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St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-12-26

These new designs for girls winter
frocks are of warm WOODEN stutfs-cash-
mere, camels -har, CLOTH and the tleccy
rough finished fabrics.
A house dress fashioned like a Vatican
wrapper is worn in the morning by girls
of six to ten years. Cashmere, crepon,
or flannel is the material, with waist lin
ing of sateen. For a girl Of six years
two breadths and Il half of material
cashmere width are gathered to round
collar-like yoke fitted by shoulder seams.
The straight sleeves half Il yard wide
are gathered at the top and to a wrist
band. Velvet ribbon two inches wide is
set in a point in the back just below the
yoke, then drawn to the front, and fas-
tened under a rosette. To complete this
pretty dress. Il wide round collar and
cuffs Of nainsook are worn. They are
doubled Of the MATERIAL and edged with
a frill two inches wide that may be hem
stitched.
A comfortable cloak for girls Of four
to eight years is of ladies cloth warmly
lined. with fur trimming, tan, cadet
blue, or reseda green cloth trimmed with
brown mink or beaver, or else with the
tIeccv Mongolan fur-whitc, black, or
colored-to match the cloth. The yoke is
shallow and pointed, the high collar
is a straight band covered with fur,
and full bishops sleeps fall on deep
cuffs edged with fur Braces of the
cloth cross in the back below the yoke,
and lap in front at the waist line. The
soft-crowncd Florentine cap is borderrt
with fur, and has q pompon of ostrich
feathers with an aigrette in the centre.
School frocks of cashmere, vigogne, or
Of plaid wool for girls of eight to four
teen years have widely beltcd waist in
visibly hooked under the front gathers,
and full gathered skirt. The waist is
gathered below the throat, and under the
belt in front and back The skirt of
three breadths of double width goods for
girls Of twelve years is gathered to the
waist permanently. \ separate belt,
reaching almost to the armpits in corsclet
fashion, is we'll lined and may be whale
boned, and is nearly covered with rows
Of black soutache, it is laced i'll front
through eyclet-hoIcs. The sleeves are
shrred to rut1le at the wrist, and rows Of
braid are set on the shirring. The turned
over collar is also trimmed with braid.
y lovely little frock for parties or
dancing-schooI for girls of six to twelve
years is of wash silk, pink, mauve. or
blue, with white stripes. The low full
corsage is belted with velvet Of darker
shade than the ground of the silk, or else
with black. and is trimmed with a very
full frill of white lace or of chiffon with
scallopcd edge. 1t is worn over a guimpe
of white crepe de Chine gathered at neck
ana wrists without trimming. The
striped elbow sleeves are also untrimmed,
being simply corded. The ribbon
velvet bow on the hair matches the belt
in COLOR Harper's Bazaar.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-12-26
.MORNING- GLORIES.

o dainty daughters of the d. most deli
cate of fowersI
How fifty do ye come to deck days most
delicious hours
Evoked by mornings earliest breath, goul
fragile cBps unfold
Before the light has cleft the sky, or edged
the world with gold.
Befor, the luxurious butterflies and moths
are yet astr,
Before the careless breeze has snapped tn
leaf-hung gossamer-
While sphered dewdrops yet unqualified by
thirsty insect-thieves,
Broider with rows of diamonds the edges OF
the leaves.
Ye drink from days o'erfowing brim, nor
ever dream of noon;
With bashful nod We greet the sun, whose
fattery scorches soon.
Your trumpets trem bling to the touch OF
humming bird and bee.
In tender trepidation sweet, and fair
timidty.
No flower in all the garden hath SO wide a
choice of hue;
The deepest purple dyes are yours-the ten
derest tints of blue;
While some are coorless as lght-some
flushed incarnadine,
And some are clouded crimson, like q goblet
stained with wine.
Ye hold not in your calm cool hearts the pas
sion of the rose,
Ye do not own the naughty pride the regal
lily knows;
But ali! what blossom has the charm, the
purity of this,
Which shrnks before the tenderest love, and
dies beneath kiss?
In this wide garden of the world, where be is
wise who knows
The bramble from the sweet-brier, the nettle
from the rose,
Some lives there are which seem like these,
as sensitive and fair,
AS far from thought of sin or shame, as free
from stain of care.
we unQ sometimes uueSb $ plenulu sOulS,
when all our world is young,
Where life is crisp with freshness, with I'M
shaken dew-drops hung.
They blossom in the cool dim hours, ere sum
shine dries the air,
But cease and vanish long before the noon
days heat and glare.
And if in manhood's dusty time, fatigued
with toll and glow,
We cSuye the fresh, young morning heart
which charmed lis long ago,
We seek in vain the olden wa-s, the shadows
moist and fair
The heart-shaped leaves may linger, but the
blossoms are not there.
-[Elizabeth Akers Allen.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-12-26
An Extraordinary Boat.

