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The Opelousas courier., 1886-11-27
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~ was at West Point, q boy OF
twenty" says Confederate Major OBJ.
in the New York Star, "when the wa
Clouds first began to form. l entered
the academy from Florida, and received
my appointment from Senator Jefferson
Davis. My sympathies were all strongly
in favor of the Southern cause. As soor
as the State of South Carolina left the
Union I resigned my position IN the
Military Academy and fastened to
Charleston. I, with SOM others, was
set at work experimenting the building
of breastworks and afterward the mount
ing of cannon upon them. From these
brestworks the first shot was fired upon
Fort Sumpter. After Sumpter was takef
I was attached'to a regiment Of Stone
wall Jackson's' brigade and with MUCK
difficulty joined it. This brigade, form.
ng a part of Lees army, took part In
the march up into Pennsylvania. For a
while, as you know, Lee carried
everything before him. The
Federals were driven back, and most OF
US young men expected at that time tc
conquer the North in a very few months.
The night before we received OH first
repulse I well remember. Our camp wa
well supplied with provisions by oul
foraging parties, and our successes hao
made the future seem bright.
"The song Maryland, My Maryland
had just reached the army, and al
through the camp on this night the re-
frain could be heard. The Federals
were very near us; so near that the pick
cts of the opposing armies could otter
see one another, but the camp of the
enemy was very quiet. Far into the
night our men sang:
'sThe Northern foe is Oh thy shore,
Marylandl my Maryland!
Her torch is at thy temple door,
Maryland my Maryland.
"When the morning dawned thebattle
which was to decide so much begar
again, and we were forced from our pc
sition and obliged to fall back. All day
long the fight was waged, but the Fede
erals were too strong for us.
When camp was pitched on thi
night the Confederate soldiers did no
feel much like singing, and it was TIT
Federals' turn. Again the camps wer'
very near together, and the words o
! many of the Northern songs came yer.
distinctly to us. The Star Spanglec
Banner, > America, John Browns Body,
and many others were sung. There wa
q silence for some time, and then, to GU
intense disgust, we heard our own ne
song sung in this way:
"0hl Beauregard and Longstreet, Leel
Marylaudl my Maryland!
And Stonewall Jackson, where is he?
Marylandl my Marylandl
Their coat tails streaming in the breeze
Is all the loyal soldier sees.
Far better that than adjoining trees!
Maryland! my Maryland!
'Our men were too disguised and tiree
to reply, and after that night we bega
our long retreat, and the two camps wer
never again very close together"
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wat she ,eas Ths,ssetng about.

F s. ~ tt1BV otO s1eS0
He was rather sentimental, and he and
his friend were in the park. A it'll,
way off two ladies were seated. One O
them was very peDsiye and extremely
pretty. She was resting her cheek on
her hand, and her eyes were full Of far
off contemplation.
s.she is pretty. isn't she2n said he
ssBy Jove, I'm falling IN love with tina
rirl. / wonder who the fellow 10 She
thinking abouta / say, wouldn't it b
pleasant to think a pretty girl like tina
could sit and dream about you as she
dreaming about sombody2 Let's wall
past and look at her.
s. they walked slowly past. T,'
maiden visa still wrapt in contemplation
and as they passed, her companion said
quite distinctly:
eNow, Emily. this is all foolishnesa
Let's go IN to Dr., and let him TAX
the tooth out. n-san H'aaeisco Chr0asch
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Care of the Teeth.

The teeth should be brushed twice a
day. The proper time for this is on
rising in the morning and on retiring at
night. In the morning q wash may be
used. Brush gently over the crowns OF
the teeth. This removes any mucus that
has collected during the night, and leaves
the mouth in a refreshed condition. Just
before retiring a tooth powder should be
employed. and particles of food that
have lodged between the teeth removed,
which, when left for several hours, result
in the fermentation of an acid, which
causes softening of the tooth structure,
and thus promotes decay. After eating,
a quill toothpick ard 1oss-silk should be
used for removing the debris.
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Letters and Numbers.

