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The Opelousas courier., 1886-12-11
The Wonderful Secret.

Once on q time there was a king who
had a little boy whom he loved
very much. So he took a great deal of
pains to make him happy.
He gave him beautiful rooms to live
in, and pictures and toys and books
without number. lie gave him a grace
full, gentle pony, that he might ride on
when he pleased, and a row-boat on IL
lovely lake, and servants to wait upon
him wherever he went. He also pro-
vided teachers who were to give him the
knowledge of things that would make
him good and great.
But for all this the young prince was
not happy. He wore a trown wherever
he went, and was always wishing for
something that he did not have.
At length, one day, a magician came
to the court. He saw the scowl on the
boys face, and he said to the king
81 can make your son happy, and turn
his frowns into smiles. But you mnst
pay me a great price for telling him the
secret"
"All right" said the king, "whatever
you ask | will give"
30 the price was aSfceu upon anu
paid, and then the magician took the
boy into a private room. He wrote
something with a white substance upon
a piece Of white paper. Next he gave
the boy d candle, and told him to light it
and hold it under the paper, and then
see what he could read. TheIi he weut
away.
The boy did as he had been told, and
the white letters on the paper turned
into a beautiful blue.
They formed these Words
do o kindness to some one every
day."
The prince made use of the secret,
and he became the happiest boy in the
realm.
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A Wonderful Girl.

lie had been waiting upon her for
some time, and was of the opinion that he
was gradually winning his way into her
affections, But he was poor, and had
heard that counting was an expensive
luxury; therefore he allowed considera-
BILE time to pass before asking her out to
walk with him, knowing that his finances
were not equal to furnishing regularly
the treats that young ladies expect from
their beaux. At length, however, he
felt that he could not in decency defer
the matter of inviting her to walk any
longer, and the invitation was given and
accepted. AS they passed along the
street together he said,-
"Oysters are out of season, bnt | wish
to offer you a treat of some kind, never
theless. Will you have a piece of pie
and some ice cream?'
''Thank you, / do not care for pie"
said she, ''and I never eat ice cream"
"Well, then, will you have some soda
ut the druggists"
81 am not at all partial to soda"
Perhaps she wants blue points and
champagne, he thought to himself.
"Thank you, I do not care for any
thing" she answered.
Nothing at ala"
"Well, if you will kindly draw me a
dipper of water at the first street-fountain
we come to. I will be obliged to YOU" ii
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Esgnfs. sam.

When MI. Fessenden was stamping
Connecticut il annoyed him excessively
to be introduced 10 his hearers Is the
honorable d the distinguished, Or by
any other ennobling title. He deter
mined To pat ! stop 70 II. and therefore
asked the chairman of the town conn
mite of B~arkha,nstead simply to intro
duce him Is plain Sam Fessenden 81
stanford. The chairman was I'D uni
Imaginative matter-of-fact nltn. He took
Mr. Fcssendsn II bis word and intro.
duced him thus: Ladies' and genale
men. j have the high honor of iatrodae-
FL % ron Plain Sam Fessenaen b
stamford. DR.. Fessenden serts thu
Il more necessary % 81 cafsasI With
mattsrros-fact man slaaa one would SUP
pose Mo had not dealt with sueh-ssl
TsrE S
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Seediess Fruit.

I recently examined an orange, the
seeds of which had all failed to develop.
I have seer oranges in which some of
the seeds had not developed, but have
never seen or heard Of one entirely seed
less. Persons who examined this orange
had never seen one like il. This seems
to have been a rare specimen.
The question Of seed,ess fruits is .
very interesting one. The persimmon,
grape, apple, pear and other fruits often
have individual trees that bear seedless
fruit. This they continue to do year
after year, and gratis taken from them
will perpetrate indefinitely the seedless
variety. Now, as q general rule, we
know that if the flowers Of any Of these
plants do not get pollen for their stigmas,
they do not fruit at all. It il to be pre-
sumed, therefore, that these seedless
varieties really get pollen, q they would
not develop fruit. If w assume this
to be q fact, then we have the curious
conclusion that some pollen IS capable
Of producing fruit, but not capable of
inducing seed.
Il i, however, By 40 means certain
that il always requires pollen o pro-
duce seed vessels without seed, for that
IS what seedless fruits practically are.
The Usage orange, and some kinds Of
ash, and maple, will perfectly empty
seed vessels when wholly free from pollen
inhuence.-Gardeaers Monthly.
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queen Victoria and Opals.

