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National Republican., 1888-05-09
BICYClISTS ATTENTION

Is called to the marked down
prices in Bicycle Hose at our
closing out sale of Mems Fur
nishings, comprising all
Colors in Cotton and Wool,
from SO cents per pair up.
Flannel Shirts, Lace and
Button Front, in White, Grays,
Browns, and Navy, at and be-
low cost.
Rowing Jerseys at one-half
OF their primo cost.
Black Silk Ties at one-half
selling price.
National Republican., 1888-05-09
rcnth of Hon. James Hirncy.

IiigltWuud races to-day at 3 y. IN. Ale.
ioiGc. George Ghccn, and Link IN !:)O class.
National Republican., 1888-05-09
Summer Underwear !
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LADIES'
DEPARTMENT NEAR DOOR OF NO.
lllT PA. AVE.
(LADY ASSISTANTS.)

(LADY ASSISTANTS.)
jersey fitting Bal. Vests, iSc.
Swiss Ribbed Bal. Vests, iSc.
Swiss Ribbed White Vests, 4Sc.
Best French Bal. Underwear. soc up.
Best English Bal. Underwear, SOC up.
Gauze Mcrino Vests for 2jc.
Gossamer Vests and Pants, soc.
American Hosiery Co.'s Underwear, ,5jc up.
Lisle Colored Ribbed Vests 75c.
Silk do. do, 81, 50, So. 60, SO. 80, S3.0S.
National Republican., 1888-05-09
Grand May BANQUET.

suit, to order for so and So, El,oman
Bros. ,th n T..
National Republican., 1888-05-09
DOUGLASS


Absolutely Fast Black Ho-
siery for Ladies, Gentlemen,
Children, and Infants. War;
ranted not to stain or crock.
Money returned If for any
reason unsatisfactory.
We ask your special atten-
ton to some choice styles in
Infants Hosiery. which we
think are not to be found
elsewhere.
While in for Hosiery look at
Kid Gloves. Our ST. glove we
think exCels anything at that
price in this city; While for
so we show you the genu-
inc Perrins. Can we do more?
Those Swiss Ribbed Vests
for Ladies' at 25o. each are
just in, We have seen none
equal to them as yet. All
qualities UP to the finest silk.
Douglass, ,
Ninth and F Streets.
National Republican., 1888-05-09
Mems Flannel Shirts,

For touring, bicycling, rowing, &c, Csc, 81,
Sl,j0, $l.T5, -, $50.
National Republican., 1888-05-09
NlnrrInge Liccnses.

More style, than oyer In panalooungs at 8
10 mrhcr. i.emMI lirn... An ~ Z.
National Republican., 1888-05-09
Meeting of the LAWYERS.

No argument necessary to sell the clothing
of the Manufacturing CluthiCrs and TailOrS,
Eiscnau Bros, 9TH " f.,
National Republican., 1888-05-09

For family use no beer Is better than the
"Faust' from the Anhcu-cr. Busch Brewing
Association. Try it, and he convinced. Of
flee corner First and virginia avenue south
Mcst. Phone $500 IrNnk SchMnrE. mnnngcr
National Republican., 1888-05-09

We keep only the purest GASOLINE, which
we deliver free of charge
National Republican., 1888-05-09

lot ditto at lCc, worth l2!c each.
lot ditto al l!.C, worth l5c each.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-08-04
Give the Boys a Colt.

Let your boy own a colt. Let it bea
blooded one If you can afford it-at
least let it have good sire. Encourage
the boy to keep it in good condition
and handsome in appearance, thus
getting him accustomed to habits of
care which will stand him in good
stead when he comes to handle other
kinds of stock. Encourage him to
develop his steed in every way except
one and that is in speed competitions.
Whatever YOU do keep him out OF the
fair ground trot or pace, and teach him
that he is not to learn how much value
3 good horse can be to a jockey, but of
how much use it can be to a man.
NinGAM Of ten farmers boys who get
into TIL speed-ring are worsted by its
z5&soet4tions and tendencies, and we
can thot close the paragraph better
thaH by urging every father to keep
hsssboy out of it. Kansas Farmer.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-08-04
Calico Printing SimpIified.

