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POINTS FOR A HOSTESS.

When an ambitious hostess sets about giving dinner party she should note three points: Guests should be chosen who would like to meet one another and not jumbled toge ther simply to pay up ones social debts; tact in regard to conversational sub jeets should be used, and lastly. the dinner. however simple. should be well cooked and served
 Do not invite a larger number of guests than your servants can wait upon with ease and do not attempt a more elaborate menu than you know is within your cooks powers. The thing to be particular aboutis not the costliness or rarity of the viands, but that they arc exceliently cooked and served with the proper accompani- ments
 Avoid anything likely 10 provoke strong feeling and hot argument, such as, for instance, religion and politics. This is point to be ascarefully noted by guests as by their entertainers. Criticisms of absent acquaintances should never be made, for not only is this a want of kindness to them, but one never knows that they may not be connected by ties of blood or friend- ship to somebody present.
 Some hostesses, in order to obtain a desirable harmony among the guests, give special dinners to certain sets; for instance, an tart dinner" to their acquaintances in the art world; '.lit- erary dinner" to literary men and women, and so on; but the idea is not particularly good one, for people do not always want to be talking "shop," and it is greater rest and recreation to them to meet people out of their own special circles than those whose work and interests are identical with their own.
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'1 became seriously i'll three years ago The doctor gave me medicine for indigestion, but l continued to become worse 1 had several physicians at intervals who gave me some relief, but nothing permanent
 T read in the newspapers articles regard. ing the wonderful curative powers of Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People, and finally concluded to try the pills I pur- chased six boxes. This was five months ago. The first box gave me much relief. I con tlnued taking the pills, and after using four boxes was cured"
 These pills are recognized everywhere as specific for diseases of the blood and nerves For paralysis, locomotor ataxia, and other diseases long supposed incurable, they have proved their efficacy in thousands of cas&s
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HUMOROUS.

