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cape. It is in effect a close-ftting bod
ice TO the hips, furnished with tight
sleeves. Over these hang full long cape>
sleeves, 50 arranged that, seen from the
side, the garment looks like a verftablo.
cape, but displays the figure from any
other view point. The cloth is heavy
and fawn-colored, the lining is silk
brocaded in pale rose.
For evening dress for summer wear.
it is almost obligatory that some thin
material be worn over silk. Dotted
muslin does as well as anything. A
pretty gown covered with this material
is made of pale green silk quite plain in
the skirt. There is a fall of lace at the
wrists. the shoulder straps are outlined
withvelvet ribbon in a darker green, and
the bodice is formed almost entirely
of these ribbons banded d~iagonally for
ward and upward and knottedin front
in a succession of bows. The
are pink roses.
The irregular hat, the picture hat, is
still the favorite of the summer girl. It
always win be, so long as summer girls
value the picturesque quality. Per-
haps the favorite shape is the shallow
scuttle brim falling pretty low in
front and turned sharply up behind,
and with the fat h~our-glass or beef
eater crown. The quilted chiffon and
yelling effects 50 popular a month ago
have not gained in favor, perhaps haze
hardly held their own. An exceptionis
made in favor of dotted chiffon, which
has rather Q piquant emphasis and
illustrates the survival of the fttest
A few hats are now seer of the toad
stool shape, the brim falling way at
quite an angle from the crown on all
sides; such hats are generally quite
plainly trimmed and used for outing
purposes. For the more dressy hats
bands of black ribbon and black
plumes are in high favor. An occa-
sional white Leghorn hat bent down at
the sides by a ribbon tie under the chin
has a charming and demure effect. A
third style of hat in light colors has it.
self SO covered with roses that it seems
to have been borrowed from the head
of a Dresden statuette.
There is a reaction, easy long ago to
predict, toward simpler shapes in para
soils. The belounced and futtering tri-
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-08-22
TO MAKE A CUP OF TEA.
Something That Every Housewife should
Learn

Something That Every Housewife should
Learn,
Nothing is easier. The odd thing is
that SO many girls fancy tea-making a
difficult art, when it is really a very
simple process, which needs only atten-
ton and care to produce excellent re-
suits.
Having good tea to begin with, next
be sure that you have freshly drawn
pure and filtered water of which to
make the beverage. The water must
not have been standing for hours ex-
posed to the weather nor simmering on
the range, and growing fat. Tt must
be fresh, and then if you have a brisk
fire, or the hot flame of an alcohol lamp,
bring it quickly to the boil. A f1at-bot-
toned kettle is to be preferred, as it has
a broad surface to expose to the heat,
and the boiling is Dol accomplished.
Water is boiling when it bubbles and
jumps merrily about, and the steam
comes in white puffs from the spout of
the kettle. 1t does not boil when it be-
gins to simmer and to sing. That's only
the sign that it is near to boiling. You
must make your tea when the water
has just boiled, not when it has been
boiling a long time. A kettle which
has been standing on the back of a
stove all day, filed up now and then by
u dipper or two of water added when
some has been taken out, will not mako
good tea. You must boil the water on
purpose.
An earthen pot is better for tea than a
metal one. Pour a little boiling water
in the pot to heat it, and after a minute
or two pour it out. Now put a teaspoon
full of ten for every cup of hot water
an even, not a heaping spoonful-and
add an extra one for the pot. Pour on
as much water as wild fill the number
of cups you wish to make, Let it stand
two minutes, then with a long-handled
spoon stir the leaves once through the
water, and instantly cover the pot
again. Three minutes more and your
tea is done. Never let tea steep or boil,
or stand a long time. 1t is a quick, neat,
nice process from beginning to end
Harper's Round Table.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-08-22

