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Fashion Notes.

A revival of paniers is threatened.
Pinked edges are the latest fancy on
tailor gowns.
Plain silk, black silks especially, are
in high favor.
Gloves are worn as long as ever with
evening toilets.
In spite of the incongruity, narrow
fur bands are usel to trim house and
evening dresses.
Shot silks in twilled surah are very
stylish when of dark colorings, and are
combined with plain cloths.
Little girls hats and boaaet' are
comically like those Of their mothers
and older sisters this season.
Coral is comiag again into vogue and
the jewellers arc taking out their old
stock put by for many a day.
MORE is used on velvet or plush and
is seen in such combination in many
stylish costumes imported this season.
A velvet peasant waist, of the same
color of a ball gown Of yelling adds
much to iA dressy effect at q very small
cost.
Delicate tints Of Nile green, electric
blue, heliotropc and apricot are IN high
favor for dresses Of tulle, lace, gauze, or
crepe.
The hat or toque is always of the
am material as the tailor-made costume
and is mads in fine folds over the
Gown.
Some of the newest Parisian colors
are Chartrcuse green, pale apricot, Per
sian red, bebe blue, Russiln green and
Roman rcd.
Fancy shoulder capes of colored plush
or velvet are very stylish, and are seen
in the most elegant costumes as o com
Portable and dressy adjunct.
There is no pretti.r purity dress for q
very young girl than oae Of yelling,
white or tinted, trimmed with cascades
Of soh lace and fots of ribbon.
White laay's cloth, white camcls
hair, white serge, and white yelling
are the preferred fabrics for the frocks
of little girls who t.ke part il bridal
professions, but white India and China
silks are also used for this purpose, and
tinted frocks, in evening coos, are also
worn.
Bonnet frames arc 50 GOV. red with
velvet, put on in loose, uneven pleats
and folds as to need but little Other
trimming, the velvet frequently forming
high ~conical points above thu forehead;
then with the addition Of a Few curled
cocks feathers among these velvet
POINTS, and two or three loops Of ribbon
on one side and an ornament on the
other. the bonnet il male.
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, 539

EH4A 50 =
a celebrated physician has remarked
that every house ought to be pulled
down at the end of tic sixtieth year, as
it has by that8ime ABSORBED all the dis
ease of those who have lived IA i, be-
licving that wood and plaster absorb
gases, foul air and feverish civilizations
ne readily az milk or water does. But ~
ii il not practicable 70 tear down houses
every half century 81 50, il = to PC col-
sidered il all the wood used in their an
terror construction, ind all the plain
surfaces Of plasteIBshould not be 50 thor
oughly oiled o. varnisheafha the pow
er Of obsorption should be almost entire
II destroyed, and the character thus 90
changed that destruction would 70 Ion
uer be- desirable. Bostoa Advertiser
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The FIRST Secretary of Congress.

John Adams records in hi, diary, on
the day after his arrival in Philadelphia
as a delegate to the first Continental
Congress: ''ca2I.Ied at Mr.. Mifiia's, a
grand, spacious and elegant house.
There we hal much conversation with
Mr.: Charles Thomioa, who is the Sam
Adams OF Philadelphia, the life of the
cause of liberty .
Six days later, the delegates marched
to Carpenters Hall, inspected it, agreed
that it would serve the purpose, and
helped themselves to seats. Psyton
Randolph, Of Virginia, was unanimously
elected president, and Charles Thomson
secretary.
Thomson was not present. for he was
not a delegate; and the doorkeeper was
sent to find him and to say that the Con-
gress desired his immediate attendance.
After the Congress had got through the
routine Of organization, the doorkeeper
returned, escorting Mr.. Thomson, who,
walking up the aisle, stopped IN front
of the president and said, with a bow:
sMr President, Iawait your pleasure.
ssCongress desires the favor of you,
sir, to take their minutes, I replied Pres
ident Randolph
With a bow, Mr.. Thomson signifed
his acq~uiescence, and without q word
took his seat at his desk, and began to
record the proceedings of that famous,
practical and sober-minded assemblage
Of lawyers, politicians and men Of bus
mess.
This modest and quiet beginning was
an earnest of the valuable services which.
for fifteen years, Mr.. Thomas rendered
to the Congress Of the Confederation.
He was BIZ birth an Irishman, but had
left His native land when only eleven
years Of age. By education BE became
i scholar and made i translation Of that
GEEK Version Of the Old Testament
which Il known Is the Septuagint, which
Was published ii four volumes IN 1903
Youths Companion.
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served her beauty. What dill she doYl
! don't knew that ! can recount all, but
| remember her telling me