The Greeks used the letters of the
alphabet for numerals. The cumbersome
system used by the Romans, and called
after them, consisted of strokes q II
Ill : 1III to indicate the four fingers,
and two strokes joined () to represent
the hand, or five fingers. Ten was a
picture of two hands, or two VS. O.
But when the Romans and Greeks work
ed at the higher mathematics or attempt
ed hard sums in arithmetic, they are much
more likely to have used letters, in order
to avoid the clumsiness Of these numerals
in other words, they used what looked
like q kind of algebra. We know that
they tried to simplify the Roman nu
merals at Rome by making four and nine
with three strokes instead of four, by
placing an / before the v and an ] before
the x NV and IX).
Our use of the numerals which we call
arabic is comparatively recent, and il
is believed that the Arabs got these mum
bers from India several centuries aftel
the Koran was written, or about eight
hundred years after Christ.
Whether the Indian numerals were
originally part of some ancient alphabet,
or a series of shortened signs originally
somewhat like the Roman numerals that
" ~ri - Eh@ 4#a
we still use, is not really decided.
The numbers used by the people oil
India who wrote in Sanskrit were very
like the figures 1, 2, 8, 4, 5, 6, Z, 9. 9,
and 0, that we use to-day. Even closer
resembiances will be found If one goe'
back to the earliest forms of our numer'
ais; for, during the last thousand years,
our numbers have undergone some slight
changes. Together with these numerals
the Arabs learned from India how to d.
sums by algebra. For algebra, though
an Arabic word, is a science OF which
the Arabs were ignorant before the.
reached India.
IL may be said that the invention 9
these numerals and of algebra for tn
| higher mathematics stamps the old Hin
docs as one of the most wonderful race
Of the world.-H. Nicholas.
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shawls with tinssl and colored stripes

Shawls with tinsel and colored stps pes
are in all tints.
Faille has bars of music in plush in
the chromatic scale.
Wide scarfs Of India null, edged WITH
lace, are used as tiehus.
Watered silk and camel's hair are q
fashionable combination.
Skirts of crocheted silk are worn over
surah of contrasting colors.
Silk gloves are deliberately embroidered
the entire length of the arm.
Danish cloth is shown with printed de.
signs as well as in plain colors.
Ribbon continues in high favor as al
accessory OF day and evening dresses.
Silk gloves have chenille figures in
bright colors embroidered ON the arm.
Black fans edged with Chantilly
lace are covered with tiny gold spangles
Striped surah if made up with lac,
plastrons and tabliers and velvet finish.
ings.
Dog collars of beads of every decrip
ton have pendants and epaulets to cor
respond.
Invisible nets, point d'esprit ant
halines gauze are used for wells witt
bonnets and hats.
Crepe ruching, arranged in shell
forms, is in all the evening c%olors, and
also in dark red and yellow.
Null fichus in blue and gray ar
knottcd about the throat when dus
renders travelling troublesome.
Some of the French bridal robe.
have the front of the petticoat and trail
Of brocaded silk outlined with silvel
thread.
Z Overdresses of black silk are worl
over white watered silk skirts, borderet
with black velvet covered with passe
menterie.
Gauze fans in all colors are painted
with bird and flower f%ancies, and tn
edgeis cut out following the contour 0
the design.
Crepe de chine continues in favor witt
women who are we'll dressed. and it viii
be largely used for oyerdresses with silk
and velvet skirts.
Cream crepe lisse ruching is two row
deep, each row bordered with steel o.
garnet beads with bosses to correspond
ct intervals below the border.
Partisan brides are discarding the
costly but unbecoming lace veil for the
airy tulle, which envelopes the fgur
with delicate cloud-like effect.
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A Translation.

The familiar hymn, 81 was a wandering
sheep, I did not love the fold," has been
translated into Armenian, and the
children of . school in ~Constantinople
are fond OF singing it for travellers who
look in upon them. The teacher, an
Armenian, who knew but very lttis
English, was not aware that it was
translation from that language, so, whel
an American visitor asked him what thu
children were singing, he betook himsel
to the dictionary and emerged, after
long search, with the information tina
the first line of the hymn meant, 81 wa
a misled mutton"
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when we Demorni,ze tn, s~tou,acI,

By excuses or imprudence in eating, we cam
not hope to escape the consequences for any
tion must succumb to abuses of that important
function. But supposing that we have been
foolish enough to enfeeble the stomach, is the
damage irreparable? By no means. The dys-
pcptic has only to do two things to insure his
ultimate recovery. First, he should adopt an
easily digested diet. Second, he should use
Stomach Bitters, the leading gastric invigorant
eff the age. The multiform symptoms of dys-
pepsia, and the almost invariably attendant dis
suredly cease to prosecute the sufferer if the
above advice is attended to. Who that has
suffered the tormentS that chronic indigestion
infiicts will neglect to take advantage Of a
| remedy which, if the most positive evidence of
the medical profession and the public is to be
! received with due credence, is an absolute
specific for the complaint.
An English firm has at last succeeded in
| making a colored water mark.
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No Tt.o,.Me.

