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The Russellville Democrat., 1877-07-19
live Stock Management In New England


 The New England Farmer has an in. teresting article on the care and keep of herd of cattle in Vermont, from which we clip the following:
 The aim here is to breed COW that shall stand high on the record, but, at the same time be perfectly healthy, and of a tendency for milk production rather than beef exclusively. The great unsightly humps and punches of fat which we sometimes find laid over the hips and rumps of some of the Short-Horns, making them look too clumsy to be com tortable, were not observed here to any marked degree, especially among the more choice-bred animals. At the time of our visit nearly all the animals were in large open yard, we'll Uttered with straw, and where they were lcisurly walking about or lying quietly chewing their cuds in the warm sunshine; and so kindly are they all treated by their attendants that of the whole fifty not one could be found to show the least fear of man, whether an acquaintance or a stranger, but many of them wonld fol- low us about in our wainp, rs-nIug as plainly as actions could ask, for a stroke or a pat of the hand over their smooth, pleasant faces
 The barns, which are substantial and connections, are pictures of fneatness and comfort. Few of the prisoners in our penal institutions, we fear, fare as well a. do these animals, with their whole some food pure air and clean beds Twice a year every animal is thoroughly III trk aAA tAa l., which is mixed one and half ounces of carboic acid. This keeps them entirely free from all kinds of external parasites. They are fed three times per day by the clock every time no animal is kept waiting for his food beyond the usual time, and no more is given than will be eaten up clean. The hay is cut and slightly moistened with warm water, and little bran or meal sprinkled on. The proportion for each animal averages twenty-two pounds of hay, three pounds of bran, and one pound of meal per day-not heavy food for animals o that size. From experiments which have been and are being made, the proprietor is of the opinion that these large animals, on account of their quiet dispositions and hereditary tendencies for laying on flesh, can be kept quite as cheaply per animal as some of the smaller but more nervous and restless breeds.
 The stables are partly under ground, but, though warm are not dark or damp The walls are SO thoroughly built, and the doors and windows 30 we'll arrange l for protection from outside influences, that the temperature during the whole winter, from November to March, has scarcely varied more than sixteen degrees, ranging from six below freezing to ten above even when the thermometer in the open air indicated twenty degrees below
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-07-19

IT has been made against the law fol a postmaster to give mans letter to his wife. But the thing mustn't stop here now we want method to prevent hei from sorting over the contents of his in side pocket, and perusing his various correspondence while Morpheus is hold ing him in his arms.
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-07-19

A CANARY BIRD, thirty-tour years old, blind as bat and bald as an egg, can split his face down to his shoulders and shriek for three hours without taking breath, in tones that make the man o owns him wish he knew where he could trade him off for good three ply whistle.
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-07-19

WHEN correspondent goes to full dress party in a short coat, linked at the elbows, shining pantaloons that bag at the knees, cheviot shirt, and no gloves, he nearly always writes back to his paper that the dresses were vulgar to shock ing degree"
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-07-19

executioner's assistants, few seconds sufficed for the fatal collar to choke her. For the rest of the day, according to law, the corpse, with the tongue blackened and projecting, sat exposed in it's black robe of execution.
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-07-19

North Carolina has paid for fertilizers within the last twelve months $3, 1000 000; Georgia $2,000,000; Virginia probably more
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-07-19

While Mir. Adam Miller was blowing his farm in Kinderhook, he brought to the surface large turtle, which was alive, and had marked on it's shell May 30, l78l, H. A. D."
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-07-19

The fortune-hunter Of our day does not dig in the mines He marries the widow of California forty-niner.
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-07-19
About the House.