It is thought that the new invention
in calico manufacture, that is, the SIM
ultaneous process of color printing
which has been brought forward in
England, will in time completely revo-
lutionize certain classes of calico, vel
vet and velveteen printing, and also
the printing of advertisements and
various other matters in colors. The
novel character of this simultaneous
process is sufficiently evident from the
fact, as represented, that by means Of
it, II required, one thousand shades
may be printed of at one impression.
According to this method, as de-
scribed. instead OF using engraved
rollers as in ordinary calico printing,
or stones as in the case of colored adj
vertisements, the designs of pictures
are s'built up in a case of solid colors
specially prepared somewhat after the
style OF mosaic work; portion is then
cut or sliced off about an inch in
thickness, and this wrapped around
q cylinder, the composition having
only to be kept moist, and any number
of impressions can be printed off, tn Q
colors being completely fast.-N. 2.
Sun.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-08-04
An Interesting Time.Piece.

A prominent matchmaker in Rio
JaneirO has solar clock fitted up in
his establishment, which is not only
ingenious, but practically solves the
question of perpetual motion for those
places where the sun shines perpet.
.ually. He has an electric bell appa.
ratus in the upper story, and the two
wires from the battery are furnished
each with a thin, fiat, horizontal piece
of metal, separated by a distance of
four or five millimetres one from the
other. just above the fiat piece of
metal bi-convexed lens concentrates
the rays of the sun upon them at a
certain moment, noon, for instance.
The action of the SUMS rays heats and
bends the metal pieces so that they
come in contact, thus closing the cleo
trio circuit, which rings the bell.
This is not all, however, that Mr.. Ma
quin requires of the sun; he forces it to
wind up the clock in his own room at
the same time. The barrel arbor car
ries a click and ratchet, which is
wound up by the hammer of the cleo
trio bell as it moves backward and for
ward, striking the hour. And even
this is not all; the sun has to regulate
the clock also. The cannon carries
washer with an indentation correspond
ing to az adjusted lever, which is set
in motion by the armature of a mag
net, and at noon turns the cannon so
as to bring the minute hand at the
figure XII.-yeweler's ReUiew.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-08-04
How Saw-Dust Is BaIed.

In California we burn our saw-dust
or throw it into the streams, and so
Hill the fish. That is California style
the sort of free-handed pioneer way of
letting the morrow take care of itself,
and throwing away shirt and buying
. new one rather than take the trouble
TO have the old one washed. In Maine
the land of steady habits they know
better. They neither destroy their
saw-dust nor make an instrument Of
destruction out of it. They bale it and
sell it for packing, stable purposes,
etc. BY a new process of pressing,
Z ight barrels of saw-dust is put into q
ale 24x24x36. inches in size. A local
remarks: among the in
ventions of recent years perhaps few
are destined to play SO important q
part In the lumber manufacturing re-
gions as this device for utilizing saw
dr,st. San Francisco Report.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-08-04
REMODELlNG SILK HATS,
Information Which May Save the Reader
Many Dollar Bill.

Information Which May Save the Reade,
Many Dollar Bill.
silk hats? Yes, every body, almost
is getting to wear silk occasionally
! if not regularly 1t is the cheapest
hat a man can wear, any way" so re-
marked an experienced Nassau street
halter the other day.
"How SOP"
"Why, because silk hat only costs
from s. up, but little more than a first
class Derby or soft felt, and it will out
last three OF either. You can ruff up
silk tile into almost any degree of
unrecognized disreputability, and for
% cents, or 50 cents at most, it can, If
twas good hat originally, be restored
to almost its original elegance. A good
silk hat will last full season if it is
not mashed or wet by some accident,
and at the end of that time will retain
fair degree of responsibility in ap-
pearance. A silk hat never
fades, but constant exposure to
rain and dust will in time
dim its luster. That, however, is
easily repaired by washing and iron
ing. If the frame is broken, of course
the hat must be blocked Ironing and
blocking are different matters Now
l can have that hat of yours ironed
while you wait, but to have it blocked
would take two hours.
'Watch that hat being ironed. See,
the iron is already hot. He takes a
brush, relieves the nap of the hat from
. accumulated dust, and arranges the
silk fibres smoothly and in order. Now
he takes that small iron and rubs the
brim around. See how the dull, luster-
less surface and the abraded places
are smoothed down and how the origi-
nal shine returns. Now that big
smoothing-iron comes into play. He
holds the hat in his hand and rubs the
iron lightly but firmly around the hat
in the direction the nap lies. The
luster is renewed, battered places are
pressed into shape and kept there, and
now, with artful usage and an avoid
ance of rain, the tile is as good as
new, save that it is little
off in shape. The styles, changing
from year to year, consist in looser
or tighter roll of the brim, more or
less concavity to the sides of the
crown, variation in the height of the
crown and the dip of the brim, and
in the width and material of the trim
mings. A very small reduction in the
circumference of hat crown in the
middle will make an astonishing differ
ence in the apparent shape of the hat
when worn. 1t is this slight change in
shape which makes the wearer of
silk tile well-dressed man, dude or
a shoddy imitation of careful and
correct dresser. Styles in hats are
beginning to repeat, and the man who
has an old shape of some years ago is
right in style
''Do many people have hats blocked
and ironed?"
well, should say they do Every
condition of mainland woman, too
comes in here to get his or her hat
blocked to the correct shape and ironed
If it has been wet. IN. Y Mail and
Express.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-08-04
A CONVENIENT BARN.