One OF the most extraordinary boats
on the great lakes is not a whaleback,
but Is passenger Car transfer operated
in the Straits Of Mackinac by the Duluth,
South Shore & Atlantic Railroad 1t has
an enormous capacity for carrying cars,
but its peculiarities are its strength, its
shape and the number Of its steam en-.
gines 1t carries twenty four steam en-
gines for the performance Of the various
requirements of the business it is in.
The hull of the boat is as solid as the
walls of an old-time blockhouse. The
bow rises up and away from the water so
as to hang or slant over it as if it were
hammer, and that is what it was built to
be. This is because the boat is an ice
breaker, intended to keep channel
open in the straits all winter, or to make
one whenever she is pushed into the
massive ice that forms in that cold re-
gion. The big boat advances toward the
ice, and showing her nose upon its edge,
lifts herself upon it. Then screw pro-
peler under the overhanging bow per-
forms the work Of sucking the water
from under the ice to enable the boats
weight to crush it down the more easily.
Thus the destructive monster makes her
way steadily through the worst ice Of
the semi-polar winters Of that region,
climbing up on the ice, crushing it down,
scattering il on either side, and making
no more of it than if it were so much
slush. Boston Transcript.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-12-26
r ASHTON NOTES.

No change is to be seen in the shape
of bonncts that is, none to note
A rose pink, not old rose. is a new and
fashionable shade for millinery.
Erminc is again asking for favor, and
is very beautiful when carefully used.
Woollv effects as to surface are very
fashionable for everyday wear for the
winter.
The large buttons of fantastic shape
are very quaint and often very ornamen-
tai.
The most charming Of boas is Of white
lambs wool, and it is very fashionable
also
White channels bedroom slippers are
worn with neglige gowns Of white India
silk.
All skirts for demi-toiIette are made
with short trains. Frequently there is (,
cluster of rut1les at the foot.
Silk galloons and passementeries are
many Of them wrought in chenille and
are frequently enriched with jeweled
headings.
Indian-red cloth costumes with coat
bodice and bell skirt are very handsome
when trimmed with black silk braiding
and black fox fur.
Changeable effects are in high favor.
Even the richest vclyets come to us in
oil sorts Of iridesccnt hucs, aud change
able silk muslin is one of the most fash
ionable novelties.
A Jacket deluxe is of brown colored
cloth richly braided in the same shade
with touches of gold here and there. 1t
is profuseIy trimmed with beaver and has
beaver sleeves.
Prominent among wraps are very long
round cloaks with velvet yokcs. They
are of rough, shaggy fabrics that are
very soft to the touch
Some lovely evening cloaks are made
of tomato colored Lyons velvet, elabor-
ately trimmed with cut jet passementeries
Of the richest description. The cloaks
are lined with black plush, and there is
the merest roll Of black fur at all the
edges.
A new and rough make of goods known
as heather cheviot is a most popular ma
terial for travelling costumes. Whatever
the color of this fabric, brilliant bits of
scarlet, bronze, green, gray and gold can
be discovered on close inspection of the
pattern.
A pretty half-short street garment is
jacket of dark cloth, which opens on a
square velvet vest. The vest is belted
in by half-belt coming from the sides
and fastened with handsome buckle,
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-12-26
A>sateaguc Island.

Assatcaguc Island, whore the United
States steamer Despatch was wrecked,
has at various times been an island and
ii PENINSULA For POO years there have
been periods when the sea broke through
the narrow sand beach at Assatcague and
converted it into an island. Then the
inlet would close up, and there would be
long, narrew peninsula, bringing the
coast from Il point little below the
northern boundary Of Accomack county,
Va, to Fcnwiclls Island. ut the south
eastern corner Of Delaware. Fcnwlcks
Island, by the way, was once called cape
Henlopcn, though it is thirty or forty
miles below the present cape OF that name
Assateagnc extends down almost to the
southern extremity Of Chincotcagle' ana
protects the ast-uamcd island from the
fury Of the Atlantic. The waters an
about are shoal, and the largest vessels
trading at Chincotcuguc are bulit Win
centre-boar,Is. Assutcaguc lighthouse IS
a noble shaft of brick rising IN rlSlo
strength from Il mass Of pines ana COM
nlanding Il wide prospect OF dafh ol'e
sea and many pine-clad leagues OF l'lan0
and mainland. i Boston Transcript
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-12-26
EULOGY on WOMEN.