 As all good housewives know,
 Memorable of dishes hashed,
 And clothes as white as snow;
 And Tuesday is the "ironing-day,"
 Mid cold, or fog, or heat;
 And "Wednesday is the "sewing-day,"
 To see the clothes are neat;
 And Thursday is leisure day;
 And Friday brooms begin
 To sweep away the household dirt
 Fore Sundays ushered in;
 And Saturday is " baking-day."
 Pies, buildings, cakes and bread.
 And then the weary week is done,
 And we may go to bed. ONION SAuCE.-Peel four small white onions and boil them until soft; drain and chop them up fine; mix them with a cupful of hot milk, and two teaspoonfuls of butter, little salt and pepper, then boil all together for one minute serve hot.
 HUcKLEBERRY CAKE.--Two cupfuls of sugar, one of butter, flvergga, one cup ful of milk, ono teaspoontul of soda, ofIc small lemon, little nutmeg, a wine-glass ful of brandy, three cupfuls flour; dredge quart of huckleberries thicklv with flour, and add the last thing.
 SWEET CLOVER OINTMENT.-Taket the clover and boil with lard. If there be any positive virtue in the plant the hot grease will extract it. An alcoholic tincture of the plant would extract it's virtues, and evaporated down lard might be added.
 l BLACKBERRY VINEGAR.-To three quarts of berries put one quart of vine- gar; let it stand for three days, then strain it, and to one pint of juice put one pound of sugar ; put it into kettle over a slow fire; skim it as it boils; let it boil for half an hour; cool and bottle for use. BLACKBERRY MUsH.-Take pound of ripe blackberries, and first bruise them and add very little salt; put in porce- lain or earthenware pan, and add one teacupful boiling water; stir in bowl two heaping teaspoonfuls of sifted flour, with just enough cold water to make perfectly smooth; add to the berries and stir quickly, until thickened; take of immediately else will burn. Eat cold, with sugar and cream. | To CAN PINEAPpLEs.-Pare and cut in small pieces, take out the core (ol center), then fill the jars with the fruit to each quart jar dissolve teacupful oi white sugar in teacupful of boiling water, and pour in on the fruit, which should fill the jar; then put the jars in s boiler of cold water Quitting nail under each jar, 80 as not to crack the jar), ir which they should stand with the water a third from the tops of the jars boi twenty minutes, and seal quickly. Thi is also an excellent recipe for cannin, peaches, Bartlett pears and cherries.
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-07-19

The printing of one and two dollar notes by the United States government has ceased.
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-07-19

there were 1850 Indians and $50 on small farms outside the boundaries. A stone church had been erected, 5000 acres were under cultivation, and the property in horses and cattle was esti- mated at $l36, ,250 No better evidence of the progress of the Nez Perces need be given than the fact that school books and the New Testament have been printed in their language.
 The reservation lies in Neg Perces and Shoshone counties, Idaho, Camas prairie, very rich and desirable expanse of country. being the nucleus of the reser- vation. The well-known tract is situated on the Salmon river, about sixty miles south of Lewiston, and is about forty miles wide. In summer it is covered with vast herds of cattle driven there to fatten on it's luxuriant herbage. It is occupied by few ranches, with an occasional small farm. Its fertility of soil and excellence as cattle range. is attracting many settlers and is rapidly becoming settled. This is one of the causes of the present outbreak as the Indians resent this intrusion. The Sal mon river the southern boundary of the reservation, has it's source in the Salmon river mountains, in central Idaho, and after running north veers to the north. west, forming the boundary between Idaho and Neg Perces counties, |. n l .empties into Snake river north of Camas prairie. The Snake river forms the eastern boundary of Washington and unites with Clearwater river. At the confluence of the two rivers is situated Lewiston, thriving town in mining times, but somewhat dwindled in popu. lation at present. It is the head of navi-
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-08-04
THE PRESIDENTS CABINET.