Queen Victoria has made the opal
fashionable again. All the gifts of jewel
ry that she has bestowed among her
friends for the past year have been opals.
Sometimes they have been set alone,
sometimes set with diamonds; but in
every instance they have been there.
The queen has always had a penchant
for these alleged unlueky stones. She
has insisted that they brought no more
bad luck to those wearing them than
any other jewels, and she has long tried
to allay that superstition. Her rather
profuse distribution of these stones
among her friends, it is said, had for its
object the doing away with the supersti-
lion altogether.
The queens own jeweler naturally
took the hint, and the other jewellers,
who were not the queens own, but who
we're more than willing to be, were not
Cow in rcceiving that there was aready
sale for The very gems that had been
heretofore looked upon with suspicion.
So they made up into rings, ps and
mother ways all they had in stock, and
sent out for more. Thus it wasn't very
long before every blooded English lady
and gentleman who wore jewelry at all
sported many and beautiful opals.-N. 7.
Sun.
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The Books Balanced Perfectly.

The cashier of a business place had &C.
casion to leave his desk one day, and he
called the son of the proprietor, who
was at work in another department, to
take his place for an hour or two, and
instructed him about how to make
entries in the cash book, in case any
money came in, the receipts on one side
and the disbursements on the other.
The boys father came in and wanted
two dollars, which the son gave him,
and when the cashier came back he
found an entry in the cash book. On
one side was this
'sTook in two dollars from a granger
with his pants tucked in his boots.n
The cashier looked ut the scrawl in
the, book and then at the cash drawer,
sd south irno Dlanh~
"Wer; -szs. ID. Dupleeba!1alla-s2~n
The boy tFontenot, Oval soaieaa a'a
nencil and wrcre appqlnted = T side iaat 81 e "
book
"Pa Jse yscted the two dollars
Tn cashier sighed and the boy
as-
'Well. it balances, doesn't it? What
more do you Want?n
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He Laughed Out.

He was from the East, and if he was
not an ex-detective, he had at least a
right to be called a philosopher. He
was buzzing around the depot with a
suspicious looking young man, and
making a great show of a fat wallet, and
tnallly a special officer stepped up to
him and said, sMy friend, who is this
young MANI"
Il think he is a pickpocket," was the
prompt reply.
"Where are yeu going?"
"To Chicago. and he has just
purchased his ticket for the same point"
eff you think he is a suspicious
/, character why do you train in his COM
pany2n
..simply to beat him"
How2a
she goes to Chicago because I'm
going. He means to pick my wallet be-
tween here and there. He had to scrape
his pockets to buy the ticket. | have
two wallets jus. alike. About half way
to Chicago / shall let him get hold of
the one stuffed with paper. He will
leave the train at the first station after,
He will have no money. find no friends,
and be mad enough to burst when he
sees my trick. I'm just cracking my
sides over the way his chin will drop
when he opens the stolen wallet"
About an hour after, when the train
had departed, the officer was surprised to
see the joker still hanpging around and
this time alene. 'Then you didn't go
to Chicago?"
"Say," answered the man as he came
closer, "that chap wasn't after my
money, after all. He simply wanted my
watch, and I'll be hanged if he hasn't
cot it! Where's the chief of police3"
The Opelousas courier., 1886-12-11
LADIES, DEPARTMENT..
T.-70 r-00TT
YfefaAaaA Girls.

The system carried out in vienna for
educating girls is entirely worthy OF
note, says the Buffalo Courier. They
are kept at their studies until they are
fifteen years Of age. Then they 90
through a course Of teaching in the
pantry and the kitchen, under some
member Of the family, sometimes under
trained cooks, for a year or two years.
Thus they learn to do everything them
selves, and to know the value of things
long before they commence housekeeping
on their own account; and though they
may never be required 10 cook d dinner.
they become independent Of cooks and
servants. The Austrian women arc
most affectionate wives and mothers.
They are as accomplished IS any English
governess, are as witty in society ID d
Partisan, and are among the most beau
tiful women in Europe.
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R1asaen Assurance Society.