One that Serves Numerous Purposes to
! Every Body Satisfaction.
II will describe barn that I built a
few years ago for a stock barn, place
to store up apples after picking them,
moving away hay, etc. The main
building is 80 feet wide by IS feet long,
with 16 feet posts and II feet sheds all
| around, making the structure 81 feet
wide by 80 feet long. It is built on a
gentle ridge; the posts set ON solid
stone pillars just above the ground.
It has no floor but the solid ground,
and the water from the caves runs into
different streams, so there is no mud,
and not even dampness inside of the
barn. There is driveway through
the center the whole length, and 10
foot section on each side Of the drive
way. In this part of the barn we store
up from 1900 to 5000 barrels of ap-
pies till we get them packed ready to
ship. After the apples have all been
sold off, we fill this space with corn on
the fodder and husk it at our leisure,
and in bad weather. The space over
head holds the 40 tons of hay which
have been put up at hay harvest
There is 12-foot space ON each side,
running the whole length, with stalls
for cattle on one side and horses on the
other, enough to accommodate IS head
of each, the mangors all facing to the
center driveway SO they can be fed
from the center. We have sliding
windows behind the stock, out of which
to throw the manure. Above them are
sliding glass windows for light and air.
For making manure, we use straw to
bed all the stock, but only use the
straw in times of snow when we can
not get forest leaves. The farmer who
has never bedded his stock with leaves
does not know how to keep his stock
clean and make great amount of the
very finest manure. Two men with
the wagon-bed (on sled for conven-
ience) when the leaves are moist can
put in 10 well-tamped loads per day.
The barn is capable of holding va
riety Of fruit, stock, crops during the
year, and of making a large amount OF
manure.-Cor. Ohio Farmer.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-08-04
THE HOHENZOLLERNS.
a Family Whose Ascendeney Is Due En-
tirely to Its Merits.

A Family Whose Ascendency Is Due En-
| tirely to Its Merits.
The North German Gazette, in an
article upon the new Emperor OF Ger
many, makes, in behalf of his family,
a claim that will be generally adj
mitted. "a precious possession OF the
house of Hohenzollern, handed down
from father to son through many gen.
erations," is IAN earnest feeling OF
duty and strictness in performance OF
their high functions. In fact, IT is
not possible to account for the success
that family has had in the world, ex-
cept by reference to its merits. There
has not been single step in the series
of events that have expanded the lit
tie, arid and sterile Mark of Brandon
burg of two centuries ago into the
Kingdom of Prussia as we know it, TO
say nothing of the Empire OF
Germany, that can fairly be
attributed to luck. The fortunes of
Prussia have flowed and ebbed accord
ing to the ability of its rulers from tn e
time of the Great Elector to that of
Emperor William H., but there is not
one of all this long line who can fairly
be described as a worthless man, scarce
ly one who does not shine in a compar-
ison with his contemporary on the
throne of England, or of France, so long
as the throne of France was occupied
by hereditary sovereign. There has
not been one who did not really attend
to his business as King, according to
his lights, who was not, as our German
contemporary puts it, strict in the per-
Torrance of his high functions. Fred
erick William III. was not a wise mon
arch, but he was very much wiser than
George Ill, and Frederick William
III. was weak one, but he was hero
compared With George ~.
1t is questionable how far the very
virtues of its rulers have delayed the
political development of Germany,
though that they have delayed it there
can be no question. The weaker and
more worthless a monarch is the
more evident is the necessity that his
country shall get on without him, and
the easier it is to do so. 1t is not with
out significance that the greatest
strides in the direction of popular lib
erty and responsible government that
have been taken in England have been
taken under her most worthless Kings.
Magma Charta was granted by King
John, the Habeas Corpus act was
passed under Charles II. Indeed, it is
not in human nature that man who is
cosEcious of exercising his authority
fo@the public good should willingly
coSent that it be abridged. The EN-
p Va who has just died was more of a
mn fern statesman than any other
Prs zee of his house, and yet in the
veay proclamation that betokened his
intention of undermining the constitu-
ticn of Prussia there was an autocratic
stone that Jared upon English and
American readers as strangely obso-
lete and feudal for the chief magis-
srate of what is in many respects the
most advanced nation in Europ en-.
7. Times.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-08-04
Unexceptional Reference.

