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The Opelousas courier., 1899-03-11
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.

Mrs. Vanderbilt r~ejoices in the pos
session Of the most beautiful cat in
the world; it cost no less than $1,000.
London's latest beauty, Pamela Snow
den, never fails to wear a wreath Of
lilies about her small head, and never
does the smallest jewel sparkle about
her toilet.
In twenty-five years Sarah Bernhardt
has, it is announced, been paid nearly
1885, 900 for her exertions on the stage
and she is now fulfilling a compare
lively short engagement which will
add about another $3.50 900 to that
large sum. In the last ten years her
average gains have been $50, 900 year;
in the last five, 500, 900; yet in 1872, at
the Odeon theater, she earned only $40
a month.
A good story is told of the young
crown prince of Germany. Soon after
Bismarck's retirement the emperor and
empress were at dinner with their ell
der children and some eminent states
men, when the young prince suddenly
broke out with: They say, father, that
now Prince Bismarck has gone, you
will be able to tell the people to do
just what you like, all by yourself. You
will enjoy that, won't ycu?"
The duchess of Marlborough and the
duchess Of Devonshire probably have
the finest pearls in England, the Man
chester necklace being very we'll
known. Many smart ladies yea
their pearls constantly, although they
are not seen, as they are worn under
q high dress, as pearls are supposed
to keep their color better when worn
next to the skin. Pearls have. within
the last twenty-five years, increased in
,r,1,o 1 00n nov nopt
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Extra Pay For d Servant Who Thinks.
A friend of mine had just hired a
general servant, when that respected
individual gravely inquired: "Does
a girl have to think here?"
The employer gasped a terrified
''Wha-at?"
"Do I have to think?" was the
stolid rejoinder.
"Why, good heavens! of course you
have to Think exclaimed the now
thoroughly puzzled lady.
"Then I'll have to have fifty cents
more a week. always does in places
where [ Thinks" said the girl deter
minedly.
Then it came about that, in her vo-
cabulary the verb "to think applied
exclusively to meals. If a mistress
ordered breakfast, luncheon and dim
ner, detail by detail, the maid had no
occasion to tthink." If she were
obliged to plan the meals herself, she
wanted fifty cents a week for the men
tai exertion!
Who could blame her?-Chicago
Times Herald.
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9CURVY IN INFANTS.

Within a few years physicians have
discovered a new disease in children.
It seems to be the same az the scurvy
that attacks sailors and others who
have been forced to subsist for a long
time on a monotonous diet, especially
on one containing an insufficient guam
tity of fruits and vegetables.
The baby, most commonly from six
to eighteen months old, IL peevish and
at the same time apathetie; II left
alone it makes little complaint and
takes no interest In what is going on
about it, but 1t begins to resist and to
cry as soon "a any one attempts to lift
1t.
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A Missing VIrtue.

Whats the matter with my darl-
ing?" asked the fond mother as she
came upon her little one, crushed in a
heap in the middle of the floor and
kicking the air with her stockinged
feet. where's her pretty new shoes?"
II wo-won't have 'em, na-nas-nasty
old things! Ne-Nettie's squeaks like
everything and mine don't squeak
q -b-bi-bit."-Detroit Free Press.
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Miss GERTIE DUNKIN,

Miss GERTIE DUNKIN,
Franklin, Neb., writes:
:" suffered for some time with pain.
full and irregular menstruation, falling
OF the womb and pain in the back. I
tried physicians, but found no relief.
"Iwas at last persuaded to try Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound,
and cannot praise it enough for what
it has done for me. / feel like a new
person, and would not part with your
medicine. / have recommended it to
several of my friends"
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A Families Twist

When the lodging house was afire
one night Mike hurried his breeches
on wrong side before and threw him
self out of the window. One of the
first persons he encountered was his
employer. Are you hurt, Mike?" II
feel no pain, sor," was the reply, as
Mike took a puzzled front view of him
self, "but 1 must have received a
moighty bad twist, sor."-Detroit
Free Press.
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ARACE WITH
THE ICE FLOES.
I was night, and
BY Lewis E. Phillips.

