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The Opelousas courier., 1899-10-14
Turkish Girls.

Turkish girls Of the BETTER class in
the cities, after they are too old to at
tend the primary schools, are largely
educated at home by g~overaesses,
many of whom come from England and
France, but. unfortunately, do not a.
ways represent the highest culture of
these nations, so that the real love Of
study is not az a rule, developed I'M
der their influence. Turkish women
have a great aptitude for foreign lam
guages, and those met on the steamers
of the Bosphorus often speak French,
and it is not unusual for them to
speak German and English also.
It is a well-known fact that many
Turkish women are engaged in trade,
some even carrying on IN extensive
business. involving frequent journeys
to Egypt and other places, which pre-
,upposes the ability to read and write,
as well as some knowledge of arithme-
tie. Moreover, conversation with the
Mussulman woman in the capital re-
veals some progress at the present
time in independence OF thought, and,
while social conditions have unavoida-
bly, arrested the development Of Tur-
kish women as a class, forces are
slowly but surely working among Them
that will result in their final emaucipa-
lion
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The RiuD!e Cnl1ar.

The newest collar is the one known
as CRIPPLE" which really does not
ripple any more than those oflast year.
ft differs from the old collar in that it
fits snugger to the neck, and yet has
the same effect OF tiaring which it had.
IF the collar flares too much it loses in
warmth, and yet it is the flare which
Is becoming to most faces. An ingen-
ious maker offur garments has obviated
this difficulty by making the collar
slightly more laring, and then catch
ing it in plaits about two inches wide
at regular intervals. The plait is not
evident except upon close inspection,
Ind yet the collar has the effect of be-
ing extremely full, at the same time
standing up snug and trim around the
neck SO as hardly to require fastening
in front.
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Hints ON DaiEyfng.

There is sometimes dificultyin get
fiing the butter to float in a mass on
the top of the butter milk, 80 that the
latter can be readily drawn off without
carrying the butter with it. A little
brine or a handful or two Of salt
stirred into the mass is said to be q
remedy. The milk may be drawn off
through a strainer, or the butter
SKINNED off from the top of the butter
milk and returned to the churn-
provided the milk is drawn into q
clean v~esse1- 1 d Il ]
Repent the pouring in. Of cold. water
to an amounb sufficient to float the
butter, gently agItating the mass and
drawing OF the water until it runs
clear. IF onesor more Of THESE wash.
ings is in weak brine it viii dissolve
the Gaseous matter and thus aid in
Separating it from the butter. Strong
brine hardens and fixes the aseou
matter.
after. washing, let the butter stand
inlhe churn, without gathering. until
af4he water has drained out that will,
u asoppinf .ssI Aexlz g aQt 4 Eli
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Orchards.

