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Royal Blue Line for New York and

tor Few York. Trenton and the East *505. IS jc
~, ~ - ~ ~ NJ IL 3d. %3 q, - so and III so p NJ
press Through Pullman Sleeper to Boston vim
rSTnghikeGpsle Bridge ON the l5p m train daily
4,i na fa'nS leaVe New York for Baltimore. ~ o.
VI 90 a.. N. - 90, 1920, - 90 y m az Is night
tor Atlantic City, 3 o. 10 80 a m. II so n n,
sundays ; O5 a; m, y 80 p m p III =
tor Philadelphia, Newark Wilmington and
hesler, - o. Is 80 (flO 30, stopping at Wiiming
ION oniyl a m, ~l2 so, q A., IS SO, y 10 sIi 5o
- % p. M me- 20 - anu
ENpreSS trains leave Philadelphia for Balu-
's %, y - p m. :" "''' VI 4o' -4"l'
Except Sunday. 5Sundav orl, AMI
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BRANCH ROADS.

ntLA AWAkE. MARYLAND * VIRGINIA R. R
II"(e ~ 'n harrington for franklin and way stations
a. m week days " -4' ''OV
FOR Berlin, leaves Harrington 1910 m. week.
DAYS ~ a. ~ week
QUEEN ANNE Il KENT R-Leave Townsend
l"i Iehlreyllleand way stations g25 a. IN and a.
p. m, week days 80 '''-N i'1'
o.. pE,A"AEE o. iHESAFEAKE r R.-leave CLAYTON
I"I ONi"ri ana way stations g42 a. m. and = IN
,. IN, week days '- anu %. ~
~. CA3NBEIDGE ~ SEAFoRD r. R-Leave Seaford for
Damhridge and intermediate stations N o6a n,
"GGA A-nny> and ana on Tuesdays Thursdays and
'oNNECTloNs AT Porter with Newark & Dela.
ware City Railroad At Townsend win Oncor
t1He ~ Aeil kailroad Atrlayton with Delaware
y n heS4Jeake Railroad and Baltimore A DeIevere
nHy Kailroad At Harrington with Delaware
CSnryiaaa virginia Railroad AtSeaford with
Ne" York Philadelphia & Norfolk Wicomjco ~ a
F",Grninoke. and Peninsula Railroads
CHAS. +. PUGH General Ns,s,,ar
}. r. WOOD. General Passenger Gosnt sei'
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day. Sunday only. 'Daily.

baggage called for and checked from, botals
left at Ticket Offices w. u" "Iuers
o2o 9 "; MI. oOh. CALVERT AND BALTIMORE STS.
@'g .; n Ibr0eIWay or Camden Station
- - Cri'Lii,ii CHAS q SCULL
"SH' Mahager Gen. Passenger Agent
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OH0PplNE Orders for buying all kinds of
nSt tNgl goods executed with care ana
dispatch. NO MISSIONECHARGE6 Srd
-. no advance over Regular Prices. Satisfactjop
guaranteed. References. Miss X. q. BIJTCHFR
u-NnusLng Agenl, l2Ol Walnut 81. philada Pa
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HEELS.
Hoy They Wear. and why.

The he'd &of shoe seldom wears away
evenly across the bottom. Generally it
wears off on the outer side first, causing
the shoe to run down ON that side. TiB
is sometimes the fault of the shoe, but
more often it results from the shape of
the leg and the manner Of walking. When
the outline of the sole does not conform
to the outline of the foot there will be
more or less strain brought to bear
upon the former in walking. The
foot will constantly be trying to assume
its proper position, and in the end will
force the sole to yield, thus inclining both
it and the upper toward one side or the
other.
Frequently the manner in which both
sole and heel are worn away is the result
of the wearer's mode of walking. For in
stance, the man who is bow-legged nat
urally tIeads first in walkingOn the outer
side of the shoe. The effect of this will
be to wear off that side in advance of the
other parts. With the man whose knees
turn inward, which is termed knock
kneed, the effect will be the opposite.
A man who is below the medium
height almost always takes longer steps
in proportion to his size than one who is
taller than the average, for the reason,
probably, that the shorter man lengthenS
his step to keep pace with one of IL high
er stature, and the latter diminishes.
On this account the heels of the shorter
mans shoes will wear off quickly at the
back, those of the taller with more uni
formity. When the legs are straight
and the toes are turned slightly outward
in walking the sole-if properly shaped
to the fOOt--will be apt to wear off even
ly across the ball, while the wear of the
heel will be at the centre of the back,
ard will be greater or less in proportion
to the length of the step taken.
A row of steel nails driven in that part
of the heel which first feels the effect Of
wear is the usual remedy for these ir-
regularities, but in bad cases it will be
found to be a benefit to trim the side Of
the heel which first wears away nearly
straight up and down this, by allowing
more leather on this side, will retard, to
Il great degree, its wear.
Steel nails at the back edge Of the
heels are economical as to leather but
when closely set and smoothly worn
they are a source Of danger to pedes-
trains, but little less than the banana
peel on the sidewalk.
Instances of narrow escapes from
sprains are frequently seen in which the
foot, while striking the back edge of the
heel in rapid walking, slides unrontrol-
ably forward, leaving long scratches on
the tagging to show the result. The long
er the step the more danger there is from
this cause. 4 few nails, set at greater
distances apart, would insure safety by
furnishing more surface of leather, and
consequently more friction for contact
with smooth paVCmentS.-N. Y sun.
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Dr.. PIERCE'S PELLETS