{ was night, and
blowing fresh.
The s k was
overcast, a n d
there W a 8 no
moon, s O t b a t
darkness was on
the face of the
deep-not total
darkn e s s. it
must be under
stood, for that
is seldom known
at sea. Twas in
+ h a m, Il II
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Hf9 Word.

Just think of his committing sui
eide for love. Wasn't it awful?" "It
was the only way he could keep his
word, poor boy. for he had avowed to
Woman."-Ey.
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Cloth is now being successfully made from
wood.
California has a club of left-handed per
sons with over 1000 members.
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May Bring Leprosy to this. Country.

My nTF1S FtFFV*F {" NJ
1t is pointed out that the United States
soldiers IN Hawaii may contract leprosy there.
and bring 1T to this country when they
return. While leprosy l. much to be dreaded
there are a thousand times as many victims
To st0nlach disorders and blood diseases. but
here is a cure for them Ia Hostetter's StoIn-
uh Bitters. Other cornmon ailments that
he Bitters are a specific for are malaria, fever
and ague. Sold at all drug stores.
Don't say you work like a slave; say you
'WDrk like a fool"
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Sorrow

Jones-Hello, Robinson, why are
you looking so glum? Robinson-You
know my rich uncle. the one whose
heir I an to be? yes" well, he
has been travelling in the Alps, and
last week he slipped and fell down a
crevasse." And was killed, eh?"
mo. ha got off all right"
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Educate Your Bowels With Cascarsea.
Candy Catharsic. cure constipation forever
:0c. &c. II {. G. c. fall. druggists refund moae9
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Piso's Cure for Consumption 10 IN A No. l
Asthma medicine.-W. r. WILLIAMS. Anti.
och. Ill. April u 1904
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Clean blood means a clean skin. No
eauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Cathar-
SIC clean your blood and keep it clean. by
stirring up the lazy liver and driving all i'm
o" "niis'e1 pi 1rDiIt .n boi poa{ blotc 1es.n bls 1ahs 10
md that sickly bilious complexion by taking
Nascarets, beauty for ten cents. All drug
sists, satisfaction guaranteed, l0c, sc, soc.
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No-To-Bac for Fifty Cents,

Guaranteed tobaccOhabit cure, makes weak
men strong, blood pure. J1c. ST. All druggists
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To Cure q Cold in One Day.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
Druggists refund money II it fAa,s to cure. &c.
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Beauty Is Blood Deep,

Great trials seem to be a necessary prepa-
for great duties.
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There are nearly 1000 stitches in q pair Of
hand-sewn shoes.
Stockings were first used in the eleventh
century.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-03-11

Fifty thousand Bank of England notes are
IN the average made daily.
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Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup forchildren
.tething,% softens the gums, Observation-Disclosures
1iLn,allays pain. cures wind collie. &c. a bottle
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Fits permanently cured. NJ fits or nervous
,ess after firstday's use of DIR. kline's Great
>erveRestorer. 81 trial bottle and treatise free
ar. r.. H. KLINE, Ltd. 931 Arch ST.. Phila, Pa.
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An unwelcome guest is one of the best
things going.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-03-11

Many a hungry man wishes he were outside
Che soup.
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The queen of the table not only reigns bu
she pours.
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NO CAUSE TO BLUSH.
Pretty Girl Was Rather Too Confident
That She Deserved Admiration.

