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The Opelousas courier., 1896-04-04
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, IS they cannot
reach the seat of the diseaH.. Catarrh is a
blood or constitutional disealR, and in order
to cure it YOU must take internal remedies.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and
acts directly on the blood and mucous sur
faces. Halls Catarrh Cure is not aquack
medicine. 1t was prescribed by one OF the
best physicians in this country for years,
and is a regular prescription. 1t is com.
posed of the best tonics known, combined
with the best blood purifiers, acting directly
on the mucous surfaces. The perfect COM
hination of the two ingredients is what pro-
duces such wonderful results in curing
Catarrh. Send for testimonials, free.
FL. CHENEY & Co, Props, Toledo, 0.
Sold by druggists. price 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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the walk for several inches. Raising
the hinged door, one can thus scrape of
all the droppings from the walk into a
box or basket. The nests below the
platform are also reached from the
walk, while below the nests is IN open.
ing in the partition, through which the
fowls drink from a dish in the walk, no
water being spilled or made filthy by
this plan. The windows are on the
lower side of the house, a great suth-
cheney oflight beingsecured in this way.
This construction permits a much low
er, and consequently warmer house
than is the case where the walk is on
the lower side. Such a house may be
built Of rough boards and covered with
heavy roofing papers, then battened,
when it should be warm and last for
years. When the covering does begin
to give out, shingle or clapboard right
over the tarred felt or paper.-Orange
Judd Farmer.
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rne country,s Egg Production.

The extent of the egg business OF the
United. States is not generally realized.
In 1850 the first hen census put the an
n1aI eag production at 456,s7s,oso
dozen. Ten years later it had risen to
s17.211,146, an increase OF 36o,s36.Oo6
dozen. and there is every reason to be-
lieye that the proportionate gain since
their has been even greater.
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When a flock of hens will not range
over the fields in fair days, but sit un-
der trees OF bushes. making 70 effort to
exercise or seek food. it indicates that
they are overfed and too fat and will
not produce eggs. The best treatment
is to give no food for a week, SO as to
compel them to exercise and reduce
their flesh. 1t is useless to attempt
to secure many eggs from very fat
hens. as they are then out of condition
for laving.-Rochester Post Express
The Opelousas courier., 1896-04-04
CHEAP BUT PRACTICAL.
One OF the Best Economical Poultry Houses
That Can BE Built.

That Can BE Built.
The diagram herewith shows one of
the best cheap poultry houses that can
be constructed, the inside arrangement
being especially excellent because of its
lahor-saving character. The sketch
shofs a cross section, from which il
will be seen that, contrary to the usual
plan, the higher side has the walk, the
pens being under the lower part of the
roof. II one can stand erect at the
enter of the pen,this is sufficient height
for all purposes, as most Of the work Of
caring for the fowls is done from the
walk. The roosts are at the front, with
a platform below that projects out into
The Opelousas courier., 1896-04-04
the Long and Short Of It.

willie Walters" said the teacher.
(which is the shortest day in the
year,"
"Twenty-fust Of December" replied
Willie, who was correct SO far as the
writer knows.
".And Tommy Turf may tell US which
Is the longest day." said the teacher,
indulgently.
Sunday" shouted Tommy. Bay
City Chat.
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The average farmer viii tell you
noultry raising does not pay. He for
rata that his returns from the despised
Rem are greater than those he would re-
ceiye from his crops on his sock If
they were neglected in the same fashion
i his poultry. Considering their OPP
port unities, the fowls do wonderfully
well.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-04-04
SILVER KING BARLEY. 116 BIZ.

The barley wonder. Yields right
along on poor, good or indiffe~ soils
so to 100 bus. per acre. That pays at
zoe. Il bushel!
salzer's mammoth catalogue is full
of good things. Silver Mine Oats yield
ed POI 1-3 bushels in 1895. It will do
better in 1896. Hurrah for Teosinte,
Sand Vetch, Spurry and Giant Glover
and lots and lots Of grasses and clovers
they offer. SIS packages earliest vege-
tables $1.G0.
IF YOU WILL CUT THIS OUT n SEND 1t
with 1Oc. postage to the John A. Salzer
Seed Co, La Crosse, Wis, you will get
free ten grain and grass samples, in
GLIDING barley, etc, and their catalogue
Catalogue alone SC. tK)
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W1LL1E-'Ik know sister would be glad to
go skating with YOU" Ringway-",What
makes you think 500" "She says she has
been dying all winter to nave you break the
Ire
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MANY historians take pleasure in putting
into the mouths of princes what they have
neither said nor ought to have sald.-Vol-
taire.
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WHEN [ find a great deal Of gratitude In
a poor man | take it for granted there would
be as mitch generosity if he were RICH
Pone-
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FITS stopped free by Dr.. Kline's Great
Nerve Restorer. Motifs afterfirstd days use.
Marvellous cures. Treatise and 50 trial bot
tie free. DR.. Kline, 931 Arch ST., Phila., Pa.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-04-04

