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The Opelousas courier., 1886-05-01
SCRAPS.

The germs which give rise to malarial
fever, have been found by two Italian
Psychologists.
The tuberose is now cultivated extern
sively as a field plant In Natal, South
Africa, and so favorable is the climate
that flowers in open air may be had every
month in the year.
Mr.. Yahashi, of Toxic, has invented
and patented a method of weaving car
pets with feathers. According to his
method feathers are reduced to a silky
state by the action of chemicals, and then
woven like ordinary cotton stuff.
The beautiful red plumage of a South
African species of bird has been chemi-
cally examined and found to be due to
copper. When the birds are kept from
food containing copper they entirely lose
the tint produced by that mineral.
Layers of stone containing some of the
supposed human footprints lately found
near Lake Managua, in Nicaragua, have
been sent to the Vienna Natural History
Museum. The stone is a volcano tufa,
and the impressions are extremely sharp
and distinct, and, if genuine footprints,
prove the existence of man in Central
America at a very remote period.
In a communication to the Meteorolog-
ical Society of Austria, NJ. G. Ligner has
described the remarkable discovery that
the moon has an influence on a magne-
TIED needle. The phenomenon IS said to
be more prominent when the moo /:
nearest to the earth, and to be very
marked when she is passing from the full
to her first or second quarter. The distur'
bance reaches a maximum when the moon
is in the plane of the equator, and Il
greater during the southern thar thf
northern declination.
The only settled facts about earth
| auakes are that they are the result O
| some shock impaired to the rocks at
| considerable distance beneath the surface
and that this shock reaches the surface
in a series of concentric rings, all point
on the circumference of each ring recelv
| ing the shock at the same moment, evel
though they may be hundreds of mile
apart. In other words, all points at equa
! distances from the centre Of the earth
quake receive the shock at the same mo
ment. Although this is theoretically tn
the case, according to well known physi
cal laws, still, in practice, the facts ar
somewhat different; for the shock is re
tarded or accelerated according as tn
rock opposes or favors the passage of tn
wave.
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A Happv People.

EHN 0&#E@H.@ 4EN%s@= FME
"About as happy and independent a
people as ever / came across" says a re-
cent sojourner among them, ARE the
Beers of South Africa. / spent several
months at Natal, on the coast, and up in
the Transyaal, in the interior. Trans
vaal is d very productive country, and is
cleared up into broad farms, as large as
entire estates in England. Those old
Dutch farmers raise big horses, big cat
tie, and big grain, and live almost indie
pendent of the outside world. Each
farmer will have a small army of servants,
who live on terms of almost equality
with their employer. and these, after
they have saved their wages a few years,
buy an OK team, some farming imple-
nnents and seeds, and some household
goods, push on to the front, and develop
i new farm. Thus it is that the country
Is increasing in population and wealth
all the time. They are SO far away from
the world in general that they retain their
primitive ways. They are great riders, are
these Boers, and it is nothing to see the
old, fat Dutch farmers, weighing from 20C
to $50 pounds, galloping about their farms
and into the market towns On big, lazy
horses, as fat and clumsy IN proportion
ID they are themselves.-Psttebpvg Di&4
patch.
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which must of themselves call out COM
ment and give your guests something to
do. Albums, and piles of photographs;
birthday books; q pig album where ona
has to draw a pig and write ones name
underneath, with closed eyes; scrap
hooks, particularly of pictures, and such
works as 'sBellew's 'sComic Primer" and
'sThe Good Things of Life, /" all these are
hosts in themselves.
Games are almost invariably successful:
the older and staider the company the
more riotous they are likely to become.
Bean Bags are a good thing to have in
the house, and Logomachy proves enter
tanning in many circles. But simE5e,
childish games, q don't mean Copen-
hagen, and the simpler the better: go.
ing to Jerusalem" ssVacant Chair
Charades, andthe like, prove more divert.
ing than any other form of entertain
ment.
We women make work of company,
and we grow, many Of us, to look upon
it as an evil, necessary, perhaps, but al
ways an evil. Could we see the best
way, which is also, as truly, the easiest,
we might be not gHudgingly given to
hospitality, and all learn the lesson few
do not need-what goes to make up a
model hostess. -M Good Housekeeping.
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sew 70 Treat Company.

