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The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1885-09-18
READING FOR THE YOUNG.
HAPPYAS A KING.

I'd like to know why should frown,"
sang sunny-hearted Joe.
think of the birds-they never sigh;
i look at the clear, unclouded sky;
l bark TO the brook that ripples by,
And, happy as king
Oh. hoi-
whistle and i sing.
I'D like to know why should NOPE"
Sang sunny-hearted Joe.
The flowers are smiling all day long:
The cricket chirps his merry song;
! try their plan when aught goes wrong,
And, happy as king
oh, ho.-
whistle and sing.
]" I'd like to know why / should weep"
Sang sunny hearted Joe.
The gloom. est day will end at last;
The rainiest weather soon be past;
Whate'er the troubles DER me cast
Still, happy as q king
oh, h0i-
I'll whistle aud I'll sing
know of some I'd like to see
Take pattern after Joe.
Signs. tears and frowns don't help to bear
The daily burden of Cur care.
Wise Joe. the lot of life to share.
And, happy rs king,
To whistle and to sing.
-Ge0rye Cooper, IN Golden Days.
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Under her bonnet kissed her,
Under her bonnet of straw
It would not have been strange had missed
her,
For but half of her visage saw.
A glimpse of her chin and her dimple-
And her nose showed its exquisite tip;
And 1t seemed so remarkably simple
To carom right there on her lip.
And under that mighty poke bonnet
dived for q moment of bliss
You may wager your wardrobe upon ii,
delivered a lightning speed kiss.
Yes, under her bonnet kissed her
And somehow-the bonnet shows how.
found twas her Boston-bred sister.
Therevare tieo girls don't speak to me now.
-TIIck
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RUcHINGS.

A Method of Feminine Adjournment Which
Docs Not Lose Its Popularity.
1t was predicted that ruchings for
neck and sleeve finishings would go out
of style, but they are too becoming to
decrease in popularity, especially with
ladies whose neck and hands need the
softening influences of the ruching;
those with edge lines of gold or tinsel
are worn. also the pretty ruchings Of
crepe lisse.
With dressy toilettes, plated ruches
of pale pink. lilac, cream or blue silk
Grape are worn; they are usually fas-
tened at one side with bow of ribbon.
jeweled ornament or spray of nat
ural flowers, and sometimes a hand--
some finish of rich lace falls below the
plating.
The most distingue neck-fnishings
consist of double folds of crepe lisse,
etamine, silk gauze and gold and silver
tulle, canvas or muslin. These folds
are made in white and cream, gold and
silver, or gold with red, pink. blue or
maroon silk gauze, arranged with it in
alternating folds. Even velvet bands
of black or dark colors are used, so that
no white or any tint can show around
the neck.
The band collar generally finishes the
neck of high bodices, even when other
decorative adjuncts are employed. and
it is surprising to see how many fancies
can be shown at the throat of q stylish
dress From q number of models may
be selected corsage finished with q
shirred standing collar outside Of lace
ruching. The next collar is of velvet.
richly beaded and edged with head
pendants. and near this is collar with
point in back and front on lower por-
ton. A decorative collar is straight
band of velvet, edged on both sides
with row of beads and tied at the side
with ribbon. while other collars ara
fastened slightly away from the front
opening Of corsage. with buckle OF
gold. silver. steel or Of jet-PAuadsl-
phia Times.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1885-09-18
JAMES GRAMMAR.

The Meanderings of the Childish Mind
Through the Intricacics of English
Grammar.
Little Jane had repeatedly been reproved
for doing violence to the moods and lenses
of the verb ito be-" She would say II be-
instead of 81 am" and for time it seemed
as if no one could prevent it Finally. Aunt
Kate made a rule not to answer an incor
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rect question, but to wait until it was cor

recteQ.
One day the two sat together, Aunt Kate
busy with embroidery and little Jane over
her doll. Presently doll society became
tedious, and the child's attention: was at
tracted to the embroidery frame.
"Aunt Kate, said she, please tell mo
what that is going to be-"
But Aunt Kate was counting and did
not answer. Fatal word, be! 1t was her
old enemy, and to it alone could the child
ascribe the silence that followed.
"Aunt Kate she persisted, with an
honest attempt to correct her mistake,
s.please tell me what that is going to amp
Still auntie sat silently counting. though
her lip curled with amusement
Jane sighed, but made another patient
effort
.'Will you please tell me what that Is 60
ing to arer'
Aunt Kate counted on, perhaps by this
time actuated by wicked desire to know
what would come next The little girl
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came and went without paying anv
more attention to the owl than if hs
had been block of wood John R.
CoryeA,i in Harper's Young Peopte.
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THE BLOODY MARK.