While taking q short trip through
our County q few weeks since, I no
ticed o bearing orchard planted to
corn, and [ set the owner down at
once as a man who did not attend our
fruit Institutes or horticultural meet
ings. or he would have known better
and escaped the consequences.
The corn vas shaded and therefore
sickly and slender looking. and as we
had been having an extended spell of
dry weather, both corn and orchard
showed the effect. We are glad that
such instances are rare, and that the
majority of the fruit-growers of Oceana
County T intelligent men, men who
are earnestly striving to learn and
adopt all the best methods for success
full fruit culture. Yet there are those
who think there is no harm in crop
ping a young orchard from n to two,
three and even four years; and often
the crop has little reference to the
good of the trees.
Our most successful fruit growers
say that after two years neither crop
aor orchard will pay. The first one
Or two years the tree occupies but
little space and the ground may be
planted, but it is advised to plant to
potatoes, melons, squashes or some
like crop hat will not shade the trees.
After three or four years the roots of
the trees occupy fully twenty feet
space and no other crop should &C.
cupy the ground. One must know
something OF the roots, their manner
Of growth, ETC., to cultivate success
fully. Yet different soils admit Of
different care.
Careful study and observations are
necessary, to be successful in the
orchard; and once in a while a good
lesson is learned from experience.
we had one such lesson and that one
was enough. It was in the early days
Of fruit growing, that, being short of
ground to crop, oats were sown in the
plum orchard. The trees blossomed
full, and until midsummer hung full
Of plums; but an extended drouth
coming on, the plums, many Of them,
after a little time commenced to shrivel
up and drop of-none of them color
ing up as usual. In fact, the crop
was almost a complete failure, while
several of the trees died outright; but
it taught US q lesson-there have been
no oats in the orchard since.
What is taken from the soil of o
bearing orchard will just as surely be
deducted from the profits. Jennie
NJ. Wilson of Michigan.
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then sift on the salt at the rate of one
ounce to the pound more or less, as
may be demanded by the market for
which it is Misunderstanding on a lit
tie at a time and stirring it in, or in
cooperating 1t with the butter by
gently rocking the churn to ind fro.
It is best to use a sieve in sailing
for the purpose of keeping out dirt,
pan scales, Humps, etc, which most
salt contains. Use none but the best
salt made for dairy purposes. Salt
should be as carefully kept as flour
in n dry, sweet and clean place, away
from kerosene, fish and other rank
smelling articles.
By sailing butter in the granular
form all working is avoided, and the
''grain" is preserved perfectly. If the
right kind Of salt is usedi it dissolves at
once, covering every particle with a
saturated brine. It is only necessary
to press it together in a solid mass
either before or when packing it for
market.
Beware of salt that does not dissolve
Immediately. 1t is liable to remain
undissolved and make the butter grit
ty. unless an extra amount Of water is
left in the butter, which would be a
fraud.
Be ure to use enough salt to satur-
ate the water remaining in the butter,
even if you have to work out some Of
the brine. If you do not the butter
will contain only q weak brine and
will not keep we'll.
If just enough water and no more
is left in the butter to dissolve the salt,
so that no brine is worked out, the
weight of the salt is added to the
weight of the unsalted butter.
No ''brine-sa!ting' method SO called,
or other method of sailing butter,
yet made public, is equal to the
method here described, or as econ
omical. 1t is practical and scientific
brine-salting. Butter may be taken
out of the churn and sailed in a bowl
or on a table.-Farm, Field and Fire
side.
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IN ner condition. She continued taking
tha pills until seven or eight boxes had
baen consumed and sla considered herself
entirely cured. She can now eat all kinds
OF food, which is something she has not
been able to do for years. She is not trou-
btsd in the least with nervousness as size was
during the time Of hez stomach troubles.
She Is now we'll and all because Of DR..
Williams PINK Pills for Pale People a com
plate cure has been made.
II any one would like to heal moro OF
the details Of her uferiag a21 relief gained
by the use OF DR.. Williams Pink Pills for
Pale People thay may be obtained prob
one Of our we'll known residents, Mrs. Ellen
A. Oderkirk. Paw Paw. III.
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Care of Bees in Winter.

If the bees are properly placed in
winter quarters, which should be done
before winter is on, there is but little
to do during the winter. As a matter
Of fact, no meddling with bees in any
way must be done in cold weather,
and the only time we al work with
them in safety is during a warm day
when they are flying. If bees get a
good fly once a month they are likely
to keep in good condition, but if cold
weather continues along for weeks and
months without any let-up, the bees
are not in any way protected.
Bees wintered out in thin hives, as
matter of necessity, must draw
heavily ON their stores to keep the re-
| quired amount of animal heat, and
with such in every case, they must
have freqaent fights, OF dysentery re-
suits, and the loss of such colonies
toEG1Is.
Those that are we'll protected can
withstand much more cold and do not
become affected thus, and are in con-
dition to bear much longer confne-
ment. It is impossible to accomplish
anything in the way of remedies when
they become thus affected, aud only
warm weather so that they can fly
freely will cure it.
All stock Of every kind should be
excluded from about hives in winter,
and the hives should not sit near a
roadway, or near a railroad. Heavy
losses of bees have been reported
where they have been kept close to a
railroad by the frequent jarring of the
hives, thus arousing the bees to activi-
~, which always results in their con-
Stunning stores heavily. and this. con-
nected with long confinement on nc
count Of coldweather, is sure to result
in disease.
Good, healthy stores have much to do
with wintering- also, as some varieties
OF honey are not as good as others.
The condition Of the honey in the
hive has much to- do with the health
fulness of the bees. A large amount
Of unsealed- stores is very damaging in
winter. This is true from the fact
chat the moisture that arises from the
bees in cold weather contaminates the
honey in the open cells, thereby
rendering it unhealthy. Hence it is of
Importance that all the honey is sealed
ID the combs, or at least all reserve
stores. Bees need good attention in
early spring, as they are then breeding
as4rapidly as they possibly can, OF that
their condition will let them. and very
frequentlyt they become short Of stores.
and a little timely feeding will save
them.-A.-H Duff.
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Fashion Notes.