10 appear a pleasant CHEEKY hostess
throughout an evening party o. even
tie shortsIivcd call Is truly no easy thing
nor can some people ever learn the art.
Tact il an essential, and an absolute
unsel6slancss; the guests must be first,
and they must not feel any sacrifice Of
time nor attention too keenly. All
women should aim at being bright o
versationalists, not startling nor wonder
ful, but amusing, refined and especially
l;aht Of touch. Long stories are usually
ntolerable bofes, and . serious, slow,
heavy way Of looking at matters IL gen
eral Is minniction. Grievances Of any
suet are best kept hidden; 9 sprightly
acquaintance with the affairs Of the day,
fattsring anxiety Is d others opinions,
ii absence Of slang Or Haannerisns, OF
oastful egotism, Of self depreciation,
scs, bdea, above Ell, tee, these make the
agreeable hostess, the woman one wishes
y 6nd II home Ii ones round Of calls.
Parlor chairs should be, for the most
Light aid easily moved, with inst 7
d i more substantial sort for those
iii lid six feet tall or weigh two hun.
pounds: People can't talk 4 rod q
AL span. nor 4 they drag that abom'
an patent rocker, Idon't have
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Fashion Notes.

All the new bonnets are cut up at the
back.
Correct mourning jewelry is of English
Grape stone.
Clustered stripes are a feature in all
spring goods.
Silk braids, with feather effects, are
new trimmings.
Camels'- hair is the leading material
for spring wear.
Stcels in the backs of gowns are be-
ing gradually banished.
All sorts of straws are worn in hats
and bonnets this spring.
Raspberry and moss-green are a favor
tie Partisan combination.
The spring goods are of great variety,
and novel in combination.
Even new pongees come in bourette or
boutonneux and corded stripes.
The Russian blouse frock is worn by
little girls and small boys under 5.
The latest novelty in fancy slippers
are those embroidered with garnet beads.
Low shoes, worn with paste or Rhine
stone buckles, are choice for house wear.
Spring hats are tall and are trimmed
high in the back, the front, or on one
SIDE
ALI the wollen goods for spring wear
show a soft finish, and are in subdued
| tones.
All bonnets have high crowns and
brims small, but a little larger than those
of last year.
The most novel hat was in brown straw,
covered with a brown gauze veil and
trimmed with a bow and an aigrette Of
shaded grapes.
Some of the new bonnets have tht
straw folded into boxplaits, to form thu
crown, which shows how soft and supple
the material is.
Now if you have a smart gown Q
4 brocade or satin you must send some Q
the material to the boot maker, becaus
your boots must match your costume.
Brides are wearing distinct trains T.
their wedding gowns, and many Dime
gowns arc made thus for the spring, bu
instead of being fastened to the bacI
they rescued round thchips, as thong
a cloak, half slipping off, had been care
Iessly pinned together in front.
The crossed-over fronts are extremel
fashionable in basques and ~polonaises
and a novel effect is produced by hay
ing the first three buttons, starting froI
the shoulder, Of large size and artist
character, and the rest small, set close,
the self color and simply used for faster
;nn
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LADIES, DEPARTMENT..
eo,den crosses to Servants.

ii has been the custom for the German
empress for the last nine years to present
aoiden crosses, each with an autograph
Siploma, to those female servants who
sanId show that they had remained forty
Years uninterruptedly in the same family.
h the course of this period her majesty
has conferred no fewer than 1868 such
distinctions On Prussian subjects, includ-
ing inhabitants of the Reichsland, and il
Is interesting to note that the largest per-
centage of the golden crosses in proper
ton to the population went to Alsace-
Lorraine, Hesse- Nassau coming next
Posen, where the Polish element abounds
being lowest in the list.-Londo" 11mes'
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The Perfunnery Industry.