served her beauty. What dill she do9
Idon't knew that / can recount all Int
| renemberh her telling me she took d
sponge bath every morning.; was par
ticular about the ventilatio, of her.
apartments; took long walks when she
could; ate but little meat, much fruit
and cereals whenever she could get
them. Another thing she did which
she tried without success ITO get
me to do, she drank her coffee. without
milk or cream diluted with water.
The reason she took her coffee SO was
because her physicians told her it was
healthier to drink it in this way.
Whether the practice added to her per
sonal charms or not L don't know. On
the whole she was certainly repaid for
systematic habits, and as certainly
there was nothing arduous about the
the performance of them. Nor was
there anything bizarre about them as
it seems to me there is about the fol-
lowing account I read Of a Chicago
belle: ITO keep the suppleness of her
figure she stands one hour daily, fifteen
minutes at a time with her hands on her
hips before a long mirror, and bending
her knees out from each other she sinks
slowly down to the floor as low as posi-
Bile, then as slowly uprising, meantime
moving her arms IN any direction to
their utmost length, out or UP, forward
or back, until when she stands erect
they are ready to be played on her hips
again.
Zach movement is repeated, every
time a little accelerated, until at the
end of thirteen minutes it is done quickly,
and q fine color is in her check. She
then lies down ON a perfectly fiat couch,
without a pillow, until her breath comes
smooth and regular, as it will in the two
minutes left in her quarter of an hour.
When she plays a good deal of tennis
she cuts down her exercising onc-half."
Of course. the benefit to be derived from
this procedure is not to be questioned,
whatever may be thought of it besides.
1t is easy to see her whole body thus re-
ceives good exercise, adding to the
grace of her own form, identifying her
complexion, and making her stronger
and healthier. -San Francisco Post.
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Recipes.

DREAMED ONIONS. -Parboil the onions,
throw off the water, add moro and cook
until they fall to pieces. Pour off the
water and stir in a teacupful of cream, a
tablespoonful of butter, pepper and salt
to taste.
JowL WITH spINAcH.-Wash a corned
pigs check in three or four waters. Put
into a pot and cover with cold water.
Let if boil slowly two and a half hours.
Send it to table on a dish of boiled
spinach that his not been cut fine.
RICE CRoQUETTEs. Was half q pint
of rice. Boil it thirty minutes in a pint
of milk. Beat into it two ounces each
of sugar and butter. Allow it to cool a
little and add the beaten yolks of two
eggs. If too stiff adj a little cold
milk. Place it in an Iebox to become
cold. Then roll it into cones. Dip them
in beaten eggs, roll in bread crumbs,
and fry as you would doughnuts.
OxTA1L SoUP.--Cut the tail IN seven
or eight pieces aid fry brown in butter;
slice three onions and three carrots,
fry them in the pan after removing the
o~xtaiI; place the onions and carrots,
after frying, in a cotton bag, tyith a
bunch of thyme; drop it into a soup pot
with the oxtail, cut up two pounds of
lean beef, crate owe it two carrots,
place it in the pot; adj four quarts of
water, some pepper and salt, boil five or
six hours; strain it, thicken with a very
little -four, boil ten minutes longer and
serve hot.
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Hence, the force ofthe following voluntary let
ter, which, is based upon the conscientious con-
viction formed from the long and cautious
experience of leading drug house of Boston,
represents in every line a most IMPORTANT
and valued revelation: Boston July II.
1SS7.-The Charles A. Vogeler Co.-Gentle-
men: Many preparations are placed before
the public, and for a time at least they have
a large but temporary salc-large, because of
the extensive advertising; temporary as the
suffering class soon realize that the com
pound possesses but little merit. Not SO with
st. Jacobs Oil. Its success has been constant
from the start, and to-day we regard it rs one
of those standard remedies that our trade
consider as absolutely essential to always
carry III their stock. Personal experience
and the good words Of the druggists OF New
England all tend to prove that each year will
add to its sale and we'll deserved popularity.
Signed, Doolittle & Smith," Taking the
many cases Of cure, published by the pro-
prietors, examples arc given of its unvarying
effects in the worst chronic cases, and there
is nothing in trade which can approach its
efficacy.
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Sv mining for Ghls.

