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tn DREss-MAKERS.


Hints of Value to That Large Class Which
Fashions Other Peoples Clothes.
The foundation skirts of dresses must
be narrow in order to be stylish; the
mistake of amateur dress-makers is to
make the back of this foundation skirt
as wide as the outside, which gives a
most ungraceful effect. Two yards
and fourth of yard is the greatest
width of short walking dresses, but
these must not have drawing-strings
too low down, or the back fullness will
be tossed from side to side as the wearer
walks.
Tucked skirts of sheer woolen
dresses are now made without any
foundation skirts, with merely a deep
facing of crinoline and alpaca, and are
therefore very light and pleasant for
summer wear. The full double width
of the fabric is used for the back
breadth; on each side of this is mar
row side gore measuring three-eighths
of a yard at the top, with perhaps
sixteenth added at its greatest width at
the front Between there is the front
breadth, about five-eighths wide at the
foot, and narrowed at top by two or
three darts taken deep enough to make
it fit smooth across the wearer. This
is cut sufficiently long to allow eight or
ten tucks, each two inches wide, being
taken up. The lowest tuck is not ex-
actly at the foot, but falls uponta fine
knife pleating that drops as low as the
skirt binding and forms a pretty finish.
All the fullness at the top is gathered
or pleated into the back of the belt, ex-
tending an eighth of yard each side
of the placket opening behind. Two
or three sets of tapes sewed to the side
cores tie behind and hold the front and
sides in place. To finish this is short
apron drapery in front sewed in with
the belt of the lower skirt, and behind
there is a sash drapery made of two
uneven loops and ends of the wool
goods taken lengthwise about half. q
yard wide, and flushed with hem and
tucks. The waist should have length
wise narrow tucks in front and behind,
be fitted smoothly over a lining and
stitched across the waist line to dis
pense with belt The fronts between
these tucks are each left plain, are
about three inches wide, and wheI
Tapped double they represent vest
which is completed by row of small
buttons down each side. Thin silesis
Innings in figures and stripes of color
with white or with whole gray sur
face are used for such dresses. -Har'
per's Bazaar.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-10-10
A BOYS GRIEVANCE.
Disguised at His Mothers FOrgetfulness of
His Dead Father.

Disguised at His Mothers FOrgetfulness of
His Dead Father.
what ails youP" asked a policeman
of boy on Fort street east, who had a
rock in his hand and was menacing a
woman in door-yard.
.Look-a-here, answered the boy, as
he dropped the stone and sat down on
the horse-block, f'she's been deceiving
me in the awfulest manner" ,-F
'Howpp EiitttT
"She's my mother Pap died two
years ago, and we've never been up to
sec his grave since. Every week she's
promised to take me up on Sunday, and
every Sunday she's said to me:
"'Never mind, sonny We can't go
to-day, but your pap's grave won't run
away, all the same. He's there to
stay
.'That's kind of unfeeling like, ;, re-
marked the officer. =. ....s.=..
s'You bet it is, but it don't begin with
what she's said and done. She took of
mourning and began to drink lemonade
and chew gum inside-o of three months,
and she keeps speaking of him as the
late deceased. Last Sunday wanted
to go up-aud put-some pansies onpap's
grave, but she gin me a clip on the ear
and said:
Your pap's grave be hanged. ]
had to wash for six shillings day to
buy his whisky and tobacco, and I'll
pansy you if you don't quit your pes
teringr .tt.
eT 1onst CIV DC ,,o,, uaa narfaotion
but | do blame mann for feeling SO
kinder gay over it, F"
"Wili she marry againPn asked the
officer. in a cautious voice.
"Will she! She's dying to! She's
on track of five or six different men,
and she'll run some of 'em down onless
they Jump the town. guess that's
why she don't want to hear about pap's
grave. just afore you come along
says to her:
.'Mam, it's beautiful day; let's you
and go up and see if anybody's put a
sunflower on pap's grave.
"And she wheeled on me and yelled
out:
"'Pap's grave again! Allus pap's
grave! I'll have pap around here in
about a fortnight who'll wallop pap's
grave out of you, if it takes a legr rs
.sHumphl' sighed the officer.
land so, =. said the boy, as he slowly
counted the five coppers out of his vest
pocket, II guess I'll skip. guess III
GO. to Arizona and become stage rob
Der. I'll learn to- shoot with both
hands and I'll rob everybody, ant
when I get rich I'll come back her,
and take that second husband and MOI
him all over pap's grave and pounC
him to jelly! You bet | will"-Dc
troH Free Press,
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-10-10
Annle-Sauce for Cows.