There are different kinds of pluck.
They don't always inspire the same re-
spect and confidence. A man in Ari-
IONA sent up to a firm in San Francisco
for some goods. They were to be fur
nished on credit, and he gave a refer
ence in town. The firm called upon
the reference.
do you know this man in Ari-
zonap"
know himp Certainly; know him
WE'LL
What kind of man is hep"
Hes splendid fellow; god fell
low.''
He's in business there, isn't hep"
'Why, yes. He's an enterprising
chap; got lots of push and pluck"
'He's written to us"
What does he want?"
ssCredit."
That's all right"
ssWell, we'd like to know what kind
of man he is.
What kind of man he is? Grit!
That's what he is. He's the kind Of
aman who'd put up 81. 600 on pair Of
deuces and never wink"
Thank you.n - San Francisco
Chronicle.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-08-04
A DUDE BRIDEGROOM.

He Was So Nervous, You Know, and Need
ed q Little flaming.
t'How do I look, Dicky?"
Dicky is the "best man" and q
brother dude. He replies with great
fervor:
"Oh, splendid, deah boy, splendid. II
"Weally, Dicky?"
"Pon honah, old fellow"
'Me necktie all right, Dicky?"
eyes, yes-every things all right
"Weally, Dioky?"
"Nbn honah, dear boy"
''Me coat sets well in the bach
Dicky?"
Couldn't be bettah."
"Weally, Dicky?"
ayes, WEAKLY"
20, Dicky!'
swell, deah boy?"
Isn't there Wrinkle, g great, hor.
cid Wrinkle in my right glover"
'No-'pon honah."
"Oh, I'm so glad, for-O, Dicky!"
"Well, me boyP''
would you mind taking the brush
and smoothing me hair down little on
the left sidep"
with pleasure, old fell"
'.Ah, thanks"
''How do you feel, my boyP"
IA twife nervous, Dicky."
"Ah, brace up, brace up, my boy"
"What time is it, DickyP"
"A quarter to eight"
''Ah! Almost time for the ceremony.
Hanged If don't wish it was all over
with. You sure / look all right,
Dicky?"
Splendid, old fell"
'.Ah, thanks awfully, deah boy. I'm
twife pale, eh, Dicky?"
ga mere twifle."
"Ah, thanks. Would you mind fam
ming me a little, DickyP"
with pleasure, me boy"
80, Dicky, what if I should faintp"
There, there, me boy; don't get
nervous
Hanged If I can help it. All, it's
time to meet Helen, and I look all
right, my necktie-I-my trousers
for I-I-my hair, Dicky, my hair,
Ito, Dicky, I'm so nervous!''-
Detroit Free Press.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-08-04
THE IMPORTED STYLE.