DO you have much trouble in getting
your children To take medicine2n said
Mrs. Green, addressing Mrs. Black.
None at ALL
How do you manage itao
well, for instance, when I want my
boy to take castor oil, Ipour the oil into
q glass and say, Here, Tom, drink this.
but You needn't ask for any more Then
be drinks II with apparent relish, believ-
ing that I ana not anxious for him to take
it. BE always asks for more. Oh, no.
ii ii no trouble 81 get my childrentota take
Hnadicine. -Aykansas1 Traveler.
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LADIES DEPARTMENT..
The Persian women.

Many of the Persian middle-class
women are highly educated according to
Oriental ideas. They read and often
write poetry; they sing and PLAY, as a
rule, we'll, and are mistresses Of all the
arts of plain and fancy needlework; cook
ing is a second nature to them; pastry
making and confectionery are among
their pleasures. The accomplishments
of the poor ones arc naturally Of a more
useful kind. They arc good cooks and
bread bakers; they make the clothes OF
the entire household they often are able
to add largely to the daily income by
their knowledge Of some trade Or bust
ness, and mono of them are idle.
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a Turki.h Isrido,s nathroom.

Tic BATH is a large, square room. 1t
IS paved with marble or stones. 1t is air
tight. In 1T there are fountains attached
10 the walls. They furnish cold and hot
water. Under those fountains there are
small basins about fifteen inches wide
and ten inches deep. These are fixed at
about half a yard above the floor. The
basins are filled with water, the degree
Of whose heat is regulated at will. The
bather seats herself on the floor by the
basin and the servant washes her, soap
ing and lathering her head and then her
body, pouring the water from the basin
over the head and rinsing off the snowy
suds. If in . festive mood, the younger
females play the Naiad, and, not infre-
quently, throw water about, over them
selves and others, with a hilarity belong
ing to youth in its sportiye morning.
Hon. s. s. Coz.
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Photooyaphsng from a Balloon.

EE45#
From a paper in the Century we quot.
as follows: seThe mountains crossed il
this delightfully."- easy manner, we wert
over the town of Bloomfield; and an ex
posure was made on what seemed to III .
fine type of the better class of New Eng.
land homestead, which, with its large
fields, trim fences, and ample buildings,
was directly below us. This view, taker
at the height of n mile. is wonderfully
distinct, when we consider the distance
of the objects from the camera, the con.
ditions necessary to the taking OF an In,
Simultaneous picture, and our very un.
steady support. The stone and raj
fences, bounding the fields of all sizei
and shapes are shown with great sharp.
ness. The pasture, meadow, and cult.
waited land are plainly indicated; alst
the curiously regular arrangement of thu
crops. The trim and regular appearance
of the orchards is well contrasted with
the variety and freedom of growth il
the woodland; and the Photographic
effect Of the autumnal colors il indicated
by the foliage Of q group of white
birches near the centre Of the view, q
contrasted with the dark, unchanged
green Of the orchards.
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Natures Secret.

Where the diamond comes from no.
body knows. You can nc more predict
the existence of diamonds than you car
the existence of genius, though, to be
sure, all diamond fields, to a certain
extent, resemble each other; and all,
borrowing as they do their light from
-: = y5enly in warm elm.
ates, say, fo
August. il 4eangasu tel. where thu
diamcak goes to on combustion. Burr
nd it leaves no ash; the flame ii
Exterior, like that of a cork, and wher
it has blazed itself out there remains
not even so much as would dust tht
antenna of a butterfly. If man has hi
mysteries, his strange conversions, his go
ing in a sinner, his coming out a saint, SO,
too, has nature. The philosophers stone il
formed of the vilest materials, and tbs
chimney sweep is covered with that
which, under happier auspices, would b.
Jewels. This mysterious process of crys.
talization places between two bodies Of
the same nature a greater difference
than between bodies differently com
posed. And yet not SO great a myster!
either, Tor every year a process is dis
covered for making diamonds-only,
somehow, the diamonds are never made.
or, at the best, so microscopic and a
such an enormous expense, that the,
are absolutely useless, except to gum Oh
cards at the British museum. Il
France they say a solution of phosphor
us in sulphuret of carbon yields min
ute diamonds; but that these things ar
better managed there than here has beel
long allowed.
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DRY Weather.