The Rhymestcr-"Poets, sir, are born" The Editor-''Not in the last 50 ars."-Indianapolis Journal.
 Finding Him out.-"There's charac- ter in the hat man buys" There's more character in the way he pays for Chicago Record
 .'So Alice has decided finally to mar " an of1icer?'' 'sYes, she captured him in what she positively declares to be Aes~ Asst engagement. .9-Brooklyn Life.
 'sDIekte doesn't like his school this year" What's the trouble ?'' "He says his teacher lets all inc other boys except him sit by girls. Detroit Free Press.
 Exchange No Robbery.-"No, Bobby, be good boy and let papa hear you say your prayer.' All right; then you femme hear you say yours. ."-Chicago Record.
 Some hired girls are very obllging, don't you think so?" "Oh, yes. Ours is so obliging, in fact, that she obliges us to do just about as she dictates. "- Philadelphia Bulletin.
 War fasnlons.-Iaufa- Rapa, they are going to introduce military figures in the german this winter" MT. Egg -"I presume that means an increase in your appropriation bills. Indian apolis Journal.
 Punctured.- sprocket = Had my tire punctured this morning" Crockett You don't say so? How did it hap pen?" sprocket-"Riding in a strange country and ran against the forks of road. "-Toronto World.
 Suppose a burglar should break into lawyers house and get off with some of his stuff" Professor--"It is supposable case" Student Could the burglar be convicted of re- ceiving stolen goods ?''-Town Topics.
 Histon-"Hereafter I hope I shall know enough to let we'll enough alone" Wiston-"What is the trouble now?" Histon-'T wrote a slashing article for the paper and was as hap py as a clam, but I was fool enough afterward to read the reply to it. Then l felt like fool."-Boston Transcript.
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rEW YORK; clever girl who is to IN he one of the Thanksgiving brides l displaying much ingenuity in the ..sonagement of her rousseau.
 '' 1n order to make little money pro- .ide for many social emergencies, every
 70 of her tailor dresses is made with s tiobt-fitting basque and shirt waist, hat she may alternate between the dose and easy bodices. Her evening srssses have three waists each; one dscollete, one. high in throat and with slbow sleeves for receptions and small dinners. and one dainty shirt for occa- sions even less formal.
 This girls cloth costumes are almost rnioue in their simplicity. The braid, ,be embroidery, the applique of the winter's fashions are conspicuously ab- sent "Why?" asked a girl friend who had begged to accompany her 10 the dressmaker.
 well" said the Thanksgiving bride, af tlo not quite subscribe to the doe trine that "a fashion that is a fashion is no longer fashion;' but my friends who know tell me that from oyer-trim- ming we shall swing back to little or no trimming, and so follow my own taste for simple gowns.
 "The finest costumes I have made within a month"; said the dressmaker In corroboration, "are very little trimmed"
 The brides travelling costume, which is nearly finished, has a tweed skirt in large, soft-toned plaids in dull blues and greens. At the hem is a marrow band of black fur broadtail. The smart, tight-ftting coat of dark green cloth
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the collar, so that the waist is neither high nor low.
 It IS delightful to shop with a girl who is going. to be married, her sense or Responsibility has fascination For once in her life she can buy what she wants, or very nearly so. This pa1- tlcalar girl met with her first serious disappointment in front of a long cane ef black velvet which rounded away in front and hung in folds on the shoul- aers. It was wonderfully pretty af- lair, trimmed with rows of lace inser- tion, studded with steel and finished with deep founce of broadtail at the bottom. It had brocade lining and was fastened at the throat with a cream lace scarf that reached to the ground. The ripple shoulder cape of broadtail was surmounted by high collar of the same fur.
 Isn't it provolling9" the little shop per demanded. When we had big sleeves and needed capes to keep them from crushing, the fashion was coats; now that sleeves are smaller than the arms, almost, the prettiest things are capes, and capes of such a shape and length that most women are guys in them. Just look at me in this!"
 The plump. dimpled little creature certainly was comical in the enveloping cape, reaching to her knees. "All the fashions are made for women of five feet eight and lean as rails" she sput- tered; but I'm not as badly off as women who don't fit the faskions and don't know it. Show me something for my figure" she demanded of the saleswoman.
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has collar band covered with the fur. One touch more would spoil it," said the dressmaker.
 To the sleeves of this gown the dress maker did not accord the same ap- proyal. ''They should be tighter" she maintained diseontentedly.
 I'll tell everybody it's not your fault Ii my arms are not as crooked as other peoples" returned the bride with a touch of mischief, "Do you know l was ln fashionable private school in New York the other day when the teacher tried to rest the girls in the middle of astudy period by putting them through The simplest kind of gymnastic drill. It was just a five minutes affair with rods, not the sort of thing for which gymnasium suits are necessary; but out of 24 girls three couldn't life their arms for the up and down movements. The teacher-a man-didn't under stand the trouble, but I knew in minute; they were wearing the new sleeves"
 Another of the brides day dresses which has fur trimming is gray cloth redingote to be worn with a slightly darker gray velvet undersklrt, which is finished with broad band ot ehinehilla. The redingote has revers iaced with a rose-pinl1 brocaded silk; II Il, fastens with large porcelain buttons. he roll collar at the back is of gray velvet with the merest edge of chin chilla.
 Fur is the brides weakness in dress matters; she introduces it whenever eX7 euse oilers. A theater dress of duil rose corded silk is trimmed with double frills VI black mousseline de soie, headed With bands of sable. It has vest of sfeam guipure over white satin and a pelt and collar band of black satin.
 For the inevitable black satin skirt which seems to be in every woman s 5 possession she has provided 3 waistof .ream lace made over pale blue and trimmed with bable, and another of q curious green velvet, embroidered with Jet in flower pattern and arrangeu "'th lace yoke cut oIik litfss DeEoRR
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A NATION OF DYspEpTrcs
From lAe MoaaialneeF. wal6alla. \, Dal.