Laundry Work as 1t Is Performed by Ex.
ponents of the Latest Modes.
This is subject that is carefully
avoided by some of our most promi~
nent writer's of housekeeping articles.
Knowing there must be some grave
reason for the omission we proceed
cautiously to furnish few hints only
concerning the mystery spoken of by
the importers themselves as ''washin'
and i'nin'."
The clothes should be all packed
into the wash-tub without any regard
for their kind or degree. Then de-
luged with soda and any and all COM
pounds warranted to take out the dirt
without labor.
The next day the clothes should be
arawn from this and passed to the next
tub to be '.71sshed."
Blueing and starching follow, and,
when the articles are hung in the back
yard, the sun and wind are expected to
complete the unfinished work.
The most heightened importers do
not actually iron clothes. They rub
them of" or ''press them" turning
them out of the kitchen and out of the
way as fast as possible.
The only comfortable way of doing
laundry work is that suggested by the
silence of the ones in authority.
Hire one of the importers of the
latest style of ''soashin and i'nin," and
on the days that she is engaged in her
mystical rites fee the kitchen as you
would q pestilence.
Stay upstairs and in fear and trem-
bling sew up the holes in your hus-
bands stockings, and fasten the but
tons ON your husbands shirts that the
style importer wrug off the week be-
fore.
Or sit down and write plain, practl-
cal articles on laundry and kitchen
work, that the minds of young house
keepers may be put to confusion, ana
that you may wiring shekels from con-
6ding editors to repay the ravages the
style importer is making-unnot1ced
and unrebuked-in your Kitchen
Era Loreh Carson, IN Judge.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-08-04
POULTRY PARASITES.
Helpful Hints in Relation to the Various
Lice Infesting Hen-Houses.

Helpful Hints In Relation Co tine various
Lice Infesting Hen-Houses.
The chief of the lot is the red mite
which is a very small parasite. Unless
very close examination is made, this
little fellow will escape observation.
Many persons suppose that the birds
are free from his depredations because
he is so diminutive as to escape notice,
but give him few days grace, and he
and his mate will multiply so rapidly
that countless millions will be present,
and in every crack and crevice. II
will be only necessary to place white
rag On the walls of the poultry house,
or even touch any part with the hand,
to find out if they are there. They do
more damage at night than during the
day, and as their small size enables
them to hide almost anywhere, the
best way to destroy them is to make a
thin, hot whitewash, add tablespoon.
full of strong liquid carbolic acid to
each gallon of whitewash, and, with a
watering can, sprinkle Cor pour, If
necessary it into every portion of the
poultry house, and then follow with a
swab or brush Let no part of the
house escape-roosts.w walls, nests, floors
and even the roofs must be deluged.
The tick louise is a large fellow,
nearly one-eighth of an inch in length,
dark in color with legs near the head.
He prefers the heads of chicks, and
sticks close to his victim. He does not
like grease, and a mixture of lard three
parts, crude petroleum one part, and
carbolic acid one-tenth part, rubbed on
the head, around the vent, with a drop
under the throat, and good busting
of the chick with Persian insect pow
der is more than his constitution will
endure, and he quickly succunbs or
leaves.
The flesh louise, so called because it
is nearly the color of the flesh of the
fowls, is very active, long in shape,
and feeds close to the roots of the
feathers. A good busting with Persian
insect powder renders his location very
unhealthy and once he is out of the way,
the dust bath will prevent his return.
The fiat louise is huff in color, and
eats portions of the feathers, often
stripping the quilts clean, giving the
birds the appearance of having lost
their feathers. Dust the fowls freely
with insect powder, and repeat three
times week.
1t is important to keep the quarters
clean. The whitewash solution should
be applied every week. If this is done
with sprinkler, it will require but
few moments time. Dust Persian in
sect powder over the whole of the In
terror of the poultry-house, weekly,
also, and do not forget the outside OF
the poultry-house.
Never grease any part of fowl OF
chick except the top of the head. the
throat, around the vent, and the legs,
as grease on the body often kills
chicks. Provide clean dust bath OF
dry dirt, to each bushel of dry dirt
adding half pound of insect powder
and a tablespoonful of carbolic acid,
mixing the whole we'll. Keep the
house clean, and the birds will free
themselves of lice with the dust BATH
-Fnsn,pre, Mron11,p
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-08-04
1t has generally been believed tina

1t has generally been believed that
the reduction in average height OF
French soldiers which followed Ma
poleon's wars, due, of course, to the
immense slaughter in those campaigns,
made all of those soldiers the shortest
in Europe. But, according to high
medical and military authority in Rus
STA, the minimum height of the Rus
sian and the French conscript is about
equal-fve feet; while in most other
European countries the minimum
ranges from five feet one inch to five
feet three inches.