fFotty diri was hather ZOO Conndenf
That She Deserved Admiration.
She was a very pretty girl. and she
knew 1t, two things which were Ger
tainly all right, but she should not
have displayed her knowledge on that
particular point quite so plainly as she
did. It happened in a Detroit street
car the. other day. She climbed in
down at the square. accompanied by a
friend who was both older and palmer
than herself. 1t happene@o be one of
the old-fashioned cars, with long seats
running along the sides, and right OPP
posite the girls sat a handsome gentle
man, with big, wide-open gray eyes. at
Tnv. the pretty damsel cast a sweet
iy simper'1g smirk as she sat down
and arranged herself so that he could
see just how pretty she was. He diI
not smile, hut he continued to stare
and at first she seemed to think thing
were al tight, but before long she be
gan to squirm and shift in her sea-
and finally calculated to her friend ir
a tone that was audible through the
car: Really, dear. it's dreadful the
way that man over there stares. It's
all very we'll for a man to admire you
but there really are limits" One or
two of the passengers smothered their
smiles and looked to see how the man
took it. But he did not seem to hear
just continued to stare with the same
steady, concentrated gaze, and the
passengers grew interested. The girl
made one or two more remarks and
then suddenly the gentleman sitting
beside the offending one leaned over
and said clearly: Pardon me, madam.
but as you seem to be a little put out
with my friend, l wish to explain that
he is quite unaccountable, because-he
is totally blind" There was silence
for a moment, while the young lady's
bushes lit up the car with a lurid
light, and then amid Unsurpassed tit
tiers she arose and got out without a
word, followed by her giggling COM
rade.-CIeveland Plain Dealer.
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The EXCELLENCE OF SYRUP OF figs

is due not only to the originality and
simplicity of the combination, but also
to the care and skill with which it is
manufactured by scientific processes
known to the CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP
Go. only, and we wish to impress upon
all the Importance of purchasing the
r and original remedy. AS the
genuine Syrup of Figs is manufactured
by the CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP Co.
only, a knowledge of that fact will
assist one in avoiding the worthless
limitations manufactured by other par
ties. The high standing of the CALI
FORNIA FIG SYRUP Co. with the medi-
cal profession, and the satisfaction
which the genuine Syrup of Figs has
given to millions of families, makes
the name of the Company a guaranty
Of the excellence of its remedy. 1t is
far in advance of all other laxatives,
as it acts on the kidneys, liver and
bowels without irritating Or weaken
ing them, and it does not grippe nor
nauseate. In ORDER to get its beneficial
effects, please remember the name of
the Company
ChT IE0DNJA EYC SVpY1p m
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The highest waterfall in the world is Che
lock Cascade, at Yosemite, Cal.
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Sold by Druggists, 15c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-11-29
nistake Of a Nought.