From the Mountaineer walhalla. N. Dak.
 The remorse of a guilty stomach is what large majority of the people are suffering %lth to-day. Dyspepsia is eharaete eristie AAneriean tA disease and 1t is frequently stated
 Improper food, hurried eating. mental 'woIrrys exhaustion; any of these produce lack of vitality in the system, by causing the blood to lose It's life-sustaining clements The blood is the vital element in our lives and should be carefully nurtured Restore the blood to it's proper condition, dyspepsia VIII vanish and good health follow.
 ,- For example, in the county of Pembina, North Dakota, few miles from Walhalla, resides MT. Ernest Snider; a man of sterling integrity, whose veraeity cannot be doubted.
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That individual brought out coats

That individual brought out coats longer than the capes; redingotes with deni- trains. A beautiful garment of castor, covert lined with fur through out. and with high fur collar, cuffs and reyers. was all but irresistible. Suit able only for carriage wrap" the little shopper said, firmly. Full length coats are too heavy to walk in."
 Most fashionable garment of the season, protested the saleswoman, pro ducing as a substitute three-quarter coats cut on the same lines as the longer ones, curving up shortly in front and dropping in the back like cut away. One like a heightened Louis XVI. coat Was of castor, covert lined with a warm rich red and ornamented with broad revers of mink, whose rip ples were aceentuated by lace frllIs. Impossible for short woman said the bride, and an ugly length for q tall woman Three-quarter coats are fit only for women of medium height and perfect figure.
 "Tbere are box coats," said the sales man. dubiously "and tight-ftting short jackets; in fact, there are gar ments of every length but the three quarter coats, next the full length are the most desirable
 Not for ne; not for any short wom- an said the bride, shaking her head vigorously.
 In the end we laid aside two gar ments for "papa's" opproVal-a short close-fitting real coat with reVers' col lar and cuffs of caracul, and, if the nrice of this should rot be forthcoming a shoulder cape that one might nave supposed to be mace of pecullariy, soft gray moire, but that was really or undyed baby lamb. This second gar ment was edged with frill or chm cbil,a and tied at inc throat with a a lace scarf. There went with 1t nun of inc same two furs, adorned with vel yet bows and lace frills, and fur toaue trimmed with black ostricn seathsrs. . scarf Of green chiffon and bpneh Of 1teen leaves.
 . ' 'A's, ELLEN OSBORN.
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"I Feel Like a New Persona

Mrs. GEO. LEACH,
 1909 Belle St., Alton, H., writes:
 Before l began to take your vege- table Compound was great sufferer from womb trouble. Menses would ap- pear two and three times in a month, causing ne to be so weak could not stand. Ieou1d neither sleepnor eat, and looked so badly my friends hardly knew me.
 "I took doctors medicine but did not derive much benefit from it. My drug gist gave me one of your little books, and after reading it I decided to try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound. l feel like a new person. I would not give your Compound for alf the doctors medicine in the world. I can not praise it enough"
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SHEDDING THE BLUE.
The Uniforms of Uncle sam's Soldiers Will Continue to Do Good
 Service.

Soldiers who have returned home and been mustered out are shedding the blue uniforms of Uncle Sam. But the uniforms will continue to do sery- ice even after being discarded by the men who wore them to the front. Oc- casionalIy blouse, a pair of leggings or a cavalry boot is to be seen in the stock of pawnbroker. Some of the soldiers get rid of the garments by giving them to their own children or their neighbors' boys. These youngs- ters delight in tie blue clothes. They wear them regardless of fit, adjusting them as well as they may, with pins and bits of string. They are particu- larly fond of leggings, and boy with a pair of them is the envied of all the juveniles in his circles. He can trade them for any other valuables any of the envious may possess.
 A canteen is another favorite article from tEe soldiers kit, but it is not al- ways put to good uses. Over on the West side one day last week the police raided | can-rushing soiree in se- clude1 alley. Thereceptacle the guests were t.sing was a eanteen that went through the campaign.
 The cIouch hats are also in demand especially amongst teamsters, or young fellows who desire to put a tough edge on themselves, Besides be- ing a sersiceable article of dress Uncle Sam's mats are capable of being pressed into wonderful and startling shapes Some of the decorated hats command fancy prices, and many have been of fered for sale, which the vendors are willing 10 guarantee had seen service in the battles before Santiago They point to holes in them as passages made by Mauser bullets.
 Of course the soldiers are not al- lowed to retain their arms, but what they are allowed to keep they general ly part with quickly, usually in spirit of generosity. but occasionally as 8 means of profit, Chicago Chronicle.
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s- A WAY TO SETTLE IT.
They Were Rivals and There was a Chance for Trouble But
 Peace Prevailed.