By the old stage road it was sixteen
miles from the settlement where we got
our washin done to the town of Green
vile, where we sold cotton and chick
ems and eggs and other farm produce
ments, and bought a few dry goods and
groceries and other valuables of life.
When / look back now and think about
it right serious seems to me like Green
vile was but little more than a wide
place in the road. But it was town,
you understand; to my young eyes it
was the biggest and the busiest and the
finest place in the round created warld.
Up to that time it had always looked to
me like the sun ross somewheres over
there in the fat woods on the other side
of Panther creek, and then went down
with aroyal bobtail flush and set behind
them old red hills around Greenville.
In that day and generation the men
folks didn't go to town as regular and
frequent as they do now, and it was only
about oncst q year that they would fill
up with the milk of human kindness
and let the logs go with them. And,
mind you, with us boys a trip to town
was the biggest thing in the deck-the
happiest and most brightest spot in the
records Of a year. White people, ac-
cordin to the way 1 see things now and
the way l saw things then, a railroad
excursion all the way from New York to
New Orleans nowadays amt nothin to a
ride on our OK wagon from Panther
Creek to the town Of Greenyille.
So in the large and lovely autumn, in
the golden Indian fields were turnin
brown and red and pale in patches
the men folks they yoked up the
oxen and loaded the wagons and took
the boys with them and went to town.
II it was given unto me to live right
IN for a hundred years to come
/ never could forget how tremendous
big and broad and bright and beautiful
the world looked to me on that frosty
mornin in October as the wagons rolled
out over the old stage road-men and
oxen and boys all headed for town
from Panther Creek to Greenville-
from sunrise to sunset.
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rcopxn1oHr. 1891

I'D ~m
When the summer has become a set
ed fact, and there is no more actual
hange Of style until autumn, then It Is
ime for many odd and absurd little no
iona-sstylettes," one may call them
o aaunt and futter their brief day in
The sunlight.
II the stage spectacles are correct,
medieval Italians Of the sterner sex used
to sclothe their legs in different colors.
Not Eve the gayest bicyelist of the
present day has dared attempt the de-
vice, but women boldly adopt the parti-
colored idea, being than men more
brave.
One Of the prettiest uscs of particol-
ored effect that l have seen this summer
il the pair Of cuffs in different colors.
"A pretty gown in green silk has, for in
stance. a bodice partly built of shot
green silk with turquoise, and spangled
and %glittering all over with green and
turquoise. One cuff is of green silk, the
other of turquoise silk.
/ have heard from a recent arrival
from New York the story of a woman
who has just gone to Saratoga with the
grim and determined intent Of being
one of the best dressed women there at
. comparatively triHing expense. Her
dressmaker, at command, equipped her
with four skirts, all black, and with 25
waists. I presume there were other
things, mitigating circumstances, as it
were; but there are the bold facts.
Some Of the waists were very cheap,
some fairly expensive. The skirts were
all plain. but capable of sophistication
by pendants and wreathings of lace.
The whole outfit of the Saratoga
woman may not have cost much more
than a single gown which I have been
admiring. It has a bluish-gray silk
skirt. with panels ornamented with cut
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-08-22

steel beads. The bodice is made of rose
silk tafeta, covered in part with gray
chiffon. The elbow sleeves are made
with stiff cuffs, from which depend
more of the gray chiffon. And t o get
the precise shade of gray, the modiste
took white chiffon to a dyer and had it
dyed to the exact tint required, match
ing the CLINT of the cruel little steel
beads.
! suppose that the proud owner of
this gown flatters herself that she will
not soon see it copied; and as the gamut
of dyes is practically unlimited, anyone
else can at the same expense of time
and money also rejoice in a gown not
likely 70 be copied-if it seems worth
while.
The newest thing in sleeves-to per-
petuate a bull-is the same old newest
thing that it has been for the past few
weeks, only more so. Itreally seems as
if the new sleeve were making its way
Buccessw ard. 1t is throwing off dis
guises. It is lessening the fullness of
its shoulder puffs and capes. It is
smoothing 5ut it's wrinkles until now
oneshallse perfectly smooth and tight
fitting sleeves from shoulder to wrist,
needing only the abandonment Of the
shoulder puff to become the close sleeve
Of more than ten years ago. And then
we shall all discover anew what a beau
tiful thing is a sleeve that follows the
curve OF the arm and shoulder-that is
# there are dne specimens of their sort.
T1omhnnC a 4041Ta-l ral~.x- 49, ln- -
tracted some admiration here illustrates
as well as any the newest phase Of smart
gowning. The figure in the goods is rath-
Is conspicuous. The sleeves are quite
snug up to the middle Of the upper arm,
where they retain small shoulder puffs.
There is q velvetstock collar with a deep
Of lace above. the ribbon belt is six
inches wide and there is a tiny rufle at
the hem.
The same shape, plus a big bell-muz.
zle expansion at the cuff, distinguishes
q blue and gray shot mohair which has
other original features. There are the
quaint use Of three horizontal lines of
Jet about the hips. three across the bust,
. wide turnover Zap attached to the
collar. ands oldest Of all, two iet-bossed
hanging from either side of the
yoke, for all the world like the ribbons
hung to the brides Of prize winners at
the horse show.
I have seen q boating gown Of dark
blue flannel with a fine white line run
ming hroughit, which has deep braided
aud-buttoned cuffs and sleeves Of the
leg~of-mutton shape, but so small that
one might call them leg-of-la1nb, in
stead. The coat is short in front and
aced with white and any old waist. or
lew one, goes with 1t.
Something newly new in driving coats
a clever combination Of bodice and
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-08-22
Uncle Luke and HIa Whlp.

