessive demand
of his great business could not alto
gether overcome his love of animals,
and "Brightside," his little farm above
Harlem River, will remain historical
long after it has disappeared beneath
the brick and mortar and pagements
IF an advancing city. It was there
that he bred Alphea, an incompatible
COW. whose blood is still potent in
many a valuable herd. Her enforced
tests at the rate of over twenty-nine
pounds Of butter a week, with only six
quarts of ground feed a day in addi-
ton to pasture, and her repeated trials
On grass alone at the rate of twenty.
three to tWenty-fonr and a half
pounds of butter a week, mark her as
a marvellous animal. From her he
bred En.opa, and from Europa came
Eurotas, that in the herd of Mr.. A. B.
Darling made 778 pounds l ounce of
butter in eleven months and five DAYS,
and dropped a calf within a year from
the beginning of the test. Here was
superlative merit for three generations
in the blood; and it did not end with
Eurotas, for although she had no
daughters that lived to come into milk,
Mr.. Darling bred a granddaughter,
possessing also the blood of his great
cow Violet Of Darlington. 5573, that
gave 81 pounds Il IL ounces of butter
in even days on her second calf. This
was the COW Bomba. previously men
tioned.-HGgpsr's MGqGstne
E&EHg A AM&8 =EGt6 -
The Opelousas courier., 1885-08-01
Farm and Garden Notes.

The latest remedy for cabbage
worms is ice-Water.
The friends of the silo are said to be
increasing in number.
Soil for asparagus should be rich
or made rich in potash.
Don't throw away the bones, but
convert them into fertilizers.
Lime should never be ploughed I'M
der, but kept rs near the top as
possible.
"The English make" it is told,
"their sweetest pork by feeding poto~
toes and barley meal"
Some of our farmers SOW ashes upon
the wheat crop early in the spring with
a.view to prevent rust and strengthen
the stalk of the plant.
Raspberries and blackberries are
harder if TAINTED on light sandy loan
but if large berries are desired a
mulch should be used in July. On
moist land mulching is not necessary.
but the canes are more liable to be
winter killed.
One of the best ~preventiyes Of the
chicken cholera is to soak corn in coal
oil and feed the corn to the fowls
three or four times Il week. Another
method is to mix a tablespoonful of
coal oil with two quarts of corn
meal. Moisten the meal and feed
twice a week.
The straw from beans is a natural
food for seeep, and they are the only
stock which are fond of it. 1t is a
healthy food for them. Dat straw is
better for sheep than any unpalatable
hay. They will pick out all of the
leaves and heads of all kinds of straw,
but they do not like the coarse straws,
and will not eat them unless forced to
by hunger. Straw, to he good for
sheep, should not be over-ripe, musty,
or full of ergot. On this account rye
is the poorest, and wheat next. To
give sheep a keen appetite, no more
should be given them than they will
eat up clean. They come to a sweet
smelling and fresh rack of food With
a relish.
The food of a horse is not designed
to make fat but rather muscle. Corn
and other heating food should not be
given when hard work is expected.
1t makes fat which exercise runs off
as rapidly as it is made. AS the
horses stomach is relatively smaller
than that of any other domestic
animal he needs little at a time and
often. When at hard work, grain or
meal is necessary, as hay alone is too
bulky and not sufficiently nutritious to
give requisite strength. Horses IA be
kept on good hay alone, but a grain
ration daily is better economy. il
they arenever fed grain their stomaehs
become unduly distended. IL an att
tack of heaves does not result. the
animal will be incapacitated for doing
full work, especially on the road Or
where activity is required.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-08-01
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Looking ut both Sides.