THE BLOODY MARK.
A Plain, Unvarnished Story Of
Remarkable Events.
In an age when scientific men are
beginning to recognize the fact that
there are certain forces, which. under
certain mental conditions, manifest
themselves by phenomena hitherto un-
recognized or scorned as the result of
successful imposture. tale partaking
of the marvellous should need no apol-
ogy. Such tales. heard at second
hand, have hitherto only served
to create pleasant horror. No ele-
ment of truth has been ascribed to
them; they are forgotten as soon as
heard. Perhaps the story of an eye
witness may help people to understand
that in this commonplace, work-a-day
world strange things are happening.
and that the veil which divides the
seen and the unseen is very slight and
unsubstantial. There will be no need
OF craftily worded description. The
plain, unvarnished story is strange
enough.
The scene of my story is laid in the
little college in Pennsylvania from
which graduated. It was barely ten
years ago, but the college was very
conservative. and. hold ng to old ira
ditions. resembled . boarding-schoolo of
to-day rather than college. Among
its petty rules was one. that all
..chumming" should be done by lot
that Is, . fellow was not allowed to
choose his own roommate. but was
obliged to abide by the man drawn
for him by lot. How so unsatisfactory
method could have been instituted /
can not tell--however, such was the
case /. as an invalid. had been al
lowed to room alone. Directly below
me, during my senior year. were two
freshmen. q Westerner and q South
erner. who. by the curious system be-
fore alluded to, had been thrown TO-
gether. though perfect strangers. Never
had fortune made a worse selection.
For the first term they managed well
enough. though there were several
quarrels they were both of hot tenn
per-but in the last term continued dis
putes. involving blows, often Obliged
me to interfere IS peacemaker. There
was no remedy-they could not tell the
authorities that they could not live in
peace together. think it was chiefly
the Southerncr's fault He was raw.
Ignorant lad from q rough mountain
district Of North Carolina brought MP
b. hard words and only instilled with
tho idea that it was manly TO fight up
on the slightest occasion.
One morning in December the South
erner was absent from the breakfast
table. The Professor, who sat at the
head 81 the table as monitor. inquired
ct the Westerner. johnson. il his room
mate was ill johnson replied that he
bad started to skate down the Schuyl-
Kill to Millsville in the moonlight to see
some friends. and that he had not re-
turned; that he probably had stayed
over night. Nothing further was said
~ the time, but the Southerner did not
return. nor did he visit his friends in
Aillsville. It was agreed that he must
have fallen into an air.hole. The affair
caused some excitement in the college.
hut vas soon forgotten. 1t was agreed
fhae q such had been his fate the BODY
would b found when the ice broke up
e tho spring. It was noticeable that
Sonnpon mingled rather more with the
ellows-hitherto he had been . hard
lat
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lit II said the culture Of pinsspplss
n Florida Win soon Be Of marc hnper
tases than the culture et oranges
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gathered her energies for one last and great
effort.
AUNT Kate. what am that going to are?'
Philadelphia Cal.
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A Method Of Feminine Adjournment Which
Does Not Lose Its Popularity.
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Ol. the horror OF 1.-THE exact simili-
tude of that ghastly face. blackened,
with protruding tongue. tho bloody
mark upon its throat
lost consciousness, and, when 1
came to. it was full dawn. and john
son was still sleeping quietly at my
side.
l said nothing to johnson. Idressed
myself. hall dszed, and went out to
prayers Casting my eyes up ct the
window. what was my dread and awe
to see on the sill bloody mark. II
faded out before my eyes Is looked.
John Drake" / said to myself
are your senses leaving you. that You
allow your Imagination to play such
tricks with your"
But ihough mentally was convinced
that al / had seen was nothing more
or less than the results Of horror upou
my imagination. the awfulness Of it
weighed upon - III day; yet deter
mined not 70 - overcome. resolved
Q sleop 4fn1oNith johnson that nioht
He had aNI - refreshed and com
poeed, and ~ - hist On the succeed
n efoWoaI 1nake Ills coofoerion.
1HGt f<t / Looked rs study and
- - 1ps and after loae wake
ll!oph WIN you belieye
- evoke With ~ cams
!sS1 = ~ { - s1psricHcsd -.
1ee1 - Jooho1
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COLUMN.


