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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-08-25
Flower Pots

Mr.. EDen r. RcXtord has page OF
pleasant gossip in Vick's Monthly on
the subject of flowers and flower pot.
He prefers the plain, unglazed pot to
any other for greenhouse use, but in the
living-room he thinks a glazed pot most
satisfactory because the high tempera-
ture of most living rooms causes such
rapid evaporation from the soil in the
pot. if it be a porous one, that plants
suffer from lack of moisture at the roots
very frequently when those who have
charge of them think the soil must be
moist all through. The pot gets warm
from contact with heated air, and this,
combined with the free admission OF
heated air through the pores of the clay
on all sides of the pot, takes the mois-
ture away from the soil below its sur
face almost as rapidly as it evarorates
from the top. Ii painted or glazed pots
are used, there will be no admission of
this air through the side Of the
pot, consequently no direct
evaporation there. 81 am
aware" he says, "that some advise
against the use of these pots on the
plea that they make the soil heavy and
sour, and that the air cannot get to the
roots readily. The first objection can
be met with the assertion of a simple
fact: If proper drainage is provided, q
plant can be grown healthily in glass or
tin, or any vessel having air-tight
sides. The surplus water will run off
from the soil, and drain out at the bot
tom through the material provided to
keep the soil from packing down, and
filling up the hole in the bottom of the
pot. have frequently seen remarka-
bly, healthy looking plants growing in
old tin cans whose bottoms we're punched
full Of holes for the escape of the water.
Without these holes plants so green
are almost always SICILY.
This proves that the i'm
portant item to DO considered is drain
age, rather than the material of which
the vessel is composed or the condition
of its sides. As regards the objection
raised against glazed pots becau'e of
the non admission of air to the roots
through the sides, it amounts to moth
inc. II the surface of the soil is stirred
frequently. as it always should be, the
air can penetrate to the roots through it
quite as easily and as perfectly as the
air gets to the roots of plants GROWN 2
in the ground. Where but few plants
are kept il the sitting-room, glazed or
painted pots add vastly to the appear
ance of the flower stand. Until within
period of a few years it was supposed
that plants would not thrive In glazed
pots, but this has been abundantly
proved to be an error.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-08-25

Everybody has heard OF a "horse laugh" but
who has ever seen an equine gifted with the
power of speechy Such an animal would be
pronounced IA miracle: but So would Che tele-
graph and the telephone have be a hundrei
years ago. Why, even very recently a cure
Tor consumption would have been looked upon
as miraculous. but now people are beginning
TO realize that the dis ,ase is not incurable.
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery will
cure it. IL taken in time. This world enOwned
remedy will not make new lungs, but il will
restore diseased ones to healthy state when
all other means have failed. Thousands can
gratefully testify TO this. All druggists.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-08-25

the Treasury Committee. The notes
will be sent to the macerator and
ground into pulp, and come to light
again ia the shape of slightly looking
pug dogs or busts of Garfield or Cleve-
la2d, while the coin will be melted
down at the navy yard, and perhaps
eventually become part of the new
navy.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-08-25

THERE are one hundred and seventy
two known species of creatures that are
blind. This doesn't include the man
who can't read "shut the door" in letters
foot long.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-08-25

Selects the object of his spring"
Sodisease. in myriad forms. fastens its fangs
upon the human rae. Ladies who suffer from
distressing ailments peculiar to their sex,
should use Dr. Plerce's Favorite Prescription.
IL is a positive cure for the most complicated
and obst nate cases of leucorrhta a. excessive
flowing, painful me Lst ruation. unnatural sup
pressiOns. prolapsus, or falling OF the womb,
we k back, ''female weakness" anteversion,
retroversion. bearing down sensations, chronic
congestion, Inflammation and liberation of
the womb, Inflammation, pain and tenderness
in ovaries, accompanied With internal heat"
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-08-25

Don't disgust everybody by hawking, blow
ing and splitting, but use DR.. Sage's Catarrh
Remedy and be cured.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-08-25
"As rlares the tiger on his foes,

Only destructive to the brave and great
Addison
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-08-25

Vile intercourse where virtue has no place
-Somervile
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-08-25
a Horse Who Can Talk!

Then keep each passion down, however
dear-ThompSon.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-11-10
How Some Men Write.

