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The Opelousas courier., 1898-02-26
Fashion Notes.

Pompadour scrolls appear on satins,
and trellis patterns on silks.
Garniture Of old black Mechlin lace
is exquisite on gowns Of white chiffon,
Rows of velvet ribbon, also tucks,
are edged with narrow silk novelty
fringss.
A sash and ends and tucked yoke
Of sky-blue glace taffeta trim a gown OF
mauve cashmere.
The gilt buckle, very long and mar
row, seems to be the favorite pattern
for belts and for hats.
A tiny silk fringe edges cross tucks
or bands Of velvet ribbon trimming the
front of skirts and waists.
The new mode of shaking hands is
merely a meeting of palms and a gen
tie swing from right to left, for an in
slant.
Black velvet ribbon rosettes GEN.
tered with cut-steel buckles are used
to head a lace bertha rufae around q
low neck.
Foulards are being made with plated
skirts, and white satin squares are 80.
pliqued upon the bodices and bordered
with guipure.
Currant red of a purplish cast ap-
pears in taffeta for Innings and petit.
coats; red silk petticoats are quite a
fad nowadays.
Epaulets OF sleeve caps and the top
of collars are often edged on a velvet
trimmed gown with velvet ribbon
loops, like a fringe.
A belt of black velvet will be worn
with many q light-colored even
ing dress, fastening it in front with a
gold or rhinestone buckle.
Neck fancifuls combine everything
possible in decorative fxings, fur,
chiffon, jet and ribbon frequently being
employed in one French conceit.
Small buckles are used on collars OF
silk or velvet folds, one back and
front, with the lace ruff appearing
only at the sides, or in the back as
we'll if becoming.
Neat black gowns are relieved by
collar and belt of black satin fastened
with gilt buckles, a row of small gilt
buttons down the side opening and a
scroll braiding over the waist front of
black satin ribbon edged with gilt
The new poke bonnet is a dream
when it frames a pretty face. 1t is q
specimen juss az present, but it
is here, made of velvet, both shirred
and plain, with a medium high crown
and a medium wide brim, which dis
appears entirely at the back, and
trimmed with feathers and a rose or
two tucked inside next the hair.
An exquisitely pretty hat is made of
velvet. The brim is moderately wide,
rolled up at n side and completely
covered on the upper side with thick
plumes. Ends of the plumes
fall OYER each side of the brim at the
back, and upright feathers are sup
against one side of the crown.
A beautiful dress for a bridesmaid
is of net lace. Through the meshes
Of the lace are run daisy ribbons,
forming diamond-shaped figures about
inches long from point to point.
Three or four rows of the ribbons are
put in, crossings at the points in basket
fashion. At the lower edge of the
skirt, where the last row of diamonds
are clusters of loops of the rib
bon, which may be further embellished
with jewels or fancy BEADS
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"Nrs. Green, Captain

Many a grand old man and weather
beaten marine has commanded the
fine steamers of the Louisville and
the Cincinnati Mail Line Company
during it's long and successful exist
ence, and none Of them in their day
and generation ever dreamed that the
time would come when a woman
would walk the roof of a steamer in
the same line, a monarch of all she
surveyed"
But the time did come, and it came
Yesterday. The H. K. Bedford ar
rived from Gin cinnati last evening in
the service of the company, under
charter, and returned again, and it
was a novel sight to see a woman OF
the roof in command of the boat.
She was Mrs. Mary B. Green, who,
with her husband, Capt. Gordon Green,
owns the steamers Bedford and Ar
gand-she in command of one and he
in command Of the other, and both ex-
perienced Eoatsmen, commanders and
pilots.
Mrs. Green is q regularly licensed
master and pilot and her experience,
fine judgment and business ability
place her among the successful people
of the marine fraternity. Mrs. Cap
tain Green met with a cordial recep-
ton here upon the occasion of her
first visit and trip in the Mail Line
service, and Commodore Laidley GER
tainly appreciates her services and
abilities or she had not pulled the
biggest string on a steamboat in his
famous ine.-Louisville Courier
Journal.
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The world that the bird flies over Is not the
same that the mai crawls on.