The good wife hustled about the house,
Her face still bright with a pleasant smile,
AS broken snatches Of happy song
Strengthened her heart and her hands thu
while;
lhe good man sat in the chimney nook,
His little clay Pipe within his lips,
And all he'd made and all he had lost,
Ready and clear ON his finger tips,
food wi Q, I've inst been thinking a bit,
Nothing has done very well this year.
Money is bound to be hard to get,
Eyerything's sure to be very dear.
dow the cattle are going 10 be fed,
How we're to keep the boys at school,
Isl kind of debit and credit sum
lcant make balance by any rule"
one turned her around from the baking board
And she faced him there with u cheerful
laugh;
why, husband dear, one would really think
That the good rich wheat was only .chaf.
And what if wheat is only chaff,
So long ms we both are well and strong?
I'm not a woman to worry q bit
But-Somehow or other VIC get along.
Into all lives some rain must fall,
Over all lands the storm must beat,
But when the storm and pain are DER
The sunshine is sure to be twice as sweet.
Through every strait we have found a road,
In every grief we nave found a song;
we have had to boar and had to wait,
But, somehow or other, we get along.
For thirty years we have loved each other,
Stood by each other whatever befell;
Six Buys have called us father an | mother
And all Of them living and doing well.
We owe no man Il penny, my dear;
Are both OF us loving and well and strong
Good man, wish you would smoke again,
And think how well we nave got along"
lie filled his pipe with a pleasant laugh.
He kissed his vile with a tender pride;
Tie said, 'Tll do as you tell me, love;
IHjust count up on the other side
She left him then with his better thought,
And lifted her work with n low, sweet song,
Asong that's followed me many a year
Somehow or other we get along."
The Opelousas courier., 1885-08-01
VilgUTe Reaoareee.

Grocer-sStrainers, COTE strainers 7
why, no, MRS. Gabb, we don't keep
them; but our coffee don't need strain
ing if you no how to make it"
Customer Testify don't You
worry your self about my cookin'. !
know how TO make coffee q big sight
better thanyou do. NY coffee is as
clear AS cider"
Then what do you want q strainer
for
For your sugar" Cal.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-08-01
Fashion Notes.

Fashion Notes.
The rage for gold tinsel is on the
increase.
Ch~artreuse is the favorite green al
the moment.
Square and oetagon crown hats are
among late Pail IS novelties.
Wash fabric; are made for the most
part with unlonped, undraped skirts.
There is a strong tendency to ban
ish all looped drapery from dress
skirts.
Fashions of bonnets, hats, and dress.
es are as bewildering and c~ontradicto-
ry as ever.
Byron collars of jet beaded passe,
menterie are worn on black silk dresses
with cuffs to match.
All dresses, whether of silk or wool
en- or cotton, show bouffant drapery at
the back of the skirt.
Seersuekcrs of American manufac-
ture are attractive in color and pat.
tern, and exceedingly low in price.
Rough plaid u~lsters, made of cloth
of light texture and lined with thin
satin, are to be worn for travelling
this summer.
Squares of soft null printed in Ma
dras plaids or stripes are imported for
the neckerchiefs, to be worn when
summer days arrive.
The newest parasols are square in
shape, gay in color and trimmed with
a profusion Of lace. The handles are
made of wood in fanciful designs.
Stationery has now antique medal
lions in one corner in place of letter or
monogram. One style has a square of
red bronze with a classic head in has
relief.
The stationery now used by ladies
includes a variety of tints and oddi-
ties. In size octave takes the lead,
the envelope being nearly square.
Linen papers are popular.
Plain black hosiery will continue in
fashion during the summer, and will
be worn with dresses of any color for
day and evening alike. They are
worn in Isle thread and silk.
Colored embroidered collars are in
troduced for children, and are to be
worn alike by small boys and girls.
They r in the open designs of Irish
laces, and are shown in dull gray and
ecru, and on dark red or blue with
white embroidery. There are also
new and tasteful collars for these little
folks, made of blocks of fine linen,
alternating with embroidered blocks
and edged with a finely wrought ruff
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The Opelousas courier., 1885-08-01
Annarentlv the female heart Is the

Apparently the female heart is the
same the wide world over, and the de-
light which these dark-eyed women
take in purchasing all manner OF
trumpery, from silk dresses to ginger
bread horses, is i identical with that of
their northern cousins who haunt the
stores of New York. At all hours OF
every day, but especially Sundays, in
every city and hamlet of Mexico, these
perambulating Commentaries swarm
the streets, offering all imaginable
commodities, from a lunch OF hot
taneales or sweet potatoes, to hair puffs
and switches. They thrust into your
windows and insist upon your pur-
chasing, not only notions innumerable.
but the goods of tailors and hard ware
merchants, milliners and grocers,
shoes, jewelry, saddles and harness.
chunks of meat, pigs, alive and dead,
goats and poultry, young kids that cry
like babies, cages of birds, opals fresh
from the mines, and pearls from Pa
cifc fisheries, antiquities from ruined
pyramids and buried cities. sometimes
of priceless value, which they sell for a
few cents because they are old-in
short, everything the imagination can
conceive.-NeD York sam
The Opelousas courier., 1885-08-01
LADIES
Am Eccentric Countess.

