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The Opelousas courier., 1886-08-28
Facts Don Bells.

The FYeeman's Standard says: "The
nature of the country has much to dc
with the sound of bells. In a billy To-
cality a bell will not be heard half so far
as if the land were level, or nearly so.
A bell will be heard a great deal further
lengthwise of a valley than over the hills
at the sides. Where bell Don arc
lower than the surrounding buildings
and trees, these Instructions break the
sound and prevent its free passage to a.
distance. Towers having small windows
or openings, with The lower boards close
together, often box up the sound. In
cities, the noise of steam and horse cars,
manufacturing establishments, carriage
and carts rafting v the pavements,
ETC., is so great that bells are not ex.
pected to be heard at any considerable
distance, and this is the reason why, in
all cities, several bells are used for fire.
alarm purposes, it being impossible
for one bell, nj matter how large it may
be heard above the thousands and one
noises incident to every large place.
It is said that the largest bell ever made
in this country weighed %, 600 pounds,
and before it was figured hung on the
City Hall, in New York. On one or
ito occasions this bell was heard up the
Hudson River thirteen miles, in the
night, whene+ho city was comparatively
quiet. It is a great mistake to suppose
that bells can be heard in proportion to
their weight-that is, a bell of two thou
sand pounds will be heard twice as far
as one of /, 900 pounds. This is not SO,
for the reason that the larger bell does
not possess anything like twice the reso'
nant surface of the smaller one. What
is gained and admired in the larger bell
is its deep, majestic and digniied tone,
which it is impossible to secure in the
smaller one, the weight of a bell invalia-
bly, governing its tone. A bell Of 100 OF
200 pounds, in an open belfry, on an
engine-house, a schoolhouse or q factory
in the country, is frequently heard at q
long distance, out of proportion, appar-
emily, to one of 1000 pounds il
a church-tower near by; and in.
stances of this kind frequently cause
no little comment in the way Of
comparison. One reason for this is that
The small bell has a sharp, shrill, pene'
trating sound, that must, of necessity, be
heard very much further in proportion t.
its weight, than the low, mellow Church
going sound of the church bell. Th'
same principle applies to the whistle 0
q locomotive, and it is heard a long dis
tanee simply because Its tone is shrill
and penetrating. When hung stationary
and struck or tolled, bells will not b.
heard as q rule, half as far as whel
swung. The swinging motion throw
ND the mouth of the bell
and not only carries the sound of, Blu
imparts to it arichness that is Away
absent when the bell is at rest AM
struck. A great effect is to be gained b.
ringing a bell properly, throwing tn
mouth well up and not lazily jingling it
1t is not physical strength that is re
quired in ringing a bell somuch as '-gei
ting the knack'' of catching the rop
just right particularly on the secon'
ssdown pull.n The windows in the TOW
er should be as open as possible, and th
tower ceiled just above the windows"
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Too Risky.
uorv arn uau Grnith9

Brown-How are you SMITH
snasth-Not very we'll my old trouble
you know.
Brown-Why don't you try DR.. Tonica
I think he could help you.
smith-Dr. Tonicl What do | want
that qnack for?
Brown-Oh you may call him quack
il you choose but you have him once,
and nly word for it, you'll never employ
anybody else.
snith-Thats what ] am afraid Of
Boston Transcript.
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The Department women.

UEGEZ
There are 1000 women in the govern
msnt departments al washington, and
among them are some Of the b~est-looking
ana most intelligent ladies Of the CAPT
a. they come, as 4 rule, from good
Families. Many Of them are the widows
81 noted generals, The daughters q ex-
Governors and exsCongressnaen, and now
lid ghen VIII Will ind the relative of 9
President 81 i cabinet Minister. Many
BIZ Diem have travelled widely and the
ezsat majority ire educated and refined
lsaias. They do all kinds of work and
pceive salaries ranging from s72O 20
$500 4 yeas. As money counters they
s rs.eh mora expert than Gao met, and
rapidity With which they can count
asasanda upon thousands If dollars
hous making ! mistake makes your
Fsin Tarl III you watch them These
Nsasy counters gst about S ! Month,
ad aey connt millions Of ~dollafsgegery
aehs III oaa HUI III oach one oaA tae
iii aTaas pilss d grsenbAcks. doas
Hu packages asy colus from az
rs. Am speaking now e fhe zsaemp'
an sarsaa ii Ma Treasury Abess
sSs oId md dirty Tshs ssrip q
aseana saeh ef leo bilas
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Diamonds.