We have found apples valuable as a
food for mich COWS, having used them
freely in green state. Lately we
have been feeding dried cores and
skins, the refuse of an evaporating
house. Their known composition
accredits them with value by weight
equal to three-fourths that of an equal
weight of corn meal, and this valuation
is fully confirmed by the feeding tests.
Ten pounds per COW per day, wet and
mixed with half their weight of cotton
seed meal, fed in two feeds, make a
well-balanced food and most excel
lent favored milk and butter, and Sc.
cures liberal return in quantity.
Where corn meal is worth twenty dol
lars a ton the dried fruit is worth fif-
teen. At this price it pays well for
drying, as it can be done for about four
dollars ton for cores and skins, and
small and refuse apples which require
slicing can be dried for six dollars q
ton. This is much better than throw
ing them away or making them into
cider for somebody to guzzle, to his in
jury. Cows relish the dried fruit keen
ly, and the sauce it makes is good for
them by contributing to health, and
thrift, and sleek coats. 1t serves the
same purpose in the diet of the COW
that sauces and condiments do in diet
for MISUNDERSTANDING.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-10-10

Ths Hon. John Kelly, the head and Aront
cf Tammany Hall, a man Of atrict 1nCegrl-
Nv. an interchangeable worker, cary at ms
effice4 late to leave, so buToeaeu WIZ seidoSn
n LESS ~ - bita with mind in constant tens
SION and energies steadily trained, nnaliy
'r The wonder is that he did not sooner
give way. An honest man IN all 1nlngSI
eIse. he acted unfairly with his pny slcal
resources. He was ever drawing upon
this hank without ever deposltlng COL
lateral. The account overdrawn, the pank
suspends and both are now in the hanas Oh
It is not work that kills men. 1t is 1rreg.
ularitv of habits and mental worry NO
man in good health frets at ms wore, ~
and by when ithe bank of v1gor suSpenus'
these men will wonder how it al! nap S,
nened, and they will keep wondering Jill
their diving day unless, perchance, sone
candid physician or interested 1rleno WI.
point out TO them how by 1rregularl0y, "
excessive mental effort, by consoa t Nh ~ ~
and fret, by plunging in deeper IMAM Iney
had right to go, they have produced tna0
loss of nervous energy which almost IN ,
| yariably expresses itself in derangeu
condition of the kidneys and hVer, Ior ~ -
| a well-known fact that the poison whlcn
| the kidneys and liver should remove from
the blood, if left therein, soon KNOCKS tne
| life out of the strongest and most vigorous
man or woman. Daily building up OF
these vital organs by so wonderful ano
highly reputed specific as Warmers safe
cure, is the only guarantee. that our busi,
ness men can have that their strength VIII
be equal to the labors daily put upor
! them.
Mr.. Kelly has nervous dyspepsia, We
learn, indicating, as we have said, break
down of nerve force. His case should be
warning to others who, pursuing IKE
course, will certainly reach like RESULT
The Sunday Herald.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-10-10
Statistics collected BY Joseph F,

Statistics collected by Joseph f.
Perkins, of Syracuse, N. Y, show that
thousands ofpeople live to a greater age
than 100 years. He says that at the
present time Connecticut leads in lon
gevlty in this country. The majority
of very old people are women. Among
men soldiers, sailors and farmers are
the longest lived. Mr.. Perkins found
one hundred ministers who had passed
the century limit, but he found only
thirty doctors, ten lawyers and ten &C.
tors that had reached that standard.
There is no record of 100-year-old
newspaper man.-BufalO Cypress.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-10-10
ur,,roxv pbvs,c to the DOGS"

when it is the old-fashioned blue mass,
blue pill sort, and insist on using DR..
Pierce's "Pleasant Purgative Pellets" :, a
modern medical luxury, being small,
sugar coated granules, containing the act
i've principles Iof certain roots and herbs,
and which will be found to contain as
lnuch cathartic power as any of the old
fashioned, larger pills, without the latter's
violent, drastic effects. The pellets oper-
ate thoroughly but harmlessly, establish
ing a permanently healthy action OF the
stomach and bowels, and as an anti-bilious
remedy are unequaled.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-10-10
The developments of human in