0 A correspondent at Pennington, ILL.,,
requests a brief statement of the duties
connected with the Office of each of the
members of the presidents cabinet. The
sc secretary of state maintains all cores
pondence with foreign governments and
with foreign agents Of our government !;
makes out and records all commissions,
letters of Appointment, pardons, pass
ports, and nominations to the senate;
has charge of the seals Of the United
States; of territorial business of immi-
grafton and registered seamen, and of
statistics relating to foreign commerce.
The encouragement is at the head Of the
department of justice, and controls
United States, and district-attorneys de-
tends and prosecutes for the government
in the supreme court delivers written
opinions on law points when required;
examines the titles of all lands purchased
for the United States, and passes upon
applications for pardons and for appoint
ments in Offices relating to the legal and
judicial business of the United States.
The secretary of the interior has charge
of the public lands, pensions, patents,
and the Indians. The secretary of the
treasury has general supervision Of the
fiscal transactions Of the government, and
of the execution of laws concerning the
commerce and navigation of the United
States, the coast-survey, the marine
hospitals, and the construction of public
buildings; customs revenue and dis
bursements; the mode of keeping and
rendering! accounts in all the other
Departments; the custody of the
moneys of the United States; the &C.
counts of receipts and expenditures; all
civil suits commercially the United
States, except those arising in the post
Office department; the building and re-
pairing of lighthouses, buoys, ETC.; weights
and measures; the coming of money, etc.
The postofice department establishes and
discontinues postofices and postroads, ar
ranges the mail service By contract, and
has special care of the conveyance Of all
matter, money orders, etc. The bust
ness of the navy department is distrib-
uted through eight bureaus, the titles of
which sufficiently indicate the functions
Of each. They are: Yards and docks,
navigation, ordinance, construction and J
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-08-04
aDIFLTS.

The capital Of the Tran'c'usian
provinces Of Russia, TIAis, which
the Russo Turkish war; has brought
prominently into MOTTO, stands on the
Two banks Of the Kur and the stranger
finds it. a. Byron found Lisbon, a very
impoxinr rlace, distance lei din = a great
deal Of ,nchantfAent to tIt. vi " of it.
The city dates originally from 489, and
in the ninth century it was n Of the
most important Of commercial Centres
In 1876 the Turks built the citadel
which remains. Tifis was destroyed by
Aga Mohammed in 1875, and when re-
built was on a much smaller scale. Rus
STA has owned it only since 1901. The
streets are narrow and dirty, but IN
the newer portions are fine government
buildings. Tifis means warm town, and
it's warm sulphur bath, as we'll as a con-
siderable commerce, draw many from a
q distAnce. Tifis suffered severely from
the cholera in 1880, which reduced its
population to about 10000 but it is es-
that it contains to-day nearly
six times that number,
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-08-04
VARS HO RRORS.
An Episode In the Russo Turkish CAM
p0iOn of 1871.

An Episode In the Russo Turkish Cam,-
pai0n OF fish.
In 1911 the opposing Russian and Turk
ISL armies stood facing each other on OPP
posite banks of the Danube. During
the night between the 9Th and 9th of
September the Turks succeeded, by
making a feint, and & attracting the
Russians to a spot some three miles be-
low the real point Of passage, in throwing
a force of two thousand men and four
guns across the river, a short distance
above Giurgevo. The first attempts Of
the Russians to drive the small body
back into the river were successfully
withstood reinforcements were rapidly
brought over from the right to the lett
bank, until, finally, thirty thousand
men and fifty guns were assembled on
the northern shore. Every effort to adj
vance further and drive back the Rus
sian army, which had fallen back into
an intrenched position, was, however, re-
pulsed, the Turks themselves, being
obliged, after a time, to construct in.
trenchments to withstand the counter
attacks directed against them. Unable
to drive back the invading force, the
Russians desisted from any further
active measures against it, but bringing
a strong hotilla of gunboats up the
Danube to prevent supplies from being
carried across the river into the Turkish
camp on the left bank, they quietly
awaited events. HE provisions of the
Turkish force, thus completely isolated,
unable to advance because of the Russian
force in front of it, unable to retreat be-
cause of the fotilla which effectually
prevented any bridge being thrown
across the river, soon began to run short.
The weather became cold but there vas
no fuel with which to kindle fires.
Under these circumstances the suferings
of the men were very great. For some
time there was horse flesh, but it had to
be. eaten raw, as ven the tent poles had
been cut up and burned. Hundreds
died daily, and their comrades had not
strength to bury them. Disease was,
consequently, added to famine, so that,
when on the 9Th of December, peace was
concluded, but four thousand men, who
are described as being but living skele-
tons, with scarce sufficient strength to
Sand upright, were LETT of the thirty
thousand who had, three months before,
crossed the river.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-08-04