There il d society supported in Den
mark which Is wholly unique Of its
kind, different from AL associations
founded III other countries. Il is known
ii Tie Maiden Assurance Society. lis
purpose ii to provide fora class which II
othcs countries il hugely thrown upon fts
own resources, when not prorid 9
against want BY the inheritance of prop.
eaty-single women 81 weil-to-do lam
lies. Ii shelters and cures for them re
iieYing all their pressing necessities. and
providing each witha srnall allowance
for Spending money. IT. methods are
thus described:
Az soon al i gifl child i born % nm
the father snrolls her name ri 4 certain
association and pays i certain sun, eng
thereafter fixed sum - The society
when sfs hes reachsa ihe age of--ws
hel. evs and i not married, sae be'
comes cnlisled Il 1 axed income and &
suiEs 81 apartments 81 4 large building
IL she associasion, with gardens and
psk shout ii, inlabi I'D ~ other yeuns
81 lder iadies who hare thus beeasa'
mas
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Fat Rrides0f Morocco.

Marriage is said to be a serious matter
even IN Europe, but hers in Morocco the
courage of the ladies, Arab or Jewess,
who embark in it, is worthy of all admi-
ration. Esthetically, the taste of the
country leans t the context permits of
such o verb) toward ebonpoint; consi-
quently q process. closely analogous to
that practised upon turkeys before
Christmas time, has to be gone through
by a ~b.ide-elect conscious Of insufficient
amplitude of charms. I do not know
that there is any point, if again such a
word is applicable on such a subject, at
which adipose tissue ceases to be admir-
able fat, fatter and fa ttest seems but
synonymous with fair, fairer and f~alrest;
and SO ladies of a very positive stout
ness seek, by swallowing enormous guam
Titles Of pellets of kneaded bread, to at
tain comparative and even s~uperlative
disturbances. It is extraordinary, ] am
Told, how mnch ladies burning with the
landable desire to please their futurs
husbands q manage to cram in this
way, and with excellent effect; for they
become beautifully broad and doughy.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-12-11
A DESPERATE ENCOUNTER.
Elijah Cooks Terrible Experience Given
for the Benefit of Others--Liying Wit.

nesses. :
The following graphic description will be
read with interest by all:
DEAR SIR-Any one who has ever felt d
f~aintness at the pit of the stomach, loss of APP
petite, nervousness, sIeeplessness, dull head
aches or strange pains through the back can III.
derstand the conditio l was in two years ago.
/ thought | could readily throw these
things off, but they kept returning. Conse-
quently | grew worse every day until last
spring, when | sent for a physician.
He said I had a fever. ! told him what con-
dition / was in with my water. AT first he
paid no attention to it, but finally said he
would AXE some of my urine home anG an
alyze it.
The next day he came and said there was
some difficulty with my kidneys. My sickness
continued until my urine was q sight to be-
hold.
Another physician was called. He pro.
nounced it Bright's disease of the kidneys,
and said there was no cure for it. He did al
he could, but to no effect, I then tried every
remedy | could hear of. THE PAIN WAS so Sc.
WE'RE THAT IT sEEMED | MUST DIE. | saw q
newspaper advertisement OF DIR. Xii ert
wamp Root, and sent eight miles to get the
medicine. When / had used one bottle, il
cleared my water so there was no sediment
in the bottom of the vessel. continued
i heinI have taken eight bottles in all
and consider myself to-day as vel vel "a
any man of my age. While talking with oul
druggista few days ago about my case e. he saie
| Swamp-Root and that he had never sold a Med
icine that gave as much ABSTRACTION. :,
Oh! | often think how much suffering. !
might have avoided, both night and day II J
had only taken YOU medicines when l nrss
Yours with respect,
fSigned} ELIJAH COOK.
P. s.-This will be of greatbenetit to others
and you may publish it. You need not take
my word alone, for | can give you the follow
in references: r.u
SWvun Tipe, H. Clapper, II, >. 1auett
{. III G-ryce, H. !. Warner, ID. d. Pickett
.y. . s.4tt~rIottville, Schoharie Co, y; Y"
a.. ... ->iiGuony is only a fair !llETs"H'
ton u i,t;. .-.jvedd daily showing ttq w"t.
| derfuI res. ING the use OF D.. ktlneI's
wamp Root, r. v, Liver and Lad ai
Cure. Sold ny D..stists. Price sLW}I.s.
bottles, SIS. It your Druggist does not sell II
| send to DIR. kilmer 81 Co.,
B1sGHAMToN, y. Y.
A secret is safe in the bosom of a friend-if
he is a dead friend.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-12-11
Accomplishments Of German Girl.