Bancroft uses atypewriter and ste
ographer, but he thinks $50 words a
good days work, and James G. Blaine
thought he was doing well when he
accomplished 1900 words of a morn
ing. One Of the fastest writers among
the public men of to-day is Admiral
Porter, whose brain works like the
wheel Of a dynamo throwing off sparks
at every turn and, whose pencil TuSheS
across the paper at almost Geographic
speed. Admiral Porter wrote his
history Of the United States Navy in
eleven months, and during this time
his average was at least 10000 words
a month, or nearly 2,5G0 words ? day,
including Sundays. The book is as
big as q dictionary, and it contains
from 700, GOO to 500, 900 words. Dur
ing many of these days lie did not
write at all, and his average during his
working periot ran as high as 5000
words a day. Admiral Por Ell is fond
of writing. He never uses anything
now but a lead pencil, and he says he
cannot think well without he has a
pencil in his hand. He had a slight
attack of pen paralysis once, and his
hand refuses to act whenever his finger
touches the steel of u pen. He began
his novel writing for amusement, and
he wrote ALLAN Dare without any
idea that it would be published, much
less dramatized. He stands up while
writing, and, when he becomes inter-
ested he works right along for hours
at a stretch. George Bancroft works
only in the morning. Blaine did his
best work before noon,. and Logan
worked both morning and evening
Phaadelphia Press.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-11-10
The First Greenbark Paper.

The bank-note paper used for the
United States ''greenbacF'a was made
under the Wilcox patent, at the mills
of that old Pennsylvania firm, whose
mills, curiousfy enough, had also made
the paper for the continental currency
of revolutionary days. 1t was rem
dered distinctive by the use or silk
65ers of red and blue, the red Hbeing
mixed with tb0pu1p in the engine, so
that it Eyas scattered throughout the
substance of the paper awhile the blue
was ingeniously showered upon the
web while on the "wire," so that it APP
peared only in streaks. This combina-
ton was so difficult to copy and re-
quired such expensive machinery as to
call for a skill, patience and capital,
not at the disposal of counterfeiters.
-HGrper's MAGAZINE.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-11-10
Woman's Rights in India.

Woman's rights have lately secured a
.iamnh in India. The native Court of
Issoro has declined to send to prison a
w;fe married without her consent when
child, who upon coming to the years
4 discretion refused to go and live with
. n~arslytic and impecunious husband
Unable to support her. This is the very
rciut raised in the Rukhnabai case,
rbich has attracted SO much attention.
This infractlon of savage custom is saw
.qely denounced by some of the native
napers, but it will greatly assist the
arowing feeling against infant marriages.
n this case the husbe9d who wished 10
eIsim possession of the wife who re-
fused to live with him calmly proposed
10 give her up if her father would only
proyide for him, his mother and his
brother. -Boston Journal.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-11-10
FOR 'H HOUSEWIFE.
How to Chaoaa Beef

If possible buy the meat of a butcher
personally known to be an honest mar.
Ii the meat has a reasonable proportion
OF fat upon the back and running in
little lines through the lean, and if the
color is fresh and not very dark red, the
meat is good; if the butcher has kept it
properly for a week or ten days it may
be supposed to be reasonably tender.
Most butchers are willing to keep meat
the right length of time for customers if
they ttke it at its first weight; it loses a
little weight by keeping. When this is
the intention have some of the bone
trimmed off and the fat which is not
needed for cooking, and let these trim
mlngs be sent home with the days mar
keting, the bones 70. the sou pot and
the fat to be tried out to use in the form
Of drippings. After the meat is
trimmed let it be hung in the butchers
refrigerator until he pronounces it ten
der, but not long enough to spoil.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-11-10
Cossacks Routed by Women.

al squadron of Cos5aeks were quar-
tered at Tatio, near Yelisavetpol (Gend.
II, In Armenia, Russia. They said they
were come toSdraft the whole of the
male population of the village and
make them soldiers. That wa too
mnch for the patience of the females to
stand. They took up sticks, brooms,
hoes, hatchets, pokers, anything they
could lay their hands on, and marched
against those wholesale manufacturers
of grass widowhood. The Cossacks,
declining to fight the women, were put
% flight. The women, encouraged by
their success, proceeded to lay siege to
ths government building, aid the mayor
vas not able to- appease their wrath.
Ho autographed to the governor, who
despatched . few more squadrons of
horse, to restore peace. During the
night however, the excitement of the
#anen had cooled down, and there was
70 more fight in them.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-11-10
Noted shrews in History.