regulate and cleanse the liver, stomach and
bowels. They are purely vegetable and per
fectly harmless. One a Dose. Sold by
druggists. % cents vial.
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Leave Philadelphia, New York and Norfll,
4 WW4lPIt,,, iilo H.. daily, Baltimore 6i5 b. m
r. .,I ~ a. m, stopping at Dover and
"a, 'iI". It5G.aIy aui at .IdG.et5wu. rlaytu,'
,"!4HIE f1ign, harrington. Bridpeville Sen,
."i ana Laurel % leave passengers from Mi.
a., w "'H t'Inl1 N'r.h or takV on PASSENGER,
NDI" DD""0 trains leave DeluUrI.os daily
p3NGI ~ a. ~, regularly arriving at Whining,
~ ~ - a. m, Baltimore 6.iI a 10. and Philade]
Pi'a "a" a. m and leaves DelmHr AT . 3l n m
%eyh W. , ,iayS arriving at Wilmington 5.o5 D. m
i"!'atcipha 33l p. m, baltimore 7aj n m
'19l,piiB al principal Intermediate stations
ii ne ~ a. m.traln also stops al ~caford Bridpp
W VI: HarHhgton FELTON,, " ycluiug. Clavtop ana
y ~ -~H.a'tIelHWh {" leave passengers from roints
s1uth OF beimer, or lake on passenger, for Wii
al Laurel ms" 9'"l'S Oh HIghGI
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-0I0ps " Leaye Passengers from MIIminrtnn

points north. IN wilmington ahuJ
Nelg ,tl CIstte accommodation Trains.-Leave vii.
mington l2o6 a m. and $50 p m. daily and II r.
III, - ana 6,l5 p N week days Leave New
al, aud 1.22 p. m, week q rs GNU va
s,II SO EApTefs trains leaving Dcmar So a. II.
I'I rhrlib atb1'.iHg Sdig al o49 p M. week days. run
ter'S and Newark ''''iH"'e' pia For'
AadIIqnaI express leaves Phiadelphia At 2ol
IL! PAY more 80 p. m, Wilmington so D m
"teE Hay>: arrives at DcluAr q III "A n, , a.
P'"E al hilhc'lal Intermediate stations.
New Nnrk ut,;t..t.,
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DR.. T heel

EQ0 North Fourth St.
200 bel Green, P6iiadclphia,
The most reliable aud tueerssfli
specialist tot al diseases Of both
sexes;
SpetIal Diseases. .RlOld Poison
The Opelousas courier., 1890-01-11
HOUSEHOLD
POLISHING HARDWOOD FLOORS.

To make a good polishing mixture put
into a bowl three-quarters of a pound OF
yellow beeswax,, two ounces of powdered
rosin and a half pint of t%urpentine.
Stand this bowl in a good-sized basin of
hot water and stir the mixture over the
fire until thoroughly amalgamated. Re-
member that the ingredients are very in
dammable, and you must be exceedingly
careful or they will take fire; the large
basin of water is to guard against this.
Keep your bowl in the center. Stand
the polish aside to cool, and, if when
cool it is thicker than cosmoline, add a
little more turpentine until it reaches
that consistency. Now for the applica-
ton. See that the floor is perfectly free
from dust and dry, then apply a small
quantity of the polish with a soft piece
of flannel or wooden cloth, rubbing it in
well with the grain of the wood. After
the whole floor has been treated thus,
polish we'll by hard rubbing with a pol
ish brush. Then, with a piece of soft
green baize, give a light, final polish. A
floor thus treated will keep in good con-
dition for three or four weeks, providing
the polishing brush is used twice a
week.
softwood stained floors are best sized
and varnished-Yankee Blade.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-01-11
THRIFT IN SMALL THINGS.