There Is more Catarrh in thjs section Of the
country than all other diseases put together.
and until the last few years was supposed to be
sncuraoie. For a great many years doctors
local remedies. aud by constantly failing to
cure With local treatment. pronounced it in
durable. Science has proven catarrh to be a
constitutional treatment Halls Catarrh Cure,
manufactured by f. J. Cheney u Co., Toledo
Ohio, IS the only constitu tional euro on the
market. 1t is taken internally in doses from
The blood and mucous surfaces. OF the system.
They offer ono hundred dollars for any case
1t fails to cure. Send for circulars and test.
monlaia address, FL. CHENEY& Co., Toledo, @,
Sold by Druggists, 75c,
Halls Family Pills are the best
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Chinchilla In Vogue.

There is no doubt hat chinchiua is
again one of the very popular furs of
;he winter. 1t is stylish, refined in
effect and very expensive. Silk vel
vet Russian blouses, capes and jackets
will be very much trimmed with this
fur. On cloth costumes of dahlia,
Russian green, dark blue or plum
color, small pieces for various por-
lions of the bodice look soft and dainty
against a clear complexion, be it fair
Or dark.
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An English critic says OF the 'Dook
Of Beauty Of the Victorian Era" pub
lisbed no long ago, that the most agree.
able types are the American ladies',
who, by dint, Of dollars, have made
their way into the peerage; while the
English beauty Of the present day
"looks discontented, almost Disguised,
and bored to DEATH because she has
"a weartsome sense Of the useiessness
Of shining before noblemen whose
dreams are oil Of dollars" But what
Is to prevent these ennuied English
girls from catching rich American hus-
bands7 Nothing apparently, II the
American girls will agree to a fair d.
vision
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Pxraats1t Bonnet For Old wonen.

nae braided felts and the chenille
aDonnets make the prettiest bonnets
for old womer. The universal trim
ming is of dull-fnished or lustreless
black gr56ss, .Garain silk, shirred and ap-
piled either in bands, outstanding
loops or in large leaves stiffened in
side. There are several shades of
black, and it il well to select the blue
black shade instead of the dull black,
which 0 grows to look rusty.
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Berlin Ladies Use Canes.

The latest freak among the Berlin
elegantes is to use canes. One can
notice scores of fashionably dressed
women strolling down INT. den
Linden any fine day with gold-headed
or jewel-mounted or silver-incruste1
canes, many of them entwined with
auttering silk or satin ribbons.
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Charmed by q Rattlesnake.

Professor Charles Rice, the botan-
LIST, had a thrilling experience with a
monster rattlesnake one day last week,
and it was only his GOODNESS and pres
snce Of mind that saved him from
death. Professor Rice and Doctor Ty-
nan, the ~bugologist, were up in the
higher attitudes of the Sierras in
search of rare specimens, and were
,amped at q place called Moore
Creek. They had a small tent with
them, which they had pitched near a
stream of water that was fed by a
spring higher up on the side of the
mountain.
Friday evening of last week the
professor and his companion, who
we're completely worn out with their
days tramp in search Of rare flowers
and bugs, retired to their tent, rolled
themselves up in their blankets, and
we're soon in dreamland. Just as
daylight was breaking the professor
was awakened from his slumbers by
feeling q soft and clammy substance
crawling over his face and down onto
his chest, and on raising his head a
little to his horror he discovered it was
Q monster r~attlesnake. The reptile
had coiled itself, with it's head raised
about a foot, and ready at the least
movement made to strike.
!. Cold drops Of perspiration oozed
from every pore of the Professors
body, while his muscles became as
rigid as bars of iron, and his eyes be-
came fixed with a stony glare as he
gazed at the head of the monster,
which was about six or seven inches
from his face and swinging from one
side to the other with the regularity
Of a clock pendulum. The suspense
was becoming unbearable, but still he
knew that the least move that he
made meant death in the most
horrible form. How longs he
remained in this terrible position
he does not know, but it seemed ages,
when suddenly he felt his muscles re-
lax, his vision grow dim, everything
around him became dark, and in q few
seconds he was oblivious to everything
around him. The doctor was quietly
The Opelousas courier., 1898-02-26

!; The widow of Ferris, the inventor Of
the great FeNris wheel, is reported to
have married a "healer." Mr.. Ferris Is
not able to turn over in his wheel, but
1t Is possible that he'd kick the end
out Of his coffin If he knew that his
widows broken heart had been SO
speedily "healed" by a travelling faker.
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Might as we'll try that as TO attempt the cure
of Tett4r, Eczema. Rim and other cutan.
eOus affections with blood medicine. Tetterine
With it cure Is sure. It's an ointment. 5Ocents
at druggists or by mail for SOC. in stamps from
j. T. ShIptrine,' Savannah Ga,
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An Indian actresa.