sssnan diamonds are all the go nov =
said q Maiden lane dealer to q New York
Mailanpd Erpress reporter. Tits strange,
too, because prices have decreased al
most 10 per cent. within q decade. Poo
pie who formerly desired an eight or ten
carat diamond, are content now with q
two carat. Rubies have almost taken
the place Of dianonds-they are moro
valuable, and always ID demand. Because
diamonds are easily initiated many peo-
pie buy the bogus, wear them awhile and
throw them away. They make . great
mistake, for one genuine diamond, i
large enough 70 be Of great value, i an
heirloom worth preserving. The diamond
fields u Africa hare caused prices % go
down.
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Fashion Notes.

Lace mitts are again worn.
Lace mantles are profusely trimmed
with beads.
Egyptian and Oriental lace are used for
t1ounces over colored and white dresses.
Satin duchess skirts are worn with
bodices and draperies of escurial grena-
dine.
Cashmere and camel's hair serge are
serviceable materials for travelling COS
tunes.
Batiste and zephry dresses are trim
med with bands Of white or colored en-
broidery.
Matinees OF lace, lined with colored
silk. are worn with dark silk skirts with
a demi-train.
Lustrous silk-warp white materials are
employed for mourning dresses for IN
formal occasions.
Embroidered Grape, gauze and muslin
are shown in most elaborate designs and
beautiful coloring.
Large buttons are used to trim dress
panels. The rosary beads, now some
what passe, are utilized as buttons.
Brocaded s~ateens, in light colors and
white, have delicate vine, bud and fern
designs in the same color as the ground
Beaded bodices glistening like Lohen-
orin's armour, and made in cuirass form,
are charmingly becoming to divinely tall
beauties.
Lawn and cambria dresses have the
skirts made with narrow founces. with
short drapery in front, that at the back
being pulled.
Coarse meshed nets have large or
small polka dots. They are to be found
II ali the fashionable colors. They are
made up over silk.
Thin black tissues richly embroidered
with iet and lined with some color, as
lilac. mauve, gray o. red, are among the
latest Partisan novelties for mantles.
Beaded passementerie i shown n 9
variety ofrich designs. Diaphanous gal
looms and those Of open work with bead
ID designs are especially effective to-
dress enrichment.
tA%MM&S@ $SE%R& N&## .@ = @&H4&48~ M4AaY -.
a bonnet Of pale faWn-colored Grape
has 4 coronet brin Of dark brown velvet
The trimming consists Of bows Of ganzt
ribbon and tinted carnations. The strings
are of gauze ribbon.
Reception costumes for summer veal
are Of light silks, combined with gulpure
o. Alencon lace, embroidered tulle and
omen work wooden fabrics. Al the &C.
cesgories are ID harmony.
Morning dresses Of yelling, cashmere
albatross Il surah Of delicate colors art
trimmed with lace q ribbon, according
II fancy. Oh some Of these dresses
combination Of ribbons IS used.
Foulards are now shown in 70 great
variety III coloring and designs that the
commend themselves TO every person 2
taste. Their extreme lightness render
them especially attractive for mldsum
rsa@ rssam
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The Paris. Morgue.

During 1885 the number of "recep-
lions" at the morgue in Paris was 1858.
Of these 659 were the bodies of men,
1879 Of women. The busiest month was
August, when the number was 106; the
slackest, February, when it was Al. OF
the 858 bodies, 695 were identified, and
the following is the classification given
nj rrofossions.
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nTEg DEPARTMENT..
! in Life.