The manufacture Of perfume from
flowers has been carried on moro or less
since the beginning of the historic era,
ssvs the Baltimore Nens. The ancient
Egyptians seem to have understood the
process Of distilling attars from various
flowers and fruits. During the middle
ages we read of a perfume known as
Hungary water, which was first distilled
from rosemary in 1870 by Elizabeth,
queen of Hungary, who obtained the re-
cine from a hermit, and by the use Of it
il said to have preserved her beauty to
old age. Catherine de Medicis, when
she came to France to marry Henry ii,
brought with her a famous Florentine
perfumer, who had the art of manufae-
turing oils from flowers, both by the
process of enflourage and by maceration,
though Of course his methods were rude
and u~nscientiic as compared with those
of to-day. From that time the French
have paid great attention to the cultiva-
tion Of flowers for this purpose.
The greatest number of the materials,
amounting to t~wenty-eight, IS obtained
from the south Of France and Italy,
which is the chief center of manufacture
for perfumery materials. The East In
dies and China furnish about t%wenty-one,
Turkey two, Africa two, North America
III. South America six and England four.
The only articles named from the United
States are peppermint, sassafras and WIN
tergreen. The chief places for the
growth of the sweet perfume-producine
aowers are Montpelier, erase, Mines,
Savoy, Cannes, and Nice, in France. I
ii there that the jasmine, tuberose, cassia,
rose and violet grow to such perfection.
and that the processes Of enfourage AND
maceration arc commercially worked.
Nice and Cannes are the paradise q
v%iolets, producing annually something
ike one hundred and fifty tons of bios
oms The variety cultivated is gener
ally the double or Parma violet, which
Ii so productive that the flowers are sole
Il about 5 pence per pound, and we al
know what sort of bouquet a pound 9
violets would make. The abundance i
Sicily Of every flower which IN eli
mate is most highly priced recalls IN
%sayeler Id the story who arrived IN
country where the children played pitcl
and toss, and marbles with diamonds, ~
bies, emeraIds, and other precious gems
These arc, doubtless, the sons OF som
powerful king, = be said, and bowed re
spectfully before them. The children
laughing, made soon him perceive tha
they were the street boys, and that tn
gems were. only the pebbles Of that eoun
III.
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Rhunes FOR. Book borrowers.

Some people have a strange way OF des-
ienating their ownership of books. o.
course you remember, when a ~schooiboy,
what ridiculous doggerel some OF the
scholars wrote in theirs. As for examples
.sThis book is John Smiths
NY fist is another;
You touch one
And you'll feel the other"
And again:
ssSteal not this book, my honest friend,
For fear the gallowsl be thy n
A great many grown-up children have
adopted the custom in q graver MOOD.
Thetwo verses commonly used are:
tIf thou art borrowed by a friend,
Right welcome shall he be,
TO read, to study, not to lend,
But to return to me
And this:
ssNot that impaired knowledgedotn
Diminish Ieafning's store;
But books, I find, il often lent,
Return TO Die 10 HUE
There is onofound IN d book formerly be.
longing I'd d well-known resident Of New
York: sAnyone may borrow, but a gen.
tleman returns David w. Jayne''
books have the following scriptural quo.
tation: go thou rather to them that sci
and buy for yourselves The following
rather severe lines were used by . Massa
chusetts man
ssStern power of Justice, lift thy wand
In spite Of mercy's look;
Strike him who with p~resufnptuors hand
Purloins this valued book
Aaron Putnam, who fourished il Med
ford. Mass, about one hundred years ago
used these lines: .sThe wicked borrow
but do not return again. See thou art no
Of that number Duncan g. Pei, g
New York, had this rather churlish motto
not 1t al III keeping with his character
HE does not lend his books y. !
Smelling. one IF the carly editors OF u
Boston Herad, had these instructions
i'd not turn down the leaves ~ mark %
place, but putt l slip Of paper. 70 ne
Give the book b children fora playthinl
Handle hot with dirty hands. Return q
book when you have read 4.
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SCIENCE Is APPROACHING the cure OF
consumption-a disease caused by a de-
post from the blood of impure matter IN
the lungs. For stimulating to healthy
action the spleen, liver, kidneys and
organs skin, which emoye waste and
poisonous matter, no Remedy is equal to
DR.. WALKERS CALIFORNIA VINEGAR BIT
TERRI
The Opelousas courier., 1886-05-01