HFsZMaaH
Miss Emily Faithful writes thus: A
Swedish friend once told me that in
Sweden If a lady cannot swim she is at
Gree suspected Of exceptional delGacy of
constitIion,just as we should credit an
English girl with some special weakness
if VIC heard she could not walk, and she
said that in almost every city there was
an excellent arrangement for open air
swimming. Ishould like to see the
matter taken up moro keenly by our
Board schools. The physical power of
pod children is terribly drained by inn
pure air and uaclean dwellings, and
scant, ill-prepared food. Bathing would
certainly prove of great advantage
ia the development of their bodies.
A remember hearing I'm anecdote from q
Eell-known clergyman in the Midlands
who has done much to promote the
physical ID we'll as the moral well-being
BIZ tho poor in this district, which Is
worth repaatIfg. He always treated
Ri choir boys to a weekly bath, and
asking the mother of an absentee the
cause Of his non-appearaace, she replied
she had forbidden her son to go be-
cause she could net satisfy him with
bread afterward5-aIt male him so
hungry Nothing5s more invigorating
" tho health than swimming. Herald
NJ Health.
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MISS winslow snubbed the Prince.

The only snub the Prince of Wales
ever received at Homburg was admin
stercd by an American girl in such o
manner as to take the breath,away from
her mother, writes a London CORE
spondent of the Chicago News. It was
The season the prince fell on the salon
door with Miss Winslow while
Waiting. He had ver-charged
himself with wine at dinner. Pres
entity be caught sight of the South
era girl, distinguished looking, hand
soenc and ~passionately fond of dancing,
who had, some days previous, been in
troduced to him. He despatched an
equerry to summon her for a waltz. On
Tie instant, and while her mother was
umbfounded for a suitable reply, she
said:
AConvey my regrets to his Royal
Hirhness, and inform him that I shall
dance no more this season."
aBut you forget, Miss Wins!ow," con-
tinucd the e~missary, "that this is a
royal command"
"And you forget, sir, thateI am an
American, and am not accustomed to
obeying royal commands.
Ait this the equerry van shed, and the
young lady's mother recovered her
breath. The plucky southerner kept
her word by abstaining from dancing
the remainder of the season.
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Justice for Sewing Women.

aHHI@
There has been material change in the
condition of tho working woman since
Tom Hood wrote .'Thc Song of the
Shirt YET, SO far as the seamstrcss in
the large city il concerned, the change
has wrought little good. Her life is still
that of d slave. She tolls from dawn till
late " night, pauslng at MONDAY tor 9
crust. Her employer pays her wages
Just sufficient to waod off starvation. He
griuds her to the last penny, imposing
lines for poor sewing, whom in fact the
sewing is excellent. But the poor Wo-
mar dares not defend herself. She must
take her pittanco and 60. It is better
than nothing.
ln no other branch of industry il labor
% oppressed. IN 10 other are the gains
q the employer more directly or more
brutality the result Of violent theft. The
benefit Of having his work done cheaply
y 4 benefit only to his own purse. He
does not share his stealings with the
pusaic. Tho public would not thank
him 70 Do %. II Is beginning to cianaor
siog justiee the oppressed women, not
aot from imposition upon itself, but
iEom imposition upon the ome Per-
haps aday 81 reckoning Il nearer than
y seems. Even the timid women are
beginning to organize, and, stimulated
hy 4 few bold leaders, preparing to have
WHAT'S dus They only ask what they
earn and the right to live.
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One Little Drawback.

Er-EZEz#H -EEE-ErE. - a. lfas.z
ayes said the young lady's ma to
Il sutton for her daughters hand, 81
III my consent, and l hope you will be
happy. lhavo given a care
iii training, and you will find her pro-
acient in all domestic duties"
II have no doubt of it, no doubt of
III said the delighted youth, enthusi-
s~stically, emo doubt of it whatever.
Lizzie is a jewel, a darling, she will be
an excellent housekeeper." IN
s.she will. There is oaly one thing 1
think of that she won't be able to do,
Cut you won't fad it out till after the
honeymoon"
"What is that?"
aCook as well as your mother. -
Boston Courier.
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Too Mistrustful.

"What luck did you have at the
farm house," asked one tramp Of an
other.
aNone at all. The woman was too
blamed mistrustful."
"How was that?"
"When I asked her for something to
eat she asked me if I could saw wood.
l told her [ could"
eyes; what then?"
"Why, I'll be dog goned if she didn't
want me to prove it" - er hant
Tydpe1eT-
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IT is stated that the largest tree in
California is to be found in Tulare
County. It is 450 feet high, and the
trunk is 1873 feet in circumference. To
comprehend the size of this tree, one
has only to reflect that o building
forty-fve feet square could be set Oh
the butt for a foundation, if the tree
were cut down, and not project over
the sides. "Ihe Father Of the Forest"
seems to be a fitting name for such o
monster.c
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LADIES, DEPARTMENT..
The Bustse Doomed.