An Indian girl is playing Puck IN
Marie Wainwright's production of "A
Midsummer Nights Dream" Her mama
Is Ollie Heath, and she was born and
raised among the Cherokee tribe. Sus.
sequently she attended a seminary and
there gained her first knowledge Of
stage art.
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Two New Women.

Two of the very latest types of the
new woman were discovered by a
Pittsburg Dispatch reporter in the
woods back of Wallis station, on the
Pennsylvania Railroad, last week.
These two women-or rather girls, as
the oldest does not appear to be over
twenty years of age-have broken in
IN the occupation immortalized by
Abraham Lincoln. They split rails
and make pit posts and caps for the
Spring Hill Coal Company, whose
works are between Wilmerding and
Wallis.
Annie and Mary Wilson are the
names of these two new women. They
are sisters. Wen the reporter made
their acquaintance they were swing
ing an eight-foot cross-cut saw through
an oak tree with apparently as much
ease as some women run a typewriter.
They do all the work of telling the
trees, saving them into proper lengths,
and finally with their axes splitting
them into pit posts. They are assist
ed to some extent by their younger
brother.
They came from Indiana, where it
is a common thing for women to work
in the timber. "The work is not hard
when you get used to it," n said,
''and then we can make more split
ting rails and making pit posts in one
day than we could in a week wmbing
in a kitchen. What's the difference,
so long as the work is honest, how
one earns a living?
although I work hard every day,
rain or shine, [ never get sick. I was
never sick in my life. The people
around here all talk about US, but we
don't care for that. We are earning a
good living and don't owe any one a
cent"
/ By this time the tree was sawed
through and ready to split into posts.
One of the girls set an iron wedge into
one end of the log and with a large
maui weighing about twenty pounds
drove it in, splitting the log from end
to end. The operation was repeated
until the log was split into sizes for
posts. Then the axes were brought
into play and the posts trimmed up
and shaped.
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sleeping a few feet away, unconscious
of the terrible danger of his companion.
When he awoke the sun was brightly
streaming into the tent, and as he
rolled over in his blankets toward his
companion his blood seemed to chill
IN his veins at the sight presented to
his view. His companion was stretched
at full length upon the ground, with
his eyes closed and his face as white
as a piece of marble, while coiled upon
his breast was a huge rattlesnake, APP
parently asleep.
He quietly seized q shotgun that was
standing near by, and, cooking both
barrels, raised it to his shoulder and
was about to fire, when he realized
that if he did he would probably in
jure his companion. Just at this mo-
ment his companion moved a little,
when the snake gave rattle and again
raised his head. The doctor, seeing
his chance, fired, and at the report of
the gun his complnion gave a yell and
jumped to his feet, throwing the rep
tile some three or four feet away from
him in its death str cycle. The doc
tors aim was true, Aor the repti' 8
head was blown completely off. aaa
On being measured it was found to
be four feet nine and a half inches in
and had seventeen rattles and
a button. The professors nerves were
so shattered by his terrible experience
that he was hardly able to walk, and
the following day, in company with his
companion, he returned to this place,
where he is at present recuperating
under the Doctors care.-Calaveras
(Cal. Chronicle.
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I used caused great uneasiness In bowels
and griped. think 1t as far ahead Of them
@ MONDAY ia ahead Of midnight
"a c,,ssd PeeInddus !o MA%ssnstrgstIon .,...n
vitiated blood, uterine arrangements, dis.
placement Of womb, excessive menstrual.
ton, and often completely incapacitates
suffering women for anything except suffer-
ing untold agony. For relief Of pain apply
cloths wet with hot water to back and hips-
For permanent cure take one tablespoonful
DIR. SimmonS Squaw Vine Wine before
each meal for three days before and during
the monthly period, and each night during
the period take q dose OF DR.. NJ. A. Sim.
mons Liver Medicine, and cure Is certain.
Keep Your Eyes Open. Some men for
money we learn are trying to deceive the
public with q preparation called "Black
Draught," telling the people "it's Just tho
same" as M. A. s. L. N. The statement Ia
false. There is none genuine without tho
Name, Picture and Autograph Of d.. N. a
Simmons.
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HaW to WRsh With Cara.

