Sir Harry Johnston, in an article in ' Tlie Times' on negro lile in Louisiana, says that a sight well worth seeing is an old "Southern, mansion, the "great how©" of some aristocratic family of plantens. In these old-time plantation lxnises tlie service arA the cooking of the colored people are perfection. The silver and nnptry are beautifully kept, the table is exquisitely decorated with flowers, the dishes are served an point; and the presentation, of each viand to the favorable notice of "Mas'r Henry." "Mas'r John," "Miss JuKa," or "Miss Sophie" is rather the affectionately respectful tender of an offering tlian the performance of a salaried duty. Horses and carriages may be had for the holding up of a finger, and there are at least ten IHU.3 negroes ready and anxious to do one's bidding. Many lovers of sea-weed have written — with the conclusion, that w© need never worry about the wheat supply so long :is there is the sea. A correspondent says that South Wales finds a particnlnr sort of green seaweed on. its coast. After being washed, it is bodied down and made up—generally with oatmeat-aito. cakes, and eaten with bacon. It ie called laver-bread, and is considered a great delicacy. To Ladies.—For blotchy and muddy complexions use Sulfarilla Tablets. Thev produce clear, bright, and healthy skin,"eradicating eruptions. Sulfarilla Tablets, " the ladies* Worite medicine." Is box, all
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Evening Star, Issue 14002, 8 March 1909, Page 6
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