Good white pine flooring of four or
five inch stuff, tongued and grooved and
thoroughly seasoned, is very good. This
may also be laid with painted joints, and
thus made nearly or quite water and air
tight. 1t is far more convenient to have
it primed with a good filling coat, after
touching the knots over with shellac
varnish, and painted. Old floors that
have become discolored, can be stained
to darker shade of the same kind of
wood, or painted with two coats of good
white lead and linseed oil, tinted as may
be most agreeable to the eye, and most
convenient. The best plan is, to paint
such floors with half boiled and half raw
oil, using ''drier' as may be necessary,
and to leave the rooms unused as long
as possible, to allow the paint to become
thoroughly dry and hard. This can be
done before the house is occupied, If
newly built, or during the absence of
the family, or when other parts of the
house can be used, and the painted floors
left for u week, at least, and as much
longer as possible, and not stepped upon.
As to color, some persons prefer
yellow, shading to buff of various tints,
others black-walnut color, or Indian red.
The common soil of the vicinity often
gives very useful suggestion as to the
color, and if this is too pale and light, the
tint of the same soil when moistened,
may commend itself. NJ lFo
a floor well painted of bright, cheer
full, warm color, is comfortable without
oil-cloth or carpet, yet these viii, be
found to add greatly to looks and to
comfort. A piece of oil-cloth of small.
bright pattern may well be laid in front
of the sink, or of the table, where dishes
are washed, if there be no sink, wherever
much wear comes, and another near the
stove. To prevent the corners from
turning up, a strip of sheet zinc may be
slipped over each end, and riveted.
Besides these, carpet rug may be pro
yided for the middle of the floor. This
rug can be taken up, shaken out every
day, or whipped, and laid down when
the principal work of the day is over.
Thus the kitchen will, with very little
trouble, look as well as many peoples
parlors, and will become the pride of
those who occupy it as work-room,
dining-room,and sitting-room. twill be
less difficult for the houstkeeper to have
her tins and coppers kept bright, the
stove always well-blackened, and every
thing in order.-Am. AgricultmiSt.
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A Valuable Medical Treatise.

The edition for 1856 of the sterling
medical annual, known as Hostetter's
Almanac, is now ready, and may be
obtained, free of cost, of druggists and
general country dealers in all parts of
the United States, Mexico. and indeed
in every civilized portion of the Western
Hemisphere. This almanac has been
issued regularly at the commencement
of every year for over one-fifth of cen.
tury. 1t combines. with the soundest
practical advice for the preservation and
restoration of health, large amount of
interesting and amusing light reading,
and the calendar, astronomical calcula-
tions, chronological items. &c, are pre-
pared with great care. ana will be found
entirely accurate. The issue of Hostet-
tiers Almanac for 1886 win probably be
the largest edition of a medical work
ever published in any country. The
MessrS. Hostettcr & Co..
Pittsburgh, Pa, on receipt of a two
cent stamp, will forward copy by mail
to any person who cannot procure one
in his neighborhood. dec.
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-"Papa's pants will soon fit brother"
is the first line of new song, and yet it
is said there is no literary or musical
genius in this country.
1t is good discretion not to make
much of any man at the first, because
one cannot hold out that proportion.
-Perseverance is the foundation of
the success of every undertaking.
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If you were willing to be as pleas
ant and as anxious TO please in your
own home as you are in the company of
your neighbors, you would haye the
happiest home in the world,
Avoid greatness; in a cottage there
may be mo'e real happiness than kings
or their fayorites enioY.
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Why Seeds Fall-Ksepirg Them.

