The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-05-08

WHAT Do Your CHILDREN READ? 3
A bad book, magazine or newspaper, is
as dangerous to your child as Il vicious
companion, and will assuredly corrupt
his morals and lead him away from the
paths of safety. Every parent. should
set this thought clearly before his mind,
and ponder it we'll, Look to what your
children read, and especially to the kind
of papers that get into their hands, for
there are now published scores of week
" papers, with attractive and sensual
illustrations, that are as hurtful to
young and innocent souls as poison to
healthful body.
Many of these papers have obtained
large circulation, and are sowing
broadcast the seeds of vice and crime.
Trenching on the borders Of innocency,
they corrupt the morals, taint the
Imagination, and allure the weak and
unguarded from paths of innocence.
The danger to young persons from this
cause was never so great as at this time !;
and every father and mother should be
on guard against an enemy that is sure
to meet their child.
Our mental cOmpaniOns-the thoughts
and feelings that dwell with us when
alone, and influence our actions-these
are what lift us up or drag us down. If
your child has pure and good mental
companions, he is safe; but if, through
corrupt books and papers, evil thoughts
and impure imaginings get into his
mind, his danger is imminent.
Look to it,, then, that your children
are kept as free as possible from this
paper or periodical that is not strictly
pure, and watch carefully lest any such
get into the hands of your grown-up
boys.
CONDIMENTS IN POULTRY DIEr.-Cay-
enne pepper, mustard or ginger, can with
great benefit, be added to the food of
fowls to increase their vigor and to
stimulate egg production. This appar-
emily artificial diet will be seen to be ma
tural if we remember that wild birds of
the galInaceOus species get access to
very many highly-spiced berries and
buds; articles that give the game fla
vOr' to their flesh. The ordinary food
of the domestic fowl is not, indeed, en-
tirely without some such addition since
there is more or less of an aromatic
principle in wheat, Indian corn and other
grains. Nevertheless, it is not sufficient
i'm quantity to supply the place of the
CPCN1C5S OSSoUC 1OA HBICI1 Is 81
part of the fowls inherited constitution.
A moderate quantity of cayenne, etc.,
added to to the ground grain, is always
productive of health and thrift in .poul-
try Poultry World.
A Kentucky editor received the fol-
lowing note from subscriber, asking
that false notice of his death might
be corrected: /" Sir, motifs few erors
in the obituary of myself wich appeared
in your paper of last wensday, i was
born in greenup co. not caldwell, and
my retirement from bisness in 1860 was
not owen to il helth, but tu a little
trouble had in connection with a horse,
and the cors of my deth was not small
pox, please make corrections for wich i
enclose so cents.
According to Pettenkofer, cholera pa.
tients may be attended with perfect i'm
punity if proper attention is paid to clean
illness. In addition to the ordinary
cleansing of rooms and utensils, he es-
pecially insists on the immediate sub
lection of all soiled linen or other cloth
ing to the action of boiling soaps4ds.
He that hath trade, hath an estate
and he that hath calling, hath.a place
of profit and honor. A plowman on his
legs is higher than q gentleman on his