Old-fashioned pink canoes are COM
ing into vogue again, and the old-time
setting is to be retained.
Huguenot caps are added to the
tops Of many of the short, full, pulled
| sleeves of evening bodies.
Collars with stole ends are worn by
| the woman who loves frills. They
can be fashioned by any deft fingers
directed by taste.
Many of the demi-trained dress
skirts are cut-with nine cores, and at
the back some are box-plaited and
others fan-plaited.
the small pad hustle is now worn
with the latest day costumes and even
ing toilets; and those of larger pro-
| portions are announced.
The new shirt waists for spring are
made up in the zephyr goods, with
pockets, it is said. Instead of but
tons many of the prettiest shirt waists
will be laced up with cords.
Cravats of white net, null or liberty
silk, trimmed with frills oflace, chiffon
OF net, are made easily and may be as
simple or as elegant a time, skill and
purse permit. Owing to their airy
d%aintiness they seem especially suit
able for gifts.
Among the handsome imported
gowns seen at some recent openings,
several were of black Chautilly lace,
embroidered with steel or jet sequins
and beads and made over black satin.
1t is predicted that lace costumes will
be much worn in Paris next year.
Peplums, which are added to Rus
sian blouses, jacket bodices, surplice
waists and similar garments, are
ahaped in various ways. Some are
credeiated, others cut in oval tabs or
sharp Vandykes, aud also in circular
form, with OF without plaits at the
back.
Velvet is in high favor for smart
gowns this season. Corduroy is seen
in Paris, the ribs being wide apart.
Some of the SWEETEST carriage and
evening wraps have bishop sleeves,
quite wide. and the width equal from
the shoulder to tae narrow bands ct
the wrists
The Opelousas courier., 1899-10-14
"A Curious Forest.

] The most extraordinary forest in
the world is one discovered by DR.,
Welwitsch, which occupies a tahleland
some sir miles broad, at a. height OF
800 feetor 400 feet above the sea, near
the west coast of Africa. The trunks
of the trees of this peculiar forest are
four feet in diameter, and yet they
only attain q height Of n foot, Civ
ing the tree the appearance Of around
table. There are never more. than
two leaves, which attain d length Of
six feet and a breadth of two feet,
the flowers forming crimson clusters.
-EtsBitA
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An Afflicted Mother.
From taa V1nres.PQ,o Pam III

A resident 0; this town who has lost two
chiliren during tho past six yeaes, by vfo-
lent deaths ha5 been utterly Frustrated BY
the shock, and seriously sick as a result OF
It. One child (aged 81 was killed by O cy.
clone In 80 while at school; another, three
years later was run over by a Burlington r.
4. train. That griefs and mtstortunes may
50 prey on the mind asto lead to serious
physical disorders has been we'll demon
strated in this case. As a result Of them,
her health was shattered and she has been
a constant sufferer since 1890. Her princt-
pal trouble Las been neuralgia Of the stom-
ach which wes very painful, and exhibited
all the symptoms OF ordinary neuralgia,
nervousness and indigestion. Physiciane
Gid her no good whatever. She was dis
Outraged and abandoned all hope OF get
ting well. Finally, however, a certain well
known pill was recommended CDR. WILL
Jams Pink Pills for Palo Peoplel.
She supplied herself with a quantity o.
them and had not taken them two weeks
when she noticed u marked improvement
The Opelousas courier., 1899-10-14

Thus says~E- Walters. LIE Raysville. Pa.
who grew {sworn tor 252 bushels SalZer's corn
per acre. That means $500 bushels on 100
acres at Dc a bushel equals $3.50. This is
better than a prospective gold mine. SalZer
pays $500 in gold for best name for his E-inch
corn and oats prodigy. You can win. Seed
potatoes 81. a Bbl.
SEND THIS Notice. AND 10 CTS IN STAMPS
to John A. Salzer Seed Co. La Crosse, Wis,
and get free their seed catalogue, and IL
farm seed samples. including above corn and
oats, surely worth $40, to get start.
- -. -. A. c.. 10
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According to the testimony of Tin
Chin, a Chinese interpreter, who ap-
peared before the Illinois senate inves-
tigating committee at Chicago the other
day, certain streets in that city are filled
with opium dens, the proprietors of
which pay $40 q week to the police for
for protection.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-10-14
Gentle Art of RIushtnc.