,
If in case you have lived as long as I
have you have took notice by this time
that back there in them plain old days
people had more oxen and thought
more of their COW teams than they do
now. On that trip I recollect that
some of the men driv two oxen and
some driv four, whilst Uncle Luke
Willis he driv six without the, sign of a
rope OF marry one. He had him a long
keen whip, which he could take it and
set the very air on fire from the tail of
the off OK at the wheels to the horns of
the lead OK way out there in front. And
to hear Uncle Luke talkin to his cows,
sometimes kind and gentle and some
times with a loud voice in the plainest
and strongest United States language,
and then see him handle his long whip
till it would coil up and hiss and pop
like a bunch of frecrackers-that was
fun and show enough for me.
Soon as ever we got to town and sold
out the cotton and other producements
which we had took to market, the men
folks driv around on the square and
halted the wagons. Then they
went off and left us boys there to
mind the teams and keep loose stock
away. You understand they didn't have
no stock law in town then, and if you
didn't look out the COWS and hogs and
things would eat up every blessed thing
in the wagons.
So the men folks they left us boys
with the wagons and teams, whilst they
went off to "see about it, as / heard
Uncle Luke say. AS for me, I don't
know for certain where they went, but
from what little / could see and pick up
around the edges ] knowed blame well
they didn't go Off and drink any plain
branch water to speak of.
Finally at last / told the boys If they
would leNve Ben Chris Weaver with me
and let me have Uncle Luke's long whip,
I would mind the wagons and teams
and they could make up a crowd and
take in the town. If we only turned
loose two or three at a time, you under
stand, they dassent go out Of sight from
the wagons for fears they never would
git back to base. And that's how come
me to take the job Of mindin all the
wagons anu Aeepln the SbOcA OH Win
nothin but Uncle Luke's long whip and
Ben Chris Weaver to help me.
Now it come to pass that there was
one little woolly-headcd he COW in
town that day which was particularly
mean and sassy, and he mighty night
pestered the life out Of me and
Ben Chris. He wanted some fodder, he
did. He wanted fodder jest little bit
worse than anything else in town, and
he kept me and Ben Chris so monstrous
busy drivin him away till we couldn't
see no sights at all. By-and-by / told
Ben Chris to let him alone till he hid
his head in a pile of fodder when I
would try and give him something to re-
Tamber us by. Then / watched my time
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-08-22

bells the time
when a gang of
us boys went up
to town along in
the fall OF the
year and I give
the old family
graveyard a ire
mendius clio {
shave. Nothin
but the hand OF
Providence and
pure niger luck
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-08-22

fes of early spring were well enoug~-.
for display then, but for use now plain
er silk makes are in more demand. And
TIL ornamentation is now lavished main
ly upon the handle.
ELLEN OSBORN,
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-08-22

To COMPLETE the C~ollation.-She (senti-
mentally)-'I would 1 were a bird.n He
(stupidly)-"And what would l be?n She
(sarcastically)-"Oh, you might be a small
bottle. "-Chicago Record.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-08-22

pulled me through the tolls and snares
and trials and troubles Of that au-
tumnal day, which then I got out by
the hair Of my head and the skin Of my
teeth, as it were.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-08-22

SEE-"I see Jack Parsons - q ~defaulter.,,
He-"Yes; how he has changed. Why,
when he used to play baseball he wouldn't
even steal a base.1-N. Y. Evening TeIe.
gram.
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snow Drops.