The proper keeping of seeds, has much
to do with their termination. While
there are many seeds of perennials, that
should be sown as soon as ripe, it is
different with ANNALS and bicnnials.
The carrot, parsnip and most other
garden vegetables, are in an unnatural
condition. Cultivation has caused these
to produce roots many times larger, and
much more succulent than in their wild
state. The seeds of these, when self
sown as soon as ripe, produce degenerate
plants, which have reverted to the
natural state, and are no longer useful.
In the experiments of Prof. Buckman,
and NJ. Nilmorin, on the improvement
of the carrot, radish, ETC., from the
degenerate forms, known as weeds. it
was found that keeping the seeds dry
during the winter, and sowing them in
spring, was an important agent in restor-
ing these plants to their useful condi-
tion. Rest, suspended growth for a
time, has an important influence, in
keeping such plants in the artificial con-
dition produced by cultivation. The
manner in which seeds are kept during
the winter, has much to do with their
value at sowing time. We should keep
in mind the fact, that seeds are not
collection of fragments of vegetable
matter, like "A lot of shoe pegs. They
really contain living plants-livng,
but in state of suspended animation
dormant.
Seeds kept in closely stopped bottles
often fail The ordinary method of
keeping them in paper bags, for small
quantities, and in sacks of coarse fabric
for large ones, is found to be the best,
as 1t secures dryness, and not entirely
exclude the air. The exposure TO q
high temperature for long time, or. TO
a very low one, is injurious. The most
suitable temperature is just above the
freezing point, or about 80 degrees. An
inner closet or room, which is not heated.
will be better than warm dwelling
room or kitchen, The number of years
that seeds contain their terminating
power, varies greatly, Parsnip seed
will notusually grow after the first yeal.r
while seeds of cucumber and others OF
that family, are good for ten years and
more. With the exception of parsnip,
all other ordinary vegetable seeds, If
well kept, are good at the end of two or
three years.-DR. GEORGE TnTRBER
in Am. Agriculturist.I .g r.I. r...
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a Walking Skalatnn.

Mr.. f. Springer, of Mechanicsburg,
Pa, writes: Il was afflicted with lung
fever and abscess on lungs, and reduced
to walking skeleton. Got free trial
bottle of DIR. Kings New Discovery for
Consum. tion, which did me so much
good that bought dollar bottle. After
using three bottles, found myself once
more a man, completely restored to
health, with hearty appetite, and a
gain in flesh of is lbs. ID"
Call at II. ID. Thomas Drug Store
and get free trial bottle of this certain
cure for all Lung Diseases. Large
bottles 81.
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Piles I! Piles !! Piles ~,

Sure cure for blind, bleeding and
itching piles. One box has cured the
worst case of 20 years standing. No one
need suffer five minutes after using
Williams Indian Pile Ointment Itab-
sorbs tumors, allays itching of the pri-
vate parts, nothing else. Sold by drug
gists and mailed on receipt of price, 81.
Williams Mfg. Co., Prop s., Cleveland,
O. Sold at Thomas drug store.
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torneys who are alta distance from wash
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associate attorneys.n Wemake prelimInnry
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obtaining Patents," which is sent free to
any address, and contains eOnplete instrus.
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BILE matter. We refer 10 the GermaL-Amer-
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tions, at Washington; Hon, Jos. Casey, late
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Senators. and Members Of Congress from
Address LOUIS BAGGER6 90, So
lleitors Of Paients and AttorneysalI.Aw Ie.,
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Bill NYG on Railroad Travelling.