One of the latest additions to the
curriculum of a Partisan school Of de-
pertinent is a department for instruc-
ton in the gentle art of b%lushing.
This would seem to point the way to
the passing of the end of the century
girl who is above such things. One of
the pupils declares it is easy to droop
the eyes and to affect baslfulness.
But it is not, she adds, easy TO blush.
The latter, indeed, seems to be one Of
the lost arts.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-10-14

Jasper-.What do you think will be
the result Of this negro fvnching in the
South?" Jumpuppe-.".F there is any
thing in the Darwinian theory it will
probably result in the evolution Of a
race of rubber-necked Giggers. New
York Journal.
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Gossip.

Gossip.
Miss Cora Dow, Of Cincinnati, is
the proprietor Of four successful drug
stores in that city.
Miss Marnana, q man hater, oil
Brushy Fork, ILL.,, has directed in her
will that no men shall be present at
her funeral.
Mrs. Glitch, of Denver, drives about
tie city in a light wagon, drawn by
an ostrich. She is the only woman
in the world who owns q geological
garden.
Paris has drawn a line on bicycle
riding in a rather unexpected quarter.
Hereafter, none of the women teach
ers in the primary schools of that city
may ride to and from the schools on
their wheels.
Mrs. Jessie Palmer Weber, OF
Springfield, IL, a daughter of Gen
eral john NJ. Palmer, has been chosen
to succeed the late Miss Josephine
Cleveland as librarian of the Illinois
Historical Library.
An original idea Of q New York
woman's club, whose realization must
occupy some time, is for each mem
Der to give a quotation at each club
meeting in place of the regulation
''here' when the roll is called.
The wife Of Senator White, Of Cali
fornia, does not live with him during
his attendance in Washington, be-
cause she breads thunderstorms,
which they 90 not have in California,
taking earthquakes as a substitute.
Miss Edna Whitney, the young
woman who works in G cigar factory,
and whom Kansas City rejected as
maid Of honor at the fall carnival, is
going on the stage. She will study
for her new profession i'll Kansas
City.
Miss Ramsay Gibson Maitland, by
the death of her father, Sir James
Ramsay Gibson Maitland, in Eng
land, recently, becomes the possessor
of a rent roll of about $50, 900 a year,
and will soon be much richer from
ground rents in Edinburgh.
Elizabeth Rider Wheaton, probably
the b~est-known prison evangelist in
this country, has visited every prison
in every important city in the world.
She has become known to most rail-
road men, and receives annual passes
over all the large lines in this country.
The Empress OF Austria has taken
a dislike to tho magnificent Villa
Aclilleion, which she had built at such
a tremendous cost i'll Corfu, and all
the furniture and objects Of art which
adorned it, including the gigantic
statue of the dying Achilles, have
been removed to the imperial palace
at Vienna.
Miss Ellen Nussey, who was the in
innate friend Of Charlotte Bronte,
died on November 26, at Gomersal,
aged eighty-three years. It was large
Iy by means Of the 400 or more letters
written to Miss Massey by Charlotte
Bronte that Miss Gaskell was able
to give the public SO much of the life
of.the author of Jane Eyre"
Mrs. r. N. Perdue, Of Fort Scott,
Kan, was recently drawn by mistake
on the jury Of the District Court.
She insists on serving, and says that
as she voted fo- Mr.. Mckinley in
Wyoming, she is a qualified e%lector,
and consequently a competent juror"
She believes in woman suffrage, and
says she will appeal to the highest
courts about her rights as a juror.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-10-14

UCA COUNTY,
FRANK j. CHENEY makes oath that he Is the
senior partner Of the firm of 3. J. CHENEY q
Co.. doing business in the City ofToledo, County
and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay
the sum of ONE d DOLLARS for each
and every case of CATARRH that cannot be
cured by the use of HALLS CArARRH CURE.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
f--l presence, this 9Th day of December,
SEAT. ! A. D. 1886. A. w. GLEASON,
(-~ Ntta3r Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and
acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces
of tho system. send for testimonials, free.
7. J. CHENEY IL Co., Toledo, Q.
Sold by Druggists. T5c.
j Halls Family Pills ara tho best.
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In view of the fact that there is