The mistake lady recently made
caused her husband to pay $3.50 more
than he had expected, but resulted in a
large increase in the fund being raised
to pay off debt on local church. The
lady is the wife of Que Of the best
known coal men in this vicinity, and
at the time she made the mistake she
and her husband were at meeting Of
the church, of which they are mem
bers, in nearby town.
The meeting had been called to
raise funds to pay off a pressing debt
against the church. The minister
made an appeal to the congregation
for money, and appointed committee
to take around paper for subscrip-
tions. AS the member Of the commit
tee came near the coal man said, in a
whisper, to his wife:
"Put your name down for fifty dol.
lars"
The wife wrote her name and placed
the figures opposite, and when the pa
per reached the minister he looked
over the congregation, and with q
smile, said: II am delighted to see
that Sister Smith has responded so
aobly to the call I made and to the
needs of the church. She has put her
name down for $500 dollars, and it is
the largest subscription on the paper.
l know many Of you are worth more
than the lady who has so nobly shown
her love for the church, and hope
you will strive to emulate her noble
conduct. To give you chance W,
again pass around the subscription
paper, and I hope that none of
you will fall behind our generous sis
ter
While tho paper was being again
passed around ths husband of the lady
became very anxious, aud, turning to
his wife, he said: "How much did YOU
put DOWN."
"Well," said the wife, II intended
to put down $50, but I guess I put one
cipher too much, but for goodness sake
don't let them know that don't know
how to write S50."
He did not, and paid the $500, and
when the subscription paper was re-
turned a second time the subscrip-
tions had been largely increased.
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up catalogues of an almost endless va
riety of evergreen and ornamental
trees and shrubs, but great many os
them are entirely unsuited to our eli
mate, not being able to stand our hot,
dry summers. This warning is not in
tended as any reflection on the nurse
ries in the North and West, for most
of them are noted for their reliability,
but simply to call attention to the loss
and disappointment that is sure to re-
suit from putting out trees and shrubs
that do not suit our climate. Then,
too, it must be borne in mind that We
have great many that will not grow
in the North.
Evcrgreens, like everything else
worth having, need some care and at
tention, even when they arc large, es :
pccially the conifcrac, nearly ali OF
which are liable to be attacked by Il
very minute insect that works under
the bark. The only remedy against
this special insect is to saw Off the
branch that is affected and burn itim-
mcpiatcly. Very often it does not at
tack the trees at all, but it is we'll to
be on The lookout for the pest.
The poet. n. p. Willis, during his
lifetime was the editor of literary
paper in New York, and the motto for
his journal was the following words:
"Wc must do our utmost to cncour-
age the beautiful, for the useful en-
courages ITSELF" and if this scnti-
ment be a true one, then it is the
bounden duty Of every one to do what
lies in his power to make his home and
its surroundings as beautiful and at
tractive as possible; for the measure
OF one refinement, or lack Of it, is, in
large degree, judged blythe outward
appearance of his home.
w. d. WOODS.
Darlington. November 3, 1899.
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- The war demand for mules has
raised their price SO that the best mules
now sell at from $3.50 to 5000. The
United States government has DIR
chased sixteen thousand at an average
price of about 500 each. If the mules
could vote it would not he for war.
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w. CT. U. DEPARTMENT.
Conducted by the ladies of the w. C.
7. U. of Anderson, S. G..
AS to Congressman Roberts.

Whether this polygamous reprcsen-
tativc Of the State of Utah shall be
allowed to retain his seat in the Fed
eral House of Representatives has be-
come burning question. Religious
newspapers all over the land have
discussed it with great vigor:
and various ecclesiastical confcrcn-
ces, associations and synods have
done Likewise. Just now the good
women are taking their turn at it.
Miss Helen Gould, who bids fair to
beccmc famous phi.anthropist, has
given $1,000 to be u>cd in getting up
a monster petition to Congress on the
subject. Ii is no; quite certain what
the outcome will be. though we can
very we'll understand what it ought to
be. Utah came into the Union under
the solemn pledge that polygamy
should not be tolerated. This pledge
has been violated in the most shame
less way imaginable Within recent
months several of the chief dignitarics
of the Norman Churcl have each
pleaded guilty Of cchabitiug with more
than one wife, and have been subject
ed to the penalties provided for such
conduct. The most of these worthless
affirm that their polygamous alliances
were contracted long ago. But Mr..
Roberts has not even this poor excuse.
tie has defed the statutes and the
public sentiment Of the country by en-
tering into new marriages since the
territory became STATE; and he de-
serves 20 be expelled f.or. Congress,
not only because Of the essential i'm.
morality Of his actions, but also be-
cause of the fact that he is willful
and deliberate lawbreakcr. With an
audacty that almost passes belief, he
haunts his numerous wives in the face
OF the American people and loldly
challenges them to help themselves.
There is one infclcitous circumstance
that stands in the way Of the proper
determination Of the case, good
many other congressman arc not men
OF pure lives, and they will possibly
feel some reluctance about voting to
punish MIR. Roberts for conduct which
differs from their own only in the fact
that it is open and avowcd while theirs
Is more or less secret. We do not
mean to bring sweeping charges against
our public men. 1t is our belief that
many of them are clean and upright, but
there are enough transgressors among
them to exert no little influence. We
could wish that every one Of this sort
might be expelled in disgrace along
with the gentleman from Utah.
Christian Adrecafc.
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Mr.. Suuiggs (rcading)--l see that
Prof: WiScman, the prophet. has de-
cldrd that the worl,! will come IL an
cn1 next Christmas. johnny SIuiggS
-l'cfOrc or after dinner. pa
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: A Sullivan Qnd.) man has re