The value of petty savings cannot be
too highly estimated. The conscientious
habit of saving everything that can be
turned to any account, fitting the object,
however small, into its right place, is a
habit in itself enough to insure thrift.
There are so many things about the
household which are thrown aside which
by careful thought may be turned to use.
Wise providers buy only goods of genu-
inc value which may be used to the last
shred. This is true of market buying,
of shopping of everything that may be
purchased. There is a good brand of
-four and a make-shift brand; a cloth
firm and we'll made of wool,
and a cloth to take its place, cheap
and fimsy, Of cotton wool. In all these
cases the genuine cloth is the cheapest in
the end; the good brand -four will give
the best and most nourishing bread.
The well-made cloth may be washed or
cleansed again and again, and be made
over until nothing is left of it. A great
deal may be saved even in buttons,
thread and pins and needles, little min
utiae of which we seldom think. 1t is
in the sedulous care that every article
shall be used, that every bit of cloth
shall be turned and made over till it has
passed usefulness, that consists the
chance of the average family for an order
ly well-fed well-clothed home. Lavish
ness is the worst of providers. 1t is
the systematic, steady hand, careful of
minutiae, that provides a home and table
where genuine comfort and good cheer
prevail. Simple spending of money can
not accomplish the same result that care
can. The children of poor men, brought
up to habits of thrift, usually enjoy
more actual luxury than the children of a
spendthrift, who varies from feast to
famine, from rags to velvet with the reg
ularity of a clock pendulum. Extrava-
gance should be looked upon as a sin, a
trust to use honestly the goods God has
given us, not considered in the light,
trivial way it is, as something the indi-
vidual alone would suffer from.-Nsp
York Tribune.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-01-11
RECIPES.

Wheat Gems-One pint of flour, n
pint of milk, three eggs, one teaspoon of
baking powder, twelve teaspoons of salt;
bake in gem pans in a hot oven. =
Lemon Pie-Juice and grated rind of
four lemons, four beaten eggs, n table
spoonful of butter, one-half cup of sugar;
bake with an under crust only.
Ounce Marmalade-Pare and cut in
little squares; take equal weight of sugar
and ounces, add two pints of water to
each pound of fruit. Boil one half hour.
Light Cake-Half-cup of butter, half
cup OF sugar, three eggs beaten separately,
one cup of sweet milk, three cups of
-four, three t~easpoonfuls of baking powder
sifted through the -four.
Fried Hare-Dress, lay lengthwise on
meat board and cut in inch pieces; let
stand In slightly salted water over night;
rinse well in cold water, roll in corn
meal, and fry slowly till well done.
Boiled Caulifower-Remove the green
leaves, open the flower a little in places
and let stand, head down, in salt water
for two hours, put into boiling water and
boil twenty minutes; take up, drain, put
in a dish, season and pour over drawn
butter.
Lamb Scallop-One cup of cold lamb
chopped fine, one cup of stewed toma-
toes, n cup of fine bread crumbs;
arrange all in layers in a buttered dish,
having the crumbs at the top season with
salt and pepper, put bits of butter on top
and bake.
Apple Batter Pudding-Fare and core
six ripe apples, place in a dish; make a
| batter of n pint of sweet milk, two
eggs, four tablespoonfuls of flour, a little
salt, pour over the apples; bake half an
| hour. To be eaten with sauce or sweet
ened cream.
Ginger snaps-One cup of brown
sugar, one-half cup of butter, one-half
cup of lard, one cup of molasses, one
tablespoonful each of cinnamon, ginger,
cloves and baking powder, one-half cup
| Of water; flour enough to make a stiff
dough; roll them out in round cakes and
bake quickly.
Apple Charlotte-Two pounds of ap.
pies, pared and cored; slice them into
pan, add one pound of sugar, the juice
of three lemons, and the rind of one
grated; boil all together until it becomes
thick, which it will do in about two
hours, turn it into a mould; serve cold,
with either a rich custard Or cream.
Cucumber Pickles-Three dozen good
sized cucumbers, pared and sliced yer.
thin. One dozen onions, chopped fine
Mix and add half pint salt. Let then
stand owe night, then squeeze out tn
brine and add one quarter of a pound
of white mustard seed, and cloves ant
cinnamon, If liked. One ounce blacl
pepper and cover with cold vinegar.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-01-11
SAY mo"