One cup Of butter, two cups of sugar,
whites Of five eggs. n small cup OF
milk, three full cups of prepared -four.
Flavor with vanilla and nutmeg. Bake
in small, round tins.-N. Y. Ledger.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-08-22

LET ms take the blamed thing home,n
said the patient, as the dentist relieved him
of his aching molar; 81 want to take it
home and poke sugar in it to see it achel'-
Truth.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-08-22

PIso's Cure for Consumption has no equal
as a Cough medicine.-F. M. Abbott, 1888
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-08-22

WI initiate only what we believe and ad-
mire.-Willmott.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-08-22

CoEerFAzIoN Cured W DR. Ce4IGI
1efulenL Liver Powder. Samples and leef
mQniaa Alee 10 Bottles euIB cents NaN
earlgtelt Medieire Co. H~Nan1Flle. md
ms. NuFEn 90 IefklZ aar6 gca 4ny
Wox Tor polished N1ol4W ClerEZaHos we
only have sealing E Eiln NoWed-
swell, THAI VIII d.. KRIS fof tne tnlingE
suppose " will % Tor eHoaf fus1 Wefi4o
Washington Times.
RED, angry eEurficu5 WELD 70 the ACTION
Of Glenn sulphur Boo1.
HilPs HAIR and WhiskeE DFo, 50centa.
HEw who goes no further than bare justice
stops at the beginning Of Virtuos-Bi1if.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-08-22
-sUNRIsE 10 sUNsET.n
Rufus Sanders Draws On the
Stormy Past
Suncle Luke's Long WhIps Tangled
the Boy n h "Hs Cow
And They "Tore Out
from There"

Hit comes back to me to-day DIS clear
as the ringin of a thousand evenin.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-08-22

s 'aEewest levi In sIeeves-How One
can b the eBest dressed woman II
Saratoga. by Gettine T~wsnty-Five
Wnista-Minor Raahlon Tips.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-08-22
0sB0RN's LETTER.

Newport Costume with Guns
That DO Not Match in Color.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-08-22

The so-cent piece weighed 77.1s
grains.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-08-22

MNUDRR and WHISKY habits cured. Book seat
WDhWU FREE. Dn B. \. WOOLhEY, ATLANTA, "a.
RrNANB THIS PAREA every Hna vslA
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-08-22
AUGUSTA MILITARY AGAlEMY

VALLEY OF VIRGINIA.
Experienced Instructors. Standing, high. TERMS.
very moderate. For illustrated Catalogue, giving
full particulars, apply to CIlAs. q. ROLLER, Prin..
FIT. VA,
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-01-10
SHERIFFS SALE.

BY virtue ola General Execution, issued out
of the office of the Clerk of the District Court
in and for Winneshiek County, state of Iowa,
dated the 18th day of November, A. ID. 1895,
and TO me directed and delivered. have
levied ON all the right, title and interest OF
Perry III. Whitney, as son and heir at law of
Bayton Whitney, late of Winneshiek County,
Iowa, the same being an undivided one-sixth
interest in and TO the following real estate,
tO-wit:
The southwest quarter 20 OF section seven
ca, in Hesper township Wfnneshiek County,
Iowa; also the west one-half % of the north
west quarter "a of section eighteen QSl and
the west one-fourth 20 of the east one-half %
of the northwest quarter ca of said section
eighteen (lS) in said township of Hesper
county of Winneshiek, Iowa, according to the
recorded plat thereof
Which property l shall expose for public
sale as the law directs, on Saturday the 18th
day of January, A. ID. 1896, at the hour of one
o'clock, p. NJ, of said day, at the front door of
the Court House in DEBORAH in said county, or
so much thereof as shall be necessary TO salts
fy a judgment for the sum of Twenty-six Hun
dred and Twenty-nine and 90-l00 Dollars, dam
ages, with interest from the Sth day of May
1894, at the rate of eight per cent. per annum
One Hundred and Thirty-two Dollars Attor-
ney's fee, and Ten and 70-l0O dollars costs
which Rollins, Perry Il Blackmar recovered
on the Sth day of May, 1894, in the District
Court of said County, against Perry III. Whit
ney, together with interest and accruing costs
Dated at DEBORAH, Iowa, December 10th, 1896
c. CHRISTEN, Sheriff.
DAN SHEA, Attorney for Plaintiff.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-01-10
The Iowa State Library's Books.

The Iowa State Library takes vast
quantity of magazines, law reports and
other books which must be bound each
year. The Library has just awarded a
two years contract to Ham Il Carver's
book bindery at Dubuque to do this
work. A couple of years ago the same
bindery did it. Then it was given to
another firm in the state. 1t is now
restored to the Dubuque firm because
of the excellence and cheapness of
their work. Anyone having maya
zines and books to bind should send
them to Ham Il Carver; or write them
for estimates.
The same firm also make many
blank books for banks, merchants,
county officers and Others throughout
Iowa. If needing blank books write
for their estimates. They make q
speciality of fiat openers. 42-S
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-01-10
Two for the price Of One.