laundry soap are respon siblo for the yellow
clothes seen In many households. To wash
properly. fill a tub nearly full Of hot
water, put the white clothes in first, rub
With Ivory Soap, scald, rinse and starch.
When dry, sprinkle and fold down over
oight n Iron carefully. ELIZA r.. PARKER.
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VVICC
The deaf and dumb young lady was
ronversing on her fingers with a
friend.
I'm going to have my voice cult
gated," she spelled.
X" nice! What manicure parlors
TO you patronize New York World
The Opelousas courier., 1898-02-26

There would seem to be some sense
In the application Of the X-rays to the
discovery Of gold in the Klondike re-
gion. There will no doubt be many
people there who will stand In need Of
IN *" now and then. and If they can't
get that q raise" for even a smaller
sum will be acceptable.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-02-26

Death has all seasons for his own,
but the football season is undeniably
one of his ~favorites.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-02-26

Charles Lowe contributes to the
Century an article entitled, 1.-The
Story of Chitral." MI. Lowe says.
1t was 7.15 when the fort was re-
gained by Townshend's party, and at
eight o'clock Surgeon-Capta Whit
church also returned, staggering
along under the burden of poor Cap
tain Baird, who had been mortally
wounded early in the action; hence
the failure Of his fanking force of
fifty men to cooperate at the expected
moment with that of Townshend in q
bayonet rush upon the loopholed viii
lage. Buts.for the most unfortunate
wounding Of the gallant Baird, the
Chitral drama might have taken a very
different course.
Whitchurch had brought in Baird
by a circuitous route of nearly three
miles, in the face of great difficulties
and dangers. With q little guard of
a dozen devoted Ghoorkas, several of
whom were killed and wounded, ! they
had to fight their desperate way back
to the shelter of the fort. Repeatedly
had they to set down their wounded
charge and rush with the bayonet on
sungars, or stone breastworks, thrown
up right across their path, Whitchurch
himself frequently using his revolver
with effect. Baird was again twice
hit by the bullets. That the little
party reached the fort at oil was re-
garded as a miracle.
But a still greater miracle, almost,
was the coming in, or rather creeping
in, two hours later, of Jemidar Lieu
t%enant) Rab Nawaz Khan, of the
Fifteenth Bengal Lancers,-Robert-
sons political news-writer, who, in
crossing the background, had been set
upon by the enemy's swordsmen, and
received no fewer than eighteen tulwar
slashes, but who lived to tell the tale
and positively thrive upon his wounds.
Out of the n hundred and fifty of
Townshend'stwo hundred men who had
actually been engaged, twenty-three
were killed and thirty-three wounded.
What the corresponding loss of foe
was could not be ascertained; but the
British expenditure of ammunition on
this disastrous day had been Is, 1886
Snider rounds, or about 100 cartridges
per man engaged, though much of this
was lost through the lei lying down
with open pouches.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-02-26

Chew Star Tobacco-The Best,
Smoke Sledge Cigarettes.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-02-26
AAmMlAeu.

Dublin, Tex. writes:
DR.. NJ. A. Simmons,
Liver Medicine has
saved many lives In
this malartal coun-
try. II prevents Biz
ious Malaria1 In,
termittont II g y
and Congestion. 10
thoroughly cleanses
my system wtthoue
any pain, while the
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Fits permanently cured. No fits or nervous
ness after first days use of DR.. Kline's Great
Nerve Restorer. 81 trial bottle and treatise free
DR. h. II. KLINE, Ltd, 91 Arch St, Phila, Pa,
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Voice

Use &C c C" Certain Chill Cure,
Best in the world. CERTAIN CURE Co.,
Evansville, Ind,
The Opelousas courier., 1898-02-26

. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
9eething,% softens the gums reducing infamma-
uon,allays pain, cures wind collie. &c. a bottle,
The Opelousas courier., 1898-02-26

The girl who hesitates may not be lost, but
she is apt to become an old maid.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-02-26

hope and happiness are so clumsy that when
n dies the other commits suicide.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-02-26