ol UeEIlNW U1ElS.
As u matter of course, they take their
share III household work: this does not
prevent them from bang frequently very
accomplished, often excellent musicians:
but it does prevent a great deal of rest,
iessness and vague discomfort. A young
man who marries in that class knows
that ne may reasonably expect his bride
TO be a good housewife. If he is in the
upper middle class, for instance a shop
keeper, his wife often keeps the accounts
Of the shop. / have wondered at the
close attention to business details shown
by women who might have expected to
De spared such exertions; but / was as
,ured they preferred to be thus occupied,
partly in order to save for their children.
It seemed to me that the master and
mistress in most shops were OF friendly
.erms with their assistants, who were
permitted to rest at intervals during the
lay in a room behind the shop.
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A Good Reason

eHow does it happen that there are so
many old maids among the school
eachers2n asked a reporter of a teacher
the other day. because school teachers
are, as q rule, women Of sense; and no
woman will give up a sixty-dollar posi-
lion for a ten-dollar man. was the an
sWer.
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Speed of TYPE Writers.

a. person can learsl the keyboard ON a
type writer In three or four days Sc as to
run the alphabet rapidly, provided he
practices three hours q day. On the
keyboard the letters that are used the
most ARE placed close to each other, the
letter. se'' being the d most used. At
ter three or four weeks practice 4 person
can write on d type writer faster than by
the ordinary method. Expert type
writer's can write 5000 words % hour on
the machine, the average being about
1900 words per hour. In q contest in
this office . few years ago q trial was had
to see who could write the most in one
hour from dictatioa, the writing being
dene In '.long lland.n Mr.. Sasby, the
clerk Of this office, was the successful
one, having written 1850 words in the
hour. This Is the fastest on record in
this Office, and the man with bis type
writing machine who can write 5000
words during the same period has the
decided advantage Besides he does
not become tired SO quickly, but can
continue ut the work fora long time.
The man who writes from 1900 70 100
words III hour III long hand can only
do ii for that one hour, when he i
obliged Il stop Tor i ness Louis
Tssaes.Densocga
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Seven hundred and fifty dollars in one
months time. Itseens like a big p%rofitfor one
kins. Of North Cafolins. who is working for
the publishing house of 3. T. Johnson& Co., OF
Richmond, Va, did it, and IS still going brayely
ahead. This was done with no capital worth
speaking of.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-12-11

IA Chicago woman got a divorce from her
thiags.t that he had once hit her in the eyewith
d biscuit. If It was the ordinary young house,
keeper biscuitof coHlmeTcethe wonder is that
the poor wonan lived to get a divorce.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-12-11

Mr.. z. Rentschler, San Francisco. CAL. con
tracted q severe cold, and bseame SO hoarse
he could not speak. He tried q number of
remedies without benefit, and even the efforts
relief. He was induced totry Red Star Cough
Cure, one bottle of which entirely cured him.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-12-11
Female Farmers.

Land is cheap in Georgia and crops
reasonably certain when labor is given
tor It. Why should not our young
Georgia ome turn away from the
cities and clerking, and teaching 1T $50
month, and seek the free, open and
healthy life of the farmera Land, we
3sas, il cheap, and can be obtained in
fe time and with half the trouble that
town positions can; and we venture the
assertion that no woman who has ever
tried a yeap4n the country will want to
come back to teach in school-rooms or
clerk Id stores. We do not mean to Say
that all women can make d success Of
farming. Ty no means But we believe
that any woman Of industrious habits
and possessing the housekeeping in
stinct can make money upon the farm.
Indeed, we know now Of many who live
comfortably ID The country, manage their
own labor, make good crops, and with
their diaries, poultry yards, orchards
and garden secure not only q living, but
10y tp money. Business men who deal
with these women will bear witness 10
The fact that they pay promptly and buy
close. This IS BY way of suggestion
only. The idea must BE applied By those
interested. Would it not be a novel
sight if some day Bibb County should
have ID her borders 4 colony Of refined
female farmers supplying the city with
milk, butter, eggs vegetables, honey.
preserves and other products2-Maooa
Coz 1esarapA.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-12-11

i The family Of Hon. W. B. Hoke, Judged the
jefferson County, KY, Court. used st. Jacobs
Oil with signal success.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-12-11