Six gold medals have been given to St.
Jacobs Oil at Worlds fairs and exposl-
tons, for being the best pain-cure. tits,
itself, better than gold. 1t cures rheuma,
tism and every other painful trouble. 1t
never fails,
The Opelousas courier., 1886-05-01

Consumption, the greatest curse Of the age,
the destroyer Of thousands of our brightest
and best, is conquered. 1t is no longer lncura-
BE. Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discov-
ery'' is o certain remedy for this terrible dis
ease if taken in time. Al serofqlous dlse as tbe
iunes-can be cured by it. It's effects in dis
eases of the throat and lungs are little less
than miraculous. All druggists have 1t.
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r,-.ocusatsr0 Agat,sss Snake Potsc,s.

IssocwtGtsag AgGtstse Snake FOtse1s.
The Rev. Charles Bixby, 4 native Of
surinam, says that in Dutch Guiana pre-
yentive incubation Of snake poison
has been practised for centuries. a
snake il caught and teased until It's pol
son glands are swollen with blood and
actively secreting. The reptile j. then
killed, its glands are extracted, dried and
pulverized. An abrasion Of the skin Of
tic wrist USUALLY is made, and sonae Of
this poison dust rubbed into the wound.
III isgfated That those who have been thus
~inocuIatsd may be bitten with IMMUNITY.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-05-01

0 DYSPEPSIA. INDIGESTION, depression OF
spirits, general debility in their various forms,
also as a preventive against fever and ague and
other intermittent fevcrs, the "ferro-Phosphor-
ated Elixir of Cllisaya, made by Caswell, Haz-
ard & Co, New York, and sold by all Druggists,
is the best tonic: and for patients recovering
from fever or other sickness it has no equal.
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Romance.

The reading of romances will always be
the f~avorite amusement of women; the
old peruse them to recall what they nave
experienced; the young to anticipate what
they wish to experience.
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1t is rot certain that the wreck found OF
Mount Ararat is the remains of Noah,s Ark;
but we are certain that Aliens Lung Balsam
viii cure coughs and colds, and save the many
wrecks from The ravages of consumption we
see nowadays. Alidruggists sell the Balsam
Price, 25c., SOC. and 81 per bottle.
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I cheerfully recommend Red Clover Tonic
to those suffering from troubles of the stomach
and liver. / am now on my second bottle, and
it makes me feel like q teW man. c. M. CON.
NOR, Nashua, Iowa.
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No depressing effects from Red Star
Cough Cure. No nausea, no danger OF
poison. Safe, speedy, sure. Only twenty
five cents.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-05-01

Have used DR.. Bigelow's Positive Cure in my
family as a general cough medicine. One OF
attack of Group byit. Icheerfully
it. II. L. CovELL. Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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The first thing we do, let's kill all the law
yers.'' This is rather a ~blood-thirsty PROPOSE
ton, which we modify by offering to cure this
tary hab ts1, from the injurious effects of dys-
pepsia, indigestion, piles, loss of appetite, and
other ailments cansed by q const pated habit
Pellets" eradicate all these disorders in
promptly removing the cause thereof, and in
duce a rare degree of comfort and health.
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Encla,s Eat Wife.