1t boils through the Chiquihuite noun
tain, and roars on its way through the
gorges like a vast river over a rocky de-
scent.
The diligence had hardly rerched the
east side of a bridge spanning the stream
when four mounted men dashed from
the chaparal and faced it. The robbers
fred as they advanced, and sweeping by
us, charged the escort, who turned about
withoutfring a gun, and scampered away
The assailants wheeled and opened fire
upon the passengers, the French officers
being the special objects of attack.
these two, with a Mexican and a Miss
Monford, were killed. A bullet ploughed
along the lady's arm, then glanced off
and struck her breast, producing a mortal
wound. She lived only ten miputes.
"And this is the end of it ALL" she
said, and with an earnest request to be
laid beside John Mckay, on the Rio
Seco, she spoke no more. She had the
satisfaction of knowing that she was I'M
derstood, for the uncouth fellow who had
first communicated the sad news to e1
was a passenger, and he wouldhave served
her if it cost his life.
And she had her wish. The two SLEEP
side by side On the banks of the river
under the shade of the coffee and banans
in the land of revolt and superstition
With singular celebrity the French con
tra-guerriIlas tracked down the robbers
carried them to the site of the tragedy
and without more ado shot them Il
death. And that scene was CHARACTERS
tic, too. The doomed men smoked ant
conversed to the last moment, and wer
as merry as if entering upon a grand fan
dango.-St. Louis Democrat.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-08-04

repair, equipment and recruiting, pro-
visions and clothing, steam engineering,
and medicine and surgery. The busl
ness of the war department is transacted
through the commanding general, who
supervises the arrangement of the forces,
recruiting, court martials and discipline;
the adjutant-general, who keeps all the
records which refer to the personnel of the
army; the quartermaster general who
insures a sufficient supply, and gives
facility and effect to the movements
OF the army; the pay master-general, the
commissary-general, Who simply pur-
chase and isstie r~ations the sturgeon"
general, the engineers Office, the topo-
graphical office, and the ordinance office.
These are the separate duties of the seven
cabinet officers; their most important
duties, of course, is consultation with the
president on questions of public policy
| affecting one or all of the departments in
an equal Chicago 1ribnae.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-08-04
Overloaded rs,

It has come withinethe observation OF
everyone for years that steamers char
tered for special excursions have been
often overloaded with passengers, and
that in this overloaded condition such
steamboats, have made long trips upon
our sounds, rivers and out at sea. Thus
far this perilous business has carried
on without any serious loss oIsIife. The
penalty for defying the laws of safety and
of nature in this manner, we have up to
this time escaped through sheer good
luck. But the public has had faiP warn
ing that the time for some fearful acct
dent cannot be far distant, and may be
very near at hand we may at any
moment be called upon to record the
destruction of hundreds of lives by the
explosion, burning, capsizing or sinking
of boats loaded beyond their capacity.
The government provisions for protection
against accidents in such cases are not
adequate to meet all emergencies. The
whole matter is practically left to the
discretion of steamboat inspectors. Such
may be negligent or incompetent.
They are not always beyond the reach of
pecuniary and social Establishments.
They may be directly@or indirectly in
terested in the profits or proceeds of an
excursion party. Greater safeguards
must be thrown around travelling in
multitudes.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-08-04
STORIES OF RINGS.

In speaking of wedding-riDgs, we learn
that these important symbols have not
always been manufactured from the pre-
cious metal, gold. We area told that in
lieu of a ring the church key has often
been used; and Walpole tells of an in
stance where a curtain ring was employed.
The duke of Hamilton fell SO violently
in love with the younger of the celebra-
ted Misses Cunning, at a party in Lord
Cheste1feld's house, that two days after
he S Mt for a parson to perform the
marriage ceremony; but as the duke
had neither license nor ring, the clergy
man refused to act. Nothing daunted,
Hamilton declared he would send for the
archbishop. At last they were married
with the ring of the bed-curtain, at half
an hour past twelve at night.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-08-04
CROW WHICH ?
BY A. 8. MILLER