ANY man looks like q s'oven with turnover
heels. Lyons Heel Stiffeners keep boots
straight. 25e.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-12-11

new business opportunity is announced by
IL e. L0onais iii or advertising colInn which
wfde-aWake business men shout not overlook.
The Hruaa represented are well Known
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Il her father dies in her youth, and she
desires il, she has shelter in this build
ing, and at q fixed time her own income.
When she dies o. marriies, all this RIGHT
to income lapses, and the money paid in
sWells the endowment of the association.
Her father may pay for twenty years,
and then her marriage cuts off all advan-
tage OF the insurance. But this very
change must enable the to
charge lower annual premiums, and make
the burden less on the father insurinr.
nc has, any way, the pleasant feeling
that his small annual raym mts arc in
ssiring bis daughters future, and giving
her q comfortable home and Income after
he has gone.
y IS obvious that the chances for mar
rage among q given number of women
can be calculated IS closely as those OF
death. The plan has worked well for
generations in Copenhagen.
Fashion Notes.
Bonnet strings are from two to three
inches wide.
Beaded velvet bonnets are worn with
dressy frocks.
Breasts of birds form the entire sides
Of some fancy ~capotes.
Applique galioons trim many handsome
cloth and wool dresses.
Very small pokes are worn by young
women, married or single.
Two sets of strings are seen again on
bonnets, one wide, the other narrow.
The fashion for trimming crown cloth
dresses with black braid is still in favor.
Plain velvet hats and bonnets are n
sidered correct wear with dressy tailor
suits.
ALI sorts of novel bows are used to
form the high bonnet trimmings of this
season.
Gold, silver or bronze is seen in COM
bination with dark red and navy blue in
g~alloons.
Young girls wear mantles as well as
Ss.ckets, shaped very much like those of
young ladies yer eighteen.
Three rows of broad stitching are on
the back and four large buttons fasten
the wrists Of the newest gloves.
Circular cloaks are revived in London.
They are made of materials of neutral
tints lined with some bright color.
The frocks of girls of thi rteen and up
ward are simply modified duplicates
of the dresses of their older sisters.
Black wooden beads, seguins, and
other pendants adorn galloons and
edging braids used on mourning dress
es.
Embroidery is in great favor and is
seen upon mantles and redingotes as well
as upon p~lastrons, vests, sleeves and
belts.
Cloth dresses are trimmed with narrow
silk braid, forming vertical stripes upon
tablier, bodice and sleeves, terminating
in loops.
Condor yellow, mermaid's pink, and
ggycine or lquor:ce purple are the
three latest colors on the palette of
fashion.
Fur is to occupy a leading place as an
accessory to home and street costumes,
and will be largely employed Hnon man
ties and redingotes.
A novel arrangement in the bodies of
polonaises are surplice folds On tie left
side, crossed by a full jabot On the right
side, which terminates in q bow on the
left hip, keeping the front drapery in
place.
The Princess of Wales fancy for blue
and white has given rise to the present
fashion for trimming blue cloth dresses
with the Austrian military cloth, White
cloth vests and cuffs will be worn with
these dresses throughout the winter.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-12-11

Practical jokes ars like lung troubles; there
Ii s. pain Id the Jest
The Opelousas courier., 1886-12-11

e months treatment for Soc. Piao's Remedy
for Catarrh. Sold by druggists.
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An Editors Testimonial.
Vaughan, editor of the Greenwich Review"
Greenwich, o., writes: Last January ] met with a
very severe accident. caused by a runaway morse.
used almost every kind OF sa1ye toheat the WOUNDS,
which turned to rum ns sores, put Iouhu notlins
+, ID me any good till I was recommended HENRYss
cARsoIIC SALsE. / bought q box, and IL heip6d me
at once, and at the end of two months ! was com,
plctely well. 1t is the best salve in the mar&es, anu
/ never fail of telling my friends aboueit !, anu urge
them to use Ii whenever in need"
Common scents-onions at a boarding house.
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Playing out-most children at a seaside
reSO st.
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A., Edito,.,a Testimonial.

l05, g82 persons are employed in the breWeries
n distilleries of the United States. =
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q stroke o. I~igItn.ngg AZ Loifen Nor
I'M, recently ea III i ire 50 Hnoot
tlsat lie upper sceIion seemed 70 hare
bEen sawed from 10 lower.
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A secret is safe in the bosom of a friend-if
he is a dead friend.