rXWRAL E1
sriual occupations of prominent
8 esva been curious and diverse,
m New York World. Maud Gran
s.soy vss Is fond of rolling up her
is svas IS Mary Anderson new is,
sss's y bsr first money by going out by
1870 z ! sewing woman. Jenny Lind
& Mn her mother to keep a board
s.s.,se il sweden. Clara Louise Kel-
''1s ,nether used to give Spiritualistic
800 Il. raise the money to train her
sstsgs voice. Sarah Bernhardt
ssss h~Sttonholes for a little, unfashion-
a,sssraaker in Paris. Rhea was a
sS2.n,.scartm French holden of IA when
!. xrsnt Oh tho stage in the provinces,
was continually in disgrace and
s&a III fines because of her lively be-
sa#ler III rehearsals. There was a
.sSsaa tiger used in the play, a French
rs,raao Of oriental impossibilities, and
sss day at the rehearsal she stole behind
Ehe leading gentleman with the tiger in
ar arms and clapped it on his back in
bs midst Of his most impassioned love
seene. IRE was SO startled he tainted,
snd 81 the books of the Lyons theatre il
ssill ia be seen this entry under the head
Il adnes::o ssMille. Rhea, for frightening
II, Blank with o tiger, 5 francs.
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Tho farmers, in their wamps, were sure,
Could find the roots and plants that cure
re by their knowledge they only knew
For just the disease each one grey; ~
Ifor kidney, liver and bladder compiaintsls
Az on this remedy you can rely,
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The sundry forms of deaths are clas-
sifed as follows: Drowned, 1871; hung,
70; firearms, 1853; sidearms, 81; pois-
oned, 81; ~suffocated, 154; falls from
houses. etc, IS; other causes, So.
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FoR DYSPEPSIA, INDIGESTION, depression of
rpirits, general debility in their various forms,
other intermitten tfevers, the "Ferro-Phosphor-
ated Elixir of CGlisaya,' made by Caswell Haz-
ard & CO., New York, and sold by all Druggists,
IS She best tonic; and for patients recovering
from fever or other sickness it has no equal,
The Opelousas courier., 1886-08-28

lwould have a woman as true as death. Atthe
first real lie, which works from the heart out
ward, she would be tenderly chloroformed into
q better world. where she can have an angel for
a goyerness and feed on strange fruits which
shall rake her all over again. even to her bones
and her marrow.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-08-28

Aaeading citizen of Hagerstown, Md, Mr..
George w. Harris, had suffered for some time
with facial neuralgia and toothache, when he
Tried st. Jacobs Oil, He says: 1T gave me
instantaneous relief, and l consider it a won-
derful remedy"
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There always comes some smooth running to
every skein before oil is done. You mustn't try
to SEQ through, the whole skein or to straighten
1t all out into n single thread before you begin
to wind; tina makes a snarl always. There is
always an end; and it is what you have got to
taxa hOld of. Fl
The Opelousas courier., 1886-08-28

Prof. Chas. P. Williams, Ph. D., Of Philadel-
phia, says there is neither morphia, opium nor
minerals in Red Star Cough Cure. Price,
twenty-five cents a bottle.
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wamar wna pae1or rhelr Ha,r.

A fashionable New York moulste HAS
given q Nail and Express reporter some
points on women d~octoring their hair to
obtain certain effects IN color. Said she:
afWonaeu are blessed with such luxuriant
hirsute adornments they rarely ever be-
come bald. II they did not attempt to
doctor their hair it would never fall out,
nnless some scalp disease caused it. In
nearly every hair store you visit will be
found a hair lotion specially prepared to
do something wonderful either in the
way of producing extraordinary growth
Of changing the color from q sandy to q
golden, or ID desired. Women have q
fondness for experimenting with their
Nan. and cannot resist the temptation to
try Ill the nostrums offered. I say nos
truns; some of the stuff may be good,
used III moderation, but moderation is
rarely observed. Women are all allopa-
thetic Iii hair remedies. ! haze seen
many d beautiful suit of hair ruined BY
applications of lotions. I know q young
married lady who moves IN the highest
circles. She had long, wavy, blonde
hair, tie envy Of ni~ne-tenths Of her
friends. She concluded that she wanted
II j shade lightsr--some q mad told
Her that It would add to its beauty. She
lseoan by rising borax and d lot of pre-
pared stuff, guaranteed BY each person
Who sold ii to do its work efectuallyy
and without harm. Her hair y now an
uely shade Of sorrel and completely dead.
ri Il also much thinner, and will all
come out, I think, IN . few years. Hel
case III but one Of many. At women
would only take into consideration the
TAFT that health, as q rule, gives vitality
u hair they would not use 80 many met
eotual remedies. II Is enough to have
Nee III baldheaded men-may the fe'
males be spared,n
The Opelousas courier., 1886-08-28
There are 100 kinds OF cheese made in Franc