The developments of human in
genuity are so varied that we are con-
stantly changing our style of living
without, however, being physically
adapted to it. What we eat, the speed
at which we eat, the hours we sleep,
the kind of work we do and the time
we give to it, are not in accordance
with our physical conditions. Mil
s0aukee Sentinel.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-10-10

The Persian householder, even
when most respectable, resorts to bish-
oping, which the dictionaries define as
ito use arts to make old horses look
like young Ones" the arts consisting
in cutting the incisor teeth Into de-
preston and then, with a chem cal
preparation, blackening the cavity so
as to initiate the marks of a young
horse.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-10-10

When chief dies in Sitka his
wives pass to his next heir, and unless
these relicts- purchase their freedom
with blankets, they are united to their
grandson or nephew as matter OF
course. High-strung young Siwashes
sometimes scorn these legacies, and
then there is war, all the widows re-
senting such an outrage on establishe ed
etiquette. CHICAGO Inter Ocean.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-10-10

period in which his bones first are
found, it is certain that the climate
was much warmer in Europe than it is
now. On my calculations, man has
been 223, 108 years on earth, and S49, O54
years have passed since the axis Of the
earth first moved out Of perpendicular.
La Noucelle ReUlte.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-10-10
vonnr Men. Read This.

THE yoLrA1o BELT Co., of Marshall, M HdI
offer to send their celebrated ELECTRO VOL.
TA1c BELT and other ELECTRIC APP APP IA oIdS
On trial for 80 days, to men young OF 9ldy
afflicted with nervous debility, loss OIL
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cnTred. as 30 days trial is allowed; Wr rlS
them atonce for illustrated pamphlet tree'
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-10-10

VA little hre IS quickly IIUuuen OuV ,,.,,oI ~
Which, being suffered, rivers can not quencn'
representation may rob you of time,
but by increased diligence you can make
up the loss; but if it rob you of life the
iass is frremediable. If your health Is
delicaO~, your appetite tickle, your sleep
broken your If I'D s6&dR depressed your whole ole
seriously diseased. In anSsuch cases DR..
Pisrce's "Golden Medical Discovery Is will
sneedf1y effect a genuine, raaieal cure
make q new man of you and saw 30"
from the fortunes Of lingering disease
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-10-10

In this country, where food is so
cheap and so abundant, there is no ne
cessity for adulterating any article of
dietary Importance. But such adulter-
ations are practiced, and will continue
to be unless the people are awakened
to the magnitude of the danger, and
the necessity of protection therefrom.
Prof III. W. HileW
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-10-10

Stove wood is only worth about
half as much in the vicinity of the
large towns of New England as it was
fifteen years ago.-Bost0a Journal
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-10-10

WHAT is regarded as inspiration by the
poet is by the editor regarded as insanity.
N Y Herald.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-10-10

q &c Piles, fistules and rupture rad
ically cured. Book of particulars two let
ter stamps. Worlds Dispensary Medical
Association, Buffalo, n, Y.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-10-10

PIXIES TooTHACHE DROPS cure in minute,25c
Glenn's Sulphur Soap heals and beauties. 25c
GERMAN CORN REMOVER kills Corns Bunions.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-10-10

BANANAS are more easily recognized ID
the fall than at any other time OF tne year,
-Pretzeps Weekly.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-10-10

wSEEMs as if the most likely place Ior a
fisherman to get bite would 70 az 'A
month of the riyer.-Boston BallettGa.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-10-10

A CYCLONE is like waiter. 1t carries
every thing before it. - Carl PfetSeps
WeekLu,
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-10-10

General Washington was Mar
shall of France-the only American
who ever enjoyed that high honor.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-10-10

Ir afflicted with Sore Eyes, use nr j. ls osc
Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sen lie ~'0'
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-10-10

THE dentist always goes armed TO tne
teeth. Burlington Free Press
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srATE-PR1soN convictts are ike the hairs an
of the head, because they as al nuul0eioN'
N Y MdiL.
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Strawberries were proftably ship
ped to Boston this year from Southern
illinois,
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-10-10

SAVE your wagons, your horses and your
patience by using Frazer Axle Grease.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-10-10

