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St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-06-24

The fashionable colors, or rather
the fashionable names for cOlorS now
In vogue, are:
Angelique, pale apple green.
Beige, really beige drab.
Castor, dark beige.
CASTLE, bright buff yellow.
CoquelicOt, bright brick red.
D;ayolo. a bright cinnamon.
Emerande, a brilliant emerald
green.
Foxine, a brilliant light crimson.
Geranium, pale goranium red.
Masc0tte, medium moss green.
Murier, an indefinite moss green.
Paradis, bird Of paradise yellow.
Pivoinc, deep metallic scarlet
Nareche, deep moss green.
The other morning Jones turned
up at the Office even later than usual.
His employer, tired of waiting for
him, had himself set about register
ing the days transactions. usually
Jones first duty. The enraged mer-
chant laid his pen aside very delibcr-
ately, and said to Jones, very sternly
indeed:
zones, this will not do"
mo, sir" replied Jones, gently,
drawing off his overcoat, as he
glanced over his employers shoulder,
"it will not. You have entered Nc
Kurken's order in the wrong book.
Far better to have waited till came
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-06-24
AriZona's Ostrich Industry.

Arizona seems to be particularly
adapted to strange industries. 1t is like
transported section of the desert re-
gions of Africa or Asia apparently. The
camels turned loose by the Government
years ago have increased until the settlers
have to kill them to prevent their
stampeding all the stock in the Terri
tory.
There is one industry transplanted
from Africa, however, that has not
turned out as disastrously as camel cul-
ture. About three years ago a man
named Josiah Herbert, noting the not
altogether successful ostrich farms in
California, thought out that the particu-
lar disadvantages incident to the plume
growing business here could be over
come in Arizona. He got number of
birds from the San Felice rancho and
shipped them to the southwestern Terri
tory. Travelling by rail does not agree
with ostriches, and all but two of them
died before they reached Herbert's farm.
These two, however, with commendable
industry, have become the progenitors
of a flock of the ungainly birds that now
numbers thirty-three.
Herbert's farm is three miles from
Phoenix. He has forty acres fenced in for
them, and the industry has long since
passed the experimental stage. They
have regular pasture. The word pas
ture is proper one, for Notwithstanding
the popular impression that the ostrich
thrives on nails, cobblestones and tomato
cans, the fact is that his taste is pretty
much the same as that of pig. He is
particularly contented when turned loose
in an alfalfa patch. Indeed, almost any
thing vegetable does for him, from
grasses to cactus leaves. In the dry
climate of Arizona ostriches require al
most no care and are as easily raised as
cattle or sheep. The ostrich business
ought to pay. 1t costs almost nothing
to feed them and the full-grown birds
are valued at from $500 to $500 each.
They grow up in patches of from a
dozen to twenty, SO it is no wonder that
increase is rapid. When an ostrich is
five years old he is considered full grown,
and as he lives for hundred years and
gives up two crops of feathers each year
it can be seen that an ostrich is bird
worth having.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-06-24
ODDS AND ENDS.

{ 1t is in the courtship of an heiress that
'1've spotted you," said the sun to the
girl with freekles.- Atchison Globe.
Mary bought fountain pen
Which looked quite too delightful,
But when she tried to write with it
| The words she used were frightful.
Il Washington News.
Ethel-Who was that friend | saw
with you moment ago2
Ellcn-He's not friend. | am en-
gagged to him.-[Tid- Bits.
William Ann-What is the crush at
that museum about? Blocker Very
unusual attraction. They have on ex-
hibition cook who stayed six weeks in
one place New York Times.
The man who sat out on the wood pile
and told funny stories, expecting the
wood would split, evidently did not
strike a g responsive chord. ~ Yonkers
| Statesman.
The first morning man is walked up
before daylight by his new alarm clock he
can't help thinking for moment that
after all that clock was dear at 81 cents.
-[Somervile Journal
| The assertion that woman can't keep
a secret is disproven by the way a spin
ster holds her age Boston Courier.
Employer-William, Mrs. spriggins
D.! complains that she Received only one of
| all the bundles she had put up here last
! night
William-That's funny, sir. wrote
'Mrs. Spriggins" on one bundle, and
put "Ditto' on each of the others. Il Tit
bits.
Kind Party-What are you crying that
way for, little boy2
Little Boy-'Cause it's the only way
know how to cry.-[Life's Calendar.
Although old Griggs was rather thin
His ailments seemed within.
He took the doctors medicine
Until the stuff took him.
cit seems to me-" said the Congress
| man, "that law is like a colt. Some
body has to break it before you can find
out whether it is of any good or not"
IA kiss for a blow" said the girl who
loved cornet player.
When man kicks on the amateur
cornet-p player next door, his objections
are sound. i Binghamton Leader.
Many men will disseminate another
mans lie a1d then credit themselves with
truth.--ISt. Joseph News.
"Here's another blow at American
agriculture" said the farmer when he
saw the cyclone coming.-[ Kansas
Farmer.
"Did you 60 on the stock exchanged"
"Not quite. went under it -
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-06-24
The French Bourgeosie.