The other day I saw a man who is an abject
slave of liquor, who cid not drink his first
glass of wine because he liked it, but because
a young lady offered it to him, asking if he
was afraid to drink it. One of the most
notorious gamblers of this city, when a boy
would never nave dreamed of gambling, and
he did not begin Of himself, but a heightened
'friend' led him into it. How many boys
there are who have not even got the spunk Of
the fly who refused to walk into the spiders
parlor! It does not take any talent to say
no" it does not take any education. No
matter how talented and educated a boy may
be, if he has not got the backbone to say a
mo- that means NO, when asked to do a
questionable action, he is lacking in a quality
that means everything to him. You may
think that you just 10 that which does not
seem to you to be right to oblige a friend, but
letme tell you, you oblige the devil a great
deal more. If somebody else tells you that
it is all right to do something that you con-
slider wrong, show a little manly independ-
ence and tell him that though it may be all
right for him, Il his conscience approves,
still yours does not approve, and it would be
wrong for you. A good Big No win often
save a world of trouble.-The Witness.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-01-11
TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES.

In Damascus the natives style drunken
men as victims Of 1.-THE English disease"
The Blue Ribbon Society in Christiania,
Sweden. now numbers about 500 members.
The retail LIQUOR traffic is now prohibited
In seventv-nine municipalities Of the province
of Manitoba.
Cardinal Manning declares that upon the
| work of total abstinence depends the great
ness of the Nation.
Fortune knocks once at every mans door,
but she doesn't go hunting through beer
saloons for him if he happens to be out.
A liquor officer, in searching a house in
Boston, found behind a large picture an
opening in the wall which concealed fifty
bottles of lager beer.
Mavor Cregier, of Chicago, recently re-
voked for one year the licenses of thirteen
sa!oon-keepers for not obeying the Sunday
Curtain Closing law.
Eighty Japanese girls at Nagasaki, Japan,
| are banded together in q Y. W. c.. I. U. that
is said to be the strongest organization OF
the kind in the Empire.
| It is our observation, says the Scientific
American, that beer drinking in this country
produces the very lowest kind of inebriety,
closely allied to criminal insanity.
A Chicago paper says the danger line is
passed as regards the corn crop. Not at all.
The danger line will only be reached when
I the corr is manufactured into whisky.
It is reported that in Louisville, KY, it is
impossible to keep dippers on the public wells
because the saloon men have them taken off
or destroyed SO as to force the thirsty public
into their dives.
'If you wish for a clear mind, strong mus
cles, quiet nerves and long life, avoid all
drinks but water" says a wise physician.
We might add that money can be kept in
the pocket, and comfort brought to the nome
if nothing stronger than water is chosen.
A Mississippi town of 1900 inhabitants pro-
vides a large number of saloons for the men
to get drunk in, but has repeatedly failed
to sustain the existence of even one ice
, cream parlor for the fefreshment Of wives
and children. The same stream of money
could not flow in two opposite directions.
The International Royal Isnaplar relates
an incident concerning a London drayman
that illustrates the real value of a beer-drink-
er's health. This man was in the habit of
showing his great strength by taking a full
barrel of beer, raising it and depositing it
gently on the dray. One day, while per.
forming this feat, he received a slight
/ scratch on his hand. So thoroughly poi
soned by beer was his system that in spite OF
every effort to save his life he died in three
days.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-01-11
A Dog That Showed Sense.

A little crowd of seedy men, says the
New York Tribune, were gathered the
other night about one of the ugly fur
naces that defaceo City Hall Park, while
the contractors were covering the plaza
with asphaltum. They were warming
their bodies in the tarry smoke that
streamed out of it, and had deserted the
seats under tie trees where they had
slept most of tT;s summer.
III saN4aqaeer thing happen here yes
terdav." said one of them. "a big New
foundland dog, with a muzzle On him,
was following a boy along Mail street,
when a little bull terrier made a dash for
him and got a death grip on one of the
big fellows ears. Il was all done SO
quick that the Newfoundland was being
wen chewed before he knew what struck
| him. He gave a howl and . snap at the
little brute, but his muzzle would not
allow him to open his jaws, and the bull
terrier chewed away like mad. AL ne
could do was to turn tail and run, but
the TERROR did not loose his grip and
went along, too. They dashed through
the crowd, passed the fountain, and out
on the plaza here, where the big fellow
nearly ran over q pail of smoking hot tar
that was standing for a moment by the
side of a workman, who had stepped ia
light his pipe.
| a0uick as a flash the big dog stopped,
and threw his head as high in the air as
he could. This dragged the little terrier
The Opelousas courier., 1890-01-11
Baby Smokers.