Some of the shrews have had as en-
during a record in history as have some
Che beauties. England and France
supply the most prominent specimens.
Mathilda, Empress and claimant
against King Stephen for the crown of
England, has left a fair claim to a
masterful temperament.
Queen Elizabeth, great as she was,
exhibits herself in some Of her letters
md actions, as when she boxed Essex's
saFs az q right royal shrew.
alphabetically, was Christina OF
Sweden, who caused her chamberlain,
Menailcschi, in the right Of her prerog-
atiyess to be struggled in the palace 0
the king Of France.
p Henry the Wills reign, Lady
AoEe, wife Of the great and good SIR
thomas, stands out as a very definite
shseN who ruled her husband and chill
aFsh alike with much au teritY.
Now for i French ono little known TO
English readers in general. She was
line de Vcrvins, who, in the seven
faehth century, was q very fine specimen
q tha species. She told her servants to
Ral those Of a Ia " whom her lackeys
aasulsed for venturing to defend their
Mistress.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-11-10
see-ets Of the pressmaker.

q assure you no one learns dressmak-
szs for fun. Sometimes ladies learn il
= oraer to understand better the fitting
n tleir wi gowns. but one usually
learns because she expects to make 9
axsng BIZ the trade
1he speaker was q fashionable New
Ee n0diste, and she was telling .
sspgrteF for the Mail and Express some
alfhs secrets Of her profession. About
saa room we're seated d number Of quiet,
~asafAooking girls, oil sewing.
Are there any schools where dress
aaaa1ag u taughtr was asked
never heard oFarsy. When 4 girl
slEss q learn the business, sheusnally
saea ~ m apprentice, as At any other
How long does It take to learn the
1sam
aaa greatly depends upon the stu
Usually q girl should master ths
ae ~ i season. A good dress
asHass Should have ! quick eye fro form
.sM color She should be something Of
sklaat III addition I'd having msro
~nieaI akif! Most WoEnsn know
ahiag about sewing, and have littIe
7aa1t1, but Wien IL comes ia fittiun
The Opelousas courier., 1888-11-10
Recipes

BAKED APPLEs.-Pare a dozen cook
ing apples, cut in halves and remove
the core, lay in a buttered baking dish,
cover with sugar; take one-half cup of
butter, rub n tablespoonful of flour
into it, and add one pint of boiling
water, pour over the apples and bake
until the apples are tender.
To FREsHEN SALT CoD.-Pick the
Goldfish into small pieces; soak it in cold
water fer a half hour; drain and pour
over enough boiling water to cover it;
let it stand on the fire for five n-nutos;
drain and press out all the water.
Scald it again for ten minutes; drain
and press, and it Is ready for use.
BREAKFAST GEMS. One cup of sweet
milk or water, one egg, oae tablespoon
ful OF sugar, one heaping ~teaspoonful of
baking powder and a pinch of salt beat
en- we'll together. Add about one and
one-half cups of flour, stir thoroughly,
and bake in hot gem pans in a hot oven
about fifteen minutes.
MINCE MEAT.-Use two bowls of
chopped apples, n of chopped meat,
'ne-fourth pound chopped suet, the
grated rind and juice of one lemon, two
teacups molasses, n large teaspoon
each of cinnamon and cloves, one nut
meg grated fine, one pound stoned or
seedless ~raisins, half pound of currants,
one-fourth pound citron cut fine, one
quart cider, and sugar and salt to taste.
SCALLoPED POTATOES. Slice cold,
boiled potatoes; put them into a baking
dish in layers, with a LITTLE cheese
grated among them, and enough white
or brown sauce to m6fsten them; dust
the top with sifted crumbs seasoned with
salt and pepper; dot the crutnbs over
with butter, and brown them in the
oven. Serve the scalloped potatoes hot,
in the dish in which they were baked.
Squash BIsoUIT. One pint of
strained squash, one half cupful of yeast,
one small cup of sugar, and a piece of
butter the size of an egg. Beat the
squash, butter and sugar thoroughly, add
yeast and beat again, add flour till
quite stiff to stir with a spoon, let it
stand over night, in the morning put in
gem pans or make into biscuit, let rise
and bake. These should be eaten while
hot.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-11-10
Ices for White House Dinners.