The bourgeosic is that immense body
of the French nation which represents
repargne, or, in other words, capitalized
savings. The bourgeois is the man who
has made his money cent by cent during
the first hree-quarters of his life, aud
who spends it in pretty much the same
proportion during the last remaining
quarter. As long as he works he is not
a bourgeois. But as soon as he retires
from business and lives on his income,
however small it may be, he becomes
Monsieur Bourgeois. To reach this goal
has been his one ambition through life
time of want and labor, and | imagine
Heaven itself would appear an almost
superhuous recompense to those who
have attained this stage of human felic-
ity. The bourgeois thinks OF nothing,
aspires to nothing, but to make money,
not in a gay, off-hand, haphazard way,
but ever cautiously, calculating over a
centime or silently grasping after a
penny.
And the bourgeois in this case means the
woman as we'll as the man, the wife as
we'll as the husband, for both work on
untiringly, attached by the same bonds
to the yoke of labor. | remember once
accompanying friend to a confection-
er's. She was wealthy American who
spent money lavishly. On this particu-
lar occasion she paid an unusually large
bill, and while waiting for the change
ate tempting 'fondant.' We were
leaving the shop when she suddenly re-
membered it, and, turning to the sales
woman, with one of her beaming recep-
ton smiles, she said: II have eaten two
of your pretty bonbons; what do owe
your 1.-TWO CENTS" answered the wo-
man, unhesitatingly. Had not these two
confines been discounted already by the
proprietor2 No Frenchman throws away
two sous on a client unwittingly; no
more than a French client would think
of eating two sous worth of candy with
out paying for it. The bourgeois knows
too we'll what it costs to make two sous
in an old country, and the rich man
knows exactly the amount of pleasure he
is entitled to expect from the same two
sous-[The Marguise de San Carlos, in
North American Review.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-06-24
Could Then Lick Stamps.

The chance that General John
Worse, who held the fort" at ALA
foona, sand, after a terrible battle,
declared that he could dick all hell
yet," may again be appointed to
office, recalls to the Boston Globe this
incident: When he was made post.
master of Boston, the newspapers
were full of stories of his valor, and
scores of clippings were sent to him
at his home in Winchester. Rope
titions Of the phrase just quoted
were abundant. At length, one day,
his wife, half in jest and half in a
feeling of annoyance, said to the
general: There is one consolation at
least, and that is you have got
through licking all hell, and will oc'
cupy yourself for some time to come
In licking poStage-stampS.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-06-24
Why Men Fail In Business.

Experience is the best, and often the
most expensive, teacher. There are two
ways of obtaining experience-one by
getting it yourself and paying for it, and
the other by observing the experience of
others and pro6ting thereby. The latter
is by far the cheaper.
In this connection it is interesting to
observe that nearly twelve thousand fail
ures occurred in the United States and
Canada in 1892 Most of these failures
were attributed to insufficient capital, I"
but close analysis of the reasons given
would, we believe, show that lack of
experience was the foundation of vast
majority of these misadventures in bust
ness. Other causes, of course, arc men
toned. OF the 10000 failures over 1, 900
were attributed to fraud, nearly 1900 to
incompetence, the same number to dis
aster and over 8, 300 to slack of means"
Il New York Mail.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-06-24

AN authentic whale story comes from
Grand Manan, in the Bay of Fundy,
which rivals any told in the country for
years, says the Boston Herald. Two
Grand Manan fishermen, Cronk and
Winchester, cast their anchor off their
boat and threw out their lines in quest
of cod. Suddenly their boat began to
move through the water, and a whale
rose to the surface. The anchor was
fastened in his blowhole, and with the
boat blowing through the water after
him, he started toward the shore, got
into shoal water and stranded. Cronk
and Winchester killed his whaleship
with axes and sold the carcass for SO.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-06-24
1mDressfonism.