THERE is this good in real evils-they
deliver US, while they last, from he petty
despotism of all hat were imaginary
Cotton.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-04-04

WrLLIE-sI knew you were coming to
night Castleton-"Why, Willie2" Willie
-aSister has been asleep all the afternoon"
Truth.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-04-04

ALL my experience of he world teaches
me that in 80 cases out of 100 the safe and
Just side of a question is the generous and
merciful side.-Mrs. Jameson.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-04-04

B1ees-'sI am so stout that | know exer-
else would do me lots of good" Tams-
Then why don't you get out ana snovel
that snow off the walkT' Blggs-"Ihats
not exercise, that's work."-Truth.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-04-04

PERSONAL Observation-Disclosures treat
ment of Jack has made him an anti-vivisee-
ZIONIST" She-s'How is that2'' He-"Hs
knows what it is to feel cut up.h-Puck.
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TEAcHERetsWhat was Joan Of Arc maid
of." Bright Pupil-''Made Of dust.'-Bos-
ton Transcript.
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IpLENEss is the burial of a living man.
Jeremy Taylor.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-04-04
A hrideernomof IS. with

"A bridegroom of Is, with a fortune
of more than s1oo, 1000, was married to
d girl of Is at DeImar. A. T., recently.
The groom has six children, more than
20 grandchildren and several great
grandchildren. He is a merchant OF
Des Moines. Ia, and met his bride while
visiting some Of his children at Los
Angeles.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-04-04

"How IS it that you, a simple citizen, call
the Marquises islands.'-Le Figaro.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-04-04

PIso's Cure for Consumption has no equal
as a Cough medicine.-F. M. ABBOTT, 5e3
seneca St, Buffalo, N. Y, May 9, 1894.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-04-04

A SLIGHT COLD, IF NEGLECTED, OFTEN hf-
.Acks THE LUNGS. ''BrDlCn's Bronchial
II. chest give immediate and effectual relief.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-04-04

TIE doing of an evil to avoid an evil can
al be good.-Coleridge.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-04-04

The EVIL OF RESTRICTED LICENsE.-Old
Party (sadly)-''My poor man, why do al.
ways find YOU hanging around this saloon!'
Bibulous Bill can't help meself, Mister.
1t S the only one in t~own.'-Puck.
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HERo1sM, the divine relation which in all
times unites a great man to other men
aslrle,
The Opelousas courier., 1896-04-04

HER SPHcIALTY.-She claims to Do an
artist, though
Art scarcely can define her,
But looking on her face we know
She is q calciminer.
Datroif Free Prese
The Opelousas courier., 1896-04-04

FEATuREs-the great souls apparent sea
Bryant.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-04-04

GALL the good things have been said
Staylate murmured witha sigh;
Mabel yawned and shook her head
"Nell, suppose you try 'good-by.'"
louisville Courier-Journal.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-04-04
1tanding squarely and uncompromising.
" upon the Democratic
Platform the

the value OF a newspaper as an
aavertising medium consists in
its circulation.
when you can secure the COM
9iI1ed circulation Of two papers
Ior the price of one, it is money
nFed!
ne ST. Landry Democrat
MaS consolidated ON the 3D. OF
Marsh, 1894, with 1.-The Opelou-
sas Courier The advertising
ralss have not been increased
Nn1le the price OF subscription
81 oeeT reduced to 81 a year.
InE COURT Err being BY odds
g lest paper in the empire Par
I, aof St. Landry is therefore the
pest.
M Prices for IOh Wark
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OMAN wants little here beiow"-
So runs the good old song;
If he but advertises, though,
He doesn't want that long.
Dr;p+arr1 YpG
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Virtue of Silence.