/ can recommend Piso's Cure for Consump-
Oon to sufferers from Asthma.-E. D.. Town
SEND, FIT. Howard, Wis, May 4. 1894.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-02-26

Always give your wife her own way; 1t will
save her the trouble of taking it.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-02-26

Never make a mistake, Is the biggest mis-.
lake any man can make.
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Tho Pursuit. Of Hapn,r.ss-

when the Declaration Of Independence as-
serted mans right to CHS, it enunciated an
immoral rora l. truth: The bilious sufferer is on
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, the most an aase
Cacions regulator Of the liver in existence
L9aaliy reliable is it in chills and fever. con.
s ~ pnahII,eon dyspepsia, rheumatism, kidney
and not at odd intervals. osoiafiy'
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The population Of Sweden includes
4,O66 Germans.
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silence it
The Opelousas courier., 1898-02-26
TEXAS HEROES SPEAK PLAINLY,
Protuso Menstruation.

Flooding is always an annoying and some.
menstrual discharge is natural, IL Is so grad.
nal that by mixing with the vaginal secre.
tions it Is prevented from coagulatlng, while
IL this disease, clots are often formed.
Where there is o tendency to c~ostiveness.
laxative doses of Dr.. M. A. Simmons Liver
Medicine should be taken, and to give tone
and strength to the pelvic organs Dir. Sims
mons squaw Vine Wine should DO used
continuously for weeks, to effect Q peruap
pept cure. -.
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Birds Puzzled nv Kifea.


the lot Of the scientists who have been
manipulating kites for scientific pur-
poses. Large birds are always interest
ed In the strange devices floating In the
air and cannot quite make out what
they are. Prompted by sharp curiosity,
they hover around the floating kites
and subject themselves to the danger Of
becoming entangled in the silken string
and being dragged down to earth.
No bird, however, has ever alighted
on a kite or attacked one, says the Chi
cago News. While one scientist was
flying q train Of five kites a couple Of
years ago q large silver-tipped eagle
came suddenly out Of the higher air
and swooped round and round the first
kite, looking against the sunset sky
like q huge silver ball. As the train Of
kites was pulled in the eagle followed,
visiting one kite and then another,
seeming uncertain just what to do. In
O few minutes when he seemed to have
decided that they were not good to eat,
and he knew nothing about them any
way, he Indignantly flew off and was
lost to view.
Another experience was had with a
stork that came from the New Jersey
side of the Hudson and few straight
for the queer object In the air. He ap-
parently had made up his mind to go
straight through it, but changed and
dived underneath 1t. He went around
and above it, and through a glass 1t
could be seen that he cooked his eye at
the intruder In a most comical manner.
He started away a few hundred feet,
changed his mind and came swoopfng
back. He finally reluctantly went away,
mystified over this queer addition to
the inhabitants of the air.
While kites were high in the air one
March hocks q geese flying in the v
wedge few w They invariably
stopped, broke up and lowered about
the queer object, and at last slowly re-
formed and flew away. While the larg.
err birds all come from heights above
the kites, the small birds of the air will
alight on the string holding the kite
and sWEy to and fro.
In the State of Illinois one branch Of
human endeavor is bound to remain
dry and unnourished howsoever much
other industries may be soaked In the
wave of prosperity. This is the crea-
ton Of corporations. The law passed
two years ago has in effect made an
invidious distinction between the poor
and the rich, SO that nowadays q man
must have at least $50 before he can
get himself created into a corporation
with q capital Of 81, O,OOO,00 0 or l.
co., 900 times that If he chooses.
Formerly any tramp with 81 could In
a few hours become a duly constituted
corporation, with q capital seven times
larger than the Bank Of England. Now
he must pay a fee Of 81 for every
$1,000 In his corporate capitalization.
This, Of course, bears very hard on the
poor. Three young men, we will say,
having accumulated the price of q
months desk room in q small office,
desire to be made into q Klondike min
ing company and to put themselves
on a par as to capitalization with the
First National Bank. They find that
the fee r%uthlessly demanded by the
State would absorb their entire assets
and leace q deficit at least 1000 times
greater than the whole sum Of money
they have to invest in their enterprise.
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Gossip.
The Australian federation conven-
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Cure Corns with pbv.;c,

misfortunes. o'"oie Luz ouf