From an illustrated article on
Claude" by Theodore Robinson, in
The Century, the following is
) quoted: zone cause of the popular
prejudice against impressionism is
the supposed willful exaggeration of
color. No doubt restrained, negative
color pleases better the average mind.
and only colorist and searcher can
use pure, vivid color with good effect,
Us Monet certainly does. That there is
rnors color in nature than the
average observer Is aware Of. be.
lieve any one not color.blind can
prove for himself by taking the time
and trouble to look for it. 1t is
plausible theory that our forefathers
saw fewer tones and colors than we;
that they had, in fact, a simpler and
more naive vision; that the modern
eye is being educated to distinguish
completely Of shades and varieties
of color before unknown. And for a
comparison, take the sense of taste,
which is susceptible of cultivation to
such an extraordinary degree that the
expert can distinguish not only diff
ferekt varieties and ages Of wine, but
mixtures as well; yet this sense in the
generality of mankind, In comparison,
hardly exists. In like manner
painter gifted with a fine visual per-
ception Of things spends years in de-
Veloping and educating that sense;
then comes the man who never in his
life looked at nature but in a casual
and patronfzlng way, and who swears
he never saw such color as thu
Which is right or nearest right?
Another cause has been its sup
posed tendency toward iconoclasticism
and eccentricity. But in reality,
while bringing forward new discover
les Of vibration and color, in many
gays the impressionists were return
ing to first principles. Monet's Boy
with Sword and the much discussed
Olympia may claim kinship with
Velasquez for truth of values, and for
largeness and simplicity of modelling,
while the best Monets rank with
Daubigny's or, to 90 farther back,
with Constable's art in their self
GRANT and breadth, combined with
Sity to nature"
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-06-24
Why not, indeed?

When the Royal Baking Powder makes
finer and more wholesome food at less cost
which every housekeeper familiar with it will
AFFIRM why not discard altogether the old
fashioned methods of soda and sour milk, or
soda or the cheaper and inferior baking pow
ders, and use it exclusively?
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-06-24

Syrup

Two bottles Of German Syrup
cured me of Hemorrhage of the
Lungs when other remedies failed.
I am a married man and, thirty six
years of age, and live with my wife
and two little girls at Durham, Mo.
l have stated this brief and plain so
that all may understand. My case
was bad one, and I shall be glad
to tell anyone about it who will
write me. PHILIP L. SCHENcK, P.
0. Box45, April IS, 1890. No man
could ask a more honorable, bust
ress-llke statement. @
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-06-24

ANOTHER instance of the complete
petrifaction of human body is reported,
this time at Carlyle, ILL., The remains of
John Russell, who was buried there So
years ago, were exhumed and were found
changed to stone, the features and form
being faithfully preserved.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-06-24
When Travelling

whether on pleasure bent, or business, take on
every trip bottle of Syrup of Figs, as it acts
most pleasantly and effectively on the kidneys,
and other forms of sickness For sale in 90 cents
and 81 bottles BY all leading druggists.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-06-24

Work for workers! Are you ready to work,
and do you want to make money? Then write
to B. F. John on & CO., of Richmond, Va, and
see ii they cannot help YOU.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-06-24
SPRING MEDICINE

4 LIS needed by nearly everybody to purify the
blood, cleanse the system of the winters accu-
mutation of impurities, and put the whole
body in good condition for the summer. such
universal satisfaction has
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-06-24