The ices for Washington state dinners
usually come on the tables in forms as
widely different as the flowers, and an
aid French woman has made a fortune
ii furnishing ices to noted dinner
tables. She has supplied the presidents
With their leo cream since the days Of
Buchanan, and she is almost as much of
an artist as the chef. At one time there
viii be a lobster made III ice in its
natural color. At another dinner the
ice may be in the form of a canta-
loupe, or fruits and vegetables may be
presentel in such shapes that you
think they are natural, but when you
cut them they turn out to be the
most delicious of ices. At one dinner
this madame furnished ice in the
shape Of q fiery bombshell, and at
another it looked like asparagus with
aaTen.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-11-10
real taste and Judgment are REQUIRED.
u 1NAS01

real taste and Judgment are REQUIRED,
. novice IS almost helpless"
what can a dressmaker earn afte,
she has learned the trade"
1T all depends upon her ski and
ABILITY. II she is smart she can get So. SO
a day, but she may not get moro than
$l.50. That is after she has taken les
sons for n season. Forewonen who
superintend the work earn about s25 4
week. They are women of long experi-
ence In the trade. So far as dressmalx-
ing at home is concerned, the papcr
patterns have simplified matters a great
deal. Male dressmakers earn from s3
to 80 a week more than women at the
same business. Men are better than
women at making waists, which are ia
some particulars like the coat you wear.
u L never yet saw a man who could
drape a skirt properly"
The Opelousas courier., 1888-11-10
Household Hints.

Sweep and dust once a week the
rooms which do not daily receive this
attention.
Keep your bread pans and pie dishes
free from ill flavor by always washing
them in hot water after using.
Bent whalebones can be restored and
used again by simply soaking in water
a few hours and then drying them.
To have poached eggs look very nice,
cook each egg in a muffin ring placed in
the bottom of u saucepan of boiling
water.
To make a corset feel comfortable,
lace up to fit the form neatly, then sew
five or six straps of gum ribbon across
and remove the strings.
Pretty curtains, which can be
Numbered to look as well as new ones,
are made Of white muslin with large
round dots the size of 8 silver half
dollar. eva
To clean bottles, put into them some
kernels of corn sand a tablespoonful of
ashes, half fill thenaswith water, and
after a vigorous shaking and rinsing you
will find the bottles as good as new.
A dark carpet often looks dirty when
it does not need sweeping; wiring out a
sponge quite dry in water "a few drops
of ammonia help brighten the color) and
wipe off the dust from the carpet. This
saves much labor in sweeping.
A store closet opening from the
kitchen keeps the atmosphere dry, and
articles are less liable to gather damp
ness and mould. A cool and dry place
is indispensable for a store-room. A
small window overt the door secures cool
ness and air.
If you have any doubt in regard to the
age of a turkey Of any large fowl, it is
wise ~precaution to steam it until you
can lift the wing from the body with
ease. Do not stuff it before steaming.
but two or three stalks Of celery may be
placed IN ii, and they will give a de-
licious flavor to the meat.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-11-10
a Gu1anhoaau IN HGaNs.

Judge Samuel Lumpkin lately sent to
the writer a half dozen hams from his
private smoke house, Of the viFsage Of
1884, that are simply poems il ashes.
Any self-respecting pig would have died
gladly to have been 50 idcalized. In
these hams you catch the flavor OF the
smoke Of the half smothcred oak chips
above which they drifted with the sea
cons into perfection. Aud the rel gravy
fexouse these drooling lipsl, clear, con
sistent. ~favorous--it IS such gravy as
YOU used to find oh your mothers table
when you came home from a long days
huntin the December wind. had
rather have asmoke house with It's loamy
foor. its darkened ~rafters, lis red pep
per pods, It's festoons Of sausage odorous
of SAGE, and 100 such hams suspended
between earth and roof, like small Ma
hornets. than 3 cellar af dust bsgrimed
bottles 81 Madsisa of 'ss-Atlanta
Hk*MYt&E$4 &&tNA4
The Opelousas courier., 1888-11-10
Whisky In q New WAY.

A WHIST 1 hostler offered to bet that
he could get a pint of liquor at the
drug store inside of ten minutes and
without a prescription. The bet was
taken. Then the hostler seized a big
sponge. rushed to the nearest medi-
cine shop, and in breathless haste told
the druggist that he wanted a sponge,
full of liquor for a sick horse; the sur
prised druggist pointed out the proper
barrel, the hostler saturated his sponge
under the faucet, and was back at the.
stable in less than ten minutes, where
he squeezed out Of the sponge some-
thing owe a pint of the beverage
WinSted (COnR.l Herald.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-11-10
The Cnrrarf r1yfru@-