A cabins side,
At eveDtide:
The traveller seeking shelter there
keep ydo all night?
Sartin, Jedge. hight,
SeCh as We heV we snare.
Ht,JOues are our name"
esquire J0nes7" he same.
You 'auainted much this way?
Sal, fetch a chair;
You Bill out thar.
Give that yer boss some hay"
OF rooms bat two
Has Jones, and few
His household goods, and poor
Two chairs one bed
His que is instead
Have "shake1owns" on the floor.
Yet here, forsoOth,
This man uncouth
Has pictures twenty-ihreel
Cheap prints and small
Save one, are all
A chromo that, of Lee.
The traveller says,
With wondering gaze.
'You're fond of fine arts, Squire? 7"
"Pictur's? Oh, Sal,
My eldest gal,
Hez a hanE erln' for them thar"
"That chr0mo's fine;
II it were mine
I'd deem H,yseif quite rich,
as doubtless you,
My friend. now do-"
"Beg parding, Jedge, crow-which7
"Chro-mo. that ore
The South's true son;
OF course you hold that dear"
"Crew-m0 :" RayS he,
CHATS old Bob lee
Lift under Him four year,"
-"BrGc-a-BrGc;" Scribner for July.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-08-04

AT 4 o'clock in the morning Mrs.
Ferguson, hearing a noise in the front
room, arose and made an investigation,
and was shocked 70 find her daughter
and a young mar on one and the same
sofa. Mrs. Ferguson burst into tears,
but the daughter said seothingly, "Don't
be alarmed, ma. It is merely a caucus.
We are about to start a new party"
Then Mrs. Ferguson was intensely re-
and went back to bed with her
face illuminated with smiles,
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-08-04
X

In the suit of Moulton against
Beecher, now discontinued, an extra
allowance of $3.50 was made to the de-
PENDANT, besides the statutory cost.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-08-04

MRS. FAssErT, of Washington, has
made much progress with her painting
representing those who wee officially
connected with the electoral commits
sion" The figures of tbs respective
parties are painted from life, and
portraits Of the distinguished parties
present as Spectators of the scene are a
like truthfully delineated. ghe supreme
court has g. nted the use Of their ROM
to this lady for the prosecution Of her
great historical work.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-08-04

A NEWLY invented fire escape consists
simply of a piece of gill Irvine, with two
India rubber pieces for grasping and
saving the hands when descending from
2 window to the ground. It can be tied
to a bedstead in a moment, and its in
ventor says a life rope of seventy-thread
gill Irvine, more than a hundred feet in
length, will bear more than four hun
bred pounds, and not occupy SO much
space as two pairs of stockings.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-08-04

A LIVERPOOL banker has just left
5000, O0) to his nephew, besides making
him ~residuary legatee of an estate valued
at over $l2, 1000, 900, This is the kind of
an uncle worth having.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-08-04

"A checker player named Yates has
won the championship of the world. The
championship of the world in the game
of button is next in order.-Danbary
MeWs.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-08-04

TEXAS farmers are beginning to be-
lieve that the grasshoppers were a
deeply-disguised blessing. 1t is said
that the most pe~stilential weeds have
been eradicated root and branch by the
~locusts.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-08-04
s4GdCITY OF 4 H0lsaE.

A horse was prancing over the fields
N day, when be fell into a ditch and
could not get out. He was i'm great
trouble, and his mates stood around in
q fright, for they could not help him
either. Bnt old Whitley thought of a
plan that he knew would work. He
bounded off to tell his master, who was
q quarter Of q mile away. He pulled
lis sleeve, and then walked away, but
the master did net follow. 60 he tried
again, making such an unusual sound
that the man knew at once he wished
him to go to the pasture. So he started,
and soon found out the trouble. Old
Whitley got there before him, and kept
calling as loud as he could. IF he had
known how to talk he would have en-.
couraged Brownie by the news that his
master was coming When the. poor
horse was helped out and stood on firm
ground again you should have seen how
Whitley rubbed his master arm, al if to
say, Thank you'll thank you'll
Some animals are unkind to each
other when In trouble, bat 1t is only the
lower orders of them. The higher the
intelligence, the nor sympathy and
kindness do they show when another suf-
fers y is the same with people. It
shows a coarse, low nature to make sport
Of anything that gives pain to any one.
a refined, noble nature is quick to
sympathize with and prompt to help any
one in need of such comferting.-Chi1d
World.