Other pills have attained a transient popularity, nut
efter a few years have passed out OF nind' imlta-
lions and countrrfcits without number have been
mt on the market from time to time but Ia 10 Sve
satisfaction The genuine Dr. c. McLane's Liver rllis
have stood the test of more than 10 ard sell TO-
day all over the civilized world Money refunded IN
all cases where they fail to give satisfaction
az sid Nv DRUGGISTS generally Sent by mail to any
address, on receipt of rs CENTS.
Fleming Brothers Coz Pittsburgh, ia.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-06-24

Many persons are broken down from over
work or household cares. Browns Iron Bit
moves excess of bill, and cures malaria. 4
splendid tonic for women and children.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-06-24
Hoods SarsapariIIa

given for this purpose that it is the most sue
cessful and most popular Spring Medi-
cine. If you feel weak and tired, Hoods Sar-
saparilla is just what you need to restore your
strength and make you feel perfectly well.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-06-24

Ladies' needing n tonic, or children who
want building up, should take Browns Iron
Bitters. 1t is pleasant to take, cures Malar a
Indigestion. Biiiousness and Liver Complaints
makes the Blood rich and pure.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-06-24

Ifaffiicted with sore ewes use DR.. Isaae Thomp-
sons Eye wafer. Druggists sell at 22c a bottle
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-06-24

Halls Catarrh Cure is liquid and is taken
, internally, and acts directly upon the bio I'd
and mucous surfaces of the system. send for
testimonials, free. Sold by Druggists, Toe.
E. j CHENEY d %. PrOps.. Toledo, o.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-06-24

The national debt in 1890 was S14.63 per
head of the populatio
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-06-24

The greatest cataract and the highest tree
in the world are American.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-06-24

Beecham's Pills with d drink of water morn
ings. Beecham 's-no others. 25 cents q box.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-06-24

The appetite and the luxuries rarely go to
gether.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-06-24

An exchange of ideas ALWAYS makes intel
hgent people conservative.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-06-24
A MONEY MAKER.

Samso-He is not rich, and yet h.
makes great deal more money than he
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-06-24

Ouiegs-How does Bertha M. Mudde
rank as q novelist?
Publisher-About as rank as any of
them.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-06-24

Rodd-How can that be-
Samso-He works in the Mint.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-06-24
THE JOKERS' BUDGET.
JESTS AND YARNS BY FUNNY
MEN OF THE PRESS.
Invariably-A Great Secret-AcquircGl
acknowledgements in the Kntchen-
An Apt Student, Etc, Etc.

INVARIABLY.
Jasper-A we'll balanced mind is a
grand thing to have.
Jumpuppe-Yes, but when a man
steps on banana peel a well balanced
body is what he yea4:ns for.-[New York
Herald.
GREAT SECRET.
''You get youah clothes in deah old
Lunnon too. see" said Goslin to Cod
ling.
"If you'll pwomise not to tell, old fell
law, I'll tell you a secWet."
"I'll pwomise-"
81 get them in Bwooklyn. l know a
place there which gives you as bad a tit
as you can get in Lunnon. II Harper's
Bazaar
ACQUIRED WISDOM.
Mrs. Spatts (eproa'shfully) - You
loved me, Henry, when we were mar
ried.
Mr.. Spatts-Well, we live to learn.
Do you think man isn't likely to grow
wiser in seven years. Chicago Record.
IGNORANCE IN THE KITCHEN.
Husband-Why did you discharge the
cook?
Young Housewife-I told her to make
a few sweetbreads and she hadn't the
least idea how to do it.
AN APT STUDENT.
Caller Eat law officeD-Is Mr.. Jackson
in?
Ofice-boy Qearning the business
WE'LL sir, he went out when | was out,
and I wasn't here when he returned, so
[ don't know whether he's in or not.
PARADOXICAL.
"Charley's trying very hard to win
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-12-07

An Argument TO Prove 1t . ueie'l
sf the Eyes.