There are very few men who do not pride
themselves on always having the correct time;
devised to enable them to dc SO. But the more
delicate a chronometer is made, the more sub
iect it becomes to arrangement, and unless it
be Kept always perfectly clean, it soon loses its
usefulness. VIVA wonder, then, that the hu-
man machine much more delicate ana in
tricate than any work of Man-should require
TO be kept thOrouA Scleansed. The liver is
the handspring OF complex structure, and
on the impurities L.. he blood by a disor-
dered liver, depend MIST of the ills that flesh
is heir to. Even consumption (which is lung
scrofula', is traceable to the imperfect action
of this organ. Kinney diseases, skis Adiseases,
sick headache, heart disease, dropS@AaNda
long catalogue of grave maladies havt-r
Golden Medical Discovery, by establishf-
healthy, Normal action Of the liver, acts a.
cure and preventive of these diseases. :
The Opelousas courier., 1888-11-10

Hoods Household Calendar for 1888, as usual,
leads all others in beauty and style. The most
taking feature about it, because it is unique n
Calendars, is that it is %cut-out, as if by hand
and the bright, healthy face of q handsome
young girl. with a wealth of brown hair, cor.
trasts beautifully with her blue bonnet and
strings. The head is a marvel of color print
ing, the flesh tints being as natur Il as life. The
pad is also printed in colors, with a special de-
sign for every month, and there is condensed
it a large amount of valuable informa-
ton; indeed, it has SO many points of excel
lence that it must be seen to be appreciated.
Copies may be obtained at the drug stores, or
by sending six cen s in stamps to c.. |. Hood 81
Co., Lowell, Mass.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-11-10
4 Gknn1nch TROUBLE

doctor, I'm troubled with an affec-
ton Of the stomach
s1yVell, sir, II you will describe your
symptoms, think -
sStop. Doctorl Medicine won. / touch
ii. Ny trouble i an affection for pie
burlington Free Press.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-11-10
LADIES' DEPARTMENT.
shopping with no Tricycee.

shopping WITH NJ TFlcyclSs
i woman was seen bowling upsMain
.,..et on q tricycle. recently, her lap and
s.y;ous parts Of the machine flledap
IN bundles of all sizes. Perhapssit
/. ouly reasonable to prognosticate that
.s;,biu 4 generation tricycles will swarS,
!. the neighborhood of the dry gooda
"a ieWelry stores. In that case a new
s.onloyment will spring up for small
s,gs. who viii take charge of the steeds
s steel at a charge of 10 cents or SO,
,@hile the fair riders go in to do their
shopping. buffalo Courier.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-11-10
COPYRIGHT, 1887 !.

in~describable feeling of dread, or of I'M
pending calamity?
If you have all, or any considerable
number of these symptoms, you are
suffering from that most common Of
American manifestations Dyspepsia, or
TORPID Liver, associated with Dyspepsia,
your disease has become, the greater the
number and diversity Of symptoms. No
matter what stage it has reached, Dr..
iPIERCE's GOLDEN MEDICAL DISCOVERY
will subd1e it, If taken according to d.
r~ections for a reasonable length of time.
If not cured, complications multiply and
Consumption of the Lungs, Skin Diseases,
Heart Disease, rheumatism, Kidney Dis
ease. or other grave maladies are quite
The Opelousas courier., 1888-11-10
A Menory of Early Days.

Bane of c~hildhoQd's tender years.
Swallowed oft with groans and tears.
How it made the 1esh recoil.
Loathsome, greasf 7 castor oil!
Search your rlGmemory close,
Till you find anot} er dose:
All the shudderics frame revolts
At the thought qpIEpsom saltsl
Underneath the, ull-box lid
Was a greater h5lEror hid,
Climax of all inAtard ills,
Huge and gripping old blue pillsl
What a contrast to the mild and gentle ac-
ton of DR.. Pierce's Purgative Pellets, sugar
coated, easy to take, cleansing, recuperating,
r~enovatfns the system without w~renching it
with agony. Sold by druggists.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-11-10

is offered, in good faith, by the manufacturers
of DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy for a case Of ca
tarrh which they cannot cure. 1t is mild,
soothing and healing in its effects, and cures
scold in the head - catarrhal deafness, throat
ailments, and many other complications of this
distressing disease. 50cents, BY druggists. %
The Opelousas courier., 1888-11-10

DR.. J. S. COMBS, Owensville, Ohio, says: y
have given SCOTS EMULsIoN of Cod Liver Oil
with Hypophosphites to four patients with
better results than seemed possible with any
remedy. All were hereditary cases of Lung
Coughs, pain in the ches frequent breathing,
frequent pulse, fever and Emaciation. All
these cases nave increased in weight from 16t
q lbs, and are not now needing any medl
cine."