"A Sullivan Qnd.) man has re-
fused to pay note for $3.50, which
he gave to a church some years ago,
cu the grounds that the paper was
drawn on Sunday, and was, there
fore, of no value.
J. D. Bridges, Editor Democrat,
Lancaster, N. H., says, Zone Minute
Cough Cure is the best remedy for
;croup I ever ussd." Immediately re-
lieves and cures coughs, colds, Group,
asthma, pneumonia, bronchitis, grippe
aud. all thfoattand lung troubles: It
prevents consumption. Evans Phar-
macy. ' a's, S'eii1. - &
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The Words Of Famous Mission Worker

Perhaps no man in Atlanta is better
and more favorably known than Mr..
John f. Barclay. He for long time
has been s.fferer from Indigestion
and dyspepsia. This is what he says:
Atlanta, Ga, January %, 1886
DR.. Q. 0. Tyner: Having used Tyner's
Dyspepsia Remedy for several years
in my family gladly add my testi-
mony to what has already been said
in its praise. Without any exception
/ think it is the finest remedy on the
market and nothing would induce me
to do without it.
JNo. f. BARCLAY.
For sale by White G White.
Sample bottle free on application to
Tyner's Dyspepsia Remedy Co., Allan
ia, GA.
Eat plenty, Kodol Dyspepsia Cure
will digest what you eat. 1t cures all
forms Of dyspepsia and stomach trou-
b!cs. r. r. Gamble, Vernon, Tex,
saye, cit relieved me from the start
and cured me. 1t is now nv ever
lasting friend" Evans Pharmacy.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-11-29

The Filipinos have a horror of in
toxicating beverages, and have not al
lowed the sale of them in their towns.
Since its occupancy by the United
States forces, Manila has become a
Tuni-hole with more than four hun
dred saloons. "Is this the civilization
you bring?" asked cultured native of
an American. But the var "civili-
zecs' swallow ali this side-iniquity
without blush.
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Alluding to the vast amounts Of
beer and whiskey which this country
is now Shipping to the Philippines,
Mrs. Spray declares (and every sane
woman and man in the nation will
agree with the utterance) that eve
cannot give sanction to methods of
civilization which would shoot down
one-h half of the inhabitants of those
bcnighted islands, while we make the
other half too drunk to bury their
comrades. "-Adrocatc of Peace.
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Society OF Five Don is.

A society has been organized in
of the Five DOn'ts'' Henry n. Niles
The five don'ts to which the members
pledge themselves to adhere arc as
follows:
1. Don't ride simply for pleasure on
Sunday.
9. Don't (save on I'm ocean VOYAGE
ride in II public conveyance on Sunday.
3. Don't read Il newspaper OH sun
day.
4. Don't buy anything on Sunday.
except in case of al emergency.
). Don't mail letters on Sunday.
MIR. Nilcssays that his society already
has membership of twenty, and hc is
confident that il will have large
growth. lie argues that the ears will
stop running If enough people refrain
from riding to make their operation on
Sunday unpr0titablr: that the sunday
newspaper will cease To be published
when the society grows large enough
to take away all the readers: that
places where goods are sold on Sunda..
VIII close after, people cease to buy.
and that the lni,rI States Postal
scrvic. will cca>s every Sunday when
everybody becomes Il Five don'tcr and
no letters are mailed ON that day.
Mr.. Niles does not believe that riding
on cars and mailing letters on sunday
are III themselves scandalouS offences.
The trouble. he says. is that these
practices compel men 10 labor on the
Lords Day
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= Sometimes man will is broken
after his demise and sometimes after
his marriage.