How can the rose grow cried a wise
man Of old, without sunshine: How
can violet bloom on the salty soil? Lo.
women are flowers, that are always be-
coming more and more beautiful and
fragrant the more they are guarded and
cared for. But men should be keepers
in the garden Of beauty; they may re-
ioice themselves in the fragrance of the
flowers, but they may not rumple them
with rude hands. just as the weed is
rooted from the howcr-bed SO should all
that is base and common be removed far
away from the ncighborhood of woman!
Tread upon the rose with thy feet and its
thorns amaze thee; watch over it with
love and care, and it will bloom and be
fragrant, an ornament to itself and thee.
Make thvselt of thine own accord Il slave
to a woman, and she will not bear it, but
will herself bow before thee, and in
thankful love look up to thee as her lord:
make a woman by force thy slave, and
she will bear it still less, but will seek by
craft and cunning to obtain dominion
over thee. For the empire of love is the
empire of contradictions the wise man
marks this and acts accordingly. The
more one has to do with women the more
one learns to know them; and the more
one learns to know them, the more one
learns to love them; and the more one
loves them, the more one is loved again
for every true love finds its response,
and the highest love is the highest wis
DOM The Ledger.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-12-26
Trees Grow From Trees.


The Botanical Department OF the lnl-
vcrsity Of Pennsylvania has just sue
cccdcd in growing plant which in its
native land has great commercial value,
but which has here completed y batiied all
former efforts to grow it This plant is
known in technical language as the
Rhizoph"ra M0uy!c. more commonly as
the Mangroyr. It i, native OF trop-
zeal regions and shoots stems downward,
like the Banyan tree Of India. These
stems eventually take root in the ground
and spring forth again as separate trees.
Thus. from q single tree. whole forest
is produced within Il comparatively short
time.
Sometimes. however, the stems, which
are about seven inches i'll length, drop
into the ocean, and are carried hundreds
and hundreds OF miles "ut to sea, until
.Iut of rock, an oyster bed, or Il ledge OF
sand is met with. However barren the
rock may be, whether Their" Is Soil on 1t
or not, this plant has peculiar faculty
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-12-26

1t is the fashion for girls to be tall
This is much more than saying that tall
girls are the fashion. 1t means not only
that the tall girl has come in, but that
girls are tall, and are becoming tall be-
cause it is the fashion, and because there
is Il demand for that sort of girl. There
is no hint of stOutntss, indeed the willowv
pattern is preferred. but neither is lean
ness suggested; the women of the period
have got hold of the poets idea, tall
and most divinely fair and are living
up to it. Perhaps this change in fashion
is more noticeable in England and on the
Continent than in America, but that may
be because there is less room for change
i'll America, our girls being always of an
aspiring turn. Very marked the phe-
nomenon is in Europe this year; on the
street, at any concert or reception, the
number of tall girls is so large as to oc-
casion remark, especially among the
young girls just coming into the con-
spicuousncss of womanhood. The ten
dency of the new generation is towards
unusual height and gracious slimness
The situation. would be embarrassing to
thousands of men who have been too
busy to think about growing upward,
were it not for the fact that the tall girl,
who must be looked up to, is almost i'll
yariably benignant, and bears her height
with sweet timidity that disarms fear
Besides, the tall girl has now come on in
such force that confidence is infused into
the growing army, and there is sense
Of support in this survival of the tallest
that is very encouraging to the young
[Harpers Magazine.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-12-26

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learned how to saw your leg OFT. Then
in little pocket IN the Inning OF the car
rage Is manicure 3 set, Tor a DOCTOR $
hands should always be Joy to look at
even when they belong 10 a man IN
another pocket Is "a a nrush ana comp "':"
some halrplns. ms doctor mar Is
1.li'h anu lo' an" li''lJ ",l Wy p t
5'nel!'', ol'' -" "''h ti'''il.! -. A'V ~.
iieh 1n''''1''y o"c,?e'' 'l'''''. ~
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-12-26