'Now, then, sir, think we have little business with each other. Suppose we settle 1t right here.'
 'I know what you mean. Say, look here You and l are courtng the same girl, and naturally we don't like each other. That $ the trouble, isn't it?2
 That's 1t, and we don't need to waste many words over it, either"
 "We won't. l would like to occupy your time just about two minutes, however, and if we cant settle this thing without fighting I'm your man, from a Cuban maehete to a Philippine parang or any other weapon be longing either to normal or to expanded America. Suppose you kill me. You couldn't marry the girl. Even if you escaped hanging 1t wouldn't do you any good She would never look at you again. Suppose I kill you. l couldn't marry her, either. But you wouldn't get much satisfaction out of that. You wouldn't be in a position to do any growing. Suppose we kill each other. If the girl cares for either of us it would break her heart. So what's the good of fighting? Why not arbitrate the easel"
 "Arbitrate it?''
 "Yes It's a toss-up, anyway. One of us stands as good show as the other, and it wouldn't muss things up as fight with deadly weapons would. We can state our case and leave the decision to the arbi- trator.'
 But, great Scott! Whom could We get to do the arbitrating?
 Suppose we leave it to the girl herself?'
 "All right l hadn't thought of that. "-- Chicago Tribune.
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REGAINED HEALTH.
Gratifying Letters to Mrs. Pink.
 ham From Happy Women.
"I Owe You My Life."
Mrs. D. WooLnrsER.

Mrs. E. WooLmsER,
 Mills, Neb., writes:
 DEAR Mas. PINKHAM :--I owe my life to your Vegetable Compound. The doctors said had consumption and nothing could be done for me. My menstrnation had stopped and they said my blood was turning to water. I had several doctors. They all said I could not live. began the use of Lydia 10. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and it helped me right away; menses returned and have gained in weight. have better health than have had for years. Itiswonderful what your com- pound has done for me-
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Stage Manager-"Dont you think we'd better eliminate the poker jokes from your people, you know, who know no more about poker than you and l do of Sanserit." Actor-"Then we'll keep them in, by all means. It is the people who never played a game in their lives who laugh the loudest and the longest over poker joke. ."-Boston Transcript.
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The Model Policeman (to the arrested man 1-"R But if you are innocent of wrong doing, how comes it that l fad you in storage house at midnight, and after tht folks in it have retired?" Man-'M My dear sir, don't you know it is not gentlemanly to question ones motives?" The Model Po- iceman-"Oh, if you put it that way, have nothing more to say. You will excuse me for arresting you" Man-"Don't mention t. So long." ."-Boston Transcript.
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''You ought, like us, to have holidays in honor of your great men" said the Rus sian beauty. "But in the American year." said the major, "there are only 365 days. '- Nashville American.
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How. Thias