E'I'M having rattling time" said the cur
with can tied to his tail - Weekly Mayer.
I'll.
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n RYnTTN Treated and cured without the knife e.
HkHT1ER Book on treatment sent free. Address
UANVuAl FL. POND, Md, Aurora, Kane CorlWt
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-12-19
What Will "the Bows" Do Then,

WASHINGTON CITY, Dec. 19-The prln,
cipal provisions of the bill introduced in the
senate by Hampton, Friday, to prevent con
gressmen from soliciting offices, are: "1hat
it shall be misdemeapOr FOR any senator or
representative of the congress of the United
States to recommend Or solicit, directly or
indirectly, the appointment of any person to
an office under the government of the
United States, and that any such
senator or representative who shall be
convicted of making such recommends
ton or solicitation, shall be punished by "a
fine of not more than 81 900 and not less
than $500; that whenever the appointing
power shall call on senator or representa-
tive for information touching an applicant
for office he shall do so in writing; that
nothing in this act shall he construed so as
to forbid any senator or representative of
the United States from forwarding to the
appointing power any application for office
that he may receive, but any Endorsement
he may make thereon shall relate only to
the facts of the case or the character of the
applicant.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-12-19

their opinion that the defects in the roof
of the county offices are radical in the
original plan of construction; the snow
melts and runs down into the cutters
| which are in the shade aud at freezing
point; the water then congeals and blocks
| the passage of water into the conduits
| causing overflow through the states and
inevitable damage TO the walls and in the
record rooms. That they are unable to
see any way to make the present roof i'm
peivious and that the archives of our
county are always in danger. In the
opinion of your committee. the only cor
rect and radical repair is to make an en-
tire change in the architecture and con,
structon of the roof of the new county
building. The necessary repairs to the
Jail are simple and your committee have
directed them to be made. In
the matter of livery for sheriff and jani-
tor for the public building, your com
mittee recommend the sum of 81 900 for
livery hire. For janitor they would
state that it requires skilled mechanic
20 keep the heating and other apparatus in
good or serviceablc order; that firing COM
mences in September and continues
through the month of March; that while
court is in session the labor and care are
unintermitteut, being required night and
day, and that we recommend employment
for six months at $40 per month, and the
other six months at $50 per month, and
that in consideration of his general ser
vices the sheriff provide boarding for the
ianitor at his own expense.
''E. II. BOWMAN,
THOMAS SMART,
John BARTON,
Committee.
The committee on Jail and Jail accounts
submitted the following report, which on
motion was received and adopted:
Your committee on Jail and Jail claims
would Deg leave to report tbat they have
examined all claims presented before
them, and recommend the payment Of the
following. and that the clerk be directed
to issue orders for the several amounts to
the several claimants, to wit:
Carse & Co. 49, 70; Stewart & Mont
gomery. So 20; David Don, 80 49, A.
Loeb, $685.; l.. Lnwenstein & Co.
"a 60; G. G. Craig, $15i Chas Fiehig,
1896; W. II. Lundy, 500; Davis & Co,
$l2o So, Otto Groijan, Sd, 40; George f.
Bailey. S3G; Willard Baker & Co. IS 25;
j. ID. Wudrutf, $3.50; Warnock Il Raj
ston. 1865; j. NJ. Reticker, $6O3
All of which is respectfully submitted.
E. N. lioLLIsTER. chm.
THos TRuMBLE,
W. l.. HEATH
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-12-19

PHILADELPHIA, Dec, Il" Henry 8. Hag
crt, ex-district attorney and leading mem.
her of the Philadelphia bar, died Friday
morning at his residence in this city from
Hrights disease.
NEW YORK, Dec l9-Dr Isaac e. Collins,
for the past twenty years a practicing ply
5cian in the village of Sing Sing, died Fri
day morning from paralysis OF the heart
Dr. Collins was for many years the physi
clan at Sing Sing prison.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass, Dec. 1D.-Ex-Goy-
ernor Hall, of Vermont, died at the resi-
dence of his son, Charles Hall, in this city =,
Friday morning.
MINIATURES, Dec. 19.-William Pitt
Lynde, a leadin" Democrat, and who was a
member Of ! h ,tieth, Forty fourth and
Forty-tifth congresses, died Friday morning,
aged GS He has been sick several months
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Dec. ia-Capt f r.
johnson, whose wife committed suicide here,
and who aftarward killed Mai Henry, of
Greenville, Tenn, for seduction, died III
Georgia Thursday
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-12-19
ADVICE To MOTHERS.