From Harper's Bazaar.
Much unnecessary friction would be
saved in the family II people could but re-
member that there IS great virtue in ST.
lence. 1t Is the hastily-spoken word which
brings on another and another and II we
could refrain from the satirical or vehem-
ent reply, passing by what has rritated us,
the moment Of danger would presently be
gone. With children it Is usually best to
avoid an issue where trifles are in dispute,
trying the blessed effect of diversion. 1t is
rarely worth while for q mother to set her
battle in array against a baby. She who IL
tactful and sensible introduces new idea,
and presently the little personage,a all sweet
and smiling, forgets the cbst!nacy which
was ready to lift its defiant head. Said the
mother of seven: Il was foolishy anxious
over my first child, and there were many
difficult passages for him and for me- but
l have never repeated the sort of discip-
line which made the nursery a place of
arbitrary depotism. in the case of my other
children" Friction between friends is some
times inevitable. People have had entirely
different backgrounds. Brngingup tells,
and even married friends. which husband
and wife should surely be. may strike on
rocks in daily Intercourse because their
standards, their early Influences and their
education have been diverse. To manage
life successfully-and life Is so short 1t
ought not to be a failure-we must reduce
friction TO minimum.
Perhaps the fine art of living together is
the most difficult of all arts to acquire but
In its outcome it brings much happiness
VI what avail are successes which turn to
bitterness, or luxuries which cannot be
enjoyed because there is continual bicker-
ing and constant small squabblng? A little
yielding. a little sacrifice of self-wll a lit
lie gentleness; they cost only an effort but
they will repay richly the one who makes
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The Invalid's Room.
From Harpcr's Bazaar.

From Harpcr's Bazaar.
If there is chronic invalid in the family
one who is shut out from the pleasures open
to the active and vigorous, and shut in to
weary days and nights, 1t is only kind and
fair to let her have the best room in the
house for her own. An invalid's room
should be neat and should be nicely ap
pointed but for obvious reasons it ought
not to be cuttered up with superf1uity of
trifies The collection of vases china
photographs and small objects which need
constant busting and constant care is not
appropriate in room where fuss and fidget
must be avoided, and where Scrupulous
cleanliness must be maint tanned without ap-
parent effort. Walls and bottles, glasses,
cups and spoons, and the imposing para
phernalia of illness should equally be kept
out of sight in the invald's apartment. A
few flowers, a book or two, an easy chair
and the atmosphere of use, of comfort and
of tranquility should pervade the chamber
where pain, indeed, must be borne, but
where patience often reigns, and which is
to be regarded, not as the prison cell of ILL
ness. but as way station on the high
road to health.
Whatever is annoying and distressing in
the daily routine must, if possible be kept
out Of the invalid's room. Enter 1t with a
cheerful manner, speak only of agreeable
things, and do not discuss petty worries
ard veXations with one who is not strong
enough to bear them.
The room must be thoroughly ventilated
and fresh air admitted frequently, yet with
By means of screens judiciously placed this
may be done, and even in the coolest
weather no injury will accrue to the deli
cate occupant Of the place.
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day courtesy? please" thank you:'' "par-
don or excuse me-" and II will, mamma"
Parents would certainly be surprised If
they could see how illbred their untaught
Children appear when placed in contrast
with those far from as we'll dressed, per-
maps but Infinitely better trained and rear
ed. 1t takes a little self control a world
OF patience, but 1t pays big interest on the
investment.
When your daughters go off on their BIZ
cycles alone after night, have you any
Idea the company they may be cultivating
as they glide over the smooth pavements?
There Is comaraderie about cycling that
can be found in no other kind Of amuse-
ment, and a young girl is no safer on
wheel than she would be in ball room,
at the opera, or on railway train, with
out chaperon. A mother wouldn't think
OF letting her young daughter go off to
play tennis. or any kindred game unless
she were perfectly sure of the company
the girl would be in, and it would be quite
as veil to place restrictions around ind:s-
criminate cycling In byways and high
ways. While an actual chaperon might
not be necessary. it would be quite easy
to insist upon abridging rides, except IN
broad daylight.
Constant use Of the shoe horn, even after
a shoe is old and worm will keep it in good
shape about the instep ana make 1t more
comfortable, beside keeping it from run
| ming over. Daily use of shoe polish and
neatly tied laCes will then go far to stamp
! lady on the woman who wears them.
Cheap corsets have a fashion of letting
the tin stiffening come through. A neat
binding Of white or black velvet put on
when purchased will make them wear
twice as long.
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A FAINT SUGGESTION.
OF Perfume Only This Amount fs Al
lOwable, Despite the Parisian Dictum
From the New York World