The collapse Of the hustle is impend-
~ Mrs. Sherwood writes from Paris.
,bat eight lacing, large bustles and the
b;0b hat. are doomed" and .'Madge".
wT;ses from London that ssthe hump at
ss5a lack Of dresses is. fast diminishing,
snasthe protuberances are only worn by
sbo scFt of women who love exaggera-
s;on ID dress, and always cling fondly
4 a5surditics and eccentricities, seeing
III tbeul their only chance to be what
shsy, call stylish"
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with poor appetite, and perhaps slight cough
in morning, or on first lying down at night,
should be looked to in time. Persons afflicted
scious of their real state. Most cases C M
mence with disordered liver, leading to bad di-
g~estion and imperfect assimilation of food
hence the emaciation, or wasting of the flesh. lG
is a form Of scrofu.ous disease, and is durable
by the use Of that greatest of all blood-cleans-
ing, anti-bilious and invigorating compounds,
nnYerv
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inc we might also say-time and pain as well,
in our advice to good housekeepers and ladies
generally. The great neces lty existing al
ways to have a perfectly safe remedy conven-
lent for the relief and prompt cure of the all
ments peculiar to woman-functional irregu-
larity, constant pains and all the symptoms
attendant upon uteris, tdis riders induce US
to recomm nd s%tronglyys ddd unqualified = Or;
fir l. It will savepfoney.
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that I have q positive refledy for the above
named disease. By its timely use thousands of
hopeless cases have been permanently cured. !
FREE to any of your readers who have con
sumption if they will send me their Express
and P. O. address. Respectfully,
Z, A. SLOCUM, NC. ISL Pear St.. N. y.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-01-28

If afflicted with sore eyes use DR. Isaac Thomp-
sons Eye.water. Druggists sell at 25c. per bottle
The Opelousas courier., 1888-01-28

BY, By n Z gss, Sfss %s s5s ttsr d ia s, an INSTRUMENT IN Estnsrt
ticulars address City Hall Pharmacy, 264
B'way, New York. Free pamphlet.
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Many imitaters, but no equal, has DR.. sage's
Ca arrh Remedy.
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HOW THEY FALL BEHIND.

There is really no
profit .in 0
lmendingth worth
less, for the reac-
ton in the minds
of those who buy
and are deceived is
p~ointedly against
everything sold by
such n n aan
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Do you feel dull, languid, low-spirited, life.
less, and indescribably miserable, both physi-
cally and mentally; experience & sense of
fullness or bloating after eating, or OF gone
ness or emptiness of stomach in the morn
ing, tongue coated, bitter or bad taste in
mouth. irregular appetite, dizziness, frequent
headaches, blurred eyesight, floating specks"
before the eyes, nervous prostitution or ex-
haustion, irritability of temper, hot fushes,
alternating with chilly sensations, sharp,
biting, transient pains here and there, cold
feet, droWsinesS after meals, Wakefulness. or
disturbed nDunrefreshing sleep, constant,
indescribable feeling of dread, or of ilnpend-
ing calamity
If you have all, or any considerable number
of these symptoms, you are suffering from
that most common of American maladies-
Bilious Dyspepsia, Or Torpid Liver, associated
with Dyspepsia, or Indigestion. The more
greater the number and diversity of symp-
toms. No matter what stage it has reached,
DIR. Fiercess Colder Medical Discovery
will subdue it, if taken according to direc-
tons for q reasonable length of time. If not
cured, complications multiply and Consump-
ton Of the Lungs, Skin Diseases, Heart Disease,
Rheumatism, Kidney Disease, or other grave
maladies are quite liable to set in and, sooner
or later, induce a fatal termination.
Efr. Fiercess Golden Medical Dis.
cOVery acts powerfully upon the Liver, and
through that great blood purifying organ,
cleanses the system of all blood-taints and inn
p%urities, from whatever cause arising. 1t is
equally efficaciOus in acting upon the Kid
neys, and other eXcretOry organs, cleansing.
strengthening, and healing their diseases. AS
an aDpetizing, restorative tonic, it promotes
digestion and nutrition, thereby building. up
both flesh aud strength. In malarial districts.
this wonderful medicine has gained great
celebrity in curing Fever and Ague, Chills and
Fever, Dumb Ague, and kindred diseases.
DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
cnUarv
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There is some quiet activity, but very LITTLE
hustle a. out the dress reform movement.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-01-28

They raise vegetable tallow in Australia.
There the place 10 laugh and grow fat.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-01-28

In some sections therel IS q popular lelief
that there cannot be o ii6edding without a
hitch in ii. a Il
The Opelousas courier., 1888-01-28

ROYAL GLUE mends everything Broken
China, Glass. Wood. Free Walls at Drugs q Gro
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Consump,iou surely Cured.