D.. Pierce's "Favorite Prescription is not
extolled as a ''cure-all' but admirably full
fills a singleness of purpose, being a most po-
tent specific in those chronic weaknesses Pc
culiar to women,
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There are innumerable instances where cures have
beeu effected by ScoyILL's SARsAPARILLA, OR BLOOD
AND LIVER SYRUP, for oil diseases Of the blood, when
tn. y had been given over by their physicians. III Is
one of The best remedies ever offered tothe puphc'
and as it is prepare | with the greatest care, as a spe-
ci6c for c. rtain diseases, 1t is no wonder that 1t
should be more e~ffectual than hastily written ana
carelessly prepared prescriptions. Take this meol
cine for all d scr lers arising from impure blood. IL
is endorsed by leading professional men.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-08-28

Bad spelling never Iooks SO bad as it does
ghen on fashionable note paper.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-08-28

GET Lyons Patent Heel Stiffeners applied
to those new boots and they will never run
nvnr
The Opelousas courier., 1886-08-28

Best, easiest to use and cheapest. Piso's
Remedy for Catarrh. By druggists, SOC.
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Lost Faith in Physicians.

In London now a favorite in perfumes is a
heliotrope blanc.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-08-28

III il psoproeed ii France to tax all foreign
residents il. that republic eighteen francs per
annnms
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Making Her Things Last.

make one WGshttgtoR Letter.
Making Her Things Last.
Every heusekeeper knows how careful
treatment keeps table linen and house,
hold furniture. Girls do not always know
or remember that great care of their own
little possessions will often enable them to
dress nicely on very little money. A lady
says: "When I was a girl there was one of
my young friends who was distinguished
for making her things last Her dress,
hats, glov;s and ribbons were a marvel
of durability. / used to wonder how she
managed to make them last so without
their looking shabby, but ] ceased to do
SO after I had visited her at her own
home. The reason why her clothes wore
SO long was that she took such care of
them. Her dresses were brushed and
folded away carefully, and the slightest
spot on them was removed as soon as it
was discovered. Her hat was wrapped
in an old pocket handkerchief, and put
away in a box as soon as done with, the
strings and laces being Strengthened and
rolled out most symmetrically each time,
Her gloves were never folded together.
but were pulled out straight and laid flat
in a box, one upon the other, each time
they were used, the tiniest hole being
mended almost before it had time to show
itself. But the thing that impressd ms
most was the care she bestowed on hel
ribbons. When making up bows SHIT
used to line the upper part of the ribbon
with white paper, and this not only pre-
vented the ribbon from becoming linn
and creased but kept it clean, SO tina
when the bow was soiled on one side sh'
could turn the ribbon, and the part tina
had been covered came out looking ney
and fresh. That girl married and brough
up a large family. Her husband had t,
fight his way, and did SO bravely, ant
was unusually successful, for he becam
wealthy. But his prosperity was du
quite as much to his wife's care and
economy in saving money as was to hi
in making it.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-08-28
..Tuis Can't be Beat.,,

.Collecting dog photographs is the latest
fashionable craze.'
The Opelousas courier., 1886-08-28

No trouble tc swallow Dr.. pierce's pellets.
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Mexican Custom.

When q Mexican lady is widowed
1--we i correspondent Of the Kansas City
Tasr,aaD a family council is Immediately
SEled, her male relatives and those of
aes husband charging themselves with
HE education of her sons and the care of
herself and daughters quite as a matter
If course. Though the widow and her
kroWn-up daughters may be o
pIished as well as poor, nobody dreams
81 the possibility Of their doing anything
toward supporting themselves, and the
proffered aid il calmly accepted as an
hereditary right. Even if the widowed
mother is healthy she can by no mean
Be independent. Custom, which here
rules with iron hand, prescribes that the
nntiro superintendent of her property
and the education of her children shall
Bio delegated-to her male kindred, and
unless she is really an aged woman she
must reside with her relatives. So
thoroughly are Mexican gentlemen i'm
bued with this idea of womanly DEEPEN
acnce that they do not regard the care
pf any number Of bereayed families as an
unjust burden, but, on the contrary,
when q man marries he virtually con-
sracts to befriend all the female kindred
Df his lady love and to provide for them.
Il need be. This sort of knightly
sourtesy makes matrinony q serious mat
Ter, and perhaps accounts for the num-
Der of eligible bachelors with which
Mexico abouuds; but, bandinage apart,
Is beautiful custom, and strong
proof Of the innate chivairy Of Mexican
gentlemen il found in the fact that the
Estates II widows and orphans are in.
gariably administered with scrupuloul
honesty.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-08-28

A steel steamer for Siam is being built at
Wilmington, Del.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-08-28