In an article in the Courier Journal on
smoking, Frank Carpenter says: The
baby smokers of the world are found in
Siam and Burmah. l saw little tots of
four, trotting about Bangkok with Gig
arettes in their mouths, and the babies
of Rangoon and Mandalay are taught to
chew the betel nut, mixed with tobacco,
as soon as they are weaned. The Siamese
children, like their fathers, use their ears
as cigarette and cigar-holders, and the
lack of clothing or pockets on the part Of
the little one necessitates their carrying
these articles over their ears, as the Ameri-
can clerk carries his pencil or pen. I saw
one noble Siamese boy with a shaved
head and a string about his waist, who
had a cigarette over each ear and another
in his mouth. After a few moments he
threw away the cigarette in his mouth
and began to chew betel, squirting out
the blood-red saliva until he made a pad
die in the road beside him. His father,
who was with him, was also smoking,
and his mother had a cigarette between
her lips. When the party went away the
mother took up the naked smoking boy,
and, balancing him IN her side, walked
off, both smoking as they went. The
thousand odd women who make up the
harem of the Siamese King all smoke and
chew, and it takes a good part of his Ma
iesty's ten million dollars a year to pay
his tobacco bill. Each lady has to have
her betel spittoon, which is of decorated
china. the size of a coffee cup, and if she
is a favorita, she has also a silver box in
which to carry her tobacco and bete]
nut.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-01-11
IN HOPE OF SPRING.

Above his rest delft autumn softly weayea
AcoYerlet to wrap the new grave in.
And broiders it with gold and scarlet ieavea
While springs sweet mysteries of bloom
begin
Beneath the mould DER which the sore heart
grieves
For hopes that persisted, like a flower in
frost
Asymbol that each passing season leaves,
To say: That is not dead which seemesh
lost.
Cold, silent lips, which our warm lips have
kissed,
Dear hands, whose touch can never be for.
got,
Friendships that vanish like a summer mist,
We have you, and, behold, we have Won
not.
Alonesome shadow falls across the floor
From zach low grave they heap beneath
the sod
Where sleep the ones we miss: but evermora
We have them safe in Paradise, with God.
TO me, it often seems that death must be
Lake going on a journey, very far,
Across the mountain and the solemn sea
10 dwell in a newland where strangers are.
But if a friend is there we loved of old.
Our eager thoughts fly faster than o,r
feet,
and when in ours their loving hands we hold.
The stranger land seems full of welcome
sweet.
how fair his grave will be when spring
comes back,
And from the mould that hides his Paoo
away,
Ihe violets grow, and every robins track
Is covered by the creeping things of Nav.
how fair his face win be when dreams come
+. true,
And we stand face to face with him, and
The rapture of a joy wenever knew
Break In the eyes we miss so constantly,
Sleep well. warm heart, so brief a time on
earth,
Beneath the dead leaves and the autumn
rain;
That which men count as death, in heaven is
birth;
Flowers die, we say, but bloom in spring
again.
The violet, above you, in the mould,
Awaits the resurrection of the year.
and when its leaves, in April days, unfold,
Wen say: "He lives with God, who once
was with us here"
-Vica's Magazine.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-01-11

Christopher G. Andel is the father OF
the smallest mite of humanity in New
Haven, and, in all probability, IN Con-
necticut. Ills only child is q baby Poy
that. when it was seventeen days old,
weighed two pounds and FIVE ounces.
The bow was then eleven inches long,
hut very thin. His arm was then about
twice as thick as the stem Of . clay pipe,
ana bis fingers were 50 slender y Was
difficult 70 institute i eeonparlsQn,
The Opelousas courier., 1890-01-11

hqs been put in operation by the manufac
-urers of Dr. Pierce's medicines. His Gold
en- Nc dical Discovery and ''Favorite Pres
tription" are sold by druggists under the
E 1ap etc cure is thus obtained. or money
paid for these medicines it returned. The
certificate CT guarantee given in connection
lioa with sale OF these medicines is tquiya,
/ MT to a policy OF insurance. The Golden
Medical Discovery" cures all hamors and
blood taints, from whatever cause arts ng,
skin aud scalp diseases, scro:ulous sores and
swe!liugs. The "Favorite PrescriptIon" cures
all those arrangements and N~eaknessts pc
culiar to women.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-01-11
What Love Does.
An odd poem begins:

An odd poem begins:
Love in my bosom, like q bee
Doth suck his sweete;
Now with his. wings he plays with me;
Now with his feete.
IL the old time bees were anything
ike their Florida descendants, that posp
might better read:
Love in my bosom, like a bee.
Doth never quail;
Not with his wings he ~stings--not he:
But with his tail.
-Eorida Times Union.