OF Perfume Only This Amount il Al
lOwable, Despite the Partisan Dictum
From the New York World.
1t is the law of modern good form that
men shall not use perfumes. Women are
permitted to carry about them a deIicat.
odor Of flowers Or spices, but not too much
of it. Tine was when the scent of fine la
dies and dandies was empowering. Bot
expected to carry with her only a sugees-
ton of perfume, if she has any at all This
too, in spite of the dictum from Paris that
the scent shall be strong. Perfume is put
on the handkerchief, essence of orris is
used IN the hair and other essences are
used in my ladyS toilet. She has her bath
perfumed. too. She puts eau de cologne in
to it, and halt a pint of benZoin goes into
1t to clear the skin and make ii firm and
tight. One of the fads for the bath at
present is the use of bags filled daily with
almond meal or orrfs, with shaved soaps
and oil of roses or violets.
Sacnets for trunks and boxes and draw
ers and closets have come into use again
and some of them are Sewed into dresses a $
well. The sachets are usually made of eau
d Espagne, which resembles kid. Ii is cut
into strips or squares, and 1t never loses its
scent. Gowns are wrapped in yards of
flannel STEPPED in extract of perfume, and
The effect is refreshing and pleasant to the
Wearer. Altogether the reign of scent has
come upon us with considerable virulence,
but always with delicate suggestion.
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A GARRULOUS MAN CURED.
The Ingenious Device OF u Tortured
Landlady.

From the Chicago Chronicle.
He thought he was infallible and would
argue for hours with any one who had the
impunity to contradict him. Everything
about him indicated the man of iron will and
interchangeable disposition. His features
bore traces of the Indian warrior, while his
towering form and grim mustache increased
mis- resemblance to the man who Knows it
all. His name is Smith. He is a bachelor
and lives in Ravenswood. But he has been
cured of his ailment, and the good suburban
ties wonder who caused the change. He
does not argue any longer, but walks about
with detected air, showing that his spirit
has been broken.
The miracle was accomplished by his land
lady, and this is the story of how she did it.
After the banks closed 1t was Mr.. Smiths
custom to Sit each evening on the porch of
his Ravenswood home for hours. Visitors
would come and go, but Mr.. Smith would
hold the fort. He had opinions of his own
and woe to him who dared to dispute them.
ANY opposition TO his views would be met
with flood of oratory which would COVER
the dissenter into obedience.
One evening he argued the folly Of ox-
pensiNe dresses with his landlady. She
laughed at him, and he became furious.
Now. dom excite yourself" she said
for | have heard the doctor say you are
subject to spasms. and we will let the mat
ter rest for the night
Mr.. Smith, flushed with victory so ca siiy
won. retired from the scene.
Imagine his surprise. however. the follow
ing evening, when he was engaged In con-
versation with an old friend who assented
to all of Mr.. Smiths views.
But why do you agree to everythins?'
asked Smith, after pause
Well, confidentially, between you and
me- whispered his friend Il have heard
you are subject to fits and that arguments
or violent sort are apt to bring them about"
Smith said nothing that night and went
nome. Several nights later young wo-
man came up 10 him and he began to talk
TO her She appeared to be afraid of him
and only nodded to his assertions She kept
respectful distance all the time and when
he asked her IL she was afraid of him she
asked him somewhat pityingly:
HaNe you had them today?'
Have had WHAT" blurted out Smith
Why, fits, of course. / heard you had
them every time you were contradicted;
isn't 1t true?'
Smith turned on his heel and left the
young woman standing and wondering
She does not know if the rumor is true
but Mr.. Smiths landlady finds no trouble
with her boarder. He does not argue any
more, and now believes that others know
just as much as he does
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1t fs English, You Know,