Are you disturbed at night and broken
of your rest by sick child suffering and
crying with pain of cutting teeth? If so,
send at once and get bottle of Mrs.
Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething. Its value is incAlculable.
Il will relieve the poor little sufferer i'm
mediately. Depend upon it mothers.
there is no mistake about it. 1t cures
dysentery. diarrhoca, regulates the stom.
ach and bowels, cures wind collie, soft
ems the gums, reduces inflammation and
gives tone and energy to the whole sys-
tenn. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup
for Children Tcething is pleasant to the
taste, and is the prescription of one OF
the oldest aud best female nurses and ply
sicians in the United States, and is for
sale by eil druggists throughout the
world Price % cents per bottle.
feb 2Smw-s m l-y
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-12-19
"JANeTTE'S HAIRr~-A CONTINUATION

ALLEGED to Have Been Received 10y Medium"
from the spirit World
The world with its sorrows AMI anguish,
Janstts,
HaS passed and meet the again, ny Pct;
An hone ha thou list OF the Witchils
charm,
For tiDu ufeae7t ". L. t1y lovely arms
To welcome me foaily here, my pet
fhe world was so dar,; ami gloomy, jeanette,
WitiGnt thy pre- elc4 oil beauty, my pat
Not 30 f eel tie warm lip, that love s. to
pres.
n pr tn hear the ri Tie Of flowing dress
That envelop,l tay radiant form, my pet.
And " am happy once mora Janette;
But thou lowest IA. iot a before, my pet;
Yet tny love l. more pure and lasting anu
sweet;
Than it WIS wh,a | lay in the light at thy
On ths COLI and beautiful earth, my pet
II the poor human beings were -ure, Janette
That they'd meet tho,e tAey love oncs again,
my pet
1t would help them to wait, and to learn
AMI torbear
For the priceless blessing so rich and rare
As IA satisfied love, nay pet.
But they all must have their SORROWS
Janette;
And pve hal my hare you know, my pet;
SO lot me forget the great life strife,
AMI bury my thoughts in thee, my life,
A tangls my sou in tly hair
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-12-19
Randalrs Succession Scheme.

WASHINGTON CITY, Dec 19-Mr Ran
dali has prepared bill for introduction in
the house entitled "A bill in relation to the
manner of filling vacancies in the offices OF
president and vice president" 1t provide.
that the presidential electors shall hold
their offices for the term of four years, and
in case of vacancy in either office, or both
elect others to ill their places The score
tary of state is to act as president until an
election can he held, and the secretary o.
treasusry, the secretary Of war, the artor-
ney general, the secretary OF the navy, the
secretary Of the interior, and the postmaster
general are to succeed i'll the order named
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-12-19
Tho President Opposed to Change.

WASHINGTON Cry, Dec. 49, A paragraph
appeared In morning paper Friday to the
effect that Mr.. Randall, after conference
with the president, had determined to aban-
don his opposition to the proposed revision
OF the rules as contemplated by the Morri-
son code. prominent member of the
house, speaking Il the publication, said:
"That statement is certainly incorrect.
know by direct inforn alton that the mem.
bers OF the cabinet are opposed to a change
in the rules, aud would much prefer that
they remain as they are" The congress-
man referred to is in favor of, and will vote
for the Morrison code in its entirety.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-12-19
How P ale You Ar!

is frequently the exclamation of one lad y
to another. The fact is not a pleasant
one to have mention, but still the act NAV
be kindly one, for it sets the one ad
dressed to thinking, apprises her of the
fact that she Is not in good health, and
leads her to seek a reason that therefor
Pallor is almost always attendant upon
the first stages of consumption. The
system is enfeebled, and the blood is
impoverished DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery" will act as a tonic
upon the system. will enrich the impov-
erished blood, and restore roses to the
cheek
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-12-19
Poison

had produced great holes IN my back and chest.
and had renewed all the hair OF ny head. yOt
began to improve in u weeks time, aud the sores
began H. heal, and were entirety gone inside oi
eight weeks. WILL JONES,
Porter Union Pass. Depot.
Cisco, Texas, July IS, 1855,
Treatise on Blood and skin Diseases mailed free
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC co, brawcl ;. Athdr.n,
Ga, No 1877 W. nd ST. y. Y