Injuries. But the average quantity of
tea drunk has not increased in last de-
cade. So it is evident that the United
States is becoming more and more ad-
dictod to the Arabian or Brazilian berry.
In 1920 the consumption per head was
about seven ounces Of tea and nineteen
ounces of coffee. Ten years later it was
about nine ounces Of tea and forty-fo
of coffee. In 1910 it was nearly fifteen
ounces Of tea and five pounds of coffee:
Sixty years ago the value of tea imported
was about half to third of that OF the
coffee. II is now about sixth. The
tea has beenlosing ground comparatively
speaking, all the time lChicago lrI-
bune.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-12-26
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buttoned on underneath the collar.


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81 Two tnnrs # - r"l.r or Tine rib. are
widr ,part and thn nile j. on Iirhter
snrfarn Of .ill, f,r.,nir,, richly shaded
str;,,os
Very, h,n,1-on,,. ;.,,. -,o,.nf tLo French
volkinr rn,ts ,oa.I, If dr,, Attorney
crrnn,-rnIorud billiard cloth and trimmed
with cut ir+ cahor1rnu- r,d facated nail
hral. The coats ar,. lined with black
satin mud finished w,tha Iaroc reverse
coIInr nf blacE fnx fnr other models.
in cafc.au-lait brown Of the palc,t tint,
arr IinpI arI trimmed with very dark
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-12-26

1t is estimated that the Western
railroads have earned $3.50, 900 the past
year from the transportation of Nor
mon missionaries and their proselytes.
Enough disciples are brought over
from Europe every year to keep the
Mormon colonies thriving. Regularly
every two weeks the converts from
foreign lands pass through Kansas
City in bands of from seventy-five to
100. They are in charge always of all
elder, who is sent by the Mormons of
Utah to work in Europe.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-12-26
TESTING 4 TERROR.
He Found out that he had Mistaken
His OccunatiOm.

When we opened the old -Four Y mine
i'll Nevada, says NJ. Quad i'll the New y DIRK
| World, it was no time at all before live
" town was founded and hundreds of
people came pouring in. Iu those days
every community had its terror. He was
! supposed to be able to out-drink, otlt-yell,
/ out-shoot, and Outright everything on
| legs in his jurisdiction. Some times he
was a free lance, and again he was en-
| ployed as a sort of policeman. We
wanted man to protect company prop
erty and one day a giant of Il chap,
weighing 2O3 pounds and 6 feet tall,
applied for the place.
Are you fghter?' was the question
asked of him.
Il am, he replied. 1--WE had seventy
nine fights i'll seven weeks"
Afraid of anything mortal -
Nothing mortal or immortal.'
Shoot both handed?"
81 do.
!" Sc the bowie knife?'
"Perfectly at home with it, sir
How many men have you killed this
| last vcar?''
Well, this has been an off year with
me, as | was sick abed for six weeks,
and SO | haven't got but 'leven.'
suppose, now that terror from some
other camp should come over here to clean
YOU out? Have You ever met any other
terror and downed him-a genuine, first
class terror from the headwatcrs Of Fight
ing Creek
~ | -;
a regular terror.
Then you cant tell how you would
act p
"Whv, | should probably fight him. "
But YOU cant say for sure. How
ever. come back at 4 o'clock this after
noon.
We sent over to Cedar Flats, five miles
away, for their terror We knew him to
be the genuine stuff, and when he arrived
we posted him as to what was wanted
At 4 o'clock, when our alleged terror re-
turned to the shaft the Cedar Flats terror
suddenly waltzrd out on him with a hair
raising whoop and called out:
Whar's the bloody, bloomin hvena
who has been passin' hissclf off around
here as fighter? Whoop! Waug.
Ugh. Somebody pint him out to me and
then tie my hands and legs while | bite
his ears off
Our alleged terror turned pale and
looked nervous, and the Cedar Flats man
prance1 around, cracking his heels to-
gethcr and crowcd.
Cock a-doodle-doo Whoop Pint
him out. Let him stand before me
Whoop. Tic me all up in knots, head
me up in that bari, and then III lick
him or 90 over the cliff. Great snakes
but won't somebody show me the fellow
who-!''
| pointed to our terror, and the Cedar
Flats man uttered a scream and rushed
for him. The chap who had only killed
levcn men Just fell right down III Il heap,
and it was five minutes before we could
bring him to. He was whittier than flower
and as lilnpsv as Il rag. and it was all of
half an hour before he could walk away.
- How do you account for it, | asked
as he was ready to 90.
Il must have gone into the wrong
business, he gloomiIy replied.
/" How do YOU mean"
% ought to have been Il preacher -
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-12-26