New subscribers to Public Opinion
are offered the opportunity to get two
excellent periodicals for the price OF
one. That is to say, each new sub
scriber to Public Opinion, by paying
merely the regular subscription price
$3.50 may receive in addition his
choice of a years subscription to one of
the following monthlies: McClure's
Magazine, Cosmopolitan Magazine,
Munsey's Magazine, Ladies' Home
Journal, Godey's Magazine. Or the
subscriber may, if he prefers, have in
stead of one of these magazines copy
of the Mcclure Life of Napoleon"
written by Miss Tarbell and beauti-
fully bound and illustrated, the best
popular history of Napoleon published.
This offer is an uncommonly liberal
one. If you do not know what Public
Opinion is, send your name on postal
card to the Public Opinion Company,
l3 Astor Place, New York City, and
receive sample copy; or call at this
office for information.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-01-10

We do not keep apples, we sell
them. At Daubney's. 81
Fresh oysters and all seasonable
fruits at c. A. Neufert's. 80
Go in and get slice of fresh cod
fish at Daubney's restaurant.
Those fresh Smells at Daubney's
restaurant are fine, just try them.
Fresh bulk and canned oysters
always on hand at l.. A. Marsh's.
All kinds of fish and game served
or for sale at Daubney's restaurant.
Ole A. Wafer has moved his har-
ness shop down on Washington st.
DO you smoke? You can get the
best nickle cigar in town at Daubney's.
just received an elegant line OF
new pipes. c. A. NEUFERT.
80 Near post office.
Col. Baker and wife will celebrate
their 50th anniversary next Wednes-
day.
If you eat fruit and candy, you
want to be sure and try some that
Daubney sells. 81
Prairie chickens and partridges
are always good. Daubney serves
them up in fine shape.
mrs. A. HfGroves entertained the
Ladies' Aid Society of the NJ. e.
church last Wednesday evening.
Hugh NcCauley is down from
South Dakota, making home folks a
pleasant visit in Bluffton township.
---Theo. Boyd, after short visit
with relatives here, returned TO his
home at Wendell, Mimi, yesterday.
Miss Katie Hanlon who has been
visiting her parents at Burr Oak for
the past three weeks, returned Thurs
day.
Jacob Zuckmayer will arrive home
Monday from his extended trip
through Germany, nothing prohib-
iting.
Henry Elvidge gets a new cutter
out of the smashup near plupit rock
last Monday. This is done in the way
of settlement with Mr. Elvidge.
---Mrs. Pat Fleming died at her
home at Plymouth Rock last Wednes-
day morning, after an illness covering
few days. The funeral was held this
morning.
I'VE hear it rumOred, with good
foundation for assuming it to be true,
that Albert Mackenstadt and Hiss
Kate Kressie, both of this city, were
at Prairie du Chen Wednes-
day night.
Last Wednesday, January Sth, ut
her home in Sioux City, occurred the
death of Miss Winnie Hutchinson, ut
the age of 3S years. She was the
daughter of MI. and Mrs. Joseph
and sister of Frank
in this city. The remains
will be brought to this city for burial.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-01-10
-.-On November 10Th last G.. r

lon November 18th last G.. r.
Kimball, a former resident of Prosper,
Mimi, who was working in bank al
Deadwood, Dakota, started out on a
collecting tour, and was not heard of
afterward, until on Christmas day,
when his body was exhumed at Reno,
Neb. The skull was found to be
crushed. The body was brought to
Prosper last Wednesday, and was bur-
led there on the day following. 1t is
supposed the man was murdered for
his money.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-01-10
FAIR AND HONEST.

FAIR AND HONEST is our Motto Prices quoted
Specials for January only But don't think that all have
Come and and find what pleasure is be dealt with
fair and honest
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-01-10
Notice

Estate OF JOANNA w. PURDY, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the subscriber
estate of
JOANNA w. PURDY,
late of Hesper township, In the County of
Winnesheik, State OF Iowa, deceased, interstate,
and has taken upon himself that trust by
giving bonds as the law directs. All persons
having demands upon the estate OF the said
deceased are required TO exhibit the same; and
persons indebted TO the said estate are called
upon to make payment TO II. ID. PURDY.
Administrator.
Dated at DEBORAH. Iowa, Dec. %, 1895.
GEo. w. ADAMS, Atty.