In view of the fact that there is a
superabundance of peanuts raised ev-
cry year in Virginia, North Carolina
and other parts of the south, the sug-
g~estion is made that peanut oil be used
more extensively in pharmacy. and be
permitted to take the place, to a GER
tain extent, of olive oil, says the Pitts
burg Dispatch. Prof. S. T. Sadtler
recently produced an experimental
soda soap from the oil extracted from
American peanuts. In reporting this
fact he remarked Significantly that the
bulk of the casti g soap made in Mar
settles is made from African peanut oil.
The average grade Of American pea
nuts is slightly inferior to the east Al
lean peanut IN oil producing value.
but experience hes demonstrated the
excellent quality of the American pea
nut oil.
During the year Just ended" said
John Russell Young, librarian OF con
gress, ''copyrights were issued for 1893
S75 pieces, Of which 1868 were for
works of art. Original works of art
are not deposited in the copyright
office, but the law requires the deposit
of one copy of a photograph of each
article to be filed with the application.
In classifying books upon which copy
rights are sought there are three dlVls-
ioae: First, books proper, including
those relative to the drama, periodic.
as, music, maps and charts, prints and
eogravings, chromos and Autographs,
photos and miscellaneous; second, MI
nor publications. such as circulars,
calendars, catalogues and other lists,
and third, newspaper and magazine
articles.
The painter, NJ. Gervex, has finish
ed his sketch of the coronation of Gar
Nicholas II. The canvass, which is to
he exhibited at the Paris exhibition in
1900, when completed, viii be ten me-
ters long and seven high or wide. II.
Gervex will soon go to Russia to paint
from life the portraits of the car,
czarina, granddukes. grandduchesses
and others who figured in the historical
Gene at Moscow.
NJ. Albert Vandal, whose election to
the Academy of France has called forth
such a storm of criticism in that ccun-
try, is the youngest member OF the
Academy, and spent most of his youth
in the position Of auditor in the state
department..
One of the students at the College of
Music in Cincinnati, known as Miss
Katherin Agnes Gulick, is IN reality
Suma Matbsu HOMO, the daughter of a
japanese noble, who married an Amer
lean. Miss Emma Tyler, o relative of
the president of that name.
Emperor William has established q
new medal in the memory Of his grand
father, civilian the Great" This is
called the Emperor William. centennial
meds5, and Will be distributed to $780,
900 lieterans. Its recipients will each
haHs a diploma showing oak leaves,
SUI mounted by a crown and the por-
trnnlt of William l.. with the inscription
with God for the King and the Faith
%er1ahhat11"
Two girls, one aged Is, the other Is,
recently committed suicide in Paris,
one because an accident marred the
beauty of her face, the other because
her father abandoned his family.
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Professor Dorpfeld, of the German
school at Athens, thinks he has dis
covered the complete ancient system OF
drainage of the city in the excavations
he has been making between the Pnyx
and the Areepagns. Tho pipes are we'll
prt served, Fandjthe drains high enough
for a maaatosRalkinthe upr ght.
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The Queen and the Bicycle.

It Q turns out that there was no
truth in the published story about the
cycling performance of the young
Queen Of Holland. She never bought
nor was presented with q bicycle. In
fact, she is understood not to approve
of cycling for women. But she does
not wish to put any constraint upon
others in this respect, and so, cycling
being much in vogue OF the Hague,
ladies of the court freely practise the
sport.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-10-14

Twenty-two business men who acted
Is the CORNERS iury inthe investigation
of thefecentlg great fire in London and
served for fourteen working days re-
ceiveddour pence ts.ceats) eaehsas COM
nensafnnn-..---G..
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In the Edinburgh school Of Medicine

III tHe LdIHUUIBn scuU0T u '1e1TCTu5
for women, every student sent to tbs
university during the year 1895 81 h2s
passed a record probable unpreeedent-
ell in the annals Of any other school.
Five women received caps at the grad
nation ceremony, AMI were eEthusias-
ticaily greeted by their fellow students
and the audience.
William Tyler, who has just died a.
Conkling, Tenn. at the age of 81 years,
was & nephew of President Tyler. He
wss born and spent his whole life il G
house once owned by John Sewer.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-10-14
Demand for More Rattlesbin..

The Secretary of the Navy has demanded
more batt1eshlps,, and there can be no doubt
that Congress will consider his
tions. Protection is what our sea ports re-
quire, and Notifications will not adequately
supply this. Defense against all disorders Of
forded by Hostetter's stomach Bitters, an eff.
fcient remedy, also, for constipation, billi-
BUSINESS, dyspepsia, rheumatism and nervous
ness.