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
 K J. Cheney X O., Props, Toledo, o.
 We, the undersigned, have known r. ]. Cheney for the last l5 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transac- tions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by their firm. West < Truax, Wholesale Druggists, To- lede, O.
 Waiding, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale Druggists Toledo, o,
 Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Price I5c, per bot tie. Sold by all Druggists, Testimonials free.
 Hall's Family Pills are the best
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Clarenee-"C -"Cholly got his man to pwo- pose to Miss Specie flaw him." Stacy "Clevah idea" Clarence-'T dunno She accepted the man, don't you know. = Town Topics
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"Doan' jump at conclusions" gays Bro. Watkins. "Menny a man am unjus,ly sus. picioned when his nose am only sunburnt." :" Philadelphia Record.
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There are too many people who use their friends as coaling stations.-Atchison Globe
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Mir. Hodgson-"Do you keep track of the news of the day, Miss Pinkleyw Miss Miss Pinkley les, indeed; l read the Her aid through every morning" Mir. Hodgson What do you think of ann sxation?" Miss Pinkley-"Oh, Mir Hodgsoni this is ss den."-Rochester Herald.
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To Cure Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Al druggists refund money if it fails to cure. 25e
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Always.-Little Robbie-"Pa, what's a man of the people% Pa-"A candidate for office before election day."-Cleyeland Leader.
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The Sprangles have been boasting q long time about their horseless carriage It turns out to be only baby's perambulator ton Transcript.
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A waitress should always wear fetching costume. Chicago Daily News
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Told you so. In one night cured St. Ja- cobs Oil masters Lumbago.
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Piso's Cure for Consumption has saved me many doctors bill.-S.. F; Hardy, Hop
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"John," said Topeka wifa to her hus band, T will quit drinking tea and save the war tax if you will do the same with beer" "Woman," responded John, with cold se- verity, "do you think it is the part of pa triotism to abandon your country in it's time of peril ?'-Kansas City Journal.
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In the morning we'll St. Jacobs Oil cures soreness and stiffness.
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Ven Aye see faller feelin' sad all tenn Aye get mat at hes liver an pity hem.-Denyer Times-Sun.
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Feeze and fret? Why? St. Jacobs Ol cures Neuralgia Soothes it down.
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It's always hard to please man wht doesn't know what he wants.-C Chicago Daily News
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Ethics of Friendship sweet to have friend whom you can trust Yes, especially if he doesn't ask you to trust him. l" Chicago Record.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1898-06-04
The Situation At Home.
Morning Sar.

Morning Sonr.
We're it not for the present war
agitation which occupies the pu-
bic mind and everybody hoping
against hope, that things will bet
ter or. some thing turn up, the &C
tual distress of many of our poo
pie would be more apparent.
There is no denying the fact that
thousands are out Of work and as
many more have only enough to
keep body and soul together. With
summer before us stagnation in
certain lines of business the situa.
ton of the poor is narrowing.
Whether the world owes every
man a living or not, it certainly
owes him a days work. When he
tries his best to get it. It is out
of the question to boast of philan-
thropy, beneicence and prestige
of any country when favored clas.
ses riot in luxurious living while
their less fortunate brethren, with.
out any fault of their own cannot
find a days work from which to
get bread for their hungry chill.
dren.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1898-06-04

Quite q large number of our
people are using the bayou water
for all purposes. We believe it is
getting time to agitate the question
of an artisan we'll to supply the
town with a supply of pure, whole
scme water.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1898-06-04
The Growing of Mary.

The crowning of the Virgin Ma
ry, Tuesday, the closing day Of the
beautiful month of May, was this
year as pretty and interesting as
in past years; the spacious church
was crowded, the number of chill
'dren in elegant little dresses with
their little crowns was large, their
procession was orderly, and The
whole was one of these feasts that
give pleasure and satisfaction to
the parents, and particularly to
the mother who takes 80 much
care in preparing the dear little
ones for this, the greatest oc-
casion for the little children.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1898-06-04
Valuable tO Women.

Especially valuable to women is Browne
Iron Bitters. Backache vanishes, headache
mesa and the glow of health comcs to the
pallid cheek when this wonderful remedy i
taken. For sickly children or overworked
men It has no equal. No home should be
without Browns Iron Bitters. For sale BY
AL Dealers"
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1898-06-04

NoTIOE.
BY order of the Board Of Directors of
the St. Martinville Building and Loan
Association, the undersigned will sell
100000
At the Office of the Association, at T:30
D. A., on TUESDAY. JUNE z 1898.
CARLOS GREIG. Secretary.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1898-06-04

To Cure Constipation Forever.
Take Cascarets Candy Cathsrtic. l0c or 30
II c. C. c. failto cure, druggists refund money