Am Eccentric Countess
The latest Partisan sensation Is
caused by the forthcoming memoirs OF
the Comtesse de Castiglione. Although
now fifty years old, she continues to
lead a most eccentric existence and alb
solutely shuns the public gaze. The
blinds of her apartment are continu-
ally closed. she never goes out except
in a brougham, with carefully drawn
curtains. Whenever she goes to the
theatre she sits concealed in a back
seat of a p%roscenium box. She wears
at least ten different dresses daily. Her
hair, although a golden cloud, like Tt
tian's Venus, in the morning, is often
jet black at night, its tints varying in
the course of twelve hours as frequent
ly as the colors of the chameleon. She
has a passion for diamonds, wearing
them on her dress, in her hair, on her
slippers and round her ankles. In the
days of her glory the Comtesse de
Castiglione was the perfection of sta
tuesque beauty.
Women on the Frontier.
In her book, Mrs. General Custer
says about the life of army women:
"a woman on the frontier is so cher
ished an appreciated because she has
the courage to live out there, that
there is nothing that is not done for
her If she be gracious and courteous.
In twenty little ways the officers spoil
ed us; they never allowed us to wait
OF ourselves, to open or shut a door,
draw up our own chair, or to do any
little service that they could perform
for us If we ran to the next house
for a chat, with a shawl thrown over
our heads, we rarely got a chance to
return alone, but with this undignifed
head covering were formally brought
back to our door! l wonder if it will
seem that we were foolishly petted if I
reveal that our husbands buttoned our
shoes, wrapped us up if We went out,
warmed our clothes before the fire,
poured the water for our bath out of
the heavy pitcher, and studied to do
innumerable little services that a maid
would have done for us in The States.
81 don't think it made us helpless
however. In III turn we watched
every chance we could to anticipate
their wants. We did a hundred things
we would not have remembered to do
had not the quickly passing time
brought nearer each day those hours
of separation when we would have no
n to do for. | am sure I never saw
more tender mea than the officers.
One learned to conceal the fact that n
was ailing or fatigued, for it made them
so anxious"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-09-25

The Underground Wire Question.
The time appears to be rapidly ap-
preaching when all electrical wires in
cities will be required to be laid under
ground. Laws requiring all wires on
poles to be removed have been passed as
to New York and perhaps some other
cities, but as yet they have not been en-
forced. There seems to be considerable
difficulty In fixing on plan for the bury
ing of wires that Will promise to be salts
factory to the companies owning them
cities concerned.
In New York city q commission of
electrical subways was recently ap-
pointed, and it is now holding daily ses-
siOns with view to passing on the
merits Of various inventions and devices
for making the use of underground wires
practicable.
The impression seems TO be that the
commission will recommend the adop-
ton Of what is called the "inclusive sys-
tenn" which will allow Of the use Of only
one large tunnel or conduit in each street.
This will contain not only the cables OF
electric wires of the various light, tele-
graph, telephone, burglar alarm COM
panies, ETC., but pipes for the conveyance
ofwater, gas, steam, etc., every portion
OF which Will at all times be easily Access
sible for the purpose or making oonnec-
lions and repairs. OF course the condults
will be well constructed and cemeuted so
as to be impreyiOus to water aud gas, and
proper precautions Will he taken TO pre-
won't gas and water from accommodating In
them, as well ~ to prevent induction In
the electric wires. When such q system
is adopted the digging up Of streets will
be a thing OF the past. II isprobable that
these conduits will be built and main
tanned by the city, which will charge the
various companies using them Tor the
privilege.
There are number of plans which the
oretlcally seem TO meet all the require
ments OF the ideal underground conduit,
but not one OF them has been sntlsfactO.
rily tested in actual practice.
Many cities are Interested. more or less,
Immediately and directly, in this ques-
ton. The question of underground wires
is already live issue in several other
places beside New York, ami in few
years il will probably become leading
subject OF discussion in every city OF
much commercial Importance in the
country.
New York will have TO acquire and pay
Tor experiences which will be invaluable
70 many other cities. Her people should
not complain st this. however. They
must not expect TO enjoy being citizens
of the great American metropolis with.
out paying for the privilege.