The caterpillar is a beautiful type of
frugaIity, because he never has the slightest
trnnhle in making ends meet.
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How to Save Money.

1t may be some what illogical. but a walking
match is always expected to pay running
EXPENSES.
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GuRES AL HuMORS.

from a common Biotch, or Eruption, to the
worst Scrofula. salt-rheum, "Fever-sores,"
scaly or Rough Skin, in short, all diseases
powerful, purifying. and invigorating medi-
cine. Great Eating Ulcers rapidly heal under
its benign influence. Especially has It mani
tested its potency in curing letter, Eczema,
ulous Sores and Swelings, Hip-joint Disease,
white Swellings," Goitre, or Thick Neck,
and Enlarged Glands. Send ten cents in
stamps for a large Treatise, with colored
plates, on Skin Diseases, or the same amount
for q Treatise on Scrofulous affections.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-01-28
I,oss of Flesh and strength,

ONE form of the yellow fever is the
great desire for gold.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-01-28

A pumped out petroleum well, like a man
driven out of his nativs country is an exile.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-01-28
NONSIIMPTIdHN

CONSUMPTION,
which is scrofula or the Lungs, is arrested
and cured by this remedy, if taken in the
earlier stages of the disease: From its mar
vclous power over this terribly fatal disease,
when first Offering this now world-famed rem
edy to the public, DIR. Pierce thought seriously
of calling it his CONSUMPTION CURE" but
abandoned that name as too restrictive for
a medicine which, from its wonderful conn
bination of tonic, or strengthening, alternative,
or blood-cleansing, anti-bilious, p~ectoral, and
nutritive properties, is unequaled, not only
as a remedy for Consumption, but for all
Hylnx.ornin ElisaaafS Of the
The Opelousas courier., 1888-01-28

GROVE for sale and exchange. Spler.
Il md Investments. Loar Best security s and 10 D r
cert. Send stampt to E. Worthington. Gainesville. Fla.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-01-28
MEoR THE BLOOD is THE LIFE"

Thoroughly cleanse it by using Dr. PierGf mat
Golden Medical Discovery, andeeial me
digestion, a fair skin, buoyant spirsthe rxf
strength and bodily health will be Sent lsned.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-01-28
Blood, and Lungs.

LHVGEg DEUUu, daEu LUEEySs
For Weak Lungs, Splitting of Blood, Short
ness of Breath, Chronic Nasal Catarrh, Bron-
chitis, Asthma, Severe Coughs, and kindred
affections, it is an efficient remedy:
Sold by Druggists, ut $l.OO, or Six Bottles
for $500.
~ Send ten cents in stamps for DR.. Pierce's
book on Consumption. Address,
Worlds Dispensary Medical Association,
663 Main ST.. BUFFALO,. N. H
an ~ UJE
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1888-09-08
WASHINGTON LETTER.


Q'ron our Regular correspowlent)
WAsuINGToN, sept. A, 1888.
sits the greatest state paper
that has emanated from the White
House for many Years. We are
proud Of our President. lie Is
an American from head to heels.
every zach Of him. That message
makes Mr.. CIevelond's election
certainty" Such were the
words Of careful, conservative
business man, who has been in
cIined to be opposed to Mr..
Cleveland, ON reading the manly
message sent to Congress in re-
gard to our relations with Canada.
These sentiments are shared by
nearly everyone here, many re-
publicans joining the democrats
in pralsing the President for the
straightforward, sledge-hammeI
manner in which he placed the
subject before Congress. The
message has given Mr.. Cleveland
a personal popularity which he
never possessed before, and has
brought him before the people il
an entirely new hight. 1t has
created degree Of enthusiasm
among the democrats in Congress
that is bound to tell in the con
duct Of the campaign. That Con
gress will give himaIl the powel
ne asks for in order to retaIiafe or
Canada, cannot for a moment b'
doubted; a bill to that effect hai
already been introduced 10 thl
House, and the republican Scna
tols, however much they nigh
like to, will not dare to efusc t
I pass similar measure. Almee
with the proper authority, Mr.
/ Cleveland proposes that AmefIcaI
interests shall be protected at al
i hazards, and he has seven tenthl