If you are prone to drop to sleep and
breathe with a low death rattle like the
exhaust of bath tub, it would be a
good plan to tie up your head in feath-
cr bed, and then insert the whole thing
in closet, or ii you cannot secure that
you must stick it out of the window
and get it knocked off against a tunnel.
The stockholders OF the road might get
mad about it, but you could do it in
such way that they wouldn't know
whose head it was.
In the dining car while eating, do not
comb your mustachc with your fork
BY all means do not comb your mus
tache with the fork of another. 1t is
better to refrain altogether from comb
ing the mustache with fork while
travelling, for the motion of the car
might iab the fork into your eye and ir-
ritatc it.
If your dessert is very hot and you do
not discover it until you have burned
the rafters out of the roof of your
mouth, do not utter wild yell of agony
and spill your coffee all over n total
stranger but control yourself, hoping TO
know more next time.
In the morning is a good time to find
out how many pcop'e have succeeded in
getting on the passenger train who
ought to b. in the stock car.
Generally you will find one male and
one female. The male goes into the
wash-rcom, bathes his worthless carcass
from daylight until breakfast time, walk
ing on the feet of any man who tries to
wash his face at the same time. He
wipes himself on nine different towels,
because lie knows when he gets home
he will have to wipe his face on an old
door mat. People who have been reared
in hay all their lives generally want all
the pie and collie when they travel
The female Of this same mammal goes
into the ladies' department and remains
their until starvation drives her ont,
Then the real ladies have about thirteen
seconds apiece in which to dress.
II YOU never rode in vanished car
before and never expect to again, you
will probably roam up and down the car,
meandering oyer the feet of the porter
while he is making up the berths. This
is good way to let people see just how
little sense you have left after your
brain begins to soften.
In travelling, do not take along lot
of old clothes that you will never wear.
Two things speak mnclrof the wis
dow Of a nation; good laws and a pru-
dent management Of them
And now Chicago claims that pork
is brain food, being the product of
thousands of Western pens.lf q
-Paragoric is the newest rhandker-
chief perfume. Old maids like IL. Its |
- suggestive Of extreme youth E
-The grocer puts sand inshis sugar |
-hpbing he may thelebyl put rocks IN |
his, pocket. .-r.1r f-fo.f - s.f.
,-Sone person adYertises in an ex-
nhangerthat he wants a "livelnan to |
handle a. new sewing machine" We /
suspect that he would not trust a new |
sewing machine in the hanks of a dead |
man, and yetwe should think the latter
,ould handle new machine as careful /
y as-he could mold one. a-h
1el.Glh sdl .sa-,l 90 ni 71f io .-r7E /
{. TIE CARBON ADVOCATE
lNE p9LLAR RfB-YEAR IL ADVRNoE.
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Certain trifling flaws sit as disrra,

Certain trihing flaws sit as disgrace
fully on a character of elegance as a
ragged button on a court dress.
Among the EsquimauX you can buy
a seal-skin sack for two iron hoops and
a ten-penny nail; but then it takes a
seal-skin sack to buy ten-penny nail
and two iron hoops.
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Many poor sufferer has expended
hundreds of dollars in. the purchase of
costly medicines put up in 'prescrip-
tom form for the cure of rheumatism
or Sout, and without any benefit. If
all such would but drop drugs and at
tack blood impurities with Vinegar Bit
ters. they would find that nature has
provided at least one remedy for these
terrible Affections.
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To Young Ladies.

If your life is made burden owing to
blackheads, pimples and other eruptions
on the face marring your beauty and
causing so much chagrin, it is no longer
necessary TO endure it. DR.. Flagg's
Family Ointment will certainly remove
all such blemishes and leave your skin
soft. smooth and beautiful. Sold by all
druggists and mailed on receipt of price,
poe. Williams Mfg. Co., Props,
Cleveland, O. Sold at Thomas drug
store. .f
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Two Great plsonver1esn

The discovery of cocoaine has aided
surgery in making delicate operations.
by lessening pain and doing away with
chloroform. st. Jacobs. OilremOves all
ledB and Inflammation which follow.
severe cpts.or bruises. 1Z,l'ialr Gecssz
b.. sf --rs. -s.7.-- - /. ~ E--.l.s' mr. -. =
Peel opionss under. gateE esEls aud 5Asx,
will not hurt tue eyes. .ssneelsa =. ~
Hog !. cholera follows running
streams, The germs are washed down
There is a law in New Hampshire
requiring the makers of oleomargarine
10 color it pink. ~
Sweet apples are worth 20 cents a
bushel as stock food. Too many sour
ones injure stock. s1F :
Subscribe for the cARRoN ADvo-
CATE Sl.0O year
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sDiphtheria isa terrible diseese. re-
luiring the greatest medical sIih to cf-
feet a complete cure Even when lis
power is broken, 1t clings TO the patient
with great persistency. and often leayes
the system poisoned and prostrated.
Just here Hoods Sarsaparilla does a
vast amount Of good, expelling impuri-
ties from the blood, giving it richness
and vitality, while it renoyates and
5 strengthens the system. % 81