Iowa man-TaIking about dry weather
why it's an actual fact chat in Iowa tn,
watermelons haven't 4 drop in 'em--hay,
to be soaked before we can market lem
Nebraska man-shouldn't be surprised
wish ron could have been with me on
ride i took during the heated term.
ssHot, chr
well, Idiln't feel It ~ much, but
was such i pretty sight e sec rhe cor
hopping il ths 6elds.n-omuh0 Word
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A woman,s Courage at Sea.

-- ~ 49, SOSe
Captain Wallace's niece, a young En-
glish girl, married a ~sea-captaln and went
in his sailing vessel with her husband,
visiting many countries with him. On
her first trip, when she was yet a young
bride, there was q mutiny, and her hus-
band was wounded or knocked senseless
in his cabin. The sailors were about to
spring down the companion-way into the
cabin, when the young woman barred
the way, pistol in hand. and promised to
shoot. the first man who moved towards
her. She held them thus at bay till
wrath burned out, and the mutiny wa at
an end.
On the next voyage they were ship
wrecked, and this braye-hearted girl,
with her young baby, was dashed in the
rigging, aad remained there for several
days before they were rescued. They
had nothing to eat, and the mothers ma
tural food for her child was exhausted.
BY some means q can Of meat was tished
up from the ship, and the child fed on
this until il wa all gone, and the little
one about to starve. But the mother put
her teeth into her hand, between the
thumb and fore-fngcr, and bit a cash
into her own flesh, from which the blood
flowed. The child sucked this, and that
night the almost dying crew and the
brave sailor-wife were rescued. -NeU Or
leans Picayune.
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Loving Counsel

Do not be unkind to your daughters If
their conduct seems silly and 1mpEudent.
They do not know, in their innocence,
how men of the world look at things, and
need loving counsel and wise, gentle
words to make them avoid even the APP
pearance of evil.
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i. The editor of the Corsicana, Tex, Observer,
Mr.. G. P. Miller, had q severe attack of rheu-
matism in his left knee, which became so
swollen and painful that he could not walk up
the stairs. He writes that after a few applica-
tions of st. Jacobs OIL, the pain entirely disap-
peared, and tho knee assumed its normal pro-
portions,
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Tho farmers. in their swamps, we're sure,
Could find the roots and plants that cure
If by their knowledge they only knew
Take courage now and "Swarap-Root' try
for kidney, liver and bladder complaints).
As on this remedy you can relys
The Opelousas courier., 1886-11-27

1t is said that gasoline is a sure cure for Car
net bugs. We guess it is, especially if a light
ed match or a lamp is around-burn up carpet
bugs, carpets. house. and all, the same as a
dose of arsenic will cure the collie and kill The
patient.-GeneUG Advertiser.
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Last Saturday a colored girl of this city swal,
and went to a doctor for relief. He told her 1t
would do no harm. She departed with a broad
grin on her ebony cheeks, and said: "l'sc q
Quarter in."-PUrt JerCis Gazette
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summer coughs and colds generally come to
stay, but the use of Red Star Cough cure in
variably drives them away. Safe. prompt,
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Anew words to wives.