OF the play-goers Of Paris, 100000 are on thu
free list.
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states where they came from and who
counted them in the country. The young
lady takes this Of, and, m~oistening her
fingers with a wet sponge in front Of her,
she counts the bills like lightning, and if
the package is not right she reports to
the chief, and the banks from which the
bills come must stand the loss. The girls
seldom make a mistake, and if they do
80 Or pass a counterfeit without noting
it they must make the mistake good, and
the amount is taken out of their salary
They can tell, however, a bad bill sim, "
by feeling it, and a bank cashier vii.
make a hundred mistakes where they
make ne.-W Washington Letter.
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Bibb, Gagg, Dodd and Rigg are the monosyl-
'abic names Of four lawyers in Gage Co.. Neb.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-08-28
Ipvaliss, Hotel and Surgical Institute.

1t pays to have enough barn room for all the
pfr,u *
The Opelousas courier., 1886-08-28

r%0ELEcTRlc BELT for KIDNEYS, Pain. Nervous &
Do weak. Bookfree. FLETCHER & co, Cleyeland.0.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-04-17
Plenty of Work TO Do.

United States Marshal Dubois is in
town, but will leave for Blackfoot to-
morrow. He informed an Inter Idaho
reporter to day, that there are forty
polygamists under arrest to be tried at
this term of the District Court for the
Third Judicial District. Court meets on
the 25th instant. before which he must
serve 300 subpenas for jnrymen and
witnesses, and 200 warrants OF arrest.
The business Of the Marshal's Office for
this year Is much greater than Tor any
previous year. principally on account Of
The vigorous prosecutions of polyg-
amists.-IHter-fddh
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-04-17
The Type Writing Girl.

The stenographer is rapidly being
succeeded by the typewriter. says the
Brooklyn Eagle. Men are too clumsy
to acquire great facility at this sort of
work. and it seems especially suited TO
women. The advantages which it pos
sesses over the older fashion is that the
work is finished when the operator has
reached the end. A large element Of
uncertainty enters into life when one
employs a stenographer. With the
type-writing girls it is different. As
rule they are busy copying Supreme
Court papers, which. by the way, they
lay aside without the slightest regret,
and they are apparently the only peo-
pie who look with contempt upon the
Supreme Court. and begin at once 10
prepare for work
The preparation is the longest part OF
il. After a few general remarks about
the weather she removes her rings one
after the other. looks at them carefully,
places them in an orderly row beside
the type writer, pulls a hair-pin out OF
the forward part of her bang, examines
ii and then thrusts il with unqueSion-
ed Delligerence into the back OF her
head. Then she yawns prodiglOusly.
leans back in her chair, and says she IS
ready. When you begin she suddenly
remembers. rises from the machine,
goes TO the washstand, toys with the
faucets for few moments, touches he
end of her fingers 10 the towel, then
comes back by way of the mirror.
Lave become convinced by long ex-
perience that the average typewriter
never really cares TO wash her hand. IL
is a strategic subterfuge for the pur-
pose of affording her an opportunity to
look in the mirror. She returns throws
herself careleSsly into the chair and
briskly puts a sheet OF paper into the
machine. Having done this she with
draws the paper, turns it around and
puts II IN that way. This Is a system
they never depart from under any cir
cumstances. She Is not ready vet,
however. At this point il becomes nee
eSsary To open a small drawer at the
right hand side OF the Typewriter, fish
ont more or less snowy purse glance
critically and somewhat sadly within.
throw the purse back again. and 0riug
forth an in6-eraser. n rubber. fruit
knife. and a hqli-eaten apple or peach.
Some one will probably interrupt her
for quiet chat, and after that. il you
are still there, you viii be thoroughly
started.
Once under way, an expert type
writer is fully as fast As the average
sienographer. and when YOU have I'm
ished debating you may take the man
uscript away with You. ! have obsery-
ed one popularity aoout the female
Typewriter. She never makes mis-
take. 1t Is always the machine. II
she puts sixteen vOwels in the word
through" she first hits the keyboard
then raises the roof OF the
structure, pokes at the type with her
first finger. INDUCES IN some airy cri'i-
cism OF the manufacture. brings the
whole thing together violently again,
and continues TO make the most griey-
Gus and absurd errors with face OF ut
ter satisfaction and unruffied high spir-
its. She eventually marries the man
aging clerk Of the law Office.