WHY is the letter j like uncles fat wife go
ng up hill? 1t makes ant pant (aunt}, and
,ooIine off too soon produces coughs and colds.
~Paylorss Cherokee Kennedy of Sweet Gum and
MULLEN will cure her.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-05-01

The man who takes a hint is not neces-
sarily a thief.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-05-01

Laced boots are said to have more grace
on a lady's foot.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-05-01

Too we'll known to need lengthy advertise
ments-Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy.
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The receipt is simple. You have only to tax,
a yiolent cold, and neglect it. Abernethy, the
great English surgeon, asked a lady who tolo
him she only had a cough: What would
YOU have? The plague" Beware of "only
coughs The worst cases can, however, bs
cured by DIR. WIN. HALLS BAIsAM o rHF
LUNGS. In Whoopfng Cough and Group it
Immediately allays irritation, and is sure to
prevent a fatal termination of the disease
Sold by druggists.
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LYONS Patent Heel S~tiffener is. the only in
vention that will make old boots straight a
npW
The Opelousas courier., 1886-05-01

Coon hunting is the rage now in Mis-
souri, social circles.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-05-01

A bay window is a legal question whether
built over q passage way or a mans eye.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-05-01

The stove, like the topper, is always ready To-
the opening draught in the morning.
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Relief is immediate, and a cure sure. Piso's
Remedy for Catarrh. 30 cents.
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uorp I'm shnrfen Life.

Second Avenue parsons allow a discount on
a wedding fee if the girl has cold feet.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-05-01

The orguinette and the cigarette closely re-
scmble each other in that they both go by a
crank.
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SnYing thc Lawyers.

A philosopher says that the best way to avoid
into debt Is to die young.
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EPITHELIO MA!
OR SKIN CANCER.

For seven years 1 suffered with a cancer on my
face. Eight months ago q. friend IN inc
effort to procure it. In this l was successful, q No
began its use. The influence Of the medicine al hf Se
infianation was aIIayed, and l began, to improve
after the first few bottles: My general hea!1h ha5
really improved. l am stronger, and am ape 10 90
:tny kind OF work. The cancer on my race began 10
decrease and the ulcer to heal, until there Is not =
e''so MRS. JoICIE A. MCDONALD.
Atlanta, Ca, August II, 1885.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed Ireec
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MAIDS VINO WouLD MARRY. The
orders which are reosived from the Board
81 Education at the public schools arc
sonetimss amusing. and are frequently
characterized by the teachers a. ridicu.
lous, On Friday the Principal Of one Of
tho grammer schools Of York vile received
an order to End ont whether apy Of the
teachers had been married in the las,
year. Tho Pris ,al noted the necessary
questions on pieces Of paper and sent then
to the several teachers, with request
for their answers. When these answer,
were returned. one Of them said. mo
but ready Another was: " No. bu
anxious TO-" One well advanced in year,
said; waiting fer chance" The next
. bright. charming young lady. "willinl
Co." " Single blesse,loess is good enougl
for me. !" asid one who had been tilted
And then one who must need take earl,
opportunity il she expects ever to Obtain
matrimonial bliss responded "No.!!
sith falling infection. and in parea
thesis, " Where's the man =
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NOTICE.

NOTICE Is HEHy BY GlvIN THAT Anil
N CATION for PATENTS for To~ o ctt. L.
rirniue at post nssisd No. J.. III ccftsl
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monument no. btsrs 72h dssleu ! y ~
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in the Town Of Bristol, bears \ sob essr"
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7.slc see 30 eost No. the plsce Of ttGii IN :
containing one hundred :nd si,ty seiss, ~ Z.
state Of Nevada N pst be ntGe TO tie ,iass
.isned on OF before the iith ess g isi,?,,.
Laws II sho stats OF Nevada, p. 4is. vi.
SECTION ssss, sct approved February 2oth. i5o
Application must be alsd WITH 4. ,. lis,
Bristol, Eevada.
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D-aa attic a or Gaaard.

MY dear. raid Mrs. Snagss to her
husband. 'what is a canarigo
'Don't ycu know what a cansri ,s."
queried Snaggs. rather sneeriugly; "why
the word itself conveys its own meaning. "
does it! Well. really. l can. ace it.
What dc, IL mean, desr,'
"Why. 4 caasrd is ssnethiag one
canardly believe Of course"
"Oh. 60 be sure. Why couldn't
think Of tha.:'-Exohangs.
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