Encourage strict confidence with your
husband; withhold nothing from him,
and be patient in hearing all he would
confde TO you, that he may always fly
to you as his counsellor and best friend.
Be punctual to a second in all engage
ments with your husband an6l he will be
the same with you, and in thus doing
you will avoid much that is unpleasant.
Practice economy in taking care Of
what you have, keeping a strict account
of what you spend, buying nothing but
whatyou pay for Immediately, and max
ing your account of each months ex-
penses show you have more. than you
have spent. This is a great way to win
aman,s respect, to make him think he
has d little savings bank upon which he
can rely in time of sickness and financial
difficulty.
Rue only by love. Strive to call out
the best feelings Of your husbands ma
lure with continual loving attentions,
which, though they may be small in
themselves, make such q strong chain
around his heart Ia time that he cannot
turn caralessly aside fromyou.
Go out always with your husband, but
manage to make home 8 attractive that
be finds'no place I dear.
Dress better for your husband than for
any one else. Take a pride in his APP
pearance that be may judge your heart
by bis own. Never allow him to see you
slatternIy attired. Even be tasty in q
kitchen dress or looking pretty over 9
kitchen board.
Be strong in your discrimination never
to gossip to harshly criticise. Nothing
men so much despise as gossip; nothing
makes d woman rise SO much in q good
mans estimation as to see her charitable,
particularly with her own sex. sFoH
large charity does never sell, but only
Whitens soft white hands.
Put down your book when your hr1s-
band enters the room and interest your
self in whatever pleases him, seeking also
To bring him over to your tastes. TT
for mutual concessions, else You may
travel different roads.
Never bother your husband about ths
servants. Cast aside disagreeable topics
WMI&rAFI# &A-.%
when lie returns from business. Civ
your orders to your servants kindly bu
firmly, exacting obedience, yet showing
them the encouragemento Of consideration
when II Is in your power.
NRIf more mothers gave one tenth goos
adv.ce To nine-tenths wedding outii
there'd be fewer th~oughtIess marriages
And better yet, # every mother made !
q point to follow these rules as closet
herself as she would like to see her daugh
ter do, girls would look longer for goo
men like their fathers and try harder :
be good wonen like their mothers.-As
Kork Graphic.
Fasason Notes.
Gauze shawls havs rise stripes 9
eolors.
Hs~avn sackats Al heads have dee
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British Columbia.s coast is at once te
be made defensible BY forts 1t Vancouves
and otsacr points.
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A Remarkable Cure Of Scroftln.
william s. Baker, OF Lewis, YcSo County, IND,
writes as follows my son was takca with scrofuia
In the hip when only two years Cd. We tried several
physicians, but the boy got no relief from their treat
ment. Noticing your ScovILL's SARsAPARILLA AEn
STuJyssIA. OR BLOOD AND LIyER SYRUP. recommend.
ed so highly, / bought some of 1t Of youth the year
1852, and continued taking 1t TIL the sore finally
healed M, He is now q years Of age, and, being sat
ished that your medicine did him SO much good When
he used It, we want to try again in another case, and
write to you to get some motc."
ssTickled by a straw''--A woman with y new
bonnet or a man with a shorty cobler.
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c-.v 4, candy boards are coIcred brown OF
nIssE IN Buckingham's dyefor the whiskers;
one bottle OF Ayers Agus Cure Wih eEaaa'
cate malarial poisons from the sysesAa.
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.CHAPPEp HANDS, face, pimples and rough
skin cured by using Juniper Tar Soap, made By
Caswell. Hazard & Co.. New York.
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The purest, sweetest and best Cod Liver OH
In the world, manufactured from fresh, health
livers, upon the seashore. 1t is absolutely pure
and sweet. Patients who have once taken it
prefer it to all others. Physicians have de-
cided it superior to any of the other oils in
% aS dkpHhturaffa-RjRrrs@JANf Hazard g. Co., New
The Opelousas courier., 1886-11-27

The best cough Medicine is Piso's Cue for
Consumption. Sold everywhere. Csc.
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The great success of many agents employed
by B. f. johnson & Co., of Richmond, is q
pretty good evidence of the excellence and
popularity ofthe books they offer to sell through
their agents. This is a reliable house, and any
contract made with them you can depend on
will be faithfully carried out.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-11-27

STRAIGHTEN your old boots anc shoes with
Lyons Heel Stiffeners. and wear them again.
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A Remarkable Cure of scroftln.

BY the decision of a Philadelphia Dogberr
the ink eraser is o deadly weapon.
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A girl baby at Akron, Ohio, has her ears or
the lower jaw, near the mouth.
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Fashson Notes.

Ganze shawls havs rise stripes Of
eol0rs.
Figaro jackets 81 beads have deep
epauless.
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An English firm has at last succeeded in
max ing a colored water mark.
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eAMaaaam Habit Cured. Treatment sent on trial.
UP8a HUMASE REMEDY Co.. LAFAYETTE, Ind.