From the London News.
The correct thing in France just now is
TO be as English as possible. A young
frenchman complained to a friend the
other day that his greatest bore was '5
o'clocking," in other words, tea-drinking.
Whenever he spent an evening at home,
which was not often, he was obliged to
make tea, a process SO tedious, involving
such minutiae. But that is not all" he
added. What bores the most is that when
the tea is made l am compelled 10 drink
IT.. On being asked for an explanation.
the young man of fashion and the world
confessed that he cordially hated the de-
coctlon, but that everybody took tea nova
Gays, and, of course, he was Obliged to do
the samoa motive that has led TO self
lmmolation much more onerous. Ii is graf
Trying to find that made in England re-
taihs Its Old popularity on the other side of
the channel, and, who knows 6 o'clockinp.
lawn tennis, "a garden party" and other
1mportations may prove bonds of fra ser-
nifty second only to the magic name of
CronStadt.
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Advertising Both Houses

q
1t is peculiar belief among the you,o-
sters OF many families that the new haby
sister or brother, is the gracious gift of the
lamlly physician, and this belief is gener
ally based upon the solemn assurance ~,
papa and mamma, who have to tell soma
Ia ry story in order to tide over those events
that occur occasionally In the best regu-
lated IA miles. Now and then a bow takes
the law into his own hands and makes a
mess OF It, An instance OF this kind was
ielated az the last meeting of :he medical
society. II seems that the young son OF a
welI-knoWn tailor and the young son of a
well-known doctor were very chummv. and
the former accompani the latter one sf-
ternoon on an advertising expedition The
advertising was done by means of a paint
brush being quickly traced over any smooth
piece OF wood or stone encountered and
called upon the male population to purcha Sc
their trousers from Brown. Well in the
evening the Doctors hopeful returned and
his paternal derivative asked him what he
had been doing during the day
Advertising" quoth the boy.
advertising whom" inquired the father.
You and Mr.. Brown Uhe tailor)"
"Me?"
Yes"
How did you advertise me?"
''Oh, We fixed up sign that said Buy
your trousers from Brown and your halies
from DR.. Jones' said the boy calmly
The doctor gasped for BREATH thinking
that the boy was having undue fun with
and joy was telling the truth, and it cost
him money the next day to go over the
boys route and rub out all the ADVERTISE
ments
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you will be pleared with the result. But
carelessness in preparing and haste in feed
ing will result disastrously in a sour or
overloaded stomach.
The child who def1es his parents at two
will bs nuisance to the community at
ten, unless its will is curbed and its tenn
per restrained in youth.
Nothing makes a woman much madden
than to have her clothes put on the line
come off with great black marks under the
spot where the clothespins were. Clothes
pins should be kept in a clean closed recep-
tacle when not in use, and ought to be
washed at least once a month In hot water
with scrubbing brush, then rinsed and put
in the sun to dry. That will save much an
noyance.
A practical housewife who detests
bought" lard makes her own in small
quantity. She buys the pure leaf fat and
in the kettle, over a slow fire. letting 1t get
hotter, till the fat is frying well. AS fast as
the fat fries out she dips it from the kettle,
not waiting for it to cook longer. but dip,
dip. dipping all the time. If there is too
much fat to cook at once she drops in the
rest of 1t, piece by piece. as the dipping
out process leaves room. The lard will be
white and firm and sweet.
1t is stated that a chunk of gum camphor
in the silver drawer will keep the plate from
tdFnlSnlnS.
So few maids know how to clear up table
exreditiously. for 1t is really an art Teach
1t to your servants the first thing. Take
the silver first. knives forks and spoons,
and pile them in pan and pour boiling
water over them. Then gather up the cups,
saucers and small dishes, piling them neat
ly after emptying the contents. Next take
the plates, removing all remains of food
from them with bits of waste bread. Lastly
carry out the glassware, which should be
washed Immediately after the silver. and in
clean. clear, warm water. Insist that the
dishes be washed in clear hot water, with
out soap, and rinsed in hot water. If the
water is not hot the grease will adhere to
the china, and it will not come out bright
and shining. Soap can be used for the
kitchen utensils. 1t Is not necessary for
any Of the other dishes. however.
When you start out to make child mind,
conquer it, or 1t will conquer you in the end.
Make 1t do exactly you directed, and
don't finch in the operation. 1t may be
that you gave an order that was unneces-
sary, but that makes no difference. En-
forcing 1t will be lesson for you as well
as for the child, and you won't promise 1t
Inmerited beatings next time.
1t is little remarkable, but the chilren
of rich parents are usually much more
class. The child Of the millionaire will
have a pretty muslin frock simply
made, and the child Of the laborer will
have on fiimsy wash silk lace, trimmed.
True, the muslin costs the most but 1t
wears at least two summers, while the
thin silk with it's preposterous colors will
not be fit to be seen after the second en-
counter with the wash board. Economy
and good taste lie on the side of the
MI slim.
Why will not mothers teach their chill
dren the very commonest words Of every