st Nnc Eyes"
A man who is constantly reading
ought, Of course, to be able 10 spe1
the words which he is repeatedly seein'
on the page before him. Yet as "'1
know, it often happens that great reaul
ers are exceedingly bad spoilers ln'
ordinary man, puzzled about q WOW
writes 1t To sec how 1t looks: an1
this look tells him at once whether u
has spelled 1t right or wrong ~
true bad speler is, however, not ne'p,I1
the very least bit In the world py un]
process. says the Spectator. lie Una!
write the word a dozen ways anu ~ !.
get one version which looks to him M
ter than the others. The trltn Is, Il
eyes have some defect, propapy n
focusing power, which prevents
seeing clearly the letters of nc W., n
When he learns to read, he leain
read verbatim, and not literaNll .h1
hence he sees, and has always seer.
symbol for receive" MOI IT,, al
with the re" always following ue
aud In front Of the H." ,uosI
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invariably be found TO have peer ush|
In learning to read. They were Ain
to read literally, but found greas
Guilty In the process owing 10 uei 'om,rI
eyesight, and so had slowly ana sals a
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ideas, not as compounded letters. m
word, bad spelling Is a defecs IN 4
eyesigkt. not of the nina; an" h,,,tv u
probability, many q case OF lm'v ~ I'D
learn to spell might be curea .,es
dren by the right pair Of speo
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stewed the stew snd squashed tho
squash; now what shall I do nextS-
Street & Smiths Good News.
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law quite materially.
Printing paper. unsized for books and
newspapers, L. per cent ad valoretn pres
ent law Is per cent.
thereof, cardboards, photographic prints lex.
| cept Illustrations when forming a part or
q periodical newspaper or In printed books,
photograph, autograpn and scrap aieqnls,
cent.
Envelopes, 20 per cent ad valcrem; pres
ent duty. 70 per cent, ~
Playing cards, l0c per package ana So
package.
Eavthcn and Glassware.
Some Of the specific duties of the Nc
Kinley law on earthcn ware and glassware
have been changed ar follows;
Brick, not glazed or Ornamental or deco
rated in any manner, ~ per cent ad yaiorem
present law, si.25 per ton; glazed, orna
loren; present Law, As per cent.
Tiles, plain aud encaustic, not glazed
ornamented, pa;ated. enameled or decorated
- per cent advalorem; no change.
ornamented, glazed, painted, enspeied OF
- per cent ad yaiorem. no change.
law, Is per cent.
China, porcelain, Parian and btsQue ware
not decorated In any manner, 40 per cent
| ad yalorem; present law, 5o per cent ad va
China. porcelain, Parian. bisque, earthen
stone and crockery ware aud limitations
s .ss : : xssss' asd plaasss' or ro oanameats siy Il
any manner As per cent advalorem; pres
emit law, 30 per cent advalorefn-
Pain. green and %colored, nodded o.
pressed and dint and lime glassware. In
boys covered or ~uncoyercd). whether nilct
or unified ard whether their contents ~
dutiablc or free, not specially provided 10
In this act, 80 per cent al vaiorcm; presen
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-12-07

Chemicals, OILS n falntss
Many articles In the chemicals, oils and
Paints schedule have been transferred to the
free list. The changes made In the re-
naming articles include the following:
Ink and Ink powders. printers ink and
NIL other ink not specially provided for In
this act, 20 per. cent ad yalorem. Present
aw. 80 per cent.
Opium, aqueous extract Of, for medicinal
use, and the tincture Of. as laudanum,
and all ether liquid preparations OF opium.
not specially provided for In this act, Is
per cent ad valorcm. Present law. 40 per
cent ad valorem.
Opium containing less than 8 per cent of
morphia, and opium prepared for smoking,
So per pound. Present law, So.
But opium prepared 70; smoking and
other preparations Of opium deposited In
bonded warehouses shall not be removed
therefrom without payment OF duties, and
such duties shall not he refunded
All medicine preparations. including pre-
variations OF which alcohol Is a component
part. or In the preparations OF which al.
rohoi Is used. not snecially provided for,
80 cents per pound. Provi led, that no such
preparation shall pay less than % per cent
al valorem. Present dnty the same.
Preparations used as applications TO the
hair, mouth. teeth or skin and articles Of
perfumcry, not specially provided for, ~
per cent nd yalcrem. Present law, 5 per
cent.
Soap. CASTLE soap. 20 per cent ad valor.
EN-; present law. 1H cents per pound.
Fancy perfumtd and all descriptions OF
toilet soap. 80 per cent nd valorem; Present
law. l5 cents per pound