ut may be concluded" says Sir
Morrell Mackenzie in the New York
Herald, s'that no severe course of
athletic training should ever be UNDER
gone before the age Of IS at least, and
no prolonged effort requiring endur-
ance as well as muscular strength,
such as rowing in the university boat
race or the long marches and other
fatigues of campaign, should be UNI
dertaken before 30. Even at that age
rapid training for an athletic contest
of any severity should not be under
gone without warranty Of soundness
having first been obtained from a
medical man,
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-12-26

Already predictions are being made
that the dreadful famine which is now
affecting Russia will be repeated in
1892, as there seems to be an indispo-
sition to retain wheat or corn for seed,
the present pressing necessity being
so great as to entirely drive out the
idea of providing for the future.
Should this horrible conjecture prove
correct there is no telling what the re-
suit ght be. The conditions arc
awful now, but two years of famine
in succession would convert the peo-
pie into fiends.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-12-26

9 You probably have not heard how
Barnum secured the Endorsement of the
New York press on his alleged white ele-
phant,' said Bert Davis, to a Mexico
(NIo.) Intelligence man. " Upon the day
Of the white elephants arrival in New
York Barnum entertained all the press
gang at dinner and after that he was to
conduct them down to the wharf to see
the elephant-a scheme to obtain little
free advertising. In the meantime some
of the BOYS had visited the wharf and saw
the elephant was not white, but rather of
mouse color, and they had agreed
among themselves TO give Mr.. Barnum
genuine roast. A few minutes before
the start Mr.. Barnun had story to tell
the boys in order to put them in "a good
humor. He said that there was once
big social gathering given in honor Of
great beauty. When the beauty arrived
with the usual flourish of trumpets all
eyes were turned upon her and the gen
eral remarks were, Isn't she lovely ?"
and How beautifully she is painted !!
1t is true, she was painted. not by hand,
however, but by God. Now, gentle
men, said Mr.. Barnum, the color of
this animal | am about to show you is
just as God painted it. Had the work
been left to me, | assure you he would
have been perfectly white The young
men appreciated the little story, which
resulted in the entire press of the city
ndorsing the great humbugger's white
lephant."
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-12-26
ARRANGEMENT OF THE HAIR.

A pretty way of arranging the hair is
that of combing the front locks back
(after waving them, over a very small
roll Then at each side Of the head, above
the temples, are soft rings of hair that
veil the forehead. The rest Of the hair
is combed up to the top of the head,
divided into four portions which are
loosely plated, then coiedor interwincd,
forming the - basket braid cap" as it is
called, which covers the crown Of the
head, coming close to the soft roll Of hair
above the forehead. When the head is
well-shaped and the features fairly regu-
lar this fashion Of dressing the hair is
much admired. 1t has a neat appear
ancc, quite distinct from the ultra fuzzy
style so long popular. This smoother
yet very graceful coitfure, when it hap
pens to suit the face, is decidedly pretty.
Fine long hair-pins are required to fastcn
the plaits securely.-LChicago Post.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-12-26

Chiidren's eyes are often ruined
and their artistic taste corrupted for
ever, asserts the New York CONNER
,cial Advertiser, by the wretched daubs
considered good enough for their
chool books. Miss Sophie Beale has
zen engaged by the Melbourne
hools to do some charming illustla.
Us in black and white for the chill
rs books. She is also to illustrate
readers by sketches of ancient
p and we'll known buildings, q
knowledge of which will prove
Went education in itself
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-12-26

The town of Basic, Switzerland, has
passed what the New York Herald
deems a very wise regulation, which
forbids the occupation of new house
until four months after it's completion,
OH account of the danger to health by
the evaporation of water in wood Or
bricks and mortar.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-12-26

DR.. Richard }. Calling, he Of rapid
fire gun fame, has recently Invented
a gun which he claims will revolution
ize the manufacture of heavy ord
nance BY curious device the gun
is cooled on tile inside and it can be
firedmuch more rapidly than those
noWin use. A company has been or
ganked with 81, 10000 capital and
works will beerected at Madison, Ind.
II tie gun is what is claimed by its
INVENTOR It will make much more
deadly this character of. ordnance.